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 811-22338
Legg Mason Global Asset Management Trust
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
100 International Drive, Baltimore, MD, 21202
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Marc A. De Oliveira
Franklin Templeton
100 First Stamford Place
Stamford, CT 06902
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 877-6LM-FUND/656-3863
Date of fiscal year end: October 31
Date of reporting period: April 30, 2024
| ITEM 1. | REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS. |
The Semi-Annual Report to Stockholders is filed herewith.
| Semi-Annual Report | April 30, 2024 |
BrandywineGLOBAL —
GLOBAL UNCONSTRAINED BOND FUND
The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted new regulations that will result in changes to the design and delivery of annual and semi-annual shareholder reports beginning in July 2024.
If you have previously elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will continue to do so and need not take any action.
Otherwise, paper copies of the Fund’s shareholder reports will be mailed to you beginning in July 2024. If you would like to receive shareholder reports and other communications from the Fund electronically instead of by mail, you may make that request at any time by contacting your financial intermediary (such as a broker-dealer or bank) or, if you are a direct investor, enrolling at franklintempleton.com.
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| INVESTMENT PRODUCTS: NOT FDIC INSURED • NO BANK GUARANTEE • MAY LOSE VALUE |
Fund objective
The Fund seeks to generate positive returns that are independent of market cycles.
Dear Shareholder,
We are pleased to provide the semi-annual report of BrandywineGLOBAL — Global Unconstrained Bond Fund for the six-month reporting period ended April 30, 2024. Please read on for Fund performance information during the Fund’s reporting period.
As always, we remain committed to providing you with excellent service and a full spectrum of investment choices. We also remain committed to supplementing the support you receive from your financial advisor. One way we accomplish this is through our website, www.franklintempleton.com. Here you can gain immediate access to market and investment information, including:
| • | Fund prices and performance, |
| • | Market insights and commentaries from our portfolio managers, and |
| • | A host of educational resources. |
We look forward to helping you meet your financial goals.
Sincerely,
Jane Trust, CFA
President and Chief Executive Officer
May 31, 2024
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For the six months ended April 30, 2024, Class A shares of BrandywineGLOBAL — Global Unconstrained Bond Fund, excluding sales charges, returned 6.41%. The Fund’s unmanaged benchmark, the FTSE 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Indexi, returned 2.77% for the same period.
| Performance Snapshot as of April 30, 2024 (unaudited) | ||||
| (excluding sales charges) | 6 months | |||
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Class A | 6.41 | % | ||
Class C | 5.96 | % | ||
Class FI | 6.36 | % | ||
Class R | 6.19 | % | ||
Class I | 6.40 | % | ||
Class IS | 6.54 | % | ||
| FTSE 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index | 2.77 | % | ||
The performance shown represents past performance. Past performance is no guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than the performance shown above. Principal value, investment returns and yields will fluctuate and investors’ shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. To obtain performance data current to the most recent month-end, please visit our website at www.franklintempleton.com.
All share class returns assume the reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, at net asset value and the deduction of all Fund expenses. Returns have not been adjusted to include sales charges that may apply or the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions. If sales charges were reflected, the performance quoted would have been lower. Performance figures for periods shorter than one year represent cumulative figures and are not annualized.
Fund performance figures reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, without which the performance would have been lower.
The 30-Day SEC Yields for the period ended April 30, 2024 for Class A, Class C, Class FI, Class R, Class I and Class IS shares were 5.87%, 5.27%, 6.04%, 5.69%, 6.27% and 6.37%, respectively. Absent fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the 30-Day SEC Yields for Class A, Class C, Class FI, Class R, Class I and Class IS shares would have been 5.81%, 5.21%, 5.99%, 5.63%, 6.23% and 6.31%, respectively. The 30-Day SEC Yield, calculated pursuant to the standard SEC formula, is based on the Fund’s investments over an annualized trailing 30-day period, and not on the distributions paid by the Fund, which may differ.
| Total Annual Operating Expenses (unaudited) |
As of the Fund’s current prospectus dated March 1, 2024, the gross total annual fund operating expense ratios for Class A, Class C, Class FI, Class R, Class I and Class IS shares were 1.09%, 1.85%, 1.09%, 1.37%, 0.89% and 0.78%, respectively.
Actual expenses may be higher. For example, expenses may be higher than those shown if average net assets decrease. Net assets are more likely to decrease and Fund expense ratios are more likely to increase when markets are volatile.
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Performance review (cont’d)
As a result of expense limitation arrangements, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses, other than interest, brokerage commissions, dividend expense on short sales, taxes, extraordinary expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses, to average net assets will not exceed 1.20% for Class A shares, 1.95% for Class C shares, 1.20% for Class FI shares, 1.45% for Class R shares, 0.85% for Class I shares and 0.75% for Class IS shares. In addition, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses for Class IS shares will not exceed the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses for Class I shares. These expense limitation arrangements cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2025 without the Board of Trustees’ consent. In addition, the manager has agreed to waive the Fund’s management fee to an extent sufficient to offset the net management fee payable in connection with any investment in an affiliated money market fund. This management fee waiver is not subject to the recapture provision discussed below.
The manager is permitted to recapture amounts waived and/or reimbursed to a class within three years after the fiscal year in which the manager earned the fee or incurred the expense if the class’ total annual fund operating expenses have fallen to a level below the expense limitation (“expense cap”) in effect at the time the fees were earned or the expenses incurred. In no case will the manager recapture any amount that would result, on any particular business day of the Fund, in the class’ total annual fund operating expenses exceeding the expense cap or any other lower limit then in effect.
As always, thank you for your confidence in our stewardship of your assets.
Sincerely,
Jane Trust, CFA
President and Chief Executive Officer
May 31, 2024
RISKS: Fixed income securities are subject to interest rate, credit, inflation, and reinvestment risks. As interest rates rise, the value of fixed income securities falls. High yield bonds are generally subject to greater price volatility, illiquidity, and possibility of default than investment grade bonds. International investments are subject to special risks, including currency fluctuations and social, economic and political uncertainties, which could increase volatility. These risks are magnified in emerging markets. Emerging market countries tend to have economic, political and legal systems that are less developed and are less stable than those of more developed countries. Sovereign government and supranational debt involve many of the risks of foreign and emerging markets investments as well as the risk of debt moratorium, repudiation or renegotiation and the Fund may be unable to enforce its rights against the issuers. The Fund may be significantly overweight or underweight in certain companies, industries or market sectors, which may cause the Fund’s performance to be more sensitive to developments affecting those companies, industries or market sectors. While the portfolio managers may invest in long positions and short positions, there is the risk that the investments will not
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perform as expected and losses on one type of position could more than offset gains on the other, or the Fund could lose money on both positions, if the portfolio managers judge the market incorrectly. Short selling is a speculative strategy. Unlike the possible loss on a security that is purchased, there is no limit on the amount of loss on an appreciating security that is sold short. The portfolio manager does not attempt to keep the portfolio structure or the Fund’s performance consistent with any designated stock, bond or market index and during times of market rallies, the Fund may not perform as well as other Funds that seek to outperform an index. Derivatives, such as options and futures, can be illiquid, may disproportionately increase losses, and have a potentially large impact on Fund performance. Leverage may increase volatility and possibility of loss. Active management does not ensure gains or protect against market declines. As a non-diversified fund, it is permitted to invest a larger percentage of its assets in a smaller number of issuers than a diversified fund, which may magnify the Fund’s losses from events affecting a particular issuer. The market values of securities or other assets will fluctuate, sometimes sharply and unpredictably, due to changes in general market conditions, overall economic trends or events, governmental actions or intervention, actions taken by the U.S. Federal Reserve or foreign central banks, market disruptions caused by trade disputes or other factors, political developments, armed conflicts, economic sanctions and countermeasures in response to sanctions, major cybersecurity events, investor sentiment, the global and domestic effects of a pandemic, and other factors that may or may not be related to the issuer of the security or other asset. Please see the Fund’s prospectus for a more complete discussion of these and other risks and the Fund’s investment strategies.
All investments are subject to risk including the possible loss of principal. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. All index performance reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes. Please note that an investor cannot invest directly in an index.
| i | The FTSE 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index is an unmanaged index generally representative of the average yield of 3-month U.S. Treasury bills. |
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Investment breakdown (%) as a percent of total investments
| † | The bar graph above represents the composition of the Fund’s investments as of April 31, 2024 and October 31, 2023 and does not include derivatives, such as futures contracts and forward foreign currency contracts. The Fund is actively managed. As a result, the composition of the Fund’s investments is subject to change at any time. |
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Example
As a shareholder of the Fund, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including front-end and back-end sales charges (loads) on purchase payments; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; service and/or distribution (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
This example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested on November 1, 2023 and held for the six months ended April 30, 2024.
Actual expenses
The table below titled “Based on actual total return” provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information provided in this table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. To estimate the expenses you paid on your account, divide your ending account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 ending account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period”.
Hypothetical example for comparison purposes
The table below titled “Based on hypothetical total return” provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5.00% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use the information provided in this table to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare the 5.00% hypothetical example relating to the Fund with the 5.00% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table below are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as front-end or back-end sales charges (loads). Therefore, the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transaction costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
| Based on actual total return1 | Based on hypothetical total return1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Actual Total Return Without Sales Charge2 | Beginning Account Value | Ending Account | Annualized Expense Ratio | Expenses the | Hypothetical Annualized Total Return | Beginning Account Value | Ending Account Value | Annualized Expense Ratio | Expenses Paid During the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Class A | 6.41 | % | $ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,064.10 | 1.10 | % | $ | 5.65 | Class A | 5.00 | % | $ | 1,000.00 | $ | 1,019.39 | 1.10 | % | $ | 5.52 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Class C | 5.96 | 1,000.00 | 1,059.60 | 1.85 | 9.47 | Class C | 5.00 | 1,000.00 | 1,015.66 | 1.85 | 9.27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Class FI | 6.36 | 1,000.00 | 1,063.60 | 1.07 | 5.49 | Class FI | 5.00 | 1,000.00 | 1,019.54 | 1.07 | 5.37 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Class R | 6.19 | 1,000.00 | 1,061.90 | 1.41 | 7.23 | Class R | 5.00 | 1,000.00 | 1,017.85 | 1.41 | 7.07 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Class I | 6.40 | 1,000.00 | 1,064.00 | 0.85 | 4.36 | Class I | 5.00 | 1,000.00 | 1,020.64 | 0.85 | 4.27 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Class IS | 6.54 | 1,000.00 | 1,065.40 | 0.75 | 3.85 | Class IS | 5.00 | 1,000.00 | 1,021.13 | 0.75 | 3.77 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | For the six months ended April 30, 2024. |
| 2 | Assumes the reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, at net asset value and does not reflect the deduction of the applicable sales charge with respect to Class A shares or the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) with respect to Class C shares. Total return is not annualized, as it may not be representative of the total return for the year. Performance figures may reflect compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. |
| 3 | Expenses (net of compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements) are equal to each class’ respective annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (182), then divided by 366. |
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Schedule of investments (unaudited)
April 30, 2024
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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)
| Security | Rate | Maturity Date | Face Amount† | Value | ||||||||||||
| U.S. Government & Agency Obligations — 31.3% | ||||||||||||||||
U.S. Government Obligations — 31.3% | ||||||||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Bonds | 4.250 | % | 2/15/54 | 6,530,000 | $ | 5,980,052 | ||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Notes (3 mo. U.S. Treasury Money Market Yield + 0.169%) | 5.418 | % | 4/30/25 | 25,040,000 | 25,067,616 | (a) | ||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Notes | 2.750 | % | 8/15/32 | 37,430,000 | 32,463,945 | |||||||||||
Total U.S. Government & Agency Obligations (Cost — $64,642,400) |
| 63,511,613 | ||||||||||||||
| Sovereign Bonds — 29.1% |
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Brazil — 10.5% | ||||||||||||||||
Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional Serie F, Notes | 10.000 | % | 1/1/31 | 101,850,000 | BRL | 18,148,271 | ||||||||||
Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional Serie F, Notes | 10.000 | % | 1/1/33 | 18,140,000 | BRL | 3,176,731 | ||||||||||
Total Brazil | 21,325,002 | |||||||||||||||
Colombia — 6.9% | ||||||||||||||||
Colombian TES, Bonds | 9.250 | % | 5/28/42 | 24,130,000,000 | COP | 5,263,994 | ||||||||||
Colombian TES, Bonds | 7.250 | % | 10/26/50 | 50,790,000,000 | COP | 8,759,352 | ||||||||||
Total Colombia | 14,023,346 | |||||||||||||||
Mexico — 5.7% | ||||||||||||||||
Mexican Bonos, Bonds | 8.000 | % | 11/7/47 | 71,300,000 | MXN | 3,410,971 | ||||||||||
Mexican Bonos, Bonds | 8.000 | % | 7/31/53 | 173,000,000 | MXN | 8,194,872 | ||||||||||
Total Mexico | 11,605,843 | |||||||||||||||
South Africa — 3.7% | ||||||||||||||||
Republic of South Africa Government Bond, Senior Notes | 8.750 | % | 2/28/48 | 202,000,000 | ZAR | 7,587,376 | ||||||||||
United Kingdom — 2.3% | ||||||||||||||||
United Kingdom Gilt, Bonds | 1.250 | % | 7/31/51 | 7,770,000 | GBP | 4,547,620 | (b) | |||||||||
Total Sovereign Bonds (Cost — $58,685,553) |
| 59,089,187 | ||||||||||||||
| Mortgage-Backed Securities — 24.6% |
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FHLMC — 7.2% | ||||||||||||||||
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) | 5.000 | % | 8/1/52-11/1/52 | 4,307,474 | 4,086,343 | |||||||||||
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) | 4.500 | % | 9/1/52-10/1/52 | 4,841,568 | 4,465,220 | |||||||||||
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) | 5.500 | % | 12/1/52 | 6,246,912 | 6,080,954 | |||||||||||
Total FHLMC | 14,632,517 | |||||||||||||||
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)
| Security | Rate | Maturity Date | Face Amount† | Value | ||||||||||||
FNMA — 7.6% | ||||||||||||||||
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) | 4.500 | % | 9/1/52 | 2,919,199 | $ | 2,692,281 | ||||||||||
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) | 5.000 | % | 10/1/52-12/1/52 | 7,480,663 | 7,103,636 | |||||||||||
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) | 5.500 | % | 12/1/52 | 5,869,445 | 5,713,823 | |||||||||||
Total FNMA | 15,509,740 | |||||||||||||||
GNMA — 9.8% | ||||||||||||||||
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II | 5.500 | % | 2/20/53-9/20/53 | 20,227,223 | 19,855,710 | |||||||||||
Total Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost — $51,129,771) |
| 49,997,967 | ||||||||||||||
| Corporate Bonds & Notes — 8.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Consumer Discretionary — 4.4% | ||||||||||||||||
Automobiles — 4.4% | ||||||||||||||||
General Motors Financial Co. Inc., Senior Notes | 5.400 | % | 4/6/26 | 4,470,000 | 4,443,548 | |||||||||||
Toyota Motor Credit Corp., Senior Notes | 4.450 | % | 5/18/26 | 4,450,000 | 4,377,628 | |||||||||||
Total Consumer Discretionary | 8,821,176 | |||||||||||||||
| Energy — 1.0% | ||||||||||||||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.0% |
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Petroleos Mexicanos, Senior Notes | 6.950 | % | 1/28/60 | 3,240,000 | 2,063,734 | |||||||||||
| Financials — 2.5% | ||||||||||||||||
Banks — 2.5% |
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Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Senior Notes (SOFR + 0.740%) | 6.094 | % | 3/14/25 | 5,000,000 | 5,021,688 | (a)(c) | ||||||||||
| Information Technology — 0.7% | ||||||||||||||||
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.7% |
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Jabil Inc., Senior Notes | 3.000 | % | 1/15/31 | 1,770,000 | 1,481,714 | |||||||||||
Total Corporate Bonds & Notes (Cost — $17,673,566) |
| 17,388,312 | ||||||||||||||
| Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (d) — 1.3% | ||||||||||||||||
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K087 A2 (Cost — $2,974,507) | 3.771 | % | 12/25/28 | 2,850,000 | 2,695,911 | |||||||||||
| Convertible Bonds & Notes — 0.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Communication Services — 0.6% | ||||||||||||||||
Media — 0.6% | ||||||||||||||||
DISH Network Corp., Senior Notes (Cost — $1,906,577) | 3.375 | % | 8/15/26 | 1,860,000 | 1,143,897 | |||||||||||
Total Investments before Short-Term Investments (Cost — $197,012,374) |
| 193,826,887 | ||||||||||||||
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)
April 30, 2024
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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)
| Security | Rate | Shares | Value | |||||||||||||
| Short-Term Investments — 1.7% | ||||||||||||||||
Western Asset Premier Institutional U.S. Treasury Reserves, Premium Shares (Cost — $3,437,000) | 5.252 | % | 3,437,000 | $ | 3,437,000 | (e)(f) | ||||||||||
Total Investments — 97.2% (Cost — $200,449,374) |
| 197,263,887 | ||||||||||||||
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 2.8% | 5,604,468 | |||||||||||||||
Total Net Assets — 100.0% | $ | 202,868,355 | ||||||||||||||
| † | Face amount denominated in U.S. dollars, unless otherwise noted. |
| (a) | Variable rate security. Interest rate disclosed is as of the most recent information available. Certain variable rate securities are not based on a published reference rate and spread but are determined by the issuer or agent and are based on current market conditions. These securities do not indicate a reference rate and spread in their description above. |
| (b) | Security is exempt from registration under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933. Regulation S applies to securities offerings that are made outside of the United States and do not involve direct selling efforts in the United States. This security has been deemed liquid pursuant to guidelines approved by the Board of Trustees. |
| (c) | Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be resold in transactions that are exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. This security has been deemed liquid pursuant to guidelines approved by the Board of Trustees. |
| (d) | Collateralized mortgage obligations are secured by an underlying pool of mortgages or mortgage pass-through certificates that are structured to direct payments on underlying collateral to different series or classes of the obligations. The interest rate may change positively or inversely in relation to one or more interest rates, financial indices or other financial indicators and may be subject to an upper and/or lower limit. |
| (e) | Rate shown is one-day yield as of the end of the reporting period. |
| (f) | In this instance, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, an “Affiliated Company” represents Fund ownership of at least 5% of the outstanding voting securities of an issuer, or a company which is under common ownership or control with the Fund. At April 30, 2024, the total market value of investments in Affiliated Companies was $3,437,000 and the cost was $3,437,000 (Note 8). |
Abbreviation(s) used in this schedule: | ||
| BRL | — Brazilian Real | |
| COP | — Colombian Peso | |
| GBP | — British Pound | |
| MXN | — Mexican Peso | |
| SOFR | — Secured Overnight Financing Rate | |
| ZAR | — South African Rand | |
At April 30, 2024, the Fund had the following open futures contracts:
| Number of Contracts | Expiration Date | Notional Amount | Market Value | Unrealized Depreciation | ||||||||||||||||
| Contracts to Buy: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes | 342 | 6/24 | $ | 37,759,816 | $ | 36,743,625 | $ | (1,016,191) | ||||||||||||
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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At April 30, 2024, the Fund had the following open forward foreign currency contracts:
Currency Purchased | Currency Sold | Counterparty | Settlement Date | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | ||||||||||||||||
| SEK | 136,260,000 | USD | 12,781,481 | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 5/2/24 | $ | (416,115) | |||||||||||||
| USD | 13,068,591 | SEK | 136,260,000 | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 5/2/24 | 703,225 | ||||||||||||||
| HUF | 1,560,000,000 | USD | 4,370,421 | Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. | 5/2/24 | (117,680) | ||||||||||||||
| USD | 4,271,889 | HUF | 1,560,000,000 | Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. | 5/2/24 | 19,148 | ||||||||||||||
| USD | 9,074,437 | EUR | 8,310,000 | Barclays Bank PLC | 5/7/24 | 203,587 | ||||||||||||||
| EUR | 8,310,000 | USD | 9,054,825 | Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | 5/7/24 | (183,975) | ||||||||||||||
| USD | 6,116,821 | EUR | 5,750,000 | HSBC Securities Inc. | 5/7/24 | (21,252) | ||||||||||||||
| EUR | 24,000,000 | USD | 25,640,040 | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 5/7/24 | (20,256) | ||||||||||||||
| EUR | 4,020,000 | USD | 4,398,009 | Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. | 5/7/24 | (106,695) | ||||||||||||||
| USD | 8,771,432 | EUR | 8,040,000 | Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. | 5/7/24 | 188,804 | ||||||||||||||
| USD | 15,263,525 | EUR | 14,230,000 | UBS Securities LLC | 5/7/24 | 73,128 | ||||||||||||||
| HUF | 2,350,000,000 | USD | 6,423,836 | Citibank N.A. | 5/13/24 | (21,457) | ||||||||||||||
| USD | 360,005 | HUF | 130,000,000 | Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | 5/13/24 | 5,831 | ||||||||||||||
| USD | 382,510 | HUF | 140,000,000 | Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | 5/13/24 | 1,091 | ||||||||||||||
| HUF | 1,420,000,000 | USD | 3,914,218 | Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. | 5/13/24 | (45,546) | ||||||||||||||
| HUF | 5,270,000,000 | USD | 14,517,106 | Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. | 5/13/24 | (159,429) | ||||||||||||||
| USD | 3,147,425 | HUF | 1,150,000,000 | Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. | 5/13/24 | 14,346 | ||||||||||||||
| USD | 215,475 | HUF | 80,000,000 | UBS Securities LLC | 5/13/24 | (2,478) | ||||||||||||||
| USD | 8,463,596 | ZAR | 162,000,000 | HSBC Securities Inc. | 5/15/24 | (133,261) | ||||||||||||||
| ZAR | 6,800,000 | USD | 360,245 | Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. | 5/15/24 | 611 | ||||||||||||||
| ZAR | 9,000,000 | USD | 462,414 | UBS Securities LLC | 5/15/24 | 15,189 | ||||||||||||||
| CLP | 4,340,000,000 | USD | 4,509,733 | HSBC Securities Inc. | 5/17/24 | 9,763 | ||||||||||||||
| CLP | 7,870,000,000 | USD | 8,305,893 | HSBC Securities Inc. | 5/17/24 | (110,403) | ||||||||||||||
| CLP | 10,670,000,000 | USD | 11,040,406 | HSBC Securities Inc. | 5/17/24 | 70,889 | ||||||||||||||
| USD | 397,074 | CLP | 380,000,000 | HSBC Securities Inc. | 5/17/24 | 1,358 | ||||||||||||||
| USD | 511,169 | CLP | 500,000,000 | HSBC Securities Inc. | 5/17/24 | (9,510) | ||||||||||||||
| USD | 4,210,951 | CLP | 4,180,000,000 | HSBC Securities Inc. | 5/17/24 | (141,928) | ||||||||||||||
| USD | 21,086,377 | AUD | 32,350,000 | Barclays Bank PLC | 6/6/24 | 106,259 | ||||||||||||||
| AUD | 16,000,000 | USD | 10,333,200 | Citibank N.A. | 6/6/24 | 43,365 | ||||||||||||||
| USD | 10,480,055 | AUD | 16,040,000 | Citibank N.A. | 6/6/24 | 77,548 | ||||||||||||||
| AUD | 16,060,000 | USD | 10,429,525 | Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | 6/6/24 | (14,047) | ||||||||||||||
| AUD | 63,210,000 | USD | 41,144,653 | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 6/6/24 | (150,735) | ||||||||||||||
| USD | 8,908,029 | AUD | 13,450,000 | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 6/6/24 | 185,229 | ||||||||||||||
| USD | 893,899 | AUD | 1,370,000 | Standard Chartered PLC | 6/6/24 | 5,406 | ||||||||||||||
| USD | 10,637,004 | GBP | 8,400,000 | Barclays Bank PLC | 6/10/24 | 138,527 | ||||||||||||||
| USD | 4,629,202 | GBP | 3,670,000 | Citibank N.A. | 6/10/24 | 42,368 | ||||||||||||||
| USD | 10,906,525 | GBP | 8,570,000 | Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | 6/10/24 | 195,579 | ||||||||||||||
| GBP | 490,000 | USD | 616,290 | Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. | 6/10/24 | (3,878) | ||||||||||||||
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)
April 30, 2024
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Currency Purchased | Currency Sold | Counterparty | Settlement Date | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | ||||||||||||||||
| GBP | 540,000 | USD | 676,143 | Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. | 6/10/24 | $ | (1,241) | |||||||||||||
| USD | 11,403,911 | GBP | 8,950,000 | Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. | 6/10/24 | 218,034 | ||||||||||||||
| GBP | 330,000 | USD | 411,285 | Standard Chartered PLC | 6/10/24 | 1,155 | ||||||||||||||
| INR | 930,000,000 | USD | 11,181,513 | Barclays Bank PLC | 6/11/24 | (51,231) | ||||||||||||||
| USD | 239,034 | INR | 20,000,000 | Barclays Bank PLC | 6/11/24 | (327) | ||||||||||||||
| USD | 478,755 | INR | 40,000,000 | Barclays Bank PLC | 6/11/24 | 33 | ||||||||||||||
| CHF | 15,530,000 | USD | 17,646,725 | Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | 6/12/24 | (670,559) | ||||||||||||||
| USD | 34,141,599 | CHF | 29,850,000 | Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | 6/12/24 | 1,511,944 | ||||||||||||||
| CHF | 310,000 | USD | 344,553 | UBS Securities LLC | 6/12/24 | (5,686) | ||||||||||||||
| CHF | 14,010,000 | USD | 15,490,505 | UBS Securities LLC | 6/12/24 | (175,883) | ||||||||||||||
| KRW | 14,490,000,000 | USD | 10,989,511 | Citibank N.A. | 6/14/24 | (480,932) | ||||||||||||||
| USD | 10,986,845 | KRW | 14,490,000,000 | Citibank N.A. | 6/14/24 | 478,265 | ||||||||||||||
| JPY | 1,248,000,000 | USD | 8,630,646 | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 6/17/24 | (659,432) | ||||||||||||||
| JPY | 2,940,000,000 | USD | 20,272,227 | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 6/17/24 | (1,493,888) | ||||||||||||||
| USD | 10,334,126 | JPY | 1,580,000,000 | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 6/17/24 | 242,365 | ||||||||||||||
| USD | 17,300,782 | JPY | 2,576,000,000 | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 6/17/24 | 847,380 | ||||||||||||||
| USD | 213,541 | JPY | 32,000,000 | UBS Securities LLC | 6/17/24 | 9,151 | ||||||||||||||
| NZD | 16,520,000 | USD | 9,881,521 | Barclays Bank PLC | 7/16/24 | (147,085) | ||||||||||||||
| USD | 15,239,352 | NZD | 25,270,000 | Barclays Bank PLC | 7/16/24 | 348,965 | ||||||||||||||
| NZD | 8,750,000 | USD | 5,166,262 | Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. | 7/16/24 | (10,311) | ||||||||||||||
| USD | 5,708,707 | BRL | 29,530,000 | HSBC Securities Inc. | 7/19/24 | 66,572 | ||||||||||||||
| NOK | 113,000,000 | USD | 10,373,444 | Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. | 7/25/24 | (178,763) | ||||||||||||||
| MXN | 208,500,000 | USD | 12,080,444 | Citibank N.A. | 7/29/24 | (89,381) | ||||||||||||||
| USD | 11,998,619 | MXN | 208,500,000 | Citibank N.A. | 7/29/24 | 7,556 | ||||||||||||||
| USD | 6,359,619 | COP | 25,400,000,000 | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 7/30/24 | (22,582) | ||||||||||||||
| USD | 25,414,324 | EUR | 23,690,000 | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 8/7/24 | 20,230 | ||||||||||||||
| Net unrealized appreciation on open forward foreign currency contracts | $ | 206,955 | ||||||||||||||||||
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Abbreviation(s) used in this table: | ||
| AUD | — Australian Dollar | |
| BRL | — Brazilian Real | |
| CHF | — Swiss Franc | |
| CLP | — Chilean Peso | |
| COP | — Colombian Peso | |
| EUR | — Euro | |
| GBP | — British Pound | |
| HUF | — Hungarian Forint | |
| INR | — Indian Rupee | |
| JPY | — Japanese Yen | |
| KRW | — South Korean Won | |
| MXN | — Mexican Peso | |
| NOK | — Norwegian Krone | |
| NZD | — New Zealand Dollar | |
| SEK | — Swedish Krona | |
| USD | — United States Dollar | |
| ZAR | — South African Rand | |
| Summary of Investments by Country# | ||||
| United States | 64.7 | % | ||
| Brazil | 10.8 | |||
| Colombia | 7.1 | |||
| Mexico | 6.9 | |||
| South Africa | 3.9 | |||
| Australia | 2.6 | |||
| United Kingdom | 2.3 | |||
| Short-Term Investments | 1.7 | |||
| 100.0 | % | |||
| # | As a percentage of total investments. Please note that the Fund holdings are as of April 30, 2024 and are subject to change. |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statement of assets and liabilities (unaudited)
April 30, 2024
| Assets: | ||||
Investments in unaffiliated securities, at value (Cost — $197,012,374) | $ | 193,826,887 | ||
Investments in affiliated securities, at value (Cost — $3,437,000) | 3,437,000 | |||
Foreign currency, at value (Cost — $220) | 1,854 | |||
Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts | 5,852,901 | |||
Interest receivable | 2,909,955 | |||
Receivable for securities sold | 2,710,116 | |||
Receivable for Fund shares sold | 1,793,132 | |||
Deposits with brokers for open futures contracts | 1,142,345 | |||
Foreign currency collateral for open futures contracts, at value (Cost — $476,012) | 469,937 | |||
Deposits with brokers for OTC derivatives | 130,000 | |||
Dividends receivable from affiliated investments | 18,189 | |||
Prepaid expenses | 25,517 | |||
Total Assets | 212,317,833 | |||
| Liabilities: | ||||
Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts | 5,645,946 | |||
Payable for Fund shares repurchased | 3,026,639 | |||
Payable to brokers — net variation margin on open futures contracts | 331,430 | |||
Due to custodian | 120,000 | |||
Investment management fee payable | 102,305 | |||
Accrued foreign capital gains tax | 58,804 | |||
Trustees’ fees payable | 7,586 | |||
Service and/or distribution fees payable | 2,134 | |||
Accrued expenses | 154,634 | |||
Total Liabilities | 9,449,478 | |||
| Total Net Assets | $ | 202,868,355 | ||
| Net Assets: | ||||
Par value (Note 7) | $ | 185 | ||
Paid-in capital in excess of par value | 334,838,297 | |||
Total distributable earnings (loss) | (131,970,127) | |||
| Total Net Assets | $ | 202,868,355 | ||
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| Net Assets: | ||||
Class A | $8,036,800 | |||
Class C | $429,250 | |||
Class FI | $89,554 | |||
Class R | $46,768 | |||
Class I | $83,441,147 | |||
Class IS | $110,824,836 | |||
| Shares Outstanding: | ||||
Class A | 738,790 | |||
Class C | 39,695 | |||
Class FI | 8,137 | |||
Class R | 4,322 | |||
Class I | 7,622,817 | |||
Class IS | 10,099,998 | |||
| Net Asset Value: | ||||
Class A (and redemption price) | $10.88 | |||
Class C* | $10.81 | |||
Class FI (and redemption price) | $11.01 | |||
Class R (and redemption price) | $10.82 | |||
Class I (and redemption price) | $10.95 | |||
Class IS (and redemption price) | $10.97 | |||
| Maximum Public Offering Price Per Share: | ||||
Class A (based on maximum initial sales charge of 2.25%) | $11.13 | |||
| * | Redemption price per share is NAV of Class C shares reduced by a 1.00% CDSC if shares are redeemed within one year from purchase payment (Note 2). |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statement of operations (unaudited)
For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2024
| Investment Income: | ||||
Interest | $ | 7,515,984 | ||
Dividends from affiliated investments | 149,079 | |||
Less: Foreign taxes withheld | (47,926) | |||
Total Investment Income | 7,617,137 | |||
| Expenses: | ||||
Investment management fee (Note 2) | 722,691 | |||
Transfer agent fees (Notes 2 and 5) | 64,042 | |||
Registration fees | 56,738 | |||
Fund accounting fees | 41,201 | |||
Custody fees | 30,889 | |||
Audit and tax fees | 22,636 | |||
Legal fees | 17,728 | |||
Service and/or distribution fees (Notes 2 and 5) | 14,311 | |||
Shareholder reports | 14,212 | |||
Trustees’ fees | 8,681 | |||
Insurance | 1,261 | |||
Commitment fees (Note 9) | 1,062 | |||
Interest expense | 189 | |||
Miscellaneous expenses | 5,201 | |||
Total Expenses | 1,000,842 | |||
Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements (Notes 2 and 5) | (101,483) | |||
Net Expenses | 899,359 | |||
| Net Investment Income | 6,717,778 | |||
| Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments, Futures Contracts, Forward Foreign Currency Contracts and Foreign Currency Transactions (Notes 1, 3 and 4): |
| |||
Net Realized Gain (Loss) From: | ||||
Investment transactions in unaffiliated securities | (2,205,321) | † | ||
Futures contracts | 434,510 | |||
Forward foreign currency contracts | (2,373,376) | |||
Foreign currency transactions | 5,206 | |||
Net Realized Loss | (4,138,981) | |||
Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) From: | ||||
Investments in unaffiliated securities | 7,956,045 | ‡ | ||
Futures contracts | 1,660,778 | |||
Forward foreign currency contracts | 2,746,171 | |||
Foreign currencies | 13,622 | |||
Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | 12,376,616 | |||
| Net Gain on Investments, Futures Contracts, Forward Foreign Currency Contracts and Foreign Currency Transactions | 8,237,635 | |||
| Increase in Net Assets From Operations | $ | 14,955,413 | ||
| † | Net of foreign capital gains tax of $10,629. |
| ‡ | Net of change in accrued foreign capital gains tax of $58,804. |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statements of changes in net assets
For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2024 (unaudited) and the Year Ended October 31, 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||
| Operations: | ||||||||
Net investment income | $ | 6,717,778 | $ | 20,158,947 | ||||
Net realized loss | (4,138,981) | (40,088,397) | ||||||
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | 12,376,616 | 30,545,033 | ||||||
Increase in Net Assets From Operations | 14,955,413 | 10,615,583 | ||||||
| Distributions to Shareholders From (Notes 1 and 6): | ||||||||
Total distributable earnings | (5,750,013) | (13,455,059) | ||||||
Decrease in Net Assets From Distributions to Shareholders | (5,750,013) | (13,455,059) | ||||||
| Fund Share Transactions (Note 7): | ||||||||
Net proceeds from sale of shares | 20,040,589 | 105,355,357 | ||||||
Reinvestment of distributions | 3,736,507 | 7,555,788 | ||||||
Cost of shares repurchased | (57,724,479) | (338,716,474) | ||||||
Decrease in Net Assets From Fund Share Transactions | (33,947,383) | (225,805,329) | ||||||
Decrease in Net Assets | (24,741,983) | (228,644,805) | ||||||
| Net Assets: | ||||||||
Beginning of period | 227,610,338 | 456,255,143 | ||||||
End of period | $ | 202,868,355 | $ | 227,610,338 | ||||
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| For a share of each class of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year ended October 31, unless otherwise noted: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Class A Shares1 | 20242 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 10.49 | $ | 11.04 | $ | 12.15 | $ | 11.79 | $ | 11.62 | $ | 11.14 | ||||||||||||
| Income (loss) from operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 0.32 | 0.60 | 0.25 | 0.20 | 0.22 | 0.38 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 0.35 | (0.80) | (1.33) | 0.38 | (0.00) | 3 | 0.14 | |||||||||||||||||
Total income (loss) from operations | 0.67 | (0.20) | (1.08) | 0.58 | 0.22 | 0.52 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Less distributions from: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | (0.28) | (0.35) | (0.03) | (0.22) | (0.05) | (0.04) | ||||||||||||||||||
Total distributions | (0.28) | (0.35) | (0.03) | (0.22) | (0.05) | (0.04) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Net asset value, end of period | $ | 10.88 | $ | 10.49 | $ | 11.04 | $ | 12.15 | $ | 11.79 | $ | 11.62 | ||||||||||||
Total return4 | 6.41 | % | (2.17) | % | (8.89) | % | 4.90 | % | 1.89 | % | 4.69 | % | ||||||||||||
| Net assets, end of period (000s) | $ | 8,037 | $ | 10,531 | $ | 13,585 | $ | 21,603 | $ | 21,145 | $ | 29,822 | ||||||||||||
| Ratios to average net assets: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gross expenses | 1.18 | %5 | 1.06 | % | 1.11 | % | 1.20 | %6 | 1.21 | %6 | 1.39 | %6 | ||||||||||||
Net expenses7,8 | 1.10 | 5 | 1.05 | 1.10 | 1.20 | 6 | 1.20 | 6 | 1.20 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 5.74 | 5 | 5.29 | 2.13 | 1.64 | 1.87 | 3.28 | |||||||||||||||||
| Portfolio turnover rate | 34 | % | 129 | % | 99 | % | 79 | % | 107 | % | 44 | % | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method. |
| 2 | For the six months ended April 30, 2024 (unaudited). |
| 3 | Amount represents less than $0.005 or greater than $(0.005) per share. |
| 4 | Performance figures, exclusive of sales charges, may reflect compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. |
| 5 | Annualized. |
| 6 | Reflects recapture of fees waived and/or expenses reimbursed from prior fiscal years. |
| 7 | As a result of an expense limitation arrangement, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses, other than interest, brokerage commissions, dividend expense on short sales, taxes, extraordinary expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses, to average net assets of Class A shares did not exceed 1.20%. This expense limitation arrangement cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2025 without the Board of Trustees’ consent. In addition, the manager has agreed to waive the Fund’s management fee to an extent sufficient to offset the net management fee payable in connection with any investment in an affiliated money market fund. |
| 8 | Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| For a share of each class of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year ended October 31, unless otherwise noted: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Class C Shares1 | 20242 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 10.43 | $ | 10.89 | $ | 12.03 | $ | 11.61 | $ | 11.49 | $ | 11.07 | ||||||||||||
| Income (loss) from operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 0.28 | 0.51 | 0.16 | 0.12 | 0.14 | 0.30 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 0.34 | (0.80) | (1.29) | 0.38 | (0.01) | 0.15 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total income (loss) from operations | 0.62 | (0.29) | (1.13) | 0.50 | 0.13 | 0.45 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Less distributions from: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | (0.24) | (0.17) | (0.01) | (0.08) | (0.01) | (0.03) | ||||||||||||||||||
Total distributions | (0.24) | (0.17) | (0.01) | (0.08) | (0.01) | (0.03) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Net asset value, end of period | $ | 10.81 | $ | 10.43 | $ | 10.89 | $ | 12.03 | $ | 11.61 | $ | 11.49 | ||||||||||||
Total return3 | 5.96 | % | (2.92) | % | (9.42) | % | 4.27 | % | 1.18 | % | 4.13 | % | ||||||||||||
| Net assets, end of period (000s) | $ | 429 | $ | 419 | $ | 664 | $ | 977 | $ | 2,341 | $ | 3,064 | ||||||||||||
| Ratios to average net assets: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gross expenses | 1.93 | %4 | 1.82 | % | 1.88 | % | 1.83 | % | 1.85 | % | 1.84 | % | ||||||||||||
Net expenses5,6 | 1.85 | 4 | 1.82 | 1.87 | 1.83 | 1.85 | 1.84 | |||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 5.02 | 4 | 4.49 | 1.37 | 0.96 | 1.21 | 2.65 | |||||||||||||||||
| Portfolio turnover rate | 34 | % | 129 | % | 99 | % | 79 | % | 107 | % | 44 | % | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method. |
| 2 | For the six months ended April 30, 2024 (unaudited). |
| 3 | Performance figures, exclusive of CDSC, may reflect compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. |
| 4 | Annualized. |
| 5 | As a result of an expense limitation arrangement, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses, other than interest, brokerage commissions, dividend expense on short sales, taxes, extraordinary expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses, to average net assets of Class C shares did not exceed 1.95%. This expense limitation arrangement cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2025 without the Board of Trustees’ consent. In addition, the manager has agreed to waive the Fund’s management fee to an extent sufficient to offset the net management fee payable in connection with any investment in an affiliated money market fund. |
| 6 | Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Financial highlights (cont’d)
| For a share of each class of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year ended October 31, unless otherwise noted: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Class FI Shares1 | 20242 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 10.61 | $ | 11.16 | $ | 12.30 | $ | 11.93 | $ | 11.76 | $ | 11.20 | ||||||||||||
| Income (loss) from operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 0.33 | 0.61 | 0.26 | 0.21 | 0.21 | 0.42 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 0.35 | (0.81) | (1.36) | 0.38 | 0.01 | 3 | 0.17 | |||||||||||||||||
Total income (loss) from operations | 0.68 | (0.20) | (1.10) | 0.59 | 0.22 | 0.59 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Less distributions from: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | (0.28) | (0.35) | (0.04) | (0.22) | (0.05) | (0.03) | ||||||||||||||||||
Total distributions | (0.28) | (0.35) | (0.04) | (0.22) | (0.05) | (0.03) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Net asset value, end of period | $ | 11.01 | $ | 10.61 | $ | 11.16 | $ | 12.30 | $ | 11.93 | $ | 11.76 | ||||||||||||
Total return4 | 6.36 | % | (2.20) | % | (8.90) | % | 4.95 | % | 1.90 | % | 5.31 | % | ||||||||||||
| Net assets, end of period (000s) | $ | 90 | $ | 85 | $ | 129 | $ | 75 | $ | 73 | $ | 49 | ||||||||||||
| Ratios to average net assets: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gross expenses | 1.15 | %5 | 1.06 | % | 1.15 | % | 1.17 | % | 1.18 | % | 1.25 | %6 | ||||||||||||
Net expenses7,8 | 1.07 | 5 | 1.06 | 1.13 | 1.16 | 1.18 | 1.20 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 5.81 | 5 | 5.24 | 2.21 | 1.67 | 1.79 | 3.29 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Portfolio turnover rate | 34 | % | 129 | % | 99 | % | 79 | % | 107 | % | 44 | % | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method. |
| 2 | For the six months ended April 30, 2024 (unaudited). |
| 3 | Calculation of the net gain per share (both realized and unrealized) does not correlate to the aggregate realized and unrealized losses presented in the Statement of Operations due to the timing of the sales and repurchases of Fund shares in relation to fluctuating market values of the investments of the Fund. |
| 4 | Performance figures may reflect compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. |
| 5 | Annualized. |
| 6 | Ratios for the year ended October 31, 2019 do not reflect the one-time transfer agent fee adjustment of $306 related to a prior period over accrual. If this adjustment were included, the gross expense, net expense and net investment income ratios for Class FI shares for the year ended October 31, 2019 would have been 0.81%, 0.81%, and 3.68%, respectively. |
| 7 | As a result of an expense limitation arrangement, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses, other than interest, brokerage commissions, dividend expense on short sales, taxes, extraordinary expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses, to average net assets of Class FI shares did not exceed 1.20%. This expense limitation arrangement cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2025 without the Board of Trustees’ consent. In addition, the manager has agreed to waive the Fund’s management fee to an extent sufficient to offset the net management fee payable in connection with any investment in an affiliated money market fund. |
| 8 | Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| For a share of each class of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year ended October 31, unless otherwise noted: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Class R Shares1 | 20242 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 10.44 | $ | 10.97 | $ | 12.10 | $ | 11.73 | $ | 11.58 | $ | 11.12 | ||||||||||||
| Income (loss) from operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 0.30 | 0.57 | 0.22 | 0.17 | 0.18 | 0.34 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 0.34 | (0.80) | (1.33) | 0.38 | 0.01 | 3 | 0.15 | |||||||||||||||||
Total income (loss) from operations | 0.64 | (0.23) | (1.11) | 0.55 | 0.19 | 0.49 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Less distributions from: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | (0.26) | (0.30) | (0.02) | (0.18) | (0.04) | (0.03) | ||||||||||||||||||
Total distributions | (0.26) | (0.30) | (0.02) | (0.18) | (0.04) | (0.03) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Net asset value, end of period | $ | 10.82 | $ | 10.44 | $ | 10.97 | $ | 12.10 | $ | 11.73 | $ | 11.58 | ||||||||||||
Total return4 | 6.19 | % | (2.41) | % | (9.18) | % | 4.65 | % | 1.64 | % | 4.43 | % | ||||||||||||
| Net assets, end of period (000s) | $ | 47 | $ | 45 | $ | 47 | $ | 52 | $ | 51 | $ | 50 | ||||||||||||
| Ratios to average net assets: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gross expenses | 1.49 | %5 | 1.34 | % | 1.40 | %6 | 1.46 | % | 1.47 | %6 | 1.47 | %6 | ||||||||||||
Net expenses7,8 | 1.41 | 5 | 1.33 | 1.39 | 6 | 1.45 | 1.45 | 6 | 1.45 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 5.46 | 5 | 5.03 | 1.91 | 1.39 | 1.58 | 2.98 | |||||||||||||||||
| Portfolio turnover rate | 34 | % | 129 | % | 99 | % | 79 | % | 107 | % | 44 | % | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method. |
| 2 | For the six months ended April 30, 2024 (unaudited). |
| 3 | Calculation of the net gain per share (both realized and unrealized) does not correlate to the aggregate realized and unrealized losses presented in the Statement of Operations due to the timing of the sales and repurchases of Fund shares in relation to fluctuating market values of the investments of the Fund. |
| 4 | Performance figures may reflect compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. |
| 5 | Annualized. |
| 6 | Reflects recapture of fees waived and/or expenses reimbursed from prior fiscal years. |
| 7 | As a result of an expense limitation arrangement, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses, other than interest, brokerage commissions, dividend expense on short sales, taxes, extraordinary expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses, to average net assets of Class R shares did not exceed 1.45%. This expense limitation arrangement cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2025 without the Board of Trustees’ consent. In addition, the manager has agreed to waive the Fund’s management fee to an extent sufficient to offset the net management fee payable in connection with any investment in an affiliated money market fund. |
| 8 | Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Financial highlights (cont’d)
| For a share of each class of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year ended October 31, unless otherwise noted: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Class I Shares1 | 20242 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 10.55 | $ | 11.12 | $ | 12.22 | $ | 11.88 | $ | 11.69 | $ | 11.18 | ||||||||||||
| Income (loss) from operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 0.34 | 0.62 | 0.27 | 0.25 | 0.26 | 0.41 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 0.35 | (0.80) | (1.33) | 0.38 | (0.00) | 3 | 0.15 | |||||||||||||||||
Total income (loss) from operations | 0.69 | (0.18) | (1.06) | 0.63 | 0.26 | 0.56 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Less distributions from: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | (0.29) | (0.39) | (0.04) | (0.29) | (0.07) | (0.05) | ||||||||||||||||||
Total distributions | (0.29) | (0.39) | (0.04) | (0.29) | (0.07) | (0.05) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Net asset value, end of period | $ | 10.95 | $ | 10.55 | $ | 11.12 | $ | 12.22 | $ | 11.88 | $ | 11.69 | ||||||||||||
Total return4 | 6.40 | % | (1.83) | % | (8.78) | % | 5.33 | % | 2.24 | % | 5.05 | % | ||||||||||||
| Net assets, end of period (000s) | $ | 83,441 | $ | 101,587 | $ | 193,108 | $ | 503,547 | $ | 464,688 | $ | 540,611 | ||||||||||||
| Ratios to average net assets: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gross expenses | 0.95 | %5 | 0.86 | % | 0.90 | % | 0.97 | % | 0.98 | %6 | 0.99 | %6 | ||||||||||||
Net expenses7,8 | 0.85 | 5 | 0.85 | 0.85 | 0.85 | 0.85 | 6 | 0.85 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 6.00 | 5 | 5.40 | 2.26 | 1.99 | 2.20 | 3.60 | |||||||||||||||||
| Portfolio turnover rate | 34 | % | 129 | % | 99 | % | 79 | % | 107 | % | 44 | % | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method. |
| 2 | For the six months ended April 30, 2024 (unaudited). |
| 3 | Amount represents less than $0.005 or greater than $(0.005) per share. |
| 4 | Performance figures may reflect compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. |
| 5 | Annualized. |
| 6 | Reflects recapture of fees waived and/or expenses reimbursed from prior fiscal years. |
| 7 | As a result of an expense limitation arrangement, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses, other than interest, brokerage commissions, dividend expense on short sales, taxes, extraordinary expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses, to average net assets of Class I shares did not exceed 0.85%. This expense limitation arrangement cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2025 without the Board of Trustees’ consent. In addition, the manager has agreed to waive the Fund’s management fee to an extent sufficient to offset the net management fee payable in connection with any investment in an affiliated money market fund. |
| 8 | Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| For a share of each class of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year ended October 31, unless otherwise noted: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Class IS Shares1 | 20242 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Net asset value, beginning of period | $ | 10.58 | $ | 11.17 | $ | 12.26 | $ | 11.92 | $ | 11.73 | $ | 11.20 | ||||||||||||
| Income (loss) from operations: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 0.34 | 0.64 | 0.31 | 0.26 | 0.27 | 0.43 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 0.35 | (0.81) | (1.36) | 0.38 | (0.01) | 0.16 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total income (loss) from operations | 0.69 | (0.17) | (1.05) | 0.64 | 0.26 | 0.59 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Less distributions from: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income | (0.30) | (0.42) | (0.04) | (0.30) | (0.07) | (0.06) | ||||||||||||||||||
Total distributions | (0.30) | (0.42) | (0.04) | (0.30) | (0.07) | (0.06) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Net asset value, end of period | $ | 10.97 | $ | 10.58 | $ | 11.17 | $ | 12.26 | $ | 11.92 | $ | 11.73 | ||||||||||||
Total return3 | 6.54 | % | (1.87) | % | (8.57) | % | 5.39 | % | 2.28 | % | 5.26 | % | ||||||||||||
| Net assets, end of period (millions) | $ | 111 | $ | 115 | $ | 249 | $ | 222 | $ | 250 | $ | 422 | ||||||||||||
| Ratios to average net assets: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gross expenses | 0.83 | %4 | 0.75 | %5 | 0.77 | % | 0.75 | %5 | 0.76 | %5 | 0.76 | % | ||||||||||||
Net expenses6,7 | 0.75 | 4 | 0.75 | 5 | 0.75 | 0.74 | 5 | 0.75 | 5 | 0.75 | ||||||||||||||
Net investment income | 6.11 | 4 | 5.52 | 2.66 | 2.08 | 2.34 | 3.71 | |||||||||||||||||
| Portfolio turnover rate | 34 | % | 129 | % | 99 | % | 79 | % | 107 | % | 44 | % | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method. |
| 2 | For the six months ended April 30, 2024 (unaudited). |
| 3 | Performance figures may reflect compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized. |
| 4 | Annualized. |
| 5 | Reflects recapture of fees waived and/or expenses reimbursed from prior fiscal years. |
| 6 | As a result of an expense limitation arrangement, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses, other than interest, brokerage commissions, dividend expense on short sales, taxes, extraordinary expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses, to average net assets of Class IS shares did not exceed 0.75%. In addition, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses for Class IS shares did not exceed the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses for Class I shares. These expense limitation arrangements cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2025 without the Board of Trustees’ consent. In addition, the manager has agreed to waive the Fund’s management fee to an extent sufficient to offset the net management fee payable in connection with any investment in an affiliated money market fund. |
| 7 | Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Notes to financial statements (unaudited)
1. Organization and significant accounting policies
BrandywineGLOBAL — Global Unconstrained Bond Fund (the “Fund”) is a separate non-diversified investment series of Legg Mason Global Asset Management Trust (the “Trust”). The Trust, a Maryland statutory trust, is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company.
The Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidance in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services –Investment Companies (“ASC 946”). The following are significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund and are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), including, but not limited to, ASC 946. Estimates and assumptions are required to be made regarding assets, liabilities and changes in net assets resulting from operations when financial statements are prepared. Changes in the economic environment, financial markets and any other parameters used in determining these estimates could cause actual results to differ. Subsequent events have been evaluated through the date the financial statements were issued.
(a) Investment valuation. The valuations for fixed income securities (which may include, but are not limited to, corporate, government, municipal, mortgage-backed, collateralized mortgage obligations and asset-backed securities) and certain derivative instruments are typically the prices supplied by independent third party pricing services, which may use market prices or broker/dealer quotations or a variety of valuation techniques and methodologies. The independent third party pricing services typically use inputs that are observable such as issuer details, interest rates, yield curves, prepayment speeds, credit risks/spreads, default rates and quoted prices for similar securities. Investments in open-end funds are valued at the closing net asset value per share of each fund on the day of valuation. Futures contracts are valued daily at the settlement price established by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded. When the Fund holds securities or other assets that are denominated in a foreign currency, the Fund will normally use the currency exchange rates as of 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). If independent third party pricing services are unable to supply prices for a portfolio investment, or if the prices supplied are deemed by the manager to be unreliable, the market price may be determined by the manager using quotations from one or more broker/dealers or at the transaction price if the security has recently been purchased and no value has yet been obtained from a pricing service or pricing broker. When reliable prices are not readily available, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded, but before the Fund calculates its net asset value, the Fund values these securities as determined in accordance with procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees.
Pursuant to policies adopted by the Board of Trustees, the Fund’s manager has been designated as the valuation designee and is responsible for the oversight of the daily valuation process. The Fund’s manager is assisted by the Global Fund Valuation Committee (the “Valuation Committee”). The Valuation Committee is responsible for making fair value determinations, evaluating the effectiveness of the Fund’s pricing policies, and reporting to the Fund’s manager and the Board of Trustees. When determining the reliability of third
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party pricing information for investments owned by the Fund, the Valuation Committee, among other things, conducts due diligence reviews of pricing vendors, monitors the daily change in prices and reviews transactions among market participants.
The Valuation Committee will consider pricing methodologies it deems relevant and appropriate when making fair value determinations. Examples of possible methodologies include, but are not limited to, multiple of earnings; discount from market of a similar freely traded security; discounted cash-flow analysis; book value or a multiple thereof; risk premium/yield analysis; yield to maturity; and/or fundamental investment analysis. The Valuation Committee will also consider factors it deems relevant and appropriate in light of the facts and circumstances. Examples of possible factors include, but are not limited to, the type of security; the issuer’s financial statements; the purchase price of the security; the discount from market value of unrestricted securities of the same class at the time of purchase; analysts’ research and observations from financial institutions; information regarding any transactions or offers with respect to the security; the existence of merger proposals or tender offers affecting the security; the price and extent of public trading in similar securities of the issuer or comparable companies; and the existence of a shelf registration for restricted securities.
For each portfolio security that has been fair valued pursuant to the policies adopted by the Board of Trustees, the fair value price is compared against the last available and next available market quotations. The Valuation Committee reviews the results of such back testing monthly and fair valuation occurrences are reported to the Board of Trustees quarterly.
The Fund uses valuation techniques to measure fair value that are consistent with the market approach and/or income approach, depending on the type of security and the particular circumstance. The market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable securities. The income approach uses valuation techniques to discount estimated future cash flows to present value.
GAAP establishes a disclosure hierarchy that categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value assets and liabilities at measurement date. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
| • | Level 1 — unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments |
| • | Level 2 — other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.) |
| • | Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) |
The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
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Notes to financial statements (unaudited) (cont’d)
The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities carried at fair value:
| ASSETS | ||||||||||||||||
| Description | Quoted Prices (Level 1) | Other Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Significant (Level 3) | Total | ||||||||||||
| Long-Term Investments†: | ||||||||||||||||
U.S. Government & Agency Obligations | — | $ | 63,511,613 | — | $ | 63,511,613 | ||||||||||
Sovereign Bonds | — | 59,089,187 | — | 59,089,187 | ||||||||||||
Mortgage-Backed Securities | — | 49,997,967 | — | 49,997,967 | ||||||||||||
Corporate Bonds & Notes | — | 17,388,312 | — | 17,388,312 | ||||||||||||
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations | — | 2,695,911 | — | 2,695,911 | ||||||||||||
Convertible Bonds & Notes | — | 1,143,897 | — | 1,143,897 | ||||||||||||
| Total Long-Term Investments | — | 193,826,887 | — | 193,826,887 | ||||||||||||
| Short-Term Investments† | $ | 3,437,000 | — | — | 3,437,000 | |||||||||||
| Total Investments | $ | 3,437,000 | $ | 193,826,887 | — | $ | 197,263,887 | |||||||||
| Other Financial Instruments: | ||||||||||||||||
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts†† | — | $ | 5,852,901 | — | $ | 5,852,901 | ||||||||||
| Total | $ | 3,437,000 | $ | 199,679,788 | — | $ | 203,116,788 | |||||||||
| LIABILITIES | ||||||||||||||||
| Description | Quoted Prices (Level 1) | Other Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Significant (Level 3) | Total | ||||||||||||
| Other Financial Instruments: | ||||||||||||||||
Futures Contracts†† | $ | 1,016,191 | — | — | $ | 1,016,191 | ||||||||||
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts†† | — | $ | 5,645,946 | — | 5,645,946 | |||||||||||
| Total | $ | 1,016,191 | $ | 5,645,946 | — | $ | 6,662,137 | |||||||||
| † | See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations. |
| †† | Reflects the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of the instruments. |
(b) Futures contracts. The Fund uses futures contracts generally to gain exposure to, or hedge against, changes in interest rates or gain exposure to, or hedge against, changes in certain asset classes. A futures contract represents a commitment for the future purchase or sale of an asset at a specified price on a specified date.
Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is required to deposit cash or securities with a broker in an amount equal to a certain percentage of the contract amount. This is known as the ‘‘initial margin’’ and subsequent payments (‘‘variation margin’’) are made or received by the Fund each day, depending on the daily fluctuation in the value of the contract. For certain futures, including foreign denominated futures, variation margin is not settled daily,
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but is recorded as a net variation margin payable or receivable. The daily changes in contract value are recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation in the Statement of Operations and the Fund recognizes a realized gain or loss when the contract is closed.
Futures contracts involve, to varying degrees, risk of loss in excess of the amounts reflected in the financial statements. In addition, there is the risk that the Fund may not be able to enter into a closing transaction because of an illiquid secondary market.
(c) Forward foreign currency contracts. The Fund enters into a forward foreign currency contract to hedge exposure of bond positions or in an attempt to increase the Fund’s return. A forward foreign currency contract is an agreement between two parties to buy and sell a currency at a set price with delivery and settlement at a future date. The contract is marked-to-market daily and the change in value is recorded by the Fund as an unrealized gain or loss. When a forward foreign currency contract is closed, through either delivery or offset by entering into another forward foreign currency contract, the Fund recognizes a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value of the contract at the time it is closed.
Non-deliverable forward foreign currency exchange contracts are settled with the counterparty in cash without the delivery of foreign currency.
Forward foreign currency contracts involve elements of market risk in excess of the amounts reflected on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The Fund bears the risk of an unfavorable change in the foreign exchange rate underlying the forward foreign currency contract. Risks may also arise upon entering into these contracts from the potential inability of the counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts.
(d) Foreign currency translation. Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts based upon prevailing exchange rates on the date of valuation. Purchases and sales of investment securities and income and expense items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts based upon prevailing exchange rates on the respective dates of such transactions.
The Fund does not isolate that portion of the results of operations resulting from fluctuations in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments.
Net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, including gains and losses on forward foreign currency contracts, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the values of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities, on the date of valuation, resulting from changes in exchange rates.
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Notes to financial statements (unaudited) (cont’d)
Foreign security and currency transactions may involve certain considerations and risks not typically associated with those of U.S. dollar denominated transactions as a result of, among other factors, the possibility of lower levels of governmental supervision and regulation of foreign securities markets and the possibility of political or economic instability.
(e) Credit and market risk. The Fund invests in high-yield and emerging market instruments that are subject to certain credit and market risks. The yields of high-yield and emerging market debt obligations reflect, among other things, perceived credit and market risks. The Fund’s investments in securities rated below investment grade typically involve risks not associated with higher rated securities including, among others, greater risk related to timely and ultimate payment of interest and principal, greater market price volatility and less liquid secondary market trading. The consequences of political, social, economic or diplomatic changes may have disruptive effects on the market prices of investments held by the Fund. The Fund’s investments in non-U.S. dollar denominated securities may also result in foreign currency losses caused by devaluations and exchange rate fluctuations.
Investments in securities that are collateralized by real estate mortgages are subject to certain credit and liquidity risks. When market conditions result in an increase in default rates of the underlying mortgages and the foreclosure values of underlying real estate properties are materially below the outstanding amount of these underlying mortgages, collection of the full amount of accrued interest and principal on these investments may be doubtful. Such market conditions may significantly impair the value and liquidity of these investments and may result in a lack of correlation between their credit ratings and values.
(f) Foreign investment risks. The Fund’s investments in foreign securities may involve risks not present in domestic investments. Since securities may be denominated in foreign currencies, may require settlement in foreign currencies or may pay interest or dividends in foreign currencies, changes in the relationship of these foreign currencies to the U.S. dollar can significantly affect the value of the investments and earnings of the Fund. Foreign investments may also subject the Fund to foreign government exchange restrictions, expropriation, taxation or other political, social or economic developments, all of which affect the market and/or credit risk of the investments.
(g) Counterparty risk and credit-risk-related contingent features of derivative instruments. The Fund may invest in certain securities or engage in other transactions where the Fund is exposed to counterparty credit risk in addition to broader market risks. The Fund may invest in securities of issuers, which may also be considered counterparties as trading partners in other transactions. This may increase the risk of loss in the event of default or bankruptcy by the counterparty or if the counterparty otherwise fails to meet its contractual obligations. The Fund’s subadviser attempts to mitigate counterparty risk by (i) periodically assessing the creditworthiness of its trading partners, (ii) monitoring and/or limiting the amount of its net exposure to each individual counterparty based on its assessment and (iii) requiring collateral from the counterparty for certain transactions. Market events and changes in overall economic conditions may impact the assessment of
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such counterparty risk by the subadviser. In addition, declines in the values of underlying collateral received may expose the Fund to increased risk of loss.
With exchange traded and centrally cleared derivatives, there is less counterparty risk to the Fund since the exchange or clearinghouse, as counterparty to such instruments, guarantees against a possible default. The clearinghouse stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract; therefore, the credit risk is limited to failure of the clearinghouse. While offset rights may exist under applicable law, the Fund does not have a contractual right of offset against a clearing broker or clearinghouse in the event of a default of the clearing broker or clearinghouse.
The Fund has entered into master agreements, such as an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement, with certain of its derivative counterparties that govern over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives and provide for general obligations, representations, agreements, collateral posting terms, netting provisions in the event of default or termination and credit related contingent features. The credit related contingent features include, but are not limited to, a percentage decrease in the Fund’s net assets or net asset value per share over a specified period of time. If these credit related contingent features were triggered, the derivatives counterparty could terminate the positions and demand payment or require additional collateral.
Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instruments’ payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. However, absent an event of default by the counterparty or a termination of the agreement, the terms of the ISDA Master Agreements do not result in an offset of reported amounts of financial assets and financial liabilities in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities across transactions between the Fund and the applicable counterparty. The enforceability of the right to offset may vary by jurisdiction.
Collateral requirements differ by type of derivative. Collateral or margin requirements are set by the broker or exchange clearinghouse for exchange traded derivatives while collateral terms are contract specific for OTC traded derivatives. Cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of the Fund under derivative contracts, if any, will be reported separately in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Securities pledged as collateral, if any, for the same purpose are noted in the Schedule of Investments.
As of April 30, 2024, the Fund held forward foreign currency contracts with credit related contingent features which had a liability position of $5,645,946. If a contingent feature in the master agreements would have been triggered, the Fund would have been required to pay this amount to its derivatives counterparties. As of April 30, 2024, the Fund had posted with its counterparties cash and/or securities as collateral to cover the net liability of these derivatives amounting to $130,000 which could be used to reduce the required payment.
(h) Security transactions and investment income. Security transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Interest income (including interest income from payment-in-kind
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Notes to financial statements (unaudited) (cont’d)
securities) is recorded on the accrual basis. Amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts on debt securities are recorded to interest income over the lives of the respective securities, except for premiums on certain callable debt securities, which are amortized to the earliest call date. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date for dividends received in cash and/or securities. The cost of investments sold is determined by use of the specific identification method. To the extent any issuer defaults or a credit event occurs that impacts the issuer, the Fund may halt any additional interest income accruals and consider the realizability of interest accrued up to the date of default or credit event.
(i) Distributions to shareholders. Distributions from net investment income of the Fund, if any, are declared and paid on a quarterly basis. Distributions of net realized gains, if any, are declared at least annually. Distributions to shareholders of the Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend date and are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.
(j) Share class accounting. Investment income, common expenses and realized/ unrealized gains (losses) on investments are allocated to the various classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Fees relating to a specific class are charged directly to that share class.
(k) Compensating balance arrangements. The Fund has an arrangement with its custodian bank whereby a portion of the custodian’s fees is paid indirectly by credits earned on the Fund’s cash on deposit with the bank.
(l) Federal and other taxes. It is the Fund’s policy to comply with the federal income and excise tax requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”), as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies. Accordingly, the Fund intends to distribute its taxable income and net realized gains, if any, to shareholders in accordance with timing requirements imposed by the Code. Therefore, no federal or state income tax provision is required in the Fund’s financial statements.
Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken on income tax returns for all open tax years and has concluded that as of October 31, 2023, no provision for income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. The Fund’s federal and state income and federal excise tax returns for tax years for which the applicable statutes of limitations have not expired are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and state departments of revenue.
Under the applicable foreign tax laws, a withholding tax may be imposed on interest, dividends and capital gains at various rates. As of April 30, 2024, there were $58,804 of capital gains tax liabilities accrued on unrealized gains.
(m) Reclassification. GAAP requires that certain components of net assets be reclassified to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value per share.
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2. Investment management agreement and other transactions with affiliates
Franklin Templeton Fund Adviser, LLC (“FTFA”) is the Fund’s investment manager and Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC (“Brandywine Global”) is the Fund’s subadviser. FTFA and Brandywine Global are indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Franklin Resources, Inc. (“Franklin Resources”).
Under the investment management agreement, the Fund pays an investment management fee, calculated daily and paid monthly, in accordance with the following breakpoint schedule:
| Average Daily Net Assets | Annual Rate | |||
| First $1 billion | 0.650 | % | ||
| Next $1 billion | 0.625 | |||
| Next $3 billion | 0.600 | |||
| Next $5 billion | 0.575 | |||
| Over $10 billion | 0.550 | |||
FTFA provides administrative and certain oversight services to the Fund. FTFA delegates to the subadviser the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund. For its services, FTFA pays Brandywine Global a fee monthly, at an annual rate equal to 70% of the net management fee it receives from the Fund.
As a result of expense limitation arrangements between the Fund and FTFA, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses, other than interest, brokerage commissions, dividend expense on short sales, taxes, extraordinary expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses, to average net assets of Class A, Class C, Class FI, Class R, Class I and Class IS shares did not exceed 1.20%, 1.95%, 1.20%, 1.45%, 0.85% and 0.75%, respectively. In addition, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses for Class IS shares did not exceed the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses for Class I shares. These expense limitation arrangements cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2025 without the Board of Trustees’ consent. In addition, the manager has agreed to waive the Fund’s management fee to an extent sufficient to offset the net management fee payable in connection with any investment in an affiliated money market fund (the “affiliated money market fund waiver”). The affiliated money market fund waiver is not subject to the recapture provision discussed below.
During the six months ended April 30, 2024, fees waived and/or expenses reimbursed amounted to $101,483, which included an affiliated money market fund waiver of $2,407.
FTFA is permitted to recapture amounts waived and/or reimbursed to a class within three years after the fiscal year in which FTFA earned the fee or incurred the expense if the class’ total annual fund operating expenses have fallen to a level below the expense limitation (“expense cap”) in effect at the time the fees were earned or the expenses incurred. In no case will FTFA recapture any amount that would result, on any particular business day of the Fund, in the class’ total annual fund operating expenses exceeding the expense cap or any other lower limit then in effect.
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Pursuant to these arrangements, at April 30, 2024, the Fund had remaining fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements subject to recapture by FTFA and respective dates of expiration as follows:
| Class A | Class C | Class FI | Class R | Class I | Class IS | |||||||||||||||||||
| Expires October 31, 2024 | — | — | — | — | $ | 581,961 | — | |||||||||||||||||
| Expires October 31, 2025 | $ | 1,957 | $ | 94 | $ | 14 | $ | 5 | 152,700 | $ | 23,223 | |||||||||||||
| Expires October 31, 2026 | — | — | — | — | 13,877 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| Expires October 31, 2027 | 3,811 | 175 | 36 | 19 | 47,502 | 47,533 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total fee waivers/expense reimbursements subject to recapture | $ | 5,768 | $ | 269 | $ | 50 | $ | 24 | $ | 796,040 | $ | 70,756 | ||||||||||||
For the six months ended April 30, 2024, FTFA did not recapture any fees.
Franklin Distributors, LLC (“Franklin Distributors”) serves as the Fund’s sole and exclusive distributor. Franklin Distributors is an indirect, wholly-owned broker-dealer subsidiary of Franklin Resources. Franklin Templeton Investor Services, LLC (“Investor Services”) serves as the Fund’s shareholder servicing agent and acts as the Fund’s transfer agent and dividend-paying agent. Investor Services is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources. Each class of shares of the Fund pays transfer agent fees to Investor Services for its performance of shareholder servicing obligations. Investor Services charges account-based fees based on the number of individual shareholder accounts, as well as a fixed percentage fee based on the total account-based fees charged. In addition, each class reimburses Investor Services for out of pocket expenses incurred. For the six months ended April 30, 2024, the Fund incurred transfer agent fees as reported on the Statement of Operations, of which $2,425 was earned by Investor Services.
There is a maximum initial sales charge of 2.25% for Class A shares. In certain cases, Class A shares have a 0.50% contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”), which applies if redemption occurs within 18 months from purchase payment. This CDSC only applies to those purchases of Class A shares, which, when combined with current holdings of other shares of funds sold by Franklin Distributors, equal or exceed $500,000 in the aggregate. These purchases do not incur an initial sales charge. There is a CDSC of 1.00% on Class C shares which applies if redemption occurs within 12 months from purchase payment.
For the six months ended April 30, 2024, sales charges retained by and CDSCs paid to Franklin Distributors and its affiliates, if any, were as follows:
| Class A | ||||
| Sales charges | $ | 84 | ||
| CDSCs | — | |||
Under a Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Plan”), Trustees may have elected to defer receipt of all or a specified portion of their compensation. A participating Trustee selected one or more funds managed by FTFA or an affiliate of FTFA in which his or her deferred trustee’s fees were deemed to be invested. Deferred amounts remain in the Fund until distributed in accordance with the Plan. In May 2015, the Board of Trustees approved an
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amendment to the Plan so that effective January 1, 2016, no compensation earned after that date may be deferred under the Plan.
All officers and one Trustee of the Trust are employees of Franklin Resources or its affiliates and do not receive compensation from the Trust.
3. Investments
During the six months ended April 30, 2024, the aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investments (excluding short-term investments) and U.S. Government & Agency Obligations were as follows:
| Investments | U.S. Government & Agency Obligations | |||||||
| Purchases | — | $ | 71,644,914 | |||||
| Sales | $ | 16,208,170 | 87,034,104 | |||||
At April 30, 2024, the aggregate cost of investments and the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were substantially as follows:
| Cost | Gross Unrealized Appreciation | Gross Unrealized Depreciation | Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |||||||||||||
| Securities | $ | 200,449,374 | $ | 2,929,566 | $ | (6,115,053) | $ | (3,185,487) | ||||||||
| Futures contracts | — | — | (1,016,191) | (1,016,191) | ||||||||||||
| Forward foreign currency contracts | — | 5,852,901 | (5,645,946) | 206,955 | ||||||||||||
4. Derivative instruments and hedging activities
Below is a table, grouped by derivative type, that provides information about the fair value and the location of derivatives within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities at April 30, 2024.
| ASSET DERIVATIVES1 | ||||||||||||
| Foreign Exchange Risk | ||||||||||||
| Forward foreign currency contracts | $ | 5,852,901 | ||||||||||
| LIABILITY DERIVATIVES1 | ||||||||||||
| Interest Rate Risk | Foreign Exchange Risk | Total | ||||||||||
| Futures contracts2 | $ | 1,016,191 | — | $ | 1,016,191 | |||||||
| Forward foreign currency contracts | — | $ | 5,645,946 | 5,645,946 | ||||||||
| Total | $ | 1,016,191 | $ | 5,645,946 | $ | 6,662,137 | ||||||
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Notes to financial statements (unaudited) (cont’d)
| 1 | Generally, the balance sheet location for asset derivatives is receivables/net unrealized appreciation and for liability derivatives is payables/net unrealized depreciation. |
| 2 | Includes cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only net variation margin is reported within the receivables and/or payables on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. |
The following tables provide information about the effect of derivatives and hedging activities on the Fund’s Statement of Operations for the six months ended April 30, 2024. The first table provides additional detail about the amounts and sources of gains (losses) realized on derivatives during the period. The second table provides additional information about the change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) resulting from the Fund’s derivatives and hedging activities during the period.
| AMOUNT OF NET REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON DERIVATIVES RECOGNIZED | ||||||||||||
| Interest Rate Risk | Foreign Exchange Risk | Total | ||||||||||
| Futures contracts | $ | 434,510 | — | $ | 434,510 | |||||||
| Forward foreign currency contracts | — | $ | (2,373,376) | (2,373,376) | ||||||||
| Total | $ | 434,510 | $ | (2,373,376) | $ | (1,938,866) | ||||||
| CHANGE IN NET UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) ON DERIVATIVES RECOGNIZED | ||||||||||||
| Interest Rate Risk | Foreign Exchange Risk | Total | ||||||||||
| Futures contracts | $ | 1,660,778 | — | $ | 1,660,778 | |||||||
| Forward foreign currency contracts | — | $ | 2,746,171 | 2,746,171 | ||||||||
| Total | $ | 1,660,778 | $ | 2,746,171 | $ | 4,406,949 | ||||||
During the six months ended April 30, 2024, the volume of derivative activity for the Fund was as follows:
| Average Market Value | ||||
| Futures contracts (to buy) | $ | 68,433,230 | ||
| Futures contracts (to sell)† | 38,625,985 | |||
| Forward foreign currency contracts (to buy) | 230,849,607 | |||
| Forward foreign currency contracts (to sell) | 225,026,099 | |||
| † | At April 30, 2024, there were no open positions held in this derivative. |
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The following table presents the Fund’s OTC derivative assets and liabilities by counterparty net of amounts available for offset under an ISDA Master Agreement and net of the related collateral pledged (received) by the Fund as of April 30, 2024.
| Counterparty | Gross Assets Subject to Master Agreements1 | Gross Liabilities | Net Assets Agreements | Collateral (Received)2,3 | Net Amount4,5 | |||||||||||||||
| Barclays Bank PLC | $ | 797,371 | $ | (198,643) | $ | 598,728 | — | $ | 598,728 | |||||||||||
| Citibank N.A. | 649,102 | (591,770) | 57,332 | — | 57,332 | |||||||||||||||
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | 1,714,445 | (868,581) | 845,864 | — | 845,864 | |||||||||||||||
| HSBC Securities Inc. | 148,582 | (416,354) | (267,772) | — | (267,772) | |||||||||||||||
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 1,998,429 | (2,763,008) | (764,579) | $ | 130,000 | (634,579) | ||||||||||||||
| Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. | 440,943 | (623,543) | (182,600) | — | (182,600) | |||||||||||||||
| Standard Chartered PLC | 6,561 | — | 6,561 | — | 6,561 | |||||||||||||||
| UBS Securities LLC | 97,468 | (184,047) | (86,579) | — | (86,579) | |||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 5,852,901 | $ | (5,645,946) | $ | 206,955 | $ | 130,000 | $ | 336,955 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Absent an event of default or early termination, derivative assets and liabilities are presented gross and not offset in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. |
| 2 | Gross amounts are not offset in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. |
| 3 | In some instances, the actual collateral received and/or pledged may be more than the amount shown here due to overcollateralization. |
| 4 | Net amount may also include forward foreign currency exchange contracts that are not required to be collateralized. |
| 5 | Represents the net amount receivable (payable) from (to) the counterparty in the event of default. |
5. Class specific expenses, waivers and/or expense reimbursements
The Fund has adopted a Rule 12b-1 shareholder services and distribution plan and under that plan the Fund pays service and/or distribution fees with respect to its Class A, Class C, Class FI and Class R shares calculated at the annual rate of 0.25%, 1.00%, 0.25% and 0.50% of the average daily net assets of each class, respectively. Service and/or distribution fees are accrued daily and paid monthly.
For the six months ended April 30, 2024, class specific expenses were as follows:
| Service and/or Distribution Fees | Transfer Agent Fees | |||||||
| Class A | $ | 11,889 | $ | 4,696 | ||||
| Class C | 2,189 | 222 | ||||||
| Class FI | 113 | 32 | ||||||
| Class R | 120 | 38 | ||||||
| Class I | — | 57,471 | ||||||
| Class IS | — | 1,583 | ||||||
| Total | $ | 14,311 | $ | 64,042 | ||||
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Notes to financial statements (unaudited) (cont’d)
For the six months ended April 30, 2024, waivers and/or expense reimbursements by class were as follows:
| Waivers/Expense Reimbursements | ||||
| Class A | $ | 3,914 | ||
| Class C | 179 | |||
| Class FI | 37 | |||
| Class R | 19 | |||
| Class I | 48,554 | |||
| Class IS | 48,780 | |||
| Total | $ | 101,483 | ||
6. Distributions to shareholders by class
| Six Months Ended April 30, 2024 | Year Ended October 31, 2023 | |||||||
| Net Investment Income: | ||||||||
| Class A | $ | 236,338 | $ | 396,113 | ||||
| Class C | 9,418 | 7,989 | ||||||
| Class FI | 2,271 | 3,226 | ||||||
| Class R | 1,140 | 1,288 | ||||||
| Class I | 2,464,557 | 5,973,055 | ||||||
| Class IS | 3,036,289 | 7,073,388 | ||||||
| Total | $ | 5,750,013 | $ | 13,455,059 | ||||
7. Shares of beneficial interest
At April 30, 2024, the Trust had an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest authorized with a par value of $0.00001 per share. The Fund has the ability to issue multiple classes of shares. Each class of shares represents an identical interest and has the same rights, except that each class bears certain direct expenses, including those specifically related to the distribution of its shares.
Transactions in shares of each class were as follows:
| Six Months Ended April 30, 2024 | Year Ended October 31, 2023 | |||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | |||||||||||||
| Class A | ||||||||||||||||
| Shares sold | 73,253 | $ | 808,207 | 222,869 | $ | 2,524,972 | ||||||||||
| Shares issued on reinvestment | 19,592 | 221,119 | 31,572 | 360,961 | ||||||||||||
| Shares repurchased | (357,878) | (3,972,456) | (481,567) | (5,449,297) | ||||||||||||
| Net decrease | (265,033) | $ | (2,943,130) | (227,126) | $ | (2,563,364) | ||||||||||
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| Six Months Ended April 30, 2024 | Year Ended October 31, 2023 | |||||||||||||||
| Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | |||||||||||||
| Class C | ||||||||||||||||
| Shares sold | 187 | $ | 2,096 | 9,703 | $ | 112,529 | ||||||||||
| Shares issued on reinvestment | 653 | 7,322 | 576 | 6,576 | ||||||||||||
| Shares repurchased | (1,332) | (14,607) | (31,086) | (352,820) | ||||||||||||
| Net decrease | (492) | $ | (5,189) | (20,807) | $ | (233,715) | ||||||||||
| Class FI | ||||||||||||||||
| Shares sold | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
| Shares issued on reinvestment | 143 | $ | 1,631 | 211 | $ | 2,436 | ||||||||||
| Shares repurchased | — | — | (3,729) | (44,779) | ||||||||||||
| Net increase (decrease) | 143 | $ | 1,631 | (3,518) | $ | (42,343) | ||||||||||
| Class R | ||||||||||||||||
| Shares sold | 1 | $ | 8 | — | — | |||||||||||
| Shares issued on reinvestment | 0 | * | 2 | 0 | * | $ | 2 | |||||||||
| Shares repurchased | (1) | (8) | (2) | (28) | ||||||||||||
| Net increase (decrease) | — | $ | 2 | (2) | $ | (26) | ||||||||||
| Class I | ||||||||||||||||
| Shares sold | 1,108,119 | $ | 12,478,779 | 4,185,248 | $ | 48,164,709 | ||||||||||
| Shares issued on reinvestment | 108,219 | 1,229,166 | 279,366 | 3,215,929 | ||||||||||||
| Shares repurchased | (3,219,941) | (36,140,664) | (12,198,132) | (141,841,322) | ||||||||||||
| Net decrease | (2,003,603) | $ | (22,432,719) | (7,733,518) | $ | (90,460,684) | ||||||||||
| Class IS | ||||||||||||||||
| Shares sold | 601,434 | $ | 6,751,499 | 4,729,975 | $ | 54,553,147 | ||||||||||
| Shares issued on reinvestment | 200,103 | 2,277,267 | 344,657 | 3,969,884 | ||||||||||||
| Shares repurchased | (1,567,671) | (17,596,744) | (16,482,561) | (191,028,228) | ||||||||||||
| Net decrease | (766,134) | $ | (8,567,978) | (11,407,929) | $ | (132,505,197) | ||||||||||
| * | Less than 1 share. |
8. Transactions with affiliated company
As defined by the 1940 Act, an affiliated company is one in which the Fund owns 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities, or a company which is under common ownership or control with the Fund. The following company was considered an affiliated company for
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Notes to financial statements (unaudited) (cont’d)
all or some portion of the six months ended April 30, 2024. The following transactions were effected in such company for the six months ended April 30, 2024.
| Affiliate Value at October 31, 2023 | Purchased | Sold | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cost | Shares | Proceeds | Shares | |||||||||||||||||
| Western Asset Premier Institutional U.S. Treasury Reserves, Premium Shares | $ | 4,850,260 | $ | 59,751,652 | 59,751,652 | $ | 61,164,912 | 61,164,912 | ||||||||||||
| (cont’d) | Realized Gain (Loss) | Dividend Income | Net Increase (Decrease) in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | Affiliate Value at April 30, 2024 | ||||||||||||
Western Asset Premier Institutional U.S. Treasury Reserves, Premium Shares | — | $ | 149,079 | — | $ | 3,437,000 | ||||||||||
9. Redemption facility
The Fund, together with other U.S. registered and foreign investment funds (collectively, the “Borrowers”) managed by Franklin Resources or its affiliates, is a borrower in a joint syndicated senior unsecured credit facility totaling $2.675 billion (the “Global Credit Facility”). The Global Credit Facility provides a source of funds to the Borrowers for temporary and emergency purposes, including the ability to meet future unanticipated or unusually large redemption requests. Unless renewed, the Global Credit Facility will terminate on January 31, 2025.
Under the terms of the Global Credit Facility, the Fund shall, in addition to interest charged on any borrowings made by the Fund and other costs incurred by the Fund, pay its share of fees and expenses incurred in connection with the implementation and maintenance of the Global Credit Facility, based upon its relative share of the aggregate net assets of all the Borrowers, including an annual commitment fee of 0.15% based upon the unused portion of the Global Credit Facility. These fees are reflected in the Statement of Operations. The Fund did not utilize the Global Credit Facility during the six months ended April 30, 2024.
10. Deferred capital losses
As of October 31, 2023, the Fund had deferred capital losses of $128,382,017, which have no expiration date, that will be available to offset future taxable capital gains.
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BrandywineGLOBAL —
Global Unconstrained Bond Fund
Trustees
Andrew L. Breech
Stephen R. Gross
Susan M. Heilbron
Arnold L. Lehman
Robin J. W. Masters
Ken Miller
G. Peter O’Brien*
Chair
Thomas F. Schlafly
Jane Trust
| * | Effective February 7, 2024, Mr. O’Brien became Chair of the Board. |
Investment manager
Franklin Templeton Fund Adviser, LLC
Subadviser
Brandywine Global Investment
Management, LLC
Distributor
Franklin Distributors, LLC
Custodian
The Bank of New York Mellon
Transfer agent
Franklin Templeton Investor
Services, LLC
3344 Quality Drive
Rancho Cordova, CA 95670-7313
Independent registered public accounting firm
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Baltimore, MD
BrandywineGLOBAL — Global Unconstrained Bond Fund
The Fund is a separate investment series of Legg Mason Global Asset Management Trust, a Maryland statutory trust.
BrandywineGLOBAL — Global Unconstrained Bond Fund
Legg Mason Funds
100 International Drive
Baltimore, MD 21202
The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The Fund’s Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. To obtain information on Form N-PORT, shareholders can call the Fund at 877-6LM-FUND/656-3863.
Information on how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the prior 12-month period ended June 30th of each year and a description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies related to portfolio transactions are available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund at 877-6LM-FUND/656-3863, (2) at www.franklintempleton.com and (3) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of BrandywineGLOBAL — Global Unconstrained Bond Fund. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the Fund unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus.
Investors should consider the Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. The prospectus contains this and other important information about the Fund. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.
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| ITEM 2. | CODE OF ETHICS. |
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| ITEM 3. | AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT. |
Not applicable.
| ITEM 4. | PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES. |
Not applicable.
| ITEM 5. | AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS. |
Not applicable.
| ITEM 6. | SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS. |
Included herein under Item 1.
| ITEM 7. | DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES. |
Not applicable.
| ITEM 8. | PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES. |
Not applicable.
| ITEM 9. | PURCHASES OF SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS. |
Not applicable.
| ITEM 10. | SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS. |
Not applicable.
| ITEM 11. | CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES. |
| (a) | The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a- 3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of the disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. |
| (b) | There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are likely to materially affect the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
| ITEM 12. | DISCLOSURE OF SECURITIES LENDING ACTIVITIES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES. |
Not applicable.
| ITEM 13. | RECOVERY OF ERRONEOUSLY AWARDED COMPENSATION. |
| (a) | Not applicable. |
| (b) | Not applicable. |
| ITEM 14. | EXHIBITS. |
(a) (1) Not applicable.
Exhibit 99.CODE ETH
(a) (2) Certifications pursuant to section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 attached hereto.
(b) Certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 attached hereto.
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, there unto duly authorized.
Legg Mason Global Asset Management Trust
| By: | /s/ Jane Trust | |
| Jane Trust | ||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||
| Date: | June 26, 2024 | |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
| By: | /s/ Jane Trust | |
| Jane Trust | ||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||
| Date: | June 26, 2024 | |
| By: | /s/ Christopher Berarducci | |
| Christopher Berarducci | ||
| Principal Financial Officer | ||
| Date: | June 26, 2024 | |