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 | 811-07820 | |||||||||||||||||||
AMERICAN CENTURY CAPITAL PORTFOLIOS, INC. | ||||||||||||||||||||
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) | ||||||||||||||||||||
4500 MAIN STREET, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI | 64111 | |||||||||||||||||||
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||||||||||||||||||
JOHN PAK 4500 MAIN STREET, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 64111 | ||||||||||||||||||||
(Name and address of agent for service) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: | 816-531-5575 | |||||||||||||||||||
Date of fiscal year end: | 03-31 | |||||||||||||||||||
Date of reporting period: | 09-30-2022 |
ITEM 1. REPORTS TO STOCKHOLDERS.
(a) Provided under separate cover.
Semiannual Report | |||||
September 30, 2022 | |||||
Equity Income Fund | |||||
Investor Class (TWEIX) | |||||
I Class (ACIIX) | |||||
Y Class (AEIYX) | |||||
A Class (TWEAX) | |||||
C Class (AEYIX) | |||||
R Class (AEURX) | |||||
R5 Class (AEIUX) | |||||
R6 Class (AEUDX) | |||||
G Class (AEIMX) |
Table of Contents |
President’s Letter | |||||
Fund Characteristics | |||||
Shareholder Fee Example | |||||
Schedule of Investments | |||||
Statement of Assets and Liabilities | |||||
Statement of Operations | |||||
Statement of Changes in Net Assets | |||||
Notes to Financial Statements | |||||
Financial Highlights | |||||
Approval of Management Agreement | |||||
Additional Information |
Any opinions expressed in this report reflect those of the author as of the date of the report, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of American Century Investments® or any other person in the American Century Investments organization. Any such opinions are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and American Century Investments disclaims any responsibility to update such opinions. These opinions may not be relied upon as investment advice and, because investment decisions made by American Century Investments funds are based on numerous factors, may not be relied upon as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any American Century Investments fund. Security examples are used for representational purposes only and are not intended as recommendations to purchase or sell securities. Performance information for comparative indices and securities is provided to American Century Investments by third party vendors. To the best of American Century Investments’ knowledge, such information is accurate at the time of printing.
President’s Letter |
Jonathan Thomas
Dear Investor:
Thank you for reviewing this semiannual report for the period ending September 30, 2022. It provides a market overview (below), followed by a schedule of fund investments and other financial information. For additional investment insights, please visit americancentury.com.
Inflation, Rates, Recession Worries Weighed on Financial Markets
The reporting period began with financial markets digesting the effects of soaring inflation, heightened market volatility and slowing growth. For more than a year, the effects of massive fiscal and monetary support, escalating energy prices, supply chain breakdowns and labor market shortages had driven inflation to multidecade highs. The Russia-Ukraine war continued to nudge commodity prices even higher, exacerbating existing inflationary pressures and further damaging global supply chains.
The Federal Reserve (Fed), which began tightening in March with a 25-basis-points (bps) hike, increased rates an additional 275 bps during the six-month period. Inflation was slow to respond, climbing to a 40-year-high 9.1% in June before slipping to 8.2% in September, largely due to falling gasoline prices. Policymakers indicated taming inflation remains their priority, even as the economy contracted in 2022’s first two quarters and an official recession appeared imminent.
In addition to fueling recession risk, the combination of elevated inflation and a hawkish Fed helped push Treasury yields sharply higher and stock prices significantly lower. Amid persistent market unrest, most stock and bond indices ended the six-month period with steep losses. Stocks, as measured by the S&P 500 Index, plunged more than 20%, while bonds, as measured by the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, tumbled more than 9%.
Staying Disciplined in Uncertain Times
We expect market volatility to linger as investors navigate a complex environment of high inflation, rising interest rates and economic uncertainty. In addition, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine complicates an increasingly tense geopolitical backdrop and threatens global energy markets. We will continue to monitor this evolving situation and what it broadly means for investors across asset classes.
We appreciate your confidence in us during these extraordinary times. Our firm has a long history of helping clients weather unpredictable markets, and we’re confident we will continue to meet today’s challenges.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Thomas
President and Chief Executive Officer
American Century Investments
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Fund Characteristics |
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 | |||||
Types of Investments in Portfolio | % of net assets | ||||
Common Stocks | 74.6% | ||||
Preferred Stocks | 9.8% | ||||
Exchange-Traded Funds | 4.2% | ||||
Equity-Linked Notes | 3.4% | ||||
Convertible Preferred Stocks | 2.2% | ||||
Convertible Bonds | 2.0% | ||||
Short-Term Investments | 4.1% | ||||
Other Assets and Liabilities | (0.3)% | ||||
Top Five Industries* | % of net assets | ||||
Banks | 10.0% | ||||
Pharmaceuticals | 7.3% | ||||
Capital Markets | 6.4% | ||||
Health Care Equipment and Supplies | 6.4% | ||||
Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels | 6.3% |
*Exposure indicated excludes Exchange-Traded Funds. The Schedule of Investments provides additional information on the fund's portfolio holdings.
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Shareholder Fee Example |
Fund shareholders may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments and redemption/exchange fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and service (12b-1) fees; and other fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing cost of investing in other mutual funds.
The example is based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from April 1, 2022 to September 30, 2022.
Actual Expenses
The table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses for each class. You may use the information, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. First, identify the share class you own. Then simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number under the heading “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
If you hold Investor Class shares of any American Century Investments mutual fund, or I Class shares of the American Century Diversified Bond Fund, in an American Century Investments account (i.e., not through a financial intermediary or employer-sponsored retirement plan account), American Century Investments may charge you a $25 annual account maintenance fee if the value of those shares is less than $10,000. We will redeem shares automatically in one of your accounts to pay the $25 fee. In determining your total eligible investment amount, we will include your investments in all personal accounts (including American Century Investments brokerage accounts) registered under your Social Security number. Personal accounts include individual accounts, joint accounts, UGMA/UTMA accounts, personal trusts, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts and IRAs (including traditional, Roth, Rollover, SEP-, SARSEP- and SIMPLE-IRAs), and certain other retirement accounts. If you have only business, business retirement, employer-sponsored or American Century Investments brokerage accounts, you are currently not subject to this fee. If you are subject to the account maintenance fee, your account value could be reduced by the fee amount.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The table also provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio of each class of your fund and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the actual return of a fund’s share class. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in your fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads) or redemption/exchange fees. 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 transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
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Beginning Account Value 4/1/22 | Ending Account Value 9/30/22 | Expenses Paid During Period(1) 4/1/22 - 9/30/22 | Annualized Expense Ratio(1) | |||||||||||
Actual | ||||||||||||||
Investor Class | $1,000 | $875.30 | $4.33 | 0.92% | ||||||||||
I Class | $1,000 | $877.30 | $3.39 | 0.72% | ||||||||||
Y Class | $1,000 | $877.20 | $2.68 | 0.57% | ||||||||||
A Class | $1,000 | $874.20 | $5.50 | 1.17% | ||||||||||
C Class | $1,000 | $870.90 | $9.00 | 1.92% | ||||||||||
R Class | $1,000 | $873.60 | $6.67 | 1.42% | ||||||||||
R5 Class | $1,000 | $877.20 | $3.39 | 0.72% | ||||||||||
R6 Class | $1,000 | $878.10 | $2.68 | 0.57% | ||||||||||
G Class | $1,000 | $879.60 | $0.05 | 0.01% | ||||||||||
Hypothetical | ||||||||||||||
Investor Class | $1,000 | $1,020.46 | $4.66 | 0.92% | ||||||||||
I Class | $1,000 | $1,021.46 | $3.65 | 0.72% | ||||||||||
Y Class | $1,000 | $1,022.21 | $2.89 | 0.57% | ||||||||||
A Class | $1,000 | $1,019.20 | $5.92 | 1.17% | ||||||||||
C Class | $1,000 | $1,015.44 | $9.70 | 1.92% | ||||||||||
R Class | $1,000 | $1,017.95 | $7.18 | 1.42% | ||||||||||
R5 Class | $1,000 | $1,021.46 | $3.65 | 0.72% | ||||||||||
R6 Class | $1,000 | $1,022.21 | $2.89 | 0.57% | ||||||||||
G Class | $1,000 | $1,025.02 | $0.05 | 0.01% |
(1)Expenses are equal to the class's annualized expense ratio listed in the table above, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183, the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year, divided by 365, to reflect the one-half year period. Annualized expense ratio reflects actual expenses, including any applicable fee waivers or expense reimbursements and excluding any acquired fund fees and expenses.
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Schedule of Investments |
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 (UNAUDITED)
Shares/ Principal Amount | Value | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS — 74.6% | ||||||||
Aerospace and Defense — 2.4% | ||||||||
Raytheon Technologies Corp. | 2,796,927 | $ | 228,956,444 | |||||
Air Freight and Logistics — 0.4% | ||||||||
FedEx Corp. | 43,000 | 6,384,210 | ||||||
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B | 174,414 | 28,174,838 | ||||||
34,559,048 | ||||||||
Auto Components — 0.2% | ||||||||
Bridgestone Corp. | 556,900 | 18,010,655 | ||||||
Banks — 3.0% | ||||||||
Commerce Bancshares, Inc. | 598,347 | 39,586,637 | ||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 1,299,900 | 135,839,550 | ||||||
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 399,323 | 59,666,843 | ||||||
Truist Financial Corp. | 299,000 | 13,018,460 | ||||||
U.S. Bancorp | 999,800 | 40,311,936 | ||||||
288,423,426 | ||||||||
Beverages — 2.2% | ||||||||
PepsiCo, Inc. | 1,274,593 | 208,090,053 | ||||||
Capital Markets — 4.2% | ||||||||
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | 251,093 | 63,262,882 | ||||||
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | 2,599,808 | 100,144,604 | ||||||
BlackRock, Inc. | 79,575 | 43,788,531 | ||||||
Northern Trust Corp. | 1,099,932 | 94,110,182 | ||||||
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. | 998,616 | 104,864,666 | ||||||
406,170,865 | ||||||||
Chemicals — 3.1% | ||||||||
Akzo Nobel NV | 1,499,910 | 84,999,821 | ||||||
Linde PLC | 799,131 | 215,437,726 | ||||||
300,437,547 | ||||||||
Commercial Services and Supplies — 0.9% | ||||||||
Republic Services, Inc. | 623,575 | 84,831,143 | ||||||
Communications Equipment — 1.7% | ||||||||
Cisco Systems, Inc. | 3,999,677 | 159,987,080 | ||||||
Containers and Packaging — 1.1% | ||||||||
Amcor PLC | 2,198,900 | 23,594,197 | ||||||
Packaging Corp. of America | 699,221 | 78,515,526 | ||||||
102,109,723 | ||||||||
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.1% | ||||||||
Deutsche Telekom AG | 576,600 | 9,814,691 | ||||||
Verizon Communications, Inc. | 4,999,755 | 189,840,697 | ||||||
199,655,388 | ||||||||
Electric Utilities — 1.3% | ||||||||
Duke Energy Corp. | 718,659 | 66,849,660 | ||||||
Eversource Energy | 791,695 | 61,720,542 | ||||||
128,570,202 | ||||||||
Electrical Equipment — 3.5% | ||||||||
Emerson Electric Co. | 2,198,590 | 160,980,760 | ||||||
Hubbell, Inc. | 793,635 | 176,980,605 | ||||||
337,961,365 |
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Shares/ Principal Amount | Value | |||||||
Electronic Equipment, Instruments and Components — 1.3% | ||||||||
Corning, Inc. | 2,999,521 | $ | 87,046,100 | |||||
TE Connectivity Ltd. | 317,100 | 34,995,156 | ||||||
122,041,256 | ||||||||
Energy Equipment and Services — 0.2% | ||||||||
Baker Hughes Co. | 999,992 | 20,959,832 | ||||||
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 1.0% | ||||||||
American Tower Corp. | 259,641 | 55,744,923 | ||||||
Public Storage | 99,300 | 29,076,033 | ||||||
Welltower, Inc. | 199,435 | 12,827,659 | ||||||
97,648,615 | ||||||||
Food and Staples Retailing — 2.7% | ||||||||
Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV | 3,399,609 | 86,592,895 | ||||||
Walmart, Inc. | 1,345,995 | 174,575,551�� | ||||||
261,168,446 | ||||||||
Food Products — 3.8% | ||||||||
Hershey Co. | 479,763 | 105,773,349 | ||||||
Mondelez International, Inc., Class A | 2,399,496 | 131,564,366 | ||||||
Nestle SA | 1,199,536 | 129,738,588 | ||||||
367,076,303 | ||||||||
Gas Utilities — 5.4% | ||||||||
Atmos Energy Corp. | 1,459,402 | 148,640,094 | ||||||
ONE Gas, Inc.(1) | 2,787,912 | 196,241,125 | ||||||
Spire, Inc.(1) | 2,799,796 | 174,511,285 | ||||||
519,392,504 | ||||||||
Health Care Equipment and Supplies — 5.0% | ||||||||
Becton Dickinson and Co. | 299,822 | 66,809,336 | ||||||
Medtronic PLC | 5,098,904 | 411,736,498 | ||||||
478,545,834 | ||||||||
Health Care Providers and Services — 0.6% | ||||||||
Quest Diagnostics, Inc. | 99,817 | 12,246,548 | ||||||
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | 99,900 | 50,453,496 | ||||||
62,700,044 | ||||||||
Hotels, Restaurants and Leisure — 0.2% | ||||||||
Sodexo SA | 299,500 | 22,492,546 | ||||||
Household Products — 2.2% | ||||||||
Colgate-Palmolive Co. | 999,635 | 70,224,359 | ||||||
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Preference Shares | 599,600 | 35,608,462 | ||||||
Kimberly-Clark Corp. | 598,700 | 67,377,698 | ||||||
Procter & Gamble Co. | 289,820 | 36,589,775 | ||||||
209,800,294 | ||||||||
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.3% | ||||||||
Siemens AG | 299,800 | 29,303,305 | ||||||
Insurance — 3.4% | ||||||||
Aflac, Inc. | 1,199,848 | 67,431,457 | ||||||
Allstate Corp. | 399,507 | 49,750,607 | ||||||
Chubb Ltd. | 292,682 | 53,233,002 | ||||||
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. | 886,441 | 132,336,777 | ||||||
MetLife, Inc. | 498,700 | 30,310,986 | ||||||
333,062,829 | ||||||||
IT Services — 2.0% | ||||||||
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. | 870,205 | 196,831,669 |
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Shares/ Principal Amount | Value | |||||||
Machinery — 0.2% | ||||||||
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. | 208,300 | $ | 15,666,243 | |||||
Media — 0.2% | ||||||||
Comcast Corp., Class A | 658,800 | 19,322,604 | ||||||
Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels — 6.3% | ||||||||
Chevron Corp. | 799,883 | 114,919,191 | ||||||
Enterprise Products Partners LP | 7,998,356 | 190,200,906 | ||||||
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 2,493,500 | 217,707,485 | ||||||
TotalEnergies SE | 1,899,417 | 89,110,285 | ||||||
611,937,867 | ||||||||
Personal Products — 1.7% | ||||||||
Unilever PLC | 3,797,314 | 167,143,814 | ||||||
Pharmaceuticals — 7.3% | ||||||||
Johnson & Johnson | 2,775,339 | 453,379,379 | ||||||
Merck & Co., Inc. | 116,900 | 10,067,428 | ||||||
Roche Holding AG | 663,962 | 216,141,260 | ||||||
Sanofi, ADR | 598,700 | 22,762,574 | ||||||
702,350,641 | ||||||||
Road and Rail — 1.3% | ||||||||
Norfolk Southern Corp. | 599,819 | 125,752,053 | ||||||
Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment — 0.9% | ||||||||
Texas Instruments, Inc. | 593,313 | 91,832,986 | ||||||
Software — 1.8% | ||||||||
Microsoft Corp. | 749,106 | 174,466,787 | ||||||
Thrifts and Mortgage Finance — 0.7% | ||||||||
Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.(1) | 7,926,086 | 65,786,514 | ||||||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $6,062,767,861) | 7,193,045,925 | |||||||
PREFERRED STOCKS — 9.8% | ||||||||
Banks — 6.5% | ||||||||
Bank of America Corp., 5.875% | 47,338,000 | 40,651,508 | ||||||
Bank of America Corp., 6.30% | 45,282,000 | 44,706,919 | ||||||
Citigroup, Inc., 5.95%(2) | 69,962,000 | 69,305,756 | ||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 4.60% | 79,669,000 | 69,598,838 | ||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 5.00% | 156,750,000 | 141,447,281 | ||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 6.28% | 82,210,000 | 82,209,402 | ||||||
Truist Financial Corp., 4.95% | 79,993,000 | 77,056,457 | ||||||
Truist Financial Corp., 5.10% | 19,977,000 | 17,812,285 | ||||||
U.S. Bancorp, 5.30% | 100,026,000 | 84,507,125 | ||||||
627,295,571 | ||||||||
Capital Markets — 2.2% | ||||||||
Bank of New York Mellon Corp., 4.70%(2) | 64,976,000 | 62,376,960 | ||||||
Charles Schwab Corp., 5.375% | 69,980,000 | 68,405,450 | ||||||
Charles Schwab Corp., Series I, 4.00%(2) | 95,864,000 | 78,748,035 | ||||||
209,530,445 | ||||||||
Electric Utilities — 0.6% | ||||||||
Duke Energy Corp., 4.875% | 59,886,000 | 53,822,101 | ||||||
Insurance — 0.3% | ||||||||
Progressive Corp., 5.375% | 29,946,000 | 27,861,845 | ||||||
Multi-Utilities — 0.2% | ||||||||
Dominion Energy, Inc., 4.65%(2) | 23,168,000 | 20,521,130 | ||||||
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS (Cost $1,028,487,076) | 939,031,092 |
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Shares/ Principal Amount | Value | |||||||
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS — 4.2% | ||||||||
iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF (Cost $449,335,260) | 2,999,548 | $ | 407,908,532 | |||||
EQUITY-LINKED NOTES — 3.4% | ||||||||
Biotechnology — 0.4% | ||||||||
UBS AG, (convertible into Gilead Sciences, Inc.), 3.55%, 10/24/22(3) | $ | 619,200 | 39,353,256 | |||||
Diversified Financial Services — 1.4% | ||||||||
Citigroup Global Markets Holdings, Inc., (convertible into Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B), 4.49%, 12/28/22(3) | 99,900 | 27,015,957 | ||||||
Citigroup Global Markets Holdings, Inc., (convertible into Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B), 5.47%, 2/27/23(3) | 39,900 | 11,170,604 | ||||||
Goldman Sachs International, (convertible into Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B), 4.45%, 11/14/22(3) | 70,100 | 21,356,666 | ||||||
Goldman Sachs International, (convertible into Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B), 5.75%, 1/19/23(3) | 99,900 | 27,345,127 | ||||||
Royal Bank of Canada, (convertible into Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B), 4.18%, 3/8/23(3) | 99,900 | 28,390,581 | ||||||
UBS AG, (convertible into Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B), 6.50%, 3/23/23(3) | 66,200 | 17,894,191 | ||||||
133,173,126 | ||||||||
Electrical Equipment — 0.2% | ||||||||
Royal Bank of Canada, (convertible into Rockwell Automation, Inc.), 7.28%, 11/9/22(3) | 66,700 | 14,625,976 | ||||||
Machinery — 0.4% | ||||||||
Citigroup Global Markets Holdings, Inc., (convertible into Deere & Co.), 13.22%, 12/29/22(3) | 99,000 | 30,229,650 | ||||||
Merrill Lynch International & Co. CV, (convertible into Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.), 9.70%, 11/2/22(3) | 140,000 | 10,963,400 | ||||||
41,193,050 | ||||||||
Metals and Mining — 0.6% | ||||||||
JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., (convertible into Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.), 22.60%, 10/25/22(3) | 573,200 | 16,915,132 | ||||||
JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., (convertible into Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.), 22.00%, 1/24/23(3) | 1,099,000 | 32,282,026 | ||||||
Royal Bank of Canada, (convertible into Newmont Corp.), 11.04%, 11/2/22(3) | 266,500 | 11,733,995 | ||||||
60,931,153 | ||||||||
Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment — 0.4% | ||||||||
JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., (convertible into Applied Materials, Inc.), 19.85%, 1/24/23(3) | 250,000 | 22,177,375 | ||||||
Merrill Lynch International & Co. CV, (convertible into Texas Instruments, Inc.), 11.60%, 11/9/22(3) | 115,100 | 19,617,644 | ||||||
41,795,019 | ||||||||
TOTAL EQUITY LINKED NOTES (Cost $356,853,802) | 331,071,580 | |||||||
CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS — 2.2% | ||||||||
Banks — 0.5% | ||||||||
Bank of America Corp., 7.25%(2) | 39,900 | 46,902,450 | ||||||
Electric Utilities — 0.3% | ||||||||
NextEra Energy, Inc., 6.93%, 9/1/25 | 699,945 | 32,046,982 | ||||||
Health Care Equipment and Supplies — 1.4% | ||||||||
Becton Dickinson and Co., 6.00%, 6/1/23(2) | 2,799,928 | 131,988,606 | ||||||
TOTAL CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS (Cost $235,577,838) | 210,938,038 |
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Shares/ Principal Amount | Value | |||||||
CONVERTIBLE BONDS — 2.0% | ||||||||
Airlines — 0.2% | ||||||||
Southwest Airlines Co., 1.25%, 5/1/25(2) | $ | 19,934,000 | $ | 22,829,413 | ||||
Hotels, Restaurants and Leisure — 0.7% | ||||||||
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc., 0.625%, 6/15/26 | 79,969,000 | 66,718,137 | ||||||
Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment — 1.1% | ||||||||
Microchip Technology, Inc., 0.125%, 11/15/24(2) | 103,915,000 | 105,738,801 | ||||||
TOTAL CONVERTIBLE BONDS (Cost $213,059,778) | 195,286,351 | |||||||
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 4.1% | ||||||||
Discount Notes(4) — 1.5% | ||||||||
Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes, 2.65%, 10/3/22 | 142,410,000 | 142,410,000 | ||||||
Money Market Fund — 0.7% | ||||||||
State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio(5) | 70,546,210 | 70,546,210 | ||||||
Repurchase Agreements — 1.9% | ||||||||
BMO Capital Markets Corp., (collateralized by various U.S. Treasury obligations, 0.625% - 4.625%, 1/15/25 - 5/15/47, valued at 30,668,624), in a joint trading account at 2.86%, dated 9/30/22, due 10/3/22 (Delivery value 30,154,502) | 30,147,316 | |||||||
Fixed Income Clearing Corp., (collateralized by various U.S. Treasury obligations, 2.75%, 2/15/28, valued at 153,849,741), at 2.95%, dated 9/30/22, due 10/3/22 (Delivery value 150,870,080) | 150,833,000 | |||||||
180,980,316 | ||||||||
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost $393,915,956) | 393,936,526 | |||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENT SECURITIES — 100.3% (Cost $8,739,997,571) | 9,671,218,044 | |||||||
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES — (0.3)% | (28,828,612) | |||||||
TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0% | $ | 9,642,389,432 |
WRITTEN OPTIONS CONTRACTS | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Reference Entity | Contracts | Type | Exercise Price | Expiration Date | Underlying Notional Amount | Premiums Received | Value | ||||||||||||||||
AllianceBernstein Holding LP | 1,817 | Put | $ | 35.00 | 10/21/22 | $ | 6,370,402 | $ | (126,913) | $ | (199,870) | ||||||||||||
Apple, Inc. | 514 | Put | $ | 115.00 | 10/21/22 | $ | 7,103,480 | (24,576) | (30,583) | ||||||||||||||
BlackRock, Inc. | 543 | Put | $ | 480.00 | 10/21/22 | $ | 29,880,204 | (167,274) | (247,065) | ||||||||||||||
FedEx Corp. | 638 | Put | $ | 120.00 | 10/21/22 | $ | 9,472,386 | (52,460) | (20,416) | ||||||||||||||
Home Depot, Inc. | 348 | Put | $ | 230.00 | 10/21/22 | $ | 9,602,712 | (42,776) | (21,054) | ||||||||||||||
Kimberly-Clark Corp. | 1,337 | Put | $ | 110.00 | 10/21/22 | $ | 15,046,598 | (117,320) | (213,920) | ||||||||||||||
Linde PLC | 615 | Put | $ | 230.00 | 10/21/22 | $ | 16,579,785 | (67,272) | (73,800) | ||||||||||||||
Norfolk Southern Corp. | 434 | Put | $ | 180.00 | 10/21/22 | $ | 9,098,810 | (40,279) | (37,975) | ||||||||||||||
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. | 512 | Put | $ | 90.00 | 10/21/22 | $ | 5,376,512 | (24,544) | (26,880) | ||||||||||||||
Truist Financial Corp. | 1,547 | Put | $ | 40.00 | 10/21/22 | $ | 6,735,638 | (72,932) | (77,350) | ||||||||||||||
$ | (736,345) | $ | (948,913) |
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FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS | ||||||||||||||||||||
Currency Purchased | Currency Sold | Counterparty | Settlement Date | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | ||||||||||||||||
USD | 298,265,407 | CHF | 289,820,022 | Morgan Stanley | 12/30/22 | $ | 1,810,123 | |||||||||||||
EUR | 13,051,391 | USD | 12,629,492 | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | 12/30/22 | 252,693 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 477,118,745 | EUR | 485,619,515 | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | 12/30/22 | (2,204,894) | ||||||||||||||
JPY | 475,025,815 | USD | 3,326,837 | Bank of America N.A. | 12/30/22 | (10,797) | ||||||||||||||
JPY | 101,664,420 | USD | 710,200 | Bank of America N.A. | 12/30/22 | (505) | ||||||||||||||
JPY | 113,426,295 | USD | 791,980 | Bank of America N.A. | 12/30/22 | (179) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 21,161,938 | JPY | 2,980,256,400 | Bank of America N.A. | 12/30/22 | 357,486 | ||||||||||||||
$ | 203,927 |
NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS | ||||||||
ADR | - | American Depositary Receipt | ||||||
CHF | - | Swiss Franc | ||||||
EUR | - | Euro | ||||||
JPY | - | Japanese Yen | ||||||
USD | - | United States Dollar |
(1)Affiliated Company: the fund’s holding represents ownership of 5% or more of the voting securities of the company; therefore, the company is affiliated as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.
(2)Security, or a portion thereof, is on loan. At the period end, the aggregate value of securities on loan was $70,373,507. The amount of securities on loan indicated may not correspond with the securities on loan identified because securities with pending sales are in the process of recall from the brokers.
(3)Security was purchased pursuant to Rule 144A or Section 4(2) under the Securities Act of 1933 and may be sold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional investors. The aggregate value of these securities at the period end was $331,071,580, which represented 3.4% of total net assets.
(4)The rate indicated is the yield to maturity at purchase for non-interest bearing securities. For interest bearing securities, the stated coupon rate is shown.
(5)Investment of cash collateral from securities on loan. At the period end, the aggregate value of the collateral held by the fund was $71,731,146, which includes securities collateral of $1,184,936.
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities |
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 (UNAUDITED) | |||||
Assets | |||||
Investment securities - unaffiliated, at value (cost of $8,259,221,401) — including $70,373,507 of securities on loan | $ | 9,164,132,910 | |||
Investment securities - affiliated, at value (cost of $410,229,960) | 436,538,924 | ||||
Investment made with cash collateral received for securities on loan, at value (cost of $70,546,210) | 70,546,210 | ||||
Total investment securities, at value (cost of $8,739,997,571) | 9,671,218,044 | ||||
Cash | 1,691,388 | ||||
Deposits with broker for options contracts | 28,292,700 | ||||
Receivable for investments sold | 14,129,958 | ||||
Receivable for capital shares sold | 3,155,071 | ||||
Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts | 2,420,302 | ||||
Dividends and interest receivable | 27,586,118 | ||||
Securities lending receivable | 158,275 | ||||
9,748,651,856 | |||||
Liabilities | |||||
Written options, at value (premiums received $736,345) | 948,913 | ||||
Payable for collateral received for securities on loan | 70,546,210 | ||||
Payable for investments purchased | 17,645,340 | ||||
Payable for capital shares redeemed | 7,567,574 | ||||
Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts | 2,216,375 | ||||
Accrued management fees | 6,635,474 | ||||
Distribution and service fees payable | 361,937 | ||||
Accrued other expenses | 340,601 | ||||
106,262,424 | |||||
Net Assets | $ | 9,642,389,432 | |||
Net Assets Consist of: | |||||
Capital (par value and paid-in surplus) | $ | 8,097,110,672 | |||
Distributable earnings | 1,545,278,760 | ||||
$ | 9,642,389,432 |
Net Assets | Shares Outstanding | Net Asset Value Per Share* | |||||||||
Investor Class, $0.01 Par Value | $3,467,677,224 | 406,340,583 | $8.53 | ||||||||
I Class, $0.01 Par Value | $4,142,383,185 | 484,721,236 | $8.55 | ||||||||
Y Class, $0.01 Par Value | $223,915,217 | 26,169,214 | $8.56 | ||||||||
A Class, $0.01 Par Value | $718,174,342 | 84,164,219 | $8.53 | ||||||||
C Class, $0.01 Par Value | $214,745,011 | 25,171,424 | $8.53 | ||||||||
R Class, $0.01 Par Value | $39,048,633 | 4,596,598 | $8.50 | ||||||||
R5 Class, $0.01 Par Value | $57,307,882 | 6,713,277 | $8.54 | ||||||||
R6 Class, $0.01 Par Value | $779,132,203 | 91,073,286 | $8.56 | ||||||||
G Class, $0.01 Par Value | $5,735 | 670 | $8.56 |
*Maximum offering price per share was equal to the net asset value per share for all share classes, except Class A, for which the maximum offering price per share was $9.05 (net asset value divided by 0.9425). A contingent deferred sales charge may be imposed on redemptions of Class A and Class C.
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statement of Operations |
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 (UNAUDITED) | |||||
Investment Income (Loss) | |||||
Income: | |||||
Dividends (including $10,033,127 from affiliates and net of foreign taxes withheld of $1,965,825) | $ | 143,446,127 | |||
Interest | 27,902,628 | ||||
Securities lending, net | 514,952 | ||||
171,863,707 | |||||
Expenses: | |||||
Management fees | 42,496,630 | ||||
Distribution and service fees: | |||||
A Class | 1,003,574 | ||||
C Class | 1,235,933 | ||||
R Class | 109,632 | ||||
Directors' fees and expenses | 168,489 | ||||
Other expenses | 352,384 | ||||
45,366,642 | |||||
Fees waived - G Class | (18) | ||||
45,366,624 | |||||
Net investment income (loss) | 126,497,083 | ||||
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | |||||
Net realized gain (loss) on: | |||||
Investment transactions (including $1,348,879 from affiliates) | 191,860,969 | ||||
Forward foreign currency exchange contract transactions | 92,624,216 | ||||
Written options contract transactions | 4,733,764 | ||||
Foreign currency translation transactions | (204,338) | ||||
289,014,611 | |||||
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | |||||
Investments (including $(97,871,035) from affiliates) | (1,818,686,312) | ||||
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts | 5,110,435 | ||||
Written options contracts | (257,284) | ||||
Translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies | (529,748) | ||||
(1,814,362,909) | |||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | (1,525,348,298) | ||||
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | $ | (1,398,851,215) |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets |
SIX MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 (UNAUDITED) AND YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 2022 | ||||||||
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | September 30, 2022 | March 31, 2022 | ||||||
Operations | ||||||||
Net investment income (loss) | $ | 126,497,083 | $ | 228,936,656 | ||||
Net realized gain (loss) | 289,014,611 | 960,066,639 | ||||||
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (1,814,362,909) | 153,576,031 | ||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | (1,398,851,215) | 1,342,579,326 | ||||||
Distributions to Shareholders | ||||||||
From earnings: | ||||||||
Investor Class | (43,140,810) | (282,936,433) | ||||||
I Class | (54,986,567) | (351,310,719) | ||||||
Y Class | (3,183,412) | (19,904,820) | ||||||
A Class | (7,982,586) | (56,093,134) | ||||||
C Class | (1,555,237) | (16,328,252) | ||||||
R Class | (382,210) | (3,104,626) | ||||||
R5 Class | (756,850) | (4,527,186) | ||||||
R6 Class | (11,320,932) | (73,621,920) | ||||||
G Class | (96) | (476) | ||||||
Decrease in net assets from distributions | (123,308,700) | (807,827,566) | ||||||
Capital Share Transactions | ||||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from capital share transactions (Note 5) | (481,829,982) | (881,461,208) | ||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets | (2,003,989,897) | (346,709,448) | ||||||
Net Assets | ||||||||
Beginning of period | 11,646,379,329 | 11,993,088,777 | ||||||
End of period | $ | 9,642,389,432 | $ | 11,646,379,329 |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements |
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 (UNAUDITED)
1. Organization
American Century Capital Portfolios, Inc. (the corporation) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company and is organized as a Maryland corporation. Equity Income Fund (the fund) is one fund in a series issued by the corporation. The fund’s investment objective is to seek current income. Capital appreciation is a secondary objective.
The fund offers the Investor Class, I Class, Y Class, A Class, C Class, R Class, R5 Class, R6 Class and G Class. The A Class may incur an initial sales charge. The A Class and C Class may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge.
2. Significant Accounting Policies
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the fund in preparation of its financial statements. The fund is an investment company and follows accounting and reporting guidance in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. This may require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from these estimates. Management evaluated the impact of events or transactions occurring through the date the financial statements were issued that would merit recognition or disclosure.
Investment Valuations — The fund determines the fair value of its investments and computes its net asset value (NAV) per share at the close of regular trading (usually 4 p.m. Eastern time) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on each day the NYSE is open. The value of investments of the fund is determined by American Century Investment Management, Inc. (ACIM) (the investment advisor), as the valuation designee, pursuant to its valuation policies and procedures. The Board of Directors oversees the valuation designee and reviews its valuation policies and procedures at least annually.
Equity securities that are listed or traded on a domestic securities exchange are valued at the last reported sales price or at the official closing price as provided by the exchange. Equity securities traded on foreign securities exchanges are generally valued at the closing price of such securities on the exchange where primarily traded or at the close of the NYSE, if that is earlier. If no last sales price is reported, or if local convention or regulation so provides, the mean of the latest bid and asked prices may be used. Securities traded over-the-counter are valued at the mean of the latest bid and asked prices, the last sales price, or the official closing price. Equity securities initially expressed in local currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the mean of the appropriate currency exchange rate at the close of the NYSE as provided by an independent pricing service.
Fixed income securities are valued at the evaluated mean as provided by independent pricing services or at the mean of the most recent bid and asked prices as provided by investment dealers. Corporate bonds, U.S. Treasury and Government Agency securities and convertible bonds are valued using market models that consider trade data, quotations from dealers and active market makers, relevant yield curve and spread data, creditworthiness, trade data or market information on comparable securities, and other relevant security specific information.
Hybrid securities are valued at the evaluated mean as provided by independent pricing services or at the mean of the most recent bid and asked prices as provided by investment dealers. Preferred stocks and convertible preferred stocks with perpetual maturities are valued using market models that consider trade data, quotations from dealers and active market makers, relevant yield curve and spread data, creditworthiness, trade data or market information on comparable securities, and other relevant security specific information.
Open-end management investment companies are valued at the reported NAV per share. Equity-linked notes are valued at the mean using market models that consider quotations from dealer and active market makers. Repurchase agreements are valued at cost, which approximates fair value. Exchange-traded options contracts are valued at a mean as provided by independent pricing services. Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the mean of the appropriate forward exchange rate at the close of the NYSE as provided by an independent pricing service.
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If the valuation designee determines that the market price for a portfolio security is not readily available or is believed by the valuation designee to be unreliable, such security is valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the valuation designee, in accordance with its policies and procedures. Circumstances that may cause the fund to determine that market quotations are not available or reliable include, but are not limited to: when there is a significant event subsequent to the market quotation; trading in a security has been halted during the trading day; or trading in a security is insufficient or did not take place due to a closure or holiday.
The valuation designee monitors for significant events occurring after the close of an investment’s primary exchange but before the fund’s NAV per share is determined. Significant events may include, but are not limited to: corporate announcements and transactions; regulatory news, governmental action and political unrest that could impact a specific investment or an investment sector; or armed conflicts, natural disasters and similar events that could affect investments in a specific country or region. The valuation designee also monitors for significant fluctuations between domestic and foreign markets, as evidenced by the U.S. market or such other indicators that it deems appropriate. The valuation designee may apply a model-derived factor to the closing price of equity securities traded on foreign securities exchanges. The factor is based on observable market data as provided by an independent pricing service.
Security Transactions — Security transactions are accounted for as of the trade date. Net realized gains and losses are determined on the identified cost basis, which is also used for federal income tax purposes.
Investment Income — Dividend income less foreign taxes withheld, if any, is recorded as of the ex-dividend date. Distributions received on securities that represent a return of capital or long-term capital gain are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. The fund may estimate the components of distributions received that may be considered nontaxable distributions or long-term capital gain distributions for income tax purposes. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis and includes accretion of discounts and amortization of premiums. For convertible bonds, the premiums attributable only to the debt instrument are amortized. Securities lending income is net of fees and rebates earned by the lending agent for its services.
Equity-Linked Debt and Linked-Equity Securities — The fund may invest in hybrid equity securities, which usually convert into common stock at a date predetermined by the issuer. These securities generally offer a higher dividend yield than that of the common stock to which the security is linked. These instruments are issued by a company other than the one to which the security is linked and carry the credit of the issuer, not that of the underlying common stock. The securities’ appreciation is limited based on a predetermined final cap price at the date of the conversion. Risks of investing in these securities include, but are not limited to, a set time to capture the yield advantage, limited appreciation potential, decline in value of the underlying stock, and failure of the issuer to pay dividends or to deliver common stock at maturity.
Foreign Currency Translations — All assets and liabilities initially expressed in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at prevailing exchange rates at period end. The fund may enter into spot foreign currency exchange contracts to facilitate transactions denominated in a foreign currency. Purchases and sales of investment securities, dividend and interest income, spot foreign currency exchange contracts, and expenses are translated at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. Net realized and unrealized foreign currency exchange gains or losses related to investment securities are a component of net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, respectively.
Repurchase Agreements — The fund may enter into repurchase agreements with institutions that ACIM has determined are creditworthy pursuant to criteria adopted by the Board of Directors. The fund requires that the collateral, represented by securities, received in a repurchase transaction be transferred to the custodian in a manner sufficient to enable the fund to obtain those securities in the event of a default under the repurchase agreement. ACIM monitors, on a daily basis, the securities transferred to ensure the value, including accrued interest, of the securities under each repurchase agreement is equal to or greater than amounts owed to the fund under each repurchase agreement.
Joint Trading Account — Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the fund, along with certain other funds in the American Century Investments family of funds, may transfer uninvested cash balances into a joint trading account. These balances are invested in one or more repurchase agreements that are collateralized by U.S. Treasury or Agency obligations.
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Segregated Assets — In accordance with the 1940 Act, the fund segregates assets on its books and records to cover certain types of investment securities and other financial instruments. ACIM monitors, on a daily basis, the securities segregated to ensure the fund designates a sufficient amount of liquid assets, marked-to-market daily. The fund may also receive assets or be required to pledge assets at the custodian bank or with a broker for collateral requirements.
Income Tax Status — It is the fund’s policy to distribute substantially all net investment income and net realized gains to shareholders and to otherwise qualify as a regulated investment company under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Accordingly, no provision has been made for income taxes. The fund files U.S. federal, state, local and non-U.S. tax returns as applicable. The fund's tax returns are subject to examination by the relevant taxing authority until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, which is generally three years from the date of filing but can be longer in certain jurisdictions. At this time, management believes there are no uncertain tax positions which, based on their technical merit, would not be sustained upon examination and for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months.
Multiple Class — All shares of the fund represent an equal pro rata interest in the net assets of the class to which such shares belong, and have identical voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights and the same terms and conditions, except for class specific expenses and exclusive rights to vote on matters affecting only individual classes. Income, non-class specific expenses, and realized and unrealized capital gains and losses of the fund are allocated to each class of shares based on their relative net assets.
Distributions to Shareholders — Distributions from net investment income, if any, are generally declared and paid quarterly. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are generally declared and paid annually. The fund may elect to treat a portion of its payment to a redeeming shareholder, which represents the pro rata share of undistributed net investment income and net realized gains, as a distribution for federal income tax purposes (tax equalization).
Indemnifications — Under the corporation’s organizational documents, its officers and directors are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the fund. In addition, in the normal course of business, the fund enters into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against a fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered by management to be remote.
Securities Lending — Securities are lent to qualified financial institutions and brokers. State Street Bank & Trust Co. serves as securities lending agent to the fund pursuant to a Securities Lending Agreement. The lending of securities exposes the fund to risks such as: the borrowers may fail to return the loaned securities, the borrowers may not be able to provide additional collateral, the fund may experience delays in recovery of the loaned securities or delays in access to collateral, or the fund may experience losses related to the investment collateral. To minimize certain risks, loan counterparties pledge collateral in the form of cash and/or securities. The lending agent has agreed to indemnify the fund in the case of default of any securities borrowed. Cash collateral received is invested in the State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio, a money market mutual fund registered under the 1940 Act. The loans may also be secured by U.S. government securities in an amount at least equal to the market value of the securities loaned, plus accrued interest and dividends, determined on a daily basis and adjusted accordingly. By lending securities, the fund seeks to increase its net investment income through the receipt of interest and fees. Such income is reflected separately within the Statement of Operations. The value of loaned securities and related collateral outstanding at period end, if any, are shown on a gross basis within the Schedule of Investments and Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
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The following table reflects a breakdown of transactions accounted for as secured borrowings, the gross obligation by the type of collateral pledged, and the remaining contractual maturity of those transactions as of September 30, 2022.
Remaining Contractual Maturity of Agreements | |||||||||||||||||
Overnight and Continuous | <30 days | Between 30 & 90 days | >90 days | Total | |||||||||||||
Securities Lending Transactions(1) | |||||||||||||||||
Convertible Bonds | $ | 60,250,720 | — | — | — | $ | 60,250,720 | ||||||||||
Convertible Preferred Stocks | 5,207,004 | — | — | — | 5,207,004 | ||||||||||||
Preferred Stocks | 5,088,486 | — | — | — | 5,088,486 | ||||||||||||
Total Borrowings | $ | 70,546,210 | — | — | — | $ | 70,546,210 | ||||||||||
Gross amount of recognized liabilities for securities lending transactions | $ | 70,546,210 |
(1)Amount represents the payable for cash collateral received for securities on loan. This will generally be in the Overnight and Continuous column as the securities are typically callable on demand.
3. Fees and Transactions with Related Parties
Certain officers and directors of the corporation are also officers and/or directors of American Century Companies, Inc. (ACC). The corporation’s investment advisor, ACIM, the corporation's distributor, American Century Investment Services, Inc. (ACIS), and the corporation’s transfer agent, American Century Services, LLC, are wholly owned, directly or indirectly, by ACC.
Management Fees — The corporation has entered into a management agreement with ACIM, under which ACIM provides the fund with investment advisory and management services in exchange for a single, unified management fee (the fee) per class. The agreement provides that ACIM will pay all expenses of managing and operating the fund, except brokerage expenses, taxes, interest, fees and expenses of the independent directors (including legal counsel fees), extraordinary expenses, and expenses incurred in connection with the provision of shareholder services and distribution services under a plan adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. The fee is computed and accrued daily based on each class's daily net assets and paid monthly in arrears. The difference in the fee among the classes is a result of their separate arrangements for non-Rule 12b-1 shareholder services. It is not the result of any difference in advisory or custodial fees or other expenses related to the management of the fund's assets, which do not vary by class. The rate of the fee is determined by applying a fee rate calculation formula. This formula takes into account the fund's assets as well as certain assets, if any, of other clients of the investment advisor outside the American Century Investments family of funds (such as subadvised funds and separate accounts), as well as exchange-traded funds managed by the investment advisor, that use very similar investment teams and strategies (strategy assets). The investment advisor agreed to waive the G Class's management fee in its entirety. The investment advisor expects this waiver to remain in effect permanently and cannot terminate it without the approval of the Board of Directors.
The management fee schedule range and the effective annual management fee for each class for the period ended September 30, 2022 are as follows:
Management Fee Schedule Range | Effective Annual Management Fee | |||||||
Investor Class | 0.80% to 1.00% | 0.91% | ||||||
I Class | 0.60% to 0.80% | 0.71% | ||||||
Y Class | 0.45% to 0.65% | 0.56% | ||||||
A Class | 0.80% to 1.00% | 0.91% | ||||||
C Class | 0.80% to 1.00% | 0.91% | ||||||
R Class | 0.80% to 1.00% | 0.91% | ||||||
R5 Class | 0.60% to 0.80% | 0.71% | ||||||
R6 Class | 0.45% to 0.65% | 0.56% | ||||||
G Class | 0.45% to 0.65% | 0.00%(1) |
(1)Effective annual management fee before waiver was 0.56%.
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Distribution and Service Fees — The Board of Directors has adopted a separate Master Distribution and Individual Shareholder Services Plan for each of the A Class, C Class and R Class (collectively the plans), pursuant to Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act. The plans provide that the A Class will pay ACIS an annual distribution and service fee of 0.25%. The plans provide that the C Class will pay ACIS an annual distribution and service fee of 1.00%, of which 0.25% is paid for individual shareholder services and 0.75% is paid for distribution services. The plans provide that the R Class will pay ACIS an annual distribution and service fee of 0.50%. The fees are computed and accrued daily based on each class’s daily net assets and paid monthly in arrears. The fees are used to pay financial intermediaries for distribution and individual shareholder services. Fees incurred under the plans during the period ended September 30, 2022 are detailed in the Statement of Operations.
Directors' Fees and Expenses — The Board of Directors is responsible for overseeing the investment advisor’s management and operations of the fund. The directors receive detailed information about the fund and its investment advisor regularly throughout the year, and meet at least quarterly with management of the investment advisor to review reports about fund operations. The fund’s officers do not receive compensation from the fund.
Interfund Transactions — The fund may enter into security transactions with other American Century Investments funds and other client accounts of the investment advisor, in accordance with the 1940 Act rules and procedures adopted by the Board of Directors. The rules and procedures require, among other things, that these transactions be effected at the independent current market price of the security. During the period, the interfund sales were $9,149,807 and there were no interfund purchases. The effect of interfund transactions on the Statement of Operations was $4,506,402 in net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions.
4. Investment Transactions
Purchases and sales of investment securities, excluding short-term investments, for the period ended September 30, 2022 were $1,249,856,415 and $1,777,797,140, respectively.
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5. Capital Share Transactions
Transactions in shares of the fund were as follows:
Six months ended September 30, 2022 | Year ended March 31, 2022 | |||||||||||||
Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | |||||||||||
Investor Class/Shares Authorized | 3,600,000,000 | 3,600,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 15,487,095 | $ | 145,070,410 | 33,470,395 | $ | 329,446,877 | ||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 4,687,152 | 41,894,802 | 28,470,849 | 275,292,827 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (38,928,776) | (361,423,356) | (82,385,577) | (814,231,066) | ||||||||||
(18,754,529) | (174,458,144) | (20,444,333) | (209,491,362) | |||||||||||
I Class/Shares Authorized | 3,850,000,000 | 3,850,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 44,250,982 | 411,878,271 | 83,497,773 | 824,814,991 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 5,876,988 | 52,593,043 | 34,687,065 | 335,831,117 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (62,907,306) | (587,606,358) | (166,604,042) | (1,645,207,735) | ||||||||||
(12,779,336) | (123,135,044) | (48,419,204) | (484,561,627) | |||||||||||
Y Class/Shares Authorized | 200,000,000 | 200,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 1,917,988 | 18,028,841 | 3,006,421 | 29,772,413 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 340,925 | 3,054,345 | 1,970,619 | 19,101,347 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (4,009,023) | (37,560,917) | (6,777,802) | (66,943,223) | ||||||||||
(1,750,110) | (16,477,731) | (1,800,762) | (18,069,463) | |||||||||||
A Class/Shares Authorized | 720,000,000 | 720,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 5,118,271 | 47,880,342 | 10,243,100 | 100,942,790 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 833,144 | 7,446,016 | 5,416,057 | 52,355,264 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (8,856,025) | (82,101,826) | (20,543,107) | (203,100,842) | ||||||||||
(2,904,610) | (26,775,468) | (4,883,950) | (49,802,788) | |||||||||||
C Class/Shares Authorized | 275,000,000 | 275,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 980,897 | 9,160,942 | 2,059,118 | 20,283,318 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 166,456 | 1,486,888 | 1,614,770 | 15,594,055 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (3,645,854) | (33,950,538) | (8,087,187) | (79,697,877) | ||||||||||
(2,498,501) | (23,302,708) | (4,413,299) | (43,820,504) | |||||||||||
R Class/Shares Authorized | 70,000,000 | 70,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 276,278 | 2,575,766 | 660,105 | 6,445,056 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 42,961 | 382,194 | 322,570 | 3,104,583 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (596,111) | (5,541,319) | (2,167,923) | (21,239,748) | ||||||||||
(276,872) | (2,583,359) | (1,185,248) | (11,690,109) | |||||||||||
R5 Class/Shares Authorized | 50,000,000 | 50,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 431,727 | 4,044,293 | 922,859 | 9,138,075 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 84,666 | 756,850 | 468,144 | 4,527,186 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (508,002) | (4,746,247) | (1,307,541) | (12,993,195) | ||||||||||
8,391 | 54,896 | 83,462 | 672,066 | |||||||||||
R6 Class/Shares Authorized | 800,000,000 | 800,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 13,615,783 | 125,897,568 | 24,925,775 | 245,778,944 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 1,263,766 | 11,320,932 | 7,593,972 | 73,609,160 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (27,139,447) | (252,371,020) | (39,033,573) | (384,086,001) | ||||||||||
(12,259,898) | (115,152,520) | (6,513,826) | (64,697,897) | |||||||||||
G Class/Shares Authorized | 20,000,000 | 20,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 11 | 96 | 49 | 476 | ||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) | (51,215,454) | $ | (481,829,982) | (87,577,111) | $ | (881,461,208) |
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6. Affiliated Company Transactions
If a fund's holding represents ownership of 5% or more of the voting securities of a company, the company is affiliated as defined in the 1940 Act. A summary of transactions for each company which is or was an affiliate at or during the period ended September 30, 2022 follows (amounts in thousands):
Company | Beginning Value | Purchase Cost | Sales Cost | Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | Ending Value | Ending Shares | Net Realized Gain (Loss) | Income | ||||||||||||||||||
Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. | $ | 86,106 | $ | 116 | — | $ | (20,435) | $ | 65,787 | 7,926 | — | $ | 2,932 | |||||||||||||
ONE Gas, Inc | 260,206 | — | $ | 13,053 | (50,912) | 196,241 | 2,788 | $ | 1,349 | 3,464 | ||||||||||||||||
Spire, Inc. | 179,393 | 21,642 | — | (26,524) | 174,511 | 2,800 | — | 3,637 | ||||||||||||||||||
$ | 525,705 | $ | 21,758 | $ | 13,053 | $ | (97,871) | $ | 436,539 | 13,514 | $ | 1,349 | $ | 10,033 |
7. Fair Value Measurements
The fund’s investments valuation process is based on several considerations and may use multiple inputs to determine the fair value of the investments held by the fund. In conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, the inputs used to determine a valuation are classified into three broad levels.
•Level 1 valuation inputs consist of unadjusted quoted prices in an active market for identical investments.
•Level 2 valuation inputs consist of direct or indirect observable market data (including quoted prices for comparable investments, evaluations of subsequent market events, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.). These inputs also consist of quoted prices for identical investments initially expressed in local currencies that are adjusted through translation into U.S. dollars.
•Level 3 valuation inputs consist of unobservable data (including a fund’s own assumptions).
The level classification is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair valuation measurement. The valuation inputs are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in these securities or other financial instruments.
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The following is a summary of the level classifications as of period end. The Schedule of Investments provides additional information on the fund’s portfolio holdings.
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | |||||||||
Assets | |||||||||||
Investment Securities | |||||||||||
Common Stocks | |||||||||||
Auto Components | — | $ | 18,010,655 | — | |||||||
Chemicals | $ | 215,437,726 | 84,999,821 | — | |||||||
Diversified Telecommunication Services | 189,840,697 | 9,814,691 | — | ||||||||
Food and Staples Retailing | 174,575,551 | 86,592,895 | — | ||||||||
Food Products | 237,337,715 | 129,738,588 | — | ||||||||
Hotels, Restaurants and Leisure | — | 22,492,546 | — | ||||||||
Household Products | 174,191,832 | 35,608,462 | — | ||||||||
Industrial Conglomerates | — | 29,303,305 | — | ||||||||
Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels | 522,827,582 | 89,110,285 | — | ||||||||
Personal Products | — | 167,143,814 | — | ||||||||
Pharmaceuticals | 486,209,381 | 216,141,260 | — | ||||||||
Other Industries | 4,303,669,119 | — | — | ||||||||
Preferred Stocks | — | 939,031,092 | — | ||||||||
Exchange-Traded Funds | 407,908,532 | — | — | ||||||||
Equity Linked Notes | — | 331,071,580 | — | ||||||||
Convertible Preferred Stocks | 131,988,606 | 78,949,432 | — | ||||||||
Convertible Bonds | — | 195,286,351 | — | ||||||||
Short-Term Investments | 70,546,210 | 323,390,316 | — | ||||||||
$ | 6,914,532,951 | $ | 2,756,685,093 | — | |||||||
Other Financial Instruments | |||||||||||
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | — | $ | 2,420,302 | — | |||||||
Liabilities | |||||||||||
Other Financial Instruments | |||||||||||
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | — | $ | 2,216,375 | — | |||||||
Written Options Contracts | $ | 948,913 | — | — | |||||||
$ | 948,913 | $ | 2,216,375 | — |
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8. Derivative Instruments
Equity Price Risk — The fund is subject to equity price risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. A fund may enter into options contracts based on an equity index or specific security in order to manage its exposure to changes in market conditions. The risks of entering into equity price risk derivative instruments include the possible lack of liquidity, failure of the counterparty to meet its obligations, and that there may be unfavorable changes in the underlying investments or instruments. A fund may purchase or write an option contract to protect against declines in market value on the underlying index or security. A purchased option contract provides the fund a right, but not an obligation, to buy (call) or sell (put) an equity-related asset at a specified exercise price within a certain period or on a specific date. A written option contract holds the corresponding obligation to sell (call writing) or buy (put writing) the underlying equity-related asset if the purchaser exercises the option contract. The buyer pays the seller an initial purchase price (premium) for this right. Option contracts purchased by a fund are accounted for in the same manner as marketable portfolio securities. The premium received by a fund for option contracts written is recorded as a liability and valued daily. The proceeds from securities sold through the exercise of option contracts are decreased by the premium paid to purchase the option contracts. A fund may recognize a realized gain or loss when the option contract is closed, exercised or expires. Net realized and unrealized gains or losses occurring during the holding period of purchased options contracts are a component of net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, respectively. Net realized and unrealized gains or losses occurring during the holding period of written options contracts are a component of net realized gain (loss) on written options contract transactions and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on written options contracts, respectively. The fund’s average exposure to equity price risk derivative instruments held during the period was 7,678 written options contracts.
Foreign Currency Risk — The fund is subject to foreign currency exchange rate risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. The value of foreign investments held by a fund may be significantly affected by changes in foreign currency exchange rates. The dollar value of a foreign security generally decreases when the value of the dollar rises against the foreign currency in which the security is denominated and tends to increase when the value of the dollar declines against such foreign currency. A fund may enter into forward foreign currency exchange contracts to reduce a fund's exposure to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations. The net U.S. dollar value of foreign currency underlying all contractual commitments held by a fund and the resulting unrealized appreciation or depreciation are determined daily. Realized gain or loss is recorded upon settlement of the contract. Net realized and unrealized gains or losses occurring during the holding period of forward foreign currency exchange contracts are a component of net realized gain (loss) on forward foreign currency exchange contract transactions and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on forward foreign currency exchange contracts, respectively. A fund bears the risk of an unfavorable change in the foreign currency exchange rate underlying the forward contract. Additionally, losses, up to the fair value, may arise if the counterparties do not perform under the contract terms. The fund's average U.S. dollar exposure to foreign currency risk derivative instruments held during the period was $926,950,518.
Value of Derivative Instruments as of September 30, 2022
Asset Derivatives | Liability Derivatives | |||||||||||||
Type of Risk Exposure | Location on Statement of Assets and Liabilities | Value | Location on Statement of Assets and Liabilities | Value | ||||||||||
Equity Price Risk | Written Options | — | Written Options | $ | 948,913 | |||||||||
Foreign Currency Risk | Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts | $ | 2,420,302 | Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts | 2,216,375 | |||||||||
$ | 2,420,302 | $ | 3,165,288 |
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Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statement of Operations for the Six Months Ended September 30, 2022
Net Realized Gain (Loss) | Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |||||||||||||
Type of Risk Exposure | Location on Statement of Operations | Value | Location on Statement of Operations | Value | ||||||||||
Equity Price Risk | Net realized gain (loss) on written options contract transactions | $ | 4,733,764 | Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on written options contracts | $ | (257,284) | ||||||||
Foreign Currency Risk | Net realized gain (loss) on forward foreign currency exchange contract transactions | 92,624,216 | Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on forward foreign currency exchange contracts | 5,110,435 | ||||||||||
$ | 97,357,980 | $ | 4,853,151 |
9. Risk Factors
The value of the fund’s shares will go up and down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, based on the performance of the securities owned by the fund and other factors generally affecting the securities market. Market risks, including political, regulatory, economic and social developments, can affect the value of the fund’s investments. Natural disasters, public health emergencies, war, terrorism and other unforeseeable events may lead to increased market volatility and may have adverse long-term effects on world economies and markets generally.
There are certain risks involved in investing in foreign securities. These risks include those resulting from political events (such as civil unrest, national elections and imposition of exchange controls), social and economic events (such as labor strikes and rising inflation), and natural disasters. Securities of foreign issuers may be less liquid and more volatile. Investing a significant portion of assets in one country or region may accentuate these risks.
10. Federal Tax Information
The book-basis character of distributions made during the year from net investment income or net realized gains may differ from their ultimate characterization for federal income tax purposes. These differences reflect the differing character of certain income items and net realized gains and losses for financial statement and tax purposes, and may result in reclassification among certain capital accounts on the financial statements.
As of period end, the components of investments for federal income tax purposes were as follows:
Federal tax cost of investments | $ | 8,822,335,576 | |||
Gross tax appreciation of investments | $ | 1,474,736,167 | |||
Gross tax depreciation of investments | (625,853,699) | ||||
Net tax appreciation (depreciation) of investments | $ | 848,882,468 |
The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales.
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Financial Highlights |
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Years Ended March 31 (except as noted) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Per-Share Data | Ratios and Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income From Investment Operations: | Distributions From: | Ratio to Average Net Assets of: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | Net Investment Income (Loss)(1) | Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | Total From Investment Operations | Net Investment Income | Net Realized Gains | Total Distributions | Net Asset Value, End of Period | Total Return(2) | Operating Expenses | Operating Expenses (before expense waiver) | Net Investment Income (Loss) | Net Investment Income (Loss) (before expense waiver) | Portfolio Turnover Rate | Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Investor Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022(3) | $9.86 | 0.10 | (1.33) | (1.23) | (0.10) | — | (0.10) | $8.53 | (12.47)% | 0.92%(4) | 0.92%(4) | 2.26%(4) | 2.26%(4) | 12% | $3,467,677 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $9.45 | 0.18 | 0.91 | 1.09 | (0.19) | (0.49) | (0.68) | $9.86 | 11.74% | 0.93% | 0.93% | 1.83% | 1.83% | 24% | $4,191,544 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $7.14 | 0.17 | 2.33 | 2.50 | (0.19) | — | (0.19) | $9.45 | 35.30% | 0.91% | 0.91% | 2.10% | 2.10% | 52% | $4,211,554 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $8.69 | 0.18 | (1.07) | (0.89) | (0.19) | (0.47) | (0.66) | $7.14 | (11.81)% | 0.91% | 0.91% | 2.07% | 2.07% | 85% | $3,660,808 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $8.60 | 0.18 | 0.56 | 0.74 | (0.18) | (0.47) | (0.65) | $8.69 | 9.07% | 0.91% | 0.91% | 2.13% | 2.13% | 80% | $6,081,355 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | $9.13 | 0.17 | 0.37 | 0.54 | (0.17) | (0.90) | (1.07) | $8.60 | 5.61% | 0.91% | 0.91% | 1.86% | 1.86% | 75% | $6,496,269 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
I Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022(3) | $9.87 | 0.12 | (1.33) | (1.21) | (0.11) | — | (0.11) | $8.55 | (12.27)% | 0.72%(4) | 0.72%(4) | 2.46%(4) | 2.46%(4) | 12% | $4,142,383 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $9.47 | 0.20 | 0.90 | 1.10 | (0.21) | (0.49) | (0.70) | $9.87 | 11.83% | 0.73% | 0.73% | 2.03% | 2.03% | 24% | $4,912,267 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $7.15 | 0.20 | 2.32 | 2.52 | (0.20) | — | (0.20) | $9.47 | 35.67% | 0.71% | 0.71% | 2.30% | 2.30% | 52% | $5,167,202 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $8.70 | 0.21 | (1.08) | (0.87) | (0.21) | (0.47) | (0.68) | $7.15 | (11.62)% | 0.71% | 0.71% | 2.27% | 2.27% | 85% | $4,157,382 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $8.61 | 0.20 | 0.56 | 0.76 | (0.20) | (0.47) | (0.67) | $8.70 | 9.27% | 0.71% | 0.71% | 2.33% | 2.33% | 80% | $2,826,256 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | $9.14 | 0.19 | 0.37 | 0.56 | (0.19) | (0.90) | (1.09) | $8.61 | 5.82% | 0.71% | 0.71% | 2.06% | 2.06% | 75% | $2,621,898 |
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Years Ended March 31 (except as noted) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Per-Share Data | Ratios and Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income From Investment Operations: | Distributions From: | Ratio to Average Net Assets of: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | Net Investment Income (Loss)(1) | Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | Total From Investment Operations | Net Investment Income | Net Realized Gains | Total Distributions | Net Asset Value, End of Period | Total Return(2) | Operating Expenses | Operating Expenses (before expense waiver) | Net Investment Income (Loss) | Net Investment Income (Loss) (before expense waiver) | Portfolio Turnover Rate | Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Y Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022(3) | $9.89 | 0.12 | (1.33) | (1.21) | (0.12) | — | (0.12) | $8.56 | (12.28)% | 0.57%(4) | 0.57%(4) | 2.61%(4) | 2.61%(4) | 12% | $223,915 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $9.48 | 0.22 | 0.90 | 1.12 | (0.22) | (0.49) | (0.71) | $9.89 | 12.10% | 0.58% | 0.58% | 2.18% | 2.18% | 24% | $276,001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $7.16 | 0.21 | 2.33 | 2.54 | (0.22) | — | (0.22) | $9.48 | 35.83% | 0.56% | 0.56% | 2.45% | 2.45% | 52% | $281,614 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $8.71 | 0.22 | (1.08) | (0.86) | (0.22) | (0.47) | (0.69) | $7.16 | (11.48)% | 0.56% | 0.56% | 2.42% | 2.42% | 85% | $222,844 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $8.62 | 0.22 | 0.55 | 0.77 | (0.21) | (0.47) | (0.68) | $8.71 | 9.43% | 0.56% | 0.56% | 2.48% | 2.48% | 80% | $230,773 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018(5) | $9.16 | 0.20 | 0.36 | 0.56 | (0.20) | (0.90) | (1.10) | $8.62 | 5.83% | 0.56%(4) | 0.56%(4) | 2.25%(4) | 2.25%(4) | 75%(6) | $216,014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022(3) | $9.86 | 0.10 | (1.34) | (1.24) | (0.09) | — | (0.09) | $8.53 | (12.58)% | 1.17%(4) | 1.17%(4) | 2.01%(4) | 2.01%(4) | 12% | $718,174 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $9.45 | 0.16 | 0.90 | 1.06 | (0.16) | (0.49) | (0.65) | $9.86 | 11.46% | 1.18% | 1.18% | 1.58% | 1.58% | 24% | $858,437 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $7.14 | 0.16 | 2.31 | 2.47 | (0.16) | — | (0.16) | $9.45 | 34.95% | 1.16% | 1.16% | 1.85% | 1.85% | 52% | $869,137 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $8.69 | 0.16 | (1.07) | (0.91) | (0.17) | (0.47) | (0.64) | $7.14 | (12.02)% | 1.16% | 1.16% | 1.82% | 1.82% | 85% | $698,473 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $8.60 | 0.16 | 0.56 | 0.72 | (0.16) | (0.47) | (0.63) | $8.69 | 8.80% | 1.16% | 1.16% | 1.88% | 1.88% | 80% | $850,117 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | $9.13 | 0.14 | 0.38 | 0.52 | (0.15) | (0.90) | (1.05) | $8.60 | 5.36% | 1.16% | 1.16% | 1.61% | 1.61% | 75% | $931,567 |
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Years Ended March 31 (except as noted) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Per-Share Data | Ratios and Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income From Investment Operations: | Distributions From: | Ratio to Average Net Assets of: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | Net Investment Income (Loss)(1) | Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | Total From Investment Operations | Net Investment Income | Net Realized Gains | Total Distributions | Net Asset Value, End of Period | Total Return(2) | Operating Expenses | Operating Expenses (before expense waiver) | Net Investment Income (Loss) | Net Investment Income (Loss) (before expense waiver) | Portfolio Turnover Rate | Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
C Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022(3) | $9.86 | 0.06 | (1.33) | (1.27) | (0.06) | — | (0.06) | $8.53 | (12.91)% | 1.92%(4) | 1.92%(4) | 1.26%(4) | 1.26%(4) | 12% | $214,745 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $9.45 | 0.08 | 0.91 | 0.99 | (0.09) | (0.49) | (0.58) | $9.86 | 10.63% | 1.93% | 1.93% | 0.83% | 0.83% | 24% | $272,764 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $7.14 | 0.09 | 2.32 | 2.41 | (0.10) | — | (0.10) | $9.45 | 33.90% | 1.91% | 1.91% | 1.10% | 1.10% | 52% | $303,205 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $8.69 | 0.10 | (1.08) | (0.98) | (0.10) | (0.47) | (0.57) | $7.14 | (12.66)% | 1.91% | 1.91% | 1.07% | 1.07% | 85% | $394,129 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $8.60 | 0.10 | 0.55 | 0.65 | (0.09) | (0.47) | (0.56) | $8.69 | 8.00% | 1.91% | 1.91% | 1.13% | 1.13% | 80% | $538,726 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | $9.13 | 0.08 | 0.37 | 0.45 | (0.08) | (0.90) | (0.98) | $8.60 | 4.58% | 1.91% | 1.91% | 0.86% | 0.86% | 75% | $627,651 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
R Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022(3) | $9.82 | 0.08 | (1.32) | (1.24) | (0.08) | — | (0.08) | $8.50 | (12.64)% | 1.42%(4) | 1.42%(4) | 1.76%(4) | 1.76%(4) | 12% | $39,049 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $9.41 | 0.13 | 0.91 | 1.04 | (0.14) | (0.49) | (0.63) | $9.82 | 11.23% | 1.43% | 1.43% | 1.33% | 1.33% | 24% | $47,839 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $7.11 | 0.14 | 2.30 | 2.44 | (0.14) | — | (0.14) | $9.41 | 34.60% | 1.41% | 1.41% | 1.60% | 1.60% | 52% | $57,032 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $8.66 | 0.14 | (1.07) | (0.93) | (0.15) | (0.47) | (0.62) | $7.11 | (12.28)% | 1.41% | 1.41% | 1.57% | 1.57% | 85% | $56,388 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $8.57 | 0.14 | 0.56 | 0.70 | (0.14) | (0.47) | (0.61) | $8.66 | 8.57% | 1.41% | 1.41% | 1.63% | 1.63% | 80% | $88,499 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | $9.10 | 0.13 | 0.36 | 0.49 | (0.12) | (0.90) | (1.02) | $8.57 | 5.11% | 1.41% | 1.41% | 1.36% | 1.36% | 75% | $93,154 |
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Income From Investment Operations: | Distributions From: | Ratio to Average Net Assets of: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | Net Investment Income (Loss)(1) | Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | Total From Investment Operations | Net Investment Income | Net Realized Gains | Total Distributions | Net Asset Value, End of Period | Total Return(2) | Operating Expenses | Operating Expenses (before expense waiver) | Net Investment Income (Loss) | Net Investment Income (Loss) (before expense waiver) | Portfolio Turnover Rate | Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2022(3) | $9.86 | 0.12 | (1.33) | (1.21) | (0.11) | — | (0.11) | $8.54 | (12.28)% | 0.72%(4) | 0.72%(4) | 2.46%(4) | 2.46%(4) | 12% | $57,308 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $9.46 | 0.20 | 0.90 | 1.10 | (0.21) | (0.49) | (0.70) | $9.86 | 11.84% | 0.73% | 0.73% | 2.03% | 2.03% | 24% | $66,131 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $7.14 | 0.19 | 2.33 | 2.52 | (0.20) | — | (0.20) | $9.46 | 35.72% | 0.71% | 0.71% | 2.30% | 2.30% | 52% | $62,610 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $8.70 | 0.21 | (1.09) | (0.88) | (0.21) | (0.47) | (0.68) | $7.14 | (11.74)% | 0.71% | 0.71% | 2.27% | 2.27% | 85% | $912 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $8.60 | 0.20 | 0.57 | 0.77 | (0.20) | (0.47) | (0.67) | $8.70 | 9.41% | 0.71% | 0.71% | 2.33% | 2.33% | 80% | $892 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018(5) | $9.15 | 0.21 | 0.33 | 0.54 | (0.19) | (0.90) | (1.09) | $8.60 | 5.57% | 0.71%(4) | 0.71%(4) | 2.51%(4) | 2.51%(4) | 75%(6) | $653 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2022(3) | $9.88 | 0.12 | (1.32) | (1.20) | (0.12) | — | (0.12) | $8.56 | (12.19)% | 0.57%(4) | 0.57%(4) | 2.61%(4) | 2.61%(4) | 12% | $779,132 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $9.47 | 0.22 | 0.90 | 1.12 | (0.22) | (0.49) | (0.71) | $9.88 | 12.10% | 0.58% | 0.58% | 2.18% | 2.18% | 24% | $1,021,389 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $7.16 | 0.21 | 2.32 | 2.53 | (0.22) | — | (0.22) | $9.47 | 35.68% | 0.56% | 0.56% | 2.45% | 2.45% | 52% | $1,040,730 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $8.71 | 0.22 | (1.08) | (0.86) | (0.22) | (0.47) | (0.69) | $7.16 | (11.48)% | 0.56% | 0.56% | 2.42% | 2.42% | 85% | $820,173 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $8.62 | 0.22 | 0.55 | 0.77 | (0.21) | (0.47) | (0.68) | $8.71 | 9.43% | 0.56% | 0.56% | 2.48% | 2.48% | 80% | $796,417 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | $9.15 | 0.21 | 0.36 | 0.57 | (0.20) | (0.90) | (1.10) | $8.62 | 5.97% | 0.56% | 0.56% | 2.21% | 2.21% | 75% | $691,393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2022(3) | $9.89 | 0.15 | (1.33) | (1.18) | (0.15) | — | (0.15) | $8.56 | (12.04)% | 0.01%(4) | 0.57%(4) | 3.17%(4) | 2.61%(4) | 12% | $6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $9.48 | 0.26 | 0.92 | 1.18 | (0.28) | (0.49) | (0.77) | $9.89 | 12.72% | 0.03% | 0.58% | 2.73% | 2.18% | 24% | $7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $7.16 | 0.27 | 2.32 | 2.59 | (0.27) | — | (0.27) | $9.48 | 36.61% | 0.00%(7) | 0.56% | 3.01% | 2.45% | 52% | $6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020(8) | $9.06 | 0.18 | (1.43) | (1.25) | (0.18) | (0.47) | (0.65) | $7.16 | (15.32)% | 0.00%(4)(7) | 0.56%(4) | 3.02%(4) | 2.46%(4) | 85%(9) | $4 |
Notes to Financial Highlights |
(1)Computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period.
(2)Total returns are calculated based on the net asset value of the last business day and do not reflect applicable sales charges, if any. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.
(3)Six months ended September 30, 2022 (unaudited).
(4)Annualized.
(5)April 10, 2017 (commencement of sale) through March 31, 2018.
(6)Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level. Percentage indicated was calculated for the year ended March 31, 2018.
(7)Ratio was less than 0.005%.
(8)August 1, 2019 (commencement of sale) through March 31, 2020.
(9)Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level. Percentage indicated was calculated for the year ended March 31, 2020.
See Notes to Financial Statements.
Approval of Management Agreement |
At a meeting held on June 29, 2022, the Fund’s Board of Directors (the "Board") unanimously approved the renewal of the management agreement pursuant to which American Century Investment Management, Inc. (the “Advisor”) acts as the investment advisor for the Fund. Under Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Investment Company Act”), contracts for investment advisory services are required to be reviewed, evaluated, and approved by a majority of a fund’s Directors, including a majority of the independent Directors, each year.
Prior to its consideration of the renewal of the management agreement, the Directors requested and reviewed data and information compiled by the Advisor and certain independent data providers concerning the Fund. This review was in addition to the oversight and evaluation undertaken by the Board and its committees on a continual basis and the information received was supplemental to the information that the Board and its committees receive and consider throughout the year.
In connection with its consideration of the renewal of the management agreement, the Board’s review and evaluation of the services provided by the Advisor and its affiliates included, but was not limited to, the following:
•the nature, extent, and quality of investment management, shareholder services, and other services provided and to be provided to the Fund including without limitation portfolio management and trading services, shareholder and intermediary services, compliance and legal services, fund accounting and financial reporting, and fund share distribution;
•the wide range of other programs and services provided to the Fund and its shareholders on a routine and non-routine basis;
•the Fund’s investment performance, including data comparing the Fund's performance to an appropriate benchmark(s) and peer group of other mutual funds with similar investment objectives and strategies;
•the cost of owning the Fund compared to the cost of owning similarly-managed funds;
•the compliance policies, procedures, and regulatory experience of the Advisor and the Fund's service providers;
•the Advisor’s strategic plans, generally, and with respect to the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic response, heightened areas of interest in the mutual fund industry and recent geopolitical issues;
•the Advisor’s business continuity plans, vendor management practices, and cyber security practices;
•financial data showing the cost of services provided to the Fund, the profitability of the Fund to the Advisor, and the overall profitability of the Advisor;
•possible economies of scale associated with the Advisor’s management of the Fund and other accounts;
•services provided and charges to the Advisor's other investment management clients;
•acquired fund fees and expenses;
•payments and practices in connection with financial intermediaries holding shares of the Fund and the services provided by intermediaries in connection therewith; and
•possible collateral benefits to the Advisor from the management of the Fund.
The Board held four meetings to consider the renewal. The independent Directors also met in private session multiple times to review and discuss the information provided in response to their request. The independent Directors held active discussions with the Advisor regarding the renewal of the management agreement, requesting supplemental information, and reviewing information provided by the Advisor in response thereto. The independent Directors had the benefit of the advice of their independent counsel throughout the process.
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Factors Considered
The Directors considered all of the information provided by the Advisor, the independent data providers, and independent counsel in connection with the approval. They determined that the information was sufficient for them to evaluate the management agreement for the Fund. In connection with their review, the Directors did not identify any single factor as being all-important or controlling, and each Director may have attributed different levels of importance to different factors. In deciding to renew the management agreement, the Board based its decision on a number of factors, including without limitation the following:
Nature, Extent and Quality of Services — Generally. Under the management agreement, the Advisor is responsible for providing or arranging for all services necessary for the operation of the Fund. The Board noted that the Advisor provides or arranges at its own expense a wide variety of services which include, without limitation, the following:
•constructing and designing the Fund
•portfolio research and security selection
•initial capitalization/funding
•securities trading
•Fund administration
•custody of Fund assets
•daily valuation of the Fund’s portfolio
•liquidity monitoring and management
•risk management, including cyber security
•shareholder servicing and transfer agency, including shareholder confirmations, recordkeeping, and communications
•legal services (except the independent Directors’ counsel)
•regulatory and portfolio compliance
•financial reporting
•marketing and distribution (except amounts paid by the Fund under Rule 12b-1 plans)
The Board noted that many of these services have expanded over time in terms of both quantity and complexity in response to shareholder demands, competition in the industry, changing distribution channels, and the changing regulatory environment.
Investment Management Services. The nature of the investment management services provided to the Fund is quite complex and allows Fund shareholders access to professional money management, instant diversification of their investments within an asset class, the opportunity to easily diversify among asset classes by investing in or exchanging among various American Century Investments funds, and liquidity. In evaluating investment performance, the Board expects the Advisor to manage the Fund in accordance with its investment objectives and principal investment strategies. Further, the Directors recognize that the Advisor has an obligation to monitor trading activities, and in particular to seek the best execution of Fund trades, and to evaluate the use of and payment for research. In providing these services, the Advisor utilizes teams of investment professionals (portfolio managers, analysts, research assistants, and securities traders) who require extensive information technology, research, training, compliance, and other systems to conduct their business. The Board, directly and through its Fund Performance Review Committee, provides oversight of the investment performance process. It regularly reviews investment performance information for the Fund, together with comparative information for appropriate benchmarks and/or peer groups of similarly-managed funds, over different time horizons. The Directors also review investment performance information during the management agreement renewal process. If performance concerns are identified, the Board discusses with the Advisor the reasons for such results (e.g., market conditions, security selection) and any actions being taken to improve performance, and may conduct special reviews until performance improves. The Fund’s performance was below its benchmark for the one-, three-, five-, and ten-year periods reviewed by the Board. The Board discussed the Fund's performance with the Advisor, including steps being taken to address underperformance, and was satisfied with the efforts being undertaken by the
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Advisor. The Board found the investment management services provided by the Advisor to the Fund to be satisfactory and consistent with the management agreement.
Shareholder and Other Services. Under the management agreement, the Advisor provides the Fund with a comprehensive package of transfer agency, shareholder, and other services. The Board, directly and through its various committees, regularly reviews reports and evaluations of such services at its regular meetings. These reports include, but are not limited to, information regarding the operational efficiency and accuracy of the shareholder and transfer agency services provided, staffing levels, shareholder satisfaction, technology support (including cyber security), new products and services offered to Fund shareholders, securities trading activities, portfolio valuation services, auditing services, and legal and operational compliance activities. The Board found the services provided by the Advisor to the Fund under the management agreement to be competitive and of high quality.
Costs of Services and Profitability. The Advisor provides detailed information concerning its cost of providing various services to the Fund, its profitability in managing the Fund (pre- and post-distribution), its overall profitability, and its financial condition. The Directors have reviewed with the Advisor the methodology used to prepare this financial information. This information is considered in evaluating the Advisor’s financial condition, its ability to continue to provide services under the management agreement, and the reasonableness of the current management fee. The Board concluded that the Advisor’s profits were reasonable in light of the services provided to the Fund.
Ethics. The Board generally considers the Advisor’s commitment to providing quality services to shareholders and to conducting its business ethically. They noted that the Advisor’s practices generally meet or exceed industry best practices.
Economies of Scale. The Board also reviewed information provided by the Advisor regarding the possible existence of economies of scale in connection with the management of the Fund. The Board concluded that economies of scale are difficult to measure and predict with precision, especially on a fund-by-fund basis. The Board concluded that the Advisor is sharing economies of scale, to the extent they exist, through its fee structure, and through reinvestment in its business, infrastructure, investment capabilities and initiatives to provide shareholders enhanced and expanded content and services. The Board also noted that economies of scale are shared with the Fund and its shareholders through management fee breakpoints that serve to reduce the effective management fee as the assets of the Fund grow. Assets of various classes of the same Fund or similarly-managed products are combined with the assets of the Fund to help achieve those breakpoints.
Comparison to Other Funds’ Fees. The management agreement provides that the Fund pays the Advisor a single, all-inclusive (or unified) management fee for providing all services necessary for the management and operation of the Fund, other than securities transaction expenses, taxes, interest, extraordinary expenses, fees and expenses of the Fund’s independent Directors (including their independent legal counsel), and expenses incurred in connection with the provision of shareholder services and distribution services under a plan adopted pursuant to Investment Company Act Rule 12b-1. Under the unified fee structure, the Advisor is responsible for providing all investment advisory, custody, audit, administrative, compliance, recordkeeping, marketing and shareholder services, or arranging and supervising third parties to provide such services. By contrast, most other funds are charged a variety of fees, including an investment advisory fee, a transfer agency fee, an administrative fee, distribution charges, and other expenses. Other than their investment advisory fees and any applicable Rule 12b-1 distribution fees, all other components of the total fees charged by these other funds may be increased without shareholder approval. The Board believes the unified fee structure is a benefit to Fund shareholders because it clearly discloses to shareholders the cost of owning Fund shares, and, since the unified fee cannot be increased without a vote of Fund shareholders, it shifts to the Advisor the risk of increased costs of operating the Fund and provides a direct incentive to minimize administrative inefficiencies. Part of the Board’s analysis of fee levels involves reviewing certain evaluative data compiled by an independent provider comparing the Fund’s unified fee to the total expense ratios of its peers. The
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unified fee charged to shareholders of the Fund was below the median of the total expense ratios of the Fund’s peer expense universe. In addition, the Board reviewed the Fund’s position relative to the narrower set of its expense group peers. The Board concluded that the management fee paid by the Fund to the Advisor under the management agreement is reasonable in light of the services provided to the Fund.
Comparison to Fees and Services Provided to Other Clients of the Advisor. The Board also requested and received information from the Advisor concerning the nature of the services, fees, costs, and profitability of its advisory services to advisory clients other than the Fund. They observed that these varying types of client accounts require different services and involve different regulatory and entrepreneurial risks than the management of the Fund. The Board analyzed this information and concluded that the fees charged and services provided to the Fund were reasonable by comparison.
Payments to Intermediaries. The Directors also requested and received a description of payments made to intermediaries by the Fund and the Advisor and services provided in response thereto. These payments include various payments made by the Fund or the Advisor to different types of intermediaries and recordkeepers for distribution and service activities provided for the Fund. The Directors reviewed such information and received representations from the Advisor that all such payments by the Fund were made pursuant to the Fund's Rule 12b-1 Plan and that all such payments by the Advisor were made from the Advisor’s resources and reasonable profits.
Collateral or “Fall-Out” Benefits Derived by the Advisor. The Board considered the possible existence of collateral benefits the Advisor may receive as a result of its relationship with the Fund. They concluded that the Advisor’s primary business is managing funds and it generally does not use fund or shareholder information to generate profits in other lines of business, and therefore does not derive any significant collateral benefits from them. To the extent there are potential collateral benefits, the Board has been advised and has taken this into consideration in its review of the management contract with the Fund. The Board noted that additional assets from other clients may offer the Advisor some benefit from increased leverage with service providers and counterparties. Additionally, the Advisor may receive proprietary research from broker-dealers that execute fund portfolio transactions, which the Board concluded is likely to benefit other clients of the Advisor, as well as Fund shareholders. The Board also determined that the Advisor is able to provide investment management services to certain clients other than the Fund, at least in part, due to its existing infrastructure built to serve the fund complex. The Board concluded that appropriate allocation methodologies had been employed to assign resources and the cost of those resources to these other clients and, where expressly provided, these other client assets may be included with the assets of the Fund to determine breakpoints in the management fee schedule.
Existing Relationship. The Board also considered whether there was any reason for not continuing the existing arrangement with the Advisor. In this regard, the Board was mindful of the potential disruptions of the Fund’s operations and various risks, uncertainties, and other effects that could occur as a result of a decision not to continue such relationship. In particular, the Board recognized that most shareholders have invested in the Fund on the strength of the Advisor’s industry standing and reputation and in the expectation that the Advisor will have a continuing role in providing advisory services to the Fund.
Conclusion of the Directors. As a result of this process, the Board, including all of the independent Directors, taking into account all of the factors discussed above and the information provided by the Advisor and others in connection with its review and throughout the year, determined that the terms of the management agreement are fair and reasonable and that the management fee charged to the Fund is reasonable in light of the services provided and that the management agreement between the Fund and the Advisor should be renewed for an additional one-year period.
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Additional Information |
Retirement Account Information
As required by law, distributions you receive from certain retirement accounts are subject to federal income tax withholding, unless you elect not to have withholding apply*. Tax will be withheld on the total amount withdrawn even though you may be receiving amounts that are not subject to withholding, such as nondeductible contributions. In such case, excess amounts of withholding could occur. You may adjust your withholding election so that a greater or lesser amount will be withheld.
If you don’t want us to withhold on this amount, you must notify us to not withhold the federal income tax. You may notify us in writing or in certain situations by telephone or through other electronic means. For systematic withdrawals, your withholding election will remain in effect until revoked or changed by filing a new election. You have the right to revoke your election at any time and change your withholding percentage for future distributions.
Remember, even if you elect not to have income tax withheld, you are liable for paying income tax on the taxable portion of your withdrawal. If you elect not to have income tax withheld or you don’t have enough income tax withheld, you may be responsible for payment of estimated tax. You may incur penalties under the estimated tax rules if your withholding and estimated tax payments are not sufficient. You can reduce or defer the income tax on a distribution by directly or indirectly rolling such distribution over to another IRA or eligible plan. You should consult your tax advisor for additional information.
State tax will be withheld if, at the time of your distribution, your address is within one of the mandatory withholding states and you have federal income tax withheld (or as otherwise required by state law). State taxes will be withheld from your distribution in accordance with the respective state rules.
*Some 403(b), 457 and qualified retirement plan distributions may be subject to 20% mandatory withholding, as they are subject to special tax and withholding rules. Your plan administrator or plan sponsor is required to provide you with a special tax notice explaining those rules at the time you request a distribution. If applicable, federal and/or state taxes may be withheld from your distribution amount.
Proxy Voting Policies
A description of the policies that the fund's investment advisor uses in exercising the voting rights associated with the securities purchased and/or held by the fund is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-345-2021. It is also available on American Century Investments’ website at americancentury.com/proxy and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at sec.gov. Information regarding how the investment advisor voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available on americancentury.com/proxy. It is also available at sec.gov.
Quarterly Portfolio Disclosure
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. These portfolio holdings are available on the fund's website at
americancentury.com and, upon request, by calling 1-800-345-2021. The fund’s Form N-PORT
reports are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov.
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Semiannual Report | |||||
September 30, 2022 | |||||
Focused Large Cap Value Fund | |||||
Investor Class (ALVIX) | |||||
I Class (ALVSX) | |||||
A Class (ALPAX) | |||||
C Class (ALPCX) | |||||
R Class (ALVRX) | |||||
R5 Class (ALVGX) | |||||
R6 Class (ALVDX) | |||||
G Class (ACFLX) |
Table of Contents |
President’s Letter | |||||
Fund Characteristics | |||||
Shareholder Fee Example | |||||
Schedule of Investments | |||||
Statement of Assets and Liabilities | |||||
Statement of Operations | |||||
Statement of Changes in Net Assets | |||||
Notes to Financial Statements | |||||
Financial Highlights | |||||
Approval of Management Agreement | |||||
Additional Information |
Any opinions expressed in this report reflect those of the author as of the date of the report, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of American Century Investments® or any other person in the American Century Investments organization. Any such opinions are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and American Century Investments disclaims any responsibility to update such opinions. These opinions may not be relied upon as investment advice and, because investment decisions made by American Century Investments funds are based on numerous factors, may not be relied upon as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any American Century Investments fund. Security examples are used for representational purposes only and are not intended as recommendations to purchase or sell securities. Performance information for comparative indices and securities is provided to American Century Investments by third party vendors. To the best of American Century Investments’ knowledge, such information is accurate at the time of printing.
President’s Letter |
Jonathan Thomas
Dear Investor:
Thank you for reviewing this semiannual report for the period ending September 30, 2022. It provides a market overview (below), followed by a schedule of fund investments and other financial information. For additional investment insights, please visit americancentury.com.
Inflation, Rates, Recession Worries Weighed on Financial Markets
The reporting period began with financial markets digesting the effects of soaring inflation, heightened market volatility and slowing growth. For more than a year, the effects of massive fiscal and monetary support, escalating energy prices, supply chain breakdowns and labor market shortages had driven inflation to multidecade highs. The Russia-Ukraine war continued to nudge commodity prices even higher, exacerbating existing inflationary pressures and further damaging global supply chains.
The Federal Reserve (Fed), which began tightening in March with a 25-basis-points (bps) hike, increased rates an additional 275 bps during the six-month period. Inflation was slow to respond, climbing to a 40-year-high 9.1% in June before slipping to 8.2% in September, largely due to falling gasoline prices. Policymakers indicated taming inflation remains their priority, even as the economy contracted in 2022’s first two quarters and an official recession appeared imminent.
In addition to fueling recession risk, the combination of elevated inflation and a hawkish Fed helped push Treasury yields sharply higher and stock prices significantly lower. Amid persistent market unrest, most stock and bond indices ended the six-month period with steep losses. Stocks, as measured by the S&P 500 Index, plunged more than 20%, while bonds, as measured by the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, tumbled more than 9%.
Staying Disciplined in Uncertain Times
We expect market volatility to linger as investors navigate a complex environment of high inflation, rising interest rates and economic uncertainty. In addition, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine complicates an increasingly tense geopolitical backdrop and threatens global energy markets. We will continue to monitor this evolving situation and what it broadly means for investors across asset classes.
We appreciate your confidence in us during these extraordinary times. Our firm has a long history of helping clients weather unpredictable markets, and we’re confident we will continue to meet today’s challenges.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Thomas
President and Chief Executive Officer
American Century Investments
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Fund Characteristics |
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 | |||||
Types of Investments in Portfolio | % of net assets | ||||
Common Stocks | 96.9% | ||||
Short-Term Investments | 3.8% | ||||
Other Assets and Liabilities | (0.7)% | ||||
Top Five Industries | % of net assets | ||||
Health Care Equipment and Supplies | 10.7% | ||||
Insurance | 9.1% | ||||
Pharmaceuticals | 7.8% | ||||
Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels | 6.3% | ||||
Banks | 5.4% |
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Shareholder Fee Example |
Fund shareholders may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments and redemption/exchange fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and service (12b-1) fees; and other fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing cost of investing in other mutual funds.
The example is based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from April 1, 2022 to September 30, 2022.
Actual Expenses
The table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses for each class. You may use the information, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. First, identify the share class you own. Then simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number under the heading “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
If you hold Investor Class shares of any American Century Investments mutual fund, or I Class shares of the American Century Diversified Bond Fund, in an American Century Investments account (i.e., not through a financial intermediary or employer-sponsored retirement plan account), American Century Investments may charge you a $25 annual account maintenance fee if the value of those shares is less than $10,000. We will redeem shares automatically in one of your accounts to pay the $25 fee. In determining your total eligible investment amount, we will include your investments in all personal accounts (including American Century Investments brokerage accounts) registered under your Social Security number. Personal accounts include individual accounts, joint accounts, UGMA/UTMA accounts, personal trusts, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts and IRAs (including traditional, Roth, Rollover, SEP-, SARSEP- and SIMPLE-IRAs), and certain other retirement accounts. If you have only business, business retirement, employer-sponsored or American Century Investments brokerage accounts, you are currently not subject to this fee. If you are subject to the account maintenance fee, your account value could be reduced by the fee amount.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The table also provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio of each class of your fund and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the actual return of a fund’s share class. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in your fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads) or redemption/exchange fees. 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 transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
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Beginning Account Value 4/1/22 | Ending Account Value 9/30/22 | Expenses Paid During Period(1) 4/1/22 - 9/30/22 | Annualized Expense Ratio(1) | |||||||||||
Actual | ||||||||||||||
Investor Class | $1,000 | $879.10 | $3.96 | 0.84% | ||||||||||
I Class | $1,000 | $880.10 | $3.02 | 0.64% | ||||||||||
A Class | $1,000 | $877.90 | $5.13 | 1.09% | ||||||||||
C Class | $1,000 | $874.70 | $8.65 | 1.84% | ||||||||||
R Class | $1,000 | $877.00 | $6.31 | 1.34% | ||||||||||
R5 Class | $1,000 | $880.10 | $3.02 | 0.64% | ||||||||||
R6 Class | $1,000 | $880.60 | $2.31 | 0.49% | ||||||||||
G Class | $1,000 | $882.80 | $0.05 | 0.01% | ||||||||||
Hypothetical | ||||||||||||||
Investor Class | $1,000 | $1,020.86 | $4.26 | 0.84% | ||||||||||
I Class | $1,000 | $1,021.86 | $3.24 | 0.64% | ||||||||||
A Class | $1,000 | $1,019.60 | $5.52 | 1.09% | ||||||||||
C Class | $1,000 | $1,015.84 | $9.30 | 1.84% | ||||||||||
R Class | $1,000 | $1,018.35 | $6.78 | 1.34% | ||||||||||
R5 Class | $1,000 | $1,021.86 | $3.24 | 0.64% | ||||||||||
R6 Class | $1,000 | $1,022.61 | $2.48 | 0.49% | ||||||||||
G Class | $1,000 | $1,025.02 | $0.05 | 0.01% |
(1)Expenses are equal to the class's annualized expense ratio listed in the table above, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183, the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year, divided by 365, to reflect the one-half year period. Annualized expense ratio reflects actual expenses, including any applicable fee waivers or expense reimbursements and excluding any acquired fund fees and expenses.
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Schedule of Investments |
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 (UNAUDITED)
Shares/ Principal Amount | Value | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS — 96.9% | ||||||||
Aerospace and Defense — 3.4% | ||||||||
Raytheon Technologies Corp. | 1,254,373 | $ | 102,682,974 | |||||
Airlines — 1.2% | ||||||||
Southwest Airlines Co.(1) | 1,120,387 | 34,552,735 | ||||||
Banks — 5.4% | ||||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 945,142 | 98,767,339 | ||||||
Truist Financial Corp. | 1,402,076 | 61,046,389 | ||||||
159,813,728 | ||||||||
Beverages — 1.0% | ||||||||
PepsiCo, Inc. | 191,519 | 31,267,392 | ||||||
Capital Markets — 4.3% | ||||||||
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | 2,170,782 | 83,618,523 | ||||||
BlackRock, Inc. | 78,834 | 43,380,773 | ||||||
126,999,296 | ||||||||
Communications Equipment — 4.3% | ||||||||
Cisco Systems, Inc. | 1,722,352 | 68,894,080 | ||||||
F5, Inc.(1) | 403,486 | 58,396,529 | ||||||
127,290,609 | ||||||||
Containers and Packaging — 2.7% | ||||||||
Packaging Corp. of America | 425,001 | 47,723,362 | ||||||
Sonoco Products Co. | 596,622 | 33,846,366 | ||||||
81,569,728 | ||||||||
Diversified Financial Services — 3.8% | ||||||||
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(1) | 420,720 | 112,340,654 | ||||||
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 3.3% | ||||||||
Verizon Communications, Inc. | 2,565,095 | 97,396,657 | ||||||
Electric Utilities — 3.4% | ||||||||
Duke Energy Corp. | 589,749 | 54,858,452 | ||||||
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. | 709,893 | 45,795,197 | ||||||
100,653,649 | ||||||||
Electrical Equipment — 3.0% | ||||||||
Emerson Electric Co. | 686,287 | 50,249,934 | ||||||
nVent Electric PLC | 1,280,475 | 40,475,815 | ||||||
90,725,749 | ||||||||
Electronic Equipment, Instruments and Components — 1.2% | ||||||||
TE Connectivity Ltd. | 332,037 | 36,643,603 | ||||||
Entertainment — 1.4% | ||||||||
Walt Disney Co.(1) | 452,833 | 42,715,737 | ||||||
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 2.0% | ||||||||
Public Storage | 206,626 | 60,502,159 | ||||||
Food and Staples Retailing — 1.9% | ||||||||
Walmart, Inc. | 429,951 | 55,764,645 | ||||||
Food Products — 3.9% | ||||||||
Conagra Brands, Inc. | 2,229,438 | 72,746,562 |
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Shares/ Principal Amount | Value | |||||||
Mondelez International, Inc., Class A | 818,048 | $ | 44,853,572 | |||||
117,600,134 | ||||||||
Gas Utilities — 2.8% | ||||||||
Atmos Energy Corp. | 835,807 | 85,126,943 | ||||||
Health Care Equipment and Supplies — 10.7% | ||||||||
Becton Dickinson and Co. | 155,810 | 34,719,142 | ||||||
Medtronic PLC | 2,068,289 | 167,014,337 | ||||||
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | 1,113,859 | 116,453,959 | ||||||
318,187,438 | ||||||||
Health Care Providers and Services — 3.4% | ||||||||
Henry Schein, Inc.(1) | 757,867 | 49,844,913 | ||||||
Quest Diagnostics, Inc. | 432,728 | 53,091,398 | ||||||
102,936,311 | ||||||||
Hotels, Restaurants and Leisure — 1.2% | ||||||||
Sodexo SA | 489,453 | 36,758,077 | ||||||
Household Products — 3.1% | ||||||||
Kimberly-Clark Corp. | 819,908 | 92,272,446 | ||||||
Industrial Conglomerates — 1.1% | ||||||||
Siemens AG | 324,362 | 31,704,065 | ||||||
Insurance — 9.1% | ||||||||
Aflac, Inc. | 589,139 | 33,109,612 | ||||||
Allstate Corp. | 972,923 | 121,158,101 | ||||||
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. | 217,227 | 32,429,819 | ||||||
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. | 677,452 | 85,230,236 | ||||||
271,927,768 | ||||||||
Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels — 6.3% | ||||||||
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 1,087,591 | 94,957,571 | ||||||
TotalEnergies SE, ADR | 2,005,110 | 93,277,717 | ||||||
188,235,288 | ||||||||
Personal Products — 4.0% | ||||||||
Unilever PLC, ADR | 2,757,773 | 120,900,768 | ||||||
Pharmaceuticals — 7.8% | ||||||||
Johnson & Johnson | 1,054,633 | 172,284,847 | ||||||
Roche Holding AG | 182,196 | 59,310,733 | ||||||
231,595,580 | ||||||||
Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment — 1.2% | ||||||||
Texas Instruments, Inc. | 226,245 | 35,018,201 | ||||||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $2,908,573,912) | 2,893,182,334 | |||||||
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 3.8% | ||||||||
Discount Notes(2) — 0.6% | ||||||||
Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes, 2.65%, 10/3/22 | $ | 17,500,000 | 17,500,000 | |||||
Money Market Funds† | ||||||||
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class | 190,361 | 190,361 | ||||||
Repurchase Agreements — 3.2% | ||||||||
BMO Capital Markets Corp., (collateralized by various U.S. Treasury obligations, 0.625% - 4.625%, 1/15/25 - 5/15/47, valued at $16,276,266), in a joint trading account at 2.86%, dated 9/30/22, due 10/3/22 (Delivery value $16,003,414) | 15,999,601 |
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Value | ||||||||
Fixed Income Clearing Corp., (collateralized by various U.S. Treasury obligations, 1.25%, 3/31/28, valued at $81,648,017), at 2.95%, dated 9/30/22, due 10/3/22 (Delivery value $80,066,678) | $ | 80,047,000 | ||||||
96,046,601 | ||||||||
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost $113,734,434) | 113,736,962 | |||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENT SECURITIES — 100.7% (Cost $3,022,308,346) | 3,006,919,296 | |||||||
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES — (0.7)% | (21,639,527) | |||||||
TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0% | $ | 2,985,279,769 |
FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS | ||||||||||||||||||||
Currency Purchased | Currency Sold | Counterparty | Settlement Date | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | ||||||||||||||||
CHF | 1,580,516 | USD | 1,601,436 | Morgan Stanley | 12/30/22 | $ | 15,266 | |||||||||||||
CHF | 3,110,629 | USD | 3,165,125 | Morgan Stanley | 12/30/22 | 16,720 | ||||||||||||||
CHF | 3,219,099 | USD | 3,323,212 | Morgan Stanley | 12/30/22 | (30,413) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 57,911,206 | CHF | 56,321,544 | Morgan Stanley | 12/30/22 | 300,213 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 2,048,180 | CHF | 1,990,036 | Morgan Stanley | 12/30/22 | 12,583 | ||||||||||||||
EUR | 3,926,132 | USD | 3,799,215 | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | 12/30/22 | 76,015 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 137,852,163 | EUR | 140,308,259 | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | 12/30/22 | (637,052) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 4,300,489 | EUR | 4,363,857 | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | 12/30/22 | (6,792) | ||||||||||||||
GBP | 2,372,674 | USD | 2,537,693 | Bank of America N.A. | 12/30/22 | 115,219 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 109,548,717 | GBP | 96,947,912 | Bank of America N.A. | 12/30/22 | 1,150,219 | ||||||||||||||
$ | 1,011,978 |
NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS | ||||||||
ADR | - | American Depositary Receipt | ||||||
CHF | - | Swiss Franc | ||||||
EUR | - | Euro | ||||||
GBP | - | British Pound | ||||||
USD | - | United States Dollar |
†Category is less than 0.05% of total net assets.
(1)Non-income producing.
(2)The rate indicated is the yield to maturity at purchase for non-interest bearing securities. For interest bearing securities, the stated coupon rate is shown.
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities |
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 (UNAUDITED) | |||||
Assets | |||||
Investment securities, at value (cost of $3,022,308,346) | $ | 3,006,919,296 | |||
Receivable for investments sold | 5,129,854 | ||||
Receivable for capital shares sold | 694,252 | ||||
Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts | 1,686,235 | ||||
Dividends and interest receivable | 7,780,609 | ||||
3,022,210,246 | |||||
Liabilities | |||||
Payable for investments purchased | 35,425,494 | ||||
Payable for capital shares redeemed | 221,188 | ||||
Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts | 674,257 | ||||
Accrued management fees | 495,898 | ||||
Distribution and service fees payable | 9,439 | ||||
Accrued foreign withholding tax reclaim expenses | 100,261 | ||||
Accrued other expenses | 3,940 | ||||
36,930,477 | |||||
Net Assets | $ | 2,985,279,769 | |||
Net Assets Consist of: | |||||
Capital (par value and paid-in surplus) | $ | 2,913,108,456 | |||
Distributable earnings | 72,171,313 | ||||
$ | 2,985,279,769 |
Net Assets | Shares Outstanding | Net Asset Value Per Share* | |||||||||
Investor Class, $0.01 Par Value | $534,585,710 | 59,347,315 | $9.01 | ||||||||
I Class, $0.01 Par Value | $35,324,693 | 3,917,056 | $9.02 | ||||||||
A Class, $0.01 Par Value | $28,490,968 | 3,164,362 | $9.00 | ||||||||
C Class, $0.01 Par Value | $1,013,039 | 112,440 | $9.01 | ||||||||
R Class, $0.01 Par Value | $5,175,604 | 573,912 | $9.02 | ||||||||
R5 Class, $0.01 Par Value | $6,892 | 764 | $9.02 | ||||||||
R6 Class, $0.01 Par Value | $158,004,699 | 17,528,455 | $9.01 | ||||||||
G Class, $0.01 Par Value | $2,222,678,164 | 246,354,900 | $9.02 |
*Maximum offering price per share was equal to the net asset value per share for all share classes, except Class A, for which the maximum offering price per share was $9.55 (net asset value divided by 0.9425). A contingent deferred sales charge may be imposed on redemptions of Class A and Class C.
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statement of Operations |
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 (UNAUDITED) | |||||
Investment Income (Loss) | |||||
Income: | |||||
Dividends (net of foreign taxes withheld of $657,797) | $ | 44,731,669 | |||
Interest | 676,307 | ||||
45,407,976 | |||||
Expenses: | |||||
Management fees | 9,115,356 | ||||
Distribution and service fees: | |||||
A Class | 39,850 | ||||
C Class | 5,117 | ||||
R Class | 13,485 | ||||
Directors' fees and expenses | 52,271 | ||||
Foreign withholding tax reclaim expenses | 183,494 | ||||
Other expenses | 26,187 | ||||
9,435,760 | |||||
Fees waived - G Class | (6,016,640) | ||||
3,419,120 | |||||
Net investment income (loss) | 41,988,856 | ||||
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | |||||
Net realized gain (loss) on: | |||||
Investment transactions | 64,717,031 | ||||
Forward foreign currency exchange contract transactions | 43,639,346 | ||||
Foreign currency translation transactions | (44,566) | ||||
108,311,811 | |||||
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | |||||
Investments | (558,290,749) | ||||
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts | 2,941,619 | ||||
Translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies | (142,766) | ||||
(555,491,896) | |||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | (447,180,085) | ||||
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | $ | (405,191,229) |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets |
SIX MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 (UNAUDITED) AND YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 2022 | ||||||||
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | September 30, 2022 | March 31, 2022 | ||||||
Operations | ||||||||
Net investment income (loss) | $ | 41,988,856 | $ | 16,253,729 | ||||
Net realized gain (loss) | 108,311,811 | 109,218,956 | ||||||
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (555,491,896) | (31,062,054) | ||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | (405,191,229) | 94,410,631 | ||||||
Distributions to Shareholders | ||||||||
From earnings: | ||||||||
Investor Class | (5,502,398) | (134,586,683) | ||||||
I Class | (369,209) | (9,868,498) | ||||||
A Class | (259,000) | (7,614,654) | ||||||
C Class | (5,178) | (243,135) | ||||||
R Class | (38,548) | (1,076,171) | ||||||
R5 Class | (78) | (1,724) | ||||||
R6 Class | (1,832,273) | (39,666,740) | ||||||
G Class | (32,879,642) | (138) | ||||||
Decrease in net assets from distributions | (40,886,326) | (193,057,743) | ||||||
Capital Share Transactions | ||||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from capital share transactions (Note 5) | (182,977,859) | 2,789,145,881 | ||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets | (629,055,414) | 2,690,498,769 | ||||||
Net Assets | ||||||||
Beginning of period | 3,614,335,183 | 923,836,414 | ||||||
End of period | $ | 2,985,279,769 | $ | 3,614,335,183 |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements |
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 (UNAUDITED)
1. Organization
American Century Capital Portfolios, Inc. (the corporation) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company and is organized as a Maryland corporation. Focused Large Cap Value Fund (the fund) is one fund in a series issued by the corporation. The fund’s investment objective is to seek long-term capital growth. Income is a secondary objective.
The fund offers the Investor Class, I Class, A Class, C Class, R Class, R5 Class, R6 Class and G Class. The A Class may incur an initial sales charge. The A Class and C Class may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge. Sale of the G Class commenced on March 15, 2022.
2. Significant Accounting Policies
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the fund in preparation of its financial statements. The fund is an investment company and follows accounting and reporting guidance in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. This may require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from these estimates. Management evaluated the impact of events or transactions occurring through the date the financial statements were issued that would merit recognition or disclosure.
Investment Valuations — The fund determines the fair value of its investments and computes its net asset value (NAV) per share at the close of regular trading (usually 4 p.m. Eastern time) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on each day the NYSE is open. The value of investments of the fund is determined by American Century Investment Management, Inc. (ACIM) (the investment advisor), as the valuation designee, pursuant to its valuation policies and procedures. The Board of Directors oversees the valuation designee and reviews its valuation policies and procedures at least annually.
Equity securities that are listed or traded on a domestic securities exchange are valued at the last reported sales price or at the official closing price as provided by the exchange. Equity securities traded on foreign securities exchanges are generally valued at the closing price of such securities on the exchange where primarily traded or at the close of the NYSE, if that is earlier. If no last sales price is reported, or if local convention or regulation so provides, the mean of the latest bid and asked prices may be used. Securities traded over-the-counter are valued at the mean of the latest bid and asked prices, the last sales price, or the official closing price. Equity securities initially expressed in local currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the mean of the appropriate currency exchange rate at the close of the NYSE as provided by an independent pricing service.
Fixed income securities are valued at the evaluated mean as provided by independent pricing services or at the mean of the most recent bid and asked prices as provided by investment dealers. U.S. Treasury and Government Agency securities are valued using market models that consider trade data, quotations from dealers and active market makers, relevant yield curve and spread data, creditworthiness, trade data or market information on comparable securities, and other relevant security specific information.
Open-end management investment companies are valued at the reported NAV per share. Repurchase agreements are valued at cost, which approximates fair value. Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the mean of the appropriate forward exchange rate at the close of the NYSE as provided by an independent pricing service.
If the valuation designee determines that the market price for a portfolio security is not readily available or is believed by the valuation designee to be unreliable, such security is valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the valuation designee, in accordance with its policies and procedures. Circumstances that may cause the fund to determine that market quotations are not available or reliable include, but are not limited to: when there is a significant event subsequent to the market quotation; trading in a security has been halted during the trading day; or trading in a security is insufficient or did not take place due to a closure or holiday.
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The valuation designee monitors for significant events occurring after the close of an investment’s primary exchange but before the fund’s NAV per share is determined. Significant events may include, but are not limited to: corporate announcements and transactions; regulatory news, governmental action and political unrest that could impact a specific investment or an investment sector; or armed conflicts, natural disasters and similar events that could affect investments in a specific country or region. The valuation designee also monitors for significant fluctuations between domestic and foreign markets, as evidenced by the U.S. market or such other indicators that it deems appropriate. The valuation designee may apply a model-derived factor to the closing price of equity securities traded on foreign securities exchanges. The factor is based on observable market data as provided by an independent pricing service.
Security Transactions — Security transactions are accounted for as of the trade date. Net realized gains and losses are determined on the identified cost basis, which is also used for federal income tax purposes.
Investment Income — Dividend income less foreign taxes withheld, if any, is recorded as of the ex-dividend date. Distributions received on securities that represent a return of capital or long-term capital gain are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. The fund may estimate the components of distributions received that may be considered nontaxable distributions or long-term capital gain distributions for income tax purposes. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis and includes accretion of discounts and amortization of premiums.
Foreign Currency Translations — All assets and liabilities initially expressed in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at prevailing exchange rates at period end. The fund may enter into spot foreign currency exchange contracts to facilitate transactions denominated in a foreign currency. Purchases and sales of investment securities, dividend and interest income, spot foreign currency exchange contracts, and expenses are translated at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. Net realized and unrealized foreign currency exchange gains or losses related to investment securities are a component of net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, respectively.
Repurchase Agreements — The fund may enter into repurchase agreements with institutions that ACIM has determined are creditworthy pursuant to criteria adopted by the Board of Directors. The fund requires that the collateral, represented by securities, received in a repurchase transaction be transferred to the custodian in a manner sufficient to enable the fund to obtain those securities in the event of a default under the repurchase agreement. ACIM monitors, on a daily basis, the securities transferred to ensure the value, including accrued interest, of the securities under each repurchase agreement is equal to or greater than amounts owed to the fund under each repurchase agreement.
Joint Trading Account — Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the fund, along with certain other funds in the American Century Investments family of funds, may transfer uninvested cash balances into a joint trading account. These balances are invested in one or more repurchase agreements that are collateralized by U.S. Treasury or Agency obligations.
Income Tax Status — It is the fund’s policy to distribute substantially all net investment income and net realized gains to shareholders and to otherwise qualify as a regulated investment company under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Accordingly, no provision has been made for income taxes. The fund files U.S. federal, state, local and non-U.S. tax returns as applicable. The fund's tax returns are subject to examination by the relevant taxing authority until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, which is generally three years from the date of filing but can be longer in certain jurisdictions. At this time, management believes there are no uncertain tax positions which, based on their technical merit, would not be sustained upon examination and for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months.
Multiple Class — All shares of the fund represent an equal pro rata interest in the net assets of the class to which such shares belong, and have identical voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights and the same terms and conditions, except for class specific expenses and exclusive rights to vote on matters affecting only individual classes. Income, non-class specific expenses, and realized and unrealized capital gains and losses of the fund are allocated to each class of shares based on their relative net assets.
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Distributions to Shareholders — Distributions from net investment income, if any, are generally declared and paid quarterly. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are generally declared and paid annually. The fund may elect to treat a portion of its payment to a redeeming shareholder, which represents the pro rata share of undistributed net investment income and net realized gains, as a distribution for federal income tax purposes (tax equalization).
Indemnifications — Under the corporation’s organizational documents, its officers and directors are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the fund. In addition, in the normal course of business, the fund enters into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against a fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered by management to be remote.
3. Fees and Transactions with Related Parties
Certain officers and directors of the corporation are also officers and/or directors of American Century Companies, Inc. (ACC). The corporation’s investment advisor, ACIM, the corporation's distributor, American Century Investment Services, Inc. (ACIS), and the corporation’s transfer agent, American Century Services, LLC, are wholly owned, directly or indirectly, by ACC. Various funds issued by American Century Asset Allocation Portfolios, Inc. own, in aggregate, 53% of the shares of the fund. Related parties do not invest in the fund for the purpose of exercising management or control.
Management Fees — The corporation has entered into a management agreement with ACIM, under which ACIM provides the fund with investment advisory and management services in exchange for a single, unified management fee (the fee) per class. The agreement provides that ACIM will pay all expenses of managing and operating the fund, except brokerage expenses, taxes, interest, fees and expenses of the independent directors (including legal counsel fees), extraordinary expenses, and expenses incurred in connection with the provision of shareholder services and distribution services under a plan adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. The fee is computed and accrued daily based on each class's daily net assets and paid monthly in arrears. The difference in the fee among the classes is a result of their separate arrangements for non-Rule 12b-1 shareholder services. It is not the result of any difference in advisory or custodial fees or other expenses related to the management of the fund's assets, which do not vary by class. The rate of the fee is determined by applying a fee rate calculation formula. This formula takes into account the fund's assets as well as certain assets, if any, of other clients of the investment advisor outside the American Century Investments family of funds (such as subadvised funds and separate accounts), as well as exchange-traded funds managed by the investment advisor, that use very similar investment teams and strategies (strategy assets). The investment advisor agreed to waive the G Class's management fee in its entirety. The investment advisor expects this waiver to remain in effect permanently and cannot terminate it without the approval of the Board of Directors.
The management fee schedule range and the effective annual management fee for each class for the period ended September 30, 2022 are as follows:
Management Fee Schedule Range | Effective Annual Management Fee | |||||||
Investor Class | 0.70% to 0.90% | 0.83% | ||||||
I Class | 0.50% to 0.70% | 0.63% | ||||||
A Class | 0.70% to 0.90% | 0.83% | ||||||
C Class | 0.70% to 0.90% | 0.83% | ||||||
R Class | 0.70% to 0.90% | 0.83% | ||||||
R5 Class | 0.50% to 0.70% | 0.63% | ||||||
R6 Class | 0.35% to 0.55% | 0.48% | ||||||
G Class | 0.35% to 0.55% | 0.00%(1) |
(1)Effective annual management fee before waiver was 0.48%.
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Distribution and Service Fees — The Board of Directors has adopted a separate Master Distribution and Individual Shareholder Services Plan for each of the A Class, C Class and R Class (collectively the plans), pursuant to Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act. The plans provide that the A Class will pay ACIS an annual distribution and service fee of 0.25%. The plans provide that the C Class will pay ACIS an annual distribution and service fee of 1.00%, of which 0.25% is paid for individual shareholder services and 0.75% is paid for distribution services. The plans provide that the R Class will pay ACIS an annual distribution and service fee of 0.50%. The fees are computed and accrued daily based on each class’s daily net assets and paid monthly in arrears. The fees are used to pay financial intermediaries for distribution and individual shareholder services. Fees incurred under the plans during the period ended September 30, 2022 are detailed in the Statement of Operations.
Directors' Fees and Expenses — The Board of Directors is responsible for overseeing the investment advisor’s management and operations of the fund. The directors receive detailed information about the fund and its investment advisor regularly throughout the year, and meet at least quarterly with management of the investment advisor to review reports about fund operations. The fund’s officers do not receive compensation from the fund.
Foreign Withholding Tax Reclaim Expenses — The fund may file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. The fund may incur expenses in association with recovery of such taxes. The impact of foreign withholding tax reclaim expenses to the annualized ratio of operating expenses to average net assets was 0.01% for the period ended September 30, 2022.
Interfund Transactions — The fund may enter into security transactions with other American Century Investments funds and other client accounts of the investment advisor, in accordance with the 1940 Act rules and procedures adopted by the Board of Directors. The rules and procedures require, among other things, that these transactions be effected at the independent current market price of the security. During the period, the interfund purchases were $8,162,433 and there were no interfund sales.
4. Investment Transactions
Purchases and sales of investment securities, excluding short-term investments, for the period ended September 30, 2022 were $825,455,534 and $951,854,985, respectively.
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5. Capital Share Transactions
Transactions in shares of the fund were as follows:
Six months ended September 30, 2022 | Year ended March 31, 2022(1) | |||||||||||||
Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | |||||||||||
Investor Class/Shares Authorized | 450,000,000 | 450,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 1,424,752 | $ | 14,150,931 | 4,811,577 | $ | 56,167,255 | ||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 574,779 | 5,443,214 | 12,635,341 | 132,775,626 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (1,979,995) | (19,239,682) | (12,814,037) | (155,539,000) | ||||||||||
19,536 | 354,463 | 4,632,881 | 33,403,881 | |||||||||||
I Class/Shares Authorized | 40,000,000 | 40,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 911,088 | 9,023,810 | 642,235 | 7,493,119 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 36,691 | 348,037 | 877,335 | 9,230,917 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (757,553) | (7,626,559) | (1,371,804) | (15,358,986) | ||||||||||
190,226 | 1,745,288 | 147,766 | 1,365,050 | |||||||||||
A Class/Shares Authorized | 30,000,000 | 30,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 234,461 | 2,357,722 | 299,823 | 3,423,386 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 24,565 | 232,635 | 651,652 | 6,837,534 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (317,571) | (3,146,019) | (679,073) | (7,905,565) | ||||||||||
(58,545) | (555,662) | 272,402 | 2,355,355 | |||||||||||
C Class/Shares Authorized | 20,000,000 | 20,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 41,401 | 399,972 | 13,377 | 151,603 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 507 | 4,815 | 21,307 | 223,501 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (23,585) | (226,079) | (55,662) | (637,122) | ||||||||||
18,323 | 178,708 | (20,978) | (262,018) | |||||||||||
R Class/Shares Authorized | 20,000,000 | 20,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 114,840 | 1,135,846 | 132,998 | 1,540,553 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 3,874 | 36,754 | 97,783 | 1,026,225 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (55,068) | (532,240) | (59,660) | (695,773) | ||||||||||
63,646 | 640,360 | 171,121 | 1,871,005 | |||||||||||
R5 Class/Shares Authorized | 20,000,000 | 20,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 8 | 78 | 164 | 1,724 | ||||||||||
R6 Class/Shares Authorized | 150,000,000 | 150,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 2,735,730 | 26,926,649 | 1,695,134 | 19,418,913 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 192,534 | 1,825,597 | 3,755,823 | 39,527,794 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (1,919,481) | (19,155,087) | (5,524,232) | (65,868,809) | ||||||||||
1,008,783 | 9,597,159 | (73,275) | (6,922,102) | |||||||||||
G Class/Shares Authorized | 1,800,000,000 | 1,800,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 4,807,572 | 47,256,863 | 4,523,509 | 46,999,503 | ||||||||||
Issued in connection with reorganization (Note 10) | — | — | 262,828,937 | 2,729,819,489 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 3,467,326 | 32,879,642 | 13 | 138 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (27,398,037) | (275,074,758) | (1,874,420) | (19,486,144) | ||||||||||
(19,123,139) | (194,938,253) | 265,478,039 | 2,757,332,986 | |||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) | (17,881,162) | $ | (182,977,859) | 270,608,120 | $ | 2,789,145,881 |
(1)March 15, 2022 (commencement of sale) through March 31, 2022 for the G Class.
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6. Fair Value Measurements
The fund’s investments valuation process is based on several considerations and may use multiple inputs to determine the fair value of the investments held by the fund. In conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, the inputs used to determine a valuation are classified into three broad levels.
•Level 1 valuation inputs consist of unadjusted quoted prices in an active market for identical investments.
•Level 2 valuation inputs consist of direct or indirect observable market data (including quoted prices for comparable investments, evaluations of subsequent market events, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.). These inputs also consist of quoted prices for identical investments initially expressed in local currencies that are adjusted through translation into U.S. dollars.
•Level 3 valuation inputs consist of unobservable data (including a fund’s own assumptions).
The level classification is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair valuation measurement. The valuation inputs are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in these securities or other financial instruments.
The following is a summary of the level classifications as of period end. The Schedule of Investments provides additional information on the fund’s portfolio holdings.
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | |||||||||
Assets | |||||||||||
Investment Securities | |||||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 2,765,409,459 | $ | 127,772,875 | — | ||||||
Short-Term Investments | 190,361 | 113,546,601 | — | ||||||||
$ | 2,765,599,820 | $ | 241,319,476 | — | |||||||
Other Financial Instruments | |||||||||||
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | — | $ | 1,686,235 | — | |||||||
Liabilities | |||||||||||
Other Financial Instruments | |||||||||||
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | — | $ | 674,257 | — |
7. Derivative Instruments
Foreign Currency Risk — The fund is subject to foreign currency exchange rate risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. The value of foreign investments held by a fund may be significantly affected by changes in foreign currency exchange rates. The dollar value of a foreign security generally decreases when the value of the dollar rises against the foreign currency in which the security is denominated and tends to increase when the value of the dollar declines against such foreign currency. A fund may enter into forward foreign currency exchange contracts to reduce a fund's exposure to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations. The net U.S. dollar value of foreign currency underlying all contractual commitments held by a fund and the resulting unrealized appreciation or depreciation are determined daily. Realized gain or loss is recorded upon settlement of the contract. Net realized and unrealized gains or losses occurring during the holding period of forward foreign currency exchange contracts are a component of net realized gain (loss) on forward foreign currency exchange contract transactions and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on forward foreign currency exchange contracts, respectively. A fund bears the risk of an unfavorable change in the foreign currency exchange rate underlying the forward contract. Additionally, losses, up to the fair value, may arise if the counterparties do not perform under the contract terms. The fund's average U.S. dollar exposure to foreign currency risk derivative instruments held during the period was $405,982,857.
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The value of foreign currency risk derivative instruments as of September 30, 2022, is disclosed on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset of $1,686,235 in unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts and a liability of $674,257 in unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts. For the six months ended September 30, 2022, the effect of foreign currency risk derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations was $43,639,346 in net realized gain (loss) on forward foreign currency exchange contract transactions and $2,941,619 in change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on forward foreign currency exchange contracts.
8. Risk Factors
The value of the fund’s shares will go up and down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, based on the performance of the securities owned by the fund and other factors generally affecting the securities market. Market risks, including political, regulatory, economic and social developments, can affect the value of the fund’s investments. Natural disasters, public health emergencies, war, terrorism and other unforeseeable events may lead to increased market volatility and may have adverse long-term effects on world economies and markets generally.
There are certain risks involved in investing in foreign securities. These risks include those resulting from political events (such as civil unrest, national elections and imposition of exchange controls), social and economic events (such as labor strikes and rising inflation), and natural disasters. Securities of foreign issuers may be less liquid and more volatile. Investing a significant portion of assets in one country or region may accentuate these risks.
9. Federal Tax Information
The book-basis character of distributions made during the year from net investment income or net realized gains may differ from their ultimate characterization for federal income tax purposes. These differences reflect the differing character of certain income items and net realized gains and losses for financial statement and tax purposes, and may result in reclassification among certain capital accounts on the financial statements.
As of period end, the components of investments for federal income tax purposes were as follows:
Federal tax cost of investments | $ | 3,061,756,210 | |||
Gross tax appreciation of investments | $ | 181,371,654 | |||
Gross tax depreciation of investments | (236,208,568) | ||||
Net tax appreciation (depreciation) of investments | $ | (54,836,914) |
The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales.
10. Reorganization
On December 2, 2021, the Board of Directors approved an agreement and plan of reorganization (the reorganization), whereby the net assets of NT Focused Large Cap Value Fund, one fund in a series issued by the corporation, were transferred to Focused Large Cap Value Fund in exchange for shares of Focused Large Cap Value Fund. The purpose of the transaction was to combine two funds with substantially similar investment objectives and strategies. The financial statements and performance history of Focused Large Cap Value Fund survived after the reorganization. The reorganization was effective at the close of the NYSE on March 25, 2022.
The reorganization was accomplished by a tax-free exchange of shares. On March 25, 2022, NT Focused Large Cap Value Fund exchanged its shares for shares of Focused Large Cap Value Fund as follows:
Original Fund/Class | Shares Exchanged | New Fund/Class | Shares Received | ||||||||
NT Focused Large Cap Value Fund – G Class | 241,023,182 | Focused Large Cap Value Fund – G Class | 262,828,937 |
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The net assets of NT Focused Large Cap Value Fund and Focused Large Cap Value Fund immediately before the reorganization were $2,729,819,489 and $865,609,421, respectively. NT Focused Large Cap Value Fund's unrealized appreciation of $417,690,402 was combined with that of Focused Large Cap Value Fund. Immediately after the reorganization, the combined net assets were $3,595,428,910.
Assuming the reorganization had been completed on April 1, 2021, the beginning of the annual reporting period, the pro forma results of operations for the period ended March 31, 2022 are as follows:
Net investment income (loss) | $ | 86,447,923 | |||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 356,071,110 | ||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | $ | 442,519,033 |
Because the combined investment portfolios have been managed as a single integrated portfolio since the reorganization was completed, it is not practicable to separate the amounts of revenue and earnings of NT Focused Large Cap Value Fund that have been included in the fund’s Statement of Operations since March 25, 2022.
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Financial Highlights |
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Years Ended March 31 (except as noted) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Per-Share Data | Ratios and Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income From Investment Operations: | Distributions From: | Ratio to Average Net Assets of: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | Net Investment Income (Loss)(1) | Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | Total From Investment Operations | Net Investment Income | Net Realized Gains | Total Distributions | Net Asset Value, End of Period | Total Return(2) | Operating Expenses | Operating Expenses (before expense waiver) | Net Investment Income (Loss) | Net Investment Income (Loss) (before expense waiver) | Portfolio Turnover Rate | Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Investor Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022(3) | $10.35 | 0.09 | (1.34) | (1.25) | (0.09) | — | (0.09) | $9.01 | (12.09)% | 0.84%(4) | 0.84%(4) | 1.87%(4) | 1.87%(4) | 26% | $534,586 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $11.80 | 0.19 | 1.11 | 1.30 | (0.20) | (2.55) | (2.75) | $10.35 | 11.82% | 0.83% | 0.83% | 1.59% | 1.59% | 42% | $613,873 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $8.24 | 0.19 | 3.62 | 3.81 | (0.19) | (0.06) | (0.25) | $11.80 | 46.64% | 0.83% | 0.83% | 1.90% | 1.90% | 112% | $645,489 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $9.85 | 0.18 | (1.52) | (1.34) | (0.18) | (0.09) | (0.27) | $8.24 | (14.21)% | 0.84% | 0.84% | 1.72% | 1.72% | 72% | $456,382 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $9.85 | 0.18 | 0.40 | 0.58 | (0.18) | (0.40) | (0.58) | $9.85 | 6.20% | 0.83% | 0.83% | 1.83% | 1.83% | 62% | $673,365 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | $10.05 | 0.21 | 0.17 | 0.38 | (0.20) | (0.38) | (0.58) | $9.85 | 3.65% | 0.83% | 0.83% | 2.09% | 2.09% | 53% | $621,874 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
I Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022(3) | $10.36 | 0.10 | (1.34) | (1.24) | (0.10) | — | (0.10) | $9.02 | (11.99)% | 0.64%(4) | 0.64%(4) | 2.07%(4) | 2.07%(4) | 26% | $35,325 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $11.81 | 0.22 | 1.10 | 1.32 | (0.22) | (2.55) | (2.77) | $10.36 | 12.03% | 0.63% | 0.63% | 1.79% | 1.79% | 42% | $38,604 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $8.24 | 0.22 | 3.62 | 3.84 | (0.21) | (0.06) | (0.27) | $11.81 | 47.06% | 0.63% | 0.63% | 2.10% | 2.10% | 112% | $42,273 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $9.86 | 0.20 | (1.53) | (1.33) | (0.20) | (0.09) | (0.29) | $8.24 | (14.13)% | 0.64% | 0.64% | 1.92% | 1.92% | 72% | $20,080 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $9.86 | 0.20 | 0.40 | 0.60 | (0.20) | (0.40) | (0.60) | $9.86 | 6.41% | 0.63% | 0.63% | 2.03% | 2.03% | 62% | $18,196 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | $10.06 | 0.22 | 0.18 | 0.40 | (0.22) | (0.38) | (0.60) | $9.86 | 3.85% | 0.63% | 0.63% | 2.29% | 2.29% | 53% | $20,213 |
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Years Ended March 31 (except as noted) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Per-Share Data | Ratios and Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income From Investment Operations: | Distributions From: | Ratio to Average Net Assets of: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | Net Investment Income (Loss)(1) | Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | Total From Investment Operations | Net Investment Income | Net Realized Gains | Total Distributions | Net Asset Value, End of Period | Total Return(2) | Operating Expenses | Operating Expenses (before expense waiver) | Net Investment Income (Loss) | Net Investment Income (Loss) (before expense waiver) | Portfolio Turnover Rate | Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022(3) | $10.34 | 0.08 | (1.34) | (1.26) | (0.08) | — | (0.08) | $9.00 | (12.21)% | 1.09%(4) | 1.09%(4) | 1.62%(4) | 1.62%(4) | 26% | $28,491 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $11.80 | 0.17 | 1.09 | 1.26 | (0.17) | (2.55) | (2.72) | $10.34 | 11.44% | 1.08% | 1.08% | 1.34% | 1.34% | 42% | $33,334 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $8.23 | 0.17 | 3.62 | 3.79 | (0.16) | (0.06) | (0.22) | $11.80 | 46.44% | 1.08% | 1.08% | 1.65% | 1.65% | 112% | $34,806 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $9.85 | 0.15 | (1.53) | (1.38) | (0.15) | (0.09) | (0.24) | $8.23 | (14.52)% | 1.09% | 1.09% | 1.47% | 1.47% | 72% | $26,342 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $9.85 | 0.16 | 0.40 | 0.56 | (0.16) | (0.40) | (0.56) | $9.85 | 5.94% | 1.08% | 1.08% | 1.58% | 1.58% | 62% | $34,603 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | $10.05 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.35 | (0.17) | (0.38) | (0.55) | $9.85 | 3.39% | 1.08% | 1.08% | 1.84% | 1.84% | 53% | $40,192 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
C Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022(3) | $10.35 | 0.04 | (1.33) | (1.29) | (0.05) | — | (0.05) | $9.01 | (12.53)% | 1.84%(4) | 1.84%(4) | 0.87%(4) | 0.87%(4) | 26% | $1,013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $11.80 | 0.07 | 1.11 | 1.18 | (0.08) | (2.55) | (2.63) | $10.35 | 10.69% | 1.83% | 1.83% | 0.59% | 0.59% | 42% | $974 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $8.23 | 0.09 | 3.62 | 3.71 | (0.08) | (0.06) | (0.14) | $11.80 | 45.31% | 1.83% | 1.83% | 0.90% | 0.90% | 112% | $1,358 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $9.85 | 0.07 | (1.52) | (1.45) | (0.08) | (0.09) | (0.17) | $8.23 | (15.14)% | 1.84% | 1.84% | 0.72% | 0.72% | 72% | $2,324 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $9.85 | 0.08 | 0.40 | 0.48 | (0.08) | (0.40) | (0.48) | $9.85 | 5.15% | 1.83% | 1.83% | 0.83% | 0.83% | 62% | $3,363 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | $10.05 | 0.11 | 0.17 | 0.28 | (0.10) | (0.38) | (0.48) | $9.85 | 2.63% | 1.83% | 1.83% | 1.09% | 1.09% | 53% | $6,050 |
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Years Ended March 31 (except as noted) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Income From Investment Operations: | Distributions From: | Ratio to Average Net Assets of: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | Net Investment Income (Loss)(1) | Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | Total From Investment Operations | Net Investment Income | Net Realized Gains | Total Distributions | Net Asset Value, End of Period | Total Return(2) | Operating Expenses | Operating Expenses (before expense waiver) | Net Investment Income (Loss) | Net Investment Income (Loss) (before expense waiver) | Portfolio Turnover Rate | Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
R Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022(3) | $10.36 | 0.07 | (1.34) | (1.27) | (0.07) | — | (0.07) | $9.02 | (12.30)% | 1.34%(4) | 1.34%(4) | 1.37%(4) | 1.37%(4) | 26% | $5,176 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $11.81 | 0.14 | 1.10 | 1.24 | (0.14) | (2.55) | (2.69) | $10.36 | 11.24% | 1.33% | 1.33% | 1.09% | 1.09% | 42% | $5,286 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $8.24 | 0.14 | 3.62 | 3.76 | (0.13) | (0.06) | (0.19) | $11.81 | 46.00% | 1.33% | 1.33% | 1.40% | 1.40% | 112% | $4,006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $9.86 | 0.13 | (1.53) | (1.40) | (0.13) | (0.09) | (0.22) | $8.24 | (14.71)% | 1.34% | 1.34% | 1.22% | 1.22% | 72% | $2,762 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $9.86 | 0.13 | 0.40 | 0.53 | (0.13) | (0.40) | (0.53) | $9.86 | 5.67% | 1.33% | 1.33% | 1.33% | 1.33% | 62% | $3,389 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | $10.06 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.33 | (0.15) | (0.38) | (0.53) | $9.86 | 3.13% | 1.33% | 1.33% | 1.59% | 1.59% | 53% | $4,291 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2022(3) | $10.36 | 0.10 | (1.34) | (1.24) | (0.10) | — | (0.10) | $9.02 | (11.99)% | 0.64%(4) | 0.64%(4) | 2.07%(4) | 2.07%(4) | 26% | $7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $11.81 | 0.22 | 1.10 | 1.32 | (0.22) | (2.55) | (2.77) | $10.36 | 12.01% | 0.63% | 0.63% | 1.79% | 1.79% | 42% | $8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $8.24 | 0.21 | 3.63 | 3.84 | (0.21) | (0.06) | (0.27) | $11.81 | 47.06% | 0.63% | 0.63% | 2.10% | 2.10% | 112% | $7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $9.86 | 0.20 | (1.53) | (1.33) | (0.20) | (0.09) | (0.29) | $8.24 | (14.13)% | 0.64% | 0.64% | 1.92% | 1.92% | 72% | $5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $9.86 | 0.20 | 0.40 | 0.60 | (0.20) | (0.40) | (0.60) | $9.86 | 6.40% | 0.63% | 0.63% | 2.03% | 2.03% | 62% | $6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018(5) | $10.04 | 0.23 | 0.19 | 0.42 | (0.22) | (0.38) | (0.60) | $9.86 | 4.05% | 0.63%(4) | 0.63%(4) | 2.28%(4) | 2.28%(4) | 53%(6) | $5 |
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Years Ended March 31 (except as noted) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Income From Investment Operations: | Distributions From: | Ratio to Average Net Assets of: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | Net Investment Income (Loss)(1) | Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | Total From Investment Operations | Net Investment Income | Net Realized Gains | Total Distributions | Net Asset Value, End of Period | Total Return(2) | Operating Expenses | Operating Expenses (before expense waiver) | Net Investment Income (Loss) | Net Investment Income (Loss) (before expense waiver) | Portfolio Turnover Rate | Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2022(3) | $10.35 | 0.11 | (1.34) | (1.23) | (0.11) | — | (0.11) | $9.01 | (11.94)% | 0.49%(4) | 0.49%(4) | 2.22%(4) | 2.22%(4) | 26% | $158,005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $11.81 | 0.24 | 1.09 | 1.33 | (0.24) | (2.55) | (2.79) | $10.35 | 12.10% | 0.48% | 0.48% | 1.94% | 1.94% | 42% | $171,044 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $8.24 | 0.23 | 3.62 | 3.85 | (0.22) | (0.06) | (0.28) | $11.81 | 47.29% | 0.48% | 0.48% | 2.25% | 2.25% | 112% | $195,898 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $9.86 | 0.21 | (1.52) | (1.31) | (0.22) | (0.09) | (0.31) | $8.24 | (14.01)% | 0.49% | 0.49% | 2.07% | 2.07% | 72% | $119,911 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $9.86 | 0.22 | 0.40 | 0.62 | (0.22) | (0.40) | (0.62) | $9.86 | 6.57% | 0.48% | 0.48% | 2.18% | 2.18% | 62% | $152,534 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | $10.06 | 0.25 | 0.16 | 0.41 | (0.23) | (0.38) | (0.61) | $9.86 | 4.01% | 0.48% | 0.48% | 2.44% | 2.44% | 53% | $121,935 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2022(3) | $10.36 | 0.13 | (1.34) | (1.21) | (0.13) | — | (0.13) | $9.02 | (11.72)% | 0.01%(4) | 0.49%(4) | 2.70%(4) | 2.22%(4) | 26% | $2,222,678 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022(7) | $10.59 | 0.01 | 0.34 | 0.35 | (0.03) | (0.55) | (0.58) | $10.36 | 3.38% | 0.00%(4)(8) | 0.47%(4) | 1.68%(4) | 1.21%(4) | 42%(9) | $2,751,213 |
Notes to Financial Highlights |
(1)Computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period.
(2)Total returns are calculated based on the net asset value of the last business day and do not reflect applicable sales charges, if any. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.
(3)Six months ended September 30, 2022 (unaudited).
(4)Annualized.
(5)April 10, 2017 (commencement of sale) through March 31, 2018.
(6)Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level. Percentage indicated was calculated for the year ended March 31, 2018.
(7)March 15, 2022 (commencement of sale) through March 31, 2022.
(8)Ratio was less than 0.005%.
(9)Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level. Percentage indicated was calculated for the year ended March 31, 2022.
See Notes to Financial Statements.
Approval of Management Agreement |
At a meeting held on June 29, 2022, the Fund’s Board of Directors (the "Board") unanimously approved the renewal of the management agreement pursuant to which American Century Investment Management, Inc. (the “Advisor”) acts as the investment advisor for the Fund. Under Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Investment Company Act”), contracts for investment advisory services are required to be reviewed, evaluated, and approved by a majority of a fund’s Directors, including a majority of the independent Directors, each year.
Prior to its consideration of the renewal of the management agreement, the Directors requested and reviewed data and information compiled by the Advisor and certain independent data providers concerning the Fund. This review was in addition to the oversight and evaluation undertaken by the Board and its committees on a continual basis and the information received was supplemental to the information that the Board and its committees receive and consider throughout the year.
In connection with its consideration of the renewal of the management agreement, the Board’s review and evaluation of the services provided by the Advisor and its affiliates included, but was not limited to, the following:
•the nature, extent, and quality of investment management, shareholder services, and other services provided and to be provided to the Fund including without limitation portfolio management and trading services, shareholder and intermediary services, compliance and legal services, fund accounting and financial reporting, and fund share distribution;
•the wide range of other programs and services provided to the Fund and its shareholders on a routine and non-routine basis;
•the Fund’s investment performance, including data comparing the Fund's performance to an appropriate benchmark(s) and peer group of other mutual funds with similar investment objectives and strategies;
•the cost of owning the Fund compared to the cost of owning similarly-managed funds;
•the compliance policies, procedures, and regulatory experience of the Advisor and the Fund's service providers;
•the Advisor’s strategic plans, generally, and with respect to the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic response, heightened areas of interest in the mutual fund industry and recent geopolitical issues;
•the Advisor’s business continuity plans, vendor management practices, and cyber security practices;
•financial data showing the cost of services provided to the Fund, the profitability of the Fund to the Advisor, and the overall profitability of the Advisor;
•possible economies of scale associated with the Advisor’s management of the Fund and other accounts;
•services provided and charges to the Advisor's other investment management clients;
•acquired fund fees and expenses;
•payments and practices in connection with financial intermediaries holding shares of the Fund and the services provided by intermediaries in connection therewith; and
•possible collateral benefits to the Advisor from the management of the Fund.
The Board held four meetings to consider the renewal. The independent Directors also met in private session multiple times to review and discuss the information provided in response to their request. The independent Directors held active discussions with the Advisor regarding the renewal of the management agreement, requesting supplemental information, and reviewing information provided by the Advisor in response thereto. The independent Directors had the benefit of the advice of their independent counsel throughout the process.
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Factors Considered
The Directors considered all of the information provided by the Advisor, the independent data providers, and independent counsel in connection with the approval. They determined that the information was sufficient for them to evaluate the management agreement for the Fund. In connection with their review, the Directors did not identify any single factor as being all-important or controlling, and each Director may have attributed different levels of importance to different factors. In deciding to renew the management agreement, the Board based its decision on a number of factors, including without limitation the following:
Nature, Extent and Quality of Services — Generally. Under the management agreement, the Advisor is responsible for providing or arranging for all services necessary for the operation of the Fund. The Board noted that the Advisor provides or arranges at its own expense a wide variety of services which include, without limitation, the following:
•constructing and designing the Fund
•portfolio research and security selection
•initial capitalization/funding
•securities trading
•Fund administration
•custody of Fund assets
•daily valuation of the Fund’s portfolio
•liquidity monitoring and management
•risk management, including cyber security
•shareholder servicing and transfer agency, including shareholder confirmations, recordkeeping, and communications
•legal services (except the independent Directors’ counsel)
•regulatory and portfolio compliance
•financial reporting
•marketing and distribution (except amounts paid by the Fund under Rule 12b-1 plans)
The Board noted that many of these services have expanded over time in terms of both quantity and complexity in response to shareholder demands, competition in the industry, changing distribution channels, and the changing regulatory environment.
Investment Management Services. The nature of the investment management services provided to the Fund is quite complex and allows Fund shareholders access to professional money management, instant diversification of their investments within an asset class, the opportunity to easily diversify among asset classes by investing in or exchanging among various American Century Investments funds, and liquidity. In evaluating investment performance, the Board expects the Advisor to manage the Fund in accordance with its investment objectives and principal investment strategies. Further, the Directors recognize that the Advisor has an obligation to monitor trading activities, and in particular to seek the best execution of Fund trades, and to evaluate the use of and payment for research. In providing these services, the Advisor utilizes teams of investment professionals (portfolio managers, analysts, research assistants, and securities traders) who require extensive information technology, research, training, compliance, and other systems to conduct their business. The Board, directly and through its Fund Performance Review Committee, provides oversight of the investment performance process. It regularly reviews investment performance information for the Fund, together with comparative information for appropriate benchmarks and/or peer groups of similarly-managed funds, over different time horizons. The Directors also review investment performance information during the management agreement renewal process. If performance concerns are identified, the Board discusses with the Advisor the reasons for such results (e.g., market conditions, security selection) and any actions being taken to improve performance, and may conduct special reviews until performance improves. The Fund’s performance was below its benchmark for the one-, three-, five-, and ten-year periods reviewed by the Board. The Board discussed the Fund's performance with the Advisor, including steps being taken to address underperformance, and was satisfied with the efforts being undertaken by the
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Advisor. The Board found the investment management services provided by the Advisor to the Fund to be satisfactory and consistent with the management agreement.
Shareholder and Other Services. Under the management agreement, the Advisor provides the Fund with a comprehensive package of transfer agency, shareholder, and other services. The Board, directly and through its various committees, regularly reviews reports and evaluations of such services at its regular meetings. These reports include, but are not limited to, information regarding the operational efficiency and accuracy of the shareholder and transfer agency services provided, staffing levels, shareholder satisfaction, technology support (including cyber security), new products and services offered to Fund shareholders, securities trading activities, portfolio valuation services, auditing services, and legal and operational compliance activities. The Board found the services provided by the Advisor to the Fund under the management agreement to be competitive and of high quality.
Costs of Services and Profitability. The Advisor provides detailed information concerning its cost of providing various services to the Fund, its profitability in managing the Fund (pre- and post-distribution), its overall profitability, and its financial condition. The Directors have reviewed with the Advisor the methodology used to prepare this financial information. This information is considered in evaluating the Advisor’s financial condition, its ability to continue to provide services under the management agreement, and the reasonableness of the current management fee. The Board concluded that the Advisor’s profits were reasonable in light of the services provided to the Fund.
Ethics. The Board generally considers the Advisor’s commitment to providing quality services to shareholders and to conducting its business ethically. They noted that the Advisor’s practices generally meet or exceed industry best practices.
Economies of Scale. The Board also reviewed information provided by the Advisor regarding the possible existence of economies of scale in connection with the management of the Fund. The Board concluded that economies of scale are difficult to measure and predict with precision, especially on a fund-by-fund basis. The Board concluded that the Advisor is sharing economies of scale, to the extent they exist, through its fee structure, and through reinvestment in its business, infrastructure, investment capabilities and initiatives to provide shareholders enhanced and expanded content and services. The Board also noted that economies of scale are shared with the Fund and its shareholders through management fee breakpoints that serve to reduce the effective management fee as the assets of the Fund grow. Assets of various classes of the same Fund or similarly-managed products are combined with the assets of the Fund to help achieve those breakpoints.
Comparison to Other Funds’ Fees. The management agreement provides that the Fund pays the Advisor a single, all-inclusive (or unified) management fee for providing all services necessary for the management and operation of the Fund, other than securities transaction expenses, taxes, interest, extraordinary expenses, fees and expenses of the Fund’s independent Directors (including their independent legal counsel), and expenses incurred in connection with the provision of shareholder services and distribution services under a plan adopted pursuant to Investment Company Act Rule 12b-1. Under the unified fee structure, the Advisor is responsible for providing all investment advisory, custody, audit, administrative, compliance, recordkeeping, marketing and shareholder services, or arranging and supervising third parties to provide such services. By contrast, most other funds are charged a variety of fees, including an investment advisory fee, a transfer agency fee, an administrative fee, distribution charges, and other expenses. Other than their investment advisory fees and any applicable Rule 12b-1 distribution fees, all other components of the total fees charged by these other funds may be increased without shareholder approval. The Board believes the unified fee structure is a benefit to Fund shareholders because it clearly discloses to shareholders the cost of owning Fund shares, and, since the unified fee cannot be increased without a vote of Fund shareholders, it shifts to the Advisor the risk of increased costs of operating the Fund and provides a direct incentive to minimize administrative inefficiencies. Part of the Board’s analysis of fee levels involves reviewing certain evaluative data compiled by an independent provider comparing the Fund’s unified fee to the total expense ratios of its peers. The
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unified fee charged to shareholders of the Fund was below the median of the total expense ratios of the Fund’s peer expense universe. In addition, the Board reviewed the Fund’s position relative to the narrower set of its expense group peers. The Board concluded that the management fee paid by the Fund to the Advisor under the management agreement is reasonable in light of the services provided to the Fund.
Comparison to Fees and Services Provided to Other Clients of the Advisor. The Board also requested and received information from the Advisor concerning the nature of the services, fees, costs, and profitability of its advisory services to advisory clients other than the Fund. They observed that these varying types of client accounts require different services and involve different regulatory and entrepreneurial risks than the management of the Fund. The Board analyzed this information and concluded that the fees charged and services provided to the Fund were reasonable by comparison.
Payments to Intermediaries. The Directors also requested and received a description of payments made to intermediaries by the Fund and the Advisor and services provided in response thereto. These payments include various payments made by the Fund or the Advisor to different types of intermediaries and recordkeepers for distribution and service activities provided for the Fund. The Directors reviewed such information and received representations from the Advisor that all such payments by the Fund were made pursuant to the Fund's Rule 12b-1 Plan and that all such payments by the Advisor were made from the Advisor’s resources and reasonable profits.
Collateral or “Fall-Out” Benefits Derived by the Advisor. The Board considered the possible existence of collateral benefits the Advisor may receive as a result of its relationship with the Fund. They concluded that the Advisor’s primary business is managing funds and it generally does not use fund or shareholder information to generate profits in other lines of business, and therefore does not derive any significant collateral benefits from them. To the extent there are potential collateral benefits, the Board has been advised and has taken this into consideration in its review of the management contract with the Fund. The Board noted that additional assets from other clients may offer the Advisor some benefit from increased leverage with service providers and counterparties. Additionally, the Advisor may receive proprietary research from broker-dealers that execute fund portfolio transactions, which the Board concluded is likely to benefit other clients of the Advisor, as well as Fund shareholders. The Board also determined that the Advisor is able to provide investment management services to certain clients other than the Fund, at least in part, due to its existing infrastructure built to serve the fund complex. The Board concluded that appropriate allocation methodologies had been employed to assign resources and the cost of those resources to these other clients and, where expressly provided, these other client assets may be included with the assets of the Fund to determine breakpoints in the management fee schedule.
Existing Relationship. The Board also considered whether there was any reason for not continuing the existing arrangement with the Advisor. In this regard, the Board was mindful of the potential disruptions of the Fund’s operations and various risks, uncertainties, and other effects that could occur as a result of a decision not to continue such relationship. In particular, the Board recognized that most shareholders have invested in the Fund on the strength of the Advisor’s industry standing and reputation and in the expectation that the Advisor will have a continuing role in providing advisory services to the Fund.
Conclusion of the Directors. As a result of this process, the Board, including all of the independent Directors, taking into account all of the factors discussed above and the information provided by the Advisor and others in connection with its review and throughout the year, determined that the terms of the management agreement are fair and reasonable and that the management fee charged to the Fund is reasonable in light of the services provided and that the management agreement between the Fund and the Advisor should be renewed for an additional one-year period.
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Additional Information |
Retirement Account Information
As required by law, distributions you receive from certain retirement accounts are subject to federal income tax withholding, unless you elect not to have withholding apply*. Tax will be withheld on the total amount withdrawn even though you may be receiving amounts that are not subject to withholding, such as nondeductible contributions. In such case, excess amounts of withholding could occur. You may adjust your withholding election so that a greater or lesser amount will be withheld.
If you don’t want us to withhold on this amount, you must notify us to not withhold the federal income tax. You may notify us in writing or in certain situations by telephone or through other electronic means. For systematic withdrawals, your withholding election will remain in effect until revoked or changed by filing a new election. You have the right to revoke your election at any time and change your withholding percentage for future distributions.
Remember, even if you elect not to have income tax withheld, you are liable for paying income tax on the taxable portion of your withdrawal. If you elect not to have income tax withheld or you don’t have enough income tax withheld, you may be responsible for payment of estimated tax. You may incur penalties under the estimated tax rules if your withholding and estimated tax payments are not sufficient. You can reduce or defer the income tax on a distribution by directly or indirectly rolling such distribution over to another IRA or eligible plan. You should consult your tax advisor for additional information.
State tax will be withheld if, at the time of your distribution, your address is within one of the mandatory withholding states and you have federal income tax withheld (or as otherwise required by state law). State taxes will be withheld from your distribution in accordance with the respective state rules.
*Some 403(b), 457 and qualified retirement plan distributions may be subject to 20% mandatory withholding, as they are subject to special tax and withholding rules. Your plan administrator or plan sponsor is required to provide you with a special tax notice explaining those rules at the time you request a distribution. If applicable, federal and/or state taxes may be withheld from your distribution amount.
Proxy Voting Policies
A description of the policies that the fund's investment advisor uses in exercising the voting rights associated with the securities purchased and/or held by the fund is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-345-2021. It is also available on American Century Investments’ website at americancentury.com/proxy and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at sec.gov. Information regarding how the investment advisor voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available on americancentury.com/proxy. It is also available at sec.gov.
Quarterly Portfolio Disclosure
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. These portfolio holdings are available on the fund's website at
americancentury.com and, upon request, by calling 1-800-345-2021. The fund’s Form N-PORT
reports are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov.
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Semiannual Report | |||||
September 30, 2022 | |||||
Mid Cap Value Fund | |||||
Investor Class (ACMVX) | |||||
I Class (AVUAX) | |||||
Y Class (AMVYX) | |||||
A Class (ACLAX) | |||||
C Class (ACCLX) | |||||
R Class (AMVRX) | |||||
R5 Class (AMVGX) | |||||
R6 Class (AMDVX) | |||||
G Class (ACIPX) |
Table of Contents |
President’s Letter | |||||
Fund Characteristics | |||||
Shareholder Fee Example | |||||
Schedule of Investments | |||||
Statement of Assets and Liabilities | |||||
Statement of Operations | |||||
Statement of Changes in Net Assets | |||||
Notes to Financial Statements | |||||
Financial Highlights | |||||
Approval of Management Agreement | |||||
Additional Information |
Any opinions expressed in this report reflect those of the author as of the date of the report, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of American Century Investments® or any other person in the American Century Investments organization. Any such opinions are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and American Century Investments disclaims any responsibility to update such opinions. These opinions may not be relied upon as investment advice and, because investment decisions made by American Century Investments funds are based on numerous factors, may not be relied upon as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any American Century Investments fund. Security examples are used for representational purposes only and are not intended as recommendations to purchase or sell securities. Performance information for comparative indices and securities is provided to American Century Investments by third party vendors. To the best of American Century Investments’ knowledge, such information is accurate at the time of printing.
President’s Letter |
Jonathan Thomas
Dear Investor:
Thank you for reviewing this semiannual report for the period ending September 30, 2022. It provides a market overview (below), followed by a schedule of fund investments and other financial information. For additional investment insights, please visit americancentury.com.
Inflation, Rates, Recession Worries Weighed on Financial Markets
The reporting period began with financial markets digesting the effects of soaring inflation, heightened market volatility and slowing growth. For more than a year, the effects of massive fiscal and monetary support, escalating energy prices, supply chain breakdowns and labor market shortages had driven inflation to multidecade highs. The Russia-Ukraine war continued to nudge commodity prices even higher, exacerbating existing inflationary pressures and further damaging global supply chains.
The Federal Reserve (Fed), which began tightening in March with a 25-basis-points (bps) hike, increased rates an additional 275 bps during the six-month period. Inflation was slow to respond, climbing to a 40-year-high 9.1% in June before slipping to 8.2% in September, largely due to falling gasoline prices. Policymakers indicated taming inflation remains their priority, even as the economy contracted in 2022’s first two quarters and an official recession appeared imminent.
In addition to fueling recession risk, the combination of elevated inflation and a hawkish Fed helped push Treasury yields sharply higher and stock prices significantly lower. Amid persistent market unrest, most stock and bond indices ended the six-month period with steep losses. Stocks, as measured by the S&P 500 Index, plunged more than 20%, while bonds, as measured by the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, tumbled more than 9%.
Staying Disciplined in Uncertain Times
We expect market volatility to linger as investors navigate a complex environment of high inflation, rising interest rates and economic uncertainty. In addition, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine complicates an increasingly tense geopolitical backdrop and threatens global energy markets. We will continue to monitor this evolving situation and what it broadly means for investors across asset classes.
We appreciate your confidence in us during these extraordinary times. Our firm has a long history of helping clients weather unpredictable markets, and we’re confident we will continue to meet today’s challenges.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Thomas
President and Chief Executive Officer
American Century Investments
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Fund Characteristics |
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 | |||||
Types of Investments in Portfolio | % of net assets | ||||
Common Stocks | 95.3% | ||||
Exchange-Traded Funds | 1.8% | ||||
Short-Term Investments | 3.2% | ||||
Other Assets and Liabilities | (0.3)% | ||||
Top Five Industries* | % of net assets | ||||
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) | 8.5% | ||||
Capital Markets | 7.7% | ||||
Health Care Providers and Services | 7.6% | ||||
Health Care Equipment and Supplies | 6.3% | ||||
Insurance | 6.0% |
*Exposure indicated excludes Exchange-Traded Funds. The Schedule of Investments provides additional information on the fund's portfolio holdings.
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Shareholder Fee Example |
Fund shareholders may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments and redemption/exchange fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and service (12b-1) fees; and other fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing cost of investing in other mutual funds.
The example is based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from April 1, 2022 to September 30, 2022.
Actual Expenses
The table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses for each class. You may use the information, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. First, identify the share class you own. Then simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number under the heading “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
If you hold Investor Class shares of any American Century Investments mutual fund, or I Class shares of the American Century Diversified Bond Fund, in an American Century Investments account (i.e., not through a financial intermediary or employer-sponsored retirement plan account), American Century Investments may charge you a $25 annual account maintenance fee if the value of those shares is less than $10,000. We will redeem shares automatically in one of your accounts to pay the $25 fee. In determining your total eligible investment amount, we will include your investments in all personal accounts (including American Century Investments brokerage accounts) registered under your Social Security number. Personal accounts include individual accounts, joint accounts, UGMA/UTMA accounts, personal trusts, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts and IRAs (including traditional, Roth, Rollover, SEP-, SARSEP- and SIMPLE-IRAs), and certain other retirement accounts. If you have only business, business retirement, employer-sponsored or American Century Investments brokerage accounts, you are currently not subject to this fee. If you are subject to the account maintenance fee, your account value could be reduced by the fee amount.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The table also provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio of each class of your fund and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the actual return of a fund’s share class. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in your fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads) or redemption/exchange fees. 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 transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
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Beginning Account Value 4/1/22 | Ending Account Value 9/30/22 | Expenses Paid During Period(1) 4/1/22 - 9/30/22 | Annualized Expense Ratio(1) | |||||||||||
Actual | ||||||||||||||
Investor Class | $1,000 | $846.80 | $4.49 | 0.97% | ||||||||||
I Class | $1,000 | $847.90 | $3.57 | 0.77% | ||||||||||
Y Class | $1,000 | $848.60 | $2.87 | 0.62% | ||||||||||
A Class | $1,000 | $846.00 | $5.65 | 1.22% | ||||||||||
C Class | $1,000 | $843.20 | $9.10 | 1.97% | ||||||||||
R Class | $1,000 | $844.90 | $6.80 | 1.47% | ||||||||||
R5 Class | $1,000 | $848.40 | $3.57 | 0.77% | ||||||||||
R6 Class | $1,000 | $848.50 | $2.87 | 0.62% | ||||||||||
G Class | $1,000 | $851.20 | $0.00 | 0.00%(2) | ||||||||||
Hypothetical | ||||||||||||||
Investor Class | $1,000 | $1,020.21 | $4.91 | 0.97% | ||||||||||
I Class | $1,000 | $1,021.21 | $3.90 | 0.77% | ||||||||||
Y Class | $1,000 | $1,021.96 | $3.14 | 0.62% | ||||||||||
A Class | $1,000 | $1,018.95 | $6.17 | 1.22% | ||||||||||
C Class | $1,000 | $1,015.19 | $9.95 | 1.97% | ||||||||||
R Class | $1,000 | $1,017.70 | $7.44 | 1.47% | ||||||||||
R5 Class | $1,000 | $1,021.21 | $3.90 | 0.77% | ||||||||||
R6 Class | $1,000 | $1,021.96 | $3.14 | 0.62% | ||||||||||
G Class | $1,000 | $1,025.07 | $0.00 | 0.00%(2) |
(1)Expenses are equal to the class's annualized expense ratio listed in the table above, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183, the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year, divided by 365, to reflect the one-half year period. Annualized expense ratio reflects actual expenses, including any applicable fee waivers or expense reimbursements and excluding any acquired fund fees and expenses.
(2)Other expenses, which include directors' fees and expenses, did not exceed 0.005%.
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Schedule of Investments |
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 (UNAUDITED)
Shares/ Principal Amount | Value | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS — 95.3% | ||||||||
Aerospace and Defense — 1.1% | ||||||||
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. | 429,865 | $ | 95,215,098 | |||||
Airlines — 1.6% | ||||||||
Southwest Airlines Co.(1) | 4,247,274 | 130,985,930 | ||||||
Auto Components — 2.3% | ||||||||
Aptiv PLC(1) | 338,125 | 26,444,756 | ||||||
BorgWarner, Inc. | 3,928,069 | 123,341,367 | ||||||
Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA | 1,903,154 | 42,641,493 | ||||||
192,427,616 | ||||||||
Banks — 5.8% | ||||||||
First Hawaiian, Inc. | 5,238,664 | 129,028,294 | ||||||
Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. | 1,633,956 | 108,952,186 | ||||||
Truist Financial Corp. | 3,111,298 | 135,465,915 | ||||||
U.S. Bancorp | 1,439,573 | 58,043,583 | ||||||
Westamerica Bancorporation | 976,720 | 51,072,689 | ||||||
482,562,667 | ||||||||
Building Products — 0.8% | ||||||||
Cie de Saint-Gobain | 1,840,914 | 65,822,967 | ||||||
Capital Markets — 7.7% | ||||||||
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | 303,187 | 76,387,964 | ||||||
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | 5,446,736 | 209,808,271 | ||||||
Northern Trust Corp. | 2,554,078 | 218,526,914 | ||||||
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. | 1,294,410 | 135,925,994 | ||||||
640,649,143 | ||||||||
Chemicals — 1.8% | ||||||||
Akzo Nobel NV | 1,371,943 | 77,747,938 | ||||||
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.(1) | 3,462,907 | 72,928,821 | ||||||
150,676,759 | ||||||||
Commercial Services and Supplies — 0.5% | ||||||||
Republic Services, Inc. | 315,568 | 42,929,871 | ||||||
Communications Equipment — 1.5% | ||||||||
F5, Inc.(1) | 664,663 | 96,196,676 | ||||||
Juniper Networks, Inc. | 1,275,566 | 33,317,784 | ||||||
129,514,460 | ||||||||
Construction and Engineering — 0.8% | ||||||||
Vinci SA | 822,964 | 66,545,460 | ||||||
Containers and Packaging — 2.7% | ||||||||
Amcor PLC | 4,826,099 | 51,784,043 | ||||||
Packaging Corp. of America | 1,153,321 | 129,506,415 | ||||||
Sonoco Products Co. | 842,251 | 47,780,899 | ||||||
229,071,357 | ||||||||
Electric Utilities — 3.5% | ||||||||
Duke Energy Corp. | 90,209 | 8,391,241 | ||||||
Edison International | 2,415,850 | 136,688,793 | ||||||
Evergy, Inc. | 325,380 | 19,327,572 | ||||||
Eversource Energy | 388,495 | 30,287,070 |
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Shares/ Principal Amount | Value | |||||||
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. | 1,510,434 | $ | 97,438,098 | |||||
292,132,774 | ||||||||
Electrical Equipment — 4.4% | ||||||||
Atkore, Inc.(1) | 485,558 | 37,781,268 | ||||||
Emerson Electric Co. | 2,451,855 | 179,524,823 | ||||||
Hubbell, Inc. | 86,261 | 19,236,203 | ||||||
nVent Electric PLC | 4,249,186 | 134,316,770 | ||||||
370,859,064 | ||||||||
Electronic Equipment, Instruments and Components — 0.9% | ||||||||
TE Connectivity Ltd. | 717,326 | 79,164,097 | ||||||
Energy Equipment and Services — 0.7% | ||||||||
Baker Hughes Co. | 2,673,619 | 56,039,054 | ||||||
Entertainment — 0.2% | ||||||||
Electronic Arts, Inc. | 146,524 | 16,954,292 | ||||||
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 8.5% | ||||||||
Equinix, Inc. | 191,668 | 109,028,425 | ||||||
Essex Property Trust, Inc. | 403,819 | 97,817,076 | ||||||
Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc., Class A | 1,022,846 | 21,326,339 | ||||||
Healthpeak Properties, Inc. | 5,422,073 | 124,273,913 | ||||||
Public Storage | 177,872 | 52,082,700 | ||||||
Realty Income Corp. | 1,866,555 | 108,633,501 | ||||||
Regency Centers Corp. | 1,947,401 | 104,867,544 | ||||||
VICI Properties, Inc. | 899,422 | 26,847,747 | ||||||
Weyerhaeuser Co. | 813,673 | 23,238,501 | ||||||
WP Carey, Inc. | 632,802 | 44,169,580 | ||||||
712,285,326 | ||||||||
Food and Staples Retailing — 1.8% | ||||||||
Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV | 5,907,365 | 150,469,020 | ||||||
Food Products — 3.6% | ||||||||
Conagra Brands, Inc. | 4,712,353 | 153,764,078 | ||||||
J.M. Smucker Co. | 902,956 | 124,075,184 | ||||||
Orkla ASA | 3,370,743 | 24,502,965 | ||||||
302,342,227 | ||||||||
Gas Utilities — 2.0% | ||||||||
Atmos Energy Corp. | 199,001 | 20,268,252 | ||||||
Spire, Inc. | 2,335,028 | 145,542,295 | ||||||
165,810,547 | ||||||||
Health Care Equipment and Supplies — 6.3% | ||||||||
Baxter International, Inc. | 905,044 | 48,745,670 | ||||||
Becton Dickinson and Co. | 204,244 | 45,511,691 | ||||||
DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc. | 1,914,615 | 54,279,335 | ||||||
Embecta Corp. | 2,418,014 | 69,614,623 | ||||||
Hologic, Inc.(1) | 716,647 | 46,238,064 | ||||||
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | 2,497,644 | 261,128,680 | ||||||
525,518,063 | ||||||||
Health Care Providers and Services — 7.6% | ||||||||
AmerisourceBergen Corp. | 962,994 | 130,321,978 | ||||||
Cardinal Health, Inc. | 668,952 | 44,605,719 | ||||||
HCA Healthcare, Inc. | 45,610 | 8,382,662 | ||||||
Henry Schein, Inc.(1) | 2,334,028 | 153,509,022 | ||||||
Quest Diagnostics, Inc. | 1,410,774 | 173,087,862 |
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Shares/ Principal Amount | Value | |||||||
Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B | 1,460,828 | $ | 128,815,813 | |||||
638,723,056 | ||||||||
Hotels, Restaurants and Leisure — 0.9% | ||||||||
Sodexo SA | 999,859 | 75,089,731 | ||||||
Household Products — 2.4% | ||||||||
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Preference Shares | 1,261,877 | 74,939,126 | ||||||
Kimberly-Clark Corp. | 1,141,432 | 128,456,757 | ||||||
203,395,883 | ||||||||
Insurance — 6.0% | ||||||||
Aflac, Inc. | 1,491,938 | 83,846,915 | ||||||
Allstate Corp. | 1,492,874 | 185,907,599 | ||||||
Chubb Ltd. | 227,210 | 41,324,955 | ||||||
Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. | 544,698 | 69,797,602 | ||||||
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. | 961,932 | 121,020,665 | ||||||
501,897,736 | ||||||||
IT Services — 1.0% | ||||||||
Amdocs Ltd. | 874,030 | 69,441,683 | ||||||
Euronet Worldwide, Inc.(1) | 141,981 | 10,756,481 | ||||||
80,198,164 | ||||||||
Leisure Products — 0.1% | ||||||||
Polaris, Inc. | 91,136 | 8,717,158 | ||||||
Machinery — 3.8% | ||||||||
Cummins, Inc. | 388,864 | 79,137,713 | ||||||
IMI PLC | 3,174,093 | 39,251,120 | ||||||
Oshkosh Corp. | 1,844,483 | 129,648,710 | ||||||
PACCAR, Inc. | 457,425 | 38,281,898 | ||||||
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. | 365,663 | 27,501,514 | ||||||
313,820,955 | ||||||||
Media — 1.5% | ||||||||
Fox Corp., Class B | 4,311,413 | 122,875,270 | ||||||
Multi-Utilities — 1.4% | ||||||||
NorthWestern Corp. | 2,408,820 | 118,706,650 | ||||||
Multiline Retail — 1.6% | ||||||||
Dollar Tree, Inc.(1) | 963,358 | 131,113,024 | ||||||
Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels — 3.8% | ||||||||
Devon Energy Corp. | 829,828 | 49,897,558 | ||||||
Diamondback Energy, Inc. | 536,328 | 64,606,071 | ||||||
Enterprise Products Partners LP | 3,950,854 | 93,951,308 | ||||||
EQT Corp. | 945,507 | 38,529,410 | ||||||
Phillips 66 | 515,723 | 41,629,160 | ||||||
Pioneer Natural Resources Co. | 140,477 | 30,417,485 | ||||||
319,030,992 | ||||||||
Paper and Forest Products — 0.5% | ||||||||
Mondi PLC | 2,529,001 | 38,851,592 | ||||||
Road and Rail — 0.7% | ||||||||
Heartland Express, Inc.(2) | 4,103,800 | 58,725,378 | ||||||
Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment — 0.4% | ||||||||
Applied Materials, Inc. | 405,263 | 33,203,198 | ||||||
Software — 0.5% | ||||||||
Open Text Corp. | 1,474,262 | 38,979,487 | ||||||
Specialty Retail — 1.6% | ||||||||
Advance Auto Parts, Inc. | 876,583 | 137,044,986 |
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Shares/ Principal Amount | Value | |||||||
Technology Hardware, Storage and Peripherals — 0.8% | ||||||||
HP, Inc. | 2,836,469 | $ | 70,684,807 | |||||
Thrifts and Mortgage Finance — 0.4% | ||||||||
Capitol Federal Financial, Inc. | 4,194,741 | 34,816,350 | ||||||
Trading Companies and Distributors — 1.8% | ||||||||
Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.(1) | 493,499 | 27,004,265 | ||||||
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A | 1,731,893 | 126,099,130 | ||||||
153,103,395 | ||||||||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $8,115,741,296) | 7,976,953,604 | |||||||
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS — 1.8% | ||||||||
iShares Russell Mid-Cap Value ETF (Cost $167,055,366) | 1,586,854 | 152,417,327 | ||||||
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 3.2% | ||||||||
Discount Notes(3) — 1.7% | ||||||||
Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes, 2.65%, 10/3/22 | $ | 139,515,000 | 139,515,000 | |||||
Money Market Fund† | ||||||||
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class | 1,863,634 | 1,863,634 | ||||||
Repurchase Agreements — 1.5% | ||||||||
BMO Capital Markets Corp., (collateralized by various U.S. Treasury obligations, 0.625% - 4.625%, 1/15/25 - 5/15/47, valued at $21,519,644), in a joint trading account at 2.86%, dated 9/30/22, due 10/3/22 (Delivery value $21,158,894) | 21,153,852 | |||||||
Fixed Income Clearing Corp., (collateralized by various U.S. Treasury obligations, 2.750%, 2/15/28, valued at $107,953,825), at 2.95%, dated 9/30/22, due 10/3/22 (Delivery value $105,863,018) | 105,837,000 | |||||||
126,990,852 | ||||||||
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost $268,349,333) | 268,369,486 | |||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENT SECURITIES — 100.3% (Cost $8,551,145,995) | 8,397,740,417 | |||||||
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES — (0.3)% | (27,622,542) | |||||||
TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0% | $ | 8,370,117,875 |
FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS | ||||||||||||||||||||
Currency Purchased | Currency Sold | Counterparty | Settlement Date | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | ||||||||||||||||
EUR | 16,019,584 | USD | 15,501,735 | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | 12/30/22 | $ | 310,161 | |||||||||||||
USD | 493,885,363 | EUR | 502,684,861 | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | 12/30/22 | (2,282,377) | ||||||||||||||
GBP | 1,912,072 | USD | 2,045,057 | Bank of America N.A. | 12/30/22 | 92,851 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 69,119,483 | GBP | 61,169,037 | Bank of America N.A. | 12/30/22 | 725,728 | ||||||||||||||
NOK | 6,027,916 | USD | 570,229 | UBS AG | 12/30/22 | (15,385) | ||||||||||||||
NOK | 6,205,367 | USD | 573,237 | UBS AG | 12/30/22 | (2,059) | ||||||||||||||
NOK | 13,721,261 | USD | 1,282,300 | UBS AG | 12/30/22 | (19,317) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 23,974,800 | NOK | 248,861,779 | UBS AG | 12/30/22 | 1,068,142 | ||||||||||||||
$ | (122,256) |
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NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS | ||||||||
EUR | - | Euro | ||||||
GBP | - | British Pound | ||||||
NOK | - | Norwegian Krone | ||||||
USD | - | United States Dollar |
†Category is less than 0.05% of total net assets.
(1)Non-income producing.
(2)Affiliated Company: the fund’s holding represents ownership of 5% or more of the voting securities of the company; therefore, the company is affiliated as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.
(3)The rate indicated is the yield to maturity at purchase for non-interest bearing securities. For interest bearing securities, the stated coupon rate is shown.
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities |
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 (UNAUDITED) | |||||
Assets | |||||
Investment securities - unaffiliated, at value (cost of $8,475,147,301) | $ | 8,339,015,039 | |||
Investment securities - affiliated, at value (cost of $75,998,694) | 58,725,378 | ||||
Total investment securities, at value (cost of $8,551,145,995) | 8,397,740,417 | ||||
Receivable for investments sold | 53,887,553 | ||||
Receivable for capital shares sold | 7,652,563 | ||||
Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts | 2,196,882 | ||||
Dividends and interest receivable | 17,347,898 | ||||
8,478,825,313 | |||||
Liabilities | |||||
Payable for investments purchased | 92,857,236 | ||||
Payable for capital shares redeemed | 8,567,592 | ||||
Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts | 2,319,138 | ||||
Accrued management fees | 4,765,979 | ||||
Distribution and service fees payable | 109,757 | ||||
Accrued other expenses | 87,736 | ||||
108,707,438 | |||||
Net Assets | $ | 8,370,117,875 | |||
Net Assets Consist of: | |||||
Capital (par value and paid-in surplus) | $ | 8,088,977,293 | |||
Distributable earnings | 281,140,582 | ||||
$ | 8,370,117,875 |
Net Assets | Shares Outstanding | Net Asset Value Per Share* | |||||||||
Investor Class, $0.01 Par Value | $1,964,964,439 | 135,563,460 | $14.49 | ||||||||
I Class, $0.01 Par Value | $1,487,408,908 | 102,508,805 | $14.51 | ||||||||
Y Class, $0.01 Par Value | $154,245,011 | 10,623,891 | $14.52 | ||||||||
A Class, $0.01 Par Value | $212,122,414 | 14,672,640 | $14.46 | ||||||||
C Class, $0.01 Par Value | $27,683,326 | 1,945,733 | $14.23 | ||||||||
R Class, $0.01 Par Value | $86,833,888 | 6,029,433 | $14.40 | ||||||||
R5 Class, $0.01 Par Value | $39,859,026 | 2,745,871 | $14.52 | ||||||||
R6 Class, $0.01 Par Value | $3,092,413,622 | 213,156,602 | $14.51 | ||||||||
G Class, $0.01 Par Value | $1,304,587,241 | 89,850,618 | $14.52 |
*Maximum offering price per share was equal to the net asset value per share for all share classes, except Class A, for which the maximum offering price per share was $15.34 (net asset value divided by 0.9425). A contingent deferred sales charge may be imposed on redemptions of Class A and Class C.
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statement of Operations |
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 (UNAUDITED) | |||||
Investment Income (Loss) | |||||
Income: | |||||
Dividends (including $164,152 from affiliates and net of foreign taxes withheld of $2,329,336) | $ | 143,164,403 | |||
Interest | 1,366,528 | ||||
Securities lending, net | 205,428 | ||||
144,736,359 | |||||
Expenses: | |||||
Management fees | 34,992,371 | ||||
Distribution and service fees: | |||||
A Class | 321,464 | ||||
C Class | 168,664 | ||||
R Class | 242,229 | ||||
Directors' fees and expenses | 147,106 | ||||
Other expenses | 97,945 | ||||
35,969,779 | |||||
Fees waived - G Class | (4,641,935) | ||||
31,327,844 | |||||
Net investment income (loss) | 113,408,515 | ||||
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | |||||
Net realized gain (loss) on: | |||||
Investment transactions | 413,898,298 | ||||
Forward foreign currency exchange contract transactions | 85,931,836 | ||||
Foreign currency translation transactions | (474,467) | ||||
499,355,667 | |||||
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | |||||
Investments (including $984,912 from affiliates) | (2,109,725,539) | ||||
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts | (180,305) | ||||
Translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies | (28,093) | ||||
(2,109,933,937) | |||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | (1,610,578,270) | ||||
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | $ | (1,497,169,755) |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets |
SIX MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 (UNAUDITED) AND YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 2022 | ||||||||
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | September 30, 2022 | March 31, 2022 | ||||||
Operations | ||||||||
Net investment income (loss) | $ | 113,408,515 | $ | 129,941,675 | ||||
Net realized gain (loss) | 499,355,667 | 1,418,781,422 | ||||||
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (2,109,933,937) | (547,954,389) | ||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | (1,497,169,755) | 1,000,768,708 | ||||||
Distributions to Shareholders | ||||||||
From earnings: | ||||||||
Investor Class | (23,096,093) | (465,761,885) | ||||||
I Class | (18,932,981) | (361,957,976) | ||||||
Y Class | (2,094,216) | (40,681,870) | ||||||
A Class | (2,229,354) | (61,620,484) | ||||||
C Class | (189,019) | (8,077,770) | ||||||
R Class | (786,725) | (19,500,726) | ||||||
R5 Class | (499,934) | (10,442,981) | ||||||
R6 Class | (41,130,054) | (724,687,721) | ||||||
G Class | (21,991,958) | (156) | ||||||
Decrease in net assets from distributions | (110,950,334) | (1,692,731,569) | ||||||
Capital Share Transactions | ||||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from capital share transactions (Note 5) | (2,278,374) | 2,165,833,316 | ||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets | (1,610,398,463) | 1,473,870,455 | ||||||
Net Assets | ||||||||
Beginning of period | 9,980,516,338 | 8,506,645,883 | ||||||
End of period | $ | 8,370,117,875 | $ | 9,980,516,338 |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements |
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 (UNAUDITED)
1. Organization
American Century Capital Portfolios, Inc. (the corporation) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company and is organized as a Maryland corporation. Mid Cap Value Fund (the fund) is one fund in a series issued by the corporation. The fund’s investment objective is to seek long-term capital growth. Income is a secondary objective.
The fund offers the Investor Class, I Class, Y Class, A Class, C Class, R Class, R5 Class, R6 Class and G Class. The A Class may incur an initial sales charge. The A Class and C Class may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge. Sale of the G Class commenced on March 15, 2022.
2. Significant Accounting Policies
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the fund in preparation of its financial statements. The fund is an investment company and follows accounting and reporting guidance in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. This may require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from these estimates. Management evaluated the impact of events or transactions occurring through the date the financial statements were issued that would merit recognition or disclosure.
Investment Valuations — The fund determines the fair value of its investments and computes its net asset value (NAV) per share at the close of regular trading (usually 4 p.m. Eastern time) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on each day the NYSE is open. The value of investments of the fund is determined by American Century Investment Management, Inc. (ACIM) (the investment advisor), as the valuation designee, pursuant to its valuation policies and procedures. The Board of Directors oversees the valuation designee and reviews its valuation policies and procedures at least annually.
Equity securities that are listed or traded on a domestic securities exchange are valued at the last reported sales price or at the official closing price as provided by the exchange. Equity securities traded on foreign securities exchanges are generally valued at the closing price of such securities on the exchange where primarily traded or at the close of the NYSE, if that is earlier. If no last sales price is reported, or if local convention or regulation so provides, the mean of the latest bid and asked prices may be used. Securities traded over-the-counter are valued at the mean of the latest bid and asked prices, the last sales price, or the official closing price. Equity securities initially expressed in local currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the mean of the appropriate currency exchange rate at the close of the NYSE as provided by an independent pricing service.
Fixed income securities are valued at the evaluated mean as provided by independent pricing services or at the mean of the most recent bid and asked prices as provided by investment dealers. U.S. Treasury and Government Agency securities are valued using market models that consider trade data, quotations from dealers and active market makers, relevant yield curve and spread data, creditworthiness, trade data or market information on comparable securities, and other relevant security specific information.
Open-end management investment companies are valued at the reported NAV per share. Repurchase agreements are valued at cost, which approximates fair value. Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the mean of the appropriate forward exchange rate at the close of the NYSE as provided by an independent pricing service.
If the valuation designee determines that the market price for a portfolio security is not readily available or is believed by the valuation designee to be unreliable, such security is valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the valuation designee, in accordance with its policies and procedures. Circumstances that may cause the fund to determine that market quotations are not available or reliable include, but are not limited to: when there is a significant event subsequent to the market quotation; trading in a security has been halted during the trading day; or trading in a security is insufficient or did not take place due to a closure or holiday.
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The valuation designee monitors for significant events occurring after the close of an investment’s primary exchange but before the fund’s NAV per share is determined. Significant events may include, but are not limited to: corporate announcements and transactions; regulatory news, governmental action and political unrest that could impact a specific investment or an investment sector; or armed conflicts, natural disasters and similar events that could affect investments in a specific country or region. The valuation designee also monitors for significant fluctuations between domestic and foreign markets, as evidenced by the U.S. market or such other indicators that it deems appropriate. The valuation designee may apply a model-derived factor to the closing price of equity securities traded on foreign securities exchanges. The factor is based on observable market data as provided by an independent pricing service.
Security Transactions — Security transactions are accounted for as of the trade date. Net realized gains and losses are determined on the identified cost basis, which is also used for federal income tax purposes.
Investment Income — Dividend income less foreign taxes withheld, if any, is recorded as of the ex-dividend date. Distributions received on securities that represent a return of capital or long-term capital gain are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. The fund may estimate the components of distributions received that may be considered nontaxable distributions or long-term capital gain distributions for income tax purposes. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis and includes accretion of discounts and amortization of premiums. Securities lending income is net of fees and rebates earned by the lending agent for its services.
Foreign Currency Translations — All assets and liabilities initially expressed in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at prevailing exchange rates at period end. The fund may enter into spot foreign currency exchange contracts to facilitate transactions denominated in a foreign currency. Purchases and sales of investment securities, dividend and interest income, spot foreign currency exchange contracts, and expenses are translated at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. Net realized and unrealized foreign currency exchange gains or losses related to investment securities are a component of net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, respectively.
Repurchase Agreements — The fund may enter into repurchase agreements with institutions that ACIM has determined are creditworthy pursuant to criteria adopted by the Board of Directors. The fund requires that the collateral, represented by securities, received in a repurchase transaction be transferred to the custodian in a manner sufficient to enable the fund to obtain those securities in the event of a default under the repurchase agreement. ACIM monitors, on a daily basis, the securities transferred to ensure the value, including accrued interest, of the securities under each repurchase agreement is equal to or greater than amounts owed to the fund under each repurchase agreement.
Joint Trading Account — Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the fund, along with certain other funds in the American Century Investments family of funds, may transfer uninvested cash balances into a joint trading account. These balances are invested in one or more repurchase agreements that are collateralized by U.S. Treasury or Agency obligations.
Segregated Assets — In accordance with the 1940 Act, the fund segregates assets on its books and records to cover certain types of investment securities and other financial instruments. ACIM monitors, on a daily basis, the securities segregated to ensure the fund designates a sufficient amount of liquid assets, marked-to-market daily. The fund may also receive assets or be required to pledge assets at the custodian bank or with a broker for collateral requirements.
Income Tax Status — It is the fund’s policy to distribute substantially all net investment income and net realized gains to shareholders and to otherwise qualify as a regulated investment company under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Accordingly, no provision has been made for income taxes. The fund files U.S. federal, state, local and non-U.S. tax returns as applicable. The fund's tax returns are subject to examination by the relevant taxing authority until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, which is generally three years from the date of filing but can be longer in certain jurisdictions. At this time, management believes there are no uncertain tax positions which, based on their technical merit, would not be sustained upon examination and for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months.
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Multiple Class — All shares of the fund represent an equal pro rata interest in the net assets of the class to which such shares belong, and have identical voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights and the same terms and conditions, except for class specific expenses and exclusive rights to vote on matters affecting only individual classes. Income, non-class specific expenses, and realized and unrealized capital gains and losses of the fund are allocated to each class of shares based on their relative net assets.
Distributions to Shareholders — Distributions from net investment income, if any, are generally declared and paid quarterly. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are generally declared and paid annually. The fund may elect to treat a portion of its payment to a redeeming shareholder, which represents the pro rata share of undistributed net investment income and net realized gains, as a distribution for federal income tax purposes (tax equalization).
Indemnifications — Under the corporation’s organizational documents, its officers and directors are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the fund. In addition, in the normal course of business, the fund enters into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against a fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered by management to be remote.
Securities Lending — Securities are lent to qualified financial institutions and brokers. State Street Bank & Trust Co. serves as securities lending agent to the fund pursuant to a Securities Lending Agreement. The lending of securities exposes the fund to risks such as: the borrowers may fail to return the loaned securities, the borrowers may not be able to provide additional collateral, the fund may experience delays in recovery of the loaned securities or delays in access to collateral, or the fund may experience losses related to the investment collateral. To minimize certain risks, loan counterparties pledge collateral in the form of cash and/or securities. The lending agent has agreed to indemnify the fund in the case of default of any securities borrowed. Cash collateral received is invested in the State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio, a money market mutual fund registered under the 1940 Act. The loans may also be secured by U.S. government securities in an amount at least equal to the market value of the securities loaned, plus accrued interest and dividends, determined on a daily basis and adjusted accordingly. By lending securities, the fund seeks to increase its net investment income through the receipt of interest and fees. Such income is reflected separately within the Statement of Operations. The value of loaned securities and related collateral outstanding at period end, if any, are shown on a gross basis within the Schedule of Investments and Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
3. Fees and Transactions with Related Parties
Certain officers and directors of the corporation are also officers and/or directors of American Century Companies, Inc. (ACC). The corporation’s investment advisor, ACIM, the corporation's distributor, American Century Investment Services, Inc. (ACIS), and the corporation’s transfer agent, American Century Services, LLC, are wholly owned, directly or indirectly, by ACC. Various funds issued by American Century Asset Allocation Portfolios, Inc. own, in aggregate, 11% of the shares of the fund.
Management Fees — The corporation has entered into a management agreement with ACIM, under which ACIM provides the fund with investment advisory and management services in exchange for a single, unified management fee (the fee) per class. The agreement provides that ACIM will pay all expenses of managing and operating the fund, except brokerage expenses, taxes, interest, fees and expenses of the independent directors (including legal counsel fees), extraordinary expenses, and expenses incurred in connection with the provision of shareholder services and distribution services under a plan adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. The fee is computed and accrued daily based on each class's daily net assets and paid monthly in arrears. The difference in the fee among the classes is a result of their separate arrangements for non-Rule 12b-1 shareholder services. It is not the result of any difference in advisory or custodial fees or other expenses related to the management of the fund's assets, which do not vary by class. The rate of the fee is determined by applying a fee rate calculation formula. This formula takes into account the fund's assets as well as certain assets, if any, of other clients of the investment advisor outside the American Century Investments family of funds (such as subadvised funds and separate accounts), as well as exchange-traded funds managed by the investment advisor, that use very similar investment teams and strategies (strategy assets). The investment advisor agreed to waive the G Class's management fee in its entirety. The investment advisor expects this waiver to remain in effect permanently and cannot terminate it without the approval of the Board of Directors.
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The management fee schedule range and the effective annual management fee for each class for the period ended September 30, 2022 are as follows:
Management Fee Schedule Range | Effective Annual Management Fee | |||||||
Investor Class | 0.95% to 0.97% | 0.97% | ||||||
I Class | 0.75% to 0.77% | 0.77% | ||||||
Y Class | 0.60% to 0.62% | 0.62% | ||||||
A Class | 0.95% to 0.97% | 0.97% | ||||||
C Class | 0.95% to 0.97% | 0.97% | ||||||
R Class | 0.95% to 0.97% | 0.97% | ||||||
R5 Class | 0.75% to 0.77% | 0.77% | ||||||
R6 Class | 0.60% to 0.62% | 0.62% | ||||||
G Class | 0.60% to 0.62% | 0.00%(1) |
(1)Effective annual management fee before waiver was 0.62%.
Distribution and Service Fees — The Board of Directors has adopted a separate Master Distribution and Individual Shareholder Services Plan for each of the A Class, C Class and R Class (collectively the plans), pursuant to Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act. The plans provide that the A Class will pay ACIS an annual distribution and service fee of 0.25%. The plans provide that the C Class will pay ACIS an annual distribution and service fee of 1.00%, of which 0.25% is paid for individual shareholder services and 0.75% is paid for distribution services. The plans provide that the R Class will pay ACIS an annual distribution and service fee of 0.50%. The fees are computed and accrued daily based on each class’s daily net assets and paid monthly in arrears. The fees are used to pay financial intermediaries for distribution and individual shareholder services. Fees incurred under the plans during the period ended September 30, 2022 are detailed in the Statement of Operations.
Directors' Fees and Expenses — The Board of Directors is responsible for overseeing the investment advisor’s management and operations of the fund. The directors receive detailed information about the fund and its investment advisor regularly throughout the year, and meet at least quarterly with management of the investment advisor to review reports about fund operations. The fund’s officers do not receive compensation from the fund.
Interfund Transactions — The fund may enter into security transactions with other American Century Investments funds and other client accounts of the investment advisor, in accordance with the 1940 Act rules and procedures adopted by the Board of Directors. The rules and procedures require, among other things, that these transactions be effected at the independent current market price of the security. During the period, the interfund purchases were $9,862,157 and there were no interfund sales.
4. Investment Transactions
Purchases and sales of investment securities, excluding short-term investments for the period ended September 30, 2022 were $3,497,213,169 and $3,462,532,823, respectively.
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5. Capital Share Transactions
Transactions in shares of the fund were as follows:
Six months ended September 30, 2022 | Year ended March 31, 2022(1) | |||||||||||||
Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | |||||||||||
Investor Class/Shares Authorized | 1,100,000,000 | 1,100,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 12,592,023 | $ | 208,609,259 | 18,108,052 | $ | 350,635,375 | ||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 1,466,885 | 22,596,531 | 26,136,073 | 455,845,806 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (12,943,503) | (211,408,162) | (42,239,243) | (814,867,789) | ||||||||||
1,115,405 | 19,797,628 | 2,004,882 | (8,386,608) | |||||||||||
I Class/Shares Authorized | 1,060,000,000 | 1,060,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 15,314,851 | 248,506,919 | 16,228,589 | 311,159,957 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 1,159,165 | 17,874,651 | 19,530,997 | 340,984,702 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (15,290,993) | (248,928,208) | (27,853,235) | (528,757,255) | ||||||||||
1,183,023 | 17,453,362 | 7,906,351 | 123,387,404 | |||||||||||
Y Class/Shares Authorized | 75,000,000 | 75,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 581,893 | 9,518,192 | 1,529,090 | 29,487,698 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 134,814 | 2,080,309 | 2,318,448 | 40,505,206 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (1,198,012) | (19,597,453) | (2,238,973) | (40,980,409) | ||||||||||
(481,305) | (7,998,952) | 1,608,565 | 29,012,495 | |||||||||||
A Class/Shares Authorized | 170,000,000 | 170,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 2,173,262 | 35,411,313 | 5,208,055 | 98,308,670 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 121,939 | 1,873,347 | 2,597,648 | 45,171,721 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (5,197,533) | (86,308,546) | (7,278,144) | (139,165,202) | ||||||||||
(2,902,332) | (49,023,886) | 527,559 | 4,315,189 | |||||||||||
C Class/Shares Authorized | 25,000,000 | 25,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 80,456 | 1,285,090 | 115,107 | 2,158,890 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 12,348 | 186,662 | 467,742 | 8,003,740 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (445,540) | (7,124,596) | (1,033,684) | (19,475,968) | ||||||||||
(352,736) | (5,652,844) | (450,835) | (9,313,338) | |||||||||||
R Class/Shares Authorized | 50,000,000 | 50,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 908,033 | 14,970,305 | 1,019,656 | 19,514,146 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 51,390 | 786,693 | 1,126,093 | 19,500,704 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (590,877) | (9,601,544) | (1,640,925) | (31,014,293) | ||||||||||
368,546 | 6,155,454 | 504,824 | 8,000,557 | |||||||||||
R5 Class/Shares Authorized | 30,000,000 | 30,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 356,404 | 5,889,352 | 475,463 | 9,105,307 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 32,265 | 497,740 | 595,277 | 10,406,295 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (330,580) | (5,391,779) | (1,487,369) | (28,280,353) | ||||||||||
58,089 | 995,313 | (416,629) | (8,768,751) | |||||||||||
R6 Class/Shares Authorized | 1,300,000,000 | 1,300,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 27,117,927 | 441,947,609 | 41,383,112 | 793,447,536 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 2,606,447 | 40,182,452 | 40,644,059 | 709,744,760 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (23,969,942) | (391,804,723) | (58,184,664) | (1,117,550,420) | ||||||||||
5,754,432 | 90,325,338 | 23,842,507 | 385,641,876 | |||||||||||
G Class/Shares Authorized | 850,000,000 | 850,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 1,885,304 | 30,122,186 | 36,467 | 636,327 | ||||||||||
Issued in connection with reorganization (Note 9) | — | — | 99,974,219 | 1,744,376,569 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 1,425,630 | 21,991,958 | 9 | 156 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (7,526,538) | (126,443,931) | (5,944,473) | (103,068,560) | ||||||||||
(4,215,604) | (74,329,787) | 94,066,222 | 1,641,944,492 | |||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) | 527,518 | $ | (2,278,374) | 129,593,446 | $ | 2,165,833,316 |
(1)March 15, 2022 (commencement of sale) through March 31, 2022 for the G Class.
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6. Fair Value Measurements
The fund’s investments valuation process is based on several considerations and may use multiple inputs to determine the fair value of the investments held by the fund. In conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, the inputs used to determine a valuation are classified into three broad levels.
•Level 1 valuation inputs consist of unadjusted quoted prices in an active market for identical investments.
•Level 2 valuation inputs consist of direct or indirect observable market data (including quoted prices for comparable investments, evaluations of subsequent market events, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.). These inputs also consist of quoted prices for identical investments initially expressed in local currencies that are adjusted through translation into U.S. dollars.
•Level 3 valuation inputs consist of unobservable data (including a fund’s own assumptions).
The level classification is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair valuation measurement. The valuation inputs are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in these securities or other financial instruments.
The following is a summary of the level classifications as of period end. The Schedule of Investments provides additional information on the fund’s portfolio holdings.
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | |||||||||
Assets | |||||||||||
Investment Securities | |||||||||||
Common Stocks | |||||||||||
Auto Components | $ | 149,786,123 | $ | 42,641,493 | — | ||||||
Building Products | — | 65,822,967 | — | ||||||||
Chemicals | 72,928,821 | 77,747,938 | — | ||||||||
Construction and Engineering | — | 66,545,460 | — | ||||||||
Food and Staples Retailing | — | 150,469,020 | — | ||||||||
Food Products | 277,839,262 | 24,502,965 | — | ||||||||
Hotels, Restaurants and Leisure | — | 75,089,731 | — | ||||||||
Household Products | 128,456,757 | 74,939,126 | — | ||||||||
Machinery | 274,569,835 | 39,251,120 | — | ||||||||
Paper and Forest Products | — | 38,851,592 | — | ||||||||
Other Industries | 6,417,511,394 | — | — | ||||||||
Exchange-Traded Funds | 152,417,327 | — | — | ||||||||
Short-Term Investments | 1,863,634 | 266,505,852 | — | ||||||||
$ | 7,475,373,153 | $ | 922,367,264 | — | |||||||
Other Financial Instruments | |||||||||||
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | — | $ | 2,196,882 | — | |||||||
Liabilities | |||||||||||
Other Financial Instruments | |||||||||||
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | — | $ | 2,319,138 | — |
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7. Affiliated Company Transactions
If a fund's holding represents ownership of 5% or more of the voting securities of a company, the company is affiliated as defined in the 1940 Act. A summary of transactions for each company which is or was an affiliate at or during the period ended September 30, 2022 follows (amounts in thousands):
Company | Beginning Value | Purchase Cost | Sales Cost | Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | Ending Value | Ending Shares | Net Realized Gain (Loss) | Income | ||||||||||||||||||
Heartland Express, Inc. | $ | 57,740 | — | — | $ | 985 | $ | 58,725 | 4,104 | — | $ | 164 |
8. Derivative Instruments
Foreign Currency Risk — The fund is subject to foreign currency exchange rate risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. The value of foreign investments held by a fund may be significantly affected by changes in foreign currency exchange rates. The dollar value of a foreign security generally decreases when the value of the dollar rises against the foreign currency in which the security is denominated and tends to increase when the value of the dollar declines against such foreign currency. A fund may enter into forward foreign currency exchange contracts to reduce a fund's exposure to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations. The net U.S. dollar value of foreign currency underlying all contractual commitments held by a fund and the resulting unrealized appreciation or depreciation are determined daily. Realized gain or loss is recorded upon settlement of the contract. Net realized and unrealized gains or losses occurring during the holding period of forward foreign currency exchange contracts are a component of net realized gain (loss) on forward foreign currency exchange contract transactions and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on forward foreign currency exchange contracts, respectively. A fund bears the risk of an unfavorable change in the foreign currency exchange rate underlying the forward contract. Additionally, losses, up to the fair value, may arise if the counterparties do not perform under the contract terms. The fund's average U.S. dollar exposure to foreign currency risk derivative instruments held during the period was $767,819,394.
The value of foreign currency risk derivative instruments as of September 30, 2022, is disclosed on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset of $2,196,882 in unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts and a liability of $2,319,138 in unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts. For the six months ended September 30, 2022, the effect of foreign currency risk derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations was $85,931,836 in net realized gain (loss) on forward foreign currency exchange contract transactions and $(180,305) in change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on forward foreign currency exchange contracts.
9. Risk Factors
The value of the fund’s shares will go up and down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, based on the performance of the securities owned by the fund and other factors generally affecting the securities market. Market risks, including political, regulatory, economic and social developments, can affect the value of the fund’s investments. Natural disasters, public health emergencies, war, terrorism and other unforeseeable events may lead to increased market volatility and may have adverse long-term effects on world economies and markets generally.
There are certain risks involved in investing in foreign securities. These risks include those resulting from political events (such as civil unrest, national elections and imposition of exchange controls), social and economic events (such as labor strikes and rising inflation), and natural disasters. Securities of foreign issuers may be less liquid and more volatile. Investing a significant portion of assets in one country or region may accentuate these risks.
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10. Federal Tax Information
The book-basis character of distributions made during the year from net investment income or net realized gains may differ from their ultimate characterization for federal income tax purposes. These differences reflect the differing character of certain income items and net realized gains and losses for financial statement and tax purposes, and may result in reclassification among certain capital accounts on the financial statements.
As of period end, the components of investments for federal income tax purposes were as follows:
Federal tax cost of investments | $ | 8,697,514,681 | |||
Gross tax appreciation of investments | $ | 594,980,546 | |||
Gross tax depreciation of investments | (894,754,810) | ||||
Net tax appreciation (depreciation) of investments | $ | (299,774,264) |
The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales.
11. Reorganization
On December 2, 2021, the Board of Directors approved an agreement and plan of reorganization (the reorganization), whereby the net assets of NT Mid Cap Value Fund, one fund in a series issued by the corporation, were transferred to Mid Cap Value Fund in exchange for shares of Mid Cap Value Fund. The purpose of the transaction was to combine two funds with substantially similar investment objectives and strategies. The financial statements and performance history of Mid Cap Value Fund survived after the reorganization. The reorganization was effective at the close of the NYSE on March 25, 2022.
The reorganization was accomplished by a tax-free exchange of shares. On March 25, 2022, NT Mid Cap Value Fund exchanged its shares for shares of Mid Cap Value Fund as follows:
Original Fund/Class | Shares Exchanged | New Fund/Class | Shares Received | ||||||||
NT Mid Cap Value Fund – G Class | 131,763,604 | Mid Cap Value Fund – G Class | 99,974,219 |
The net assets of NT Mid Cap Value Fund and Mid Cap Value Fund immediately before the reorganization were $1,744,376,569 and $8,436,268,301, respectively. NT Mid Cap Value Fund's unrealized appreciation of $341,168,071 was combined with that of Mid Cap Value Fund. Immediately after the reorganization, the combined net assets were $10,180,644,870.
Assuming the reorganization had been completed on April 1, 2021, the beginning of the annual reporting period, the pro forma results of operations for the period ended March 31, 2022 are as follows:
Net investment income (loss) | $ | 168,573,861 | |||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | 1,061,829,759 | ||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | $ | 1,230,403,620 |
Because the combined investment portfolios have been managed as a single integrated portfolio since the reorganization was completed, it is not practicable to separate the amounts of revenue and earnings of NT Mid Cap Value Fund that have been included in the fund’s Statement of Operations since March 25, 2022.
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Financial Highlights |
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Years Ended March 31 (except as noted) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Per-Share Data | Ratios and Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income From Investment Operations: | Distributions From: | Ratio to Average Net Assets of: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | Net Investment Income (Loss)(1) | Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | Total From Investment Operations | Net Investment Income | Net Realized Gains | Total Distributions | Net Asset Value, End of Period | Total Return(2) | Operating Expenses | Operating Expenses (before expense waiver) | Net Investment Income (Loss) | Net Investment Income (Loss) (before expense waiver) | Portfolio Turnover Rate | Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Investor Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022(3) | $17.30 | 0.17 | (2.81) | (2.64) | (0.17) | — | (0.17) | $14.49 | (15.32)% | 0.97%(4) | 0.97%(4) | 2.11%(4) | 2.11%(4) | 38% | $1,964,964 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $19.03 | 0.26 | 1.95 | 2.21 | (0.25) | (3.69) | (3.94) | $17.30 | 12.48% | 0.97% | 0.97% | 1.33% | 1.33% | 50% | $2,325,957 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $12.35 | 0.22 | 6.78 | 7.00 | (0.23) | (0.09) | (0.32) | $19.03 | 57.22% | 0.97% | 0.97% | 1.43% | 1.43% | 65% | $2,519,909 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $15.19 | 0.24 | (2.85) | (2.61) | (0.23) | — | (0.23) | $12.35 | (17.52)% | 0.98% | 0.99% | 1.56% | 1.55% | 55% | $1,885,286 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $17.09 | 0.23 | (0.21) | 0.02 | (0.21) | (1.71) | (1.92) | $15.19 | 0.81% | 0.96% | 1.00% | 1.38% | 1.34% | 53% | $3,514,131 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | $17.76 | 0.28 | 0.71 | 0.99 | (0.27) | (1.39) | (1.66) | $17.09 | 5.51% | 0.96% | 1.00% | 1.57% | 1.53% | 47% | $4,223,276 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
I Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022(3) | $17.32 | 0.19 | (2.81) | (2.62) | (0.19) | — | (0.19) | $14.51 | (15.21)% | 0.77%(4) | 0.77%(4) | 2.31%(4) | 2.31%(4) | 38% | $1,487,409 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $19.04 | 0.29 | 1.96 | 2.25 | (0.28) | (3.69) | (3.97) | $17.32 | 12.75% | 0.77% | 0.77% | 1.53% | 1.53% | 50% | $1,754,741 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $12.36 | 0.25 | 6.79 | 7.04 | (0.27) | (0.09) | (0.36) | $19.04 | 57.50% | 0.77% | 0.77% | 1.63% | 1.63% | 65% | $1,778,956 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $15.21 | 0.28 | (2.87) | (2.59) | (0.26) | — | (0.26) | $12.36 | (17.40)% | 0.78% | 0.79% | 1.76% | 1.75% | 55% | $1,866,460 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $17.10 | 0.26 | (0.20) | 0.06 | (0.24) | (1.71) | (1.95) | $15.21 | 1.07% | 0.76% | 0.80% | 1.58% | 1.54% | 53% | $1,535,449 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | $17.77 | 0.32 | 0.71 | 1.03 | (0.31) | (1.39) | (1.70) | $17.10 | 5.72% | 0.76% | 0.80% | 1.77% | 1.73% | 47% | $1,793,037 |
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Years Ended March 31 (except as noted) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Per-Share Data | Ratios and Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income From Investment Operations: | Distributions From: | Ratio to Average Net Assets of: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | Net Investment Income (Loss)(1) | Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | Total From Investment Operations | Net Investment Income | Net Realized Gains | Total Distributions | Net Asset Value, End of Period | Total Return(2) | Operating Expenses | Operating Expenses (before expense waiver) | Net Investment Income (Loss) | Net Investment Income (Loss) (before expense waiver) | Portfolio Turnover Rate | Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Y Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022(3) | $17.33 | 0.20 | (2.81) | (2.61) | (0.20) | — | (0.20) | $14.52 | (15.14)% | 0.62%(4) | 0.62%(4) | 2.46%(4) | 2.46%(4) | 38% | $154,245 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $19.05 | 0.32 | 1.96 | 2.28 | (0.31) | (3.69) | (4.00) | $17.33 | 12.91% | 0.62% | 0.62% | 1.68% | 1.68% | 50% | $192,430 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $12.36 | 0.28 | 6.79 | 7.07 | (0.29) | (0.09) | (0.38) | $19.05 | 57.69% | 0.62% | 0.62% | 1.78% | 1.78% | 65% | $180,923 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $15.21 | 0.32 | (2.89) | (2.57) | (0.28) | — | (0.28) | $12.36 | (17.22)% | 0.63% | 0.64% | 1.91% | 1.90% | 55% | $97,541 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $17.11 | 0.31 | (0.24) | 0.07 | (0.26) | (1.71) | (1.97) | $15.21 | 1.16% | 0.61% | 0.65% | 1.73% | 1.69% | 53% | $16,061 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018(5) | $17.76 | 0.32 | 0.75 | 1.07 | (0.33) | (1.39) | (1.72) | $17.11 | 5.97% | 0.61%(4) | 0.65%(4) | 1.89%(4) | 1.85%(4) | 47%(6) | $572 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022(3) | $17.26 | 0.15 | (2.80) | (2.65) | (0.15) | — | (0.15) | $14.46 | (15.40)% | 1.22%(4) | 1.22%(4) | 1.86%(4) | 1.86%(4) | 38% | $212,122 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $18.99 | 0.21 | 1.95 | 2.16 | (0.20) | (3.69) | (3.89) | $17.26 | 12.23% | 1.22% | 1.22% | 1.08% | 1.08% | 50% | $303,260 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $12.32 | 0.19 | 6.76 | 6.95 | (0.19) | (0.09) | (0.28) | $18.99 | 56.87% | 1.22% | 1.22% | 1.18% | 1.18% | 65% | $323,669 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $15.16 | 0.20 | (2.85) | (2.65) | (0.19) | — | (0.19) | $12.32 | (17.76)% | 1.23% | 1.24% | 1.31% | 1.30% | 55% | $221,284 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $17.06 | 0.18 | (0.20) | (0.02) | (0.17) | (1.71) | (1.88) | $15.16 | 0.57% | 1.21% | 1.25% | 1.13% | 1.09% | 53% | $358,500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | $17.73 | 0.22 | 0.73 | 0.95 | (0.23) | (1.39) | (1.62) | $17.06 | 5.26% | 1.21% | 1.25% | 1.32% | 1.28% | 47% | $540,108 |
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Years Ended March 31 (except as noted) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Income From Investment Operations: | Distributions From: | Ratio to Average Net Assets of: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | Net Investment Income (Loss)(1) | Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | Total From Investment Operations | Net Investment Income | Net Realized Gains | Total Distributions | Net Asset Value, End of Period | Total Return(2) | Operating Expenses | Operating Expenses (before expense waiver) | Net Investment Income (Loss) | Net Investment Income (Loss) (before expense waiver) | Portfolio Turnover Rate | Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
C Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022(3) | $16.98 | 0.09 | (2.75) | (2.66) | (0.09) | — | (0.09) | $14.23 | (15.68)% | 1.97%(4) | 1.97%(4) | 1.11%(4) | 1.11%(4) | 38% | $27,683 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $18.75 | 0.06 | 1.93 | 1.99 | (0.07) | (3.69) | (3.76) | $16.98 | 11.37% | 1.97% | 1.97% | 0.33% | 0.33% | 50% | $39,037 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $12.17 | 0.07 | 6.67 | 6.74 | (0.07) | (0.09) | (0.16) | $18.75 | 55.65% | 1.97% | 1.97% | 0.43% | 0.43% | 65% | $51,558 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $14.98 | 0.08 | (2.81) | (2.73) | (0.08) | — | (0.08) | $12.17 | (18.37)% | 1.98% | 1.99% | 0.56% | 0.55% | 55% | $58,796 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $16.89 | 0.06 | (0.21) | (0.15) | (0.05) | (1.71) | (1.76) | $14.98 | (0.23)% | 1.96% | 2.00% | 0.38% | 0.34% | 53% | $94,910 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | $17.58 | 0.10 | 0.71 | 0.81 | (0.11) | (1.39) | (1.50) | $16.89 | 4.48% | 1.96% | 2.00% | 0.57% | 0.53% | 47% | $135,133 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
R Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022(3) | $17.19 | 0.13 | (2.79) | (2.66) | (0.13) | — | (0.13) | $14.40 | (15.51)% | 1.47%(4) | 1.47%(4) | 1.61%(4) | 1.61%(4) | 38% | $86,834 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $18.93 | 0.16 | 1.94 | 2.10 | (0.15) | (3.69) | (3.84) | $17.19 | 11.92% | 1.47% | 1.47% | 0.83% | 0.83% | 50% | $97,311 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $12.28 | 0.15 | 6.74 | 6.89 | (0.15) | (0.09) | (0.24) | $18.93 | 56.48% | 1.47% | 1.47% | 0.93% | 0.93% | 65% | $97,590 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $15.12 | 0.17 | (2.86) | (2.69) | (0.15) | — | (0.15) | $12.28 | (18.00)% | 1.48% | 1.49% | 1.06% | 1.05% | 55% | $67,874 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $17.02 | 0.14 | (0.20) | (0.06) | (0.13) | (1.71) | (1.84) | $15.12 | 0.33% | 1.46% | 1.50% | 0.88% | 0.84% | 53% | $96,701 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | $17.69 | 0.19 | 0.71 | 0.90 | (0.18) | (1.39) | (1.57) | $17.02 | 5.02% | 1.46% | 1.50% | 1.07% | 1.03% | 47% | $120,024 |
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Years Ended March 31 (except as noted) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Income From Investment Operations: | Distributions From: | Ratio to Average Net Assets of: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | Net Investment Income (Loss)(1) | Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | Total From Investment Operations | Net Investment Income | Net Realized Gains | Total Distributions | Net Asset Value, End of Period | Total Return(2) | Operating Expenses | Operating Expenses (before expense waiver) | Net Investment Income (Loss) | Net Investment Income (Loss) (before expense waiver) | Portfolio Turnover Rate | Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
R5 Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022(3) | $17.32 | 0.19 | (2.80) | (2.61) | (0.19) | — | (0.19) | $14.52 | (15.16)% | 0.77%(4) | 0.77%(4) | 2.31%(4) | 2.31%(4) | 38% | $39,859 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $19.05 | 0.29 | 1.95 | 2.24 | (0.28) | (3.69) | (3.97) | $17.32 | 12.68% | 0.77% | 0.77% | 1.53% | 1.53% | 50% | $46,565 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $12.36 | 0.25 | 6.80 | 7.05 | (0.27) | (0.09) | (0.36) | $19.05 | 57.58% | 0.77% | 0.77% | 1.63% | 1.63% | 65% | $59,132 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $15.21 | 0.28 | (2.87) | (2.59) | (0.26) | — | (0.26) | $12.36 | (17.40)% | 0.78% | 0.79% | 1.76% | 1.75% | 55% | $59,766 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $17.11 | 0.28 | (0.23) | 0.05 | (0.24) | (1.71) | (1.95) | $15.21 | 1.01% | 0.76% | 0.80% | 1.58% | 1.54% | 53% | $58,526 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018(5) | $17.76 | 0.29 | 0.76 | 1.05 | (0.31) | (1.39) | (1.70) | $17.11 | 5.83% | 0.76%(4) | 0.80%(4) | 1.70%(4) | 1.66%(4) | 47%(6) | $313 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
R6 Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022(3) | $17.32 | 0.20 | (2.81) | (2.61) | (0.20) | — | (0.20) | $14.51 | (15.15)% | 0.62%(4) | 0.62%(4) | 2.46%(4) | 2.46%(4) | 38% | $3,092,414 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $19.04 | 0.32 | 1.96 | 2.28 | (0.31) | (3.69) | (4.00) | $17.32 | 12.92% | 0.62% | 0.62% | 1.68% | 1.68% | 50% | $3,591,180 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $12.36 | 0.28 | 6.78 | 7.06 | (0.29) | (0.09) | (0.38) | $19.04 | 57.74% | 0.62% | 0.62% | 1.78% | 1.78% | 65% | $3,494,909 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $15.20 | 0.31 | (2.87) | (2.56) | (0.28) | — | (0.28) | $12.36 | (17.23)% | 0.63% | 0.64% | 1.91% | 1.90% | 55% | $2,068,136 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $17.10 | 0.29 | (0.22) | 0.07 | (0.26) | (1.71) | (1.97) | $15.20 | 1.16% | 0.61% | 0.65% | 1.73% | 1.69% | 53% | $1,938,315 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | $17.77 | 0.34 | 0.72 | 1.06 | (0.34) | (1.39) | (1.73) | $17.10 | 5.88% | 0.61% | 0.65% | 1.92% | 1.88% | 47% | $1,578,125 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
G Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022(3) | $17.33 | 0.25 | (2.81) | (2.56) | (0.25) | — | (0.25) | $14.52 | (14.88)% | 0.00%(4)(7) | 0.62%(4) | 3.08%(4) | 2.46%(4) | 38% | $1,304,587 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022(8) | $17.81 | 0.02 | 0.61 | 0.63 | (0.03) | (1.08) | (1.11) | $17.33 | 3.55% | 0.00%(4)(7) | 0.62%(4) | 2.11%(4) | 1.49%(4) | 50%(9) | $1,630,035 |
Notes to Financial Highlights |
(1)Computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period.
(2)Total returns are calculated based on the net asset value of the last business day and do not reflect applicable sales charges, if any. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.
(3)Six months ended September 30, 2022 (unaudited).
(4)Annualized.
(5)April 10, 2017 (commencement of sale) through March 31, 2018.
(6)Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level. Percentage indicated was calculated for the year ended March 31, 2018.
(7)Ratio was less than 0.005%.
(8)March 15, 2022 (commencement of sale) through March 31, 2022.
(9)Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level. Percentage indicated was calculated for the year ended March 31, 2022.
See Notes to Financial Statements.
Approval of Management Agreement |
At a meeting held on June 29, 2022, the Fund’s Board of Directors (the "Board") unanimously approved the renewal of the management agreement pursuant to which American Century Investment Management, Inc. (the “Advisor”) acts as the investment advisor for the Fund. Under Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Investment Company Act”), contracts for investment advisory services are required to be reviewed, evaluated, and approved by a majority of a fund’s Directors, including a majority of the independent Directors, each year.
Prior to its consideration of the renewal of the management agreement, the Directors requested and reviewed data and information compiled by the Advisor and certain independent data providers concerning the Fund. This review was in addition to the oversight and evaluation undertaken by the Board and its committees on a continual basis and the information received was supplemental to the information that the Board and its committees receive and consider throughout the year.
In connection with its consideration of the renewal of the management agreement, the Board’s review and evaluation of the services provided by the Advisor and its affiliates included, but was not limited to, the following:
•the nature, extent, and quality of investment management, shareholder services, and other services provided and to be provided to the Fund including without limitation portfolio management and trading services, shareholder and intermediary services, compliance and legal services, fund accounting and financial reporting, and fund share distribution;
•the wide range of other programs and services provided to the Fund and its shareholders on a routine and non-routine basis;
•the Fund’s investment performance, including data comparing the Fund's performance to an appropriate benchmark(s) and peer group of other mutual funds with similar investment objectives and strategies;
•the cost of owning the Fund compared to the cost of owning similarly-managed funds;
•the compliance policies, procedures, and regulatory experience of the Advisor and the Fund's service providers;
•the Advisor’s strategic plans, generally, and with respect to the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic response, heightened areas of interest in the mutual fund industry and recent geopolitical issues;
•the Advisor’s business continuity plans, vendor management practices, and cyber security practices;
•financial data showing the cost of services provided to the Fund, the profitability of the Fund to the Advisor, and the overall profitability of the Advisor;
•possible economies of scale associated with the Advisor’s management of the Fund and other accounts;
•services provided and charges to the Advisor's other investment management clients;
•acquired fund fees and expenses;
•payments and practices in connection with financial intermediaries holding shares of the Fund and the services provided by intermediaries in connection therewith; and
•possible collateral benefits to the Advisor from the management of the Fund.
The Board held four meetings to consider the renewal. The independent Directors also met in private session multiple times to review and discuss the information provided in response to their request. The independent Directors held active discussions with the Advisor regarding the renewal of the management agreement, requesting supplemental information, and reviewing information provided by the Advisor in response thereto. The independent Directors had the benefit of the advice of their independent counsel throughout the process.
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Factors Considered
The Directors considered all of the information provided by the Advisor, the independent data providers, and independent counsel in connection with the approval. They determined that the information was sufficient for them to evaluate the management agreement for the Fund. In connection with their review, the Directors did not identify any single factor as being all-important or controlling, and each Director may have attributed different levels of importance to different factors. In deciding to renew the management agreement, the Board based its decision on a number of factors, including without limitation the following:
Nature, Extent and Quality of Services — Generally. Under the management agreement, the Advisor is responsible for providing or arranging for all services necessary for the operation of the Fund. The Board noted that the Advisor provides or arranges at its own expense a wide variety of services which include, without limitation, the following:
•constructing and designing the Fund
•portfolio research and security selection
•initial capitalization/funding
•securities trading
•Fund administration
•custody of Fund assets
•daily valuation of the Fund’s portfolio
•liquidity monitoring and management
•risk management, including cyber security
•shareholder servicing and transfer agency, including shareholder confirmations, recordkeeping, and communications
•legal services (except the independent Directors’ counsel)
•regulatory and portfolio compliance
•financial reporting
•marketing and distribution (except amounts paid by the Fund under Rule 12b-1 plans)
The Board noted that many of these services have expanded over time in terms of both quantity and complexity in response to shareholder demands, competition in the industry, changing distribution channels, and the changing regulatory environment.
Investment Management Services. The nature of the investment management services provided to the Fund is quite complex and allows Fund shareholders access to professional money management, instant diversification of their investments within an asset class, the opportunity to easily diversify among asset classes by investing in or exchanging among various American Century Investments funds, and liquidity. In evaluating investment performance, the Board expects the Advisor to manage the Fund in accordance with its investment objectives and principal investment strategies. Further, the Directors recognize that the Advisor has an obligation to monitor trading activities, and in particular to seek the best execution of Fund trades, and to evaluate the use of and payment for research. In providing these services, the Advisor utilizes teams of investment professionals (portfolio managers, analysts, research assistants, and securities traders) who require extensive information technology, research, training, compliance, and other systems to conduct their business. The Board, directly and through its Fund Performance Review Committee, provides oversight of the investment performance process. It regularly reviews investment performance information for the Fund, together with comparative information for appropriate benchmarks and/or peer groups of similarly-managed funds, over different time horizons. The Directors also review investment performance information during the management agreement renewal process. If performance concerns are identified, the Board discusses with the Advisor the reasons for such results (e.g., market conditions, security selection) and any actions being taken to improve performance, and may conduct special reviews until performance improves. The Fund’s performance was above its benchmark for the ten-year period, and below its benchmark for the one-, three-, and five-year periods reviewed by the Board. The Board found the investment
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management services provided by the Advisor to the Fund to be satisfactory and consistent with the management agreement.
Shareholder and Other Services. Under the management agreement, the Advisor provides the Fund with a comprehensive package of transfer agency, shareholder, and other services. The Board, directly and through its various committees, regularly reviews reports and evaluations of such services at its regular meetings. These reports include, but are not limited to, information regarding the operational efficiency and accuracy of the shareholder and transfer agency services provided, staffing levels, shareholder satisfaction, technology support (including cyber security), new products and services offered to Fund shareholders, securities trading activities, portfolio valuation services, auditing services, and legal and operational compliance activities. The Board found the services provided by the Advisor to the Fund under the management agreement to be competitive and of high quality.
Costs of Services and Profitability. The Advisor provides detailed information concerning its cost of providing various services to the Fund, its profitability in managing the Fund (pre- and post-distribution), its overall profitability, and its financial condition. The Directors have reviewed with the Advisor the methodology used to prepare this financial information. This information is considered in evaluating the Advisor’s financial condition, its ability to continue to provide services under the management agreement, and the reasonableness of the current management fee. The Board concluded that the Advisor’s profits were reasonable in light of the services provided to the Fund.
Ethics. The Board generally considers the Advisor’s commitment to providing quality services to shareholders and to conducting its business ethically. They noted that the Advisor’s practices generally meet or exceed industry best practices.
Economies of Scale. The Board also reviewed information provided by the Advisor regarding the possible existence of economies of scale in connection with the management of the Fund. The Board concluded that economies of scale are difficult to measure and predict with precision, especially on a fund-by-fund basis. The Board concluded that the Advisor is sharing economies of scale, to the extent they exist, through its fee structure, and through reinvestment in its business, infrastructure, investment capabilities and initiatives to provide shareholders enhanced and expanded content and services. The Board also noted that economies of scale are shared with the Fund and its shareholders through management fee breakpoints that serve to reduce the effective management fee as the assets of the Fund grow. Assets of various classes of the same Fund or similarly-managed products are combined with the assets of the Fund to help achieve those breakpoints.
Comparison to Other Funds’ Fees. The management agreement provides that the Fund pays the Advisor a single, all-inclusive (or unified) management fee for providing all services necessary for the management and operation of the Fund, other than securities transaction expenses, taxes, interest, extraordinary expenses, fees and expenses of the Fund’s independent Directors (including their independent legal counsel), and expenses incurred in connection with the provision of shareholder services and distribution services under a plan adopted pursuant to Investment Company Act Rule 12b-1. Under the unified fee structure, the Advisor is responsible for providing all investment advisory, custody, audit, administrative, compliance, recordkeeping, marketing and shareholder services, or arranging and supervising third parties to provide such services. By contrast, most other funds are charged a variety of fees, including an investment advisory fee, a transfer agency fee, an administrative fee, distribution charges, and other expenses. Other than their investment advisory fees and any applicable Rule 12b-1 distribution fees, all other components of the total fees charged by these other funds may be increased without shareholder approval. The Board believes the unified fee structure is a benefit to Fund shareholders because it clearly discloses to shareholders the cost of owning Fund shares, and, since the unified fee cannot be increased without a vote of Fund shareholders, it shifts to the Advisor the risk of increased costs of operating the Fund and provides a direct incentive to minimize administrative inefficiencies. Part of the Board’s analysis of fee levels involves reviewing certain evaluative data compiled by an independent provider comparing the Fund’s unified fee to the total expense ratios of its peers. The
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unified fee charged to shareholders of the Fund was below the median of the total expense ratios of the Fund’s peer expense universe. In addition, the Board reviewed the Fund’s position relative to the narrower set of its expense group peers. The Board concluded that the management fee paid by the Fund to the Advisor under the management agreement is reasonable in light of the services provided to the Fund.
Comparison to Fees and Services Provided to Other Clients of the Advisor. The Board also requested and received information from the Advisor concerning the nature of the services, fees, costs, and profitability of its advisory services to advisory clients other than the Fund. They observed that these varying types of client accounts require different services and involve different regulatory and entrepreneurial risks than the management of the Fund. The Board analyzed this information and concluded that the fees charged and services provided to the Fund were reasonable by comparison.
Payments to Intermediaries. The Directors also requested and received a description of payments made to intermediaries by the Fund and the Advisor and services provided in response thereto. These payments include various payments made by the Fund or the Advisor to different types of intermediaries and recordkeepers for distribution and service activities provided for the Fund. The Directors reviewed such information and received representations from the Advisor that all such payments by the Fund were made pursuant to the Fund's Rule 12b-1 Plan and that all such payments by the Advisor were made from the Advisor’s resources and reasonable profits.
Collateral or “Fall-Out” Benefits Derived by the Advisor. The Board considered the possible existence of collateral benefits the Advisor may receive as a result of its relationship with the Fund. They concluded that the Advisor’s primary business is managing funds and it generally does not use fund or shareholder information to generate profits in other lines of business, and therefore does not derive any significant collateral benefits from them. To the extent there are potential collateral benefits, the Board has been advised and has taken this into consideration in its review of the management contract with the Fund. The Board noted that additional assets from other clients may offer the Advisor some benefit from increased leverage with service providers and counterparties. Additionally, the Advisor may receive proprietary research from broker-dealers that execute fund portfolio transactions, which the Board concluded is likely to benefit other clients of the Advisor, as well as Fund shareholders. The Board also determined that the Advisor is able to provide investment management services to certain clients other than the Fund, at least in part, due to its existing infrastructure built to serve the fund complex. The Board concluded that appropriate allocation methodologies had been employed to assign resources and the cost of those resources to these other clients and, where expressly provided, these other client assets may be included with the assets of the Fund to determine breakpoints in the management fee schedule.
Existing Relationship. The Board also considered whether there was any reason for not continuing the existing arrangement with the Advisor. In this regard, the Board was mindful of the potential disruptions of the Fund’s operations and various risks, uncertainties, and other effects that could occur as a result of a decision not to continue such relationship. In particular, the Board recognized that most shareholders have invested in the Fund on the strength of the Advisor’s industry standing and reputation and in the expectation that the Advisor will have a continuing role in providing advisory services to the Fund.
Conclusion of the Directors. As a result of this process, the Board, including all of the independent Directors, taking into account all of the factors discussed above and the information provided by the Advisor and others in connection with its review and throughout the year, determined that the terms of the management agreement are fair and reasonable and that the management fee charged to the Fund is reasonable in light of the services provided and that the management agreement between the Fund and the Advisor should be renewed for an additional one-year period.
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Additional Information |
Retirement Account Information
As required by law, distributions you receive from certain retirement accounts are subject to federal income tax withholding, unless you elect not to have withholding apply*. Tax will be withheld on the total amount withdrawn even though you may be receiving amounts that are not subject to withholding, such as nondeductible contributions. In such case, excess amounts of withholding could occur. You may adjust your withholding election so that a greater or lesser amount will be withheld.
If you don’t want us to withhold on this amount, you must notify us to not withhold the federal income tax. You may notify us in writing or in certain situations by telephone or through other electronic means. For systematic withdrawals, your withholding election will remain in effect until revoked or changed by filing a new election. You have the right to revoke your election at any time and change your withholding percentage for future distributions.
Remember, even if you elect not to have income tax withheld, you are liable for paying income tax on the taxable portion of your withdrawal. If you elect not to have income tax withheld or you don’t have enough income tax withheld, you may be responsible for payment of estimated tax. You may incur penalties under the estimated tax rules if your withholding and estimated tax payments are not sufficient. You can reduce or defer the income tax on a distribution by directly or indirectly rolling such distribution over to another IRA or eligible plan. You should consult your tax advisor for additional information.
State tax will be withheld if, at the time of your distribution, your address is within one of the mandatory withholding states and you have federal income tax withheld (or as otherwise required by state law). State taxes will be withheld from your distribution in accordance with the respective state rules.
*Some 403(b), 457 and qualified retirement plan distributions may be subject to 20% mandatory withholding, as they are subject to special tax and withholding rules. Your plan administrator or plan sponsor is required to provide you with a special tax notice explaining those rules at the time you request a distribution. If applicable, federal and/or state taxes may be withheld from your distribution amount.
Proxy Voting Policies
A description of the policies that the fund's investment advisor uses in exercising the voting rights associated with the securities purchased and/or held by the fund is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-345-2021. It is also available on American Century Investments’ website at americancentury.com/proxy and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at sec.gov. Information regarding how the investment advisor voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available on americancentury.com/proxy. It is also available at sec.gov.
Quarterly Portfolio Disclosure
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. These portfolio holdings are available on the fund's website at
americancentury.com and, upon request, by calling 1-800-345-2021. The fund’s Form N-PORT
reports are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov.
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Semiannual Report | |||||
September 30, 2022 | |||||
Small Cap Dividend Fund | |||||
Investor Class (AMAEX) | |||||
I Class (AMAFX) | |||||
A Class (AMAHX) | |||||
R Class (AMAJX) | |||||
R6 Class (AMAKX) | |||||
G Class (AMALX) |
Table of Contents |
President’s Letter | |||||
Fund Characteristics | |||||
Shareholder Fee Example | |||||
Schedule of Investments | |||||
Statement of Assets and Liabilities | |||||
Statement of Operations | |||||
Statement of Changes in Net Assets | |||||
Notes to Financial Statements | |||||
Financial Highlights | |||||
Approval of Management Agreement | |||||
Additional Information |
Any opinions expressed in this report reflect those of the author as of the date of the report, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of American Century Investments® or any other person in the American Century Investments organization. Any such opinions are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and American Century Investments disclaims any responsibility to update such opinions. These opinions may not be relied upon as investment advice and, because investment decisions made by American Century Investments funds are based on numerous factors, may not be relied upon as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any American Century Investments fund. Security examples are used for representational purposes only and are not intended as recommendations to purchase or sell securities. Performance information for comparative indices and securities is provided to American Century Investments by third party vendors. To the best of American Century Investments’ knowledge, such information is accurate at the time of printing.
President’s Letter |
Jonathan Thomas
Dear Investor:
Thank you for reviewing this semiannual report for the period ending September 30, 2022. It provides a market overview (below), followed by a schedule of fund investments and other financial information. For additional investment insights, please visit americancentury.com.
Inflation, Rates, Recession Worries Weighed on Financial Markets
The reporting period began with financial markets digesting the effects of soaring inflation, heightened market volatility and slowing growth. For more than a year, the effects of massive fiscal and monetary support, escalating energy prices, supply chain breakdowns and labor market shortages had driven inflation to multidecade highs. The Russia-Ukraine war continued to nudge commodity prices even higher, exacerbating existing inflationary pressures and further damaging global supply chains.
The Federal Reserve (Fed), which began tightening in March with a 25-basis-points (bps) hike, increased rates an additional 275 bps during the six-month period. Inflation was slow to respond, climbing to a 40-year-high 9.1% in June before slipping to 8.2% in September, largely due to falling gasoline prices. Policymakers indicated taming inflation remains their priority, even as the economy contracted in 2022’s first two quarters and an official recession appeared imminent.
In addition to fueling recession risk, the combination of elevated inflation and a hawkish Fed helped push Treasury yields sharply higher and stock prices significantly lower. Amid persistent market unrest, most stock and bond indices ended the six-month period with steep losses. Stocks, as measured by the S&P 500 Index, plunged more than 20%, while bonds, as measured by the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, tumbled more than 9%.
Staying Disciplined in Uncertain Times
We expect market volatility to linger as investors navigate a complex environment of high inflation, rising interest rates and economic uncertainty. In addition, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine complicates an increasingly tense geopolitical backdrop and threatens global energy markets. We will continue to monitor this evolving situation and what it broadly means for investors across asset classes.
We appreciate your confidence in us during these extraordinary times. Our firm has a long history of helping clients weather unpredictable markets, and we’re confident we will continue to meet today’s challenges.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Thomas
President and Chief Executive Officer
American Century Investments
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Fund Characteristics |
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 | |||||
Types of Investments in Portfolio | % of net assets | ||||
Common Stocks | 90.9% | ||||
Preferred Stocks | 4.4% | ||||
Convertible Preferred Stocks | 2.1% | ||||
Convertible Bonds | 0.6% | ||||
Short-Term Investments | 2.9% | ||||
Other Assets and Liabilities | (0.9)% | ||||
Top Five Industries | % of net assets | ||||
Banks | 25.1% | ||||
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) | 5.5% | ||||
Electronic Equipment, Instruments and Components | 5.3% | ||||
Machinery | 5.0% | ||||
Insurance | 4.5% |
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Shareholder Fee Example |
Fund shareholders may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments and redemption/exchange fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and service (12b-1) fees; and other fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing cost of investing in other mutual funds.
The example is based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from April 1, 2022 to September 30, 2022 (except as noted).
Actual Expenses
The table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses for each class. You may use the information, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. First, identify the share class you own. Then simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number under the heading “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
If you hold Investor Class shares of any American Century Investments mutual fund, or I Class shares of the American Century Diversified Bond Fund, in an American Century Investments account (i.e., not through a financial intermediary or employer-sponsored retirement plan account), American Century Investments may charge you a $25 annual account maintenance fee if the value of those shares is less than $10,000. We will redeem shares automatically in one of your accounts to pay the $25 fee. In determining your total eligible investment amount, we will include your investments in all personal accounts (including American Century Investments brokerage accounts) registered under your Social Security number. Personal accounts include individual accounts, joint accounts, UGMA/UTMA accounts, personal trusts, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts and IRAs (including traditional, Roth, Rollover, SEP-, SARSEP- and SIMPLE-IRAs), and certain other retirement accounts. If you have only business, business retirement, employer-sponsored or American Century Investments brokerage accounts, you are currently not subject to this fee. If you are subject to the account maintenance fee, your account value could be reduced by the fee amount.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The table also provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio of each class of your fund and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the actual return of a fund’s share class. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in your fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads) or redemption/exchange fees. 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 transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
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Beginning Account Value 4/1/22 | Ending Account Value 9/30/22 | Expenses Paid During Period(1) 4/1/22 - 9/30/22 | Annualized Expense Ratio(1) | |||||||||||
Actual | ||||||||||||||
Investor Class | $1,000 | $847.90 | $5.12(2) | 1.13% | ||||||||||
I Class | $1,000 | $848.70 | $4.22(2) | 0.93% | ||||||||||
A Class | $1,000 | $847.00 | $6.25(2) | 1.38% | ||||||||||
R Class | $1,000 | $846.00 | $7.38(2) | 1.63% | ||||||||||
R6 Class | $1,000 | $849.30 | $3.54(2) | 0.78% | ||||||||||
G Class | $1,000 | $852.20 | $0.18(2) | 0.04% | ||||||||||
Hypothetical | ||||||||||||||
Investor Class | $1,000 | $1,019.40 | $5.72 | 1.13% | ||||||||||
I Class | $1,000 | $1,020.41 | $4.71 | 0.93% | ||||||||||
A Class | $1,000 | $1,018.15 | $6.98 | 1.38% | ||||||||||
R Class | $1,000 | $1,016.90 | $8.24 | 1.63% | ||||||||||
R6 Class | $1,000 | $1,021.16 | $3.95 | 0.78% | ||||||||||
G Class | $1,000 | $1,024.87 | $0.20 | 0.04% |
(1)Expenses are equal to the class's annualized expense ratio listed in the table above, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183, the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year, divided by 365, to reflect the one-half year period. Annualized expense ratio reflects actual expenses, including any applicable fee waivers or expense reimbursements and excluding any acquired fund fees and expenses.
(2)Expenses are equal to the class's annualized expense ratio listed in the table above, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 179, the number of days in the period from April 5, 2022 (fund inception) through September 30, 2022, divided by 365, to reflect the period. Had the class been available for the full period, the expenses paid during the period would have been higher.
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Schedule of Investments |
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 (UNAUDITED)
Shares/ Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
COMMON STOCKS — 90.9% | |||||||||||
Aerospace and Defense — 2.4% | |||||||||||
Cadre Holdings, Inc. | 599 | $ | 14,415 | ||||||||
Park Aerospace Corp. | 1,938 | 21,395 | |||||||||
35,810 | |||||||||||
Banks — 22.7% | |||||||||||
F.N.B. Corp. | 2,669 | 30,960 | |||||||||
Financial Institutions, Inc. | 686 | 16,512 | |||||||||
First Hawaiian, Inc. | 90 | 2,217 | |||||||||
First Interstate Bancsystem, Inc., Class A | 348 | 14,042 | |||||||||
First Merchants Corp. | 144 | 5,570 | |||||||||
HBT Financial, Inc. | 1,016 | 18,440 | |||||||||
Home BancShares, Inc. | 1,641 | 36,939 | |||||||||
Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. | 950 | 29,412 | |||||||||
PacWest Bancorp | 1,291 | 29,177 | |||||||||
Popular, Inc. | 490 | 35,310 | |||||||||
Premier Financial Corp. | 371 | 9,535 | |||||||||
Towne Bank | 379 | 10,169 | |||||||||
Umpqua Holdings Corp. | 1,759 | 30,061 | |||||||||
United Bankshares, Inc. | 1,055 | 37,716 | |||||||||
Valley National Bancorp | 1,863 | 20,120 | |||||||||
Webster Financial Corp. | 392 | 17,718 | |||||||||
343,898 | |||||||||||
Building Products — 2.7% | |||||||||||
Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. | 260 | 13,960 | |||||||||
Tecnoglass, Inc. | 1,288 | 27,035 | |||||||||
40,995 | |||||||||||
Capital Markets — 3.4% | |||||||||||
Carlyle Group, Inc. | 571 | 14,755 | |||||||||
Patria Investments Ltd., A Shares | 1,608 | 20,984 | |||||||||
Sculptor Capital Management, Inc. | 1,768 | 15,629 | |||||||||
51,368 | |||||||||||
Chemicals — 4.1% | |||||||||||
Chase Corp. | 185 | 15,461 | |||||||||
Mativ Holdings, Inc. | 426 | 9,406 | |||||||||
RPM International, Inc. | 194 | 16,162 | |||||||||
Valvoline, Inc. | 813 | 20,601 | |||||||||
61,630 | |||||||||||
Commercial Services and Supplies — 3.2% | |||||||||||
Brink's Co. | 622 | 30,130 | |||||||||
Deluxe Corp. | 904 | 15,052 | |||||||||
Healthcare Services Group, Inc. | 337 | 4,074 | |||||||||
49,256 | |||||||||||
Containers and Packaging — 2.7% | |||||||||||
Graphic Packaging Holding Co. | 1,334 | 26,333 | |||||||||
Sonoco Products Co. | 265 | 15,034 | |||||||||
41,367 |
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Shares/ Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Diversified Financial Services — 1.5% | |||||||||||
Compass Diversified Holdings | 1,276 | $ | 23,045 | ||||||||
Electric Utilities — 1.1% | |||||||||||
ALLETE, Inc. | 200 | 10,010 | |||||||||
PNM Resources, Inc. | 131 | 5,991 | |||||||||
16,001 | |||||||||||
Electronic Equipment, Instruments and Components — 3.2% | |||||||||||
Avnet, Inc. | 852 | 30,774 | |||||||||
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. | 1,006 | 17,897 | |||||||||
48,671 | |||||||||||
Energy Equipment and Services — 1.8% | |||||||||||
ChampionX Corp. | 1,362 | 26,654 | |||||||||
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 5.5% | |||||||||||
CareTrust REIT, Inc. | 971 | 17,585 | |||||||||
Easterly Government Properties, Inc. | 966 | 15,234 | |||||||||
Four Corners Property Trust, Inc. | 857 | 20,731 | |||||||||
Highwoods Properties, Inc. | 565 | 15,232 | |||||||||
LTC Properties, Inc. | 185 | 6,928 | |||||||||
NETSTREIT Corp. | 207 | 3,687 | |||||||||
Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc., Class A | 306 | 4,746 | |||||||||
84,143 | |||||||||||
Gas Utilities — 0.9% | |||||||||||
Northwest Natural Holding Co. | 68 | 2,950 | |||||||||
Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. | 154 | 10,741 | |||||||||
13,691 | |||||||||||
Health Care Equipment and Supplies — 1.0% | |||||||||||
Embecta Corp. | 537 | 15,460 | |||||||||
Health Care Providers and Services — 1.7% | |||||||||||
National Healthcare Corp. | 67 | 4,244 | |||||||||
Patterson Cos., Inc. | 908 | 21,810 | |||||||||
26,054 | |||||||||||
Household Durables — 1.9% | |||||||||||
Leggett & Platt, Inc. | 885 | 29,400 | |||||||||
Household Products — 1.6% | |||||||||||
Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. | 604 | 23,574 | |||||||||
Insurance — 4.5% | |||||||||||
AMERISAFE, Inc. | 254 | 11,869 | |||||||||
Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. | 547 | 26,885 | |||||||||
ProAssurance Corp. | 347 | 6,770 | |||||||||
RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. | 164 | 23,024 | |||||||||
68,548 | |||||||||||
IT Services — 2.1% | |||||||||||
EVERTEC, Inc. | 1,021 | 32,008 | |||||||||
Machinery — 5.0% | |||||||||||
Hurco Cos., Inc. | 210 | 4,721 | |||||||||
IMI PLC | 694 | 8,582 | |||||||||
Luxfer Holdings PLC | 1,835 | 26,607 | |||||||||
Timken Co. | 602 | 35,542 | |||||||||
75,452 | |||||||||||
Media — 2.3% | |||||||||||
Entravision Communications Corp., Class A | 5,141 | 20,410 |
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Shares/ Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A | 402 | $ | 15,099 | ||||||||
35,509 | |||||||||||
Multi-Utilities — 1.0% | |||||||||||
NorthWestern Corp. | 302 | 14,883 | |||||||||
Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels — 3.5% | |||||||||||
Enviva, Inc. | 341 | 20,480 | |||||||||
Hess Midstream LP, Class A | 1,275 | 32,538 | |||||||||
53,018 | |||||||||||
Professional Services — 0.9% | |||||||||||
Public Policy Holding Co., Inc. | 8,314 | 13,324 | |||||||||
Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment — 2.6% | |||||||||||
Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. | 722 | 27,819 | |||||||||
MKS Instruments, Inc. | 144 | 11,900 | |||||||||
39,719 | |||||||||||
Specialty Retail — 1.7% | |||||||||||
Penske Automotive Group, Inc. | 262 | 25,789 | |||||||||
Textiles, Apparel and Luxury Goods — 3.4% | |||||||||||
Ralph Lauren Corp. | 265 | 22,506 | |||||||||
Tapestry, Inc. | 1,035 | 29,425 | |||||||||
51,931 | |||||||||||
Thrifts and Mortgage Finance — 0.6% | |||||||||||
Enact Holdings, Inc. | 95 | 2,106 | |||||||||
Provident Financial Services, Inc. | 373 | 7,274 | |||||||||
9,380 | |||||||||||
Trading Companies and Distributors — 1.9% | |||||||||||
Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc. | 273 | 28,059 | |||||||||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $1,597,819) | 1,378,637 | ||||||||||
PREFERRED STOCKS — 4.4% | |||||||||||
Banks — 2.4% | |||||||||||
F.N.B. Corp., 7.25% | 253 | 6,580 | |||||||||
PacWest Bancorp, 7.75% | 662 | 16,623 | |||||||||
Valley National Bancorp, 6.25% | 507 | 12,893 | |||||||||
36,096 | |||||||||||
Diversified Financial Services — 2.0% | |||||||||||
Compass Diversified Holdings, 7.875% | 1,215 | 30,302 | |||||||||
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS (Cost $67,937) | 66,398 | ||||||||||
CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS — 2.1% | |||||||||||
Electronic Equipment, Instruments and Components — 2.1% | |||||||||||
Coherent Corp., 6.00%, 7/1/23 (Cost $49,563) | 198 | 31,164 | |||||||||
CONVERTIBLE BONDS — 0.6% | |||||||||||
Building Products — 0.6% | |||||||||||
DIRTT Environmental Solutions, 6.00%, 1/31/26 (Cost $12,123) | CAD | 18,000 | 8,796 | ||||||||
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 2.9% | |||||||||||
Money Market Fund† | |||||||||||
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class | 526 | 526 |
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Shares/ Principal Amount | Value | ||||||||||
Repurchase Agreements — 2.9% | |||||||||||
BMO Capital Markets Corp., (collateralized by various U.S. Treasury obligations, 0.625% - 4.625%, 1/15/25 - 5/15/47, valued at $44,948), in a joint trading account at 2.86%, dated 9/30/22, due 10/3/22 (Delivery value $44,194) | $ | 44,183 | |||||||||
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost $44,709) | 44,709 | ||||||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENT SECURITIES — 100.9% (Cost $1,772,151) | 1,529,704 | ||||||||||
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES — (0.9)% | (13,837) | ||||||||||
TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0% | $ | 1,515,867 |
FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS | ||||||||||||||||||||
Currency Purchased | Currency Sold | Counterparty | Settlement Date | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | ||||||||||||||||
USD | 17,866 | GBP | 16,550 | Bank of America N.A. | 12/30/22 | $ | (638) |
NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS | ||||||||
CAD | - | Canadian Dollar | ||||||
GBP | - | British Pound | ||||||
USD | - | United States Dollar |
†Category is less than 0.05% of total net assets.
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities |
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 (UNAUDITED) | |||||
Assets | |||||
Investment securities, at value (cost of $1,772,151) | $ | 1,529,704 | |||
Receivable for investments sold | 31 | ||||
Receivable for capital shares sold | 1,639 | ||||
Dividends and interest receivable | 4,192 | ||||
1,535,566 | |||||
Liabilities | |||||
Payable for investments purchased | 17,465 | ||||
Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts | 638 | ||||
Accrued management fees | 1,463 | ||||
Distribution and service fees payable | 23 | ||||
Accrued other expenses | 110 | ||||
19,699 | |||||
Net Assets | $ | 1,515,867 | |||
Net Assets Consist of: | |||||
Capital (par value and paid-in surplus) | $ | 1,786,618 | |||
Distributable earnings | (270,751) | ||||
$ | 1,515,867 |
Net Assets | Shares Outstanding | Net Asset Value Per Share* | |||||||||
Investor Class, $0.01 Par Value | $1,373,907 | 163,544 | $8.40 | ||||||||
I Class, $0.01 Par Value | $21,222 | 2,526 | $8.40 | ||||||||
A Class, $0.01 Par Value | $21,175 | 2,521 | $8.40 | ||||||||
R Class, $0.01 Par Value | $47,044 | 5,601 | $8.40 | ||||||||
R6 Class, $0.01 Par Value | $31,204 | 3,713 | $8.40 | ||||||||
G Class, $0.01 Par Value | $21,315 | 2,536 | $8.40 |
*Maximum offering price per share was equal to the net asset value per share for all share classes, except Class A, for which the maximum offering price per share was $8.91 (net asset value divided by 0.9425). A contingent deferred sales charge may be imposed on redemptions of Class A.
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statement of Operations |
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 (UNAUDITED)(1) | |||||
Investment Income (Loss) | |||||
Income: | |||||
Dividends (net of foreign taxes withheld of $48) | $ | 23,835 | |||
Interest | 953 | ||||
24,788 | |||||
Expenses: | |||||
Management fees | 8,155 | ||||
Distribution and service fees: | |||||
A Class | 29 | ||||
R Class | 79 | ||||
Directors' fees and expenses | 22 | ||||
Other expenses | 242 | ||||
8,527 | |||||
Fees waived - G Class | (86) | ||||
8,441 | |||||
Net investment income (loss) | 16,347 | ||||
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | |||||
Net realized gain (loss) on: | |||||
Investment transactions | (32,467) | ||||
Forward foreign currency exchange contract transactions | 3,826 | ||||
Foreign currency translation transactions | (72) | ||||
(28,713) | |||||
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | |||||
Investments | (242,447) | ||||
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts | (638) | ||||
Translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies | (8) | ||||
(243,093) | |||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | (271,806) | ||||
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | $ | (255,459) |
(1)April 5, 2022 (fund inception) through September 30, 2022.
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets |
PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 (UNAUDITED)(1) | |||||
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | |||||
Operations | |||||
Net investment income (loss) | $ | 16,347 | |||
Net realized gain (loss) | (28,713) | ||||
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (243,093) | ||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | (255,459) | ||||
Distributions to Shareholders | |||||
From earnings: | |||||
Investor Class | (13,948) | ||||
I Class | (233) | ||||
A Class | (186) | ||||
R Class | (278) | ||||
R6 Class | (321) | ||||
G Class | (326) | ||||
Decrease in net assets from distributions | (15,292) | ||||
Capital Share Transactions | |||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from capital share transactions (Note 5) | 1,786,618 | ||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets | 1,515,867 | ||||
Net Assets | |||||
End of period | $ | 1,515,867 |
(1)April 5, 2022 (fund inception) through September 30, 2022.
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements |
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 (UNAUDITED)
1. Organization
American Century Capital Portfolios, Inc. (the corporation) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company and is organized as a Maryland corporation. Small Cap Dividend Fund (the fund) is one fund in a series issued by the corporation. The fund’s investment objective is to seek long-term capital growth. Income is a secondary objective.
The fund offers the Investor Class, I Class, A Class, R Class, R6 Class and G Class. The A Class may incur an initial sales charge and may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge. All classes of the fund commenced sale on April 5, 2022, the fund's inception date.
2. Significant Accounting Policies
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the fund in preparation of its financial statements. The fund is an investment company and follows accounting and reporting guidance in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. This may require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from these estimates. Management evaluated the impact of events or transactions occurring through the date the financial statements were issued that would merit recognition or disclosure.
Investment Valuations — The fund determines the fair value of its investments and computes its net asset value (NAV) per share at the close of regular trading (usually 4 p.m. Eastern time) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on each day the NYSE is open. The value of investments of the fund is determined by American Century Investment Management, Inc. (ACIM) (the investment advisor), as the valuation designee, pursuant to its valuation policies and procedures. The Board of Directors oversees the valuation designee and reviews its valuation policies and procedures at least annually.
Equity securities that are listed or traded on a domestic securities exchange are valued at the last reported sales price or at the official closing price as provided by the exchange. Equity securities traded on foreign securities exchanges are generally valued at the closing price of such securities on the exchange where primarily traded or at the close of the NYSE, if that is earlier. If no last sales price is reported, or if local convention or regulation so provides, the mean of the latest bid and asked prices may be used. Securities traded over-the-counter are valued at the mean of the latest bid and asked prices, the last sales price, or the official closing price. Equity securities initially expressed in local currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the mean of the appropriate currency exchange rate at the close of the NYSE as provided by an independent pricing service.
Fixed income securities are valued at the evaluated mean as provided by independent pricing services or at the mean of the most recent bid and asked prices as provided by investment dealers. Convertible bonds are valued using market models that consider trade data, quotations from dealers and active market makers, relevant yield curve and spread data, creditworthiness, trade data or market information on comparable securities, and other relevant security specific information. Fixed income securities initially expressed in local currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the mean of the appropriate currency exchange rate at the close of the NYSE as provided by an independent pricing service.
Hybrid securities are valued at the evaluated mean as provided by independent pricing services or at the mean of the most recent bid and asked prices as provided by investment dealers. Preferred stocks and convertible preferred stocks with perpetual maturities are valued using market models that consider trade data, quotations from dealers and active market makers, relevant yield curve and spread data, creditworthiness, trade data or market information on comparable securities, and other relevant security specific information.
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Open-end management investment companies are valued at the reported NAV per share. Repurchase agreements are valued at cost, which approximates fair value. Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the mean of the appropriate forward exchange rate at the close of the NYSE as provided by an independent pricing service.
If the valuation designee determines that the market price for a portfolio security is not readily available or is believed by the valuation designee to be unreliable, such security is valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the valuation designee, in accordance with its policies and procedures. Circumstances that may cause the fund to determine that market quotations are not available or reliable include, but are not limited to: when there is a significant event subsequent to the market quotation; trading in a security has been halted during the trading day; or trading in a security is insufficient or did not take place due to a closure or holiday.
The valuation designee monitors for significant events occurring after the close of an investment’s primary exchange but before the fund’s NAV per share is determined. Significant events may include, but are not limited to: corporate announcements and transactions; regulatory news, governmental action and political unrest that could impact a specific investment or an investment sector; or armed conflicts, natural disasters and similar events that could affect investments in a specific country or region. The valuation designee also monitors for significant fluctuations between domestic and foreign markets, as evidenced by the U.S. market or such other indicators that it deems appropriate. The valuation designee may apply a model-derived factor to the closing price of equity securities traded on foreign securities exchanges. The factor is based on observable market data as provided by an independent pricing service.
Security Transactions — Security transactions are accounted for as of the trade date. Net realized gains and losses are determined on the identified cost basis, which is also used for federal income tax purposes.
Investment Income — Dividend income less foreign taxes withheld, if any, is recorded as of the ex-dividend date. Distributions received on securities that represent a return of capital or long-term capital gain are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. The fund may estimate the components of distributions received that may be considered nontaxable distributions or long-term capital gain distributions for income tax purposes. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis and includes accretion of discounts and amortization of premiums. For convertible bonds, the premiums attributable only to the debt instrument are amortized.
Foreign Currency Translations — All assets and liabilities initially expressed in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at prevailing exchange rates at period end. The fund may enter into spot foreign currency exchange contracts to facilitate transactions denominated in a foreign currency. Purchases and sales of investment securities, dividend and interest income, spot foreign currency exchange contracts, and expenses are translated at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. Net realized and unrealized foreign currency exchange gains or losses related to investment securities are a component of net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, respectively.
Repurchase Agreements — The fund may enter into repurchase agreements with institutions that ACIM has determined are creditworthy pursuant to criteria adopted by the Board of Directors. The fund requires that the collateral, represented by securities, received in a repurchase transaction be transferred to the custodian in a manner sufficient to enable the fund to obtain those securities in the event of a default under the repurchase agreement. ACIM monitors, on a daily basis, the securities transferred to ensure the value, including accrued interest, of the securities under each repurchase agreement is equal to or greater than amounts owed to the fund under each repurchase agreement.
Joint Trading Account — Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the fund, along with certain other funds in the American Century Investments family of funds, may transfer uninvested cash balances into a joint trading account. These balances are invested in one or more repurchase agreements that are collateralized by U.S. Treasury or Agency obligations.
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Income Tax Status — It is the fund’s policy to distribute substantially all net investment income and net realized gains to shareholders and to otherwise qualify as a regulated investment company under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Accordingly, no provision has been made for income taxes. The fund files U.S. federal, state, local and non-U.S. tax returns as applicable. The fund's tax returns are subject to examination by the relevant taxing authority until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, which is generally three years from the date of filing but can be longer in certain jurisdictions. At this time, management believes there are no uncertain tax positions which, based on their technical merit, would not be sustained upon examination and for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months.
Multiple Class — All shares of the fund represent an equal pro rata interest in the net assets of the class to which such shares belong, and have identical voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights and the same terms and conditions, except for class specific expenses and exclusive rights to vote on matters affecting only individual classes. Income, non-class specific expenses, and realized and unrealized capital gains and losses of the fund are allocated to each class of shares based on their relative net assets.
Distributions to Shareholders — Distributions from net investment income, if any, are generally declared and paid quarterly. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are generally declared and paid annually.
Indemnifications — Under the corporation’s organizational documents, its officers and directors are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the fund. In addition, in the normal course of business, the fund enters into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against a fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered by management to be remote.
3. Fees and Transactions with Related Parties
Certain officers and directors of the corporation are also officers and/or directors of American Century Companies, Inc. (ACC). The corporation’s investment advisor, ACIM, the corporation's distributor, American Century Investment Services, Inc. (ACIS), and the corporation’s transfer agent, American Century Services, LLC, are wholly owned, directly or indirectly, by ACC. ACIM owns 56% of the shares of the fund. Related parties do not invest in the fund for the purpose of exercising management or control.
Management Fees — The corporation has entered into a management agreement with ACIM, under which ACIM provides the fund with investment advisory and management services in exchange for a single, unified management fee (the fee) per class. The agreement provides that ACIM will pay all expenses of managing and operating the fund, except brokerage expenses, taxes, interest, fees and expenses of the independent directors (including legal counsel fees), extraordinary expenses, and expenses incurred in connection with the provision of shareholder services and distribution services under a plan adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. The fee is computed and accrued daily based on each class's daily net assets and paid monthly in arrears. The difference in the fee among the classes is a result of their separate arrangements for non-Rule 12b-1 shareholder services. It is not the result of any difference in advisory or custodial fees or other expenses related to the management of the fund’s assets, which do not vary by class. The investment advisor agreed to waive the G Class's management fee in its entirety. The investment advisor expects this waiver to remain in effect permanently and cannot terminate it without the approval of the Board of Directors.
The annual management fee for each class is as follows:
Investor Class | I Class | A Class | R Class | R6 Class | G Class | ||||||||||||
1.09% | 0.89% | 1.09% | 1.09% | 0.74% | 0.00%(1) |
(1)Annual management fee before waiver was 0.74%.
Distribution and Service Fees — The Board of Directors has adopted a separate Master Distribution and Individual Shareholder Services Plan for each of the A Class and R Class (collectively the plans), pursuant to Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act. The plans provide that the A Class will pay ACIS an annual distribution and service fee of 0.25%. The plans provide that the R Class will pay ACIS an annual distribution and service fee of 0.50%. The fees are computed and accrued daily based on each class’s daily net assets and paid monthly in arrears. The fees are used to pay financial intermediaries for distribution and individual shareholder services. Fees incurred under the plans during the period ended September 30, 2022 are detailed in the Statement of Operations.
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Directors' Fees and Expenses — The Board of Directors is responsible for overseeing the investment advisor’s management and operations of the fund. The directors receive detailed information about the fund and its investment advisor regularly throughout the year, and meet at least quarterly with management of the investment advisor to review reports about fund operations. The fund’s officers do not receive compensation from the fund.
Other Expenses — The fund’s other expenses may include interest charges, clearing exchange fees, proxy solicitation expenses, fees associated with the recovery of foreign tax reclaims and other miscellaneous expenses. The impact of other expenses to the annualized ratio of operating expenses to average net assets was 0.03% for the period ended September 30, 2022.
4. Investment Transactions
Purchases and sales of investment securities, excluding short-term investments, for the period April 5, 2022 (fund inception) through September 30, 2022 were $2,267,132 and $512,356, respectively.
5. Capital Share Transactions
Transactions in shares of the fund were as follows:
Period ended September 30, 2022(1) | ||||||||
Shares | Amount | |||||||
Investor Class/Shares Authorized | 20,000,000 | |||||||
Sold | 202,908 | $ | 1,982,248 | |||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 1,546 | 13,880 | ||||||
Redeemed | (40,910) | (375,341) | ||||||
163,544 | 1,620,787 | |||||||
I Class/Shares Authorized | 20,000,000 | |||||||
Sold | 2,500 | 25,000 | ||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 26 | 233 | ||||||
2,526 | 25,233 | |||||||
A Class/Shares Authorized | 20,000,000 | |||||||
Sold | 2,500 | 25,000 | ||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 21 | 186 | ||||||
2,521 | 25,186 | |||||||
R Class/Shares Authorized | 20,000,000 | |||||||
Sold | 8,230 | 79,179 | ||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 31 | 278 | ||||||
Redeemed | (2,660) | (26,064) | ||||||
5,601 | 53,393 | |||||||
R6 Class/Shares Authorized | 20,000,000 | |||||||
Sold | 3,794 | 37,365 | ||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 36 | 321 | ||||||
Redeemed | (117) | (993) | ||||||
3,713 | 36,693 | |||||||
G Class/Shares Authorized | 20,000,000 | |||||||
Sold | 2,500 | 25,000 | ||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 36 | 326 | ||||||
2,536 | 25,326 | |||||||
Net increase (decrease) | 180,441 | $ | 1,786,618 |
(1)April 5, 2022 (fund inception) through September 30, 2022.
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6. Fair Value Measurements
The fund’s investments valuation process is based on several considerations and may use multiple inputs to determine the fair value of the investments held by the fund. In conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, the inputs used to determine a valuation are classified into three broad levels.
•Level 1 valuation inputs consist of unadjusted quoted prices in an active market for identical investments.
•Level 2 valuation inputs consist of direct or indirect observable market data (including quoted prices for comparable investments, evaluations of subsequent market events, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.). These inputs also consist of quoted prices for identical investments initially expressed in local currencies that are adjusted through translation into U.S. dollars.
•Level 3 valuation inputs consist of unobservable data (including a fund’s own assumptions).
The level classification is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair valuation measurement. The valuation inputs are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in these securities or other financial instruments.
The following is a summary of the level classifications as of period end. The Schedule of Investments provides additional information on the fund’s portfolio holdings.
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | |||||||||
Assets | |||||||||||
Investment Securities | |||||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 1,356,731 | $ | 21,906 | — | ||||||
Preferred Stocks | 66,398 | — | — | ||||||||
Convertible Preferred Stocks | — | 31,164 | — | ||||||||
Convertible Bonds | — | 8,796 | — | ||||||||
Short-Term Investments | 526 | 44,183 | — | ||||||||
$ | 1,423,655 | $ | 106,049 | — | |||||||
Liabilities | |||||||||||
Other Financial Instruments | |||||||||||
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | — | $ | 638 | — |
7. Derivative Instruments
Foreign Currency Risk — The fund is subject to foreign currency exchange rate risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. The value of foreign investments held by a fund may be significantly affected by changes in foreign currency exchange rates. The dollar value of a foreign security generally decreases when the value of the dollar rises against the foreign currency in which the security is denominated and tends to increase when the value of the dollar declines against such foreign currency. A fund may enter into forward foreign currency exchange contracts to reduce a fund's exposure to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations. The net U.S. dollar value of foreign currency underlying all contractual commitments held by a fund and the resulting unrealized appreciation or depreciation are determined daily. Realized gain or loss is recorded upon settlement of the contract. Net realized and unrealized gains or losses occurring during the holding period of forward foreign currency exchange contracts are a component of net realized gain (loss) on forward foreign currency exchange contract transactions and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on forward foreign currency exchange contracts, respectively. A fund bears the risk of an unfavorable change in the foreign currency exchange rate underlying the forward contract. Additionally, losses, up to the fair value, may arise if the counterparties do not perform under the contract terms. The fund's average U.S. dollar exposure to foreign currency risk derivative instruments held during the period was $22,650.
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The value of foreign currency risk derivative instruments as of September 30, 2022, is disclosed on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as a liability of $638 in unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts. For the period April 5, 2022 (fund inception) through September 30, 2022, the effect of foreign currency risk derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations was $3,826 in net realized gain (loss) on forward foreign currency exchange contract transactions and $(638) in change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on forward foreign currency exchange contracts.
8. Risk Factors
The value of the fund’s shares will go up and down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, based on the performance of the securities owned by the fund and other factors generally affecting the securities market. Market risks, including political, regulatory, economic and social developments, can affect the value of the fund’s investments. Natural disasters, public health emergencies, war, terrorism and other unforeseeable events may lead to increased market volatility and may have adverse long-term effects on world economies and markets generally.
The fund invests in common stocks of small companies. Because of this, the fund may be subject to greater risk and market fluctuations than a fund investing in larger, more established companies.
9. Federal Tax Information
The book-basis character of distributions made during the year from net investment income or net realized gains may differ from their ultimate characterization for federal income tax purposes. These differences reflect the differing character of certain income items and net realized gains and losses for financial statement and tax purposes, and may result in reclassification among certain capital accounts on the financial statements.
As of period end, the components of investments for federal income tax purposes were as follows:
Federal tax cost of investments | $ | 1,814,560 | |||
Gross tax appreciation of investments | $ | 7,020 | |||
Gross tax depreciation of investments | (291,876) | ||||
Net tax appreciation (depreciation) of investments | $ | (284,856) |
The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales.
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Financial Highlights |
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Period Indicated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Per-Share Data | Ratios and Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income From Investment Operations: | Ratio to Average Net Assets of: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | Net Investment Income (Loss)(1) | Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | Total From Investment Operations | Distributions From Net Investment Income | Net Asset Value, End of Period | Total Return(2) | Operating Expenses | Operating Expenses (before expense waiver) | Net Investment Income (Loss) | Net Investment Income (Loss) (before expense waiver) | Portfolio Turnover Rate | Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Investor Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022(3) | $10.00 | 0.10 | (1.62) | (1.52) | (0.08) | $8.40 | (15.21)% | 1.13%(4) | 1.13%(4) | 2.18%(4) | 2.18%(4) | 35% | $1,374 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
I Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022(3) | $10.00 | 0.11 | (1.62) | (1.51) | (0.09) | $8.40 | (15.13)% | 0.93%(4) | 0.93%(4) | 2.38%(4) | 2.38%(4) | 35% | $21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022(3) | $10.00 | 0.09 | (1.62) | (1.53) | (0.07) | $8.40 | (15.30)% | 1.38%(4) | 1.38%(4) | 1.93%(4) | 1.93%(4) | 35% | $21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
R Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022(3) | $10.00 | 0.08 | (1.62) | (1.54) | (0.06) | $8.40 | (15.40)% | 1.63%(4) | 1.63%(4) | 1.68%(4) | 1.68%(4) | 35% | $47 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
R6 Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022(3) | $10.00 | 0.12 | (1.62) | (1.50) | (0.10) | $8.40 | (15.07)% | 0.78%(4) | 0.78%(4) | 2.53%(4) | 2.53%(4) | 35% | $31 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
G Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022(3) | $10.00 | 0.15 | (1.62) | (1.47) | (0.13) | $8.40 | (14.78)% | 0.04%(4) | 0.78%(4) | 3.27%(4) | 2.53%(4) | 35% | $21 |
Notes to Financial Highlights |
(1)Computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period.
(2)Total returns are calculated based on the net asset value of the last business day and do not reflect applicable sales charges, if any. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.
(3)April 5, 2022 (fund inception) through September 31, 2022 (unaudited).
(4)Annualized.
See Notes to Financial Statements.
Approval of Management Agreement |
At a meeting held on December 2, 2021, the Fund's Board of Directors (the "Board") unanimously approved the initial management agreement pursuant to which American Century Investment Management, Inc. (the “Advisor”) acts as the investment advisor for the Small Cap Dividend Fund (the "Fund"). Under Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, new contracts for investment advisory services are required to be approved by a majority of a fund’s independent Directors and to be evaluated on an annual basis thereafter.
In advance of the Board’s consideration, the Advisor provided information concerning the Fund. The materials circulated and the discussions held detailed the investment objective and strategy proposed to be utilized by the Advisor, the Fund's characteristics and key attributes, the rationale for launching the Fund, the experience of the staff designated to manage the Fund, the proposed pricing, and the markets in which the Fund would be sold. The information considered and the discussions held included, but were not limited to:
•the nature, extent, and quality of investment management and other services to be provided to the Fund;
•the wide range of other programs and services the Advisor would provide to the Fund and its shareholders on a routine and non-routine basis;
•the Fund’s proposed investment objective and strategy, including a discussion of its anticipated investment performance and proposed benchmark;
•the cost of owning the Fund compared to the cost of owning similarly-managed funds;
•the Advisor’s compliance policies, procedures, and regulatory experience; and
•any collateral benefits derived by the Advisor from the management of the Fund.
Part of the Board’s analysis of fee levels involves reviewing certain evaluative data compiled by an independent provider and comparing the Fund’s fee to the total expense ratio of expected peer funds. The annual management fees charged to shareholders of the Fund were anticipated to be below the median of the total expense ratios of the Fund’s expected peer universe.
When considering the approval of the management agreement for the Fund, the independent Directors considered the entrepreneurial risk that the Advisor assumes in launching a new fund. In particular, they considered the fact that the Advisor will assume a substantial part of the start-up costs of the Fund and the risk that the Fund will not grow to a level that will become profitable to the Advisor. The Board considered the position that the Fund would take in the lineup of the American Century Investments’ family of funds and the benefits to shareholders of existing funds of the broadened product offering. Finally, while not specifically discussed, but important in the decision to approve the management agreement, is the Directors’ familiarity with the Advisor. A majority of the Board oversees and evaluates on a continuous basis the nature and quality of all services the Advisor performs for other funds within the American Century Investments’ complex. As such, the Directors have confidence in the Advisor’s integrity and competence in providing services to the Fund.
The independent Directors considered all of the information provided by the Advisor and the independent Directors’ independent counsel in connection with the approval, and evaluated such information for the Fund. In connection with their review, the Directors did not identify any single factor as being all-important or controlling, and each Trustee may have attributed different levels of importance to different factors. The independent Directors concluded that the overall arrangements between the Fund and the Advisor, as provided in the management agreement, were fair and reasonable in light of the services to be provided and should be approved.
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Additional Information |
Retirement Account Information
As required by law, distributions you receive from certain retirement accounts are subject to federal income tax withholding, unless you elect not to have withholding apply*. Tax will be withheld on the total amount withdrawn even though you may be receiving amounts that are not subject to withholding, such as nondeductible contributions. In such case, excess amounts of withholding could occur. You may adjust your withholding election so that a greater or lesser amount will be withheld.
If you don’t want us to withhold on this amount, you must notify us to not withhold the federal income tax. You may notify us in writing or in certain situations by telephone or through other electronic means. For systematic withdrawals, your withholding election will remain in effect until revoked or changed by filing a new election. You have the right to revoke your election at any time and change your withholding percentage for future distributions.
Remember, even if you elect not to have income tax withheld, you are liable for paying income tax on the taxable portion of your withdrawal. If you elect not to have income tax withheld or you don’t have enough income tax withheld, you may be responsible for payment of estimated tax. You may incur penalties under the estimated tax rules if your withholding and estimated tax payments are not sufficient. You can reduce or defer the income tax on a distribution by directly or indirectly rolling such distribution over to another IRA or eligible plan. You should consult your tax advisor for additional information.
State tax will be withheld if, at the time of your distribution, your address is within one of the mandatory withholding states and you have federal income tax withheld (or as otherwise required by state law). State taxes will be withheld from your distribution in accordance with the respective state rules.
*Some 403(b), 457 and qualified retirement plan distributions may be subject to 20% mandatory withholding, as they are subject to special tax and withholding rules. Your plan administrator or plan sponsor is required to provide you with a special tax notice explaining those rules at the time you request a distribution. If applicable, federal and/or state taxes may be withheld from your distribution amount.
Proxy Voting Policies
A description of the policies that the fund's investment advisor uses in exercising the voting rights associated with the securities purchased and/or held by the fund is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-345-2021. It is also available on American Century Investments’ website at americancentury.com/proxy and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at sec.gov. Information regarding how the investment advisor voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available on americancentury.com/proxy. It is also available at sec.gov.
Quarterly Portfolio Disclosure
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. These portfolio holdings are available on the fund's website at
americancentury.com and, upon request, by calling 1-800-345-2021. The fund’s Form N-PORT
reports are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov.
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Semiannual Report | |||||
September 30, 2022 | |||||
Small Cap Value Fund | |||||
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Y Class (ASVYX) | |||||
A Class (ACSCX) | |||||
C Class (ASVNX) | |||||
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R6 Class (ASVDX) | |||||
G Class (ASVHX) |
Table of Contents |
President’s Letter | |||||
Fund Characteristics | |||||
Shareholder Fee Example | |||||
Schedule of Investments | |||||
Statement of Assets and Liabilities | |||||
Statement of Operations | |||||
Statement of Changes in Net Assets | |||||
Notes to Financial Statements | |||||
Financial Highlights | |||||
Approval of Management Agreement | |||||
Additional Information |
Any opinions expressed in this report reflect those of the author as of the date of the report, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of American Century Investments® or any other person in the American Century Investments organization. Any such opinions are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and American Century Investments disclaims any responsibility to update such opinions. These opinions may not be relied upon as investment advice and, because investment decisions made by American Century Investments funds are based on numerous factors, may not be relied upon as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any American Century Investments fund. Security examples are used for representational purposes only and are not intended as recommendations to purchase or sell securities. Performance information for comparative indices and securities is provided to American Century Investments by third party vendors. To the best of American Century Investments’ knowledge, such information is accurate at the time of printing.
President’s Letter |
Jonathan Thomas
Dear Investor:
Thank you for reviewing this semiannual report for the period ending September 30, 2022. It provides a market overview (below), followed by a schedule of fund investments and other financial information. For additional investment insights, please visit americancentury.com.
Inflation, Rates, Recession Worries Weighed on Financial Markets
The reporting period began with financial markets digesting the effects of soaring inflation, heightened market volatility and slowing growth. For more than a year, the effects of massive fiscal and monetary support, escalating energy prices, supply chain breakdowns and labor market shortages had driven inflation to multidecade highs. The Russia-Ukraine war continued to nudge commodity prices even higher, exacerbating existing inflationary pressures and further damaging global supply chains.
The Federal Reserve (Fed), which began tightening in March with a 25-basis-points (bps) hike, increased rates an additional 275 bps during the six-month period. Inflation was slow to respond, climbing to a 40-year-high 9.1% in June before slipping to 8.2% in September, largely due to falling gasoline prices. Policymakers indicated taming inflation remains their priority, even as the economy contracted in 2022’s first two quarters and an official recession appeared imminent.
In addition to fueling recession risk, the combination of elevated inflation and a hawkish Fed helped push Treasury yields sharply higher and stock prices significantly lower. Amid persistent market unrest, most stock and bond indices ended the six-month period with steep losses. Stocks, as measured by the S&P 500 Index, plunged more than 20%, while bonds, as measured by the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, tumbled more than 9%.
Staying Disciplined in Uncertain Times
We expect market volatility to linger as investors navigate a complex environment of high inflation, rising interest rates and economic uncertainty. In addition, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine complicates an increasingly tense geopolitical backdrop and threatens global energy markets. We will continue to monitor this evolving situation and what it broadly means for investors across asset classes.
We appreciate your confidence in us during these extraordinary times. Our firm has a long history of helping clients weather unpredictable markets, and we’re confident we will continue to meet today’s challenges.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Thomas
President and Chief Executive Officer
American Century Investments
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Fund Characteristics |
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 | |||||
Types of Investments in Portfolio | % of net assets | ||||
Common Stocks | 99.2% | ||||
Short-Term Investments | 1.4% | ||||
Other Assets and Liabilities | (0.6)% | ||||
Top Five Industries | % of net assets | ||||
Banks | 25.0% | ||||
Electronic Equipment, Instruments and Components | 6.5% | ||||
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) | 5.7% | ||||
Machinery | 4.8% | ||||
Commercial Services and Supplies | 4.5% |
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Shareholder Fee Example |
Fund shareholders may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments and redemption/exchange fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and service (12b-1) fees; and other fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing cost of investing in other mutual funds.
The example is based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from April 1, 2022 to September 30, 2022.
Actual Expenses
The table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses for each class. You may use the information, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. First, identify the share class you own. Then simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number under the heading “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
If you hold Investor Class shares of any American Century Investments mutual fund, or I Class shares of the American Century Diversified Bond Fund, in an American Century Investments account (i.e., not through a financial intermediary or employer-sponsored retirement plan account), American Century Investments may charge you a $25 annual account maintenance fee if the value of those shares is less than $10,000. We will redeem shares automatically in one of your accounts to pay the $25 fee. In determining your total eligible investment amount, we will include your investments in all personal accounts (including American Century Investments brokerage accounts) registered under your Social Security number. Personal accounts include individual accounts, joint accounts, UGMA/UTMA accounts, personal trusts, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts and IRAs (including traditional, Roth, Rollover, SEP-, SARSEP- and SIMPLE-IRAs), and certain other retirement accounts. If you have only business, business retirement, employer-sponsored or American Century Investments brokerage accounts, you are currently not subject to this fee. If you are subject to the account maintenance fee, your account value could be reduced by the fee amount.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The table also provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio of each class of your fund and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the actual return of a fund’s share class. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in your fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads) or redemption/exchange fees. 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 transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
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Beginning Account Value 4/1/22 | Ending Account Value 9/30/22 | Expenses Paid During Period(1) 4/1/22 - 9/30/22 | Annualized Expense Ratio(1) | |||||||||||
Actual | ||||||||||||||
Investor Class | $1,000 | $812.80 | $4.95 | 1.09% | ||||||||||
I Class | $1,000 | $813.10 | $4.05 | 0.89% | ||||||||||
Y Class | $1,000 | $814.80 | $3.37 | 0.74% | ||||||||||
A Class | $1,000 | $812.00 | $6.09 | 1.34% | ||||||||||
C Class | $1,000 | $808.00 | $9.47 | 2.09% | ||||||||||
R Class | $1,000 | $811.20 | $7.22 | 1.59% | ||||||||||
R5 Class | $1,000 | $813.30 | $4.05 | 0.89% | ||||||||||
R6 Class | $1,000 | $814.60 | $3.37 | 0.74% | ||||||||||
G Class | $1,000 | $817.20 | $0.05 | 0.01% | ||||||||||
Hypothetical | ||||||||||||||
Investor Class | $1,000 | $1,019.60 | $5.52 | 1.09% | ||||||||||
I Class | $1,000 | $1,020.61 | $4.51 | 0.89% | ||||||||||
Y Class | $1,000 | $1,021.36 | $3.75 | 0.74% | ||||||||||
A Class | $1,000 | $1,018.35 | $6.78 | 1.34% | ||||||||||
C Class | $1,000 | $1,014.59 | $10.56 | 2.09% | ||||||||||
R Class | $1,000 | $1,017.10 | $8.04 | 1.59% | ||||||||||
R5 Class | $1,000 | $1,020.61 | $4.51 | 0.89% | ||||||||||
R6 Class | $1,000 | $1,021.36 | $3.75 | 0.74% | ||||||||||
G Class | $1,000 | $1,025.02 | $0.05 | 0.01% |
(1)Expenses are equal to the class's annualized expense ratio listed in the table above, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183, the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year, divided by 365, to reflect the one-half year period. Annualized expense ratio reflects actual expenses, including any applicable fee waivers or expense reimbursements and excluding any acquired fund fees and expenses.
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Schedule of Investments |
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 (UNAUDITED)
Shares | Value | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS — 99.2% | ||||||||
Aerospace and Defense — 0.1% | ||||||||
RADA Electronic Industries Ltd.(1) | 600,000 | $ | 5,778,000 | |||||
Banks — 25.0% | ||||||||
Ameris Bancorp | 1,654,037 | 73,951,995 | ||||||
BankUnited, Inc. | 1,935,000 | 66,118,950 | ||||||
ConnectOne Bancorp, Inc. | 1,125,000 | 25,942,500 | ||||||
F.N.B. Corp. | 8,820,000 | 102,312,000 | ||||||
First BanCorp | 8,290,000 | 113,407,200 | ||||||
First Hawaiian, Inc. | 305,000 | 7,512,150 | ||||||
First Interstate Bancsystem, Inc., Class A | 845,000 | 34,095,750 | ||||||
First Merchants Corp. | 505,000 | 19,533,400 | ||||||
First Mid Bancshares, Inc. | 290,000 | 9,271,300 | ||||||
Home BancShares, Inc. | 3,600,000 | 81,036,000 | ||||||
Independent Bank Corp. (Massachusetts) | 130,000 | 9,688,900 | ||||||
Independent Bank Group, Inc. | 920,075 | 56,483,404 | ||||||
Old National Bancorp. | 6,805,000 | 112,078,350 | ||||||
Origin Bancorp, Inc. | 685,000 | 26,351,950 | ||||||
Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. | 2,235,000 | 69,195,600 | ||||||
PacWest Bancorp | 765,000 | 17,289,000 | ||||||
Premier Financial Corp. | 710,000 | 18,247,000 | ||||||
QCR Holdings, Inc. | 410,000 | 20,885,400 | ||||||
SouthState Corp. | 1,354,652 | 107,180,066 | ||||||
Towne Bank | 975,000 | 26,159,250 | ||||||
UMB Financial Corp. | 1,195,000 | 100,726,550 | ||||||
Valley National Bancorp | 7,560,000 | 81,648,000 | ||||||
Veritex Holdings, Inc. | 1,925,000 | 51,185,750 | ||||||
1,230,300,465 | ||||||||
Building Products — 1.5% | ||||||||
DIRTT Environmental Solutions(1) | 3,909,691 | 1,681,167 | ||||||
Hayward Holdings, Inc.(1)(2) | 3,015,000 | 26,743,050 | ||||||
Tecnoglass, Inc. | 2,220,000 | 46,597,800 | ||||||
75,022,017 | ||||||||
Capital Markets — 1.5% | ||||||||
Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc.(1)(3) | 1,517,742 | 56,110,922 | ||||||
Patria Investments Ltd., A Shares | 1,125,000 | 14,681,250 | ||||||
70,792,172 | ||||||||
Chemicals — 1.5% | ||||||||
Element Solutions, Inc. | 1,705,000 | 27,740,350 | ||||||
Minerals Technologies, Inc. | 970,000 | 47,927,700 | ||||||
75,668,050 | ||||||||
Commercial Services and Supplies — 4.5% | ||||||||
Brink's Co. | 1,865,000 | 90,340,600 | ||||||
CECO Environmental Corp.(1) | 1,350,191 | 11,949,190 | ||||||
Charah Solutions, Inc.(1)(2)(3) | 1,925,932 | 3,524,456 | ||||||
Deluxe Corp.(3) | 2,280,000 | 37,962,000 | ||||||
KAR Auction Services, Inc.(1) | 2,930,000 | 32,728,100 | ||||||
Loomis AB | 1,510,000 | 37,216,827 |
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Shares | Value | |||||||
UniFirst Corp. | 51,910 | $ | 8,732,819 | |||||
222,453,992 | ||||||||
Construction and Engineering — 0.8% | ||||||||
Dycom Industries, Inc.(1) | 410,000 | 39,167,300 | ||||||
Containers and Packaging — 2.6% | ||||||||
Graphic Packaging Holding Co. | 4,365,000 | 86,165,100 | ||||||
Pactiv Evergreen, Inc. | 4,735,000 | 41,336,550 | ||||||
127,501,650 | ||||||||
Diversified Financial Services — 2.5% | ||||||||
A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc.(3) | 1,270,000 | 36,055,300 | ||||||
Compass Diversified Holdings(2)(3) | 4,681,204 | 84,542,544 | ||||||
120,597,844 | ||||||||
Electric Utilities — 0.8% | ||||||||
ALLETE, Inc. | 375,000 | 18,768,750 | ||||||
PNM Resources, Inc. | 460,000 | 21,035,800 | ||||||
39,804,550 | ||||||||
Electronic Equipment, Instruments and Components — 6.5% | ||||||||
Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. | 250,000 | 19,352,500 | ||||||
Avnet, Inc. | 2,550,000 | 92,106,000 | ||||||
Belden, Inc. | 1,020,000 | 61,220,400 | ||||||
Coherent Corp.(1) | 3,115,000 | 108,557,750 | ||||||
Vontier Corp. | 2,205,000 | 36,845,550 | ||||||
318,082,200 | ||||||||
Energy Equipment and Services — 1.6% | ||||||||
ChampionX Corp. | 3,960,000 | 77,497,200 | ||||||
NCS Multistage Holdings, Inc.(1) | 54,233 | 1,179,568 | ||||||
78,676,768 | ||||||||
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 5.7% | ||||||||
CareTrust REIT, Inc. | 1,885,000 | 34,137,350 | ||||||
Cousins Properties, Inc. | 660,000 | 15,411,000 | ||||||
Easterly Government Properties, Inc. | 1,095,000 | 17,268,150 | ||||||
Four Corners Property Trust, Inc. | 1,750,000 | 42,332,500 | ||||||
Getty Realty Corp. | 800,000 | 21,512,000 | ||||||
Highwoods Properties, Inc. | 680,000 | 18,332,800 | ||||||
Kite Realty Group Trust | 2,195,000 | 37,797,900 | ||||||
National Health Investors, Inc. | 605,000 | 34,200,650 | ||||||
NETSTREIT Corp.(2) | 693,007 | 12,342,455 | ||||||
Physicians Realty Trust | 1,015,000 | 15,265,600 | ||||||
Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. | 1,050,000 | 13,776,000 | ||||||
Summit Hotel Properties, Inc. | 2,775,000 | 18,648,000 | ||||||
281,024,405 | ||||||||
Gas Utilities — 0.9% | ||||||||
Northwest Natural Holding Co. | 235,000 | 10,194,300 | ||||||
Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. | 495,000 | 34,526,250 | ||||||
44,720,550 | ||||||||
Health Care Equipment and Supplies — 2.0% | ||||||||
Embecta Corp. | 1,240,000 | 35,699,600 | ||||||
Enovis Corp.(1) | 1,155,000 | 53,210,850 | ||||||
Zimvie, Inc.(1) | 775,117 | 7,650,405 | ||||||
96,560,855 | ||||||||
Health Care Providers and Services — 1.6% | ||||||||
AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.(1) | 205,000 | 21,721,800 |
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Shares | Value | |||||||
National Healthcare Corp. | 46,392 | $ | 2,938,469 | |||||
Patterson Cos., Inc. | 2,200,000 | 52,844,000 | ||||||
77,504,269 | ||||||||
Hotels, Restaurants and Leisure — 2.4% | ||||||||
Accel Entertainment, Inc.(1) | 3,995,000 | 31,200,950 | ||||||
Boyd Gaming Corp. | 435,000 | 20,727,750 | ||||||
Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.(1) | 1,205,000 | 37,391,150 | ||||||
Penn Entertainment, Inc.(1) | 725,000 | 19,944,750 | ||||||
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc.(1)(2)(3) | 1,533,309 | 10,319,169 | ||||||
119,583,769 | ||||||||
Household Durables — 2.5% | ||||||||
Mohawk Industries, Inc.(1) | 310,000 | 28,268,900 | ||||||
Skyline Champion Corp.(1) | 1,645,000 | 86,971,150 | ||||||
Vizio Holding Corp., Class A(1)(2) | 1,075,000 | 9,395,500 | ||||||
124,635,550 | ||||||||
Household Products — 1.6% | ||||||||
Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. | 1,950,000 | 76,108,500 | ||||||
Insurance — 2.1% | ||||||||
Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. | 1,650,000 | 81,097,500 | ||||||
ProAssurance Corp. | 1,137,712 | 22,196,761 | ||||||
103,294,261 | ||||||||
IT Services — 2.9% | ||||||||
Euronet Worldwide, Inc.(1) | 315,000 | 23,864,400 | ||||||
EVERTEC, Inc. | 3,323,561 | 104,193,637 | ||||||
IBEX Holdings Ltd.(1) | 820,000 | 15,227,400 | ||||||
143,285,437 | ||||||||
Leisure Products — 2.9% | ||||||||
Brunswick Corp. | 1,335,000 | 87,375,750 | ||||||
Malibu Boats, Inc., Class A(1) | 1,005,000 | 48,229,950 | ||||||
Solo Brands, Inc., Class A(1)(2) | 2,335,000 | 8,873,000 | ||||||
144,478,700 | ||||||||
Machinery — 4.8% | ||||||||
Esab Corp. | 850,000 | 28,356,000 | ||||||
Gates Industrial Corp. PLC(1) | 5,685,000 | 55,485,600 | ||||||
Graham Corp.(3) | 730,505 | 6,421,139 | ||||||
Hillman Solutions Corp.(1) | 2,098,230 | 15,820,654 | ||||||
Luxfer Holdings PLC | 750,000 | 10,875,000 | ||||||
Timken Co. | 1,968,443 | 116,216,875 | ||||||
233,175,268 | ||||||||
Media — 0.7% | ||||||||
Entravision Communications Corp., Class A(3) | 7,736,758 | 30,714,929 | ||||||
Townsquare Media, Inc., Class A(1) | 716,904 | 5,204,723 | ||||||
35,919,652 | ||||||||
Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels — 1.0% | ||||||||
Earthstone Energy, Inc., Class A(1)(2) | 940,000 | 11,580,800 | ||||||
Enviva, Inc.(2) | 610,000 | 36,636,600 | ||||||
48,217,400 | ||||||||
Personal Products — 1.9% | ||||||||
Edgewell Personal Care Co. | 2,500,000 | 93,500,000 | ||||||
Professional Services — 2.2% | ||||||||
Barrett Business Services, Inc.(3) | 370,000 | 28,860,000 | ||||||
Korn Ferry | 1,640,000 | 76,998,000 | ||||||
105,858,000 |
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Shares | Value | |||||||
Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment — 2.7% | ||||||||
Cohu, Inc.(1) | 1,695,374 | $ | 43,706,742 | |||||
Kulicke & Soffa Industries, Inc. | 2,355,000 | 90,738,150 | ||||||
134,444,892 | ||||||||
Software — 2.6% | ||||||||
Digital Turbine, Inc.(1) | 1,230,000 | 17,724,300 | ||||||
Teradata Corp.(1) | 3,485,000 | 108,244,100 | ||||||
125,968,400 | ||||||||
Specialty Retail — 4.0% | ||||||||
MarineMax, Inc.(1)(3) | 1,505,000 | 44,833,950 | ||||||
OneWater Marine, Inc., Class A(1)(3) | 1,385,000 | 41,702,350 | ||||||
Penske Automotive Group, Inc. | 855,000 | 84,157,650 | ||||||
RH(1) | 110,000 | 27,067,700 | ||||||
197,761,650 | ||||||||
Textiles, Apparel and Luxury Goods — 1.9% | ||||||||
Tapestry, Inc. | 3,270,000 | 92,966,100 | ||||||
Thrifts and Mortgage Finance — 0.6% | ||||||||
Enact Holdings, Inc.(2) | 321,624 | 7,130,404 | ||||||
Provident Financial Services, Inc. | 1,220,000 | 23,790,000 | ||||||
30,920,404 | ||||||||
Trading Companies and Distributors — 3.3% | ||||||||
Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.(1) | 1,410,000 | 77,155,200 | ||||||
DXP Enterprises, Inc.(1) | 895,000 | 21,193,600 | ||||||
GMS, Inc.(1) | 1,406,667 | 56,280,746 | ||||||
Karat Packaging, Inc.(1) | 373,624 | 5,974,248 | ||||||
160,603,794 | ||||||||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $5,098,609,072) | 4,874,376,864 | |||||||
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 1.4% | ||||||||
Money Market Funds — 0.6% | ||||||||
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class | 84,073 | 84,073 | ||||||
State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio(4) | 28,849,398 | 28,849,398 | ||||||
28,933,471 | ||||||||
Repurchase Agreements — 0.8% | ||||||||
BMO Capital Markets Corp., (collateralized by various U.S. Treasury obligations, 0.625% - 4.625%, 1/15/25 - 5/15/47, valued at $7,149,898), in a joint trading account at 2.86%, dated 9/30/22, due 10/3/22 (Delivery value $7,030,039) | 7,028,364 | 7,028,364 | ||||||
Fixed Income Clearing Corp., (collateralized by various U.S. Treasury obligations, 1.00%, 7/31/28, valued at $35,864,246), at 2.95%, dated 9/30/22, due 10/3/22 (Delivery value $35,169,644) | 35,161,000 | 35,161,000 | ||||||
42,189,364 | ||||||||
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost $71,122,835) | 71,122,835 | |||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENT SECURITIES — 100.6% (Cost $5,169,731,907) | 4,945,499,699 | |||||||
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES — (0.6)% | (29,676,176) | |||||||
TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0% | $ | 4,915,823,523 |
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FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS | ||||||||||||||||||||
Currency Purchased | Currency Sold | Counterparty | Settlement Date | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | ||||||||||||||||
SEK | 9,754,600 | USD | 873,108 | UBS AG | 12/30/22 | $ | 11,089 | |||||||||||||
USD | 31,775,694 | SEK | 358,096,500 | UBS AG | 12/30/22 | (683,643) | ||||||||||||||
$ | (672,554) |
NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS | ||||||||
SEK | - | Swedish Krona | ||||||
USD | - | United States Dollar |
(1)Non-income producing.
(2)Security, or a portion thereof, is on loan. At the period end, the aggregate value of securities on loan was $28,997,340. The amount of securities on loan indicated may not correspond with the securities on loan identified because securities with pending sales are in the process of recall from the brokers.
(3)Affiliated Company: the fund’s holding represents ownership of 5% or more of the voting securities of the company; therefore, the company is affiliated as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.
(4)Investment of cash collateral from securities on loan. At the period end, the aggregate value of the collateral held by the fund was $29,850,242, which includes securities collateral of $1,000,844.
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities |
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 (UNAUDITED) | |||||
Assets | |||||
Investment securities - unaffiliated, at value (cost of $4,765,945,882) — including $22,102,012 of securities on loan | $ | 4,535,603,542 | |||
Investment securities - affiliated, at value (cost of $374,936,627) — including $6,895,328 of securities on loan | 381,046,759 | ||||
Investment made with cash collateral received for securities on loan, at value (cost of $28,849,398) | 28,849,398 | ||||
Total investment securities, at value (cost of $5,169,731,907) | 4,945,499,699 | ||||
Receivable for investments sold | 3,572,339 | ||||
Receivable for capital shares sold | 5,349,794 | ||||
Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts | 11,089 | ||||
Dividends and interest receivable | 6,260,524 | ||||
Securities lending receivable | 13,574 | ||||
4,960,707,019 | |||||
Liabilities | |||||
Payable for collateral received for securities on loan | 28,849,398 | ||||
Payable for investments purchased | 8,892,371 | ||||
Payable for capital shares redeemed | 2,785,073 | ||||
Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts | 683,643 | ||||
Accrued management fees | 3,619,339 | ||||
Distribution and service fees payable | 40,255 | ||||
Accrued other expenses | 13,417 | ||||
44,883,496 | |||||
Net Assets | $ | 4,915,823,523 | |||
Net Assets Consist of: | |||||
Capital (par value and paid-in surplus) | $ | 5,154,176,749 | |||
Distributable earnings | (238,353,226) | ||||
$ | 4,915,823,523 |
Net Assets | Shares Outstanding | Net Asset Value Per Share* | |||||||||
Investor Class, $0.01 Par Value | $846,136,647 | 100,480,852 | $8.42 | ||||||||
I Class, $0.01 Par Value | $1,857,710,904 | 217,919,026 | $8.52 | ||||||||
Y Class, $0.01 Par Value | $69,075,072 | 8,089,024 | $8.54 | ||||||||
A Class, $0.01 Par Value | $85,811,153 | 10,339,336 | $8.30 | ||||||||
C Class, $0.01 Par Value | $20,261,821 | 2,643,668 | $7.66 | ||||||||
R Class, $0.01 Par Value | $6,228,897 | 757,081 | $8.23 | ||||||||
R5 Class, $0.01 Par Value | $12,165,049 | 1,425,645 | $8.53 | ||||||||
R6 Class, $0.01 Par Value | $1,748,749,850 | 205,095,350 | $8.53 | ||||||||
G Class, $0.01 Par Value | $269,684,130 | 31,550,467 | $8.55 |
*Maximum offering price per share was equal to the net asset value per share for all share classes, except Class A, for which the maximum offering price per share was $8.81 (net asset value divided by 0.9425). A contingent deferred sales charge may be imposed on redemptions of Class A and Class C.
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statement of Operations |
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 (UNAUDITED) | |||||
Investment Income (Loss) | |||||
Income: | |||||
Dividends (including $6,970,564 from affiliates and net of foreign taxes withheld of $393,218) | $ | 49,947,009 | |||
Interest | 495,110 | ||||
Securities lending, net | 175,398 | ||||
50,617,517 | |||||
Expenses: | |||||
Management fees | 24,387,026 | ||||
Distribution and service fees: | |||||
A Class | 127,730 | ||||
C Class | 119,735 | ||||
R Class | 17,461 | ||||
Directors' fees and expenses | 88,943 | ||||
Other expenses | 19,088 | ||||
24,759,983 | |||||
Fees waived - G Class | (1,162,702) | ||||
23,597,281 | |||||
Net investment income (loss) | 27,020,236 | ||||
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | |||||
Net realized gain (loss) on: | |||||
Investment transactions (including $(107,864,807) from affiliates) | (59,876,449) | ||||
Forward foreign currency exchange contract transactions | 6,459,659 | ||||
Foreign currency translation transactions | 9,805 | ||||
(53,406,985) | |||||
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | |||||
Investments (including $(109,584,628) from affiliates) | (1,101,192,488) | ||||
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts | (462,188) | ||||
(1,101,654,676) | |||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | (1,155,061,661) | ||||
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | $ | (1,128,041,425) |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets |
SIX MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 (UNAUDITED) AND YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 2022 | ||||||||
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | September 30, 2022 | March 31, 2022 | ||||||
Operations | ||||||||
Net investment income (loss) | $ | 27,020,236 | $ | 35,057,458 | ||||
Net realized gain (loss) | (53,406,985) | 427,967,295 | ||||||
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (1,101,654,676) | (263,795,043) | ||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | (1,128,041,425) | 199,229,710 | ||||||
Distributions to Shareholders | ||||||||
From earnings: | ||||||||
Investor Class | (3,709,356) | (85,394,553) | ||||||
I Class | (9,967,801) | (200,774,759) | ||||||
Y Class | (458,964) | (6,566,926) | ||||||
A Class | (256,164) | (8,624,080) | ||||||
C Class | — | (1,964,123) | ||||||
R Class | (9,913) | (504,032) | ||||||
R5 Class | (63,538) | (1,031,885) | ||||||
R6 Class | (10,115,972) | (116,741,559) | ||||||
G Class | (2,711,954) | (33,912,858) | ||||||
Decrease in net assets from distributions | (27,293,662) | (455,514,775) | ||||||
Capital Share Transactions | ||||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from capital share transactions (Note 5) | (118,979,504) | 1,943,415,925 | ||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets | (1,274,314,591) | 1,687,130,860 | ||||||
Net Assets | ||||||||
Beginning of period | 6,190,138,114 | 4,503,007,254 | ||||||
End of period | $ | 4,915,823,523 | $ | 6,190,138,114 |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements |
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 (UNAUDITED)
1. Organization
American Century Capital Portfolios, Inc. (the corporation) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company and is organized as a Maryland corporation. Small Cap Value Fund (the fund) is one fund in a series issued by the corporation. The fund’s investment objective is to seek long-term capital growth. Income is a secondary objective.
The fund offers the Investor Class, I Class, Y Class, A Class, C Class, R Class, R5 Class, R6 Class and G Class. The A Class may incur an initial sales charge. The A Class and C Class may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge.
2. Significant Accounting Policies
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the fund in preparation of its financial statements. The fund is an investment company and follows accounting and reporting guidance in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. This may require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from these estimates. Management evaluated the impact of events or transactions occurring through the date the financial statements were issued that would merit recognition or disclosure.
Investment Valuations — The fund determines the fair value of its investments and computes its net asset value (NAV) per share at the close of regular trading (usually 4 p.m. Eastern time) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on each day the NYSE is open. The value of investments of the fund is determined by American Century Investment Management, Inc. (ACIM) (the investment advisor), as the valuation designee, pursuant to its valuation policies and procedures. The Board of Directors oversees the valuation designee and reviews its valuation policies and procedures at least annually.
Equity securities that are listed or traded on a domestic securities exchange are valued at the last reported sales price or at the official closing price as provided by the exchange. Equity securities traded on foreign securities exchanges are generally valued at the closing price of such securities on the exchange where primarily traded or at the close of the NYSE, if that is earlier. If no last sales price is reported, or if local convention or regulation so provides, the mean of the latest bid and asked prices may be used. Securities traded over-the-counter are valued at the mean of the latest bid and asked prices, the last sales price, or the official closing price. Equity securities initially expressed in local currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the mean of the appropriate currency exchange rate at the close of the NYSE as provided by an independent pricing service.
Fixed income securities are valued at the evaluated mean as provided by independent pricing services or at the mean of the most recent bid and asked prices as provided by investment dealers. U.S. Treasury and Government Agency securities are valued using market models that consider trade data, quotations from dealers and active market makers, relevant yield curve and spread data, creditworthiness, trade data or market information on comparable securities, and other relevant security specific information.
Open-end management investment companies are valued at the reported NAV per share. Repurchase agreements are valued at cost, which approximates fair value. Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the mean of the appropriate forward exchange rate at the close of the NYSE as provided by an independent pricing service.
If the valuation designee determines that the market price for a portfolio security is not readily available or is believed by the valuation designee to be unreliable, such security is valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the valuation designee, in accordance with its policies and procedures. Circumstances that may cause the fund to determine that market quotations are not available or reliable include, but are not limited to: when there is a significant event subsequent to the market quotation; trading in a security has been halted during the trading day; or trading in a security is insufficient or did not take place due to a closure or holiday.
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The valuation designee monitors for significant events occurring after the close of an investment’s primary exchange but before the fund’s NAV per share is determined. Significant events may include, but are not limited to: corporate announcements and transactions; regulatory news, governmental action and political unrest that could impact a specific investment or an investment sector; or armed conflicts, natural disasters and similar events that could affect investments in a specific country or region. The valuation designee also monitors for significant fluctuations between domestic and foreign markets, as evidenced by the U.S. market or such other indicators that it deems appropriate. The valuation designee may apply a model-derived factor to the closing price of equity securities traded on foreign securities exchanges. The factor is based on observable market data as provided by an independent pricing service.
Security Transactions — Security transactions are accounted for as of the trade date. Net realized gains and losses are determined on the identified cost basis, which is also used for federal income tax purposes.
Investment Income — Dividend income less foreign taxes withheld, if any, is recorded as of the ex-dividend date. Distributions received on securities that represent a return of capital or long-term capital gain are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. The fund may estimate the components of distributions received that may be considered nontaxable distributions or long-term capital gain distributions for income tax purposes. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis and includes accretion of discounts and amortization of premiums. Securities lending income is net of fees and rebates earned by the lending agent for its services.
Foreign Currency Translations — All assets and liabilities initially expressed in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at prevailing exchange rates at period end. The fund may enter into spot foreign currency exchange contracts to facilitate transactions denominated in a foreign currency. Purchases and sales of investment securities, dividend and interest income, spot foreign currency exchange contracts, and expenses are translated at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. Net realized and unrealized foreign currency exchange gains or losses related to investment securities are a component of net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, respectively.
Repurchase Agreements — The fund may enter into repurchase agreements with institutions that ACIM has determined are creditworthy pursuant to criteria adopted by the Board of Directors. The fund requires that the collateral, represented by securities, received in a repurchase transaction be transferred to the custodian in a manner sufficient to enable the fund to obtain those securities in the event of a default under the repurchase agreement. ACIM monitors, on a daily basis, the securities transferred to ensure the value, including accrued interest, of the securities under each repurchase agreement is equal to or greater than amounts owed to the fund under each repurchase agreement.
Joint Trading Account — Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the fund, along with certain other funds in the American Century Investments family of funds, may transfer uninvested cash balances into a joint trading account. These balances are invested in one or more repurchase agreements that are collateralized by U.S. Treasury or Agency obligations.
Segregated Assets — In accordance with the 1940 Act, the fund segregates assets on its books and records to cover certain types of investment securities and other financial instruments. ACIM monitors, on a daily basis, the securities segregated to ensure the fund designates a sufficient amount of liquid assets, marked-to-market daily. The fund may also receive assets or be required to pledge assets at the custodian bank or with a broker for collateral requirements.
Income Tax Status — It is the fund’s policy to distribute substantially all net investment income and net realized gains to shareholders and to otherwise qualify as a regulated investment company under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Accordingly, no provision has been made for income taxes. The fund files U.S. federal, state, local and non-U.S. tax returns as applicable. The fund's tax returns are subject to examination by the relevant taxing authority until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, which is generally three years from the date of filing but can be longer in certain jurisdictions. At this time, management believes there are no uncertain tax positions which, based on their technical merit, would not be sustained upon examination and for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months.
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Multiple Class — All shares of the fund represent an equal pro rata interest in the net assets of the class to which such shares belong, and have identical voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights and the same terms and conditions, except for class specific expenses and exclusive rights to vote on matters affecting only individual classes. Income, non-class specific expenses, and realized and unrealized capital gains and losses of the fund are allocated to each class of shares based on their relative net assets.
Distributions to Shareholders — Distributions from net investment income, if any, are generally declared and paid quarterly. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are generally declared and paid annually. The fund may elect to treat a portion of its payment to a redeeming shareholder, which represents the pro rata share of undistributed net investment income and net realized gains, as a distribution for federal income tax purposes (tax equalization).
Indemnifications — Under the corporation’s organizational documents, its officers and directors are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the fund. In addition, in the normal course of business, the fund enters into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against a fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered by management to be remote.
Securities Lending — Securities are lent to qualified financial institutions and brokers. State Street Bank & Trust Co. serves as securities lending agent to the fund pursuant to a Securities Lending Agreement. The lending of securities exposes the fund to risks such as: the borrowers may fail to return the loaned securities, the borrowers may not be able to provide additional collateral, the fund may experience delays in recovery of the loaned securities or delays in access to collateral, or the fund may experience losses related to the investment collateral. To minimize certain risks, loan counterparties pledge collateral in the form of cash and/or securities. The lending agent has agreed to indemnify the fund in the case of default of any securities borrowed. Cash collateral received is invested in the State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio, a money market mutual fund registered under the 1940 Act. The loans may also be secured by U.S. government securities in an amount at least equal to the market value of the securities loaned, plus accrued interest and dividends, determined on a daily basis and adjusted accordingly. By lending securities, the fund seeks to increase its net investment income through the receipt of interest and fees. Such income is reflected separately within the Statement of Operations. The value of loaned securities and related collateral outstanding at period end, if any, are shown on a gross basis within the Schedule of Investments and Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
The following table reflects a breakdown of transactions accounted for as secured borrowings, the gross obligation by the type of collateral pledged, and the remaining contractual maturity of those transactions as of September 30, 2022.
Remaining Contractual Maturity of Agreements | |||||||||||||||||
Overnight and Continuous | <30 days | Between 30 & 90 days | >90 days | Total | |||||||||||||
Securities Lending Transactions(1) | |||||||||||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 28,849,398 | — | — | — | $ | 28,849,398 | ||||||||||
Gross amount of recognized liabilities for securities lending transactions | $ | 28,849,398 |
(1)Amount represents the payable for cash collateral received for securities on loan. This will generally be in the Overnight and Continuous column as the securities are typically callable on demand.
3. Fees and Transactions with Related Parties
Certain officers and directors of the corporation are also officers and/or directors of American Century Companies, Inc. (ACC). The corporation’s investment advisor, ACIM, the corporation's distributor, American Century Investment Services, Inc. (ACIS), and the corporation’s transfer agent, American Century Services, LLC, are wholly owned, directly or indirectly, by ACC.
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Management Fees — The corporation has entered into a management agreement with ACIM, under which ACIM provides the fund with investment advisory and management services in exchange for a single, unified management fee (the fee) per class. The agreement provides that ACIM will pay all expenses of managing and operating the fund, except brokerage expenses, taxes, interest, fees and expenses of the independent directors (including legal counsel fees), extraordinary expenses, and expenses incurred in connection with the provision of shareholder services and distribution services under a plan adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. The fee is computed and accrued daily based on each class's daily net assets and paid monthly in arrears. The difference in the fee among the classes is a result of their separate arrangements for non-Rule 12b-1 shareholder services. It is not the result of any difference in advisory or custodial fees or other expenses related to the management of the fund's assets, which do not vary by class. The rate of the fee is determined by applying a fee rate calculation formula. This formula takes into account the fund's assets as well as certain assets, if any, of other clients of the investment advisor outside the American Century Investments family of funds (such as subadvised funds and separate accounts), as well as exchange-traded funds managed by the investment advisor, that use very similar investment teams and strategies (strategy assets). The investment advisor agreed to waive the G Class's management fee in its entirety. The investment advisor expects this waiver to remain in effect permanently and cannot terminate it without the approval of the Board of Directors.
The management fee schedule range and the effective annual management fee for each class for the period ended September 30, 2022 are as follows:
Management Fee Schedule Range | Effective Annual Management Fee | |||||||
Investor Class | 1.00% to 1.25% | 1.08% | ||||||
I Class | 0.80% to 1.05% | 0.88% | ||||||
Y Class | 0.65% to 0.90% | 0.73% | ||||||
A Class | 1.00% to 1.25% | 1.08% | ||||||
C Class | 1.00% to 1.25% | 1.08% | ||||||
R Class | 1.00% to 1.25% | 1.08% | ||||||
R5 Class | 0.80% to 1.05% | 0.88% | ||||||
R6 Class | 0.65% to 0.90% | 0.73% | ||||||
G Class | 0.65% to 0.90% | 0.00%(1) |
(1)Effective annual management fee before waiver was 0.73%.
Distribution and Service Fees — The Board of Directors has adopted a separate Master Distribution and Individual Shareholder Services Plan for each of the A Class, C Class and R Class (collectively the plans), pursuant to Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act. The plans provide that the A Class will pay ACIS an annual distribution and service fee of 0.25%. The plans provide that the C Class will pay ACIS an annual distribution and service fee of 1.00%, of which 0.25% is paid for individual shareholder services and 0.75% is paid for distribution services. The plans provide that the R Class will pay ACIS an annual distribution and service fee of 0.50%. The fees are computed and accrued daily based on each class’s daily net assets and paid monthly in arrears. The fees are used to pay financial intermediaries for distribution and individual shareholder services. Fees incurred under the plans during the period ended September 30, 2022 are detailed in the Statement of Operations.
Directors' Fees and Expenses — The Board of Directors is responsible for overseeing the investment advisor’s management and operations of the fund. The directors receive detailed information about the fund and its investment advisor regularly throughout the year, and meet at least quarterly with management of the investment advisor to review reports about fund operations. The fund’s officers do not receive compensation from the fund.
Interfund Transactions — The fund may enter into security transactions with other American Century Investments funds and other client accounts of the investment advisor, in accordance with the 1940 Act rules and procedures adopted by the Board of Directors. The rules and procedures require, among other things, that these transactions be effected at the independent current market price of the security. There were no interfund transactions during the period.
4. Investment Transactions
Purchases and sales of investment securities, excluding short-term investments, for the period ended September 30, 2022 were $1,324,192,349 and $1,375,993,893, respectively.
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5. Capital Share Transactions
Transactions in shares of the fund were as follows:
Six months ended September 30, 2022 | Year ended March 31, 2022 | |||||||||||||
Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | |||||||||||
Investor Class/Shares Authorized | 700,000,000 | 700,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 8,385,484 | $ | 81,886,705 | 47,898,248 | $ | 535,098,036 | ||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 399,340 | 3,618,341 | 7,868,332 | 83,518,740 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (14,845,247) | (143,137,325) | (38,471,805) | (427,162,341) | ||||||||||
(6,060,423) | (57,632,279) | 17,294,775 | 191,454,435 | |||||||||||
I Class/Shares Authorized | 1,500,000,000 | 1,500,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 28,525,256 | 280,693,741 | 155,758,028 | 1,745,410,740 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 948,592 | 8,699,319 | 16,588,074 | 178,302,193 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (67,209,294) | (669,266,949) | (105,364,131) | (1,175,678,794) | ||||||||||
(37,735,446) | (379,873,889) | 66,981,971 | 748,034,139 | |||||||||||
Y Class/Shares Authorized | 60,000,000 | 60,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 832,971 | 8,266,412 | 6,199,280 | 68,661,686 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 26,446 | 243,017 | 434,498 | 4,680,071 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (2,875,800) | (27,887,418) | (2,671,253) | (29,656,559) | ||||||||||
(2,016,383) | (19,377,989) | 3,962,525 | 43,685,198 | |||||||||||
A Class/Shares Authorized | 80,000,000 | 80,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 966,792 | 9,225,147 | 4,942,951 | 54,328,984 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 26,535 | 236,990 | 774,979 | 8,107,973 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (1,742,612) | (16,579,449) | (3,545,343) | (38,455,376) | ||||||||||
(749,285) | (7,117,312) | 2,172,587 | 23,981,581 | |||||||||||
C Class/Shares Authorized | 25,000,000 | 25,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 117,191 | 1,025,554 | 1,325,224 | 13,600,276 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | — | — | 171,921 | 1,662,626 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (251,035) | (2,181,730) | (279,450) | (2,797,652) | ||||||||||
(133,844) | (1,156,176) | 1,217,695 | 12,465,250 | |||||||||||
R Class/Shares Authorized | 20,000,000 | 20,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 100,245 | 942,323 | 414,495 | 4,529,516 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 1,119 | 9,913 | 48,597 | 504,032 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (64,095) | (601,276) | (229,674) | (2,479,922) | ||||||||||
37,269 | 350,960 | 233,418 | 2,553,626 | |||||||||||
R5 Class/Shares Authorized | 20,000,000 | 20,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 466,646 | 4,560,834 | 1,088,366 | 12,203,841 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 6,921 | 63,538 | 95,911 | 1,031,885 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (437,928) | (4,356,144) | (702,177) | (7,852,962) | ||||||||||
35,639 | 268,228 | 482,100 | 5,382,764 | |||||||||||
R6 Class/Shares Authorized | 900,000,000 | 900,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 54,187,378 | 532,133,988 | 105,191,783 | 1,180,480,567 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 1,070,262 | 9,815,628 | 10,500,337 | 112,884,267 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (19,132,249) | (186,220,274) | (33,550,767) | (376,237,451) | ||||||||||
36,125,391 | 355,729,342 | 82,141,353 | 917,127,383 | |||||||||||
G Class/Shares Authorized | 300,000,000 | 300,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 556,752 | 5,398,815 | 11,418,982 | 129,340,781 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 294,921 | 2,711,954 | 3,142,112 | 33,912,858 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (1,819,541) | (18,281,158) | (15,077,068) | (164,522,090) | ||||||||||
(967,868) | (10,170,389) | (515,974) | (1,268,451) | |||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) | (11,464,950) | $ | (118,979,504) | 173,970,450 | $ | 1,943,415,925 |
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6. Affiliated Company Transactions
If a fund's holding represents ownership of 5% or more of the voting securities of a company, the company is affiliated as defined in the 1940 Act. A summary of transactions for each company which is or was an affiliate at or during the period ended September 30, 2022 follows (amounts in thousands):
Company | Beginning Value | Purchase Cost | Sales Cost | Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | Ending Value | Ending Shares | Net Realized Gain (Loss) | Income | ||||||||||||||||||
A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc. | $ | 34,179 | $ | 14,600 | $ | 2,143 | $ | (10,581) | $ | 36,055 | 1,270 | $ | 402 | $ | 1,270 | |||||||||||
Avaya Holdings Corp.(1) | 62,279 | 532 | 113,431 | 50,620 | — | — | (107,606) | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Barrett Business Services, Inc. | 31,702 | — | 2,862 | 20 | 28,860 | 370 | 242 | 234 | ||||||||||||||||||
CECO Environmental Corp.(1)(3) | 9,663 | — | 3,279 | 5,565 | (3) | (3) | 680 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Charah Solutions, Inc. (1)(2) | 9,610 | — | — | (6,086) | 3,524 | 1,926 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Compass Diversified Holdings(2) | 116,958 | 1,414 | 8,575 | (25,254) | 84,543 | 4,681 | (1,235) | 2,349 | ||||||||||||||||||
Deluxe Corp. | 69,178 | 995 | 2,218 | (29,993) | 37,962 | 2,280 | (801) | 1,356 | ||||||||||||||||||
Donnelley Financial Solutions, Inc.(1) | 59,853 | — | 5,911 | 2,169 | 56,111 | 1,518 | 4,946 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
DXP Enterprises, Inc.(1)(3) | 31,921 | 3,307 | 11,383 | (2,651) | (3) | (3) | 1,507 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Edgewell Personal Care Co.(3) | 96,182 | 7,853 | 13,398 | 2,863 | (3) | (3) | (49) | 755 | ||||||||||||||||||
Entravision Communications Corp., Class A | 50,343 | — | 810 | (18,818) | 30,715 | 7,737 | (145) | 387 | ||||||||||||||||||
EVERTEC, Inc.(3) | 121,279 | 26,574 | 17,995 | (25,664) | (3) | (3) | (3,035) | 297 | ||||||||||||||||||
Graham Corp. | 5,632 | — | — | 789 | 6,421 | 731 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Malibu Boats, Inc., Class A(1)(3) | 59,489 | 6,832 | 10,397 | (7,694) | (3) | (3) | (1,812) | — | ||||||||||||||||||
MarineMax, Inc.(1) | 63,120 | 2,302 | 6,000 | (14,588) | 44,834 | 1,505 | (1,007) | — | ||||||||||||||||||
OneWater Marine, Inc., Class A(1) | 48,067 | 784 | 1,520 | (5,628) | 41,703 | 1,385 | (489) | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc.(1)(2) | 25,852 | — | — | (15,533) | 10,319 | 1,533 | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||
Tecnoglass, Inc.(3) | 55,873 | 4,885 | 5,039 | (9,121) | (3) | (3) | 537 | 323 | ||||||||||||||||||
$ | 951,180 | $ | 70,078 | $ | 204,961 | $ | (109,585) | $ | 381,047 | 24,936 | $ | (107,865) | $ | 6,971 |
(1)Non-income producing.
(2)Security, or a portion thereof, is on loan.
(3)Company was not an affiliate at September 30, 2022.
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7. Fair Value Measurements
The fund’s investments valuation process is based on several considerations and may use multiple inputs to determine the fair value of the investments held by the fund. In conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, the inputs used to determine a valuation are classified into three broad levels.
•Level 1 valuation inputs consist of unadjusted quoted prices in an active market for identical investments.
•Level 2 valuation inputs consist of direct or indirect observable market data (including quoted prices for comparable investments, evaluations of subsequent market events, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.). These inputs also consist of quoted prices for identical investments initially expressed in local currencies that are adjusted through translation into U.S. dollars.
•Level 3 valuation inputs consist of unobservable data (including a fund’s own assumptions).
The level classification is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair valuation measurement. The valuation inputs are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in these securities or other financial instruments.
The following is a summary of the level classifications as of period end. The Schedule of Investments provides additional information on the fund’s portfolio holdings.
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | |||||||||
Assets | |||||||||||
Investment Securities | |||||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 4,837,160,037 | $ | 37,216,827 | — | ||||||
Short-Term Investments | 28,933,471 | 42,189,364 | — | ||||||||
$ | 4,866,093,508 | $ | 79,406,191 | — | |||||||
Other Financial Instruments | |||||||||||
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | — | $ | 11,089 | — | |||||||
Liabilities | |||||||||||
Other Financial Instruments | |||||||||||
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | — | $ | 683,643 | — |
8. Derivative Instruments
Foreign Currency Risk — The fund is subject to foreign currency exchange rate risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. The value of foreign investments held by a fund may be significantly affected by changes in foreign currency exchange rates. The dollar value of a foreign security generally decreases when the value of the dollar rises against the foreign currency in which the security is denominated and tends to increase when the value of the dollar declines against such foreign currency. A fund may enter into forward foreign currency exchange contracts to reduce a fund's exposure to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations. The net U.S. dollar value of foreign currency underlying all contractual commitments held by a fund and the resulting unrealized appreciation or depreciation are determined daily. Realized gain or loss is recorded upon settlement of the contract. Net realized and unrealized gains or losses occurring during the holding period of forward foreign currency exchange contracts are a component of net realized gain (loss) on forward foreign currency exchange contract transactions and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on forward foreign currency exchange contracts, respectively. A fund bears the risk of an unfavorable change in the foreign currency exchange rate underlying the forward contract. Additionally, losses, up to the fair value, may arise if the counterparties do not perform under the contract terms. The fund's average U.S. dollar exposure to foreign currency risk derivative instruments held during the period was $45,176,479.
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The value of foreign currency risk derivative instruments as of September 30, 2022, is disclosed on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset of $11,089 in unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts and a liability of $683,643 in unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts. For the six months ended September 30, 2022, the effect of foreign currency risk derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations was $6,459,659 in net realized gain (loss) on forward foreign currency exchange contract transactions and $(462,188) in change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on forward foreign currency exchange contracts.
9. Risk Factors
The value of the fund’s shares will go up and down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, based on the performance of the securities owned by the fund and other factors generally affecting the securities market. Market risks, including political, regulatory, economic and social developments, can affect the value of the fund’s investments. Natural disasters, public health emergencies, war, terrorism and other unforeseeable events may lead to increased market volatility and may have adverse long-term effects on world economies and markets generally.
The fund invests in common stocks of small companies. Because of this, the fund may be subject to greater risk and market fluctuations than a fund investing in larger, more established companies.
10. Federal Tax Information
The book-basis character of distributions made during the year from net investment income or net realized gains may differ from their ultimate characterization for federal income tax purposes. These differences reflect the differing character of certain income items and net realized gains and losses for financial statement and tax purposes, and may result in reclassification among certain capital accounts on the financial statements.
As of period end, the components of investments for federal income tax purposes were as follows:
Federal tax cost of investments | $ | 5,296,796,256 | |||
Gross tax appreciation of investments | $ | 369,403,211 | |||
Gross tax depreciation of investments | (720,699,768) | ||||
Net tax appreciation (depreciation) of investments | $ | (351,296,557) |
The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales.
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Financial Highlights |
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Years Ended March 31 (except as noted) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Per-Share Data | Ratios and Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income From Investment Operations: | Distributions From: | Ratio to Average Net Assets of: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | Net Investment Income (Loss)(1) | Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | Total From Investment Operations | Net Investment Income | Net Realized Gains | Total Distributions | Net Asset Value, End of Period | Total Return(2) | Operating Expenses | Operating Expenses (before expense waiver) | Net Investment Income (Loss) | Net Investment Income (Loss) (before expense waiver) | Portfolio Turnover Rate | Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Investor Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022(3) | $10.40 | 0.03 | (1.97) | (1.94) | (0.04) | — | (0.04) | $8.42 | (18.72)% | 1.09%(4) | 1.09%(4) | 0.70%(4) | 0.70%(4) | 24% | $846,137 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $10.74 | 0.04 | 0.45 | 0.49 | (0.06) | (0.77) | (0.83) | $10.40 | 4.45% | 1.09% | 1.09% | 0.35% | 0.35% | 43% | $1,107,942 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $5.20 | 0.03 | 5.55 | 5.58 | (0.04) | — | (0.04) | $10.74 | 107.63% | 1.19% | 1.19% | 0.46% | 0.46% | 72% | $958,579 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $7.05 | 0.05 | (1.71) | (1.66) | (0.04) | (0.15) | (0.19) | $5.20 | (24.44)% | 1.25% | 1.25% | 0.71% | 0.71% | 71% | $439,030 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $8.64 | 0.06 | (0.44) | (0.38) | (0.05) | (1.16) | (1.21) | $7.05 | (3.15)% | 1.25% | 1.25% | 0.68% | 0.68% | 90% | $594,650 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | $9.39 | 0.04 | 0.47 | 0.51 | (0.03) | (1.23) | (1.26) | $8.64 | 5.41% | 1.26% | 1.26% | 0.42% | 0.42% | 90% | $687,877 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
I Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022(3) | $10.53 | 0.04 | (2.00) | (1.96) | (0.05) | — | (0.05) | $8.52 | (18.69)% | 0.89%(4) | 0.89%(4) | 0.90%(4) | 0.90%(4) | 24% | $1,857,711 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $10.86 | 0.06 | 0.46 | 0.52 | (0.08) | (0.77) | (0.85) | $10.53 | 4.70% | 0.89% | 0.89% | 0.55% | 0.55% | 43% | $2,691,383 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $5.26 | 0.05 | 5.61 | 5.66 | (0.06) | — | (0.06) | $10.86 | 108.04% | 0.99% | 0.99% | 0.66% | 0.66% | 72% | $2,049,527 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $7.13 | 0.07 | (1.74) | (1.67) | (0.05) | (0.15) | (0.20) | $5.26 | (24.30)% | 1.05% | 1.05% | 0.91% | 0.91% | 71% | $407,147 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $8.72 | 0.07 | (0.44) | (0.37) | (0.06) | (1.16) | (1.22) | $7.13 | (2.95)% | 1.05% | 1.05% | 0.88% | 0.88% | 90% | $352,298 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | $9.47 | 0.06 | 0.46 | 0.52 | (0.04) | (1.23) | (1.27) | $8.72 | 5.57% | 1.06% | 1.06% | 0.62% | 0.62% | 90% | $411,986 |
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Years Ended March 31 (except as noted) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Per-Share Data | Ratios and Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income From Investment Operations: | Distributions From: | Ratio to Average Net Assets of: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | Net Investment Income (Loss)(1) | Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | Total From Investment Operations | Net Investment Income | Net Realized Gains | Total Distributions | Net Asset Value, End of Period | Total Return(2) | Operating Expenses | Operating Expenses (before expense waiver) | Net Investment Income (Loss) | Net Investment Income (Loss) (before expense waiver) | Portfolio Turnover Rate | Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Y Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022(3) | $10.54 | 0.05 | (2.00) | (1.95) | (0.05) | — | (0.05) | $8.54 | (18.52)% | 0.74%(4) | 0.74%(4) | 1.05%(4) | 1.05%(4) | 24% | $69,075 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $10.88 | 0.08 | 0.45 | 0.53 | (0.10) | (0.77) | (0.87) | $10.54 | 4.75% | 0.74% | 0.74% | 0.70% | 0.70% | 43% | $106,557 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $5.27 | 0.06 | 5.62 | 5.68 | (0.07) | — | (0.07) | $10.88 | 108.41% | 0.84% | 0.84% | 0.81% | 0.81% | 72% | $66,827 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $7.14 | 0.09 | (1.75) | (1.66) | (0.06) | (0.15) | (0.21) | $5.27 | (24.15)% | 0.90% | 0.90% | 1.06% | 1.06% | 71% | $24,079 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $8.73 | 0.10 | (0.45) | (0.35) | (0.08) | (1.16) | (1.24) | $7.14 | (2.80)% | 0.90% | 0.90% | 1.03% | 1.03% | 90% | $3,320 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018(5) | $9.32 | 0.08 | 0.61 | 0.69 | (0.05) | (1.23) | (1.28) | $8.73 | 7.43% | 0.91%(4) | 0.91%(4) | 0.95%(4) | 0.95%(4) | 90%(6) | $131 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022(3) | $10.25 | 0.02 | (1.95) | (1.93) | (0.02) | — | (0.02) | $8.30 | (18.80)% | 1.34%(4) | 1.34%(4) | 0.45%(4) | 0.45%(4) | 24% | $85,811 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $10.60 | 0.01 | 0.45 | 0.46 | (0.04) | (0.77) | (0.81) | $10.25 | 4.20% | 1.34% | 1.34% | 0.10% | 0.10% | 43% | $113,658 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $5.13 | 0.02 | 5.47 | 5.49 | (0.02) | — | (0.02) | $10.60 | 107.16% | 1.44% | 1.44% | 0.21% | 0.21% | 72% | $94,533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $6.96 | 0.03 | (1.69) | (1.66) | (0.02) | (0.15) | (0.17) | $5.13 | (24.66)% | 1.50% | 1.50% | 0.46% | 0.46% | 71% | $48,260 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $8.54 | 0.03 | (0.42) | (0.39) | (0.03) | (1.16) | (1.19) | $6.96 | (3.32)% | 1.50% | 1.50% | 0.43% | 0.43% | 90% | $82,755 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | $9.31 | 0.01 | 0.46 | 0.47 | (0.01) | (1.23) | (1.24) | $8.54 | 5.02% | 1.51% | 1.51% | 0.17% | 0.17% | 90% | $116,763 |
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Years Ended March 31 (except as noted) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Per-Share Data | Ratios and Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income From Investment Operations: | Distributions From: | Ratio to Average Net Assets of: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | Net Investment Income (Loss)(1) | Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | Total From Investment Operations | Net Investment Income | Net Realized Gains | Total Distributions | Net Asset Value, End of Period | Total Return(2) | Operating Expenses | Operating Expenses (before expense waiver) | Net Investment Income (Loss) | Net Investment Income (Loss) (before expense waiver) | Portfolio Turnover Rate | Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
C Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022(3) | $9.48 | (0.01) | (1.81) | (1.82) | — | — | — | $7.66 | (19.20)% | 2.09%(4) | 2.09%(4) | (0.30)%(4) | (0.30)%(4) | 24% | $20,262 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $9.90 | (0.06) | 0.42 | 0.36 | (0.01) | (0.77) | (0.78) | $9.48 | 3.49% | 2.09% | 2.09% | (0.65)% | (0.65)% | 43% | $26,317 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $4.82 | (0.04) | 5.12 | 5.08 | — | — | — | $9.90 | 105.39% | 2.19% | 2.19% | (0.54)% | (0.54)% | 72% | $15,448 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $6.57 | (0.02) | (1.58) | (1.60) | — | (0.15) | (0.15) | $4.82 | (25.11)% | 2.25% | 2.25% | (0.29)% | (0.29)% | 71% | $2,556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $8.18 | (0.02) | (0.43) | (0.45) | — | (1.16) | (1.16) | $6.57 | (4.19)% | 2.25% | 2.25% | (0.32)% | (0.32)% | 90% | $2,536 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | $9.01 | (0.05) | 0.45 | 0.40 | — | (1.23) | (1.23) | $8.18 | 4.41% | 2.26% | 2.26% | (0.58)% | (0.58)% | 90% | $2,688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
R Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022(3) | $10.16 | 0.01 | (1.93) | (1.92) | (0.01) | — | (0.01) | $8.23 | (18.88)% | 1.59%(4) | 1.59%(4) | 0.20%(4) | 0.20%(4) | 24% | $6,229 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $10.53 | (0.02) | 0.44 | 0.42 | (0.02) | (0.77) | (0.79) | $10.16 | 3.87% | 1.59% | 1.59% | (0.15)% | (0.15)% | 43% | $7,314 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $5.10 | —(7) | 5.43 | 5.43 | —(7) | — | —(7) | $10.53 | 106.61% | 1.69% | 1.69% | (0.04)% | (0.04)% | 72% | $5,120 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $6.92 | 0.01 | (1.68) | (1.67) | —(7) | (0.15) | (0.15) | $5.10 | (24.80)% | 1.75% | 1.75% | 0.21% | 0.21% | 71% | $2,299 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $8.50 | 0.02 | (0.43) | (0.41) | (0.01) | (1.16) | (1.17) | $6.92 | (3.58)% | 1.75% | 1.75% | 0.18% | 0.18% | 90% | $3,437 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | $9.28 | (0.01) | 0.46 | 0.45 | — | (1.23) | (1.23) | $8.50 | 4.82% | 1.76% | 1.76% | (0.08)% | (0.08)% | 90% | $3,284 |
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Years Ended March 31 (except as noted) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Income From Investment Operations: | Distributions From: | Ratio to Average Net Assets of: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | Net Investment Income (Loss)(1) | Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | Total From Investment Operations | Net Investment Income | Net Realized Gains | Total Distributions | Net Asset Value, End of Period | Total Return(2) | Operating Expenses | Operating Expenses (before expense waiver) | Net Investment Income (Loss) | Net Investment Income (Loss) (before expense waiver) | Portfolio Turnover Rate | Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
R5 Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022(3) | $10.54 | 0.04 | (2.00) | (1.96) | (0.05) | — | (0.05) | $8.53 | (18.67)% | 0.89%(4) | 0.89%(4) | 0.90%(4) | 0.90%(4) | 24% | $12,165 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $10.87 | 0.06 | 0.46 | 0.52 | (0.08) | (0.77) | (0.85) | $10.54 | 4.70% | 0.89% | 0.89% | 0.55% | 0.55% | 43% | $14,646 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $5.26 | 0.05 | 5.62 | 5.67 | (0.06) | — | (0.06) | $10.87 | 108.23% | 0.99% | 0.99% | 0.66% | 0.66% | 72% | $9,870 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $7.14 | 0.06 | (1.74) | (1.68) | (0.05) | (0.15) | (0.20) | $5.26 | (24.41)% | 1.05% | 1.05% | 0.91% | 0.91% | 71% | $3,373 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $8.73 | 0.11 | (0.48) | (0.37) | (0.06) | (1.16) | (1.22) | $7.14 | (2.92)% | 1.05% | 1.05% | 0.88% | 0.88% | 90% | $491 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018(5) | $9.32 | 0.06 | 0.62 | 0.68 | (0.04) | (1.23) | (1.27) | $8.73 | 7.32% | 1.06%(4) | 1.06%(4) | 0.65%(4) | 0.65%(4) | 90%(6) | $5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
R6 Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022(3) | $10.53 | 0.05 | (2.00) | (1.95) | (0.05) | — | (0.05) | $8.53 | (18.54)% | 0.74%(4) | 0.74%(4) | 1.05%(4) | 1.05%(4) | 24% | $1,748,750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $10.86 | 0.08 | 0.46 | 0.54 | (0.10) | (0.77) | (0.87) | $10.53 | 4.86% | 0.74% | 0.74% | 0.70% | 0.70% | 43% | $1,779,113 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $5.26 | 0.06 | 5.61 | 5.67 | (0.07) | — | (0.07) | $10.86 | 108.42% | 0.84% | 0.84% | 0.81% | 0.81% | 72% | $943,344 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $7.13 | 0.08 | (1.74) | (1.66) | (0.06) | (0.15) | (0.21) | $5.26 | (24.19)% | 0.90% | 0.90% | 1.06% | 1.06% | 71% | $290,444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $8.72 | 0.09 | (0.44) | (0.35) | (0.08) | (1.16) | (1.24) | $7.13 | (2.80)% | 0.90% | 0.90% | 1.03% | 1.03% | 90% | $316,502 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | $9.47 | 0.07 | 0.47 | 0.54 | (0.06) | (1.23) | (1.29) | $8.72 | 5.73% | 0.91% | 0.91% | 0.77% | 0.77% | 90% | $278,351 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
G Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022(3) | $10.55 | 0.09 | (2.00) | (1.91) | (0.09) | — | (0.09) | $8.55 | (18.28)% | 0.01%(4) | 0.74%(4) | 1.78%(4) | 1.05%(4) | 24% | $269,684 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $10.89 | 0.16 | 0.45 | 0.61 | (0.18) | (0.77) | (0.95) | $10.55 | 5.62% | 0.00%(8) | 0.74% | 1.44% | 0.70% | 43% | $343,209 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $5.29 | 0.12 | 5.63 | 5.75 | (0.15) | — | (0.15) | $10.89 | 110.06% | 0.00%(8) | 0.84% | 1.65% | 0.81% | 72% | $359,758 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $7.25 | 0.15 | (1.85) | (1.70) | (0.11) | (0.15) | (0.26) | $5.29 | (24.58)% | 0.00%(8) | 0.90% | 1.96% | 1.06% | 71% | $139,749 |
Notes to Financial Highlights |
(1)Computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period.
(2)Total returns are calculated based on the net asset value of the last business day and do not reflect applicable sales charges, if any. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.
(3)Six months ended September 30, 2022 (unaudited).
(4)Annualized.
(5)April 10, 2017 (commencement of sale) through March 31, 2018.
(6)Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level. Percentage indicated was calculated for the year ended March 31, 2018.
(7)Per-share amount was less than $0.005.
(8)Ratio was less than 0.005%.
See Notes to Financial Statements.
Approval of Management Agreement |
At a meeting held on June 29, 2022, the Fund’s Board of Directors (the "Board") unanimously approved the renewal of the management agreement pursuant to which American Century Investment Management, Inc. (the “Advisor”) acts as the investment advisor for the Fund. Under Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Investment Company Act”), contracts for investment advisory services are required to be reviewed, evaluated, and approved by a majority of a fund’s Directors, including a majority of the independent Directors, each year.
Prior to its consideration of the renewal of the management agreement, the Directors requested and reviewed data and information compiled by the Advisor and certain independent data providers concerning the Fund. This review was in addition to the oversight and evaluation undertaken by the Board and its committees on a continual basis and the information received was supplemental to the information that the Board and its committees receive and consider throughout the year.
In connection with its consideration of the renewal of the management agreement, the Board’s review and evaluation of the services provided by the Advisor and its affiliates included, but was not limited to, the following:
•the nature, extent, and quality of investment management, shareholder services, and other services provided and to be provided to the Fund including without limitation portfolio management and trading services, shareholder and intermediary services, compliance and legal services, fund accounting and financial reporting, and fund share distribution;
•the wide range of other programs and services provided to the Fund and its shareholders on a routine and non-routine basis;
•the Fund’s investment performance, including data comparing the Fund's performance to an appropriate benchmark(s) and peer group of other mutual funds with similar investment objectives and strategies;
•the cost of owning the Fund compared to the cost of owning similarly-managed funds;
•the compliance policies, procedures, and regulatory experience of the Advisor and the Fund's service providers;
•the Advisor’s strategic plans, generally, and with respect to the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic response, heightened areas of interest in the mutual fund industry and recent geopolitical issues;
•the Advisor’s business continuity plans, vendor management practices, and cyber security practices;
•financial data showing the cost of services provided to the Fund, the profitability of the Fund to the Advisor, and the overall profitability of the Advisor;
•possible economies of scale associated with the Advisor’s management of the Fund and other accounts;
•services provided and charges to the Advisor's other investment management clients;
•acquired fund fees and expenses;
•payments and practices in connection with financial intermediaries holding shares of the Fund and the services provided by intermediaries in connection therewith; and
•possible collateral benefits to the Advisor from the management of the Fund.
The Board held four meetings to consider the renewal. The independent Directors also met in private session multiple times to review and discuss the information provided in response to their request. The independent Directors held active discussions with the Advisor regarding the renewal of the management agreement, requesting supplemental information, and reviewing information provided by the Advisor in response thereto. The independent Directors had the benefit of the advice of their independent counsel throughout the process.
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Factors Considered
The Directors considered all of the information provided by the Advisor, the independent data providers, and independent counsel in connection with the approval. They determined that the information was sufficient for them to evaluate the management agreement for the Fund. In connection with their review, the Directors did not identify any single factor as being all-important or controlling, and each Director may have attributed different levels of importance to different factors. In deciding to renew the management agreement, the Board based its decision on a number of factors, including without limitation the following:
Nature, Extent and Quality of Services — Generally. Under the management agreement, the Advisor is responsible for providing or arranging for all services necessary for the operation of the Fund. The Board noted that the Advisor provides or arranges at its own expense a wide variety of services which include, without limitation, the following:
•constructing and designing the Fund
•portfolio research and security selection
•initial capitalization/funding
•securities trading
•Fund administration
•custody of Fund assets
•daily valuation of the Fund’s portfolio
•liquidity monitoring and management
•risk management, including cyber security
•shareholder servicing and transfer agency, including shareholder confirmations, recordkeeping, and communications
•legal services (except the independent Directors’ counsel)
•regulatory and portfolio compliance
•financial reporting
•marketing and distribution (except amounts paid by the Fund under Rule 12b-1 plans)
The Board noted that many of these services have expanded over time in terms of both quantity and complexity in response to shareholder demands, competition in the industry, changing distribution channels, and the changing regulatory environment.
Investment Management Services. The nature of the investment management services provided to the Fund is quite complex and allows Fund shareholders access to professional money management, instant diversification of their investments within an asset class, the opportunity to easily diversify among asset classes by investing in or exchanging among various American Century Investments funds, and liquidity. In evaluating investment performance, the Board expects the Advisor to manage the Fund in accordance with its investment objectives and principal investment strategies. Further, the Directors recognize that the Advisor has an obligation to monitor trading activities, and in particular to seek the best execution of Fund trades, and to evaluate the use of and payment for research. In providing these services, the Advisor utilizes teams of investment professionals (portfolio managers, analysts, research assistants, and securities traders) who require extensive information technology, research, training, compliance, and other systems to conduct their business. The Board, directly and through its Fund Performance Review Committee, provides oversight of the investment performance process. It regularly reviews investment performance information for the Fund, together with comparative information for appropriate benchmarks and/or peer groups of similarly-managed funds, over different time horizons. The Directors also review investment performance information during the management agreement renewal process. If performance concerns are identified, the Board discusses with the Advisor the reasons for such results (e.g., market conditions, security selection) and any actions being taken to improve performance, and may conduct special reviews until performance improves. The Fund’s performance was above its benchmark for the one-, three-, five-, and ten-year periods reviewed by the Board. The Board found the investment management services provided by the Advisor to the Fund to be satisfactory and consistent with the management agreement.
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Shareholder and Other Services. Under the management agreement, the Advisor provides the Fund with a comprehensive package of transfer agency, shareholder, and other services. The Board, directly and through its various committees, regularly reviews reports and evaluations of such services at its regular meetings. These reports include, but are not limited to, information regarding the operational efficiency and accuracy of the shareholder and transfer agency services provided, staffing levels, shareholder satisfaction, technology support (including cyber security), new products and services offered to Fund shareholders, securities trading activities, portfolio valuation services, auditing services, and legal and operational compliance activities. The Board found the services provided by the Advisor to the Fund under the management agreement to be competitive and of high quality.
Costs of Services and Profitability. The Advisor provides detailed information concerning its cost of providing various services to the Fund, its profitability in managing the Fund (pre- and post-distribution), its overall profitability, and its financial condition. The Directors have reviewed with the Advisor the methodology used to prepare this financial information. This information is considered in evaluating the Advisor’s financial condition, its ability to continue to provide services under the management agreement, and the reasonableness of the current management fee. The Board concluded that the Advisor’s profits were reasonable in light of the services provided to the Fund.
Ethics. The Board generally considers the Advisor’s commitment to providing quality services to shareholders and to conducting its business ethically. They noted that the Advisor’s practices generally meet or exceed industry best practices.
Economies of Scale. The Board also reviewed information provided by the Advisor regarding the possible existence of economies of scale in connection with the management of the Fund. The Board concluded that economies of scale are difficult to measure and predict with precision, especially on a fund-by-fund basis. The Board concluded that the Advisor is sharing economies of scale, to the extent they exist, through its fee structure, and through reinvestment in its business, infrastructure, investment capabilities and initiatives to provide shareholders enhanced and expanded content and services. The Board also noted that economies of scale are shared with the Fund and its shareholders through management fee breakpoints that serve to reduce the effective management fee as the assets of the Fund grow. Assets of various classes of the same Fund or similarly-managed products are combined with the assets of the Fund to help achieve those breakpoints.
Comparison to Other Funds’ Fees. The management agreement provides that the Fund pays the Advisor a single, all-inclusive (or unified) management fee for providing all services necessary for the management and operation of the Fund, other than securities transaction expenses, taxes, interest, extraordinary expenses, fees and expenses of the Fund’s independent Directors (including their independent legal counsel), and expenses incurred in connection with the provision of shareholder services and distribution services under a plan adopted pursuant to Investment Company Act Rule 12b-1. Under the unified fee structure, the Advisor is responsible for providing all investment advisory, custody, audit, administrative, compliance, recordkeeping, marketing and shareholder services, or arranging and supervising third parties to provide such services. By contrast, most other funds are charged a variety of fees, including an investment advisory fee, a transfer agency fee, an administrative fee, distribution charges, and other expenses. Other than their investment advisory fees and any applicable Rule 12b-1 distribution fees, all other components of the total fees charged by these other funds may be increased without shareholder approval. The Board believes the unified fee structure is a benefit to Fund shareholders because it clearly discloses to shareholders the cost of owning Fund shares, and, since the unified fee cannot be increased without a vote of Fund shareholders, it shifts to the Advisor the risk of increased costs of operating the Fund and provides a direct incentive to minimize administrative inefficiencies. Part of the Board’s analysis of fee levels involves reviewing certain evaluative data compiled by an independent provider comparing the Fund’s unified fee to the total expense ratios of its peers. The unified fee charged to shareholders of the Fund was below the median of the total expense ratios of the Fund’s peer expense universe. In addition, the Board reviewed the Fund’s position relative to the narrower set of its expense group peers. The Board concluded that the management fee paid
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by the Fund to the Advisor under the management agreement is reasonable in light of the services provided to the Fund.
Comparison to Fees and Services Provided to Other Clients of the Advisor. The Board also requested and received information from the Advisor concerning the nature of the services, fees, costs, and profitability of its advisory services to advisory clients other than the Fund. They observed that these varying types of client accounts require different services and involve different regulatory and entrepreneurial risks than the management of the Fund. The Board analyzed this information and concluded that the fees charged and services provided to the Fund were reasonable by comparison.
Payments to Intermediaries. The Directors also requested and received a description of payments made to intermediaries by the Fund and the Advisor and services provided in response thereto. These payments include various payments made by the Fund or the Advisor to different types of intermediaries and recordkeepers for distribution and service activities provided for the Fund. The Directors reviewed such information and received representations from the Advisor that all such payments by the Fund were made pursuant to the Fund's Rule 12b-1 Plan and that all such payments by the Advisor were made from the Advisor’s resources and reasonable profits.
Collateral or “Fall-Out” Benefits Derived by the Advisor. The Board considered the possible existence of collateral benefits the Advisor may receive as a result of its relationship with the Fund. They concluded that the Advisor’s primary business is managing funds and it generally does not use fund or shareholder information to generate profits in other lines of business, and therefore does not derive any significant collateral benefits from them. To the extent there are potential collateral benefits, the Board has been advised and has taken this into consideration in its review of the management contract with the Fund. The Board noted that additional assets from other clients may offer the Advisor some benefit from increased leverage with service providers and counterparties. Additionally, the Advisor may receive proprietary research from broker-dealers that execute fund portfolio transactions, which the Board concluded is likely to benefit other clients of the Advisor, as well as Fund shareholders. The Board also determined that the Advisor is able to provide investment management services to certain clients other than the Fund, at least in part, due to its existing infrastructure built to serve the fund complex. The Board concluded that appropriate allocation methodologies had been employed to assign resources and the cost of those resources to these other clients and, where expressly provided, these other client assets may be included with the assets of the Fund to determine breakpoints in the management fee schedule.
Existing Relationship. The Board also considered whether there was any reason for not continuing the existing arrangement with the Advisor. In this regard, the Board was mindful of the potential disruptions of the Fund’s operations and various risks, uncertainties, and other effects that could occur as a result of a decision not to continue such relationship. In particular, the Board recognized that most shareholders have invested in the Fund on the strength of the Advisor’s industry standing and reputation and in the expectation that the Advisor will have a continuing role in providing advisory services to the Fund.
Conclusion of the Directors. As a result of this process, the Board, including all of the independent Directors, taking into account all of the factors discussed above and the information provided by the Advisor and others in connection with its review and throughout the year, determined that the terms of the management agreement are fair and reasonable and that the management fee charged to the Fund is reasonable in light of the services provided and that the management agreement between the Fund and the Advisor should be renewed for an additional one-year period.
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Additional Information |
Retirement Account Information
As required by law, distributions you receive from certain retirement accounts are subject to federal income tax withholding, unless you elect not to have withholding apply*. Tax will be withheld on the total amount withdrawn even though you may be receiving amounts that are not subject to withholding, such as nondeductible contributions. In such case, excess amounts of withholding could occur. You may adjust your withholding election so that a greater or lesser amount will be withheld.
If you don’t want us to withhold on this amount, you must notify us to not withhold the federal income tax. You may notify us in writing or in certain situations by telephone or through other electronic means. For systematic withdrawals, your withholding election will remain in effect until revoked or changed by filing a new election. You have the right to revoke your election at any time and change your withholding percentage for future distributions.
Remember, even if you elect not to have income tax withheld, you are liable for paying income tax on the taxable portion of your withdrawal. If you elect not to have income tax withheld or you don’t have enough income tax withheld, you may be responsible for payment of estimated tax. You may incur penalties under the estimated tax rules if your withholding and estimated tax payments are not sufficient. You can reduce or defer the income tax on a distribution by directly or indirectly rolling such distribution over to another IRA or eligible plan. You should consult your tax advisor for additional information.
State tax will be withheld if, at the time of your distribution, your address is within one of the mandatory withholding states and you have federal income tax withheld (or as otherwise required by state law). State taxes will be withheld from your distribution in accordance with the respective state rules.
*Some 403(b), 457 and qualified retirement plan distributions may be subject to 20% mandatory withholding, as they are subject to special tax and withholding rules. Your plan administrator or plan sponsor is required to provide you with a special tax notice explaining those rules at the time you request a distribution. If applicable, federal and/or state taxes may be withheld from your distribution amount.
Proxy Voting Policies
A description of the policies that the fund's investment advisor uses in exercising the voting rights associated with the securities purchased and/or held by the fund is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-345-2021. It is also available on American Century Investments’ website at americancentury.com/proxy and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at sec.gov. Information regarding how the investment advisor voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available on americancentury.com/proxy. It is also available at sec.gov.
Quarterly Portfolio Disclosure
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. These portfolio holdings are available on the fund's website at
americancentury.com and, upon request, by calling 1-800-345-2021. The fund’s Form N-PORT
reports are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov.
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Semiannual Report | |||||
September 30, 2022 | |||||
Value Fund | |||||
Investor Class (TWVLX) | |||||
I Class (AVLIX) | |||||
Y Class (AVUYX) | |||||
A Class (TWADX) | |||||
C Class (ACLCX) | |||||
R Class (AVURX) | |||||
R5 Class (AVUGX) | |||||
R6 Class (AVUDX) |
Table of Contents |
President’s Letter | |||||
Fund Characteristics | |||||
Shareholder Fee Example | |||||
Schedule of Investments | |||||
Statement of Assets and Liabilities | |||||
Statement of Operations | |||||
Statement of Changes in Net Assets | |||||
Notes to Financial Statements | |||||
Financial Highlights | |||||
Approval of Management Agreement | |||||
Additional Information |
Any opinions expressed in this report reflect those of the author as of the date of the report, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of American Century Investments® or any other person in the American Century Investments organization. Any such opinions are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and American Century Investments disclaims any responsibility to update such opinions. These opinions may not be relied upon as investment advice and, because investment decisions made by American Century Investments funds are based on numerous factors, may not be relied upon as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any American Century Investments fund. Security examples are used for representational purposes only and are not intended as recommendations to purchase or sell securities. Performance information for comparative indices and securities is provided to American Century Investments by third party vendors. To the best of American Century Investments’ knowledge, such information is accurate at the time of printing.
President’s Letter |
Jonathan Thomas
Dear Investor:
Thank you for reviewing this semiannual report for the period ending September 30, 2022. It provides a market overview (below), followed by a schedule of fund investments and other financial information. For additional investment insights, please visit americancentury.com.
Inflation, Rates, Recession Worries Weighed on Financial Markets
The reporting period began with financial markets digesting the effects of soaring inflation, heightened market volatility and slowing growth. For more than a year, the effects of massive fiscal and monetary support, escalating energy prices, supply chain breakdowns and labor market shortages had driven inflation to multidecade highs. The Russia-Ukraine war continued to nudge commodity prices even higher, exacerbating existing inflationary pressures and further damaging global supply chains.
The Federal Reserve (Fed), which began tightening in March with a 25-basis-points (bps) hike, increased rates an additional 275 bps during the six-month period. Inflation was slow to respond, climbing to a 40-year-high 9.1% in June before slipping to 8.2% in September, largely due to falling gasoline prices. Policymakers indicated taming inflation remains their priority, even as the economy contracted in 2022’s first two quarters and an official recession appeared imminent.
In addition to fueling recession risk, the combination of elevated inflation and a hawkish Fed helped push Treasury yields sharply higher and stock prices significantly lower. Amid persistent market unrest, most stock and bond indices ended the six-month period with steep losses. Stocks, as measured by the S&P 500 Index, plunged more than 20%, while bonds, as measured by the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, tumbled more than 9%.
Staying Disciplined in Uncertain Times
We expect market volatility to linger as investors navigate a complex environment of high inflation, rising interest rates and economic uncertainty. In addition, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine complicates an increasingly tense geopolitical backdrop and threatens global energy markets. We will continue to monitor this evolving situation and what it broadly means for investors across asset classes.
We appreciate your confidence in us during these extraordinary times. Our firm has a long history of helping clients weather unpredictable markets, and we’re confident we will continue to meet today’s challenges.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Thomas
President and Chief Executive Officer
American Century Investments
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Fund Characteristics |
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 | |||||
Types of Investments in Portfolio | % of net assets | ||||
Common Stocks | 97.9% | ||||
Short-Term Investments | 2.9% | ||||
Other Assets and Liabilities | (0.8)% | ||||
Top Five Industries | % of net assets | ||||
Banks | 11.4% | ||||
Pharmaceuticals | 9.2% | ||||
Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels | 7.5% | ||||
Health Care Equipment and Supplies | 5.2% | ||||
Capital Markets | 4.6% |
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Shareholder Fee Example |
Fund shareholders may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments and redemption/exchange fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and service (12b-1) fees; and other fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing cost of investing in other mutual funds.
The example is based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from April 1, 2022 to September 30, 2022.
Actual Expenses
The table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses for each class. You may use the information, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. First, identify the share class you own. Then simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number under the heading “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
If you hold Investor Class shares of any American Century Investments mutual fund, or I Class shares of the American Century Diversified Bond Fund, in an American Century Investments account (i.e., not through a financial intermediary or employer-sponsored retirement plan account), American Century Investments may charge you a $25 annual account maintenance fee if the value of those shares is less than $10,000. We will redeem shares automatically in one of your accounts to pay the $25 fee. In determining your total eligible investment amount, we will include your investments in all personal accounts (including American Century Investments brokerage accounts) registered under your Social Security number. Personal accounts include individual accounts, joint accounts, UGMA/UTMA accounts, personal trusts, Coverdell Education Savings Accounts and IRAs (including traditional, Roth, Rollover, SEP-, SARSEP- and SIMPLE-IRAs), and certain other retirement accounts. If you have only business, business retirement, employer-sponsored or American Century Investments brokerage accounts, you are currently not subject to this fee. If you are subject to the account maintenance fee, your account value could be reduced by the fee amount.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The table also provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio of each class of your fund and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the actual return of a fund’s share class. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in your fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads) or redemption/exchange fees. 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 transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
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Beginning Account Value 4/1/22 | Ending Account Value 9/30/22 | Expenses Paid During Period(1) 4/1/22 - 9/30/22 | Annualized Expense Ratio(1) | |||||||||||
Actual | ||||||||||||||
Investor Class | $1,000 | $845.00 | $4.81 | 1.04% | ||||||||||
I Class | $1,000 | $846.20 | $3.89 | 0.84% | ||||||||||
Y Class | $1,000 | $846.80 | $3.19 | 0.69% | ||||||||||
A Class | $1,000 | $843.80 | $5.96 | 1.29% | ||||||||||
C Class | $1,000 | $840.40 | $9.41 | 2.04% | ||||||||||
R Class | $1,000 | $842.70 | $7.11 | 1.54% | ||||||||||
R5 Class | $1,000 | $846.20 | $3.89 | 0.84% | ||||||||||
R6 Class | $1,000 | $846.80 | $3.19 | 0.69% | ||||||||||
Hypothetical | ||||||||||||||
Investor Class | $1,000 | $1,019.85 | $5.27 | 1.04% | ||||||||||
I Class | $1,000 | $1,020.86 | $4.26 | 0.84% | ||||||||||
Y Class | $1,000 | $1,021.61 | $3.50 | 0.69% | ||||||||||
A Class | $1,000 | $1,018.60 | $6.53 | 1.29% | ||||||||||
C Class | $1,000 | $1,014.84 | $10.30 | 2.04% | ||||||||||
R Class | $1,000 | $1,017.35 | $7.79 | 1.54% | ||||||||||
R5 Class | $1,000 | $1,020.86 | $4.26 | 0.84% | ||||||||||
R6 Class | $1,000 | $1,021.61 | $3.50 | 0.69% |
(1)Expenses are equal to the class's annualized expense ratio listed in the table above, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183, the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year, divided by 365, to reflect the one-half year period. Annualized expense ratio reflects actual expenses, including any applicable fee waivers or expense reimbursements and excluding any acquired fund fees and expenses.
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Schedule of Investments |
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 (UNAUDITED)
Shares | Value | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS — 97.9% | ||||||||
Aerospace and Defense — 1.9% | ||||||||
BAE Systems PLC | 924,216 | $ | 8,120,550 | |||||
Raytheon Technologies Corp. | 258,500 | 21,160,810 | ||||||
Thales SA | 71,975 | 7,931,208 | ||||||
37,212,568 | ||||||||
Airlines — 0.7% | ||||||||
Southwest Airlines Co.(1) | 464,660 | 14,330,114 | ||||||
Auto Components — 1.4% | ||||||||
BorgWarner, Inc. | 625,832 | 19,651,125 | ||||||
Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA | 302,800 | 6,784,445 | ||||||
26,435,570 | ||||||||
Automobiles — 0.8% | ||||||||
General Motors Co. | 502,144 | 16,113,801 | ||||||
Banks — 11.4% | ||||||||
Bank of America Corp. | 1,303,740 | 39,372,948 | ||||||
Comerica, Inc. | 125,097 | 8,894,397 | ||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 528,821 | 55,261,795 | ||||||
Prosperity Bancshares, Inc. | 132,886 | 8,860,838 | ||||||
Truist Financial Corp. | 476,105 | 20,729,612 | ||||||
U.S. Bancorp | 1,250,047 | 50,401,895 | ||||||
Wells Fargo & Co. | 922,888 | 37,118,555 | ||||||
220,640,040 | ||||||||
Capital Markets — 4.6% | ||||||||
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | 867,210 | 33,404,929 | ||||||
BlackRock, Inc. | 17,950 | 9,877,526 | ||||||
Invesco Ltd. | 1,012,386 | 13,869,688 | ||||||
Northern Trust Corp. | 172,932 | 14,796,062 | ||||||
State Street Corp. | 270,040 | 16,421,133 | ||||||
88,369,338 | ||||||||
Chemicals — 0.5% | ||||||||
Akzo Nobel NV | 169,050 | 9,580,055 | ||||||
Communications Equipment — 3.5% | ||||||||
Cisco Systems, Inc. | 1,329,694 | 53,187,760 | ||||||
F5, Inc.(1) | 100,487 | 14,543,483 | ||||||
67,731,243 | ||||||||
Containers and Packaging — 0.6% | ||||||||
Packaging Corp. of America | 105,840 | 11,884,774 | ||||||
Diversified Financial Services — 4.3% | ||||||||
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class A(1) | 129 | 52,434,630 | ||||||
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(1) | 113,485 | 30,302,765 | ||||||
82,737,395 | ||||||||
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 4.0% | ||||||||
AT&T, Inc. | 2,227,386 | 34,168,101 | ||||||
Verizon Communications, Inc. | 1,140,122 | 43,290,433 | ||||||
77,458,534 | ||||||||
Electric Utilities — 1.4% | ||||||||
Duke Energy Corp. | 31,480 | 2,928,270 |
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Shares | Value | |||||||
Edison International | 258,270 | $ | 14,612,916 | |||||
Pinnacle West Capital Corp. | 150,810 | 9,728,753 | ||||||
27,269,939 | ||||||||
Electrical Equipment — 2.2% | ||||||||
Emerson Electric Co. | 219,573 | 16,077,135 | ||||||
nVent Electric PLC | 489,168 | 15,462,600 | ||||||
Signify NV | 388,660 | 10,003,087 | ||||||
41,542,822 | ||||||||
Electronic Equipment, Instruments and Components — 0.4% | ||||||||
Anritsu Corp.(2) | 663,400 | 7,211,908 | ||||||
Energy Equipment and Services — 2.4% | ||||||||
Baker Hughes Co. | 1,041,578 | 21,831,475 | ||||||
Halliburton Co. | 407,878 | 10,041,956 | ||||||
Schlumberger NV | 404,326 | 14,515,304 | ||||||
46,388,735 | ||||||||
Entertainment — 1.3% | ||||||||
Walt Disney Co.(1) | 260,030 | 24,528,630 | ||||||
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 2.8% | ||||||||
Agree Realty Corp. | 112,130 | 7,577,745 | ||||||
Equinix, Inc. | 16,510 | 9,391,548 | ||||||
Healthpeak Properties, Inc. | 618,220 | 14,169,603 | ||||||
Realty Income Corp. | 168,470 | 9,804,954 | ||||||
Regency Centers Corp. | 230,670 | 12,421,580 | ||||||
53,365,430 | ||||||||
Food and Staples Retailing — 1.3% | ||||||||
Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV | 1,009,375 | 25,710,222 | ||||||
Food Products — 3.6% | ||||||||
Conagra Brands, Inc. | 753,658 | 24,591,861 | ||||||
Danone SA | 341,010 | 16,124,759 | ||||||
JDE Peet's NV | 187,558 | 5,483,838 | ||||||
Mondelez International, Inc., Class A | 291,651 | 15,991,224 | ||||||
Orkla ASA | 1,028,420 | 7,475,900 | ||||||
69,667,582 | ||||||||
Gas Utilities — 0.5% | ||||||||
Atmos Energy Corp. | 100,544 | 10,240,406 | ||||||
Health Care Equipment and Supplies — 5.2% | ||||||||
Medtronic PLC | 687,020 | 55,476,865 | ||||||
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. | 434,167 | 45,392,160 | ||||||
100,869,025 | ||||||||
Health Care Providers and Services — 4.5% | ||||||||
AmerisourceBergen Corp. | 36,254 | 4,906,254 | ||||||
Cardinal Health, Inc. | 385,745 | 25,721,477 | ||||||
CVS Health Corp. | 260,930 | 24,884,894 | ||||||
McKesson Corp. | 19,860 | 6,749,818 | ||||||
Quest Diagnostics, Inc. | 69,680 | 8,549,039 | ||||||
Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B | 182,290 | 16,074,332 | ||||||
86,885,814 | ||||||||
Hotels, Restaurants and Leisure — 0.8% | ||||||||
Sodexo SA | 201,990 | 15,169,514 | ||||||
Household Products — 1.2% | ||||||||
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA(2) | 139,880 | 7,927,447 | ||||||
Kimberly-Clark Corp. | 83,880 | 9,439,855 |
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Shares | Value | |||||||
Procter & Gamble Co. | 51,449 | $ | 6,495,436 | |||||
23,862,738 | ||||||||
Industrial Conglomerates — 3.4% | ||||||||
General Electric Co. | 720,198 | 44,587,458 | ||||||
Siemens AG | 214,880 | 21,002,983 | ||||||
65,590,441 | ||||||||
Insurance — 2.0% | ||||||||
Allstate Corp. | 129,390 | 16,112,936 | ||||||
Chubb Ltd. | 67,343 | 12,248,345 | ||||||
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. | 79,906 | 10,052,974 | ||||||
38,414,255 | ||||||||
Leisure Products — 0.5% | ||||||||
Mattel, Inc.(1) | 513,400 | 9,723,796 | ||||||
Machinery — 1.1% | ||||||||
IMI PLC | 974,146 | 12,046,377 | ||||||
Oshkosh Corp. | 123,760 | 8,699,090 | ||||||
20,745,467 | ||||||||
Metals and Mining — 0.7% | ||||||||
BHP Group Ltd. | 516,775 | 12,846,052 | ||||||
Multi-Utilities — 0.4% | ||||||||
Engie SA | 711,620 | 8,190,668 | ||||||
Multiline Retail — 1.1% | ||||||||
Dollar Tree, Inc.(1) | 158,890 | 21,624,929 | ||||||
Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels — 7.5% | ||||||||
Chevron Corp. | 204,014 | 29,310,691 | ||||||
ConocoPhillips | 173,463 | 17,752,203 | ||||||
Devon Energy Corp. | 209,720 | 12,610,464 | ||||||
EQT Corp. | 170,821 | 6,960,956 | ||||||
Exxon Mobil Corp. | 499,250 | 43,589,517 | ||||||
Shell PLC | 745,055 | 18,483,272 | ||||||
TotalEnergies SE | 350,554 | 16,446,082 | ||||||
145,153,185 | ||||||||
Paper and Forest Products — 0.7% | ||||||||
Mondi PLC | 893,555 | 13,727,173 | ||||||
Personal Products — 1.2% | ||||||||
Unilever PLC | 517,080 | 22,759,962 | ||||||
Pharmaceuticals — 9.2% | ||||||||
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | 289,590 | 20,586,953 | ||||||
Johnson & Johnson | 361,682 | 59,084,372 | ||||||
Merck & Co., Inc. | 372,882 | 32,112,598 | ||||||
Pfizer, Inc. | 732,003 | 32,032,451 | ||||||
Roche Holding AG | 47,420 | 15,436,755 | ||||||
Sanofi | 99,020 | 7,540,024 | ||||||
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., ADR(1) | 1,286,397 | 10,381,224 | ||||||
177,174,377 | ||||||||
Road and Rail — 1.1% | ||||||||
Heartland Express, Inc. | 1,459,861 | 20,890,611 | ||||||
Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment — 2.2% | ||||||||
Intel Corp. | 1,101,712 | 28,391,118 | ||||||
QUALCOMM, Inc. | 130,484 | 14,742,083 | ||||||
43,133,201 |
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Shares | Value | |||||||
Software — 1.7% | ||||||||
Open Text Corp. | 461,590 | $ | 12,204,439 | |||||
Oracle Corp. (New York) | 321,869 | 19,656,540 | ||||||
31,860,979 | ||||||||
Specialty Retail — 1.0% | ||||||||
Advance Auto Parts, Inc. | 128,046 | 20,018,712 | ||||||
Technology Hardware, Storage and Peripherals — 0.4% | ||||||||
HP, Inc. | 323,475 | 8,060,997 | ||||||
Textiles, Apparel and Luxury Goods — 1.3% | ||||||||
Ralph Lauren Corp. | 140,390 | 11,923,322 | ||||||
Tapestry, Inc. | 478,032 | 13,590,450 | ||||||
25,513,772 | ||||||||
Trading Companies and Distributors — 1.1% | ||||||||
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A | 277,899 | 20,233,826 | ||||||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $1,614,679,121) | 1,890,868,600 | |||||||
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 2.9% | ||||||||
Money Market Funds — 0.4% | ||||||||
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class | 94,591 | 94,591 | ||||||
State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio(3) | 8,826,278 | 8,826,278 | ||||||
8,920,869 | ||||||||
Repurchase Agreements — 2.5% | ||||||||
BMO Capital Markets Corp., (collateralized by various U.S. Treasury obligations, 0.625% - 4.625%, 1/15/25 - 5/15/47, valued at $8,087,710), in a joint trading account at 2.86%, dated 9/30/22, due 10/3/22 (Delivery value $7,952,130) | 7,950,235 | |||||||
Fixed Income Clearing Corp., (collateralized by various U.S. Treasury obligations, 1.00%, 7/31/28, valued at $40,572,575), at 2.95%, dated 9/30/22, due 10/3/22 (Delivery value $39,786,779) | 39,777,000 | |||||||
47,727,235 | ||||||||
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost $56,648,104) | 56,648,104 | |||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENT SECURITIES — 100.8% (Cost $1,671,327,225) | 1,947,516,704 | |||||||
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES — (0.8)% | (14,880,785) | |||||||
TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0% | $ | 1,932,635,919 |
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FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS | ||||||||||||||||||||
Currency Purchased | Currency Sold | Counterparty | Settlement Date | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | ||||||||||||||||
AUD | 682,143 | USD | 442,835 | Bank of America N.A. | 12/30/22 | $ | (5,799) | |||||||||||||
USD | 9,786,811 | AUD | 14,712,584 | Bank of America N.A. | 12/30/22 | 360,743 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 248,807 | AUD | 387,581 | Bank of America N.A. | 12/30/22 | 491 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 11,487,339 | CHF | 11,162,075 | Morgan Stanley | 12/30/22 | 69,715 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 424,608 | CHF | 412,554 | Morgan Stanley | 12/30/22 | 2,608 | ||||||||||||||
EUR | 3,899,731 | USD | 3,773,668 | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | 12/30/22 | 75,504 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 140,526,100 | EUR | 143,029,838 | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | 12/30/22 | (649,410) | ||||||||||||||
GBP | 1,290,119 | USD | 1,379,846 | Bank of America N.A. | 12/30/22 | 62,649 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 41,154,123 | GBP | 36,438,926 | Bank of America N.A. | 12/30/22 | 411,371 | ||||||||||||||
USD | 5,722,216 | JPY | 805,533,450 | Bank of America N.A. | 12/30/22 | 98,981 | ||||||||||||||
NOK | 2,823,013 | USD | 263,820 | UBS AG | 12/30/22 | (3,974) | ||||||||||||||
USD | 6,055,856 | NOK | 62,831,320 | UBS AG | 12/30/22 | 272,502 | ||||||||||||||
$ | 695,381 |
NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS | ||||||||
ADR | - | American Depositary Receipt | ||||||
AUD | - | Australian Dollar | ||||||
CHF | - | Swiss Franc | ||||||
EUR | - | Euro | ||||||
GBP | - | British Pound | ||||||
JPY | - | Japanese Yen | ||||||
NOK | - | Norwegian Krone | ||||||
USD | - | United States Dollar |
(1)Non-income producing.
(2)Security, or a portion thereof, is on loan. At the period end, the aggregate value of securities on loan was $8,324,390. The amount of securities on loan indicated may not correspond with the securities on loan identified because securities with pending sales are in the process of recall from the brokers.
(3)Investment of cash collateral from securities on loan. At the period end, the aggregate value of the collateral held by the fund was $8,826,278.
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities |
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 (UNAUDITED) | |||||
Assets | |||||
Investment securities, at value (cost of $1,662,500,947) — including $8,324,390 of securities on loan | $ | 1,938,690,426 | |||
Investment made with cash collateral received for securities on loan, at value (cost of $8,826,278) | 8,826,278 | ||||
Total investment securities, at value (cost of $1,671,327,225) | 1,947,516,704 | ||||
Receivable for investments sold | 3,532,086 | ||||
Receivable for capital shares sold | 1,083,341 | ||||
Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts | 1,354,564 | ||||
Dividends and interest receivable | 4,395,748 | ||||
Securities lending receivable | 5,001 | ||||
1,957,887,444 | |||||
Liabilities | |||||
Payable for collateral received for securities on loan | 8,826,278 | ||||
Payable for investments purchased | 6,708,246 | ||||
Payable for capital shares redeemed | 7,230,389 | ||||
Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts | 659,183 | ||||
Accrued management fees | 1,585,994 | ||||
Distribution and service fees payable | 111,430 | ||||
Accrued other expenses | 130,005 | ||||
25,251,525 | |||||
Net Assets | $ | 1,932,635,919 | |||
Net Assets Consist of: | |||||
Capital (par value and paid-in surplus) | $ | 1,470,056,115 | |||
Distributable earnings | 462,579,804 | ||||
$ | 1,932,635,919 |
Net Assets | Shares Outstanding | Net Asset Value Per Share* | |||||||||
Investor Class, $0.01 Par Value | $1,073,538,069 | 140,173,124 | $7.66 | ||||||||
I Class, $0.01 Par Value | $414,214,582 | 53,947,235 | $7.68 | ||||||||
Y Class, $0.01 Par Value | $96,056,601 | 12,508,271 | $7.68 | ||||||||
A Class, $0.01 Par Value | $56,438,495 | 7,379,236 | $7.65 | ||||||||
C Class, $0.01 Par Value | $8,169,951 | 1,091,780 | $7.48 | ||||||||
R Class, $0.01 Par Value | $208,291,906 | 27,209,508 | $7.66 | ||||||||
R5 Class, $0.01 Par Value | $2,269,660 | 295,692 | $7.68 | ||||||||
R6 Class, $0.01 Par Value | $73,656,655 | 9,590,284 | $7.68 |
*Maximum offering price per share was equal to the net asset value per share for all share classes, except Class A, for which the maximum offering price per share was $8.12 (net asset value divided by 0.9425). A contingent deferred sales charge may be imposed on redemptions of Class A and Class C.
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statement of Operations |
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 (UNAUDITED) | |||||
Investment Income (Loss) | |||||
Income: | |||||
Dividends (net of foreign taxes withheld of $718,423) | $ | 34,172,443 | |||
Interest | 522,347 | ||||
Securities lending, net | 66,189 | ||||
34,760,979 | |||||
Expenses: | |||||
Management fees | 10,253,740 | ||||
Distribution and service fees: | |||||
A Class | 80,978 | ||||
C Class | 45,767 | ||||
R Class | 588,652 | ||||
Directors' fees and expenses | 34,767 | ||||
Other expenses | 420,539 | ||||
11,424,443 | |||||
Net investment income (loss) | 23,336,536 | ||||
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | |||||
Net realized gain (loss) on: | |||||
Investment transactions | 83,112,017 | ||||
Forward foreign currency exchange contract transactions | 30,743,280 | ||||
Foreign currency translation transactions | (297,884) | ||||
113,557,413 | |||||
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | |||||
Investments | (500,468,033) | ||||
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts | 921,294 | ||||
Translation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies | (63,064) | ||||
(499,609,803) | |||||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | (386,052,390) | ||||
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations | $ | (362,715,854) |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets |
SIX MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 (UNAUDITED) AND YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 2022 | ||||||||
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | September 30, 2022 | March 31, 2022 | ||||||
Operations | ||||||||
Net investment income (loss) | $ | 23,336,536 | $ | 37,592,317 | ||||
Net realized gain (loss) | 113,557,413 | 390,990,005 | ||||||
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | (499,609,803) | (137,049,213) | ||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | (362,715,854) | 291,533,109 | ||||||
Distributions to Shareholders | ||||||||
From earnings: | ||||||||
Investor Class | (12,000,560) | (161,082,877) | ||||||
I Class | (5,110,696) | (67,705,351) | ||||||
Y Class | (1,273,453) | (15,323,017) | ||||||
A Class | (562,512) | (8,557,994) | ||||||
C Class | (48,163) | (1,151,149) | ||||||
R Class | (1,756,912) | (29,698,860) | ||||||
R5 Class | (26,834) | (318,549) | ||||||
R6 Class | (1,059,854) | (12,133,497) | ||||||
Decrease in net assets from distributions | (21,838,984) | (295,971,294) | ||||||
Capital Share Transactions | ||||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from capital share transactions (Note 5) | (84,904,130) | (203,075,147) | ||||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets | (469,458,968) | (207,513,332) | ||||||
Net Assets | ||||||||
Beginning of period | 2,402,094,887 | 2,609,608,219 | ||||||
End of period | $ | 1,932,635,919 | $ | 2,402,094,887 |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements |
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 (UNAUDITED)
1. Organization
American Century Capital Portfolios, Inc. (the corporation) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company and is organized as a Maryland corporation. Value Fund (the fund) is one fund in a series issued by the corporation. The fund’s investment objective is to seek long-term capital growth. Income is a secondary objective.
The fund offers the Investor Class, I Class, Y Class, A Class, C Class, R Class, R5 Class and R6 Class. The A Class may incur an initial sales charge. The A Class and C Class may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge.
2. Significant Accounting Policies
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the fund in preparation of its financial statements. The fund is an investment company and follows accounting and reporting guidance in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. This may require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from these estimates. Management evaluated the impact of events or transactions occurring through the date the financial statements were issued that would merit recognition or disclosure.
Investment Valuations — The fund determines the fair value of its investments and computes its net asset value (NAV) per share at the close of regular trading (usually 4 p.m. Eastern time) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on each day the NYSE is open. The value of investments of the fund is determined by American Century Investment Management, Inc. (ACIM) (the investment advisor), as the valuation designee, pursuant to its valuation policies and procedures. The Board of Directors oversees the valuation designee and reviews its valuation policies and procedures at least annually.
Equity securities that are listed or traded on a domestic securities exchange are valued at the last reported sales price or at the official closing price as provided by the exchange. Equity securities traded on foreign securities exchanges are generally valued at the closing price of such securities on the exchange where primarily traded or at the close of the NYSE, if that is earlier. If no last sales price is reported, or if local convention or regulation so provides, the mean of the latest bid and asked prices may be used. Securities traded over-the-counter are valued at the mean of the latest bid and asked prices, the last sales price, or the official closing price. Equity securities initially expressed in local currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the mean of the appropriate currency exchange rate at the close of the NYSE as provided by an independent pricing service.
Open-end management investment companies are valued at the reported NAV per share. Repurchase agreements are valued at cost, which approximates fair value. Forward foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the mean of the appropriate forward exchange rate at the close of the NYSE as provided by an independent pricing service.
If the valuation designee determines that the market price for a portfolio security is not readily available or is believed by the valuation designee to be unreliable, such security is valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the valuation designee, in accordance with its policies and procedures. Circumstances that may cause the fund to determine that market quotations are not available or reliable include, but are not limited to: when there is a significant event subsequent to the market quotation; trading in a security has been halted during the trading day; or trading in a security is insufficient or did not take place due to a closure or holiday.
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The valuation designee monitors for significant events occurring after the close of an investment’s primary exchange but before the fund’s NAV per share is determined. Significant events may include, but are not limited to: corporate announcements and transactions; regulatory news, governmental action and political unrest that could impact a specific investment or an investment sector; or armed conflicts, natural disasters and similar events that could affect investments in a specific country or region. The valuation designee also monitors for significant fluctuations between domestic and foreign markets, as evidenced by the U.S. market or such other indicators that it deems appropriate. The valuation designee may apply a model-derived factor to the closing price of equity securities traded on foreign securities exchanges. The factor is based on observable market data as provided by an independent pricing service.
Security Transactions — Security transactions are accounted for as of the trade date. Net realized gains and losses are determined on the identified cost basis, which is also used for federal income tax purposes.
Investment Income — Dividend income less foreign taxes withheld, if any, is recorded as of the ex-dividend date. Distributions received on securities that represent a return of capital or long-term capital gain are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. The fund may estimate the components of distributions received that may be considered nontaxable distributions or long-term capital gain distributions for income tax purposes. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis and includes accretion of discounts and amortization of premiums. Securities lending income is net of fees and rebates earned by the lending agent for its services.
Foreign Currency Translations — All assets and liabilities initially expressed in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at prevailing exchange rates at period end. The fund may enter into spot foreign currency exchange contracts to facilitate transactions denominated in a foreign currency. Purchases and sales of investment securities, dividend and interest income, spot foreign currency exchange contracts, and expenses are translated at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. Net realized and unrealized foreign currency exchange gains or losses related to investment securities are a component of net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, respectively.
Repurchase Agreements — The fund may enter into repurchase agreements with institutions that ACIM has determined are creditworthy pursuant to criteria adopted by the Board of Directors. The fund requires that the collateral, represented by securities, received in a repurchase transaction be transferred to the custodian in a manner sufficient to enable the fund to obtain those securities in the event of a default under the repurchase agreement. ACIM monitors, on a daily basis, the securities transferred to ensure the value, including accrued interest, of the securities under each repurchase agreement is equal to or greater than amounts owed to the fund under each repurchase agreement.
Joint Trading Account — Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the fund, along with certain other funds in the American Century Investments family of funds, may transfer uninvested cash balances into a joint trading account. These balances are invested in one or more repurchase agreements that are collateralized by U.S. Treasury or Agency obligations.
Segregated Assets — In accordance with the 1940 Act, the fund segregates assets on its books and records to cover certain types of investment securities and other financial instruments. ACIM monitors, on a daily basis, the securities segregated to ensure the fund designates a sufficient amount of liquid assets, marked-to-market daily. The fund may also receive assets or be required to pledge assets at the custodian bank or with a broker for collateral requirements.
Income Tax Status — It is the fund’s policy to distribute substantially all net investment income and net realized gains to shareholders and to otherwise qualify as a regulated investment company under provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Accordingly, no provision has been made for income taxes. The fund files U.S. federal, state, local and non-U.S. tax returns as applicable. The fund's tax returns are subject to examination by the relevant taxing authority until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, which is generally three years from the date of filing but can be longer in certain jurisdictions. At this time, management believes there are no uncertain tax positions which, based on their technical merit, would not be sustained upon examination and for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months.
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Multiple Class — All shares of the fund represent an equal pro rata interest in the net assets of the class to which such shares belong, and have identical voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights and the same terms and conditions, except for class specific expenses and exclusive rights to vote on matters affecting only individual classes. Income, non-class specific expenses, and realized and unrealized capital gains and losses of the fund are allocated to each class of shares based on their relative net assets.
Distributions to Shareholders — Distributions from net investment income, if any, are generally declared and paid quarterly. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are generally declared and paid annually. The fund may elect to treat a portion of its payment to a redeeming shareholder, which represents the pro rata share of undistributed net investment income and net realized gains, as a distribution for federal income tax purposes (tax equalization).
Indemnifications — Under the corporation’s organizational documents, its officers and directors are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the fund. In addition, in the normal course of business, the fund enters into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against a fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered by management to be remote.
Securities Lending — Securities are lent to qualified financial institutions and brokers. State Street Bank & Trust Co. serves as securities lending agent to the fund pursuant to a Securities Lending Agreement. The lending of securities exposes the fund to risks such as: the borrowers may fail to return the loaned securities, the borrowers may not be able to provide additional collateral, the fund may experience delays in recovery of the loaned securities or delays in access to collateral, or the fund may experience losses related to the investment collateral. To minimize certain risks, loan counterparties pledge collateral in the form of cash and/or securities. The lending agent has agreed to indemnify the fund in the case of default of any securities borrowed. Cash collateral received is invested in the State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio, a money market mutual fund registered under the 1940 Act. The loans may also be secured by U.S. government securities in an amount at least equal to the market value of the securities loaned, plus accrued interest and dividends, determined on a daily basis and adjusted accordingly. By lending securities, the fund seeks to increase its net investment income through the receipt of interest and fees. Such income is reflected separately within the Statement of Operations. The value of loaned securities and related collateral outstanding at period end, if any, are shown on a gross basis within the Schedule of Investments and Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
The following table reflects a breakdown of transactions accounted for as secured borrowings, the gross obligation by the type of collateral pledged, and the remaining contractual maturity of those transactions as of September 30, 2022.
Remaining Contractual Maturity of Agreements | |||||||||||||||||
Overnight and Continuous | <30 days | Between 30 & 90 days | >90 days | Total | |||||||||||||
Securities Lending Transactions(1) | |||||||||||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 8,826,278 | — | — | — | $ | 8,826,278 | ||||||||||
Gross amount of recognized liabilities for securities lending transactions | $ | 8,826,278 |
(1)Amount represents the payable for cash collateral received for securities on loan. This will generally be in the Overnight and Continuous column as the securities are typically callable on demand.
3. Fees and Transactions with Related Parties
Certain officers and directors of the corporation are also officers and/or directors of American Century Companies, Inc. (ACC). The corporation’s investment advisor, ACIM, the corporation's distributor, American Century Investment Services, Inc. (ACIS), and the corporation’s transfer agent, American Century Services, LLC, are wholly owned, directly or indirectly, by ACC.
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Management Fees — The corporation has entered into a management agreement with ACIM, under which ACIM provides the fund with investment advisory and management services in exchange for a single, unified management fee (the fee) per class. The agreement provides that ACIM will pay all expenses of managing and operating the fund, except brokerage expenses, taxes, interest, fees and expenses of the independent directors (including legal counsel fees), extraordinary expenses, and expenses incurred in connection with the provision of shareholder services and distribution services under a plan adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. The fee is computed and accrued daily based on each class's daily net assets and paid monthly in arrears. The difference in the fee among the classes is a result of their separate arrangements for non-Rule 12b-1 shareholder services. It is not the result of any difference in advisory or custodial fees or other expenses related to the management of the fund's assets, which do not vary by class. The rate of the fee is determined by applying a fee rate calculation formula. This formula takes into account the fund's assets as well as certain assets, if any, of other clients of the investment advisor outside the American Century Investments family of funds (such as subadvised funds and separate accounts), as well as exchange-traded funds managed by the investment advisor, that use very similar investment teams and strategies (strategy assets).
The management fee schedule range and the effective annual management fee for each class for the period ended September 30, 2022 are as follows:
Management Fee Schedule Range | Effective Annual Management Fee | |||||||
Investor Class | 0.85% to 1.00% | 1.00% | ||||||
I Class | 0.65% to 0.80% | 0.80% | ||||||
Y Class | 0.50% to 0.65% | 0.65% | ||||||
A Class | 0.85% to 1.00% | 1.00% | ||||||
C Class | 0.85% to 1.00% | 1.00% | ||||||
R Class | 0.85% to 1.00% | 1.00% | ||||||
R5 Class | 0.65% to 0.80% | 0.80% | ||||||
R6 Class | 0.50% to 0.65% | 0.65% |
Distribution and Service Fees — The Board of Directors has adopted a separate Master Distribution and Individual Shareholder Services Plan for each of the A Class, C Class and R Class (collectively the plans), pursuant to Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act. The plans provide that the A Class will pay ACIS an annual distribution and service fee of 0.25%. The plans provide that the C Class will pay ACIS an annual distribution and service fee of 1.00%, of which 0.25% is paid for individual shareholder services and 0.75% is paid for distribution services. The plans provide that the R Class will pay ACIS an annual distribution and service fee of 0.50%. The fees are computed and accrued daily based on each class’s daily net assets and paid monthly in arrears. The fees are used to pay financial intermediaries for distribution and individual shareholder services. Fees incurred under the plans during the period ended September 30, 2022 are detailed in the Statement of Operations.
Directors' Fees and Expenses — The Board of Directors is responsible for overseeing the investment advisor’s management and operations of the fund. The directors receive detailed information about the fund and its investment advisor regularly throughout the year, and meet at least quarterly with management of the investment advisor to review reports about fund operations. The fund’s officers do not receive compensation from the fund.
Other Expenses — The fund’s other expenses may include interest charges, clearing exchange fees, proxy solicitation expenses, fees associated with the recovery of foreign tax reclaims and other miscellaneous expenses. The impact of other expenses to the annualized ratio of operating expenses to average net assets was 0.04% for the period ended September 30, 2022.
Interfund Transactions — The fund may enter into security transactions with other American Century Investments funds and other client accounts of the investment advisor, in accordance with the 1940 Act rules and procedures adopted by the Board of Directors. The rules and procedures require, among other things, that these transactions be effected at the independent current market price of the security. During the period, the interfund purchases and sales were $623,789 and $1,253,147, respectively. The effect of interfund transactions on the Statement of Operations was $(114,996) in net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions.
4. Investment Transactions
Purchases and sales of investment securities, excluding short-term investments, for the period ended September 30, 2022 were $474,604,175 and $518,568,584, respectively.
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5. Capital Share Transactions
Transactions in shares of the fund were as follows:
Six months ended September 30, 2022 | Year ended March 31, 2022 | |||||||||||||
Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | |||||||||||
Investor Class/Shares Authorized | 1,350,000,000 | 1,350,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 5,153,549 | $ | 44,915,817 | 13,559,184 | $ | 128,574,461 | ||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 1,418,056 | 11,554,497 | 17,680,147 | 155,206,819 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (9,350,496) | (79,889,636) | (54,760,353) | (529,042,949) | ||||||||||
(2,778,891) | (23,419,322) | (23,521,022) | (245,261,669) | |||||||||||
I Class/Shares Authorized | 400,000,000 | 400,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 2,941,487 | 25,364,586 | 4,660,313 | 44,504,194 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 620,141 | 5,068,068 | 7,604,075 | 67,010,969 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (6,285,713) | (54,747,080) | (12,251,204) | (115,844,231) | ||||||||||
(2,724,085) | (24,314,426) | 13,184 | (4,329,068) | |||||||||||
Y Class/Shares Authorized | 130,000,000 | 130,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 602,887 | 5,177,449 | 6,719,308 | 63,586,908 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 139,691 | 1,141,613 | 1,521,680 | 13,435,978 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (2,252,057) | (19,319,827) | (7,138,696) | (69,231,624) | ||||||||||
(1,509,479) | (13,000,765) | 1,102,292 | 7,791,262 | |||||||||||
A Class/Shares Authorized | 60,000,000 | 60,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 467,105 | 4,017,066 | 1,631,731 | 15,351,982 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 63,656 | 518,020 | 880,127 | 7,709,724 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (792,060) | (6,715,369) | (2,031,837) | (19,138,683) | ||||||||||
(261,299) | (2,180,283) | 480,021 | 3,923,023 | |||||||||||
C Class/Shares Authorized | 20,000,000 | 20,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 107,217 | 906,050 | 254,435 | 2,393,777 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 5,981 | 47,610 | 132,544 | 1,133,934 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (126,061) | (1,069,070) | (291,412) | (2,706,195) | ||||||||||
(12,863) | (115,410) | 95,567 | 821,516 | |||||||||||
R Class/Shares Authorized | 175,000,000 | 175,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 630,756 | 5,405,578 | 1,486,468 | 14,108,754 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 215,801 | 1,756,912 | 3,389,739 | 29,698,860 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (1,433,997) | (12,391,317) | (2,539,300) | (24,001,845) | ||||||||||
(587,440) | (5,228,827) | 2,336,907 | 19,805,769 | |||||||||||
R5 Class/Shares Authorized | 20,000,000 | 20,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 14,631 | 125,176 | 32,133 | 310,289 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 3,287 | 26,834 | 36,178 | 318,549 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (7,443) | (63,078) | (27,469) | (263,806) | ||||||||||
10,475 | 88,932 | 40,842 | 365,032 | |||||||||||
R6 Class/Shares Authorized | 125,000,000 | 125,000,000 | ||||||||||||
Sold | 1,350,588 | 11,504,444 | 3,922,544 | 36,833,008 | ||||||||||
Issued in reinvestment of distributions | 127,551 | 1,042,386 | 1,366,401 | 12,049,360 | ||||||||||
Redeemed | (3,539,120) | (29,280,859) | (3,671,920) | (35,073,380) | ||||||||||
(2,060,981) | (16,734,029) | 1,617,025 | 13,808,988 | |||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) | (9,924,563) | $ | (84,904,130) | (17,835,184) | $ | (203,075,147) |
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6. Fair Value Measurements
The fund’s investments valuation process is based on several considerations and may use multiple inputs to determine the fair value of the investments held by the fund. In conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, the inputs used to determine a valuation are classified into three broad levels.
•Level 1 valuation inputs consist of unadjusted quoted prices in an active market for identical investments.
•Level 2 valuation inputs consist of direct or indirect observable market data (including quoted prices for comparable investments, evaluations of subsequent market events, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.). These inputs also consist of quoted prices for identical investments initially expressed in local currencies that are adjusted through translation into U.S. dollars.
•Level 3 valuation inputs consist of unobservable data (including a fund’s own assumptions).
The level classification is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair valuation measurement. The valuation inputs are not necessarily an indication of the risks associated with investing in these securities or other financial instruments.
The following is a summary of the level classifications as of period end. The Schedule of Investments provides additional information on the fund’s portfolio holdings.
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | |||||||||
Assets | |||||||||||
Investment Securities | |||||||||||
Common Stocks | |||||||||||
Aerospace and Defense | $ | 21,160,810 | $ | 16,051,758 | — | ||||||
Auto Components | 19,651,125 | 6,784,445 | — | ||||||||
Chemicals | — | 9,580,055 | — | ||||||||
Electrical Equipment | 31,539,735 | 10,003,087 | — | ||||||||
Electronic Equipment, Instruments and Components | — | 7,211,908 | — | ||||||||
Food and Staples Retailing | — | 25,710,222 | — | ||||||||
Food Products | 40,583,085 | 29,084,497 | — | ||||||||
Hotels, Restaurants and Leisure | — | 15,169,514 | — | ||||||||
Household Products | 15,935,291 | 7,927,447 | — | ||||||||
Industrial Conglomerates | 44,587,458 | 21,002,983 | — | ||||||||
Machinery | 8,699,090 | 12,046,377 | — | ||||||||
Metals and Mining | — | 12,846,052 | — | ||||||||
Multi-Utilities | — | 8,190,668 | — | ||||||||
Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels | 110,223,831 | 34,929,354 | — | ||||||||
Paper and Forest Products | — | 13,727,173 | — | ||||||||
Personal Products | — | 22,759,962 | — | ||||||||
Pharmaceuticals | 154,197,598 | 22,976,779 | — | ||||||||
Other Industries | 1,168,288,296 | — | — | ||||||||
Short-Term Investments | 8,920,869 | 47,727,235 | — | ||||||||
$ | 1,623,787,188 | $ | 323,729,516 | — | |||||||
Other Financial Instruments | |||||||||||
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | — | $ | 1,354,564 | — | |||||||
Liabilities | |||||||||||
Other Financial Instruments | |||||||||||
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts | — | $ | 659,183 | — |
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7. Derivative Instruments
Foreign Currency Risk — The fund is subject to foreign currency exchange rate risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. The value of foreign investments held by a fund may be significantly affected by changes in foreign currency exchange rates. The dollar value of a foreign security generally decreases when the value of the dollar rises against the foreign currency in which the security is denominated and tends to increase when the value of the dollar declines against such foreign currency. A fund may enter into forward foreign currency exchange contracts to reduce a fund's exposure to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations. The net U.S. dollar value of foreign currency underlying all contractual commitments held by a fund and the resulting unrealized appreciation or depreciation are determined daily. Realized gain or loss is recorded upon settlement of the contract. Net realized and unrealized gains or losses occurring during the holding period of forward foreign currency exchange contracts are a component of net realized gain (loss) on forward foreign currency exchange contract transactions and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on forward foreign currency exchange contracts, respectively. A fund bears the risk of an unfavorable change in the foreign currency exchange rate underlying the forward contract. Additionally, losses, up to the fair value, may arise if the counterparties do not perform under the contract terms. The fund's average U.S. dollar exposure to foreign currency risk derivative instruments held during the period was $250,913,927.
The value of foreign currency risk derivative instruments as of September 30, 2022, is disclosed on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset of $1,354,564 in unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts and a liability of $659,183 in unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency exchange contracts. For the six months ended September 30, 2022, the effect of foreign currency risk derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations was $30,743,280 in net realized gain (loss) on forward foreign currency exchange contract transactions and $921,294 in change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on forward foreign currency exchange contracts.
8. Risk Factors
The value of the fund’s shares will go up and down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, based on the performance of the securities owned by the fund and other factors generally affecting the securities market. Market risks, including political, regulatory, economic and social developments, can affect the value of the fund’s investments. Natural disasters, public health emergencies, war, terrorism and other unforeseeable events may lead to increased market volatility and may have adverse long-term effects on world economies and markets generally.
There are certain risks involved in investing in foreign securities. These risks include those resulting from political events (such as civil unrest, national elections and imposition of exchange controls), social and economic events (such as labor strikes and rising inflation), and natural disasters. Securities of foreign issuers may be less liquid and more volatile. Investing a significant portion of assets in one country or region may accentuate these risks.
9. Federal Tax Information
The book-basis character of distributions made during the year from net investment income or net realized gains may differ from their ultimate characterization for federal income tax purposes. These differences reflect the differing character of certain income items and net realized gains and losses for financial statement and tax purposes, and may result in reclassification among certain capital accounts on the financial statements.
As of period end, the components of investments for federal income tax purposes were as follows:
Federal tax cost of investments | $ | 1,737,163,024 | |||
Gross tax appreciation of investments | $ | 348,716,900 | |||
Gross tax depreciation of investments | (138,363,220) | ||||
Net tax appreciation (depreciation) of investments | $ | 210,353,680 |
The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales.
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Financial Highlights |
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Years Ended March 31 (except as noted) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Per-Share Data | Ratios and Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income From Investment Operations: | Distributions From: | Ratio to Average Net Assets of: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | Net Investment Income (Loss)(1) | Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | Total From Investment Operations | Net Investment Income | Net Realized Gains | Total Distributions | Net Asset Value, End of Period | Total Return(2) | Operating Expenses | Net Investment Income (Loss) | Portfolio Turnover Rate | Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Investor Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022(3) | $9.16 | 0.09 | (1.50) | (1.41) | (0.09) | — | (0.09) | $7.66 | (15.50)% | 1.04%(4) | 2.09%(4) | 22% | $1,073,538 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $9.32 | 0.14 | 0.94 | 1.08 | (0.15) | (1.09) | (1.24) | $9.16 | 12.26% | 1.01% | 1.52% | 41% | $1,309,198 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $5.92 | 0.14 | 3.55 | 3.69 | (0.15) | (0.14) | (0.29) | $9.32 | 63.17% | 1.00% | 1.88% | 53% | $1,550,992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $8.10 | 0.15 | (1.60) | (1.45) | (0.14) | (0.59) | (0.73) | $5.92 | (19.92)% | 1.00% | 1.90% | 46% | $1,373,039 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $8.65 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 0.30 | (0.14) | (0.71) | (0.85) | $8.10 | 4.01% | 0.98% | 1.70% | 48% | $1,845,967 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | $8.98 | 0.14 | 0.17 | 0.31 | (0.13) | (0.51) | (0.64) | $8.65 | 3.38% | 0.98% | 1.59% | 35% | $2,043,212 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
I Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022(3) | $9.18 | 0.10 | (1.51) | (1.41) | (0.09) | — | (0.09) | $7.68 | (15.38)% | 0.84%(4) | 2.29%(4) | 22% | $414,215 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $9.34 | 0.16 | 0.94 | 1.10 | (0.17) | (1.09) | (1.26) | $9.18 | 12.44% | 0.81% | 1.72% | 41% | $520,321 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $5.94 | 0.16 | 3.54 | 3.70 | (0.16) | (0.14) | (0.30) | $9.34 | 63.29% | 0.80% | 2.08% | 53% | $529,024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $8.12 | 0.17 | (1.60) | (1.43) | (0.16) | (0.59) | (0.75) | $5.94 | (19.71)% | 0.80% | 2.10% | 46% | $152,349 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $8.67 | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.31 | (0.15) | (0.71) | (0.86) | $8.12 | 4.21% | 0.78% | 1.90% | 48% | $313,183 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | $9.00 | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.33 | (0.15) | (0.51) | (0.66) | $8.67 | 3.58% | 0.78% | 1.79% | 35% | $648,241 |
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Years Ended March 31 (except as noted) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Per-Share Data | Ratios and Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income From Investment Operations: | Distributions From: | Ratio to Average Net Assets of: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | Net Investment Income (Loss)(1) | Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | Total From Investment Operations | Net Investment Income | Net Realized Gains | Total Distributions | Net Asset Value, End of Period | Total Return(2) | Operating Expenses | Net Investment Income (Loss) | Portfolio Turnover Rate | Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Y Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022(3) | $9.18 | 0.11 | (1.51) | (1.40) | (0.10) | — | (0.10) | $7.68 | (15.32)% | 0.69%(4) | 2.44%(4) | 22% | $96,057 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $9.34 | 0.18 | 0.93 | 1.11 | (0.18) | (1.09) | (1.27) | $9.18 | 12.61% | 0.66% | 1.87% | 41% | $128,721 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $5.94 | 0.17 | 3.55 | 3.72 | (0.18) | (0.14) | (0.32) | $9.34 | 63.54% | 0.65% | 2.23% | 53% | $120,607 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $8.12 | 0.18 | (1.60) | (1.42) | (0.17) | (0.59) | (0.76) | $5.94 | (19.60)% | 0.65% | 2.25% | 46% | $44,963 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $8.67 | 0.19 | 0.14 | 0.33 | (0.17) | (0.71) | (0.88) | $8.12 | 4.36% | 0.63% | 2.05% | 48% | $307,792 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018(5) | $8.98 | 0.19 | 0.17 | 0.36 | (0.16) | (0.51) | (0.67) | $8.67 | 3.94% | 0.63%(4) | 2.15%(4) | 35%(6) | $1,038 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022(3) | $9.15 | 0.08 | (1.51) | (1.43) | (0.07) | — | (0.07) | $7.65 | (15.62)% | 1.29%(4) | 1.84%(4) | 22% | $56,438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $9.31 | 0.12 | 0.93 | 1.05 | (0.12) | (1.09) | (1.21) | $9.15 | 12.00% | 1.26% | 1.27% | 41% | $69,880 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $5.92 | 0.12 | 3.54 | 3.66 | (0.13) | (0.14) | (0.27) | $9.31 | 62.58% | 1.25% | 1.63% | 53% | $66,639 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $8.09 | 0.13 | (1.59) | (1.46) | (0.12) | (0.59) | (0.71) | $5.92 | (20.01)% | 1.25% | 1.65% | 46% | $49,497 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $8.65 | 0.12 | 0.15 | 0.27 | (0.12) | (0.71) | (0.83) | $8.09 | 3.63% | 1.23% | 1.45% | 48% | $80,120 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | $8.98 | 0.12 | 0.17 | 0.29 | (0.11) | (0.51) | (0.62) | $8.65 | 3.13% | 1.23% | 1.34% | 35% | $116,377 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
C Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022(3) | $8.95 | 0.05 | (1.48) | (1.43) | (0.04) | — | (0.04) | $7.48 | (15.96)% | 2.04%(4) | 1.09%(4) | 22% | $8,170 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $9.13 | 0.05 | 0.91 | 0.96 | (0.05) | (1.09) | (1.14) | $8.95 | 11.15% | 2.01% | 0.52% | 41% | $9,886 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $5.81 | 0.07 | 3.46 | 3.53 | (0.07) | (0.14) | (0.21) | $9.13 | 61.27% | 2.00% | 0.88% | 53% | $9,212 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $7.95 | 0.07 | (1.56) | (1.49) | (0.06) | (0.59) | (0.65) | $5.81 | (20.58)% | 2.00% | 0.90% | 46% | $10,340 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $8.51 | 0.06 | 0.14 | 0.20 | (0.05) | (0.71) | (0.76) | $7.95 | 2.92% | 1.98% | 0.70% | 48% | $20,369 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | $8.84 | 0.05 | 0.17 | 0.22 | (0.04) | (0.51) | (0.55) | $8.51 | 2.40% | 1.98% | 0.59% | 35% | $28,948 |
For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Years Ended March 31 (except as noted) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Per-Share Data | Ratios and Supplemental Data | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income From Investment Operations: | Distributions From: | Ratio to Average Net Assets of: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | Net Investment Income (Loss)(1) | Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) | Total From Investment Operations | Net Investment Income | Net Realized Gains | Total Distributions | Net Asset Value, End of Period | Total Return(2) | Operating Expenses | Net Investment Income (Loss) | Portfolio Turnover Rate | Net Assets, End of Period (in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
R Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022(3) | $9.15 | 0.07 | (1.50) | (1.43) | (0.06) | — | (0.06) | $7.66 | (15.73)% | 1.54%(4) | 1.59%(4) | 22% | $208,292 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $9.31 | 0.10 | 0.93 | 1.03 | (0.10) | (1.09) | (1.19) | $9.15 | 11.70% | 1.51% | 1.02% | 41% | $254,460 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $5.92 | 0.10 | 3.54 | 3.64 | (0.11) | (0.14) | (0.25) | $9.31 | 62.15% | 1.50% | 1.38% | 53% | $237,129 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $8.10 | 0.11 | (1.60) | (1.49) | (0.10) | (0.59) | (0.69) | $5.92 | (20.31)% | 1.50% | 1.40% | 46% | $146,876 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $8.65 | 0.10 | 0.15 | 0.25 | (0.09) | (0.71) | (0.80) | $8.10 | 3.50% | 1.48% | 1.20% | 48% | $175,855 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | $8.98 | 0.10 | 0.16 | 0.26 | (0.08) | (0.51) | (0.59) | $8.65 | 2.87% | 1.48% | 1.09% | 35% | $158,220 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
R5 Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022(3) | $9.18 | 0.10 | (1.51) | (1.41) | (0.09) | — | (0.09) | $7.68 | (15.38)% | 0.84%(4) | 2.29%(4) | 22% | $2,270 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $9.34 | 0.16 | 0.94 | 1.10 | (0.17) | (1.09) | (1.26) | $9.18 | 12.45% | 0.81% | 1.72% | 41% | $2,618 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $5.94 | 0.16 | 3.54 | 3.70 | (0.16) | (0.14) | (0.30) | $9.34 | 63.29% | 0.80% | 2.08% | 53% | $2,281 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $8.12 | 0.17 | (1.60) | (1.43) | (0.16) | (0.59) | (0.75) | $5.94 | (19.71)% | 0.80% | 2.10% | 46% | $1,324 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $8.67 | 0.18 | 0.13 | 0.31 | (0.15) | (0.71) | (0.86) | $8.12 | 4.21% | 0.78% | 1.90% | 48% | $1,692 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018(5) | $8.98 | 0.16 | 0.19 | 0.35 | (0.15) | (0.51) | (0.66) | $8.67 | 3.80% | 0.78%(4) | 1.78%(4) | 35%(6) | $5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2022(3) | $9.18 | 0.11 | (1.51) | (1.40) | (0.10) | — | (0.10) | $7.68 | (15.32)% | 0.69%(4) | 2.44%(4) | 22% | $73,657 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | $9.34 | 0.18 | 0.93 | 1.11 | (0.18) | (1.09) | (1.27) | $9.18 | 12.61% | 0.66% | 1.87% | 41% | $107,011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | $5.94 | 0.17 | 3.55 | 3.72 | (0.18) | (0.14) | (0.32) | $9.34 | 63.54% | 0.65% | 2.23% | 53% | $93,724 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | $8.12 | 0.18 | (1.60) | (1.42) | (0.17) | (0.59) | (0.76) | $5.94 | (19.59)% | 0.65% | 2.25% | 46% | $120,598 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | $8.67 | 0.18 | 0.15 | 0.33 | (0.17) | (0.71) | (0.88) | $8.12 | 4.36% | 0.63% | 2.05% | 48% | $234,991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | $9.00 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.34 | (0.16) | (0.51) | (0.67) | $8.67 | 3.74% | 0.63% | 1.94% | 35% | $200,518 |
Notes to Financial Highlights |
(1)Computed using average shares outstanding throughout the period.
(2)Total returns are calculated based on the net asset value of the last business day and do not reflect applicable sales charges, if any. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.
(3)Six months ended September 30, 2022 (unaudited).
(4)Annualized.
(5)April 10, 2017 (commencement of sale) through March 31, 2018.
(6)Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level. Percentage indicated was calculated for the year ended March 31, 2018.
See Notes to Financial Statements.
Approval of Management Agreement |
At a meeting held on June 29, 2022, the Fund’s Board of Directors (the "Board") unanimously approved the renewal of the management agreement pursuant to which American Century Investment Management, Inc. (the “Advisor”) acts as the investment advisor for the Fund. Under Section 15(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Investment Company Act”), contracts for investment advisory services are required to be reviewed, evaluated, and approved by a majority of a fund’s Directors, including a majority of the independent Directors, each year.
Prior to its consideration of the renewal of the management agreement, the Directors requested and reviewed data and information compiled by the Advisor and certain independent data providers concerning the Fund. This review was in addition to the oversight and evaluation undertaken by the Board and its committees on a continual basis and the information received was supplemental to the information that the Board and its committees receive and consider throughout the year.
In connection with its consideration of the renewal of the management agreement, the Board’s review and evaluation of the services provided by the Advisor and its affiliates included, but was not limited to, the following:
•the nature, extent, and quality of investment management, shareholder services, and other services provided and to be provided to the Fund including without limitation portfolio management and trading services, shareholder and intermediary services, compliance and legal services, fund accounting and financial reporting, and fund share distribution;
•the wide range of other programs and services provided to the Fund and its shareholders on a routine and non-routine basis;
•the Fund’s investment performance, including data comparing the Fund's performance to an appropriate benchmark(s) and peer group of other mutual funds with similar investment objectives and strategies;
•the cost of owning the Fund compared to the cost of owning similarly-managed funds;
•the compliance policies, procedures, and regulatory experience of the Advisor and the Fund's service providers;
•the Advisor’s strategic plans, generally, and with respect to the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic response, heightened areas of interest in the mutual fund industry and recent geopolitical issues;
•the Advisor’s business continuity plans, vendor management practices, and cyber security practices;
•financial data showing the cost of services provided to the Fund, the profitability of the Fund to the Advisor, and the overall profitability of the Advisor;
•possible economies of scale associated with the Advisor’s management of the Fund and other accounts;
•services provided and charges to the Advisor's other investment management clients;
•acquired fund fees and expenses;
•payments and practices in connection with financial intermediaries holding shares of the Fund and the services provided by intermediaries in connection therewith; and
•possible collateral benefits to the Advisor from the management of the Fund.
The Board held four meetings to consider the renewal. The independent Directors also met in private session multiple times to review and discuss the information provided in response to their request. The independent Directors held active discussions with the Advisor regarding the renewal of the management agreement, requesting supplemental information, and reviewing information provided by the Advisor in response thereto. The independent Directors had the benefit of the advice of their independent counsel throughout the process.
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Factors Considered
The Directors considered all of the information provided by the Advisor, the independent data providers, and independent counsel in connection with the approval. They determined that the information was sufficient for them to evaluate the management agreement for the Fund. In connection with their review, the Directors did not identify any single factor as being all-important or controlling, and each Director may have attributed different levels of importance to different factors. In deciding to renew the management agreement, the Board based its decision on a number of factors, including without limitation the following:
Nature, Extent and Quality of Services — Generally. Under the management agreement, the Advisor is responsible for providing or arranging for all services necessary for the operation of the Fund. The Board noted that the Advisor provides or arranges at its own expense a wide variety of services which include, without limitation, the following:
•constructing and designing the Fund
•portfolio research and security selection
•initial capitalization/funding
•securities trading
•Fund administration
•custody of Fund assets
•daily valuation of the Fund’s portfolio
•liquidity monitoring and management
•risk management, including cyber security
•shareholder servicing and transfer agency, including shareholder confirmations, recordkeeping, and communications
•legal services (except the independent Directors’ counsel)
•regulatory and portfolio compliance
•financial reporting
•marketing and distribution (except amounts paid by the Fund under Rule 12b-1 plans)
The Board noted that many of these services have expanded over time in terms of both quantity and complexity in response to shareholder demands, competition in the industry, changing distribution channels, and the changing regulatory environment.
Investment Management Services. The nature of the investment management services provided to the Fund is quite complex and allows Fund shareholders access to professional money management, instant diversification of their investments within an asset class, the opportunity to easily diversify among asset classes by investing in or exchanging among various American Century Investments funds, and liquidity. In evaluating investment performance, the Board expects the Advisor to manage the Fund in accordance with its investment objectives and principal investment strategies. Further, the Directors recognize that the Advisor has an obligation to monitor trading activities, and in particular to seek the best execution of Fund trades, and to evaluate the use of and payment for research. In providing these services, the Advisor utilizes teams of investment professionals (portfolio managers, analysts, research assistants, and securities traders) who require extensive information technology, research, training, compliance, and other systems to conduct their business. The Board, directly and through its Fund Performance Review Committee, provides oversight of the investment performance process. It regularly reviews investment performance information for the Fund, together with comparative information for appropriate benchmarks and/or peer groups of similarly-managed funds, over different time horizons. The Directors also review investment performance information during the management agreement renewal process. If performance concerns are identified, the Board discusses with the Advisor the reasons for such results (e.g., market conditions, security selection) and any actions being taken to improve performance, and may conduct special reviews until performance improves. The Fund’s performance was above its benchmark for the one- and three-year periods, and below its benchmark for the five- and ten-year periods reviewed by the Board. The Board discussed the Fund's performance with the Advisor, including steps being taken to address underperformance,
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and was satisfied with the efforts being undertaken by the Advisor. The Board found the investment management services provided by the Advisor to the Fund to be satisfactory and consistent with the management agreement.
Shareholder and Other Services. Under the management agreement, the Advisor provides the Fund with a comprehensive package of transfer agency, shareholder, and other services. The Board, directly and through its various committees, regularly reviews reports and evaluations of such services at its regular meetings. These reports include, but are not limited to, information regarding the operational efficiency and accuracy of the shareholder and transfer agency services provided, staffing levels, shareholder satisfaction, technology support (including cyber security), new products and services offered to Fund shareholders, securities trading activities, portfolio valuation services, auditing services, and legal and operational compliance activities. The Board found the services provided by the Advisor to the Fund under the management agreement to be competitive and of high quality.
Costs of Services and Profitability. The Advisor provides detailed information concerning its cost of providing various services to the Fund, its profitability in managing the Fund (pre- and post-distribution), its overall profitability, and its financial condition. The Directors have reviewed with the Advisor the methodology used to prepare this financial information. This information is considered in evaluating the Advisor’s financial condition, its ability to continue to provide services under the management agreement, and the reasonableness of the current management fee. The Board concluded that the Advisor’s profits were reasonable in light of the services provided to the Fund.
Ethics. The Board generally considers the Advisor’s commitment to providing quality services to shareholders and to conducting its business ethically. They noted that the Advisor’s practices generally meet or exceed industry best practices.
Economies of Scale. The Board also reviewed information provided by the Advisor regarding the possible existence of economies of scale in connection with the management of the Fund. The Board concluded that economies of scale are difficult to measure and predict with precision, especially on a fund-by-fund basis. The Board concluded that the Advisor is sharing economies of scale, to the extent they exist, through its fee structure, and through reinvestment in its business, infrastructure, investment capabilities and initiatives to provide shareholders enhanced and expanded content and services. The Board also noted that economies of scale are shared with the Fund and its shareholders through management fee breakpoints that serve to reduce the effective management fee as the assets of the Fund grow. Assets of various classes of the same Fund or similarly-managed products are combined with the assets of the Fund to help achieve those breakpoints.
Comparison to Other Funds’ Fees. The management agreement provides that the Fund pays the Advisor a single, all-inclusive (or unified) management fee for providing all services necessary for the management and operation of the Fund, other than securities transaction expenses, taxes, interest, extraordinary expenses, fees and expenses of the Fund’s independent Directors (including their independent legal counsel), and expenses incurred in connection with the provision of shareholder services and distribution services under a plan adopted pursuant to Investment Company Act Rule 12b-1. Under the unified fee structure, the Advisor is responsible for providing all investment advisory, custody, audit, administrative, compliance, recordkeeping, marketing and shareholder services, or arranging and supervising third parties to provide such services. By contrast, most other funds are charged a variety of fees, including an investment advisory fee, a transfer agency fee, an administrative fee, distribution charges, and other expenses. Other than their investment advisory fees and any applicable Rule 12b-1 distribution fees, all other components of the total fees charged by these other funds may be increased without shareholder approval. The Board believes the unified fee structure is a benefit to Fund shareholders because it clearly discloses to shareholders the cost of owning Fund shares, and, since the unified fee cannot be increased without a vote of Fund shareholders, it shifts to the Advisor the risk of increased costs of operating the Fund and provides a direct incentive to minimize administrative inefficiencies. Part of the Board’s analysis of fee levels involves reviewing certain evaluative data compiled by an
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independent provider comparing the Fund’s unified fee to the total expense ratios of its peers. The unified fee charged to shareholders of the Fund was above the median of the total expense ratios of the Fund’s peer expense universe. In addition, the Board reviewed the Fund’s position relative to the narrower set of its expense group peers.The Board concluded that the management fee paid by the Fund to the Advisor under the management agreement is reasonable in light of the services provided to the Fund.
Comparison to Fees and Services Provided to Other Clients of the Advisor. The Board also requested and received information from the Advisor concerning the nature of the services, fees, costs, and profitability of its advisory services to advisory clients other than the Fund. They observed that these varying types of client accounts require different services and involve different regulatory and entrepreneurial risks than the management of the Fund. The Board analyzed this information and concluded that the fees charged and services provided to the Fund were reasonable by comparison.
Payments to Intermediaries. The Directors also requested and received a description of payments made to intermediaries by the Fund and the Advisor and services provided in response thereto. These payments include various payments made by the Fund or the Advisor to different types of intermediaries and recordkeepers for distribution and service activities provided for the Fund. The Directors reviewed such information and received representations from the Advisor that all such payments by the Fund were made pursuant to the Fund's Rule 12b-1 Plan and that all such payments by the Advisor were made from the Advisor’s resources and reasonable profits.
Collateral or “Fall-Out” Benefits Derived by the Advisor. The Board considered the possible existence of collateral benefits the Advisor may receive as a result of its relationship with the Fund. They concluded that the Advisor’s primary business is managing funds and it generally does not use fund or shareholder information to generate profits in other lines of business, and therefore does not derive any significant collateral benefits from them. To the extent there are potential collateral benefits, the Board has been advised and has taken this into consideration in its review of the management contract with the Fund. The Board noted that additional assets from other clients may offer the Advisor some benefit from increased leverage with service providers and counterparties. Additionally, the Advisor may receive proprietary research from broker-dealers that execute fund portfolio transactions, which the Board concluded is likely to benefit other clients of the Advisor, as well as Fund shareholders. The Board also determined that the Advisor is able to provide investment management services to certain clients other than the Fund, at least in part, due to its existing infrastructure built to serve the fund complex. The Board concluded that appropriate allocation methodologies had been employed to assign resources and the cost of those resources to these other clients and, where expressly provided, these other client assets may be included with the assets of the Fund to determine breakpoints in the management fee schedule.
Existing Relationship. The Board also considered whether there was any reason for not continuing the existing arrangement with the Advisor. In this regard, the Board was mindful of the potential disruptions of the Fund’s operations and various risks, uncertainties, and other effects that could occur as a result of a decision not to continue such relationship. In particular, the Board recognized that most shareholders have invested in the Fund on the strength of the Advisor’s industry standing and reputation and in the expectation that the Advisor will have a continuing role in providing advisory services to the Fund.
Conclusion of the Directors. As a result of this process, the Board, including all of the independent Directors, taking into account all of the factors discussed above and the information provided by the Advisor and others in connection with its review and throughout the year, determined that the terms of the management agreement are fair and reasonable and that the management fee charged to the Fund is reasonable in light of the services provided and that the management agreement between the Fund and the Advisor should be renewed for an additional one-year period.
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Additional Information |
Retirement Account Information
As required by law, distributions you receive from certain retirement accounts are subject to federal income tax withholding, unless you elect not to have withholding apply*. Tax will be withheld on the total amount withdrawn even though you may be receiving amounts that are not subject to withholding, such as nondeductible contributions. In such case, excess amounts of withholding could occur. You may adjust your withholding election so that a greater or lesser amount will be withheld.
If you don’t want us to withhold on this amount, you must notify us to not withhold the federal income tax. You may notify us in writing or in certain situations by telephone or through other electronic means. For systematic withdrawals, your withholding election will remain in effect until revoked or changed by filing a new election. You have the right to revoke your election at any time and change your withholding percentage for future distributions.
Remember, even if you elect not to have income tax withheld, you are liable for paying income tax on the taxable portion of your withdrawal. If you elect not to have income tax withheld or you don’t have enough income tax withheld, you may be responsible for payment of estimated tax. You may incur penalties under the estimated tax rules if your withholding and estimated tax payments are not sufficient. You can reduce or defer the income tax on a distribution by directly or indirectly rolling such distribution over to another IRA or eligible plan. You should consult your tax advisor for additional information.
State tax will be withheld if, at the time of your distribution, your address is within one of the mandatory withholding states and you have federal income tax withheld (or as otherwise required by state law). State taxes will be withheld from your distribution in accordance with the respective state rules.
*Some 403(b), 457 and qualified retirement plan distributions may be subject to 20% mandatory withholding, as they are subject to special tax and withholding rules. Your plan administrator or plan sponsor is required to provide you with a special tax notice explaining those rules at the time you request a distribution. If applicable, federal and/or state taxes may be withheld from your distribution amount.
Proxy Voting Policies
A description of the policies that the fund's investment advisor uses in exercising the voting rights associated with the securities purchased and/or held by the fund is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-345-2021. It is also available on American Century Investments’ website at americancentury.com/proxy and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at sec.gov. Information regarding how the investment advisor voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available on americancentury.com/proxy. It is also available at sec.gov.
Quarterly Portfolio Disclosure
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. These portfolio holdings are available on the fund's website at
americancentury.com and, upon request, by calling 1-800-345-2021. The fund’s Form N-PORT
reports are available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov.
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(b) None.
ITEM 2. CODE OF ETHICS.
Not applicable for semiannual report filings.
ITEM 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.
Not applicable for semiannual report filings.
ITEM 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.
Not applicable for semiannual report filings.
ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.
Not applicable for semiannual report filings.
ITEM 6. INVESTMENTS.
(a) The schedule of investments is included as part of the report to stockholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.
(b) Not applicable.
ITEM 7. DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.
Not applicable.
ITEM 8. PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.
Not applicable.
ITEM 9. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.
Not applicable.
ITEM 10. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.
During the reporting period, there were no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s board.
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) are effective based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.
(b) There were no changes in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
ITEM 12. DISCLOSURE OF SECURITIES LENDING ACTIVITIES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.
Not applicable.
ITEM 13. EXHIBITS.
(a)(1) Not applicable for semiannual report filings.
(a)(2) Separate certifications by the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, are filed and attached hereto as EX-99.CERT.
(a)(3) Not applicable.
(a)(4) Not applicable.
(b) A certification by the registrant’s chief executive officer and chief financial officer, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, is furnished and attached hereto as EX- 99.906CERT.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Registrant: | American Century Capital Portfolios, Inc. | ||||||||||
By: | /s/ Patrick Bannigan | ||||||||||
Name: | Patrick Bannigan | ||||||||||
Title: | President | ||||||||||
Date: | November 23, 2022 |
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/ Patrick Bannigan | |||||||
Name: | Patrick Bannigan | |||||||
Title: | President | |||||||
(principal executive officer) | ||||||||
Date: | November 23, 2022 |
By: | /s/ R. Wes Campbell | |||||||
Name: | R. Wes Campbell | |||||||
Title: | Treasurer and | |||||||
Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||
(principal financial officer) | ||||||||
Date: | November 23, 2022 |