N-CSRS 1 dncsrs.htm LEGG MASON PARTNERS INCOME TRUST Legg Mason Partners Income Trust

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number 811-04254

Legg Mason Partners Income Trust

(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:

Funds Investor Services 1-800-822-5544

or

Institutional Shareholder Services 1-888-425-6432

Date of fiscal year end: December 31

Date of reporting period: June 30, 2010

 

 

 


ITEM 1. REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS.

The Semi-Annual Report to Stockholders is filed herewith.

 


June 30, 2010

LOGO

 

Semi-Annual Repor t

Legg Mason

Western Asset

Short-Term

Bond Fund

 

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

 


II   Legg Mason Western Asset Short-Term Bond Fund

 

Fund objective

The Fund seeks current income, preservation of capital and liquidity.

Fund name change

Prior to October 5, 2009, the Fund was known as Legg Mason Partners Short-Term Bond Fund. There was no change in the Fund’s investment objective or investment policies as a result of the name change.

 

What’s inside     
Letter from the chairman    II
Investment commentary    III
Fund at a glance    1
Fund expenses    2
Schedule of investments    3
Statement of assets and liabilities    15
Statement of operations    16
Statements of changes in net assets    17
Financial highlights    18
Notes to financial statements    21

 

 

Letter from the chairman      LOGO

Dear Shareholder,

We are pleased to provide the semi-annual report of Legg Mason Western Asset Short-Term Bond Fund for the six-month reporting period ended June 30, 2010.

Please read on for Fund performance information and a detailed look at prevailing economic and market conditions during the Fund’s reporting period. Important information with regard to recent regulatory developments that may affect the Fund is contained in the Notes to Financial Statements included in this report.

As always, we remain committed to providing you with excellent service and a full spectrum of investment choices. We also remain committed to supplementing the support you receive from your financial advisor. One way we accomplish this is through our website, www.leggmason.com/individualinvestors. Here you can gain immediate access to market and investment information, including:

 

Ÿ  

Fund prices and performance,

 

Ÿ  

Market insights and commentaries from our portfolio managers, and

 

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A host of educational resources.

We look forward to helping you meet your financial goals.

Sincerely,

LOGO

R. Jay Gerken, CFA

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

July 30, 2010



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Investment commentary

 

Economic review

While the overall U.S. economy continued to expand over the six months ended June 30, 2010, several economic data points weakened toward the end of the reporting period. This, in combination with sovereign debt woes in Europe, caused investor sentiment to turn negative and had significant implications for the financial markets.

Looking back, the U.S. Department of Commerce reported that U.S. gross domestic product (“GDP”)i contracted four consecutive quarters, beginning in the third quarter of 2008 through the second quarter of 2009. Economic conditions then began to improve in the third quarter of 2009, as GDP growth was 1.6%. A variety of factors helped the economy to regain its footing, including the government’s $787 billion stimulus program. Economic growth then accelerated during the fourth quarter of 2009, as GDP growth was 5.0%. A slower drawdown in business inventories and renewed consumer spending were contributing factors spurring the economy’s higher growth rate. While the recovery continued during the first half of 2010, it did so at a more modest pace, as GDP growth was 3.7% during the first quarter of 2010 and an estimated 2.4% during the second quarter. The slower pace of growth in the second quarter was due, in part, to slower consumer spending, which rose an annualized 1.6% during the quarter, versus a 1.9% gain over the first three months of the year.

Even before GDP growth turned positive, there were signs that the economy was on the mend. The manufacturing sector, as measured by the Institute for Supply Management’s PMIii, rose to 52.8 in August 2009, the first time it surpassed 50 since January 2008 (a reading below 50 indicates a contraction, whereas a reading above 50 indicates an expansion). While June 2010’s PMI reading of 56.2 was lower than May’s reading of 59.7, manufacturing has now expanded eleven consecutive months according to PMI data. The manufacturing sector’s growth remained fairly broad-based with thirteen of the eighteen industries tracked by the Institute for Supply Management expanding during June.

After experiencing sharp job losses in 2009, the U.S. Department of Labor reported that over one million new positions were added during the first five months of 2010. Included in that total, however, were 700,000 temporary government jobs tied to the 2010 Census. In June, 225,000 of these temporary positions were eliminated, offsetting private sector growth and resulting in a net loss of 125,000 jobs for the month. However, the unemployment rate fell to

9.5% in June, versus 9.7% and 9.9% in May and April, respectively.

There was mixed news in the housing market during the period. According to the National Association of Realtors, existing home sales increased 7.0% and 8.0% in March and April, respectively, after sales had fallen for the period from December 2009 through February 2010. The rebound was largely attributed to people rushing to take advantage of the government’s $8,000 tax credit for first-time home buyers that expired at the end of April. However, with the end of the tax credit, existing home sales then declined 2.2% and 5.1% in May and June, respectively. In addition, the inventory of unsold homes increased 2.5% to 3.99 million in June. Looking at home prices, the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indexiii indicated that month-to-month U.S. home prices rose 1.3% in May. This marked the second straight monthly increase following six consecutive months of declining prices.

Financial market overview

During the first half of the reporting period, the financial markets were largely characterized by healthy investor risk appetite and solid results by lower-quality bonds. However, the market experienced a sharp sell-off during the second half of the reporting period, during which risk aversion returned and investors flocked to the relative safety of U.S. Treasury securities.

Given certain pockets of weakness in the economy, including elevated unemployment in the U.S., the Federal Reserve Board (“Fed”)iv remained cautious. At its meeting in June 2010, the Fed said it “will maintain the target range for the federal funds ratev at 0 to 1/4 percent and continues to anticipate that economic conditions, including low rates of resource utilization, subdued inflation trends, and stable inflation expectations, are likely to warrant exceptionally low levels of the federal funds rate for an extended period.”

However, the Fed took several steps in reversing its accommodative monetary stance. On February 18, 2010, the Fed raised the discount rate, the interest rate it charges banks for temporary loans, from 1/2 to 3/4 percent. The Fed also concluded its $1.25 trillion mortgage securities purchase program at the end of the first quarter of 2010. However, the Fed left the door open for future stimulus measures if needed. In the minutes of its June meeting that were released on July 14th (after the reporting period ended), the Fed said, “In addition to continuing to develop and



IV  

Legg Mason Western Asset Short-Term Bond Fund

 

Investment commentary (cont’d)

 

test instruments to exit from the period of unusually accommodative monetary policy, the Committee would need to consider whether further policy stimulus might become appropriate if the outlook were to worsen appreciably.”

Fixed-income market review

Continuing the trend that began in the second quarter of 2009, nearly every spread sector (non-Treasury) outperformed equal-durationvi Treasuries during the first half of the reporting period. Over that time, investor confidence was high given encouraging economic data, continued low interest rates, benign inflation and rebounding corporate profits. However, robust investor appetite was replaced with heightened risk aversion toward the end of April and during the month of May. This was due to the escalating sovereign debt crisis in Europe, uncertainties regarding new financial reforms in the U.S. and some worse-than-expected economic data. Most spread sectors then produced positive absolute returns in June, as investor demand for these securities began to again increase.

Both short- and long-term Treasury yields fluctuated during the period but generally moved lower. When the period began, two- and ten-year Treasury yields were 1.14% and 3.85%, respectively. Two- and ten-year Treasury yields initially rose, reaching as high as 1.18% and 4.01%, respectively, in early April. Yields then largely declined amid the investor “flight to quality.” On June 30, 2010, two- and ten-year Treasury yields reached their lows for the reporting period: 0.61% and 2.97%, respectively. Over the six-month reporting period, the yield curvevii flattened, with longer-term Treasury yields declining more than their shorter-term counterparts. For the six months ended June 30, 2010, the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Indexviii returned 5.33%.

Performance review

For the six months ended June 30, 2010, Class A shares of Legg Mason Western Asset Short-Term Bond Fund, excluding sales charges, returned 4.30%. The Fund’s unmanaged benchmark, the Citigroup Treasury/Government Sponsored/Credit 1-3 Year Indexix, returned 1.93% for the same period. The Lipper Short Investment Grade Debt Funds Category Average1 returned 2.36% over the same time frame.

 

Performance Snapshot as of June 30, 2010  
(excluding sales charges) (unaudited)    6 months  
Legg Mason Western Asset Short-Term Bond Fund:       

Class A

   4.30

Class C

   3.94

Class I

   4.22
Citigroup Treasury/Government Sponsored/Credit 1-3 Year Index    1.93
Lipper Short Investment Grade Debt Funds Category Average    2.36

The performance shown represents past performance. Past performance is no guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than the performance shown above. Principal value, investment returns and yields will fluctuate and investors’ shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. To obtain performance data current to the most recent month-end, please visit our website at www.leggmason.com/individualinvestors.

All share class returns assume the reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, at net asset value and the deduction of all Fund expenses. Returns have not been adjusted to include sales charges that may apply or the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions. If sales charges were reflected, the performance quoted would be lower. Performance figures for periods shorter than one year represent cumulative figures and are not annualized.

The 30-Day SEC Yields for the period ended June 30, 2010 for Class A, C and I shares were 1.85%, 1.72% and 2.27%, respectively. The 30-Day SEC Yield is the average annualized net investment income per share for the 30-day period indicated and is subject to change.

 

Total Annual Operating Expenses (unaudited)

As of the Fund’s most current prospectus dated April 30, 2010, the gross total operating expense ratios for Class A, Class C and Class I shares were 0.99%, 1.11% and 0.51%, respectively.

Actual expenses may be higher. For example, expenses may be higher than those shown if average net assets decrease. Net assets are more likely to decrease and Fund expense ratios are more likely to increase when markets are volatile.

As always, thank you for your confidence in our stewardship of your assets.

Sincerely,

LOGO

R. Jay Gerken, CFA

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

July 30, 2010


 

1

Lipper, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reuters, provides independent insight on global collective investments. Returns are based on the six-month period ended June 30, 2010, including the reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, calculated among the 270 funds in the Fund’s Lipper category, and excluding sales charges.


Legg Mason Western Asset Short-Term Bond Fund   V

 

RISKS: Investments in bonds are subject to interest rate and credit risks. As interest rates rise, bond prices fall, reducing the value of the Fund’s share price. The Fund’s investments may be subject to prepayment risks. The Fund may use derivatives, such as options and futures, which can be illiquid, may disproportionately increase losses, and have a potentially large impact on Fund performance. Please see the Fund’s prospectus for more information on these and other risks.

 

All investments are subject to risk including the possible loss of principal. All index performance reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes. Please note that an investor cannot invest directly in an index.

The information provided is not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results or investment advice. Views expressed may differ from those of the firm as a whole.


 

i

Gross domestic product (“GDP”) is the market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period of time.

 

ii

The Institute for Supply Management's PMI is based on a survey of purchasing executives who buy the raw materials for manufacturing at more than 350 companies. It offers an early reading on the health of the manufacturing sector.

 

iii

The S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index measures the residential housing market, tracking changes in the value of the residential real estate market in twenty metropolitan regions across the United States.

 

iv

The Federal Reserve Board (“Fed”) is responsible for the formulation of policies designed to promote economic growth, full employment, stable prices and a sustainable pattern of international trade and payments.

 

v

The federal funds rate is the rate charged by one depository institution on an overnight sale of immediately available funds (balances at the Federal Reserve) to another depository institution; the rate may vary from depository institution to depository institution and from day to day.

vi

Duration is the measure of the price sensitivity of a fixed-income security to an interest rate change of 100 basis points. Calculation is based on the weighted average of the present values for all cash flows.

 

vii

The yield curve is the graphical depiction of the relationship between the yield on bonds of the same credit quality but different maturities.

 

viii

The Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Index is a broad-based bond index comprised of government, corporate, mortgage- and asset-backed issues, rated investment grade or higher, and having at least one year to maturity.

 

ix

The Citigroup Treasury/Government Sponsored/Credit 1-3 Year Index is a broad-based index of short-term U.S. Treasury and corporate debt securities.



Legg Mason Western Asset Short-Term Bond Fund 2010 Semi-Annual Report   1

 

Fund at a glance (unaudited)

 

Investment breakdown (%) as a percent of total investments

LOGO

 

The bar graph above represents the composition of the Fund’s investments as of June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009 and does not include derivatives. The Fund is actively managed. As a result, the composition of the Fund’s investments is subject to change at any time.

 


2   Legg Mason Western Asset Short-Term Bond Fund 2010 Semi-Annual Report

 

Fund expenses (unaudited)

 

Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including front-end and back-end sales charges (loads) on purchase payments; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

This example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested on January 1, 2010 and held for the six months ended June 30, 2010.

Actual expenses

The table below titled “Based on Actual Total Return” provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information provided in this table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. To estimate the expenses you paid on your account, divide your ending account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 ending account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period”.

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

The table below titled “Based on Hypothetical Total Return” provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5.00% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use the information provided in this table to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare the 5.00% hypothetical example relating to the Fund with the 5.00% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table below are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as front-end or back-end sales charges (loads). Therefore, the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transaction costs were included, your costs would have been higher.


 

Based on actual total return1                 Based on hypothetical total return1          
    Actual  Total
Return
Without
Sales
Charges2
  
 
  
 
  
   
 
 
Beginning
Account
Value
   
 
 
Ending
Account
Value
  Annualized
Expense
Ratio
 
 
  
   
 
 
 
 
Expenses
Paid
During
the
Period 3
        Hypothetical
Annualized
Total
Return
 
  
 
  
   
 
 
Beginning
Account
Value
   
 
 
Ending
Account
Value
  Annualized
Expense
Ratio
  
  
  
   
 
 
 
 
Expenses
Paid
During
the
Period 3
Class A   4.30   $ 1,000.00   $ 1,043.00   0.89   $ 4.51     Class A   5.00   $ 1,000.00   $ 1,020.38   0.89   $ 4.46
Class C   3.94        1,000.00     1,039.40   1.05        5.31     Class C   5.00        1,000.00     1,019.59   1.05        5.26
Class I   4.22        1,000.00     1,042.20   0.50        2.53     Class I   5.00        1,000.00     1,022.32   0.50        2.51

 

1

For the six months ended June 30, 2010.

 

2

Assumes the reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, at net asset value and does not reflect the deduction of the applicable sales charge with respect to Class A shares. Total return is not annualized, as it may not be representative of the total return for the year. Performance figures may reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

 

3

Expenses (net of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements) are equal to each class’ respective annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (181), then divided by 365.


Legg Mason Western Asset Short-Term Bond Fund 2010 Semi-Annual Report   3

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited)

June 30, 2010

Legg Mason Western Asset Short-Term Bond Fund

 

Security    Rate      Maturity
Date
   Face
Amount
   Value
Corporate Bonds & Notes — 45.2%                          
Consumer Discretionary — 1.8%                          

Leisure Equipment & Products — 0.0%

                         

Eastman Kodak Co., Senior Notes

   7.250    11/15/13    $ 110,000    $ 108,350

Media — 1.6%

                         

Comcast Cable Communications Inc., Senior Notes

   6.750    1/30/11      1,600,000      1,650,297

News America Holdings Inc.

   9.250    2/1/13      1,000,000      1,178,191

Time Warner Cable Inc., Senior Notes

   8.250    2/14/14      550,000      650,643

Time Warner Cable Inc., Senior Notes

   3.500    2/1/15      1,070,000      1,094,969

Time Warner Inc.

   5.500    11/15/11      1,850,000      1,950,483

Walt Disney Co., Senior Notes

   4.700    12/1/12      900,000      976,657

Total Media

     7,501,240

Multiline Retail — 0.2%

                         

Macy’s Retail Holdings Inc.

   5.350    3/15/12      990,000      1,017,225

Total Consumer Discretionary

                        8,626,815
Consumer Staples — 2.4%                          

Beverages — 0.6%

                         

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

   4.125    1/15/15      1,160,000      1,215,570

Diageo Capital PLC

   5.200    1/30/13      1,180,000      1,284,280

Dr. Pepper Snapple Group Inc., Senior Notes

   2.350    12/21/12      510,000      516,209

Total Beverages

     3,016,059

Food & Staples Retailing — 0.2%

                         

Kroger Co., Notes

   3.900    10/1/15      770,000      813,217

Food Products — 1.0%

                         

Kraft Foods Inc., Senior Notes

   2.625    5/8/13      2,240,000      2,284,018

Unilever Capital Corp.

   7.125    11/1/10      2,425,000      2,476,531

Total Food Products

     4,760,549

Tobacco — 0.6%

                         

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

   8.500    11/10/13      380,000      443,921

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

   9.250    8/6/19      180,000      225,023

Philip Morris International Inc.

   4.875    5/16/13      1,100,000      1,190,482

Reynolds American Inc., Senior Notes

   7.250    6/1/13      900,000      990,753

Total Tobacco

     2,850,179

Total Consumer Staples

     11,440,004
Energy — 4.3%                          

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 4.3%

                         

Apache Corp., Notes

   6.250    4/15/12      1,820,000      1,966,228

BP Capital Markets PLC, Guaranteed Notes

   5.250    11/7/13      680,000      625,559

BP Capital Markets PLC, Senior Notes

   3.125    3/10/12      330,000      305,214

ConocoPhillips

   4.750    10/15/12      1,000,000      1,074,081

Devon Financing Corp. ULC, Notes

   6.875    9/30/11      1,350,000      1,441,780

Duke Capital LLC, Senior Notes

   6.250    2/15/13      1,000,000      1,087,012

El Paso Natural Gas Co., Senior Notes

   5.950    4/15/17      1,760,000      1,878,995

Energy Transfer Partners LP, Senior Notes

   9.700    3/15/19      370,000      447,740

Enterprise Products Operating LP, Senior Notes

   9.750    1/31/14      890,000      1,074,607

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, Notes

   6.750    3/15/11      2,510,000      2,598,691

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

   7.000    11/1/13      2,120,000      2,479,410

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2010

Legg Mason Western Asset Short-Term Bond Fund

 

Security    Rate      Maturity
Date
   Face
Amount
   Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — continued

                           

Pemex Project Funding Master Trust, Senior Notes

   1.136    12/3/12    $ 2,131,000    $ 2,131,000   (a)(b) 

Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes

   1.875    3/25/13      960,000      968,703   

Williams Cos. Inc.

   6.375    10/1/10      1,100,000      1,109,590   (b) 

XTO Energy Inc., Senior Notes

   5.650    4/1/16      1,430,000      1,640,297   

Total Energy

     20,828,907   
Financials — 29.3%                            

Capital Markets — 5.1%

                           

Bear Stearns Co. Inc., Senior Notes

   6.400    10/2/17      1,740,000      1,935,527   

Deutsche Bank AG, Senior Notes

   6.000    9/1/17      900,000      994,086   

Goldman Sachs Capital II, Junior Subordinated Bonds

   5.793    6/1/12      5,580,000      4,240,800   (a)(c) 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Notes

   6.600    1/15/12      830,000      878,164   

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Notes

   5.250    10/15/13      1,390,000      1,466,314   

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

   5.250    4/1/13      778,000      819,348   

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

   5.375    3/15/20      440,000      435,583   

Kaupthing Bank HF, Senior Notes

   5.750    10/4/11      2,120,000      519,400   (b)(d)(e) 

Kaupthing Bank HF, Senior Notes

   7.625    2/28/15      890,000      218,050   (b)(d)(e) 

Kaupthing Bank HF, Senior Notes

   0.000    1/15/49      190,000      46,550   (b)(d)(e) 

Lehman Brothers Holdings Capital Trust VII, Medium-Term Notes

   5.857    5/31/12      2,620,000      6,812   (a)(c)(d) 

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Subordinated Notes

   6.500    7/19/17      810,000      1,417   (d) 

Macquarie Bank Ltd.

   2.600    1/20/12      3,620,000      3,700,053   (b) 

Macquarie Bank Ltd., Senior Notes

   4.100    12/17/13      1,000,000      1,074,000   (b) 

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

   6.150    4/25/13      1,930,000      2,064,772   

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

   6.050    8/15/12      1,700,000      1,808,416   

Morgan Stanley, Notes

   5.300    3/1/13      790,000      822,034   

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes

   2.930    5/14/13      1,490,000      1,496,559   (a) 

UBS AG Stamford CT, Senior Notes

   3.875    1/15/15      1,970,000      1,962,264   

Total Capital Markets

     24,490,149   

Commercial Banks — 13.2%

                           

Achmea Hypotheekbank NV

   3.200    11/3/14      3,040,000      3,143,965   (b) 

ANZ National International Ltd., Senior Notes

   2.375    12/21/12      1,370,000      1,388,491   (b) 

Bank of Ireland Governor & Co., Senior Notes

   2.750    3/2/12      3,330,000      3,306,157   (b) 

Bank of Montreal, Secured Bonds

   2.850    6/9/15      1,190,000      1,210,836   (b) 

Bank of Scotland PLC, Senior Secured Notes

   5.000    11/21/11      2,220,000      2,306,547   (b) 

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd., Senior Notes

   2.600    1/22/13      320,000      325,433   (b) 

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd., Senior Notes

   3.850    1/22/15      1,470,000      1,530,952   (b) 

Barclays Bank PLC, Senior Notes

   5.200    7/10/14      340,000      359,144   

Barclays Bank PLC, Subordinated Notes

   6.050    12/4/17      170,000      171,825   (b) 

BNP Paribas, Senior Notes

   2.125    12/21/12      700,000      698,516   

Cie de Financement Foncier, Secured Bonds

   2.125    4/22/13      1,900,000      1,919,692   (b) 

Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Senior Notes

   2.900    9/17/14      3,380,000      3,449,334   (b) 

Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Senior Notes

   3.750    10/15/14      980,000      1,008,456   (b) 

Credit Agricole SA, Senior Notes

   3.500    4/13/15      1,230,000      1,205,052   (b) 

Credit Agricole SA, Subordinated Notes

   8.375    10/13/19      640,000      608,000   (a)(b)(c) 

Depfa ACS Bank, Senior Secured Bonds

   4.250    8/16/10      4,500,000      4,509,859   (b) 

Dexia Credit Local NY, Senior Notes

   2.000    3/5/13      4,380,000      4,380,403   (b) 

Glitnir Banki HF, Notes

   3.226    1/21/11      3,550,000      940,750   (a)(b)(d)(e) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


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Legg Mason Western Asset Short-Term Bond Fund

 

Security    Rate      Maturity
Date
   Face
Amount
   Value  

Commercial Banks — continued

                           

Glitnir Banki HF, Subordinated Notes

   6.693    6/15/16    $ 350,000    $ 1,313   (a)(b)(d)(e) 

ING Bank NV, Senior Notes

   2.625    2/9/12      2,000,000      2,040,118   (b) 

Landsbanki Islands HF

   7.431    10/19/17      590,000      2,213   (a)(b)(c)(d)(e) 

Landsbanki Islands HF, Senior Notes

   6.100    8/25/11      1,720,000      202,100   (b)(d)(e) 

Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank

   1.875    9/24/12      1,600,000      1,620,518   

Lloyds TSB Bank PLC, Bonds

   4.375    1/12/15      1,140,000      1,099,451   (b) 

Nordea Bank AB, Senior Notes

   3.700    11/13/14      660,000      673,020   (b) 

Resona Preferred Global Securities Cayman Ltd., Junior Subordinated Bonds

   7.191    7/30/15      2,290,000      2,109,411   (a)(b)(c) 

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC, Senior Notes

   4.875    3/16/15      1,860,000      1,852,549   

Santander US Debt SA Unipersonal, Senior Notes

   0.363    7/23/10      1,960,000      1,959,557   (a)(b) 

Santander US Debt SA Unipersonal, Senior Notes

   3.724    1/20/15      300,000      288,508   (b) 

Shinsei Finance Cayman Ltd., Junior Subordinated Bonds

   6.418    7/20/16      980,000      630,692   (a)(b)(c) 

SunTrust Capital, Trust Preferred Securities

   6.100    12/15/36      350,000      267,185   (a) 

Swedbank AB, Bonds

   3.000    12/22/11      2,010,000      2,072,734   (b) 

Wachovia Capital Trust III, Junior Subordinated Bonds

   5.800    3/15/11      5,060,000      4,073,300   (a)(c) 

Wells Fargo Capital X, Capital Securities

   5.950    12/15/36      900,000      802,721   

Wells Fargo Capital XIII, Medium-Term Notes

   7.700    3/26/13      2,320,000      2,354,800   (a)(c) 

Westpac Banking Corp., Notes

   3.250    12/16/11      6,560,000      6,749,938   (b) 

Westpac Banking Corp., Senior Bonds

   2.250    11/19/12      2,420,000      2,441,978   

Total Commercial Banks

     63,705,518   

Consumer Finance — 3.6%

                           

Aiful Corp., Notes

   5.000    8/10/10      470,000      457,075   (b) 

American Express Co., Subordinated Debentures

   6.800    9/1/66      2,100,000      2,016,000   (a) 

American Express Credit Corp., Senior Notes

   0.501    10/4/10      4,000,000      3,999,752   (a) 

American Honda Finance Corp., Senior Notes

   3.500    3/16/15      970,000      990,326   (b) 

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp., Notes

   1.900    12/17/12      810,000      820,627   

FIA Credit Services N.A., Subordinated Notes

   7.125    11/15/12      970,000      1,056,776   

GMAC Inc., Notes

   2.200    12/19/12      2,290,000      2,354,125   

GMAC Inc., Senior Notes

   7.500    12/31/13      3,048,000      3,070,860   

GMAC Inc., Subordinated Notes

   8.000    12/31/18      487,000      452,910   

SLM Corp., Medium-Term Notes

   5.375    5/15/14      1,790,000      1,638,083   

SLM Corp., Medium-Term Notes, Senior Notes

   8.450    6/15/18      590,000      545,218   

Total Consumer Finance

                        17,401,752   

Diversified Financial Services — 5.0%

                           

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

   4.500    4/1/15      250,000      252,948   

Citigroup Inc., Notes

   6.000    12/13/13      1,230,000      1,291,409   

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

   6.375    8/12/14      4,450,000      4,730,839   

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

   5.500    10/15/14      340,000      349,890   

FDIC Structured Sale Guaranteed Notes, Notes

   0.000    10/25/13      1,150,000      1,081,551   (b) 

General Electric Capital Corp., Senior Notes

   5.900    5/13/14      1,410,000      1,557,733   

General Electric Capital Corp., Senior Notes

   5.625    5/1/18      400,000      425,760   

General Electric Capital Corp., Subordinated Debentures

   6.375    11/15/67      1,725,000      1,615,031   (a) 

IBM International Group Capital LLC, Senior Notes

   5.050    10/22/12      2,650,000      2,880,709   

ILFC E-Capital Trust I

   5.900    12/21/65      270,000      174,488   (a)(b) 

International Lease Finance Corp., Medium-Term Notes

   0.648    7/13/12      580,000      510,529   (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


6   Legg Mason Western Asset Short-Term Bond Fund 2010 Semi-Annual Report

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2010

Legg Mason Western Asset Short-Term Bond Fund

 

Security    Rate      Maturity
Date
   Face
Amount
   Value  

Diversified Financial Services — continued

                           

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., Medium-Term Notes

   3.278    2/11/11    $ 870,000    $ 870,087   (a)(b) 

Merna Reinsurance Ltd., Subordinated Notes

   2.040    7/7/10      1,250,000      1,249,750   (a)(b) 

MUFG Capital Finance 1 Ltd., Preferred Securities

   6.346    7/25/16      1,600,000      1,549,888   (a)(c) 

Private Export Funding Corp., Notes

   4.950    11/15/15      1,820,000      2,057,035   

TNK-BP Finance SA

   6.875    7/18/11      570,000      589,266   (b) 

TNK-BP Finance SA, Notes

   6.125    3/20/12      100,000      102,500   (b) 

Westpac Securities NZ Ltd., Senior Notes

   2.500    5/25/12      740,000      757,280   (b) 

ZFS Finance USA Trust I

   1.687    12/15/65      2,390,000      2,159,962   (a)(b) 

Total Diversified Financial Services

                        24,206,655   

Insurance — 2.3%

                           

Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Senior Notes

   0.354    2/10/11      3,400,000      3,400,255   (a) 

Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Senior Notes

   2.125    2/11/13      2,570,000      2,625,559   

Metropolitan Life Global Funding I, Notes

   2.875    9/17/12      1,060,000      1,085,762   (b) 

Prudential Financial Inc., Senior Notes

   2.750    1/14/13      1,250,000      1,256,866   

Suncorp-Metway Ltd., Senior Notes

   1.803    7/16/12      2,850,000      2,929,253   (a)(b) 

Total Insurance

                        11,297,695   

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.1%

                           

Countrywide Financial Corp., Medium-Term Notes

   5.800    6/7/12      600,000      631,214   

Total Financials

                        141,732,983   
Health Care — 1.3%                            

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.2%

                           

Baxter FinCo BV

   4.750    10/15/10      1,330,000      1,345,758   

Baxter International Inc., Senior Notes

   1.800    3/15/13      1,070,000      1,083,229   

Hospira Inc., Senior Notes

   5.550    3/30/12      1,600,000      1,704,309   

Medtronic Inc., Senior Notes

   3.000    3/15/15      1,340,000      1,389,638   

Total Health Care Equipment & Supplies

                        5,522,934   

Health Care Providers & Services — 0.1%

                           

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

   4.875    2/15/13      510,000      548,351   

Total Health Care

                        6,071,285   
Industrials — 1.2%                            

Airlines — 0.7%

                           

Continental Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates

   6.900    1/2/18      1,134,653      1,134,653   

Continental Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates

   6.545    2/2/19      702,702      706,215   

Continental Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates

   6.703    6/15/21      739,038      737,190   

Northwest Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates

   1.175    5/20/14      712,079      631,080   (a) 

Total Airlines

                        3,209,138   

Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.2%

                           

Allied Waste North America Inc., Senior Notes

   7.125    5/15/16      930,000      998,622   

Industrial Conglomerates — 0.3%

                           

United Technologies Corp., Senior Notes

   5.375    12/15/17      1,360,000      1,561,316   

Total Industrials

                        5,769,076   
Materials — 0.4%                            

Chemicals — 0.3%

                           

Dow Chemical Co., Notes

   5.700    5/15/18      90,000      95,029   

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Senior Notes

   3.250    1/15/15      1,180,000      1,232,301   

Total Chemicals

                        1,327,330   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


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Legg Mason Western Asset Short-Term Bond Fund

 

Security    Rate      Maturity
Date
   Face
Amount
   Value  

Metals & Mining — 0.1%

                           

Vale Overseas Ltd., Notes

   6.250    1/23/17    $ 480,000    $ 524,025   

Total Materials

                        1,851,355   
Telecommunication Services — 3.7%                            

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.9%

                           

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

   4.850    2/15/14      2,860,000      3,135,009   

France Telecom SA, Notes

   7.750    3/1/11      2,070,000      2,160,393   

Koninklijke KPN NV, Senior Notes

   8.000    10/1/10      1,980,000      2,011,668   

Qwest Corp., Senior Notes

   7.875    9/1/11      1,200,000      1,254,000   

Telecom Italia Capital SA

   0.824    2/1/11      1,500,000      1,486,647   (a) 

Telefonica Emisiones SAU

   0.674    2/4/13      2,490,000      2,402,730   (a) 

Telefonica Emisiones SAU, Senior Notes

   3.729    4/27/15      930,000      928,299   

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

   8.750    11/1/18      440,000      572,883   

Total Diversified Telecommunication Services

                        13,951,629   

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.8%

                           

America Movil SAB de CV, Senior Notes

   3.625    3/30/15      650,000      669,729   (b) 

Cellco Partnership/Verizon Wireless Capital LLC, Senior Notes

   3.750    5/20/11      1,530,000      1,567,408   

Rogers Wireless Inc., Secured Notes

   6.375    3/1/14      520,000      590,879   

Sprint Capital Corp., Senior Notes

   8.375    3/15/12      1,290,000      1,359,338   

Total Wireless Telecommunication Services

                        4,187,354   

Total Telecommunication Services

                        18,138,983   
Utilities — 0.8%                            

Electric Utilities — 0.5%

                           

FirstEnergy Corp., Notes

   6.450    11/15/11      70,000      73,961   

FirstEnergy Solutions Corp., Senior Notes

   4.800    2/15/15      1,110,000      1,162,695   

Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

   4.800    3/1/14      1,100,000      1,192,972   

Total Electric Utilities

                        2,429,628   

Multi-Utilities — 0.3%

                           

Dominion Resources Inc., Notes

   4.750    12/15/10      1,300,000      1,322,651   

Dominion Resources Inc., Senior Notes

   8.875    1/15/19      10,000      13,230   

Total Multi-Utilities

                        1,335,881   

Total Utilities

                        3,765,509   

Total Corporate Bonds & Notes (Cost — $225,229,096)

                        218,224,917   
Asset-Backed Securities — 13.1%                            
Financials — 13.1%                            

Automobiles — 1.8%

                           

ARI Fleet Lease Trust, 2010-A A

   1.800    8/15/18      930,958      931,186   (a)(b) 

Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust, 2009-B A2

   2.100    11/15/11      385,955      386,773   

Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust, 2009-D A2

   1.210    1/15/12      1,475,265      1,477,044   

Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC, 2009-2A A1

   4.260    3/25/14      1,920,000      2,002,083   (b) 

Nissan Master Owner Trust Receivables, 2010-AA A

   1.500    1/15/15      2,110,000      2,116,668   (a)(b) 

Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust, 2008-1 A4

   2.048    10/20/14      1,800,000      1,841,141   (a) 

Total Automobiles

                        8,754,895   

Credit Cards — 2.7%

                           

Bank of America Credit Card Trust, 2006-A9 A9

   0.360    2/15/13      3,770,000      3,769,054   (a) 

Bank of America Credit Card Trust, 2008-A1 A1

   0.930    4/15/13      2,400,000      2,403,959   (a) 

Chase Issuance Trust, 2006-A5 A

   0.370    11/15/13      3,640,000      3,631,106   (a) 

Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust, 2009-A5 A5

   2.250    12/23/14      3,290,000      3,350,709   

Total Credit Cards

                        13,154,828   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


8   Legg Mason Western Asset Short-Term Bond Fund 2010 Semi-Annual Report

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2010

Legg Mason Western Asset Short-Term Bond Fund

 

Security    Rate      Maturity
Date
   Face
Amount
   Value  

Home Equity — 4.8%

                           

Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., 2005-R11 A2D

   0.677    1/25/36    $ 620,000    $ 419,420   (a) 

Asset Backed Funding Certificates, 2002-WF2 A2

   1.472    5/25/32      221,263      190,419   (a) 

Asset Backed Funding Certificates, 2004-OPT2 M1

   0.897    8/25/33      400,000      312,232   (a) 

Bear Stearns Asset-Backed Securities Trust, 2004-1 A2

   0.867    6/25/34      1,454,343      1,340,337   (a) 

Bear Stearns Asset-Backed Securities Trust, 2007-SD1 22A1

   5.522    10/25/36      295,034      189,023   (a) 

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc., 2007-SHL1 A

   0.747    11/25/46      1,173,508      533,663   (a)(b) 

Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates, 2002-S3 M1

   4.800    5/25/32      188,357      139,240   (a) 

Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates, 2003-5 AF5

   5.739    2/25/34      1,296,059      1,107,015   

Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates, 2007-13 2A1

   1.247    10/25/47      2,481,483      1,694,220   (a) 

Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates, 2007-QH1 A1

   0.547    2/25/37      295,306      189,416   (a)(b) 

Countrywide Home Equity Loan Trust, 2004-O

   0.630    2/15/34      305,670      151,694   (a) 

Countrywide Home Equity Loan Trust, 2006-HW 2A1B

   0.487    11/15/36      2,029,500      1,466,975   (a) 

Countrywide Home Equity Loan Trust, 2007-GW A

   0.900    8/15/37      1,139,195      877,251   (a) 

GSAMP Trust, 2006-SEA1 A

   0.647    5/25/36      535,427      429,775   (a)(b) 

GSAMP Trust, 2007-SEA1 A

   0.647    12/25/36      1,054,349      636,194   (a)(b)(f) 

GSRPM Mortgage Loan Trust, 2006-1 A1

   0.647    3/25/35      1,378,524      1,105,039   (a)(b) 

GSRPM Mortgage Loan Trust, 2007-1 A

   0.747    3/25/37      1,952,763      1,043,991   (a)(b) 

Lehman XS Trust, 2005-5N 3A1A

   0.647    11/25/35      1,163,026      748,321   (a) 

Lehman XS Trust, 2006-4N A1D1

   0.677    4/25/46      12,005,485      1,543,917   (a) 

Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust, 2006-A A1

   0.437    5/25/36      2,995,221      44,394   (a) 

MASTR Specialized Loan Trust, 2006-1 A

   0.647    1/25/36      294,324      217,112   (a)(b) 

Park Place Securities Inc., 2004-WCW1 M2

   1.027    9/25/34      400,000      336,821   (a) 

RAAC Series, 2007-RP1 A

   0.637    5/25/46      1,857,729      1,011,279   (a)(b) 

Residential Asset Mortgage Products Inc., 2004-SL3 A4

   8.500    12/25/31      22,641      22,745   

Residential Asset Securities Corp., 2003-KS10 AI6

   4.540    12/25/33      683,361      680,791   (a) 

SACO I Trust, 2006-5 1A

   0.647    4/25/36      772,144      129,242   (a) 

Securitized Asset-Backed Receivables LLC, 2006-FR3 A2

   0.487    5/25/36      295,358      247,893   (a) 

Small Business Administration, 2004-2

   3.080    9/25/18      887,205      930,371   (a) 

Specialty Underwriting & Residential Finance, 2003-BC4 M1

   1.247    11/25/34      530,000      417,433   (a) 

Structured Asset Securities Corp., 2003-AL1 A

   3.357    4/25/31      387,054      354,157   (b) 

Structured Asset Securities Corp., 2007-BC3 1A2

   0.487    5/25/47      800,000      517,553   (a) 

Structured Asset Securities Corp., 2007-TC1 A

   0.647    4/25/31      3,843,292      2,609,764   (a)(b) 

Wachovia Asset Securitization Inc., 2004-HE1 A

   0.567    6/25/34      1,673,965      1,110,299   (a)(f) 

WaMu Asset-Backed Certificates, 2007-HE1 2A3

   0.497    1/25/37      800,000      307,655   (a) 

Total Home Equity

                        23,055,651   

Student Loan — 3.8%

                           

Education Funding Capital Trust, 2003-3 A6

   1.520    12/15/42      200,000      190,000   (a) 

Nelnet Student Loan Trust, 2008-4 A4

   1.796    4/25/24      4,390,000      4,531,244   (a) 

SLC Student Loan Trust, 2008-2 A1

   0.937    9/15/14      379,451      379,772   (a) 

SLM Student Loan Trust, 2003-5 A4

   0.747    12/17/18      1,420,117      1,419,696   (a) 

SLM Student Loan Trust, 2003-7A A5A

   1.737    12/15/33      1,400,000      1,418,813   (a)(b) 

SLM Student Loan Trust, 2003-11 A4

   0.727    6/15/20      863,083      860,701   (a) 

SLM Student Loan Trust, 2005-10 A3

   0.366    10/25/16      947,465      946,663   (a) 

SLM Student Loan Trust, 2005-10 A4

   0.426    10/25/19      1,100,000      1,088,813   (a) 

SLM Student Loan Trust, 2006-4 A4

   0.396    4/25/23      400,000      398,386   (a) 

SLM Student Loan Trust, 2006-5 A5

   0.426    1/25/27      1,600,000      1,511,341   (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


Legg Mason Western Asset Short-Term Bond Fund 2010 Semi-Annual Report   9

 

Legg Mason Western Asset Short-Term Bond Fund

 

Security    Rate      Maturity
Date
   Face
Amount
   Value  

Student Loan — continued

                           

SLM Student Loan Trust, 2006-7 A3

   0.336    7/25/18    $ 947,520    $ 947,046   (a) 

SLM Student Loan Trust, 2006-8 A3

   0.336    1/25/18      1,300,000      1,294,851   (a) 

SLM Student Loan Trust, 2007-2 A2

   0.316    7/25/17      756,477      750,542   (a) 

SLM Student Loan Trust, 2008-1 A2

   0.666    10/25/16      1,550,000      1,556,283   (a) 

Student Loan Consolidation Center, 2002-1 A3

   2.240    3/1/42      500,000      445,000   (a)(b)(f) 

Student Loan Consolidation Center, 2002-2 A14

   1.730    7/1/42      800,000      712,000  (a)(b)(f) 

Total Student Loan

                        18,451,151   

Total Asset-Backed Securities (Cost — $71,895,402)

                        63,416,525   
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 16.4%                            

American Home Mortgage Investment Trust, 2005-1 6A

   2.749    6/25/45      1,732,806      1,411,767  (a) 

American Home Mortgage Investment Trust, 2005-4 1A1

   0.637    11/25/45      1,165,722      701,446  (a) 

Banc of America Funding Corp., 2004-B 3A2

   3.464    12/20/34      239,442      146,688  (a) 

Banc of America Funding Corp., 2005-E 4A1

   2.972    3/20/35      474,161      447,831  (a) 

Banc of America Funding Corp., 2006-D 1A1

   0.518    5/20/36      1,169,801      864,405  (a) 

Banc of America Funding Corp., 2006-E 2A1

   5.734    6/20/36      2,153,681      1,395,032  (a) 

Banc of America Mortgage Securities, 2002-J B1

   3.666    9/25/32      168,877      82,397  (a) 

Banc of America Mortgage Securities, 2003-C B1

   2.999    4/25/33      663,318      201,327  (a) 

Banc of America Mortgage Securities, 2004-E 1A1

   3.330    6/25/34      508,954      516,942  (a) 

Banc of America Mortgage Securities, 2005-F 2A2

   2.946    7/25/35      1,271,237      1,097,766  (a) 

Bayview Commercial Asset Trust, 2005-2A A2

   0.697    8/25/35      1,159,490      798,566  (a)(b) 

Bear Stearns Alt-A Trust, 2004-9 3A1

   2.550    9/25/34      531,709      427,587  (a) 

Bear Stearns Alt-A Trust, 2007-1 1A1

   0.507    1/25/47      1,233,273      565,092  (a) 

Bear Stearns ARM Trust, 2004-10 15A1

   3.222    1/25/35      172,299      146,617  (a) 

Bear Stearns ARM Trust, 2006-4 1A1

   3.092    10/25/36      391,166      252,554  (a) 

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., 2004-PWR4 A2

   5.286    6/11/41      3,036,478      3,182,190  (a) 

CBA Commercial Small Balance Commercial Mortgage, 2006-1A A

   0.597    6/25/38      1,667,784      858,909  (a)(b)(f) 

Chase Mortgage Finance Corp., 2007-A1 2A3

   2.894    2/25/37      444,948      433,401  (a) 

Chevy Chase Mortgage Funding Corp., 2004-3A A2

   0.647    8/25/35      16,565      10,496  (a)(b) 

Chevy Chase Mortgage Funding Corp., 2004-4A A2

   0.637    10/25/35      50,994      30,210  (a)(b) 

Chevy Chase Mortgage Funding Corp., 2005-1A A2

   0.547    1/25/36      28,602      15,740  (a)(b) 

Chevy Chase Mortgage Funding Corp., 2005-2A A2

   0.577    5/25/36      13,527      7,247  (a)(b) 

Chevy Chase Mortgage Funding Corp., 2005-3A A2

   0.577    7/25/36      156,396      84,742  (a)(b) 

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc., 2005-HE2 A

   0.747    5/25/35      319,481      284,354  (a)(b) 

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc., 2007-AR4 2A1A

   3.626    3/25/37      1,321,234      823,036  (a) 

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc., 2007-AR8 1A1A

   5.593    8/25/47      697,979      524,549  (a) 

Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, 2004-33 1A1

   3.120    12/25/34      117,835      99,418  (a) 

Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, 2004-33 2A1

   3.585    12/25/34      96,994      74,300  (a) 

Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, 2005-56 4A1

   0.657    11/25/35      666,222      360,516  (a) 

Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, 2005-59 1A2A

   0.727    11/20/35      2,190,530      545,011  (a) 

Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, 2006-OA8 1A1

   0.537    7/25/46      1,945,391      946,855  (a) 

Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates, 2005-IM1 A2

   0.627    11/25/35      209,495      193,484  (a) 

Countrywide Home Loan, 2003-HYB1 1A1

   3.291    5/19/33      201,084      190,828  (a) 

Countrywide Home Loan, Mortgage Pass-Through Trust, 2004-23 A

   2.454    11/25/34      844,690      502,300  (a) 

Countrywide Home Loans, 2003-2 A2

   4.000    3/25/33      888,469      927,802   

Countrywide Home Loans, 2003-HYB3 6A1

   2.866    11/19/33      97,269      70,888  (a) 

Countrywide Home Loans, 2004-R2 1AF1

   0.767    11/25/34      178,157      137,859  (a)(b) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


10   Legg Mason Western Asset Short-Term Bond Fund 2010 Semi-Annual Report

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2010

Legg Mason Western Asset Short-Term Bond Fund

 

Security    Rate      Maturity
Date
   Face
Amount
   Value  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — continued                            

Countrywide Home Loans, 2005-R2 1AF2

   0.687    6/25/35    $ 236,037    $ 146,669  (a)(b) 

Countrywide Home Loans, 2006-R2 AF1

   0.767    7/25/36      193,224      145,604  (a)(b) 

Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates, 2009-3R 25A1

   5.650    7/27/36      777,835      757,063  (a)(b) 

CS First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., 2004-AR5 7A2

   2.708    6/25/34      920,467      903,586  (a) 

Downey Savings & Loan Association Mortgage Loan Trust, 2006-AR1 2A1A

   1.353    4/19/47      723,084      425,154  (a) 

Downey Savings and Loan Association Mortgage Loan Trust, 2005-AR1 2A1A

   0.598    3/19/45      426,136      266,480  (a) 

FDIC Structured Sale Guaranteed Notes, 2010-S1 1A

   0.896    2/25/48      917,582      921,421  (a)(b) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), 2525 AM

   4.500    4/15/32      304,579      313,776   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), Structured Pass-Through Securities, T-51 1A

   6.500    9/25/43      278,310      312,186  (a) 

First Horizon Alternative Mortgage Securities, 2006-FA8 1A8

   0.717    2/25/37      300,811      150,140  (a) 

First Horizon Mortgage Pass-Through Trust, 2004-AR7 1A1

   2.890    2/25/35      1,532,396      1,360,516  (a) 

First Union National Bank-Bank of America Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2001-C1 A2

   6.136    3/15/33      933,291      942,160   

GE Capital Commercial Mortgage Corp., 2001-2 A4

   6.290    8/11/33      2,157,135      2,226,116   

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 1996-12 S

   8.125    6/16/26      991,261      198,353  (a)(e) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 1996-17 S

   8.175    8/16/26      753,329      142,168  (a)(e) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2010-H03 FA

   0.904    3/20/60      1,677,952      1,698,927  (a)(f) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2010-H10 FB

   1.264    5/20/60      1,820,000      1,873,508  (a)(f) 

Greenpoint Mortgage Funding Trust, 2006-AR3 3A1

   0.577    9/25/35      509,355      202,712  (a) 

Greenpoint Mortgage Funding Trust, 2006-AR3 4A1

   0.557    4/25/36      1,720,406      1,004,024  (a) 

Greenpoint Mortgage Funding Trust, 2006-AR7 1A1B

   0.467    12/25/46      146,356      15,562  (a) 

Greenpoint Mortgage Funding Trust, 2007-AR1 1A1A

   0.427    2/25/47      51,001      36,255  (a) 

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II, 2001-1285 C

   6.712    8/15/18      1,325,000      1,368,340  (b) 

GSMPS Mortgage Loan Trust, 2004-4 2A1

   4.706    6/25/34      1,854,667      1,595,963  (a)(b) 

GSMPS Mortgage Loan Trust, 2005-RP3 1AF

   0.697    9/25/35      1,842,116      1,477,602  (a)(b) 

GSMPS Mortgage Loan Trust, 2006-RP2 1AF1

   0.747    4/25/36      307,037      238,878  (a)(b) 

GSR Mortgage Loan Trust, 2005-AR3 4A1

   2.946    5/25/35      373,833      262,322  (a) 

Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust, 2004-8 3A2

   0.748    11/19/34      304,263      165,444  (a) 

Homebanc Mortgage Trust, 2004-2 A1

   0.717    12/25/34      631,361      532,281  (a) 

Homebanc Mortgage Trust, 2005-1 A1

   0.597    3/25/35      1,024,695      678,600  (a) 

IMPAC CMB Trust, 2004-5 1A1

   0.707    10/25/34      561,748      467,596  (a) 

IMPAC CMB Trust, 2004-6 1A2

   1.127    10/25/34      185,416      153,582  (a) 

Indymac Inda Mortgage Loan Trust, 2007-AR7 1A1

   5.993    11/25/37      579,692      441,778  (a) 

Indymac Index Mortgage Loan Trust, 2004-AR14 2A1A

   0.707    1/25/35      449,085      273,691  (a) 

Indymac Index Mortgage Loan Trust, 2006-AR4 A1A

   0.557    5/25/46      449,179      234,552  (a) 

JPMorgan Alternative Loan Trust, 2006-A4 A7

   6.300    9/25/36      1,000,000      497,018  (a) 

JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, 2003-A1 1A1

   4.036    10/25/33      998,454      987,281  (a) 

JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, 2004-A1 1A1

   4.801    2/25/34      404,840      406,488  (a) 

JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, 2006-A2 5A1

   3.335    11/25/33      419,259      403,226  (a) 

LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2001-WM A2

   6.530    7/14/16      1,240,000      1,285,719  (b) 

Luminent Mortgage Trust, 2006-2 A1A

   0.547    2/25/46      1,833,113      945,113  (a) 

MASTR, Asset Securitization Trust, 2003-4 6A2

   4.375    5/25/33      288,674      276,905   

MASTR, Asset Securitization Trust, 2004-1 1A1

   5.000    2/25/34      116,259      116,120   

MASTR ARM Trust, 2003-6 1A2

   3.825    12/25/33      200,956      184,914  (a) 

MASTR ARM Trust, 2004-13 3A7

   2.924    11/21/34      3,000,000      2,605,219  (a) 

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Inc., 2003-A2 2M1

   2.861    3/25/33      1,003,585      709,230  (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


Legg Mason Western Asset Short-Term Bond Fund 2010 Semi-Annual Report   11

 

Legg Mason Western Asset Short-Term Bond Fund

 

Security    Rate      Maturity
Date
   Face
Amount
   Value  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — continued                            

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Inc., 2003-A6 1A

   3.604    9/25/33    $ 88,922    $ 91,536  (a) 

New York Mortgage Trust Inc., 2005-2 A

   0.677    8/25/35      993,620      853,877  (a) 

Nomura Asset Acceptance Corp., 2004-AR4 1A1

   2.473    12/25/34      1,713,013      1,567,730  (a) 

Prime Mortgage Trust, 2005-2 2A1

   7.309    10/25/32      615,513      598,849  (a) 

Residential Asset Mortgage Products Inc., 2004-SL2 A4

   8.500    10/25/31      19,745      20,151   

Residential Asset Mortgage Products Inc., 2004-SL3 A3

   7.500    12/25/31      17,773      17,965   

Residential Asset Mortgage Products Inc., 2004-SL4 A5

   7.500    7/25/32      37,591      37,795   

Residential Asset Mortgage Products Inc., 2005-SL1 A7

   8.000    5/25/32      867,922      805,054   

Sequoia Mortgage Trust, 2003-2 A2

   1.095    6/20/33      247,059      198,167  (a) 

Structured ARM Loan Trust, 2004-4 3A1

   2.572    4/25/34      416,125      346,403  (a) 

Structured ARM Loan Trust, 2004-7 A1

   0.752    6/25/34      373,014      286,273  (a) 

Structured ARM Loan Trust, 2004-20 3A1

   2.650    1/25/35      612,978      487,401  (a) 

Structured ARM Loan Trust, 2005-4 1A1

   2.724    3/25/35      713,500      469,746  (a) 

Structured ARM Loan Trust, 2005-12 3A1

   2.516    6/25/35      527,658      380,834  (a) 

Structured ARM Loan Trust, 2005-15 1A1

   5.060    7/25/35      736,719      516,897  (a) 

Structured Asset Mortgage Investments Inc., 2006-AR2 A1

   0.577    2/25/36      589,115      334,819  (a) 

Structured Asset Mortgage Investments Inc., 2006-AR7 A1A

   0.557    8/25/36      1,042,116      575,720  (a) 

Structured Asset Securities Corp., 2002-11A B2II

   2.775    6/25/32      245,241      54,272  (a) 

Structured Asset Securities Corp., 2002-16A B2II

   2.666    8/25/32      332,251      193,060  (a) 

Structured Asset Securities Corp., 2002-3 B2

   6.500    3/25/32      1,731,471      1,328,575   

Structured Asset Securities Corp., 2002-8A 7A1

   2.095    5/25/32      190,316      159,171  (a) 

Structured Asset Securities Corp., 2004-2 4A1

   2.617    3/25/34      1,245,045      1,224,088  (a) 

Structured Asset Securities Corp., 2004-5 1A

   2.635    5/25/34      97,430      86,882  (a) 

Structured Asset Securities Corp., 2004-NP1 A

   0.747    9/25/33      936,723      758,745  (a)(b)(e)(f) 

Structured Asset Securities Corp., 2005-4XS 3A4

   4.790    3/25/35      2,560,000      2,353,038   

Structured Asset Securities Corp., 2005-RF3 2A

   4.664    6/25/35      1,233,194      1,025,968  (a)(b) 

WaMu Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, 2007-OA2 1A

   1.121    3/25/47      689,478      379,572  (a) 

WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 2003-AR8 A

   2.823    8/25/33      317,012      317,565  (a) 

WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 2004-AR08 A1

   0.795    6/25/44      384,212      269,164  (a) 

WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 2004-AR14 A1

   2.733    1/25/35      795,277      785,296  (a) 

WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 2007-OA2 2A

   3.109    3/25/47      2,827,128      1,557,092  (a) 

WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 2007-OA6 1A

   1.223    7/25/47      4,192,276      2,552,100  (a) 

Washington Mutual Inc., 2005-AR4 A5

   2.723    4/25/35      200,000      161,625  (a) 

Washington Mutual Inc., 2005-AR8 2A1A

   0.637    7/25/45      580,039      452,367  (a) 

Washington Mutual Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 2005-AR9 A1A

   0.667    7/25/45      669,851      521,143  (a) 

Washington Mutual Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 2005-AR11 A1A

   0.667    8/25/45      548,643      429,163  (a) 

Washington Mutual Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 2005-AR15 A1A2

   0.627    11/25/45      1,690,678      1,162,394  (a) 

Washington Mutual Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 2007-0A5 1A

   1.163    6/25/47      1,928,085      1,135,741  (a) 

Washington Mutual Inc. Pass-Through Certificates, 2006-AR11 1A

   1.381    9/25/46      640,543      364,781  (a) 

Washington Mutual Inc., Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 2006-AR9 1A

   1.421    8/25/46      108,435      65,426  (a) 

Washington Mutual Inc., Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
Whole Loan, 2003-AR5 A7

   2.700    6/25/33      482,598      463,906  (a) 

Washington Mutual Inc., MSC Pass-Through Certificates,
2004-RA1 2A

   7.000    3/25/34      1,006,482      1,043,841   

Washington Mutual Inc., Pass-Through Certificates,
2003-AR10 A7

   2.825    10/25/33      1,395,560      1,335,782  (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


12   Legg Mason Western Asset Short-Term Bond Fund 2010 Semi-Annual Report

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2010

Legg Mason Western Asset Short-Term Bond Fund

 

Security    Rate      Maturity
Date
   Face
Amount
   Value  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — continued                            

Washington Mutual Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
2006-AR1 A1B

   0.667    2/25/36    $ 989,767    $ 165,118  (a) 

Washington Mutual Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
2006-AR4 DA

   1.383    6/25/46      657,246      286,450  (a) 

Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust,
2004-AA A1

   4.991    12/25/34      1,036,888      1,052,566  (a) 

Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust,
2004-I B2

   3.220    7/25/34      405,802      153,456   (a) 

Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (Cost — $96,427,441)

                        79,137,958   
Mortgage-Backed Securities — 5.4%                            

FHLMC — 0.2%

                           

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

   9.000    1/1/17 - 1/1/21      41,123      45,860   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

   8.500    6/1/21      401      445   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

   8.000    2/1/31      164,434      189,813   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

   7.000    4/1/32      838,555      954,268   

Total FHLMC

                        1,190,386   

FNMA — 4.8%

                           

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

   6.500    7/1/13 - 4/1/31      126,544      135,489   

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

   11.000    12/1/15      3,804      4,274   

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

   12.500    1/1/18      17,569      20,774   

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

   9.000    11/1/21      48,506      52,693   

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

   7.000    12/1/26 - 1/1/33      2,490,672      2,822,196   

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

   6.000    11/1/27      99      109   

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

   2.560    5/1/32      31,907      32,690  (a) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

   3.026    8/1/32      88,205      91,541  (a) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

   2.590    12/1/32      251,800      262,182  (a) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

   1.945    1/1/33      523,364      536,208  (a) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

   1.946    5/1/34      1,198,533      1,240,669  (a) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

   2.239    5/1/35      2,058,161      2,132,830  (a) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

   3.584    12/1/39      15,102,583      15,648,383  (a) 

Total FNMA

                        22,980,038   

GNMA — 0.4%

                           

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)

   6.000    5/15/14 - 11/15/28      99,748      109,492   

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)

   9.000    9/15/22      504      584   

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)

   1.860    1/20/60      1,886,405      1,933,943  (a)(f) 

Total GNMA

                        2,044,019   

Total Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost — $25,554,902)

                        26,214,443   
Sovereign Bond — 0.8%                            

Japan — 0.8%

                           

Japan Bank for International Coop., Senior Notes
(Cost — $3,591,095)

   2.875    2/2/15      3,600,000      3,704,324   
U.S. Government & Agency Obligations — 10.3%                            

U.S. Government Agencies — 6.4%

                           

Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB), Bonds

   0.875    8/22/12      4,800,000      4,807,272   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

   5.000    10/18/10      800,000      810,976   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

   0.254    5/4/11      20,000,000      20,019,920  (a) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

   2.125    3/23/12      1,180,000      1,209,671   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


Legg Mason Western Asset Short-Term Bond Fund 2010 Semi-Annual Report   13

 

Legg Mason Western Asset Short-Term Bond Fund

 

Security    Rate    Maturity
Date
   Face
Amount
  Value  

U.S. Government Agencies — continued

                        

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), Senior Notes

   5.000%    2/16/17    $ 2,930,000   $ 3,348,925   

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), Six Month LIBOR

   1.918%    4/1/33      920,024     949,586   (a) 

Total U.S. Government Agencies

                     31,146,350   

U.S. Government Obligations — 3.9%

                        

U.S. Treasury Notes

   1.000%    4/30/12      2,290,000     2,307,532   

U.S. Treasury Notes

   2.125%    5/31/15      7,270,000     7,396,105   

U.S. Treasury Notes

   2.500%    6/30/17      6,410,000     6,439,044   

U.S. Treasury Notes

   3.375%    11/15/19      2,100,000     2,175,306   

U.S. Treasury Notes

   3.625%    2/15/20      290,000     306,449   

Total U.S. Government Obligations

                     18,624,436   

Total U.S. Government & Agency Obligations (Cost — $49,267,707)

                     49,770,786   
                  Shares       
Preferred Stocks — 0.1%                         
Financials — 0.1%                         

Diversified Financial Services — 0.1%

                        

Home Ownership Funding Corp.

   1.000%           500     48,066  (b)(e)(f) 

Home Ownership Funding II

   1.000%           1,400     134,585  (b)(e)(f) 

Total Diversified Financial Services

                     182,651   

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.0%

                        

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

   8.375%           53,075     18,045   *(a) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

   8.250%           38,350     13,039   *(a) 

Total Thrifts & Mortgage Finance

                     31,084   

Total Preferred Stocks (Cost — $3,823,073)

                     213,735   
            Expiration
Date
   Contracts       
Purchased Options — 0.0%                         

Eurodollar Futures, Put @ $99.38

        9/13/10      260     66,625   

Eurodollar Mid Curve 1-Year Futures, Put @ $98.75

        9/10/10      133     25,769   

Total Purchased Options (Cost — $125,865)

                     92,394   

Total Investments before Short-Term Investments (Cost — $475,914,581)

                     440,775,082   
            Maturity
Date
   Face
Amount
      
Short-Term Investments — 8.4%                         

U.S. Government Agencies — 0.3%

                        

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), Discount Notes

   0.190% - 0.200%    8/23/10    $ 425,000     424,878  (g)(h) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), Discount Notes

   0.180%    8/23/10      1,030,000     1,029,727  (g)(h) 

Total U.S. Government Agencies (Cost — $1,454,605)

                     1,454,605   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2010

Legg Mason Western Asset Short-Term Bond Fund

 

Security    Rate      Maturity
Date
   Face
Amount
   Value

Repurchase Agreement — 8.1%

                         

Morgan Stanley tri-party repurchase agreement dated 6/30/10; Proceeds at maturity — $39,265,022; (Fully collateralized by U.S. government agency obligations, 0.500% due 10/29/10; Market value — $40,301,954)
(Cost — $39,265,000)

   0.020    7/1/10    $ 39,265,000    $ 39,265,000

Total Short-Term Investments (Cost — $40,719,605)

                        40,719,605

Total Investments — 99.7% (Cost — $516,634,186#)

                        481,494,687

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.3%

                        1,406,410

Total Net Assets — 100.0%

                      $ 482,901,097

 

* Non-income producing security.

 

(a)

Variable rate security. Interest rate disclosed is that which is in effect at June 30, 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 Trustees, unless otherwise noted.

 

(c)

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

 

(d)

The coupon payment on these securities is currently in default as of June 30, 2010.

 

(e)

Illiquid security.

 

(f)

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

 

(g)

Rate shown represents yield-to-maturity.

 

(h)

All or a portion of this security is held at the broker as collateral for open futures contracts.

 

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

 

Abbreviations used in this schedule:

ARM   — Adjustable Rate Mortgage
CMB   — Cash Management Bill
GSAMP   — Goldman Sachs Alternative Mortgage Products
LIBOR   — London Interbank Offered Rate
MASTR   — Mortgage Asset Securitization Transactions Inc.

 

Schedule of Written Options                    
Security    Expiration
Date
   Strike
Price
   Contracts    Value
Eurodollar Futures, Call    9/13/10    $ 99.25    100    $ 41,875
Eurodollar Futures, Call    9/13/10      98.75    53      82,813
Eurodollar Futures, Call    9/13/10      99.13    212      144,425
Eurodollar Futures, Call    3/14/11      98.88    209      218,144
Eurodollar Futures, Put    9/13/10      99.13    472      61,950
Eurodollar Futures, Put    9/13/10      99.00    267      26,700
Eurodollar Futures, Put    3/14/11      98.88    209      69,231
Eurodollar Mid Curve 1-Year Futures, Put    9/10/10      98.50    133      13,300
Total Written Options (Premiums received — $779,859)                     $ 658,438

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


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Statement of assets and liabilities (unaudited)

June 30, 2010

 

Assets:       

Investments, at value (Cost — $516,634,186)

   $ 481,494,687

Cash

     757

Interest receivable

     3,148,958

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     1,417,834

Principal paydown receivable

     199,876

Unrealized appreciation on swaps

     93,472

Premiums paid for open swaps

     12,242

Receivable for open swap contracts

     162

Prepaid expenses

     35,169

Other assets

     11,324

Total Assets

     486,414,481
Liabilities:       

Payable for Fund shares repurchased

     2,334,082

Written options, at value (premium received $779,859)

     658,438

Investment management fee payable

     176,880

Distribution fees payable

     76,228

Premiums received for open swaps

     58,542

Unrealized depreciation on swaps

     57,604

Payable to broker — variation margin on open futures contracts

     33,125

Distributions payable

     15,294

Trustees’ fees payable

     9,470

Payable for open swap contracts

     1,625

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

     92,096

Total Liabilities

     3,513,384
Total Net Assets    $ 482,901,097
Net Assets:       

Par value (Note 7)

   $ 1,270

Paid-in capital in excess of par value

     544,573,096

Overdistributed net investment income

     (454,833)

Accumulated net realized loss on investments, futures contracts, written options and swap contracts

     (26,775,585)

Net unrealized depreciation on investments, futures contracts, written options and swap contracts

     (34,442,851)
Total Net Assets    $ 482,901,097
Shares Outstanding:       

Class A

     13,981,051

Class C

     42,681,372

Class I

     70,309,874
Net Asset Value:       

Class A (and redemption price)

     $3.80

Class C (and redemption price)

     $3.80

Class I (and redemption price)

     $3.80
Maximum Public Offering Price Per Share:       

Class A (based on maximum initial sales charge of 2.25%)

     $3.89

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


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Statement of operations (unaudited)

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2010

 

Investment Income:       

Interest

   $ 7,664,991

Dividends

     4,750

Total Investment Income

     7,669,741
Expenses:       

Investment management fee (Note 2)

     1,006,385

Distribution fees (Notes 2 and 5)

     414,984

Transfer agent fees (Note 5)

     84,086

Audit and tax

     30,017

Shareholder reports

     20,328

Legal fees

     19,297

Registration fees

     15,984

Insurance

     4,159

Trustees’ fees

     2,583

Custody fees

     2,435

Miscellaneous expenses

     4,393

Total Expenses

     1,604,651
Net Investment Income      6,065,090
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments, Futures Contracts, Written Options
and Swap Contracts (Notes 1, 3 and 4):
      

Net Realized Gain (Loss) From:

      

Investment transactions

     (1,739,560)

Futures contracts

     814,240

Written options

     251,809

Swap contracts

     (16,920)

Net Realized Loss

     (690,431)

Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation From:

      

Investments

     11,658,011

Futures contracts

     1,135,049

Written options

     67,765

Swap contracts

     151,603

Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation

     13,012,428
Net Gain on Investments, Futures Contracts, Written Options and Swap Contracts      12,321,997
Proceeds from Settlement of a Regulatory Matter (Note 10)      67,524
Increase in Net Assets from Operations    $ 18,454,611

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


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Statements of changes in net assets

 

 

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 (unaudited)
and the Year Ended December 31, 2009
   2010   2009
Operations:             

Net investment income

   $ 6,065,090   $ 8,754,643

Net realized gain (loss)

     (690,431)     948,392

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     13,012,428     31,471,222

Proceeds from settlement of a regulatory matter (Note 10)

     67,524    

Increase in Net Assets From Operations

     18,454,611     41,174,257
Distributions to Shareholders From (Notes 1 and 6):             

Net investment income

     (6,143,569)     (9,659,193)

Decrease in Net Assets from Distributions to Shareholders

     (6,143,569)     (9,659,193)
Fund Share Transactions (Note 7):             

Net proceeds from sale of shares

     127,456,718     130,972,882

Reinvestment of distributions

     6,098,316     9,659,193

Cost of shares repurchased

     (69,261,780)     (94,279,733)

Net assets of shares issued in connection with merger (Note 8)

         101,100,851

Increase in Net Assets From Fund Share Transactions

     64,293,254     147,453,193

Increase in Net Assets

     76,604,296     178,968,257
Net Assets:             

Beginning of period

     406,296,801     227,328,544

End of period*

   $ 482,901,097   $ 406,296,801

*Includes overdistributed net investment income of:

     $(454,833)     $(443,878)

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


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Financial highlights

 

For a share of each class of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year ended December 31, unless otherwise noted:  

Class A Shares1

   20102      2009      2008      2007      20063      20053  
Net asset value, beginning of period    $3.69       $3.34       $3.98       $4.13       $4.14       $4.20   
Income (loss) from operations:                  

Net investment income

   0.05       0.09       0.15       0.19       0.14       0.11   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

   0.11       0.36       (0.63)       (0.15)       0.02       (0.05)   

Total income (loss) from operations

   0.16       0.45       (0.48)       0.04       0.16       0.06   
Less distributions from:                  

Net investment income

   (0.05)       (0.10)       (0.16)       (0.19)       (0.17)       (0.12)   

Total distributions

   (0.05)       (0.10)       (0.16)       (0.19)       (0.17)       (0.12)   
Net asset value, end of period    $3.80       $3.69       $3.34       $3.98       $4.13       $4.14   

Total return4

   4.30 %     13.70    (12.39)    1.00    3.98    1.44
Net assets, end of period (millions)    $53       $45       $39       $58       $70       $83   
Ratios to average net assets:                  

Gross expenses

   0.89 %5     0.98    1.02    0.90    0.86 %6     0.88

Net expenses7

   0.89 5     0.98       1.01 8     0.90       0.84 6,8     0.88   

Net investment income

   2.55 5     2.61       4.09       4.54       3.52       2.72   
Portfolio turnover rate    35    94 %9     46 %9     81 %9     124 %9     49

 

1

Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method.

 

2

For the six months ended June 30, 2010 (unaudited).

 

3

Represents a share of capital stock outstanding prior to April 16, 2007.

 

4

Performance figures, exclusive of sales charges, may reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

 

5

Annualized.

 

6

Included in the expense ratios are certain non-recurring restructuring (and reorganization, if applicable) fees that were incurred by the Fund during the period. Without these fees, the gross and net expense ratios would have been 0.85% and 0.83%, respectively.

 

7

The impact of compensating balance arrangements, if any, was less than 0.01%.

 

8

Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

9

Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 159%, 291%, 372% and 270% for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008, 2007 and 2006.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


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For a share of each class of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year ended December 31, unless otherwise noted:  

Class C Shares1

   20102      2009      2008      2007      20063      20053  
Net asset value, beginning of period    $3.70       $3.34       $3.99       $4.14       $4.15       $4.20   
Income (loss) from operations:                  

Net investment income

   0.04       0.08       0.13       0.16       0.12       0.09   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

   0.11       0.37       (0.64)       (0.14)       0.02       (0.04)   

Total income (loss) from operations

   0.15       0.45       (0.51)       0.02       0.14       0.05   
Less distributions from:                  

Net investment income

   (0.05)       (0.09)       (0.14)       (0.17)       (0.15)       (0.10)   

Total distributions

   (0.05)       (0.09)       (0.14)       (0.17)       (0.15)       (0.10)   
Net asset value, end of period    $3.80       $3.70       $3.34       $3.99       $4.14       $4.15   

Total return4

   3.94 %     13.63    (13.15)    0.34    3.39    1.14
Net assets, end of period (millions)    $163       $123       $5       $7       $9       $13   
Ratios to average net assets:                  

Gross expenses

   1.05 %5     1.08    1.63    1.56    1.46 %6     1.41

Net expenses8

   1.05 5,7     1.08 7     1.63       1.56       1.42 6,9     1.41   

Net investment income

   2.37 5     2.34       3.47       3.86       2.92       2.15   
Portfolio turnover rate    35    94 %10     46 %10     81 %10     124 %10     49

 

1

Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method.

 

2

For the six months ended June 30, 2010 (unaudited).

 

3

Represents a share of capital stock outstanding prior to April 16, 2007.

 

4

Performance figures may reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

 

5

Annualized.

 

6

Included in the expense ratios are certain non-recurring restructuring (and reorganization, if applicable) fees that were incurred by the Fund during the period. Without these fees, the gross and net expense ratios would have been 1.45% and 1.41%, respectively.

 

7

Effective at the close of business on July 10, 2009, management contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses (other than brokerage, taxes, interest and extraordinary expenses) to limit total net operating expenses to 1.10% for Class C shares until April 30, 2010.

 

8

The impact of compensating balance arrangements, if any, was less than 0.01%.

 

9

Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

10

Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 159%, 291%, 372% and 270% for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008, 2007 and 2006.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


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Financial highlights (cont’d)

 

For a share of each class of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year ended December 31, unless otherwise noted:  

Class I Shares1

   20102      2009      2008      2007      20063      20053  
Net asset value, beginning of period    $3.70       $3.34       $3.99       $4.13       $4.14       $4.20   
Income (loss) from operations:                  

Net investment income

   0.05       0.11       0.17       0.20       0.16       0.13   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

   0.11       0.37       (0.64)       (0.13)       0.02       (0.05)   

Total income (loss) from operations

   0.16       0.48       (0.47)       0.07       0.18       0.08   
Less distributions from:                  

Net investment income

   (0.06)       (0.12)       (0.18)       (0.21)       (0.19)       (0.14)   

Total distributions

   (0.06)       (0.12)       (0.18)       (0.21)       (0.19)       (0.14)   
Net asset value, end of period    $3.80       $3.70       $3.34       $3.99       $4.13       $4.14   

Total return4

   4.22 %     14.55    (12.16)    1.63    4.34    1.83
Net assets, end of period (millions)    $267       $238       $182       $212       $302       $256   
Ratios to average net assets:                  

Gross expenses

   0.50 %5     0.51    0.50    0.52    0.50 %6     0.50

Net expenses8

   0.50 5,7     0.51 7     0.50       0.52       0.49 6,9     0.50   

Net investment income

   2.93 5     3.07       4.60       4.89       3.87       3.09   
Portfolio turnover rate    35    94 %10     46 %10     81 %10     124 %10     49

 

1

Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method.

 

2

For the six months ended June 30, 2010 (unaudited).

 

3

Represents a share of capital stock outstanding prior to April 16, 2007.

 

4

Performance figures may reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

 

5

Annualized.

 

6

Included in the expense ratios are certain non-recurring restructuring (and reorganization, if applicable) fees that were incurred by the Fund during the period. Without these fees, the gross and net expense ratios would have been 0.49% and 0.48%, respectively.

 

7

As a result of an expense limitation agreement, effective September 18, 2009, the ratio of expenses, other than interest, brokerage, taxes and extraordinary expenses, to average net assets of Class I shares will not exceed 0.75% until December 31, 2011.

 

8

The impact of compensating balance arrangements, if any, was less than 0.01%.

 

9

Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

10

Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 159%, 291%, 372% and 270% for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008, 2007 and 2006.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


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Notes to financial statements (unaudited)

 

1. Organization and significant accounting policies

Legg Mason Western Asset Short-Term Bond Fund (the “Fund”) is a separate diversified series of Legg Mason Partners Income Trust (the “Trust”). The Trust, a Maryland statutory trust, is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company.

The following are significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund and are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). Estimates and assumptions are required to be made regarding assets, liabilities and changes in net assets resulting from operations when financial statements are prepared. Changes in the economic environment, financial markets and any other parameters used in determining these estimates could cause actual results to differ. Subsequent events have been evaluated through the date the financial statements were issued.

(a) Investment valuation. Debt securities are valued at the mean between the last quoted bid and asked prices provided by an independent pricing service, which 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 Trustees. Short-term obligations with maturities of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value.

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.

 

Ÿ  

Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

 

Ÿ  

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

 

Ÿ  

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 of cash flow to a single present amount.


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Notes to financial statements (unaudited) (cont’d)

 

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

        $ 218,224,917         $ 218,224,917

Asset-backed securities

          62,259,525    $ 1,157,000      63,416,525

Collateralized mortgage obligations

          78,379,213      758,745      79,137,958

Mortgage-backed securities

          20,708,066      5,506,377      26,214,443

Sovereign bond

          3,704,324           3,704,324

U.S. government & agency obligations

          49,770,786           49,770,786

Preferred stocks

   $ 31,084           182,651      213,735

Purchased options

     92,394                92,394
Total long-term investments    $ 123,478    $ 433,046,831    $ 7,604,773    $ 440,775,082
Short-term investments†           40,719,605           40,719,605
Total investments    $ 123,478    $ 473,766,436    $ 7,604,773    $ 481,494,687
Other financial instruments:                            

Futures contracts

   $ 539,359              $ 539,359

Written options

     (658,438)                (658,438)

Credit default swaps on corporate issues — buy protection‡

        $ 100,973           100,973

Credit default swaps on credit indices — sell protection‡

          (111,405)           (111,405)
Total other financial instruments    $ (119,079)    $ (10,432)         $ (129,511)
Total    $ 4,399    $ 473,756,004    $ 7,604,773    $ 481,365,176

 

See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

 

Values include any premiums paid or received with respect to swap contracts.

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

 

Investments in Securities   Corporate
Bonds & Notes
  Asset-
Backed
Securities
  Mortgage-
Backed
Securities
  Preferred
Stocks
  Total
Balance as of December 31, 2009               $ 182,554   $ 182,554
Accrued premiums/discounts   $ 1,945   $ 477             2,422
Realized gain/(loss)1     6,807       $ (85)         6,722
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)2     (38,112)     (36,227)     19,032     97     (55,210)
Net purchases (sales)     788,105     1,192,750     5,487,430         7,468,285
Transfers into Level 3                    
Transfers out of Level 3                    
Balance as of June 30, 2010   $ 758,745   $ 1,157,000   $ 5,506,377   $ 182,651   $ 7,604,773
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for
investments in securities still held at June 30, 20102
  $ (38,112)   $ (36,227)   $ 19,032   $ 97   $ (55,210)

 

1

This amount is included in net realized gain (loss) from investment transactions in the accompanying Statement of Operations.

 

2

This amount is included in the change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the accompanying Statement of Operations. Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) includes net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) resulting from changes in investment values during the reporting period and reversal of previously recorded unrealized appreciation (depreciation) when gains or losses are realized.

(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 in an effort to ensure the adequacy of the


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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 equities, 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. The daily changes in contract value are recorded as unrealized gains or losses in the Statement of Operations and the Fund recognizes a realized gain or loss when the contract is closed.

Futures contracts involve, to varying degrees, risk of loss in excess of the amounts reflected in the financial statements. 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) Written options. When the Fund writes an option, an amount equal to the premium received by the Fund is recorded as a liability, the value of which is marked to market daily to reflect the current market value of the option written. If the option expires, the premium received is recorded as a realized gain. When a written call option is exercised, the difference between the premium received plus the option exercise price and the Fund’s basis in the underlying security (in the case of a covered written call option), or the cost to purchase the underlying security (in the case of an uncovered written call option), including brokerage commission, is recognized as a realized gain or loss. When a written put option is exercised, the amount of the premium received is subtracted from the cost of the security purchased by the Fund from the exercise of the written put option to form the Fund’s basis in the underlying security purchased. The writer or buyer of an option traded on an exchange can liquidate the position before the exercise of the option by entering into a closing transaction. The cost of a closing transaction is deducted from the original premium received resulting in a realized gain or loss to the Fund.

The risk in writing a covered call option is that the Fund may forego the opportunity of profit if the market price of the underlying security increases and the option is exercised. The risk in writing a put option is that the Fund may incur a loss if the market price of the underlying security decreases and the option is exercised. The risk in writing a call option is that the Fund is exposed to the risk of loss if the market price of the underlying security increases. 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.

(e) Mortgage dollar rolls. The Fund may enter into mortgage dollar rolls in which the Fund sells mortgage-backed securities for delivery in the current month, realizing a gain or loss, and simultaneously contracts to repurchase substantially similar (same type, coupon and maturity) securities to settle on a specified future date.

The Fund executes its mortgage dollar rolls entirely in the to-be-announced (“TBA”) market, whereby the Fund makes a forward commitment to purchase a security and, instead of accepting delivery, the position is offset by a sale of the security with a simultaneous agreement to repurchase at a future date. The Fund accounts for mortgage dollar rolls as purchases and sales.

The risk of entering into mortgage dollar rolls is that the market value of the securities the Fund is obligated to repurchase under the agreement may decline below the repurchase price. In the event the buyer of securities under a mortgage dollar roll files for bankruptcy or becomes insolvent, the Fund’s use of the proceeds of the mortgage dollar roll may be restricted pending a determination by the counterparty, or its trustee or receiver, whether to enforce the Fund’s obligation to repurchase the securities.


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Notes to financial statements (unaudited) (cont’d)

 

(f) Securities traded on a to-be-announced basis. The Fund may trade securities on a TBA basis. In a TBA transaction, the Fund commits to purchasing or selling securities which have not yet been issued by the issuer and for which specific information, such as the face amount, maturity date and underlying pool of investments in U.S. government agency mortgage pass-through securities, is not announced. Securities purchased on a TBA basis are not settled until they are delivered to the Fund. Beginning on the date the Fund enters into a TBA transaction, cash, U.S. government securities or other liquid high-grade debt obligations are segregated in an amount equal in value to the purchase price of the TBA security. These securities are subject to market fluctuations and their current value is determined in the same manner as for other securities.

(g) Swap agreements. The Fund may invest in swaps for the purpose of managing its exposure to interest rate, credit or market risk, or for other purposes. The use of swaps involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio transactions.

Swap contracts are marked to market daily and changes in value are recorded as unrealized appreciation/(depreciation). Gains or losses are realized upon termination of the swap agreement. Periodic payments and premiums received or made by the Fund are recognized in the Statement of Operations as realized gains or losses, respectively. Collateral, in the form of restricted cash or securities, may be required to be held in segregated accounts with the Fund’s custodian in compliance with the terms of the swap contracts. Securities held as collateral for swap contracts are identified in the Schedule of Investments and restricted cash, if any, is identified on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Risks may exceed amounts recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. These risks include changes in the returns of the underlying instruments, failure of the counterparties to perform under the contracts’ terms, and the possible lack of liquidity with respect to the swap agreements.

Payments received or made at the beginning of the measurement period are reflected as a premium or deposit, respectively, on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. These upfront payments are amortized over the life of the swap and are recognized as realized gain or loss in the Statement of Operations. A liquidation payment received or made at the termination of the swap is recognized as realized gain or loss in the Statement of Operations. Net periodic payments received or paid by the Fund are recognized as realized gain or loss at the time of receipt or payment in the Statement of Operations.

As disclosed in the Fund’s summary of open swap contracts, the aggregate fair value of credit default swaps in a net liability position as of June 30, 2010 was $111,405. The aggregate fair value of assets posted as collateral, net of assets received as collateral, for all swaps was $0. If a defined credit event had occurred as of June 30, 2010, the swaps’ credit-risk-related contingent features would have been triggered and the Fund would have been required to pay up to $891,243 less the value of the contracts’ related reference obligations.

Credit default swaps.

The Fund may enter into credit default swap (“CDS”) contracts for investment purposes, to manage its credit risk or to add leverage. CDS agreements involve one party making a stream of payments to another party in exchange for the right to receive a specified return in the event of a default by a third party, typically corporate or sovereign issuers, on a specified obligation, or in the event of a write-down, principal shortfall, interest shortfall or default of all or part of the referenced entities comprising a credit index. The Fund may use a CDS to provide protection against defaults of the issuers (i.e., to reduce risk where the Fund has exposure to a sovereign issuer) or to take an active long or short position with respect to the likelihood of a particular issuer’s default. As a seller of protection, the Fund generally receives an upfront payment or a stream of payments throughout the term of the swap provided that there is no credit event. If the Fund is a seller of protection and a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement, the maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) that the Fund could be required to make under a credit default swap agreement would be an amount equal to the notional amount of the agreement. These amounts of potential payments will be partially offset by any recovery of values from the respective referenced obligations. As a seller of protection, the Fund effectively adds leverage to its portfolio because, in addition to its total net assets, the Fund is subject to investment exposure on the notional amount of the swap. As a buyer of protection, the Fund generally receives an amount up to the notional value of the swap if a credit event occurs.


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Implied spreads are the theoretical prices a lender receives for credit default protection. When spreads rise, market perceived credit risk rises and when spreads fall, market perceived credit risk falls. The implied credit spread of a particular referenced entity reflects the cost of buying/selling protection and may include upfront payments required to enter into the agreement. Wider credit spreads and decreasing market values, when compared to the notional amount of the swap, represent a deterioration of the referenced entity’s credit soundness and a greater likelihood or risk of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the agreement. Credit spreads utilized in determining the period end market value of credit default swap agreements on corporate or sovereign issues are disclosed in the Notes to Financial Statements and serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and represent the likelihood or risk of default for credit derivatives. For credit default swap agreements on asset-backed securities and credit indices, the quoted market prices and resulting values, particularly in relation to the notional amount of the contract as well as the annual payment rate, serve as an indication of the current status of the payment/performance risk.

The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty risk, as the protection buyer, is the fair value of the contract (this risk is mitigated by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty). As the protection seller, the Fund’s maximum risk is the notional amount of the contract. Credit default swaps are considered to have credit risk-related contingent features since they require payment by the protection seller to the protection buyer upon the occurrence of a defined credit event.

Entering into a CDS agreement involves, to varying degrees, elements of credit, market and documentation risk in excess of the related amounts recognized on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Such risks involve the possibility that there will be no liquid market for these agreements, that the counterparty to the agreement may default on its obligation to perform or disagree as to the meaning of the contractual terms in the agreement, and that there will be unfavorable changes in net interest rates.

(h) Credit and market risk. Investments in securities that are collateralized by residential real estate mortgages are subject to certain credit and liquidity risks. When market conditions result in an increase in default rates of the underlying mortgages and the foreclosure values of underlying real estate properties are materially below the outstanding amount of these underlying mortgages, collection of the full amount of accrued interest and principal on these investments may be doubtful. Such market conditions may significantly impair the value and liquidity of these investments and may result in a lack of correlation between their credit ratings and values.

(i) Security transactions and investment income. Security transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Interest income, adjusted for amortization of premium and accretion of discount, is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. The cost of investments sold is determined by use of the specific identification method. To the extent any issuer defaults or a credit event occurs that impacts the issuer, the Fund may halt any additional interest income accruals and consider the realizability of interest accrued up to the date of default or credit event.

(j) Distributions to shareholders. Distributions from net investment income on the shares of the Fund are declared each business day to shareholders of record, and are paid monthly. Distributions of net realized gains, if any, are declared at least annually. Distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date and are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.

(k) Share class accounting. Investment income, common expenses and realized/unrealized gains (losses) on investments are allocated to the various classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Fees relating to a specific class are charged directly to that share class.

(l) Compensating balance arrangements. The Fund has an arrangement with its custodian bank whereby a portion of the custodian’s fees is paid indirectly by credits earned on the Fund’s cash on deposit with the bank.

(m) Federal and other taxes. It is the Fund’s policy to comply with the federal income and excise tax requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”), as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies. Accordingly, the Fund intends to distribute its taxable income and net realized gains, if any, to shareholders in accordance with the timing requirements imposed by the Code. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required in the Fund’s financial statements.


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Notes to financial statements (unaudited) (cont’d)

 

Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax years and has concluded that as of June 30, 2010, no provision for income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. The Fund’s federal and state income and federal excise tax returns for tax years for which the applicable statutes of limitations have not expired are subject to examination by Internal Revenue Service and state departments of revenue.

(n) Reclassification. GAAP requires that certain components of net assets be reclassified to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value per share.

2. Investment management agreement and other transactions with affiliates

Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC (“LMPFA”) is the Fund’s investment manager and Western Asset Management Company (“Western Asset”) is the Fund’s subadviser. LMPFA and Western Asset are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Legg Mason, Inc. (“Legg Mason”).

Under the investment management agreement, the Fund pays an investment management fee, calculated daily and paid monthly, at an annual rate of 0.45% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

LMPFA provides administrative and certain oversight services to the Fund. LMPFA delegates to the subadviser the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund. For its services, LMPFA pays Western Asset 70% of the net management fee it receives from the Fund.

As a result of a contractual expense limitation agreement between LMPFA and the Fund, the ratio of expenses, other than interest, brokerage, taxes and extraordinary expenses to average net assets of Class C shares will not exceed 1.10%, until April 30, 2010.

As a result of an expense limitation agreement between LMPFA and the Fund, the ratio of expenses, other than brokerage, interest, taxes and extraordinary expenses, to average net assets of Class I shares will not exceed 0.75%. This expense limitation agreement cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2011 without the Board of Trustees’ consent.

Except for contractual expense limitations, the manager is permitted to recapture amounts previously forgone 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 expense limitation (“expense cap”) in effect at the time the fees were earned or the expense incurred. 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 the expense cap or any other lower limit then in effect.

Legg Mason Investor Services, LLC (“LMIS”) a wholly-owned broker-dealer subsidiary of Legg Mason, serves as the Fund’s sole and exclusive distributor.

There is a maximum initial sales charge of 2.25% for Class A shares. In certain cases, Class A shares have a 1.00% contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”), which applies if redemption occurs within one year from purchase payment. This CDSC only applies to those purchases of Class A shares, which, when combined with current holdings of Class A shares, equal or exceed $500,000 in the aggregate. These purchases do not incur an initial sales charge.

For the six months ended June 30, 2010, LMIS and its affiliates received sales charges of approximately $3,000 on sales of the Fund’s Class A shares. In addition, for the six months ended June 30, 2010, CDSCs paid to LMIS and its affiliates were approximately:

 

        Class A      Class C
CDSCs      $ 1,000      $ 1,000

The Fund had adopted an unfunded, non-qualified deferred compensation plan (the “Plan”) which allowed non-interested trustees (“Independent Trustees”) to defer the receipt of all or a portion of their fees earned until a later date specified by the Independent Trustees. The deferred balances are reported in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities under Trustees’ fees payable and are considered a general obligation of the Fund and any payments made pursuant to the Plan will be made from the Fund’s general assets. The Plan was terminated effective January 1, 2006. This change had no effect on fees previously deferred. As of June 30, 2010, the Fund had accrued $5,969 as deferred compensation payable.


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All officers and one Trustee of the Trust are employees of Legg Mason or its affiliates and do not receive compensation from the Trust.

3. Investments

During the six months ended June 30, 2010, the aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investments (excluding short-term investments) and U.S Government & Agency Obligations were as follows:

 

        Investments      U.S. Government & Agency Obligations
Purchases      $116,093,267      $95,233,805
Sales      49,375,465      97,891,313

At June 30, 2010, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were substantially as follows:

 

Gross unrealized appreciation      $ 9,559,926
Gross unrealized depreciation        (44,699,425)
Net unrealized depreciation      $ (35,139,499)

At June 30, 2010, the Fund had the following open futures contracts:

 

      Number of
Contracts
   Expiration
Date
   Basis
Value
   Market
Value
   Unrealized
Gain/(loss)
Contracts to Buy:                               
90-Day Eurodollar    100    9/10    $ 24,777,913    $ 24,836,250    $ 58,337
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes    450    9/10      52,554,204      53,258,203      703,999
                             $ 762,336
Contracts to Sell:                               
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes    69    9/10    $ 8,244,346    $ 8,455,734    $ (211,388)
U.S. Treasury 2-Year Notes    13    9/10      2,833,177      2,844,766      (11,589)
                             $ (222,977)
Net unrealized gain on open futures contracts                            $ 539,359

During the six months ended June 30, 2010, written option transactions for the Fund were as follows:

 

        Number of
Contracts
     Premiums
Written options, outstanding December 31, 2009      461      $ 273,250
Options written      3,152        1,184,969
Options closed      (1,454)        (626,987)
Options expired      (504)        (51,373)
Written options, outstanding June 30, 2010      1,655      $ 779,859

At June 30, 2010, the Fund held the following open swap contracts:

 

CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS ON CORPORATE ISSUES — BUY PROTECTION1
Swap Counterparty
(Reference Entity)
  Notional
Amount2
  Termination
Date
  Periodic
Payments
Made By
The Fund‡
  Market
Value
  Upfront
Premiums
Paid/
(Received)
  Unrealized
Appreciation
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp., 0.480% due 11/15/13)   $ 300,000   3/20/15   5.000% quarterly   $ 35,218   $   2,765   $ 32,453
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp., 0.480% due 11/15/13)     370,000   3/20/20   5.000% quarterly     46,708     9,477     37,231
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp., 0.480%, due 11/15/13)     300,000   3/20/11   5.000% quarterly     4,006     (3,376)     7,382
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp., 0.480%, due 11/15/13)     200,000   3/20/13   5.000% quarterly     15,041     (1,365)     16,406
Total   $ 1,170,000           $ 100,973   $ 7,501   $ 93,472


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Notes to financial statements (unaudited) (cont’d)

 

CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS ON CREDIT INDICES — SELL PROTECTION3
Swap Counterparty
(Reference Entity)
  Notional
Amount2
  Termination
Date
  Periodic
Payments
Received By
The Fund‡
  Market
Value4
  Upfront
Premiums
Paid/
(received)
  Unrealized
Depreciation
Credit Suisse First Boston Inc. (ABX.HE.AAA.06-1 Index)   $ 891,243   7/25/45   0.180% monthly   $ (111,405)   $ (53,801)   $ (57,604)

 

1

If the Fund is a buyer of protection and a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement, the Fund will either (i) receive from the seller of protection an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap and deliver the underlying securities comprising the referenced index or (ii) receive a net settlement amount in the form of cash or securities equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the underlying securities comprising the referenced index.

 

2

The maximum potential amount the Fund could be required to make as a seller of credit protection or receive as a buyer of credit protection if a credit event occurs as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement.

 

3

If the Fund is a seller of protection and a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement, the Fund will either (i) pay to the buyer of protection an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap and take delivery of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising the referenced index or (ii) pay a net settlement amount in the form of cash or securities equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising the referenced index.

 

4

The quoted market prices and resulting values for credit default swap agreements on asset-backed securities and credit indices serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and represent the likelihood of an expected liability (or profit) for the credit derivative should the notional amount of the swap agreement been closed/sold as of the period end. Decreasing market values when compared to the notional amount of the swap, represent a deterioration of the referenced entity’s credit soundness and a greater likelihood or risk of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the agreement.

 

Percentage shown is an annual percentage rate.

4. Derivative instruments and hedging activities

Financial Accounting Standards Board Codification Topic 815 requires enhanced disclosure about an entity’s derivative and hedging activities.

Below are tables, grouped by derivative type that provides information about the fair value and the location of derivatives within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities at June 30, 2010.

 

ASSET DERIVATIVES1
        Interest Rate
Contracts Risk
     Credit
Contracts Risk
     Total
Purchased options2      $ 92,394             $ 92,394
Futures contracts3        762,336               762,336
Swap contracts4             $ 100,973        100,973
Total      $ 854,730      $ 100,973      $ 955,703

 

LIABILITY DERIVATIVES1
        Interest Rate
Contracts Risk
     Credit
Contracts Risk
     Total
Written options      $ 658,438             $ 658,438
Futures contracts3        222,977               222,977
Swap contracts4             $ 111,405        111,405
Total      $ 881,415      $ 111,405      $ 992,820

 

1

Generally, the balance sheet location for asset derivatives is receivables/net unrealized appreciation(depreciation) and for liability derivatives is payables/net unrealized appreciation(depreciation).

 

2

Market value of purchased options is reported in Investments of value in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

3

Includes cumulative appreciation/depreciation of futures contracts as reported in the footnotes. Only variation margin is reported within the receivables and/or payables of the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

4

Values include premiums paid/(received) on swap contracts which are shown separately in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.


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The following tables provide information about the effect of derivatives and hedging activities on the Fund’s Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2010. The first table provides additional detail about the amounts and sources of gains/(losses) realized on derivatives during the period. The second table provides additional information about the changes in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) resulting from the Fund’s derivatives and hedging activities during the period.

 

AMOUNT OF REALIZED GAIN OR (LOSS) ON DERIVATIVES RECOGNIZED
        Interest Rate
Contracts Risk
     Credit
Contracts Risk
     Total
Purchased options      $ (150,341)             $ (150,341)
Written options        251,809               251,809
Futures contracts        814,240               814,240
Swap contracts             $ (16,920)        (16,920)
Total      $ 915,708      $ (16,920)      $      898,788

 

CHANGE IN UNREALIZED APPRECIATION/DEPRECIATION ON DERIVATIVES RECOGNIZED
        Interest Rate
Contracts Risk
     Credit
Contracts Risk
     Total
Purchased options      $ 3,470             $ 3,470
Written options        67,765               67,765
Futures contracts        1,135,049               1,135,049
Swap contracts             $ 151,603        151,603
Total      $ 1,206,284      $ 151,603      $   1,357,887

During the six months ended June 30, 2010, the volume of derivative activity for the Fund was as follows:

 

      Average
Market Value
Purchased options    $ 36,387
Written options      425,495
Futures contracts (to buy)      75,433,599
Futures contracts (to sell)      30,100,493
      Average
Notional Balance
Credit default swap contracts (to buy protection)    $ 835,714
Credit default swap contracts (to sell protection)      925,763

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 a 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.

As of June 30, 2010, the total value of swap positions with credit related contingent features in a net liability position was $111,405. If a contingent feature would have been triggered as of June 30, 2010, the Fund would have been required to pay this amount in cash to its counterparties. The Fund did not hold or post collateral for its swap transactions.

5. Class specific expenses

The Fund has adopted a Rule 12b-1 distribution plan and under that plan the Fund pays a service fee with respect to its Class A and C shares calculated at the annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets of each respective class. The Fund also pays a distribution fee with respect to its Class C shares calculated at the annual rate of 0.25% of the average daily net assets. Distribution fees are accrued daily and paid monthly.


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Notes to financial statements (unaudited) (cont’d)

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2010, class specific expenses were as follows:

 

        Distribution
Fees
     Transfer Agent
Fees
Class A      $ 61,918      $ 35,407
Class C        353,066        41,198
Class I               7,481
Total      $ 414,984      $ 84,086

6. Distributions to shareholders by class

 

 

        Six Months Ended
June 30, 2010
     Year Ended
December 31, 2009
Net Investment Income:                  
Class A      $ 638,865      $ 1,171,005
Class B†               14,896
Class C        1,698,231        1,498,544
Class I        3,806,473        6,974,748
Total      $ 6,143,569      $ 9,659,193

 

On July 10, 2009 Class B shares converted to Class A shares.

7. Shares of beneficial interest

At June 30, 2010, the Trust had an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest authorized with a par value of $0.00001 per share. The Fund has the ability to issue multiple classes of shares. Each class of shares represents an identical interest and has the same rights, except that each class bears certain direct expenses, including those specifically related to the distribution of its shares.

Transactions in shares of each class were as follows:

 

       Six Months Ended
June 30, 2010
     Year Ended
December 31, 2009
        Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount
Class A                                
Shares sold      3,602,923      $ 13,623,614      3,545,798      $ 12,748,613
Shares issued on reinvestment      167,533        634,026      328,275        1,151,691
Shares repurchased      (2,153,530)        (8,152,605)      (3,304,696)        (11,641,568)
Net increase      1,616,926      $ 6,105,035      569,377      $ 2,258,736
Class B†                                
Shares sold                  39,734      $ 132,392
Shares issued on reinvestment                  4,124        13,865
Shares repurchased                  (432,731)        (1,496,845)
Net decrease                  (388,873)      $ (1,350,588)
Class C                                
Shares sold      17,820,908      $ 67,343,732      9,911,994      $ 36,381,557
Shares issued on reinvestment      439,668        1,664,856      519,560        1,517,858
Shares repurchased      (8,794,128)        (33,263,203)      (5,751,510)        (20,818,196)
Shares issued with merger                  27,017,570        94,621,131
Net increase      9,466,448      $ 35,745,385      31,697,614      $ 111,702,350
Class I                                
Shares sold      12,353,837      $ 46,489,372      23,470,684      $ 81,710,320
Shares issued on reinvestment      1,003,932        3,799,434      1,984,585        6,975,779
Shares repurchased      (7,373,107)        (27,845,972)      (17,318,508)        (60,323,124)
Shares issued with merger                  1,851,026        6,479,720
Net increase      5,984,662      $ 22,442,834      9,987,787      $ 34,842,695

 

On July 10, 2009 Class B shares converted to Class A shares.


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8. Transfer of net assets

At the close of business on July 10, 2009, the Fund acquired all of the assets of the Legg Mason Limited Duration Bond Portfolio (the “Acquired Fund”), pursuant to the Form of Agreement and Plan of Reorganization dated July 2, 2009, and approved by shareholders of the Acquired Fund on July 2, 2009.

 

Acquired Fund     

Shares Issued

by the Fund

     Total Net Assets of the
Acquired Fund
    

Total Net Assets

of the Fund

Legg Mason Limited Duration Bond Portfolio      28,868,596      $ 101,100,851      $ 256,663,860

As part of the reorganization, for each share they held, the shareholders of the Acquired Fund’s Primary Class and Institutional Class received 2.460825 and 2.462406 shares of the Fund’s Class C and Class I shares, respectively.

The total net assets of the Acquired Fund before acquisition included unrealized depreciation of $27,819,620, accumulated net realized loss of $10,497,570 and overdistributed net investment income of $383,393. Total net assets of the Fund immediately after the transfer were $357,764,712. The transaction was structured to qualify as a tax-free reorganization under the Code, as amended.

Proforma results of operations of the combined entity for the entire year ended December 31, 2009, as though the acquisition had occurred as of the beginning of the year (rather than on the actual acquisition date), are as follows:

 

Net investment income      $ 11,031,946
Net realized gain        1,081,863
Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation        39,411,602
Increase in net assets from operations      $ 51,525,411

9. Capital loss carryforward

As of December 31, 2009, the Fund had a net capital loss carryforward of approximately $25,357,293, of which $4,535,866 expires in 2011, $554,986 expires in 2012, $2,210,102 expires in 2013, $8,307,534 expires in 2014, $306,147 expires in 2015, $2,362,393 expires in 2016 and $7,080,265 expires in 2017. These amounts will be available to offset any future taxable capital gains. Additionally, a portion of the losses transferred from the reorganization discussed in Note 8 may be subject to certain limitations for tax purposes.

10. Regulatory matters

On May 31, 2005, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued an order in connection with the settlement of an administrative proceeding against Smith Barney Fund Management LLC (“SBFM”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Legg Mason and the then investment adviser or manager to the Fund, and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (“CGM”), a former distributor of the Fund, relating to the appointment of an affiliated transfer agent for the Smith Barney family of mutual funds, including the Fund (the “Affected Funds”).

The SEC order found that SBFM and CGM willfully violated Section 206(1) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules promulgated there under (the “Advisers Act”). Specifically, the order found that SBFM and CGM knowingly or recklessly failed to disclose to the boards of the Affected Funds in 1999 when proposing a new transfer agent arrangement with an affiliated transfer agent that: First Data Investors Services Group (“First Data”), the Affected Funds’ then-existing transfer agent, had offered to continue as transfer agent and do the same work for substantially less money than before; and that Citigroup Asset Management (“CAM”), the Citigroup business unit that, at the time, included the Affected Funds’ investment manager and other investment advisory companies, had entered into a side letter with First Data under which CAM agreed to recommend the appointment of First Data as subtransfer agent to the affiliated transfer agent in exchange for, among other things, a guarantee by First Data of specified amounts of asset management and investment banking fees to CAM and CGM. The order also found that SBFM and CGM willfully violated Section 206(2) of the Advisers Act by virtue of the omissions discussed above and other misrepresentations and omissions in the materials provided to the Affected Funds’ boards, including the failure to make clear that the affiliated transfer agent would earn a high profit for performing


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limited functions while First Data continued to perform almost all of the transfer agent functions, and the suggestion that the proposed arrangement was in the Affected Funds’ best interests and that no viable alternatives existed.

SBFM and CGM do not admit or deny any wrongdoing or liability. The settlement does not establish wrongdoing or liability for purposes of any other proceeding. The SEC censured SBFM and CGM and ordered them to cease and desist from violations of Sections 206(1) and 206(2) of the Advisers Act.

The order required Citigroup to pay $208.1 million, including $109 million in disgorgement of profits, $19.1 million in interest, and a civil money penalty of $80 million. Approximately $24.4 million has already been paid to the Affected Funds, primarily through fee waivers. The remaining $183.7 million, including the penalty, has been paid to the U.S. Treasury and will be distributed pursuant to a plan submitted for the approval of the SEC. The order also required that transfer agency fees received from the Affected Funds since December 1, 2004, less certain expenses, be placed in escrow and provided that a portion of such fees might be subsequently distributed in accordance with the terms of the order. On April 3, 2006, an aggregate amount of approximately $9 million held in escrow was distributed to the Affected Funds.

The order required SBFM to recommend a new transfer agent contract to the Affected Funds’ boards within 180 days of the entry of the order; if a Citigroup affiliate submitted a proposal to serve as transfer agent or sub-transfer agent, SBFM and CGM would have been required, at their expense, to engage an independent monitor to oversee a competitive bidding process. On November 21, 2005, and within the specified time-frame, the Affected Funds’ boards selected a new transfer agent for the Affected Funds. No Citigroup affiliate submitted a proposal to serve as transfer agent. Under the order, SBFM also must comply with an amended version of a vendor policy that Citigroup instituted in August 2004.

Although there can be no assurance, LMPFA does not believe that this matter will have a material adverse effect on the Affected Funds.

On December 1, 2005, Citigroup completed the sale of substantially all of its global asset management business, including SBFM, to Legg Mason.

On May 12, 2010, the SEC approved the disbursement of approximately $108.6 million previously paid to the U.S. Treasury, reflecting the disgorgement of Citigroup’s profits, plus interest. On May 26, 2010, these amounts were disbursed to the Affected Funds pursuant to a Plan of Distribution approved by the SEC. The Fund has received $56,780, $10,463 and $281 for Classes A, C and I, respectively, related to this distribution. All other amounts not previously distributed were retained by the U.S. Treasury.

11. Legal matters

Beginning in May 2004, class action lawsuits alleging violations of the federal securities laws were filed against CGM, a former distributor of the Fund, and other affiliated funds (collectively, the “Funds”) and a number of its then affiliates, including SBFM and Salomon Brothers Asset Management Inc. (“SBAM”), which were then investment adviser or manager to certain of the Funds (the “Managers”), substantially all of the mutual funds then managed by the Managers (the “Defendant Funds”), and Board members of the Defendant Funds (collectively, the “Defendants”). The complaints alleged, among other things, that CGM created various undisclosed incentives for its brokers to sell Smith Barney and Salomon Brothers funds. In addition, according to the complaints, the Managers caused the Defendant Funds to pay excessive brokerage commissions to CGM for steering clients towards proprietary funds. The complaints also alleged that the Defendants breached their fiduciary duty to the Defendant Funds by improperly charging Rule 12b-1 fees and by drawing on fund assets to make undisclosed payments of soft dollars and excessive brokerage commissions. The complaints also alleged that the Defendant Funds failed to adequately disclose certain of the allegedly wrongful conduct. The complaints sought injunctive relief and compensatory and punitive damages, rescission of the Defendant Funds’ contracts with the Managers, recovery of all fees paid to the Managers pursuant to such contracts and an award of attorneys’ fees and litigation expenses.

On December 15, 2004, a consolidated amended complaint (the “Complaint”) was filed alleging substantially similar causes of action. On May 27, 2005, all of the Defendants filed motions to dismiss the Complaint. On July 26, 2006, the court issued a decision and order (1) finding that plaintiffs lacked standing


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to sue on behalf of the shareholders of the Funds in which none of the plaintiffs had invested and dismissing those Funds from the case (although stating that they could be brought back into the case if standing as to them could be established), and (2) other than one stayed claim, dismissing all of the causes of action against the remaining Defendants, with prejudice, except for the cause of action under Section 36(b) of the 1940 Act, which the court granted plaintiffs leave to replead as a derivative claim.

On October 16, 2006, plaintiffs filed their Second Consolidated Amended Complaint (“Second Amended Complaint”) which alleges derivative claims on behalf of nine funds identified in the Second Amended Complaint, under Section 36(b) of the 1940 Act, against CAM, SBAM and SBFM as investment advisers to the identified funds, as well as CGM as a distributor for the identified funds (collectively, the “Second Amended Complaint Defendants”). The Fund was not identified in the Second Amended Complaint. The Second Amended Complaint alleges no claims against any of the funds or any of their Board Members. Under Section 36(b), the Second Amended Complaint alleges similar facts and seeks similar relief against the Second Amended Complaint Defendants as the Complaint.

On December 3, 2007, the court granted the Defendants’ motion to dismiss, with prejudice. On January 2, 2008, the plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. The appeal was fully briefed and oral argument before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit took place on March 5, 2009. The parties currently are awaiting a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Additional lawsuits arising out of these circumstances and presenting similar allegations and requests for relief may be filed in the future.

12. Other matters

On or about May 30, 2006, John Halebian, a purported shareholder of Western Asset New York Tax Free Money Market Fund (prior to May 31, 2010, the Fund was known as Western Asset / CitiSM New York Tax Free Reserves, and prior to June 1, 2009, as CitiSM New York Tax Free Reserves), a series of Legg Mason Partners Money Market Trust, formerly a series of Citi Funds Trust III (the “Subject Trust”), filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against the independent trustees of the Subject Trust (Elliott J. Berv, Donald M. Carlton, A. Benton Cocanougher, Mark T. Finn, Stephen Randolph Gross, Diana R. Harrington, Susan B. Kerley, Alan G. Merten and R. Richardson Pettit).

The Subject Trust is also named in the complaint as a nominal defendant. The complaint alleges both derivative claims on behalf of the Subject Trust and class claims on behalf of a putative class of shareholders of the Subject Trust in connection with the 2005 sale of Citigroup’s asset management business to Legg Mason and the related approval of new investment advisory agreements by the trustees and shareholders. In the derivative claim, the plaintiff alleges, among other things, that the independent trustees breached their fiduciary duty to the Subject Trust and its shareholders by failing to negotiate lower fees or seek competing bids from other qualified investment advisers in connection with Citigroup’s sale to Legg Mason. In the claims brought on behalf of the putative class of shareholders, the plaintiff alleges that the independent trustees violated the proxy solicitation requirements of the 1940 Act, and breached their fiduciary duty to shareholders, by virtue of the voting procedures, including “echo voting,” used to obtain approval of the new investment advisory agreements and statements made in a proxy statement regarding those voting procedures. The plaintiff alleges that the proxy statement was misleading because it failed to disclose that the voting procedures violated the 1940 Act. The relief sought includes an award of damages, rescission of the advisory agreement, and an award of costs and attorney fees.

In advance of filing the complaint, Mr. Halebian’s lawyers made written demand for relief on the Board of the Subject Trust, and the Board’s independent trustees formed a demand review committee to investigate the matters raised in the demand, and subsequently in the complaint, and recommend a course of action to the Board. The committee, after a thorough review, determined that the independent trustees did not breach their fiduciary duties as alleged by Mr. Halebian and that the action demanded by Mr. Halebian would not be in the best interests of the Subject Trust. The Board of the Subject Trust (the trustee who is an “interested person” of the Subject Trust, within the meaning of the 1940 Act, having recused himself from the matter), after receiving and considering the committee’s report and based upon the findings of the committee, subsequently also determined and, adopting the recommendation of the committee, directed counsel to move to dismiss Mr. Halebian’s complaint. A motion to dismiss was filed on October 23, 2006.


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Opposition papers were filed on or about December 7, 2006. The complaint was dismissed on July 31, 2007. Mr. Halebian filed an appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. On December 29, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that the propriety of the district court’s dismissal depended upon an unsettled question of Massachusetts state law better addressed by a Massachusetts court and certified the question to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. After full briefing, oral argument took place on May 4, 2010. The parties are awaiting a decision.


Legg Mason Western Asset

Short-Term Bond Fund

 

Trustees

Elliott J. Berv

A. Benton Cocanougher

Jane F. Dasher

Mark T. Finn

R. Jay Gerken, CFA

Chairman

Rainer Greeven

Stephen R. Gross

Richard E. Hanson, Jr.

Diana R. Harrington

Susan M. Heilbron

Susan B. Kerley

Alan G. Merten

R. Richardson Pettit

Investment manager

Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC

Subadviser

Western Asset Management Company

Distributor

Legg Mason Investor Services, LLC

Custodian

State Street Bank and Trust Company

Transfer agent

Boston Financial Data Services Inc.

2000 Crown Colony Drive

Quincy, MA 02169

Independent registered public accounting firm

KPMG LLP

345 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10154


Legg Mason Western Asset Short-Term Bond Fund

The Fund is a separate investment series of Legg Mason Partners Income Trust, a Maryland statutory trust.

Legg Mason Western Asset Short-Term Bond Fund

Legg Mason Funds

55 Water Street

New York, NY 10041

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The Fund’s Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C., and information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. To obtain information on Form N-Q from the Fund, shareholders can call Funds Investor Services at 1-800-822-5544 or Institutional Shareholder Services at 1-888-425-6432.

Information on how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the prior 12-month period ended June 30th of each year and a description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies related to portfolio transactions are available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling Funds Investor Services at 1-800-822-5544 or Institutional Shareholder Services at 1-888-425-6432, (2) on the Fund’s website at www.leggmason.com/individualinvestors and (3) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.


This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of Legg Mason Western Asset Short-Term Bond Fund. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the Fund unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus.

Investors should consider the Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. The prospectus contains this and other important information about the Fund. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.

www.leggmason.com/individualinvestors

© 2010 Legg Mason Investor Services, LLC

Member FINRA, SIPC

 

 


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We are committed to keeping nonpublic personal information about you secure and confidential. This notice is intended to help you understand how we fulfill this commitment. From time to time, we may collect a variety of personal information about you, including:

 

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Information we receive from you on applications and forms, via the telephone, and through our websites;

 

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Information about your transactions with us, our affiliates, or others (such as your purchases, sales, or account balances); and

 

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Information we receive from consumer reporting agencies.

We do not disclose nonpublic personal information about our customers or former customers, except to our affiliates (such as broker-dealers or investment advisers within the Legg Mason family of companies) or as is otherwise permitted by applicable law or regulation. For example, we may share this information with others in order to process your transactions or service an account. We may also provide this information to companies that perform marketing services on our behalf, such as printing and mailing, or to other financial institutions with whom we have joint marketing agreements. When we enter into such agreements, we will require these companies to protect the confidentiality of this information and to use it only to perform the services for which we hired them.

With respect to our internal security procedures, we maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards to protect your nonpublic personal information, and we restrict access to this information.

If you decide at some point either to close your account(s) or become an inactive customer, we will continue to adhere to our privacy policies and practices with respect to your nonpublic personal information.

 

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At Legg Mason, we’ve assembled a collection of experienced investment management firms and empowered each of them with the tools, the resources and, most importantly, the independence to pursue the strategies they know best.

 

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Each was purposefully chosen for their commitment to investment excellence.

 

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Each is focused on specific investment styles and asset classes.

 

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Each exhibits thought leadership in their chosen area of focus.

Together, we’ve built a powerful portfolio of solutions for financial advisors and their clients. And it has made us a world leader in money management.*

* Ranked eighth-largest money manager in the world, according to Pensions & Investments, May 31, 2010 based on 12/31/09 worldwide institutional assets under management.

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ITEM 2. CODE OF ETHICS.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 6. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.

Included herein under Item 1.

 

ITEM 7. DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 8. PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 9. PURCHASES OF INCOME SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 10. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 11. 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 half-year (the registrant’s second fiscal half-year in the case of an annual report) that have materially affected, or are likely to materially affect the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.


ITEM 12. EXHIBITS.

(a) (1) Not applicable.

Exhibit 99.CODE ETH

(a) (2) Certifications pursuant to section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 attached hereto.

Exhibit 99.CERT

(b) Certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 attached hereto.

Exhibit 99.906CERT


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, there unto duly authorized.

 

Legg Mason Partners Income Trust
By:  

/S/    R. JAY GERKEN        

  (R. Jay Gerken)
  Chief Executive Officer of
  Legg Mason Partners Income Trust

Date: August 31, 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)
 

Chief Executive Officer of

Legg Mason Partners Income Trust

Date: August 31, 2010

 

By:  

/S/    KAPREL OZSOLAK        

  (Kaprel Ozsolak)
 

Chief Financial Officer of

Legg Mason Partners Income Trust

Date: August 31, 2010