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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 10, 2014

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-CSR

 

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number 811-22562

 

 

Babson Capital Global Short Duration High Yield Fund

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

550 South Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC 28202

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

 

Janice M. Bishop

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer

c/o Babson Capital Management, LLC

Independence Wharf

470 Atlantic Avenue

Boston, MA 02210

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

704-805-7200

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

Date of fiscal year end: December 31

Date of reporting period: December 31, 2013

 

 

 

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Babson Capital Global Short Duration High Yield Fund

c / o Babson Capital Management LLC

550 South Tryon St.

Charlotte, NC 28202

704.805.7200

http://www.BabsonCapital.com/bgh

ADVISER

Babson Capital Management LLC

550 South Tryon St.

Suite 3300

Charlotte, NC 28202

SUB-ADVISOR

Babson Capital Global Advisors Limited

61 Aldwych

London, UK

WC2B 4AE

COUNSEL TO THE FUND

Ropes & Gray LLP

Prudential Tower

800 Boylston Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02110

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

KPMG LLP

Two Financial Center

60 South Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02111

CUSTODIAN

US Bank

MK-WI-S302

1555 N. River Center Drive

Milwaukee, WI 53212

TRANSFER AGENT & REGISTRAR

U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC

615 E. Michigan St.

Milwaukee, WI 53202

FUND ADMINISTRATION/ACCOUNTING

U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC

615 E. Michigan St.

Milwaukee, WI 53202

 

PROXY VOTING POLICIES & PROCEDURES

The Trustees of Babson Capital Global Short Duration High Yield Fund (the “Fund”) have delegated proxy voting responsibilities relating to the voting of securities held by the Fund to Babson Capital Management LLC (“Babson Capital”). A description of Babson Capital’s proxy voting policies and procedures is available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling, toll-free 1-866-399-1516; (2) on the Fund’s website at http://www.BabsonCapital.com/bgh; and (3) on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) website at http://www.sec.gov.

FORM N-Q

The Fund will file its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. This information is available (i) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov; and (ii) at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC (which information on their operation may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330). A complete schedule of portfolio holdings as of each quarter-end is available on the Fund’s website at http://www.BabsonCapital.com/bgh or upon request by calling, toll-free, 1-866-399-1516.

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OFFICERS OF THE FUND

 

 

 

 

 

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Dear Fellow Shareholders,

It is our pleasure to provide you with the 2013 Annual Report for the Babson Capital Global Short Duration High Yield Fund (the “Fund”). We continue to believe our Global High Yield Investments Group is one of the largest teams in the market with the unique capability to offer investors a portfolio reflecting our ‘best ideas’ in the global high yield market. We consider the Fund’s strong performance in 2013 as a testament to the collaboration of our global team, our expertise and nimble approach to investing in the global markets and our ability to provide our investors an attractive level of current income. We believe the global high yield asset class has provided investors an adequate risk-reward premium in this low growth and low interest rate environment.

As a reminder, the global nature of the portfolio, primarily focusing on North American and Western European credits, provides investors with additional benefits relative to a U.S.-only portfolio such as higher quality, increased yield, and lower duration credits. We emphasize a diversified portfolio of high yield assets coupled with special attention to limiting the amount of CCC-rated exposure. By leveraging a deep team of investment professionals in the U.S. and U.K., we are able to focus on North American and Western European credits using a fundamental bottom-up research approach and provide investors with what we believe to be our best relative value opportunities across jurisdictions, industries, credit quality and within corporate capital structures. We continue to believe this approach and our seasoned team of investment professionals can potentially provide investors with attractive dividend yields for years to come.

Market Review

Despite some uncertainty in the global markets in the first half of 2013, investors continued their search for higher yielding assets. The high yield market in the third quarter subsequently experienced inflows and spread tightening along with a rally in Treasuries when there was a weaker than expected growth report, resulting in a decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) to defer tapering. Over half of the high yield outflows in May and June recovered during the third quarter and the market appeared to have gained some stability with the recent agreements on Capitol Hill. During the third quarter, key overhangs that affected investor sentiment in Europe were also removed, including a non-military solution to Syria and better than expected Chinese economic data. These events were supplemented by generally good economic data coming out of Europe and, as a result, risk assets appreciated.

In the fourth quarter, the continued improvement of the U.S. economy, as evidenced by strong U.S. payroll and Purchasing Managers Index (“PMI”) data in October, along with the strengthening of specific macro fundamentals both served as important drivers of the performance for the high yield bond asset class. Key announcements occurred during the fourth quarter that the U.S. debt ceiling would be extended and that the Fed would begin to taper its monthly asset purchases by a relatively small amount (from $85 billion to $75 billion), as well as reinforcement that interest rates would continue to stay at historically low levels for the foreseeable future. In Europe, the European Central Bank (“ECB”) unexpectedly cut its rate in November, further supporting low interest rates. While Treasury yields did begin to rise during the fourth quarter, investors appear to be more comfortable with higher yields compared to earlier in the year.

With continued focus on global high yield assets from investors around the world, the market remained strong throughout the year. In the U.S., new issuance of high yield bonds continued at a record pace. Proceeds for the new issuance for the year were predominately for refinancing activity. A larger proportion of the recent U.S. new issue activity has been lower in quality and bears watching into 2014, although it is not quite a trend as yet. Merger and acquisition activity continued to remain well below historical levels. European high yield bonds continued to be supported by strong demand backed by robust new issuance volume which was double over 2013 issuance levels. As a result, the global high-yield asset class again managed to outperform many of its fixed income peers in 2013. The Fund continues to emphasize a fundamental approach to credit selection in order to identify good quality credits in the global high yield bond market, which we believe will continue to offer attractive opportunities to our shareholders.

Babson Capital Global Short Duration High Yield Fund Overview and Performance

The Fund ended December with a well-diversified portfolio of 139 issuers, which has stayed roughly the same throughout the year. A majority of the issuers are domiciled in the U.S. (62.8%) followed by the U.K. (13.5%) and Italy (4.5%) – see Country Composition chart on page 4. Overall, the portfolio composition between U.S. and non-U.S. has generally stayed the same year over year with only a slight decrease in U.S. exposure. We believe the current positioning allows the portfolio to take advantage of the attractive Western European opportunities while at the same time maintaining a significant presence in the U.S. market. With the active primary market in the U.S. during 2013, the Fund has been able to take advantage of several new issue opportunities at yields we believe are more attractive than most secondary opportunities in the U.S. market. The secondary market in Europe, however, has proven to be an attractive market to pick up compelling opportunities that supplement the yield profile of the portfolio. In addition, these opportunities may help improve the credit profile of the Fund and reduce duration, as the European market is generally higher in credit quality and has shorter durations, on average, when compared to the U.S. market.

 

 

 

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As of year-end, the Fund was well positioned from a quality standpoint⁽¹⁾: 77.6% B-rated, 7.6% BB-rated, and 9.9% CCC-rated, with over 50% of the portfolio consisting of senior secured obligations. Within the CCC-rated and below category, the majority of these assets are senior secured 2nd lien loans. Based on our experience, we believe these senior secured 2nd lien loan assets offer a tremendous amount of value and are intended to provide the portfolio with added protection against principal loss in the event of an issuer’s bankruptcy.

The portfolio continued to gravitate towards global high yield bonds near the end of the year as the Fund swapped lower yielding bank loans for higher yielding bonds. In addition to the yield difference between the two markets, the capital appreciation potential in the U.S. loan market was limited due to the average price stabilizing just below par.

The Fund paid twelve consecutive monthly dividend payments of $0.1677 per share in 2013 comprised of net investment income. Based on the Fund’s share price of $23.12 per share on December 31, 2013, the distribution represents an annualized yield of 8.70% per share. We are excited to report that the Fund also paid a special dividend at year-end of $0.3105 per share. This special dividend was comprised of short-term and long-term capital gains within the portfolio. In total for the year, including the special dividend, the Fund paid investors $2.32 per share, which we believe is a very attractive level of yield for a global short duration high yield bond fund. Assets acquired through leverage, which represented 21.5% at year-end, were accretive to net investment income and benefited shareholders.

On a full year 2013 basis, the NAV total return was +14.48%, which compares very favorably with the global high yield bond market and the U.S. senior secured loan market, which returned +6.63% and +6.15%, respectively, as measured by the Bank of America / Merrill Lynch Global Non-Financial High Yield Index (HN0C) and the Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index.

In Conclusion

In our opinion, the continued developments of the U.S. fiscal and monetary policies and the ECB’s interest rate polices will remain at the forefront and will likely have a bearing on performance as we move into 2014. We expect that the Fed tapering will continue in January, and there could be bouts of volatility due to continued uncertainties surrounding the direction of the Fed and the ECB, interest rates, high yield mutual fund flows, and overall global economic growth. All things considered, we believe yields and spreads are reasonably attractive in a low growth and uncertain economic environment, especially when considering the financial health of the global high yield market from a fundamental standpoint.

We believe that our bottom-up fundamental approach to investing has allowed us to build a solid portfolio of our best ideas covering the entire global high yield market since the inception of the Fund. Thus far, the Fund has performed as expected, even during periods of market volatility in 2013, and we believe the Fund will continue to offer an attractive dividend to our shareholders into 2014.

From all of us at Babson Capital, we appreciate your continued support for the Fund and our Global High Yield Investments Group.

Sincerely,

 

Russell Morrison

President and Principal Executive Officer

Babson Capital Global Short Duration High Yield Fund

 

(1)	Credit quality allocations are represented as a percentage of total assets as of 12/31/2013, which includes cash and interest receivables.

Cautionary Notice: Certain statements contained in this report may be “forward looking” statements. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date in which they are made and which reflect management’s current estimates, projections, expectations or beliefs, and which are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially. These statements are subject to change at any time based upon economic, market or other conditions and may not be relied upon as investment advice or an indication of the Trust’s trading intent. References to specific securities are not recommendations of such securities, and may not be representative of the Fund’s current or future investments. We undertake no obligation to publicly update forward looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

 

 

 

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PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION (% OF ASSETS*)

 

COUNTRY COMPOSITION (% OF ASSETS*)

 

*	Percentage of assets are expressed by market value excluding cash and accrued income, and may vary over time. The percentages shown above represent a percentage of the assets as of December 31, 2013.

 

 

 

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FINANCIAL REPORT

 

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities		6
Statement of Operations		7
Statement of Cash Flows		8
Statements of Changes in Net Assets		9
Selected Financial Highlights		10
Schedule of Investments		11-18
Notes to the Financial Statements		19-26
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm		27
Interested Trustee		28
Independent Trustees		29
Officers of the Fund		30
Fund Dividend Reinvestment Plan		31
Joint Privacy Notice		32

 

 

 

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STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

 

 

		DECEMBER 31, 2013
Assets
Investments, at fair value (cost $596,464,762)		$	626,898,119
Cash			15,022,191
Foreign currency, at fair value (cost $1,128,975)			1,131,659
Receivable for investments sold			10,094,865
Interest receivable			11,558,607
Prepaid expenses and other assets			22,353
Total assets			664,727,794
Liabilities
Note payable			143,000,000
Dividend payable			9,591,663
Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign exchange contracts			3,175,077
Payable for investments purchased			1,489,251
Payable to adviser			553,453
Accrued expenses and other liabilities			721,363
Total liabilities			158,530,807
Total net assets		$	506,196,987
Net Assets:
Common stock, $0.00001 par value		$	201
Additional paid-in capital			477,884,220
Undistributed net investment income			178,552
Accumulated net realized gain			789,297
Net unrealized appreciation			27,344,717
Total net assets		$	506,196,987
Common shares issued and outstanding (unlimited shares authorized)			20,057,849
Net asset value per share		$	25.24

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 

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STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

 

 

		YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2013
Investment Income
Interest income		$	50,595,877
Other income			783,622
Total investment income			51,379,499
Operating Expenses
Advisory fees			6,346,764
Administrator fees			1,939,610
Interest expense			1,540,886
Directors’ fees			234,762
Professional fees			129,234
Printing and mailing expense			59,862
Registration fees			35,300
Other operating expenses			28,639
Total operating expenses			10,315,057
Net investment income			41,064,442
Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments
Net realized gain on investments			10,414,048
Net realized loss on forward foreign exchange contracts			(6,322,534	)
Net realized gain on foreign currency and translation			1,627,088
Net realized gain on investments			5,718,602
Net unrealized appreciation of investments			19,070,924
Net unrealized depreciation of forward foreign exchange contracts			(463,848	)
Net unrealized appreciation of foreign currency and translation			64,722
Net unrealized appreciation on investments			18,671,798
Net realized and unrealized gains on investments			24,390,400
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations		$	65,454,842

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 

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STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

 

 

		YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2013
Reconciliation of net increase in net assets resulting from operations to net cash used in operating activities
Net increase in net assets applicable to common shareholders resulting from operations		$	65,454,842
Adjustments to reconcile net increase in net assets applicable to common shareholders resulting from operations to net cash used in operating activities:
Purchases of long-term investments			(387,767,640	)
Proceeds from sales of long-term investments			375,035,956
Proceeds from foreign currency, net			4,918,724
Forward currency exchange contracts, net			463,848
Net unrealized depreciation			(19,082,145	)
Net realized gain			(11,829,056	)
Amortization and acretion			1,353,863
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Increase in interest receivable			(2,879,504	)
Increase in prepaid expenses and other assets			(2,693	)
Increase in receivable for investments sold			(8,061,929	)
Decrease in payable for investments purchased			(39,723,758	)
Decrease in payable to Adviser			(288,641	)
Increase in accrued expenses and other liabilities			263,177
Net cash used in operating activities			(22,144,956	)
Cash Flows From Financing Activities
Advances from credit facility			47,000,000
Repayments on credit facility			(4,000,000	)
Distributions paid to common shareholders			(40,032,304	)
Net cash provided by financing activities			2,967,696
Net change in cash			(19,177,260	)
Cash beginning of period			34,199,451
Cash end of period		$	15,022,191
Non-Cash Financing Activities
Reinvestment of distributions by common shareholders in additional common shares		$	324,847
Supplemental disclosure of cashflow information
Income taxes paid		$	–
Interest paid			1,526,283

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 

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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

 

		YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2013				PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 26, 2012 (1) THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2012
Operations
Net investment income		$	41,064,442			$	3,668,210
Net realized gain (loss) on investments			5,718,602				458,814
Net unrealized appreciation on investments			18,671,798				8,672,919
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations			65,454,842				12,799,943
Dividends to Common Stockholders
Net investment income			(40,359,347	)			(3,361,505	)
Net realized gain			(6,227,962	)			—
Total dividends to common stockholders			(46,587,309	)			(3,361,505	)
Capital Stock Transactions
Net proceeds from sale of shares			–				477,466,104	(2)
Issuance from common shares issued on reinvestment of dividends (2013: 13,099; 2012: 0)			324,847				–
Net increase in net assets from capital stock transactions			324,847				477,466,104
Total increase in net assets			19,192,380				486,904,542
Net Assets
Beginning of period			487,004,607				100,065
End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $178,552 and $462,699, respectively)		$	506,196,987			$	487,004,607

 

 

(1)

Commencement of operations.

(2)

Proceeds from sale of shares of $501,013,750 net of sales load paid and offering costs of $23,547,646.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

		YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2013				PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 26, 2012 (1) THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2012
Per Common Share Data (2)
Net asset value, beginning of period		$	24.30				23.82	(3)
Income from investment operations:
Net investment income			2.05				0.18
Net realized and unrealized gains on investments			1.21				0.47
Total increase from investment operations			3.26				0.65
Less dividends to common stockholders:
Net investment income			(2.01	)			(0.17	)
Net realized gain			(0.31	)			–
Total dividends to common stockholders			(2.32	)			(0.17	)
Net asset value, end of period		$	25.24			$	24.30
Per common share market value, end of period		$	23.12			$	23.77
Total investment return based on net asset value (2)(4)			14.48	%			2.69	%
Total investment return based on market value (2)(4)			7.20	%			(4.27	)%
Supplemental Data and Ratios
Net assets, end of period (000’s)		$	506,197			$	487,005
Ratio of expenses to average net assets			2.06	%			1.85	%(5)
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets			8.20	%			4.70	%(5)
Portfolio turnover rate (2)			60.87	%			4.74	%

 

 

(1)

Commencement of operations.

(2)

Not annualized.

(3)

Net asset value at the beginning of the period reflects the deduction of the sales load and offering costs of $1.18 per share paid by the shareholder from the $25.00 offering price.

(4)

Total investment return calculation assumes reinvestment of dividends at actual prices pursuant to the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan. Total investment return does not reflect brokerage commissions.

(5)

Annualized for periods less than one full year.

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

December 31, 2013

 

		EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE‡				DUE DATE				PRINCIPAL				COST				FAIR VALUE
Fixed Income — 123.84%*:
Bank Loans — 17.07%*§:
Beverage, Food and Tobacco — 0.92%*:
Performance Food Group Company			6.25	%			11/14/2019				4,620,090			$	4,595,166			$	4,641,251
Total Beverage, Food and Tobacco											4,620,090				4,595,166				4,641,251
Broadcasting and Entertainment — 1.72%*:
Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, Inc.			8.00				7/3/2017				5,100,980				4,923,100				4,994,727
Learfield Communications Inc.			8.75				10/8/2021				1,800,000				1,830,051				1,836,000
TWCC Holding Corp.			7.00				6/26/2020				1,822,860				1,804,632				1,871,859
Total Broadcasting and Entertainment											8,723,840				8,557,783				8,702,586
Buildings and Real Estate — 0.76%*:
Tomkins Air Distribution			9.25				5/11/2020				3,773,513				3,716,929				3,839,549
Total Buildings and Real Estate											3,773,513				3,716,929				3,839,549
Cargo Transport — 0.79%*:
Direct ChassisLink Inc.			8.50				10/31/2019				4,000,000				3,940,420				4,000,000
Total Cargo Transport											4,000,000				3,940,420				4,000,000
Chemicals, Plastics and Rubber — 1.21%*:
Cytec Monarch			8.25				4/3/2020				6,000,000				6,134,391				6,146,280
Total Chemicals, Plastics and Rubber											6,000,000				6,134,391				6,146,280
Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing — 0.34%*:
Alliance Laundry Systems LLC			9.50				12/10/2019				1,728,930				1,711,655				1,747,308
Total Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing											1,728,930				1,711,655				1,747,308
Diversified/Conglomerate Service — 1.43%*:
Redprarie Corporation			6.75				12/21/2018				2,977,500				2,918,250				2,985,777
Redprarie Corporation			11.25				12/20/2019				2,702,244				2,650,432				2,767,557
Triple Point Technology, Inc.			9.25				7/10/2021				777,670				668,796				653,243
Triple Point Technology, Inc.			4.25				7/10/2020				909,091				820,455				809,091
Total Diversified/Conglomerate Service											7,366,505				7,057,933				7,215,668
Electronics — 1.53%*:
Kronos, Inc.			9.75				4/30/2020				7,500,000				7,425,012				7,743,750
Total Electronics											7,500,000				7,425,012				7,743,750
Farming and Agriculture — 0.45%*:
Allflex Holdings, Inc.			8.00				7/17/2021				2,232,322				2,209,999				2,256,878
Total Farming and Agriculture											2,232,322				2,209,999				2,256,878
Finance — 1.52%*:
Confie Seguros Holding			10.25				5/8/2019				2,380,257				2,357,559				2,387,707

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

 

 

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)

 

December 31, 2013

 

		EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE‡				DUE DATE				PRINCIPAL				COST				FAIR VALUE
Bank Loans (Continued)
Finance (Continued)
Cunningham Lindsey Group, Inc.			9.25				6/10/2020				2,338,636			$	2,356,725			$	2,321,097
Transfirst Holdings Inc.			11.00				6/27/2018				1,004,072				975,584				1,014,113
Wall Street Systems Inc.			9.25	%			10/26/2020				1,980,000				1,980,000				1,994,850
Total Finance											7,702,965				7,669,868				7,717,767
Healthcare, Education and Childcare — 1.96%*:
Air Medical Group Holdings			5.00				6/20/2018				2,234,584				2,212,251				2,259,722
Sage Products Holdings III, LLC			9.25				5/31/2020				3,325,292				3,275,431				3,391,798
TriZetto Group			4.75				5/2/2018				1,017,360				955,612				1,005,284
TriZetto Group			8.50				3/28/2019				3,394,500				3,370,805				3,241,748
Total Healthcare, Education and Childcare											9,971,736				9,814,099				9,898,552
Mining, Steel, Iron and Non-Precious Metals — 0.88%*:
Boomerang Tube, LLC			11.00				10/11/2017				4,650,916				4,619,848				4,464,880
Total Mining, Steel, Iron and Non-Precious Metals											4,650,916				4,619,848				4,464,880
Oil and Gas — 3.00%*:
Bowie Resource Partners LLC			6.75				8/17/2020				257,031				257,031				257,673
Fieldwood Energy LLC			8.38				9/30/2020				270,185				262,086				275,588
NFR Energy LLC			8.75				12/31/2018				9,008,901				9,080,305				9,087,729
Rice Energy			8.50				9/26/2018				5,471,127				5,444,290				5,566,871
Total Oil and Gas											15,007,244				15,043,712				15,187,861
Retail Store — 0.56%*:
FleetPride			9.25				5/19/2020				3,000,000				2,942,427				2,852,490
Total Retail Store											3,000,000				2,942,427				2,852,490
Total Bank Loans											86,278,061				85,439,242				86,414,820
Corporate Bonds — 106.77%*:
Automobile — 7.75%*:
Accuride Corp#			9.50				8/1/2018				7,700,000				7,611,079				7,526,750
Allied Specialty Vehicles^#			8.50				11/1/2019				6,000,000				5,965,020				6,135,000
J.B. Poindexter & Co. Inc.^#			9.00				4/1/2022				6,000,000				6,185,402				6,405,000
International Automotive Components Group, S.A.^			9.13				6/1/2018				6,491,000				6,564,247				6,766,867
Meritor Inc.#			10.63				3/15/2018				3,000,000				3,056,367				3,195,000
Meritor Inc.^			7.88				3/1/2026				2,010,000				1,992,755				2,885,606
Deutsche Raststatten+^			6.75				12/30/2020				750,000				1,017,708				1,080,788
UCI International, Inc.#			8.63				2/15/2019				5,215,000				5,175,888				5,215,000
Total Automobile											37,166,000				37,568,466				39,210,011

 

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		EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE‡				DUE DATE				PRINCIPAL				COST				FAIR VALUE
Corporate Bonds (Continued)
Beverage, Food and Tobacco — 0.97%*:
EWOS+^			6.75				11/1/2020				1,500,000			$	2,029,276			$	2,098,803
Findus+^			9.13				7/1/2018				1,850,000				2,421,414				2,799,560
Total Beverage, Food and Tobacco											3,350,000				4,450,690				4,898,363
Broadcasting and Entertainment — 1.81%*:
Arqiva Finance+^			9.50	%			3/31/2020				5,000,000				7,937,548				9,190,568
Total Broadcasting and Entertainment											5,000,000				7,937,548				9,190,568
Buildings and Real Estate — 3.08%*:
Astaldi Spa+^			7.13				12/1/2020				1,200,000				1,628,819				1,756,087
Lyon Williams Homes, Inc.#			8.50				11/15/2020				8,000,000				8,053,724				8,660,000
Roofing Supply LLC^#			10.00				6/1/2020				4,605,000				5,044,215				5,157,600
Total Buildings and Real Estate											13,805,000				14,726,758				15,573,687
Cargo Transport — 2.77%*:
Kenan Advantage Group, Inc.^			8.38				12/15/2018				8,000,000				8,000,000				8,420,000
Moto Hospitality Limited+^#			10.25				3/15/2017				2,000,000				3,113,265				3,576,870
Quality Distribution Inc.#			9.88				11/1/2018				1,836,000				1,957,796				2,033,370
Total Cargo Transport											11,836,000				13,071,061				14,030,240
Chemicals, Plastics and Rubber — 6.27%*:
Associated Asphalt Partners LLC^#			8.50				2/15/2018				2,300,000				2,300,000				2,369,000
Ciech Group Finance+^#			9.50				11/30/2019				1,200,000				1,538,876				1,882,130
Cornerstone Chemical Co.^			9.38				3/15/2018				7,975,000				8,207,531				8,393,687
LSB Industries, Inc.^			7.75				8/1/2019				3,000,000				3,000,000				3,150,000
Omnova Solutions, Inc.#			7.88				11/1/2018				1,630,000				1,665,651				1,752,250
Perstorp Holding AB+^#			9.00				5/15/2017				2,620,000				3,412,815				3,892,911
Pinnacle Operating Corp.^			9.00				11/15/2020				2,635,000				2,643,065				2,796,394
TPC Group, Inc.^			8.75				12/15/2020				7,065,000				7,147,079				7,506,563
Total Chemicals, Plastics and Rubber											28,425,000				29,915,017				31,742,935
Containers, Packaging and Glass — 3.03%*:
Bormioli Rocco & Figlio S.P.A.+^#			10.00				8/1/2018				1,500,000				1,989,320				2,254,953
Global Closures+^			6.50				11/15/2018				1,000,000				1,335,952				1,415,257
Multi Packaging Solutions, Inc.^			8.50				8/15/2021				4,605,000				4,570,463				4,973,400
Pretium Packaging, LLC#			11.50				4/1/2016				6,265,000				6,401,566				6,687,887
Total Containers, Packaging and Glass											13,370,000				14,297,301				15,331,497
Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing — 1.42%*:
Appvion Inc.^			9.00				6/1/2020				2,000,000				1,970,020				2,020,000
Carlisle Transportation Products^			8.25				12/15/2019				1,950,000				1,950,000				2,032,875
StoneMor Partners L.P.^			7.88				6/1/2021				3,000,000				2,938,516				3,120,000
Total Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing											6,950,000				6,858,536				7,172,875

 

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		EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE‡				DUE DATE				PRINCIPAL				COST				FAIR VALUE
Corporate Bonds (Continued)
Diversified/Conglomerate Service — 1.16%*:
Bravida+^			6.59				6/15/2019				5,500,000			$	837,999			$	877,960
Verisure Holdings+^#			6.72				9/1/2018				3,500,000				4,476,132				4,983,492
Total Diversified/Conglomerate Service											9,000,000				5,314,131				5,861,452
Diversified Natural Resources, Precious Metals and Minerals — 0.95%*:
Lecta S.A.+^#			8.88	%			5/15/2019				1,090,000				1,429,000				1,424,543
Lecta S.A.+^#			5.72				5/15/2018				2,600,000				3,250,132				3,380,107
Total Diversified Natural Resources, Precious Metals and Minerals											3,690,000				4,679,132				4,804,650
Electronics — 1.68%*:
International Wire Group, Inc.^#			8.50				10/15/2017				8,086,000				8,237,912				8,530,730
Total Electronics											8,086,000				8,237,912				8,530,730
Farming and Agriculture — 0.93%*:
Chiquita Brands International Inc.^			7.88				2/1/2021				4,350,000				4,318,419				4,708,875
Total Farming and Agriculture											4,350,000				4,318,419				4,708,875
Finance — 5.90%*:
Arrow Global Finance+^			7.88				3/1/2020				500,000				791,653				879,314
Cabot Financial+^#			10.38				10/1/2019				3,750,000				6,310,274				7,141,319
Equiniti Group Ltd.+^			7.13				12/15/2018				1,460,000				2,222,582				2,550,672
First Data Corp.^			11.25				1/15/2021				6,000,000				5,992,500				6,622,500
Lowell Group Financing PLC+^#			10.75				4/1/2019				2,000,000				3,395,262				3,759,025
Marlin Financial+^			10.50				8/1/2020				1,350,000				2,055,045				2,556,903
Sophia Holding Finance LP^			9.63				12/1/2018				1,375,000				1,361,250				1,416,250
TMF Group Holding+^#			5.61				12/1/2018				1,400,000				1,802,552				1,966,048
TMF Group Holding+^			9.88				12/1/2019				2,000,000				2,685,499				2,976,420
Total Finance											19,835,000				26,616,617				29,868,451
Healthcare, Education and Childcare — 6.96%*:
Care UK Health+#			9.75				8/1/2017				4,000,000				6,555,055				7,004,703
Crown Newco PLC+^#			8.88				2/15/2019				5,100,000				8,310,372				8,698,748
Prospect Medical Holdings Inc^#			8.38				5/1/2019				5,000,000				5,086,217				5,362,500
Tenet Healthcare Corporation			8.13				4/1/2022				3,700,000				3,700,000				3,986,750
Unilabs+^			7.48				7/15/2018				2,800,000				3,866,576				3,919,384
Unilabs+^			8.50				7/15/2018				1,850,000				2,339,824				2,659,582
Valeant+^			7.50				7/15/2021				3,260,000				3,260,000				3,577,850
Total Healthcare, Education and Childcare											25,710,000				33,118,044				35,209,517
Hotels, Motels, Inns and Gaming — 0.99%*:
Gala Group Finance+#			8.88				9/1/2018				2,250,000				3,635,193				4,012,875
N.H. Hotels S.A.+^			6.88				11/15/2019				700,000				950,428				1,016,536
Total Hotels, Motels, Inns and Gaming											2,950,000				4,585,621				5,029,411

 

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		EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE‡				DUE DATE				PRINCIPAL				COST				FAIR VALUE
Corporate Bonds (Continued)
Insurance — 2.32%*:
Galaxy Finco Ltd.+^			6.38				11/15/2020				650,000			$	1,053,229			$	1,081,216
Galaxy Finco Ltd.+^			7.88				11/15/2021				2,150,000				3,471,657				3,552,299
Hastings Insurance Group+^			8.00				10/21/2020				3,550,000				5,729,094				6,055,011
Towergate Finance PLC+			8.50				2/15/2018				600,000				939,986				1,050,705
Total Insurance											6,950,000				11,193,966				11,739,231
Leisure, Amusement, Motion Pictures and Entertainment — 1.04%*:
Vue Cinimas+^			7.88	%			7/15/2020				550,000				835,727				976,353
Travelex+^			8.00				8/1/2018				2,500,000				3,823,597				4,284,792
Total Leisure, Amusement, Motion Pictures and Entertainment											3,050,000				4,659,324				5,261,145
Machinery (Non-Agriculture, Non-Construct, Non-Electronic) — 4.24%*:
Cleaver-Brooks, Inc.^			8.75				12/15/2019				4,740,000				4,867,486				5,142,900
KM Germany Holding+^			8.75				12/15/2020				1,450,000				1,876,585				2,224,171
Milacron LLC^#			8.38				5/15/2019				5,800,000				5,941,207				6,467,000
Xerium Technologies			8.88				6/15/2018				6,324,000				6,373,134				6,640,200
SGL Carbon+			4.88				1/15/2021				700,000				956,794				995,639
Total Machinery (Non-Agriculture, Non-Construct, Non-Electronic)											19,014,000				20,015,206				21,469,910
Mining, Steel, Iron and Non-Precious Metals — 4.84%*:
Alba Group PLC+^			8.00				5/15/2018				2,500,000				3,340,013				3,514,926
Ausdrill Finance Pty Ltd.+^#			6.88				11/1/2019				6,000,000				6,000,000				5,460,000
Barminco Finance Pty Ltd.+^#			9.00				6/1/2018				6,000,000				5,936,720				5,520,000
Hecla Mining Company^			6.88				5/1/2021				5,425,000				5,390,401				5,208,000
New World Resources N.V.+^#			7.88				5/1/2018				3,350,000				4,311,423				3,465,676
Wise Metals^			8.75				12/15/2018				1,280,000				1,280,000				1,347,200
Total Mining, Steel, Iron and Non-Precious Metals											24,555,000				26,258,557				24,515,802
Oil and Gas — 29.65%*:
Alta Mesa Holdings, LP#			9.63				10/15/2018				4,275,000				4,366,509				4,574,250
Calumet Specialty Products^#			7.63				1/15/2022				1,135,000				1,117,907				1,146,350
Calumet Specialty Products#			9.38				5/1/2019				7,365,000				7,864,538				8,175,150
CHC Helicopter+#			9.25				10/15/2020				4,620,000				4,731,261				4,978,050
CHC Helicopter#			9.38				6/1/2021				3,000,000				3,000,000				3,075,000
Era Group Inc.#			7.75				12/15/2022				6,019,000				5,987,129				6,199,570
Ferrellgas Partners LP#			8.63				6/15/2020				7,135,000				7,003,744				7,509,587
Gibson Energy Holdings+^			6.75				7/15/2021				1,915,000				1,885,815				2,025,113
Halcon Resources Corporation^#			9.75				7/15/2020				4,300,000				4,445,565				4,479,625
Headwaters, Inc.#			7.63				4/1/2019				3,000,000				3,115,651				3,232,500
Hercules Offshore, Inc.^#			10.25				4/1/2019				6,865,000				7,186,572				7,774,613
Linn Energy, LLC			8.63				4/15/2020				7,873,000				8,091,126				8,502,840
Magnum Hunter Resources, Corp			9.75				5/15/2020				3,000,000				3,054,382				3,240,000

 

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		EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE‡				DUE DATE				PRINCIPAL				COST				FAIR VALUE
Corporate Bonds (Continued)
Oil and Gas (Continued)
Midstates Petroleum Company Inc.#			10.75				10/1/2020				5,800,000			$	6,106,356			$	6,307,500
Midstates Petroleum Company Inc.			9.25				6/1/2021				6,065,000				6,025,625				6,337,925
Millennium Offshore+^			9.50				2/15/2018				6,000,000				6,000,000				6,240,000
Niska Gas Storage#			8.88				3/15/2018				6,500,000				6,705,536				6,760,000
Northern Tier Energy LLC#			7.13				11/15/2020				6,000,000				6,000,000				6,270,000
Pbf Holding Company LLC#			8.25				2/15/2020				6,000,000				6,264,596				6,510,000
Penn Virginia Corp			8.50				5/1/2020				4,000,000				4,000,000				4,300,000
Quicksilver Resources^			7.00				6/21/2019				444,000				428,859				435,120
Resolute Energy Corp.#			8.50				5/1/2020				7,285,000				7,432,808				7,685,675
RKI Exploration and Production, LLC^			8.50	%			8/1/2021				5,405,000				5,443,479				5,688,763
Samson Investment Company^#			10.50				2/15/2020				5,000,000				5,240,919				5,450,000
Seven Generations Energy Ltd.+^			8.25				5/15/2020				3,645,000				3,645,000				3,936,600
Shelf Drilling Holdings Ltd+^#			8.63				11/1/2018				6,000,000				6,072,133				6,480,000
Topaz Marine SA+^			8.63				11/1/2018				6,877,000				6,925,604				6,928,578
Welltec+^#			8.00				2/1/2019				5,500,000				5,713,593				5,830,000
Total Oil and Gas											141,023,000				143,854,707				150,072,809
Personal and Nondurable Consumer Products (Manufacturing Only) — 0.43%*:
Grohe Holdings+^#			8.75				12/15/2017				1,530,000				2,062,545				2,157,449
Total Personal and Nondurable Consumer Products (Manufacturing Only)											1,530,000				2,062,545				2,157,449
Personal, Food and Miscellaneous — 2.17%*:
Brake Brothers Acquisition PLC+^			7.13				12/15/2018				1,250,000				2,019,166				2,064,773
Cerved Holding Spa+^			8.00				1/15/2021				4,000,000				5,344,539				5,819,232
Teamsystem S.P.A.+^			7.38				5/15/2020				2,180,000				2,773,723				3,089,008
Total Personal, Food and Miscellaneous											7,430,000				10,137,428				10,973,013
Printing and Publishing — 0.56%*:
R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company			7.88				3/15/2021				2,570,000				2,557,150				2,852,700
Total Printing and Publishing											2,570,000				2,557,150				2,852,700
Retail Store — 8.63%*:
Brighthouse Group PLC+^			7.88				5/15/2018				2,000,000				3,115,292				3,411,274
GRD Holding Corp.^#			10.75				6/1/2019				3,150,000				3,223,180				3,433,500
HD Supply, Inc.#			11.50				7/15/2020				5,000,000				5,275,436				5,968,750
House Fraser PLC+^#			8.88				8/15/2018				4,000,000				6,511,945				7,236,537
New Look Retail Group Limited+^			8.75				5/14/2018				5,000,000				7,706,601				8,741,389
Pantry, Inc#			8.38				8/1/2020				875,000				907,032				929,687
Quicksilver, Inc.^#			7.88				8/1/2018				1,210,000				1,203,744				1,312,850
Spencer Spirit Holdings, Inc.^#			11.00				5/1/2017				5,970,000				6,353,654				6,402,825
Takko Fashion+^			9.88				4/15/2019				4,650,000				6,085,326				6,265,889
Total Retail Store											31,855,000				40,382,210				43,702,701

 

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		EFFECTIVE INTEREST RATE‡				DUE DATE				PRINCIPAL				COST				FAIR VALUE
Corporate Bonds (Continued)
Telecommunications — 5.75%*:
Manutencoop Facility Management+^			8.50				8/1/2020				4,570,000			$	6,123,578			$	6,664,190
Nara Cable FDG Ltd+^#			8.88				12/1/2018				6,000,000				5,684,197				6,390,000
Norcell Sweden+^			9.25				9/29/2018				19,500,000				3,220,149				3,304,648
Sprint Nextel Corporation^			7.25				9/15/2021				2,650,000				2,650,000				2,845,438
UPC Broadband+^			6.75				3/15/2023				1,000,000				1,055,855				1,144,891
Wind Acquisition+^			11.75				7/15/2017				6,000,000				8,220,386				8,771,110
Total Telecommunications											39,720,000				26,954,165				29,120,277
Textiles & Leather — 1.47%*:
Perry Ellis International Inc#			7.88	%			4/1/2019				7,000,000				7,255,009				7,455,000
Total Textiles & Leather											7,000,000				7,255,009				7,455,000
Total Corporate Bonds											478,220,000				511,025,520				540,483,299
Total Fixed Income											564,498,061				596,464,762				626,898,119
Other assets and liabilities — (23.84)%																			(120,701,132	)
Net Assets — 100%																		$	506,196,987

 

‡	The effective interest rates are based on settled commitment amount.

*	Calculated as a percentage of net assets applicable to common shareholders.

+	Foreign security.

#	All or a portion of the security is segregated as collateral for the credit facility. See Note 8 to the financial statements for further disclosure.

Distributions of investments by country of issue (excluding temporary cash investments) as a percentage of total investment in securities, is as follows:

 

		United States			62.8%
		United Kingdom			13.5%
		Italy			4.5%
		Sweden			3.1%
		Germany			2.6%
		Canada			2.3%
		United Arab Emirates			2.0%
		Australia			1.8%
		Spain			1.2%
		Azerbaijan			1.1%
		France			1.0%
		Netherlands			1.0%
		Guernsey			1.0%
		(Individually less than 1%)			2.1%
					100.0%

 

^	Security exempt from registration under Rule 144a of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may only be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

 

 

 

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§

Bank loans are exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, but contain certain restrictions on resale and cannot be sold publicly. These loans pay interest at rates which adjust periodically. The interest rates shown for bank loans are the current interest rates at December 31, 2013. Bank loans are also subject to mandatory and/or optional prepayment which cannot be predicted. As a result, the remaining maturity may be substantially less than the stated maturity shown.

Forward Foreign Exchange Contracts at 12/31/2013

 

COUNTERPARTY		CURRENCY		CONTRACT TYPE				DELIVERY DATE				VALUE				AGGREGATE FACE VALUE				UNREALIZED APPRECIATION / (DEPRECIATION)
Credit Suisse
		British pounds			Sell				1/15/2014			$	(1,124,112	)		$	(1,150,771	)		$	(26,659	)
		British pounds			Sell				1/30/2014				(27,137,308	)			(28,153,741	)			(1,016,433	)
		Swedish krona			Sell				1/30/2014				(4,141,111	)			(4,187,826	)			(46,715	)
		Swiss francs			Sell				1/30/2014				(2,059,140	)			(2,102,897	)			(43,757	)
		U.S. Dollars			Buy				1/15/2014				1,124,112				1,124,112				–
		U.S. Dollars			Buy				1/30/2014				33,337,559				33,337,559				–
													–				(1,133,564	)			(1,133,564	)
J.P. Morgan
		British pounds			Sell				1/15/2014			$	(45,237,393	)		$	(46,320,593	)		$	(1,083,200	)
		British pounds			Sell				1/30/2014				(2,727,604	)			(2,806,268	)			(78,664	)
		British pounds			Sell				2/27/2014				(10,146,963	)			(10,246,280	)			(99,317	)
		Euros			Sell				1/15/2014				(52,299,978	)			(52,542,830	)			(242,852	)
		Euros			Sell				1/30/2014				(31,082,499	)			(31,640,563	)			(558,064	)
		Swiss francs			Sell				1/30/2014				(11,167	)			(11,212	)			(45	)
		Swiss francs			Buy				1/30/2014				942,521				963,150				20,629
		U.S. Dollars			Sell				1/30/2014				(942,521	)			(942,521	)			–
		U.S. Dollars			Buy				1/15/2014				97,537,371				97,537,371				–
		U.S. Dollars			Buy				1/30/2014				33,821,270				33,821,270				–
		U.S. Dollars			Buy				2/27/2014				10,146,963				10,146,963				–
													–				(2,041,513	)			(2,041,513	)
													–				(3,175,077	)			(3,175,077	)

 

 

 

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December 31, 2013

 

 

 

 

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December 31, 2013

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of December 31, 2013 in valuing the Fund’s investments:

 

DESCRIPTION		LEVEL 1				LEVEL 2				LEVEL 3				TOTAL INVESTMENTS
Assets:
Fixed Income:
Bank Loans		$	–			$	82,414,820			$	4,000,000			$	86,414,820
Bonds			–				540,483,299				–				540,483,299
Total Fixed Income		$	–			$	622,898,119			$	4,000,000			$	626,898,119
Liabilities:
Derivative Securities:
Forward Foreign Exchange Contracts:		$	–			$	(3,175,077	)		$	–			$	(3,175,077	)
Total Derivative Securities			–				(3,175,077	)			–				(3,175,077	)
Total Investments		$	–			$	619,723,042			$	4,000,000			$	623,723,042

 

 

TYPE OF ASSETS		FAIR VALUE AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2013		VALUATION TECHNIQUES(S)		UNOBSERVABLE INPUT		RANGE (WEIGHTED AVERAGE)
Bank Loan
Direct ChassisLink, Inc.		$4,000,000		Market Comparables		Forward EBITA Multiple		5.25x – 8.25x (6.75x)

 

 

		BALANCE AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2012				PURCHASES				SALES				ACCRETION OF DISCOUNT				NET REALIZED GAIN (LOSS)				CHANGE IN UNREALIZED APPRECIATION/ DEPRECIATION				BALANCE AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2013				CHANGE IN UNREALIZED APPRECIATION/ DEPRECIATION FROM INVESTMENTS HELD AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2013
Fixed Income
Bank Loan		$	–			$	3,940,000			$	–			$	420			$	–			$	59,580			$	4,000,000			$	59,580

 

 

 

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

 

		KPMG LLP Two Financial Center 60 South Street Boston, MA 02111

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Trustees and Shareholders

Babson Capital Global Short Duration High Yield Fund:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Babson Capital Global Short Duration High Yield Fund (the “Fund”), including the schedule of investments, as of December 31, 2013, and the related statements of operations and cash flows for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for the year then ended and for the period from inception (October 26, 2012) through December 31, 2012 and the financial highlights for each of the years or periods in the two-year period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2013, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Babson Capital Global Short Duration High Yield Fund as of December 31, 2013, the results of its operations and cash flows for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for each of the periods described above, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

Boston, Massachusetts

February 26, 2014

 

KPMG LLP is a Delaware limited liability partnership, the U.S. member firm of KPMG International Cooperative (“KPMG International”), a Swiss entity.

 

 

 

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INTERESTED TRUSTEE

 

 

NAME (AGE), ADDRESS		POSITION(S) HELD WITH FUND		TERM OF OFFICE AND LENGTH OF TIME SERVED		PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION(S) DURING THE PAST 5 YEARS		NUMBER OF PORTFOLIOS IN FUND COMPLEX* OVERSEEN BY TRUSTEE		OTHER DIRECTORSHIPS HELD BY TRUSTEE DURING PAST 5 YEARS
Thomas M. Finke (49) 550 South Tryon Street Charlotte, NC 28202		Trustee		Term expires 2016; Trustee since 2013		Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (since 2008), Member of the Board of Managers (since 2006), President (2007-2008), Managing Director (2002-2008), Babson Capital; Chief Investment Officer and Executive Vice President (2008-2011), Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company		3		Trustee (since 2013), Babson Capital Funds Trust (open-end investment company advised by the Adviser); Chairman (since 2012), Director (since 2008), Babson Capital Europe Limited (investment advisory firm); Chairman and Director (since 2012), Babson Capital Global Advisors Limited (investment advisory firm); Director (since 2008), Babson Capital Guernsey Limited (holding company); Vice Chairman and Manager (since 2011), MM Asset Management Holding LLC (holding company); Manager (since 2011), Wood Creek Capital Management, LLC (investment advisory firm); Chairman and Director (since 2007), Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers LLC (real estate advisory firm); Director (since 2004), Jefferies Finance LLC (finance company); Manager (since 2007), Credit Strategies Management LLC (general partner of an investment fund); Manager (since 2005), Loan Strategies Management, LLC (general partner of an investment fund); Manager (since 2005), Jefferies Finance CP Funding LLC (investment company); Manager (2004-2012), Class C Member LLC (equity holding company); Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director (2009-2011), MassMutual Capital Partners, LLC (investment company); Director (2007-2011), Scottish Re Group Limited (reinsurance specialist); and Director (2000-2009), Babson Capital Japan KK (investment advisory firm).

 

*	For purposes of the Trustee tables, the term “Fund Complex” includes the Fund, Babson Capital Corporate Investors, Babson Capital Participation Investors, Babson Capital Funds Trust, MassMutual Premier Funds, MML Series Investment Funds, MML Series Investment Funds II, and MassMutual Select Funds.

 

 

 

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INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES

 

 

NAME (AGE), ADDRESS		POSITION(S) HELD WITH FUND		TERM OF OFFICE AND LENGTH OF TIME SERVED		PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION(S) DURING THE PAST 5 YEARS		NUMBER OF PORTFOLIOS IN FUND COMPLEX* OVERSEEN BY TRUSTEE		OTHER DIRECTORSHIPS HELD BY TRUSTEE DURING PAST 5 YEARS
Rodney J. Dillman (61) 550 South Tryon Street Charlotte, NC 28202		Trustee/Chairman		Term expires 2015; Trustee since 2012		Deputy General Counsel (2011-2012), Senior Vice President (2008-2012), Vice President (2000-2008), Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company; Member of the Board of Directors and President (2008-2011), MassMutual International LLC; General Counsel (2006-2008), the Adviser.		3		Trustee (since 2013), Babson Capital Funds Trust (an open-end investment company advised by the Adviser); Director (2008-2011), Compania de Seguros CorpVida S.A. (insurance company); Director (2009-2011), MassMutual Europe S.A. (insurance company); Director (2009-2010), Yingda Taihe Life Insurance Co.; Director (2008-2011), MassMutual Asia Limited (insurance company); Director (2008-2011), MassMutual Life Insurance Company; Director (2008-2010), MassMutual Mercuries Life Insurance Company; Director (2005-2010), The MassMutual Trust Company; Director (2006-2008), Jefferies Finance LLC (finance company); Director, Vice President and Secretary (2005-2008), MMHC Investment LLC (passive investor).
Thomas W. Bunn (60) 550 South Tryon Street Charlotte, NC 28202		Trustee		Term expires 2014; Trustee since 2013		Retired (since 2009); Vice Chairman (2005-2009), Head of National Banking (2006-2009), Head of Corporate and Investment Banking (2002-2006), KeyCorp (commercial and investment banking firm)		3		Trustee (since 2013), Babson Capital Funds Trust (an open-end investment company advised by the Adviser); Director (since 2010), SquareTwo Financial (asset recovery and management firm); Director (since 2010), Southern Weaving Co. (webbing and sleeving design and manufacturing company); Trustee (since 2010), Wake Forest University Board of Trustees; Member (since 1998), Babcock School of Business Board of Visitors; Senior Operating Advisor (since 2010), Sound Harbor Partners (investment management firm); Director (since 2009), Kiawah Island Conservancy; Director (since 2009), Nature Conservancy of North Carolina; Director (2007-2009), Victory Asset Management (mutual fund complex).
Dr. Bernard A. Harris, Jr. (57) 550 South Tryon Street Charlotte, NC 28202		Trustee		Term expires 2016; Trustee since 2012		Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner (since 2002), Vesalius Ventures, Inc.; Director and President (since 1998), The Space Agency; President (since 1999), The Harris Foundation; Clinical Scientist, Flight Surgeon and Astronaut (1986-1996), NASA.		3		Trustee (since 2013), Babson Capital Funds Trust (an open-end investment company advised by the Adviser); Trustee (since 2011), Salient Midstream & MLP Fund and Salient MLP & Energy Infrastructure Fund; Trustee (since 2010), Salient Absolute Return Fund; Director (since 2009), Monebo Technologies Inc. (medical technology design company); Director (since 2008), US Physical Therapy (USPH: NYSE); Director (since 2012), E-Cardio, Inc. (provides services for cardiac monitoring).
Thomas W. Okel (51) 550 South Tryon Street Charlotte, NC 28202		Trustee		Term expires 2014; Trustee since 2012		Executive Director (since 2011), Catawba Lands Conservancy; Global Head of Syndicated Capital Markets (1989-2010), Bank of America Merrill Lynch.		3		Trustee (since 2013), Babson Capital Funds Trust (an open-end investment company advised by the Adviser).
Martin A. Sumichrast (47) 550 South Tryon Street Charlotte, NC 28202		Trustee		Term expires 2015; Trustee since 2012		Manager (since 2013), Washington Capital, LLC; Managing Director (2002-2013), Lomond International, Inc.		3		Trustee (since 2013), Babson Capital Funds Trust (an open-end investment company advised by the Adviser).

 

*	For purposes of the Trustee tables, the term “Fund Complex” includes the Fund, Babson Capital Corporate Investors, Babson Capital Participation Investors, Babson Capital Funds Trust, MassMutual Premier Funds, MML Series Investment Funds, MML Series Investment Funds II, and MassMutual Select Funds.

 

 

 

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OFFICERS

 

 

NAME (AGE), ADDRESS		POSITION(S) HELD WITH FUND		TERM OF OFFICE AND LENGTH OF TIME SERVED*		PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION(S) DURING THE PAST 5 YEARS
Russell D. Morrison (49) 550 South Tryon Street Charlotte, NC 28202		President and Principal Executive Officer		Since 2012		Head of the Global High Yield Investments Group (since 2009), Co-Head of U.S. Loan Team (2006-2009), Managing Director (since 2002), Babson Capital; Senior Vice President (since 2013), Babson Capital Funds Trust (an open-end investment company advised by the Adviser).
Patrick Hoefling (34) 550 South Tryon Street Charlotte, NC 28202		Chief Financial Officer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer		Since 2012		Director (since 2008), Babson Capital; Chief Financial Officer (since 2013), Babson Capital Funds Trust (an open-end investment company advised by the Adviser); Manager (2005-2008), Deloitte and Touche.
Andrew Lennon (39) 550 South Tryon Street Charlotte, NC 28202		Treasurer		Since 2013		Managing Director (since 2010), Babson Capital; Treasurer (since 2013), Babson Capital Funds Trust (an open-end investment company advised by the Adviser).
Michael Freno (38) 550 South Tryon Street Charlotte, NC 28202		Vice President		Since 2012		Managing Director (since 2010), Member of the High Yield Investment Committee (since 2010), Director (2007-2009), Associate Director (2005-2006), Babson Capital.
Sean Feeley (46) 550 South Tryon Street Charlotte, NC 28202		Vice President		Since 2012		Member of U.S. High Yield Investment Committee (since 2010); Managing Director (since 2003), Babson Capital; Vice President (since 2011), Babson Capital Corporate Investors and Babson Capital Participation Investors (closed-end investment companies advised by the Adviser).
Scott Roth (44) 550 South Tryon Street Charlotte, NC 28202		Vice President		Since 2012		Member of U.S. High Yield Investment Committee (since 2010); High Yield Team Leader (since 2010), Managing Director (since 2004), Babson Capital.
Melissa LaGrant (40) 550 South Tryon Street Charlotte, NC 28202		Chief Compliance Officer		Since 2012		Managing Director (since 2005), Babson Capital; Chief Compliance Officer (since 2013), Babson Capital Finance LLC; Chief Compliance Officer (since 2013), Babson Capital Funds Trust (an open-end investment company advised by the Adviser); Chief Compliance Officer (since 2006), Babson Capital Corporate Investors and Babson Capital Participation Investors (closed-end investment companies advised by the Adviser).
Janice M. Bishop (49) 550 South Tryon Street Charlotte, NC 28202		Secretary and Chief Legal Officer		Since 2012		Counsel (since 2007), Babson Capital; Associate Secretary (since 2008), Babson Capital Corporate Investors and Babson Capital Participation Investors (closed-end investment companies advised by Babson Capital); Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (since 2013), Babson Capital Funds Trust (an open-end investment company advised by the Adviser).
Michele Manha (41) 550 South Tryon Street Charlotte, NC 28202		Assistant Secretary		Since 2012		Counsel (since 2008), Babson Capital; Assistant Secretary (since 2013), Babson Capital Funds Trust (an open-end investment company advised by the Adviser).

 

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JOINT PRIVACY NOTICE OF BABSON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC AND

 

BABSON CAPITAL GLOBAL SHORT DURATION HIGH YIELD FUND

 

When you use Babson Capital Management LLC (“Babson Capital”) as your investment adviser or invest in the Babson Capital Global Short Duration High Yield Fund (the “Fund”), you entrust us not only with your hard-earned assets but also with your personal and financial data. We consider your data to be private and confidential, and protecting its confidentiality is important to us. Our policies and procedures regarding your personal information are summarized below.

We may collect non-public personal information about you from:

 

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Applications or other forms, interviews, or by other means;

 

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Consumer or other reporting agencies, government agencies, employers or others;

 

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Your transactions with us, our affiliates, or others; and

 

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Our Internet website.

We may share the financial information we collect with our financial service affiliates, such as insurance companies, investment companies and securities broker-dealers. Additionally, so that we may continue to offer you products and services that best meet your investment needs and to effect transactions that you request or authorize, we may disclose the information we collect, as described above, to companies that perform administrative or marketing services on our behalf, such as transfer agents, custodian banks, service providers or printers and mailers that assist us in the distribution of investor materials or that provide operational support to Babson Capital entities. These companies are required to protect this information and will use this information only for the services for which we hire them, and are not permitted to use or share this information for any other purpose. Some of these companies may perform such services in jurisdictions other than the United States. We may share some or all of the information we collect with other financial institutions with whom we jointly market products. This may be done only if it is permitted in the state in which you live. Some disclosures may be limited to your name, contact and transaction information with us or our affiliates.

Any disclosures will be only to the extent permitted by federal and state law. Certain disclosures may require us to get an “opt-in” or “opt-out” from you. If this is required, we will do so before information is shared. Otherwise, we do not share any personal information about our customers or former customers unless authorized by the customer or as permitted by law.

We restrict access to personal information about you to those employees who need to know that information to provide products and services to you. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with legal standards to guard your personal information. As an added measure, we do not include personal or account information in non-secure e-mails that we send you via the Internet without your prior consent. We advise you not to send such information to us in non-secure e-mails.

This joint notice describes the privacy policies of Babson Capital and the Fund. It applies to all Babson Capital and the Fund accounts you presently have, or may open in the future, using your social security number or federal taxpayer identification number – whether or not you remain a shareholder of our Funds or as an advisory client of Babson Capital. As mandated by rules issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission, we will be sending you this notice annually, as long as you own shares in the Funds or have an account with Babson Capital.

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Item 2. Code of Ethics.

The Registrant adopted a Code of Ethics for Senior Financials Officers (the “Code”) on October 17, 2012, which is available on the Registrant’s website at www.babsoncapital.com/bgh. During the period covered by this Form N-CSR, there were no amendments to, or waivers from, the Code.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

The Registrant’s Board of Trustees has determined that Dr. Bernard A. Harris, Jr., Mr. Thomas W. Okel and Mr. Martin A. Sumichrast, constituting all the members of the Registrant’s Audit Committee, are audit committee financial experts. Mr. Harris, Mr. Okel and Mr. Sumichrast are “independent” for purposes of this Item 3 as required by applicable regulation.

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

The Registrant has engaged its principal accountant, KPMG LLP, to perform audit services, audit-related services, tax services and other services during the past two fiscal years. The following table details the aggregate fees billed or expected to be billed for each of the last two fiscal years by KPMG LLP.

Fees Billed to the Registrant:

 

		KPMG LLP				KPMG LLP
		Year Ended				Year Ended
		December 31, 2013				December 31, 2012
Audit Fees		$	66,700			$	63,500
Audit-Related Fees			12,600				12,000
Tax Fees			0				0
All Other Fees			0				21,800	*
Total Fees		$	79,300			$	97,300

*   One-time review and consent of Initial Form N-2 and Financial Statement Seed Audit

Non-Audit Fees Billed to Babson Capital and MassMutual:

 

		KPMG LLP				KPMG LLP
		Year Ended				Year Ended
		December 31, 2013				December 31, 2012
Audit-Related Fees		$	971,856			$	685,475
Tax Fees			75,000				93,100
All Other Fees			0				0
Total Fees		$	1,046,856			$	778,575

The category “Audit Fees” refers to performing an audit of the Registrant’s annual financial statements or services that are normally provided by the principal accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for those fiscal years. The category “Audit-Related Fees” reflects fees billed by KPMG LLP for various non-audit and non-tax services rendered to the Registrant and Babson Capital, such as a SAS 70 review, IFRS consulting and agreed upon procedures reports. Preparation of Federal, state and local income tax and tax compliance work are representative of the fees reported in the “Tax Fees” category. The category “All Other Fees” represents fees billed by KPMG LLP for consulting rendered to the Registrant and Babson Capital.

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The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and its implementing regulations allows the Registrant’s Audit Committee to establish a pre-approval policy for certain services rendered by the Registrant’s principal accountant. During 2013, the Registrant’s Audit Committee approved all of the services rendered to the Registrant by KPMG LLP and did not rely on such a pre-approval policy for any such services.

The Audit Committee has also reviewed the aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by KPMG LLP for 2012 and 2013 for the Registrant and for the non-audit services provided to Babson Capital, and Babson Capital’s parent, MassMutual. As part of this review, the Audit Committee considered whether the provision of such non-audit services was compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.

The 2012 fees billed represent final 2012 amounts, which may differ from the preliminary figures available as of the filing date of the Registrant’s 2013 Annual Form N-CSR and includes, among other things, fees for services that may not have been billed as of the filing date of the Registrant’s 2013 Annual Form N-CSR, but are now properly included in the 2012 fees billed to the Registrant, Babson Capital and MassMutual.

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

The Registrant maintains an Audit Committee composed exclusively of Trustees of the Registrant who qualify as “independent” Trustees under the current listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange and the rules of the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission. The Audit Committee operates pursuant to a written Audit Committee Charter, which is available (1) on the Registrant’s website, www.babsoncapital.com/bgh, and (2) without charge, upon request, by calling, toll-free 1-866-399-1516. The current members of the Audit Committee are Dr. Bernard A. Harris, Thomas W. Okel and Martin A. Sumichrast.

Item 6. Investments.

A schedule of investments for the Registrant is included as part of this report to shareholders under Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

The Registrant’s Board of Trustees has delegated proxy voting responsibilities relating to the voting securities held by the Registrant to its investment adviser, Babson Capital Management LLC (“Babson Capital”). A summary of Babson Capital’s proxy voting policies and procedures are set forth below.

Summary of Babson Capital’s Proxy Voting Policy:

Babson Capital views the voting of proxies as an integral part of its investment management responsibility and believes, as a general principle, that proxies should be acted upon (voted or abstained) solely in the best interest of its clients (i.e. in a manner it believes is most likely to enhance the economic value of the underlying securities held in client accounts). To implement this general principle, Babson Capital engages a proxy service provider (the “Service Provider”) that is responsible for processing and maintaining records of proxy votes. In addition, the Service Provider will retain the services of an independent third party research provider (the “Research Provider”) to provide research and recommendations on proxies. Babson Capital’s Proxy Voting Policy is generally to vote proxies in accordance with the recommendations of the Research Provider. In circumstances where the Research Provider has not provided recommendations with respect to a proxy, Babson Capital will vote in accordance with the Research Provider’s proxy voting guidelines (the “Guidelines”). In circumstances where the Research Provider has not provided a recommendation or has not contemplated an issue within its Guidelines, the proxy will be analyzed on a case-by-case basis.

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Babson Capital recognizes that there may be times when it is in the best interest of clients to vote proxies (i) against the Research Provider’s recommendations or (ii) in instances where the Research Provider has not provided a recommendation vote against the Guidelines. Babson Capital can vote, in whole or in part, against the Research Provider’s recommendations or Guidelines, as it deems appropriate. The procedures set forth in the Proxy Voting Policy are designed to ensure that votes against the Research Provider’s recommendations or Guidelines are made in the best interests of clients and are not the result of any material conflict of interest (a “Material Conflict”). For purposes of the Proxy Voting Policy, a Material Conflict is defined as any position, relationship or interest, financial or otherwise, of Babson Capital or a Babson Capital associate that could reasonably be expected to affect the independence or judgment concerning proxy voting.

Summary of Babson Capital’s Proxy Voting Procedures:

Babson Capital will vote all client proxies for which it has proxy voting discretion, where no Material Conflict exists, in accordance with the Research Provider’s recommendations or Guidelines, unless (i) Babson Capital is unable or determines not to vote a proxy in accordance with the Proxy Voting Policy or (ii) an authorized investment person or designee (a “Proxy Analyst”) determines that it is in the client’s best interests to vote against the Research Provider’s recommendations or Guidelines. In such cases where a Proxy Analyst believes a proxy should be voted against the Research Provider’s recommendations or Guidelines, Proxy Administrator will vote the proxy in accordance with the Proxy Analyst’s recommendation as long as (i) no other Proxy Analyst disagrees with such recommendation and (ii) no known Material Conflict is identified by the Proxy Analyst(s) or the Proxy Administrator. If a Material Conflict is identified by a Proxy Analysis or the Proxy Administrator, the proxy will be submitted to the Trading Practices Committee to determine how the proxy is to be voted in order to achieve that client’s best interests.

No associate, officer, director or board of managers/directors of Babson Capital or its affiliates (other than those assigned such responsibilities under the Proxy Voting Policy) can influence how Babson Capital votes client proxies, unless such person has been requested to provide assistance by a Proxy Analyst or Trading Practices Committee member and has disclosed any known Material Conflict. Pre-vote communications are prohibited. In the event that pre-vote communications occur, it should be reported to the Trading Practices Committee or Babson Capital’s Chief Compliance Officer or General Counsel prior to voting. Any questions or concerns regarding proxy-solicitor arrangements should be addressed to Babson Capital’s Chief Compliance Officer and/or General Counsel.

Investment management agreements generally delegate the authority to vote proxies to Babson Capital in accordance with Babson Capital’s Proxy Voting Policy. In the event an investment management agreement is silent on proxy voting, Babson Capital should obtain written instructions from the client as to their voting preference. However, when the client does not provide written instructions as to their voting preferences, Babson Capital will assume proxy voting responsibilities. In the event that a client makes a written request regarding voting, Babson Capital will vote as instructed.

Obtaining a Copy of the Proxy Voting Policy:

Clients may obtain a copy of Babson Capital’s Proxy Voting Policy and information about how Babson Capital voted proxies related to their securities, free of charge, by contacting the Chief Compliance Officer, Babson Capital Management LLC, 1500 Main Street, Suite 2800, P.O. Box 15189, Springfield, MA 01115-5189, or calling toll-free, 1-877-766-0014.

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Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

The following disclosure item is made as of the date of this Form N-CSR unless otherwise indicated.

PORTFOLIO MANAGER. Russell D. Morrison serves as President of the Registrant (since 2012) and as one of its Portfolio Managers. With over 22 years of industry experience, Mr. Morrison is head of Babson Capital’s Global Fixed Income Group (since 2009). He joined Babson Capital in 2002 and previously served as co-head of the U.S. Bank Loan Group. Since 2002, Mr. Morrison has focused on research, portfolio management and trading for U.S. and European bonds, loans and structured credit. Prior to joining Babson Capital, he was a Vice President at First Union Securities, Inc., a Manager in Ernst & Young’s Management Consulting Group and an accountant at North Carolina National Bank. Mr. Morrison holds a B.S. from Wake Forest University and an M.B.A. from Carnegie Mellon University’s Graduate School of Industrial Administration.

PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT TEAM. Mr. Morrison has primary responsibility for overseeing the investments of the Registrant’s portfolio, with the day-to-day investment management responsibility of the Registrant’s portfolio being shared with the following Babson Capital and Babson Capital Europe investment professional (together with the Portfolio Manager, the “Portfolio Team”).

Sean Feeley serves as a Vice President of the Registrant (since 2012). Mr. Feeley is a Managing Director of Babson Capital and head of the High Yield Research Team with over 23 years of industry experience in high yield bonds and loans in various investment strategies. Prior to joining Babson Capital in 2003, he was a Vice President at Cigna Investment Management in project finance and a Vice President at Credit Suisse in leveraged loan finance. He also currently serves as a Vice President of Babson Capital Corporate Investors and Babson Capital Participation Investors, both closed-end investment companies managed by Babson Capital. Mr. Feeley holds a B.S. from Canisius College and an M.B.A. from Cornell University. Mr. Feeley is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive) and a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Michael Freno serves as a Vice President of the Registrant (since 2012). With over 13 years of industry experience, Mr. Freno is a head of Babson Capital’s Loan Total Returns Fund. He joined Babson Capital in 2005. Prior to joining Babson Capital, he served as a research analyst at Mangan & McColl Partners, LLC and a Manager a PricewaterhouseCoopers. He holds a B.A. from Furman University and an M.B.A from Wake Forest Babcock School of Business.

Kam Tugnait serves as a Vice President of the Registrant (since 2012). With over 20 years of experience, he is a Managing Director of Babson Capital Europe Limited (“Babson Capital Europe), parent of Babson Capital Global Advisors Limited (“BCGA”). He joined Babson Capital Europe in 2011 and currently manages the European high yield funds. Prior to joining Babson Capital Europe, he worked a Gatmore, managing the Gatmore Corporate High Yield Bond Fund, Head of High Yield at Standard Bank and the United Bank of Kuwait. He holds an M.A. from Cambridge University and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, England & Wales.

Zak Summerscale serves as a Vice President of the Registrant (since 2012). He is Chief Investment Officer of European High Yield of Babson Capital Europe, parent of BCGA. He joined Babson Capital Europe in 2001 and has direct portfolio management responsibility for several of Babson Capital Europe’s strategies. Prior to joining Babson Capital, Mr. Summerscale was Portfolio Manager at Flag Asset Management. Prior to Flag Asset Management, he held various positions at the United Bank of Kuwait and as an ACA for Ernst & Young. He holds a B.A. from Durham University.

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OTHER ACCOUNTS MANAGED BY THE PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT TEAM.

 

NUMBER OF

ACCOUNTS

APPROXIMATE

TOTAL

WITH

ASSET SIZE OF

NUMBER

APPROXIMATE

PERFORMANCE-

PERFORMANCE-

PORTFOLIO

ACCOUNT

OF

TOTAL ASSET

BASED

BASED ADVISORY

TEAM

CATEGORY

ACCOUNTS

SIZE (A)

ADVISORY FEE

FEE ACCOUNTS (A)

Registered

Russell D.

Investment

0

N/A

0

N/A

Morrison (B)(C)

Companies

Other Pooled

Investment

23

$

4.97 billion

23

$

4.97 billion

Vehicles

Other

Accounts

1

$

1.01 billion

0

N/A

Registered

Sean

Investment

5

$

849.2 million

0

N/A

Feeley (B)

Companies

Other Pooled

Investment

3

$

176.2 million

3

$

176.2 million

Vehicles

Other

Accounts (D)

6

$

2.94 billion

0

N/A

Registered

Michael (B)

Investment

2

$

109.1 million

0

N/A

Freno

Companies

Other Pooled

Investment

8

$

5.38 billion

8

$

5.38 billon

Vehicles

Other

Accounts (D)

7

$

497.8 million

0

N/A

Registered

Kam

Investment

1

$

22.2 million

0

N/A

Tugnait (E)

Companies

Other Pooled

Investment

2

$

200.1 million

1

$

200.1 million

Vehicles

Other

Accounts

0

N/A

0

N/A

Registered

Zak

Investment

2

$

44.3 million

0

N/A

Summerscale (E)

Companies

Other Pooled

Investment

6

$

3.5 billion

6

$

3.5 billion

Vehicles

Other

Accounts

1

$

358.6 million

0

N/A

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(A)	Account asset size has been calculated as of December 31, 2013.

 

(B)	Represents accounts advised by Babson Capital over which Mr. Morrison, Mr. Feeley or Mr. Freno have day-to-day management responsibilities.

 

(C)

Mr. Morrison, as head of Babson Capital’s Global Fixed Income Group, has overall responsibility for all fixed and floating income rate assets managed by Babson Capital. Except for the accounts noted in the table above, Mr. Morrison is not primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the other accounts managed by Babson Capital’s Global Fixed Income Group.

 

(D)

Messrs. Feeley and Freno have investment discretion over certain sectors of the general investment account of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company and C.M. Life Insurance Company (the “GIA”). However, since neither Messrs. Feeley nor Freno are considered primary portfolio managers of the GIA, these assets are not represented in the table above.

 

(E)	Represents accounts advised by BCGA over which Mr. Tugnait and Mr. Summerscale have day-to-day management responsibilities.

MATERIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. The potential for material conflicts of interest may exist as the members of the Portfolio Management Team have responsibilities for the day-to-day management of multiple advisory accounts. These conflicts may be heightened to the extent the individual, Babson Capital and/or an affiliate has an investment in one or more of such accounts. Babson Capital has identified (and summarized below) areas where material conflicts of interest are most likely to arise, and has adopted policies and procedures that it believes are reasonable to address such conflicts.

Transactions with Affiliates: Babson Capital or its affiliates, including MassMutual and its affiliates, may from time to time, acting as principal, buy securities or other investments for itself from or sell securities or other investments it owns to its advisory clients. Likewise, Babson Capital may either directly or on behalf of MassMutual, purchase and/or hold securities or other investments that are subsequently sold or transferred to advisory clients. Babson Capital has a conflict of interest in connection with a transaction where it or an affiliate is acting as principal since it may have an incentive to favor itself or its affiliates over its advisory clients in connection with the transaction. To address these conflicts of interest, Babson Capital has adopted a Transactions with Affiliates Policy, which ensures any such transaction is consistent with Babson Capital’s fiduciary obligations to act in the best interests of its clients, including its ability to obtain best execution in connection with the transaction, and is in compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

Cross Trades: Babson Capital may effect cross-trades on behalf of its advisory clients whereby one advisory client buys securities or other investments from or sells securities or other investments to another advisory client. Babson Capital may also effect cross-trades involving advisory accounts or funds in which it or its affiliates, including MassMutual, and their respective employees, have an ownership interest or for which Babson Capital is entitled to earn a performance or incentive fee. As a result, Babson Capital has a conflict of interest in connection

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with the cross-trade since it may have an incentive to favor the advisory client or fund in which it or its affiliate has an ownership interest and/or is entitled to a performance or incentive fee. To address these conflicts of interest, Babson Capital has adopted a Transactions with Affiliates Policy, which ensures any such cross-trade is consistent with Babson Capital’s fiduciary obligations to act in the best interests of each of its advisory clients, including its ability to obtain best execution for each advisory client in connection with the cross-trade transaction, and is in compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements. Babson Capital will not receive a commission or any other remuneration (other than its advisory fee) for effecting cross-trades between advisory clients.

Loan Origination Transactions: While Babson Capital or its affiliates generally do not act as an underwriter or member of a syndicate in connection with a securities offering, Babson Capital or its affiliates (or an unaffiliated entity in which Babson Capital or its affiliates has an ownership interest) may act as an underwriter, originator, agent, or member of a syndicate in connection with the origination of senior secured loans or other lending arrangements with borrowers, where such loans may be purchased by Babson Capital advisory clients during or after the original syndication. Babson Capital advisory clients may purchase such loans directly from Babson Capital or its affiliates (or an unaffiliated entity in which Babson Capital or its affiliates has an ownership interest) or from other members of the lending syndicate. Babson Capital or its affiliates may directly or indirectly receive underwriting, origination, or agent fees in connection with such loan originations. As a result, Babson Capital has a conflict of interest in connection with such loan origination transactions since it has an incentive to base its investment recommendation to its advisory clients on the amount of compensation, underwriting, origination or agent fees it would receive rather than on its advisory clients’ best interests. To address this conflict of interest, Babson Capital has adopted a Transactions with Affiliates Policy, which ensures any such transaction is consistent with Babson Capital’s fiduciary obligations to act in the best interests of its clients, including its ability to obtain best execution in connection with the transaction, and is in compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

MML Investors Services, LLC (“MMLISI”), an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of MassMutual, is an SEC-registered investment adviser and broker-dealer that may act as an introducing broker for the purpose of effecting securities transactions for brokerage customers. While a Babson Capital advisory client could request that MMLISI effect securities transactions for it that would result in commissions to MMLISI, currently no Babson Capital advisory client directs Babson Capital to effect securities transactions for its account through MMLISI.

Investments by Advisory Clients: Babson Capital may invest client assets in securities or other investments that are also held by (i) Babson Capital or its affiliates, including MassMutual, (ii) other Babson Capital advisory accounts, (iii) funds or accounts in which Babson Capital or its affiliates or their respective employees have an ownership or economic interest or (iv) employees of Babson Capital or its affiliates. Babson Capital may also, on behalf of its advisory clients, invest in the same or different securities or instruments of issuers in which (i) Babson Capital or its affiliates, including MassMutual, (ii) other Babson Capital advisory accounts, (iii) funds or accounts in which Babson Capital, its affiliates, or their respective employees have an ownership or economic interest or (iv) employees of Babson Capital or its affiliates, have an ownership interest as a holder of the debt, equity or other instruments of the issuer. Babson Capital has a conflict of interest in connection with any such transaction since investments by its advisory clients may directly or indirectly benefit Babson Capital and/or its affiliates and employees by potentially increasing the value of the securities or instruments it holds in the issuer. Any investment by Babson Capital on behalf of its advisory clients will be consistent with its fiduciary obligations to act in the best interests of its advisory clients, and otherwise be consistent with such clients’ investment objectives and restrictions.

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Babson Capital or its affiliates may also recommend that clients invest in registered or unregistered investment companies, including private investment funds such as hedge funds, private equity funds or structured funds (i) advised by Babson Capital or an affiliate, (ii) in which Babson Capital, an affiliate or their respective employees has an ownership or economic interest or (iii) with respect to which Babson Capital or an affiliate has an interest in the entity entitled to receive the fees paid by such funds. Babson Capital has a conflict of interest in connection with any such recommendation since it may have an incentive to base its recommendation to invest in such investment companies or private funds on the fees that Babson Capital or its affiliates would earn as a result of the investment by its advisory clients in the investment companies or private funds. Any recommendation to invest in a Babson Capital advised fund or other investment company will be consistent with Babson Capital’s fiduciary obligations to act in the best interests of its advisory clients, consistent with such clients’ investment objectives and restrictions. Babson Capital may, in certain limited circumstances, offer to clients that invest in private investment funds that it advises an equity interest in entities that receive advisory fees and carried profits interest from such funds.

Employee Co-Investment: Babson Capital may permit certain of its portfolio managers and other eligible employees to invest in certain private investment funds advised by Babson Capital or its affiliates and/or share in the performance or incentive fees received by Babson Capital from such funds. If the portfolio manager or eligible employee was responsible for both the portfolio management of the private fund and other Babson Capital advisory accounts, such person would have a conflict of interest in connection with investment decisions since the person may have an incentive to direct the best investment ideas, or to allocate trades, in favor of the fund in which he or she is invested or otherwise entitled to share in the performance or incentive fees received from such fund. To address these conflicts of interest, Babson Capital has adopted a Side by Side Management of Private Investment Funds and Other Advisory Accounts Policy which requires, among others things, that Babson Capital treat each of its advisory clients in a manner consistent with its fiduciary obligations and prohibits Babson Capital from favoring any particular advisory account as a result of the ownership or economic interests of Babson Capital, its affiliates or employees, in such advisory account. Any investment by a Babson Capital employee in one of its private funds is also governed by Babson Capital’s Employee Co-Investment Policy, which ensures that any co-investment by a Babson Capital employee is consistent with Babson Capital’s Code of Ethics, as summarized above.

Management of Multiple Accounts: As noted above, Babson Capital’s portfolio managers are often responsible for the day-to-day management of multiple accounts, including, among others, separate accounts for institutional clients, closed-end and open-end registered investment companies, and/or private investment funds (such as hedge funds, private equity funds and structured funds), as well as for proprietary accounts of Babson Capital and its affiliates, including MassMutual and its affiliates. The potential for material conflicts of interest exist whenever a portfolio manager has responsibility for the day-to-day management of multiple advisory accounts. These conflicts may be heightened to the extent a portfolio manager is responsible for managing a proprietary account for Babson Capital or its affiliates or where the portfolio manager, Babson Capital and/or an affiliate has an investment in one or more of such accounts or an interest in the performance of one or more of such accounts (e.g., through the receipt of a performance or incentive fee).

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Investment Allocation: Such potential conflicts include those relating to allocation of investment opportunities. For example, it is possible that an investment opportunity may be suitable for more than one account managed by Babson Capital, but may not be available in sufficient quantities for all accounts to participate fully. Similarly, there may be limited opportunity to sell an investment held by multiple accounts. A conflict arises where the portfolio manager has an incentive to treat an account preferentially because the account pays Babson Capital or its affiliates a performance-based fee or the portfolio manager, Babson Capital or an affiliate has an ownership or other economic interest in the account. As noted above, Babson Capital also acts as an investment manager for certain of its affiliates, including MassMutual. These affiliate accounts co-invest jointly and concurrently with Babson Capital’s other advisory clients and therefore share in the allocation of such investment opportunities. To address these conflicts of interest associated with the allocation of trading and investment opportunities, Babson Capital has adopted an Investment Allocation Policy and trade allocation procedures that govern the allocation of portfolio transactions and investment opportunities across multiple advisory accounts, including affiliated accounts, which are summarized below under Item 12 – Brokerage Practices, Investment Allocation Policy. In addition, as noted above, to address these conflicts of interest, Babson Capital has adopted a Side by Side Management of Private Investment Funds and Other Advisory Accounts Policy which requires, among others things, that Babson Capital treat each of its advisory clients in a manner consistent with its fiduciary obligations and prohibits Babson Capital from favoring any particular advisory account as a result of the ownership or economic interests of Babson Capital, its affiliates or employees, in such advisory accounts. Any investment by a Babson Capital employee in one of its private funds is also governed by Babson Capital’s Employee Co-Investment Policy, which ensures that any co-investment by a Babson Capital employee is consistent with Babson Capital’s Code of Ethics, as summarized above.

Personal Securities Transactions; Short Sales: Potential material conflicts of interest may also arise related to the knowledge and timing of an account’s trades, investment opportunities and broker selection. Babson Capital and its portfolio managers have information about the size, timing and possible market impact of the trades of each account they manage. It is possible that portfolio managers could use this information for their personal advantage and/or to the advantage or disadvantage of various accounts which they manage. For example, a portfolio manager could, or cause a favored account to, “front run” an account’s trade or sell short a security for an account immediately prior to another accounts sale of that security. To address these conflicts, Babson Capital has adopted policies and procedures, including a Short Sales Policy, which ensures that the use of short sales by Babson Capital is consistent with Babson Capital’s fiduciary obligations to its clients, a Side by Side Management of Private Investment Funds and Other Advisory Accounts Policy, which requires, among other things, that Babson Capital treat each of its advisory clients in a manner consistent with its fiduciary obligations and prohibits Babson Capital from favoring any particular account as a result of the ownership or economic interest of Babson Capital, its affiliates or employees and a Code of Ethics, as summarized above.

Trade Errors: Potential material conflicts of interest may also arise if a trade error occurs in a client account. A trade error is deemed to occur if there is a deviation by Babson Capital from the applicable standard of care in connection with the placement, execution or settlement of a trade for an advisory account that results in (1) Babson Capital purchasing securities not permitted or authorized by a client’s investment advisory agreement or otherwise failing to follow a client’s specific investment directives; (2) Babson Capital purchasing or selling the wrong security or the wrong amount of securities on behalf of a client’s account; or (3) Babson Capital purchasing or selling securities for, or allocating securities to, the wrong client account. When correcting these errors, conflicts of interest between Babson Capital and its advisory accounts may arise as

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decisions are made on whether to cancel, reverse or reallocate the erroneous trades. In order to address these conflicts, Babson Capital has adopted an Errors Policy governing the resolution of trading errors, and will follow the Errors Policy in order to ensure that trade errors are handled promptly and appropriately and that any action taken to remedy an error places the interest of a client ahead of Babson Capital’s interest.

Best Execution; Directed Brokerage: With respect to securities transactions for most of the accounts it manages, Babson Capital determines which broker to use to execute each order, consistent with its fiduciary duty to seek best execution of the transaction. Babson Capital manages certain accounts, however, for clients who limit its discretion with respect to the selection of brokers or direct it to execute such client’s transaction through a particular broker. In these cases, trades for such an account in a particular security may be placed separately from, rather than aggregated with, those in the same security for other accounts. Placing separate transaction orders for a security may temporarily affect the market price of the security or otherwise affect the execution of the transaction to the possible detriment of one or more of the other account(s) involved. Babson Capital has adopted a Best Execution Policy and a Directed Brokerage Policy which are summarized below under Item 12 – Brokerage Practices, Broker Selection/Recommendations and Directed Brokerage.

Babson Capital and its portfolio managers or employees may have other actual or potential conflicts of interest in managing an advisory account, and the list above is not a complete description of every conflict of interest that could be deemed to exist.

COMPENSATION.

Babson Capital (Investment Adviser):

The size of Babson Capital’s investment staff and the ages of its senior personnel are such that retirement and attrition should not have an adverse impact on Babson Capital’s performance. Accordingly, Babson Capital continues to employ talented analysts who are progressing to provide competent replacements for more senior personnel as the need arises. Babson Capital remains committed to improving the professional status of its investment professionals through the Chartered Financial Analysts program, a program which Babson Capital encourages its professional staff to enroll in and complete.

Babson Capital’s compensation and incentive program was developed to attract, motivate and retain high-performing individuals. Babson Capital’s culture is one that attracts and retains exceptional people who possess shared values. Babson Capital prides itself on valuing, recognizing, and rewarding the distinct contributions of each associate. The program applies to all associates of Babson Capital.

To help Babson Capital make informed compensation decisions, Babson Capital participates in annual compensation surveys of investment management firms using McLagan/Aon-Hewitt in addition to other industry specific resources. The firms selected for periodic peer-group comparisons typically have similar asset size or business mix. An annual review is conducted of total compensation versus market to ensure that individual pay is competitive with the defined overall market.

The following are the key principles of Babson Capital’s compensation philosophy: (i) foster a strong performance-oriented environment while maintaining high ethical and integrity standards; (ii) establish aggressive goals for short and long-term strategic plans; (iii) measure Babson Capital’s performance against both internal goals and external benchmarks; (iv) differentiate pay for individuals based on performance; and (v) create a competitive compensation platform (for sustained profitable growth).

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The compensation package for Babson Capital portfolio managers is comprised of a market-driven base salary, a performance-driven annual bonus, and discretionary long-term incentives. The performance-driven annual bonus is based on the overall performance of Babson Capital as well as the performance of the accounts managed by the portfolio managers relative to appropriate benchmarks, including with respect to the Fund, to the Russell 2000 Index and the Bank of America/Merrill Lynch Global Non-Financial High Yield Constrained Index. Performance of the Fund, as with other accounts, is evaluated on a pre-tax basis, and is reviewed over one and three-year periods, with greater emphasis given to the latter. There are other factors that affect bonus awards to a lesser extent, such as client satisfaction, teamwork, employee individual performance in relation to pre-determined goals and the assets under management. Such factors are considered as a part of the overall annual bonus evaluation process by the management of Babson Capital.

Long-term incentives are designed to share with participants the longer-term value created in Babson Capital. Long-term incentives may take the form of deferred cash awards (including deferred cash awards that provide a portfolio manager with the economic equivalent of a “shareholder” interest in Babson Capital by linking the value of the award to a formula which is meant to represent the value of the business) and/or, in the case of a portfolio manager who manages a private investment fund with a performance fee, a deferred cash award or a direct profit sharing interest that results in the portfolio manager receiving amounts based on the amount of the performance fee paid by such fund. These long-term incentives vest over time and are granted annually, based upon the same criteria used to determine the performance-driven annual bonus detailed above. Because portfolio managers are generally responsible for multiple accounts (including the Fund), they are compensated on the overall performance of the accounts that they manage, rather than a specific account, except for the portion of compensation relating to any performance fee award.

BCGA (Sub-Adviser):

On March 29, 2012, BCGA and BCE entered into a services agreement pursuant to which BCE agreed to provide personnel services to BCGA (including the secondment of investment staff on a part-time basis) sufficient to enable BCGA to carry on its business (including to discharge its obligations under the Sub-Advisory Agreement). A summary of BCE’s employee remuneration structures appears below:

BCE’s remuneration structures are designed to support and further the firm’s business strategy, objectives, values and long-term interests. Packages aim to facilitate the retention of existing employees and attract high calibre new employees in order to achieve the best results for the firm and its clients. As a result, packages offered should be competitive with those available to professionals working in London in relevant areas (including banking, private equity, asset management, corporate finance advisory, law and accounting).

Remuneration Components:

Remuneration arrangements for employees currently comprise some or all of the following components:

(a) fixed salary;

(b) awards under the short-term incentive scheme (“STI”);

(c) awards under the long-term incentive scheme (“LTI”); and

(d) share of carried interest in certain funds (“Carried Interest”).

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Fixed Salary:

All employees receive a fixed salary, payable in monthly instalments. Fixed salary comprises a pensionable and a non-pensionable element. The non-pensionable component is initially identified in the relevant employee’s employment contract. Fixed salaries (and the proportions of which are pensionable and non-pensionable) are reviewed from time to time.

Fixed salary for an earnings year is determined following the completion of the end-of-year appraisals for the previous year. Staff are notified of any change to their fixed salary in February, with any changes being backdated to the start of the earnings year.

Short-Term Incentive Scheme:

All employees are eligible to be considered for an STI award each year. While STI awards may be made in non-cash form, all awards have been made in cash to date. Awards are determined following the completion of the end-of-year appraisals for the earnings year to which they correspond and are based on performance measurement, taking into account the profits generated by the firm. Staff who have been awarded an STI award are generally notified in February of their award. The award is typically paid within 2 weeks of staff being notified, following the finalization of BCE’s accounts. Leavers generally forfeit any STI that has been awarded but not yet paid.

Long-Term Incentive Scheme:

LTI awards are used to reward and retain employees that senior management consider are key to BCE’s business. All employees are eligible to be considered for an LTI award each year. Awards are based on performance measurement, taking into account the profits generated by the firm. LTI awards are entirely made in non-cash form.

BCE’s LTI scheme broadly mirrors the equivalent scheme operated by BCM, whereby beneficiaries are notified in February (following the relevant earnings year) of the amount of the award that will be made to them in July. Prior to July of that year, recipients of LTI awards are asked to express a preference as to how they would like their award to be allocated (they may track one or more of a prescribed range of reference assets, including a notional BCM share price, a term deposit rate, individual funds managed by BCE and various external funds). Awards are then made in July, with payments in respect of those awards (as adjusted for the performance of the selected reference assets) being made in four equal annual instalments, commencing on the first anniversary of the award date. As with STI, leavers generally forfeit any outstanding LTI.

Carried Interest:

Carried Interest is only relevant to funds which pay an incentive fee to BCE in its capacity as investment manager. Proposals regarding the allocation of Carried Interest are made to the BCE Remuneration Committee, which in turn reviews and approves the recipients, amounts and structure of any such awards. Generally, awards are only made to members of senior management and employees directly involved in the management of the investments comprising the portfolio of the relevant fund. The rules regarding forfeiture of Carried Interest by leavers vary by fund.

BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP. As of December 31, 2013, members of the Portfolio Management Team beneficially owned the following dollar range of equity securities in the Registrant:

 

Portfolio Management Team:		Dollar Range of Beneficially Owned* Equity Securities of the Registrant:
Russell D. Morrison		$ 50,001-$100,000
Sean Feeley		$ 50,001-$100,000
Michael Freno		None
Kam Tugnait		None
Zak Summerscale		$ 100,001-$500,000

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*	Beneficial ownership has been determined in accordance with Rule 16(a)-1(a)(2) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable for this filing.

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Not applicable for this filing.

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

 

(a)

The principal executive officer and the principal financial officer of the Registrant evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”)) as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report and based on that evaluation have concluded that such disclosure controls and procedures are effective to provide reasonable assurance that material information required to be disclosed by the Registrant on Form N-CSR is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms.

 

(b)

There were no changes to the Registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act) during the Registrant’s second half year that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

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Item 12. Exhibits.

 

(a)

(1) ANY CODE OF ETHICS, OR AMENDMENTS THERETO, THAT IS THE SUBJECT OF DISCLOSURE REQUIRED BY ITEM 2, TO THE EXTENT THAT THE REGISTRANT INTENDS TO SATISFY THE ITEM 2 REQUIREMENTS THROUGH THE FILING OF AN EXHIBIT.

The registrant has posted its Code of Ethics on its website at www.babsoncapital.com/bgh.

 

(a)

(2) A SEPARATE CERTIFICATION FOR EACH PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER OF THE REGISTRANT AS REQUIRED BY RULE 30a-2 UNDER THE ACT.

Filed herewith [for principal executive officer].

Filed herewith [for principal financial officer].

 

(a)

(3) ANY WRITTEN SOLICITATION TO PURCHASE SECURITIES UNDER RULE 23c-1 UNDER THE ACT (17 CFR 270.23c-1) SENT OR GIVEN DURING THE PERIOD COVERED BY THE REPORT BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE REGISTRANT TO 10 OR MORE PERSONS.

Not applicable for this filing.

 

(b)

CERTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO RULE 30a-2(b) UNDER THE ACT.

Filed herewith.

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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) Babson Capital Global Short Duration High Yield Fund
By (Signature and Title)		/s/ Russell D. Morrison
		Russell D. Morrison, President

Date		March 10, 2014

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

 

By (Signature and Title)		/s/ Russell D. Morrison
		Russell D. Morrison, President

Date		March 10, 2014

By (Signature and Title)		/s/ Patrick Hoefling
		Patrick Hoefling, Chief Financial Officer

Date		March 10, 2014