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: (626) 844-9400

Date of fiscal year end: December 31, 2008

Date of reporting period: March 31, 2008

 

 

 


Item 1 – Schedule of Investments


Western Asset Income Fund

March 31, 2008 (Unaudited)

 

     Rate     Maturity
Date
   Par/Shares    Value  

Long-Term Securities — 97.8%

          

Corporate Bonds and Notes — 73.2%

          

Aerospace and Defense — 0.2%

          

L-3 Communications Corp.

   7.625 %   6/15/12    $ 275,000    $ 281,531  
                

Airlines — 0.6%

          

Continental Airlines Inc.

   6.545 %   2/2/19      164,859      158,575  

Continental Airlines Inc.

   7.256 %   3/15/20      193,739      190,591  

Delta Air Lines Inc.

   7.111 %   9/18/11      400,000      394,000  
                
             743,166  
                

Automobiles — 5.7%

          

Ford Motor Co.

   7.450 %   7/16/31      8,050,000      5,313,000  A

General Motors Corp.

   8.250 %   7/15/23      3,450,000      2,415,000  A
                
             7,728,000  
                

Building Products — 0.5%

          

American Standard Inc.

   8.250 %   6/1/09      500,000      526,645  

Nortek Inc.

   8.500 %   9/1/14      225,000      166,500  
                
             693,145  
                

Capital Markets — 4.9%

          

BankAmerica Capital III

   4.828 %   1/15/27      215,000      162,525  B

Deutsche Bank AG

   5.375 %   10/12/12      330,000      344,884  

Goldman Sachs Capital II

   5.793 %   12/29/49      920,000      612,812  C

Lehman Brothers Holdings Capital Trust VII

   5.857 %   11/29/49      1,590,000      1,005,675  C

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

   6.500 %   7/19/17      110,000      104,461  

Merrill Lynch and Co. Inc.

   6.050 %   8/15/12      400,000      406,256  

Merrill Lynch and Co. Inc.

   5.700 %   5/2/17      1,000,000      949,940  

Merrill Lynch and Co. Inc.

   6.400 %   8/28/17      300,000      296,042  

Merrill Lynch and Co. Inc.

   6.110 %   1/29/37      320,000      252,930  

Morgan Stanley

   5.050 %   1/21/11      1,180,000      1,183,781  

Morgan Stanley

   4.750 %   4/1/14      60,000      55,697  

Morgan Stanley

   6.625 %   4/1/18      100,000      100,035  

The Bear Stearns Cos. Inc.

   5.550 %   1/22/17      720,000      642,843  A

The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

   6.345 %   2/15/34      555,000      480,572  A
                
             6,598,453  
                

Chemicals — 0.6%

          

The Dow Chemical Co.

   7.375 %   11/1/29      800,000      858,227  
                

Commercial Banks — 3.3%

          

Comerica Capital Trust II

   6.576 %   2/20/37      360,000      239,765  C

Rabobank Capital Funding Trust II

   5.260 %   12/31/49      115,000      98,724  C,D

Rabobank Capital Funding Trust III

   5.254 %   12/31/16      1,145,000      951,007  C,D

RBS Capital Trust III

   5.512 %   9/29/49      1,460,000      1,199,260  C

SunTrust Capital VIII

   6.100 %   12/15/36      560,000      443,408  C

Wachovia Capital Trust III

   5.800 %   3/15/42      410,000      292,125  C

Wells Fargo and Co.

   5.250 %   10/23/12      790,000      819,289  


     Rate     Maturity
Date
   Par/Shares    Value  

Long-Term Securities — Continued

          

Corporate Bonds and Notes — Continued

          

Commercial Banks — Continued

          

Wells Fargo Capital X

   5.950 %   12/15/36    $ 450,000    $ 405,445  C
                
             4,449,023  
                

Commercial Services and Supplies — 0.3%

          

Waste Management Inc.

   7.375 %   5/15/29      415,000      443,435  
                

Communications Equipment — N.M.

          

Motorola Inc.

   7.625 %   11/15/10      56,000      58,037  
                

Consumer Finance — 2.6%

          

American Express Co.

   6.800 %   9/1/66      1,120,000      1,053,058  C

Capital One Financial Corp.

   6.750 %   9/15/17      230,000      218,171  

GMAC LLC

   8.000 %   11/1/31      1,610,000      1,153,874  

Nelnet Inc.

   7.400 %   9/29/36      460,000      299,686  C

SLM Corp.

   5.000 %   10/1/13      810,000      609,688  

SLM Corp.

   5.050 %   11/14/14      130,000      94,546  

SLM Corp.

   5.625 %   8/1/33      180,000      122,728  
                
             3,551,751  
                

Containers and Packaging — 0.1%

          

Graphic Packaging International Corp.

   9.500 %   8/15/13      200,000      192,000  
                

Diversified Financial Services — 9.9%

          

AGFC Capital Trust I

   6.000 %   1/15/67      300,000      247,216  C,D

AIG SunAmerica Global Financing VI

   6.300 %   5/10/11      1,880,000      1,975,636  D

BAC Capital Trust XIV

   5.630 %   12/31/49      580,000      424,093  C

Bank of America Corp.

   8.000 %   12/29/49      150,000      150,180  C

Beaver Valley II Funding

   9.000 %   6/1/17      294,000      326,907  

Capital One Bank

   6.500 %   6/13/13      330,000      311,482  A

Capital One Capital IV

   6.745 %   2/17/37      390,000      278,482  A,C

Capmark Financial Group Inc.

   5.875 %   5/10/12      350,000      221,752  D,E

Chase Capital II

   3.739 %   2/1/27      725,000      576,509  B

Citigroup Capital XXI

   8.300 %   12/21/57      320,000      315,319  C

Citigroup Inc.

   6.125 %   8/25/36      550,000      483,032  

Deutsche Bank Capital Funding Trust

   5.628 %   1/19/49      670,000      579,843  C,D

General Electric Capital Corp.

   6.375 %   11/15/67      600,000      587,111  C

Glen Meadow Pass-Through Certificates

   6.505 %   2/12/67      310,000      264,604  C,D

HSBC Finance Capital Trust IX

   5.911 %   11/30/35      1,350,000      1,094,774  C

HSBC Finance Corp.

   5.700 %   6/1/11      1,730,000      1,740,422  

ILFC E-Capital Trust II

   6.250 %   12/21/65      790,000      705,968  C,D

Kaupthing Bank Hf

   7.625 %   2/28/15      620,000      583,606  D

Mizuho Preferred Capital Co. LLC

   8.790 %   12/29/49      110,000      110,542  C,D

TNK-BP Finance SA

   7.875 %   3/13/18      100,000      92,375  D

UBS Preferred Funding Trust V

   6.243 %   5/12/49      1,120,000      936,743  C

ZFS Finance USA Trust II

   6.450 %   12/15/65      1,440,000      1,309,033  C,D
                
             13,315,629  
                

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.6%

          

AT&T Corp.

   8.000 %   11/15/31      440,000      514,144  

Embarq Corp.

   7.082 %   6/1/16      330,000      312,423  

Qwest Corp.

   6.875 %   9/15/33      1,000,000      800,000  

Verizon Global Funding Corp.

   5.850 %   9/15/35      570,000      519,243  
                
             2,145,810  
                


     Rate     Maturity
Date
   Par/Shares    Value  

Long-Term Securities — Continued

          

Corporate Bonds and Notes — Continued

          

Electric Utilities — 5.0%

          

Commonwealth Edison Co.

   5.800 %   3/15/18    $ 560,000    $ 557,056  

Exelon Corp.

   6.750 %   5/1/11      550,000      580,353  

FirstEnergy Corp.

   6.450 %   11/15/11      60,000      62,806  

FirstEnergy Corp.

   7.375 %   11/15/31      395,000      429,681  

Pacific Gas and Electric Co.

   6.050 %   3/1/34      800,000      784,267  

PNPP II Funding Corp.

   9.120 %   5/30/16      2,186,000      2,613,057  A

Sithe/Independence Funding Corp.

   9.000 %   12/30/13      1,424,557      1,492,651  

Tampa Electric Co.

   6.375 %   8/15/12      145,000      155,850  
                
             6,675,721  
                

Energy Equipment and Services — 0.2%

          

EEB International Ltd.

   8.750 %   10/31/14      260,000      267,800  D
                

Food and Staples Retailing — 0.3%

          

Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

   6.500 %   8/15/37      380,000      399,005  
                

Food Products — 0.3%

          

Tyson Foods Inc.

   6.850 %   4/1/16      340,000      340,412  E
                

Gas Utilities — 0.1%

          

Southern Natural Gas Co.

   5.900 %   4/1/17      170,000      166,180  D
                

Health Care Equipment and Supplies — 0.2%

          

Hospira Inc.

   6.050 %   3/30/17      290,000      287,427  
                

Health Care Providers and Services — 4.6%

          

Cardinal Health Inc.

   5.800 %   10/15/16      410,000      411,905  

Coventry Health Care Inc.

   5.950 %   3/15/17      440,000      415,774  

HCA Inc.

   7.875 %   2/1/11      250,000      245,625  

HCA Inc.

   6.300 %   10/1/12      180,000      160,200  A

HCA Inc.

   6.250 %   2/15/13      930,000      809,100  

HCA Inc.

   5.750 %   3/15/14      65,000      53,625  

HCA Inc.

   9.125 %   11/15/14      400,000      412,000  

HCA Inc.

   9.250 %   11/15/16      500,000      518,750  

Humana Inc.

   6.450 %   6/1/16      220,000      223,036  

Tenet Healthcare Corp.

   6.375 %   12/1/11      1,465,000      1,322,163  A

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

   6.000 %   11/15/17      520,000      507,738  

Universal Health Services Inc.

   7.125 %   6/30/16      520,000      542,770  

WellPoint Inc.

   5.875 %   6/15/17      540,000      528,515  
                
             6,151,201  
                

Hotels, Restaurants and Leisure — 0.2%

          

Caesars Entertainment Inc.

   8.125 %   5/15/11      250,000      210,000  
                

Household Durables — 0.6%

          

DR Horton Inc.

   5.250 %   2/15/15      410,000      340,300  

Pulte Homes Inc.

   6.250 %   2/15/13      145,000      131,950  

The Black and Decker Corp.

   5.750 %   11/15/16      290,000      278,936  
                
             751,186  
                

Independent Power Producers and Energy Traders — 2.7%

          

Dynegy Holdings Inc.

   6.875 %   4/1/11      1,300,000      1,277,250  

Dynegy Holdings Inc.

   8.750 %   2/15/12      735,000      755,213  A

The AES Corp.

   9.500 %   6/1/09      39,000      40,248  

TXU Corp.

   5.550 %   11/15/14      1,500,000      1,171,261  


     Rate     Maturity
Date
   Par/Shares    Value  

Long-Term Securities — Continued

          

Corporate Bonds and Notes — Continued

          

Independent Power Producers and Energy Traders — Continued

          

TXU Corp.

   6.500 %   11/15/24    $ 520,000    $ 369,241  
                
             3,613,213  
                

Insurance — 3.3%

          

Ace Ina Holdings Inc.

   5.700 %   2/15/17      240,000      238,947  

Allstate Corp.

   6.500 %   5/15/57      480,000      395,297  A,C

American International Group Inc.

   5.850 %   1/16/18      180,000      176,641  

American International Group Inc.

   6.250 %   3/15/37      80,000      64,808  C

ASIF Global Financing XIX

   4.900 %   1/17/13      30,000      29,546  D

Everest Reinsurance Holdings Inc.

   6.600 %   5/15/37      260,000      219,149  C

Liberty Mutual Group

   5.750 %   3/15/14      270,000      278,952  D

Liberty Mutual Group

   7.800 %   3/15/37      300,000      252,921  D

MetLife Inc.

   6.400 %   12/15/36      1,160,000      921,782  C

Prudential Financial Inc.

   5.700 %   12/14/36      340,000      289,644  

The Chubb Corp.

   6.375 %   3/29/67      320,000      298,074  C

The Travelers Cos. Inc.

   6.250 %   3/15/37      620,000      546,855  C

The Travelers Cos. Inc.

   6.250 %   6/15/37      280,000      259,533  

Willis North America Inc.

   5.125 %   7/15/10      280,000      282,607  

Willis North America Inc.

   5.625 %   7/15/15      230,000      228,824  
                
             4,483,580  
                

IT Services — 0.8%

          

Electronic Data Systems Corp.

   7.125 %   10/15/09      600,000      611,949  

Electronic Data Systems Corp.

   7.450 %   10/15/29      420,000      397,259  
                
             1,009,208  
                

Leisure Equipment and Products — 0.3%

          

Hasbro Inc.

   6.300 %   9/15/17      320,000      334,342  E
                

Media — 2.8%

          

AMFM Inc.

   8.000 %   11/1/08      210,000      216,731  

Clear Channel Communications Inc.

   5.500 %   9/15/14      365,000      262,800  

Comcast Cable Holdings LLC

   9.800 %   2/1/12      375,000      427,719  

Comcast Corp.

   6.450 %   3/15/37      380,000      358,089  

Comcast Corp.

   6.950 %   8/15/37      160,000      160,321  

Liberty Media LLC

   8.500 %   7/15/29      130,000      111,075  A

Liberty Media LLC

   8.250 %   2/1/30      65,000      54,549  A

News America Inc.

   6.550 %   3/15/33      545,000      534,482  A

TCI Communications Inc.

   8.750 %   8/1/15      160,000      180,989  

Time Warner Entertainment Co. LP

   8.375 %   7/15/33      530,000      596,347  

Time Warner Inc.

   9.125 %   1/15/13      240,000      268,973  

Time Warner Inc.

   7.700 %   5/1/32      595,000      626,420  
                
             3,798,495  
                

Metals and Mining — 1.9%

          

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.

   8.375 %   4/1/17      1,730,000      1,835,962  

GTL Trade Finance Inc.

   7.250 %   10/20/17      737,000      776,900  D
                
             2,612,862  
                

Multi-Utilities — 1.1%

          

Centerpoint Energy Inc.

   6.850 %   6/1/15      1,150,000      1,210,883  


     Rate     Maturity
Date
   Par/Shares    Value  

Long-Term Securities — Continued

          

Corporate Bonds and Notes — Continued

          

Multi-Utilities — Continued

          

DTE Energy Co.

   6.375 %   4/15/33    $ 330,000    $ 319,660  
                
             1,530,543  
                

Multiline Retail — 0.8%

          

Federated Retail Holdings Inc.

   5.350 %   3/15/12      270,000      257,254  

Macy’s Retail Holdings Inc.

   5.875 %   1/15/13      330,000      317,412  

May Department Stores Co.

   5.750 %   7/15/14      400,000      365,392  A

May Department Stores Co.

   6.650 %   7/15/24      180,000      152,996  
                
             1,093,054  
                

Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels — 10.4%

          

Apache Corp.

   6.000 %   1/15/37      230,000      232,185  

DCP Midstream LLC

   6.750 %   9/15/37      420,000      410,382  D

Devon Financing Corp. ULC

   7.875 %   9/30/31      350,000      430,053  

Duke Capital LLC

   6.250 %   2/15/13      1,200,000      1,243,802  

El Paso Corp.

   7.800 %   8/1/31      2,000,000      2,053,478  

EOG Resources Inc.

   5.875 %   9/15/17      540,000      566,103  

Hess Corp.

   7.875 %   10/1/29      1,450,000      1,720,774  

Kerr-McGee Corp.

   6.950 %   7/1/24      300,000      318,038  

Kerr-McGee Corp.

   7.875 %   9/15/31      1,225,000      1,434,493  

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP

   7.125 %   3/15/12      530,000      563,084  

Peabody Energy Corp.

   6.875 %   3/15/13      285,000      289,275  

Pemex Project Funding Master Trust

   6.625 %   6/15/35      2,635,000      2,726,901  A

The Williams Cos. Inc.

   7.500 %   1/15/31      102,000      106,335  

The Williams Cos. Inc.

   8.750 %   3/15/32      1,250,000      1,443,750  

XTO Energy Inc.

   6.100 %   4/1/36      440,000      435,339  
                
             13,973,992  
                

Paper and Forest Products — 0.6%

          

Georgia-Pacific Corp.

   9.500 %   12/1/11      325,000      330,687  

Georgia-Pacific Corp.

   7.375 %   12/1/25      250,000      207,500  

Weyerhaeuser Co.

   6.750 %   3/15/12      235,000      247,085  
                
             785,272  
                

Pharmaceuticals — 0.1%

          

Wyeth

   5.950 %   4/1/37      170,000      166,099  
                

Real Estate Investment Trusts — 0.4%

          

Health Care REIT Inc.

   5.875 %   5/15/15      130,000      120,406  

iStar Financial Inc.

   5.950 %   10/15/13      590,000      430,700  
                
             551,106  
                

Real Estate Management and Development — 0.2%

          

Forest City Enterprises Inc.

   7.625 %   6/1/15      225,000      213,750  
                

Thrifts and Mortgage Finance — 3.5%

          

BB&T Capital Trust II

   6.750 %   6/7/36      640,000      555,123  

Countrywide Financial Corp.

   5.800 %   6/7/12      950,000      860,688  

Residential Capital LLC

   7.828 %   4/17/09      4,420,000      1,635,400  B,D

Residential Capital LLC

   8.000 %   2/22/11      1,680,000      823,200  E

Residential Capital LLC

   8.500 %   6/1/12      90,000      44,100  E


     Rate     Maturity
Date
   Par/Shares    Value  

Long-Term Securities — Continued

          

Corporate Bonds and Notes — Continued

          

Thrifts and Mortgage Finance — Continued

          

Washington Mutual Inc.

   7.250 %   11/1/17    $ 950,000    $ 743,375  A
                
             4,661,886  
                

Tobacco — 1.1%

          

Reynolds American Inc.

   7.250 %   6/1/12      1,360,000      1,438,618  
                

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 1.4%

          

New Cingular Wireless Services Inc.

   8.750 %   3/1/31      475,000      576,457  

Nextel Communications Inc.

   5.950 %   3/15/14      88,000      65,120  

Nextel Communications Inc.

   7.375 %   8/1/15      285,000      219,450  

Sprint Capital Corp.

   6.900 %   5/1/19      330,000      259,875  

Sprint Capital Corp.

   8.750 %   3/15/32      940,000      794,300  
                
             1,915,202  
                

Total Corporate Bonds and Notes (Cost — $105,423,603)

             98,488,361  
                

Mortgage-Backed Securities — 0.7%

          

Variable Rate SecuritiesF — 0.7%

          

Thornburg Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-4 2A1

   6.225 %   9/25/37      546,306      508,148  

Thornburg Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-4 3A1

   6.217 %   9/25/37      509,468      459,694  
                

Total Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost — $1,046,288)

             967,842  
                

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

          

Fixed Rate Securities — N.M.

          

Freddie Mac

   10.250 %   5/1/09      2,401      2,531  
                

Total U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost — $2,316)

             2,531  
                

Yankee BondsG — 23.4%

          

Aerospace and Defense — 0.3%

          

Systems 2001 Asset Trust

   6.664 %   9/15/13      381,958      392,462  D
                

Commercial Banks — 9.8%

          

AES El Salvador Trust

   6.750 %   2/1/16      750,000      723,039  D

ATF Capital BV

   9.250 %   2/21/14      810,000      800,766  A,D

Banco Mercantil del Norte SA

   6.135 %   10/13/16      750,000      735,529  C,D

Barclays Bank PLC

   7.434 %   9/29/49      910,000      822,716  C,D

Glitnir Banki Hf

   6.330 %   7/28/11      400,000      343,492  D

Glitnir Banki Hf

   6.693 %   6/15/16      680,000      548,090  C,D

Glitnir Banki Hf

   7.451 %   12/14/49      210,000      170,331  C,D

HBOS Capital Funding LP

   6.071 %   6/30/49      560,000      491,856  C,D

HSBK Europe BV

   7.250 %   5/3/17      490,000      423,850  D

ICICI Bank Ltd.

   6.375 %   4/30/22      200,000      171,999  C,D

ICICI Bank Ltd.

   6.375 %   4/30/22      100,000      86,933  A,C,D

Kaupthing Bank Hf

   5.750 %   10/4/11      480,000      383,154  D

Kaupthing Bank Hf

   7.125 %   5/19/16      1,250,000      843,455  D

Landsbanki Islands Hf

   7.431 %   12/31/49      730,000      611,133  C,D

Mizuho Financial Group

   5.790 %   4/15/14      1,100,000      1,154,119  D

Resona Preferred Global Securities

   7.191 %   12/29/49      1,095,000      956,294  C,D

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC

   7.640 %   3/17/49      100,000      86,119  C

RSHB Capital SA

   7.175 %   5/16/13      1,340,000      1,365,125  D

RSHB Capital SA

   6.299 %   5/15/17      380,000      351,975  D

Shinsei Finance Cayman Ltd.

   6.418 %   1/29/49      1,210,000      802,002  C,D

 


     Rate     Maturity
Date
   Par/Shares    Value  

Long-Term Securities — Continued

          

Yankee Bonds — Continued

          

Commercial Banks — Continued

          

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.

   5.625 %   12/31/49    $ 270,000    $ 228,372  C,D

TuranAlem Finance BV

   8.250 %   1/22/37      740,000      580,382  D

VTB Capital SA for Vneshtorgbank

   3.839 %   8/1/08      560,000      553,700  B,D
                
             13,234,431  
                

Consumer Finance — 0.8%

          

Aiful Corp.

   6.000 %   12/12/11      1,095,000      1,015,559  D
                

Diversified Financial Services — 1.4%

          

Lukoil International Finance BV

   6.356 %   6/7/17      310,000      287,525  D

Petroplus Finance Ltd.

   7.000 %   5/1/17      600,000      535,500  D

SMFG Preferred Capital

   6.078 %   1/29/49      380,000      297,920  C,D

TNK-BP Finance SA

   7.500 %   7/18/16      360,000      334,350  D

UFJ Finance Aruba AEC

   6.750 %   7/15/13      355,000      394,893  
                
             1,850,188  
                

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.1%

          

British Telecommunications PLC

   9.125 %   12/15/30      330,000      409,852  E

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV

   5.750 %   3/23/16      160,000      158,188  

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV

   8.250 %   6/15/30      500,000      599,792  E

Koninklijke (Royal) KPN NV

   8.375 %   10/1/30      240,000      274,629  

Telecom Italia Capital

   7.200 %   7/18/36      760,000      717,758  

Telefonica Emisiones S.A.U.

   7.045 %   6/20/36      600,000      627,329  
                
             2,787,548  
                

Electric Utilities — 0.6%

          

Enersis SA

   7.375 %   1/15/14      317,000      349,693  A

Enersis SA/Cayman Island

   7.400 %   12/1/16      452,000      488,503  
                
             838,196  
                

Food and Staples Retailing — 0.2%

          

Delhaize Group

   6.500 %   6/15/17      290,000      299,484  
                

Foreign Governments — 1.1%

          

Quebec Province

   7.970 %   7/22/36      650,000      953,302  

Russian Federation

   7.500 %   3/31/30      269,280      310,076  D

United Mexican States

   6.750 %   9/27/34      235,000      262,142  
                
             1,525,520  
                

Gas Utilities — 0.2%

          

Intergas Finance BV

   6.375 %   5/14/17      270,000      235,575  D
                

Industrial Conglomerates — 1.1%

          

Tyco International Group SA

   6.375 %   10/15/11      1,450,000      1,444,906  
                

Insurance — 0.4%

          

Axa

   8.600 %   12/15/30      550,000      591,878  
                

Media — 0.2%

          

Rogers Cable Inc.

   6.250 %   6/15/13      250,000      261,016  
                

Metals and Mining — 0.8%

          

Vale Overseas Ltd.

   6.875 %   11/21/36      1,148,000      1,120,121  
                

Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels — 3.8%

          

Anadarko Finance Co.

   7.500 %   5/1/31      130,000      146,262  

 


     Rate     Maturity
Date
   Par/Shares         Value  

Long-Term Securities — Continued

             

Yankee Bonds — Continued

             

Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels — Continued

             

Gazprom

   9.625 %   3/1/13    $ 50,000       $ 56,063  D

Gazprom

   9.625 %   3/1/13      20,000         22,462  D

Gazprom

   6.212 %   11/22/16      450,000         416,250  D

Gazprom

   6.510 %   3/7/22      400,000         356,500  D

Petrobras International Finance Co.

   5.875 %   3/1/18      879,000         846,078  

Petrozuata Finance Inc.

   8.220 %   4/1/17      3,205,000         3,225,031  D
                   
                5,068,646  
                   

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.6%

             

America Movil SA de CV

   5.625 %   11/15/17      520,000         514,080  

Rogers Wireless Inc.

   6.375 %   3/1/14      300,000         297,438  
                   
                811,518  
                   

Total Yankee Bonds (Cost — $33,111,876)

                31,477,048  
                   

Preferred Stocks — 0.5%

             

Fannie Mae

   8.250 %        11,700    shs      281,385  C

Freddie Mac

   8.375 %        16,625         405,650  C
                   

Total Preferred Stocks (Cost — $708,125)

                687,035  
                   

Total Long-Term Securities (Cost — $140,292,208)

                131,622,817  
                   

Investment of Collateral From Securities Lending — 6.9%

             

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Prime Portfolio

        $ 9,303,865         9,303,865  
                   

Total Investment of Collateral From Securities Lending (Cost — $9,303,865)

                9,303,865  
                   

Short-Term Securities — 0.2%

             

Repurchase Agreements — 0.2%

             

Merrill Lynch Government Securities Inc. 2.25%, dated 3/31/08, to be repurchased at $339,021 on 4/1/08 (Collateral: $347,000 Freddie Mac zero-coupon note, due 4/30/08 , value $345,779 )

          339,000         339,000  
                   

Total Short-Term Securities (Cost — $339,000)

                339,000  
                   

Total Investments — 104.9% (Cost — $149,935,073) H

                141,265,682  

Obligation to Return Collateral For Securities Loaned — (6.9)%

                (9,303,865 )

Other Assets Less Liabilities — 2.0%

                2,644,607  
                   
              $ 134,606,424  
                   

Net Assets — 100.0%

             

Net Asset Value per Common Share:

              $ 14.34  
                   

 

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, 2008.
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 23.47% of net assets.


E 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.
F The coupon rates shown on variable rate securities are the rates at March 31, 2008. These rates vary with the weighted average coupon of the underlying loans.
G Yankee Bond - A dollar-denominated bond issued in the U.S. by foreign entities.
H At March 31, 2008, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were substantially as follows:

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 3,180,088  

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (11,849,479 )
        

Net unrealized depreciation

   $ (8,669,391 )
        


Investment Valuation

Effective January 1, 2008, the Fund adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157 (“FAS 157”). FAS 157 establishes a single definition of fair value, creates a three-tier hierarchy as a framework for measuring fair value based on inputs used to value the Fund’s investments, and requires additional disclosure about fair value. The hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

 

   

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

 

   

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

Debt securities are valued at the 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. 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 following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s assets carried at fair value:

 

     [3/31/2008]    Quoted Prices
(Level 1)
   Other Significant
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
   Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)

Investments in Securities

   $ 141,265,682    $ —      $ 141,265,682    $ —  

Other Financial Instruments*

     —        —        —        —  
                           

Total

   $ 141,265,682    $ —      $ 141,265,682    $ —  
                           

 

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


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, 2008, the market value of the securities on loan to broker-dealers was $9,114,395 for which the fund received collateral of $9,303,865 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 wish 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 securities 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 Registrant’s 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 21, 2008

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

 

By:  

/s/ R. Jay Gerken

  R. Jay Gerken
  President
  Western Asset Income Fund
Date:   May 21, 2008
By:  

/s/ Marie K. Karpinski

  Marie K. Karpinski
  Principal Financial and Accounting Officer
  Western Asset Income Fund
Date:   May 21, 2008