Christina Emery, President of Barings Corporate Investors, filed a Form 4 on November 13, 2026, disclosing a derivative transaction dated November 12, 2026, involving notional units under the Barings Non-Qualified Thrift Plan linked to the company's common shares.

Key Highlights

  • Reporting person: Christina Emery, President of Barings Corporate Investors.
  • Transaction date: November 12, 2026, with transaction code J.
  • Units involved: 41.8863 notional derivative units acquired under the Barings Non-Qualified Thrift Plan.
  • Price per unit: $17.94, reflecting the market value of Barings Corporate Investors common shares.
  • Total plan holdings following the transaction: 7,459.1365 notional units, held directly.
  • Nature of holding: The filing states the plan interest is "entirely notional" and "neither the plans nor the participants have an actual ownership interest in the common shares."

Barings Non-Qualified Thrift Plan Units Linked to Barings Corporate Investors Shares

According to the filing, Christina Emery, serving as President, reported a derivative transaction under Table II of the Form 4. The transaction, coded J and dated November 12, 2026, involved 41.8863 units under the Barings Non-Qualified Thrift Plan, at a price of $17.94. The issuer is Barings Corporate Investors, traded as NYSE:MCI. Following the transaction, the filing reports total plan holdings of 7,459.1365 units, held directly.

The filing explains that Barings LLC (formerly known as Babson Capital Management LLC) and Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company each offer a non-qualified compensation deferral plan. Certain officers may defer a portion of their compensation into these plans, allocating deferred amounts among investment options. One investment option derives its value from the market value of Barings Corporate Investors' common shares, including reinvested dividends. The filing states that the derivative is "exercisable only upon termination, retirement, or other plan permitted event" and that plan holdings may be "liquidated" and reallocated into other plan investment options by the plan participant.

The filing further clarifies that the reported share count represents the number of Barings Corporate Investors common shares reflected by the value of the relevant plan investment option held by Emery, rather than any direct or indirect ownership of actual shares. The Form 4 was signed by Stacy Standridge as Attorney-in-fact on November 13, 2026.

What Was Disclosed

Christina Emery, President of NYSE:MCI issuer Barings Corporate Investors, disclosed the acquisition of 41.8863 notional derivative units at $17.94 each under the Barings Non-Qualified Thrift Plan on November 12, 2026, bringing her total plan holdings to 7,459.1365 units.