AQUILA HIGH INCOME FUND

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

March 31, 2023

(unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount
  Corporate Bonds (93.8%)   Value   (a)
    Basic Industry (1.0%)        
    Paper (1.0%)        
    Mercer International, Inc.        
$   975,000   5.500%, 01/15/26   $   949,660    
             
    Brokerage/Asset Managers/ Exchanges (3.2%)        
    LPL Holdings, Inc.        
3,375,000   4.625%, 11/15/27 144A   3,189,375    
             
    Capital Goods (7.8%)        
    Aerospace/Defense (1.0%)        
    TransDigm, Inc.        
1,000,000   6.375%, 06/15/26   977,500    
             
    Building Materials (2.9%)        
    Builders FirstSource, Inc.        
1,253,000   5.000%, 03/01/30 144A   1,160,270    
             
    PGT Innovations, Inc.        
1,866,000   4.375%, 10/01/29 144A   1,686,211    
        2,846,481    
             
    Diversified Manufacturing (2.9%)        
    WESCO Distribution, Inc.        
2,750,000   7.250%, 06/15/28 144A   2,823,700    
             
    Packaging (1.0%)        
    Berry Global, Inc.        
1,000,000   5.625%, 07/15/27 144A   993,315    
    Total Capital Goods   7,640,996    
             
    Communications (4.8%)        
    Cable Satellite (2.2%)        
    Viasat, Inc.        
2,300,000   5.625%, 09/15/25 144A   2,180,538    
             
    Media Entertainment (2.6%)        
    Nexstar Media, Inc.        
2,800,000   5.625%, 07/15/27 144A   2,587,285    
    Total Communications   4,767,823    
             

 

 

 
 
 

 

 

AQUILA HIGH INCOME FUND

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

March 31, 2023

(unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount
  Corporate Bonds (continued)   Value   (a)
    Consumer Cyclical (25.8%)        
    Automotive (4.4%)        
    Ford Holdings LLC        
$ 1,000,000   9.300%, 03/01/30   $ 1,154,245    
             
    Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC        
1,000,000   3.096%, 05/04/23   998,750    
             
    JB Poindexter & Co., Inc.        
2,350,000   7.125%, 04/15/26 144A   2,203,125    
        4,356,120    
             
    Consumer Cyclical Services (5.2%)        
    ASGN, Inc.        
1,575,000   4.625%, 05/15/28 144A   1,469,648    
             
    Cars.com, Inc.        
1,850,000   6.375%, 11/01/28 144A   1,748,250    
             
    Cushman & Wakefield US Borrower LLC          
2,100,000   6.750%, 05/15/28 144A   1,880,078    
        5,097,976    
             
    Gaming (5.4%)        
    Caesars Entertainment, Inc.        
500,000   6.250%, 07/01/25 144A   500,023    
             
    Churchill Downs, Inc.        
600,000   5.500%, 04/01/27 144A   587,451    
2,000,000   4.750%, 01/15/28 144A   1,872,850    
             
    Penn Entertainment, Inc.        
500,000   5.625%, 01/15/27 144A   469,475    
             
    Scientific Games International, Inc.        
900,000   8.625%, 07/01/25 144A   921,375    
             
    VICI Properties LP/VICI Note Co., Inc.        
1,000,000   4.625%, 12/01/29 144A   910,315    
        5,261,489    
             
    Home Construction (1.7%)        
    Century Communities, Inc.        
1,675,000   6.750%, 06/01/27   1,670,817    
             

 

 

 
 
 

 

 

AQUILA HIGH INCOME FUND

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

March 31, 2023

(unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount
  Corporate Bonds (continued)   Value   (a)
    Consumer Cyclical (continued)        
    Leisure (2.9%)        
    Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.        
$ 1,475,000   4.875%, 11/01/24 144A   $ 1,445,500    
1,550,000   4.750%, 10/15/27 144A   1,433,750    
        2,879,250    
             
    Lodging (1.3%)        
    Marriott Ownership Resorts Inc.        
1,450,000   4.750%, 01/15/28   1,295,938    
             
    Restaurants (0.9%)        
    Dave & Buster's, Inc.        
880,000   7.625%, 11/01/25 144A   896,786    
             
    Retailers (4.0%)        
    Academy Ltd.        
2,050,000   6.000%, 11/15/27 144A   1,999,595    
             
    Bath & Body Works, Inc.        
870,000   6.694%, 01/15/27   867,825    
1,000,000   7.500%, 06/15/29   1,020,543    
        3,887,963    
    Total Consumer Cyclical   25,346,339    
             
    Consumer Non-Cyclical (11.5%)        
    Food and Beverage (3.9%)        
    Performance Food Group, Inc.        
1,075,000   6.875%, 05/01/25 144A   1,077,688    
             
    United Natural Foods, Inc.        
1,925,000   6.750%, 10/15/28 144A   1,789,114    
             
    US Foods, Inc.        
1,000,000   4.750%, 02/15/29 144A   923,750    
        3,790,552    
             
    Healthcare (3.2%)        
    Avantor Funding, Inc.        
1,000,000   4.625%, 07/15/28 144A   947,500    
             
    IQVIA, Inc.        
1,150,000   5.000%, 10/15/26 144A   1,124,125    
             
    Teleflex, Inc.        
1,100,000   4.250%, 06/01/28 144A   1,046,007    
        3,117,632    
             

 

 

 
 
 

 

 

AQUILA HIGH INCOME FUND

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

March 31, 2023

(unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount
  Corporate Bonds (continued)   Value   (a)
    Consumer Non-Cyclical (continued)        
    Supermarkets (4.4%)        
    Albertsons Cos Inc / Safeway, Inc. / New Albertsons LP / Albertsons LLC        
$ 1,325,000   4.625%, 01/15/27 144A   $ 1,281,388    
1,300,000   5.875%, 02/15/28 144A   1,292,012    
             
    SEG Holding LLC/ SEG Finance Corp.        
1,875,000   5.625%, 10/15/28 144A   1,776,398    
        4,349,798    
    Total Consumer Non-Cyclical   11,257,982    
             
    Energy (12.6%)        
    Independent (3.9%)        
    Occidental Petroleum Corp.        
2,000,000   8.500%, 07/15/27   2,200,000    
1,000,000   7.500%, 05/01/31   1,102,900    
             
    PDC Energy, Inc.        
500,000   6.125%, 09/15/24   497,500    
        3,800,400    
             
    Midstream (7.5%)        
    Buckeye Partners LP        
1,000,000   4.150%, 07/01/23   992,234    
             
    Crestwood Midstream Partners LP/Crestwood Midstream Finance Corp.        
1,100,000   5.750%, 04/01/25   1,074,139    
1,000,000   8.000%, 04/01/29 144A   1,020,000    
             
    Global Partners LP/GLP Finance Corp.        
1,175,000   7.000%, 08/01/27   1,127,431    
             
    New Fortress Energy, Inc.        
3,300,000   6.750%, 09/15/25 144A   3,176,250    
        7,390,054    
             
    Oil Field Services (1.2%)        
    USA Compression Partners LP/USA Compression Finance Corp.        
1,200,000   6.875%, 04/01/26   1,166,336    
    Total Energy   12,356,790    
             
    Finance Companies (3.9%)        
    Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors LLC        
1,492,000   6.500%, 10/01/25 144A   1,492,992    
2,250,000   9.750%, 08/01/27 144A   2,373,953    
        3,866,945    
    Total Finance Companies   3,866,945    
             

 

 

 
 
 

 

 

AQUILA HIGH INCOME FUND

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

March 31, 2023

(unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount
  Corporate Bonds (continued)   Value   (a)
    Other Financial (0.7%)        
    The Howard Hughes Corp.        
$ 730,000   5.375%, 08/01/28 144A   $ 664,745    
             
    Other Industrial (2.5%)        
    Tutor Perini Corp.        
3,500,000   6.875%, 05/01/25 144A   2,467,500    
             
    REITs (4.4%)        
    Other REITs (4.4%)        
    RHP Hotel Properties LP/RHP Finance Corp.        
1,000,000   4.750%, 10/15/27   937,198    
             
    Rithm Capital Corp.        
1,875,000   6.250%, 10/15/25 144A   1,673,438    
             
    XHR LP        
1,800,000   6.375%, 08/15/25 144A   1,765,710    
    Total REITs   4,376,346    
             
    Technology (10.1%)        
    Black Knight InfoServ LLC        
750,000   3.625%, 09/01/28 144A   679,448    
             
    Camelot Finance SA        
1,000,000   4.500%, 11/01/26 144A   945,000    
             
    CDW LLC/CDW Finance Corp.        
825,000   4.250%, 04/01/28   768,818    
             
    Coherent Corp.        
1,500,000   5.000%, 12/15/29 144A   1,361,550    
             
    Entegris, Inc.        
1,000,000   4.375%, 04/15/28 144A   903,427    
             
    Gartner, Inc.        
1,000,000   4.500%, 07/01/28 144A   949,200    
             
    Iron Mountain, Inc.        
925,000   4.875%, 09/15/27 144A   874,310    
875,000   5.250%, 03/15/28 144A   833,525    
             
    Shift4 Payments LLC/Shift4 Payments Finance Sub, Inc.        
875,000   4.625%, 11/01/26 144A   822,500    
             
    SS&C Technologies, Inc.        
1,825,000   5.500%, 09/30/27 144A   1,770,795    
    Total Technology   9,908,573    
             

 

 

 
 
 

 

 

AQUILA HIGH INCOME FUND

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

March 31, 2023

(unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount
  Corporate Bonds (continued)   Value   (a)
    Transportation (5.5%)        
    Airlines (2.0%)        
    American Airlines, Inc./AAdvantage Loyalty IP Ltd.        
$ 2,000,000   5.500%, 04/20/26 144A   $ 1,968,224    
             
    Railroads (2.0%)        
    Watco Cos. LLC / Watco Finance Corp.        
2,050,000   6.500%, 06/15/27 144A   1,921,509    
             
    Transportation Services (1.5%)        
    Cargo Aircraft Management, Inc.        
1,650,000   4.750%, 02/01/28 144A   1,475,348    
    Total Transportation   5,365,081    
    Total Corporate Bonds
(cost $98,665,559)
  92,158,155    

 

Shares   Short-Term Investment (4.7%)          
4,592,818   Dreyfus Treasury Obligations Cash Management - Institutional Shares, 4.69%*
(cost $4,592,818)
    4,592,818    
               
    Total Investments
(cost $103,258,377 - note b)
98.5%   96,750,973    
    Other assets less liabilities 1.5   1,439,682    
    Net Assets 100.0%   $     98,190,655    

 

 

 
 
 

 

 

AQUILA HIGH INCOME FUND

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

March 31, 2023

(unaudited)

 

Portfolio Distribution   Percent of
Investments
 
Aerospace/Defense   1.1 %
Airlines   2.1  
Automotive   4.7  
Broker/ Asset Managers/ Exchanges   3.5  
Building Materials   3.1  
Cable Satellite   2.4  
Consumer Cyclical Services   5.5  
Diversified Manufacturing   3.1  
Finance Companies   4.2  
Food and Beverage   4.1  
Gaming   5.7  
Healthcare   3.4  
Home Construction   1.8  
Independent   4.1  
Leisure   3.1  
Lodging   1.4  
Media Entertainment   2.8  
Midstream   8.0  
Oil Field Services   1.3  
Other Financial   0.7  
Other Industrial   2.7  
Other REITs   4.7  
Packaging   1.1  
Paper   1.0  
Railroads   2.1  
Restaurants   1.0  
Retailers   4.2  
Supermarkets   4.7  
Technology   10.8  
Transportation Services   1.6  
    100.0 %

 

*   The rate is an annualized seven-day yield at period end.
 
 
Note: 144A – Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At March 31, 2023, these securities amounted to a value of $73,356,321 or 74.7% of net assets.

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

 
 
 

 

 

AQUILA HIGH INCOME FUND

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2023

(unaudited)

 

 

(a)   Securities valuation policies and other investment related disclosures are hereby incorporated by reference in the annual and semi-annual reports previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form N-CSR.

 

(b)   At March 31, 2023 the net unrealized depreciation on investments, based on cost for federal income tax purposes of $104,000,521 amounted to $7,249,548, which consisted of aggregate gross unrealized appreciation of $31,257 and aggregate gross unrealized depreciation of $7,280,805.

 

(c)   Fair Value Measurements: The Fund follows a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between market data obtained from independent sources (observable inputs) and the Fund’s own market assumptions (unobservable inputs). These inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments and are summarized in the following fair value hierarchy:

 

Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in inactive markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access.
   
Level 2 – Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. These inputs may include quoted prices for the identical instrument on an inactive market, prices for similar instruments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, default rates and similar data.
   
Level 3 – Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available.

 

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

 

The following is a summary of the valuation inputs, representing 100% of the Fund’s investments, used to value the Fund’s net assets as of March 31, 2023:

 

Valuation Inputs+   Investments in
Securities
Level 1 – Quoted Prices    
Short-Term Investment   $     4,592,818
Level 2 – Other Significant Observable Inputs:    
Corporate Obligations   92,158,155
Level 3 – Significant Unobservable Inputs   —   
Total   $   96,750,973
+   See schedule of investments for a detailed listing of securities.