N-CSRS 1 d288839dncsrs.htm WESTERN ASSET INCOME FUND Western Asset Income Fund
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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, 47th Floor, New York, NY 10018

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

 

Marc A. De Oliveira

Franklin Templeton

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: July 31

Date of reporting period: January 31, 2022

 

 

 


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REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS.

The Semi-Annual Report to Stockholders is filed herewith.


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LOGO

 

Semi-Annual Report   January 31, 2022

WESTERN ASSET

INCOME FUND

 

 

 

LOGO

 

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


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What’s inside      
Letter from the president     II  
Performance review     III  
Fund at a glance     1  
Fund expenses     2  
Schedule of investments     4  
Statement of assets and liabilities     75  
Statement of operations     77  
Statements of changes in net assets     78  
Financial highlights     79  
Notes to financial statements     84  
Statement regarding liquidity risk management program     110  

Fund objective

The Fund seeks high current income.

 

 

 

Letter from the president

 

LOGO

 

Dear Shareholder,

We are pleased to provide the semi-annual report of Western Asset Income Fund for the six-month reporting period ended January 31, 2022. Please read on for Fund performance information during the Fund’s reporting period.

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.franklintempleton.com. Here you can gain immediate access to market and investment information, including:

 

 

Fund prices and performance,

 

 

Market insights and commentaries from our portfolio managers, and

 

 

A host of educational resources.

We look forward to helping you meet your financial goals.

Sincerely,

 

LOGO

Jane Trust, CFA

President and Chief Executive Officer

February 28, 2022

 

 

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Performance review

 

For the six months ended January 31, 2022, Class A shares of Western Asset Income Fund, excluding sales charges, returned -0.75%. The Fund’s unmanaged benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Universal Indexi, returned -3.12% for the same period. The Lipper Multi-Sector Income Funds Category Averageii returned -1.72% over the same time frame.

 

Performance Snapshot as of January 31, 2022 (unaudited)       
(excluding sales charges)    6 months  
Western Asset Income Fund:   

Class A

     -0.75

Class C

     -1.28

Class C11

     -0.99

Class I

     -0.59

Class IS

     -0.71
Bloomberg U.S. Universal Index      -3.12
Lipper Multi-Sector Income Funds Category Average      -1.72

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.franklintempleton.com.

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 January 31, 2022 for Class A, Class C, Class C1, Class I and Class IS shares were 3.58%, 2.97%, 3.29%, 4.00% and 4.12%, respectively. The 30-Day SEC Yield, calculated pursuant to the standard SEC formula, is based on the Fund’s investments over an annualized trailing 30-day period, and not on the distributions paid by the Fund, which may differ.

 

Total Annual Operating Expenses (unaudited)    

As of the Fund’s current prospectus dated November 29, 2021, the gross total annual fund operating expense ratios for Class A, Class C, Class C1, Class I and Class IS shares were 0.95%, 1.66%, 1.40%, 0.63% and 0.56%, 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.

 

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Class C1 shares are not available for purchase by new or existing investors (except for certain retirement plan programs authorized by the Fund’s distributor). Class C1 shares continue to be available for dividend reinvestment and incoming exchanges.

 

Western Asset Income Fund  

 

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Performance review (cont’d)

 

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

Sincerely,

 

LOGO

Jane Trust, CFA

President and Chief Executive Officer

February 28, 2022

RISKS: Investments in bonds are subject to interest rate and credit risks. As interest rates rise, bond prices fall, reducing the value of the Fund’s share price. The Fund is subject to certain risks of overseas investing, including currency fluctuations and social, economic and political uncertainties, which could increase volatility. These risks are magnified in emerging markets. Emerging market countries tend to have economic, political and legal systems that are less developed and are less stable than those of more developed countries. In addition, the Fund invests in high-yield securities, that is securities rated below the Baa/BBB categories, or, if unrated, those determined to be of comparable credit quality. Below investment grade securities are commonly referred to as “junk bonds”. These issues are lower rated and inherently more risky than higher rated fixed income securities. 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.

 

i 

The Bloomberg U.S. Universal Index represents the union of the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index, the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield Index, the Investment Grade 144A Index, the Eurodollar Index, the Emerging Markets Index, and the non-ERISA portion of the CMBS Index. Municipal debt, private placements, and non-dollar-denominated issues are excluded from the Universal Index. The only constituent of the index that includes floating-rate debt is the Emerging Markets Index. The Bloomberg 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.

 

ii 

Lipper, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Refinitiv, provides independent insight on global collective investments. Returns are based on the six-month period ended January 31, 2022, including the reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, calculated among the 370 funds in the Fund’s Lipper category, and excluding sales charges, if any.

 

 

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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 January 31, 2022 and July 31, 2021 and does not include derivatives, such as written options, futures contracts, forward foreign currency contracts and swap 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; service and/or distribution (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 August 1, 2021 and held for the six months ended January 31, 2022.

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     -0.75   $ 1,000.00     $ 992.50       0.91   $ 4.57       Class A     5.00   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,020.62       0.91   $ 4.63  
Class C     -1.28       1,000.00       987.20       1.65       8.26       Class C     5.00       1,000.00       1,016.89       1.65       8.39  
Class C1     -0.99       1,000.00       990.10       1.40       7.02       Class C1     5.00       1,000.00       1,018.15       1.40       7.12  
Class I     -0.59       1,000.00       994.10       0.63       3.17       Class I     5.00       1,000.00       1,022.03       0.63       3.21  
Class IS     -0.71       1,000.00       992.90       0.53       2.66       Class IS     5.00       1,000.00       1,022.53       0.53       2.70  

 

 

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For the six months ended January 31, 2022.

 

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 C shares and Class C1 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 to each class’ respective annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (184), then divided by 365.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited)

January 31, 2022

 

Western Asset Income Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  
Corporate Bonds & Notes — 36.1%                                
Communication Services — 3.5%                                

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.6%

 

                       

Altice France Holding SA, Senior Secured Notes

    10.500     5/15/27       1,370,000     $ 1,455,769  (a) 

Altice France SA, Senior Secured Notes

    5.125     7/15/29       1,330,000       1,236,760  (a) 

Altice France SA, Senior Secured Notes

    5.500     10/15/29       640,000       607,463  (a) 

Turk Telekomunikasyon AS, Senior Notes

    6.875     2/28/25       2,820,000       2,890,827  (a) 

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    3.400     3/22/41       100,000       99,176  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    3.550     3/22/51       770,000       775,549  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    3.700     3/22/61       1,110,000       1,115,560  

Total Diversified Telecommunication Services

 

            8,181,104  

Entertainment — 0.2%

                               

Allen Media LLC/Allen Media Co-Issuer Inc., Senior Notes

    10.500     2/15/28       3,120,000       3,124,805  (a) 

AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc., Secured Notes (5.000% Cash and 6.000% PIK or 10.000% Cash or 12.000% PIK)

    10.000     6/15/26       430,000       401,762  (a)(b) 

Total Entertainment

                            3,526,567  

Interactive Media & Services — 0.2%

                               

Photo Holdings Merger Sub Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    8.500     10/1/26       2,484,000       2,512,268  (a) 

Rackspace Technology Global Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    3.500     2/15/28       1,000,000       935,355  (a) 

Total Interactive Media & Services

 

            3,447,623  

Media — 1.5%

                               

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

    4.500     5/1/32       3,330,000       3,214,515  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Media — continued

                               

Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp., Senior Secured Notes

    5.125     7/1/49       900,000     $ 960,080  

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

    7.500     6/1/29       3,000,000       3,113,790  (a) 

Directv Financing LLC/Directv Financing Co-Obligor Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    5.875     8/15/27       3,370,000       3,390,557  (a) 

DISH DBS Corp., Senior Notes

    5.125     6/1/29       3,660,000       3,198,529  

DISH DBS Corp., Senior Secured Notes

    5.750     12/1/28       1,950,000       1,869,650  (a) 

Liberty Interactive LLC, Senior

                               

Notes

    8.500     7/15/29       2,090,000       2,173,600  

Liberty Interactive LLC, Senior Notes

    8.250     2/1/30       520,000       540,800  

Time Warner Cable LLC, Senior Secured Notes

    6.550     5/1/37       30,000       37,238  

Time Warner Cable LLC, Senior Secured Notes

    6.750     6/15/39       1,320,000       1,687,828  

Univision Communications Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    9.500     5/1/25       1,250,000       1,329,244  (a) 

Total Media

                            21,515,831  

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 1.0%

                               

CSC Holdings LLC, Senior Notes

    4.500     11/15/31       1,840,000       1,717,400  (a) 

Millicom International Cellular SA, Senior Notes

    6.250     3/25/29       1,944,000       2,043,144  (a) 

Millicom International Cellular SA, Senior Notes

    4.500     4/27/31       1,152,000       1,130,887  (a) 

Switch Ltd., Senior Notes

    4.125     6/15/29       1,000,000       975,475  (a) 

T-Mobile USA Inc., Senior Notes

    3.500     4/15/31       3,430,000       3,352,139  

Vmed O2 UK Financing I PLC, Senior Secured Notes

    4.750     7/15/31       2,000,000       1,914,220  (a) 

VTR Comunicaciones SpA, Senior Secured Notes

    5.125     1/15/28       2,584,000       2,544,762  (a) 

Total Wireless Telecommunication Services

 

            13,678,027  

Total Communication Services

                            50,349,152  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

January 31, 2022

 

Western Asset Income Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  
Consumer Discretionary — 6.6%                                

Automobiles — 1.3%

                               

Ford Motor Co., Senior Notes

    3.250     2/12/32       3,860,000     $ 3,679,236  

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, Senior Notes

    2.900     2/16/28       2,000,000       1,907,400  

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, Senior Notes

    5.113     5/3/29       2,540,000       2,722,258  

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, Senior Notes

    4.000     11/13/30       1,460,000       1,470,213  

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, Senior Notes

    3.625     6/17/31       410,000       404,572  

Mclaren Finance PLC, Senior Secured Notes

    7.500     8/1/26       2,210,000       2,265,747  (a) 

PM General Purchaser LLC, Senior Secured Notes

    9.500     10/1/28       5,530,000       5,489,990  (a) 

Total Automobiles

                            17,939,416  

Distributors — 0.2%

                               

American News Co. LLC,

                               

Secured Notes (8.500% Cash or 10.000% PIK)

    8.500     9/1/26       2,688,094       3,061,390  (a)(b) 

Diversified Consumer Services — 0.6%

                               

Adtalem Global Education Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    5.500     3/1/28       1,300,000       1,281,131  (a) 

Carriage Services Inc., Senior Notes

    4.250     5/15/29       1,700,000       1,659,897  (a) 

Co-operative Group Holdings 2011 Ltd., Senior Notes, Step bond (7.500% to 7/8/26 then 0.000%)

    7.500     7/8/26       1,650,000  GBP      2,512,339  (c) 

StoneMor Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    8.500     5/15/29       3,430,000       3,513,606  (a) 

Total Diversified Consumer Services

 

            8,966,973  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.7%

                               

Boyne USA Inc., Senior Notes

    4.750     5/15/29       1,980,000       1,991,682  (a) 

Carnival Corp., Secured Notes

    9.875     8/1/27       4,370,000       4,908,078  (a) 

Carnival PLC, Senior Secured Notes

    7.875     6/1/27       4,920,000       5,701,739  

Carrols Restaurant Group Inc., Senior Notes

    5.875     7/1/29       1,120,000       964,572  (a) 

Fertitta Entertainment LLC/ Fertitta Entertainment Finance Co. Inc., Senior Notes

    6.750     1/15/30       620,000       603,443  (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — continued

                               

Fertitta Entertainment LLC/ Fertitta Entertainment Finance Co. Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    4.625     1/15/29       530,000     $ 517,375  (a) 

Las Vegas Sands Corp., Senior Notes

    3.200     8/8/24       40,000       40,507  

Las Vegas Sands Corp., Senior Notes

    3.500     8/18/26       1,030,000       1,037,017  

Melco Resorts Finance Ltd., Senior Notes

    5.375     12/4/29       1,170,000       1,121,814  (a) 

NCL Corp. Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

    12.250     5/15/24       2,056,000       2,396,946  (a) 

NCL Corp. Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

    10.250     2/1/26       990,000       1,122,383  (a) 

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., Senior Notes

    9.125     6/15/23       1,380,000       1,455,865  (a) 

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

    11.500     6/1/25       1,414,000       1,566,962  (a) 

Saga PLC, Senior Notes

    5.500     7/15/26       1,200,000  GBP      1,567,618  (c) 

Sands China Ltd., Senior Notes

    5.125     8/8/25       600,000       617,436  

Sands China Ltd., Senior Notes

    2.300     3/8/27       650,000       592,010  (a) 

Sands China Ltd., Senior Notes

    5.400     8/8/28       800,000       826,448  

Sands China Ltd., Senior Notes

    2.850     3/8/29       430,000       388,363  (a) 

Sands China Ltd., Senior Notes

    3.250     8/8/31       210,000       188,155  (a) 

Scientific Games International Inc., Senior Notes

    8.625     7/1/25       640,000       679,158  (a) 

Viking Cruises Ltd., Senior Notes

    7.000     2/15/29       550,000       527,321  (a) 

VOC Escrow Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

    5.000     2/15/28       320,000       311,274  (a) 

Wendy’s International LLC, Senior Notes

    7.000     12/15/25       1,325,000       1,495,077  

Wheel Bidco Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

    6.750     7/15/26       2,490,000  GBP      3,302,755  (a) 

Wynn Macau Ltd., Senior Notes

    4.875     10/1/24       660,000       627,726  (a) 

Wynn Macau Ltd., Senior Notes

    5.500     1/15/26       430,000       404,204  (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

January 31, 2022

 

Western Asset Income Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — continued

                               

Wynn Macau Ltd., Senior Notes

    5.625     8/26/28       1,590,000     $ 1,457,116  (a) 

Wynn Resorts Finance LLC/ Wynn Resorts Capital Corp., Senior Notes

    7.750     4/15/25       1,670,000       1,740,916  (a) 

Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

 

            38,153,960  

Household Durables — 0.0%††

                               

MDC Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

    6.000     1/15/43       620,000       726,469  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.5%

                               

MercadoLibre Inc., Senior Notes

    3.125     1/14/31       3,560,000       3,211,957  

Prosus NV, Senior Notes

    3.061     7/13/31       3,510,000       3,229,606  (a) 

Total Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

 

            6,441,563  

Specialty Retail — 1.3%

                               

Bath & Body Works Inc., Senior Notes

    5.250     2/1/28       1,600,000       1,683,320  

Bath & Body Works Inc., Senior Notes

    6.625     10/1/30       2,543,000       2,734,602  (a) 

Bed Bath & Beyond Inc., Senior Notes

    5.165     8/1/44       3,933,000       2,962,611  

Gannett Holdings LLC, Senior Secured Notes

    6.000     11/1/26       1,970,000       1,997,284  (a) 

Guitar Center Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    8.500     1/15/26       1,430,000       1,514,227  (a) 

Michaels Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    7.875     5/1/29       2,310,000       2,117,554  (a) 

NMG Holding Co. Inc./Neiman Marcus Group LLC, Senior Secured Notes

    7.125     4/1/26       850,000       877,026  (a) 

PetSmart Inc./PetSmart Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    7.750     2/15/29       500,000       537,303  (a) 

PetSmart Inc./PetSmart Finance Corp., Senior Secured Notes

    4.750     2/15/28       1,700,000       1,698,470  (a) 

Rent-A-Center Inc., Senior Notes

    6.375     2/15/29       1,230,000       1,265,824  (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Income Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Specialty Retail — continued

                               

Tendam Brands SAU, Senior Secured Notes

    5.000     9/15/24       150,000  EUR    $ 168,187  (a) 

Tendam Brands SAU, Senior Secured Notes (3 mo. EURIBOR + 5.250%, 5.250% floor)

    5.250     9/15/24       1,060,000  EUR      1,189,380  (a)(d) 

Total Specialty Retail

                            18,745,788  

Total Consumer Discretionary

                            94,035,559  
Consumer Staples — 0.6%                                

Beverages — 0.1%

                               

Triton Water Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

    6.250     4/1/29       1,510,000       1,417,513  (a) 

Food & Staples Retailing — 0.0%††

                               

Prosperous Ray Ltd., Senior Notes

    4.625     11/12/23       690,000       720,203  (c) 

Food Products — 0.4%

                               

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes

    4.375     6/1/46       1,900,000       2,011,926  

Simmons Foods Inc./Simmons Prepared Foods Inc./Simmons Pet Food Inc./Simmons Feed Ingredients Inc., Secured Notes

    4.625     3/1/29       3,350,000       3,218,027  (a) 

Total Food Products

                            5,229,953  

Tobacco — 0.1%

                               

Vector Group Ltd., Senior Notes

    10.500     11/1/26       1,240,000       1,273,021  (a) 

Total Consumer Staples

                            8,640,690  
Energy — 7.8%                                

Energy Equipment & Services — 0.1%

                               

Sunnova Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    5.875     9/1/26       1,670,000       1,613,370  (a) 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 7.7%

                               

Berry Petroleum Co. LLC, Senior Notes

    7.000     2/15/26       5,000,000       5,020,200  (a) 

Blue Racer Midstream LLC/ Blue Racer Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    7.625     12/15/25       2,600,000       2,721,862  (a) 

Cenovus Energy Inc., Senior Notes

    5.375     7/15/25       282,000       308,592  

Colgate Energy Partners III LLC, Senior Notes

    5.875     7/1/29       4,200,000       4,275,054  (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

January 31, 2022

 

Western Asset Income Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — continued

                               

Continental Resources Inc., Senior Notes

    5.750     1/15/31       1,600,000     $ 1,826,472  (a) 

DCP Midstream LP, Junior Subordinated Notes (7.375%to 12/15/22 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.148%)

    7.375     12/15/22       3,000,000       2,881,590  (d)(e) 

DCP Midstream Operating LP, Senior Notes

    6.750     9/15/37       1,020,000       1,317,274  (a) 

Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    5.000     6/15/45       1,000,000       1,157,506  

Endeavor Energy Resources LP/ EER Finance Inc., Senior Notes

    5.750     1/30/28       1,930,000       1,999,548  (a) 

Energy Transfer LP, Junior Subordinated Notes (6.250%to 2/15/23 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.028%)

    6.250     2/15/23       890,000       787,650  (d)(e) 

Energy Transfer LP, Junior Subordinated Notes (7.125%to 5/15/30 then 5 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 5.306%)

    7.125     5/15/30       890,000       907,244  (d)(e) 

Energy Transfer LP, Senior Notes

    5.500     6/1/27       510,000       571,595  

Energy Transfer LP, Senior Notes

    5.350     5/15/45       600,000       648,799  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes

    5.100     2/15/45       500,000       582,469  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes

    3.700     1/31/51       220,000       216,663  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes

    3.950     1/31/60       400,000       400,028  

EQM Midstream Partners LP, Senior Notes

    4.750     1/15/31       1,800,000       1,725,921  (a) 

EQT Corp., Senior Notes

    7.500     2/1/30       1,450,000       1,729,828  

Gazprom PJSC Via Gaz Capital SA, Senior Notes

    4.950     3/23/27       1,770,000       1,803,379  (a) 

Genesis Energy LP/Genesis Energy Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    5.625     6/15/24       1,262,000       1,250,932  

Howard Midstream Energy Partners LLC, Senior Notes

    6.750     1/15/27       1,460,000       1,499,924  (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — continued

                               

KazMunayGas National Co. JSC, Senior Notes

    4.750     4/19/27       3,270,000     $ 3,481,118  (a) 

KazTransGas JSC, Senior Notes

    4.375     9/26/27       2,520,000       2,654,689  (a) 

MEG Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    7.125     2/1/27       1,500,000       1,564,837  (a) 

MEG Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    5.875     2/1/29       310,000       315,547  (a) 

Neptune Energy Bondco PLC, Senior Notes

    6.625     5/15/25       1,740,000       1,764,151  (a) 

Northern Oil and Gas Inc., Senior Notes

    8.125     3/1/28       2,600,000       2,714,556  (a) 

Oasis Petroleum Inc., Senior Notes

    6.375     6/1/26       2,830,000       2,910,910  (a) 

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    7.200     3/15/29       640,000       732,634  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    6.625     9/1/30       3,600,000       4,231,296  

Parsley Energy LLC/Parsley Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    5.625     10/15/27       1,960,000       2,055,246  (a) 

Penn Virginia Holdings LLC, Senior Notes

    9.250     8/15/26       3,140,000       3,223,995  (a) 

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

    5.299     1/27/25       2,020,000       2,154,370  

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

    6.850     6/5/2115       4,060,000       3,869,038  

Petroleos del Peru SA, Senior Notes

    5.625     6/19/47       3,300,000       3,045,355  (a) 

Plains All American Pipeline LP, Junior Subordinated Notes (6.125% to 11/15/22 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.110%)

    6.125     11/15/22       960,000       811,200  (d)(e) 

Range Resources Corp., Senior Notes

    5.875     7/1/22       574,000       571,891  

Range Resources Corp., Senior Notes

    5.000     3/15/23       460,000       465,106  

Range Resources Corp., Senior Notes

    8.250     1/15/29       3,995,000       4,419,708  

Range Resources Corp., Senior Notes

    4.750     2/15/30       1,430,000       1,430,922  (a)(f) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

January 31, 2022

 

Western Asset Income Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security    Rate      Maturity
Date
     Face
Amount†
     Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — continued

                                   

Southwestern Energy Co., Senior Notes

     7.750      10/1/27        3,962,000      $ 4,225,136  

Southwestern Energy Co., Senior Notes

     4.750      2/1/32        1,750,000        1,750,000  

Summit Midstream Holdings LLC/Summit Midstream Finance Corp., Secured Notes

     8.500      10/15/26        1,200,000        1,231,224  (a) 

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

     6.000      12/31/30        1,140,000        1,090,210  (a) 

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

     4.875      2/1/31        3,000,000        3,139,920  

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC, Senior Notes

     4.600      3/15/48        1,260,000        1,443,161  

Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA, Senior Notes

     6.750      5/2/25        1,890,000        1,712,179  (a) 

Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LLC, Senior Secured Notes

     4.125      8/15/31        1,570,000        1,582,961  (a) 

Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LLC, Senior Secured Notes

     3.875      11/1/33        1,750,000        1,734,714  (a) 

Viper Energy Partners LP, Senior Notes

     5.375      11/1/27        3,000,000        3,101,385 (a) 

Western Midstream Operating LP, Senior Notes

     5.450      4/1/44        3,830,000        4,237,742  

Western Midstream Operating LP, Senior Notes

     5.300      3/1/48        3,800,000        4,204,548  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

     8.750      3/15/32        540,000        777,036  

YPF SA, Senior Notes

     8.500      7/28/25        2,860,000        2,187,900  (a) 

YPF SA, Senior Notes

     6.950      7/21/27        1,510,000        992,599  (a) 

YPF SA, Senior Secured Notes, Step bond (4.000% to 2/12/23 then 9.000%)

     4.000      2/12/26        1,097,430        916,135  (a) 

Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

                                110,375,949  

Total Energy

                                111,989,319  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  
Financials — 4.8%                                

Banks — 2.2%

                               

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA, Junior Subordinated Notes (5.875%to 9/24/23 then EUR 5 year Swap Rate + 5.660%)

    5.875     9/24/23       1,600,000  EUR     $ 1,881,132  (c)(d)(e) 

Banco Mercantil del Norte SA, Junior Subordinated Notes (6.875% to 7/6/22 then 5 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 5.035%)

    6.875     7/6/22       200,000       201,776  (a)(d)(e) 

Banco Mercantil del Norte SA, Junior Subordinated Notes (7.500% to 6/27/29 then 10 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 5.470%)

    7.500     6/27/29       2,820,000       2,873,228  (a)(d)(e) 

Banco Mercantil del Norte SA, Junior Subordinated Notes (7.625% to 1/10/28 then 10 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 5.353%)

    7.625     1/10/28       200,000       204,571  (a)(d)(e) 

Barclays PLC, Junior Subordinated Notes (7.750%to 9/15/23 then USD 5 year ICE Swap Rate + 4.842%)

    7.750     9/15/23       1,270,000       1,352,550  (d)(e) 

Barclays PLC, Junior Subordinated Notes (8.000%to 6/15/24 then 5 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 5.672%)

    8.000     6/15/24       990,000       1,081,298  (d)(e) 

Barclays PLC, Subordinated Notes (2.000% to 2/7/23 then EUR 5 year Swap Rate + 1.900%)

    2.000     2/7/28       1,320,000  EUR      1,504,968  (c)(d) 

Cooperatieve Rabobank UA, Junior Subordinated Notes (4.625% to 12/29/25 then EUR 5 year Swap Rate + 4.098%)

    4.625     12/29/25       3,600,000  EUR      4,332,888  (c)(d)(e) 

Credit Agricole SA, Junior Subordinated Notes (8.125%to 12/23/25 then USD 5 year ICE Swap Rate + 6.185%)

    8.125     12/23/25       1,010,000       1,171,221  (a)(d)(e) 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

January 31, 2022

 

Western Asset Income Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Banks — continued

                               

HSBC Holdings PLC, Junior Subordinated Notes (5.250%to 9/16/22 then EUR 5 year Swap Rate + 4.383%)

    5.250     9/16/22       1,710,000  EUR    $ 1,966,510  (c)(d)(e) 

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Subordinated Notes

    5.710     1/15/26       1,050,000       1,133,151  (a) 

Lloyds Banking Group PLC, Junior Subordinated Notes (4.947% to 6/27/25 then EUR 5 year Swap Rate + 5.290%)

    4.947     6/27/25       2,410,000  EUR      2,893,656  (c)(d)(e) 

Lloyds Banking Group PLC, Junior Subordinated Notes (7.500% to 6/27/24 then USD 5 year ICE Swap Rate + 4.760%)

    7.500     6/27/24       1,040,000       1,129,950  (d)(e) 

NatWest Group PLC, Junior Subordinated Notes (4.500%to 9/30/28 then U.K Government Bonds 5 Year Note Generic Bid Yield + 3.992%)

    4.500     3/31/28       4,550,000  GBP      5,947,869  (d)(e) 

Santander UK Group Holdings PLC, Junior Subordinated Notes (7.375% to 6/24/22 then GBP 5 year Swap Rate + 5.820%)

    7.375     6/24/22       790,000  GBP      1,081,114  (c)(d)(e) 

UniCredit SpA, Subordinated Notes (5.459% to 6/30/30 then USD 5 year ICE Swap Rate + 4.750%)

    5.459     6/30/35       2,070,000       2,163,248  (a)(d) 

UniCredit SpA, Subordinated Notes (7.296% to 4/2/29 then USD 5 year ICE Swap Rate + 4.914%)

    7.296     4/2/34       790,000       908,070  (a)(d) 

Total Banks

                            31,827,200  

Capital Markets — 0.7%

                               

B3 SA - Brasil Bolsa Balcao, Senior Notes

    4.125     9/20/31       3,300,000       3,048,408  (a) 

Coinbase Global Inc., Senior Notes

    3.625     10/1/31       1,790,000       1,562,840  (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Capital Markets — continued

                               

Credit Suisse Group AG, Junior Subordinated Notes (7.250%to 9/12/25 then USD 5 year ICE Swap Rate + 4.332%)

    7.250     9/12/25       1,290,000     $ 1,378,881  (a)(d)(e) 

Credit Suisse Group AG, Junior Subordinated Notes (7.500%to 7/17/23 then USD 5 year ICE Swap Rate + 4.600%)

    7.500     7/17/23       610,000       635,858  (a)(d)(e) 

UBS Group AG, Junior Subordinated Notes (7.000%to 1/31/24 then USD 5 year ICE Swap Rate + 4.344%)

    7.000     1/31/24       2,860,000       3,024,664  (a)(d)(e) 

Total Capital Markets

                            9,650,651  

Consumer Finance — 0.5%

                               

FirstCash Inc., Senior Notes

    5.625     1/1/30       1,390,000       1,391,557  (a) 

Midcap Financial Issuer Trust, Senior Notes

    6.500     5/1/28       2,090,000       2,109,646  (a) 

Navient Corp., Senior Notes

    5.625     8/1/33       740,000       663,810  

Paysafe Finance PLC/Paysafe Holdings US Corp., Senior Secured Notes

    4.000     6/15/29       2,920,000       2,638,103  (a) 

Total Consumer Finance

                            6,803,116  

Diversified Financial Services — 0.9%

                               

AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/ AerCap Global Aviation Trust, Senior Notes

    3.300     1/23/23       150,000       152,790  

AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/ AerCap Global Aviation Trust, Senior Notes

    4.500     9/15/23       440,000       457,242  

AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/ AerCap Global Aviation Trust, Senior Notes

    3.300     1/30/32       1,070,000       1,045,609  

Global Aircraft Leasing Co. Ltd., Senior Notes (6.500% Cash or 7.250% PIK)

    6.500     9/15/24       4,129,689       3,880,875  (a)(b) 

Jane Street Group/JSG Finance Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    4.500     11/15/29       1,240,000       1,217,624  (a) 

LD Holdings Group LLC, Senior Notes

    6.125     4/1/28       1,560,000       1,390,022  (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

January 31, 2022

 

Western Asset Income Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Diversified Financial Services — continued

                               

Park Aerospace Holdings Ltd., Senior Notes

    5.250     8/15/22       38,000     $ 38,693  (a) 

Park Aerospace Holdings Ltd., Senior Notes

    4.500     3/15/23       190,000       194,798  (a) 

Stichting AK Rabobank Certificaten, Junior Subordinated Notes (19.436%to 12/29/21 then 6.500%)

    6.500     3/29/2170       1,180,000  EUR      1,717,459  (c)(e) 

TKC Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

    10.500     5/15/29       910,000       952,088  (a) 

Vanguard Group Inc.

    3.050     8/22/50       1,330,000       1,244,055  (g)(h) 

VistaJet Malta Finance PLC/XO Management Holding Inc., Senior Notes

    6.375     2/1/30       630,000       627,045  (a) 

Total Diversified Financial Services

 

            12,918,300  

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.3%

                               

AFC Gamma Inc., Senior Notes

    5.750     5/1/27       1,490,000       1,469,944  (a) 

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    4.625     6/15/29       2,090,000       1,994,069  (a) 

Total Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

 

    3,464,013  

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.2%

                               

NMI Holdings Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    7.375     6/1/25       1,700,000       1,888,785  (a) 

Rocket Mortgage LLC/Rocket Mortgage Co-Issuer Inc., Senior Notes

    4.000     10/15/33       1,300,000       1,218,718  (a) 

Total Thrifts & Mortgage Finance

                            3,107,503  

Total Financials

                            67,770,783  
Health Care — 2.5%                                

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.2%

                               

Mozart Debt Merger Sub Inc., Senior Notes

    5.250     10/1/29       530,000       516,387  (a) 

Mozart Debt Merger Sub Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    3.875     4/1/29       2,370,000       2,287,441  (a) 

Total Health Care Equipment & Supplies

 

            2,803,828  

Health Care Providers & Services — 0.8%

                               

Akumin Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    7.000     11/1/25       2,000,000       1,847,750  (a) 

Cano Health LLC, Senior Notes

    6.250     10/1/28       460,000       442,145  (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Health Care Providers & Services — continued

                               

CHS/Community Health Systems Inc., Secured Notes

    6.125     4/1/30       4,030,000     $ 3,843,008  (a) 

Option Care Health Inc., Senior Notes

    4.375     10/31/29       2,360,000       2,303,148  (a) 

Radiology Partners Inc., Senior Notes

    9.250     2/1/28       940,000       937,387  (a) 

U.S. Renal Care Inc., Senior Notes

    10.625     7/15/27       1,720,000       1,756,610  (a) 

Total Health Care Providers & Services

 

            11,130,048  

Health Care Technology — 0.3%

                               

Minerva Merger Sub Inc., Senior Notes

    6.500     2/15/30       2,800,000       2,797,550  (a)(f) 

MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC, Senior Notes

    5.750     11/1/28       130,000       117,145  (a) 

MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC, Senior Secured Notes

    5.500     9/1/28       2,010,000       1,932,856  (a) 

Total Health Care Technology

 

            4,847,551  

Pharmaceuticals — 1.2%

                               

AdaptHealth LLC, Senior Notes

    4.625     8/1/29       2,100,000       1,998,329  (a) 

AdaptHealth LLC, Senior Notes

    5.125     3/1/30       800,000       784,328  (a) 

Bausch Health Cos. Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    6.125     2/1/27       1,180,000       1,186,402  (a)(f) 

Cidron Aida Finco Sarl, Senior Secured Notes

    6.250     4/1/28       1,710,000  GBP      2,218,974  (a) 

Endo Dac/Endo Finance LLC/ Endo Finco Inc., Secured Notes

    9.500     7/31/27       1,800,000       1,782,423  (a) 

Endo Luxembourg Finance Co. I Sarl/Endo US Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    6.125     4/1/29       2,050,000       1,951,036  (a) 

Nidda BondCo GmbH, Senior Notes

    5.000     9/30/25       1,200,000  EUR      1,315,535  (c) 

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Co. LLC, Senior Notes

    6.150     2/1/36       3,530,000       3,607,448  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV, Senior Notes

    4.750     5/9/27       2,200,000       2,131,250  

Total Pharmaceuticals

                            16,975,725  

Total Health Care

                            35,757,152  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

January 31, 2022

 

Western Asset Income Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  
Industrials — 4.8%                                

Aerospace & Defense — 0.7%

                               

Avolon Holdings Funding Ltd., Senior Notes

    5.125     10/1/23       790,000     $ 823,990  (a) 

Avolon Holdings Funding Ltd., Senior Notes

    4.250     4/15/26       1,020,000       1,059,315  (a) 

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

    2.196     2/4/26       850,000       836,104  

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

    3.250     2/1/35       1,230,000       1,177,594  

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

    5.805     5/1/50       1,370,000       1,725,979  

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

    5.930     5/1/60       1,920,000       2,440,529  

TransDigm Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    8.000     12/15/25       760,000       795,063  (a) 

Triumph Group Inc., Senior Notes

    7.750     8/15/25       200,000       198,322  

Total Aerospace & Defense

                            9,056,896  

Air Freight & Logistics — 0.2%

                               

XPO CNW Inc., Senior Notes

    6.700     5/1/34       2,370,000       2,684,096  

Airlines — 1.3%

                               

Air Canada, Senior Secured Notes

    3.875     8/15/26       1,170,000       1,143,903  (a) 

American Airlines Group Inc. Pass-Through Trust

    4.950     2/15/25       1,411,980       1,398,476  

American Airlines Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    11.750     7/15/25       660,000       799,979  (a) 

American Airlines Inc./ AAdvantage Loyalty IP Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

    5.750     4/20/29       1,570,000       1,609,972  (a) 

Delta Air Lines Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    7.000     5/1/25       1,080,000       1,210,819  (a) 

Delta Air Lines Inc./SkyMiles IP Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

    4.750     10/20/28       5,200,000       5,556,590  (a) 

Hawaiian Brand Intellectual Property Ltd./HawaiianMiles Loyalty Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

    5.750     1/20/26       1,730,000       1,771,909  (a) 

Mileage Plus Holdings LLC/ Mileage Plus Intellectual Property Assets Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

    6.500     6/20/27       3,000,000       3,192,525  (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Airlines — continued

                               

Spirit Loyalty Cayman Ltd./ Spirit IP Cayman Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

    8.000     9/20/25       1,341,999     $ 1,455,673  (a) 

United Airlines Pass-Through Trust

    4.875     1/15/26       725,760       751,691  

Total Airlines

                            18,891,537  

Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.8%

                               

Allied Universal Holdco LLC/ Allied Universal Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    6.000     6/1/29       1,050,000       996,849  (a) 

Allied Universal Holdco LLC/ Allied Universal Finance Corp./ Atlas Luxco 4 Sarl, Senior Secured Notes

    4.625     6/1/28       1,370,000       1,298,233  (a) 

CoreCivic Inc., Senior Notes

    8.250     4/15/26       4,310,000       4,510,178  

Legends Hospitality Holding Co. LLC/Legends Hospitality Co-Issuer Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    5.000     2/1/26       2,000,000       1,995,310  (a) 

Madison IAQ LLC, Senior Notes

    5.875     6/30/29       2,830,000       2,619,816  (a) 

RR Donnelley & Sons Co., Senior Secured Notes

    6.125     11/1/26       441,000       474,626  (a) 

Total Commercial Services & Supplies

                            11,895,012  

Construction & Engineering — 0.0%††

                               

CalAtlantic Group Inc., Senior Notes

    5.250     6/1/26       250,000       258,111  

Containers & Packaging — 0.0%††

                               

Ardagh Metal Packaging Finance USA LLC/Ardagh Metal Packaging Finance PLC, Senior Notes

    4.000     9/1/29       500,000       477,122  (a) 

Electrical Equipment — 0.2%

                               

Vertiv Group Corp., Senior Secured Notes

    4.125     11/15/28       2,530,000       2,469,925  (a) 

Machinery — 0.5%

                               

Granite US Holdings Corp., Senior Notes

    11.000     10/1/27       2,280,000       2,448,412  (a) 

Park-Ohio Industries Inc., Senior Notes

    6.625     4/15/27       5,022,000       4,531,125  

Total Machinery

                            6,979,537  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

January 31, 2022

 

Western Asset Income Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Professional Services — 0.1%

                               

ZipRecruiter Inc., Senior Notes

    5.000     1/15/30       860,000     $ 852,071  (a) 

Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.6%

                               

Doman Building Materials Group Ltd., Senior Notes

    5.250     5/15/26       1,560,000  CAD      1,198,702  (a) 

H&E Equipment Services Inc., Senior Notes

    3.875     12/15/28       2,010,000       1,911,460  (a) 

Ritchie Bros Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

    4.750     12/15/31       1,400,000       1,411,914  (a) 

United Rentals North America Inc., Secured Notes

    3.875     11/15/27       2,700,000       2,782,215  

United Rentals North America Inc., Senior Notes

    5.250     1/15/30       1,000,000       1,051,615  

United Rentals North America Inc., Senior Notes

    4.000     7/15/30       675,000       665,806  

Total Trading Companies & Distributors

 

            9,021,712  

Transportation Infrastructure — 0.4%

                               

Carriage Purchaser Inc., Senior Notes

    7.875     10/15/29       980,000       958,048  (a) 

DP World Ltd., Senior Notes

    5.625     9/25/48       3,780,000       4,407,782  (a) 

Total Transportation Infrastructure

 

            5,365,830  

Total Industrials

                            67,951,849  
Information Technology — 1.1%                                

Communications Equipment — 0.3%

                               

CommScope Inc., Senior Notes

    8.250     3/1/27       3,320,000       3,253,600  (a) 

Viavi Solutions Inc., Senior Notes

    3.750     10/1/29       850,000       825,902  (a) 

Total Communications Equipment

                            4,079,502  

IT Services — 0.1%

                               

Clarivate Science Holdings Corp., Senior Notes

    4.875     7/1/29       1,090,000       1,040,209  (a) 

Software — 0.4%

                               

Blast Motion Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    7.000     1/15/24       850,000       850,383  (a)(g)(h) 

LogMeIn Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    5.500     9/1/27       1,040,000       1,012,773  (a) 

Rocket Software Inc., Senior Notes

    6.500     2/15/29       1,980,000       1,879,099  (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Software — continued

                               

Uniquify Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    6.000     6/15/24       750,000     $ 750,986  (a) 

ZoomInfo Technologies LLC/ ZoomInfo Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    3.875     2/1/29       1,000,000       942,730  (a) 

Total Software

                            5,435,971  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.3%

 

                       

CA Magnum Holdings, Senior Secured Notes

    5.375     10/31/26       570,000       581,942  (a) 

NCR Corp., Senior Notes

    5.125     4/15/29       2,210,000       2,208,961  (a) 

Vericast Corp., Senior Secured Notes

    11.000     9/15/26       970,000       1,010,012  (a) 

Vericast Corp./Harland Clarke/ Checks in the Mail/Valassis Comm/Valassis Direct, Secured Notes

    13.000     10/15/27       750,000       923,438  (a) 

Total Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

 

                    4,724,353  

Total Information Technology

                            15,280,035  
Materials — 2.6%                                

Chemicals — 0.8%

                               

Braskem Netherlands Finance BV, Senior Notes

    4.500     1/10/28       3,550,000       3,665,552  (a) 

LSF11 A5 Holdco LLC, Senior Notes

    6.625     10/15/29       870,000       853,818  (a) 

MEGlobal Canada ULC, Senior Notes

    5.875     5/18/30       2,750,000       3,241,502  (a) 

Sasol Financing USA LLC, Senior Notes

    4.375     9/18/26       1,690,000       1,672,441  

Sasol Financing USA LLC, Senior Notes

    5.500     3/18/31       1,690,000       1,655,127  

Total Chemicals

                            11,088,440  

Construction Materials — 0.1%

                               

SRM Escrow Issuer LLC, Senior Secured Notes

    6.000     11/1/28       2,000,000       2,057,520  (a) 

Containers & Packaging — 0.1%

                               

ARD Finance SA, Senior Secured Notes (6.500% Cash or 7.250% PIK)

    6.500     6/30/27       1,500,000       1,517,925  (a)(b) 

Pactiv LLC, Senior Notes

    8.375     4/15/27       590,000       634,527  

Total Containers & Packaging

                            2,152,452  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

January 31, 2022

 

Western Asset Income Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security  

Rate

   

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

   

Value

 

Metals & Mining — 1.2%

                               

First Quantum Minerals Ltd., Senior Notes

    6.875     3/1/26       2,300,000     $ 2,378,027  (a) 

First Quantum Minerals Ltd., Senior Notes

    6.875     10/15/27       3,210,000       3,415,312  (a) 

Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Senior Notes

    5.450     3/15/43       860,000       1,012,745  

Hudbay Minerals Inc., Senior Notes

    6.125     4/1/29       1,100,000       1,145,754  (a) 

Mountain Province Diamonds Inc., Secured Notes

    8.000     12/15/22       1,597,000       1,519,178  (a) 

Vale Overseas Ltd., Senior Notes

    6.250     8/10/26       810,000       926,843  

Vale Overseas Ltd., Senior Notes

    6.875     11/10/39       2,190,000       2,827,170  

Volcan Cia Minera SAA, Senior Notes

    4.375     2/11/26       3,400,000       3,277,974  (a) 

Total Metals & Mining

                            16,503,003  

Paper & Forest Products — 0.4%

                               

Suzano Austria GmbH, Senior Notes

    6.000     1/15/29       3,090,000       3,465,342  

Suzano Austria GmbH, Senior Notes

    3.125     1/15/32       2,400,000       2,223,324  

Total Paper & Forest Products

                            5,688,666  

Total Materials

                            37,490,081  
Real Estate — 1.3%                                

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.8%

 

                       

Diversified Healthcare Trust, Senior Notes

    9.750     6/15/25       1,670,000       1,773,933  

Diversified Healthcare Trust, Senior Notes

    4.750     2/15/28       610,000       574,278  

GEO Group Inc., Senior Notes

    5.875     10/15/24       4,000,000       3,524,920  

IIP Operating Partnership LP, Senior Notes

    5.500     5/25/26       1,280,000       1,318,533  

MPT Operating Partnership LP/ MPT Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    3.692     6/5/28       1,515,000  GBP      2,088,223  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — continued

 

                       

Service Properties Trust, Senior Notes

    7.500     9/15/25       990,000     $ 1,044,674  

Service Properties Trust, Senior Notes

    5.500     12/15/27       980,000       972,133  

Total Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

 

                    11,296,694  

Real Estate Management & Development — 0.5%

 

                       

Country Garden Holdings Co. Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

    8.000     1/27/24       1,040,000       957,840  (c) 

Five Point Operating Co. LP/Five Point Capital Corp., Senior Notes

    7.875     11/15/25       1,740,000       1,797,115  (a) 

Realogy Group LLC/Realogy Co-Issuer Corp., Senior Notes

    5.750     1/15/29       2,700,000       2,657,259  (a) 

Swire Pacific MTN Financing Ltd., Senior Notes

    4.500     10/9/23       1,230,000       1,287,337  (c) 

Total Real Estate Management & Development

 

                    6,699,551  

Total Real Estate

                            17,996,245  
Utilities — 0.5%                                

Electric Utilities — 0.5%

                               

NRG Energy Inc., Senior Notes

    3.625     2/15/31       190,000       176,571  (a) 

Talen Energy Supply LLC, Senior Secured Notes

    7.250     5/15/27       570,000       511,763  (a) 

Talen Energy Supply LLC, Senior Secured Notes

    6.625     1/15/28       1,640,000       1,446,824  (a) 

TransAlta Corp., Senior Notes

    6.500     3/15/40       4,030,000       4,370,233  

Total Electric Utilities

                            6,505,391  

Gas Utilities — 0.0%††

                               

Superior Plus LP/Superior General Partner Inc., Senior Notes

    4.500     3/15/29       700,000       702,135  (a) 

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.0%††

 

                       

AES Corp., Senior Notes

    2.450     1/15/31       540,000       509,433  

Total Utilities

                            7,716,959  

Total Corporate Bonds & Notes (Cost — $524,203,128)

 

                    514,977,824  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

January 31, 2022

 

Western Asset Income Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security  

Rate

   

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

   

Value

 
Senior Loans — 27.9%

 

                       
Communication Services — 1.7%

 

                       

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.3%

 

                       

Delta TopCo Inc., First Lien Term Loan (the greater of LIBOR or 0.750% + 3.750%)

    4.500     12/1/27       2,473,600     $ 2,476,185  (d)(i)(j) 

ORBCOMM Inc., Closing Date Term Loan

    5.000     9/1/28       1,476,300       1,481,836  (d)(i)(j) 

Total Diversified Telecommunication Services

                            3,958,021  

Entertainment — 0.4%

 

                       

Allen Media LLC, Term Loan B (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.500%)

    5.632     2/10/27       3,708,768       3,703,669  (d)(i)(j) 

AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc., Term Loan B1

          4/22/26       1,458,750       1,303,131  (k) 

Cinemark USA Inc., Additional Term Loan

    1.850-1.860     3/31/25       246,154       238,769  (d)(i)(j) 

William Morris Endeavor Entertainment LLC, New Term Loan B1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.750%)

    2.860     5/18/25       1,174,593       1,156,809  (d)(i)(j) 

Total Entertainment

                            6,402,378  

Interactive Media & Services — 0.3%

 

                       

Rackspace Technology Global Inc., Term Loan B (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 2.750%)

    3.500     2/15/28       4,595,275       4,557,686  (d)(i)(j) 

Media — 0.7%

 

                       

AppLovin Corp., Amendment No. 6 New Term Loan (the greater of 1 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.500% + 3.000%)

    3.500     10/25/28       1,885,275       1,882,532  (d)(i)(j) 

Entercom Media Corp., Term Loan B2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.500%)

    2.609     11/18/24       449,678       444,787  (d)(i)(j) 

iHeartCommunications Inc., New Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.000%)

    3.105     5/1/26       398,856       397,361  (d)(i)(j) 

Terrier Media Buyer Inc., 2021 Refinancing Term Loan B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.500%)

    3.605     12/17/26       1,264,280       1,256,814  (d)(i)(j) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Income Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security

 

Rate

   

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

   

Value

 

Media — continued

 

                       

Univision Communications Inc., 2021 Replacement Term Loan (the greater of 1 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 3.250%)

    4.000     3/15/26       1,107,544     $ 1,107,965  (d)(i)(j) 

Virgin Media Bristol LLC, Term Loan Facility N (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.500%)

    2.606     1/31/28       1,588,574       1,576,755  (d)(i)(j) 

Virgin Media Bristol LLC, Term Loan Facility Q (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.250%)

    3.356     1/31/29       2,940,000       2,939,544  (d)(i)(j) 

Ziggo Financing Partnership, Term Loan I (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.500%)

    2.606     4/28/28       120,000       118,678  (d)(i)(j) 

Total Media

                            9,724,436  

Total Communication Services

                            24,642,521  
Consumer Discretionary — 7.8%                                

Auto Components — 0.5%

 

                       

American Axle & Manufacturing Inc., Term Loan B (the greater of 1 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 2.250%)

    3.000     4/6/24       389,123       388,602  (d)(i)(j) 

Clarios Global LP, First Lien Amendment No. 1 Dollar Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.250%)

    3.355     4/30/26       4,649,375       4,634,265  (d)(i)(j) 

First Brands Group LLC, 2021 First Lien Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 1.000% + 5.000%)

    6.000     3/30/27       1,399,382       1,405,504  (d)(i)(j) 

First Brands Group LLC, 2021 Second Lien Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 1.000% + 8.500%)

    9.500     3/30/28       830,000       837,785  (d)(i)(j) 

Total Auto Components

                            7,266,156  

Diversified Consumer Services — 0.8%

 

                       

ABG Intermediate Holdings 2 LLC, First Lien Delayed Draw Term Loan B3

          12/21/28       250,788       250,553  (k) 

ABG Intermediate Holdings 2 LLC, First Lien Term Loan B1

          12/21/28       250,788       250,553  (k) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

January 31, 2022

 

Western Asset Income Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security  

Rate

   

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

   

Value

 

Diversified Consumer Services — continued

 

                       

ABG Intermediate Holdings 2 LLC, First Lien Term Loan B2

          12/21/28       1,598,467     $ 1,596,973  (k) 

Adtalem Global Education Inc., Term Loan B (the greater of 1 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 4.500%)

    5.250     8/12/28       4,560,000       4,567,843  (d)(i)(j) 

Lakeshore Learning Materials, Initial Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.500% + 3.500%)

    4.000     9/29/28       2,670,000       2,668,345  (d)(i)(j) 

Prime Security Services Borrower LLC, 2021 Refinancing Term Loan B1

    3.500     9/23/26       1,548,528       1,545,625  (d)(i)(j) 

TruGreen LP, Second Lien Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 8.500%)

    9.250     11/2/28       320,000       322,600  (d)(h)(i)(j) 

Total Diversified Consumer Services

 

            11,202,492  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 2.6%

 

                       

Alterra Mountain Co., 2028 Term Loan B (the greater of 1 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.500% + 3.500%)

    4.000     7/30/28       3,830,868       3,831,672  (d)(i)(j) 

Aristocrat Technologies Inc., Initial Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 1.000% + 3.750%)

    4.750     10/19/24       3,550,580       3,569,078  (d)(i)(j) 

Boyd Gaming Corp., Refinancing Term Loan B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.250%)

    2.354     9/15/23       1,176,360       1,177,431  (d)(i)(j) 

Caesars Resort Collection LLC, Term Loan B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.750%)

    2.855     12/23/24       4,167,447       4,150,069  (d)(i)(j) 

Caesars Resort Collection LLC, Term Loan B1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.500%)

    3.605     7/21/25       907,658       908,226  (d)(i)(j) 

Carnival Corp., 2021 Incremental Advance Term Loan B (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 3.250%)

    4.000     10/18/28       3,060,000       3,038,320  (d)(i)(j) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security  

Rate

   

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

   

Value

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — continued

 

                       

Carnival Corp., New Term Loan B (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 3.000%)

    3.750     6/30/25       2,417,577     $ 2,401,174  (d)(i)(j) 

ClubCorp. Holdings Inc., First Lien Term Loan B (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.750%)

    2.974     9/18/24       3,414,341       3,293,320  (d)(i)(j) 

Equinox Holdings Inc., Term Loan B2 (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 1.000% + 9.000%)

    10.000     3/8/24       394,000       398,925  (d)(h)(i)(j) 

Hornblower Sub LLC, Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 1.000% + 4.500% PIK)

    5.500     4/27/25       2,986,411       2,825,906  (b)(d)(i)(j) 

Pacific Bells LLC, Delayed Draw Term Loan

          11/10/28       14,948       14,990  (k) 

Pacific Bells LLC, Initial Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.500% + 4.500%)

    5.000     11/10/28       1,435,052       1,439,091  (d)(i)(j)(k) 

Playa Resorts Holding BV, Initial Term Loan (the greater of 1 mo. USD LIBOR or 1.000% + 2.750%)

    3.750     4/29/24       3,443,186       3,392,123  (d)(i)(j) 

Scientific Games International Inc., Initial Term Loan B5 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.750%)

    2.855     8/14/24       4,950,102       4,941,142  (d)(i)(j) 

Station Casinos LLC, Term Loan Facility B1 (the greater of 1 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.250% + 2.250%)

    2.500     2/8/27       1,974,511       1,961,154  (d)(i)(j) 

Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

 

            37,342,621  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.1%

 

                       

CNT Holdings I Corp., First Lien Initial Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 3.500%)

    4.250     11/8/27       1,171,150       1,172,708  (d)(i)(j) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

January 31, 2022

 

Western Asset Income Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security  

Rate

   

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

   

Value

 

Leisure Products — 0.5%

 

                       

19th Holdings Golf LLC, Initial Term Loan

          2/7/29       3,900,000     $ 3,890,250  (h)(k) 

Hayward Industries Inc., First Lien Initial Term Loan (the greater of 1 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.500% + 2.500%)

    3.000     5/30/28       2,895,450       2,890,281  (d)(i)(j) 

Total Leisure Products

                            6,780,531  

Specialty Retail — 3.1%

 

                       

Academy Ltd., Refinancing Term Loan (the greater of 1 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 3.750%)

    4.500     11/5/27       2,910,506       2,919,601  (d)(i)(j) 

CWGS Group LLC, Term Loan B (the greater of 1 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 2.500%)

    3.250     6/3/28       4,772,977       4,744,435  (d)(i)(j) 

Empire Today LLC, Closing Date Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 5.000%)

    5.750     4/3/28       3,184,000       3,122,819  (d)(i)(j) 

Great Outdoors Group LLC, Term Loan B2 (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 3.750%)

    4.500     3/6/28       4,104,349       4,112,476  (d)(i)(j) 

Leslie’s Poolmart Inc., Initial Term Loan (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.500%)

    3.019     3/9/28       5,305,149       5,305,998  (d)(i)(j) 

Lids Holdings Inc., Term Loan B (the greater of 1 mo. USD LIBOR or 1.000% + 5.500%)

    6.500     12/18/26       4,410,000       4,343,850  (d)(h)(i)(j) 

LS Group OpCo Acquisition LLC, Initial Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 3.250%)

    4.000     11/2/27       554,400       554,225  (d)(i)(j) 

Mavis Tire Express Services Topco Corp., First Lien Initial Term Loan (the greater of 1 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 4.000%)

    4.750     5/4/28       4,358,100       4,378,387  (d)(i)(j) 

PECF USS Intermediate Holding III Corp., Initial Term Loan (the greater of 1 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.500% + 4.250%)

    4.750     11/4/28       2,350,000       2,355,464  (d)(i)(j) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Specialty Retail — continued

 

                       

PetSmart LLC, Initial Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 3.750%)

    4.500     2/11/28       4,975,000     $ 4,974,229  (d)(i)(j) 

RVR Dealership Holdings LLC, 2022 Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. SOFR or 0.750% + 3.750%)

    4.500     2/8/28       1,488,750       1,485,966  (d)(i)(j) 

Whatabrands LLC, Initial Term Loan B (the greater of 1 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.500% + 3.250%)

    3.750     8/3/28       6,460,000       6,453,282  (d)(i)(j) 

Total Specialty Retail

                            44,750,732  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.2%

 

                       

Fanatics Commerce Intermediate Holdco LLC, Initial Term Loan (the greater of 1 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.500% + 3.250%)

    3.750     11/24/28       2,910,000       2,913,026  (d)(i)(j) 

Total Consumer Discretionary

                            111,428,266  
Consumer Staples — 1.0%                                

Beverages — 0.3%

 

                       

City Brewing Co. LLC, First Lien Closing Date Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 3.500%)

    4.250     4/5/28       1,516,200       1,453,657  (d)(i)(j) 

Naked Juice LLC, Delayed Draw Term Loan

          1/19/29       11,074       11,074  (k) 

Naked Juice LLC, Term Loan

          1/24/29       202,287       202,287  (k) 

Triton Water Holdings Inc., First Lien Initial Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.500% + 3.500%)

    4.000     3/31/28       3,512,351       3,490,803  (d)(i)(j) 

Total Beverages

                            5,157,821  

Food & Staples Retailing — 0.4%

 

                       

Froneri International PLC, Term Loan Facility B1 (the greater of 6 mo. EURIBOR or 0.000% + 2.375%)

    2.375     1/29/27       470,000  EUR      517,464  (d)(i)(j) 

Froneri U.S. Inc., Term Loan Facility B2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.250%)

    2.355     1/29/27       1,211,550       1,197,575  (d)(i)(j) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

January 31, 2022

 

Western Asset Income Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security  

Rate

   

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

   

Value

 

Food & Staples Retailing — continued

 

                       

US Foods Inc., 2019 Incremental Term Loan B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.000%)

    2.105     9/13/26       1,122,222     $ 1,112,784  (d)(i)(j) 

US Foods Inc., 2021 Incremental Term Loan B

          11/17/28       2,750,000       2,748,075  (k) 

Total Food & Staples Retailing

                            5,575,898  

Food Products — 0.1%

 

                       

8th Avenue Food & Provisions Inc., Second Lien Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.750%)

    7.855     10/1/26       260,000       246,350  (d)(h)(i)(j) 

Sovos Brands Intermediate, Inc., First Lien Initial Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 3.750%)

    4.500     6/8/28       870,414       871,049  (d)(i)(j) 

Total Food Products

                            1,117,399  

Household Products — 0.2%

 

                       

Knight Health Holdings LLC, Term Loan B

          12/18/28       2,610,000       2,427,300  (h)(k) 

Total Consumer Staples

                            14,278,418  
Energy — 0.2%                                

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.2%

 

                       

Pilot Travel Centers LLC, Initial Term Loan B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.000%)

    2.105     8/4/28       2,890,825       2,879,088  (d)(i)(j) 
Financials — 4.0%                                

Capital Markets — 1.1%

 

                       

Ascensus Holidngs Inc., Term Loan B

          8/2/28       2,920,000       2,916,350  (k) 

Cardinal Parent Inc., First Lien Initial Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 4.500%)

    5.250     11/12/27       987,041       987,565  (d)(i)(j) 

Focus Financial Partners LLC, First Lien Delayed Draw Term Loan, First Lien (the greater of 1 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.500% + 2.500%)

    3.000     6/30/28       409,596       408,635  (d)(i)(j) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Capital Markets — continued

                               

Focus Financial Partners LLC, First Lien Term Loan B4, Tranche B-4, First Lien (the greater of 1 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.500% + 2.500%)

    3.000     6/30/28       1,770,478     $ 1,766,326  (d)(i)(j) 

Focus Financial Partners LLC, Term Loan B3 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.000%)

    2.105     7/3/24       2,968,827       2,955,333  (d)(i)(j) 

Jump Financial LLC, Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.500% + 3.500%)

    4.000     8/7/28       6,703,200       6,661,305  (d)(h)(i)(j) 

Total Capital Markets

                            15,695,514  

Diversified Financial Services — 1.9%

                               

Citadel Securities LP, 2021 Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.500%)

    2.604     2/2/28       1,554,300       1,541,951  (d)(i)(j) 

Deerfield Dakota Holding LLC, 2021 Replacement Term Loan (the greater of 1 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 6.750%)

    7.500     4/7/28       1,180,000       1,205,812  (d)(i)(j) 

Deerfield Dakota Holding LLC, First Lien Initial Dollar Term Loan (the greater of 1 mo. USD LIBOR or 1.000% + 3.750%)

    4.750     4/9/27       374,300       375,908  (d)(i)(j) 

Greystone Select Holdings LLC, Initial Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 5.000%)

    5.750     6/16/28       2,318,400       2,324,196  (d)(i)(j) 

Hudson River Trading LLC, Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.000%)

    3.171     3/20/28       4,638,800       4,587,773  (d)(i)(j) 

Jane Street Group LLC, Dollar Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.750%)

    2.855     1/26/28       5,028,557       4,975,129  (d)(i)(j) 

Resolute Investment Managers Inc., First Lien Term Loan C (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 1.000% + 4.250%)

    5.250     4/30/24       1,258,847       1,259,244  (d)(i)(j) 

TKC Holdings Inc., Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 1.000% + 5.500%)

    6.500     5/15/28       4,153,088       4,163,471  (d)(i)(j) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

January 31, 2022

 

Western Asset Income Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Diversified Financial Services — continued

                               

UFC Holdings LLC, Term Loan B3 (the greater of 6 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 2.750%)

    3.500     4/29/26       4,052,398     $ 4,025,652  (d)(i)(j) 

VFH Parent LLC

          1/7/29       1,700,000       1,700,000  (k) 

Total Diversified Financial Services

 

            26,159,136  

Insurance — 0.7%

                               

Acrisure LLC, 2020 Term Loan B (2 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.500%)

    3.724     2/15/27       520,725       515,192  (d)(i)(j) 

Acrisure LLC, 2021-2 Additional Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.500% + 4.250%)

    4.750     2/15/27       1,660,000       1,663,112  (d)(i)(j) 

AmeriLife Holdings LLC, First Lien Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.000%)

    4.104     3/18/27       236,439       236,321  (d)(i)(j) 

Asurion LLC, New Term Loan B4 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.250%)

    5.355     1/20/29       3,890,000       3,899,744  (d)(i)(j) 

Asurion LLC, New Term Loan B8 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.250%)

    3.355     12/23/26       656,368       652,430  (d)(i)(j) 

Asurion LLC, New Term Loan B9 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.250%)

    3.355     7/31/27       1,588,000       1,579,465  (d)(i)(j) 

Ryan Specialty Group, LLC, Term Loan B1 (the greater of 1 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 3.000%)

    3.750     9/1/27       426,759       426,846  (d)(i)(j) 

Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc., 2020 Term Loan (the greater of 1 mo. USD LIBOR or 1.000% + 4.250%)

    5.250     9/3/26       263,250       264,019  (d)(i)(j) 

Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc., Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.250%)

    3.355     12/31/25       1,163,023       1,156,888  (d)(i)(j) 

Total Insurance

                            10,394,017  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.3%

                               

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc., Initial Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.750%)

    2.855     5/15/26       3,385,279     $ 3,338,732  (d)(h)(i)(j) 

Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc., Term Loan B1 (the greater of 1 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.500% + 3.500%)

    4.000     3/11/28       1,111,600       1,104,653  (d)(h)(i)(j) 

Total Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

 

    4,443,385  

Total Financials

                            56,692,052  
Health Care — 4.5%                                

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.3%

                               

Maravai Intermediate Holdings LLC, Term Loan B (3 mo. SOFR + 3.000%)

    3.137     10/19/27       217,600       217,804  (d)(i)(j) 

Radiology Partners Inc., Replacement Term Loan B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.250%)

    4.356     7/9/25       5,000,000       4,949,650  (d)(i)(j) 

Total Health Care Equipment & Supplies

 

            5,167,454  

Health Care Providers & Services — 2.9%

                               

Eyecare Partners LLC, Amendment No. 1 Delayed Draw Term Loan

          11/15/28       380,000       379,668  (k) 

Eyecare Partners LLC, Amendment No. 1 Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. PRIME or 0.500% + 3.750%)

    4.250     11/15/28       1,500,000       1,498,687  (d)(i)(j) 

EyeCare Partners LLC, First Lien Initial Term Loan (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.750%)

    3.974     2/18/27       1,102,057       1,100,129  (d)(i)(j) 

EyeCare Partners LLC, Second Lien Initial Term Loan (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.750%)

    7.250     11/15/29       1,740,000       1,759,575  (d)(i)(j) 

Global Medical Response Inc., 2020 Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. LIBOR or 1.000% + 4.250%)

    5.250     10/2/25       1,507,726       1,509,619  (d)(i)(j) 

Grifols Worldwide Operations USA Inc., Dollar Term Loan B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.000%)

    2.105     11/15/27       1,379,664       1,364,750  (d)(i)(j) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

January 31, 2022

 

Western Asset Income Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Health Care Providers & Services — continued

                               

One Call Corp., First Lien Term Loan B (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 5.500%)

    6.250     4/22/27       3,830,750     $ 3,839,848  (d)(i)(j) 

Option Care Health Inc., Term Loan B (the greater of 1 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.500% + 2.750%)

    3.250     10/27/28       3,160,000       3,159,605  (d)(i)(j) 

PDS Holdco Inc., Delayed Draw Term Loan

    4.500-5.250     8/18/28       460,000       460,791  (d)(i)(j) 

PDS Holdco Inc., Initial Term Loan (the greater of 1 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 4.500%)

    5.250     8/18/28       4,490,000       4,497,723  (d)(i)(j) 

Phoenix Guarantor Inc., Term Loan B1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.250%)

    3.355     3/5/26       4,953,457       4,931,265  (d)(i)(j) 

Phoenix Newco Inc., First Lien Initial Term Loan (the greater of 1 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.500% + 3.500%)

    4.000     11/15/28       3,850,000       3,855,120  (d)(i)(j) 

Sterigenics-Nordion Holdings LLC, Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.500% + 2.750%)

    3.250     12/11/26       5,000,000       4,993,750  (d)(i)(j) 

U.S. Renal Care Inc., First Lien Term Loan B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.000%)

    5.125     6/26/26       3,639,159       3,599,347  (d)(i)(j) 

WP CityMD Bidco LLC, Second Amendment Refinancing Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 1.000% + 7.750%)

          12/22/28       4,653,634       4,654,006  (d)(i)(j) 

Total Health Care Providers & Services

 

            41,603,883  

Health Care Technology — 0.6%

 

               

athenahealth Inc.

          1/27/29       2,017,971       2,010,827  (k) 

athenahealth Inc.

          1/27/29       342,029       340,818  (k) 

AthenaHealth Inc., Additional Term Loan B1 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.250%)

    4.400     2/11/26       864,003       865,084  (d)(i)(j) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Health Care Technology — continued

                               

Virgin Pulse Inc., First Lien Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 4.000%)

    4.750     4/6/28       4,240,475     $ 4,201,251  (d)(i)(j) 

Virgin Pulse Inc., Second Lien Initial Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 7.250%)

    8.000     3/30/29       1,270,000       1,257,300  (d)(h)(i)(j) 

Total Health Care Technology

                            8,675,280  

Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.1%

                               

Precision Medicine Group LLC, Initial Delayed Draw Term Loan

          11/18/27       138,462       138,180  (k) 

Precision Medicine Group LLC, Initial Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 3.000%)

    3.750     11/18/27       1,050,923       1,048,790  (d)(i)(j) 

Total Life Sciences Tools & Services

 

            1,186,970  

Pharmaceuticals — 0.6%

                               

Gainwell Acquisition Corp., Term Loan B (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 4.000%)

    4.750     10/1/27       5,177,725       5,190,669  (d)(i)(j) 

Jazz Financing Lux Sarl, Initial Dollar Term Loan (the greater of 1 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.500% + 3.500%)

    4.000     5/5/28       2,855,650       2,860,305  (d)(i)(j) 

Total Pharmaceuticals

                            8,050,974  

Total Health Care

                            64,684,561  
Industrials — 5.2%                                

Aerospace & Defense — 1.1%

                               

Transdigm Inc., Refinancing Term Loan F (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.250%)

    2.355     12/9/25       4,949,495       4,905,222  (d)(i)(j) 

Vertex Aerospace Services Corp., First Lien Initial Term Loan

          12/6/28       7,430,000       7,441,628  (k) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

January 31, 2022

 

Western Asset Income Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Aerospace & Defense — continued

                               

WP CPP Holdings LLC, First Lien Initial Term Loan

    4.750     4/30/25       1,693,501     $ 1,660,901  (d)(i)(j) 

WP CPP Holdings LLC, Second Lien Second Amendment Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 1.000% + 7.750%)

    8.750     4/30/26       1,460,000       1,443,575  (d)(i)(j) 

Total Aerospace & Defense

                            15,451,326  

Air Freight & Logistics — 0.2%

                               

WWEX Uni Topco Holdings LLC, First Lien Initial Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 4.250%)

    5.000     7/26/28       3,180,000       3,188,841  (d)(i)(j) 

Airlines — 0.6%

                               

Air Canada, Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 3.500%)

    4.250     8/11/28       2,430,000       2,441,640  (d)(i)(j) 

Delta Air Lines Inc., Initial Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 1.000% + 3.750%)

    4.750     10/20/27       1,210,000       1,279,654  (d)(i)(j) 

Mileage Plus Holdings LLC, Initial Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 1.000% + 5.250%)

    6.250     6/21/27       1,210,000       1,279,272  (d)(i)(j) 

United Airlines Inc., Term Loan B (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 3.750%)

    4.500     4/21/28       3,577,963       3,587,891  (d)(i)(j) 

Total Airlines

                            8,588,457  

Building Products — 0.2%

                               

CP Atlas Buyer Inc., Term Loan B (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.500% + 3.750%)

    4.250     11/23/27       655,093       653,373  (d)(i)(j) 

Quikrete Holdings Inc., Term Loan B1

          2/21/28       2,750,000       2,746,879  (k) 

Total Building Products

                            3,400,252  

Commercial Services & Supplies — 2.3%

                               

Allied Universal Holdco LLC, USD Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.500% + 3.750%)

    4.250     5/12/28       3,793,308       3,788,206  (d)(i)(j) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Commercial Services & Supplies — continued

                               

Amentum Government Services Holdings LLC, First Lien Initial Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.500%)

    3.605     1/29/27       2,018,704     $ 2,023,751  (d)(i)(j) 

Amentum Government Services Holdings LLC, Second Lien Initial Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 1.250% + 8.750%)

    10.000     1/31/28       1,730,000       1,742,975  (d)(h)(i)(j) 

APi Group DE Inc., 2021 Incremental Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.750%)

    2.855     12/18/28       1,560,000       1,560,390  (d)(i)(j) 

Corecivic Inc., Term Loan (the greater of 1 mo. USD LIBOR or 1.000% + 4.500%)

    5.500     12/18/24       267,800       267,800  (d)(i)(j) 

Donlen LLC, Term Loan B (the greater of 1 mo. USD LIBOR or 1.000% + 5.500%)

    6.500     3/30/28       3,382,958       3,364,351  (d)(g)(h)(i)(j) 

Garda World Security Corp., Term Loan B2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.250%)

    4.360     10/30/26       647,086       649,581  (d)(i)(j) 

LRS Holdings LLC, First Lien Initial Term Loan B (the greater of 1 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.500% + 4.250%)

    4.750     8/31/28       3,120,000       3,127,800  (d)(h)(i)(j) 

LTR Intermediate Holdings Inc., Initial Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 1.000% + 4.500%)

    5.500     5/5/28       3,094,450       3,102,186  (d)(h)(i)(j) 

Madison IAQ LLC, Initial Term Loan (the greater of 6 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.500% + 3.250%)

    3.750     6/21/28       1,114,400       1,111,965  (d)(i)(j) 

Mister Car Wash Holdings Inc., First Lien Initial Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.000%)

    3.105     5/14/26       3,706,219       3,700,715  (d)(i)(j) 

Monitronics International Inc., Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 1.250% + 7.500%)

    8.750     3/29/24       2,140,438       1,822,947  (d)(i)(j) 

Thermostat Purchaser III Inc., Delayed Draw Term Loan

    4.500     8/24/28       181,579       182,260  (d)(h)(i)(j) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

January 31, 2022

 

Western Asset Income Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Commercial Services & Supplies — continued

                               

Thermostat Purchaser III Inc., First Lien Term Loan (the greater of 1 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 4.500%)

    5.250     8/24/28       1,048,421     $ 1,052,352  (d)(h)(i)(j)(k) 

Verscend Holding Corp., New Term Loan B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.000%)

    4.105     8/27/25       4,958,390       4,964,588  (d)(i)(j) 

Total Commercial Services & Supplies

 

            32,461,867  

Construction & Engineering — 0.3%

                               

Brown Group Holding LLC, Initial Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.500% + 2.500%)

    3.000     6/7/28       4,193,468       4,177,302  (d)(i)(j) 

Tutor Perini Corp., Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 1.000% + 4.750%)

    5.750     8/18/27       651,750       653,787  (d)(i)(j) 

Total Construction & Engineering

                            4,831,089  

Machinery — 0.2%

                               

Clark Equipment Co., Third Amendment Incremental Term Loan (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.250%)

    2.474     5/18/24       2,382,000       2,381,417  (d)(i)(j) 

Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.3%

                               

BrightView Landscapes LLC, Initial Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.500%)

    2.625     8/15/25       3,958,974       3,942,901  (d)(i)(j) 

Total Industrials

                            74,246,150  
Information Technology — 3.3%                                

Communications Equipment — 0.4%

                               

CommScope Inc., Initial Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.250%)

    3.355     4/6/26       4,952,708       4,873,266  (d)(i)(j) 

Global Tel Link Corp., First Lien Term Loan (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.250%)

    4.355     11/29/25       748,159       736,855  (d)(i)(j) 

Global Tel Link Corp., Second Lien Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 8.250%)

    8.355     11/29/26       280,000       263,084  (d)(i)(j) 

Total Communications Equipment

                            5,873,205  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

IT Services — 1.0%

                               

Redstone Holdco 2 LP, First Lien Initial Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 4.750%)

    5.500     4/27/28       3,740,625     $ 3,488,133  (d)(i)(j) 

Redstone Holdco 2 LP, Second Lien Initial Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 7.750%)

    8.500     4/27/29       3,680,000       3,305,560  (d)(i)(j)(k) 

UST Holdings Ltd., Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.500% + 3.750%)

    4.250     11/2/28       3,960,000       3,956,713  (d)(i)(j) 

VT Topco Inc., 2021 First Lien Delayed Draw Term Loan

          8/1/25       270,000       270,787  (k) 

VT Topco Inc., 2021 First Lien Term Loan (the greater of 1 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 3.750%)

    4.500     8/1/25       1,536,150       1,540,628  (d)(i)(j) 

VT Topco Inc., 2021 Second Lien Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.750%)

    7.500     7/31/26       1,340,000       1,346,700  (d)(h)(i)(j) 

Total IT Services

                            13,908,521  

Software — 1.9%

                               

Castle US Holding Corp., Initial Dollar Term Loan (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.750%)

    3.974     1/29/27       522,271       517,701  (d)(i)(j) 

Cloudera Inc., Initial Term Loan (the greater of 1 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.500% + 3.750%)

    4.250     10/8/28       3,230,000       3,229,499  (d)(i)(j) 

Cloudera Inc., Second Lien Term Loan (the greater of 1 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.500% + 6.000%)

    6.500     10/8/29       1,610,000       1,614,025  (d)(h)(i)(j) 

DCert Buyer Inc., First Lien Initial Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.000%)

    4.105     10/16/26       4,947,568       4,955,014  (d)(i)(j) 

DCert Buyer Inc., Second Lien Initial Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.000%)

    7.105     2/19/29       1,580,000       1,592,640  (d)(i)(j) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

January 31, 2022

 

Western Asset Income Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Software — continued

                               

Magenta Buyer LLC, First Lien Initial Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 5.000%)

    5.750     7/27/28       3,192,000     $ 3,186,015  (d)(i)(j) 

Magenta Buyer LLC, Second Lien Initial Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 8.250%)

    9.000     7/27/29       3,620,000       3,623,023  (d)(i)(j) 

Particle Investments Sarl, First Lien Initial Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.500% + 5.250%)

    5.750     2/18/27       573,959       575,394  (d)(i)(j) 

Peraton Corp., First Lien Term Loan B (the greater of 1 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 3.750%)

    4.500     2/1/28       1,796,425       1,798,545  (d)(i)(j) 

Peraton Corp., Second Lien Term Loan B1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.750%)

    8.500     2/1/29       1,110,000       1,137,056  (d)(i)(j) 

Planview Parent Inc., First Lien Closing Date Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 4.000%)

    4.750     12/17/27       514,800       515,873  (d)(i)(j) 

Proofpoint Inc., Initial Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.500% + 3.250%)

    3.750     8/31/28       2,480,000       2,470,700  (d)(i)(j) 

Seattle Escrow Borrower LLC, Initial Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.750%)

    2.855     6/21/24       219,190       216,999  (d)(i)(j) 

Surf Holdings Sarl, Senior Secured First Lien Dollar Term Loan (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.500%)

    3.690     3/5/27       640,254       638,093  (d)(i)(j) 

Symplr Software Inc., First Lien Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 4.500%)

    5.250     12/22/27       764,225       766,804  (d)(i)(j) 

Total Software

                            26,837,381  

Total Information Technology

                            46,619,107  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  
Materials — 0.2%                                

Chemicals — 0.1%

                               

INEOS US Petrochem LLC, 2026 Dollar Term Loan B (the greater of 1 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.500% + 2.750%)

    3.250     1/29/26       597,000     $ 596,534  (d)(i)(j) 

Meridian Adhesives Group Inc., Initial Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 4.000%)

    4.750     7/24/28       1,040,000       1,040,000  (d)(i)(j) 

Total Chemicals

                            1,636,534  

Containers & Packaging — 0.0%††

                               

Graham Packaging Co. Inc., New Term Loan (the greater of 1 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 3.000%)

    3.750     8/4/27       333,144       332,595  (d)(i)(j) 

Metals & Mining — 0.1%

                               

Arctic Canadian Diamond Co. Ltd., Second Lien Term Loan (5.000% Cash and 12.500% PIK)

    17.500     12/31/27       1,321,504       1,273,368  (b)(g)(h)(i)(j) 

Total Materials

                            3,242,497  

Total Senior Loans (Cost — $398,258,284)

                            398,712,660  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (l) —13.1%                                

Alternative Loan Trust, 2005- IM1 A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.600%)

    0.708     1/25/36       120,779       117,052  (d) 

Alternative Loan Trust, 2006- 18CB A6 (-4.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 28.600%)

    28.169     7/25/36       255,962       357,814  (d) 

Arbor Multifamily Mortgage Securities Trust, 2021-MF2 C

    2.809     6/15/54       2,680,000       2,602,298  (a)(d) 

BAMLL Re-REMIC Trust, 2016- GG10 AJA

    5.831     8/10/45       1,042,701       427,507  (a)(d) 

Banc of America Funding Corp., 2015-R3 1A2

    0.502     3/27/36       3,219,532       2,965,394  (a)(d) 

Banc of America Mortgage Trust, 2005-C 2A1

    2.765     4/25/35       13,868       14,193  (d) 

BCAP LLC Trust, 2011-RR2 1A4

    2.889     7/26/36       2,573,716       1,421,551  (a)(d) 

Benchmark Mortgage Trust, 2019-B11 XA, IO

    1.043     5/15/52       18,920,621       1,126,865  (d) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

January 31, 2022

 

Western Asset Income Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (l) — continued                                

BRAVO Residential Funding Trust, 2022-R1 A

    3.125     1/18/26       2,880,000     $ 2,898,259  (a)(f) 

BX Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2018-BIOA D (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.321%)

    1.427     3/15/37       2,506,849       2,497,453  (a)(d) 

BX Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2018-BIOA E (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.951%)

    2.057     3/15/37       2,508,785       2,497,389  (a)(d) 

BX Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2019-IMC F (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.900%)

    3.006     4/15/34       1,950,000       1,930,291  (a)(d) 

BX Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2020-VIVA E

    3.549     3/11/44       3,335,000       3,084,946  (a)(d) 

BX Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2020-VIVA D

    3.549     3/11/44       1,280,000       1,241,730  (a)(d) 

BX Trust, 2018-GWMZ MC (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.488%)

    5.594     5/15/37       1,700,000       1,593,327  (a)(d) 

BX Trust, 2019-MMP A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.000%)

    1.106     8/15/36       3,552,224       3,548,227  (a)(d) 

BX Trust, 2021-LBA DJV (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.600%)

    1.707     2/15/36       2,390,000       2,383,352  (a)(d) 

BXMT Ltd., 2020-FL2 A (30 Day Average SOFR + 1.014%)

    1.064     2/15/38       600,000       597,810  (a)(d) 

CFK Trust, 2020-MF2 E

    3.458     3/15/39       2,030,000       1,943,998  (a)(d) 

CGDB Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2019-MOB A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.950%)

    1.056     11/15/36       1,200,000       1,199,625  (a)(d) 

CHT Mortgage Trust, 2017- CSMO C (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.500%)

    1.606     11/15/36       2,500,000       2,501,562  (a)(d) 

CHT Mortgage Trust, 2017- CSMO E (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.000%)

    3.106     11/15/36       3,340,000       3,345,849  (a)(d) 

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2017-P8 XA, IO

    0.889     9/15/50       21,673,202       902,934  (d) 

CSMC OA LLC, 2014-USA F

    4.373     9/15/37       1,840,000       1,435,961  (a) 

CSMC Trust, 2006-1 1A2 (-5.500 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 30.525%)

    29.933     2/25/36       226,453       298,608  (d) 

CSMC Trust, 2014-USA E

    4.373     9/15/37       400,000       355,742  (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (l) — continued                                

CSMC Trust, 2017-CHOP H (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.600%)

    7.706     7/15/32       2,900,000     $ 2,478,656  (a)(d) 

CSMC Trust, 2019-RIO B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.000%, 8.000%floor)

    8.000     12/15/22       2,960,000       2,888,819  (a)(d) 

CSMC Trust, 2019-UVIL A

    3.160     12/15/41       1,190,000       1,218,039  (a) 

CSWF, 2018-TOP F (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.750%)

    2.856     8/15/35       2,608,000       2,604,245  (a)(d) 

DBUBS Mortgage Trust, 2011- LC3A G

    3.750     8/10/44       1,770,000       18  (a) 

Eagle RE Ltd., 2020-1 M1C (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.800%)

    1.908     1/25/30       1,310,000       1,285,610  (a)(d) 

Extended Stay America Trust, 2021-ESH E (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.850%)

    2.957     7/15/38       1,292,048       1,294,938  (a)(d) 

Extended Stay America Trust, 2021-ESH F (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.700%)

    3.807     7/15/38       2,673,546       2,682,225  (a)(d) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K720 X3, IO

    1.326     8/25/42       19,810,000       116,297  (d) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, 2020-DNA1 B1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.300%)

    2.408     1/25/50       2,620,000       2,631,142  (a)(d) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, 2020-DNA3 B1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.100%)

    5.208     6/25/50       1,320,000       1,375,293  (a)(d) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, 2020-DNA6 B1 (30 Day Average SOFR + 3.000%)

    3.050     12/25/50       3,000,000       3,020,818  (a)(d) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, 2021-DNA3 B1 (30 Day Average SOFR + 3.500%)

    3.550     10/25/33       1,340,000       1,383,219  (a)(d) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

January 31, 2022

 

Western Asset Income Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (l) — continued                                

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, 2021-DNA5 B1 (30 Day Average SOFR + 3.050%)

    3.100     1/25/34       680,000     $ 684,402  (a)(d) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Seasoned Credit Risk Transfer Trust, 2018-1 M

    4.750     5/25/57       2,470,000       2,513,510  (a)(d) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Seasoned Credit Risk Transfer Trust, 2019-3 M

    4.750     10/25/58       1,560,000       1,584,771  (a)(d) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Seasoned Credit Risk Transfer Trust, 2019-4 M

    4.500     2/25/59       2,560,000       2,577,523  (a)(d) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Seasoned Credit Risk Transfer Trust, 2020-1 M

    4.250     8/25/59       4,080,000       4,121,991  (a)(d) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Seasoned Credit Risk Transfer Trust, 2020-3 M

    4.250     5/25/60       2,150,000       2,176,742  (a)(d) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Seasoned Credit Risk Transfer Trust, 2020-2 M

    4.250     11/25/59       3,890,000       3,932,014  (a)(d) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, 2015-HQ1 B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 10.750%)

    10.858     3/25/25       643,611       657,403  (d) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, 2017-HRP1 B1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.600%)

    4.708     12/25/42       630,000       659,583  (d) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, 2017-SPI1 B

    4.042     9/25/47       648,548       631,320  (a)(d) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, 2021-DNA2 B1 (30 Day Average SOFR + 3.400%)

    3.450     8/25/33       650,000       664,380  (a)(d) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (l) — continued                                

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, 2021-DNA2 M2 (30 Day Average SOFR + 2.300%)

    2.350     8/25/33       2,520,000     $ 2,556,355  (a)(d) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) — CAS, 2017-C03 1B1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.850%)

    4.958     10/25/29       610,000       664,563  (a)(d) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) — CAS, 2017-C05 1M2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.200%)

    2.308     1/25/30       1,991,404       2,019,530  (a)(d) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) — CAS, 2017-C06 1B1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.150%)

    4.258     2/25/30       2,050,000       2,190,030  (a)(d) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) — CAS, 2017-C07 1B1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.000%)

    4.108     5/25/30       2,440,000       2,573,558  (a)(d) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) — CAS, 2018-C01 1B1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.550%)

    3.658     7/25/30       1,370,000       1,418,970  (a)(d) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) — CAS, 2018-C01 1M2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.250%)

    2.358     7/25/30       2,155,607       2,184,787  (a)(d) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) — CAS, 2018-C03 1B1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.750%)

    3.858     10/25/30       1,660,000       1,731,954  (a)(d) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) — CAS, 2018-C06 1M2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.000%)

    2.108     3/25/31       909,971       920,434  (a)(d) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) — CAS, 2018-R07 1B1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.350%)

    4.458     4/25/31       1,060,000       1,098,761  (a)(d) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

January 31, 2022

 

Western Asset Income Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (l) — continued                                

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) — CAS, 2018-R07 1M2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.400%)

    2.508     4/25/31       870,282     $ 875,111  (a)(d) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) — CAS, 2019-R05 1B1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.100%)

    4.208     7/25/39       640,000       649,514  (a)(d) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) — CAS, 2019-R07 1B1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.400%)

    3.508     10/25/39       2,700,000       2,707,283  (a)(d) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) — CAS, 2021-R01 1B1 (30 Day Average SOFR + 3.100%)

    3.150     10/25/41       1,130,000       1,130,050  (a)(d) 

GMAC Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., 2006-C1 AJ

    5.349     11/10/45       6,080       5,864  (d) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2011-127 IO, IO

    0.134     3/16/47       1,077,568       2,075  (d) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2012-55 IO, IO

    0.000     4/16/52       1,365,219       188  (d) 

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II, 2018-SRP5 C (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.000%)

    4.106     9/15/31       1,183,481       397,457  (a)(d) 

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. Trust, 2018-LUAU G (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.450%)

    4.556     11/15/32       2,030,000       2,034,935  (a)(d) 

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. Trust, 2020-DUNE F (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.250%)

    3.356     12/15/36       3,740,000       3,655,408  (a)(d) 

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. Trust, 2021-ROSS C (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.000%)

    2.107     5/15/26       1,300,000       1,298,306  (a)(d) 

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. Trust, 2021-ROSS D (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.500%)

    2.607     5/15/26       1,300,000       1,298,904  (a)(d) 

GS Mortgage-Backed Securities Corp. Trust, 2021- RPL1 A2

    2.000     12/25/60       2,520,000       2,442,919  (a)(d) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (l) — continued                                

GSMPS Mortgage Loan Trust, 2006-RP1 1A2

    7.500     1/25/36       658,682     $ 673,637  (a) 

GSMPS Mortgage Loan Trust, 2006-RP2 1AF1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.400%)

    0.508     4/25/36       1,732,441       1,524,435  (a)(d) 

HarborView Mortgage Loan Trust, 2005-9 2A1C (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.900%)

    1.004     6/20/35       2,170,118       2,160,264  (d) 

IMPAC CMB Trust, 2005-5 A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.320%)

    0.748     8/25/35       65,467       64,096  (d) 

IMPAC Secured Assets Corp., 2006-3 A7 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.540%)

    0.648     11/25/36       1,181,788       992,170  (d) 

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2018-PHMZ M (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 8.358%)

    8.464     6/15/35       2,750,000       165,206  (a)(d) 

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2018-WPT FFL (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.150%)

    3.251     7/5/33       2,640,000       2,619,483  (a)(d) 

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2019-BKWD E (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.600%)

    2.706     9/15/29       2,340,000       2,263,691  (a)(d) 

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2021-HTL5 F (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.265%)

    4.372     11/15/38       2,880,000       2,860,817  (a)(d) 

KIND Trust, 2021-KIND D (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.300%)

    2.406     8/15/38       2,720,000       2,693,076  (a)(d) 

Legacy Mortgage Asset Trust, 2021-GS2 A2, Step bond

    3.500     4/25/61       2,580,000       2,541,315  (a) 

MASTR Reperforming Loan Trust, 2005-1 1A3

    7.000     8/25/34       19,881       18,540  (a) 

Med Trust, 2021-MDLN E (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.150%)

    3.257     11/15/38       2,040,000       2,026,661  (a)(d) 

MHC Trust, 2021-MHC2 E (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.950%)

    2.056     5/15/23       2,600,000       2,573,167  (a)(d) 

ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2007-5 AJ

    5.450     8/12/48       55,264       27,049  (d) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

January 31, 2022

 

Western Asset Income Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (l) — continued                                

ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2007-5 AJFL

    5.450     8/12/48       10,857     $ 5,314  (a)(d) 

ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2007-9 AJ

    6.193     9/12/49       25,254       24,886  (d) 

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, 2021-L7 XA, IO

    1.107     10/15/54       9,010,655       698,027  (d) 

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust, 2005-2AR B1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.500%)

    0.608     4/25/35       1,006,440       843,627  (d) 

Multifamily CAS Trust, 2019-01 M10 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.250%)

    3.358     10/15/49       2,130,000       2,082,198  (a)(d) 

Multifamily CAS Trust, 2020-1 M10 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.750%)

    3.858     3/25/50       1,790,000       1,784,638  (a)(d) 

Multifamily Trust, 2016-1 B

    17.177     4/25/46       582,821       657,307  (a)(d) 

Natixis Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2019-FAME D

    4.398     8/15/36       1,750,000       1,594,889  (a)(d) 

Natixis Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2019-FAME E

    4.398     8/15/36       660,000       583,209  (a)(d) 

Natixis Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2019-TRUE A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.011%, 3.511% floor)

    3.511     4/18/24       1,260,000       1,263,248  (a)(d) 

New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust, 2017-5A B5

    2.585     6/25/57       1,023,105       1,017,613  (a)(d) 

NewRez Warehouse Securitization Trust, 2021-1 F (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.250%)

    5.358     5/25/55       2,700,000       2,699,156  (a)(d) 

Nomura Resecuritization Trust, 2015-4R 2A2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.306%)

    0.382     10/26/36       1,973,221       1,807,541  (a)(d) 

Nomura Resecuritization Trust, 2015-8R 4A4

    1.462     11/25/47       1,733,479       1,566,397  (a)(d) 

Radnor RE Ltd., 2020-1 M1C (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.750%)

    1.858     1/25/30       2,580,000       2,536,041  (a)(d) 

Radnor RE Ltd., 2021-1 M1C (30 Day Average SOFR + 2.700%)

    2.750     12/27/33       2,710,000       2,689,419  (a)(d) 

Seasoned Credit Risk Transfer Trust Series, 2016-1 M2

    3.750     9/25/55       2,309,803       2,330,479  (a)(d) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (l) — continued                                

Seasoned Credit Risk Transfer Trust Series, 2018-2 BX

    5.593     11/25/57       3,805,814     $ 1,941,336  (a)(d) 

Seasoned Credit Risk Transfer Trust Series, 2021-1 M

    4.250     9/25/60       2,560,000       2,584,587  (a) 

SFO Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2021-555 D (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.400%)

    2.506     5/15/38       1,570,000       1,573,548  (a)(d) 

Soho Trust, 2021-SOHO C

    2.697     8/10/38       6,190,000       5,589,485  (a)(d) 

Starwood Retail Property Trust, 2014-STAR E (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.400%)

    4.506     11/15/27       1,450,000       15  (a)(d) 

Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Trust, 2006-AR5 2A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.420%)

    0.528     5/25/46       155,947       139,920  (d) 

Structured Asset Securities Corp., 2005-RF2 A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.350%)

    0.458     4/25/35       1,636,533       1,556,997  (a)(d) 

Tharaldson Hotel Portfolio Trust, 2018-THL E (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.480%)

    3.582     11/11/34       2,276,325       2,230,968  (a)(d) 

Tharaldson Hotel Portfolio Trust, 2018-THL F (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.252%)

    4.354     11/11/34       1,126,011       1,093,232  (a)(d) 

UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2012-C2 G

    5.000     5/10/63       470,000       6,792  (a)(d) 

UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2012-C2 H

    5.000     5/10/63       479,997       2,453  (a)(d) 

WAIKIKI BEACH HOTEL TRUST, 2019-WBM D (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.030%)

    2.136     12/15/33       1,310,000       1,298,188  (a)(d) 

WaMu Mortgage Pass- Through Certificates Series Trust, 2005-AR1 A1B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.780%)

    0.888     1/25/45       1,072,706       1,059,903  (d) 

WaMu Mortgage Pass- Through Certificates Trust, 2005-AR19 A1A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.540%)

    0.648     12/25/45       38,387       39,367  (d) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

January 31, 2022

 

Western Asset Income Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (l) — continued                                

WaMu Mortgage Pass- Through Certificates Trust, 2006-AR3 A1B (Federal Reserve U.S. 12 mo. Cumulative Avg 1 Year CMT + 1.000%)

    1.087     2/25/46       423,881     $ 409,366  (d) 

Waterfall Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2015-SBC5 A

    4.104     9/14/22       55,730       56,017  (a)(d) 

Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (Cost — $193,389,105)

 

    187,299,421  
                   Face
Amount†/
Units
        
Asset-Backed Securities — 9.3%                                

Aegis Asset Backed Securities Trust, 2005-2 M3 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.720%)

    0.828     6/25/35       1,260,000       1,236,991  (d) 

Allegro CLO XI Ltd., 2019-2A A1A (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.390%)

    1.638     1/19/33       500,000       500,254  (a)(d) 

American Money Management Corp. CLO 20 Ltd., 2017-20A E (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.810%)

    6.051     4/17/29       800,000       788,185  (a)(d) 

Apidos CLO XII, 2013-12A AR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.080%)

    1.321     4/15/31       250,000       249,699  (a)(d) 

Apidos CLO XII, 2013-12A ER (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.400%)

    5.641     4/15/31       750,000       694,991  (a)(d) 

Apidos CLO XXII, 2015-22A DR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.750%)

    7.004     4/20/31       1,000,000       1,002,463  (a)(d) 

Ares XLIV CLO Ltd., 2017-44A CR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.400%)

    3.641     4/15/34       2,750,000       2,754,476  (a)(d) 

Ares XXXIIR CLO Ltd., 2014- 32RA C (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.900%)

    3.056     5/15/30       1,000,000       998,065  (a)(d) 

ASSURANT CLO Ltd., 2019-5A E (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.340%)

    7.581     1/15/33       250,000       250,308  (a)(d) 

Avery Point VI CLO Ltd., 2015-6A DR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.950%)

    3.090     8/5/27       300,000       300,450  (a)(d) 

Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC, 2021-1A D

    3.710     8/20/27       5,000,000       4,888,081  (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
   

Face
Amount†/

Units

    Value  
Asset-Backed Securities — continued                                

Barings CLO Ltd., 2020-4A E (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.680%)

    5.934     1/20/32       1,500,000     $ 1,460,756  (a)(d) 

Battalion CLO XI Ltd., 2017- 11A DR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.650%)

    3.909     4/24/34       2,150,000       2,147,714  (a)(d) 

Benefit Street Partners CLO IV Ltd., 2014-IVA CRRR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.600%)

    3.854     1/20/32       390,000       390,442  (a)(d)(m) 

Blackbird Capital Aircraft, 2021-1A A

    2.443     7/15/46       649,063       633,204  (a) 

BlueMountain CLO Ltd., 2016-2A DR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.790%)

    7.950     8/20/32       400,000       399,533  (a)(d) 

BlueMountain CLO XXXI Ltd., 2021-31A E (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.530%)

    6.778     4/19/34       1,380,000       1,371,452  (a)(d) 

Bravo Mortgage Asset Trust, 2006-1A M1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.400%)

    0.508     7/25/36       2,640,000       2,547,020  (a)(d) 

Bristol Park CLO Ltd., 2016-1A ER (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.000%)

    7.241     4/15/29       500,000       500,213  (a)(d) 

Canyon Capital CLO Ltd., 2021-1A E (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.410%)

    6.651     4/15/34       2,370,000       2,350,232  (a)(d) 

Carlyle US CLO Ltd., 2017-2A C (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.700%)

    3.954     7/20/31       660,000       656,719  (a)(d) 

Catskill Park CLO Ltd., 2017-1A D (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.000%)

    6.254     4/20/29       1,300,000       1,292,305  (a)(d) 

CIFC Funding Ltd., 2017-3A C (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.650%)

    3.904     7/20/30       2,770,000       2,739,488  (a)(d) 

Cook Park CLO Ltd., 2018-1A E (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.400%)

    5.641     4/17/30       1,500,000       1,460,356  (a)(d) 

Credit Suisse European Mortgage Capital Ltd., 2019- 1OTF A (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.900%)

    3.199     8/9/24       960,000       939,962  (a)(d) 

Credit Suisse European Mortgage Capital Ltd., 2020- 1OTF A

    5.025     8/9/24       964,824       943,338  (a)(d)(g)(h) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

January 31, 2022

 

Western Asset Income Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
   

Face
Amount†/

Units

    Value  
Asset-Backed Securities — continued                                

CWABS Revolving Home Equity Loan Trust, 2004-B 1A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.220%)

    0.323     2/15/29       424,914     $ 422,045  (d) 

Dividend Solar Loans LLC, 2019-1 A

    3.670     8/22/39       516,006       532,230  (a) 

Dryden 43 Senior Loan Fund, 2016-43A ER3 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.400%)

    6.654     4/20/34       2,610,000       2,559,656  (a)(d) 

Dryden 49 Senior Loan Fund, 2017-49A DR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.400%)

    3.641     7/18/30       750,000       752,110  (a)(d) 

Dryden 75 CLO Ltd., 2019-75A ER2 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.600%)

    6.841     4/15/34       1,450,000       1,436,868  (a)(d) 

Educational Funding Co. LLC, 2006-1A A3 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.350%)

    0.608     4/25/33       2,665,306       2,145,967  (a)(d) 

First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, 2003-FF4 M1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.800%)

    1.902     10/25/33       592,735       602,407  (d) 

Flatiron CLO Ltd., 2018-1A C (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.700%)

    1.941     4/17/31       1,700,000       1,698,258  (a)(d) 

Fortress Credit BSL XII Ltd., 2021-4A E (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.130%)

    7.266     10/15/34       1,000,000       967,985  (a)(d) 

Goldentree Loan Management US CLO 6 Ltd., 2019-6A E (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.220%)

    5.474     1/20/33       1,500,000       1,429,200  (a)(d) 

Golub Capital Partners CLO 53B Ltd., 2021-53A E (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.700%)

    6.954     7/20/34       1,630,000       1,605,553  (a)(d) 

Greenwood Park CLO Ltd., 2018-1A E (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.950%)

    5.191     4/15/31       1,070,000       1,028,023  (a)(d) 

Greywolf CLO IV Ltd., 2019-1A CR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.650%)

    3.891     4/17/34       1,520,000       1,526,473  (a)(d) 

Halsey Point CLO I Ltd., 2019-1A E (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.700%)

    7.954     1/20/33       350,000       345,826  (a)(d) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
   

Face
Amount†/

Units

    Value  
Asset-Backed Securities — continued                                

Halsey Point CLO I Ltd., 2019-1A F (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 8.200%)

    8.454     1/20/33       290,000     $ 244,583  (a)(d) 

HERO Funding Trust, 2016-1A R

    0.000     9/20/41       3,142,567       526,496  (a) 

Home Equity Asset Trust, 2005-6 M5 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.945%)

    1.053     12/25/35       1,190,000       1,185,597  (d) 

KKR CLO 17 Ltd., 17 ER (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.390%)

    7.631     4/15/34       2,270,000       2,251,205  (a)(d) 

LCM XXII Ltd., 22A DR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.500%)

    5.754     10/20/28       600,000       579,221  (a)(d) 

Legacy Mortgage Asset Trust, 2019-GS2 A1, Step bond

    3.750     1/25/59       1,730,002       1,733,426  (a) 

Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust, 2005-1 M4 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.275%)

    1.383     2/25/35       2,350,227       2,356,529  (d) 

Madison Park Funding XXXV Ltd., 2019-35A ER (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.100%)

    6.354     4/20/32       1,600,000       1,594,641  (a)(d) 

Marathon CLO 14 Ltd., 2019-2A BA (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.300%)

    3.554     1/20/33       460,000       459,690  (a)(d) 

Marble Point CLO XIV Ltd., 2018-2A D (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.530%)

    3.784     1/20/32       1,400,000       1,384,250  (a)(d) 

Mastr Asset Backed Securities Trust, 2007-HE2 A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.150%)

    1.258     8/25/37       1,998,128       1,963,797  (d) 

Mercury Financial Credit Card Master Trust, 2021-1A B

    2.330     3/20/26       2,500,000       2,473,993  (a) 

MKS CLO Ltd., 2017-2A D (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.650%)

    2.904     1/20/31       700,000       669,754  (a)(d) 

Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I Inc. Trust, 2004-NC2 M1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.825%)

    0.933     12/25/33       2,102,658       2,091,991  (d) 

Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I Inc. Trust, 2004-NC4 M1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.810%)

    0.918     4/25/34       2,243,049       2,218,576  (d) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

January 31, 2022

 

Western Asset Income Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
   

Face
Amount†/

Units

    Value  
Asset-Backed Securities — continued                                

Mountain View CLO IX Ltd., 2015-9A CR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.120%)

    3.361     7/15/31       1,000,000     $ 967,078  (a)(d) 

MVW LLC, 2021-1WA D

    3.170     1/22/41       1,046,242       1,028,915  (a) 

National Collegiate Student Loan Trust, 2005-1 B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.380%)

    0.488     3/26/35       1,400,000       1,277,843  (d) 

National Collegiate Student Loan Trust, 2005-3 B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.500%)

    0.608     7/27/37       3,000,000       2,502,203  (d) 

National Collegiate Student Loan Trust, 2007-2 A4 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.290%)

    0.398     1/25/33       799,601       765,718  (d) 

Navient Private Education Refi Loan Trust, 2020-GA B

    2.500     9/16/69       960,000       948,884  (a) 

Neuberger Berman CLO XVIII Ltd., 2014-18A DR2 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.920%)

    6.175     10/21/30       1,000,000       988,889  (a)(d) 

Neuberger Berman Loan Advisers CLO 44 Ltd., 2021- 44A E (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.000%)

    6.241     10/16/34       1,990,000       1,980,127  (a)(d) 

Oaktree CLO Ltd., 2015-1A DR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.200%)

    5.454     10/20/27       750,000       752,923  (a)(d) 

Oaktree CLO Ltd., 2019-1A D (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.800%)

    4.059     4/22/30       500,000       486,480  (a)(d) 

Ocean Trails CLO V, 2014-5A DRR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.450%)

    3.694     10/13/31       1,770,000       1,704,637  (a)(d) 

Ocean Trails CLO VI, 2016-6A DRR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.600%)

    3.841     7/15/28       2,430,000       2,433,008  (a)(d) 

Ocean Trails CLO X, 2020-10A ER (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.570%)

    7.811     10/15/34       2,320,000       2,308,830  (a)(d) 

Octagon Investment Partners 33 Ltd., 2017-1A C (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.750%)

    3.004     1/20/31       500,000       495,627  (a)(d) 

Option One Mortgage Loan Trust, 2005-3 M4 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.930%)

    1.038     8/25/35       1,050,000       1,021,767  (d) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
   

Face
Amount†/

Units

    Value  
Asset-Backed Securities — continued                                

Origen Manufactured Housing Contract Trust, 2006-A A2

    1.307     10/15/37       383,253     $ 372,157  (d) 

Parallel Ltd., 2017-1A CR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.000%)

    2.254     7/20/29       1,000,000       996,918  (a)(d) 

Peace Park CLO Ltd., 2021-1A E (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.000%)

    6.254     10/20/34       1,640,000       1,628,991  (a)(d) 

Popular ABS Mortgage Pass- Through Trust, 2005-2 M2

    6.217     4/25/35       1,234,970       1,129,564  

Pulsar Funding I LLC, 2019-1A C (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.800%)

    5.054     1/20/33       2,500,000       2,485,152  (a)(d) 

RR 18 Ltd., 2021-18A D (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.250%)

    6.491     10/15/34       3,090,000       3,083,394  (a)(d) 

Saranac CLO III Ltd., 2014-3A DR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.250%)

    3.464     6/22/30       605,000       582,597  (a)(d) 

Sculptor CLO XXVI Ltd., 26A E (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.250%)

    7.559     7/20/34       1,820,000       1,805,741  (a)(d) 

SMB Private Education Loan Trust, 2015-C R

    0.000     9/18/46       1,092       466,072  (a) 

SMB Private Education Loan Trust, 2021-A D1

    3.860     1/15/53       1,150,000       1,137,145  (a) 

Stewart Park CLO Ltd., 2015-1A DR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.600%)

    2.841     1/15/30       500,000       488,867  (a)(d) 

Structured Asset Securities Corp. Mortgage Loan Trust, 2006-ARS1 A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.220%)

    0.328     2/25/36       3,128,449       104,077  (a)(d) 

Sunnova Hellios II Issuer LLC, 2019-AA C

    5.320     6/20/46       2,097,622       2,177,595  (a) 

Symphony CLO XIX Ltd., 2018- 19A E (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.200%)

    5.441     4/16/31       250,000       239,700  (a)(d) 

Symphony CLO XX Ltd., 2018- 20A E (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.290%)

    6.531     1/16/32       2,250,000       2,254,046  (a)(d) 

TCI-Symphony CLO Ltd., 2016-1A DR2 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.100%)

    3.344     10/13/32       480,000       478,725  (a)(d) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

January 31, 2022

 

Western Asset Income Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
   

Face
Amount†/

Units

    Value  
Asset-Backed Securities — continued                                

TCI-Symphony CLO Ltd., 2016-1A ER2 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.750%)

    6.994     10/13/32       2,830,000     $ 2,807,585  (a)(d) 

THL Credit Wind River CLO Ltd., 2017-3A ER (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.050%)

    7.291     4/15/35       1,190,000       1,180,649  (a)(d) 

Towd Point Mortgage Trust, 2015-1 B1

    3.124     10/25/53       1,230,000       1,271,108  (a)(d) 

Towd Point Mortgage Trust, 2015-2 1B3

    3.345     11/25/60       2,540,000       2,559,235  (a)(d) 

Towd Point Mortgage Trust, 2019-4 B1B

    3.500     10/25/59       2,570,000       2,551,449  (a)(d) 

Treman Park CLO Ltd., 2015-1A DRR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.650%)

    2.904     10/20/28       250,000       250,804  (a)(d) 

Venture XVII CLO Ltd., 2014- 17A ERR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.740%)

    5.981     4/15/27       900,000       827,895  (a)(d) 

Voya CLO Ltd., 2017-2A D (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.020%)

    6.261     6/7/30       300,000       295,072  (a)(d) 

Voya CLO Ltd., 2017-3A DR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.950%)

    7.204     4/20/34       2,750,000       2,739,604  (a)(d) 

WaMu Asset-Backed Certificates Trust, 2007-HE4 1A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.170%)

    0.278     7/25/47       5,002,554       4,219,572  (d) 

Whitehorse XII Ltd., 2018-12A D (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.650%)

    3.891     10/15/31       790,000       771,202  (a)(d) 

Z Capital Credit Partners CLO Ltd., 2021-1A D (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.200%)

    4.441     7/15/33       1,810,000       1,759,247  (a)(d) 

Total Asset-Backed Securities (Cost — $136,178,885)

 

    132,610,139  
                   Face
Amount†
        
Sovereign Bonds — 7.2%                                

Argentina — 0.5%

                               

Argentine Republic Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    1.000     7/9/29       53,374       18,953  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Argentina — continued

                               

Argentine Republic Government International Bond, Senior Notes, Step bond (0.500% to 7/9/23 then 0.750%)

    0.500     7/9/30       733,878     $ 249,526  

Argentine Republic Government International Bond, Senior Notes, Step bond (1.125% to 7/9/22 then 1.500%)

    1.125     7/9/35       420,422       130,230  

Ciudad Autonoma De Buenos Aires, Senior Notes

    7.500     6/1/27       2,039,000       1,730,132  (c) 

Provincia de Buenos Aires, Senior Notes, Step bond (3.900% to 9/1/22 then 5.250%)

    3.900     9/1/37       8,133,871       3,487,479  (a) 

Provincia de Cordoba, Senior Notes, Step bond (5.000% to 6/10/22 then 6.875%)

    5.000     12/10/25       710,000       511,207  (a) 

Provincia de Cordoba, Senior Notes, Step bond (5.000% to 6/1/22 then 6.990%)

    5.000     6/1/27       637,561       400,771  (a) 

Provincia de Cordoba, Senior Notes, Step bond (5.000% to 6/1/22 then 6.990%)

    5.000     6/1/27       330,000       207,438  (c) 

Total Argentina

                            6,735,736  

Australia — 0.1%

                               

Australia Government Bond

    5.750     7/15/22       2,500,000  AUD      1,812,339  

Bahamas — 0.0%††

                               

Bahamas Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    5.750     1/16/24       720,000       672,984  (a) 

Brazil — 0.2%

                               

Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional Serie F, Notes

    10.000     1/1/23       2,560,000  BRL      473,365  

Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional Serie F, Notes

    10.000     1/1/25       8,670,000  BRL      1,585,829  

Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional Serie F, Notes

    10.000     1/1/29       7,000,000  BRL      1,236,381  

Total Brazil

                            3,295,575  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

January 31, 2022

 

Western Asset Income Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
   

Face

Amount†

    Value  

Egypt — 0.2%

                               

Egypt Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    7.600     3/1/29       2,950,000     $ 2,850,013  (a) 

Gabon — 0.2%

                               

Gabon Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    7.000     11/24/31       2,260,000       2,218,529  (a) 

Ghana — 0.2%

                               

Ghana Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    8.125     1/18/26       1,020,000       919,030  (c) 

Ghana Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    7.625     5/16/29       690,000       541,519  (a) 

Ghana Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    8.125     3/26/32       1,560,000       1,202,799  (a) 

Total Ghana

                            2,663,348  

Indonesia — 2.6%

                               

Indonesia Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    3.500     1/11/28       4,100,000       4,311,311  

Indonesia Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    5.250     1/17/42       3,620,000       4,258,288  (c) 

Indonesia Treasury Bond

    8.375     9/15/26       50,137,000,000  IDR      3,911,397  

Indonesia Treasury Bond

    7.000     5/15/27       265,378,000,000  IDR      19,633,027  

Indonesia Treasury Bond

    6.500     2/15/31       16,863,000,000  IDR      1,174,852  

Indonesia Treasury Bond

    8.375     3/15/34       43,786,000,000  IDR      3,417,452  

Total Indonesia

                            36,706,327  

Israel — 0.2%

                               

Israel Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    2.750     7/3/30       1,340,000       1,385,245  

State of Israel, Senior Notes

    3.375     1/15/50       1,110,000       1,136,812  

Total Israel

                            2,522,057  

Ivory Coast — 0.2%

                               

Ivory Coast Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    4.875     1/30/32       170,000 EUR      179,780  (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Ivory Coast — continued

                               

Ivory Coast Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    5.750     12/31/32       1,182,501     $ 1,182,313  (c) 

Ivory Coast Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    6.125     6/15/33       940,000       967,504  (c) 

Total Ivory Coast

                            2,329,597  

Kazakhstan — 0.2%

                               

Kazakhstan Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    5.125     7/21/25       2,910,000       3,188,996  (c) 

Mexico — 0.4%

                               

Mexico Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    3.600     1/30/25       2,587,000       2,709,934  

Mexico Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    2.659     5/24/31       1,270,000       1,197,763  

Mexico Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    4.750     3/8/44       1,440,000       1,488,391  

Total Mexico

                            5,396,088  

Panama — 0.2%

                               

Panama Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    4.500     4/1/56       2,560,000       2,618,163  

Peru — 0.2%

                               

Peruvian Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    2.783     1/23/31       3,140,000       3,042,220  

Qatar — 0.4%

                               

Qatar Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    5.103     4/23/48       1,820,000       2,356,263  (a) 

Qatar Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    4.817     3/14/49       2,970,000       3,721,781  (a) 

Total Qatar

                            6,078,044  

Russia — 1.3%

                               

Russian Federal Bond — OFZ

    7.050     1/19/28       1,577,079,000  RUB      18,266,010  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

January 31, 2022

 

Western Asset Income Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

United Arab Emirates — 0.1%

                               

Abu Dhabi Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    4.125     10/11/47       1,810,000     $ 2,073,467  (a) 

Total Sovereign Bonds (Cost — $111,267,121)

 

    102,469,493  
U.S. Government & Agency Obligations — 2.7%                                

U.S. Government Obligations — 2.7%

                               

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    2.000     11/15/41       450,000       437,555  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    0.375     10/31/23       3,840,000       3,791,775  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    0.500     11/30/23       35,000,000       34,593,945  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    1.250     8/15/31       160,000       152,712  

Total U.S. Government & Agency Obligations (Cost — $39,326,709)

 

    38,975,987  
                   Shares         
Convertible Preferred Stocks — 1.2%                                
Energy — 1.2%                                

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 1.2%

                               

MPLX LP

    8.462             302,326       10,732,573  (g)(h) 

Targa Resources Corp., Non Voting Shares

    9.500             5,960       6,440,400  

Total Convertible Preferred Stocks (Cost — $16,415,111)

 

    17,172,973  
            Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
        
Convertible Bonds & Notes — 0.9%                                
Communication Services — 0.2%                                

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.0%††

                               

Liberty Latin America Ltd., Senior Notes

    2.000     7/15/24       440,000       424,050  

Interactive Media & Services — 0.1%

                               

Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

    0.500     6/30/51       320,000       261,960  (a) 

Twitter Inc., Senior Notes

    0.000     3/15/26       380,000       338,200  (a) 

Total Interactive Media & Services

                            600,160  

Media — 0.1%

                               

DISH Network Corp., Senior Notes

    3.375     8/15/26       1,630,000       1,521,262  

Total Communication Services

 

    2,545,472  
Consumer Discretionary — 0.3%                                

Diversified Consumer Services — 0.0%††

                               

Chegg Inc., Senior Notes

    0.000     9/1/26       390,000       316,571  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.3%

                               

DraftKings Inc., Senior Notes

    0.000     3/15/28       4,800,000     $ 3,676,702  (a) 

Total Consumer Discretionary

                            3,993,273  
Financials — 0.2%                                

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.2%

                               

Granite Point Mortgage

                               

Trust Inc., Senior Notes

    5.625     12/1/22       2,342,000       2,355,668  (a) 
Health Care — 0.1%                                

Biotechnology — 0.1%

                               

Halozyme Therapeutics Inc., Senior Notes

    0.250     3/1/27       1,830,000       1,586,737  (a) 
Industrials — 0.1%                                

Airlines — 0.1%

                               

Spirit Airlines Inc., Senior Notes

    1.000     5/15/26       2,380,000       2,101,675  

Total Convertible Bonds & Notes (Cost — $13,172,054)

 

    12,582,825  
                   Shares/
Units
        
Common Stocks — 0.1%                                
Energy — 0.0%††                                

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.0%††

                               

Berry Corp.

                    44,473       386,470  
Financials — 0.1%                                

Capital Markets — 0.1%

                               

EG Acquisition Corp., Class A Shares

                    161,830       1,564,896  * 
Materials — 0.0%††                                

Metals & Mining — 0.0%††

                               

Arctic Canadian Diamond Co. Ltd.

                    1,388       0  *(g)(h)(n) 

Total Common Stocks (Cost — $2,081,991)

 

            1,951,366  
     Rate            Shares         
Preferred Stocks — 0.1%                                
Financials — 0.1%                                

Capital Markets — 0.1%

                               

B Riley Financial Inc.

    5.250             29,825       739,063  

B Riley Financial Inc.

    5.500             32,400       815,832  

Total Preferred Stocks (Cost — $1,555,625)

 

    1,554,895  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

January 31, 2022

 

Western Asset Income Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Expiration
Date
    Contracts     Notional
Amount†
    Value  
Purchased Options — 0.1%                                
Exchange-Traded Purchased Options — 0.1%                                

E-mini S&P 500 Index Futures, Put @ $4,100.00

    2/18/22       138       31,157,295     $ 100,050  

E-mini S&P 500 Index Futures, Put @ $4,200.00

    2/18/22       117       26,415,968       127,238  

E-mini S&P 500 Index Futures, Put @ $4,000.00

    3/18/22       274       61,863,035       445,250  

E-mini S&P 500 Index Futures, Put @ $4,300.00

    3/18/22       85       19,191,088       311,313  

Total Exchange-Traded Purchased Options (Cost — $2,121,039)

 

    983,851  

 

     Counterparty                              
OTC Purchased Options — 0.0%††                                        

U.S. Dollar/ Euro, Call @ 1.12EUR

   
Goldman Sachs
Group Inc.
 
 
    4/1/22       33,670,000       33,670,000       310,360  

U.S. Dollar/ Mexican Peso, Put @ 21.24MXN

    Citibank N.A.       2/24/22       1,050,000       1,050,000       31,228  

U.S. Dollar/ Russian Ruble, Put @ 74.53RUB

   
Goldman Sachs
Group Inc.
 
 
    2/10/22       34,560,000       34,560,000       53,666  

U.S. Dollar/ Russian Ruble, Put @ 73.00RUB

   

Morgan
Stanley & Co.
Inc.
 
 
 
    2/16/22       7,300,000       7,300,000       7,170  

Total OTC Purchased Options (Cost — $755,433)

 

    402,424  

Total Purchased Options (Cost — $2,876,472)

 

            1,386,275  
            Rate    

Maturity

Date

    Face
Amount†
        
Mortgage-Backed Securities — 0.1%                                        

FHLMC — 0.0%††

                                       

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Gold

            7.000%       8/1/30       2,123       2,175  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Gold

            6.500%       11/1/31       238       262  

Total FHLMC

 

                    2,437  

FNMA — 0.1%

                                       

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

            7.000%       8/1/29-4/1/31       3,109       3,493  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

    Face
Amount†
    Value  

FNMA — continued

                               

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    2.680     1/1/35-2/1/35       300,000     $ 309,040  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    2.790     1/1/35       584,492       614,205  (d) 

Total FNMA

                            926,738  

Total Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost — $893,592)

 

    929,175  
            Expiration
Date
    Warrants         
Warrants — 0.0%††                                
Financials — 0.0%††                                

Capital Markets — 0.0%††

                               

EG Acquisition Corp., Class A Shares (Cost — $51,650)

            5/28/28       53,943       22,321  * 

Total Investments before Short-Term Investments (Cost — $1,439,669,727)

 

    1,410,645,354  
     Rate            Shares         
Short-Term Investments — 0.3%                                

Western Asset Premier Institutional Government Reserves, Premium Shares (Cost — $4,322,073)

    0.010             4,322,073       4,322,073  (m) 

Total Investments — 99.1% (Cost — $1,443,991,800)

 

    1,414,967,427  

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.9%

 

            12,430,495  

Total Net Assets — 100.0%

                          $ 1,427,397,922  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

January 31, 2022

 

Western Asset Income Fund

 

 

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

 

††

Represents less than 0.1%.

 

*

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.

 

(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 securities.

 

(c) 

Security is exempt from registration under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933. Regulation S applies to securities offerings that are made outside of the United States and do not involve direct selling efforts in the United States. This security has been deemed liquid pursuant to guidelines approved by the Board of Trustees.

 

(d) 

Variable rate security. Interest rate disclosed is as of the most recent information available. Certain variable rate securities are not based on a published reference rate and spread but are determined by the issuer or agent and are based on current market conditions. These securities do not indicate a reference rate and spread in their description above.

 

(e) 

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

 

(f) 

Securities traded on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis.

 

(g) 

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

 

(h) 

Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs (Note 1).

 

(i) 

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

 

(j) 

Senior loans may be considered restricted in that the Fund ordinarily is contractually obligated to receive approval from the agent bank and/or borrower prior to the disposition of a senior loan.

 

(k) 

All or a portion of this loan is unfunded as of January 31, 2022. The interest rate for fully unfunded term loans is to be determined.

 

(l) 

Collateralized mortgage obligations are secured by an underlying pool of mortgages or mortgage pass-through certificates that are structured to direct payments on underlying collateral to different series or classes of the obligations. The interest rate may change positively or inversely in relation to one or more interest rates, financial indices or other financial indicators and may be subject to an upper and/or lower limit.

 

(m) 

In this instance, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, an “Affiliated Company” represents Fund ownership of at least 5% of the outstanding voting securities of an issuer, or a company which is under common ownership or control with the Fund. At January 31, 2022, the total market value of investments in Affiliated Companies was $4,712,515 and the cost was $4,712,073 (Note 8).

 

(n) 

Value is less than $1.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Abbreviation(s) used in this schedule:

AUD   — Australian Dollar
BRL   — Brazilian Real
CAD   — Canadian Dollar
CAS   — Connecticut Avenue Securities
CLO   — Collateralized Loan Obligation
CMT   — Constant Maturity Treasury
EUR   — Euro
EURIBOR   — Euro Interbank Offered Rate
GBP   — British Pound
ICE   — Intercontinental Exchange
IDR   — Indonesian Rupiah
IO   — Interest Only
JSC   — Joint Stock Company
LIBOR   — London Interbank Offered Rate
MXN   — Mexican Peso
OFZ   — Obligatsyi Federal’novo Zaima (Russian Federal Loan Obligation)
PIK   — Payment-In-Kind
PJSC   — Private Joint Stock Company
Re-REMIC   — Resecuritization of Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit
RUB   — Russian Ruble
SOFR   — Secured Overnight Financing Rate
USD   — United States Dollar

 

 Schedule of Written Options  
Exchange-Traded Written Options

 

Security   Expiration
Date
    Strike
Price
    Contracts     Notional
Amount†
    Value  
E-mini S&P 500 Index Futures, Put     2/18/22     $ 4,000.00       19       4,289,773     $ (9,262
E-mini S&P 500 Index Futures, Put     3/18/22       3,700.00       259       58,476,372       (197,487
Total Exchange-Traded Written Options (Premiums received — $632,102)

 

  $ (206,749
OTC Written Options

 

     Counterparty                                   
U.S. Dollar/Euro, Call   BNP Paribas SA     3/29/22       1.11  EUR      12,640,000       12,640,000     $ (28,011
U.S. Dollar/Euro, Call   Goldman Sachs Group Inc.     4/1/22       1.11  EUR      33,670,000       33,670,000       (119,778
U.S. Dollar/Euro, Call   BNP Paribas SA     4/26/22       1.11  EUR      12,640,000       12,640,000       (65,614
U.S. Dollar/Japanese Yen, Call   BNP Paribas SA     4/26/22       117.65  JPY      16,850,000       16,850,000       (58,913
U.S. Dollar/Mexican Peso, Call   Citibank N.A.     2/24/22       22.38  MXN      1,050,000       1,050,000       (551

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

January 31, 2022

 

Western Asset Income Fund

 

Schedule of Written Options (cont’d)  
Security   Counterparty   Expiration
Date
    Strike
Price
    Contracts     Notional
Amount†
    Value  
U.S. Dollar/Russian Ruble, Call   Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.     2/16/22       78.00  RUB      7,300,000       7,300,000       (122,223
U.S. Dollar/Russian Ruble, Put   Goldman Sachs Group
Inc.
    2/11/22       72.98  RUB      17,280,000       17,280,000       (8,051
Total OTC Written Options (Premiums received — $ 526,099)

 

                  $ (403,141
Total Written Options (Premiums received — $ 1,158,201)

 

                  $ (609,890

 

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

 

 

Abbreviation(s) used in this schedule:

EUR   — Euro
JPY   — Japanese Yen
MXN   — Mexican Peso
RUB   — Russian Ruble

At January 31, 2022, the Fund had the following open futures contracts:

 

      Number of
Contracts
     Expiration
Date
     Notional
Amount
     Market
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Contracts to Buy:                                             
90-Day Eurodollar      440            12/22          $ 108,732,549      $ 108,388,500      $ (344,049)  
90-Day Eurodollar      3,258            12/23            802,145,805        798,739,425        (3,406,380)  
Australian 10-Year Bonds      25            3/22            2,458,633        2,421,933        (36,700)  
U.S. Treasury 2-Year Notes      1,418            3/22            309,596,657        307,218,562        (2,378,095)  
U.S. Treasury Ultra 10-Year Notes      82            3/22            11,801,454        11,711,907        (89,547)  
U.S. Treasury Ultra Long- Term Bonds      561            3/22            107,540,574        105,993,938        (1,546,636)  
                                           (7,801,407)  
Contracts to Sell:                                             
Euro-Bobl      19            3/22            2,861,986        2,822,736        39,250  
Euro-Bund      47            3/22            9,164,885        8,929,372        235,513  
Euro-Buxl      3            3/22            717,004        685,192        31,812  
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes      337            3/22            40,896,261        40,171,455        724,806  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes      723            3/22            94,525,689        92,521,406        2,004,283  
U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds      345            3/22            55,349,934        53,690,625        1,659,309  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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      Number of
Contracts
     Expiration
Date
     Notional
Amount
     Market
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Contracts to Sell continued                                             
United Kingdom Long Gilt Bonds      34            3/22          $ 5,716,340      $ 5,576,816      $ 139,524  
                                           4,834,497  
Net unrealized depreciation on open futures contracts

 

            $ (2,966,910)  

At January 31, 2022, the Fund had the following open forward foreign currency contracts:

 

Currency

Purchased

   

Currency

Sold

    Counterparty   Settlement
Date
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
USD     14,169,600     RUB     1,074,905,856     Goldman Sachs Group Inc.     2/11/22     $ 299,747  
USD     1,575,819     RUB     118,327,072     BNP Paribas SA     2/14/22       50,220  
RUB     363,267,072     USD     4,838,400     Goldman Sachs Group Inc.     2/14/22       (154,774)  
USD     86,841     RUB     6,520,000     JPMorgan Chase & Co.     2/14/22       2,778  
USD     3,175,567     RUB     238,420,000     JPMorgan Chase & Co.     2/14/22       101,603  
USD     4,453,000     RUB     333,396,110     Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.     2/17/22       157,916  
EUR     2,696,533     USD     3,008,064     BNP Paribas SA     3/31/22       25,676  
USD     3,009,520     EUR     2,696,533     BNP Paribas SA     3/31/22       (24,220)  
EUR     6,060,600     USD     6,860,599     Goldman Sachs Group Inc.     4/5/22       (41,207)  
NOK     300,835,972     USD     34,141,844     BNP Paribas SA     4/19/22       (365,438)  
USD     184,684     NOK     1,610,000     BNP Paribas SA     4/19/22       3,921  
CAD     4,228,019     USD     3,321,773     Citibank N.A.     4/19/22       3,794  
MXN     35,950,000     USD     1,698,095     Citibank N.A.     4/19/22       20,481  
MXN     49,710,000     USD     2,369,738     Citibank N.A.     4/19/22       6,628  
MXN     85,650,000     USD     4,069,943     Citibank N.A.     4/19/22       24,521  
MXN     105,390,000     USD     5,014,559     Citibank N.A.     4/19/22       23,568  
MXN     253,282,121     USD     12,083,494     Citibank N.A.     4/19/22       24,556  
USD     1,890,555     BRL     10,240,000     Citibank N.A.     4/19/22       1,836  
USD     3,257,599     BRL     19,030,896     Citibank N.A.     4/19/22       (252,558)  
USD     488,906     CNY     3,140,000     Citibank N.A.     4/19/22       (1,977)  
USD     768,356     CNY     4,930,000     Citibank N.A.     4/19/22       (2,362)  
USD     34,408,979     EUR     30,403,043     Citibank N.A.     4/19/22       186,765  
USD     2,392,451     IDR     34,694,130,000     Citibank N.A.     4/19/22       (6,565)  
USD     5,144,481     IDR     74,715,352,322     Citibank N.A.     4/19/22       (21,907)  
USD     13,325,745     IDR     193,243,290,000     Citibank N.A.     4/19/22       (36,566)  
USD     5     INR     347     Citibank N.A.     4/19/22       0 1 
USD     1,752,253     MXN     36,320,000     Citibank N.A.     4/19/22       15,989  
USD     1,770,422     MXN     36,550,000     Citibank N.A.     4/19/22       23,164  
USD     2,429,108     MXN     50,459,400     Citibank N.A.     4/19/22       16,917  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

January 31, 2022

 

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Currency

Purchased

   

Currency

Sold

    Counterparty   Settlement
Date
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
USD     6,515,225     MXN     134,560,000     Citibank N.A.     4/19/22     $ 82,639  
ZAR     24,072     USD     1,522     Citibank N.A.     4/19/22       27  
RUB     227,567,774     USD     2,789,120     Goldman Sachs Group Inc.     4/19/22       94,135  
RUB     389,323,825     USD     5,006,575     Goldman Sachs Group Inc.     4/19/22       (73,892)  
RUB     1,271,402,072     USD     16,495,434     Goldman Sachs Group Inc.     4/19/22       (386,930)  
USD     4,451,363     GBP     3,280,000     Goldman Sachs Group Inc.     4/19/22       41,967  
USD     14,569,103     GBP     10,745,341     Goldman Sachs Group Inc.     4/19/22       123,840  
AUD     4,590,000     USD     3,264,867     JPMorgan Chase & Co.     4/19/22       (18,051)  
AUD     5,320,000     USD     3,757,729     JPMorgan Chase & Co.     4/19/22       5,466  
AUD     8,860,000     USD     6,209,203     JPMorgan Chase & Co.     4/19/22       58,072  
AUD     10,904,086     USD     7,817,925     JPMorgan Chase & Co.     4/19/22       (104,730)  
USD     800,459     AUD     1,100,000     JPMorgan Chase & Co.     4/19/22       22,355  
USD     1,284,842     AUD     1,760,000     JPMorgan Chase & Co.     4/19/22       39,876  
USD     1,286,162     AUD     1,760,000     JPMorgan Chase & Co.     4/19/22       41,196  
USD     1,348,448     AUD     1,860,000     JPMorgan Chase & Co.     4/19/22       32,745  
USD     538,899     CNY     3,460,000     JPMorgan Chase & Co.     4/19/22       (2,011)  
CAD     4,170,000     USD     3,273,565     Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.     4/19/22       6,367  
CAD     5,200,000     USD     4,090,147     Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.     4/19/22       (64)  
CAD     6,230,000     USD     4,917,415     Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.     4/19/22       (17,180)  
CAD     27,691,437     USD     21,758,879     Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.     4/19/22       21,944  
JPY     559,870,000     USD     4,872,719     Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.     4/19/22       (3,000)  
NZD     11,671,761     USD     7,952,671     Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.     4/19/22       (284,058)  
USD     3,261,826     CAD     4,070,000     Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.     4/19/22       60,549  
USD     3,267,239     CAD     4,080,000     Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.     4/19/22       58,097  
USD     3,414,853     CAD     4,270,000     Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.     4/19/22       56,265  
USD     4,172,458     CAD     5,280,000     Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.     4/19/22       19,451  
USD     4,464,517     CAD     5,610,000     Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.     4/19/22       51,946  
USD     1,991,867     GBP     1,450,000     Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.     4/19/22       42,591  
USD     1,614,696     JPY     183,821,593     Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.     4/19/22       15,826  
USD     2,048,064     JPY     236,520,567     Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.     4/19/22       (9,179)  
USD     3,181,935     JPY     364,020,000     Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.     4/19/22       15,709  
USD     6,388,415     JPY     739,200,341     Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.     4/19/22       (41,109)  
USD     3,262,982     NOK     28,370,000     Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.     4/19/22       77,736  
USD     1,512     ZAR     24,072     Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.     4/19/22       (36)  
Total

 

  $ 111,065  

 

1 

Value is less than $1.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Abbreviation(s) used in this table:

AUD   — Australian Dollar
BRL   — Brazilian Real
CAD   — Canadian Dollar
CNY   — Chinese Yuan Renminbi
EUR   — Euro
GBP   — British Pound
IDR   — Indonesian Rupiah
INR   — Indian Rupee
JPY   — Japanese Yen
MXN   — Mexican Peso
NOK   — Norwegian Krone
NZD   — New Zealand Dollar
RUB   — Russian Ruble
USD   — United States Dollar
ZAR   — South African Rand

At January 31, 2022, the Fund had the following open swap contracts:

 

OTC INTEREST RATE SWAPS  
Swap Counterparty  

Notional

Amount*

   

Termination

Date

    Payments
Made by
the Fund
  Payments
Received by
the Fund
    Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)
   

Unrealized

Depreciation

 
Citibank N.A.     4,600,000  BRL      1/4/27     BRL-CDI**     7.024%**           $ (62,673)  
Citibank N.A.     5,400,000  BRL      1/4/27     BRL-CDI**     7.024%**     $ 2,117       (75,690)  
Citibank N.A.     5,822,000  BRL      1/4/27     BRL-CDI**     7.024%**       2,662       (81,985)  
JPMorgan Chase & Co.     19,480,000  BRL      1/4/27     BRL-LIBOR**     6.870%**             (292,766)  
JPMorgan Chase & Co.     3,800,000  BRL      1/4/27     BRL-CDI**     7.044%**             (51,091)  
Total                               $ 4,779     $ (564,205)  

 

CENTRALLY CLEARED INTEREST RATE SWAPS  
Notional
Amount*
  Termination
Date
    Payments
Made by
the Fund
  Payments
Received by
the Fund
  Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
16,960,000     11/18/23     3.970%**   CPURNSA**   $ (62,600   $ 49,559  
16,960,000     11/18/26     CPURNSA**   3.370%**     173,686       (13,535
19,280,000     11/20/26     1.520% annually   Daily SOFR Compound annually     (33,038     113,683  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

January 31, 2022

 

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CENTRALLY CLEARED INTEREST RATE SWAPS (cont’d)  
Notional
Amount*
  Termination
Date
   

Payments

Made by

the Fund

  Payments
Received by
the Fund
  Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
113,420,000MXN     7/18/29     28-Day MXN
TIIE -Banxico every
28 days
  7.450% every 28 days   $ 36,299     $ (49,371
198,820,000MXN     7/20/29     28-Day MXN TIIE - Banxico every 28 days   7.440% every 28 days     77,128       (105,811
Total                   $ 191,475     $ (5,475

 

OTC CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS ON CORPORATE ISSUES — SELL PROTECTION1  
Swap Counterparty
(Reference Entity)
  Notional
Amount2*
    Termination
Date
    Implied
Credit
Spread at
January 31,
20223
  Periodic
Payments
Received by
the Fund
    Market
Value
    Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. (Netflix Inc., 4.875%, due 6/15/30)   $ 1,835,000       6/20/26     0.968%     5.000% quarterly     $ 319,472     $ 345,703     $ (26,231)  
Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. (Netflix Inc., 4.875%, due 6/15/30)     3,670,000       6/20/26     0.968%     5.000% quarterly       638,944       688,068       (49,124)  
Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. (Volkswagen International Finance NV, 0.875%, due 1/16/23)     1,790,000 EUR      12/20/24     0.455%     1.000% quarterly       33,739       12,401       21,338  
Total                               $ 992,155     $ 1,046,172     $ (54,017)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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OTC CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS ON CORPORATE ISSUES — BUY PROTECTION4  
Swap Counterparty
(Reference Entity)
  Notional
Amount2*
    Termination
Date
    Implied
Credit
Spread at
January 31,
20223
  Periodic
Payments
Made by
the Fund
    Market
Value
    Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)
    Unrealized
Depreciation
 
Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. (Mercedes-Benz Group AG, 1.400%, due 1/12/ 24)     1,790,000 EUR      12/20/24     0.319%     1.000% quarterly     $ (41,341)     $ (23,658)     $ (17,683)  
CENTRALLY CLEARED CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS ON CORPORATE ISSUES — SELL PROTECTION1  
Reference Entity   Notional
Amount2
    Termination
Date
    Implied
Credit
Spread at
January 31,
20223
  Periodic
Payments
Received by
the Fund
    Market
Value
    Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)
   

Unrealized

Appreciation

 
Ford Motor Co., 4.346%, due 12/8/26   $ 5,930,000       6/20/26     1.807%     5.000% quarterly     $ 799,636     $ 754,645     $ 44,991  
CENTRALLY CLEARED CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS ON CORPORATE ISSUES — BUY PROTECTION4  
Reference Entity   Notional
Amount2
    Termination
Date
    Implied
Credit
Spread at
January 31,
20223
  Periodic
Payments
Made by
the Fund
    Market
Value
    Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)
    Unrealized
Appreciation
 
General Motors Co., 4.875%, due 10/2/23   $ 5,930,000       6/20/26     1.124%     5.000% quarterly     $ (960,124)     $ (1,014,282)     $ 54,158  
ViacomCBS Inc., 4.750%, due 5/15/25     2,775,000       6/20/26     0.745%     1.000% quarterly       (31,813)       (36,508)       4,695  
Walt Disney Co., 3.700%, due 9/15/24     2,775,000       6/20/26     0.420%     1.000% quarterly       (69,113)       (71,950)       2,837  
Total   $ 11,480,000                         $ (1,061,050)     $ (1,122,740)     $ 61,690  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

January 31, 2022

 

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CENTRALLY CLEARED CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS ON CREDIT INDICES — BUY PROTECTION4  
Reference Entity          Notional
Amount2
    Termination
Date
 

Periodic
Payments
Made by

the Fund

  Market
Value5
    Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)
   

Unrealized

Appreciation

 
Markit CDX.NA.HY.37 Index             $6,176,000     12/20/26   5.000% quarterly     $(421,537)       $(553,774)       $132,237  

 

1 

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

 

2 

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

 

3 

Implied credit spreads, utilized in determining the market value of credit default swap agreements on corporate or sovereign issues as of period end, serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and represent the likelihood or risk of default for the credit derivative. The implied credit spread of a particular referenced entity reflects the cost of buying/selling protection and may include upfront payments required to be made to enter into the agreement. Wider credit spreads 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. A credit spread identified as “Defaulted” indicates a credit event has occurred for the referenced entity or obligation.

 

4 

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

 

5 

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

 

Percentage shown is an annual percentage rate.

 

*

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

 

**

One time payment made at termination date.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Abbreviation(s) used in this table:

BRL     Brazilian Real
BRL-CDI     Brazil Cetip InterBank Deposit Rate
BRL-LIBOR     Brazil London Interbank Offered Rate
CPURNSA     U.S. CPI Urban Consumers NSA Index
EUR     Euro
LIBOR     London Interbank Offered Rate
MXN     Mexican Peso
SOFR     Secured Overnight Financing Rate
TIIE     Equilibrium Interbanking Interest Rate (Tasa de Intere’s Interbancaria de Equilibrio)

 

Summary of Investments by Country**       
United States      73.2
Cayman Islands      5.9  
Indonesia      2.6  
United Kingdom      2.1  
Brazil      1.8  
Russia      1.4  
Canada      1.2  
Argentina      1.1  
Peru      0.7  
Kazakhstan      0.7  
Mexico      0.6  
Israel      0.6  
United Arab Emirates      0.5  
Netherlands      0.4  
Qatar      0.4  
Zambia      0.4  
Luxembourg      0.4  
Switzerland      0.4  
Ireland      0.4  
Australia      0.4  
Macau      0.4  
China      0.3  
Spain      0.3  
Italy      0.3  
Bermuda      0.3  
South Africa      0.2  
Kuwait      0.2  
Colombia      0.2  
France      0.2  
Chile      0.2  
Turkey      0.2  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

January 31, 2022

 

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Summary of Investments by Country** (cont’d)       
Egypt      0.2
Ghana      0.2  
Panama      0.2  
Hong Kong      0.2  
South Korea      0.2  
Ivory Coast      0.2  
Gabon      0.2  
Germany      0.1  
Bahamas      0.1  
Jersey      0.0 ‡ 
India      0.0 ‡ 
Purchased Options      0.1  
Short-Term Investments      0.3  
       100.0

 

**

As a percentage of total investments. Please note that the Fund holdings are as of January 31, 2022 and are subject to change.

 

Represents less than 0.1%.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Statement of assets and liabilities (unaudited)

January 31, 2022

 

Assets:         

Investments in unaffiliated securities, at value (Cost — $1,439,279,727)

   $ 1,410,254,912  

Investments in affiliated securities, at value (Cost — $4,712,073)

     4,712,515  

Foreign currency, at value (Cost — $7,456,535)

     7,378,672  

Cash

     1,230,011  

Receivable for securities sold

     25,040,883  

Interest and dividends receivable from unaffiliated investments

     10,774,369  

Deposits with brokers for centrally cleared swap contracts

     7,460,000  

Deposits with brokers for open futures contracts and exchange-traded options

     7,093,965  

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

     1,958,879  

OTC swaps, at value (premiums paid — $1,046,172)

     992,155  

Foreign currency collateral for open futures contracts, at value (Cost — $731,911)

     708,075  

Deposits with brokers for OTC derivatives

     620,000  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     367,155  

Receivable for premiums on written options

     61,430  

Receivable for open OTC swap contracts

     32,877  

Receivable from broker — net variation margin on open futures contracts

     22,554  

Receivable from broker — net variation margin on centrally cleared swap contracts

     11,308  

Interest receivable from affiliated investments

     501  

Dividends receivable from affiliated investments

     146  

Other receivables

     835  

Prepaid expenses

     43,381  

Total Assets

     1,478,764,623  
Liabilities:         

Payable for securities purchased

     45,538,370  

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

     1,847,814  

Payable for Fund shares repurchased

     1,038,728  

Distributions payable

     754,084  

Investment management fee payable

     611,583  

Written options, at value (premiums received — $1,158,201)

     609,890  

OTC swaps, at value (net premiums received — $18,879)

     600,766  

Service and/or distribution fees payable

     73,405  

Payable for open OTC swap contracts

     2,421  

Trustees’ fees payable

     1,152  

Accrued expenses

     288,488  

Total Liabilities

     51,366,701  
Total Net Assets    $ 1,427,397,922  
Net Assets:         

Par value (Note 7)

   $ 2,388  

Paid-in capital in excess of par value

     1,500,658,621  

Total distributable earnings (loss)

     (73,263,087)  
Total Net Assets    $ 1,427,397,922  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statement of assets and liabilities (unaudited) (cont’d)

January 31, 2022

 

Net Assets:         

Class A

   $ 317,215,633  

Class C

   $ 5,741,099  

Class C1

   $ 577,102  

Class I

   $ 764,914,228  

Class IS

   $ 338,949,860  
Shares Outstanding:         

Class A

     53,317,497  

Class C

     965,710  

Class C1

     96,776  

Class I

     127,799,467  

Class IS

     56,641,196  
Net Asset Value:         

Class A (and redemption price)

     $5.95  

Class C*

     $5.94  

Class C1*

     $5.96  

Class I (and redemption price)

     $5.99  

Class IS (and redemption price)

     $5.98  
Maximum Public Offering Price Per Share:         

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

     $6.21  

 

*

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

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Statement of operations (unaudited)

For the Six Months Ended January 31, 2022

 

Investment Income:         

Interest from unaffiliated investments

   $ 32,878,569  

Interest from affiliated investments

     7,456  

Dividends from unaffiliated investments

     258,624  

Dividends from affiliated investments

     772  

Less: Foreign taxes withheld

     (302,374)  

Total Investment Income

     32,843,047  
Expenses:         

Investment management fee (Note 2)

     3,474,956  

Transfer agent fees (Note 5)

     615,794  

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

     441,968  

Fund accounting fees

     68,965  

Registration fees

     51,828  

Audit and tax fees

     29,843  

Legal fees

     17,300  

Shareholder reports

     11,197  

Trustees’ fees

     11,119  

Custody fees

     10,082  

Interest expense

     8,762  

Insurance

     3,685  

Commitment fees (Note 9)

     2,015  

Miscellaneous expenses

     7,564  

Total Expenses

     4,755,078  

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

     (2,260)  

Net Expenses

     4,752,818  
Net Investment Income      28,090,229  
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments, Futures Contracts, Written Options, Swap

 

Contracts, Forward Foreign Currency Contracts and Foreign Currency Transactions (Notes 1, 3 and 4):

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) From:

        

Investment transactions in unaffiliated securities

     (1,827,356)  

Futures contracts

     4,349,065  

Written options

     2,628,991  

Swap contracts

     2,019,917  

Forward foreign currency contracts

     939,694  

Foreign currency transactions

     (168,685)  

Net Realized Gain

     7,941,626  

Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) From:

        

Investments in unaffiliated securities

     (37,756,319)  

Investments in affiliated securities

     (103)  

Futures contracts

     (6,804,498)  

Written options

     (356,917)  

Swap contracts

     (2,373,980)  

Forward foreign currency contracts

     998,613  

Foreign currencies

     (123,742)  

Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

     (46,416,946)  
Net Loss on Investments, Futures Contracts, Written Options, Swap Contracts,   
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts and Foreign Currency Transactions      (38,475,320)  
Decrease in Net Assets From Operations    $ (10,385,091)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statements of changes in net assets

 

For the Six Months Ended January 31, 2022 (unaudited)

and the Year Ended July 31, 2021

   2022      2021  
Operations:                  

Net investment income

   $ 28,090,229      $ 32,500,663  

Net realized gain

     7,941,626        2,279,078  

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (46,416,946)        29,862,361  

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets From Operations

     (10,385,091)        64,642,102  
Distributions to Shareholders From (Notes 1 and 6):                  

Total distributable earnings

     (29,866,734)        (35,147,911)  

Decrease in Net Assets From Distributions to Shareholders

     (29,866,734)        (35,147,911)  
Fund Share Transactions (Note 7):                  

Net proceeds from sale of shares

     195,266,304        974,637,068  

Reinvestment of distributions

     26,477,535        30,751,433  

Cost of shares repurchased

     (118,549,239)        (201,892,697)  

Increase in Net Assets From Fund Share Transactions

     103,194,600        803,495,804  

Increase in Net Assets

     62,942,775        832,989,995  
Net Assets:                  

Beginning of period

     1,364,455,147        531,465,152  

End of period

   $ 1,427,397,922      $ 1,364,455,147  

 

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 July 31,
unless otherwise noted:
 
Class A Shares1   20222     2021     2020     2019     2018     2017  
Net asset value, beginning of period     $6.12       $5.89       $6.19       $6.14       $6.46       $6.30  
Income (loss) from operations:            

Net investment income

    0.12       0.23       0.29       0.33       0.35       0.30  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.16)       0.25       (0.28)       0.08       (0.33)       0.17  

Total income (loss) from operations

    (0.04)       0.48       0.01       0.41       0.02       0.47  
Less distributions from:            

Net investment income

    (0.13)       (0.25)       (0.19)       (0.30)       (0.31)       (0.21)  

Return of capital

                (0.12)       (0.06)       (0.03)       (0.10)  

Total distributions

    (0.13)       (0.25)       (0.31)       (0.36)       (0.34)       (0.31)  
Net asset value, end of period     $5.95       $6.12       $5.89       $6.19       $6.14       $6.46  

Total return3

    (0.75)     8.23     0.28 %4      6.84     0.45     7.65
Net assets, end of period (millions)     $317       $326       $297       $294       $277       $280  
Ratios to average net assets:            

Gross expenses

    0.91 %5      0.94     0.97     1.00     1.09     1.14

Net expenses6,7

    0.91 5      0.93       0.97       0.98       1.08       1.14  

Net investment income

    3.82 5      3.82       4.96       5.54       5.49       4.78  
Portfolio turnover rate     24     71     59     54     63     59

 

1 

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

2 

For the six months ended January 31, 2022 (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 

The total return includes gains from settlement of security litigations. Without these gains, the total return would have been 0.11% for the year ended July 31, 2020.

5 

Annualized.

6 

The manager has agreed to waive the Fund’s management fee to an extent sufficient to offset the net management fee payable in connection with any investment in an affiliated money market fund.

7 

Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

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 July 31,
unless otherwise noted:
 
Class C Shares1   20222     2021     2020     2019     2018     2017  
Net asset value, beginning of period     $6.12       $5.88       $6.19       $6.14       $6.46       $6.29  
Income (loss) from operations:            

Net investment income

    0.09       0.19       0.25       0.29       0.31       0.26  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.17)       0.25       (0.29)       0.08       (0.33)       0.17  

Total income (loss) from operations

    (0.08)       0.44       (0.04)       0.37       (0.02)       0.43  
Less distributions from:            

Net investment income

    (0.10)       (0.20)       (0.17)       (0.27)       (0.27)       (0.16)  

Return of capital

                (0.10)       (0.05)       (0.03)       (0.10)  

Total distributions

    (0.10)       (0.20)       (0.27)       (0.32)       (0.30)       (0.26)  
Net asset value, end of period     $5.94       $6.12       $5.88       $6.19       $6.14       $6.46  

Total return3

    (1.28)     7.65     (0.62) %4      6.25     (0.43)     7.06
Net assets, end of period (000s)     $5,741       $6,079       $5,975       $6,453       $7,186       $6,161  
Ratios to average net assets:            

Gross expenses

    1.65 %5      1.65     1.70     1.71     1.80     1.85

Net expenses6

    1.65 5,7      1.65 7      1.70 7      1.70 7      1.79 7      1.85  

Net investment income

    3.07 5      3.10       4.24       4.82       4.86       4.07  
Portfolio turnover rate     24     71     59     54     63     59

 

1 

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

2 

For the six months ended January 31, 2022 (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 

The total return includes gains from settlement of security litigations. Without these gains, the total return would have been unchanged for the year ended July 31, 2020.

5 

Annualized.

6 

As a result of an expense limitation arrangement, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses, other than interest, brokerage, taxes, extraordinary expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses, to average net assets of Class C shares did not exceed 1.80%. This expense limitation arrangement cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2023 without the Board of Trustees’ consent. In addition, the manager has agreed to waive the Fund’s management fee to an extent sufficient to offset the net management fee payable in connection with any investment in an affiliated money market fund. Prior to March 31, 2018, the expense limitation was 1.95%.

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 July 31,
unless otherwise noted:
 
Class C1 Shares1   20222     2021     2020     2019     2018     2017  
Net asset value, beginning of period     $6.13       $5.89       $6.20       $6.15       $6.47       $6.31  
Income (loss) from operations:            

Net investment income

    0.10       0.21       0.28       0.31       0.36       0.28  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.16)       0.25       (0.30)       0.08       (0.36)       0.16  

Total income (loss) from operations

    (0.06)       0.46       (0.02)       0.39       0.00 3      0.44  
Less distributions from:            

Net investment income

    (0.11)       (0.22)       (0.18)       (0.29)       (0.29)       (0.18)  

Return of capital

                (0.11)       (0.05)       (0.03)       (0.10)  

Total distributions

    (0.11)       (0.22)       (0.29)       (0.34)       (0.32)       (0.28)  
Net asset value, end of period     $5.96       $6.13       $5.89       $6.20       $6.15       $6.47  

Total return4

    (0.99)     7.92     (0.23) %5      6.43     0.08 %6      7.21
Net assets, end of period (000s)     $577       $910       $1,361       $2,400       $19,348       $25,384  
Ratios to average net assets:            

Gross expenses

    1.40 %7      1.39     1.34     1.39     1.47     1.55

Net expenses8,9

    1.40 7      1.39       1.34       1.37       1.46       1.55  

Net investment income

    3.32 7      3.40       4.64       5.12       5.60       4.38  
Portfolio turnover rate     24     71     59     54     63     59

 

1 

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

 

2 

For the six months ended January 31, 2022 (unaudited).

 

3 

Amount represents less than $0.005 per share.

 

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 

The total return includes gains from settlement of security litigations. Without these gains, the total return would have been unchanged for the year ended July 31, 2020.

 

6 

The total return includes gains from settlement of security litigations. Without these gains, the total return would have been -0.08% for the year ended July 31, 2018.

 

7 

Annualized.

 

8 

The manager has agreed to waive the Fund’s management fee to an extent sufficient to offset the net management fee payable in connection with any investment in an affiliated money market fund.

 

9 

Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

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 July 31,
unless otherwise noted:
 
Class I Shares1   20222     2021     2020     2019     2018     2017  
Net asset value, beginning of period     $6.16       $5.92       $6.23       $6.18       $6.50       $6.33  
Income (loss) from operations:            

Net investment income

    0.13       0.24       0.31       0.35       0.38       0.32  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.17)       0.27       (0.29)       0.08       (0.34)       0.18  

Total income (loss) from operations

    (0.04)       0.51       0.02       0.43       0.04       0.50  
Less distributions from:            

Net investment income

    (0.13)       (0.27)       (0.20)       (0.32)       (0.32)       (0.23)  

Return of capital

                (0.13)       (0.06)       (0.04)       (0.10)  

Total distributions

    (0.13)       (0.27)       (0.33)       (0.38)       (0.36)       (0.33)  
Net asset value, end of period     $5.99       $6.16       $5.92       $6.23       $6.18       $6.50  

Total return3

    (0.59)     8.70     0.43 %4      7.33     0.61     8.12
Net assets, end of period (000s)     $764,914       $795,255       $122,512       $103,043       $120,028       $83,331  
Ratios to average net assets:            

Gross expenses

    0.63 %5      0.62     0.69     0.70     0.80     0.86

Net expenses6,7

    0.63 5      0.62       0.68       0.68       0.79       0.85  

Net investment income

    4.09 5      3.89       5.22       5.79       5.99       5.06  
Portfolio turnover rate     24     71     59     54     63     59

 

1 

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

 

2 

For the six months ended January 31, 2022 (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 

The total return includes gains from settlement of security litigations. Without these gains, the total return would have been 0.26% for the year ended July 31, 2020.

5 

Annualized.

 

6 

As a result of an expense limitation arrangement, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses, other than interest, brokerage, taxes, extraordinary expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses, to average net assets of Class I shares did not exceed 0.70%. This expense limitation arrangement cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2023 without the Board of Trustees’ consent. In addition, the manager has agreed to waive the Fund’s management fee to an extent sufficient to offset the net management fee payable in connection with any investment in an affiliated money market fund. Prior to March 31, 2018, the expense limitation was 0.85%.

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 July 31,
unless otherwise noted:
 
Class IS Shares1   20222     2021     2020     2019     2018     2017  
Net asset value, beginning of period     $6.16       $5.92       $6.23       $6.18       $6.50       $6.33  
Income (loss) from operations:            

Net investment income

    0.13       0.25       0.31       0.37       0.38       0.33  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.17)       0.26       (0.28)       0.07       (0.33)       0.18  

Total income (loss) from operations

    (0.04)       0.51       0.03       0.44       0.05       0.51  
Less distributions from:            

Net investment income

    (0.14)       (0.27)       (0.21)       (0.33)       (0.33)       (0.24)  

Return of capital

                (0.13)       (0.06)       (0.04)       (0.10)  

Total distributions

    (0.14)       (0.27)       (0.34)       (0.39)       (0.37)       (0.34)  
Net asset value, end of period     $5.98       $6.16       $5.92       $6.23       $6.18       $6.50  

Total return3

    (0.71)     8.80     0.53 %4      7.43     0.70     8.22
Net assets, end of period (000s)     $338,950       $236,176       $104,169       $44,528       $636       $424  
Ratios to average net assets:            

Gross expenses

    0.53 %5      0.55     0.59     0.62     0.72     0.76

Net expenses6,7

    0.53 5      0.55       0.58       0.60       0.69       0.75  

Net investment income

    4.20 5      4.12       5.25       6.08       5.97       5.22  
Portfolio turnover rate     24     71     59     54     63     59

 

1 

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

 

2 

For the six months ended January 31, 2022 (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 

The total return includes gains from settlement of security litigations. Without these gains, the total return would have been unchanged for the year ended July 31, 2020.

 

5 

Annualized.

 

6 

As a result of an expense limitation arrangement, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses, other than interest, brokerage, taxes, extraordinary expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses, to average net assets of Class IS shares did not exceed 0.60%. In addition, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses for Class IS shares did not exceed the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses for Class I shares. These expense limitation arrangements cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2023 without the Board of Trustees’ consent. In addition, the manager has agreed to waive the Fund’s management fee to an extent sufficient to offset the net management fee payable in connection with any investment in an affiliated money market fund. Prior to March 31, 2018, the expense limitation was 0.75% and the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses for Class IS shares did not exceed the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses for Class I shares.

 

7 

Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Notes to financial statements (unaudited)

 

1. Organization and significant accounting policies

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

(a) Investment valuation. 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 typically 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. Investments in open-end funds are valued at the closing net asset value per share of each fund on the day of valuation. 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 Global 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, 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

 

 

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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:

 

 

Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

 

 

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

 

 

Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

 

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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:

                               

Financials

        $ 66,526,728     $ 1,244,055     $ 67,770,783  

Information Technology

          14,429,652       850,383       15,280,035  

Other Corporate Bonds & Notes

          431,927,006             431,927,006  

Senior Loans:

                               

Consumer Discretionary

          102,472,641       8,955,625       111,428,266  

Consumer Staples

          11,604,768       2,673,650       14,278,418  

Financials

          45,587,362       11,104,690       56,692,052  

Health Care

          63,427,261       1,257,300       64,684,561  

Industrials

          61,674,226       12,571,924       74,246,150  

Information Technology

          43,658,382       2,960,725       46,619,107  

Materials

          1,969,129       1,273,368       3,242,497  

Other Senior Loans

          27,521,609             27,521,609  

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

          187,299,421             187,299,421  

Asset-Backed Securities

          131,666,801       943,338       132,610,139  

Sovereign Bonds

          102,469,493             102,469,493  

U.S. Government & Agency Obligations

          38,975,987             38,975,987  

Convertible Preferred Stocks:

                               

Energy

          6,440,400       10,732,573       17,172,973  

Convertible Bonds & Notes

          12,582,825             12,582,825  

Common Stocks:

                               

Materials

                0     0

Other Common Stocks

  $ 1,951,366                   1,951,366  

Preferred Stocks

    1,554,895                   1,554,895  

Purchased Options:

                               

Exchange-Traded Purchased Options

    983,851                   983,851  

OTC Purchased Options

          402,424             402,424  

Mortgage-Backed Securities

          929,175             929,175  

Warrants

          22,321             22,321  
Total Long-Term Investments     4,490,112       1,351,587,611       54,567,631       1,410,645,354  
Short-Term Investments†     4,322,073                   4,322,073  
Total Investments   $ 8,812,185     $ 1,351,587,611     $ 54,567,631     $ 1,414,967,427  

 

 

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ASSETS (cont’d)  
Description   Quoted Prices
(Level 1)
    Other Significant
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
    Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
    Total  
Other Financial Instruments:                                

Futures Contracts††

  $ 4,834,497                 $ 4,834,497  

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts††

        $ 1,958,879             1,958,879  

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps††

          163,242             163,242  

OTC Credit Default Swaps on Corporate Issues — Sell Protection‡

          992,155             992,155  

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps on Corporate Issues — Sell Protection††

          44,991             44,991  

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps on Corporate Issues — Buy Protection††

          61,690             61,690  

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps on Credit Indices — Buy Protection††

          132,237             132,237  
Total Other Financial Instruments   $ 4,834,497     $ 3,353,194           $ 8,187,691  
Total   $ 13,646,682     $ 1,354,940,805     $ 54,567,631     $ 1,423,155,118  

 

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

Written Options:

                               

Exchange-Traded Written Options

  $ 206,749                 $ 206,749  

OTC Written Options

        $ 403,141             403,141  

Futures Contracts††

    7,801,407                   7,801,407  

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts††

          1,847,814             1,847,814  

OTC Interest Rate Swaps‡

          559,426             559,426  

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps††

          168,717             168,717  

OTC Credit Default Swaps on Corporate Issues — Buy Protection‡

          41,341             41,341  
Total   $ 8,008,156     $ 3,020,439           $ 11,028,595  

 

See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

 

*

Amount represents less than $1.

 

††

Reflects the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of the instruments.

 

Value includes any premium paid or received with respect to swap contracts.

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

 

Investments in Securities  

Balance

as of

July 31, 2021

    Accrued
premiums/
discounts
    Realized
gain
(loss)1
    Change in
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)2
    Purchases  
Corporate Bonds & Notes:                                        

Financials

  $ 1,265,761                 $ (21,706)        

Information Technology

    849,363                   1,020        
Senior Loans:                                        

Consumer Discretionary

    1,565,365     $ 4,429     $ 40       23,276     $ 8,202,300  

Consumer Staples

                            2,427,300  

Energy

    3,656,238       810       (657)       (1,978)        

Financials

    6,220,927       13,798       164       47,087       6,619,200  

Health Care

          124             (8,062)       1,265,238  

Industrials

    12,198,918       529       104       27,155       4,389,767  

Information Technology

          225             11,850       1,601,950  

 

 

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Investments in

Securities

 

Balance

as of
July 31, 2021

    Accrued
premiums/
discounts
   

Realized
gain

(loss)1

    Change in
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)2
    Purchases  

Materials

  $ 1,221,719                 $ (28,901)     $ 80,550  

Real Estate

    4,979,342     $ 195     $ 3,538       (9,949)        
Asset-Backed Securities     931,834                   21,555        
Convertible Preferred Stocks:                                        

Energy

    10,052,339                   680,234        
Common Stocks:                                        

Materials

    0                        
Total   $ 42,941,806     $ 20,110     $ 3,189     $ 741,581     $ 24,586,305  

Investments in

Securities (cont’d)

  Sales    

Transfers

into

Level 33

   

Transfers

out of

Level 34

   

Balance

as of

January 31,
2022

   

Net change
in unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
for

investments
in securities
still held at
January 31,
20222

 
Corporate Bonds & Notes:                                        

Financials

                    $ 1,244,055     $ (21,706)  

Information Technology

                      850,383       1,020  
Senior Loans:                                        

Consumer Discretionary

  $ (2,000)           $ (837,785)       8,955,625       26,744  

Consumer Staples

        $ 246,350             2,673,650        

Energy

    (775,325)             (2,879,088)              

Financials

    (1,796,486)                   11,104,690       53,725  

Health Care

                      1,257,300       (8,062)  

Industrials

    (101,648)             (3,942,901)       12,571,924       (2,682)  

Information Technology

          1,346,700             2,960,725       11,850  

Materials

                      1,273,368       (28,901)  

Real Estate

    (4,973,126)                          
Asset-Backed Securities     (10,051)                   943,338       21,555  
Convertible Preferred Stocks:                                        

Energy

                      10,732,573       680,234  

 

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Investments in

Securities (cont’d)

  Sales    

Transfers

into

Level 33

   

Transfers

out of

Level 34

   

Balance

as of

January 31,
2022

   

Net change

in unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)

for

investments
in securities

still held at
January 31,
20222

 
Common Stocks:                                        

Materials

                    $ 0      
Total   $ (7,658,636)     $ 1,593,050     $ (7,659,774)     $ 54,567,631     $ 733,777  

 

*

Amount represents less than $1.

 

1 

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

 

2 

This amount is included in the change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from investments in unaffiliated securities 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.

 

3 

Transferred into Level 3 as a result of the unavailability of a quoted price in an active market for an identical investment or the unavailability of other significant observable input in the valuation obtained from independent third party pricing services or broker/dealer quotations.

 

4 

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) Purchased options. When the Fund purchases an option, 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 marked-to-market to reflect the current market value of the option purchased. If the purchased option expires, the Fund realizes a loss equal to the amount of premium paid. When an instrument is purchased or sold through the exercise of an option, the related premium paid is added to the basis of the instrument acquired or deducted from the proceeds of the instrument sold. The risk associated with purchasing put and call options is limited to the premium paid.

(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 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

 

 

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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) Futures contracts. The Fund uses futures contracts generally to gain exposure to, or hedge against, changes in interest rates or gain exposure to, or hedge against, changes in certain asset classes. A futures contract represents a commitment for the future purchase or sale of an asset at a specified price on a specified date.

Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is required to deposit cash or securities with a broker in an amount equal to a certain percentage of the contract amount. This is known as the ‘‘initial margin’’ and subsequent payments (‘‘variation margin’’) are made or received by the Fund each day, depending on the daily fluctuation in the value of the contract. For certain futures, including foreign denominated futures, variation margin is not settled daily, but is recorded as a net variation margin payable or receivable. The daily changes in contract value are recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation in the Statement of Operations and the Fund recognizes a realized gain or loss when the contract is closed.

Futures contracts involve, to varying degrees, risk of loss in excess of the amounts reflected in the financial statements. In addition, there is the risk that the Fund may not be able to enter into a closing transaction because of an illiquid secondary market.

(e) 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, to facilitate settlement of a foreign currency denominated portfolio transaction, or to attempt to enhance the Fund’s return or yield. 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.

Non-deliverable forward foreign currency exchange contracts are settled with the counterparty in cash without the delivery of foreign currency.

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

 

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contract. Risks may also arise upon entering into these contracts from the potential inability of the counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts.

(f) 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 and may be entered into as a bilateral contract (“OTC Swaps”) or centrally cleared (“Centrally Cleared Swaps”). Unlike Centrally Cleared Swaps, the Fund has credit exposure to the counterparties of OTC Swaps.

In a Centrally Cleared Swap, immediately following execution of the swap, the swap agreement is submitted to a clearinghouse or central counterparty (the “CCP”) and the CCP becomes the ultimate counterparty of the swap agreement. The Fund is required to interface with the CCP through a broker, acting in an agency capacity. All payments are settled with the CCP through the broker. Upon entering into a Centrally Cleared Swap, the Fund is required to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities.

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 any, is recorded as a net 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 January 31, 2022, the total notional value of all credit default swaps to sell protection was EUR 1,790,000 and $11,435,000. This amount would be offset by the value of the swap’s reference entity, upfront premiums received on the swap and any amounts received from the settlement of a credit default swap where the Fund bought protection for the same referenced security/entity.

For average notional amounts of swaps held during the six months ended January 31, 2022, see Note 4.

 

 

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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 CDS 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.

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 CDS agreements on corporate or sovereign issues are disclosed in the Schedule of Investments 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 CDS 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. CDS 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.

 

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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.

Interest rate swaps

The Fund enters into interest rate swap contracts to manage its exposure to interest rate risk. Interest rate swaps are agreements between two parties to exchange cash flows based on a notional principal amount. The Fund may elect to pay a fixed rate and receive a floating rate, receive a fixed rate and pay a floating rate, or pay and receive a floating rate, on a notional principal amount. Interest rate swaps are marked-to-market daily based upon quotations from market makers and the change, if any, is recorded as an unrealized appreciation or depreciation in the Statement of Operations. When a swap contract is terminated early, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the original cost and the settlement amount of the closing transaction.

The risks of interest rate swaps include changes in market conditions that will affect the value of the contract or changes in the present value of the future cash flow streams and the possible inability of the counterparty to fulfill its obligations under the agreement. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the discounted net value of the cash flows to be received from the counterparty over the contract’s remaining life, to the extent that amount is positive. This risk is mitigated by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty.

(g) Swaptions. The Fund may purchase or write swaption contracts to manage exposure to fluctuations in interest rates or to enhance yield. The Fund may also purchase and write swaption contracts to manage exposure to an underlying instrument. 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 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.

 

 

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(h) 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.

(i) Unfunded loan commitments. The Fund may enter into certain credit agreements where all or a portion of the total amount committed 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 January 31, 2022, the Fund had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover these commitments.

(j) Stripped securities. The Fund may invest in ‘‘Stripped Securities,’’ a term used collectively for components, or strips, of fixed income securities. Stripped Securities can be principal only securities (“PO”), which are debt obligations that have been stripped of unmatured interest coupons, or interest only securities (“IO”), which are unmatured interest coupons that have been stripped from debt obligations. The market value of Stripped Securities will fluctuate in response to changes in economic conditions, rates of prepayment, interest rates and the market’s perception of the securities. However, fluctuations in response to interest rates may be greater in Stripped Securities than for debt obligations of comparable maturities that pay interest currently. The amount of fluctuation may increase with a longer period of maturity.

The yield to maturity on IO’s is sensitive to the rate of principal repayments (including prepayments) on the related underlying debt obligation and principal payments may have a material effect on yield to maturity. If the underlying debt obligation experiences greater than anticipated prepayments of principal, the Fund may not fully recoup its initial investment in IO’s.

(k) Securities traded on a when-issued and delayed delivery basis. The Fund may trade securities on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis. In when-issued and delayed delivery transactions, the securities are purchased or sold by the Fund with payment and delivery taking place in the future in order to secure what is considered to be an advantageous price and yield to the Fund at the time of entering into the transaction.

Purchasing such securities involves risk of loss if the value of the securities declines prior to settlement. These securities are subject to market fluctuations and their current value is determined in the same manner as for other securities.

 

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(l) Inflation-indexed bonds. Inflation-indexed bonds are fixed income securities whose principal value or interest rate is periodically adjusted according to the rate of inflation. As the index measuring inflation changes, the principal value or interest rate of inflation-indexed bonds will be adjusted accordingly. Inflation adjustments to the principal amount of inflation-indexed bonds are reflected as an increase or decrease to investment income on the Statement of Operations. Repayment of the original bond principal upon maturity (as adjusted for inflation) is guaranteed in the case of U.S. Treasury inflation-indexed bonds. For bonds that do not provide a similar guarantee, the adjusted principal value of the bond repaid at maturity may be less than the original principal.

(m) Foreign currency translation. Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts based upon prevailing exchange rates on the date of valuation. Purchases and sales of investment securities and income and expense items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts based upon prevailing exchange rates on the respective dates of such transactions.

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.

(n) 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

 

 

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securities may also result in foreign currency losses caused by devaluations and exchange rate fluctuations.

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

(o) 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 may 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.

(p) 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 subadviser 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 subadviser. In addition, declines in the values of underlying collateral received may expose the Fund to increased risk of loss.

With exchange traded and centrally cleared derivatives, there is less counterparty risk to the Fund since the exchange or clearinghouse, as counterparty to such instruments, guarantees against a possible default. The clearinghouse stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract; therefore, the credit risk is limited to failure of the clearinghouse. While offset rights may exist under applicable law, the Fund does not have a contractual right of offset against a clearing broker or clearinghouse in the event of a default of the clearing broker or clearinghouse.

The Fund has entered into master agreements, such as an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement, with certain of its derivative counterparties that govern over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives and provide for general obligations, representations, agreements, collateral posting terms, netting provisions in the event of default or termination and credit

 

 

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related contingent features. The credit related contingent features include, but are not limited to, a percentage decrease in the Fund’s net assets or net asset value per share 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.

Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instruments’ payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. However, absent an event of default by the counterparty or a termination of the agreement, the terms of the ISDA 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.

Collateral requirements differ by type of derivative. Collateral or margin requirements are set by the broker or exchange clearinghouse for exchange traded derivatives while collateral terms are contract specific for OTC 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.

As of January 31, 2022, the Fund held OTC written options, forward foreign currency contracts, OTC interest rate swaps and OTC credit default swaps with credit related contingent features which had a liability position of $2,851,722. 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. As of January 31, 2022, the Fund had posted with its counterparties cash and/or securities as collateral to cover the net liability of these derivatives amounting to $620,000, which could be used to reduce the required payment.

At January 31, 2022, the Fund held non-cash collateral from Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. in the amount of $1,078,539. This amount could be used to reduce the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty in the event of default.

(q) Security transactions and investment income. Security transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Interest income (including interest income from payment-in-kind securities), adjusted for amortization of premium and accretion of discount, is recorded on the accrual basis. Paydown gains and losses on mortgage- and asset-backed securities are recorded as adjustments to interest income. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date for dividends received in cash and/or securities. 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.

 

 

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(r) Distributions to shareholders. Distributions from net investment income of the Fund are recorded 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.

(s) 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.

(t) 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.

(u) Federal and other taxes. It is the Fund’s policy to comply with the federal income and excise tax requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”), as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies. Accordingly, the Fund intends to distribute its taxable income and net realized gains, if any, to shareholders in accordance with 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 July 31, 2021, 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. Realized gains upon disposition of securities issued in or by certain foreign countries are subject to capital gains tax imposed by those countries.

(v) 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, LLC (“Western Asset”), Western Asset Management Company Pte. Ltd. in Singapore (“Western Asset Singapore”), Western Asset Management Company Ltd in Japan (“Western Asset Japan”) and Western Asset Management Company Limited in London (“Western Asset London”) are the Fund’s subadvisers. LMPFA, Western Asset, Western Asset Singapore, Western Asset Japan and Western Asset London are indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Franklin Resources, Inc. (“Franklin Resources”).

 

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Under the investment management agreement, the Fund pays an investment management fee, calculated daily and paid monthly, at an annual rate of 0.50% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

LMPFA provides administrative and certain oversight services to the Fund. LMPFA delegates to the subadvisers the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund. Western Asset Singapore, Western Asset Japan and Western Asset London provide certain subadvisory services to the Fund relating to currency transactions and investments in non-U.S. dollar denominated securities and related foreign currency investments. For its services, LMPFA pays Western Asset monthly 70% of the net management fee it receives from the Fund. In turn, Western Asset pays Western Asset Singapore, Western Asset Japan and Western Asset London a monthly subadvisory fee in an amount equal to 100% of the management fee paid to Western Asset on the assets that Western Asset allocates to each such non-U.S. subadviser to manage.

As a result of expense limitation arrangements between the Fund and LMPFA, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses, other than interest, brokerage, 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 1.80%, 0.70% and 0.60%, respectively. In addition, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses for Class IS shares did not exceed the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses for Class I shares. These expense limitation arrangements cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2023 without the Board of Trustees’ consent. In addition, the manager has agreed to waive the Fund’s management fee to an extent sufficient to offset the net management fee payable in connection with any investment in an affiliated money market fund (the “affiliated money market fund waiver”). The affiliated money market fund waiver is not subject to the recapture provision discussed below.

During the six months ended January 31, 2022, fees waived and/or expenses reimbursed amounted to $2,260, which included an affiliated money market fund waiver of $2,254.

LMPFA is permitted to recapture amounts waived and/or reimbursed to a class within two years after the fiscal year in which LMPFA earned the fee or incurred the expense if the class’ total annual fund 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 LMPFA recapture any amount that would result, on any particular business day of the Fund, in the class’ total annual fund operating expenses exceeding the expense cap or any other lower limit then in effect.

Pursuant to these arrangements, at January 31, 2022, the Fund had no fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements subject to recapture by LMPFA through July 31, 2024.

Franklin Distributors, LLC (known as Legg Mason Investor Services, LLC prior to July 7, 2021) (“Franklin Distributors”) serves as the Fund’s sole and exclusive distributor. Franklin Distributors is an indirect, wholly-owned broker-dealer subsidiary of Franklin Resources.

There is a maximum initial sales charge of 4.25% for Class A shares. Class C shares and Class C1 shares have a 1.00% CDSC, which applies if redemption occurs within 12 months

 

 

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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. This CDSC only applies to those purchases of Class A shares, which, when combined with current holdings of other shares of funds sold by Franklin Distributors, equal or exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate. These purchases do not incur an initial sales charge.

For the six months ended January 31, 2022, sales charges retained by and CDSCs paid to Franklin Distributors and its affiliates, if any, were as follows:

 

      Class A      Class C  
Sales charges    $ 32,677         
CDSCs      1,938      $ 109  

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

3. Investments

During the six months ended January 31, 2022, the aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investments (excluding short-term investments) and U.S. Government & Agency Obligations were as follows:

 

        Investments        U.S. Government &
Agency Obligations
 
Purchases      $ 360,260,895        $ 48,607,177  
Sales        314,999,990          11,950,590  

At January 31, 2022, the aggregate cost of investments and the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were substantially as follows:

 

     

Cost/Premiums

Paid (Received)

    

Gross

Unrealized

Appreciation

    

Gross

Unrealized
Depreciation

    

Net

Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 
Securities    $ 1,443,991,800      $ 15,599,262      $ (44,623,635)      $ (29,024,373)  
Written options      (1,158,201)        575,284        (26,974)        548,310  
Futures contracts             4,834,497        (7,801,407)        (2,966,910)  
Forward foreign currency contracts             1,958,879        (1,847,814)        111,065  
Swap contracts      296,899        423,498        (825,960)        (402,462)  

 

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4. Derivative instruments 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 January 31, 2022.

 

      ASSET DERIVATIVES1                  
      Interest
Rate Risk
     Foreign
Exchange Risk
    

Credit

Risk

     Equity
Risk
     Total  
Purchased options2           $ 402,424             $ 983,851      $ 1,386,275  
Futures contracts3    $ 4,834,497                             4,834,497  
Forward foreign currency contracts             1,958,879                      1,958,879  
OTC swap contracts4                  $ 992,155               992,155  
Centrally cleared swap contracts5      163,242               238,918               402,160  
Total    $ 4,997,739      $ 2,361,303      $ 1,231,073      $ 983,851      $ 9,573,966  
      LIABILITY DERIVATIVES1                  
     

Interest

Rate Risk

     Foreign
Exchange Risk
     Credit Risk      Equity
Risk
     Total  
Written options           $ 403,141             $ 206,749      $ 609,890  
Futures contracts3    $ 7,801,407                             7,801,407  
Forward foreign currency contracts             1,847,814                      1,847,814  
OTC swap contracts4      559,425             $ 41,341               600,766  
Centrally cleared swap contracts5      168,717                             168,717  
Total    $ 8,529,549      $ 2,250,955      $ 41,341      $ 206,749      $ 11,028,594  

 

1 

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

 

2 

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

 

3 

Includes cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only net variation margin is reported within the receivables and/or payables on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

4 

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

 

5 

Includes cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of centrally cleared swap contracts as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only net variation margin is reported within the receivables and/or payables on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

 

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The following tables provide information about the effect of derivatives and hedging activities on the Fund’s Statement of Operations for the six months ended January 31, 2022. 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.

 

AMOUNT OF REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON DERIVATIVES RECOGNIZED  
      Interest
Rate Risk
     Foreign
Exchange Risk
     Credit
Risk
    

Equity

Risk

     Commodity
Risk
     Total  
Purchased options1    $ (39,496)      $ (328,771)             $ (2,848,249)             $ (3,216,516)  
Futures contracts      4,349,065                                    4,349,065  
Written options             424,601               2,095,123      $ 109,267        2,628,991  
Swap contracts      2,198,300             $ (178,383)                      2,019,917  
Forward foreign currency contracts             939,694                             939,694  
Total    $ 6,507,869      $ 1,035,524      $ (178,383)      $ (753,126)      $ 109,267      $ 6,721,151  

 

1

Net realized gain (loss) from purchased options is reported in Net Realized Gain (Loss) From Investment transactions in unaffiliated securities in the Statement of Operations.

 

CHANGE IN UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) ON DERIVATIVES RECOGNIZED  
      Interest
Rate Risk
     Foreign
Exchange Risk
     Credit
Risk
     Equity
Risk
     Total  
Purchased options1           $ (294,830)      $ 189,469      $ (113,592)      $ (218,953)  
Futures contracts    $ (6,804,498)                             (6,804,498)  
Written options             129,520        (272,843)        (213,594)        (356,917)  
Swap contracts      (2,624,001)               250,021               (2,373,980)  
Forward foreign currency contracts             998,613                      998,613  
Total    $ (9,428,499)      $ 833,303      $ 166,647      $ (327,186)      $ (8,755,735)  

 

1 

The change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from purchased options is reported in the Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) From Investments in unaffiliated securities in the Statement of Operations.

 

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During the six months ended January 31, 2022, the volume of derivative activity for the Fund was as follows:

 

        Average Market
Value
 
Purchased options      $ 1,596,493  
Written options        861,152  
Futures contracts (to buy)        889,991,181  
Futures contracts (to sell)        200,113,351  
Forward foreign currency contracts (to buy)        156,379,003  
Forward foreign currency contracts (to sell)        151,012,879  
        Average Notional
Balance
 
Interest rate swap contracts      $ 65,659,252  
Credit default swap contracts (buy protection)        19,721,507  
Credit default swap contracts (sell protection)        13,500,507  

The following table presents the Fund’s OTC derivative assets and liabilities by counterparty net of amounts available for offset under an ISDA Master Agreement and net of the related collateral pledged (received) by the Fund as of January 31, 2022.

 

Counterparty    Gross Assets
Subject to
Master
Agreements1
     Gross
Liabilities
Subject to
Master
Agreements1
     Net Assets
(Liabilities)
Subject to
Master
Agreements
     Collateral
Pledged
(Received)2,3
     Net
Amount4,5
 
BNP Paribas SA    $ 79,817      $ (542,196)      $ (462,379)             $ (462,379)  
Citibank N.A.      462,113        (538,055)        (75,942)      $ 410,000        334,058  
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.      923,715        (784,632)        139,083        40,000        179,083  
JPMorgan Chase & Co.      304,091        (468,649)        (164,558)        170,000        5,442  
Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.      1,583,722        (518,190)        1,065,532        (1,078,539)        (13,007)  
Total    $ 3,353,458      $ (2,851,722)      $ 501,736      $ (458,539)      $ 43,197  

 

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 are 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 

Net amount may also include forward foreign currency exchange contracts that are not required to be collateralized.

 

5 

Represents the net amount receivable (payable) from (to) the counterparty in the event of default.

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

The Fund has adopted a Rule 12b-1 shareholder services and distribution plan and under that plan the Fund pays service and/or distribution fees with respect to its Class A, Class C and Class C1 shares calculated at the annual rate of 0.25%, 1.00% and 0.70% of the average daily net assets of each class, respectively. Service and/or distribution fees are accrued daily and paid monthly.

 

 

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For the six months ended January 31, 2022, class specific expenses were as follows:

 

        Service and/or
Distribution Fees
       Transfer Agent
Fees
 
Class A         $409,151          $204,802  
Class C        30,466          3,560  
Class C1        2,351          559  
Class I                 405,732  
Class IS                 1,141  
Total        $441,968          $615,794  

 

Amount shown is exclusive of expense reimbursements. For the six months ended January 31, 2022, the service and/or distribution fees reimbursed amounted to $6 for Class A shares.

For the six months ended January 31, 2022, waivers and/or expense reimbursements by class were as follows:

 

      Waivers/Expense
Reimbursements
 
Class A      $522  
Class C      10  
Class C1      1  
Class I      1,243  
Class IS      484  
Total      $2,260  

6. Distributions to shareholders by class

 

        Six Months Ended
January 31, 2022
       Year Ended
July 31, 2021
 
Net Investment Income:                      
Class A        $6,669,623        $ 12,698,645  
Class C        101,655          207,665  
Class C1        11,988          40,318  
Class I        17,149,314          15,713,004  
Class IS        5,934,154          6,488,279  
Total        $29,866,734        $ 35,147,911  

7. Shares of beneficial interest

At January 31, 2022, 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.

 

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Transactions in shares of each class were as follows:

 

   Six Months Ended
January 31, 2022
     Year Ended
July 31, 2021
 
      Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  
Class A                                    
Shares sold      3,645,333        $  22,140,539        8,823,188        $  53,489,687  
Shares issued on reinvestment      1,075,732        6,512,498        2,049,975        12,400,135  
Shares repurchased      (4,649,614)        (28,178,210)        (8,164,200)        (49,445,630)  
Net increase      71,451        $       474,827        2,708,963        $  16,444,192  
Class C                                    
Shares sold      83,906        $       511,186        186,039        $    1,123,815  
Shares issued on reinvestment      16,009        96,847        32,514        196,450  
Shares repurchased      (127,877)        (774,186)        (240,848)        (1,460,149)  
Net decrease      (27,962)        $    (166,153)        (22,295)        $    (139,884)  
Class C1                                    
Shares sold      1,759        $        11,195        3,239        $        19,660  
Shares issued on reinvestment      1,937        11,752        6,617        40,004  
Shares repurchased      (55,386)        (337,420)        (92,287)        (558,430)  
Net decrease      (51,690)        $    (314,473)        (82,431)        $    (498,766)  
Class I                                    
Shares sold      7,313,778        $  44,638,807        123,423,366        $750,888,448  
Shares issued on reinvestment      2,610,289        15,903,205        2,288,151        14,004,074  
Shares repurchased      (11,228,247)        (68,546,427)        (17,309,198)        (105,318,752)  
Net increase (decrease)      (1,304,180)        $ (8,004,415)        108,402,319        $659,573,770  
Class IS                                    
Shares sold      21,043,884        $127,964,577        27,498,783        $169,115,458  
Shares issued on reinvestment      649,772        3,953,233        673,380        4,110,770  
Shares repurchased      (3,400,119)        (20,712,996)        (7,421,102)        (45,109,736)  
Net increase      18,293,537        $111,204,814        20,751,061        $128,116,492  

8. Transactions with affiliated companies

As defined by the 1940 Act, an affiliated company is one in which the Fund owns 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities, or a company which is under common ownership or control with the Fund. The Fund invested in Western Asset Premier Institutional Government Reserves, Premium Shares, an affiliated registered money market fund managed by Western Asset. Benefit Street Partners is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources. The following companies were considered affiliated companies for all

 

 

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or some portion of the six months ended January 31, 2022. The following transactions were effected in such companies for the six months ended January 31, 2022.

 

     Affiliate
Value at
July 31,
     Purchased      Sold  
      2021      Cost      Shares/
Face amount
     Cost      Shares/
Face amount
 
Benefit Street Partners CLO IV Ltd., 2014-IVA CRRR    $ 390,545                              
Western Asset Premier Institutional Government Reserves, Premium Shares      28,204,225      $ 210,863,229        210,863,229      $ 234,745,381        234,745,381  
     $ 28,594,770      $ 210,863,229               $ 234,745,381           

 

(cont’d)    Realized
Gain (Loss)
   Interest/
Dividend
Income
     Net Increase
(Decrease) in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Affiliate
Value at
January 31,
2022
 
Benefit Street Partners CLO IV Ltd., 2014-IVA CRRR       $ 7,456      $ (103)      $ 390,442  
Western Asset Premier Institutional Government Reserves, Premium Shares         772               4,322,073  
        $ 8,228      $ (103)      $ 4,712,515  

9. Redemption facility

The Fund and certain other participating funds within the Trust, together with other U.S. registered and foreign investment funds (collectively, the “Borrowers”) managed by LMPFA or Franklin Resources, are borrowers in a joint syndicated senior unsecured credit facility totaling $2.675 billion (the “Global Credit Facility”). The Global Credit Facility provides a source of funds to the Borrowers for temporary and emergency purposes, including the ability to meet future unanticipated or unusually large redemption requests. Unless renewed, the Global Credit Facility will terminate on February 3, 2023.

Under the terms of the Global Credit Facility, the Fund shall, in addition to interest charged on any borrowings made by the Fund and other costs incurred by the Fund, pay its share of fees and expenses incurred in connection with the implementation and maintenance of the Global Credit Facility, based upon its relative share of the aggregate net assets of all the Borrowers, including an annual commitment fee of 0.15% based upon the unused portion of the Global Credit Facility. These fees are reflected in the Statement of Operations. The Fund did not utilize the Global Credit Facility during the six months ended January 31, 2022.

 

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

 

10. Deferred capital losses

As of July 31, 2021, the Fund had deferred capital losses of $41,298,902, which have no expiration date, that will be available to offset future taxable capital gains.

11. Recent accounting pronouncement

In March 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848) – Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting. In January 2021, the FASB issued ASU No. 2021-01, with further amendments to Topic 848. The amendments in the ASUs provide optional temporary accounting recognition and financial reporting relief from the effect of certain types of contract modifications due to the planned discontinuation of the LIBOR and other interbank-offered based reference rates as of the end of 2021 and 2023. The ASUs are effective for certain reference rate-related contract modifications that occur during the period March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022. Management has reviewed the requirements and believes the adoption of these ASUs will not have a material impact on the financial statements.

12. Other matters

The outbreak of the respiratory illness COVID-19 (commonly referred to as “coronavirus”) has continued to rapidly spread around the world, causing considerable uncertainty for the global economy and financial markets. The ultimate economic fallout from the pandemic, and the long-term impact on economies, markets, industries and individual issuers, are not known. The COVID-19 pandemic could adversely affect the value and liquidity of the Fund’s investments, impair the Fund’s ability to satisfy redemption requests, and negatively impact the Fund’s performance. In addition, the outbreak of COVID-19, and measures taken to mitigate its effects, could result in disruptions to the services provided to the Fund by its service providers.

*  *  *

The Fund’s investments, payment obligations, and financing terms may be based on floating rates, such as the London Interbank Offered Rate, or “LIBOR,” which is the offered rate for short-term Eurodollar deposits between major international banks. On March 5, 2021, the ICE Benchmark Administration, the administrator of LIBOR, stated that it will cease the publication of the overnight and one-, three-, six- and twelve-month USD LIBOR settings immediately following the LIBOR publication on Friday, June 30, 2023. All other LIBOR settings, including the one-week and two-month USD LIBOR settings, have ceased publication as of January 1, 2022. There remains uncertainty regarding the nature of any replacement rate and the impact of the transition from LIBOR on the Fund’s transactions and the financial markets generally. As such, the potential effect of a transition away from LIBOR on the Fund or the Fund’s investments cannot yet be determined.

13. Subsequent event

Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the resulting responses by the United States and other countries, and the potential for wider conflict could increase volatility and uncertainty in the financial markets and adversely affect regional and global

 

 

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economies. The United States and other countries have imposed broad-ranging economic sanctions on Russia and certain Russian individuals, banking entities and corporations as a response to its invasion of Ukraine. The United States and other countries have also imposed economic sanctions on Belarus and may impose sanctions on other countries that support Russia’s military invasion. These sanctions, as well as any other economic consequences related to the invasion, such as additional sanctions, boycotts or changes in consumer or purchaser preferences or cyberattacks on governments, companies or individuals, may further decrease the value and liquidity of certain Russian securities and securities of issuers in other countries that are subject to economic sanctions related to the invasion. To the extent that the Fund has exposure to Russian investments or investments in countries affected by the invasion, the Fund’s ability to price, buy, sell, receive or deliver such investments may be impaired. The Fund could determine at any time that certain of the most affected securities have zero value. In addition, any exposure that the Fund may have to counterparties in Russia or in countries affected by the invasion could negatively impact the Fund’s portfolio. The extent and duration of Russia’s military actions and the repercussions of such actions (including any retaliatory actions or countermeasures that may be taken by those subject to sanctions) are impossible to predict, but could result in significant market disruptions, including in the oil and natural gas markets, and may negatively affect global supply chains, inflation and global growth. These and any related events could significantly impact the Fund’s performance and the value of an investment in the Fund, even beyond any direct exposure the Fund may have to Russian issuers or issuers in other countries affected by the invasion.

 

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Statement regarding liquidity risk management program (unaudited)

 

Each Fund has adopted and implemented a written Liquidity Risk Management Program (the “LRMP”) as required by Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Liquidity Rule”). The LRMP is designed to assess and manage each Fund’s liquidity risk, which is defined as the risk that the Fund could not meet requests to redeem shares issued by the Fund without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the Fund. In accordance with the Liquidity Rule, the LRMP includes policies and procedures that provide for: (1) assessment, management, and review (no less frequently than annually) of each Fund’s liquidity risk; (2) classification of each Fund’s portfolio holdings into one of four liquidity categories (Highly Liquid, Moderately Liquid, Less Liquid, and Illiquid); (3) for Funds that do not primarily hold assets that are Highly Liquid, establishing and maintaining a minimum percentage of the Fund’s net assets in Highly Liquid investments (called a “Highly Liquid Investment Minimum” or “HLIM”); and (4) prohibiting the Fund’s acquisition of Illiquid investments that would result in the Fund holding more than 15% of its net assets in Illiquid assets. The LRMP also requires reporting to the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) (on a non-public basis) and to the Board if the Fund’s holdings of Illiquid assets exceed 15% of the Fund’s net assets. Funds with HLIMs must have procedures for addressing HLIM shortfalls, including reporting to the Board and, with respect to HLIM shortfalls lasting more than seven consecutive calendar days, reporting to the SEC (on a non-public basis).

The Director of Liquidity Risk within the Investment Risk Management Group (the “IRMG”) is the appointed Administrator of the LRMP. The IRMG maintains the Investment Liquidity Committee (the “ILC”) to provide oversight and administration of policies and procedures governing liquidity risk management for Franklin Templeton and Legg Mason products and portfolios. The ILC includes representatives from Franklin Templeton’s Risk, Trading, Global Compliance, Legal, Investment Compliance, Investment Operations, Valuation Committee, Product Management and Global Product Strategy.

In assessing and managing each Fund’s liquidity risk, the ILC considers, as relevant, a variety of factors, including the Fund’s investment strategy and the liquidity of its portfolio investments during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions; its short and long-term cash flow projections; and its cash holdings and access to other funding sources including the Funds’ interfund lending facility and line of credit. Classification of the Fund’s portfolio holdings in the four liquidity categories is based on the number of days it is reasonably expected to take to convert the investment to cash (for Highly Liquid and Moderately Liquid holdings) or sell or dispose of the investment (for Less Liquid and Illiquid investments), in current market conditions without significantly changing the investment’s market value.

Each Fund primarily holds liquid assets that are defined under the Liquidity Rule as “Highly Liquid Investments,” and therefore is not required to establish an HLIM. Highly Liquid

 

 

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Investments are defined as cash and any investment reasonably expected to be convertible to cash in current market conditions in three business days or less without the conversion to cash significantly changing the market value of the investment.

At meetings of the Funds’ Board of Trustees/Directors held in November 2021, the Program Administrator provided a written report to the Board addressing the adequacy and effectiveness of the program for the year ended December 31, 2020. The Program Administrator report concluded that (i.) the LRMP, as adopted and implemented, remains reasonably designed to assess and manage each Fund’s liquidity risk; (ii.) the LRMP, including the Highly Liquid Investment Minimum (“HLIM”) where applicable, was implemented and operated effectively to achieve the goal of assessing and managing each Fund’s liquidity risk; and (iii.) each Fund was able to meet requests for redemption without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the Fund.

 

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Western Asset

Income Fund

 

Trustees

Robert Abeles, Jr.

Jane F. Dasher

Anita L. DeFrantz

Susan B. Kerley

Michael Larson

Ronald L. Olson

Avedick B. Poladian

William E.B. Siart

Chairman

Jaynie M. Studenmund

Peter J. Taylor

Jane Trust

 

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Effective February 22, 2022, Franklin Templeton Investor Services, LLC replaced BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. as Transfer Agent.

 

Investment manager

Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC

Subadvisers

Western Asset Management Company, LLC

Western Asset Management Company Limited

Western Asset Management Company Pte. Ltd.

Western Asset Management Company Ltd

Distributor

Franklin Distributors, LLC

Custodian

The Bank of New York Mellon

Transfer agent#

Franklin Templeton Investor

Services, LLC

3344 Quality Drive

Rancho Cordova, CA 95670-7313

Independent registered public accounting firm

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Baltimore, MD

 

Western Asset Income Fund

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

Western Asset Income Fund

Legg Mason Funds

620 Eighth Avenue, 47th 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 as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The Fund’s Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. To obtain information on Form N-PORT, shareholders can call the Fund at 1-877-6LM-FUND/656-3863.

Information on how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the prior 12-month period ended June 30th of each year and a description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies related to portfolio transactions are available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund at 1-877-6LM-FUND/656-3863, (2) at www.franklintempleton.com 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 Income Fund. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the Fund unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus.

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

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Legg Mason Funds Privacy and Security Notice

 

Your Privacy and the Security of Your Personal Information is Very Important to the Legg Mason Funds

This Privacy and Security Notice (the “Privacy Notice”) addresses the Legg Mason Funds’ privacy and data protection practices with respect to nonpublic personal information the Funds receive. The Legg Mason Funds include any funds sold by the Funds’ distributor, Franklin Distributors, LLC, as well as Legg Mason-sponsored closed-end funds. The provisions of this Privacy Notice apply to your information both while you are a shareholder and after you are no longer invested with the Funds.

The Type of Nonpublic Personal Information the Funds Collect About You

The Funds collect and maintain nonpublic personal information about you in connection with your shareholder account. Such information may include, but is not limited to:

 

 

Personal information included on applications or other forms;

 

 

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

 

 

Bank account information, legal documents, and identity verification documentation;

 

 

Online account access user IDs, passwords, security challenge question responses; and

 

 

Information received from consumer reporting agencies regarding credit history and creditworthiness (such as the amount of an individual’s total debt, payment history, etc.).

How the Funds Use Nonpublic Personal Information About You

The Funds do not sell or share your nonpublic personal information with third parties or with affiliates for their marketing purposes, or with other financial institutions or affiliates for joint marketing purposes, unless you have authorized the Funds to do so. The Funds do not disclose any nonpublic personal information about you except as may be required to perform transactions or services you have authorized or as permitted or required by law.

The Funds may disclose information about you to:

 

 

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

 

 

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 statistical analysis, market research and marketing services solely for the Funds;

 

 

Permit access to transfer, whether in the United States or countries outside of the United States to such Funds’ employees, agents and affiliates and service providers as required to enable the Funds to conduct ordinary business, or to comply with obligations to government regulators;

 

 

The Funds’ representatives such as legal counsel, accountants and auditors to enable the Funds to conduct ordinary business, or to comply with obligations to government regulators;

 

 

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

 

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

 

Except as otherwise permitted by applicable law, companies acting on the Funds’ behalf, including those outside the United States, 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, if you have questions about the Funds’ privacy practices, or our use of your nonpublic personal information, 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.franklintempleton.com, or contact the Fund at 1-877-6LM-FUND/656-3863.

Revised April 2018

Legg Mason California Consumer Privacy Act Policy

Although much of the personal information we collect is “nonpublic personal information” subject to federal law, residents of California may, in certain circumstances, have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). For example, if you are a broker,

 

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

 

dealer, agent, fiduciary, or representative acting by or on behalf of, or for, the account of any other person(s) or household, or a financial advisor, or if you have otherwise provided personal information to us separate from the relationship we have with personal investors, the provisions of this Privacy Policy apply to your personal information (as defined by the CCPA).

 

 

In addition to the provisions of the Legg Mason Funds Security and Privacy Notice, you may have the right to know the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you.

 

 

You also have the right to request the deletion of the personal information collected or maintained by the Funds.

If you wish to exercise any of the rights you have in respect of your personal information, you should advise the Funds by contacting them as set forth below. The rights noted above are subject to our other legal and regulatory obligations and any exemptions under the CCPA. You may designate an authorized agent to make a rights request on your behalf, subject to the identification process described below. We do not discriminate based on requests for information related to our use of your personal information, and you have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment related to the exercise of your privacy rights.

We may request information from you in order to verify your identity or authority in making such a request. If you have appointed an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf, or you are an authorized agent making such a request (such as a power of attorney or other written permission), this process may include providing a password/passcode, a copy of government issued identification, affidavit or other applicable documentation, i.e. written permission. We may require you to verify your identity directly even when using an authorized agent, unless a power of attorney has been provided. We reserve the right to deny a request submitted by an agent if suitable and appropriate proof is not provided.

For the 12-month period prior to the date of this Privacy Policy, the Legg Mason Funds have not sold any of your personal information; nor do we have any plans to do so in the future.

Contact Information

Address: Data Privacy Officer, 100 International Dr., Baltimore, MD 21202

Email: DataProtectionOfficer@franklintempleton.com

Phone: 1-800-396-4748

Revised October 2020

 

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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 EQUITY 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.


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ITEM 12.    DISCLOSURE OF SECURITIES LENDING ACTIVITIES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.
   Not applicable.
ITEM 13.    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.
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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/ Jane Trust

  Jane Trust
  Chief Executive Officer

Date:

 

March 24, 2022

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/ Jane Trust

  Jane Trust
  Chief Executive Officer

Date:

 

March 24, 2022

 

By:  

/s/ Christopher Berarducci

  Christopher Berarducci
  Principal Financial Officer

Date:

 

March 24, 2022