Western Asset Income Fund (PAI)

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number 811-02351

Western Asset Income Fund

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

620 Eighth Avenue, 49th Floor, New York, NY 10018

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Robert I. Frenkel, Esq.

Legg Mason & Co., LLC

100 First Stamford Place

Stamford, CT 06902

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 1-888-777-0102

Date of fiscal year end: December 31

Date of reporting period: September 30, 2017

 

 

 


 

ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.


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FORM N-Q

SEPTEMBER 30, 2017


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Schedule of investments (unaudited)    September 30, 2017

 

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT
     VALUE  
CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES - 88.2%           
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 8.7%           

Auto Components - 0.8%

          

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Senior Notes

     4.875     3/15/27      $ 300,000      $ 309,594  

ZF North America Capital Inc., Senior Notes

     4.750     4/29/25        740,000        783,475 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Total Auto Components

             1,093,069  
          

 

 

 

Automobiles - 0.9%

          

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, Senior Notes

     8.125     1/15/20        410,000        462,023  

General Motors Co., Senior Notes

     6.600     4/1/36        170,000        202,508  

General Motors Co., Senior Notes

     5.200     4/1/45        310,000        313,212  

General Motors Co., Senior Notes

     6.750     4/1/46        310,000        374,719  
          

 

 

 

Total Automobiles

             1,352,462  
          

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.4%

          

GLP Capital LP/GLP Financing II Inc., Senior Notes

     5.375     4/15/26        180,000        196,875  

McDonald’s Corp., Senior Notes

     4.700     12/9/35        150,000        165,869  

McDonald’s Corp., Senior Notes

     4.875     12/9/45        230,000        259,938  
          

 

 

 

Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

             622,682  
          

 

 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail - 0.5%

          

Amazon.com Inc., Senior Notes

     3.875     8/22/37        270,000        275,709 (a) 

Amazon.com Inc., Senior Notes

     4.050     8/22/47        350,000        358,233 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Total Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

             633,942  
          

 

 

 

Media - 6.0%

          

21st Century Fox America Inc., Senior Debentures

     7.750     12/1/45        130,000        197,598  

21st Century Fox America Inc., Senior Notes

     6.550     3/15/33        545,000        692,253  

CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., Senior Notes

     5.125     5/1/27        420,000        426,825 (a) 

Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp., Senior Secured Notes

     6.384     10/23/35        110,000        129,016  

Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp., Senior Secured Notes

     6.484     10/23/45        260,000        306,216  

Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp., Senior Secured Notes

     5.375     5/1/47        350,000        364,961 (a) 

Comcast Corp., Bonds

     6.400     5/15/38        950,000        1,255,608  

Comcast Corp., Notes

     6.450     3/15/37        220,000        294,679  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

     6.950     8/15/37        160,000        223,491  

Time Warner Cable LLC, Debentures

     7.300     7/1/38        200,000        251,778  

Time Warner Cable LLC, Senior Bonds

     6.550     5/1/37        180,000        212,037  

Time Warner Cable LLC, Senior Notes

     8.750     2/14/19        690,000        749,751  

Time Warner Cable LLC, Senior Notes

     6.750     6/15/39        10,000        12,035  

Time Warner Cable LLC, Senior Notes

     5.500     9/1/41        50,000        52,089  

Time Warner Entertainment Co., LP, Senior Notes

     8.375     7/15/33        410,000        558,665  

Time Warner Inc., Senior Notes

     4.900     6/15/42        150,000        153,092  

UBM PLC, Notes

     5.750     11/3/20        570,000        598,803 (a) 

Viacom Inc., Senior Debentures

     5.250     4/1/44        50,000        48,053  

Viacom Inc., Senior Notes

     4.375     3/15/43        70,000        60,521  

Viacom Inc., Senior Notes

     4.875     6/15/43        30,000        28,182  

Virgin Media Finance PLC, Senior Notes

     6.375     4/15/23        1,000,000        1,048,750 (a) 

WPP Finance 2010, Senior Notes

     4.750     11/21/21        840,000        905,507  

WPP Finance 2010, Senior Notes

     5.625     11/15/43        150,000        168,440  
          

 

 

 

Total Media

             8,738,350  
          

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 0.1%

          

Nordstrom Inc., Senior Notes

     5.000     1/15/44        130,000        128,204  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

             12,568,709  
          

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    September 30, 2017

 

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT
     VALUE  
CONSUMER STAPLES - 3.9%           

Beverages - 2.0%

          

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc., Senior Notes

     4.900     2/1/46      $ 1,250,000      $ 1,417,586  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

     5.375     1/15/20        260,000        279,929  

Pernod-Ricard SA, Senior Bonds

     5.750     4/7/21        350,000        388,444 (a) 

Pernod-Ricard SA, Senior Notes

     5.500     1/15/42        670,000        806,904 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Total Beverages

             2,892,863  
          

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 0.4%

          

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

     5.125     7/20/45        340,000        392,538  

Kroger Co., Senior Notes

     4.650     1/15/48        140,000        135,955  
          

 

 

 

Total Food & Staples Retailing

             528,493  
          

 

 

 

Food Products - 0.3%

          

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes

     5.000     7/15/35        50,000        54,633  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes

     5.000     6/4/42        150,000        160,393  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes

     5.200     7/15/45        250,000        274,888  
          

 

 

 

Total Food Products

             489,914  
          

 

 

 

Tobacco - 1.2%

          

BAT Capital Corp., Senior Notes

     4.390     8/15/37        280,000        288,279 (a) 

BAT Capital Corp., Senior Notes

     4.540     8/15/47        430,000        444,254 (a) 

Philip Morris International Inc., Senior Notes

     4.500     3/20/42        100,000        108,559  

Reynolds American Inc., Senior Notes

     8.125     5/1/40        270,000        397,324  

Reynolds American Inc., Senior Notes

     7.000     8/4/41        320,000        414,975  

Reynolds American Inc., Senior Notes

     5.850     8/15/45        90,000        110,536  
          

 

 

 

Total Tobacco

             1,763,927  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES

             5,675,197  
          

 

 

 
ENERGY - 16.4%           

Energy Equipment & Services - 1.1%

          

Baker Hughes a GE Co., LLC, Senior Notes

     7.500     11/15/18        370,000        393,519  

ENSCO International Inc., Senior Bonds

     7.200     11/15/27        120,000        109,800  

Ensco PLC, Senior Notes

     5.200     3/15/25        480,000        405,600  

Halliburton Co., Senior Notes

     5.000     11/15/45        200,000        220,212  

Petrofac Ltd., Senior Notes

     3.400     10/10/18        310,000        308,644 (a) 

Pride International Inc., Senior Notes

     7.875     8/15/40        130,000        111,150  
          

 

 

 

Total Energy Equipment & Services

             1,548,925  
          

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 15.3%

          

Anadarko Finance Co., Senior Notes

     7.500     5/1/31        465,000        580,016  

Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

     4.850     3/15/21        460,000        488,205  

Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

     5.550     3/15/26        460,000        514,604  

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

     6.900     9/15/18        100,000        104,735  

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

     6.000     1/15/37        190,000        222,987  

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

     5.100     9/1/40        160,000        167,922  

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

     5.250     2/1/42        90,000        95,556  

Cenovus Energy Inc., Senior Notes

     4.250     4/15/27        60,000        59,604 (a) 

Cenovus Energy Inc., Senior Notes

     5.250     6/15/37        90,000        89,584 (a) 

ConocoPhillips, Notes

     6.500     2/1/39        810,000        1,083,478  

Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes

     5.850     12/15/25        350,000        404,133  

Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes

     5.600     7/15/41        320,000        351,384  

Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes

     5.000     6/15/45        270,000        285,600  

Devon Financing Co., LLC, Debentures

     7.875     9/30/31        380,000        502,786  

Ecopetrol SA, Senior Notes

     5.375     6/26/26        740,000        789,950  

Ecopetrol SA, Senior Notes

     5.875     5/28/45        176,000        172,700  

Enbridge Energy Partners LP, Senior Notes

     9.875     3/1/19        120,000        132,720  

Energy Transfer Equity LP, Senior Notes

     7.500     10/15/20        250,000        282,812  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes

     6.125     10/15/39        320,000        389,183  

Hess Corp., Notes

     7.875     10/1/29        1,180,000        1,435,017  

Hess Corp., Senior Bonds

     6.000     1/15/40        300,000        311,561  

Kerr-McGee Corp., Notes

     6.950     7/1/24        1,080,000        1,285,184  

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    September 30, 2017

 

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT
     VALUE  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - (continued)

          

Kinder Morgan Inc., Medium-Term Notes

     7.800     8/1/31      $ 2,000,000      $ 2,542,119  

LUKOIL International Finance BV, Senior Notes

     4.563     4/24/23        200,000        208,237 (a) 

LUKOIL International Finance BV, Senior Notes

     4.750     11/2/26        290,000        305,979 (a) 

MEG Energy Corp., Senior Notes

     6.375     1/30/23        600,000        526,500 (a) 

Noble Energy Inc., Senior Notes

     6.000     3/1/41        390,000        446,911  

Noble Energy Inc., Senior Notes

     5.250     11/15/43        150,000        157,898  

Noble Energy Inc., Senior Notes

     4.950     8/15/47        390,000        399,125  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

     4.400     4/15/46        20,000        21,308  

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

     7.375     1/17/27        640,000        705,920  

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

     6.850     6/5/2115        300,000        287,250  

Petroleos Mexicanos, Senior Bonds

     6.625     6/15/35        2,635,000        2,852,387  

Petroleos Mexicanos, Senior Notes

     6.875     8/4/26        450,000        513,000  

Phillips 66, Senior Notes

     5.875     5/1/42        160,000        197,510  

Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes

     6.375     12/15/38        250,000        336,926  

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co., LLC, Senior Notes

     7.850     2/1/26        470,000        608,076  

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co., LLC, Senior Notes

     5.400     8/15/41        310,000        352,534  

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co., LLC, Senior Notes

     4.450     8/1/42        450,000        461,521  

Western Gas Partners LP, Senior Notes

     4.650     7/1/26        660,000        692,978  

Williams Cos. Inc., Debentures

     7.500     1/15/31        47,000        56,635  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

     7.750     6/15/31        37,000        45,229  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

     8.750     3/15/32        610,000        791,475  
          

 

 

 

Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

             22,259,239  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL ENERGY

             23,808,164  
          

 

 

 
FINANCIALS - 31.0%           

Banks - 17.5%

          

Banco Mercantil De Norte, Junior Subordinated Notes (10 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 5.353%)

     7.625     1/10/28        200,000        218,700 (a)(b)(c) 

Banco Nacional de Costa Rica, Senior Notes

     5.875     4/25/21        340,000        354,783 (a) 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

     7.625     6/1/19        70,000        76,422  

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

     5.625     7/1/20        30,000        32,687  

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes (3.593% to 7/21/27 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.370%)

     3.593     7/21/28        140,000        141,533 (b) 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

     5.875     2/7/42        320,000        411,650  

Bank of America Corp., Subordinated Notes

     6.110     1/29/37        320,000        401,332  

Bank of America Corp., Subordinated Notes

     7.750     5/14/38        900,000        1,326,254  

Barclays Bank PLC, Subordinated Notes

     10.179     6/12/21        240,000        297,457 (a) 

Barclays Bank PLC, Subordinated Notes

     7.625     11/21/22        450,000        517,781  

Barclays PLC, Subordinated Notes

     4.836     5/9/28        240,000        248,909  

BNP Paribas SA, Junior Subordinated Notes (7.625% to 3/30/21 then USD 5 year Swap Rate + 6.314%)

     7.625     3/30/21        330,000        363,412 (a)(b)(c) 

BNP Paribas SA, Junior Subordinated Notes (7.375% to 8/19/25 then USD 5 year Swap Rate + 5.150%)

     7.375     8/19/25        200,000        226,250 (a)(b)(c) 

BNP Paribas SA, Subordinated Notes

     4.625     3/13/27        700,000        742,467 (a) 

BPCE SA, Subordinated Notes

     5.150     7/21/24        410,000        442,622 (a) 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

     8.125     7/15/39        251,000        398,255  

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

     5.875     1/30/42        240,000        306,947  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

     5.500     9/13/25        750,000        843,145  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

     4.450     9/29/27        400,000        422,727  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

     6.125     8/25/36        404,000        501,136  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

     6.675     9/13/43        370,000        503,046  

Cooperatieve Rabobank U.A., Junior Subordinated Notes (11.000% to 6/30/19 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 10.868%)

     11.000     6/30/19        708,000        802,695 (a)(b)(c) 

Cooperatieve Rabobank U.A., Senior Notes

     5.250     5/24/41        570,000        699,239  

Cooperatieve Rabobank U.A., Subordinated Notes

     5.750     12/1/43        450,000        566,749  

Cooperatieve Rabobank U.A., Subordinated Notes

     5.250     8/4/45        340,000        406,046  

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    September 30, 2017

 

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT
     VALUE  

Banks - (continued)

          

Credit Agricole SA, Junior Subordinated Notes (8.375% to 10/13/19 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.982%)

     8.375     10/13/19      $ 560,000      $ 623,000 (a)(b)(c) 

Credit Agricole SA, Junior Subordinated Notes (8.125% to 12/23/25 then USD 5 year Swap Rate + 6.185%)

     8.125     12/23/25        1,040,000        1,233,722 (a)(b)(c) 

HSBC Holdings PLC, Subordinated Notes

     4.250     8/18/25        210,000        217,994  

ING Bank NV, Subordinated Notes

     5.800     9/25/23        600,000        685,923 (a) 

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Senior Notes

     3.125     7/14/22        300,000        301,072 (a) 

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Senior Notes

     3.875     7/14/27        360,000        362,185 (a) 

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Subordinated Bonds

     5.017     6/26/24        250,000        254,511 (a) 

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Subordinated Notes

     5.710     1/15/26        690,000        728,370 (a) 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Junior Subordinated Bonds (6.000% to 8/1/23 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.300%)

     6.000     8/1/23        260,000        283,400 (b)(c) 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Senior Notes (4.260% to 2/22/47 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.580%)

     4.260     2/22/48        100,000        105,207 (b) 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Subordinated Notes

     5.625     8/16/43        440,000        537,587  

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Subordinated Notes

     4.950     6/1/45        150,000        171,200  

Lloyds Banking Group PLC, Junior Subordinated Bonds (7.500% to 6/27/24 then USD 5 year Swap Rate + 4.760%)

     7.500     6/27/24        360,000        404,550 (b)(c) 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Junior Subordinated Bonds (7.648% to 9/30/31 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.500%)

     7.648     9/30/31        1,360,000        1,734,680 (b)(c) 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Junior Subordinated Notes (8.625% to 8/15/21 then USD 5 year Swap Rate + 7.598%)

     8.625     8/15/21        590,000        655,637 (b)(c) 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Subordinated Notes

     6.100     6/10/23        1,010,000        1,120,234  

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Subordinated Notes

     6.000     12/19/23        350,000        387,578  

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Subordinated Notes

     5.125     5/28/24        310,000        330,295  

Royal Bank of Scotland NV, Subordinated Bonds

     7.750     5/15/23        480,000        568,915  

Santander UK Group Holdings PLC, Subordinated Notes

     4.750     9/15/25        210,000        219,744 (a) 

Standard Chartered PLC, Subordinated Notes

     5.700     3/26/44        410,000        483,603 (a) 

Wachovia Capital Trust III, Junior Subordinated Bonds (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.930% or 5.570%)

     5.570     10/30/17        1,190,000        1,194,462 (b)(c) 

Wells Fargo & Co., Senior Notes

     3.000     10/23/26        310,000        303,491  

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

     5.375     11/2/43        430,000        506,745  

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

     4.400     6/14/46        180,000        187,358  

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

     4.750     12/7/46        440,000        484,247  
          

 

 

 

Total Banks

             25,337,954  
          

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 5.3%

 

CME Group Inc., Senior Notes

     5.300     9/15/43        440,000        555,130  

Credit Suisse Group AG, Junior Subordinated Notes (6.250% to 12/18/24 then USD 5 year Swap Rate + 3.455%)

     6.250     12/18/24        1,170,000        1,247,879 (a)(b)(c) 

Credit Suisse Group Funding Guernsey Ltd., Senior Notes

     4.875     5/15/45        850,000        953,697  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Bonds

     4.750     10/21/45        270,000        300,975  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

     5.375     3/15/20        270,000        290,153  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

     6.250     2/1/41        570,000        753,998  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Subordinated Notes

     6.750     10/1/37        640,000        845,888  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Subordinated Notes

     5.150     5/22/45        500,000        573,725  

KKR Group Finance Co. III LLC, Senior Bonds

     5.125     6/1/44        820,000        890,309 (a) 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    September 30, 2017

 

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT
     VALUE  

Capital Markets - (continued)

          

Morgan Stanley, Medium-Term Notes

     6.625     4/1/18      $ 100,000      $ 102,457  

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes

     5.500     7/24/20        100,000        108,702  

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes

     6.375     7/24/42        90,000        121,434  

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes

     4.375     1/22/47        300,000        319,946  

Raymond James Financial Inc., Senior Notes

     4.950     7/15/46        190,000        205,138  

UBS AG Stamford CT, Subordinated Notes

     7.625     8/17/22        340,000        401,625  
          

 

 

 

Total Capital Markets

             7,671,056  
          

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 2.0%

          

Ally Financial Inc., Subordinated Notes

     8.000     12/31/18        201,000        215,321  

HSBC Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     6.676     1/15/21        1,300,000        1,471,587  

Navient Corp., Senior Notes

     7.250     1/25/22        830,000        910,925  

Navient Corp., Senior Notes

     6.125     3/25/24        290,000        300,440  
          

 

 

 

Total Consumer Finance

             2,898,273  
          

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 2.4%

          

Blackstone Holdings Finance Co., LLC, Senior Notes

     4.450     7/15/45        190,000        195,591 (a) 

Carlyle Holdings II Finance LLC, Senior Secured Notes

     5.625     3/30/43        220,000        252,647 (a) 

ILFC E-Capital Trust I, Junior Subordinated Notes (Highest of 3 mo. USD LIBOR , 10 year Constant Maturity and 30 year Constant Maturity + 1.550%)

     4.360     12/21/65        470,000        447,675 (a)(b) 

ILFC E-Capital Trust II, Bonds (Max (3 mo. USD LIBOR, 10 year U.S. Treasury Constant Maturity Rate, 30 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate) 1.800%)

     4.610     12/21/65        270,000        258,525 (a)(b) 

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     6.250     5/15/19        130,000        138,229  

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     8.250     12/15/20        190,000        222,493  

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Secured Notes

     7.125     9/1/18        700,000        733,095 (a) 

Park Aerospace Holdings Ltd., Senior Notes

     5.250     8/15/22        392,000        409,150 (a) 

Park Aerospace Holdings Ltd., Senior Notes

     5.500     2/15/24        220,000        231,550 (a) 

Voya Financial Inc., Senior Notes

     5.700     7/15/43        500,000        585,671  
          

 

 

 

Total Diversified Financial Services

             3,474,626  
          

 

 

 

Insurance - 3.8%

          

Allstate Corp., Junior Subordinated Debentures (6.500% to 5/15/37 the 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.120%)

     6.500     5/15/57        480,000        577,008 (b) 

American International Group Inc., Junior Subordinated Debentures (6.250% to 3/15/37 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.056%)

     6.250     3/15/87        80,000        87,800 (b) 

American International Group Inc., Senior Notes

     6.400     12/15/20        90,000        101,262  

Aon PLC, Senior Notes

     4.750     5/15/45        90,000        98,262  

AXA SA, Subordinated Bonds

     8.600     12/15/30        200,000        287,000  

Brighthouse Financial Inc., Senior Notes

     3.700     6/22/27        550,000        541,123 (a) 

Delphi Financial Group Inc., Senior Notes

     7.875     1/31/20        170,000        189,416  

Fidelity & Guaranty Life Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

     6.375     4/1/21        190,000        194,987 (a) 

Liberty Mutual Group Inc., Junior Subordinated Bonds

     7.800     3/15/37        190,000        240,350 (a) 

Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., Subordinated Notes

     7.875     10/15/26        490,000        635,685 (a) 

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., Subordinated Notes

     4.900     4/1/77        260,000        282,516 (a) 

MetLife Inc., Junior Subordinated Debentures

     6.400     12/15/36        1,150,000        1,328,250  

Prudential Financial Inc., Junior Subordinated Debentures (8.875% to 6/15/18 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.000%)

     8.875     6/15/38        340,000        357,000 (b) 

Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America, Notes

     6.850     12/16/39        400,000        552,827 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Total Insurance

             5,473,486  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL FINANCIALS

             44,855,395  
          

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    September 30, 2017

 

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT
     VALUE  
HEALTH CARE - 3.1%           

Biotechnology - 0.7%

          

AbbVie Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes

     4.700     5/14/45      $ 180,000      $ 197,000  

Celgene Corp., Senior Notes

     5.000     8/15/45        300,000        340,471  

Gilead Sciences Inc., Senior Notes

     5.650     12/1/41        60,000        74,649  

Gilead Sciences Inc., Senior Notes

     4.500     2/1/45        310,000        333,888  

Gilead Sciences Inc., Senior Notes

     4.750     3/1/46        50,000        56,123  
          

 

 

 

Total Biotechnology

             1,002,131  
          

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 0.8%

          

Abbott Laboratories, Senior Notes

     4.750     11/30/36        220,000        243,752  

Abbott Laboratories, Senior Notes

     4.900     11/30/46        230,000        257,929  

Becton, Dickinson & Co., Senior Notes

     4.685     12/15/44        200,000        212,237  

Becton, Dickinson & Co., Senior Notes

     4.669     6/6/47        410,000        431,877  
          

 

 

 

Total Health Care Equipment & Supplies

             1,145,795  
          

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 1.2%

          

Cardinal Health Inc., Senior Notes

     3.410     6/15/27        270,000        271,467  

Catholic Health Initiatives, Secured Bonds

     4.350     11/1/42        30,000        28,209  

HCA Inc., Senior Secured Notes

     5.500     6/15/47        570,000        592,087  

Humana Inc., Senior Notes

     8.150     6/15/38        80,000        116,277  

Humana Inc., Senior Notes

     4.800     3/15/47        230,000        257,167  

Magellan Health Inc., Senior Notes

     4.400     9/22/24        420,000        419,170  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

     6.000     11/15/17        31,000        31,153  
          

 

 

 

Total Health Care Providers & Services

             1,715,530  
          

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 0.4%

          

Actavis Funding SCS, Senior Notes

     4.550     3/15/35        190,000        203,319  

Actavis Funding SCS, Senior Notes

     4.750     3/15/45        200,000        217,227  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV, Senior Notes

     4.100     10/1/46        140,000        118,395  

Zoetis Inc., Senior Notes

     4.700     2/1/43        30,000        33,326  
          

 

 

 

Total Pharmaceuticals

             572,267  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL HEALTH CARE

             4,435,723  
          

 

 

 
INDUSTRIALS - 4.9%           

Aerospace & Defense - 0.9%

          

Lockheed Martin Corp., Senior Notes

     4.500     5/15/36        40,000        43,866  

Lockheed Martin Corp., Senior Notes

     4.700     5/15/46        120,000        134,771  

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Senior Notes

     7.875     3/1/26        870,000        1,147,177  
          

 

 

 

Total Aerospace & Defense

             1,325,814  
          

 

 

 

Airlines - 0.6%

          

Continental Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates, Secured Notes

     6.250     4/11/20        101,080        107,019  

Continental Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates, Senior Secured Notes

     6.545     2/2/19        61,902        64,223  

Continental Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates, Senior Secured Notes

     7.250     11/10/19        143,189        157,687  

Continental Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates, Senior Secured Notes

     7.256     3/15/20        62,881        66,969  

Delta Air Lines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates, Secured Notes

     8.021     8/10/22        56,704        64,926  

Delta Air Lines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates, Senior Secured Notes

     7.750     12/17/19        106,034        116,902  

US Airways, Pass-Through Trust, Senior Secured Bonds

     5.900     10/1/24        270,201        306,003  
          

 

 

 

Total Airlines

             883,729  
          

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    September 30, 2017

 

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT
     VALUE  

Commercial Services & Supplies - 1.0%

          

Republic Services Inc., Senior Notes

     5.500     9/15/19      $ 130,000      $ 138,729  

Republic Services Inc., Senior Notes

     5.250     11/15/21        330,000        364,668  

Taylor Morrison Communities Inc./Taylor Morrison Holdings II Inc., Senior Notes

     5.250     4/15/21        600,000        616,500 (a) 

Waste Management Inc., Senior Notes

     7.750     5/15/32        250,000        358,478  
          

 

 

 

Total Commercial Services & Supplies

             1,478,375  
          

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering - 0.6%

          

Valmont Industries Inc., Senior Notes

     6.625     4/20/20        790,000        866,474  
          

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 1.3%

          

General Electric Co., Junior Subordinated Bonds (5.000% to 1/21/21 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.330%)

     5.000     1/21/21        710,000        751,854 (b)(c) 

General Electric Co., Senior Notes

     6.875     1/10/39        646,000        947,653  

General Electric Co., Subordinated Notes

     5.300     2/11/21        138,000        151,815  
          

 

 

 

Total Industrial Conglomerates

             1,851,322  
          

 

 

 

Machinery - 0.2%

          

Caterpillar Inc., Senior Notes

     4.750     5/15/64        220,000        247,111  
          

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 0.3%

          

Flexi-Van Leasing Inc., Senior Notes

     7.875     8/15/18        60,000        60,300 (a) 

Union Pacific Corp., Senior Notes

     4.375     11/15/65        320,000        341,205  
          

 

 

 

Total Road & Rail

             401,505  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL INDUSTRIALS

             7,054,330  
          

 

 

 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 4.6%           

Communications Equipment - 0.8%

          

Harris Corp., Senior Notes

     5.550     10/1/21        520,000        576,269  

Harris Corp., Senior Notes

     4.854     4/27/35        260,000        287,291  

Harris Corp., Senior Notes

     5.054     4/27/45        210,000        241,446  
          

 

 

 

Total Communications Equipment

             1,105,006  
          

 

 

 

IT Services - 0.3%

          

HP Enterprise Services LLC, Notes

     7.450     10/15/29        420,000        512,972  
          

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 0.4%

          

Intel Corp., Senior Notes

     4.900     7/29/45        130,000        155,718  

NXP BV/NXP Funding LLC, Senior Notes

     3.875     9/1/22        400,000        418,000 (a) 

QUALCOMM Inc., Senior Notes

     4.300     5/20/47        40,000        40,985  
          

 

 

 

Total Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

             614,703  
          

 

 

 

Software - 1.9%

          

Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes

     3.750     2/12/45        420,000        427,231  

Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes

     3.700     8/8/46        490,000        495,437  

Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes

     4.250     2/6/47        1,660,000        1,840,004  
          

 

 

 

Total Software

             2,762,672  
          

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 1.2%

          

Apple Inc., Senior Notes

     3.850     8/4/46        340,000        344,577  

Dell International LLC/EMC Corp., Senior Secured Notes

     4.420     6/15/21        620,000        651,491 (a) 

HP Inc., Senior Notes

     4.650     12/9/21        310,000        334,357  

Seagate HDD Cayman, Senior Notes

     4.250     3/1/22        420,000        418,066 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Total Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

             1,748,491  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

             6,743,844  
          

 

 

 
MATERIALS - 6.8%           

Chemicals - 1.0%

          

Dow Chemical Co., Debentures

     7.375     11/1/29        800,000        1,068,605  

Ecolab Inc., Senior Notes

     5.500     12/8/41        80,000        98,782  

Equate Petrochemical BV, Senior Notes

     4.250     11/3/26        200,000        206,160 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Total Chemicals

             1,373,547  
          

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging - 0.6%

          

Suzano Austria GmbH, Senior Notes

     5.750     7/14/26        550,000        592,240 (a) 

WestRock RKT Co., Senior Notes

     4.450     3/1/19        230,000        237,519  
          

 

 

 

Total Containers & Packaging

             829,759  
          

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    September 30, 2017

 

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT
     VALUE  

Metals & Mining - 5.0%

          

Alcoa Nederland Holding BV, Senior Notes

     6.750     9/30/24      $ 250,000      $ 278,125 (a) 

Anglo American Capital PLC, Senior Notes

     4.000     9/11/27        500,000        494,968 (a) 

Arconic Inc., Senior Notes

     5.870     2/23/22        800,000        880,000  

Barrick North America Finance LLC, Senior Notes

     5.700     5/30/41        50,000        59,831  

Barrick PD Australia Finance Pty Ltd., Senior Notes

     5.950     10/15/39        180,000        220,687  

BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd., Senior Notes

     5.000     9/30/43        100,000        118,243  

BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd., Subordinated Notes (6.750% to 10/20/25 then USD 5 year Swap Rate + 5.093%)

     6.750     10/19/75        470,000        554,600 (a)(b) 

Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Senior Notes

     2.375     3/15/18        80,000        80,200  

Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Senior Notes

     3.550     3/1/22        60,000        59,231  

Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Senior Notes

     6.875     2/15/23        630,000        689,850  

Glencore Finance Canada Ltd., Senior Notes

     2.700     10/25/17        110,000        110,135 (a) 

Glencore Finance Canada Ltd., Senior Notes

     6.900     11/15/37        430,000        543,468 (a) 

Glencore Finance Canada Ltd., Senior Notes

     5.550     10/25/42        150,000        166,498 (a) 

Glencore Funding LLC, Senior Notes

     4.000     3/27/27        100,000        100,798 (a) 

HudBay Minerals Inc., Senior Notes

     7.250     1/15/23        490,000        524,300 (a) 

Southern Copper Corp., Senior Notes

     5.375     4/16/20        150,000        161,043  

Southern Copper Corp., Senior Notes

     5.250     11/8/42        470,000        500,249  

Vale Overseas Ltd., Senior Notes

     6.875     11/21/36        1,148,000        1,320,200  

Yamana Gold Inc., Senior Notes

     4.950     7/15/24        370,000        379,777  
          

 

 

 

Total Metals & Mining

             7,242,203  
          

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products - 0.2%

          

Fibria Overseas Finance Ltd., Senior Notes

     5.250     5/12/24        30,000        32,138  

Georgia-Pacific LLC, Senior Bonds

     7.375     12/1/25        250,000        317,988  
          

 

 

 

Total Paper & Forest Products

             350,126  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL MATERIALS

             9,795,635  
          

 

 

 
REAL ESTATE - 0.9%           

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 0.3%

          

MPT Operating Partnership LP/MPT Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     5.000     10/15/27        250,000        256,875  

Washington Prime Group LP, Senior Notes

     5.950     8/15/24        220,000        224,504  
          

 

 

 

Total Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

             481,379  
          

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development - 0.6%

          

Caesars Entertainment Resort Properties LLC, Senior Secured Notes

     8.000     10/1/20        500,000        512,500  

Security Capital Group Inc., Senior Notes

     7.700     6/15/28        280,000        387,215  
          

 

 

 

Total Real Estate Management & Development

             899,715  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL REAL ESTATE

             1,381,094  
          

 

 

 
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - 5.7%           

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 4.2%

          

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

     4.500     5/15/35        360,000        356,494  

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

     4.900     8/14/37        350,000        354,830  

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

     5.350     9/1/40        30,000        31,633  

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

     4.800     6/15/44        210,000        205,065  

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

     5.450     3/1/47        50,000        53,088  

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

     4.500     3/9/48        86,000        79,646  

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

     4.550     3/9/49        310,000        287,053  

British Telecommunications PLC, Bonds

     9.125     12/15/30        330,000        500,526  

Koninklijke KPN NV, Senior Notes

     8.375     10/1/30        200,000        278,720  

Qwest Corp., Debentures

     6.875     9/15/33        850,000        833,940  

Telefonica Emisiones SAU, Senior Notes

     7.045     6/20/36        60,000        79,705  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Bonds

     5.500     3/16/47        730,000        813,518  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

     5.150     9/15/23        1,790,000        2,009,130  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

     5.012     8/21/54        139,000        140,228  
          

 

 

 

Total Diversified Telecommunication Services

             6,023,576  
          

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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WESTERN ASSET INCOME FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    September 30, 2017

 

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT
     VALUE  

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 1.5%

          

America Movil SAB de CV, Senior Notes

     6.125     3/30/40      $ 850,000      $ 1,041,986  

Sprint Communications Inc., Senior Notes

     9.000     11/15/18        50,000        53,771 (a) 

Sprint Corp., Senior Notes

     7.250     9/15/21        330,000        367,537  

Sprint Corp., Senior Notes

     7.875     9/15/23        340,000        395,250  

Telefonica Europe BV, Senior Notes

     8.250     9/15/30        230,000        323,801  
          

 

 

 

Total Wireless Telecommunication Services

             2,182,345  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES

             8,205,921  
          

 

 

 
UTILITIES - 2.2%           

Electric Utilities - 2.2%

          

CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric LLC, Senior Secured Bonds

     4.500     4/1/44        210,000        237,328  

Duke Energy Corp., Senior Notes

     3.750     9/1/46        420,000        406,346  

Enel Finance International NV, Senior Notes

     2.875     5/25/22        300,000        302,270 (a) 

FirstEnergy Corp., Notes

     7.375     11/15/31        830,000        1,106,808  

FirstEnergy Corp., Senior Notes

     3.900     7/15/27        310,000        315,441  

Pacific Gas & Electric Co., First Mortgage Bonds

     6.050     3/1/34        130,000        169,588  

Virginia Electric and Power Co., Senior Notes

     8.875     11/15/38        390,000        656,807  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL UTILITIES

             3,194,588  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES
(Cost - $113,440,319)

             127,718,600  
          

 

 

 
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES - 0.2%           

GoldenTree Loan Opportunities Ltd., 2015-10A D (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.350%) (Cost - $244,109)

     4.657     7/20/27        250,000        251,074 (a)(b) 
          

 

 

 
MUNICIPAL BONDS - 1.4%           

Alabama - 0.2%

          

Alabama Economic Settlement Authority, BP Settlement Revenue

     3.163     9/15/25        310,000        316,414  
          

 

 

 

California - 0.8%

          

Los Angeles County, CA, Public Works Financing Authority, Lease Revenue, Build America Bonds, Recovery Zone Economic Development

     7.618     8/1/40        650,000        990,106  

University of California Revenue, Taxable

     4.062     5/15/33        150,000        156,430  
          

 

 

 

Total California

             1,146,536  
          

 

 

 

Florida - 0.1%

          

Sumter Landing, FL, Community Development District Recreational Revenue, Taxable Community Development District

     4.172     10/1/47        170,000        177,657  
          

 

 

 

Illinois - 0.3%

          

Illinois State, GO, Build America Bonds-Taxable

     6.725     4/1/35        310,000        349,215  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL MUNICIPAL BONDS
(Cost - $1,915,565)

             1,989,822  
          

 

 

 
SOVEREIGN BONDS - 3.7%           

Argentina - 1.9%

          

Provincia de Buenos Aires, Senior Notes

     9.125     3/16/24        1,220,000        1,406,050 (a) 

Provincia de Cordoba, Senior Notes

     7.450     9/1/24        740,000        805,335 (a) 

Republic of Argentina, Senior Bonds

     7.500     4/22/26        370,000        416,805  

Republic of Argentina, Senior Notes

     6.875     1/26/27        120,000        129,840  
          

 

 

 

Total Argentina

             2,758,030  
          

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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WESTERN ASSET INCOME FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    September 30, 2017

 

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT
     VALUE  

Canada - 0.7%

          

Quebec Province, Notes

     7.970     7/22/36      $ 650,000      $ 1,020,946  

Ecuador - 0.5%

          

Republic of Ecuador, Senior Bonds

     10.750     3/28/22        610,000        683,200 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Honduras - 0.2%

          

Republic of Honduras, Senior Notes

     6.250     1/19/27        350,000        378,119 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Mexico - 0.3%

          

United Mexican States, Senior Notes

     4.750     3/8/44        30,000        30,990  

United Mexican States, Senior Notes

     4.350     1/15/47        360,000        351,000  
          

 

 

 

Total Mexico

             381,990  
          

 

 

 

Panama - 0.1%

          

Republic of Panama, Senior Notes

     4.500     5/15/47        210,000        222,075  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL SOVEREIGN BONDS
(Cost - $4,836,178)

             5,444,360  
          

 

 

 
U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS - 4.4%           

U.S. Government Obligations - 4.4%

          

U.S. Treasury Bonds

     3.000     5/15/47        810,000        833,651  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

     2.750     8/15/47        130,000        127,199  

U.S. Treasury Notes

     1.375     2/15/20        550,000        547,862  

U.S. Treasury Notes

     1.500     8/15/20        3,600,000        3,589,664  

U.S. Treasury Notes

     1.750     9/30/22        430,000        428,808  

U.S. Treasury Notes

     2.000     4/30/24        30,000        29,773  

U.S. Treasury Notes

     2.250     8/15/27        870,000        864,206  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS
(Cost - $6,429,654)

             6,421,163  
          

 

 

 
                  SHARES         
PREFERRED STOCKS - 0.3%           
FINANCIALS - 0.3%           

Capital Markets - 0.2%

          

Carlyle Group LP

     5.875        10,775        275,624  
          

 

 

 

Insurance - 0.1%

          

Delphi Financial Group Inc. (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.190%)

     4.505        5,725        120,583 (b)(d) 
          

 

 

 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
(Cost - $412,443)

             396,207  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost - $127,278,268)

             142,221,226  
          

 

 

 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 0.6%           

Western Asset Government Cash Management Portfolio LLC (Cost - $901,266)

     1.050        901,266        901,266 (e) 
          

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 98.8%
(Cost - $128,179,534)

             143,122,492  

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 1.2%

             1,736,297  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

           $ 144,858,789  
          

 

 

 

 

Face amount denominated in U.S. dollars, unless otherwise noted.

 

(a) Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be resold in transactions that are exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. This security has been deemed liquid pursuant to guidelines approved by the Board of Directors.

 

(b) Variable rate security. Interest rate disclosed is as of the most recent information available. Certain variable rate securities are not based on a published reference rate and spread but are determined by the issuer or agent and are based on current market conditions. These securities do not indicate a reference rate and spread in their description above.

 

(c) Security has no maturity date. The date shown represents the next call date.

 

(d) Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs (See Note 1).

 

(e) In this instance, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, an “Affiliated Company” represents Fund ownership of at least 5% of the outstanding voting securities of an issuer, or a company which is under common ownership or control. At September 30, 2017, the total market value of investments in Affiliated Companies was $901,266 and the cost was $901,266 (See Note 2).

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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WESTERN ASSET INCOME FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    September 30, 2017

 

Abbreviation used in this schedule:

 

GO    — General Obligation
LIBOR    — London Interbank Offered Rate

At September 30, 2017, the Fund had the following open futures contracts:

 

     Number of
Contracts
     Expiration
Date
     Notional
Amount
     Market
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Contracts to Buy:  

U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes

     34        12/17      $ 4,005,967      $ 3,995,000      $ (10,967
              

 

 

 
Contracts to Sell:  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes

     12        12/17        1,525,916        1,503,750        22,166  

U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds

     101        12/17        15,674,399        15,434,064        240,335  

U.S. Treasury Ultra Long-Term Bonds

     10        12/17        1,680,671        1,651,250        29,421  
              

 

 

 
                 291,922  
              

 

 

 
Net unrealized appreciation on open futures contracts      $ 280,955  
              

 

 

 

This Schedule of Investments is unaudited and is intended to provide information about the Fund’s investments as of the date of the schedule. Other information regarding the Fund is available in the Fund’s most recent annual or semi-annual shareholder report.

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

 

1. Organization and significant accounting policies

Western Asset Income Fund (the “Fund”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), as a closed-end diversified investment company.

The Fund seeks a high level of current income, consistent with prudent investment risk. Capital appreciation is a secondary investment objective.

The following are significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund and are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”).

(a) Investment valuation. The valuations for fixed income securities (which may include, but are not limited to, corporate, government, municipal, mortgage-backed, collateralized mortgage obligations and asset-backed securities) and certain derivative instruments are typically the prices supplied by independent third party pricing services, which may use market prices or broker/dealer quotations or a variety of valuation techniques and methodologies. The independent third party pricing services use inputs that are observable such as issuer details, interest rates, yield curves, prepayment speeds, credit risks/spreads, default rates and quoted prices for similar securities. Short-term fixed income securities that will mature in 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, unless it is determined that using this method would not reflect an investment’s fair value. Investments in open-end funds are valued at the closing net asset value per share of each fund on the day of valuation. Futures contracts are valued daily at the settlement price established by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded. Equity securities for which market quotations are available are valued at the last reported sales price or official closing price on the primary market or exchange on which they trade. When the Fund holds securities or other assets that are denominated in a foreign currency, the Fund will normally use the currency exchange rates as of 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). If independent third party pricing services are unable to supply prices for a portfolio investment, or if the prices supplied are deemed by the manager to be unreliable, the market price may be determined by the manager using quotations from one or more broker/dealers or at the transaction price if the security has recently been purchased and no value has yet been obtained from a pricing service or pricing broker. When reliable prices are not readily available, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded, but before the Fund calculates its net asset value, the Fund values these securities as determined in accordance with procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Directors.

The Board of Directors is responsible for the valuation process and has delegated the supervision of the daily valuation process to the Legg Mason North Atlantic Fund Valuation Committee (the “Valuation Committee”). The Valuation Committee, pursuant to the policies adopted by the Board of Directors, is responsible for making fair value determinations, evaluating the effectiveness of the Fund’s pricing policies, and reporting to the Board of Directors. When determining the reliability of third party pricing information for investments owned by the Fund, the Valuation Committee, among other things, conducts due diligence reviews of pricing vendors, monitors the daily change in prices and reviews transactions among market participants.

The Valuation Committee will consider pricing methodologies it deems relevant and appropriate when making fair value determinations. Examples of possible methodologies include, but are not limited to, multiple of earnings; discount from market of a similar freely traded security; discounted cash-flow analysis; book value or a multiple thereof; risk premium/yield analysis; yield to maturity; and/or fundamental investment analysis. The Valuation Committee will also consider factors it deems relevant and appropriate in light of the facts and circumstances. Examples of possible factors include, but are not limited to, the type of security; the issuer’s financial statements; the purchase price of the security; the discount from market value of unrestricted securities of the same class at the time of purchase; analysts’ research and observations from financial institutions; information regarding any transactions or offers with respect to the security; the existence of merger proposals or tender offers affecting the security; the price and extent of public trading in similar securities of the issuer or comparable companies; and the existence of a shelf registration for restricted securities.

For each portfolio security that has been fair valued pursuant to the policies adopted by the Board of Directors, the fair value price is compared against the last available and next available market quotations. The Valuation Committee reviews the results of such back testing monthly and fair valuation occurrences are reported to the Board of Directors quarterly.

The Fund uses valuation techniques to measure fair value that are consistent with the market approach and/or income approach, depending on the type of security and the particular circumstance. The market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable securities. The income approach uses valuation techniques to discount estimated future cash flows to present value.

GAAP establishes a disclosure hierarchy that categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value assets and liabilities at measurement date. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

   

Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

 

   

Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

 

   

Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities carried at fair value:

 

ASSETS

 

DESCRIPTION

   QUOTED PRICES
(LEVEL 1)
     OTHER SIGNIFICANT
OBSERVABLE INPUTS
(LEVEL 2)
     SIGNIFICANT
UNOBSERVABLE
INPUTS
(LEVEL 3)
     TOTAL  

Long-Term Investments†:

 

Corporate Bonds & Notes

     —        $ 127,718,600        —        $ 127,718,600  

Asset-Backed Securities

     —          251,074        —          251,074  

Municipal Bonds

     —          1,989,822        —          1,989,822  

Sovereign Bonds

     —          5,444,360        —          5,444,360  

U.S. Government & Agency Obligations

     —          6,421,163        —          6,421,163  

Preferred Stocks:

 

Financials

   $ 275,624        —        $ 120,583        396,207  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments

     275,624        141,825,019        120,583        142,221,226  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments†

     —        $ 901,266        —        $ 901,266  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 275,624      $ 142,726,285      $ 120,583      $ 143,122,492  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other Financial Instruments:

 

Futures Contracts

   $ 291,922        —          —        $ 291,922  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 567,546      $ 142,726,285      $ 120,583      $ 143,414,414  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

DESCRIPTION

   QUOTED PRICES
(LEVEL 1)
     OTHER SIGNIFICANT
OBSERVABLE INPUTS
(LEVEL 2)
     SIGNIFICANT
UNOBSERVABLE
INPUTS
(LEVEL 3)
     TOTAL  

Other Financial Instruments:

 

Futures Contracts

   $ 10,967        —          —        $ 10,967  

 

See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

2. Transactions with affiliated companies

As defined by the 1940 Act, an affiliated company is one in which the Fund owns 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities, or a company which is under common ownership or control. The Fund may invest in Western Asset Government Cash Management Portfolio, LLC (“Cash Management Portfolio”), an affiliated private money market fund managed by Western Asset, the Fund’s investment adviser. Cash Management Portfolio is available as a cash management vehicle for certain proprietary investment companies affiliated with Legg Mason. While Cash Management Portfolio is not a registered money market fund, it conducts all of its investment activities in accordance with the requirements of Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act. Based on the Fund’s relative ownership, the following companies were considered affiliated companies for all or some portion of the period ended September 30, 2017. The following transactions were effected in shares of such companies for the period ended September 30, 2017.

 

     Affiliate
Value at
December 31,
2016
     Purchased      Sold      Realized
Gain
(Loss)
     Interest
Income
     Net Increase
(Decrease) in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Affiliate
Value at
September 30,
2017
 
        Cost      Shares      Cost      Shares              
Western Asset Government Cash Management Portfolio LLC      —        $ 6,701,266        6,701,266      $ 5,800,000        5,800,000        —        $ 1,995        —        $ 901,266  

 

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ITEM 2. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

 

  (a) The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a- 3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of the disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

  (b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are likely to materially affect the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 3. EXHIBITS.

Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, are attached hereto.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and 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.

Western Asset Income Fund

 

By   /s/    JANE TRUST        
  Jane Trust
  Chief Executive Officer

Date:

 

November 22, 2017

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By   /s/    JANE TRUST        
  Jane Trust
  Chief Executive Officer

Date:

 

November 22, 2017

By   /s/    RICHARD F. SENNETT        
  Richard F. Sennett
  Principal Financial Officer

Date:

 

November 22, 2017