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)

 

55 Water Street

New York, NY

 

10041

(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, 2010

 

 



 

ITEM 1.                                                     SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 



 

WESTERN ASSET INCOME FUND

 

FORM N-Q

MARCH 31, 2010

 


 

Schedule of investments (unaudited)

March 31, 2010

 

WESTERN ASSET INCOME FUND

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES — 94.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — 6.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Automobiles — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Motors Liquidation Co., Senior Debentures

 

8.250%

 

7/15/23

 

$

2,710,000

 

$

1,002,700

(a)

Internet & Catalog Retail — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

QVC Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

7.125%

 

4/15/17

 

310,000

 

311,938

(b)

Leisure Equipment & Products — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hasbro Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.300%

 

9/15/17

 

320,000

 

342,602

 

Media — 4.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comcast Cable Holdings LLC

 

9.800%

 

2/1/12

 

375,000

 

425,417

 

Comcast Corp., Bonds

 

6.400%

 

5/15/38

 

950,000

 

963,997

 

Comcast Corp., Notes

 

6.450%

 

3/15/37

 

120,000

 

122,204

 

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.950%

 

8/15/37

 

160,000

 

173,091

 

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.400%

 

3/1/40

 

230,000

 

233,779

 

News America Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.550%

 

3/15/33

 

545,000

 

552,992

 

Omnicom Group Inc., Notes

 

6.250%

 

7/15/19

 

370,000

 

400,814

 

TCI Communications Inc.

 

8.750%

 

8/1/15

 

160,000

 

194,215

 

Time Warner Cable Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.750%

 

2/14/19

 

520,000

 

644,894

 

Time Warner Entertainment Co., LP, Senior Notes

 

8.375%

 

7/15/33

 

530,000

 

638,335

 

Time Warner Inc., Senior Debentures

 

7.700%

 

5/1/32

 

595,000

 

686,732

 

WPP Finance UK, Senior Notes

 

8.000%

 

9/15/14

 

180,000

 

206,818

 

Total Media

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,243,288

 

Multiline Retail — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Macy’s Retail Holdings Inc.

 

5.350%

 

3/15/12

 

270,000

 

283,500

 

Macy’s Retail Holdings Inc., Debentures

 

6.650%

 

7/15/24

 

180,000

 

170,100

 

Macy’s Retail Holdings Inc., Notes

 

5.750%

 

7/15/14

 

400,000

 

408,000

 

Total Multiline Retail

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

861,600

 

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,762,128

 

CONSUMER STAPLES — 4.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beverages — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior
Notes

 

5.375%

 

1/15/20

 

370,000

 

381,685

 

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior
Notes

 

5.000%

 

4/15/20

 

260,000

 

260,800

(b)

Diageo Capital PLC, Notes

 

7.375%

 

1/15/14

 

380,000

 

441,914

 

Dr. Pepper Snapple Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.820%

 

5/1/18

 

240,000

 

274,178

 

Total Beverages

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,358,577

 

Food & Staples Retailing — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delhaize Group, Senior Notes

 

6.500%

 

6/15/17

 

290,000

 

320,281

 

Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.500%

 

8/15/37

 

380,000

 

421,271

 

Total Food & Staples Retailing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

741,552

 

Food Products — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kraft Foods Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.375%

 

2/10/20

 

560,000

 

569,159

 

Tobacco — 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lorillard Tobacco Co., Senior Notes

 

8.125%

 

6/23/19

 

340,000

 

374,577

 

Philip Morris International Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.875%

 

3/17/14

 

490,000

 

561,107

 

Reynolds American Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.250%

 

6/1/12

 

1,360,000

 

1,485,757

 

Total Tobacco

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,421,441

 

TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,090,729

 

ENERGY — 12.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baker Hughes Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.500%

 

11/15/18

 

370,000

 

442,339

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 12.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anadarko Finance Co., Senior Notes

 

7.500%

 

5/1/31

 

825,000

 

927,072

 

Apache Corp.

 

6.900%

 

9/15/18

 

100,000

 

117,005

 

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.000%

 

1/15/37

 

190,000

 

199,915

 

ConocoPhillips, Notes

 

6.500%

 

2/1/39

 

810,000

 

904,817

 

ConocoPhillips, Senior Notes

 

6.000%

 

1/15/20

 

360,000

 

399,891

 

Devon Financing Corp. ULC, Debentures

 

7.875%

 

9/30/31

 

350,000

 

434,551

 

Duke Capital LLC, Senior Notes

 

6.250%

 

2/15/13

 

800,000

 

874,348

 

El Paso Corp., Medium-Term Notes

 

7.800%

 

8/1/31

 

2,000,000

 

1,965,654

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

March 31, 2010

 

WESTERN ASSET INCOME FUND

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enbridge Energy Partners LP

 

9.875%

 

3/1/19

 

$

120,000

 

$

155,933

 

Energy Transfer Partners LP, Senior Notes

 

9.700%

 

3/15/19

 

170,000

 

215,179

 

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes

 

6.125%

 

10/15/39

 

320,000

 

314,633

 

EOG Resources Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.875%

 

9/15/17

 

540,000

 

588,885

 

Hess Corp., Notes

 

7.875%

 

10/1/29

 

1,180,000

 

1,413,830

 

Hess Corp., Senior Bonds

 

6.000%

 

1/15/40

 

300,000

 

296,251

 

Kerr-McGee Corp., Notes

 

6.950%

 

7/1/24

 

300,000

 

333,707

 

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, Senior Notes

 

7.125%

 

3/15/12

 

530,000

 

580,293

 

LUKOIL International Finance BV, Notes

 

6.356%

 

6/7/17

 

310,000

 

318,525

(b)

Peabody Energy Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.875%

 

3/15/13

 

145,000

 

146,631

 

Pemex Project Funding Master Trust, Senior Bonds

 

6.625%

 

6/15/35

 

2,635,000

 

2,595,965

 

Petrobras International Finance Co., Global Notes

 

5.875%

 

3/1/18

 

879,000

 

917,983

 

Petroplus Finance Ltd., Senior Notes

 

7.000%

 

5/1/17

 

600,000

 

516,000

(b)

Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes

 

6.375%

 

12/15/38

 

250,000

 

275,301

 

Williams Cos. Inc., Debentures

 

7.500%

 

1/15/31

 

76,000

 

83,507

 

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.750%

 

3/15/32

 

926,000

 

1,128,181

 

XTO Energy Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.100%

 

4/1/36

 

440,000

 

476,917

 

Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,180,974

 

TOTAL ENERGY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,623,313

 

FINANCIALS — 39.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Markets — 5.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credit Suisse AG, Subordinated Notes

 

5.400%

 

1/14/20

 

480,000

 

483,752

 

Goldman Sachs Capital I, Capital Securities

 

6.345%

 

2/15/34

 

555,000

 

512,463

 

Goldman Sachs Capital II, Junior Subordinated
Bonds

 

5.793%

 

6/1/12

 

920,000

 

779,700

(c)(d)

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.000%

 

5/1/14

 

40,000

 

43,799

 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.375%

 

3/15/20

 

270,000

 

267,503

 

Kaupthing Bank HF, Senior Notes

 

5.750%

 

10/4/11

 

480,000

 

128,400

(a)(b)(e)

Kaupthing Bank HF, Senior Notes

 

7.625%

 

2/28/15

 

620,000

 

165,850

(a)(b)(e)

Kaupthing Bank HF, Subordinated Notes

 

7.125%

 

5/19/16

 

1,250,000

 

125

(a)(b)(e)

Lehman Brothers Holdings Capital Trust VII,
Medium-Term Notes

 

5.857%

 

5/31/12

 

1,745,000

 

4,362

(a)(c)(d)

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

 

5.750%

 

5/17/13

 

350,000

 

81,375

(a)

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Subordinated
Notes

 

6.500%

 

7/19/17

 

110,000

 

275

(a)

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.400%

 

8/28/17

 

300,000

 

316,178

 

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

 

6.050%

 

8/15/12

 

400,000

 

427,202

 

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Subordinated Notes

 

5.700%

 

5/2/17

 

1,000,000

 

993,995

 

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Subordinated Notes

 

6.110%

 

1/29/37

 

320,000

 

294,429

 

Morgan Stanley, Medium-Term Notes

 

6.625%

 

4/1/18

 

100,000

 

106,658

 

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes

 

6.000%

 

5/13/14

 

860,000

 

928,918

 

Morgan Stanley, Subordinated Notes

 

4.750%

 

4/1/14

 

60,000

 

61,265

 

UBS Preferred Funding Trust, Subordinated Notes

 

6.243%

 

5/15/16

 

1,120,000

 

1,008,000

(c)(d)

Total Capital Markets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,604,249

 

Commercial Banks — 11.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BAC Capital Trust XIV, Junior Subordinated Notes

 

5.630%

 

3/15/12

 

585,000

 

440,212

(c)(d)

Banco Mercantil del Norte SA, Subordinated Bonds

 

6.135%

 

10/13/16

 

750,000

 

742,687

(b)(d)

BankAmerica Capital III, Junior Subordinated Notes

 

0.821%

 

1/15/27

 

215,000

 

147,858

(d)

BankAmerica Institutional Capital A, Junior
Subordinated Bonds

 

8.070%

 

12/31/26

 

130,000

 

130,975

(b)

BankAmerica Institutional Capital B, Junior
Subordinated Bonds

 

7.700%

 

12/31/26

 

480,000

 

468,600

(b)

Barclays Bank PLC, Junior Subordinated Bonds

 

7.434%

 

12/15/17

 

910,000

 

896,350

(b)(c)(d)

Barclays Bank PLC, Senior Notes

 

5.125%

 

1/8/20

 

500,000

 

493,034

 

Barclays Bank PLC, Subordinated Notes

 

10.179%

 

6/12/21

 

240,000

 

313,210

(b)

BB&T Capital Trust II

 

6.750%

 

6/7/36

 

640,000

 

637,194

 

BPCE SA, Subordinated Bonds

 

12.500%

 

9/30/19

 

361,000

 

418,366

(b)(c)(d)

Comerica Capital Trust II, Capital Securities

 

6.576%

 

2/20/37

 

360,000

 

315,900

(d)

Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Senior Notes

 

5.000%

 

10/15/19

 

60,000

 

60,302

(b)

Credit Agricole SA, Subordinated Notes

 

8.375%

 

10/13/19

 

520,000

 

562,900

(b)(c)(d)

Glitnir Banki HF, Notes

 

6.330%

 

7/28/11

 

400,000

 

118,000

(a)(b)(e)

Glitnir Banki HF, Subordinated Bonds

 

7.451%

 

9/14/16

 

210,000

 

21

(a)(b)(c)(e)

Glitnir Banki HF, Subordinated Notes

 

6.693%

 

6/15/16

 

680,000

 

68

(a)(b)(e)

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

March 31, 2010

 

WESTERN ASSET INCOME FUND

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

Commercial Banks — continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HBOS Capital Funding LP, Tier 1 Notes, Perpetual Bonds

 

6.071%

 

6/30/14

 

$

560,000

 

$

436,800

(b)(c)(d)

HSBC Finance Capital Trust IX, Junior
Subordinated Notes

 

5.911%

 

11/30/35

 

1,350,000

 

1,194,750

(d)

ICICI Bank Ltd., Subordinated Bonds

 

6.375%

 

4/30/22

 

200,000

 

188,307

(b)(d)

Landsbanki Islands HF

 

7.431%

 

10/19/17

 

730,000

 

73

(a)(b)(c)(e)

Lloyds TSB Bank PLC, Notes

 

5.800%

 

1/13/20

 

390,000

 

380,518

(b)

Rabobank Nederland NV, Junior Subordinated
Notes

 

11.000%

 

6/30/19

 

858,000

 

1,104,125

(b)(c)(d)

Resona Preferred Global Securities Cayman Ltd.,
Junior Subordinated, Bonds

 

7.191%

 

7/30/15

 

1,095,000

 

1,026,400

(b)(c)(d)

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Junior
Subordinated Notes, Medium-Term Notes

 

7.640%

 

9/29/17

 

100,000

 

63,000

(c)(d)

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Senior Notes

 

6.400%

 

10/21/19

 

220,000

 

219,945

 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Senior
Subordinated Notes

 

6.375%

 

2/1/11

 

150,000

 

152,242

 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Subordinated
Notes

 

5.000%

 

11/12/13

 

70,000

 

68,003

 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Subordinated
Notes

 

5.000%

 

10/1/14

 

510,000

 

488,072

 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Subordinated
Notes

 

5.050%

 

1/8/15

 

80,000

 

75,749

 

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC, Senior Notes

 

4.875%

 

3/16/15

 

100,000

 

99,975

 

RSHB Capital, Loan Participation Notes, Secured
Notes

 

7.125%

 

1/14/14

 

200,000

 

216,920

(b)

Shinsei Finance Cayman Ltd., Junior Subordinated Bonds

 

6.418%

 

7/20/16

 

760,000

 

527,055

(b)(c)(d)

SunTrust Capital, Trust Preferred Securities

 

6.100%

 

12/15/36

 

560,000

 

460,886

(d)

Wachovia Capital Trust III, Junior Subordinated
Bonds

 

5.800%

 

3/15/11

 

630,000

 

533,925

(c)(d)

Wells Fargo Capital X, Capital Securities

 

5.950%

 

12/15/36

 

450,000

 

412,577

 

Wells Fargo Capital XIII, Medium-Term Notes

 

7.700%

 

3/26/13

 

885,000

 

913,762

(c)(d)

Total Commercial Banks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,308,761

 

Consumer Finance — 5.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Express Co., Senior Notes

 

8.125%

 

5/20/19

 

220,000

 

266,464

 

American Express Co., Subordinated Debentures

 

6.800%

 

9/1/66

 

1,120,000

 

1,092,000

(d)

American Express Credit Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.125%

 

8/25/14

 

150,000

 

159,259

 

Capital One Financial Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.750%

 

9/15/17

 

230,000

 

254,153

 

GMAC Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.500%

 

12/31/13

 

1,551,000

 

1,578,142

 

GMAC Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.300%

 

2/12/15

 

370,000

 

388,500

(b)

GMAC Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.000%

 

11/1/31

 

728,000

 

695,240

 

GMAC Inc., Subordinated Notes

 

8.000%

 

12/31/18

 

201,000

 

197,985

 

Nelnet Inc., Notes

 

7.400%

 

9/29/36

 

460,000

 

382,572

(d)

SLM Corp., Medium-Term Notes

 

5.000%

 

10/1/13

 

810,000

 

773,841

 

SLM Corp., Medium-Term Notes

 

5.050%

 

11/14/14

 

130,000

 

120,300

 

SLM Corp., Medium-Term Notes, Senior Notes

 

8.450%

 

6/15/18

 

230,000

 

232,613

 

SLM Corp., Medium-Term Notes, Senior Notes

 

5.625%

 

8/1/33

 

180,000

 

138,893

 

SLM Corp., Senior Notes

 

8.000%

 

3/25/20

 

930,000

 

905,596

 

Total Consumer Finance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,185,558

 

Diversified Financial Services — 11.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AES El Salvador Trust, Senior Notes

 

6.750%

 

2/1/16

 

750,000

 

712,568

(b)

AIG SunAmerica Global Financing VI, Senior
Secured Notes

 

6.300%

 

5/10/11

 

1,880,000

 

1,936,195

(b)

Bank of America Corp., Notes, Preferred Securities

 

8.000%

 

1/30/18

 

150,000

 

153,050

(c)(d)

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

 

7.625%

 

6/1/19

 

70,000

 

80,070

 

Beaver Valley Funding Corp., Senior Secured
Bonds

 

9.000%

 

6/1/17

 

239,000

 

258,216

 

Capital One Bank USA N.A., Senior Subordinated
Notes

 

6.500%

 

6/13/13

 

330,000

 

360,741

 

Capital One Capital V, Junior Subordinated Notes,
Cumulative Trust Preferred Securities

 

10.250%

 

8/15/39

 

320,000

 

379,099

 

Capital One Capital VI

 

8.875%

 

5/15/40

 

270,000

 

294,242

 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.375%

 

8/12/14

 

620,000

 

662,348

 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.500%

 

10/15/14

 

270,000

 

279,425

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

3

 


 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

March 31, 2010

 

WESTERN ASSET INCOME FUND

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

Diversified Financial Services — continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.010%

 

1/15/15

 

$

210,000

 

$

220,619

 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.500%

 

5/22/19

 

1,840,000

 

2,147,622

 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.125%

 

7/15/39

 

450,000

 

519,481

 

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

 

6.125%

 

8/25/36

 

550,000

 

479,950

 

General Electric Capital Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.900%

 

5/13/14

 

1,000,000

 

1,100,246

 

General Electric Capital Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.000%

 

8/7/19

 

1,120,000

 

1,183,469

 

General Electric Capital Corp., Subordinated
Debentures

 

6.375%

 

11/15/67

 

600,000

 

563,250

(d)

ILFC E-Capital Trust II, Bonds

 

6.250%

 

12/21/65

 

790,000

 

608,300

(b)(d)

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

 

8.750%

 

3/15/17

 

190,000

 

194,376

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Subordinated Notes

 

6.125%

 

6/27/17

 

720,000

 

775,056

 

TNK-BP Finance SA, Senior Notes

 

7.500%

 

7/18/16

 

160,000

 

174,000

(b)

UFJ Finance Aruba AEC

 

6.750%

 

7/15/13

 

355,000

 

397,961

 

ZFS Finance USA Trust II, Bonds

 

6.450%

 

12/15/65

 

1,440,000

 

1,375,200

(b)(d)

Total Diversified Financial Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,855,484

 

Insurance  — 4.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allstate Corp., Junior Subordinated Debentures

 

6.500%

 

5/15/57

 

480,000

 

459,600

(d)

American International Group Inc., Junior
Subordinated Debentures

 

6.250%

 

3/15/37

 

80,000

 

59,200

 

ASIF Global Financing XIX

 

4.900%

 

1/17/13

 

30,000

 

30,334

(b)

AXA SA, Subordinated Bonds

 

8.600%

 

12/15/30

 

200,000

 

242,512

 

Delphi Financial Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.875%

 

1/31/20

 

170,000

 

175,528

 

Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., Junior
Subordinated Debentures

 

8.125%

 

6/15/38

 

325,000

 

338,000

(d)

Liberty Mutual Group, Junior Subordinated Bonds

 

7.800%

 

3/15/37

 

300,000

 

265,500

(b)

Liberty Mutual Group, Senior Notes

 

5.750%

 

3/15/14

 

270,000

 

282,610

(b)

MetLife Inc., Junior Subordinated Debentures

 

6.400%

 

12/15/36

 

1,160,000

 

1,038,200

 

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., Notes

 

9.375%

 

8/15/39

 

320,000

 

364,618

(b)

Prudential Financial Inc., Junior Subordinated
Debentures

 

8.875%

 

6/15/38

 

340,000

 

381,650

(d)

Prudential Holdings LLC, Bonds, FSA-Insured

 

7.245%

 

12/18/23

 

260,000

 

278,757

(b)

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

 

6.850%

 

12/16/39

 

600,000

 

650,839

(b)

Travelers Cos. Inc., Junior Subordinated
Debentures

 

6.250%

 

3/15/37

 

620,000

 

610,300

(d)

Travelers Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.250%

 

6/15/37

 

280,000

 

296,193

 

Willis North America Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.625%

 

7/15/15

 

230,000

 

236,131

 

Total Insurance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,709,972

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Digital Realty Trust LP, Bonds

 

5.875%

 

2/1/20

 

20,000

 

19,556

(b)

Health Care REIT Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.875%

 

5/15/15

 

130,000

 

136,414

 

WEA Finance LLC/WT Finance Aust Pty. Ltd.,
Senior Notes

 

6.750%

 

9/2/19

 

330,000

 

352,138

(b)

Total Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

508,108

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Countrywide Financial Corp., Medium-Term Notes

 

5.800%

 

6/7/12

 

850,000

 

903,552

 

Countrywide Financial Corp., Subordinated Notes

 

6.250%

 

5/15/16

 

500,000

 

513,346

 

Total Thrifts & Mortgage Finance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,416,898

 

TOTAL FINANCIALS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

50,589,030

 

HEALTH CARE  — 6.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies  — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boston Scientific Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.000%

 

1/15/20

 

450,000

 

425,111

 

Hospira Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.050%

 

3/30/17

 

210,000

 

225,555

 

Total Health Care Equipment & Supplies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

650,666

 

Health Care Providers & Services — 5.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aetna Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.500%

 

9/15/18

 

240,000

 

267,808

 

Cardinal Health Inc.

 

5.500%

 

6/15/13

 

210,000

 

226,660

 

Coventry Health Care Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.950%

 

3/15/17

 

440,000

 

419,885

 

HCA Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.875%

 

2/1/11

 

250,000

 

256,094

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

4


 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

March 31, 2010

 

WESTERN ASSET INCOME FUND

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

Health Care Providers & Services — continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HCA Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.300%

 

10/1/12

 

$

180,000

 

$

179,775

 

HCA Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.250%

 

2/15/13

 

930,000

 

923,025

 

HCA Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.750%

 

3/15/14

 

65,000

 

61,344

 

HCA Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

9.125%

 

11/15/14

 

400,000

 

422,500

 

HCA Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

9.250%

 

11/15/16

 

500,000

 

531,563

 

Humana Inc.

 

8.150%

 

6/15/38

 

190,000

 

196,177

 

Humana Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.450%

 

6/1/16

 

220,000

 

230,223

 

Tenet Healthcare Corp., Senior Notes

 

9.000%

 

5/1/15

 

732,000

 

788,730

(b)

Tenet Healthcare Corp., Senior Notes

 

10.000%

 

5/1/18

 

732,000

 

819,840

(b)

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.000%

 

11/15/17

 

31,000

 

33,284

 

Universal Health Services Inc., Notes

 

7.125%

 

6/30/16

 

520,000

 

581,666

 

WellPoint Inc., Notes

 

5.875%

 

6/15/17

 

540,000

 

579,781

 

Total Health Care Providers & Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,518,355

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Life Technologies Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.000%

 

3/1/20

 

380,000

 

389,072

 

Pharmaceuticals — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pfizer Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.200%

 

3/15/19

 

270,000

 

304,960

 

Wyeth, Notes

 

5.950%

 

4/1/37

 

170,000

 

177,986

 

Total Pharmaceuticals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

482,946

 

TOTAL HEALTH CARE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,041,039

 

INDUSTRIALS — 3.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aerospace & Defense — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L-3 Communications Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.200%

 

10/15/19

 

80,000

 

80,399

(b)

L-3 Communications Corp., Senior Subordinated
Notes

 

6.375%

 

10/15/15

 

660,000

 

677,325

 

Systems 2001 Asset Trust

 

6.664%

 

9/15/13

 

277,668

 

293,287

(b)

Total Aerospace & Defense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,051,011

 

Airlines — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Continental Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates

 

9.250%

 

5/10/17

 

50,000

 

52,500

(f)

Continental Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates

 

6.545%

 

2/2/19

 

104,456

 

106,545

 

Continental Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates

 

7.250%

 

11/10/19

 

220,000

 

235,400

 

Continental Airlines Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

7.256%

 

3/15/20

 

182,552

 

180,727

 

Delta Air Lines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates

 

7.111%

 

9/18/11

 

290,000

 

303,050

 

Delta Air Lines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates

 

7.711%

 

9/18/11

 

110,000

 

109,450

 

Delta Air Lines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates

 

7.750%

 

12/17/19

 

310,000

 

325,500

 

United Airlines Inc., Notes

 

9.750%

 

1/15/17

 

140,000

 

147,350

 

Total Airlines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,460,522

 

Commercial Banks — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mizuho Financial Group Cayman Ltd.

 

5.790%

 

4/15/14

 

1,100,000

 

1,162,868

(b)

Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Republic Services Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.500%

 

9/15/19

 

130,000

 

133,139

(b)

Republic Services Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.250%

 

11/15/21

 

330,000

 

326,228

(b)

Total Commercial Services & Supplies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

459,367

 

Industrial Conglomerates — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United Technologies Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.125%

 

2/1/19

 

300,000

 

337,431

 

TOTAL INDUSTRIALS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,471,199

 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IT Services — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electronic Data Systems Corp., Notes

 

7.450%

 

10/15/29

 

420,000

 

503,668

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

National Semiconductor Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.600%

 

6/15/17

 

210,000

 

228,003

 

TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

731,671

 

MATERIALS — 5.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chemicals — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dow Chemical Co., Debentures

 

7.375%

 

11/1/29

 

800,000

 

892,043

 

Lubrizol Corp., Senior Notes

 

8.875%

 

2/1/19

 

280,000

 

353,153

 

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.500%

 

5/15/19

 

180,000

 

200,204

 

Total Chemicals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,445,400

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

5


 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

March 31, 2010

 

WESTERN ASSET INCOME FUND

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

Containers & Packaging — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ball Corp., Senior Notes

 

7.125%

 

9/1/16

 

$

250,000

 

$

265,625

 

Metals & Mining — 3.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barrick Gold Financeco LLC, Senior Notes

 

6.125%

 

9/15/13

 

300,000

 

334,219

 

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., Senior
Notes

 

8.375%

 

4/1/17

 

1,730,000

 

1,924,625

 

Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd., Senior Notes

 

9.000%

 

5/1/19

 

660,000

 

847,064

 

Vale Overseas Ltd., Notes

 

6.875%

 

11/21/36

 

1,148,000

 

1,187,663

 

Total Metals & Mining

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,293,571

 

Paper & Forest Products — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Georgia-Pacific Corp.

 

7.375%

 

12/1/25

 

250,000

 

248,750

 

Georgia-Pacific Corp., Debentures

 

9.500%

 

12/1/11

 

325,000

 

355,875

 

Total Paper & Forest Products

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

604,625

 

TOTAL MATERIALS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,609,221

 

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 8.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 5.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AT&T Corp., Senior Notes

 

8.000%

 

11/15/31

 

260,000

 

316,096

 

AT&T Inc., Global Notes

 

6.550%

 

2/15/39

 

1,230,000

 

1,293,028

 

British Telecommunications PLC, Bonds

 

9.625%

 

12/15/30

 

330,000

 

415,562

 

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV, Bonds

 

8.750%

 

6/15/30

 

580,000

 

742,812

 

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV, Senior Notes

 

5.750%

 

3/23/16

 

160,000

 

172,001

 

Embarq Corp., Notes

 

7.082%

 

6/1/16

 

330,000

 

359,418

 

Koninklijke KPN NV, Senior Notes

 

8.375%

 

10/1/30

 

240,000

 

297,920

 

Qwest Corp., Debentures

 

6.875%

 

9/15/33

 

1,000,000

 

965,000

 

Telecom Italia Capital SA, Senior Notes

 

7.721%

 

6/4/38

 

390,000

 

418,422

 

Telecom Italia Capital SpA, Senior Notes

 

7.200%

 

7/18/36

 

760,000

 

767,335

 

Telefonica Emisiones SAU, Senior Notes

 

5.877%

 

7/15/19

 

220,000

 

235,628

 

Telefonica Emisiones SAU, Senior Notes

 

7.045%

 

6/20/36

 

100,000

 

112,741

 

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.950%

 

3/1/39

 

720,000

 

976,367

 

Verizon Global Funding Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.850%

 

9/15/35

 

570,000

 

554,763

 

Total Diversified Telecommunication Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,627,093

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 2.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

America Movil SAB de CV, Senior Notes

 

5.625%

 

11/15/17

 

190,000

 

200,713

 

New Cingular Wireless Services Inc., Senior
Notes

 

8.750%

 

3/1/31

 

655,000

 

845,743

 

Rogers Cable Inc., Senior Secured Second Priority
Notes

 

6.250%

 

6/15/13

 

250,000

 

275,511

 

Rogers Wireless Inc., Secured Notes

 

6.375%

 

3/1/14

 

300,000

 

332,930

 

Sprint Capital Corp., Global Notes

 

6.900%

 

5/1/19

 

330,000

 

301,950

 

Sprint Capital Corp., Senior Notes

 

8.750%

 

3/15/32

 

940,000

 

871,850

 

Total Wireless Telecommunication Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,828,697

 

TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,455,790

 

UTILITIES — 8.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electric Utilities — 4.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commonwealth Edison Co., First Mortgage Bonds

 

5.800%

 

3/15/18

 

560,000

 

605,698

 

CP&L Inc., First Mortgage Secured Bonds

 

5.300%

 

1/15/19

 

360,000

 

378,717

 

Duke Energy Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.300%

 

2/1/14

 

500,000

 

556,996

 

EEB International Ltd., Senior Bonds

 

8.750%

 

10/31/14

 

260,000

 

288,600

(b)

Enersis SA, Notes

 

7.400%

 

12/1/16

 

452,000

 

495,051

 

FirstEnergy Corp., Notes

 

6.450%

 

11/15/11

 

3,000

 

3,182

 

Pacific Gas & Electric Co., First Mortgage Bonds

 

6.050%

 

3/1/34

 

240,000

 

247,156

 

PNPP II Funding Corp.

 

9.120%

 

5/30/16

 

1,761,000

 

1,918,698

 

Sithe Independence Funding, Notes

 

9.000%

 

12/30/13

 

1,054,974

 

1,089,619

 

Virginia Electric and Power Co., Senior Notes

 

8.875%

 

11/15/38

 

390,000

 

541,911

 

Total Electric Utilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,125,628

 

Gas Utilities — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Southern Natural Gas Co., Notes

 

5.900%

 

4/1/17

 

170,000

 

177,067

(b)

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dynegy Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.750%

 

2/15/12

 

735,000

 

742,350

 

TXU Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.550%

 

11/15/14

 

1,500,000

 

1,095,000

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

6


 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

March 31, 2010

 

WESTERN ASSET INCOME FUND

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

Independent Power Producers & Energy
Traders — continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TXU Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.500%

 

11/15/24

 

$

520,000

 

$

270,400

 

Total Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders

 

 

 

 

 

2,107,750

 

Multi-Utilities — 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CenterPoint Energy Inc.

 

6.850%

 

6/1/15

 

1,150,000

 

1,255,850

 

Dominion Resources Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.875%

 

1/15/19

 

250,000

 

315,395

 

DTE Energy Co.

 

6.350%

 

6/1/16

 

260,000

 

281,087

 

Total Multi-Utilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,852,332

 

TOTAL UTILITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,262,777

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES (Cost — $121,500,437)

 

 

 

 

120,636,897

 

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FINANCIALS — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Automobiles — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AESOP Funding II LLC, 2010-3A A

 

4.640%

 

5/20/16

 

170,000

 

169,983

(b)

Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC, 2009-2A A1

 

4.260%

 

3/25/14

 

490,000

 

504,369

(b)

Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC, 2009-2X A2

 

5.290%

 

3/25/16

 

100,000

 

104,079

(b)

TOTAL ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES (Cost — $762,622)

 

 

 

 

 

778,431

 

COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thornburg Mortgage Securities Trust, 2007-4 2A1

 

6.198%

 

9/25/37

 

364,322

 

324,478

(d)

Thornburg Mortgage Securities Trust, 2007-4 3A1

 

6.201%

 

9/25/37

 

371,621

 

317,488

(d)

TOTAL COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS (Cost — $729,331)

 

 

 

641,966

 

SOVEREIGN BONDS — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canada — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quebec Province

 

7.970%

 

7/22/36

 

650,000

 

858,752

 

Mexico — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United Mexican States, Medium-Term Notes

 

6.750%

 

9/27/34

 

24,000

 

26,400

 

Russia — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Russian Foreign Bond-Eurobond, Senior Bonds

 

7.500%

 

3/31/30

 

50,760

 

58,506

(b)

TOTAL SOVEREIGN BONDS (Cost — $821,983)

 

 

 

 

943,658

 

U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Government Agencies — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), zero coupon bond

 

0.000%

 

10/9/19

 

350,000

 

204,782

 

Tennessee Valley Authority

 

5.250%

 

9/15/39

 

390,000

 

385,662

 

Total U.S. Government Agencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

590,444

 

U.S. Government Obligations — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Bonds

 

4.375%

 

11/15/39

 

260,000

 

245,862

 

U.S. Treasury Notes

 

3.625%

 

2/15/20

 

430,000

 

422,677

 

Total U.S. Government Obligations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

668,539

 

TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS (Cost — $1,258,984)

 

 

 

1,258,983

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHARES

 

 

 

COMMON STOCK — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INDUSTRIALS — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Building Products — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nortek Inc.(Cost - $57,088)

 

 

 

 

 

1,209

 

48,345

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHARES

 

 

 

PREFERRED STOCKS — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FINANCIALS — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial Banks — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Santander Finance Preferred SA Unipersonal

 

10.500%

 

 

 

4,500

 

127,125

(e)

Diversified Financial Services — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Citigroup Capital XII

 

8.500%

 

 

 

23,150

 

596,837

*(d)

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

 

8.375%

 

 

 

96,825

 

122,968

*(d)

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

March 31, 2010

 

WESTERN ASSET INCOME FUND

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

 

 

SHARES

 

VALUE

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

 

8.250%

 

 

 

 

11,700

 

$

14,859

*(d)

Total Thrifts & Mortgage Finance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

137,827

 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS (Cost — $2,169,881)

 

 

 

 

 

861,789

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost — $127,300,326)

 

125,170,069

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Government Agencies — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), Discount Notes

 

0.180%

 

8/23/10

 

$

200,000

 

199,832

(g)

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), Discount Notes

 

0.216 - 0.220%

 

8/25/10

 

9,000

 

8,992

(g)

Total U.S. Government Agencies(Cost — $208,848)

 

 

 

 

 

208,824

 

Repurchase Agreement — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. repurchase agreement dated 3/31/10; Proceeds at maturity - $674,000; (Fully collateralized by U.S. government agency obligation, 0.800% due 4/30/10; Market value - $687,480) (Cost - $674,000)

 

0.020%

 

4/1/10

 

674,000

 

674,000

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost — $882,848)

 

 

 

 

 

882,824

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 98.2% (Cost — $128,183,174#)

 

 

 

 

 

126,052,893

 

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,349,656

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

128,402,549

 

*

Non-income producing security.

(a)

The coupon payment on these securities is currently in default as of March 31, 2010.

(b)

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.

(c)

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

(d)

Variable rate security. Interest rate disclosed is that which is in effect at March 31, 2010.

(e)

Illiquid security.

(f)

Security is valued in good faith at fair value by or under the direction of the Board of Directors (See Note 1).

(g)

Rate shown represents yield-to-maturity.

#

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

 

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’s primary investment objective is to provide current income for its shareholders. Capital appreciation, when consistent with current income, 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. Debt securities are valued at the last quoted bid prices provided by an independent pricing service that are based on transactions in debt obligations, quotations from bond dealers, market transactions in comparable securities and various other relationships between securities. Publicly traded foreign government debt securities are typically traded internationally in the over-the-counter market, and are valued at the mean between the last quoted bid and asked prices as of the close of business of that market. Futures contracts are valued daily at the settlement price established by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded. Equity securities for which market quotations are available are valued at the last reported sales price or official closing price on the primary market or exchange on which they trade. When prices are not readily available, or are determined not to reflect fair value, 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 at fair value as determined in accordance with procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Directors.

 

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

 

 

·

Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

 

·

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

 

·

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

 

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

 

The Fund uses valuation techniques to measure fair value that are consistent with the market approach and/or income approach, depending on the type of the 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 convert future amounts to a single present amount.

 

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

 

DESCRIPTION

 

QUOTED
PRICES
(LEVEL 1)

 

OTHER
SIGNIFICANT
OBSERVABLE
INPUTS
(LEVEL 2)

 

SIGNIFICANT
UNOBSERVABLE
INPUTS
(LEVEL 3)

 

TOTAL

 

Long-term investments†:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate bonds & notes

 

 

$

120,636,897

 

 

$

120,636,897

 

Asset-backed securities

 

 

778,431

 

 

778,431

 

Collateralized mortgage obligations

 

 

641,966

 

 

641,966

 

Sovereign bonds

 

 

943,658

 

 

943,658

 

U.S. government & agency obligations

 

 

1,258,983

 

 

1,258,983

 

Common stock

 

$

48,345

 

 

 

48,345

 

Preferred stocks

 

264,952

 

596,837

 

 

861,789

 

Total long-term investments

 

$

313,297

 

$

124,856,772

 

 

$

125,170,069

 

Short-term investments†

 

 

$

882,824

 

 

$

882,824

 

Total investments

 

$

313,297

 

$

125,739,596

 

 

$

126,052,893

 

Other financial instruments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Futures contracts

 

 

65,022

 

 

 

 

65,022

 

Total

 

$

378,319

 

$

125,739,596

 

 

$

126,117,915

 

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

† See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

 

(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, a fund takes possession of an underlying debt obligation subject to an obligation of the seller to repurchase, and of the fund to resell, the obligation at an agreed-upon price and time, thereby determining the yield during a 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 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 may use futures contracts to gain exposure to, or hedge against, changes in the value of interest rates or foreign currencies. 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) Foreign Currency Translation. Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts based upon prevailing exchange rates on the date of valuation. Purchases and sales of investment securities and income and expense items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts based upon prevailing exchange rates on the respective dates of such transactions.

 

Foreign security and currency transactions may involve certain considerations and risks not typically associated with those of U.S. dollar denominated transactions as a result of, among other factors, the possibility of lower levels of governmental supervision and regulation of foreign securities markets and the possibility of political or economic instability.

 

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

 

2. Investments

 

At March 31, 2010, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were substantially as follows:

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$8,523,447

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

(10,653,728

)

Net unrealized depreciation

 

$(2,130,281

)

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

At March 31, 2010, the Fund had the following open futures contracts:

 

 

 

Number of

 

Expiration

 

Basis

 

Market

 

Unrealized

 

 

 

Contracts

 

Date

 

Value

 

Value

 

Gain (Loss)

 

Contracts to Buy:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Bonds

 

13

 

6/10

 

$

1,553,238

 

$

1,559,594

 

$

6,356

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contracts to Sell:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury 2-Year Notes

 

1

 

6/10

 

216,622

 

216,953

 

(331

)

U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes

 

49

 

6/10

 

5,637,724

 

5,627,344

 

10,380

 

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes

 

97

 

6/10

 

11,339,536

 

11,276,250

 

63,286

 

U.S. Treasury 30-Year Bonds

 

16

 

6/10

 

1,843,331

 

1,858,000

 

(14,669

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

58,666

 

Net Unrealized Gain on Open Futures Contracts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

65,022

 

 

3. Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

 

Financial Accounting Standards Board Codification Topic 815 (“ASC 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, 2010.

 

 

 

 

 

Futures Contracts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Primary Underlying
Risk Disclosure

 

 

Unrealized
Appreciation

 

 

Unrealized
Depreciation

 

 

Total

 

Interest Rate Contracts

 

 

$

80,022

 

 

$

(15,000

)

 

$

65,022

 

Other Contracts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

$

80,022

 

 

$

(15,000

)

 

$

65,022

 

 

During the period ended March 31, 2010, the Fund had average market values of $1,134,039 and $14,339,242 in futures contracts (to buy) and futures contracts (to sell), respectively.

 

The Fund has several credit related contingent features that if triggered would allow its derivatives counterparties to close out and demand payment or additional collateral to cover their exposure from the Fund. Credit related contingent features are established between the Fund and its derivatives counterparties to reduce the risk that the Fund will not fulfill its payment obligations to its counterparties. These triggering features include, but are not limited to, a percentage decrease in the Fund’s net assets and or percentage decrease in the Fund’s Net Asset Value or NAV. The contingent features are established within the Fund’s International Swap and Derivatives Association, Inc. master agreements which govern positions in swaps, over-the-counter options, and forward currency exchange contracts for each individual counterparty.

 

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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, areattached 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 26, 2010

 

 

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 26, 2010

 

 

 

By

/s/ Frances M. Guggino

 

 

Frances M. Guggino

 

 

Principal Financial and Accounting Officer

 

 

 

Date: May 26, 2010