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Schedule of Investments (a) (unaudited)
June 30, 2023

 

Corporate Bonds & Notes - 79.11%

Name of Issuer  Principal   Value 
Aerospace / Defense - 3.95%        
Spirit Aerosystems, Inc., 9.375%, 11/30/2029 (c)  $5,000,000   $5,353,245 
           
Auto Manufacturers  - 1.46%          
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 3.37%, 11/17/23   2,000,000    1,979,658 
           
Building Products - 6.44%          
Builders Firstsource, Inc., 4.25%, 2/01/32 (c)   5,000,000    4,350,375 
Louisiana Pacific Corp., 3.625%, 3/15/29 (c)   5,000,000    4,376,750 
         8,727,125 
           
Coal - 0.58%          
Westmoreland Mining Holdings LLC, 8%, 11/04/30 (d)   904,239    782,947 
           
Drug Stores - 0.37%          
Rite Aid Corp., 8%, 11/15/26 (c)   1,012,000    495,880 
           
Energy/Natural Resources - 8.37%          
Buckeye Partners LP, 4.35%, 10/15/24   5,000,000    4,882,000 
CNX Resources, Inc., 7.25%, 3/14/27 (c)   919,000    909,436 
Comstock Resources, Inc., 6.75%, 3/01/29 (c)   5,000,000    4,575,720 
Range Resources Corp., 4.875%, 5/15/25   1,000,000    980,057 
         11,347,213 
           
Food Processing - 7.16%          
B&G Foods, Inc., 5.25%, 4/01/25   5,000,000    4,773,135 
Pilgrims Pride Corp., 5.875%, 9/30/27 (c)   5,000,000    4,940,060 
         9,713,195 
           
Homebuilders - 3.73%          
KB Home, 7.25%, 7/15/30   5,000,000    5,063,120 
           
Industrial Servicing / Manufacturing - 5.05%          
Clean Harbors, Inc., 4.875%, 7/15/27 (c)   500,000    478,764 
Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors LLC, 9.75%, 8/01/27 (c)   5,500,000    5,679,921 
Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors LLC, 5.5%, 5/01/28 (c)   750,000    686,269 
         6,844,954 
           
Metals & Mining - 3.35%          
Allegheny Technologies, Inc., 6.95%, 12/15/25   4,500,000    4,541,963 
           
Oil & Gas Drilling - 5.49%          
Parker Drilling Co., 13%, 9/26/25 (d)   2,687,479    2,633,729 
Tidewater, Inc., 8.5%, 11/16/26   4,700,000    4,817,500 
         7,451,229 
           
Pipeline - 3.59%          
NuStar Energy LP, 5.75%, 10/01/25   5,000,000    4,874,760 
           
Real Estate - 2.93%          
Five Point Operating Co. LP, 7.875%, 11/15/25 (c)   4,395,000    3,967,982 
           
Retail Food Chains - 4.31%          
Brinker International, Inc., 5%, 10/01/24 (c)   6,000,000    5,850,000 
           
Retail General - 3.87%          
G-III Apparel Group LTD, 7.875%, 8/15/25 (c)   5,430,000    5,254,057 
           
Technology - 6.78%          
Iron Mountain, Inc., 4.5%, 2/15/31 (c)   1,000,000    859,266 
Iron Mountain, Inc., 5.625%, 7/15/32 (c)   4,000,000    3,578,044 
Western Digital Corp., 4.75%, 2/15/26   5,000,000    4,760,160 
         9,197,470 
           
Tobacco - 8.49%          
Pyxus Holdings, Inc., 8.5%, 12/31/27 (c)   10,845,675    6,507,405 
Vector Group LTD, 10.5%, 11/01/26 (c)   5,000,000    4,999,820 
         11,507,225 
           
Wireless Telecom - 3.19%          
Altice France SA, 8.125%, 2/01/27 (c)   5,000,000    4,329,610 
           
Total Corporate Bonds & Notes —  (cost -$112,550,570)       $107,281,633 

 

GDP-Linked Bonds - 0.33%        
Name of issuer  Principal   Value 
Republic of Argentina GDP Linked Security, FRN (based on the performance of Argentina's GDP), 12/15/35 (e)  $34,386,574   $453,215 
Total GDP-Linked Bonds —  (cost—$1,423,421)       $453,215 

 

Common Stock - 12.41%  Number of     
Name of issuer  Shares   Value 
Chemicals - 2.11%        
Ingevity Corp. (e)   602   $35,012 
NL Industries, Inc.   510,200    2,821,406 
         2,856,418 
           
Coal - 0.27%          
Westmet Group Holdings (d) (e)   22,614    135,684 
Westmoreland Mining Holdings LLC, Class A Units (d) (e)   22,417    224,167 
         359,851 
           
Electrical Utility - 0.00%          
Homer City Holdings, LLC (d) (e)   221,338    0 
           
Energy / Natural Resources - 0.47%          
SilverBow Resources, Inc. (e)   5,058    147,289 
Talos Energy, Inc. (e)   35,718    495,409 
         642,698 
           
Food Processing - 4.01%          
Viskase Cos., Inc. (e)   3,052,635    5,433,690 
           
           
Metals & Mining - 4.21%          
American Gilsonite (b) (d) (e)   1,597,765    5,016,982 
Metals Recovery Holdings, LLC (b) (d) (e)   21,539    687,537 
Ormet Corp. (e)   372,638    - 
         5,704,519 
           
Oil & Gas Drilling - 1.17%          
Key Energy Services, Inc. (e)   129    97 
Parker Drilling Co. (e)   140,471    1,580,299 
         1,580,396 
           
Packaging & Container - 0.08%          
Westrock Co.   3,626    105,408 
           
           
Transportation - 0.09%          
Getlink SA (France) (e)   7,349    125,006 
           
Total Common Stock —  (cost—$52,366,194)       $16,807,986 

 

Preferred Stock - 7.46%  Number of     
Name of issuer  Shares   Value 
Pipeline - 7.46%        
Crestwood Equity Partners LP PFD, 9.25%, Perpetual   1,100,000   $10,120,000 
Total Preferred Stock —  (cost—$10,441,640)       $10,120,000 

 

Repurchase Agreement - 0.26%        
Name of Issuer  Principal   Value 
State Street Bank & Trust Co. 1.52% dated 06/30/2023, to be repurchased at $357,783 on 7/03/2023 (f)          
Total Repurchase Agreement - (cost - $357,738)  $357,738   $357,738 
           
Total Investments - 99.57% (cost—$177,139,563)       $135,020,572 
           
Net Other Assets and Liabilities - 0.43%        588,212 
           
Net Assets - 100%       $135,608,784 

 

(a)Portions of the portfolio may be pledged to collateralize short term borrowings.

(b)Security is valued at fair value as determined in good faith under consistently applied procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. The aggregate market value of good faith securities as of June 30, 2023 was $5,704,519 which represents 4.21% of total net assets.

(c)Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At the period end, the value of these securities amounted to $67,192,604 which represents 49.55% of total net assets. These securities are generally deemed liquid.

(d)All or a portion the security is restricted. The Trust may acquire restricted securities which are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale and may be illiquid. The aggregate market value of restricted securities as of June 30, 2023 was $9,481,046 which represents 6.99% of total net assets. Additional information on each holding is as follows:

 

Security Acquisition Date Acquisition Cost
American Gilsonite 1/2/17 - 8/26/21 $9,640,360
Metals Recovery Holdings, LLC 9/30/2016 - 12/10/2019 $4,906,223
Homer City Holdings, LLC 4/6/2017 $588,216
Parker Drilling Co. 13% 9/26/25 3/27/2019 $2,485,714
Westmoreland Mining Holdings LLC, 8%, 11/04/30 5/04/2023 $786,688
Westmet Group Holdings 5/04/2023 $135,685
Westmoreland Mining Holdings LLC, Class A Units 5/04/2023 $861,283

 

(e)Non-income producing security.

(f)Acquired on June 30, 2023. Collateralized by $364,952 of US Treasury Bonds due 5/15/2052. The maturity value is $357,783.

 

FRN Floating Rate Note - rates reflected are as of June 30, 2023

PFD Preferred Security

 

 

Investment Valuation

 

Accounting Standards Codification ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (ASC 820) defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an investment in an orderly transaction between two market participants at the measurement date. ASC 820 establishes a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between market data obtained from independent sources (observable inputs) and the Trust's own market assumptions (unobservable inputs). The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities and the determination of the significance of certain inputs to the fair value measurement requires judgments and considers factors that may be specific to each security. The various inputs that may be used to determine the value of the Trust's investments are summarized in the following fair value hierarchy:

 

Level 1 - Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.

 

Level 2 - Other significant observable inputs based on data obtained from various pricing sources (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

 

Level 3 - Significant unobservable inputs including the Trust's own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments. Factors considered in making such determinations may include, but are not limited to, information obtained directly from the company or analysts and the analysis of the company's financial statements or other documents.

 

The following table summarized the Trust's investment as of June 30, 2023, based on the inputs used to value them.

 

   Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total as of
6/30/2023
 
Corporate Bonds, Loans & Notes  $-   $107,281,633   $-   $107,281,633 
Common Stock   5,184,920    5,918,547    5,704,519    16,807,986 
Preferred Stock   10,120,000    -    -    10,120,000 
GDP Linked Bonds   -    453,215    -    453,215 
Repurchase Agreement   -    357,738    -    357,738 
   $15,304,920   $114,011,133   $5,704,519   $135,020,572 

 

Transfers between hierarchy levels may occur due to market fluctuation, changes in valuation techniques and/or changes in the availability of market data used in the determination of an investment’s valuation. The Trust recognizes transfers between the levels at the end of each period. For the period ended June 30, 2023, there were no transfers among levels 1, 2 and 3.

 

At June 30, 2023, the reconciliation of assets in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value, is as follows:

 

   Common Stock
Totals as of 6/30/23
 
Beginning Balance @ 9/30/22  $6,872,445 
      
Purchases / PIK Interest   - 
      
Sales   (360,407)
      
Realized Gain(Loss)   (949,884)
      
Net Change in Unrealized     
Appreciation/(Depreciation)   142,365 
      
Ending Balance @ 6/30/2023  $5,704,519 

 

   Change in Unrealized
Gain / (Loss) for Positions Still
Held at June 30, 2023
 
Common Stock   (807,519)
Totals  $(807,519)

 

The Financial Accounting Standard Board (FASB) issued guidance that a reporting entity should disclose quantitative information about the unobservable inputs used in the fair value determinations that are categorized in the Level 3 hierarchy. The guidance also required additional disclosure regarding the valuation process used and the sensitivity of the fair value measurements to changes in unobservable inputs and the interrelationships between those unobservable inputs within Level 3. The following table presents a summary of valuation techniques, inputs and quantitative information used in determining the fair value of the Trust’s Level 3 securities as of June 30, 2023:

 

Investment Type  Fair Value   Technique   Valuation
Inputs
  Significant
Unobservable
Range
  Increase in Input (1)
Common Stock                  
Metals & Mining  $5,016,982   Market    Forward  7.0x - 10.0x  Increase
        Comparable (2)   EBITDA      
            Multiple      
                   
Metals & Mining  $687,537   Market           
        Transaction (3)   N/A  N/A  N/A
                   
        Market    EBITDA  4.6x - 8.5x  Increase
        Comparable (2)   Multiple      
   $5,704,519              

 

(1)This column represents the direction change in the fair value of the Level 3 securities that would result from an increase to the corresponding unobservable input. A decrease to the unobservable inputs would have the opposite effect. Significant increases and decreases of these inputs could result in significantly higher or lower fair value determinations.

 

(2)Earnings multiples are based on comparable public companies and transactions of comparable companies.

 

(3)Certain of the Trust's Level 3 investments have been valued using unadjusted inputs that have not been internally developed by the Trust including third-party transactions and quotations.

 

For additional information on the Trust's policy regarding valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to the Trust's most recent semiannual or annual shareholder report.