UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-Q

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

 

Investment Company Act file number

811-02351

 

 

Western Asset Income Fund

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

385 East Colorado Boulevard

Pasadena, CA

 

91101

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

Robert I. Frenkel, Esq.

Legg Mason & Co., LLC

100 First Stamford Place

Stamford, CT 06902

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

1-888-777-0102

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

December 31

 

 

 

 

Date of reporting period:

September 30, 2009

 

 



 

ITEM 1.                                                     PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS

 



 

WESTERN ASSET INCOME FUND

 

 

FORM N-Q

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

 



 

Quarterly Report to Shareholders

 

Portfolio of Investments

 

Western Asset Income Fund

 

September 30, 2009 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Rate

 

Maturity
Date

 

Par/Shares

 

Value

 

LONG-TERM SECURITIES — 98.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES — 78.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aerospace and Defense — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L-3 Communications Corp.

 

7.625

%

6/15/12

 

$

275,000

 

$

278,781

 

L-3 Communications Corp.

 

5.200

%

10/15/19

 

370,000

 

370,925

A

Northrop Grumman Corp.

 

5.050

%

8/1/19

 

170,000

 

178,631

 

The Boeing Co.

 

4.875

%

2/15/20

 

390,000

 

402,296

 

United Technologies Corp.

 

6.125

%

2/1/19

 

300,000

 

343,236

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,573,869

 

Airlines — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Continental Airlines Inc.

 

6.545

%

2/2/19

 

131,621

 

124,381

 

Continental Airlines Inc.

 

7.256

%

3/15/20

 

183,686

 

176,339

 

Delta Air Lines Inc.

 

7.111

%

9/18/11

 

400,000

 

390,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

690,720

 

Automobiles — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Motors Corp.

 

8.250

%

7/15/23

 

3,450,000

 

534,750

B

Beverages — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bottling Group LLC

 

5.125

%

1/15/19

 

470,000

 

500,858

 

Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc.

 

6.820

%

5/1/18

 

240,000

 

272,828

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

773,686

 

Building Products — N.M.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nortek Inc.

 

8.500

%

9/1/14

 

55,000

 

37,950

B,C

Capital Markets — 4.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BankAmerica Capital III

 

1.079

%

1/15/27

 

215,000

 

124,769

D

Blackstone Holdings Financial

 

6.625

%

8/15/19

 

480,000

 

486,718

A

Goldman Sachs Capital II

 

5.793

%

12/29/49

 

920,000

 

662,400

E

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Senior Notes

 

6.000

%

5/1/14

 

250,000

 

271,884

 

Lehman Brothers Holdings Capital Trust VII

 

5.857

%

12/31/49

 

1,745,000

 

175

B,E

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

 

5.750

%

5/17/13

 

350,000

 

59,500

B

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

 

6.500

%

7/19/17

 

110,000

 

11

B

Merrill Lynch and Co. Inc.

 

6.050

%

8/15/12

 

400,000

 

426,595

 

Merrill Lynch and Co. Inc.

 

5.700

%

5/2/17

 

1,000,000

 

979,143

 

Merrill Lynch and Co. Inc.

 

6.400

%

8/28/17

 

300,000

 

303,829

 

Merrill Lynch and Co. Inc.

 

6.110

%

1/29/37

 

320,000

 

304,371

 

Morgan Stanley

 

4.750

%

4/1/14

 

60,000

 

59,557

 

Morgan Stanley

 

6.000

%

5/13/14

 

860,000

 

915,561

 

Morgan Stanley

 

6.625

%

4/1/18

 

100,000

 

105,742

 

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

 

6.345

%

2/15/34

 

555,000

 

509,701

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,209,956

 

Chemicals — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lubrizol Corp.

 

8.875

%

2/1/19

 

280,000

 

345,627

 

The Dow Chemical Co.

 

7.375

%

11/1/29

 

800,000

 

832,023

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,177,650

 

 

1



 

Quarterly Report to Shareholders

 

Portfolio of Investments - Continued

 

Western Asset Income Fund - Continued

 

September 30, 2009 (Unaudited) (continued)

 

 

 

Rate

 

Maturity
Date

 

Par/Shares

 

Value

 

Long-Term Securities — Continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds and Notes — Continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial Banks — 3.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BankAmerica Institutional Capital A

 

8.070

%

12/31/26

 

$

130,000

 

$

125,450

A

BankAmerica Institutional Capital B

 

7.700

%

12/31/26

 

480,000

 

441,600

A

Comerica Capital Trust II

 

6.576

%

2/20/37

 

360,000

 

247,500

E

Credit Suisse New York

 

5.300

%

8/13/19

 

320,000

 

328,111

 

SunTrust Capital VIII

 

6.100

%

12/15/36

 

560,000

 

389,733

E

Wachovia Capital Trust III

 

5.800

%

3/15/42

 

630,000

 

434,700

E

Wells Fargo and Co.

 

3.750

%

10/1/14

 

610,000

 

606,948

 

Wells Fargo Capital X

 

5.950

%

12/15/36

 

450,000

 

390,375

E

Wells Fargo Capital XIII

 

7.700

%

12/29/49

 

1,100,000

 

968,000

E

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,932,417

 

Commercial Services and Supplies — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Republic Services Inc.

 

5.500

%

9/15/19

 

130,000

 

133,920

A

Waste Management Inc.

 

7.375

%

5/15/29

 

415,000

 

469,859

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

603,779

 

Consumer Finance — 4.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Express Co.

 

8.125

%

5/20/19

 

440,000

 

520,384

 

American Express Co.

 

6.800

%

9/1/66

 

1,120,000

 

952,000

E

American Express Credit Corp.

 

5.125

%

8/25/14

 

150,000

 

155,163

 

Capital One Capital V

 

10.250

%

8/15/39

 

320,000

 

353,606

 

Capital One Financial Corp.

 

6.750

%

9/15/17

 

230,000

 

244,095

 

GMAC LLC

 

7.500

%

12/31/13

 

1,551,000

 

1,357,125

A

GMAC LLC

 

8.000

%

12/31/18

 

201,000

 

151,755

A

GMAC LLC

 

8.000

%

11/1/31

 

988,000

 

795,340

A

Nelnet Inc.

 

7.400

%

9/29/36

 

460,000

 

336,338

E

SLM Corp.

 

5.000

%

10/1/13

 

810,000

 

644,808

 

SLM Corp.

 

5.050

%

11/14/14

 

130,000

 

95,562

 

SLM Corp.

 

8.450

%

6/15/18

 

230,000

 

183,425

 

SLM Corp.

 

5.625

%

8/1/33

 

180,000

 

112,974

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,902,575

 

Containers and Packaging — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ball Corp.

 

7.125

%

9/1/16

 

250,000

 

255,000

 

Diversified Financial Services — 11.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AGFC Capital Trust I

 

6.000

%

1/15/67

 

170,000

 

68,000

A,E

AIG SunAmerica Global Financing VI

 

6.300

%

5/10/11

 

1,880,000

 

1,853,368

A

BAC Capital Trust XIV

 

5.630

%

12/31/49

 

585,000

 

383,175

E

Bank of America Corp.

 

8.000

%

12/29/49

 

150,000

 

133,365

E

Beaver Valley II Funding

 

9.000

%

6/1/17

 

239,000

 

244,275

 

Capital One Bank

 

6.500

%

6/13/13

 

330,000

 

351,823

 

Citigroup Inc.

 

6.375

%

8/12/14

 

620,000

 

641,012

 

Citigroup Inc.

 

5.500

%

10/15/14

 

270,000

 

269,610

 

Citigroup Inc.

 

8.500

%

5/22/19

 

1,840,000

 

2,077,056

 

Citigroup Inc.

 

6.125

%

8/25/36

 

550,000

 

472,011

 

 

2



 

Quarterly Report to Shareholders

 

Portfolio of Investments - Continued

 

Western Asset Income Fund - Continued

 

September 30, 2009 (Unaudited) (continued)

 

 

 

Rate

 

Maturity
Date

 

Par/Shares

 

Value

 

Long-Term Securities — Continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds and Notes — Continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services — Continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Citigroup Inc.

 

8.125

%

7/15/39

 

$

450,000

 

$

503,725

 

General Electric Capital Corp.

 

5.900

%

5/13/14

 

1,000,000

 

1,072,291

 

General Electric Capital Corp.

 

6.000

%

8/7/19

 

1,120,000

 

1,136,174

 

General Electric Capital Corp.

 

6.375

%

11/15/67

 

600,000

 

496,500

E

HSBC Finance Capital Trust IX

 

5.911

%

11/30/35

 

1,350,000

 

1,012,500

E

ILFC E-Capital Trust II

 

6.250

%

12/21/65

 

790,000

 

398,950

A,E

JPMorgan Chase and Co.

 

6.125

%

6/27/17

 

720,000

 

758,848

 

UBS Preferred Funding Trust V

 

6.243

%

5/12/49

 

1,120,000

 

842,240

E

ZFS Finance USA Trust II

 

6.450

%

12/15/65

 

1,440,000

 

1,296,000

A,E

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,010,923

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 4.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AT&T Corp.

 

8.000

%

11/15/31

 

260,000

 

323,970

 

AT&T Inc.

 

6.550

%

2/15/39

 

1,780,000

 

1,940,631

 

Embarq Corp.

 

7.082

%

6/1/16

 

330,000

 

358,564

 

Qwest Corp.

 

6.875

%

9/15/33

 

1,000,000

 

810,000

 

Verizon Communications Inc.

 

8.950

%

3/1/39

 

720,000

 

986,375

 

Verizon Global Funding Corp.

 

5.850

%

9/15/35

 

570,000

 

573,852

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,993,392

 

Electric Utilities — 4.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commonwealth Edison Co.

 

5.800

%

3/15/18

 

560,000

 

604,982

 

CP&L Inc.

 

5.300

%

1/15/19

 

690,000

 

747,282

 

Duke Energy Corp.

 

6.300

%

2/1/14

 

500,000

 

553,138

 

FirstEnergy Corp.

 

6.450

%

11/15/11

 

3,000

 

3,245

 

FirstEnergy Solutions Corp.

 

4.800

%

2/15/15

 

170,000

 

174,678

A

Pacific Gas and Electric Co.

 

6.050

%

3/1/34

 

240,000

 

266,977

 

PNPP II Funding Corp.

 

9.120

%

5/30/16

 

1,877,000

 

1,913,658

 

Sithe/Independence Funding Corp.

 

9.000

%

12/30/13

 

1,161,786

 

1,172,649

 

Virginia Electric & Power Co.

 

8.875

%

11/15/38

 

390,000

 

554,773

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,991,382

 

Energy Equipment and Services — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baker Hughes Inc.

 

7.500

%

11/15/18

 

450,000

 

549,588

 

EEB International Ltd.

 

8.750

%

10/31/14

 

260,000

 

279,500

A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

829,088

 

Food and Staples Retailing — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

 

6.500

%

8/15/37

 

380,000

 

443,502

 

Gas Utilities — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Southern Natural Gas Co.

 

5.900

%

4/1/17

 

170,000

 

175,083

A

Health Care Equipment and Supplies — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baxter International Inc.

 

4.500

%

8/15/19

 

140,000

 

143,585

 

Hospira Inc.

 

6.050

%

3/30/17

 

290,000

 

303,681

 

 

3



 

Quarterly Report to Shareholders

 

Portfolio of Investments - Continued

 

Western Asset Income Fund - Continued

 

September 30, 2009 (Unaudited) (continued)

 

 

 

Rate

 

Maturity
Date

 

Par/Shares

 

Value

 

Long-Term Securities — Continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds and Notes — Continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment and Supplies — Continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

St Jude Medical Inc.

 

3.750

%

7/15/14

 

$

160,000

 

$

162,800

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

610,066

 

Health Care Providers and Services — 5.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aetna Inc.

 

6.500

%

9/15/18

 

240,000

 

259,799

 

Cardinal Health Inc.

 

5.500

%

6/15/13

 

210,000

 

220,191

 

Coventry Health Care Inc.

 

5.950

%

3/15/17

 

440,000

 

394,526

 

HCA Inc.

 

7.875

%

2/1/11

 

250,000

 

252,188

 

HCA Inc.

 

6.300

%

10/1/12

 

180,000

 

172,800

 

HCA Inc.

 

6.250

%

2/15/13

 

930,000

 

888,150

 

HCA Inc.

 

5.750

%

3/15/14

 

65,000

 

57,363

 

HCA Inc.

 

9.125

%

11/15/14

 

400,000

 

413,000

 

HCA Inc.

 

9.250

%

11/15/16

 

500,000

 

516,875

 

Humana Inc.

 

6.450

%

6/1/16

 

220,000

 

221,895

 

Tenet Healthcare Corp.

 

9.000

%

5/1/15

 

732,000

 

764,940

A

Tenet Healthcare Corp.

 

10.000

%

5/1/18

 

732,000

 

807,030

A

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

 

5.000

%

8/15/14

 

50,000

 

51,807

 

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

 

6.000

%

11/15/17

 

520,000

 

543,363

 

Universal Health Services Inc.

 

7.125

%

6/30/16

 

520,000

 

564,093

 

WellPoint Inc.

 

5.875

%

6/15/17

 

540,000

 

569,960

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,697,980

 

Hotels, Restaurants and Leisure — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yum! Brands Inc.

 

4.250

%

9/15/15

 

310,000

 

316,876

 

Independent Power Producers and Energy Traders — 2.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dynegy Holdings Inc.

 

6.875

%

4/1/11

 

1,300,000

 

1,319,500

 

Dynegy Holdings Inc.

 

8.750

%

2/15/12

 

735,000

 

749,700

 

TXU Corp.

 

5.550

%

11/15/14

 

1,500,000

 

1,023,671

 

TXU Corp.

 

6.500

%

11/15/24

 

520,000

 

240,510

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,333,381

 

Insurance — 3.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allstate Corp.

 

6.500

%

5/15/57

 

480,000

 

398,400

E

American International Group Inc.

 

6.250

%

3/15/37

 

80,000

 

39,600

E

ASIF Global Financing XIX

 

4.900

%

1/17/13

 

30,000

 

27,237

A

Everest Reinsurance Holdings Inc.

 

6.600

%

5/15/37

 

260,000

 

176,800

E

Hartford Financial Services Group Inc.

 

8.125

%

6/15/68

 

325,000

 

289,250

E

Liberty Mutual Group

 

5.750

%

3/15/14

 

270,000

 

254,148

A

Liberty Mutual Group

 

7.800

%

3/15/37

 

300,000

 

228,000

A

MetLife Inc.

 

6.400

%

12/15/36

 

1,160,000

 

980,200

E

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.

 

9.375

%

8/15/39

 

430,000

 

458,230

A

Prudential Financial Inc.

 

8.875

%

6/15/38

 

340,000

 

333,200

E

The Chubb Corp.

 

6.375

%

3/29/67

 

320,000

 

288,000

E

The Travelers Cos. Inc.

 

6.250

%

3/15/37

 

620,000

 

545,120

E

The Travelers Cos. Inc.

 

6.250

%

6/15/37

 

280,000

 

315,818

 

 

4



 

Quarterly Report to Shareholders

 

Portfolio of Investments - Continued

 

Western Asset Income Fund - Continued

 

September 30, 2009 (Unaudited) (continued)

 

 

 

Rate

 

Maturity
Date

 

Par/Shares

 

Value

 

Long-Term Securities — Continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds and Notes — Continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance — Continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Willis North America Inc.

 

5.625

%

7/15/15

 

$

230,000

 

$

225,960

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,559,963

 

IT Services — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electronic Data Systems Corp.

 

7.450

%

10/15/29

 

420,000

 

532,429

 

Leisure Equipment and Products — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hasbro Inc.

 

6.300

%

9/15/17

 

320,000

 

335,094

F

Media — 4.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comcast Cable Holdings LLC

 

9.800

%

2/1/12

 

375,000

 

431,916

 

Comcast Corp.

 

6.450

%

3/15/37

 

120,000

 

127,067

 

Comcast Corp.

 

6.950

%

8/15/37

 

160,000

 

178,586

 

Comcast Corp.

 

6.400

%

5/15/38

 

1,050,000

 

1,107,165

 

DirecTV Holdings LLC

 

4.750

%

10/1/14

 

60,000

 

60,000

A

News America Inc.

 

6.550

%

3/15/33

 

545,000

 

557,807

 

Omnicom Group Inc.

 

6.250

%

7/15/19

 

570,000

 

614,893

 

TCI Communications Inc.

 

8.750

%

8/1/15

 

160,000

 

193,074

 

Time Warner Cable Inc.

 

8.750

%

2/14/19

 

520,000

 

640,604

 

Time Warner Entertainment Co. LP

 

8.375

%

7/15/33

 

530,000

 

636,996

 

Time Warner Inc.

 

7.700

%

5/1/32

 

595,000

 

672,818

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,220,926

 

Metals and Mining — 1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barrick Gold Finance Co.

 

6.125

%

9/15/13

 

300,000

 

329,728

 

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.

 

8.375

%

4/1/17

 

1,730,000

 

1,840,287

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,170,015

 

Multi-Utilities — 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Centerpoint Energy Inc.

 

6.850

%

6/1/15

 

1,150,000

 

1,192,276

 

Dominion Resources Inc.

 

8.875

%

1/15/19

 

250,000

 

316,299

 

DTE Energy Co.

 

6.350

%

6/1/16

 

260,000

 

267,648

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,776,223

 

Multiline Retail — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federated Retail Holdings Inc.

 

5.350

%

3/15/12

 

270,000

 

262,814

 

Macy’s Retail Holdings Inc.

 

5.875

%

1/15/13

 

330,000

 

320,411

 

May Department Stores Co.

 

5.750

%

7/15/14

 

400,000

 

375,820

 

May Department Stores Co.

 

6.650

%

7/15/24

 

180,000

 

141,952

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,100,997

 

Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels — 11.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apache Corp.

 

6.900

%

9/15/18

 

100,000

 

118,888

 

Apache Corp.

 

6.000

%

1/15/37

 

190,000

 

211,411

 

ConocoPhillips

 

6.000

%

1/15/20

 

360,000

 

398,970

 

ConocoPhillips

 

6.500

%

2/1/39

 

810,000

 

933,724

 

DCP Midstream LLC

 

6.750

%

9/15/37

 

420,000

 

399,827

A

Devon Financing Corp. ULC

 

7.875

%

9/30/31

 

350,000

 

433,527

 

 

5



 

Quarterly Report to Shareholders

 

Portfolio of Investments - Continued

 

Western Asset Income Fund - Continued

 

September 30, 2009 (Unaudited) (continued)

 

 

 

Rate

 

Maturity
Date

 

Par/Shares

 

Value

 

Long-Term Securities — Continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds and Notes — Continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels — Continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Duke Capital LLC

 

6.250

%

2/15/13

 

$

800,000

 

$

857,603

 

El Paso Corp.

 

7.800

%

8/1/31

 

2,000,000

 

1,834,238

 

Enbridge Energy Partners LP

 

9.875

%

3/1/19

 

120,000

 

149,028

 

Energy Transfer Partners LP

 

9.700

%

3/15/19

 

170,000

 

210,424

 

Enterprise Products Operating LLP

 

6.125

%

10/15/39

 

320,000

 

323,312

 

EOG Resources Inc.

 

5.875

%

9/15/17

 

540,000

 

598,280

 

Hess Corp.

 

7.875

%

10/1/29

 

1,180,000

 

1,382,144

 

Kerr-McGee Corp.

 

6.950

%

7/1/24

 

300,000

 

321,194

 

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP

 

7.125

%

3/15/12

 

530,000

 

578,852

 

Peabody Energy Corp.

 

6.875

%

3/15/13

 

285,000

 

287,850

 

Pemex Project Funding Master Trust

 

6.625

%

6/15/35

 

2,635,000

 

2,545,244

 

The Williams Cos. Inc.

 

7.500

%

1/15/31

 

102,000

 

104,181

 

The Williams Cos. Inc.

 

8.750

%

3/15/32

 

1,250,000

 

1,433,454

 

XTO Energy Inc.

 

6.100

%

4/1/36

 

440,000

 

452,912

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13,575,063

 

Paper and Forest Products — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Georgia-Pacific Corp.

 

9.500

%

12/1/11

 

325,000

 

346,125

 

Georgia-Pacific Corp.

 

7.375

%

12/1/25

 

250,000

 

225,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

571,125

 

Pharmaceuticals — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Abbott Laboratories

 

5.125

%

4/1/19

 

200,000

 

211,945

 

Pfizer Inc.

 

6.200

%

3/15/19

 

270,000

 

304,327

 

Wyeth

 

5.950

%

4/1/37

 

170,000

 

187,211

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

703,483

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Developers Diversified Realty Corp.

 

4.625

%

8/1/10

 

300,000

 

294,926

 

Developers Diversified Realty Corp.

 

9.625

%

3/15/16

 

380,000

 

381,194

 

Health Care REIT Inc.

 

5.875

%

5/15/15

 

130,000

 

123,637

 

WEA Financial

 

6.750

%

9/2/19

 

330,000

 

333,795

A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,133,552

 

Real Estate Management and Development — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forest City Enterprises Inc.

 

7.625

%

6/1/15

 

225,000

 

182,250

 

Thrifts and Mortgage Finance — 1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BB&T Capital Trust II

 

6.750

%

6/7/36

 

640,000

 

596,406

 

Countrywide Financial Corp.

 

5.800

%

6/7/12

 

950,000

 

1,002,159

 

Countrywide Financial Corp.

 

6.250

%

5/15/16

 

500,000

 

500,790

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,099,355

 

Tobacco — 1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Philip Morris International Inc.

 

6.875

%

3/17/14

 

490,000

 

559,759

 

 

6



 

Quarterly Report to Shareholders

 

Portfolio of Investments - Continued

 

Western Asset Income Fund - Continued

 

September 30, 2009 (Unaudited) (continued)

 

 

 

Rate

 

Maturity
Date

 

Par/Shares

 

Value

 

Long-Term Securities — Continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds and Notes — Continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tobacco — Continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reynolds American Inc.

 

7.250

%

6/1/12

 

$

1,360,000

 

$

1,460,799

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,020,558

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Cingular Wireless Services Inc.

 

8.750

%

3/1/31

 

655,000

 

867,653

 

Sprint Capital Corp.

 

6.900

%

5/1/19

 

330,000

 

295,350

 

Sprint Capital Corp.

 

8.750

%

3/15/32

 

940,000

 

888,300

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,051,303

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES
(Cost — $98,980,748)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

96,126,361

 

MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Variable Rate SecuritiesG — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thornburg Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-4 2A1

 

6.207

%

9/25/37

 

412,284

 

332,078

 

Thornburg Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-4 3A1

 

6.190

%

9/25/37

 

404,815

 

329,651

 

TOTAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (Cost — $809,786)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

661,729

 

U.S. GOVERNMENT AND AGENCY OBLIGATIONS — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed Rate Securities — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fannie Mae

 

0.000

%

10/9/19

 

350,000

 

195,634

H,I

Tennessee Valley Authority

 

5.250

%

9/15/39

 

390,000

 

411,498

 

United States Treasury Bonds

 

4.250

%

5/15/39

 

20,000

 

20,697

 

United States Treasury Notes

 

3.125

%

5/15/19

 

5,000

 

4,920

 

TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT AND AGENCY OBLIGATIONS
(Cost — $601,280)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

632,749

 

YANKEE BONDSJ — 18.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aerospace and Defense — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Systems 2001 Asset Trust

 

6.664

%

9/15/13

 

293,994

 

291,772

A

Beverages — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diageo Capital PLC

 

7.375

%

1/15/14

 

380,000

 

440,382

 

Chemicals — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc.

 

6.500

%

5/15/19

 

180,000

 

201,722

 

Commercial Banks — 6.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AES El Salvador Trust

 

6.750

%

2/1/16

 

750,000

 

633,777

A

Banco Mercantil del Norte SA

 

6.135

%

10/13/16

 

750,000

 

720,447

A,E

Barclays Bank PLC

 

10.179

%

6/12/21

 

240,000

 

315,439

A

Barclays Bank PLC

 

7.434

%

9/29/49

 

910,000

 

796,250

A,E

Glitnir Banki Hf

 

6.330

%

7/28/11

 

400,000

 

98,000

A,B,C

Glitnir Banki Hf

 

6.693

%

6/15/16

 

680,000

 

68

A,B,C,E

Glitnir Banki Hf

 

7.451

%

12/14/49

 

210,000

 

21

A,B,C,E

Groupe BPCE SA

 

12.500

%

6/29/49

 

361,000

 

393,490

A,E

HBOS Capital Funding LP

 

6.071

%

6/30/49

 

560,000

 

316,400

A,E

ICICI Bank Ltd.

 

6.375

%

4/30/22

 

200,000

 

163,602

A,E

Kaupthing Bank Hf

 

5.750

%

10/4/11

 

480,000

 

102,000

A,B,C

 

7



 

Quarterly Report to Shareholders

 

Portfolio of Investments - Continued

 

Western Asset Income Fund - Continued

 

September 30, 2009 (Unaudited) (continued)

 

 

 

Rate

 

Maturity
Date

 

Par/Shares

 

Value

 

Long-Term Securities — Continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yankee Bonds — Continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial Banks — Continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kaupthing Bank Hf

 

7.625

%

2/28/15

 

$

620,000

 

$

131,750

A,B,C

Kaupthing Bank Hf

 

7.125

%

5/19/16

 

1,250,000

 

125

A,B,C

Landsbanki Islands Hf

 

7.431

%

12/31/49

 

730,000

 

73

A,B,C,E

Mizuho Financial Group

 

5.790

%

4/15/14

 

1,100,000

 

1,162,349

A

Rabobank Nederland NV

 

11.000

%

12/29/49

 

858,000

 

1,051,050

A,E

Resona Preferred Global Securities

 

7.191

%

12/29/49

 

1,095,000

 

908,850

A,E

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC

 

5.000

%

11/12/13

 

70,000

 

64,191

 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC

 

5.000

%

10/1/14

 

170,000

 

153,755

 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC

 

5.050

%

1/8/15

 

80,000

 

71,768

 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC

 

7.640

%

3/31/49

 

100,000

 

49,000

E

RSHB Capital SA

 

7.125

%

1/14/14

 

200,000

 

205,560

A

Shinsei Finance Cayman Ltd.

 

6.418

%

1/29/49

 

760,000

 

399,000

A,E

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.

 

5.625

%

12/31/49

 

270,000

 

256,685

A,E

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,993,650

 

Consumer Finance — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aiful Corp.

 

6.000

%

12/12/11

 

665,000

 

266,000

A

Diversified Financial Services — 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lukoil International Finance BV

 

6.356

%

6/7/17

 

310,000

 

298,778

A

Petroplus Finance Ltd.

 

7.000

%

5/1/17

 

600,000

 

546,000

A

SMFG Preferred Capital

 

6.078

%

1/29/49

 

380,000

 

331,919

A,E

TNK-BP Finance SA

 

7.500

%

7/18/16

 

160,000

 

155,600

A

UFJ Finance Aruba AEC

 

6.750

%

7/15/13

 

355,000

 

394,485

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,726,782

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

British Telecommunications PLC

 

9.625

%

12/15/30

 

330,000

 

422,754

F

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV

 

5.750

%

3/23/16

 

160,000

 

169,647

 

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV

 

8.750

%

6/15/30

 

580,000

 

751,113

F

Koninklijke (Royal) KPN NV

 

8.375

%

10/1/30

 

240,000

 

309,274

 

Telecom Italia Capital

 

7.200

%

7/18/36

 

760,000

 

858,702

 

Telecom Italia Capital SA

 

7.721

%

6/4/38

 

390,000

 

463,109

 

Telefonica Emisiones S.A.U.

 

5.877

%

7/15/19

 

220,000

 

239,034

 

Telefonica Emisiones S.A.U.

 

7.045

%

6/20/36

 

100,000

 

118,341

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,331,974

 

Electric Utilities — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enersis SA/Cayman Island

 

7.400

%

12/1/16

 

452,000

 

504,766

 

Food and Staples Retailing — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delhaize Group

 

6.500

%

6/15/17

 

290,000

 

315,617

 

Foreign Governments — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quebec Province

 

7.970

%

7/22/36

 

650,000

 

862,495

 

Russian Federation

 

7.500

%

3/31/30

 

51,840

 

56,277

A

 

8



 

Quarterly Report to Shareholders

 

Portfolio of Investments - Continued

 

Western Asset Income Fund - Continued

 

September 30, 2009 (Unaudited) (continued)

 

 

 

Rate

 

Maturity
Date

 

Par/Shares

 

Value

 

Long-Term Securities — Continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yankee Bonds — Continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign Governments — Continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United Mexican States

 

6.750

%

9/27/34

 

$

24,000

 

$

26,400

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

945,172

 

Industrial Conglomerates — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hutchison Whampoa Int.

 

4.625

%

9/11/15

 

530,000

 

526,053

A

Insurance — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Axa

 

8.600

%

12/15/30

 

200,000

 

207,960

 

Media — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rogers Cable Inc.

 

6.250

%

6/15/13

 

250,000

 

270,283

 

WPP Finance

 

8.000

%

9/15/14

 

180,000

 

197,450

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

467,733

 

Metals and Mining — 1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd.

 

9.000

%

5/1/19

 

660,000

 

810,199

F

Vale Overseas Ltd.

 

6.875

%

11/21/36

 

1,148,000

 

1,187,641

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,997,840

 

Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels — 1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anadarko Finance Co.

 

7.500

%

5/1/31

 

855,000

 

945,954

 

Cenovus Energy Inc.

 

6.750

%

11/15/39

 

90,000

 

96,978

A

Petrobras International Finance Co.

 

5.875

%

3/1/18

 

879,000

 

911,729

 

Shell International Finance BV

 

6.375

%

12/15/38

 

250,000

 

296,863

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,251,524

 

Paper and Forest Products — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PE Paper Escrow GmbH

 

12.000

%

8/1/14

 

280,000

 

302,400

A

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

America Movil SA de CV

 

5.625

%

11/15/17

 

190,000

 

196,432

 

Rogers Wireless Inc.

 

6.375

%

3/1/14

 

300,000

 

331,181

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

527,613

 

TOTAL YANKEE BONDS
(Cost — $26,511,098)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22,298,960

 

PREFERRED STOCKS — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fannie Mae

 

8.250

%

 

 

11,700

shs

18,837

E,I,K

Freddie Mac

 

8.375

%

 

 

96,825

 

175,253

E,I,K

Preferred Blocker Inc.

 

7.000

%

 

 

247

 

143,638

A

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
(Cost — $1,537,589)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

337,728

 

TOTAL LONG-TERM SECURITIES
(Cost — $128,440,501)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

120,057,527

 

SHORT-TERM SECURITIES — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. GOVERNMENT AND AGENCY OBLIGATIONS — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fannie Mae

 

0.000

%

1/25/10

 

$

199,000

 

198,792

H,I

Fannie Mae

 

0.000

%

2/1/10

 

25,000

 

24,973

H,I

 

9



 

Quarterly Report to Shareholders

 

Portfolio of Investments - Continued

 

Western Asset Income Fund - Continued

 

September 30, 2009 (Unaudited) (continued)

 

 

 

Rate

 

Maturity
Date

 

Par/Shares

 

Value

 

Short-Term Securities — Continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations — Continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Freddie Mac

 

0.000

%

1/25/10

 

$

15,000

 

$

14,988

H,I

Freddie Mac

 

0.000

%

1/26/10

 

4,000

 

3,997

H,I

TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT AND AGENCY OBLIGATIONS
(Cost — $242,750)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

242,750

 

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deutsche Bank

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.05%, dated 9/30/09, to be repurchased at $782,001 on 10/1/09 (Collateral: $799,000 Freddie Mac Discount note, 0.000% due 3/8/10, value $797,640)

 

 

 

 

 

782,000

 

782,000

 

TOTAL REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS
(Cost — $782,000)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

782,000

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM SECURITIES
(Cost — $1,024,750)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,024,750

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.2%
(Cost — $129,465,251)
L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

121,082,277

 

Other Assets Less Liabilities — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

989,404

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

122,071,681

 

 

 

 

Expiration

 

Actual
Contracts

 

Appreciation/
(Depreciation)

 

Futures Contracts Written M

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Bond Futures

 

December 2009

 

10

 

$

(21,658

)

U.S. Treasury Note Futures

 

December 2009

 

80

 

(137,088

)

U.S. Treasury Note Futures

 

December 2009

 

36

 

(62,883

)

U.S. Treasury Note Futures

 

December 2009

 

1

 

(1,456

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(223,085

)

 

N.M.

Not Meaningful.

A

Rule 144a Security - A security purchased pursuant to Rule 144a under the Securities Act of 1933 which may not be resold subject to that rule except to qualified institutional buyers. These securities, which the Fund’s investment adviser has determined to be liquid, unless otherwise noted, represent 18.11% of net assets.

B

Bond is currently in default.

C

Illiquid security valued at fair value under the procedures approved by the Board of Directors.

D

Indexed Security - The rates of interest earned on these securities are tied to the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), the Euro Interbank Offered Rate (“EURIBOR”) Index, the Consumer Price Index (“CPI”), the one-year Treasury Bill Rate or the ten-year Japanese Government Bond Rate. The coupon rates are the rates as of September 30, 2009.

E

Stepped Coupon Security - A security with a predetermined schedule of interest or dividend rate changes at which time it begins to accrue interest or pay dividends according to the predetermined schedule.

F

Credit Linked Security - The rates of interest earned on these securities are tied to the credit rating assigned by Standard & Poor’s Rating Service and/or Moody’s Investors Services.

G

The coupon rates shown on variable rate securities are the rates at September 30, 2009. These rates vary with the weighted average coupon of the underlying loans.

H

Zero coupon bond - A bond with no periodic interest payments which is sold at such a discount as to produce a current yield to maturity.

I

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

J

Yankee Bond - A dollar-denominated bond issued in the U.S. by foreign entities.

K

Non-income producing.

 

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Quarterly Report to Shareholders

 

Portfolio of Investments - Continued

 

Western Asset Income Fund - Continued

 

September 30, 2009 (Unaudited) (continued)

 

L

Aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes is substantially the same as book cost. At September 30, 2009, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were substantially as follows:

 

 

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

$

7,158,274

 

 

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

(15,541,248

)

 

 

Net unrealized depreciation

$

(8,382,974

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M

Futures are described in more detail in the notes to financial statements.

 

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Portfolio of Investments (unaudited)

 

Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

 

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

 

The Fund’s primary investment objective is to provide current income for its shareholders. Capital appreciation, when consistent with current income, is a secondary investment objective.

 

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

 

Investment Valuation

 

The Fund’s securities are valued under policies approved by and under the general oversight of the Board of Directors. The Fund has adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Codification Section 820 (formerly Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157) (“ASC Section 820”). ASC Section 820 establishes a single definition of fair value, creates a three-tier hierarchy as a framework for measuring fair value based on inputs used to value the Fund’s investments, and requires additional disclosure about fair value.  The hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

·                  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 last quoted bid 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 sale price or official closing price on the primary market or exchange on which they trade. Futures 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 securities at fair value as determined in accordance with the procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Directors.

 

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

 

The fund uses valuation techniques to measure fair value that are consistent with the market approach, income approach and/or cost approach, depending on the type of the security and the particular circumstance.

 

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

 

Description

 

Quoted Prices
(Level 1)

 

Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)

 

Significant 
Unobservable 
Inputs
(Level 3)

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate bonds & notes

 

 

$

96,126,361

 

 

$

96,126,361

 

Mortgage-Backed Securities

 

 

661,729

 

 

661,729

 

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations

 

 

632,749

 

 

632,749

 

Yankee Bonds

 

 

22,298,960

 

 

22,298,960

 

Preferred Stocks†

 

$

194,090

 

143,638

 

 

337,728

 

Total long-term investments

 

194,090

 

119,863,437

 

 

120,057,527

 

Short-term investments†

 

 

1,024,750

 

 

1,024,750

 

Total investments

 

194,090

 

120,888,187

 

 

121,082,277

 

Other financial instruments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Futures contracts

 

(223,085

)

 

 

(223,085

)

Total

 

$

(28,995

)

$

120,888,187

 

$

 

$

120,859,192

 

 

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Notes to Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

† See Portfolio of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

 

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

 

INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES

 

CORPORATE
BONDS &
NOTES

 

TOTAL

 

Balance as of December 31, 2008

 

$

37,200

 

$

37,200

 

Accrued premiums/discounts

 

8,201

 

8,201

 

Realized gain/(loss)1

 

 

 

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)2

 

86,349

 

86,349

 

Net purchases (sales)

 

 

 

Net transfers in and/or out of Level 3

 

(131,750

)

(131,750

)

Balance as of September 30, 2009

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for investments in securities still held at September 30, 2009

 

 

 

 

1 This amount is included in net realized gain (loss) from investment transactions.

2 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.

 

Foreign Currency Translation

 

Assets and liabilities initially expressed in non-U.S. currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using currency exchange rates determined prior to the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange, usually at 2:00 p.m. Eastern time. Purchases and sales of securities and income and expenses are translated into U.S. dollars at the prevailing market rates on the dates of such transactions. The effects of changes in non-U.S. currency exchange rates on investment securities and other assets and liabilities are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investment securities.

 

Repurchase Agreements

 

The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements with institutions that its investment adviser has determined are creditworthy. Each repurchase agreement is recorded at cost. Under the terms of a typical repurchase agreement, a fund takes possession of an underlying debt obligation subject to an obligation of the seller to repurchase, and of the fund to resell, the obligation at an agreed-upon price and time, thereby determining the yield during a fund’s holding period. When entering into repurchase agreements, it is the Fund’s policy that its custodian acting on the fund’s behalf, 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 counterparty defaults, the Fund generally has the right to use the collateral to satisfy the terms of the repurchase transaction. However, if the market value of the collateral declines during the period in which the Fund seeks to assert its rights or if bankruptcy proceedings are commenced with respect to the seller of the security, realization of the collateral by the Fund may be delayed or limited.

 

Futures Contracts

 

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

 

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

 

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Notes to Portfolio of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

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

 

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

 

Financial Accounting Standards Board Codification Section 815 (formerly Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 161) (“ASC Topic 815”) requires enhanced disclosure about an entity’s derivative and hedging activities.

 

The following is a summary of the Fund’s derivative instruments categorized by risk exposure at September 30, 2009.

 

 

 

Futures Contracts

 

 

 

Primary Underlying
Risk Disclosure

 

Unrealized
Appreciation

 

Unrealized
Depreciation

 

Total

 

Interest Rate Contracts

 

 

$

(223,085

)

$

(223,085

)

Total

 

 

$

(223,085

)

$

(223,085

)

 

The Fund had an average market value of $5,500,652 in futures contracts (to sell).

 

Other information regarding the Fund is available in the Fund’s most recent Report to Shareholders. This information is available on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website (www.sec.gov).

 

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ITEM 2.                  CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

 

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

 

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

 

ITEM 3.                  EXHIBITS.

 

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

 



 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Western Asset Income Fund

 

By

/s/ R. Jay Gerken

 

 

R. Jay Gerken

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Date:  November 23, 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:  November 23, 2009

 

By

/s/ Frances M. Guggino

 

 

Frances M. Guggino

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

Date:  November 23, 2009