UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-Q

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

 

Investment Company Act file number 811-22839

 

EAGLE GROWTH AND INCOME OPPORTUNITIES FUND

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

227 West Monroe Street, Suite 3200

Chicago, IL 60606

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

Sabrina Rusnak-Carlson

100 Federal St., 31st Floor

Boston, MA 02110

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Copies of Communications to:

Nicole M. Runyan

Proskauer Rose LLP

Eleven Times Square

New York, NY 10036

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (312) 702-8199

 

Date of fiscal year end: December 31

 

Date of reporting period: September 30, 2019

 

Form N-Q is to be used by management investment companies, other than small business investment companies registered on Form N-5 (§§ 239.24 and 274.5 of this chapter), to file reports with the Commission, not later than 60 days after the close of the first and third fiscal quarters, pursuant to rule 30b1-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30b1-5). The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-Q in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles.

 

A registrant is required to disclose the information specified by Form N-Q, and the Commission will make this information public. A registrant is not required to respond to the collection of information contained in Form N-Q unless the Form displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") control number. Please direct comments concerning the accuracy of the information collection burden estimate and any suggestions for reducing the burden to the Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20549-0609. The OMB has reviewed this collection of information under the clearance requirements of 44 U.S.C. § 3507.

 

 

 

 

Item 1. Schedule of Investments.

 

The Schedule(s) of Investments is attached herewith.

 

 

 

 

Eagle Growth and Income Opportunities Fund  
Schedule of Investments(unaudited) September 30, 2019

 

Investments   Shares     Value  
COMMON STOCKS – 74.7% (52.2% of Total Investments)                
Aerospace & Defense – 1.2%                
Lockheed Martin Corp.     3,962     $ 1,545,418  
Agriculture – 4.5%                
Altria Group, Inc.     67,871       2,775,924  
Philip Morris International, Inc.     40,752       3,094,299  
Total Agriculture             5,870,223  
Automobiles – 1.3%                
Ford Motor Co.     186,020       1,703,943  
Banks – 7.8%                
Bank of Montreal (Canada)     48,719       3,593,026  
Huntington Bancshares, Inc.     227,254       3,242,915  
Umpqua Holdings Corp.     206,475       3,398,578  
Total Banks             10,234,519  
Chemicals – 1.5%                
LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A (Netherlands)     22,717       2,032,490  
Electric Utilities – 7.4%                
Evergy, Inc.     27,744       1,846,641  
PPL Corp.     114,621       3,609,415  
Southern Co. (The)     68,583       4,236,372  
Total Electric Utilities             9,692,428  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 2.8%                
Carnival Corp.     83,951       3,669,498  
Multi-Utilities – 5.5%                
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.     130,871       3,949,687  
National Grid PLC, ADR (United Kingdom)     61,017       3,302,850  
Total Multi-Utilities             7,252,537  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 5.0%                
Occidental Petroleum Corp.     39,910       1,774,797  
Schlumberger Ltd.     54,110       1,848,939  
TOTAL SA, ADR (France)     57,314       2,980,328  
Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels             6,604,064  
Pharmaceuticals – 5.7%                
Merck & Co., Inc.     45,668       3,844,333  
Pfizer, Inc.     103,169       3,706,862  
Total Pharmaceuticals             7,551,195  
Pipelines – 5.4%                
Energy Transfer LP     248,653       3,252,382  
ONEOK, Inc.     52,767       3,888,400  
Total Pipelines             7,140,782  

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

 

 

 

Eagle Growth and Income Opportunities Fund  
Schedule of Investments(unaudited) (continued) September 30, 2019

 

Investments   Shares     Value  
COMMON STOCKS (continued)                
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – 13.0%                
Crown Castle International Corp.     23,455     $ 3,260,479  
Digital Realty Trust, Inc.     25,723       3,339,103  
EPR Properties     53,121       4,082,880  
Highwoods Properties, Inc.     52,894       2,377,056  
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.     146,703       2,536,495  
Weyerhaeuser Co.     53,794       1,490,094  
Total Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)             17,086,107  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals – 3.1%                
Seagate Technology PLC (Ireland)     76,135       4,095,302  
Telecommunications – 10.5%                
AT&T, Inc.     113,700       4,302,408  
CenturyLink, Inc.     222,694       2,779,221  
Cisco Systems, Inc.     88,929       4,393,982  
Verizon Communications, Inc.     39,392       2,377,701  
Total Telecommunications             13,853,312  
Total Common Stocks
(Cost $104,337,393)
            98,331,818  
PREFERRED STOCKS – 24.4% (17.1% of Total Investments)                
Banks – 13.6%                
Bank of America Corp., Series Y, 6.50%     40,000       1,006,800  
BOK Financial Corp., 5.38%     30,000       771,300  
Capital One Financial Corp., Series D, 6.70%     60,000       1,519,200  
Citigroup, Inc., Series J, 7.13%     20,000       568,000  
Citigroup, Inc., Series K, 6.88%     20,000       562,000  
Fifth Third Bancorp, Series I, 6.63%     40,000       1,120,000  
First Horizon National Corp., Series A, 6.20%     25,857       670,731  
First Republic Bank, Series I, 5.50%     56,640       1,509,456  
Huntington Bancshares, Inc., Series D, 6.25%     20,000       526,000  
JPMorgan Chase & Co., Series AA, 6.10%     40,000       1,036,800  
JPMorgan Chase & Co., Series Y, 6.13%     40,000       1,023,600  
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The), Series P, 6.13%     20,000       548,400  
Regions Financial Corp., Series B, 6.38%     40,000       1,112,400  
TCF Financial Corp., Series C, 5.70%     50,000       1,311,000  
US Bancorp, Series F, 6.50%     50,000       1,367,500  
Wells Fargo & Co., Series Q, 5.85%     40,000       1,056,800  
Wells Fargo & Co., Series R, 6.63%     80,000       2,232,800  
Total Banks             17,942,787  
Capital Markets – 5.8%                
Apollo Global Management, Inc., Series A, 6.38%     60,000       1,602,600  
Carlyle Group LP (The), Series A, 5.88%     60,000       1,519,200  
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The), Series K, 6.38%     40,000       1,112,000  
Morgan Stanley, Series I, 6.38%     60,000       1,676,400  
Northern Trust Corp., Series C, 5.85%     20,000       506,000  

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

 

 

 

Eagle Growth and Income Opportunities Fund  
Schedule of Investments(unaudited) (continued) September 30, 2019

 

Investments   Shares     Value  
PREFERRED STOCKS (continued)                
Capital Markets (continued)                
Oaktree Capital Group LLC, Series A, 6.63%     10,000     $ 268,200  
State Street Corp., Series E, 6.00%     40,000       1,011,600  
Total Capital Markets             7,696,000  
Electric Utilities – 0.8%                
DTE Energy Co., Series B, 5.38%     20,000       524,400  
Southern Co. (The), 6.25%     20,000       534,800  
Total Electric Utilities             1,059,200  
Insurance – 2.4%                
Allstate Corp. (The), Series E, 6.63%     40,000       998,400  
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The), 7.88%     20,000       583,200  
WR Berkley Corp., 5.75%     60,000       1,546,200  
Total Insurance             3,127,800  
Pipelines – 1.0%                
Energy Transfer Operating LP, Series D, 7.63%     20,000       494,000  
Energy Transfer Operating LP, Series E, 7.60%     30,000       760,200  
Total Pipelines             1,254,200  
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – 0.8%                
EPR Properties, Series G, 5.75%     40,000       1,038,000  
Total Preferred Stocks
(Cost $31,447,687)
            32,117,987  
MASTER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP – 3.2% (2.2% of Total Investments)                
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 3.2%                
Cedar Fair LP     72,111       4,208,398  
(Cost $4,097,069)                
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS – 4.4% (3% of Total Investments)                
Debt Funds – 4.4%                
iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond ETF(a)     33,005       2,877,046  
SPDR Bloomberg Barclays High Yield Bond ETF(a)     26,426       2,873,563  
Total Exchange-Traded Funds
(Cost $5,874,323)
            5,750,609  
                 
      Principal          
CORPORATE BONDS – 31.2% (21.8% of Total Investments)                
Aerospace & Defense – 0.4%                
BBA US Holdings, Inc., 5.38%, 05/01/26(b)   $ 500,000       526,250  
Agriculture – 0.7%                
Darling Ingredients, Inc., 5.25%, 04/15/27(b)     500,000       526,250  
Reynolds American, Inc., 8.13%, 05/01/40     150,000       199,117  
RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co., 8.13%, 05/01/40     125,000       166,869  
Total Agriculture             892,236  

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

 

 

 

Eagle Growth and Income Opportunities Fund  
Schedule of Investments(unaudited) (continued) September 30, 2019

 

Investments   Principal     Value  
CORPORATE BONDS (continued)                
Auto Parts & Equipment – 0.8%                
Adient US LLC, 7.00%, 05/15/26(b)   $ 250,000     $ 261,562  
Panther BF Aggregator 2 LP / Panther Finance Co., Inc., 8.50%, 05/15/27(b)     750,000       759,038  
Total Auto Parts & Equipment             1,020,600  
Automobiles – 0.6%                
Ford Motor Co., 4.75%, 01/15/43     300,000       260,773  
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 5.11%, 05/03/29     500,000       503,594  
Total Automobiles             764,367  
Banks – 1.0%                
Citizens Financial Group, Inc., Series C, 6.38%, Perpetual(c)     750,000       788,925  
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The), Series Q, 5.50%, Perpetual(c)     500,000       525,025  
Total Banks             1,313,950  
Building Materials – 1.0%                
Builders FirstSource, Inc., 6.75%, 06/01/27(b)     500,000       539,375  
Masonite International Corp., 5.75%, 09/15/26(b)     300,000       316,125  
Masonite International Corp., 5.38%, 02/01/28(b)     100,000       104,250  
Patrick Industries, Inc., 7.50%, 10/15/27(b)     400,000       411,000  
Total Building Materials             1,370,750  
Chemicals – 0.8%                
Hexion, Inc., 7.88%, 07/15/27(b)     500,000       493,125  
Rayonier AM Products, Inc., 5.50%, 06/01/24(b)     750,000       540,937  
Total Chemicals             1,034,062  
Commercial Services – 1.8%                
Ashtead Capital, Inc., 5.25%, 08/01/26(b)     250,000       265,314  
Brink's Co. (The), 4.63%, 10/15/27(b)     750,000       754,228  
H&E Equipment Services, Inc., 5.63%, 09/01/25     750,000       774,285  
Herc Holdings, Inc., 5.50%, 07/15/27(b)     250,000       260,625  
United Rentals (North America), Inc., 4.88%, 01/15/28     250,000       260,944  
Total Commercial Services             2,315,396  
Distribution / Wholesale – 0.4%                
HD Supply, Inc., 5.38%, 10/15/26(b)     250,000       264,375  
Performance Food Group, Inc., 5.50%, 10/15/27(b)     250,000       263,437  
Total Distribution / Wholesale             527,812  
Diversified Holding Companies – 0.4%                
VistaJet Malta Finance PLC / XO Management Holding, Inc. (Malta), 10.50%, 06/01/24(b)     500,000       486,875  
Electric Utilities – 0.9%                
CenterPoint Energy, Inc., Series A, 6.13%, Perpetual(c)     600,000       638,040  

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

 

 

 

Eagle Growth and Income Opportunities Fund  
Schedule of Investments(unaudited) (continued) September 30, 2019

 

Investments   Principal     Value  
CORPORATE BONDS (continued)                
Electric Utilities (continued)                
Clearway Energy Operating LLC, 5.75%, 10/15/25(b)     500,000     $ 529,375  
Total Electric Utilities             1,167,415  
Electrical Components & Equipment – 0.4%                
Energizer Holdings, Inc., 7.75%, 01/15/27(b)     500,000       558,350  
Entertainment – 0.2%                
Wynn Resorts Finance LLC / Wynn Resorts Capital Corp., 5.13%, 10/01/29(b)     200,000       209,830  
Environmental Control – 0.4%                
Browning-Ferris Industries, Inc., 7.40%, 09/15/35     131,000       186,118  
Stericycle, Inc., 5.38%, 07/15/24(b)     300,000       308,732  
Total Environmental Control             494,850  
Food Products – 0.9%                
Conagra Brands, Inc., 7.13%, 10/01/26     300,000       366,768  
Kraft Heinz Foods Co., 5.20%, 07/15/45     300,000       315,105  
Post Holdings, Inc., 5.50%, 12/15/29(b)     500,000       522,188  
Total Food Products             1,204,061  
Forest Products & Paper – 1.1%                
Mercer International, Inc. (Canada), 5.50%, 01/15/26     1,000,000       972,500  
Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc., 6.88%, 10/01/26(b)     500,000       529,375  
Total Forest Products & Paper             1,501,875  
Healthcare - Services – 0.9%                
HCA, Inc., 5.63%, 09/01/28     500,000       557,463  
HCA, Inc., 4.13%, 06/15/29     500,000       526,400  
Humana, Inc., 8.15%, 06/15/38     100,000       150,125  
Total Healthcare - Services             1,233,988  
Home Builders – 1.0%                
Lennar Corp., 4.75%, 11/29/27     500,000       537,500  
M/I Homes, Inc., 5.63%, 08/01/25     250,000       257,975  
PulteGroup, Inc., 5.50%, 03/01/26     500,000       548,990  
Total Home Builders             1,344,465  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 1.0%                
Hilton Domestic Operating Co., Inc., 5.13%, 05/01/26     500,000       525,625  
MGM Resorts International, 5.50%, 04/15/27     750,000       820,950  
Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure             1,346,575  
Household Products – 0.3%                
Spectrum Brands, Inc., 5.00%, 10/01/29(b)     400,000       407,500  
Insurance – 0.4%                
CNO Financial Group, Inc., 5.25%, 05/30/29     500,000       549,670  
Internet – 0.2%                
GrubHub Holdings, Inc., 5.50%, 07/01/27(b)     250,000       255,075  

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

 

 

 

Eagle Growth and Income Opportunities Fund  
Schedule of Investments(unaudited) (continued) September 30, 2019

 

Investments   Principal     Value  
CORPORATE BONDS (continued)                
Iron / Steel – 0.4%                
Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc., 5.88%, 06/01/27(b)   $ 500,000     $ 474,175  
Media – 2.7%                
Charter Communications Operating LLC / Charter Communications Operating Capital, 3.75%, 02/15/28     750,000       769,935  
Charter Communications Operating LLC / Charter Communications Operating Capital, 6.38%, 10/23/35     300,000       365,355  
CSC Holdings LLC, 6.50%, 02/01/29(b)     500,000       554,800  
Diamond Sports Group LLC / Diamond Sports Finance Co., 5.38%, 08/15/26(b)     500,000       518,275  
Diamond Sports Group LLC / Diamond Sports Finance Co., 6.63%, 08/15/27(b)     100,000       103,875  
Discovery Communications LLC, 4.88%, 04/01/43     300,000       312,835  
Sirius XM Radio, Inc., 5.50%, 07/01/29(b)     500,000       533,125  
Viacom, Inc., 5.85%, 09/01/43     300,000       368,480  
Total Media             3,526,680  
Miscellaneous Manufacturing – 0.4%                
Koppers, Inc., 6.00%, 02/15/25(b)     500,000       500,000  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 2.8%                
Ascent Resources Utica Holdings LLC / ARU Finance Corp., 7.00%, 11/01/26(b)     650,000       545,187  
Cenovus Energy, Inc. (Canada), 6.75%, 11/15/39     150,000       183,909  
Hilcorp Energy I LP / Hilcorp Finance Co., 6.25%, 11/01/28(b)     250,000       234,375  
HollyFrontier Corp., 5.88%, 04/01/26     750,000       843,925  
Laredo Petroleum, Inc., 6.25%, 03/15/23     400,000       356,500  
Oasis Petroleum, Inc., 6.88%, 03/15/22     150,000       141,315  
Oasis Petroleum, Inc., 6.25%, 05/01/26(b)     350,000       286,132  
Parkland Fuel Corp. (Canada), 5.88%, 07/15/27(b)     500,000       524,343  
Southwestern Energy Co., 7.50%, 04/01/26     600,000       522,378  
Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels             3,638,064  
Packaging & Containers – 0.6%                
Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC / Ardagh Holdings USA, Inc. (Ireland), 6.00%, 02/15/25(b)     300,000       314,805  
Greif, Inc., 6.50%, 03/01/27(b)     500,000       530,625  
Total Packaging & Containers             845,430  
Pipelines – 2.1%                
Enable Midstream Partners LP, 4.95%, 05/15/28     750,000       780,124  
EnLink Midstream LLC, 5.38%, 06/01/29     500,000       479,375  
EQM Midstream Partners LP, 5.50%, 07/15/28     500,000       497,250  
MPLX LP, Series B, 6.88%, Perpetual(c)     750,000       754,275  
Plains All American Pipeline LP / PAA Finance Corp., 4.30%, 01/31/43     300,000       277,552  
Total Pipelines             2,788,576  

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

 

 

 

Eagle Growth and Income Opportunities Fund  
Schedule of Investments(unaudited) (continued) September 30, 2019

 

Investments   Principal     Value  
CORPORATE BONDS (continued)                
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – 1.0%                
Brookfield Property REIT, Inc. / BPR Cumulus LLC / BPR Nimbus LLC / GGSI Sellco LLC, 5.75%, 05/15/26(b)   $ 250,000     $ 262,187  
GLP Capital LP / GLP Financing II, Inc., 5.30%, 01/15/29     500,000       552,980  
MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP / MGP Finance Co.-Issuer, Inc., 5.75%, 02/01/27(b)     500,000       563,275  
Total Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)             1,378,442  
Retail – 0.6%                
Party City Holdings, Inc., 6.63%, 08/01/26(b)     575,000       570,688  
Yum! Brands, Inc., 5.35%, 11/01/43     300,000       289,500  
Total Retail             860,188  
Semiconductors – 0.3%                
KLA Corp., 5.65%, 11/01/34     300,000       360,730  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals – 0.9%                
Dell International LLC / EMC Corp., 5.30%, 10/01/29(b)     750,000       818,949  
Hewlett-Packard Co., 6.00%, 09/15/41     300,000       341,632  
Total Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals             1,160,581  
Telecommunications – 2.3%                
Anixter, Inc., 6.00%, 12/01/25     250,000       275,465  
AT&T, Inc., 6.38%, 03/01/41     395,000       518,180  
AT&T, Inc., 4.35%, 06/15/45     300,000       316,254  
CommScope, Inc., 8.25%, 03/01/27(b)     750,000       732,891  
Vodafone Group PLC (United Kingdom), 7.00%, 04/04/79     1,000,000       1,153,980  
Total Telecommunications             2,996,770  
Trucking & Leasing – 1.5%                
AerCap Global Aviation Trust (Ireland), 6.50%, 06/15/45(b)     600,000       651,000  
AerCap Ireland Capital DAC / AerCap Global Aviation Trust (Ireland), 4.45%, 04/03/26     500,000       534,214  
Avolon Holdings Funding Ltd. (Ireland), 4.38%, 05/01/26(b)     750,000       778,423  
Total Trucking & Leasing             1,963,637  
Total Corporate Bonds
(Cost $39,281,156)
            41,019,225  
SENIOR LOANS(d) – 1.6% (1.2% of Total Investments)                
Real Estate – 0.4%                
Avision Young Canada, Inc., Term Loan - First Lien, (LIBOR + 5.00%, 0.000% Floor), 02/01/26(e)     500,000       491,250  
Services: Consumer – 0.5%                
WP CityMD BidCo, LLC (CityMD), Term Loan B – First Lien, (LIBOR + 4.50%, 1.00% Floor), 08/13/26(e)     750,000       743,906  

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

 

 

 

Eagle Growth and Income Opportunities Fund  
Schedule of Investments(unaudited) (continued) September 30, 2019

 

Investments   Principal     Value  
SENIOR LOANS(d) (continued)                
Telecommunications – 0.7%                
Avaya, Inc., Tranche B Term Loan - First Lien, (LIBOR + 4.250%, 0.000% Floor), 12/16/24(e)   $ 997,462     $ 950,494  
Total Senior Loans
(Cost $2,196,313)
            2,185,650  
                 
      Shares          
MONEY MARKET FUND – 3.6% (2.5% of Total Investments)                
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Treasury Portfolio – Institutional Share Class, 1.82%(f)
(Cost $4,688,707)
    4,688,707       4,688,707  
Total Investments – 143.1%
(Cost $191,922,648)
            188,302,394  
Line of Credit Payable (42.4)%             (55,800,000 )
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets – (0.7)%             (951,234 )
Net Assets – 100.0%           $ 131,551,160  

 

 

 

 

ADR - American Depositary Receipt

CMR - Constant Maturity Rate

ETF - Exchange Traded Fund

LIBOR - London Interbank Offered Rate

LLC - Limited Liability Company

LP - Limited Partnership

PLC - Public Limited Company 

Securities are U.S. securities, unless otherwise noted.
(a) Security represents an ETF which invests primarily in debt securities and is considered a debt security for purposes of the Fund’s allocation between equity and debt securities.
(b) Security was purchased pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 and may not be resold subject to that rule except to qualified institutional buyers. Total fair value of Rule 144A securities amounts to $19,590,321 which represents approximately 14.9% of net assets as of September 30, 2019. Unless otherwise noted, 144A securities are deemed to be liquid.
(c) Perpetual, callable security with no stated maturity date.
(d) Senior loans pay interest at rates that are periodically determined on the basis of a floating benchmark lending rate, often subject to a floor, plus a spread, unless otherwise indicated. The most popular benchmark lending rates are the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), the rate that contributor banks in London charge each other for interbank deposits, and the prime rate offered by one or more major U.S. banks (“Prime”). Both LIBOR and Prime were utilized as benchmark lending rates for the senior loans at September 30, 2019. The rates shown represent the contractual rates (benchmark rate or floor plus spread) in effect at period end. Senior loans often require prepayments from excess cash flow or permit the borrower to repay at its election. The degree to which borrowers repay, whether as a contractual requirement or at their election, cannot be predicted with accuracy.
(e) All or a portion of this position has not settled as of September 30, 2019. The Fund will not accrue interest on its senior loans until the settlement date at which point LIBOR will be established.
(f) Rate shown reflects the 7-day yield as of September 30, 2019.

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

 

 

 

Eagle Growth and Income Opportunities Fund  
Schedule of Investments(unaudited) (continued) September 30, 2019

 

Fair Value Measurement

 

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments under the fair value hierarchy levels as of September 30, 2019:

 

    Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  
Assets Type                                
Common Stocks*   $ 98,331,818     $     $     $ 98,331,818  
Preferred Stocks*     32,117,987                   32,117,987  
Exchange-Traded Funds*     5,750,609                   5,750,609  
Master Limited Partnerships*     4,208,398                   4,208,398  
Corporate Bonds*           41,019,225             41,019,225  
Senior Loans*           2,185,650             2,185,650  
Money Market Fund     4,688,707                   4,688,707  
Total Investments   $ 145,097,519     $ 43,204,875     $     $ 188,302,394  

 

 

 

 

* Please refer to the Schedule of Investments for breakdown of valuations by industry

 

The Fund held no Level 3 securities during the period ended September 30, 2019.

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

 

 

 

Eagle Growth and Income Opportunities Fund  
Schedule of Investments(unaudited) (concluded) September 30, 2019

 

SUMMARY OF SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS   % of Net Assets  
Aerospace & Defense     1.6 %
Agriculture     5.2  
Auto Parts & Equipment     0.8  
Automobiles     1.9  
Banks     22.4  
Building Materials     1.0  
Capital Markets     5.8  
Chemicals     2.3  
Commercial Services     1.8  
Debt Funds     4.4  
Distribution / Wholesale     0.4  
Diversified Holding Companies     0.4  
Electric Utilities     9.1  
Electrical Components & Equipment     0.4  
Entertainment     0.2  
Environmental Control     0.4  
Food Products     0.9  
Forest Products & Paper     1.1  
Healthcare - Services     0.9  
Home Builders     1.0  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure     7.0  
Household Products     0.3  
Insurance     2.8  
Internet     0.2  
Iron / Steel     0.4  
Media     2.7  
Miscellaneous Manufacturing     0.4  
Money Market Fund     3.6  
Multi-Utilities     5.5  
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels     7.8  
Packaging & Containers     0.6  
Pharmaceuticals     5.7  
Pipelines     8.5  
Real Estate     0.4  
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)     14.8  
Retail     0.6  
Semiconductors     0.3  
Services: Consumer     0.5  
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals     4.0  
Telecommunications     13.5  
Trucking & Leasing     1.5  
Total Investments     143.1  
Line of Credit Payable     (42.4 )
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets     (0.7 )
Net Assets     100.0 %

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

 

 

 

 

Eagle Growth and Income Opportunities Fund

Notes to the Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

 

September 30, 2019

 

1. ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS

 

Eagle Growth and Income Opportunities Fund (the “Fund”) is a diversified, closed-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). The Fund is a statutory trust established under the laws of Delaware by a Certificate of Trust dated April 22, 2013. The Fund commenced operations on June 19, 2015.

 

The Fund’s investment objective is to provide total return through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its Managed Assets, defined as the total assets of the Fund (including any assets attributable to borrowings for investment purposes), minus the sum of the Fund’s accrued liabilities (other than liabilities representing borrowings for investment purposes), in dividend or other income paying equity securities and debt securities, excluding securities that distribute a return of capital, original issue discount bonds and payment-in-kind debt instruments.

 

Through August 30, 2019, Four Wood Capital Advisors LLC (“FWCA”) served as the Fund’s investment adviser. FWCA had engaged Eagle Asset Management, Inc. (“Eagle” or the “Sub-adviser”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Raymond James Financial, Inc., as a sub-adviser to the Fund. On August 31, 2019, THL Credit Advisors LLC (“THL Credit” or the “Adviser”) commenced serving as the investment adviser to the Fund pursuant to an interim advisory agreement that was approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) in accordance with Rule 15a-4 under the 1940 Act. Also effective August 31, 2019, THL Credit engaged Eagle as a sub-adviser to the Fund pursuant to an interim subadvisory agreement that was approved by the Fund’s Board in accordance with Rule 15a-4 under the 1940 Act. The Fund’s Board also approved a new, non-interim, advisory agreement between the Fund and THL Credit and a new, non-interim, subadvisory agreement between THL Credit and Eagle, which are subject to shareholder approved before becoming effective.

 

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

The Fund is an investment company that applies the accounting and reporting guidance under Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 – “Financial Services – Investment Companies”. The Fund’s financial statements have been prepared to comply with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. These principles require the Adviser to make estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts and disclosures. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Fund follows the significant accounting policies described in this section, as well as the valuation policies described in the next section on valuation.

 

The following summarizes the significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements.

 

Securities Valuation: The Fund holds portfolio securities that are fair valued at the close of each day on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), normally at 4:00 P.M., Eastern Time. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. The Board has delegated fair valuation responsibilities to a valuation committee (the “Committee”), subject to the Board’s supervision and direction, through the adoption of procedures for valuation of the Fund’s securities (the “Valuation Procedures”). The Committee consists of certain designated individuals of the Fund’s Adviser and Sub-adviser. Under the current Valuation Procedures, the Committee is responsible for, among other things, determining and monitoring the value of the Fund’s assets. The Valuation Procedures allow the Fund to utilize independent pricing vendor services, quotations from market makers and other valuation methods in events when market quotations are not readily available or not representative of the fair value of the securities.

 

The Fund’s securities are valued by various methods, as described below:

 

Exchange traded securities are valued at the last quoted sales price as of the close of the exchange or, in the absence of a sale, the closing bid price, with the exception that for securities traded on the London Stock Exchange and National Association of Securities Dealers’ Automated Quotation System, those securities are valued at the official closing price.

 

Fixed income securities are valued at prices supplied by the Fund’s pricing agent based on broker-dealer supplied valuations, or in the absence of broker-dealer supplied valuations, matrix pricing, a method of valuing securities by reference to the value of other securities with similar characteristics, such as rating, interest rate and maturity.

 

Senior loans are valued at prices supplied by the Fund’s pricing agent based on broker-dealer supplied valuations (including mid or average prices) and other criteria. If the Committee does not believe that the pricing agent price reflects the current market value, the Adviser or Sub-adviser will determine a recommended method of valuing the senior loan for consideration by the Committee.

 

 

 

 

Eagle Growth and Income Opportunities Fund

Notes to the Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (concluded)

 

September 30, 2019

 

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (concluded) 

 

Money market funds are valued based on the Fund’s proportionate interest in its net assets.

 

Fair Value Measurement

 

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities at the measurement date.

 

Level 2 — Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. These inputs may include quoted prices for the identical instrument on an inactive market, quoted prices for similar instruments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, default rates, and similar data.

 

Level 3 — Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability to the extent that relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Fund’s own assumptions that a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability based on the best information available.

 

Investments that use Level 2 or Level 3 inputs may include, but are not limited to: (i) an unlisted security related to corporate actions; (ii) a restricted security (e.g., one that may not be publicly sold without registration under the Securities Act of 1933 as amended); (iii) a security whose trading has been suspended or which has been de-listed from its primary trading exchange; (iv) a security that is thinly traded; (v) a security in default or bankruptcy proceedings for which there is no current market quotation; (vi) a security affected by currency controls or restrictions; and (vii) a security affected by a significant event (e.g., an event that occurs after the close of the markets on which the security is traded but before the time as of which a Fund’s net asset value is computed and that may materially affect the value of the Fund’s investment). Examples of events that may be “significant events” are government actions, natural disasters, armed conflicts and acts of terrorism.

 

The categorization of a value determined for investments is based on the pricing transparency of the investment and does not necessarily correspond to the Fund’s perceived risk of investing in those securities.

 

The valuation techniques used by the Fund to measure fair value during the period ended September 30, 2019 were intended to maximize the use of observable inputs and to minimize the use of unobservable inputs.

 

3. FINANCIAL DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

 

The Fund is authorized to invest in certain derivative instruments, including options. The Fund records derivative instruments at fair value. For the period ended September 30, 2019, the Fund had no derivatives activity.

 

 

 

 

Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

 

(a) The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c))) were effective, as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(b)) and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (17 CFR 240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d-15(b)).

 

(b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d))) that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 3. Exhibits.

 

Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto.

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

(Registrant) EAGLE GROWTH AND INCOME OPPORTUNITIES FUND

 

By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Brian W. Good
  Brian W. Good, President and Principal Executive Officer
  (principal executive officer)

 

Date November 26, 2019

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Brian W. Good
  Brian W. Good, President and Principal Executive Officer
  (principal executive officer)

 

Date November 26, 2019

 

By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Jennifer Wilson
  Jennifer Wilson, Treasurer, Principal Financial Officer and Secretary
  (principal financial officer)

 

Date November 26, 2019

 

* Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.

 

 

 

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