Emery Christina 4

4 · BARINGS CORPORATE INVESTORS · Filed Apr 6, 2026

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Updated Apr 6, 2026

Barings (MCI) President Christina Emery Acquires 42 Shares (Derivative)

What Happened

Christina Emery, President of Barings Corporate Investors (ticker: MCI), recorded an "other acquisition" (Form 4 code J) on April 2, 2026: 41.816 shares at $17.97 per share, total value about $751.
This transaction reflects a notional/derivative allocation under a non‑qualified deferred compensation plan, not an open‑market purchase of actual common shares.

Key Details

Transaction date & price: April 2, 2026 — 41.816 shares at $17.97 per share; total ≈ $751.
Transaction type: Other acquisition (Code J) — a derivative/notional allocation tied to a deferred compensation plan.
Shares owned after transaction: Not specified in the provided filing.
Footnotes: F1/F2 state the allocation is not actual share ownership (entirely notional), may be exercisable or payable only upon termination/retirement or other plan events, and plan holdings can be reallocated by participants.
Filing date: Report filed April 6, 2026 (covers the April 2, 2026 transaction). No late‑filing flag was provided in the supplied data.

Context

Allocations into deferred‑comp plan investment options that track the company’s share value are common for executives and do not convey direct ownership, voting rights, or an immediate market transaction.
The value here (~$751) is small; such notional allocations are typically administrative and are a limited signal about the insider’s view of the company.

Form 4

Period: 2026-04-02

President

Transactions

Other
Barings Non-Qualified Thrift Plan
[F1][F2]
2026-04-02$17.97/sh+41.816$751→ 6,491.413 total
→ Common Shares ("Shares of Beneficial Interest") (41.816 underlying)

Footnotes (2)

[F1]Exercisable only upon termination, retirement, or other plan permitted event. Plan holdings may be "liquidated" and reallocated into other plan investment options by the plan participant. The derivative has no actual securities underlying the plan agreement, which is entirely notional.
[F2]Barings LLC (fka Babson Capital Management LLC) and Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company each offer a non-qualified compensation deferral plan where certain officers are permitted to defer a portion of their compensation into the plans. Deferred compensation into a plan is allocated among one or more investment options at the election of the plan participant. Each plan has an investment option that derives its value from the market value of Barings Corporate Investors' common shares (and includes the value of reinvested dividends). However, pursuant to the terms of the plans, neither the plans nor the participants have an actual ownership interest in the common shares. The shares beneficially owned include the number of shares of Barings Corporate Investors represented by the value of the Barings Corporate Investors investment option under the plan held by the plan participant.

Signature

Stacy Standridge, as Attorney-in-fact|2026-04-06

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