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:

March 31, 2012

 

 



 

ITEM 1.                                                     SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.

 



 

WESTERN ASSET INCOME FUND

 

FORM N-Q

MARCH 31, 2012

 


 

WESTERN ASSET INCOME FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited)

March 31, 2012

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES — 93.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — 6.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Automobiles — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Escrow GCB General Motors

 

 

 

$

2,710,000

 

$

37,263

(e)*

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NCL Corp. Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

 

11.750%

 

11/15/16

 

180,000

 

208,350

 

Wynn Las Vegas LLC/Wynn Las Vegas Capital Corp., Senior Secured Notes

 

5.375%

 

3/15/22

 

250,000

 

243,750

(a)

Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

452,100

 

Media — 4.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comcast Corp., Bonds

 

6.400%

 

5/15/38

 

950,000

 

1,132,820

 

Comcast Corp., Notes

 

6.450%

 

3/15/37

 

120,000

 

143,618

 

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.950%

 

8/15/37

 

160,000

 

202,572

 

News America Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.550%

 

3/15/33

 

545,000

 

598,168

 

News America Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.750%

 

12/1/45

 

130,000

 

152,220

 

Nielsen Finance LLC/Nielsen Finance Co., Senior Notes

 

11.500%

 

5/1/16

 

100,000

 

115,250

 

TCI Communications Inc.

 

8.750%

 

8/1/15

 

160,000

 

197,035

 

Time Warner Cable Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.750%

 

2/14/19

 

520,000

 

677,875

 

Time Warner Entertainment Co., LP, Senior Notes

 

8.375%

 

7/15/33

 

530,000

 

708,005

 

Time Warner Inc., Senior Debentures

 

7.700%

 

5/1/32

 

595,000

 

776,023

 

United Business Media Ltd., Notes

 

5.750%

 

11/3/20

 

640,000

 

632,810

(a)

WPP Finance 2010, Senior Notes

 

4.750%

 

11/21/21

 

840,000

 

878,415

(a)

WPP Finance UK, Senior Notes

 

8.000%

 

9/15/14

 

180,000

 

206,374

 

Total Media

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,421,185

 

Multiline Retail — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Macy’s Retail Holdings Inc., Notes

 

5.750%

 

7/15/14

 

400,000

 

438,456

 

Specialty Retail — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Greetings Corp., Senior Notes

 

7.375%

 

12/1/21

 

160,000

 

164,000

 

Gap Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.950%

 

4/12/21

 

730,000

 

736,677

 

Total Specialty Retail

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

900,677

 

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,249,681

 

CONSUMER STAPLES — 4.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beverages — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.375%

 

1/15/20

 

260,000

 

305,551

 

Pernod-Ricard SA, Senior Bonds

 

5.750%

 

4/7/21

 

530,000

 

586,978

(a)

Pernod-Ricard SA, Senior Notes

 

5.500%

 

1/15/42

 

670,000

 

673,561

(a)

Total Beverages

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,566,090

 

Food & Staples Retailing — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delhaize Group, Senior Notes

 

6.500%

 

6/15/17

 

290,000

 

335,139

 

Food Products — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flowers Foods Inc., Senior Notes

 

4.375%

 

4/1/22

 

160,000

 

159,321

 

Kraft Foods Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.375%

 

2/10/20

 

150,000

 

173,407

 

Total Food Products

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

332,728

 

Tobacco — 2.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

9.700%

 

11/10/18

 

160,000

 

217,412

 

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

4.750%

 

5/5/21

 

250,000

 

268,733

 

Lorillard Tobacco Co., Senior Notes

 

8.125%

 

6/23/19

 

300,000

 

372,479

 

Lorillard Tobacco Co., Senior Notes

 

8.125%

 

5/1/40

 

270,000

 

326,153

 

Lorillard Tobacco Co., Senior Notes

 

7.000%

 

8/4/41

 

320,000

 

344,207

 

Philip Morris International Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.875%

 

3/17/14

 

490,000

 

549,417

 

Philip Morris International Inc., Senior Notes

 

4.500%

 

3/20/42

 

390,000

 

384,747

 

Reynolds American Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.250%

 

6/1/12

 

1,360,000

 

1,372,620

 

Total Tobacco

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,835,768

 

TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,069,725

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

1


 

WESTERN ASSET INCOME FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

March 31, 2012

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

ENERGY — 15.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baker Hughes Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.500%

 

11/15/18

 

$

370,000

 

$

488,153

 

Baker Hughes Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.125%

 

9/15/40

 

240,000

 

273,043

 

Total Energy Equipment & Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

761,196

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 15.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anadarko Finance Co., Senior Notes

 

7.500%

 

5/1/31

 

465,000

 

574,435

 

Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.375%

 

9/15/17

 

35,000

 

41,588

 

Apache Corp.

 

6.900%

 

9/15/18

 

100,000

 

126,238

 

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.000%

 

1/15/37

 

190,000

 

231,548

 

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.100%

 

9/1/40

 

80,000

 

87,338

 

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.250%

 

2/1/42

 

90,000

 

100,649

 

Arch Coal Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.000%

 

6/15/19

 

260,000

 

239,850

(a)

ConocoPhillips, Notes

 

6.500%

 

2/1/39

 

810,000

 

1,075,774

 

ConocoPhillips, Senior Notes

 

6.000%

 

1/15/20

 

310,000

 

384,093

 

DCP Midstream Partners LP, Senior Notes

 

4.950%

 

4/1/22

 

520,000

 

521,268

 

Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.600%

 

7/15/41

 

320,000

 

360,068

 

Devon Financing Corp. ULC, Debentures

 

7.875%

 

9/30/31

 

380,000

 

524,277

 

Duke Capital LLC, Senior Notes

 

6.250%

 

2/15/13

 

800,000

 

835,486

 

El Paso Corp., Medium-Term Notes

 

7.800%

 

8/1/31

 

2,000,000

 

2,273,218

 

Enbridge Energy Partners LP

 

9.875%

 

3/1/19

 

120,000

 

159,642

 

Energy Transfer Partners LP, Senior Notes

 

9.700%

 

3/15/19

 

170,000

 

217,344

 

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes

 

6.125%

 

10/15/39

 

320,000

 

360,369

 

EOG Resources Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.875%

 

9/15/17

 

540,000

 

646,800

 

Hess Corp., Notes

 

7.875%

 

10/1/29

 

1,180,000

 

1,570,314

 

Hess Corp., Senior Bonds

 

6.000%

 

1/15/40

 

300,000

 

343,617

 

Kerr-McGee Corp., Notes

 

6.950%

 

7/1/24

 

1,080,000

 

1,304,369

 

LUKOIL International Finance BV, Bonds

 

6.356%

 

6/7/17

 

310,000

 

338,762

(a)

Noble Energy Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.000%

 

3/1/41

 

390,000

 

432,426

 

Pemex Project Funding Master Trust, Senior Bonds

 

6.625%

 

6/15/35

 

2,635,000

 

3,003,900

 

Petrobras International Finance Co., Global Notes

 

5.875%

 

3/1/18

 

879,000

 

985,937

 

Petrobras International Finance Co., Senior Notes

 

6.750%

 

1/27/41

 

1,180,000

 

1,368,523

 

Petroplus Finance Ltd., Senior Notes

 

7.000%

 

5/1/17

 

600,000

 

231,000

(a)(b)

Phillips 66, Senior Notes

 

5.875%

 

5/1/42

 

280,000

 

286,837

(a)

Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes

 

6.375%

 

12/15/38

 

250,000

 

330,764

 

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC, Senior Notes

 

5.400%

 

8/15/41

 

310,000

 

326,841

(a)

Williams Cos. Inc., Debentures

 

7.500%

 

1/15/31

 

47,000

 

56,408

 

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.750%

 

6/15/31

 

37,000

 

45,074

 

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.750%

 

3/15/32

 

610,000

 

804,173

 

Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,188,930

 

TOTAL ENERGY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,950,126

 

FINANCIALS — 39.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Markets — 5.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GFI Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.375%

 

7/19/18

 

470,000

 

447,675

 

Goldman Sachs Capital I, Capital Securities

 

6.345%

 

2/15/34

 

555,000

 

517,888

 

Goldman Sachs Capital II, Junior Subordinated Bonds

 

5.793%

 

6/1/12

 

880,000

 

603,900

(c)

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.000%

 

5/1/14

 

40,000

 

42,882

 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.375%

 

3/15/20

 

270,000

 

274,476

 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.250%

 

7/27/21

 

510,000

 

504,857

 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.250%

 

2/1/41

 

570,000

 

562,961

 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Subordinated Notes

 

6.750%

 

10/1/37

 

640,000

 

625,327

 

Kaupthing Bank HF, Senior Notes

 

5.750%

 

10/4/11

 

480,000

 

127,200

(a)(d)(e)

Kaupthing Bank HF, Senior Notes

 

7.625%

 

2/28/15

 

620,000

 

164,300

(a)(b)(e)

Kaupthing Bank HF, Subordinated Notes

 

7.125%

 

5/19/16

 

1,250,000

 

0

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

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.400%

 

8/28/17

 

300,000

 

327,160

 

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

 

6.050%

 

8/15/12

 

400,000

 

406,948

 

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Subordinated Notes

 

5.700%

 

5/2/17

 

1,000,000

 

1,025,510

 

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Subordinated Notes

 

6.110%

 

1/29/37

 

320,000

 

304,575

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

2


 

WESTERN ASSET INCOME FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

March 31, 2012

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

Capital Markets — continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Morgan Stanley, Medium-Term Notes

 

6.625%

 

4/1/18

 

$

100,000

 

$

105,301

 

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes

 

6.000%

 

5/13/14

 

860,000

 

900,116

 

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes

 

5.500%

 

7/24/20

 

100,000

 

97,599

 

State Street Corp., Junior Subordinated Notes

 

4.956%

 

3/15/18

 

480,000

 

501,249

 

Total Capital Markets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,539,924

 

Commercial Banks — 12.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BankAmerica Capital III, Junior Subordinated Notes

 

1.137%

 

1/15/27

 

215,000

 

150,708

(c)

BankAmerica Institutional Capital A, Junior Subordinated Bonds

 

8.070%

 

12/31/26

 

830,000

 

834,150

(a)

BankAmerica Institutional Capital B, Junior Subordinated Bonds

 

7.700%

 

12/31/26

 

480,000

 

477,600

(a)

Barclays Bank PLC, Subordinated Notes

 

10.179%

 

6/12/21

 

240,000

 

282,254

(a)

BBVA US Senior SAU, Senior Notes

 

3.250%

 

5/16/14

 

500,000

 

498,489

 

BNP Paribas, Senior Notes

 

5.000%

 

1/15/21

 

210,000

 

211,946

 

CIT Group Inc., Secured Notes

 

5.250%

 

4/1/14

 

370,000

 

377,863

(a)

Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank BA, Senior Notes

 

5.250%

 

5/24/41

 

570,000

 

582,600

 

Credit Agricole SA, Subordinated Notes

 

8.375%

 

10/13/19

 

1,050,000

 

976,500

(a)(c)(h)

Glitnir Banki HF, Subordinated Bonds

 

7.451%

 

9/14/16

 

210,000

 

0

(a)(b)(e)(f)(g)(h)

Glitnir Banki HF, Subordinated Notes

 

6.693%

 

6/15/16

 

680,000

 

0

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

HBOS Capital Funding LP, Tier 1 Notes, Perpetual Bonds

 

6.071%

 

6/30/14

 

560,000

 

396,200

(a)(c)(h)

HSBC Finance Capital Trust IX, Junior Subordinated Notes

 

5.911%

 

11/30/35

 

1,350,000

 

1,266,516

(c)

ING Bank NV, Notes

 

3.750%

 

3/7/17

 

350,000

 

346,665

(a)

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Senior Notes

 

3.625%

 

8/12/15

 

1,180,000

 

1,127,304

(a)

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Senior Notes

 

6.500%

 

2/24/21

 

180,000

 

173,896

(a)

Landsbanki Islands HF

 

7.431%

 

10/19/17

 

730,000

 

0

(a)(b)(e)(f)(g)(h)

Lloyds TSB Bank PLC, Senior Notes

 

4.200%

 

3/28/17

 

360,000

 

362,704

 

Mizuho Financial Group Cayman Ltd.

 

5.790%

 

4/15/14

 

550,000

 

579,137

(a)

NB Capital Trust IV, Junior Subordinated Notes

 

8.250%

 

4/15/27

 

590,000

 

601,800

 

Nordea Bank AB, Subordinated Notes

 

4.875%

 

5/13/21

 

510,000

 

496,338

(a)

Rabobank Nederland NV, Junior Subordinated Notes

 

11.000%

 

6/30/19

 

858,000

 

1,089,660

(a)(c)(h)

Resona Preferred Global Securities Cayman Ltd., Junior Subordinated Bonds

 

7.191%

 

7/30/15

 

1,095,000

 

1,144,275

(a)(c)(h)

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Junior Subordinated Bonds

 

7.648%

 

9/30/31

 

1,260,000

 

1,067,850

(c)(h)

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Subordinated Notes

 

5.000%

 

10/1/14

 

700,000

 

691,502

 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Subordinated Notes

 

5.050%

 

1/8/15

 

170,000

 

166,326

 

Societe Generale, Senior Notes

 

5.200%

 

4/15/21

 

250,000

 

240,108

(a)

Wachovia Capital Trust III, Junior Subordinated Bonds

 

5.570%

 

5/21/12

 

1,120,000

 

1,058,400

(c)(h)

Wells Fargo & Co., Senior Notes

 

3.500%

 

3/8/22

 

360,000

 

354,409

 

Wells Fargo Capital X, Capital Securities

 

5.950%

 

12/1/36

 

450,000

 

454,095

 

Total Commercial Banks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,009,295

 

Consumer Finance — 5.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ally Financial Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.500%

 

12/31/13

 

1,551,000

 

1,647,937

 

Ally Financial Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.300%

 

2/12/15

 

370,000

 

402,838

 

Ally Financial Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.000%

 

11/1/31

 

728,000

 

802,620

 

Ally Financial Inc., Subordinated Notes

 

8.000%

 

12/31/18

 

201,000

 

213,563

 

American Express Co., Senior Notes

 

8.125%

 

5/20/19

 

220,000

 

287,604

 

American Express Co., Subordinated Debentures

 

6.800%

 

9/1/66

 

370,000

 

377,400

(c)

Capital One Financial Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.750%

 

9/15/17

 

230,000

 

270,866

 

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, Senior Notes

 

7.000%

 

4/15/15

 

610,000

 

666,339

 

HSBC Finance Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.676%

 

1/15/21

 

1,300,000

 

1,387,664

 

SLM Corp., Senior Notes

 

7.250%

 

1/25/22

 

830,000

 

867,204

 

Total Consumer Finance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,924,035

 

Diversified Financial Services — 12.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AES El Salvador Trust, Senior Notes

 

6.750%

 

2/1/16

 

750,000

 

757,500

(a)

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

3


 

WESTERN ASSET INCOME FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

March 31, 2012

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

Diversified Financial Services — continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.500%

 

8/1/16

 

$

70,000

 

$

76,964

 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

 

7.625%

 

6/1/19

 

70,000

 

80,718

 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.625%

 

7/1/20

 

30,000

 

31,276

 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.875%

 

2/7/42

 

590,000

 

586,820

 

Beaver Valley Funding Corp., Senior Secured Bonds

 

9.000%

 

6/1/17

 

154,000

 

160,392

 

Capital One Capital VI

 

8.875%

 

5/15/40

 

190,000

 

191,277

 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.375%

 

8/12/14

 

620,000

 

672,702

 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.500%

 

10/15/14

 

270,000

 

289,686

 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.010%

 

1/15/15

 

210,000

 

228,166

 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.500%

 

5/22/19

 

1,280,000

 

1,578,084

 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.125%

 

7/15/39

 

450,000

 

583,195

 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.875%

 

1/30/42

 

240,000

 

248,673

 

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

 

6.125%

 

8/25/36

 

550,000

 

528,590

 

General Electric Capital Corp., Notes

 

5.300%

 

2/11/21

 

1,450,000

 

1,570,398

 

General Electric Capital Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.900%

 

5/13/14

 

600,000

 

659,480

 

General Electric Capital Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.000%

 

8/7/19

 

1,120,000

 

1,307,891

 

General Electric Capital Corp., Subordinated Debentures

 

6.375%

 

11/15/67

 

600,000

 

612,000

(c)

ILFC E-Capital Trust II, Bonds

 

6.250%

 

12/21/65

 

790,000

 

578,675

(a)(c)

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

 

8.750%

 

3/15/17

 

190,000

 

211,375

 

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

 

8.875%

 

9/1/17

 

470,000

 

524,050

 

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.250%

 

5/15/19

 

130,000

 

128,320

 

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

 

8.250%

 

12/15/20

 

190,000

 

209,040

 

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Secured Notes

 

7.125%

 

9/1/18

 

600,000

 

654,000

(a)

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Subordinated Notes

 

6.125%

 

6/27/17

 

720,000

 

821,691

 

JPMorgan Chase Capital XXV, Junior Subordinated Notes

 

6.800%

 

10/1/37

 

1,000,000

 

1,005,600

 

UFJ Finance Aruba AEC

 

6.750%

 

7/15/13

 

355,000

 

376,769

 

ZFS Finance USA Trust II, Bonds

 

6.450%

 

12/15/65

 

1,440,000

 

1,425,600

(a)(c)

Total Diversified Financial Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,098,932

 

Insurance — 4.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allstate Corp., Junior Subordinated Debentures

 

6.500%

 

5/15/57

 

480,000

 

471,600

(c)

American International Group Inc., Junior Subordinated Debentures

 

6.250%

 

3/15/37

 

80,000

 

72,000

 

American International Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.400%

 

12/15/20

 

90,000

 

101,856

 

AXA SA, Subordinated Bonds

 

8.600%

 

12/15/30

 

200,000

 

220,855

 

Delphi Financial Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.875%

 

1/31/20

 

170,000

 

198,689

 

ING Capital Funding Trust III, Junior Subordinated Bonds

 

4.070%

 

6/30/12

 

1,470,000

 

1,265,411

(c)(h)

Liberty Mutual Group, Junior Subordinated Bonds

 

7.800%

 

3/7/37

 

300,000

 

292,500

(a)

Liberty Mutual Group, Senior Notes

 

5.750%

 

3/15/14

 

270,000

 

284,577

(a)

MetLife Inc., Junior Subordinated Debentures

 

6.400%

 

12/15/36

 

1,160,000

 

1,136,800

 

Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd., Notes

 

7.000%

 

3/15/72

 

650,000

 

655,307

(a)(c)

Prudential Financial Inc., Junior Subordinated Debentures

 

8.875%

 

6/15/38

 

340,000

 

401,200

(c)

Prudential Holdings LLC, Bonds, AGM-Insured

 

7.245%

 

12/18/23

 

260,000

 

308,612

(a)

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

 

6.850%

 

12/16/39

 

400,000

 

495,372

(a)

Willis North America Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.625%

 

7/15/15

 

230,000

 

247,926

 

Total Insurance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,152,705

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care REIT Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.875%

 

5/15/15

 

130,000

 

141,326

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Santander Holdings USA Inc., Senior Notes

 

4.625%

 

4/19/16

 

160,000

 

162,133

 

TOTAL FINANCIALS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

53,028,350

 

HEALTH CARE — 3.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Biotechnology — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amgen Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.150%

 

11/15/41

 

580,000

 

582,338

 

Gilead Sciences Inc., Senior Notes

 

4.400%

 

12/1/21

 

220,000

 

230,928

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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WESTERN ASSET INCOME FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

March 31, 2012

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

Biotechnology — continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gilead Sciences Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.650%

 

12/1/41

 

$

240,000

 

$

256,369

 

Total Biotechnology

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,069,635

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hospira Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.050%

 

3/30/17

 

210,000

 

233,789

 

Medtronic Inc., Senior Notes

 

3.125%

 

3/15/22

 

480,000

 

482,287

 

Total Health Care Equipment & Supplies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

716,076

 

Health Care Providers & Services — 2.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aetna Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.500%

 

9/15/18

 

240,000

 

295,514

 

HCA Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.250%

 

2/15/13

 

930,000

 

954,412

 

HCA Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.750%

 

3/15/14

 

65,000

 

67,438

 

Humana Inc.

 

8.150%

 

6/15/38

 

190,000

 

246,851

 

Humana Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.450%

 

6/1/16

 

220,000

 

250,173

 

Tenet Healthcare Corp., Senior Secured Notes

 

10.000%

 

5/1/18

 

732,000

 

838,140

 

Tenet Healthcare Corp., Senior Secured Notes

 

8.875%

 

7/1/19

 

300,000

 

336,000

 

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.000%

 

11/15/17

 

31,000

 

37,458

 

WellPoint Inc., Notes

 

5.875%

 

6/15/17

 

290,000

 

338,613

 

Total Health Care Providers & Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,364,599

 

TOTAL HEALTH CARE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,150,310

 

INDUSTRIALS — 6.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aerospace & Defense — 1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Esterline Technologies Corp., Senior Notes

 

7.000%

 

8/1/20

 

750,000

 

828,750

 

Exelis Inc., Senior Notes

 

4.250%

 

10/1/16

 

470,000

 

477,258

(a)

Exelis Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.550%

 

10/1/21

 

520,000

 

540,685

(a)

L-3 Communications Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes

 

6.375%

 

10/15/15

 

317,000

 

324,529

 

Total Aerospace & Defense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,171,222

 

Airlines — 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Continental Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates

 

9.250%

 

5/10/17

 

209,556

 

225,273

 

Continental Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates

 

6.545%

 

2/2/19

 

132,767

 

142,884

 

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

 

7.250%

 

11/10/19

 

203,909

 

228,378

 

Continental Airlines Inc., Secured Notes

 

6.250%

 

4/11/20

 

170,000

 

172,550

 

Continental Airlines Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

7.256%

 

3/15/20

 

173,217

 

188,807

 

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

 

7.750%

 

12/17/19

 

271,946

 

310,019

 

Delta Air Lines, Secured Notes

 

4.950%

 

5/23/19

 

362,223

 

382,145

 

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

 

8.021%

 

8/10/22

 

108,702

 

110,735

 

United Air Lines Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

9.875%

 

8/1/13

 

280,000

 

294,000

(a)

United Air Lines Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

12.000%

 

11/1/13

 

340,000

 

360,400

(a)

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

 

9.750%

 

1/15/17

 

116,884

 

133,832

 

Total Airlines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,549,023

 

Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Republic Services Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.500%

 

9/15/19

 

130,000

 

150,436

 

Republic Services Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.250%

 

11/15/21

 

330,000

 

376,267

 

Total Commercial Services & Supplies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

526,703

 

Industrial Conglomerates — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United Technologies Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.125%

 

2/1/19

 

200,000

 

245,674

 

Machinery — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Valmont Industries Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.625%

 

4/20/20

 

790,000

 

904,070

 

Road & Rail — 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC, Senior Notes

 

4.400%

 

3/15/42

 

2,030,000

 

1,919,144

 

TOTAL INDUSTRIALS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,315,836

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

5

 


 

WESTERN ASSET INCOME FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

March 31, 2012

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IT Services — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electronic Data Systems Corp., Notes

 

7.450%

 

10/15/29

 

$

420,000

 

$

500,637

 

Mantech International Corp., Senior Notes

 

7.250%

 

4/15/18

 

320,000

 

340,800

 

Total IT Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

841,437

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

National Semiconductor Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.600%

 

6/15/17

 

110,000

 

135,700

 

TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

977,137

 

MATERIALS — 6.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chemicals — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dow Chemical Co., Debentures

 

7.375%

 

11/1/29

 

800,000

 

1,033,355

 

Ecolab Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.500%

 

12/8/41

 

140,000

 

151,831

 

Syngenta AG, Notes

 

3.125%

 

3/28/22

 

80,000

 

80,527

 

Total Chemicals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,265,713

 

Containers & Packaging — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rock-Tenn Co., Senior Notes

 

4.450%

 

3/1/19

 

470,000

 

472,112

(a)

Rock-Tenn Co., Senior Notes

 

4.900%

 

3/1/22

 

370,000

 

369,457

(a)

Total Containers & Packaging

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

841,569

 

Metals & Mining — 4.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ArcelorMittal, Senior Notes

 

3.750%

 

2/25/15

 

340,000

 

345,533

 

ArcelorMittal, Senior Notes

 

3.750%

 

8/5/15

 

600,000

 

609,469

 

Barrick Gold Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.250%

 

4/1/42

 

560,000

 

558,836

(a)

Barrick Gold Financeco LLC, Senior Notes

 

6.125%

 

9/15/13

 

250,000

 

268,143

 

Cliffs Natural Resources Inc., Senior Notes

 

4.875%

 

4/1/21

 

290,000

 

300,399

 

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., Senior Notes

 

2.150%

 

3/1/17

 

300,000

 

297,200

 

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., Senior Notes

 

3.550%

 

3/1/22

 

380,000

 

364,959

 

Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd., Senior Notes

 

9.000%

 

5/1/19

 

660,000

 

891,746

 

Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd., Senior Notes

 

3.500%

 

3/22/22

 

460,000

 

460,842

 

Southern Copper Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.375%

 

4/16/20

 

150,000

 

163,855

 

Vale Overseas Ltd., Notes

 

6.875%

 

11/21/36

 

1,148,000

 

1,331,495

 

Xstrata Canada Financial Corp., Senior Notes

 

3.600%

 

1/15/17

 

360,000

 

371,599

(a)

Xstrata Finance Canada Ltd., Senior Notes

 

6.900%

 

11/15/37

 

430,000

 

489,957

(a)

Total Metals & Mining

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,454,033

 

Paper & Forest Products — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Georgia-Pacific Corp.

 

7.375%

 

12/1/25

 

250,000

 

304,938

 

TOTAL MATERIALS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,866,253

 

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 5.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 4.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AT&T Corp., Senior Notes

 

8.000%

 

11/15/31

 

9,000

 

12,643

 

AT&T Inc., Global Notes

 

6.550%

 

2/15/39

 

1,230,000

 

1,496,859

 

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.350%

 

8/15/41

 

340,000

 

376,864

 

British Telecommunications PLC, Bonds

 

9.875%

 

12/15/30

 

330,000

 

485,536

 

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV, Senior Notes

 

5.750%

 

3/23/16

 

160,000

 

180,682

 

Koninklijke KPN NV, Senior Notes

 

8.375%

 

10/1/30

 

200,000

 

256,789

 

Qwest Corp., Debentures

 

6.875%

 

9/15/33

 

1,000,000

 

990,000

 

Telecom Italia Capital SA, Senior Notes

 

7.721%

 

6/4/38

 

390,000

 

380,250

 

Telecom Italia Capital SpA, Senior Notes

 

7.200%

 

7/18/36

 

20,000

 

19,400

 

Telefonica Emisiones SAU, Senior Notes

 

5.877%

 

7/15/19

 

230,000

 

233,497

 

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.950%

 

3/1/39

 

720,000

 

1,112,623

 

Verizon Global Funding Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.850%

 

9/15/35

 

570,000

 

654,281

 

Total Diversified Telecommunication Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,199,424

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

America Movil SAB de CV, Senior Notes

 

6.125%

 

3/30/40

 

850,000

 

987,120

 

Rogers Wireless Inc., Secured Notes

 

6.375%

 

3/1/14

 

300,000

 

330,414

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

6


 

WESTERN ASSET INCOME FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

March 31, 2012

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services — continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sprint Capital Corp., Global Notes

 

6.900%

 

5/1/19

 

$

330,000

 

$

285,450

 

Total Wireless Telecommunication Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,602,984

 

TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,802,408

 

UTILITIES — 4.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electric Utilities — 2.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Duke Energy Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.300%

 

2/1/14

 

500,000

 

548,008

 

Enersis SA, Notes

 

7.400%

 

12/1/16

 

452,000

 

533,054

 

FirstEnergy Corp., Notes

 

7.375%

 

11/15/31

 

110,000

 

135,417

 

IPALCO Enterprises Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

5.000%

 

5/1/18

 

470,000

 

467,650

 

Pacific Gas & Electric Co., First Mortgage Bonds

 

6.050%

 

3/1/34

 

140,000

 

170,180

 

PNPP II Funding Corp.

 

9.120%

 

5/30/16

 

1,258,000

 

1,335,505

 

Virginia Electric and Power Co., Senior Notes

 

8.875%

 

11/15/38

 

390,000

 

621,322

 

Total Electric Utilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,811,136

 

Gas Utilities — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Southern Natural Gas Co., Senior Notes

 

5.900%

 

4/1/17

 

170,000

 

192,512

(a)

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy Future Holdings Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.550%

 

11/15/14

 

120,000

 

87,900

 

Multi-Utilities — 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CenterPoint Energy Inc.

 

6.850%

 

6/1/15

 

1,150,000

 

1,304,485

 

Dominion Resources Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.875%

 

1/15/19

 

250,000

 

335,517

 

DTE Energy Co.

 

6.350%

 

6/1/16

 

260,000

 

299,602

 

Total Multi-Utilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,939,604

 

TOTAL UTILITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,031,152

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES (Cost — $118,773,240)

 

 

 

125,440,978

 

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SLM Student Loan Trust, 2011-A A3 (Cost - $330,000)

2.742%

 

1/15/43

 

330,000

 

323,754

(a)(c)

COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thornburg Mortgage Securities Trust, 2007-4 2A1

 

6.147%

 

9/25/37

 

231,626

 

218,762

(c)

Thornburg Mortgage Securities Trust, 2007-4 3A1

 

6.155%

 

9/25/37

 

221,416

 

221,739

(c)

TOTAL COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS (Cost — $449,145)

 

440,501

 

MUNICIPAL BONDS — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Illinois — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Illinois State, GO

 

5.665%

 

3/1/18

 

310,000

 

338,132

 

Illinois State, GO

 

5.877%

 

3/1/19

 

310,000

 

340,960

 

TOTAL MUNICIPAL BONDS (Cost — $620,000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

679,092

 

SOVEREIGN BONDS — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canada — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quebec Province

 

7.970%

 

7/22/36

 

650,000

 

971,083

 

Mexico — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United Mexican States, Medium-Term Notes

 

6.750%

 

9/27/34

 

24,000

 

30,840

 

Russia — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RSHB Capital, Loan Participation Notes, Secured Notes

 

7.125%

 

1/14/14

 

200,000

 

212,410

(a)

Russian Foreign Bond-Eurobond, Senior Bonds

 

7.500%

 

3/31/30

 

45,090

 

53,939

(a)

Total Russia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

266,349

 

TOTAL SOVEREIGN BONDS (Cost — $1,011,460)

 

 

 

 

 

1,268,272

 

U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Government Obligations — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Bonds

 

3.125%

 

11/15/41

 

60,000

 

57,553

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

7


 

WESTERN ASSET INCOME FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

March 31, 2012

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

U.S. Government Obligations — continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Notes

 

0.875%

 

1/31/17

 

$

460,000

 

$

457,161

 

U.S. Treasury Notes

 

2.000%

 

2/15/22

 

440,000

 

431,544

 

TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS (Cost — $947,459)

 

946,258

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHARES

 

 

 

PREFERRED STOCKS — 2.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FINANCIALS — 2.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial Banks — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Santander Finance Preferred SA Unipersonal

 

10.500%

 

 

 

4,500

 

120,105

 

Consumer Finance — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GMAC Capital Trust I

 

8.125%

 

 

 

63,250

 

1,461,707

(c)

Diversified Financial Services — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Citigroup Capital XII

 

8.500%

 

 

 

20,825

 

533,120

(c)

Citigroup Capital XIII

 

7.875%

 

 

 

22,900

 

622,880

(c)

Total Diversified Financial Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,156,000

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

 

8.375%

 

 

 

96,825

 

134,587

*(c)

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

 

8.250%

 

 

 

11,700

 

16,146

*(c)

Total Thrifts & Mortgage Finance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

150,733

 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS (Cost — $4,216,341)

 

 

 

 

 

2,888,545

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 98.4% (Cost — $126,347,645#)

 

 

 

131,987,400

 

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,099,470

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

134,086,870

 

 

*

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)

The coupon payment on these securities is currently in default as of March 31, 2012.

(c)

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

(d)

The maturity principal is currently in default as of March 31, 2012.

(e)

Illiquid security.

(f)

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

(g)

Value is less than $1.

(h)

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

#

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

 

 

 

Abbreviations used in this schedule:

 

AGM

- Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.

 

GO

- General Obligation

 

REIT

- Real Estate Investment Trust

 

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 (the “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 (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’ internal models 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. 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 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 American 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.

 

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Notes to schedule of investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

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)

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

QUOTED
PRICES

 

OTHER
SIGNIFICANT
OBSERVABLE
INPUTS

 

SIGNIFICANT
UNOBSERVABLE
INPUTS

 

 

 

DESCRIPTION

 

(LEVEL 1)

 

(LEVEL 2)

 

(LEVEL 3)

 

TOTAL

 

Long-term investments†:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate bonds & notes

 

 

$

125,440,978

 

$

0*

 

$

125,440,978

 

Asset-backed securities

 

 

323,754

 

 

323,754

 

Collateralized mortgage obligations

 

 

440,501

 

 

440,501

 

Municipal bonds

 

 

679,092

 

 

679,092

 

Sovereign bonds

 

 

1,268,272

 

 

1,268,272

 

U.S. government & agency obligations

 

 

946,258

 

 

946,258

 

Preferred stocks

 

$

2,888,545

 

 

 

2,888,545

 

Total investments

 

$

2,888,545

 

$

129,098,855

 

$

0*

 

$

131,987,400

 

Other financial instruments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Futures contracts

 

$

289,664

 

 

 

$

289,664

 

Total

 

$

3,178,209

 

$

129,098,855

 

$

0*

 

$

132,277,064

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

QUOTED
PRICES

 

OTHER
SIGNIFICANT
OBSERVABLE
INPUTS

 

SIGNIFICANT
UNOBSERVABLE
INPUTS

 

 

 

DESCRIPTION

 

(LEVEL 1)

 

(LEVEL 2)

 

(LEVEL 3)

 

TOTAL

 

Other financial instruments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Futures contracts

 

$

23,934

 

 

 

$

23,934

 

 

†See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

* Value is less than $1.

 

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

 

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Notes to schedule of investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES

 

CORPORATE BONDS &
NOTES

 

Balance as of December 31, 2011

 

$

0*

 

Accrued premiums/discounts

 

 

Realized gain (loss)

 

 

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

 

Purchases

 

 

Sales

 

 

Transfers into Level 3

 

 

Transfers out of Level 3

 

 

Balance as of March 31, 2012

 

$

0*

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for investments in securities still held at March 31, 2012

 

 

 

The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the end of the reporting period.

* Value is less than $1.

 

(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 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) 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.

 

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

 

2.  Investments

 

At March 31, 2012, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were substantially as follows:

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$12,396,344

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

(6,756,589)

 

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$5,639,755

 

 

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Notes to schedule of investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

At March 31, 2012, 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 5-Year Notes

 

20

 

6/12

 

 

$2,454,081

 

$2,450,782

 

$(3,299

)

U.S. Treasury Ultra Long-Term Bonds

 

3

 

6/12

 

 

473,541

 

452,906

 

(20,635

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(23,934

)

Contracts to Sell:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes

 

33

 

6/12

 

 

4,294,815

 

4,272,985

 

21,830

 

U.S. Treasury 30-Year Bonds

 

63

 

6/12

 

 

8,946,084

 

8,678,250

 

267,834

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

289,664

 

Net unrealized gain on open futures contracts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

265,730

 

 

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 March 31, 2012.

 

 

 

Futures Contracts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Primary Underlying Risk Disclosure

 

Unrealized
Appreciation

 

Unrealized
Depreciation

 

Total

 

Interest Rate Risk

 

$289,664

 

$(23,934)

 

$265,730

 

 

During the period ended March 31, 2012, the volume of derivative activity for the Fund was as follows:

 

 

 

Average Market
Value

 

Futures contracts (to buy)

 

$1,083,977

 

Futures contracts (to sell)

 

11,913,688

 

 

4. Recent accounting pronouncement

 

In May 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standard Update No. 2011-04, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820) - Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs (“ASU No. 2011-04”).  ASU No. 2011-04 establishes common requirements for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurements. ASU No. 2011-04 is effective during interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011. Management has evaluated ASU No. 2011-04 and concluded that it does not materially impact the financial statement amounts; however, as required, additional disclosure has been included about fair value measurement.

 

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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: May 29, 2012

 

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: May 29, 2012

 

 

By:

/s/ Richard F. Sennett

 

Richard F. Sennett

 

Principal Financial Officer

 

 

Date: May 29, 2012