As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 7, 2006
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: 811-21631
RMK Advantage Income Fund, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)
Morgan Keegan Tower
Fifty North Front Street
Memphis, Tennessee 38103
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Allen B. Morgan, Jr.
Morgan Keegan Tower
Fifty North Front Street
Memphis, Tennessee 38103
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (901) 524-4100
with copies to:
Arthur J. Brown, Esq.
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP
1601 K Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
Date of fiscal year end: March 31, 2007
Date of reporting period: September 30, 2006
Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.
The following is a copy of the report transmitted to stockholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) (17 CFR 270.30e-1):

TABLEOF CONTENTS
There is no assurance that the Funds will achieve their investment objectives. The Funds are subject to market risk, which include the possibilities that the market values of the securities owned by the Funds will decline or that the shares of the Funds will trade at lower prices in the market. Accordingly, you can lose money investing in the Funds.
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NOT FDIC INSURED | | MAY LOSE VALUE | | NO BANK GUARANTEE |
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LETTER TO STOCKHOLDERS
Dear Stockholder,
We are pleased to present the enclosed combined semi-annual report for RMK Advantage Income Fund, Inc., RMK High Income Fund, Inc., RMK Multi-Sector High Income Fund, Inc. and RMK Strategic Income Fund, Inc. (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”). In this report, you will find information on each Fund’s investment objective and strategy and learn how your investment performed during the six months ended September 30, 2006. The portfolio manager will also provide an overview of the market conditions and discuss some of the factors that affected investment performance during the reporting period. In addition, this report includes each Fund’s unaudited financial statements and each Fund’s portfolio of investments as of September 30, 2006.
As always, we appreciate your continued support of the Regions Morgan Keegan closed-end funds. We remain committed to helping you pursue your financial goals through investments in our fund family. You have our commitment to bring you the highest level of disciplined decision making and personal service to meet your financial needs. If you have any questions about the Funds, please call us toll-free at 800-564-2188.
Sincerely,

Brian B. Sullivan, CFA
President and Chief Investment Officer
Morgan Asset Management, Inc.
November 21, 2006
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RMK ADVANTAGE INCOME FUND, INC.
OBJECTIVE & STRATEGY
RMK Advantage Income Fund, Inc. seeks a high level of current income. The Fund seeks capital growth as a secondary investment objective when consistent with its primary investment objective. The Fund invests a majority of its total assets in below investment grade debt securities (commonly referred to as “junk bonds”) that offer attractive yield and capital appreciation potential. The Fund may also invest in investment grade debt securities, up to 15% of its total assets in foreign debt and foreign equity securities and up to 25% of its total assets in domestic equity securities, including common and preferred stocks. The Fund invests in a wide range of below investment grade debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities and municipal and foreign government obligations, as well as securities of companies in bankruptcy reorganization proceedings or otherwise in the process of debt restructuring. (Below investment grade debt securities are rated Ba1 or lower by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., BB+ or lower by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, comparably rated by another nationally recognized statistical rating organization or, if unrated, determined by the Fund’s investment adviser to be of comparable quality.)
INVESTMENT RISKS: Bond funds tend to experience smaller fluctuations in value than stock funds. However, investors in any bond fund should anticipate fluctuations in price. Bond prices and the value of bond funds decline as interest rates rise. Longer-term funds generally are more vulnerable to interest rate risk than shorter-term funds. Below investment grade bonds involve greater credit risk, which is the risk that the issuer will not make interest or principal payments when due. An economic downturn or period of rising interest rates could adversely affect the ability of issuers, especially issuers of below investment grade debt, to service primary obligations and an unanticipated default could cause the Fund to experience a reduction in value of its shares. The value of U.S. and foreign equity securities in which the Fund invests will change based on changes in a company’s financial condition and in overall market and economic conditions. Leverage creates an opportunity for an increased return to common stockholders, but unless the income and capital appreciation, if any, on securities acquired with leverage proceeds exceed the costs of the leverage, the use of leverage will diminish the investment performance of the Fund’s shares. Use of leverage may also increase the likelihood that the net asset value of the Fund and market value of its common shares will be more volatile, and the yield and total return to common stockholders will tend to fluctuate more in response to changes in interest rates and creditworthiness.
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RMK ADVANTAGE INCOME FUND, INC.
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSIONOF FUND PERFORMANCE
During the first half of RMK Advantage Income Fund, Inc.’s fiscal year 2007, which ended September 30, 2006, the Fund had a total return of 11.19%, based on market price and reinvested dividends. For the six months ended September 30, 2006, the Fund had a total return of 3.06%, based on net asset value and reinvested dividends. For the six months ended September 30, 2006, the Lehman Brothers Ba U.S. High Yield Index1 had a total return of 4.12%. The Fund’s strong market performance is a reflection of investor’s desire for cash distributions as well as the stability of the Fund’s net asset value offered by a very diverse portfolio.
During the first six months of the 2007 fiscal year, corporate high yield debt and common stocks were the best performing asset categories. Credit spreads (the yield premium required for risky assets over riskless assets such as U.S. Treasuries) contracted, or shrank significantly in the corporate sector providing meaningful outperformance for corporate securities. In the asset-backed sector, however, concerns over the slow down in housing and real estate in general caused credit spreads to expand and acted to depress overall performance from our portfolio of mortgage related securities. Asset-backed bonds secured by aircraft leases, medical equipment leases and ship leases continued to perform very well.
During the same period, we made substantial allocation shifts away from home equity loans and into collateralized loan obligations focusing specifically on packages of senior secured corporate loans, both domestic and international. Further allocation shifts will focus on moving out of some floating rate assets and into more fixed rate assets as we expect the Federal Reserve to begin lowering short term rates at some point in 2007.

James C. Kelsoe, Jr., CFA
Senior Portfolio Manager
Morgan Asset Management, Inc.
Market forecasts provided in this report may not necessarily come to pass. There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objectives. These views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions, and Morgan Asset Management, Inc. disclaims any responsibility to update such views. The Fund is subject to market risk, which include the possibilities that the market values of the securities owned by the Fund will decline or that shares of the Fund will trade at lower prices in the market. Accordingly, you can lose money investing in the Fund.
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INDEX DESCRIPTION
1 | | The Lehman Brothers Ba U.S. High Yield Index covers the universe of fixed rate, non-investment grade debt. Pay-in-kind (PIK) bonds, Eurobonds and debt issues from countries designated as emerging markets (e.g., Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, etc.) are excluded, but Canadian and global bonds (SEC registered) of issuers in non-emerging countries are included. Original issue zeroes, step-up coupon structures and 144As are also included. The index is unmanaged, and unlike the fund, is not affected by cashflows or trading and other expenses. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. |
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RMK ADVANTAGE INCOME FUND, INC.
PORTFOLIO STATISTICS†
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2006
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Average Credit Quality | | BB |
Current Yield | | 10.19% |
Yield to Maturity | | 12.03% |
Duration | | 4.27 Years |
Average Effective Maturity | | 5.69 Years |
Percentage of Leveraged Assets | | 26% |
Total Number of Holdings | | 273 |
† | | The Fund’s composition is subject to change. |
CREDIT QUALITY†
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2006
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%OFTOTALINVESTMENTS | | %OFTOTALINVESTMENTS |
AAA | | 1.8% | | CCC | | 17.8% |
AA | | 0.8% | | CC | | 2.7% |
BBB | | 17.2% | | C | | 0.4% |
BB | | 23.8% | | D | | 0.9% |
B | | 13.6% | | Not Rated | | 21.0% |
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| | | | Total | | 100.0% |
† | | The Fund’s composition is subject to change. |
ASSET ALLOCATION†
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2006
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%OFTOTALINVESTMENTS |
Corporate Bonds | | 32.4% |
Collateralized Debt Obligations | | 16.4% |
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations | | 13.9% |
Equipment Leases | | 11.5% |
Home Equity Loans | | 9.7% |
Common Stock | | 9.2% |
Preferred Stock | | 2.8% |
Certificate-Backed Obligations | | 2.2% |
Short-Term Investments | | 1.3% |
Other | | 0.6% |
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Total | | 100.0% |
† | | The Fund’s composition is subject to change. |
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RMK ADVANTAGE INCOME FUND, INC.
NAV & MARKET PRICE HISTORY*
The graph below illustrates the net asset value and market price history of RMK Advantage Income Fund, Inc. (NYSE: RMA) from the commencement of investment operations on November 8, 2004 to September 30, 2006.

* | | Net asset value is calculated every day that the New York Stock Exchange is open as of the close of trading (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time) by taking the closing market value of all portfolio securities, cash and other assets owned, subtracting all liabilities, then dividing the result (total net assets) by the total number of shares outstanding. The market price is the last reported price at which a share of the Fund was sold on the New York Stock Exchange. |
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
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| | AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS | |
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 | | SIX MONTHS* | | | 1 YEAR | | | COMMENCEMENT OF INVESTMENT OPERATIONS1 | |
MARKET VALUE | | 11.19 | % | | 19.37 | % | | 22.56 | % |
NET ASSET VALUE | | 3.06 | % | | 9.04 | % | | 9.36 | % |
LEHMAN BROTHERS BA HIGH YIELD INDEX2 | | 4.12 | % | | 6.67 | % | | 5.66 | % |
* | | Not annualized for periods less than one year. |
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RMK ADVANTAGE INCOME FUND, INC.
1 | | The Fund commenced investment operations on November 8, 2004. |
2 | | The Lehman Brothers Ba U.S. High Yield Index covers the universe of fixed rate, non-investment grade debt. Pay-in-kind (PIK) bonds, Eurobonds and debt issues from countries designated as emerging markets (e.g., Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, etc.) are excluded, but Canadian and global bonds (SEC registered) of issuers in non-emerging countries are included. Original issue zeroes, step-up coupon structures and 144As are also included. The index is unmanaged, and unlike the fund, is not affected by cashflows or trading and other expenses. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. |
Performance data quoted represents past performance which is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance changes over time and current performance may be lower or higher than what is stated. For the most recent performance, call toll-free 800-564-2188. Total returns assume an investment at the common share market price or net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions for the period in accordance with the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan, and sale of all shares at the closing market price (excluding any commissions) or net asset value at the end of the period. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a stockholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the sale of Fund shares.
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RMK ADVANTAGE INCOME FUND, INC.
PORTFOLIOOF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
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Principal Amount | | | | Description | | Value (b) |
| Asset Backed Securities–Investment Grade–12.7% of Net Assets | | | |
| | | | | Collateralized Debt Obligations–8.4% | | | |
$ | 2,000,000 | | | | Alesco Preferred 11A, 8.291% 12/23/36 (a) | | $ | 1,999,800 |
| 1,913,862 | | | | E-Trade 2004-1A COM1, 2.000% 1/10/40 | | | 1,933,000 |
| 6,000,000 | | | | Palmer Square 2A CN, 12.000% 11/2/45 (a) | | | 5,940,000 |
| 4,200,000 | | | | Restructured Asset Backed 2003-3A A3, 6.143% 1/29/22 (a) | | | 3,719,478 |
| 6,000,000 | | | | Taberna Preferred Funding Ltd. 2006-6A COM, 6.100% 12/6/36 (a) | | | 5,948,400 |
| 4,000,000 | | | | Taberna Preferred Funding, Ltd 2006-7A C1, Zero Coupon Bond 2/5/37 (a) | | | 3,936,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Trapeza 2006-10A D2, 8.700% 6/6/41 (a) | | | 2,000,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Trapeza CDO LLC 2006-10A, Zero Coupon Bond 6/6/41 | | | 1,920,000 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | TSAR 16A E, 8.830% 5/19/45 (a) | | | 2,925,000 |
| 4,777,255 | | | | Witherspoon 2004-1A COM1, 7.500% 9/15/39 | | | 4,657,823 |
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| | | | | | | | 34,979,501 |
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| | | | | Equipment Leases–1.2% | | | |
| 3,883,658 | | | | Aviation Capital 2005-3A C1, 8.580% 12/25/35 (a) | | | 3,961,331 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | United Capital Aviation Trust 2005-1 B1A, Zero Coupon Bond 7/15/31 (a) | | | 959,040 |
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| | | | | | | | 4,920,371 |
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| | | | | Home Equity Loans–3.1% | | | |
| 7,613,000 | | | | Ace Securities 2004-HE3 M11, 8.830% 11/25/34 | | | 6,927,830 |
| 2,119,000 | | | | Asset Backed Securities Corp Home Equity 2005-HE1 M10, 6.788% 3/25/35 | | | 1,968,678 |
| 2,681,000 | | | | Bear Stearns 2004-HE9 M7B, 9.330% 11/25/34 | | | 2,386,090 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Soundview 2005-A B1, 8.330% 4/25/35 (a) | | | 1,600,000 |
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| | | | | | | | 12,882,598 |
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| | | | | Total Asset Backed Securities–Investment Grade (cost $52,012,777) | | | 52,782,470 |
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| Asset Backed Securities–Below Investment Grade or Unrated–41.2% of Net Assets |
| | | | | Certificate-Backed Obligations–2.9% | | | |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Preferred Term Securities II, 12.000% 5/22/33 (a) | | | 1,349,880 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Preferred Term Securities XXI, 10.000% 3/22/38 (a) | | | 1,974,960 |
| 1,000,000 | | | | Preferred Term Securities XXII, Zero Coupon Bond 9/22/36 (a) | | | 988,570 |
| 5,000,000 | | | | Preferred Term Securities XXII, Zero Coupon Bond 9/22/36 (a) | | | 4,963,200 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Preferred Term Securities XXIII, Zero Coupon Bond 12/22/36 (a) | | | 2,964,000 |
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| | | | | | | | 12,240,610 |
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| | | | | Collateralized Debt Obligations–13.6% | | | |
| 2,000,000 | | | | 801 Grand CDO 06-1 LLC, 11.390% 9/20/16 (a) | | | 1,965,000 |
| 4,000,000 | | | | Acacia CDO, Ltd. 10A, Zero Coupon Bond 9/7/46 (a) | | | 1,824,400 |
| 5,000,000 | | | | Aladdin CDO 2006-3A, 10.390% 10/31/13 (a) | | | 2,350,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Arlington Street CDO 1A B, 8.970% 6/10/12 (a) | | | 1,730,000 |
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RMK ADVANTAGE INCOME FUND, INC.
PORTFOLIOOF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
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Principal Amount | | | | Description | | Value (b) |
| Asset Backed Securities–Below Investment Grade or Unrated (continued) | | | |
| | | | | Collateralized Debt Obligations (continued) | | | |
$ | 4,000,000 | | | | Attentus CDO Ltd. 2006-2A COM, Zero Coupon Bond 10/9/41 | | $ | 3,888,000 |
| 2,773,473 | | | | Cigna CDO Limited 2000-1A B1, 6.520% 8/28/12 (a) | | | 2,081,852 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Diversified Asset Securitization 2 1A B1, 9.712% 9/15/35 (a) | | | 1,590,000 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Dryden Leveraged Loan CDO 2005-9A DFN, Zero Coupon Bond 9/20/19 | | | 2,550,000 |
| 4,000,000 | | | | GSC Partners CDO Fund Ltd 2006-7A COM1, 5.075% 5/25/20 (a) | | | 3,987,200 |
| 3,909,018 | | | | Hewett’s Island 2004-1A COM, 9.000% 12/15/16 | | | 3,772,203 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Jazz CDO BV III-A EB, Zero Coupon Bond 9/20/14 (a) | | | 1,974,440 |
| 9,000,000 | | | | Kenmore Street Synthetic CDO 2006-1A, 10.390% 4/30/14 (a) | | | 4,140,000 |
| 1,000,000 | | | | Knollwood CDO Ltd. 2006-2A E, 11.488% 7/13/46 (a) | | | 1,000,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Knollwood CDO Ltd. 2006-2A SN, Zero Coupon Bond 7/13/46 | | | 1,840,000 |
| 4,000,000 | | | | Kodiak CDO 2006-1A COMB, 3.712% 8/7/37 (a) | | | 3,600,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Millstone III CDO Ltd, 4.300% 7/5/46 | | | 1,940,000 |
| 3,863,935 | | | | MKP 4A CS, 2.000% 7/12/40 (a) | | | 3,722,515 |
| 5,000,000 | | | | OFSI Fund 2006-1A COM1, 5.400% 3/20/40 (a) | | | 5,000,000 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Rosedale CLO Ltd I-A II, 5.146% 5/31/36 (a) | | | 2,880,000 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Tropic CDO Corp. 2006-5A C1, Zero Coupon Bond 7/15/36 | | | 2,841,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Veritas 2006-2, 15.000% 7/11/20 (a) | | | 1,920,000 |
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| | | | | | | | 56,596,610 |
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| | | | | Collateralized Loan Obligations–0.2% | | | |
| 1,000,000 | | | | Flagship CLO 2005-4I, Zero Coupon Bond 6/1/17 | | | 946,250 |
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| | | | | Equipment Leases–14.3% | | | |
| 6,085,100 | | | | Aerco Limited 1X C1, 6.680% 7/15/23 | | | 2,388,402 |
| 4,235,094 | | | | Aerco Limited 2A B2, 6.380% 7/15/25 (a) | | | 2,075,196 |
| 7,342,333 | | | | Aerco Limited 2A C2, 7.380% 7/15/25 (a) | | | 2,349,546 |
| 14,250,000 | | | | Aircraft Finance Trust 1999-1A A1, 5.810% 5/15/24 | | | 10,081,875 |
| 5,000,000 | | | | Airplanes Pass Through Trust 2001-1A A9, 5.880% 3/15/19 | | | 3,256,250 |
| 969,186 | | | | DVI Receivables 2001-2 A3, 3.519% 11/8/31 | | | 746,274 |
| 2,060,781 | | | | DVI Receivables 2001-2 A4, 4.613% 11/11/09 | | | 1,607,409 |
| 7,023,203 | | | | DVI Receivables 2002-1 A3A, 5.680% 6/11/10 | | | 4,003,225 |
| 1,627,123 | | | | DVI Receivables 2002-2 C, 4.340% 9/12/10 | | | 878,647 |
| 1,912,817 | | | | DVI Receivables 2003-1 A3A, 5.830% 3/14/11 | | | 1,625,895 |
| 17,000,000 | | | | Lease Investment Flight Trust 1 A1, 5.720% 7/15/31 | | | 12,112,500 |
| 5,000,000 | | | | Pegasus Aviation Lease 1999-1A A2, 6.300% 3/25/29 | | | 2,175,000 |
| 6,000,000 | | | | Pegasus Aviation Lease 1999-1A B1, 6.300% 3/25/29 (a) | | | 1,313,580 |
| 3,687,467 | | | | Pegasus Aviation Lease 2000-1 A1, 5.955% 3/25/15 (a) | | | 2,359,979 |
| 20,700,000 | | | | Pegasus Aviation Lease 2001-1A A1, 5.810% 5/10/31 (a) | | | 12,678,750 |
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| | | | | | | | 59,652,528 |
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| | | | | Franchise Loans–0.2% | | | |
| 1,617,000 | | | | Falcon Franchise Loan 2001-1 F, 6.500% 1/5/23 | | | 957,021 |
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PORTFOLIOOF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
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Principal Amount | | | | Description | | Value (b) |
| Asset Backed Securities–Below Investment Grade or Unrated (continued) | | | |
| | | | | Home Equity Loans–9.9% | | | |
$ | 2,000,000 | | | | Ace Securities 2005-HE2 B1, 8.580% 4/25/35 (a) | | $ | 1,640,000 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Ace Securities 2005-HE6 B1, 8.330% 10/25/35 (a) | | | 2,340,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Asset Backed Securities Corp Home Equity 2006-HE4 M9, 7.830% 5/25/36 (a) | | | 1,788,440 |
| 7,038,000 | | | | Equifirst Mortgage 2004-3 B2, 6.521% 12/25/34 (a) | | | 6,123,060 |
| 1,000,000 | | | | Equifirst Mortgage 2005-1 B3, 6.268% 4/25/35 (a) | | | 822,500 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Master Asset Backed Securities Trust 2005-FRE1 M10, 7.830% 10/25/35 (a) | | | 1,620,000 |
| 4,000,000 | | | | Meritage Asset Holdings NIM 2005-2 N4, 7.500% 11/25/35 (a) | | | 2,960,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Merrill Lynch Mortgage 2005-SL1 B5, 8.830% 6/25/35 (a) | | | 1,760,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Nomura Home Equity Loan Inc. 2005-HE1 B1, 7.780% 9/25/35 | | | 1,775,000 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Structured Asset 2005-S6 B3, 7.830% 11/25/35 (a) | | | 2,486,250 |
| 4,548,535 | | | | Terwin Mortgage 2005-11 1B7, 5.000% 11/25/36 (a) | | | 3,798,027 |
| | | | | Terwin Mortgage 2005-3SL B6, 11.500% 3/25/35 interest-only strips | | | 815,728 |
| 2,070,801 | | | | Terwin Mortgage 2005-7SL, 9.203% 7/25/35 (a) | | | 1,804,186 |
| 4,000,000 | | | | Terwin Mortgage 2005-R1, 5.000% 12/28/36 (a) | | | 2,970,000 |
| 4,500,000 | | | | Terwin Mortgage 2006-1 2B5, 5.000% 1/25/37 (a) | | | 3,681,000 |
| 6,000,000 | | | | Terwin Mortgage 2006-R3, 6.290% 7/25/37(a) | | | 4,904,400 |
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| | | | | | | | 41,288,591 |
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| | | | | Manufactured Housing Loans–0.1% | | | |
| 896,130 | | | | Bombardier Capital 1998-B M2, 7.310% 10/15/28 | | | 17,923 |
| 482,121 | | | | Bombardier Capital 2001-A M2, 8.265% 12/15/30 | | | 106,066 |
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| | | | | | | | 123,989 |
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| | | | | Total Asset Backed Securities–Below Investment Grade or Unrated (cost $179,547,359) | | | 171,805,599 |
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| Corporate Bonds–Investment Grade–2.0% of Net Assets | | | |
| | | | | Special Purpose Entity–2.0% | | | |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Barton Springs 2005-1-C1, 8.690% 12/20/10 (a) | | | 1,760,000 |
| 4,000,000 | | | | Duane Park I, Zero Coupon Bond 6/27/16 (a) | | | 4,000,000 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Lincoln Park Ref Link 01-1, 8.905% 7/30/31 (a) | | | 2,670,000 |
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| | | | | Total Corporate Bonds–Investment Grade (cost $8,463,022) | | | 8,430,000 |
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| Corporate Bonds–Below Investment Grade or Unrated–41.5% of Net Assets | | | |
| | | | | Apparel–1.1% | | | |
| 4,435,000 | | | | Rafaella Apparel, 11.250% 6/15/11 (a) | | | 4,357,387 |
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| | | | | Appliances–0.6% | | | |
| 2,535,000 | | | | Windmere-Durable, 10.000% 7/31/08 | | | 2,535,000 |
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RMK ADVANTAGE INCOME FUND, INC.
PORTFOLIOOF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
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Principal Amount | | | | Description | | Value (b) |
| Corporate Bonds–Below Investment Grade or Unrated (continued) | | | |
| | | | | Automotives–3.7% | | | |
$ | 2,225,000 | | | | Cooper Standard Auto, 8.375% 12/15/14 | | $ | 1,635,375 |
| 2,225,000 | | | | Dana Corporation, Zero Coupon Bond 1/15/15 in default (c) | | | 1,457,375 |
| 1,388,000 | | | | Dana Corporation, Zero Coupon Bond 3/15/10 in default (c) | | | 964,660 |
| 925,000 | | | | Delco Remy International Inc, 11.000% 5/1/09 | | | 444,000 |
| 1,325,000 | | | | Delphi Corporation, Zero Coupon Bond 5/1/29 in default (c) | | | 1,119,625 |
| 1,350,000 | | | | Dura Operating, 8.625% 4/15/12 | | | 534,937 |
| 1,650,000 | | | | Dura Operating, 9.000% 5/1/09 | | | 70,125 |
| 1,550,000 | | | | Federal-Mogul Co, Zero Coupon Bond 1/15/09 in default (c) | | | 891,250 |
| 2,550,000 | | | | Ford Motor, 7.450% 7/16/31 | | | 1,969,875 |
| 250,000 | | | | Ford Motor, 9.980% 2/15/47 | | | 217,500 |
| 2,525,000 | | | | General Motors, 8.375% 7/15/33 | | | 2,184,125 |
| 400,000 | | | | Metaldyne Corp., 10.000% 11/1/13 | | | 404,000 |
| 3,750,000 | | | | Metaldyne Corp., 11.000% 6/15/12 | | | 3,375,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 15,267,847 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Basic Materials–2.1% | | | |
| 4,410,000 | | | | Edgen Acquisition, 9.875% 2/1/11 | | | 4,365,900 |
| 2,375,000 | | | | FMG Finance, 10.625% 9/1/16 (a) | | | 2,280,000 |
| 2,533,000 | | | | Millar Western, 7.750% 11/15/13 | | | 2,102,390 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 8,748,290 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Building & Construction–0.7% | | | |
| 600,000 | | | | William Lyon Homes, 7.625% 12/15/12 | | | 484,500 |
| 1,700,000 | | | | Owens Corning, Zero Coupon Bond 8/1/18 in default (c) | | | 871,250 |
| 1,700,000 | | | | Tech Olympic USA, Inc, 10.375% 7/1/12 | | | 1,470,500 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 2,826,250 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Communications–1.0% | | | |
| 4,350,000 | | | | CCH I Holdings LLC, 11.750% 5/15/14 | | | 3,099,375 |
| 967,000 | | | | CCH I Holdings LLC, 11.000% 10/1/15 | | | 879,970 |
| 350,000 | | | | Penton Media, 10.375% 6/15/11 | | | 344,750 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 4,324,095 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Consulting Services–1.1% | | | |
| 2,000,000 | | | | MSX International, 11.000% 10/15/07 | | | 1,920,000 |
| 4,000,000 | | | | MSX International, 11.375% 1/15/08 | | | 2,868,480 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 4,788,480 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Electronics–0.4% | | | |
| 1,800,000 | | | | Motors and Gears, 10.750% 11/15/06 | | | 1,789,735 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Energy–1.8% | | | |
| 2,425,000 | | | | Neptune Marine, 10.920% 9/7/09 (a) | | | 2,443,188 |
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PORTFOLIOOF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
| | | | | | | | |
Principal Amount | | | | Description | | Value (b) |
| Corporate Bonds–Below Investment Grade or Unrated (continued) | | | |
| | | | | Energy (continued) | | | |
$ | 5,050,000 | | | | Paramount Resources Ltd, 8.500% 1/31/13* | | $ | 5,062,625 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 7,505,813 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Finance–1.0% | | | |
| 3,225,000 | | | | Advanta Capital Trust I, 8.990% 12/17/26 | | | 3,265,312 |
| 875,000 | | | | Altra Industrial Motion, 9.000% 12/1/11 | | | 892,500 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 4,157,812 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Food–1.0% | | | |
| 1,950,000 | | | | Eurofresh Inc, 11.500% 1/15/13 (a) | | | 1,901,250 |
| 3,200,000 | | | | Merisant, 9.500% 7/15/13 | | | 2,048,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 3,949,250 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Garden Products–0.3% | | | |
| 1,460,000 | | | | Ames True Temper, 10.000% 7/15/12 | | | 1,251,950 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Health Care–0.9% | | | |
| 3,500,000 | | | | Healthsouth Corp, 11.418% 6/15/14 (a) | | | 3,570,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Human Resources–0.4% | | | |
| 1,850,000 | | | | Comforce Operating, 12.000% 12/1/07 | | | 1,845,560 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Industrial–5.9% | | | |
| 3,235,000 | | | | Advanced Lighting Technologies, 11.000% 3/31/09 | | | 3,218,825 |
| 4,000,000 | | | | Consolidated Container, 10.125% 7/15/09 | | | 3,820,000 |
| 1,120,000 | | | | Constar International, 11.000% 12/1/12 | | | 974,400 |
| 3,228,000 | | | | Continental Global Group, 9.000% 10/1/08 | | | 3,134,517 |
| 950,000 | | | | Corp Durango SA, 8.500% 12/31/12 | | | 883,500 |
| 1,800,000 | | | | Home Products International, 9.625% 5/15/08 | | | 1,170,000 |
| 2,800,000 | | | | IMAX Corp, 9.625% 12/1/10 | | | 2,667,000 |
| 1,675,000 | | | | Spectrum Brands, 8.500% 10/1/13 | | | 1,448,875 |
| 1,270,000 | | | | Trimas Corp., 9.875% 6/15/12 | | | 1,174,750 |
| 1,225,000 | | | | VITRO S.A., 12.750% 11/1/13 (a) | | | 1,280,125 |
| 675,000 | | | | Wolverine Tube, 10.500% 4/1/09 | | | 594,000 |
| 3,675,000 | | | | Wolverine Tube, 7.375% 8/1/08 (a) | | | 3,123,750 |
| 1,125,000 | | | | Wornick Company, 10.875% 7/15/11 | | | 1,119,375 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 24,609,117 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Investment Companies–0.3% | | | |
| 1,250,000 | | | | Reg Diversified Funding, 10.000% 1/25/36 (a) | | | 1,250,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Manufacturing–4.3% | | | |
| 4,500,000 | | | | BGF Industries, 10.250% 1/15/09 | | | 4,235,625 |
| 2,200,000 | | | | Elgin National Industries, 11.000% 11/1/07 | | | 2,200,770 |
| 3,900,000 | | | | GSI Group, 12.000% 5/15/13 (a) | | | 4,173,000 |
| 3,545,000 | | | | JB Poindexter, 8.750% 3/15/14 | | | 2,924,625 |
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PORTFOLIOOF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
| | | | | | | | |
Principal Amount | | | | Description | | Value (b) |
| Corporate Bonds–Below Investment Grade or Unrated (continued) | | | |
| | | | | Manufacturing (continued) | | | |
$ | 3,475,000 | | | | Maax Corp, 9.750% 6/15/12 | | $ | 2,745,250 |
| 1,700,000 | | | | Terphane Holding Corp, 12.500% 6/15/09 (a) | | | 1,700,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 17,979,270 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Medical Products–0.4% | | | |
| 5,055,000 | | | | Insight Health Services, 9.875% 11/1/11 | | | 1,731,337 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Retail–1.8% | | | |
| 950,000 | | | | Jo-Ann Stores, 7.500% 3/1/12 | | | 826,500 |
| 400,000 | | | | Lazydays RV Center, 11.750% 5/15/12 | | | 384,000 |
| 1,150,000 | | | | Nebraska Book Company, 8.625% 3/15/12 | | | 1,078,125 |
| 1,518,000 | | | | Star Gas Partner, 10.250% 2/15/13 | | | 1,540,770 |
| 4,350,000 | | | | Uno Restaurant, 10.000% 2/15/11 (a) | | | 3,632,250 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 7,461,645 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Special Purpose Entity–6.6% | | | |
| 9,333,333 | | | | Dow Jones CDX HY T4, 10.500% 12/29/09 (a) | | | 9,403,333 |
| 2,500,000 | | | | Eirles Two Limited 262, 5.372% 8/3/21 | | | 2,500,000 |
| 3,500,000 | | | | Eirles Two Limited 263, 5.372% 8/3/21 | | | 3,500,000 |
| 5,000,000 | | | | INCAPS Funding II, Zero Coupon Bond 1/15/34 (a) | | | 4,500,000 |
| 1,320,000 | | | | Interactive Health, 7.250% 4/1/11 (a) | | | 1,062,600 |
| 2,100,000 | | | | Milacron Escrow Corp, 11.500% 5/15/11 | | | 1,995,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | North Street Referenced Linked Notes 2000-1A D1, 8.085% 4/28/11 (a) | | | 900,000 |
| 3,500,000 | | | | North Street Referenced Linked Notes 2000-1A, 7.235% 4/28/11 (a) | | | 2,730,000 |
| 850,000 | | | | PCA LLC/PCA Finance Corp, 14.000% 6/1/09 (a) | | | 858,500 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 27,449,433 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Technology–1.3% | | | |
| 3,350,000 | | | | Danka Business Systems, 11.000% 6/15/10 | | | 3,082,000 |
| 1,450,000 | | | | Spheris Inc, 11.000% 12/15/12 (a) | | | 1,359,375 |
| 875,000 | | | | Unisys Corp, 8.000% 10/15/12 | | | 818,125 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 5,259,500 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Telecommunications–2.0% | | | |
| 3,350,000 | | | | Broadview Networks Holdings, 11.375% 9/1/12 (a) | | | 3,408,625 |
| 675,000 | | | | Iridium LLC/Capital Corp, Zero Coupon Bond 7/15/09 in default (c) | | | 182,250 |
| 4,175,000 | | | | Primus Telecommunications, 8.000% 1/15/14 | | | 2,609,375 |
| 2,400,000 | | | | Securus Technologies, 11.000% 9/1/11 | | | 2,052,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 8,252,250 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Tobacco–0.6% | | | |
| 2,915,000 | | | | North Atlantic Trading, 9.250% 3/1/12 | | | 2,521,475 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
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RMK ADVANTAGE INCOME FUND, INC.
PORTFOLIOOF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
| | | | | | | | |
Principal Amount | | | | Description | | Value (b) |
| Corporate Bonds–Below Investment Grade or Unrated (continued) | | | |
| | | | | Transportation–0.9% | | | |
$ | 3,875,000 | | | | Sea Containers Ltd, 10.750% 10/15/06* | | $ | 3,850,219 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Travel–1.3% | | | |
| 5,675,000 | | | | Worldspan Financial, 11.655% 2/15/11 | | | 5,582,781 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Total Corporate Bonds–Below Investment Grade or Unrated (cost $179,971,449) | | | 172,864,496 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| Mortgage Backed Securities–Investment Grade–2.9% of Net Assets | | | |
| | | | | Collateralized Mortgage Obligations–2.9% | | | |
| | | | | Harborview Mortgage 2004-8 X, 1.243% 11/19/34 interest-only strips | | | 2,517,798 |
| 1,998,918 | | | | Harborview Mortgage 2006-4 B11, 7.080% 10/19/35 (a) | | | 1,956,441 |
| 1,000,000 | | | | Indymac Index NIM Corp 2006-AR6 N2, 8.833% 6/25/46 (a) | | | 1,000,000 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Park Place Securities 2005-WCW2 M10, 7.830% 7/25/35 | | | 2,670,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Park Place Securities 2005-WHQ3 M11, 7.830% 6/25/35 | | | 1,735,000 |
| 2,415,450 | | | | Sail Net Interest Margin Notes 2004-7A B, 6.750% 8/27/34 (a) | | | 2,378,059 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Total Mortgage Backed Securities–Investment Grade (cost $14,621,571) | | | 12,257,298 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| Mortgage Backed Securities–Below Investment Grade or Unrated–15.7% of Net Assets |
| | | | | Collateralized Mortgage Obligations–15.7% | | | |
| 2,994,394 | | | | Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust 2005-51 B3, 6.580% 11/20/35 | | | 2,350,600 |
| 3,991,006 | | | | Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust 2005-56 B3, 6.580% 11/25/35 (a) | | | 3,122,962 |
| 1,985,386 | | | | Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust 2006-OA1 B2, 7.330% 3/20/46 | | | 1,111,816 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | First Franklin Mortgage 2005-FFH3 B4, 7.330% 9/25/35 (a) | | | 2,208,750 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Greenwich 2005-3 N2, 2.000% 6/27/35 (a) | | | 1,878,900 |
| 8,000,000 | | | | Greenwich 2005-4 N-2, Zero Coupon Bond 7/27/45 (a) | | | 4,600,000 |
| 4,000,000 | | | | Greenwich 2005-6A N3, Zero Coupon Bond 11/27/45 (a) | | | 3,400,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | GSAMP Trust 2004-AR1 B5, 5.000% 6/25/34 (a) | | | 1,825,620 |
| 1,999,878 | | | | Harborview Mortgage 2005-15 B10, 7.080% 10/20/45 | | | 1,591,783 |
| 3,956,338 | | | | Harborview Mortgage 2006-4 B11, 7.080% 5/19/47 (a) | | | 2,433,148 |
| 1,000,000 | | | | Indymac Index NIM Corp 2006-AR6 N3, 8.833% 6/25/46 (a) | | | 942,970 |
| 5,000,000 | | | | Long Beach Asset Holdings 2005-WL1 N4, 7.500% 6/25/45 (a) | | | 4,250,000 |
| 1,902,625 | | | | Long Beach Mortgage 2001-3 M3, 8.143% 9/25/31 | | | 456,630 |
| 1,393,846 | | | | Long Beach Mortgage 2001-4 M2, 6.980% 3/25/32 | | | 1,125,578 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust 2005-2 B2, 8.080% 4/25/35 (a) | | | 1,713,120 |
| 2,043,150 | | | | Park Place Securities 2005-WCW1 B, 5.000% 9/25/35 (a) | | | 1,884,806 |
| 3,800,000 | | | | Park Place Securities 2005-WCW1 M11, 7.830% 9/25/35 | | | 3,078,000 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Park Place Securities 2005-WCW3, 7.830% 8/25/35 (a) | | | 2,430,000 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Park Place Securities 2005-WHQ1 M10, 7.830% 3/25/35 (a) | | | 2,666,250 |
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RMK ADVANTAGE INCOME FUND, INC.
PORTFOLIOOF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
| | | | | | | | |
Principal Amount/ Shares | | | | Description | | Value (b) |
| Mortgage Backed Securities–Below Investment Grade or Unrated (continued) | | | |
| | | | | Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (continued) | | | |
$ | 2,000,000 | | | | Park Place Securities 2005-WHQ4, 7.830% 9/25/35 (a) | | $ | 1,400,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Popular 2005-4 B2, 7.830% 9/25/35 (a) | | | 1,800,000 |
| 5,250,000 | | | | Residential 2005-RS4 B2, 8.330% 4/25/35 (a) | | | 4,372,253 |
| 3,938,000 | | | | Residential 2005-RS4 B3, 8.330% 4/25/35 (a) | | | 3,103,656 |
| 1,381,829 | | | | Sasco Net Interest Margin Trust 2004-6XS B, 5.000% 3/28/34 (a) | | | 1,292,010 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Soundview 2005-1 B3, 8.580% 4/25/35 (a) | | | 1,560,000 |
| 2,591,000 | | | | Soundview 2005-2 B3, 8.330% 7/25/35 (a) | | | 2,098,710 |
| 1,972,000 | | | | Soundview 2005-B M14, 7.650% 5/25/35 (a) | | | 1,197,951 |
| 2,573,000 | | | | Structured Asset 2004-S2 B, 6.000% 6/25/34 (a) | | | 2,404,443 |
| 2,139,000 | | | | Structured Asset 2004-S4 B3, 5.000% 12/25/34 (a) | | | 1,628,014 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Structured Asset 2005-AR1 B2, 7.330% 9/25/35 (a) | | | 1,510,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Total Mortgage Backed Securities–Below Investment Grade or Unrated (cost $66,136,563) | | | 65,437,970 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| Municipal Securities–0.2% of Net Assets | | | |
| 1,250,000 | | | | Pima County Arizona IDA Health Care, Zero Coupon Bond 11/15/32 | | | 700,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Total Municipal Securities (cost $783,722) | | | 700,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| Common Stocks–12.3% of Net Assets | | | |
| 35,200 | | | | Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (c) | | | 554,752 |
| 38,800 | | | | American Capital Strategies, Ltd. | | | 1,531,436 |
| 11,700 | | | | Anadarko Petroleum Corporation | | | 512,811 |
| 23,300 | | | | Aqua America, Inc. | | | 511,202 |
| 28,900 | | | | AVX Corporation | | | 511,241 |
| 61,500 | | | | Cascade Microtech, Inc. (c) | | | 765,675 |
| 12,700 | | | | Caterpillar Inc. (d) | | | 835,660 |
| 18,000 | | | | Cemex, S.A. de C.V. (d) | | | 541,440 |
| 17,600 | | | | Chiquita Brands International, Inc. | | | 235,488 |
| 46,700 | | | | Citizens Communications Company | | | 655,668 |
| 6,600 | | | | Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo | | | 198,660 |
| 60,300 | | | | Compass Diversified Trust | | | 922,590 |
| 29,000 | | | | Consolidated Communications Illinois Holdings, Inc. | | | 542,590 |
| 17,100 | | | | Cytec Industries Inc. (d) | | | 950,589 |
| 33,300 | | | | Direct General Corporation | | | 448,218 |
| 12,900 | | | | Edison International | | | 537,156 |
| 30,900 | | | | ENSCO International Incorporated | | | 1,354,347 |
| 24,100 | | | | Enterprise Products Partners L.P. | | | 644,675 |
| 18,800 | | | | FairPoint Communications, Inc. | | | 327,120 |
| 41,500 | | | | Famous Dave’s of America, Inc. (c) | | | 630,800 |
| 32,100 | | | | Fording Canadian Coal Trust | | | 851,613 |
| 17,000 | | | | Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (c) | | | 567,800 |
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RMK ADVANTAGE INCOME FUND, INC.
PORTFOLIOOF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
| | | | | | | |
Shares | | | | Description | | Value (b) |
Common Stocks (continued) | | | |
75,600 | | | | Horizon Offshore, Inc. | | $ | 1,292,760 |
71,000 | | | | Infocrossing, Inc. (c) | | | 952,110 |
142,100 | | | | InPhonic, Inc. (c)(d) | | | 1,125,432 |
111,695 | | | | Intermet Corporation (c) | | | 893,560 |
3,200 | | | | International Coal Group, Inc. (c) | | | 13,504 |
14,100 | | | | Iowa Telecommunications Services, Inc. | | | 279,039 |
6,800 | | | | J.C. Penney Company, Inc. | | | 465,052 |
20,400 | | | | Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. | | | 895,152 |
32,800 | | | | KKR Financial Corp. | | | 804,912 |
18,400 | | | | L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. | | | 1,441,272 |
47,200 | | | | Macquarie Infrastructure Company Trust | | | 1,471,696 |
11,000 | | | | Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. | | | 405,900 |
19,100 | | | | Masco Corporation (d) | | | 523,722 |
17,200 | | | | McDermott International, Inc. (c) | | | 718,960 |
77,800 | | | | MCG Capital Corporation | | | 1,270,474 |
37,900 | | | | Mittal Steel Company N.V. | | | 1,316,646 |
27,600 | | | | Motorola, Inc. (d) | | | 690,000 |
86,400 | | | | Nam Tai Electronics, Inc. | | | 1,061,856 |
91,900 | | | | Ness Technologies, Inc. (c) | | | 1,226,865 |
38,200 | | | | New York Community Bancorp, Inc. | | | 625,716 |
46,900 | | | | Optimal Group Inc. (c) (d) | | | 551,544 |
34,000 | | | | Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. (c) | | | 512,720 |
15,500 | | | | Peabody Energy Corporation | | | 570,090 |
667 | | | | Providence Washington Insurance Companies (c) | | | 67 |
41,400 | | | | Regal Entertainment Group | | | 820,548 |
23,600 | | | | RTI International Metals, Inc. (c) | | | 1,028,488 |
14,600 | | | | Sanderson Farms, Inc. (d) | | | 472,456 |
18,100 | | | | Sasol Limited | | | 595,309 |
25,190 | | | | Ship Finance International Limited | | | 501,281 |
17,200 | | | | Stage Stores, Inc. (d) | | | 504,648 |
192,452 | | | | Star Gas Partners, L.P. (c) | | | 479,205 |
31,000 | | | | Superior Energy Services, Inc. (c) | | | 814,060 |
120,167 | | | | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. | | | 1,153,603 |
131,770 | | | | Technology Investment Capital Corporation (c) | | | 1,927,795 |
13,200 | | | | Tenaris S.A. | | | 467,016 |
12,800 | | | | The Dow Chemical Company | | | 498,944 |
1,900 | | | | The First Marblehead Corporation (d) | | | 131,594 |
30,500 | | | | The Home Depot, Inc. | | | 1,106,235 |
14,300 | | | | The Timken Company | | | 425,854 |
92,550 | | | | Trustreet Properties Inc. | | | 1,157,801 |
26,600 | | | | Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited | | | 1,186,360 |
33,600 | | | | Valero Energy Corporation (d) | | | 1,729,392 |
13,900 | | | | Valero L.P. | | | 695,000 |
11,000 | | | | Washington Mutual, Inc. | | | 478,170 |
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RMK ADVANTAGE INCOME FUND, INC.
PORTFOLIOOF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
| | | | | | | | | |
Principal Amount/ Shares | | | | Description | | Value (b) | |
| Common Stocks (continued) | | | | |
| 103,400 | | | | Windstream Corporation | | $ | 1,363,846 | |
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| | | | | Total Common Stocks (cost $52,340,734) | | | 51,278,185 | |
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| Preferred Stocks–3.9% of Net Assets | | | | |
| 4,000 | | | | Baker Street Funding (a) | | | 3,880,000 | |
| 1,000 | | | | Baker Street Funding 2006-1 (a) | | | 940,000 | |
| 3,000 | | | | Credit Genesis CLO 2005 (a) | | | 2,970,000 | |
| 2,000 | | | | Hewett’s Island II CDO (a) | | | 1,980,000 | |
| 67,000 | | | | Indymac Indx CI-1 Corp (a) | | | 1,820,859 | |
| 2,000 | | | | Marquette Park CLO (a) | | | 1,960,000 | |
| 2,975 | | | | Motient Corporation | | | 2,506,437 | |
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| | | | | Total Preferred Stocks (cost $16,033,903) | | | 16,057,296 | |
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| Corporate Loans–0.1% of Net Assets | | | | |
$ | 400,000 | | | | ICO North America, 7.500% 8/15/09 | | | 492,000 | |
| | | | | | |
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| | | | | Total Corporate Loans (cost $400,000) | | | 492,000 | |
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| Eurodollar Time Deposits–1.7% of Net Assets | | | | |
| | | | | State Street Bank & Trust Company Eurodollar time deposits dated September 29, 2006 4.050% maturing at $7,097,395 on October 2, 2006. | | | 7,095,000 | |
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| | | | | Total Investments–134.2% of Net Assets (cost $576,483,477) | | | 559,200,314 | |
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| | | | | Other Assets and Liabilities, net–(34.2)% of Net Assets | | | (142,380,424 | ) |
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| | | | | Net Assets | | $ | 416,819,890 | |
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RMK ADVANTAGE INCOME FUND, INC.
PORTFOLIOOF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
| | | | | | | |
Call Options Written September 30, 2006 | | |
| | | |
Number of Contracts | | | | Common Stooks/Expiration Date/Exercise Price | | Value (b) |
17 | | | | Caterpillar, Inc./October/65 | | $ | 3,655 |
11 | | | | Cemex, S.A. de C.V./October/30 | | | 1,210 |
26 | | | | Cytec Industries, Inc./October/55 | | | 5,460 |
16 | | | | Inphonic, Inc./October/7.50 | | | 1,040 |
16 | | | | Masco Corporation/October/25 | | | 4,560 |
8 | | | | Motorola, Inc./October/25 | | | 808 |
17 | | | | Optimal Group Inc./October/15 | | | 595 |
11 | | | | Sanderson Farms, Inc./October/35 | | | 330 |
9 | | | | Stage Stores Inc./October/30 | | | 1,035 |
8 | | | | The First Marblehead Corporation/October/65 | | | 3,680 |
33 | | | | Valero Energy Corporation/October/50 | | | 8,745 |
| | | | | |
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| | | | Total Call Options Written (Premiums Received $25,463) | | $ | 31,118 |
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(a) | | Securities sold within the terms of a private placement memorandum, exempt from registration under Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. Pursuant to guidelines adopted by the Board of Directors, these issues have been determined to be liquid by Morgan Asset Management, Inc., the fund’s investment adviser. |
(b) | | See Note 2 of accompanying Notes to the Financial Statements regarding investment valuations. |
(c) | | Non-income producing securities. |
(d) | | A portion or all of the security is pledged as collateral for call options written. |
* | | These securiities are classified as Yankee Bonds, which are U.S. dollar denominated bonds issued in the United States by a foreign entity. |
The notes to the financial statements are an integral part of, and should be read in conjunction with, the financial statements.
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RMK HIGH INCOME FUND, INC.
OBJECTIVE & STRATEGY
RMK High Income Fund, Inc. seeks a high level of current income. The Fund seeks capital growth as a secondary investment objective when consistent with its primary investment objective. The Fund invests a majority of its total assets in below investment grade debt securities (commonly referred to as “junk bonds”) that offer attractive yield and capital appreciation potential. The Fund may also invest in investment grade debt securities, up to 15% of its total assets in foreign debt and foreign equity securities and up to 25% of its total assets in domestic equity securities, including common and preferred stocks. The Fund invests in a wide range of below investment grade debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities and municipal and foreign government obligations, as well as securities of companies in bankruptcy reorganization proceedings or otherwise in the process of debt restructuring. (Below investment grade debt securities are rated Ba1 or lower by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., BB+ or lower by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, comparably rated by another nationally recognized statistical rating organization or, if unrated, determined by the Fund’s investment adviser to be of comparable quality.)
INVESTMENT RISKS: Bond funds tend to experience smaller fluctuations in value than stock funds. However, investors in any bond fund should anticipate fluctuations in price. Bond prices and the value of bond funds decline as interest rates rise. Longer-term funds generally are more vulnerable to interest rate risk than shorter-term funds. Below investment grade bonds involve greater credit risk, which is the risk that the issuer will not make interest or principal payments when due. An economic downturn or period of rising interest rates could adversely affect the ability of issuers, especially issuers of below investment grade debt, to service primary obligations and an unanticipated default could cause the Fund to experience a reduction in value of its shares. The value of U.S. and foreign equity securities in which the Fund invests will change based on changes in a company’s financial condition and in overall market and economic conditions. Leverage creates an opportunity for an increased return to common stockholders, but unless the income and capital appreciation, if any, on securities acquired with leverage proceeds exceed the costs of the leverage, the use of leverage will diminish the investment performance of the Fund’s shares. Use of leverage may also increase the likelihood that the net asset value of the Fund and market value of its common shares will be more volatile, and the yield and total return to common stockholders will tend to fluctuate more in response to changes in interest rates and credit worthiness.
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RMK HIGH INCOME FUND, INC.
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSIONOF FUND PERFORMANCE
During the first half of RMK High Income Fund, Inc.’s fiscal year 2007, which ended September 30, 2006, the Fund had a total return of 10.91%, based on market price and reinvested dividends. For the six months ended September 30, 2006, the Fund had a total return of 3.49%, based on net asset value and reinvested dividends. For the six months ended September 30, 2006, the Lehman Brothers Ba U.S. High Yield Index1 had a total return of 4.12%. The Fund’s strong market performance is a reflection of investor’s desire for cash distributions as well as the stability of the Fund’s net asset value offered by a very diverse portfolio.
During the first six months of the 2007 fiscal year, corporate high yield debt and common stocks were the best performing asset categories. Credit spreads (the yield premium required for risky assets over riskless assets such as U.S. Treasuries) contracted, or shrank significantly in the corporate sector providing meaningful outperformance for corporate securities. In the asset-backed sector, however, concerns over the slow down in housing and real estate in general caused credit spreads to expand and acted to depress overall performance from our portfolio of mortgage related securities. Asset-backed bonds secured by aircraft leases, medical equipment leases and ship leases continued to perform very well.
During the same period, we made substantial allocation shifts away from home equity loans and into collateralized loan obligations focusing specifically on packages of senior secured corporate loans, both domestic and international. Further allocation shifts will focus on moving out of some floating rate assets and into more fixed rate assets as we expect the Federal Reserve to begin lowering short term rates at some point in 2007.

James C. Kelsoe, Jr., CFA
Senior Portfolio Manager
Morgan Asset Management, Inc.
Market forecasts provided in this report may not necessarily come to pass. There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objectives. These views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions, and Morgan Asset Management, Inc. disclaims any responsibility to update such views. The Fund is subject to market risk, which include the possibilities that the market values of the securities owned by the Fund will decline or that shares of the Fund will trade at lower prices in the market. Accordingly, you can lose money investing in the Fund.
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RMK HIGH INCOME FUND, INC.
INDEX DESCRIPTION
1 | | The Lehman Brothers Ba U.S. High Yield Index covers the universe of fixed rate, non-investment grade debt. Pay-in-kind (PIK) bonds, Eurobonds and debt issues from countries designated as emerging markets (e.g., Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, etc.) are excluded, but Canadian and global bonds (SEC registered) of issuers in non-emerging countries are included. Original issue zeroes, step-up coupon structures and 144As are also included. The index is unmanaged, and unlike the fund, is not affected by cashflows or trading and other expenses. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. |
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RMK HIGH INCOME FUND, INC.
PORTFOLIO STATISTICS†
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2006
| | |
Average Credit Quality | | BB- |
Current Yield | | 9.78% |
Yield to Maturity | | 11.62% |
Duration | | 4.53 Years |
Average Effective Maturity | | 6.03 Years |
Percentage of Leveraged Assets | | 27% |
Total Number of Holdings | | 273 |
† | | The Fund’s composition is subject to change. |
CREDIT QUALITY†
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2006
| | | | | | |
%OFTOTALINVESTMENTS | | %OFTOTALINVESTMENTS |
AAA | | 2.6% | | CCC | | 19.1% |
AA | | 0.3% | | CC | | 2.4% |
BBB | | 15.5% | | C | | 0.2% |
BB | | 25.1% | | D | | 1.2% |
B | | 13.7% | | Not Rated | | 19.9% |
| | | | | |
|
| | Total | | 100.0% |
† | | The Fund’s composition is subject to change. |
ASSET ALLOCATION†
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2006
| | |
%OFTOTALINVESTMENTS |
Corporate Bonds | | 31.2% |
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations | | 15.6% |
Collateralized Debt Obligations | | 15.1% |
Equipment Leases | | 13.1% |
Common Stock | | 9.2% |
Home Equity Loans | | 7.3% |
Preferred Stock | | 2.3% |
Certificate-Backed Obligations | | 1.8% |
Short-Term Investments | | 1.8% |
Commercial Loans | | 1.1% |
Franchise Loans | | 1.0% |
Other | | 0.5% |
| |
|
Total | | 100.0% |
† | | The Fund’s composition is subject to change. |
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RMK HIGH INCOME FUND, INC.
NAV & MARKET PRICE HISTORY*
The graph below illustrates the net asset value and market price history of RMK High Income Fund, Inc. (NYSE: RMH) from the commencement of investment operations on June 24, 2003 to September 30, 2006.

* | | Net asset value is calculated every day that the New York Stock Exchange is open as of the close of trading (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time) by taking the closing market value of all portfolio securities, cash and other assets owned, subtracting all liabilities, then dividing the result (total net assets) by the total number of shares outstanding. The market price is the last reported price at which a share of the Fund was sold on the New York Stock Exchange. |
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
| | | | | | | | | |
| | AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS | |
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 | | SIX MONTHS* | | | 1 YEAR | | | COMMENCEMENT OF INVESTMENT OPERATIONS1 | |
MARKET VALUE | | 10.91 | % | | 19.87 | % | | 22.16 | % |
NET ASSET VALUE | | 3.49 | % | | 7.53 | % | | 12.90 | % |
LEHMAN BROTHERS BA HIGH YIELD INDEX2 | | 4.12 | % | | 6.67 | % | | 7.87 | % |
* | Not annualized for periods less than one year. |
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RMK HIGH INCOME FUND, INC.
1 | | The Fund commenced investment operations on June 24, 2003. |
2 | | The Lehman Brothers Ba U.S. High Yield Index covers the universe of fixed rate, non-investment grade debt. Pay-in-kind (PIK) bonds, Eurobonds and debt issues from countries designated as emerging markets (e.g., Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, etc.) are excluded, but Canadian and global bonds (SEC registered) of issuers in non-emerging countries are included. Original issue zeroes, step-up coupon structures and 144As are also included. The index is unmanaged, and unlike the fund, is not affected by cashflows or trading and other expenses. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. |
Performance data quoted represents past performance which is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance changes over time and current performance may be lower or higher than what is stated. For the most recent performance, call toll-free 800-564-2188. Total returns assume an investment at the common share market price or net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions for the period in accordance with the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan, and sale of all shares at the closing market price (excluding any commissions) or net asset value at the end of the period. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a stockholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the sale of Fund shares.
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RMK HIGH INCOME FUND, INC.
PORTFOLIOOF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
| | | | | | | | |
Principal Amount
| | | | Description | | Value (b) |
| Asset Backed Securities–Investment Grade–9.0% of Net Assets | | | |
| | | | | Collateralized Debt Obligations–6.4% | | | |
$ | 5,000,000 | | | | Commodore 1A C, 7.970% 2/28/37 (a) | | $ | 2,650,000 |
| 1,913,862 | | | | E-Trade 2004-1A COM1, 2.000% 1/10/40 | | | 1,933,001 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Linker Finance PLC 16A E, 8.752% 5/19/45 (a) | | | 1,950,000 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Palmer Square 2A CN, 12.000% 11/2/45 (a) | | | 2,970,000 |
| 4,000,000 | | | | Taberna Preferred Funding 2006-6A COM, Zero Coupon Bond 12/5/36 (a) | | | 3,965,600 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Taberna Preferred Funding, Ltd 2006-7A C1, Zero Coupon Bond 2/5/37 (a) | | | 2,952,000 |
| 1,500,000 | | | | Trapeza CDO LLC 2006-10A, Zero Coupon Bond 6/6/41 | | | 1,440,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Trapeza CDO LLC, 8.70% 6/6/41 (a) | | | 2,000,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 19,860,601 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Equipment Leases–1.3% | | | |
| 2,912,743 | | | | Aviation Capital 2005-3A C1, 8.573% 12/25/35 (a) | | | 2,970,998 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | United Capital Aviation Trust 2005-1 B1A, Zero Coupon Bond 7/15/31 (a) | | | 959,040 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 3,930,038 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Franchise Loans–0.2% | | | |
| | | | | Atherton Franchisee 1999-A AX, 1.082% 3/15/19 interest-only strips (a) | | | 534,899 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Home Equity Loans–1.1% | | | |
| 871,300 | | | | Ameriquest Mortgage 2003-8 MV6, 9.073% 10/25/33 | | | 882,323 |
| 1,000,000 | | | | Asset Backed Securities 2005-HE1 M10, 8.323% 3/25/35 | | | 929,060 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Soundview 2005-A B1, 8.323% 4/25/35 (a) | | | 1,600,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 3,411,383 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Total Asset Backed Securities–Investment Grade (cost $28,847,199) | | | 27,736,921 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| Asset Backed Securities–Below Investment Grade or Unrated–45.1% of Net Assets |
| | | | | Certificate-Backed Obligations–2.5% | | | |
| 1,000,000 | | | | Preferred Term Securities II, 12.000% 5/22/33 (a) | | | 674,940 |
| 1,000,000 | | | | Preferred Term Securities XXI, 10.000% 3/22/38 (a) | | | 987,480 |
| 4,000,000 | | | | Preferred Term Securities XXII, Zero Coupon Bond 9/22/36 (a) | | | 3,970,560 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Preferred Term Securities XXIII, Zero Coupon Bond 12/22/36 (a) | | | 1,976,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 7,608,980 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Collateralized Debt Obligations–14.2% | | | |
| 1,000,000 | | | | 801 Grand CDO 06-1 LLC, 11.390% 9/20/16 (a) | | | 982,500 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Acacia CDO, Ltd. 10A, Zero Coupon Bond 9/7/46 (a) | | | 912,200 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Aladdin CDO 2006-3A, 10.390% 10/31/13 (a) | | | 1,410,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Arlington Street CDO 1A B, 8.970% 6/10/12 (a) | | | 1,730,000 |
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RMK HIGH INCOME FUND, INC.
PORTFOLIOOF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
| | | | | | | | |
Principal Amount
| | | | Description | | Value (b) |
| Asset Backed Securities–Below Investment Grade or Unrated (continued) | | | |
| | | | | Collateralized Debt Obligations (continued) | | | |
$ | 3,000,000 | | | | Attentus CDO Ltd. 2006-2A COM, Zero Coupon Bond 10/9/41 | | $ | 2,916,000 |
| 1,664,084 | | | | Cigna CDO Limited 2000-1A B1, 6.520% 8/28/12 (a) | | | 1,249,111 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Diversified Asset Securitization 2 1A B1, 9.712% 9/15/35 (a) | | | 1,590,000 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Dryden Leveraged Loan CDO 2005-9A DFN, Zero Coupon Bond 9/20/19 | | | 2,550,000 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | GSC Partners CDO Fund Ltd 2006-7A COM1, 5.075% 5/25/20 (a) | | | 2,990,400 |
| 2,931,764 | | | | Hewett’s Island 2004-1A COM, 9.000% 12/15/16 | | | 2,829,152 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Jazz CDO BV III-A EB, 10.713% 9/26/14 (a) | | | 1,974,440 |
| 5,000,000 | | | | Kenmore Street Synthetic CDO 2006-1A, 10.390% 4/30/14 (a) | | | 2,300,000 |
| 1,000,000 | | | | Knollwood CDO Ltd. 2006-2A E, 11.488% 7/13/46 (a) | | | 1,000,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Knollwood CDO Ltd. 2006-2A SN, Zero Coupon Bond 7/13/46 | | | 1,840,000 |
| 4,000,000 | | | | Kodiak CDO 2006-1A COMB, Zero Coupon Bond 8/7/37 (a) | | | 3,600,000 |
| 1,000,000 | | | | Marquette Park CLO, 10.000% 7/12/20 (a) | | | 980,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Millstone III CDO Ltd, Zero Coupon Bond 7/5/46 | | | 1,940,000 |
| 1,931,858 | | | | MKP 4A CS, 2.000% 7/12/40 (a) | | | 1,861,152 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | OFSI Fund 2006-1A COM1, 2.000% 9/20/19 (a) | | | 3,000,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Rosedale CLO Ltd I-A II, 5.146% 7/26/21 (a) | | | 1,920,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Tropic CDO Corp. 2006-5A C1, Zero Coupon Bond 7/15/36 | | | 1,894,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Veritas 2006-2A, 15.000% 7/11/21 (a) | | | 1,920,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 43,388,955 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Collateralized Loan Obligations–0.3% | | | |
| 1,000,000 | | | | Flagship CLO 2005-4I, Zero Coupon Bond 6/1/17 | | | 946,250 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Commercial Loans–1.6% | | | |
| 84,068 | | | | CS First Boston 1995-WF1 G, 8.570% 12/21/27 | | | 80,693 |
| 1,967,335 | | | | Lehman Brothers-UBS Commercial Mortgage 2001-C7 S, 5.868% 11/15/33 | | | 1,101,983 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Merrill Lynch Mortgage 1998-C1 F, 6.250% 11/15/26 | | | 1,190,420 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | North Street Referenced Linked Notes 2000-1A, 6.876% 4/28/11 (a) | | | 1,560,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | North Street Referenced Linked Notes 2000-1A D1, 7.726% 4/28/11 (a) | | | 900,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 4,833,096 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Equipment Leases–16.5% | | | |
| 5,215,800 | | | | Aerco Limited 1X C1, 6.549% 7/15/23 | | | 2,047,202 |
| 4,235,094 | | | | Aerco Limited 2A B2, 6.380% 7/15/25 (a) | | | 2,075,196 |
| 7,021,106 | | | | Aerco Limited 2A C2, 7.249% 7/15/25 (a) | | | 2,246,754 |
| 10,000,000 | | | | Aircraft Finance Trust 1999-1A A1, 5.679% 5/15/24 (a) | | | 7,075,000 |
| 5,000,000 | | | | Airplanes Pass Through Trust 2001-1A A9, 5.749% 3/15/19 | | | 3,256,250 |
| 861,499 | | | | DVI Receivables 2001-2 A3, 3.519% 11/8/31 | | | 663,354 |
| 1,208,992 | | | | DVI Receivables 2001-2 A4, 4.613% 11/11/09 | | | 943,013 |
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RMK HIGH INCOME FUND, INC.
PORTFOLIOOF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
| | | | | | | | |
Principal Amount
| | | | Description | | Value (b) |
| Asset Backed Securities–Below Investment Grade or Unrated (continued) | | | |
| | | | | Equipment Leases (continued) | | | |
$ | 4,592,094 | | | | DVI Receivables 2002-1 A3A, 5.520% 6/11/10 | | $ | 2,617,493 |
| 1,434,613 | | | | DVI Receivables 2003-1 A3A, 5.830% 3/14/11 | | | 1,219,421 |
| 16,000,000 | | | | Lease Investment Flight Trust 1 A1, 5.589% 7/15/31 | | | 11,400,000 |
| 5,000,000 | | | | Pegasus Aviation Lease 1999-1A A2, 6.300% 3/25/29 (a) | | | 2,175,000 |
| 1,000,000 | | | | Pegasus Aviation Lease 1999-1A B1, 6.300% 3/25/29 (a) | | | 218,930 |
| 3,687,467 | | | | Pegasus Aviation Lease 2000-1 A1, 5.948% 3/25/15 (a) | | | 2,359,979 |
| 20,000,000 | | | | Pegasus Aviation Lease 2001-1A A1, 5.655% 3/25/30 (a) | | | 12,250,000 |
| 3,517,584 | | | | Pegasus Aviation Lease 2001-1A B1, 6.670% 5/10/31 (a) | | | 105,528 |
| 1,758,792 | | | | Pegasus Aviation Lease 2001-1A B2, 7.270% 5/10/31 (a) | | | 52,764 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 50,705,884 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Franchise Loans–1.2% | | | |
| 1,000,000 | | | | Falcon Franchise Loan 2001-1 F, 6.500% 1/5/23 | | | 591,850 |
| 3,548,000 | | | | Falcon Franchise Loan 2003-1 D, 7.836% 1/5/25 (a) | | | 3,201,705 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 3,793,555 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Home Equity Loans–8.8% | | | |
| 1,500,000 | | | | Ace Securities 2005-HE2 B1, 8.573% 4/25/35 (a) | | | 1,230,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Ace Securities 2005-HE6 B1, 8.323% 10/25/35 (a) | | | 1,560,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Ace Securities 2005-SL1 B1, 6.000% 6/25/35 (a) | | | 1,720,000 |
| 661,176 | | | | Amresco Residential Securities 1999-1 B, 9.323% 11/25/29 | | | 638,530 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Asset Backed Securities Corp Home Equity 2006-HE4 M9, 7.823% 5/25/36 (a) | | | 1,788,440 |
| 2,649,475 | | | | Delta Funding Home Equity 2000-1 B, 8.090% 5/15/30 | | | 1,086,576 |
| 1,000,000 | | | | Equifirst Mortgage 2005-1 B3, 8.573% 4/25/35 (a) | | | 822,500 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | First Franklin Mortgage 2004-FFH4 B1, 6.762% 1/25/35 (a) | | | 1,755,520 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Meritage Asset Holdings NIM 2005-2 N4, 7.500% 11/25/35 (a) | | | 2,220,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Merrill Lynch Mortgage 2005-SL1 B5, 8.823% 6/25/35 (a) | | | 1,760,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Nomura Home Equity Loan Inc. 2005-HE1 B1, 7.773% 9/25/35 | | | 1,775,000 |
| 1,305,646 | | | | Structured Asset 2003-S A, 7.500% 12/28/33 (a) | | | 913,952 |
| 2,729,121 | | | | Terwin Mortgage 2005-11SL B7, 5.000% 11/25/36 (a) | | | 2,278,816 |
| | | | | Terwin Mortgage 2005-3SL B6, 11.500% 3/25/35 interest-only strips | | | 326,291 |
| 1,800,697 | | | | Terwin Mortgage 2005-7SL, 6.500% 7/25/35 (a) | | | 1,568,857 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Terwin Mortgage 2005-R1, 5.000% 12/28/36 (a) | | | 2,227,500 |
| 4,000,000 | | | | Terwin Mortgage 2006-R3, 6.290% 6/26/37(a) | | | 3,269,600 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 26,941,582 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Total Asset Backed Securities–Below Investment Grade or Unrated (cost $144,969,728) | | | 138,218,302 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
| | | | | | | | |
Principal Amount
| | | | Description | | Value (b) |
| Corporate Bonds–Investment Grade–1.9% of Net Assets | | | |
| | | | | Special Purpose Entity–1.9% | | | |
$ | 4,000,000 | | | | Duane Park I, Zero Coupon Bond 6/27/16 (a) | | $ | 4,000,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Lincoln Park Ref Link 01-1, 8.905% 7/30/31 (a) | | | 1,780,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Total Corporate Bonds–Investment Grade (cost $5,780,460) | | | 5,780,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| Corporate Bonds–Below Investment Grade or Unrated–40.5% of Net Assets | | | |
| | | | | Apparel–1.1% | | | |
| 3,475,000 | | | | Rafaella Apparel, 11.250% 6/15/11 (a) | | | 3,414,187 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Appliances–0.6% | | | |
| 1,943,000 | | | | Windmere-Durable, 10.000% 7/31/08 | | | 1,943,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Automotive–3.8% | | | |
| 1,725,000 | | | | Cooper Standard Auto, 8.375% 12/15/14 | | | 1,267,875 |
| 1,750,000 | | | | Dana Corporation, Zero Coupon Bond 1/15/15 in default (c) | | | 1,146,250 |
| 1,125,000 | | | | Dana Corporation, Zero Coupon Bond 3/15/10 in default (c) | | | 781,875 |
| 725,000 | | | | Delco Remy International Inc, 11.000% 5/1/09 | | | 348,000 |
| 900,000 | | | | Delphi Corporation, Zero Coupon Bond 5/1/29 in default (c) | | | 760,500 |
| 1,025,000 | | | | Dura Operating, 8.625% 4/15/12 | | | 406,156 |
| 1,350,000 | | | | Dura Operating, 9.000% 5/1/09 | | | 57,375 |
| 1,250,000 | | | | Federal-Mogul, Zero Coupon Bond 1/15/09 in default (c) | | | 718,750 |
| 1,950,000 | | | | Ford Motor, 7.450% 7/16/31 | | | 1,506,375 |
| 175,000 | | | | Ford Motor, 9.980% 2/15/47 | | | 152,250 |
| 1,825,000 | | | | General Motors, 8.375% 7/15/33 | | | 1,578,625 |
| 275,000 | | | | Metaldyne Corp., 10.000% 11/1/13 | | | 277,750 |
| 3,075,000 | | | | Metaldyne Corp., 11.000% 6/15/12 | | | 2,767,500 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 11,769,281 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Basic Materials–2.3% | | | |
| 3,625,000 | | | | Edgen Acquisition, 9.875% 2/1/11 | | | 3,588,750 |
| 1,825,000 | | | | FMG Finance, 10.625% 9/1/16 (a) | | | 1,752,000 |
| 2,075,000 | | | | Millar Western, 7.750% 11/15/13 | | | 1,722,250 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 7,063,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Building & Construction–0.7% | | | |
| 450,000 | | | | William Lyon Homes, 7.625% 12/15/12 | | | 363,375 |
| 1,350,000 | | | | Owens Corning, Zero Coupon Bond 8/1/18 in default (c) | | | 691,875 |
| 1,275,000 | | | | Tech Olympic USA, Inc., 10.375% 7/1/12 | | | 1,102,875 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 2,158,125 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Communications–1.2% | | | |
| 3,850,000 | | | | CCH I Holdings LLC, 11.750% 5/15/11 | | | 2,743,125 |
| 771,000 | | | | CCH I Holdings, 11.000% 10/1/15 | | | 701,610 |
| 300,000 | | | | Penton Media, 10.375% 6/15/11 | | | 295,500 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 3,740,235 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
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PORTFOLIOOF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
| | | | | | | | |
Principal Amount
| | | | Description | | Value (b) |
| Corporate Bonds–Below Investment Grade or Unrated (continued) | | | |
| | | | | Consulting Services–1.2% | | | |
$ | 2,300,000 | | | | MSX International, 11.375% 1/15/08 | | $ | 1,649,376 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | MSX International, 11.000% 10/15/07 | | | 1,920,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 3,569,376 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Electronics–0.5% | | | |
| 1,600,000 | | | | Motors and Gears, 10.750% 11/15/06 | | | 1,596,285 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Energy–1.9% | | | |
| 1,900,000 | | | | Neptune Marine Invest, 10.920% 9/7/09 (a) | | | 1,914,250 |
| 3,900,000 | | | | Paramount Resources Ltd, 8.500% 1/31/13* | | | 3,909,750 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 5,824,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Finance–0.8% | | | |
| 2,500,000 | | | | Advanta Capital Trust I, 8.990% 12/17/26 | | | 2,531,250 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Food–1.0% | | | |
| 1,525,000 | | | | Eurofresh Inc, 11.500% 1/15/13 (a) | | | 1,486,875 |
| 2,300,000 | | | | Merisant, 9.500% 7/15/13 | | | 1,472,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 2,958,875 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Garden Products–0.3% | | | |
| 965,000 | | | | Ames True Temper, 10.000% 7/15/12 | | | 827,488 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Human Resources–0.5% | | | |
| 1,500,000 | | | | Comforce Operating, 12.000% 12/1/07 | | | 1,496,400 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Industrial–7.7% | | | |
| 2,550,000 | | | | Advanced Lighting Technologies, 11.000% 3/31/09 | | | 2,537,250 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Consolidated Container, 10.125% 7/15/09 | | | 2,865,000 |
| 825,000 | | | | Constar International, 11.000% 12/1/12 | | | 717,750 |
| 2,500,000 | | | | Continental Global Group, 9.000% 10/1/08 | | | 2,427,600 |
| 750,000 | | | | Corp Durango SA, 8.500% 12/31/12 | | | 697,500 |
| 3,075,000 | | | | GSI Group, 12.000% 5/15/13 (a) | | | 3,290,250 |
| 1,400,000 | | | | Home Products International, 9.625% 5/15/08 | | | 910,000 |
| 2,125,000 | | | | IMAX Corp, 9.625% 12/1/10 | | | 2,024,062 |
| 1,325,000 | | | | Spectrum Brands, 8.500% 10/1/13 | | | 1,146,125 |
| 1,350,000 | | | | Terphane Holding Corp, 12.500% 6/15/09 (a) | | | 1,350,000 |
| 1,050,000 | | | | Trimas Corp., 9.875% 6/15/12 | | | 971,250 |
| 975,000 | | | | VITRO S.A., 11.750% 11/1/13 (a) | | | 1,018,875 |
| 2,775,000 | | | | Wolverine Tube, 7.375% 8/1/08 (a) | | | 2,358,750 |
| 500,000 | | | | Wolvernine Tube, 10.500% 4/1/09 | | | 440,000 |
| 900,000 | | | | Wornick Company, 10.875% 7/15/11 | | | 895,500 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 23,649,912 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Manufacturing–3.1% | | | |
| 3,520,000 | | | | BGF Industries, 10.250% 1/15/09 | | | 3,313,200 |
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
| | | | | | | | |
Principal Amount
| | | | Description | | Value (b) |
| Corporate Bonds–Below Investment Grade or Unrated (continued) | | | |
| | | | | Manufacturing (continued) | | | |
$ | 1,725,000 | | | | Elgin National Industries, 11.000% 11/1/07 | | $ | 1,725,604 |
| 2,725,000 | | | | Maax Corp, 9.750% 6/15/12 | | | 2,152,750 |
| 2,725,000 | | | | JB Poindexter & Co., 8.750% 3/15/14 | | | 2,248,125 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 9,439,679 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Health Care–1.4% | | | |
| 2,750,000 | | | | Healthsouth Corp, 11.418% 6/15/14 (a) | | | 2,805,000 |
| 4,000,000 | | | | Insight Health Services, 9.875% 11/1/11 | | | 1,370,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 4,175,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Retail–1.9% | | | |
| 750,000 | | | | Jo-Ann Stores, 7.500% 3/1/12 | | | 652,500 |
| 325,000 | | | | Lazydays RV Center, 11.750% 5/15/12 | | | 312,000 |
| 825,000 | | | | Nebraska Book Company, 8.625% 3/15/12 | | | 773,437 |
| 1,280,000 | | | | Star Gas Partner, 10.250% 2/15/13 | | | 1,299,200 |
| 3,425,000 | | | | Uno Restaurant, 10.000% 2/15/11 (a) | | | 2,859,875 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 5,897,012 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Special Purpose Entity–4.2% | | | |
| 575,000 | | | | Altra Industrial Motion, 9.000% 12/1/11 | | | 586,500 |
| 1,500,000 | | | | Eirles Two Limited 262, 5.367% 8/3/21 | | | 1,500,000 |
| 2,300,000 | | | | Eirles Two Limited 263, 5.367% 8/3/21 | | | 2,300,000 |
| 2,500,000 | | | | INCAPS Funding II, 10.000% 1/15/34 (a) | | | 2,250,000 |
| 977,000 | | | | Interactive Health, 7.250% 4/1/11 (a) | | | 786,485 |
| 1,625,000 | | | | Milacron Escrow Corp, 11.500% 5/15/11 | | | 1,543,750 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | MM Community Funding IX, 10.000% 5/1/33 (a) | | | 2,130,000 |
| 675,000 | | | | PCA LLC/PCA Finance Corp, 14.000% 6/1/09 (a) | | | 681,750 |
| 1,316,750 | | | | TPREF Funding III, Zero Coupon Bond 1/15/33 (a) | | | 1,066,567 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 12,845,052 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Technology–1.3% | | | |
| 2,600,000 | | | | Danka Business Systems, 11.000% 6/15/10 | | | 2,392,000 |
| 1,125,000 | | | | Spheris Inc, 11.000% 12/15/12 (a) | | | 1,054,688 |
| 700,000 | | | | Unisys Corp, 8.000% 10/15/12 | | | 654,500 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 4,101,188 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Telecommunications–2.0% | | | |
| 2,575,000 | | | | Broadview Networks Holdings, 11.375% 9/1/12 (a) | | | 2,620,062 |
| 525,000 | | | | Iridium LLC/Capital Corp, Zero Coupon Bond 7/15/05 in default (c) | | | 141,750 |
| 2,925,000 | | | | Primus Telecommunications, 8.000% 1/15/14 | | | 1,828,125 |
| 1,900,000 | | | | Securus Technologies, 11.000% 9/1/11 | | | 1,624,500 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 6,214,437 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
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PORTFOLIOOF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
| | | | | | | | |
Principal Amount
| | | | Description | | Value (b) |
| Corporate Bonds–Below Investment Grade or Unrated (continued) | | | |
| | | | | Tobacco–0.6% | | | |
$ | 2,250,000 | | | | North Atlantic Trading, 9.250% 3/1/12 | | $ | 1,946,250 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Transportation–1.0% | | | |
| 3,005,000 | | | | Sea Containers Ltd, 10.750% 10/15/06* | | | 2,985,489 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Travel–1.4% | | | |
| 4,375,000 | | | | Worldspan Financial, 10.999% 2/15/11 | | | 4,303,906 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Total Corporate Bonds–Below Investment Grade or Unrated (cost $130,106,589) | | | 124,449,427 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| Mortgage Backed Securities–Investment Grade–4.6% of Net Assets | | | |
| | | | | Collateralized Mortgage Obligations–4.6% | | | |
| | | | | Harborview Mortgage 2003-2 1X, 1.296% 10/19/33 interest-only strips | | | 278,360 |
| | | | | Harborview Mortgage 2004-8 x, 0.947% 11/19/34 interest-only strips | | | 1,258,899 |
| 1,000,000 | | | | Indymac Index NIM Corp 2006-AR6 N2, 8.833% 6/25/46 (a) | | | 1,000,000 |
| 4,000,000 | | | | Long Beach Mortgage 2004-4 M10, 5.844% 10/25/34 | | | 4,050,000 |
| | | | | Mellon Residential 2002-TBC2 X, 0.632% 8/15/32 interest-only strips | | | 508,055 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Park Place Securities 2005-WCW2 M10, 7.885% 7/25/35 | | | 1,780,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Park Place Securities 2005-WHQ3, 7.885% 6/25/35 | | | 1,735,000 |
| 140,882 | | | | Sail Net Interest Margin Notes 2004-5A B, 6.750% 6/27/34 (a) | | | 141,234 |
| 1,811,588 | | | | Sail Net Interest Margin Notes 2004-7A B, 6.750% 8/27/34 (a) | | | 1,783,544 |
| 2,167,000 | | | | Structured Asset 2003-BC1 B2, 9.000% 5/25/32 | | | 1,625,250 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Total Mortgage Backed Securities–Investment Grade (cost $17,644,203) | | | 14,160,342 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| Mortgage Backed Securities–Below Investment Grade or Unrated–16.7% of Net Assets |
| | | | | Collateralized Mortgage Obligations–16.7% | | | |
| 2,994,394 | | | | Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust 2005-51 B3, 6.517% 11/20/35 | | | 2,350,600 |
| 3,991,006 | | | | Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust 2005-56 B3, 6.573% 11/25/35 (a) | | | 3,122,962 |
| 1,985,386 | | | | Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust 2006-OA1 B2, 7.267% 3/20/46 | | | 1,111,816 |
| 2,500,000 | | | | First Franklin Mortgage 2004-FFH2 B2, 8.823% 10/25/34 (a) | | | 2,325,000 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | First Franklin Mortgage 2004-FFH3 B1, 8.823% 6/25/34 (a) | | | 2,640,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | First Franklin Mortgage 2005-FFH3 B4, 7.323% 9/25/35 (a) | | | 1,472,500 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Greenwich Structured Arm Products 2005-3 N2, 2.000% 6/27/35 (a) | | | 1,878,900 |
| 6,000,000 | | | | Greenwich Structured Arm Products 2005-4 N-2, Zero Coupon Bond 7/27/45 (a) | | | 3,450,000 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Greenwich Structured Arm Products 2005-6A N3, Zero Coupon Bond 11/27/45 (a) | | | 2,550,000 |
| 2,568,000 | | | | GSAMP Trust 2004-AR1 B5, 5.000% 6/25/34 (a) | | | 2,344,096 |
| 1,863,886 | | | | Harborview Mortgage 2005-15 B10, 7.017% 10/20/45 | | | 1,483,542 |
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PORTFOLIOOF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
| | | | | | | | |
Principal Amount/ Shares | | | | Description | | Value (b) |
| Mortgage Backed Securities–Below Investment Grade or Unrated (continued) | | | |
| | | | | Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (continued) | | | |
$ | 2,967,253 | | | | Harborview Mortgage 2006-4 B11, 7.002% 5/19/47 (a) | | $ | 1,824,862 |
| 1,000,000 | | | | Indymac Index NIM Corp 2006-AR6 N3, 8.833% 6/25/46 (a) | | | 942,970 |
| 5,000,000 | | | | Long Beach Asset Holdings 2005-WL1 N4, 7.500% 6/25/45 (a) | | | 4,250,000 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Meritage Mortgage 2004-2 B1, 8.573% 1/25/35 (a) | | | 2,625,000 |
| 1,021,575 | | | | Park Place Securities 2005-WCW1 B, 5.000% 9/25/35 (a) | | | 942,403 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Park Place Securities 2005-WCW1 M11, 7.823% 9/25/35 | | | 2,430,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Park Place Securities 2005-WCW3, 7.823% 8/25/35 (a) | | | 1,620,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Park Place Securities 2005-WHQ1 M10, 7.823% 3/25/35 (a) | | | 1,777,500 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Park Place Securities 2005-WHQ4, 7.823% 9/25/35 (a) | | | 1,400,000 |
| 1,500,000 | | | | Popular 2005-4 B2, 7.823% 9/25/35 (a) | | | 1,350,000 |
| 1,000,000 | | | | Soundview 2005-1 B3, 8.573% 4/25/35 (a) | | | 780,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Soundview 2005-B M14, 7.650% 5/25/35 (a) | | | 1,214,960 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Structured Asset 2004-S2 B, 6.000% 6/25/34 (a) | | | 1,868,980 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Structured Asset 2004-S4 B3, 5.000% 12/25/34 (a) | | | 1,522,220 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Structured Asset Securities Corporation 2005-AR1 B2, 7.323% 9/25/35 (a) | | | 1,510,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Total Mortgage Backed Securities–Below Investment Grade or Unrated (cost $50,174,852) | | | 50,788,311 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| Municipal Securities–0.2% of Net Assets | | | |
| 1,000,000 | | | | Pima County Arizona IDA Health Care, Zero Coupon Bond 11/15/32 | | | 560,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Total Municipal Securities (cost $626,977) | | | 560,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| Common Stocks–12.5% of Net Assets | | | |
| 26,200 | | | | Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (c) | | | 412,912 |
| 29,000 | | | | American Capital Strategies, Ltd. | | | 1,144,630 |
| 8,800 | | | | Anadarko Petroleum Corporation | | | 385,704 |
| 17,600 | | | | Aqua America, Inc. | | | 386,144 |
| 21,600 | | | | AVX Corporation | | | 382,104 |
| 45,900 | | | | Cascade Microtech, Inc. (c) | | | 571,455 |
| 9,500 | | | | Caterpillar, Inc. (d) | | | 625,100 |
| 13,600 | | | | CEMEX, S.A. de C.V. (d) | | | 409,088 |
| 13,100 | | | | Chiquita Brands International, Inc. | | | 175,278 |
| 34,900 | | | | Citizens Communications Company | | | 489,996 |
| 4,900 | | | | Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de São Paulo (c) | | | 147,490 |
| 45,100 | | | | Compass Diversified Trust | | | 690,030 |
| 21,700 | | | | Consolidated Communications Illinois Holdings, Inc. | | | 406,007 |
| 12,700 | | | | Cytec Industries Inc. (d) | | | 705,993 |
| 24,900 | | | | Direct General Corporation | | | 335,154 |
| 9,600 | | | | Edison International | | | 399,744 |
| 23,100 | | | | ENSCO International Incorporated | | | 1,012,473 |
| 18,000 | | | | Enterprise Partners Products L.P. | | | 481,500 |
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
| | | | | | | |
Shares | | | | Description | | Value (b) |
Common Stocks (continued) | | | |
14,100 | | | | FairPoint Communications, Inc. | | $ | 245,340 |
31,100 | | | | Famous Dave’s of America, Inc. (c) | | | 472,720 |
24,000 | | | | Fording Canadian Coal Trust | | | 636,720 |
12,700 | | | | Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (c) | | | 424,180 |
56,500 | | | | Horizon Offshore, Inc. (c) | | | 966,150 |
53,600 | | | | Infocrossing, Inc. (c) | | | 718,776 |
106,200 | | | | InPhonic, Inc. (c) | | | 841,104 |
91,386 | | | | Intermet Corporation (c) | | | 731,088 |
2,400 | | | | International Coal Group, Inc. (c) | | | 10,128 |
10,600 | | | | Iowa Telecommunications Services, Inc. | | | 209,774 |
5,100 | | | | J.C. Penney Company, Inc. | | | 348,789 |
15,250 | | | | Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. | | | 669,170 |
24,500 | | | | KKR Financial Corp. | | | 601,230 |
13,800 | | | | L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. | | | 1,080,954 |
35,300 | | | | Macquarie Infrastructure Company Trust | | | 1,100,654 |
8,200 | | | | Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. | | | 302,580 |
14,300 | | | | Masco Corporation (d) | | | 392,106 |
12,800 | | | | McDermott International, Inc.(c) | | | 535,040 |
58,150 | | | | MCG Capital Corporation | | | 949,590 |
28,400 | | | | Mittal Steel Company N.V. | | | 986,616 |
20,700 | | | | Motorola, Inc. (d) | | | 517,500 |
64,800 | | | | Nam Tai Electronics, Inc. | | | 796,392 |
68,900 | | | | Ness Technologies, Inc. (c) | | | 919,815 |
28,500 | | | | New York Community Bancorp, Inc. | | | 466,830 |
35,100 | | | | Optimal Group Inc. (c) (d) | | | 412,776 |
25,400 | | | | Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. (c) | | | 383,032 |
11,600 | | | | Peabody Energy Corporation | | | 426,648 |
333 | | | | Providence Washington Insurance Companies (c) | | | 33 |
31,800 | | | | Regal Entertainment Group | | | 630,276 |
17,700 | | | | RTI International Metals, Inc. (c) | | | 771,366 |
10,900 | | | | Sanderson Farms, Inc. (d) | | | 352,724 |
13,500 | | | | Sasol Limited | | | 444,015 |
18,890 | | | | Ship Finance International Limited | | | 375,910 |
12,800 | | | | Stage Stores, Inc. (d) | | | 375,552 |
162,264 | | | | Star Gas Partners, L.P. (c) | | | 404,037 |
23,200 | | | | Superior Energy Services, Inc. (c) | | | 609,232 |
89,766 | | | | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. | | | 861,754 |
98,433 | | | | Technology Investment Capital Corporation | | | 1,440,075 |
9,900 | | | | Tenaris S.A. | | | 350,262 |
9,600 | | | | The Dow Chemical Company | | | 374,208 |
1,500 | | | | The First Marblehead Corporation (d) | | | 103,890 |
22,800 | | | | The Home Depot, Inc. | | | 826,956 |
10,700 | | | | The Timken Company | | | 318,646 |
69,200 | | | | Trustreet Properties Inc. | | | 865,692 |
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PORTFOLIOOF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
| | | | | | | | | |
Principal Amount/ Shares | | | | Description | | Value (b) | |
| Common Stocks (continued) | | | | |
| 19,900 | | | | Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited | | $ | 887,540 | |
| 25,100 | | | | Valero Energy Corporation (d) | | | 1,291,897 | |
| 10,300 | | | | Valero L.P. | | | 515,000 | |
| 8,200 | | | | Washington Mutual, Inc. | | | 356,454 | |
| 77,300 | | | | Windstream Corporation | | | 1,019,587 | |
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| | | | | Total Common Stocks (cost $39,074,148) | | | 38,481,610 | |
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| Preferred Stocks–3.1% of Net Assets | | | | |
| 30,000 | | | | Baker Street Funding (a) | | | 2,910,000 | |
| 10,000 | | | | Baker Street Funding 2006-1 (a) | | | 940,000 | |
| 1,000 | | | | Credit Genesis CLO 2005 (a) | | | 990,000 | |
| 1,000 | | | | Hewett’s Island II (a) | | | 990,000 | |
| 67,000 | | | | Indymac Indx CI-1 Corp (a) | | | 1,820,859 | |
| 2,325 | | | | Motient Corporation | | | 1,958,813 | |
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| | | | | Total Preferred Stocks (cost $9,578,859) | | | 9,609,672 | |
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| Corporate Loans–0.1% of Net Assets | | | | |
$ | 325,000 | | | | ICO North America, 7.50%, 8/15/09 | | | 399,750 | |
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| | | | | Total Corporate Loans (cost $325,000) | | | 399,750 | |
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| Eurodollar Time Deposits–2.4% of Net Assets | | | | |
| | | | | State Street Bank & Trust Company Eurodollar time deposits dated September 30, 2006, 4.050% maturing at $7,421,670 on October 2, 2006. | | | 7,420,000 | |
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| | | | | Total Investments–136.1% of Net Assets (cost $434,548,015) | | | 417,604,335 | |
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| | | | | Other Assets and Liabilities, net–(36.1)% of Net Assets | | | (110,826,700 | ) |
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| | | | | Net Assets | | $ | 306,777,635 | |
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PORTFOLIOOF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
| | | | | | | |
Call Options Written September 30, 2006 | | |
| | | |
Number of Contracts | | | | Common Stocks/Expiration Date/Exercise Price | | Value (b) |
13 | | | | Caterpillar, Inc./October/65 | | $ | 2,795 |
10 | | | | Cemex, SA de CV/October/30 | | | 1,100 |
19 | | | | Cytec Industries, Inc/October/55 | | | 3,990 |
12 | | | | Inphonic, Inc./October/7.50 | | | 780 |
13 | | | | Masco Corporation./October/25 | | | 3,705 |
7 | | | | Motorola, Inc/October/25 | | | 707 |
13 | | | | Optimal Group Inc./October/15 | | | 455 |
8 | | | | Sanderson Farms, Inc/October/35 | | | 240 |
6 | | | | Stage Stores Inc/October/30 | | | 690 |
7 | | | | The First Marblehead Corporation/October/65 | | | 3,220 |
24 | | | | Valero Energy Corporation/October/50 | | | 6,360 |
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| | | | Total Call Options Written (Premiums Received $19,483) | | $ | 24,042 |
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(a) | | Securities sold within the terms of a private placement memorandum, exempt from registration under Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. Pursuant to guidelines adopted by the Board of Directors, these issues have been determined to be liquid by Morgan Asset Management, Inc., the fund’s investment adviser. |
(b) | | See Note 2 of accompanying Notes to the Financial Statements regarding investment valuations. |
(c) | | Non-income producing securities. |
(d) | | A portion or all of the security is pledged as collateral for call options written. |
* | | These securiities are classified as Yankee Bonds, which are U.S. dollar denominated bonds issued in the United States by a foreign entity. |
The notes to the financial statements are an integral part of, and should be read in conjunction with, the financial statements.
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RMK MULTI-SECTOR HIGH INCOME FUND, INC.
OBJECTIVE & STRATEGY
RMK Multi-Sector High Income Fund, Inc. seeks a high level of current income. The Fund seeks capital growth as a secondary investment objective when consistent with its primary investment objective. The Fund invests in a diversified portfolio consisting primarily of debt securities that offer attractive yield and capital appreciation potential. Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests a majority of its total assets in below investment grade debt securities, including up to 20% of the Fund’s total assets in distressed securities. The Fund maintains the flexibility to invest up to 50% of its total assets in investment grade debt securities. The Fund invests up to 30% of its total assets in equity securities of both domestic and foreign issuers and up to 15% of its total assets in a combination of foreign debt and foreign equity securities. The Fund invests in a wide range of debt securities including, corporate bonds, mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, convertible debt securities, distressed securities, including securities of companies in bankruptcy reorganization proceedings or otherwise in the process of debt restructuring, U.S. government and municipal obligations and foreign government obligations. (Below investment grade debt securities are rated Ba1 or lower by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., BB+ or lower by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, comparably rated by another nationally recognized statistical rating organization or, if unrated, determined by the Fund’s investment adviser to be of comparable quality.)
INVESTMENT RISKS: Bond funds tend to experience smaller fluctuations in value than stock funds. However, investors in any bond fund should anticipate fluctuations in price. Bond prices and the value of bond funds decline as interest rates rise. Longer-term funds generally are more vulnerable to interest rate risk than shorter-term funds. Below investment grade bonds involve greater credit risk, which is the risk that the issuer will not make interest or principal payments when due. An economic downturn or period of rising interest rates could adversely affect the ability of issuers, especially issuers of below investment grade debt, to service primary obligations and an unanticipated default could cause the Fund to experience a reduction in value of its shares. The value of U.S. and foreign equity securities in which the Fund invests will change based on changes in a company’s financial condition and in overall market and economic conditions. Leverage creates an opportunity for an increased return to common stockholders, but unless the income and capital appreciation, if any, on securities acquired with leverage proceeds exceed the costs of the leverage, the use of leverage will diminish the investment performance of the Fund’s shares. Use of leverage may also increase the likelihood that the net asset value of the Fund and market value of its common shares will be more volatile, and the yield and total return to common stockholders will tend to fluctuate more in response to changes in interest rates and creditworthiness.
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MANAGEMENT DISCUSSIONOF FUND PERFORMANCE
During the first half of RMK Multi-Sector High Income Fund, Inc.’s fiscal year 2007, which ended September 30, 2006, the Fund had a total return of 15.39%, based on market price and reinvested dividends. For the six months ended September 30, 2006, the Fund had a total return of 6.16%, based on net asset value and reinvested dividends. For the six months ended September 30, 2006, the Lehman Brothers Ba U.S. High Yield Index1 had a total return of 4.12%. The Fund’s strong market performance is a reflection of investor’s desire for cash distributions as well as the stability of the Fund’s net asset value offered by a very diverse portfolio.
During the first six months of the 2007 fiscal year, corporate high yield debt and common stocks were the best performing asset categories. Credit spreads (the yield premium required for risky assets over riskless assets such as U.S. Treasuries) contracted, or shrank significantly in the corporate sector providing meaningful outperformance for corporate securities. In the asset-backed sector, however, concerns over the slow down in housing and real estate in general caused credit spreads to expand and acted to depress overall performance from our portfolio of mortgage related securities. Asset-backed bonds secured by aircraft leases, medical equipment leases and ship leases continued to perform very well.
During the same period, we made substantial allocation shifts away from home equity loans and into collateralized loan obligations focusing specifically on packages of senior secured corporate loans, both domestic and international. Further allocation shifts will focus on moving out of some floating rate assets and into more fixed rate assets as we expect the Federal Reserve to begin lowering short term rates at some point in 2007.

James C. Kelsoe, Jr., CFA
Senior Portfolio Manager
Morgan Asset Management, Inc.
Market forecasts provided in this report may not necessarily come to pass. There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objectives. These views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions, and Morgan Asset Management, Inc. disclaims any responsibility to update such views. The Fund is subject to market risk,
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which include the possibilities that the market values of the securities owned by the Fund will decline or that shares of the Fund will trade at lower prices in the market. Accordingly, you can lose money investing in the Fund.
INDEX DESCRIPTION
1 | | The Lehman Brothers Ba U.S. High Yield Index covers the universe of fixed rate, non-investment grade debt. Pay-in-kind (PIK) bonds, Eurobonds and debt issues from countries designated as emerging markets (e.g., Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, etc.) are excluded, but Canadian and global bonds (SEC registered) of issuers in non-emerging countries are included. Original issue zeroes, step-up coupon structures and 144As are also included. The index is unmanaged, and unlike the fund, is not affected by cashflows or trading and other expenses. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. |
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PORTFOLIO STATISTICS†
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2006
| | |
Average Credit Quality | | BB |
Current Yield | | 9.57% |
Yield to Maturity | | 12.15% |
Duration | | 4.47 Years |
Average Effective Maturity | | 5.96 Years |
Percentage of Leveraged Assets | | 27% |
Total Number of Holdings | | 256 |
† | | The Fund’s composition is subject to change. |
CREDIT QUALITY†
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2006
| | | | | | |
%OFTOTALINVESTMENTS | | %OFTOTALINVESTMENTS |
AAA | | 0.7% | | CCC | | 14.7% |
BBB | | 18.3% | | CC | | 2.0% |
BB | | 27.8% | | C | | 0.1% |
B | | 12.9% | | D | | 0.5% |
| | | | Not Rated | | 23.0% |
| | | | | |
|
| | | | Total | | 100.0% |
† | | The Fund’s composition is subject to change. |
ASSET ALLOCATION†
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2006
| | |
%OFTOTALINVESTMENTS |
Corporate Bonds | | 26.7% |
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations | | 15.5% |
Collateralized Debt Obligations | | 14.1% |
Equipment Leases | | 14.1% |
Home Equity Loans | | 13.5% |
Common Stock | | 8.2% |
Preferred Stock | | 3.0% |
Certificate-Backed Obligations | | 2.8% |
Short-Term Investments | | 1.8% |
Other | | 0.3% |
| |
|
Total | | 100.0% |
† | | The Fund’s composition is subject to change. |
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RMK MULTI-SECTOR HIGH INCOME FUND, INC.
NAV & MARKET PRICE HISTORY*
The graph below illustrates the net asset value and market price history of RMK Multi-Sector High Income Fund, Inc. (NYSE: RHY) from the commencement of investment operations on January 19, 2006 to September 30, 2006.

* | | Net asset value is calculated every day that the New York Stock Exchange is open as of the close of trading (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time) by taking the closing market value of all portfolio securities, cash and other assets owned, subtracting all liabilities, then dividing the result (total net assets) by the total number of shares outstanding. The market price is the last reported price at which a share of the Fund was sold on the New York Stock Exchange. |
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
| | | | | | |
| | AGGREGATE TOTAL RETURNS | |
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 | | SIX MONTHS* | | | COMMENCEMENT OF INVESTMENT OPERATIONS*1 | |
MARKET VALUE | | 15.39 | % | | 23.91 | % |
NET ASSET VALUE | | 6.16 | % | | 8.58 | % |
LEHMAN BROTHERS BA HIGH YIELD INDEX2 | | 4.12 | % | | 4.36 | % |
* | | Not annualized for periods less than one year. |
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1 | | The Fund commenced investment operations on January 19, 2006. |
2 | | The Lehman Brothers Ba U.S. High Yield Index covers the universe of fixed rate, non-investment grade debt. Pay-in-kind (PIK) bonds, Eurobonds and debt issues from countries designated as emerging markets (e.g., Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, etc.) are excluded, but Canadian and global bonds (SEC registered) of issuers in non-emerging countries are included. Original issue zeroes, step-up coupon structures and 144As are also included. The index is unmanaged, and unlike the fund, is not affected by cashflows or trading and other expenses. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. |
Performance data quoted represents past performance which is no guarantee of future results. Please note that this performance data is for a very short period of time. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance changes over time and current performance may be lower or higher than what is stated. For the most recent performance, call toll-free 800-564-2188. Total returns assume an investment at the common share market price or net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions for the period in accordance with the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan, and sale of all shares at the closing market price (excluding any commissions) or net asset value at the end of the period. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a stockholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the sale of Fund shares.
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PORTFOLIOOF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
| | | | | | | | |
Principal Amount | | | | Description | | Value (b) |
| Asset Backed Securities–Investment Grade–12.9% of Net Assets | | | |
| | | | | Collateralized Debt Obligations–6.4% | | | |
$ | 3,000,000 | | | | Alesco Preferred 11A D, 8.189% 12/23/36 (a) | | $ | 2,999,700 |
| 5,000,000 | | | | Barton Springs 2005-1-C2, 8.000% 12/20/10 (a) | | | 4,400,000 |
| 5,000,000 | | | | Linker Finance PLC, 8.830% 5/19/45 (a) | | | 4,875,000 |
| 1,998,373 | | | | MKP CBO 5A E, 8.736% 1/6/46 (a) | | | 1,998,373 |
| 6,000,000 | | | | Taberna Preferred Funding 2006-6A COM1, 6.100% 12/5/36 (a) | | | 5,948,400 |
| 5,000,000 | | | | Taberna Preferred Funding 2006-7A C1, Zero Coupon Bond 2/5/37 (a) | | | 4,920,000 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Trapeza CDO 2006-10A D2, 8.700% 6/6/41 (a) | | | 3,000,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Trapeza CDO 2006-10A SUB, Zero Coupon Bond 6/6/41 | | | 1,920,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 30,061,473 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Equipment Leases–1.4% | | | |
| 4,854,572 | | | | Aviation Capital 2005-3A C1, 8.573% 12/25/35 (a) | | | 4,951,664 |
| 5,000,000 | | | | United Capital Aviation 2005-1 B1A, Zero Coupon Bond 7/15/31 (a) | | | 1,598,400 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 6,550,064 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Home Equity Loans–5.1% | | | |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Aegis Asset Backed Securities 2004-2 B3, 9.073% 6/25/34 | | | 1,990,000 |
| 1,068,876 | | | | Equifirst Mortgage 2004-1 N4, 10.000% 6/25/34 (a) | | | 1,069,710 |
| 2,300,000 | | | | First Franklin Mortgage 2004-FF11 N2, 6.414% 1/25/35 (a) | | | 2,226,699 |
| 7,000,000 | | | | Indymac Residential 2005-C M11, 7.823% 10/25/35 | | | 5,600,000 |
| 6,102,000 | | | | New Century Home Equity 2006-2 M10, 7.330% 8/25/36 | | | 5,393,680 |
| 414,249 | | | | Option One Mortgage 2004-2A N, 8.836% 11/25/34 (a) | | | 411,142 |
| 4,830,901 | | | | Sail Net Interest Margin Notes 2004-7A B, 6.750% 8/27/34 (a) | | | 4,756,119 |
| 2,700,000 | | | | Soundview 2005-1N N2, 6.413% 4/25/35 (a) | | | 2,588,625 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 24,035,975 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Total Asset Backed Securities–Investment Grade (cost $60,505,172) | | | 60,647,512 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| Asset Backed Securities–Below Investment Grade or Unrated–47.4% of Net Assets |
| | | | | Certificate-Backed Obligations–3.7% | | | |
| 5,950,000 | | | | Preferred Term Securities XX, 10.000% 3/22/38 (a) | | | 5,562,536 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Preferred Term Securities XXI, 10.000% 3/22/38 (a) | | | 1,974,960 |
| 1,000,000 | | | | Preferred Term Securities XXII, Zero Coupon Bond 9/22/36 (a) | | | 988,570 |
| 6,000,000 | | | | Preferred Term Securities XXII, 9.700% 9/22/36 (a) | | | 5,955,840 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Preferred Term Securities XXIII, Zero Coupon Bond 12/22/36 (a) | | | 2,964,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 17,445,906 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Collateralized Debt Obligations–12.7% | | | |
| 4,000,000 | | | | Acacia 10A SUB, Zero Coupon Bond 9/7/46 (a) | | | 1,824,400 |
| 7,000,000 | | | | Aladdin CDO 2006-3A Note, 10.390% 10/31/13 (a) | | | 3,290,000 |
| 4,000,000 | | | | Arlington Street , 8.970% 6/10/12 (a) | | | 3,460,000 |
| 4,000,000 | | | | Attentus 2006-2A, Zero Coupon Bond 10/9/41 | | | 3,888,000 |
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PORTFOLIOOF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
| | | | | | | | |
Principal Amount | | | | Description | | Value (b) |
| Asset Backed Securities–Below Investment Grade or Unrated (continued) | | | |
| | | | | Collateralized Debt Obligations (continued) | | | |
$ | 4,000,000 | | | | Dryden CDO 2005-9A DFN, Zero Coupon Bond 9/20/16 | | $ | 3,400,000 |
| 1,850,000 | | | | Flagship CLO 2005-4I SUB, Zero Coupon Bond 6/1/17 | | | 1,750,562 |
| 6,000,000 | | | | GSC Partners 2006-7A COM1, 5.075%, 5/25/20 (a) | | | 5,980,800 |
| 10,000,000 | | | | Kenmore Street 2006-1A Note, 10.393% 4/30/14 (a) | | | 4,600,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Knollwood CDO 2006-2A E, 11.488% 7/13/46 (a) | | | 2,000,000 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Knollwood CDO 2006-2A SN, Zero Coupon Bond 7/13/46 | | | 2,760,000 |
| 6,000,000 | | | | Kodiak CDO 2006-1A COMB, 3.712% 8/7/37 (a) | | | 5,400,000 |
| 4,100,000 | | | | Millstone CDO III-A, 4.300% 7/5/46 | | | 3,977,000 |
| 5,000,000 | | | | OFSI Fund 2006-1A COM1, 2.000% 3/20/40 (a) | | | 5,000,000 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Rosedale CLO Ltd., 5.146% 7/26/21 | | | 2,880,000 |
| 5,000,000 | | | | Tropic CDO 2006-1A C1, Zero Coupon Bond 7/15/36 | | | 4,735,000 |
| 5,000,000 | | | | Veritas 2006-2, 15.000% 7/11/20 | | | 4,800,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 59,745,762 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Commercial Loans–0.3% | | | |
| 2,951,002 | | | | Lehman Brothers-UBS Commercial Mortgage 2001-C7 S, 5.868% 11/15/33 | | | 1,652,974 |
| | | | | | |
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| | | | | Equipment Leases–17.6% | | | |
| 6,997,865 | | | | Aerco Limited 1X C1, 6.680% 7/15/23 | | | 2,746,662 |
| 4,620,103 | | | | Aerco Limited 2A B2, 6.380% 7/15/25 (a) | | | 2,263,850 |
| 6,424,541 | | | | Aerco Limited 2A C2, 7.380% 7/15/25 (a) | | | 2,055,853 |
| 22,000,000 | | | | Aircraft Finance Trust 1999-1A A1, 5.810% 5/15/24 | | | 15,565,000 |
| 10,000,000 | | | | Airplanes Pass Through Trust 2001-1A A9, 5.880% 3/15/19 | | | 6,512,500 |
| 3,585,626 | | | | Aviation Capital 2000-1A C1, 7.280% 11/15/25 (a) | | | 1,254,969 |
| 2,234,317 | | | | Aviation Capital 2000-1I D1, 8.500% 11/15/25 (a) | | | 1,139,502 |
| 2,029,429 | | | | DVI Receivables 1999-2 A4, 7.220% 11/13/07 | | | 1,095,892 |
| 2,635,382 | | | | DVI Receivables 2001-2 A4, 4.613% 11/11/09 | | | 2,055,598 |
| 1,912,817 | | | | DVI Receivables 2003-1 A3A, 5.830% 3/14/11 | | | 1,625,895 |
| 4,000,000 | | | | Jazz CDO III-A EB, Zero Coupon Bond 9/20/14 (a) | | | 3,948,880 |
| 20,000,000 | | | | Lease Investment Flight Trust 1 A1, 5.720% 7/15/31 | | | 14,250,000 |
| 7,000,000 | | | | Pegasus Aviation Lease 1999-1A A2, 6.300% 3/25/29 (a) | | | 3,045,000 |
| 11,000,000 | | | | Pegasus Aviation Lease 1999-1A B1, 6.300% 3/25/29 (a) | | | 2,408,230 |
| 3,687,467 | | | | Pegasus Aviation Lease 2000-1 A1, 5.945% 3/25/15 (a) | | | 2,359,979 |
| 24,000,000 | | | | Pegasus Aviation Lease 2001-1A A1, 5.810% 5/10/31 (a) | | | 14,700,000 |
| 15,000,000 | | | | United Capital Aviation Trust 2005-1 B1B, Zero Coupon Bond 7/15/31 (a) | | | 2,363,700 |
| 63,000,000 | | | | United Capital Aviation Trust 2005-1 B2, Zero Coupon Bond 7/15/31 (a) | | | 3,338,370 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 82,729,880 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Home Equity Loans–13.1% | | | |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Ace Securities 2005-HE2 B1, 8.573% 4/25/35 (a) | | | 1,640,000 |
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PORTFOLIOOF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
| | | | | | | | |
Principal Amount | | | | Description | | Value (b) |
| Asset Backed Securities–Below Investment Grade or Unrated (continued) | | | |
| | | | | Home Equity Loans (continued) | | | |
$ | 3,000,000 | | | | Ace Securities 2005-HE6 B1, 8.322% 10/25/35 (a) | | $ | 2,340,000 |
| 2,649,000 | | | | Ace Securities 2005-SL1 B1, 6.000% 6/25/35 (a) | | | 2,278,140 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Asset Backed Securities 2006-HE4 M9, 7.823% 5/25/36 (a) | | | 1,788,440 |
| 5,851,000 | | | | Asset Backed Securities 2006-HE5 M12, 8.323% 6/25/35 (a) | | | 4,944,095 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Bear Stearns 2005-20N, 8.830% 10/25/45 (a) | | | 1,920,000 |
| 2,600,000 | | | | Equifirst Mortgage 2004-3 N3, 7.869% 12/25/34 (a) | | | 2,541,916 |
| 1,600,000 | | | | Finance America NIM Trust 2004-3 N3, 8.000% 11/25/34 (a) | | | 1,568,496 |
| 700,000 | | | | Fremont Home Equity 2004-4 N4, 8.000% 3/25/35 (a) | | | 684,467 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Fremont Home Equity 2005-2 B3, 8.073% 6/25/35 (a) | | | 2,359,680 |
| 8,500,000 | | | | Indymac Residential 2005-B M11, 8.223% 8/25/35 (a) | | | 7,012,500 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Mastr Asset Backed Securities 2005-FRE1 M10, 7.823%, 10/25/35 (a) | | | 1,620,000 |
| 2,400,000 | | | | Meritage Asset Holdings NIM 2004-2 N6, 9.000% 1/25/35 (a) | | | 2,352,000 |
| 4,000,000 | | | | Merrill Lynch Mortgage 2005-SL1 B5, 8.823% 6/25/35 (a) | | | 3,520,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Nomura Home Equity 2006-HE1 B1, 7.773% 9/25/35 | | | 1,775,000 |
| 800,000 | | | | Soundview 2004-W N3, 9.000% 1/25/35 (a) | | | 791,624 |
| 1,500,000 | | | | Soundview 2005-1N N3, 8.500% 4/25/35 (a) | | | 1,475,865 |
| 5,375,000 | | | | Soundview 2005-A B2, 8.323% 4/25/35 (a) | | | 3,816,250 |
| 850,000 | | | | Soundview 2005-W N4, 9.000% 1/25/35 (a) | | | 841,100 |
| 12,798,000 | | | | Terwin Mortgage 2006-R2 A, 2.358% 12/26/36 (a) | | | 10,837,858 |
| 7,000,000 | | | | Terwin Mortgage Trust 2006-R3 A, 6.290% 6/26/37 (a) | | | 5,721,800 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 61,829,231 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Total Asset Backed Securities–Below Investment Grade or Unrated (cost $225,438,110) | | | 223,403,753 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| Corporate Bonds–Investment Grade–1.4% of Net Assets | | | |
| | | | | Special Purpose Entity–1.4% | | | |
| 4,000,000 | | | | Duane Park I, 7.500% 6/27/16 (a) | | | 4,000,000 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Lincoln Park 01-1, 8.905% 7/30/31 (a) | | | 2,670,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Total Corporate Bonds–Investment Grade (cost $6,670,690) | | | 6,670,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| Corporate Bonds–Below Investment Grade or Unrated–34.6% of Net Assets | | | |
| | | | | Apparel–1.0% | | | |
| 4,675,000 | | | | Rafaella Apparel, 11.250% 6/15/11 (a) | | | 4,593,187 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Appliances–0.6% | | | |
| 2,800,000 | | | | Windmere-Durable, 10.000% 7/31/08 | | | 2,800,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Automotives–1.1% | | | |
| 3,025,000 | | | | General Motors, 8.375% 7/15/33 | | | 2,616,625 |
| 275,000 | | | | Ford Motor, 9.980% 2/15/47 | | | 239,250 |
| 2,775,000 | | | | Ford Motor Company, 7.450% 7/16/31 | | | 2,143,687 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 4,999,562 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
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PORTFOLIOOF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
| | | | | | | | |
Principal Amount | | | | Description | | Value (b) |
| Corporate Bonds–Below Investment Grade or Unrated (continued) | | | |
| | | | | Automotive Parts & Equipment–1.9% | | | |
$ | 2,325,000 | | | | Dana Corporation, Zero Coupon Bond 1/15/15 in default | | $ | 1,522,875 |
| 1,000,000 | | | | Dana Corporation, Zero Coupon Bond 3/15/10 in default | | | 695,000 |
| 1,000,000 | | | | Delco Remy Intl. Inc., 11.000% 5/1/09 | | | 480,000 |
| 1,375,000 | | | | Delphi Corporation, Zero Coupon Bond 5/1/29 in default | | | 1,161,875 |
| 1,725,000 | | | | Dura Operating, 9.000% 5/1/09 | | | 73,313 |
| 1,600,000 | | | | Federal Mogul Corp., Zero Coupon Bond 1/15/09 in default | | | 920,000 |
| 475,000 | | | | Metaldyne Corp., 10.000% 11/1/13 | | | 479,750 |
| 3,822,000 | | | | Metaldyne Corp., 11.000% 6/15/12 | | | 3,439,800 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 8,772,613 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Basic Materials–2.4% | | | |
| 5,000,000 | | | | Edgen Acquisition, 9.875% 2/1/11 | | | 4,950,000 |
| 1,050,000 | | | | Corp Durango SA de CV, 8.500% 12/31/12 | | | 976,500 |
| 2,525,000 | | | | FMG Finance, 10.625% 9/1/16 (a) | | | 2,424,000 |
| 3,300,000 | | | | Millar Western, 7.750% 11/15/13 | | | 2,739,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 11,089,500 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Building & Construction–0.2% | | | |
| 1,800,000 | | | | Owens Corning, Zero Coupon Bond 8/1/18 in default | | | 922,500 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Communications–0.2% | | | |
| 1,050,000 | | | | CCH I LLC, 11.000% 10/1/15 | | | 955,500 |
| 325,000 | | | | Penton Media, 10.375% 6/15/11 | | | 320,125 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 1,275,625 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Consulting Services–1.0% | | | |
| 2,100,000 | | | | MSX International, 11.000% 10/15/07 | | | 2,016,000 |
| 4,000,000 | | | | MSX International, 11.375% 1/15/08 | | | 2,868,480 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 4,884,480 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Electronics–0.4% | | | |
| 1,912,000 | | | | Motors and Gears, 10.750% 11/15/06 | | | 1,904,318 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Energy–1.7% | | | |
| 2,725,000 | | | | Neptune Marine, 10.920% 9/7/09 (a) | | | 2,745,437 |
| 5,450,000 | | | | Paramount Resources, 8.500% 1/31/13* | | | 5,463,625 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 8,209,062 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Finance–1.1% | | | |
| 3,375,000 | | | | Advanta Capital Trust I, 8.990% 12/17/26 | | | 3,417,188 |
| 1,000,000 | | | | Altra Industrial Motion, 9.000% 12/1/11 | | | 1,020,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | North Street, 8.085% 7/30/10 (a) | | | 900,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 5,337,188 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
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PORTFOLIOOF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
| | | | | | | | |
Principal Amount | | | | Description | | Value (b) |
| Corporate Bonds–Below Investment Grade or Unrated (continued) | | | |
| | | | | Food–0.7% | | | |
$ | 3,500,000 | | | | Merisant, 9.500% 7/15/13 | | $ | 2,240,000 |
| 1,225,000 | | | | Wornick, 10.875% 7/15/11 | | | 1,218,875 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 3,458,875 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Human Resources–0.6% | | | |
| 2,725,000 | | | | Comforce Operating, 12.000% 12/1/07 | | | 2,718,460 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Industrial–7.6% | | | |
| 3,425,000 | | | | Advanced Lighting Technologies, 11.000% 3/31/09 | | | 3,407,875 |
| 1,750,000 | | | | Constar International, 11.000% 12/1/12 | | | 1,522,500 |
| 6,825,000 | | | | Continental Global Group, 9.000% 10/1/08 | | | 6,825,000 |
| 2,350,000 | | | | Cooper Standard Auto, 8.375% 12/15/14 | | | 1,727,250 |
| 1,475,000 | | | | Dura Operating, 8.625% 4/15/12 | | | 584,469 |
| 2,075,000 | | | | Eurofresh Inc., 11.500% 1/15/13 (a) | | | 2,023,125 |
| 4,075,000 | | | | GSI Group, 12.000% 5/15/13 | | | 4,360,250 |
| 1,900,000 | | | | Home Products International, 9.625% 5/15/08 | | | 1,235,000 |
| 2,995,000 | | | | IMAX, 9.625% 12/1/10 | | | 2,852,737 |
| 423,000 | | | | Lazydays RV Center, 11.750% 5/15/12 | | | 406,080 |
| 1,775,000 | | | | Spectrum Brands, 8.500% 10/1/13 | | | 1,535,375 |
| 1,850,000 | | | | Tech Olympic USA, 10.375% 7/1/12 | | | 1,600,250 |
| 1,800,000 | | | | Terphane Holding Corp., 12.500% 6/15/09 (a) | | | 1,800,000 |
| 625,000 | | | | William Lyon Homes, 7.625% 12/15/12 | | | 504,687 |
| 6,000,000 | | | | Wolverine Tube, 10.500% 4/1/09 | | | 5,280,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 35,664,598 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Manufacturing–2.7% | | | |
| 4,978,000 | | | | BGF Industries, 10.250% 1/15/09 | | | 4,685,542 |
| 2,325,000 | | | | Elgin National, 11.000%, 11/1/07 | | | 2,325,814 |
| 3,650,000 | | | | JB Poindexter, 8.750% 3/15/14 | | | 3,011,250 |
| 3,625,000 | | | | Maax Corp., 9.750% 6/15/12 | | | 2,863,750 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 12,886,356 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Medical Products–1.2% | | | |
| 3,500,000 | | | | Healthsouth Corp., 11.418% 6/15/14 (a) | | | 3,570,000 |
| 5,525,000 | | | | Insight Health Services, 9.875% 11/1/11 | | | 1,892,312 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 5,462,312 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Retail–1.2% | | | |
| 1,025,000 | | | | Jo-Ann Stores, 7.500% 3/1/12 | | | 891,750 |
| 1,017,000 | | | | Star Gas Partner, 10.250% 2/15/13 | | | 1,032,255 |
| 4,625,000 | | | | Uno Restaurant, 10.000% 2/15/11 (a) | | | 3,861,875 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 5,785,880 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
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PORTFOLIOOF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
| | | | | | | | |
Principal Amount | | | | Description | | Value (b) |
| Corporate Bonds–Below Investment Grade or Unrated (continued) | | | |
| | | | | Special Purpose Entity–3.3% | | | |
$ | 2,000,000 | | | | 801 Grand CDO Float, 11.390% 9/20/16 (a) | | $ | 1,965,000 |
| 3,500,000 | | | | Eirles 2 Limited 263, 5.370% 8/3/21 | | | 3,500,000 |
| 3,500,000 | | | | Eriles 2 Limited 262, 5.370% 8/3/21 | | | 3,500,000 |
| 1,370,000 | | | | Interactive Health, 7.250% 4/1/11 (a) | | | 1,102,850 |
| 2,200,000 | | | | Milacron Escrow Corp., 11.500% 5/15/11 | | | 2,090,000 |
| 5,000,000 | | | | MMCAPS Funding, Zero Coupon Bond 12/15/31 (a) | | | 2,700,000 |
| 900,000 | | | | PCA Finance Corp., 14.000% 6/1/09 (a) | | | 909,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 15,766,850 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Technology–1.2% | | | |
| 3,575,000 | | | | Danka Business Systems, 11.000% 6/15/10 | | | 3,289,000 |
| 1,520,000 | | | | Spheris, 11.000% 12/15/12 | | | 1,425,000 |
| 950,000 | | | | Unisys Corp, 8.000% 10/15/12 | | | 888,250 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 5,602,250 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Telecommunications–1.7% | | | |
| 3,750,000 | | | | Broadview Networks Holdings, 11.375% 9/1/12 (a) | | | 3,815,625 |
| 725,000 | | | | Iridium LLC, Zero Coupon Bond 7/15/05 in default | | | 195,750 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Primus Telecomm Group, 8.000% 1/15/14 | | | 1,875,000 |
| 4,024,500 | | | | Securus Technologies, 11.000% 9/1/11 | | | 2,201,625 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 8,088,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Transportation–0.9% | | | |
| 2,890,000 | | | | Sea Containers Ltd., 10.750% 10/15/06* | | | 3,999,632 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Tobacco–0.6% | | | |
| 3,070,000 | | | | North Atlantic Trading, 9.250% 3/1/12 | | | 2,655,550 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Travel–1.3% | | | |
| 6,275,000 | | | | Worldspan Financial, 11.655% 2/15/11 | | | 6,173,031 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Total Corporate Bonds–Below Investment Grade or Unrated (cost $164,894,367) | | | 163,049,829 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| Mortgage Backed Securities–Investment Grade–2.7% of Net Assets | | | |
| | | | | Collateralized Mortgage Obligations–2.7% | | | |
| 1,295,704 | | | | First Franklin Mortgage 2004-FF2 N4, 10.000% 4/25/34 (a) | | | 1,297,933 |
| 2,266,773 | | | | Harborview Mortgage Loan 2005-12 B4, 7.080% 10/19/35 | | | 2,218,604 |
| 1,000,000 | | | | Indymac Index NIM 2006-AR6 N2, 8.833% 6/25/46 (a) | | | 1,000,000 |
| 4,000,000 | | | | Park Place Securities 2005-WCM3 M10, 7.823% 8/25/35 | | | 3,480,000 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Park Place Securities 2005-WHQ3 M11, 7.823% 6/25/35 | | | 2,602,500 |
| 2,500,000 | | | | Structured Asset 2005-HE1 B1, 7.830% 7/25/35 | | | 2,319,150 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Total Mortgage Backed Securities–Investment Grade (cost $12,889,333) | | | 12,918,187 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
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PORTFOLIOOF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
| | | | | | | | |
Principal Amount/ Shares | | | | Description | | Value (b) |
| Mortgage Backed Securities–Below Investment Grade or Unrated–18.1% of Net Assets | | | |
| | | | | Collateralized Mortgage Obligations–18.1% | | | |
$ | 4,991,262 | | | | Countrywide Alt. Loan 2005-51 B3, 6.580% 11/20/35 | | $ | 3,918,141 |
| 5,986,508 | | | | Countrywide Alt. Loan 2005-56 B3, 6.573% 11/25/35 (a) | | | 4,684,443 |
| 1,986,894 | | | | Countrywide Alt. Loan 2006-0A1 B2, 7.330% 3/20/46 | | | 1,112,661 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | First Franklin Mortgage 2004-FFH4 B1, 6.761% 1/25/35 (a) | | | 2,633,280 |
| 3,317,000 | | | | First Franklin Mortgage 2004-FFH4 B2, 8.761% 1/25/35 (a) | | | 2,653,600 |
| 3,100,000 | | | | First Franklin Mortgage 2004-FFH4 N2, 8.000% 1/21/35 (a) | | | 3,032,203 |
| 4,000,000 | | | | First Franklin Mortgage 2005-FFH3 B4, 7.323% 9/25/35 (a) | | | 2,945,000 |
| 4,826,000 | | | | First Franklin Mortgage 2005-FFH4 B2, 7.323% 12/25/35 (a) | | | 3,691,890 |
| 6,450,000 | | | | Greenwich 2005-3 N2, 2.000% 6/27/35 (a) | | | 4,039,635 |
| 14,000,000 | | | | Greenwich 2005-4 N-2, Zero Coupon Bond 7/27/45 (a) | | | 8,050,000 |
| 4,000,000 | | | | Greenwich 2005-6A N3, Zero Coupon Bond 11/27/45 (a) | | | 3,400,000 |
| 3,956,338 | | | | Harborview Mortgage 2006-4 B11, 7.080% 5/19/47 (a) | | | 2,433,148 |
| 4,175,649 | | | | Harborview Mortgage 2006-CB1 2B5, 7.073% 3/25/36 | | | 2,312,266 |
| 1,997,279 | | | | Harborview Mortgage 2006-CB1 2B6, 7.073% 3/25/36 | | | 342,034 |
| 1,000,000 | | | | Indymac Index NIM 2006-AR6 N3, 8.833% 6/25/46 (a) | | | 942,970 |
| 6,000,000 | | | | Long Beach Asset Holdings 2005-WL1 N4, 7.500% 6/25/45 (a) | | | 5,100,000 |
| 1,883,576 | | | | Long Beach Mortgage 2001-4 M2, 6.973% 3/25/32 | | | 1,521,051 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Long Beach Mortgage 2005-1 N4, 10.000% 2/25/35 (a) | | | 3,008,430 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Long Beach Mortgage 2005-2 B2, 8.073% 4/25/35 (a) | | | 1,713,120 |
| 5,000,000 | | | | Long Beach Mortgage 2006-2 B, 7.823% 3/25/36 (a) | | | 4,050,000 |
| 7,022,000 | | | | Merrill Lynch Mortgage 2006-SL1 B5, 7.500% 9/25/36 (a) | | | 5,471,402 |
| 4,000,000 | | | | Park Place Securities 2005-WCW2, 7.823% 7/25/35 (a) | | | 3,130,000 |
| 6,000,000 | | | | Structured Asset 2004-S2 B, 6.000% 6/25/34 (a) | | | 5,606,940 |
| 6,000,000 | | | | Structured Asset 2004-S4 B3, 5.000% 12/25/34 (a) | | | 4,566,660 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Structured Asset 2005-AR1 B2, 7.323% 9/25/35 (a) | | | 1,510,000 |
| 4,000,000 | | | | Structured Asset 2005-S6 B3, 7.823% 11/25/35 (a) | | | 3,315,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Total Mortgage Backed Securities–Below Investment Grade or Unrated (cost $84,341,129) | | | 85,183,874 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| Common Stocks–11.1% of Net Assets | | | |
| 37,100 | | | | Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (c) | | | 584,696 |
| 41,000 | | | | American Capital Strategies, Ltd. | | | 1,618,270 |
| 12,900 | | | | Anadarko Petroleum Corporation | | | 565,407 |
| 25,100 | | | | Aqua America, Inc. | | | 550,694 |
| 31,800 | | | | AVX Corporation | | | 562,542 |
| 67,700 | | | | Cascade Microtech, Inc. (c) | | | 842,865 |
| 13,900 | | | | Caterpillar Inc. (d) | | | 914,620 |
| 15,600 | | | | CEMEX, S.A. de C.V. | | | 469,248 |
| 19,300 | | | | Chiquita Brands International, Inc. | | | 258,234 |
| 51,500 | | | | Citizens Communications Company | | | 723,060 |
| 7,300 | | | | Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo (c) | | | 219,730 |
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PORTFOLIOOF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
| | | | | | | |
Shares | | | | Description | | Value (b) |
Common Stocks (continued) | | | |
66,500 | | | | Compass Diversified Trust | | $ | 1,017,450 |
31,893 | | | | Consolidated Communications Illinois Holdings, Inc. | | | 596,718 |
16,300 | | | | Cytec Industries Inc. (d) | | | 906,117 |
36,600 | | | | Direct General Corporation | | | 492,636 |
12,300 | | | | Edison International | | | 512,172 |
33,900 | | | | ENSCO International Incorporated | | | 1,485,837 |
22,900 | | | | Enterprise Partners Products L.P. | | | 612,575 |
20,700 | | | | FairPoint Communications, Inc. | | | 360,180 |
45,045 | | | | Famous Dave’s of America, Inc. (c) | | | 684,684 |
35,300 | | | | Fording Canadian Coal Trust | | | 936,509 |
18,700 | | | | Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (c) | | | 624,580 |
83,300 | | | | Horizon Offshore, Inc. (c) | | | 1,424,430 |
69,900 | | | | Infocrossing, Inc. (c) | | | 937,359 |
156,527 | | | | InPhonic, Inc. (c)(d) | | | 1,239,694 |
3,500 | | | | International Coal Group, Inc. (c) | | | 14,770 |
8,500 | | | | Iowa Telecommunications Services, Inc. | | | 168,215 |
6,600 | | | | J. C. Penney Company, Inc. | | | 451,374 |
21,600 | | | | Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. | | | 947,808 |
26,900 | | | | KKR Financial Corp. | | | 660,126 |
17,900 | | | | L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. | | | 1,402,107 |
52,000 | | | | Macquarie Infrastructure Company Trust | | | 1,621,360 |
12,100 | | | | Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. | | | 446,490 |
21,000 | | | | Masco Corporation (d) | | | 575,820 |
18,900 | | | | McDermott International, Inc. (c) | | | 790,020 |
73,000 | | | | MCG Capital Corporation | | | 1,192,090 |
41,400 | | | | Mittal Steel Company N.V. | | | 1,438,236 |
30,400 | | | | Motorola, Inc. (d) | | | 760,000 |
94,000 | | | | Nam Tai Electronics, Inc. | | | 1,155,260 |
95,200 | | | | Ness Technologies, Inc. (c) | | | 1,270,920 |
42,000 | | | | New York Community Bankcorp, Inc. | | | 687,960 |
51,700 | | | | Optimal Group Inc. (c) | | | 607,992 |
37,400 | | | | Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. (c) | | | 563,992 |
17,100 | | | | Peabody Energy Corporation | | | 628,938 |
26,500 | | | | Regal Entertainment Group | | | 525,230 |
26,000 | | | | RTI International Metals, Inc. (c) | | | 1,133,080 |
16,100 | | | | Sanderson Farms Inc. (d) | | | 520,996 |
19,900 | | | | Sasol Limited | | | 654,511 |
26,400 | | | | Ship Finance International Limited | | | 525,360 |
18,900 | | | | Stage Stores, Inc. (d) | | | 554,526 |
34,100 | | | | Superior Energy Services, Inc. (c) | | | 895,466 |
131,241 | | | | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. | | | 1,259,914 |
140,100 | | | | Technology Investment Capital Corporation | | | 2,049,663 |
14,400 | | | | Tenaris S.A. | | | 509,472 |
12,200 | | | | The Dow Chemical Company | | | 475,556 |
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PORTFOLIOOF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
| | | | | | | | |
Shares | | | | Description | | Value (b) | |
Common Stocks (continued) | | | | |
2,100 | | | | The First Marblehead Corporation (d) | | $ | 145,446 | |
33,500 | | | | The Home Depot, Inc. | | | 1,215,045 | |
15,000 | | | | The Timken Company | | | 446,700 | |
101,900 | | | | Trustreet Properties Inc. | | | 1,274,769 | |
25,700 | | | | Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited | | | 1,146,220 | |
37,100 | | | | Valero Energy Corporation (d) | | | 1,909,537 | |
11,300 | | | | Valero L.P. | | | 565,000 | |
10,700 | | | | Washington Mutual, Inc. | | | 465,129 | |
113,900 | | | | Windstream Corporation | | | 1,502,341 | |
| | | | | |
|
|
|
| | | | Total Common Stocks (cost $52,139,418) | | | 52,297,746 | |
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|
Preferred Stocks–4.1% of Net Assets | | | | |
2,000 | | | | Marquette Park CLO (a) | | | 1,960,000 | |
2,150 | | | | Baker Street Funding 2006-1 | | | 2,021,000 | |
3,000 | | | | Credit Genesis CLO 2005 (a) | | | 2,970,000 | |
3,150 | | | | Motient Corporation | | | 2,653,875 | |
4,000 | | | | Baker Street Funding (a) | | | 3,880,000 | |
4,000 | | | | Mountain View Funding (a) | | | 3,880,000 | |
67,000 | | | | Indymac Index CI-1 (a) | | | 1,820,859 | |
| | | | | |
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| | | | Total Preferred Stocks (cost $19,140,028) | | | 19,185,734 | |
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|
|
Eurodollar Time Deposits–2.5% of Net Assets | | | | |
| | | | State Street Bank & Trust Company Eurodollar time deposits dated September 29, 2006 4.050% maturing at $11,522,592 on October 2, 2006. | | | 11,520,000 | |
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|
|
| | | | Total Investments–134.8% of Net Assets (cost $636,560,982) | | | 634,876,635 | |
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|
|
|
| | | | Other Assets and Liabilities, net–(34.8)% of Net Assets | | | (164,033,291 | ) |
| | | | | |
|
|
|
| | | | Net Assets | | $ | 470,843,344 | |
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PORTFOLIOOF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
Call Options Written September 30, 2006
| | | | | | | |
Number of Contracts | | | | Common Stooks/Expiration Date/Exercise Price | | Market Value (b) |
18 | | | | Caterpillar Inc./October/65 | | $ | 3,870 |
3 | | | | Cytec Industries Inc./October/55 | | | 630 |
18 | | | | InPhonic, Inc./October/7.50 | | | 1,170 |
18 | | | | Masco Corporation/October/25 | | | 5,130 |
9 | | | | Motorola, Inc./October/25 | | | 909 |
12 | | | | Sanderson Farms, Inc./October/35 | | | 360 |
9 | | | | Stage Stores, Inc./October/30 | | | 1,035 |
9 | | | | The First Marblehead Corporation/October/65 | | | 4,140 |
37 | | | | Valero Energy Corporation/October/50 | | | 9,805 |
| | | | | |
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| | | | Total Call Options Written (Premiums Received $21,523) | | $ | 27,049 |
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(a) | | Securities sold within the terms of a private placement memorandum, exempt from registration under Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. Pursuant to guidelines adopted by the Board of Directors, these issues have been determined to be liquid by Morgan Asset Management, Inc., the fund’s investment adviser. |
(b) | | See Note 2 of accompanying Notes to the Financial Statements regarding investment valuations. |
(c) | | Non-income producing securities. |
(d) | | A portion or all of the security is pledged as collateral for call options written. |
* | | This security is classified as a Yankee Bond, which is a U.S. dollar denominated bonds issued in the United States by a foreign entity. |
The notes to the financial statements are an integral part of, and should be read in conjunction with, the financial statements.
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RMK STRATEGIC INCOME FUND, INC.
OBJECTIVE & STRATEGY
RMK Strategic Income Fund, Inc. seeks a high level of current income. The Fund seeks capital growth as a secondary investment objective when consistent with its primary investment objective. The Fund invests in a diversified portfolio of securities that offers attractive yield and capital appreciation potential and consists primarily of debt securities and secondarily of equity securities. The Adviser will continually analyze the markets for income-producing securities and will periodically reallocate the Fund’s investments among various fixed-income and equity asset classes and between investment grade and below investment grade debt securities (commonly referred to as “junk bonds”) to pursue its investment objectives. As a result, a majority of the Fund’s total assets may be invested in investment grade debt securities at some times and in below investment grade debt securities at other times. The Fund invests in a wide range of debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, and municipal and foreign government obligations, as well as securities of companies in bankruptcy reorganization proceedings or otherwise in the process of debt restructuring. The Fund also invests in other securities providing the potential for high income or a combination of high income and capital growth. (Below investment grade debt securities are rated Ba1 or lower by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., BB+ or lower by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, comparably rated by another nationally recognized statistical rating organization or, if unrated, determined by the Fund’s investment adviser to be of comparable quality.)
INVESTMENT RISKS: Bond funds tend to experience smaller fluctuations in value than stock funds. However, investors in any bond fund should anticipate fluctuations in price. Bond prices and the value of bond funds decline as interest rates rise. Longer-term funds generally are more vulnerable to interest rate risk than shorter-term funds. Below investment grade bonds involve greater credit risk, which is the risk that the issuer will not make interest or principal payments when due. An economic downturn or period of rising interest rates could adversely affect the ability of issuers, especially issuers of below investment grade debt, to service primary obligations and an unanticipated default could cause the Fund to experience a reduction in value of its shares. The value of U.S. and foreign equity securities in which the Fund invests will change based on changes in a company’s financial condition and in overall market and economic conditions. Leverage creates an opportunity for an increased return to common stockholders, but unless the income and capital appreciation, if any, on securities acquired with leverage proceeds exceed the costs of the leverage, the use of leverage will diminish the investment performance of the Fund’s shares. Use of leverage may also increase the likelihood that the net asset value of the Fund and market value of its common shares will be more volatile, and the yield and total return to common stockholders will tend to fluctuate more in response to changes in interest rates and creditworthiness.
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RMK STRATEGIC INCOME FUND, INC.
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSIONOF FUND PERFORMANCE
During the first half of RMK Strategic Income Fund, Inc.’s fiscal year 2007, which ended September 30, 2006, the Fund had a total return of 11.40%, based on market price and reinvested dividends. For the six months ended September 30, 2006, the Fund had a total return of 2.74%, based on net asset value and reinvested dividends. For the six months ended September 30, 2006, the Lehman Brothers Ba U.S. High Yield Index1 had a total return of 4.12%. The Fund’s strong market performance is a reflection of investor’s desire for cash distributions as well as the stability of the Fund’s net asset value offered by a very diverse portfolio.
During the first six months of the 2007 fiscal year, corporate high yield debt and common stocks were the best performing asset categories. Credit spreads (the yield premium required for risky assets over riskless assets such as U.S. Treasuries) contracted, or shrank significantly in the corporate sector providing meaningful outperformance for corporate securities. In the asset-backed sector, however, concerns over the slow down in housing and real estate in general caused credit spreads to expand and acted to depress overall performance from our portfolio of mortgage related securities. Asset-backed bonds secured by aircraft leases, medical equipment leases and ship leases continued to perform very well.
During the same period, we made substantial allocation shifts away from home equity loans and into collateralized loan obligations focusing specifically on packages of senior secured corporate loans, both domestic and international. Further allocation shifts will focus on moving out of some floating rate assets and into more fixed rate assets as we expect the Federal Reserve to begin lowering short term rates at some point in 2007.

James C. Kelsoe, Jr., CFA
Senior Portfolio Manager
Morgan Asset Management, Inc.
Market forecasts provided in this report may not necessarily come to pass. There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objectives. These views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions, and Morgan Asset Management, Inc. disclaims any responsibility to update such views. The Fund is subject to market risk, which include the possibilities that the market values of the securities owned by the Fund will decline or that shares of the Fund will trade at lower prices in the market. Accordingly, you can lose money investing in the Fund.
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RMK STRATEGIC INCOME FUND, INC.
INDEX DESCRIPTION
1 | | The Lehman Brothers Ba U.S. High Yield Index covers the universe of fixed rate, non-investment grade debt. Pay-in-kind (PIK) bonds, Eurobonds and debt issues from countries designated as emerging markets (e.g., Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, etc.) are excluded, but Canadian and global bonds (SEC registered) of issuers in non-emerging countries are included. Original issue zeroes, step-up coupon structures and 144As are also included. The index is unmanaged, and unlike the fund, is not affected by cashflows or trading and other expenses. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. |
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RMK STRATEGIC INCOME FUND, INC.
PORTFOLIO STATISTICS†
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2006
| | |
Average Credit Quality | | BB- |
Current Yield | | 10.23% |
Yield to Maturity | | 11.59% |
Duration | | 4.29 Years |
Average Effective Maturity | | 5.71 Years |
Percentage of Leveraged Assets | | 28% |
Total Number of Holdings | | 285 |
† | | The Fund’s composition is subject to change. |
CREDIT QUALITY†
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2006
| | | | | | |
%OFTOTALINVESTMENTS | | %OFTOTALINVESTMENTS |
AAA | | 2.1% | | CCC | | 18.8% |
AA | | 0.5% | | CC | | 2.7% |
BBB | | 19.4% | | C | | 0.2% |
BB | | 21.8% | | D | | 1.9% |
B | | 13.9% | | Not Rated | | 18.7% |
| | | | | |
|
| | | | Total | | 100.0% |
† | | The Fund’s composition is subject to change. |
ASSET ALLOCATION†
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2006
| | |
%OFTOTALINVESTMENTS |
Corporate Bonds | | 29.5% |
Collateralized Debt Obligations | | 17.2% |
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations | | 16.2% |
Equipment Leases | | 11.1% |
Common Stock | | 10.8% |
Home Equity Loans | | 8.0% |
Certificate-Backed Obligations | | 2.1% |
Preferred Stock | | 2.0% |
Short-Term Investments | | 1.7% |
Other | | 1.4% |
| |
|
Total | | 100.0% |
† | | The Fund’s composition is subject to change. |
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RMK STRATEGIC INCOME FUND, INC.
NAV & MARKET PRICE HISTORY*
The graph below illustrates the net asset value and market price history of RMK Strategic Income Fund, Inc. (NYSE: RSF) from the commencement of investment operations on March 18, 2004 to September 30, 2006.

* | | Net asset value is calculated every day that the New York Stock Exchange is open as of the close of trading (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time) by taking the closing market value of all portfolio securities, cash and other assets owned, subtracting all liabilities, then dividing the result (total net assets) by the total number of shares outstanding. The market price is the last reported price at which a share of the Fund was sold on the New York Stock Exchange. |
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS | |
AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 | | SIX MONTHS* | | | 1 YEAR | | | COMMENCEMENT OF INVESTMENT OPERATIONS1 | |
MARKET VALUE | | 11.40 | % | | 19.33 | % | | 20.27 | % |
NET ASSET VALUE | | 2.74 | % | | 7.12 | % | | 9.21 | % |
LEHMAN BROTHERS BA HIGH YIELD INDEX2 | | 4.12 | % | | 6.67 | % | | 6.03 | % |
* | Not annualized for periods less than one year. |
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1 | | The Fund commenced investment operations on March 18, 2004. |
2 | | The Lehman Brothers Ba U.S. High Yield Index covers the universe of fixed rate, non-investment grade debt. Pay-in-kind (PIK) bonds, Eurobonds and debt issues from countries designated as emerging markets (e.g., Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, etc.) are excluded, but Canadian and global bonds (SEC registered) of issuers in non-emerging countries are included. Original issue zeroes, step-up coupon structures and 144As are also included. The index is unmanaged, and unlike the fund, is not affected by cashflows or trading and other expenses. It is not possible to invest directly in an index. |
Performance data quoted represents past performance which is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Fund performance changes over time and current performance may be lower or higher than what is stated. For the most recent performance, call toll-free 800-564-2188. Total returns assume an investment at the common share market price or net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions for the period in accordance with the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan, and sale of all shares at the closing market price (excluding any commissions) or net asset value at the end of the period. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a stockholder would pay on Fund distributions or on the sale of Fund shares.
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RMK STRATEGIC INCOME FUND, INC.
PORTFOLIOOF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
| | | | | | | | |
Principal Amount | | | | Description | | Value (b) |
| Asset Backed Securities–Investment Grade–13.8% of Net Assets | | | |
| | | | | Collateralized Debt Obligations–9.9% | | | |
$ | 3,827,723 | | | | E-Trade 2004-1A COM1, 2.000% 1/10/40 | | $ | 3,866,001 |
| 4,000,000 | | | | GRAND 2005-1A C0MB, 1.913% 4/5/46 | | | 3,780,000 |
| 2,500,000 | | | | Lincoln Avenue ABS CDO Ltd, 8.643% 7/5/2046 (a) | | | 2,487,500 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Linker Finance PLC 16A E, 8.830% 5/19/45 (a) | | | 1,950,000 |
| 1,998,374 | | | | MKP CBO 5A E, 8.736% 1/6/46 (a) | | | 1,998,373 |
| 1,996,975 | | | | Orchid Structured Finance 2006-3A E, 9.236% 1/6/46 (a) | | | 1,996,975 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Palmer Square 2A CN, 12.000% 11/2/45 (a) | | | 2,970,000 |
| 2,400,000 | | | | Restructured Asset Backed 2003-3A A3, 6.143% 1/29/22 (a) | | | 2,125,416 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Rutland Rated Investments MB06-4A E, Zero Coupon Bond 5/28/46 | | | 2,958,600 |
| 4,000,000 | | | | Taberna Preferred Funding 2006-6A COM, Zero Coupon Bond 12/5/36 (a) | | | 3,965,600 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Taberna Preferred Funding, Ltd 2006-7A C1, Zero Coupon Bond 2/5/37 (a) | | | 2,952,000 |
| 1,500,000 | | | | Trapeza CDO LLC 2006-10A, Zero Coupon Bond 6/6/41 | | | 1,440,000 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Trapeza CDO, LLC, 8.700% 6/6/41 (a) | | | 3,000,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 35,490,465 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Equipment Leases–1.1% | | | |
| 2,912,744 | | | | Aviation Capital 2005-3A C1, 8.573% 12/25/35 (a) | | | 2,970,998 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | United Capital Aviation Trust 2005-1 B1A, Zero Coupon Bond 7/15/31 (a) | | | 959,040 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 3,930,038 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Home Equity Loans–2.6% | | | |
| 1,000,000 | | | | Aegis Asset Backed Securites Trust 2004-2 B3, 9.073% 6/25/34 | | | 995,000 |
| 2,325,700 | | | | Asset Backed Securities 2002-HE3 M4, 8.330% 10/15/32 | | | 2,248,672 |
| 1,000,000 | | | | Asset Backed Securities 2005-HE1 M10, 6.788% 3/25/35 | | | 929,060 |
| 2,269,575 | | | | Equifirst Mortgage Loan Trust 2003-1 M3, 9.074% 12/25/32 | | | 2,269,569 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Meritage Mortgage, 8.323% 1/25/36 (a) | | | 1,620,000 |
| 1,500,000 | | | | Park Place Securities 2004-WCW2 M9, 8.830% 10/25/34 | | | 1,455,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 9,517,301 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Manufactured Housing–0.2% | | | |
| 856,965 | | | | Mid-State Trust 2005-1 B, 7.758% 1/15/40 | | | 873,513 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Total Asset Backed Securities–Investment Grade (cost $49,463,736) | | | 49,811,317 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| Asset Backed Securities–Below Investment Grade or Unrated–40.8% of Net Assets | | | |
| | | | | Certificate-Backed Obligations–2.9% | | | |
| 2,813,167 | | | | Antares Funding LP, 13.413% 12/14/11 | | | 3,010,088 |
| 1,000,000 | | | | Preferred Term Securities II, 12.000% 5/22/33 (a) | | | 674,940 |
| 1,000,000 | | | | Preferred Term Securities XXI, 10.000% 3/22/38 (a) | | | 987,480 |
| 4,000,000 | | | | Preferred Term Securities XXII, Zero Coupon Bond 9/22/36 (a) | | | 3,970,560 |
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PORTFOLIOOF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
| | | | | | | | |
Principal Amount | | | | Description | | Value (b) |
| Asset Backed Securities–Below Investment Grade or Unrated (continued) | | | |
| | | | | Certificate-Backed Obligations (continued) | | | |
$ | 2,000,000 | | | | Preferred Term Securities XXIII, Zero Coupon Bond 12/22/36 (a) | | $ | 1,976,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 10,619,068 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Collateralized Debt Obligations–13.9% | | | |
| 1,000,000 | | | | 801 Grand CDO 06-1 LLC, 11.390% 9/20/16 (a) | | | 982,500 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Acacia CDO, Ltd. 10A, Zero Coupon Bond 9/7/46 (a) | | | 1,368,300 |
| 4,000,000 | | | | Aladdin CDO 2006-3A, 10.390% 10/31/13 (a) | | | 1,880,000 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Arlington Street CDO 1A B, 8.970% 6/10/12 (a) | | | 2,595,000 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Attentus CDO Ltd. 2006-2A COM, Zero Coupon Bond 10/9/41 | | | 2,916,000 |
| 1,664,084 | | | | Cigna CDO Limited 2000-1A B1, 6.520% 8/28/12 (a) | | | 1,249,111 |
| 3,500,000 | | | | Diversified Asset Securitization 2 1A B1, 9.712% 9/15/35 (a) | | | 1,855,000 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Dryden Leveraged Loan CDO 2005-9A DFN, Zero Coupon Bond 9/20/19 | | | 2,550,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | GSC Partners CDO Fund Ltd 2006-7A COM1, 5.075% 5/25/20 (a) | | | 1,993,600 |
| 2,931,764 | | | | Hewett’s Island 2004-1A COM, 9.000% 12/15/16 | | | 2,829,152 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Jazz CDO BV III-A EB, Zero Coupon Bond 9/20/14 (a) | | | 1,974,440 |
| 9,000,000 | | | | Kenmore Street Synthetic CDO 2006-1A, 10.393% 4/30/14 (a) | | | 4,140,000 |
| 1,000,000 | | | | Knollwood CDO Ltd. 2006-2A E, 11.488% 7/13/46 (a) | | | 1,000,000 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Knollwood CDO Ltd. 2006-2A SN, Zero Coupon Bond 7/13/46 | | | 2,760,000 |
| 4,000,000 | | | | Kodiak CDO 2006-1A COMB, 3.712% 8/7/37 (a) | | | 3,600,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Latitude CLO Ltd 2005-1X SUB, Zero Coupon Bond 12/15/17 | | | 1,857,500 |
| 1,000,000 | | | | Marquette Park CLO, 10.000% 7/12/20 | | | 980,000 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Millstone III CDO Ltd, Zero Coupon Bond 7/5/46 | | | 2,910,000 |
| 1,931,859 | | | | MKP 4A CS, 2.000% 7/12/40 (a) | | | 1,861,152 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | OFSI Fund 2006-1A COM1, 5.400% 9/20/19 (a) | | | 3,000,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Rosedale CLO Ltd I-A II, 5.146% 7/26/21 (a) | | | 1,920,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Tropic CDO Corp. 2006-5A C1, Zero Coupon Bond 7/15/36 | | | 1,894,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Veritas 2006-2A, 15.000% 7/11/21 (a) | | | 1,920,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 50,035,755 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Collateralized Loan Obligations–0.3% | | | |
| 1,000,000 | | | | Flagship CLO 2005-4I, Zero Coupon Bond 6/1/17 | | | 946,250 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Commercial Loans–0.9% | | | |
| 112,092 | | | | CS First Boston 1995-WF1 G, 8.570% 12/21/27 | | | 107,591 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Merrill Lynch Mortgage 1998-C1 F, 6.250% 11/15/26 | | | 1,785,630 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | North Street Referenced Linked Notes 2000-1A D1, 8.085% 4/28/11 (a) | | | 1,350,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 3,243,221 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Equipment Leases–14.2% | | | |
| 6,954,400 | | | | Aerco Limited 1X C1, 6.680% 7/15/23 | | | 2,729,602 |
| 4,235,094 | | | | Aerco Limited 2A B2, 6.380% 7/15/25 (a) | | | 2,075,196 |
| 9,636,812 | | | | Aerco Limited 2A C2, 7.380% 7/15/25 (a) | | | 3,083,780 |
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PORTFOLIOOF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
| | | | | | | | |
Principal Amount | | | | Description | | Value (b) |
| Asset Backed Securities–Below Investment Grade or Unrated (continued) | | | |
| | | | | Equipment Leases (continued) | | | |
$ | 8,000,000 | | | | Aircraft Finance Trust 1999-1A A1, 5.810% 5/15/24 (a) | | $ | 5,660,000 |
| 6,000,000 | | | | Airplanes Pass Through Trust 2001-1A A9, 5.880% 3/15/19 | | | 3,907,500 |
| 861,499 | | | | DVI Receivables 2001-2 A3, 3.519% 11/8/31 | | | 663,354 |
| 1,208,992 | | | | DVI Receivables 2001-2 A4, 4.613% 11/11/09 | | | 943,013 |
| 4,524,560 | | | | DVI Receivables 2002-1 A3A, 5.680% 6/11/10 | | | 2,579,001 |
| 1,434,614 | | | | DVI Receivables 2003-1 A3A, 5.830% 3/14/11 | | | 1,219,421 |
| 17,000,000 | | | | Lease Investment Flight Trust 1 A1, 5.720% 7/15/31 | | | 12,112,500 |
| 4,000,000 | | | | Pegasus Aviation Lease 1999-1A A2, 6.300% 3/25/29 (a) | | | 1,740,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Pegasus Aviation Lease 1999-1A B1, 6.300% 3/25/29 (a) | | | 437,860 |
| 3,687,466 | | | | Pegasus Aviation Lease 2000-1 A1, 5.949% 3/25/15 (a) | | | 2,359,979 |
| 19,000,000 | | | | Pegasus Aviation Lease 2001-1A A1, 5.810% 3/25/30 (a) | | | 11,637,500 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 51,148,706 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Franchise Loans–0.2% | | | |
| 1,000,000 | | | | Falcon Franchise Loan 2001-1 F, 6.500% 1/5/23 | | | 591,850 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Home Equity Loans–8.3% | | | |
| 906,556 | | | | Aames Mortgage Trust 2001-3 B, 7.130% 11/25/31 | | | 879,360 |
| 7,959,262 | | | | Ace Securities 2004-HE1 B, 8.823% 2/25/34 | | | 3,164,300 |
| 1,487,000 | | | | Ace Securities 2004-HS1 M6, 8.823% 2/25/34 | | | 1,494,249 |
| 1,500,000 | | | | Ace Securities 2005-HE2 B1, 8.573% 4/25/35 (a) | | | 1,230,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Ace Securities 2005-HE6 B1, 8.323% 10/25/35 (a) | | | 1,560,000 |
| 1,237,502 | | | | Amresco Residential Securities 1999-1 B, 9.323% 11/25/29 | | | 1,195,115 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Asset Backed Securities Corp Home Equity 2005-HE4 M12, 7.823% 5/25/35 (a) | | | 1,727,500 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Asset Backed Securities Corp Home Equity 2006-HE4 M9, 7.823% 5/25/36 (a) | | | 1,788,440 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Bear Stearns 2005-20N, 8.830% 10/25/45 (a) | | | 1,920,000 |
| 564,623 | | | | Delta Funding Home Equity 2000-4 B, 7.150% 2/15/31 | | | 186,326 |
| 1,000,000 | | | | Equifirst Mortgage 2005-1 B3, 6.268% 4/25/35 (a) | | | 822,500 |
| 1,000,000 | | | | First Franklin Mortgage 2004-FFH4 B1, 6.762% 1/25/35 (a) | | | 877,760 |
| 961,667 | | | | Heat Equity Asset Trust 2003-4 B2, 9.323% 10/25/33 | | | 973,687 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Meritage Asset Holdings NIM 2005-2 N4, 7.500% 11/25/35 (a) | | | 2,220,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Merrill Lynch Mortgage 2005-SL1 B5, 8.823% 6/25/35 (a) | | | 1,760,000 |
| 2,729,120 | | | | Terwin Mortgage 2005-11SL B7, 5.000% 11/25/36 (a) | | | 2,278,816 |
| | | | | Terwin Mortgage 2005-3SL B6, 11.500% 3/25/35 interest-only strips | | | 435,055 |
| 1,800,696 | | | | Terwin Mortgage 2005-7SL, 6.500% 7/25/35 (a) | | | 1,568,856 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Terwin Mortgage 2005-R1, 5.000% 12/28/36 (a) | | | 2,227,500 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Terwin Mortgage 2006-R3, 6.290% 6/26/37(a) | | | 1,634,800 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 29,944,264 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Manufactured Housing Loans–0.1% | | | |
| 1,675,678 | | | | Greenpoint Manufactured Housing 2000-1 M2, 8.780% 3/20/30 | | | 134,054 |
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PORTFOLIOOF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
| | | | | | | | |
Principal Amount | | | | Description | | Value (b) |
| Asset Backed Securities–Below Investment Grade or Unrated (continued) | | | |
| | | | | Manufactured Housing Loans (continued) | | | |
$ | 4,267,851 | | | | UCFC Manufactured Housing 1997-2 B1, Zero Coupon Bond 2/15/18 | | $ | 85,357 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 219,411 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Total Asset Backed Securities–Below Investment Grade or Unrated (cost $155,637,930) | | | 146,748,525 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| Corporate Bonds–Investment Grade–1.6% of Net Assets | | | |
| | | | | Special Purpose Entity–1.6% | | | |
| 4,000,000 | | | | Duane Park I, 7.500% 6/27/16 (a) | | | 4,000,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Lincoln Park Ref Link 01-1, 8.905% 7/30/31 (a) | | | 1,780,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Total Corporate Bonds–Investment Grade (cost $5,780,460) | | | 5,780,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| Corporate Bonds–Below Investment Grade or Unrated–39.1% of Net Assets | | | |
| | | | | Apparel–1.1% | | | |
| 3,940,000 | | | | Rafaella Apparel, 11.250% 6/15/11 (a) | | | 3,871,050 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Appliances–0.7% | | | |
| 2,544,000 | | | | Windmere-Durable, 10.000% 7/31/08 | | | 2,544,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Automotive–3.8% | | | |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Cooper Standard Auto, 8.375% 12/15/14 | | | 1,470,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Dana Corporation, Zero Coupon Bond 1/15/15 in default (c) | | | 1,310,000 |
| 1,375,000 | | | | Dana Corporation, Zero Coupon Bond 3/15/10 in default (c) | | | 955,625 |
| 825,000 | | | | Delco Remy International Inc, 11.000% 5/1/09 | | | 396,000 |
| 1,125,000 | | | | Delphi Corporation, Zero Coupon Bond 5/1/29 in default (c) | | | 950,625 |
| 1,200,000 | | | | Dura Operating, 8.625% 4/15/12 | | | 475,500 |
| 1,550,000 | | | | Dura Operating, 9.000% 5/1/09 | | | 65,875 |
| 1,400,000 | | | | Federal-Mogul, Zero Coupon Bond 1/15/09 in default (c) | | | 805,000 |
| 2,250,000 | | | | Ford Motor, 7.450% 7/16/31 | | | 1,738,125 |
| 225,000 | | | | Ford Motor, 9.980% 2/15/47 | | | 195,750 |
| 2,050,000 | | | | General Motors, 8.375% 7/15/33 | | | 1,773,250 |
| 375,000 | | | | Metaldyne Corp., 10.000% 11/1/13 | | | 378,750 |
| 3,375,000 | | | | Metaldyne Corp., 11.000% 6/15/12 | | | 3,037,500 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 13,552,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Basic Materials–2.2% | | | |
| 3,950,000 | | | | Edgen Acquisition, 9.875% 2/1/11 | | | 3,910,500 |
| 2,100,000 | | | | FMG Finance, 10.625% 9/1/16 | | | 2,016,000 |
| 2,300,000 | | | | Millar Western, 7.750% 11/15/13 | | | 1,909,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 7,835,500 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Building & Construction–0.7% | | | |
| 550,000 | | | | William Lyon Homes, 7.625% 12/15/12 | | | 444,125 |
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PORTFOLIOOF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
| | | | | | | | |
Principal Amount | | | | Description | | Value (b) |
| Corporate Bonds–Below Investment Grade or Unrated (continued) | | | |
| | | | | Building & Construction (continued) | | | |
$ | 1,550,000 | | | | Owens Corning, Zero Coupon Bond 8/1/18 in default (c) | | $ | 794,375 |
| 1,500,000 | | | | Tech Olympic USA, Inc, 10.375% 7/1/12 | | | 1,297,500 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 2,536,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Communications–1.2% | | | |
| 4,324,000 | | | | CCH I Holdings LLC, 11.750% 5/15/11 | | | 3,080,850 |
| 892,000 | | | | CCH I Holdings, 11.000% 10/1/15 | | | 811,720 |
| 350,000 | | | | Penton Media, 10.375% 6/15/11 | | | 344,750 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 4,237,320 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Consulting Services–1.1% | | | |
| 2,000,000 | | | | MSX International, 11.375% 1/15/08 | | | 1,434,240 |
| 2,750,000 | | | | MSX International, 11.000% 10/15/07 | | | 2,640,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 4,074,240 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Electronics–0.5% | | | |
| 1,800,000 | | | | Motors and Gears, 10.750% 11/15/06 | | | 1,793,961 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Energy–1.9% | | | |
| 2,175,000 | | | | Neptune Marine Invest, 10.920% 9/7/09 | | | 2,191,312 |
| 4,525,000 | | | | Paramount Resources Ltd, 8.500% 1/31/13* | | | 4,536,313 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 6,727,625 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Finance–0.8% | | | |
| 2,875,000 | | | | Advanta Capital Trust I, 8.990% 12/17/26 | | | 2,910,938 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Food–1.0% | | | |
| 1,775,000 | | | | Eurofresh Inc, 11.500% 1/15/13 (a) | | | 1,730,625 |
| 2,925,000 | | | | Merisant, 9.500% 7/15/13 | | | 1,872,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 3,602,625 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Garden Products–0.3% | | | |
| 1,150,000 | | | | Ames True Temper, 10.000% 7/15/12 | | | 986,125 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Human Resources–0.4% | | | |
| 1,650,000 | | | | Comforce Operating, 12.000% 12/1/07 | | | 1,646,040 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Industrial–7.7% | | | |
| 2,975,000 | | | | Advanced Lighting Technologies, 11.000% 3/31/09 | | | 2,960,125 |
| 4,000,000 | | | | Consolidated Container, 10.125% 7/15/09 | | | 3,820,000 |
| 903,000 | | | | Constar International, 11.000% 12/1/12 | | | 785,610 |
| 2,750,000 | | | | Continental Global Group, 9.000% 10/1/08 | | | 2,670,360 |
| 850,000 | | | | Corp Durango SA, 8.500% 12/31/12 | | | 790,500 |
| 3,600,000 | | | | GSI Group, 12.000% 5/15/13 (a) | | | 3,852,000 |
| 1,650,000 | | | | Home Products International, 9.625% 5/15/08 | | | 1,072,500 |
| 2,450,000 | | | | IMAX Corp, 9.625% 12/1/10 | | | 2,333,625 |
| 1,525,000 | | | | Spectrum Brands, 8.500% 10/1/13 | | | 1,319,125 |
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PORTFOLIOOF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
| | | | | | | | |
Principal Amount | | | | Description | | Value (b) |
| Corporate Bonds–Below Investment Grade or Unrated (continued) | | | |
| | | | | Industrial (continued) | | | |
$ | 1,590,000 | | | | Terphane Holding Corp, 12.500% 6/15/09 (a) | | $ | 1,590,000 |
| 1,200,000 | | | | Trimas Corp., 9.875% 6/15/12 | | | 1,110,000 |
| 1,075,000 | | | | VITRO S.A., 12.750% 11/1/13 (a) | | | 1,123,375 |
| 670,000 | | | | Wolverine Tube, 10.500% 4/1/09 | | | 589,600 |
| 3,005,000 | | | | Wolverine Tube, 7.375% 8/1/08 (a) | | | 2,554,250 |
| 1,050,000 | | | | Wornick Company, 10.875% 7/15/11 | | | 1,044,750 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 27,615,820 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Investment Companies–0.3% | | | |
| 1,000,000 | | | | Reg Diversified Funding, 10.000% 1/25/36 (a) | | | 1,000,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Manufacturing–3.1% | | | |
| 4,100,000 | | | | BGF Industries, 10.250% 1/15/09 | | | 3,859,125 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Elgin National Industries, 11.000% 11/1/07 | | | 2,000,700 |
| 3,100,000 | | | | Maax Corp, 9.750% 6/15/12 | | | 2,449,000 |
| 3,400,000 | | | | JB Poindexter & Co., 8.750% 3/15/14 | | | 2,805,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 11,113,825 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Health Care–1.3% | | | |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Healthsouth Corp, 11.418% 6/15/14 (a) | | | 3,060,000 |
| 4,725,000 | | | | Insight Health Services, 9.875% 11/1/11 | | | 1,618,313 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 4,678,313 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Retail–1.9% | | | |
| 850,000 | | | | Jo-Ann Stores, 7.500% 3/1/12 | | | 739,500 |
| 375,000 | | | | Lazydays RV Center, 11.750% 5/15/12 | | | 360,000 |
| 1,075,000 | | | | Nebraska Book Company, 8.625% 3/15/12 | | | 1,007,813 |
| 1,429,000 | | | | Star Gas Partner, 10.250% 2/15/13 | | | 1,450,435 |
| 3,990,000 | | | | Uno Restaurant, 10.000% 2/15/11 (a) | | | 3,331,650 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 6,889,398 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Special Purpose Entity–2.7% | | | |
| 815,000 | | | | Altra Industrial Motion, 9.000% 12/1/11 | | | 831,300 |
| 500,000 | | | | Eirles Two Limited 262, 5.370% 8/3/21 | | | 500,000 |
| 3,500,000 | | | | Eirles Two Limited 263, 5.370% 8/3/21 | | | 3,500,000 |
| 1,270,000 | | | | Interactive Health, 7.250% 4/1/11 (a) | | | 1,022,350 |
| 1,875,000 | | | | Milacron Escrow Corp, 11.500% 5/15/11 | | | 1,781,250 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | MM Community Funding IX, 10.000% 5/1/33 (a) | | | 1,420,000 |
| 775,000 | | | | PCA LLC/PCA Finance Corp, 14.000% 6/1/09 (a) | | | 782,750 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 9,837,650 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Technology–1.3% | | | |
| 3,125,000 | | | | Danka Business Systems, 11.000% 6/15/10 | | | 2,875,000 |
| 1,275,000 | | | | Spheris Inc, 11.000% 12/15/12 (a) | | | 1,195,312 |
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RMK STRATEGIC INCOME FUND, INC.
PORTFOLIOOF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
| | | | | | | | |
Principal Amount | | | | Description | | Value (b) |
| Corporate Bonds–Below Investment Grade or Unrated (continued) | | | |
| | | | | Technology (continued) | | | |
$ | 825,000 | | | | Unisys Corp, 8.000% 10/15/12 | | $ | 771,375 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 4,841,687 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Telecommunications–2.1% | | | |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Broadview Networks Holdings, 11.375% 9/1/12 (a) | | | 3,052,500 |
| 625,000 | | | | Iridium LLC/Capital Corp, Zero Coupon Bond 7/15/09 in default (c) | | | 168,750 |
| 3,975,000 | | | | Primus Telecommunications, 8.000% 1/15/14 | | | 2,484,375 |
| 2,200,000 | | | | Securus Technologies, 11.000% 9/1/11 | | | 1,881,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | | | | 7,586,625 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Tobacco–0.6% | | | |
| 2,600,000 | | | | North Atlantic Trading, 9.250% 3/1/12 | | | 2,249,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Transportation–1.0% | | | |
| 3,475,000 | | | | Sea Containers Ltd, 10.750% 10/15/06* | | | 3,453,164 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Travel–1.4% | | | |
| 5,075,000 | | | | Worldspan Financial, 11.655% 2/15/11 | | | 4,992,531 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Total Corporate Bonds–Below Investment Grade or Unrated (cost $146,280,668) | | | 140,575,437 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| Mortgage Backed Securities–Investment Grade–6.4% of Net Assets | | | |
| | | | | Collateralized Mortgage Obligations–6.4% | | | |
| 5,000,000 | | | | GSAMP Trust 2006-S2 M7, 7.250% 1/25/36 | | | 4,859,700 |
| | | | | Harborview Mortgage 2004-1 X, 1.282% 4/19/34 interest-only strips | | | 342,602 |
| | | | | Harborview Mortgage 2004-8 x, 1.047% 11/19/34 interest-only strips | | | 1,258,899 |
| 1,000,000 | | | | Indymac Index NIM Corp 2006-AR6 N2, 8.833% 6/25/46 (a) | | | 1,000,000 |
| 5,000,000 | | | | Long Beach Mortgage 2004-4 M10, 6.636% 10/25/34 | | | 5,062,500 |
| | | | | Mellon Residential 2004-TBC1 X, 0.543% 2/26/34 interest-only strips (a) | | | 536,187 |
| 5,000,000 | | | | Park Place Securities 2005-WCW2 M10, 7.823% 7/25/35 | | | 4,450,000 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Park Place Securities 2005-WHQ3, 7.823% 6/25/35 | | | 2,602,500 |
| 140,880 | | | | Sail Net Interest Margin Notes 2004-5A B, 6.750% 6/27/34 (a) | | | 141,234 |
| 1,884,701 | | | | Structured Asset 1999-SP1, 9.000% 5/25/29 | | | 1,870,647 |
| 1,423,000 | | | | Structured Asset 2003-BC1 B2, 9.000% 5/25/32 | | | 1,067,250 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Total Mortgage Backed Securities–Investment Grade (cost $26,819,210) | | | 23,191,519 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| Mortgage Backed Securities–Below Investment Grade or Unrated–15.9% of Net Assets | | | |
| | | | | Collateralized Mortgage Obligations–15.9% | | | |
| 2,994,395 | | | | Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust 2005-51 B3, 6.580% 11/20/35 | | | 2,350,600 |
| 3,991,006 | | | | Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust 2005-56 B3, 6.573% 11/25/35 (a) | | | 3,122,962 |
| 1,985,387 | | | | Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust 2006-OA1 B2, 7.330% 3/20/46 | | | 1,111,816 |
| 2,500,000 | | | | First Franklin Mortgage 2004-FFH2 B2, 8.823% 10/25/34 (a) | | | 2,325,000 |
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PORTFOLIOOF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
| | | | | | | | |
Principal Amount/ Shares | | | | Description | | Value (b) |
| Mortgage Backed Securities–Below Investment Grade or Unrated (continued) | | | |
| | | | | Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (continued) | | | |
$ | 3,000,000 | | | | First Franklin Mortgage 2004-FFH3 B1, 8.823% 6/25/34 (a) | | $ | 2,640,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | First Franklin Mortgage 2005-FFH3 B4, 7.323% 9/25/35 (a) | | | 1,472,500 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Greenwich Structured Arm Products 2005-3 N2, 2.000% 6/27/35 (a) | | | 1,878,900 |
| 6,000,000 | | | | Greenwich Structured Arm Products 2005-4 N-2, Zero Coupon Bond 7/27/45 (a) | | | 3,450,000 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Greenwich Structured Arm Products 2005-6A N3, Zero Coupon Bond 11/27/45 (a) | | | 2,550,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | GSAMP Trust 2004-AR1 B5, 5.000% 6/25/34 (a) | | | 1,825,620 |
| 4,000,000 | | | | GSAMP Trust 2006-S1 B2, 7.900% 11/25/35 (a) | | | 3,425,000 |
| 1,999,879 | | | | Harborview Mortgage 2005-15 B10, 7.080% 10/20/45 | | | 1,591,783 |
| 2,967,254 | | | | Harborview Mortgage 2006-4 B11, 7.080% 5/19/47 (a) | | | 1,824,861 |
| 4,992,250 | | | | Harborview Mortgage 2006-5 B1, 7.080% 7/19/47 | | | 2,948,572 |
| 1,000,000 | | | | Indymac Index NIM Corp 2006-AR6 N3, 8.833% 6/25/46 (a) | | | 942,970 |
| 5,000,000 | | | | Long Beach Asset Holdings 2005-WL1 N4, 7.500% 6/25/45 (a) | | | 4,250,000 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Meritage Mortgage 2004-2 B1, 8.573% 1/25/35 (a) | | | 2,625,000 |
| 1,021,574 | | | | Park Place Securities 2005-WCW1 B, 5.000% 9/25/35 (a) | | | 942,403 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Park Place Securities 2005-WCW3, 7.823% 8/25/35 (a) | | | 1,620,000 |
| 3,000,000 | | | | Park Place Securities 2005-WHQ1 M10, 7.823% 3/25/35 (a) | | | 2,666,250 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Park Place Securities 2005-WHQ4, 7.823% 9/25/35 (a) | | | 1,400,000 |
| 1,530,000 | | | | Popular 2005-4 B2, 7.823% 9/25/35 (a) | | | 1,377,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Soundview 2005-1 B3, 8.573% 4/25/35 (a) | | | 1,560,000 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Soundview 2005-B M14, 7.650% 5/25/35 (a) | | | 1,214,960 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Structured Asset 2004-S2 B, 6.000% 6/25/34 (a) | | | 1,868,980 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Structured Asset 2004-S4 B3, 5.000% 12/25/34 (a) | | | 1,522,220 |
| 1,336,323 | | | | Structured Asset Securities Corporation 2004-S3 M9, 6.000% 11/25/34 (a) | | | 1,234,857 |
| 2,000,000 | | | | Structured Asset Securities Corporation 2005-AR1 B2, 7.323% 9/25/35 (a) | | | 1,510,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Total Mortgage Backed Securities–Below Investment Grade or Unrated (cost $56,857,537) | | | 57,252,254 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| Municipal Securities–0.1% of Net Assets | | | |
| 1,000,000 | | | | Pima County Arizona IDA Health Care, Zero Coupon Bond 11/15/32 | | | 560,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| | | | | Total Municipal Securities (cost $626,977) | | | 560,000 |
| | | | | | |
|
|
| Common Stocks–14.9% of Net Assets | | | |
| 46,500 | | | | Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (c) | | | 732,840 |
| 38,462 | | | | American Capital Strategies, Ltd. | | | 1,518,095 |
| 11,600 | | | | Anadarko Petroleum Corporation | | | 508,428 |
| 29,500 | | | | Aqua America, Inc. | | | 647,230 |
| 28,500 | | | | AVX Corporation | | | 504,165 |
| 61,000 | | | | Cascade Microtech, Inc. (c) | | | 759,450 |
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RMK STRATEGIC INCOME FUND, INC.
PORTFOLIOOF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
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Shares | | | | Description | | Value (b) |
Common Stocks (continued) | | | |
12,600 | | | | Caterpillar, Inc. (d) | | $ | 829,080 |
23,000 | | | | CEMEX, S.A. de C.V. (d) | | | 691,840 |
17,400 | | | | Chiquita Brands International, Inc. | | | 232,812 |
46,400 | | | | Citizens Communications Company | | | 651,456 |
6,600 | | | | Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de São Paulo (c) | | | 198,660 |
59,900 | | | | Compass Diversified Trust | | | 916,470 |
28,800 | | | | Consolidated Communications Illinois Holdings, Inc. | | | 538,848 |
20,500 | | | | Cytec Industries Inc. (d) | | | 1,139,595 |
33,000 | | | | Direct General Corporation | | | 444,180 |
16,300 | | | | Edison International | | | 678,732 |
30,700 | | | | ENSCO International Incorporated | | | 1,345,581 |
23,900 | | | | Enterprise Partners Products L.P. | | | 639,325 |
18,700 | | | | FairPoint Communications, Inc. | | | 325,380 |
47,900 | | | | Famous Dave’s of America, Inc. (c) | | | 728,080 |
31,800 | | | | Fording Canadian Coal Trust | | | 843,654 |
16,800 | | | | Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (c) | | | 561,120 |
75,000 | | | | Horizon Offshore, Inc. | | | 1,282,500 |
76,100 | | | | Infocrossing, Inc. (c) | | | 1,020,501 |
141,000 | | | | InPhonic, Inc. (c)(d) | | | 1,116,720 |
91,386 | | | | Intermet Corporation (c) | | | 731,088 |
3,200 | | | | International Coal Group, Inc. (c) | | | 13,504 |
14,000 | | | | Iowa Telecommunications Services, Inc. | | | 277,060 |
6,700 | | | | J.C. Penney Company, Inc. | | | 458,213 |
25,650 | | | | Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. | | | 1,125,522 |
43,800 | | | | KKR Financial Corp. | | | 1,074,852 |
18,300 | | | | L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. | | | 1,433,439 |
49,600 | | | | Macquarie Infrastructure Company Trust | | | 1,546,528 |
10,900 | | | | Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. | | | 402,210 |
19,000 | | | | Masco Corporation (d) | | | 520,980 |
17,000 | | | | McDermott International, Inc.(c) | | | 710,600 |
77,150 | | | | MCG Capital Corporation | | | 1,259,860 |
43,300 | | | | Mittal Steel Company N.V. (d) | | | 1,504,242 |
27,400 | | | | Motorola, Inc. (d) | | | 685,000 |
87,000 | | | | Nam Tai Electronics, Inc. | | | 1,069,230 |
114,400 | | | | Ness Technologies, Inc. (c) | | | 1,527,240 |
37,900 | | | | New York Community Bancorp, Inc. | | | 620,802 |
46,600 | | | | Optimal Group Inc. (c)(d) | | | 548,016 |
33,700 | | | | Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. (c) | | | 508,196 |
15,400 | | | | Peabody Energy Corporation | | | 566,412 |
333 | | | | Providence Washington Insurance Companies (c) | | | 33 |
48,600 | | | | Regal Entertainment Group | | | 963,252 |
23,500 | | | | RTI International Metals, Inc. (c) | | | 1,024,130 |
14,500 | | | | Sanderson Farms, Inc. (d) | | | 469,220 |
17,800 | | | | Sasol Limited | | | 585,442 |
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PORTFOLIOOF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
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Principal Amount/ Shares | | | | Description | | Value (b) |
| Common Stocks (continued) | | | |
| 24,810 | | | | Ship Finance International Limited | | $ | 493,719 |
| 17,000 | | | | Stage Stores, Inc. (d) | | | 498,780 |
| 181,132 | | | | Star Gas Partners, L.P. (c) | | | 451,019 |
| 30,700 | | | | Superior Energy Services, Inc. (c) | | | 806,182 |
| 120,308 | | | | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. | | | 1,154,957 |
| 168,247 | | | | Technology Investment Capital Corporation | | | 2,461,454 |
| 15,200 | | | | Tenaris S.A. | | | 537,776 |
| 16,200 | | | | The Dow Chemical Company | | | 631,476 |
| 1,900 | | | | The First Marblehead Corporation (d) | | | 131,594 |
| 30,200 | | | | The Home Depot, Inc. | | | 1,095,354 |
| 14,100 | | | | The Timken Company | | | 419,898 |
| 91,850 | | | | Trustreet Properties Inc. | | | 1,149,044 |
| 22,000 | | | | Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited | | | 981,200 |
| 33,400 | | | | Valero Energy Corporation (d) | | | 1,719,098 |
| 13,700 | | | | Valero L.P. | | | 685,000 |
| 12,600 | | | | Washington Mutual, Inc. | | | 547,721 |
| 102,600 | | | | Windstream Corporation | | | 1,353,294 |
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| | | | | Total Common Stocks (cost $53,900,685) | | | 53,597,379 |
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| Preferred Stocks–2.7% of Net Assets | | | |
| 30,000 | | | | Baker Street Funding (a) | | | 2,910,000 |
| 10,000 | | | | Baker Street Funding 2006-1 (a) | | | 940,000 |
| 1,000 | | | | Credit Genesis CLO 2005 (a) | | | 990,000 |
| 1,000,000 | | | | Hewett’s Island II CDO (a) | | | 990,000 |
| 67,000 | | | | Indymac Indx CI-1 Corp (a) | | | 1,820,859 |
| 2,725 | | | | Motient Corporation | | | 2,295,812 |
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| | | | | Total Preferred Stocks (cost $9,907,359) | | | 9,946,671 |
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| Corporate Loans–0.2% of Net Assets | | | |
$ | 375,000 | | | | ICO North America, 7.500% 8/15/09 | | | 461,250 |
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| | | | | Total Corporate Loans (cost $375,000) | | | 461,250 |
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PORTFOLIOOF INVESTMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
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Principal Amount/ Shares | | | | Description | | Value (b) | |
Eurodollar Time Deposits–2.4% of Net Assets | | | | |
| | | | State Street Bank & Trust Company Eurodollar time deposits dated September 30, 2006, 4.050% maturing at $8,442,849 on October 2, 2006. | | $ | 8,440,000 | |
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| | | | Total Investments–137.9% of Net Assets (cost $514,089,562) | | | 496,364,352 | |
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| | | | Other Assets and Liabilities, net–(37.9)% of Net Assets | | | (136,504,052 | ) |
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| | | | Net Assets | | $ | 359,860,300 | |
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Call Options Written
September 30, 2006
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Number of Contracts | | | | Common Stocks/Expiration Date/Exercise Price | | Value (b) |
17 | | | | Caterpillar, Inc./October/65 | | $ | 3,655 |
62 | | | | Cemex, SA de CV/October/30 | | | 6,820 |
61 | | | | Cytec Industries, Inc/October/55 | | | 12,810 |
16 | | | | Inphonic, Inc./October/7.50 | | | 1,040 |
17 | | | | Masco Corporation./October/25 | | | 4,845 |
50 | | | | Mittal Steel Company N.V./October/35 | | | 4,250 |
8 | | | | Motorola, Inc/October/25 | | | 808 |
18 | | | | Optimal Group Inc./October/15 | | | 630 |
11 | | | | Sanderson Farms, Inc/October/35 | | | 330 |
8 | | | | Stage Stores Inc/October/30 | | | 920 |
8 | | | | The First Marblehead Corporation/October/65 | | | 3,680 |
33 | | | | Valero Energy Corporation/October/50 | | | 8,745 |
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| | | | Total Call Options Written (Premiums Received $42,196) | | $ | 48,533 |
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(a) | | Securities sold within the terms of a private placement memorandum, exempt from registration under Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. Pursuant to guidelines adopted by the Board of Directors, these issues have been determined to be liquid by Morgan Asset Management, Inc., the fund’s investment adviser. |
(b) | | See Note 2 of accompanying Notes to the Financial Statements regarding investment valuations. |
(c) | | Non-income producing securities. |
(d) | | A portion or all of the security is pledged as collateral for call options written. |
* | | These securiities are classified as Yankee Bonds, which are U.S. dollar denominated bonds issued in the United States by a foreign entity. |
The notes to the financial statements are an integral part of, and should be read in conjunction with, the financial statements.
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REGIONS MORGAN KEEGAN FUNDS
STATEMENTSOF ASSETSAND LIABILITIES
SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
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| | RMK Advantage Income Fund | | | RMK High Income Fund | | | RMK Multi-Sector High Income Fund | | | RMK Strategic Income Fund | |
Assets: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments in securities, at value | | $ | 559,200,314 | | | $ | 417,604,335 | | | $ | 634,876,635 | | | $ | 496,364,352 | |
Cash | | | 14,830 | | | | 14,548 | | | | 10,526 | | | | 9,181 | |
Dividends and interest receivable | | | 7,265,091 | | | | 5,493,380 | | | | 7,055,640 | | | | 6,325,321 | |
Receivable for investments sold | | | 3,594,043 | | | | 1,753,181 | | | | 2,397,201 | | | | 5,643,598 | |
Debt issue costs | | | 30,878 | | | | 28,293 | | | | 87,389 | | | | 70,427 | |
Other assets | | | — | | | | 13,524 | | | | — | | | | — | |
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Total assets | | | 570,105,156 | | | | 424,907,261 | | | | 644,427,391 | | | | 508,412,879 | |
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Liabilities: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Loan payable (Note 6) | | | 150,000,000 | | | | 115,000,000 | | | | 170,000,000 | | | | 140,000,000 | |
Interest payable | | | 674,015 | | | | 1,160,123 | | | | 724,881 | | | | 1,588,819 | |
Call options written, at value (premiums received $25,463, $19,483, $21,523, and $42,196) (Note 4) | | | 31,118 | | | | 24,042 | | | | 27,049 | | | | 48,533 | |
Payable for investments purchased | | | 2,094,853 | | | | 1,596,944 | | | | 2,309,548 | | | | 6,518,621 | |
Accrued expenses: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Advisory fees (Note 3) | | | 301,647 | | | | 225,263 | | | | 336,200 | | | | 267,502 | |
Accounting and administration fees (Note 3) | | | 69,611 | | | | 51,984 | | | | 77,584 | | | | 61,731 | |
Other | | | 114,022 | | | | 71,270 | | | | 108,785 | | | | 67,373 | |
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Total liabilities | | | 153,285,266 | | | | 118,129,626 | | | | 173,584,047 | | | | 148,552,579 | |
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Net assets | | $ | 416,819,890 | | | $ | 306,777,635 | | | $ | 470,843,344 | | | $ | 359,860,300 | |
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Composition of Net Assets: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Common stock, $.0001 par value (1,000,000,000 shares authorized for each fund) | | | 3,066 | | | | 2,258 | | | | 3,202 | | | | 2,734 | |
Paid-in capital | | | 442,502,495 | | | | 329,432,594 | | | | 459,398,063 | | | | 394,675,984 | |
Undistributed net investment income/(loss) | | | (3,115,360 | ) | | | (1,898,072 | ) | | | 4,673,957 | | | | (3,375,805 | ) |
Accumulated net realized gains/(losses) on investments | | | (5,281,493 | ) | | | (3,810,906 | ) | | | 8,457,995 | | | | (13,711,066 | ) |
Net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments | | | (17,288,818 | ) | | | (16,948,239 | ) | | | (1,689,873 | ) | | | (17,731,547 | ) |
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Net assets | | $ | 416,819,890 | | | $ | 306,777,635 | | | $ | 470,843,344 | | | $ | 359,860,300 | |
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Investments, at identified cost | | $ | 576,483,477 | | | $ | 434,548,015 | | | $ | 636,560,982 | | | $ | 514,089,562 | |
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Shares Outstanding and Net Asset Value Per Share: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Common shares outstanding | | | 30,657,076 | | | | 22,582,116 | | | | 32,024,804 | | | | 27,341,539 | |
Net asset value per share | | $ | 13.60 | | | $ | 13.58 | | | $ | 14.70 | | | $ | 13.16 | |
The notes to the financial statements are an integral part of, and should be read in conjunction with, the financial statements.
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REGIONS MORGAN KEEGAN FUNDS
STATEMENTSOF OPERATIONS
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
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| | RMK Advantage Income Fund | | | RMK High Income Fund | | | RMK Multi-Sector High Income Fund | | | RMK Strategic Income Fund | |
Investment Income: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Interest income | | $ | 29,117,862 | | | $ | 22,742,936 | | | $ | 31,125,147 | | | $ | 24,812,104 | |
Dividend income | | | 1,905,488 | (a) | | | 1,279,153 | (b) | | | 1,339,990 | (c) | | | 1,831,565 | (d) |
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Total investment income | | | 31,023,350 | | | | 24,022,089 | | | | 32,465,137 | | | | 26,643,669 | |
Expenses: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Advisory fees | | | 1,838,910 | | | | 1,373,957 | | | | 1,842,748 | | | | 1,634,529 | |
Accounting and administration fees | | | 424,364 | | | | 317,067 | | | | 425,250 | | | | 377,199 | |
Interest expense | | | 3,937,370 | | | | 3,324,568 | | | | 2,791,068 | | | | 3,997,792 | |
Debt issue expense | | | 310,900 | | | | 123,682 | | | | 293,046 | | | | 124,572 | |
Legal fees | | | 40,995 | | | | 42,277 | | | | 27,617 | | | | 33,066 | |
Audit fees | | | 20,250 | | | | 17,250 | | | | 16,250 | | | | 17,250 | |
Transfer agent fees | | | 17,963 | | | | 16,751 | | | | 13,786 | | | | 17,075 | |
Custodian fees | | | 27,068 | | | | 25,583 | | | | 24,971 | | | | 25,277 | |
Registration fees | | | 11,727 | | | | 13,000 | | | | 26,246 | | | | 12,000 | |
Directors’ fees | | | 17,658 | | | | 16,174 | | | | 15,126 | | | | 16,174 | |
Insurance premiums | | | 22,237 | | | | 16,460 | | | | 25,005 | | | | 19,329 | |
Other | | | 30,539 | | | | 29,297 | | | | 5,855 | | | | 28,556 | |
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Total Expenses | | | 6,699,981 | | | | 5,316,066 | | | | 5,506,968 | | | | 6,302,819 | |
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Net investment income | | | 24,323,369 | | | | 18,706,023 | | | | 26,958,169 | | | | 20,340,850 | |
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Realized and Unrealized Gains/(Losses) on Investments: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net realized gains/(losses) on investments | | | (5,568,703 | ) | | | (4,471,788 | ) | | | 6,414,648 | | | | (5,770,403 | ) |
Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments | | | (3,855,496 | ) | | | (1,198,953 | ) | | | (4,786,842 | ) | | | (2,102,218 | ) |
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Change in net assets resulting from operations | | $ | 14,899,170 | | | $ | 13,035,282 | | | $ | 28,585,975 | | | $ | 12,468,229 | |
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(a) | | Net of foreign taxes paid of $19,548. |
(b) | | Net of foreign taxes paid of $14,036. |
(c) | | Net of foreign taxes paid of $14,557. |
(d) | | Net of foreign taxes paid of $23,407. |
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The notes to the financial statements are an integral part of, and should be read in conjunction with, the financial statements.
REGIONS MORGAN KEEGAN FUNDS
STATEMENTSOF CHANGESIN NET ASSETS
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| | RMK Advantage Income Fund
| | | RMK High Income Fund
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| | Six Months Ended September 30, 2006 (Unaudited) | | | Year Ended March 31, 2006 | | | Six Months Ended September 30, 2006 (Unaudited) | | | Year Ended March 31, 2006 | |
Change in Net Assets: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Operations: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | | $ | 24,323,369 | | | $ | 55,050,302 | | | $ | 18,706,023 | | | $ | 42,355,460 | |
Net realized gains/(losses) on investments | | | (5,568,703 | ) | | | 945,291 | | | | (4,471,788 | ) | | | (1,025,157 | ) |
Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments | | | (3,855,496 | ) | | | (10,068,183 | ) | | | (1,198,953 | ) | | | (13,910,971 | ) |
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Change in net assets resulting from operations | | | 14,899,170 | | | | 45,927,410 | | | | 13,035,282 | | | | 27,419,332 | |
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Distributions to Stockholders: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Distributions from net investment income | | | (24,323,369 | ) | | | (53,755,090 | ) | | | (18,706,023 | ) | | | (40,624,400 | ) |
Distributions in excess of net investment income | | | (2,883,154 | ) | | | — | | | | (1,395,222 | ) | | | — | |
Distributions from net realized gain on investments | | | — | | | | (6,984,837 | ) | | | — | | | | (14,591,926 | ) |
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Total distribution to stockholders | | | (27,206,523 | ) | | | (60,739,927 | ) | | | (20,101,245 | ) | | | (55,216,326 | ) |
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Capital Transactions: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Proceeds from sales of shares as a result of reinvested dividends (738,074 and 1,832,182 shares) | | | 11,898,104 | | | | 28,378,514 | | | | — | | | | — | |
Proceeds from sales of shares as a result of reinvested dividends (430,508 and 1,279,613 shares) | | | — | | | | — | | | | 7,144,537 | | | | 20,765,109 | |
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Change in net assets from capital transactions | | | 11,898,104 | | | | 28,378,514 | | | | 7,144,537 | | | | 20,765,109 | |
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Change in Net Assets | | | (409,249 | ) | | | 13,565,997 | | | | 78,574 | | | | (7,031,885 | ) |
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Net Assets: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Beginning of period | | | 417,229,139 | | | | 403,663,142 | | | | 306,699,061 | | | | 313,730,946 | |
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End of period | | $ | 416,819,890 | | | $ | 417,229,139 | | | $ | 306,777,635 | | | $ | 306,699,061 | |
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The notes to the financial statements are an integral part of, and should be read in conjunction with, the financial statements.
REGIONS MORGAN KEEGAN FUNDS
STATEMENTSOF CHANGESIN NET ASSETS
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| | RMK Multi-Sector High Income Fund
| | | RMK Strategic Income Fund
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| | Six Months Ended September 30, 2006 (Unaudited) | | | Period Ended March 31, 2006 (a) | | | Six Months Ended September 30, 2006 (Unaudited) | | | Year Ended March 31, 2006 | |
Change in Net Assets: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Operations: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | | $ | 26,958,169 | | | $ | 6,666,576 | | | $ | 20,340,850 | | | $ | 46,260,650 | |
Net realized gains/(losses) on investments | | | 6,414,648 | | | | 1,109,506 | | | | (5,770,403 | ) | | | (6,375,927 | ) |
Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments | | | (4,786,842 | ) | | | 3,096,969 | | | | (2,102,218 | ) | | | (1,310,891 | ) |
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Change in net assets resulting from operations | | | 28,585,975 | | | | 10,873,051 | | | | 12,468,229 | | | | 38,573,832 | |
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Distributions to Stockholders: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Distributions from net investment income | | | (24,290,109 | ) | | | (3,726,838 | ) | | | (20,340,850 | ) | | | (48,998,109 | ) |
Distributions in excess of net investment income | | | — | | | | — | | | | (3,980,060 | ) | | | — | |
Distributions from net realized gain on investments | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | (9,912,611 | ) |
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Total distribution to stockholders | | | (24,290,109 | ) | | | (3,726,838 | ) | | | (24,320,910 | ) | | | (58,910,720 | ) |
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Capital Transactions: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Proceeds from shares sold (31,050,000 shares) | | | — | | | | 444,197,605 | | | | | | | | | |
Proceeds from sales of shares as a result of reinvested dividends (829,822 and 138,001 shares) | | | 13,024,402 | | | | 2,079,255 | | | | — | | | | — | |
Proceeds from sales of shares as a result of reinvested dividends (554,293 and 1,498,582 shares) | | | — | | | | — | | | | 8,944,926 | | | | 23,323,447 | |
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Change in net assets from capital transactions | | | 13,024,402 | | | | 446,276,860 | | | | 8,944,926 | | | | 23,323,447 | |
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Change in Net Assets | | | 17,320,268 | | | | 453,423,073 | | | | (2,907,755 | ) | | | 2,986,559 | |
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Net Assets: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Beginning of period | | | 453,523,076 | | | | 100,003 | | | | 362,768,055 | | | | 359,781,496 | |
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End of period | | $ | 470,843,344 | | | $ | 453,523,076 | | | $ | 359,860,300 | | | $ | 362,768,055 | |
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(a) | | From the commencement of investment operations on January 19, 2006. |
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The notes to the financial statements are an integral part of, and should be read in conjunction with, the financial statements.
REGIONS MORGAN KEEGAN FUNDS
STATEMENTSOF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
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| | RMK Advantage Income Fund | | | RMK High Income Fund | |
Cash flows from operating activities | | | | | | | | |
Net increase in net assets from operations | | $ | 14,899,170 | | | $ | 13,035,282 | |
Adjustments to reconcile net increase in net assets from operations to net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities | | | | | | | | |
Purchase of investment securities | | | (272,989,396 | ) | | | (217,076,776 | ) |
Proceeds from disposition of investment securities | | | 242,732,937 | | | | 189,014,457 | |
Purchase of short-term investment securities, net | | | 21,005,710 | | | | 18,483,537 | |
Proceeds from principal payments | | | 8,714,747 | | | | 6,975,659 | |
Change in unrealized appreciation on investment securities | | | 3,855,496 | | | | 1,198,953 | |
Amortization/accretion of premiums/discount on investment securities | | | (5,197,883 | ) | | | (3,555,471 | ) |
Net realized gain on investment securities | | | 5,568,703 | | | | 4,471,788 | |
Net realized gain on principal payments | | | (284,279 | ) | | | (505,129 | ) |
Amortization of debt issue costs | | | 312,436 | | | | 123,682 | |
(Increase)/decrease in dividends and interest receivable | | | (537,924 | ) | | | (464,572 | ) |
(Increase)/decrease in receivables for securities sold | | | (1,536,201 | ) | | | 514,457 | |
Increase/(decrease) in interest payable | | | 73,544 | | | | 952,477 | |
Increase/(decrease) in payables for securities purchased | | | (999,452 | ) | | | (86,050 | ) |
Increase/(decrease) in advisory fees | | | (9,284 | ) | | | (5,933 | ) |
Increase/(decrease) in accounting and administration fees | | | (2,142 | ) | | | (1,369 | ) |
Increase/(decrease) in accrued expenses | | | 12,591 | | | | (2,880 | ) |
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Net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities | | | 15,618,773 | | | | 13,072,112 | |
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Cash flows from financing activities | | | | | | | | |
Increase in loan payable | | | — | | | | — | |
Cash paid for debt issue costs | | | (295,524 | ) | | | (100,856 | ) |
Cash distributions paid | | | (15,308,419 | ) | | | (12,956,708 | ) |
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Net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities | | | (15,603,943 | ) | | | (13,057,564 | ) |
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Net increase in cash | | | 14,830 | | | | 14,548 | |
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Ending balance | | $ | 14,830 | | | $ | 14,548 | |
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Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information: Noncash financing activities not included herein consist of reinvestment of dividends and distributions of $11,898,104 and $7,144,537 for RMK Advantage Income Fund and RMK High Income Fund, respectively.
Total cash paid for interest was $3,863,826 and $2,372,090 for RMK Advantage Income Fund and RMK High Income Fund, respectively.
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The notes to the financial statements are an integral part of, and should be read in conjunction with, the financial statements.
REGIONS MORGAN KEEGAN FUNDS
STATEMENTSOF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2006 (UNAUDITED)
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| | RMK Multi-Sector High Income Fund | | | RMK Strategic Income Fund | |
Cash flows from operating activities | | | | | | | | |
Net increase in net assets from operations | | $ | 28,585,975 | | | $ | 12,468,229 | |
Adjustments to reconcile net increase in net assets from operations to net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities | | | | | | | | |
Purchase of investment securities | | | (396,941,794 | ) | | | (280,577,498 | ) |
Proceeds from disposition of investment securities | | | 200,096,876 | | | | 259,592,677 | |
Purchase of short-term investment securities, net | | | 13,845,358 | | | | 9,886,605 | |
Proceeds from principal payments | | | 7,801,228 | | | | 8,989,550 | |
Change in unrealized appreciation on investment securities | | | 4,786,842 | | | | 2,102,218 | |
Amortization/accretion of premiums/discount on investment securities | | | (6,766,181 | ) | | | (4,131,535 | ) |
Net realized gain/(loss) on investment securities | | | (6,414,648 | ) | | | 5,770,403 | |
Net realized gain on principal payments | | | (702,972 | ) | | | 533,871 | |
Amortization of debt issue costs | | | 242,623 | | | | 124,572 | |
(Increase)/decrease in dividends and interest receivable | | | (2,559,066 | ) | | | (739,233 | ) |
(Increase)/decrease in receivables for securities sold | | | (325,214 | ) | | | (3,676,075 | ) |
Increase/(decrease) in interest payable | | | 724,881 | | | | 194,463 | |
Increase/(decrease) in payables for securities purchased | | | (912,024 | ) | | | 5,032,773 | |
Increase/(decrease) in advisory fees | | | 88,021 | | | | (8,302 | ) |
Increase/(decrease) in accounting and administration fees | | | 20,312 | | | | (1,916 | ) |
Increase/(decrease) in accrued expenses | | | 36,028 | | | | (14,126 | ) |
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Net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities | | | (158,393,755 | ) | | | 15,546,676 | |
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Cash flows from financing activities | | | | | | | | |
Increase in loan payable | | | 170,000,000 | | | | — | |
Cash paid for debt issue costs | | | (330,012 | ) | | | (161,511 | ) |
Cash distributions paid | | | (11,265,707 | ) | | | (15,375,984 | ) |
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Net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities | | | 158,404,281 | | | | (15,537,495 | ) |
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Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information: Noncash financing activities not included herein consist of reinvestment of dividends and distributions of $13,024,402 and $8,944,926 for RMK Multi-Sector High Income Fund and RMK Strategic Income Fund, respectively.
Total cash paid for interest was $2,066,186 and $3,803,328 for RMK Multi-Sector High Income Fund and RMK Strategic Income Fund, respectively.
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The notes to the financial statements are an integral part of, and should be read in conjunction with, the financial statements.
REGIONS MORGAN KEEGAN FUNDS
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
SELECTED DATA FORA SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUTTHE PERIOD INDICATED: (UNAUDITED)
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| | Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | | | Net Investment Income | | Net Realized and Unrealized Gains/ (Losses) on Investments | | | Total From Investment Operations | | Dividends from Net Investment Income | | | Distributions from Capital Gains | |
RMK Advantage Income Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Six Months ended September 30, 2006 | | $ | 13.95 | | | 0.81 | | (0.26 | ) | | 0.55 | | (0.81 | ) | | — | |
Year ended March 31, 2006 | | $ | 14.37 | | | 1.90 | | (0.22 | ) | | 1.68 | | (1.86 | ) | | (0.24 | ) |
Period ended March 31, 2005 (e) | | $ | 14.33 | (b) | | 0.57 | | (0.03 | ) | | 0.54 | | (0.48 | ) | | — | |
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RMK High Income Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Six Months ended September 30, 2006 | | $ | 13.85 | | | 0.84 | | (0.21 | ) | | 0.63 | | (0.84 | ) | | — | |
Year ended March 31, 2006 | | $ | 15.03 | | | 1.98 | | (0.58 | ) | | 1.40 | | (1.90 | ) | | (0.68 | ) |
Year ended March 31, 2005 | | $ | 15.32 | | | 2.15 | | 0.24 | | | 2.39 | | (2.07 | ) | | (0.61 | ) |
Period ended March 31, 2004 (f) | | $ | 14.33 | (b) | | 1.11 | | 1.09 | | | 2.20 | | (1.01 | ) | | (0.17 | ) |
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RMK Multi-Sector High Income Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Six Months ended September 30, 2006 | | $ | 14.54 | | | 0.85 | | 0.08 | | | 0.93 | | (0.77 | ) | | — | |
Period ended March 31, 2006 (g) | | $ | 14.33 | (b) | | 0.21 | | 0.14 | | | 0.35 | | (0.12 | ) | | — | |
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RMK Strategic Income Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Six Months ended September 30, 2006 | | $ | 13.54 | | | 0.75 | | (0.23 | ) | | 0.52 | | (0.75 | ) | | — | |
Year ended March 31, 2006 | | $ | 14.23 | | | 1.78 | | (0.20 | ) | | 1.58 | | (1.89 | ) | | (0.38 | ) |
Year ended March 31, 2005 | | $ | 14.31 | | | 1.76 | | (0.16 | ) | | 1.60 | | (1.68 | ) | | — | |
Period ended March 31, 2004 (h) | | $ | 14.33 | (b) | | 0.02 | | (0.02 | ) | | — | | — | | | — | |
(a) | Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of a common share of stock at the opening market price of the first day and a sale at the closing market price on the last day of each period reported. Dividends and distributions are assumed, for purposes of this calculation, to be reinvested at prices obtained under the Funds’ dividend reinvestment plans. Total investment returns do not reflect brokerage commissions. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. |
(b) | Net of sales load of $0.675 on initial shares issued. |
(c) | Not annualized for periods less than one year. |
(d) | Ratio annualized for the periods less than one year. |
(e) | From the commencement of investment operations on November 8, 2004. |
(f) | From the commencement of investment operations on June 24, 2003. |
(g) | From the commencement of investment operations on January 19, 2006. |
(h) | From the commencement of investment operations on March 18, 2004. |
The notes to the financial statements are an integral part of, and should be read in conjunction with, the financial statements.
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(0.09 | ) | | (0.90 | ) | | — | | | $ | 13.60 | | 3.06 | % | | $ | 17.67 | | 11.19 | % | | 3.22 | % | | 11.69 | % | | $ | 416,820 | | 47 | % |
— | | | (2.10 | ) | | — | | | $ | 13.95 | | 11.05 | % | | $ | 16.80 | | 23.28 | % | | 2.62 | % | | 13.45 | % | | $ | 417,229 | | 104 | % |
— | | | (0.48 | ) | | (0.02 | ) | | $ | 14.37 | | 3.53 | % | | $ | 15.59 | | 7.30 | % | | 0.94 | % | | 10.52 | % | | $ | 403,663 | | 57 | % |
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(0.06 | ) | | (0.90 | ) | | — | | | $ | 13.58 | | 3.49 | % | | $ | 18.40 | | 10.91 | % | | 3.46 | % | | 12.16 | % | | $ | 306,778 | | 49 | % |
— | | | (2.58 | ) | | — | | | $ | 13.85 | | 7.80 | % | | $ | 17.51 | | 24.15 | % | | 2.92 | % | | 13.66 | % | | $ | 306,699 | | 97 | % |
— | | | (2.68 | ) | | — | | | $ | 15.03 | | 15.46 | % | | $ | 16.50 | | 16.49 | % | | 2.12 | % | | 14.08 | % | | $ | 313,731 | | 73 | % |
— | | | (1.18 | ) | | (0.03 | ) | | $ | 15.32 | | 15.50 | % | | $ | 16.67 | | 20.06 | % | | 1.11 | % | | 10.15 | % | | $ | 299,772 | | 76 | % |
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— | | | (0.77 | ) | | — | | | $ | 14.70 | | 6.16 | % | | $ | 17.56 | | 15.39 | % | | 2.38 | % | | 11.66 | % | | $ | 470,843 | | 39 | % |
— | | | (0.12 | ) | | (0.02 | ) | | $ | 14.54 | | 2.27 | % | | $ | 15.98 | | 7.38 | % | | 0.71 | % | | 6.72 | % | | $ | 453,523 | | 131 | % |
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(0.15 | ) | | (0.90 | ) | | — | | | $ | 13.16 | | 2.74 | % | | $ | 17.60 | | 11.40 | % | | 3.48 | % | | 11.23 | % | | $ | 359,860 | | 56 | % |
— | | | (2.27 | ) | | — | | | $ | 13.54 | | 9.95 | % | | $ | 16.70 | | 22.60 | % | | 2.94 | % | | 12.80 | % | | $ | 362,768 | | 101 | % |
— | | | (1.68 | ) | | — | | | $ | 14.23 | | 10.87 | % | | $ | 15.74 | | 9.68 | % | | 1.70 | % | | 12.47 | % | | $ | 359,781 | | 69 | % |
— | | | — | | | (0.02 | ) | | $ | 14.31 | | (0.14 | )% | | $ | 16.00 | | 6.67 | % | | 0.87 | % | | 3.87 | % | | $ | 300,547 | | 0 | % |
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NOTESTOTHE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
RMK Advantage Income Fund, Inc., RMK High Income Fund, Inc., RMK Multi-Sector High Income Fund, Inc. and RMK Strategic Income Fund, Inc. (collectively, the “Funds” and individually, each a “Fund”) were organized as separate Maryland corporations on September 7, 2004, April 16, 2003, November 14, 2005 and January 16, 2004, respectively. The Funds are registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as diversified, closed-end management investment companies, each with its own investment objective.
Each Fund is authorized to issue 1,000,000,000 shares of capital stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share. The Funds’ Boards are authorized to classify and reclassify any unissued shares of capital stock from time to time by setting or changing the preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends or terms and conditions of redemption of such shares by the Funds. The common shares have no preemptive, conversion, exchange or redemption rights. All common shares have equal voting, dividend, distribution and liquidation rights. The common shares, when issued, will be fully paid and non-assessable. Common stockholders are entitled to one vote per share and all voting rights for the election of directors are non-cumulative. The Funds have no present intentions of offering additional shares, except as described in the Dividend Reinvestment Plan.
2 | Significant Accounting Policies |
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Funds in the preparation of their financial statements. These policies are in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Investment Valuations—Investments in securities listed or traded on a securities exchange are valued at the last quoted sales price on the exchange where the security is primarily traded as of close of business on the New York Stock Exchange, usually 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, on the valuation date. Equity securities traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market are valued at the Nasdaq Official Closing Price, usually 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, on the valuation date. Securities traded in the over-the-counter market and listed securities for which no sales were reported for that date are valued at the last quoted bid price. Long-term debt securities, including U. S. government securities, listed corporate bonds, other fixed income and asset-backed securities, and unlisted securities and private placement
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securities, are generally valued at the latest price furnished by an independent pricing service or primary market dealer. Short-term debt securities with remaining maturities of more than sixty days for which market quotations are readily available shall be valued by an independent pricing service or primary market dealer. Short-term debt securities with remaining maturities of sixty days or less shall be valued at cost with interest accrued or discount accreted to the date of maturity, unless such valuation, in the judgment of Morgan Asset Management, Inc. (the “Adviser”) does not represent market value. Investments in open-end registered investment companies are valued at net asset value as reported by those investment companies. Investments for which market quotations are not readily available, or available quotations which appear to not accurately reflect the current value of an investment, are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Valuation Committee using procedures established by and under the direction of the Board of Directors. The values assigned to fair valued investments are based on available information and do not necessarily represent amounts that might ultimately be realized, since such amounts depend on future developments inherent in long-term investments. Further, because of the inherent uncertainty of valuation, those estimated values may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a ready market for the investments existed, and the differences could be material.
Investment Transactions and Investment Income—Securities transactions are recorded on the trade date for financial reporting purposes. Realized gains and losses from securities transactions are recorded using the identified cost basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, net of applicable material taxes withheld by foreign countries. Interest income, including amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts, is accrued on a daily basis. Gains or losses realized on sales of securities are determined by comparing the identified cost of the security lot sold with the net sales proceeds.
Expenses—Expenses directly attributable to a Fund are charged directly to that Fund, while expenses which are attributable to more than one Fund are allocated among the respective Funds based upon relative net assets.
Dividends and Distributions to Stockholders—Each Fund declares quarterly and pays monthly dividends to its stockholders from the Fund’s net investment income and from other sources from time to time. Each Fund also pays distributions at least annually from its net realized capital gains, if any. All common shares have equal dividend and distribution rights. Dividends and distributions to stockholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. A notice disclosing the source(s) of a distribution will be provided if payment is made from any source(s) other than net investment income. Any such notice would be provided only for informational purposes in order to comply with the requirements of Section 19(a) of the 1940 Act and not for tax reporting purposes.
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The amounts of dividends from net investment income and distributions from net realized capital gains are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations which may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These “book/tax” differences are either considered temporary or permanent in nature. To the extent these differences are permanent in nature (i.e. reclass of market discounts, net operating gain/loss, paydowns, and distributions), such amounts are reclassified within the composition of net assets based on their federal tax-basis treatment; temporary differences do not require reclassification. To the extent distributions from net investment income and net realized gains exceed net investment income and net realized gains for tax purposes, they are reported as distributions of capital.
Repurchase Agreements—The Funds may purchase instruments from financial institutions, such as banks and broker-dealers, subject to the seller’s agreement to repurchase them at an agreed upon time and price (“repurchase agreement”). The Funds may invest in repurchase agreements with institutions that are deemed by Morgan Asset Management, Inc., the Adviser, to be of good standing and creditworthy. A third party custodian bank takes possession of the underlying securities (“collateral”) of a repurchase agreement, the value of which is at all times at least equal to the principal amount of the repurchase transaction and accrued interest. In the event of counterparty default on the obligation to repurchase, each Fund has the right to liquidate the collateral and apply the proceeds in satisfaction of the obligation. However, there could be potential losses to the Funds in the event of default or bankruptcy by the counterparty to the agreement and the Funds are delayed or prevented from exercising their rights to dispose of the collateral, including the risk of possible decline in the value of the collateral during the period while the Funds seek to assert their rights.
Option Writing—When a Fund writes an option, an amount equal to the premium received by the Fund is recorded as a liability and is subsequently adjusted to the current fair value of the option written. Premiums received from writing options that expire unexercised are treated by the Fund on the expiration date as realized gains from investments. If a call option is exercised, the premium is added to the proceeds from the sale of the underlying security in determining whether the Fund has realized a gain or loss. If a put option is exercised, the premium reduces the cost basis of the securities purchased by the Fund. The Fund, as writer of an option, bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the security underlying the written option.
When-Issued and Delayed Delivery Transactions—The Funds may engage in when-issued or delayed delivery transactions. The Funds record when-issued securities on the trade date and maintain security positions such that sufficient liquid assets will be available to make payment for the securities purchased. Securities purchased on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis are marked to
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market daily and begin earning interest on the settlement date. Losses may occur on these transactions due to changes in market conditions or the failure of counterparties to perform under the contract.
Use of Estimates—The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates.
Cash—Cash represents deposits in bank accounts.
3 | Agreements and Other Transactions with Affiliates |
Investment Adviser—The Funds have entered into Investment Advisory Agreements with Morgan Asset Management, Inc., the Adviser, a wholly owned subsidiary of MK Holding, Inc., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Regions Financial Corporation (“Regions”). Under the terms of the agreements, the Funds are charged an annual advisory fee of 0.65% based on a percentage of each Fund’s average daily total assets minus the sum of accrued liabilities other than debt entered into for purposes of leverage.
Accounting and Administrative Services—The Funds have entered into Accounting and Administrative Services Agreements with Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. (“Morgan Keegan”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Regions. Under the terms of the agreements, Morgan Keegan provides portfolio accounting services and certain administrative personnel and services to the Funds for an annual fee of 0.15% based on a percentage of each Fund’s average daily total assets minus the sum of accrued liabilities other than debt entered into for purposes of leverage. Morgan Keegan also provides an employee to serve as the Funds’ Chief Compliance Officer for which Morgan Keegan receives no additional compensation from the Funds.
Directors and Officers—Certain of the Officers and Directors of the Funds are also Officers and Directors of the Adviser, Morgan Keegan, and Regions. Such Officers and Directors of the Company who are “Interested Persons” as defined in the 1940 Act receive no salary or fees from the Funds.
Each Independent Director receives an annual retainer of $4,000 and a fee of $1,000 per quarterly meeting with reimbursement for related expenses for each meeting of the Board attended from each Fund. Each chairperson of the
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Independent Directors Committee and Audit Committee receives annual compensation of $500 from each Fund. An additional $1,500 is paid to the Independent Directors for attending special meetings in person, and an additional $500 is paid for attending special meetings by telephone. No Officer or Director is entitled to receive pension or retirement benefits from the Funds.
Other Transactions—For the six months ended September 30, 2006, Morgan Keegan earned no underwriting discounts, direct commissions, or dealer incentives on the sales and purchases of investment securities.
Transactions in options written during the six months ended September 30, 2006 were as follows:
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| | RMK Advantage Income Fund
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Options outstanding at March 31, 2006 | | 466 | | | $ | 58,566 | | | 305 | | | $ | 45,863 | | | 153 | | | $ | 18,949 | | | 639 | | | $ | 89,778 | |
Options written | | 1,563 | | | | 217,544 | | | 1,196 | | | | 165,722 | | | 866 | | | | 125,182 | | | 2,411 | | | | 332,876 | |
Options expired | | (1,237 | ) | | | (158,707 | ) | | (944 | ) | | | (121,156 | ) | | (585 | ) | | | (75,439 | ) | | (1,687 | ) | | | (222,683 | ) |
Options exercised | | (620 | ) | | | (91,940 | ) | | (425 | ) | | | (70,946 | ) | | (301 | ) | | | (47,169 | ) | | (1,054 | ) | | | (157,775 | ) |
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Cost of Investments | | $ | 272,989,396 | | $ | 217,076,776 | | $ | 396,941,794 | | $ | 280,577,498 |
Proceeds from Sales | | | 251,447,684 | | | 195,990,116 | | | 207,898,104 | | | 268,582,227 |
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The Funds are permitted to borrow up to one-third of the value of their total assets, including such borrowings, for investment purposes. Such borrowing is referred to as leveraging and the Funds have collateralized bank lines of credit for this purpose. As of September 30, 2006, the Funds’ borrowing arrangements were as follows:
n | | RMK Advantage Income Fund has a collateralized $160,000,000 bank line of credit, which matures in March of 2007. The Fund maintains a separate collateral account for assets it pledges as collateral under the line of credit. Generally, the Fund holds all of its investment securities, other than equity securities, in that account and therefore pledges those securities as collateral under the borrowing arrangement; the collateral may be sold. As of September 30, 2006, the outstanding balance on the line of credit was $150,000,000. Borrowings under this agreement bear interest at a variable rate determined by the bank’s conduit program, which has historically been slightly below LIBOR. Fees of 0.13% per annum are paid on the total line of credit, regardless of usage, and of 0.23% per annum on the outstanding amount of borrowings. The average balance during the six months ended September 30, 2006 was $150,000,000 or $4.95 per share, based on average shares outstanding of 30,290,557. The average interest rate during the six months ended September 30, 2006 was 5.162%. The maximum amount of borrowings outstanding at any month-end during the period was $150,000,000. |
n | | RMK High Income Fund has a collateralized $125,000,000 bank line of credit, which matures in December of 2006. All of the Fund’s investment securities, other than equity securities, are pledged as collateral under the borrowing arrangement and the collateral may be sold. As of September 30, 2006, the outstanding balance on the line of credit was $115,000,000. Borrowings under this agreement bear interest at a fixed rate on the date of borrowing at LIBOR plus 0.55% per annum. Fees of 0.10% per annum are paid on the total line of credit, regardless of usage. The average balance during the six months ended September 30, 2006 was $115,000,000 or $5.14 per share, based on average shares outstanding of 22,370,060. The average interest rate during the six months ended September 30, 2006 was 5.687%. The maximum amount of borrowings outstanding at any month-end during the period was $115,000,000. |
n | | RMK Multi-Sector High Income Fund has a collateralized $180,000,000 bank line of credit, which matures in April of 2007. The Fund maintains a separate collateral account for assets it pledges as collateral under the line of credit. Generally, the Fund holds all of its investment securities, other than |
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| equity securities, in that account and therefore pledges those securities as collateral under the borrowing arrangement; the collateral may be sold. As of September 30, 2006, the outstanding balance on the line of credit was $170,000,000. Borrowings under this agreement bear interest at a variable rate determined by the bank’s conduit program, which has historically been slightly below LIBOR. Fees of 0.13% per annum are paid on the total line of credit, regardless of usage, and of 0.23% per annum on the outstanding amount of borrowings. The average balance during the six months ended September 30, 2006 was $99,285,714 or $3.14 per share, based on average shares outstanding of 31,604,130. The average interest rate during the six months ended September 30, 2006 was 5.165%. The maximum amount of borrowings outstanding at any month-end during the period was $170,000,000. |
n | | RMK Strategic Income Fund has a collateralized $150,000,000 bank line of credit, which matures in July of 2007. All of the Fund’s investment securities, other than equity securities, are pledged as collateral under the borrowing arrangement and the collateral may be sold. As of September 30, 2006, the outstanding balance on the line of credit was $140,000,000. Borrowings under this agreement bear interest at a fixed rate on the date of borrowing at LIBOR plus 0.375% per annum. Fees of 0.075% per annum are paid on the total line of credit, regardless of usage. The average balance during the six months ended September 30, 2006 was $140,000,000 or $5.17 per share, based on average shares outstanding of 27,068,706. The average interest rate during the six months ended September 30, 2006 was 5.606%. The maximum amount of borrowings outstanding at any month-end during the period was $140,000,000. |
Each Fund is treated as a separate entity for federal tax purposes. No provision for federal income or excise taxes is required since the Funds intend to qualify each year as regulated investment companies under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and distribute substantially all their taxable net investment income and capital gains to their stockholders.
Because federal income tax regulations differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, income and capital gains distributions determined in accordance with tax regulations may differ from net investment income and realized gains recognized for financial reporting purposes. These differences are primarily due to differing treatments for gains/losses on principal payments of mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities and REIT adjustments.
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Permanent book and tax basis differences, if any, relating to stockholder distributions will result in reclassifications to paid-in-capital. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset values per share. Any taxable gain remaining at fiscal year end is distributed in the following year.
For the six months ended September 30, 2006, permanent differences identified and reclassified among the components of net assets were as follows:
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Undistributed net investment income | | $ | (284,278 | ) | | $ | (505,129 | ) | | $ | 533,871 | | | $ | (702,972 | ) |
Accumulated net realized gain/(loss) on investments | | | 284,278 | | | | 505,129 | | | | (533,871 | ) | | | 702,972 | |
Post-October Losses Deferred—Pursuant to federal income tax regulations applicable to investment companies, the Funds have elected to treat net capital losses realized between November 1 and March 31 of each year as occurring on the first day of the following tax year. For the period ended March 31, 2006, RMK Advantage Income Fund and RMK Strategic Income Fund had $839,710 and $1,789,761 in post October losses, respectively, which will not be recognized for federal income tax purposes until next year.
8 | Concentration of Credit Risk |
The Funds invest primarily in debt instruments. The ability of the issuers of the securities held by the Funds to meet their obligations might be affected by economic developments in a specific industry, state, or region.
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BOARDOF DIRECTORSAND OFFICERS
The following tables set forth information concerning the Directors and Officers of the Funds. All persons named as Directors and Officers also serve in similar capacities for the other registered investment companies in the Regions Morgan Keegan Fund complex overseeing a total of eighteen portfolios. The Regions Morgan Keegan Fund complex includes Morgan Keegan Select Fund, Inc., Regions Morgan Keegan Select Funds, RMK Advantage Income Fund, Inc., RMK High Income Fund, Inc., RMK Multi-Sector High Income Fund, Inc. and RMK Strategic Income Fund, Inc.
An asterisk (*) indicates the Directors and/or Officers who are “interested persons” of the Funds as defined by the 1940 Act by virtue of their positions with the Adviser, Morgan Keegan and/or Regions, the publicly held parent of Morgan Keegan, and its other subsidiaries. The Statement of Additional Information for each Fund includes additional information about the Fund’s Directors as of the time of the Fund’s initial public offering and is available upon request, without charge, by calling the Funds toll-free at 800-564-2188.
DIRECTORS
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Name, Address(1), Age, Position(s) Held with Funds, Term of Office(2), Length of Service | | Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years and Other Directorships Held by Director |
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Allen B. Morgan, Jr.* Age 64, Director, Since 2003 / 2004 / 2005(3) | | Mr. Morgan has served as a Director and Vice-Chairman of Regions Financial Corporation since 2001 and 2003, respectively. He also has served as a Director of Morgan Asset Management, Inc. since 1993. Mr. Morgan has been Chairman of Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. since 1969 and Executive Managing Director of Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. since 1969. |
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J. Kenneth Alderman* Age 54, Director, Since 2003 / 2004 / 2005(3) | | Mr. Alderman has been President of Regions Morgan Keegan Trust and Chief Executive Officer of Morgan Asset Management, Inc. since 2002. He has also served as an Executive Vice President of Regions Financial Corporation since 2000. Mr. Alderman is a Certified Public Accountant and he holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. |
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Name, Address(1), Age, Position(s) Held with Funds, Term of Office(2), Length of Service | | Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years and Other Directorships Held by Director |
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Jack R. Blair Age 64, Director, Since 2005 | | Mr. Blair serves as non-executive Chairman of DJO, Inc. (orthopedic equipment). He also serves as a director of NuVasive, Inc., (medical device company), Buckman Laboratories, Inc. (specialty chemicals manufacturer) and Active Implants Corporation (orthopedic medical device company). Mr. Blair served as non-executive Chairman of SCB Computer Technology, Inc. from September 2000 until March 2004 when the company was acquired by CIBER, Inc. |
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Albert C. Johnson Age 62, Director, Since 2005 | | Mr. Johnson has been an independent financial consultant since 1998. He also has served as Director of Books-A-Million, Inc. since 2005. He was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Dunn Investment Company (construction) from 1994 to 1998. He also was with Arthur Andersen LLP from 1965 to 1994, retiring as the Managing Partner of the firm’s Birmingham Office. |
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James Stillman R. McFadden Age 49, Director, Since 2003 / 2004 / 2005(3) | | Mr. McFadden has been Chief Manager of McFadden Communications, LLC (commercial printing) since 2002 and President and Director of 1703, Inc. (restaurant management) since 1998. He also has served as a Director for several private companies since 1997. |
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Name, Address(1), Age, Position(s) Held with Funds, Term of Office(2), Length of Service | | Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years and Other Directorships Held by Director |
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W. Randall Pittman Age 53, Director, Since 2003 / 2004 / 2005(3) | | Mr. Pittman has been Chief Financial Officer of Emageon Inc. (healthcare information systems) since 2002. From 1999 to 2002, he was Chief Financial Officer of BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (biotechnology). From 1998 to 1999, he was Chief Financial Officer of ScandiPharm, Inc. (pharmaceuticals). From 1995 to 1998, he served as Senior Vice President – Finance of CaremarkRx (pharmacy benefit management). From 1983 to 1995, he held various positions with AmSouth Bancorporation (bank holding company), including Executive Vice President and Controller. He is a Certified Public Accountant, and was with the accounting firm of Ernst & Young, LLP from 1976 to 1983. |
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Mary S. Stone Age 56, Director, Since 2003 / 2004 / 2005(3) | | Ms. Stone has been a professor at the University of Alabama Culverhouse School of Accountancy since 1981 and has held the Hugh Culverhouse Endowed Chair of Accountancy since 2002. She is also a former member of Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council, AICPA, Accounting Standards Executive Committee and AACSB International Accounting Accreditation Committee. |
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Archie W. Willis, III Age 49, Director, Since 2003 / 2004 / 2005(3) | | Mr. Willis has been President of Community Capital (financial advisory and real estate development consulting) since 1999 and Vice President of Community Realty Company (real estate brokerage) since 1999. He was a First Vice President of Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. from 1991 to 1999. He also has served as a Director of Memphis Telecom, LLC since 2001. |
(1) | | The address of each Director is c/o the Fund, Fifty North Front Street, 21st Floor, Memphis, TN 38103. |
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(2) | | Each Fund’s Board of Directors is divided into three classes: Class I, Class II and Class III. The terms of office of the Class I, Class II and Class III Directors expire at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders in the year 2007, year 2008 and year 2009, respectively, or until in each case their respective successors are duly elected and qualified. Each Director who is not an interested person of the Fund serves on the Funds’ Audit, Independent Directors and Qualified Legal Compliance Committees. |
(3) | | RMK High Income Fund, RMK Strategic Income Fund, RMK Advantage Income Fund and RMK Multi-Sector High Income Fund commenced investment operations on June 24, 2003, March 18, 2004, November 8, 2004 and January 19, 2006, respectively. |
OFFICERS
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Name, Address(1), Age, Position(s) Held with Funds, Term of Office(2), Length of Service | | Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years |
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Brian B. Sullivan* Age 51, President, Since 2006(4) | | Mr. Sullivan has served as President and Chief Investment Officer of Morgan Asset Management, Inc. since 2006. From 1999 to 2002 and from 2005 to 2006, Mr. Sullivan served as President of AmSouth Asset Management, Inc., which merged into Morgan Asset Management, Inc. in November 2006. From 1996 to 1999 and from 2002 to 2005, Mr. Sullivan served as Vice President of AmSouth Asset Management, Inc. Since joining AmSouth Bank in 1982 through 1996, Mr. Sullivan served in various capacities including Equity Research Analyst and Chief Fixed Income Officer and was responsible for Employee Benefits Portfolio Management and Regional Trust Investments. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. |
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Thomas R. Gamble* Age 64, Vice President, Since 2003 / 2004 / 2005(3) | | Mr. Gamble has been an executive at Regions Financial Corporation since 1981. He was a Corporate IRA Manager from 2000 to 2001 and a Senior Vice President and Manager of Employee Benefits at the Birmingham Trust Department of Regions Bank from 1981 to 2000. |
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Name, Address(1), Age, Position(s) Held with Funds, Term of Office(2), Length of Service | | Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years |
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J. Thompson Weller, Sr.* Age 41, Treasurer, Since 2006(4), and Assistant Secretary, Since 2003 / 2004 / 2005(3) | | Mr. Weller has been a Managing Director and Controller of Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. since 2001. He was Senior Vice President and Controller of Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. from 1998 to 2001, Controller and First Vice President from 1997 to 1998, Controller and Vice President from 1995 to 1997 and Assistant Controller from 1992 to 1995. |
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Charles D. Maxwell* Age 52, Secretary and Assistant Treasurer, Since 2003 / 2004 / 2005(3) | | Mr. Maxwell has been Executive Managing Director, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary of Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. since 2006. Mr. Maxwell previously served as a Managing Director of Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. from 1998 to 2006 and Assistant Treasurer and Assistant Secretary of Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. from 1994 to 2006. Mr. Maxwell has been Secretary and Treasurer of Morgan Asset Management, Inc. since 1993. He was Senior Vice President of Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. from 1995 to 1997. Mr. Maxwell also was with the accounting firm of Ernst & Young, LLP from 1976 to 1986 and served as a Senior Manager from 1984 to 1986. |
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Michele F. Wood* Age 37, Chief Compliance Officer, Since 2006 | | Ms. Wood has been the Chief Compliance Officer of Morgan Asset Management, Inc. since 2006. She was a Senior Attorney and First Vice President of Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. from 2002 to 2006. She was a Staff Attorney with FedEx Corporation from 2001 to 2002 specializing in employment litigation. She was an Associate with Ford & Harrison, LLP from 1997 to 2001. |
(1) | | The address of Messrs. Weller and Maxwell and Ms. Wood is Fifty North Front Street, Memphis, Tennessee 38103. The address of Messrs. Sullivan and Gamble is 417 North 20th Street, 15th Floor, Birmingham, Alabama 35203. |
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(2) | | Officers of the Funds are elected and appointed annually by the Board of Directors and hold office until they resign, are removed or are otherwise disqualified to serve. |
(3) | | RMK High Income Fund, RMK Strategic Income Fund, RMK Advantage Income Fund and RMK Multi-Sector High Income Fund commenced investment operations on June 24, 2003, March 18, 2004, November 8, 2004 and January 19, 2006, respectively. |
(4) | | On November 10, 2006, the Boards of Directors of the Funds appointed Mr. Brian B. Sullivan as President and Mr. J. Thompson Weller, Sr. as Treasurer of the Funds to replace Mr. Carter E. Anthony and Mr. Joseph C. Weller, respectively, who retired as officers of the Funds. |
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DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN
The Funds offer a dividend reinvestment plan (the “Plan”) pursuant to which Stockholders, unless they elect otherwise, automatically have dividends and capital gains distributions reinvested in common shares of the fund by Computershare Trust Company, N.A. and Computershare Shareholder Services, Inc. (together, the “Plan Agent”). Stockholders who elect not to participate in the Plan receive all distributions in cash paid by wire or check mailed directly to the recordholder by the Plan Agent.
How the Plan Works
After the funds declare a dividend or determine to make a capital gain distribution, the Plan Agent will acquire shares for the participants’ accounts, depending upon the circumstances described below, either (i) through receipt of newly-issued shares of the fund or (ii) by open-market purchases as follows:
n | | If, on the payment date, the NAV is equal to or less than the market price per share plus estimated brokerage commissions, the Plan Agent will invest the distribution amount in newly-issued shares on behalf of the participants. The number of newly-issued shares to be credited to each participant’s account will be determined by dividing the dollar amount of the distribution by the NAV on the date the shares are issued. However, if the NAV is less than 95% of the market price on the payment date, the dollar amount of the distribution will be divided by 95% of the market price on the payment date. Because common shares may be issued at less than their market price, Plan participants may get a benefit that non-participants do not. |
n | | If, on the payment date, the NAV is greater than the market value per share plus estimated brokerage commissions, the Plan Agent will invest the distribution amount in shares acquired on behalf of the participants in open-market purchases, which may be made on the NYSE, in the over-the-counter market or in negotiated transactions and may be on such terms as to price, delivery and otherwise as the Plan Agent shall determine. It is possible that the market price for the shares may increase before the Plan Agent has completed its purchases. Therefore, the average purchase price per share the Plan Agent pays may exceed the market price thereof on the payment date. If the market price per share increases so that it equals or exceeds the NAV per share (minus estimated brokerage commissions), the Plan Agent will cease its purchases. Otherwise, the Plan Agent will use all distributions received in cash to purchase shares in the open market on or shortly after the payment date, but in no event more than thirty (30) days after the payment date, except where temporary curtailment or suspension of purchase is necessary to comply with applicable provisions of the federal securities laws. If the Plan Agent is unable to invest the full amount through open-market purchases |
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| during the purchase period, the Plan Agent will request that, with respect to the uninvested portion of such amount, the fund issue new shares at the close of business on the earlier of the last day of the purchase period or the first day during the purchase period on which the NAV per share (minus estimated brokerage commissions) equals or is less than the market price per share. |
Costs of the Plan
The Plan Agent’s fees for the handling of the reinvestment of dividends and other distributions will be paid by the fund. However, each participant will pay a pro rata share of brokerage commissions incurred with respect to the Plan Agent’s open-market purchases in connection with the reinvestment of dividends and other distributions. If a participant elects to have the Plan Agent sell part or all of his or her shares and remit the proceeds, the participant will be subject to a $15.00 service fee and a $0.12 per share sold processing fee (which includes applicable brokerage commissions the Plan Agent is required to pay). The participant will not be charged any other fees for this service. However, the fund reserves the right to amend the Plan to include a service fee payable by the participant.
Tax Implications
The automatic reinvestment of dividends or distributions does not relieve participants of any taxes which may be payable on such dividends or distributions. Participants will receive tax information annually for their personal records and to help them prepare their federal income tax return. For further information as to the tax consequences of participation in the Plan, participants should consult with their own tax advisors.
Right to Withdraw
Participants may withdraw from the Plan by calling the Plan Agent at 800-426-5523, writing to the Plan Agent at 250 Royall Street, Canton, Massachusetts 02021 or completing and returning the transaction form attached to each Plan statement. The withdrawal will be effective immediately if the participant’s notice is received by the Plan Agent not less than ten days prior to any dividend or distribution record date. Otherwise, the withdrawal will be effective the first trading day after the payment date for the dividend or distribution with respect to any subsequent dividend or distribution.
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BOARD APPROVALOFTHE INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENTS
At the August 21, 2006 Board meeting of RMK Advantage Income Fund, RMK High Income Fund and RMK Strategic Income Fund, the Board, and separately the Independent Directors of each Fund, unanimously approved the renewal of the investment advisory agreement between the Fund and Morgan Asset Management, Inc. (“MAM”), the Adviser. The Independent Directors were assisted by independent legal counsel during their deliberations. In evaluating the investment advisory agreements, the Boards reviewed information furnished by MAM, including certain information regarding its affiliates and its personnel and operations.
In approving the renewal of the investment advisory agreement, each Board determined that the terms of the investment advisory agreement are fair and reasonable and that approval of the investment advisory agreement on behalf of its Fund is in the best interests of the Fund. Each Board considered factors it deemed relevant, including: (1) the nature, scope and quality of the services provided by MAM under the investment advisory agreement; (2) the investment process, personnel and operations of MAM; (3) MAM’s financial condition; (4) the level of the fee and the overall expenses of the Fund and how those compared to other similar funds; (5) the Fund’s performance record as compared to its peer group and benchmark index; (6) the anticipated effect of the Fund’s growth and size on its performance and advisory fee; (7) the level of fees MAM charges other accounts for the same or similar services; (8) MAM’s compliance systems and capabilities; (9) any potential conflicts of interest; (10) the profitability of MAM under the investment advisory agreement; and (11) ancillary benefits realized by MAM and its affiliates from its relationship with the Fund. No Board identified any single factor or information as all-important or controlling.
The Board reviewed information regarding the investment performance of its Fund on an absolute basis, compared to its peer group, and against its benchmark index. In this connection, the Board noted that the performance of its Fund on a market basis exceeded the performance of its benchmark and compared well to the performance of its peer group funds for all periods measured and that the Fund continued to trade at a premium to its NAV.
The Board, in examining the nature and quality of the services provided by MAM, noted the extensive responsibilities that MAM has as investment adviser to its Fund, including that MAM is responsible for making investment decisions on
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behalf of the Fund and placing all orders for the purchase and sale of investments for the Fund. The Board also reviewed information regarding MAM’s investment process and the qualifications and experience of the persons who serve as portfolio managers of its Fund. In considering MAM’s financial condition, the Board reviewed financial information regarding the company and its affiliates (as applicable).
The Board also considered the fees payable under the investment advisory agreement and the fees and expenses paid by its Fund in light of fees and expenses paid by its peer group. The Board noted that the advisory fee as well as the total operating expenses for its Fund was in line with its peer group. In this connection, the Board evaluated MAM’s costs and profitability in providing services to its Fund and determined that MAM’s profitability on a Fund-by-Fund and complex-wide basis was reasonable. The Board also determined that other than the service fees for other services provided to its Fund by affiliates of MAM, MAM and its affiliates do not receive any material ancillary benefits as a result of MAM’s relationship with the Fund.
The Board discussed other factors including economies of scale as its Fund’s asset levels increased, the level of fees MAM charges to other accounts for the same or similar services and differences in those services, the performance results of other accounts managed by MAM with reasonably comparable objectives and policies, MAM’s compliance systems, and its Fund’s compliance issues during the year, in each case referencing materials provided to them as well as the reports of the Fund’s officers. The Board noted that, as a closed-end fund, its Fund does not continuously offer its shares and that there were not at this time any significant economies of scale to be realized by MAM in managing the Fund.
Based on these considerations, the Board concluded that: (1) its Fund was likely to benefit from the nature, quality and extent of MAM’s services; and (2) MAM has the resources to provide the services and to carry out its responsibilities under the investment advisory agreement. The Board also concluded that MAM’s compensation, including ancillary benefits, is fair and reasonable and that the performance of its Fund had been reasonable under MAM’s management in relation to the performance of its peer group and benchmark.
Based on the foregoing, each Board, including the Independent Directors, approved its Fund’s investment advisory agreement as in the best interest of the Fund.
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PRIVACY POLICY NOTICE
The Funds and their agents (referred to as the “Funds,” “we” or “us”) recognize that consumers (referred to as “you” or “your”) expect us to protect both your assets and financial information. We respect your right to privacy and your expectation that all personal information about you or your account will be maintained in a secure manner. We are committed to maintaining the confidentiality, security and integrity of client and stockholder information. We want you to understand the Funds’ policy that governs the handling of your information, how the Funds gather information, how that information is used and how it is kept secure.
Information the Funds Collect
The Funds collect nonpublic personal information about you from the following sources:
n | | We may receive information from you, or from your financial representative, on account applications, other forms or electronically (such as through the Funds’ website or other electronic trading mechanisms). Examples of this information include your name, address, social security number, assets and income. |
n | | We may receive information from you, or from your financial representative, through transactions with us or others, correspondence and other communications. Examples of this information include specific investments and your account balances. |
n | | We may obtain other personal information from you in connection with providing you a financial product or service. Examples of this information include depository, debit or credit account numbers. |
Information Sharing Policy
The Funds may share the nonpublic personal information about you, as described above, with financial or non-financial companies or other entities, including companies that may be affiliated with the Funds and other nonaffiliated third parties, for the following purposes:
n | | We may share information when it is necessary and required to process a transaction or to service a customer relationship. For example, information may be shared with a company that provides account record keeping services or a company that provides proxy services to stockholders. |
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n | | We may share information when it is required or permitted by law. For example, information may be shared in response to a subpoena or to protect you against fraud or with someone who has established a legal beneficial interest, such as a power of attorney. |
n | | We may disclose all of the information we collect, as described above, to companies that perform marketing or other services on our behalf or to other financial institutions with whom we have agreements, for the limited purpose of jointly offering, endorsing or sponsoring a financial product or service. For example, we may share information about you for these limited purposes with the bank, broker-dealer or other financial intermediary through whom you purchased the Funds’ products or services, or with providers of marketing, legal, accounting or other professional services. The Funds will not, however, disclose a consumer’s account number or similar form of access number or access code for credit card, deposit or transaction accounts to any nonaffiliated third party for use in telemarketing, direct mail or other marketing purposes. |
Except as described above, the Funds do not share customer information. We will not rent, sell, trade, or otherwise release or disclose any personal information about you. Any information you provide to us is for the Funds’ use only. If you decide to close your account(s) or become an inactive customer, we will adhere to the privacy policies and practices as described in this notice.
Information Security
When the Funds share nonpublic customer information with third parties hired to facilitate the delivery of certain products or services to our customers, such information is made available for limited purposes and under controlled circumstances designed to protect our customers’ privacy. We require third parties to comply with our standards regarding security and confidentiality of such information. We do not permit them to use that information for their own or any other purposes, or rent, sell, trade or otherwise release or disclose the information to any other party. These requirements are reflected in written agreements between the Funds and the third party service providers.
The Funds protect your personal information in several ways. We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to guard your nonpublic personal information. Each of the following sections explains an aspect of the Funds’ commitment to protecting your personal information and respecting your privacy.
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Employee Access to Information
All of the Funds’ employees must adhere to the Funds’ policy on confidentiality. Employee access to customer information is authorized for business purposes only, and the degree of access is based on the sensitivity of the information and on an employee’s or agent’s need to know the information in order to service a customer’s account or comply with legal requirements.
Visiting the Funds’ Website
n | | The Funds’ website (www.rmkfunds.com) gathers and maintains statistics about the number of visitors as well as what information is viewed most frequently. This information is used to improve the content and level of service we provide to our clients and stockholders. |
n | | Information or data entered into a website will be retained. |
n | | Where registration to a website or re-entering personal information on a website is required, “cookies” are used to improve your online experience. A cookie is a way for websites to recognize whether or not you have visited the site before. It is a small file that is stored on your computer that identifies you each time you re-visit our site so you don’t have to resubmit personal information. Cookies provide faster access into the website. |
n | | We may also collect non-personally identifiable Internet Protocol (“IP”) addresses for all other visitors to monitor the number of visitors to the site. These non-personally identifiable IP addresses are never shared with any third party. |
E-mail
If you have opted to receive marketing information from the Funds by e-mail, it is our policy to include instructions in all marketing messages on how to unsubscribe from subsequent e-mail programs. Some products or services from the Funds are intended to be delivered and serviced electronically. E-mail communication may be utilized in such cases. If you participate in an employer-sponsored retirement plan administered by the Funds, we may, at your employer’s request, send you e-mail on matters pertaining to the retirement plan.
Please do not provide any account or personal information such as social security numbers, account numbers, or account balances within your e-mail correspondence to us. We cannot use e-mail to execute transaction instructions, provide personal account information, or change account registration. We can, however, use e-mail
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to provide you with the necessary forms. You can also use customer service to do so. Call us toll-free at 800-564-2188.
Surveys/Aggregate Data
Periodically, the Funds may conduct surveys about financial products and services or review elements of customer information in an effort to forecast future business needs. The Funds then generate reports that include aggregate data regarding its customers. Aggregate data classifies customer information in various ways but that does not identify individual customers. These reports may also include information on website traffic patterns and related information. These reports are used for the Funds’ planning, statistical and other corporate purposes. Aggregate data may also be shared with external parties, such as marketing organizations. However, no information is shared by which any individual customer could be identified.
Changes to Our Privacy Statement
The Funds reserve the right to modify or remove parts of this privacy statement at any time. Notice will be provided to you in advance of any changes that would affect your rights under this policy statement.
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ANNUAL MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
At the annual meetings of stockholders of RMK Advantage Income Fund, RMK High Income Fund and RMK Strategic Income Fund held on Friday, July 14, 2006, stockholders of each Fund elected Jack R. Blair, Albert C. Johnson and Archie W. Willis, III to continue to serve as Class III Directors of each Fund until the annual meeting of stockholders in 2009, or until their successors are elected and qualified.
The results of the tabulation of the votes cast at the annual meeting of stockholders are as follows:
RMK Advantage Income Fund
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NOMINEES: | | FOR | | WITHHELD |
Jack R. Blair | | 29,198,490 | | 123,562 |
Albert C. Johnson | | 29,238,567 | | 83,485 |
Archie W. Willis, III | | 29,241,811 | | 80,241 |
RMK High Income Fund
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NOMINEES: | | FOR | | WITHHELD |
Jack R. Blair | | 21,571,671 | | 135,790 |
Albert C. Johnson | | 21,575,566 | | 131,895 |
Archie W. Willis, III | | 21,582,649 | | 124,812 |
RMK Strategic Income Fund
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NOMINEES: | | FOR | | WITHHELD |
Jack R. Blair | | 25,915,786 | | 85,520 |
Albert C. Johnson | | 25,918,760 | | 79,546 |
Archie W. Willis, III | | 25,918,809 | | 79,497 |
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ANNUAL CEO CERTIFICATIONS
Each Fund has submitted to the New York Stock Exchange the required annual certification of its Chief Executive Officer. Each Fund has also included the certifications of its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 as an exhibit to its Form N-CSR filing, which contained its annual report for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006.
PROXY VOTING POLICIES & PROCEDURES & RECORDOF VOTING ACTIVITY
The Funds vote proxies related to their portfolios’ securities according to a set of policies and procedures approved by the Funds’ Boards of Directors. You may view the proxy voting activity for each Fund during the most recent twelve month period ended June 30 as well as a description of the policies and procedures, without charge, by calling 800-564-2188, by visiting the Fund’s website at www.rmkfunds.com or by visiting the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
QUARTERLY REPORTSON PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
The Funds file their complete schedules of portfolio holdings as of the first and third quarters of their fiscal years on Form N-Q with the SEC no more than sixty days after the close of those quarters. You may view each Fund’s Form N-Q filings, without charge, by calling 800-564-2188 or by visiting the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Each Fund’s Form N-Q filings may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Call 800-SEC-0330 for information regarding the operation of the Public Reference Room.
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SECTION 19(a) INFORMATION
Section 19(a) of the 1940 Act requires each Fund to accompany distribution payments with a notice if any part of the payment is estimated to be from a source other than accumulated net investment income, not including net profits from the sale of securities or other properties. If an estimate of the components of a distribution payment is subsequently ascertained to be inaccurate in a significant amount, Rule 19a-1 under the 1940 Act provides that corrective information be disclosed to stockholders. RMK Advantage Income Fund, RMK High Income Fund and RMK Strategic Income Fund estimate that certain distribution payments made to stockholders during 2006 included a return of capital component in addition to net investment income. An estimate of the source(s) of each Fund’s monthly distributions is set forth below.
RMK Advantage Income Fund
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| | Total Distribution Per Share | | Estimated Net Investment Income Per Share | | Estimated Return of Capital Per Share | |
April 2006 | | $ | 0.15 | | $ | 0.1565 | | $ | (0.0065 | ) |
May 2006 | | | 0.15 | | | 0.1415 | | | 0.0085 | |
June 2006 | | | 0.15 | | | 0.1375 | | | 0.0125 | |
July 2006 | | | 0.15 | | | 0.1145 | | | 0.0355 | |
August 2006 | | | 0.15 | | | 0.1295 | | | 0.0205 | |
September 2006 | | | 0.15 | | | 0.1305 | | | 0.0195 | |
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Total for the six months ended September 30, 2006 | | $ | 0.90 | | $ | 0.8100 | | $ | 0.0900 | |
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October 2006 | | $ | 0.15 | | $ | 0.1360 | | $ | 0.0140 | |
November 2006 | | | 0.15 | | | 0.1360 | | | 0.0140 | |
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RMK High Income Fund | | | | | | | | | | |
April 2006 | | $ | 0.15 | | $ | 0.150 | | $ | — | |
May 2006 | | | 0.15 | | | 0.143 | | | 0.007 | |
June 2006 | | | 0.15 | | | 0.146 | | | 0.004 | |
July 2006 | | | 0.15 | | | 0.128 | | | 0.022 | |
August 2006 | | | 0.15 | | | 0.137 | | | 0.013 | |
September 2006 | | | 0.15 | | | 0.136 | | | 0.014 | |
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Total for the six months ended September 30, 2006 | | $ | 0.90 | | $ | 0.840 | | $ | 0.060 | |
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October 2006 | | $ | 0.15 | | $ | 0.134 | | $ | 0.016 | |
November 2006 | | | 0.15 | | | 0.134 | | | 0.016 | |
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RMK Strategic Income Fund
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| | Total Distribution Per Share | | Estimated Net Investment Income Per Share | | Estimated Return of Capital Per Share |
April 2006 | | $ | 0.15 | | $ | 0.130 | | $ | 0.020 |
May 2006 | | | 0.15 | | | 0.145 | | | 0.005 |
June 2006 | | | 0.15 | | | 0.113 | | | 0.037 |
July 2006 | | | 0.15 | | | 0.130 | | | 0.020 |
August 2006 | | | 0.15 | | | 0.109 | | | 0.041 |
September 2006 | | | 0.15 | | | 0.123 | | | 0.027 |
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Total for the six months ended September 30, 2006 | | $ | 0.90 | | $ | 0.750 | | $ | 0.150 |
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October 2006 | | $ | 0.15 | | $ | 0.134 | | $ | 0.016 |
November 2006 | | | 0.15 | | | 0.134 | | | 0.016 |
THIS NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND NOT FOR TAX REPORTING PURPOSES. Due to changes in the value of each Fund’s portfolio of investments and each Fund’s investment activities through the end of the year, which cannot be foreseen now, the compositions of the distributions estimated above may, and likely will, differ from the final composition. In early 2007, each Fund’s stockholders will receive a Form 1099-DIV which will reflect the amount of income, capital gain and return of capital paid by the Fund that is taxable in calendar year 2006 and reportable on the stockholder’s 2006 federal and other income tax returns.
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FEDERAL TAX INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)
For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, the amount of long-term capital gain designated by RMK Advantage Income Fund, RMK High Income Fund, RMK Multi-Sector High Income Fund and RMK Strategic Income Fund were $1,887,895, $7,551,866, $0 and $229,122, respectively.
For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, 4.37%, 2.55%, 13.48% and 3.37% of the distributions from net investment income paid by RMK Advantage Income Fund, RMK High Income Fund, RMK Multi-Sector High Income Fund and RMK Strategic Income Fund, respectively, are qualifying dividends which may be subject to a minimum tax rate of 15%, as provided by the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Act of 2003. Complete information is reported in conjunction with reporting of your distributions on Form 1099-DIV.
Of the ordinary income (including short term capital gain) distributions made by RMK Advantage Income Fund, RMK High Income Fund, RMK Multi-Sector High Income Fund and RMK Strategic Income Fund during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2006, 4.37%, 2.55%, 13.48% and 3.37%, respectively, qualified for the dividend received deduction available to corporate stockholders.
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INVESTMENT ADVISER Morgan Asset Management, Inc. 417 North 20th Street, 15th Floor Birmingham, AL 35203 | | ADMINISTRATOR Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. Morgan Keegan Tower 50 North Front Street Memphis, TN 38103 |
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CUSTODIAN State Street Bank & Trust Company 801 Pennsylvania Avenue Kansas City, MO 64105 | | LEGAL COUNSEL Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP 1601 K Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 |
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TRANSFER AGENT Computershare Shareholder Services, Inc. 250 Royall Street Canton, MA 02021 | | INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Morgan Keegan Tower 50 North Front Street, Suite 1000 Memphis, TN 38103 |
This report is for stockholder information. This is not a prospectus intended for use in the purchase or sale of Fund shares. Statements and other information contained in this report are as dated and are subject to change.
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REGIONS MORGAN KEEGAN FUND COMPLEX
The Regions Morgan Keegan fund complex offers mutual funds with a broad variety of investment objectives to meet the financial needs of all types of investors. With approximately $7.0 billion in assets, the fund complex includes five equity funds, one balanced fund, five bond funds, one tax-exempt bond fund, two money market funds and four closed-end funds. You may see an overview of each Fund by visiting the Funds’ website at www.rmkfunds.com. You may also download each Fund’s most recent marketing flyer, prospectus, and annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders.
REGIONS MORGAN KEEGAN SELECT FAMILYOF FUNDS
Regions Morgan Keegan Select Mid Cap Growth Fund
Regions Morgan Keegan Select Growth Fund
Regions Morgan Keegan Select Core Equity Fund
Regions Morgan Keegan Select Mid Cap Value Fund
Regions Morgan Keegan Select Value Fund
Regions Morgan Keegan Select Balanced Fund
Regions Morgan Keegan Select High Income Fund
Regions Morgan Keegan Select Intermediate Bond Fund
Regions Morgan Keegan Select Fixed Income Fund
Regions Morgan Keegan Select Limited Maturity Fixed Income Fund
Regions Morgan Keegan Select Short Term Bond Fund
Regions Morgan Keegan Select Intermediate Tax Exempt Bond Fund
Regions Morgan Keegan Select Treasury Money Market Fund
Regions Morgan Keegan Select Money Market Fund
REGIONS MORGAN KEEGAN CLOSED-END FUNDS
n | | RMK Advantage Income Fund, Inc. (NYSE: RMA) |
n | | RMK High Income Fund, Inc. (NYSE: RMH) |
n | | RMK Multi-Sector High Income Fund, Inc. (NYSE: RHY) |
n | | RMK Strategic Income Fund, Inc. (NYSE: RSF) |
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Item 2. Code of Ethics.
Form N-CSR disclosure requirement is not applicable to filing for period covered by this report.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.
Form N-CSR disclosure requirement is not applicable to filing for period covered by this report.
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
Form N-CSR disclosure requirement is not applicable to filing for period covered by this report.
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.
Form N-CSR disclosure requirement is not applicable to filing for period covered by this report.
Item 6. Schedule of Investments.
This schedule is included as part of the Report to Stockholders filed under Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.
Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Form N-CSR disclosure requirement is not applicable to filing for period covered by this report.
Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
There has been no change, as of the date of this filing, in any of the portfolio managers identified in the Registrant’s most recently filed annual report on Form N-CSR.
Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.
No reportable purchases for the period covered by this report.
Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
There have been no material changes to the procedures by which the stockholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant’s Board of Directors.
Item 11. Controls and Procedures.
| (a) | Based on an evaluation of the disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the 1940 Act), as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, the Registrant’s certifying officers have concluded that such disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant is accumulated and communicated to the Registrant’s management to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. |
| (b) | The Registrant’s certifying officers are not aware of any changes in the Registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the Registrant’s second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting. |
Item 12. Exhibits.
| (a)(2) | The certifications required by Rule 30a-2(a) of the 1940 Act and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”) are filed herewith. |
| (b) | The certifications required by Rule 30a-2(b) of the 1940 Act and Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act are filed herewith. |
The certifications provided pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act are not deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section. Such certifications will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that the Registrant specifically incorporates them by reference.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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(Registrant): | | RMK Advantage Income Fund, Inc. |
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By (Signature and Title): | | /s/ Brian B. Sullivan |
| | Brian B. Sullivan |
| | President and Principal Executive Officer |
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Date: | | December 6, 2006 |
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 (Signature and Title): | | /s/ Brian B. Sullivan |
| | Brian B. Sullivan |
| | President and Principal Executive Officer |
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Date: | | December 6, 2006 |
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By (Signature and Title): | | /s/ J. Thompson Weller, Sr. |
| | J. Thompson Weller, Sr. |
| | Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer |
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Date: | | December 6, 2006 |