N-CSRS 1 dncsrs.htm WESTERN ASSET FUNDS INC.--WESTERN ASSET CORE BOND PORTFOLIO Western Asset Funds Inc.--Western Asset Core Bond Portfolio

 

 

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 811-06110

Western Asset Funds, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

55 Water Street, New York, NY 10041

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Robert I. Frenkel, Esq.

Legg Mason & Co., LLC

100 First Stamford Place

Baltimore, MD 21202

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 1-888-425-6432

Date of fiscal year end: December 31

Date of reporting period: June 30, 2010

 

 

 


ITEM 1. REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS.

The Semi-Annual Report to Stockholders is filed herewith.


June 30, 2010

LOGO

 

Semi-Annual Repor t

Western Asset

Core Bond

Portfolio

 

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

 


II   Western Asset Core Bond Portfolio

 

Fund objective

The Fund seeks to maximize total return, consistent with prudent investment management and liquidity needs, by investing to obtain an average duration which is expected to range within 20% of the average duration of the domestic bond market as a whole.

 

What’s inside     
Letter from the president    II
Investment commentary    III
Fund at a glance    1
Fund expenses    2
Spread duration    3
Effective duration    4
Schedule of investments    5
Statement of assets and liabilities    21
Statement of operations    22
Statements of changes in net assets    23
Financial highlights    24
Notes to financial statements    27

 

Letter from the president     

Dear Shareholder,

We are pleased to provide the semi-annual report of Western Asset Core Bond Portfolio for the six-month reporting period ended June 30, 2010.

Please read on for Fund performance information and a detailed look at prevailing economic and market conditions during the Fund’s reporting period.

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

 

Ÿ  

Fund prices and performance,

 

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Market insights and commentaries from our portfolio managers, and

 

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A host of educational resources.

We look forward to helping you meet your financial goals.

Sincerely,

LOGO

R. Jay Gerken, CFA

President

July 30, 2010



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Investment commentary

 

Economic review

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

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

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

After experiencing sharp job losses in 2009, the U.S. Department of Labor reported that over one million new positions were added during the first five months of 2010. Included in that total, however, were 700,000 temporary government jobs tied to the 2010 Census. In June, 225,000 of these temporary positions were eliminated, offsetting private sector growth and resulting in a net loss of 125,000 jobs for the month. However, the unemployment rate fell to 9.5% in June, versus 9.7% and 9.9% in May and April, respectively.

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

Financial market overview

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

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

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



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Investment commentary (cont’d)

 

Fixed-income market review

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

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

Performance review

For the six months ended June 30, 2010, Class I shares of Western Asset Core Bond Portfolio returned 8.23%. The Fund’s unmanaged benchmark, the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Index, returned 5.33% for the same period. The Lipper Intermediate Investment Grade Debt Funds Category Average1 returned 5.35% over the same time frame.

 

Performance Snapshot as of June 30, 2010 (unaudited)  
      6 months  
Western Asset Core Bond Portfolio:       

Class IS2

   8.26

Class I2

   8.23

Class FI2

   8.09
Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Index    5.33
Lipper Intermediate Investment Grade Debt Funds Category Average    5.35

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

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

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

The 30-Day SEC Yields for the period ended June 30, 2010 for Class IS, I and FI shares were 3.84%, 3.78% and 3.52%, respectively. Absent current expense reimbursements and/or fee waivers, the 30-Day SEC Yield for Class FI shares would have been 3.50%. The 30-Day SEC Yield is the average annualized net investment income per share for the 30-day period indicated and is subject to change.

 

Total Annual Operating Expenses (unaudited)

As of the Fund’s most current prospectus dated April 30, 2010, the gross total operating expense ratios for Class IS, Class I and Class FI shares were 0.44%, 0.49% and 0.78%, respectively.

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

As a result of an expense limitation agreement, the ratio of expenses, other than interest, brokerage, taxes, deferred organizational expenses and extraordinary expenses, to average net assets will not exceed 0.50% for Class IS shares and 0.75% for Class FI shares. This expense limitation agreement cannot be terminated prior to April 30, 2011 without the Board of Directors’ consent.

The manager is permitted to recapture amounts forgone or reimbursed to a class within three years after the day on which the manager earned the fee or incurred the expense if the class’ total annual operating expenses have fallen to a level below the lower of the limit described above or the limit then in effect.


 

1

Lipper, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reuters, provides independent insight on global collective investments. Returns are based on the six-month period ended June 30, 2010, including the reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, calculated among the 588 funds in the Fund’s Lipper category.

 

2

Class IS, Class I and Class FI shares were formerly known as Institutional Select Class, Institutional Class and Financial Intermediary Class shares, respectively. Fund share classes were renamed in April 2010.


Western Asset Core Bond Portfolio   V

 

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

Sincerely,

LOGO

R. Jay Gerken, CFA

President

July 30, 2010

 

RISKS: Bonds are subject to a variety of risks, including interest rate, credit and inflation risk. As interest rates rise, bond prices fall, reducing the value of the Fund’s share price. Investments in asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities involve additional risks, including prepayment and extension risks. The Fund may use derivatives, such as options, futures and swaps, which can be illiquid, may disproportionately increase losses, and have a potentially large impact on Fund performance. Please see the Fund’s prospectus for more information on these and other risks.

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

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


i

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

 

ii

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

 

iii

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

 

iv

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

v

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

 

vi

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

 

vii

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

 

viii

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



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Fund at a glance (unaudited)

 

Standard & Poor’s Debt Ratings1 (%) as a percent of total investments

LOGO

Maturity Schedule (%) as a percent of total investments

LOGO

The bar graphs above represent the composition of the Fund’s investments as of June 30, 2010 and do not include derivatives such as Futures Contracts, Options Written and Swaps. The Fund is actively managed. As a result, the composition of the Fund’s investments is subject to change at any time.

 

1

Source: Standard & Poor’s Rating Service. The ratings shown are based on each portfolio security’s rating as determined by Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”), a Nationally Recognized Statistical Ratings Organization (“NRSRO”). These ratings are the opinions of S&P and are not measures of quality or guarantees of performance. Securities held by the Fund may be rated by other NRSROs, and these ratings may be higher or lower. The Fund itself has not been rated by a NRSRO and the credit quality of the investments in the Fund’s portfolio does not apply to the stability or safety of the Fund.

 

2

Preferred stocks do not have defined maturity dates.


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Fund expenses (unaudited)

 

Example

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

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

Actual expenses

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

 

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

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

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


 

Based on actual total return1       Based on hypothetical total return1
     Actual
Total
Return2
    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  IS4   8.26   $ 1,000.00   $ 1,082.60   0.44   $ 2.27     Class IS4   5.00   $ 1,000.00   $ 1,022.61   0.44   $ 2.21
Class  I4   8.23        1,000.00     1,082.30   0.50        2.58     Class I4   5.00        1,000.00     1,022.32   0.50        2.51
Class  FI4   8.09        1,000.00     1,080.90   0.75        3.87     Class FI4   5.00        1,000.00     1,021.08   0.75        3.76

 

1

For the six months ended June 30, 2010.

 

2

Assumes the reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, at net asset value. 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 and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of compensating balance arrangements 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 and/or expense reimbursements) are equal to each class’ respective annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (181), then divided by 365.

 

4

In April 2010, Institutional Select Class, Institutional Class and Financial Intermediary Class shares were renamed Class IS, Class I and Class FI shares, respectively.


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Spread duration (unaudited)

 

Economic exposure — June 30, 2010

LOGO

Spread duration is defined as the change in value for a 100 basis point change in the spread relative to Treasuries. The spread over Treasuries is the annual risk-premium demanded by investors to hold non-Treasury securities. This chart highlights the market sector exposure of the Fund’s portfolio and the exposure relative to the selected benchmark as of the end of the reporting period.

 

ABS  

—Asset Backed Securities

BAI  

—Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Index

CMBS  

—Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities

HY  

—High Yield

IG Credit  

—Investment Grade Credit

MBS  

—Mortgage Backed Securities


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Effective duration (unaudited)

 

Interest rate exposure — June 30, 2010

LOGO

Effective duration is defined as the change in value for a 100 basis point change in Treasury yields. This chart highlights the interest rate exposure of the Fund’s portfolio relative to the selected benchmark as of the end of the reporting period.

 

ABS  

—Asset Backed Securities

BAI  

—Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Index

CMBS  

—Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities

HY  

—High Yield

IG Credit  

—Investment Grade Credit

MBS  

—Mortgage Backed Securities


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Schedule of investments (unaudited)

June 30, 2010

Western Asset Core Bond Portfolio

 

Security    Rate      Maturity
Date
   Face
Amount
   Value  
Corporate Bonds & Notes — 34.1%   
Consumer Discretionary — 2.4%   

Automobiles — 0.0%

  

DaimlerChrysler North America Holding Corp., Notes

   5.875    3/15/11    $ 700,000    $ 721,256   

Motors Liquidation Co.

   9.450    11/1/11      160,000      48,000  (a) 

Motors Liquidation Co.

   8.100    6/15/24      23,000      6,785  (a) 

Motors Liquidation Co., Debentures

   9.400    7/15/21      43,000      12,309  (a) 

Motors Liquidation Co., Step Bond

   0.000    3/15/36      567,000      90,720  (a) 

Total Automobiles

                        879,070   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.2%

  

Marriott International Inc.

   5.810    11/10/15      4,400,000      4,835,873   

Leisure Equipment & Products — 0.3%

  

Eastman Kodak Co., Senior Notes

   7.250    11/15/13      8,630,000      8,457,400   

Media — 1.3%

  

CBS Corp.

   7.625    1/15/16      2,750,000      3,043,114   

Comcast Corp., Notes

   6.500    1/15/15      1,200,000      1,377,289   

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

   6.500    1/15/17      1,500,000      1,718,757   

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

   6.950    8/15/37      3,130,000      3,560,457   

News America Inc., Senior Notes

   6.200    12/15/34      105,000      110,588   

News America Inc., Senior Notes

   6.650    11/15/37      700,000      785,614   

Reed Elsevier Capital Inc., Notes

   8.625    1/15/19      4,740,000      6,034,366   

Time Warner Cable Inc., Senior Notes

   6.200    7/1/13      6,470,000      7,236,307   

Time Warner Cable Inc., Senior Notes

   8.750    2/14/19      1,180,000      1,488,852   

Time Warner Cable Inc., Senior Notes

   8.250    4/1/19      8,630,000      10,613,191   

Time Warner Cable Inc., Senior Notes

   6.750    6/15/39      2,950,000      3,258,933   

Viacom Inc.

   6.250    4/30/16      3,400,000      3,856,443   

Total Media

                        43,083,911   

Multiline Retail — 0.1%

  

Target Corp.

   4.000    6/15/13      4,445,000      4,748,296   

Specialty Retail — 0.5%

  

Autozone Inc.

   6.950    6/15/16      5,620,000      6,629,897   

Home Depot Inc.

   5.250    12/16/13      2,740,000      3,012,759   

Home Depot Inc.

   5.400    3/1/16      4,250,000      4,730,305   

Total Specialty Retail

                        14,372,961   

Total Consumer Discretionary

                        76,377,511   
Consumer Staples — 2.3%   

Beverages — 0.4%

  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

   5.375    1/15/20      6,620,000      7,133,666   

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

   5.000    4/15/20      1,960,000      2,049,249  (b) 

Diageo Finance BV

   3.250    1/15/15      4,990,000      5,132,474   

Total Beverages

                        14,315,389   

Food & Staples Retailing — 1.1%

  

CVS Corp., Pass-through Certificates

   6.117    1/10/13      2,934,429      3,143,360  (b) 

CVS Pass-Through Trust, Secured Notes

   6.036    12/10/28      29,562,802      30,236,243   

Kroger Co., Senior Notes

   6.400    8/15/17      580,000      675,119   

Kroger Co., Senior Notes

   6.150    1/15/20      850,000      981,898   

Total Food & Staples Retailing

                        35,036,620   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2010

Western Asset Core Bond Portfolio

 

Security    Rate      Maturity
Date
   Face
Amount
   Value  

Food Products — 0.5%

  

Kraft Foods Inc., Senior Notes

   5.375    2/10/20    $ 8,210,000    $ 8,797,433   

Sara Lee Corp., Notes

   6.250    9/15/11      5,500,000      5,824,148   

Unilever Capital Corp.

   7.125    11/1/10      1,730,000      1,766,607   

Total Food Products

                        16,388,188   

Tobacco — 0.3%

  

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

   9.250    8/6/19      3,680,000      4,593,030   

Reynolds American Inc., Senior Notes

   7.250    6/1/12      4,535,000      4,875,760   

Total Tobacco

                        9,468,790   

Total Consumer Staples

                        75,208,987   
Energy — 3.1%   

Energy Equipment & Services — 0.2%

  

Sonat Inc., Notes

   7.625    7/15/11      5,000,000      5,157,870   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 2.9%

  

Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

   5.950    9/15/16      14,503,000      12,482,689   

Conoco Funding Co.

   7.250    10/15/31      350,000      434,348   

Conoco Funding Co., Notes

   6.350    10/15/11      400,000      426,684   

ConocoPhillips Holding Co., Senior Notes

   6.950    4/15/29      2,780,000      3,411,730   

El Paso Natural Gas Co., Bonds

   8.375    6/15/32      3,610,000      4,223,667   

Gazprom, Loan Participation Notes

   6.212    11/22/16      850,000      857,480  (b) 

Hess Corp., Notes

   8.125    2/15/19      5,610,000      6,993,179   

Hess Corp., Notes

   7.875    10/1/29      3,840,000      4,725,162   

Hess Corp., Notes

   7.300    8/15/31      1,915,000      2,259,330   

Kerr-McGee Corp., Notes

   6.950    7/1/24      650,000      590,621   

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, Senior Notes

   7.125    3/15/12      4,650,000      4,998,327   

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, Senior Notes

   5.000    12/15/13      3,180,000      3,384,347   

Pemex Project Funding Master Trust, Senior Bonds

   6.625    6/15/35      13,199,000      13,575,924   

Petrobras International Finance Co., Senior Notes

   6.125    10/6/16      2,720,000      2,887,514   

Petrobras International Finance Co., Senior Notes

   5.750    1/20/20      2,428,000      2,445,112   

Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes

   4.375    3/25/20      7,960,000      8,228,491   

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co., Senior Notes

   8.375    6/15/32      1,110,000      1,298,690   

Williams Cos. Inc., Debentures

   7.500    1/15/31      5,378,000      5,720,697   

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

   8.750    3/15/32      2,399,000      2,799,549   

XTO Energy Inc., Senior Notes

   7.500    4/15/12      10,379,000      11,556,456   

XTO Energy Inc., Senior Notes

   6.750    8/1/37      320,000      412,241   

Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

                        93,712,238   

Total Energy

                        98,870,108   
Financials — 17.6%   

Capital Markets — 1.6%

  

Goldman Sachs Capital II, Junior Subordinated Bonds

   5.793    6/1/12      770,000      581,350  (b)(c) 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

   5.625    1/15/17      9,935,000      10,045,378   

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Notes

   6.600    1/15/12      710,000      750,927   

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Notes

   5.450    11/1/12      1,760,000      1,854,054   

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Notes

   4.750    7/15/13      540,000      563,799   

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Notes

   5.250    10/15/13      1,600,000      1,686,574   

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

   5.300    2/14/12      310,000      322,657   

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

   3.625    8/1/12      1,110,000      1,130,764   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


Western Asset Core Bond Portfolio 2010 Semi-Annual Report   7

 

Western Asset Core Bond Portfolio

 

Security    Rate     Maturity
Date
  Face
Amount
   Value  

Capital Markets — continued

  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

   5.375   3/15/20   $ 12,240,000    $ 12,094,540   

Kaupthing Bank HF, Senior Notes

   5.750   10/4/11     2,960,000      710,400  (a)(b)(e) 

Kaupthing Bank HF, Senior Notes

   7.625   2/28/15     20,280,000      4,867,200  (a)(b)(e) 

Kaupthing Bank HF, Subordinated Notes

   7.125   5/19/16     30,520,000      3,052  (a)(b)(e) 

Lehman Brothers Holdings Capital Trust VII, Medium-Term Notes

   5.857   5/31/12     1,300,000      130  (a)(d) 

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Medium-Term Notes

   6.750   12/28/17     29,990,000      14,995  (a) 

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Medium-Term Notes, Senior Notes

   6.200   9/26/14     4,370,000      863,075  (a) 

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Subordinated Notes

   6.500   7/19/17     11,920,000      5,960  (a) 

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Subordinated Notes

   6.110   1/29/37     3,510,000      3,187,698   

Morgan Stanley, Medium-Term Notes

   0.754   10/18/16     4,040,000      3,514,117  (c) 

Morgan Stanley, Subordinated Notes

   4.750   4/1/14     3,070,000      3,075,268   

UBS AG Stamford CT, Senior Notes

   3.875   1/15/15     5,350,000      5,323,518   

Total Capital Markets

                      50,595,456   

Commercial Banks — 4.7%

  

BAC Capital Trust XIV, Junior Subordinated Notes

   5.630   3/15/12     500,000      337,500  (b)(c) 

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd., Senior Notes

   3.850   1/22/15     4,280,000      4,452,835  (b) 

Bank One Corp.

   7.875   8/1/10     4,500,000      4,520,083   

Bank One Corp., Subordinated Notes

   5.900   11/15/11     2,000,000      2,101,754   

Barclays Bank PLC, Senior Notes

   5.200   7/10/14     2,060,000      2,174,025   

Barclays Bank PLC, Subordinated Notes

   6.050   12/4/17     4,750,000      4,793,909  (b) 

Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Senior Notes

   3.750   10/15/14     4,450,000      4,574,711  (b) 

Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Senior Notes

   5.000   10/15/19     1,900,000      1,972,284  (b) 

Credit Agricole SA, Subordinated Notes

   8.375   10/13/19     9,970,000      9,421,650  (b)(c)(d) 

Glitnir Banki HF, Notes

   6.330   7/28/11     6,080,000      1,580,800  (a)(b)(e) 

Glitnir Banki HF, Notes

   6.375   9/25/12     8,920,000      2,319,200  (a)(b)(e) 

Glitnir Banki HF, Subordinated Bonds

   7.451   9/14/16     1,600,000      2,000  (a)(b)(d)(e) 

Glitnir Banki HF, Subordinated Notes

   6.693   6/15/16     11,830,000      14,788  (a)(b)(e) 

HBOS Capital Funding LP, Tier 1 Notes, Perpetual Bonds

   6.071   6/30/14     3,105,000      2,157,975  (b)(c)(d) 

HBOS Treasury Services PLC

   5.250   2/21/17     2,500,000      2,623,308  (b) 

HSBC Capital Funding LP, Subordinated Notes

   4.610   6/27/13     1,630,000      1,405,039  (b)(c)(d) 

Landsbanki Islands HF, Senior Notes

   6.100   8/25/11     17,170,000      1,931,625  (a)(b)(e) 

Lloyds TSB Bank PLC, Bonds

   4.375   1/12/15     6,210,000      5,983,080  (b) 

Lloyds TSB Bank PLC, Notes

   5.800   1/13/20     6,460,000      6,097,562  (b) 

Nordea Bank AB, Senior Notes

   3.700   11/13/14     6,410,000      6,529,918  (b) 

Rabobank Nederland NV, Junior Subordinated Notes

   11.000   6/30/19     7,003,000      8,648,705  (b)(c)(d) 

Resona Preferred Global Securities Cayman Ltd., Junior Subordinated Bonds

   7.191   7/30/15     13,670,000      12,579,271  (b)(c)(d) 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Junior Subordinated Notes, Medium-Term Notes

   7.640   9/29/17     3,700,000      2,118,250  (c)(d) 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Senior Notes

   6.400   10/21/19     9,060,000      9,183,551   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC, Senior Notes

   4.875   3/16/15     1,700,000      1,691,435   

RSHB Capital, Loan Participation Notes, Senior Secured Bonds

   6.299   5/15/17     2,430,000      2,411,775  (c) 

Santander US Debt SA Unipersonal, Senior Notes

   3.724   1/20/15     6,700,000      6,436,710  (c) 

Shinsei Finance Cayman Ltd., Junior Subordinated Bonds

   6.418   7/20/16     11,080,000      7,123,055  (b)(c)(d) 

SunTrust Capital, Trust Preferred Securities

   6.100   12/1/66     14,970,000      11,395,912  (c) 

Wachovia Capital Trust III, Junior Subordinated Bonds

   5.800   3/15/11     5,310,000      4,221,450  (c)(d) 

Wachovia Corp., Senior Notes

   5.750   6/15/17     16,100,000      17,584,404   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


8   Western Asset Core Bond Portfolio 2010 Semi-Annual Report

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2010

Western Asset Core Bond Portfolio

 

Security    Rate      Maturity
Date
   Face
Amount
   Value  

Commercial Banks — continued

  

Wells Fargo Capital X, Capital Securities

   5.950    12/1/86    $ 1,890,000    $ 1,676,264   

Total Commercial Banks

                        150,064,828   

Consumer Finance — 2.4%

  

Aiful Corp., Notes

   5.000    8/10/10      3,720,000      3,599,100  (b) 

American Express Co., Subordinated Debentures

   6.800    9/1/66      1,000,000      952,500  (c) 

American Express Credit Corp., Senior Notes

   5.125    8/25/14      14,560,000      15,664,682   

American General Finance Corp., Medium-Term Notes

   6.900    12/15/17      4,070,000      3,240,737   

Capital One Financial Corp.

   6.150    9/1/16      3,170,000      3,354,294   

Ford Motor Credit Co., Senior Notes

   7.250    10/25/11      5,910,000      6,071,166   

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, Bonds

   7.375    2/1/11      6,435,000      6,555,483   

GMAC Inc., Senior Notes

   7.250    3/2/11      519,000      527,434   

GMAC LLC, Debentures

   0.000    6/15/15      220,000      138,050   

HSBC Finance Corp.

   7.000    5/15/12      700,000      753,733   

HSBC Finance Corp., Senior Notes

   8.000    7/15/10      690,000      691,102   

HSBC Finance Corp., Subordinated Notes

   6.375    11/27/12      440,000      475,173   

SLM Corp., Medium-Term Notes

   5.375    5/15/14      3,000,000      2,743,080   

SLM Corp., Medium-Term Notes, Senior Notes

   5.625    8/1/33      42,895,000      31,482,828   

Total Consumer Finance

                        76,249,362   

Diversified Financial Services — 5.4%

  

Air 2 US, Notes

   8.027    10/1/19      6,854,572      6,323,343  (b) 

Boeing Capital Corp., Senior Notes

   4.700    10/27/19      2,620,000      2,816,851   

Citigroup Inc., Notes

   6.000    12/13/13      8,800,000      9,232,194   

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

   6.375    8/12/14      2,170,000      2,304,872   

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

   5.500    10/15/14      860,000      884,179   

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

   6.010    1/15/15      9,460,000      9,922,433   

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

   5.875    5/29/37      17,000,000      15,942,991   

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

   6.875    3/5/38      7,330,000      7,689,647   

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

   6.125    8/25/36      2,000,000      1,817,780   

General Electric Capital Corp., Senior Notes

   2.125    12/21/12      21,370,000      21,970,241   

General Electric Capital Corp., Senior Notes

   6.875    1/10/39      13,700,000      15,126,608   

General Electric Capital Corp., Subordinated Debentures

   6.375    11/15/67      22,960,000      21,352,800  (c) 

ILFC E-Capital Trust I

   5.900    12/21/65      10,600,000      6,797,250  (b)(c) 

ILFC E-Capital Trust II, Bonds

   6.250    12/21/65      4,160,000      2,667,600  (b)(c) 

JP Morgan and Co. Inc.

   1.714    2/15/12      2,000,000      2,007,480  (c) 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Subordinated Notes

   5.750    1/2/13      3,770,000      4,054,729   

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Subordinated Notes

   6.125    6/27/17      7,855,000      8,593,598   

Merna Reinsurance Ltd., Subordinated Notes

   2.040    7/7/10      13,500,000      13,497,300  (b)(c) 

MUFG Capital Finance 1 Ltd., Preferred Securities

   6.346    7/25/16      4,660,000      4,508,503  (c)(d) 

Patrons’ Legacy

   5.775    12/23/63      5,800,000      5,446,780  (b)(f) 

PHH Corp.

   7.125    3/1/13      3,410,000      3,324,750   

TNK-BP Finance SA, Senior Notes

   7.500    7/18/16      2,420,000      2,504,700  (b) 

TNK-BP Finance SA, Senior Notes

   6.625    3/20/17      2,990,000      2,945,150  (b) 

Total Diversified Financial Services

                        171,731,779   

Insurance — 2.8%

  

American International Group Inc., Junior Subordinated Debentures

   6.250    3/15/87      12,690,000      8,629,200   

American International Group Inc., Medium-Term Notes, Senior Notes

   5.850    1/16/18      2,370,000      2,118,188   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


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Western Asset Core Bond Portfolio

 

Security    Rate      Maturity
Date
   Face
Amount
   Value  

Insurance — continued

  

ASIF Global Financing XIX

   4.900    1/17/13    $ 1,210,000    $ 1,185,800  (b) 

Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Senior Notes

   3.200    2/11/15      6,370,000      6,559,896   

Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc.

   5.150    9/15/10      3,070,000      3,092,098   

MetLife Inc., Junior Subordinated Debentures

   6.400    12/15/66      36,170,000      31,829,600   

Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America — College Retirement Equity Fund, Notes

   6.850    12/16/39      5,340,000      6,219,738  (b) 

Travelers Cos. Inc., Junior Subordinated Debentures

   6.250    3/15/67      32,760,000      30,741,034  (c) 

Total Insurance

                        90,375,554   

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.1%

  

Health Care Property Investors Inc.

   6.450    6/25/12      3,550,000      3,782,813   

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.6%

  

Countrywide Financial Corp., Subordinated Notes

   6.250    5/15/16      18,400,000      19,181,871   

Total Financials

                        561,981,663   
Health Care — 1.2%                            

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.1%

  

Medtronic Inc., Senior Notes

   4.450    3/15/20      2,900,000      3,090,257   

Health Care Providers & Services — 0.6%

  

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

   5.875    9/15/15      3,050,000      3,412,261   

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

   5.625    9/15/12      3,520,000      3,815,247   

WellPoint Inc., Notes

   5.875    6/15/17      900,000      1,002,656   

WellPoint Inc., Notes

   7.000    2/15/19      2,780,000      3,297,519   

WellPoint Inc., Senior Notes

   6.000    2/15/14      6,110,000      6,851,412   

Total Health Care Providers & Services

                        18,379,095   

Pharmaceuticals — 0.5%

  

Roche Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

   6.000    3/1/19      4,330,000      5,043,986  (b) 

Wyeth, Notes

   5.950    4/1/37      9,750,000      11,044,303   

Total Pharmaceuticals

                        16,088,289   

Total Health Care

                        37,557,641   
Industrials — 4.1%                            

Aerospace & Defense — 0.5%

  

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

   4.875    2/15/20      5,210,000      5,736,460   

Systems 2001 Asset Trust

   6.664    9/15/13      7,719,955      8,183,152  (b) 

Total Aerospace & Defense

                        13,919,612   

Airlines — 2.0%

  

Continental Airlines Inc.

   6.820    5/1/18      548,237      546,592   

Continental Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates

   6.900    1/2/18      2,298,251      2,298,251   

Continental Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates

   6.545    2/2/19      2,744,336      2,758,058   

Continental Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates

   5.983    4/19/22      3,929,161      3,854,507   

Continental Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates

   6.703    12/15/22      3,022,557      3,015,001   

Delta Air Lines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates

   7.111    3/18/13      15,600,000      16,107,000   

Delta Air Lines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates

   6.821    2/10/24      9,773,605      9,651,435   

Delta Air Lines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates, Senior Secured Notes

   7.570    5/18/12      7,136,000      7,225,200   

Northwest Airlines Corp., Pass-Through Certificates

   7.575    9/1/20      4,515,179      4,560,331   

Northwest Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates

   1.019    5/20/14      2,077,710      1,841,370  (c) 

Southwest Airlines Co., Notes

   5.125    3/1/17      2,640,000      2,679,019   

US Airways Pass-Through Trust

   6.850    1/30/18      8,745,337      8,045,710   

Total Airlines

                        62,582,474   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


10   Western Asset Core Bond Portfolio 2010 Semi-Annual Report

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2010

Western Asset Core Bond Portfolio

 

Security    Rate      Maturity
Date
   Face
Amount
   Value  

Building Products — 0.2%

                           

Masco Corp.

   7.125    8/15/13    $ 3,320,000    $ 3,483,726   

Masco Corp.

   6.125    10/3/16      4,120,000      3,986,318   

Total Building Products

                        7,470,044   

Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.4%

                           

Waste Management Inc.

   5.000    3/15/14      3,440,000      3,729,414   

Waste Management Inc.

   7.125    12/15/17      6,000,000      7,108,740   

Waste Management Inc., Senior Notes

   6.375    11/15/12      2,530,000      2,772,091   

Total Commercial Services & Supplies

                        13,610,245   

Industrial Conglomerates — 1.0%

                           

Tyco International Group SA, Guaranteed Notes

   6.750    2/15/11      26,549,000      27,531,578   

Tyco International Group SA, Notes

   6.000    11/15/13      2,950,000      3,301,941   

United Technologies Corp., Senior Notes

   5.400    5/1/35      1,460,000      1,572,851   

Total Industrial Conglomerates

                        32,406,370   

Total Industrials

                        129,988,745   
Information Technology — 0.2%                            

Communications Equipment — 0.2%

                           

Motorola Inc.

   8.000    11/1/11      5,600,000      6,010,614   
Materials — 0.3%                            

Metals & Mining — 0.3%

                           

Corporacion Nacional del Cobre, Senior Notes

   4.750    10/15/14      1,750,000      1,889,086  (b) 

Vale Overseas Ltd., Notes

   8.250    1/17/34      775,000      909,642   

Vale Overseas Ltd., Notes

   6.875    11/21/36      5,199,000      5,420,015   

Total Materials

                        8,218,743   
Telecommunication Services — 1.8%                            

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.7%

                           

AT&T Inc., Global Notes

   6.550    2/15/39      7,410,000      8,299,874   

BellSouth Corp.

   5.200    9/15/14      4,270,000      4,744,820   

BellSouth Corp., Notes

   4.750    11/15/12      440,000      471,721   

British Telecommunications PLC, Senior Notes

   9.375    12/15/10      1,755,000      1,815,063   

CenturyTel Inc.

   6.000    4/1/17      4,120,000      4,107,607   

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV, Senior Notes

   5.750    3/23/16      5,370,000      5,875,543   

Koninklijke KPN NV, Senior Notes

   8.000    10/1/10      8,240,000      8,371,288   

SBC Communications Inc., Notes

   5.100    9/15/14      4,960,000      5,502,336   

Telecom Italia Capital S.p.A., Senior Notes

   5.250    10/1/15      2,060,000      2,079,053   

Telecom Italia Capital SA

   5.250    11/15/13      965,000      996,745   

Telecom Italia Capital SA, Senior Notes

   4.950    9/30/14      2,570,000      2,575,155   

Telefonica Emisiones SAU, Senior Notes

   5.134    4/27/20      6,445,000      6,459,778   

Verizon Global Funding Corp.

   7.250    12/1/10      2,220,000      2,280,073   

Verizon Global Funding Corp., Notes

   7.375    9/1/12      5,000      5,618   

Total Diversified Telecommunication Services

                        53,584,674   

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.1%

                           

America Movil SAB de CV, Senior Notes

   5.625    11/15/17      2,710,000      2,962,342   

America Movil SAB de CV, Senior Notes

   5.000    3/30/20      1,950,000      2,014,687  (b) 

Sprint Capital Corp., Senior Notes

   8.750    3/15/32      45,000      42,975   

Total Wireless Telecommunication Services

                        5,020,004   

Total Telecommunication Services

                        58,604,678   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


Western Asset Core Bond Portfolio 2010 Semi-Annual Report   11

 

Western Asset Core Bond Portfolio

 

Security    Rate      Maturity
Date
   Face
Amount
   Value  
Utilities — 1.1%                            

Electric Utilities — 0.7%

                           

Exelon Corp., Bonds

   5.625    6/15/35    $ 345,000    $ 334,251   

FirstEnergy Corp., Notes

   6.450    11/15/11      13,000      13,731   

FirstEnergy Corp., Notes

   7.375    11/15/31      11,560,000      12,188,783   

Hydro-Quebec, Global Debentures

   6.300    5/11/11      570,000      596,819   

Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Senior Notes

   5.800    3/1/37      6,540,000      7,107,986   

Progress Energy Inc.

   7.100    3/1/11      1,488,000      1,547,175   

The Detroit Edison Co.

   6.125    10/1/10      920,000      931,502   

Total Electric Utilities

                        22,720,247   

Gas Utilities — 0.2%

                           

Southern Natural Gas Co., Senior Notes

   8.000    3/1/32      5,390,000      6,107,506   

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 0.1%

                           

Energy Future Holdings Corp., Senior Notes

   6.500    11/15/24      1,090,000      490,500   

TXU Corp., Senior Notes

   6.550    11/15/34      9,930,000      4,418,850   

Total Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders

                        4,909,350   

Multi-Utilities — 0.1%

                           

Dominion Resources Inc., Notes

   4.750    12/15/10      570,000      579,868   

Dominion Resources Inc., Senior Notes

   5.700    9/17/12      2,050,000      2,215,831   

Total Multi-Utilities

                        2,795,699   

Total Utilities

                        36,532,802   

Total Corporate Bonds & Notes (Cost — $1,210,535,292)

                        1,089,351,492   
Asset-Backed Securities — 3.9%                            
Financials — 3.9%                            

Automobiles — 0.6%

                           

AESOP Funding II LLC, 2010-3A A

   4.640    5/20/16      1,530,000      1,585,236  (b) 

Drive Auto Receivables Trust, 2006-2 A3

   5.330    4/15/14      11,185,767      11,189,018  (b) 

E-Trade RV and Marine Trust, 2004-1 A3

   3.620    10/8/18      60,322      60,517   

Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC, 2009-2A A2

   5.290    3/25/16      6,060,000      6,557,355  (b) 

Total Automobiles

                        19,392,126   

Home Equity — 2.7%

                           

Amortizing Residential Collateral Trust, 2002-BC1M A

   0.627    1/1/32      1,437,062      991,573  (c)(f) 

Amortizing Residential Collateral Trust, 2005-BC5 M1

   1.382    7/25/32      2,076,370      1,475,549  (c) 

Asset-Backed Funding Certificates, 2002-SB1 AII1

   0.777    12/25/30      1,009,191      909,217  (c) 

Bayview Financial Acquisition Trust, 2005-B M1

   0.797    4/28/39      610,000      426,221  (c) 

Bear Stearns Asset-Backed Securities Trust, 2007-HE6 1A1

   1.597    8/25/37      8,017,240      5,317,571  (c) 

CDC Mortgage Capital Trust, 2002-HE1 A

   0.967    1/25/33      411,523      332,314  (c) 

CIT Group Home Equity Loan Trust, 2002-1 AV

   0.637    3/25/33      195,413      185,057  (c) 

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc., 2007-SHL1 A

   0.747    11/25/46      3,854,974      1,746,095  (b)(c) 

Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates, 2003-BC3 A2

   0.967    9/25/33      467,213      373,089  (c) 

Countrywide Home Equity Loan Trust, 2006-HW 2A1B

   0.487    11/15/36      7,933,501      5,718,825  (c) 

Countrywide Home Equity Loan Trust, 2007-GW A

   0.900    8/15/37      608,308      467,114  (c) 

Equity One ABS Inc., 2003-3 AF4

   4.995    12/25/33      4,068,582      3,926,320   

GMAC Mortgage Corp. Loan Trust, 2004-VF1 A1

   1.097    2/25/31      24,752,077      17,843,129  (b)(c) 

GMAC Mortgage Corp. Loan Trust, 2005-HE3 A1VN

   0.607    2/25/36      16,245,097      7,351,313  (c) 

GSAMP Trust, 2006-S4 A1

   0.437    5/25/36      1,511,771      109,372  (c) 

Lehman XS Trust, 2006-2N 1A1

   0.607    2/25/46      12,055,394      6,034,979  (c) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


12   Western Asset Core Bond Portfolio 2010 Semi-Annual Report

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2010

Western Asset Core Bond Portfolio

 

Security    Rate     Maturity
Date
  Face
Amount
   Value  

Home Equity — continued

                         

Lehman XS Trust, 2006-GP4 3A1A

   0.417   8/25/46   $ 437,170    $ 428,060  (c) 

Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust, 2000-1 AV1

   0.868   1/21/31     152,993      104,311  (c) 

Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust, 2006-9 2A3

   0.507   10/25/36     3,149,088      1,146,318  (c) 

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, 2007-SD1 A1

   0.797   2/25/47     37,931,449      17,977,914  (c) 

MSCC HELOC Trust, 2005-1 A

   0.537   7/25/17     1,309,015      854,702  (c) 

Provident Bank Home Equity Loan Trust, 1999-3 A3

   1.127   1/25/31     532,995      240,959  (c) 

RAAC Series, 2007-SP3 A1

   1.547   9/25/47     638,679      440,588  (c) 

Residential Asset Mortgage Products Inc., 2003-RS2 AII

   1.027   3/25/33     127,892      79,054  (c) 

Residential Asset Securities Corp., 2001-KS2 AII

   0.807   6/25/31     202,353      151,295  (c) 

Residential Asset Securities Corp., 2001-KS3 AII

   0.807   9/25/31     81,989      57,202  (c) 

SACO I Trust, 2005-10 1A

   0.607   6/25/36     2,781,347      912,307  (c) 

SACO I Trust, 2005-8 A1

   0.627   11/25/35     753,031      355,095  (c) 

Securitized Asset-Backed Receivables LLC, 2007-BR2 A2

   0.577   2/25/37     18,583,752      8,735,293  (c) 

Structured Asset Securities Corp., 2004-6XS A5B

   5.550   3/25/34     2,343,862      2,193,647   

Total Home Equity

                      86,884,483   

Manufactured Housing — 0.1%

                         

Conseco Finance Securitizations Corp., 2000-5 A6

   7.960   2/1/32     3,239,285      2,778,065   

Green Tree Financial Corp., 1996-5 B1

   8.100   7/15/27     281,749      28,144  (c) 

Total Manufactured Housing

                      2,806,209   

Student Loan — 0.5%

                         

EFS Volunteer LLC, 2010-1 A2

   1.389   10/25/35     3,600,000      3,352,500  (b)(c) 

Kentucky Higher Education Student Loan Corp., 2010-1 A2

   1.439   5/1/34     4,500,000      4,492,485  (c) 

SLM Student Loan Trust, 2006-5 A5

   0.426   1/25/27     6,030,000      5,684,461  (c) 

Student Loan Consolidation Center, 2002-1 A1

   2.235   3/1/42     400,000      356,000  (b)(c)(f) 

Student Loan Consolidation Center, 2002-2 A16

   2.670   7/1/42     900,000      801,000  (b)(c)(f) 

Student Loan Consolidation Center, 2002-2 A9

   1.845   7/1/42     2,300,000      2,047,000  (b)(c)(f) 

Total Student Loan

                      16,733,446   

Total Asset-Backed Securities (Cost — $185,477,141)

                      125,816,264   
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 17.6%                          

American Home Mortgage Assets, 2006-4 1A12

   0.553   10/25/46     750,039      379,266  (c) 

Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Inc., 2005-5 A4

   5.115   10/10/45     10,000      10,617  (c) 

Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Inc., 2006-3 A4

   5.889   7/10/44     15,400,000      15,642,528  (c) 

Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Inc., 2007-5 A3

   5.620   2/10/51     3,710,000      3,832,865   

Banc of America Funding Corp., 2005-E 8A1

   3.044   6/20/35     10,434,751      5,210,823  (c) 

Bear Stearns Adjustable Rate Mortgage Trust, 2004-9 24A1

   5.413   11/25/34     11,888,610      11,228,424  (c) 

Bear Stearns Mortgage Funding Trust, 2007-AR5 1A1A

   0.517   11/25/36     6,518,959      3,432,982  (c) 

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc., 2005-5 3A2A

   5.416   9/25/35     3,834,849      2,205,490  (c) 

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc., 2005-HE2 A

   0.747   5/25/35     1,580,558      1,406,775  (b)(c) 

Commercial Mortgage Asset Trust, 1999-C1 A3

   6.640   1/17/32     370,790      370,790   

Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, 2003-20CB 1A1

   5.500   10/25/33     7,956,837      8,178,292   

Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, 2005-14 2A1

   0.557   5/25/35     5,872,739      3,474,089  (c) 

Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, 2005-17 1A1

   0.607   6/25/35     7,425,358      4,350,161  (c) 

Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, 2005-17 2A1

   0.587   5/25/35     15,884,199      8,482,003  (c) 

Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, 2005-38 A3

   0.697   9/25/35     4,826,208      2,741,204  (c) 

Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, 2005-56 3A1

   0.637   11/25/35     689,969      358,699  (c) 

Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, 2005-85CB 2A5

   1.447   2/25/36     7,995,327      4,762,904  (c) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


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Western Asset Core Bond Portfolio

 

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

Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, 2006-0A2 A1

   0.558    5/20/46    $ 1,089,558    $ 552,121  (c) 

Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, 2006-OA7 3A1

   0.557    6/25/46      9,189,718      4,502,346  (c) 

Countrywide Home Loan Mortgage Pass-Through Trust, 2005-3 1A2

   0.637    4/25/35      8,340,446      4,706,272  (c) 

Countrywide Home Loan Mortgage Pass-Through Trust, 2005-9 1A1

   0.647    5/25/35      8,278,883      4,766,567  (c) 

Countrywide Home Loans, 2005-09 2A1

   0.567    5/25/35      4,824,494      2,647,089  (c) 

Countrywide Home Loans, 2005-R3 AF

   0.747    9/25/35      1,599,973      1,284,444  (b)(c) 

Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates, 2006-C1 A4

   5.609    2/15/39      4,180,000      4,398,138  (c) 

Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates, 2006-C5 A3

   5.311    12/15/39      13,000,000      12,863,666   

Deutsche Mortgage Securities Inc., 2004-4 7AR2

   0.797    6/25/34      1,381,490      1,037,239  (b) 

Deutsche Mortgage Securities Inc., 2005-WF1 1A3

   5.180    6/26/35      12,130,000      10,084,142  (b)(c) 

Downey Savings and Loan Association Mortgage Loan Trust, 2005-AR6 2A1A

   0.629    10/19/45      2,809,711      1,570,581  (c) 

FFCA Secured Lending Corp., 1999-1A IO

   1.179    11/18/11      1,916,829      34,141  (b)(c)(e) 

First Horizon Alternative Mortgage Securities, 2006-FA8 1A8

   0.717    2/25/37      3,609,731      1,795,332  (c) 

GE Capital Commercial Mortgage Corp., 2007-C1 A4

   5.543    12/10/49      1,330,000      1,266,124   

GMAC Mortgage Corp. Loan Trust, 2004-AR2 3A

   4.028    8/19/34      19,948,026      18,400,201  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)

   4.500    7/30/40      310,000      328,600  (f) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2009-106 PD

   4.500    4/20/38      3,000,000      3,186,652   

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2010-42 PC

   5.000    7/20/39      5,000,000      5,370,223   

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2010-59 LB

   4.500    10/20/39      2,900,000      3,072,429   

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2010-59 PB

   4.500    7/20/39      6,700,000      7,229,752   

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2010-86 PB

   4.500    7/1/40      17,505,000      18,490,532   

Greenpoint Mortgage Funding Trust, 2005-AR1 A2

   0.567    6/25/45      5,619,229      3,297,599  (c) 

Greenpoint Mortgage Funding Trust, 2005-AR4 A1

   0.607    10/25/45      1,056,934      609,093  (c) 

Greenpoint Mortgage Funding Trust, 2006-AR4 A1A

   0.447    9/25/46      6,910,377      6,608,767  (c) 

Greenpoint Mortgage Funding Trust, 2006-AR5 A1A

   0.427    10/25/46      11,485,117      10,410,098  (c) 

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II, 2005-GG4 AABA

   4.680    7/10/39      11,897,477      12,316,224   

GSMPS Mortgage Loan Trust, 2005-RP2 1AF

   0.697    3/25/35      12,642,891      10,157,400  (b)(c) 

GSR Mortgage Loan Trust, 2005-4F 1A1

   4.500    4/25/20      4,516,621      4,590,210   

Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust, 2005-7 1A1

   3.675    6/19/45      5,562,414      2,810,604  (c) 

Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust, 2005-9 2A1A

   0.688    6/20/35      834,354      668,068  (c) 

Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust, 2006-14 2A1A

   0.498    1/25/47      590,364      320,563  (c) 

Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust, 2007-7 2A1A

   1.347    11/25/47      31,598,748      20,416,962  (c) 

IMPAC Secured Assets Corp., 2005-2 A1

   0.667    3/25/36      985,174      546,344  (c) 

Impac Secured Assets Corp., 2006-2 2A1

   0.697    8/25/36      2,374,316      1,913,539  (c) 

Indymac Inda Mortgage Loan Trust, 2007-AR7 1A1

   6.127    11/25/37      5,372,193      4,084,569  (c) 

Indymac Index Mortgage Loan Trust, 2005-AR15 A2

   5.099    9/25/35      5,655,761      4,111,240  (c) 

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., 2007-CB20 A4

   5.794    2/12/51      4,530,000      4,583,030  (c) 

JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, 2007-A2 4A2

   5.992    4/25/37      11,550,000      9,591,247  (c) 

LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2001-C3 X, STRIPS

   1.131    3/15/36      14,868,258      87,599  (b)(c)(e) 

LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2005-C3 AAB

   4.664    7/15/30      15,000,000      15,570,444   

LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2005-C5 A4

   4.954    9/15/30      9,730,000      10,274,494   

Luminent Mortgage Trust, 2007-2 2A1

   0.577    5/25/37      285,299      158,195  (c) 

MASTR Adjustable Rate Mortgages Trust, 2004-15 1A1

   3.753    12/25/34      135,074      97,262  (c) 

MASTR Adjustable Rate Mortgages Trust, 2007-3 22A2

   0.557    6/25/47      28,613,771      17,046,139  (c) 

MASTR Reperforming Loan Trust, 2005-1 1A2

   6.500    8/25/34      831,189      804,534  (b) 

MASTR Reperforming Loan Trust, 2005-1 1A3

   7.000    8/25/34      6,749,378      6,811,391  (b) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


14   Western Asset Core Bond Portfolio 2010 Semi-Annual Report

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2010

Western Asset Core Bond Portfolio

 

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

Medallion Trust, 2003-1G A

   0.729    12/21/33    $ 1,040,866    $ 995,381  (c) 

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Inc., 1998-C1 A3

   6.720    11/15/26      2,133,909      2,341,993  (c) 

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Inc., 2005-A3 A1

   0.617    4/25/35      539,644      372,144  (c) 

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, 2006-A1 1A1

   5.512    3/25/36      1,520,933      905,381  (c) 

MLCC Mortgage Investors Inc., 2003-B A1

   0.687    4/25/28      1,580,418      1,418,841  (c) 

MLCC Mortgage Investors Inc., 2006-1 1A

   2.553    2/25/36      465,024      377,432  (c) 

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust, 2005-3AR 2A2

   2.552    7/25/35      2,625,786      1,858,166  (c) 

Prime Mortgage Trust, 2006-DR1 1A1

   5.500    5/25/35      17,653,811      17,178,712  (b) 

Prime Mortgage Trust, 2006-DR1 1A2

   6.000    5/25/35      7,558,316      7,407,725  (b) 

Prime Mortgage Trust, 2006-DR1 2A2

   6.000    5/25/35      37,517,702      32,027,062  (b) 

Residential Accredit Loans Inc., 2006-QO1O A1

   0.507    1/25/37      13,321,296      7,547,633  (c) 

Residential Accredit Loans Inc., 2007-QS4 3A9

   6.000    3/25/37      8,006,174      5,282,794   

Residential Asset Mortgage Products Inc., 2005-SL2 A4

   7.500    2/25/32      2,712,662      2,796,971   

Residential Asset Securitization Trust, 2003-A14 A1

   4.750    2/25/19      24,320,001      24,549,436   

Structured ARM Loan Trust, 2005-19XS 1A1

   0.667    10/25/35      1,186,242      723,218  (c) 

Structured Asset Mortgage Investments Inc., 2002-AR5 A1

   0.798    5/19/33      1,044,222      913,683  (c) 

Structured Asset Mortgage Investments Inc., 2006-AR6 1A3

   0.537    7/25/46      14,225,667      7,259,699  (c) 

Structured Asset Mortgage Investments Inc., 2006-AR7 A1A

   0.557    8/25/36      12,498,883      6,887,547  (c) 

Structured Asset Securities Corp., 2003-29 1A1

   4.750    9/25/18      15,400,401      15,693,610   

Structured Asset Securities Corp., 2005-RF3 1A

   0.697    6/25/35      690,786      544,658  (b)(c) 

Structured Mortgage Asset Residential Trust, 1991-8 E

   0.000    1/25/23      204,000      21  (c)(e) 

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2005-C20 A7

   5.118    7/15/42      2,240,000      2,372,710  (c) 

WaMu Alternative Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 2007-OA4 A1A

   1.181    4/25/47      20,957,812      10,721,870  (c) 

WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 2003-S7 A1

   4.500    8/25/18      2,601,122      2,642,958   

WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 2005-AR13 B10

   1.547    10/25/45      3,676,613      12,434  (b)(c) 

Washington Mutual Inc., 2005-AR06 2A1A

   0.577    4/25/45      7,184,965      5,553,303  (c) 

Washington Mutual Inc., 2005-AR4 A5

   2.723    4/25/35      2,500,000      2,015,239  (c) 

Washington Mutual Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
2005-AR08 1A1A

   0.617    7/25/45      7,609,555      5,902,534  (c) 

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

   0.667    8/25/45      20,067,882      15,654,152  (c) 

Washington Mutual Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
2005-AR13 A1A1

   0.637    10/25/45      12,099,259      9,406,762  (c) 

Washington Mutual Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
2005-AR17 A1A2

   0.637    12/25/45      7,357,801      5,123,355  (c) 

Washington Mutual Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
2005-AR19 A1A2

   0.637    12/26/45      15,383,293      10,268,640  (c) 

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

   1.171    6/25/47      15,746,026      9,251,783  (c) 

Washington Mutual Inc. Pass-Through Certificates, 2005-AR1 A2A1

   0.687    1/25/45      798,455      565,515  (c) 

Washington Mutual Inc. Pass-Through Certificates, 2005-AR19 A1A1

   0.617    12/25/45      14,255,001      10,949,509  (c) 

Washington Mutual Inc., Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
2006-AR7 2A

   1.401    7/25/46      1,201,172      741,783  (c) 

Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust, 2006-AR8 3A2

   5.217    4/25/36      2,200,000      1,857,254  (c) 

Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (Cost — $679,816,648)

                        561,662,026   
Mortgage-Backed Securities — 25.3%                            

FHLMC — 3.5%

                           

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

   6.000    9/1/13-5/1/29      499,525      543,390   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


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Western Asset Core Bond Portfolio

 

Security    Rate      Maturity
Date
   Face
Amount
   Value  

FHLMC — continued

                           

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

   5.500    12/1/13-8/1/35    $ 21,260,224    $ 22,909,712   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

   9.300    4/15/19      63,185      71,153   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

   5.000    9/1/20-8/1/33      9,983,832      10,696,844   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

   7.000    4/1/24-5/1/32      1,687,521      1,915,556   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

   6.500    6/1/32      25,369      28,221   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

   3.149    10/1/35      1,575,183      1,641,875  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

   5.846    8/1/37      10,968,459      11,713,786  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

   4.500    8/12/40      8,100,000      8,360,723  (g) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), Gold

   5.500    8/12/40      47,400,000      50,710,606  (g) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), Gold

   6.000    8/12/40      1,200,000      1,298,626  (g) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), IO

   10.000    3/1/21      38,602      8,021  (e) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), PO

   0.000    7/15/22      7,538      7,135  (e) 

Total FHLMC

                        109,905,648   

FNMA — 17.0%

                           

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

   7.000    11/1/10-2/1/33      5,996,732      6,785,726   

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

   8.000    5/1/15      5,345      5,864   

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

   4.500    7/1/18-3/1/38      7,808,719      8,210,051   

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

   4.000    8/1/20-9/1/20      3,441,830      3,633,215   

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

   5.000    8/1/20-8/1/34      299,104,558      318,571,897   

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

   7.500    6/1/25-5/1/28      343,067      390,110   

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

   6.000    7/19/25      8,370,000      9,077,524  (g) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

   4.500    8/17/25-8/12/40      32,800,000      34,064,059  (g) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

   6.000    1/1/26-8/1/37      23,384,450      25,573,654   

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

   6.500    7/1/28-8/1/33      2,815,743      3,142,755   

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

   5.500    11/1/33-11/1/35      47,143,977      50,807,897   

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

   3.481    6/1/35      5,428,609      5,671,009  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

   4.556    7/1/35      2,434,888      2,542,500  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

   3.344    8/1/35      757,357      788,446  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

   3.257    9/1/35      1,534,136      1,603,332  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

   3.367    9/1/35      3,036,403      3,162,436  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

   2.416    10/1/35      11,566,953      11,880,333  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

   3.147    10/1/35      1,193,817      1,244,018  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

   3.167    10/1/35      1,055,605      1,099,965  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

   3.170    10/1/35      1,472,016      1,534,649  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

   3.852    10/1/35      1,021,739      1,065,916  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

   2.382    11/1/35      4,479,842      4,603,438  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

   2.398    11/1/35      4,448,342      4,572,641  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

   2.409    11/1/35      4,427,213      4,555,076  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

   2.413    11/1/35      4,848,059      4,988,101  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

   2.417    11/1/35      4,933,321      5,070,607  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

   5.522    2/1/37      21,133,223      22,441,595  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

   4.000    8/12/40      7,400,000      7,470,529  (g) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), IO

   9.500    2/1/17      6,941      1,203  (e) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), IO

   1,009.500    2/25/20      4      88  (e) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), IO PAC

   1,009.250    8/25/21      241      5,518  (e) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), PO PAC

   0.000    5/25/22      43,985      42,411  (e) 

Total FNMA

                        544,606,563   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


16   Western Asset Core Bond Portfolio 2010 Semi-Annual Report

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2010

Western Asset Core Bond Portfolio

 

Security    Rate      Maturity
Date
   Face
Amount
   Value  

GNMA — 4.8%

                           

Government National Mortgage Association

   8.000    10/15/16-7/15/17    $ 78,494    $ 87,737   

Government National Mortgage Association

   7.500    10/15/22-8/15/32      134,718      153,152   

Government National Mortgage Association

   7.000    6/15/23-5/15/32      201,337      227,944   

Government National Mortgage Association

   6.500    10/15/23-3/15/33      8,037,833      8,981,030   

Government National Mortgage Association

   6.000    3/15/26-8/15/35      13,403,299      14,776,167   

Government National Mortgage Association

   5.500    1/15/33      131,435      143,071   

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)

   6.500    8/15/28-9/15/32      1,166,056      1,301,902   

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)

   6.000    2/15/32-4/15/35      1,559,555      1,720,855   

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)

   4.500    3/15/40      6,379,891      6,660,407   

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)

   4.000    7/21/40      17,100,000      17,357,435  (g) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)

   4.500    7/21/40      60,500,000      62,927,921  (g) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)

   5.000    7/21/40-9/21/40      26,900,000      28,485,996  (g) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)

   6.000    7/21/40      10,700,000      11,662,099  (g) 

Total GNMA

                        154,485,716   

Total Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost — $771,215,552)

                        808,997,927   
Municipal Bonds — 1.1%                            

California — 0.1%

                           

California State, GO, Build America Bonds

   7.300    10/1/39      3,760,000      3,914,498   

Georgia — 0.1%

                           

Municipal Electric Authority, GA, Build America Bonds, Plant Vogtle Units 3&4 Project J

   6.637    4/1/57      2,290,000      2,217,728   

Municipal Electric Authority, GA, Build America Bonds, Plant Vogtle Units 3&4 Project M

   6.655    4/1/57      1,260,000      1,215,358   

Total Georgia

                        3,433,086   

Pennsylvania — 0.6%

                           

Pennsylvania State Higher Education Assistance Agency, Student Loan Revenue

   0.326    5/1/46      15,150,000      13,407,750  (c) 

Pennsylvania State Higher Education Assistance Agency, Student Loan Revenue

   0.358    5/1/46      7,350,000      6,504,750  (c) 

Total Pennsylvania

                        19,912,500   

Texas — 0.3%

                           

Brazos Higher Education Authority Inc., Student Loan Revenue Note

   1.850    6/25/42      2,700,000      2,295,000  (c) 

North Texas Higher Education Authority Inc., Student Loan Revenue

   1.460    7/1/30      7,025,000      6,972,242  (c) 

Total Texas

                        9,267,242   

Total Municipal Bonds (Cost — $36,559,165)

                        36,527,326   
Sovereign Bonds — 0.5%                            

Mexico — 0.0%

                           

United Mexican States, Medium-Term Notes

   5.625    1/15/17      160,000      175,600   

United Mexican States, Medium-Term Notes

   7.500    4/8/33      302,000      378,255   

Total Mexico

                        553,855   

Russia — 0.5%

                           

Russian Foreign Bond — Eurobond, Senior Bonds

   7.500    3/31/30      13,127,480      14,798,608   (b)  

Total Sovereign Bonds (Cost — $14,293,083)

                        15,352,463   
U.S. Government & Agency Obligations — 17.7%                            

U.S. Government Agencies — 2.5%

                           

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

   5.625    11/23/35      12,290,000      13,214,933   

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

   0.000    10/9/19      27,330,000      16,895,953   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


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Western Asset Core Bond Portfolio

 

Security    Rate      Maturity
Date
   Face
Amount
   Value  

U.S. Government Agencies — continued

                           

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), Bonds

   6.625    11/15/30    $ 6,630,000    $ 8,622,030   

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), Subordinated Notes

   5.250    8/1/12      2,610,000      2,816,921   

Financing Corp. (FICO) Strip

   0.000    4/5/19      1,150,000      841,312  (e) 

Financing Corp. (FICO) Strip, Bonds

   0.000    11/2/18      5,910,000      4,449,107   

Financing Corp. (FICO) Strip, Debentures

   0.000    2/8/18      1,670,000      1,305,115   

Financing Corp. (FICO) Strip, Debentures

   0.000    5/11/18      6,280,000      4,859,992   

Financing Corp. (FICO) Strip, Debentures

   0.000    8/3/18      10,100,000      7,717,612   

Financing Corp. (FICO) Strip, Debentures

   0.000    3/7/19      4,920,000      3,616,564   

Financing Corp. (FICO) Strip, Debentures

   0.000    6/6/19      820,000      593,667   

Financing Corp. (FICO) Strip, Notes

   0.000    4/6/18      5,060,000      3,930,390   

Financing Corp. (FICO) Strip, Notes

   0.000    8/3/18      5,990,000      4,577,079   

Financing Corp. (FICO) Strip, Notes

   0.000    9/26/19      310,000      220,260   

Tennessee Valley Authority, Global Power Bonds 2000

   7.125    5/1/30      2,450,000      3,295,152   

Tennessee Valley Authority, Notes

   5.250    9/15/39      3,550,000      3,924,493   

Total U.S. Government Agencies

                        80,880,580   

U.S. Government Obligations — 15.2%

                           

U.S. Treasury Bonds

   3.500    2/15/39      12,578,000      11,683,780   

U.S. Treasury Bonds

   4.250    5/15/39      15,660,000      16,558,007   

U.S. Treasury Bonds

   4.500    8/15/39      46,420,000      51,127,266   

U.S. Treasury Bonds

   4.375    11/15/39      34,520,000      37,265,410   

U.S. Treasury Bonds

   4.625    2/15/40      27,090,000      30,450,840   

U.S. Treasury Notes

   1.375    5/15/13      10,470,000      10,597,629   

U.S. Treasury Notes

   2.250    1/31/15      2,360,000      2,418,816   

U.S. Treasury Notes

   2.125    5/31/15      1,210,000      1,230,800   

U.S. Treasury Notes

   3.125    10/31/16      30,950,000      32,466,055   

U.S. Treasury Notes

   2.750    11/30/16      52,810,000      54,142,607   

U.S. Treasury Notes

   3.250    12/31/16      11,694,000      12,326,201   

U.S. Treasury Notes

   3.125    1/31/17      53,390,000      55,838,412   

U.S. Treasury Notes

   2.750    5/31/17      11,530,000      11,773,214   

U.S. Treasury Notes

   2.750    2/15/19      4,851,000      4,832,809   

U.S. Treasury Notes

   3.125    5/15/19      7,000      7,146   

U.S. Treasury Notes

   3.625    8/15/19      47,590,000      50,322,713   

U.S. Treasury Notes

   3.625    2/15/20      88,730,000      93,748,746   

U.S. Treasury Notes

   3.500    5/15/20      1,640,000      1,716,358   

U.S. Treasury Strip Principal (STRIPS)

   0.000    5/15/18      7,530,000      6,105,347   

Total U.S. Government Obligations

                        484,612,156   

Total U.S. Government & Agency Obligations (Cost — $533,000,499)

                        565,492,736   
U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities — 3.4%                            

U.S. Treasury Bonds, Inflation Indexed

   2.375    1/15/25      29,918,655      33,188,674  (h) 

U.S. Treasury Bonds, Inflation Indexed

   2.000    1/15/26      15,233,976      16,108,741   

U.S. Treasury Bonds, Inflation Indexed

   2.375    1/15/27      32,191,882      35,662,554  (h)(i) 

U.S. Treasury Bonds, Inflation Indexed

   1.750    1/15/28      11,287,063      11,449,314  (h)(i) 

U.S. Treasury Bonds, Inflation Indexed

   3.875    4/15/29      9,879,222      13,257,451  (i) 

Total U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (Cost — $98,445,478)

                        109,666,734   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


18   Western Asset Core Bond Portfolio 2010 Semi-Annual Report

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2010

Western Asset Core Bond Portfolio

 

Security    Rate      Maturity
Date
   Shares    Value  
Convertible Preferred Stocks — 0.5%                            
Consumer Discretionary — 0.5%                            

Automobiles — 0.5%

                           

Motors Liquidation Co., Senior Debentures, Series A

   4.500    3/6/32      1,606    $ 10,439  

Motors Liquidation Co., Senior Debentures, Series B

   5.250    3/6/32      814,445      5,489,359  

Motors Liquidation Co., Senior Debentures, Series C

   6.250    7/15/33      1,514,912      10,301,402  

Total Consumer Discretionary

                        15,801,200   
Financials — 0.0%                            

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.0%

                           

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

   5.375           44      88,000   * 

Total Convertible Preferred Stocks (Cost — $15,856,417)

                        15,889,200   
Preferred Stocks — 0.1%                            
Consumer Discretionary — 0.0%                            

Automobiles — 0.0%

                           

Motors Liquidation Co.

   1.500           27,922      186,519   * 
Financials — 0.1%                            

Diversified Financial Services — 0.1%

                           

Home Ownership Funding Corp.

   1.000           5,575      535,936  (b)(e)(f) 

Home Ownership Funding II

   1.000           5,000      480,661  (b)(e)(f) 

Total Diversified Financial Services

                        1,016,597   

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.0%

                           

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

   8.375           844,875      287,257   *(c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

   7.000           26,600      15,960   *(c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

   8.250           578,475      196,682   *(c) 

Total Thrifts & Mortgage Finance

                        499,899   

Total Financials

                        1,516,496   

Total Preferred Stocks (Cost — $46,151,170)

                        1,703,015   
              Expiration
Date
   Contracts        
Purchased Options — 0.1%                            

Eurodollar Futures, Put @ $99.25

          9/13/10      646      117,088   

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

          9/10/10      406      78,663   

Interest rate swaption with Credit Suisse First Boston Inc., Call @ $4.25

          3/16/11      29,100,000      2,606,016   

Interest rate swaption with Credit Suisse First Boston Inc., Put @ $4.35

          3/16/11      87,300,000      518,125   

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call @ $119.50

          8/27/10      185      635,937   

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call @ $121.50

          8/27/10      268      523,437   

Total Purchased Options (Cost — $4,585,559)

                        4,479,266   

Total Investments before Short-Term Investments (Cost — $3,595,936,004)

                        3,334,938,449   
              Maturity
Date
   Face
Amount
       
Short-Term Investments — 3.1%                            

Supranationals/Sovereigns — 0.3%

                           

International Bank for Reconstruction & Development, Discount Notes (Cost — $9,999,833)

   0.120    7/6/10    $ 10,000,000      9,999,833   (j)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


Western Asset Core Bond Portfolio 2010 Semi-Annual Report   19

 

Western Asset Core Bond Portfolio

 

Security    Rate      Maturity
Date
   Face
Amount
   Value  

Repurchase Agreement — 2.8%

                           

Goldman Sachs & Co. repurchase agreement dated 6/30/10; Proceeds at maturity — $88,031,049; (Fully collateralized by U.S. government agency obligations, 4.375% due 10/22/10; Market value — $89,793,406)
(Cost — $88,031,000)

   0.020    7/1/10    $ 88,031,000    $ 88,031,000   

Total Short-Term Investments (Cost — $98,030,833)

                        98,030,833   

Total Investments — 107.4% (Cost — $3,693,966,837#)

                        3,432,969,282   

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (7.4)%

                        (235,892,766

Total Net Assets — 100.0%

                      $ 3,197,076,516   

 

* Non-income producing security.

 

(a)

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

 

(b)

Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be resold in transactions that are exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. This security has been deemed liquid pursuant to guidelines approved by the Board of Directors, unless otherwise noted.

 

(c)

Variable rate security. Interest rate disclosed is that which is in effect at June 30, 2010.

 

(d)

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

 

(e)

Illiquid security.

 

(f)

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

 

(g)

This security is traded on a to-be-announced (“TBA”) basis (See Note 1).

 

(h)

All or a portion of this security is held by the custodian as collateral for open swap contracts.

 

(i)

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

 

(j)

Rate shown represents yield-to-maturity.

 

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

 

Abbreviations used in this schedule:

ARM   — Adjustable Rate Mortgage
GO   — General Obligation
HELOC   — Home Equity Line of Credit
IO   — Interest Only
PAC   — Planned Amortization Class
PO   — Principal Only
STRIPS   — Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal Securities

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


20   Western Asset Core Bond Portfolio 2010 Semi-Annual Report

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2010

 

Western Asset Core Bond Portfolio

 

Schedule of Written Options                      
Security    Expiration
Date
   Strike
Price
     Contracts    Value
Eurodollar Futures, Call    9/13/10    $ 99.13       529    $ 360,381
Eurodollar Futures, Call    3/14/11      98.75       269      348,019
Eurodollar Futures, Call    3/14/11      98.88       250      260,938
Eurodollar Futures, Put    9/13/10      98.63       646      40,375
Eurodollar Futures, Put    3/14/11      98.88       250      82,812
Eurodollar Futures, Put    3/14/11      98.75       269      73,975
Eurodollar Mid Curve 1-Year Futures, Put    9/10/10      98.50       406      40,600
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call    8/27/10      119.00       277      1,069,047
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call    8/27/10      123.50       101      94,688
U.S. Treasury 30-Year Bonds Futures, Call    7/23/10      128.00       350      432,031
           

Strike
Rate

     Notional
Par
     
Interest rate swaption with Barclays Capital Inc., Call    10/3/13      4.86    31,920,000      3,132,961
Interest rate swaption with Barclays Capital Inc., Put    10/3/13      4.86       31,920,000      1,193,546
Interest rate swaption with Credit Suisse First Boston Inc., Call    8/27/14      4.70       15,610,000      867,014
Interest rate swaption with Credit Suisse First Boston Inc., Put    8/27/14      4.70       15,610,000      411,720
Interest rate swaption with Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Call    9/2/14      4.70       4,740,000      263,070
Interest rate swaption with Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Put    9/2/14      4.70       4,740,000      125,407
Interest rate swaption with Greenwich Capital Markets Inc., Call    10/2/13      4.97       57,220,000      5,950,033
Interest rate swaption with Greenwich Capital Markets Inc., Put    10/2/13      4.97       57,220,000      1,994,838
Interest rate swaption with JPMorgan Securities Inc., Call    10/3/13      4.86       25,300,000      2,483,205
Interest rate swaption with JPMorgan Securities Inc., Put    10/3/13      4.86       25,300,000      946,012
Total Written Options (Premiums received — $17,564,822)                       $ 20,170,672

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


Western Asset Core Bond Portfolio 2010 Semi-Annual Report   21

 

Statement of assets and liabilities (unaudited)

June 30, 2010

 

Assets:       

Investments, at value (Cost — $3,693,966,837)

   $ 3,432,969,282

Cash

     989

Receivable for securities sold

     315,179,967

Interest receivable

     27,652,212

Premiums paid for open swaps

     26,363,688

Unrealized appreciation on swaps

     25,593,400

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     9,928,190

Principal paydown receivable

     529,614

Receivable for open swap contracts

     415,102

Receivable from broker — variation margin on open futures contracts

     96,636

Prepaid expenses

     31,256

Other assets

     1,486

Total Assets

     3,838,761,822
Liabilities:       

Payable for securities purchased

     537,938,500

Unrealized depreciation on swaps

     37,103,526

Premiums received for open swaps

     22,238,109

Written options, at value (premium received $17,564,822)

     20,170,672

Payable for Fund shares repurchased

     18,361,322

Payable for open swap contracts

     3,074,571

Investment management fee payable

     1,085,440

Distributions payable

     388,304

Distribution fees payable

     202,897

Directors’ fees payable

     56,207

Accrued expenses

     1,065,758

Total Liabilities

     641,685,306
Total Net Assets    $ 3,197,076,516
Net Assets:       

Par value (Note 7)

   $ 284,685

Paid-in capital in excess of par value

     3,853,946,646

Undistributed net investment income

     12,581,016

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

     (396,331,725)

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

     (273,404,106)
Total Net Assets    $ 3,197,076,516
Shares Outstanding:       

Class IS1

     17,476,896

Class I1

     187,313,620

Class FI1

     79,894,806
Net Asset Value:       

Class IS1

     $11.24

Class I1

     $11.23

Class FI1

     $11.23

 

1

In April 2010, Institutional Select Class, Institutional Class and Financial Intermediary Class shares were renamed Class IS, Class I and Class FI shares, respectively.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


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Statement of operations (unaudited)

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2010

 

Investment Income:       

Interest

   $ 84,224,703

Dividends

     39,005

Total Investment Income

     84,263,708
Expenses:       

Investment management fee (Note 2)

     7,298,079

Distribution fees (Notes 2 and 5)

     1,436,822

Transfer agent fees (Note 5)

     1,396,874

Custody fees

     167,424

Directors’ fees

     95,947

Legal fees

     56,873

Shareholder reports (Note 5)

     51,492

Audit and tax

     46,810

Registration fees

     7,212

Total Expenses

     10,557,533

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

     (242,340)

Compensating balance arrangements (Note 1)

     (626)

Net Expenses

     10,314,567
Net Investment Income      73,949,141
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments, Futures Contracts, Written Options
and Swap Contracts (Notes 1, 3 and 4):
      

Net Realized Gain (Loss) From:

      

Investment transactions

     307,644

Futures contracts

     8,853,609

Written options

     2,386,837

Swap contracts

     (30,406,184)

Net Realized Loss

     (18,858,094)

Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation From:

      

Investments

     202,732,326

Futures contracts

     3,089,131

Written options

     253,280

Swap contracts

     20,406,832

Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation

     226,481,569
Net Gain on Investments, Futures Contracts, Written Options and Swap Contracts      207,623,475
Increase in Net Assets from Operations    $ 281,572,616

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


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Statements of changes in net assets

 

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

Net investment income

   $ 73,949,141   $ 171,963,219

Net realized loss

     (18,858,094)     (180,425,022)

Change in net unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     226,481,569     710,173,440

Increase in Net Assets From Operations

     281,572,616     701,711,637
Distributions to Shareholders From (Notes 1 and 6):             

Net investment income

     (82,321,493)     (195,641,251)

Decrease in Net Assets From Distributions to Shareholders

     (82,321,493)     (195,641,251)
Fund Share Transactions (Note 7):             

Net proceeds from sale of shares

     359,552,873     673,699,791

Reinvestment of distributions

     81,326,127     185,690,447

Cost of shares repurchased

     (1,059,488,912)     (1,717,476,952)

Decrease in Net Assets From Fund Share Transactions

     (618,609,912)     (858,086,714)

Decrease in Net Assets

     (419,358,789)     (352,016,328)
Net Assets:             

Beginning of period

     3,616,435,305     3,968,451,633

End of period*

   $ 3,197,076,516   $ 3,616,435,305

* Includes undistributed net investment income of:

     $12,581,016     $20,953,368

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


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Financial highlights

 

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

Class IS Shares1,2

   20103      2009      20084  
Net asset value, beginning of period    $10.63       $9.09       $10.11   
Income (loss) from operations:         

Net investment income

   0.24       0.48       0.15   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

   0.63       1.61       (0.87)   

Total income (loss) from operations

   0.87       2.09       (0.72)   
Less distributions from:         

Net investment income

   (0.26)       (0.55)       (0.30)   

Total distributions

   (0.26)       (0.55)       (0.30)   
Net asset value, end of period    $11.24       $10.63       $9.09   

Total return5

   8.26    23.72    (7.08)
Net assets, end of period (000s)    $196,386       $247,070       $240,681   
Ratios to average net assets:         

Gross expenses

   0.44 %6     0.44    0.45 %6 

Net expenses

   0.44 6,7      0.44       0.45 6,7 

Net investment income

   4.28 6     5.0       5.2 6 
Portfolio turnover rate    128    221    141

 

1

In April 2010, Institutional Select Class shares were renamed Class IS shares.

 

2

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

 

3

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

 

4

For the period August 29, 2008 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2008.

 

5

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

 

6

Annualized.

 

7

The impact of compensating balance arrangements to the expense ratio was less than 0.01%.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


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

Class I Shares1

  20102     2009     20083     20084     20074     20064     20054  
Net asset value, beginning of period   $10.62      $9.08      $10.54      $11.37      $11.05      $11.29      $11.81   
Income (loss) from operations:              

Net investment income

  0.23 5    0.48 5    0.42 5    0.58 5    0.55 5    0.49      0.39   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  0.64      1.61      (1.34)      (0.78)      0.34      (0.22)      (0.21)   

Total income (loss) from operations

  0.87      2.09      (0.92)      (0.20)      0.89      0.27      0.18   
Less distributions from:              

Net investment income

  (0.26)      (0.55)      (0.54)      (0.58)      (0.57)      (0.51)      (0.39)   

Net realized gains

                 (0.05)           (0.00) 6    (0.31)   

Total distributions

  (0.26)      (0.55)      (0.54)      (0.63)      (0.57)      (0.51)      (0.70)   
Net asset value, end of period   $11.23      $10.62      $9.08      $10.54      $11.37      $11.05      $11.29   

Total return7

  8.23   23.68   (8.88)   (1.88)   8.23   2.46   1.68
Net assets, end of period (000s)   $2,103,435      $2,170,146      $2,558,597      $5,140,277      $4,975,052      $4,243,248      $3,277,782   
Ratios to average net assets:              

Gross expenses

  0.50 %8    0.49   0.47 %8    0.44   0.47   0.45   0.46

Net expenses

  0.50 8,9    0.49      0.47 8,9    0.44      0.47 9    0.45 9    0.46 9 

Net investment income

  4.24 8    5.0      5.6 8    5.3      4.9      4.3      3.4   
Portfolio turnover rate   128   221   141   455   432   540   407

 

1

In April 2010, Institutional Class shares were renamed Class I shares.

 

2

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

 

3

For the period April 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008.

 

4

For the year ended March 31.

 

5

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

 

6

Amount represents less than $0.005 per share.

 

7

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

 

8

Annualized.

 

9

The impact of compensating balance arrangements to the expense ratio was less than 0.01%.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


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Financial highlights (cont’d)

 

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

Class FI Shares1

  20102     2009     20083     20084     20074     20064     20054  
Net asset value, beginning of period   $10.62      $9.08      $10.54      $11.37      $11.05      $11.29      $11.81   
Income (loss) from operations:              

Net investment income

  0.22 5    0.45 5    0.40 5    0.56 5    0.51 5    0.47      0.38   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  0.63      1.61      (1.34)      (0.79)      0.35      (0.22)      (0.23)   

Total income (loss) from operations

  0.85      2.06      (0.94)      (0.23)      0.86      0.25      0.15   
Less distributions from:              

Net investment income

  (0.24)      (0.52)      (0.52)      (0.55)      (0.54)      (0.49)      (0.36)   

Net realized gains

                 (0.05)           (0.00) 6    (0.31)   

Total distributions

  (0.24)      (0.52)      (0.52)      (0.60)      (0.54)      (0.49)      (0.67)   
Net asset value, end of period   $11.23      $10.62      $9.08      $10.54      $11.37      $11.05      $11.29   

Total return7

  8.09   23.37   (9.06)   (2.12)   7.95   2.19   1.42
Net assets, end of period (000s)   $897,256      $1,199,219      $1,169,174      $1,627,400      $1,402,721      $360,819      $265,518   
Ratios to average net assets:              

Gross expenses

  0.79 %8    0.78   0.77 %8    0.69   0.72   0.70   0.72

Net expenses

  0.75 8,9,10     0.75 9    0.72 8,9,10    0.69      0.72 10    0.70 10    0.72 10 

Net investment income

  3.99 8    4.7      5.3 8    5.1      4.6      4.1      4.2   
Portfolio turnover rate   128   221   141   455   432   540   407

 

1

In April 2010, Financial Intermediary Class shares were renamed Class FI shares.

 

2

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

 

3

For the period April 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008.

 

4

For the year ended March 31.

 

5

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

 

6

Amount represents less than $0.005 per share.

 

7

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

 

8

Annualized.

 

9

Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

10

The impact of compensating balance arrangements to the expense ratio was less than 0.01%.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


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Notes to financial statements (unaudited)

 

1. Organization and significant accounting policies

Western Asset Core Bond Portfolio (the “Fund”) is a separate diversified investment series of Western Asset Funds, Inc. (the “Corporation”). The Corporation, a Maryland corporation, is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company.

The Fund offers three classes of shares: Class IS, Class I and Class FI. Prior to April 2010, Class IS, Class I and Class FI shares were known as Institutional Select Class, Institutional Class and Financial Intermediary Class shares, respectively. Shares in the Class FI bear a distribution fee. The income and expenses of the Fund are allocated proportionately to each class of shares based on daily net assets, except for Rule 12b-1 distribution fees, which are charged only on the Class FI shares, and transfer agent and shareholder servicing expenses, and certain other expenses, which are determined separately for each class.

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

(a) Investment valuation. Debt securities are valued at the last quoted bid price provided by an independent pricing service, which are based on transactions in debt obligations, quotations from bond dealers, market transactions in comparable securities and various other relationships between securities. Futures contracts are valued daily at the settlement price established by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded. Equity securities for which market quotations are available are valued at the last reported sales price or official closing price on the primary market or exchange on which they trade. When prices are not readily available, or are determined not to reflect fair value, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded, but before the Fund calculates its net asset value, the Fund values these securities at fair value as determined in accordance with procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Directors. Short-term obligations with maturities of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value.

The Fund has adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Codification Topic 820 (“ASC Topic 820”). ASC Topic 820 establishes a single definition of fair value, creates a three-tier hierarchy as a framework for measuring fair value based on inputs used to value the Fund’s investments, and requires additional disclosure about fair value. The hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

Ÿ  

Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

 

Ÿ  

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

 

Ÿ  

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

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

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


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

 

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

 

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

Corporate bonds & notes

       $ 1,083,904,712    $ 5,446,780    $ 1,089,351,492

Asset-backed securities

         122,612,264      3,204,000      125,816,264

Collateralized mortgage obligations

         561,333,426      328,600      561,662,026

Mortgage-backed securities

         808,997,927           808,997,927

Municipal bonds

         36,527,326           36,527,326

Sovereign bonds

         15,352,463           15,352,463

U.S. government & agency obligations

         565,492,736           565,492,736

U.S. treasury inflation protected securities

         109,666,734           109,666,734

Convertible preferred stocks

         15,889,200           15,889,200

Preferred stocks

  $ 499,900      186,519      1,016,596      1,703,015

Purchased options

    1,355,125      3,124,141           4,479,266
Total long-term investments   $ 1,855,025    $ 3,323,087,448    $ 9,995,976    $ 3,334,938,449
Short-term investments†          98,030,833           98,030,833
Total investments   $ 1,855,025    $ 3,421,118,281    $ 9,995,976    $ 3,432,969,282
Other financial instruments:                           

Futures contracts

  $ 1,709,425              $ 1,709,425

Written options

    (2,802,865)    $ (17,367,807)           (20,170,672)

Total return swap‡

         201,070           201,070

Interest rate swaps‡

         (22,115,401)           (22,115,401)

Credit default swaps on corporate issues — sell protection‡

         1,723,403           1,723,403

Credit default swaps on corporate issues — buy protection‡

         2,213,938           2,213,938

Credit default swaps on credit indices — sell protection‡

         (14,461,838)           (14,461,838)

Credit default swaps on credit indices — buy protection‡

         25,054,281           25,054,281
Total other financial instruments   $ (1,093,440)    $ (24,752,354)         $ (25,845,794)
Total   $ 761,585    $ 3,396,365,927    $ 9,995,976    $ 3,407,123,488

 

See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

 

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

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

 

Investments in Securities   Corporate
Bonds & Notes
  Asset-
Backed
Securities
  Collateralized
Mortgage
Obligations
  Preferred
Stocks
  Total
Balance as of December 31, 2009               $ 1,016,059   $ 1,016,059
Accrued premiums/discounts       $ 491             491
Realized gain/(loss)1                    
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)2         (491)         537     46
Net purchases (sales)         3,204,000   $ 328,600         3,532,600
Transfers in to Level 3   $ 5,446,780                 5,446,780
Transfers out of Level 3                    
Balance as of June 30, 2010   $ 5,446,780   $ 3,204,000   $ 328,600   $ 1,016,596   $ 9,995,976
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for investments in securities still held at June 30, 20102       $ (491)       $ 537   $ 46

 

1

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

 

2

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

(b) Repurchase agreements. The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements with institutions that its investment adviser has determined are creditworthy. Each repurchase agreement is recorded at cost. Under the terms of a typical repurchase agreement, a fund takes possession of an underlying debt obligation


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

(c) Securities traded on a when-issue basis. The Fund may trade securities on a when-issue basis. In a when-issue transaction, 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.

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

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

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

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

(f) 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.

(g) Loan participations. The Fund may invest in loans arranged through private negotiation between one or more financial institutions. The Fund’s investment in any such loan may be in the form of a participation in


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

 

or an assignment of the loan. In connection with purchasing participations, the Fund generally will have no right to enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of the loan agreement related to the loan, or any rights of off-set against the borrower and the Fund may not benefit directly from any collateral supporting the loan in which it has purchased the participation.

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

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

The risk in writing a covered call option is that the Fund may forego the opportunity of profit if the market price of the underlying security increases and the option is exercised. The risk in writing a put option is that the Fund may incur a loss if the market price of the underlying security decreases and the option is exercised. The risk in writing a call option is that the Fund is exposed to the risk of loss if the market price of the underlying security increases. In addition, there is the risk that the Fund may not be able to enter into a closing transaction because of an illiquid secondary market.

(i) Futures contracts. The Fund may use futures contracts to gain exposure to, or hedge against, changes in the value of interest rates. A futures contract represents a commitment for the future purchase or sale of an asset at a specified price on a specified date.

Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is required to deposit cash or cash equivalents with a broker in an amount equal to a certain percentage of the contract amount. This is known as the “initial margin” and subsequent payments (“variation margin”) are made or received by the Fund each day, depending on the daily fluctuation in the value of the contract. For certain futures, including foreign denominated futures, variation margin is not settled daily, but is recorded as a net variation margin payable or receivable. Futures contracts are valued daily at the settlement price established by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded. The daily changes in contract value are recorded as unrealized gains or losses in the Statement of Operations and the Fund recognizes a realized gain or loss when the contract is closed.

Futures contracts involve, to varying degrees, risk of loss in excess of the amounts reflected in the financial statements. In addition, there is the risk that the Fund may not be able to enter into a closing transaction because of an illiquid secondary market.

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

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


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the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. These risks include changes in the returns of the underlying instruments, failure of the counterparties to perform under the contracts’ terms, and the possible lack of liquidity with respect to the swap agreements.

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

As disclosed in the Fund’s summary of open swap contracts, the aggregate fair value of credit default swaps in a net liability position as of June 30, 2010 was $20,134,683. The aggregate fair value of assets posted as collateral, net of assets received as collateral, for all swaps was $22,329,138. If a defined credit event had occurred as of June 30, 2010, the swaps’ credit-risk-related contingent features would have been triggered and the Fund would have been required to pay up to $523,026,619 less the value of the contracts’ related reference obligations

Credit default swaps.

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

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

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


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

 

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 may enter into interest rate swap contracts. 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, or, receive a fixed rate and pay a floating rate on a notional principal amount. The net interest received or paid on interest rate swap agreements is accrued daily as interest income. Interest rate swaps are marked to market daily based upon quotations from market makers and the change, if any, is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss 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 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.

Total return swaps.

The Fund may enter into total return swaps for investment purposes. Total return swaps are agreements to exchange the return generated by one instrument for the return generated by another instrument. For example, the agreement to pay a predetermined or fixed interest rate in exchange for a market-linked return based on a notional amount. To the extent the total return of a referenced index or instrument exceeds the offsetting interest obligation, the Fund will receive a payment from the counterparty. To the extent it is less, the Fund will make a payment to the counterparty. Periodic payments received or made by the Fund are recorded in the Statement of Operations as realized gains or losses, respectively.

(k) Swaptions. The Fund may write swaption contracts to manage exposure to fluctuations in interest rates and to enhance portfolio yield. Swaption contracts written by the Fund represent an option that gives the purchaser the right, but not the obligation, to enter into a previously agreed upon swap contract at a future date. If a written call swaption is exercised, the writer enters a swap and is obligated to pay the fixed rate and receive a floating rate in exchange. If a written put swaption is exercised, the writer enters a swap and is obligated to pay the floating rate and receive a fixed rate in exchange. 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.

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.

(l) 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 pre-payment, 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


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the underlying debt obligation experiences greater than anticipated prepayments of principal, the Fund may not fully recoup its initial investment in IO’s.

(m) Credit and market risk. Investments in securities that are collateralized by residential real estate mortgages are subject to certain credit and liquidity risks. When market conditions result in an increase in default rates of the underlying mortgages and 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.

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

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

(p) 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.

(q) 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. The amount is shown as a reduction of expenses in the Statement of Operations.

(r) 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 intend 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 income tax provision is required in the Fund’s financial statements.

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

(s) 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

The Fund has an investment management agreement with Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC (“LMPFA”). Western Asset Management Company (“Western Asset”) is the investment adviser. LMPFA and Western Asset are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Legg Mason, Inc. (“Legg Mason”).

LMPFA provides the Fund with management and administrative services for which the Fund pays a fee, computed daily and payable monthly, at an annual rate of the Fund’s average daily net assets. The manager has agreed to forgo fees and/or reimburse operating expenses (other than interest, taxes, extraordinary expenses and brokerage commissions) so that total operating expenses are not expected to exceed the Fee Cap for Class IS and Class FI. Western Asset also agreed to waive their advisory fees (which


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

 

is paid by LMPFA, and not the Fund) in corresponding amounts under both the Fee Cap and the Flat Waiver. This arrangement cannot be terminated prior to April 30, 2011 without the Board’s consent.

With respect to Class IS and Class FI, the manager is permitted to recapture amounts forgone or reimbursed to a class within three years after the day on which the manager earned the fee or incurred the expense if the class’s total annual operating expenses have fallen to a level below the lower of the limit described below or the limit then in effect. The following chart shows the annual rates of management fees, fee caps or flat waivers (as applicable), management fees waived and potential fees which may be recaptured for the Fund’s share classes.

 

        Asset
Breakpoint for
Management Fee
   Management
Fee
    

Fee Cap

     Flat
Waiver
   Management
Fees
(Waived)/
Recaptured
   Maximum
Amount
Subject to
Recapture
Class IS1      Up to $500 million    0.450    0.50           
       Next $500 million    0.425                        
       In excess of $1 billion    0.400                        
Class I1      Up to $500 million    0.450                 
       Next $500 million    0.425                        
       In excess of $1 billion    0.400                        
Class FI1      Up to $500 million    0.450    0.75          $ 1,103,395
       Next $500 million    0.425                        
       In excess of $1 billion    0.400                        

 

1

In April 2010, Institutional Select Class, Institutional Class and Financial Intermediary Class shares were renamed Class IS, Class I and Class FI shares, respectively.

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

3. Investments

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

 

        Investments      U.S. Government & Agency Obligations
Purchases      $ 249,227,688      $ 4,423,798,454
Sales        547,603,389        4,619,753,765

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

 

Gross unrealized appreciation      $ 160,520,817
Gross unrealized depreciation        (421,518,372)
Net unrealized depreciation      $ (260,997,555)

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

 

      Number of
Contracts
   Expiration
Date
   Basis
Value
   Market
Value
   Unrealized
Gain/(Loss)
Contracts to Buy:                               
90-Day Eurodollar    449    9/10    $ 111,419,736    $ 111,514,763    $ 95,027
U.S. Treasury 2-Year Notes    1,182    9/10      257,559,935      258,654,845      1,094,910
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes    4,043    9/10      472,114,273      478,495,369      6,381,096
U.S. Treasury Bonds    816    9/10      107,878,159      110,823,000      2,944,841
                             $ 10,515,874
Contracts to Sell:                               
90-Day Eurodollar    441    6/11      108,867,692      109,213,650      (345,958)
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes    2,813    9/10      338,086,773      344,724,359      (6,637,586)
U.S. Treasury 30-Year Bonds    447    9/10      55,169,595      56,992,500      (1,822,905)
                             $ (8,806,449)
Net unrealized gain on open futures contracts    $ 1,709,425


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

 

       

Number of Contracts/

Notional Par

     Premiums
Written options, outstanding December 31, 2009      330,544,160      $ 18,613,082
Options written      5,603        2,689,181
Options closed      (22,084,744)        (2,466,884)
Options exercised      (235)        (69,002)
Options expired      (38,881,437)        (1,201,555)
Written options, outstanding June 30, 2010      269,583,347      $ 17,564,822

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

 

TOTAL RETURN SWAPS  
Swap Counterparty    Notional
Amount
   Termination
Date
   Periodic
Payments
Made By
The Fund‡
   Periodic
Payments
Received By
The Fund‡
   Upfront
Premiums
Paid/
(Received)
   Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
Barclay’s Capital Inc.    $ 9,895,000    10/1/10    TRX-CMBS    TRX-CMBS Reset       $ 201,070

 

INTEREST RATE SWAPS
Swap Counterparty   Notional
Amount
  Termination
Date
  Periodic
Payments
Made By
The Fund‡
  Periodic
Payments
Received By
The Fund‡
  Upfront
Premiums
Paid/
(Received)
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
Banc of America Securities LLC   $ 4,700,000   3/1/13   5.104% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR       $ (480,147)
Banc of America Securities LLC     2,740,000   12/16/13   5.381% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR         (357,673)
Banc of America Securities LLC     4,400,000   11/10/15   4.864% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR         (608,039)
Banc of America Securities LLC     2,750,000   1/15/16   5.451% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR         (469,204)
Banc of America Securities LLC     4,120,000   10/3/16   5.425% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR         (732,833)
Banc of America Securities LLC     91,600,000   2/15/25   4.295% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR         (9,644,161)
Barclay’s Capital Inc.     5,600,000   11/1/11   5.439% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR         (346,267)
Barclay’s Capital Inc.     3,550,000   6/25/12   5.060% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR         (285,207)
Barclay’s Capital Inc.     3,520,000   9/15/12   5.189% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR         (318,508)
Barclay’s Capital Inc.     16,960,000   11/20/19   3.900% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR         (1,364,863)
Citigroup Global Markets     5,500,000   9/15/11   3.340% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR         (169,993)
Credit Suisse First Boston Inc.     3,070,000   9/15/10   5.003% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR         (28,389)
Credit Suisse First Boston Inc.     3,020,000   8/15/13   5.023% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR         (336,363)
Credit Suisse First Boston Inc.     3,290,000   3/15/14   5.131% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR         (418,567)
Credit Suisse First Boston Inc.     3,050,000   9/15/15   5.160% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR         (461,707)
Credit Suisse First Boston Inc.     2,420,000   3/1/17   5.335% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR         (428,009)
Deutsche Bank AG     5,620,000   6/15/16   5.183% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR         (902,965)
Deutsche Bank AG     4,120,000   4/1/17   5.435% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR         (758,320)
JP Morgan Chase & Co.     4,270,000   9/15/14   5.000% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR         (556,950)
JP Morgan Chase & Co.     24,000,000   3/17/20   3.600% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR   $ 34,036     (1,316,205)
Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.     2,750,000   3/15/12   4.763% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR         (180,454)
Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.     3,400,000   4/30/16   5.189% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR         (544,393)
Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.     28,710,000   9/16/19   3.250% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR     (358,146)     (425,864)
RBS Greenwich     4,250,000   3/1/16   5.120% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR         (656,210)
Total   $ 237,410,000               $ (324,110)   $ (21,791,291)

 

CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS ON CORPORATE ISSUES — SELL PROTECTION1
Swap Counterparty
(Reference Entity)
  Notional
Amount2
  Termination
Date
  Implied Credit
Spread at
June 30, 20103
    Periodic
Payments
Received By
The Fund‡
  Market
Value
  Upfront
Premiums
Paid/
(Received)
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)

Deutsche Bank AG

(Ford Motor Credit Co.,
7.450%, due 7/16/31)

  $ 1,700,000   3/20/15   7.16   2.930% quarterly   $ (271,156)     $ (271,156)


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

 

CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS ON CORPORATE ISSUES — SELL PROTECTION1
Swap Counterparty
(Reference Entity)
  Notional
Amount2
  Termination
Date
  Implied Credit
Spread at
June 30, 20103
    Periodic
Payments
Received By
The Fund‡
  Market
Value
  Upfront
Premiums
Paid/
(Received)
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Countrywide Financial,
0.000%, due 2/8/31)
  $ 4,700,000   9/20/12   1.18   6.000% quarterly   $ 495,803       $ 495,803
RBS Greenwich (Countrywide Home Loans Inc.,
4.000%, due 3/22/11)
    25,000,000   6/20/12   1.17   0.720% quarterly     (217,123)         (217,123)
RBS Greenwich (Countrywide Home Loans Inc.,
4.000%, due 3/22/11)
    10,000,000   9/20/12   1.18   2.750% quarterly     344,159         344,159
RBS Greenwich (Countrywide Home Loans Inc.,
4.000%, due 3/22/11)
    9,100,000   9/20/12   1.18   6.000% quarterly     959,960         959,960
RBS Greenwich (Countrywide Home Loans Inc.,
4.000%, due 3/22/11)
    9,100,000   9/20/12   1.18   6.100% quarterly     979,861         979,861
RBS Greenwich (Countrywide Home Loans Inc., 4.000%, due 3/22/11)     10,000,000   12/20/12   1.20   5.000% quarterly     919,640   $ (613,797)     1,533,437

RBS Greenwich

(Ford Motor Credit Co.,
7.000%, due 10/1/13)

    25,000,000   12/20/10   2.70   4.260% quarterly     184,327         184,327

RBS Greenwich

(General Motors Acceptance Corp., 6.875%, due 8/28/12)

    7,500,000   9/20/10   3.00   5.750% quarterly     46,526         46,526

RBS Greenwich

(Ryland Group Inc.,
5.375%, due 1/15/15)

    9,800,000   12/20/12   1.58   2.400% quarterly     194,288         194,288

RBS Greenwich

(SLM Corp.,
5.125%, due 8/27/12)

    25,000,000   6/20/12   4.95   1.780% quarterly     (1,446,963)         (1,446,963)

RBS Greenwich

(SLM Corp., 5.125%, due 8/27/12)

    10,000,000   9/20/12   5.06   2.670% quarterly     (485,311)         (485,311)

RBS Greenwich

(Time Warner Inc.,
6.875%, due 5/1/12)

    5,000,000   9/20/10   0.22   0.470% quarterly     2,808         2,808

RBS Greenwich

(Time Warner Inc.,
6.875%, due 5/1/12)

    12,500,000   12/20/10   0.22   0.500% quarterly     16,584         16,584
Total   $ 164,400,000                 $ 1,723,403   $ (613,797)   $ 2,337,200

 

CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS ON CORPORATE ISSUES — BUY PROTECTION4
Swap Counterparty
(Reference Entity)
  Notional
Amount2
  Termination
Date
  Periodic
Payments
Made By
The Fund‡
  Market
Value
  Upfront
Premiums
Paid/
(Received)
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
Banc of America Securities LLC (Home Depot Inc., 3.750%, due 9/15/09)   $ 2,740,000   12/20/13   0.635% quarterly   $ (15,075)     $ (15,075)
Banc of America Securities LLC (Marriot International Inc., 4.625%, due 6/15/12 )     4,400,000   12/20/15   0.730% monthly     163,632       163,632
Banc of America Securities LLC (Masco Corp., 5.875%, due 7/15/12)     4,120,000   12/20/16   1.040% quarterly     365,509       365,509
Banc of America Securities LLC (PHH Corporate Note, 7.125%, due 3/1/13 )     3,410,000   3/20/13   1.050% monthly     329,164       329,164
Banc of America Securities LLC (Viacom Inc., 4.625%, due 5/15/18)     2,750,000   12/20/15   1.130% quarterly     27,000       27,000
Barclay’s Capital Inc. (AmerisourceBergen Corp.,
5.625%, due 9/15/12)
    3,520,000   9/20/12   0.500% quarterly     31,631       31,631


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CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS ON CORPORATE ISSUES — BUY PROTECTION4  
Swap Counterparty
(Reference Entity)
  Notional
Amount2
  Termination
Date
  Periodic
Payments
Made By
The Fund‡
  Market
Value
    Upfront
Premiums
Paid/
(Received)
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
Barclay’s Capital Inc. (Health Care Property Investments Inc.,
6.450%, due 6/25/12)
  $ 3,550,000   6/20/12   0.630% quarterly   $ 44,754        $ 44,754   
Barclay’s Capital Inc. (Motorola Inc., 6.500%, due 9/1/25)     5,600,000   12/20/11   0.320% quarterly     (12,041)          (12,041)   
Credit Suisse First Boston Inc. (AmerisourceBergen Corp.,
8.125%, due 9/1/08)
    3,050,000   9/20/15   0.900% quarterly     90,371          90,371   
Credit Suisse First Boston Inc. (Marsh & McLennan Co. Inc., 5.375%, due 7/15/14)     3,070,000   9/20/10   0.460% quarterly     3,913          3,913   
Credit Suisse First Boston Inc. (Masco Corp., 5.875%, due 7/15/12)     3,320,000   9/20/13   0.750% quarterly     128,218          128,218   
Credit Suisse First Boston Inc. (Southwest Airlines Co.,
5.250%, due 10/1/14)
    2,420,000   3/20/17   0.690% quarterly     134,850          134,850   
Credit Suisse First Boston Inc. (Waste Management Inc., 7.375%, due 8/1/10)     3,290,000   3/20/14   0.490% quarterly     76,925          76,925   
Deutsche Bank AG (Autozone Inc., 6.950%, due 6/15/16)     5,620,000   6/20/16   0.580% quarterly     48,337          48,337   
Deutsche Bank AG (CenturyTel Inc., 7.875%, due 8/15/12)     4,120,000   3/20/17   0.890% quarterly     291,905          291,905   
JP Morgan Chase & Co. (Bell South Corp., 6.000%, due 10/15/11)     4,270,000   9/20/14   0.280% quarterly     23,387          23,387   
Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. (Sara Lee Corp., 6.125% due 11/1/32)     5,500,000   9/20/11   0.620% quarterly     (19,634)          (19,634)   
Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. (Viacom Inc., 6.250%, due 4/30/16)     5,460,000   3/20/12   0.360% quarterly     (5,210)          (5,210)   
Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. (Weyerhaeuser Co. Note,
7.125%, due 7/15/23)
    2,750,000   3/20/12   0.740% quarterly     12,866          12,866   
RBS Greenwich (Home Depot Inc., 5.400%, due 3/1/16)     4,250,000   3/20/16   0.480% monthly     42,422          42,422   
RBS Greenwich (Washington Mutual 2005-AR11, 1-Month LIBOR + 120 bp, due 8/25/45)     456,715   8/25/45   2.550% monthly     451,014 5        451,014
Total   $ 77,666,715           $ 2,213,938        $ 2,213,938   

 

CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS ON CREDIT INDICES — SELL PROTECTION1
Swap Counterparty
(Reference Entity)
  Notional
Amount2
  Termination
Date
  Periodic
Payments
Received By
The Fund‡
  Market
Value5
  Upfront
Premiums
Paid/
(Received)
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
Banc of America Securities LLC (CDX IG 9)   $ 141,424,800   12/20/12   0.600% quarterly   $ (2,553,340)   $ (1,498,263)   $ (1,055,077)
Banc of America Securities LLC (PrimeX.FRM.1)     12,274,339   7/25/36   4.420% monthly     897,561     1,159,531     (261,970)
Credit Suisse First Boston Inc. (ABX.HE-AAA 06-1)     5,331,255   7/25/45   0.180% monthly     (666,407)     (437,616)     (228,791)
Credit Suisse First Boston Inc. (CDX IG 9)     19,940,800   12/20/12   0.600% quarterly     (360,019)     (197,900)     (162,119)
Credit Suisse First Boston Inc.
(CDX IG HVOL 10)
    18,106,602   6/20/13   3.500% quarterly     401,457     (294,571)     696,028
Credit Suisse First Boston Inc.
(CDX IG HVOL 10)
    12,879,954   6/20/13   3.500% quarterly     285,573     110,321     175,252
Credit Suisse First Boston Inc.
(CMBX 3 2007-1 AAA)
    8,140,000   12/13/49   0.080% monthly     (997,150)     (1,106,924)     109,774
Deutsche Bank AG (ABX.HE-AAA 06-1)     7,859,145   7/25/45   0.180% monthly     (982,393)     (649,725)     (332,668)
Deutsche Bank AG (ABX.HE-AAA 06-1)     8,426,300   7/25/45   0.180% monthly     (1,053,287)     (731,089)     (322,198)


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

 

CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS ON CREDIT INDICES — SELL PROTECTION1
Swap Counterparty
(Reference Entity)
  Notional
Amount2
  Termination
Date
  Periodic
Payments
Received By
The Fund‡
  Market
Value5
  Upfront
Premiums
Paid/
(Received)
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
Deutsche Bank AG (ABX.HE-AAA 06-1)   $ 4,213,150   7/25/45   0.180% monthly   $ (526,644)   $ (451,082)   $ (75,562)
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (CDX HY 9)     17,580,000   12/20/12   1.800% quarterly     (1,201,785)         (1,201,785)
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (CDX HY 9)     4,360,000   12/20/12   2.000% quarterly     (277,077)         (277,077)
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (CDX HY 9)     10,000,000   12/20/12   5.440% quarterly     192,014         192,014
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (CMBX 1 2006-1 AAA)     5,001,000   10/12/52   0.100% monthly     (362,572)     (300,060)     (62,512)
JP Morgan Chase & Co.
(CMBX 3 2007-1 AAA)
    38,430,000   12/13/49   0.080% quarterly     (4,707,675)     (12,411,952)     7,704,277
Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. (CDX HY 9)     4,650,000   12/20/12   2.000% quarterly     (295,507)         (295,507)
Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. (CDX HY 9)     4,580,000   12/20/12   2.300% quarterly     (258,006)         (258,006)
Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.
(CMBX 1 2006-1 AAA)
    4,312,000   10/12/52   0.100% monthly     (312,620)     (307,230)     (5,390)
Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.
(CMBX 4 2007-2 AAA)
    6,890,000   2/17/51   0.350% monthly     (938,762)     (981,825)     43,063
Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.
(CMBX NA AM 1)
    7,614,000   10/12/52   0.500% monthly     (1,113,547)     (1,123,065)     9,518
Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.
(CDX IG HVOL 10)
    9,333,300   6/20/13   3.500% quarterly     206,937     33,633     173,304
RBS Greenwich (CDX IG HVOL 10)     7,279,974   6/20/13   3.500% quarterly     161,411     79,152     82,259
Total   $ 358,626,619           $ (14,461,838)   $ (19,108,665)   $ 4,646,827

 

CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS ON CREDIT INDICES—BUY PROTECTION4
Swap Counterparty
(Reference Entity)
  Notional
Amount2
  Termination
Date
  Periodic
Payments
Made By
The Fund‡
  Market
Value5
  Upfront
Premiums
Paid/
(Received)
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
Banc of America Securities LLC (CDX IG 9)   $ 87,216,800   12/20/14   0.700% quarterly   $ 2,879,986   $ 1,810,697   $ 1,069,289
Barclays Capital Inc. (CDX IG HVOL 10)     9,333,300   6/20/13   3.500% quarterly     (206,937)     (254,583)     47,646
Credit Suisse First Boston Inc. (CDX IG 9)     12,390,400   12/20/14   0.700% quarterly     409,143     247,978     161,165
Credit Suisse First Boston Inc.
(CMBX 3 2007-1 AAA)
    18,625,000   12/13/49   0.080% monthly     2,281,563     6,047,393     (3,765,830)
Credit Suisse First Boston Inc.
(CMBX 4 2007-2 AJ)
    9,900,000   2/17/51   0.960% monthly     4,554,000     2,059,282     2,494,718
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
(CDX IG HVOL 10)
    18,199,935   6/20/13   3.500% quarterly     (403,527)     128,115     (531,642)
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
(CMBX 4 2007-2 AJ)
    10,000,000   2/17/51   0.960% monthly     4,600,000     2,080,083     2,519,917
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
(CMBX NA AM 4)
    4,280,000   2/17/51   0.500% monthly     1,144,900     1,078,085     66,815
JP Morgan Chase & Co. (CDX IG HVOL 10)     20,066,595   6/20/13   3.500% quarterly     (444,915)     (520,281)     75,366
JP Morgan Chase & Co.
(CMBX 2 2006-2 AAA)
    4,763,000   3/15/49   0.070% monthly     428,670     339,364     89,306
JP Morgan Chase & Co.
(CMBX 3 2007-1 AAA)
    19,805,000   12/13/49   0.080% monthly     2,426,113     6,429,701     (4,003,588)
Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.
(CMBX 4 2007-2 AJ)
    9,900,000   2/17/51   0.960% monthly     4,554,000     2,059,282     2,494,718
Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.
(CMBX 2 2006-2 AAA)
    12,130,000   3/15/49   0.070% monthly     1,091,700     985,563     106,137
Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.
(CMBX 2 2006-2 AAA)
    4,212,000   3/15/49   0.070% monthly     379,080     352,755     26,325
Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.
(CMBX NA AM 4)
    5,086,000   2/17/51   0.500% monthly     1,360,505     1,328,717     31,788
Total   $ 245,908,030           $ 25,054,281   $ 24,172,151   $ 882,130

 

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.


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2

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

 

3

Implied credit spreads, utilized in determining the market value of credit default swap agreements on corporate issues or sovereign issues of an emerging country 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 underlying securities comprising the referenced index or (ii) receive a net settlement amount in the form of cash or securities equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the underlying securities comprising the referenced index.

 

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 liability (or profit) for the credit derivative if the notional amount of the swap agreement had been closed/sold as of the period end. Decreasing market values when compared to the notional amount of the swap, represent a deterioration of the referenced entity’s credit soundness and a greater likelihood of risk of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the agreement.

 

Percentage shown is an annual percentage rate.

 

* Security is valued in good faith at fair value in accordance with procedures approve by the Board of Directors.

4. Derivative instruments and hedging activities

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

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

 

ASSET DERIVATIVES1
        Interest Rate
Contracts Risk
     Credit
Contracts Risk
     Total
Purchased options2      $ 4,479,266             $ 4,479,266
Futures contracts3        10,515,874               10,515,874
Swap contracts4        235,106      $ 51,721,982        51,957,088
Total      $ 15,230,246      $ 51,721,982      $ 66,952,228

 

LIABILITY DERIVATIVES1
        Interest Rate
Contracts Risk
     Credit
Contracts Risk
     Total
Written options      $ 20,170,672             $ 20,170,672
Futures contracts3        8,806,449               8,806,449
Swap contracts4        22,149,437      $ 37,192,198        59,341,635
Total      $ 51,126,558      $ 37,192,198      $ 88,318,756
1

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

 

2

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

 

3

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

 

4

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

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

 

AMOUNT OF REALIZED GAIN OR (LOSS) ON DERIVATIVES RECOGNIZED
        Interest Rate
Contracts Risk
     Credit
Contracts Risk
     Total
Purchased options      $ (1,301,439)             $ (1,301,439)
Written options        2,386,837               2,386,837
Futures contracts        8,853,609               8,853,609
Swap contracts        (8,317,228)      $ (22,088,956)        (30,406,184)
Total      $ 1,621,779      $ (22,088,956)      $ (20,467,177)


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

 

CHANGE IN UNREALIZED APPRECIATION/DEPRECIATION ON DERIVATIVES RECOGNIZED
        Interest Rate
Contracts Risk
     Credit
Contracts Risk
     Total
Purchased options      $ (2,848,045)             $ (2,848,045)
Written options        253,280               253,280
Futures contracts        3,089,131               3,089,131
Swap contracts        (16,769,322)      $ 37,176,154        20,406,832
Total      $ (16,274,956)      $ 37,176,154      $ 20,901,198

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

 

        Average Market
Value
Purchased options      $ 3,905,079
Written options        18,983,679
Futures contracts (to buy)        1,320,793,121
Futures contracts (to sell)        519,425,028
        Average Notional
Balance‡
Interest rate swap contracts      $ 429,232,857
Credit default swap contracts (to buy protection)        347,361,788
Credit default swap contracts (to sell protection)        672,123,662
Total return swap contracts        9,523,571

 

Amounts are denominated in U.S. dollars, unless otherwise noted.

The Fund has several credit related contingent features that if triggered would allow its derivatives counterparties to close out and demand payment or additional collateral to cover their exposure from the Fund. Credit related contingent features are established between the Fund and its derivatives counterparties to reduce the risk that the Fund will not fulfill its payment obligations to its counterparties. These triggering features include, but are not limited to, a percentage decrease in the Fund’s net assets and/or a percentage decrease in the Fund’s Net Asset Value or NAV. The contingent features are established within the Fund’s International Swap and Derivatives Association, Inc. master agreements which govern positions in swaps, over-the-counter options, and forward currency exchange contracts for each individual counterparty.

As of June 30, 2010, the total value of swap positions with credit related contingent features in a net liability position was $20,134,683. If a contingent feature would have been triggered as of June 30, 2010, the Fund would have been required to pay this amount in cash to its counterparties. The Fund posted collateral for its swap transactions in the amount of $36,827,459.

5. Class specific expenses, waivers and/or reimbursements

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

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

 

        Distribution
Fees
     Transfer Agent
Fees
     Shareholder
Reports
Class IS1             $ 2,748      $ 1,000
Class I1               774,612        33,857
Class FI1      $ 1,436,822        619,514        16,635
Total      $ 1,436,822      $ 1,396,874      $ 51,492

 

1

In April 2010, Institutional Select Class, Institutional Class and Financial Intermediary Class shares were renamed Class IS, Class I and Class FI shares, respectively.


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For the six months ended June 30, 2010, waivers and/or reimbursements by class were as follows:

 

        Waivers/
Reimbursements
Class IS1       
Class I1       
Class FI1      $ 242,340
Total      $ 242,340

 

1

In April 2010, Institutional Select Class, Institutional Class and Financial Intermediary Class shares were renamed Class IS, Class I and Class FI shares, respectively.

6. Distributions to shareholders by class

 

       

Six Months Ended

June 30, 2010

    

Year Ended

December 31, 2009

Net Investment Income:                  
Class IS1      $ 4,749,893      $ 14,404,830
Class I1        51,939,994        120,818,761
Class FI1        25,631,606        60,417,660
Total      $ 82,321,493      $ 195,641,251

 

1

In April 2010, Institutional Select Class, Institutional and Financial Intermediary Class shares were renamed Class IS, Class I and Class FI shares, respectively.

7. Capital shares

At June 30, 2010, the Corporation had 21.15 billion shares of capital stock authorized with a par value of $0.001 per share. Transactions in shares of the Fund were as follows:

 

       Six Months Ended
June 30, 2010
     Year Ended
December 31, 2009
        Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount
Class  IS1                                
Shares sold      3,997,382      $ 44,139,875      5,684,243      $ 54,085,912
Shares issued on reinvestment      417,925        4,612,960      1,381,067        13,529,293
Shares repurchased      (10,182,748)        (111,497,084)      (10,304,729)        (101,242,066)
Net decrease      (5,767,441)      $ (62,744,249)      (3,239,419)      $ (33,626,861)
Class  I1                                
Shares sold      14,609,519      $ 160,514,486      41,315,602      $ 383,430,599
Shares issued on reinvestment      4,586,586        50,592,862      11,707,840        113,453,329
Shares repurchased      (36,199,235)        (400,180,343)      (130,449,505)        (1,181,617,166)
Net decrease      (17,003,130)      $ (189,072,995)      (77,426,063)      $ (684,733,238)
Class  FI1                                
Shares sold      14,046,156      $ 154,898,512      24,695,986      $ 236,183,280
Shares issued on reinvestment      2,368,912        26,120,305      6,018,661        58,707,825
Shares repurchased      (49,410,550)        (547,811,485)      (46,551,286)        (434,617,720)
Net decrease      (32,995,482)      $ (366,792,668)      (15,836,639)      $ (139,726,615)

 

1

In April 2010, Institutional Select Class, Institutional Class and Financial Intermediary Class shares were renamed Class IS, Class I and Class FI shares, respectively.

8. Capital loss carryforward

As of December 31, 2009, the Fund had a net capital loss carryforward of approximately $369,226,813, of which $84,734,017 expires in 2015, $33,885,094 expires in 2016 and $250,607,702 expires in 2017. These amounts will be available to offset any future taxable capital gains.


Western Asset

Core Bond Portfolio

 

Directors

William E. B. Siart, Chairman

Ronald J. Arnault

Anita L. DeFrantz

R. Jay Gerken

Ronald L. Olson

Avedick B. Poladian

Jaynie Miller Studenmund

 

Investment manager

Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC

Investment adviser

Western Asset Management Company

Transfer agent

Boston Financial Data Services

2000 Crown Colony Drive

Quincy, MA 02169

 

Custodian

State Street Bank and Trust Company

Counsel

Ropes & Gray LLP

1211 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10036

Independent registered public accounting firm

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Baltimore, MD


Western Asset Core Bond Portfolio

The Fund is a separate investment series of Western Asset Funds, Inc.

Western Asset Core Bond Portfolio

Legg Mason Funds

55 Water Street

New York, NY 10041

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

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


 

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of Western Asset Core Bond Portfolio. 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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Together, we’ve built a powerful portfolio of solutions for financial advisors and their clients. And it has made us a world leader in money management.*

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

Western Asset Management Company

Legg Mason, Inc. Subsidiaries

www.leggmason.com/individualinvestors

©2010 Legg Mason Investor Services, LLC Member FINRA, SIPC

WASX012825 8/10 SR10-1152

 

NOT PART OF THE SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT

 


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

 

ITEM 12. EXHIBITS.

(a) (1) Not applicable.

Exhibit 99.CODE ETH

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

Exhibit 99.CERT

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

Exhibit 99.906CERT


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, there unto duly authorized.

 

Western Asset Funds, Inc.
By:   /S/    R. JAY GERKEN        
  (R. Jay Gerken)
 

President of

Western Asset Funds, Inc.

Date: August 31, 2010

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By:  

/S/    R. JAY GERKEN        

  (R. Jay Gerken)
 

President of

Western Asset Funds, Inc.

Date: August 31, 2010

 

By:  

/S/    KAPREL OZSOLAK        

  (Kaprel Ozsolak)
  Principal Financial and Accounting Officer
  Western Asset Funds, Inc.

Date: August 31, 2010