SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
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FORM N-PX
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ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number 811-05531
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BARINGS PARTICIPATION INVESTORS
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
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1500 Main Street
P.O. Box 15189
Springfield, MA 01115-5189
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
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Janice M. Bishop, Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer

Independence Wharf, 470 Atlantic Ave., Boston, MA 02210

(name and address of agent for service)
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Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
413-226-1000

Date of fiscal year end: December 31

Date of reporting period: July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017
 
 


 
Item 1.  Proxy Voting Record.
 
 
The Registrant held no voting securities during the reporting period and did not vote any securities or have any securities that were subject to a vote during the reporting period.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
(Registrant):         Barings Participation Investors  
     
     
By:
/s/ Robert M. Shettle  
 
Robert M. Shettle, President
 
   
     
Date: August 31, 2017