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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number 811-21331
___________________________________
Evergreen Managed Income Fund
_____________________________________________________________
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
200 Berkeley Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
_____________________________________________________________
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Michael H. Koonce, Esq.
200 Berkeley Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116
____________________________________________________________
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (617) 210-3200
________________________
Date of fiscal year end: Registrant is making a semiannual filing for 1 of its series, Evergreen Managed Income Fund, for the year ended April 30, 2005. This 1 series has an October 31, 2005 fiscal year end.
Date of reporting period: April 30, 2005
Item 1 - Reports to Stockholders.
table of contents | ||
1 | LETTER TO SHAREHOLDERS | |
4 | FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS | |
5 | SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS | |
21 | STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES | |
22 | STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS | |
23 | STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS | |
24 | NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS | |
30 | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION | |
31 | AUTOMATIC DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN | |
32 | TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS |
The fund will file its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The fund's Form N-Q will be available on the SEC's Web site at http://www.sec.gov. In addition, the fund's Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 800.SEC.0330.
A description of the fund's proxy voting policies and procedures, as well as information regarding how the fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, is available by visiting our Web site at EvergreenInvestments.com or by visiting the SEC's Web site at http://www.sec.gov. The fund's proxy voting policies and procedures are also available without charge, upon request, by calling 800.343.2898.
Mutual Funds: | ||||
NOT FDIC INSURED | MAY LOSE VALUE | NOT BANK GUARANTEED |
Evergreen InvestmentsSM is a service mark of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC. Copyright 2005, Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC.
LETTER TO SHAREHOLDERS
June 2005
Dennis H. Ferro
President and Chief
Executive Officer
Dear Shareholder,
We are pleased to provide the semiannual report for the Evergreen Managed Income Fund, which covers the six-month period ended April 30, 2005.
For investors in the Evergreen Managed Income Fund, the beginning of the reporting period coincided with a dramatic turnaround in the financial markets. Towards the beginning of the reporting period, the markets had been held back by uncertainty surrounding oil prices, the war on terrorism, monetary policy and the presidential election. Yet as clarity emerged concerning many of these issues, the markets finally responded favorably to the steady fundamentals, climbing higher in the waning weeks of 2004. However, typical of the recent trends, the financial markets resumed their volatile patterns upon entering 2005, a trend that would continue for the balance of the reporting period. Throughout this environment, the portfolio team for the fund based their investment decisions on the fundamentals supporting income opportunities within the high yield, international and adjustable rate segments of the fixed income market.
Economic growth had begun to moderate towards the end of the reporting period, and monthly economic reports were sending mixed signals to investors. For example, solid retail sales would be accompanied by weakness in consumer confidence. While the markets were sometimes perplexed by these incongruities, our investment strategy committee believed that this phenomenon was characteristic of the economy's transition from recovery to expansion. Despite this moderation in demand, the Federal Reserve (Fed) continued to raise its target for the federal funds rate. After three years of monetary stimulus, policymakers were on a path towards
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LETTER TO SHAREHOLDERS continued
more moderate levels of economic growth. At times, the fixed income markets viewed the Fed with suspicion, fearing that monetary policy would ultimately constrain growth, yet we maintained our belief that the Fed's policy stance would continue to be one of less stimulation, rather than more restriction.
During periods of volatility within the fixed income markets, monetary policymakers seemingly went out of their way to assuage market anxiety. Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan was especially transparent in his public statements, yet market interest rates remained quite volatile, only to begin a gradual descent during the last two months of the reporting period. As the long-end of the Treasury Bond yield curve continued to decline, a debate ensued as to whether it signaled poor times ahead, or the market's belief that inflation was under control. In addition, Chairman Greenspan's biggest concern appeared to be the fact that despite the Fed's tighter stance, long-term market yields continued to decline. In testimony to congressional banking committees, he noted that it was a "conundrum" and warned of "complacency" within the fixed income markets. The infamous wordsmith achieved his desired objective for only a short while, though, and long-term yields once again resumed their decline.
Throughout the investment period, our portfolio teams for the fund maintained their focus on the fundamentals within their respective segments of the fixed income markets. For example, our high yield team emphasized income opportunities within the sectors benefiting from global demand, including Energy and Consumer
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LETTER TO SHAREHOLDERS continued
Discretionary. The international team bought corporate and sovereign debt from commodity-rich countries such as Australia and New Zealand. Finally, within the adjustable rate portion of the fund, security selection played a large role in relation to performance, as income distributed to shareholders enhanced the total return component.
In this environment, we encourage investors to maintain a diversified strategy, including fixed income investments, for their long-term portfolios.
Please visit our Web site, EvergreenInvestments.com, for more information about our funds and other investment products available to you. Thank you for your continued support of Evergreen Investments.
Sincerely,
Dennis H. Ferro
President and Chief Executive Officer
Evergreen Investment Company, Inc.
Special Notice to Shareholders:
Please visit our Web site at EvergreenInvestments.com for statements from President and Chief Executive Officer, Dennis Ferro, and Chairman of the Board of the Evergreen Funds, Michael S. Scofield, addressing recent SEC actions involving the Evergreen Funds.
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
(For a common share outstanding throughout each period)
Six Months Ended
|
Year Ended October 31,
|
|||||
April 30, 2005
|
|
|||||
(unaudited)
|
2004
|
2003 1
|
||||
|
||||||
Net asset value, beginning of period |
$ 20.19
|
$ 19.38
|
$ 19.10 2
|
|||
|
||||||
Income from investment operations | ||||||
Net investment income (loss) |
0.82
|
1.62
|
0.38
|
|||
Net realized and unrealized gains or losses on securities, foreign currency | ||||||
related transactions and interest rate swap transactions |
(0.58)
|
0.94
|
0.46
|
|||
Distributions to preferred shareholders from net investment income 3 |
(0.12)
|
(0.13)
|
(0.02)
|
|||
|
|
|
||||
Total from investment operations |
0.12
|
2.43
|
0.82
|
|||
|
||||||
Distributions to common shareholders from | ||||||
Net investment income |
(0.73)
|
(1.62)
|
(0.39)
|
|||
|
||||||
Offering costs charged to capital for: | ||||||
Common shares |
0
|
0
|
(0.04)
|
|||
Preferred shares |
0
|
0
|
(0.11)
|
|||
|
|
|
||||
Total offering costs |
0
|
0
|
(0.15)
|
|||
|
||||||
Net asset value, end of period |
$ 19.58
|
$ 20.19
|
$ 19.38
|
|||
|
||||||
Market value, end of period |
$ 17.17
|
$ 18.49
|
$ 18.15
|
|||
|
||||||
Total return 4 | ||||||
Based on market value |
(3.36%)
|
11.23%
|
(7.35%)
|
|||
|
||||||
Ratios and supplemental data | ||||||
Net assets of common shareholders, end of period (in thousands) |
$823,558
|
$849,127
|
$814,948
|
|||
Liquidation value of preferred shares, end of period (in thousands) |
$400,269
|
$400,165
|
$400,098
|
|||
Asset coverage ratio, end of period |
297%
|
312%
|
304%
|
|||
Ratios to average net assets applicable to common shareholders | ||||||
Expenses including waivers/reimbursements and excluding expense reductions |
1.11% 5
|
1.12%
|
0.95% 5
|
|||
Expenses excluding waivers/reimbursements and expense reductions |
1.11% 5
|
1.12%
|
0.95% 5
|
|||
Net investment income (loss) 6 |
8.12% 5
|
7.69%
|
5.43% 5
|
|||
Portfolio turnover rate |
44%
|
78%
|
8%
|
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1For the period from June 25, 2003 (commencement of operations), to October 31, 2003. |
2Initial public offering price of $20.00 per share less underwriting discount of $0.90 per share. |
3Distributions to preferred shareholders per common share are based on average common shares outstanding during the period. |
4Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of common stock on the first day and a sale on the last day of the period reported. |
Dividends and distributions are assumed for the purposes of these calculations to be reinvested at prices obtained under the |
Fund's Automatic Dividend Reinvestment Plan. Total return does not reflect brokerage commissions or sales charges. |
5Annualized |
6The net investment income (loss) ratio reflects distributions to preferred shareholders. |
See Notes to Financial Statements
4
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
April 30, 2005 (unaudited)
Principal | ||||||
Amount | Value | |||||
|
||||||
AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED COLLATERALIZED | ||||||
MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS 4.7% | ||||||
FIXED-RATE 0.3% | ||||||
FNMA, Ser. 2001-25, Class Z, 6.00%, 06/25/2031 |
$2,654,753
|
$
|
2,717,677
|
|||
|
||||||
FLOATING-RATE 4.4% | ||||||
FHLMC: | ||||||
Ser. 0196, Class A, 3.80%, 12/15/2021 |
393,122
|
393,509
|
||||
Ser. 1500, Class FD, 4.15%, 05/15/2023 |
9,274,957
|
9,505,718
|
||||
Ser. 2247, Class FC, 3.55%, 08/15/2030 |
2,005,631
|
2,020,238
|
||||
Ser. 2390, Class FD, 3.40%, 12/15/2031 |
314,934
|
317,309
|
||||
Ser. 2411, Class F, 3.50%, 02/15/2032 |
217,070
|
219,406
|
||||
FNMA: | ||||||
Ser. 2000-45, Class F, 3.47%, 12/25/2030 |
1,904,781
|
1,916,172
|
||||
Ser. 2001-24, Class FC, 3.62%, 04/25/2031 |
659,149
|
663,427
|
||||
Ser. 2001-37, Class F, 3.52%, 08/25/2031 |
738,184
|
745,331
|
||||
Ser. 2001-62, Class FC, 3.67%, 11/25/2031 |
956,654
|
967,542
|
||||
Ser. 2002-77, Class FV, 3.47%, 12/18/2032 |
2,787,357
|
2,814,729
|
||||
Ser. 2002-95, Class FK, 3.52%, 01/25/2033 |
7,731,772
|
7,829,501
|
||||
Ser. 2003-W8, Class 3F2, 3.37%, 05/25/2042 |
1,608,316
|
1,617,129
|
||||
Ser. G92-53, Class FA, 3.78%, 09/25/2022 |
3,598,445
|
3,654,574
|
||||
GNMA, Ser. 1997-13, Class F, 3.50%, 09/16/2027 |
3,773,368
|
3,798,586
|
||||
|
||||||
36,463,171
|
||||||
|
||||||
Total Agency Mortgage-Backed Collateralized Mortgage Obligations | ||||||
(cost $38,956,626) |
39,180,848
|
|||||
|
||||||
AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED PASS THROUGH SECURITIES 28.9% | ||||||
FIXED-RATE 4.0% | ||||||
FHLMC: | ||||||
5.50%, TBA # |
3,000,000
|
3,072,186
|
||||
6.00%, TBA # |
950,000
|
975,234
|
||||
8.50%, 03/01/2030 |
229,357
|
250,620
|
||||
FNMA: | ||||||
5.50%, TBA # |
475,000
|
486,133
|
||||
6.00%, 04/01/2033 |
1,962,721
|
2,018,201
|
||||
6.00%, TBA # |
10,500,000
|
10,782,187
|
||||
6.50%, 11/01/2032 |
2,550,450
|
2,659,296
|
||||
6.50%, TBA # |
470,000
|
488,800
|
||||
7.00%, 09/01/2031 - 08/01/2032 |
4,992,561
|
5,274,871
|
||||
7.50%, 07/01/2032 |
394,797
|
425,701
|
||||
8.00%, 06/01/2030 |
293,801
|
320,424
|
||||
GNMA: | ||||||
6.50%, 06/15/2028 |
205,074
|
215,170
|
||||
9.50%, 12/15/2009 - 04/15/2011 |
5,481,416
|
6,041,638
|
||||
|
||||||
33,010,461
|
||||||
|
See Notes to Financial Statements
5
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS continued
April 30, 2005 (unaudited)
Principal | ||||||||
Amount | Value | |||||||
|
||||||||
AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED PASS THROUGH SECURITIES continued | ||||||||
FLOATING-RATE 24.9% | ||||||||
FHLMC: | ||||||||
3.08%, 12/01/2033 |
$22,050,080
|
$
|
22,411,922
|
|||||
3.38%, 12/01/2026 |
230,022
|
229,989
|
||||||
3.42%, 10/01/2017 |
16,311
|
16,460
|
||||||
3.43%, 06/01/2033 |
5,595,503
|
5,647,760
|
||||||
3.50%, 12/01/2022 |
61,001
|
60,963
|
||||||
3.73%, 06/01/2023 |
824,984
|
842,298
|
||||||
3.75%, 06/01/2031 |
1,932,644
|
1,983,125
|
||||||
3.83%, 03/01/2018 - 05/01/2019 |
384,548
|
387,496
|
||||||
3.875%, 10/01/2024 |
56,512
|
58,087
|
||||||
3.93%, 08/01/2017 |
48,073
|
48,244
|
||||||
3.99%, 10/01/2022 |
394,941
|
398,137
|
||||||
4.00%, 12/01/2018 |
106,782
|
108,782
|
||||||
4.11%, 10/01/2033 |
725,925
|
737,731
|
||||||
4.12%, 01/01/2030 |
329,149
|
337,375
|
||||||
4.17%, 07/01/2030 |
372,011
|
380,494
|
||||||
4.22%, 05/01/2025 |
107,974
|
108,282
|
||||||
4.24%, 06/01/2018 |
373,257
|
378,459
|
||||||
4.28%, 08/01/2030 |
1,404,557
|
1,468,900
|
||||||
4.31%, 10/01/2030 |
1,485,863
|
1,567,577
|
||||||
4.53%, 10/01/2033 |
1,007,523
|
1,063,699
|
||||||
4.77%, 09/01/2032 |
2,790,841
|
2,915,501
|
||||||
4.91%, 08/01/2032 |
7,840,396
|
8,129,064
|
||||||
5.28%, 06/01/2035 |
277,931
|
283,299
|
||||||
5.57%, 06/01/2028 |
282,174
|
284,880
|
||||||
6.00%, 01/01/2027 |
547,457
|
563,954
|
||||||
FNMA: | ||||||||
3.21%, 07/01/2044 |
4,704,319
|
4,770,321
|
||||||
3.27%, 09/01/2041 |
3,000,000
|
3,042,615
|
||||||
3.28%, 03/01/2033 |
1,024,158
|
1,032,966
|
||||||
3.42%, 06/01/2040 - 12/01/2040 |
10,561,163
|
10,751,747
|
||||||
3.43%, 12/01/2017 |
1,474,221
|
1,503,968
|
||||||
3.54%, 02/01/2035 |
13,180,553
|
13,624,474
|
||||||
3.56%, 02/01/2035 |
2,899,401
|
2,940,282
|
||||||
3.75%, 12/01/2016 |
24,321
|
24,368
|
||||||
3.93%, 10/01/2034 |
4,019,621
|
4,160,139
|
||||||
4.00%, 01/01/2017 |
133,249
|
133,191
|
||||||
4.02%, 04/01/2028 |
3,088,679
|
3,159,158
|
||||||
4.03%, 10/01/2032 |
1,342,888
|
1,378,701
|
||||||
4.14%, 04/01/2034 |
7,871,723
|
8,099,059
|
||||||
4.15%, 03/01/2035 |
9,338,609
|
9,675,640
|
||||||
4.17%, 07/01/2032 |
4,662,648
|
4,859,793
|
||||||
4.21%, 02/01/2035 |
1,435,851
|
1,496,573
|
||||||
4.51%, 05/01/2033 - 04/01/2034 |
9,532,413
|
9,738,712
|
||||||
4.54%, 02/01/2035 |
3,348,123
|
3,436,279
|
||||||
4.63%, 07/01/2033 |
6,490,412
|
6,788,522
|
See Notes to Financial Statements
6
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS continued
April 30, 2005 (unaudited)
Principal | ||||||
Amount | Value | |||||
|
||||||
AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED PASS THROUGH SECURITIES continued | ||||||
FLOATING-RATE continued | ||||||
FNMA: | ||||||
4.80%, 10/01/2033 |
$ 472,609
|
$
|
480,495
|
|||
4.87%, 06/01/2033 |
4,359,788
|
4,415,690
|
||||
4.87%, 08/01/2034 ## |
12,072,989
|
12,228,368
|
||||
4.96%, 04/01/2034 |
2,704,699
|
2,806,774
|
||||
4.97%, 01/01/2034 |
1,349,350
|
1,379,185
|
||||
4.98%, 03/01/2033 |
515,800
|
523,321
|
||||
4.99%, 12/01/2031 |
1,468,826
|
1,498,452
|
||||
5.01%, 12/01/2034 |
3,505,261
|
3,642,142
|
||||
5.02%, 03/01/2034 |
4,558,872
|
4,682,736
|
||||
5.11%, 12/01/2022 |
48,413
|
48,904
|
||||
5.12%, 04/01/2025 |
482,873
|
494,849
|
||||
5.19%, 03/01/2034 |
3,143,261
|
3,210,559
|
||||
5.24%, 04/01/2033 |
3,838,277
|
4,027,411
|
||||
5.55%, 09/01/2024 |
13,626
|
13,656
|
||||
5.58%, 03/01/2032 - 09/01/2032 |
1,792,982
|
1,870,162
|
||||
5.61%, 04/01/2031 |
1,809,593
|
1,857,212
|
||||
5.69%, 06/01/2031 |
393,129
|
406,387
|
||||
5.70%, 02/01/2032 |
203,978
|
206,615
|
||||
6.00%, 05/01/2021 - 08/01/2021 |
110,550
|
112,295
|
||||
6.21%, 11/01/2024 |
860,234
|
903,350
|
||||
6.25%, 04/01/2021 |
7,440
|
7,645
|
||||
6.36%, 01/01/2033 |
2,346,869
|
2,422,890
|
||||
GNMA: | ||||||
3.00%, 02/20/2031 |
1,105,258
|
1,125,462
|
||||
3.25%, 02/20/2029 |
2,157,649
|
2,198,386
|
||||
3.375%, 01/20/2027 - 03/20/2028 |
988,269
|
1,010,982
|
||||
3.50%, 09/20/2030 - 02/20/2031 |
2,456,379
|
2,508,307
|
||||
4.00%, 11/20/2030 - 10/20/2031 |
4,117,898
|
4,188,686
|
||||
4.125%, 10/20/2029 - 11/20/2030 |
5,756,549
|
5,861,709
|
||||
|
||||||
205,161,616
|
||||||
|
||||||
Total Agency Mortgage-Backed Pass Through Securities | ||||||
(cost $238,293,242) |
238,172,077
|
|||||
|
||||||
AGENCY REPERFORMING MORTGAGE-BACKED PASS | ||||||
THROUGH SECURITIES 1.9% | ||||||
FNMA: | ||||||
Ser. 2001-T10, Class A2, 7.50%, 12/25/2041 |
856,315
|
907,232
|
||||
Ser. 2002-T6, Class A4, 4.24%, 03/25/2041 |
3,146,214
|
3,172,921
|
||||
Ser. 2003-W2, Class 2A8, 5.67%, 07/25/2042 |
700,000
|
716,625
|
||||
Ser. 2003-W6, Class 3A, 6.50%, 09/25/2042 |
2,102,097
|
2,220,256
|
||||
Ser. 2003-W6, Class F, 3.37%, 09/25/2042 |
8,958,451
|
9,009,962
|
||||
|
||||||
Total Agency Reperforming Mortgage-Backed Pass Through Securities | ||||||
(cost $16,049,295) |
16,026,996
|
|||||
|
See Notes to Financial Statements
7
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS continued
April 30, 2005 (unaudited)
Principal | ||||||
Amount | Value | |||||
|
||||||
CORPORATE BONDS 67.7% | ||||||
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY 19.4% | ||||||
Auto Components 1.2% | ||||||
Exide Technologies, 10.50%, 03/15/2013 - 144A |
$ 2,600,000
|
$
|
2,216,500
|
|||
RJ Tower Corp., 12.00%, 06/01/2013 • (p) |
1,245,000
|
666,075
|
||||
Tenneco Automotive, Inc., 8.625%, 11/15/2014 - 144A |
6,125,000
|
5,619,688
|
||||
TRW Automotive, Inc., 10.125%, 02/15/2013 |
970,000
|
1,389,080
|
||||
|
||||||
9,891,343
|
||||||
|
||||||
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure 6.1% | ||||||
Ameristar Casinos, Inc., 10.75%, 02/15/2009 |
6,000,000
|
6,555,000
|
||||
Equinox Holdings, Inc., 9.00%, 12/15/2009 (p) |
4,635,000
|
4,762,462
|
||||
Gaylord Entertainment Co., 6.75%, 11/15/2014 144A |
1,000,000
|
930,000
|
||||
Herbst Gaming, Inc., 7.00%, 11/15/2014 144A |
3,125,000
|
3,078,125
|
||||
Inn of The Mountain Gods Resort & Casino, 12.00%, 11/15/2010 (p) |
3,000,000
|
3,532,500
|
||||
Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc., 7.00%, 03/01/2014 |
3,250,000
|
3,168,750
|
||||
John Q. Hammons Hotels LP, Ser. B, 8.875%, 05/15/2012 |
6,000,000
|
6,420,000
|
||||
La Quinta Corp., 8.875%, 03/15/2011 |
4,000,000
|
4,325,000
|
||||
Las Vegas Sands Corp., 6.375%, 02/15/2015 (p) 144A |
2,495,000
|
2,351,537
|
||||
Mandalay Resort Group, Ser. B, 10.25%, 08/01/2007 |
5,000,000
|
5,512,500
|
||||
MGM MIRAGE, Inc., 5.875%, 02/27/2014 (p) |
1,950,000
|
1,835,438
|
||||
Station Casinos, Inc.: | ||||||
6.50%, 02/01/2014 |
1,575,000
|
1,578,938
|
||||
6.875%, 03/01/2016 (p) |
1,575,000
|
1,598,625
|
||||
Wynn Resorts, Ltd., 6.625%, 12/01/2014 144A |
4,555,000
|
4,281,700
|
||||
|
||||||
49,930,575
|
||||||
|
||||||
Household Durables 0.8% | ||||||
Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc.: | ||||||
6.375%, 12/15/2014 (p) |
1,600,000
|
1,568,000
|
||||
7.75%, 05/15/2013 |
1,750,000
|
1,789,375
|
||||
Meritage Homes Corp., 6.25%, 03/15/2015 144A |
1,725,000
|
1,595,625
|
||||
Technical Olympic USA, Inc., 10.375%, 07/01/2012 |
2,000,000
|
2,110,000
|
||||
|
||||||
7,063,000
|
||||||
|
||||||
Leisure Equipment & Products 0.3% | ||||||
Riddell Bell Holdings, Inc., 8.375%, 10/01/2012 144A |
2,485,000
|
2,516,062
|
||||
|
||||||
Media 7.7% | ||||||
AMC Entertainment, Inc., 8.625%, 08/15/2012 144A |
4,570,000
|
4,764,225
|
||||
Cablevision Systems Corp., 8.00%, 04/15/2012 (p) 144A |
7,000,000
|
6,938,750
|
||||
CCO Holdings LLC, 8.75%, 11/15/2013 (p) |
3,000,000
|
2,902,500
|
||||
Charter Communications Holdings LLC, 8.625%, 04/01/2009 (p) |
5,700,000
|
4,146,750
|
||||
Cinemark USA, Inc.: | ||||||
9.00%, 02/01/2013 |
5,000,000
|
5,312,500
|
||||
Sr. Disc. Note, Step Bond, 0.00%, 03/15/2014 † |
2,975,000
|
2,060,187
|
||||
Dex Media East LLC, 9.875%, 11/15/2009 |
5,500,000
|
6,050,000
|
||||
Emmis Communications Corp., 6.875%, 05/15/2012 |
3,000,000
|
2,977,500
|
||||
Houghton Mifflin Co., 9.875%, 02/01/2013 (p) |
3,000,000
|
3,045,000
|
||||
Marquee Holdings, Inc., Sr. Disc. Note, Step Bond, 0.00%, 08/15/2014 † 144A |
5,100,000
|
3,213,000
|
See Notes to Financial Statements
8
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS continued
April 30, 2005 (unaudited)
Principal | ||||||
Amount | Value | |||||
|
||||||
CORPORATE BONDS continued | ||||||
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY continued | ||||||
Media continued | ||||||
Mediacom LLC, 9.50%, 01/15/2013 (p) |
$ 6,200,000
|
$
|
5,967,500
|
|||
PRIMEDIA, Inc., 8.875%, 05/15/2011 |
2,060,000
|
2,142,400
|
||||
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., 8.00%, 03/15/2012 (p) |
3,000,000
|
2,992,500
|
||||
Visant Corp., 7.625%, 10/01/2012 |
3,035,000
|
3,050,175
|
||||
WMG Holdings Corp., 7.39%, 12/15/2011 144A |
3,625,000
|
3,751,875
|
||||
Young Broadcasting, Inc., 8.50%, 12/15/2008 (p) |
4,000,000
|
4,282,680
|
||||
|
||||||
63,597,542
|
||||||
|
||||||
Multi-line Retail 0.8% | ||||||
J.C. Penney Co., Inc., 7.375%, 08/15/2008 (p) |
6,000,000
|
6,390,000
|
||||
|
||||||
Specialty Retail 1.3% | ||||||
American Achievement Corp., 8.25%, 04/01/2012 |
1,845,000
|
1,904,963
|
||||
CSK Auto, Inc., 7.00%, 01/15/2014 |
3,250,000
|
2,957,500
|
||||
FTD, Inc., 7.75%, 02/15/2014 |
2,916,000
|
2,916,000
|
||||
United Auto Group, Inc., 9.625%, 03/15/2012 |
3,000,000
|
3,135,000
|
||||
|
||||||
10,913,463
|
||||||
|
||||||
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods 1.2% | ||||||
Norcross Safety Products LLC: | ||||||
11.75%, 01/01/2012 144A |
800,000
|
816,000
|
||||
Ser. B, 9.875%, 08/15/2011 |
6,000,000
|
6,360,000
|
||||
The Warnaco Group, Inc., 8.875%, 06/15/2013 |
3,000,000
|
3,255,000
|
||||
|
||||||
10,431,000
|
||||||
|
||||||
CONSUMER STAPLES 2.5% | ||||||
Food & Staples Retailing 0.5% | ||||||
Rite Aid Corp., 8.125%, 05/01/2010 (p) |
4,000,000
|
3,920,000
|
||||
|
||||||
Food Products 0.6% | ||||||
B&G Foods Holdings Corp., 8.00%, 10/01/2011 (p) |
240,000
|
249,000
|
||||
Chiquita Brands International, Inc., 7.50%, 11/01/2014 |
1,000,000
|
920,000
|
||||
Del Monte Foods Co.: | ||||||
6.75%, 02/15/2015 144A |
685,000
|
661,025
|
||||
8.625%, 12/15/2012 |
2,858,000
|
3,072,350
|
||||
|
||||||
4,902,375
|
||||||
|
||||||
Household Products 0.4% | ||||||
Spectrum Brands, Inc., 7.375%, 02/01/2015 144A |
3,435,000
|
3,349,125
|
||||
|
||||||
Personal Products 0.5% | ||||||
Playtex Products, Inc., 8.00%, 03/01/2011 |
3,800,000
|
4,075,500
|
||||
|
||||||
Tobacco 0.5% | ||||||
Commonwealth Brands, Inc., 10.625%, 09/01/2008 144A |
4,000,000
|
4,200,000
|
||||
|
||||||
ENERGY 9.3% | ||||||
Energy Equipment & Services 3.4% | ||||||
Dresser, Inc., 9.375%, 04/15/2011 |
6,000,000
|
6,300,000
|
||||
Grant Prideco, Inc., 9.625%, 12/01/2007 (p) |
6,000,000
|
6,585,000
|
See Notes to Financial Statements
9
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS continued
April 30, 2005 (unaudited)
Principal | ||||||
Amount | Value | |||||
|
||||||
CORPORATE BONDS continued | ||||||
ENERGY continued | ||||||
Energy Equipment & Services continued | ||||||
Gulfmark Offshore, Inc., 7.75%, 07/15/2014 144A |
$1,675,000
|
$
|
1,700,125
|
|||
Hornbeck Offshore Services, Ser. B, 6.125%, 12/01/2014 |
850,000
|
842,562
|
||||
Parker Drilling Co.: | ||||||
9.625%, 10/01/2013 (p) |
1,641,000
|
1,813,305
|
||||
9.625%, 10/01/2013 144A |
3,500,000
|
3,867,500
|
||||
SESI LLC, 8.875%, 05/15/2011 |
6,000,000
|
6,450,000
|
||||
|
||||||
27,558,492
|
||||||
|
||||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 5.9% | ||||||
Chesapeake Energy Corp.: | ||||||
6.875%, 01/15/2016 |
3,500,000
|
3,500,000
|
||||
7.75%, 01/15/2015 (p) |
4,425,000
|
4,679,437
|
||||
9.00%, 08/15/2012 |
4,000,000
|
4,400,000
|
||||
El Paso Corp.: | ||||||
7.75%, 01/15/2032 (p) |
3,200,000
|
2,960,000
|
||||
7.875%, 06/15/2012 (p) |
3,025,000
|
2,972,063
|
||||
El Paso Production Holding Co., 7.75%, 06/01/2013 |
4,500,000
|
4,556,250
|
||||
Exco Resources, Inc., 7.25%, 01/15/2011 |
900,000
|
891,000
|
||||
Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc., 8.25%, 03/15/2013 |
6,000,000
|
6,390,000
|
||||
Pemex Project Funding Master Trust, 6.625%, 04/04/2010 |
2,500,000
|
3,561,770
|
||||
Petroleum Helicopters, Inc., 9.375%, 05/01/2009 |
4,000,000
|
4,200,000
|
||||
Premcor Refining Group, Inc., 9.50%, 02/01/2013 |
2,650,000
|
3,021,000
|
||||
The Williams Companies, Inc.: | ||||||
7.50%, 01/15/2031 |
2,850,000
|
2,956,875
|
||||
8.125%, 03/15/2012 (p) |
4,150,000
|
4,565,000
|
||||
|
||||||
48,653,395
|
||||||
|
||||||
FINANCIALS 5.1% | ||||||
Consumer Finance 1.8% | ||||||
General Motors Acceptance Corp., 6.125%, 09/15/2006 |
6,000,000
|
5,966,148
|
||||
Metris Companies, Inc., 10.125%, 07/15/2006 |
2,707,000
|
2,720,535
|
||||
Terra Capital, Inc., 11.50%, 06/01/2010 |
2,600,000
|
2,977,000
|
||||
Triad Financial Corp., 11.125%, 05/01/2013 144A |
2,900,000
|
2,889,125
|
||||
|
||||||
14,552,808
|
||||||
|
||||||
Diversified Financial Services 0.5% | ||||||
Arch Western Finance LLC, 6.75%, 07/01/2013 |
3,000,000
|
3,022,500
|
||||
Borden US Finance Corp., 9.00%, 07/15/2014 144A |
870,000
|
874,350
|
||||
|
||||||
3,896,850
|
||||||
|
||||||
Insurance 0.6% | ||||||
Crum & Forster Holdings Corp., 10.375%, 06/15/2013 |
5,000,000
|
5,450,000
|
||||
|
||||||
Real Estate 2.2% | ||||||
Crescent Real Estate Equities Co., REIT, 9.25%, 04/15/2009 |
3,500,000
|
3,693,091
|
||||
HMH Properties, Inc., Ser. B, 7.875%, 08/01/2008 (p) |
669,000
|
685,725
|
||||
Host Marriott Corp., Ser. J, REIT, 7.125%, 11/01/2013 (p) |
5,525,000
|
5,621,687
|
See Notes to Financial Statements
10
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS continued
April 30, 2005 (unaudited)
Principal | ||||||
Amount | Value | |||||
|
||||||
CORPORATE BONDS continued | ||||||
FINANCIALS continued | ||||||
Real Estate continued | ||||||
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc., REIT: | ||||||
6.95%, 08/01/2007 |
$1,850,000
|
$
|
1,889,313
|
|||
7.00%, 04/01/2014 |
550,000
|
533,500
|
||||
Thornburg Mortgage, Inc., REIT, 8.00%, 05/15/2013 |
6,000,000
|
6,060,000
|
||||
|
||||||
18,483,316
|
||||||
|
||||||
HEALTH CARE 2.9% | ||||||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies 0.4% | ||||||
Universal Hospital Services, Inc., 10.125%, 11/01/2011 |
2,920,000
|
2,971,100
|
||||
|
||||||
Health Care Providers & Services 2.5% | ||||||
Carriage Services, Inc., 7.875%, 01/15/2015 144A |
1,540,000
|
1,555,400
|
||||
HCA, Inc., 6.375%, 01/15/2015 (p) |
3,225,000
|
3,252,761
|
||||
IASIS Healthcare Corp., 8.75%, 06/15/2014 |
2,075,000
|
2,142,437
|
||||
Select Medical Corp., 7.625%, 02/01/2015 144A |
3,500,000
|
3,456,250
|
||||
Service Corporation International, 6.75%, 04/01/2016 (p) |
1,835,000
|
1,757,013
|
||||
Team Health, Inc., 9.00%, 04/01/2012 (p) |
3,400,000
|
3,400,000
|
||||
Tenet Healthcare Corp., 9.875%, 07/01/2014 |
4,850,000
|
5,007,625
|
||||
|
||||||
20,571,486
|
||||||
|
||||||
INDUSTRIALS 6.4% | ||||||
Aerospace & Defense 0.3% | ||||||
Argo-Tech Corp., 9.25%, 06/01/2011 (p) |
665,000
|
714,875
|
||||
Moog, Inc., 6.25%, 01/15/2015 |
1,910,000
|
1,900,450
|
||||
|
||||||
2,615,325
|
||||||
|
||||||
Commercial Services & Supplies 3.7% | ||||||
Allied Waste North America, Inc.: | ||||||
5.75%, 02/15/2011 (p) |
1,750,000
|
1,544,375
|
||||
6.375%, 04/15/2011 (p) |
1,750,000
|
1,601,250
|
||||
American Color Graphics, Inc., 10.00%, 06/15/2010 (p) |
3,000,000
|
1,935,000
|
||||
Clean Harbors, Inc., 11.25%, 07/15/2012 144A |
2,000,000
|
2,230,000
|
||||
Corrections Corporation of America, 6.25%, 03/15/2013 144A |
1,500,000
|
1,455,000
|
||||
Geo Group, Inc., 8.25%, 07/15/2013 |
6,000,000
|
6,045,000
|
||||
JohnsonDiversey Holdings, Inc., Sr. Disc. Note, Step Bond, 0.00%, | ||||||
05/15/2013 † (p) |
6,000,000
|
4,770,000
|
||||
NationsRent West, Inc., 9.50%, 10/15/2010 |
6,000,000
|
6,510,000
|
||||
TriMas Corp., 9.875%, 06/15/2012 |
4,450,000
|
4,405,500
|
||||
|
||||||
30,496,125
|
||||||
|
||||||
Machinery 1.7% | ||||||
Case New Holland, Inc., 9.25%, 08/01/2011 144A |
6,000,000
|
6,150,000
|
||||
Douglas Dynamics LLC, 7.75%, 01/15/2012 144A |
2,215,000
|
2,181,775
|
||||
Dresser Rand Group, Inc., 7.375%, 11/01/2014 144A |
2,575,000
|
2,523,500
|
||||
Terex Corp., 7.375%, 01/15/2014 |
3,000,000
|
3,030,000
|
||||
|
||||||
13,885,275
|
||||||
|
See Notes to Financial Statements
11
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS continued
April 30, 2005 (unaudited)
Principal | ||||||
Amount | Value | |||||
|
||||||
CORPORATE BONDS continued | ||||||
INDUSTRIALS continued | ||||||
Trading Companies & Distributors 0.7% | ||||||
United Rentals North America, Inc., 7.75%, 11/15/2013 (p) |
$6,175,000
|
$
|
5,819,937
|
|||
|
||||||
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 2.9% | ||||||
Communications Equipment 0.7% | ||||||
Lucent Technologies, Inc., 6.45%, 03/15/2029 (p) |
7,125,000
|
6,047,344
|
||||
|
||||||
Electronic Equipment & Instruments 0.5% | ||||||
Da-Lite Screen Co., Inc., 9.50%, 05/15/2011 |
3,650,000
|
4,005,875
|
||||
|
||||||
Internet Software & Services 0.8% | ||||||
UGS Corp., 10.00%, 06/01/2012 144A |
5,740,000
|
6,170,500
|
||||
|
||||||
IT Services 0.9% | ||||||
Computer Sciences Corp., 9.50%, 02/15/2013 144A |
4,325,000
|
4,173,625
|
||||
Stratus Technologies, Inc., 10.375%, 12/01/2008 |
3,585,000
|
3,513,300
|
||||
|
||||||
7,686,925
|
||||||
|
||||||
MATERIALS 12.5% | ||||||
Chemicals 3.9% | ||||||
Arco Chemical Co., 9.80%, 02/01/2020 (p) |
1,635,000
|
1,814,850
|
||||
Equistar Chemicals LP, 10.625%, 05/01/2011 |
5,700,000
|
6,384,000
|
||||
Huntsman Advanced Materials LLC, 11.00%, 07/15/2010 144A |
2,650,000
|
3,034,250
|
||||
Huntsman International LLC: | ||||||
9.875%, 03/01/2009 (p) |
3,000,000
|
3,240,000
|
||||
11.50%, 07/15/2012 144A |
3,300,000
|
3,811,500
|
||||
Lyondell Chemical Co.: | ||||||
9.50%, 12/15/2008 |
3,000,000
|
3,213,750
|
||||
10.50%, 06/01/2013 |
2,625,000
|
3,038,437
|
||||
Millenium America, Inc., 9.25%, 06/15/2008 |
4,000,000
|
4,280,000
|
||||
PQ Corp., 7.50%, 02/15/2013 144A |
3,295,000
|
3,212,625
|
||||
|
||||||
32,029,412
|
||||||
|
||||||
Containers & Packaging 2.5% | ||||||
Graham Packaging Co., 9.875%, 10/15/2014 144A |
3,010,000
|
2,889,600
|
||||
Graphic Packaging International, Inc., 9.50%, 08/15/2013 (p) |
6,000,000
|
6,000,000
|
||||
Owens-Brockway Glass Containers, Inc.: | ||||||
8.25%, 05/15/2013 |
4,300,000
|
4,579,500
|
||||
8.75%, 11/15/2012 |
4,050,000
|
4,434,750
|
||||
Stone Container Corp., 9.75%, 02/01/2011 |
3,000,000
|
3,157,500
|
||||
|
||||||
21,061,350
|
||||||
|
||||||
Metals & Mining 3.4% | ||||||
Alaska Steel Corp., 7.75%, 06/15/2012 (p) |
4,750,000
|
4,251,250
|
||||
Foundation Pennsylvania Coal Co., 7.25%, 08/01/2014 |
3,595,000
|
3,711,838
|
||||
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc., 6.875%, 02/01/2014 (p) |
4,705,000
|
4,446,225
|
||||
Oregon Steel Mills, Inc., 10.00%, 07/15/2009 (p) |
4,350,000
|
4,687,125
|
||||
Peabody Energy Corp., 5.875%, 04/15/2016 (p) |
4,630,000
|
4,514,250
|
||||
United States Steel Corp., 10.75%, 08/01/2008 |
5,433,000
|
6,139,290
|
||||
|
||||||
27,749,978
|
||||||
|
See Notes to Financial Statements
12
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS continued
April 30, 2005 (unaudited)
Principal | ||||||
Amount | Value | |||||
|
||||||
CORPORATE BONDS continued | ||||||
MATERIALS continued | ||||||
Paper & Forest Products 2.7% | ||||||
Amscan Holdings, Inc., 8.75%, 05/01/2014 |
$2,985,000
|
$
|
2,790,975
|
|||
Boise Cascade LLC: | ||||||
6.02%, 10/15/2012 144A |
1,500,000
|
1,492,500
|
||||
7.125%, 10/15/2014 144A |
1,500,000
|
1,432,500
|
||||
Bowater, Inc., 6.50%, 06/15/2013 (p) |
3,125,000
|
2,851,563
|
||||
Buckeye Technologies, Inc., 8.50%, 10/01/2013 (p) |
5,000,000
|
5,225,000
|
||||
Georgia Pacific Corp.: | ||||||
8.00%, 01/15/2024 |
1,670,000
|
1,786,900
|
||||
8.125%, 05/15/2011 |
6,000,000
|
6,592,500
|
||||
|
||||||
22,171,938
|
||||||
|
||||||
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES 4.3% | ||||||
Diversified Telecommunication Services 2.1% | ||||||
Consolidated Communications, Inc., 9.75%, 04/01/2012 144A |
6,000,000
|
6,330,000
|
||||
Hawaiian Telecom Communications, Inc.: | ||||||
8.71%, 05/01/2013 |
2,250,000
|
2,238,750
|
||||
9.75%, 05/01/2013 144A |
1,750,000
|
1,747,813
|
||||
Insight Midwest LP, 9.75%, 10/01/2009 |
3,750,000
|
3,937,500
|
||||
Qwest Communications International, Inc., 7.875%, 09/01/2011 144A |
3,000,000
|
3,060,000
|
||||
|
||||||
17,314,063
|
||||||
|
||||||
Wireless Telecommunication Services 2.2% | ||||||
Alamosa Holdings, Inc., 8.50%, 01/31/2012 |
1,500,000
|
1,560,000
|
||||
Centennial Communications Corp., 10.125%, 06/15/2013 |
4,000,000
|
4,390,000
|
||||
Horizon PCS, Inc., 11.375%, 07/15/2012 144A |
1,500,000
|
1,665,000
|
||||
Nextel Communications, Inc., 7.375%, 08/01/2015 |
6,000,000
|
6,420,000
|
||||
Rural Cellular Co., 8.25%, 03/15/2012 |
580,000
|
590,150
|
||||
UbiquiTel, Inc., 9.875%, 03/01/2011 (p) |
1,500,000
|
1,631,250
|
||||
US Unwired, Inc., Ser. B, 10.00%, 06/15/2012 |
1,500,000
|
1,653,750
|
||||
|
||||||
17,910,150
|
||||||
|
||||||
UTILITIES 2.4% | ||||||
Electric Utilities 0.7% | ||||||
Reliant Energy, Inc.: | ||||||
6.75%, 12/15/2014 (p) |
3,250,000
|
2,892,500
|
||||
9.25%, 07/15/2010 |
3,000,000
|
3,082,500
|
||||
|
||||||
5,975,000
|
||||||
|
||||||
Gas Utilities 0.5% | ||||||
SEMCO Energy, Inc., 7.75%, 05/15/2013 |
4,000,000
|
4,061,140
|
||||
|
||||||
Multi-Utilities 1.2% | ||||||
AES Corp., 7.75%, 03/01/2014 (p) |
4,800,000
|
4,920,000
|
||||
NRG Energy, Inc., 8.00%, 12/15/2013 144A |
4,332,000
|
4,396,980
|
||||
|
||||||
9,316,980
|
||||||
|
||||||
Total Corporate Bonds (cost $561,727,318) |
557,634,749
|
|||||
|
See Notes to Financial Statements
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS continued
April 30, 2005 (unaudited)
Principal | ||||||
Amount | Value | |||||
|
||||||
FOREIGN BONDS-CORPORATE (PRINCIPAL AMOUNT | ||||||
DENOMINATED IN CURRENCY INDICATED) 21.7% | ||||||
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY 1.3% | ||||||
Automobiles 0.1% | ||||||
Renault SA, 6.125%, 06/26/2009 EUR |
500,000
|
$
|
715,828
|
|||
|
||||||
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure 0.7% | ||||||
McDonald's Corp., 5.625%, 10/07/2009 EUR |
1,000,000
|
1,425,737
|
||||
Sodexho Alliance SA, 5.875%, 03/25/2009 EUR |
3,300,000
|
4,653,769
|
||||
|
||||||
6,079,506
|
||||||
|
||||||
Internet & Catalog Retail 0.1% | ||||||
Great University Stores, 5.625%, 12/12/2013 GBP |
500,000
|
943,843
|
||||
|
||||||
Multi-line Retail 0.2% | ||||||
Woolworths Group plc, 8.75%, 11/15/2006 GBP |
750,000
|
1,477,663
|
||||
|
||||||
Specialty Retail 0.2% | ||||||
LVMH Moet Hennessy-Louis Vuitton SA, 6.125%, 06/25/2008 EUR |
1,000,000
|
1,412,549
|
||||
|
||||||
CONSUMER STAPLES 0.9% | ||||||
Beverages 0.2% | ||||||
Canandaigua Brands, Inc., 8.50%, 11/15/2009 GBP |
750,000
|
1,502,708
|
||||
|
||||||
Food Products 0.3% | ||||||
Cadbury Schweppes plc, 4.25%, 06/30/2009 EUR |
2,000,000
|
2,681,250
|
||||
|
||||||
Tobacco 0.4% | ||||||
Imperial Tobacco plc, 6.50%, 11/13/2008 GBP |
1,500,000
|
2,970,352
|
||||
|
||||||
ENERGY 0.1% | ||||||
Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels 0.1% | ||||||
Transco plc, 7.00%, 12/15/2008 AUD |
1,000,000
|
805,002
|
||||
|
||||||
FINANCIALS 15.9% | ||||||
Capital Markets 1.3% | ||||||
Deutsche Bank AG, FRN, 2.71%, 08/09/2007 CAD |
6,200,000
|
4,911,509
|
||||
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., FRN, 2.39%, 02/09/2009 EUR |
4,350,000
|
5,603,925
|
||||
|
||||||
10,515,434
|
||||||
|
||||||
Commercial Banks 8.1% | ||||||
Banco Santander-Chile, 4.00%, 09/10/2010 EUR |
7,700,000
|
10,383,743
|
||||
Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten NV, MTN, 4.875%, 04/21/2010 GBP |
1,920,000
|
3,672,354
|
||||
BOS International Australia, 3.50%, 01/22/2007 CAD |
5,000,000
|
3,983,501
|
||||
BSCH Issuances, Ltd., 5.125%, 07/06/2009 EUR |
2,000,000
|
2,788,943
|
||||
DnB NOR ASA, MTN, 2.82%, 12/08/2008 CAD |
4,000,000
|
3,176,172
|
||||
Eurofima, MTN, 6.50%, 08/22/2011 AUD |
5,000,000
|
4,059,313
|
||||
European Investment Bank: | ||||||
4.00%, 04/15/2009 SEK |
5,000,000
|
731,554
|
||||
4.25%, 12/07/2010 GBP |
1,950,000
|
3,627,222
|
||||
8.50%, 12/12/2007 ZAR |
7,000,000
|
1,185,852
|
||||
FRN, 2.83%, 08/16/2013 GBP |
800,000
|
1,708,590
|
See Notes to Financial Statements
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April 30, 2005 (unaudited)
Principal | ||||||
Amount | Value | |||||
|
||||||
FOREIGN BONDS-CORPORATE (PRINCIPAL AMOUNT | ||||||
DENOMINATED IN CURRENCY INDICATED) continued | ||||||
FINANCIALS continued | ||||||
Commercial Banks continued | ||||||
European Investment Bank: | ||||||
MTN: | ||||||
5.75%, 09/15/2009 AUD |
5,470,000
|
$
|
4,293,307
|
|||
8.00%, 10/21/2013 ZAR |
51,430,000
|
8,438,753
|
||||
Kreditanstalt Für Wiederaufbau: | ||||||
3.50%, 04/17/2009 EUR |
1,300,000
|
1,722,490
|
||||
MTN, 4.75%, 12/07/2010 GBP |
1,900,000
|
3,616,335
|
||||
Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank, 6.00%, 09/15/2009 AUD |
7,100,000
|
5,600,664
|
||||
Rabobank Australia, Ltd., 6.25%, 11/22/2011 NZD |
725,000
|
519,556
|
||||
Rabobank Nederland: | ||||||
4.25%, 01/05/2009 CAD |
3,030,000
|
2,450,414
|
||||
FRN, 2.73%, 06/18/2007 CAD |
5,000,000
|
3,966,447
|
||||
Royal Bank of Canada, FRN, 5.02%, 04/08/2010 GBP |
630,000
|
1,202,555
|
||||
|
||||||
67,127,765
|
||||||
|
||||||
Diversified Financial Services 3.0% | ||||||
British American Tobacco plc, 4.875%, 02/25/2009 EUR |
1,000,000
|
1,364,750
|
||||
Cedulas TDA, 3.25%, 06/19/2010 EUR |
6,000,000
|
7,840,170
|
||||
General Electric Capital Corp.: | ||||||
FRN, 2.19%, 03/31/2008 EUR |
1,000,000
|
1,286,393
|
||||
MTN: | ||||||
5.25%, 12/10/2013 GBP |
1,880,000
|
3,627,416
|
||||
6.625%, 02/04/2010 NZD |
12,000,000
|
8,759,005
|
||||
JSG Funding plc, 10.125%, 10/01/2012 EUR |
1,130,000
|
1,563,758
|
||||
Network Rail Finance plc, FRN, 2.14%, 02/27/2007 EUR |
300,000
|
386,111
|
||||
|
||||||
24,827,603
|
||||||
|
||||||
Insurance 0.3% | ||||||
Aegon NV, 4.625%, 04/16/2008 EUR |
1,000,000
|
1,354,779
|
||||
Travelers Insurance Co., 6.00%, 04/07/2009 AUD |
1,000,000
|
782,852
|
||||
|
||||||
2,137,631
|
||||||
|
||||||
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance 3.2% | ||||||
Canada Mortgage & Housing Corp., Canada Housing Trust, Ser. 5, 3.70%, | ||||||
09/15/2008 CAD |
7,488,000
|
5,985,411
|
||||
Nykredit: | ||||||
4.00%, 10/01/2020 DKK |
35,160,324
|
6,137,030
|
||||
6.00%, 10/01/2022 DKK |
10,686,588
|
1,916,531
|
||||
Realkredit Danmark, 6.00%, 10/01/2022 DKK |
5,281,711
|
946,993
|
||||
Totalkredit: | ||||||
6.00%, 07/01/2022 DKK |
2,953,755
|
528,067
|
||||
FRN, 2.65%, 01/01/2015 DKK |
63,500,000
|
11,027,590
|
||||
|
||||||
26,541,622
|
||||||
|
See Notes to Financial Statements
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS continued
April 30, 2005 (unaudited)
Principal | ||||||
Amount | Value | |||||
|
||||||
FOREIGN BONDS-CORPORATE (PRINCIPAL AMOUNT | ||||||
DENOMINATED IN CURRENCY INDICATED) continued | ||||||
INDUSTRIALS 1.5% | ||||||
Commercial Services & Supplies 0.6% | ||||||
Agbar International, 6.00%, 11/12/2009 EUR |
3,290,000
|
$
|
4,760,733
|
|||
|
||||||
Construction & Engineering 0.4% | ||||||
ABB International Finance, Ltd., 6.50%, 11/30/2011 EUR |
2,360,000
|
3,365,954
|
||||
|
||||||
Electrical Equipment 0.3% | ||||||
Fimep SA, 11.00%, 02/15/2013 EUR |
1,550,000
|
2,405,634
|
||||
|
||||||
Machinery 0.2% | ||||||
Harsco Corp., 7.25%, 10/27/2010 GBP |
1,000,000
|
2,089,861
|
||||
|
||||||
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 0.3% | ||||||
Office Electronics 0.3% | ||||||
Xerox Corp., 9.75%, 01/15/2009 EUR |
1,800,000
|
2,742,688
|
||||
|
||||||
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES 1.0% | ||||||
Diversified Telecommunication Services 1.0% | ||||||
France Telecom, FRN, 2.38%, 01/23/2007 EUR |
2,018,000
|
2,600,542
|
||||
Telecom Italia SpA, FRN, 2.46%, 10/29/2007 EUR |
4,000,000
|
5,152,720
|
||||
|
||||||
7,753,262
|
||||||
|
||||||
UTILITIES 0.7% | ||||||
Electric Utilities 0.7% | ||||||
Electricidade De Portugal, 6.40%, 10/29/2009 EUR |
2,000,000
|
2,932,405
|
||||
International Endesa BV, 4.375%, 06/18/2009 EUR |
2,000,000
|
2,708,527
|
||||
|
||||||
5,640,932
|
||||||
|
||||||
Total Foreign Bonds-Corporate (Principal Amount Denominated in | ||||||
Currency Indicated) (cost $168,010,837) |
178,497,820
|
|||||
|
||||||
FOREIGN BONDS-GOVERNMENT (PRINCIPAL AMOUNT | ||||||
DENOMINATED IN CURRENCY INDICATED) 13.7% | ||||||
Australia, 5.32%, 08/20/2015 AUD |
12,846,000
|
14,894,631
|
||||
British Columbia Province, 6.375%, 08/23/2010 CAD |
3,288,000
|
2,922,583
|
||||
France, 1.60%, 07/25/2015 EUR |
3,950,000
|
5,196,619
|
||||
Hong Kong, 3.52%, 03/22/2010 HKD |
71,000,000
|
9,267,562
|
||||
Mexico, 8.00%, 12/19/2013 MXN |
56,000,000
|
4,367,620
|
||||
New Zealand, 6.50%, 04/15/2013 NZD |
9,606,000
|
7,325,011
|
||||
Norway: | ||||||
5.00%, 05/15/2015 NOK |
3,150,000
|
549,072
|
||||
6.50%, 05/15/2013 NOK |
82,030,000
|
15,576,391
|
||||
Ontario Province: | ||||||
4.50%, 04/17/2008 CAD |
5,250,000
|
4,286,577
|
||||
6.50%, 12/01/2005 CAD |
178,000
|
144,178
|
||||
Quebec Province, 5.625%, 06/21/2011 EUR |
800,000
|
1,172,807
|
See Notes to Financial Statements
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April 30, 2005 (unaudited)
Principal | ||||||
Amount | Value | |||||
|
||||||
FOREIGN BONDS-GOVERNMENT (PRINCIPAL AMOUNT | ||||||
DENOMINATED IN CURRENCY INDICATED) continued | ||||||
Sweden: | ||||||
3.80%, 12/01/2015 SEK |
77,875,000
|
$
|
14,131,243
|
|||
4.00%, 12/01/2009 SEK |
36,700,000
|
5,405,155
|
||||
5.25%, 03/15/2011 SEK |
70,000,000
|
10,994,019
|
||||
United Kingdom, 6.41%, 08/23/2011 GBP |
3,250,000
|
16,304,140
|
||||
|
||||||
Total Foreign Bonds-Government (Principal Amount Denominated in | ||||||
Currency Indicated) (cost $107,995,120) |
112,537,608
|
|||||
|
||||||
YANKEE OBLIGATIONS-CORPORATE 6.5% | ||||||
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY 1.1% | ||||||
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure 0.3% | ||||||
Intrawest Corp., 7.50%, 10/15/2013 |
$ 3,025,000
|
3,025,000
|
||||
|
||||||
Media 0.8% | ||||||
IMAX Corp., 9.625%, 12/01/2010 (p) |
6,000,000
|
6,375,000
|
||||
|
||||||
CONSUMER STAPLES 0.7% | ||||||
Food & Staples Retailing 0.7% | ||||||
The Jean Coutu Group (PJC), Inc., 8.50%, 08/01/2014 (p) |
6,000,000
|
5,685,000
|
||||
|
||||||
FINANCIALS 0.5% | ||||||
Commercial Banks 0.0% | ||||||
UBS Luxem SA, 4.92%, 10/24/2006 |
260,000
|
263,822
|
||||
|
||||||
Consumer Finance 0.1% | ||||||
Stone Container Finance Co., 7.375%, 07/15/2014 (p) |
675,000
|
624,375
|
||||
|
||||||
Diversified Financial Services 0.4% | ||||||
Ship Finance International, Ltd., 8.50%, 12/15/2013 |
3,455,000
|
3,299,525
|
||||
|
||||||
INDUSTRIALS 0.2% | ||||||
Transportation Infrastructure 0.2% | ||||||
Sea Containers, Ltd., 10.50%, 05/15/2012 |
1,520,000
|
1,596,000
|
||||
|
||||||
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 0.6% | ||||||
Electronic Equipment & Instruments 0.4% | ||||||
Celestica, Inc., 7.875%, 07/01/2011 (p) |
3,175,000
|
3,175,000
|
||||
|
||||||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 0.2% | ||||||
Magnachip Semiconductor SA: | ||||||
6.875%, 12/15/2011 144A |
700,000
|
644,000
|
||||
FRN, 6.26%, 12/15/2011 144A |
700,000
|
658,000
|
||||
|
||||||
1,302,000
|
||||||
|
||||||
MATERIALS 2.7% | ||||||
Containers & Packaging 1.6% | ||||||
Acetex Corp., 10.875%, 08/01/2009 |
6,000,000
|
6,360,000
|
||||
Crown European Holdings, 10.875%, 03/01/2013 |
6,000,000
|
6,885,000
|
||||
|
||||||
13,245,000
|
||||||
|
See Notes to Financial Statements
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS continued
April 30, 2005 (unaudited)
Principal | ||||
Amount | Value | |||
|
||||
YANKEE OBLIGATIONS-CORPORATE continued | ||||
MATERIALS continued | ||||
Metals & Mining 0.8% | ||||
Gerdau Ameristeel Corp., 10.375%, 07/15/2011 |
$ 497,000
|
$ 544,215
|
||
Novelis, Inc., 7.25%, 02/15/2015 144A |
6,300,000
|
6,126,750
|
||
|
||||
6,670,965
|
||||
|
||||
Paper & Forest Products 0.3% | ||||
Abitibi Consolidated, Inc., 6.00%, 06/20/2013 (p) |
1,775,000
|
1,464,375
|
||
Tembec Industries, Inc., 7.75%, 03/15/2012 |
780,000
|
592,800
|
||
|
||||
2,057,175
|
||||
|
||||
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES 0.7% | ||||
Diversified Telecommunication Services 0.3% | ||||
Northern Telecom, Ltd., 6.875%, 09/01/2023 (p) |
3,000,000
|
2,760,000
|
||
|
||||
Wireless Telecommunication Services 0.4% | ||||
Rogers Wireless, Inc.: | ||||
6.375%, 03/01/2014 (p) |
1,390,000
|
1,337,875
|
||
7.50%, 03/15/2015 |
1,750,000
|
1,804,687
|
||
|
||||
3,142,562
|
||||
|
||||
Total Yankee Obligations-Corporate (cost $54,306,738) |
53,221,424
|
|||
|
||||
Shares | Value | |||
|
||||
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 17.3% | ||||
MUTUAL FUND SHARES 17.3% | ||||
Evergreen Institutional Money Market Fund ø ## |
12,117,715
|
12,117,715
|
||
Navigator Prime Portfolio (p)(p) |
130,143,108
|
130,143,108
|
||
|
||||
Total Short-Term Investments (cost $142,260,823) |
142,260,823
|
|||
|
||||
Total Investments (cost $1,327,599,999) 162.4% |
1,337,532,345
|
|||
Other Assets and Liabilities and Preferred Shares (62.4%) |
(513,974,169)
|
|||
|
||||
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shareholders 100.0% |
$ 823,558,176
|
|||
|
# | When-issued or delayed delivery security | |
## | All or a portion of this security has been segregated for when-issued or delayed delivery securities. | |
(p) | All or a portion of this security is on loan. | |
144A | Security that may be sold to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. | |
This security has been determined to be liquid under guidelines established by the Board of Trustees. | ||
• | Security which has defaulted on payment of interest and/or principal. The Fund has stopped accruing interest on this | |
security. | ||
† | Security initially issued in zero coupon form which converts to coupon form at a specified rate and date. An effective | |
interest rate is applied to recognize interest income daily for the bond. This rate is based on total expected interest to | ||
be earned over the life of the bond which consists of the aggregate coupon-interest payments and discount at | ||
acquisition. The rate shown is the stated rate at the current period end. | ||
ø | Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC is the investment advisor to both the Fund and the money market | |
fund. | ||
(p)(p) | Represents investment of cash collateral received from securities on loan. |
See Notes to Financial Statements
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS continued
April 30, 2005 (unaudited)
Summaryof Abbreviations | ||
AUD | Australian Dollar | |
CAD | Canadian Dollar | |
DKK | Danish Krone | |
EUR | Euro | |
FHLMC | Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. | |
FNMA | Federal National Mortgage Association | |
FRN | Floating Rate Note | |
GBP | Great British Pound | |
GNMA | Government National Mortgage Association | |
HKD | Hong Kong Dollar | |
MTN | Medium-Term Note | |
MXN | Mexican Peso | |
NOK | Norwegian Krone | |
NZD | New Zealand Dollar | |
REIT | Real Estate Investment Trust | |
SEK | Swedish Krona | |
TBA | To Be Announced | |
ZAR | South African Rand |
The following table shows the percent of total long-term investments by geographic location as of April 30, 2005:
United States | 73.4% | |
Canada | 4.9% | |
Sweden | 2.6% | |
United Kingdom | 2.0% | |
France | 2.0% | |
Luxembourg | 2.0% | |
Denmark | 1.7% | |
Australia | 1.7% | |
Norway | 1.6% | |
Germany | 1.6% | |
Netherlands | 1.6% | |
Spain | 1.5% | |
Hong Kong | 0.8% | |
New Zealand | 0.6% | |
Italy | 0.4% | |
Bermuda | 0.4% | |
Mexico | 0.4% | |
Switzerland | 0.3% | |
Portugal | 0.2% | |
Cayman Islands | 0.2% | |
Ireland | 0.1% | |
|
||
100.0% | ||
See Notes to Financial Statements
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS continued
April 30, 2005 (unaudited)
The following table shows the percent of total bonds by credit quality based on Moody's and Standard & Poor's ratings as of April 30, 2005:
AAA | 39.7% | |
AA | 3.4% | |
A | 2.6% | |
BBB | 3.0% | |
BB | 14.9% | |
B | 33.4% | |
CCC | 2.9% | |
NA | 0.1% | |
|
||
100.0% | ||
The following table shows the percent of total bonds by maturity as of April 30, 2005:
1 to 3 year(s) |
17.9%
|
|
3 to 5 years |
25.3%
|
|
5 to 10 years |
50.1%
|
|
10 to 20 years |
5.7%
|
|
20 to 30 years |
1.0%
|
|
|
||
100.0%
|
||
See Notes to Financial Statements
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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
April 30, 2005 (unaudited)
Assets | ||||
Investments in securities, at value (cost $1,315,482,284) | ||||
including $126,925,552 of securities loaned |
$
|
1,325,414,630
|
||
Investments in affiliates, at value (cost $12,117,715) |
12,117,715
|
|||
Receivable from broker |
6,720,001
|
|||
Foreign currency, at value (cost $7,570,001) |
7,554,022
|
|||
Receivable for securities sold |
16,482,317
|
|||
Principal paydown receivable |
1,134,930
|
|||
Interest receivable |
20,128,850
|
|||
Unrealized gains on open forward foreign currency exchange contracts |
3,683,026
|
|||
Receivable for securities lending income |
23,902
|
|||
Unrealized gains on interest rate swap transactions |
4,706,689
|
|||
|
||||
Total assets |
1,397,966,082
|
|||
|
||||
Liabilities | ||||
Dividends payable |
4,907,819
|
|||
Payable for securities purchased |
35,476,498
|
|||
Payable for closed forward foreign currency exchange contracts |
3,059,444
|
|||
Payable for securities on loan |
130,143,108
|
|||
Payable for offering costs |
272,437
|
|||
Advisory fee payable |
55,334
|
|||
Due to other related parties |
5,030
|
|||
Accrued expenses and other liabilities |
218,843
|
|||
|
||||
Total liabilities |
174,138,513
|
|||
|
||||
Preferred shares at redemption value | ||||
$25,000 liquidation value per share applicable to 16,000 shares, | ||||
including dividends payable of $269,393 |
400,269,393
|
|||
|
||||
Net assets applicable to common shareholders |
$
|
823,558,176
|
||
|
||||
Net assets applicable to common shareholders represented by | ||||
Paid-in capital |
$
|
797,137,238
|
||
Undistributed net investment income |
1,122,777
|
|||
Accumulated net realized gains on securities, foreign currency | ||||
related transactions and interest rate swap transactions |
15,688,905
|
|||
Net unrealized gains on securities, foreign currency related transactions | ||||
and interest rate swap transactions |
9,609,256
|
|||
|
||||
Net assets applicable to common shareholders |
$
|
823,558,176
|
||
|
||||
Net asset value per share applicable to common shareholders | ||||
Based on $823,558,176 divided by 42,055,000 common shares issued and | ||||
outstanding (100,000,000 common shares authorized) |
$
|
19.58
|
||
|
See Notes to Financial Statements
21
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
Six Months Ended April 30, 2005 (unaudited)
Investment income | ||||
Interest (net of foreign withholding taxes of $40,898) |
$
|
36,786,465
|
||
Income from affiliates |
115,759
|
|||
Securities lending income |
128,419
|
|||
|
||||
Total investment income |
37,030,643
|
|||
|
||||
Expenses | ||||
Advisory fee |
3,441,514
|
|||
Administrative services fee |
312,865
|
|||
Transfer agent fees |
26,518
|
|||
Trustees' fees and expenses |
35,518
|
|||
Printing and postage expenses |
100,581
|
|||
Custodian and accounting fees |
267,478
|
|||
Professional fees |
21,555
|
|||
Auction agent fees |
487,755
|
|||
Other |
21,118
|
|||
|
||||
Total expenses |
4,714,902
|
|||
Less: Expense reductions |
(4,040)
|
|||
Expense reimbursements |
(168)
|
|||
|
||||
Net expenses |
4,710,694
|
|||
|
||||
Net investment income |
32,319,949
|
|||
|
||||
Net realized and unrealized gains or losses on securities, foreign currency | ||||
related transactions and interest rate swap transactions | ||||
Net realized gains or losses on: | ||||
Securities |
12,401,344
|
|||
Foreign currency related transactions |
4,066,023
|
|||
Interest rate swap transactions |
(919,634)
|
|||
|
||||
Net realized gains on securities, foreign currency related transactions and interest rate | ||||
swap transactions |
15,547,733
|
|||
Net change in unrealized gains or losses on securities, foreign currency related transactions | ||||
and interest rate swap transactions |
(37,727,751)
|
|||
|
||||
Net realized and unrealized gains or losses on securities, foreign currency related transactions | ||||
and interest rate swap transactions |
(22,180,018)
|
|||
Dividends to preferred shareholders from net investment income |
(5,072,065)
|
|||
|
||||
Net increase in net assets applicable to common shareholders resulting from operations |
$
|
5,067,866
|
||
|
See Notes to Financial Statements
22
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
Six Months Ended
|
||||
April 30, 2005
|
Year Ended
|
|||
(unaudited)
|
October 31, 2004
|
|||
|
||||
Operations | ||||
Net investment income |
$ 32,319,949
|
$ 63,114,733
|
||
Net realized gains on securities, foreign currency related | ||||
transactions and interest rate swap transactions |
15,547,733
|
8,864,347
|
||
Net change in unrealized gains or losses on securities, | ||||
foreign currency related transactions and interest rate | ||||
swap transactions |
(37,727,751)
|
35,892,661
|
||
Dividends to preferred shareholders from net investment income |
(5,072,065)
|
(5,556,148)
|
||
|
||||
Net increase in net assets applicable to common shareholders | ||||
resulting from operations |
5,067,866
|
102,315,593
|
||
|
||||
Distributions to common shareholders from net investment income |
(30,636,226)
|
(68,136,670)
|
||
|
||||
Total increase (decrease) in net assets applicable to | ||||
common shareholders |
(25,568,360)
|
34,178,923
|
||
Net assets applicable to common shareholders | ||||
Beginning of period |
849,126,536
|
814,947,613
|
||
|
||||
End of period |
$ 823,558,176
|
$ 849,126,536
|
||
|
||||
Undistributed net investment income |
$ 1,122,777
|
$ 2,207,619
|
||
|
See Notes to Financial Statements
23
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The policies are in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect amounts reported herein. Actual results could differ from these estimates.
a. Valuation of investments
Portfolio debt securities acquired with more than 60 days to maturity are fair valued using matrix pricing methods determined by an independent pricing service which takes into consideration such factors as similar security prices, yields, maturities, liquidity and ratings. Securities for which valuations are not readily available from an independent pricing service may be valued by brokers which use prices provided by market makers or estimates of market value obtained from yield data relating to investments or securities with similar characteristics.
Short-term securities with remaining maturities of 60 days or less at the time of purchase are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.
Investments in other mutual funds are valued at net asset value. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available or not reflective of current market value are valued at fair value as determined in good faith, according to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees.
b. Foreign currency translation
All assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts at the date of valuation. Purchases and sales of portfolio securities and income items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts on the respective dates of such transactions. The Fund does not separately account for that portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments and the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gains or losses on securities.
c. Forward foreign currency contracts
A forward foreign currency contract is an agreement between two parties to purchase or sell a specific currency for an agreed-upon price at a future date. The Fund enters into forward foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated securities and to attempt to minimize the risk to the Fund from adverse changes in the relationship between currencies. Forward foreign currency contracts are recorded at the forward rate and marked-to-market daily. When the contracts are closed, realized gains and losses arising from such transactions are recorded as realized gains or losses on foreign currency related transactions. The Fund could be exposed to risks if the counterparties to the contracts are unable to meet the terms of their contracts or if the value of the foreign currency changes unfavorably.
d. When-issued and delayed delivery transactions
The Fund records when-issued or delayed delivery securities as of trade date and maintains security positions such that sufficient liquid assets will be available to make payment for the securities
24
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited) continued
purchased. Securities purchased on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis are marked-to-market daily and begin earning interest on the settlement date. Losses may occur on these transactions due to changes in market conditions or the failure of counterparties to perform under the contract.
e. Securities lending
The Fund may lend its securities to certain qualified brokers in order to earn additional income. The Fund receives compensation in the form of fees or interest earned on the investment of any cash collateral received. The Fund also continues to receive interest and dividends on the securities loaned. The Fund receives collateral in the form of cash or securities with a market value at least equal to the market value of the securities on loan, including accrued interest. In the event of default or bankruptcy by the borrower, the Fund could experience delays and costs in recovering the loaned securities or in gaining access to the collateral. The Fund has the right under the lending agreement to recover the securities from the borrower on demand.
f. Dollar roll transactions
The Fund may enter into dollar roll transactions with respect to mortgage-backed securities. In a dollar roll transaction, the Fund sells mortgage-backed securities to financial institutions and simultaneously agrees to accept substantially similar (same type, coupon and maturity) securities at a later date at an agreed upon price. The Fund will use the proceeds generated from the transactions to invest in short-term investments, which may enhance the Fund's current yield and total return. The Fund accounts for dollar roll transactions as purchases and sales. The Fund could be exposed to risks if the counterparty defaults on its obligation to perform under the terms of the agreement, if the Fund receives inferior securities in comparison to what was sold to the coun-terparty at redelivery or if there are variances in paydown speed between the mortgage-related pools.
g. Interest rate swaps
The Fund may enter into interest rate swap agreements to manage the Fund's exposure to interest rates. A swap agreement is an exchange of cash payments between the Fund and another party based on a notional principal amount. Cash payments or receipts are recorded as realized gains or losses. The value of the swap agreements is marked-to-market daily based upon quotations from market makers and any change in value is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. The Fund could be exposed to risks if the counterparty defaults on its obligation to perform or if there are unfavorable changes in the fluctuation of interest rates.
h. Security transactions and investment income
Security transactions are recorded on trade date. Realized gains and losses are computed using the specific cost of the security sold. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis and includes accretion of discounts and amortization of premiums. Foreign income and capital gains realized on some securities may be subject to foreign taxes, which are accrued as applicable.
25
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited) continued
i. Federal taxes
The Fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute all of its taxable income, including any net capital gains (which have already been offset by available capital loss carryovers). Accordingly, no provision for federal taxes is required.
j. Distributions
Distributions to common shareholders from net investment income and net realized gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Such distributions are determined in conformity with income tax regulations, which may differ from generally accepted accounting principles.
k. Reclassifications
Certain amounts in previous years' financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the current year's presentation.
2. ADVISORY FEE AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES
Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC ("EIMC"), an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Wachovia Corporation ("Wachovia"), is the investment advisor to the Fund and is paid an annual fee of 0.55% of the Fund's average daily total assets applicable to common shareholders. Total assets consists of the net assets of the Fund plus borrowings or other leverage for investment purposes to the extent excluded in calculating net assets. The advisory fee would be equivalent to 0.82% of the Fund's average daily net assets applicable to common shareholders if the fund is fully leveraged through the issuance of preferred shares and/or other borrowings. For the six months ended April 30, 2005, the Fund had preferred shares issued and outstanding.
Evergreen International Advisors, an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Wachovia, is the investment sub-advisor to the foreign debt securities portion of the Fund and is paid by EIMC for its services to the Fund.
From time to time, EIMC may voluntarily or contractually waive its fee and/or reimburse expenses in order to limit operating expenses. During the six months ended April 30, 2005, EIMC reimbursed other expenses in the amount of $168.
Evergreen Investment Services, Inc. ("EIS"), an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Wachovia, is the administrator to the Fund. As administrator, EIS provides the Fund with facilities, equipment and personnel and is paid an administrative fee at an annual rate of 0.05% of the Fund's average daily total assets.
3. CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
The Fund has authorized capital of 100,000,000 common shares with no par value. For the six months ended April 30, 2005 and for the year ended October 31, 2004, the Fund did not issue any common shares.
26
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited) continued
4. SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS
Cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investment securities (excluding short-term securities) were as follows for the six months ended April 30, 2005:
Costof Purchases | Proceedsfrom Sales | |||||
|
||||||
U.S. | Non-U.S. | U.S. | Non-U.S. | |||
Government | Government | Government | Government | |||
|
||||||
$201,319,185 | $437,229,936 | $125,401,809 | $413,757,091 | |||
|
At April 30, 2005, the Fund had forward foreign currency exchange contracts outstanding as follows:
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts to Sell:
Exchange | Contracts to | U.S. Value at | In Exchange for | U.S. Value at | Unrealized | |||||
Date | Deliver | April 30, 2005 | Japanese Yen | April 30, 2005 | Gain | |||||
|
||||||||||
06/22/2005 | 28,449,605 EUR | $36,660,184 | 3,950,000,000 JPY | $37,844,913 | $1,184,729 | |||||
07/07/2005 | 63,054,152 EUR | 81,288,992 | 8,733,000,000 JPY | 83,787,289 | 2,498,297 | |||||
|
During the six months ended April 30, 2005, the Fund loaned securities to certain brokers. At April 30, 2005, the value of securities on loan and the value of collateral amounted to $126,925,552 and $130,143,108, respectively.
At April 30, 2005, the Fund had the following open interest rate swap agreements:
Cash Flows | Cash Flows | |||||||||
Notional | Paid by the | Received | Unrealized | |||||||
Expiration | Amount | Counterparty | Fund | by the Fund | Gain | |||||
|
||||||||||
11/27/2006 | $168,000,000 | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Fixed-2.790% | Floating-2.85% 1 | $2,660,477 | |||||
11/26/2008 | 112,000,000 | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Fixed-3.582% | Floating-2.85% 1 | 2,046,212 | |||||
|
1This rate represents the 1 month USD London InterBank Offered Rate (LIBOR) effective for the period of April 26, |
2005 through May 26, 2005.
|
On April 30, 2005, the aggregate cost of securities for federal income tax purposes was $1,331,514,876. The gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation on securities based on tax cost was $25,651,452 and $19,633,983, respectively, with a net unrealized appreciation of $6,017,469.
5. AUCTION MARKET PREFERRED SHARES
The Fund has issued 16,000 Auction Market Preferred Shares ("Preferred Shares") consisting of five series, each with a liquidation value of $25,000 plus accumulated but unpaid dividends (whether or not earned or declared). Dividends on each series of Preferred Shares are cumulative at a rate which is reset based on the result of an auction. The annualized dividend rate was 2.54% during the six months ended April 30, 2005. The Fund will not declare, pay or set apart for payment any dividend to its common shareholders unless the Fund has declared and paid or contemporaneously declares and pays full cumulative dividends on each series of Preferred Shares through its most recent dividend payment date.
27
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited) continued
Each series of Preferred Shares is redeemable, in whole or in part, at the option of the Fund on any dividend payment date at $25,000 per share plus any accumulated or unpaid dividends (whether or not earned or declared). Each series of Preferred Shares is also subject to mandatory redemption at $25,000 per share plus any accumulated or unpaid dividends (whether or not earned or declared) if the requirement relating to the asset coverage with respect to the outstanding Preferred Shares would be less than 200%.
The holders of Preferred Shares have voting rights equal to the holders of the Fund's common shares and will vote together with holders of common shares as a single class. Holders of Preferred Shares, voting as a separate class, are entitled to elect two of the Fund's Trustees.
6. EXPENSE REDUCTIONS
Through expense offset arrangements with the Fund's custodian, a portion of fund expenses has been reduced.
7. DEFERRED TRUSTEES' FEES
Each Trustee of the Fund may defer any or all compensation related to performance of their duties as Trustees. The Trustees' deferred balances are allocated to deferral accounts, which are included in the accrued expenses for the Fund. The investment performance of the deferral accounts are based on the investment performance of certain Evergreen funds. Any gains earned or losses incurred in the deferral accounts are reported in the Fund's Trustees' fees and expenses. At the election of the Trustees, the deferral account will be paid either in one lump sum or in quarterly installments for up to ten years.
8. CONCENTRATION OF RISK
The Fund may invest a substantial portion of its assets in an industry, sector or foreign country and, therefore, may be more affected by changes in that industry, sector or foreign country than would be a comparable mutual fund that is not heavily weighted in any industry, sector or foreign country.
9. REGULATORY MATTERS AND LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Since September 2003, governmental and self-regulatory authorities have instituted numerous ongoing investigations of various practices in the mutual fund industry, including investigations relating to revenue sharing, market-timing, late trading and record retention, among other things. The investigations cover investment advisors, distributors and transfer agents to mutual funds, as well as other firms. EIMC, EIS and Evergreen Services Company, LLC (collectively, "Evergreen") have received subpoenas and other requests for documents and testimony relating to these investigations, are endeavoring to comply with those requests, and are cooperating with the investigations. Evergreen is continuing its own internal review of policies, practices, procedures and personnel, and is taking remedial action where appropriate.
In connection with one of these investigations, on July 28, 2004, the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") informed Evergreen that the staff intends to recommend to the
28
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited) continued
SEC that it institute an enforcement action against Evergreen. The SEC staff's proposed allegations relate to (i) an arrangement pursuant to which a broker at one of EIMC's affiliated broker-dealers had been authorized, apparently by an EIMC officer (no longer with EIMC), to engage in short-term trading, on behalf of a client, in Evergreen Mid Cap Growth Fund (formerly Evergreen Emerging Growth Fund and prior to that, known as Evergreen Small Company Growth Fund) during the period from December 2000 through April 2003, in excess of the limitations set forth in the fund's prospectus, (ii) short-term trading from September 2001 through January 2003, by a former Evergreen portfolio manager, of Evergreen Precious Metals Fund, a fund he managed at the time, (iii) the sufficiency of systems for monitoring exchanges and enforcing exchange limitations as stated in the fund's prospectuses, and (iv) the adequacy of e-mail retention practices. In connection with the activity in Evergreen Mid Cap Growth Fund, EIMC reimbursed the fund $378,905, plus an additional $25,242, representing what EIMC calculated at that time to be the client's net gain and the fees earned by EIMC and the expenses incurred by this fund on the client's account. In connection with the activity in Evergreen Precious Metals Fund, EIMC reimbursed the fund $70,878, plus an additional $3,075, representing what EIMC calculated at that time to be the portfolio manager's net gain and the fees earned by EIMC and expenses incurred by the fund on the portfolio manager's account. Evergreen is currently engaged in discussions with the staff of the SEC concerning its recommendation.
Any resolution of these matters with regulatory authorities may include, but not be limited to, sanctions, penalties or injunctions regarding Evergreen, restitution to mutual fund shareholders and/or other financial penalties and structural changes in the governance or management of Evergreen's mutual fund business. Any penalties or restitution will be paid by Evergreen and not by the Evergreen funds.
From time to time, EIMC is involved in various legal actions in the normal course of business. In EIMC's opinion, it is not involved in any legal actions that will have a material effect on its ability to provide services to the Fund.
Although Evergreen believes that neither the foregoing investigations nor any pending or threatened legal actions will have a material adverse impact on the Evergreen funds, there can be no assurance that these matters and any publicity surrounding or resulting from them will not result in reduced sales or increased redemptions of Evergreen fund shares, which could increase Evergreen fund transaction costs or operating expenses, or have other adverse consequences on the Evergreen funds.
10. SUBSEQUENT DISTRIBUTIONS
On April 18, 2005, the Fund declared distributions from net investment income of $0.1167 per share, payable on June 1, 2005 to shareholders of record on May 16, 2005.
On May 20, 2005, the Fund declared distributions from net investment income of $0.1167 per share, payable on July 1, 2005 to shareholders of record on June 15, 2005.
29
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited) continued
On June 16, 2005, the Fund declared distributions from net investment income of $0.1167 per share, payable on August 1, 2005 to shareholders of record on July 13, 2005.
These distributions are not reflected in the accompanying financial statements.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION (unaudited)
On February 18, 2005, the Annual Meeting of shareholders of the Fund was held to consider the election of Trustees. On December 15, 2004, the record date of the meeting, the Fund had 16,000 shares outstanding, of which 9,139 shares (57.12%) were represented at the meeting.
The votes recorded at the meeting were as follows:
Proposal 1- Election of Trustees:
Shares | Shares | |||
voted | voted | |||
"For" | "Withheld" | |||
|
||||
Charles A. Austin III | 8,969 | 170 | ||
Shirley L. Fulton | 8,972 | 167 | ||
Gerald M. McDonnell | 8,970 | 169 | ||
Richard J. Shima | 8,961 | 178 | ||
|
30
AUTOMATIC DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN (unaudited)
All common shareholders are eligible to participate in the Automatic Dividend Reinvestment Plan ("the Plan"). Pursuant to the Plan, unless a common shareholder is ineligible or elects otherwise, all cash dividends and capital gains distributions are automatically reinvested by EquiServe Trust Company, N.A., as agent for shareholders in administering the Plan ("Plan Agent"), in additional common shares of the Fund. Whenever the Fund declares an ordinary income dividend or a capital gain dividend (collectively referred to as "dividends") payable either in shares or in cash, non-participants in the Plan will receive cash, and participants in the Plan will receive the equivalent in shares of common shares. The shares are acquired by the Plan Agent for the participant's account, depending upon the circumstances described below, either (i) through receipt of additional unissued but authorized common shares from the Fund ("newly issued common shares") or (ii) by purchase of outstanding common shares on the open market (open-market purchases) on the American Stock Exchange or elsewhere. If, on the payment date for any dividend or distribution, the net asset value per share of the common shares is equal to or less than the market price per common share plus estimated brokerage commissions ("market premium"), the Plan Agent will invest the amount of such dividend or distribution in newly issued shares on behalf of the participant. The number of newly issued common shares to be credited to the participant's account will be determined by dividing the dollar amount of the dividend by the net asset value per share on the date the shares are issued, provided that the maximum discount from the then current market price per share on the date of issuance may not exceed 5%. If on the dividend payment date the net asset value per share is greater than the market value or market premium ("market discount"), the Plan Agent will invest the dividend amount in shares acquired on behalf of the participant in open-market purchases. There will be no brokerage charges with respect to shares issued directly by the Fund as a result of dividends or capital gains distributions payable either in shares or in cash. However, each participant will pay a pro rata share of brokerage commissions incurred with respect to the Plan Agent's open-market purchases in connection with the reinvestment of dividends. The automatic reinvestment of dividends and distributions will not relieve participants of any federal, state or local income tax that may be payable (or required to be withheld) on such dividends. All correspondence concerning the Plan should be directed to the Plan Agent at P.O. Box 43010, Providence, Rhode Island 02940-3010.
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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS
TRUSTEES1
Charles A. Austin III | Principal occupations: Investment Counselor, Anchor Capital Advisors, Inc. (investment advice); | |
Trustee | Director, The Andover Companies (insurance); Trustee, Arthritis Foundation of New England; | |
DOB: 10/23/1934 | Director, The Francis Ouimet Society; Former Director, Health Development Corp. | |
Term of office since: 1991 | (fitness-wellness centers); Former Director, Mentor Income Fund, Inc.; Former Trustee, | |
Mentor Funds and Cash Resource Trust; Former Investment Counselor, Appleton Partners, Inc. | ||
Other directorships: None | (investment advice); Former Director, Executive Vice President and Treasurer, State Street | |
Research & Management Company (investment advice) | ||
|
||
Shirley L. Fulton | Principal occupations: Partner, Tin, Fulton, Greene & Owen, PLLC (law firm); Former Partner, | |
Trustee | Helms, Henderson & Fulton, P.A. (law firm); Retired Senior Resident Superior Court Judge, | |
DOB: 1/10/1952 | 26th Judicial District, Charlotte, NC | |
Term of office since: 2004 | ||
Other directorships: None | ||
|
||
K. Dun Gifford | Principal occupations: Chairman and President, Oldways Preservation and Exchange Trust | |
Trustee | (education); Trustee, Treasurer and Chairman of the Finance Committee, Cambridge College; | |
DOB: 10/23/1938 | Former Chairman of the Board, Director, and Executive Vice President, The London Harness | |
Term of office since: 1974 | Company (leather goods purveyor); Former Director, Mentor Income Fund, Inc.; Former Trustee, | |
Mentor Funds and Cash Resource Trust | ||
Other directorships: None | ||
|
||
Dr. Leroy Keith, Jr. | Principal occupations: Partner, Stonington Partners, Inc. (private equity firm); Trustee, | |
Trustee | The Phoenix Group of Mutual Funds; Director, Obagi Medical Products Co.; Director, | |
DOB: 2/14/1939 | Diversapack Co.; Former Director, Lincoln Educational Services; Former Chairman of the Board | |
Term of office since: 1983 | and Chief Executive Officer, Carson Products Company (manufacturing); Former Director, | |
Mentor Income Fund, Inc.; Former Trustee, Mentor Funds and Cash Resource Trust | ||
Other directorships: Trustee, The | ||
Phoenix Group of Mutual Funds | ||
|
||
Gerald M. McDonnell | Principal occupations: Manager of Commercial Operations, SMI Steel Co. South Carolina | |
Trustee | (steel producer); Former Sales and Marketing Manager, Nucor Steel Company; Former Director, | |
DOB: 7/14/1939 | Mentor Income Fund, Inc.; Former Trustee, Mentor Funds and Cash Resource Trust | |
Term of office since: 1988 | ||
Other directorships: None | ||
|
||
William Walt Pettit | Principal occupations: Vice President, Kellam & Pettit, P.A. (law firm); Director, Superior | |
Trustee | Packaging Corp.; Director, National Kidney Foundation of North Carolina, Inc.; Former Director, | |
DOB: 8/26/1955 | Mentor Income Fund, Inc.; Former Trustee, Mentor Funds and Cash Resource Trust | |
Term of office since: 1984 | ||
Other directorships: None | ||
|
||
David M. Richardson | Principal occupations: President, Richardson, Runden LLC (executive recruitment business | |
Trustee | development/consulting company); Consultant, Kennedy Information, Inc. (executive | |
DOB: 9/19/1941 | recruitment information and research company); Consultant, AESC (The Association of | |
Term of office since: 1982 | Executive Search Consultants); Director, J&M Cumming Paper Co. (paper merchandising); | |
Former Trustee, NDI Technologies, LLP (communications); Former Vice Chairman, DHR | ||
Other directorships: None | International, Inc. (executive recruitment); Former Director, Mentor Income Fund, Inc.; | |
Former Trustee, Mentor Funds and Cash Resource Trust |
||
Dr. Russell A. Salton III | Principal occupations: President/CEO, AccessOne MedCard; Former Medical Director, | |
Trustee | Healthcare Resource Associates, Inc.; Former Medical Director, U.S. Health Care/Aetna Health | |
DOB: 6/2/1947 | Services; Former Director, Mentor Income Fund, Inc.; Former Trustee, Mentor Funds and | |
Term of office since: 1984 | Cash Resource Trust | |
Other directorships: None | ||
|
32
TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS continued
Michael S. Scofield | Principal occupations: Director, Branded Media Corporation (multi-media branding company); | |
Trustee | Attorney, Law Offices of Michael S. Scofield; Former Director, Mentor Income Fund, Inc.; | |
DOB: 2/20/1943 | Former Trustee, Mentor Funds and Cash Resource Trust | |
Term of office since: 1984 | ||
Other directorships: None | ||
|
||
Richard J. Shima | Principal occupations: Independent Consultant; Director, Trust Company of CT; Trustee, | |
Trustee | Saint Joseph College (CT); Director, Hartford Hospital; Trustee, Greater Hartford YMCA; | |
DOB: 8/11/1939 | Former Director, Enhance Financial Services, Inc.; Former Director, Old State House Association; | |
Term of office since: 1993 | Former Director of CTG Resources, Inc. (natural gas); Former Director, Mentor Income Fund, Inc.; | |
Other directorships: None | Former Trustee, Mentor Funds and Cash Resource Trust | |
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Richard K. Wagoner, CFA 2 | Principal occupations: Member and Former President, North Carolina Securities Traders | |
Trustee | Association; Member, Financial Analysts Society; Former Consultant to the Boards of Trustees | |
DOB: 12/12/1937 | of the Evergreen funds; Former Trustee, Mentor Funds and Cash Resource Trust | |
Term of office since: 1999 | ||
Other directorships: None | ||
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OFFICERS | ||
Dennis H. Ferro 3 | Principal occupations: President and Chief Executive Officer, Evergreen Investment Company, | |
President | Inc. and Executive Vice President, Wachovia Bank, N.A.; former Chief Investment Officer, | |
DOB: 6/20/1945 | Evergreen Investment Company, Inc. | |
Term of office since: 2003 | ||
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Carol Kosel 4 | Principal occupations: Senior Vice President, Evergreen Investment Services, Inc. | |
Treasurer | ||
DOB: 12/25/1963 | ||
Term of office since: 1999 | ||
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Michael H. Koonce 4 | Principal occupations: Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Evergreen Investment | |
Secretary | Services, Inc.; Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, Wachovia Corporation | |
DOB: 4/20/1960 | ||
Term of office since: 2000 | ||
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James Angelos 4 | Principal occupations: Chief Compliance Officer and Senior Vice President, Evergreen Funds; | |
Chief Compliance Officer | Former Director of Compliance, Evergreen Investment Services, Inc. | |
DOB: 9/2/1947 | ||
Term of office since: 2004 | ||
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1The Board of Trustees is classified into three classes of which one class is elected annually. Each Trustee serves a three year term |
concurrent with the class from which the Trustee is elected. Each Trustee oversees 89 Evergreen funds. Correspondence for each |
Trustee may be sent to Evergreen Board of Trustees, P.O. Box 20083, Charlotte, NC 28202. |
2Mr. Wagoner is an "interested person" of the Fund because of his ownership of shares in Wachovia Corporation, the parent to the |
Fund's investment advisor. |
3The address of the Officer is 401 S. Tryon Street, 20th Floor, Charlotte, NC 28288. |
4The address of the Officer is 200 Berkeley Street, Boston, MA 02116. |
Additional information about the Fund's Board of Trustees and Officers can be found in the Statement of Additional Information (SAI) and is available upon request without charge by calling 800.343.2898.
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Item 2 - Code of Ethics
(a) The Registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the Registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer.
(b) During the period covered by this report, there were no amendments to the provisions of the code of ethics adopted in 2.(a) above.
(c) During the period covered by this report, there were no implicit or explicit waivers to the provisions of the code of ethics adopted in 2.(a) above.
Item 3 - Audit Committee Financial Expert
Charles A. Austin III and K. Dun Gifford have been determined by the Registrant's Board of Trustees to be audit committee financial experts within the meaning of Section 407 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. These financial experts are independent of management.
Items 4 Principal Accountant Fees and Services
Applicable for annual reports only.
Items 5 Audit Committee of Listed Registrants
If applicable, not applicable at this time. Applicable for annual reports covering periods ending on or after the compliance date for the listing standards applicable to the particular issuer. Listed issuers must be in compliance with the new listing rules by the earlier of the registrants first annual shareholders meeting after January 15, 2004 or October 31, 2004.
Item 6 [Reserved]
Item 7 Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
If applicable, not applicable at this time. Applicable for annual reports filed on or after July 1, 2003.
Item 8 [Reserved]
Item 9 - Controls and Procedures
(a) The Registrant's Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer have evaluated the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures within 90 days of this filing and have concluded that the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures were effective, as of that date, in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant in this Form N-CSR was recorded, processed, summarized, and reported timely.
(b) There were no significant changes in the Registrant's internal controls or other factors that could significantly affect these controls subsequent to the date of their evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.
Item 10 - Exhibits
File the exhibits listed below as part of this Form. Letter or number the exhibits in the sequence indicated.
(a) Any code of ethics, or amendment thereto, that is the subject of the disclosure required by Item 2, to the extent that the registrant intends to satisfy the Item 2 requirements through filing of an exhibit.
(b)(1) Separate certifications for the Registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, are attached as EX99.CERT.
(b)(2) Separate certifications for the Registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as required by Section 1350 of Title 18 of United States Code, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, are attached as EX99.906CERT. The certifications furnished pursuant to this paragraph are not deemed to be "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section. Such certifications are not deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except to the extent that the Registrant specifically incorporates them by reference.
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.
Evergreen Managed Income Fund
By:
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Dennis H. Ferro,
Principal Executive Officer
Date: June 30, 2005
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:
_______________________
Dennis H. Ferro,
Principal Executive Officer
Date: June 30, 2005
By:
________________________
Carol A. Kosel
Principal Financial Officer
Date: June 30, 2005