MFS GOVERNMENT MARKETS INCOME TRUST N-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF

REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number 811-05078

MFS GOVERNMENT MARKETS INCOME TRUST

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

111 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02199

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Susan S. Newton

Massachusetts Financial Services Company

111 Huntington Avenue

Boston, Massachusetts 02199

(Name and address of agents for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 954-5000

Date of fiscal year end: November 30

Date of reporting period: February 28, 2015


ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.


QUARTERLY REPORT

February 28, 2015

 

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MFS® GOVERNMENT MARKETS INCOME TRUST

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS

2/28/15 (unaudited)

The Portfolio of Investments is a complete list of all securities owned by your fund. It is categorized by broad-based asset classes.

 

Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - 101.4%                 
U.S. Bonds - 94.8%                 
Agency - Other - 9.0%                 
Financing Corp., 10.7%, 10/06/17    $ 4,095,000      $ 5,086,125   
Financing Corp., 9.4%, 2/08/18      3,085,000        3,812,733   
Financing Corp., 10.35%, 8/03/18      6,820,000        8,849,803   
    

 

 

 
             $ 17,748,661   
Asset-Backed & Securitized - 4.9%                 
Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, FRN, 5.712%, 12/10/49    $ 1,000,000      $ 1,082,413   
Citigroup/Deutsche Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, 5.322%, 12/11/49      1,200,000        1,265,153   
Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, “A4”, 5.306%, 12/10/46      1,323,926        1,394,908   
Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2015-DC1, “A5”, 3.35%, 2/10/48      327,000        337,372   
Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Trust, “A4”, FRN, 5.894%, 9/15/39      410,412        438,933   
Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Trust, “AM”, FRN, 5.698%, 6/15/39      398,459        417,815   
Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Trust, “C4”, FRN, 5.894%, 9/15/39      378,313        407,102   
Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificate, 5.311%, 12/15/39      491,940        514,820   
CWCapital Cobalt Ltd., “A4”, FRN, 5.768%, 5/15/46      562,928        609,204   
CWCapital LLC, 5.223%, 8/15/48      869,726        913,638   
Goldman Sachs Mortgage Securities Corp., FRN, 5.795%, 8/10/45      701,511        757,843   
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., “A3”, FRN, 5.939%, 2/15/51      40,145        40,218   
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., “A4”, FRN, 5.783%, 6/15/49      1,000,000        1,070,501   
Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, “AM”, FRN, 5.703%, 4/15/49      431,000        451,298   
    

 

 

 
             $ 9,701,218   
Building - 0.1%                 
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., 4.25%, 7/02/24    $ 82,000      $ 85,761   
Business Services - 0.5%                 
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc., 3.875%, 6/05/24    $ 1,000,000      $ 1,023,164   
Cable TV - 0.7%                 
Comcast Corp., 4.2%, 8/15/34    $ 96,000      $ 104,031   
Time Warner Cable, Inc., 8.25%, 4/01/19      1,000,000        1,221,441   
Time Warner Cable, Inc., 4.5%, 9/15/42      100,000        99,872   
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,425,344   
Chemicals - 0.3%                 
Dow Chemical Co., 8.55%, 5/15/19    $ 500,000      $ 624,557   
Energy - Independent - 0.5%                 
Anadarko Petroleum Corp., 4.5%, 7/15/44    $ 1,000,000      $ 1,028,129   
Hess Corp., 8.125%, 2/15/19      30,000        35,943   
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,064,072   
Food & Beverages - 0.6%                 
Kraft Foods Group, Inc., 6.125%, 8/23/18    $ 960,000      $ 1,090,957   
Tyson Foods, Inc., 5.15%, 8/15/44      38,000        44,739   
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,135,696   
Forest & Paper Products - 0.1%                 
Packaging Corp. of America, 3.65%, 9/15/24    $ 153,000      $ 152,799   
Insurance - Property & Casualty - 0.1%                 
Liberty Mutual Group, Inc., 4.85%, 8/01/44 (n)    $ 99,000      $ 106,082   

 

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Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) – continued

Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
U.S. Bonds - continued                 
Local Authorities - 2.2%                 
Nashville & Davidson County, TN, Metropolitan Government Convention Center Authority (Build America Bonds), 6.731%, 7/01/43    $ 580,000      $ 771,667   
New Jersey Turnpike Authority Rev. (Build America Bonds), “F”, 7.414%, 1/01/40      32,000        48,579   
San Francisco, CA, City & County Public Utilities Commission, Water Rev. (Build America Bonds), 6%, 11/01/40      1,650,000        2,142,344   
State of California (Build America Bonds), 7.6%, 11/01/40      420,000        682,147   
University of California Rev. (Build America Bonds), 5.77%, 5/15/43      450,000        589,334   
    

 

 

 
             $ 4,234,071   
Major Banks - 1.2%                 
Bank of America Corp., 7.625%, 6/01/19    $ 170,000      $ 205,421   
Bank of America Corp., 4.2%, 8/26/24      279,000        288,897   
Bank of America Corp., 4.875%, 4/01/44      92,000        105,446   
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 3.625%, 1/22/23      446,000        461,253   
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 4.8%, 7/08/44      94,000        103,826   
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., 6.05%, 5/16/16      750,000        790,797   
Morgan Stanley, 3.875%, 4/29/24      221,000        232,359   
Morgan Stanley, 4.3%, 1/27/45      81,000        82,465   
Wells Fargo & Co., 5.9% to 6/15/24, FRN to 12/29/49      100,000        104,218   
    

 

 

 
             $ 2,374,682   
Medical & Health Technology & Services - 0.2%                 
Becton, Dickinson and Co., 4.685%, 12/15/44    $ 179,000      $ 196,161   
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings, 4.7%, 2/01/45      106,000        108,941   
    

 

 

 
             $ 305,102   
Medical Equipment - 0.1%                 
Medtronic, Inc., 4.625%, 3/15/45 (n)    $ 237,000      $ 268,699   
Metals & Mining - 0.2%                 
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc., 3.875%, 3/15/23    $ 500,000      $ 458,596   
Midstream - 1.1%                 
Enterprise Products Operating LLC, 3.9%, 2/15/24    $ 29,000      $ 30,572   
Enterprise Products Operating LLC, 4.85%, 3/15/44      41,000        45,493   
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, 6.85%, 2/15/20      1,000,000        1,170,764   
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, 5.4%, 9/01/44      358,000        379,620   
Plains All American Pipeline LP, 3.6%, 11/01/24      108,000        110,848   
Sunoco Logistics Partners LP, 5.35%, 5/15/45      364,000        394,992   
    

 

 

 
             $ 2,132,289   
Mortgage-Backed - 43.8%                 
Fannie Mae, 4.78%, 8/01/15    $ 467,468      $ 471,914   
Fannie Mae, 5.443%, 11/01/15      586,327        591,604   
Fannie Mae, 5.432%, 2/01/16      588,616        602,911   
Fannie Mae, 5.845%, 6/01/16      96,790        99,525   
Fannie Mae, 6.5%, 11/01/16 - 2/01/37      1,112,795        1,294,613   
Fannie Mae, 5.09%, 12/01/16      485,702        514,827   
Fannie Mae, 5.05%, 1/01/17      486,967        510,866   
Fannie Mae, 5.3%, 4/01/17      529,507        558,411   
Fannie Mae, 1.9%, 6/01/17      161,046        162,752   
Fannie Mae, 6%, 8/01/17 - 7/01/37      1,999,342        2,265,126   
Fannie Mae, 5.5%, 9/01/17 - 3/01/38      6,679,270        7,510,306   
Fannie Mae, 4.88%, 3/01/20      167,804        182,075   
Fannie Mae, 2.41%, 5/01/23      133,931        134,088   
Fannie Mae, 2.55%, 5/01/23      115,391        116,632   

 

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Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) – continued

Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
U.S. Bonds - continued                 
Mortgage-Backed - continued                 
Fannie Mae, 2.59%, 5/01/23    $ 72,863      $ 73,834   
Fannie Mae, 3%, 4/01/27      667,830        700,922   
Fannie Mae, 2.5%, 5/01/28      215,262        221,022   
Fannie Mae, 5%, 6/01/35 - 3/01/40      1,075,813        1,194,100   
Fannie Mae, 4%, 2/01/41      1,864,961        2,005,361   
Fannie Mae, 4.5%, 2/01/41 - 4/01/44      6,065,830        6,611,173   
Fannie Mae, 3.5%, 4/01/43      763,718        801,525   
Fannie Mae, TBA, 3%, 3/01/30      814,000        852,271   
Fannie Mae, TBA, 3.5%, 3/01/45      959,000        1,005,058   
Fannie Mae, TBA, 4%, 3/01/45      9,381,000        10,029,718   
Freddie Mac, 3.034%, 10/25/20      291,000        306,598   
Freddie Mac, 1.426%, 8/25/17      1,112,000        1,120,205   
Freddie Mac, 2.699%, 5/25/18      800,000        829,403   
Freddie Mac, 2.412%, 8/25/18      1,152,000        1,184,595   
Freddie Mac, 2.303%, 9/25/18      275,000        281,780   
Freddie Mac, 2.323%, 10/25/18      499,000        511,592   
Freddie Mac, 2.13%, 1/25/19      1,575,000        1,602,917   
Freddie Mac, 5.085%, 3/25/19      752,000        846,069   
Freddie Mac, 2.456%, 8/25/19      383,000        393,387   
Freddie Mac, 4.186%, 8/25/19      600,000        657,094   
Freddie Mac, 2.856%, 1/25/21      400,000        417,234   
Freddie Mac, 6%, 5/01/21 - 10/01/38      1,039,726        1,180,821   
Freddie Mac, 2.682%, 10/25/22      189,000        193,562   
Freddie Mac, 3.32%, 2/25/23      433,000        462,036   
Freddie Mac, 3.3%, 4/25/23      429,471        457,462   
Freddie Mac, 3.06%, 7/25/23      181,000        189,480   
Freddie Mac, 3.458%, 8/25/23      367,000        394,843   
Freddie Mac, 4.5%, 9/01/24 - 8/01/40      1,232,513        1,338,332   
Freddie Mac, 5.5%, 10/01/24 - 6/01/36      1,411,544        1,581,709   
Freddie Mac, 2.67%, 12/25/24      827,000        833,706   
Freddie Mac, 2.5%, 5/01/28 - 7/01/28      4,935,400        5,068,773   
Freddie Mac, 6.5%, 5/01/37      277,535        316,281   
Freddie Mac, 5%, 4/01/40      3,538,552        3,914,808   
Freddie Mac, 3.5%, 5/01/42 - 7/01/43      6,061,158        6,355,673   
Freddie Mac, 3%, 4/01/43 - 5/01/43      2,355,225        2,404,464   
Freddie Mac, 4%, 11/01/43      542,583        580,661   
Freddie Mac, TBA, 4%, 3/01/45      1,186,000        1,268,142   
Ginnie Mae, 5.5%, 7/15/33 - 1/20/42      1,789,892        2,035,594   
Ginnie Mae, 4%, 8/15/40 - 12/20/44      3,377,666        3,605,810   
Ginnie Mae, 4.5%, 9/20/41      384,888        418,926   
Ginnie Mae, 3.5%, 4/15/42 - 7/20/43      4,657,086        4,902,689   
Ginnie Mae, 3%, 7/20/43      1,316,757        1,355,237   
Ginnie Mae, 5.612%, 4/20/58      224,197        230,216   
Ginnie Mae, 6.357%, 4/20/58      172,897        180,317   
    

 

 

 
             $ 85,931,050   
Municipals - 0.9%                 
Houston, TX, Public Improvement Refunding, “A”, 5%, 3/01/25    $ 95,000      $ 116,334   
New York Dormitory Authority Rev., State Personal Income Tax (General Purpose), “E”, 5%, 2/15/24      585,000        720,246   
State of Washington, 5%, 7/01/25      780,000        964,189   
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,800,769   

 

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Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) – continued

Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
U.S. Bonds - continued                 
Network & Telecom - 1.6%                 
Verizon Communications, Inc., 5.05%, 3/15/34    $ 1,500,000      $ 1,642,485   
Verizon Communications, Inc., 6.55%, 9/15/43      1,200,000        1,577,094   
    

 

 

 
             $ 3,219,579   
Other Banks & Diversified Financials - 1.0%                 
Capital One Bank (USA) N.A., 3.375%, 2/15/23    $ 336,000      $ 338,407   
Citigroup, Inc., 8.5%, 5/22/19      80,000        99,565   
Citigroup, Inc., 3.75%, 6/16/24      223,000        231,744   
Discover Bank, 4.25%, 3/13/26      1,000,000        1,052,035   
Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A., 5.017%, 6/26/24 (n)      203,000        209,003   
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,930,754   
Pharmaceuticals - 0.2%                 
Actavis Funding SCS, 4.85%, 6/15/44    $ 272,000      $ 280,428   
Gilead Sciences, Inc., 4.5%, 2/01/45      82,000        90,732   
    

 

 

 
             $ 371,160   
Precious Metals & Minerals - 0.2%                 
Teck Resources Ltd., 6%, 8/15/40    $ 200,000      $ 183,044   
Teck Resources Ltd., 5.4%, 2/01/43      300,000        268,384   
    

 

 

 
             $ 451,428   
Real Estate - Healthcare - 0.1%                 
HCP, Inc., REIT, 3.875%, 8/15/24    $ 267,000      $ 273,308   
Real Estate - Retail - 0.1%                 
DDR Corp., REIT, 3.625%, 2/01/25    $ 122,000      $ 121,878   
Retailers - 0.3%                 
Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc., 5.165%, 8/01/44    $ 495,000      $ 537,103   
Supranational - 0.1%                 
Inter-American Development Bank, 4.375%, 1/24/44    $ 158,000      $ 200,024   
Tobacco - 0.5%                 
Altria Group, Inc., 9.7%, 11/10/18    $ 111,000      $ 142,788   
Altria Group, Inc., 9.25%, 8/06/19      55,000        70,743   
Altria Group, Inc., 4%, 1/31/24      14,000        14,994   
Lorillard Tobacco Co., 8.125%, 6/23/19      583,000        711,303   
    

 

 

 
             $ 939,828   
Transportation - Services - 0.0%                 
ERAC USA Finance LLC, 3.85%, 11/15/24 (n)    $ 34,000      $ 35,278   
U.S. Government Agencies and Equivalents - 2.7%                 
Aid-Egypt, 4.45%, 9/15/15    $ 1,755,000      $ 1,793,310   
Private Export Funding Corp., 2.25%, 3/15/20      86,000        87,164   
Private Export Funding Corp., 1.875%, 7/15/18      460,000        466,591   
Small Business Administration, 6.35%, 4/01/21      144,265        156,256   
Small Business Administration, 6.34%, 5/01/21      113,510        122,543   
Small Business Administration, 6.44%, 6/01/21      124,165        134,840   
Small Business Administration, 6.625%, 7/01/21      127,941        139,242   
Small Business Administration, 5.52%, 6/01/24      238,430        262,925   
Small Business Administration, 2.21%, 2/01/33      289,246        286,733   

 

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Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) – continued

Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
U.S. Bonds - continued                 
U.S. Government Agencies and Equivalents - continued                 
Small Business Administration, 2.22%, 3/01/33    $ 502,286      $ 499,551   
Small Business Administration, 3.15%, 7/01/33      419,189        437,644   
Small Business Administration, 3.62%, 9/01/33      383,529        412,387   
Tennessee Valley Authority, 1.75%, 10/15/18      292,000        293,110   
U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development, 6.36%, 8/01/16      70,000        70,569   
U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development, 6.59%, 8/01/16      113,000        115,914   
    

 

 

 
             $ 5,278,779   
U.S. Treasury Obligations - 21.5%                 
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 5.25%, 2/15/29    $ 1,448,000      $ 1,968,149   
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 4.75%, 2/15/37      336,000        467,355   
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 4.375%, 2/15/38      4,842,000        6,413,001   
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 4.5%, 8/15/39      5,097,100        6,926,480   
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 3.125%, 2/15/43      453,700        500,984   
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 2.875%, 5/15/43      1,158,800        1,221,266   
U.S. Treasury Bonds, TIPS, 0.125%, 7/15/24      2,885,202        2,887,455   
U.S. Treasury Notes, 0.875%, 12/31/16      2,887,000        2,903,690   
U.S. Treasury Notes, 4.75%, 8/15/17 (f)      1,603,000        1,756,162   
U.S. Treasury Notes, 2.625%, 4/30/18      2,272,000        2,381,340   
U.S. Treasury Notes, 2.75%, 2/15/19      1,654,000        1,746,521   
U.S. Treasury Notes, 3.125%, 5/15/19      300,000        321,258   
U.S. Treasury Notes, 1%, 6/30/19      3,593,000        3,531,244   
U.S. Treasury Notes, 2.625%, 8/15/20      162,000        170,695   
U.S. Treasury Notes, 3.125%, 5/15/21      5,026,000        5,437,896   
U.S. Treasury Notes, 1.75%, 5/15/22      508,000        505,381   
U.S. Treasury Notes, 2.5%, 8/15/23      2,031,000        2,123,823   
U.S. Treasury Notes, 2.75%, 2/15/24      827,000        880,949   
    

 

 

 
             $ 42,143,649   
Total U.S. Bonds      $ 186,075,380   
Foreign Bonds - 6.6%                 
Brazil - 0.3%                 
Federative Republic of Brazil, 11%, 8/17/40    $ 183,000      $ 191,601   
Federative Republic of Brazil, 5.625%, 1/07/41      162,000        162,000   
Vale Overseas Ltd., 6.875%, 11/10/39      165,000        163,365   
    

 

 

 
             $ 516,966   
Canada - 0.6%                 
Rogers Communications, Inc., 6.8%, 8/15/18    $ 1,000,000      $ 1,161,189   
Chile - 0.9%                 
E.CL S.A., 5.625%, 1/15/21    $ 566,000      $ 636,908   
Empresa Nacional de Electricidad S.A., 4.25%, 4/15/24      20,000        21,007   
Empresa Nacional del Petroleo, 6.25%, 7/08/19      214,000        240,177   
GNL Quintero S.A., 4.634%, 7/31/29 (n)      200,000        207,826   
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile S.A., 6.125%, 4/15/16      429,000        446,121   
Transelec S.A., 4.25%, 1/14/25      200,000        204,322   
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,756,361   
China - 0.6%                 
Baidu, Inc., 3.25%, 8/06/18    $ 240,000      $ 247,152   
CNPC (HK) Overseas Capital Ltd., 4.5%, 4/28/21 (n)      226,000        243,983   
State Grid Overseas Investment (2014) Ltd., 4.125%, 5/07/24 (n)      690,000        749,140   
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,240,275   

 

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Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) – continued

Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Foreign Bonds - continued                 
Iceland - 0.4%                 
Republic of Iceland, 4.875%, 6/16/16 (n)    $ 667,000      $ 696,532   
Republic of Iceland, 5.875%, 5/11/22 (n)      101,000        115,294   
    

 

 

 
             $ 811,826   
Jordan - 0.4%                 
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, 2.503%, 10/30/20    $ 418,000      $ 428,973   
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, 1.945%, 6/23/19      443,000        450,073   
    

 

 

 
             $ 879,046   
Malaysia - 0.1%                 
Petronas Capital Ltd., 7.875%, 5/22/22    $ 185,000      $ 238,233   
Mexico - 1.4%                 
Banco Inbursa S.A. Institucion de Banca Multiple Grupo Financiero Inbursa, 4.125%, 6/06/24 (n)    $ 299,000      $ 297,415   
Comision Federal de Electricidad, 4.875%, 5/26/21      277,000        296,390   
Pemex Project Funding Master Trust, 5.75%, 3/01/18      160,000        175,200   
Petroleos Mexicanos, 8%, 5/03/19      228,000        273,828   
Petroleos Mexicanos, 6%, 3/05/20      202,000        228,765   
Petroleos Mexicanos, 5.5%, 1/21/21      130,000        142,675   
Petroleos Mexicanos, 4.875%, 1/18/24      95,000        101,033   
Petroleos Mexicanos, 4.25%, 1/15/25 (n)      15,000        15,105   
Petroleos Mexicanos, 5.5%, 6/27/44 (n)      35,000        35,525   
Petroleos Mexicanos, 5.625%, 1/23/46 (n)      23,000        23,587   
United Mexican States, 3.625%, 3/15/22      1,164,000        1,213,470   
    

 

 

 
             $ 2,802,993   
Netherlands - 0.3%                 
ING Bank N.V., 5.8%, 9/25/23 (n)    $ 428,000      $ 491,321   
Peru - 0.3%                 
El Fondo Mivivienda S.A., 3.5%, 1/31/23    $ 226,000      $ 222,610   
Republic of Peru, 8.75%, 11/21/33      180,000        286,200   
    

 

 

 
             $ 508,810   
Romania - 0.1%                 
Republic of Romania, 4.375%, 8/22/23 (n)    $ 36,000      $ 38,936   
Republic of Romania, 4.875%, 1/22/24 (n)      58,000        64,960   
    

 

 

 
             $ 103,896   
Russia - 0.1%                 
LUKOIL International Finance B.V., 4.563%, 4/24/23    $ 213,000      $ 177,323   
Slovakia - 0.4%                 
Republic of Slovakia, 4.375%, 5/21/22 (n)    $ 639,000      $ 714,881   
Tunisia - 0.1%                 
Tunisian Republic, 2.452%, 7/24/21    $ 235,000      $ 240,536   
Ukraine - 0.2%                 
Government of Ukraine, 1.844%, 5/16/19    $ 444,000      $ 449,821   
United Kingdom - 0.4%                 
Diageo Capital PLC, 5.75%, 10/23/17    $ 520,000      $ 578,783   
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC, 6%, 12/19/23      124,000        138,790   
    

 

 

 
             $ 717,573   

 

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Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) – continued

Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Foreign Bonds - continued                 
Uruguay - 0.0%                 
Oriental Republic of Uruguay, 4.5%, 8/14/24    $ 71,000      $ 76,680   
Total Foreign Bonds            $ 12,887,730   
Total Bonds      $ 198,963,110   
Money Market Funds - 4.9%                 
MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio, 0.1%, at Net Asset Value (v)      9,624,979      $ 9,624,979   
Total Investments      $ 208,588,089   
Other Assets, Less Liabilities - (6.3)%        (12,330,548
Net Assets - 100.0%      $ 196,257,541   

 

(f) All or a portion of the security has been segregated as collateral for open futures contracts.
(n) Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be sold in the ordinary course of business in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At period end, the aggregate value of these securities was $4,313,567, representing 2.2% of net assets.
(v) Underlying affiliated fund that is available only to investment companies managed by MFS. The rate quoted for the MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end.

The following abbreviations are used in this report and are defined:

 

TIPS   Treasury Inflation Protected Security
FRN   Floating Rate Note. Interest rate resets periodically and the current rate may not be the rate reported at period end.
PLC   Public Limited Company
REIT   Real Estate Investment Trust
TBA   To Be Announced

Derivative Contracts at 2/28/15

Futures Contracts at 2/28/15

 

Description    Currency      Contracts      Value    Expiration Date    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Asset Derivatives               
Interest Rate Futures               
U.S. Treasury Bond 30 yr (Short)      USD         36       $5,826,375    June - 2015      $5,056   
U.S. Treasury Ultra Bond (Short)      USD         9       1,514,531    June - 2015      8,054   
              

 

 

 
                 $13,110   
              

 

 

 
Liability Derivatives               
Interest Rate Futures               
U.S. Treasury Note 10 yr (Long)      USD         18       $2,300,344    June - 2015      $(5,688
              

 

 

 

At February 28, 2015, the fund had liquid securities with an aggregate value of $123,797 to cover any commitments for certain derivative contracts.

See attached supplemental information. For more information see notes to financial statements as disclosed in the most recent semiannual or annual report.

 

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Supplemental Information

2/28/15 (unaudited)

The fund is an investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services – Investment Companies.

(1) Investment Valuations

Debt instruments and floating rate loans, including restricted debt instruments, are generally valued at an evaluated or composite bid as provided by a third-party pricing service. Short-term instruments with a maturity at issuance of 60 days or less may be valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. Futures contracts are generally valued at last posted settlement price as provided by a third-party pricing service on the market on which they are primarily traded. Futures contracts for which there were no trades that day for a particular position are generally valued at the closing bid quotation as provided by a third-party pricing service on the market on which such futures contracts are primarily traded. Open-end investment companies are generally valued at net asset value per share. Securities and other assets generally valued on the basis of information from a third-party pricing service may also be valued at a broker/dealer bid quotation. Values obtained from third-party pricing services can utilize both transaction data and market information such as yield, quality, coupon rate, maturity, type of issue, trading characteristics, and other market data. The values of foreign securities and other assets and liabilities expressed in foreign currencies are converted to U.S. dollars using the mean of bid and asked prices for rates provided by a third-party pricing service.

The Board of Trustees has delegated primary responsibility for determining or causing to be determined the value of the fund’s investments (including any fair valuation) to the adviser pursuant to valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board. If the adviser determines that reliable market quotations are not readily available, investments are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the adviser in accordance with such procedures under the oversight of the Board of Trustees. Under the fund’s valuation policies and procedures, market quotations are not considered to be readily available for most types of debt instruments and floating rate loans and many types of derivatives. These investments are generally valued at fair value based on information from third-party pricing services. In addition, investments may be valued at fair value if the adviser determines that an investment’s value has been materially affected by events occurring after the close of the exchange or market on which the investment is principally traded (such as foreign exchange or market) and prior to the determination of the fund’s net asset value, or after the halting of trading of a specific security where trading does not resume prior to the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded. The adviser generally relies on third-party pricing services or other information (such as the correlation with price movements of similar securities in the same or other markets; the type, cost and investment characteristics of the security; the business and financial condition of the issuer; and trading and other market data) to assist in determining whether to fair value and at what value to fair value an investment. The value of an investment for purposes of calculating the fund’s net asset value can differ depending on the source and method used to determine value. When fair valuation is used, the value of an investment used to determine the fund’s net asset value may differ from quoted or published prices for the same investment. There can be no assurance that the fund could obtain the fair value assigned to an investment if it were to sell the investment at the same time at which the fund determines its net asset value per share.

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the fund’s assets or liabilities. These inputs are categorized into three broad levels. In certain cases, the inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, an investment’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The fund’s assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment, and considers factors specific to the investment. Level 1 includes unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Level 2 includes other significant observable market-based inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speed, and credit risk). Level 3 includes unobservable inputs, which may include the adviser’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments. Other financial instruments are derivative instruments not reflected in total investments, such as futures contracts. The following is a summary of the levels used as of February 28, 2015 in valuing the fund’s assets or liabilities:

 

Investments at Value    Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  
U.S. Treasury Bonds & U.S. Government Agency & Equivalents      $—         $66,740,489         $—         $66,740,489   
Non-U.S. Sovereign Debt              6,746,829                 6,746,829   
Municipal Bonds              1,800,770                 1,800,770   
U.S. Corporate Bonds              22,610,799                 22,610,799   
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities              85,931,052                 85,931,052   
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities              9,701,219                 9,701,219   
Foreign Bonds              5,431,952                 5,431,952   
Mutual Funds      9,624,979                         9,624,979   
Total Investments      $9,624,979         $198,963,110         $—         $208,588,089   
Other Financial Instruments                            
Futures Contracts      $7,422         $—         $—         $7,422   

For further information regarding security characteristics, see the Portfolio of Investments.

 

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Supplemental Information (unaudited) – continued

(2) Portfolio Securities

The cost and unrealized appreciation and depreciation in the value of the investments owned by the fund, as computed on a federal income tax basis, are as follows:

 

Aggregate cost      $199,969,447   
Gross unrealized appreciation      12,189,204   
Gross unrealized depreciation      (3,570,562
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)      $8,618,642   

The aggregate cost above includes prior fiscal year end tax adjustments, if applicable.

(3) Transactions in Underlying Affiliated Funds – Affiliated Issuers

An affiliated issuer may be considered one in which the fund owns 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities, or a company which is under common control. For the purposes of this report, the fund assumes the following to be an affiliated issuer:

 

Underlying Affiliated Fund    Beginning
Shares/Par
Amount
     Acquisitions
Shares/Par
Amount
     Dispositions
Shares/Par
Amount
     Ending
Shares/Par
Amount
 
MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio      15,361,860         8,236,869         (13,973,750      9,624,979   
Underlying Affiliated Fund    Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Capital Gain
Distributions
     Dividend
Income
     Ending
Value
 
MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio      $—         $—         $2,863         $9,624,979   

 

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ITEM 2. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

 

(a) Based upon their evaluation of 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 conducted within 90 days of the filing date of this Form N-Q, the registrant’s principal financial officer and principal executive officer have concluded that those disclosure controls and procedures provide reasonable assurance that the material information required to be disclosed by the registrant on this report 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 in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act) that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 3. EXHIBITS.

File as exhibits as part of this Form a separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2): Attached hereto.


Notice

A copy of the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, as amended, of the Registrant is on file with the Secretary of State of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts and notice is hereby given that this instrument is executed on behalf of the Registrant by an officer of the Registrant as an officer and not individually and the obligations of or arising out of this instrument are not binding upon any of the Trustees or shareholders individually, but are binding only upon the assets and property of the respective constituent series of the Registrant.


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: MFS GOVERNMENT MARKETS INCOME TRUST

 

By (Signature and Title)*    ROBIN A. STELMACH
  Robin A. Stelmach, President

Date: April 14, 2015

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)*    ROBIN A. STELMACH
  Robin A. Stelmach, President (Principal Executive Officer)

Date: April 14, 2015

 

By (Signature and Title)*    DAVID L. DILORENZO
  David L. DiLorenzo, Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer and Accounting Officer)

Date: April 14, 2015

 

* Print name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.