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 811-5078

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: August 31, 2014


ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.


QUARTERLY REPORT

August 31, 2014

 

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MFS® GOVERNMENT MARKETS INCOME TRUST

 

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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS

8/31/14 (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 - 99.4%                 
U.S. Bonds - 91.9%                 
Agency - Other - 9.2%                 
Financing Corp., 10.7%, 10/06/17    $ 4,095,000      $ 5,270,826   
Financing Corp., 9.4%, 2/08/18      3,085,000        3,911,286   
Financing Corp., 10.35%, 8/03/18      6,820,000        9,098,535   
    

 

 

 
             $ 18,280,647   
Asset-Backed & Securitized - 4.9%                 
Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, FRN, 5.898%, 12/10/49    $ 1,000,000      $ 1,102,356   
Citigroup/Deutsche Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, 5.322%, 12/11/49      1,200,000        1,293,826   
Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, “A4”, 5.306%, 12/10/46      1,366,646        1,466,888   
Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Trust, “A4”, FRN, 6.097%, 9/15/39      418,825        457,606   
Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Trust, “AM”, FRN, 5.892%, 6/15/39      398,459        421,492   
Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Trust, “C4”, FRN, 6.097%, 9/15/39      378,313        413,094   
Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificate, 5.311%, 12/15/39      500,000        536,150   
CWCapital Cobalt Ltd., “A4”, FRN, 5.969%, 5/15/46      576,950        634,818   
CWCapital LLC, 5.223%, 8/15/48      911,334        971,261   
Goldman Sachs Mortgage Securities Corp., FRN, 5.99%, 8/10/45      707,960        776,778   
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., “A3”, FRN, 6.144%, 2/15/51      76,027        76,208   
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., “A4”, FRN, 5.984%, 6/15/49      1,000,000        1,087,386   
Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, “AM”, FRN, 5.869%, 4/15/49      431,000        456,260   
    

 

 

 
             $ 9,694,123   
Building - 0.0%                 
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., 4.25%, 7/02/24 (n)    $ 82,000      $ 83,979   
Business Services - 0.5%                 
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc., 3.875%, 6/05/24    $ 1,000,000      $ 1,018,331   
Cable TV - 0.7%                 
Comcast Corp. Co., 4.2%, 8/15/34    $ 96,000      $ 98,645   
Time Warner Cable, Inc., 8.25%, 4/01/19      1,000,000        1,258,030   
Time Warner Cable, Inc., 4.5%, 9/15/42      100,000        101,228   
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,457,903   
Chemicals - 0.3%                 
Dow Chemical Co., 8.55%, 5/15/19    $ 500,000      $ 636,992   
Energy - Independent - 0.5%                 
Anadarko Petroleum Corp., 4.5%, 7/15/44    $ 1,000,000      $ 1,022,485   
Hess Corp., 8.125%, 2/15/19      30,000        37,399   
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,059,884   
Food & Beverages - 0.6%                 
Kraft Foods Group, Inc., 6.125%, 8/23/18    $ 960,000      $ 1,108,269   
Tyson Foods, Inc., 5.15%, 8/15/44      38,000        40,470   
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,148,739   
Insurance - Property & Casualty - 0.1%                 
Liberty Mutual Group, Inc., 4.85%, 8/01/44 (n)    $ 99,000      $ 100,127   
Local Authorities - 2.1%                 
Nashville & Davidson County, TN, Metropolitan Government Convention Center Authority (Build America Bonds), 6.731%, 7/01/43    $ 580,000      $ 758,135   
New Jersey Turnpike Authority Rev. (Build America Bonds), “F”, 7.414%, 1/01/40      32,000        47,492   

 

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Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) – continued

 

Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
U.S. Bonds - continued                 
Local Authorities - continued                 
San Francisco, CA, City & County Public Utilities Commission, Water Rev. (Build America Bonds), 6%, 11/01/40    $ 1,650,000      $ 2,121,587   
State of California (Build America Bonds), 7.6%, 11/01/40      420,000        644,528   
University of California Rev. (Build America Bonds), 5.77%, 5/15/43      450,000        572,711   
    

 

 

 
             $ 4,144,453   
Major Banks - 1.1%                 
Bank of America Corp., 7.625%, 6/01/19    $ 170,000      $ 208,095   
Bank of America Corp., 4.2%, 8/26/24      279,000        283,210   
Bank of America Corp., 4.875%, 4/01/44      92,000        98,423   
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 3.625%, 1/22/23      446,000        452,445   
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., 4.8%, 7/08/44      94,000        98,279   
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., 6.05%, 5/16/16      750,000        810,998   
Morgan Stanley, 3.875%, 4/29/24      221,000        226,802   
Wells Fargo & Co., 5.9% to 6/15/24, FRN to 12/29/49      100,000        104,750   
    

 

 

 
             $ 2,283,002   
Metals & Mining - 0.3%                 
Barrick North America Finance LLC, 5.75%, 5/01/43    $ 108,000      $ 116,485   
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc., 3.875%, 3/15/23      500,000        507,457   
    

 

 

 
             $ 623,942   
Midstream - 0.6%                 
Enterprise Products Operating LLC, 3.9%, 2/15/24    $ 29,000      $ 30,243   
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, 6.85%, 2/15/20      1,000,000        1,191,952   
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,222,195   
Mortgage-Backed - 44.2%                 
Fannie Mae, 5.1%, 9/01/14    $ 460,953      $ 460,860   
Fannie Mae, 4.82%, 1/01/15      846,228        846,744   
Fannie Mae, 4.86%, 1/01/15      133,265        133,341   
Fannie Mae, 4.85%, 2/01/15      299,028        299,606   
Fannie Mae, 4.89%, 3/01/15      354,633        357,706   
Fannie Mae, 4.74%, 4/01/15      340,963        344,883   
Fannie Mae, 4.815%, 6/01/15      508,930        516,908   
Fannie Mae, 4.78%, 8/01/15      473,452        483,643   
Fannie Mae, 5.447%, 11/01/15      688,469        712,706   
Fannie Mae, 5.432%, 2/01/16      604,319        635,581   
Fannie Mae, 5.845%, 6/01/16      129,576        134,600   
Fannie Mae, 6.5%, 11/01/16 - 2/01/37      1,254,101        1,441,371   
Fannie Mae, 5.09%, 12/01/16      489,064        528,223   
Fannie Mae, 5.05%, 1/01/17      491,132        523,337   
Fannie Mae, 5.3%, 4/01/17      534,950        572,049   
Fannie Mae, 1.9%, 6/01/17      162,769        164,691   
Fannie Mae, 6%, 8/01/17 - 7/01/37      2,356,207        2,623,480   
Fannie Mae, 5.5%, 9/01/17 - 3/01/38      7,626,359        8,519,040   
Fannie Mae, 4.88%, 3/01/20      182,006        198,922   
Fannie Mae, 2.41%, 5/01/23      135,111        132,655   
Fannie Mae, 2.55%, 5/01/23      116,437        115,492   
Fannie Mae, 2.59%, 5/01/23      73,483        73,067   
Fannie Mae, 3%, 4/01/27      711,682        739,568   
Fannie Mae, 2.5%, 5/01/28      231,515        235,533   
Fannie Mae, 5%, 6/01/35 - 3/01/40      1,271,030        1,403,459   
Fannie Mae, 4%, 2/01/41      2,008,209        2,130,841   
Fannie Mae, 4.5%, 2/01/41 - 5/01/41      1,833,836        1,991,733   

 

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Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) – continued

 

Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
U.S. Bonds - continued                 
Mortgage-Backed - continued                 
Fannie Mae, 3.5%, 4/01/43    $ 806,732      $ 831,596   
Fannie Mae, TBA, 3%, 10/01/29      814,000        841,956   
Fannie Mae, TBA, 4%, 10/01/44 - 11/01/44      6,954,000        7,343,826   
Freddie Mac, 3.034%, 10/25/20      291,000        304,500   
Freddie Mac, 1.426%, 8/25/17      1,112,000        1,118,693   
Freddie Mac, 2.699%, 5/25/18      800,000        831,607   
Freddie Mac, 2.412%, 8/25/18      1,152,000        1,184,054   
Freddie Mac, 2.303%, 9/25/18      275,000        281,123   
Freddie Mac, 2.323%, 10/25/18      499,000        510,273   
Freddie Mac, 2.13%, 1/25/19      1,575,000        1,595,409   
Freddie Mac, 5.085%, 3/25/19      752,000        851,235   
Freddie Mac, 4.186%, 8/25/19      600,000        658,208   
Freddie Mac, 2.856%, 1/25/21      400,000        413,327   
Freddie Mac, 6%, 5/01/21 - 10/01/38      1,234,078        1,393,462   
Freddie Mac, 2.682%, 10/25/22      189,000        189,430   
Freddie Mac, 3.32%, 2/25/23      433,000        453,404   
Freddie Mac, 3.3%, 4/25/23      429,471        448,397   
Freddie Mac, 3.06%, 7/25/23      181,000        185,479   
Freddie Mac, 3.458%, 8/25/23      367,000        386,987   
Freddie Mac, 4.5%, 9/01/24 - 4/01/44      6,205,106        6,712,823   
Freddie Mac, 5.5%, 10/01/24 - 6/01/36      1,655,649        1,847,937   
Freddie Mac, 2.5%, 5/01/28 - 7/01/28      5,225,414        5,300,567   
Freddie Mac, 6.5%, 5/01/37      324,273        365,323   
Freddie Mac, 5%, 4/01/40      3,910,972        4,318,729   
Freddie Mac, 3.5%, 5/01/42 - 7/01/43      6,380,705        6,565,277   
Freddie Mac, 3%, 4/01/43 - 5/01/43      2,459,840        2,461,310   
Freddie Mac, 4%, 11/01/43      606,032        641,726   
Freddie Mac, TBA, 4%, 10/01/44      249,000        262,537   
Ginnie Mae, 5.5%, 7/15/33 - 1/20/42      2,028,028        2,265,825   
Ginnie Mae, 4%, 8/15/40 - 4/20/41      399,841        427,260   
Ginnie Mae, 4.5%, 9/20/41      430,318        469,265   
Ginnie Mae, 3.5%, 4/15/42 - 7/20/43      5,022,358        5,231,310   
Ginnie Mae, 3%, 7/20/43      1,380,555        1,402,958   
Ginnie Mae, 5.612%, 4/20/58      383,153        394,618   
Ginnie Mae, 6.357%, 4/20/58      286,298        299,560   
Ginnie Mae, TBA, 4%, 10/01/44      3,000,000        3,189,962   
    

 

 

 
             $ 88,299,992   
Network & Telecom - 1.8%                 
Verizon Communications, Inc., 8.75%, 11/01/18    $ 292,000      $ 368,212   
Verizon Communications, Inc., 5.05%, 3/15/34      1,500,000        1,637,602   
Verizon Communications, Inc., 6.55%, 9/15/43      1,200,000        1,545,577   
    

 

 

 
             $ 3,551,391   
Other Banks & Diversified Financials - 1.0%                 
Capital One Bank (USA) N.A., 3.375%, 2/15/23    $ 336,000      $ 334,776   
Citigroup, Inc., 8.5%, 5/22/19      80,000        101,335   
Citigroup, Inc., 3.75%, 6/16/24      223,000        227,672   
Discover Bank, 4.25%, 3/13/26      1,000,000        1,045,041   
Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A., 5.017%, 6/26/24 (n)      203,000        204,899   
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,913,723   
Real Estate - Healthcare - 0.1%                 
HCP, Inc., 3.875%, 8/15/24    $ 267,000      $ 269,375   

 

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Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) – continued

 

Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
U.S. Bonds - continued                 
Real Estate - Retail - 0.4%                 
Simon Property Group, Inc., REIT, 5.875%, 3/01/17    $ 750,000      $ 830,375   
Retailers - 0.3%                 
Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc., 5.165%, 8/01/44    $ 495,000      $ 514,644   
Supranational - 0.1%                 
Inter-American Development Bank, 4.375%, 1/24/44    $ 158,000      $ 180,147   
Tobacco - 0.6%                 
Altria Group, Inc., 9.7%, 11/10/18    $ 111,000      $ 144,032   
Altria Group, Inc., 9.25%, 8/06/19      55,000        72,351   
Altria Group, Inc., 4%, 1/31/24      14,000        14,562   
Lorillard Tobacco Co., 8.125%, 6/23/19      796,000        989,518   
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,220,463   
Transportation - Services - 0.0%                 
ERAC USA Finance LLC, 3.85%, 11/15/24 (n)    $ 34,000      $ 34,748   
U.S. Government Agencies and Equivalents - 2.7%                 
Aid-Egypt, 4.45%, 9/15/15    $ 1,755,000      $ 1,827,994   
Private Export Funding Corp., 1.875%, 7/15/18      460,000        468,124   
Small Business Administration, 6.35%, 4/01/21      176,752        192,100   
Small Business Administration, 6.34%, 5/01/21      140,923        152,601   
Small Business Administration, 6.44%, 6/01/21      155,602        170,422   
Small Business Administration, 6.625%, 7/01/21      167,362        182,684   
Small Business Administration, 5.52%, 6/01/24      307,044        335,363   
Small Business Administration, 2.21%, 2/01/33      300,714        290,856   
Small Business Administration, 2.22%, 3/01/33      519,668        502,728   
Small Business Administration, 3.15%, 7/01/33      435,329        446,453   
Small Business Administration, 3.62%, 9/01/33      392,712        416,168   
Tennessee Valley Authority, 1.75%, 10/15/18      292,000        293,756   
U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development, 6.36%, 8/01/16      70,000        70,622   
U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development, 6.59%, 8/01/16      113,000        116,002   
    

 

 

 
             $ 5,465,873   
U.S. Treasury Obligations - 19.8%                 
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 5.25%, 2/15/29    $ 1,448,000      $ 1,898,464   
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 4.75%, 2/15/37      336,000        438,428   
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 4.375%, 2/15/38      4,842,000        6,004,835   
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 4.5%, 8/15/39      5,097,100        6,463,760   
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 3.125%, 2/15/43      453,700        457,953   
U.S. Treasury Bonds, 2.875%, 5/15/43      1,158,800        1,112,267   
U.S. Treasury Notes, 4%, 2/15/15      4,140,000        4,213,257   
U.S. Treasury Notes, 0.875%, 12/31/16      2,887,000        2,900,081   
U.S. Treasury Notes, 4.75%, 8/15/17 (f)      1,603,000        1,779,330   
U.S. Treasury Notes, 2.625%, 4/30/18      2,272,000        2,382,937   
U.S. Treasury Notes, 2.75%, 2/15/19      1,654,000        1,741,093   
U.S. Treasury Notes, 3.125%, 5/15/19      300,000        320,906   
U.S. Treasury Notes, 2.625%, 8/15/20      162,000        168,936   
U.S. Treasury Notes, 3.125%, 5/15/21      5,026,000        5,388,817   
U.S. Treasury Notes, 1.75%, 5/15/22      508,000        494,189   
U.S. Treasury Notes, 2.5%, 8/15/23      2,903,000        2,958,111   

 

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Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) – continued

 

Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
U.S. Bonds - continued                 
U.S. Treasury Obligations - continued                 
U.S. Treasury Notes, 2.75%, 2/15/24    $ 827,000      $ 857,754   
    

 

 

 
             $ 39,581,118   
Total U.S. Bonds            $ 183,616,166   
Foreign Bonds - 7.5%                 
Brazil - 0.7%                 
BNDES Participacoes S.A., 6.5%, 6/10/19 (n)    $ 475,000      $ 534,969   
Federative Republic of Brazil, 11%, 8/17/40      183,000        200,843   
Federative Republic of Brazil, 5.625%, 1/07/41      323,000        363,375   
Vale Overseas Ltd., 6.875%, 11/10/39      165,000        197,223   
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,296,410   
Canada - 0.6%                 
Rogers Communications, Inc., 6.8%, 8/15/18    $ 1,000,000      $ 1,181,160   
Rogers Communications, Inc., 5%, 3/15/44      50,000        53,228   
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,234,388   
Chile - 0.8%                 
Corporacion Nacional del Cobre de Chile, 3.75%, 11/04/20 (n)    $ 209,000      $ 217,618   
E.CL S.A., 5.625%, 1/15/21      566,000        619,770   
Empresa Nacional de Electricidad S.A., 4.25%, 4/15/24      20,000        20,303   
Empresa Nacional del Petroleo, 6.25%, 7/08/19      214,000        242,941   
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile S.A., 6.125%, 4/15/16      429,000        456,972   
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,557,604   
China - 0.6%                 
Baidu, Inc., 3.25%, 8/06/18    $ 240,000      $ 248,563   
CNPC (HK) Overseas Capital Ltd., 4.5%, 4/28/21 (n)      226,000        242,138   
State Grid Overseas Investment (2014) Ltd., 4.125%, 5/07/24 (n)      690,000        719,292   
    

 

 

 
             $ 1,209,993   
Colombia - 0.1%                 
Ecopetrol S.A., 5.875%, 5/28/45    $ 40,000      $ 43,138   
Republic of Colombia, 6.125%, 1/18/41      104,000        128,440   
    

 

 

 
             $ 171,578   
France - 0.3%                 
Electricite de France, FRN, 5.25%, 12/29/49 (n)    $ 650,000      $ 671,125   
Iceland - 0.4%                 
Republic of Iceland, 4.875%, 6/16/16 (n)    $ 667,000      $ 696,378   
Republic of Iceland, 5.875%, 5/11/22 (n)      101,000        114,939   
    

 

 

 
             $ 811,317   
Jordan - 0.4%                 
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, 1.945%, 6/23/19    $ 443,000      $ 443,000   
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, 2.503%, 10/30/20      418,000        424,718   
    

 

 

 
             $ 867,718   
Malaysia - 0.3%                 
Petronas Capital Ltd., 7.875%, 5/22/22    $ 370,000      $ 486,684   
Mexico - 1.4%                 
Pemex Project Funding Master Trust, 5.75%, 3/01/18    $ 160,000      $ 179,520   
Petroleos Mexicanos, 5.5%, 6/27/44      21,000        22,780   

 

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Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) – continued

 

Issuer    Shares/Par     Value ($)  
    
Bonds - continued                 
Foreign Bonds - continued                 
Mexico - continued                 
Petroleos Mexicanos, 4.875%, 1/18/24    $ 46,000      $ 50,048   
Petroleos Mexicanos, 6%, 3/05/20      404,000        463,590   
Petroleos Mexicanos, 5.5%, 1/21/21      130,000        146,250   
Petroleos Mexicanos, 4.875%, 1/18/24 (n)      49,000        53,312   
Petroleos Mexicanos, 4.875%, 1/24/22      261,000        283,577   
Petroleos Mexicanos, 8%, 5/03/19      228,000        282,150   
United Mexican States, 3.625%, 3/15/22      1,164,000        1,211,724   
    

 

 

 
             $ 2,692,951   
Netherlands - 0.2%                 
ING Bank N.V., 5.8%, 9/25/23 (n)    $ 428,000      $ 485,879   
Peru - 0.1%                 
Republic of Peru, 8.75%, 11/21/33    $ 180,000      $ 281,700   
Romania - 0.1%                 
Republic of Romania, 4.875%, 1/22/24 (n)    $ 58,000      $ 62,060   
Republic of Romania, 4.375%, 8/22/23 (n)      36,000        37,575   
    

 

 

 
             $ 99,635   
Russia - 0.3%                 
LUKOIL International Finance B.V., 4.563%, 4/24/23    $ 213,000      $ 191,487   
LUKOIL International Finance B.V., 4.563%, 4/24/23 (n)      226,000        203,174   
Russian Federation, 4.875%, 9/16/23 (n)      200,000        196,240   
    

 

 

 
             $ 590,901   
Slovakia - 0.5%                 
Republic of Slovakia, 4.375%, 5/21/22 (n)    $ 909,000      $ 978,384   
Tunisia - 0.1%                 
Tunisian Republic, 2.452%, 7/24/21    $ 235,000      $ 236,457   
Ukraine - 0.2%                 
Government of Ukraine, 1.844%, 5/16/19    $ 444,000      $ 443,778   
United Kingdom - 0.4%                 
Diageo Capital PLC, 5.75%, 10/23/17    $ 520,000      $ 589,007   
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC, 6%, 12/19/23      124,000        134,798   
    

 

 

 
             $ 723,805   
Uruguay - 0.0%                 
Oriental Republic of Uruguay, 4.5%, 8/14/24    $ 71,000      $ 76,854   
Total Foreign Bonds            $ 14,917,161   
Total Bonds            $ 198,533,327   
Money Market Funds - 5.8%                 
MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio, 0.09%, at Net Asset Value (v)      11,653,483      $ 11,653,483   
Total Investments            $ 210,186,810   
Other Assets, Less Liabilities - (5.2)%              (10,483,693
Net Assets - 100.0%            $ 199,703,117   

 

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Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) – continued

 

 

(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 $5,636,836, representing 2.8% 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:

 

FRN   Floating Rate Note. Interest rate resets periodically and 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 8/31/14

Futures Contracts at 8/31/14

 

Description    Currency      Contracts      Value    Expiration Date    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Liability Derivatives               
Interest Rate Futures               
U.S. Treasury Bond 30 yr (Short)      USD         39       $5,463,656    December - 2014      $(15,099
U.S. Treasury Ultra Bond (Short)      USD         9       1,399,500    December - 2014      (6,782
              

 

 

 
                 $(21,881
              

 

 

 

At August 31, 2014, the fund had liquid securities with an aggregate value of $114,330 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

8/31/14 (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 Standard Codification Topic 946 Financial Services – Investment Companies.

(1) Investment Valuations

Debt instruments and floating rate loans (other than short-term instruments), 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 generally are 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 August 31, 2014 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      $—         $64,875,591         $—         $64,875,591   
Non-U.S. Sovereign Debt              9,167,789                 9,167,789   
U.S. Corporate Bonds              21,792,885                 21,792,885   
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities              88,299,989                 88,299,989   
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities              9,694,124                 9,694,124   
Foreign Bonds              4,702,949                 4,702,949   
Mutual Funds      11,653,483                         11,653,483   
Total Investments      $11,653,483         $198,533,327         $—         $210,186,810   
Other Financial Instruments                            
Futures Contracts      $(21,881      $—         $—         $(21,881

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      $202,333,500   
Gross unrealized appreciation      11,376,118   
Gross unrealized depreciation      (3,522,808
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)      $7,853,310   

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      14,354,981         34,573,271         (37,274,769      11,653,483   
Underlying Affiliated Fund    Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Capital Gain
Distributions
     Dividend
Income
     Ending
Value
 
MFS Institutional Money Market Portfolio      $—         $—         $9,796         $11,653,483   

 

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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: October 16, 2014

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: October 16, 2014

 

By (Signature and Title)*    DAVID L. DILORENZO
 

David L. DiLorenzo, Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer

and Accounting Officer)

Date: October 16, 2014

 

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