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 811-21511

 

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: 9/30/2018

 

Item 1. Schedule of Investments.

 

Lazard Global Total Return and Income Fund, Inc.

Portfolio of Investments

September 30, 2018 (unaudited)

 

Description  Shares   Fair
Value
 
Common Stocks  |  98.6%          
Belgium  |  1.1%          
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV   22,822   $1,997,361 
Brazil  |  0.3%          
Cielo SA   182,780    554,421 
Canada  |  4.2%          
CAE, Inc.   78,500    1,593,520 
Canadian National Railway Co.   36,800    3,302,071 
National Bank of Canada   55,100    2,751,907 
         7,647,498 
China  |  1.9%          
Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd. Sponsored ADR (*)   8,415    1,386,455 
Tencent Holdings, Ltd.   52,700    2,177,681 
         3,564,136 
Finland  |  1.1%          
Sampo Oyj, A Shares   39,488    2,043,049 
France  |  1.6%          
Ubisoft Entertainment SA (*)   26,501    2,867,898 
Germany  |  1.1%          
Symrise AG   22,592    2,061,341 
Hong Kong  |  3.2%          
AIA Group, Ltd.   310,600    2,775,127 
Hang Seng Bank, Ltd.   112,900    3,049,630 
         5,824,757 
India  |  0.8%          
Indiabulls Housing Finance, Ltd. GDR   118,800    1,401,840 
Ireland  |  0.9%          
Shire PLC   26,036    1,570,814 
Israel  |  1.1%          
Israel Discount Bank, Ltd., Class A   619,320    2,063,445 
Japan  |  6.5%          
Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd.   62,000    1,838,259 
Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.   74,900    1,380,323 
Kao Corp.   26,500    2,140,059 
Ryohin Keikaku Co., Ltd.   8,300    2,465,974 
TechnoPro Holdings, Inc.   33,800    2,097,787 
Yamaha Corp.   40,400    2,140,466 
         12,062,868 
Netherlands  |  2.3%          
Wolters Kluwer NV   67,282    4,192,885 
Singapore  |  1.5%          
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp., Ltd.   333,500    2,788,768 
Description  Shares   Fair
Value
 
South Africa  |  1.4%          
Distell Group Holdings, Ltd.   188,800   $1,422,230 
Sanlam, Ltd.   218,461    1,219,891 
         2,642,121 
Sweden  |  4.1%          
Assa Abloy AB, Class B   65,718    1,320,995 
Epiroc AB, Class B (*)   165,200    1,700,158 
Hexagon AB, B Shares   39,500    2,312,965 
Nordea Bank AB   209,300    2,278,877 
         7,612,995 
Switzerland  |  0.7%          
Julius Baer Group, Ltd.   24,904    1,244,698 
Taiwan  |  1.0%          
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Sponsored ADR   43,350    1,914,336 
United Kingdom  |  13.5%          
Ashtead Group PLC   87,091    2,764,081 
British American Tobacco PLC   25,787    1,203,898 
Bunzl PLC   48,400    1,521,334 
Coca-Cola European Partners PLC   49,245    2,239,170 
Compass Group PLC   101,440    2,255,501 
Diageo PLC   79,462    2,814,096 
Prudential PLC   85,975    1,971,502 
RELX PLC (*)   158,507    3,330,107 
Rio Tinto PLC   27,794    1,402,266 
RSA Insurance Group PLC   209,681    1,570,013 
Unilever PLC   68,899    3,784,004 
         24,855,972 
United States  |  50.3%          
Accenture PLC, Class A   20,490    3,487,398 
Alphabet, Inc., Class A (*)   4,228    5,103,534 
Aon PLC   24,250    3,729,165 
Biogen, Inc. (*)   12,570    4,441,107 
Cisco Systems, Inc.   51,450    2,503,042 
Comerica, Inc.   21,400    1,930,280 
Eaton Corp. PLC   35,620    3,089,323 
eBay, Inc. (*)   43,700    1,442,974 
Honeywell International, Inc.   21,100    3,511,040 
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.   41,500    3,107,935 
IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (*)   31,780    4,123,137 
Johnson & Johnson   30,685    4,239,746 
Microsoft Corp.   44,325    5,069,450 
Motorola Solutions, Inc.   18,920    2,462,249 
Rockwell Automation, Inc.   11,410    2,139,603 
S&P Global, Inc.   14,800    2,891,772 
Schlumberger, Ltd.   37,570    2,288,764 
 

Lazard Global Total Return and Income Fund, Inc.

Portfolio of Investments (continued)

September 30, 2018 (unaudited)

 

Description  Shares  
Fair
Value
 
Snap-on, Inc.   11,150   $2,047,140 
Starbucks Corp.   50,830    2,889,177 
The Charles Schwab Corp.   54,800    2,693,420 
The Coca-Cola Co.   91,645    4,233,082 
The Procter & Gamble Co.   38,490    3,203,523 
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.   18,895    4,611,892 
United Technologies Corp.   16,265    2,274,010 
Visa, Inc., Class A   24,710    3,708,724 
Welbilt, Inc. (*)   131,700    2,749,896 
Worldpay, Inc., Class A (*)   49,180    4,980,459 
Zoetis, Inc.   40,410    3,699,940 
         92,651,782 
Total Common Stocks
(Cost $142,300,496)
        181,562,985 
         
Description  Principal
Amount
(000) («)
   Fair
Value
 
Foreign Government Obligations  |  11.4%          
Brazil  |  0.6%          
Brazil NTN-F,
10.00%, 01/01/27
   4,740   $1,075,016 
Dominican Republic  |  1.0%          
Dominican Republic Bonds:          
15.95%, 06/04/21 (#)   16,800    382,640 
8.90%, 02/15/23 (#)   48,000    953,907 
10.50%, 04/07/23 (#)   20,300    407,180 
         1,743,727 
Egypt  |  3.5%          
Egypt Treasury Bills:          
0.00%, 03/26/19   29,100    1,461,940 
0.00%, 06/25/19   14,600    712,214 
0.00%, 08/20/19   90,150    4,208,992 
         6,383,146 
Ghana  |  0.3%          
Ghana Government Bonds,
16.50%, 03/22/21
   3,200    626,207 
Indonesia  |  0.5%          
Indonesia Government Bonds,
8.375%, 09/15/26
   13,313,000    906,801 
Malaysia  |  0.3%          
Malaysia Government Bonds,
3.654%, 10/31/19
   2,470    598,299 
Mexico  |  1.3%          
Mexican Bonos:          
6.50%, 06/10/21   33,210    1,720,524 
Description  Principal
Amount
(000) («)
   Fair
Value
 
5.75%, 03/05/26   13,620   $640,971 
         2,361,495 
Russia  |  0.9%          
Russia Government Bonds - OFZ,
7.05%, 01/19/28
   116,300    1,626,695 
South Africa  |  2.4%          
Republic of South Africa:          
6.75%, 03/31/21   8,950    616,650 
10.50%, 12/21/26   24,750    1,900,478 
8.00%, 01/31/30   29,620    1,892,302 
         4,409,430 
Sri Lanka  |  0.1%          
Sri Lanka Government Bonds,
9.25%, 05/01/20
   32,000    187,064 
Turkey  |  0.5%          
Turkey Government Bonds,
2.00%, 10/26/22
   6,529    1,006,055 
Total Foreign Government Obligations
(Cost $23,717,315)
        20,923,935 
         
Description  Shares   Fair
Value
 
Short-Term Investments  |  0.3%          
State Street Institutional Treasury Money Market Fund, Premier Class, 1.95% (7 day yield)
(Cost $583,384)
   583,384   $583,384 
Total Investments  |  110.3%
(Cost $166,601,195) (»)
       $203,070,304 
Liabilities in Excess of Cash and Other Assets  |  (10.3)%        (18,946,719) 
Net Assets  |  100.0%       $184,123,585 
 

Lazard Global Total Return and Income Fund, Inc.

Portfolio of Investments (continued)

September 30, 2018 (unaudited)

 

Forward Currency Contracts open at September 30, 2018:
Currency
Purchased
  Quantity  Currency
Sold
  Quantity  Counterparty  Settlement
Date
  Unrealized
Appreciation
   Unrealized
Depreciation
 
ARS  40,997,760  USD  1,048,000  BNP  10/09/18  $   $64,491 
AUD  2,471,000  USD  1,796,973  HSB  11/05/18       10,416 
BRL  3,999,275  USD  1,187,045  CIT  10/16/18       197,809 
CLP  965,145,600  USD  1,416,000  CIT  10/22/18   51,925     
CLP  916,249,200  USD  1,398,000  HSB  10/30/18       4,195 
CLP  1,165,329,000  USD  1,738,000  HSB  11/30/18   35,148     
CNY  9,391,340  USD  1,372,000  HSB  10/24/18       6,461 
COP  2,844,840,000  USD  942,000  CIT  10/17/18   18,293     
COP  2,900,720,800  USD  976,000  CIT  10/26/18   3,239     
COP  9,342,648,000  USD  3,108,000  SCB  11/30/18   42,583     
CZK  59,517,000  USD  2,698,033  CIT  11/13/18       12,219 
DOP  22,529,920  USD  448,000  CIT  12/14/18       841 
EUR  2,401,887  USD  2,776,990  CIT  10/15/18   14,561     
EUR  848,864  USD  988,452  SCB  10/15/18       1,875 
EUR  1,151,249  USD  1,338,517  SCB  10/15/18       498 
GHS  2,194,000  USD  458,996  CIT  11/05/18       16,164 
GHS  2,934,940  USD  571,000  SCB  12/04/18   15,340     
GHS  5,480,570  USD  1,082,047  SCB  12/04/18   12,856     
HUF  268,917,000  USD  950,277  CIT  10/05/18   15,635     
HUF  362,334,000  USD  1,317,759  CIT  11/20/18       12,032 
HUF  268,917,000  USD  981,306  SCB  11/20/18       12,221 
HUF  370,870,000  USD  1,356,071  SCB  12/21/18       15,548 
IDR  10,524,830,000  USD  758,000  CIT  01/07/19       63,009 
IDR  24,933,750,000  USD  1,635,000  CIT  01/07/19   11,462     
IDR  2,958,460,000  USD  212,000  HSB  01/07/19       16,643 
IDR  14,741,920,000  USD  926,000  HSB  09/20/19   8,165     
IDR  13,405,344,000  USD  898,000  SCB  10/17/18   20     
ILS  3,359,000  USD  913,762  CIT  11/07/18   12,218     
ILS  6,378,000  USD  1,789,125  CIT  11/07/18       30,892 
ILS  3,426,000  USD  948,726  SCB  11/29/18       2,574 
INR  65,227,310  USD  943,000  HSB  10/09/18       44,623 
INR  106,778,195  USD  1,477,735  HSB  10/09/18       7,077 
INR  87,197,040  USD  1,314,000  SCB  10/09/18       113,033 
KRW  2,023,803,860  USD  1,807,000  SCB  11/09/18   18,143     
KZT  530,203,100  USD  1,370,034  CIT  06/19/19       2,867 
KZT  258,112,700  USD  668,686  HSB  06/19/19       3,123 
KZT  530,203,100  USD  1,556,902  SCB  12/06/18       122,722 
KZT  342,900,500  USD  1,013,000  SCB  12/14/18       86,976 
KZT  260,278,000  USD  724,000  SCB  01/31/19       28,997 
MAD  12,667,463  USD  1,353,000  CIT  10/24/18       15,437 
MXN  17,211,740  USD  909,892  CIT  11/09/18   4,400     
MXN  25,089,000  USD  1,320,250  CIT  11/09/18   12,483     
NGN  312,750,000  USD  834,000  HSB  12/27/18   14,362     
NGN  301,444,500  USD  798,000  SCB  12/27/18   19,695     
 

Lazard Global Total Return and Income Fund, Inc.

Portfolio of Investments (continued)

September 30, 2018 (unaudited)

 

Forward Currency Contracts open at September 30, 2018 (concluded):
Currency
Purchased
  Quantity  Currency
Sold
  Quantity  Counterparty  Settlement
Date
  Unrealized
Appreciation
   Unrealized
Depreciation
 
PHP  49,485,300  USD  930,000  CIT  10/02/18  $   $14,114 
PHP  48,529,920  USD  890,000  CIT  11/29/18  3,676    
PHP  76,466,860  USD  1,412,000  HSB  10/15/18   2,220     
PLN  9,999,442  USD  2,689,000  CIT  11/13/18   25,626     
RON  1,832,000  USD  463,399  CIT  10/26/18       6,629 
RON  3,633,255  USD  907,066  CIT  03/15/19       3,116 
RUB  14,684,894  USD  214,000  HSB  10/15/18   9,853     
THB  29,549,000  USD  912,474  CIT  10/24/18   1,838     
THB  31,801,000  USD  959,344  HSB  10/02/18   23,989     
THB  27,249,000  USD  832,125  HSB  11/08/18   11,404     
THB  33,380,000  USD  1,030,874  HSB  11/08/18   2,448     
THB  58,424,000  USD  1,786,066  SCB  11/14/18   22,856     
TRY  4,473,010  USD  911,663  CIT  11/13/18       190,634 
TRY  5,586,407  USD  1,099,643  HSB  11/13/18       199,139 
TRY  5,866,067  USD  1,353,000  SCB  11/13/18       407,416 
UAH  26,570,850  USD  921,000  SCB  11/21/18       8,580 
UGX  2,405,092,000  USD  626,000  CIT  12/04/18       3,772 
UGX  1,925,484,000  USD  503,000  SCB  11/13/18       2,732 
UGX  4,084,500,000  USD  1,050,000  SCB  12/27/18   1,626     
USD  1,107,857  AUD  1,504,209  HSB  10/09/18   20,527     
USD  2,556,891  AUD  3,510,000  HSB  11/05/18   19,126     
USD  173,000  BRL  713,020  CIT  10/15/18       3,380 
USD  1,205,000  BRL  3,999,275  HSB  10/16/18   215,764     
USD  909,671  CAD  1,181,180  CIT  11/09/18       5,554 
USD  5,043,367  EUR  4,402,000  CIT  10/15/18       72,779 
USD  978,297  HUF  268,917,000  SCB  10/05/18   12,385     
USD  1,876,000  ILS  6,705,199  CIT  11/07/18   27,568     
USD  1,432,981  KZT  530,203,100  CIT  12/06/18       1,199 
USD  538,799  MXN  10,566,000  HSB  11/09/18       22,470 
USD  1,658,864  NGN  614,194,500  SCB  12/27/18       7,193 
USD  912,895  PHP  49,485,300  CIT  10/02/18       2,991 
USD  964,572  RON  3,633,255  CIT  03/15/19   60,622     
USD  549,245  RUB  36,176,000  SCB  10/15/18       2,215 
USD  980,275  THB  31,801,000  HSB  10/02/18       3,059 
USD  860,000  TRY  6,015,700  CIT  11/13/18       109,704 
USD  1,206,857  TRY  6,204,000  CIT  11/13/18   206,800     
USD  1,278,312  TRY  6,540,000  CIT  11/13/18   224,092     
USD  220,832  ZAR  3,302,000  SCB  11/08/18       11,530 
Total gross unrealized appreciation/depreciation on Forward Currency Contracts  $1,202,948   $1,970,949 

 

Currency Abbreviations:
ARS — Argentinian Peso
AUD — Australian Dollar
BRL — Brazilian Real
CAD — Canadian Dollar
CLP — Chilean Peso
CNY — Chinese Renminbi
COP — Colombian Peso
CZK — Czech Koruna
DOP — Dominican Republic Peso
EUR — Euro
GHS — Ghanaian Cedi


 

Lazard Global Total Return and Income Fund, Inc.

Portfolio of Investments (concluded)

September 30, 2018 (unaudited)

 

HUF — Hungarian Forint
IDR — Indonesian Rupiah
ILS — Israeli Shekel
INR — Indian Rupee
KRW — South Korean Won
KZT — Kazakhstan Tenge
MAD — Moroccan Dirham
MXN — Mexican New Peso
NGN — Nigerian Naira
PHP — Philippine Peso
PLN — Polish Zloty
RON — New Romanian Leu
RUB — Russian Ruble
THB — Thai Baht
TRY — New Turkish Lira
UAH — Ukranian Hryvnia
UGX — Ugandan Shilling
USD — United States Dollar
ZAR — South African Rand
 
Counterparty Abbreviations:
BNP — BNP Paribas SA
CIT — Citibank NA
HSB — HSBC Bank USA NA
SCB — Standard Chartered Bank
 

Lazard Global Total Return and Income Fund, Inc.

Notes to Portfolio of Investments

September 30, 2018 (unaudited)

 

(*) Non-income producing security.
(«) Principal amount denominated in respective country’s currency.
(#) Pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, these securities may only be traded among “qualified institutional buyers.” At September 30, 2018, these securities amounted to 1.0% of net assets.
(») Lazard Global Total Return and Income Fund, Inc. (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
GDR - Global Depositary Receipt
NTN-F - Brazil Sovereign “Nota do Tesouro Nacional” Series F

 

Portfolio holdings by industry† (as a percentage of net assets):
Aerospace & Defense   2.1 %
Banks   8.1  
Beverages   6.9  
Biotechnology   3.3  
Building Products   0.7  
Capital Markets   5.4  
Chemicals   1.9  
Communications Equipment   2.7  
Electrical Equipment   2.8  
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components   1.3  
Energy Equipment & Services   1.2  
Entertainment   1.6  
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure   2.8  
Household Products   1.7  
Industrial Conglomerates   1.9  
Insurance   7.2  
Interactive Media & Services   4.0  
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail   1.5  
IT Services   6.9  
Leisure Products   1.2  
Life Sciences Tools & Services   4.7  
Machinery   3.5  
Metals & Mining   0.8  
Multiline Retail   1.3  
Personal Products   3.2  
Pharmaceuticals   4.3  
Professional Services   5.2  
Real Estate Management & Development   1.0  
Road & Rail   1.8  
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment   1.0  
Software   2.8  
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance   0.8  
Tobacco   0.7  
Trading Companies & Distributors   2.3  
Subtotal   98.6  
Foreign Government Obligations   11.4  
Short-Term Investments   0.3  
Total Investments   110.3 %

 

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.

 

Item 3. Exhibits.

 

Certifications of principal executive and principal financial officers as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 are attached as Exhibit 99.CERT.

 

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 26, 2018

 

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 26, 2018

 

By: /s/ Christopher Snively
  Christopher Snively
  Chief Financial Officer

 

Date: November 26, 2018