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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-Q

 

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number: 811-21269

 

 

Wells Fargo Income Opportunities Fund

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

525 Market Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

 

Alexander Kymn

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

525 Market Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 800-222-8222

Date of fiscal year end: April 30

Registrant is making a filing for Wells Fargo Income Opportunities Fund.

Date of reporting period: January 31, 2019

 

 

 


ITEM 1.

INVESTMENTS


Wells Fargo Income Opportunities Fund    Portfolio of investments — January 31, 2019 (unaudited)

 

Security name               Shares      Value  

Common Stocks : 0.00%

 

Materials : 0.00%

 

Chemicals : 0.00%

 

LyondellBasell Industries NV Class A

     7      $ 609  
          

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks (Cost $606)

 

     609  
          

 

 

 
     Interest rate     Maturity date    Principal         

Corporate Bonds and Notes : 121.28%

 

Communication Services : 19.55%

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services : 1.89%

 

GCI Incorporated

     6.75   6-1-2021    $ 2,625,000        2,634,844  

Level 3 Financing Incorporated

     5.13     5-1-2023      1,595,000        1,581,044  

Level 3 Financing Incorporated

     5.38     8-15-2022      2,545,000        2,564,851  

Level 3 Financing Incorporated

     5.38     1-15-2024      1,125,000        1,119,375  

Level 3 Financing Incorporated

     5.63     2-1-2023      1,350,000        1,356,750  

Level 3 Financing Incorporated

     6.13     1-15-2021      1,690,000        1,694,225  
     10,951,089  
          

 

 

 

Entertainment : 0.65%

 

Live Nation Entertainment Incorporated 144A

     4.88     11-1-2024      2,450,000        2,413,250  

Live Nation Entertainment Incorporated 144A

     5.38     6-15-2022      790,000        795,925  

Live Nation Entertainment Incorporated 144A

     5.63     3-15-2026      525,000        530,250  
     3,739,425  
          

 

 

 

Media : 14.08%

 

CCO Holdings LLC 144A

     4.00     3-1-2023      175,000        170,686  

CCO Holdings LLC 144A

     5.00     2-1-2028      375,000        356,250  

CCO Holdings LLC

     5.13     2-15-2023      2,266,000        2,288,660  

CCO Holdings LLC 144A

     5.13     5-1-2023      2,965,000        3,004,672  

CCO Holdings LLC 144A

     5.13     5-1-2027      750,000        725,625  

CCO Holdings LLC

     5.25     9-30-2022      2,048,000        2,070,374  

CCO Holdings LLC 144A

     5.38     5-1-2025      7,000,000        7,037,100  

CCO Holdings LLC 144A

     5.50     5-1-2026      325,000        324,188  

CCO Holdings LLC 144A

     5.75     2-15-2026      5,675,000        5,774,313  

CCO Holdings LLC 144A

     5.88     4-1-2024      2,350,000        2,409,314  

Cinemark USA Incorporated

     4.88     6-1-2023      1,125,000        1,113,750  

CSC Holdings LLC 144A

     5.38     7-15-2023      3,000,000        3,030,000  

CSC Holdings LLC 144A

     5.38     2-1-2028      1,125,000        1,081,406  

CSC Holdings LLC 144A

     5.50     5-15-2026      2,425,000        2,400,750  

CSC Holdings LLC 144A

     7.75     7-15-2025      3,825,000        4,006,688  

CSC Holdings LLC

     8.63     2-15-2019      635,000        635,794  

Dish Direct Broadcast Satellite Corporation

     7.75     7-1-2026      925,000        796,656  

Dish Network Corporation

     3.38     8-15-2026      3,125,000        2,654,688  

EMI Music Publishing Group 144A

     7.63     6-15-2024      3,853,000        4,086,800  

Gray Television Incorporated 144A

     5.13     10-15-2024      2,400,000        2,332,500  

Gray Television Incorporated 144A

     5.88     7-15-2026      6,700,000        6,582,750  

Gray Television Incorporated 144A

     7.00     5-15-2027      675,000        701,730  

Lamar Media Corporation

     5.38     1-15-2024      725,000        741,313  

Lamar Media Corporation 144A%%

     5.75     2-1-2026      200,000        207,120  

National CineMedia LLC

     6.00     4-15-2022      7,000,000        7,052,500  

Nexstar Broadcasting Group Incorporated

     5.88     11-15-2022      425,000        430,440  

Nexstar Broadcasting Group Incorporated 144A

     6.13     2-15-2022      3,040,000        3,062,800  

Nielsen Finance LLC 144A

     5.00     4-15-2022      2,195,000        2,191,708  

Outfront Media Capital Corporation

     5.25     2-15-2022      320,000        323,200  

Outfront Media Capital Corporation

     5.63     2-15-2024      960,000        970,800  

Outfront Media Capital Corporation

     5.88     3-15-2025      1,275,000        1,287,750  

Salem Media Group Incorporated 144A

     6.75     6-1-2024      6,225,000        5,602,500  

The E.W. Scripps Company 144A

     5.13     5-15-2025      6,194,000        5,915,270  
     81,370,095  
          

 

 

 

 

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Portfolio of investments — January 31, 2019 (unaudited)    Wells Fargo Income Opportunities Fund

 

Security name    Interest rate     Maturity date    Principal      Value  

Wireless Telecommunication Services : 2.93%

 

Sprint Capital Corporation

     6.88   11-15-2028    $ 2,600,000      $ 2,583,750  

Sprint Capital Corporation

     8.75     3-15-2032      2,950,000        3,237,625  

Sprint Communications Incorporated 144A

     7.00     3-1-2020      200,000        205,750  

Sprint Communications Incorporated

     7.00     8-15-2020      380,000        394,250  

T-Mobile USA Incorporated

     4.00     4-15-2022      1,075,000        1,065,594  

T-Mobile USA Incorporated

     4.50     2-1-2026      225,000        219,094  

T-Mobile USA Incorporated

     4.75     2-1-2028      225,000        215,719  

T-Mobile USA Incorporated

     5.13     4-15-2025      725,000        732,250  

T-Mobile USA Incorporated

     5.38     4-15-2027      2,050,000        2,065,375  

T-Mobile USA Incorporated

     6.00     3-1-2023      600,000        615,000  

T-Mobile USA Incorporated

     6.00     4-15-2024      275,000        281,875  

T-Mobile USA Incorporated

     6.38     3-1-2025      3,050,000        3,164,375  

T-Mobile USA Incorporated

     6.50     1-15-2024      140,000        144,900  

T-Mobile USA Incorporated

     6.50     1-15-2026      1,900,000        2,009,250  
             16,934,807  
          

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary : 14.95%

 

Auto Components : 2.74%

 

Allison Transmission Incorporated 144A

     4.75     10-1-2027      1,695,000        1,576,350  

Allison Transmission Incorporated 144A

     5.00     10-1-2024      8,475,000        8,347,875  

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company

     7.63     3-15-2027      5,190,000        5,488,425  

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company

     8.00     12-15-2019      400,000        411,500  
             15,824,150  
          

 

 

 

Distributors : 0.51%

 

LKQ Corporation

     4.75     5-15-2023      2,915,000        2,929,575  
          

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services : 2.38%

 

Carriage Services Incorporated 144A

     6.63     6-1-2026      1,125,000        1,127,813  

Service Corporation International

     4.63     12-15-2027      1,325,000        1,291,875  

Service Corporation International

     5.38     5-15-2024      75,000        76,594  

Service Corporation International

     7.50     4-1-2027      8,700,000        9,483,000  

Service Corporation International

     8.00     11-15-2021      1,635,000        1,778,063  
             13,757,345  
          

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure : 2.74%

 

CCM Merger Incorporated 144A

     6.00     3-15-2022      8,475,000        8,559,750  

Hilton Domestic Operating Company Incorporated 144A

     5.13     5-1-2026      1,175,000        1,183,813  

KFC Holding Company 144A

     5.00     6-1-2024      2,075,000        2,074,378  

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Company 144A

     5.38     4-15-2026      4,025,000        4,025,000  
             15,842,941  
          

 

 

 

Specialty Retail : 5.70%

 

Asbury Automotive Group Incorporated

     6.00     12-15-2024      7,200,000        7,236,000  

Group 1 Automotive Incorporated

     5.00     6-1-2022      2,259,000        2,239,234  

Group 1 Automotive Incorporated 144A

     5.25     12-15-2023      3,275,000        3,144,000  

Levi Strauss & Company

     5.00     5-1-2025      200,000        201,000  

Lithia Motors Incorporated 144A

     5.25     8-1-2025      6,825,000        6,586,125  

Penske Auto Group Incorporated

     3.75     8-15-2020      1,045,000        1,038,469  

Penske Auto Group Incorporated

     5.38     12-1-2024      5,398,000        5,330,525  

Penske Auto Group Incorporated

     5.75     10-1-2022      2,325,000        2,359,875  

Sonic Automotive Incorporated

     5.00     5-15-2023      3,400,000        3,238,500  

Sonic Automotive Incorporated

     6.13     3-15-2027      1,799,000        1,569,628  
             32,943,356  
          

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods : 0.88%

 

The William Carter Company

     5.25     8-15-2021      1,200,000        1,203,000  

Wolverine World Wide Incorporated 144A

     5.00     9-1-2026      4,100,000        3,886,800  
             5,089,800  
          

 

 

 

 

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Wells Fargo Income Opportunities Fund    Portfolio of investments — January 31, 2019 (unaudited)

 

Security name    Interest rate     Maturity date    Principal      Value  

Consumer Staples : 1.75%

 

Beverages : 0.19%

 

Cott Beverages Incorporated 144A

     5.50   4-1-2025    $ 1,125,000      $ 1,113,750  
          

 

 

 

Food Products : 1.24%

 

B&G Foods Incorporated

     4.63     6-1-2021      670,000        673,551  

B&G Foods Incorporated

     5.25     4-1-2025      1,750,000        1,715,875  

Darling Ingredients Incorporated

     5.38     1-15-2022      295,000        296,475  

Lamb Weston Holdings Incorporated 144A

     4.63     11-1-2024      375,000        373,125  

Lamb Weston Holdings Incorporated 144A

     4.88     11-1-2026      75,000        74,363  

Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation 144A

     5.75     3-15-2025      2,360,000        2,312,800  

Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation 144A

     5.88     9-30-2027      400,000        386,000  

Prestige Brands Incorporated 144A

     6.38     3-1-2024      660,000        656,700  

US Foods Incorporated 144A

     5.88     6-15-2024      670,000        681,584  
     7,170,473  
          

 

 

 

Household Products : 0.32%

 

Central Garden & Pet Company

     5.13     2-1-2028      400,000        373,000  

Central Garden & Pet Company

     6.13     11-15-2023      405,000        414,113  

Spectrum Brands Incorporated

     5.75     7-15-2025      775,000        763,608  

Spectrum Brands Incorporated

     6.63     11-15-2022      250,000        256,250  
     1,806,971  
          

 

 

 

Energy : 28.12%

 

Energy Equipment & Services : 8.64%

 

Bristow Group Incorporated

     6.25     10-15-2022      9,325,000        4,336,125  

Bristow Group Incorporated 144A

     8.75     3-1-2023      1,550,000        1,296,188  

Diamond Offshore Drilling Incorporated

     4.88     11-1-2043      2,875,000        1,768,125  

Era Group Incorporated

     7.75     12-15-2022      4,745,000        4,650,100  

Hilcorp Energy Company 144A

     5.00     12-1-2024      3,100,000        2,945,000  

Hilcorp Energy Company 144A

     5.75     10-1-2025      4,195,000        4,079,638  

Hilcorp Energy Company 144A

     6.25     11-1-2028      1,450,000        1,413,750  

Hornbeck Offshore Services Incorporated

     1.50     9-1-2019      7,847,000        6,277,600  

Hornbeck Offshore Services Incorporated

     5.88     4-1-2020      2,450,000        1,519,000  

NGPL PipeCo LLC 144A

     4.38     8-15-2022      850,000        857,089  

NGPL PipeCo LLC 144A

     4.88     8-15-2027      1,050,000        1,039,500  

NGPL PipeCo LLC 144A

     7.77     12-15-2037      12,550,000        14,961,357  

Oceaneering International Incorporated

     6.00     2-1-2028      3,075,000        2,629,125  

USA Compression Partners LP

     6.88     4-1-2026      2,150,000        2,150,000  
     49,922,597  
          

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels : 19.48%

 

Andeavor Logistics LP

     5.25     1-15-2025      1,150,000        1,163,375  

Archrock Partners LP

     6.00     10-1-2022      1,650,000        1,608,750  

Carrizo Oil & Gas Incorporated

     8.25     7-15-2025      1,600,000        1,648,000  

Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings LLC

     5.13     6-30-2027      2,200,000        2,219,250  

Cheniere Energy Partners LP

     5.25     10-1-2025      9,375,000        9,421,781  

Cheniere Energy Partners LP 144A

     5.63     10-1-2026      1,225,000        1,227,891  

Continental Resources Incorporated

     3.80     6-1-2024      2,000,000        1,976,363  

DCP Midstream Operating LP

     2.70     4-1-2019      1,425,000        1,423,148  

Denbury Resources Incorporated

     6.38     8-15-2021      6,205,000        5,119,125  

Denbury Resources Incorporated 144A

     9.25     3-31-2022      1,362,000        1,338,165  

Enable Midstream Partner LP

     2.40     5-15-2019      5,475,000        5,457,865  

Enable Oklahoma Intrastate Transmission LLC 144A

     6.25     3-15-2020      1,100,000        1,129,945  

EnLink Midstream Partners LP

     4.15     6-1-2025      200,000        187,250  

EnLink Midstream Partners LP

     4.40     4-1-2024      6,450,000        6,171,844  

EnLink Midstream Partners LP

     4.85     7-15-2026      2,275,000        2,132,813  

Exterran Partners LP

     6.00     4-1-2021      5,075,000        5,005,219  

Gulfport Energy Corporation

     6.00     10-15-2024      1,625,000        1,527,500  

Kinder Morgan Incorporated

     6.50     9-15-2020      1,155,000        1,211,035  

Kinder Morgan Incorporated

     7.42     2-15-2037      1,820,000        2,033,431  

Murphy Oil Corporation

     4.45     12-1-2022      3,200,000        3,145,203  

Murphy Oil Corporation

     5.75     8-15-2025      360,000        361,332  

 

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Portfolio of investments — January 31, 2019 (unaudited)    Wells Fargo Income Opportunities Fund

 

Security name    Interest rate     Maturity date    Principal      Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (continued)

 

Murphy Oil Corporation

     6.88   8-15-2024    $ 1,600,000      $ 1,671,736  

Nabors Industries Incorporated

     0.75     1-15-2024      2,850,000        1,911,281  

Rockies Express Pipeline LLC 144A

     5.63     4-15-2020      7,320,000        7,448,100  

Rockies Express Pipeline LLC 144A

     6.88     4-15-2040      5,300,000        5,671,000  

Rockies Express Pipeline LLC 144A

     7.50     7-15-2038      1,150,000        1,310,655  

Rose Rock Midstream LP

     5.63     7-15-2022      2,450,000        2,327,500  

Rose Rock Midstream LP

     5.63     11-15-2023      1,850,000        1,720,500  

Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC

     5.63     2-1-2021      2,275,000        2,354,611  

Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC

     6.25     3-15-2022      3,075,000        3,276,463  

SemGroup Corporation

     6.38     3-15-2025      5,725,000        5,368,905  

SemGroup Corporation

     7.25     3-15-2026      2,869,000        2,739,895  

Southern Star Central Corporation 144A

     5.13     7-15-2022      3,062,000        2,993,105  

Southwestern Energy Company

     6.20     1-23-2025      75,000        72,938  

Southwestern Energy Company

     7.50     4-1-2026      750,000        772,500  

Southwestern Energy Company

     7.75     10-1-2027      750,000        772,500  

Summit Midstream Holdings LLC

     5.75     4-15-2025      500,000        468,750  

Tallgrass Energy Partners LP 144A

     5.50     9-15-2024      12,825,000        12,857,063  

Tesoro Logistics LP

     6.38     5-1-2024      725,000        754,000  

Ultra Resources Incorporated 144A

     7.13     4-15-2025      8,900,000        2,581,000  
     112,581,787  
          

 

 

 

Financials : 6.80%

 

Banks : 0.06%

 

Citigroup Incorporated

     4.13     3-9-2021      115,000        115,288  

Citigroup Incorporated

     6.13     3-9-2028      205,000        217,300  
     332,588  
          

 

 

 

Capital Markets : 0.12%

 

MSCI Incorporated 144A

     5.38     5-15-2027      675,000        690,188  
          

 

 

 

Consumer Finance : 2.59%

 

Ally Financial Incorporated

     7.50     9-15-2020      300,000        316,125  

Ally Financial Incorporated

     8.00     3-15-2020      3,016,000        3,155,490  

FirstCash Incorporated 144A

     5.38     6-1-2024      2,985,000        2,985,000  

Navient Corporation

     8.00     3-25-2020      2,725,000        2,837,406  

Springleaf Finance Corporation

     6.00     6-1-2020      1,800,000        1,829,250  

Springleaf Finance Corporation

     7.13     3-15-2026      2,425,000        2,309,813  

Springleaf Finance Corporation

     8.25     12-15-2020      75,000        80,063  

Springleaf Finance Corporation

     8.25     10-1-2023      1,342,000        1,442,650  
     14,955,797  
          

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services : 2.99%

 

LPL Holdings Incorporated 144A

     5.75     9-15-2025      16,625,000        16,347,363  

Vantiv LLC 144A

     4.38     11-15-2025      975,000        935,981  
     17,283,344  
          

 

 

 

Insurance : 1.04%

 

AmWINS Group Incorporated 144A

     7.75     7-1-2026      2,200,000        2,194,500  

HUB International Limited 144A

     7.00     5-1-2026      1,300,000        1,261,000  

USIS Merger Subordinate Incorporated 144A

     6.88     5-1-2025      2,700,000        2,591,190  
     6,046,690  
          

 

 

 

Health Care : 13.06%

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies : 2.41%

 

Hill-Rom Holdings Incorporated 144A

     5.00     2-15-2025      975,000        972,563  

Hill-Rom Holdings Incorporated 144A

     5.75     9-1-2023      500,000        515,000  

Hologic Incorporated 144A

     4.38     10-15-2025      4,700,000        4,615,964  

Hologic Incorporated 144A

     4.63     2-1-2028      475,000        458,375  

Kinetics Concepts Incorporated 144A

     7.88     2-15-2021      4,000,000        4,080,000  

Surgery Center Holdings Incorporated 144A

     6.75     7-1-2025      1,000,000        925,000  

 

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Wells Fargo Income Opportunities Fund    Portfolio of investments — January 31, 2019 (unaudited)

 

Security name    Interest rate     Maturity date    Principal      Value  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies (continued)

 

Surgery Center Holdings Incorporated 144A

     8.88   4-15-2021    $ 2,325,000      $ 2,371,500  
             13,938,402  
          

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services : 9.16%

 

Acadia Healthcare Company Incorporated

     5.13     7-1-2022      190,000        186,913  

Acadia Healthcare Company Incorporated

     6.50     3-1-2024      310,000        305,350  

Centene Corporation 144A

     5.38     6-1-2026      1,425,000        1,477,084  

Centene Corporation

     6.13     2-15-2024      650,000        680,875  

CHS Incorporated

     5.13     8-1-2021      6,350,000        6,103,938  

Davita Incorporated

     5.00     5-1-2025      2,125,000        2,045,313  

Encompass Health Corporation

     5.75     11-1-2024      175,000        176,969  

HCA Incorporated

     5.88     3-15-2022      750,000        794,070  

HCA Incorporated

     6.50     2-15-2020      6,525,000        6,704,438  

HealthSouth Corporation

     5.75     9-15-2025      1,725,000        1,742,250  

MEDNAX Incorporated 144A

     5.25     12-1-2023      1,220,000        1,224,575  

MEDNAX Incorporated 144A

     6.25     1-15-2027      750,000        752,813  

MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC 144A

     7.13     6-1-2024      6,900,000        6,851,700  

MPT Operating Partnership LP

     5.00     10-15-2027      2,275,000        2,214,713  

MPT Operating Partnership LP

     5.25     8-1-2026      3,200,000        3,216,000  

MPT Operating Partnership LP

     6.38     3-1-2024      515,000        538,175  

NVA Holdings Company 144A

     6.88     4-1-2026      425,000        405,748  

Polaris Intermediate Corporation 144A

     8.50     12-1-2022      1,200,000        1,152,000  

Select Medical Corporation

     6.38     6-1-2021      6,930,000        6,964,650  

Tenet Healthcare Corporation

     4.63     7-15-2024      614,000        601,401  

Tenet Healthcare Corporation

     6.00     10-1-2020      575,000        593,860  

Vizient Incorporated 144A

     10.38     3-1-2024      7,235,000        7,840,931  

WellCare Health Plans Incorporated 144A

     5.38     8-15-2026      350,000        357,875  
             52,931,641  
          

 

 

 

Health Care Technology : 1.35%

 

Change Healthcare Holdings Incorporated 144A

     5.75     3-1-2025      6,300,000        6,032,250  

Quintiles IMS Holdings Incorporated 144A

     4.88     5-15-2023      1,375,000        1,390,469  

Quintiles IMS Holdings Incorporated 144A

     5.00     10-15-2026      375,000        376,875  
             7,799,594  
          

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services : 0.14%

 

Charles River Laboratories Incorporated 144A

     5.50     4-1-2026      800,000        818,000  
          

 

 

 

Industrials : 7.31%

 

Aerospace & Defense : 0.14%

 

RBS Global & Rexnord LLC 144A

     4.88     12-15-2025      825,000        796,125  
          

 

 

 

Airlines : 1.15%

 

Aviation Capital Group Corporation 144A

     6.75     4-6-2021      2,190,000        2,315,452  

BBA US Holdings Incorporated 144A

     5.38     5-1-2026      4,350,000        4,350,000  
             6,665,452  
          

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies : 4.84%

 

Acco Brands Corporation 144A

     5.25     12-15-2024      725,000        708,688  

Advanced Disposal Services Incorporated 144A

     5.63     11-15-2024      6,140,000        6,155,350  

Aramark Services Incorporated 144A

     5.00     2-1-2028      450,000        439,313  

Aramark Services Incorporated 144A

     5.00     4-1-2025      200,000        201,000  

Aramark Services Incorporated

     5.13     1-15-2024      1,256,000        1,269,075  

Covanta Holding Corporation

     5.88     3-1-2024      5,000,000        4,987,500  

Covanta Holding Corporation

     5.88     7-1-2025      1,500,000        1,470,000  

Covanta Holding Corporation

     6.00     1-1-2027      750,000        718,125  

KAR Auction Services Incorporated 144A

     5.13     6-1-2025      11,725,000        11,297,976  

Waste Pro USA Incorporated 144A

     5.50     2-15-2026      725,000        704,519  
             27,951,546  
          

 

 

 

 

5   


Portfolio of investments — January 31, 2019 (unaudited)    Wells Fargo Income Opportunities Fund

 

Security name    Interest rate     Maturity date    Principal      Value  

Electrical Equipment : 0.28%

 

Resideo Funding Incorporated 144A

     6.13   11-1-2026    $ 1,550,000      $ 1,596,500  
          

 

 

 

Machinery : 0.90%

 

Stevens Holding Company Incorporated 144A

     6.13     10-1-2026      3,600,000        3,637,368  

Trimas Corporation 144A

     4.88     10-15-2025      1,627,000        1,578,190  
     5,215,558  
          

 

 

 

Information Technology : 9.48%

 

Communications Equipment : 0.25%

 

CommScope Technologies Finance LLC 144A

     6.00     6-15-2025      1,550,000        1,464,750  
          

 

 

 

IT Services : 3.80%

 

Cardtronics Incorporated 144A

     5.50     5-1-2025      5,400,000        5,150,250  

First Data Corporation 144A

     5.00     1-15-2024      800,000        817,500  

First Data Corporation 144A

     5.38     8-15-2023      600,000        611,625  

First Data Corporation 144A

     5.75     1-15-2024      2,100,000        2,157,750  

Gartner Incorporated 144A

     5.13     4-1-2025      5,250,000        5,223,750  

Infor Software Parent LLC (PIK at 7.88%) 144A¥

     7.13     5-1-2021      1,260,000        1,269,450  

Infor US Incorporated

     6.50     5-15-2022      875,000        890,313  

Zayo Group LLC 144A

     5.75     1-15-2027      1,300,000        1,256,047  

Zayo Group LLC

     6.38     5-15-2025      4,697,000        4,585,446  
     21,962,131  
          

 

 

 

Software : 0.82%

 

CDK Global Incorporated

     4.88     6-1-2027      425,000        412,250  

CDK Global Incorporated

     5.00     10-15-2024      1,050,000        1,047,375  

CDK Global Incorporated

     5.88     6-15-2026      650,000        663,813  

Fair Isaac Corporation 144A

     5.25     5-15-2026      1,475,000        1,482,375  

Symantec Corporation 144A

     5.00     4-15-2025      1,150,000        1,144,709  
     4,750,522  
          

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals : 4.61%

 

Dell International LLC 144A

     5.88     6-15-2021      5,125,000        5,208,139  

Dell International LLC 144A

     7.13     6-15-2024      10,175,000        10,730,571  

NCR Corporation

     5.88     12-15-2021      380,000        381,425  

NCR Corporation

     6.38     12-15-2023      10,268,000        10,293,670  
     26,613,805  
          

 

 

 

Materials : 5.02%

 

Chemicals : 0.11%

 

Valvoline Incorporated

     5.50     7-15-2024      625,000        634,375  
          

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging : 4.71%

 

Ball Corporation

     4.00     11-15-2023      250,000        250,600  

Ball Corporation

     4.88     3-15-2026      1,100,000        1,119,938  

Ball Corporation

     5.25     7-1-2025      630,000        660,713  

Berry Global Incorporated

     5.13     7-15-2023      700,000        701,981  

Berry Global Incorporated

     6.00     10-15-2022      750,000        766,875  

Crown Americas Capital Corporation VI %%

     4.75     2-1-2026      1,700,000        1,661,750  

Crown Cork & Seal Company Incorporated

     7.38     12-15-2026      2,910,000        3,175,538  

Flex Acquisition Company Incorporated 144A

     6.88     1-15-2025      3,675,000        3,436,125  

Flex Acquisition Company Incorporated 144A

     7.88     7-15-2026      750,000        712,500  

Owens-Brockway Glass Container Incorporated 144A

     5.38     1-15-2025      925,000        921,531  

Owens-Brockway Glass Container Incorporated 144A

     5.88     8-15-2023      1,300,000        1,345,500  

Owens-Illinois Incorporated 144A

     6.38     8-15-2025      7,850,000        8,203,250  

Reynolds Group Issuer Incorporated 144A

     5.13     7-15-2023      1,451,000        1,453,684  

Sealed Air Corporation 144A

     5.13     12-1-2024      2,350,000        2,374,205  

Silgan Holdings Incorporated

     5.50     2-1-2022      445,000        446,113  
     27,230,303  
          

 

 

 

 

   6


Wells Fargo Income Opportunities Fund    Portfolio of investments — January 31, 2019 (unaudited)

 

Security name    Interest rate     Maturity date    Principal      Value  

Metals & Mining : 0.20%

 

Indalex Holdings Corporation (a)††

     11.50   2-1-2020    $ 5,985,000      $ 0  

Novelis Corporation 144A

     5.88     9-30-2026      850,000        821,313  

Novelis Corporation 144A

     6.25     8-15-2024      325,000        328,250  
     1,149,563  
          

 

 

 

Real Estate : 8.00%

 

Equity REITs : 8.00%

 

CoreCivic Incorporated

     4.63     5-1-2023      800,000        750,000  

CoreCivic Incorporated

     5.00     10-15-2022      2,325,000        2,243,625  

Crown Castle International Corporation

     5.25     1-15-2023      4,385,000        4,620,104  

Equinix Incorporated

     5.75     1-1-2025      2,475,000        2,543,063  

Equinix Incorporated

     5.88     1-15-2026      2,450,000        2,534,525  

ESH Hospitality Incorporated 144A

     5.25     5-1-2025      7,800,000        7,711,080  

Iron Mountain Incorporated 144A

     4.38     6-1-2021      2,500,000        2,493,750  

Iron Mountain Incorporated 144A

     5.25     3-15-2028      1,325,000        1,232,250  

Iron Mountain Incorporated 144A

     5.38     6-1-2026      2,175,000        2,068,969  

Iron Mountain Incorporated

     6.00     8-15-2023      5,185,000        5,314,625  

Sabra Health Care LP

     5.38     6-1-2023      2,100,000        2,089,500  

Sabra Health Care LP

     5.50     2-1-2021      2,335,000        2,358,350  

SBA Communications Corporation

     4.00     10-1-2022      300,000        296,250  

SBA Communications Corporation

     4.88     7-15-2022      1,485,000        1,504,008  

The Geo Group Incorporated

     5.13     4-1-2023      1,874,000        1,710,025  

The Geo Group Incorporated

     5.88     1-15-2022      2,595,000        2,526,881  

The Geo Group Incorporated

     5.88     10-15-2024      2,925,000        2,647,125  

The Geo Group Incorporated

     6.00     4-15-2026      1,760,000        1,573,000  
     46,217,130  
          

 

 

 

Utilities : 7.24%

 

Electric Utilities : 0.60%

 

NextEra Energy Operating Partners LP 144A

     4.25     9-15-2024      350,000        333,480  

NextEra Energy Operating Partners LP 144A

     4.50     9-15-2027      3,450,000        3,137,344  
     3,470,824  
          

 

 

 

Gas Utilities : 0.50%

 

AmeriGas Partners LP

     5.63     5-20-2024      200,000        197,500  

AmeriGas Partners LP

     5.75     5-20-2027      2,250,000        2,148,750  

Suburban Propane Partners LP

     5.88     3-1-2027      575,000        543,375  
     2,889,625  
          

 

 

 

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers : 6.14%

 

NSG Holdings LLC 144A

     7.75     12-15-2025      8,077,068        8,602,078  

Pattern Energy Group Incorporated 144A

     5.88     2-1-2024      11,518,000        11,258,845  

TerraForm Global Operating LLC 144A

     6.13     3-1-2026      2,800,000        2,674,000  

TerraForm Power Operating LLC 144A

     4.25     1-31-2023      7,225,000        7,062,438  

TerraForm Power Operating LLC 144A

     5.00     1-31-2028      2,250,000        2,089,688  

TerraForm Power Operating LLC 144A

     6.63     6-15-2025      3,600,000        3,780,000  
     35,467,049  
          

 

 

 

Total Corporate Bonds and Notes (Cost $714,252,262)

 

     700,849,663  
          

 

 

 

Loans : 5.71%

 

Communication Services : 1.55%

 

Media : 1.55%

 

Ancestry.com Incorporated (1 Month LIBOR +3.25%) ±

     5.75     10-19-2023      7,731,375        7,582,546  

Hubbard Radio LLC (1 Month LIBOR +3.50%) ±<

     6.02     3-28-2025      1,425,000        1,400,063  
     8,982,609  
          

 

 

 

 

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Portfolio of investments — January 31, 2019 (unaudited)    Wells Fargo Income Opportunities Fund

 

Security name    Interest rate     Maturity date    Principal      Value  

Consumer Discretionary : 1.78%

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure : 1.78%

 

CCM Merger Incorporated (1 Month LIBOR +2.25%) ±

     4.75   8-8-2021    $ 712,667      $ 704,115  

Montreign Operating Company LLC (3 Month LIBOR +8.25%) ±

     10.96     1-24-2023      10,344,910        9,569,041  
     10,273,156  
          

 

 

 

Energy : 0.54%

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels : 0.54%

 

Encino Acquisition Partners Holdings LLC (1 Month LIBOR +6.75%) ±‡

     9.25     10-29-2025      1,225,000        1,172,938  

Ultra Resources Incorporated (1 Month LIBOR +4.00%) ±

     6.50     4-12-2024      2,200,000        1,961,674  
     3,134,612  
          

 

 

 

Financials : 0.36%

 

Diversified Financial Services : 0.36%

 

Resolute Investment Managers Incorporated (3 Month LIBOR +7.50%) ±‡

     10.24     4-30-2023      2,110,000        2,078,350  
          

 

 

 

Health Care : 0.38%

 

Health Care Providers & Services : 0.02%

 

Press Ganey Holdings Incorporated (1 Month LIBOR +6.50%) ±‡

     9.00     10-21-2024      112,360        111,377  
          

 

 

 

Health Care Technology : 0.36%

 

Emerald Bidco Incorporated (1 Month LIBOR +2.75%) ±

     5.25     10-23-2023      2,099,612        2,061,987  
          

 

 

 

Industrials : 0.26%

 

Commercial Services & Supplies : 0.26%

 

Advantage Sales & Marketing LLC (1 Month LIBOR +6.50%) ±

     9.00     7-25-2022      2,025,000        1,521,281  
          

 

 

 

Information Technology : 0.26%

 

IT Services : 0.26%

 

First Data Corporation (1 Month LIBOR +2.00%) ±

     4.52     4-26-2024      1,525,000        1,518,809  
          

 

 

 

Materials : 0.20%

 

Containers & Packaging : 0.20%

 

Reynolds Group Holdings Incorporated (1 Month LIBOR +2.75%) ±

     5.25     2-5-2023      1,196,947        1,178,885  
          

 

 

 

Real Estate : 0.22%

 

Real Estate Management & Development : 0.22%

 

Capital Automotive LP (1 Month LIBOR +6.00%) ±

     8.50     3-24-2025      1,262,425        1,252,957  
          

 

 

 

Utilities : 0.16%

 

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers : 0.16%

 

Vistra Energy Corporation (1 Month LIBOR +2.25%) ±

     4.75     12-14-2023      906,500        896,492  
          

 

 

 

Total Loans (Cost $34,581,088)

 

     33,010,515  
          

 

 

 
      Expiration date    Shares         

Rights : 0.07%

 

Utilities : 0.07%

 

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers : 0.07%

 

Vistra Energy Corporation †

     12-14-2023      559,650        408,545  
          

 

 

 

Total Rights (Cost $582,794)

 

     408,545  
          

 

 

 

 

   8


Wells Fargo Income Opportunities Fund    Portfolio of investments — January 31, 2019 (unaudited)

 

Security name    Interest rate     Maturity date    Principal      Value  

Yankee Corporate Bonds and Notes : 10.80%

 

Communication Services : 0.15%

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services : 0.15%

 

Intelsat Luxembourg SA

     8.13   6-1-2023    $ 1,000,000      $ 831,846  
          

 

 

 

Energy : 2.50%

 

Energy Equipment & Services : 0.86%

 

Ensco plc

     5.75     10-1-2044      7,652,000        4,992,930  
          

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels : 1.64%

 

Baytex Energy Corporation 144A

     5.13     6-1-2021      2,450,000        2,407,125  

Baytex Energy Corporation 144A

     5.63     6-1-2024      3,584,000        3,225,600  

Griffin Coal Mining Company Limited 144A(a)††

     9.50     12-1-2016      1,410,935        0  

Griffin Coal Mining Company Limited (a)††

     9.50     12-1-2016      193,118        0  

Rockpoint Gas Storage 144A

     7.00     3-31-2023      2,950,000        2,876,250  

Teekay Corporation

     8.50     1-15-2020      950,000        943,350  
     9,452,325  
          

 

 

 

Financials : 3.26%

 

Banks : 0.97%

 

Intelsat Connect Finance Company 144A

     9.50     2-15-2023      825,000        769,313  

Nielsen Holding and Finance BV 144A

     5.00     2-1-2025      4,000,000        3,970,000  

Nielsen Holding and Finance BV 144A

     5.50     10-1-2021      850,000        856,630  

Preferred Term Securities XII Limited (a)††

     0.00     12-24-2033      1,540,000        0  
     5,595,943  
          

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services : 2.29%

 

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA

     5.50     8-1-2023      10,515,000        9,555,506  

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA 144A

     8.00     2-15-2024      225,000        234,281  

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA 144A

     8.50     10-15-2024      3,400,000        3,434,000  
     13,223,787  
          

 

 

 

Health Care : 2.50%

 

Pharmaceuticals : 2.50%

 

Bausch Health Companies Incorporated 144A

     5.50     3-1-2023      3,950,000        3,846,313  

Bausch Health Companies Incorporated 144A

     5.50     11-1-2025      925,000        922,558  

Bausch Health Companies Incorporated 144A

     5.88     5-15-2023      3,600,000        3,526,632  

Bausch Health Companies Incorporated 144A

     6.13     4-15-2025      3,875,000        3,661,875  

Bausch Health Companies Incorporated 144A

     6.50     3-15-2022      525,000        542,719  

Bausch Health Companies Incorporated 144A

     7.00     3-15-2024      1,100,000        1,154,313  

Bausch Health Companies Incorporated 144A

     8.50     1-31-2027      750,000        783,750  
     14,438,160  
          

 

 

 

Industrials : 1.83%

 

Commercial Services & Supplies : 1.48%

 

Ritchie Brothers Auctioneers Incorporated 144A

     5.38     1-15-2025      8,500,000        8,542,500  
          

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment : 0.35%

 

Sensata Technologies BV 144A

     5.00     10-1-2025      770,000        773,850  

Sensata Technologies BV 144A

     6.25     2-15-2026      1,225,000        1,277,063  
     2,050,913  
          

 

 

 

Materials : 0.56%

 

Containers & Packaging : 0.56%

 

Ardagh Packaging Finance plc 144A

     4.25     9-15-2022      600,000        593,880  

 

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Portfolio of investments — January 31, 2019 (unaudited)    Wells Fargo Income Opportunities Fund

 

Security name         Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Containers & Packaging (continued)

 

Ardagh Packaging Finance plc 144A

      4.63     5-15-2023      $ 275,000      $ 275,000  

Ardagh Packaging Finance plc 144A

      7.25       5-15-2024        1,300,000        1,347,125  

OI European Group BV 144A

      4.00       3-15-2023        1,075,000        1,040,063  
     3,256,068  

Total Yankee Corporate Bonds and Notes (Cost $64,946,783)

 

     62,384,472  
          Yield            Shares         

Short-Term Investments : 0.51%

 

Investment Companies : 0.51%

 

Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund Select Class (l)(u)##

      2.33          2,930,491        2,930,491  

Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $2,930,491)

 

     2,930,491  

Total investments in securities (Cost $817,294,024)

    138.37             799,584,295  

Other assets and liabilities, net

    (38.37             (221,722,954
 

 

 

           

 

 

 

Total net assets

    100.00 %            $ 577,861,341  
 

 

 

           

 

144A

The security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers, pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933.

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The security is issued on a when-issued basis.

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A payment-in-kind (PIK) security is a security in which the issuer may make interest or dividend payments in cash or additional securities. These additional securities generally have the same terms as the original holdings.

(a)

The security is fair valued in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Trustees.

††

On the last interest date, partial interest was paid.

±

Variable rate investment. The rate shown is the rate in effect at period end.

<

All or a portion of the position represents an unfunded loan commitment. The rate represents current interest rate if the loan is partially funded.

Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs.

Non-income-earning security

(l)

The issuer of the security is an affiliated person of the Fund as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.

(u)

The rate represents the 7-day annualized yield at period end.

##

All or a portion of this security is segregated for when-issued securities and unfunded loans.

Abbreviations:

 

LIBOR

London Interbank Offered Rate

REIT

Real estate investment trust

 

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Investments in Affiliates

An affiliated investment is an investment in which the Fund owns at least 5% of the outstanding voting shares of the issuer or as a result of other relationships, such as the Fund and the issuer having the same investment manager. Transactions with issuers that were either affiliated persons of the Fund at the beginning of the period or the end of the period were as follows:

 

    Shares,
beginning of
period
    Shares
purchased
    Shares
sold
    Shares,
end of
period
    Value,
end
of period
    % of
net
assets
 

Short-Term Investments

           

Investment Companies

           

Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund Select Class

    44,347,095       81,336,113       122,752,717       2,930,491     $ 2,930,491       0.51


Wells Fargo Income Opportunities Fund (the “Fund”)

Notes to Portfolio of investments – January 31, 2019 (unaudited)                     

 

Securities valuation

All investments are valued each business day as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m. Eastern Time), although the Fund may deviate from this calculation under unusual or unexpected circumstances.

Debt securities are valued at the evaluated bid price provided by an independent pricing service (e.g. taking into account various factors, including yields, maturities, or credit ratings) or, if a reliable price is not available, the quoted bid price from an independent broker-dealer.

Equity securities that are listed on a foreign or domestic exchange or market are valued at the official closing price or, if none, the last sales price. If no sale occurs on the principal exchange or market that day, a fair value price will be determined in accordance with the Fund’s Valuation Procedures.

Investments in registered open-end investment companies are valued at net asset value.

Investments which are not valued using any of the methods discussed above are valued at their fair value, as determined in good faith by the Board of Trustees of the Fund. The Board of Trustees has established a Valuation Committee comprised of the Trustees and has delegated to it the authority to take any actions regarding the valuation of portfolio securities that the Valuation Committee deems necessary or appropriate, including determining the fair value of portfolio securities, unless the determination has been delegated to the Wells Fargo Asset Management Pricing Committee at Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC. The Board of Trustees retains the authority to make or ratify any valuation decisions or approve any changes to the Valuation Procedures as it deems appropriate. On a quarterly basis, the Board of Trustees receives reports on any valuation actions taken by the Valuation Committee or the Wells Fargo Asset Management Pricing Committee which may include items for ratification.

When-issued transactions

The Fund may purchase securities on a forward commitment or when-issued basis. The Fund records a when-issued transaction on the trade date and will segregate assets in an amount at least equal in value to the Fund’s commitment to purchase when-issued securities. Securities purchased on a when-issued basis are marked-to-market daily and the Fund begins earning interest on the settlement date. Losses may arise due to changes in the market value of the underlying securities or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.

Loans

The Fund may invest in direct debt instruments which are interests in amounts owed to lenders by corporate or other borrowers. The loans pay interest at rates which are periodically reset by reference to a base lending rate plus a spread. Investments in loans may be in the form of participations in loans or assignments of all or a portion of loans from third parties. When the Fund purchases participations, it generally has no rights to enforce compliance with terms of the loan agreement with the borrower. As a result, the Fund assumes the credit risk of both the borrower and the lender that is selling the participation. When the Fund purchases assignments from lenders, it acquires direct rights against the borrower on the loan and may enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of the loan agreement. Loans may include fully funded term loans or unfunded loan commitments, which are contractual obligations for future funding.

As of January 31, 2019, the Fund had unfunded loan commitments of $1,410,686.

Fair valuation measurements

Fair value measurements of investments are determined within a framework that has established a fair value hierarchy based upon the various data inputs utilized in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. The three-level hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). The Fund’s investments are classified within the fair value hierarchy based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The inputs are summarized into three broad levels as follows:

 

Level 1 –   quoted prices in active markets for identical securities
Level 2 –   other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)
Level 3 –   significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

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


The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities as of January 31, 2019:

 

     Quoted
prices
(Level 1)
     Other
significant
observable
inputs

(Level 2)
     Significant
unobservable
inputs

(Level 3)
     Total  

Assets

           

Investments in :

           

Common stocks

           

Materials

   $ 609      $ 0      $ 0      $ 609  

Corporate bonds and notes

     0        700,849,663        0        700,849,663  

Loans

     0        29,647,850        3,362,665        33,010,515  

Rights

           

Utilities

     0        408,545        0        408,545  

Yankee corporate bonds and notes

     0        62,384,472        0        62,384,472  

Short-term investments

           

Investment companies

     2,930,491        0        0        2,930,491  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 2,931,100      $ 793,290,530      $ 3,362,665      $ 799,584,295  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Additional sector, industry or geographic detail is included in the Portfolio of Investments.

At January 31, 2019, the Fund had no material transfers into/out of Level 3.


ITEM 2.

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

(a) The President and Treasurer have concluded that the Wells Fargo Income Opportunities Fund (the “Fund”) disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) provide reasonable assurances that material information relating to the Fund is made known to them by the appropriate persons based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report.

(b) There were no significant changes in the Fund’s internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that occurred during the last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.


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.

 

Wells Fargo Income Opportunities Fund
By:   /s/ Andrew Owen                                    
  Andrew Owen
  President
Date: March 27, 2019

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

 

Wells Fargo Income Opportunities Fund
By:   /s/ Andrew Owen                                        
  Andrew Owen
  President
Date: March 27, 2019
By:   /s/ Jeremy DePalma
  Jeremy DePalma
  Treasurer
Date: March 27, 2019