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REPORTS TO STOCKHOLDERS.
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Annual Report
October 31, 2019
MFS® Intermediate Income Trust
Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by
regulations adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of the funds annual and semiannual shareholder reports will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports. Instead, the
complete reports will be made available on the funds Web site, and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a Web site link to access the report.
If you are already signed up to receive shareholder reports by email, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. You may sign up to receive shareholder reports and other
communications from the fund by email by contacting your financial intermediary (such as a broker-dealer or bank) or, if you hold your shares directly with the fund, by calling 1-800-637-2304 or by logging into your Investor Center account at
www.computershare.com/investor.
Beginning on January 1, 2019, you may elect to receive all future reports in paper free of charge. Contact your
financial intermediary to request that you continue to receive paper copies of your shareholder reports. If you invest directly with the fund, you can call 1-800-637-2304 to let the fund know that you wish to continue receiving paper copies of your
shareholder reports. Your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all funds held in your account if you invest through your financial intermediary or all funds held with the MFS fund complex if you invest directly.
MIN-ANN
MANAGED DISTRIBUTION POLICY DISCLOSURE
The MFS Intermediate Income Trusts (the fund) Board of Trustees adopted a managed distribution policy. The fund seeks to pay monthly distributions based on an annual rate of 8.50% of the funds average
monthly net asset value. The primary purpose of the managed distribution policy is to provide shareholders with a constant, but not guaranteed, fixed minimum rate of distribution each month. You should not draw any conclusions about the funds
investment performance from the amount of the current distribution or from the terms of the funds managed distribution policy. The Board may amend or terminate the managed distribution policy at any time without prior notice to fund
shareholders. The amendment or termination of the managed distribution policy could have an adverse effect on the market price of the funds shares.
With each distribution, the fund will issue a notice to shareholders and an accompanying press release which will provide detailed information regarding the amount
and composition of the distribution and other related information. The amounts and sources of distributions reported in the notice to shareholders are only estimates and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and
sources of the amounts for tax reporting purposes will depend upon the funds investment experience during its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The fund will send you a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year that
will tell you how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes. Please refer to Tax Matters and Distributions under Note 2 of the Notes to Financial Statements for information regarding the tax character of the
funds distributions.
Under a managed distribution policy the fund may at times distribute more than its net investment income and net realized
capital gains; therefore, a portion of your distribution may result in a return of capital. A return of capital may occur, for example, when some or all of the money that you invested in the fund is paid back to you. Any such returns of capital will
decrease the funds total assets and, therefore, could have the effect of increasing the funds expense ratio. In addition, in order to make the level of distributions called for under its managed distribution policy, the fund may have to
sell portfolio securities at a less than opportune time. A return of capital does not necessarily reflect the funds investment performance and should not be confused with yield or income. The funds total return in
relation to changes in net asset value is presented in the Financial Highlights.
MFS® Intermediate Income Trust
New York Stock Exchange Symbol: MIN
NOT FDIC INSURED MAY LOSE VALUE NO BANK GUARANTEE
LETTER
FROM THE EXECUTIVE CHAIR
Dear Shareholders:
Slowing global growth, low inflation, and trade friction between the United States and China have been hallmarks of the past 12 months. After experiencing an uptick
in
market volatility in late 2018, markets steadied during 2019, thanks in large measure to the adoption of a dovish policy stance on the part of global central banks, focused on supporting economic
growth. The U.S. and China have repeatedly raised tariffs on each other, though preliminary steps toward an interim trade agreement have been undertaken, modestly easing tensions in recent months. While British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has
negotiated a reworked withdrawal agreement with the European Union, Parliament has not yet approved the deal, leading the EU to grant the United Kingdom a Brexit delay until no later than January 31, 2020. Uncertainty over Brexit, along with
the ripple effects from the trade conflict, have hampered business
confidence and investment in the U.K. and Europe, though investors hope that greater clarity regarding the Brexit outcome will emerge after a British parliamentary election in December.
Markets expect that the longest economic expansion in U.S. history will continue for the time being, albeit at a slower pace. In an effort to prolong
the expansion, the U.S. Federal Reserve lowered interest rates three times between July and October. Similarly, the European Central Bank loosened policy in September. While the monetary policy environment remains quite accommodative, tentative
signs of easing trade tensions and receding global recession fears have helped push global interest rates modestly higher from the record-low levels posted late in the summer as investors grew less risk
averse.
Here at MFS®, we aim to help our clients navigate the growing complexity of the markets and world economies. Our
long-term investment philosophy and commitment to responsible allocation of capital allow us to wade through the noise to uncover what we believe are the best, most durable investment opportunities in the market. Through our powerful global
investment platform, we combine collective expertise, thoughtful risk management and long-term discipline with the purpose of creating sustainable value for investors.
Respectfully,
Robert J. Manning
Executive Chair
MFS Investment Management
December 16, 2019
The opinions expressed in this letter are
subject to change and may not be relied upon for investment advice. No forecasts can be guaranteed.
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PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION
Portfolio structure (i)
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Fixed income sectors (i)
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Investment Grade Corporates
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50.1%
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U.S. Treasury Securities
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37.5%
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Municipal Bonds
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3.5%
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Emerging Markets Bonds
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2.0%
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Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
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1.6%
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Mortgage-Backed Securities
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1.3%
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Asset-Backed Securities
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0.8%
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U.S. Government Agencies
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0.7%
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Collateralized Debt Obligations
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0.7%
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Non-U.S. Government Bonds
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0.5%
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Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities
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0.3%
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Composition including fixed income credit quality (a)(i)
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AAA
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4.0%
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AA
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1.8%
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A
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16.8%
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BBB
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34.1%
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BB
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2.3%
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D
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0.5%
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U.S. Government
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37.5%
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Federal Agencies
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2.0%
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Cash & Cash Equivalents
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1.0%
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Portfolio facts (i)
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Average Duration (d)
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4.0
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Average Effective Maturity (m)
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4.5 yrs.
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(a)
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For all securities other than those specifically described below, ratings are assigned to underlying securities utilizing ratings from Moodys,
Fitch, and Standard & Poors rating agencies and applying the following hierarchy: If all three agencies provide a rating, the middle rating (after dropping the highest and lowest ratings) is assigned; if two of the three agencies rate
a security, the lower of the two is assigned. Ratings are shown in the S&P and Fitch scale (e.g., AAA). Securities rated BBB or higher are considered investment grade. All ratings are subject to change. U.S. Government includes securities issued
by the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Federal Agencies includes rated and unrated U.S. Agency fixed-income securities, U.S. Agency mortgage-backed securities, and collateralized mortgage obligations of U.S.
Agency mortgage-backed securities. Not Rated includes fixed income securities and fixed income derivatives, which have not been rated by any rating agency. The fund may or may not have held all of these instruments on this date. The fund is not
rated by these agencies.
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Duration is a measure of how much a bonds price is likely to fluctuate with general changes in interest rates, e.g., if rates rise 1.00%, a bond
with a 5-year duration is likely to lose about 5.00% of its value due to the interest rate move.
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Portfolio Composition continued
(i)
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For purposes of this presentation, the components include the value of securities, and reflect the impact of the equivalent exposure of derivative
positions, if any. These amounts may be negative from time to time. Equivalent exposure is a calculated amount that translates the derivative position into a reasonable approximation of the amount of the underlying asset that the portfolio would
have to hold at a given point in time to have the same price sensitivity that results from the portfolios ownership of the derivative contract. When dealing with derivatives, equivalent exposure is a more representative measure of the
potential impact of a position on portfolio performance than value. The bond component will include any accrued interest amounts.
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(m)
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In determining each instruments effective maturity for purposes of calculating the funds dollar-weighted average effective maturity, MFS
uses the instruments stated maturity or, if applicable, an earlier date on which MFS believes it is probable that a maturity-shortening device (such as a put, pre-refunding or prepayment) will cause the
instrument to be repaid. Such an earlier date can be substantially shorter than the instruments stated maturity.
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Where the fund
holds convertible bonds, they are treated as part of the equity portion of the portfolio.
Cash & Cash Equivalents includes any cash,
investments in money market funds, short-term securities, and other assets less liabilities. Please see the Statement of Assets and Liabilities for additional information related to the funds cash position and other assets and liabilities.
Percentages are based on net assets as of October 31, 2019.
The portfolio is actively managed and current holdings may be different.
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MANAGEMENT REVIEW
Summary of Results
MFS Intermediate Income Trust (fund) is
a closed-end fund. The funds investment objective is to seek high current income, but may also consider capital appreciation. MFS normally invests the funds assets primarily in debt instruments.
MFS generally invests substantially all of the funds assets in investment grade quality debt instruments.
For the twelve months ended
October 31, 2019, shares of the fund provided a total return of 9.77%, at net asset value, and a total return of 11.87%, at market value. This compares with a return of 8.74% for the funds benchmark, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S.
Intermediate Government/Credit Bond Index (Bloomberg Index).
The performance commentary below is based on the net asset value performance of the fund,
which reflects the performance of the underlying pool of assets held by the fund. The total return at market value represents the return earned by owners of the shares of the fund, which are traded publicly on the exchange.
Market Environment
Fading fears of a near-term global
recession, hopes for a partial trade deal between the United States and China and dramatically lower odds of a no-deal Brexit helped bolster market sentiment late in the period, after providing headwinds for
many months prior. Changes in market sentiment, largely driven by uncertainty over the outcome of trade negotiations between the United States and China, contributed to periodic bouts of volatility during the reporting period. The global economy
decelerated, led by weakness in China and Europe, although the pace of the slowdown moderated.
The deteriorating global growth backdrop, along with
declining inflationary pressures, prompted the US Federal Reserve to adopt a more dovish posture beginning in early 2019, resulting in the first interest rate cut in over a decade at the end of July, followed by additional cuts in September and
October. The Feds actions led to a sharp decline in long-term interest rates during the periods second half, inverting portions of the US Treasury yield curve for a time. The Fed indicated in October that further rate cuts are unlikely
unless the outlook for the economy materially worsens.
Globally, central banks have tilted more dovish as well, with the European Central Bank unveiling
a package of easing measures, which included cutting overnight rates deeper into negative territory, restarting its bond-buying program and lengthening the term of cheap loans to banks to three years from two. The central banks of India and
Australia are among those that have cut rates several times in recent months, although China has been more cautious in increasing liquidity as it continues to attempt to deleverage its economy, cutting rates only marginally.
Emerging markets experienced considerable volatility through the end of 2018, as tighter global financial conditions exposed structural weakness in some countries.
Those conditions improved in 2019, as the Fed became more dovish, but significant trade friction between the US and China weighed on sentiment for much of the year, although hopes for a partial trade deal improved sentiment late in the period.
Idiosyncratic factors negatively impacted some emerging economies, such as Argentina and Turkey.
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Management Review continued
From a geopolitical perspective, Brexit uncertainty has receded. While British Prime
Minister Boris Johnson has negotiated a reworked withdrawal agreement with the European Union, Parliament has not yet approved the deal, leading the EU to grant the United Kingdom a Brexit delay until no later than January 31, 2020. A UK
general election, scheduled for December 12, may bring some clarity to the situation. Hopes for a limited trade agreement between the US and China, as well as fading global recession fears, were supportive factors for risk assets at period end.
Factors Affecting Performance
Relative to the Bloomberg Index, the funds positioning along the yield curve (y) was a key contributor to performance, primarily due to a more positive impact from carry (i.e., the cost or benefit from
holding an asset) than the benchmark. In terms of allocation, a greater exposure to both the industrials and financial institutions sectors, along with favorable bond selection within the financial institutions sector, also
strengthened relative returns. Additionally, security selection in BBB rated (r) securities, notably within both the industrials and utilities sectors, further benefited relative results.
Conversely, not holding a position in BBB rated government bonds, which are represented in the benchmark, detracted from relative performance.
Respectfully,
Portfolio Manager(s)
Alexander Mackey and Geoffrey Schechter
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Bonds rated BBB, Baa, or higher are considered investment grade; bonds rated BB, Ba, or below are
considered non-investment grade. The source for bond quality ratings is Moodys Investors Service, Standard & Poors and Fitch, Inc. and are applied using the following hierarchy: If all
three agencies provide a rating, the middle rating (after dropping the highest and lowest ratings) is assigned; if two of the three agencies rate a security, the lower of the two is assigned. Ratings are shown in the S&P and Fitch scale (e.g.,
AAA). For securities which are not rated by any of the three agencies, the security is considered Not Rated.
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(y)
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A yield curve graphically depicts the yields of different maturity bonds of the same credit quality and type; a normal yield curve is upward sloping,
with short-term rates lower than long-term rates.
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The views expressed in this report are those of the portfolio manager(s) only
through the end of the period of the report as stated on the cover and do not necessarily reflect the views of MFS or any other person in the MFS organization. These views are subject to change at any time based on market or other conditions, and
MFS disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied upon as investment advice or an indication of trading intent on behalf of any MFS portfolio. References to specific securities are not recommendations of such
securities, and may not be representative of any MFS portfolios current or future investments.
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PERFORMANCE SUMMARY
THROUGH 10/31/19
The following chart presents the funds historical
performance in comparison to its benchmark(s). Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, and shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost; current performance may be lower or higher than quoted. The performance
shown does not reflect the deduction of taxes, if any, that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the sale of fund shares. Performance data shown represents past performance and is no guarantee of future results.
Price Summary for MFS Intermediate Income Trust
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Date
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Price
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Year Ended 10/31/19
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Net Asset Value
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10/31/19
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$4.04
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10/31/18
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$4.03
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New York Stock Exchange Price
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10/31/19
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$3.77
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8/12/19
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(high) (t)
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$3.87
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11/16/18
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(low) (t)
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$3.62
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10/31/18
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$3.69
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Total
Returns vs Benchmark(s)
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Year Ended 10/31/19
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MFS Intermediate Income Trust at
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New York Stock Exchange Price (r)
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11.87%
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Net Asset Value (r)
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9.77%
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Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Intermediate Government/Credit Bond Index (f)
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8.74%
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Source: FactSet Research Systems Inc.
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Includes reinvestment of all distributions.
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For the period November 1, 2018 through October 31, 2019.
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Benchmark Definition(s)
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Intermediate Government/Credit Bond Index
a market capitalization-weighted index that measures the performance of investment-grade debt obligations of the U.S. Treasury and U.S. government agencies, as well as U.S. corporate and foreign debentures and secured notes, with maturities
from 1 year up to (but not including) 10 years. BLOOMBERG® is a trademark and service mark of Bloomberg Finance L.P. and its affiliates (collectively Bloomberg). BARCLAYS® is a trademark and service mark of Barclays Bank Plc
(collectively with its affiliates, Barclays), used under license. Bloomberg or Bloombergs licensors, including Barclays, own all proprietary rights in the Bloomberg Barclays Indices. Neither Bloomberg nor Barclays approves or
endorses this material, or guarantees the accuracy
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Performance Summary continued
or completeness of any information herein, or makes any warranty, express or implied,
as to the results to be obtained therefrom, and, to the maximum extent allowed by law, neither shall have any liability or responsibility for injury or damages arising in connection therewith.
It is not possible to invest directly in an index.
Notes to Performance Summary
The funds shares may trade at a discount or premium to net asset value. When fund shares trade at a premium, buyers pay more than the net asset value
underlying fund shares, and shares purchased at a premium would receive less than the amount paid for them in the event of the funds concurrent liquidation.
The funds target annual distribution rate is calculated based on an annual rate of 8.50% of the funds average monthly net asset value, not a fixed share price, and the funds dividend amount will
fluctuate with changes in the funds average monthly net assets.
Net asset values and performance results based on net asset value per share do not
include adjustments made for financial reporting purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and may differ from amounts reported in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities or the Financial Highlights.
From time to time the fund may receive proceeds from litigation settlements, without which performance would be lower.
In accordance with Section 23(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the fund
hereby gives notice that it may from time to time repurchase shares of the fund in the open market at the option of the Board of Trustees and on such terms as the Trustees shall determine.
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PORTFOLIO MANAGERS PROFILES
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Portfolio Manager
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Primary Role
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Since
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Title and Five Year History
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Geoffrey Schechter
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Lead Portfolio
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2017
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Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment management area of MFS since 1993.
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Alexander Mackey
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Investment Grade
Debt Instruments
Portfolio Manager
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2017
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Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment management area of MFS since 2001.
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DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT AND CASH PURCHASE PLAN
The fund offers a Dividend Reinvestment and Cash Purchase Plan (the Plan) that allows common shareholders to reinvest either all of the distributions
paid by the fund or only the long-term capital gains. Generally, purchases are made at the market price unless that price exceeds the net asset value (the shares are trading at a premium). If the shares are trading at a premium, purchases will
be made at a price of either the net asset value or 95% of the market price, whichever is greater. You can also buy shares on a quarterly basis in any amount $100 and over. The Plan Agent will purchase shares under the Cash Purchase Plan on the 15th
of January, April, July, and October or shortly thereafter.
If shares are registered in your own name, new shareholders will automatically participate
in the Plan, unless you have indicated that you do not wish to participate. If your shares are in the name of a brokerage firm, bank, or other nominee, you can ask the firm or nominee to participate in the Plan on your behalf. If the nominee does
not offer the Plan, you may wish to request that your shares be re-registered in your own name so that you can participate. There is no service charge to reinvest distributions, nor are there brokerage charges
for shares issued directly by the fund. However, when shares are bought on the New York Stock Exchange or otherwise on the open market, each participant pays a pro rata share of the transaction expenses, including commissions. The tax status of
dividends and capital gain distributions does not change whether received in cash or reinvested in additional shares the automatic reinvestment of distributions does not relieve you of any income tax that may be payable (or required to be
withheld) on the distributions.
If your shares are held directly with the Plan Agent, you may withdraw from the Plan at any time by going to the Plan
Agents website at www.computershare.com/investor, by calling 1-800-637-2304 any business day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Eastern time or by writing to the Plan Agent at P.O. Box 505005, Louisville, KY 40233-5005. Please have available the name of the fund and your account number. For certain types of registrations, such as corporate accounts, instructions must be
submitted in writing. Please call for additional details. When you withdraw from the Plan, you can receive the value of the reinvested shares in one of three ways: your full shares will be held in your account, the Plan Agent will sell your shares
and send the proceeds to you, or you may transfer your full shares to your investment professional who can hold or sell them. Additionally, the Plan Agent will sell your fractional shares and send the proceeds to you.
If you have any questions or for further information or a copy of the Plan, contact the Plan Agent Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (the Transfer Agent for the
fund) at 1-800-637-2304, at the Plan Agents website at www.computershare.com/investor, or by writing to the Plan Agent at
P.O. Box 505005, Louisville, KY 40233-5005.
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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
10/31/19
The Portfolio of Investments is a
complete list of all securities owned by your fund. It is categorized by broad-based asset classes.
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Bonds - 98.3%
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Shares/Par
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Value ($)
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Asset-Backed & Securitized - 3.3%
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Chesapeake Funding II LLC, 2017-3A, A2, FLR, 2.253% (LIBOR -1mo. + 0.34%), 8/15/2029 (n)
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2,179,500
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2,179,162
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Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2017-COR2, A3, 3.51%, 9/10/2050
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1,676,352
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1,802,088
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Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC, 2017-1, A2, 2.13%, 7/20/2022 (n)
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127,569
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127,583
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Falcon Franchise Loan LLC, 9.62%, 1/05/2023 (i)(z)
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76,940
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5,746
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General Motors Financial Co. Inc., 2017-A1, A, 2.22%, 1/18/2022 (n)
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1,290,000
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1,290,294
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GS Mortgage Securities Trust, 4.592%, 8/10/2043 (n)
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2,570,000
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2,595,909
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Hertz Fleet Lease Funding LP, 2016-1, A2, 1.96%, 4/10/2030 (n)
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31,110
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31,099
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JPMorgan Chase & Co., 4.717%, 2/15/2046 (n)
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2,170,021
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2,225,065
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Loomis, Sayles & Co., CLO, 2015-2A, A1R, FLR, 2.9% (LIBOR - 3mo. + 0.9%), 4/15/2028 (n)
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1,117,883
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1,112,914
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Shackleton CLO Ltd., 2015-8A, A1R, FLR, 2.885% (LIBOR - 3mo. + 1.51%), 10/20/2027 (n)
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1,998,000
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1,995,958
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Sierra Receivables Funding Co. LLC, 2015-1A, A, 2.4%, 3/22/2032 (n)
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212,065
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212,004
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Tricon American Homes Trust, 2015-SFR1, 1A, 2.589%, 11/17/2033 (n)
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1,265,088
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1,264,820
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UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2017-C1, A4, 3.544%, 11/15/2050
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875,000
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940,194
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15,782,836
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Automotive - 2.5%
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BMW U.S. Capital LLC, 3.1%, 4/12/2021 (n)
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$
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1,770,000
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$
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1,800,446
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Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 5.085%, 1/07/2021
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1,074,000
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1,102,790
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Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 5.75%, 2/01/2021
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1,250,000
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1,293,748
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General Motors Financial Co., Inc., 3.95%, 4/13/2024
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4,000,000
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4,140,215
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Hyundai Capital America, 3.75%, 7/08/2021 (n)
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1,769,000
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1,806,210
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Volkswagen Group of America Co., 2.85%, 9/26/2024 (n)
|
|
|
1,765,000
|
|
|
|
1,788,726
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
11,932,135
|
|
Brokerage & Asset Managers - 1.3%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
E*TRADE Financial Corp., 2.95%, 8/24/2022
|
|
$
|
3,500,000
|
|
|
$
|
3,565,628
|
|
Low Income Investment Fund, 3.386%, 7/01/2026
|
|
|
705,000
|
|
|
|
725,515
|
|
Low Income Investment Fund, 3.711%, 7/01/2029
|
|
|
1,905,000
|
|
|
|
1,982,288
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
6,273,431
|
|
Building - 0.7%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., 3.5%, 12/15/2027
|
|
$
|
2,946,000
|
|
|
$
|
3,080,100
|
|
10
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issuer
|
|
Shares/Par
|
|
|
Value ($)
|
|
Bonds - continued
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Business Services - 0.2%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc., 5%, 10/15/2025
|
|
$
|
751,000
|
|
|
$
|
858,241
|
|
|
|
|
Cable TV - 0.9%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp., 4.908%, 7/23/2025
|
|
$
|
1,350,000
|
|
|
$
|
1,487,403
|
|
Time Warner Cable, Inc., 4%, 9/01/2021
|
|
|
2,770,000
|
|
|
|
2,844,429
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
4,331,832
|
|
Chemicals - 0.9%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sherwin-Williams Co., 3.125%, 6/01/2024
|
|
$
|
4,000,000
|
|
|
$
|
4,149,413
|
|
|
|
|
Computer Software - 1.2%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dell International LLC/EMC Corp., 4.9%, 10/01/2026 (n)
|
|
$
|
2,054,000
|
|
|
$
|
2,228,571
|
|
Microsoft Corp., 3.125%, 11/03/2025
|
|
|
3,110,000
|
|
|
|
3,312,469
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
5,541,040
|
|
Computer Software - Systems - 0.6%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Apple, Inc., 3.35%, 2/09/2027
|
|
$
|
2,700,000
|
|
|
$
|
2,897,430
|
|
|
|
|
Conglomerates - 2.7%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Roper Technologies, Inc., 2.8%, 12/15/2021
|
|
$
|
651,000
|
|
|
$
|
661,246
|
|
United Technologies Corp., 3.1%, 6/01/2022
|
|
|
947,000
|
|
|
|
975,740
|
|
United Technologies Corp., 3.65%, 8/16/2023
|
|
|
3,321,000
|
|
|
|
3,512,844
|
|
United Technologies Corp., 3.125%, 5/04/2027
|
|
|
2,000,000
|
|
|
|
2,110,190
|
|
United Technologies Corp., 4.125%, 11/16/2028
|
|
|
1,753,000
|
|
|
|
1,989,186
|
|
Wabtec Corp., 4.95%, 9/15/2028
|
|
|
2,973,000
|
|
|
|
3,281,329
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
12,530,535
|
|
Consumer Products - 1.4%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reckitt Benckiser Treasury Services PLC, 3.625%, 9/21/2023 (n)
|
|
$
|
2,274,000
|
|
|
$
|
2,380,151
|
|
Reckitt Benckiser Treasury Services PLC, 2.75%, 6/26/2024 (n)
|
|
|
4,000,000
|
|
|
|
4,081,470
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
6,461,621
|
|
Consumer Services - 1.7%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., 2.8%, 6/06/2023
|
|
$
|
1,605,000
|
|
|
$
|
1,627,494
|
|
Conservation Fund, 3.474%, 12/15/2029
|
|
|
563,000
|
|
|
|
572,021
|
|
Booking Holdings, Inc., 3.55%, 3/15/2028
|
|
|
2,737,000
|
|
|
|
2,948,426
|
|
Toll Road Investors Partnership II LP, Capital Appreciation, 0%, 2/15/2026 (n)
|
|
|
480,000
|
|
|
|
362,683
|
|
Toll Road Investors Partnership II LP, Capital Appreciation, 0%, 2/15/2027 (n)
|
|
|
1,525,000
|
|
|
|
1,097,932
|
|
Toll Road Investors Partnership II LP, Capital Appreciation, 0%, 2/15/2029 (n)
|
|
|
1,392,000
|
|
|
|
910,568
|
|
11
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issuer
|
|
Shares/Par
|
|
|
Value ($)
|
|
Bonds - continued
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consumer Services - continued
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Toll Road Investors Partnership II LP, Capital Appreciation, 0%, 2/15/2031 (n)
|
|
$
|
480,000
|
|
|
$
|
284,915
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
7,804,039
|
|
Electronics - 1.4%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Broadcom Corp./Broadcom Cayman Finance Ltd., 3.875%, 1/15/2027
|
|
$
|
3,900,000
|
|
|
$
|
3,938,209
|
|
Broadcom, Inc., 4.75%, 4/15/2029 (n)
|
|
|
1,150,000
|
|
|
|
1,218,986
|
|
Microchip Technology, Inc., 3.922%, 6/01/2021
|
|
|
1,213,000
|
|
|
|
1,241,524
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
6,398,719
|
|
Emerging Market Quasi-Sovereign - 0.2%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Corporacion Financiera de Desarrollo S.A. (Republic of Peru), 4.75%, 2/08/2022 (n)
|
|
$
|
228,000
|
|
|
$
|
238,146
|
|
Sinopec Capital (2013) Ltd. (Peoples Republic of China), 3.125%, 4/24/2023 (n)
|
|
|
733,000
|
|
|
|
748,875
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
987,021
|
|
Emerging Market Sovereign - 0.2%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Republic of Poland, 5%, 3/23/2022
|
|
$
|
772,000
|
|
|
$
|
826,550
|
|
|
|
|
Energy - Integrated - 0.7%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BP Capital Markets PLC, 4.742%, 3/11/2021
|
|
$
|
1,810,000
|
|
|
$
|
1,873,830
|
|
Eni S.p.A., 4%, 9/12/2023 (n)
|
|
|
1,327,000
|
|
|
|
1,403,604
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
3,277,434
|
|
Financial Institutions - 0.7%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Avolon Holdings Funding Ltd., 3.95%, 7/01/2024 (n)
|
|
$
|
3,123,000
|
|
|
$
|
3,242,299
|
|
|
|
|
Food & Beverages - 2.6%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc., 3.3%, 2/01/2023
|
|
$
|
3,198,000
|
|
|
$
|
3,327,102
|
|
Conagra Brands, Inc., 4.6%, 11/01/2025
|
|
|
2,987,000
|
|
|
|
3,314,500
|
|
Constellation Brands, Inc., 4.4%, 11/15/2025
|
|
|
3,306,000
|
|
|
|
3,653,735
|
|
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., 3.375%, 10/21/2020 (n)
|
|
|
1,876,000
|
|
|
|
1,900,846
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
12,196,183
|
|
Insurance - 1.3%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
American International Group, Inc., 3.75%, 7/10/2025
|
|
$
|
2,808,000
|
|
|
$
|
3,003,991
|
|
American International Group, Inc., 3.9%, 4/01/2026
|
|
|
2,850,000
|
|
|
|
3,065,925
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
6,069,916
|
|
Insurance - Property & Casualty - 1.4%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings Ltd., 4.35%, 10/29/2025
|
|
$
|
3,110,000
|
|
|
$
|
3,258,001
|
|
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., 4.85%, 4/17/2028
|
|
|
2,971,000
|
|
|
|
3,235,729
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
6,493,730
|
|
12
Portfolio of Investments continued
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issuer
|
|
Shares/Par
|
|
|
Value ($)
|
|
Bonds - continued
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
International Market Quasi-Sovereign - 0.5%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dexia Credit Local S.A. (Kingdom of Belgium), 1.875%, 9/15/2021 (n)
|
|
$
|
2,510,000
|
|
|
$
|
2,511,596
|
|
|
|
|
Internet - 0.3%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Baidu, Inc., 3.875%, 9/29/2023
|
|
$
|
1,361,000
|
|
|
$
|
1,412,792
|
|
|
|
|
Machinery & Tools - 0.8%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CNH Industrial Capital LLC, 4.2%, 1/15/2024
|
|
$
|
472,000
|
|
|
$
|
503,617
|
|
CNH Industrial Capital LLC, 3.85%, 11/15/2027
|
|
|
3,066,000
|
|
|
|
3,193,970
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
3,697,587
|
|
Major Banks - 13.2%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bank of America Corp., 2.151%, 11/09/2020
|
|
$
|
750,000
|
|
|
$
|
750,009
|
|
Bank of America Corp., 3.124% to 1/20/2022, FLR (LIBOR - 3mo. + 1.16%) to 1/20/2023
|
|
|
5,400,000
|
|
|
|
5,512,642
|
|
Bank of America Corp., 4.125%, 1/22/2024
|
|
|
2,876,000
|
|
|
|
3,092,057
|
|
Bank of New York Mellon Corp., 3.5%, 4/28/2023
|
|
|
3,446,000
|
|
|
|
3,619,659
|
|
Barclays PLC, 4.61%, 2/15/2023
|
|
|
3,857,000
|
|
|
|
4,028,881
|
|
Credit Suisse Group AG, 3.574%, 1/09/2023 (n)
|
|
|
1,500,000
|
|
|
|
1,538,204
|
|
Credit Suisse Group AG, 6.5%, 8/08/2023 (n)
|
|
|
915,000
|
|
|
|
1,016,794
|
|
Credit Suisse Group AG, 3.869%, 1/12/2029 (n)
|
|
|
2,076,000
|
|
|
|
2,218,267
|
|
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 5.75%, 1/24/2022
|
|
|
1,924,000
|
|
|
|
2,073,318
|
|
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 3%, 4/26/2022
|
|
|
1,720,000
|
|
|
|
1,742,809
|
|
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 2.908% to 6/05/2022, FLR (LIBOR - 3mo. + 1.053%) to 6/05/2023
|
|
|
1,750,000
|
|
|
|
1,779,017
|
|
HSBC Holdings PLC, 3.262% to 3/13/2022, FLR (LIBOR - 3mo. + 1.055%) to 3/13/2023
|
|
|
4,000,000
|
|
|
|
4,088,168
|
|
HSBC Holdings PLC, 3.033% to 11/22/2022, FLR (LIBOR - 3mo. + 0.923%) to 11/22/2023
|
|
|
1,500,000
|
|
|
|
1,533,577
|
|
ING Bank N.V., 5.8%, 9/25/2023 (n)
|
|
|
2,912,000
|
|
|
|
3,236,459
|
|
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 4.625%, 5/10/2021
|
|
|
2,890,000
|
|
|
|
3,005,121
|
|
JPMorgan Chase & Co., 3.125%, 1/23/2025
|
|
|
3,500,000
|
|
|
|
3,637,898
|
|
Lloyds Bank PLC, 3.75%, 1/11/2027
|
|
|
1,400,000
|
|
|
|
1,480,799
|
|
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc., 2.95%, 3/01/2021
|
|
|
656,000
|
|
|
|
663,698
|
|
Morgan Stanley, 3.875%, 1/27/2026
|
|
|
5,400,000
|
|
|
|
5,832,505
|
|
NatWest Markets PLC, 3.625%, 9/29/2022 (n)
|
|
|
800,000
|
|
|
|
829,149
|
|
Royal Bank of Scotland Group, PLC, FLR, 4.892% (LIBOR - 3mo. + 1.754%), 5/18/2029
|
|
|
2,442,000
|
|
|
|
2,759,735
|
|
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc., 3.102%, 1/17/2023
|
|
|
1,145,000
|
|
|
|
1,175,607
|
|
UBS Group Funding (Switzerland) AG, 4.253%, 3/23/2028 (n)
|
|
|
2,449,000
|
|
|
|
2,699,472
|
|
UBS Group Funding Ltd., 3%, 4/15/2021 (n)
|
|
|
2,505,000
|
|
|
|
2,542,008
|
|
UBS Group Funding Ltd., FLR, 3.574% (LIBOR - 3mo. +
1.44%), 9/24/2020 (n)
|
|
|
1,680,000
|
|
|
|
1,699,200
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
62,555,053
|
|
13
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issuer
|
|
Shares/Par
|
|
|
Value ($)
|
|
Bonds - continued
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Medical & Health Technology & Services - 1.1%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cigna Corp., FLR, 2.789% (LIBOR - 3mo. + 0.65%), 9/17/2021
|
|
$
|
2,000,000
|
|
|
$
|
2,000,320
|
|
HCA, Inc., 4.125%, 6/15/2029
|
|
|
3,215,000
|
|
|
|
3,405,987
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
5,406,307
|
|
Medical Equipment - 0.4%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Abbott Laboratories, 3.4%, 11/30/2023
|
|
$
|
1,600,000
|
|
|
$
|
1,687,854
|
|
|
|
|
Metals & Mining - 0.7%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Glencore Funding LLC, 4.125%, 5/30/2023 (n)
|
|
$
|
1,518,000
|
|
|
$
|
1,589,365
|
|
Glencore Funding LLC, 3.875%, 10/27/2027 (n)
|
|
|
1,887,000
|
|
|
|
1,941,504
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
3,530,869
|
|
Midstream - 1.5%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, 3.5%, 3/01/2021
|
|
$
|
1,854,000
|
|
|
$
|
1,883,923
|
|
MPLX LP, 3.5%, 12/01/2022 (n)
|
|
|
1,584,000
|
|
|
|
1,630,354
|
|
MPLX LP, 4%, 3/15/2028
|
|
|
3,395,000
|
|
|
|
3,529,316
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
7,043,593
|
|
Mortgage-Backed - 1.2%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fannie Mae, 5%, 12/01/2020
|
|
$
|
1,228
|
|
|
$
|
1,265
|
|
Fannie Mae, 6.5%, 11/01/2031
|
|
|
644,708
|
|
|
|
740,922
|
|
Freddie Mac, 5.5%, 11/01/2019 - 6/01/2020
|
|
|
22,044
|
|
|
|
22,132
|
|
Freddie Mac, 4.224%, 3/25/2020
|
|
|
1,616,864
|
|
|
|
1,618,994
|
|
Freddie Mac, 6%, 5/01/2021 - 8/01/2034
|
|
|
15,136
|
|
|
|
16,547
|
|
Freddie Mac, 3.064%, 8/25/2024
|
|
|
1,457,127
|
|
|
|
1,517,588
|
|
Freddie Mac, 3.187%, 9/25/2027
|
|
|
550,000
|
|
|
|
590,594
|
|
Freddie Mac, 4.06%, 10/25/2028
|
|
|
780,000
|
|
|
|
891,856
|
|
Ginnie Mae, 6%, 6/15/2033 - 10/15/2036
|
|
|
417,068
|
|
|
|
477,147
|
|
Ginnie Mae, 5.87%, 4/20/2058
|
|
|
24,104
|
|
|
|
27,326
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
5,904,371
|
|
Municipals - 3.5%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bridgeview, IL, Stadium and Redevelopment Projects, 5.06%, 12/01/2025
|
|
$
|
4,000,000
|
|
|
$
|
4,152,400
|
|
Gainesville, TX, Hospital District, A, 5.711%, 8/15/2033
|
|
|
2,330,000
|
|
|
|
2,644,550
|
|
New Jersey Economic Development Authority State Pension Funding
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rev., Capital Appreciation, B, 0%, 2/15/2023
|
|
|
3,704,000
|
|
|
|
3,424,237
|
|
Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority Rev., RR, 5%, 7/01/2022
|
|
|
1,675,000
|
|
|
|
1,703,307
|
|
Solano, CA, Irrigation District Hydroelectric Rev. (Monticello Power
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Project), 5.47%, 1/01/2020
|
|
|
840,000
|
|
|
|
841,294
|
|
Syracuse, NY, Industrial Development Agency PILOT Rev. (Carousel
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Center Project), B, 5%, 1/01/2036
|
|
|
3,635,000
|
|
|
|
3,734,454
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
16,500,242
|
|
14
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issuer
|
|
Shares/Par
|
|
|
Value ($)
|
|
Bonds - continued
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Network & Telecom - 1.5%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AT&T, Inc., 3.4%, 5/15/2025
|
|
$
|
5,400,000
|
|
|
$
|
5,658,134
|
|
AT&T, Inc., 3.8%, 2/15/2027
|
|
|
1,231,000
|
|
|
|
1,320,344
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
6,978,478
|
|
Oils - 0.7%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Marathon Petroleum Corp., 3.625%, 9/15/2024
|
|
$
|
1,003,000
|
|
|
$
|
1,056,365
|
|
Valero Energy Corp., 3.4%, 9/15/2026
|
|
|
2,353,000
|
|
|
|
2,439,806
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
3,496,171
|
|
Other Banks & Diversified Financials - 1.3%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BBVA USA, 3.5%, 6/11/2021
|
|
$
|
1,730,000
|
|
|
$
|
1,762,564
|
|
BBVA USA, 2.875%, 6/29/2022
|
|
|
1,826,000
|
|
|
|
1,856,253
|
|
Citizens Bank N.A., 2.55%, 5/13/2021
|
|
|
910,000
|
|
|
|
917,350
|
|
SunTrust Banks, Inc., 2.7%, 1/27/2022
|
|
|
1,803,000
|
|
|
|
1,827,580
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
6,363,747
|
|
Pharmaceuticals - 1.2%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Allergan Funding SCS, 3.45%, 3/15/2022
|
|
$
|
3,000,000
|
|
|
$
|
3,073,956
|
|
Celgene Corp., 2.75%, 2/15/2023
|
|
|
2,628,000
|
|
|
|
2,676,567
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
5,750,523
|
|
Restaurants - 0.8%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Starbucks Corp., 3.8%, 8/15/2025
|
|
$
|
3,500,000
|
|
|
$
|
3,805,835
|
|
|
|
|
Retailers - 0.6%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc., 2.7%, 7/26/2022 (n)
|
|
$
|
2,700,000
|
|
|
$
|
2,731,633
|
|
|
|
|
Supranational - 0.7%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Corporacion Andina de Fomento, 4.375%, 6/15/2022
|
|
$
|
2,950,000
|
|
|
$
|
3,104,285
|
|
|
|
|
Telecommunications - Wireless - 1.2%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
American Tower Corp., REIT, 3.55%, 7/15/2027
|
|
$
|
4,000,000
|
|
|
$
|
4,220,976
|
|
Crown Castle International Corp., 3.65%, 9/01/2027
|
|
|
947,000
|
|
|
|
1,006,052
|
|
SBA Tower Trust, 2.877%, 7/09/2021 (n)
|
|
|
586,000
|
|
|
|
588,656
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
5,815,684
|
|
Tobacco - 0.4%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reynolds American, Inc., 6.875%, 5/01/2020
|
|
$
|
1,340,000
|
|
|
$
|
1,370,320
|
|
Reynolds American, Inc., 3.25%, 6/12/2020
|
|
|
614,000
|
|
|
|
618,135
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,988,455
|
|
U.S. Government Agencies and Equivalents - 0.7%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AID-Ukraine, 1.847%, 5/29/2020
|
|
$
|
2,500,000
|
|
|
$
|
2,504,261
|
|
Small Business Administration, 6.35%, 4/01/2021
|
|
|
24,614
|
|
|
|
25,021
|
|
15
Portfolio of Investments continued
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issuer
|
|
Shares/Par
|
|
|
Value ($)
|
|
Bonds - continued
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S. Government Agencies and Equivalents - continued
|
|
|
|
|
|
Small Business Administration, 6.34%, 5/01/2021
|
|
$
|
38,755
|
|
|
$
|
39,361
|
|
Small Business Administration, 6.44%, 6/01/2021
|
|
|
34,876
|
|
|
|
35,600
|
|
Small Business Administration, 6.625%, 7/01/2021
|
|
|
45,319
|
|
|
|
46,120
|
|
Small Business Administration, 5.34%, 11/01/2021
|
|
|
164,957
|
|
|
|
168,084
|
|
Small Business Administration, 4.93%, 1/01/2024
|
|
|
82,573
|
|
|
|
85,972
|
|
Small Business Administration, 5.36%, 11/01/2025
|
|
|
169,476
|
|
|
|
180,367
|
|
Small Business Administration, 5.39%, 12/01/2025
|
|
|
117,534
|
|
|
|
124,996
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
3,209,782
|
|
U.S. Treasury Obligations - 37.3%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S. Treasury Notes, 2.625%, 8/15/2020
|
|
$
|
7,525,000
|
|
|
$
|
7,583,789
|
|
U.S. Treasury Notes, 2.375%, 3/15/2021
|
|
|
18,815,000
|
|
|
|
19,011,970
|
|
U.S. Treasury Notes, 1.75%, 11/30/2021
|
|
|
10,000,000
|
|
|
|
10,040,625
|
|
U.S. Treasury Notes, 1.75%, 2/28/2022
|
|
|
14,420,000
|
|
|
|
14,489,847
|
|
U.S. Treasury Notes, 1.75%, 5/15/2022
|
|
|
13,500,000
|
|
|
|
13,575,937
|
|
U.S. Treasury Notes, 2.125%, 12/31/2022
|
|
|
14,635,000
|
|
|
|
14,908,263
|
|
U.S. Treasury Notes, 2.5%, 8/15/2023
|
|
|
12,710,000
|
|
|
|
13,162,794
|
|
U.S. Treasury Notes, 2.75%, 2/15/2024
|
|
|
8,385,000
|
|
|
|
8,808,508
|
|
U.S. Treasury Notes, 2.375%, 8/15/2024
|
|
|
9,230,000
|
|
|
|
9,583,336
|
|
U.S. Treasury Notes, 2%, 2/15/2025
|
|
|
9,900,000
|
|
|
|
10,121,203
|
|
U.S. Treasury Notes, 2%, 8/15/2025
|
|
|
5,225,000
|
|
|
|
5,346,440
|
|
U.S. Treasury Notes, 2.25%, 11/15/2025
|
|
|
14,255,000
|
|
|
|
14,795,688
|
|
U.S. Treasury Notes, 1.625%, 5/15/2026
|
|
|
4,080,000
|
|
|
|
4,086,534
|
|
U.S. Treasury Notes, 2%, 11/15/2026
|
|
|
12,585,000
|
|
|
|
12,916,831
|
|
U.S. Treasury Notes, 2.375%, 5/15/2027
|
|
|
4,075,000
|
|
|
|
4,296,260
|
|
U.S. Treasury Notes, 2.75%, 2/15/2028
|
|
|
3,650,000
|
|
|
|
3,962,104
|
|
U.S. Treasury Notes, 2.375%, 5/15/2029
|
|
|
9,000,000
|
|
|
|
9,543,164
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
176,233,293
|
|
Utilities - Electric Power - 2.8%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Emera U.S. Finance LP, 2.7%, 6/15/2021
|
|
$
|
492,000
|
|
|
$
|
496,338
|
|
Enel Americas S.A., 4%, 10/25/2026
|
|
|
252,000
|
|
|
|
260,508
|
|
Enel Finance International N.V., 2.75%, 4/06/2023 (n)
|
|
|
3,500,000
|
|
|
|
3,532,895
|
|
Enel Finance International N.V., 4.875%, 6/14/2029 (n)
|
|
|
1,615,000
|
|
|
|
1,848,423
|
|
FirstEnergy Corp., 3.9%, 7/15/2027
|
|
|
2,827,000
|
|
|
|
3,042,406
|
|
Oncor Electric Delivery Co., 4.1%, 6/01/2022
|
|
|
2,206,000
|
|
|
|
2,315,374
|
|
PPL WEM Holdings PLC, 5.375%, 5/01/2021 (n)
|
|
|
546,000
|
|
|
|
564,386
|
|
Transelec S.A., 4.625%, 7/26/2023 (n)
|
|
|
927,000
|
|
|
|
982,629
|
|
Transelec S.A., 4.25%, 1/14/2025 (n)
|
|
|
228,000
|
|
|
|
239,972
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
13,282,931
|
|
Total Bonds (Identified Cost, $445,699,844)
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
464,145,586
|
|
16
Portfolio of Investments continued
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment Companies (h) - 0.8%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Issuer
|
|
Shares/Par
|
|
|
Value ($)
|
|
Money Market Funds - 0.8%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio, 1.89% (v)
(Identified Cost, $3,881,047)
|
|
|
3,880,994
|
|
|
$
|
3,881,383
|
|
|
|
|
Other Assets, Less Liabilities - 0.9%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,395,197
|
|
Net Assets - 100.0%
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
472,422,166
|
|
(h)
|
An affiliated issuer, which may be considered one in which the fund owns 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities, or a company which is under
common control. At period end, the aggregate values of the funds investments in affiliated issuers and in unaffiliated issuers were $3,881,383 and $464,145,586, respectively.
|
(i)
|
Interest only security for which the fund receives interest on notional principal (Par amount). Par amount shown is the notional principal and does not
reflect the cost of the security.
|
(n)
|
Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be sold in the ordinary course of business in
transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At period end, the aggregate value of these securities was $72,470,202, representing 15.3% of net assets.
|
(v)
|
Affiliated issuer that is available only to investment companies managed by MFS. The rate quoted for the MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio is the
annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.
|
(z)
|
Restricted securities are not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and are subject to legal restrictions on resale. These securities generally
may be resold in transactions exempt from registration or to the public if the securities are subsequently registered. Disposal of these securities may involve time-consuming negotiations and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult. The
fund holds the following restricted securities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restricted Securities
|
|
Acquisition
Date
|
|
Cost
|
|
|
Value
|
|
Falcon Franchise Loan LLC, 9.62%, 1/05/2023
|
|
1/18/02
|
|
|
$5,804
|
|
|
|
$5,746
|
|
% of Net assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.0%
|
|
The following abbreviations are used in this report and are defined:
CLO
|
|
Collateralized Loan Obligation
|
FLR
|
|
Floating Rate. Interest rate resets periodically based on the parenthetically disclosed reference rate plus a spread (if any). The
period-end rate reported may not be the current rate. All reference rates are USD unless otherwise noted.
|
LIBOR
|
|
London Interbank Offered Rate
|
REIT
|
|
Real Estate Investment Trust
|
See Notes to Financial Statements
17
Financial Statements
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
At 10/31/19
This statement represents your funds balance sheet, which details the assets and
liabilities comprising the total value of the fund.
|
|
|
|
|
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
Investments in unaffiliated issuers, at value (identified cost, $445,699,844)
|
|
|
$464,145,586
|
|
Investments in affiliated issuers, at value (identified cost, $3,881,047)
|
|
|
3,881,383
|
|
Receivables for
|
|
|
|
|
Investments sold
|
|
|
1,040,567
|
|
Interest
|
|
|
3,669,768
|
|
Other assets
|
|
|
19,048
|
|
Total assets
|
|
|
$472,756,352
|
|
|
|
Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
Payable to custodian
|
|
|
$31,357
|
|
Payables for
|
|
|
|
|
Distributions
|
|
|
111,130
|
|
Payable to affiliates
|
|
|
|
|
Investment adviser
|
|
|
12,806
|
|
Administrative services fee
|
|
|
381
|
|
Transfer agent and dividend disbursing costs
|
|
|
4,730
|
|
Payable for independent Trustees compensation
|
|
|
31
|
|
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
|
|
|
173,751
|
|
Total liabilities
|
|
|
$334,186
|
|
Net assets
|
|
|
$472,422,166
|
|
|
|
Net assets consist of
|
|
|
|
|
Paid-in capital
|
|
|
$459,689,011
|
|
Total distributable earnings (loss)
|
|
|
12,733,155
|
|
Net assets
|
|
|
$472,422,166
|
|
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding
|
|
|
116,904,180
|
|
Net asset value per share (net assets of $472,422,166 / 116,904,180 shares of beneficial interest
outstanding)
|
|
|
$4.04
|
|
See Notes to Financial Statements
18
Financial Statements
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
Year ended 10/31/19
This statement describes how much your fund earned in investment income and
accrued in expenses. It also describes any gains and/or losses generated by fund operations.
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income (loss)
|
|
|
|
|
Income
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
|
|
|
$15,236,479
|
|
Dividends from affiliated issuers
|
|
|
65,213
|
|
Other
|
|
|
85
|
|
Total investment income
|
|
|
$15,301,777
|
|
Expenses
|
|
|
|
|
Management fee
|
|
|
$2,389,932
|
|
Transfer agent and dividend disbursing costs
|
|
|
92,079
|
|
Administrative services fee
|
|
|
74,043
|
|
Independent Trustees compensation
|
|
|
98,707
|
|
Stock exchange fee
|
|
|
114,156
|
|
Custodian fee
|
|
|
29,182
|
|
Shareholder communications
|
|
|
151,661
|
|
Audit and tax fees
|
|
|
83,118
|
|
Legal fees
|
|
|
11,932
|
|
Miscellaneous
|
|
|
44,508
|
|
Total expenses
|
|
|
$3,089,318
|
|
Net investment income (loss)
|
|
|
$12,212,459
|
|
|
|
Realized and unrealized gain (loss)
|
|
|
|
|
Realized gain (loss) (identified cost basis)
|
|
|
|
|
Unaffiliated issuers
|
|
|
$103,825
|
|
Affiliated issuers
|
|
|
937
|
|
Net realized gain (loss)
|
|
|
$104,762
|
|
Change in unrealized appreciation or depreciation
|
|
|
|
|
Unaffiliated issuers
|
|
|
$28,518,787
|
|
Affiliated issuers
|
|
|
336
|
|
Net unrealized gain (loss)
|
|
|
$28,519,123
|
|
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
|
|
|
$28,623,885
|
|
Change in net assets from operations
|
|
|
$40,836,344
|
|
See Notes to Financial Statements
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Financial Statements
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
These statements describe the increases and/or decreases in net assets resulting from operations, any distributions, and any shareholder transactions.
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|
|
|
|
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Year ended
|
|
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|
10/31/19
|
|
|
10/31/18
|
|
Change in net assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
From operations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income (loss)
|
|
|
$12,212,459
|
|
|
|
$11,563,873
|
|
Net realized gain (loss)
|
|
|
104,762
|
|
|
|
(3,226,757
|
)
|
Net unrealized gain (loss)
|
|
|
28,519,123
|
|
|
|
(15,721,723
|
)
|
Change in net assets from operations
|
|
|
$40,836,344
|
|
|
|
$(7,384,607
|
)
|
Distributions to shareholders
|
|
|
$(12,403,691
|
)
|
|
|
$(11,840,496
|
)
|
Tax return of capital distributions to shareholders
|
|
|
$(27,810,480
|
)
|
|
|
$(30,773,391
|
)
|
Change in net assets from fund share transactions
|
|
|
$(1,777,421
|
)
|
|
|
$(1,288,339
|
)
|
Total change in net assets
|
|
|
$(1,155,248
|
)
|
|
|
$(51,286,833
|
)
|
|
|
|
Net assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
At beginning of period
|
|
|
473,577,414
|
|
|
|
524,864,247
|
|
At end of period
|
|
|
$472,422,166
|
|
|
|
$473,577,414
|
|
See Notes to Financial Statements
20
Financial Statements
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
The financial highlights table is intended to help you understand the funds financial performance for the past 5 years. Certain information reflects financial results for a single fund share. The total
returns in the table represent the rate that an investor would have earned (or lost) on an investment in the fund share class (assuming reinvestment of all distributions) held for the entire period.
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Year ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10/31/19
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|
|
10/31/18
|
|
|
10/31/17
|
|
|
10/31/16
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|
|
10/31/15
|
|
Net asset value, beginning of period
|
|
|
$4.03
|
|
|
|
$4.46
|
|
|
|
$4.80
|
|
|
|
$5.05
|
|
|
|
$5.44
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income (loss) from investment operations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income (loss) (d)
|
|
|
$0.10
|
|
|
|
$0.10
|
|
|
|
$0.10
|
(c)
|
|
|
$0.11
|
|
|
|
$0.12
|
|
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
|
|
|
0.25
|
|
|
|
(0.17
|
)
|
|
|
(0.05
|
)
|
|
|
0.06
|
|
|
|
(0.06
|
)
|
Total from investment operations
|
|
|
$0.35
|
|
|
|
$(0.07
|
)
|
|
|
$0.05
|
|
|
|
$0.17
|
|
|
|
$0.06
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less distributions declared to shareholders
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
From net investment income
|
|
|
$(0.10
|
)
|
|
|
$(0.10
|
)
|
|
|
$(0.02
|
)
|
|
|
$(0.08
|
)
|
|
|
$(0.25
|
)
|
From tax return of capital
|
|
|
(0.24
|
)
|
|
|
(0.26
|
)
|
|
|
(0.37
|
)
|
|
|
(0.34
|
)
|
|
|
(0.20
|
)
|
Total distributions declared to shareholders
|
|
|
$(0.34
|
)
|
|
|
$(0.36
|
)
|
|
|
$(0.39
|
)
|
|
|
$(0.42
|
)
|
|
|
$(0.45
|
)
|
Net increase from repurchase of capital shares
|
|
|
$0.00
|
(w)
|
|
|
$0.00
|
(w)
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$0.00
|
(w)
|
|
|
$0.00
|
(w)
|
Net asset value, end of period (x)
|
|
|
$4.04
|
|
|
|
$4.03
|
|
|
|
$4.46
|
|
|
|
$4.80
|
|
|
|
$5.05
|
|
Market value, end of period
|
|
|
$3.77
|
|
|
|
$3.69
|
|
|
|
$4.24
|
|
|
|
$4.45
|
|
|
|
$4.56
|
|
Total return at market value (%)
|
|
|
11.87
|
|
|
|
(4.56
|
)
|
|
|
4.30
|
|
|
|
6.93
|
|
|
|
(0.82
|
)
|
Total return at net asset value (%) (j)(r)(s)(x)
|
|
|
9.77
|
|
|
|
(0.90
|
)
|
|
|
1.72
|
(c)
|
|
|
4.15
|
|
|
|
1.96
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ratios (%) (to average net assets)
and Supplemental data:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expenses before expense reductions (f)
|
|
|
0.65
|
|
|
|
0.64
|
|
|
|
0.61
|
(c)
|
|
|
0.64
|
|
|
|
0.64
|
|
Expenses after expense reductions (f)
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
Net investment income (loss)
|
|
|
2.58
|
|
|
|
2.33
|
|
|
|
2.07
|
(c)
|
|
|
2.16
|
|
|
|
2.22
|
|
Portfolio turnover
|
|
|
18
|
|
|
|
50
|
|
|
|
65
|
|
|
|
19
|
|
|
|
31
|
|
Net assets at end of period (000 omitted)
|
|
|
$472,422
|
|
|
|
$473,577
|
|
|
|
$524,864
|
|
|
|
$565,316
|
|
|
|
$594,492
|
|
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Financial Highlights continued
(c)
|
Amount reflects a one-time reimbursement of expenses by the custodian (or former custodian) without which net
investment income and performance would be lower and expenses would be higher.
|
(d)
|
Per share data is based on average shares outstanding.
|
(f)
|
Ratios do not reflect reductions from fees paid indirectly, if applicable.
|
(j)
|
Total return at net asset value is calculated using the net asset value of the fund, not the publicly traded price and therefore may be different than
the total return at market value.
|
(r)
|
Certain expenses have been reduced without which performance would have been lower.
|
(s)
|
From time to time the fund may receive proceeds from litigation settlements, without which performance would be lower.
|
(w)
|
Per share amount was less than $0.01.
|
(x)
|
The net asset values and total returns at net asset value have been calculated on net assets which include adjustments made in accordance with U.S.
generally accepted accounting principles required at period end for financial reporting purposes.
|
See Notes to Financial Statements
22
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(1) Business and Organization
MFS Intermediate Income Trust
(the fund) is organized as a Massachusetts business trust and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as a diversified closed-end management investment company.
The fund is an investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board
(FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services Investment Companies.
(2) Significant Accounting Policies
General The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management
to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net
assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. In the preparation of these financial statements, management has evaluated subsequent events occurring after the date of the funds Statement
of Assets and Liabilities through the date that the financial statements were issued. The fund invests in foreign securities. Investments in foreign securities are vulnerable to the effects of changes in the relative values of the local currency and
the U.S. dollar and to the effects of changes in each countrys market, economic, industrial, political, regulatory, geopolitical, and other conditions.
In March 2017, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2017-08, Receivables Nonrefundable Fees and Other Costs (Subtopic
310-20) Premium Amortization on Purchased Callable Debt Securities (ASU 2017-08). For entities that purchased callable debt securities at a premium,
ASU 2017-08 requires that the premium be amortized to the earliest call date. ASU 2017-08 will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, and
interim periods within those fiscal years. Management has evaluated the potential impacts of ASU 2017-08 and believes that adoption of ASU 2017-08 will not have a
material effect on the funds overall financial position or its overall results of operations.
Balance Sheet Offsetting The
funds accounting policy with respect to balance sheet offsetting is that, absent an event of default by the counterparty or a termination of the agreement, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) Master Agreement, or similar
agreement, does not result in an offset of reported amounts of financial assets and financial liabilities in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities across transactions between the fund and the applicable counterparty. The funds right to
setoff may be restricted or prohibited by the bankruptcy or insolvency laws of the particular jurisdiction to which a specific master netting agreement counterparty is subject. Balance sheet offsetting disclosures, to the extent applicable to the
fund, have been included in the funds Significant Accounting Policies note under the captions for each of the funds in-scope financial instruments and transactions.
Investment Valuations Debt instruments and floating rate loans, including restricted debt instruments, are generally valued at an evaluated or
composite bid as
23
Notes to Financial Statements continued
provided by a third-party pricing service. Short-term instruments with a maturity at issuance of 60 days or less may be valued at
amortized cost, which approximates market value. Open-end investment companies are generally valued at net asset value per share. Securities and other assets generally valued on the basis of information from a
third-party pricing service may also be valued at a broker/dealer bid quotation. In determining values, third-party pricing services can utilize both transaction data and market information such as yield, quality, coupon rate, maturity, type of
issue, trading characteristics, and other market data. The values of foreign securities and other assets and liabilities expressed in foreign currencies are converted to U.S. dollars using the mean of bid and asked prices for rates provided by a
third-party pricing service.
The Board of Trustees has delegated primary responsibility for determining or causing to be determined the value of the
funds investments (including any fair valuation) to the adviser pursuant to valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board. If the adviser determines that reliable market quotations are not readily available, investments are valued at
fair value as determined in good faith by the adviser in accordance with such procedures under the oversight of the Board of Trustees. Under the funds valuation policies and procedures, market quotations are not considered to be readily
available for most types of debt instruments and floating rate loans and many types of derivatives. These investments are generally valued at fair value based on information from third-party pricing services. In addition, investments may be valued
at fair value if the adviser determines that an investments value has been materially affected by events occurring after the close of the exchange or market on which the investment is principally traded (such as foreign exchange or market) and
prior to the determination of the funds net asset value, or after the halt of trading of a specific security where trading does not resume prior to the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded. The adviser
generally relies on third-party pricing services or other information (such as the correlation with price movements of similar securities in the same or other markets; the type, cost and investment characteristics of the security; the business and
financial condition of the issuer; and trading and other market data) to assist in determining whether to fair value and at what value to fair value an investment. The value of an investment for purposes of calculating the funds net asset
value can differ depending on the source and method used to determine value. When fair valuation is used, the value of an investment used to determine the funds net asset value may differ from quoted or published prices for the same
investment. There can be no assurance that the fund could obtain the fair value assigned to an investment if it were to sell the investment at the same time at which the fund determines its net asset value per share.
Various inputs are used in determining the value of the funds assets or liabilities. These inputs are categorized into three broad levels. In certain cases,
the inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, an investments level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value
measurement. The funds assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment, and considers factors specific to the investment. Level 1 includes unadjusted quoted prices in
active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Level 2 includes other significant observable market-based inputs (including quoted prices for similar
24
Notes to Financial Statements continued
securities, interest rates, prepayment speed, and credit risk). Level 3 includes unobservable inputs, which may include the
advisers own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments. The following is a summary of the levels used as of October 31, 2019 in valuing the funds assets or liabilities:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Financial Instruments
|
|
Level 1
|
|
|
Level 2
|
|
|
Level 3
|
|
|
Total
|
|
U.S. Treasury Bonds & U.S. Government Agencies & Equivalents
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$179,443,075
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$179,443,075
|
|
Non-U.S. Sovereign Debt
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,429,452
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,429,452
|
|
Municipal Bonds
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16,500,242
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16,500,242
|
|
U.S. Corporate Bonds
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
162,031,871
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
162,031,871
|
|
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,169,191
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,169,191
|
|
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,569,002
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,569,002
|
|
Asset-Backed Securities (including CDOs)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,949,014
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,949,014
|
|
Foreign Bonds
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
77,053,739
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
77,053,739
|
|
Mutual Funds
|
|
|
3,881,383
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,881,383
|
|
Total
|
|
|
$3,881,383
|
|
|
|
$464,145,586
|
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
|
$468,026,969
|
|
For further information regarding security characteristics, see the Portfolio of Investments.
Inflation-Adjusted Debt Securities The fund invests in inflation-adjusted debt securities issued by the U.S. Treasury. The principal value of these
debt securities is adjusted through income according to changes in the Consumer Price Index. These debt securities typically pay a fixed rate of interest, but this fixed rate is applied to the inflation-adjusted principal amount. The principal paid
at maturity of the debt security is typically equal to the inflation-adjusted principal amount, or the securitys original par value, whichever is greater. Other types of inflation-adjusted securities may use other methods to adjust for other
measures of inflation.
Indemnifications Under the funds organizational documents, its officers and Trustees may be indemnified
against certain liabilities and expenses arising out of the performance of their duties to the fund. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the fund enters into agreements with service providers that may contain indemnification clauses. The
funds maximum exposure under these agreements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the fund that have not yet occurred.
Investment Transactions and Income Investment transactions are recorded on the trade date. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. All premium and discount is amortized or accreted for
financial statement purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Interest payments received in additional securities are recorded on the ex-interest date in an amount equal to the
value of the security on such date.
The fund may receive proceeds from litigation settlements. Any proceeds received from litigation involving portfolio
holdings are reflected in the Statement of Operations in realized gain/loss if the security has been disposed of by the fund or in unrealized gain/loss if the security is still held by the fund. Any other proceeds from litigation not related to
portfolio holdings are reflected as other income in the Statement of Operations.
25
Notes to Financial Statements continued
Tax Matters and Distributions The fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company, as defined under Subchapter M
of the Internal Revenue Code, and to distribute all of its taxable income, including realized capital gains. As a result, no provision for federal income tax is required. The funds federal tax returns, when filed, will remain subject to
examination by the Internal Revenue Service for a three year period. Management has analyzed the funds tax positions taken on federal and state tax returns for all open tax years and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions
that require recognition of a tax liability. Foreign taxes, if any, have been accrued by the fund in the accompanying financial statements in accordance with the applicable foreign tax law. Foreign income taxes may be withheld by certain countries
in which the fund invests. Additionally, capital gains realized by the fund on securities issued in or by certain foreign countries may be subject to capital gains tax imposed by those countries.
Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The fund seeks to pay monthly distributions based on an
annual rate of 8.50% of the funds average monthly net asset value. As a result, distributions may exceed actual earnings which may result in a tax return of capital. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with
income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Certain capital accounts in the financial statements are periodically adjusted for permanent differences in order to reflect their tax character. These
adjustments have no impact on net assets or net asset value per share. Temporary differences which arise from recognizing certain items of income, expense, gain or loss in different periods for financial statement and tax purposes will reverse at
some time in the future.
During the year ended October 31, 2019, there were no significant adjustments due to differences between book and tax
accounting.
The tax character of distributions declared to shareholders for the last two fiscal years is as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended
10/31/19
|
|
|
Year ended
10/31/18
|
|
Ordinary income (including any short-term capital gains)
|
|
|
$12,403,691
|
|
|
|
$11,840,496
|
|
Tax return of capital (b)
|
|
|
27,810,480
|
|
|
|
30,773,391
|
|
|
|
|
Total distributions
|
|
|
$40,214,171
|
|
|
|
$42,613,887
|
|
(b)
|
Distributions in excess of tax basis earnings and profits are reported in the financial statements as a tax return of capital.
|
The federal tax cost and the tax basis components of distributable earnings were as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of 10/31/19
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of investments
|
|
|
$450,084,781
|
|
Gross appreciation
|
|
|
18,477,759
|
|
|
|
Gross depreciation
|
|
|
(535,571
|
)
|
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
|
|
|
$17,942,188
|
|
|
|
Capital loss carryforwards
|
|
|
(5,097,904
|
)
|
Other temporary differences
|
|
|
(111,129
|
)
|
26
Notes to Financial Statements continued
As of October 31, 2019, the fund had capital loss carryforwards available to offset future realized gains. These net capital losses
may be carried forward indefinitely and their character is retained as short-term and/or long-term losses. Such losses are characterized as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
Short-Term
|
|
|
$(2,620,236
|
)
|
Long-Term
|
|
|
(2,477,668
|
)
|
Total
|
|
|
$(5,097,904
|
)
|
(3) Transactions with Affiliates
Investment Adviser The fund has an investment advisory agreement with MFS to provide overall investment management and related administrative services and facilities to the fund. The management fee is
computed daily and paid monthly at an annual rate of 0.32% of the funds average daily net assets and 5.65% of gross income. Gross income is calculated based on tax elections that generally include the accretion of discount and exclude the
amortization of premium, which may differ from investment income reported in the Statement of Operations. MFS has agreed to reduce its management fee to the lesser of the contractual management fee as set forth above or 0.85% of the funds
average daily net assets. This written agreement will continue until modified by the funds Board of Trustees, but such agreement will continue at least until October 31, 2020. For the year ended October 31, 2019, the funds
average daily net assets and gross income fees did not meet the thresholds required to waive the management fee under this agreement. The management fee, from net assets and gross income, incurred for the year ended October 31, 2019 was
equivalent to an annual effective rate of 0.51% of the funds average daily net assets.
Transfer Agent The fund engages Computershare
Trust Company, N.A. (Computershare) as the sole transfer agent for the fund. MFS Service Center, Inc. (MFSC) monitors and supervises the activities of Computershare for an agreed upon fee approved by the Board of Trustees. For the year
ended October 31, 2019, these fees paid to MFSC amounted to $28,923.
Administrator MFS provides certain financial, legal, shareholder
communications, compliance, and other administrative services to the fund. Under an administrative services agreement, the fund reimburses MFS the costs incurred to provide these services. The fund is charged an annual fixed amount of $17,500 plus a
fee based on average daily net assets. The administrative services fee incurred for the year ended October 31, 2019 was equivalent to an annual effective rate of 0.0157% of the funds average daily net assets.
Trustees and Officers Compensation The fund pays compensation to independent Trustees in the form of a retainer, attendance fees, and
additional compensation to Board and Committee chairpersons. The fund does not pay compensation directly to Trustees or officers of the fund who are also officers of the investment adviser, all of whom receive remuneration from MFS for their
services to the fund. Certain officers and Trustees of the fund are officers or directors of MFS and MFSC.
Prior to December 31, 2001, the fund had
an unfunded defined benefit plan (DB plan) for independent Trustees. As of December 31, 2001, the Board took action
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Notes to Financial Statements continued
to terminate the DB plan with respect to then-current and any future independent Trustees, such that the DB plan covers only certain of
those former independent Trustees who retired on or before December 31, 2001. The DB plan resulted in a net decrease in pension expense of $10,482 and is included in Independent Trustees compensation in the Statement of
Operations for the year ended October 31, 2019. Effective June 30, 2019, the fund no longer participates in the DB plan.
Other This
fund and certain other funds managed by MFS (the funds) had entered into a service agreement (the ISO Agreement) which provided for payment of fees solely by the funds to Tarantino LLC in return for the provision of services of an Independent Senior
Officer (ISO) for the funds. Frank L. Tarantino served as the ISO and was an officer of the funds and the sole member of Tarantino LLC. Effective June 30, 2019, Mr. Tarantino retired from his position as ISO for the funds, and the ISO
Agreement was terminated. For the year ended October 31, 2019, the fee paid by the fund under this agreement was $720 and is included in Miscellaneous expense in the Statement of Operations. MFS had agreed to bear all expenses
associated with office space, other administrative support, and supplies provided to the ISO.
The fund invests in the MFS Institutional Money Market
Portfolio which is managed by MFS and seeks current income consistent with preservation of capital and liquidity. This money market fund does not pay a management fee to MFS.
(4) Portfolio Securities
For the year ended October 31, 2019, purchases and sales of investments, other
than short-term obligations, were as follows:
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Purchases
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Sales
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U.S. Government securities
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$36,656,763
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$56,308,431
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Non-U.S. Government securities
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$46,300,311
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$64,202,347
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(5) Shares of Beneficial Interest
The funds Declaration of Trust permits the Trustees to issue an unlimited number of full and fractional shares of beneficial interest. The Trustees have authorized the repurchase by the fund of up to 10%
annually of its own shares of beneficial interest. The fund repurchased 482,936 shares of beneficial interest during the year ended October 31, 2019 at an average price per share of $3.68 and a weighted average discount of 8.44% per share. The
fund repurchased 345,558 shares of beneficial interest during the year ended October 31, 2018 at an average price per share of $3.73 and a weighted average discount of 8.28% per share. Transactions in fund shares were as follows:
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Year ended
10/31/19
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Year ended
10/31/18
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Shares
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Amount
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Shares
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Amount
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Capital shares repurchased
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(482,936
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)
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$(1,777,421
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)
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(345,558
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$(1,288,339
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)
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(6) Line of Credit
The fund
and certain other funds managed by MFS participate in a $1.25 billion unsecured committed line of credit, subject to a $1 billion sublimit, provided by a syndicate of banks under a credit agreement. Borrowings may be made for temporary
financing needs. Interest is charged to each fund, based on its borrowings, generally at a rate equal to the highest of one month LIBOR, the Federal Funds Effective Rate and
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Notes to Financial Statements continued
the Overnight Bank Funding Rate, plus an agreed upon spread. A commitment fee, based on the average daily, unused portion of the
committed line of credit, is allocated among the participating funds. In addition, the fund and other funds managed by MFS have established unsecured uncommitted borrowing arrangements with certain banks for temporary financing needs. Interest is
charged to each fund, based on its borrowings, at rates equal to customary reference rates plus an agreed upon spread. For the year ended October 31, 2019, the funds commitment fee and interest expense were $2,886 and $0, respectively,
and are included in Miscellaneous expense in the Statement of Operations.
(7) Investments in Affiliated Issuers
An affiliated issuer may be considered one in which the fund owns 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities, or a company which is under common control. For
the purposes of this report, the following were affiliated issuers:
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Affiliated Issuers
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Beginning
Value
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Purchases
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Sales
Proceeds
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Realized
Gain
(Loss)
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Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation or
Depreciation
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Ending
Value
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MFS Institutional Money
Market Portfolio
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$5,930
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$73,501,664
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$69,627,484
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$937
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$336
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$3,881,383
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Affiliated Issuers
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Dividend
Income
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Capital Gain
Distributions
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MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio
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$65,213
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$
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Trustees and the Shareholders of MFS Intermediate Income Trust:
Opinion on the Financial Statements and Financial Highlights
We have audited the accompanying statement of
assets and liabilities of MFS Intermediate Income Trust (the Fund), including the portfolio of investments, as of October 31, 2019, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets
for each of the two years in the period then ended, the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, and the related notes. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all
material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of October 31, 2019, and the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial
highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the
Funds management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
(United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance
about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial
reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds internal control over financial
reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the
financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements and financial highlights. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial
highlights.
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Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of October 31, 2019,
by correspondence with the custodian. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
DELOITTE &
TOUCHE LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
December 16, 2019
We have served as the auditor of one or more
of the MFS investment companies since 1924.
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RESULTS OF SHAREHOLDER MEETING
(unaudited)
At the annual meeting of shareholders
of MFS Intermediate Income Trust, which was held on October 3, 2019, the following action was taken:
Item 1: To elect the following
individuals as Trustees:
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Number of Shares
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Nominee
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For
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Withheld Authority
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Maureen R. Goldfarb
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102,293,607.831
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1,382,105.065
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Robert J. Manning
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102,386,512.642
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1,289,200.254
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Maryanne L. Roepke
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102,048,660.831
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1,627,052.065
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Laurie J. Thomsen
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102,318,704.978
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1,357,007.918
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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS IDENTIFICATION AND BACKGROUND
The Trustees and Officers of the Trust, as of December 1, 2019, are listed below, together with their principal occupations during the past five
years. (Their titles may have varied during that period.) The address of each Trustee and Officer is 111 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02199-7618.
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Name, Age
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Position(s)
Held
with Fund
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Trustee/
Officer
Since (h)
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Term
Expiring
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Number
of MFS
Funds
overseen
by the
Trustee
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Principal
Occupations
During
the Past
Five Years
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Other
Directorships
During
the Past
Five Years (j)
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INTERESTED TRUSTEES
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Robert J. Manning (k)
(age 56)
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Trustee
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February 2004
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2022
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133
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Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Executive Chairman (since January 2017); Director; Chairman of the Board; Chief Executive Officer (until 2015);
Co-Chief Executive Officer (2015-2016)
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N/A
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Robin A. Stelmach (k)
(age 58)
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Trustee
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January 2014
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2021
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133
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Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Vice Chair (since January 2017); Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President (until January 2017)
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N/A
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INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES
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John P. Kavanaugh
(age 65)
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Trustee and Chair of Trustees
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January 2009
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2020
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133
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Private investor
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N/A
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Steven E. Buller
(age 68)
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Trustee
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February 2014
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2020
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133
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Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council, Chairman (2014-2015); Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, Standing Advisory Group, Member (until 2014); BlackRock, Inc. (investment
management), Managing Director (until 2014), BlackRock Finco UK (investment management), Director (until 2014)
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N/A
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Trustees and Officers continued
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Name, Age
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Position(s)
Held
with Fund
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Trustee/
Officer
Since (h)
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Term
Expiring
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Number
of MFS
Funds
overseen
by the
Trustee
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Principal
Occupations
During
the Past
Five Years
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Other
Directorships
During
the Past
Five Years (j)
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John A. Caroselli
(age 65)
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Trustee
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March 2017
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2021
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133
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JC Global Advisors, LLC (management consulting), President (since 2015); First Capital Corporation (commercial finance), Executive Vice President (until 2015)
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N/A
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Maureen R. Goldfarb
(age 64)
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Trustee
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January 2009
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2022
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133
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Private investor
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N/A
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Michael Hegarty*
(age 74)
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Trustee
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December 2004
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2020
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133
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Private investor
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Rouse Properties Inc., Director (until 2016); Capmark Financial Group Inc., Director (until 2015)
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Peter D. Jones
(age 64)
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Trustee
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January 2019
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2020
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|
133
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Franklin Templeton Distributors, Inc. (investment management), President (until 2015); Franklin Templeton Institutional, LLC (investment management), Chairman (until 2015)
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N/A
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James W. Kilman, Jr.
(age 58)
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Trustee
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January 2019
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2021
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133
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Burford Capital Limited (finance and investment management), Chief Financial Officer (since 2019); KielStrand Capital LLC (family office and merchant bank), Chief Executive Officer (since
2016); Morgan Stanley & Co. (financial services), Vice Chairman of Investment Banking, Co-Head of Diversified Financials Coverage Financial Institutions Investment Banking Group (until
2016)
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Alpha-En Corporation,
Director
(since 2016)
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Trustees and Officers continued
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Name, Age
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Position(s)
Held
with Fund
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Trustee/
Officer
Since (h)
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Term
Expiring
|
|
Number
of MFS
Funds
overseen
by the
Trustee
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|
Principal
Occupations
During
the Past
Five Years
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Other
Directorships
During
the Past
Five Years (j)
|
Clarence Otis, Jr.
(age 63)
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Trustee
|
|
March 2017
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2021
|
|
133
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Darden Restaurants, Inc., Chief Executive Officer (until 2014)
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VF Corporation, Director; Verizon Communications, Inc., Director; The Travelers Companies, Director; Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Director (until 2015)
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Maryanne L. Roepke
(age 63)
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Trustee
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May 2014
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2022
|
|
133
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American Century Investments (investment management), Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer (until 2014)
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N/A
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Laurie J. Thomsen
(age 62)
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|
Trustee
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March 2005
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|
2022
|
|
133
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|
Private investor
|
|
The Travelers Companies, Director; Dycom Industries, Inc., Director (since 2015)
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Name, Age
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|
Position(s)
Held
with Fund
|
|
Trustee/Officer
Since (h)
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|
Term
Expiring
|
|
Number
of
MFS Funds
for which
the Person is
an Officer
|
|
Principal
Occupations During
the Past Five Years
|
OFFICERS
|
Christopher R. Bohane (k)
(age 45)
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|
Assistant Secretary and Assistant Clerk
|
|
July 2005
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N/A
|
|
133
|
|
Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Vice President and Assistant General Counsel
|
|
|
|
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|
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Kino Clark (k)
(age 51)
|
|
Assistant
Treasurer
|
|
January 2012
|
|
N/A
|
|
133
|
|
Massachusetts Financial
Services Company, Vice
President
|
|
|
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|
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John W. Clark, Jr. (k)
(age 52)
|
|
Assistant Treasurer
|
|
April 2017
|
|
N/A
|
|
133
|
|
Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Vice President (since March 2017); Deutsche Bank (financial services), Department Head Treasurers Office (until February
2017)
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Trustees and Officers continued
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|
Name, Age
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Position(s)
Held
with Fund
|
|
Trustee/Officer
Since (h)
|
|
Term
Expiring
|
|
Number
of
MFS Funds
for which
the Person is
an Officer
|
|
Principal
Occupations During
the Past Five Years
|
Thomas H. Connors (k)
(age 60)
|
|
Assistant
Secretary and Assistant
Clerk
|
|
September 2012
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|
N/A
|
|
133
|
|
Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Vice President and Senior Counsel
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|
|
|
|
|
David L. DiLorenzo (k)
(age 51)
|
|
President
|
|
July 2005
|
|
N/A
|
|
133
|
|
Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Senior Vice President
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|
|
|
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|
|
Heidi W. Hardin (k)
(age 52)
|
|
Secretary and Clerk
|
|
April 2017
|
|
N/A
|
|
133
|
|
Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Executive Vice President and General Counsel (since March 2017); Harris Associates (investment management), General Counsel (from September 2015 to
January 2017); Janus Capital Management LLC (investment management), Senior Vice President and General Counsel (until September 2015)
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|
Brian E. Langenfeld (k)
(age 46)
|
|
Assistant Secretary and Assistant Clerk
|
|
June 2006
|
|
N/A
|
|
133
|
|
Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Vice President and Senior Counsel
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amanda S. Mooradian (k)
(age 40)
|
|
Assistant Secretary and Assistant Clerk
|
|
September 2018
|
|
N/A
|
|
133
|
|
Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Assistant Vice President and Counsel
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Susan A. Pereira (k)
(age 49)
|
|
Assistant Secretary and Assistant Clerk
|
|
July 2005
|
|
N/A
|
|
133
|
|
Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Vice President and Assistant General Counsel
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Kasey L. Phillips (k)
(age 48)
|
|
Assistant Treasurer
|
|
September 2012
|
|
N/A
|
|
133
|
|
Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Vice President
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Matthew A. Stowe (k)
(age 45)
|
|
Assistant Secretary and Assistant Clerk
|
|
October 2014
|
|
N/A
|
|
133
|
|
Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Vice President and Assistant General Counsel
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Trustees and Officers continued
|
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|
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|
|
Name, Age
|
|
Position(s)
Held
with Fund
|
|
Trustee/Officer
Since (h)
|
|
Term
Expiring
|
|
Number
of
MFS Funds
for which
the Person is
an Officer
|
|
Principal
Occupations During
the Past Five Years
|
Martin J. Wolin (k)
(age 52)
|
|
Chief Compliance Officer
|
|
July 2015
|
|
N/A
|
|
133
|
|
Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer (since July 2015); Mercer (financial service provider), Chief Risk and Compliance Officer, North
America and Latin America (until June 2015)
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|
James O. Yost (k)
(age 58)
|
|
Treasurer
|
|
September 1990
|
|
N/A
|
|
133
|
|
Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Senior Vice President
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(h)
|
Date first appointed to serve as Trustee/officer of an MFS Fund. Each Trustee has served continuously since appointment unless indicated otherwise. For
the period from December 15, 2004 until February 22, 2005, Mr. Manning served as Advisory Trustee. From January 2012 through December 2016, Messrs. DiLorenzo and Yost served as Treasurer and Deputy Treasurer of the Funds,
respectively.
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(j)
|
Directorships or trusteeships of companies required to report to the Securities and Exchange Commission (i.e., public companies).
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(k)
|
Interested person of the Trust within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (referred to as the 1940 Act), which is the
principal federal law governing investment companies like the fund, as a result of a position with MFS. The address of MFS is 111 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02199-7618.
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*
|
As of December 31, 2019, Mr. Hegarty will retire as Trustee.
|
The Trust holds annual shareholder meetings for the purpose of electing Trustees, and Trustees are elected for fixed terms. The Board of Trustees is currently divided into three classes, each having a term of three
years which term expires on the date of the third annual meeting following the election to office of the Trustees class. Each year the term of one class expires. Each Trustee and officer will serve until next elected or his or her earlier
death, resignation, retirement or removal. Under the terms of the Boards retirement policy, an Independent Trustee shall retire at the end of the calendar year in which he or she reaches the earlier of 75 years of age or 15 years of service on
the Board (or, in the case of any Independent Trustee who joined the Board prior to 2015, 20 years of service on the Board).
Messrs. Buller, Hegarty,
Kilman and Otis and Ms. Roepke are members of the Trusts Audit Committee. As of December 31, 2019, Mr. Hegarty will retire as Trustee and will no longer be a member of the Trusts Audit Committee.
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Trustees and Officers continued
Each of the Interested Trustees and certain Officers hold comparable officer positions
with certain affiliates of MFS.
|
|
|
Investment Adviser
|
|
Custodian
|
Massachusetts Financial Services Company
111
Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02199-7618
|
|
State Street Bank and Trust Company
1 Lincoln
Street
Boston, MA 02111-2900
|
Portfolio Manager(s)
|
|
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
|
Geoffrey Schechter
|
|
Deloitte & Touche LLP
|
Alexander Mackey
|
|
200 Berkeley Street
Boston, MA
02116
|
|
38
BOARD REVIEW OF INVESTMENT ADVISORY
AGREEMENT
The Investment Company Act of
1940 requires that both the full Board of Trustees and a majority of the non-interested (independent) Trustees, voting separately, annually approve the continuation of the Funds investment
advisory agreement with MFS. The Trustees consider matters bearing on the Fund and its advisory arrangements at their meetings throughout the year, including a review of performance data at each regular meeting. In addition, the independent Trustees
met several times over the course of three months beginning in May and ending in July, 2019 (contract review meetings) for the specific purpose of considering whether to approve the continuation of the investment advisory agreement for
the Fund and the other investment companies that the Board oversees (the MFS Funds). The independent Trustees were assisted in their evaluation of the Funds investment advisory agreement by independent legal counsel, from whom they
received separate legal advice and with whom they met separately from MFS during various contract review meetings. The independent Trustees were also assisted in this process by the MFS Funds Independent Senior Officer, a senior officer
appointed by and reporting to the independent Trustees.
In connection with their deliberations regarding the continuation of the investment advisory
agreement, the Trustees, including the independent Trustees, considered such information and factors as they believed, in light of the legal advice furnished to them and their own business judgment, to be relevant. The investment advisory agreement
for the Fund was considered separately, although the Trustees also took into account the common interests of all MFS Funds in their review. As described below, the Trustees considered the nature, quality, and extent of the various investment
advisory, administrative, and shareholder services performed by MFS under the existing investment advisory agreement and other arrangements with the Fund.
In connection with their contract review meetings, the Trustees received and relied upon materials that included, among other items: (i) information provided
by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (Broadridge), an independent third party, on the investment performance (based on net asset value) of the Fund for various time periods ended December 31, 2018 and the investment performance
(based on net asset value) of a group of funds with substantially similar investment classifications/objectives (the Broadridge performance universe), (ii) information provided by Broadridge on the Funds advisory fees and other
expenses and the advisory fees and other expenses of comparable funds identified by Broadridge as well as all other funds in the same investment classification/category (the Broadridge expense group and universe), (iii) information
provided by MFS on the advisory fees of portfolios of other clients of MFS, including institutional separate accounts and other clients, (iv) information as to whether and to what extent applicable expense waivers, reimbursements or fee
breakpoints are observed for the Fund, (v) information regarding MFS financial results and financial condition, including MFS and certain of its affiliates estimated profitability from services performed for the
Fund and the MFS Funds as a whole, and compared to MFS institutional business, (vi) MFS views regarding the outlook for the mutual fund industry and the strategic business plans of MFS, (vii) descriptions of various functions
performed by MFS for the Funds, such as compliance monitoring and portfolio trading practices, and (viii) information regarding the overall organization of
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MFS, including information about MFS senior management and other personnel
providing investment advisory, administrative and other services to the Fund and the other MFS Funds. The comparative performance, fee and expense information prepared and provided by Broadridge was not independently verified and the independent
Trustees did not independently verify any information provided to them by MFS.
The Trustees conclusion as to the continuation of the investment
advisory agreement was based on a comprehensive consideration of all information provided to the Trustees and not the result of any single factor. Some of the factors that figured particularly in the Trustees deliberations are described below,
although individual Trustees may have evaluated the information presented differently from one another, giving different weights to various factors. It is also important to recognize that the fee arrangements for the Fund and other MFS Funds are the
result of years of review and discussion between the independent Trustees and MFS, that certain aspects of such arrangements may receive greater scrutiny in some years than in others, and that the Trustees conclusions may be based, in part, on
their consideration of these same arrangements during the course of the year and in prior years.
Based on information provided by Broadridge and MFS,
the Trustees reviewed the Funds total return investment performance as well as the Broadridge performance universe over various time periods. The Trustees placed particular emphasis on the total return performance of the Funds common
shares in comparison to the performance of funds in its Broadridge performance universe over the five-year period ended December 31, 2018, which the Trustees believed was a long enough period to reflect differing market conditions. The total
return performance of the Funds common shares ranked 5th out of a total of 6 funds in the Broadridge performance universe for this five-year period (a ranking of first place out of the total number of funds in the performance universe
indicating the best performer and a ranking of last place out of the total number of funds in the performance universe indicating the worst performer). The total return performance of the Funds common shares ranked 1st out of a total of 6
funds for the one-year period and 5th out of a total of 6 funds for the three-year period ended December 31, 2018. Given the size of the Broadridge performance universe and information previously provided
by MFS regarding differences between the Fund and other funds in its Broadridge performance universe, the Trustees also reviewed the Funds performance in comparison to the Bloomberg Barclays Intermediate US Government/Credit Bond Index. The
Fund outperformed the Bloomberg Barclays Intermediate US Government/Credit Bond Index for each of the three- and five-year periods ended December 31, 2018 and underperformed the Bloomberg Barclays Intermediate US Government/Credit Bond Index
for the one-year period ended December 31, 2018 (one-year: 0.7% total return for the Fund versus 0.9% total return for the benchmark; three-year: 2.3% total return
for the Fund versus 1.7% total return for the benchmark; five-year: 2.4% total return for the Fund versus 1.9% total return for the benchmark). Because of the passage of time, these performance results may differ from the performance results for
more recent periods, including those shown elsewhere in this report.
In the course of their deliberations, the Trustees took into account information
provided by MFS in connection with the contract review meetings, as well as during
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investment review meetings conducted with portfolio management personnel during the
course of the year regarding the Funds performance. The Trustees observed that there were significant limitations to the usefulness of the comparative data provided by Broadridge, noting that the applicable Broadridge performance universe for
the Fund included funds that pursue substantially different investment programs as compared to that pursued by the Fund. After reviewing these and related factors, the Trustees concluded, within the context of their overall conclusions regarding the
investment advisory agreement, that they were satisfied with MFS responses and efforts relating to investment performance.
In assessing the
reasonableness of the Funds advisory fee, the Trustees considered, among other information, the Funds advisory fee and the total expense ratio of the Funds common shares as a percentage of average daily net assets and the advisory
fee and total expense ratios of the Broadridge expense group based on information provided by Broadridge. The Trustees considered that MFS has agreed in writing to reduce its advisory fee, which may not be changed without the Trustees
approval. The Trustees also considered that, according to the data provided by Broadridge (which takes into account any fee reductions or expense limitations that were in effect during the Funds last fiscal year), the Funds effective
advisory fee rate was approximately at the Broadridge expense group median and the Funds total expense ratio was lower than the Broadridge expense group median.
The Trustees also considered the advisory fees charged by MFS to any institutional separate accounts advised by MFS (separate accounts) and unaffiliated investment companies for which MFS serves as
subadviser (subadvised funds) that have comparable investment strategies to the Fund, if any. In comparing these fees, the Trustees considered information provided by MFS as to the generally broader scope of services provided by MFS to
the Fund, as well as the more extensive regulatory burdens imposed on MFS in managing the Fund, in comparison to separate accounts and subadvised funds.
The Trustees considered that, as a closed-end fund, the Fund is unlikely to experience meaningful asset growth. As a result, the Trustees did not view the potential for
realization of economies of scale as the Funds assets grow to be a material factor in their deliberations. The Trustees noted that they would consider economies of scale in the future in the event the Fund experiences significant asset growth,
such as through an offering of preferred shares (which is not currently contemplated) or a material increase in the market value of the Funds portfolio securities.
The Trustees also considered information prepared by MFS relating to MFS costs and profits with respect to the Fund, the MFS Funds considered as a group, and other investment companies and accounts advised by
MFS, as well as MFS methodologies used to determine and allocate its costs to the MFS Funds, the Fund and other accounts and products for purposes of estimating profitability.
After reviewing these and other factors described herein, the Trustees concluded, within the context of their overall conclusions regarding the investment advisory agreement, that the advisory fees charged to the
Fund represent reasonable compensation in light of the services being provided by MFS to the Fund.
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In addition, the Trustees considered MFS resources and related efforts to
continue to retain, attract and motivate capable personnel to serve the Fund. The Trustees also considered current and developing conditions in the financial services industry, including the presence of large and well-capitalized companies which are
spending, and appear to be prepared to continue to spend, substantial sums to engage personnel and to provide services to competing investment companies. In this regard, the Trustees also considered the financial resources of MFS and its ultimate
parent, Sun Life Financial Inc. The Trustees also considered the advantages and possible disadvantages to the Fund of having an adviser that also serves other investment companies as well as other accounts.
The Trustees also considered the nature, quality, cost, and extent of administrative services provided to the Fund by MFS under agreements other than the investment
advisory agreement. The Trustees also considered the nature, extent and quality of certain other services MFS performs or arranges for on the Funds behalf, which may include securities lending programs, directed expense payment programs, class
action recovery programs, and MFS interaction with third-party service providers, principally custodians and sub-custodians. The Trustees concluded that the various
non-advisory services provided by MFS and its affiliates on behalf of the Fund were satisfactory.
The Trustees
considered so-called fall-out benefits to MFS such as reputational value derived from serving as investment manager to the MFS Funds. The Trustees also
considered that, effective January 3, 2018, MFS had discontinued its historic practice of obtaining investment research from portfolio brokerage commissions paid by certain MFS Funds and would thereafter directly pay for or voluntarily
reimburse a Fund, if applicable, for the costs of external research acquired through the use of the Funds portfolio brokerage commissions.
Based
on their evaluation of factors that they deemed to be material, including those factors described above, the Board of Trustees, including the independent Trustees, concluded that the Funds investment advisory agreement with MFS should be
continued for an additional one-year period, commencing August 1, 2019.
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PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND INFORMATION
MFS votes proxies on behalf of the fund pursuant to proxy voting policies and procedures that are available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-225-2606, by visiting mfs.com/proxyvoting, or by visiting the SECs Web site at http://www.sec.gov.
Information regarding how the fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30 is available
by August 31 of each year without charge by visiting mfs.com/proxyvoting, or by visiting the SECs Web site at http://www.sec.gov.
QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO DISCLOSURE
The fund files a complete schedule of
portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q or as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT (for first and third fiscal quarters ending March 31, 2019
or after). The funds Form N-Q or Form N-PORT reports are available on the SECs website at http://www.sec.gov. A shareholder can obtain the portfolio holdings report for the first and third quarters of the funds fiscal year
at mfs.com/closedendfunds by choosing the funds name and then selecting the Resources tab and clicking on Prospectus and Reports.
FURTHER INFORMATION
From time to time, MFS may post important information
about the fund or the MFS funds on the MFS web site (mfs.com). This information is available at https://www.mfs.com/en-us/what-we-do/announcements.html or at mfs.com/closedendfunds by choosing the funds name.
Additional information about the fund (e.g. performance, dividends and the funds price history) is also available by clicking on the funds name under
Closed-End Funds in the Products section of mfs.com.
INFORMATION ABOUT FUND CONTRACTS
AND LEGAL CLAIMS
The fund has entered into contractual arrangements with an investment adviser, administrator, transfer agent, and custodian who each
provide services to the fund. Unless expressly stated otherwise, shareholders are not parties to, or intended beneficiaries of these contractual arrangements, and these contractual arrangements are not intended to create any shareholder right to
enforce them against the service providers or to seek any remedy under them against the service providers, either directly or on behalf of the fund.
Under the Trusts By-Laws and Declaration of Trust, any claims asserted against or on behalf of the MFS Funds,
including claims against Trustees and Officers, must be brought in state and federal courts located within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
FEDERAL TAX INFORMATION (unaudited)
The fund will notify shareholders of
amounts for use in preparing 2019 income tax forms in January 2020.
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FACTS
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WHAT DOES MFS DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
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Why?
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Financial companies choose how they share your personal information.
Federal law gives consumers the right to limit some but not all sharing. Federal law also requires us to tell you how we collect, share, and protect your personal information. Please read this notice carefully to understand what we
do.
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What?
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The types of personal
information we collect and share depend on the product or service you have with us. This information can include:
Social Security number and account balances
Account transactions and transaction history
Checking account information and wire transfer
instructions
When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice.
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How?
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All financial companies need to share customers personal
information to run their everyday business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their customers personal information; the reasons MFS chooses to share; and whether you can limit this
sharing.
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Reasons we can share your
personal information
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Does
MFS
share?
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Can you limit
this sharing?
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For our everyday business purposes
such as to process your transactions, maintain your account(s), respond to court orders and legal investigations, or report to credit
bureaus
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Yes
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No
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For our marketing purposes
to offer our products and services to you
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No
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We dont share
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For joint marketing with other
financial companies
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No
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We dont share
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For our affiliates everyday business purposes
information about your transactions and experiences
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No
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We dont share
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For our affiliates everyday business purposes
information about your creditworthiness
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No
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We dont share
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For nonaffiliates to market to you
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No
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We dont share
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Questions?
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Call 800-225-2606 or go to mfs.com.
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Who we are
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Who is providing this notice?
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MFS Funds, MFS Investment Management, MFS Institutional Advisors, Inc., and MFS Heritage Trust
Company.
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What we do
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How does MFS protect my
personal information?
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To protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we use security measures
that comply with federal law. These measures include procedural, electronic, and physical safeguards for the protection of the personal information we collect about you.
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How does MFS collect my personal information?
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We collect your personal information, for example,
when you
open an account or provide account information
direct us to buy securities or direct us to sell your securities
make a wire transfer
We also collect your personal information from others, such as credit bureaus, affiliates, or other companies.
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Why cant I limit all sharing?
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Federal law gives you the right to limit
only
sharing for affiliates everyday business purposes
information about your creditworthiness
affiliates
from using your information to market to you
sharing for nonaffiliates to market to you
State laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to
limit sharing.
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Definitions
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Affiliates
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Companies related by common ownership or control.
They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.
MFS does not share personal information with affiliates, except for everyday business purposes as described on page one of this notice.
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Nonaffiliates
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Companies not related by common ownership or
control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies.
MFS does not share with nonaffiliates so they can market to you.
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Joint marketing
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A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial
companies that together market financial products or services to you.
MFS doesnt jointly market.
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Other important information
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If you own an MFS product or receive an
MFS service in the name of a third party such as a bank or broker-dealer, their privacy policy may apply to you instead of ours.
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CONTACT US
TRANSFER AGENT, REGISTRAR, AND
DIVIDEND
DISBURSING AGENT
CALL
1-800-637-2304
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Eastern time
WRITE
Computershare Trust Company,
N.A.
P.O. Box 505005
Louisville, KY 40233-5005
New York Stock Exchange Symbol: MIN
ITEM 7.
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DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.
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A copy of the proxy voting policies and procedures are attached hereto as
EX-99.PROXYPOL.
ITEM 8.
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PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.
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Portfolio Manager(s)
Information
regarding the portfolio manager(s) of the MFS Intermediate Income Trust (the Fund) is set forth below. Each portfolio manager is primarily responsible for the
day-to-day management of the Fund.
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Portfolio Manager
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Primary Role
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Since
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Title and Five Year History
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Geoffrey Schechter
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Lead Portfolio Manager
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2017
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Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment area of MFS since 1993
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Alexander Mackey
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Investment Grade Debt Instruments Portfolio Manager
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2017
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Investment Officer of MFS; employed in the investment area of MFS since 2001
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Compensation
MFS philosophy is to align portfolio manager compensation with the goal to provide shareholders with long-term value through a collaborative investment process. Therefore, MFS uses long-term
investment performance as well as contribution to the overall investment process and collaborative culture as key factors in determining portfolio manager compensation. In addition, MFS seeks to maintain total compensation programs that are
competitive in the asset management industry in each geographic market where it has employees. MFS uses competitive compensation data to ensure that compensation practices are aligned with its goals of attracting, retaining, and motivating the
highest-quality professionals.
MFS reviews portfolio manager compensation annually. In determining portfolio manager compensation, MFS uses
quantitative means and qualitative means to help ensure a sustainable investment process. As of December 31, 2018, portfolio manager total cash compensation is a combination of base salary and performance bonus:
Base Salary Base salary generally represents a smaller percentage of portfolio manager total cash compensation than performance bonus.
Performance Bonus Generally, the performance bonus represents more than a majority of portfolio manager total cash
compensation.
The performance bonus is based on a combination of quantitative and qualitative factors, generally with more weight given to
the former and less weight given to the latter.
The quantitative portion is primarily based on the
pre-tax performance of accounts managed by the portfolio manager over a range of fixed-length time periods, intended to provide the ability to assess performance over time periods consistent with a full
market cycle and a strategys investment horizon. The fixed-length time periods include the portfolio managers full tenure on each fund and, when available, ten-, five-, and three-year
periods. For portfolio managers who have served for less than three years, shorter-term periods, including the one-year period, will also be considered, as
will performance in previous roles, if any, held at the firm. Emphasis is generally placed on longer performance periods when multiple performance periods are available. Performance is evaluated across the full set of strategies and portfolios
managed by a given portfolio manager, relative to appropriate peer group universes and/or representative indices (benchmarks). As of December 31, 2018, the following benchmarks were used to measure the following portfolio
managers performance for the Fund:
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Fund
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Portfolio Manager
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Benchmark(s)
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MFS Intermediate Income Trust
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Geoffrey Schechter
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Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Intermediate Government/Credit Bond Index
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Alexander Mackey
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Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Intermediate Government/Credit Bond Index
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Benchmarks may include versions and components of indices, custom indices, and linked indices that combine performance of
different indices for different portions of the time period, where appropriate.
The qualitative portion is based on the results of an annual
internal peer review process (where portfolio managers are evaluated by other portfolio managers, analysts, and traders) and managements assessment of overall portfolio manager contribution to the MFS investment process and the client
experience (distinct from fund and other account performance).
The performance bonus is generally a combination of cash and a deferred cash
award. A deferred cash award is issued for a cash value and becomes payable over a three-year vesting period if the portfolio manager remains in the continuous employ of MFS or its affiliates. During the vesting period, the value of the unfunded
deferred cash award will fluctuate as though the portfolio manager had invested the cash value of the award in an MFS Fund(s) selected by the portfolio manager.
MFS Equity Plan Portfolio managers also typically benefit from the opportunity to participate in the MFS Equity Plan. Equity interests are awarded by management, on a discretionary basis,
taking into account tenure at MFS, contribution to the investment process, and other factors.
Finally, portfolio managers also participate in
benefit plans (including a defined contribution plan and health and other insurance plans) and programs available generally to other employees of MFS. The percentage such benefits represent of any portfolio managers compensation depends upon
the length of the individuals tenure at MFS and salary level, as well as other factors.
Ownership of Fund Shares
The following table shows the dollar range of equity securities of the Fund beneficially owned by the Funds portfolio manager(s) as of the Funds fiscal year ended October 31, 2019. The
following dollar ranges apply:
N. None
A. $1 $10,000
B. $10,001 $50,000
C. $50,001 $100,000
D. $100,001 $500,000
E. $500,001 $1,000,000
F. Over $1,000,000
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Name of Portfolio Manager
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Dollar Range of Equity Securities in Fund
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Geoffrey Schechter
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N
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Alexander Mackey
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N
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Other Accounts
In addition to the Fund, each portfolio manager of the Fund is named as a portfolio manager of certain other accounts managed or sub-advised by MFS or an affiliate.
The number and assets of these accounts were as follows as of the Funds fiscal year ended October 31, 2019:
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Registered Investment
Companies*
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Other Pooled Investment
Vehicles
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Other Accounts
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Name
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Number of
Accounts
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Total
Assets
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Number
of
Accounts
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Total
Assets
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Number
of
Accounts
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Total
Assets
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Geoffrey Schechter
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14
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$
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22.9 billion
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4
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$
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724.4 million
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1
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$
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247.5 million
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Alexander Mackey
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8
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$
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8.6 billion
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2
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$
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1.2 billion
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1
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$
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92.0 million
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Advisory fees are not based upon performance of any of the accounts identified in the table above.
Potential Conflicts of Interest
MFS
seeks to identify potential conflicts of interest resulting from a portfolio managers management of both the Fund and other accounts, and has adopted policies and procedures designed to address such potential conflicts.
The management of multiple funds and accounts (including proprietary accounts) gives rise to conflicts of interest if the funds and accounts have
different objectives and strategies, benchmarks, time horizons and fees as a portfolio manager must allocate his or her time and investment ideas across multiple funds and accounts. In certain instances, there are securities which are suitable for
the Funds portfolio as well as for accounts of MFS or its subsidiaries with similar investment objectives. MFS trade allocation policies may give rise to conflicts of interest if the Funds orders do not get fully executed or are
delayed in getting executed due to being aggregated with those of other accounts of MFS or its subsidiaries. A portfolio manager may execute transactions for another fund or account that may adversely affect the value of the Funds investments.
Investments selected for funds or accounts other than the Fund may outperform investments selected for the Fund. When two or more clients are simultaneously engaged in the purchase or sale of the same security, the securities are allocated among
clients in a manner believed by MFS to be fair and equitable to each. Allocations may be based on many factors and may not always be pro rata based on assets managed. The allocation methodology could have a detrimental effect on the price or volume
of the security as far as the Fund is concerned.
MFS and/or a portfolio manager may have a financial incentive to allocate favorable or limited opportunity
investments or structure the timing of investments to favor accounts other than the Fund, for instance, those that pay a higher advisory fee and/or have a performance adjustment and/or include an investment by the portfolio manager.
ITEM 9.
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PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED
PURCHASERS.
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MFS Intermediate Income Trust
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Period
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(a) Total number
of Shares
Purchased
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(b)
Average
Price Paid
per Share
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(c) Total
Number of
Shares
Purchased as
Part of Publicly
Announced
Plans
or
Programs
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(d) Maximum
Number
(or
Approximate
Dollar Value) of
Shares that May
Yet Be Purchased
under the Plans
or Programs
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11/01/18-11/30/18
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226,497
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3.67
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226,497
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11,266,376
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12/01/18-12/31/18
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121,506
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3.68
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121,506
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11,144,870
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1/01/19-1/31/19
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78,933
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3.69
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78,933
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11,065,937
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2/01/19-2/28/19
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0
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N/A
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0
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11,065,937
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3/01/19-3/31/19
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0
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N/A
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0
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11,065,937
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4/01/19-4/30/19
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56,000
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3.72
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56,000
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11,009,937
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5/01/19-5/31/19
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0
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N/A
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0
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11,009,937
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6/01/19-6/30/19
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0
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N/A
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0
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11,009,937
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7/01/19-7/31/19
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0
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N/A
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0
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11,009,937
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8/01/19-8/31/19
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0
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N/A
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0
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11,009,937
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9/01/19-9/30/19
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0
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N/A
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0
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11,009,937
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10/1/19-10/31/19
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0
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N/A
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0
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11,690,418
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Total
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482,936
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3.68
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482,936
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Note: The Board approved procedures to repurchase shares and reviews the results periodically. The notification to
shareholders of the program is part of the semi-annual and annual reports sent to shareholders. These annual programs begin on October 1st of each year. The programs conform to the conditions of Rule 10b-18 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and limit the aggregate number of shares that may be purchased in each annual period (October 1 through the following September 30) to 10% of the Registrants outstanding shares as of the first day of the
plan year (October 1). The aggregate number of shares available for purchase for the October 1, 2019 plan year is 11,690,418.
ITEM 10.
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SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.
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There were no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may send recommendations to the Board for nominees to the Registrants Board since the Registrant last provided disclosure as to
such procedures in response to the requirements of Item 407 (c)(2)(iv) of Regulation S-K or this Item.