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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number 811-02351

Western Asset Income Fund

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

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

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Robert I. Frenkel, Esq.

Legg Mason & Co., LLC

100 First Stamford Place

Stamford, CT 06902

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 1-888-777-0102

Date of fiscal year end: December 31

Date of reporting period: March 31, 2014

 

 

 


 

ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.


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FORM N-Q

MARCH 31, 2014


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Schedule of investments (unaudited)    March 31, 2014

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT
     VALUE  
CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES - 92.0%           
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 9.5%           

Automobiles - 0.8%

          

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, Senior Notes

     7.000     4/15/15       $ 610,000       $ 648,906   

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, Senior Notes

     8.125     1/15/20         410,000         517,008   
          

 

 

 

Total Automobiles

             1,165,914   
          

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.7%

          

Hilton Worldwide Finance LLC/Hilton Worldwide Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     5.625     10/15/21         100,000         104,500 (a) 

Paris Las Vegas Holding LLC/Harrah’s Las Vegas LLC/Flamingo Las Vegas Holding LLC, Senior Secured Notes

     8.000     10/1/20         500,000         526,250 (a) 

Wynn Macau Ltd., Senior Notes

     5.250     10/15/21         290,000         295,075 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

             925,825   
          

 

 

 

Household Durables - 0.6%

          

Toll Brothers Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     4.000     12/31/18         690,000         707,250   

Toll Brothers Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     6.750     11/1/19         90,000         102,150   
          

 

 

 

Total Household Durables

             809,400   
          

 

 

 

Internet & Catalog Retail - 0.3%

          

QVC Inc., Senior Secured Notes

     5.125     7/2/22         400,000         414,961   

QVC Inc., Senior Secured Notes

     4.375     3/15/23         30,000         29,564   
          

 

 

 

Total Internet & Catalog Retail

             444,525   
          

 

 

 

Media - 6.1%

          

21st Century Fox America Inc., Senior Notes

     6.550     3/15/33         545,000         652,450   

21st Century Fox America Inc., Senior Notes

     7.750     12/1/45         130,000         180,251   

Comcast Corp., Bonds

     6.400     5/15/38         950,000         1,167,903   

Comcast Corp., Notes

     6.450     3/15/37         220,000         270,646   

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

     6.950     8/15/37         160,000         207,834   

DISH DBS Corp., Senior Notes

     5.875     7/15/22         500,000         533,750   

TCI Communications Inc., Senior Debentures

     8.750     8/1/15         160,000         177,263   

Time Warner Cable Inc., Senior Notes

     8.750     2/14/19         690,000         872,866   

Time Warner Entertainment Co., LP, Senior Notes

     8.375     7/15/33         410,000         565,015   

Time Warner Inc., Senior Debentures

     7.700     5/1/32         595,000         797,923   

Time Warner Inc., Senior Notes

     4.900     6/15/42         150,000         150,537   

UBM PLC, Notes

     5.750     11/3/20         570,000         610,803 (a) 

Virgin Media Finance PLC, Senior Notes

     6.375     4/15/23         1,000,000         1,060,000 (a) 

WPP Finance 2010, Senior Notes

     4.750     11/21/21         840,000         902,525   

WPP Finance 2010, Senior Notes

     5.625     11/15/43         150,000         158,021   

WPP Finance UK, Senior Notes

     8.000     9/15/14         180,000         185,879   
          

 

 

 

Total Media

             8,493,666   
          

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 0.3%

          

Macy’s Retail Holdings Inc., Notes

     5.750     7/15/14         400,000         405,667   
          

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 0.7%

          

American Greetings Corp., Senior Notes

     7.375     12/1/21         160,000         168,000   

Gap Inc., Senior Notes

     5.950     4/12/21         730,000         821,922   
          

 

 

 

Total Specialty Retail

             989,922   
          

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

             13,234,919   
          

 

 

 
CONSUMER STAPLES - 3.9%           

Beverages - 1.1%

          

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

     5.375     1/15/20         260,000         298,476   

Constellation Brands Inc., Senior Notes

     4.250     5/1/23         80,000         78,200   

Pernod-Ricard SA, Senior Bonds

     5.750     4/7/21         350,000         397,318 (a) 

Pernod-Ricard SA, Senior Notes

     5.500     1/15/42         670,000         728,885 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Total Beverages

             1,502,879   
          

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2014

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT
     VALUE  

Food Products - 0.3%

          

Kraft Foods Group Inc., Senior Notes

     5.000     6/4/42       $ 200,000       $ 209,431   

Mondelez International Inc., Senior Notes

     4.000     2/1/24         250,000         253,686   
          

 

 

 

Total Food Products

             463,117   
          

 

 

 

Tobacco - 2.5%

          

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

     9.950     11/10/38         680,000         1,091,047   

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

     10.200     2/6/39         230,000         377,437   

Lorillard Tobacco Co., Senior Notes

     8.125     6/23/19         330,000         407,897   

Lorillard Tobacco Co., Senior Notes

     8.125     5/1/40         270,000         347,023   

Lorillard Tobacco Co., Senior Notes

     7.000     8/4/41         320,000         367,162   

Philip Morris International Inc., Senior Notes

     4.500     3/20/42         260,000         254,484   

Reynolds American Inc., Senior Notes

     4.750     11/1/42         720,000         673,448   
          

 

 

 

Total Tobacco

             3,518,498   
          

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES

             5,484,494   
          

 

 

 
ENERGY - 15.2%           

Energy Equipment & Services - 0.5%

          

Baker Hughes Inc., Senior Notes

     7.500     11/15/18         370,000         454,685   

Cameron International Corp., Senior Notes

     4.000     12/15/23         250,000         250,693   

Rowan Cos., Inc., Senior Notes

     5.850     1/15/44         80,000         81,278   
          

 

 

 

Total Energy Equipment & Services

             786,656   
          

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 14.7%

          

Anadarko Finance Co., Senior Notes

     7.500     5/1/31         465,000         592,066   

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

     6.900     9/15/18         100,000         119,718   

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

     6.000     1/15/37         190,000         224,418   

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

     5.100     9/1/40         80,000         84,733   

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

     5.250     2/1/42         90,000         97,106   

ConocoPhillips, Notes

     6.500     2/1/39         810,000         1,064,424   

ConocoPhillips, Senior Notes

     6.000     1/15/20         310,000         366,945   

Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes

     5.600     7/15/41         310,000         343,335   

Devon Financing Corp. LLC, Debentures

     7.875     9/30/31         380,000         516,917   

El Paso Corp., Medium-Term Notes

     7.800     8/1/31         2,000,000         2,126,442   

Enbridge Energy Partners LP, Senior Notes

     9.875     3/1/19         120,000         157,205   

Energy Transfer Equity LP, Senior Notes

     7.500     10/15/20         250,000         285,938   

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes

     6.125     10/15/39         320,000         373,330   

EOG Resources Inc., Senior Notes

     5.875     9/15/17         540,000         614,471   

Hess Corp., Notes

     7.875     10/1/29         1,180,000         1,549,736   

Hess Corp., Senior Bonds

     6.000     1/15/40         300,000         339,115   

Kerr-McGee Corp., Notes

     6.950     7/1/24         1,080,000         1,309,597   

LUKOIL International Finance BV, Bonds

     6.356     6/7/17         310,000         333,250 (a) 

LUKOIL International Finance BV, Senior Notes

     4.563     4/24/23         200,000         183,000 (a) 

MEG Energy Corp., Senior Notes

     6.375     1/30/23         600,000         621,000 (a) 

Murray Energy Corp., Senior Secured Notes

     8.625     6/15/21         350,000         368,375 (a) 

Noble Energy Inc., Senior Notes

     6.000     3/1/41         390,000         445,682   

Noble Energy Inc., Senior Notes

     5.250     11/15/43         150,000         156,561   

Pemex Project Funding Master Trust, Senior Bonds

     6.625     6/15/35         2,635,000         2,924,850   

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

     3.250     3/17/17         500,000         501,552   

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

     4.875     3/17/20         140,000         140,308   

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

     7.250     3/17/44         280,000         287,427   

Petrobras International Finance Co., Global Notes

     5.875     3/1/18         879,000         937,712   

Petrobras International Finance Co., Senior Notes

     6.750     1/27/41         525,000         508,769   

Petroleos Mexicanos, Notes

     6.375     1/23/45         380,000         409,925 (a) 

Phillips 66, Senior Notes

     5.875     5/1/42         160,000         185,109   

Plains Exploration & Production Co., Senior Notes

     6.875     2/15/23         410,000         456,125   

Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes

     6.375     12/15/38         250,000         322,281   

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC, Senior Notes

     5.400     8/15/41         310,000         335,859   

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC, Senior Notes

     4.450     8/1/42         450,000         422,010   

Williams Cos. Inc., Debentures

     7.500     1/15/31         47,000         51,722   

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

     7.750     6/15/31         37,000         41,511   

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2014

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT
     VALUE  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - (continued)

          

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

     8.750     3/15/32       $ 610,000       $ 735,370   
          

 

 

 

Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

             20,533,894   
          

 

 

 

TOTAL ENERGY

             21,320,550   
          

 

 

 
FINANCIALS - 38.9%           

Banks - 18.2%

          

Bank of America Corp., Junior Subordinated Notes

     5.200     6/1/23         330,000         310,200 (b)(c) 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

     6.500     8/1/16         70,000         78,404   

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

     7.625     6/1/19         70,000         86,154   

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

     5.625     7/1/20         30,000         34,138   

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

     5.875     2/7/42         320,000         370,010   

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

     4.875     4/1/44         840,000         843,822   

Barclays Bank PLC, Subordinated Notes

     10.179     6/12/21         240,000         321,679 (a) 

BPCE SA, Subordinated Notes

     5.150     7/21/24         410,000         407,884 (a) 

CIT Group Inc., Secured Notes

     5.250     4/1/14         370,000         370,000 (a) 

CIT Group Inc., Senior Notes

     5.000     8/1/23         200,000         204,500   

Citigroup Inc., Junior Subordinated Notes

     5.950     1/30/23         200,000         195,500 (b)(c) 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

     6.375     8/12/14         315,000         321,614   

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

     5.500     10/15/14         120,000         123,162   

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

     6.010     1/15/15         142,000         148,004   

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

     8.500     5/22/19         1,280,000         1,630,822   

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

     8.125     7/15/39         450,000         650,838   

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

     5.875     1/30/42         240,000         275,477   

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

     5.500     9/13/25         750,000         798,899   

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

     6.125     8/25/36         550,000         601,713   

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

     6.675     9/13/43         370,000         433,270   

Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank BA, Junior Subordinated Notes

     11.000     6/30/19         708,000         939,870 (a)(b)(c) 

Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank BA, Senior Notes

     5.250     5/24/41         570,000         615,371   

Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank BA, Subordinated Notes

     5.750     12/1/43         450,000         491,075   

Credit Agricole SA, Subordinated Notes

     8.375     10/13/19         560,000         635,600 (a)(b)(c) 

HSBC Finance Capital Trust IX, Junior Subordinated Notes

     5.911     11/30/35         1,350,000         1,402,312 (b) 

HSBC Holdings PLC, Subordinated Notes

     5.250     3/14/44         410,000         414,574   

ING Bank NV, Subordinated Notes

     5.800     9/25/23         600,000         639,868 (a) 

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Senior Notes

     3.625     8/12/15         1,240,000         1,272,228 (a) 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Junior Subordinated Bonds

     5.150     5/1/23         410,000         384,375 (b)(c) 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Junior Subordinated Bonds

     6.000     8/1/23         260,000         256,100 (b)(c) 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Junior Subordinated Bonds

     6.125     4/30/24         290,000         287,825 (b)(c) 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Subordinated Notes

     6.125     6/27/17         720,000         816,175   

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Subordinated Notes

     5.625     8/16/43         440,000         473,112   

M&T Bank Corp., Junior Subordinated Bonds

     6.875     5/15/16         880,000         860,200 (c) 

Mizuho Financial Group Cayman Ltd., Subordinated Notes

     5.790     4/15/14         550,000         550,982 (a) 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Junior Subordinated Bonds

     7.648     9/30/31         1,360,000         1,462,000 (b)(c) 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Subordinated Notes

     5.000     10/1/14         580,000         587,962   

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Subordinated Notes

     5.050     1/8/15         170,000         173,965   

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Subordinated Notes

     6.125     12/15/22         310,000         324,656   

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Subordinated Notes

     6.100     6/10/23         1,010,000         1,048,399   

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Subordinated Notes

     6.000     12/19/23         350,000         358,384   

Royal Bank of Scotland NV, Subordinated Notes

     7.750     5/15/23         480,000         537,766   

Santander UK PLC, Subordinated Notes

     5.000     11/7/23         200,000         205,759 (a) 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2014

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT
     VALUE  

Banks - (continued)

          

Standard Chartered PLC, Subordinated Notes

     5.200     1/26/24       $ 260,000       $ 266,931 (a) 

Standard Chartered PLC, Subordinated Notes

     5.700     3/26/44         410,000         406,146 (a) 

Wachovia Capital Trust III, Junior Subordinated Bonds

     5.570     5/16/14         1,190,000         1,143,888 (b)(c) 

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

     5.375     11/2/43         430,000         452,958   

Wells Fargo Capital X, Capital Securities

     5.950     12/15/36         130,000         130,000   
          

 

 

 

Total Banks

             25,344,571   
          

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 6.8%

          

Deutsche Bank AG, Subordinated Notes

     4.296     5/24/28         500,000         471,123 (b) 

Goldman Sachs Capital I, Capital Securities

     6.345     2/15/34         685,000         709,240   

Goldman Sachs Capital II, Junior Subordinated Bonds

     4.000     5/16/14         880,000         677,600 (b)(c) 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

     6.000     5/1/14         40,000         40,176   

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

     5.375     3/15/20         270,000         301,249   

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

     5.250     7/27/21         510,000         564,565   

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

     6.250     2/1/41         570,000         676,844   

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Subordinated Notes

     6.750     10/1/37         640,000         733,132   

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Senior Notes

     6.400     8/28/17         300,000         344,393   

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Subordinated Notes

     5.700     5/2/17         1,000,000         1,112,245   

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Subordinated Notes

     6.110     1/29/37         320,000         357,880   

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Subordinated Notes

     7.750     5/14/38         900,000         1,186,760   

Morgan Stanley, Medium-Term Notes

     6.625     4/1/18         100,000         116,576   

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes

     6.000     5/13/14         860,000         865,303   

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes

     5.500     7/24/20         100,000         112,848   

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes

     6.375     7/24/42         90,000         109,788   

Morgan Stanley, Subordinated Notes

     5.000     11/24/25         230,000         236,652   

State Street Corp., Junior Subordinated Notes

     4.956     3/15/18         480,000         522,911   

UBS AG Stamford CT, Subordinated Notes

     7.625     8/17/22         340,000         398,781   
          

 

 

 

Total Capital Markets

             9,538,066   
          

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 2.6%

          

Ally Financial Inc., Subordinated Notes

     8.000     12/31/18         201,000         239,693   

American Express Co., Subordinated Debentures

     6.800     9/1/66         370,000         405,409 (b) 

Capital One Financial Corp., Senior Notes

     6.750     9/15/17         230,000         268,093   

HSBC Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     6.676     1/15/21         1,300,000         1,517,023   

SLM Corp., Senior Notes

     7.250     1/25/22         830,000         915,075   

SLM Corp., Senior Notes

     6.125     3/25/24         290,000         289,637   
          

 

 

 

Total Consumer Finance

             3,634,930   
          

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 6.9%

          

Beaver Valley Funding Corp., Senior Secured Bonds

     9.000     6/1/17         41,000         43,397   

Carlyle Holdings II Finance LLC, Senior Secured Notes

     5.625     3/30/43         220,000         234,744 (a) 

CME Group Inc., Senior Notes

     5.300     9/15/43         440,000         492,336   

General Electric Capital Corp., Junior Subordinated Bonds

     6.250     12/15/22         600,000         642,000 (b)(c) 

General Electric Capital Corp., Notes

     5.300     2/11/21         480,000         539,879   

General Electric Capital Corp., Senior Notes

     5.900     5/13/14         600,000         603,749   

General Electric Capital Corp., Senior Notes

     6.875     1/10/39         440,000         579,454   

General Electric Capital Corp., Subordinated Debentures

     6.375     11/15/67         750,000         825,000 (b) 

ILFC E-Capital Trust I, Junior Subordinated Notes

     1.784     12/21/65         470,000         444,150 (a)(b) 

ILFC E-Capital Trust II, Bonds

     6.250     12/21/65         790,000         766,300 (a)(b) 

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     8.750     3/15/17         190,000         223,013   

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     8.875     9/1/17         470,000         559,300   

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     6.250     5/15/19         130,000         143,325   

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     8.250     12/15/20         190,000         229,803   

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Secured Notes

     7.125     9/1/18         700,000         813,750 (a) 

Voya Financial Inc., Junior Subordinated Notes

     5.650     5/15/53         130,000         129,220 (b) 

Voya Financial Inc., Senior Notes

     5.500     7/15/22         760,000         852,501   

ZFS Finance USA Trust II, Bonds

     6.450     12/15/65         1,440,000         1,551,600 (a)(b) 
          

 

 

 

Total Diversified Financial Services

             9,673,521   
          

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2014

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT
     VALUE  

Insurance - 3.9%

          

AIA Group Ltd., Senior Notes

     4.875     3/11/44       $ 400,000       $ 405,618 (a) 

Allstate Corp., Junior Subordinated Debentures

     6.500     5/15/57         480,000         509,328 (b) 

American Equity Investment Life Holding Co., Senior Notes

     6.625     7/15/21         60,000         63,975   

American International Group Inc., Junior Subordinated Debentures

     6.250     3/15/37         80,000         84,000   

American International Group Inc., Senior Notes

     6.400     12/15/20         90,000         107,230   

AXA SA, Subordinated Bonds

     8.600     12/15/30         200,000         258,000   

Delphi Financial Group Inc., Senior Notes

     7.875     1/31/20         170,000         200,226   

Fidelity & Guaranty Life Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

     6.375     4/1/21         190,000         202,350 (a) 

Five Corners Funding Trust, Bonds

     4.419     11/15/23         370,000         377,764 (a) 

Liberty Mutual Group Inc., Junior Subordinated Bonds

     7.800     3/15/37         190,000         210,900 (a) 

Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., Subordinated Notes

     7.875     10/15/26         490,000         596,662 (a) 

MetLife Inc., Junior Subordinated Debentures

     6.400     12/15/36         1,150,000         1,213,250   

Prudential Financial Inc., Junior Subordinated Debentures

     8.875     6/15/38         340,000         416,500 (b) 

Prudential Holdings LLC, Bonds, AGM-Insured

     7.245     12/18/23         260,000         318,759 (a) 

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

     6.850     12/16/39         400,000         524,893 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Total Insurance

             5,489,455   
          

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 0.1%

          

Health Care REIT Inc., Senior Notes

     5.875     5/15/15         130,000         137,288   
          

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development - 0.3%

          

Security Capital Group Inc., Senior Notes

     7.700     6/15/28         280,000         365,454   
          

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.1%

          

Santander Holdings USA Inc., Senior Notes

     4.625     4/19/16         160,000         170,680   
          

 

 

 

TOTAL FINANCIALS

             54,353,965   
          

 

 

 
HEALTH CARE - 1.3%           

Biotechnology - 0.4%

          

Amgen Inc., Senior Notes

     5.150     11/15/41         420,000         432,691   

Gilead Sciences Inc., Senior Notes

     5.650     12/1/41         60,000         68,730   
          

 

 

 

Total Biotechnology

             501,421   
          

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 0.8%

          

Aetna Inc., Senior Notes

     6.500     9/15/18         240,000         283,053   

Catholic Health Initiatives, Secured Bonds

     4.350     11/1/42         30,000         27,450   

Humana Inc., Senior Notes

     6.450     6/1/16         220,000         244,362   

Humana Inc., Senior Notes

     8.150     6/15/38         190,000         267,111   

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

     6.000     11/15/17         31,000         35,213   

WellPoint Inc., Notes

     5.875     6/15/17         290,000         326,976   
          

 

 

 

Total Health Care Providers & Services

             1,184,165   
          

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 0.1%

          

Zoetis Inc., Senior Notes

     4.700     2/1/43         160,000         158,343   
          

 

 

 

TOTAL HEALTH CARE

             1,843,929   
          

 

 

 
INDUSTRIALS - 5.4%           

Aerospace & Defense - 1.1%

          

Esterline Technologies Corp., Senior Notes

     7.000     8/1/20         750,000         811,875   

Exelis Inc., Senior Notes

     5.550     10/1/21         520,000         536,238   

Textron Inc., Senior Notes

     4.300     3/1/24         250,000         254,654   
          

 

 

 

Total Aerospace & Defense

             1,602,767   
          

 

 

 

Airlines - 1.7%

          

Air Canada, Pass-Through Trust, Secured Notes

     6.625     5/15/18         280,000         286,994 (a) 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2014

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT
     VALUE  

Airlines - (continued)

          

American Airlines, Pass-Through Trust, Senior Secured Notes

     5.600     7/15/20       $ 311,822       $ 325,074 (a) 

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

     8.021     8/10/22         89,498         103,147   

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

     7.750     12/17/19         205,565         240,511   

United Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates

     6.545     2/2/19         106,314         118,009   

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

     9.750     1/15/17         84,137         96,757   

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

     9.250     5/10/17         152,405         170,694   

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

     6.250     4/11/20         161,385         172,279   

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

     6.125     4/29/18         140,000         147,525   

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

     7.250     11/10/19         181,737         212,632   

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

     7.256     3/15/20         138,242         153,794   

US Airways, Pass-Through Trust, Senior Secured Bonds

     5.900     10/1/24         345,767         386,395   
          

 

 

 

Total Airlines

             2,413,811   
          

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies - 1.1%

          

Republic Services Inc., Senior Notes

     5.500     9/15/19         130,000         147,404   

Republic Services Inc., Senior Notes

     5.250     11/15/21         330,000         368,905   

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

     5.250     4/15/21         600,000         606,000 (a) 

Waste Management Inc., Senior Notes

     7.750     5/15/32         250,000         345,841   
          

 

 

 

Total Commercial Services & Supplies

             1,468,150   
          

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering - 0.1%

          

Ausdrill Finance Pty Ltd., Senior Notes

     6.875     11/1/19         200,000         182,000 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 0.2%

          

United Technologies Corp., Senior Notes

     6.125     2/1/19         200,000         235,646   
          

 

 

 

Machinery - 0.7%

          

Valmont Industries Inc., Senior Notes

     6.625     4/20/20         790,000         917,343   
          

 

 

 

Marine - 0.2%

          

Horizon Lines LLC, Senior Secured Notes

     11.000     10/15/16         287,000         287,000   
          

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 0.3%

          

Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC, Senior Notes

     4.900     4/1/44         460,000         474,138   
          

 

 

 

TOTAL INDUSTRIALS

             7,580,855   
          

 

 

 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 0.9%           

Internet Software & Services - 0.1%

          

VeriSign Inc., Senior Notes

     4.625     5/1/23         150,000         144,000   
          

 

 

 

IT Services - 0.4%

          

Electronic Data Systems Corp., Notes

     7.450     10/15/29         420,000         501,146   
          

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 0.1%

          

National Semiconductor Corp., Senior Notes

     6.600     6/15/17         110,000         127,803   
          

 

 

 

Software - 0.1%

          

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

     9.250     1/15/18         210,000         210,000 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 0.2%

          

Hewlett-Packard Co., Senior Notes

     4.650     12/9/21         310,000         327,942   
          

 

 

 

TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

             1,310,891   
          

 

 

 
MATERIALS - 5.5%           

Chemicals - 1.0%

          

Dow Chemical Co., Debentures

     7.375     11/1/29         800,000         1,035,045   

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2014

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT
     VALUE  

Chemicals - (continued)

          

Ecolab Inc., Senior Notes

     5.500     12/8/41       $ 140,000       $ 159,458   

LYB International Finance BV, Senior Bonds

     4.875     3/15/44         100,000         99,819   
          

 

 

 

Total Chemicals

             1,294,322   
          

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging - 0.7%

          

Rock-Tenn Co., Senior Notes

     4.450     3/1/19         470,000         503,524   

Rock-Tenn Co., Senior Notes

     4.900     3/1/22         460,000         491,867   
          

 

 

 

Total Containers & Packaging

             995,391   
          

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 3.6%

          

Barrick Gold Corp., Senior Notes

     4.100     5/1/23         690,000         654,558   

BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd., Senior Notes

     5.000     9/30/43         100,000         105,818   

Cliffs Natural Resources Inc., Senior Notes

     5.900     3/15/20         140,000         146,035   

Cliffs Natural Resources Inc., Senior Notes

     4.800     10/1/20         20,000         19,638   

Cliffs Natural Resources Inc., Senior Notes

     4.875     4/1/21         370,000         360,394   

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., Senior Notes

     5.450     3/15/43         120,000         118,004   

Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd., Senior Notes

     9.000     5/1/19         660,000         858,540   

Southern Copper Corp., Senior Notes

     5.375     4/16/20         150,000         161,699   

Southern Copper Corp., Senior Notes

     5.250     11/8/42         470,000         402,393   

Steel Dynamics Inc., Senior Notes

     6.125     8/15/19         140,000         152,250   

Vale Overseas Ltd., Notes

     6.875     11/21/36         1,148,000         1,223,168   

Vedanta Resources PLC, Senior Notes

     6.000     1/31/19         350,000         350,000 (a) 

Xstrata Finance Canada Ltd., Senior Notes

     6.900     11/15/37         430,000         476,397 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Total Metals & Mining

             5,028,894   
          

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products - 0.2%

          

Georgia-Pacific Corp., Senior Bonds

     7.375     12/1/25         250,000         314,787   
          

 

 

 

TOTAL MATERIALS

             7,633,394   
          

 

 

 
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - 7.7%           

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 6.3%

          

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

     5.550     8/15/41         300,000         314,943   

British Telecommunications PLC, Bonds

     9.625     12/15/30         330,000         510,121   

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV, Senior Notes

     5.750     3/23/16         160,000         174,805   

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA, Senior Notes

     5.500     8/1/23         750,000         735,000 (a) 

Koninklijke KPN NV, Senior Notes

     8.375     10/1/30         200,000         269,587   

Qwest Corp., Debentures

     6.875     9/15/33         1,000,000         986,143   

Telecom Italia Capital SA, Senior Notes

     7.175     6/18/19         360,000         412,650   

Telefonica Emisiones SAU, Senior Notes

     3.729     4/27/15         230,000         236,719   

Telefonica Emisiones SAU, Senior Notes

     7.045     6/20/36         60,000         72,622   

TW Telecom Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

     5.375     10/1/22         750,000         765,000   

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

     5.150     9/15/23         1,790,000         1,958,831   

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

     6.550     9/15/43         1,920,000         2,336,515   
          

 

 

 

Total Diversified Telecommunication Services

             8,772,936   
          

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 1.4%

          

America Movil SAB de CV, Senior Notes

     6.125     3/30/40         850,000         959,267   

Sprint Capital Corp., Global Notes

     6.900     5/1/19         330,000         362,175   

Sprint Corp., Senior Notes

     7.875     9/15/23         300,000         330,000 (a) 

Telefonica Europe BV, Senior Notes

     8.250     9/15/30         230,000         297,999   
          

 

 

 

Total Wireless Telecommunication Services

             1,949,441   
          

 

 

 

TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES

             10,722,377   
          

 

 

 
UTILITIES - 3.7%           

Electric Utilities - 2.3%

          

CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric LLC, Senior Secured Bonds

     4.500     4/1/44         210,000         215,382   

Enersis SA, Notes

     7.400     12/1/16         452,000         510,402   

FirstEnergy Corp., Notes

     7.375     11/15/31         830,000         953,384   

Pacific Gas & Electric Co., First Mortgage Bonds

     6.050     3/1/34         140,000         165,346   

PNPP II Funding Corp., Senior Bonds

     9.120     5/30/16         647,000         671,818   

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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WESTERN ASSET INCOME FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2014

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT
     VALUE  

Electric Utilities - (continued)

          

Virginia Electric and Power Co., Senior Notes

     8.875     11/15/38       $ 390,000       $ 631,974   
          

 

 

 

Total Electric Utilities

             3,148,306   
          

 

 

 

Gas Utilities - 0.1%

          

Southern Natural Gas Co., Senior Notes

     5.900     4/1/17         170,000         190,818 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities - 1.3%

          

CenterPoint Energy Inc., Senior Notes

     6.850     6/1/15         1,150,000         1,231,489   

Dominion Resources Inc., Senior Notes

     8.875     1/15/19         250,000         316,487   

DTE Energy Co., Senior Notes

     6.350     6/1/16         260,000         288,949   
          

 

 

 

Total Multi-Utilities

             1,836,925   
          

 

 

 

TOTAL UTILITIES

             5,176,049   
          

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES

(Cost - $116,815,236)

             128,661,423   
          

 

 

 
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES - 1.3%           

Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates, 2004-6 1A1

     0.424     12/25/34         514,490         476,966 (b) 

Dryden Senior Loan Fund, 2014-31A C

     3.120     4/18/26         250,000         247,390 (a)(b) 

Madison Park Funding Ltd., 2013-11A C

     3.050     10/23/25         250,000         245,996 (a)(b) 

Morgan Stanley Capital Inc., 2005-WMC2 M2

     0.799     2/25/35         324,843         319,483 (b) 

SLM Student Loan Trust, 2011-A A3

     2.655     1/15/43         330,000         350,194 (a)(b) 

Whitehorse Ltd., 2013-1A A3L

     3.236     11/24/25         200,000         198,749 (a)(b) 
          

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES

(Cost - $1,800,286)

             1,838,778   
          

 

 

 
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS - 0.1%           

Thornburg Mortgage Securities Trust, 2007-4 3A1

(Cost - $126,790)

     6.095     9/25/37         128,421         134,379 (b) 
          

 

 

 
MUNICIPAL BONDS - 0.7%           

Alabama - 0.4%

          

Jefferson County, AL, Sewer Revenue

     6.000     10/1/42         500,000         504,825   
          

 

 

 

California - 0.1%

          

University of California Revenue

     4.062     5/15/33         150,000         143,805   
          

 

 

 

Illinois - 0.2%

          

Chicago, IL, GO, Taxable Project

     7.781     1/1/35         10,000         11,748   

Illinois State, GO, Build America Bonds-Taxable

     6.725     4/1/35         310,000         345,009   
          

 

 

 

Total Illinois

             356,757   
          

 

 

 

TOTAL MUNICIPAL BONDS

(Cost - $989,411)

             1,005,387   
          

 

 

 
SOVEREIGN BONDS - 1.7%           

Canada - 0.7%

          

Quebec Province

     7.970     7/22/36         650,000         958,655   
          

 

 

 

Colombia - 0.4%

          

Republic of Colombia, Senior Bonds

     5.625     2/26/44         490,000         511,560   
          

 

 

 

Mexico - 0.0%

          

United Mexican States, Senior Notes

     4.750     3/8/44         30,000         28,500   
          

 

 

 

Russia - 0.0%

          

Russian Foreign Bond - Eurobond, Senior Bonds

     7.500     3/31/30         38,610         43,919 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Turkey - 0.4%

          

Republic of Turkey, Notes

     4.875     4/16/43         620,000         527,000   
          

 

 

 

Venezuela - 0.2%

          

Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Senior Bonds

     5.750     2/26/16         420,000         364,875 (a) 
          

 

 

 

TOTAL SOVEREIGN BONDS

(Cost - $2,245,758)

             2,434,509   
          

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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WESTERN ASSET INCOME FUND

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    March 31, 2014

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT
     VALUE  
U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS - 0.5%           

U.S. Government Obligations - 0.5%

          

U.S. Treasury Notes

     2.000     2/28/21       $ 500,000       $ 490,508   

U.S. Treasury Notes

     2.750     2/15/24         180,000         180,394   
          

 

 

 

TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS

(Cost - $671,981)

             670,902   
          

 

 

 
                  SHARES         
PREFERRED STOCKS - 2.0%           
FINANCIALS - 2.0%           

Banks - 0.1%

          

U.S. Bancorp

     5.150        4,292         93,351   
          

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 0.3%

          

State Street Corp.

     5.900        14,282         369,761 (b) 
          

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 1.3%

          

GMAC Capital Trust I

     8.125        67,500         1,842,750 (b) 
          

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 0.3%

          

Citigroup Capital XIII

     7.875        15,253         423,118 (b) 
          

 

 

 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS

(Cost - $2,475,939)

             2,728,980   
          

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 98.3%

(Cost - $125,125,401#)

             137,474,358   

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 1.7%

             2,321,996   
          

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

           $ 139,796,354   
          

 

 

 

 

(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.

 

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

Abbreviations used in this schedule:

AGM   

— Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.

GO   

— General Obligation

REIT   

— Real Estate Investment Trust

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

9


Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

 

1. Organization and significant accounting policies

Western Asset Income Fund (the “Fund”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), as a closed-end diversified investment company.

The Fund seeks high level of current income, consistent with prudent investment risk. Capital appreciation is a secondary investment objective.

The following are significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund and are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”).

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

The Board of Directors is responsible for the valuation process and has delegated the supervision of the daily valuation process to the Legg Mason North American Fund Valuation Committee (the “Valuation Committee”). The Valuation Committee, pursuant to the policies adopted by the Board of Directors, is responsible for making fair value determinations, evaluating the effectiveness of the Fund’s pricing policies, and reporting to the Board of Directors. When determining the reliability of third party pricing information for investments owned by the Fund, the Valuation Committee, among other things, conducts due diligence reviews of pricing vendors, monitors the daily change in prices and reviews transactions among market participants.

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

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

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

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

 

   

Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

 

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

 

   

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

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

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

     —         $ 128,661,423         —         $ 128,661,423   

Asset-backed securities

     —           1,838,778         —           1,838,778   

Collateralized mortgage obligations

     —           134,379         —           134,379   

Municipal bonds

     —           1,005,387         —           1,005,387   

Sovereign bonds

     —           2,434,509         —           2,434,509   

U.S. government & agency obligations

     —           670,902         —           670,902   

Preferred stocks

   $ 2,728,980         —           —           2,728,980   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investments

   $ 2,728,980       $ 134,745,378         —         $ 137,474,358   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other financial instruments:

           

Futures contracts

   $ 23,227         —           —         $ 23,227   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 2,752,207       $ 134,745,378         —         $ 137,497,585   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

DESCRIPTION

   QUOTED PRICES
(LEVEL 1)
     OTHER SIGNIFICANT
OBSERVABLE INPUTS
(LEVEL 2)
     SIGNIFICANT
UNOBSERVABLE
INPUTS
(LEVEL 3)
     TOTAL  

Other financial instruments:

           

Futures contracts

   $ 276,540         —           —         $ 276,540   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

(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) 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 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.

 

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

(d) Credit and market risk. The Fund invests in high-yield instruments that are subject to certain credit and market risks. The yields of high-yield obligations reflect, among other things, perceived credit and market risks. The Fund’s investments in securities rated below investment grade typically involves risks not associated with higher rated securities including, among others, greater risk related to timely and ultimate payment of interest and principal, greater market price volatility and less liquid secondary market trading.

(e) 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.

Collateral requirements differ by type of derivative. Collateral or margin requirements are set by the broker or exchange clearing house for exchange traded derivatives while collateral terms are contract specific for over-the-counter traded derivatives. Securities pledged as collateral, if any, to cover the obligations of the Fund under derivative contracts, are noted in the Schedule of Investments.

At March 31, 2014, the Fund did not have any open derivative transactions with credit related contingent features in a net liability position.

(f) Security transactions. Security transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis.

2. Investments

At March 31, 2014, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were substantially as follows:

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 12,901,342   

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (552,385
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 12,348,957   
  

 

 

 

At March 31, 2014, the Fund had the following open futures contracts:

 

     Number of
Contracts
     Expiration
Date
     Basis
Value
     Market
Value
     Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
 
Contracts to Buy:               

U.S. Treasury 2-Year Notes

     17         6/14       $ 3,737,383       $ 3,732,563       $ (4,820

U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes

     138         6/14         16,512,027         16,415,531         (96,496
              

 

 

 
                 (101,316
              

 

 

 
Contracts to Sell:               

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes

     48         6/14         5,951,227         5,928,000         23,227   

U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds

     97         6/14         12,751,817         12,922,219         (170,402

U.S. Treasury Ultra Long-Term Bonds

     3         6/14         428,584         433,406         (4,822
              

 

 

 
                 (151,997
              

 

 

 
Net unrealized loss on open futures contracts                $ (253,313
              

 

 

 

 

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3. Derivative instruments and hedging activities

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

The following is a summary of the Fund’s derivative instruments categorized by risk exposure at March 31, 2014.

 

     Futures Contracts  

Primary Underlying Risk

   Unrealized
Appreciation
     Unrealized
Depreciation
    Total  

Interest Rate Risk

   $ 23,227       $ (276,540   $ (253,313
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

During the period ended March 31, 2014, the volume of derivative activity for the Fund was as follows:

 

     Average market value  

Futures contracts (to buy)

   $ 21,037,922   

Futures contracts (to sell)

     21,834,762   

 

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ITEM 2. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

 

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

 

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

 

ITEM 3. EXHIBITS.

Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, are attached hereto.


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, thereunto duly authorized.

Western Asset Income Fund

 

By:   /s/    KENNETH D. FULLER        
  Kenneth D. Fuller
  Chief Executive Officer

Date:

 

May 23, 2014

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By:   /s/    KENNETH D. FULLER        
  Kenneth D. Fuller
  Chief Executive Officer

Date:

 

May 23, 2014

By:   /s/    RICHARD F. SENNETT        
  Richard F. Sennett
  Principal Financial Officer

Date:

 

May 23, 2014