UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-Q
QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF
REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number 811-5912
MFS SPECIAL VALUE TRUST
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
111 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02199
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Christopher R. Bohane
Massachusetts Financial Services Company
111 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02199
(Name and address of agents for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 954-5000
Date of fiscal year end: October 31
Date of reporting period: July 31, 2017
| ITEM 1. | SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS. |
QUARTERLY REPORT
July 31, 2017
MFS® SPECIAL VALUE TRUST
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
7/31/17 (unaudited)
The Portfolio of Investments is a complete list of all securities owned by your fund. It is categorized by broad-based asset classes.
| Issuer | Shares/Par | Value ($) | ||||||
| Bonds - 56.0% | ||||||||
| Aerospace - 1.0% | ||||||||
| Dae Funding LLC, 5%, 8/01/2024 (z) | $ | 105,000 | $ | 107,207 | ||||
| KLX, Inc., 5.875%, 12/01/2022 (n) | 110,000 | 115,638 | ||||||
| TransDigm, Inc., 6.5%, 7/15/2024 | 125,000 | 132,344 | ||||||
| TransDigm, Inc., 6.375%, 6/15/2026 | 65,000 | 67,925 | ||||||
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| $ | 423,114 | |||||||
| Asset-Backed & Securitized - 0.0% | ||||||||
| Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, FRN, 5.691%, 12/10/2049 | $ | 220,000 | $ | 13,750 | ||||
| Morgan Stanley Capital I, Inc., FRN, 1.493%, 4/28/2039 (i)(z) | 55,566 | 528 | ||||||
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| $ | 14,278 | |||||||
| Automotive - 0.2% | ||||||||
| Gates Global LLC, 6%, 7/15/2022 (n) | $ | 100,000 | $ | 102,125 | ||||
| Broadcasting - 1.8% | ||||||||
| Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., “A”, 6.5%, 11/15/2022 | $ | 40,000 | $ | 41,200 | ||||
| Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., “B”, 6.5%, 11/15/2022 | 100,000 | 103,625 | ||||||
| E. W. Scripps Co., 5.125%, 5/15/2025 (n) | 75,000 | 77,625 | ||||||
| Liberty Media Corp. - Liberty Formula One, 8.5%, 7/15/2029 | 110,000 | 122,100 | ||||||
| Liberty Media Corp. - Liberty Formula One, 8.25%, 2/01/2030 | 35,000 | 38,150 | ||||||
| Match Group, Inc., 6.375%, 6/01/2024 | 70,000 | 76,213 | ||||||
| Netflix, Inc., 5.875%, 2/15/2025 | 135,000 | 151,200 | ||||||
| Netflix, Inc., 4.375%, 11/15/2026 (n) | 40,000 | 40,500 | ||||||
| WMG Acquisition Corp., 5%, 8/01/2023 (z) | 30,000 | 31,050 | ||||||
| WMG Acquisition Corp., 4.875%, 11/01/2024 (n) | 95,000 | 97,613 | ||||||
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| $ | 779,276 | |||||||
| Building - 2.7% | ||||||||
| ABC Supply Co., Inc., 5.75%, 12/15/2023 (n) | $ | 85,000 | $ | 90,313 | ||||
| Allegion PLC, 5.875%, 9/15/2023 | 43,000 | 46,290 | ||||||
| Allegion U.S. Holding Co., Inc., 5.75%, 10/01/2021 | 120,000 | 123,900 | ||||||
| Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc., 6.375%, 10/01/2023 | 95,000 | 102,363 | ||||||
| Gibraltar Industries, Inc., 6.25%, 2/01/2021 | 95,000 | 98,206 | ||||||
| HD Supply, Inc., 5.75%, 4/15/2024 (n) | 95,000 | 101,769 | ||||||
| New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc., 10.125%, 4/01/2022 (z) | 100,000 | 108,541 | ||||||
| PriSo Acquisition Corp., 9%, 5/15/2023 (n) | 130,000 | 137,800 | ||||||
| Standard Industries, Inc., 5.375%, 11/15/2024 (n) | 95,000 | 99,988 | ||||||
| Standard Industries, Inc., 6%, 10/15/2025 (n) | 65,000 | 69,469 | ||||||
| Summit Materials LLC/Summit Materials Finance Co., 6.125%, 7/15/2023 | 130,000 | 136,175 | ||||||
| Summit Materials LLC/Summit Materials Finance Co., 5.125%, 6/01/2025 (n) | 25,000 | 25,688 | ||||||
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| $ | 1,140,502 | |||||||
| Business Services - 1.4% | ||||||||
| Alliance Data Systems Corp., 5.875%, 11/01/2021 (n) | $ | 100,000 | $ | 104,000 | ||||
| Alliance Data Systems Corp., 5.375%, 8/01/2022 (n) | 25,000 | 25,313 | ||||||
| Alpine Finance Merger Sub LLC, 6.875%, 8/01/2025 (z) | 60,000 | 62,250 | ||||||
| CDK Global, Inc., 4.875%, 6/01/2027 (n) | 105,000 | 107,888 | ||||||
| Equinix, Inc., 4.875%, 4/01/2020 | 55,000 | 56,485 | ||||||
| Equinix, Inc., 5.375%, 1/01/2022 | 25,000 | 26,188 | ||||||
| Equinix, Inc., 5.375%, 4/01/2023 | 35,000 | 36,400 | ||||||
| First Data Corp., 5%, 1/15/2024 (n) | 190,000 | 197,600 | ||||||
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| $ | 616,124 | |||||||
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| Bonds - continued | ||||||||
| Cable TV - 3.9% | ||||||||
| Altice Financing S.A., 6.625%, 2/15/2023 (n) | $ | 200,000 | $ | 211,875 | ||||
| CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 5.125%, 5/01/2023 (n) | 235,000 | 246,750 | ||||||
| CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 5.75%, 1/15/2024 | 115,000 | 121,038 | ||||||
| CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 5.375%, 5/01/2025 (n) | 25,000 | 26,594 | ||||||
| CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 5.75%, 2/15/2026 (n) | 80,000 | 86,000 | ||||||
| Cequel Communications Holdings, 6.375%, 9/15/2020 (n) | 63,000 | 64,103 | ||||||
| DISH DBS Corp., 5%, 3/15/2023 | 90,000 | 93,347 | ||||||
| DISH DBS Corp., 5.875%, 11/15/2024 | 75,000 | 81,356 | ||||||
| Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A., 5.5%, 8/01/2023 | 50,000 | 43,125 | ||||||
| Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A., 8%, 2/15/2024 (n) | 20,000 | 21,725 | ||||||
| LGE Holdco VI B.V., 7.125%, 5/15/2024 (n) | EUR | 100,000 | 133,769 | |||||
| Sirius XM Radio, Inc., 4.625%, 5/15/2023 (n) | $ | 85,000 | 87,550 | |||||
| Sirius XM Radio, Inc., 6%, 7/15/2024 (n) | 60,000 | 64,725 | ||||||
| Sirius XM Radio, Inc., 5.375%, 4/15/2025 (n) | 45,000 | 47,250 | ||||||
| Unitymedia KabelBW GmbH, 6.125%, 1/15/2025 (n) | 200,000 | 215,000 | ||||||
| Videotron Ltd., 5.375%, 6/15/2024 (n) | 25,000 | 26,656 | ||||||
| Videotron Ltd., 5.125%, 4/15/2027 (n) | 110,000 | 113,300 | ||||||
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| $ | 1,684,163 | |||||||
| Chemicals - 0.9% | ||||||||
| Chemours Co., 6.625%, 5/15/2023 | $ | 70,000 | $ | 75,170 | ||||
| Chemours Co., 7%, 5/15/2025 | 30,000 | 33,450 | ||||||
| GCP Applied Technologies Co., 9.5%, 2/01/2023 (n) | 110,000 | 125,263 | ||||||
| Tronox Finance LLC, 7.5%, 3/15/2022 (n) | 125,000 | 130,938 | ||||||
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| $ | 364,821 | |||||||
| Computer Software - 0.9% | ||||||||
| Diamond 1 Finance Corp./Diamond 2 Finance Corp., 6.02%, 6/15/2026 (n) | $ | 70,000 | $ | 77,968 | ||||
| Diamond 1 Finance Corp./Diamond 2 Finance Corp., 5.875%, 6/15/2021 (n) | 85,000 | 89,144 | ||||||
| Nuance Communications, Inc., 5.625%, 12/15/2026 (n) | 80,000 | 85,200 | ||||||
| VeriSign, Inc., 4.75%, 7/15/2027 (z) | 27,000 | 27,405 | ||||||
| VeriSign, Inc., 4.625%, 5/01/2023 | 35,000 | 35,963 | ||||||
| VeriSign, Inc., 5.25%, 4/01/2025 | 85,000 | 90,525 | ||||||
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| $ | 406,205 | |||||||
| Computer Software - Systems - 1.1% | ||||||||
| CDW LLC/CDW Finance Corp., 5%, 9/01/2025 | $ | 25,000 | $ | 26,110 | ||||
| JDA Software Group, Inc., 7.375%, 10/15/2024 (n) | 115,000 | 120,175 | ||||||
| Sabre GLBL, Inc., 5.375%, 4/15/2023 (n) | 115,000 | 120,175 | ||||||
| SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc., 5.875%, 7/15/2023 | 80,000 | 85,000 | ||||||
| Western Digital Corp., 10.5%, 4/01/2024 | 90,000 | 106,538 | ||||||
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| $ | 457,998 | |||||||
| Conglomerates - 1.7% | ||||||||
| Amsted Industries Co., 5%, 3/15/2022 (n) | $ | 135,000 | $ | 139,725 | ||||
| EnerSys, 5%, 4/30/2023 (n) | 145,000 | 148,988 | ||||||
| Enpro Industries, Inc., 5.875%, 9/15/2022 | 125,000 | 130,469 | ||||||
| Enpro Industries, Inc., 5.875%, 9/15/2022 (n) | 5,000 | 5,219 | ||||||
| Entegris, Inc., 6%, 4/01/2022 (n) | 172,000 | 180,108 | ||||||
| SPX FLOW, Inc., 5.625%, 8/15/2024 (n) | 105,000 | 108,675 | ||||||
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| $ | 713,184 | |||||||
| Construction - 0.1% | ||||||||
| Empresas ICA S.A.B. de C.V., 8.9%, 2/04/2021 (a)(d) | $ | 125,000 | $ | 31,712 | ||||
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| Bonds - continued | ||||||||
| Consumer Products - 0.6% | ||||||||
| NBTY, Inc., 7.625%, 5/15/2021 (n) | $ | 95,000 | $ | 102,363 | ||||
| Prestige Brands, Inc., 5.375%, 12/15/2021 (n) | 55,000 | 56,513 | ||||||
| Spectrum Brands, Inc., 6.125%, 12/15/2024 | 10,000 | 10,700 | ||||||
| Spectrum Brands, Inc., 5.75%, 7/15/2025 | 75,000 | 80,250 | ||||||
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| $ | 249,826 | |||||||
| Consumer Services - 1.5% | ||||||||
| ADT Corp., 6.25%, 10/15/2021 | $ | 110,000 | $ | 120,175 | ||||
| Interval Acquisition Corp., 5.625%, 4/15/2023 | 170,000 | 176,800 | ||||||
| Mobile Mini, Inc., 5.875%, 7/01/2024 | 80,000 | 83,600 | ||||||
| Monitronics International, Inc., 9.125%, 4/01/2020 | 120,000 | 112,500 | ||||||
| Service Corp. International, 5.375%, 5/15/2024 | 50,000 | 53,063 | ||||||
| ServiceMaster Co. LLC, 5.125%, 11/15/2024 (n) | 105,000 | 107,363 | ||||||
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| $ | 653,501 | |||||||
| Containers - 2.3% | ||||||||
| Berry Global Group, Inc., 5.5%, 5/15/2022 | $ | 125,000 | $ | 130,313 | ||||
| Berry Global Group, Inc., 6%, 10/15/2022 | 30,000 | 31,875 | ||||||
| Crown American LLC, 4.25%, 9/30/2026 (n) | 55,000 | 55,413 | ||||||
| Multi-Color Corp., 6.125%, 12/01/2022 (n) | 123,000 | 128,843 | ||||||
| Plastipak Holdings, Inc., 6.5%, 10/01/2021 (n) | 114,000 | 117,990 | ||||||
| Reynolds Group, 5.75%, 10/15/2020 | 50,000 | 51,125 | ||||||
| Reynolds Group, 5.125%, 7/15/2023 (n) | 70,000 | 73,675 | ||||||
| Reynolds Group, 7%, 7/15/2024 (n) | 70,000 | 75,688 | ||||||
| Sealed Air Corp., 4.875%, 12/01/2022 (n) | 115,000 | 121,900 | ||||||
| Sealed Air Corp., 5.125%, 12/01/2024 (n) | 25,000 | 26,719 | ||||||
| Sealed Air Corp., 5.5%, 9/15/2025 (n) | 25,000 | 27,250 | ||||||
| Signode Industrial Group, 6.375%, 5/01/2022 (n) | 85,000 | 88,825 | ||||||
| Silgan Holdings, Inc., 5.5%, 2/01/2022 | 10,000 | 10,250 | ||||||
| Silgan Holdings, Inc., 4.75%, 3/15/2025 (n) | 60,000 | 61,800 | ||||||
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| $ | 1,001,666 | |||||||
| Electrical Equipment - 0.3% | ||||||||
| CommScope Holding Company, Inc., 5.5%, 6/15/2024 (n) | $ | 30,000 | $ | 31,613 | ||||
| CommScope Technologies LLC, 5%, 3/15/2027 (n) | 75,000 | 75,188 | ||||||
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| $ | 106,801 | |||||||
| Electronics - 0.3% | ||||||||
| Sensata Technologies B.V., 5.625%, 11/01/2024 (n) | $ | 40,000 | $ | 43,500 | ||||
| Sensata Technologies B.V., 5%, 10/01/2025 (n) | 60,000 | 63,150 | ||||||
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| $ | 106,650 | |||||||
| Emerging Market Sovereign - 0.7% | ||||||||
| Republic of Ecuador, 10.5%, 3/24/2020 (n) | $ | 200,000 | $ | 212,000 | ||||
| Republic of Venezuela, 7%, 3/31/2038 | 203,000 | 77,140 | ||||||
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| $ | 289,140 | |||||||
| Energy - Independent - 3.3% | ||||||||
| Afren PLC, 11.5%, 2/01/2016 (a)(d)(n) | $ | 195,167 | $ | 59 | ||||
| Alta Mesa Holdings LP/Alta Mesa Finance Services Corp., 7.875%, 12/15/2024 (n) | 110,000 | 115,500 | ||||||
| Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc., 6.25%, 4/15/2023 | 125,000 | 124,219 | ||||||
| Consol Energy, Inc., 5.875%, 4/15/2022 | 85,000 | 85,372 | ||||||
| Consol Energy, Inc., 8%, 4/01/2023 | 65,000 | 69,063 | ||||||
| Continental Resources, Inc., 4.5%, 4/15/2023 | 155,000 | 151,125 | ||||||
| Diamondback Energy, Inc., 5.375%, 5/31/2025 | 105,000 | 108,675 | ||||||
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| Issuer | Shares/Par | Value ($) | ||||||
| Bonds - continued | ||||||||
| Energy - Independent - continued | ||||||||
| Gulfport Energy Corp., 6%, 10/15/2024 (n) | $ | 75,000 | $ | 74,063 | ||||
| Gulfport Energy Corp., 6.375%, 5/15/2025 (n) | 25,000 | 24,969 | ||||||
| Laredo Petroleum, Inc., 6.25%, 3/15/2023 | 110,000 | 113,438 | ||||||
| PDC Energy, Inc., 6.125%, 9/15/2024 (n) | 120,000 | 123,150 | ||||||
| Rice Energy, Inc., 7.25%, 5/01/2023 | 55,000 | 59,056 | ||||||
| Seven Generations Energy, 8.25%, 5/15/2020 (n) | 45,000 | 47,025 | ||||||
| Seven Generations Energy, 6.75%, 5/01/2023 (z) | 85,000 | 89,250 | ||||||
| SM Energy Co., 6.75%, 9/15/2026 | 130,000 | 129,350 | ||||||
| Whiting Petroleum Corp., 6.25%, 4/01/2023 | 105,000 | 98,963 | ||||||
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| $ | 1,413,277 | |||||||
| Entertainment - 0.7% | ||||||||
| Cedar Fair LP, 5.375%, 6/01/2024 | $ | 35,000 | $ | 36,750 | ||||
| Cedar Fair LP, 5.375%, 4/15/2027 (n) | 55,000 | 58,025 | ||||||
| Cinemark USA, Inc., 5.125%, 12/15/2022 | 50,000 | 51,563 | ||||||
| Cinemark USA, Inc., 4.875%, 6/01/2023 | 25,000 | 25,425 | ||||||
| Six Flags Entertainment Corp., 4.875%, 7/31/2024 (n) | 145,000 | 147,538 | ||||||
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| $ | 319,301 | |||||||
| Financial Institutions - 2.0% | ||||||||
| Aircastle Ltd., 5.125%, 3/15/2021 | $ | 40,000 | $ | 42,400 | ||||
| Aircastle Ltd., 5.5%, 2/15/2022 | 40,000 | 43,400 | ||||||
| Nationstar Mortgage LLC/Capital Corp., 6.5%, 8/01/2018 | 75,000 | 74,906 | ||||||
| Nationstar Mortgage LLC/Capital Corp., 7.875%, 10/01/2020 | 290,000 | 297,424 | ||||||
| Nationstar Mortgage LLC/Capital Corp., 6.5%, 7/01/2021 | 40,000 | 41,000 | ||||||
| Navient Corp., 7.25%, 1/25/2022 | 120,000 | 131,400 | ||||||
| Navient Corp., 7.25%, 9/25/2023 | 45,000 | 49,232 | ||||||
| Navient Corp., 6.125%, 3/25/2024 | 39,000 | 40,463 | ||||||
| Park Aerospace Holdings Ltd., 5.5%, 2/15/2024 (n) | 135,000 | 137,447 | ||||||
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| $ | 857,672 | |||||||
| Food & Beverages - 1.5% | ||||||||
| Aramark Services, Inc., 4.75%, 6/01/2026 | $ | 80,000 | $ | 83,767 | ||||
| Cott Holdings, Inc., 5.5%, 4/01/2025 (n) | 100,000 | 105,125 | ||||||
| JBS USA LLC/JBS USA Finance, Inc., 5.875%, 7/15/2024 (n) | 125,000 | 124,063 | ||||||
| Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc., 4.625%, 11/01/2024 (n) | 45,000 | 46,969 | ||||||
| Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc., 4.875%, 11/01/2026 (n) | 40,000 | 41,816 | ||||||
| Pinnacle Foods Finance LLC/Pinnacle Foods Finance Corp., 5.875%, 1/15/2024 | 105,000 | 112,613 | ||||||
| U.S. Foods Holding Corp., 5.875%, 6/15/2024 (n) | 110,000 | 114,813 | ||||||
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| $ | 629,166 | |||||||
| Forest & Paper Products - 0.1% | ||||||||
| Appvion, Inc., 9%, 6/01/2020 (n) | $ | 41,000 | $ | 21,115 | ||||
| Gaming & Lodging - 1.5% | ||||||||
| CCM Merger, Inc., 6%, 3/15/2022 (n) | $ | 85,000 | $ | 89,067 | ||||
| GLP Capital LP/GLP Financing II, Inc., 5.375%, 11/01/2023 | 95,000 | 102,624 | ||||||
| GLP Capital LP/GLP Financing II, Inc., 5.375%, 4/15/2026 | 10,000 | 10,900 | ||||||
| Hilton Worldwide Finance LLC/Hilton Worldwide Finance Corp., 4.625%, 4/01/2025 (n) | 80,000 | 82,900 | ||||||
| MGM Resorts International, 6.625%, 12/15/2021 | 90,000 | 101,250 | ||||||
| MGM Resorts International, 6%, 3/15/2023 | 70,000 | 77,525 | ||||||
| Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc., REIT, 5%, 4/15/2021 | 105,000 | 107,231 | ||||||
| Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc., REIT, 5%, 4/15/2023 | 50,000 | 51,500 | ||||||
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| $ | 622,997 | |||||||
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| Bonds - continued | ||||||||
| Industrial - 0.3% | ||||||||
| KAR Auction Services, Inc., 5.125%, 6/01/2025 (n) | $ | 105,000 | $ | 109,463 | ||||
| Insurance - Health - 0.2% | ||||||||
| Centene Corp., 5.625%, 2/15/2021 | $ | 35,000 | $ | 36,400 | ||||
| Centene Corp., 6.125%, 2/15/2024 | 60,000 | 65,250 | ||||||
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| $ | 101,650 | |||||||
| Machinery & Tools - 0.7% | ||||||||
| CNH Industrial Capital LLC, 4.375%, 11/06/2020 | $ | 75,000 | $ | 78,563 | ||||
| CNH Industrial N.V., 4.5%, 8/15/2023 | 60,000 | 63,600 | ||||||
| H&E Equipment Services Co., 7%, 9/01/2022 | 145,000 | 150,075 | ||||||
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| $ | 292,238 | |||||||
| Major Banks - 0.6% | ||||||||
| Bank of America Corp., FRN, 6.1%, 12/29/2049 | $ | 130,000 | $ | 143,325 | ||||
| JPMorgan Chase & Co., 6% to 8/01/2023, FRN to 12/31/2049 | 95,000 | 103,075 | ||||||
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| $ | 246,400 | |||||||
| Medical & Health Technology & Services - 3.5% | ||||||||
| AmSurg Corp., 5.625%, 7/15/2022 | $ | 85,000 | $ | 88,188 | ||||
| CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc., 6.875%, 2/01/2022 | 100,000 | 85,750 | ||||||
| DaVita, Inc., 5.125%, 7/15/2024 | 20,000 | 20,563 | ||||||
| DaVita, Inc., 5%, 5/01/2025 | 120,000 | 121,776 | ||||||
| HCA, Inc., 7.5%, 2/15/2022 | 160,000 | 184,800 | ||||||
| HCA, Inc., 5.875%, 3/15/2022 | 30,000 | 33,180 | ||||||
| HCA, Inc., 5%, 3/15/2024 | 90,000 | 95,535 | ||||||
| HCA, Inc., 5.375%, 2/01/2025 | 140,000 | 149,100 | ||||||
| HCA, Inc., 5.875%, 2/15/2026 | 40,000 | 43,600 | ||||||
| HealthSouth Corp., 5.125%, 3/15/2023 | 105,000 | 107,625 | ||||||
| MEDNAX, Inc., 5.25%, 12/01/2023 (n) | 75,000 | 77,250 | ||||||
| Quorum Health Corp., 11.625%, 4/15/2023 | 90,000 | 74,700 | ||||||
| Tenet Healthcare Corp., 8%, 8/01/2020 | 63,000 | 64,024 | ||||||
| Tenet Healthcare Corp., 8.125%, 4/01/2022 | 160,000 | 172,160 | ||||||
| THC Escrow Corp. III, 5.125%, 5/01/2025 (n) | 85,000 | 85,531 | ||||||
| Universal Health Services, Inc., 7.625%, 8/15/2020 | 105,000 | 106,838 | ||||||
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| $ | 1,510,620 | |||||||
| Medical Equipment - 0.5% | ||||||||
| Hologic, Inc., 5.25%, 7/15/2022 (n) | $ | 100,000 | $ | 105,625 | ||||
| Teleflex, Inc., 5.25%, 6/15/2024 | 80,000 | 83,600 | ||||||
| Teleflex, Inc., 4.875%, 6/01/2026 | 30,000 | 30,900 | ||||||
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| $ | 220,125 | |||||||
| Metals & Mining - 3.3% | ||||||||
| First Quantum Minerals Ltd., 7%, 2/15/2021 (n) | $ | 30,000 | $ | 31,125 | ||||
| First Quantum Minerals Ltd., 7.25%, 4/01/2023 (n) | 200,000 | 206,000 | ||||||
| Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., 6.5%, 11/15/2020 | 15,000 | 15,431 | ||||||
| Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., 6.875%, 2/15/2023 | 168,000 | 182,280 | ||||||
| Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., 3.875%, 3/15/2023 | 85,000 | 82,131 | ||||||
| GrafTech International Co., 6.375%, 11/15/2020 | 85,000 | 77,350 | ||||||
| Kaiser Aluminum Corp., 5.875%, 5/15/2024 | 85,000 | 90,313 | ||||||
| Kinross Gold Corp., 4.5%, 7/15/2027 (n) | 70,000 | 69,738 | ||||||
| Kinross Gold Corp., 5.125%, 9/01/2021 | 45,000 | 47,798 | ||||||
| Kinross Gold Corp., 5.95%, 3/15/2024 | 60,000 | 65,400 | ||||||
| Lundin Mining Corp., 7.5%, 11/01/2020 (n) | 50,000 | 52,450 | ||||||
| Lundin Mining Corp., 7.875%, 11/01/2022 (n) | 85,000 | 92,650 | ||||||
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| Issuer | Shares/Par | Value ($) | ||||||
| Bonds - continued | ||||||||
| Metals & Mining - continued | ||||||||
| Novelis Corp., 5.875%, 9/30/2026 (z) | $ | 140,000 | $ | 147,350 | ||||
| Steel Dynamics, Inc., 5.125%, 10/01/2021 | 45,000 | 46,350 | ||||||
| Steel Dynamics, Inc., 5.5%, 10/01/2024 | 80,000 | 85,600 | ||||||
| Suncoke Energy, Inc., 7.625%, 8/01/2019 | 14,000 | 13,983 | ||||||
| TMS International Corp., 7.625%, 10/15/2021 (n) | 110,000 | 115,225 | ||||||
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| $ | 1,421,174 | |||||||
| Midstream - 2.9% | ||||||||
| Blue Racer Midstream LLC/Blue Racer Finance Corp., 6.125%, 11/15/2022 (n) | $ | 130,000 | $ | 132,925 | ||||
| DCP Midstream LP, 4.95%, 4/01/2022 | 43,000 | 44,129 | ||||||
| DCP Midstream LP, 5.6%, 4/01/2044 | 30,000 | 28,500 | ||||||
| DCP Midstream LP, 3.875%, 3/15/2023 | 55,000 | 53,625 | ||||||
| Energy Transfer Equity LP, 7.5%, 10/15/2020 | 175,000 | 197,750 | ||||||
| Kinder Morgan (Delaware), Inc., 7.75%, 1/15/2032 | 160,000 | 204,786 | ||||||
| Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC, 5.625%, 4/15/2023 | 145,000 | 161,458 | ||||||
| Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Finance Corp., 4.125%, 11/15/2019 | 50,000 | 50,688 | ||||||
| Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Finance Corp., 5.25%, 5/01/2023 | 45,000 | 46,406 | ||||||
| Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Finance Corp., 5.375%, 2/01/2027 (n) | 175,000 | 181,563 | ||||||
| Williams Cos., Inc., 4.55%, 6/24/2024 | 115,000 | 119,169 | ||||||
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| $ | 1,220,999 | |||||||
| Network & Telecom - 0.7% | ||||||||
| CenturyLink, Inc., 6.45%, 6/15/2021 | $ | 15,000 | $ | 16,195 | ||||
| CenturyLink, Inc., 7.65%, 3/15/2042 | 85,000 | 78,810 | ||||||
| Telecom Italia Capital, 6%, 9/30/2034 | 35,000 | 38,710 | ||||||
| Zayo Group LLC/Zayo Capital, Inc., 6.375%, 5/15/2025 | 50,000 | 54,188 | ||||||
| Zayo Group LLC/Zayo Capital, Inc., 5.75%, 1/15/2027 (n) | 110,000 | 116,600 | ||||||
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| $ | 304,503 | |||||||
| Oil Services - 0.7% | ||||||||
| Bristow Group, Inc., 6.25%, 10/15/2022 | $ | 125,000 | $ | 80,938 | ||||
| Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc., 5.7%, 10/15/2039 | 140,000 | 105,700 | ||||||
| Trinidad Drilling Ltd., 6.625%, 2/15/2025 (n) | 100,000 | 94,250 | ||||||
| Weatherford International Ltd., 8.25%, 6/15/2023 | 29,000 | 29,435 | ||||||
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| $ | 310,323 | |||||||
| Oils - 0.5% | ||||||||
| CITGO Holding, Inc., 10.75%, 2/15/2020 (n) | $ | 105,000 | $ | 110,513 | ||||
| CITGO Petroleum Corp., 6.25%, 8/15/2022 (n) | 110,000 | 111,925 | ||||||
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| $ | 222,438 | |||||||
| Other Banks & Diversified Financials - 0.6% | ||||||||
| Groupe BPCE S.A., 12.5% to 9/30/2019, FRN to 8/29/2049 (n) | $ | 200,000 | $ | 242,250 | ||||
| Pharmaceuticals - 0.7% | ||||||||
| Endo Finance LLC/Endo Finco, Inc., 7.25%, 1/15/2022 (n) | $ | 100,000 | $ | 98,500 | ||||
| Mallinckrodt International Finance S.A., 5.75%, 8/01/2022 (n) | 110,000 | 107,525 | ||||||
| Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc., 7%, 10/01/2020 (n) | 90,000 | 88,875 | ||||||
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| $ | 294,900 | |||||||
| Precious Metals & Minerals - 0.4% | ||||||||
| Eldorado Gold Corp., 6.125%, 12/15/2020 (n) | $ | 180,000 | $ | 183,600 | ||||
| Printing & Publishing - 0.5% | ||||||||
| Nielsen Finance LLC, 5%, 4/15/2022 (n) | $ | 130,000 | $ | 134,063 | ||||
| Outdoor Americas Capital LLC/Outfront Media Capital Corp., 5.625%, 2/15/2024 | 80,000 | 83,500 | ||||||
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| $ | 217,563 | |||||||
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| Issuer | Shares/Par | Value ($) | ||||||
| Bonds - continued | ||||||||
| Real Estate - Healthcare - 0.6% | ||||||||
| MPT Operating Partnership LP, REIT, 6.375%, 2/15/2022 | $ | 160,000 | $ | 165,200 | ||||
| MPT Operating Partnership LP, REIT, 5.25%, 8/01/2026 | 100,000 | 104,500 | ||||||
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| $ | 269,700 | |||||||
| Real Estate - Other - 1.1% | ||||||||
| CyrusOne LP/CyrusOne Finance Corp., REIT, 5.375%, 3/15/2027 (z) | $ | 30,000 | $ | 31,688 | ||||
| CyrusOne LP/CyrusOne Finance Corp., REIT, 5%, 3/15/2024 (n) | 120,000 | 124,800 | ||||||
| DuPont Fabros Technology LP, REIT, 5.875%, 9/15/2021 | 115,000 | 119,183 | ||||||
| Felcor Lodging LP, REIT, 5.625%, 3/01/2023 | 100,000 | 103,875 | ||||||
| Starwood Property Trust, Inc., 5%, 12/15/2021 | 100,000 | 104,250 | ||||||
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| $ | 483,796 | |||||||
| Restaurants - 0.1% | ||||||||
| KFC Holding Co./Pizza Hut Holdings LLC/Taco Bell of America LLC, 5.25%, 6/01/2026 (n) | $ | 60,000 | $ | 63,600 | ||||
| Retailers - 0.9% | ||||||||
| Dollar Tree, Inc., 5.75%, 3/01/2023 | $ | 130,000 | $ | 137,638 | ||||
| Hanesbrands, Inc., 4.625%, 5/15/2024 (n) | 25,000 | 25,531 | ||||||
| Hanesbrands, Inc., 4.875%, 5/15/2026 (n) | 105,000 | 107,100 | ||||||
| Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc., 5.625%, 12/01/2025 | 100,000 | 102,000 | ||||||
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| $ | 372,269 | |||||||
| Specialty Chemicals - 1.0% | ||||||||
| A Schulman, Inc., 6.875%, 6/01/2023 | $ | 130,000 | $ | 135,850 | ||||
| Koppers, Inc., 6%, 2/15/2025 (n) | 100,000 | 106,500 | ||||||
| Univar USA, Inc., 6.75%, 7/15/2023 (n) | 170,000 | 178,075 | ||||||
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| $ | 420,425 | |||||||
| Specialty Stores - 0.5% | ||||||||
| Argos Merger Sub, Inc., 7.125%, 3/15/2023 (n) | $ | 110,000 | $ | 99,550 | ||||
| Group 1 Automotive, Inc., 5%, 6/01/2022 | 120,000 | 122,400 | ||||||
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| $ | 221,950 | |||||||
| Supermarkets - 0.3% | ||||||||
| Albertsons Cos. LLC/Safeway, Inc., 6.625%, 6/15/2024 (n) | $ | 130,000 | $ | 122,200 | ||||
| Telecommunications - Wireless - 3.2% | ||||||||
| Altice Luxembourg S.A., 7.625%, 2/15/2025 (n) | $ | 200,000 | $ | 219,000 | ||||
| Digicel Group Ltd., 7.125%, 4/01/2022 (n) | 200,000 | 177,600 | ||||||
| SFR Group S.A., 7.375%, 5/01/2026 (n) | 200,000 | 216,500 | ||||||
| Sprint Capital Corp., 6.875%, 11/15/2028 | 105,000 | 114,450 | ||||||
| Sprint Corp., 7.875%, 9/15/2023 | 130,000 | 147,550 | ||||||
| Sprint Corp., 7.125%, 6/15/2024 | 125,000 | 137,031 | ||||||
| Sprint Nextel Corp., 6%, 11/15/2022 | 80,000 | 84,400 | ||||||
| T-Mobile USA, Inc., 6.125%, 1/15/2022 | 10,000 | 10,475 | ||||||
| T-Mobile USA, Inc., 6.5%, 1/15/2024 | 75,000 | 80,625 | ||||||
| T-Mobile USA, Inc., 5.125%, 4/15/2025 | 60,000 | 63,600 | ||||||
| T-Mobile USA, Inc., 6.5%, 1/15/2026 | 70,000 | 77,875 | ||||||
| T-Mobile USA, Inc., 5.375%, 4/15/2027 | 50,000 | 54,000 | ||||||
|
|
|
|||||||
| $ | 1,383,106 | |||||||
| Telephone Services - 0.3% | ||||||||
| Level 3 Financing, Inc., 5.375%, 1/15/2024 | $ | 25,000 | $ | 26,313 | ||||
| Level 3 Financing, Inc., 5.375%, 5/01/2025 | 100,000 | 106,250 | ||||||
|
|
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| $ | 132,563 | |||||||
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| Issuer | Shares/Par | Value ($) | ||||||
| Bonds - continued | ||||||||
| Transportation - Services - 0.1% | ||||||||
| Navios Maritime Holding, Inc., 7.375%, 1/15/2022 (n) | $ | 55,000 | $ | 42,900 | ||||
| Navios South American Logistics, Inc./Navios Logistics Finance (U.S.), Inc., 7.25%, 5/01/2022 | 20,000 | 19,475 | ||||||
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| $ | 62,375 | |||||||
| Utilities - Electric Power - 1.3% | ||||||||
| Calpine Corp., 5.5%, 2/01/2024 | $ | 120,000 | $ | 112,650 | ||||
| Calpine Corp., 5.75%, 1/15/2025 | 80,000 | 74,700 | ||||||
| Covanta Holding Corp., 6.375%, 10/01/2022 | 35,000 | 35,875 | ||||||
| Covanta Holding Corp., 5.875%, 3/01/2024 | 65,000 | 63,375 | ||||||
| Covanta Holding Corp., 5.875%, 7/01/2025 | 50,000 | 48,813 | ||||||
| NRG Energy, Inc., 6.625%, 3/15/2023 | 110,000 | 113,919 | ||||||
| NRG Energy, Inc., 7.25%, 5/15/2026 | 75,000 | 79,313 | ||||||
| Pattern Energy Group, Inc., 5.875%, 2/01/2024 (z) | 15,000 | 15,825 | ||||||
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| $ | 544,470 | |||||||
| Total Bonds | $ | 23,979,314 | ||||||
| Common Stocks - 37.5% | ||||||||
| Brokerage & Asset Managers - 3.1% | ||||||||
| BlackRock, Inc. | 1,259 | $ | 537,001 | |||||
| NASDAQ, Inc. | 10,397 | 773,225 | ||||||
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| $ | 1,310,226 | |||||||
| Business Services - 1.6% | ||||||||
| Accenture PLC, “A” | 5,417 | $ | 697,818 | |||||
| Cable TV - 0.9% | ||||||||
| Comcast Corp., “A” | 9,147 | $ | 369,996 | |||||
| Chemicals - 2.8% | ||||||||
| 3M Co. | 2,787 | $ | 560,661 | |||||
| PPG Industries, Inc. | 6,053 | 637,078 | ||||||
|
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| $ | 1,197,739 | |||||||
| Construction - 1.1% | ||||||||
| Sherwin-Williams Co. | 1,392 | $ | 469,480 | |||||
| Electrical Equipment - 1.3% | ||||||||
| Johnson Controls International PLC | 14,346 | $ | 558,777 | |||||
| Electronics - 2.0% | ||||||||
| Texas Instruments, Inc. | 10,331 | $ | 840,737 | |||||
| Entertainment - 1.0% | ||||||||
| Time Warner, Inc. | 4,293 | $ | 439,689 | |||||
| Food & Beverages - 1.4% | ||||||||
| Nestle S.A., ADR | 6,979 | $ | 588,260 | |||||
| Food & Drug Stores - 1.2% | ||||||||
| CVS Health Corp. | 6,424 | $ | 513,470 | |||||
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| Issuer | Shares/Par | Value ($) | ||||||
| Common Stocks - continued | ||||||||
| Insurance - 3.1% | ||||||||
| Aon PLC | 4,867 | $ | 672,473 | |||||
| Travelers Cos., Inc. | 5,078 | 650,441 | ||||||
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| $ | 1,322,914 | |||||||
| Major Banks - 2.9% | ||||||||
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 8,108 | $ | 744,314 | |||||
| Wells Fargo & Co. | 9,257 | 499,323 | ||||||
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| $ | 1,243,637 | |||||||
| Medical Equipment - 3.9% | ||||||||
| Danaher Corp. | 5,513 | $ | 449,254 | |||||
| Medtronic PLC | 7,154 | 600,721 | ||||||
| Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | 3,616 | 634,716 | ||||||
|
|
|
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| $ | 1,684,691 | |||||||
| Oil Services - 1.1% | ||||||||
| LTRI Holdings LP (a) | 60 | $ | 53,365 | |||||
| Schlumberger Ltd. | 6,363 | 436,502 | ||||||
|
|
|
|||||||
| $ | 489,867 | |||||||
| Other Banks & Diversified Financials - 4.1% | ||||||||
| Citigroup, Inc. | 15,075 | $ | 1,031,884 | |||||
| U.S. Bancorp | 14,028 | 740,398 | ||||||
|
|
|
|||||||
| $ | 1,772,282 | |||||||
| Pharmaceuticals - 1.1% | ||||||||
| Johnson & Johnson | 3,411 | $ | 452,708 | |||||
| Printing & Publishing - 1.6% | ||||||||
| Moody’s Corp. | 5,257 | $ | 691,979 | |||||
| Tobacco - 1.6% | ||||||||
| Philip Morris International, Inc. | 5,851 | $ | 682,870 | |||||
| Utilities - Electric Power - 1.7% | ||||||||
| Duke Energy Corp. | 8,287 | $ | 705,389 | |||||
| Total Common Stocks | $ | 16,032,529 | ||||||
| Floating Rate Loans (g)(r) - 0.7% | ||||||||
| Aerospace - 0.1% | ||||||||
| TransDigm, Inc., Term Loan C, 4.29%, 2/28/2020 | $ | 66,341 | $ | 66,557 | ||||
| Computer Software - Systems - 0.1% | ||||||||
| Sabre GLBL, Inc., Term Loan B, 3.98%, 2/22/2024 | $ | 32,338 | $ | 32,574 | ||||
| Consumer Products - 0.1% | ||||||||
| Spectrum Brands, Inc., Term Loan B, 3.27%, 6/23/2022 | $ | 30,511 | $ | 30,644 | ||||
| Entertainment - 0.2% | ||||||||
| Cedar Fair LP, Term Loan B, 3.48%, 4/13/2024 | $ | 41,964 | $ | 42,247 | ||||
| Six Flags Theme Parks, Inc., Term Loan B, 3.24%, 6/30/2022 | 32,500 | 32,713 | ||||||
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| $ | 74,960 | |||||||
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| Issuer | Shares/Par | Value ($) | ||||||
| Floating Rate Loans (g)(r) - continued | ||||||||
| Medical & Health Technology & Services - 0.2% | ||||||||
| DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc., Term Loan B, 3.98%, 6/24/2021 | $ | 75,419 | $ | 75,984 | ||||
| Total Floating Rate Loans | $ | 280,719 | ||||||
| Money Market Funds - 4.8% | ||||||||
| MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio, 1.08% (v) | 2,070,082 | $ | 2,070,082 | |||||
| Total Investments | $ | 42,362,644 | ||||||
| Other Assets, Less Liabilities - 1.0% | 442,311 | |||||||
| Net Assets - 100.0% | $ | 42,804,955 | ||||||
| (a) | Non-income producing security. |
| (d) | In default. |
| (g) | The rate shown represents a weighted average coupon rate on settled positions at period end, unless otherwise indicated. |
| (i) | Interest only security for which the fund receives interest on notional principal (Par amount). Par amount shown is the notional principal and does not reflect the cost of the security. |
| (n) | Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be sold in the ordinary course of business in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At period end, the aggregate value of these securities was $10,924,643, representing 25.5% of net assets. |
| (r) | Remaining maturities of floating rate loans may be less than stated maturities shown as a result of contractual or optional prepayments by the borrower. Such prepayments cannot be predicted with certainty. These loans may be subject to restrictions on resale. Floating rate loans generally have rates of interest which are determined periodically by reference to a base lending rate plus a premium. |
| (v) | Underlying affiliated fund that is available only to investment companies managed by MFS. The rate quoted for the MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. |
| (z) | Restricted securities are not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and are subject to legal restrictions on resale. These securities generally may be resold in transactions exempt from registration or to the public if the securities are subsequently registered. Disposal of these securities may involve time-consuming negotiations and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult. The fund holds the following restricted securities: |
| Restricted Securities | Acquisition Date |
Cost |
Value | |||||||
| Alpine Finance Merger Sub LLC, 6.875%, 8/01/2025 | 6/28/17-6/07/17 | $61,088 | $62,250 | |||||||
| CyrusOne LP/CyrusOne Finance Corp., REIT, 5.375%, 3/15/2027 | 6/22/17-6/23/17 | 31,265 | 31,688 | |||||||
| Dae Funding LLC, 5%, 8/01/2024 | 7/21/17-7/26/17 | 106,213 | 107,207 | |||||||
| Morgan Stanley Capital I, Inc., FRN, 1.493%, 4/28/2039 | 7/20/04 | 539 | 528 | |||||||
| New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc., 10.125%, 4/01/2022 | 3/19/17-6/08/17 | 105,403 | 108,541 | |||||||
| Novelis Corp., 5.875%, 9/30/2026 | 5/12/17-6/14/17 | 145,077 | 147,350 | |||||||
| Pattern Energy Group, Inc., 5.875%, 2/01/2024 | 7/19/17 | 15,785 | 15,825 | |||||||
| Seven Generations Energy, 6.75%, 5/01/2023 | 4/20/17-7/21/17 | 89,966 | 89,250 | |||||||
| VeriSign, Inc., 4.75%, 7/15/2027 | 6/29/17 | 27,000 | 27,405 | |||||||
| WMG Acquisition Corp., 5%, 8/01/2023 | 5/11/17-5/12/17 | 30,691 | 31,050 | |||||||
| Total Restricted Securities | $621,094 | |||||||||
| % of Net assets | 1.5% | |||||||||
The following abbreviations are used in this report and are defined:
| ADR | American Depositary Receipt | |
| FRN | Floating Rate Note. Interest rate resets periodically and the current rate may not be the rate reported at period end. | |
| PLC | Public Limited Company | |
| REIT | Real Estate Investment Trust |
Abbreviations indicate amounts shown in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. All amounts are stated in U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated. A list of abbreviations is shown below:
| EUR | Euro |
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Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) – continued
Derivative Contracts at 7/31/17
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts at 7/31/17
| Currency Purchased | Currency Sold | Counterparty | Settlement Date | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
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| Liability Derivatives | ||||||||||||||||||||
| USD | 126,490 | EUR |
111,755 | Goldman Sachs International | 8/10/2017 | $(5,860 | ) | |||||||||||||
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See attached supplemental information. For more information see notes to financial statements as disclosed in the most recent semiannual or annual report.
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Supplemental Information
7/31/17 (unaudited)
The fund is an investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services – Investment Companies.
(1) Investment Valuations
Equity securities, including restricted equity securities, are generally valued at the last sale or official closing price on their primary market or exchange as provided by a third-party pricing service. Equity securities, for which there were no sales reported that day, are generally valued at the last quoted daily bid quotation on their primary market or exchange as provided by a third-party pricing service. Debt instruments and floating rate loans, including restricted debt instruments, are generally valued at an evaluated or composite bid as provided by a third-party pricing service. Short-term instruments with a maturity at issuance of 60 days or less may be valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are generally valued at the mean of bid and asked prices for the time period interpolated from rates provided by a third-party pricing service for proximate time periods. Open-end investment companies are generally valued at net asset value per share. Securities and other assets generally valued on the basis of information from a third-party pricing service may also be valued at a broker/dealer bid quotation. Values obtained from third-party pricing services can utilize both transaction data and market information such as yield, quality, coupon rate, maturity, type of issue, trading characteristics, and other market data. The values of foreign securities and other assets and liabilities expressed in foreign currencies are converted to U.S. dollars using the mean of bid and asked prices for rates provided by a third-party pricing service.
The Board of Trustees has delegated primary responsibility for determining or causing to be determined the value of the fund’s investments (including any fair valuation) to the adviser pursuant to valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board. If the adviser determines that reliable market quotations are not readily available, investments are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the adviser in accordance with such procedures under the oversight of the Board of Trustees. Under the fund’s valuation policies and procedures, market quotations are not considered to be readily available for most types of debt instruments and floating rate loans and many types of derivatives. These investments are generally valued at fair value based on information from third-party pricing services. In addition, investments may be valued at fair value if the adviser determines that an investment’s value has been materially affected by events occurring after the close of the exchange or market on which the investment is principally traded (such as foreign exchange or market) and prior to the determination of the fund’s net asset value, or after the halting of trading of a specific security where trading does not resume prior to the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded. Events that occur on a frequent basis after foreign markets close (such as developments in foreign markets and significant movements in the U.S. markets) and prior to the determination of the fund’s net asset value may be deemed to have a material effect on the value of securities traded in foreign markets. Accordingly, the fund’s foreign equity securities may often be valued at fair value. The adviser generally relies on third-party pricing services or other information (such as the correlation with price movements of similar securities in the same or other markets; the type, cost and investment characteristics of the security; the business and financial condition of the issuer; and trading and other market data) to assist in determining whether to fair value and at what value to fair value an investment. The value of an investment for purposes of calculating the fund’s net asset value can differ depending on the source and method used to determine value. When fair valuation is used, the value of an investment used to determine the fund’s net asset value may differ from quoted or published prices for the same investment. There can be no assurance that the fund could obtain the fair value assigned to an investment if it were to sell the investment at the same time at which the fund determines its net asset value per share.
Various inputs are used in determining the value of the fund’s assets or liabilities. These inputs are categorized into three broad levels. In certain cases, the inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, an investment’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The fund’s assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment, and considers factors specific to the investment. Level 1 includes unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Level 2 includes other significant observable market-based inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speed, and credit risk).
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Level 3 includes unobservable inputs, which may include the adviser’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments. Other financial instruments are derivative instruments not reflected in total investments, such as forward foreign currency exchange contracts. The following is a summary of the levels used as of July 31, 2017 in valuing the fund’s assets or liabilities:
| Investments at Value | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||||||||||
| Equity Securities: | ||||||||||||||||
| United States |
$15,390,904 | $— | $53,365 | $15,444,269 | ||||||||||||
| Switzerland |
588,260 | — | — | 588,260 | ||||||||||||
| Non-U.S. Sovereign Debt | — | 289,140 | — | 289,140 | ||||||||||||
| U.S. Corporate Bonds | — | 20,207,676 | — | 20,207,676 | ||||||||||||
| Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities | — | 14,278 | — | 14,278 | ||||||||||||
| Foreign Bonds | — | 3,468,220 | — | 3,468,220 | ||||||||||||
| Floating Rate Loans | — | 280,719 | — | 280,719 | ||||||||||||
| Mutual Funds | 2,070,082 | — | — | 2,070,082 | ||||||||||||
| Total Investments | $18,049,246 | $24,260,033 | $53,365 | $42,362,644 | ||||||||||||
| Other Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||||
| Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts – Liabilities | $— | $(5,860 | ) | $— | $(5,860 | ) | ||||||||||
For further information regarding security characteristics, see the Portfolio of Investments
The following is a reconciliation of level 3 assets for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value. The fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between the levels as of the end of the period. The table presents the activity of level 3 securities held at the beginning and the end of the period.
| Equity Securities | ||||
| Balance as of 10/31/16 | $— | |||
| Received from a corporate action |
53,365 | |||
| Balance as of 7/31/17 | $53,365 | |||
At July 31, 2017, the fund held one level 3 security.
(2) Portfolio Securities
The cost and unrealized appreciation and depreciation in the value of the investments owned by the fund, as computed on a federal income tax basis, are as follows:
| Aggregate cost | $36,627,562 | |||
| Gross unrealized appreciation | 6,493,078 | |||
| Gross unrealized depreciation | (757,996 | ) | ||
| Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | $5,735,082 |
The aggregate cost above includes prior fiscal year end tax adjustments, if applicable.
(3) Transactions in Underlying Affiliated Funds – Affiliated Issuers
An affiliated issuer may be considered one in which the fund owns 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities, or a company which is under common control. For the purposes of this report, the fund assumes the following to be an affiliated issuer:
| Underlying Affiliated Fund | Beginning Shares/Par Amount |
Acquisitions Shares/Par Amount |
Dispositions Shares/Par Amount |
Ending Shares/Par Amount |
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| MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio | 1,491,200 | 7,136,064 | (6,557,182 | ) | 2,070,082 | |||||||||||
| Underlying Affiliated Fund | Realized Gain (Loss) |
Capital Gain Distributions |
Dividend Income |
Ending Value |
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| MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio | $(125 | ) | $— | $11,677 | $2,070,082 | |||||||||||
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| ITEM 2. | CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES. |
| (a) | Based upon their evaluation of the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”)) as conducted within 90 days of the filing date of this Form N-Q, the registrant’s principal financial officer and principal executive officer have concluded that those disclosure controls and procedures provide reasonable assurance that the material information required to be disclosed by the registrant on this report is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms. |
| (b) | There were no changes in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act) that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
| ITEM 3. | EXHIBITS. |
File as exhibits as part of this Form a separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2): Attached hereto.
Notice
A copy of the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, as amended, of the Registrant is on file with the Secretary of State of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts and notice is hereby given that this instrument is executed on behalf of the Registrant by an officer of the Registrant as an officer and not individually and the obligations of or arising out of this instrument are not binding upon any of the Trustees or shareholders individually, but are binding only upon the assets and property of the respective constituent series of the Registrant.
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.
Registrant: MFS SPECIAL VALUE TRUST
| By (Signature and Title)* | DAVID L. DILORENZO | |
| David L. DiLorenzo, President |
Date: September 15, 2017
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
| By (Signature and Title)* | DAVID L. DILORENZO | |
| David L. DiLorenzo, President (Principal Executive Officer) |
Date: September 15, 2017
| By (Signature and Title)* | JAMES O. YOST | |
| James O. Yost, Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer and Accounting Officer) |
Date: September 15, 2017
| * | Print name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature. |