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M&G Investment Funds (2) Annual Long Report and audited Financial Statements for the year ended 31 May 2021 Contents Authorised Corporate Director’s Report ......... 1 Directors’ statement ......................... 4 Depositary’s Responsibilities and Report......... 5 Independent Auditor’s Report .................. 6 Financial statements and notes................. 9 Authorised Corporate Director’s Reports, including the financial highlights and financial statements and notes for: M&G Gilt & Fixed Interest Income Fund......... 15 M&G Global High Yield Bond Fund ............. 36 M&G Index-Linked Bond Fund ................ 78 M&G Index Tracker Fund ..................... 98 M&G Short Dated Corporate Bond Fund ........ 139 M&G UK Income Distribution Fund............. 164 M&G UK Select Fund ........................ 204 Other regulatory disclosures ................... 238 Glossary .................................... 239 Annual Long Report and audited Financial Statements • May 2021 Authorised Corporate Director’s Report The Authorised Corporate Director (ACD) of A shareholder is not liable for the debts of the Company M&G Investment Funds (2) presents its Annual Long and will never be liable to make any further payment to Report and audited Financial Statements for the year the Company after paying the purchase price of the ended 31 May 2021. shares. The audited financial statements of Fund managers M&G Investment Funds (2) and the investment report The following fund managers are employed by M&G FA and audited financial statements and notes of each Limited which is an associate of M&G Securities sub-fund are presented in their individual sections of Limited. this report as set out in the contents page. M&G Gilt & Fixed Interest Income Fund Please note that we have included an explanation of key Miles Tym investment terminology in the ‘Glossary’ (at the back of With effect from 2 November 2020, Miles Tym took over from Matthew this report). Russell as fund manager. M&G Global High Yield Bond Fund Company information Stefan Isaacs & James Tomlins M&G Investment Funds (2) is an umbrella Open-Ended M&G Index-Linked Bond Fund Investment Company (OEIC) and contains seven Miles Tym sub-funds, hereinafter referred to as ‘funds’ in the rest With effect from 2 November 2020, Miles Tym took over from Ben Lord as of this report. Each fund is a UCITS (Undertakings for fund manager. Collective Investment in Transferable Securities) M&G Index Tracker Fund scheme as defined in the Collective Investment Richard O’Connor Schemes sourcebook, as issued (and amended) by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). This OEIC is an M&G Short Dated Corporate Bond Fund Investment Company with Variable Capital (ICVC) Matthew Russell incorporated under the Open-Ended Investment M&G UK Income Distribution Fund Companies Regulations 2001. It is authorised and Elina Symon regulated by the FCA under the Financial Services and With effect from 1 April 2021, Elina Symon took over from Michael Stiasny Markets Act 2000. as fund manager. The Company was authorised on 1 August 2001 and M&G UK Select Fund was launched on 24 January 2002, following the Rory Alexander conversion of a series of authorised unit trusts. ACD The Company’s principal activity is to carry on business M&G Securities Limited, as an OEIC. The Company is structured as an umbrella 10 Fenchurch Avenue, London EC3M 5AG, UK company, and different funds may be established by Telephone: 0800 390 390 (UK only) the ACD from time to time with the agreement of the Depositary and approval from the FCA. The funds are (Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct operated separately and the assets of each fund are Authority. M&G Securities Limited is a member of the managed in accordance with the investment objective Investment Association and of The Investing and Saving and policy applicable to that fund. Alliance). As at 31 May 2021 none of the funds held shares of the other funds within this OEIC. Annual Long Report and audited Financial Statements • May 2021 1 Authorised Corporate Director’s Report Directors of the ACD Important information N J Brooks*, C Dobson (non executive director), On 31 July 2020 the investment objective, policy, N M Donnelly**, S A Fitzgerald, P R Jelfs, approach and benchmark were changed for M&G UK M McGrade (non executive director), L J Mumford Income Distribution Fund. * Appointed 19 May 2021. ** Resigned 30 June 2020. On 15 December 2020 the following share classes were closed within the M&G UK Select Fund and are not Investment manager available for investment: Euro Class ‘A’ Accumulation M&G Investment Management Limited, and Euro Class ‘C’ Accumulation. 10 Fenchurch Avenue, London EC3M 5AG, UK Investors will benefit from a reduction in the annual Telephone: +44 (0)20 7626 4588 charge starting from 15 February 2021. The reduction in (Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct annual charge varies across the M&G funds and the Authority) detail was communicated in the shareholder letter Registrar dated 15 January 2021. SS&C Financial Services Europe Ltd, On 19 February 2021 the following share classes were SS&C House, St. Nicholas Lane, Basildon, Essex launched within the M&G UK Select Fund: Sterling SS15 5FS, UK Class ‘PP’ Income and Sterling Class ‘PP’ Accumulation. (Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority) On 28 May 2021 the investment objective, policy, approach and benchmark for M&G Index Tracker Fund Depositary were changed. NatWest Trustee & Depositary Services Limited, The World Health Organisation declared the COVID-19 House A, Floor 0, 175 Glasgow Road, Gogarburn, outbreak a pandemic on 11 March 2020. EdinburghEH121HQ,UK (Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct The COVID-19 pandemic has been an unprecedented Authority) event. After an initial period of increased market volatility and uncertainty, there has been a marked Independent auditor recovery in global markets, bolstered by supportive Ernst & Young LLP economic policies from governments and positive news Atria One, 144 Morrison Street, Edinburgh EH3 8EX, UK on vaccines for COVID-19. The ACD continues to monitor the ongoing operational Annual value assessment risks that are posed to the Company and its service providers due to global and local movement restrictions An annual assessment report is available which shows that have been enacted by various governments. the value provided to investors in each of M&G’s UK-based funds. The assessment report evaluates whether M&G’s charges are justified in the Investor information context of the overall service delivered to its investors. The Prospectus, Instrument of Incorporation, Key The report can be found at Investor Information Documents, costs and charges www.mandg.co.uk/valueassessment illustration, the latest Annual or Interim Investment Report and Financial Statements as well as a list of purchases and sales are available free of charge on request from the following addresses. The Instrument of Incorporation can also be inspected at our offices or attheofficeoftheDepositary. 2 Annual Long Report and audited Financial Statements • May 2021 Authorised Corporate Director’s Report Customer services and administration for UK clients: M&G Securities Limited, PO Box 9039, Chelmsford CM99 2XG, UK Please remember to quote your name and M&G client reference and sign any written communication to M&G. Failure to provide this will affect your ability to transact with us. Telephone: 0800 390 390 (UK only) For security purposes and to improve the quality of our service, we may record and monitor telephone calls. You will require your M&G client reference. Failure to provide this will affect your ability to transact with us. Customer services and administration for non-UK clients: M&G Securities Limited, c/o RBC I&TS, 14, Porte de France, L-4360 Esch-sur-Alzette, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Please remember to quote your name and M&G client reference and sign any written communication to M&G. Failure to provide this will affect your ability to transact with us. Telephone: +352 2605 9944 Email: [email protected] For security purposes and to improve the quality of our service, we may record and monitor telephone calls. You will require your M&G client reference. Failure to provide this will affect your ability to transact with us. Swiss paying agent and representative: Société Générale, Paris, Zurich Branch, Talacker 50, 8021 Zurich, Switzerland Annual Long Report and audited Financial Statements • May 2021 3 Authorised Corporate Director’s Report Authorised Corporate Director’s Responsibilities The Authorised Corporate Director (ACD) is required to prepare annual and interim long reports for the Company. The ACD must ensure that the financial statements, contained in this report, for each of the funds are prepared in accordance with the Investment Association Statement of Recommended Practice for Financial Statements of UK Authorised Funds (SORP) and UK Financial Reporting Standards, and give a true and fair view of the net revenue or expenses and net capital gains or losses for the accounting period, and the financial position at the end of that period. The ACD is required to keep proper accounting records, and to manage the Company in accordance with the Collective Investment Schemes sourcebook, as issued (and amended) by the FCA, the Instrument of Incorporation and the Prospectus, and to take reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud or other irregularities. Directors’ statement This report has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Collective Investment Schemes sourcebook, as issued and amended by the Financial Conduct Authority. M&G Securities Limited 14 July 2021 4 Annual Long Report and audited Financial Statements • May 2021 Depositary’s Responsibilities and Report Statement of the Depositary’s The Depositary also has a duty to take reasonable care to ensure that the Company is managed in accordance Responsibilities and Report of the with the Regulations and the Scheme documents in Depositary to the Shareholders of relation to the investment and borrowing powers M&G Investment Funds (2) (‘the applicable to the Company.