Emery Christina 4

4 · BARINGS CORPORATE INVESTORS · Filed May 15, 2026

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Updated May 15, 2026

Barings Corporate Investors President Christina Emery Acquires 43 Notional Shares

What Happened

Christina Emery, President of Barings Corporate Investors (MCI), recorded an acquisition of 43.386 notional shares on 2026-05-14. The transaction is reported as an "Other acquisition or disposition (J)" of a derivative investment option priced at $17.32 per unit, with a notional value of approximately $751.
This was an allocation into a non‑qualified deferred compensation plan option that tracks MCI common-share value rather than a purchase of actual shares. It is an acquisition (not a sale), but represents a small, notional allocation rather than an outright equity purchase.

Key Details

Transaction date and price: 2026-05-14 at $17.32 per notional share; total notional value ≈ $751.
Shares reported in this transaction: 43.386 notional units.
Shares owned after transaction: the filing does not state a total share count after this allocation.
Footnotes: (F1/F2) The units are part of a non‑qualified deferred compensation plan. They are not actual company shares, may be exercisable or payable only upon termination/retirement or other plan events, and the plan and participants do not hold legal title to underlying common shares.
Timeliness: Transaction dated 2026-05-14; Form 4 filed 2026-05-15 (appears timely).

Context

These notional units track the market value (and reinvested dividends) of MCI common shares for plan accounting but do not confer legal ownership of stock. Such deferred-compensation allocations are routine executive compensation actions and do not necessarily signal a direct change in insider sentiment.

Form 4

Period: 2026-05-14

President

Transactions

Other
Barings Non-Qualified Thrift Plan
[F1][F2]
2026-05-14$17.32/sh+43.386$751→ 6,619.214 total
→ Common Shares ("Shares of Beneficial Interest") (43.386 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|2026-05-15

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