Western Asset Income Fund

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


FORM N-Q

 


QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number: 811-02351

 


Western Asset Income Fund

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)

 


Address of Principal Executive Offices:   385 East Colorado Boulevard
  Pasadena, CA 91101
Name and address of agent for service:  

Charles A. Ruys de Perez

385 East Colorado Boulevard

Pasadena, CA 91101

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (410) 539-0000

Date of fiscal year end: December 31, 2007

Date of reporting period: March 31, 2007

 



Item 1 – Schedule of Investments

 


Portfolio of Investments

Western Asset Income Fund

March 31, 2007 (Unaudited)

(Amounts in Thousands)

 

      Rate     Maturity
Date
   Par    Value  

Long-Term Securities — 96.3%

          

Corporate Bonds and Notes — 70.0%

          

Aerospace and Defense — 0.2%

          

L-3 Communications Corp.

   7.625 %   6/15/12    $ 275    $ 283  
                

Airlines — 0.3%

          

Continental Airlines Inc.

   6.545 %   8/2/20      171      178  

Continental Airlines Inc.

   7.256 %   9/15/21      209      225  
                
             403  
                

Automobiles — 4.1%

          

DaimlerChrysler NA Holding Corp.

   7.300 %   1/15/12      245      264  

Ford Motor Co.

   7.450 %   7/16/31      3,550      2,747  A

General Motors Corp.

   8.250 %   7/15/23      3,450      3,105  A
                
             6,116  
                

Building Products — 0.5%

          

American Standard Inc.

   8.250 %   6/1/09      500      528  

Nortek Inc.

   8.500 %   9/1/14      225      219  
                
             747  
                

Capital Markets — 3.4%

          

BankAmerica Capital III

   5.930 %   1/15/27      215      209  A,B

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

   5.000 %   1/14/11      1,340      1,329  

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

   5.750 %   1/3/17      110      110  

Merrill Lynch and Co. Inc.

   6.110 %   1/29/37      320      310  

Morgan Stanley

   5.050 %   1/21/11      1,780      1,772  

Morgan Stanley

   4.750 %   4/1/14      60      57  

The Bear Stearns Cos. Inc.

   5.550 %   1/22/17      720      706  

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

   6.345 %   2/15/34      555      548  
                
             5,041  
                

Chemicals — 0.6%

          

The Dow Chemical Co.

   7.375 %   11/1/29      800      890  
                

Commercial Banks — 2.8%

          

Comerica Capital Trust II

   6.576 %   2/20/37      360      349  C

Rabobank Capital Funding Trust II

   5.260 %   12/31/49      115      112  C,D

Rabobank Capital Funding Trust III

   5.254 %   12/31/16      1,145      1,104  C,D

RBS Capital Trust III

   5.512 %   9/29/49      1,460      1,437  C

SunTrust Capital VIII

   6.100 %   12/1/66      390      365  C

Wachovia Capital Trust III

   5.800 %   3/15/42      200      202  C

Wells Fargo Capital X

   5.950 %   12/15/36      620      597  
                
             4,166  
                

Commercial Services and Supplies — 0.3%

          

Waste Management Inc.

   7.375 %   5/15/29      415      456  
                

Communications Equipment — N.M.

          

Motorola Inc.

   7.625 %   11/15/10      56      60  
                


Consumer Finance — 5.2%

          

American Express Co.

   6.800 %   9/1/66    $ 1,000    $ 1,065  C

Capital One Financial Corp.

   7.125 %   8/1/08      90      92  

Ford Motor Credit Co.

   7.375 %   10/28/09      4,425      4,417  

GMAC LLC

   8.000 %   11/1/31      1,610      1,726  

Nelnet Inc.

   7.400 %   9/29/36      460      473  C
                
             7,773  
                

Containers and Packaging — 0.1%

          

Graphic Packaging International Corp.

   9.500 %   8/15/13      200      213  
                

Diversified Financial Services — 9.9%

          

AGFC Capital Trust I

   6.000 %   1/15/67      300      300  C,D

AIG SunAmerica Global Financing VI

   6.300 %   5/10/11      1,880      1,963 D

American Express Travel Related Services Co. Inc.

   5.250 %   11/21/11      300      302 D

Bank of America Corp.

   7.800 %   9/15/16      250      291  

Beaver Valley II Funding

   9.000 %   6/1/17      300      341  

Capital One Bank

   5.750 %   9/15/10      310      314  

Capital One Bank

   6.500 %   6/13/13      330      345  

Capital One Capital IV

   6.745 %   2/17/37      390      374  C

Chase Capital II

   5.860 %   2/1/27      725      708  A,B

Citigroup Inc.

   6.125 %   8/25/36      550      559  

Deutsche Bank Capital Funding Trust

   5.628 %   1/19/49      670      658  A,C,D

Glen Meadow Pass-Through Certificates

   6.505 %   2/12/67      310      315  C,D

HSBC Finance Capital Trust IX

   5.911 %   11/30/35      1,350      1,340  C

HSBC Finance Corp.

   5.700 %   6/1/11      1,730      1,756  

ILFC E-Capital Trust II

   6.250 %   12/21/65      790      809  A,C,D

Mizuho Preferred Capital Co. LLC

   8.790 %   12/29/49      110      115  C,D

Residential Capital Corp.

   6.000 %   2/22/11      1,770      1,746  

UBS Preferred Funding Trust V

   6.243 %   5/12/49      1,120      1,156  C

ZFS Finance USA Trust II

   6.450 %   12/15/65      1,440      1,440  C,D
                
             14,832  
                

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 4.3%

          

AT&T Corp.

   8.000 %   11/15/31      440      544  

BellSouth Corp.

   4.750 %   11/15/12      320      312  

Embarq Corp.

   7.082 %   6/1/16      330      336  

Qwest Capital Funding Inc.

   7.250 %   2/15/11      1,150      1,177  

Qwest Communications International Inc.

   7.500 %   2/15/14      850      876  

Qwest Corp.

   6.875 %   9/15/33      1,000      965  A

Verizon Global Funding Corp.

   5.850 %   9/15/35      570      539  

Verizon New York Inc.

   6.875 %   4/1/12      1,540      1,625  
                
             6,374  
                

Electric Utilities — 5.2%

          

Exelon Corp.

   6.750 %   5/1/11      1,050      1,094  

FirstEnergy Corp.

   6.450 %   11/15/11      60      63  

FirstEnergy Corp.

   7.375 %   11/15/31      460      523  

Pacific Gas and Electric Co.

   6.050 %   3/1/34      800      802  

PNPP II Funding Corp.

   9.120 %   5/30/16      2,361      2,669  A

Sithe/Independence Funding Corp.

   9.000 %   12/30/13      1,500      1,652  

Tampa Electric Co.

   6.375 %   8/15/12      145      152  

TXU Energy Co.

   6.125 %   3/15/08      500      503  A


TXU Energy Co.

   7.000 %   3/15/13    $ 370    $ 385  
                
             7,843  
                

Food and Staples Retailing — 0.6%

          

CVS Corp.

   5.750 %   8/15/11      290      296  

Safeway Inc.

   7.500 %   9/15/09      500      525  A
                
             821  
                

Food Products — 0.3%

          

Kraft Foods Inc.

   6.250 %   6/1/12      500      520  
                

Gas Utilities — 0.2%

          

Southern Natural Gas Co.

   5.900 %   4/1/17      340      340  D
                

Health Care Equipment and Supplies — 0.6%

          

Baxter International Inc.

   5.900 %   9/1/16      520      536  

Hospira Inc.

   6.050 %   3/30/17      290      290  
                
             826  
                

Health Care Providers and Services — 4.2%

          

Aetna Inc.

   5.750 %   6/15/11      540      551  

Cardinal Health Inc.

   5.800 %   10/15/16      410      409  D

Coventry Health Care Inc.

   5.950 %   3/15/17      440      438  

HCA Inc.

   7.875 %   2/1/11      250      255  

HCA Inc.

   6.300 %   10/1/12      180      168  A

HCA Inc.

   6.250 %   2/15/13      930      845  A

HCA Inc.

   5.750 %   3/15/14      65      55  

HCA Inc.

   9.125 %   11/15/14      400      427  D

HCA Inc.

   9.250 %   11/15/16      500      539  D

Humana Inc.

   6.450 %   6/1/16      220      228  

Quest Diagnostics Inc.

   5.125 %   11/1/10      290      288  

Tenet Healthcare Corp.

   6.375 %   12/1/11      1,465      1,370  A

Tenet Healthcare Corp.

   6.875 %   11/15/31      250      197  

Universal Health Services Inc.

   7.125 %   6/30/16      520      555  
                
             6,325  
                

Hotels Restaurants and Leisure — 0.2%

          

Caesars Entertainment Inc.

   8.125 %   5/15/11      250      265  
                

Household Durables — 0.5%

          

DR Horton Inc.

   5.250 %   2/15/15      410      375  

Pulte Homes Inc.

   6.250 %   2/15/13      145      144  

The Black and Decker Corp.

   5.750 %   11/15/16      290      291  
                
             810  
                

Independent Power Producers and Energy Traders — 1.7%

          

Dynegy Holdings Inc.

   6.875 %   4/1/11      1,300      1,303  

Dynegy Holdings Inc.

   8.750 %   2/15/12      735      781  

The AES Corp.

   9.500 %   6/1/09      39      42  

TXU Corp.

   6.500 %   11/15/24      520      438  
                
             2,564  
                


Insurance — 2.4%

          

Ace Ina Holdings Inc.

   5.700 %   2/15/17    $ 240    $ 241  

American International Group Inc.

   5.050 %   10/1/15      180      176  A

ASIF Global Financing XIX

   4.900 %   1/17/13      30      30  D

Liberty Mutual Group

   5.750 %   3/15/14      270      269  D

Liberty Mutual Group

   7.800 %   3/7/87      300      292  D

MetLife Inc.

   6.400 %   12/15/36      740      723  C

Prudential Financial Inc.

   5.700 %   12/14/36      340      325  

The Chubb Corp.

   6.375 %   3/29/67      320      319  C

The St. Paul Travelers Cos. Inc.

   6.250 %   6/20/16      310      326  

The Travelers Cos. Inc.

   6.250 %   3/15/67      380      375  C

Willis North America Inc.

   5.125 %   7/15/10      280      275  

Willis North America Inc.

   5.625 %   7/15/15      230      222  
                
             3,573  
                

IT Services — 0.7%

          

Electronic Data Systems Corp.

   7.125 %   10/15/09      600      626  

Electronic Data Systems Corp.

   7.450 %   10/15/29      420      458  
                
             1,084  
                

Media — 3.7%

          

AMFM Inc.

   8.000 %   11/1/08      210      218  

Clear Channel Communications Inc.

   5.500 %   9/15/14      365      323  

Comcast Cable Holdings LLC

   9.800 %   2/1/12      375      444  A

Comcast Corp.

   7.050 %   3/15/33      160      172  

Comcast Corp.

   6.450 %   3/15/37      380      380  

Cox Communications Inc.

   4.625 %   1/15/10      510      503  

Liberty Media LLC

   8.500 %   7/15/29      130      133  

Liberty Media LLC

   8.250 %   2/1/30      65      65  A

News America Inc.

   6.550 %   3/15/33      545      557  

TCI Communications Inc.

   8.750 %   8/1/15      160      189  

Time Warner Entertainment Co. LP

   8.375 %   7/15/33      530      644  

Time Warner Inc.

   9.125 %   1/15/13      240      281  

Time Warner Inc.

   7.700 %   5/1/32      595      675  

Viacom Inc.

   5.750 %   4/30/11      350      355  

Viacom Inc.

   5.625 %   8/15/12      520      522  
                
             5,461  
                

Metals and Mining — 1.0%

          

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.

   8.375 %   4/1/17      1,400      1,514  
                

Multi-Utilities — 2.1%

          

Centerpoint Energy Inc.

   6.850 %   6/1/15      1,150      1,220  

Dominion Resources Inc

   5.150 %   7/15/15      560      545  A

DTE Energy Co.

   6.375 %   4/15/33      330      339  

Sempra Energy

   5.830 %   5/21/08      635      635  B

Xcel Energy Inc.

   7.000 %   12/1/10      350      371  
                
             3,110  
                

Multiline Retail — 0.5%

          

Federated Retail Holdings Inc.

   5.350 %   3/15/12      110      110  

May Department Stores Co.

   5.750 %   7/15/14      400      397  A


May Department Stores Co.

   6.700 %   7/15/34    $ 180    $ 177  A
                
             684  
                

Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels — 8.5%

          

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

   5.950 %   9/15/16      130      130  

Conoco Inc.

   6.950 %   4/15/29      210      238  

ConocoPhillips

   4.750 %   10/15/12      200      197  

Devon Financing Corp. ULC

   7.875 %   9/30/31      350      415  

Duke Capital LLC

   6.250 %   2/15/13      1,200      1,229  

El Paso Corp.

   7.800 %   8/1/31      2,000      2,210  A

Hess Corp.

   7.875 %   10/1/29      1,450      1,673  

Kerr-McGee Corp.

   6.950 %   7/1/24      300      316  

Kerr-McGee Corp.

   7.875 %   9/15/31      1,315      1,529  

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP

   7.125 %   3/15/12      530      568  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

   6.750 %   1/15/12      500      536  A

Peabody Energy Corp.

   6.875 %   3/15/13      285      290  

Pemex Project Funding Master Trust

   6.625 %   6/15/35      1,150      1,185  

The Williams Cos. Inc.

   7.500 %   1/15/31      102      108  

The Williams Cos. Inc.

   8.750 %   3/15/32      1,250      1,441  

Valero Energy Corp.

   6.875 %   4/15/12      215      229  

XTO Energy Inc.

   6.100 %   4/1/36      440      426  
                
             12,720  
                

Paper and Forest Products — 0.8%

          

Georgia-Pacific Corp.

   9.500 %   12/1/11      325      361  

Georgia-Pacific Corp.

   7.375 %   12/1/25      250      241  

Weyerhaeuser Co.

   6.750 %   3/15/12      635      667  
                
             1,269  
                

Pharmaceuticals — 0.6%

          

Wyeth

   6.950 %   3/15/11      680      723  

Wyeth

   5.950 %   4/1/37      170      167  
                
             890  
                

Real Estate Investment Trusts — 0.5%

          

Health Care REIT Inc.

   5.875 %   5/15/15      130      129  

iStar Financial Inc.

   5.950 %   10/15/13      590      597  
                
             726  
                

Real Estate Management and Development — 0.2%

          

Forest City Enterprises Inc.

   7.625 %   6/1/15      225      229  

Socgen Real Estate Co. LLC

   7.640 %   12/29/49      80      81  C,D
                
             310  
                

Thrifts and Mortgage Finance — 0.5%

          

BB&T Capital Trust II

   6.750 %   6/7/36      640      689  
                

Tobacco — 1.2%

          

Altria Group Inc.

   7.000 %   11/4/13      305      331  

Reynolds American Inc.

   7.250 %   6/1/12      1,360      1,425  A
                
             1,756  
                


Wireless Telecommunication Services — 2.1%

          

New Cingular Wireless Services Inc.

   8.125 %   5/1/12    $ 155    $ 174  

New Cingular Wireless Services Inc.

   8.750 %   3/1/31      475      613  

Nextel Communications Inc.

   5.950 %   3/15/14      88      87  

Nextel Communications Inc.

   7.375 %   8/1/15      285      295  

Sprint Capital Corp.

   8.750 %   3/15/32      1,380      1,628  

Sprint Nextel Corp.

   6.000 %   12/1/16      360      354  
                
             3,151  
                

Total Corporate Bonds and Notes (Cost — $101,030)

                       104,605  

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations — 2.3%

          

Fixed Rate Securities — 2.3%

          

United States Treasury Notes

   4.625 %   12/31/11      230      231  A

United States Treasury Notes

   4.750 %   1/31/12      2,920      2,945  A

United States Treasury Notes

   4.625 %   2/29/12      260      261  
                

Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost — $3,415)

                       3,437  

U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities — N.M.

          

Fixed Rate Securities — N.M.

          

Freddie Mac

   10.250 %   5/1/09      8      8  
                

Total U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost — $7)

                       8  

Yankee BondsE — 24.0%

          

Aerospace and Defense — 0.3%

          

Systems 2001 Asset Trust

   6.664 %   9/15/13      422      445  D
                

Beverages — 0.3%

          

Molson Coors Capital Finance

   4.850 %   9/22/10      480      473  
                

Commercial Banks — 9.0%

          

AES El Salvador Trust

   6.750 %   2/1/16      750      750  D

ATF Capital BV

   9.250 %   2/21/14      810      791  A,D

Banco Mercantil del Norte SA

   6.135 %   10/13/16      750      756  C,D

Glitnir Banki Hf

   6.330 %   7/28/11      400      415  D

Glitnir Banki Hf

   6.693 %   6/15/16      680      713  C,D

Glitnir Banki Hf

   7.451 %   12/14/49      210      225  C,D

HBOS Capital Funding LP

   6.071 %   6/30/49      560      571  C,D

HBOS Treasury Services PLC

   4.000 %   9/15/09      420      410  D

ICICI Bank Ltd.

   6.375 %   4/30/22      200      198  C,D

Kaupthing Bank Hf

   6.050 %   4/12/11      540      545  B,D

Kaupthing Bank Hf

   5.750 %   10/4/11      480      484  D

Kaupthing Bank Hf

   7.125 %   5/19/16      1,250      1,352  D

Mizuho Financial Group

   5.790 %   4/15/14      1,100      1,121  D

Resona Preferred Global Securities

   7.191 %   12/29/49      1,035      1,093  C,D

RSHB Capital SA

   7.175 %   5/16/13      1,340      1,415  D

Shinsei Finance Cayman Ltd.

   6.418 %   1/29/49      1,100      1,111  C,D

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.

   5.625 %   12/31/49      270      266  C,D

TuranAlem Finance BV

   8.250 %   1/22/37      740      744  D

VTB Capital SA for Vneshtorgbank

   5.960 %   8/1/08      560      560  B,D
                
             13,520  
                

 


Consumer Finance — 0.7%

          

Aiful Corp.

   6.000 %   12/12/11    $ 995    $ 1,010  D
                

Diversified Financial Services — 0.8%

          

SMFG Preferred Capital

   6.078 %   1/29/49      380      381  C,D

TNK-BP Finance SA

   7.500 %   7/18/16      360      380  D

UFJ Finance Aruba AEC

   6.750 %   7/15/13      355      382  
                
             1,143  
                

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.7%

          

British Telecommunications PLC

   9.125 %   12/15/30      330      453  F

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV

   5.750 %   3/23/16      160      160  

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV

   8.250 %   6/15/30      500      619  

France Telecom SA

   8.500 %   3/1/31      560      728  

Koninklijke (Royal) KPN NV

   8.375 %   10/1/30      240      272  

Tele Norte Leste Participacoes SA

   8.000 %   12/18/13      410      439  G

Telecom Italia Capital

   7.200 %   7/18/36      760      791  

Telefonica Emisiones S.A.U

   7.045 %   6/20/36      600      641  
                
             4,103  
                

Electric Utilities — 0.6%

          

Enersis SA

   7.375 %   1/15/14      317      344  A

Enersis SA/Cayman Island

   7.400 %   12/1/16      452      498  
                
             842  
                

Foreign Government — 3.1%

          

Federative Republic of Brazil

   7.125 %   1/20/37      120      133  A

Federative Republic of Brazil

   11.000 %   8/17/40      340      459  A

Quebec Province

   7.970 %   7/22/36      650      889  C

Republic of Colombia

   7.375 %   9/18/37      100      109  

Republic of Panama

   7.125 %   1/29/26      150      162  

Republic of Panama

   9.375 %   4/1/29      14      19  A

Republic of Panama

   6.700 %   1/26/36      141      146  A

Russian Federation

   5.000 %   3/31/30      590      669  C,D

United Mexican States

   6.750 %   9/27/34      1,825      1,990  
                
             4,576  
                

Industrial Conglomerates — 1.0%

          

Tyco International Group SA

   6.375 %   10/15/11      1,450      1,532  
                

Insurance — 0.6%

          

Axa

   8.600 %   12/15/30      550      701  

XL Capital Ltd.

   5.250 %   9/15/14      250      245  
                
             946  
                

Media — 0.2%

          

British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC

   6.875 %   2/23/09      330      339  
                

Metals and Mining — 0.8%

          

Vale Overseas Ltd.

   6.250 %   1/23/17      563      574  

Vale Overseas Ltd.

   6.875 %   11/21/36      608      628  
                
             1,202  
                


Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels — 3.7%

          

Conoco Funding Co.

   6.350 %   10/15/11    $ 470    $ 494  

Gazprom

   9.625 %   3/1/13      50      59  D

Gazprom

   9.625 %   3/1/13      20      24  D

Gazprom

   6.212 %   11/22/16      450      450  D

Gazprom

   6.510 %   3/7/22      400      406  D

Petrobras International Finance Co.

   6.125 %   10/6/16      825      841  

Petrozuata Finance Inc.

   8.220 %   4/1/17      3,205      3,221  D
                
             5,495  
                

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.2%

          

Rogers Wireless Inc.

   6.375 %   3/1/14      300      307  
                

Total Yankee Bonds (Cost — $34,220)

                       35,933  

Total Long-Term Securities (Cost — $138,672)

                       143,983  

Investment of Collateral From Securities Lending — 14.3%

          

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Prime Portfolio

          21,449      21,449  
                

Total Investment of Collateral From Securities Lending (Cost — $21,449)

                       21,449  

Total Investments — 110.6% (Cost — $160,121)

             165,432  

Obligation to Return Collateral For Securities Loaned — (14.3)%

             (21,449 )

Other Assets Less Liabilities — 3.7%

             5,536  
                

Net Assets — 100.0%

           $ 149,519  
                

N.M. Not Meaningful.

A All or a portion of this security is on loan.
B Indexed Security - The rates of interest earned on these securities are tied to the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), the Consumer Price Index (“CPI”), or the one-year Treasury Bill Rate. The coupon rates are the rates as of March 31, 2007.
C 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.
D 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, represent 20.11% of net assets.
E Yankee Bond - A dollar-denominated bond issued in the U.S. by foreign entities.
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 Illiquid security valued at fair value under the procedures approved by the Board of Directors.


Security Valuation

The Fund’s securities are valued on the basis of readily available market quotations or, lacking such quotations, at fair value as determined under policies approved by and under the general oversight of the Board of Directors. In determining fair value, all relevant qualitative and quantitative factors available are considered. These factors are subject to change over time and are reviewed periodically. The Fund may use fair value pricing instead of market quotations to value one or more securities if the Fund believes that, because of special circumstances, doing so would more accurately reflect the prices the Fund expects to realize on the current sale of those securities. Further, because of the inherent uncertainty of valuation, those estimated values may differ significantly from quoted or published values or from the values that would have been used had a ready market for the investments existed, and the differences could be material.

Securities Lending

The Fund may lend its securities to approved brokers to earn additional income, and will receive cash and U.S. government securities as collateral against the loans. Cash collateral received is invested in a money market pooled account by the Fund’s lending agent. Collateral is maintained over the life of the loan in an amount not less than 100% of the value of the loaned securities. At March 31, 2007, the market value of the securities on loan to broker-dealers was $21,011 for which the fund received collateral of $21,449 in cash. Such collateral is in the possession of the Fund’s custodian. The cash invested in the State Street Navigator Securities Lending Prime Portfolio is included in the Fund’s portfolio of investments. As with other extensions of credit, the Fund may bear the risk of delay in recovery or even loss of rights to the collateral should the borrower of the securitities fail financially.

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).


Item 2 – Controls and Procedures

 

  (a) Western Asset Income Fund (the “Registrant”) principal executive and principal financial officers have concluded, based on their evaluation of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant on Form N-Q is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the required time periods in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms and that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant in the reports that it files or submits on Form N-Q is accumulated and communicated to the Registrant’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

  (b) There were no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting during the Registrant’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the internal control over financial reporting.

Item 3 – Exhibits

Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 – filed as an exhibit 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
  President
  Western Asset Income Fund
Date: May 29, 2007

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

 

By:  

/s/ R. Jay Gerken

  R. Jay Gerken
  President
  Western Asset Income Fund
Date: May 29, 2007

 

By:  

/s/ Marie K. Karpinski

  Marie K. Karpinski
  Principal Financial and Accounting Officer
  Western Asset Income Fund
Date: May 23, 2007