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, 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, 2011

 

 



 

ITEM 1.                  SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 



 

WESTERN ASSET INCOME FUND

 

FORM N-Q

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

 


 

WESTERN ASSET INCOME FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited)

September 30, 2011

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES — 93.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — 7.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Automobiles — 1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Daimler Finance NA LLC, Senior Notes

 

3.875%

 

9/15/21

 

$

800,000

 

$

780,422

(a)

Escrow GCB General Motors

 

8.250%

 

7/15/23

 

2,710,000

 

27,100

(b)(c)

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, Senior Notes

 

5.000%

 

5/15/18

 

690,000

 

666,482

 

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, Senior Notes

 

5.875%

 

8/2/21

 

560,000

 

557,023

 

Total Automobiles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,031,027

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NCL Corp. Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

 

11.750%

 

11/15/16

 

180,000

 

202,500

 

Media — 4.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comcast Cable Holdings LLC

 

9.800%

 

2/1/12

 

375,000

 

385,118

 

Comcast Corp., Bonds

 

6.400%

 

5/15/38

 

950,000

 

1,093,605

 

Comcast Corp., Notes

 

6.450%

 

3/15/37

 

120,000

 

138,046

 

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.950%

 

8/15/37

 

160,000

 

191,798

 

News America Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.550%

 

3/15/33

 

545,000

 

591,250

 

News America Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.750%

 

12/1/45

 

130,000

 

158,014

 

TCI Communications Inc.

 

8.750%

 

8/1/15

 

160,000

 

195,063

 

Time Warner Cable Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.750%

 

2/14/19

 

520,000

 

665,430

 

Time Warner Entertainment Co., LP, Senior Notes

 

8.375%

 

7/15/33

 

530,000

 

691,151

 

Time Warner Inc., Senior Debentures

 

7.700%

 

5/1/32

 

595,000

 

755,011

 

United Business Media Ltd., Notes

 

5.750%

 

11/3/20

 

640,000

 

683,854

(a)

WPP Finance UK, Senior Notes

 

8.000%

 

9/15/14

 

180,000

 

203,721

 

Total Media

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,752,061

 

Multiline Retail — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Macy’s Retail Holdings Inc., Notes

 

5.750%

 

7/15/14

 

400,000

 

427,234

 

Specialty Retail — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gap Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.950%

 

4/12/21

 

730,000

 

686,629

 

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,099,451

 

CONSUMER STAPLES — 3.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beverages — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.375%

 

1/15/20

 

260,000

 

302,922

 

Food & Staples Retailing — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delhaize Group, Senior Notes

 

6.500%

 

6/15/17

 

290,000

 

338,981

 

Pernod-Ricard SA, Senior Bonds

 

5.750%

 

4/7/21

 

530,000

 

580,908

(a)

Total Food & Staples Retailing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

919,889

 

Food Products — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kraft Foods Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.375%

 

2/10/20

 

150,000

 

169,758

 

Tobacco — 2.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

4.750%

 

5/5/21

 

410,000

 

424,092

 

Lorillard Tobacco Co., Senior Notes

 

8.125%

 

6/23/19

 

300,000

 

351,452

 

Lorillard Tobacco Co., Senior Notes

 

8.125%

 

5/1/40

 

270,000

 

321,417

 

Lorillard Tobacco Co., Senior Notes

 

7.000%

 

8/4/41

 

320,000

 

339,604

 

Philip Morris International Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.875%

 

3/17/14

 

490,000

 

556,066

 

Reynolds American Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.250%

 

6/1/12

 

1,360,000

 

1,413,719

 

Total Tobacco

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,406,350

 

TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,798,919

 

ENERGY — 16.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baker Hughes Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.500%

 

11/15/18

 

370,000

 

486,214

 

Baker Hughes Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.125%

 

9/15/40

 

240,000

 

274,777

 

Total Energy Equipment & Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

760,991

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 16.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anadarko Finance Co., Senior Notes

 

7.500%

 

5/1/31

 

465,000

 

550,662

 

Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.375%

 

9/15/17

 

35,000

 

39,264

 

Apache Corp.

 

6.900%

 

9/15/18

 

100,000

 

126,663

 

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.000%

 

1/15/37

 

190,000

 

236,417

 

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.100%

 

9/1/40

 

80,000

 

89,248

 

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.250%

 

2/1/42

 

90,000

 

101,914

 

Arch Coal Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.000%

 

6/15/19

 

260,000

 

247,000

(a)

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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WESTERN ASSET INCOME FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

September 30, 2011

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ConocoPhillips, Notes

 

6.500%

 

2/1/39

 

$

810,000

 

$

1,074,100

 

ConocoPhillips, Senior Notes

 

6.000%

 

1/15/20

 

310,000

 

379,540

 

Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.600%

 

7/15/41

 

320,000

 

368,895

 

Devon Financing Corp. ULC, Debentures

 

7.875%

 

9/30/31

 

380,000

 

532,166

 

Duke Capital LLC, Senior Notes

 

6.250%

 

2/15/13

 

800,000

 

845,694

 

El Paso Corp., Medium-Term Notes

 

7.800%

 

8/1/31

 

2,000,000

 

2,324,140

 

Enbridge Energy Partners LP

 

9.875%

 

3/1/19

 

120,000

 

159,089

 

Enbridge Energy Partners LP, Senior Notes

 

4.200%

 

9/15/21

 

270,000

 

267,010

 

Energy Transfer Partners LP, Senior Notes

 

9.700%

 

3/15/19

 

170,000

 

210,450

 

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes

 

6.125%

 

10/15/39

 

320,000

 

348,409

 

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes

 

5.700%

 

2/15/42

 

570,000

 

599,756

 

EOG Resources Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.875%

 

9/15/17

 

540,000

 

636,881

 

Hess Corp., Notes

 

7.875%

 

10/1/29

 

1,180,000

 

1,587,931

 

Hess Corp., Senior Bonds

 

6.000%

 

1/15/40

 

300,000

 

342,139

 

Kerr-McGee Corp., Notes

 

6.950%

 

7/1/24

 

1,080,000

 

1,262,286

 

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, Senior Notes

 

7.125%

 

3/15/12

 

530,000

 

543,596

 

LUKOIL International Finance BV, Bonds

 

6.356%

 

6/7/17

 

310,000

 

310,000

(a)

Noble Energy Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.000%

 

3/1/41

 

390,000

 

435,447

 

Pemex Project Funding Master Trust, Senior Bonds

 

6.625%

 

6/15/35

 

2,635,000

 

2,826,038

 

Petrobras International Finance Co., Global Notes

 

5.875%

 

3/1/18

 

879,000

 

915,364

 

Petrobras International Finance Co., Senior Notes

 

6.750%

 

1/27/41

 

700,000

 

724,500

 

Petroplus Finance Ltd., Senior Notes

 

7.000%

 

5/1/17

 

600,000

 

486,000

(a)

Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes

 

6.375%

 

12/15/38

 

250,000

 

340,659

 

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC, Senior Notes

 

5.400%

 

8/15/41

 

310,000

 

326,616

(a)

Williams Cos. Inc., Debentures

 

7.500%

 

1/15/31

 

76,000

 

88,911

 

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.750%

 

6/15/31

 

60,000

 

72,029

 

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.750%

 

3/15/32

 

986,000

 

1,288,887

 

Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,687,701

 

TOTAL ENERGY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21,448,692

 

FINANCIALS — 38.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Markets — 5.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GFI Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.375%

 

7/19/18

 

470,000

 

437,100

(a)

Goldman Sachs Capital I, Capital Securities

 

6.345%

 

2/15/34

 

555,000

 

502,584

 

Goldman Sachs Capital II, Junior Subordinated Bonds

 

5.793%

 

6/1/12

 

880,000

 

545,600

(d)(e)

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.000%

 

5/1/14

 

40,000

 

42,349

 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.375%

 

3/15/20

 

270,000

 

268,130

 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.250%

 

7/27/21

 

510,000

 

503,123

 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.250%

 

2/1/41

 

570,000

 

554,278

 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Subordinated Notes

 

6.750%

 

10/1/37

 

640,000

 

585,436

 

Jefferies Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.125%

 

4/13/18

 

240,000

 

224,761

 

Kaupthing Bank HF, Senior Notes

 

5.750%

 

10/4/11

 

480,000

 

117,600

(a)(b)(f)

Kaupthing Bank HF, Senior Notes

 

7.625%

 

2/28/15

 

620,000

 

151,900

(a)(b)(f)

Kaupthing Bank HF, Subordinated Notes

 

7.125%

 

5/19/16

 

1,250,000

 

0

(a)(b)(c)(f)(g)

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.400%

 

8/28/17

 

300,000

 

290,863

 

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Senior Notes, Medium-Term Notes

 

6.050%

 

8/15/12

 

400,000

 

403,672

 

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Subordinated Notes

 

5.700%

 

5/2/17

 

1,000,000

 

891,969

 

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Subordinated Notes

 

6.110%

 

1/29/37

 

320,000

 

247,946

 

Morgan Stanley, Medium-Term Notes

 

6.625%

 

4/1/18

 

100,000

 

99,206

 

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes

 

6.000%

 

5/13/14

 

860,000

 

870,913

 

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes

 

5.500%

 

7/24/20

 

100,000

 

90,572

 

State Street Corp., Junior Subordinated Notes

 

4.956%

 

3/15/18

 

480,000

 

507,922

 

Total Capital Markets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,335,924

 

Commercial Banks — 11.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BAC Capital Trust XIV, Junior Subordinated Notes

 

5.630%

 

3/15/12

 

585,000

 

321,750

(d)(e)

Banco Mercantil del Norte SA, Subordinated Bonds

 

6.135%

 

10/13/16

 

750,000

 

742,500

(a)(d)

BankAmerica Capital III, Junior Subordinated Notes

 

0.819%

 

1/15/27

 

215,000

 

133,319

(d)

BankAmerica Institutional Capital A, Junior Subordinated Bonds

 

8.070%

 

12/31/26

 

480,000

 

441,600

(a)

BankAmerica Institutional Capital B, Junior Subordinated Bonds

 

7.700%

 

12/31/26

 

480,000

 

432,000

(a)

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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WESTERN ASSET INCOME FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

September 30, 2011

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

Commercial Banks — continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barclays Bank PLC, Subordinated Notes

 

10.179%

 

6/12/21

 

$

240,000

 

$

253,939

(a)

BBVA US Senior SAU, Senior Notes

 

3.250%

 

5/16/14

 

600,000

 

562,280

 

BNP Paribas, Senior Notes

 

5.000%

 

1/15/21

 

400,000

 

391,606

 

BPCE SA, Subordinated Bonds

 

12.500%

 

9/30/19

 

361,000

 

350,278

(a)(d)(e)

CIT Group Inc., Secured Notes

 

5.250%

 

4/1/14

 

370,000

 

357,975

(a)

Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank BA, Senior Notes

 

5.250%

 

5/24/41

 

570,000

 

624,681

 

Credit Agricole SA, Subordinated Notes

 

8.375%

 

10/13/19

 

1,050,000

 

826,875

(a)(d)(e)

Glitnir Banki HF, Notes

 

6.330%

 

7/28/11

 

400,000

 

104,000

(a)(b)(f)(h)

Glitnir Banki HF, Subordinated Bonds

 

7.451%

 

9/14/16

 

210,000

 

0

(a)(b)(c)(e)(f)(g)

Glitnir Banki HF, Subordinated Notes

 

6.693%

 

6/15/16

 

680,000

 

0

(a)(b)(c)(f)(g)

HBOS Capital Funding LP, Tier 1 Notes, Perpetual Bonds

 

6.071%

 

6/30/14

 

560,000

 

336,000

(a)(d)(e)

HSBC Finance Capital Trust IX, Junior Subordinated Notes

 

5.911%

 

11/30/35

 

1,350,000

 

1,120,500

(d)

HSBC Holdings PLC, Senior Notes

 

5.100%

 

4/5/21

 

250,000

 

257,438

 

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Senior Notes

 

6.500%

 

2/24/21

 

790,000

 

701,836

(a)

Landsbanki Islands HF

 

7.431%

 

10/19/17

 

730,000

 

0

(a)(b)(c)(e)(f)(g)

Mizuho Financial Group Cayman Ltd.

 

5.790%

 

4/15/14

 

550,000

 

593,195

(a)

Nordea Bank AB, Subordinated Notes

 

4.875%

 

5/13/21

 

510,000

 

435,795

(a)

Rabobank Nederland NV, Junior Subordinated Notes

 

11.000%

 

6/30/19

 

858,000

 

1,031,745

(a)(d)(e)

Resona Preferred Global Securities Cayman Ltd., Junior Subordinated Bonds

 

7.191%

 

7/30/15

 

1,095,000

 

1,023,931

(a)(d)(e)

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Junior Subordinated Bonds

 

7.648%

 

9/30/31

 

1,260,000

 

819,000

(d)(e)

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Subordinated Notes

 

5.000%

 

11/12/13

 

70,000

 

66,262

 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Subordinated Notes

 

5.000%

 

10/1/14

 

510,000

 

474,897

 

Societe Generale, Senior Notes

 

5.200%

 

4/15/21

 

690,000

 

599,109

(a)

Wachovia Capital Trust III, Junior Subordinated Bonds

 

5.570%

 

11/14/11

 

1,120,000

 

918,400

(d)(e)

Wells Fargo Capital X, Capital Securities

 

5.950%

 

12/15/36

 

450,000

 

438,499

 

Total Commercial Banks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,359,410

 

Consumer Finance — 4.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ally Financial Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.500%

 

12/31/13

 

1,551,000

 

1,574,265

 

Ally Financial Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.300%

 

2/12/15

 

370,000

 

365,837

 

Ally Financial Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.000%

 

11/1/31

 

728,000

 

638,820

 

Ally Financial Inc., Subordinated Notes

 

8.000%

 

12/31/18

 

201,000

 

182,910

 

American Express Co., Senior Notes

 

8.125%

 

5/20/19

 

220,000

 

277,665

 

American Express Co., Subordinated Debentures

 

6.800%

 

9/1/66

 

370,000

 

358,438

(d)

Capital One Financial Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.750%

 

9/15/17

 

230,000

 

260,847

 

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, Senior Notes

 

7.000%

 

4/15/15

 

610,000

 

640,500

 

HSBC Finance Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes

 

6.676%

 

1/15/21

 

1,300,000

 

1,277,669

(a)

SLM Corp., Medium-Term Notes

 

8.000%

 

3/25/20

 

590,000

 

582,446

 

Total Consumer Finance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,159,397

 

Diversified Financial Services — 12.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AES El Salvador Trust, Senior Notes

 

6.750%

 

2/1/16

 

750,000

 

731,250

(a)

Bank of America Corp., Notes, Preferred Securities

 

8.000%

 

1/30/18

 

150,000

 

127,522

(d)(e)

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

 

7.625%

 

6/1/19

 

70,000

 

73,529

 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.625%

 

7/1/20

 

30,000

 

27,632

 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.000%

 

5/13/21

 

520,000

 

463,920

 

Beaver Valley Funding Corp., Senior Secured Bonds

 

9.000%

 

6/1/17

 

154,000

 

165,274

 

Capital One Capital VI

 

8.875%

 

5/15/40

 

190,000

 

192,799

 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.375%

 

8/12/14

 

620,000

 

656,406

 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.500%

 

10/15/14

 

270,000

 

280,516

 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.010%

 

1/15/15

 

210,000

 

223,185

 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.500%

 

5/22/19

 

1,280,000

 

1,546,010

 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.125%

 

7/15/39

 

450,000

 

539,411

 

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

 

6.125%

 

8/25/36

 

550,000

 

465,248

 

General Electric Capital Corp., Notes

 

5.300%

 

2/11/21

 

1,710,000

 

1,773,956

 

General Electric Capital Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.900%

 

5/13/14

 

600,000

 

655,934

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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WESTERN ASSET INCOME FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

September 30, 2011

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

Diversified Financial Services — continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Electric Capital Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.000%

 

8/7/19

 

$

1,120,000

 

$

1,260,721

 

General Electric Capital Corp., Subordinated Debentures

 

6.375%

 

11/15/67

 

600,000

 

564,000

(d)

ILFC E-Capital Trust II, Bonds

 

6.250%

 

12/21/65

 

790,000

 

584,600

(a)(d)

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

 

8.750%

 

3/15/17

 

190,000

 

190,950

 

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

 

8.875%

 

9/1/17

 

470,000

 

472,350

 

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.250%

 

5/15/19

 

130,000

 

112,995

 

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

 

8.250%

 

12/15/20

 

190,000

 

186,200

 

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Secured Notes

 

6.500%

 

9/1/14

 

80,000

 

80,000

(a)

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Secured Notes

 

7.125%

 

9/1/18

 

600,000

 

602,250

(a)

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Subordinated Notes

 

6.125%

 

6/27/17

 

720,000

 

787,251

 

JPMorgan Chase Capital XXV, Junior Subordinated Notes

 

6.800%

 

10/1/37

 

1,000,000

 

1,003,634

 

UFJ Finance Aruba AEC

 

6.750%

 

7/15/13

 

355,000

 

381,483

 

ZFS Finance USA Trust II, Bonds

 

6.450%

 

12/15/65

 

1,440,000

 

1,267,200

(a)(d)

Total Diversified Financial Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,416,226

 

Insurance — 4.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allstate Corp., Junior Subordinated Debentures

 

6.500%

 

5/15/57

 

480,000

 

427,200

(d)

American International Group Inc., Junior Subordinated Debentures

 

6.250%

 

3/15/37

 

80,000

 

55,400

 

American International Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.400%

 

12/15/20

 

90,000

 

91,691

 

ASIF Global Financing XIX

 

4.900%

 

1/17/13

 

30,000

 

30,369

(a)

AXA SA, Subordinated Bonds

 

8.600%

 

12/15/30

 

200,000

 

223,913

 

Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co., Ltd., Subordinated Notes

 

7.250%

 

7/25/21

 

250,000

 

245,865

(a)(d)(e)

Delphi Financial Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.875%

 

1/31/20

 

170,000

 

195,080

 

ING Capital Funding Trust III, Junior Subordinated Bonds

 

3.969%

 

12/31/11

 

1,470,000

 

1,099,408

(d)(e)

Liberty Mutual Group, Junior Subordinated Bonds

 

7.800%

 

3/15/37

 

300,000

 

262,500

(a)

Liberty Mutual Group, Senior Notes

 

5.750%

 

3/15/14

 

270,000

 

281,283

(a)

MetLife Inc., Junior Subordinated Debentures

 

6.400%

 

12/15/36

 

1,160,000

 

1,028,210

 

Prudential Financial Inc., Junior Subordinated Debentures

 

8.875%

 

6/15/38

 

340,000

 

366,775

(d)

Prudential Holdings LLC, Bonds, FSA-Insured

 

7.245%

 

12/18/23

 

260,000

 

307,094

(a)

Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America - College Retirement Equity Fund, Notes

 

6.850%

 

12/16/39

 

400,000

 

490,175

(a)

Willis North America Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.625%

 

7/15/15

 

230,000

 

250,045

 

Total Insurance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,355,008

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care REIT Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.875%

 

5/15/15

 

130,000

 

136,119

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Santander Holdings USA Inc., Senior Notes

 

4.625%

 

4/19/16

 

160,000

 

154,142

 

TOTAL FINANCIALS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

48,916,226

 

HEALTH CARE — 3.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hospira Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.050%

 

3/30/17

 

210,000

 

242,200

 

Health Care Providers & Services — 3.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aetna Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.500%

 

9/15/18

 

240,000

 

288,003

 

HCA Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.250%

 

2/15/13

 

930,000

 

942,787

 

HCA Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.750%

 

3/15/14

 

65,000

 

63,375

 

Humana Inc.

 

8.150%

 

6/15/38

 

190,000

 

257,016

 

Humana Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.450%

 

6/1/16

 

220,000

 

248,979

 

Tenet Healthcare Corp., Senior Secured Notes

 

9.000%

 

5/1/15

 

682,000

 

719,510

 

Tenet Healthcare Corp., Senior Secured Notes

 

10.000%

 

5/1/18

 

732,000

 

792,390

 

Tenet Healthcare Corp., Senior Secured Notes

 

8.875%

 

7/1/19

 

300,000

 

317,250

 

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.000%

 

11/15/17

 

31,000

 

35,823

 

WellPoint Inc., Notes

 

5.875%

 

6/15/17

 

290,000

 

331,731

 

Total Health Care Providers & Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,996,864

 

TOTAL HEALTH CARE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,239,064

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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WESTERN ASSET INCOME FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

September 30, 2011

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

INDUSTRIALS — 4.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aerospace & Defense — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Esterline Technologies Corp., Senior Notes

 

7.000%

 

8/1/20

 

$

750,000

 

$

770,625

 

L-3 Communications Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes

 

6.375%

 

10/15/15

 

660,000

 

674,025

 

Total Aerospace & Defense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,444,650

 

Airlines — 2.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Airlines 2011-2 Pass-Through Trust, Secured Notes

 

8.625%

 

10/15/21

 

500,000

 

492,500

 

Continental Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates

 

9.250%

 

5/10/17

 

223,608

 

223,608

 

Continental Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates

 

6.545%

 

2/2/19

 

140,848

 

142,256

 

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

 

7.250%

 

11/10/19

 

209,422

 

217,798

 

Continental Airlines Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

7.256%

 

3/15/20

 

178,958

 

186,116

 

Delta Air Lines, Pass-Through Trust, Senior Secured Notes

 

7.750%

 

12/17/19

 

289,797

 

304,287

 

Delta Air Lines, Secured Notes

 

4.950%

 

5/23/19

 

374,558

 

363,183

 

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

 

8.021%

 

8/10/22

 

114,727

 

111,859

 

United Air Lines Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

9.875%

 

8/1/13

 

280,000

 

287,000

(a)

United Air Lines Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

12.000%

 

11/1/13

 

340,000

 

344,250

(a)

United Airlines, Pass-Through Trust, Pass-Through Certificates, Secured Notes

 

9.750%

 

1/15/17

 

124,508

 

136,336

 

Total Airlines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,809,193

 

Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Republic Services Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.500%

 

9/15/19

 

130,000

 

148,397

 

Republic Services Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.250%

 

11/15/21

 

330,000

 

369,907

 

Total Commercial Services & Supplies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

518,304

 

Industrial Conglomerates — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United Technologies Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.125%

 

2/1/19

 

200,000

 

245,255

 

Machinery — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Valmont Industries Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.625%

 

4/20/20

 

790,000

 

918,410

 

Road & Rail — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asciano Finance Ltd., Senior Notes

 

4.625%

 

9/23/20

 

30,000

 

29,235

(a)

TOTAL INDUSTRIALS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,965,047

 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IT Services — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electronic Data Systems Corp., Notes

 

7.450%

 

10/15/29

 

420,000

 

518,420

 

Mantech International Corp., Senior Notes

 

7.250%

 

4/15/18

 

320,000

 

316,800

 

Total IT Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

835,220

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

National Semiconductor Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.600%

 

6/15/17

 

110,000

 

131,229

 

TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

966,449

 

MATERIALS — 4.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chemicals — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dow Chemical Co., Debentures

 

7.375%

 

11/1/29

 

800,000

 

1,007,698

 

Metals & Mining — 3.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barrick Gold Financeco LLC, Senior Notes

 

6.125%

 

9/15/13

 

250,000

 

273,267

 

Cliffs Natural Resources Inc., Senior Notes

 

4.875%

 

4/1/21

 

290,000

 

280,312

 

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.375%

 

4/1/17

 

1,090,000

 

1,169,025

 

Novelis Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.750%

 

12/15/20

 

250,000

 

245,000

 

Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd., Senior Notes

 

9.000%

 

5/1/19

 

660,000

 

888,207

 

Southern Copper Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.375%

 

4/16/20

 

150,000

 

153,000

 

Vale Overseas Ltd., Notes

 

6.875%

 

11/21/36

 

1,148,000

 

1,238,231

 

Total Metals & Mining

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,247,042

 

Paper & Forest Products — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Georgia-Pacific Corp.

 

7.375%

 

12/1/25

 

250,000

 

278,943

 

Georgia-Pacific Corp., Debentures

 

9.500%

 

12/1/11

 

325,000

 

328,631

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

5

 


 

WESTERN ASSET INCOME FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

September 30, 2011

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

Paper & Forest Products — continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Verso Paper Holdings LLC, Senior Secured Notes

 

11.500%

 

7/1/14

 

$

150,000

 

$

156,000

 

Total Paper & Forest Products

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

763,574

 

TOTAL MATERIALS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,018,314

 

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 8.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 6.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AT&T Corp., Senior Notes

 

8.000%

 

11/15/31

 

9,000

 

12,557

 

AT&T Inc., Global Notes

 

6.550%

 

2/15/39

 

1,230,000

 

1,456,667

 

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.350%

 

8/15/41

 

500,000

 

538,309

 

British Telecommunications PLC, Bonds

 

9.875%

 

12/15/30

 

330,000

 

477,425

 

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV, Senior Notes

 

5.750%

 

3/23/16

 

160,000

 

176,168

 

Embarq Corp., Notes

 

7.082%

 

6/1/16

 

330,000

 

341,604

 

Koninklijke KPN NV, Senior Notes

 

8.375%

 

10/1/30

 

200,000

 

257,441

 

Qwest Corp., Debentures

 

6.875%

 

9/15/33

 

1,000,000

 

945,000

 

Telecom Italia Capital SA, Senior Notes

 

7.721%

 

6/4/38

 

390,000

 

371,844

 

Telecom Italia Capital SpA, Senior Notes

 

7.200%

 

7/18/36

 

20,000

 

18,283

 

Telefonica Emisiones SAU, Senior Notes

 

5.877%

 

7/15/19

 

630,000

 

618,358

 

Telefonica Emisiones SAU, Senior Notes

 

5.134%

 

4/27/20

 

780,000

 

726,451

 

Telefonica Emisiones SAU, Senior Notes

 

5.462%

 

2/16/21

 

130,000

 

123,445

 

Telefonica Emisiones SAU, Senior Notes

 

7.045%

 

6/20/36

 

100,000

 

99,927

 

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.950%

 

3/1/39

 

720,000

 

1,112,005

 

Verizon Global Funding Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.850%

 

9/15/35

 

570,000

 

669,062

 

Total Diversified Telecommunication Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,944,546

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

America Movil SAB de CV, Senior Notes

 

6.125%

 

3/30/40

 

850,000

 

884,000

 

Rogers Wireless Inc., Secured Notes

 

6.375%

 

3/1/14

 

300,000

 

333,005

 

Sprint Capital Corp., Global Notes

 

6.900%

 

5/1/19

 

330,000

 

283,800

 

Sprint Capital Corp., Senior Notes

 

8.750%

 

3/15/32

 

910,000

 

790,562

 

Total Wireless Telecommunication Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,291,367

 

TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,235,913

 

UTILITIES — 5.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electric Utilities — 3.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Duke Energy Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.300%

 

2/1/14

 

500,000

 

554,341

 

EEB International Ltd., Senior Bonds

 

8.750%

 

10/31/14

 

260,000

 

265,200

(a)

Enersis SA, Notes

 

7.400%

 

12/1/16

 

452,000

 

529,859

 

FirstEnergy Corp., Notes

 

6.450%

 

11/15/11

 

3,000

 

3,016

 

FirstEnergy Corp., Notes

 

7.375%

 

11/15/31

 

110,000

 

135,668

 

IPALCO Enterprises Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

5.000%

 

5/1/18

 

1,280,000

 

1,171,200

(a)

Pacific Gas & Electric Co., First Mortgage Bonds

 

6.050%

 

3/1/34

 

140,000

 

167,094

 

PNPP II Funding Corp.

 

9.120%

 

5/30/16

 

1,396,000

 

1,528,103

 

Virginia Electric and Power Co., Senior Notes

 

8.875%

 

11/15/38

 

390,000

 

638,082

 

Total Electric Utilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,992,563

 

Gas Utilities — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Southern Natural Gas Co., Senior Notes

 

5.900%

 

4/1/17

 

170,000

 

190,683

(a)

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy Future Holdings Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.550%

 

11/15/14

 

120,000

 

73,800

 

Multi-Utilities — 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CenterPoint Energy Inc.

 

6.850%

 

6/1/15

 

1,150,000

 

1,321,589

 

Dominion Resources Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.875%

 

1/15/19

 

250,000

 

333,221

 

DTE Energy Co.

 

6.350%

 

6/1/16

 

260,000

 

299,425

 

Total Multi-Utilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,954,235

 

TOTAL UTILITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,211,281

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES (Cost — $117,227,075)

 

 

 

 

118,899,356

 

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AESOP Funding II LLC, 2010-3A A

 

4.640%

 

5/20/16

 

70,000

 

75,063

(a)

Education Funding Capital Trust, 2004-1 A5

 

1.722%

 

6/15/43

 

300,000

 

278,250

(c)(d)

Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC, 2009-2A A1

 

4.260%

 

3/25/14

 

490,000

 

507,964

(a)

Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC, 2009-2X A2

 

5.290%

 

3/25/16

 

100,000

 

108,923

(a)

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

6


 

WESTERN ASSET INCOME FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

September 30, 2011

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

SLM Student Loan Trust, 2011-A A3

 

2.729%

 

1/15/43

 

$

330,000

 

$

327,527

(a)(d)

TOTAL ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES (Cost — $1,269,552)

 

 

 

 

 

1,297,727

 

COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thornburg Mortgage Securities Trust, 2007-4 2A1

 

6.145%

 

9/25/37

 

253,937

 

236,535

(d)

Thornburg Mortgage Securities Trust, 2007-4 3A1

 

6.150%

 

9/25/37

 

257,412

 

250,421

(d)

TOTAL COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS (Cost — $506,853)

 

 

 

486,956

 

MUNICIPAL BONDS — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Illinois — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Illinois State, GO

 

5.665%

 

3/1/18

 

310,000

 

333,690

 

Illinois State, GO

 

5.877%

 

3/1/19

 

310,000

 

330,872

 

TOTAL MUNICIPAL BONDS (Cost — $620,000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

664,562

 

SOVEREIGN BONDS — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canada — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quebec Province

 

7.970%

 

7/22/36

 

650,000

 

1,053,305

(d)

India — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ICICI Bank Ltd., Junior Subordinated Bonds

 

6.375%

 

4/30/22

 

200,000

 

166,000

(a)(d)

Mexico — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United Mexican States, Medium-Term Notes

 

6.750%

 

9/27/34

 

24,000

 

29,520

 

Russia — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RSHB Capital, Loan Participation Notes, Secured Notes

 

7.125%

 

1/14/14

 

200,000

 

204,000

(a)

Russian Foreign Bond-Eurobond, Senior Bonds

 

7.500%

 

3/31/30

 

45,090

 

50,667

(a)(d)

Total Russia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

254,667

 

TOTAL SOVEREIGN BONDS (Cost — $1,211,942)

 

 

 

 

 

1,503,492

 

U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Government Agencies — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), Debentures (Cost - $214,886)

 

0.000%

 

10/9/19

 

350,000

 

266,121

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHARES

 

 

 

COMMON STOCKS — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Automobiles — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Motors Co.

 

 

 

 

 

10,855

 

219,054

*

INDUSTRIALS — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Building Products — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nortek Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

1,208

 

22,952

*

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost — $961,533)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

242,006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PREFERRED STOCKS — 1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FINANCIALS — 1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial Banks — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Santander Finance Preferred SA Unipersonal

 

10.500%

 

 

 

4,500

 

119,250

 

Consumer Finance — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GMAC Capital Trust I

 

8.125%

 

 

 

47,925

 

874,631

 

Diversified Financial Services — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Citigroup Capital XII

 

8.500%

 

 

 

20,825

 

522,708

(d)

Citigroup Capital XIII

 

7.875%

 

 

 

22,900

 

604,789

(d)

Total Diversified Financial Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,127,497

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

 

8.375%

 

 

 

96,825

 

193,650

*(d)

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

 

8.250%

 

 

 

11,700

 

22,230

*(d)

Total Thrifts & Mortgage Finance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

215,880

 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS (Cost — $3,896,682)

 

 

 

 

 

2,337,258

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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WESTERN ASSET INCOME FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

September 30, 2011

 

SECURITY

 

 

 

EXPIRATION
DATE

 

WARRANTS

 

VALUE

 

WARRANTS — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Motors Co.

 

 

 

7/10/16

 

 

9,868

 

$

114,864

*

General Motors Co.

 

 

 

7/10/19

 

9,868

 

78,253

*

TOTAL WARRANTS (Cost — $1,026,492)

 

 

 

 

 

193,117

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost — $126,935,015)

 

125,890,595

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Government Agencies — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), Discount Notes

 

0.090 - 0.120%

 

1/10/12

 

$

213,000

 

212,988

(i)(j)

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), Discount Notes

 

0.110%

 

1/17/12

 

3,000

 

3,000

(i)(j)

Total U.S. Government Agencies (Cost — $215,933)

 

 

 

 

 

215,988

 

Repurchase Agreements — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. repurchase agreement dated 9/30/11; Proceeds at maturity - $207,001; (Fully collateralized by U.S. government agency obligations, 0.440% due 8/28/12; Market value - $211,140) (Cost - $207,000)

 

0.040

%

10/3/11

 

207,000

 

207,000

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost — $422,933)

 

 

 

 

 

422,988

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 98.8% (Cost — $127,357,948#)

 

 

 

 

 

126,313,583

 

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

1,496,013

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%

 

 

 

 

 

$

127,809,596

 

 

                   Non-income producing security.

(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, unless otherwise noted.

(b)             Illiquid security.

(c)              Security is valued in good faith in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Directors (See Note 1).

(d)             Variable rate security.  Interest rate disclosed is as of the most recent information available.

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

(f)                The coupon payment on these securities is currently in default as of September 30, 2011.

(g)             Value is less than $1.

(h)             The maturity principal is currently in default as of September 30, 2011.

(i)                 Rate shown represents yield-to-maturity.

(j)                 All or a portion of this security is held at the broker as collateral for open futures contracts.

#                   Aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes is substantially the same.

 

Abbreviation used in this schedule:

GO            - General Obligation

 

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 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 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 fair valuation techniques and methodologies. 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. 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. 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. 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). 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 Fund has adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Codification Topic 820 (“ASC Topic 820”). ASC Topic 820 establishes a single definition of fair value, creates a three-tier hierarchy as a framework for measuring fair value based on inputs used to value the Fund’s investments, and requires additional disclosure about fair value. The hierarchy of inputs is summarized 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)

 

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

 

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.

 

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

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

QUOTED
PRICES

 

OTHER
SIGNIFICANT
OBSERVABLE
INPUTS

 

SIGNIFICANT
UNOBSERVABLE
INPUTS

 

 

 

DESCRIPTION

 

(LEVEL 1)

 

(LEVEL 2)

 

(LEVEL 3)

 

TOTAL

 

Long-term investments†:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate bonds & notes

 

 

$

118,872,256

 

$

27,100

 

$

118,899,356

 

Asset-backed securities

 

 

1,297,727

 

 

1,297,727

 

Collateralized mortgage obligations

 

 

486,956

 

 

486,956

 

Municipal bonds

 

 

664,562

 

 

664,562

 

Sovereign bonds

 

 

1,503,492

 

 

1,503,492

 

U.S. government & agency obligations

 

 

266,121

 

 

266,121

 

Common stocks

 

$

242,006

 

 

 

242,006

 

Preferred stocks

 

2,337,258

 

 

 

2,337,258

 

Warrants

 

193,117

 

 

 

193,117

 

Total long-term investments

 

$

2,772,381

 

$

123,091,114

 

$

27,100

 

$

125,890,595

 

Short-term investments†

 

 

422,988

 

 

422,988

 

Total investments

 

$

2,772,381

 

$

123,514,102

 

$

27,100

 

$

126,313,583

 

Other financial instruments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Futures contracts

 

16,613

 

 

 

16,613

 

Total

 

$

2,788,994

 

$

123,514,102

 

$

27,100

 

$

126,330,196

 

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

LIABILITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

QUOTED
PRICES

 

OTHER
SIGNIFICANT
OBSERVABLE
INPUTS

 

SIGNIFICANT
UNOBSERVABLE
INPUTS

 

 

 

DESCRIPTION

 

(LEVEL 1)

 

(LEVEL 2)

 

(LEVEL 3)

 

TOTAL

 

Other financial instruments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Futures contracts

 

$

152,999

 

 

 

$

152,999

 

†See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

 

The following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value:

 

INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES

 

CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES

 

Balance as of December 31, 2010

 

$

0

*

Accrued premiums/discounts

 

 

Realized gain(loss)

 

 

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)(1)

 

 

Net purchases (sales)

 

 

Transfers into Level 3

 

27,100

 

Transfers out of Level 3

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance as of September 30, 2011

 

$

27,100

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for investments in securities still held at September 30, 2011(1)

 

$

 

* Value is less than $1.

(1) Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) includes net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) resulting from changes in investment values during the reporting period and the reversal of previously recorded unrealized appreciation (depreciation) when gains or losses are realized.

 

(b) Repurchase Agreements. The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements with institutions that its investment adviser has determined are creditworthy. Each repurchase agreement is recorded at cost. Under the terms of a typical repurchase agreement, the Fund acquires a debt security subject to an obligation of the seller to repurchase, and of the Fund to resell, the security at an agreed-upon price and time, thereby determining the yield during the Fund’s holding period. When entering into repurchase agreements, it is the Fund’s policy that its custodian or a third party custodian, acting on the Fund’s behalf, take possession of the underlying collateral securities, the market value of which, at all times, at least equals the principal amount of the repurchase transaction, including accrued interest. To the extent that any repurchase transaction maturity exceeds one business day, the value of the collateral is marked-to-market and measured against the value of the agreement in an effort to ensure the adequacy of the collateral. If the counterparty

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

defaults, the Fund generally has the right to use the collateral to satisfy the terms of the repurchase transaction. However, if the market value of the collateral declines during the period in which the Fund seeks to assert its rights or if bankruptcy proceedings are commenced with respect to the seller of the security, realization of the collateral by the Fund may be delayed or limited.

 

(c) Futures Contracts. The Fund uses futures contracts generally to gain exposure to, or hedge against, changes in interest rates or gain exposure to, or hedge against changes in certain asset classes. A futures contract represents a commitment for the future purchase or sale of an asset at a specified price on a specified date.

 

Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is required to deposit cash or cash equivalents with a broker in an amount equal to a certain percentage of the contract amount. This is known as the ‘‘initial margin’’ and subsequent payments (‘‘variation margin’’) are made or received by the Fund each day, depending on the daily fluctuation in the value of the contract. For certain futures, including foreign denominated futures, variation margin is not settled daily, but is recorded as a net variation margin payable or receivable. Futures contracts are valued daily at the settlement price established by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded.

 

Futures contracts involve, to varying degrees, risk of loss. In addition, there is the risk that the Fund may not be able to enter into a closing transaction because of an illiquid secondary market.

 

(d) Loan Participations. The Fund may invest in loans arranged through private negotiation between one or more financial institutions. The Fund’s investment in any such loan may be in the form of a participation in or an assignment of the loan. In connection with purchasing participations, the Fund generally will have no right to enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of the loan agreement related to the loan, or any rights of off-set against the borrower and the Fund may not benefit directly from any collateral supporting the loan in which it has purchased the participation.

 

The Fund assumes the credit risk of the borrower, the lender that is selling the participation and any other persons interpositioned between the Fund and the borrower. In the event of the insolvency of the lender selling the participation, the Fund may be treated as a general creditor of the lender and may not benefit from any off-set between the lender and the borrower.

 

(e) Credit and Market Risk. The Fund invests in high-yield instruments that are subject to certain credit and market risks. The yields of high-yield obligations reflect, among other things, perceived credit and market risks. The Fund’s investment in securities rated below investment grade typically involves risks not associated with higher rated securities including, among others, greater risk related to timely and ultimate payment of interest and principal, greater market price volatility and less liquid secondary market trading.

 

(f) Security Transactions. Security transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis.

 

2. Investments

 

At September 30, 2011, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were substantially as follows:

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

10,116,005

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

(11,160,370

)

Net unrealized depreciation

 

$

(1,044,365

)

 

At September 30, 2011, the Fund had the following open futures contracts:

 

 

 

NUMBER OF
CONTRACTS

 

EXPIRATION
DATE

 

BASIS
VALUE

 

MARKET
VALUE

 

UNREALIZED
GAIN (LOSS)

 

Contracts to Buy:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Ultra Long-Term Bonds

 

1

 

12/11

 

$

142,503

 

$

158,625

 

$

16,122

 

Contracts to Sell:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury 2-Year Notes

 

2

 

12/11

 

440,775

 

440,406

 

369

 

U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes

 

32

 

12/11

 

3,919,622

 

3,919,500

 

122

 

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes

 

49

 

12/11

 

6,339,513

 

6,374,594

 

(35,081

)

U.S. Treasury 30-Year Bonds

 

18

 

12/11

 

2,449,332

 

2,567,250

 

(117,918

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(152,508

)

Net unrealized loss on open futures contracts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(136,386

)

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

3. Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

 

Financial Accounting Standards Board Codification Topic 815 requires enhanced disclosure about an entity’s derivative and hedging activities.

 

The following is a summary of the Fund’s derivative instruments categorized by risk exposure at September 30, 2011.

 

 

 

Futures Contracts

 

 

 

Primary Underlying Risk Disclosure

 

Unrealized
Appreciation

 

Unrealized
Depreciation

 

Total

 

Interest Rate Contracts

 

$

16,613

 

$

(152,999

)

$

(136,386

)

 

During the period ended September 30, 2011, the volume of derivative activity for the Fund was as follows:

 

 

 

Average
Market Value

 

Futures contracts (to buy)

 

$

1,632,989

 

Futures contracts (to sell)

 

10,854,426

 

 

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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/  R. Jay Gerken

 

R. Jay Gerken

 

President

 

 

Date: November 22, 2011

 

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/  R. Jay Gerken

 

R. Jay Gerken

 

President

 

 

Date: November 22, 2011

 

 

By:

/s/ Kaprel Ozsolak

 

Kaprel Ozsolak

 

Principal Financial and Accounting Officer

 

 

Date: November 22, 2011