N-CSRS 1 d564374dncsrs.htm WESTERN ASSET GLOBAL HIGH YIELD BOND FUND Western Asset Global High Yield Bond Fund

 

 

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)

620 Eighth Avenue, 49th Floor, New York, NY 10018

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Robert I. Frenkel, Esq.

Legg Mason & Co., LLC

100 First Stamford Place

Stamford, CT 06902

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 1-877-721-1926

Date of fiscal year end: December 31

Date of reporting period: June 30, 2013

 

 

 


ITEM 1. REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS.

The Semi-Annual Report to Stockholders is filed herewith.


LOGO

 

Semi-Annual Report   LOGO   June 30, 2013

 

WESTERN ASSET

GLOBAL

HIGH YIELD

BOND FUND

 

 

 

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


What’s inside      
Letter from the president     II   
Investment commentary     IV   
Fund at a glance     1   
Fund expenses     2   
Spread duration     4   
Effective duration     5   
Schedule of investments     6   
Statement of assets and liabilities     24   
Statement of operations     26   
Statements of changes in net assets     27   
Financial highlights     28   
Notes to financial statements     34   

Fund objective

The Fund seeks to maximize total return, consistent with the preservation of capital.

 

Letter from the president

 

LOGO

 

Dear Shareholder,

We are pleased to provide the semi-annual report of Western Asset Global High Yield Bond Fund for the six-month reporting period ended June 30, 2013. Please read on for Fund performance information and a detailed look at prevailing economic and market conditions during the Fund’s reporting period.

I am pleased to introduce myself as the new President and Chief Executive Officer of the Fund, succeeding R. Jay Gerken, as he embarks upon his retirement. Jay has most recently served as Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Fund and other funds in the Legg Mason complex. On behalf of all our shareholders and the Fund’s Board of Trustees, I would like to thank Jay for his vision and guidance, and wish him all the best.

I am honored to have been appointed to my new role with the Fund. During my 23 year career in the financial industry, I have seen it evolve and expand. Despite these changes, keeping an unwavering focus on our shareholders and their needs remains paramount. This was a consistent focus of Jay’s, and I look forward to following his lead in the years to come.

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:

 

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Fund prices and performance,

 

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Market insights and commentaries from our portfolio managers, and

 

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A host of educational resources.

 

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We look forward to helping you meet your financial goals.

Sincerely,

 

LOGO

Kenneth D. Fuller

President and Chief Executive Officer

July 26, 2013

 

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Investment commentary

 

Economic review

The U.S. economy continued to grow over the six months ended June 30, 2013 (the “reporting period”), but the pace was far from robust. Looking back, U.S. gross domestic product (“GDP”)i growth, as reported by the U.S. Department of Commerce, was an anemic 0.1% during the fourth quarter of 2012. This weakness was partially driven by moderating private inventory investment and federal government spending. Economic growth then improved, as first quarter 2013 GDP growth was 1.1%. Accelerating growth was due, in part, to strengthening consumer spending, which rose 2.3% during the first quarter, versus a 1.7% increase during the previous quarter. The U.S. Department of Commerce’s initial reading for second quarter 2013 GDP growth, released after the reporting period ended, was 1.7%. This increase was partially driven by increases in non-residential fixed investment and exports, along with a smaller decline in federal government spending versus the previous quarter.

While there was some improvement in the U.S. job market, unemployment remained elevated throughout the reporting period. When the period began, unemployment, as reported by the U.S. Department of Labor, was 7.9%. Unemployment then fell to 7.7% in February, 7.6% in March and 7.5% in April. It then edged up to 7.6% in May and was unchanged in June. In an encouraging sign, an average of almost 202,000 jobs were created per month during the first half of 2013. In contrast, the monthly average was roughly 183,000 in 2012. In addition, the percentage of longer-term unemployed has declined, as roughly 36.7% of the 11.8 million Americans looking for work in June 2013 have been out of work for more than six months, versus 38.1% in January 2013.

Meanwhile, the housing market brightened, as sales generally improved and home prices continued to rebound. According to the National Association of Realtors (“NAR”), existing-home sales dipped 1.2% on a seasonally adjusted basis in June 2013 versus the previous month and were 1.52% higher than in June 2012. In addition, the NAR reported that the median existing-home price for all housing types was $214,200 in June 2013, up 13.5% from June 2012. This marked the sixteenth consecutive month that home prices rose compared to the same period a year earlier. While the inventory of homes available for sale rose 1.9% in June 2013 to a 5.2 month supply at the current sales pace, it was 7.6% lower than in June 2012.

While manufacturing activity was weak in many international developed countries, it was generally positive in the U.S. Based on the Institute for Supply Management’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (“PMI”)ii, the U.S. manufacturing sector expanded during the first four months of the reporting period. Manufacturing then experienced a setback, falling from 50.7 in April 2013 to 49.0 in May (a reading below 50 indicates a contraction, whereas a reading above 50 indicates an expansion). However, manufacturing then moved back into expansion territory in June, as the PMI increased to 50.9. During June, 12 of the 18 industries within the PMI expanded, versus 10 expanding the prior month.

Growth generally moderated overseas and, in some cases, fell back into a recession. In its July 2013 World Economic Outlook,

 

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which was released after the reporting period ended, the International Monetary Fund (“IMF”) stated that “Global growth is projected to remain subdued at slightly above three percent in 2013, the same as in 2012. This is less than forecast in the April 2013 World Economic Outlook.” From a regional perspective, the IMF anticipates 2013 growth will be -0.6% in the Eurozone. Growth in emerging market countries is expected to remain higher than in their developed country counterparts, and the IMF projects that emerging market growth will increase from 4.9% in 2012 to 5.0% in 2013. In particular, China’s economy is expected to grow 7.8% in 2013, the same as in 2012. Elsewhere, the IMF projects that growth in India will increase from 3.2% in 2012 to 5.6% in 2013.

 

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Investment commentary (cont’d)

 

Market review

Q. How did the Federal Reserve Board (“Fed”)iii respond to the economic environment?

A. The Fed took a number of actions as it sought to meet its dual mandate of fostering maximum employment and price stability. As has been the case since December 2008, the Fed kept the federal funds rateiv at a historically low range between zero and 0.25%. At its meeting in December 2012, prior to the beginning of the reporting period, the Fed announced that it would continue purchasing $40 billion per month of agency mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”), as well as initially purchasing $45 billion a month of longer-term Treasuries. The Fed also said that it would keep the federal funds rate on hold “…as long as the unemployment rate remains above 6.5%, inflation between one and two years ahead is projected to be no more than a half percentage point above the Committee’s 2.0% longer-run goal, and longer-term inflation expectations continue to be well anchored.” At its meeting that ended on June 19, 2013, the Fed did not make any material changes to its official policy statement. However, in a press conference following the meeting, Fed Chairman Bernanke said “…the Committee currently anticipates that it would be appropriate to moderate the monthly pace of purchases later this year; and if the subsequent data remain broadly aligned with our current expectations for the economy, we would continue to reduce the pace of purchases in measured steps through the first half of next year, ending purchases around midyear.” This initially triggered a sharp sell-off in both the stock and bond markets. While the stock market subsequently rallied and reached a new record high on July 12, the bond market did not rebound as sharply. As a result, Treasury yields remained sharply higher than they were prior to Chairman Bernanke’s press conference. At its meeting that ended on July 31, 2013, after the reporting period ended, the Fed did not institute any policy changes and left its $85 billion a month asset purchase program intact.

Q. What actions did international central banks take during the reporting period?

A. Given the economic challenges in the Eurozone, the European Central Bank (“ECB”)v lowered interest rates from 1.00% to 0.75% prior to the beginning of the period, at the time a record low. In September 2012, the ECB introduced its Outright Monetary Transactions (“OMT”) program. With the OMT, the ECB can purchase an unlimited amount of bonds that are issued by troubled Eurozone countries, provided the countries formally ask to participate in the program and agree to certain conditions. In May 2013, the ECB cut rates to a new record low of 0.50%. In other developed countries, the Bank of England kept rates on hold at 0.50% during the reporting period, as did Japan at a range of zero to 0.10%, its lowest level since 2006. In January 2013, the Bank of Japan announced that it would raise its target for annual inflation from 1% to 2%, and the Japanese government introduced a ¥10.3 trillion ($116 billion) stimulus package to support its economy. Elsewhere, the Reserve Bank of India lowered interest rates three times during the reporting period to 7.25%, whereas the People’s Bank of China kept rates on hold at 6.0%.

 

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Q. Did Treasury yields trend higher or lower during the six months ended June 30, 2013?

A. Both short- and long-term Treasury yields moved sharply higher during the reporting period. When the period began, the yield on the two-year Treasury was 0.25%. It fell as low as 0.20% in late April/early May 2013 and was as high as 0.43% on June 25, 2013, before ending the period at 0.36%. The yield on the ten-year Treasury began the period at 1.78%. Ten-year Treasuries reached a low of 1.66% in early May 2013 and peaked at 2.60% on June 25, 2013, before edging down to 2.52% at the end of the period.

Q. What factors impacted the spread sectors (non-Treasuries) during the reporting period?

A. Most spread sectors performed poorly during the reporting period. Spread sector demand was often solid during the first four months of the period as investors looked to generate incremental yield in the low interest rate environment. Even so, there were several periods of volatility given a number of macro issues, including the European sovereign debt crisis, mixed economic data and concerns related to the U.S. “fiscal cliff” and sequestration. The spread sectors then weakened over the last two months of the period amid sharply rising interest rates given the Fed’s plan to begin tapering its asset purchase program sooner than previously anticipated. The majority of spread sectors generated negative absolute returns and performed largely in line with equal-durationvi Treasuries during the reporting period as a whole. For the six months ended June 30, 2013, the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Indexvii fell 2.44%.

Q. How did the high-yield market perform over the six months ended June 30, 2013?

A. The U.S. high-yield bond market was one of the few spread sectors to generate a positive return during the reporting period. The asset class, as measured by the Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield — 2% Issuer Cap Indexviii, posted positive returns during the first four months of the period. Risk appetite was often solid during that time as investors were drawn to higher yielding securities. However, the high-yield market gave back a large portion of previous gains in May and June. All told, the high-yield market gained 1.42% for the six months ended June 30, 2013.

Q. How did the emerging market debt asset class perform over the reporting period?

A. The asset class generated poor results during the six months ended June 30, 2013. Aside from a brief rally in April 2013, the asset class fell during the other five months of the reporting period. This weakness was triggered by a number of factors, including concerns over moderating global growth, fears of a “hard landing” for China’s economy, generally weaker commodity prices and sharply rising U.S. interest rates. Overall, the JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global (“EMBI Global”)ix fell 8.22% over the six months ended June 30, 2013.

Performance review

For the six months ended June 30, 2013, Class A shares of Western Asset Global High Yield Bond Fund, excluding sales charges, returned 0.69%. The Fund’s unmanaged benchmark, the Barclays Global High Yield Index (Hedged)x, returned 0.40% for the same period. The Lipper High Yield

 

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Investment commentary (cont’d)

 

Funds Category Average1 returned 1.28% over the same time frame.

 

Performance Snapshot as of June 30, 2013
(unaudited)
 
(excluding sales charges)   6 months  
Western Asset Global High Yield Bond Fund:  

Class A

    0.69

Class B2

    0.36

Class C

    0.30

Class C1¨

    0.48

Class I

    0.83

Class IS

    0.86
Barclays Global High Yield Index (Hedged)     0.40
Lipper High Yield Funds Category Average1     1.28

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.

Fund performance figures reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, without which the performance would have been lower.

The 30-Day SEC Yields for the period ended June 30, 2013 for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class C1, Class I and Class IS shares were 6.14%, 5.76%, 5.68%, 5.96%, 6.71% and 6.83%, respectively. Absent fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the 30-Day SEC Yield for Class I shares would have been 6.69%. The 30-Day SEC Yield is subject to change and is based on the yield to maturity of the Fund’s investments over a 30-day period and not on the dividends paid by the Fund, which may differ.

 

Total Annual Operating Expenses (unaudited)

As of the Fund’s current prospectus dated May 1, 2013, the gross total annual operating expense ratios for Class A, Class B, Class C, Class C1, Class I and Class IS shares were 1.03%, 1.79%, 1.91%, 1.60%, 0.79% and 0.76%, 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.

 

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, 2013, including the reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, calculated among the 579 funds in the Fund’s Lipper category, and excluding sales charges.

 

2 

Effective July 1, 2011, the Fund no longer offers Class B shares for purchase by new and existing investors. Individual investors who owned Class B shares on June 30, 2011 may continue to hold those shares but may not add to their Class B share positions except through dividend reinvestment. Class B shares are also available for incoming exchanges.

 

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On August 1, 2012, Class C shares were reclassified as Class C1 shares. Class C1 (formerly Class C) shares are not available for purchase by new or existing investors (except for certain retirement plan programs authorized by the Fund’s distributor prior to August 1, 2012). Class C1 (formerly Class C) shares continue to be available for dividend reinvestment and incoming exchanges.

 

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

Sincerely,

 

LOGO

Kenneth D. Fuller

President and Chief Executive Officer

August 1, 2013

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. Investments in high-yield securities and foreign securities, including emerging markets, involve risks beyond those inherent in higher rated and domestic investments. The risks of high-yield securities include, but are not limited to, price volatility and the possibility of default in the timely payment of interest and principal. Foreign securities are subject to certain risks of overseas investing, including currency fluctuations and changes in political and economic conditions. These risks are magnified in emerging markets. 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 a more complete discussion of these and other risks, and the Fund’s investment strategies.

All investments are subject to risk including the possible loss of principal. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. 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. Forecasts and predictions are inherently limited and should not be relied upon as an indication of actual or future performance.

 

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Investment commentary (cont’d)

 

 

 

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 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.

 

iv 

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.

 

v 

The European Central Bank (“ECB”) is responsible for the monetary system of the European Union and the euro currency.

 

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 Barclays 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.

 

viii 

The Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield — 2% Issuer Cap Index is an index of the 2% Issuer Cap component of the Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield Index, which covers the U.S. dollar-denominated, non-investment grade, fixed-rate, taxable corporate bond market.

 

ix 

The JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global (“EMBI Global”) tracks total returns for U.S. dollar-denominated debt instruments issued by emerging market sovereign and quasi-sovereign entities: Brady bonds, loans, Eurobonds and local market instruments.

 

x 

The Barclays Global High Yield Index (Hedged) provides a broad-based measure of the global high-yield fixed-income markets, representing the union of the U.S. High-Yield, Pan-European High-Yield, U.S. Emerging Markets High-Yield, CMBS High-Yield and Pan European Emerging Markets High-Yield Indices.

 

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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, 2013 and December 31, 2012 and does not include derivatives such as futures contracts, written options, swap contracts and forward foreign currency contracts. The Fund is actively managed. As a result, the composition of the Fund’s investments is subject to change at any time.

 

Represents less than 0.1%

 

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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, 2013, and held for the six months ended June 30, 2013.

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
Charge2

    Beginning
Account
Value
    Ending
Account
Value
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid
During
the
Period3
             Hypothetical
Annualized
Total Return
    Beginning
Account
Value
    Ending
Account
Value
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid
During
the
Period3
 
Class A     0.69   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,006.90        1.13   $ 5.62        Class A     5.00   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,019.19        1.13   $ 5.66   
Class B     0.36        1,000.00        1,003.60        1.82        9.04        Class B     5.00        1,000.00        1,015.77        1.82        9.10   
Class C     0.30        1,000.00        1,003.00        1.89        9.39        Class C     5.00        1,000.00        1,015.42        1.89        9.44   
Class C1     0.48        1,000.00        1,004.80        1.61        8.00        Class C1     5.00        1,000.00        1,016.81        1.61        8.05   
Class I     0.83        1,000.00        1,008.30        0.85        4.23        Class I     5.00        1,000.00        1,020.58        0.85        4.26   
Class IS     0.86        1,000.00        1,008.60        0.77        3.83        Class IS     5.00        1,000.00        1,020.98        0.77        3.86   

 

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1 

For the six months ended June 30, 2013.

 

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 or the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) with respect to Class B, Class C and Class CI shares. Total return is not annualized, as it may not be representative of the total return for the year. Performance figures may reflect compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of compensating balance arrangements, 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 compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements) are equal 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.

 

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Spread duration (unaudited)

 

Economic exposure — June 30, 2013

 

LOGO

Spread duration measures the sensitivity to changes in spreads. The spread over Treasuries is the annual risk-premium demanded by investors to hold non-Treasury securities. Spread duration is quantified as the % change in price resulting from a 100 basis points change in spreads. For a security with positive spread duration, an increase in spreads would result in a price decline and a decline in spreads would result in a price increase. This chart highlights the market sector exposure of the Fund’s sectors relative to the selected benchmark sectors as of the end of the reporting period.

 

ABS   — Asset Backed Securities
Benchmark   — Barclays Global High Yield Index (Hedged)
EM   — Emerging Markets
HY   — High Yield
IG Credit   — Investment Grade Credit
WA GHY   — Western Asset Global High Yield Bond Fund

 

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Effective duration (unaudited)

 

Interest rate exposure — June 30, 2013

LOGO

Effective duration measures the sensitivity to changes in relevant interest rates. Effective duration is quantified as the % change in price resulting from a 100 basis points change in interest rates. For a security with positive effective duration, an increase in interest rates would result in a price decline and a decline in interest rates would result in a price increase. This chart highlights the interest rate exposure of the Fund’s sectors relative to the selected benchmark sectors as of the end of the reporting period.

 

ABS   — Asset-Backed Securities
Benchmark   — Barclays Global High Yield Index (Hedged)
EM   — Emerging Markets
HY   — High Yield
IG Credit   — Investment Grade Credit
WA GHY   — Western Asset Global High Yield Bond Fund

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited)

June 30, 2013

 

Western Asset Global High Yield Bond Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  
Corporate Bonds & Notes — 80.1%                                
Consumer Discretionary — 13.0%                                

Auto Components — 1.3%

                               

American Axle & Manufacturing Inc., Senior Notes

    7.750     11/15/19        680,000      $ 751,400   

American Axle & Manufacturing Inc., Senior Notes

    6.250     3/15/21        350,000        357,438   

American Axle & Manufacturing Inc., Senior Notes

    6.625     10/15/22        850,000        867,000   

Continental Rubber of America Corp., Senior Secured Notes

    4.500     9/15/19        840,000        869,127  (a) 

Cooper-Standard Holding Inc., Senior Notes

    7.375     4/1/18        830,000        827,925  (a)(b) 

Europcar Groupe SA, Secured Subordinated Notes

    11.500     5/15/17        782,000  EUR      1,134,947  (a) 

Europcar Groupe SA, Senior Notes

    11.500     5/15/17        455,000  EUR      660,359  (a) 

Europcar Groupe SA, Senior Notes

    9.375     4/15/18        260,000  EUR      316,854  (a) 

Gestamp Funding Luxembourg SA, Senior Secured Notes

    5.875     5/31/20        750,000  EUR      937,383  (a) 

Total Auto Components

                            6,722,433   

Automobiles — 0.1%

                               

Jaguar Holding Co. II/Jaguar Merger Sub Inc., Senior Notes

    9.500     12/1/19        560,000        621,600  (a) 

Distributors — 0.1%

                               

LKQ Corp., Senior Notes

    4.750     5/15/23        600,000        574,500  (a) 

Diversified Consumer Services — 1.2%

                               

Co-operative Group Holdings 2011 Ltd., Senior Notes

    7.500     7/8/26        380,000  GBP      528,915   

Laureate Education Inc., Senior Notes

    9.250     9/1/19        720,000        774,000  (a) 

Novalis SAS, Senior Secured Notes

    6.000     6/15/18        1,200,000  EUR      1,573,694  (a) 

Odeon & UCI Finco PLC, Senior Secured Notes

    9.000     8/1/18        1,450,000  GBP      2,337,699  (a) 

Service Corp. International, Senior Notes

    7.500     4/1/27        935,000        1,026,163   

Total Diversified Consumer Services

                            6,240,471   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 4.7%

                               

Bossier Casino Venture Holdco Inc., Senior Secured Bonds

    14.000     2/9/18        1,423,510        1,361,979  (a)(b)(c)(d) 

Boyd Gaming Corp., Senior Notes

    9.125     12/1/18        1,570,000        1,644,575   

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co. Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    10.000     12/15/15        130,000        113,100   

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co. Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    11.250     6/1/17        730,000        761,938   

Caesars Operating Escrow LLC/Caesars Escrow Corp., Senior Secured Notes

    9.000     2/15/20        2,030,000        1,943,725  (a) 

Caesars Operating Escrow LLC/Caesars Escrow Corp., Senior Secured Notes

    9.000     2/15/20        360,000        345,600  (a) 

Carrols Restaurant Group Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    11.250     5/15/18        990,000        1,118,700   

CCM Merger Inc., Senior Notes

    9.125     5/1/19        1,190,000        1,249,500  (a) 

Choctaw Resort Development Enterprise, Senior Notes

    7.250     11/15/19        315,000        307,125  (a) 

Downstream Development Quapaw, Senior Secured Notes

    10.500     7/1/19        1,460,000        1,554,900  (a) 

Enterprise Inns PLC, Senior Secured Bonds

    6.500     12/6/18        1,548,000  GBP      2,317,983   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Western Asset Global High Yield Bond Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — continued

                               

Hoa Restaurant Group LLC/Hoa Finance Corp., Senior Secured Notes

    11.250     4/1/17        1,900,000      $ 1,909,500  (a) 

Landry’s Inc., Senior Notes

    9.375     5/1/20        1,860,000        1,971,600  (a) 

Marstons Issuer PLC, Secured Bonds

    5.641     7/15/35        882,000  GBP      1,133,548  (e) 

MCE Finance Ltd., Senior Notes

    5.000     2/15/21        1,390,000        1,306,600  (a) 

Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, Senior Secured Notes

    10.500     12/15/16        1,830,000        1,793,400  (a) 

NCL Corp. Ltd., Senior Notes

    5.000     2/15/18        970,000        955,450  (a) 

Seven Seas Cruises S de RL LLC, Senior Secured Notes

    9.125     5/15/19        2,230,000        2,374,950   

Snoqualmie Entertainment Authority, Senior Secured Notes

    4.223     2/1/14        905,000        886,900  (a)(e) 

Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

                            25,051,073   

Household Durables — 0.3%

                               

William Lyon Homes Inc., Senior Notes

    8.500     11/15/20        1,350,000        1,474,875  (a) 

Media — 4.4%

                               

Carmike Cinemas Inc., Secured Notes

    7.375     5/15/19        600,000        648,000   

CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., Senior Notes

    6.625     1/31/22        1,000,000        1,047,500   

CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., Senior Notes

    5.750     1/15/24        1,500,000        1,451,250   

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

    6.500     11/15/22        1,320,000        1,366,200  (a) 

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes

    7.625     3/15/20        140,000        144,900   

CSC Holdings LLC, Senior Notes

    6.750     11/15/21        1,910,000        2,067,575   

DISH DBS Corp., Senior Notes

    6.750     6/1/21        2,660,000        2,839,550   

Global Generations Merger Subsidiary Inc., Senior Notes

    11.000     12/15/20        800,000        888,000  (a) 

Good Sam Enterprises LLC, Secured Notes

    11.500     12/1/16        860,000        920,200   

Lynx II Corp., Senior Notes

    7.000     4/15/23        690,000  GBP      1,049,455  (a) 

MDC Partners Inc., Senior Notes

    6.750     4/1/20        690,000        691,725  (a) 

Nara Cable Funding Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

    8.875     12/1/18        2,590,000        2,706,550  (a) 

NET Servicos de Comunicacao SA, Bonds

    7.500     1/27/20        740,000        810,300   

New Cotai LLC/New Cotai Capital Corp., Senior Secured Notes

    10.625     5/1/19        1,500,000        1,485,000  (a)(b) 

Ono Finance II PLC, Senior Bonds

    10.875     7/15/19        710,000        741,950  (a) 

Polish Television Holding BV, Senior Secured Bonds, step bond

    11.250     5/15/17        950,000  EUR      1,286,030  (a) 

Seat Pagine Gialle SpA, Senior Secured Notes

    10.500     1/31/17        559,000  EUR      189,182  (a)(f) 

Sinclair Television Group Inc., Senior Notes

    5.375     4/1/21        1,130,000        1,090,450   

Univision Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    8.500     5/15/21        670,000        715,225  (a) 

Univision Communications Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    6.875     5/15/19        1,040,000        1,097,200  (a) 

Total Media

                            23,236,242   

Specialty Retail — 0.8%

                               

AA Bond Co., Ltd., Secured Notes

    9.500     7/31/19        360,000  GBP      573,550  (a) 

CST Brands Inc., Senior Notes

    5.000     5/1/23        630,000        617,400  (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2013

 

Western Asset Global High Yield Bond Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Specialty Retail — continued

                               

Edcon Pty Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

    9.500     3/1/18        1,347,000  EUR    $ 1,637,603  (a) 

Gymboree Corp., Senior Notes

    9.125     12/1/18        1,530,000        1,445,850   

Total Specialty Retail

                            4,274,403   

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.1%

                               

Empire Today LLC/Empire Today Finance Corp., Senior Secured Notes

    11.375     2/1/17        740,000        595,700  (a) 

Total Consumer Discretionary

                            68,791,297   
Consumer Staples — 2.9%                                

Food Products — 1.4%

                               

Boparan Holdings Ltd., Senior Notes

    9.875     4/30/18        1,260,000  GBP      2,074,499  (a) 

Chiquita Brands International Inc./Chiquita Brands LLC, Senior Secured Notes

    7.875     2/1/21        1,890,000        1,984,500  (a) 

Harmony Foods Corp., Senior Secured Notes

    10.000     5/1/16        630,000        666,225  (a) 

Simmons Foods Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    10.500     11/1/17        1,750,000        1,850,625  (a) 

Wells Enterprises Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    6.750     2/1/20        570,000        598,500  (a) 

Total Food Products

                            7,174,349   

Household Products — 0.7%

                               

Spectrum Brands Escrow Corp., Senior Notes

    6.625     11/15/22        620,000        651,000  (a) 

Sun Products Corp., Senior Notes

    7.750     3/15/21        1,060,000        1,057,350  (a) 

Zobele Holding SpA, Senior Secured Notes

    7.875     2/1/18        1,710,000  EUR      2,248,079  (a) 

Total Household Products

                            3,956,429   

Personal Products — 0.3%

                               

Hypermarcas SA, Notes

    6.500     4/20/21        1,450,000        1,471,750  (a) 

Tobacco — 0.5%

                               

Alliance One International Inc., Senior Notes

    10.000     7/15/16        2,409,000        2,475,247   

Total Consumer Staples

                            15,077,775   
Energy — 15.4%                                

Energy Equipment & Services — 2.2%

                               

Atwood Oceanics Inc., Senior Notes

    6.500     2/1/20        750,000        781,875   

Basic Energy Services Inc., Senior Notes

    7.750     10/15/22        100,000        99,250   

Gulfmark Offshore Inc., Senior Notes

    6.375     3/15/22        1,460,000        1,456,350   

Hercules Offshore Inc., Senior Notes

    10.250     4/1/19        1,550,000        1,697,250  (a) 

Hercules Offshore Inc., Senior Notes

    8.750     7/15/21        1,240,000        1,240,000  (a) 

Key Energy Services Inc., Senior Notes

    6.750     3/1/21        990,000        955,350   

Oil States International Inc., Senior Notes

    6.500     6/1/19        1,450,000        1,508,000   

Pacific Drilling SA, Senior Secured Notes

    5.375     6/1/20        120,000        112,500  (a) 

Parker Drilling Co., Senior Notes

    9.125     4/1/18        1,010,000        1,073,125   

Petroleum Geo-Services ASA, Senior Notes

    7.375     12/15/18        950,000        1,037,875  (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Western Asset Global High Yield Bond Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Energy Equipment & Services — continued

                               

SESI LLC, Senior Notes

    7.125     12/15/21        1,310,000      $ 1,421,350   

TMK OAO Via TMK Capital SA, Senior Notes

    6.750     4/3/20        310,000        288,300  (a) 

Total Energy Equipment & Services

                            11,671,225   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 13.2%

                               

Access Midstream Partner LP/ACMP Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    4.875     5/15/23        760,000        708,700   

Alliance Oil Co., Ltd., Senior Notes

    7.000     5/4/20        1,810,000        1,653,887  (a) 

Arch Coal Inc., Senior Notes

    7.000     6/15/19        90,000        75,375   

Arch Coal Inc., Senior Notes

    9.875     6/15/19        2,300,000        2,196,500  (a) 

Atlas Pipeline Partners LP/Atlas Pipeline Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    4.750     11/15/21        1,040,000        937,300  (a) 

Atlas Pipeline Partners LP/Atlas Pipeline Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    5.875     8/1/23        1,370,000        1,308,350  (a) 

Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP/Calumet Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    9.375     5/1/19        950,000        1,021,250   

Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP/Calumet Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    9.375     5/1/19        490,000        526,750   

Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP/Calumet Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    9.625     8/1/20        910,000        994,175  (a) 

Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc., Senior Notes

    7.500     9/15/20        900,000        940,500   

Chesapeake Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    6.125     2/15/21        730,000        770,150   

Chesapeake Midstream Partners LP/CHKM Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    5.875     4/15/21        700,000        714,000   

Chesapeake Midstream Partners LP/CHKM Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    6.125     7/15/22        470,000        478,225   

Comstock Resources Inc., Senior Notes

    9.500     6/15/20        1,190,000        1,291,150   

Concho Resources Inc., Senior Notes

    7.000     1/15/21        1,460,000        1,576,800   

Concho Resources Inc., Senior Notes

    5.500     10/1/22        20,000        19,900   

CONSOL Energy Inc., Senior Notes

    8.250     4/1/20        370,000        389,425   

Continental Resources Inc., Senior Notes

    4.500     4/15/23        2,750,000        2,677,812  (a) 

Corral Petroleum Holdings AB, Senior Notes

    15.000     12/31/17        2,655,444        2,595,697  (a)(b)(c) 

CVR Refining LLC/Coffeyville Finance Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    6.500     11/1/22        890,000        876,650  (a) 

Ecopetrol SA, Senior Notes

    7.625     7/23/19        1,960,000        2,327,500   

EDC Finance Ltd., Senior Notes

    4.875     4/17/20        1,650,000        1,513,875  (a) 

EPE Holdings LLC/EP Energy Bond Co. Inc., Senior Notes

    8.125     12/15/17        1,376,622        1,411,038  (a)(b) 

Globe Luxembourg SCA, Senior Secured Notes

    9.625     5/1/18        2,150,000        2,105,602  (a) 

Halcon Resources Corp., Senior Notes

    9.750     7/15/20        1,070,000        1,072,675   

Halcon Resources Corp., Senior Notes

    8.875     5/15/21        820,000        799,500   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2013

 

Western Asset Global High Yield Bond Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — continued

                               

Hiland Partners LP/Hiland Partners Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    7.250     10/1/20        650,000      $ 672,750  (a) 

Indo Integrated Energy II BV, Senior Secured Notes

    9.750     11/5/16        1,810,000        1,915,206  (a) 

Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp., Senior Notes

    8.125     12/1/19        1,630,000        1,776,700   

Lukoil International Finance BV, Bonds

    6.356     6/7/17        1,260,000        1,398,537  (a) 

LUKOIL International Finance BV, Bonds

    6.656     6/7/22        1,310,000        1,431,175  (a) 

Magnum Hunter Resources Corp., Senior Notes

    9.750     5/15/20        1,330,000        1,356,600  (a) 

Magnum Hunter Resources Corp., Senior Notes

    9.750     5/15/20        480,000        489,600  (a) 

MarkWest Energy Partners LP/MarkWest Energy Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    6.500     8/15/21        663,000        686,205   

MarkWest Energy Partners LP/MarkWest Energy Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    6.250     6/15/22        1,268,000        1,312,380   

Milagro Oil & Gas Inc., Secured Notes

    10.500     5/15/16        2,060,000        1,503,800   

Novatek Finance Ltd., Notes

    6.604     2/3/21        1,340,000        1,447,200  (a) 

Overseas Shipholding Group Inc., Senior Notes

    8.750     12/1/13        330,000        288,750  (f) 

Overseas Shipholding Group Inc., Senior Notes

    8.125     3/30/18        1,900,000        1,643,500  (f) 

Pacific Drilling V Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

    7.250     12/1/17        1,580,000        1,651,100  (a) 

Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    7.250     12/12/21        1,290,000        1,370,625  (a) 

Pan American Energy LLC, Senior Notes

    7.875     5/7/21        281,000        273,273  (a) 

Pan American Energy LLC, Senior Notes

    7.875     5/7/21        109,000        106,003  (a) 

Peabody Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    6.000     11/15/18        910,000        915,687   

Peabody Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    7.875     11/1/26        915,000        928,725   

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

    4.375     5/20/23        990,000        918,069   

Petroleum Co. of Trinidad & Tobago Ltd., Senior Notes

    9.750     8/14/19        1,000,000        1,252,500  (a) 

Quicksilver Resources Inc., Senior Notes

    11.000     7/1/21        2,180,000        1,940,200  (a) 

Range Resources Corp., Senior Notes

    5.000     8/15/22        400,000        393,000   

Range Resources Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes

    5.750     6/1/21        340,000        351,900   

Regency Energy Partners LP/Regency Energy Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    6.500     7/15/21        410,000        430,500   

Regency Energy Partners LP/Regency Energy Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    5.500     4/15/23        150,000        148,500   

Samson Investment Co., Senior Notes

    10.000     2/15/20        2,720,000        2,879,800  (a) 

Sanchez Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    7.750     6/15/21        630,000        615,825  (a) 

SandRidge Energy Inc., Senior Notes

    7.500     2/15/23        190,000        181,450   

Shelf Drilling Holdings Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

    8.625     11/1/18        1,090,000        1,139,050  (a) 

Sidewinder Drilling Inc., Senior Notes

    9.750     11/15/19        660,000        671,550  (a) 

Summit Midstream Holdings LLC/Summit Mindstream Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    7.500     7/1/21        740,000        754,800  (a) 

Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    6.375     8/1/22        637,000        670,442   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Western Asset Global High Yield Bond Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — continued

                               

Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    5.250     5/1/23        200,000      $ 192,500  (a) 

TNK-BP Finance SA, Senior Notes

    7.500     7/18/16        1,000,000        1,113,750  (a) 

TNK-BP Finance SA, Senior Notes

    7.500     7/18/16        190,000        211,613  (a) 

TNK-BP Finance SA, Senior Notes

    7.875     3/13/18        1,582,000        1,807,435  (a) 

Xinergy Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

    9.250     5/15/19        2,670,000        1,842,300  (a) 

Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

                            69,665,786   

Total Energy

                            81,337,011   
Financials — 5.5%                                

Commercial Banks — 2.3%

                               

Barclays Bank PLC, Subordinated Notes

    10.179     6/12/21        890,000        1,133,562  (a) 

Barclays Bank PLC, Subordinated Notes

    7.625     11/21/22        730,000        718,137   

BBVA US Senior SAU, Senior Notes

    4.664     10/9/15        850,000        876,074   

CIT Group Inc., Senior Notes

    5.500     2/15/19        1,000,000        1,037,500  (a) 

Credit Agricole SA, Subordinated Notes

    8.375     10/13/19        670,000        712,712  (a)(e)(g) 

Deutsche Postbank Funding Trust IV, Subordinated Notes

    5.983     6/29/17        2,400,000  EUR      2,884,976  (a)(e)(g) 

M&T Bank Corp., Junior Subordinated Notes

    6.875     6/15/16        1,680,000        1,749,423  (a)(g) 

Rabobank Nederland NV, Junior Subordinated Notes

    11.000     6/30/19        310,000        400,049  (a)(e)(g) 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Junior Subordinated Bonds

    7.648     9/30/31        2,187,000        2,022,975  (e)(g) 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Subordinated Notes

    5.000     10/1/14        60,000        61,366   

Royal Bank of Scotland NV, Subordinated Notes

    7.750     5/15/23        510,000        536,742   

Total Commercial Banks

                            12,133,516   

Consumer Finance — 0.2%

                               

General Motors Financial Co. Inc., Senior Notes

    3.250     5/15/18        10,000        9,750  (a) 

General Motors Financial Co. Inc., Senior Notes

    4.250     5/15/23        340,000        317,475  (a) 

SLM Corp., Medium-Term Notes, Senior Notes

    8.450     6/15/18        520,000        579,800   

Total Consumer Finance

                            907,025   

Diversified Financial Services — 2.2%

                               

Boats Investments BV, Secured Notes

    11.000     3/31/17        2,204,821  EUR      1,327,331  (a)(b) 

Co-operative Group Holdings 2011 Ltd., Senior Notes

    6.875     7/8/20        100,000  GBP      140,688   

Compiler Finance Subordinated Inc., Senior Notes

    7.000     5/1/21        370,000        360,750  (a) 

ING Group NV, Subordinated Bonds

    5.140     3/17/16        2,280,000  GBP      3,103,650  (e)(g) 

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    3.875     4/15/18        180,000        169,537   

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    8.250     12/15/20        1,200,000        1,351,500   

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    4.625     4/15/21        590,000        543,906   

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    8.625     1/15/22        2,000,000        2,310,000   

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Junior Subordinated Bonds

    5.150     5/1/23        770,000        737,275  (e)(g) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2013

 

Western Asset Global High Yield Bond Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Diversified Financial Services — continued

                               

Nationstar Mortgage LLC/Nationstar Capital Corp., Senior Notes

    7.875     10/1/20        660,000      $ 702,900   

TransUnion Holding Co. Inc., Senior Notes

    9.625     6/15/18        990,000        1,061,775   

Total Diversified Financial Services

                            11,809,312   

Insurance — 0.8%

                               

ELM BV, Subordinated Notes

    5.252     5/25/16        1,850,000  EUR      2,442,624  (e)(g) 

Fidelity & Guaranty Life Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

    6.375     4/1/21        600,000        585,000  (a) 

ING Capital Funding Trust III, Junior Subordinated Bonds

    3.884     9/30/13        1,348,000        1,300,820  (e)(g) 

Total Insurance

                            4,328,444   

Total Financials

                            29,178,297   
Health Care — 4.6%                                

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.2%

                               

Alere Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes

    6.500     6/15/20        1,150,000        1,119,812  (a) 

Biomet Inc., Senior Notes

    6.500     8/1/20        230,000        237,044   

Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc., Senior Notes

    9.750     5/15/17        2,160,000        1,917,000   

Ontex IV SA, Senior Notes

    9.000     4/15/19        2,324,000  EUR      3,050,746  (a) 

Total Health Care Equipment & Supplies

                            6,324,602   

Health Care Providers & Services — 3.0%

                               

Acadia Healthcare Co. Inc., Senior Notes

    12.875     11/1/18        826,000        995,330   

Acadia Healthcare Co. Inc., Senior Notes

    6.125     3/15/21        990,000        994,950  (a) 

CRC Health Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes

    10.750     2/1/16        4,235,000        4,311,759   

DJO Finance LLC/DJO Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    9.875     4/15/18        1,120,000        1,176,000   

ExamWorks Group Inc., Senior Notes

    9.000     7/15/19        940,000        1,017,550   

Fresenius Medical Care U.S. Finance II Inc., Senior Notes

    5.875     1/31/22        50,000        52,875  (a) 

HCA Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

    6.250     2/15/21        1,330,000        1,359,925   

HCA Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    7.250     9/15/20        450,000        484,313   

HCA Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    5.875     3/15/22        50,000        51,438   

INC Research LLC, Senior Notes

    11.500     7/15/19        600,000        648,000  (a) 

Labco SAS, Senior Secured Notes

    8.500     1/15/18        1,274,000  EUR      1,741,216  (a) 

Physiotherapy Associates Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

    11.875     5/1/19        1,720,000        989,000  (a)(f) 

Radnet Management Inc., Senior Notes

    10.375     4/1/18        1,810,000        1,945,750   

Total Health Care Providers & Services

                            15,768,106   

Pharmaceuticals — 0.4%

                               

ConvaTec Healthcare E SA, Senior Notes

    10.875     12/15/18        1,000,000  EUR      1,435,069  (a) 

UCB SA, Subordinated Notes

    7.750     3/18/16        600,000  EUR      831,754  (a)(e)(g) 

Total Pharmaceuticals

                            2,266,823   

Total Health Care

                            24,359,531   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Western Asset Global High Yield Bond Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  
Industrials — 12.9%                                

Aerospace & Defense — 1.3%

                               

Ducommun Inc., Senior Notes

    9.750     7/15/18        1,190,000      $ 1,306,025   

Erickson Air-Crane Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    8.250     5/1/20        2,560,000        2,499,200  (a) 

GenCorp Inc., Secured Notes

    7.125     3/15/21        880,000        915,200  (a) 

Wyle Services Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes

    10.500     4/1/18        2,290,000        2,347,250  (a) 

Total Aerospace & Defense

                            7,067,675   

Airlines — 1.9%

                               

Air Canada, Pass-Through Trust, Secured Notes

    6.625     5/15/18        1,250,000        1,262,125  (a) 

America West Airlines, Pass-Through Certificates, Secured Notes

    7.100     4/2/21        886,141        930,447   

American Airlines, Pass-Through Trust, Secured Notes

    5.625     1/15/21        1,110,000        1,148,850  (a) 

Delta Air Lines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates

    6.821     8/10/22        268,348        303,367   

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

    6.875     5/7/19        1,475,723        1,556,888  (a) 

Heathrow Finance PLC, Senior Secured Notes

    7.125     3/1/17        850,000  GBP      1,380,589  (a) 

United Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates

    7.373     12/15/15        73,794        77,484   

United Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates

    9.250     5/10/17        100,173        111,693   

United Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates, Notes

    5.500     10/29/20        110,000        113,575   

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

    6.125     4/29/18        1,500,000        1,515,000   

United Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates, Subordinated Secured Notes

    7.339     4/19/14        948,647        965,248   

US Airways, Pass-Through Trust, Secured Bonds

    6.750     6/3/21        170,000        176,800   

US Airways, Pass-Through Trust, Senior Secured Bonds

    5.375     11/15/21        690,000        683,100   

Total Airlines

                            10,225,166   

Building Products — 1.0%

                               

Andrade Gutierrez International SA, Senior Notes

    4.000     4/30/18        1,810,000        1,705,925  (a) 

Ashton Woods USA LLC/Ashton Woods Finance Co., Senior Notes

    6.875     2/15/21        1,200,000        1,215,000  (a) 

Rearden G Holdings EINS GmbH, Senior Notes

    7.875     3/30/20        650,000        669,500  (a) 

Reliance Intermediate Holdings LP, Senior Secured Notes

    9.500     12/15/19        260,000        282,100  (a) 

Spie BondCo 3 SCA, Secured Notes

    11.000     8/15/19        828,000  EUR      1,154,826  (a) 

Total Building Products

                            5,027,351   

Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.6%

                               

ARC Document Solutions Inc., Senior Notes

    10.500     12/15/16        1,640,000        1,644,100   

JM Huber Corp., Senior Notes

    9.875     11/1/19        850,000        956,250  (a) 

Monitronics International Inc., Senior Notes

    9.125     4/1/20        2,120,000        2,204,800   

RSC Equipment Rental Inc./RSC Holdings III LLC, Senior Notes

    8.250     2/1/21        220,000        242,000   

Taylor Morrison Communities Inc./Monarch Communities Inc., Senior Notes

    7.750     4/15/20        1,552,000        1,680,040  (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2013

 

Western Asset Global High Yield Bond Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Commercial Services & Supplies — continued

                               

Taylor Morrison Communities Inc./Monarch Communities Inc., Senior Notes

    7.750     4/15/20        676,000      $ 731,770  (a) 

Taylor Morrison Communities Inc./Monarch Communities Inc., Senior Notes

    5.250     4/15/21        290,000        276,225  (a) 

United Rentals North America Inc., Senior Notes

    7.625     4/15/22        596,000        648,150   

Total Commercial Services & Supplies

                            8,383,335   

Construction & Engineering — 1.1%

                               

Ausdrill Finance Pty Ltd., Senior Notes

    6.875     11/1/19        1,400,000        1,347,500  (a) 

Odebrecht Finance Ltd., Senior Notes

    4.375     4/25/25        3,450,000        3,096,375  (a) 

PH Holding LLC, Secured Notes

    9.750     12/31/17        1,170,000        1,217,867  (c)(d) 

Total Construction & Engineering

                            5,661,742   

Electrical Equipment — 0.6%

                               

International Wire Group Holdings Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    8.500     10/15/17        1,180,000        1,203,600  (a) 

NES Rentals Holdings Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    7.875     5/1/18        1,680,000        1,663,200  (a) 

Trionista Holdco GmbH, Senior Secured Notes

    5.000     4/30/20        150,000  EUR      193,783  (a) 

Trionista TopCo GmbH, Senior Subordinated Notes

    6.875     4/30/21        200,000  EUR      259,028  (a) 

Total Electrical Equipment

                            3,319,611   

Machinery — 1.6%

                               

Dematic SA/DH Services Luxembourg Sarl, Senior Notes

    7.750     12/15/20        3,090,000        3,244,500  (a) 

Frigoglass Finance BV, Senior Notes

    8.250     5/15/18        650,000  EUR      875,685  (a) 

Global Brass and Copper Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    9.500     6/1/19        1,260,000        1,354,500  (a) 

KION Finance SA, Senior Secured Notes

    6.750     2/15/20        1,249,000  EUR      1,757,853  (a) 

SPL Logistics Escrow LLC/SPL Logistics Finance Corp., Senior Secured Notes

    8.875     8/1/20        1,020,000        1,065,900  (a) 

Total Machinery

                            8,298,438   

Marine — 0.7%

                               

Horizon Lines LLC, Secured Notes

    13.000     10/15/16        1,359,350        1,277,789  (b) 

Horizon Lines LLC, Senior Secured Notes

    11.000     10/15/16        985,000        989,925   

Navios Maritime Acquisition Corp./Navios Acquisition Finance U.S. Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    8.625     11/1/17        975,000        1,001,813   

Ultrapetrol Bahamas Ltd., Senior Secured Mortgage Notes

    8.875     6/15/21        640,000        643,200  (a) 

Total Marine

                            3,912,727   

Road & Rail — 0.4%

                               

HDTFS Inc., Senior Notes

    6.250     10/15/22        590,000        618,763   

Jack Cooper Holdings Corp., Senior Secured Notes

    9.250     6/1/20        1,550,000        1,553,875  (a) 

Total Road & Rail

                            2,172,638   

Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.6%

                               

Ashtead Capital Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    6.500     7/15/22        810,000        848,475  (a) 

H&E Equipment Services Inc., Senior Notes

    7.000     9/1/22        1,040,000        1,089,400   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Western Asset Global High Yield Bond Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Trading Companies & Distributors — continued

                               

Rexel SA, Senior Notes

    5.250     6/15/20        1,320,000      $ 1,323,300  (a) 

Total Trading Companies & Distributors

                            3,261,175   

Transportation — 2.1%

                               

CMA CGM, Senior Notes

    8.500     4/15/17        150,000        132,750  (a) 

CMA CGM, Senior Notes

    8.875     4/15/19        2,100,000  EUR      2,495,652  (a) 

Hapag-Lloyd AG, Senior Notes

    9.750     10/15/17        470,000        486,450  (a) 

Neovia Logistics Intermediate Holdings LLC/Logistics Intermediate Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    10.000     2/15/18        2,300,000        2,288,500  (a)(b) 

Syncreon Global Ireland Ltd./Syncreon Global Finance US Inc., Senior Notes

    9.500     5/1/18        2,710,000        2,886,150  (a) 

Syncreon Global Ireland Ltd./Syncreon Global Finance US Inc., Senior Notes

    9.500     5/1/18        920,000        979,800  (a) 

Watco Cos., LLC/Watco Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    6.375     4/1/23        1,550,000        1,550,000  (a) 

Total Transportation

                            10,819,302   

Total Industrials

                            68,149,160   
Information Technology — 1.4%                                

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.3%

                               

NXP BV/NXP Funding LLC, Senior Notes

    5.750     2/15/21        620,000        630,850  (a) 

NXP BV/NXP Funding LLC, Senior Notes

    5.750     3/15/23        1,010,000        1,020,100  (a) 

Total Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

                            1,650,950   

Internet Software & Services — 0.4%

                               

VeriSign Inc., Senior Notes

    4.625     5/1/23        1,770,000        1,725,750  (a) 

Zayo Group LLC/Zayo Capital Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    8.125     1/1/20        550,000        599,500   

Total Internet Software & Services

                            2,325,250   

IT Services — 0.2%

                               

First Data Corp., Senior Secured Notes

    6.750     11/1/20        870,000        889,575 (a) 

Software — 0.5%

                               

Audatex North America Inc., Senior Notes

    6.000     6/15/21        1,060,000        1,062,650  (a) 

Interface Security Systems Holdings Inc./Interface Security Systems LLC, Senior Secured Notes

    9.250     1/15/18        1,450,000        1,486,250  (a) 

Total Software

                            2,548,900   

Total Information Technology

                            7,414,675   
Materials — 13.1%                                

Chemicals — 1.2%

                               

Hexion US Finance Corp., Senior Secured Notes

    6.625     4/15/20        510,000        511,275  (a) 

Kerling PLC, Senior Secured Notes

    10.625     2/1/17        508,000  EUR      692,647  (a) 

Kloeckner Pentaplast GmbH & Co. KG, Senior Secured Notes

    11.625     7/15/17        510,000  EUR      736,864  (a) 

Kloeckner Pentaplast GmbH & Co. KG, Senior Secured Notes

    11.625     7/15/17        440,000  EUR      635,725  (a) 

Nufarm Australia Ltd., Senior Notes

    6.375     10/15/19        610,000        611,525  (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2013

 

Western Asset Global High Yield Bond Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Chemicals — continued

                               

Styrolution GmbH, Senior Secured Notes

    7.625     5/15/16        2,100,000  EUR    $ 2,822,301  (a) 

Total Chemicals

                            6,010,337   

Construction Materials — 1.5%

                               

American Builders & Contractors Supply Co. Inc., Senior Notes

    5.625     4/15/21        940,000        925,900  (a) 

Cemex Finance LLC, Senior Secured Notes

    9.375     10/12/22        1,095,000        1,199,025  (a) 

Cemex Finance LLC, Senior Secured Notes

    9.375     10/12/22        850,000        930,750  (a) 

Cemex SAB de CV, Senior Secured Notes

    9.000     1/11/18        4,745,000        5,005,975  (a) 

Total Construction Materials

                            8,061,650   

Containers & Packaging — 2.2%

                               

ARD Finance SA, Senior Secured Notes

    11.125     6/1/18        2,208,401        2,351,947  (a)(b) 

Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC, Senior Notes

    9.125     10/15/20        1,170,000        1,253,362  (a) 

Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC/Ardagh MP Holdings USA Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    4.875     11/15/22        1,370,000        1,284,375  (a) 

Beverage Packaging Holdings Luxembourg II SA, Senior Notes

    9.500     6/15/17        2,000,000  EUR      2,655,365  (a) 

Pactiv LLC, Senior Notes

    7.950     12/15/25        890,000        796,550   

Reynolds Group Issuer Inc./Reynolds Group Issuer LLC/Reynolds Group Issuer (Luxembourg) SA, Senior Notes

    9.000     4/15/19        1,870,000        1,940,125   

Viskase Cos. Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    9.875     1/15/18        1,420,000        1,508,750  (a) 

Total Containers & Packaging

                            11,790,474   

Metals & Mining — 6.3%

                               

ArcelorMittal, Senior Notes

    6.000     3/1/21        1,400,000        1,403,500   

ArcelorMittal, Senior Notes

    6.750     2/25/22        1,370,000        1,411,100   

Barminco Finance Pty Ltd., Senior Notes

    9.000     6/1/18        670,000        592,950  (a) 

Barrick Gold Corp., Notes

    4.100     5/1/23        350,000        292,977  (a) 

Coeur Mining Inc., Senior Notes

    7.875     2/1/21        1,690,000        1,673,100  (a) 

CSN Resources SA, Senior Bonds

    6.500     7/21/20        710,000        694,913  (a) 

CSN Resources SA, Senior Bonds

    6.500     7/21/20        695,000        680,231  (a) 

Evraz Group SA, Notes

    6.750     4/27/18        4,340,000        4,166,400  (a) 

Evraz Group SA, Senior Notes

    9.500     4/24/18        500,000        532,500  (a) 

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

    6.375     2/1/16        90,000        90,000  (a) 

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

    8.250     11/1/19        1,260,000        1,304,100  (a) 

Gerdau Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

    7.000     1/20/20        1,325,000        1,404,500  (a) 

JW Aluminum Co., Senior Secured Notes

    11.500     11/15/17        1,960,000        1,974,700  (a) 

Midwest Vanadium Pty Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

    11.500     2/15/18        1,850,000        1,369,000  (a)(d) 

Molycorp Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    10.000     6/1/20        840,000        819,000   

New World Resources NV, Senior Notes

    7.875     1/15/21        1,150,000  EUR      441,588  (a) 

Noranda Aluminum Acquisition Corp., Senior Notes

    11.000     6/1/19        1,040,000        993,200  (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Metals & Mining — continued

                               

Prince Mineral Holding Corp., Senior Secured Notes

    11.500     12/15/19        1,130,000      $ 1,214,750  (a) 

Rain CII Carbon LLC/CII Carbon Corp., Senior Secured Notes

    8.250     1/15/21        360,000        361,800  (a) 

Ryerson Inc./Joseph T Ryerson & Son Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    9.000     10/15/17        1,150,000        1,171,562  (a) 

St. Barbara Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

    8.875     4/15/18        1,590,000        1,470,750  (a) 

Steel Dynamics Inc., Senior Notes

    6.125     8/15/19        490,000        520,625  (a) 

SunCoke Energy Partners LP/SunCoke Energy Partners Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    7.375     2/1/20        500,000        512,500  (a) 

Thompson Creek Metals Co. Inc., Senior Notes

    12.500     5/1/19        890,000        858,850   

Thompson Creek Metals Co. Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    9.750     12/1/17        1,920,000        1,989,600   

Vedanta Resources PLC, Senior Notes

    8.750     1/15/14        1,710,000        1,757,025  (a) 

Vedanta Resources PLC, Senior Notes

    8.750     1/15/14        175,000        179,813  (a) 

Vedanta Resources PLC, Senior Notes

    6.750     6/7/16        2,020,000        2,055,350  (a) 

Vedanta Resources PLC, Senior Notes

    9.500     7/18/18        130,000        142,675  (a) 

Vedanta Resources PLC, Senior Notes

    6.000     1/31/19        1,280,000        1,222,400  (a) 

Total Metals & Mining

                            33,301,459   

Paper & Forest Products — 1.9%

                               

Appleton Papers Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    11.250     12/15/15        1,437,000        1,602,255   

Clearwater Paper Corp., Senior Notes

    4.500     2/1/23        660,000        630,300  (a) 

Fibria Overseas Finance Ltd., Senior Notes

    7.500     5/4/20        536,000        581,560  (a) 

Fibria Overseas Finance Ltd., Senior Notes

    6.750     3/3/21        1,280,000        1,384,320  (a) 

Portucel SA, Senior Notes

    5.375     5/15/20        1,500,000  EUR      1,961,085  (a) 

Resolute Forest Products Inc., Senior Notes

    5.875     5/15/23        1,820,000        1,633,450  (a) 

Sappi Papier Holding GmbH, Senior Secured Notes

    6.625     4/15/21        730,000        711,750  (a) 

Verso Paper Holdings LLC/Verso Paper Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    11.750     1/15/19        890,000        921,150   

Verso Paper Holdings LLC/Verso Paper Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    11.750     1/15/19        515,000        355,350   

Total Paper & Forest Products

                            9,781,220   

Total Materials

                            68,945,140   
Telecommunication Services — 7.7%                                

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 4.3%

                               

Axtel SAB de CV, Senior Secured Notes

    7.000     1/31/20        1,640,000        1,525,200  (a) 

Cogent Communications Group Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    8.375     2/15/18        1,540,000        1,686,300  (a) 

Digicel Group Ltd., Senior Notes

    8.250     9/30/20        1,200,000        1,248,000  (a) 

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA, Senior Notes

    7.250     4/1/19        380,000        399,475   

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA, Senior Notes

    7.500     4/1/21        1,790,000        1,888,450   

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA, Senior Notes

    5.500     8/1/23        2,310,000        2,182,950  (a) 

Intelsat Luxembourg SA, Senior Notes

    6.750     6/1/18        540,000        546,750  (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2013

 

Western Asset Global High Yield Bond Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Diversified Telecommunication Services — continued

                               

Level 3 Financing Inc., Senior Notes

    8.625     7/15/20        640,000      $ 684,000   

Telefonica Emisiones SAU, Senior Notes

    5.462     2/16/21        2,970,000        3,069,329   

TW Telecom Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

    5.375     10/1/22        540,000        538,650   

Unitymedia Hessen GmbH & Co. KG/Unitymedia NRW GmbH, Senior Secured Notes

    5.500     1/15/23        200,000        190,000  (a) 

Unitymedia KabelBW GmbH, Senior Secured Notes

    9.500     3/15/21        910,000  EUR      1,320,718  (a) 

UPCB Finance V Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

    7.250     11/15/21        1,000,000        1,062,500  (a) 

Vimpel Communications, Notes

    6.493     2/2/16        550,000        576,125  (a) 

Wind Acquisition Holdings Finance SpA, Senior Notes

    12.250     7/15/17        4,272,732        4,326,141  (a)(b) 

Windstream Corp., Senior Notes

    7.500     6/1/22        600,000        615,000   

Windstream Corp., Senior Notes

    7.500     4/1/23        410,000        418,200   

Windstream Corp., Senior Notes

    6.375     8/1/23        520,000        488,800   

Total Diversified Telecommunication Services

                            22,766,588   

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 3.4%

                               

Matterhorn Midco & Cy SCA, Senior Notes

    7.750     2/15/20        1,110,000  EUR      1,423,159  (a) 

MetroPCS Wireless Inc., Senior Notes

    7.875     9/1/18        760,000        813,200   

Phones4u Finance PLC, Senior Secured Notes

    9.500     4/1/18        1,080,000  GBP      1,683,691  (a) 

SoftBank Corp., Senior Notes

    4.500     4/15/20        1,300,000        1,253,200  (a) 

Sprint Capital Corp., Senior Notes

    6.875     11/15/28        2,860,000        2,759,900   

Sprint Capital Corp., Senior Notes

    8.750     3/15/32        1,605,000        1,773,525   

Sprint Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    9.000     11/15/18        1,000,000        1,172,500  (a) 

Sprint Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    6.000     11/15/22        610,000        600,850   

Syniverse Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

    9.125     1/15/19        1,000,000        1,072,500   

VimpelCom Holdings BV, Senior Notes

    7.504     3/1/22        3,540,000        3,672,750  (a) 

VimpelCom Holdings BV, Senior Notes

    7.504     3/1/22        1,680,000        1,743,000  (a) 

Total Wireless Telecommunication Services

                            17,968,275   

Total Telecommunication Services

                            40,734,863   
Utilities — 3.6%                                

Electric Utilities — 0.8%

                               

GenOn REMA LLC, Pass-Through Certificates

    9.237     7/2/17        230,243        236,574   

GenOn REMA LLC, Pass-Through Certificates

    9.681     7/2/26        3,037,000        3,158,480   

Midwest Generation LLC, Pass-Through Certificates

    8.560     1/2/16        1,090,457        1,025,030  (f) 

Total Electric Utilities

                            4,420,084   

Gas Utilities — 0.2%

                               

Suburban Propane Partners LP/Suburban Energy Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    7.375     3/15/20        810,000        846,450   

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 2.5%

                               

AES Corp., Senior Notes

    4.875     5/15/23        1,360,000        1,271,600   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Western Asset Global High Yield Bond Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — continued

  

               

Atlantic Power Corp., Senior Notes

    9.000     11/15/18        1,170,000      $ 1,193,400   

Colbun SA, Senior Notes

    6.000     1/21/20        580,000        620,659  (a) 

Dynegy Inc., Bonds

    7.670     11/8/16        850,000        14,875  (c)(d)(f) 

Energy Future Intermediate Holding Co. LLC/EFIH Finance Inc., Secured Notes

    12.250     3/1/22        1,480,000        1,642,800  (a) 

First Wind Holdings Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    10.250     6/1/18        1,475,000        1,556,125  (a) 

Foresight Energy LLC/Foresight Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    9.625     8/15/17        1,926,000        2,031,930  (a) 

Mirant Americas Generation LLC, Senior Notes

    9.125     5/1/31        2,830,000        3,042,250   

Mirant Mid Atlantic LLC, Pass-Through Certificates

    9.125     6/30/17        142,878        157,880   

Mirant Mid Atlantic LLC, Pass-Through Certificates

    10.060     12/30/28        1,568,614        1,743,671   

Total Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders

                            13,275,190   

Multi-Utilities — 0.1%

                               

Empresas Publicas de Medellin ESP, Senior Notes

    7.625     7/29/19        580,000        667,000  (a) 

Total Utilities

                            19,208,724   

Total Corporate Bonds & Notes (Cost — $419,344,600)

  

                    423,196,473   
Collateralized Senior Loans — 2.5%                                
Consumer Discretionary — 1.0%                                

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.9%

                               

Equinox Holdings Inc., Second Lien Term Loan

    9.750     5/16/20        1,550,000        1,573,250  (h) 

Stockbridge SBE Holdings LLC, Term Loan B

    13.000     5/2/17        3,000,000        3,120,000  (h) 

Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

                            4,693,250   

Specialty Retail — 0.1%

                               

Gymboree Corp., Initial Term Loan

    5.000     2/23/18        720,000        696,900  (h) 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.0%

                               

Simmons Holdco. Inc., Term Loan

           2/15/13        1,977,672        0  (c)(d)(f)(i) 

Total Consumer Discretionary

                            5,390,150   
Consumer Staples — 0.1%                                

Food Products — 0.1%

                               

AdvancePierre Foods Inc., Second Lien Term Loan

    9.500     10/10/17        580,000        592,567  (h) 
Energy — 0.3%                                

Energy Equipment & Services — 0.3%

                               

Frac Tech International LLC, Term Loan B

    8.500     5/6/16        1,500,000        1,451,785  (h) 
Industrials — 0.5%                                

Machinery — 0.5%

                               

Gardner Denver Inc., Bridge Loan

           5/6/16        2,920,000        2,920,000  (c)(d)(j) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2013

 

Western Asset Global High Yield Bond Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  
Information Technology — 0.2%                                

IT Services — 0.2%

                               

First Data Corp., Extended 2018 Term Loan B

    4.193     3/23/18        892,870      $ 872,223  (h) 
Materials — 0.4%                                

Chemicals — 0.4%

                               

Kerling PLC, Term Loan

    10.000     6/30/16        600,000  EUR      788,800  (h) 

Kronos Inc., Second Lien Term Loan

    9.750     4/30/20        1,160,000        1,203,500  (h) 

Total Materials

                            1,992,300   

Total Collateralized Senior Loans (Cost — $14,724,018)

  

                    13,219,025   
Convertible Bonds & Notes — 0.0%                                
Telecommunication Services — 0.0%                                

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.0%

                               

Axtel SAB de CV, Senior Secured Notes
(Cost—$295,257)

    7.000     1/31/20        1,869,600  MXN      216,431  (a) 
Sovereign Bonds — 10.7%                                

Argentina — 0.6%

                               

Republic of Argentina, Senior Bonds

    7.000     10/3/15        3,606,000        3,084,854   

Brazil — 0.7%

                               

Brazil Nota do Tesouro Nacional, Notes

    10.000     1/1/14        812,000  BRL      365,519   

Brazil Nota do Tesouro Nacional, Notes

    10.000     1/1/17        7,402,000  BRL      3,247,200   

Brazil Nota do Tesouro Nacional, Notes

    10.000     1/1/21        668,000  BRL      286,056   

Total Brazil

                            3,898,775   

Mexico — 2.8%

                               

Mexican Bonos, Bonds

    6.500     6/9/22        180,177,000  MXN      14,685,243   

Russia — 0.5%

                               

Russian Federal Bond, Bonds

    7.400     6/14/17        72,130,000  RUB      2,239,227   

Russian Federal Bond, Bonds

    7.500     3/15/18        16,117,000  RUB      507,095   

Total Russia

                            2,746,322   

Turkey — 2.5%

                               

Republic of Turkey, Bonds

    9.000     3/8/17        4,930,000  TRY      2,645,590   

Republic of Turkey, Notes

    6.750     5/30/40        4,340,000        4,811,975   

Republic of Turkey, Senior Notes

    6.250     9/26/22        5,300,000        5,883,000   

Total Turkey

                            13,340,565   

Venezuela — 3.6%

                               

Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Senior Bonds

    5.750     2/26/16        12,423,000        11,149,642  (a) 

Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Senior Notes

    7.750     10/13/19        9,309,000        7,773,015  (a) 

Total Venezuela

                            18,922,657   

Total Sovereign Bonds (Cost — $56,667,779)

                            56,678,416   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Western Asset Global High Yield Bond Fund

 

Security               Shares     Value  
Common Stocks — 2.3%                            
Consumer Discretionary — 0.1%                            

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.1%

                           

Bossier Casino Venture Holdco Inc.

                90,995      $ 181,990  *(c)(d) 

Household Durables — 0.0%

                           

William Lyon Homes, Class A Shares

                4,178        105,327  

Media — 0.0%

                           

New Cotai LLC/New Cotai Capital Corp., Class B Shares

                6        0   (c)(d)(i) 

Total Consumer Discretionary

                        287,317   
Energy — 0.7%                            

Energy Equipment & Services — 0.7%

                           

KCAD Holdings I Ltd.

                395,216,044        3,663,653  (c)(d) 
Financials — 0.9%                            

Diversified Financial Services — 0.5%

                           

Citigroup Inc.

                57,244        2,745,994   

Real Estate Management & Development — 0.4%

                           

Realogy Holdings Corp.

                34,616        1,662,953  

Realogy Holdings Corp.

                7,171        344,484  *(c)(d) 

Total Real Estate Management & Development

                        2,007,437   

Total Financials

                        4,753,431   
Industrials — 0.6%                            

Building Products — 0.0%

                           

Nortek Inc.

                973        62,690  * 

Marine — 0.6%

                           

DeepOcean Group Holding AS

                111,638        2,475,015  (c)(d) 

Horizon Lines Inc., Class A Shares

                781,280        1,054,728  

Total Marine

                        3,529,743   

Total Industrials

                        3,592,433   
Telecommunication Services — 0.0%                            

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.0%

                           

World Access Inc.

                10,212        14  *(d) 

Total Common Stocks (Cost — $12,649,976)

                        12,296,848   
     Rate                     
Convertible Preferred Stocks — 0.1%                            
Materials — 0.1%                            

Metals & Mining — 0.1%

                           

ArcelorMittal (Cost—$305,000)

    6.000         12,200        228,994   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2013

 

Western Asset Global High Yield Bond Fund

 

Security   Rate            Shares     Value  
Preferred Stocks — 2.8%                                
Energy — 0.3%                                

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.3%

                               

Sanchez Energy Corp., Series B

    6.500             28,050      $ 1,667,011  (a) 
Financials — 2.4%                                

Commercial Banks — 0.2%

                               

Santander Finance Preferred SA Unipersonal

    10.500             690        737,653  (e) 

Consumer Finance — 1.9%

                               

GMAC Capital Trust I

    8.125             389,174        10,137,983  (e) 

Diversified Financial Services — 0.3%

                               

Citigroup Capital XIII

    7.875             56,875        1,583,969  (e) 

Total Financials

                            12,459,605   
Industrials — 0.1%                                

Road & Rail — 0.1%

                               

Jack Cooper Holdings Corp.

    20.000             5,007        608,351  (a)(c)(d) 

Total Preferred Stocks (Cost — $14,349,297)

                            14,734,967   
            Expiration
Date
    Warrants         
Warrants — 0.2%                                

Jack Cooper Holdings Corp.

            12/15/17        3,438        378,180  

Jack Cooper Holdings Corp.

            5/6/18        1,123        123,530  

SemGroup Corp.

            11/30/14        15,416        445,522  *(c)(d) 

Total Warrants (Cost — $61,397)

                            947,232   
                   Notional
Amount†
        
Purchased Options — 0.0%                                

Credit default swaption with BNP Paribas to buy protection on Markit CDX.NA.HY.20 Index, Put @ $103.00 (Cost — $148,590)

            7/17/13        12,700,000        142,012   

Total Investments — 98.7% (Cost — $518,545,914#)

  

                    521,660,398   

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 1.3%

                            6,655,787   

Total Net Assets — 100.0%

                          $ 528,316,185   

 

Face amount/notional amount denominated in U.S. dollars, unless otherwise noted.

 

* Non-income producing security.

 

(a) 

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.

 

(b) 

Payment-in-kind security for which the issuer has the option at each interest payment date of making interest payments in cash or additional debt securities.

 

(c) 

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

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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(d) 

Illiquid security.

 

(e) 

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

 

(f) 

The coupon payment on these securities is currently in default as of June 30, 2013.

 

(g) 

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

 

(h) 

Interest rates disclosed represent the effective rates on collateralized senior loans. Ranges in interest rates are attributable to multiple contracts under the same loan.

 

(i) 

Value is less than $1.

 

(j) 

All or a portion of this loan is unfunded as of June 30, 2013. The interest rate for fully unfunded term loans is to be determined.

 

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

 

Abbreviations used in this schedule:

BRL   — Brazilian Real
EUR   — Euro
GBP   — British Pound
MXN   — Mexican Peso
RUB   — Russian Ruble
TRY   — Turkish Lira

 

Schedule of Written Options                            
Security    Expiration
Date
     Strike
Price
     Notional
Amount1
     Value  

Credit default swaption with BNP Paribas to sell protection on Markit CDX.NA.HY.20 Index, Put (Premium received — $55,880)

     7/17/13         $100.00         12,700,000       $ 38,033   
1

In the event an option is exercised and a credit event occurs as defined under the terms of the swap agreement, the notional amount is the maximum potential amount that could be required to be paid as a seller of credit protection or received as a buyer of credit protection.

 

Notional amount denominated in U.S. dollars, unless otherwise noted.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statement of assets and liabilities (unaudited)

June 30, 2013

 

Assets:         

Investments, at value (Cost — $518,545,914)

   $ 521,660,398   

Foreign currency, at value (Cost — $664,945)

     669,931   

Receivable for securities sold

     11,387,470   

Interest and dividends receivable

     9,677,878   

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

     661,715   

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     229,526   

Receivable for variation margin on centrally cleared swaps

     116,667   

Deposits with brokers for open futures contracts

     34,606   

Prepaid expenses

     72,334   

Total Assets

     544,510,525   
Liabilities:         

Due to custodian

     6,679,349   

Payable for securities purchased

     6,249,254   

Payable for Fund shares repurchased

     2,154,767   

Investment management fee payable

     329,297   

Distributions payable

     207,522   

Service and/or distribution fees payable

     130,796   

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

     87,743   

Written options, at value (premiums received — $55,880)

     38,033   

Payable to broker — variation margin on open futures contracts

     5,031   

Accrued expenses

     312,548   

Total Liabilities

     16,194,340   
Total Net Assets    $ 528,316,185   
Net Assets:         

Par value (Note 7)

   $ 739   

Paid-in capital in excess of par value

     661,948,348   

Undistributed net investment income

     4,782,040   

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

     (142,080,868)   

Net unrealized appreciation on investments, futures contracts, written options and foreign currencies

     3,665,926   
Total Net Assets    $ 528,316,185   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Shares Outstanding:         

Class A

     41,268,996   

Class B

     1,134,997   

Class C

     1,067,181   

Class C1

     11,057,547   

Class I

     6,847,495   

Class IS

     12,566,287   
Net Asset Value:         

Class A (and redemption price)

     $7.13   

Class B*

     $7.17   

Class C*

     $7.14   

Class C1*

     $7.21   

Class I (and redemption price)

     $7.13   

Class IS (and redemption price)

     $7.13   
Maximum Public Offering Price Per Share:         

Class A (based on maximum initial sales charge of 4.25%)

     $7.45   

 

* Redemption price per share is NAV of Class B, Class C and Class C1 shares reduced by a 4.50%, 1.00% and 1.00% CDSC, respectively, if shares are redeemed within one year from purchase payment (See Note 2).

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statement of operations (unaudited)

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2013

 

Investment Income:         

Interest

   $ 24,189,967   

Dividends

     397,844   

Total Investment Income

     24,587,811   
Expenses:         

Investment management fee (Note 2)

     2,186,467   

Service and/or distribution fees (Notes 2 and 5)

     865,842   

Transfer agent fees (Note 5)

     301,668   

Registration fees

     69,524   

Legal fees

     35,103   

Fund accounting fees

     30,586   

Shareholder reports

     23,427   

Audit and tax

     22,178   

Custody fees

     18,769   

Insurance

     6,234   

Trustees’ fees

     4,756   

Miscellaneous expenses

     5,080   

Total Expenses

     3,569,634   

Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements (Notes 2 and 5)

     (935)   

Net Expenses

     3,568,699   
Net Investment Income      21,019,112   
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments, Futures Contracts, Written Options, Swap Contracts and Foreign Currency Transactions (Notes 1, 3 and 4):         

Net Realized Gain (Loss) From:

        

Investment transactions

     10,293,729   

Futures contracts

     15,081   

Written options

     390,540   

Swap contracts

     (4,260,221)   

Foreign currency transactions

     (174,664)   

Net Realized Gain

     6,264,465   

Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) From:

        

Investments

     (24,444,632)   

Futures contracts

     (17,362)   

Written options

     195,113   

Swap contracts

     855,812   

Foreign currencies

     1,847,281   

Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

     (21,563,788)   
Net Loss on Investments, Futures Contracts, Written Options, Swap Contracts and Foreign Currency Transactions      (15,299,323)   
Increase in Net Assets from Operations    $ 5,719,789   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statements of changes in net assets

 

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2013 (unaudited)
and the Year Ended December 31, 2012
   2013      2012  
Operations:                  

Net investment income

   $ 21,019,112       $ 41,375,478   

Net realized gain

     6,264,465         14,534,275   

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (21,563,788)         42,117,503   

Increase in Net Assets From Operations

     5,719,789         98,027,256   
Distributions to Shareholders From (Notes 1 and 6):                  

Net investment income

     (21,684,111)         (43,078,590)   

Decrease in Net Assets From Distributions to Shareholders

     (21,684,111)         (43,078,590)   
Fund Share Transactions (Note 7):                  

Net proceeds from sale of shares

     109,988,712         309,746,976   

Reinvestment of distributions

     19,868,552         38,857,756   

Cost of shares repurchased

     (202,491,852)         (291,538,204)   

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets From Fund Share Transactions

     (72,634,588)         57,066,528   

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

     (88,598,910)         112,015,194   
Net Assets:                  

Beginning of period

     616,915,095         504,899,901   

End of period*

   $ 528,316,185       $ 616,915,095   

*Includesundistributed net investment income of:

     $4,782,040         $5,447,039   

 

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   20132     2012     2011     2010     2009     2008  
Net asset value, beginning of period     $7.33        $6.65        $7.18        $6.81        $4.90        $7.92   
Income (loss) from operations:            

Net investment income

    0.25        0.51        0.53        0.60        0.69        0.67   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.19)        0.70        (0.50)        0.37        1.91        (3.01)   

Total income (loss) from operations

    0.06        1.21        0.03        0.97        2.60        (2.34)   
Less distributions from:            

Net investment income

    (0.26)        (0.53)        (0.56)        (0.60)        (0.69)        (0.68)   

Total distributions

    (0.26)        (0.53)        (0.56)        (0.60)        (0.69)        (0.68)   
Net asset value, end of period     $7.13        $7.33        $6.65        $7.18        $6.81        $4.90   

Total return3

    0.69     18.88     0.25     14.91     56.50     (31.37)
Net assets, end of period (000s)     $294,400        $370,419        $304,390        $603,261        $611,139        $317,370   
Ratios to average net assets:            

Gross expenses

    1.13 %4      1.09     1.31     1.27     1.19     1.29

Net expenses5

    1.13 4      1.09        1.31        1.27        1.19        1.29   

Net investment income

    6.72 4      7.30        7.46        8.62        11.76        9.67   
Portfolio turnover rate     40     76     90     95     77     52

 

1 

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

 

2 

For the six months ended June 30, 2013 (unaudited).

 

3 

Performance figures, exclusive of sales charges, may reflect compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of compensating balance arrangements, 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.

 

4 

Annualized.

 

5 

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

 

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 B Shares1   20132     2012     2011     2010     2009     2008  
Net asset value, beginning of period     $7.37        $6.68        $7.21        $6.84        $4.92        $7.99   
Income (loss) from operations:            

Net investment income

    0.22        0.46        0.49        0.57        0.67        0.65   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.19)        0.71        (0.50)        0.37        1.91        (3.03)   

Total income (loss) from operations

    0.03        1.17        (0.01)        0.94        2.58        (2.38)   
Less distributions from:            

Net investment income

    (0.23)        (0.48)        (0.52)        (0.57)        (0.66)        (0.69)   

Total distributions

    (0.23)        (0.48)        (0.52)        (0.57)        (0.66)        (0.69)   
Net asset value, end of period     $7.17        $7.37        $6.68        $7.21        $6.84        $4.92   

Total return3

    0.36     18.11     (0.24)     14.26     55.77     (31.64)
Net assets, end of period (000s)     $8,140        $9,642        $11,493        $15,271        $28,912        $27,105   
Ratios to average net assets:            

Gross expenses

    1.82 %4      1.85     1.85     1.80     1.72     1.70

Net expenses5

    1.82 4      1.85        1.85        1.80        1.72        1.70   

Net investment income

    6.05 4      6.58        6.92        8.13        11.49        9.18   
Portfolio turnover rate     40     76     90     95     77     52

 

1 

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

 

2 

For the six months ended June 30, 2013 (unaudited).

 

3 

Performance figures, exclusive of CDSC, may reflect compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of compensating balance arrangements, 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.

 

4 

Annualized.

 

5 

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

 

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 C Shares1    20132      20123  
Net asset value, beginning of period      $7.34         $7.02   
Income (loss) from operations:      

Net investment income

     0.22         0.19   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (0.19)         0.33   

Total income from operations

     0.03         0.52   
Less distributions from:      

Net investment income

     (0.23)         (0.20)   

Total distributions

     (0.23)         (0.20)   
Net asset value, end of period      $7.14         $7.34   

Total return4

     0.30      7.46
Net assets, end of period (000s)      $7,619         $2,391   
Ratios to average net assets:      

Gross expenses5

     1.89      1.77

Net expenses5,6,7

     1.89         1.77   

Net investment income5

     5.92         6.32   
Portfolio turnover rate      40      76

 

1 

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

 

2 

For the six months ended June 30, 2013 (unaudited).

 

3 

For the period August 1, 2012 (inception date) through December 31, 2012.

 

4 

Performance figures, exclusive of CDSC, may reflect compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of compensating balance arrangements, 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 

As a result of an expense limitation arrangement, the ratio of expenses, other than brokerage, interest, taxes, extraordinary expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses, to average net assets of Class C shares did not exceed 1.95%. This expense limitation arrangement cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2014 without the Board of Trustees’ consent.

 

7 

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

 

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 C1 Shares1,2   20133     2012     2011     2010     2009     2008  
Net asset value, beginning of period     $7.41        $6.72        $7.25        $6.88        $4.95        $8.00   
Income (loss) from operations:            

Net investment income

    0.23        0.48        0.50        0.58        0.68        0.65   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.19)        0.71        (0.49)        0.37        1.92        (3.04)   

Total income (loss) from operations

    0.04        1.19        0.01        0.95        2.60        (2.39)   
Less distributions from:            

Net investment income

    (0.24)        (0.50)        (0.54)        (0.58)        (0.67)        (0.66)   

Total distributions

    (0.24)        (0.50)        (0.54)        (0.58)        (0.67)        (0.66)   
Net asset value, end of period     $7.21        $7.41        $6.72        $7.25        $6.88        $4.95   

Total return4

    0.48     18.26     (0.06)     14.37     55.82     (31.62)
Net assets, end of period (000s)     $79,745        $91,626        $88,633        $100,668        $88,948        $58,041   
Ratios to average net assets:            

Gross expenses

    1.61 %5      1.66     1.71     1.69     1.65     1.67

Net expenses6

    1.61 5      1.66        1.71        1.69        1.65        1.67   

Net investment income

    6.27 5      6.75        7.07        8.18        11.44        9.26   
Portfolio turnover rate     40     76     90     95     77     52

 

1 

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

 

2 

On August 1, 2012, Class C shares were reclassified as Class C1 shares.

 

3 

For the six months ended June 30, 2013 (unaudited).

 

4 

Performance figures, exclusive of CDSC, may reflect compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of compensating balance arrangements, 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 

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

 

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   20132     2012     2011     2010     2009     2008  
Net asset value, beginning of period     $7.33        $6.64        $7.17        $6.81        $4.90        $7.91   
Income (loss) from operations:            

Net investment income

    0.26        0.53        0.56        0.63        0.72        0.70   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.19)        0.71        (0.50)        0.36        1.90        (3.00)   

Total income (loss) from operations

    0.07        1.24        0.06        0.99        2.62        (2.30)   
Less distributions from:            

Net investment income

    (0.27)        (0.55)        (0.59)        (0.63)        (0.71)        (0.71)   

Total distributions

    (0.27)        (0.55)        (0.59)        (0.63)        (0.71)        (0.71)   
Net asset value, end of period     $7.13        $7.33        $6.64        $7.17        $6.81        $4.90   

Total return3

    0.83     19.35     0.68     15.20     57.05     (30.98)
Net assets, end of period (000s)     $48,822        $51,662        $100,384        $83,476        $76,357        $65,226   
Ratios to average net assets:            

Gross expenses

    0.85 %4      0.85     0.88     0.87     0.85     0.86

Net expenses5

    0.85 4,6,7      0.85 6      0.88 6      0.87 6      0.85 6      0.86   

Net investment income

    7.02 4      7.58        7.90        9.00        12.42        10.19   
Portfolio turnover rate     40     76     90     95     77     52

 

1 

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

 

2 

For the six months ended June 30, 2013 (unaudited).

 

3 

Performance figures may reflect compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of compensating balance arrangements, 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.

 

4 

Annualized.

 

5 

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

 

6 

As a result of an expense limitation arrangement, the ratio of expenses, other than brokerage, interest, taxes, extraordinary expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses, to average net assets of Class I shares did not exceed 1.10% through July 31, 2012. Effective August 1, 2012, the expense limitation did not exceed 0.90%. This expense limitation arrangement cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2014 without the Board of Trustees’ consent.

 

7 

Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

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 IS Shares1    20132      20123  
Net asset value, beginning of period      $7.33         $7.08   
Income (loss) from operations:      

Net investment income

     0.26         0.17   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (0.19)         0.26   

Total income from operations

     0.07         0.43   
Less distributions from:      

Net investment income

     (0.27)         (0.18)   

Total distributions

     (0.27)         (0.18)   
Net asset value, end of period      $7.13         $7.33   

Total return4

     0.86      6.19
Net assets, end of period (000s)      $89,591         $91,175   
Ratios to average net assets:      

Gross expenses5

     0.77      0.76

Net expenses5,6,7

     0.77         0.76   

Net investment income5

     7.09         7.38   
Portfolio turnover rate      40      76

 

1 

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

 

2 

For the six months ended June 30, 2013 (unaudited).

 

3 

For the period August 31, 2012 (inception date) to December 31, 2012.

 

4 

Performance figures may reflect compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of compensating balance arrangements, 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 

As a result of an expense limitation arrangement, the ratio of expenses, other than brokerage, interest, taxes, extraordinary expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses, to average net assets of Class IS shares did not exceed 0.80%. This expense limitation arrangement cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2014 without the Board of Trustees’ consent.

 

7 

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

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Notes to financial statements (unaudited)

 

1. Organization and significant accounting policies

Western Asset Global High Yield Bond Fund (the “Fund”) is a separate diversified investment 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 Funds 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. The valuations for fixed income securities (which may include, but are not limited to, corporate, government, municipal, mortgage-backed, collateralized mortgage obligations and asset-backed securities) and certain derivative instruments are typically the prices supplied by independent third party pricing services, which may use market prices or broker/dealer quotations or a variety of valuation techniques and methodologies. The independent third party pricing services use inputs that are observable such as issuer details, interest rates, yield curves, prepayment speeds, credit risks/spreads, default rates and quoted prices for similar securities. Short-term fixed income securities that will mature in 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, unless it is determined that using this method would not reflect an investment’s fair value. Futures contracts are valued daily at the settlement price established by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded. Equity securities for which market quotations are available are valued at the last reported sales price or official closing price on the primary market or exchange on which they trade. When the Fund holds securities or other assets that are denominated in a foreign currency, the Fund will normally use the currency exchange rates as of 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). If independent third party pricing services are unable to supply prices for a portfolio investment, or if the prices supplied are deemed by the manager to be unreliable, the market price may be determined by the manager using quotations from one or more broker/dealers or at the transaction price if the security has recently been purchased and no value has yet been obtained from a pricing service or pricing broker. When reliable prices are not readily available, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded, but before the Fund calculates its net asset value, the Fund values these securities as determined in accordance with procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees.

The Board of Trustees is responsible for the valuation process and has delegated the supervision of the daily valuation process to the Legg Mason North American Fund Valuation Committee (the “Valuation Committee”). The Valuation Committee, pursuant to the policies adopted by the Board of Trustees, is responsible for making fair value determinations,

 

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evaluating the effectiveness of the Fund’s pricing policies, and reporting to the Board of Trustees. When determining the reliability of third party pricing information for investments owned by the Fund, the Valuation Committee, among other things, conducts due diligence reviews of pricing vendors, monitors the daily change in prices and reviews transactions among market participants.

The Valuation Committee will consider pricing methodologies it deems relevant and appropriate when making fair value determinations. Examples of possible methodologies include, but are not limited to, multiple of earnings; discount from market of a similar freely traded security; discounted cash-flow analysis; book value or a multiple thereof; risk premium/yield analysis; yield to maturity; and/or fundamental investment analysis. The Valuation Committee will also consider factors it deems relevant and appropriate in light of the facts and circumstances. Examples of possible factors include, but are not limited to, the type of security; the issuer’s financial statements; the purchase price of the security; the discount from market value of unrestricted securities of the same class at the time of purchase; analysts’ research and observations from financial institutions; information regarding any transactions or offers with respect to the security; the existence of merger proposals or tender offers affecting the security; the price and extent of public trading in similar securities of the issuer or comparable companies; and the existence of a shelf registration for restricted securities.

For each portfolio security that has been fair valued pursuant to the policies adopted by the Board of Trustees, the fair value price is compared against the last available and next available market quotations. The Valuation Committee reviews the results of such back testing monthly and fair valuation occurrences are reported to the Board of Trustees quarterly.

The Fund uses valuation techniques to measure fair value that are consistent with the market approach and/or income approach, depending on the type of security and the particular circumstance. The market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable securities. The income approach uses valuation techniques to discount estimated future cash flows to present value.

GAAP establishes a disclosure hierarchy that categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value assets and liabilities at measurement date. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

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Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

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

 

ASSETS  
Description   Quoted Prices
(Level 1)
    Other Significant
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
    Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
    Total  
Long-term investments†:                                

Corporate bonds & notes

         $ 418,006,055      $ 5,190,418      $ 423,196,473   

Collateralized senior loans

           13,219,025        0     13,219,025   

Convertible bonds & notes

           216,431               216,431   

Sovereign bonds

           56,678,416               56,678,416   

Common stocks

  $ 5,631,706        344,484        6,320,658        12,296,848   

Convertible preferred stocks

    228,994                      228,994   

Preferred stocks

    14,126,616        608,351               14,734,967   

Warrants

           947,232               947,232   

Purchased options

           142,012               142,012   
Total investments   $ 19,987,316      $ 490,162,006      $ 11,511,076      $ 521,660,398   
Other financial instruments:                                

Futures contracts

  $ 31,993                    $ 31,993   

Forward foreign currency contracts

         $ 661,715               661,715   
Total other financial instruments   $ 31,993      $ 661,715             $ 693,708   
Total   $ 20,019,309      $ 490,823,721      $ 11,511,076      $ 522,354,106   

 

LIABILITIES  
Description   Quoted Prices
(Level 1)
    Other Significant
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
    Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
    Total  
Other financial instruments:                                

Written options

         $ 38,033             $ 38,033   

Futures contracts

  $ 49,355                      49,355   

Forward foreign currency contracts

           87,743               87,743   
Total   $ 49,355      $ 125,776             $ 175,131   

 

 

See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

 

* Amount represents less than $1.

 

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The 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
    Collateralized
Senior Loans
    Common
Stock
    Total  
Balance as of December 31, 2012   $ 4,484,388      $ 0   $ 9,802,187      $ 14,286,575   
Accrued premiums/discounts     50,796                      50,796   
Realized gain (loss)                            
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)1     622,890               (1,588,157)        (965,267)   
Purchases     32,344                      32,344   
Sales                   (1,548,888)        (1,548,888)   
Transfers into Level 3                            
Transfers out of Level 32                   (344,484)        (344,484)   
Balance as of June 30, 2013   $ 5,190,418      $ 0   $ 6,320,658      $ 11,511,076   
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for investments in securities still held at June 30, 20131   $ 622,890             $ (858,424)      $ (235,534)   

 

The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the end of the reporting period.

 

* Value is less than $1.

 

1 

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 the reversal of previously recorded unrealized appreciation (depreciation) when gains or losses are realized.

 

2

Transferred out of Level 3 as a result of the availability of a quoted price in an active market for an identical investment or the availability of other significant observable inputs.

(b) Repurchase agreements. The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements with institutions that its investment adviser has determined are creditworthy. Each repurchase agreement is recorded at cost. Under the terms of a typical repurchase agreement, the Fund acquires a debt security subject to an obligation of the seller to repurchase, and of the Fund to resell, the security at an agreed-upon price and time, thereby determining the yield during the Fund’s holding period. When entering into repurchase agreements, it is the Fund’s policy that its custodian or a third party custodian, acting on the Fund’s behalf, take possession of the underlying collateral securities, the market value of which, at all times, at least equals the principal amount of the repurchase transaction, including accrued interest. To the extent that any repurchase transaction maturity exceeds one business day, the value of the collateral is marked-to-market and measured against the value of the agreement in an effort to ensure the adequacy of the collateral. If the counterparty defaults, the Fund generally has the right to use the collateral to satisfy the terms of the repurchase transaction. However, if the market value of the collateral declines during the period in which the Fund seeks to assert its rights or if bankruptcy proceedings are commenced with respect to the seller of the security, realization of the collateral by the Fund may be delayed or limited.

(c) 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

 

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

 

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 an uncovered 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.

(d) Forward foreign currency contracts. The Fund enters into a forward foreign currency contract to hedge against foreign currency exchange rate risk on its non-U.S. dollar denominated securities or to facilitate settlement of a foreign currency denominated portfolio transaction. A forward foreign currency contract is an agreement between two parties to buy and sell a currency at a set price with delivery and settlement at a future date. The contract is marked-to-market daily and the change in value is recorded by the Fund as an unrealized gain or loss. When a forward foreign currency contract is closed, through either delivery or offset by entering into another forward foreign currency contract, the Fund recognizes a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value of the contract at the time it is closed.

Forward foreign currency contracts involve elements of market risk in excess of the amounts reflected on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The Fund bears the risk of an unfavorable change in the foreign exchange rate underlying the forward foreign currency contract. Risks may also arise upon entering into these contracts from the potential inability of the counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts.

(e) Unfunded loan commitments. The Fund may enter into certain credit agreements all or a portion of which may be unfunded. The Fund is obligated to fund these commitments at the borrower’s discretion. The commitments are disclosed in the accompanying Schedule of Investments. At June 30, 2013, the Fund had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover these commitments.

(f) Foreign currency translation. Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts based upon

 

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prevailing exchange rates on the date of valuation. Purchases and sales of investment securities and income and expense items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts based upon prevailing exchange rates on the respective dates of such transactions.

The Fund does not isolate that portion of the results of operations resulting from fluctuations in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments.

Net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, including gains and losses on forward foreign currency contracts, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the values of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities, on the date of valuation, resulting from changes in exchange rates.

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

(g) Loan participations. The Fund may invest in loans arranged through private negotiation between one or more financial institutions. The Fund’s investment in any such loan may be in the form of a participation in or an assignment of the loan. In connection with purchasing participations, the Fund generally will have no right to enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of the loan agreement related to the loan, or any rights of off-set against the borrower and the Fund may not benefit directly from any collateral supporting the loan in which it has purchased the participation.

The Fund assumes the credit risk of the borrower, the lender that is selling the participation and any other persons interpositioned between the Fund and the borrower. In the event of the insolvency of the lender selling the participation, the Fund may be treated as a general creditor of the lender and may not benefit from any off-set between the lender and the borrower.

(h) Swap agreements. The Fund invests 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 other portfolio transactions. Swap agreements are privately negotiated in the over-the-counter market (“OTC Swaps”) or may be executed on a registered exchange (“Centrally Cleared Swaps”). Unlike Centrally Cleared Swaps, the Fund has credit exposure to the counterparties of OTC Swaps.

Swap contracts are marked-to-market daily and changes in value are recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation). The daily change in valuation of Centrally Cleared Swaps, if

 

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

 

any, is recorded as a receivable or payable for variation margin on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Gains or losses are realized upon termination of the swap agreement. 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 posted 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.

OTC Swap 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. Net periodic payments received or paid by the Fund are recognized as a realized gain or loss in the Statement of Operations.

The Fund’s maximum exposure in the event of a defined credit event on a credit default swap to sell protection is the notional amount. As of June 30, 2013, the Fund did not hold any credit default swaps to sell protection.

For average notional amounts of swaps held during the six months ended June 30, 2013, see Note 4.

Credit default swaps

The Fund enters 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 an 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.

(i) Swaptions. The Fund purchases and writes swaption contracts to manage exposure to an underlying instrument. The Fund may also purchase or write options to manage exposure to fluctuations in interest rates or to enhance yield. Swaption contracts written by the Fund represent an option that gives the purchaser the right, but not the obligation, to enter into a previously agreed upon swap contract at a future date. Swaption contracts purchased by the Fund represent an option that gives the Fund the right, but not the obligation, to enter into a previously agreed upon swap contract at a future date.

When the Fund writes a swaption, 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 swaption written. If the swaption expires, the Fund realizes a gain equal to the amount of the premium received.

When the Fund purchases a swaption, an amount equal to the premium paid by the Fund is recorded as an investment on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, the value of which is

 

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

 

marked-to-market daily to reflect the current market value of the swaption purchased. If the swaption expires, the Fund realizes a loss equal to the amount of the premium paid.

Swaptions are marked-to-market daily based upon quotations from market makers. Changes in the value of the swaption are reported as unrealized gains or losses in the Statement of Operations.

(j) Credit and market risk. The Fund invests in high-yield and emerging market instruments that are subject to certain credit and market risks. The yields of high-yield and emerging market debt obligations reflect, among other things, perceived credit and market risks. The Fund’s investments in securities rated below investment grade typically involve risks not associated with higher rated securities including, among others, greater risk related to timely and ultimate payment of interest and principal, greater market price volatility and less liquid secondary market trading. The consequences of political, social, economic or diplomatic changes may have disruptive effects on the market prices of investments held by the Fund. The Fund’s investments in non-U.S. dollar denominated securities may also result in foreign currency losses caused by devaluations and exchange rate fluctuations.

(k) Foreign investment risks. The Fund’s investments in foreign securities may involve risks not present in domestic investments. Since securities may be denominated in foreign currencies, may require settlement in foreign currencies or pay interest or dividends in foreign currencies, changes in the relationship of these foreign currencies to the U.S. dollar can significantly affect the value of the investments and earnings of the Fund. Foreign investments may also subject the Fund to foreign government exchange restrictions, expropriation, taxation or other political, social or economic developments, all of which affect the market and/or credit risk of the investments.

(l) Counterparty risk and credit-risk-related contingent features of derivative instruments. The Fund may invest in certain securities or engage in other transactions, where the Fund is exposed to counterparty credit risk in addition to broader market risks. The Fund may invest in securities of issuers, which may also be considered counterparties as trading partners in other transactions. This may increase the risk of loss in the event of default or bankruptcy by the counterparty or if the counterparty otherwise fails to meet its contractual obligations. The Fund’s investment manager attempts to mitigate counterparty risk by (i) periodically assessing the creditworthiness of its trading partners, (ii) monitoring and/or limiting the amount of its net exposure to each individual counterparty based on its assessment and (iii) requiring collateral from the counterparty for certain transactions. Market events and changes in overall economic conditions may impact the assessment of such counterparty risk by the investment manager. In addition, declines in the values of underlying collateral received may expose the Fund to increased risk of loss.

The Fund has entered into master agreements with certain of its derivative counterparties that provide for general obligations, representations, agreements, collateral, events of default or termination and credit related contingent features. The credit related contingent features include, but are not limited to, a percentage decrease in the Fund’s net assets or

 

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NAV over a specified period of time. If these credit related contingent features were triggered, the derivatives counterparty could terminate the positions and demand payment or require additional collateral.

Collateral requirements differ by type of derivative. Collateral or margin requirements are set by the broker or exchange clearing house for exchange traded derivatives while collateral terms are contract specific for over-the-counter traded derivatives. Cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of the Fund under derivative contracts, if any, will be reported separately in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Securities pledged as collateral, if any, for the same purpose are noted in the Schedule of Investments.

Absent an event of default by the counterparty or a termination of the agreement, the terms of the master agreements do not result in an offset of reported amounts of financial assets and financial liabilities in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities across transactions between the Fund and the applicable counterparty. The enforceability of the right to offset may vary by jurisdiction.

As of June 30, 2013, the Fund held written options and forward foreign currency contracts with credit related contingent features which had a liability position of $125,776. If a contingent feature in the master agreements would have been triggered, the Fund would have been required to pay this amount to its derivatives counterparties.

(m) 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. Foreign dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon as practicable after the Fund determines the existence of a dividend declaration after exercising reasonable due diligence. 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.

(n) Distributions to shareholders. Distributions from net investment income 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 to shareholders of the Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend date and are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.

(o) 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.

(p) 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.

(q) 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

 

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

 

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 timing requirements imposed by the Code. Therefore, no federal or state income tax provision is required in the Fund’s financial statements.

Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken on income tax returns for all open tax years and has concluded that as of June 30, 2013, 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 the Internal Revenue Service and state departments of revenue.

Under the applicable foreign tax laws, a withholding tax may be imposed on interest, dividends and capital gains at various rates.

(r) 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. Western Asset Management Company (“Western Asset”), Western Asset Management Company Limited (“Western Asset Limited”) and Western Asset Management Company Pte. Ltd. (“Western Singapore”) are the Fund’s subadvisers. LMPFA, Western Asset, Western Asset Limited and Western Singapore 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 0.70% of the Fund’s average net assets.

LMPFA provides administrative and certain oversight services to the Fund. Western Asset Limited and Western Singapore provide certain advisory services to the Fund relating to currency transactions and investments in non-U.S. dollar dominated securities and related foreign currency instruments. For its services, LMPFA pays Western Asset 70% of the net investment management fee it receives from the Fund. In turn, Western Asset pays Western Asset Limited and Western Singapore a subadvisory fee of 0.30% on the assets managed by Western Asset Limited and Western Singapore.

As a result of expense limitation arrangements between the Fund and LMPFA, the ratio of expenses other than brokerage, interest, taxes, extraordinary expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses, to average net assets of Class C, Class I and Class IS shares did not exceed 1.95%, 0.90% and 0.80%, respectively. These expense limitation arrangements cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2014 without the Board of Trustees’ consent.

During the six months ended June 30, 2013, fees waived and/or expenses reimbursed amounted to $935.

 

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The investment manager is permitted to recapture amounts waived or reimbursed to a class during the same fiscal year if the class’ 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 expenses incurred. In no case will the investment manager recapture any amount that would result, on any particular business day of the Fund, in the class’ 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 4.25% for Class A shares. There is a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) of 4.50% on Class B shares, which applies if redemption occurs within 12 months from purchase payment. This CDSC declines by 0.50% the first year after purchase payment and thereafter by 1.00% per year until no CDSC is incurred. Class C shares (new Class C shares are available for purchase effective August 1, 2012) and Class C1 shares (formerly Class C shares) have a 1.00% CDSC, which applies if redemption occurs within 12 months from purchase payment. In certain cases, Class A shares have a 1.00% CDSC, which applies if redemption occurs within 18 months from purchase payment (or within 12 months for shares purchased prior to August 1, 2012). This CDSC only applies to those purchases of Class A shares, which, when combined with current holdings of Class A shares, equal or exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate. These purchases do not incur an initial sales charge.

On August 1, 2012, Class C shares were reclassified as Class C1 shares. Class C1 (formerly Class C) shares are not available for purchase by new or existing investors (except for certain retirement plan programs authorized by LMIS prior to August 1, 2012). Class C1 (formerly Class C) shares continue to be available for dividend reinvestment and incoming exchanges.

For the six months ended June 30, 2013, LMIS and its affiliates received sales charges of $45,273 on sales of the Fund’s Class A shares. In addition, for the six months ended June 30, 2013, CDSCs paid to LMIS and its affiliates were:

 

      Class A      Class B      Class C      Class C1  
CDSCs    $ 24       $ 8,404       $ 1,812       $ 3,660   

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, 2012, the aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investments (excluding short-term investments) were as follows:

 

Purchases      $ 243,907,590   
Sales        324,485,893   

 

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

 

At June 30, 2013, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were substantially as follows:

 

Gross unrealized appreciation      $ 23,153,105   
Gross unrealized depreciation        (20,038,621)   
Net unrealized appreciation      $ 3,114,484   

During the six months ended June 30, 2013, written option transactions for the Fund were as follows:

 

        Notional Amount        Premiums  
Written options, outstanding as of December 31, 2012        68,700,000         $ 372,400   
Options written        53,100,000           347,360   
Options closed                    
Options exercised        (40,600,000)           (273,340)   
Options expired        (68,500,000)           (390,540)   
Written options, outstanding as of June 30, 2013        12,700,000         $ 55,880   

At June 30, 2013, the Fund had the following open futures contracts:

 

     Number of
Contracts
    Expiration
Date
    Basis
Value
    Market
Value
    Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
 
Contracts to Buy:                                        
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes     42        9/13      $ 5,364,980      $ 5,315,625      $ (49,355)   
Contracts to Sell:                                        
U.S. Treasury Ultra Long-Term Bonds     7        9/13        982,899        950,906        31,993   

Net unrealized loss on open futures contracts

  

                  $ (17,362)   

At June 30, 2013, the Fund had the following open forward foreign currency contracts:

 

Foreign Currency   Counterparty   Local
Currency
    Market
Value
    Settlement
Date
    Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
 
Contracts to Buy:                                    
Euro   Citibank N.A.     2,900,000      $ 3,775,488        8/16/13      $ (31,374)   
Euro   Citibank N.A.     2,390,000        3,111,523        8/16/13        (14,977)   
Euro   JP Morgan Chase     447,958        583,193        8/16/13        (16,807)   
Euro   UBS AG     5,000,000        6,509,463        8/16/13        63,313   
                                $ 155   
Contracts to Sell:                                    
British Pound   BNP Paribas     406,233        617,675        8/16/13        12,702   
British Pound   Citibank N.A.     360,000        547,378        8/16/13        1,343   
British Pound   Citibank N.A.     4,808,252        7,310,918        8/16/13        139,589   
British Pound   UBS AG     420,000        638,607        8/16/13        10,481   
British Pound   UBS AG     3,746,305        5,696,233        8/16/13        95,291   
Euro   Citibank N.A.     400,000        520,757        8/16/13        (5,639)   
Euro   Citibank N.A.     700,000        911,325        8/16/13        (10,830)   
Euro   Citibank N.A.     725,000        943,872        8/16/13        6,793   
Euro   Citibank N.A.     1,300,000        1,692,460        8/16/13        (3,875)   

 

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Foreign Currency   Counterparty   Local
Currency
    Market
Value
    Settlement
Date
    Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
 
Contracts to Sell: continued                                    
Euro   Citibank N.A.     1,600,000      $ 2,083,028        8/16/13      $ (4,241)   
Euro   Citibank N.A.     5,493,537        7,151,995        8/16/13        62,228   
Euro   Goldman Sachs     6,339,269        8,253,047        8/16/13        74,343   
Euro   JP Morgan Chase     1,445,000        1,881,235        8/16/13        13,782   
Euro   UBS AG     1,350,000        1,757,555        8/16/13        36,811   
Euro   UBS AG     21,463,585        27,943,282        8/16/13        145,039   
                                $ 573,817   
Net unrealized gain on open forward foreign currency contracts      $ 573,972   

4. Derivative instruments and hedging activities

GAAP requires enhanced disclosure about an entity’s derivative and hedging activities.

Below is a table, 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, 2013.

 

ASSET DERIVATIVES1  
      Interest Rate
Risk
     Foreign
Exchange Risk
     Credit
Risk
     Total  
Purchased options2                    $ 142,012       $ 142,012   
Futures contracts3    $ 31,993                         31,993   
Forward foreign currency contracts            $ 661,715                 661,715   
Total    $ 31,993       $ 661,715       $ 142,012       $ 835,720   

 

LIABILITY DERIVATIVES1  
      Interest Rate
Risk
     Foreign
Exchange Risk
     Credit
Risk
     Total  
Written options                    $ 38,033       $ 38,033   
Futures contracts3    $ 49,355                         49,355   
Forward foreign currency contracts            $ 87,743                 87,743   
Total    $ 49,355       $ 87,743       $ 38,033       $ 175,131   

 

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 at 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 on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

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, 2013. 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 change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) resulting from the Fund’s derivatives and hedging activities during the period.

 

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

 

 

AMOUNT OF REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON DERIVATIVES RECOGNIZED  
      Interest
Rate Risk
     Foreign
Exchange Risk
     Credit Risk      Total  
Purchased options1                    $ (658,200)       $ (658,200)   
Written options                      390,540         390,540   
Futures contracts    $ 15,081                         15,081   
Swap contracts                      (4,260,221)         (4,260,221)   
Forward foreign currency contracts            $ (132,911)                 (132,911)   
Total    $ 15,081       $ (132,911)       $ (4,527,881)       $ (4,645,711)   

 

1 

Net realized gain (loss) from purchased options is reported in net realized gain (loss) from investment transactions in the Statement of Operations.

 

CHANGE IN UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) ON DERIVATIVES RECOGNIZED  
      Interest
Rate Risk
     Foreign
Exchange Risk
     Credit Risk      Total  
Purchased options1                    $ (228,991)       $ (228,991)   
Written options                      195,113         195,113   
Futures contracts    $ (17,362)                         (17,362)   
Swap contracts                      855,812         855,812   
Forward foreign currency contracts            $ 1,883,379                 1,883,379   
Total    $ (17,362)       $ 1,883,379       $ 821,934       $ 2,687,951   

 

1 

The change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from purchased options is reported in the change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from investments in the Statement of Operations.

During the six months ended June 30, 2013, the volume of derivative activity for the Fund was as follows:

 

        Average
Market Value
 
Purchased options      $ 162,822   
Written options        282,160   
Futures contracts (to buy)        759,375   
Futures contracts (to sell)        855,969   
Forward foreign currency contracts (to buy)        5,934,106   
Forward foreign currency contracts (to sell)        62,819,863   
        Average
Notional Balance
 
Credit default swap contracts (to buy protection)†      $ 27,346,829   

 

At June 30, 2013, there were no open positions held in this derivative.

 

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The following table presents by financial instrument, the Fund’s derivative assets net of the related collateral held by the Fund at June 30, 2013:

 

      Gross Amount of Derivative
Assets in the Statement of
Assets and Liabilities1,2
     Collateral
Received3
     Net Amount  
Purchased options4    $ 142,012               $ 142,012   
Swap contracts5      116,667                 116,667   
Forward foreign currency contracts      661,715                 661,715   
Total    $ 920,394               $ 920,394   

The following table presents by financial instrument, the Fund’s derivative liabilities net of the related collateral pledged by the Fund at June 30, 2013:

 

      Gross Amount of Derivative
Liabilities in the Statement
of Assets and Liabilities1,2
     Collateral
Pledged3
     Net Amount  
Written options    $ 38,033               $ 38,033   
Futures contracts5      5,031       $ 5,031           
Forward foreign currency contracts      87,743                 87,743   
Total    $ 130,807       $ 5,031       $ 125,776   

 

1 

Absent an event of default or early termination, derivative assets and liabilities are presented gross and not offset in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

2 

Gross amounts not offset in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

3 

In some instances, the actual collateral received and/or pledged may be more than the amount shown here due to overcollateralization.

 

4 

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

 

5 

Amount represents the current day’s variation margin as reported in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. It differs from the cumulative appreciation (depreciation) presented in the previous table.

5. Class specific expenses, waivers and/or expense reimbursements

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, Class B, Class C and Class C1 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 B, Class C and Class C1 shares calculated at the annual rate of 0.50%, 0.75% and 0.50% of the average daily net assets of each class, respectively. Service and distribution fees are accrued daily and paid monthly.

For the six months ended June 30, 2013, class specific expenses were as follows:

 

        Service and/or
Distribution Fees
       Transfer
Agent Fees
 
Class A      $ 473,955         $ 218,483   
Class B        33,876           13,776   
Class C        27,866           3,499   
Class C1        330,145           41,561   
Class I                  22,023   
Class IS                  2,326   
Total      $ 865,842         $ 301,668   

 

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

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2013, waivers and/or expense reimbursements by class were as follows:

 

        Waivers/
Expense
Reimbursements
 
Class A          
Class B          
Class C          
Class C1          
Class I      $ 935   
Class IS          
Total      $ 935   

6. Distributions to shareholders by class

 

        Six Months Ended
June 30, 2013
       Year Ended
December 31, 2012
 
Net Investment Income:                      
Class A      $ 13,178,785         $ 25,929,228   
Class B        282,806           726,146   
Class C        170,520           33,297 1 
Class C12        2,851,518           6,540,436   
Class I        1,865,462           7,584,196   
Class IS        3,335,020           2,265,287 3 
Total      $ 21,684,111         $ 43,078,590   

 

1 

For the period August 1, 2012 (inception date) through December 31, 2012.

 

2 

On August 1, 2012, Class C shares were reclassified as Class C1 shares.

 

3 

For the period August 31, 2012 (inception date) to December 31, 2012.

7. Shares of beneficial interest

At June 30, 2013, 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, 2013
     Year Ended
December 31, 2012
 
      Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  
Class  A                                    
Shares sold      10,383,364       $ 77,246,199         21,462,744       $ 150,176,044   
Shares issued on reinvestment      1,618,805         11,981,438         3,337,140         23,536,723   
Shares repurchased      (21,247,227)         (155,793,544)         (20,062,513)         (140,434,790)   
Net increase (decrease)      (9,245,058)       $ (66,565,907)         4,737,371       $ 33,277,977   

 

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     Six Months
Ended June 30, 2013
     Year Ended
December 31, 2012
 
      Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  
Class B                                    
Shares sold      18,092       $ 135,887         51,023       $ 357,093   
Shares issued on reinvestment      35,565         264,477         96,487         682,454   
Shares repurchased      (226,765)         (1,695,574)         (559,262)         (3,941,223)   
Net decrease      (173,108)       $ (1,295,210)         (411,752)       $ (2,901,676)   
Class C                                    
Shares sold      771,209       $ 5,737,755         328,178 1     $ 2,362,106 1 
Shares issued on reinvestment      20,749         153,266         4,323 1       31,396 1 
Shares repurchased      (50,609)         (376,051)         (6,669) 1       (48,205) 1 
Net increase      741,349       $ 5,514,970         325,832 1     $ 2,345,297 1 
Class C12                                    
Shares sold      32,531       $ 244,166         909,311       $ 6,367,462   
Shares issued on reinvestment      339,903         2,541,763         812,742         5,787,191   
Shares repurchased      (1,676,041)         (12,565,851)         (2,549,055)         (18,197,303)   
Net decrease      (1,303,607)       $ (9,779,922)         (827,002)       $ (6,042,650)   
Class I                                    
Shares sold      2,816,223       $ 21,024,274         8,469,885       $ 59,199,647   
Shares issued on reinvestment      215,478         1,592,581         938,244         6,554,712   
Shares repurchased      (3,234,380)         (24,030,968)         (17,466,427)         (123,506,574)   
Net decrease      (202,679)       $ (1,414,113)         (8,058,298)       $ (57,752,215)   
Class IS                                    
Shares sold      753,489       $ 5,600,431         12,882,733 3     $ 91,284,624 3 
Shares issued on reinvestment      451,173         3,335,027         313,047 3       2,265,280 3 
Shares repurchased      (1,080,510)         (8,029,864)         (753,645) 3       (5,410,109) 3 
Net increase      124,152       $ 905,594         12,442,135 3     $ 88,139,795 3 

 

1 

For the period August 1, 2012 (inception date) through December 31, 2012.

 

2 

On August 1, 2012, Class C shares were reclassified as Class C1 shares.

 

3 

For the period August 31, 2012 (inception date) to December 31, 2012.

8. Capital loss carryforward

As of December 31, 2012, the Fund had the following net capital loss carryforward remaining:

 

Year of Expiration    Amount  
12/31/2016    $ (36,058,352)   
12/31/2017      (104,311,063)   
12/31/2018      (6,849,174)   
     $ (147,218,589)   

These amounts will be available to offset any future taxable capital gains.

9. Legal matters

On or about May 30, 2006, John Halebian, a purported shareholder of Western Asset New York Tax Free Money Market Fund (formerly known as CitiSM New York Tax Free Reserves), a series of Legg Mason Partners Money Market Trust, formerly a series of CitiFunds Trust III

 

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

 

(the “Subject Trust”), filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against the persons who were then the independent trustees of the Subject Trust. The Subject Trust was also named in the complaint as a nominal defendant.

The complaint raised derivative claims on behalf of the Subject Trust and putative class claims against the then independent trustees 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 alleged that the independent trustees had breached their fiduciary duty to the Subject Trust and its shareholders by failing to negotiate lower fees or to seek competing bids from other qualified investment advisers in connection with Citigroup’s sale to Legg Mason. In the claims brought on behalf of a putative class of shareholders, the plaintiff alleged that the echo voting provisions applicable to the proxy solicitation process violated the 1940 Act and constituted a breach of fiduciary duty. The relief sought included rescission of the advisory agreement and an award of costs and attorney fees.

In advance of filing the complaint, Plaintiff’s lawyers had 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 those matters raised in the demand, and the expanded set of matters subsequently raised in the complaint. The demand review committee recommended that the action demanded by Plaintiff would not be in the best interests of the Subject Trust. The independent trustees of the Subject Trust considered the committee’s report, adopted the recommendation of the committee, and directed counsel to move to dismiss the complaint.

The Federal district court dismissed the complaint in its entirety in July 2007. In May 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the district court’s dismissal as to the class claims, and remanded the remaining claim relating to the demand review committee that had examined the derivative claim to the district court with instructions to convert the motion to dismiss into a motion for summary judgment. In July 2012, the district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants. In August 2012, Plaintiff filed an appeal, and the matter is now before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

10. Recent accounting pronouncement

The Fund has adopted the disclosure provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Update 2011-11 (“ASU 2011-11”), Balance Sheet (Topic 210) — Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities along with the related scope clarification provisions of FASB Accounting Standards Update 2013-01 (“ASU 2013-01”) entitled Balance Sheet (Topic 210) — Clarifying the Scope of Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities. ASU 2011-11 is intended to enhance disclosures on the offsetting of financial assets and liabilities by requiring entities to disclose both gross and net information about financial instruments and transactions that are either offset in the statement of assets and liabilities or subject to a master netting agreement or similar arrangement. ASU 2013-01 limits the scope of ASU 2011-11’s disclosure requirements on offsetting to financial assets and financial liabilities related to derivatives, repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements, and securities lending and securities borrowing transactions.

 

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Western Asset

Global High Yield Bond Fund

 

Trustees

Elliott J. Berv

A. Benton Cocanougher

Jane F. Dasher

Mark T. Finn

Kenneth D. Fuller*

President

Stephen R. Gross

Richard E. Hanson, Jr.

Diana R. Harrington* Chair

Susan M. Heilbron

Susan B. Kerley

Alan G. Merten

R. Richardson Pettit

Investment manager

Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC

Subadvisers

Western Asset Management Company

Western Asset Management Company Limited

Western Asset Management Company Pte. Ltd.

Distributor

Legg Mason Investor Services, LLC

Custodian

State Street Bank and Trust Company

Co-transfer agents

Boston Financial Data Services, Inc.

2000 Crown Colony Drive

Quincy, MA 02169

BNY Mellon Asset Servicing

4400 Computer Drive

Westborough, MA 01581

Independent registered public accounting firm

KPMG LLP

345 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10154

 

* Effective June 1, 2013, Dr. Harrington became Chair and Mr. Fuller became a Trustee, President and Chief Executive Officer.

 

Western Asset Global High Yield Bond Fund

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

Western Asset Global High Yield Bond Fund

Legg Mason Funds

620 Eighth Avenue, 49th Floor

New York, NY 10018

 

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, shareholders can call the Fund at 1-877-721-1926.

Information on how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 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 relating to portfolio transactions are available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund at 1-877-721-1926, (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 Western Asset Global High Yield Bond Fund. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the Fund unless preceded or accompanied by the 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.

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Ÿ  

Personal information included on applications or other forms;

 

Ÿ  

Account balances, transactions, and mutual fund holdings and positions;

 

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Employees, agents, and affiliates on a “need to know” basis to enable the Funds to conduct ordinary business or comply with obligations to government regulators;

 

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Service providers, including the Funds’ affiliates, who assist the Funds as part of the ordinary course of business (such as printing, mailing services, or processing or servicing your account with us) or otherwise perform services on the Funds’ behalf, including companies that may perform marketing services solely for the Funds;

 

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The Funds’ representatives such as legal counsel, accountants and auditors; and

 

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Fiduciaries or representatives acting on your behalf, such as an IRA custodian or trustee of a grantor trust.

 

NOT PART OF THE SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT


Legg Mason Funds Privacy and Security Notice (cont’d)

 

Except as otherwise permitted by applicable law, companies acting on the Funds’ behalf are contractually obligated to keep nonpublic personal information the Funds provide to them confidential and to use the information the Funds share only to provide the services the Funds ask them to perform.

The Funds may disclose nonpublic personal information about you when necessary to enforce their rights or protect against fraud, or as permitted or required by applicable law, such as in connection with a law enforcement or regulatory request, subpoena, or similar legal process. In the event of a corporate action or in the event a Fund service provider changes, the Funds may be required to disclose your nonpublic personal information to third parties. While it is the Funds’ practice to obtain protections for disclosed information in these types of transactions, the Funds cannot guarantee their privacy policy will remain unchanged.

Keeping You Informed of the Funds’ Privacy and Security Practices

The Funds will notify you annually of their privacy policy as required by federal law. While the Funds reserve the right to modify this policy at any time they will notify you promptly if this privacy policy changes.

The Funds’ Security Practices

The Funds maintain appropriate physical, electronic and procedural safeguards designed to guard your nonpublic personal information. The Funds’ internal data security policies restrict access to your nonpublic personal information to authorized employees, who may use your nonpublic personal information for Fund business purposes only.

Although the Funds strive to protect your nonpublic personal information, they cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you provide or transmit to them, and you do so at your own risk. In the event of a breach of the confidentiality or security of your nonpublic personal information, the Funds will attempt to notify you as necessary so you can take appropriate protective steps. If you have consented to the Funds using electronic communications or electronic delivery of statements, they may notify you under such circumstances using the most current email address you have on record with them.

In order for the Funds to provide effective service to you, keeping your account information accurate is very important. If you believe that your account information is incomplete, not accurate or not current, or if you have questions about the Funds’ privacy practices, write the Funds using the contact information on your account statements, email the Funds by clicking on the Contact Us section of the Funds’ website at www.leggmason.com, or contact the Fund at 1-877-721-1926.

Revised April 2011

 

NOT PART OF THE SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT


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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 second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this 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/    KENNETH D. FULLER        
  Kenneth D. Fuller
 

Chief Executive Officer

Legg Mason Partners Income Trust

Date:

  August 23, 2013

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/    KENNETH D. FULLER        
  Kenneth D. Fuller
 

Chief Executive Officer

Legg Mason Partners Income Trust

Date:

  August 23, 2013
By:   /S/    RICHARD F. SENNETT        
  Richard F. Sennett
 

Principal Financial Officer

Legg Mason Partners Income Trust

Date:

  August 23, 2013