497K 1 d497k.htm LMP INCOME TRUST -- LM WA NY MUNICIPALS FUND LMP Income Trust -- LM WA NY Municipals Fund

November 30, 2009

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Summary Prospectus

Legg Mason

Western Asset

New York

Municipals

Fund

Class : Ticker Symbol

 

A : SBNYX
B : SMNBX
C : SBYLX
FI
I : SNPYX

Before you invest, you may want to review the fund’s Prospectus, which contains more information about the fund and its risks. You can find the fund’s Prospectus and other information about the fund, including the fund’s statement of additional information and shareholder reports, online at http://www.leggmason.com/individualinvestors/prospectuses (click on the name of the fund). You can also get this information at no cost by calling Funds Investor Services at 1-800-822-5544 or Institutional Shareholder Services at 1-888-425-6432 or by sending an e-mail request to prospectus@leggmason.com, or from your financial intermediary. The fund’s Prospectus, dated July 29, 2009, as amended November 25, 2009, the fund’s statement of additional information, dated July 29, 2009, and the independent registered public accounting firm’s report and financial statements in the fund’s annual report to shareholders, dated March 31, 2009, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus.

 

INVESTMENT PRODUCTS: NOT FDIC INSURED • NO BANK GUARANTEE • MAY LOSE VALUE

 


Investment objective

The fund seeks as high a level of income exempt from federal income tax and New York state and New York City personal income taxes as is consistent with prudent investing.

 

Fees and expenses of the fund

The accompanying tables describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the fund.

You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $100,000 in funds sold by Legg Mason Investor Services, LLC (“LMIS”), the fund’s distributor. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial intermediary, in the fund’s Prospectus on page 20 under the heading “Sales charges” and in the fund’s statement of additional information (“SAI”) on page 67 under the heading “Sales Charge Waivers and Reductions.”

 

Shareholder fees (paid directly from your investment) (%)
      Class A    Class B    Class C    Class FI    Class I
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a % of offering price)    4.25    None    None    None    None
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a % of the lower of net asset value at purchase or redemption) (may be reduced over time)    Generally,
none
   4.50    1.00    None    None
Annual fund operating expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value
of your investment)
(%)
      Class A    Class B    Class C    Class FI    Class I
Management fees   

0.50

  

0.50

  

0.50

  

0.50

   0.50
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees   

0.15

  

0.65

  

0.70

  

0.25

   None
Other expenses    0.041    0.091    0.061    0.232    0.03
Total annual fund operating expenses   

0.69

  

1.24

  

1.26

  

0.98

   0.53
Waiver of fees and/or expense reimbursement (subject to recapture)    N/A    N/A    N/A    (0.13)3    3
Total annual fund operating expenses after waiver of fees and/or expense reimbursement (subject to recapture)    0.69    1.24    1.26    0.85    0.53

 

1

For Class A, B and C shares, “Other expenses” have been revised to reflect imposition of and/or scheduled increases in recordkeeping fees with respect to the class.

2

“Other expenses” for Class FI shares have been estimated because no Class FI shares were outstanding during the fund’s last fiscal year.

3

The manager has agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse operating expenses (other than interest, brokerage, taxes and extraordinary expenses), subject to recapture as described below. As a result, total annual operating expenses are not expected to exceed 0.85% for Class FI shares and 0.60% for Class I shares. This arrangement is expected to continue until December 31, 2011, may be terminated prior to that date only by agreement of the manager and the Board of Trustees and may be terminated at any time after that date by the manager. This arrangement, however, may be modified by the manager to decrease the amount of operating expenses for Class FI or Class I at any time. The manager is permitted to recapture amounts waived or reimbursed to the fund during the same fiscal year if the fund’s total annual operating expenses have fallen to a level below the limits described above. In no case will the manager recapture any amount that would result, on any particular business day of the fund, in the fund’s total annual operating expenses exceeding these limits.

Example

This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes:

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You invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods indicated

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Your investment has a 5% return each year and the fund’s operating expenses remain the same

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You reinvest all distributions and dividends without a sales charge

Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

Number of years you own your shares ($)    1 year    3 years    5 years    10 years
Class A (with or without redemption at end of period)    492    635    792    1,247
Class B (with redemption at end of period)    576    696    788    1,362
Class B (without redemption at end of period)    126    396    688    1,362
Class C (with redemption at end of period)    228    399    691    1,522
Class C (without redemption at end of period)    128    399    691    1,522
Class FI (with or without redemption at end of period)    87    285    515    1,176
Class I (with or without redemption at end of period)    54    170    297    665

 

Portfolio turnover. The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 31% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal investment strategies

Under normal circumstances, the fund invests at least 80% of its assets in “New York municipal securities.” New York municipal securities are securities and other investments with similar economic characteristics the interest on which is exempt from regular federal income tax and New York state and New York City personal income taxes. The fund’s 80% policy may not be changed without a shareholder vote. Interest on New York municipal securities may be subject to the alternative minimum tax.

New York municipal securities include debt obligations issued by the State of

New York and its political subdivisions, agencies and public authorities, certain other governmental issuers (such as Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam) and other qualifying issuers. These securities include participation or other interests in municipal securities issued or backed by banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions.

 

Some municipal securities, such as general obligation issues, are backed by the issuer’s taxing authority, while other municipal securities, such as revenue issues, are backed only by revenues from certain facilities or other sources and not by the issuer itself.


The fund focuses on investment grade bonds but may invest up to 20% of its assets in below investment grade bonds (commonly known as “junk bonds”).

The fund may engage in a variety of transactions using derivatives in order to change the investment characteristics of its portfolio (such as shortening or lengthening duration) and for other purposes.

Instead of investing directly in particular securities, the fund may use derivatives that are intended to provide economic exposure to the securities or the issuer. The fund may use one or more types of these instruments to the extent consistent with its 80% policy.

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Legg Mason Western Asset New York Municipals Fund was formerly known as Legg Mason Partners New York Municipals Fund.

Certain risks

Risk is inherent in all investing. The value of your investment in the fund, as well as the amount of return you receive on your investment, may fluctuate significantly. You may lose part or all of your investment in the fund or your investment may not perform as well as other similar investments. The following is a summary description of certain risks of investing in the fund.

Market and interest rate risk. The market prices of the fund’s securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, due to general market conditions, such as real or perceived adverse economic or political conditions, inflation, changes in interest rates, lack of liquidity in the bond markets or adverse investor sentiment. When market prices fall, the value of your investment will go down. The value of your investment may also go down when interest rates rise. A rise in rates tends to have a greater impact on the prices of longer term or duration securities. The recent financial crisis has caused a significant decline in the value and liquidity of many securities.

Credit risk. If an issuer or guarantor of a security held by the fund or a counterparty to a financial contract with the fund defaults or is downgraded, or if the value of the assets underlying a security declines, the value of your investment will decline. Junk bonds have a higher risk of default and are considered speculative. Subordinated securities will be disproportionately affected by a default or downgrade.

 

Derivatives risk. Using derivatives can increase fund losses and reduce opportunities for gains when market prices, interest rates or the derivative instruments themselves behave in a way not anticipated by the fund. Using derivatives also can have a leveraging effect and increase fund volatility. Derivatives may be difficult to sell, unwind or value, and the counterparty may default on its obligations to the fund.

Leveraging risk. The value of your investment may be more volatile if the fund borrows or uses derivatives that have a leveraging effect on the fund’s portfolio. Other risks also will be compounded. This is because leverage generally magnifies the effect of a change in the value of an asset and creates a risk of loss of value on a larger pool of assets than the fund would otherwise have had. The fund may also have to sell assets at inopportune times to satisfy its obligations.

Liquidity risk. Some securities held by the fund may be difficult to sell, or illiquid, particularly during times of market turmoil. Illiquid securities may also be difficult to value. If the fund is forced to sell an illiquid asset to meet redemption requests or other cash needs, the fund may be forced to sell at a loss.

Risk of increase in expenses. Your actual costs of investing in the fund may be higher than the expenses shown in “Annual fund operating expenses” for a variety of reasons. For example, expense ratios may be higher than those shown if average net assets decrease, or if a fee waiver is changed or terminated. Net assets are more likely to decrease and fund expense ratios are more likely to increase when markets are volatile.

Tax risk. The income on the fund’s municipal securities could become subject to regular federal income or New York state or New York City personal income taxes due to noncompliant conduct by issuers, unfavorable legislation or litigation or adverse interpretations by regulatory authorities.

Prepayment or call risk. Many issuers have a right to prepay their securities. If interest rates fall, an issuer may exercise this right. If this happens, the fund will be forced to reinvest prepayment proceeds at a time when yields on securities available in the market are lower than the yield on the prepaid security. The fund may also lose any premium it paid on the security.

 

Extension risk. If interest rates rise, repayments of fixed income securities may occur more slowly than anticipated by the market. This may drive the prices of these securities down because their interest rates are lower than the current interest rate and they remain outstanding longer.

Non-diversification risk. The fund is classified as “non-diversified,” which means it may invest a larger percentage of its assets in a small number of issuers than a diversified fund. To the extent the fund invests its assets in fewer issuers, the fund will be more susceptible to negative events affecting those issuers. Also, the fund may be more volatile than a more geographically diverse fund.

Risks associated with focusing on investments in New York municipal securities. The fund focuses its investments on New York municipal securities. The fund may be affected significantly by adverse economic, political or other events affecting New York municipal issuers.

Cash management and defensive investing risk. Money market instruments or short-term debt securities held by the fund for cash management or defensive investing purposes can fluctuate in value. Like other fixed income securities, they are subject to risk, including market, interest rate and credit risk. If the fund holds cash uninvested it will be subject to the credit risk of the depository institution holding the cash. In that case the fund would not earn income on the cash and the fund’s yield would go down. If a significant amount of the fund’s assets are used for cash management or defensive investing purposes, it will be more difficult for the fund to achieve its objective.

Portfolio selection risk. The value of your investment may decrease if the portfolio managers’ judgment about the quality, relative yield, value or market trends affecting a particular security, industry or sector, or about interest rates, is incorrect.

These and other risks are discussed in more detail in the fund’s Prospectus or in the SAI.

Please note there are many other factors that could adversely affect your investment and that could prevent the fund from achieving its objective.

Performance

The accompanying bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. The bar chart


shows changes in the fund’s performance from year to year for Class A shares. The table shows the average annual total returns of each class of the fund that has been in operation for at least one full calendar year and also compares the fund’s performance with the average annual total returns of an index or other benchmark and an average. The fund makes updated performance information available at the fund’s website, http://www.leggmason.com/individualinvestors/products/mutual-funds/annualized_performance (select share class), or by calling Funds Investor Services at 1-800-822-5544 or Institutional Shareholder Services at 1-888-425-6432.

The fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the fund will perform in the future.

Sales charges are not reflected in the accompanying bar chart, and if those charges were included, returns would be less than those shown.

 

 

Total returns (before taxes) (%)
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Best quarter

(12/31/2000): 5.23

 

Worst quarter

(09/30/2008): (2.69)

 

The year-to-date return as of the most recent calendar quarter, which ended 06/30/2009, was 8.84

 

Average annual total returns (for periods ended December 31, 2008) (%)
     1 year   5 years   10 years   Since
inception
  Inception
date
Class A                    
Return before taxes   (7.10)   1.17   3.10       01/16/1987
Return after taxes on distributions   (7.10)   1.17   3.10        
Return after taxes on distributions and sale of fund shares   (3.14)   1.64   3.31        
Other Classes (Return before taxes only)                    
Class B   (7.61)   1.33   3.12       11/11/1994
Class C   (4.39)   1.47   2.96       01/08/1993
Class I   (2.82)   2.20   N/A   3.56   01/04/2001
Barclays Capital New York Municipal Bond Index   (1.92)   2.77   4.30        
Lipper New York Municipal Debt Funds Category Average   (8.46)   0.72   2.63    

 

The after-tax returns are shown only for Class A shares, are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns for classes other than Class A will vary from returns shown for Class A.

Management

Investment manager: Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC

Subadviser: Western Asset Management Company

Portfolio managers: Joseph P. Deane, David T. Fare, S. Kenneth Leech, Stephen A. Walsh and Robert E. Amodeo. Mr. Deane and Mr. Fare have been portfolio managers for the fund since 1981 and 1998, respectively. Messrs. Leech, Walsh and Amodeo have been portfolio managers of the fund since 2007.

 

Purchase and sale of fund shares

You may purchase, redeem or exchange shares of the fund each day the New York Stock Exchange is open, at the fund’s net asset value determined after receipt of your request in good order, subject to any applicable sales charge.

The fund’s initial and subsequent investment minimums generally are as follows:

 

Investment minimum initial/additional investment ($)
     Class A   Class B   Class C   Class FI   Class I
General   1,000/50   1,000/50   1,000/50   N/A   N/A
Uniform Gifts or Transfers to Minor Accounts   1,000/50   1,000/50   1,000/50   N/A   N/A
Systematic Investment Plans   50/50   50/50   50/50   N/A   N/A
Clients of Eligible Financial Intermediaries   None/None   N/A   N/A   None/None   None/None
Institutional Investors   1,000/50   1,000/50   1,000/50   N/A   1 million/None

Your financial intermediary may impose different investment minimums.

For more information about how to purchase, redeem or exchange shares, and to learn which classes of shares are available to you, you should contact your financial intermediary, or, if you hold your shares or plan to purchase shares through the fund, you should contact the fund by phone (Funds Investor Services at 1-800-822-5544 or Institutional Shareholder Services at 1-888-425-6432) or by mail (Legg Mason Funds, P.O. Box 55214, Boston, MA 02205-8504).

Tax information

The fund intends to distribute income that is exempt from regular federal and New York state and New York City income taxes. A portion of the fund’s distributions may be subject to such taxes or to the alternative minimum tax.

Payments to broker/dealers and other financial intermediaries

The fund and its related companies may pay broker/dealers or other financial intermediaries (such as a bank) for the sale of fund shares and related services. These payments create a conflict of interest by influencing your broker/dealer or other intermediary or its employees or associated persons to recommend the fund over another investment. Ask your financial adviser or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more information.

 

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