CEIIX
Callodine Equity Income Series
Manning & Napier Fund, Inc.
Expense ratio1
0.95%
Net assets2
$216.69M
Holdings2
33
Category
US Equity
2025 return3
5.98%

Investment objective & strategy

As of March 13, 2026 · prospectus

Objective. The Series investment objective is to seek to provide strong risk-adjusted total returns, consisting of current income and capital appreciation, and preservation of capital, with low market correlation.

Strategy. The Series will, under normal circumstances, invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in equity securities and equity-related instruments. For purposes of the Series 80% investment policy, equity securities and equity-related instruments include common stock, preferred stock convertible into common stock, securities convertible into common and preferred stock, non-convertible preferred stock, sponsored American depositary receipts (ADRs), securities of master limited partnerships (MLPs), business development companies (BDCs), and real estate investment trusts (REITs). The Series will primarily invest (at least 65% of its net assets) in dividend paying equity securities and equity-related instruments. The Series equity investments may be in issuers involved in special situations, such as companies involved in initial public offerings, tender offers, … The Series will, under normal circumstances, invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment purposes, in equity securities and equity-related instruments. For purposes of the Series 80% investment policy, equity securities and equity-related instruments include common stock, preferred stock convertible into common stock, securities convertible into common and preferred stock, non-convertible preferred stock, sponsored American depositary receipts (ADRs), securities of master limited partnerships (MLPs), business development companies (BDCs), and real estate investment trusts (REITs). The Series will primarily invest (at least 65% of its net assets) in dividend paying equity securities and equity-related instruments. The Series equity investments may be in issuers involved in special situations, such as companies involved in initial public offerings, tender offers, mergers and other corporate restructurings or management changes. The Series investments in preferred stock and securities convertible into common and preferred stock may include investments in any company, market or sector, consistent with the Series investment strategies. In addition, the Series may invest up to 20% of its assets in options to enhance returns, and in fixed-income securities, including distressed debt, convertible bonds, short duration government bonds, money market funds, and corporate bonds. The Series may invest in fixed income securities, including corporate bonds and convertible bonds, with any credit rating, including high yield (junk bonds) or, if unrated, determined by Callodine Capital Management, LP (Callodine or Sub-Advisor), the Sub-Advisor of the Series, to be of comparable quality. Callodine expects to use both bottom up (individual company analysis) and top-down (macro-economic and market-project strategy selection) approaches to its investment selections. The Series will seek to invest in dividend paying equity securities from companies that Callodine believes are fundamentally undervalued. Such companies may be undervalued due to a variety of reasons, including perception of unfavorable industry dynamics, poor short-term business performance due to cyclical or company specific factors, short term dislocations in capital flows to a specific sector or sub-sector or changes in management. Callodine believes that these conditions may result in fundamentally viable businesses being available at depressed valuations. In general, the Series may invest isn a portfolio of 15-30 positions. Due to the focused nature of its investment strategies, the Series is considered to be non-diversified. The Series may invest in companies in any sector and of any market capitalization and may invest in both U.S. and non-U.S. issuers. At times, the Series may focus its investments in one or more sectors or geographies. In addition, the Series may engage in active and frequent trading of portfolio securities to achieve its investment strategies. Callodine monitors the Series investments for ongoing risk and return considerations. Callodine may consider selling a security if: it no longer fits the Series investment strategies, valuation discipline or risk and return criteria; it has reached Callodines target sell price (which is periodically re-evaluated); or a more attractive investment opportunity is identified. The Series investment objective is to seek to provide strong risk-adjusted total returns, consisting of current income and capital appreciation, and preservation of capital, with low market correlation. This means the Series seeks to provide strong risk-adjusted total returns in the income-producing part of the equity market by investing in companies with cash yielding securities that are fundamentally undervalued due to a variety of reasons. Such companies may offer sound businesses and investment opportunities available at depressed valuations and with lower correlation to the performance of the broader equity markets.?

Top holdings

As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT
SecurityTickerValue% of fund
SPECTRUM BRANDS HOLDINGS INC $23.58M 10.88%
MLP ET $21.23M 9.80%
VIATRIS INC $17.08M 7.88%
GSK plc SPONSORED ADR GSK US $11.87M 5.48%
REALTY INCOME CORP REIT $10.40M 4.80%
BLACKSTONE INC $10.20M 4.71%
WOLVERINE WORLD WIDE INC $9.79M 4.52%
FOUR CORNERS PRO $9.45M 4.36%
GENESIS ENERGY L.P. PARTNERSHIP SHARES GEL $8.65M 3.99%
PERDOCEO EDUCATION CORP $8.04M 3.71%
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Allocation by sector

As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT
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Portfolio moves

Dec 31, 2025 → Mar 31, 2026
Opened
5
Exited
3
Increased
21
Decreased
5
Unchanged
2

How many positions this fund opened, exited, grew, trimmed, or left unchanged between its two most recent N-PORT snapshots — net changes between point-in-time reports, not a trade log.

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Advisers

As of December 31, 2025 · N-CEN
FirmRole
Manning & Napier Advisors, LLC Adviser
Callodine Capital Management, LP Sub-adviser

Footnotes

  1. Expense ratio as of March 13, 2026, from the fund's prospectus.
  2. Net assets and holdings count as of March 31, 2026, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
  3. Total return for calendar year 2025, before tax and after fund expenses. As reported in the fund's prospectus performance bar chart.

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