UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT

INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

Investment Company Act file number 811-21511

 

Lazard Global Total Return and Income Fund, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)

 

30 Rockefeller Plaza

New York, New York 10112

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

Mark R. Anderson, Esq.

Lazard Asset Management LLC

30 Rockefeller Plaza

New York, New York 10112

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 632-6000

 

Date of fiscal year end: 12/31

 

Date of reporting period: 9/30/2024

 

Item 1. Schedule of Investments.

 

Lazard Global Total Return and Income Fund, Inc.

Portfolio of Investments

September 30, 2024 (unaudited)

 

Description  Shares   Fair
Value
 
Common Stocks  |  99.0%          
Australia  |  0.8%          
Computershare Ltd.   112,958   $1,971,866 
Canada  |  3.0%          
Dollarama, Inc.   40,356    4,133,920 
Toromont Industries Ltd.   34,180    3,336,496 
         7,470,416 
China  |  2.5%          
NXP Semiconductors NV   14,715    3,531,747 
Tencent Holdings Ltd.   49,000    2,743,652 
         6,275,399 
Denmark  |  1.5%          
Carlsberg AS, Class B   12,795    1,524,427 
Zealand Pharma AS (*)   17,900    2,173,240 
         3,697,667 
Finland  |  0.9%          
Kone OYJ, Class B   38,572    2,307,432 
France  |  2.7%          
Legrand SA   18,313    2,111,791 
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE   3,770    2,895,414 
Pernod Ricard SA   11,029    1,667,032 
         6,674,237 
Germany  |  0.8%          
Merck KGaA   10,576    1,862,143 
Hong Kong  |  1.9%          
AIA Group Ltd.   224,400    1,984,324 
Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd.   183,000    2,774,029 
         4,758,353 
India  |  1.1%          
HDFC Bank Ltd. ADR   43,409    2,715,667 
Ireland  |  2.9%          
Accenture PLC, Class A   20,619    7,288,404 
Japan  |  4.7%          
FANUC Corp.   74,400    2,174,463 
Kadokawa Corp.   81,300    1,812,755 
Nintendo Co. Ltd.   49,400    2,633,823 
Sanrio Co. Ltd.   117,300    3,383,609 
Shimano, Inc.   8,500    1,611,486 
         11,616,136 
Netherlands  |  3.2%          
ASM International NV   4,613    3,039,955 
Wolters Kluwer NV   29,583    4,986,415 
         8,026,370 
Description  Shares   Fair
Value
 
Spain  |  1.4%          
Industria de Diseno Textil SA   58,063   $3,436,565 
Sweden  |  1.7%          
Assa Abloy AB, Class B   54,224    1,825,678 
Hexagon AB, B Shares   229,941    2,481,598 
         4,307,276 
Switzerland  |  3.4%          
ABB Ltd.   88,298    5,118,327 
Partners Group Holding AG   2,130    3,203,518 
         8,321,845 
Taiwan  |  2.7%          
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. ADR   38,598    6,703,315 
United Kingdom  |  8.4%          
AstraZeneca PLC   25,348    3,948,328 
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC   42,792    3,369,870 
Diageo PLC   106,391    3,712,198 
RELX PLC   106,834    5,019,479 
Unilever PLC   73,717    4,774,059 
         20,823,934 
United States  |  55.4%          
Adobe, Inc. (*)   7,268    3,763,225 
Alphabet, Inc., Class A   42,726    7,086,107 
Amazon.com, Inc. (*)   48,651    9,065,141 
Amphenol Corp., Class A   60,152    3,919,504 
Aon PLC, Class A   13,790    4,771,202 
Apple, Inc.   14,920    3,476,360 
Avery Dennison Corp.   9,315    2,056,379 
Bank of America Corp.   72,030    2,858,150 
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.   30,831    5,018,054 
BRP, Inc.   22,203    1,321,394 
Charles Schwab Corp.   45,692    2,961,298 
Coca-Cola Co.   59,549    4,279,191 
Danaher Corp.   17,316    4,814,194 
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.   34,076    5,473,969 
IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (*)   19,438    4,606,223 
Marvell Technology, Inc.   22,642    1,632,941 
McDonald’s Corp.   10,393    3,164,772 
Microsoft Corp.   26,810    11,536,343 
Motorola Solutions, Inc.   9,479    4,262,043 
NIKE, Inc., Class B   21,023    1,858,433 
Procter & Gamble Co.   22,188    3,842,962 
PTC, Inc. (*)   18,969    3,426,940 
Rockwell Automation, Inc.   9,147    2,455,604 
S&P Global, Inc.   8,990    4,644,414 
Salesforce, Inc.   20,311    5,559,324 


 

Lazard Global Total Return and Income Fund, Inc.

Portfolio of Investments (continued)

September 30, 2024 (unaudited)

 

Description  Shares   Fair
Value
 
Sysco Corp.   21,818   $1,703,113 
Texas Instruments, Inc.   19,169    3,959,740 
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.   8,713    5,389,600 
TopBuild Corp. (*)   6,736    2,740,272 
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.   5,692    3,327,999 
Visa, Inc., A Shares   18,077    4,970,271 
Warner Music Group Corp., Class A   35,769    1,119,570 
Wells Fargo & Co.   55,590    3,140,279 
Zoetis, Inc.   16,476    3,219,081 
         137,424,092 
Total Common Stocks
(Cost $154,701,969)
        245,681,117 

 

Description  Principal
Amount
(000) («)
   Fair
Value
 
Foreign Government Obligations  |  6.6%          
Brazil  |  2.3%          
Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional,
10.00%, 01/01/29
   33,360   $5,678,723 
Indonesia  |  0.6%          
Indonesia Treasury Bonds,
8.375%, 09/15/26
   22,166,000    1,523,363 
Malaysia  |  2.0%          
Malaysia Government Bonds:          
3.502%, 05/31/27   10,260    2,498,056 
3.733%, 06/15/28   10,500    2,571,717 
         5,069,773 
Mexico  |  0.9%          
Mexico Bonos,
7.75%, 05/29/31
   49,000    2,312,643 
South Africa  |  0.8%          
South Africa Government Bonds,
10.50%, 12/21/26
   32,000    1,945,328 
Total Foreign Government Obligations
(Cost $18,255,262)
        16,529,830 

 

Description  Shares   Fair
Value
 
Short-Term Investments  |  3.1%          
State Street Institutional Treasury Plus
Money Market Fund, Premier Class, 4.97%
(7 day yield)
(Cost $7,659,590)
   7,659,590   $7,659,590 
Description          Fair
Value
 
Total Investments  |  108.7%
(Cost $180,616,821) (»)
         $269,870,537 
Liabilities in Excess of Cash and Other Assets  |  (8.7)%           (21,640,985) 
Net Assets  |  100.0%          $248,229,552 
 

Lazard Global Total Return and Income Fund, Inc.

Portfolio of Investments (concluded)

September 30, 2024 (unaudited)

Forward Currency Contracts open at September 30, 2024:
Currency
Purchased
  Quantity  Currency
Sold
  Quantity  Counterparty  Settlement
Date
 

Unrealized
Appreciation

  

Unrealized
Depreciation

 
BRL  11,642,717  USD  2,056,000  CIT  11/08/24  $72,312   $ 
CLP  2,639,231,130  USD  2,802,892  CIT  10/03/24   131,842     
CLP  2,639,231,130  USD  2,891,199  CIT  03/26/25   37,972     
CLP  1,665,846,000  USD  1,757,592  SCB  11/12/24   94,231     
COP  19,441,650,000  USD  4,625,000  CIT  11/12/24       26,510 
EGP  90,043,200  USD  1,794,583  CIT  11/21/24   32,872     
EGP  112,314,300  USD  2,253,045  HSB  12/11/24   6,373     
HUF  1,749,757,107  USD  4,836,389  CIT  10/11/24   64,325     
IDR  73,902,495,000  USD  4,764,368  CIT  12/11/24   88,308     
ILS  16,421,616  USD  4,345,060  CIT  10/09/24   60,374     
INR  542,269,070  USD  6,453,126  CIT  12/12/24       3,493 
KRW  9,706,387,500  USD  7,057,908  HSB  10/11/24   304,340     
KZT  2,686,204,800  USD  5,439,313  SCB  03/13/25   10,297     
MXN  25,374,050  USD  1,300,000  HSB  11/12/24       19,280 
MXN  84,776,286  USD  4,863,089  HSB  11/12/24       584,123 
NGN  3,763,800,000  USD  2,319,753  SCB  10/15/24       68,317 
PEN  11,156,700  USD  2,943,332  CIT  03/13/25   61,116     
PHP  181,115,290  USD  3,077,837  JPM  01/03/25   147,936     
PLN  14,199,879  USD  3,588,651  CIT  10/09/24   100,089     
SGD  4,320,380  USD  3,246,209  SCB  01/15/25   132,476     
THB  80,596,800  USD  2,320,000  CIT  11/18/24   192,526     
TRY  98,650,588  USD  2,729,679  HSB  10/15/24   117,323     
TRY  103,399,700  USD  2,533,685  JPM  02/10/25   104,734     
USD  2,897,070  CLP  2,639,231,130  CIT  10/03/24       37,663 
USD  542,000  MXN  9,280,124  HSB  11/12/24   73,599     
UYU  214,972,580  USD  5,119,004  JPM  06/11/25       134,300 
Total gross unrealized appreciation/depreciation on Forward Currency Contracts  $1,833,045   $873,686 

 

Currency Abbreviations:
BRL — Brazilian Real  
CLP — Chilean Peso  
COP — Colombian Peso  
EGP — Egyptian Pound  
HUF — Hungarian Forint  
IDR — Indonesian Rupiah  
ILS — Israeli Shekel  
INR — Indian Rupee  
KRW   — South Korean Won  
KZT — Kazakhstan Tenge  
MXN — Mexican New Peso  
NGN — Nigerian Naira  
PEN — Peruvian New Sol  
PHP — Philippine Peso  
PLN — Polish Zloty  
SGD — Singapore Dollar  
THB — Thai Baht  
TRY — New Turkish Lira  
USD — United States Dollar  
UYU   — Uruguayan Peso  
     
Counterparty Abbreviations:
CIT — Citibank N.A.  
HSB — HSBC Bank USA N.A.  
JPM — JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.  
SCB — Standard Chartered Bank  
 

Lazard Global Total Return and Income Fund, Inc.

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

September 30, 2024 (unaudited)

 

(*)Non-income producing security.
(«)Principal amount denominated in respective country’s currency.
(»)The Fund, at all times, maintains portfolio securities in sufficient amount to cover its obligations related to investments in forward currency contracts.

 

Security Abbreviations:

ADR - American Depositary Receipt
   
Portfolio holdings by industry† (as a percentage of net assets):
Common Stocks:        
Banks   3.5 %  
Beverages   6.0    
Biotechnology   0.9    
Broadline Retail   5.3    
Building Products   0.8    
Capital Markets   6.6    
Communications Equipment   1.8    
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail   0.7    
Containers & Packaging   0.8    
Electrical Equipment   3.9    
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components   2.6    
Entertainment   1.5    
Financial Services   2.0    
Health Care Providers & Services   1.3    
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure   1.3    
Household Durables   1.1    
Household Products   1.5    
Insurance   2.7    
Interactive Media & Services   4.0    
IT Services   2.9    
Leisure Products   1.2    
Life Sciences Tools & Services   6.0    
Machinery   2.9    
Media   0.7    
Personal Care Products   1.9    
Pharmaceuticals   3.6    
Professional Services   6.8    
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment   7.6    
Software   9.8    
Specialty Retail   2.7    
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals   1.4    
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods   1.9    
Trading Companies & Distributors   1.3    
Subtotal   99.0    
Foreign Government Obligations   6.6    
Short-Term Investments   3.1    
Total Investments   108.7 %  

 

  Industry classifications may be different than those used for compliance monitoring purposes.
 

Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments and derivative financial instruments. For information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of investments and derivative financial instruments, refer to notes to the financial statements.

 

Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

 

(a) The Registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers have concluded, based on their evaluation of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant on Form N-Q is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the required time periods and that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant in the reports that it files or submits on Form N-Q is accumulated and communicated to the Registrant’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

(b) There were no changes to the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are 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.

 

Lazard Global Total Return and Income Fund, Inc.

 

By: /s/ Nathan A. Paul
  Nathan A. Paul
  Chief Executive Officer

 

Date: November 22, 2024

 

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: /s/ Nathan A. Paul
  Nathan A. Paul
  Chief Executive Officer

 

Date: November 22, 2024

 

By: /s/ Christina Kennedy
  Christina Kennedy
  Chief Financial Officer

 

Date: November 22, 2024

 

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