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 Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

55 Water Street, New York, NY

 

10041

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

Robert I. Frenkel, Esq.
Legg Mason & Co., LLC
100 First Stamford Place
Stamford, CT 06902

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:
Funds Investors Services

1-800-822-5544

 

or

 

 

Institutional Shareholder Services

1-888-425-6432

 

 

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

May 31

 

 

 

 

Date of reporting period:

February 28, 2009

 

 



 

ITEM 1.                  SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 



 

WESTERN ASSET

GLOBAL HIGH INCOME FUND INC.
 

FORM N-Q

FEBRUARY 28, 2009

 



 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

February 28, 2009

 

Face
Amount†

 

 

 

Security

 

Value

 

CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES — 47.0%

 

 

 

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — 6.8%

 

 

 

Auto Components — 0.2%

 

 

 

1,660,000

 

 

 

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

 

$

647,400

 

790,000

 

 

 

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

 

280,450

 

 

 

 

 

Visteon Corp., Senior Notes:

 

 

 

484,000

 

 

 

8.250% due 8/1/10

 

43,560

 

1,249,000

 

 

 

12.250% due 12/31/16 (a)

 

74,940

 

 

 

 

 

Total Auto Components

 

1,046,350

 

Automobiles — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ford Motor Co.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debentures:

 

 

 

545,000

 

 

 

8.875% due 1/15/22

 

95,375

 

275,000

 

 

 

8.900% due 1/15/32

 

48,125

 

7,205,000

 

 

 

Notes, 7.450% due 7/16/31

 

1,386,963

 

 

 

 

 

General Motors Corp.:

 

 

 

570,000

 

 

 

Notes, 7.200% due 1/15/11

 

94,050

 

 

 

 

 

Senior Debentures:

 

 

 

300,000

 

 

 

8.250% due 7/15/23

 

37,500

 

3,570,000

 

 

 

8.375% due 7/15/33

 

490,875

 

 

 

 

 

Total Automobiles

 

2,152,888

 

Diversified Consumer Services — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Education Management LLC/Education Management Finance Corp.:

 

 

 

355,000

 

 

 

Senior Notes, 8.750% due 6/1/14

 

337,250

 

955,000

 

 

 

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

 

897,700

 

 

 

 

 

Service Corp. International, Senior Notes:

 

 

 

185,000

 

 

 

7.625% due 10/1/18

 

171,125

 

210,000

 

 

 

7.500% due 4/1/27

 

163,800

 

 

 

 

 

Total Diversified Consumer Services

 

1,569,875

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.5%

 

 

 

675,000

 

 

 

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

 

354,375

 

675,000

 

 

 

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

 

3,442

 

521,000

 

 

 

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

 

148,485

 

875,000

 

 

 

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

 

756,875

 

255,000

 

 

 

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

 

197,625

 

1,000,000

 

 

 

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

 

125,000

 

 

 

 

 

MGM MIRAGE Inc.:

 

 

 

560,000

 

 

 

Notes, 6.750% due 9/1/12

 

238,000

 

1,350,000

 

 

 

Senior Notes, 13.000% due 11/15/13 (a)

 

978,750

 

 

 

 

 

Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, Senior Subordinated Notes:

 

 

 

675,000

 

 

 

7.125% due 8/15/14

 

205,875

 

625,000

 

 

 

6.875% due 2/15/15

 

181,250

 

876,000

 

 

 

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

 

775,260

 

95,000

 

 

 

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

 

48,925

 

770,000

 

 

 

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

 

288,750

 

1,150,000

 

 

 

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

 

856,750

 

150,000

 

 

 

Snoqualmie Entertainment Authority, Senior Secured Notes,
5.384% due 2/1/14 (a)(e)

 

81,750

 

 

 

 

 

Station Casinos Inc., Senior Notes:

 

 

 

110,000

 

 

 

6.000% due 4/1/12 (d)

 

34,650

 

760,000

 

 

 

7.750% due 8/15/16 (d)

 

231,800

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

February 28, 2009

 

Face
Amount†

 

 

 

Security

 

Value

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.5% (continued)

 

 

 

2,000,000

 

 

 

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

 

$

1,650,000

 

 

 

 

 

Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

 

7,157,562

 

Household Durables — 0.8%

 

 

 

80,000

 

 

 

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

 

41,600

 

1,735,000

 

 

 

K Hovnanian Enterprises Inc., Senior Notes, 11.500% due 5/1/13

 

1,361,975

 

2,180,000

 

 

 

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

 

2,043,750

 

445,000

 

 

 

Norcraft Holdings LP/Norcraft Capital Corp., Senior Discount Notes, 9.750% due 9/1/12

 

374,912

 

 

 

 

 

Total Household Durables

 

3,822,237

 

Internet & Catalog Retail — 0.0%

 

 

 

90,000

 

 

 

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

 

74,250

 

Media — 2.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Affinion Group Inc.:

 

 

 

2,210,000

 

 

 

Senior Notes, 10.125% due 10/15/13

 

1,723,800

 

380,000

 

 

 

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

 

243,200

 

3,257,000

 

 

 

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

 

293,130

 

849,000

 

 

 

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

 

679,200

 

1,570,000

 

 

 

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

 

745,750

 

125,000

 

 

 

Charter Communications Holdings LLC, Senior Discount Notes,
12.125% due 1/15/12 (d)(f)

 

3,438

 

215,000

 

 

 

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

 

3,225

 

1,150,000

 

 

 

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

 

1,069,500

 

575,000

 

 

 

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

 

20,125

 

1,120,000

 

 

 

Comcast Corp., 5.700% due 5/15/18

 

1,036,791

 

 

 

 

 

CSC Holdings Inc.:

 

 

 

425,000

 

 

 

Senior Debentures, 8.125% due 8/15/09

 

432,437

 

 

 

 

 

Senior Notes:

 

 

 

550,000

 

 

 

8.125% due 7/15/09

 

559,625

 

250,000

 

 

 

7.625% due 4/1/11

 

248,750

 

575,000

 

 

 

6.750% due 4/15/12

 

554,875

 

1,367,000

 

 

 

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

 

211,885

 

3,060,000

 

 

 

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

 

2,838,150

 

3,715,000

 

 

 

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

 

74,300

 

 

 

 

 

R.H. Donnelley Corp., Senior Notes:

 

 

 

650,000

 

 

 

8.875% due 1/15/16

 

32,500

 

100,000

 

 

 

8.875% due 10/15/17

 

5,000

 

1,100,000

 

 

 

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

 

1,150,026

 

270,000

 

 

 

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

 

163,350

 

200,000

 

 

 

Time Warner Cable Inc., Senior Notes, 8.750% due 2/14/19

 

213,846

 

260,000

 

 

 

Time Warner Inc., 6.500% due 11/15/36

 

223,131

 

 

 

 

 

Total Media

 

12,526,034

 

Multiline Retail — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dollar General Corp.:

 

 

 

970,000

 

 

 

Senior Notes, 10.625% due 7/15/15

 

977,275

 

650,000

 

 

 

Senior Subordinated Notes, 11.875% due 7/15/17 (b)

 

630,500

 

 

 

 

 

Neiman Marcus Group Inc.:

 

 

 

1,090,000

 

 

 

Senior Notes, 9.000% due 10/15/15 (b)

 

436,000

 

1,400,000

 

 

 

Senior Secured Notes, 7.125% due 6/1/28

 

637,000

 

 

 

 

 

Total Multiline Retail

 

2,680,775

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

February 28, 2009

 

Face
Amount†

 

 

 

Security

 

Value

 

Specialty Retail — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AutoNation Inc., Senior Notes:

 

 

 

335,000

 

 

 

3.094% due 4/15/13 (e)

 

$

267,163

 

85,000

 

 

 

7.000% due 4/15/14

 

73,525

 

1,070,000

 

 

 

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

 

572,450

 

 

 

 

 

Total Specialty Retail

 

913,138

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

 

31,943,109

 

CONSUMER STAPLES — 1.4%

 

 

 

Beverages — 0.7%

 

 

 

2,330,000

 

 

 

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

 

2,359,125

 

340,000

 

 

 

Dr. Pepper Snapple Group Inc., Senior Notes, 6.820% due 5/1/18

 

317,065

 

390,000

 

 

 

PepsiCo Inc., Senior Notes, 7.900% due 11/1/18

 

469,493

 

 

 

 

 

Total Beverages

 

3,145,683

 

Food & Staples Retailing — 0.1%

 

 

 

174,404

 

 

 

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

 

123,984

 

 

 

 

 

CVS Lease Pass-Through Trust:

 

 

 

101,833

 

 

 

5.880% due 1/10/28 (a)

 

77,806

 

626,691

 

 

 

6.036% due 12/10/28 (a)(d)

 

479,564

 

 

 

 

 

Total Food & Staples Retailing

 

681,354

 

Food Products — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dole Food Co. Inc., Senior Notes:

 

 

 

610,000

 

 

 

7.250% due 6/15/10

 

549,000

 

432,000

 

 

 

8.875% due 3/15/11

 

362,880

 

 

 

 

 

Total Food Products

 

911,880

 

Household Products — 0.1%

 

 

 

490,000

 

 

 

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

 

453,250

 

Tobacco — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alliance One International Inc., Senior Notes:

 

 

 

110,000

 

 

 

8.500% due 5/15/12

 

95,700

 

790,000

 

 

 

11.000% due 5/15/12

 

746,550

 

360,000

 

 

 

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes, 9.700% due 11/10/18

 

377,513

 

 

 

 

 

Total Tobacco

 

1,219,763

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES

 

6,411,930

 

ENERGY — 7.6%

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services — 0.4%

 

 

 

260,000

 

 

 

Baker Hughes Inc., Senior Notes, 7.500% due 11/15/18

 

286,006

 

560,000

 

 

 

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

 

381,500

 

750,000

 

 

 

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

 

491,250

 

270,000

 

 

 

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

 

270,000

 

390,000

 

 

 

Transocean Inc., Senior Notes, 5.250% due 3/15/13

 

386,634

 

 

 

 

 

Total Energy Equipment & Services

 

1,815,390

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 7.2%

 

 

 

800,000

 

 

 

Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes, 6.450% due 9/15/36

 

612,578

 

280,000

 

 

 

Apache Corp., Senior Notes, 6.000% due 1/15/37

 

273,134

 

1,395,000

 

 

 

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

 

983,475

 

 

 

 

 

Chesapeake Energy Corp., Senior Notes:

 

 

 

475,000

 

 

 

9.500% due 2/15/15

 

444,125

 

1,350,000

 

 

 

6.375% due 6/15/15

 

1,110,375

 

270,000

 

 

 

6.625% due 1/15/16

 

222,075

 

1,645,000

 

 

 

7.250% due 12/15/18

 

1,344,787

 

160,000

 

 

 

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

 

147,532

 

245,000

 

 

 

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

 

192,937

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

February 28, 2009

 

Face
Amount†

 

 

 

Security

 

Value

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 7.2% (continued)

 

 

 

478,939

 

 

 

Corral Petroleum Holdings AB, Senior Secured Subordinated Bonds, 6.094% due 4/15/10 (a)(b)(e)

 

$

251,443

 

230,000

 

 

 

Devon Energy Corp., Debentures, 7.950% due 4/15/32

 

242,429

 

 

 

 

 

El Paso Corp.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Medium-Term Notes:

 

 

 

2,050,000

 

 

 

7.375% due 12/15/12

 

1,909,723

 

1,330,000

 

 

 

7.750% due 1/15/32

 

1,027,612

 

125,000

 

 

 

Notes, 7.875% due 6/15/12

 

119,195

 

70,000

 

 

 

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

 

65,555

 

480,000

 

 

 

Energy Transfer Partners LP, Senior Notes, 6.700% due 7/1/18

 

434,058

 

 

 

 

 

Enterprise Products Operating LLP:

 

 

 

980,000

 

 

 

Junior Subordinated Notes, 8.375% due 8/1/66

 

662,302

 

550,000

 

 

 

Senior Bonds, 6.300% due 9/15/17

 

505,209

 

1,530,000

 

 

 

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

 

1,229,737

 

1,555,000

 

 

 

Forest Oil Corp., Senior Notes, 8.500% due 2/15/14 (a)

 

1,422,825

 

890,000

 

 

 

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

 

600,750

 

655,000

 

 

 

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

 

474,875

 

2,990,000

 

 

 

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

 

2,107,950

 

390,000

 

 

 

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, Medium-Term Notes,
6.950% due 1/15/38

 

360,256

 

 

 

 

 

LUKOIL International Finance BV:

 

 

 

830,000

 

 

 

6.356% due 6/7/17 (a)

 

610,050

 

946,000

 

 

 

6.656% due 6/7/22 (a)

 

657,470

 

1,850,000

 

 

 

Bonds, 6.356% due 6/7/17 (a)

 

1,359,750

 

390,000

 

 

 

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

 

296,400

 

330,000

 

 

 

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes, 7.000% due 11/1/13

 

366,077

 

 

 

 

 

OPTI Canada Inc., Senior Secured Notes:

 

 

 

690,000

 

 

 

7.875% due 12/15/14

 

231,150

 

445,000

 

 

 

8.250% due 12/15/14

 

153,525

 

6,747,000

 

 

 

Pemex Project Funding Master Trust, Senior Bonds, 6.625% due 6/15/35

 

4,796,489

 

510,000

 

 

 

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

 

484,500

 

2,500,000

 

 

 

Petroleos Mexicanos, 8.000% due 5/3/19 (a)

 

2,468,750

 

410,000

 

 

 

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

 

305,450

 

1,000,000

 

 

 

SandRidge Energy Inc., Senior Notes, 8.625% due 4/1/15 (b)

 

672,500

 

1,245,000

 

 

 

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

 

68,475

 

660,000

 

 

 

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

 

419,100

 

1,140,000

 

 

 

Teekay Corp., Senior Notes, 8.875% due 7/15/11

 

1,088,700

 

355,000

 

 

 

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

 

241,400

 

630,000

 

 

 

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

 

492,975

 

 

 

 

 

Williams Cos. Inc.:

 

 

 

1,060,000

 

 

 

Notes, 8.750% due 3/15/32

 

993,445

 

1,000,000

 

 

 

Senior Notes, 7.625% due 7/15/19

 

936,623

 

440,000

 

 

 

XTO Energy Inc., Senior Notes, 5.500% due 6/15/18

 

403,468

 

 

 

 

 

Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

 

33,791,234

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL ENERGY

 

35,606,624

 

FINANCIALS — 8.7%

 

 

 

Capital Markets — 1.7%

 

 

 

1,120,000

 

 

 

Bear Stearns Co. Inc., Senior Notes, 7.250% due 2/1/18

 

1,163,388

 

330,000

 

 

 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes, 6.150% due 4/1/18

 

300,358

 

390,000

 

 

 

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Notes, 6.875% due 4/25/18

 

325,019

 

 

 

 

 

Morgan Stanley:

 

 

 

470,000

 

 

 

6.625% due 4/1/18

 

434,716

 

60,000

 

 

 

Senior Notes, 3.250% due 12/1/11

 

61,895

 

6,200,000

 

 

 

Morgan Stanley Bank AG for OAO Gazprom, Loan Participation Notes, 9.625% due 3/1/13 (a)

 

5,657,500

 

 

 

 

 

Total Capital Markets

 

7,942,876

 

Commercial Banks — 3.1%

 

 

 

2,370,000

 

 

 

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

 

1,078,350

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

February 28, 2009

 

Face
Amount†

 

 

 

Security

 

Value

 

Commercial Banks — 3.1% (continued)

 

 

 

1,050,000

 

 

 

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

 

$

778,520

 

 

 

 

 

HSBK Europe BV:

 

 

 

1,700,000

 

 

 

7.250% due 5/3/17 (a)

 

603,500

 

730,000

 

 

 

7.250% due 5/3/17 (a)

 

266,450

 

 

 

 

 

ICICI Bank Ltd., Subordinated Bonds:

 

 

 

1,840,000

 

 

 

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

 

988,163

 

454,000

 

 

 

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

 

246,516

 

104,829,000

 

RUB

 

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

 

2,231,442

 

120,000

 

 

 

Keybank National Association, Senior Notes, 3.200% due 6/15/12

 

123,607

 

 

 

 

 

RSHB Capital, Loan Participation Notes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Secured Notes:

 

 

 

1,232,000

 

 

 

7.175% due 5/16/13 (a)

 

928,928

 

4,120,000

 

 

 

7.125% due 1/14/14 (a)

 

2,900,645

 

1,350,000

 

 

 

7.125% due 1/14/14 (a)

 

937,035

 

470,000

 

 

 

Senior Notes, 6.299% due 5/15/17 (a)

 

274,560

 

 

 

 

 

Senior Secured Notes:

 

 

 

280,000

 

 

 

7.175% due 5/16/13 (a)

 

214,774

 

1,529,000

 

 

 

6.299% due 5/15/17 (a)

 

886,820

 

 

 

 

 

TuranAlem Finance BV, Bonds:

 

 

 

1,786,000

 

 

 

8.250% due 1/22/37 (a)

 

276,830

 

880,000

 

 

 

8.250% due 1/22/37 (a)

 

171,600

 

1,350,000

 

 

 

Wachovia Corp., Senior Notes, 5.750% due 2/1/18

 

1,263,925

 

350,000

 

 

 

Wells Fargo Capital XV, Junior Subordinated Notes,
9.750% due 9/26/44 (e)

 

245,201

 

 

 

 

 

Total Commercial Banks

 

14,416,866

 

Consumer Finance — 1.7%

 

 

 

260,000

 

 

 

American Express Co., 7.000% due 3/19/18

 

245,255

 

 

 

 

 

Ford Motor Credit Co.:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes:

 

 

 

50,000

 

 

 

7.875% due 6/15/10

 

33,330

 

1,300,000

 

 

 

7.000% due 10/1/13

 

640,818

 

 

 

 

 

Senior Notes:

 

 

 

1,650,000

 

 

 

7.246% due 6/15/11 (e)

 

884,812

 

115,000

 

 

 

9.875% due 8/10/11

 

66,879

 

210,000

 

 

 

4.010% due 1/13/12 (e)

 

103,163

 

380,000

 

 

 

12.000% due 5/15/15

 

221,435

 

 

 

 

 

GMAC LLC:

 

 

 

30,000

 

 

 

7.500% due 12/31/13 (a)

 

12,630

 

36,000

 

 

 

8.000% due 12/31/18 (a)

 

8,634

 

3,877,000

 

 

 

8.000% due 11/1/31 (a)

 

1,742,983

 

978,000

 

 

 

Senior Notes, 6.875% due 8/28/12 (a)

 

563,455

 

4,350,000

 

 

 

SLM Corp., Senior Notes, 1.319% due 7/26/10 (e)

 

3,585,492

 

 

 

 

 

Total Consumer Finance

 

8,108,886

 

Diversified Financial Services — 1.6%

 

 

 

350,000

 

 

 

AAC Group Holding Corp., Senior Discount Notes,
10.250% due 10/1/12 (a)

 

239,750

 

 

 

 

 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes:

 

 

 

60,000

 

 

 

3.125% due 6/15/12

 

61,585

 

490,000

 

 

 

5.650% due 5/1/18

 

415,639

 

550,000

 

 

 

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

 

206,250

 

 

 

 

 

Citigroup Inc.:

 

 

 

290,000

 

 

 

Notes, 6.875% due 3/5/38

 

252,394

 

490,000

 

 

 

Senior Notes, 6.125% due 11/21/17

 

419,192

 

290,000

 

 

 

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

 

275,141

 

470,000

 

 

 

Galaxy Entertainment Finance Co. Ltd., 7.323% due 12/15/10 (a)(e)

 

354,850

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

5



 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

February 28, 2009

 

Face
Amount†

 

 

 

Security

 

Value

 

Diversified Financial Services — 1.6% (continued)

 

 

 

650,000

 

 

 

General Electric Capital Corp., Senior Notes, 5.625% due 5/1/18

 

$

557,776

 

220,000

 

 

 

John Deere Capital Corp., Senior Notes, 4.900% due 9/9/13

 

218,708

 

 

 

 

 

Leucadia National Corp., Senior Notes:

 

 

 

540,000

 

 

 

8.125% due 9/15/15

 

450,900

 

340,000

 

 

 

7.125% due 3/15/17

 

251,600

 

 

 

 

 

TNK-BP Finance SA:

 

 

 

550,000

 

 

 

6.625% due 3/20/17 (a)

 

303,875

 

 

 

 

 

Senior Notes:

 

 

 

1,750,000

 

 

 

7.500% due 7/18/16 (a)

 

1,058,750

 

170,000

 

 

 

7.500% due 7/18/16 (a)

 

102,850

 

1,490,000

 

 

 

7.875% due 3/13/18 (a)

 

856,750

 

890,000

 

 

 

Vanguard Health Holdings Co., I LLC, Senior Discount Notes, step bond to yield 9.952% due 10/1/15

 

765,400

 

755,000

 

 

 

Vanguard Health Holdings Co., II LLC, Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.000% due 10/1/14

 

694,600

 

 

 

 

 

Total Diversified Financial Services

 

7,486,010

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.5%

 

 

 

30,000

 

 

 

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

 

13,350

 

2,275,000

 

 

 

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

 

1,814,312

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

175,000

 

 

 

6.500% due 6/1/16

 

149,188

 

690,000

 

 

 

6.750% due 4/1/17

 

586,500

 

 

 

 

 

Total Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

 

2,563,350

 

Real Estate Management & Development — 0.1%

 

 

 

169,000

 

 

 

Ashton Woods USA LLC, Ashton Woods Finance Co., Senior Subordinated Notes, step bond to yield 37.040% due 6/30/15 (a)(f)

 

63,375

 

1,750,000

 

 

 

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

 

218,750

 

 

 

 

 

Total Real Estate Management & Development

 

282,125

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL FINANCIALS

 

40,800,113

 

HEALTH CARE — 3.3%

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services — 3.2%

 

 

 

240,000

 

 

 

Cardinal Health Inc., Senior Bonds, 5.850% due 12/15/17

 

213,906

 

620,000

 

 

 

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

 

589,775

 

1,300,000

 

 

 

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

 

1,267,500

 

 

 

 

 

HCA Inc.:

 

 

 

1,360,000

 

 

 

Notes, 6.375% due 1/15/15

 

945,200

 

 

 

 

 

Senior Secured Notes:

 

 

 

540,000

 

 

 

9.250% due 11/15/16

 

495,450

 

4,170,000

 

 

 

9.625% due 11/15/16 (b)

 

3,492,375

 

2,680,000

 

 

 

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

 

2,586,200

 

 

 

 

 

Tenet Healthcare Corp., Senior Notes:

 

 

 

430,000

 

 

 

6.375% due 12/1/11

 

384,850

 

1,030,000

 

 

 

7.375% due 2/1/13

 

875,500

 

1,959,000

 

 

 

9.875% due 7/1/14

 

1,562,303

 

 

 

 

 

Universal Hospital Services Inc., Senior Secured Notes:

 

 

 

160,000

 

 

 

5.943% due 6/1/15 (e)

 

114,400

 

135,000

 

 

 

8.500% due 6/1/15 (b)

 

118,125

 

3,329,000

 

 

 

US Oncology Holdings Inc., Senior Notes, 8.334% due 3/15/12 (b)(e)

 

2,014,045

 

240,000

 

 

 

WellPoint Inc., Senior Notes, 5.875% due 6/15/17

 

224,146

 

 

 

 

 

Total Health Care Providers & Services

 

14,883,775

 

Pharmaceuticals — 0.1%

 

 

 

1,270,000

 

 

 

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

 

6,350

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

6



 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

February 28, 2009

 

Face
Amount†

 

 

 

Security

 

Value

 

Pharmaceuticals — 0.1% (continued)

 

 

 

260,000

 

 

 

Wyeth, Notes, 5.950% due 4/1/37

 

$

265,178

 

 

 

 

 

Total Pharmaceuticals

 

271,528

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL HEALTH CARE

 

15,155,303

 

INDUSTRIALS — 5.2%

 

 

 

Aerospace & Defense — 0.2%

 

 

 

2,115,000

 

 

 

Hawker Beechcraft Acquisition Co., Senior Notes, 8.875% due 4/1/15 (b)

 

190,350

 

845,000

 

 

 

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

 

851,337

 

 

 

 

 

Total Aerospace & Defense

 

1,041,687

 

Airlines — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Continental Airlines Inc.:

 

 

 

201,892

 

 

 

8.388% due 5/1/22

 

129,211

 

 

 

 

 

Pass-Through Certificates:

 

 

 

306,439

 

 

 

8.312% due 4/2/11

 

243,619

 

290,000

 

 

 

7.339% due 4/19/14

 

185,600

 

2,290,000

 

 

 

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

 

830,125

 

 

 

 

 

Total Airlines

 

1,388,555

 

Building Products — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Associated Materials Inc.:

 

 

 

25,000

 

 

 

Senior Discount Notes, 7.090% due 3/1/14

 

7,625

 

1,560,000

 

 

 

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

 

1,294,800

 

 

 

 

 

GTL Trade Finance Inc.:

 

 

 

1,060,000

 

 

 

7.250% due 10/20/17 (a)

 

979,441

 

2,036,000

 

 

 

7.250% due 10/20/17 (a)

 

1,877,864

 

680,000

 

 

 

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

 

112,200

 

1,130,000

 

 

 

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

 

67,800

 

 

 

 

 

Total Building Products

 

4,339,730

 

Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.3%

 

 

 

900,000

 

 

 

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

 

887,429

 

1,618,000

 

 

 

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

 

1,472,380

 

1,100,000

 

 

 

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

 

797,500

 

1,295,000

 

 

 

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

 

699,300

 

2,510,000

 

 

 

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

 

2,008,000

 

 

 

 

 

Total Commercial Services & Supplies

 

5,864,609

 

Construction & Engineering — 1.5%

 

 

 

7,177,000

 

 

 

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

 

6,728,437

 

Industrial Conglomerates — 0.0%

 

 

 

427,455

 

 

 

Sequa Corp., Senior Notes, 13.500% due 12/1/15 (a)(b)

 

70,530

 

Road & Rail — 0.6%

 

 

 

2,610,000

 

 

 

Hertz Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 10.500% due 1/1/16

 

991,800

 

 

 

 

 

Kansas City Southern de Mexico, Senior Notes:

 

 

 

790,000

 

 

 

9.375% due 5/1/12

 

778,150

 

980,000

 

 

 

7.625% due 12/1/13

 

886,900

 

 

 

 

 

Total Road & Rail

 

2,656,850

 

Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.4%

 

 

 

595,000

 

 

 

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

 

348,075

 

1,370,000

 

 

 

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

 

869,950

 

1,415,000

 

 

 

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

 

672,125

 

 

 

 

 

Total Trading Companies & Distributors

 

1,890,150

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

7



 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

February 28, 2009

 

Face
Amount†

 

 

 

Security

 

Value

 

Transportation Infrastructure — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Swift Transportation Co., Senior Secured Notes:

 

 

 

370,000

 

 

 

9.899% due 5/15/15 (a)(e)

 

$

35,150

 

1,020,000

 

 

 

12.500% due 5/15/17 (a)

 

107,100

 

 

 

 

 

Total Transportation Infrastructure

 

142,250

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL INDUSTRIALS

 

24,122,798

 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — 0.5%

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NXP BV/NXP Funding LLC:

 

 

 

395,000

 

 

 

Senior Notes, 9.500% due 10/15/15

 

34,563

 

530,000

 

 

 

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

 

108,650

 

 

 

 

 

Total Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

 

143,213

 

IT Services — 0.3%

 

 

 

520,000

 

 

 

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

 

184,600

 

1,240,000

 

 

 

First Data Corp., Senior Notes, 9.875% due 9/24/15

 

688,200

 

1,000,000

 

 

 

SunGard Data Systems Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes,
10.250% due 8/15/15

 

690,000

 

 

 

 

 

Total IT Services

 

1,562,800

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.0%

 

 

 

80,000

 

 

 

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

 

14,800

 

Software — 0.2%

 

 

 

1,355,000

 

 

 

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

 

789,287

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

 

2,510,100

 

MATERIALS — 3.9%

 

 

 

Chemicals — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Georgia Gulf Corp., Senior Notes:

 

 

 

10,000

 

 

 

9.500% due 10/15/14

 

1,350

 

2,035,000

 

 

 

10.750% due 10/15/16

 

66,137

 

180,000

 

 

 

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

 

86,400

 

495,000

 

 

 

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

 

469,697

 

220,000

 

 

 

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

 

133,100

 

 

 

 

 

Total Chemicals

 

756,684

 

Containers & Packaging — 0.1%

 

 

 

390,000

 

 

 

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

 

278,850

 

575,000

 

 

 

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

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

Total Containers & Packaging

 

278,850

 

Metals & Mining — 3.1%

 

 

 

1,050,000

 

 

 

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

 

1,065,927

 

 

 

 

 

Evraz Group SA, Notes:

 

 

 

3,220,000

 

 

 

8.875% due 4/24/13 (a)

 

1,948,100

 

280,000

 

 

 

8.875% due 4/24/13 (a)

 

169,506

 

2,950,000

 

 

 

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

 

2,547,906

 

2,100,000

 

 

 

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

 

1,207,500

 

460,000

 

 

 

Noranda Aluminium Acquisition Corp., 6.595% due 5/15/15 (b)(e)

 

112,700

 

950,000

 

 

 

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

 

301,625

 

1,530,000

 

 

 

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

 

910,350

 

250,000

 

 

 

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

 

217,500

 

500,000

 

 

 

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

 

105,000

 

 

 

 

 

Vale Overseas Ltd., Notes:

 

 

 

1,448,000

 

 

 

8.250% due 1/17/34

 

1,436,202

 

2,704,000

 

 

 

6.875% due 11/21/36

 

2,343,287

 

2,980,000

 

 

 

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

 

2,100,900

 

 

 

 

 

Total Metals & Mining

 

14,466,503

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

8



 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

February 28, 2009

 

Face
Amount†

 

 

 

Security

 

Value

 

Paper & Forest Products — 0.6%

 

 

 

2,110,000

 

 

 

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

 

$

1,508,650

 

 

 

 

 

Appleton Papers Inc.:

 

 

 

375,000

 

 

 

Senior Notes, 8.125% due 6/15/11

 

256,875

 

715,000

 

 

 

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

 

160,875

 

2,095,000

 

 

 

NewPage Corp., Senior Secured Notes, 7.420% due 5/1/12 (e)

 

513,275

 

2,130,000

 

 

 

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

 

457,950

 

 

 

 

 

Total Paper & Forest Products

 

2,897,625

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL MATERIALS

 

18,399,662

 

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 5.3%

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 4.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AT&T Inc.:

 

 

 

630,000

 

 

 

5.600% due 5/15/18

 

607,240

 

720,000

 

 

 

Senior Notes, 6.400% due 5/15/38

 

657,355

 

 

 

 

 

Axtel SAB de CV, Senior Notes:

 

 

 

1,996,000

 

 

 

7.625% due 2/1/17 (a)

 

1,407,180

 

1,714,000

 

 

 

7.625% due 2/1/17 (a)

 

1,204,085

 

240,000

 

 

 

British Telecommunications PLC, Bonds, 9.125% due 12/15/30

 

229,392

 

120,000

 

 

 

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

 

87,000

 

635,000

 

 

 

Frontier Communications Corp., Senior Notes, 7.875% due 1/15/27

 

466,725

 

535,000

 

 

 

Hawaiian Telcom Communications Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 12.500% due 5/1/15 (c)(d)

 

8,025

 

1,505,000

 

 

 

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

 

1,425,987

 

900,000

 

 

 

Intelsat Intermediate Holding Co., Ltd., Senior Discount Notes, step bond to yield 11.454% due 2/1/15 (a)

 

733,500

 

350,000

 

 

 

Koninklijke KPN NV, Senior Notes, 8.375% due 10/1/30

 

380,086

 

325,000

 

 

 

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

 

308,750

 

 

 

 

 

Level 3 Financing Inc., Senior Notes:

 

 

 

965,000

 

 

 

12.250% due 3/15/13

 

670,675

 

1,105,000

 

 

 

9.250% due 11/1/14

 

707,200

 

70,000

 

 

 

6.845% due 2/15/15 (e)

 

33,950

 

1,895,000

 

 

 

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

 

1,733,925

 

1,520,000

 

 

 

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

 

1,295,800

 

85,000

 

 

 

Qwest Corp., Notes, 5.246% due 6/15/13 (e)

 

72,463

 

1,255,000

 

 

 

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

 

461,213

 

450,000

 

 

 

Telefonica Emisones SAU, Senior Notes, 6.221% due 7/3/17

 

452,943

 

1,708,000

 

 

 

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

 

1,007,720

 

 

 

 

 

Verizon Communications Inc.:

 

 

 

510,000

 

 

 

5.500% due 2/15/18

 

483,464

 

560,000

 

 

 

Senior Note, 6.400% due 2/15/38

 

527,082

 

 

 

 

 

Vimpel Communications, Loan Participation Notes:

 

 

 

1,030,000

 

 

 

8.375% due 4/30/13 (a)

 

695,250

 

1,535,000

 

 

 

Secured Notes, 8.375% due 4/30/13 (a)

 

1,053,836

 

1,200,000

 

 

 

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

 

1,060,500

 

155,000

 

 

 

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

 

156,163

 

1,225,000

 

 

 

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

 

1,182,125

 

 

 

 

 

Total Diversified Telecommunication Services

 

19,109,634

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 1.2%

 

 

 

630,000

 

 

 

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

 

740,250

 

1,090,000

 

 

 

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

 

1,018,828

 

260,000

 

 

 

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

 

247,000

 

1,105,000

 

 

 

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

 

508,523

 

170,000

 

 

 

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

 

172,338

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

9



 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

February 28, 2009

 

Face
Amount†

 

 

 

Security

 

Value

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 1.2% (continued)

 

 

 

320,000

 

 

 

Sprint Capital Corp., Senior Notes, 8.375% due 3/15/12

 

$

259,362

 

6,510,000

 

 

 

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

 

2,571,450

 

 

 

 

 

Total Wireless Telecommunication Services

 

5,517,751

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES

 

24,627,385

 

UTILITIES — 4.3%

 

 

 

Electric Utilities — 0.8%

 

 

 

2,050,000

 

 

 

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

 

1,865,500

 

581,000

 

 

 

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

 

603,410

 

270,000

 

 

 

FirstEnergy Corp., Notes, 7.375% due 11/15/31

 

231,020

 

550,000

 

 

 

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

 

567,188

 

290,000

 

 

 

Pacific Gas & Electric Co., First Mortgage Bonds, 6.050% due 3/1/34

 

289,998

 

 

 

 

 

Total Electric Utilities

 

3,557,116

 

Gas Utilities — 0.3%

 

 

 

1,480,000

 

 

 

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

 

1,398,600

 

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 3.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AES Corp., Senior Notes:

 

 

 

525,000

 

 

 

9.375% due 9/15/10

 

514,500

 

670,000

 

 

 

8.875% due 2/15/11

 

656,600

 

1,940,000

 

 

 

7.750% due 3/1/14

 

1,750,850

 

1,500,000

 

 

 

7.750% due 10/15/15

 

1,327,500

 

1,150,000

 

 

 

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

 

701,500

 

 

 

 

 

Edison Mission Energy, Senior Notes:

 

 

 

1,890,000

 

 

 

7.750% due 6/15/16

 

1,729,350

 

550,000

 

 

 

7.200% due 5/15/19

 

460,625

 

765,000

 

 

 

7.625% due 5/15/27

 

577,575

 

8,080,000

 

 

 

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

 

3,595,600

 

845,000

 

 

 

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

 

777,400

 

 

 

 

 

NRG Energy Inc., Senior Notes:

 

 

 

2,195,000

 

 

 

7.250% due 2/1/14

 

2,074,275

 

1,105,000

 

 

 

7.375% due 2/1/16

 

1,022,125

 

 

 

 

 

Total Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders

 

15,187,900

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL UTILITIES

 

20,143,616

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES
(Cost — $321,718,663)

 

219,720,640

 

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)(d)(f)

 

110

 

 

 

 

 

Sail Net Interest Margin Notes:

 

 

 

42,974

 

 

 

7.000% due 7/27/33 (a)(d)(f)

 

43

 

14,101

 

 

 

7.000% due 7/27/33 (a)(d)(f)

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES
(Cost — $166,860)

 

167

 

COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) STRIPS, IO:

 

 

 

7,062,769

 

 

 

5.500% due 1/1/33 (d)(g)

 

931,963

 

8,813,309

 

 

 

5.500% due 6/1/33 (d)(g)

 

1,179,650

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS
(Cost — $4,540,251)

 

2,111,613

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

10



 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

February 28, 2009

 

Face
Amount†

 

 

 

Security

 

Value

 

COLLATERALIZED SENIOR LOANS — 0.1%

 

 

 

ENERGY — 0.1%

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ashmore Energy International:

 

 

 

131,105

 

 

 

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

 

$

80,630

 

934,766

 

 

 

Term Loan, 4.459% due 3/30/14 (e)

 

574,881

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL COLLATERALIZED SENIOR LOANS
(Cost — $1,063,790)

 

655,511

 

MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES — 35.5%

 

 

 

FHLMC — 15.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC):

 

 

 

1,561,724

 

 

 

5.930% due 10/1/36 (e)(g)

 

1,617,037

 

3,947,710

 

 

 

5.726% due 3/1/37 (e)(g)

 

4,095,871

 

3,320,765

 

 

 

5.871% due 5/1/37 (e)(g)

 

3,456,679

 

168,572

 

 

 

6.100% due 9/1/37 (e)(g)

 

175,149

 

3,762,735

 

 

 

5.819% due 11/1/37 (e)(g)

 

3,908,494

 

 

 

 

 

Gold:

 

 

 

18,890,350

 

 

 

5.500% due 11/1/37-4/1/38 (g)

 

19,368,966

 

40,000,000

 

 

 

5.000% due 3/12/39 (g)(h)

 

40,618,760

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL FHLMC

 

73,240,956

 

FNMA — 16.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA):

 

 

 

2,700,000

 

 

 

5.500% due 4/16/24 (g)(h)

 

2,791,546

 

500,000

 

 

 

6.000% due 4/16/24 (g)(h)

 

520,547

 

4,150,036

 

 

 

5.000% due 6/1/35-7/1/38 (g)

 

4,233,163

 

3,196,626

 

 

 

5.500% due 2/1/36-7/1/38 (g)

 

3,278,833

 

782,498

 

 

 

6.500% due 7/1/36 (g)

 

819,597

 

9,651,604

 

 

 

6.000% due 10/1/37 (g)

 

9,980,250

 

48,250,000

 

 

 

5.000% due 3/12/39-4/13/39 (g)(h)

 

49,055,817

 

3,900,000

 

 

 

6.500% due 3/12/39-4/13/39 (g)(h)

 

4,074,046

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL FNMA

 

74,753,799

 

GNMA — 3.8%

 

 

 

17,100,000

 

 

 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA),
6.500% due 3/18/39 (h)

 

17,814,175

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES
(Cost — $163,760,586)

 

165,808,930

 

SOVEREIGN BONDS — 8.8%

 

 

 

Argentina — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Republic of Argentina:

 

 

 

1,074,000

 

EUR

 

9.000% due 6/20/03 (c)(f)

 

150,067

 

1,100,000

 

EUR

 

10.250% due 1/26/07 (c)(f)

 

153,700

 

1,729,117

 

EUR

 

8.000% due 2/26/08 (c)(f)

 

241,605

 

1,550,000

 

DEM

 

11.750% due 11/13/26 (c)(f)

 

110,735

 

522,000

 

EUR

 

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

 

72,938

 

 

 

 

 

Total Argentina

 

729,045

 

Brazil — 2.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brazil Nota do Tesouro Nacional:

 

 

 

1,000

 

BRL

 

10.000% due 1/1/10

 

419

 

32,108,000

 

BRL

 

10.000% due 7/1/10

 

13,412,848

 

 

 

 

 

Total Brazil

 

13,413,267

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

11



 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

February 28, 2009

 

Face
Amount†

 

 

 

Security

 

Value

 

Colombia — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Republic of Colombia:

 

 

 

544,000

 

 

 

11.750% due 2/25/20

 

$

684,080

 

2,852,000

 

 

 

7.375% due 9/18/37

 

2,623,840

 

 

 

 

 

Total Colombia

 

3,307,920

 

Indonesia — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Republic of Indonesia:

 

 

 

15,399,000,000

 

IDR

 

10.250% due 7/15/22

 

963,412

 

25,206,000,000

 

IDR

 

11.000% due 9/15/25

 

1,611,078

 

525,000

 

 

 

8.500% due 10/12/35 (a)

 

391,125

 

11,646,000,000

 

IDR

 

9.750% due 5/15/37

 

632,114

 

 

 

 

 

Total Indonesia

 

3,597,729

 

Mexico — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United Mexican States:

 

 

 

148,000

 

 

 

11.375% due 9/15/16

 

193,510

 

 

 

 

 

Medium-Term Notes:

 

 

 

4,000

 

 

 

5.625% due 1/15/17

 

3,878

 

1,046,000

 

 

 

6.750% due 9/27/34

 

975,918

 

 

 

 

 

Total Mexico

 

1,173,306

 

Panama — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Republic of Panama:

 

 

 

621,000

 

 

 

7.250% due 3/15/15

 

644,287

 

1,275,000

 

 

 

9.375% due 4/1/29

 

1,408,875

 

3,080,000

 

 

 

6.700% due 1/26/36

 

2,710,400

 

 

 

 

 

Total Panama

 

4,763,562

 

Peru — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Republic of Peru:

 

 

 

278,000

 

 

 

8.750% due 11/21/33

 

316,920

 

1,774,000

 

 

 

Bonds, 6.550% due 3/14/37

 

1,627,645

 

 

 

 

 

Global Bonds:

 

 

 

895,000

 

 

 

8.375% due 5/3/16

 

1,002,400

 

50,000

 

 

 

7.350% due 7/21/25

 

51,250

 

 

 

 

 

Total Peru

 

2,998,215

 

Russia — 0.9%

 

 

 

4,547,200

 

 

 

Russian Federation, 7.500% due 3/31/30 (a)

 

4,055,602

 

Venezuela — 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela:

 

 

 

365,000

 

 

 

8.500% due 10/8/14

 

211,700

 

10,497,000

 

 

 

5.750% due 2/26/16 (a)

 

5,038,560

 

475,000

 

 

 

7.650% due 4/21/25

 

207,812

 

 

 

 

 

Collective Action Securities:

 

 

 

1,608,000

 

 

 

9.375% due 1/13/34

 

804,000

 

875,000

 

 

 

Notes, 10.750% due 9/19/13

 

608,125

 

 

 

 

 

Total Venezuela

 

6,870,197

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL SOVEREIGN BONDS
(Cost — $55,296,398)

 

40,908,843

 

U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATION — 0.2%

 

 

 

U.S. Government Agency — 0.2%

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

 

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

(Cost - $1,002,698)

 

1,033,875

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

12



 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

February 28, 2009

 

Face
Amount†

 

 

 

Security

 

Value

 

U.S. TREASURY INFLATION PROTECTED SECURITIES — 2.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Bonds, Inflation Indexed:

 

 

 

3,082,272

 

 

 

2.000% due 1/15/26

 

$

2,814,499

 

959,063

 

 

 

2.375% due 1/15/27 (i)

 

926,994

 

2,378,271

 

 

 

1.750% due 1/15/28 (i)

 

2,089,164

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Notes, Inflation Indexed:

 

 

 

741,440

 

 

 

2.000% due 1/15/16

 

722,673

 

1,709,634

 

 

 

2.375% due 1/15/17

 

1,702,690

 

1,724,378

 

 

 

2.625% due 7/15/17

 

1,761,559

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL U.S. TREASURY INFLATION PROTECTED SECURITIES

(Cost — $10,395,324)

 

10,017,579

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PREFERRED STOCKS — 0.1%

 

 

 

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — 0.0%

 

 

 

Automobiles — 0.0%

 

 

 

30,500

 

 

 

Corts-Ford Motor Co., 7.400%

 

103,700

 

1,900

 

 

 

Corts-Ford Motor Co., 8.000%

 

6,403

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

 

110,103

 

FINANCIALS — 0.1%

 

 

 

Consumer Finance — 0.1%

 

 

 

1,176

 

 

 

Preferred Blocker Inc., 7.000% (a)

 

200,875

 

Diversified Financial Services — 0.0%

 

 

 

2,600

 

 

 

Preferred Plus, Trust, Series FRD-1, 7.400%

 

9,516

 

9,700

 

 

 

Saturns, Series F 2003-5, 8.125%

 

33,950

 

 

 

 

 

Total Diversified Financial Services

 

43,466

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL FINANCIALS

 

244,341

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS

(Cost — $1,081,098)

 

354,444

 

Warrants

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WARRANTS — 0.0%

 

 

 

2,675

 

 

 

Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Oil-linked payment obligations,
Expires 4/15/20(f)*

(Cost - $82,925)

 

46,813

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

(Cost — $559,108,593)

 

440,658,415

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Face
Amount†

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 5.7%

 

 

 

U.S. Government Agencies — 5.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

17,000,000

 

 

 

0.370% due 5/5/09 (g)(j)

 

16,992,588

 

8,600,000

 

 

 

0.471% due 6/15/09 (g)(j)

 

8,592,604

 

 

 

 

 

Total U.S. Government Agencies

(Cost — $25,577,029)

 

25,585,192

 

Repurchase Agreement — 0.2%

 

 

 

824,000

 

 

 

Morgan Stanley tri-party repurchase agreement dated 2/27/09, 0.220% due 3/2/09; Proceeds at maturity - $824,015; (Fully collateralized by U.S. government agency obligation, 6.500% due 6/22/22; Market value - $854,848) (Cost - $824,000)

 

824,000

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost — $26,401,029)

 

26,409,192

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.0% (Cost — $585,509,622#)

 

$

467,067,607

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

13



 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

February 28, 2009

 

*

 

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)

 

Illiquid security.

(e)

 

Variable rate security.  Interest rate disclosed is that which is in effect at February 28, 2009.

(f)

 

Security is valued in good faith at fair value by or under the direction of the Board of Directors (See Note 1).

(g)

 

On September 7, 2008, the Federal Housing Finance Agency placed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac into conservatorship.

(h)

 

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

(i)

 

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

(j)

 

Rate shown represents yield-to-maturity.

#

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

Abbreviations used in this schedule:

 

 

BRL

-   Brazilian Real

 

 

DEM

-   German Mark

 

 

EUR

-   Euro

 

 

GMAC

-   General Motors Acceptance Corp.

 

 

IDR

-   Indonesian Rupiah

 

 

IO

-   Interest Only

 

 

MTN

-   Medium-Term Note

 

 

OJSC

-   Open Joint Stock Company

 

 

RUB

-   Russian Ruble

 

 

STRIPS

-   Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal Securities

 

Schedule of Written Options

 

Contracts

 

Security

 

Expiration
Date

 

Strike
Price

 

Value

 

7

 

Eurodollar Futures, Call

 

3/16/09

 

$

97.75

 

$

16,844

 

7

 

Eurodollar Futures, Call

 

3/16/09

 

97.50

 

21,218

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Written Options
(Premiums Received — $10,083)

 

 

 

 

 

$

38,062

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

14



 

Notes to Financial Statements (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 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) Investment Valuation. 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. Publicly traded foreign government debt securities are typically traded internationally in the over-the-counter market, and are valued at the mean between the bid and asked prices as of the close of business of that market. Equity securities for which market quotations are available are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price on the primary market or exchange on which they trade. Future contracts are valued daily at the settlement price established by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded. 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 investments 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.

 

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)

 

The inputs or methodology used for valuing 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 carried at fair value:

 

 

 

February 28, 2009

 

Quoted Prices
(Level 1)

 

Other Significant
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)

 

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)

 

Investments in securities

 

$467,067,607

 

$   354,444

 

$464,807,989

 

$1,905,174

 

Other financial instruments*

 

(31,850,804

)

1,519,827

 

(33,370,631

)

 

Total

 

$435,216,803

 

$1,874,271

 

$431,437,358

 

$1,905,174

 

 

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

 

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

 

 

 

Investments
in Securities

 

Balance as of May 31, 2008

 

$             2

 

Accrued premiums/discounts

 

 

Realized gain (loss)

 

 

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

13

(1)

Net purchases (sales)

 

63,375

 

Transfers in and/or out of Level 3

 

1,841,784

 

Balance as of February 28, 2009

 

$1,905,174

 

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for Investments in Securities still held at the end of the reporting date

 

$(1,672,348

)(1)

 

(1)    Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) includes net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) resulting from changes in investment values during the reporting period and the reversal of previously recorded unrealized appreciation (depreciation) when gains or losses are realized.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

(b) 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.

 

(c) 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.

 

(d) 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 Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The Fund bears the risk of an unfavorable change in the foreign exchange rate underlying the forward foreign currency contract. Risks may also arise upon entering into these contracts from the potential inability of the counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts.

 

(e) 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 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 Fund accounts for mortgage dollar rolls as purchases and sales.

 

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

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

restricted pending a determination by the other party, or its trustee or receiver, whether to enforce the Fund’s obligation to repurchase the securities.

 

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

 

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

 

(g) 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 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.

 

(h) 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.

 

(i) Foreign Currency Translation. Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts based upon prevailing exchange rates 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.

 

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

 

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

 

(j) 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

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

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.

 

(k) 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 or in the event of a write-down, principal shortfall, interest shortfall or default of all or part of the referenced entities comprising a credit index. The Fund may use a CDS to provide 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 stream of payments throughout the term of the swap provided that there is no credit event. If the Fund is a seller of protection and a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement the maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) that the Fund could be required to make under a credit default swap agreement, would be an amount equal to the notional amount of the agreement. These amounts of potential payments will be partially offset by any recovery of value from the respective referenced obligations. As a seller of protection, the Fund effectively adds leverage to its portfolio because, in addition to its total net assets, the Fund 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.

 

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

 

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.

 

(l) Reclassification. GAAP requires that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset values per share.

 

2. Investments

 

At February 28, 2009, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were substantially as follows:

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$     3,017,078

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

(121,459,093

)

Net unrealized depreciation

 

$(118,442,015

)

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

At February 28, 2009, the Fund had the following open futures contracts:

 

 

 

Number of

 

Expiration

 

Basis

 

Market

 

Unrealized

 

 

 

Contracts

 

Date

 

Value

 

Value

 

Gain

 

Contracts to Buy:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

90 Day Eurodollar

 

92

 

3/09

 

$

22,338,778

 

$

22,703,875

 

$

365,097

 

90 Day Eurodollar

 

83

 

6/09

 

20,108,914

 

20,479,213

 

370,299

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

735,396

 

Contracts to Sell:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury 2-Year Note

 

45

 

6/09

 

9,759,220

 

9,747,422

 

$

11,798

 

U.S. Treasury 5-Year Note

 

298

 

6/09

 

34,903,354

 

34,742,609

 

160,745

 

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Note

 

298

 

6/09

 

36,174,550

 

35,769,313

 

405,237

 

U.S. Treasury 30-Year Bond

 

48

 

6/09

 

6,127,151

 

5,920,500

 

206,651

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

784,431

 

Net Unrealized Gain on Open Futures Contracts

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,519,827

 

 

At February 28, 2009, the Fund had the following open forward foreign currency contracts:

 

Foreign Currency

 

Local
Currency

 

Market
Value

 

Settlement
Date

 

Unrealized
Gain(Loss)

 

Contracts to Buy:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

British Pound

 

1,680,000

 

$

2,408,065

 

5/12/09

 

$

50,034

 

Euro

 

2,350,000

 

2,984,264

 

5/12/09

 

(53,699

)

Euro

 

1,100,000

 

1,396,889

 

5/12/09

 

(9,604

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(13,269

)

Contracts to Sell:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

British Pound

 

1,683,000

 

2,412,365

 

5/12/09

 

$

47,508

 

Euro

 

1,050,000

 

1,333,394

 

5/12/09

 

12,390

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

59,898

 

Net Unrealized Gain on Open Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

 

 

 

$

46,629

 

 

At February 28, 2009, written option transactions for the Fund were as follows:

 

 

 

Number of Contracts

 

Premiums

 

Written options, outstanding May 31, 2008

 

 

 

Options written

 

801

 

$

785,239

 

Options closed

 

(24

)

(26,724

)

Options expired

 

(763

)

(748,432

)

Written options, outstanding February 28, 2009

 

14

 

$

10,083

 

 

At February 28, 2009, the Fund held TBA securities with a total cost of $114,361,086.

 

CREDIT DEFAULT SWAP ON CORPORATE ISSUES—SELL PROTECTION(1)

 

SWAP COUNTERPARTY
(REFERENCE ENTITY)

 

NOTIONAL
AMOUNT(2)

 

TERMINATION
DATE

 

PERIODIC
PAYMENTS
RECEIVED
BY THE
FUND ‡

 

MARKET
VALUE

 

UPFRONT
PREMIUMS
PAID/
(RECEIVED)

 

UNREALIZED
DEPRECIATION

 

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

 

$126,900,000

 

12/20/12

 

3.750% quarterly

 

$(31,961,656

)

$1,427,625

 

$(33,389,281

)

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

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

 

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

 

‡  Percentage shown is an annual percentage rate.

 

3. 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:

April 28, 2009

 

 

 

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:

April 28, 2009

 

 

 

By

/s/ Kaprel Ozsolak

 

 

Kaprel Ozsolak

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

April 28, 2009