UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-Q

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

 

Investment Company Act file number

811-02351

 

Western Asset Income Fund

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

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

 

10018

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

Robert I. Frenkel, Esq.

Legg Mason & Co., LLC

100 First Stamford Place

Stamford, CT 06902

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

1-888-777-0102

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

December 31

 

 

Date of reporting period:

September 30, 2012

 

 



 

ITEM 1.                                                  SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.

 



 

WESTERN ASSET INCOME FUND

 

FORM N-Q

 

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

 


 

WESTERN ASSET INCOME FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited)

September 30, 2012

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES — 92.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — 8.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Automobiles — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Escrow GCB General Motors

 

 

 

$

2,710,000

 

$

0

*(a)(b)(c)

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, Senior Notes

 

7.000%

 

4/15/15

 

610,000

 

683,200

 

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, Senior Notes

 

8.125%

 

1/15/20

 

410,000

 

515,111

 

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, Senior Notes

 

4.250%

 

9/20/22

 

220,000

 

225,447

 

Hyundai Capital America, Senior Notes

 

1.625%

 

10/2/15

 

290,000

 

290,144

(d)

Total Automobiles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,713,902

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NCL Corp. Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

 

11.750%

 

11/15/16

 

180,000

 

207,450

 

Household Durables — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leggett & Platt Inc., Senior Notes

 

3.400%

 

8/15/22

 

330,000

 

342,720

 

NVR Inc., Senior Notes

 

3.950%

 

9/15/22

 

50,000

 

51,270

 

Total Household Durables

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

393,990

 

Media — 5.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comcast Corp., Bonds

 

6.400%

 

5/15/38

 

950,000

 

1,216,591

 

Comcast Corp., Notes

 

6.450%

 

3/15/37

 

220,000

 

283,366

 

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.950%

 

8/15/37

 

160,000

 

217,818

 

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

 

4.650%

 

7/15/42

 

200,000

 

213,922

 

NBCUniversal Media LLC, Senior Notes

 

4.450%

 

1/15/43

 

710,000

 

707,579

 

News America Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.550%

 

3/15/33

 

545,000

 

639,537

 

News America Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.750%

 

12/1/45

 

130,000

 

174,220

 

Nielsen Finance LLC/Nielsen Finance Co., Senior Notes

 

11.500%

 

5/1/16

 

100,000

 

111,750

 

TCI Communications Inc.

 

8.750%

 

8/1/15

 

160,000

 

193,443

 

Time Warner Cable Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.750%

 

2/14/19

 

520,000

 

708,001

 

Time Warner Entertainment Co., LP, Senior Notes

 

8.375%

 

7/15/33

 

530,000

 

770,520

 

Time Warner Inc., Senior Debentures

 

7.700%

 

5/1/32

 

595,000

 

835,587

 

Time Warner Inc., Senior Notes

 

4.900%

 

6/15/42

 

150,000

 

164,577

 

United Business Media Ltd., Notes

 

5.750%

 

11/3/20

 

640,000

 

669,963

(d)

WPP Finance 2010, Senior Notes

 

4.750%

 

11/21/21

 

840,000

 

920,275

 

WPP Finance UK, Senior Notes

 

8.000%

 

9/15/14

 

180,000

 

202,065

 

Total Media

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,029,214

 

Multiline Retail — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Macy’s Retail Holdings Inc., Notes

 

5.750%

 

7/15/14

 

400,000

 

433,568

 

Target Corp., Senior Notes

 

4.000%

 

7/1/42

 

270,000

 

276,348

 

Total Multiline Retail

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

709,916

 

Specialty Retail — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Greetings Corp., Senior Notes

 

7.375%

 

12/1/21

 

160,000

 

164,800

 

Gap Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.950%

 

4/12/21

 

730,000

 

813,161

 

QVC Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

5.125%

 

7/2/22

 

440,000

 

465,966

(d)

Total Specialty Retail

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,443,927

 

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,498,399

 

CONSUMER STAPLES — 3.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beverages — 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.375%

 

1/15/20

 

260,000

 

322,835

 

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

 

2.500%

 

7/15/22

 

170,000

 

172,408

 

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

 

3.750%

 

7/15/42

 

120,000

 

120,295

 

Pernod-Ricard SA, Senior Bonds

 

5.750%

 

4/7/21

 

530,000

 

630,562

(d)

Pernod-Ricard SA, Senior Notes

 

5.500%

 

1/15/42

 

670,000

 

764,538

(d)

Total Beverages

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,010,638

 

Food Products — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kraft Foods Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.375%

 

2/10/20

 

78,000

 

92,703

(d)

Kraft Foods Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

3.500%

 

6/6/22

 

320,000

 

338,109

(d)

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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WESTERN ASSET INCOME FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

September 30, 2012

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

Food Products — continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kraft Foods Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.000%

 

6/4/42

 

$

200,000

 

$

223,116

(d)

Kraft Foods Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.375%

 

2/10/20

 

72,000

 

86,858

 

Total Food Products

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

740,786

 

Tobacco — 1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

9.700%

 

11/10/18

 

160,000

 

229,168

 

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

9.250%

 

8/6/19

 

40,000

 

56,796

 

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

4.750%

 

5/5/21

 

70,000

 

80,085

 

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

2.850%

 

8/9/22

 

210,000

 

209,512

 

Lorillard Tobacco Co., Senior Notes

 

8.125%

 

6/23/19

 

300,000

 

386,878

 

Lorillard Tobacco Co., Senior Notes

 

8.125%

 

5/1/40

 

270,000

 

355,116

 

Lorillard Tobacco Co., Senior Notes

 

7.000%

 

8/4/41

 

320,000

 

385,481

 

Philip Morris International Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.875%

 

3/17/14

 

490,000

 

535,320

 

Philip Morris International Inc., Senior Notes

 

4.500%

 

3/20/42

 

260,000

 

286,403

 

Total Tobacco

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,524,759

 

TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,276,183

 

ENERGY — 15.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baker Hughes Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.500%

 

11/15/18

 

370,000

 

498,453

 

Baker Hughes Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.125%

 

9/15/40

 

240,000

 

294,173

 

Schlumberger Investment SA, Senior Notes

 

2.400%

 

8/1/22

 

260,000

 

257,361

(d)

Total Energy Equipment & Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,049,987

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 14.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anadarko Finance Co., Senior Notes

 

7.500%

 

5/1/31

 

465,000

 

622,612

 

Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.375%

 

9/15/17

 

35,000

 

42,197

 

Apache Corp.

 

6.900%

 

9/15/18

 

100,000

 

128,705

 

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.000%

 

1/15/37

 

190,000

 

252,753

 

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.100%

 

9/1/40

 

80,000

 

95,991

 

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.250%

 

2/1/42

 

90,000

 

110,461

 

Arch Coal Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.000%

 

6/15/19

 

260,000

 

218,400

 

ConocoPhillips, Notes

 

6.500%

 

2/1/39

 

810,000

 

1,165,603

 

ConocoPhillips, Senior Notes

 

6.000%

 

1/15/20

 

310,000

 

397,591

 

Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.600%

 

7/15/41

 

320,000

 

379,667

 

Devon Financing Corp. ULC, Debentures

 

7.875%

 

9/30/31

 

380,000

 

552,189

 

Duke Capital LLC, Senior Notes

 

6.250%

 

2/15/13

 

800,000

 

816,155

 

El Paso Corp., Medium-Term Notes

 

7.800%

 

8/1/31

 

2,000,000

 

2,323,910

 

Enbridge Energy Partners LP

 

9.875%

 

3/1/19

 

120,000

 

163,445

 

Energy Transfer Partners LP, Senior Notes

 

9.700%

 

3/15/19

 

170,000

 

224,639

 

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes

 

6.125%

 

10/15/39

 

320,000

 

384,593

 

EOG Resources Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.875%

 

9/15/17

 

540,000

 

657,715

 

Hess Corp., Notes

 

7.875%

 

10/1/29

 

1,180,000

 

1,632,932

 

Hess Corp., Senior Bonds

 

6.000%

 

1/15/40

 

300,000

 

364,025

 

Kerr-McGee Corp., Notes

 

6.950%

 

7/1/24

 

1,080,000

 

1,394,203

 

LUKOIL International Finance BV, Bonds

 

6.356%

 

6/7/17

 

310,000

 

354,150

(d)

Noble Energy Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.000%

 

3/1/41

 

390,000

 

472,111

 

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

 

2.700%

 

2/15/23

 

340,000

 

349,503

 

Pemex Project Funding Master Trust, Senior Bonds

 

6.625%

 

6/15/35

 

2,635,000

 

3,306,925

 

Petrobras International Finance Co., Global Notes

 

5.875%

 

3/1/18

 

879,000

 

1,001,411

 

Petrobras International Finance Co., Senior Notes

 

6.750%

 

1/27/41

 

780,000

 

968,092

 

Phillips 66, Senior Notes

 

5.875%

 

5/1/42

 

160,000

 

189,981

(d)

Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes

 

6.375%

 

12/15/38

 

250,000

 

360,050

 

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC, Senior Notes

 

5.400%

 

8/15/41

 

310,000

 

371,521

 

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC, Senior Notes

 

4.450%

 

8/1/42

 

450,000

 

460,024

(d)

Williams Cos. Inc., Debentures

 

7.500%

 

1/15/31

 

47,000

 

58,905

 

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.750%

 

6/15/31

 

37,000

 

47,327

 

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.750%

 

3/15/32

 

610,000

 

846,232

 

Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,714,018

 

TOTAL ENERGY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21,764,005

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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WESTERN ASSET INCOME FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

September 30, 2012

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE

AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

FINANCIALS — 34.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Markets — 6.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GFI Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.625%

 

7/19/18

 

$

180,000

 

$

157,950

 

Goldman Sachs Capital I, Capital Securities

 

6.345%

 

2/15/34

 

555,000

 

557,617

 

Goldman Sachs Capital II, Junior Subordinated Bonds

 

5.793%

 

6/1/43

 

880,000

 

662,781

(e)

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.000%

 

5/1/14

 

40,000

 

42,939

 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.375%

 

3/15/20

 

270,000

 

301,311

 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.250%

 

7/27/21

 

510,000

 

562,242

 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.250%

 

2/1/41

 

570,000

 

659,472

 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Subordinated Notes

 

6.750%

 

10/1/37

 

640,000

 

685,620

 

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.400%

 

8/28/17

 

300,000

 

349,009

 

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Subordinated Notes

 

5.700%

 

5/2/17

 

1,000,000

 

1,094,016

 

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Subordinated Notes

 

6.110%

 

1/29/37

 

320,000

 

339,478

 

Morgan Stanley, Medium-Term Notes

 

6.625%

 

4/1/18

 

100,000

 

114,894

 

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes

 

6.000%

 

5/13/14

 

860,000

 

911,568

 

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes

 

5.500%

 

7/24/20

 

100,000

 

107,971

 

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes

 

6.375%

 

7/24/42

 

90,000

 

99,123

 

State Street Corp., Junior Subordinated Notes

 

4.956%

 

3/15/18

 

480,000

 

530,518

 

UBS AG Stamford CT, Subordinated Notes

 

7.625%

 

8/17/22

 

1,180,000

 

1,233,761

 

Vesey Street Investment Trust I, Senior Notes

 

4.404%

 

9/1/16

 

310,000

 

331,713

 

Total Capital Markets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,741,983

 

Commercial Banks — 8.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BankAmerica Institutional Capital B, Junior Subordinated Bonds

 

7.700%

 

12/31/26

 

480,000

 

487,200

(d)

Barclays Bank PLC, Subordinated Notes

 

10.179%

 

6/12/21

 

240,000

 

311,791

(d)

BBVA US Senior SAU, Senior Notes

 

3.250%

 

5/16/14

 

340,000

 

337,389

 

BNP Paribas SA, Senior Notes

 

2.375%

 

9/14/17

 

240,000

 

241,037

 

CIT Group Inc., Secured Notes

 

5.250%

 

4/1/14

 

370,000

 

385,725

(d)

Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank BA, Senior Notes

 

5.250%

 

5/24/41

 

570,000

 

662,200

 

Credit Agricole SA, Subordinated Notes

 

8.375%

 

10/13/19

 

560,000

 

544,600

(d)(e)(f)

HSBC Finance Capital Trust IX, Junior Subordinated Notes

 

5.911%

 

11/30/35

 

1,350,000

 

1,328,063

(e)

ING Bank NV, Notes

 

2.000%

 

9/25/15

 

420,000

 

420,628

(d)

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Senior Notes

 

3.625%

 

8/12/15

 

1,240,000

 

1,215,200

(d)

Mizuho Financial Group Cayman Ltd.

 

5.790%

 

4/15/14

 

550,000

 

582,694

(d)

Nordea Bank AB, Subordinated Notes

 

4.875%

 

5/13/21

 

510,000

 

535,622

(d)

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd., Subordinated Notes

 

3.150%

 

3/11/23

 

390,000

 

391,702

(d)(e)

Rabobank Nederland NV, Junior Subordinated Notes

 

11.000%

 

6/30/19

 

708,000

 

930,135

(d)(e)(f)

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Junior Subordinated Bonds

 

7.648%

 

9/30/31

 

1,140,000

 

1,105,800

(e)(f)

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Senior Notes

 

2.550%

 

9/18/15

 

250,000

 

253,008

 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Subordinated Notes

 

5.000%

 

10/1/14

 

580,000

 

597,296

 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Subordinated Notes

 

5.050%

 

1/8/15

 

170,000

 

176,354

 

Wachovia Capital Trust III, Junior Subordinated Bonds

 

5.570%

 

11/15/12

 

1,120,000

 

1,107,400

(e)(f)

Wells Fargo Capital X, Capital Securities

 

5.950%

 

12/1/36

 

450,000

 

456,750

 

Total Commercial Banks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,070,594

 

Consumer Finance — 3.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ally Financial Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.500%

 

12/31/13

 

1,551,000

 

1,636,305

 

Ally Financial Inc., Subordinated Notes

 

8.000%

 

12/31/18

 

201,000

 

226,125

 

American Express Co., Senior Notes

 

8.125%

 

5/20/19

 

220,000

 

297,624

 

American Express Co., Subordinated Debentures

 

6.800%

 

9/1/66

 

370,000

 

395,900

(e)

Capital One Financial Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.750%

 

9/15/17

 

230,000

 

281,704

 

HSBC Finance Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.676%

 

1/15/21

 

1,300,000

 

1,507,633

 

SLM Corp., Senior Notes

 

3.875%

 

9/10/15

 

240,000

 

247,330

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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WESTERN ASSET INCOME FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

September 30, 2012

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

Consumer Finance — continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SLM Corp., Senior Notes

 

7.250%

 

1/25/22

 

$

830,000

 

$

929,600

 

Total Consumer Finance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,522,221

 

Diversified Financial Services — 10.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.500%

 

8/1/16

 

70,000

 

80,956

 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

 

7.625%

 

6/1/19

 

70,000

 

87,411

 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.625%

 

7/1/20

 

30,000

 

34,209

 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.875%

 

2/7/42

 

530,000

 

619,522

 

Beaver Valley Funding Corp., Senior Secured Bonds

 

9.000%

 

6/1/17

 

98,000

 

100,677

 

Capital One Capital VI

 

8.875%

 

5/15/40

 

190,000

 

193,185

 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.375%

 

8/12/14

 

620,000

 

674,695

 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.500%

 

10/15/14

 

270,000

 

291,152

 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.010%

 

1/15/15

 

210,000

 

230,144

 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.500%

 

5/22/19

 

1,280,000

 

1,692,808

 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.125%

 

7/15/39

 

450,000

 

668,177

 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.875%

 

1/30/42

 

240,000

 

289,151

 

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

 

6.125%

 

8/25/36

 

550,000

 

597,219

 

General Electric Capital Corp., Junior Subordinated Bonds

 

6.250%

 

12/15/22

 

600,000

 

633,318

(e)(f)

General Electric Capital Corp., Notes

 

5.300%

 

2/11/21

 

530,000

 

608,210

 

General Electric Capital Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.900%

 

5/13/14

 

600,000

 

648,982

 

General Electric Capital Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.875%

 

1/10/39

 

280,000

 

374,109

 

General Electric Capital Corp., Subordinated Debentures

 

6.375%

 

11/15/67

 

700,000

 

738,640

(e)

ILFC E-Capital Trust I

 

4.280%

 

12/21/65

 

220,000

 

149,600

(d)(e)

ILFC E-Capital Trust II, Bonds

 

6.250%

 

12/21/65

 

790,000

 

624,100

(d)(e)

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

 

8.750%

 

3/15/17

 

190,000

 

222,300

 

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

 

8.875%

 

9/1/17

 

470,000

 

554,600

 

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.250%

 

5/15/19

 

130,000

 

139,750

 

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

 

8.250%

 

12/15/20

 

190,000

 

226,100

 

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.875%

 

8/15/22

 

370,000

 

382,228

 

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Secured Notes

 

7.125%

 

9/1/18

 

600,000

 

699,000

(d)

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Subordinated Notes

 

6.125%

 

6/27/17

 

720,000

 

847,694

 

UFJ Finance Aruba AEC

 

6.750%

 

7/15/13

 

355,000

 

371,451

 

ZFS Finance USA Trust II, Bonds

 

6.450%

 

12/15/65

 

1,440,000

 

1,526,400

(d)(e)

Total Diversified Financial Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,305,788

 

Insurance — 4.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allstate Corp., Junior Subordinated Debentures

 

6.500%

 

5/15/57

 

480,000

 

506,400

(e)

American International Group Inc., Junior Subordinated Debentures

 

6.250%

 

3/15/37

 

80,000

 

80,800

 

American International Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.400%

 

12/15/20

 

90,000

 

109,628

 

AXA SA, Subordinated Bonds

 

8.600%

 

12/15/30

 

200,000

 

241,831

 

Delphi Financial Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.875%

 

1/31/20

 

170,000

 

204,779

 

ING Capital Funding Trust III, Junior Subordinated Bonds

 

4.061%

 

12/31/12

 

1,470,000

 

1,351,987

(e)(f)

ING US Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.500%

 

7/15/22

 

600,000

 

625,910

(d)

MetLife Inc., Junior Subordinated Debentures

 

6.400%

 

12/15/36

 

1,210,000

 

1,269,388

 

MetLife Inc., Senior Notes

 

4.125%

 

8/13/42

 

420,000

 

413,525

 

Prudential Financial Inc., Junior Subordinated Debentures

 

8.875%

 

6/15/38

 

340,000

 

419,900

(e)

Prudential Holdings LLC, Bonds, AGM-Insured

 

7.245%

 

12/18/23

 

260,000

 

323,752

(d)

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

 

6.850%

 

12/16/39

 

400,000

 

549,273

(d)

Torchmark Corp., Senior Notes

 

3.800%

 

9/15/22

 

210,000

 

214,776

 

Willis North America Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.625%

 

7/15/15

 

230,000

 

249,148

 

Total Insurance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,561,097

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care REIT Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.875%

 

5/15/15

 

130,000

 

144,226

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Santander Holdings USA Inc., Senior Notes

 

3.000%

 

9/24/15

 

830,000

 

839,727

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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WESTERN ASSET INCOME FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

September 30, 2012

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Santander Holdings USA Inc., Senior Notes

 

4.625%

 

4/19/16

 

$

160,000

 

$

167,619

 

Total Thrifts & Mortgage Finance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,007,346

 

TOTAL FINANCIALS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

48,353,255

 

HEALTH CARE — 4.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Biotechnology — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amgen Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.150%

 

11/15/41

 

580,000

 

646,284

 

Gilead Sciences Inc., Senior Notes

 

4.400%

 

12/1/21

 

220,000

 

250,061

 

Gilead Sciences Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.650%

 

12/1/41

 

240,000

 

300,192

 

Total Biotechnology

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,196,537

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hospira Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.050%

 

3/30/17

 

210,000

 

242,821

 

Health Care Providers & Services — 2.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aetna Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.500%

 

9/15/18

 

240,000

 

299,198

 

HCA Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.250%

 

2/15/13

 

930,000

 

942,787

 

HCA Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.750%

 

3/15/14

 

65,000

 

68,250

 

Humana Inc.

 

8.150%

 

6/15/38

 

190,000

 

255,053

 

Humana Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.450%

 

6/1/16

 

220,000

 

252,190

 

Tenet Healthcare Corp., Senior Secured Notes

 

10.000%

 

5/1/18

 

732,000

 

845,460

 

Tenet Healthcare Corp., Senior Secured Notes

 

8.875%

 

7/1/19

 

300,000

 

339,000

 

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.000%

 

11/15/17

 

31,000

 

38,342

 

WellPoint Inc., Notes

 

5.875%

 

6/15/17

 

290,000

 

345,010

 

WellPoint Inc., Senior Notes

 

3.125%

 

5/15/22

 

610,000

 

608,879

 

Total Health Care Providers & Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,994,169

 

Pharmaceuticals — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc., Senior Notes

 

3.250%

 

10/1/22

 

350,000

 

354,483

 

TOTAL HEALTH CARE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,788,010

 

INDUSTRIALS — 6.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aerospace & Defense — 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Esterline Technologies Corp., Senior Notes

 

7.000%

 

8/1/20

 

750,000

 

832,500

 

Exelis Inc., Senior Notes

 

4.250%

 

10/1/16

 

470,000

 

490,843

 

Exelis Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.550%

 

10/1/21

 

520,000

 

566,564

 

L-3 Communications Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes

 

6.375%

 

10/15/15

 

154,000

 

155,771

 

Total Aerospace & Defense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,045,678

 

Airlines — 1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Continental Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates

 

9.250%

 

5/10/17

 

195,496

 

214,068

 

Continental Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates

 

6.545%

 

2/2/19

 

130,144

 

142,508

 

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

 

7.250%

 

11/10/19

 

198,384

 

226,654

 

Continental Airlines Inc., Secured Notes

 

6.250%

 

4/11/20

 

170,000

 

175,950

 

Continental Airlines Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

7.256%

 

3/15/20

 

171,408

 

185,549

 

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

 

8.021%

 

8/10/22

 

102,677

 

110,891

 

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

 

7.750%

 

12/17/19

 

254,600

 

290,880

 

United Air Lines Inc., Pass-Through Trust, Pass-Through Certificates, Secured Notes

 

9.750%

 

1/15/17

 

111,627

 

127,812

 

United Air Lines Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

9.875%

 

8/1/13

 

249,000

 

254,602

(d)

United Air Lines Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

12.000%

 

11/1/13

 

340,000

 

349,350

(d)

US Airways 2012-1 Pass-Through Trust, Senior Secured Bonds

 

5.900%

 

10/1/24

 

360,000

 

380,700

 

Total Airlines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,458,964

 

Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Republic Services Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.500%

 

9/15/19

 

130,000

 

153,945

 

Republic Services Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.250%

 

11/15/21

 

330,000

 

390,650

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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WESTERN ASSET INCOME FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

September 30, 2012

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

Commercial Services & Supplies — continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Waste Management Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.750%

 

5/15/32

 

$

250,000

 

$

357,770

 

Total Commercial Services & Supplies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

902,365

 

Industrial Conglomerates — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United Technologies Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.125%

 

2/1/19

 

200,000

 

250,191

 

United Technologies Corp., Senior Notes

 

4.500%

 

6/1/42

 

340,000

 

381,067

 

Total Industrial Conglomerates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

631,258

 

Machinery — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Valmont Industries Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.625%

 

4/20/20

 

790,000

 

940,535

 

Road & Rail — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC, Senior Notes

 

4.400%

 

3/15/42

 

1,350,000

 

1,426,289

 

TOTAL INDUSTRIALS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,405,089

 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IT Services — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electronic Data Systems Corp., Notes

 

7.450%

 

10/15/29

 

420,000

 

505,824

 

Mantech International Corp., Senior Notes

 

7.250%

 

4/15/18

 

320,000

 

337,600

 

Total IT Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

843,424

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

National Semiconductor Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.600%

 

6/15/17

 

110,000

 

137,625

 

TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

981,049

 

MATERIALS — 6.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chemicals — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dow Chemical Co., Debentures

 

7.375%

 

11/1/29

 

800,000

 

1,059,917

 

Ecolab Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.500%

 

12/8/41

 

140,000

 

174,112

 

Total Chemicals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,234,029

 

Containers & Packaging — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rock-Tenn Co., Senior Notes

 

4.450%

 

3/1/19

 

470,000

 

495,762

(d)

Rock-Tenn Co., Senior Notes

 

3.500%

 

3/1/20

 

150,000

 

152,867

(d)

Rock-Tenn Co., Senior Notes

 

4.900%

 

3/1/22

 

460,000

 

498,305

(d)

Rock-Tenn Co., Senior Notes

 

4.000%

 

3/1/23

 

80,000

 

81,293

(d)

Total Containers & Packaging

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,228,227

 

Metals & Mining — 4.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anglo American Capital PLC, Senior Notes

 

2.625%

 

9/27/17

 

700,000

 

702,380

(d)

ArcelorMittal, Senior Notes

 

4.000%

 

2/25/15

 

340,000

 

339,774

 

ArcelorMittal, Senior Notes

 

4.000%

 

8/5/15

 

340,000

 

337,851

 

Barrick Gold Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.250%

 

4/1/42

 

560,000

 

619,792

 

Cliffs Natural Resources Inc., Senior Notes

 

4.875%

 

4/1/21

 

290,000

 

283,846

 

FMG Resources (August 2006) Pty Ltd., Senior Notes

 

7.000%

 

11/1/15

 

740,000

 

736,300

(d)

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., Senior Notes

 

3.550%

 

3/1/22

 

410,000

 

410,414

 

Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd., Senior Notes

 

9.000%

 

5/1/19

 

660,000

 

902,487

 

Rio Tinto Finance USA PLC, Senior Notes

 

4.125%

 

8/21/42

 

280,000

 

275,683

 

Southern Copper Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.375%

 

4/16/20

 

150,000

 

168,624

 

Steel Dynamics Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.125%

 

8/15/19

 

140,000

 

145,600

(d)

Vale Overseas Ltd., Notes

 

6.875%

 

11/21/36

 

1,148,000

 

1,329,244

 

Xstrata Finance Canada Ltd., Senior Notes

 

6.900%

 

11/15/37

 

430,000

 

492,366

(d)

Total Metals & Mining

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,744,361

 

Paper & Forest Products — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Georgia-Pacific Corp.

 

7.375%

 

12/1/25

 

250,000

 

330,898

 

TOTAL MATERIALS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,537,515

 

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 6.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 5.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AT&T Corp., Senior Notes

 

8.000%

 

11/15/31

 

9,000

 

13,833

 

AT&T Inc., Global Notes

 

6.550%

 

2/15/39

 

1,230,000

 

1,667,254

 

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.550%

 

8/15/41

 

340,000

 

423,232

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

6


 

WESTERN ASSET INCOME FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

September 30, 2012

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services — continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

British Telecommunications PLC, Bonds

 

9.625%

 

12/15/30

 

$

330,000

 

$

537,098

 

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV, Senior Notes

 

5.750%

 

3/23/16

 

160,000

 

182,269

 

Koninklijke KPN NV, Senior Notes

 

8.375%

 

10/1/30

 

200,000

 

267,497

 

Qwest Corp., Debentures

 

6.875%

 

9/15/33

 

1,000,000

 

1,012,500

 

Telecom Italia Capital SA, Senior Notes

 

7.721%

 

6/4/38

 

390,000

 

391,950

 

Telecom Italia Capital SpA, Senior Notes

 

7.200%

 

7/18/36

 

20,000

 

19,600

 

Telefonica Emisiones SAU, Senior Notes

 

3.729%

 

4/27/15

 

230,000

 

228,850

 

Telefonica Emisiones SAU, Senior Notes

 

5.877%

 

7/15/19

 

230,000

 

231,150

 

Telefonica Emisiones SAU, Senior Notes

 

7.045%

 

6/20/36

 

120,000

 

117,000

 

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.950%

 

3/1/39

 

720,000

 

1,254,653

 

Verizon Global Funding Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.850%

 

9/15/35

 

570,000

 

720,788

 

Total Diversified Telecommunication Services

 

 

 

 

 

7,067,674

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

America Movil SAB de CV, Senior Notes

 

6.125%

 

3/30/40

 

850,000

 

1,105,991

 

Rogers Wireless Inc., Secured Notes

 

6.375%

 

3/1/14

 

300,000

 

323,861

 

Sprint Capital Corp., Global Notes

 

6.900%

 

5/1/19

 

330,000

 

342,375

 

Telefonica Europe BV

 

8.250%

 

9/15/30

 

230,000

 

243,800

 

Total Wireless Telecommunication Services

 

 

 

 

 

2,016,027

 

TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES

 

 

 

 

 

9,083,701

 

UTILITIES — 5.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electric Utilities — 3.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AES El Salvador Trust, Senior Notes

 

6.750%

 

2/1/16

 

750,000

 

753,750

(d)

Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co., Senior Secured Bonds

 

8.875%

 

11/15/18

 

360,000

 

486,679

 

Duke Energy Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.300%

 

2/1/14

 

500,000

 

536,658

 

Enersis SA, Notes

 

7.400%

 

12/1/16

 

452,000

 

534,826

 

FirstEnergy Corp., Notes

 

7.375%

 

11/15/31

 

110,000

 

144,085

 

IPALCO Enterprises Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

5.000%

 

5/1/18

 

470,000

 

492,325

 

Pacific Gas & Electric Co., First Mortgage Bonds

 

6.050%

 

3/1/34

 

140,000

 

184,001

 

PNPP II Funding Corp.

 

9.120%

 

5/30/16

 

1,124,000

 

1,183,313

 

Virginia Electric and Power Co., Senior Notes

 

8.875%

 

11/15/38

 

390,000

 

671,406

 

Total Electric Utilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,987,043

 

Gas Utilities — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Southern Natural Gas Co., Senior Notes

 

5.900%

 

4/1/17

 

170,000

 

199,465

(d)

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exelon Generation Co., LLC, Senior Notes

 

4.250%

 

6/15/22

 

600,000

 

634,844

(d)

Multi-Utilities — 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CenterPoint Energy Inc.

 

6.850%

 

6/1/15

 

1,150,000

 

1,293,546

 

Dominion Resources Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.875%

 

1/15/19

 

250,000

 

340,608

 

DTE Energy Co.

 

6.350%

 

6/1/16

 

260,000

 

307,384

 

Total Multi-Utilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,941,538

 

TOTAL UTILITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,762,890

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES (Cost — $113,619,869)

 

 

 

129,450,096

 

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

2.721%

 

1/15/43

 

330,000

 

334,360

(d)(e)

COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thornburg Mortgage Securities Trust, 2007-4 2A1

 

6.159%

 

9/25/37

 

202,230

 

201,783

(e)

Thornburg Mortgage Securities Trust, 2007-4 3A1

 

6.145%

 

9/25/37

 

189,882

 

194,640

(e)

TOTAL COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS (Cost — $388,778)

 

 

396,423

 

SOVEREIGN BONDS — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canada — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quebec Province

 

7.970%

 

7/22/36

 

650,000

 

1,034,624

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

7


 

WESTERN ASSET INCOME FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

September 30, 2012

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

Mexico — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United Mexican States, Senior Notes

 

4.750%

 

3/8/44

 

$

30,000

 

$

33,375

 

Russia — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RSHB Capital, Loan Participation Notes, Secured Notes

 

7.125%

 

1/14/14

 

200,000

 

211,620

(d)

Russian Foreign Bond - Eurobond, Senior Bonds

 

7.500%

 

3/31/30

 

43,470

 

54,881

(d)

Total Russia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

266,501

 

TOTAL SOVEREIGN BONDS (Cost — $1,016,306)

 

 

 

 

 

1,334,500

 

U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS — 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Government Obligations — 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Bonds

 

3.000%

 

5/15/42

 

220,000

 

228,113

 

U.S. Treasury Notes

 

0.875%

 

7/31/19

 

120,000

 

118,856

 

U.S. Treasury Notes

 

2.000%

 

2/15/22

 

820,000

 

852,864

 

U.S. Treasury Notes

 

1.750%

 

5/15/22

 

20,000

 

20,281

 

U.S. Treasury Notes

 

1.625%

 

8/15/22

 

950,000

 

948,961

 

TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS (Cost — $2,163,010)

 

2,169,075

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHARES

 

 

 

PREFERRED STOCKS — 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FINANCIALS — 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Finance — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GMAC Capital Trust I

 

8.125%

 

 

 

63,250

 

1,588,207

(e)

Diversified Financial Services — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Citigroup Capital XIII

 

7.875%

 

 

 

15,253

 

424,796

(e)

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

 

8.250%

 

 

 

11,700

 

10,179

*(a)(e)

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS (Cost — $2,195,589)

 

 

 

 

 

2,023,182

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost — $119,713,552)

 

135,707,636

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 2.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements — 2.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barclays Capital Inc. tri-party repurchase agreement dated 9/28/12; Proceeds at maturity - $2,834,035; (Fully collateralized by U.S. government obligations, 0.875% due 1/31/17; Market value - $2,937,463 (Cost - $2,834,000)

 

0.150%

 

10/1/12

 

$

2,834,000

 

2,834,000

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 98.5% (Cost — $122,547,552#)

 

 

 

 

138,541,636

 

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,169,510

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

140,711,146

 

 

*

Non-income producing security.

(a)

Illiquid security.

(b)

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

(c)

Value is less than $1.

(d)

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.

(e)

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

(f)

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

#

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

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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WESTERN ASSET INCOME FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

September 30, 2012

 

 

Abbreviations used in this schedule:

 

AGM

- Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.

 

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 (“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 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

 

 

$

129,450,096

 

$

0

*

$

129,450,096

 

Asset-backed securities

 

 

334,360

 

 

334,360

 

Collateralized mortgage obligations

 

 

396,423

 

 

396,423

 

Sovereign bonds

 

 

1,334,500

 

 

1,334,500

 

U.S. government & agency obligations

 

 

2,169,075

 

 

2,169,075

 

Preferred stocks

 

$

2,023,182

 

 

 

2,023,182

 

Total Long-term investments

 

$

2,023,182

 

$

133,684,454

 

$

0

*

$

135,707,636

 

Short-term investments†:

 

 

$

2,834,000

 

 

$

2,834,000

 

Total investments:

 

$

2,023,182

 

$

136,518,454

 

$

0

*

$

138,541,636

 

Other financial instruments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Futures contracts

 

$

53,149

 

 

 

$

53,149

 

Total

 

$

2,076,331

 

$

136,518,454

 

$

0

*

$

138,594,785

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

 

QUOTED
PRICES

 

OTHER
SIGNIFICANT
OBSERVABLE
INPUTS

 

SIGNIFICANT
UNOBSERVABLE
INPUTS

 

 

 

DESCRIPTION

 

(LEVEL 1)

 

(LEVEL 2)

 

(LEVEL 3)

 

TOTAL

 

Other financial instruments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Futures contracts

 

$

4,250

 

 

 

$

4,250

 

†See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

* Value is less than $1.

 

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Notes to schedule of investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

(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 September 30, 2012, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were substantially as follows:

 

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Notes to schedule of investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

16,775,896

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

(781,812

)

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

15,994,084

 

 

At September 30, 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

 

113

 

12/12

 

$

14,053,571

 

$

14,083,508

 

$

29,937

 

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes

 

9

 

12/12

 

1,195,185

 

1,201,359

 

6,174

 

U.S. Treasury Ultra Long-Term Bonds

 

3

 

12/12

 

499,681

 

495,656

 

(4,025

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32,086

 

Contracts to Sell:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury 2-Year Notes

 

2

 

12/12

 

440,838

 

441,063

 

(225

)

U.S. Treasury 30-Year Bonds

 

118

 

12/12

 

17,643,288

 

17,626,250

 

17,038

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,813

 

Net unrealized gain on open futures contracts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

48,899

 

 

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, 2012.

 

 

 

Futures Contracts

 

 

 

Primary Underlying Risk
Disclosure

 

Unrealized
Appreciation

 

Unrealized
Depreciation

 

Total

 

Interest Rate Risk

 

$

53,149

 

$

(4,250

)

$

48,899

 

 

During the period ended September 30, 2012, the volume of derivative activity for the Fund was as follows:

 

 

 

Average market
value

 

Futures contracts (to buy)

 

$

5,232,065

 

Futures contracts (to sell)

 

14,299,816

 

 

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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 26, 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: November 26, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Richard F. Sennett

 

Richard F. Sennett

 

Principal Financial Officer

 

 

 

Date: November 26, 2012