AQUILA HIGH INCOME FUND

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

March 31, 2024

(unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount
  Corporate Bonds (94.1%)   Value   (a)
    Banking (2.2%)        
    Comerica, Inc.        
$2,000,000   2.500%, 07/23/24   $1,976,960    
             
    Basic Industry (3.0%)        
    Metals and Mining (2.0%)        
    Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.        
1,750,000   6.750%, 04/15/30 144A   1,755,089    
             
    Paper (1.0%)        
    Mercer International, Inc.        
975,000   5.500%, 01/15/26   947,816    
    Total Basic Industry   2,702,905    
             
    Brokerage/Asset Managers/ Exchanges (0.4%)        
    LPL Holdings, Inc.        
375,000   4.625%, 11/15/27 144A   359,881    
             
    Capital Goods (6.5%)        
    Aerospace/Defense (1.7%)        
    TransDigm, Inc.        
1,500,000   6.875%, 12/15/30 144A   1,529,093    
             
    Building Materials (1.6%)        
    Builders FirstSource, Inc.        
1,503,000   5.000%, 03/01/30 144A   1,434,137    
             
    Diversified Manufacturing (3.2%)        
    WESCO Distribution, Inc.        
2,750,000   7.250%, 06/15/28 144A   2,807,577    
    Total Capital Goods   5,770,807    
             
    Communications (3.4%)        
    Cable Satellite (1.9%)        
    Viasat, Inc.        
1,800,000   5.625%, 09/15/25 144A   1,754,654    
             
    Media Entertainment (1.5%)        
    ROBLOX Corp.        
1,500,000   3.875%, 05/01/30 144A   1,321,482    
    Total Communications   3,076,136    
             

 

 

 
 
 

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

March 31, 2024

(unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount
  Corporate Bonds (continued)   Value   (a)
    Consumer Cyclical (24.1%)        
    Automotive (5.1%)        
    Allison Transmission, Inc.        
$1,250,000   5.875%, 06/01/29 144A   $1,237,635    
             
    Ford Motor Company        
1,750,000   6.100%, 08/19/32   1,773,301    
             
    JB Poindexter & Co., Inc.        
1,500,000   8.750%, 12/15/31 144A   1,550,447    
        4,561,383    
             
    Consumer Cyclical Services (3.2%)        
    Cars.com, Inc.        
1,850,000   6.375%, 11/01/28 144A   1,798,723    
             
    Cushman & Wakefield US Borrower LLC          
1,100,000   6.750%, 05/15/28 144A   1,086,232    
        2,884,955    
             
    Gaming (4.9%)        
    Caesars Entertainment, Inc.        
1,000,000   6.500%, 02/15/32 144A   1,008,806    
             
    Churchill Downs, Inc.        
1,000,000   4.750%, 01/15/28 144A   951,964    
             
    Penn Entertainment, Inc.        
1,026,000   5.625%, 01/15/27 144A   990,090    
             
    VICI Properties LP/VICI Note Co., Inc.        
1,500,000   4.625%, 12/01/29 144A   1,418,587    
        4,369,447    
             
    Home Construction (1.9%)        
    Century Communities, Inc.        
1,675,000   6.750%, 06/01/27   1,681,755    
             
    Leisure (3.4%)        
    Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.        
1,475,000   4.875%, 11/01/24 144A   1,465,110    
             
    Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.        
1,500,000   8.250%, 01/15/29 144A   1,587,962    
        3,053,072    
             

 

 

 
 
 

 

AQUILA HIGH INCOME FUND

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

March 31, 2024

(unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount
  Corporate Bonds (continued)   Value   (a)
    Consumer Cyclical (continued)        
    Lodging (1.1%)        
    Marriott Ownership Resorts, Inc.        
$1,000,000   4.750%, 01/15/28   $937,232    
             
    Restaurants (1.0%)        
    Dave & Buster's, Inc.        
880,000   7.625%, 11/01/25 144A   886,846    
             
    Retailers (3.5%)        
    Bath & Body Works, Inc.        
870,000   6.694%, 01/15/27   884,981    
1,000,000   7.500%, 06/15/29   1,036,365    
             
    QVC, Inc.        
1,250,000   4.450%, 02/15/25   1,210,954    
        3,132,300    
    Total Consumer Cyclical   21,506,990    
             
    Consumer Non-Cyclical (6.3%)        
     Consumer Products (1.2%)        
    Acushnet Co.        
1,000,000   7.375%, 10/15/28 144A   1,036,273    
             
    Food and Beverage (2.8%)        
    Performance Food Group, Inc.        
1,075,000   6.875%, 05/01/25 144A   1,074,979    
             
    US Foods, Inc.        
1,500,000   4.750%, 02/15/29 144A   1,423,882    
        2,498,861    
             
    Healthcare (0.9%)        
    IQVIA, Inc.        
750,000   6.500%, 05/15/30 144A   765,386    
             
    Supermarkets (1.4%)        
    Albertsons Cos Inc / Safeway, Inc. / New Albertsons LP / Albertsons LLC        
1,325,000   4.625%, 01/15/27 144A   1,282,327    
    Total Consumer Non-Cyclical   5,582,847    
             
    Electric (1.2%)        
    Midland Cogeneration Venture LP        
1,104,518   6.000%, 03/15/25 144A   1,071,382    
             

 

 

 
 
 

 

AQUILA HIGH INCOME FUND

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

March 31, 2024

(unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount
  Corporate Bonds (continued)   Value   (a)
    Energy (17.6%)        
    Independent (1.3%)        
    Occidental Petroleum Corp.        
$1,000,000   7.500%, 05/01/31   $1,113,118    
             
    Midstream (10.7%)        
    Buckeye Partners LP        
1,818,000   4.350%, 10/15/24   1,797,128    
             
    Cheniere Energy, Inc.        
1,000,000   4.625%, 10/15/28   968,949    
             
    Energy Transfer LP        
1,100,000   5.750%, 04/01/25   1,099,652    
1,000,000   8.000%, 04/01/29 144A   1,037,943    
             
    Global Partners LP/GLP Finance Corp.        
1,175,000   7.000%, 08/01/27   1,175,664    
             
    New Fortress Energy, Inc.        
2,141,000   6.750%, 09/15/25 144A   2,126,407    
             
    Venture Global LNG, Inc.        
1,250,000   9.875%, 02/01/32 144A   1,347,180    
        9,552,923    
             
    Oil Field Services (5.6%)        
    Transocean Titan Financing Ltd.        
1,750,000   8.375%, 02/01/28 144A   1,821,244    
             
    USA Compression Partners LP/USA Compression Finance Corp.        
1,700,000   6.875%, 04/01/26   1,698,045    
1,500,000   7.125%, 03/15/29 144A   1,518,684    
        5,037,973    
    Total Energy   15,704,014    
             
    Finance Companies (6.1%)        
    Fortress Transportation and Infrastructure Investors LLC        
1,492,000   6.500%, 10/01/25 144A   1,489,765    
2,250,000   9.750%, 08/01/27 144A   2,329,736    
             
    OneMain Finance Corp.        
1,500,000   9.000%, 01/15/29   1,591,668    
    Total Finance Companies   5,411,169    
             

 

 

 
 
 

 

AQUILA HIGH INCOME FUND

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

March 31, 2024

(unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount
  Corporate Bonds (continued)   Value   (a)
    Other Financial (1.9%)        
    The Howard Hughes Corp.        
$1,230,000   5.375%, 08/01/28 144A   $1,179,787    
             
    Icahn Enterprises LP / Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp.        
500,000   4.750%, 09/15/24   497,696    
    Total Other Financial   1,677,483    
             
    Other Industrial (2.2%)        
    Tutor Perini Corp.        
2,000,000   6.875%, 05/01/25 144A   1,979,519    
             
    REITs (5.8%)        
    Other REITs (5.8%)        
    RHP Hotel Properties LP/RHP Finance Corp.        
1,265,000   4.500%, 02/15/29 144A   1,181,195    
             
    Rithm Capital Corp.        
2,163,000   6.250%, 10/15/25 144A   2,145,115    
             
    XHR LP        
1,800,000   6.375%, 08/15/25 144A   1,802,286    
    Total REITs   5,128,596    
             
    Technology (7.4%)        
    Coherent Corp.        
1,750,000   5.000%, 12/15/29 144A   1,648,228    
             
    Elastic NV        
1,500,000   4.125%, 07/15/29 144A   1,349,857    
             
    Iron Mountain, Inc.        
1,375,000   5.250%, 03/15/28 144A   1,330,350    
             
    Iron Mountain Information Management Services, Inc.        
1,000,000   5.000%, 07/15/32 144A   913,271    
             
    Zoominfo Technologies LLC/Zoominfo Finance Corp.        
1,500,000   3.875%, 02/01/29 144A   1,350,261    
    Total Technology   6,591,967    
             

 

 

 
 
 

 

AQUILA HIGH INCOME FUND

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

March 31, 2024

(unaudited)

 

Principal
Amount
  Corporate Bonds (continued)   Value   (a)
    Transportation (6.0%)        
    Airlines (2.7%)        
    American Airlines, Inc./AAdvantage Loyalty IP Ltd.        
$1,500,000   5.500%, 04/20/26 144A   $1,489,785    
             
    United Airlines, Inc.        
1,000,000   4.375%, 04/15/26 144A   966,738    
        2,456,523    
             
    Railroads (2.3%)        
    Watco Cos. LLC / Watco Finance Corp.        
2,050,000   6.500%, 06/15/27 144A   2,026,246    
             
    Transportation Services (1.0%)        
    Cargo Aircraft Management, Inc.        
1,000,000   4.750%, 02/01/28 144A   904,337    
    Total Transportation   5,387,106    
    Total Corporate Bonds
(cost $84,237,996)
  83,927,762    

 

 

Shares   Short-Term Investment (3.5%)          
3,141,090   Dreyfus Treasury Obligations Cash Management - Institutional Shares, 5.20%*
(cost $3,141,090)
    3,141,090    
               
    Total Investments
(cost $87,379,086 - note b)
97.6%   87,068,852    
    Other assets less liabilities 2.4    2,152,111    
    Net Assets 100.0%   $89,220,963    

 

 

* 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, 2024, these securities amounted to a value of $63,536,478 or 71.2% of net assets.

 

 

 
 
 

 

AQUILA HIGH INCOME FUND

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)

March 31, 2024

(unaudited)

 

Portfolio Distribution   Percent of
Investments
 
Aerospace/Defense   1.8 %
Airlines   2.9  
Automotive   5.4  
Banking   2.4  
Brokerage/Asset Managers/Exchanges   0.4  
Building Materials   1.7  
Cable Satellite   2.1  
Consumer Cyclical Services   3.4  
Consumer Products   1.2  
Diversified Manufacturing   3.4  
Electric   1.3  
Finance Companies   6.5  
Food and Beverage   3.0  
Gaming   5.2  
Healthcare   0.9  
Home Construction   2.0  
Independent   1.3  
Leisure   3.6  
Lodging   1.1  
Media Entertainment   1.6  
Metals and Mining   2.1  
Midstream   11.4  
Oil Field Services   6.0  
Other Financial   2.0  
Other Industrial   2.4  
Other REITs   6.1  
Paper   1.1  
Railroads   2.4  
Restaurants   1.1  
Retailers   3.7  
Supermarkets   1.5  
Technology   7.9  
Transportation Services   1.1  
    100.0 %
       

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

 
 
 

 

AQUILA HIGH INCOME FUND

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2024

(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, 2024 the net unrealized depreciation on investments, based on cost for federal income tax purposes of $87,810,833 amounted to $741,981, which consisted of aggregate gross unrealized appreciation of $693,363 and aggregate gross unrealized depreciation of $1,435,344.

 

(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, 2024:

 

Valuation Inputs+   Investments in
Securities
Level 1 – Quoted Prices    
Short-Term Investment   $     3,141,090
Level 2 – Other Significant Observable Inputs:    
Corporate Obligations   83,927,762
Level 3 – Significant Unobservable Inputs   —   
Total   $   87,068,852
+   See schedule of investments for a detailed listing of securities.