Emery Christina 4

4 · BARINGS CORPORATE INVESTORS · Filed May 29, 2026

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Updated May 29, 2026

Barings (MCI) President Christina Emery Acquires 41.654 Notional Shares

What Happened

Christina Emery, President of Barings Corporate Investors (ticker MCI), was credited with 41.654 notional shares on 2026-05-28 at a per‑unit value of $18.04, representing about $751 in value. The Form 4 reports this as an "other acquisition or disposition (J)" of a derivative/plan unit rather than an open‑market stock purchase.

Key Details

Transaction date: 2026-05-28; Filing date: 2026-05-29 (timely).
Price/value: $18.04 per unit; total value ≈ $751.
Quantity: 41.654 notional shares (derivative/plan units), code J (other acquisition).
Shares owned after transaction: not specified in the provided filing.
Footnotes: The units are part of a non‑qualified deferred compensation plan investment option. They are not actual share certificates — the plan tracks value based on Barings CI common shares but participants have no direct ownership. Some units may be exercisable or distributable only upon termination/retirement or other plan events.

Context

This was not an open‑market purchase of common stock but an allocation within a deferred‑compensation plan tied to the company’s share value. Such allocations reflect compensation deferral mechanics rather than a direct insider market signal.

Form 4

Period: 2026-05-28

President

Transactions

Other
Barings Non-Qualified Thrift Plan
[F1][F2]
2026-05-28$18.04/sh+41.654$751→ 6,660.868 total
→ Common Shares ("Shares of Beneficial Interest") (41.654 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|2026-05-29

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