N-CSR 1 d279366dncsr.htm WESTERN ASSET TOTAL RETURN UNCONSTRAINED PORTFOLIO Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained 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, N.Y. N.Y. 10041

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Robert I. Frenkel, Esq.

Legg Mason & Co., LLC

100 First Stamford Place

Stamford, CT 06902

(Name and address of agent for service)

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

Date of fiscal year end: December 31

Date of reporting period: December 31, 2011


ITEM 1. REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS.

The Annual Report to Stockholders is filed herewith.


December 31, 2011

 

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Annual Repor t

Western Asset

Total Return Unconstrained Portfolio

 

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


 

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What’s inside    
Letter from the president   II
Investment commentary   III
Fund overview   1
Fund at a glance   6
Fund expenses   7
Fund performance   8
Spread duration   11
Effective duration   12
Schedule of investments   13
Statement of assets and liabilities   28
Statement of operations   30
Statements of changes in net assets   31
Financial highlights   32
Notes to financial statements   35
Report of independent registered public accounting firm   56
Board approval of investment management and advisory agreements   57
Additional information   60
Important tax information   65

 

Fund objective

The Fund seeks to maximize long-term total return.

Fund name change

Effective September 21, 2011, Western Asset Absolute Return Portfolio was renamed Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Portfolio.

 

Letter from the president

 

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Dear Shareholder,

We are pleased to provide the annual report of Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Portfolio for the twelve-month reporting period ended December 31, 2011. Please read on for a detailed look at prevailing economic and market conditions during the Fund’s reporting period and to learn how those conditions have affected Fund performance.

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

 

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Fund prices and performance,

 

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Market insights and commentaries from our portfolio managers, and

 

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A host of educational resources.

Special shareholder notice

Effective September 21, 2011, Western Asset Absolute Return Portfolio has been renamed Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Portfolio. There was no change in the Fund’s investment objective, investment strategy, benchmarks or investment management team in connection with this name change.

We look forward to helping you meet your financial goals.

Sincerely,

 

LOGO

R. Jay Gerken, CFA

President

January 27, 2012


 

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Investment commentary

 

Economic review

Economic growth in the U.S. accelerated over the twelve months ended December 31, 2011. However, the pace of the expansion was less robust than during most other periods exiting a severe recession. U.S. gross domestic product (“GDP”)i growth, as reported by the U.S. Department of Commerce, was 0.4% and 1.3% in the first and second quarters of 2011, respectively. Third quarter GDP growth then rose to 1.8%. The economy then gathered further momentum late in the year, as the Commerce Department’s initial estimate for fourth quarter GDP growth was 2.8% – the fastest pace since the second quarter of 2010. This was attributed, in part, to higher consumer spending, which rose 2.0% in the fourth quarter, versus 1.7% and 0.7% gains in the third and second quarters, respectively.

Two factors holding back the economy were the weak job market and continued strains in the housing market. While there was some improvement in early 2011 and late in the reporting period, unemployment remained elevated. When 2011 began, unemployment, as reported by the U.S. Department of Labor, was 9.4%. After dipping below 9.0% in March 2011 (to 8.9%), unemployment moved back to 9.0% in April. Unemployment stayed above 9.0% over the next five months before declining to 8.9% in October. Unemployment then fell to 8.6% in November and 8.5% in December, the latter being the lowest rate since February 2009. The housing market showed some encouraging signs, although home prices still appear to be searching for a bottom. Looking back, existing-home sales moved somewhat higher in January 2011, according to the National Association of Realtors (“NAR”). Existing-home sales then fluctuated over the next eight months before rising during each of the last three months of the year. In addition, the year ended with the lowest inventory of unsold homes since April 2006. However, existing-home prices remained weak versus a year ago, with the NAR reporting that the median existing-home price for all housing types was $164,500 in December 2011, down 2.5% from December 2010.

While the manufacturing sector continued to expand, it experienced a soft patch during a portion of the reporting period. Based on the Institute for Supply Management’s PMI (“PMI”)ii, in February 2011, the manufacturing sector expanded at its fastest pace since May 2004, with a reading of 61.4 (a reading below 50 indicates a contraction, whereas a reading above 50 indicates an expansion). The PMI then generally moderated over the next several months and was 50.6 in August 2011, its lowest reading in two years. However, the manufacturing sector gained some momentum late in the period and ended December at 53.9, its highest reading in the last six months.

The Federal Reserve Board (“Fed”)iii took a number of actions as it sought to meet its dual mandate of fostering maximum employment and price stability. As has been the case since December 2008, the Fed kept the federal funds rateiv at a historically low range between zero and 0.25%. In addition, in August 2011, the Fed declared its intention to keep the federal funds rate steady until mid-2013. Then, in September 2011, the Fed announced its intention to purchase $400 billion of longer-term Treasury securities and to sell an equal amount of shorter-term Treasury securities by June 2012 (often referred to as “Operation Twist”). At its meeting in December, the Fed potentially opened the door to another round of quantitative easing in 2012, saying it is “prepared to employ its tools to promote a stronger economic recovery in a context of price stability.” Finally, in January 2012 (after the reporting period ended), the Fed extended the period it expects to keep rates on hold, saying “economic conditions — including low rates of resource utilization and a


 

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Investment commentary (cont’d)

 

subdued outlook for inflation over the medium run — are likely to warrant exceptionally low levels for the federal funds rate at least through late 2014.”

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

Sincerely,

LOGO

R. Jay Gerken, CFA

President

January 27, 2012

All investments are subject to risk including the possible loss of principal. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

 

 

 

 

i 

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

 

ii 

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

 

iii 

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

 

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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.


 

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Fund overview

 

Q. What is the Fund’s investment strategy?

A. The Fund’s investment objective is to maximize long-term total return. The Fund has a flexible investment strategy and will invest in a variety of securities and instruments and use a variety of investment techniques in pursuing its objective. Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 50% of its net assets in debt and fixed-income securities rated at least Baa or BBB (“investment grade”) at the time of purchase by one or more nationally recognized statistical rating organizations or, if unrated, securities that we deem to be of comparable quality. The Fund may invest in lower-rated, higher-yielding securities and U.S. dollar- and non-U.S. dollar-denominated instruments of governments and corporations. The Fund may also enter into various derivative transactions for both hedging and non-hedging purposes, including for purposes of enhancing returns. These derivative transactions include, but are not limited to, bond and interest rate futures, options on bonds, options on bond and interest rate futures, swaps, forwards, options on swaps, options on forwards and commodity and commodity index futures, options, swaps and structured notes.

We use fundamental investment techniques to select issues. In deciding among the securities and instruments in which the Fund may invest, we may take into account the credit quality, country of issue, interest rate, liquidity, maturity and yield of a security or instrument as well as other factors, including the Fund’s dollar-weighted average effective durationi and prevailing or anticipated market conditions. Although the Fund may invest in debt and fixed-income securities of any maturity, under normal market conditions, the dollar-weighted average effective duration of the Fund, including futures positions, is expected to range within -5 to ten years. Although the Fund may invest in debt and fixed-income securities of any credit quality, including securities that are in default, under normal market conditions, it is expected that the Fund will maintain a dollar-weighted average credit quality of portfolio holdings of at least Baa/BBB or their equivalent.

At Western Asset Management Company (“Western Asset”), the Fund’s adviser, we utilize a fixed-income team approach, with decisions derived from interaction among various investment management sector specialists. The sector teams are comprised of Western Asset’s senior portfolio managers, research analysts and an in-house economist. Under this team approach, management of client fixed-income portfolios will reflect a consensus of interdisciplinary views within the Western Asset organization.

Q. What were the overall market conditions during the Fund’s reporting period?

A. Given changing perceptions for the economy and a number of macro issues, the performance of the spread sectors (non-Treasuries) fluctuated during the reporting period. Most spread sectors rallied during the first four months of the period as expectations for the economy were generally positive. While the spread sectors generally posted positive results in May, they underperformed equal-durationii Treasuries. Risk aversion then increased from June through September given a host of disappointing economic data, a further escalation of the European sovereign debt crisis and the Standard & Poor’s rating downgrade of U.S. sovereign debt. However, most spread sectors rallied in October given hopes of progress in Europe and some better-than-expected economic data. While risk aversion returned in November given an escalation of the European sovereign debt crisis, risk appetite returned in December as the economy appeared to gather some momentum heading into 2012.


 

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Fund overview (cont’d)

 

Both short- and long-term Treasury yields fluctuated but, overall, moved lower during the reporting period. When the period began, two- and ten-year Treasury yields were 0.61% and 3.30%, respectively. Yields initially moved higher given expectations for stronger growth in 2011 and the potential for rising inflation. Two- and ten-year Treasury yields peaked at 0.87% and 3.75%, respectively, in February 2011. Yields then declined during much of the next seven months due to disappointing economic data and several flights to quality. Two-year Treasuries hit their low for the reporting period of 0.16% on September 19, 2011. Ten-year Treasuries reached their reporting period trough of 1.72% on September 22, 2011. Yields then moved higher in October as investor risk appetite increased. Two-year Treasury yields were then relatively stable during the last two months of the year, whereas ten-year Treasury yields declined in November and December. When the reporting period ended on December 31, 2011, two-year Treasury yields were 0.25% and ten-year Treasury yields were 1.89%. All told, the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Indexiii returned 7.84% for the twelve months ended December 31, 2011.

Inflation was fairly contained during the reporting period. For the twelve months ended December 31, 2011, the seasonally unadjusted rate of inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (“CPI-U”)iv, was 3.0%. The CPI-U less food and energy was 2.2% over the same time frame. Inflation-protected securities generated strong results during the twelve months ended December 31, 2011, with the Barclays Capital U.S. TIPS Indexv gaining 13.56%.

Q. How did we respond to these changing market conditions?

A. A number of adjustments were made to the Fund during the reporting period. We significantly increased the Fund’s exposure to cash and, to a much lesser extent, our allocations to municipal bonds and U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (“TIPS”)vi. Within the agency mortgage-backed security (“MBS”) market, we added to our Fannie Mae exposure. We reduced our allocations to U.S. Treasuries, non-U.S. dollar securities and non-agency MBS. The Fund’s exposures to investment grade corporate and high-yield bonds were both reduced. Within the investment grade corporate bond market, this was largely done by paring our exposure to Financials and Industrials. The largest reductions in the high-yield market were in Industrials. Finally, we reduced the Fund’s duration, as we felt that interest rates had declined to unsustainably low levels.

During the reporting period, we utilized interest rate swaps, interest rate futures, interest rate swaptions and interest rate options to manage the Fund’s duration and yield curvevii exposure. While the interest rate swaps, interest rate futures and interest rate swaptions detracted from performance, our interest rate options were positive for results. Credit default swaps were used to manage our credit and commercial mortgage-backed security (“CMBS”) exposures. The use of these instruments was positive for results. Total return swaps were utilized to gain exposure to CMBS and long-term Treasuries. They detracted from results during the period. Currency options, which were used to implement our negative view on the euro, were beneficial for performance. Currency forwards, which were used to hedge the Fund’s non-U.S. dollar bond positions and to take unhedged positions in certain currencies, were negative for performance.

Performance review

For the twelve months ended December 31, 2011, Class I shares of Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Portfolio returned 2.04%. The Fund’s unmanaged benchmarks, the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Index and the BofA Merrill Lynch Constant


 

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Maturity 3-Month LIBOR Indexviii, returned 7.84% and 0.27%, respectively, for the same period. The Lipper Multi-Sector Income Funds Category Average1 returned 2.89% over the same time frame.

 

Performance Snapshot as of December 31, 2011
(unaudited)
 
     6 months     12 months  
Western Asset Total Return
Unconstrained Portfolio:
   

Class IS

    0.28     2.03

Class I

    0.28     2.04

Class FI

    0.15     1.69
Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Index     4.98     7.84
BofA Merrill Lynch Constant Maturity 3-Month LIBOR Index     0.12     0.27
Lipper Multi-Sector Income Funds Category Average1     -0.17     2.89

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 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.

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

The 30-Day SEC Yields for the period ended December 31, 2011 for Class IS, Class I and Class FI shares were 1.95%, 1.95% and 1.70%, respectively. Absent fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the 30-Day SEC Yields for Class I and Class FI shares would have been 1.91% and 1.18%, respectively. The 30-Day SEC Yield is subject to change and is based on the yield to maturity of the Fund’s investments over a 30-day period and not on the dividends paid by the Fund, which may differ.

 

Total Annual Operating Expenses (unaudited)

As of the Fund’s current prospectus dated May 1, 2011, the gross total annual operating expense ratios for Class IS, Class I and Class FI shares were 0.84%, 0.85% and 1.25%, 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 expense limitation arrangements, the ratio of expenses, other than brokerage, interest, taxes, deferred organizational expenses and extraordinary expenses, to average net assets is not expected to exceed 0.80% for Class IS shares, 0.80% for Class I shares and 1.05% for Class FI shares. These expense limitation arrangements cannot be terminated prior to April 30, 2012 without the Board of Directors’ consent.

The manager is permitted to recapture amounts waived 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.

Q. What were the leading contributors to performance?

A. The largest contributors to the Fund’s absolute performance during the reporting period were our allocations to investment grade bonds, high-yield bonds/bank loans and emerging market debt. In the investment grade bond market, our positions in several sectors were beneficial. Delhaize America, Safeway, GE Capital and Humana were among our top performing holdings.

 

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Lipper, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reuters, provides independent insight on global collective investments. Returns are based on the period ended December 31, 2011, including the reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, calculated among the 199 funds for the six-month period and among the 192 funds for the twelve-month period in the Fund’s Lipper category.


 

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Fund overview (cont’d)

 

Within the high-yield/bank loan market, our largest contributors were Dish DBS Corp., Ford, TXU and El Paso Corp.

The Fund’s allocation to emerging market debt was beneficial, largely from our exposure to local currency Indonesian government bonds, as they posted strong results. Also benefiting results were the Fund’s exposures to asset-backed securities and CMBS. An allocation to U.S. TIPS was also rewarded as they generated strong results during the reporting period. Finally, a short exposure to the euro was rewarded, as it weakened versus the U.S. dollar given the ongoing European sovereign debt crisis.

Q. What were the leading detractors from performance?

A. The largest detractor from absolute performance for the period was the Fund’s non-dollar currency exposures. In particular, at times during the fiscal year, we instituted a short position in the Japanese yen and a long position in the Mexican peso. These positions detracted from results as the yen strengthened versus the U.S. dollar, whereas the peso depreciated versus the U.S. dollar. These exposures offset the positive contribution from our short euro position.

A number of the Fund’s investment grade holdings were a drag on performance during the fiscal year. Allocations to Credit Agricole, Group BPCE, and Nordea Bank were among the Fund’s positions that detracted from results. Several of our high-yield bonds also performance poorly, including HBOS (a subsidiary of Lloyds) and Ally Financial.

Thank you for your investment in Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Portfolio. As always, we appreciate that you have chosen us to manage your assets and we remain focused on achieving the Fund’s investment goals.

Sincerely,

Western Asset Management Company

January 17, 2012

RISKS: Fixed-income securities involve interest rate, credit, inflation and reinvestment risks. As interest rates rise, the value of fixed-income securities falls. High-yield securities include greater price volatility, illiquidity and possibility of default. International investments are subject to special risks including currency fluctuations and social, economic and political uncertainties, which could increase volatility. These risks are magnified in emerging markets. The use of leverage may increase volatility and possibility of loss. Potential active and frequent trading may result in higher transaction costs and increased investor liability. Asset-backed, mortgage-backed or mortgage-related securities are subject to prepayment and extension risks. Derivatives, such as options, futures and swaps, can be illiquid, may disproportionately increase losses, and have a potentially large impact on Fund performance. Please see the Fund’s prospectus for a more complete discussion of these and other risks, and the Fund’s investment strategies.

Portfolio holdings and breakdowns are as of December 31, 2011 and are subject to change and may not be representative of the portfolio managers’ current or future investments. Please refer to pages 13 through 27 for a list and percentage breakdown of the Fund’s holdings.

The mention of sector breakdowns is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as a recommendation to purchase or sell any securities. The information provided regarding such sectors is not a sufficient basis upon which to make an investment decision. Investors seeking financial advice regarding the appropriateness of investing in any securities or investment strategies discussed should consult their financial professional. Portfolio holdings are subject to change at any time and may not be representative of the portfolio managers’ current or future investments. The Fund’s top five sector holdings (as a percentage of net assets) as of December 31, 2011 were: Corporate Bonds & Notes (32.9%), U.S. Government & Agency Obligations (20.9%), Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (7.0%), Mortgage-Backed Securities (5.9%) and


 

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Collateralized Senior Loans (5.4%). The Fund’s portfolio composition is subject to change at any time.

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

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

 

 

 

 

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Effective duration measures the expected sensitivity of market price to changes in interest rates, taking into account the effects of structural complexities. (For example, some bonds can be prepaid by the issuer.)

 

ii 

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.

 

iii 

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.

 

iv 

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers ("CPI-U") is a measure of the average change in prices over time of goods and services purchased by households, which covers approximately 87% of the total population and includes, in addition to wage earners and clerical worker households, groups such as professional, managerial and technical workers, the self-employed, short-term workers, the unemployed and retirees and others not in the labor force.

 

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The Barclays Capital U.S. TIPS Index represents an unmanaged market index made up of U.S. Treasury Inflation-Linked Index securities.

 

vi 

U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities ("TIPS") are inflation-indexed securities issued by the U.S. Treasury in five-year, ten-year and twenty-year maturities. The principal is adjusted to the Consumer Price Index, the commonly used measure of inflation. The coupon rate is constant, but generates a different amount of interest when multiplied by the inflation-adjusted principal.

 

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 BofA Merrill Lynch Constant Maturity 3-Month LIBOR Index is based on the assumed purchase of a synthetic instrument having three months to maturity and with a coupon equal to the closing quote for three-month LIBOR. That issue is sold the following day (priced at a yield equal to the current day closing three-month LIBOR rate) and is rolled into a new three-month instrument. The Index, therefore, will always have a constant maturity equal to exactly three months.


 

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Fund at a glance (unaudited)

 

Investment breakdown (%) as a percent of total investments

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The bar graph above represent the composition of the Fund’s investments as of December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010 and does not include derivatives such as forward foreign currency contracts, futures contracts, written options and swaps contracts. The Fund is actively managed. As a result, the composition of the Fund’s investments is subject to change at any time.


 

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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; service and/or distribution (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

This example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested on July 1, 2011 and held for the six months ended December 31, 2011.

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 IS     0.28   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,002.80        0.80   $ 4.04        Class IS     5.00   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,021.17        0.80   $ 4.08   
Class I     0.28        1,000.00        1,002.80        0.80        4.04        Class I     5.00        1,000.00        1,021.17        0.80        4.08   
Class FI     0.15        1,000.00        1,001.50        1.05        5.30        Class FI     5.00        1,000.00        1,019.91        1.05        5.35   
1 

For the six months ended December 31, 2011.

 

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, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

 

3 

Expenses (net of compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements) are equal to each class’ respective annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (184), then divided by 365.


 

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Fund performance (unaudited)

 

Average annual total returns1  
      Class IS      Class I      Class FI  
Twelve Months Ended 12/31/11      2.03      2.04      1.69
Five Years Ended 12/31/11      N/A         5.30         5.02   
Inception* through 12/31/11      7.85         5.75         5.21   

 

Cumulative total returns1  
Class IS (Inception date of 8/4/08 through 12/31/11)      29.42
Class I (Inception date of 7/6/06 through 12/31/11)      35.90   
Class FI (Inception date of 9/6/06 through 12/31/11)      31.02   

All figures represent past performance and are not a guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Performance figures may reflect compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower.

 

1 

Assumes the reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, at net asset value.

 

* Inception dates for Class IS, I and FI shares are August 4, 2008, July 6, 2006 and September 6, 2006, respectively.


 

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Historical performance

Value of $1,000,000 invested in

Class IS Shares of Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Portfolio vs. Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Index and BofA Merrill Lynch Constant Maturity 3-Month LIBOR Index† — August 4, 2008 - December 2011

 

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Value of $1,000,000 invested in

Class I Shares of Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Portfolio vs. Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Index and BofA Merrill Lynch Constant Maturity 3-month LIBOR Index† — July 6, 2006 - December 2011

 

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Fund performance (unaudited) (cont’d)

 

 

Historical performance

Value of $1,000,000 invested in

Class FI Shares of Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Portfolio vs. Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Index and BofA Merrill Lynch Constant Maturity 3-Month LIBOR Index† — September 6, 2006 - December 2011

 

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All figures represent past performance and are not a guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Performance figures may reflect compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower.

 

Hypothetical illustration of $1,000,000 invested in Class IS, I and FI shares of Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Portfolio on August 4, 2008 (commencement of operations), July 6, 2006 (commencement of operations) and September 6, 2006 (commencement of operations), respectively, assuming the reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, at net asset value through December 31, 2011. The hypothetical illustration also assumes a $1,000,000 investment in the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Index and the BofA Merrill Lynch Constant Maturity 3-Month LIBOR Index. 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. The BofA Merrill Lynch Constant Maturity 3-Month LIBOR Index is based on the assumed purchase of a synthetic instrument having three months to maturity and with a coupon equal to the closing quote for three-month LIBOR. That issue is sold the following day (priced at a yield equal to the current day closing three-month LIBOR rate) and is rolled into a new three-month instrument. The Index, therefore, will always have a constant maturity equal to exactly three months. The Indices are unmanaged and are not subject to the same management and trading expenses as a mutual fund. Please note that an investor cannot invest directly in an index.


 

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Spread duration (unaudited)

 

Economic exposure — December 31, 2011

LOGO

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

 

ABS  

—Asset Backed Securities

BCAI  

—Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Index

EM  

—Emerging Market

HY  

—High Yield

IG Credit  

—Investment Grade Credit

MBS  

—Mortgage Backed Securities

Muni   — Municipal
WATR  

—Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Portfolio


 

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Effective duration (unaudited)

 

Interest rate exposure — December 31, 2011

 

LOGO

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

 

ABS  

—Asset Backed Securities

BCAI  

—Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Index

EM  

—Emerging Markets

HY  

—High Yield

IG Credit  

—Investment Grade Credit

MBS  

—Mortgage Backed Securities

Muni  

—Municipal

WATR  

—Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Portfolio


 

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Schedule of investments

December 31, 2011

 

Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Portfolio

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
  Face
Amount†
    Value  
Corporate Bonds & Notes — 32.9%                            
Consumer Discretionary — 4.4%                            

Automobiles — 2.3%

                           

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, Notes

    7.000   10/1/13     4,800,000      $ 5,089,593   

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, Senior Notes

    12.000   5/15/15     1,610,000        1,972,234   

Total Automobiles

                        7,061,827   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.2%

                           

Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort & Casino, Senior Secured Notes

    8.750   11/30/20     69,000        66,585  (a) 

MGM Resorts International, Senior Notes

    6.625   7/15/15     140,000        133,000   

MGM Resorts International, Senior Secured Notes

    10.375   5/15/14     45,000        51,413   

MGM Resorts International, Senior Secured Notes

    11.125   11/15/17     105,000        119,700   

MGM Resorts International, Senior Secured Notes

    9.000   3/15/20     120,000        132,900  (a) 

Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

                        503,598   

Media — 1.9%

                           

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

    8.125   4/30/20     420,000        459,900   

Comcast Cable Communications LLC, Notes

    8.875   5/1/17     70,000        90,343   

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    5.700   5/15/18     950,000        1,093,221   

DISH DBS Corp., Senior Notes

    7.875   9/1/19     1,050,000        1,186,500   

Gannett Co. Inc.

    6.375   4/1/12     40,000        40,200   

News America Inc., Senior Notes

    6.650   11/15/37     50,000        56,647   

Time Warner Cable Inc., Senior Notes

    4.000   9/1/21     1,990,000        2,013,339   

Time Warner Cable Inc., Senior Notes

    5.500   9/1/41     70,000        73,766   

United Business Media Ltd., Notes

    5.750   11/3/20     920,000        927,963  (a) 

Total Media

                        5,941,879   

Total Consumer Discretionary

                        13,507,304   
Consumer Staples — 2.9%                            

Beverages — 0.2%

                           

Pernod-Ricard SA, Senior Notes

    4.450   1/15/22     640,000        670,454  (a) 

Food & Staples Retailing — 2.1%

                           

CVS Corp., Pass-Through Trust

    9.350   1/10/23     500,000        528,900  (a) 

CVS Pass-Through Trust, Secured Notes

    5.298   1/11/27     26,068        25,808  (a) 

CVS Pass-Through Trust, Secured Notes

    5.880   1/10/28     39,637        40,882   

CVS Pass-Through Trust, Secured Notes

    6.036   12/10/28     81,091        84,390   

Delhaize Group, Senior Notes

    6.500   6/15/17     1,814,000        2,132,036   

Safeway Inc., Senior Debentures

    7.250   2/1/31     1,360,000        1,636,379   

Safeway Inc., Senior Notes

    3.950   8/15/20     160,000        158,005   

The Kroger Co.

    5.000   4/15/13     1,620,000        1,694,763   

Total Food & Staples Retailing

                        6,301,163   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


 

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Schedule of investments (cont’d)

December 31, 2011

 

Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Portfolio

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
  Face
Amount†
    Value  

Food Products — 0.2%

                           

Kraft Foods Inc., Senior Notes

    5.375   2/10/20     400,000      $ 461,540   

Household Products — 0.1%

                           

Reynolds Group DL Escrow Inc./Reynolds Group Escrow LLC, Senior Secured Notes

    8.750   10/15/16     325,000        342,063  (a) 

Tobacco — 0.3%

                           

Lorillard Tobacco Co., Senior Notes

    8.125   6/23/19     810,000        964,870   

Total Consumer Staples

                        8,740,090   
Energy — 4.3%                            

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 4.3%

                           

Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    5.950   9/15/16     20,000        22,671   

Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    6.375   9/15/17     660,000        765,028   

BP Capital Markets PLC, Senior Notes

    3.125   10/1/15     650,000        680,825   

Chesapeake Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    6.500   8/15/17     100,000        106,500   

Chesapeake Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    7.250   12/15/18     55,000        60,775   

Compagnie Generale de Geophysique-Veritas, Senior Notes

    7.750   5/15/17     250,000        253,125   

El Paso Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes

    7.000   6/15/17     690,000        756,000   

Energy Transfer Partners LP, Senior Notes

    6.700   7/1/18     2,300,000        2,551,678   

EXCO Resources Inc., Senior Notes

    7.500   9/15/18     760,000        718,200   

Kerr-McGee Corp., Notes

    6.950   7/1/24     150,000        178,895   

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, Senior Notes

    6.000   2/1/17     1,000,000        1,131,776   

LUKOIL International Finance BV, Senior Notes

    7.250   11/5/19     480,000        495,600  (a) 

Newfield Exploration Co., Senior Notes

    6.625   4/15/16     1,330,000        1,369,900   

Petrobras International Finance Co., Senior Notes

    3.875   1/27/16     300,000        309,063   

Petrobras International Finance Co., Senior Notes

    5.750   1/20/20     800,000        856,096   

Petrobras International Finance Co., Senior Notes

    5.375   1/27/21     670,000        703,903   

Plains Exploration & Production Co., Senior Notes

    7.625   6/1/18     230,000        243,800   

Range Resources Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes

    8.000   5/15/19     360,000        401,400   

Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Co., Ltd. III, Senior Secured Bonds

    6.750   9/30/19     440,000        520,960  (a) 

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

    6.500   7/15/21     570,000        592,800   

TNK-BP Finance SA

    6.625   3/20/17     232,000        235,480  (a) 

TNK-BP Finance SA, Senior Notes

    7.500   7/18/16     192,000        202,560  (a) 

Total Energy

                        13,157,035   
Financials — 10.0%                            

Capital Markets — 3.2%

                           

Goldman Sachs Capital II, Junior Subordinated Bonds

    5.793   6/1/12     60,000        36,900  (b)(c) 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

    6.150   4/1/18     1,800,000        1,857,760   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


 

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Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Portfolio

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
  Face
Amount†
    Value  

Capital Markets — continued

                           

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

    6.250   2/1/41     780,000      $ 765,202   

Kaupthing Bank HF, Senior Notes

    7.625   2/28/15     3,130,000        774,675  (a)(d)(e) 

Kaupthing Bank HF, Subordinated Notes

    7.125   5/19/16     240,000        0  (a)(d)(e)(f)(g) 

Lehman Brothers Holdings Capital Trust VII, Medium-Term Notes

    5.857   5/31/12     100,000        10  (b)(c)(d) 

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Medium-Term Notes

    6.750   12/28/17     2,350,000        235  (d) 

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Senior Notes

    5.450   2/5/13     2,190,000        2,205,919   

Merrill Lynch and Co. Inc.

    6.050   5/16/16     1,980,000        1,866,267   

Morgan Stanley, Medium-Term Notes

    6.625   4/1/18     1,530,000        1,510,788   

State Street Corp., Junior Subordinated Notes

    4.956   3/15/18     560,000        582,076   

Total Capital Markets

                        9,599,832   

Commercial Banks — 1.7%

                           

BPCE SA, Subordinated Bonds

    12.500   9/30/19     1,022,000        922,539  (a)(b)(c) 

Credit Agricole SA, Subordinated Notes

    8.375   10/13/19     760,000        570,000  (a)(b)(c) 

Glitnir Banki HF, Notes

    6.375   9/25/12     680,000        176,800  (a)(d)(e) 

Glitnir Banki HF, Subordinated Bonds

    7.451   9/14/16     100,000        0  (a)(c)(d)(e)(f)(g) 

Glitnir Banki HF, Subordinated Notes

    6.693   6/15/16     1,810,000        0  (a)(b)(d)(e)(f)(g) 

HBOS Capital Funding LP, Tier 1 Notes, Perpetual Bonds

    6.071   6/30/14     230,000        142,600  (a)(b)(c) 

Landsbanki Islands HF, Senior Notes

    6.100   8/25/11     2,190,000        76,650  (a)(d)(e)(h) 

Lloyds TSB Bank PLC, Notes

    5.800   1/13/20     425,000        403,486  (a) 

Lloyds TSB Bank PLC, Senior Notes

    6.375   1/21/21     380,000        380,811   

Nordea Bank AB, Subordinated Notes

    4.875   5/13/21     910,000        769,139  (a) 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Subordinated Notes

    5.000   10/1/14     1,020,000        841,966   

Wachovia Corp., Subordinated Notes

    5.625   10/15/16     730,000        794,749   

Total Commercial Banks

                        5,078,740   

Consumer Finance — 0.6%

                           

Ally Financial Inc., Subordinated Notes

    8.000   12/31/18     185,000        181,763   

American Express Co., Subordinated Debentures

    6.800   9/1/66     40,000        39,800  (b) 

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, Senior Notes

    7.000   4/15/15     240,000        258,000   

HSBC Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    6.676   1/15/21     520,000        537,886   

John Deere Capital Corp., Medium-Term Notes

    5.350   4/3/18     800,000        939,524   

Total Consumer Finance

                        1,956,973   

Diversified Financial Services — 3.4%

                           

Air 2 US, Notes

    8.027   10/1/20     548,656        504,764  (a) 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

    5.000   5/13/21     420,000        382,551   

Citigroup Inc.

    5.500   2/15/17     5,570,000        5,612,042   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


 

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Schedule of investments (cont’d)

December 31, 2011

 

Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Portfolio

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
  Face
Amount†
    Value  

Diversified Financial Services — continued

                           

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

    3.953   6/15/16     660,000      $ 657,725   

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

    6.875   3/5/38     410,000        450,431   

General Electric Capital Corp., Senior Notes

    5.625   5/1/18     2,000,000        2,240,004   

General Electric Capital Corp., Subordinated Debentures

    6.375   11/15/67     60,000        59,100  (b) 

PHH Corp.

    7.125   3/1/13     110,000        105,875   

ZFS Finance USA Trust II, Bonds

    6.450   12/15/65     500,000        455,000  (a)(b) 

Total Diversified Financial Services

                        10,467,492   

Insurance — 1.1%

                           

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

    5.850   1/16/18     518,000        506,612   

ASIF Global Financing XIX

    4.900   1/17/13     1,400,000        1,411,693  (a) 

MetLife Inc., Junior Subordinated Debentures

    6.400   12/15/66     50,000        47,313   

Metropolitan Life Global Funding I

    5.125   4/10/13     950,000        992,401  (a) 

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

    6.850   12/16/39     220,000        282,348  (a) 

Total Insurance

                        3,240,367   

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.0%

                           

Health Care Property Investors Inc.

    6.450   6/25/12     60,000        61,106   

Total Financials

                        30,404,510   
Health Care — 3.4%                            

Biotechnology — 0.2%

                           

Amgen Inc., Senior Notes

    4.500   3/15/20     370,000        389,330   

Grifols Inc., Senior Notes

    8.250   2/1/18     110,000        115,500   

Total Biotechnology

                        504,830   

Health Care Providers & Services — 3.2%

                           

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

    5.875   9/15/15     50,000        56,989   

HCA Inc., Senior Notes

    6.500   2/15/16     619,000        628,285   

HCA Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    7.875   2/15/20     200,000        216,000   

Humana Inc.

    8.150   6/15/38     680,000        882,021   

Humana Inc., Senior Notes

    7.200   6/15/18     340,000        396,598   

Tenet Healthcare Corp., Senior Secured Notes

    10.000   5/1/18     525,000        599,812   

Tenet Healthcare Corp., Senior Secured Notes

    8.875   7/1/19     554,000        621,865   

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

    4.875   4/1/13     940,000        982,130   

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

    4.875   2/15/13     3,000,000        3,123,948   

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

    6.000   2/15/18     510,000        606,370   

WellPoint Inc., Notes

    5.875   6/15/17     1,470,000        1,693,827   

Total Health Care Providers & Services

                        9,807,845   

Total Health Care

                        10,312,675   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


 

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Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Portfolio

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
  Face
Amount†
    Value  
Industrials — 1.8%                            

Airlines — 0.5%

                           

Continental Airlines Inc.

    6.820   11/1/19     60,915      $ 62,133   

Continental Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates

    9.250   5/10/17     192,792        198,576   

Continental Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates

    6.703   6/15/21     48,195        48,918   

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

    7.250   5/10/21     908,322        967,363   

US Airways Pass-Through Trust

    6.850   7/30/19     211,498        194,578   

Total Airlines

                        1,471,568   

Building Products — 0.3%

                           

Building Materials Corp. of America, Senior Secured Notes

    7.500   3/15/20     980,000        1,058,400  (a) 

Masco Corp.

    7.125   8/15/13     50,000        52,057   

Total Building Products

                        1,110,457   

Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.1%

                           

Republic Services Inc., Senior Notes

    5.500   9/15/19     290,000        334,681   

Construction & Engineering — 0.2%

                           

Odebrecht Finance Ltd., Senior Notes

    7.000   4/21/20     470,000        502,900  (a) 

Industrial Conglomerates — 0.1%

                           

Leucadia National Corp., Senior Notes

    8.125   9/15/15     250,000        262,812   

Road & Rail — 0.5%

                           

Asciano Finance Ltd., Senior Notes

    3.125   9/23/15     1,280,000        1,237,815  (a) 

Asciano Finance Ltd., Senior Notes

    4.625   9/23/20     350,000        328,454  (a) 

Total Road & Rail

                        1,566,269   

Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.1%

                           

Ashtead Capital Inc., Notes

    9.000   8/15/16     200,000        208,500  (a) 

Total Industrials

                        5,457,187   
Information Technology — 0.3%                            

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.3%

                           

National Semiconductor Corp., Senior Notes

    6.600   6/15/17     720,000        884,355   
Materials — 1.4%                            

Containers & Packaging — 0.2%

                           

Ball Corp., Senior Notes

    6.750   9/15/20     400,000        435,000   

Reynolds Group Issuer Inc./Reynolds Group Issuer LLC, Senior Secured Notes

    6.875   2/15/21     140,000        139,300  (a) 

Total Containers & Packaging

                        574,300   

Metals & Mining — 1.2%

                           

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., Senior Notes

    8.375   4/1/17     1,910,000        2,029,375   

Steel Dynamics Inc., Senior Notes

    7.625   3/15/20     410,000        432,550   

Teck Resources Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

    9.750   5/15/14     15,000        17,628   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


 

18   Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Portfolio 2011 Annual Report

Schedule of investments (cont’d)

December 31, 2011

 

Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Portfolio

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
  Face
Amount†
    Value  

Metals & Mining — continued

                           

Teck Resources Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

    10.250   5/15/16     17,000      $ 19,550   

Vale Overseas Ltd., Notes

    6.875   11/21/36     636,000        724,118   

Vedanta Resources PLC, Senior Notes

    8.750   1/15/14     330,000        320,100  (a) 

Vedanta Resources PLC, Senior Notes

    8.750   1/15/14     160,000        155,200  (a) 

Total Metals & Mining

                        3,698,521   

Total Materials

                        4,272,821   
Telecommunication Services — 2.3%                            

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.0%

                           

AT&T Inc., Global Notes

    5.500   2/1/18     1,530,000        1,771,021   

Axtel SAB de CV, Senior Notes

    7.625   2/1/17     500,000        355,000  (a) 

Intelsat Jackson Holdings Ltd., Senior Notes

    8.500   11/1/19     1,020,000        1,081,200   

Qwest Corp., Senior Notes

    7.500   10/1/14     190,000        209,270   

Telefonica Emisiones SAU, Senior Notes

    5.462   2/16/21     320,000        305,365   

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    6.100   4/15/18     1,150,000        1,381,570   

Wind Acquisition Finance SA, Senior Secured Notes

    7.250   2/15/18     1,200,000        1,092,000  (a) 

Total Diversified Telecommunication Services

                        6,195,426   

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.3%

                           

America Movil SAB de CV, Senior Notes

    5.000   3/30/20     490,000        541,338   

Cricket Communications Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    7.750   5/15/16     315,000        325,238   

Total Wireless Telecommunication Services

                        866,576   

Total Telecommunication Services

                        7,062,002   
Utilities — 2.1%                            

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 2.1%

  

                   

AES Corp., Senior Notes

    7.750   3/1/14     1,300,000        1,404,000   

AES Corp., Senior Notes

    7.750   10/15/15     300,000        326,250   

Calpine Construction Finance Co. LP and CCFC Finance Corp., Senior Secured Notes

    8.000   6/1/16     190,000        205,200  (a) 

Calpine Corp., Senior Secured Notes

    7.875   1/15/23     610,000        655,750  (a) 

Dynegy Inc., Bonds

    7.670   11/8/16     420,000        256,200  (d) 

Edison Mission Energy, Senior Notes

    7.750   6/15/16     110,000        80,300   

Edison Mission Energy, Senior Notes

    7.625   5/15/27     90,000        53,100   

Energy Future Holdings Corp., Senior Notes

    10.875   11/1/17     4,000        3,220   

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

    10.000   12/1/20     2,395,000        2,526,725   

Mirant Mid Atlantic LLC, Pass-Through Certificates

    10.060   12/30/28     915,837        947,891   

Total Utilities

                        6,458,636   

Total Corporate Bonds & Notes (Cost — $104,963,854)

  

    100,256,615   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


 

Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Portfolio 2011 Annual Report     19   

 

Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Portfolio

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
  Face
Amount†
    Value  
Asset-Backed Securities — 5.0%                            

ABSC Manufactured Housing Contract, 2004-CN1

    8.400   12/2/30     167,673      $ 154,744  (a)(b) 

ACE Securities Corp., 2006-GP1 A

    0.424   2/25/31     177,011        135,775  (b) 

Amortizing Residential Collateral Trust, 2005-BC5 M1

    1.329   7/25/32     469,025        357,904  (b) 

Associates Manufactured Housing Pass Through Certificates, 1997-CLB2

    8.900   6/15/28     1,528,284        1,535,926  (g) 

Bear Stearns Asset-Backed Securities Trust, 2006-SD2

    0.494   6/25/36     86,166        85,067  (b) 

Centex Home Equity Loan Trust, 2003-B AF4

    3.735   2/25/32     142,664        124,300   

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc., 2006-SHL1 A1

    0.494   11/25/45     91,105        63,765  (a)(b) 

Educap Student Loan Asset-Backed Notes, 2004-1 B

    1.752   6/25/38     1,500,000        1,320,000  (b)(g) 

Education Funding Capital Trust, 2003-3 A6

    1.787   12/15/42     300,000        286,500  (b) 

First Franklin Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, 2006-FF5 2A5, PO

    0.000   4/25/36     1,050,000        304,213   

Fremont Home Loan Trust, 2006-B 2A2

    0.394   8/25/36     488,252        115,895  (b) 

GMAC Mortgage Corp. Loan Trust, 2006-HE4 A1

    0.474   12/25/36     1,291,511        799,807  (b) 

Greenpoint Manufactured Housing, 1999-2 A2

    3.785   3/18/29     300,000        232,903  (b) 

Greenpoint Manufactured Housing, 1999-3 2A2

    3.785   6/19/29     150,000        115,818  (b) 

Greenpoint Manufactured Housing, 1999-4 A2

    3.787   2/20/30     175,000        135,881  (b) 

Greenpoint Manufactured Housing, 2000-4 A3

    2.257   8/21/31     1,150,000        893,426  (b) 

Greenpoint Manufactured Housing, 2000-6 A3

    2.257   11/22/31     225,000        186,850  (b) 

Greenpoint Manufactured Housing, 2001-2 IA2

    3.748   2/20/32     275,000        208,221  (b) 

Greenpoint Manufactured Housing, 2001-2 IIA2

    3.778   3/13/32     350,000        263,775  (b) 

GSAMP Trust, 2006-S3 A1

    6.585   5/25/36     352,038        26,409   

GSAMP Trust, 2006-SEA1 A

    0.594   5/25/36     229,752        188,944  (a)(b) 

GSRPM Mortgage Loan Trust, 2006-2 A2

    0.594   9/25/36     309,416        232,819  (a)(b) 

Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC, 2009-2A A2

    5.290   3/25/16     460,000        497,999  (a) 

Indymac Seconds Asset Backed Trust, 2006-A A

    0.424   6/25/36     1,193,753        151,768  (b) 

IXIS Real Estate Capital Trust, 2005-HE4 A3

    0.634   2/25/36     576,770        497,254  (b) 

Lehman XS Trust, 2006-16N A4B

    0.534   11/25/46     515,718        90,450  (b) 

Lehman XS Trust, 2006-2N 1A1

    0.554   2/25/46     320,093        165,374  (b) 

Lehman XS Trust, 2006-GP3 2A2

    0.514   6/25/46     262,902        21,580  (b) 

Lehman XS Trust, 2007-2N 3A1

    0.325   2/25/37     9        9  (b) 

MASTR Specialized Loan Trust, 2006-3 A

    0.554   6/25/46     335,779        166,391  (a)(b) 

MASTR Specialized Loan Trust, 2007-1 A

    0.664   1/25/37     308,941        93,339  (a)(b) 

Morgan Stanley Home Equity Loans, 2007-1 A3

    0.434   12/25/36     2,720,000        688,723  (b) 

Nelnet Student Loan Trust, 2005-4 A4R2

    0.898   3/22/32     2,900,000        2,425,125  (b)(g) 

Oakwood Mortgage Investors Inc., 1999-D A1

    7.840   11/15/29     224,440        228,041  (b) 

Option One Mortgage Loan Trust, 2005-1 A4

    0.694   2/25/35     666,035        548,367  (b) 

Origen Manufactured Housing, 2007-A A2

    3.750   4/15/37     2,428,705        1,335,788  (b) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


 

20   Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Portfolio 2011 Annual Report

Schedule of investments (cont’d)

December 31, 2011

 

Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Portfolio

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
  Face
Amount†
    Value  
Asset-Backed Securities — continued                            

Pegasus Aviation Lease Securitization, 2000-1 A2

    8.370   3/25/30     390,000      $ 150,150  (a) 

RAAC Series, 2006-RP4 A

    0.584   1/25/46     414,060        295,484  (a)(b) 

Total Asset-Backed Securities (Cost — $20,750,990)

                        15,124,784   
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 7.0%                            

Adjustable Rate Mortgage Trust, 2004-1 4A1

    5.446   1/25/35     2,181,182        2,106,175  (b) 

Banc of America Funding Corp., 2006-D 6A1

    5.321   5/20/36     989,702        600,062  (b) 

Banc of America Mortgage Securities Inc., 2003-F 1A1

    2.748   7/25/33     18,537        16,209  (b) 

Banc of America Mortgage Securities Inc., 2004-A 1A1

    2.747   2/25/34     40,463        30,104  (b) 

Bear Stearns Alt-A Trust, 2003-5 2A1

    2.456   12/25/33     494,247        433,929  (b) 

Bear Stearns Alt-A Trust, 2004-10 1A1

    0.974   9/25/34     133,215        102,539  (b) 

Bear Stearns Alt-A Trust, 2004-11 1A2

    1.134   11/25/34     87,991        65,706  (b) 

Bear Stearns Alt-A Trust, 2005-02 1A1

    0.794   3/25/35     37,932        29,568  (b) 

Bear Stearns Alt-A Trust, 2005-10 21A1

    2.943   1/25/36     371,525        184,707  (b) 

Bear Stearns ARM Trust, 2004-12 1A1

    2.733   2/25/35     90,752        63,861  (b) 

Bear Stearns Mortgage Funding Trust, 2006-AR5 1A1

    0.454   12/25/46     866,157        428,739  (b) 

BlackRock Capital Finance LP, 1996-R1

    9.620   9/25/26     59,165        4,038  (b) 

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc., 2005-9 1A1

    0.554   11/25/35     416,029        213,422  (b) 

Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, 2005-24 4A1

    0.515   7/20/35     605,063        360,065  (b) 

Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, 2005-51 2A1

    0.585   11/20/35     357,402        172,227  (b) 

Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, 2005-76 3A1

    0.554   1/25/46     356,838        175,828  (b) 

Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, 2006-OA08 1A2

    0.524   7/25/46     585,982        94,593  (b) 

Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, 2006-OA10 4A3

    0.564   8/25/46     781,900        17,612  (b) 

Countrywide Home Loan, 2003-HYB1 1A1

    2.803   5/19/33     23,801        20,642  (b) 

Countrywide Home Loan Mortgage Pass-Through Trust, 2001-HYB1 1A1

    2.159   6/19/31     28,306        25,053  (b) 

Countrywide Home Loans, 2003-60 1A1

    3.111   2/25/34     363,826        295,842  (b) 

Countrywide Home Loans, 2006-3 1A2

    0.624   3/25/36     370,161        90,169  (b) 

Deutsche Mortgage Securities Inc., 2004-4 7AR2

    0.744   6/25/34     170,117        136,158  (b) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), IO

    1.682   7/25/21     1,858,880        209,802  (b) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), K007 X1, IO

    1.238   4/25/20     1,152,015        81,128  (b) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), K008 X1, IO

    1.682   6/25/20     1,176,770        116,090  (b) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), K009 X1, IO

    1.515   8/25/20     11,422,428        985,104  (b) 

First Horizon Alternative Mortgage Securities, 2005-AA12 1A1

    2.334   2/25/36     480,757        314,880  (b) 

Greenpoint Mortgage Funding Trust, 2006-AR2 1A2

    0.544   4/25/36     2,441,890        1,050,013  (b) 

Greenpoint Mortgage Funding Trust, 2006-AR3 3A1

    0.524   4/25/36     460,381        176,377  (b) 

GSR Mortgage Loan Trust, 2006-0A1 2A2

    0.554   8/25/46     709,035        111,431  (b) 

Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust, 2006-13 A

    0.465   11/19/46     441,345        181,743  (b) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


 

Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Portfolio 2011 Annual Report     21   

 

Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Portfolio

 

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

Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust, 2006-14 2A1A

    0.435   1/25/47     814,412      $ 436,117  (b) 

Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust, 2007-7 2A1A

    1.294   11/25/47     1,159,194        653,572  (b) 

IMPAC CMB Trust, 2004-5 1A1

    1.014   10/25/34     174,527        150,361  (b) 

IMPAC CMB Trust, 2005-7 A1

    0.554   11/25/35     390,195        192,171  (b) 

IMPAC Secured Assets Corp., 2004-3 1A4

    1.094   11/25/34     9,744        8,618  (b) 

Indymac Manufactured Housing Contract, A2-2

    6.170   8/25/29     286,411        286,411  (b) 

MASTR ARM Trust, 2003-3 3A4

    2.187   9/25/33     1,590,693        1,342,981  (b) 

Merit Securities Corp., 11PA B2

    1.794   9/28/32     14,155        13,880  (a)(b) 

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, 2004-A3 4A3

    5.008   5/25/34     507,776        496,956  (b) 

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust, 2004-6AR

    2.771   8/25/34     81,315        60,320  (b) 

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust, 2006-3AR 2A3

    2.697   3/25/36     464,122        230,737  (b) 

Nomura Asset Acceptance Corp., 2006-AF2 4A

    6.367   8/25/36     406,882        175,791  (b) 

Residential Accredit Loans Inc., 2007-Q01 A1

    0.444   2/25/47     2,360,638        1,242,772  (b) 

Sequoia Mortgage Trust, 2007-4 4A1

    5.238   7/20/47     1,227,080        846,671  (b) 

Structured ARM Loan Trust, 2004-07 A1

    0.699   6/25/34     17,478        12,807  (b) 

Structured ARM Loan Trust, 2004-17 A1

    1.065   11/25/34     52,314        40,811  (b) 

Structured ARM Loan Trust, 2004-4 3A2

    2.482   4/25/34     860,450        701,097  (b) 

Structured ARM Loan Trust, 2005-19XS 1A1

    0.614   10/25/35     1,139,535        641,958  (b) 

Structured ARM Loan Trust, 2005-20 4A1

    5.534   10/25/35     1,663,069        1,251,115  (b) 

Structured Asset Mortgage Investments Inc., 2003-AR2 A1

    1.025   12/19/33     91,296        75,485  (b) 

Structured Asset Securities Corp., 2002-08A 7A1

    1.834   5/25/32     69,096        58,966  (b) 

Structured Asset Securities Corp., 2002-11A 1A1

    1.999   6/25/32     24,296        22,767  (b) 

Structured Asset Securities Corp., 2002-16A 1A1

    2.760   8/25/32     233,831        217,003  (b) 

Structured Asset Securities Corp., 2002-18A 1A1

    2.743   9/25/32     6,268        5,341  (b) 

Structured Asset Securities Corp., 2004-NP1 A

    0.694   9/25/33     152,057        131,760  (a)(b) 

Thornburg Mortgage Securities Trust, 2004-1 I2A

    1.194   3/25/44     30,482        25,645  (b) 

Washington Mutual Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
2006-AR03 A1A

    1.178   5/25/46     2,769,412        1,287,735  (b) 

Washington Mutual Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
2006-AR06 2A

    1.168   8/25/46     2,081,160        847,754  (b) 

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

    1.178   6/25/46     1,500,299        563,739  (b) 

Wells Fargo Mortgage-Backed Securities Trust, 2005-AR9 4A1

    2.705   5/25/35     271,954        238,227  (b) 

Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (Cost — $33,571,270)

            21,153,384   
Collateralized Senior Loans — 5.4%                            
Consumer Discretionary — 3.1%                            

Auto Components — 0.3%

                           

Allison Transmission Inc., Term Loan B

    2.780   8/7/14     889,507        866,475  (i) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


 

22   Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Portfolio 2011 Annual Report

Schedule of investments (cont’d)

December 31, 2011

 

Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Portfolio

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
  Face
Amount†
    Value  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.4%

                           

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co. Inc., Term Loan B2

    3.294-3.418   1/28/15     806,853      $ 699,657  (i) 

Las Vegas Sands LLC, Delayed Draw Term Loan

    2.930   11/23/16     126,703        121,635  (i) 

Las Vegas Sands LLC, Term Loan B

    2.930   11/23/16     501,642        480,322  (i) 

Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

                        1,301,614   

Media — 1.5%

                           

Cengage Learning Acquisitions Inc., Term Loan

    2.550   7/3/14     989,664        843,276  (i) 

Charter Communications Operating LLC, Term Loan C

    3.830   9/6/16     855,060        835,287  (i) 

Insight Midwest Holdings LLC, Term Loan B

    2.020   4/7/14     578,889        571,074  (i) 

Univision Communications Inc., Term Loan B

    4.546   3/31/17     874,148        832,626  (i) 

UPC Holding BV, Term Loan N

    2.020   12/31/14     1,296,576        1,241,471  (i) 

UPC Holding BV, Term Loan T2

    3.872   12/30/16     170,812        164,407  (i) 

Total Media

                        4,488,141   

Multiline Retail — 0.3%

                           

Neiman-Marcus Group Inc., Term Loan

    4.750   5/16/18     925,000        891,276  (i) 

Specialty Retail — 0.6%

                           

Gymboree Corp., Term Loan

    5.000   2/23/18     992,500        879,781  (i) 

Michaels Stores Inc., Term Loan B2

    4.938-5.125   7/29/16     923,012        904,840  (i) 

Total Specialty Retail

                        1,784,621   

Total Consumer Discretionary

                        9,332,127   
Energy — 0.3%                            

Energy Equipment & Services — 0.3%

                           

Brand Energy and Infrastructure Services Inc., Term Loan B2

    3.688-3.813   2/7/14     914,683        763,760  (i) 
Industrials — 0.3%                            

Airlines — 0.2%

                           

DAE Aviation Holdings Inc., Term Loan B1

    5.430   7/31/14     561,786        542,826  (i) 

Industrial Conglomerates — 0.1%

                           

Pinafore LLC, Term Loan B

    4.250   9/29/16     450,637        448,806  (i) 

Total Industrials

                        991,632   
Information Technology — 0.8%                            

IT Services — 0.7%

                           

First Data Corp., Term Loan B

    4.294   3/23/18     612,309        511,715  (i) 

First Data Corp., Term Loan B2

    3.044   9/24/14     742,634        668,185  (i) 

SunGard Data Systems Inc., Term Loan B

    3.969-4.063   2/26/16     904,549        879,108  (i) 

Total IT Services

                        2,059,008   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.1%

  

                   

Freescale Semiconductor Inc., Term Loan

    4.520   12/1/16     495,142        475,337  (i) 

Total Information Technology

                        2,534,345   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


 

Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Portfolio 2011 Annual Report     23   

 

 

Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Portfolio

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
  Face
Amount†
    Value  
Materials — 0.3%                            

Containers & Packaging — 0.3%

                           

Reynolds Group Holdings Inc., Term Loan E

    6.500   2/9/18     981,822      $ 970,470  (i) 
Telecommunication Services — 0.3%                            

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.3%

  

                   

Level 3 Financing Inc., Term Loan A

    2.492-4.750   3/13/14     1,000,000        953,750  (i) 
Utilities — 0.3%                            

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 0.3%

               

RRI Energy Inc., Term Loan B

    6.000   12/1/17     989,975        985,025  (i) 

Total Collateralized Senior Loans (Cost — $17,368,300)

            16,531,109   
Mortgage-Backed Securities — 5.9%                            

FNMA — 5.9%

                           

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    5.500   6/1/35-5/1/40     8,112,228        8,843,406   

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    6.000   1/12/42     8,300,000        9,139,079  (j) 

Total Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost — $17,990,064)

            17,982,485   
Municipal Bonds — 2.8%                            

New York — 0.2%

                           

New York State Energy Research & Development Authority Facilities Revenue, Consolidated Edison Co., XLCA

    0.193   5/1/32     1,150,000        816,500  (b) 

North Carolina — 1.8%

                           

North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority Revenue, Student Loan Backed Notes

    1.210   10/25/41     3,100,000        2,844,343  (b) 

Wake County, NC, Industrial Facilities & Pollution Control Financing Authority Revenue, Carolina Power & Light Co., AMBAC

    0.210   10/1/22     2,100,000        1,722,000  (b) 

Wake County, NC, Industrial Facilities & Pollution Control Financing Authority Revenue, Carolina Power & Light Co., AMBAC

    0.193   10/1/22     1,025,000        825,125  (b)(k) 

Total North Carolina

                        5,391,468   

Pennsylvania — 0.8%

                           

Pennsylvania State Higher Education Assistance Agency, Student Loan Revenue

    2.161   6/1/47     1,750,000        1,601,250  (b) 

Pennsylvania State Higher Education Assistance Agency, Student Loan Revenue

    1.461   6/1/47     900,000        823,050  (b) 

Total Pennsylvania

                        2,424,300   

Total Municipal Bonds (Cost — $8,942,468)

            8,632,268   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


 

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Schedule of investments (cont’d)

December 31, 2011

 

Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Portfolio

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
  Face
Amount†
    Value  
Non-U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities — 0.6%                       

Brazil — 0.3%

                           

Federative Republic of Brazil

    6.000   5/15/15     591,000  BRL    $ 685,619   

Sweden — 0.3%

                           

Government of Sweden, Bonds

    3.500   12/1/28     3,500,000  SEK      954,636   

Total Non-U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (Cost — $1,021,060)

  

    1,640,255   
Sovereign Bonds — 2.9%                            

Brazil — 1.0%

                           

Brazil Nota do Tesouro Nacional, Notes

    10.000   1/1/14     443,000  BRL      235,227   

Brazil Nota do Tesouro Nacional, Notes

    10.000   1/1/17     5,419,000  BRL      2,792,285   

Total Brazil

                        3,027,512   

India — 0.1%

                           

ICICI Bank Ltd., Junior Subordinated Bonds

    6.375   4/30/22     442,000        384,540  (a)(b) 

Indonesia — 0.5%

                           

Republic of Indonesia, Senior Bonds

    10.250   7/15/27     10,665,000,000  IDR      1,532,220   

Malaysia — 0.4%

                           

Government of Malaysia, Senior Bonds

    3.835   8/12/15     2,710,000  MYR      874,517   

Government of Malaysia, Senior Bonds

    4.262   9/15/16     720,000  MYR      236,380   

Total Malaysia

                        1,110,897   

Mexico — 0.6%

                           

Mexican Bonos, Bonds

    8.000   6/11/20     20,430,000  MXN      1,622,900   

United Mexican States, Bonds

    10.000   12/5/24     1,570,000  MXN      144,719   

Total Mexico

                        1,767,619   

Russia — 0.1%

                           

Russian Foreign Bond-Eurobond, Senior Bonds

    7.500   3/31/30     208,750        242,411  (a) 

Thailand — 0.2%

                           

Thailand Government Bond

    4.250   3/13/13     22,000,000  THB      706,342   

Total Sovereign Bonds (Cost — $8,847,113)

  

    8,771,541   
U.S. Government & Agency Obligations — 20.9%                       

U.S. Government Obligations — 20.9%

                           

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    4.375   11/15/39     430,000        558,261   

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    4.375   5/15/40     1,120,000        1,454,949   

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    4.750   2/15/41     4,112,000        5,666,850   

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    4.375   5/15/41     430,000        560,277   

U.S. Treasury Notes

    1.875   2/28/14     2,490,000        2,574,814   

U.S. Treasury Notes

    1.000   8/31/16     1,970,000        1,991,548   

U.S. Treasury Notes

    1.375   11/30/18     30,490,000        30,594,824   

U.S. Treasury Notes

    3.125   5/15/21     18,140,000        20,254,435   

Total U.S. Government & Agency Obligations (Cost — $62,504,921)

  

    63,655,958   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


 

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Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Portfolio

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
  Face
Amount†
    Value  
U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities — 1.0%                            

U.S. Treasury Bonds, Inflation Indexed

    2.125   2/15/41     651,420      $ 879,875   

U.S. Treasury Notes, Inflation Indexed

    2.000   4/15/12     2,209,442        2,219,108   

Total U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (Cost — $2,864,352)

  

    3,098,983   
                 Shares         
Common Stocks — 0.1%                            
Consumer Discretionary — 0.1%                            

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.1%

                           

Tropicana Entertainment Inc.

                17,138        282,606  *(g) 

Media — 0.0%

                           

Cumulus Media Inc., Class A Shares

                3,110        10,387  * 

Total Consumer Discretionary

                        292,993   
Energy — 0.0%                            

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.0%

                           

SemGroup Corp., Class A Shares

                866        22,568  * 

Total Common Stocks (Cost — $318,614)

  

    315,561   
Preferred Stocks — 0.6%                            
Financials — 0.6%                            

Consumer Finance — 0.6%

                           

GMAC Capital Trust I (Cost — $2,396,000)

    8.125         95,000        1,837,300  (b) 
            Expiration
Date
  Notional
Amount
        
Purchased Options — 0.1%                            

Interest rate swaption with Credit Suisse First Boston Inc., Call @ 3.50%

          11/3/17     1,700,000        167,900   

Interest rate swaption with Credit Suisse First Boston Inc., Put @ 6.00%

          11/3/17     8,300,000        203,026   

Total Purchased Options (Cost — $366,640)

  

    370,926   
                 Warrants         
Warrants — 0.0%                            

SemGroup Corp. (Cost — $0)

          11/30/14     912        5,098  *(e)(g) 

Total Investments before Short-Term Investments (Cost — $281,905,646)

  

    259,376,267   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


 

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Schedule of investments (cont’d)

December 31, 2011

 

Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Portfolio

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
  Face
Amount†
    Value  
Short-Term Investments — 16.2%                            

U.S. Government Agencies — 7.8%

                           

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

    0.105-0.120   1/10/12     1,271,000      $ 1,270,962  (l)(m) 

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

    0.120   1/12/12     7,700,000        7,699,718  (l) 

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

    0.100   2/10/12     5,000,000        4,999,445  (l) 

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

    0.100   8/21/12     9,690,000        9,686,269  (l) 

Total U.S. Government Agencies (Cost — $23,653,858)

  

    23,656,394   

Repurchase Agreements — 8.4%

                           

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. repurchase agreement dated 12/30/11; Proceeds at maturity — $25,597,114; (Fully collateralized by U.S. government agency obligations, 3.150% due 10/28/20; Market value — $26,108,946)
(Cost — $25,597,000)

    0.040   1/3/12     25,597,000        25,597,000   

Total Short-Term Investments (Cost — $49,250,858)

  

    49,253,394   

Total Investments — 101.4% (Cost — $331,156,504#)

  

    308,629,661   

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (1.4)%

  

    (4,198,191

Total Net Assets — 100.0%

  

  $ 304,431,470   

 

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

 

* Non-income producing security.

 

(a) 

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

 

(b) 

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

 

(c) 

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

 

(d) 

The coupon payment on these securities is currently in default as of December 31, 2011.

 

(e) 

Illiquid security.

 

(f) 

Value is less than $1.

 

(g) 

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

 

(h) 

The maturity principal is currently in default as of December 31, 2011.

 

(i) 

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

 

(j) 

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

 

(k) 

Income from this issue is considered a preference item for purposes of calculating the alternative minimum tax (“AMT”).

 

(l) 

Rate shown represents yield-to-maturity.

 

(m) 

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

 

# Aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes is $331,464,057.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


 

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Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Portfolio

 

 

Abbreviations used in this schedule:

ARM   — Adjustable Rate Mortgage
BRL   — Brazilian Real
CMB   — Cash Management Bill
IDR   — Indonesian Rupiah
IO   — Interest Only
MXN   — Mexican Peso
MYR   — Malaysian Ringgit
PO   — Principal Only
SEK   — Swedish Krona
THB   — Thai Baht

 

Schedule of Written Options  
Security   Expiration
Date
    Strike
Rate
    Notional
Par
    Value  
Interest rate swaption with Barclays Capital Inc., Call     10/2/13        4.95     4,770,000      $ 1,098,180   
Interest rate swaption with Barclays Capital Inc., Call     10/3/13        4.86        4,770,000        1,060,060   
Interest rate swaption with Barclays Capital Inc., Put     10/2/13        4.95        4,770,000        28,679   
Interest rate swaption with Barclays Capital Inc., Put     10/3/13        4.86        4,770,000        31,202   
Interest rate swaption with Credit Suisse First Boston Inc., Put     11/3/17        7.25        6,700,000        106,998   
Interest rate swaption with Credit Suisse First Boston Inc., Put     11/3/17        9.50        6,700,000        57,352   
Total Written Options (Premiums Received — $1,389,310)      $ 2,382,471   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


 

28   Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Portfolio 2011 Annual Report

Statement of assets and liabilities

December 31, 2011

 

Assets:         

Investments, at value (Cost — $331,156,504)

   $ 308,629,661   

Foreign currency, at value (Cost — $1,057,773)

     1,032,470   

Cash

     84,200   

Deposits with brokers for swap contracts

     2,300,000   

Interest receivable

     2,225,402   

Deposits with brokers for open futures contracts

     697,024   

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

     653,580   

Swaps, at value (net premiums paid — $42,348)

     548,458   

Foreign currency collateral for open futures contracts, at value (Cost — $497,201)

     479,846   

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     82,380   

Receivable for securities sold

     28,615   

Receivable for open swap contracts

     26,964   

Receivable from broker — variation margin on open futures contracts

     10,386   

Prepaid expenses

     34,806   

Other receivables

     198   

Total Assets

     316,833,990   
Liabilities:         

Payable for securities purchased

     9,072,617   

Written options, at value (premiums received — $1,389,310)

     2,382,471   

Swaps, at value (net premiums received — $203,827)

     360,229   

Investment management fee payable

     192,132   

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

     137,501   

Payable for Fund shares repurchased

     93,147   

Distributions payable

     62,179   

Accrued foreign capital gains tax

     34,870   

Payable for open swap contracts

     11,303   

Service and/or distribution fees payable

     752   

Accrued expenses

     55,319   

Total Liabilities

     12,402,520   
Total Net Assets    $ 304,431,470   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


 

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Net Assets:         

Par value (Note 7)

   $ 30,039   

Paid-in capital in excess of par value

     351,040,917   

Overdistributed net investment income

     (155,294)   

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

     (23,021,515)   

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

     (23,462,677)   
Total Net Assets    $ 304,431,470   
Shares Outstanding:         

Class IS

     18,769,229   

Class I

     10,913,516   

Class FI

     356,497   
Net Asset Value:         

Class IS

     $10.13   

Class I

     $10.14   

Class FI

     $10.13   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


 

30   Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Portfolio 2011 Annual Report

Statement of operations

For the year ended December 31, 2011

 

Investment Income:         

Interest

   $ 12,905,192   

Dividends

     132,934   

Less: Foreign taxes withheld

     (41,272)   

Total Investment Income

     12,996,854   
Expenses:         

Investment management fee (Note 2)

     2,501,445   

Registration fees

     52,063   

Audit and tax

     51,659   

Fund accounting fees

     46,623   

Transfer agent fees (Note 5)

     40,002   

Custody fees

     36,608   

Legal fees

     21,629   

Shareholder reports (Note 5)

     20,860   

Directors’ fees

     11,712   

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

     8,469   

Insurance

     7,197   

Fees recaptured by investment manager (Note 2)

     5,069   

Miscellaneous expenses

     7,468   

Total Expenses

     2,810,804   

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

     (134,125)   

Net Expenses

     2,676,679   
Net Investment Income      10,320,175   
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments, Futures Contracts, Written
Options, Swap Contracts and Foreign Currency Transactions (Notes 1, 3 and 4):
        

Net Realized Gain (Loss) From:

        

Investment transactions

     4,112,352   

Futures contracts

     (7,428,478)   

Written options

     2,080,792   

Swap contracts

     (2,073,866)   

Foreign currency transactions

     (838,011)   

Net Realized Loss

     (4,147,211)   

Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) From:

        

Investments

     236,275   

Futures contracts

     (2,233,998)   

Written options

     (930,210)   

Swap contracts

     2,040,126   

Foreign currencies

     705,141   

Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

     (182,666)   
Net Loss on Investments, Futures Contracts, Written Options,
Swap Contracts and Foreign Currency Transactions
     (4,329,877)   
Increase in Net Assets From Operations    $ 5,990,298   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


 

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Statements of changes in net assets

 

 

For the Years Ended December 31,    2011      2010  
Operations:                  

Net investment income

   $ 10,320,175       $ 12,231,355   

Net realized loss

     (4,147,211)         (4,848,381)   

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (182,666)         17,706,545   

Increase in Net Assets From Operations

     5,990,298         25,089,519   
Distributions to Shareholders From (Notes 1 and 6):                  

Net investment income

     (9,279,656)         (10,526,158)   

Return of capital

             (1,241,650)   

Decrease in Net Assets From Distributions to Shareholders

     (9,279,656)         (11,767,808)   
Fund Share Transactions (Note 7):                  

Net proceeds from sale of shares

     95,194,297         105,945,464   

Reinvestment of distributions

     8,197,233         10,296,241   

Cost of shares repurchased

     (95,851,435)         (120,074,463)   

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets From Fund Share Transactions

     7,540,095         (3,832,758)   

Increase in Net Assets

     4,250,737         9,488,953   
Net Assets:                  

Beginning of year

     300,180,733         290,691,780   

End of year*

   $ 304,431,470       $ 300,180,733   

*   Includes overdistributed net investment income of:

     $(155,294)         $(154,903)   

 

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    2011     2010      2009      20083  
Net asset value, beginning of year      $ 10.21        $ 9.79         $ 7.82         $ 9.15   
Income (loss) from operations:           

Net investment income

     0.32        0.38         0.46         0.20   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

     (0.11)        0.41         2.03         (1.26)   

Total income (loss) from operations

     0.21        0.79         2.49         (1.06)   
Less distributions from:           

Net investment income

     (0.29)        (0.33)         (0.52)         (0.27)   

Return of capital

            (0.04)                   

Total distributions

     (0.29)        (0.37)         (0.52)         (0.27)   
Net asset value, end of year      $10.13        $10.21         $9.79         $7.82   

Total return4

     2.03     8.15      32.81      (11.69)
Net assets, end of year (000s)      $190,137        $216,348         $187,156         $161,094   
Ratios to average net assets:           

Gross expenses

     0.83 %†      0.84      0.84      0.85 %5 

Net expenses6,7

     0.80 †      0.80         0.80         0.80 5 

Net investment income

     3.11        3.79         5.20         5.80 5 
Portfolio turnover rate      142 %8      131      258      230 %9 

 

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 period August 4, 2008 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2008.

 

4 

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

 

5 

Annualized.

 

6 

Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

7 

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

 

8 

Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 162% for the year ended December 31, 2011.

 

9 

Not annualized.

Reflects recapture of expenses waived/reimbursed from prior fiscal years.

 

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 Shares1,2   2011     2010     2009     20083     20084     20075  

Net asset value,
beginning of year

    $ 10.22        $ 9.80        $ 7.81        $ 9.82        $ 10.23        $ 10.00   
Income (loss) from operations:            

Net investment income

    0.31        0.38        0.46        0.38        0.49        0.36   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.10)        0.41        2.03        (1.71)        (0.36)        0.29   

Total income (loss) from operations

    0.21        0.79        2.49        (1.33)        0.13        0.65   
Less distributions from:            

Net investment income

    (0.29)        (0.33)        (0.50)        (0.44)        (0.49)        (0.35)   

Net realized gains

                         (0.24)        (0.05)        (0.07)   

Return of capital

           (0.04)                                 

Total distributions

    (0.29)        (0.37)        (0.50)        (0.68)        (0.54)        (0.42)   
Net asset value, end of year     $10.14        $10.22        $9.80        $7.81        $9.82        $10.23   
Total return6     2.04     8.14     32.89     (14.20)     1.31     6.63
Net assets, end of year (000s)     $110,681        $81,809        $99,271        $152,349        $560,219        $371,239   
Ratios to average net assets:            

Gross expenses

    0.85 %†      0.85     0.85     0.83 %7      0.84     1.09 %7 

Net expenses

    0.80 8,9†      0.80 8,9      0.80 8      0.80 7,8      0.83 10      0.89 7,8 

Net investment income

    3.07        3.78        5.20        5.50 7      4.90        4.90 7 
Portfolio turnover rate     142 %11      131     258     230 %12      387     182 %12 

 

1 

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

 

2 

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

 

3 

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

 

4 

For the year ended March 31.

 

5 

For the period July 6, 2006 (commencement of operations) to March 31, 2007.

 

6 

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

 

7 

Annualized.

 

8 

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

 

9 

Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

10 

The impact of compensating balance arrangements was 0.01%.

 

11 

Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 162% for the year ended December 31, 2011.

 

12 

Not annualized.

 

Reflects recapture of expenses waived/reimbursed from prior fiscal years.

 

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 Shares1,2   2011     2010     2009     20083     20084     20075  
Net asset value, beginning of year   $ 10.22      $ 9.79      $ 7.82      $ 9.82      $ 10.23      $ 10.17   
Income (loss) from operations:            

Net investment income

    0.28        0.36        0.43        0.35        0.47        0.27   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.11)        0.41        2.05        (1.69)        (0.37)        0.13   

Total income (loss) from operations

    0.17        0.77        2.48        (1.34)        0.10        0.40   
Less distributions from:            

Net investment income

    (0.26)        (0.30)        (0.51)        (0.42)        (0.46)        (0.27)   

Net realized gains

                         (0.24)        (0.05)        (0.07)   

Return of capital

           (0.04)                                 

Total distributions

    (0.26)        (0.34)        (0.51)        (0.66)        (0.51)        (0.34)   
Net asset value, end of year   $ 10.13      $ 10.22      $ 9.79      $ 7.82      $ 9.82      $ 10.23   

Total return6

    1.69     7.99     32.55     (14.31)     1.03     3.99
Net assets, end of year (000s)   $ 3,613      $ 2,024      $ 4,265      $ 813      $ 406      $ 17   
Ratios to average net assets:            

Gross expenses

    1.37     1.25     1.42     1.38 %7      1.31     85.97 %7 

Net expenses8

    1.05 9      1.05 9      1.05 9      1.05 7,9      1.03 10      1.16 7,10 

Net investment income

    2.79        3.58        4.70        5.50 7      4.70        4.60 7 
Portfolio turnover rate     142 %11      131     258     230 %12      387     182 %12 

 

1 

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

 

2 

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

 

3 

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

 

4 

For the year ended March 31.

 

5 

For the period September 6, 2006 (commencement of operations) to March 31, 2007.

 

6 

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

 

7 

Annualized.

 

8 

Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

9 

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

 

10 

The impact of compensating balance arrangements was 0.01%.

 

11 

Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 162% for the year ended December 31, 2011.

 

12 

Not annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.


 

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Notes to financial statements

 

1. Organization and significant accounting policies

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

(a) Investment valuation. The valuations for fixed income securities and certain derivative instruments are typically the prices supplied by independent third party pricing services, which may use market prices or broker/dealer quotations or a variety of fair valuation techniques and methodologies. Short-term fixed income securities that will mature in 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, unless it is determined that using this method would not reflect an investment’s fair value. Futures contracts are valued daily at the settlement price established by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded. Equity securities for which market quotations are available are valued at the last reported sales price or official closing price on the primary market or exchange on which they trade. If independent third party pricing services are unable to supply prices for a portfolio investment, or if the prices supplied are deemed by the manager to be unreliable, the market price may be determined by the manager using quotations from one or more broker/dealers. When the Fund holds securities or other assets that are denominated in a foreign currency, the Fund will normally use the currency exchange rates as of 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). When reliable prices are not readily available, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded, but before the Fund calculates its net asset value, the Fund values these securities as determined in accordance with procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Directors.

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)


 

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Notes to financial statements (cont’d)

 

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 security and the particular circumstance. The market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable securities. The income approach uses valuation techniques to discount estimated future cash flows to present value.

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

 

ASSETS  
Description  

Quoted Prices

(Level 1)

   

Other Significant
Observable Inputs

(Level 2)

   

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs

(Level 3)

    Total  
Long-term investments†:                                

Corporate bonds & notes

         $ 100,256,615      $ 0   $ 100,256,615   

Asset-backed securities

           9,843,733        5,281,051        15,124,784   

Collateralized mortgage obligations

           21,153,384               21,153,384   

Collateralized senior loans

           16,531,109               16,531,109   

Mortgage-backed securities

           17,982,485               17,982,485   

Municipal bonds

           8,632,268               8,632,268   

Non-U.S. treasury inflation protected securities

           1,640,255               1,640,255   

Sovereign bonds

           8,771,541               8,771,541   

U.S. government & agency obligations

           63,655,958               63,655,958   

U.S. treasury inflation protected securities

           3,098,983               3,098,983   

Common stocks

  $ 32,955               282,606        315,561   

Preferred stocks

    1,837,300                      1,837,300   

Purchased options

           370,926               370,926   

Warrants

                  5,098        5,098   
Total long-term investments   $ 1,870,255      $ 251,937,257      $ 5,568,755      $ 259,376,267   
Short-term investments†            49,253,394               49,253,394   
Total investments   $ 1,870,255      $ 301,190,651      $ 5,568,755      $ 308,629,661   
Other financial instruments:                                

Futures contracts

    346,414                      346,414   

Forward foreign currency contracts

           653,580               653,580   

Credit default swaps on corporate issues — sell protection

           112,937               112,937   

Credit default swaps on corporate issues — buy protection

           10,589               10,589   

Credit default swaps on credit indices — buy protection‡

           424,932               424,932   
Total other financial instruments   $ 346,414      $ 1,202,038             $ 1,548,452   
Total   $ 2,216,669      $ 302,392,689      $ 5,568,755      $ 310,178,113   


 

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LIABILITIES  
Description  

Quoted Prices

(Level 1)

   

Other Significant
Observable
Inputs

(Level 2)

   

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs

(Level 3)

    Total  
Other financial instruments:                                

Written options

         $ 2,382,471             $ 2,382,471   

Futures contracts

  $ 1,061,449                      1,061,449   

Forward foreign currency contracts

           137,501               137,501   

Interest rate swaps

           18,165               18,165   

Credit default swaps on corporate issues — buy protection

           47,232               47,232   

Credit default swaps on credit indices — sell protection‡

           294,832               294,832   
Total   $ 1,061,449      $ 2,880,201             $ 3,941,650   

 

See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

 

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

 

* Value is less than $1.

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

 

Investments in Securities   Corporate
Bonds & Notes
    Asset-
Backed
Securities
    Collateralized
Mortgage
Obligations
    Common
Stocks
    Warrants     Total  
Balance as of December 31, 2010   $ 0   $ 4,534,504      $ 18,643      $ 261,354             $ 4,814,501   
Accrued premiums/discounts            84,384        538                      84,922   
Realized gain (loss)1            (39,414)        (90,155)                      (129,569)   
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)2            (316,465)        88,095        21,252               (207,118)   
Purchases                                          
Sales            (71,295)        (13,083)                      (84,378)   
Transfers into Level 33            2,425,125                    $ 5,098        2,430,223   
Transfers out of Level 34            (1,335,788)        (4,038)                      (1,339,826)   
Balance as of December 31, 2011   $ 0   $ 5,281,051             $ 282,606      $ 5,098      $ 5,568,755   
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for investments in securities still held at December 31, 20112          $ (111,373)             $ 21,252             $ (90,121)   

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

 

* Value is less than $1.

 

1 

This amount is included in 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.

 

3 

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

 

4

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


 

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Notes to financial statements (cont’d)

 

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

(c) 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.

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

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


 

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

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

(f) 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 an uncovered call option is that the Fund is exposed to the risk of loss if the market price of the underlying security increases. In addition, there is the risk that the Fund may not be able to enter into a closing transaction because of an illiquid secondary market.

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

Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is required to deposit cash or 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


 

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Notes to financial statements (cont’d)

 

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.

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

Swap 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. Collateral, in the form of restricted cash or securities, may be required to be held in segregated accounts with the Fund’s custodian in compliance with the terms of the swap contracts. Securities posted as collateral for swap contracts are identified in the Schedule of Investments and restricted cash, if any, is identified on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Risks may exceed amounts recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. These risks include changes in the returns of the underlying instruments, failure of the counterparties to perform under the contracts’ terms, and the possible lack of liquidity with respect to the swap agreements.

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

The Fund’s maximum exposure in the event of a defined credit event on a credit default swap to sell protection is the notional amount. As of December 31, 2011, the total notional value of all credit default swaps to sell protection is $7,896,000. This amount would be offset by the value of the swap’s reference entity, upfront premiums received on the swap and any amounts received from the settlement of a credit default swap where the Fund bought protection for the same referenced security/entity.

For average notional amounts of swaps held during the year ended December 31, 2011, see Note 4.


 

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Credit default swaps

The Fund enters into credit default swap (“CDS”) contracts for investment purposes, to manage its credit risk or to add leverage. CDS agreements involve one party making a stream of payments to another party in exchange for the right to receive a specified return in the event of a default by a third party, typically corporate or sovereign issuers, on a specified obligation, or in the event of a write-down, principal shortfall, interest shortfall or default of all or part of the referenced entities comprising a credit index. The Fund may use a CDS to provide protection against defaults of the issuers (i.e., to reduce risk where the Fund has exposure to an issuer) or to take an active long or short position with respect to the likelihood of a particular issuer’s default. As a seller of protection, the Fund generally receives an upfront payment or a stream of payments throughout the term of the swap provided that there is no credit event. If the Fund is a seller of protection and a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement, the maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) that the Fund could be required to make under a 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 (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 enters into interest rate swap contracts to manage its exposure to interest rate risk. Interest rate swaps are agreements between two parties to exchange cash flows based on a notional principal amount. The Fund may elect to pay a fixed rate and receive a floating rate, or, receive a fixed rate and pay a floating rate on a notional principal amount. Interest rate swaps are marked-to-market daily based upon quotations from market makers and the change, if any, is recorded as an unrealized 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 enters 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.

(i) Foreign currency translation. Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts based upon prevailing exchange rates on the date of valuation. Purchases and sales of investment securities and income and expense items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts based upon prevailing exchange rates on the respective dates of such transactions.

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


 

Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Portfolio 2011 Annual Report     43   

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

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

(j) Stripped securities. The Fund may invest in “Stripped Securities,” a term used collectively for components, or strips, of fixed income securities. Stripped securities can be principal only securities (“PO”), which are debt obligations that have been stripped of unmatured interest coupons or, interest only securities (“IO”), which are unmatured interest coupons that have been stripped from debt obligations. The market value of Stripped Securities will fluctuate in response to changes in economic conditions, rates of 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 the underlying debt obligation experiences greater than anticipated prepayments of principal, the Fund may not fully recoup its initial investment in IO’s.

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

When the Fund writes a swaption, an amount equal to the premium received by the Fund is recorded as a liability, the value of which is marked-to-market daily to reflect the current market value of the swaption written. If the swaption expires, the Fund realizes a gain equal to the amount of the premium received.

When the Fund purchases a swaption, an amount equal to the premium paid by the Fund is recorded as an investment on the statement of assets and liabilities, the


 

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

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

(l) 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.

(m) 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.

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

(o) Foreign investment risks. The Fund’s investments in foreign securities may involve risks not present in domestic investments. Since securities may be


 

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denominated in foreign currencies, may require settlement in foreign currencies or pay interest or dividends in foreign currencies, changes in the relationship of these foreign currencies to the U.S. dollar can significantly affect the value of the investments and earnings of the Fund. Foreign investments may also subject the Fund to foreign government exchange restrictions, expropriation, taxation or other political, social or economic developments, all of which affect the market and/or credit risk of the investments.

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

The Fund has entered into master agreements with certain of its derivative counterparties that provide for general obligations, representations, agreements, collateral, events of default or termination and credit related contingent features. The credit related contingent features include, but are not limited to, a percentage decrease in the Fund’s net assets or NAV over a specified period of time. If these credit related contingent features were triggered, the derivatives counterparty could terminate the positions and demand payment or require additional collateral.

As of December 31, 2011, the Fund held written options, forward foreign currency contracts, credit default swaps and interest rate swaps with credit related contingent features which had a liability position of $2,880,201. If a contingent feature in the master agreements would have been triggered, the Fund would have been required to pay this amount to its derivatives counterparties. As of December 31, 2011, the Fund had posted with its counterparties cash and/or securities as collateral to cover the net liability of these derivatives amounting to $2,300,000, which could be used to reduce the required payment.

(q) Security transactions and investment income. Security transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Interest income, adjusted for amortization of premium and accretion of discount, is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Foreign dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon as practicable after the Fund determines the existence of a dividend declaration after exercising reasonable due diligence. The cost of investments sold is determined by use of the specific identification method.


 

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To the extent any issuer defaults or a credit event occurs that impacts the issuer, the Fund may halt any additional interest income accruals and consider the realizability of interest accrued up to the date of default or credit event.

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

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

(t) Compensating balance arrangements. The Fund has an arrangement with its custodian bank whereby a portion of the custodian’s fees is paid indirectly by credits earned on the Fund’s cash on deposit with the bank.

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

Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken on income tax returns for all open tax years and has concluded that as of December 31, 2011, 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.

Under the applicable foreign tax laws, a withholding tax may be imposed on interest, dividends and capital gains at various rates. Realized gains upon disposition of Indonesian securities held by the Fund are subject to capital gains tax in those countries. As of December 31, 2011, there were $34,870 of accrued foreign capital gains tax liabilities on unrealized gains.

(v) Reclassification. GAAP requires that certain components of net assets be reclassified to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset values per share. During the current year, the following reclassifications have been made:

 

        Overdistributed Net
Investment Income
       Accumulated Net
Realized Loss
 
(a)      $ (1,040,910)         $ 1,040,910   

 

(a) 

Reclassifications are primarily due to foreign currency transactions treated as ordinary income for tax purposes, losses from mortgage backed securities treated as capital losses for tax purposes and book/tax differences in the treatment of swap contracts.


 

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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. Western Asset Management Company Limited (“Western Asset Limited”), Western Asset Management Company Pte. Ltd. (“Western Singapore”) and Western Asset Management Company Ltd (“Western Japan”) share advisory responsibilities with Western Asset. LMPFA, Western Asset, Western Asset Limited, Western Singapore and Western Japan 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 calculated daily and paid monthly, at an annual rate of 0.750% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

The investment manager has agreed to waive 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: 0.80%, 0.80% and 1.05% for Class IS, I and FI shares, respectively. Western Asset and Western Asset Limited also agreed to waive their advisory fees (which are paid by LMPFA and not the Fund) under corresponding amounts under the Fee Cap. These arrangements cannot be terminated prior to April 30, 2012 without the Board’s consent.

During the year ended December 31, 2011, fees waived and/or expenses reimbursed amounted to $134,125.

The investment manager is permitted to recapture amounts waived or reimbursed to a class within three years after the day on which the investment 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 above or the limit then in effect.

Pursuant to these agreements, at December 31, 2011, the Fund had remaining fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements subject to recapture by LMPFA and respective dates of expiration as follows:

 

        Class IS        Class I        Class FI  
Expires December 31, 2012      $ 72,269         $ 49,077         $ 5,050   
Expires December 31, 2013        90,156           51,766           3,823   
Expires December 31, 2014        70,124           53,222           10,779   
Fee waivers/expense reimbursements subject to recapture      $ 232,549         $ 154,065         $ 19,652   

For the year ended December 31, 2011, LMPFA recaptured $4,797 and $272 for Class IS and Class I, respectively.

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

As of December 31, 2011, Legg Mason and its affiliates owned 45.4% of the Fund.


 

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3. Investments

During the year ended December 31, 2011, 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      $ 44,628,166         $ 397,312,984   
Sales        76,888,757           398,229,401   

At December 31, 2011, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

Gross unrealized appreciation      $ 10,197,804   
Gross unrealized depreciation        (33,032,200)   
Net unrealized depreciation      $ (22,834,396)   

At December 31, 2011, 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      21         9/12       $ 5,213,056       $ 5,211,413       $ (1,643)   
German Euro Bund      49         3/12         8,586,925         8,817,676         230,751   
U.S. Treasury 30-Year Bonds      26         3/12         3,764,530         3,765,125         595   
U.S. Treasury Ultra Long-Term Bonds      85         3/12         13,504,214         13,615,938         111,724   
                                           341,427   
Contracts to Sell:                                             
90-Day Eurodollar      21         9/13         5,211,869         5,208,525         3,344   
U.S. Treasury 2-Year Notes      118         3/12         26,012,101         26,024,531         (12,430)   
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes      14         3/12         1,718,368         1,725,609         (7,241)   
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes      943         3/12         122,610,740         123,650,875         (1,040,135)   
                                           (1,056,462)   
Net unrealized loss on open futures contracts                $ (715,035)   

During the year ended December 31, 2011, written option transactions for the Fund were as follows:

 

        Number of Contracts/
Notional Amount
       Premiums  
Written options, outstanding as of December 31, 2010        43,280,836         $ 1,704,609   
Options written        539,282,162           2,785,575   
Options closed        (136,391,812)           (1,503,306)   
Options exercised        (22,200,206)           (169,748)   
Options expired        (391,490,980)           (1,427,820)   
Written options, outstanding as of December 31, 2011        32,480,000         $ 1,389,310   


 

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At December 31, 2011, the Fund held a TBA security with the a total cost of $9,072,484.

At December 31, 2011, the Fund had the following open forward foreign currency contracts:

 

Foreign Currency    Counterparty    Local
Currency
     Market
Value
     Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
 
Contracts to Buy:                                         
Japanese Yen    Citibank N.A.      165,039,800       $ 2,145,895         2/16/12       $ 26,783   
Mexican Peso    Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.      39,789,122         2,839,859         2/16/12         (110,761)   
                                       (83,978)   
Contracts to Sell:                                         
Euro    Citibank N.A.      500,000         647,363         2/16/12         22,250   
Euro    Citibank N.A.      4,601,609         5,957,821         2/16/12         405,168   
Euro    Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.      1,826,000         2,364,169         2/16/12         156,177   
Euro    UBS AG      500,000         647,363         2/16/12         43,202   
Japanese Yen    Credit Suisse First Boston Inc.      165,039,620         2,145,892         2/16/12         (26,740)   
                                       600,057   
Net unrealized gain on open forward foreign currency contracts       $ 516,079   

At December 31, 2011, the Fund held the following open swap contracts:

 

INTEREST RATE SWAPS  
Swap Counterparty   Notional
Amount
    Termination
Date
    Payments
Made By
The Fund‡
  Payments
Received By
The Fund‡
    Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)
    Unrealized
Depreciation
 
Credit Suisse First Boston Inc.   $ 50,000        9/15/15      5.160% semi-annually     3-Month LIBOR             $ (7,764)   
Banc of America Securities LLC     100,000        3/1/13      5.104% semi-annually     3-Month LIBOR               (5,151)   
Barclays Capital Inc.     60,000        6/25/12      5.060% semi-annually     3-Month LIBOR               (1,297)   
RBS Greenwich     40,000        4/1/12      5.011% semi-annually     3-Month LIBOR               (452)   
Credit Suisse First Boston Inc.     50,000        8/15/13      5.023% semi-annually     3-Month LIBOR               (3,501)   
Total   $ 300,000                                 $ (18,165)   

 

CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS ON CORPORATE ISSUES — SELL PROTECTION1  
Swap Counterparty
(Reference Entity)
  Notional
Amount2
    Termination
Date
    Implied
Credit
Spread At
December 31,
20113
    Periodic
Payments
Received By
The Fund‡
  Market
Value
    Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)
    Unrealized
Appreciation
 
Barclays Capital Inc. (AES Corp., 7.750%, due 3/1/14)   $ 3,000,000        9/20/12        0.82   3.150% quarterly   $ 50,998             $ 50,998   
Barclays Capital Inc. (AES Corp., 7.750%, due 3/1/14)     3,000,000        9/20/12        0.82   3.650% quarterly     61,939               61,939   
Total   $ 6,000,000                  $ 112,937             $ 112,937   


 

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Notes to financial statements (cont’d)

 

 

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)
 
Credit Suisse First Boston Inc. (AmerisourceBergen Corp., 5.875%, due 9/15/15)   $ 50,000        9/20/15      0.900% quarterly   $ (449)             $ (449)   
Banc of America Securities LLC (PHH Corporate Note, 7.125%, due 3/1/13 )     110,000        3/20/13      1.050% monthly     9,310               9,310   
Barclays Capital Inc. (Health Care Property Investments Inc., 6.450%, due 6/25/12)     60,000        6/20/12      0.630% quarterly     38               38   
Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. (Gannett Co., 6.375%, due 4/1/12)     40,000        3/20/12      0.460% quarterly     39               39   
Credit Suisse First Boston Inc. (Masco Corp., 5.875%, due 7/15/12)     50,000        9/20/13      0.750% quarterly     1,202               1,202   
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (Citigroup Inc., 6.125%, due 5/15/18)     1,000,000        3/20/14      4.700% quarterly     (46,783)               (46,783)   
Total   $ 1,310,000                  $ (36,643)             $ (36,643)   

 

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
Received
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
JPMorgan Securities Inc. (CMBX NA AM 2)   $ 900,000        3/15/49      0.500% monthly   $ (149,437)      $ (51,510)      $ (97,927)   
Credit Suisse First Boston Inc. (CMBX NA AM 1)     205,000        10/12/52      0.500% monthly     (23,426)        (18,834)        (4,592)   
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (CMBX NA AM 1)     181,000        10/12/52      0.500% monthly     (20,684)        (16,573)        (4,111)   
UBS Warburg LLC (CMBX NA AM 2)     311,000        3/15/49      0.500% monthly     (51,639)        (62,451)        10,812   
UBS Warburg LLC (CMBX NA AM 2)     299,000        3/15/49      0.500% monthly     (49,646)        (54,459)        4,813   
Total   $ 1,896,000                  $ (294,832)      $ (203,827)      $ (91,005)   

 

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
 
Credit Suisse First Boston Inc. (CMBX NA AM 4)   $ 1,100,000        2/17/51      0.500% monthly   $ 267,190      $ 101,933      $ 165,257   
Barclays Capital Inc. (MARKIT CDX HY 15)     3,332,000        12/20/15      5.000% quarterly     110,124        (97,939)        208,063   
Credit Suisse First Boston Inc. (CMBX 1 2006-1 AAA)     509,000        10/12/52      0.100% monthly     25,594        20,469        5,125   
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (CMBX 1 2006-1 AAA)     438,000        10/12/52      0.100% monthly     22,024        17,885        4,139   
Total   $ 5,379,000                  $ 424,932      $ 42,348      $ 382,584   


 

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1 

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

 

2 

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

 

3 

Implied credit spreads, utilized in determining the market value of credit default swap agreements on corporate 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 should the notional amount of the swap agreement been closed/sold as of the period end. Decreasing market values (sell protection) or increasing market value (buy protection) when compared to the notional amount of the swap, represent a deterioration of the referenced entity’s credit soundness and a greater likelihood or risk of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the agreement.

 

Percentage shown is an annual percentage rate.

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 December 31, 2011.

 

ASSET DERIVATIVES1  
      Interest
Rate Risk
     Foreign
Exchange Risk
     Credit
Risk
     Total  
Purchased Options2    $ 370,926                       $ 370,926   
Futures Contracts3      346,414                         346,414   
Swap Contracts4                    $ 548,458         548,458   
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts            $ 653,580                 653,580   
Total    $ 717,340       $ 653,580       $ 548,458       $ 1,919,378   

 

LIABILITY DERIVATIVES1  
      Interest
Rate Risk
     Foreign
Exchange Risk
     Credit
Risk
     Total  
Written Options    $ 2,382,471                       $ 2,382,471   
Futures Contracts3      1,061,449                         1,061,449   
Swap Contracts4      18,165               $ 342,064         360,229   
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts            $ 137,501                 137,501   
Total    $ 3,462,085       $ 137,501       $ 342,064       $ 3,941,650   


 

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Notes to financial statements (cont’d)

 

 

1 

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

 

2 

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

 

3 

Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts as reported in the footnotes. Only variation margin is reported within the receivables and/or payables 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 year ended December 31, 2011. The first table provides additional detail about the amounts and sources of gains (losses) realized on derivatives during the period. The second table provides additional information about the change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) resulting from the Fund’s derivatives and hedging activities during the period.

 

AMOUNT OF REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON DERIVATIVES RECOGNIZED  
      Interest
Rate Risk
     Foreign
Exchange Risk
     Credit
Risk
     Total  
Purchased Options    $ (1,347,961)               $ (259,545)       $ (1,607,506)   
Written Options      1,642,644       $ 1,240         436,908         2,080,792   
Futures Contracts      (7,428,478)                         (7,428,478)   
Swap Contracts      (361,056)                 (1,712,810)         (2,073,866)   
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts              (876,929)                 (876,929)   
Total    $ (7,494,851)       $ (875,689)       $ (1,535,447)       $ (9,905,987)   

 

CHANGE IN UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) ON DERIVATIVES RECOGNIZED  
      Interest
Rate Risk
     Foreign
Exchange Risk
     Credit
Risk
     Total  
Purchased Options    $ 301,850                       $ 301,850   
Written Options      (930,210)                         (930,210)   
Futures Contracts      (2,233,998)                         (2,233,998)   
Swap Contracts      (11,017)               $ 2,051,143         2,040,126   
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts            $ 775,946                 775,946   
Total    $ (2,873,375)       $ 775,946       $ 2,051,143       $ (46,286)   

During the year ended December 31, 2011, the volume of derivative activity for the Fund was as follows:

 

        Average
Market Value
 
Purchased options      $ 674,906   
Written options        2,103,474   
Forward foreign currency contracts (to buy)        6,098,799   
Forward foreign currency contracts (to sell)        17,549,878   
Futures contracts (to buy)        69,595,417   
Futures contracts (to sell)        164,329,120   


 

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        Average Notional
Balance
 
Interest rate swap contracts      $ 1,294,615   
Credit default swap contracts (to buy protection)        17,850,554   
Credit default swap contracts (to sell protection)        8,794,615   
Total return swap contracts†        1,027,692   

 

At December 31, 2011, there were no open positions held in this derivative.

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

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

For the year ended December 31, 2011, class specific expenses were as follows:

 

        Service and/or
Distribution Fees
       Transfer
Agent Fees
       Shareholder
Reports
 
Class IS                $ 7,705         $ 13,083   
Class I                  22,535           7,474   
Class FI      $ 8,469           9,762           303   
Total      $ 8,469         $ 40,002         $ 20,860   

For the year ended December 31, 2011, waivers and/or expense reimbursements by class were as follows:

 

        Waivers/Expense
Reimbursements
 
Class IS      $ 70,124   
Class I        53,222   
Class FI        10,779   
Total      $ 134,125   

6. Distributions to shareholders by class

 

      Year Ended
December 31, 2011
     Year Ended
December 31, 20101
 
Net Investment Income:                  
Class IS    $ 6,132,462       $ 7,897,272   
Class I      3,063,810         3,803,925   
Class FI      83,384         66,611   
Total    $ 9,279,656       $ 11,767,808   

 

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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Notes to financial statements (cont’d)

 

7. Capital shares

At December 31, 2011, the Corporation had 21.15 billion shares of capital stock authorized with a par value of $0.001 per share.

Transactions in shares of each class were as follows:

 

     Year Ended
December 31, 2011
     Year Ended
December 31, 20101
 
      Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  
Class IS                                    
Shares sold      3,217,629       $ 32,919,039         7,685,550       $ 76,833,441   
Shares issued on reinvestment      590,154         6,035,259         785,844         7,922,397   
Shares repurchased      (6,223,738)         (63,263,022)         (6,406,128)         (64,351,963)   
Net increase (decrease)      (2,415,955)       $ (24,308,724)         2,065,266       $ 20,403,875   
Class I                                    
Shares sold      5,779,991       $ 59,342,403         2,511,319       $ 25,295,244   
Shares issued on reinvestment      203,344         2,078,590         232,239         2,341,939   
Shares repurchased      (3,071,476)         (31,208,478)         (4,872,006)         (49,518,469)   
Net increase (decrease)      2,911,859       $ 30,212,515         (2,128,448)       $ (21,881,286)   
Class FI                                    
Shares sold      286,062       $ 2,932,855         381,383       $ 3,816,779   
Shares issued on reinvestment      8,165         83,384         3,136         31,905   
Shares repurchased      (135,863)         (1,379,935)         (622,189)         (6,204,031)   
Net increase (decrease)      158,364       $ 1,636,304         (237,670)       $ (2,355,347)   

 

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. Income tax information and distributions to shareholders

Subsequent to the fiscal year end, the Fund has made the following distributions:

 

Record Date
Payable Date
   Class IS      Class I      Class FI  

Daily

1/31/2011

   $ 0.023118       $ 0.023145       $ 0.021158   

The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal years ended December 31, was as follows:

 

        2011        2010  
Distributions Paid From:                      
Ordinary income      $ 9,279,656         $ 10,526,158   
Tax return of capital                  1,241,650   
Total distributions paid      $ 9,279,656         $ 11,767,808   


 

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As of December 31, 2011, the components of accumulated earnings on a tax basis was as follows:

 

Undistributed ordinary income — net      $ 525,041   
Capital loss carryforward*        (22,376,074)   
Other book/tax temporary differences(a)        (1,018,223)   
Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)(b)        (23,770,230)   
Total accumulated earnings (losses) — net      $ (46,639,486)   

 

* As of December 31, 2011, the Fund had the following net capital loss carryforward remaining:

 

Year of Expiration      Amount  
No Expiration      $ (4,929,582 )** 
12/31/2016        (1,073,088
12/31/2017        (13,463,088
12/31/2018        (2,910,316
       $ (22,376,074

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

 

** Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010, the Fund is permitted to carry forward these capital losses for an unlimited period. However, these losses will be required to be utilized prior to the fund’s other capital losses with the expiration dated listed above. Additionally, these capital losses retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses rather than being considered all short-term as under previous law.

 

(a) 

Other book/tax temporary differences are attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on straddles, the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains / (losses) on certain futures and foreign currency contracts, the deferral of post-October capital losses for tax purposes, differences between book/tax accrual of interest income on securities in default, book/tax differences in the treatment of treasury inflation protected securities and book/tax differences in the timing of the deductibility of various expenses.

 

(b) 

The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales.

9. Recent accounting pronouncement

In May 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standard Update No. 2011-04, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820) — Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs (“ASU No. 2011-04”). ASU No. 2011-04 establishes common requirements for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurements. ASU No. 2011-04 is effective during interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011. Management is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of ASU No. 2011-04 will have on the Fund’s financial statements and related disclosures.


 

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Report of independent registered public accounting firm

 

To the Board of Directors of Western Asset Funds, Inc. and to the Shareholders of Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Portfolio:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Portfolio (one of the Portfolios comprising Western Asset Funds, Inc., the “Fund”) at December 31, 2011, the results of its operations, the changes in its net assets, and the financial highlights for each of the periods presented, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management; our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits, which included confirmation of securities at December 31, 2011 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Baltimore, Maryland

February 21, 2012


 

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Board approval of investment management and advisory agreements (unaudited)

 

The Executive and Contracts Committee of the Board of Directors considered the Investment Management Agreement between the Corporation and LMPFA with respect to the Fund and the Investment Advisory Agreements between LMPFA and Western Asset Management Company (“Western Asset”), Western Asset Management Company Limited in London (“WAML”), Western Asset Management Company Pte. Ltd. in Singapore (“Western Singapore”) and Western Asset Management Company Ltd in Japan (“Western Japan,” and together with Western Singapore and WAML the “Non-U.S. Advisers” and together with Western Asset, the “Advisers”) (collectively, the “Agreements”) with respect to the Fund at meetings held on October 20 and October 27, 2011. At a meeting held on November 15, 2011, the Executive and Contracts Committee reported to the full Board of Directors its considerations and recommendation with respect to the Agreements, and the Board of Directors, including a majority of the Independent Directors, considered and approved renewal of the Agreements.

The Directors noted that although Western Asset’s business is operated through separate legal entities, such as the Non-U.S. Advisers, its business is highly integrated and senior investment personnel at Western Asset have supervisory oversight responsibility over the investment decisions made by the Non-U.S. Advisers. Therefore, in connection with their deliberations noted below, the Directors primarily focused on the information provided by Western Asset when considering the approval of the Investment Advisory Agreements between LMPFA and the Non-U.S. Advisers with respect to the Fund. The Directors also noted that the Fund does not pay any management fees directly to Western Asset or to any of the Non-U.S. Advisers because LMPFA pays the Advisers for services provided to the Fund out of the management fee LMPFA receives from the Fund.

In arriving at their decision to renew the Agreements, the Directors met with representatives of Western Asset as well as representatives of LMPFA; reviewed a variety of information prepared by LMPFA and Western Asset and materials provided by Lipper Inc. (“Lipper”) and counsel to the Independent Directors; reviewed performance and expense information for the Fund’s peer group of comparable funds selected and prepared by Lipper and for certain other comparable products available from Western Asset, including separate accounts managed by Western Asset; and requested and reviewed additional information as necessary. These reviews were in addition to information obtained by the Directors at their regular quarterly meetings with respect to the Fund’s performance and other relevant matters, and related discussions with Western Asset’s personnel.

As part of their review, the Directors examined LMPFA’s ability to provide high quality oversight and administrative and shareholder support services to the Fund, and the Advisers’ ability to provide high quality investment management services to the Fund. The Directors considered the experience of LMPFA’s personnel in providing the types of services that LMPFA is responsible for providing to the Fund; the ability of LMPFA to attract and retain capable personnel; the capability and integrity of LMPFA’s senior management and staff; and the level of skill required to provide such services to the Fund. The Directors considered the investment philosophy and


 

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Board approval of investment management and advisory agreements (unaudited) (cont’d)

 

research and decision-making processes of the Advisers; the experience of their key advisory personnel responsible for management of the Fund; the ability of the Advisers to attract and retain capable research and advisory personnel; the capability and integrity of the Advisers’ senior management and staff; and the level of skill required to manage the Fund. In addition, the Directors reviewed the quality of LMPFA’s and the Advisers’ services with respect to regulatory compliance and compliance with the investment policies of the Fund and conditions that might affect LMPFA’s or an Adviser’s ability to provide high quality services to the Fund in the future under the Agreements, including its business reputation, financial condition and operational stability. Based on the foregoing, the Directors concluded that the Advisers’ investment process, research capabilities and philosophy were well suited to the Fund given the Fund’s investment objective and policies, and that LMPFA and each of the Advisers would be able to meet any reasonably foreseeable obligations under the Agreements.

In reviewing the quality of the services provided to the Fund, the Directors also reviewed comparisons of the performance of the Fund to the performance of its peer group, and to its investment benchmark over the one-, three- and five-year periods ended August 31, 2011. In that connection, the Directors noted that the performance of the Fund exceeded its peer average performance for the three- and five-year periods, but was lower than its peer average for the one-year period. With respect to the Fund, the Directors considered the factors involved in its performance relative to the performance of its investment benchmark and peer group.

The Directors also considered the management fee payable by the Fund to LMPFA, the total expenses payable by the Fund and the fact that LMPFA pays to the Advisers the entire management fee it receives from the Fund. They reviewed information concerning management fees paid to investment advisers of similarly-managed funds, as well as fees paid by the Advisers’ other clients, including separate accounts managed by the Advisers. The Directors observed that the management fee paid by the Fund to LMPFA was lower than the average of the fees paid by funds in its peer group and total expenses for the Fund were lower than the average of the funds in its peer group. The Directors noted that the management fee paid by the Fund was higher than the fees paid by other clients of the Advisers for accounts with similar investment strategies, but that the administrative and operational responsibilities for the Advisers with respect to the Fund were also relatively higher. In light of this difference, the Directors concluded that the management fee paid by the Fund relative to the fees paid by the Advisers’ other clients was reasonable.

The Directors further evaluated the benefits of the advisory relationship to LMPFA and the Advisers, including, among others, the profitability of the relationship to LMPFA and the Advisers; the direct and indirect benefits that LMPFA and each Adviser may receive from its relationship with the Fund, including any “fallout benefits,” such as reputational value derived from serving as investment manager or adviser to the Fund; and the affiliations between LMPFA, the Advisers and certain service providers for the Fund. In that connection, the Directors concluded that LMPFA and each Adviser’s profitability was consistent with levels of profitability that


 

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had been determined by courts not to be excessive. The Directors noted that Western Asset does not have soft dollar arrangements.

Finally, the Directors considered, in light of the profitability information provided by LMPFA and Western Asset, the extent to which economies of scale would be realized by the Advisers as the assets of the Fund grow. The Directors determined that the lack of breakpoints was appropriate and that the management fee structure for the Fund is reasonable.

In their deliberations with respect to these matters, the Independent Directors were advised by their independent counsel, who is independent of LMPFA and the Advisers within the meaning of Securities and Exchange Commission rules regarding the independence of counsel. The Independent Directors weighed each of the foregoing matters in light of the advice given to them by their independent counsel as to the law applicable to the review of investment advisory contracts. In arriving at a decision, the Directors, including the Independent Directors, did not identify any single matter as all-important or controlling, and the foregoing summary does not detail all the matters considered. The Directors judged the terms and conditions of the Agreements, including the investment advisory fees, in light of all of the surrounding circumstances.

Based upon their review, the Directors, including all of the Independent Directors, determined, in the exercise of their business judgment, that they were generally satisfied with the quality of services being provided by LMPFA and the Advisers, but they would continue to closely monitor the performance of LMPFA and the Advisers; that the fees to be paid to the Advisers and LMPFA under the relevant Agreements were fair and reasonable, given the scope and quality of the services rendered by the Advisers and LMPFA; and that approval of the Agreements was in the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders.


 

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Additional information (unaudited)

Information about Directors and Officers

 

The business and affairs of Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Portfolio (formerly known as Western Asset Absolute Return Portfolio) (the “Fund”) are conducted by management under the supervision and subject to the direction of its Board of Directors. The business address of each Director is c/o Western Asset Management Company, 385 East Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, California 91101. Information pertaining to the Directors and officers of the Fund is set forth below.

The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about Directors and is available, without charge, upon request by calling the Fund at 1-877-721-1926.

 

Independent Directors†:    
Ronald J. Arnault  
Year of birth   1943
Position(s) held with Fund   Director
Term of office and length of time served1   Served since 1997
Principal occupations during the past five years   Retired.
Number of portfolios in fund complex overseen2   11
Other directorships held   None
Anita L. DeFrantz  
Year of birth   1952
Position(s) held with Fund   Director
Term of office and length of time served1   Served since 1998
Principal occupations during the past five years   President (1987-present) and Director (1990-present) of LA84 (formerly Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles); President and Director of Kids in Sports (1994-present); Vice President, International Rowing Federation (1986-present); Member of the International Olympic Committee (1986-present).
Number of portfolios in fund complex overseen2   11
Other directorships held   OBN Holdings, Inc. (film, television and media company)
Avedick B. Poladian  
Year of birth   1951
Position(s) held with Fund   Director
Term of office and length of time served1   Served since 2007
Principal occupations during the past five years   Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Lowe Enterprises, Inc. (real estate and hospitality firm) (2002-present); Partner, Arthur Andersen, LLP (1974-2002).
Number of portfolios in fund complex overseen2   11
Other directorships held  

Occidental Petroleum Corporation and

Public Storage


 

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Independent Directors cont’d    
William E. B. Siart  
Year of birth   1946
Position(s) held with Fund   Director and Chairman
Term of office and length of time served1   Served since 1997
Principal occupations during the past five years   Trustee of The Getty Trust (2005-present); Chairman of Walt Disney Concert Hall, Inc. (1998-2006); Chairman of Excellent Education Development (2000-present).
Number of portfolios in fund complex overseen2   11
Other directorships held   None
Jaynie Miller Studenmund  
Year of birth   1954
Position(s) held with Fund   Director
Term of office and length of time served1   Served since 2004
Principal occupations during the past five years   Director of Orbitz Worldwide, Inc. (2007-present) (online travel company); Director of MarketTools, Inc. (2010-present) (market research software provider); Director of Forest Lawn (2002-present) (memorial parks); Director of eHarmony, Inc. (2005-2011) (online dating company); Director of aQuantive Inc. (2004-2007) (digital marketing services company); Chief Operating Officer of Overture Services, Inc. (2001-2004) (commercial online search); and President and Chief Operating Officer of Paymybills.com (2000-2001) (online personal bill management service)
Number of portfolios in fund complex overseen2   11
Other directorships held   Orbitz Worldwide (global on-line travel company)
Interested Directors    
R. Jay Gerken3  
Year of birth   1951
Position(s) held with Fund   Director and President
Term of office and length of time served1   Served as a Director since 2006 and as President since 2007
Principal occupations during the past five years   Managing Director of Legg Mason & Co. (since 2005); Officer and Trustee/Director of 161 funds associated with LMPFA or its affiliates (since 2006) and Legg Mason & Co. predecessors (prior to 2006); President and Chief Executive Officer of LMPFA (since 2006); President and Chief Executive Officer of Smith Barney Fund Management LLC (“SBFM”) (formerly a registered investment adviser) (since 2002).
Number of portfolios in fund complex overseen2   161
Other directorships held   None


 

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Additional information (unaudited) (cont’d)

Information about Directors and Officers

 

Interested Directors cont’d    
Ronald L. Olson4  
Year of birth   1941
Position(s) held with Fund   Director
Term of office and length of time served1   Served since 2005
Principal occupations during the past five years   Senior Partner of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP (a law partnership) (1968-present).
Number of portfolios in fund complex overseen2   11
Other directorships held   Edison International, City National Corporation (financial services company), The Washington Post Company, and Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.
Officers5    

Richard F. Sennett
55 Water Street
New York, NY 10041

 
Year of birth   1970
Position(s) held with Fund   Principal Financial Officer
Term of office and length of time served1   Served since 2011
Principal occupations during the past five years   Principal Financial Officer of certain mutual funds associated with Legg Mason & Co. or its affiliates (since 2011); Managing Director of Legg Mason & Co. and Senior Manager of the Treasury Policy group for Legg Mason & Co.’s Global Fiduciary Platform (since 2011); formerly, Chief Accountant within the SEC’s Division of Investment Management (2007 to 2011), formerly, Assistant Chief Accountant within the SEC’s Division of Investment Management (2002 to 2007).
Number of portfolios in fund complex overseen2   N/A
Other directorships held   N/A


 

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Officers5 cont’d    

Erin K. Morris

100 International Drive Baltimore, MD 21202

 
Year of birth   1966
Position(s) held with Fund   Treasurer
Term of office and length of time served1   Served since 2006
Principal occupations during the past five years   Vice President and Manager Global Fiduciary Platform, Legg Mason & Co., LLC (2005-present); Assistant Vice President and Manager, Fund Accounting Legg Mason Wood Walker, Incorporated (2002-2005); Treasurer, Western Asset Funds, Inc., Western Asset Income Fund and Western Asset Premier Bond Fund (2006-present); Western Asset/Claymore Inflation-Linked Securities & Income Fund and Western Asset/Claymore Inflation-Linked Opportunities & Income Fund (2010-present); Assistant Treasurer Legg Mason Partners Fund Complex (2007-present); Formerly Assistant Treasurer, Western Asset Funds, Inc., Western Asset Income Fund and Western Asset Premier Bond Fund (2001-2006); Western Asset/Claymore Inflation-Linked Securities & Income Fund (2003-2009) and Western Asset/Claymore Inflation-Linked Opportunities & Income Fund (2004-2009).
Number of portfolios in fund complex overseen2   N/A
Other directorships held   N/A

Todd F. Kuehl

100 International Drive Baltimore, MD 21202

 
Year of birth   1969
Position(s) held with Fund   Chief Compliance Officer
Term of office and length of time served1   Served since 2007
Principal occupations during the past five years   Director, Legg Mason & Co., LLC (2006-present); Chief Compliance Officer of Legg Mason Private Portfolio Group (2009-present); Chief Compliance Officer of Western Asset/Claymore Inflation-Linked Securities & Income Fund, Western Asset/Claymore Inflation-Linked Opportunities & Income Fund, Western Asset Income Fund, Western Asset Premier Bond Fund and Western Asset Funds, Inc. (2007-present) and Barrett Growth Fund and Barrett Opportunity Fund (2006-2008); Branch Chief, Division of Investment Management, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (2002-2006).
Number of portfolios in fund complex overseen2   N/A
Other directorships held   N/A


 

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Additional information (unaudited) (cont’d)

Information about Directors and Officers

 

Officers5 cont’d    

Robert I. Frenkel

100 First Stamford Place Stamford, CT 06902

 
Year of birth   1954
Position(s) held with Fund   Secretary and Chief Legal Officer
Term of office and length of time served1   Served since 2009
Principal occupations during the past five years   Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of Legg Mason, Inc. (since 2006); Managing Director and General Counsel of Global Mutual Funds for Legg Mason & Co. (since 2006) and Legg Mason & Co. predecessors (since 1994); Secretary and Chief Legal Officer of certain mutual funds associated with Legg Mason & Co. or its affiliates (since 2006) and Legg Mason & Co. predecessors (prior to 2006).
Number of portfolios in fund complex overseen2   N/A
Other directorships held   N/A

 

Directors who are not “interested persons” of the Fund within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”).

 

1

Each Officer holds office until his or her respective successor is chosen and qualified, or in each case until he or she sooner dies, resigns, is removed with or without cause or becomes disqualified. Each of the Directors of the Fund holds office until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and shall qualify, subject to prior death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removed from office and applicable law and the rules of the New York Stock Exchange.

 

2

In addition to overseeing the nine portfolios of the Corporation each Director also serves as a Trustee of Western Asset Premier Bond Fund and as a Director of Western Asset Income Fund, Inc. (closed-end investment companies), which are considered part of the same Fund Complex as the Fund. In addition, Mr. Gerken serves as Director/Trustee to 161 other portfolios associated with Legg Mason & Co., LLC or its affiliates. Legg Mason & Co., LLC is an affiliate of Western Asset Management Co. (“WAM”).

 

3

Mr. Gerken is an “Interested person” (as defined in section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) of each Fund because of his positions with subsidiaries of, and ownership of shares of common stock of, Legg Mason, Inc., the parent company of WAM.

 

4 

Mr. Olson is an “Interested person” (as defined above) of each Fund because his law firm has provided legal services to WAM.

 

5 

Each officer of the Fund is an “Interested person” (as defined above) of the Fund.


 

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Important tax information (unaudited)

 

The following information is provided with respect to the distributions
paid during the taxable year ended December 31, 2011:

 

Record date:      Monthly
Payable date:      January 2011-
December 2011
Interest from federal obligations      15.70%

The law varies in each state as to whether and what percentage of dividend income attributable to Federal obligations is exempt from state income tax. We recommend that you consult with your tax adviser to determine if any portion of the dividends you received is exempt from state income taxes.

Please retain this information for your records.


Western Asset

Total Return Unconstrained Portfolio

 

Directors

William E. B. Siart, Chairman

Ronald J. Arnault

Anita L. DeFrantz

R. Jay Gerken

President

Ronald L. Olson

Avedick B. Poladian

Jaynie Miller Studenmund

Investment manager

Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC

Investment advisers

Western Asset Management Company

Western Asset Management Company Limited

Western Asset Management Company Ltd

Western Asset Management Company Pte. Ltd.

Transfer agent

Boston Financial Data Services

2000 Crown Colony Drive

Quincy, MA 02169

 

Custodian

State Street Bank and Trust Company

Independent registered public accounting firm

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Baltimore, MD

Counsel

Ropes & Gray LLP

1211 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10036

Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Portfolio

The Fund is a separate investment series of Western Asset Funds, Inc.

Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained 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, shareholders can call the Fund at 1-877-721-1926.

 

Information on how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the prior 12-month period ended June 30th of each year and a description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies related to portfolio transactions are available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund at 1-877-721-1926, (2) on the Fund’s website at www.leggmason.com/individualinvestors and (3) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained 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.

www.leggmason.com/individualinvestors

©2012 Legg Mason Investor Services, LLC

Member FINRA, SIPC


Legg Mason Funds Privacy and Security Notice

 

Your Privacy and the Security of Your Personal Information is Very Important to the Legg Mason Funds

This Privacy and Security Notice (the “Privacy Notice”) addresses the Legg Mason Funds’ privacy and data protection practices with respect to nonpublic personal information the Funds receive. The Legg Mason Funds include any funds sold by the Funds’ distributor, Legg Mason Investor Services, LLC, as well as Legg Mason-sponsored closed-end funds and certain closed-end funds managed or sub-advised by Legg Mason or its affiliates. The provisions of this Privacy Notice apply to your information both while you are a shareholder and after you are no longer invested with the Funds.

The Type of Nonpublic Personal Information the Funds Collect About You

The Funds collect and maintain nonpublic personal information about you in connection with your shareholder account. Such information may include, but is not limited to:

 

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Personal information included on applications or other forms;

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

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Online account access user IDs, passwords, security challenge question responses; and

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Information received from consumer reporting agencies regarding credit history and creditworthiness (such as the amount of an individual’s total debt, payment history, etc.).

How the Funds Use Nonpublic Personal Information About You

The Funds do not sell or share your nonpublic personal information with third parties or with affiliates for their marketing purposes, or with other financial institutions or affiliates for joint marketing purposes, unless you have authorized the Funds to do so. The Funds do not disclose any nonpublic personal information about you except as may be required to perform transactions or services you have authorized or as permitted or required by law. The Funds may disclose information about you to:

 

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

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

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

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

 

NOT PART OF THE ANNUAL REPORT


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

 

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

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

Keeping You Informed of the Funds’ Privacy and Security Practices

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

The Funds’ Security Practices

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

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

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

Revised April 2011

 

NOT PART OF THE ANNUAL REPORT


Western Asset Management Company

Legg Mason, Inc. Subsidiaries

www.leggmason.com/individualinvestors

©2012 Legg Mason Investor Services, LLC Member FINRA, SIPC

WASX013140 2/12 SR12-1580


ITEM 2. CODE OF ETHICS.

The registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller.

 

ITEM 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.

The Board of Directors of the registrant has determined that Mr. Ronald J. Arnault, possesses the technical attributes identified in Instruction 2(b) of Item 3 to Form N-CSR to qualify as “audit committee financial expert,” and have designated Mr. Arnault as the Audit Committee’s financial expert. Mr. Arnault is “independent” Directors pursuant to paragraph (a) (2) of Item 3 to Form N-CSR.

 

ITEM 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

a) Audit Fees. The aggregate fees billed in the last two fiscal years ending December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2011 (the “Reporting Periods”) for professional services rendered by the Registrant’s principal accountant (the “Auditor”) for the audit of the Registrant’s annual financial statements, or services that are normally provided by the Auditor in connection with the statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for the Reporting Periods, were $476,381 in December 31, 2010 and $468,601 in December 31, 2011.

b) Audit-Related Fees. The aggregate fees billed in the Reporting Period for assurance and related services by the Auditor that are reasonably related to the performance of the Registrant’s financial statements were $0 in December 31, 2010 and $0 in December 31, 2011.

In addition, there were no Audit-Related Fees billed in the Reporting Period for assurance and related services by the Auditor to the Registrant’s investment adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the Western Asset Funds, Inc. (“service affiliates”), that were reasonably related to the performance of the annual audit of the service affiliates. Accordingly, there were no such fees that required pre-approval by the Audit Committee for the Reporting Periods.

(c) Tax Fees. The aggregate fees billed in the Reporting Periods for professional services rendered by the Auditor for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning (“Tax Services”) were $36,500 in December 31, 2010 and $42,600 in December 31, 2011. These services consisted of (i) review or preparation of U.S. federal, state, local and excise tax returns; (ii) U.S. federal, state and local tax planning, advice and assistance regarding statutory, regulatory or administrative developments, and (iii) tax advice regarding tax qualification matters and/or treatment of various financial instruments held or proposed to be acquired or held.

There were no fees billed for tax services by the Auditors to service affiliates during the Reporting Periods that required pre-approval by the Audit Committee.

d) All Other Fees. The aggregate other fees billed in the Reporting Periods for products and services provided by the Auditor were $0 in December 31, 2011, other than the services reported in paragraphs (a) through (c) for the Item for the Western Asset Funds, Inc. There were no other non-audit services rendered by the Auditor to Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisors, LLC (“LMPFA”), and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with LMPFA that provided ongoing services to Western Asset Funds, Inc. requiring pre-approval by the Audit Committee in the Reporting Period.

All Other Fees. There were no other non-audit services rendered by the Auditor to Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisors, LLC (“LMPFA”), and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with LMPFA that provided ongoing services to Western Asset Funds, Inc. requiring pre-approval by the Audit Committee in the Reporting Period.

(e) Audit Committee’s pre–approval policies and procedures described in paragraph (c)(7) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.


(1) The Charter for the Audit Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of each registered investment company (the “Fund”) advised by LMPFA or one of their affiliates (each, an “Adviser”) requires that the Committee shall approve (a) all audit and permissible non-audit services to be provided to the Fund and (b) all permissible non-audit services to be provided by the Fund’s independent auditors to the Adviser and any Covered Service Providers if the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund. The Committee may implement policies and procedures by which such services are approved other than by the full Committee.

The Committee shall not approve non-audit services that the Committee believes may impair the independence of the auditors. As of the date of the approval of this Audit Committee Charter, permissible non-audit services include any professional services (including tax services), that are not prohibited services as described below, provided to the Fund by the independent auditors, other than those provided to the Fund in connection with an audit or a review of the financial statements of the Fund. Permissible non-audit services may not include: (i) bookkeeping or other services related to the accounting records or financial statements of the Fund; (ii) financial information systems design and implementation; (iii) appraisal or valuation services, fairness opinions or contribution-in-kind reports; (iv) actuarial services; (v) internal audit outsourcing services; (vi) management functions or human resources; (vii) broker or dealer, investment adviser or investment banking services; (viii) legal services and expert services unrelated to the audit; and (ix) any other service the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board determines, by regulation, is impermissible.

Pre-approval by the Committee of any permissible non-audit services is not required so long as: (i) the aggregate amount of all such permissible non-audit services provided to the Fund, the Adviser and any service providers controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Adviser that provide ongoing services to the Fund (“Covered Service Providers”) constitutes not more than 5% of the total amount of revenues paid to the independent auditors during the fiscal year in which the permissible non-audit services are provided to (a) the Fund, (b) the Adviser and (c) any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Adviser that provides ongoing services to the Fund during the fiscal year in which the services are provided that would have to be approved by the Committee; (ii) the permissible non-audit services were not recognized by the Fund at the time of the engagement to be non-audit services; and (iii) such services are promptly brought to the attention of the Committee and approved by the Committee (or its delegate(s)) prior to the completion of the audit.

(2) For the Western Asset Funds, Inc., the percentage of fees that were approved by the audit committee, with respect to: Audit-Related Fees were 100% and 100% for December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2011; Tax Fees were 100% and 100% for December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2011; and Other Fees were 100% and 100% for December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2011.

(f) N/A

(g) Non-audit fees billed by the Auditor for services rendered to Western Asset Funds, Inc., LMPFA and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with LMPFA that provides ongoing services to Western Asset Funds, Inc. during the reporting period were $0 in December 31, 2011.

(h) Yes. Western Asset Funds, Inc.’s Audit Committee has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to Service Affiliates, which were not pre-approved (not requiring pre-approval), is compatible with maintaining the Accountant’s independence. All services provided by the Auditor to the Western Asset Funds, Inc. or to Service Affiliates, which were required to be pre-approved, were pre-approved as required.

 

ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.

 

  a) The independent board members are acting as the registrant’s audit committee as specified in Section 3(a)(58)(B) of the Exchange Act. The Audit Committee consists of the following Board members:

Ronald J. Arnault

Anita L. DeFrantz

Avedick B. Poladian

William E.B. Siart

Jaynie Miller Studenmund

b) Not applicable.


ITEM 6. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.

Included herein under Item 1.

 

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

Not applicable.

 

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

Not applicable.

 

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

Not applicable.

 

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

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 11. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

 

  (a) The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a- 3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of the disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

  (b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are likely to materially affect the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 12. EXHIBITS.

(a) (1) Code of Ethics attached hereto.

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:   February 23, 2012

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:   February 23, 2012
By:  

/S/    RICHARD F. SENNETT        

  (Richard F. Sennett)
  Principal Financial Officer
  Western Asset Funds, Inc.
Date:   February 23, 2012