UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-Q
QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number: 811-02351
Western Asset Income Fund
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)
385 East Colorado Boulevard
Pasadena, CA 91101
Address of Principal Executive Offices:
Charles A. Ruys de Perez
385 East Colorado Boulevard
Pasadena, CA 91101
Name and address of agent for service:
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (410) 539-0000
Date of fiscal year end: December 31, 2008
Date of reporting period: September 30, 2008
Item 1 Schedule of Investments
Page 1 of 3
Quarterly Report to Shareholders | 1 |
Western Asset Income Fund
September 30, 2008 (Unaudited)
Rate | Maturity Date |
Par/Shares | Value | |||||||||
Long-Term Securities 94.5% |
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Corporate Bonds and Notes 70.6% |
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Aerospace and Defense 0.2% |
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L-3 Communications Corp. |
7.625 | % | 6/15/12 | $ | 275,000 | $ | 270,875 | |||||
Airlines 0.6% |
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Continental Airlines Inc. |
6.545 | % | 2/2/19 | 163,905 | 139,319 | |||||||
Continental Airlines Inc. |
7.256 | % | 3/15/20 | 185,435 | 165,501 | |||||||
Delta Air Lines Inc. |
7.111 | % | 9/18/11 | 400,000 | 369,000 | |||||||
673,820 | ||||||||||||
Automobiles 4.2% |
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Ford Motor Co. |
7.450 | % | 7/16/31 | 8,050,000 | 3,461,500 | A | ||||||
General Motors Corp. |
8.250 | % | 7/15/23 | 3,450,000 | 1,354,125 | A | ||||||
4,815,625 | ||||||||||||
Beverages 0.2% |
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Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. Senior Notes |
6.820 | % | 5/1/18 | 240,000 | 231,662 | B | ||||||
Building Products 0.6% |
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American Standard Inc. |
8.250 | % | 6/1/09 | 500,000 | 507,998 | |||||||
Nortek Inc. |
8.500 | % | 9/1/14 | 225,000 | 128,250 | |||||||
636,248 | ||||||||||||
Capital Markets 3.5% |
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BankAmerica Capital III |
3.361 | % | 1/15/27 | 215,000 | 159,896 | A,C | ||||||
Goldman Sachs Capital II |
5.793 | % | 12/29/49 | 920,000 | 404,165 | D | ||||||
Lehman Brothers Holdings Capital Trust VII |
5.857 | % | 12/31/49 | 1,745,000 | 175 | D,E | ||||||
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. |
5.750 | % | 5/17/13 | 350,000 | 43,750 | E | ||||||
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. |
6.500 | % | 7/19/17 | 110,000 | 138 | E | ||||||
Merrill Lynch and Co. Inc. |
6.050 | % | 8/15/12 | 400,000 | 375,053 | |||||||
Merrill Lynch and Co. Inc. |
5.700 | % | 5/2/17 | 1,000,000 | 818,515 | |||||||
Merrill Lynch and Co. Inc. |
6.400 | % | 8/28/17 | 300,000 | 259,476 | |||||||
Merrill Lynch and Co. Inc. |
6.110 | % | 1/29/37 | 320,000 | 222,149 | |||||||
Morgan Stanley |
5.050 | % | 1/21/11 | 780,000 | 561,651 | |||||||
Morgan Stanley |
4.750 | % | 4/1/14 | 60,000 | 31,806 | |||||||
Morgan Stanley |
6.625 | % | 4/1/18 | 100,000 | 66,179 | |||||||
The Bear Stearns Cos. Inc. |
5.550 | % | 1/22/17 | 720,000 | 618,293 | A | ||||||
The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. |
6.345 | % | 2/15/34 | 555,000 | 364,674 | A | ||||||
3,925,920 | ||||||||||||
Chemicals 0.7% |
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The Dow Chemical Co. |
7.375 | % | 11/1/29 | 800,000 | 775,454 | |||||||
Commercial Banks 3.8% |
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Comerica Capital Trust II |
6.576 | % | 2/20/37 | 360,000 | 165,376 | D | ||||||
Rabobank Capital Funding Trust II |
5.260 | % | 12/31/49 | 115,000 | 106,458 | B,D | ||||||
Rabobank Capital Funding Trust III |
5.254 | % | 12/31/16 | 1,145,000 | 986,926 | B,D | ||||||
RBS Capital Trust III |
5.512 | % | 9/29/49 | 1,460,000 | 1,179,743 | D | ||||||
SunTrust Capital VIII |
6.100 | % | 12/15/36 | 560,000 | 345,122 | D | ||||||
Wachovia Bank NA |
7.800 | % | 8/18/10 | 650,000 | 541,351 | |||||||
Wachovia Capital Trust III |
5.800 | % | 3/15/42 | 410,000 | 172,200 | D |
Rate | Maturity Date |
Par/Shares | Value | |||||||||
Long-Term Securities Continued |
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Corporate Bonds and Notes Continued |
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Commercial Banks Continued |
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Wells Fargo Capital X |
5.950 | % | 12/15/36 | $ | 450,000 | $ | 370,952 | D | ||||
Wells Fargo Capital XIII |
7.700 | % | 12/29/49 | 500,000 | 436,005 | D | ||||||
4,304,133 | ||||||||||||
Commercial Services and Supplies 0.3% |
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Waste Management Inc. |
7.375 | % | 5/15/29 | 415,000 | 392,951 | |||||||
Communications Equipment 0.1% |
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Motorola Inc. |
7.625 | % | 11/15/10 | 56,000 | 56,579 | |||||||
Consumer Finance 2.6% |
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American Express Co. |
6.800 | % | 9/1/66 | 1,120,000 | 957,359 | D | ||||||
Capital One Financial Corp. |
6.750 | % | 9/15/17 | 230,000 | 202,469 | |||||||
GMAC LLC |
8.000 | % | 11/1/31 | 1,610,000 | 607,416 | |||||||
Nelnet Inc. |
7.400 | % | 9/29/36 | 460,000 | 310,670 | D | ||||||
SLM Corp. |
5.000 | % | 10/1/13 | 810,000 | 502,200 | |||||||
SLM Corp. |
5.050 | % | 11/14/14 | 130,000 | 79,300 | |||||||
SLM Corp. |
8.450 | % | 6/15/18 | 230,000 | 156,400 | |||||||
SLM Corp. |
5.625 | % | 8/1/33 | 180,000 | 90,000 | |||||||
2,905,814 | ||||||||||||
Containers and Packaging 0.2% |
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Graphic Packaging International Corp. |
9.500 | % | 8/15/13 | 200,000 | 181,000 | A | ||||||
Diversified Financial Services 8.9% |
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AGFC Capital Trust I |
6.000 | % | 1/15/67 | 300,000 | 80,582 | B,D | ||||||
AIG SunAmerica Global Financing VI |
6.300 | % | 5/10/11 | 1,880,000 | 1,523,432 | B | ||||||
BAC Capital Trust XIV |
5.630 | % | 12/31/49 | 585,000 | 302,726 | D | ||||||
Bank of America Corp. |
8.000 | % | 12/29/49 | 150,000 | 118,780 | D | ||||||
Beaver Valley II Funding |
9.000 | % | 6/1/17 | 272,000 | 290,787 | |||||||
Capital One Bank |
6.500 | % | 6/13/13 | 330,000 | 281,052 | |||||||
Capmark Financial Group Inc. |
5.875 | % | 5/10/12 | 350,000 | 174,473 | F | ||||||
Chase Capital II |
3.301 | % | 2/1/27 | 725,000 | 572,375 | C | ||||||
Citigroup Capital XXI |
8.300 | % | 12/21/57 | 320,000 | 238,420 | D | ||||||
Citigroup Inc. |
6.125 | % | 8/25/36 | 550,000 | 357,256 | |||||||
Citigroup Inc. |
8.400 | % | 4/29/49 | 200,000 | 136,132 | D | ||||||
General Electric Capital Corp. |
6.375 | % | 11/15/67 | 600,000 | 485,503 | D | ||||||
Glen Meadow Pass-Through Certificates |
6.505 | % | 2/12/67 | 310,000 | 243,350 | B,D | ||||||
HSBC Finance Capital Trust IX |
5.911 | % | 11/30/35 | 1,350,000 | 1,014,020 | D | ||||||
HSBC Finance Corp. |
5.700 | % | 6/1/11 | 1,380,000 | 1,373,391 | |||||||
ILFC E-Capital Trust II |
6.250 | % | 12/21/65 | 790,000 | 236,095 | B,D | ||||||
Kaupthing Bank Hf |
7.625 | % | 2/28/15 | 620,000 | 580,320 | B,G,H | ||||||
Liberty Media LLC |
8.500 | % | 7/15/29 | 130,000 | 91,865 | |||||||
Liberty Media LLC |
8.250 | % | 2/1/30 | 65,000 | 43,861 | |||||||
TNK-BP Finance SA |
7.875 | % | 3/13/18 | 100,000 | 70,000 | B | ||||||
UBS Preferred Funding Trust V |
6.243 | % | 5/12/49 | 1,120,000 | 863,005 | D | ||||||
ZFS Finance USA Trust II |
6.450 | % | 12/15/65 | 1,440,000 | 1,036,810 | B,D | ||||||
10,114,235 | ||||||||||||
Diversified Telecommunication Services 1.6% |
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AT&T Corp. |
8.000 | % | 11/15/31 | 440,000 | 445,610 | |||||||
Embarq Corp. |
7.082 | % | 6/1/16 | 330,000 | 267,445 | |||||||
Qwest Corp. |
6.875 | % | 9/15/33 | 1,000,000 | 672,500 |
Rate | Maturity Date |
Par/Shares | Value | |||||||||
Long-Term Securities Continued |
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Corporate Bonds and Notes Continued |
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Diversified Telecommunication Services Continued |
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Verizon Global Funding Corp. |
5.850 | % | 9/15/35 | $ | 570,000 | $ | 445,700 | |||||
1,831,255 | ||||||||||||
Electric Utilities 5.2% |
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Commonwealth Edison Co. |
5.800 | % | 3/15/18 | 560,000 | 513,178 | |||||||
Exelon Corp. |
6.750 | % | 5/1/11 | 550,000 | 554,136 | |||||||
FirstEnergy Corp. |
6.450 | % | 11/15/11 | 60,000 | 60,286 | |||||||
FirstEnergy Corp. |
7.375 | % | 11/15/31 | 395,000 | 367,248 | |||||||
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. |
6.050 | % | 3/1/34 | 800,000 | 706,144 | |||||||
PNPP II Funding Corp. |
9.120 | % | 5/30/16 | 2,090,000 | 2,340,491 | A | ||||||
Sithe/Independence Funding Corp. |
9.000 | % | 12/30/13 | 1,345,881 | 1,356,756 | |||||||
5,898,239 | ||||||||||||
Energy Equipment and Services 0.2% |
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EEB International Ltd. |
8.750 | % | 10/31/14 | 260,000 | 258,700 | A,B | ||||||
Food and Staples Retailing 0.3% |
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. |
6.500 | % | 8/15/37 | 380,000 | 356,540 | |||||||
Food Products 0.2% |
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Tyson Foods Inc. |
7.350 | % | 4/1/16 | 340,000 | 280,500 | F | ||||||
Gas Utilities 0.1% |
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Southern Natural Gas Co. |
5.900 | % | 4/1/17 | 170,000 | 150,449 | B | ||||||
Health Care Equipment and Supplies 0.2% |
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Hospira Inc. |
6.050 | % | 3/30/17 | 290,000 | 276,499 | |||||||
Health Care Providers and Services 5.6% |
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Aetna Inc. |
6.500 | % | 9/15/18 | 240,000 | 236,241 | |||||||
Cardinal Health Inc. |
5.500 | % | 6/15/13 | 210,000 | 200,930 | |||||||
Cardinal Health Inc. |
5.800 | % | 10/15/16 | 410,000 | 383,006 | |||||||
Coventry Health Care Inc. |
5.950 | % | 3/15/17 | 440,000 | 366,766 | |||||||
HCA Inc. |
7.875 | % | 2/1/11 | 250,000 | 241,250 | |||||||
HCA Inc. |
6.300 | % | 10/1/12 | 180,000 | 155,250 | |||||||
HCA Inc. |
6.250 | % | 2/15/13 | 930,000 | 776,550 | |||||||
HCA Inc. |
5.750 | % | 3/15/14 | 65,000 | 50,700 | |||||||
HCA Inc. |
9.125 | % | 11/15/14 | 400,000 | 389,000 | |||||||
HCA Inc. |
9.250 | % | 11/15/16 | 500,000 | 486,250 | |||||||
Humana Inc. |
6.450 | % | 6/1/16 | 220,000 | 201,802 | |||||||
Tenet Healthcare Corp. |
6.375 | % | 12/1/11 | 1,465,000 | 1,351,462 | |||||||
UnitedHealth Group Inc. |
6.000 | % | 11/15/17 | 520,000 | 475,837 | |||||||
Universal Health Services Inc. |
7.125 | % | 6/30/16 | 520,000 | 527,190 | |||||||
WellPoint Inc. |
5.875 | % | 6/15/17 | 540,000 | 499,851 | |||||||
6,342,085 | ||||||||||||
Hotels, Restaurants and Leisure 0.1% |
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Caesars Entertainment Inc. |
8.125 | % | 5/15/11 | 250,000 | 147,500 | A | ||||||
Independent Power Producers and Energy Traders 2.9% |
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Dynegy Holdings Inc. |
6.875 | % | 4/1/11 | 1,300,000 | 1,183,000 | |||||||
Dynegy Holdings Inc. |
8.750 | % | 2/15/12 | 735,000 | 694,575 | A | ||||||
TXU Corp. |
5.550 | % | 11/15/14 | 1,500,000 | 1,119,386 |
Rate | Maturity Date |
Par/Shares | Value | |||||||||
Long-Term Securities Continued |
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Corporate Bonds and Notes Continued |
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Independent Power Producers and Energy Traders Continued |
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TXU Corp. |
6.500 | % | 11/15/24 | $ | 520,000 | $ | 331,176 | |||||
3,328,137 | ||||||||||||
Insurance 3.2% |
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Allstate Corp. |
6.500 | % | 5/15/57 | 480,000 | 301,115 | A,D | ||||||
American International Group Inc. |
6.250 | % | 3/15/37 | 80,000 | 12,818 | D | ||||||
ASIF Global Financing XIX |
4.900 | % | 1/17/13 | 30,000 | 24,632 | B | ||||||
Everest Reinsurance Holdings Inc. |
6.600 | % | 5/15/37 | 260,000 | 151,961 | D | ||||||
Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. |
8.125 | % | 6/15/68 | 325,000 | 276,810 | A,D | ||||||
Liberty Mutual Group |
5.750 | % | 3/15/14 | 270,000 | 241,187 | B | ||||||
Liberty Mutual Group |
7.800 | % | 3/15/37 | 300,000 | 181,196 | B | ||||||
MetLife Inc. |
6.400 | % | 12/15/36 | 1,160,000 | 723,186 | D | ||||||
Prudential Financial Inc. |
8.875 | % | 6/15/38 | 340,000 | 320,004 | D | ||||||
The Chubb Corp. |
6.375 | % | 3/29/67 | 320,000 | 244,024 | D | ||||||
The Travelers Cos. Inc. |
6.250 | % | 3/15/37 | 620,000 | 476,863 | D | ||||||
The Travelers Cos. Inc. |
6.250 | % | 6/15/37 | 280,000 | 242,742 | |||||||
Willis North America Inc. |
5.125 | % | 7/15/10 | 280,000 | 277,160 | |||||||
Willis North America Inc. |
5.625 | % | 7/15/15 | 230,000 | 210,192 | |||||||
3,683,890 | ||||||||||||
IT Services 0.9% |
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Electronic Data Systems Corp. |
7.125 | % | 10/15/09 | 600,000 | 609,671 | |||||||
Electronic Data Systems Corp. |
7.450 | % | 10/15/29 | 420,000 | 431,272 | |||||||
1,040,943 | ||||||||||||
Leisure Equipment and Products 0.3% |
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Hasbro Inc. |
6.300 | % | 9/15/17 | 320,000 | 308,766 | F | ||||||
Media 2.5% |
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Clear Channel Communications Inc. |
5.500 | % | 9/15/14 | 365,000 | 113,150 | |||||||
Comcast Cable Holdings LLC |
9.800 | % | 2/1/12 | 375,000 | 410,025 | |||||||
Comcast Corp. |
6.450 | % | 3/15/37 | 120,000 | 96,788 | |||||||
Comcast Corp. |
6.950 | % | 8/15/37 | 160,000 | 136,472 | |||||||
Comcast Corp. |
6.400 | % | 5/15/38 | 260,000 | 207,987 | |||||||
News America Inc. |
6.550 | % | 3/15/33 | 545,000 | 488,461 | |||||||
TCI Communications Inc. |
8.750 | % | 8/1/15 | 160,000 | 169,923 | |||||||
Time Warner Entertainment Co. LP |
8.375 | % | 7/15/33 | 530,000 | 503,848 | |||||||
Time Warner Inc. |
9.125 | % | 1/15/13 | 240,000 | 251,998 | |||||||
Time Warner Inc. |
7.700 | % | 5/1/32 | 595,000 | 519,875 | |||||||
2,898,527 | ||||||||||||
Metals and Mining 2.4% |
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Barrick Gold Finance Co. |
6.125 | % | 9/15/13 | 300,000 | 294,824 | |||||||
Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. |
8.375 | % | 4/1/17 | 1,730,000 | 1,704,050 | |||||||
GTL Trade Finance Inc. |
7.250 | % | 10/20/17 | 737,000 | 706,628 | B | ||||||
2,705,502 | ||||||||||||
Multi-Utilities 1.2% |
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Centerpoint Energy Inc. |
6.850 | % | 6/1/15 | 1,150,000 | 1,069,960 | |||||||
DTE Energy Co. |
6.350 | % | 6/1/16 | 260,000 | 242,422 | |||||||
1,312,382 | ||||||||||||
Rate | Maturity Date |
Par/Shares | Value | |||||||||
Long-Term Securities Continued |
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Corporate Bonds and Notes Continued |
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Multiline Retail 0.9% |
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Federated Retail Holdings Inc. |
5.350 | % | 3/15/12 | $ | 270,000 | $ | 248,640 | |||||
Macys Retail Holdings Inc. |
5.875 | % | 1/15/13 | 330,000 | 299,056 | |||||||
May Department Stores Co. |
5.750 | % | 7/15/14 | 400,000 | 347,072 | |||||||
May Department Stores Co. |
6.650 | % | 7/15/24 | 180,000 | 141,930 | |||||||
1,036,698 | ||||||||||||
Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels 9.3% |
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Apache Corp. |
6.000 | % | 1/15/37 | 230,000 | 194,402 | |||||||
DCP Midstream LLC |
6.750 | % | 9/15/37 | 420,000 | 349,066 | B | ||||||
Devon Financing Corp. ULC |
7.875 | % | 9/30/31 | 350,000 | 355,413 | |||||||
Duke Capital LLC |
6.250 | % | 2/15/13 | 800,000 | 794,355 | A | ||||||
El Paso Corp. |
7.800 | % | 8/1/31 | 2,000,000 | 1,685,034 | |||||||
EOG Resources Inc. |
5.875 | % | 9/15/17 | 540,000 | 507,756 | |||||||
Hess Corp. |
7.875 | % | 10/1/29 | 1,450,000 | 1,417,314 | |||||||
Kerr-McGee Corp. |
6.950 | % | 7/1/24 | 300,000 | 283,588 | |||||||
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP |
7.125 | % | 3/15/12 | 530,000 | 535,860 | |||||||
Peabody Energy Corp. |
6.875 | % | 3/15/13 | 285,000 | 275,025 | |||||||
Pemex Project Funding Master Trust |
6.625 | % | 6/15/35 | 2,635,000 | 2,413,107 | A | ||||||
The Williams Cos. Inc. |
7.500 | % | 1/15/31 | 102,000 | 92,818 | |||||||
The Williams Cos. Inc. |
8.750 | % | 3/15/32 | 1,250,000 | 1,281,700 | |||||||
XTO Energy Inc. |
6.100 | % | 4/1/36 | 440,000 | 364,325 | |||||||
10,549,763 | ||||||||||||
Paper and Forest Products 0.7% |
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Georgia-Pacific Corp. |
9.500 | % | 12/1/11 | 325,000 | 321,750 | |||||||
Georgia-Pacific Corp. |
7.375 | % | 12/1/25 | 250,000 | 201,875 | |||||||
Weyerhaeuser Co. |
6.750 | % | 3/15/12 | 235,000 | 232,259 | |||||||
755,884 | ||||||||||||
Pharmaceuticals 0.1% |
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Wyeth |
5.950 | % | 4/1/37 | 170,000 | 153,284 | |||||||
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) 0.4% |
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Health Care REIT Inc. |
5.875 | % | 5/15/15 | 130,000 | 114,427 | |||||||
iStar Financial Inc. |
5.950 | % | 10/15/13 | 590,000 | 306,800 | |||||||
421,227 | ||||||||||||
Real Estate Management and Development 0.2% |
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Forest City Enterprises Inc. |
7.625 | % | 6/1/15 | 225,000 | 180,000 | |||||||
Thrifts and Mortgage Finance 3.5% |
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BB&T Capital Trust II |
6.750 | % | 6/7/36 | 640,000 | 459,946 | |||||||
Countrywide Financial Corp. |
5.800 | % | 6/7/12 | 950,000 | 802,522 | |||||||
Countrywide Financial Corp. |
6.250 | % | 5/15/16 | 500,000 | 355,961 | A | ||||||
Residential Capital LLC |
8.500 | % | 5/15/10 | 3,536,000 | 1,944,800 | A,B | ||||||
Residential Capital LLC |
9.625 | % | 5/15/15 | 1,416,000 | 339,840 | B | ||||||
Washington Mutual Inc. |
7.250 | % | 11/1/17 | 620,000 | 102,300 | A,E | ||||||
4,005,369 | ||||||||||||
Tobacco 1.2% |
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Reynolds American Inc. |
7.250 | % | 6/1/12 | 1,360,000 | 1,396,362 | |||||||
Rate | Maturity Date |
Par/Shares | Value | |||||||||
Long-Term Securities Continued |
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Corporate Bonds and Notes Continued |
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Wireless Telecommunication Services 1.5% |
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New Cingular Wireless Services Inc. |
8.750 | % | 3/1/31 | $ | 475,000 | $ | 525,189 | |||||
Nextel Communications Inc. |
5.950 | % | 3/15/14 | 88,000 | 58,960 | |||||||
Nextel Communications Inc. |
7.375 | % | 8/1/15 | 285,000 | 188,100 | |||||||
Sprint Capital Corp. |
6.900 | % | 5/1/19 | 330,000 | 255,750 | |||||||
Sprint Capital Corp. |
8.750 | % | 3/15/32 | 940,000 | 733,200 | |||||||
1,761,199 | ||||||||||||
Total Corporate Bonds and Notes (Cost $102,181,847) |
80,364,016 | |||||||||||
Mortgage-Backed Securities 0.7% |
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Variable Rate SecuritiesI 0.7% |
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Thornburg Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-4 2A1 |
6.217 | % | 9/25/37 | 469,656 | 401,455 | |||||||
Thornburg Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-4 3A1 |
6.214 | % | 9/25/37 | 449,678 | 377,079 | |||||||
Total Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $911,062) |
778,534 | |||||||||||
U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities N.M. |
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Fixed Rate Securities N.M. |
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Freddie Mac |
10.250 | % | 5/1/09 | 497 | 512 | |||||||
Total U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities |
512 | |||||||||||
Yankee BondsJ 23.0% |
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Aerospace and Defense 0.3% |
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Systems 2001 Asset Trust |
6.664 | % | 9/15/13 | 352,531 | 368,370 | B | ||||||
Commercial Banks 9.8% |
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AES El Salvador Trust |
6.750 | % | 2/1/16 | 750,000 | 625,175 | B | ||||||
ATF Capital BV |
9.250 | % | 2/21/14 | 810,000 | 599,400 | A,B | ||||||
Banco Mercantil del Norte SA |
6.135 | % | 10/13/16 | 750,000 | 715,015 | B,D | ||||||
Barclays Bank PLC |
7.434 | % | 9/29/49 | 910,000 | 741,027 | B,D | ||||||
Barclays Bank PLC |
7.700 | % | 12/31/49 | 300,000 | 263,631 | B,D | ||||||
Glitnir Banki Hf |
6.330 | % | 7/28/11 | 400,000 | 316,416 | B,H | ||||||
Glitnir Banki Hf |
6.693 | % | 6/15/16 | 680,000 | 359,985 | B,D,H | ||||||
Glitnir Banki Hf |
7.451 | % | 12/14/49 | 210,000 | 108,034 | B,D,H | ||||||
HBOS Capital Funding LP |
6.071 | % | 6/30/49 | 560,000 | 362,087 | B,D | ||||||
HSBK Europe BV |
7.250 | % | 5/3/17 | 490,000 | 294,000 | B | ||||||
ICICI Bank Ltd. |
6.375 | % | 4/30/22 | 100,000 | 75,927 | B,D | ||||||
ICICI Bank Ltd. |
6.375 | % | 4/30/22 | 200,000 | 138,046 | B,D | ||||||
Kaupthing Bank Hf |
5.750 | % | 10/4/11 | 480,000 | 381,538 | B,H | ||||||
Kaupthing Bank Hf |
7.125 | % | 5/19/16 | 1,250,000 | 761,107 | B,H | ||||||
Landsbanki Islands Hf |
7.431 | % | 12/31/49 | 730,000 | 403,482 | B,D,H | ||||||
Mizuho Financial Group |
5.790 | % | 4/15/14 | 1,100,000 | 1,109,599 | B | ||||||
Natixis |
10.000 | % | 4/29/49 | 460,000 | 443,900 | B,D | ||||||
Resona Preferred Global Securities |
7.191 | % | 12/29/49 | 1,095,000 | 812,918 | B,D | ||||||
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC |
7.640 | % | 3/31/49 | 100,000 | 74,502 | D | ||||||
RSHB Capital SA |
7.175 | % | 5/16/13 | 970,000 | 822,269 | B | ||||||
RSHB Capital SA |
7.125 | % | 1/14/14 | 370,000 | 306,175 | B | ||||||
RSHB Capital SA |
6.299 | % | 5/15/17 | 380,000 | 271,282 | B | ||||||
Shinsei Finance Cayman Ltd. |
6.418 | % | 1/29/49 | 1,210,000 | 507,363 | B,D | ||||||
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. |
5.625 | % | 12/31/49 | 270,000 | 215,697 | B,D |
Rate | Maturity Date |
Par/Shares | Value | |||||||||
Long-Term Securities Continued |
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Yankee Bonds Continued |
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Commercial Banks Continued |
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TuranAlem Finance BV |
8.250 | % | 1/22/37 | $ | 740,000 | $ | 414,400 | B | ||||
11,122,975 | ||||||||||||
Consumer Finance 0.6% |
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Aiful Corp. |
6.000 | % | 12/12/11 | 865,000 | 673,169 | B | ||||||
Diversified Financial Services 1.4% |
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Lukoil International Finance BV |
6.356 | % | 6/7/17 | 310,000 | 235,600 | B | ||||||
Petroplus Finance Ltd. |
7.000 | % | 5/1/17 | 600,000 | 498,000 | B | ||||||
SMFG Preferred Capital |
6.078 | % | 1/29/49 | 380,000 | 271,339 | B,D | ||||||
TNK-BP Finance SA |
7.500 | % | 7/18/16 | 360,000 | 252,000 | B | ||||||
UFJ Finance Aruba AEC |
6.750 | % | 7/15/13 | 355,000 | 372,220 | |||||||
1,629,159 | ||||||||||||
Diversified Telecommunication Services 2.6% |
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British Telecommunications PLC |
9.125 | % | 12/15/30 | 330,000 | 329,203 | F | ||||||
Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV |
5.750 | % | 3/23/16 | 160,000 | 142,725 | |||||||
Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV |
8.750 | % | 6/15/30 | 580,000 | 560,895 | F | ||||||
Koninklijke (Royal) KPN NV |
8.375 | % | 10/1/30 | 240,000 | 257,097 | |||||||
Telecom Italia Capital |
7.200 | % | 7/18/36 | 760,000 | 599,001 | |||||||
Telecom Italia Capital |
7.721 | % | 6/4/38 | 390,000 | 323,240 | |||||||
Telefonica Emisiones S.A.U. |
7.045 | % | 6/20/36 | 600,000 | 542,670 | |||||||
VIP Finance Ireland Ltd |
8.375 | % | 4/30/13 | 250,000 | 198,767 | B | ||||||
2,953,598 | ||||||||||||
Electric Utilities 0.7% |
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Enersis SA |
7.375 | % | 1/15/14 | 317,000 | 320,098 | |||||||
Enersis SA/Cayman Island |
7.400 | % | 12/1/16 | 452,000 | 456,751 | |||||||
776,849 | ||||||||||||
Food and Staples Retailing 0.2% |
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Delhaize Group |
6.500 | % | 6/15/17 | 290,000 | 274,676 | |||||||
Foreign Governments 1.0% |
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Quebec Province |
7.970 | % | 7/22/36 | 650,000 | 895,135 | |||||||
Russian Federation |
7.500 | % | 3/31/30 | 53,190 | 54,453 | B | ||||||
United Mexican States |
6.750 | % | 9/27/34 | 235,000 | 236,175 | |||||||
1,185,763 | ||||||||||||
Gas Utilities 0.2% |
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Intergas Finance BV |
6.375 | % | 5/14/17 | 270,000 | 194,400 | B | ||||||
Industrial Conglomerates 1.3% |
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Tyco International Group SA |
6.375 | % | 10/15/11 | 1,450,000 | 1,461,803 | |||||||
Insurance 0.5% |
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Axa |
8.600 | % | 12/15/30 | 550,000 | 534,123 | |||||||
Media 0.2% |
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Rogers Cable Inc. |
6.250 | % | 6/15/13 | 250,000 | 250,012 | |||||||
Metals and Mining 1.1% |
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Evraz Group SA |
8.875 | % | 4/24/13 | 260,000 | 197,600 | B |
Rate | Maturity Date |
Par/Shares | Value | ||||||||||
Long-Term Securities Continued |
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Yankee Bonds Continued |
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Metals and Mining Continued |
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Vale Overseas Ltd. |
6.875 | % | 11/21/36 | $ | 1,148,000 | $ | 1,021,843 | ||||||
1,219,443 | |||||||||||||
Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels 2.4% |
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Anadarko Finance Co. |
7.500 | % | 5/1/31 | 1,355,000 | 1,242,517 | ||||||||
Gazprom |
9.625 | % | 3/1/13 | 20,000 | 19,500 | B | |||||||
Gazprom |
9.625 | % | 3/1/13 | 50,000 | 50,146 | B | |||||||
Gazprom |
6.212 | % | 11/22/16 | 450,000 | 355,842 | B | |||||||
Gazprom |
6.510 | % | 3/7/22 | 400,000 | 288,000 | B | |||||||
Petrobras International Finance Co. |
5.875 | % | 3/1/18 | 879,000 | 798,907 | ||||||||
2,754,912 | |||||||||||||
Wireless Telecommunication Services 0.7% |
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America Movil SA de CV |
5.625 | % | 11/15/17 | 520,000 | 487,159 | ||||||||
Rogers Wireless Inc. |
6.375 | % | 3/1/14 | 300,000 | 286,915 | ||||||||
774,074 | |||||||||||||
Total Yankee Bonds (Cost $32,200,291) |
26,173,326 | ||||||||||||
Preferred Stocks 0.2% |
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Fannie Mae |
8.250 | % | 11,700 | shs | 25,506 | A,D | |||||||
Freddie Mac |
8.375 | % | 96,825 | 157,825 | A,D | ||||||||
Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $1,463,444) |
183,331 | ||||||||||||
Total Long-Term Securities (Cost $136,757,128) |
107,499,719 | ||||||||||||
Investment of Collateral From Securities Lending 10.3% |
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State Street Navigator Securities Lending Prime Portfolio |
11,759,995 | 11,759,995 | |||||||||||
Total Investment of Collateral From Securities Lending |
11,759,995 | ||||||||||||
Short-Term Securities 3.3% |
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Repurchase Agreements 3.3% |
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Goldman Sachs & Co. |
$ | 3,810,000 | 3,810,000 | ||||||||||
Total Short-Term Securities (Cost $3,810,000) |
3,810,000 | ||||||||||||
Total Investments 108.1% (Cost $152,327,123)K |
123,069,714 | ||||||||||||
Obligation to Return Collateral For Securities Loaned (10.3)% |
(11,759,995 | ) | |||||||||||
Other Assets Less Liabilities 2.2% |
2,513,756 | ||||||||||||
Net Assets 100.0% |
$ | 113,823,475 | |||||||||||
Net Asset Value Per Share: |
$ | 12.12 | |||||||||||
N.M. Not Meaningful.
A |
All or a portion of this security is on loan. |
B |
Rule 144a Security - A security purchased pursuant to Rule 144a under the Securities Act of 1933 which may not be resold subject to that rule except to qualified institutional buyers. These securities, which the Funds investment adviser has determined to be liquid, represent 21.09% of net assets. |
C |
Indexed Security - The rates of interest earned on these securities are tied to the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), the Consumer Price Index (CPI) or the one-year Treasury Bill Rate. The coupon rates are the rates as of September 30, 2008. |
D |
Stepped Coupon Security - A security with a predetermined schedule of interest or dividend rate changes at which time it begins to accrue interest or pay dividends according to the predetermined schedule. |
E |
Bond is in default as of September 30, 2008. |
F |
Credit Linked Security - The rates of interest earned on these securities are tied to the credit rating assigned by Standard & Poors Rating Service and/or Moodys Investors Services. |
G |
Illiquid security valued at fair value under the procedures approved by the Board of Directors. |
H |
Bond is in default subsequent to September 30, 2008. |
I |
The coupon rates shown on variable rate securities are the rates at September 30, 2008. These rates vary with the weighted average coupon of the underlying loans. |
J |
Yankee Bond - A dollar-denominated bond issued in the U.S. by foreign entities. |
K |
Aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes is substantially the same as book cost. At September 30, 2008, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were substantially as follows: |
Gross unrealized appreciation |
$ | 832,011 | ||
Gross unrealized depreciation |
(30,089,420 | ) | ||
Net unrealized depreciation |
$ | (29,257,409 | ) | |
Investment Valuation
The Funds securities are valued under policies approved by and under the general oversight of the Board of Directors. Effective January 1, 2008, the Fund adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157 (FAS 157). FAS 157 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 Funds 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 Funds own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) |
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. Equity securities for which market quotations are available are valued at the last sale 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 may value these securities at fair value as determined in accordance with the procedures approved by the Funds Board of Directors.
The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Funds assets carried at fair value:
September 30, 2008 |
Quoted Prices (Level 1) |
Other Significant Observable Inputs (Level 2) |
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | ||||||||
Investments in Securities |
$ | 123,069,714 | $ | 183,331 | $ | 122,886,383 | | ||||
Total |
$ | 123,069,714 | $ | 183,331 | $ | 122,886,383 | | ||||
Securities Lending:
The Fund lends its securities to approved brokers to earn additional income and receives cash and U.S. government securities as collateral against the loans. Cash collateral received is invested in a money market pooled account by the Funds lending agent. Collateral is maintained over the life of the loan in an amount not less than 100% of the value of loaned securities. At September 30, 2008, the market value of the securities on loan to broker-dealers was $11,506,620, for which the Fund received collateral of $11,759,995 in cash. Such collateral is in the possession of the Funds custodian. The cash was invested in the State Street Navigator Securities Lending Prime Portfolio and is included in the Funds Portfolio of Investments. As with other extensions of credit, the Fund may bear the risk of delay in recovery or even loss of rights to the collateral should the borrower of the securities fail financially.
Other information regarding the Fund is available in the Funds most recent Report to Shareholders. This information is available on the Securities and Exchange Commissions website (www.sec.gov).
Item 2 Controls and Procedures
(a) | Western Asset Income Fund (the Registrant) principal executive and principal financial officers have concluded, based on their evaluation of the Registrants disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, that the Registrants disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant on Form N-Q is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the required time periods in the Securities and Exchange Commissions rules and forms and that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant in the reports that it files or submits on Form N-Q is accumulated and communicated to the Registrants management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. |
(b) | There were no changes in the Registrants internal control over financial reporting during the Registrants last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the internal control over financial reporting. |
Item 3 Exhibits
Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 filed as an exhibit 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 | ||
Western Asset Income Fund | ||
Date: | November 19, 2008 |
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 | ||
Western Asset Income Fund | ||
Date: | November 19, 2008 | |
By: | /s/ Marie K. Karpinski | |
Marie K. Karpinski | ||
Principal Financial and Accounting Officer | ||
Western Asset Income Fund | ||
Date: | November 19, 2008 |