United States
Securities and Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form N-CSR
Certified Shareholder Report of Registered Management Investment Companies
811-21235
(Investment Company Act File Number)
Federated Premier Municipal Income Fund
_______________________________________________________________
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Federated Investors Funds
4000 Ericsson Drive
Warrendale, Pennsylvania 15086-7561
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Peter J. Germain, Esquire
Federated Investors Tower
1001 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-3779
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
(412) 288-1900
(Registrant's Telephone Number)
Date of Fiscal Year End: 11/30/2018
Date of Reporting Period: 11/30/2018
Item 1. | Reports to Stockholders |
Sector Composition | Percentage of Total Investments |
Hospital | 11.6% |
Dedicated Tax | 10.9% |
Pre-refunded | 10.6% |
Education | 9.0% |
Senior Care | 8.1% |
Toll Road | 6.1% |
Other Utility | 5.9% |
Industrial Development Bond/Pollution Control Revenue | 4.9% |
Water And Sewer | 4.8% |
Airport | 4.8% |
Other2 | 23.3% |
TOTAL | 100.0% |
1 | Sector classifications, and the assignment of holdings to such sectors, are based upon the economic sector and/or revenue source of the underlying borrower, as determined by the Fund's Adviser. For securities that have been enhanced by a third-party guarantor, such as bond insurers and banks, sector classifications are based upon the economic sector and/or revenue source of the underlying obligor, as determined by the Fund's Adviser. Pre-refunded securities are those whose debt service is paid from escrowed assets, usually U.S. government securities. |
2 | For purposes of this table, sector classifications constitute 76.7% of the Fund's investments. Remaining sectors have been aggregated under the designation “Other.” |
Principal Amount | Value | ||
MUNICIPAL BONDS—98.0% | |||
Alabama—1.7% | |||
$1,145,000 | Alabama State Port Authority, Docks Facilities Revenue Bonds (Series 2010), 6.000% (United States Treasury PRF 10/1/2020@100)/(Original Issue Yield: 6.25%), 10/1/2040 | $1,227,921 | |
2,000,000 | Black Belt Energy Gas District, AL, Gas Supply Revenue Bonds (Series 2016A), 4.000% TOBs, (Royal Bank of Canada GTD), Mandatory Tender 6/1/2021 | 2,060,920 | |
415,000 | Selma, AL IDB (International Paper Co.), Gulf Opportunity Zone Bonds (Series 2010A), 5.800%, 5/1/2034 | 434,534 | |
1,000,000 | Selma, AL IDB (International Paper Co.), Revenue Bonds (Series 2011A), 5.375%, 12/1/2035 | 1,077,580 | |
TOTAL | 4,800,955 | ||
Arizona—2.0% | |||
500,000 | Arizona State IDA Education Revenue, (Basis Schools, Inc. Obligated Group), Education Revenue Bonds (Series 2017F), 5.000%, (School District Credit Program LOC), 7/1/2052 | 538,755 | |
335,000 | 1 | Maricopa County, AZ, IDA (Paradise Schools), Revenue Refunding Bonds, 5.000%, 7/1/2036 | 341,760 |
2,000,000 | Phoenix, AZ IDA (Great Heart Academies), Education Facility Revenue Bonds (Series 2014A), 5.000%, 7/1/2034 | 2,071,680 | |
1,690,000 | Pima County, AZ IDA (Tucson Electric Power Co.), PCRBs (Series 2009A), 4.950%, 10/1/2020 | 1,768,619 | |
290,000 | Tempe, AZ IDA, (Mirabella at ASU), Revenue Bonds (Series 2017A), 6.125%, 10/1/2052 | 309,189 | |
640,000 | 1 | Verrado Community Facilities District No. 1, AZ, District GO Refunding Bonds (Series 2013A), 6.000%, 7/15/2027 | 679,015 |
TOTAL | 5,709,018 | ||
California—10.4% | |||
1,115,000 | Bay Area Toll Authority, CA San Francisco Bay Area Subordinate Toll Bridge Revenue Bonds (Series 2010 S-2), 5.000%, (United States Treasury PRF 10/1/2020@100), 10/1/2024 | 1,181,030 | |
1,000,000 | California Educational Facilities Authority (Stanford University), Revenue Bonds, 5.250%, 4/1/2040 | 1,277,400 | |
1,500,000 | California Health Facilities Financing Authority (Dignity Health (Catholic Healthcare West)), Revenue Bonds (Series 2011A), 5.250%, 3/1/2027 | 1,598,805 | |
1,250,000 | California Health Facilities Financing Authority (Scripps Health), Revenue Bonds (Series 2012A), 5.000%, 11/15/2032 | 1,352,013 | |
3,000,000 | California Health Facilities Financing Authority (Stanford Health Care), Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2017A), 4.000%, 11/15/2040 | 3,030,090 |
Principal Amount | Value | ||
MUNICIPAL BONDS—continued | |||
California—continued | |||
$600,000 | 1 | California School Finance Authority (KIPP LA), School Facility Revenue Bonds (Series 2014A), 5.000%, 7/1/2034 | $636,780 |
250,000 | 1 | California School Finance Authority (KIPP LA), School Facility Revenue Bonds (Series 2014A), 5.125%, 7/1/2044 | 262,903 |
1,000,000 | 1 | California School Finance Authority (KIPP LA), School Facility Revenue Bonds (Series 2015A), 5.000%, 7/1/2035 | 1,068,010 |
1,000,000 | California State, Various Purpose UT GO Bonds, 5.000%, 9/1/2030 | 1,073,220 | |
1,000,000 | 1 | California Statewide CDA (899 Charleston LLC), Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2014A), 5.000%, 11/1/2034 | 1,029,830 |
375,000 | 1 | California Statewide CDA (899 Charleston LLC), Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2014A), 5.250%, 11/1/2044 | 388,451 |
1,110,000 | Chula Vista, CA Municipal Finance Authority, Special Tax Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2013), 5.500%, 9/1/2028 | 1,244,787 | |
1,000,000 | Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency, CA, Toll Road Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2013A), 5.750% (Original Issue Yield: 6.05%), 1/15/2046 | 1,114,380 | |
1,000,000 | Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency, CA, Toll Road Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2013B-1), 5.500% TOBs, Mandatory Tender 7/15/2022 | 1,101,930 | |
165,000 | Irvine, CA (Irvine, CA Reassessment District No. 13-1), LO Improvement Bonds, 5.000%, 9/2/2028 | 180,096 | |
1,385,000 | M-S-R Energy Authority, CA, Gas Revenue Bonds (Series 2009A), 6.125% (Citigroup, Inc. GTD), 11/1/2029 | 1,703,522 | |
1,500,000 | M-S-R Energy Authority, CA, Gas Revenue Bonds (Series 2009A), 7.000% (Citigroup, Inc. GTD), 11/1/2034 | 2,089,185 | |
425,000 | San Francisco, CA City & County Airport Commission, Revenue Refunding Bonds, 5.000%, (United States Treasury PRF 5/1/2020@100), 5/1/2021 | 443,942 | |
575,000 | San Francisco, CA City & County Airport Commission, Revenue Refunding Bonds, 5.000%, 5/1/2021 | 601,709 | |
2,000,000 | San Francisco, CA City & County Airport Commission, Second Series Revenue Bonds (Series 2009E), 5.500%, 5/1/2025 | 2,032,700 | |
2,000,000 | San Jose, CA Airport, Airport Revenue Bonds (Series 2011A-2), 5.000% (Original Issue Yield: 5.05%), 3/1/2031 | 2,119,060 | |
1,440,000 | University of California (The Regents of), Limited Project Revenue Bonds (Series 2012G), 5.000%, (United States Treasury PRF 5/15/2022@100), 5/15/2031 | 1,590,797 | |
1,740,000 | University of California (The Regents of), Limited Project Revenue Bonds (Series 2012G), 5.000%, 5/15/2031 | 1,894,129 | |
TOTAL | 29,014,769 | ||
Colorado—4.9% | |||
820,000 | Castle Oaks, CO Metropolitan District No. 3, LT GO Completion Bonds (Series 2016), 5.500% (United States Treasury PRF 12/1/2020@103), 12/1/2045 | 897,531 |
Principal Amount | Value | ||
MUNICIPAL BONDS—continued | |||
Colorado—continued | |||
$1,500,000 | Centerra Metropolitan District No. 1, CO, Special Revenue Refunding and Improvement Bonds (Series 2017), 5.000%, 12/1/2029 | $1,576,680 | |
500,000 | 1 | Colorado Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority (University Lab School), Charter School Refunding & Improvement Revenue Bonds (Series 2015), 5.000%, 12/15/2035 | 516,745 |
2,000,000 | Colorado Health Facilities Authority (Catholic Health Initiatives), Revenue Bonds (Series 2011A), 5.250%, 2/1/2031 | 2,095,080 | |
1,000,000 | Colorado Health Facilities Authority (Covenant Retirement Communities, Inc.), Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2012A), 5.000%, 12/1/2027 | 1,070,430 | |
1,250,000 | Colorado Health Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds (Series 2013A), 5.000% (Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth Health System), 1/1/2044 | 1,339,012 | |
1,000,000 | E-470 Public Highway Authority, CO, Revenue Bonds (Series 2010C), 5.375%, (Original Issue Yield: 5.40%) 9/1/2026 | 1,048,830 | |
500,000 | Leyden Rock Metropolitan District No. 10, CO, LT GO Refunding & Improvement Bonds (Series 2016A), 4.000%, 12/1/2025 | 495,190 | |
2,480,000 | Public Authority for Colorado Energy, Natural Gas Purchase Revenue Bonds (Series 2008), 6.250% (Bank of America Corp. GTD)/(Original Issue Yield: 6.63%), 11/15/2028 | 3,051,119 | |
459,000 | Tallyn's Reach Metropolitan District No. 3, CO, LT GO Refunding & Improvement Bonds (Series 2013), 5.000%, 12/1/2033 | 476,635 | |
1,000,000 | University of Colorado, Tax-Exempt University Enterprise Revenue Bonds (Series 2013A), 5.000% (United States Treasury PRF 6/1/2023@100), 6/1/2037 | 1,120,040 | |
TOTAL | 13,687,292 | ||
Connecticut—0.7% | |||
1,755,000 | Connecticut State Special Transportation Fund, Special Tax Obligation Bonds Transportation Infrastructure Purpose (Series 2018B), 5.000%, 10/1/2037 | 1,937,731 | |
Delaware—0.3% | |||
715,000 | Delaware EDA (Delmarva Power and Light Co.), Gas Facilities Refunding Bonds, 5.400%, 2/1/2031 | 747,061 | |
District of Columbia—0.8% | |||
250,000 | District of Columbia (KIPP DC), Revenue Bonds (Series 2013A), 6.000% (United States Treasury PRF 7/1/2023@100), 7/1/2033 | 291,127 | |
225,000 | District of Columbia (KIPP DC), Revenue Bonds (Series 2013A), 6.000% (United States Treasury PRF 7/1/2023@100), 7/1/2048 | 262,015 | |
500,000 | District of Columbia Revenue, (Friendship Public Charter School, Inc.), Revenue Bonds (Series 2016A), 5.000%, 6/1/2041 | 529,765 | |
1,095,000 | District of Columbia Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp., Asset Backed Revenue Bonds, 6.500% (Original Issue Yield: 6.67%), 5/15/2033 | 1,169,252 | |
TOTAL | 2,252,159 |
Principal Amount | Value | ||
MUNICIPAL BONDS—continued | |||
Florida—4.8% | |||
$1,000,000 | Atlantic Beach, FL Health Care Facilities (Fleet Landing Project, FL), Revenue & Refunding Bonds (Series 2013A), 5.000%, 11/15/2028 | $1,061,050 | |
800,000 | 1 | Collier County, FL IDA (Arlington of Naples), Continuing Care Community Revenue Bonds (Series 2013A), 8.125% (Original Issue Yield: 8.25%), 5/15/2044 | 768,832 |
2,000,000 | Florida State Department of Transportation (Florida State), Florida Right-of-Way Acquisition and Bridge Construction Bonds (Series 2018B), 4.000%, 7/1/2039 | 2,064,700 | |
935,000 | Harbor Bay, FL Community Development District, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds, 6.750%, 5/1/2034 | 938,590 | |
2,300,000 | Jacksonville, FL Sales Tax, Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2012), 5.000%, 10/1/2027 | 2,508,771 | |
1,000,000 | Jacksonville, FL Sales Tax, Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2012), 5.000%, 10/1/2030 | 1,086,200 | |
2,000,000 | Miami-Dade County, FL Transit System, Sales Surtax Revenue Bonds (Series 2012), 5.000%, 7/1/2042 | 2,143,040 | |
500,000 | Midtown Miami, FL Community Development District, Special Assessment & Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2014A), 5.000%, 5/1/2029 | 520,005 | |
165,000 | Palm Beach County, FL Health Facilities Authority (Sinai Residences of Boca Raton), Revenue Bonds (Series 2014A), 7.250%, 6/1/2034 | 184,556 | |
1,000,000 | South Lake County, FL Hospital District (South Lake Hospital, Inc.), Revenue Bonds (Series 2009A), 6.000% (Original Issue Yield: 6.05%), 4/1/2029 | 1,010,100 | |
10,000 | Tolomato Community Development District, FL, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds (Series 1), 6.650%, 5/1/2040 | 9,414 | |
665,000 | Tolomato Community Development District, FL, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds (Series 2015-1), 0.000% (Step Coupon 11/1/2021@6.61%)/(Original Issue Yield: 6.93%), 5/1/2040 | 529,632 | |
415,000 | Tolomato Community Development District, FL, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds (Series 2015-2), 0.000% (Step Coupon 11/1/2024@6.61%)/(Original Issue Yield: 6.752%), 5/1/2040 | 271,937 | |
450,000 | 2,3 | Tolomato Community Development District, FL, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds (Series 2015-3), 6.610%, 5/1/2040 | 4 |
210,000 | 2,3,4 | Tolomato Community Development District, FL, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds (Series 3), 6.375%, 5/1/2017 | 2 |
160,000 | 2,3 | Tolomato Community Development District, FL, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds (Series 3), 6.650%, 5/1/2040 | 2 |
305,000 | Tolomato Community Development District, FL, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds (Series A-3), 0.000% (Step Coupon 5/1/2019@6.61%), 5/1/2040 | 297,860 | |
155,000 | Tolomato Community Development District, FL, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds (Series A-4), 0.000% (Step Coupon 5/1/2022@6.61%), 5/1/2040 | 126,212 | |
TOTAL | 13,520,907 |
Principal Amount | Value | ||
MUNICIPAL BONDS—continued | |||
Georgia—2.8% | |||
$1,000,000 | Atlanta, GA Airport General Revenue, Airport General Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2010C), 6.000%, 1/1/2030 | $1,079,270 | |
1,000,000 | Atlanta, GA Airport Passenger Facilities Charge Revenue, Subordinate Lien General Revenue Bonds (Series 2010B), 5.000%, 1/1/2020 | 1,032,060 | |
1,000,000 | Atlanta, GA Development Authority Senior Health Care Facilities (Georgia Proton Treatment Center), Revenue Bonds (Series 2017A-1), 6.750% (Original Issue Yield: 7.10%), 1/1/2035 | 953,190 | |
415,000 | Atlanta, GA Development Authority Senior Health Care Facilities (Georgia Proton Treatment Center), Revenue Bonds (Series 2017A-1), 7.000% (Original Issue Yield: 7.25%), 1/1/2040 | 399,446 | |
1,500,000 | Atlanta, GA Water & Wastewater, Revenue Bonds (Series 2009A), 6.000%, 11/1/2019 | 1,555,650 | |
1,500,000 | Atlanta, GA Water & Wastewater, Revenue Bonds (Series 2009A), 6.000% (United States Treasury PRF 11/1/2019@100)/(Original Issue Yield: 6.14%), 11/1/2024 | 1,555,785 | |
1,250,000 | Fulton County, GA Residential Care Facilities (Lenbrook Square Foundation, Inc.), Retirement Facility Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2016), 5.000%, 7/1/2031 | 1,316,762 | |
TOTAL | 7,892,163 | ||
Hawaii—0.3% | |||
750,000 | Hawaii State Department of Budget & Finance, Special Purpose Revenue Bonds (Series 2009), 6.500% (Hawaiian Electric Co., Inc.), 7/1/2039 | 767,175 | |
Idaho—0.7% | |||
1,750,000 | Idaho Health Facilities Authority, Revenue Bonds (Series 2013A), 7.375% (Terraces of Boise)/(Original Issue Yield: 7.50%), 10/1/2029 | 1,888,880 | |
Illinois—8.4% | |||
250,000 | Chicago, IL Board of Education, UT GO Dedicated Revenue Bonds (Series 2017H), 5.000%, 12/1/2036 | 252,343 | |
1,015,000 | Chicago, IL Board of Education, UT GO Dedicated Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2012A), 5.000%, 12/1/2042 | 1,001,034 | |
3,000,000 | Chicago, IL Midway Airport, Second Lien Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2014B), 5.000%, 1/1/2035 | 3,255,720 | |
625,000 | Chicago, IL O'Hare International Airport, General Airport Third Lien Revenue Bonds (Series 2011C), 6.500% (United States Treasury PRF 1/1/2021@100), 1/1/2041 | 682,006 | |
300,000 | Chicago, IL Special Assessment (Lakeshore East Project), Improvement Bonds (Series 2002), 6.625%, (Original Issue Yield: 6.637%), 12/1/2022 | 300,522 | |
1,000,000 | Chicago, IL Special Assessment (Lakeshore East Project), Improvement Revenue Bonds, 6.750% (Original Issue Yield: 6.769%), 12/1/2032 | 1,004,890 | |
1,000,000 | Chicago, IL Water Revenue, Second Lien Water Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2017-2), 5.000% (AGM INS), 11/1/2036 | 1,090,480 |
Principal Amount | Value | ||
MUNICIPAL BONDS—continued | |||
Illinois—continued | |||
$420,000 | DuPage County, IL (Naperville Campus LLC), Special Tax Bonds (Series 2006), 5.625%, 3/1/2036 | $420,126 | |
2,000,000 | Illinois Finance Authority, (Admiral at the Lake), Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2017), 5.250% (Original Issue Yield: 5.50%), 5/15/2054 | 1,852,160 | |
1,500,000 | Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, Toll Highway Senior Revenue Bonds (Series 2013A), 5.000%, 1/1/2030 | 1,631,460 | |
1,250,000 | Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, Toll Highway Senior Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2010 A-1), 5.000%, 1/1/2031 | 1,285,425 | |
3,000,000 | Illinois State, UT GO Bonds (Series 2017D), 5.000%, 11/1/2026 | 3,184,860 | |
1,000,000 | Illinois State, UT GO Bonds (Series 2018A), 5.250%, 5/1/2022 | 1,050,150 | |
295,000 | Illinois State, UT GO Bonds (Series 2018B), 5.000%, 5/1/2028 | 311,532 | |
1,000,000 | Illinois State, UT GO Bonds (Series June 2013), 5.500% (Original Issue Yield: 5.65%), 7/1/2038 | 1,049,740 | |
2,255,000 | Illinois State, UT GO Refunding Bonds (Series May 2012), 5.000%, 8/1/2025 | 2,335,571 | |
245,000 | Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority, IL, McCormick Place Expansion Project Bonds (Series 2010A), 5.500%, (United States Treasury PRF 6/15/2020@100), 6/15/2050 | 257,747 | |
755,000 | Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority, IL, McCormick Place Expansion Project Bonds (Series 2010A), 5.500%, 6/15/2050 | 761,032 | |
1,600,000 | Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority, IL, McCormick Place Expansion Project Bonds (Series 2017A), 5.000%, 6/15/2057 | 1,645,648 | |
TOTAL | 23,372,446 | ||
Indiana—3.0% | |||
930,000 | Indiana Municipal Power Agency, Power Supply System Revenue Bonds (Series 2013A), 5.250%, (United States Treasury PRF 7/1/2023@100), 1/1/2030 | 1,054,964 | |
500,000 | Indiana Municipal Power Agency, Power Supply System Revenue Bonds (Series 2013A), 5.250%, 1/1/2038 | 552,925 | |
250,000 | Indiana Municipal Power Agency, Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2017A), 5.000%, 1/1/2042 | 277,793 | |
1,500,000 | Indiana State Finance Authority Wastewater Utilities (CWA Authority), First Lien Wastewater Utility Revenue Bonds (Series 2011A), 5.250%, 10/1/2031 | 1,619,130 | |
2,000,000 | Indiana State Finance Authority Wastewater Utilities (CWA Authority), First Lien Wastewater Utility Revenue Bonds (Series 2014A), 5.000%, 10/1/2032 | 2,227,720 | |
2,500,000 | Whiting, IN Environmental Facilities (BP PLC), Revenue Bonds (Series 2009), 5.250%, 1/1/2021 | 2,648,550 | |
TOTAL | 8,381,082 | ||
Iowa—0.9% | |||
1,500,000 | Iowa Finance Authority (Iowa Fertilizer Co. LLC), Midwestern Disaster Area Revenue Bonds (Series 2013), 5.500%, 12/1/2022 | 1,501,650 |
Principal Amount | Value | ||
MUNICIPAL BONDS—continued | |||
Iowa—continued | |||
$565,000 | Xenia Rural Water District, Water Revenue Refunding Capital Loan Notes (Series 2016), 5.000%, 12/1/2024 | $622,314 | |
300,000 | Xenia Rural Water District, Water Revenue Refunding Capital Loan Notes (Series 2016), 5.000%, 12/1/2036 | 320,559 | |
TOTAL | 2,444,523 | ||
Kansas—0.8% | |||
2,000,000 | Wyandotte County, KS Unified Government Utility System, Improvement & Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2014A), 5.000%, 9/1/2044 | 2,174,680 | |
Kentucky—0.7% | |||
1,000,000 | Kentucky EDFA (Miralea), Revenue Bonds (Series 2016A), 5.000%, 5/15/2031 | 1,040,950 | |
1,000,000 | Kentucky Public Transportation Infrastructure Authority, First Tier Toll Revenue Bonds (Series 2013), 5.750% (Original Issue Yield: 5.95%), 7/1/2049 | 1,070,310 | |
TOTAL | 2,111,260 | ||
Louisiana—1.6% | |||
1,870,000 | Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities CDA (Westlake Chemical Corp.), Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2017), 3.500%, 11/1/2032 | 1,780,558 | |
1,000,000 | Louisiana State Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2012), 5.000%, (United States Treasury PRF 6/1/2022@100), 6/1/2024 | 1,096,790 | |
1,500,000 | St. Charles Parish, LA Gulf Opportunity Zone (Valero Energy Corp.), Revenue Bonds (Series 2010), 4.000% TOBs, Mandatory Tender 6/1/2022 | 1,560,495 | |
TOTAL | 4,437,843 | ||
Maine—0.5% | |||
665,000 | Maine Health & Higher Educational Facilities Authority (Maine General Medical Center), Revenue Bonds (Series 2011), 7.500%, 7/1/2032 | 727,849 | |
600,000 | Maine Health & Higher Educational Facilities Authority (Maine General Medical Center), Revenue Bonds (Series 2011), 6.750% (Original Issue Yield: 7.00%), 7/1/2041 | 637,506 | |
TOTAL | 1,365,355 | ||
Maryland—0.7% | |||
320,000 | Baltimore, MD SO (East Baltimore Research Park), Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2017A), 5.000%, 9/1/2038 | 332,845 | |
690,000 | Maryland State EDC (Ports America Chesapeake, Inc.), Revenue Bonds (Series B), 5.750% (United States Treasury PRF 6/1/2020@100)/(Original Issue Yield: 5.875%), 6/1/2035 | 728,571 | |
400,000 | Maryland State EDC (Ports America Chesapeake, Inc.), Revenue Bonds (Series A), 5.125% (United States Treasury COL), (Original Issue Yield: 5.25%), 6/1/2020 | 414,384 |
Principal Amount | Value | ||
MUNICIPAL BONDS—continued | |||
Maryland—continued | |||
$400,000 | Westminster, MD (Lutheran Village at Miller's Grant, Inc.), Revenue Bonds (Series 2014A), 6.000%, 7/1/2034 | $419,432 | |
TOTAL | 1,895,232 | ||
Massachusetts—2.0% | |||
2,000,000 | Massachusetts Department of Transportation, Metropolitan Highway System Revenue Bonds (Series 2010B), 5.000%, 1/1/2024 | 2,063,040 | |
2,000,000 | Massachusetts Development Finance Agency (Harvard University), Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2016A), 5.000%, 7/15/2040 | 2,481,060 | |
1,030,000 | Massachusetts HEFA (Northeastern University), Revenue Bonds (Series 2010A), 5.000%, 10/1/2023 | 1,085,043 | |
TOTAL | 5,629,143 | ||
Michigan—4.5% | |||
500,000 | Michigan Finance Authority Local Government Loan Program (Great Lakes, MI Sewage Disposal System), Revenue Refunding Second Lien Local Project Bonds (Series 2015C-1), 5.000%, 7/1/2035 | 541,825 | |
750,000 | Michigan State Finance Authority Revenue (Great Lakes, MI Sewage Disposal System), Senior Lien Revenue Bonds (Series 2014 C-3), 5.000%, (AGM INS), 7/1/2032 | 825,608 | |
600,000 | Michigan State Finance Authority Revenue (Great Lakes, MI Water Authority), Senior Lien Revenue Bonds (Series 2014 D-1), 5.000% (AGM INS), 7/1/2037 | 652,302 | |
1,500,000 | Michigan State Finance Authority Revenue (Public Lighting Authority), Local Government Loan Program Revenue Bonds (Series 2014B), 5.000%, 7/1/2029 | 1,623,180 | |
1,750,000 | Michigan State Finance Authority Revenue (Public Lighting Authority), Local Government Loan Program Revenue Bonds (Series 2014B), 5.000%, 7/1/2039 | 1,860,757 | |
300,000 | Michigan State Hospital Finance Authority (Henry Ford Health System, MI), Hospital Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2016), 5.000%, 11/15/2041 | 321,234 | |
1,000,000 | Michigan State Hospital Finance Authority (Henry Ford Health System, MI), Revenue Refunding Bonds, 5.750% (United States Treasury PRF 11/15/2019@100)/(Original Issue Yield: 6.00%), 11/15/2039 | 1,035,480 | |
3,705,000 | Royal Oak, MI Hospital Finance Authority (Beaumont Health Credit Group ), Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2014D), 5.000%, 9/1/2033 | 4,020,740 | |
1,490,000 | Wayne County, MI Airport Authority, Revenue Bonds (Series 2012A), 5.000%, 12/1/2037 | 1,617,842 | |
TOTAL | 12,498,968 | ||
Minnesota—0.2% | |||
400,000 | Western Minnesota Municipal Power Agency, MN, Power Supply Revenue Bonds (Series 2014A), 5.000%, 1/1/2040 | 436,252 | |
Mississippi—0.1% | |||
315,000 | Warren County, MS Gulf Opportunity Zone (International Paper Co.), Gulf Opportunity Zone Bonds (Series 2011A), 5.375%, 12/1/2035 | 339,438 |
Principal Amount | Value | ||
MUNICIPAL BONDS—continued | |||
Missouri—0.5% | |||
$750,000 | 1 | Kansas City, MO Redevelopment Authority (Kansas City Convention Center Headquarters Hotel CID), Revenue Bonds (Series 2018B), 5.000%, 2/1/2040 | $759,600 |
550,000 | 1 | Kansas City, MO Redevelopment Authority (Kansas City Convention Center Headquarters Hotel CID), Revenue Bonds (Series 2018B), 5.000% (Original Issue Yield: 5.079%), 2/1/2050 | 545,644 |
TOTAL | 1,305,244 | ||
Montana—0.1% | |||
350,000 | Kalispell, MT Housing and Healthcare Facilities (Immanuel Lutheran Corp.), Revenue Bonds (Series 2017A), 5.250%, 5/15/2047 | 355,478 | |
Nebraska—2.0% | |||
2,000,000 | Central Plains Energy Project, NE, Gas Project Revenue Bonds (Project No. 3) (Series 2012), 5.000% (Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. GTD)/(Original Issue Yield: 5.05%), 9/1/2042 | 2,150,760 | |
2,000,000 | Central Plains Energy Project, NE, Gas Project Revenue Bonds (Project No. 3) (Series 2017C), 5.000% (Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. GTD), 9/1/2042 | 2,272,580 | |
1,000,000 | Nebraska Public Power District, General Revenue Bonds (Series 2014A), 5.000%, 1/1/2039 | 1,062,640 | |
TOTAL | 5,485,980 | ||
New Hampshire—0.2% | |||
500,000 | 1 | New Hampshire HEFA (Hillside Village), Revenue Bonds (Series 2017A), 6.125%, 7/1/2037 | 519,380 |
New Jersey—4.6% | |||
2,500,000 | New Jersey EDA (New Jersey State), School Facilities Construction Bonds (Series 2014UU), 5.000%, 6/15/2034 | 2,617,825 | |
1,500,000 | New Jersey EDA (New Jersey State), School Facilities Construction Refunding Bonds (Series 2014PP), 5.000%, 6/15/2031 | 1,586,265 | |
1,500,000 | New Jersey EDA (NJ Dedicated Cigarette Excise Tax), Cigarette Tax Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2012), 5.000%, 6/15/2020 | 1,555,950 | |
600,000 | New Jersey State Transportation Trust Fund Authority (New Jersey State), Transportation System Bonds (Series 2011A), 6.000%, 6/15/2035 | 645,072 | |
1,000,000 | New Jersey State Transportation Trust Fund Authority (New Jersey State), Transportation System Bonds (Series 2018A), 5.000%, 12/15/2034 | 1,067,050 | |
1,500,000 | New Jersey Turnpike Authority, Turnpike Revenue Bonds (Series 2013A), 5.000% (United States Treasury PRF 7/1/2022@100), 1/1/2032 | 1,651,770 | |
2,600,000 | Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp., NJ, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Refunding Bonds (Series 2018A), 5.000%, 6/1/2036 | 2,805,790 |
Principal Amount | Value | ||
MUNICIPAL BONDS—continued | |||
New Jersey—continued | |||
$1,000,000 | Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp., NJ, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Subordinate Refunding Bonds (Series 2018B), 5.000%, 6/1/2046 | $1,001,270 | |
TOTAL | 12,930,992 | ||
New Mexico—0.2% | |||
650,000 | New Mexico State Hospital Equipment Loan Council (Presbyterian Healthcare Services), Hospital System Revenue Bonds (Series 2017A), 5.000%, 8/1/2046 | 712,660 | |
New York—7.2% | |||
1,000,000 | Brooklyn Arena Local Development Corporation, NY, PILOT Revenue Bonds (Series 2009), 6.375% (United States Treasury PRF 1/15/2020@100)/(Original Issue Yield: 6.476%), 7/15/2043 | 1,050,320 | |
1,000,000 | Erie County, NY IDA (Buffalo, NY City School District), School Facility Revenue Bonds (Series 2011A), 5.250%, 5/1/2027 | 1,073,090 | |
1,000,000 | Erie County, NY IDA (Buffalo, NY City School District), School Facility Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2011B), 5.000%, 5/1/2020 | 1,043,720 | |
570,000 | Hudson Yards Infrastructure Corp. NY, Hudson Yards Senior Revenue Bonds (Series 2012A), 5.750% (United States Treasury PRF 2/15/2021@100), 2/15/2047 | 616,478 | |
430,000 | Hudson Yards Infrastructure Corp. NY, Hudson Yards Senior Revenue Bonds (Series 2012A), 5.750%, 2/15/2047 | 460,349 | |
900,000 | New York City, NY TFA, Future Tax Secured Subordinate Revenue Bonds (Series 2014A-1), 5.000%, 8/1/2036 | 995,958 | |
2,000,000 | New York City, NY, UT GO Bonds (Fiscal 2014 Subseries D-1), 5.000%, 8/1/2030 | 2,213,880 | |
250,000 | New York City, NY, UT GO Bonds (Series 2014G), 5.000%, 8/1/2030 | 278,525 | |
1,000,000 | New York Liberty Development Corp. (4 World Trade Center), Liberty Revenue Bonds (Series 2011), 5.000%, 11/15/2031 | 1,066,190 | |
2,000,000 | New York Liberty Development Corp. (7 World Trade Center LLC), Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2012 Class 1), 5.000%, 9/15/2028 | 2,174,260 | |
1,000,000 | 1 | New York Liberty Development Corp. (3 World Trade Center), Revenue Bonds (Series 2014 Class 1), 5.000%, 11/15/2044 | 1,020,580 |
1,030,000 | New York Liberty Development Corp. (7 World Trade Center LLC) Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2012 Class 2), 5.000%, 9/15/2043 | 1,097,846 | |
2,000,000 | New York Liberty Development Corp. (4 World Trade Center), Liberty Revenue Bonds (Series 2011), 5.750%, 11/15/2051 | 2,184,140 | |
1,650,000 | New York State Dormitory Authority (New York State Personal Income Tax Revenue Bond Fund), Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2017B), 4.000%, 2/15/2046 | 1,666,846 | |
2,000,000 | New York State Dormitory Authority (New York State Sales Tax Revenue Bond Fund), Revenue Bonds (Series 2018C), 5.000%, 3/15/2038 | 2,266,380 |
Principal Amount | Value | ||
MUNICIPAL BONDS—continued | |||
New York—continued | |||
$750,000 | New York State Thruway Authority (New York State Thruway Authority—General Revenue ), General Revenue Bonds (Series 2012I), 5.000%, 1/1/2037 | $793,508 | |
TOTAL | 20,002,070 | ||
North Carolina—1.0% | |||
2,385,000 | Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority, NC (Carolinas HealthCare System), Health Care Revenue & Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2012A), 5.000%, 1/15/2043 | 2,553,643 | |
375,000 | North Carolina Medical Care Commission (Pennybyrn at Maryfield), Health Care Facilities First Mortgage Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2015), 5.000%, 10/1/2035 | 386,235 | |
TOTAL | 2,939,878 | ||
Ohio—5.6% | |||
500,000 | American Municipal Power-Ohio, Inc. (American Municipal Power, Prairie State Energy Campus Project), Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2015A), 5.000%, 2/15/2042 | 540,515 | |
1,500,000 | American Municipal Power-Ohio, Inc. (American Municipal Power, Prairie State Energy Campus Project), Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2015A), 5.250%, 2/15/2033 | 1,620,660 | |
2,500,000 | Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Financing Authority, OH, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds (Series A-2), 6.500%, 6/1/2047 | 2,471,850 | |
2,135,000 | Franklin County, OH Hospital Facility Authority (Nationwide Children's Hospital), Hospital Improvement Revenue Bonds (Series 2009), 5.000%, 11/1/2019 | 2,194,673 | |
1,310,000 | Hamilton County, OH (Life Enriching Communities), Healthcare Improvement and Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2017A), 5.000%, 1/1/2047 | 1,330,829 | |
945,000 | Lucas County, OH (ProMedica Healthcare Obligated Group), Revenue Bonds (Series 2011A), 6.000% (United States Treasury PRF 11/15/2021@100)/(Original Issue Yield: 6.22%), 11/15/2041 | 1,048,638 | |
1,440,000 | Muskingum County, OH, (Genesis Healthcare Corp.) Hospital Facilities Revenue Bonds (Series 2013), 5.000%, 2/15/2027 | 1,502,410 | |
1,500,000 | Ohio State Turnpike & Infrastructure Commission, Turnpike Junior Lien Revenue Bonds (Series 2013A-1), 5.250%, 2/15/2029 | 1,658,925 | |
800,000 | Ohio State Turnpike & Infrastructure Commission, Turnpike Junior Lien Revenue Bonds (Series 2013A-1), 5.250%, 2/15/2030 | 883,416 | |
450,000 | Ohio State University, Revenue Bonds (Series 2008A), 5.000%, 12/1/2018 | 450,000 | |
1,000,000 | University of Cincinnati, OH, General Receipts Bonds (Series 2013C), 5.000%, 6/1/2033 | 1,104,270 | |
750,000 | University of Cincinnati, OH, General Receipts Bonds (Series 2013C), 5.000%, 6/1/2039 | 823,065 | |
TOTAL | 15,629,251 |
Principal Amount | Value | ||
MUNICIPAL BONDS—continued | |||
Oklahoma—0.1% | |||
$325,000 | Oklahoma Development Finance Authority (OU Medicine), Hospital Revenue Bonds (Series 2018B), 5.500%, 8/15/2052 | $351,657 | |
Oregon—0.1% | |||
275,000 | Yamhill County, OR Hospital Authority (Friendsview Retirement Community), Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2016A), 5.000%, 11/15/2036 | 286,520 | |
Pennsylvania—4.6% | |||
2,000,000 | Allentown, PA Neighborhood Improvement Zone Development Authority, Tax Revenue Bonds (Series 2012A), 5.000%, 5/1/2026 | 2,114,660 | |
1,000,000 | Allentown, PA Neighborhood Improvement Zone Development Authority, Tax Revenue Bonds (Series 2012A), 5.000%, 5/1/2042 | 1,024,160 | |
1,000,000 | Commonwealth Financing Authority of PA (Commonwealth of Pennsylvania), Tobacco Master Settlement Payment Revenue Bonds (Series 2018), 5.000%, 6/1/2034 | 1,106,630 | |
1,265,000 | Cumberland County, PA Municipal Authority (Asbury Pennsylvania Obligated Group), Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2012), 5.250%, 1/1/2032 | 1,290,819 | |
1,255,000 | Cumberland County, PA Municipal Authority (Diakon Lutheran Social Ministries), Revenue Bonds (Series 2015), 5.000%, 1/1/2023 | 1,348,083 | |
450,000 | Cumberland County, PA Municipal Authority (Diakon Lutheran Social Ministries), Revenue Bonds (Series 2015), 5.000%, 1/1/2038 | 471,326 | |
1,000,000 | Delaware County, PA Authority (Villanova University), Revenue Bonds (Series 2015), 5.000%, 8/1/2040 | 1,111,600 | |
1,000,000 | Pennsylvania State Turnpike Commission, Turnpike Revenue Bonds (Series 2015B), 5.000%, 12/1/2045 | 1,074,980 | |
1,000,000 | Pennsylvania State Turnpike Commission, Turnpike Subordinate Revenue Bonds (Series 2009D), 5.500% (United States Treasury PRF 12/1/2019@100), 12/1/2041 | 1,035,100 | |
555,000 | Philadelphia, PA Hospitals & Higher Education Facilities Authority (Temple University Health System Obligated Group), Hospital Revenue Bonds (Series 2012A), 5.625% (Original Issue Yield: 5.875%), 7/1/2042 | 585,814 | |
1,630,000 | Philadelphia, PA Water & Wastewater System, Water & Wastewater Revenue Bonds (Series 2009A), 5.000% (United States Treasury PRF 1/1/2019@100)/(Original Issue Yield: 5.13%), 1/1/2027 | 1,633,993 | |
TOTAL | 12,797,165 | ||
Rhode Island—1.1% | |||
3,000,000 | Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp., RI, Tobacco Settlement Asset-Backed Bonds (Series 2015B), 5.000%, 6/1/2050 | 2,988,750 | |
South Carolina—1.6% | |||
2,000,000 | Piedmont Municipal Power Agency, SC, Electric Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2010A-3), 5.000%, 1/1/2024 | 2,100,040 | |
2,250,000 | South Carolina Jobs-EDA (Prisma Health Obligated Group), Hospital Revenue Bonds (Series 2018A), 5.000%, 5/1/2048 | 2,395,912 | |
TOTAL | 4,495,952 |
Principal Amount | Value | ||
MUNICIPAL BONDS—continued | |||
South Dakota—0.6% | |||
$1,500,000 | Educational Enhancement Funding Corp., SD, Tobacco Settlement Revenue Bonds (Series 2013B), 5.000%, 6/1/2027 | $1,597,905 | |
Tennessee—2.2% | |||
600,000 | Blount County, TN Health and Educational Facilities Board (Asbury, Inc.), Revenue Refunding and Improvement Bonds (Series 2016A), 5.000%, 1/1/2047 | 606,330 | |
1,750,000 | Johnson City, TN Health & Education Facilities Board (Mountain States Health Alliance), Hospital Revenue Bonds (Series 2010), 6.000% (United States Treasury PRF 7/1/2020@100) /(Original Issue Yield: 6.07%), 7/1/2038 | 1,856,837 | |
2,000,000 | Rutherford County, TN Health and Educational Facilities Board (Ascension Health Alliance Senior Credit Group), Revenue Bonds (Series 2012C), 5.000%, 11/15/2047 | 2,126,060 | |
1,500,000 | Tennessee Energy Acquisition Corp., Gas Revenue Bonds (Series 2006A), 5.250%, (Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. GTD), 9/1/2021 | 1,607,310 | |
TOTAL | 6,196,537 | ||
Texas—10.7% | |||
2,640,000 | Arlington, TX Higher Education Finance Corp. (Uplift Education) Revenue Bonds (Series 2016A), 5.000%, 12/1/2036 | 2,793,067 | |
1,050,000 | Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority, Senior Lien Revenue Bonds (Series 2011), 6.250% (United States Treasury PRF 1/1/2021@100)/ (Original Issue Yield: 6.30%), 1/1/2046 | 1,136,215 | |
270,000 | Clifton Higher Education Finance Corp., TX (Idea Public Schools), 6.000%, 8/15/2033 | 299,606 | |
1,000,000 | Clifton Higher Education Finance Corporation, TX (Idea Public Schools ), Education Revenue Bonds (Series 2012), 5.000%, 8/15/2032 | 1,049,420 | |
2,240,000 | Dallas, TX Area Rapid Transit, Senior Lien Sales Tax Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2016B), 4.000%, 12/1/2036 | 2,308,522 | |
1,500,000 | Dallas-Fort Worth, TX International Airport, Joint Revenue Improvement Bonds (Series 2013B), 5.000%, 11/1/2030 | 1,624,125 | |
1,000,000 | Decatur, TX Hospital Authority (Wise Regional Health System), Hospital Revenue Bonds (Series 2014A), 5.000%, (Original Issue Yield: 5.05%), 9/1/2034 | 1,057,590 | |
750,000 | Decatur, TX Hospital Authority, Hospital Revenue Bonds (Series 2014A), 5.250% (Wise Regional Health System)/(Original Issue Yield: 5.30%), 9/1/2044 | 788,670 | |
835,000 | Grand Parkway Transportation Corp., TX, Subordinate Tier Toll Revenue Bonds (Series 2013B TELA Supported), 5.250%, 10/1/2051 | 911,770 | |
2,000,000 | Harris County, TX Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp. (St. Luke's Health System), Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2009), 5.625% (United States Treasury PRF 2/15/2019@100), 2/15/2025 | 2,014,960 | |
1,000,000 | Harris County, TX Education Facilities Finance Corp. (Brazos Presbyterian Homes, Inc.), First Mortgage Revenue Bonds (Series 2016), 5.000%, 1/1/2048 | 1,010,550 |
Principal Amount | Value | ||
MUNICIPAL BONDS—continued | |||
Texas—continued | |||
$200,000 | Houston, TX Higher Education Finance Corp. (Cosmos Foundation, Inc.), Education Revenue Bonds (Series 2011A), 6.875% (United States Treasury PRF 5/15/2021@100), 5/15/2041 | $221,852 | |
500,000 | Houston, TX Higher Education Finance Corp. (Cosmos Foundation, Inc.), Education Revenue Bonds (Series 2012A), 5.000%, 2/15/2032 | 519,710 | |
1,525,000 | Houston, TX Higher Education Finance Corp. (Harmony Public Schools) Education Revenue & Refunding Bonds (Series 2014A), 5.000%, (PSFG GTD) 2/15/2033 | 1,661,579 | |
175,000 | New Hope Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corporation (MRC Crestview), Retirement Facility Revenue Bonds (Series 2016), 5.000%, 11/15/2036 | 180,670 | |
685,000 | North Texas Tollway Authority, First Tier Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2015B), 5.000%, 1/1/2045 | 740,663 | |
835,000 | North Texas Tollway Authority, System First Tier Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2011B), 5.000% (Original Issue Yield: 5.12%), 1/1/2038 | 874,412 | |
1,500,000 | North Texas Tollway Authority, System Second Tier Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2014B), 5.000%, 1/1/2031 | 1,647,780 | |
415,000 | Red River, TX HFDC (MRC The Crossings), Retirement Facility Revenue Bonds (Series 2014A), 7.500%, (Original Issue Yield: 7.55%), 11/15/2034 | 462,156 | |
1,000,000 | Tarrant County, TX Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp. (Air Force Village), Retirement Facility Revenue Bonds (Series 2009), 6.375% (United States Treasury PRF 11/15/2019@100)/(Original Issue Yield: 6.50%), 11/15/2044 | 1,041,120 | |
1,500,000 | Tarrant County, TX Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp. (Buckner Senior Living-Ventana Project), Tax-Exempt Mandatory Paydown Securities 80 (Series 2017B-1), 5.625%, 11/15/2024 | 1,516,965 | |
400,000 | Tarrant County, TX Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp. (Buckingham Senior Living Community), Retirement Facilities Revenue Bonds (Series 2015A Fixed Rate Bonds), 5.500%, 11/15/2045 | 316,000 | |
1,500,000 | Texas Municipal Gas Acquisition & Supply Corp. I, Gas Supply Revenue Bonds (Series 2008D), 6.250%, (Bank of America Corp. GTD), 12/15/2026 | 1,724,340 | |
700,000 | Texas State Department of Housing & Community Affairs, Residential Mortgage Revenue Bonds (Series 2009A), 5.300% (GNMA COL), 7/1/2034 | 700,798 | |
315,000 | Travis County, TX Health Facilities Development Corp. (Longhorn Village), First Mortgage Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2012A), 7.000% (United States Treasury PRF 1/1/2021@100), 1/1/2032 | 345,634 | |
3,000,000 | University of Texas System (The Board of Regents of), Revenue Financing System Bonds (Series 2017B), 4.000%, 8/15/2044 | 3,035,700 | |
TOTAL | 29,983,874 | ||
Washington—1.4% | |||
460,000 | Tobacco Settlement Authority, WA, Tobacco Settlement Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2013), 5.250%, 6/1/2031 | 475,534 |
Principal Amount | Value | ||
MUNICIPAL BONDS—continued | |||
Washington—continued | |||
$675,000 | 1 | Washington State Housing Finance Commission (Heron's Key Senior Living), Nonprofit Housing Revenue Bonds (Series 2015A), 6.000%, 7/1/2025 | $717,059 |
500,000 | 1 | Washington State Housing Finance Commission (Presbyterian Retirement Communities Northwest), Revenue Bonds (Series 2016), 5.000%, 1/1/2031 | 530,300 |
2,000,000 | Washington State, UT GO Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax Bonds (Series 2019B), 5.000%, 6/1/2039 | 2,274,280 | |
TOTAL | 3,997,173 | ||
Wisconsin—1.4% | |||
725,000 | 1 | Public Finance Authority, WI Revenue (Maryland Proton Treatment Center), Senior Revenue Bonds (Series 2018A-1), 6.375% (Original Issue Yield: 6.47%), 1/1/2048 | 735,527 |
1,050,000 | Wisconsin Health & Educational Facilities Authority (Hospital Sisters Services, Inc.), Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2014A), 5.000%, 11/15/2029 | 1,162,749 | |
2,000,000 | Wisconsin State General Fund Appropriation (Wisconsin State), Revenue Bonds (Series 2009A), 6.000% (United States Treasury PRF 5/1/2019@100)/(Original Issue Yield: 6.10%), 5/1/2036 | 2,034,220 | |
TOTAL | 3,932,496 | ||
TOTAL MUNICIPAL BONDS (IDENTIFIED COST $266,972,043) | 273,813,294 | ||
5 | SHORT-TERM MUNICIPALS—2.0% | ||
New York—1.7% | |||
800,000 | New York City, NY Municipal Water Finance Authority, (Series A-1) Daily VRDNs (Mizuho Bank Ltd. LOC), 1.750%, 12/3/2018 | 800,000 | |
2,800,000 | New York City, NY Municipal Water Finance Authority, Second General Resolution (Fiscal 2009 Series BB-1) Daily VRDNs (Landesbank Hessen-Thuringen LIQ), 1.750%, 12/3/2018 | 2,800,000 | |
500,000 | New York City, NY Municipal Water Finance Authority, Second General Resolution (Fiscal 2011 Series FF-2) Daily VRDNs, (Landesbank Hessen-Thuringen LIQ), 1.770%, 12/3/2018 | 500,000 | |
300,000 | New York City, NY TFA, (Fiscal 2019 Subseries B-4) Daily VRDNs (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. LIQ), 1.760%, 12/3/2018 | 300,000 | |
300,000 | New York State HFA, (2013 Series A) Daily VRDNs (160 Madison Avenue), (Landesbank Hessen-Thuringen LOC), 1.770%, 12/3/2018 | 300,000 | |
TOTAL | 4,700,000 | ||
Ohio—0.2% | |||
600,000 | Allen County, OH, (Series 2010C) Daily VRDNs (Mercy Health), (MUFG Union Bank, N.A. LOC), 1.710%, 12/3/2018 | 600,000 |
Principal Amount | Value | ||
5 | SHORT-TERM MUNICIPALS—continued | ||
Texas—0.1% | |||
$300,000 | Harris County, TX Education Facilities Finance Corp. (Series 2008C-1), Daily VRDNs (Methodist Hospital, Harris County, TX), 1.790%, 12/3/2018 | $300,000 | |
TOTAL SHORT-TERM MUNICIPALS (IDENTIFIED COST $5,600,000) | 5,600,000 | ||
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES—100.0% (IDENTIFIED COST $272,572,043)6 | 279,413,294 | ||
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES—NET7 | (131,711) | ||
LIQUIDATION VALUE OF VARIABLE RATE MUNICIPAL TERM PREFERRED SHARES | (81,700,000) | ||
LIQUIDATION VALUE OF AUCTION MARKET PREFERRED SHARES | (33,050,000) | ||
TOTAL NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON SHAREHOLDERS | $164,531,583 |
1 | Denotes a restricted security that either: (a) cannot be offered for public sale without first being registered, or availing of an exemption from registration, under the Securities Act of 1933; or (b) is subject to a contractual restriction on public sales. At November 30, 2018, these restricted securities amounted to $10,520,416, which represented 6.4% of total net assets. |
2 | Security in default. |
3 | Non-income-producing security. |
4 | Principal amount and interest were not paid upon final maturity. |
5 | Current rate and current maturity or next reset date shown for floating rate notes and variable rate notes/demand instruments. Certain variable rate securities are not based on a published reference rate and spread but are determined by the issuer or agent and are based on current market conditions. These securities do not indicate a reference rate and spread in their description above. |
6 | The cost of investments for federal tax purposes amounts to $272,165,375. |
7 | Assets, other than investments in securities, less liabilities. See Statement of Assets and Liabilities. |
AGM | —Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp. |
CDA | —Community Development Authority |
COL | —Collateralized |
EDA | —Economic Development Authority |
EDC | —Economic Development Corporation |
EDFA | —Economic Development Finance Authority |
GNMA | —Government National Mortgage Association |
GO | —General Obligation |
GTD | —Guaranteed |
HEFA | —Health and Education Facilities Authority |
HFA | —Housing Finance Authority |
HFDC | —Health Facility Development Corporation |
IDA | —Industrial Development Authority |
IDB | —Industrial Development Bond |
INS | —Insured |
LIQ | —Liquidity Agreement |
LO | —Limited Obligation |
LOC | —Letter of Credit |
LT | —Limited Tax |
PCRBs | —Pollution Control Revenue Bonds |
PILOT | —Payment in Lieu of Taxes |
PRF | —Pre-refunded |
PSFG | —Public School Fund Guarantee |
SO | —Special Obligation |
TELA | —Toll Equity Loan Agreement |
TFA | —Transitional Finance Authority |
TOBs | —Tender Option Bonds |
UT | —Unlimited Tax |
VRDNs | —Variable Rate Demand Notes |
Year Ended November 30, | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | $15.04 | $14.55 | $15.26 | $15.37 | $13.95 |
Income From Investment Operations: | |||||
Net investment income | 0.74 | 0.791 | 0.811 | 0.871 | 0.891 |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | (0.73) | 0.43 | (0.66) | (0.10) | 1.43 |
Distributions to auction market preferred shareholders from net investment income2 | (0.05) | (0.00)3 | (0.00)3 | (0.00)3 | (0.00)3 |
TOTAL FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS | (0.04) | 1.22 | 0.15 | 0.77 | 2.32 |
Less Distributions to Common Shareholders: | |||||
Distributions from net investment income | (0.69) | (0.73) | (0.86) | (0.88) | (0.90) |
Net Asset Value, End of Period | $14.31 | $15.04 | $14.55 | $15.26 | $15.37 |
Market Price, End of Period | $12.40 | $14.11 | $14.07 | $14.85 | $14.47 |
Total Return at Net Asset Value4 | (0.28)% | 8.54% | 0.73% | 5.17% | 17.09% |
Total Return at Market Price5 | (7.44)% | 5.51% | 0.17% | 8.98% | 23.38% |
Ratios to Average Net Assets: | |||||
Net expenses | 2.54% | 1.91% | 1.59% | 1.44% | 1.43% |
Net expenses excluding all interest and trust expenses6 | 0.99%7 | 0.99% | 0.99% | 0.99% | 0.99% |
Net investment income8 | 5.06% | 5.27% | 5.45% | 5.71% | 6.02% |
Expense waiver/reimbursement9 | 0.25% | 0.30% | 0.29% | 0.31% | 0.36% |
Supplemental Data: | |||||
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted) | $164,532 | $172,968 | $90,046 | $94,408 | $95,072 |
Portfolio turnover | 30% | 12% | 11% | 15% | 19% |
Total Amount Outstanding | Asset Coverage Per Share | Minimum Required Asset Coverage Per Share | Involuntary Liquidating Preference Per Share | Average Market Value Per Share10 | |
11/30/2018 | $114,750,000 | $60,846 | $50,078 | $25,039 | $25,000 |
11/30/2017 | $114,750,000 | $62,691 | $50,025 | $25,012 | $25,000 |
11/30/2016 | $53,675,000 | $66,940 | $50,043 | $25,022 | $25,000 |
11/30/2015 | $53,675,000 | $68,972 | $50,028 | $25,014 | $25,000 |
11/30/2014 | $53,675,000 | $69,281 | $50,029 | $25,014 | $25,000 |
1 | Per share numbers have been calculated using the average shares method. |
2 | The amounts shown are based on Common Share equivalents. |
3 | Represents less than $0.01. |
4 | Total Return at Net Asset Value is the combination of changes in the Common Share net asset value, reinvested dividend income and reinvested capital gains distributions at net asset value, if any, and does not reflect the sales charge, if applicable. |
5 | Total Return at Market Price is the combination of changes in the market price per share and the effect of reinvested dividend income and reinvested capital gains distributions, if any, at the average price paid per share at the time of the reinvestment. |
6 | Ratios do not reflect the effect of interest expense on variable rate municipal term preferred shares, dividend payments to preferred shareholders and any associated commission costs, or interest and trust expenses on tender option bond trusts. |
7 | The net expense ratio is calculated without reduction for expense offset arrangements. The net expense ratio is 0.99% for the year ended November 30, 2018 after taking into account this expense reduction. |
8 | Ratios reflect reductions for dividend payments to preferred shareholders. |
9 | This expense decrease is reflected in both the net expense and net investment income ratios shown above. |
10 | Represents initial public offering price. |
Assets: | ||
Investment in securities, at value (identified cost $272,572,043) | $279,413,294 | |
Cash | 127,453 | |
Income receivable | 3,883,301 | |
Receivable for investments sold | 155,110 | |
TOTAL ASSETS | 283,579,158 | |
Liabilities: | ||
Payable for investments purchased | $3,379,457 | |
Income distribution payable—Common Shares | 620,826 | |
Interest payable—VMTPS | 177,815 | |
Income distribution payable—AMPS | 2,266 | |
Payable for investment adviser fee (Note 5) | 2,617 | |
Payable for administrative fee (Note 5) | 360 | |
Accrued expenses (Note 5) | 114,234 | |
TOTAL ACCRUED LIABILITIES | 4,297,575 | |
Other Liabilities: | ||
Variable Rate Municipal Term Preferred Shares (VMTPS) (3,268 shares authorized and issued at $25,000 per share) | 81,700,000 | |
TOTAL LIABILITIES | 85,997,575 | |
Auction Market Preferred Shares (AMPS) (1,322 shares authorized and issued at $25,000 per share) | 33,050,000 | |
Net assets applicable to Common Shares | $164,531,583 | |
Net Assets Applicable to Common Shares Consists of: | ||
Paid-in capital | $158,987,927 | |
Total distributable earnings | 5,543,656 | |
TOTAL NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON SHARES | $164,531,583 | |
Net Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Proceeds Per Share: | ||
$164,531,583 ÷ 11,496,776 shares outstanding, ($0.01 par value, unlimited shares authorized) | $14.31 |
Investment Income: | |||
Interest | $12,201,495 | ||
Expenses: | |||
Investment adviser fee (Note 5) | $1,559,859 | ||
Administrative fee (Note 5) | 135,674 | ||
Custodian fees | 8,771 | ||
Transfer agent fees | 50,385 | ||
Directors'/Trustees' fees (Note 5) | 8,949 | ||
Auditing fees | 45,600 | ||
Legal fees | 12,329 | ||
Portfolio accounting fees | 111,658 | ||
Printing and postage | 40,913 | ||
Auction agent fees | 9,501 | ||
Trailer commission fees (Note 7) | 16,868 | ||
Interest expense—VMTPS (Note 7) | 1,939,245 | ||
Miscellaneous (Note 5) | 125,445 | ||
TOTAL EXPENSES | 4,065,197 | ||
Waiver and Reduction: | |||
Waiver of investment adviser fee (Note 5) | $(424,638) | ||
Reduction of custodian fees (Note 6) | (433) | ||
TOTAL WAIVER AND REDUCTION | (425,071) | ||
Net expenses | 3,640,126 | ||
Net investment income | 8,561,369 | ||
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments: | |||
Net realized gain on investments | 527,387 | ||
Net realized loss on futures contracts | (50,846) | ||
Net change in unrealized appreciation of investments | (8,880,965) | ||
Net realized and unrealized loss on investments | (8,404,424) | ||
Income distributions declared to AMPS | (660,559) | ||
Change in net assets resulting from operations applicable to Common Shares | $(503,614) |
Year Ended November 30 | 2018 | 2017 |
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets | ||
Operations: | ||
Net investment income | $8,561,369 | $5,015,556 |
Net realized gain (loss) | 476,541 | (131,619) |
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation | (8,880,965) | 2,212,011 |
Distributions from net investment income—AMPS | (660,559) | (201,430) |
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS | (503,614) | 6,894,518 |
Distributions to Common Shareholders (Note 2): | ||
Distributions to Common shareholders | (7,932,775) | (4,530,991) |
Share Transactions Applicable to Common Shares: | ||
Proceeds from shares issued in connection with the tax-free transfer of assets from Federated Premier Intermediate Municipal Income Fund | — | 80,558,473 |
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM SHARE TRANSACTIONS | — | 80,558,473 |
Change in net assets | (8,436,389) | 82,922,000 |
Net Assets: | ||
Beginning of period | 172,967,972 | 90,045,972 |
End of period | $164,531,583 | $172,967,972 |
Operating Activities: | |
Change in net assets resulting from operations | $(503,614) |
Adjustments to Reconcile Change in Net Assets Resulting From Operations to Net Cash Provided By Operating Activities: | |
Purchase of investment securities | (83,015,384) |
Proceeds from sale of investment securities | 82,686,944 |
Net purchases of short-term investment securities | (4,200,000) |
Decrease in income receivable | 164,043 |
Increase in receivable for investments sold | (43,889) |
Increase in payable for investments purchased | 2,880,754 |
Increase in interest payable—VMTPS | 129,668 |
Decrease in payable for investment adviser fee | (460) |
Decrease in payable for administrative fee | (19) |
Increase in accrued expenses | 20,526 |
Net amortization of premium | 1,358,411 |
Net derivative activity on futures contracts | (50,846) |
Net realized gain on investments | (476,541) |
Net change in unrealized appreciation of investments | 8,880,965 |
NET CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES | 7,830,558 |
Financing Activities: | |
Income distributions to participants | (7,731,297) |
NET CASH USED IN FINANCING ACTIVITIES | (7,731,297) |
Net increase in cash | 99,261 |
Cash: | |
Beginning of period | 28,192 |
End of period | $127,453 |
Common Shares of the Fund Issued | FPT Net Assets Received | Unrealized Appreciation | Net Assets of the Fund Immediately Prior to Combination | Net Assets of the Fund Immediately After Combination |
5,306,897 | $80,558,473 | $7,907,934 | $93,945,238 | $174,503,711 |
Net investment income* | $8,015,428 |
Net realized and unrealized gain on investments | $6,718,993 |
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | $14,734,421 |
* | Net investment income reflects no change in pro forma net expenses. |
■ | Fixed-income securities are fair valued using price evaluations provided by a pricing service approved by the Fund's Board of Trustees (the “Trustees”). |
■ | Shares of other mutual funds or non-exchange-traded investment companies are valued based upon their reported NAVs. |
■ | Derivative contracts listed on exchanges are valued at their reported settlement or closing price, except that options are valued at the mean of closing bid and asked quotations. |
■ | Over-the-counter (OTC) derivative contracts are fair valued using price evaluations provided by a pricing service approved by the Trustees. |
■ | For securities that are fair valued in accordance with procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Trustees, certain factors may be considered such as: the last traded or purchase price of the security, information obtained by contacting the issuer or dealers, analysis of the issuer's financial statements or other available documents, fundamental analytical data, the nature and duration of restrictions on disposition, the movement of the market in which the security is normally traded, public trading in similar securities or derivative contracts of the issuer or comparable issuers, movement of a relevant index, or other factors including but not limited to industry changes and relevant government actions. |
Security | Acquisition Date | Cost | Market Value |
California School Finance Authority (KIPP LA), School Facility Revenue Bonds (Series 2014A), 5.000%, 7/1/2034 | 6/13/2014 | $603,623 | $636,780 |
California School Finance Authority (KIPP LA), School Facility Revenue Bonds (Series 2014A), 5.125%, 7/1/2044 | 7/10/2014 | $251,502 | $262,903 |
California School Finance Authority (KIPP LA), School Facility Revenue Bonds (Series 2015A), 5.000%, 7/1/2035 | 8/27/2015 | $1,042,635 | $1,068,010 |
California Statewide CDA (899 Charleston LLC), Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2014A), 5.000%, 11/1/2034 | 11/13/2014 | $1,002,518 | $1,029,830 |
California Statewide CDA (899 Charleston LLC), Revenue Refunding Bonds (Series 2014A), 5.250%, 11/1/2044 | 11/13/2014 | $375,936 | $388,451 |
Collier County, FL IDA (Arlington of Naples), Continuing Care Community Revenue Bonds (Series 2013A), 8.125% (Original Issue Yield: 8.25%), 5/15/2044 | 8/11/2017 | $876,064 | $768,832 |
Colorado Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority (University Lab School), Charter School Refunding & Improvement Revenue Bonds (Series 2015), 5.000%, 12/15/2035 | 3/13/2015 | $505,885 | $516,745 |
Kansas City, MO Redevelopment Authority (Kansas City Convention Center Headquarters Hotel CID), Revenue Bonds (Series 2018B), 5.000%, 2/1/2040 | 1/10/2018 | $752,794 | $759,600 |
Security | Acquisition Date | Cost | Market Value |
Kansas City, MO Redevelopment Authority (Kansas City Convention Center Headquarters Hotel CID), Revenue Bonds (Series 2018B), 5.000% (Original Issue Yield: 5.079%), 2/1/2050 | 5/15/2018 | $566,264 | $545,644 |
Maricopa County, AZ, IDA (Paradise Schools), Revenue Refunding Bonds, 5.000%, 7/1/2036 | 10/6/2016 | $354,016 | $341,760 |
New Hampshire HEFA (Hillside Village), Revenue Bonds (Series 2017A), 6.125%, 7/1/2037 | 6/8/2017 | $500,000 | $519,380 |
New York Liberty Development Corp., (3 World Trade Center), Revenue Bonds (Series 2014 Class 1), 5.000%, 11/15/2044 | 10/29/2014 | $1,000,000 | $1,020,580 |
Public Finance Authority, WI Revenue (Maryland Proton Treatment Center), Senior Revenue Bonds (Series 2018A-1), 6.375% (Original Issue Yield: 6.47%), 1/1/2048 | 8/16/2018 | $721,515 | $735,527 |
Verrado Community Facilities District No. 1, AZ, District GO Refunding Bonds (Series 2013A), 6.000%, 7/15/2027 | 7/3/2013 | $654,210 | $679,015 |
Washington State Housing Finance Commission (Heron's Key Senior Living), Nonprofit Housing Revenue Bonds (Series 2015A), 6.000%, 7/1/2025 | 7/22/2015 | $678,605 | $717,059 |
Washington State Housing Finance Commission (Presbyterian Retirement Communities Northwest), Revenue Bonds (Series 2016), 5.000%, 1/1/2031 | 12/14/2016 | $503,295 | $530,300 |
Year Ended November 30 | 2018 | 2017 |
Shares issued in connection with the tax-free transfer of assets from Federated Premier Intermediate Municipal Income Fund | — | 5,306,897 |
NET CHANGE RESULTING FROM FUND SHARE TRANSACTIONS | — | 5,306,897 |
Increase (Decrease) | |
Paid-In Capital | Total Distributable Earnings (Loss) |
$(84,608) | $84,608 |
2018 | 2017 | |
Tax-exempt income | $10,532,579 | $5,395,773 |
Undistributed tax-exempt income | $47,124 |
Net unrealized appreciation | $7,247,919 |
Capital loss carryforward | $(1,751,387) |
Expiration Year | Short-Term | Long-Term | Total |
No expiration | $974,192 | $255,047 | $1,229,239 |
2019 | $522,148 | NA | $522,148 |
Administrative Fee | Average Daily Net Assets of the Investment Complex |
0.100% | on assets up to $50 billion |
0.075% | on assets over $50 billion |
Administrative Fee | Average Daily Net Assets of the Investment Complex |
0.150% | on the first $5 billion |
0.125% | on the next $5 billion |
0.100% | on the next $10 billion |
0.075% | on assets in excess of $20 billion |
Purchases | $83,015,384 |
Sales | $82,686,959 |
For | Withheld Authority to Vote |
10,518,515 | 250,864 |
For | Withheld Authority to Vote |
10,563,022 | 206,357 |
For | Withheld Authority to Vote |
10,548,074 | 221,305 |
For | Withheld Authority to Vote |
3,407 | 0 |
For | Withheld Authority to Vote |
3,406 | 0 |
Name Birth Date Positions Held with Funds Date Service Began | Principal Occupation(s) for Past Five Years, Other Directorships Held and Previous Position(s) | Year of Term Expiration |
J. Christopher Donahue*+ Birth Date: April 11, 1949 PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEE Began serving: December 2002 | Principal Occupations: Principal Executive Officer and President of certain of the Funds in the Federated Fund Family; Director or Trustee of the Funds in the Federated Fund Family; President, Chief Executive
Officer and Director, Federated Investors, Inc.; Chairman and Trustee, Federated Investment Management Company; Trustee, Federated Investment Counseling; Chairman and Director, Federated Global Investment Management
Corp.; Chairman and Trustee, Federated Equity Management Company of Pennsylvania; Trustee, Federated Shareholder Services Company; Director, Federated Services Company. Previous Positions: President, Federated Investment Counseling; President and Chief Executive Officer, Federated Investment Management Company, Federated Global Investment Management Corp. and Passport Research, Ltd.; Chairman, Passport Research, Ltd. | 2020 |
Name Birth Date Positions Held with Funds Date Service Began | Principal Occupation(s) for Past Five Years, Other Directorships Held and Previous Position(s) | Year of Term Expiration |
John B. Fisher* Birth Date: May 16, 1956 TRUSTEE Began serving: May 2016 | Principal Occupations: Principal Executive Officer and President of certain of the Funds in the Federated Fund Family; Director or Trustee of certain of the Funds in the Federated Fund Family; Vice President,
Federated Investors, Inc.; President, Director/Trustee and CEO, Federated Advisory Services Company, Federated Equity Management Company of Pennsylvania, Federated Global Investment Management Corp., Federated
Investment Counseling, Federated Investment Management Company; President of some of the Funds in the Federated Fund Complex and Director, Federated Investors Trust Company. Previous Positions: President and Director of the Institutional Sales Division of Federated Securities Corp.; President and Director of Federated Investment Counseling; President and CEO of Passport Research, Ltd.; Director, Edgewood Securities Corp.; Director, Federated Services Company; Director, Federated Investors, Inc.; Chairman and Director, Southpointe Distribution Services, Inc. and President, Technology, Federated Services Company. | 2021 |
* | Reasons for “interested” status: J. Christopher Donahue and John B. Fisher are “interested” due to their beneficial ownership of shares of Federated Investors, Inc. and due to positions they hold with Federated and its subsidiaries. |
Name Birth Date Address Positions Held with Funds Date Service Began | Principal Occupation(s) for Past Five Years, Other Directorships Held, Previous Position(s) and Qualifications | Year of Term Expiration |
John T. Collins+**++ Birth Date: January 24, 1947 TRUSTEE Began serving: January 2014 | Principal Occupations: Director or Trustee of the Federated Fund Family; formerly, Chairman and CEO, The Collins Group, Inc. (a private equity firm) (Retired). Other Directorships Held: Director, Chairman of the Compensation Committee, KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. (oilfield services); former Director of KLX Corp. (aerospace). Qualifications: Mr. Collins has served in several business and financial management roles and directorship positions throughout his career. Mr. Collins previously served as Chairman and CEO of The Collins Group, Inc. (a private equity firm) and as a Director of KLX Corp. Mr. Collins serves as Chairman Emeriti, Bentley University. Mr. Collins previously served as Director and Audit Committee Member, Bank of America Corp.; Director, FleetBoston Financial Corp.; and Director, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Harvard University Affiliate Hospital). | 2019 |
Name Birth Date Address Positions Held with Funds Date Service Began | Principal Occupation(s) for Past Five Years, Other Directorships Held, Previous Position(s) and Qualifications | Year of Term Expiration |
G. Thomas Hough**++ Birth Date: February 28, 1955 TRUSTEE Began serving: January 2016 | Principal Occupations: Director or Trustee of the Federated Fund Family; formerly, Vice Chair, Ernst & Young LLP (public accounting firm) (Retired). Other Directorships Held: Director, Member of Governance and Compensation Committees, Publix Super Markets, Inc.; Director, Chair of the Audit Committee, Equifax, Inc.; Director, Member of the Audit Committee, Haverty Furniture Companies, Inc. Qualifications: Mr. Hough has served in accounting, business management and directorship positions throughout his career. Mr. Hough most recently held the position of Americas Vice Chair of Assurance with Ernst & Young LLP (public accounting firm). Mr. Hough serves on the President's Cabinet and Business School Board of Visitors for the University of Alabama and is on the Business School Board of Visitors for Wake Forest University. Mr. Hough previously served as an Executive Committee member of the United States Golf Association. | 2021 |
Maureen Lally-Green**++ Birth Date: July 5, 1949 TRUSTEE Began serving: August 2009 | Principal Occupations: Director or Trustee of the Federated Fund Family; Dean of the Duquesne University School of Law; Professor and Adjunct Professor of Law, Duquesne University School of Law; formerly,
Interim Dean of the Duquesne University School of Law; formerly, Associate General Secretary and Director, Office of Church Relations, Diocese of Pittsburgh. Other Directorships Held: Director, CNX Resources Corporation (formerly known as CONSOL Energy Inc.). Qualifications: Judge Lally-Green has served in various legal and business roles and directorship positions throughout her career and currently serves as the Dean of the School of Law of Duquesne University. Judge Lally-Green previously served as a member of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania and as a Professor of Law, Duquesne University School of Law. Judge Lally-Green also currently holds the positions on not for profit or for profit boards of directors as follows: Director and Chair, UPMC Mercy Hospital; Director and Vice Chair, Our Campaign for the Church Alive!, Inc.; Regent, Saint Vincent Seminary; Member, Pennsylvania State Board of Education (public); and Director, CNX Resources Corporation (formerly known as CONSOL Energy Inc.). Judge Lally-Green has held the positions of: Director, Auberle; Director, Epilepsy Foundation of Western and Central Pennsylvania; Director, Ireland Institute of Pittsburgh; Director, Saint Thomas More Society; Director and Chair, Catholic High Schools of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, Inc.; Director, Pennsylvania Bar Institute; Director, St. Vincent College; and Director and Chair, North Catholic High School, Inc. | 2019 |
Name Birth Date Address Positions Held with Funds Date Service Began | Principal Occupation(s) for Past Five Years, Other Directorships Held, Previous Position(s) and Qualifications | Year of Term Expiration |
Charles F. Mansfield, Jr.++ Birth Date: April 10, 1945 TRUSTEE Began serving: December 2002 | Principal Occupations: Director or Trustee of the Federated Fund Family; Management Consultant and Author. Other Directorships Held: None. Qualifications: Mr. Mansfield has served as a Marine Corps officer and in several banking, business management, educational roles and directorship positions throughout his long career. He remains active as a Management Consultant and Author. | 2021 |
Thomas M. O'Neill++** Birth Date: June 14, 1951 TRUSTEE Began serving: August 2006 | Principal Occupations: Director or Trustee, Chair of the Audit Committee of the Federated Fund Family; Sole Proprietor, Navigator Management Company (investment and strategic consulting). Other Directorships Held: None. Qualifications: Mr. O'Neill has served in several business, mutual fund and financial management roles and directorship positions throughout his career. Mr. O'Neill serves as Director, Medicines for Humanity and Director, The Golisano Children's Museum of Naples, Florida. Mr. O'Neill previously served as Chief Executive Officer and President, Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer, Fleet Investment Advisors; President and Chief Executive Officer, Aeltus Investment Management, Inc.; General Partner, Hellman, Jordan Management Co., Boston, MA; Chief Investment Officer, The Putnam Companies, Boston, MA; Credit Analyst and Lending Officer, Fleet Bank; Director and Consultant, EZE Castle Software (investment order management software); and Director, Midway Pacific (lumber). | 2019 |
P. Jerome Richey++ Birth Date: February 23, 1949 TRUSTEE Began serving: January 2014 | Principal Occupations: Director or Trustee of the Federated Fund Family; Management Consultant; Retired; formerly, Senior Vice Chancellor and Chief Legal Officer, University of Pittsburgh and Executive Vice
President and Chief Legal Officer, CNX Resources Corporation (formerly known as CONSOL Energy Inc.). Other Directorships Held: None. Qualifications: Mr. Richey has served in several business and legal management roles and directorship positions throughout his career. Mr. Richey most recently held the positions of Senior Vice Chancellor and Chief Legal Officer, University of Pittsburgh. Mr. Richey previously served as Chairman of the Board, Epilepsy Foundation of Western Pennsylvania and Chairman of the Board, World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh. Mr. Richey previously served as Chief Legal Officer and Executive Vice President, CNX Resources Corporation (formerly known as CONSOL Energy Inc.); and Board Member, Ethics Counsel and Shareholder, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC (a law firm). | 2020 |
Name Birth Date Address Positions Held with Funds Date Service Began | Principal Occupation(s) for Past Five Years, Other Directorships Held, Previous Position(s) and Qualifications | Year of Term Expiration |
John S. Walsh+ ++ Birth Date: November 28, 1957 TRUSTEE Began serving: December 2002 | Principal Occupations: Director or Trustee, and Chair of the Board of Directors or Trustees, of the Federated Fund Family; President and Director, Heat Wagon, Inc. (manufacturer of construction temporary
heaters); President and Director, Manufacturers Products, Inc. (distributor of portable construction heaters); President, Portable Heater Parts, a division of Manufacturers Products, Inc. Other Directorships Held: None. Qualifications: Mr. Walsh has served in several business management roles and directorship positions throughout his career. Mr. Walsh previously served as Vice President, Walsh & Kelly, Inc. (paving contractors). | 2019 |
+ | Member of Executive Committee |
** | Member of Audit Committee |
++ | Member of Nominating Committee |
Name Birth Date Positions Held with Funds Date Service Began | Principal Occupation(s) for Past Five Years and Previous Position(s) |
Lori A. Hensler Birth Date: January 6, 1967 TREASURER Officer since: April 2013 | Principal Occupations: Principal Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Federated Fund Family; Senior Vice President, Federated Administrative Services; Financial and Operations Principal for Federated
Securities Corp. and Edgewood Services, Inc.; and Assistant Treasurer, Federated Investors Trust Company. Ms. Hensler has received the Certified Public Accountant designation. Previous Positions: Controller of Federated Investors, Inc.; Senior Vice President and Assistant Treasurer, Federated Investors Management Company; Treasurer, Federated Investors Trust Company; Assistant Treasurer, Federated Administrative Services, Federated Administrative Services, Inc., Federated Securities Corp., Edgewood Services, Inc., Federated Advisory Services Company, Federated Equity Management Company of Pennsylvania, Federated Global Investment Management Corp., Federated Investment Counseling, Federated Investment Management Company, Passport Research, Ltd., and Federated MDTA, LLC; Financial and Operations Principal for Federated Securities Corp., Edgewood Services, Inc. and Southpointe Distribution Services, Inc. |
Name Birth Date Positions Held with Funds Date Service Began | Principal Occupation(s) for Past Five Years and Previous Position(s) |
Peter J. Germain Birth Date: September 3, 1959 CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER, SECRETARY and EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Officer since: January 2005 | Principal Occupations: Mr. Germain is Chief Legal Officer, Secretary and Executive Vice President of the Federated Fund Family. He is General Counsel, Chief Legal Officer, Secretary and Executive Vice
President, Federated Investors, Inc.; Trustee and Senior Vice President, Federated Investors Management Company; Trustee and President, Federated Administrative Services; Director and President, Federated
Administrative Services, Inc.; Director and Vice President, Federated Securities Corp.; Director and Secretary, Federated Private Asset Management, Inc.; Secretary, Federated Shareholder Services Company; and
Secretary, Retirement Plan Service Company of America. Mr. Germain joined Federated in 1984 and is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association. Previous Positions: Deputy General Counsel, Special Counsel, Managing Director of Mutual Fund Services, Federated Investors, Inc.; Senior Vice President, Federated Services Company; and Senior Corporate Counsel, Federated Investors, Inc. |
Stephen Van Meter Birth Date: June 5, 1975 CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER AND SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT Officer since: July 2015 | Principal Occupations: Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of the Federated Fund Family; Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of Federated Investors, Inc. and Chief Compliance Officer of
certain of its subsidiaries. Mr. Van Meter joined Federated in October 2011. He holds FINRA licenses under Series 3, 7, 24 and 66. Previous Positions: Mr. Van Meter previously held the position of Compliance Operating Officer, Federated Investors, Inc. Prior to joining Federated, Mr. Van Meter served at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission in the positions of Senior Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, Division of Investment Management and Senior Counsel, Division of Enforcement. |
Robert J. Ostrowski Birth Date: April 26, 1963 SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER Officer since: February 2010 | Principal Occupations: Robert J. Ostrowski joined Federated in 1987 as an Investment Analyst and became a Portfolio Manager in 1990. He was named Chief Investment Officer of Federated's taxable fixed-income products in 2004 and also serves as a Senior Portfolio Manager. Mr. Ostrowski became an Executive Vice President of the Fund's Adviser in 2009 and served as a Senior Vice President of the Fund's Adviser from 1997 to 2009. Mr. Ostrowski has received the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. He received his M.S. in Industrial Administration from Carnegie Mellon University. |
Item 2. | Code of Ethics |
(a) As of the end of the period covered by this report, the registrant has adopted a code of ethics (the "Section 406 Standards for Investment Companies - Ethical Standards for Principal Executive and Financial Officers") that applies to the registrant's Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer; the registrant's Principal Financial Officer also serves as the Principal Accounting Officer.
(c),(d) There were no amendments to or waivers from the Section 406 Standards for Investment Companies – Ethical Standards for Principal Executive and Financial Officers during the period covered by this report.
(f)(3) The registrant hereby undertakes to provide any person, without charge, upon request, a copy of the code of ethics. To request a copy of the code of ethics, contact the registrant at 1-800-341-7400, and ask for a copy of the Section 406 Standards for Investment Companies - Ethical Standards for Principal Executive and Financial Officers.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert
The registrant's Board has determined that each of the following members of the Board's Audit Committee is an “audit committee financial expert,” and is "independent," for purposes of this Item: John T. Collins, G. Thomas Hough and Thomas M. O’Neill.
Item 4. | Principal Accountant Fees and Services |
(a) Audit Fees billed to the registrant for the two most recent fiscal years:
Fiscal year ended 2018 - $45,040
Fiscal year ended 2017 - $39,230
(b) Audit-Related Fees billed to the registrant for the two most recent fiscal years:
Fiscal year ended 2018 - $0
Fiscal year ended 2017 - $0
Amount requiring approval of the registrant’s audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X, $0 and $2,235 respectively. Fiscal year ended 2017- Audit consent fees for N-14 merger documents.
(c) Tax Fees billed to the registrant for the two most recent fiscal years:
Fiscal year ended 2018 - $0
Fiscal year ended 2017 - $0
Amount requiring approval of the registrant’s audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X, $0 and $0 respectively.
(d) All Other Fees billed to the registrant for the two most recent fiscal years:
Fiscal year ended 2018 - $0
Fiscal year ended 2017 - $0
Amount requiring approval of the registrant’s audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X, $0 and $0 respectively.
(e)(1) Audit Committee Policies regarding Pre-approval of Services.
The Audit Committee is required to pre-approve audit and non-audit services performed by the independent auditor in order to assure that the provision of such services do not impair the auditor’s independence. Unless a type of service to be provided by the independent auditor has received general pre-approval, it will require specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee. Any proposed services exceeding pre-approved cost levels will require specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee.
Certain services have the general pre-approval of the Audit Committee. The term of the general pre-approval is 12 months from the date of pre-approval, unless the Audit Committee specifically provides for a different period. The Audit Committee will annually review the services that may be provided by the independent auditor without obtaining specific pre-approval from the Audit Committee and may grant general pre-approval for such services. The Audit Committee will revise the list of general pre-approved services from time to time, based on subsequent determinations. The Audit Committee will not delegate its responsibilities to pre-approve services performed by the independent auditor to management.
The Audit Committee has delegated pre-approval authority to its Chairman. The Chairman will report any pre-approval decisions to the Audit Committee at its next scheduled meeting. The Committee will designate another member with such pre-approval authority when the Chairman is unavailable.
AUDIT SERVICES
The annual Audit services engagement terms and fees will be subject to the specific pre-approval of the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee must approve any changes in terms, conditions and fees resulting from changes in audit scope, registered investment company (RIC) structure or other matters.
In addition to the annual Audit services engagement specifically approved by the Audit Committee, the Audit Committee may grant general pre-approval for other Audit Services, which are those services that only the independent auditor reasonably can provide. The Audit Committee has pre-approved certain Audit services, all other Audit services must be specifically pre-approved by the Audit Committee.
AUDIT-RELATED SERVICES
Audit-related services are assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the Company’s financial statements or that are traditionally performed by the independent auditor. The Audit Committee believes that the provision of Audit-related services does not impair the independence of the auditor, and has pre-approved certain Audit-related services, all other Audit-related services must be specifically pre-approved by the Audit Committee.
TAX SERVICES
The Audit Committee believes that the independent auditor can provide Tax services to the Company such as tax compliance, tax planning and tax advice without impairing the auditor’s independence. However, the Audit Committee will not permit the retention of the independent auditor in connection with a transaction initially recommended by the independent auditor, the purpose of which may be tax avoidance and the tax treatment of which may not be supported in the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations. The Audit Committee has pre-approved certain Tax services, all Tax services involving large and complex transactions must be specifically pre-approved by the Audit Committee.
ALL OTHER SERVICES
With respect to the provision of services other than audit, review or attest services the pre-approval requirement is waived if:
(1) | The aggregate amount of all such services provided constitutes no more than five percent of the total amount of revenues paid by the registrant, the registrant’s adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant to its accountant during the fiscal year in which the services are provided; |
(2) | Such services were not recognized by the registrant, the registrant’s adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant at the time of the engagement to be non-audit services; and |
(3) | Such services are promptly brought to the attention of the Audit Committee of the issuer and approved prior to the completion of the audit by the Audit Committee or by one or more members of the Audit Committee who are members of the board of directors to whom authority to grant such approvals has been delegated by the Audit Committee. |
The Audit Committee may grant general pre-approval to those permissible non-audit services classified as All Other services that it believes are routine and recurring services, and would not impair the independence of the auditor.
The SEC’s rules and relevant guidance should be consulted to determine the precise definitions of prohibited non-audit services and the applicability of exceptions to certain of the prohibitions.
PRE-APPROVAL FEE LEVELS
Pre-approval fee levels for all services to be provided by the independent auditor will be established annually by the Audit Committee. Any proposed services exceeding these levels will require specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee.
PROCEDURES
Requests or applications to provide services that require specific approval by the Audit Committee will be submitted to the Audit Committee by both the independent auditor and the Principal Accounting Officer and/or Internal Auditor, and must include a joint statement as to whether, in their view, the request or application is consistent with the SEC’s rules on auditor independence.
(e)(2) Percentage of services identified in items 4(b) through 4(d) that were approved by the registrants audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X:
4(b)
Fiscal year ended 2018 – 0%
Fiscal year ended 2017 - 0%
Percentage of services provided to the registrants investment adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant that were approved by the registrants audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X, 0% and 0% respectively.
4(c)
Fiscal year ended 2018 – 0%
Fiscal year ended 2017 – 0%
Percentage of services provided to the registrants investment adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant that were approved by the registrants audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X, 0% and 0% respectively.
4(d)
Fiscal year ended 2018 – 0%
Fiscal year ended 2017 – 0%
Percentage of services provided to the registrants investment adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant that were approved by the registrants audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X, 0% and 0% respectively.
(f) | NA |
(g) | Non-Audit Fees billed to the registrant, the registrant’s investment adviser, and certain entities controlling, controlled by or under common control with the investment adviser: |
Fiscal year ended 2018 - $1,075,060
Fiscal year ended 2017 - $132,914
(h) | The registrant’s Audit Committee has considered that the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to the registrant’s adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant that were not pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence. |
In its required communications to the Audit Committee of the registrant’s Board, EY informed the Audit Committee that EY and/ or covered person professionals within EY maintain lending relationships with certain owners of greater than 10% of the shares of certain investment companies within the “investment company complex” as defined under Rule 2-01(f)(14) of Regulation S-X, which are affiliates of the registrant. EY has advised the Audit Committee that these lending relationships implicate Rule 2-01(c)(1)(ii)(A) of Regulation S-X (referred to as the “Loan Rule”). The Loan Rule prohibits an independent public accountant, or covered person professionals at such firm, from having a financial relationship (such as a loan) with a lender that is a record or beneficial owner of more than 10% of an audit client’s equity securities. For purposes of the Loan Rule, audit clients include the registrant, as well as all registered investment companies advised by advisory subsidiaries of Federated Investors, Inc., the Adviser (for which EY serves as independent public accountant), and their respective affiliates (collectively, the “Federated Fund Complex”).
EY informed the Audit Committee that EY believes that these lending relationships described above do not and will not impair EY’s ability to exercise objective and impartial judgment in connection with the audits of the financial statements for the registrant and a reasonable investor with knowledge of all relevant facts and circumstances would conclude that EY has been and is capable of objective and impartial judgment on all issues encompassed within EY’s audits.
On June 20, 2016, the Division of Investment Management of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued a no-action letter to another mutual fund complex (see Fidelity Management & Research Company et al., No-Action Letter) related to similar Loan Rule matters as those described above (the “Letter”). In the Letter, the SEC Staff confirmed that it would not recommend enforcement action against an investment company that relied on the audit services performed by an independent public accountant where the Loan Rule was implicated in certain specified circumstances provided that: (1) the auditor has complied with PCAOB Rule 3526(b)(1) and 3526(b)(2); (2) the Loan Rule is implicated because of lending relationships; and (3) notwithstanding such lending relationships that implicate the Loan Rule, the auditor has concluded that it is objective and impartial with respect to the issues encompassed within its engagement as auditor of the funds. The circumstances described in the Letter are substantially similar to the circumstances that implicated the Loan Rule with respect to EY and the registrant. On September 22, 2017, the SEC extended the expiration of the Letter until the effectiveness of any amendments to the Loan Rule designed to address the concerns in the Letter. On May 2, 2018, the SEC proposed amendments to the Loan Rule, which, if adopted as proposed, would refocus the analysis that must be conducted to determine whether an auditor is independent when the auditor has a lending relationship with certain shareholders of an audit client at any time during an audit or professional engagement period.
Additionally, on July 18, 2018, EY informed the registrant that Rule 2-01(c)(1)(i)(A) of Regulation S-X (“Investment Rule”) also has been implicated since July 2, 2018. The Investment Rule prohibits public accounting firms, or covered person professionals and their immediate family members, from having certain direct financial investments in their audit clients and affiliated entities. EY informed the registrant that a pension trust of a non-US affiliated entity of EY had previously made, and as of July 18, 2018 maintained, an investment in a fund (“Hermes Fund”) managed by Hermes Alternative Investment Management Limited (“HAIML”), which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hermes Fund Managers Limited (“HFML”). The pension trust’s investment in the Hermes Fund involved the Investment Rule because an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Federated Investors, Inc. (an affiliate of the registrant’s adviser), acquired a 60% majority interest in HFML on July 2, 2018, effective July 1, 2018 (“Hermes Acquisition”). The pension trust first invested in the Hermes Fund in 2007, well prior to the Hermes Acquisition. The pension trust’s investment represented less than 3.3% of the Hermes Fund’s assets as of July 18, 2018. EY subsequently informed the registrant that EY’s affiliated entity’s pension trust had submitted an irrevocable redemption notice to redeem its investment in the Hermes Fund. Pursuant to the redemption terms of the Hermes Fund, the pension trust’s redemption would not be effected until December 26, 2018 at the earliest. The redemption notice could not be revoked by the pension trust. The redemption notice would only be revoked by HAIML, as the adviser for Hermes Fund, if, and to the extent, the pension trust successfully sold its interest in the Hermes Fund in a secondary market transaction. EY also informed the registrant that the pension trust simultaneously submitted a request to HAIML to conduct a secondary market auction for the pension trust’s interests in the Hermes Fund. In addition, the only voting rights shareholders of the Hermes Fund had under the Hermes Fund’s governing documents relate to key appointments, including the election of the non-executive members of the Hermes Fund’s committee, the appointment of the Hermes Fund’s trustee and the adoption of the Hermes Fund’s financial statements. The next meeting of the Hermes Fund at which shareholders could vote on the election of members to the Hermes Fund’s committee was not until June 2019, and the size of the pension trust’s investment in the Hermes Fund would not allow it to unilaterally elect a committee member or the trustee. EY does not audit the Hermes Fund and the Hermes Fund’s assets and operations are not consolidated in the registrant’s financial statements that are subject to audit by EY. Finally, no member of EY’s audit team that provides audit services to the registrant is a beneficiary of EY’s affiliated entity’s pension trust. Management reviewed this matter with the registrant’s Audit Committee, and, based on that review, as well as a letter from EY to the registrant dated July 26, 2018, in which EY indicated that it had determined that this matter does not impair EY’s ability to exercise objective and impartial judgment in connection with the audit of the financial statements for the registrant and the belief that a reasonable investor with knowledge of all relevant facts and circumstances would conclude that EY has been and is capable of exercising objective and impartial judgment on all issues encompassed within EY’s audit, the registrant’s management and Audit Committee made a determination that such matter does not impair EY’s ability to exercise objective and impartial judgment in connection with the audit of the financial statements for the registrant. On August 29, 2018, EY informed the registrant that EY’s affiliated entity’s pension trust sold its entire interest in the Hermes Fund, effective as of August 29, 2018.
If it were to be determined that, with respect to the Loan Rule, the relief available under the Letter was improperly relied upon, or that the independence requirements under the federal securities laws were not complied with regarding the registrant, for certain periods, and/or given the implication of the Investment Rule for certain periods, any of the registrant’s filings with the SEC which contain financial statements of the registrant for such periods may be determined not to be consistent with or comply with applicable federal securities laws, the registrant’s ability to offer shares under its current registration statement may be impacted, and certain financial reporting and/or other covenants with, and representations and warranties to, the registrant’s lender under its committed line of credit may be impacted. Such events could have a material adverse effect on the registrant and the Federated Fund Complex.
Item 5. | Audit Committee of Listed Registrants |
The registrant has established an Audit Committee of the Board as described in Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Audit Committee consists of the following Board members: John T. Collins, G. Thomas Hough, Maureen Lally-Green and Thomas M. O’Neill.
Item 6. | Investments |
(a) The registrant’s Schedule of Investments is included as part of the Report to Stockholders filed under Item 1 of this form.
(b) Not Applicable; Fund had no divestments during the reporting period covered since the previous Form N-CSR filing.
Item 7. | Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies |
Voting Proxies On Fund Portfolio Securities
The Board has delegated to the Adviser authority to vote proxies on the securities held in the Fund's portfolio. The Board has also approved the Adviser's policies and procedures for voting the proxies, which are described below.
Proxy Voting Policies
The Adviser's general policy is to cast proxy votes in favor of management proposals and shareholder proposals that the Adviser anticipates will enhance the long-term value of the securities being voted. Generally, this will mean voting for proposals that the Adviser believes will: (a) improve the management of a company; (b) increase the rights or preferences of the voted securities; and/or (c) increase the chance that a premium offer would be made for the company or for the voted securities. This approach to voting proxy proposals will be referred to hereafter as the “General Policy.”
The following examples illustrate how the General Policy may apply to management proposals and shareholder proposals submitted for approval or ratification by holders of the company's voting securities. However, whether the Adviser supports or opposes a proposal will always depend on the specific circumstances described in the proxy statement and other available information.
On matters related to the board of directors, generally the Adviser will vote to elect nominees to the board in uncontested elections except in certain circumstances, such as where the director: (1) had not attended at least 75% of the board meetings during the previous year; (2) serves as the company’s chief financial officer; (3) has committed himself or herself to service on a large number of boards, such that we deem it unlikely that the director would be able to commit sufficient focus and time to a particular company; (4) is the chair of the nominating or governance committee when the roles of chairman of the board and CEO are combined and there is no lead independent director; (5) served on the compensation committee during a period in which compensation appears excessive relative to performance and peers; or (6) served on a board that did not implement a shareholder proposal that Federated supported and received more than 50% shareholder support the previous year. In addition, the Adviser will generally vote in favor of: (7) a full slate of directors, where the directors are elected as a group and not individually, unless more than half of the nominees are not independent; (8) shareholder proposals to declassify the board of directors; (9) shareholder proposals to require a majority voting standard in the election of directors; (10) shareholder proposals to separate the roles of chairman of the board and CEO; and (11) a proposal to require a company’s audit committee to be comprised entirely of independent directors.
On other matters of corporate governance, generally the Adviser will vote in favor of: (1) proposals to grant shareholders the right to call a special meeting if owners of at least 25% of the outstanding stock agree; (2) a proposal to require independent tabulation of proxies and/or confidential voting of shareholders; (3) a proposal to ratify the board's selection of auditors, unless: (a) compensation for non-audit services exceeded 50% of the total compensation received from the company; or (b) the previous auditor was dismissed because of a disagreement with the company; (4) a proposal to repeal a shareholder rights plan (also known as a “poison pill”) and against the adoption of such a plan, unless the plan is designed to facilitate, rather than prevent, unsolicited offers for the company; (5) shareholder proposals to eliminate supermajority requirements in company bylaws; and (6) shareholder proposals to allow shareholders owning at least 3% of the outstanding common stock for at least three years to nominate candidates for election to the board of directors (“Proxy Access”). The Adviser will generally withhold support from shareholder proposals to grant shareholders the right to act by written consent, especially if they already have the right to call a meeting.
On environmental and social matters, generally the Adviser will vote in favor of shareholder proposals calling for enhanced disclosure of the company’s approach to: (1) mitigating environmental risks, such as climate change; (2) monitoring gender pay equity; and (3) achieving and maintaining diversity on the board of directors. Generally, the Adviser will not support shareholder proposals calling for limitations on political activity by the company, including political contributions, lobbying and memberships in trade associations.
On matters of capital structure, generally the Adviser will vote against a proposal to authorize or issue shares that are senior in priority or voting rights to the voted securities, and in favor of a proposal to: (1) reduce the amount of shares authorized for issuance (subject to adequate provisions for outstanding convertible securities, options, warrants, rights and other existing obligations to issue shares); (2) grant authorities to issue shares with and without pre-emptive rights unless the size of the authorities would threaten to unreasonably dilute existing shareholders; and (3)authorize a stock repurchase program.
On matters relating to management compensation, generally the Adviser will vote in favor of stock incentive plans (including plans for directors) that align the recipients of stock incentives with the interests of shareholders, without creating undue dilution, and against: (1) the advisory vote on executive compensation plans (“Say On Pay”) when the plan has failed to align executive compensation with corporate performance; (2) the advisory vote on the frequency of the Say On Pay vote when the frequency is other than annual; (3) proposals that would permit the amendment or replacement of outstanding stock incentives having more favorable terms (e.g., lower purchase prices or easier vesting requirements); and (4) executive compensation plans that do not disclose the maximum amounts of compensation that may be awarded or the criteria for determining awards.
On matters relating to corporate transactions, the Adviser will generally vote in favor of mergers, acquisitions and sales of assets based upon the Advisers’ analysis of the proposed business strategy, the transaction price and the expected impact on the total return for shareholders.
In addition, the Adviser will not vote any proxy if it determines that the consequences or costs of voting outweigh the potential benefit of voting. For example, if a foreign market requires shareholders voting proxies to retain the voted shares until the meeting date (thereby rendering the shares “illiquid” for some period of time), the Adviser will not vote proxies for such shares. In addition, the Adviser is not obligated to incur any expense to send a representative to a shareholder meeting or to translate proxy materials into English.
To the extent that the Adviser is permitted to loan securities, the Adviser will not have the right to vote on securities while they are on loan. However, the Adviser will take all reasonable steps to recall shares prior to the record date when the meeting raises issues that the Adviser believes materially affect shareholder value, including, but not limited to, excessive compensation, mergers and acquisitions, contested elections and weak oversight by the audit committee. However, there can be no assurance that the Adviser will have sufficient notice of such matters to be able to terminate the loan in time to vote thereon.
If proxies are not delivered in a timely or otherwise appropriate basis, the Adviser may not be able to vote a particular proxy.
For an Adviser that employs a quantitative investment strategy for certain funds or accounts that does not make use of qualitative research (“Non-Qualitative Accounts”), the Adviser may not have the kind of research to make decisions about how to vote proxies for them. Therefore, the Adviser will vote the proxies of these Non-Qualitative Accounts as follows: (a) in accordance with the Standard Voting Instructions (defined below) adopted by the Adviser with respect to issues subject to the proxies; (b) if the Adviser is directing votes for the same proxy on behalf of a regular qualitative account and a Non-Qualitative Account, the Non-Qualititave Account would vote in the same manner as the regular qualitative account; (c) if neither of the first two conditions apply, as the proxy voting service is recommending; and (d) if none of the previous conditions apply, as recommended by the Proxy Voting Committee (“Proxy Committee”).
Proxy Voting Procedures
The Adviser has established a Proxy Voting Committee (“Proxy Committee”), to exercise all voting discretion granted to the Adviser by the Board in accordance with the proxy voting policies. To assist it in carrying out the day-to-day operations related to proxy voting, the Proxy Committee has created the Proxy Voting Management Group (PVMG). The day-to-day operations related to proxy voting are carried out by the Proxy Voting Operations Team (PVOT) and overseen by the PVMG. This work includes, interacting with a proxy voting service on the Proxy Committee's behalf; soliciting voting recommendations from the Adviser's investment professionals, as necessary; bringing voting recommendations to the Proxy Committee from the Adviser's investment professionals; filing any required proxy voting reports; providing proxy voting reports to clients and investment companies as they are requested from time to time; keeping the Proxy Committee informed of any issues related to proxy voting; and voting client shares as directed by the Proxy Committee.
The Adviser has hired a proxy voting service to obtain, vote and record proxies in accordance with the directions of the Proxy Committee. The Proxy Committee has supplied the proxy voting services with general instructions (the “Standard Voting Instructions”) that represent decisions made by the Proxy Committee in order to vote common proxy proposals. As the Proxy Committee believes that a shareholder vote is equivalent to an investment decision, the Proxy Committee retains the right to modify the Standard Voting Instructions at any time or to vote contrary to them at any time in order to cast proxy votes in a manner that the Proxy Committee believes is: (a) in the best interests of the Adviser's clients (and shareholders of the funds advised by the Adviser); and (b) will enhance the long-term value of the securities being voted. The proxy voting service may vote any proxy as directed in the Standard Voting Instructions without further direction from the Proxy Committee. However, if the Standard Voting Instructions require case-by-case direction for a proposal, the PVOT will work with the investment professionals and the proxy voting service to develop a voting recommendation for the Proxy Committee and to communicate the Proxy Committee's final voting decision to the proxy voting service. Further, if the Standard Voting Instructions require the PVOT to analyze a ballot question and make the final voting decision, the PVOT will report such votes to the Proxy Committee on a quarterly basis for review.
Conflicts of Interest
The Adviser has adopted procedures to address situations where a matter on which a proxy is sought may present a potential conflict between the interests of the Fund (and its shareholders) and those of the Adviser or Distributor. This may occur where a significant business relationship exists between the Adviser (or its affiliates) and a company involved with a proxy vote.
A company that is a proponent, opponent, or the subject of a proxy vote, and which to the knowledge of the Proxy Committee has this type of significant business relationship, is referred to below as an “Interested Company.”
The Adviser has implemented the following procedures in order to avoid concerns that the conflicting interests of the Adviser or its affiliates have influenced proxy votes. Any employee of the Adviser or its affiliates who is contacted by an Interested Company regarding proxies to be voted by the Adviser must refer the Interested Company to a member of the Proxy Committee, and must inform the Interested Company that the Proxy Committee has exclusive authority to determine how the proxy will be voted. Any Proxy Committee member contacted by an Interested Company must report it to the full Proxy Committee and provide a written summary of the communication. Under no circumstances will the Proxy Committee or any member of the Proxy Committee make a commitment to an Interested Company regarding the voting of proxies or disclose to an Interested Company how the Proxy Committee has directed such proxies to be voted. If the Standard Voting Instructions already provide specific direction on the proposal in question, the Proxy Committee shall not alter or amend such directions. If the Standard Voting Instructions require the Proxy Committee to provide further direction, the Proxy Committee shall do so in accordance with the proxy voting policies, without regard for the interests of the Adviser with respect to the Interested Company. If the Proxy Committee provides any direction as to the voting of proxies relating to a proposal affecting an Interested Company, it must disclose annually to the Fund's Board information regarding: the significant business relationship; any material communication with the Interested Company; the matter(s) voted on; and how, and why, the Adviser voted as it did. In certain circumstances it may be appropriate for the Adviser to vote in the same proportion as all other shareholders, so as to not affect the outcome beyond helping to establish a quorum at the shareholders’ meeting. This is referred to as “proportional voting.” If the Fund owns shares of another Federated mutual fund, the Adviser will proportionally vote the client’s proxies for that fund or seek direction from the Board or the client on how the proposal should be voted. If the Fund owns shares of an unaffiliated mutual fund, the Adviser may proportionally vote the Fund’s proxies for that fund depending on the size of the position. If the Fund owns shares of an unaffiliated exchange-traded fund, the Adviser will proportionally vote the Fund’s proxies for that fund.
Downstream Affiliates
If the Proxy Committee gives further direction, or seeks to vote contrary to the Standard Voting Instructions, for a proxy relating to a portfolio company in which the Fund owns more than 10% of the portfolio company's outstanding voting securities at the time of the vote (Downstream Affiliate), the Proxy Committee must first receive guidance from counsel to the Proxy Committee as to whether any relationship between the Adviser and the portfolio company, other than such ownership of the portfolio company's securities, gives rise to an actual conflict of interest. If counsel determines that an actual conflict exists, the Proxy Committee must address any such conflict with the executive committee of the board of directors or trustees of any investment company client prior to taking any action on the proxy at issue.
Proxy Advisers' Conflicts of Interest
Proxy advisory firms may have significant business relationships with the subjects of their research and voting recommendations. For example, a proxy voting service client may be a public company with an upcoming shareholders' meeting and the proxy voting service has published a research report with voting recommendations. In another example, a proxy voting service board member also sits on the board of a public company for which the proxy voting service will write a research report. These and similar situations give rise to an actual or apparent conflict of interest.
In order to avoid concerns that the conflicting interests of the engaged proxy voting service have influenced proxy voting recommendations, the Adviser will take the following steps:
■ | A due diligence team made up of employees of the Adviser and/or its affiliates will meet with the proxy voting service on an annual basis and determine through a review of their policies and procedures and through inquiry that the proxy voting service has established a system of internal controls that provide reasonable assurance that their voting recommendations are not influenced by the business relationships they have with the subjects of their research. |
■ | Whenever the standard voting guidelines call for voting a proposal in accordance with the proxy voting service recommendation and the proxy voting service has disclosed that they have a conflict of interest with respect to that issuer, the PVOT will take the following steps: (a) the PVOT will obtain a copy of the research report and recommendations published by another proxy voting service for that issuer; (b) the Head of the PVOT, or his designee, will review both the engaged proxy voting service research report and the research report of the other proxy voting service and determine what vote will be cast. The PVOT will report all proxies voted in this manner to the Proxy Committee on a quarterly basis. Alternatively, the PVOT may seek direction from the Committee on how the proposal shall be voted. |
Proxy Voting Report
A report on “Form N-PX” of how the Fund voted any proxies during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available via the Proxy Voting Record (Form N-PX) link associated with the Fund and share class name at www.FederatedInvestors.com/FundInformation. Form N-PX filings are also available at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
Item 8. | Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies |
As of the date of filing of the report, the Portfolio Managers listed below are jointly and primarily responsible for managing the Fund’s assets.
R.J. Gallo
R.J. Gallo, CFA, has been the Fund’s Portfolio Manager since its inception December of 2002.
Mr. Gallo is a Senior Portfolio Manager, Head of the Municipal Bond Investment Group and Chairman of Duration Management Committee. He is responsible for day to day management of the Fund focusing on asset allocation, interest rate strategy and security selection in the portfolio. He has been with Federated since 2000; has worked in investment management since 1996; has managed investment portfolios since 2002. Education: B.A., University of Michigan; M.P.A., Princeton University.
Portfolio Manager Information
The following information about the Fund’s portfolio manager is provided as of the end of the Fund's most recently completed fiscal year.
Other Accounts Managed by Richard J. Gallo | Total Number of Other Accounts Managed / Total Assets* |
Registered Investment Companies | 8/$9.9 billion |
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles | 0/$0 |
Other Accounts | 0/$0 |
* None of the Accounts has an advisory fee that is based on the performance of the account.
Dollar value range of shares owned in the Fund: None.
Richard J. Gallo is paid a fixed base salary and a variable annual incentive. Base salary is determined within a market competitive, position-specific salary range, based on the portfolio manager’s experience and performance. The annual incentive amount is determined based primarily on Investment Product Performance (IPP) and may also include a discretionary component based on a variety of factors deemed relevant, such as financial measures and performance, and may be paid entirely in cash, or in a combination of cash and restricted stock of Federated Investors, Inc. (Federated). The total combined annual incentive opportunity is intended to be competitive in the market for this portfolio manager role.
IPP is measured on a rolling one, three and five calendar year pre-tax gross total return basis versus the Fund’s benchmark (i.e. S&P, custom 70% A & up/20% BBB/10% HY/3yr+/Non AMT)and versus the Fund’s designated peer group of comparable accounts. Performance periods are adjusted if a portfolio manager has been managing an account for less than five years; accounts with less than one year of performance history under a portfolio manager may be excluded.
As noted above, Mr. Gallo is also the portfolio manager for other accounts in addition to the Fund. Such other accounts may have different benchmarks and performance measures. The allocation or weighting given to the performance of the Fund or other accounts or activities for which Mr. Gallo is responsible when his compensation is calculated may be equal or can vary.
In addition, Mr. Gallo has oversight responsibility for other portfolios that he does not personally manage and serves on one or more Investment Teams that establish guidelines on various performance drivers (e.g., currency, duration, sector, volatility and/or yield curve) for taxable, fixed-income accounts. A portion of the IPP score is based on Federated’s senior management’s assessment of team contributions.
For purposes of calculating the annual incentive amount, each account managed by the portfolio manager currently is categorized into one of two IPP groups (which may be adjusted periodically). Within each performance measurement period and IPP group, IPP currently is calculated on the basis of an assigned weighting to each account managed or activity engaged in by the portfolio manager and included in the IPP groups. At the account level, the weighting assigned to the Fund is greater than or equal to the weighting assigned to other accounts or activities used to determine IPP (but can be adjusted periodically). A portion of the bonus tied to the IPP score may be adjusted based on management's assessment of overall contributions to account performance and any other factors as deemed relevant.
Any individual allocations from the discretionary pool may be determined, by executive management on a discretionary basis using various factors, such as, for example, on a product, strategy or asset class basis, and considering overall contributions and any other factors deemed relevant (and may be adjusted periodically).
As a general matter, certain conflicts of interest may arise in connection with a portfolio manager’s management of a fund’s investments, on the one hand, and the investments of other funds/pooled investment vehicles or accounts (collectively, including the Fund, as applicable, “accounts”) for which the portfolio manager is responsible, on the other. For example, it is possible that the various accounts managed could have different investment strategies that, at times, might conflict with one another to the possible detriment of the Fund. Alternatively, to the extent that the same investment opportunities might be desirable for more than one account, possible conflicts could arise in determining how to allocate them. Other potential conflicts can include, for example, conflicts created by specific portfolio manager compensation arrangements (including, for example, the allocation or weighting given to the performance of the Fund or other accounts or activities for which the portfolio manager is responsible in calculating the portfolio manager’s compensation), and conflicts relating to selection of brokers or dealers to execute Fund portfolio trades and/or specific uses of commissions from Fund portfolio trades (for example, research, or “soft dollars”). The Adviser has adopted policies and procedures and has structured the portfolio managers’ compensation in a manner reasonably designed to safeguard the Fund from being negatively affected as a result of any such potential conflicts.
Lee R. Cunningham II
Lee R. Cunningham II has been the Fund’s Portfolio Manager since its inception December of 2002.
Mr. Cunningham is a Senior Portfolio Manager responsible for providing research and advice on sector allocation and security selection. He has been with Federated since 1995; has worked in investment management since 1995; has managed investment portfolios since 1998. Education: B.S., University of Pennsylvania; M.B.A., University of Pittsburgh.
Portfolio Manager Information
The following information about the Fund’s portfolio manager is provided as of the end of the Fund's most recently completed fiscal year.
Other Accounts Managed by Lee Cunningham | Total Number of Additional Accounts Managed / Total Assets* |
Registered Investment Companies | 2/$675.9 million |
Other Pooled Investment Vehicles | 0/$0 |
Other Accounts | 0/$0 |
* None of the Accounts has an advisory fee that is based on the performance of the account.
Dollar value range of shares owned in the Fund: None.
Lee Cunningham is paid a fixed base salary and a variable annual incentive. Base salary is determined within a market competitive, position-specific salary range, based on the portfolio manager’s experience and performance. The annual incentive amount is determined based primarily on Investment Product Performance (IPP) and may also include a discretionary component based on a variety of factors deemed relevant, such as financial measures and performance, and may be paid entirely in cash, or in a combination of cash and restricted stock of Federated Investors, Inc. (Federated). The total combined annual incentive opportunity is intended to be competitive in the market for this portfolio manager role.
IPP is measured on a rolling one, three and five calendar year pre-tax gross total return basis versus the Fund’s benchmark (i.e. S&P, custom 70% A & up/20% BBB/10% HY/3yr+/Non AMT)and versus the designated peer group of comparable accounts. Performance periods are adjusted if a portfolio manager has been managing an account for less than five years; accounts with less than one-year of performance history under a portfolio manager may be excluded.
As noted above, Mr. Cunningham is also the portfolio manager for other accounts in addition to the Fund. Such other accounts may have different benchmarks and performance measures. The allocation or weighting given to the performance of the Fund or other accounts for which Mr. Cunningham is responsible when his compensation is calculated may be equal or can vary.
For purposes of calculating the annual incentive amount, each account managed by the portfolio manager currently is categorized into one of two IPP groups (which may be adjusted periodically). Within each performance measurement period and IPP group, IPP currently is calculated on the basis of an assigned weighting to each account managed by the portfolio manager and included in the IPP groups. At the account level, the weighting assigned to the Fund is greater than or equal to the weighting assigned to other accounts used to determine IPP (but can be adjusted periodically). A portion of the bonus tied to the IPP score may be adjusted based on management's assessment of overall contributions to account performance and any other factors as deemed relevant.
Any individual allocations from the discretionary pool may be determined, by executive management on a discretionary basis using various factors, such as, for example, on a product, strategy or asset class basis, and considering overall contributions and any other factors deemed relevant (and may be adjusted periodically).
As a general matter, certain conflicts of interest may arise in connection with a portfolio manager’s management of a fund’s investments, on the one hand, and the investments of other funds/pooled investment vehicles or accounts (collectively, including the Fund, as applicable, “accounts”) for which the portfolio manager is responsible, on the other. For example, it is possible that the various products managed could have different investment strategies that, at times, might conflict with one another to the possible detriment of the Fund. Alternatively, to the extent that the same investment opportunities might be desirable for more than one account, possible conflicts could arise in determining how to allocate them. Other potential conflicts can include, for example, conflicts created by specific portfolio manager compensation arrangements (including, for example, the allocation or weighting given to the performance of the Fund or other accounts or activities for which the portfolio manager is responsible in calculating the portfolio manager’s compensation), and conflicts relating to selection of brokers or dealers to execute Fund portfolio trades and/or specific uses of commissions from Fund portfolio trades (for example, research, or “soft dollars”). The Adviser has adopted policies and procedures and has structured the portfolio managers’ compensation in a manner reasonably designed to safeguard the Fund from being negatively affected as a result of any such potential conflicts.
Item 9. | Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers |
No such purchases this period.
Item 10. | Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders |
No changes to report.
Item 11. | Controls and Procedures |
(a) The registrant’s President and Treasurer have concluded that the
registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in rule 30a-3(c) under the Act) are effective in design and operation and are sufficient to form the basis of the certifications required by Rule 30a-(2) under the Act, based on their evaluation of these disclosure controls and procedures within 90 days of the filing date of this report on Form N-CSR.
(b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in rule 30a-3(d) under the Act) during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Item 12. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not Applicable. The Fund does not currently participate in a securities lending program and did not engage in any securities lending activities during the period of this report.
Item 13. | Exhibits |
(a)(1) Code of Ethics- Not Applicable to this Report.
(a)(2) Certifications of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer.
(a)(3) Not Applicable.
(b) Certifications pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.
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 Federated Premier Municipal Income Fund
By /S/ Lori A. Hensler
Lori A. Hensler, Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer
Date ___January 23, 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 /S/ J. Christopher Donahue
J. Christopher Donahue, President and Principal Executive Officer
Date ___January 23, 2019____
By /S/ Lori A. Hensler
Lori A. Hensler, Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer
Date ___January 23, 2019____