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

811-21337

 

 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

55 Water Street, New York, NY

 

10041

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

Robert I. Frenkel, Esq.

Legg Mason & Co., LLC

300 First Stamford Place

Stamford, CT 06902

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:

1-800-451-2010

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

May 31

 

 

 

 

Date of reporting period:

August 31, 2008

 

 



 

ITEM 1.

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 



 

WESTERN ASSET

GLOBAL HIGH INCOME FUND INC.
 

FORM N-Q

AUGUST 31, 2008

 



 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited)

August 31, 2008

 

Face
Amount†

 

 

 

Security

 

Value

 

CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES — 45.9%

 

 

 

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — 8.2%

 

 

 

Auto Components — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

1,660,000

 

 

 

Allison Transmission Inc., Senior Notes, 11.250% due 11/1/15 (a)(b)

 

$

1,485,700

 

1,500,000

 

 

 

Keystone Automotive Operations Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.750% due 11/1/13

 

615,000

 

 

 

 

 

Visteon Corp., Senior Notes:

 

 

 

484,000

 

 

 

8.250% due 8/1/10

 

411,400

 

1,249,000

 

 

 

12.250% due 12/31/16 (a)

 

861,810

 

 

 

 

 

Total Auto Components

 

3,373,910

 

Automobiles — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ford Motor Co.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debentures:

 

 

 

545,000

 

 

 

8.875% due 1/15/22

 

280,675

 

275,000

 

 

 

8.900% due 1/15/32

 

147,125

 

7,205,000

 

 

 

Notes, 7.450% due 7/16/31

 

3,746,600

 

 

 

 

 

General Motors Corp.:

 

 

 

570,000

 

 

 

Notes, 7.200% due 1/15/11

 

367,650

 

 

 

 

 

Senior Debentures:

 

 

 

300,000

 

 

 

8.250% due 7/15/23

 

147,750

 

3,570,000

 

 

 

8.375% due 7/15/33

 

1,785,000

 

 

 

 

 

Total Automobiles

 

6,474,800

 

Diversified Consumer Services — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Education Management LLC/Education Management Finance Corp.:

 

 

 

430,000

 

 

 

Senior Notes, 8.750% due 6/1/14

 

393,987

 

595,000

 

 

 

Senior Subordinated Notes, 10.250% due 6/1/16

 

524,344

 

 

 

 

 

Service Corp. International, Senior Notes:

 

 

 

185,000

 

 

 

7.625% due 10/1/18

 

178,525

 

210,000

 

 

 

7.500% due 4/1/27

 

172,725

 

 

 

 

 

Total Diversified Consumer Services

 

1,269,581

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.8%

 

 

 

675,000

 

 

 

Boyd Gaming Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 6.750% due 4/15/14

 

524,812

 

675,000

 

 

 

Buffets Inc., Senior Notes, 12.500% due 11/1/14 (c)

 

10,125

 

539,000

 

 

 

Choctaw Resort Development Enterprise, Senior Notes, 7.250% due 11/15/19 (a)

 

429,853

 

875,000

 

 

 

Denny’s Holdings Inc., Senior Notes, 10.000% due 10/1/12

 

844,375

 

255,000

 

 

 

El Pollo Loco Inc., Senior Notes, 11.750% due 11/15/13

 

248,625

 

1,000,000

 

 

 

Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort & Casino, Senior Notes, 12.000% due 11/15/10

 

717,500

 

 

 

 

 

MGM MIRAGE Inc.:

 

 

 

560,000

 

 

 

Notes, 6.750% due 9/1/12

 

484,400

 

 

 

 

 

Senior Notes:

 

 

 

675,000

 

 

 

5.875% due 2/27/14

 

543,375

 

30,000

 

 

 

6.625% due 7/15/15

 

24,075

 

725,000

 

 

 

7.625% due 1/15/17

 

600,844

 

 

 

 

 

Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, Senior Subordinated Notes:

 

 

 

675,000

 

 

 

7.125% due 8/15/14

 

499,500

 

625,000

 

 

 

6.875% due 2/15/15

 

440,625

 

876,000

 

 

 

Pokagon Gaming Authority, Senior Notes, 10.375% due 6/15/14 (a)

 

917,610

 

95,000

 

 

 

River Rock Entertainment Authority, Senior Secured Notes, 9.750% due 11/1/11

 

88,825

 

830,000

 

 

 

Sbarro Inc., Senior Notes, 10.375% due 2/1/15

 

576,850

 

1,150,000

 

 

 

Seneca Gaming Corp., Senior Notes, 7.250% due 5/1/12

 

1,032,125

 

150,000

 

 

 

Snoqualmie Entertainment Authority, Senior Secured Notes, 6.875% due 2/1/14 (a)(d)

 

110,625

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

August 31, 2008

 

Face
Amount†

 

 

 

Security

 

Value

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.8% (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Station Casinos Inc., Senior Notes:

 

 

 

 

110,000

 

 

 

6.000% due 4/1/12

 

$

77,275

 

760,000

 

 

 

7.750% due 8/15/16

 

516,800

 

2,000,000

 

 

 

Turning Stone Casino Resort Enterprise, Senior Notes, 9.125% due 12/15/10 (a)

 

1,980,000

 

 

 

 

 

Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

 

10,668,219

 

Household Durables — 0.7%

 

 

 

80,000

 

 

 

American Greetings Corp., Senior Notes, 7.375% due 6/1/16

 

76,400

 

1,735,000

 

 

 

K Hovnanian Enterprises Inc., 11.500% due 5/1/13 (a)

 

1,780,544

 

2,180,000

 

 

 

Norcraft Cos. LP/Norcraft Finance Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.000% due 11/1/11

 

2,180,000

 

445,000

 

 

 

Norcraft Holdings LP/Norcraft Capital Corp., Senior Discount Notes, step bond to yield 9.838% due 9/1/12

 

398,275

 

 

 

 

 

Total Household Durables

 

4,435,219

 

Internet & Catalog Retail — 0.0%

 

 

 

90,000

 

 

 

Expedia Inc., Senior Notes, 8.500% due 7/1/16 (a)

 

87,975

 

Media — 2.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Affinion Group Inc.:

 

 

 

1,105,000

 

 

 

Senior Notes, 10.125% due 10/15/13

 

1,093,950

 

380,000

 

 

 

Senior Subordinated Notes, 11.500% due 10/15/15

 

372,400

 

3,257,000

 

 

 

CCH I LLC/CCH I Capital Corp., Senior Secured Notes, 11.000% due 10/1/15

 

2,516,032

 

849,000

 

 

 

CCH II LLC/CCH II Capital Corp., Senior Notes, 10.250% due 10/1/13

 

764,100

 

185,000

 

 

 

Charter Communications Holdings LLC, Senior Discount Notes, 12.125% due 1/15/12

 

123,025

 

285,000

 

 

 

Charter Communications Holdings LLC/Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corp., Senior Discount Notes, 11.750% due 5/15/11

 

189,525

 

1,150,000

 

 

 

Charter Communications Inc., Senior Secured Notes, 10.875% due 9/15/14 (a)

 

1,213,250

 

575,000

 

 

 

CMP Susquehanna Corp., 9.875% due 5/15/14

 

362,250

 

 

 

 

 

CSC Holdings Inc.:

 

 

 

425,000

 

 

 

Senior Debentures, 8.125% due 8/15/09

 

432,438

 

 

 

 

 

Senior Notes:

 

 

 

550,000

 

 

 

8.125% due 7/15/09

 

558,938

 

250,000

 

 

 

7.625% due 4/1/11

 

252,500

 

575,000

 

 

 

6.750% due 4/15/12

 

563,500

 

1,367,000

 

 

 

Dex Media West LLC/Dex Media Finance Co., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.875% due 8/15/13

 

1,056,007

 

3,060,000

 

 

 

EchoStar DBS Corp., Senior Notes, 7.750% due 5/31/15

 

2,937,600

 

3,715,000

 

 

 

Idearc Inc., Senior Notes, 8.000% due 11/15/16

 

1,699,612

 

 

 

 

 

R.H. Donnelley Corp.:

 

 

 

100,000

 

 

 

8.875% due 10/15/17

 

52,000

 

650,000

 

 

 

Senior Notes, 8.875% due 1/15/16

 

344,500

 

1,100,000

 

 

 

Rogers Cable Inc., Senior Secured Notes, 7.875% due 5/1/12

 

1,177,614

 

270,000

 

 

 

Sun Media Corp., 7.625% due 2/15/13

 

257,175

 

1,570,000

 

 

 

TL Acquisitions Inc., Senior Notes, 10.500% due 1/15/15 (a)

 

1,350,200

 

 

 

 

 

Total Media

 

17,316,616

 

Multiline Retail — 0.6%

 

 

 

1,620,000

 

 

 

Dollar General Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 11.875% due 7/15/17 (b)

 

1,539,000

 

 

 

 

 

Neiman Marcus Group Inc.:

 

 

 

1,400,000

 

 

 

7.125% due 6/1/28

 

1,183,000

 

1,090,000

 

 

 

Senior Subordinated Notes, 10.375% due 10/15/15

 

1,068,200

 

 

 

 

 

Total Multiline Retail

 

3,790,200

 

Specialty Retail — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AutoNation Inc., Senior Notes:

 

 

 

335,000

 

 

 

4.791% due 4/15/13 (d)

 

278,050

 

85,000

 

 

 

7.000% due 4/15/14

 

73,950

 

1,070,000

 

 

 

Blockbuster Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.000% due 9/1/12

 

853,325

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

August 31, 2008

 

Face
Amount†

 

 

 

Security

 

Value

 

Specialty Retail — 0.3% (continued)

 

 

 

 

345,000

 

 

 

Eye Care Centers of America, Senior Subordinated Notes, 10.750% due 2/15/15

 

$

357,506

 

460,000

 

 

 

Michaels Stores Inc., Senior Subordinated Bonds, 11.375% due 11/1/16

 

296,700

 

 

 

 

 

Total Specialty Retail

 

1,859,531

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

 

49,276,051

 

CONSUMER STAPLES — 0.9%

 

 

 

Beverages — 0.4%

 

 

 

2,330,000

 

 

 

Constellation Brands Inc., Senior Notes, 8.375% due 12/15/14

 

2,417,375

 

Food & Staples Retailing — 0.1%

 

 

 

180,598

 

 

 

CVS Caremark Corp., Pass-Through Certificates, 5.298% due 1/11/27 (a)

 

162,832

 

 

 

 

 

CVS Lease Pass-Through Trust:

 

 

 

103,282

 

 

 

5.880% due 1/10/28 (a)

 

91,405

 

634,856

 

 

 

6.036% due 12/10/28 (a)

 

587,734

 

 

 

 

 

Total Food & Staples Retailing

 

841,971

 

Food Products — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dole Food Co. Inc., Senior Notes:

 

 

 

610,000

 

 

 

7.250% due 6/15/10

 

567,300

 

432,000

 

 

 

8.875% due 3/15/11

 

397,440

 

 

 

 

 

Total Food Products

 

964,740

 

Household Products — 0.1%

 

 

 

490,000

 

 

 

Visant Holding Corp., Senior Notes, 8.750% due 12/1/13

 

469,175

 

Tobacco — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alliance One International Inc., Senior Notes:

 

 

 

110,000

 

 

 

8.500% due 5/15/12

 

103,675

 

790,000

 

 

 

11.000% due 5/15/12

 

807,775

 

 

 

 

 

Total Tobacco

 

911,450

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES

 

5,604,711

 

ENERGY — 7.8%

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services — 0.3%

 

 

 

560,000

 

 

 

Complete Production Services Inc., Senior Notes, 8.000% due 12/15/16

 

553,000

 

750,000

 

 

 

Key Energy Services Inc., Senior Notes, 8.375% due 12/1/14 (a)

 

759,375

 

270,000

 

 

 

Pride International Inc., Senior Notes, 7.375% due 7/15/14

 

275,400

 

 

 

 

 

Total Energy Equipment & Services

 

1,587,775

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 7.5%

 

 

 

1,395,000

 

 

 

Belden & Blake Corp., Secured Notes, 8.750% due 7/15/12

 

1,426,387

 

 

 

 

 

Chesapeake Energy Corp., Senior Notes:

 

 

 

1,350,000

 

 

 

6.375% due 6/15/15

 

1,262,250

 

270,000

 

 

 

6.625% due 1/15/16

 

254,475

 

1,645,000

 

 

 

7.250% due 12/15/18

 

1,612,100

 

160,000

 

 

 

Colorado Interstate Gas Co., Senior Notes, 6.800% due 11/15/15

 

162,461

 

245,000

 

 

 

Compagnie Generale de Geophysique SA, Senior Notes, 7.500% due 5/15/15

 

245,000

 

470,486

 

 

 

Corral Finans AB, Senior Secured Subordinated Bonds, 7.791% due
4/15/10 (a)(b)(d)

 

399,913

 

 

 

 

 

El Paso Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Medium-Term Notes:

 

 

 

2,050,000

 

 

 

7.375% due 12/15/12

 

2,082,527

 

1,330,000

 

 

 

7.750% due 1/15/32

 

1,312,831

 

125,000

 

 

 

Notes, 7.875% due 6/15/12

 

128,884

 

70,000

 

 

 

El Paso Natural Gas Co., Bonds, 8.375% due 6/15/32

 

77,770

 

980,000

 

 

 

Enterprise Products Operating LP, Junior Subordinated Notes, 8.375% due 8/1/66

 

969,663

 

1,530,000

 

 

 

EXCO Resources Inc., Senior Notes, 7.250% due 1/15/11

 

1,522,350

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

August 31, 2008

 

Face
Amount†

 

 

 

Security

 

Value

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 7.5% (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gazprom:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bonds:

 

 

 

 

159,710,000

 

RUB

 

6.790% due 10/29/09

 

$

6,425,814

 

53,230,000

 

RUB

 

7.000% due 10/27/11

 

2,040,199

 

890,000

 

 

 

Loan Participation Notes, 6.212% due 11/22/16 (a)

 

805,094

 

61,340,000

 

RUB

 

Gazprom OAO, 6.950% due 8/6/09

 

2,477,194

 

655,000

 

 

 

International Coal Group Inc., Senior Notes, 10.250% due 7/15/14

 

668,100

 

2,990,000

 

 

 

KazMunaiGaz Finance Sub B.V., 8.375% due 7/2/13 (a)

 

3,049,800

 

 

 

 

 

LUKOIL International Finance BV:

 

 

 

830,000

 

 

 

6.356% due 6/7/17 (a)

 

747,000

 

946,000

 

 

 

6.656% due 6/7/22 (a)

 

808,830

 

390,000

 

 

 

Mariner Energy Inc., Senior Notes, 7.500% due 4/15/13

 

366,600

 

 

 

 

 

OPTI Canada Inc., Senior Secured Notes:

 

 

 

690,000

 

 

 

7.875% due 12/15/14

 

685,687

 

445,000

 

 

 

8.250% due 12/15/14

 

446,669

 

 

 

 

 

Pemex Project Funding Master Trust:

 

 

 

5,640,000

 

 

 

6.625% due 6/15/35 (a)

 

5,595,771

 

1,107,000

 

 

 

Senior Bonds, 6.625% due 6/15/35

 

1,098,319

 

510,000

 

 

 

Petrohawk Energy Corp., Senior Notes, 9.125% due 7/15/13

 

510,000

 

410,000

 

 

 

Petroplus Finance Ltd., Senior Notes, 7.000% due 5/1/17 (a)

 

365,925

 

 

 

 

 

Petrozuata Finance Inc.:

 

 

 

1,782,326

 

 

 

8.220% due 4/1/17 (a)

 

1,860,303

 

881,261

 

 

 

8.220% due 4/1/17 (a)

 

918,715

 

1,245,000

 

 

 

SemGroup LP, Senior Notes, 8.750% due 11/15/15 (a)(c)(e)

 

236,550

 

660,000

 

 

 

Stone Energy Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.250% due 12/15/11

 

643,500

 

550,000

 

 

 

TNK-BP Finance SA, 6.625% due 3/20/17 (a)

 

456,500

 

550,000

 

 

 

VeraSun Energy Corp., 9.375% due 6/1/17

 

324,500

 

355,000

 

 

 

W&T Offshore Inc., Senior Notes, 8.250% due 6/15/14 (a)

 

321,275

 

630,000

 

 

 

Whiting Petroleum Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 7.000% due 2/1/14

 

601,650

 

 

 

 

 

Williams Cos. Inc.:

 

 

 

1,060,000

 

 

 

Notes, 8.750% due 3/15/32

 

1,195,672

 

1,000,000

 

 

 

Senior Notes, 7.625% due 7/15/19

 

1,046,936

 

 

 

 

 

Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

 

45,153,214

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL ENERGY

 

46,740,989

 

FINANCIALS — 6.5%

 

 

 

Commercial Banks — 2.9%

 

 

 

2,370,000

 

 

 

ATF Capital BV, Senior Notes, 9.250% due 2/21/14 (a)

 

2,346,300

 

1,050,000

 

 

 

Banco Mercantil del Norte SA, Subordinated Bonds, 6.135% due 10/13/16 (a)(d)

 

1,033,410

 

 

 

 

 

HSBK Europe BV:

 

 

 

1,700,000

 

 

 

7.250% due 5/3/17 (a)

 

1,415,250

 

730,000

 

 

 

7.250% due 5/3/17 (a)

 

604,440

 

 

 

 

 

ICICI Bank Ltd., Subordinated Bonds:

 

 

 

1,840,000

 

 

 

6.375% due 4/30/22 (a)(d)

 

1,567,084

 

454,000

 

 

 

6.375% due 4/30/22 (a)(d)

 

381,655

 

104,829,000

 

RUB

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, Credit-Linked Notes (Russian Agricultural Bank), 9.500% due 2/11/11 (a)(f)

 

4,235,150

 

1,350,000

 

 

 

RSHB Capital, Notes, 7.125% due 1/14/14 (a)

 

1,322,055

 

 

 

 

 

Russian Agricultural Bank, Loan Participation Notes:

 

 

 

1,232,000

 

 

 

7.175% due 5/16/13 (a)

 

1,210,563

 

1,529,000

 

 

 

6.299% due 5/15/17 (a)

 

1,361,575

 

 

 

 

 

TuranAlem Finance BV, Bonds:

 

 

 

1,786,000

 

 

 

8.250% due 1/22/37 (a)

 

1,268,060

 

880,000

 

 

 

8.250% due 1/22/37 (a)

 

624,800

 

 

 

 

 

Total Commercial Banks

 

17,370,342

 

Consumer Finance — 1.9%

 

 

 

400,000

 

 

 

AmeriCredit Corp., 8.500% due 7/1/15

 

307,000

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

4



 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

August 31, 2008

 

Face
Amount†

 

 

 

Security

 

Value

 

Consumer Finance — 1.9% (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ford Motor Credit Co.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes:

 

 

 

 

50,000

 

 

 

7.875% due 6/15/10

 

$

43,118

 

1,300,000

 

 

 

7.000% due 10/1/13

 

942,787

 

 

 

 

 

Senior Notes:

 

 

 

1,650,000

 

 

 

8.026% due 6/15/11 (d)

 

1,292,145

 

115,000

 

 

 

9.875% due 8/10/11

 

94,460

 

210,000

 

 

 

5.460% due 1/13/12 (d)

 

155,157

 

380,000

 

 

 

12.000% due 5/15/15

 

321,783

 

 

 

 

 

General Motors Acceptance Corp.:

 

 

 

5,820,000

 

 

 

Bonds, 8.000% due 11/1/31

 

3,144,342

 

2,040,000

 

 

 

Notes, 6.875% due 8/28/12

 

1,197,666

 

4,350,000

 

 

 

SLM Corp., 8.450% due 6/15/18

 

3,995,214

 

 

 

 

 

Total Consumer Finance

 

11,493,672

 

Diversified Financial Services — 1.1%

 

 

 

350,000

 

 

 

AAC Group Holding Corp., Senior Discount Notes, step bond to yield 12.180% due 10/1/12 (a)

 

334,250

 

350,000

 

 

 

Basell AF SCA, Senior Secured Subordinated Second Priority Notes, 8.375% due 8/15/15 (a)

 

208,250

 

550,000

 

 

 

CCM Merger Inc., Notes, 8.000% due 8/1/13 (a)

 

445,500

 

290,000

 

 

 

El Paso Performance-Linked Trust Certificates, Senior Notes, 7.750% due 7/15/11 (a)

 

294,639

 

 

 

 

 

Leucadia National Corp., Senior Notes:

 

 

 

540,000

 

 

 

8.125% due 9/15/15

 

546,075

 

340,000

 

 

 

7.125% due 3/15/17

 

321,725

 

232,000

 

 

 

Residential Capital LLC, Junior Secured Notes, 9.625% due 5/15/15 (a)

 

77,720

 

 

 

 

 

TNK-BP Finance SA:

 

 

 

1,750,000

 

 

 

7.500% due 7/18/16 (a)

 

1,570,625

 

1,490,000

 

 

 

Senior Notes, 7.875% due 3/13/18 (a)

 

1,337,275

 

 

 

 

 

Vanguard Health Holdings Co.:

 

 

 

890,000

 

 

 

I LLC, Senior Discount Notes, step bond to yield 9.952% due 10/1/15

 

803,225

 

555,000

 

 

 

II LLC, Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.000% due 10/1/14

 

548,063

 

 

 

 

 

Total Diversified Financial Services

 

6,487,347

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.5%

 

 

 

30,000

 

 

 

Forest City Enterprises Inc., Senior Notes, 7.625% due 6/1/15

 

27,150

 

2,275,000

 

 

 

Host Marriott LP, Senior Notes, 7.125% due 11/1/13

 

2,155,562

 

 

 

 

 

Ventas Realty LP/Ventas Capital Corp., Senior Notes:

 

 

 

175,000

 

 

 

6.500% due 6/1/16

 

167,125

 

690,000

 

 

 

6.750% due 4/1/17

 

658,950

 

 

 

 

 

Total Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

 

3,008,787

 

Real Estate Management & Development — 0.1%

 

 

 

325,000

 

 

 

Ashton Woods USA LLC/Ashton Woods Finance Co., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.500% due 10/1/15

 

180,375

 

1,750,000

 

 

 

Realogy Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 12.375% due 4/15/15

 

813,750

 

 

 

 

 

Total Real Estate Management & Development

 

994,125

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL FINANCIALS

 

39,354,273

 

HEALTH CARE — 2.3%

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.1%

 

 

 

330,000

 

 

 

Advanced Medical Optics Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 7.500% due 5/1/17

 

297,000

 

Health Care Providers & Services — 2.2%

 

 

 

620,000

 

 

 

Community Health Systems Inc., Senior Notes, 8.875% due 7/15/15

 

629,300

 

1,300,000

 

 

 

DaVita Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 7.250% due 3/15/15

 

1,285,375

 

 

 

 

 

HCA Inc.:

 

 

 

1,360,000

 

 

 

Notes, 6.375% due 1/15/15

 

1,128,800

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

5



 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

August 31, 2008

 

Face
Amount†

 

 

 

Security

 

Value

 

Health Care Providers & Services — 2.2% (continued)

 

 

 

 

400,000

 

 

 

Senior Notes, 6.500% due 2/15/16

 

$

335,000

 

 

 

 

 

Senior Secured Notes:

 

 

 

540,000

 

 

 

9.250% due 11/15/16

 

556,875

 

3,770,000

 

 

 

9.625% due 11/15/16 (b)

 

3,812,412

 

1,675,000

 

 

 

IASIS Healthcare LLC/IASIS Capital Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.750% due 6/15/14

 

1,687,563

 

 

 

 

 

Tenet Healthcare Corp., Senior Notes:

 

 

 

430,000

 

 

 

6.375% due 12/1/11

 

417,100

 

125,000

 

 

 

7.375% due 2/1/13

 

117,969

 

1,959,000

 

 

 

9.875% due 7/1/14

 

1,983,487

 

 

 

 

 

Universal Hospital Services Inc.:

 

 

 

160,000

 

 

 

6.303% due 6/1/15 (d)

 

149,600

 

135,000

 

 

 

Senior Secured Notes, 8.500% due 6/1/15 (b)

 

135,000

 

1,137,000

 

 

 

US Oncology Holdings Inc., Senior Notes, 7.949% due 3/15/12 (b)(d)

 

915,285

 

 

 

 

 

Total Health Care Providers & Services

 

13,153,766

 

Pharmaceuticals — 0.0%

 

 

 

1,270,000

 

 

 

Leiner Health Products Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 11.000% due
6/1/12 (c)(e)

 

66,675

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL HEALTH CARE

 

13,517,441

 

INDUSTRIALS — 6.0%

 

 

 

Aerospace & Defense — 0.7%

 

 

 

1,150,000

 

 

 

DRS Technologies Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 6.625% due 2/1/16

 

1,190,250

 

 

 

 

 

Hawker Beechcraft Acquisition Co.:

 

 

 

1,930,000

 

 

 

Senior Notes, 8.875% due 4/1/15 (b)

 

1,934,825

 

185,000

 

 

 

Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.750% due 4/1/17

 

182,225

 

845,000

 

 

 

L-3 Communications Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 7.625% due 6/15/12

 

861,900

 

 

 

 

 

Total Aerospace & Defense

 

4,169,200

 

Airlines — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Continental Airlines Inc.:

 

 

 

205,348

 

 

 

8.388% due 5/1/22

 

162,289

 

 

 

 

 

Pass-Through Certificates:

 

 

 

27,504

 

 

 

6.541% due 9/15/08

 

25,854

 

383,691

 

 

 

8.312% due 4/2/11 (f)

 

339,567

 

290,000

 

 

 

7.339% due 4/19/14

 

218,950

 

2,290,000

 

 

 

DAE Aviation Holdings Inc., Senior Notes, 11.250% due 8/1/15 (a)

 

2,221,300

 

 

 

 

 

Total Airlines

 

2,967,960

 

Building Products — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Associated Materials Inc.:

 

 

 

25,000

 

 

 

Senior Discount Notes, step bond to yield 7.090% due 3/1/14

 

16,875

 

1,560,000

 

 

 

Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.750% due 4/15/12

 

1,563,900

 

 

 

 

 

GTL Trade Finance Inc.:

 

 

 

1,060,000

 

 

 

7.250% due 10/20/17 (a)

 

1,073,671

 

2,036,000

 

 

 

7.250% due 10/20/17 (a)

 

2,053,434

 

680,000

 

 

 

Nortek Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.500% due 9/1/14

 

418,200

 

1,130,000

 

 

 

NTK Holdings Inc., Senior Discount Notes, step bond to yield 11.542% due 3/1/14

 

480,250

 

 

 

 

 

Total Building Products

 

5,606,330

 

Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.3%

 

 

 

712,000

 

 

 

Allied Security Escrow Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 11.375% due 7/15/11

 

755,610

 

900,000

 

 

 

Allied Waste North America Inc., Senior Notes, 7.375% due 4/15/14

 

913,500

 

1,618,000

 

 

 

DynCorp International LLC/DIV Capital Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.500% due 2/15/13

 

1,605,865

 

1,100,000

 

 

 

Interface Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.500% due 2/1/14

 

1,160,500

 

1,295,000

 

 

 

Rental Services Corp., Senior Notes, 9.500% due 12/1/14

 

1,042,475

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

6



 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

August 31, 2008

 

Face
Amount†

 

 

 

Security

 

Value

 

Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.3% (continued)

 

 

 

 

2,510,000

 

 

 

US Investigations Services Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 10.500% due 11/1/15 (a)

 

$

2,246,450

 

 

 

 

 

Total Commercial Services & Supplies

 

7,724,400

 

Construction & Engineering — 1.2%

 

 

 

7,177,000

 

 

 

Odebrecht Finance Ltd., 7.500% due 10/18/17 (a)

 

7,194,943

 

Industrial Conglomerates — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sequa Corp., Senior Notes:

 

 

 

400,000

 

 

 

11.750% due 12/1/15 (a)

 

354,000

 

400,000

 

 

 

13.500% due 12/1/15 (a)(b)

 

354,000

 

 

 

 

 

Total Industrial Conglomerates

 

708,000

 

Road & Rail — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hertz Corp.:

 

 

 

750,000

 

 

 

Senior Notes, 8.875% due 1/1/14

 

705,937

 

1,860,000

 

 

 

Senior Subordinated Notes, 10.500% due 1/1/16

 

1,650,750

 

 

 

 

 

Kansas City Southern de Mexico, Senior Notes:

 

 

 

790,000

 

 

 

9.375% due 5/1/12

 

829,500

 

160,000

 

 

 

7.625% due 12/1/13

 

157,600

 

 

 

 

 

Kansas City Southern Railway, Senior Notes:

 

 

 

190,000

 

 

 

7.500% due 6/15/09

 

193,088

 

820,000

 

 

 

8.000% due 6/1/15

 

842,550

 

 

 

 

 

Total Road & Rail

 

4,379,425

 

Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.5%

 

 

 

595,000

 

 

 

Ashtead Capital Inc., Notes, 9.000% due 8/15/16 (a)

 

538,475

 

1,370,000

 

 

 

H&E Equipment Services Inc., Senior Notes, 8.375% due 7/15/16

 

1,191,900

 

1,415,000

 

 

 

Penhall International Corp., Senior Secured Notes, 12.000% due 8/1/14 (a)

 

1,025,875

 

 

 

 

 

Total Trading Companies & Distributors

 

2,756,250

 

Transportation Infrastructure — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Swift Transportation Co., Senior Secured Notes:

 

 

 

370,000

 

 

 

10.554% due 5/15/15 (a)(d)

 

131,350

 

1,020,000

 

 

 

12.500% due 5/15/17 (a)

 

379,950

 

 

 

 

 

Total Transportation Infrastructure

 

511,300

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL INDUSTRIALS

 

36,017,808

 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — 0.9%

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NXP BV/NXP Funding LLC:

 

 

 

635,000

 

 

 

Senior Notes, 9.500% due 10/15/15

 

431,800

 

530,000

 

 

 

Senior Secured Notes, 7.875% due 10/15/14

 

437,250

 

 

 

 

 

Total Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

 

869,050

 

IT Services — 0.6%

 

 

 

520,000

 

 

 

Ceridian Corp., Senior Notes, 12.250% due 11/15/15 (a)(b)

 

463,450

 

1,240,000

 

 

 

First Data Corp., 9.875% due 9/24/15 (a)

 

1,071,050

 

 

 

 

 

SunGard Data Systems Inc.:

 

 

 

325,000

 

 

 

Senior Notes, 9.125% due 8/15/13

 

331,500

 

1,775,000

 

 

 

Senior Subordinated Notes, 10.250% due 8/15/15

 

1,797,188

 

 

 

 

 

Total IT Services

 

3,663,188

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.0%

 

 

 

80,000

 

 

 

Freescale Semiconductor Inc., Senior Notes, 8.875% due 12/15/14

 

65,200

 

Software — 0.2%

 

 

 

1,355,000

 

 

 

Activant Solutions Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.500% due 5/1/16

 

1,029,800

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

 

5,627,238

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

7



 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

August 31, 2008

 

Face
Amount†

 

 

 

Security

 

Value

 

MATERIALS — 5.1%

 

 

 

Chemicals — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Georgia Gulf Corp., Senior Notes:

 

 

 

 

10,000

 

 

 

9.500% due 10/15/14

 

$

7,400

 

2,035,000

 

 

 

10.750% due 10/15/16

 

1,007,325

 

415,000

 

 

 

Huntsman International LLC, Senior Subordinated Notes, 7.875% due 11/15/14

 

388,025

 

495,000

 

 

 

Methanex Corp., Senior Notes, 8.750% due 8/15/12

 

522,225

 

1,190,000

 

 

 

Montell Finance Co. BV, Debentures, 8.100% due 3/15/27 (a)

 

612,850

 

220,000

 

 

 

Westlake Chemical Corp., Senior Notes, 6.625% due 1/15/16

 

188,100

 

 

 

 

 

Total Chemicals

 

2,725,925

 

Containers & Packaging — 0.3%

 

 

 

705,000

 

 

 

Graham Packaging Co. Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.875% due 10/15/14

 

622,163

 

805,000

 

 

 

Graphic Packaging International Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.500% due 8/15/13

 

760,725

 

390,000

 

 

 

Plastipak Holdings Inc., Senior Notes, 8.500% due 12/15/15 (a)

 

325,650

 

575,000

 

 

 

Radnor Holdings Inc., Senior Notes, 11.000% due 3/15/10 (c)(e)(f)

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

Total Containers & Packaging

 

1,708,538

 

Metals & Mining — 3.2%

 

 

 

1,050,000

 

 

 

Corporacion Nacional del Cobre-Codelco, Notes, 5.500% due 10/15/13 (a)

 

1,080,323

 

2,320,000

 

 

 

Evraz Group SA, Notes, 8.875% due 4/24/13 (a)

 

2,267,800

 

2,950,000

 

 

 

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., Senior Notes, 8.375% due 4/1/17

 

3,131,806

 

2,100,000

 

 

 

Metals USA Inc., Senior Secured Notes, 11.125% due 12/1/15

 

2,205,000

 

575,000

 

 

 

Noranda Aluminium Holding Corp., Senior Notes, 8.578% due 11/15/14 (b)(d)

 

460,000

 

850,000

 

 

 

Novelis Inc., Senior Notes, 7.250% due 2/15/15

 

792,625

 

1,530,000

 

 

 

Ryerson Inc., Senior Secured Notes, 12.000% due 11/1/15 (a)

 

1,507,050

 

250,000

 

 

 

Steel Dynamics Inc., Senior Notes 7.375% due 11/1/12

 

248,750

 

500,000

 

 

 

Tube City IMS Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.750% due 2/1/15

 

470,000

 

 

 

 

 

Vale Overseas Ltd., Notes:

 

 

 

1,448,000

 

 

 

8.250% due 1/17/34

 

1,642,549

 

2,704,000

 

 

 

6.875% due 11/21/36

 

2,656,637

 

2,980,000

 

 

 

Vedanta Resources PLC, Senior Notes, 8.750% due 1/15/14 (a)

 

2,980,000

 

 

 

 

 

Total Metals & Mining

 

19,442,540

 

Paper & Forest Products — 1.2%

 

 

 

2,110,000

 

 

 

Abitibi-Consolidated Co. of Canada, Senior Secured Notes, 13.750% due
4/1/11 (a)

 

2,226,050

 

 

 

 

 

Appleton Papers Inc.:

 

 

 

375,000

 

 

 

Senior Notes, 8.125% due 6/15/11

 

345,000

 

715,000

 

 

 

Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.750% due 6/15/14

 

568,425

 

 

 

 

 

NewPage Corp., Senior Secured Notes:

 

 

 

975,000

 

 

 

9.051% due 5/1/12 (d)

 

918,937

 

1,120,000

 

 

 

10.000% due 5/1/12

 

1,092,000

 

2,130,000

 

 

 

Verso Paper Holdings LLC, 11.375% due 8/1/16

 

1,821,150

 

 

 

 

 

Total Paper & Forest Products

 

6,971,562

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL MATERIALS

 

30,848,565

 

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 4.1%

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Axtel SAB de CV:

 

 

 

1,996,000

 

 

 

7.625% due 2/1/17 (a)

 

1,951,090

 

1,714,000

 

 

 

Senior Notes, 7.625% due 2/1/17 (a)

 

1,671,150

 

120,000

 

 

 

Cincinnati Bell Telephone Co., Senior Debentures, 6.300% due 12/1/28

 

92,700

 

635,000

 

 

 

Citizens Communications Co., Senior Notes, 7.875% due 1/15/27

 

549,275

 

 

 

 

 

Hawaiian Telcom Communications Inc.:

 

 

 

340,000

 

 

 

Senior Notes, 9.750% due 5/1/13

 

95,200

 

535,000

 

 

 

Senior Subordinated Notes, 12.500% due 5/1/15

 

96,300

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

8



 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

August 31, 2008

 

Face
Amount†

 

 

 

Security

 

Value

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.6% (continued)

 

 

 

 

1,505,000

 

 

 

Intelsat Bermuda Ltd., Senior Notes, 11.250% due 6/15/16

 

$

1,585,894

 

25,000

 

 

 

L-3 Communications Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 6.375% due 10/15/15

 

24,063

 

 

 

 

 

Level 3 Financing Inc.:

 

 

 

70,000

 

 

 

6.845% due 2/15/15 (d)

 

56,875

 

1,105,000

 

 

 

Senior Notes, 9.250% due 11/1/14

 

1,019,362

 

670,000

 

 

 

Nordic Telephone Co. Holdings, Senior Secured Bonds, 8.875% due 5/1/16 (a)

 

648,225

 

1,520,000

 

 

 

Qwest Communications International Inc., Senior Notes, 7.500% due 2/15/14

 

1,390,800

 

85,000

 

 

 

Qwest Corp., Notes, 6.026% due 6/15/13 (d)

 

79,050

 

1,255,000

 

 

 

Telcordia Technologies Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 10.000% due 3/15/13 (a)

 

1,022,825

 

1,708,000

 

 

 

UBS Luxembourg SA for OJSC Vimpel Communications, Loan Participation Notes, 8.250% due 5/23/16 (a)

 

1,582,035

 

1,030,000

 

 

 

Vimpel Communications, Loan Participation Notes, 8.375% due 4/30/13 (a)

 

996,426

 

1,200,000

 

 

 

Virgin Media Finance PLC, Senior Notes, 9.125% due 8/15/16

 

1,149,000

 

155,000

 

 

 

Wind Acquisition Finance SA, Senior Bonds, 10.750% due 12/1/15 (a)

 

159,650

 

1,225,000

 

 

 

Windstream Corp., Senior Notes, 8.625% due 8/1/16

 

1,218,875

 

 

 

 

 

Total Diversified Telecommunication Services

 

15,388,795

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 1.5%

 

 

 

630,000

 

 

 

ALLTEL Communications Inc., Senior Notes, 10.375% due 12/1/17 (a)(b)

 

727,650

 

1,090,000

 

 

 

America Movil SAB de CV, 5.625% due 11/15/17

 

1,061,984

 

260,000

 

 

 

MetroPCS Wireless Inc., Senior Notes, 9.250% due 11/1/14

 

259,025

 

1,105,000

 

 

 

Nextel Communications Inc., Senior Notes, 7.375% due 8/1/15

 

898,364

 

170,000

 

 

 

Rogers Wireless Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.000% due 12/15/12

 

175,312

 

 

 

 

 

Rural Cellular Corp.:

 

 

 

260,000

 

 

 

Senior Notes, 9.875% due 2/1/10

 

267,800

 

440,000

 

 

 

Senior Subordinated Notes, 5.682% due 6/1/13 (d)

 

451,000

 

6,510,000

 

 

 

True Move Co., Ltd., 10.750% due 12/16/13 (a)

 

5,208,000

 

 

 

 

 

Total Wireless Telecommunication Services

 

9,049,135

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES

 

24,437,930

 

UTILITIES — 4.1%

 

 

 

Electric Utilities — 0.6%

 

 

 

2,050,000

 

 

 

EEB International Ltd., Senior Bonds, 8.750% due 10/31/14 (a)

 

2,190,938

 

581,000

 

 

 

Enersis SA, Notes, 7.375% due 1/15/14

 

618,568

 

550,000

 

 

 

Orion Power Holdings Inc., Senior Notes, 12.000% due 5/1/10

 

596,750

 

 

 

 

 

Total Electric Utilities

 

3,406,256

 

Gas Utilities — 0.2%

 

 

 

1,480,000

 

 

 

Suburban Propane Partners LP/Suburban Energy Finance Corp., Senior Notes, 6.875% due 12/15/13

 

1,354,200

 

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 3.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AES Corp., Senior Notes:

 

 

 

525,000

 

 

 

9.375% due 9/15/10

 

553,875

 

670,000

 

 

 

8.875% due 2/15/11

 

700,150

 

1,940,000

 

 

 

7.750% due 3/1/14

 

1,940,000

 

1,500,000

 

 

 

7.750% due 10/15/15

 

1,492,500

 

1,150,000

 

 

 

Dynegy Holdings Inc., Senior Notes, 7.750% due 6/1/19

 

1,066,625

 

 

 

 

 

Edison Mission Energy, Senior Notes:

 

 

 

690,000

 

 

 

7.750% due 6/15/16

 

693,450

 

550,000

 

 

 

7.200% due 5/15/19

 

530,750

 

765,000

 

 

 

7.625% due 5/15/27

 

694,237

 

8,080,000

 

 

 

Energy Future Holdings, Senior Notes, 11.250% due 11/1/17 (a)(b)

 

8,019,400

 

845,000

 

 

 

Mirant North America LLC, Senior Notes, 7.375% due 12/31/13

 

842,887

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

August 31, 2008

 

Face
Amount†

 

 

 

Security

 

Value

 

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 3.3% (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NRG Energy Inc., Senior Notes:

 

 

 

450,000

 

 

 

7.250% due 2/1/14

 

444,938

 

 

2,850,000

 

 

 

7.375% due 2/1/16

 

$

2,821,500

 

 

 

 

 

Total Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders

 

19,800,312

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL UTILITIES

 

24,560,768

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES
(Cost — $306,383,021)

 

275,985,774

 

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES — 0.0%

 

 

 

FINANCIALS — 0.0%

 

 

 

Home Equity — 0.0%

 

 

 

110,125

 

 

 

Finance America Net Interest Margin Trust, 5.250% due 6/27/34 (a)(e)

 

11

 

 

 

 

 

Sail Net Interest Margin Notes:

 

 

 

42,974

 

 

 

7.000% due 7/27/33 (a)(e)

 

108

 

14,101

 

 

 

7.000% due 7/27/33 (a)(e)

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES
(Cost — $166,856)

 

120

 

COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) STRIPS, IO:

 

 

 

7,487,075

 

 

 

5.500% due 1/1/33 (e)

 

1,990,710

 

9,296,391

 

 

 

5.500% due 6/1/33 (e)

 

2,480,642

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS
(Cost — $4,751,480)

 

4,471,352

 

COLLATERALIZED SENIOR LOANS — 0.2%

 

 

 

ENERGY — 0.2%

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ashmore Energy International:

 

 

 

131,105

 

 

 

Synthetic Revolving Credit Facility, 8.250% due 3/30/14 (d)

 

120,289

 

956,142

 

 

 

Term Loan, 5.801% due 3/30/14 (d)

 

877,260

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL COLLATERALIZED SENIOR LOANS
(Cost — $1,084,960)

 

997,549

 

MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES — 32.4%

 

 

 

FHLMC — 15.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC):

 

 

 

1,907,240

 

 

 

5.914% due 10/1/36 (d)

 

1,946,507

 

4,092,447

 

 

 

5.733% due 3/1/37 (d)

 

4,172,444

 

3,389,981

 

 

 

5.888% due 5/1/37 (d)

 

3,456,585

 

180,064

 

 

 

6.116% due 9/1/37 (d)

 

183,268

 

3,913,535

 

 

 

5.828% due 11/1/37 (d)

 

3,996,834

 

3,710,781

 

 

 

5.619% due 12/1/37 (d)

 

3,763,120

 

 

 

 

 

Gold:

 

 

 

36,015,379

 

 

 

5.500% due 11/1/37-1/1/38

 

35,557,408

 

40,000,000

 

 

 

5.000% due 9/11/38 (g)

 

38,431,240

 

1,600,000

 

 

 

5.500% due 9/11/38 (g)

 

1,577,750

 

 

 

 

 

Total FHLMC

 

93,085,156

 

FNMA — 13.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA):

 

 

 

12,450,000

 

 

 

5.500% due 9/16/23-9/11/38 (g)

 

12,352,005

 

500,000

 

 

 

6.000% due 9/16/23 (g)

 

512,109

 

2,657,341

 

 

 

5.000% due 6/1/35

 

2,568,701

 

870,767

 

 

 

6.500% due 7/1/36

 

896,876

 

10,372,911

 

 

 

6.000% due 10/1/37

 

10,486,117

 

54,600,000

 

 

 

5.000% due 9/11/38-10/14/38 (g)

 

52,462,768

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

August 31, 2008

 

Face
Amount†

 

 

 

Security

 

Value

 

FNMA — 13.9% (continued)

 

 

 

 

4,100,000

 

 

 

6.500% due 9/11/38 (g)

 

$

4,217,235

 

 

 

 

 

Total FNMA

 

83,495,811

 

GNMA — 3.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA):

 

 

 

300,000

 

 

 

6.500% due 8/20/38

 

309,150

 

17,100,000

 

 

 

6.500% due 9/22/38 (g)

 

17,605,761

 

 

 

 

 

Total GNMA

 

17,914,911

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES
(Cost — $192,992,652)

 

194,495,878

 

SOVEREIGN BONDS — 9.6%

 

 

 

Argentina — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Republic of Argentina:

 

 

 

1,074,000

 

EUR

 

9.000% due 6/20/03 (c)

 

446,836

 

1,100,000

 

EUR

 

10.250% due 1/26/07 (c)

 

479,830

 

1,729,117

 

EUR

 

8.000% due 2/26/08 (c)

 

732,073

 

1,550,000

 

DEM

 

11.750% due 11/13/26 (c)

 

319,552

 

522,000

 

EUR

 

Medium-Term Notes, 10.000% due 2/22/07 (c)

 

224,831

 

 

 

 

 

Total Argentina

 

2,203,122

 

Brazil — 3.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brazil Nota do Tesouro Nacional:

 

 

 

1,000

 

BRL

 

9.762% due 1/1/10

 

579

 

32,108,000

 

BRL

 

9.762% due 7/1/10

 

18,321,189

 

 

 

 

 

Total Brazil

 

18,321,768

 

Colombia — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Republic of Colombia:

 

 

 

544,000

 

 

 

11.750% due 2/25/20

 

799,680

 

2,852,000

 

 

 

7.375% due 9/18/37

 

3,132,922

 

 

 

 

 

Total Colombia

 

3,932,602

 

Ecuador — 0.4%

 

 

 

2,765,000

 

 

 

Republic of Ecuador, 10.000% due 8/15/30 (a)

 

2,460,850

 

Indonesia — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Republic of Indonesia:

 

 

 

15,399,000,000

 

IDR

 

10.250% due 7/15/22

 

1,452,582

 

28,956,000,000

 

IDR

 

11.000% due 9/15/25

 

2,839,280

 

525,000

 

 

 

8.500% due 10/12/35 (a)

 

564,375

 

11,646,000,000

 

IDR

 

9.750% due 5/15/37

 

998,794

 

 

 

 

 

Total Indonesia

 

5,855,031

 

Mexico — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United Mexican States:

 

 

 

148,000

 

 

 

11.375% due 9/15/16

 

204,610

 

 

 

 

 

Medium-Term Notes:

 

 

 

4,000

 

 

 

5.625% due 1/15/17

 

4,048

 

1,046,000

 

 

 

6.750% due 9/27/34

 

1,127,065

 

 

 

 

 

Total Mexico

 

1,335,723

 

Panama — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Republic of Panama:

 

 

 

1,275,000

 

 

 

9.375% due 4/1/29

 

1,692,562

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

August 31, 2008

 

Face
Amount†

 

 

 

Security

 

Value

 

Panama — 1.1% (continued)

 

 

 

 

4,820,000

 

 

 

6.700% due 1/26/36

 

$

4,947,730

 

 

 

 

 

Total Panama

 

6,640,292

 

Peru — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Republic of Peru:

 

 

 

278,000

 

 

 

8.750% due 11/21/33

 

360,705

 

1,774,000

 

 

 

Bonds, 6.550% due 3/14/37

 

1,822,785

 

50,000

 

 

 

Global Bonds, 7.350% due 7/21/25

 

56,250

 

 

 

 

 

Total Peru

 

2,239,740

 

Russia — 0.6%

 

 

 

2,196,000

 

 

 

Russian Federation, 12.750% due 6/24/28 (a)

 

3,860,089

 

Venezuela — 1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela:

 

 

 

365,000

 

 

 

8.500% due 10/8/14

 

340,363

 

10,497,000

 

 

 

5.750% due 2/26/16

 

8,135,175

 

475,000

 

 

 

7.650% due 4/21/25

 

363,375

 

 

 

 

 

Collective Action Securities:

 

 

 

1,608,000

 

 

 

9.375% due 1/13/34

 

1,402,980

 

875,000

 

 

 

Notes, 10.750% due 9/19/13

 

899,062

 

 

 

 

 

Total Venezuela

 

11,140,955

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL SOVEREIGN BONDS
(Cost — $57,325,584)

 

57,990,172

 

U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS — 4.7%

 

 

 

U.S. Government Agencies — 4.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB):

 

 

 

21,000,000

 

 

 

2.589% due 1/8/09 (d)

 

20,988,849

 

6,000,000

 

 

 

Bonds, 2.450% due 9/11/08

 

5,999,556

 

410,000

 

 

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), Notes, 5.125% due 4/18/11

 

427,873

 

1,000,000

 

 

 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 5.625% due 11/15/21

 

1,005,540

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS
(Cost — $28,405,296)

 

28,421,818

 

U.S. TREASURY INFLATION PROTECTED SECURITIES — 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Bonds, Inflation Indexed:

 

 

 

3,208,188

 

 

 

2.000% due 1/15/26

 

3,142,022

 

998,237

 

 

 

2.375% due 1/15/27

 

1,033,176

 

2,475,418

 

 

 

1.750% due 1/15/28

 

2,320,318

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Notes, Inflation Indexed:

 

 

 

771,729

 

 

 

2.000% due 1/15/16

 

797,354

 

1,779,466

 

 

 

2.375% due 1/15/17

 

1,889,015

 

1,794,809

 

 

 

2.625% due 7/15/17

 

1,948,771

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL U.S. TREASURY INFLATION PROTECTED SECURITIES
(Cost — $10,827,549)

 

11,130,656

 

 

Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMMON STOCK — 0.0%

 

 

 

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — 0.0%

 

 

 

Household Durables — 0.0%

 

 

 

2,085,181

 

 

 

Home Interiors & Gifts Inc. (e)(f)*
(Cost - $853,389)

 

2

 

PREFERRED STOCKS — 0.1%

 

 

 

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — 0.1%

 

 

 

Automobiles — 0.1%

 

 

 

30,500

 

 

 

Ford Motor Co., 7.400%

 

312,930

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

August 31, 2008

 

Shares

 

 

 

Security

 

Value

 

Automobiles — 0.1% (continued)

 

 

 

1,900

 

 

 

Ford Motor Co., 8.000%

 

$

19,912

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

 

332,842

 

FINANCIALS — 0.0%

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services — 0.0%

 

 

 

2,600

 

 

 

Preferred Plus Trust, Series FRD-1, 7.400%

 

26,000

 

9,700

 

 

 

Saturns, Series F 2003-5, 8.125%

 

101,462

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL FINANCIALS

 

127,462

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
(Cost — $738,393)

 

460,304

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Warrants

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WARRANT — 0.0%

 

 

 

2,675

 

 

 

Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Oil-linked payment obligations, Expires 4/15/20*
(Cost - $82,925)

 

95,631

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost — $603,612,105)

 

574,049,256

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Face
Amount†

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 4.5%

 

 

 

Sovereign Bonds — 2.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bank Negara Malaysia Islamic Notes:

 

 

 

478,000

 

MYR

 

Zero coupon bond to yield 3.260% due 9/16/08

 

140,681

 

440,000

 

MYR

 

Zero coupon bond to yield 3.214% due 9/25/08

 

129,400

 

300,000

 

MYR

 

Zero coupon bond to yield 3.450% due 10/7/08

 

88,112

 

202,000

 

MYR

 

Zero coupon bond to yield 3.430% due 10/28/08

 

59,216

 

 

 

 

 

Bank Negara Malaysia Monetary Notes:

 

 

 

85,000

 

MYR

 

Zero coupon bond to yield 3.380% due 9/4/08

 

25,043

 

150,000

 

MYR

 

Zero coupon bond to yield 12.700% due 9/23/08

 

44,171

 

958,000

 

MYR

 

Zero coupon bond to yield 3.430% due 10/7/08

 

281,376

 

302,000

 

MYR

 

Zero coupon bond to yield 3.260% due 10/21/08

 

88,591

 

223,000

 

MYR

 

Zero coupon bond to yield 3.265% due 10/21/08

 

65,426

 

842,000

 

MYR

 

Zero coupon bond to yield 3.254% due 11/13/08

 

246,418

 

300,000

 

MYR

 

Zero coupon bond to yield 3.280% due 11/25/08

 

87,654

 

700,000

 

MYR

 

Zero coupon bond to yield 3.440% due 2/17/09

 

202,836

 

 

 

 

 

Egypt Treasury Bills:

 

 

 

56,850,000

 

EGP

 

Zero coupon bond to yield 7.570% due 10/28/08

 

10,461,852

 

20,625,000

 

EGP

 

Zero coupon bond to yield 6.800% due 11/11/08

 

3,749,145

 

 

 

 

 

Total Sovereign Bonds
(Cost — $15,389,739)

 

15,669,921

 

U.S. Government Agency — 0.2%

 

 

 

1,260,000

 

 

 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), Discount Notes, 1.384%-1.957% due 12/15/08 (h)(i)
(Cost - $1,253,374)

 

1,250,517

 

Repurchase Agreement — 1.7%

 

 

 

9,963,000

 

 

 

Morgan Stanley tri-party repurchase agreement dated 8/29/08, 2.030% due 9/2/08; Proceeds at maturity - $9,965,247; (Fully collateralized by various U.S. government agency obligations, 4.250% to 4.700% due 7/22/11 to 2/26/15; Market value - $10,177,087)
(Cost - $9,963,000)

 

9,963,000

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost — $26,606,113)

 

26,883,438

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.0% (Cost — $630,218,218#)

 

$

600,932,694

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Schedule of Investments  (unaudited) (continued)

August 31, 2008

 

*

Non-income producing security.

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

(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)

Payment-in-kind security for which part of the income earned may be paid as additional principal.

(c)

Security is currently in default.

(d)

Variable rate security.  Interest rate disclosed is that which is in effect at August 31, 2008.

(e)

Illiquid security.

(f)

Security is valued in good faith at fair value by or under the direction of the Board of Directors (See Note 2).

(g)

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

(h)

Rate shown represents yield-to-maturity.

(i)

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 substantially the same.

 

 

 

Abbreviations used in this schedule:

 

BRL

 -

Brazilian Real

 

DEM

 -

German Mark

 

EGP

 -

Egyptian Pound

 

EUR

 -

Euro

 

IDR

 -

Indonesian Rupiah

 

IO

 -

Interest Only

 

MYR

 -

Malaysian Ringgit

 

OJSC

 -

Open Joint Stock Company

 

RUB

 -

Russian Ruble

 

STRIPS

 -

Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal Securities

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

 

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc. (the “Fund”) was incorporated in Maryland and is registered as a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). The Board of Directors authorized 100 million shares of $0.001 par value common stock. The Fund’s primary investment objective is high current income. The Fund’s secondary objective is total return.

 

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

 

(a) Repurchase Agreements.  When entering into repurchase agreements, it is the Fund’s policy that its custodian or a third party custodian 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 exceeds one business day, the value of the collateral is marked-to-market to ensure the adequacy of the collateral. If the seller defaults, and the market value of the collateral declines 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.

 

(b) Financial Futures Contracts.  The Fund may enter into financial futures contracts typically to hedge a portion of the portfolio. Upon entering into a financial futures contract, the Fund is required to deposit cash or securities as initial margin, equal in value to a certain percentage of the contract amount (initial margin deposit). Additional securities are also segregated up to the current market value of the financial futures contracts. Subsequent payments, known as “variation margin,” are made or received by the Fund each day, depending on the daily fluctuations in the value of the underlying financial instruments. For foreign currency denominated futures contracts, variation margins are not settled daily. The Fund recognizes an unrealized gain or loss equal to the fluctuation in the value. When the financial futures contracts are closed, a realized gain or loss is recognized equal to the difference between the proceeds from (or cost of) the closing transactions and the Fund’s basis in the contracts.

 

The risks associated with entering into financial futures contracts include the possibility that a change in the value of the contract may not correlate with the changes in the value of the underlying financial instruments. In addition, investing in financial futures contracts involves the risk that the Fund could lose more than the initial margin deposit and subsequent payments required for a futures transaction. Risks may also arise upon entering into these contracts from the potential inability of the counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts.

 

(c) Forward Foreign Currency Contracts. The Fund may enter 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 records 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 was closed.

 

Forward foreign currency contracts involve elements of market risk in excess of the amounts reflected in the Statements 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.

 

(d) 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 at 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.

 

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.

 

(e) Stripped Securities. The Fund invests in “Stripped Securities,” a term used collectively for stripped fixed income securities. Stripped securities can be principal only securities (“PO”), which are debt obligations that have been

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

stripped of unmatured interest coupons or, interest only securities (“IO”), which are unmatured interest coupons that have been stripped from debt obligations. As is the case with all securities, the market value of Stripped Securities will fluctuate in response to changes in economic conditions, 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 increases 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.

 

(f) 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 is not known, such as the face amount and maturity date and the underlying pool of investments in U.S. government agency mortgage pass-through securities. Securities purchased on a TBA basis are not settled until they are delivered to the Fund, normally 15 to 45 days after purchase. 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.

 

(g) Mortgage Dollar Rolls. The Fund may enter into 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. During the roll period, the Fund forgoes interest paid on the securities. The Fund is compensated by the interest earned on the cash proceeds of the initial sale and by the lower repurchase price at the specified future date. The Fund maintains a segregated account, the dollar value of which is at least equal to its obligations with respect to dollar rolls.

 

The Fund executes its mortgage dollar rolls entirely in the to-be-announced (“TBA”) market, where 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 risk of entering into a mortgage dollar roll 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 proceeds of the dollar roll may be restricted pending a determination by the other party, or its trustee or receiver, whether to enforce the Fund’s obligation to repurchase the securities.

 

(h) Swap Contracts. Swaps involve the exchange by the Fund with another party of the respective amounts payable with respect to a notional principal amount related to one or more indices or securities. The Fund may enter into these transactions to preserve a return or spread on a particular investment or portion of its assets, as a duration management technique, or to protect against any increase in the price of securities the Fund anticipates purchasing at a later date. The Fund may also use these transactions for speculative purposes, such as to obtain the price performance of a security without actually purchasing the security in circumstances where, for example, the subject security is illiquid, is unavailable for direct investment or available only on less attractive terms.

 

Swaps are marked-to-market daily based upon quotations from market makers and the change in value, if any, is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss in the Statement of Operations.  Net receipts or payments of interest are recorded as realized gains or losses, respectively.

 

Swaps have risks associated with them, including possible default by the counterparty to the transaction, illiquidity and, where swaps are used as hedges, the risk that the use of a swap could result in losses greater than if the swap had not been employed.

 

(i) Credit Default Swaps. The Fund may enter into credit default swap (“CDS”) contracts for investment purposes, to manage its credit risk or to add leverage.  CDS agreements involve one party making a stream of payments to another party in exchange for the right to receive a specified return in the event of a default by a third party, typically corporate issuers or sovereign issuers of an emerging country, on a specified obligation. The Fund may use a CDS to provide a measure of protection against defaults of the issuers (i.e., to reduce risk where a Fund has exposure to the sovereign issuer) or to take an active long or short position with respect to the likelihood of a particular issuer’s default. As a seller of protection, the Fund generally receives an upfront payment or a fixed rate of income 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 Fund will pay to the buyer of the protection an amount up to the

 

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notional value of the swap, and in certain instances take delivery of the security. As the seller, the Fund would effectively add leverage to its portfolio because, in addition to its total net assets, the Fund would be 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.

 

Entering into a CDS agreement involves, to varying degrees, elements of credit, market and documentation risk. 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.

 

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

 

2.  Investment Valuation

 

Effective June 1, 2008, the Fund adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157 (“FAS 157”).  FAS 157 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.

 

·

 

Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

·

 

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

·

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

 

August 31, 2008

 

Quoted Prices
(Level 1)

 

Other Significant
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)

 

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)

 

Investments in Securities

 

$

600,932,694

 

$

460,304

 

$

600,132,821

 

$

339,569

 

Other Financial Instruments*

 

(16,122,904

)

422,316

 

(16,545,220

)

 

Total

 

$

584,809,790

 

$

882,620

 

$

583,587,601

 

$

339,569

 

 

* Other financial instruments may include written options, futures, swaps and forward contracts.

 

IF THERE ARE LEVEL 3 SECURITIES:

 

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

 

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Investments
in Securities

 

Balance as of May 31, 2008

 

$

2

 

Accrued Premiums/Discounts

 

 

Realized Gain (Loss)

 

 

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

 

Net purchases (sales)

 

 

Transfers in and/or out of Level 3

 

339,567

 

Balance as of August 31, 2008

 

$

339,569

 

 

3.  Investments

 

At August 31, 2008, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were substantially as follows:

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

10,982,798

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

(40,268,322

)

Net unrealized depreciation

 

$

(29,285,524

)

 

At August 31, 2008, the Fund had the following open futures contracts:

 

 

 

NUMBER OF

 

EXPIRATION

 

BASIS

 

MARKET

 

UNREALIZED

 

 

 

CONTRACTS

 

DATE

 

VALUE

 

VALUE

 

GAIN (LOSS)

 

Contracts to buy:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eurodollar

 

100

 

3/09

 

$

24,198,000

 

$

24,260,000

 

$

62,000

 

Eurodollar

 

75

 

6/09

 

18,109,125

 

18,171,563

 

62,438

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

124,438

 

Contracts to sell:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Australian Dollar

 

16

 

9/08

 

$

1,498,000

 

$

1,368,640

 

$

129,360

 

Eurodollar

 

32

 

9/08

 

6,229,440

 

5,852,400

 

377,040

 

U.S. Treasury Bond

 

48

 

12/08

 

5,620,885

 

5,631,000

 

(10,115

)

U.S. Treasury 2 Year Note

 

45

 

12/08

 

9,545,837

 

9,552,656

 

(6,819

)

U.S. Treasury 5 Year Note

 

310

 

12/08

 

34,640,192

 

34,700,625

 

(60,433

)

U.S. Treasury 10 Year Note

 

428

 

12/08

 

49,302,845

 

49,434,000

 

(131,155

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

297,878

 

Net Unrealized Gain on Open Futures Contracts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

422,316

 

 

At August 31, 2008, the Fund had the following open forward foreign currency contracts:

 

 

 

LOCAL
CURRENCY

 

MARKET
VALUE

 

SETTLEMENT
DATE

 

UNREALIZED
GAIN(LOSS)

 

Contracts to buy:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indian Rupee

 

25,066,600

 

$

569,579

 

9/16/08

 

$

(8,392

)

Indian Rupee

 

20,906,950

 

475,060

 

9/16/08

 

(11,261

)

Indian Rupee

 

16,610,000

 

377,423

 

9/16/08

 

(5,826

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(25,479

)

Contracts to sell:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

British Pound

 

1,683,000

 

$

3,050,885

 

11/5/08

 

$

274,470

 

Net Unrealized Gain on open forward foreign currency contracts

 

 

 

 

 

$

248,991

 

 

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At August 31, 2008, the Fund had the following open swap contracts:

 

SWAP COUNTERPARTY
(REFERENCE ENTITY)

 

NOTIONAL
AMOUNT

 

TERMINATION
DATE

 

PERIODIC
PAYMENTS
MADE BY THE
FUND

 

PERIODIC
PAYMENTS
RECEIVED BY
THE FUND

 

UNREALIZED
APPRECIATION/
(DEPRECIATION)

 

Interest Rate Swaps:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barclay’s Capital Inc.

 

$

9,300,000

 

4/11/10

 

6-Month EURIBOR

 

4.280%

 

$

(134,902

)

Barclay’s Capital Inc.

 

1,900,000

 

4/11/18

 

4.466%

 

6-Month EURIBOR

 

44,829

 

Barclay’s Capital Inc.

 

7,100,000

 

4/14/10

 

6-Month EURIBOR

 

4.254%

 

(107,032

)

Barclay’s Capital Inc.

 

1,500,000

 

4/14/18

 

4.440%

 

6-Month EURIBOR

 

39,783

 

Barclay’s Capital Inc.

 

1,300,000

 

5/12/10

 

6-Month EURIBOR

 

4.441%

 

(14,045

)

Credit Suisse First Boston Inc.

 

12,800,000

 

6/2/12

 

3-Month LIBOR

 

4.790%

 

89,554

 

Credit Suisse First Boston Inc.

 

3,100,000

 

6/2/20

 

5.223%

 

3-Month LIBOR

 

(75,045

)

Lehman Brothers Inc.

 

2,500,000

 

6/16/20

 

5.247%

 

3-Month LIBOR

 

(63,872

)

Lehman Brothers Inc.

 

1,250,000

 

6/17/20

 

5.329%

 

3-Month LIBOR

 

(39,502

)

Lehman Brothers Inc.

 

5,120,000

 

6/17/12

 

3-Month LIBOR

 

5.140%

 

66,407

 

Lehman Brothers Inc.

 

10,230,000

 

6/16/12

 

3-Month LIBOR

 

4.950%

 

98,127

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(95,698

)

Credit Default Swaps:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barclay’s Capital Inc. (CDX North America Crossover Index)

 

148,500,000

 

12/20/12

 

(a)

 

3.750%

 

$

(16,698,513

)

Net Unrealized Depreciation on open swap contracts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(16,794,211

)

 

(a) As a seller of protection, the Fund will pay an amount up to the notional value of the swap, and in certain instances take delivery of the security if a credit event occurs.

 

4. Recent Accounting Pronouncement

 

In March 2008, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued the Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 161, Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (“FAS 161”). FAS 161 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008. FAS 161 requires enhanced disclosures about the Fund’s derivative and hedging activities, including how such activities are accounted for and their effect on the Fund’s financial position, performance and cash flows. Management is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of FAS 161 will have on the Fund’s financial statements and related disclosures.

 

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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 Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

By

/s/ R. Jay Gerken

 

R. Jay Gerken

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

Date:  

October 29, 2008

 

 

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

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

Date:  

October 29, 2008

 

 

By

/s/ Kaprel Ozsolak

 

Kaprel Ozsolak

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

Date:  

October 29, 2008