WESTERN ASSET INCOME FUND

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-CSR

 

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number 811-02351

 

 

Western Asset Income Fund

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

620 Eighth Avenue, 49th Floor, New York, NY 10018

(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: (888) 777-0102

Date of fiscal year end: December 31

Date of reporting period: June 30, 2014

 

 

 


ITEM 1. REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS.

The Semi-Annual Report to Stockholders is filed herewith.


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Semi-Annual Report   June 30, 2014

WESTERN ASSET

INCOME FUND (PAI)

 

 

 

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INVESTMENT PRODUCTS: NOT FDIC INSURED • NO BANK GUARANTEE • MAY LOSE VALUE


What’s inside  
Letter from the president     II   
Investment commentary     III   
Fund at a glance     1   
Spread duration     2   
Effective duration     3   
Schedule of investments     4   
Statement of assets and liabilities     16   
Statement of operations     17   
Statements of changes in net assets     18   
Financial highlights     19   
Notes to financial statements     20   
Additional shareholder information     28   
Dividend reinvestment plan     29   

 

Fund objectives

The Fund seeks a high level of current income, consistent with prudent investment risk. Capital appreciation is a secondary objective.

 

Letter from the president

 

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Dear Shareholder,

We are pleased to provide the semi-annual report of Western Asset Income Fund for the six-month reporting period ended June 30, 2014. Please read on for Fund performance information and a detailed look at prevailing economic and market conditions during the Fund’s reporting period.

As always, we remain committed to providing you with excellent service and a full spectrum of investment choices. We also remain committed to supplementing the support you receive from your financial advisor. One way we accomplish this is through our website, www.lmcef.com. Here you can gain immediate access to market and investment information, including:

 

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Fund prices and performance,

 

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Market insights and commentaries from our portfolio managers, and

 

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A host of educational resources.

We look forward to helping you meet your financial goals.

Sincerely,

 

LOGO

Kenneth D. Fuller

President and Chief Executive Officer

July 31, 2014

 

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Investment commentary

 

Economic review

Since the end of the Great Recession, the U.S. economy has expanded at a slower than usual pace, compared to recent history. U.S. gross domestic product (“GDP”)i growth, as reported by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s revised figures, was 4.5% during the third quarter of 2013, its best reading since the fourth quarter of 2011. At the beginning of the six months ended June 30, 2014 (the “reporting period”), the severe winter weather of January and February played a key role in a sharp reversal in the economy, a 2.1% contraction during the first quarter of 2014. This was the first negative GDP report in three years. Negative contributions were widespread: private inventory investment, exports, state and local government spending, nonresidential and residential fixed investment. Thankfully, this setback was very brief, as the initial reading for second quarter GDP growth, released after the reporting period ended, was 4.0%, suggesting the recovery has some resilience and continues to recover from the severe consequences of the Great Recession. The second quarter rebound in GDP growth was driven by several factors, including increased private inventory investment and exports, as well as an acceleration in personal consumption expenditures and an upturn in state and local government spending.

The U.S. manufacturing sector continued to support the economy during the reporting period. Based on figures for the Institute for Supply Management’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (“PMI”)ii, U.S. manufacturing expanded during all six months of the reporting period (a reading below 50 indicates a contraction, whereas a reading above 50 indicates an expansion). After a reading of 56.5 in December 2013, the PMI fell to 51.3 in January 2014, its weakest reading since May 2013. However, the PMI moved up the next four months and was 55.4 in May 2014, and slipped to 55.3 in June, with fifteen of the eighteen industries within the PMI expanding.

The U.S. job market improved during the reporting period. When the period began, unemployment, as reported by the U.S. Department of Labor, was 6.6%. Unemployment then ticked up to 6.7% in February and held steady in March 2014. Unemployment then fell to 6.3% in April and was unchanged in May. The labor market then gathered additional momentum in June, as the unemployment rate fell to 6.1%, the lowest level since September 2008. However, falling unemployment during the period was partially due to a decline in the workforce participation rate, which was 62.8% from May through June 2014, matching the lowest level since 1978. The number of longer-term unemployed, however, declined, as 32.8% of the 9.5 million Americans looking for work in June 2014 had been out of work for more than six months. In contrast, 37.7% of the 10.4 million Americans looking for work in December 2013 had been out of work for more than six months.

 

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Investment commentary (cont’d)

 

Market review

Q. How did the Federal Reserve Board (“Fed”)iii respond to the economic environment?

A. The Fed took a number of actions as it sought to meet its dual mandate of fostering maximum employment and price stability. As has been the case since December 2008, the Fed kept the federal funds rateiv at a historically low range between zero and 0.25%. At its meeting in December 2012, prior to the beginning of the reporting period, the Fed announced that it would continue purchasing $40 billion per month of agency mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”), as well as initially purchasing $45 billion per month of longer-term Treasuries. Following the meeting that concluded on December 18, 2013, the Fed announced that it would begin tapering its monthly asset purchases, saying “Beginning in January 2014, the Committee will add to its holdings of agency MBS at a pace of $35 billion per month rather than $40 billion per month, and will add to its holdings of longer-term Treasury securities at a pace of $40 billion per month rather than $45 billion per month.”

At each of the Fed’s next four meetings (January, March, April and June 2014), it announced further $10 billion tapering of its asset purchases. Finally, at its meeting that ended on July 30, 2014, after the reporting period ended, the Fed again cut its monthly asset purchases. Beginning in August, it will buy a total of $25 billion per month ($10 billion per month of agency MBS and $15 billion per month of longer-term Treasuries).

Q. Did Treasury yields trend higher or lower during the six months ended June 30, 2014?

A. Short-term Treasury yields moved higher, whereas long-term Treasury yields declined during the reporting period. When the reporting period began, the yield on the two-year Treasury was 0.38%. It fell as low as 0.30% in early February 2014, and was as high as 0.51% on June 17, 2014, before ending the period at 0.47%. The yield on the ten-year Treasury began the period at 3.04%, its peak for the period. The ten-year Treasury fell as low as 2.44% on May 28, 2014 and ended the period at 2.53%.

Q. What factors impacted the spread sectors (non-Treasuries) during the reporting period?

A. The spread sectors generated positive results during the reporting period, rallying in January and February 2014, as investor demand was solid overall. The majority of spread sectors then modestly declined in March as interest rates moved higher. However, the reporting period ended on an upbeat note as the spread sectors generated positive results from April through June. The overall bond market, as measured by the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Indexv, gained 3.93% during the six months ended June 30, 2014.

Q. How did the high-yield bond market perform over the six months ended June 30, 2014?

A. The U.S. high-yield bond market was among the best performing spread sectors during the reporting period, gaining 5.46% for the six months ended June 30, 2014. The asset class, as measured by the Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield — 2% Issuer Cap Indexvi, posted positive returns during all six months covered by the reporting period. Supporting the high yield market was generally solid investor demand and low defaults.

 

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Performance review

For the six months ended June 30, 2014, Western Asset Income Fund returned 7.10% based on its net asset value (“NAV”)vii and 8.18% based on its New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) market price per share. The Fund’s unmanaged benchmarks, the Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield Indexviii and the Barclays U.S. Credit Indexix, returned 5.46% and 5.70%, respectively, for the same period. The Lipper Corporate Debt Closed-End Funds BBB-Rated Category Averagex returned 5.57% over the same time frame. Please note that Lipper performance returns are based on each fund’s NAV.

During this six-month period, the Fund made distributions to shareholders totaling $0.35 per share. As of June 30, 2014, the Fund estimates that all of the distributions were sourced from net investment income.* The performance table shows the Fund’s six-month total return based on its NAV and market price as of June 30, 2014. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

 

Performance Snapshot as of June 30, 2014
(unaudited)
 
price per share   6-month
total return**
 
$15.12 (NAV)     7.10 %† 
$13.89 (Market Price)     8.18 %‡ 

 

All figures represent past performance and are not a guarantee of future results. Performance figures for periods shorter than one year represent cumulative figures and are not annualized.

** Total returns are based on changes in NAV or market price, respectively. Returns reflect the deduction of all Fund expenses, including management fees, operating expenses, and other Fund expenses. Returns do not reflect the deduction of brokerage commissions or taxes that investors may pay on distributions or the sale of shares.

† Total return assumes the reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, at NAV.

‡ Total return assumes the reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, in additional shares in accordance with the Fund’s Dividend Reinvestment Plan.

Looking for additional information?

The Fund is traded under the symbol “PAI” and its closing market price is available in most newspapers under the NYSE listings. The daily NAV is available on-line under the

that can be found on most major financial websites as well as www.lmcef.com.

In a continuing effort to provide information concerning the Fund, shareholders may call 1-888-777-0102 (toll free), Monday through

 

 

* This estimate is not for tax purposes. The Fund will issue a Form 1099 with final composition of the distributions for tax purposes after year-end. A return of capital is not taxable and results in a reduction in the tax basis of a shareholder’s investment. For more information about a distribution’s composition, please refer to the Fund’s distribution press release or, if applicable, the Section 19 notice located in the press release section of our website, www.lmcef.com.

 

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Investment commentary (cont’d)

 

Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time, for the Fund’s current NAV, market price and other information.

Thank you for your investment in Western Asset Income Fund. As always, we appreciate that you have chosen us to manage your assets and we remain focused on achieving the Fund’s investment goals.

Sincerely,

 

LOGO

Kenneth D. Fuller

President and Chief Executive Officer

July 31, 2014

RISKS: Bonds are subject to a variety of risks, including interest rate, credit and inflation risks. As interest rates rise, bond prices fall, reducing the value of a fixed-income investment’s price. The Fund may invest in high-yield bonds, which are rated below investment grade and carry more risk than higher-rated securities. To the extent that the Fund invests in asset-backed, mortgage-backed or mortgage related securities, its exposure to prepayment and extension risks may be greater than investments in other fixed-income securities. Leverage may result in greater volatility of NAV and the market price of common shares and increases a shareholder’s risk of loss. The Fund may invest, to a limited extent, in foreign securities, including emerging markets, which are subject to additional risks. The Fund may make significant investments in derivative instruments. Derivative instruments can be illiquid, may disproportionately increase losses, and have a potentially large impact on Fund performance.

All investments are subject to risk including the possible loss of principal. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. All index performance reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes. Please note that an investor cannot invest directly in an index.

The information provided is not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results or investment advice. Views expressed may differ from those of the firm as a whole.

 

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i 

Gross domestic product (“GDP”) is the market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period of time.

 

ii 

The Institute for Supply Management’s PMI is based on a survey of purchasing executives who buy the raw materials for manufacturing at more than 350 companies. It offers an early reading on the health of the U.S. manufacturing sector.

 

iii 

The Federal Reserve Board (“Fed”) is responsible for the formulation of policies designed to promote economic growth, full employment, stable prices and a sustainable pattern of international trade and payments.

 

iv 

The federal funds rate is the rate charged by one depository institution on an overnight sale of immediately available funds (balances at the Federal Reserve) to another depository institution; the rate may vary from depository institution to depository institution and from day to day.

 

v 

The Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index is a broad-based bond index comprised of government, corporate, mortgage- and asset-backed issues, rated investment grade or higher, and having at least one year to maturity.

 

vi 

The Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield — 2% Issuer Cap Index is an index of the 2% Issuer Cap component of the Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield Index, which covers the U.S. dollar-denominated, non-investment grade, fixed-rate, taxable corporate bond market.

 

vii 

Net asset value (“NAV”) is calculated by subtracting total liabilities and outstanding preferred stock (if any) from the closing value of all securities held by the Fund (plus all other assets) and dividing the result (total net assets) by the total number of the common shares outstanding. The NAV fluctuates with changes in the market prices of securities in which the Fund has invested. However, the price at which an investor may buy or sell shares of the Fund is the Fund’s market price as determined by supply of and demand for the Fund’s shares.

 

viii 

The Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield Index covers the universe of fixed-rate, non-investment grade debt, including corporate and non-corporate sectors. Pay-in-kind (“PIK”) bonds, Eurobonds and debt issues from countries designated as emerging markets are excluded, but Canadian and global bonds (SEC registered) of issuers in non-emerging market countries are included. Original issue zero coupon bonds, step-up coupon structures and 144-A securities are also included.

 

ix 

The Barclays U.S. Credit Index is an index composed of corporate and non-corporate debt issues that are investment grade (rated Baa3/BBB- or higher).

 

x 

Lipper, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reuters, provides independent insight on global collective investments. Returns are based on the six-month period ended June 30, 2014, including the reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, calculated among the 12 funds in the Fund’s Lipper category.

 

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Fund at a glance (unaudited)

 

Investment breakdown (%) as a percent of total investments

 

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The bar graph above represents the Fund’s portfolio as of June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, and does not include derivatives such as futures contracts. The Fund’s portfolio is actively managed. As a result, the composition of its portfolio holdings and sectors is subject to change at any time.

 

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Spread duration (unaudited)

 

Economic exposure — June 30, 2014

 

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Total Spread Duration

PAI   — 7.61 years
Benchmark   — 6.80 years

Spread duration measures the sensitivity to changes in spreads. The spread over Treasuries is the annual risk-premium demanded by investors to hold non-Treasury securities. Spread duration is quantified as the % change in price resulting from a 100 basis points change in spreads. For a security with positive spread duration, an increase in spreads would result in a price decline and a decline in spreads would result in a price increase. This chart highlights the market sector exposure of the Fund’s sectors relative to the selected benchmark sectors as of the end of the reporting period.

 

ABS   — Asset-Backed Securities
Benchmark   — Barclays U.S. Credit Index
EM   — Emerging Markets
HY   — High Yield
IG Credit   — Investment Grade Credit
MBS   — Mortgage-Backed Securities
PAI   — Western Asset Income Fund

 

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Effective duration (unaudited)

 

Interest rate exposure — June 30, 2014

 

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Total Effective Duration

PAI   — 6.51 years
Benchmark   — 6.97 years

Effective duration measures the sensitivity to changes in relevant interest rates. Effective duration is quantified as the % change in price resulting from a 100 basis points change in interest rates. For a security with positive effective duration, an increase in interest rates would result in a price decline and a decline in interest rates would result in a price increase. This chart highlights the interest rate exposure of the Fund’s sectors relative to the selected benchmark sectors as of the end of the reporting period.

 

Benchmark   — Barclays U.S. Credit Index
EM   — Emerging Markets
HY   — High Yield
IG Credit   — Investment Grade Credit
PAI   — Western Asset Income Fund

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited)

June 30, 2014

 

Western Asset Income Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  
Corporate Bonds & Notes — 92.8%                                
Consumer Discretionary — 9.1%                                

Automobiles — 0.8%

                               

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, Senior Notes

    7.000     4/15/15      $ 610,000      $ 640,574   

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, Senior Notes

    8.125 %     1/15/20        410,000        523,485   

Total Automobiles

                            1,164,059   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.6%

                               

Hilton Worldwide Finance LLC/Hilton Worldwide Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    5.625     10/15/21        100,000        106,250  (a) 

Paris Las Vegas Holding LLC/Harrah’s Las Vegas LLC/Flamingo Las Vegas Holding LLC, Senior Secured Notes

    8.000     10/1/20        500,000        522,500  (a) 

Wynn Macau Ltd., Senior Notes

    5.250     10/15/21        290,000        297,975  (a) 

Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

                            926,725   

Household Durables — 0.6%

                               

Toll Brothers Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    4.000     12/31/18        690,000        710,700   

Toll Brothers Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    6.750     11/1/19        90,000        103,725   

Total Household Durables

                            814,425   

Media — 6.1%

                               

21st Century Fox America Inc., Senior Notes

    6.550     3/15/33        545,000        678,879   

21st Century Fox America Inc., Senior Notes

    7.750     12/1/45        130,000        187,431   

Comcast Corp., Bonds

    6.400     5/15/38        950,000        1,210,775   

Comcast Corp., Notes

    6.450     3/15/37        220,000        280,609   

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    6.950     8/15/37        160,000        215,687   

DISH DBS Corp., Senior Notes

    5.875     7/15/22        500,000        542,500   

TCI Communications Inc., Senior Debentures

    8.750     8/1/15        160,000        174,354   

Time Warner Cable Inc., Senior Notes

    8.750     2/14/19        690,000        884,906   

Time Warner Entertainment Co., LP, Senior Notes

    8.375     7/15/33        410,000        601,522   

Time Warner Inc., Senior Debentures

    7.700     5/1/32        595,000        826,243   

Time Warner Inc., Senior Notes

    4.900     6/15/42        150,000        152,763   

UBM PLC, Notes

    5.750     11/3/20        570,000        613,426  (a) 

Virgin Media Finance PLC, Senior Notes

    6.375     4/15/23        1,000,000        1,085,000  (a) 

WPP Finance 2010, Senior Notes

    4.750     11/21/21        840,000        921,745   

WPP Finance 2010, Senior Notes

    5.625     11/15/43        150,000        163,859   

WPP Finance UK, Senior Notes

    8.000     9/15/14        180,000        182,682   

Total Media

                            8,722,381   

Multiline Retail — 0.3%

                               

Macy’s Retail Holdings Inc., Notes

    5.750     7/15/14        400,000        400,784   

Specialty Retail — 0.7%

                               

American Greetings Corp., Senior Notes

    7.375     12/1/21        160,000        169,800   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Specialty Retail — continued

                               

Gap Inc., Senior Notes

    5.950     4/12/21      $ 730,000      $ 844,817   

Total Specialty Retail

                            1,014,617   

Total Consumer Discretionary

                            13,042,991   
Consumer Staples — 3.9%                                

Beverages — 1.1%

                               

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

    5.375     1/15/20        260,000        300,169   

Constellation Brands Inc., Senior Notes

    4.250     5/1/23        80,000        80,300   

Pernod-Ricard SA, Senior Bonds

    5.750     4/7/21        350,000        402,342  (a) 

Pernod-Ricard SA, Senior Notes

    5.500     1/15/42        670,000        744,552  (a) 

Total Beverages

                            1,527,363   

Food Products — 0.3%

                               

Kraft Foods Group Inc., Senior Notes

    5.000     6/4/42        200,000        213,820   

Mondelez International Inc., Senior Notes

    4.000     2/1/24        250,000        258,948   

Total Food Products

                            472,768   

Tobacco — 2.5%

                               

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

    9.950     11/10/38        680,000        1,132,770   

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

    10.200     2/6/39        230,000        390,461   

Lorillard Tobacco Co., Senior Notes

    8.125     6/23/19        330,000        411,429   

Lorillard Tobacco Co., Senior Notes

    8.125     5/1/40        270,000        363,862   

Lorillard Tobacco Co., Senior Notes

    7.000     8/4/41        320,000        391,626   

Philip Morris International Inc., Senior Notes

    4.500     3/20/42        260,000        264,556   

Reynolds American Inc., Senior Notes

    4.750     11/1/42        720,000        686,580   

Total Tobacco

                            3,641,284   

Total Consumer Staples

                            5,641,415   
Energy — 16.1%                                

Energy Equipment & Services — 0.3%

                               

Baker Hughes Inc., Senior Notes

    7.500     11/15/18        370,000        454,993   

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 15.8%

                               

Anadarko Finance Co., Senior Notes

    7.500     5/1/31        465,000        633,064   

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

    6.900     9/15/18        100,000        119,744   

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

    6.000     1/15/37        190,000        232,563   

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

    5.100     9/1/40        80,000        88,055   

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

    5.250     2/1/42        90,000        100,988   

ConocoPhillips, Notes

    6.500     2/1/39        810,000        1,086,289   

ConocoPhillips, Senior Notes

    6.000     1/15/20        310,000        368,829   

Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    5.600     7/15/41        310,000        358,811   

Devon Financing Corp. LLC, Debentures

    7.875     9/30/31        380,000        533,795   

Ecopetrol SA, Senior Notes

    5.875     5/28/45        176,000        182,033   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2014

 

Western Asset Income Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — continued

                               

El Paso Corp., Medium-Term Notes

    7.800     8/1/31      $ 2,000,000      $ 2,170,000   

Enbridge Energy Partners LP, Senior Notes

    9.875     3/1/19        120,000        157,487   

Energy Transfer Equity LP, Senior Notes

    7.500     10/15/20        250,000        288,750   

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes

    6.125     10/15/39        320,000        389,743   

EOG Resources Inc., Senior Notes

    5.875     9/15/17        540,000        616,051   

Hess Corp., Notes

    7.875     10/1/29        1,180,000        1,626,020   

Hess Corp., Senior Bonds

    6.000     1/15/40        300,000        361,701   

Kerr-McGee Corp., Notes

    6.950     7/1/24        1,080,000        1,387,109   

LUKOIL International Finance BV, Bonds

    6.356     6/7/17        310,000        340,504  (b) 

LUKOIL International Finance BV, Senior Notes

    3.416     4/24/18        300,000        297,750  (a) 

LUKOIL International Finance BV, Senior Notes

    4.563     4/24/23        200,000        193,000  (a) 

MEG Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    6.375     1/30/23        600,000        637,500  (a) 

Murray Energy Corp., Senior Secured Notes

    8.625     6/15/21        350,000        378,875  (a) 

Noble Energy Inc., Senior Notes

    6.000     3/1/41        390,000        469,296   

Noble Energy Inc., Senior Notes

    5.250     11/15/43        150,000        165,361   

Pemex Project Funding Master Trust, Senior Bonds

    6.625     6/15/35        2,635,000        3,102,712   

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

    4.875     3/17/20        140,000        143,794   

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

    7.250     3/17/44        280,000        308,700   

Petrobras International Finance Co., Global Notes

    5.875     3/1/18        879,000        957,801   

Petrobras International Finance Co., Senior Notes

    6.750     1/27/41        525,000        540,750   

Petroleos Mexicanos, Notes

    6.375     1/23/45        380,000        441,275  (a) 

Phillips 66, Senior Notes

    5.875     5/1/42        160,000        191,692   

Plains Exploration & Production Co., Senior Notes

    6.875     2/15/23        267,000        312,390   

Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes

    6.375     12/15/38        250,000        329,383   

Sinopec Group Overseas Development Ltd., Senior Notes

    4.375     4/10/24        490,000        507,282  (a) 

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC, Senior Notes

    5.400     8/15/41        310,000        354,512   

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC, Senior Notes

    4.450     8/1/42        450,000        451,444   

Williams Cos. Inc., Debentures

    7.500     1/15/31        47,000        55,590   

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    4.550     6/24/24        780,000        787,723   

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    7.750     6/15/31        37,000        44,584   

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    8.750     3/15/32        610,000        795,300   

Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

                            22,508,250   

Total Energy

                            22,963,243   
Financials — 38.2%                                

Banks — 18.8%

                               

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

    6.500     8/1/16        70,000        77,587   

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

    7.625     6/1/19        70,000        86,463   

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

    5.625     7/1/20        30,000        34,513   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Western Asset Income Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Banks — continued

                               

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

    5.875     2/7/42      $ 320,000      $ 380,029   

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

    4.875     4/1/44        840,000        866,825   

Barclays Bank PLC, Subordinated Notes

    10.179     6/12/21        240,000        331,970  (a) 

BPCE SA, Subordinated Notes

    5.150     7/21/24        410,000        432,839  (a) 

CIT Group Inc., Senior Notes

    5.000     8/1/23        200,000        204,750   

Citigroup Inc., Junior Subordinated Bonds

    6.300     5/15/24        280,000        285,250  (c)(d) 

Citigroup Inc., Junior Subordinated Notes

    5.950     1/30/23        200,000        202,000  (c)(d) 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

    6.375     8/12/14        315,000        317,096   

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

    5.500     10/15/14        120,000        121,732   

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

    6.010     1/15/15        142,000        146,281   

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

    8.500     5/22/19        1,280,000        1,636,084   

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

    8.125     7/15/39        450,000        675,441   

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

    5.875     1/30/42        240,000        287,118   

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

    5.500     9/13/25        750,000        836,602   

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

    6.125     8/25/36        550,000        629,859   

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

    6.675     9/13/43        370,000        460,618   

Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank BA, Junior Subordinated Notes

    11.000     6/30/19        708,000        950,624  (a)(c)(d) 

Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank BA, Senior Notes

    5.250     5/24/41        570,000        635,336   

Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank BA, Subordinated Notes

    5.750     12/1/43        450,000        518,557   

Credit Agricole SA, Subordinated Notes

    8.375     10/13/19        560,000        661,500  (a)(c)(d) 

HSBC Finance Capital Trust IX, Junior Subordinated Notes

    5.911     11/30/35        1,350,000        1,407,375  (c) 

HSBC Holdings PLC, Subordinated Notes

    5.250     3/14/44        410,000        439,028   

ING Bank NV, Subordinated Notes

    5.800     9/25/23        600,000        675,900  (a) 

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Senior Notes

    3.625     8/12/15        1,240,000        1,266,914  (a) 

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Subordinated Bonds

    5.017     6/26/24        250,000        252,954  (a) 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Junior Subordinated Bonds

    5.150     5/1/23        410,000        393,087  (c)(d) 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Junior Subordinated Bonds

    6.000     8/1/23        260,000        265,200  (c)(d) 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Junior Subordinated Bonds

    6.125     4/30/24        290,000        296,434  (c)(d) 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Subordinated Notes

    6.125     6/27/17        720,000        810,802   

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Subordinated Notes

    5.625     8/16/43        440,000        497,368   

M&T Bank Corp., Junior Subordinated Bonds

    6.875     6/15/16        880,000        890,283  (d) 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Junior Subordinated Bonds

    7.648     9/30/31        1,360,000        1,645,600  (c)(d) 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Subordinated Notes

    5.000     10/1/14        580,000        585,446   

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Subordinated Notes

    5.050     1/8/15        170,000        173,138   

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Subordinated Notes

    6.125     12/15/22        310,000        339,058   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Western Asset Income Fund 2014 Semi-Annual Report   7


Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2014

 

Western Asset Income Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Banks — continued

                               

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Subordinated Notes

    6.100     6/10/23      $ 1,010,000      $ 1,105,540   

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Subordinated Notes

    6.000     12/19/23        350,000        378,422   

Royal Bank of Scotland NV, Subordinated Notes

    7.750     5/15/23        480,000        550,726   

Societe Generale SA, Junior Subordinated Notes

    6.000     1/27/20        960,000        940,800  (a)(c)(d) 

Standard Chartered PLC, Subordinated Notes

    5.200     1/26/24        260,000        277,292  (a) 

Standard Chartered PLC, Subordinated Notes

    5.700     3/26/44        410,000        429,746  (a) 

Wachovia Capital Trust III, Junior Subordinated Bonds

    5.570     8/8/14        1,190,000        1,154,300  (c)(d) 

Wells Fargo & Co., Junior Subordinated Bonds

    5.900     6/15/24        370,000        392,200  (c)(d) 

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

    4.100     6/3/26        310,000        313,906   

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

    5.375     11/2/43        430,000        473,017   

Wells Fargo Capital X, Capital Securities

    5.950     12/15/36        130,000        132,600   

Total Banks

                            26,866,210   

Capital Markets — 6.1%

                               

Credit Suisse Group AG, Junior Subordinated Notes

    6.250     12/18/24        1,170,000        1,177,605  (a)(c)(d) 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

    5.375     3/15/20        270,000        305,850   

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

    5.250     7/27/21        510,000        572,696   

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

    6.250     2/1/41        570,000        695,345   

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Subordinated Notes

    6.750     10/1/37        640,000        769,942   

KKR Group Finance Co. III LLC, Senior Bonds

    5.125     6/1/44        620,000        628,987  (a) 

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Senior Notes

    6.400     8/28/17        300,000        342,684   

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Subordinated Notes

    5.700     5/2/17        1,000,000        1,109,719   

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Subordinated Notes

    6.110     1/29/37        320,000        369,164   

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Subordinated Notes

    7.750     5/14/38        900,000        1,236,346   

Morgan Stanley, Medium-Term Notes

    6.625     4/1/18        100,000        116,897   

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes

    5.500     7/24/20        100,000        114,978   

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes

    6.375     7/24/42        90,000        114,196   

Morgan Stanley, Subordinated Notes

    5.000     11/24/25        230,000        245,311   

State Street Corp., Junior Subordinated Notes

    4.956     3/15/18        480,000        526,605   

UBS AG Stamford CT, Subordinated Notes

    7.625     8/17/22        340,000        409,384   

Total Capital Markets

                            8,735,709   

Consumer Finance — 2.6%

                               

Ally Financial Inc., Subordinated Notes

    8.000     12/31/18        201,000        238,688   

American Express Co., Subordinated Debentures

    6.800     9/1/66        370,000        407,000  (c) 

Capital One Financial Corp., Senior Notes

    6.750     9/15/17        230,000        267,344   

HSBC Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    6.676     1/15/21        1,300,000        1,554,671   

SLM Corp., Senior Notes

    7.250     1/25/22        830,000        918,187   

SLM Corp., Senior Notes

    6.125     3/25/24        290,000        293,988   

Total Consumer Finance

                            3,679,878   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

8    Western Asset Income Fund 2014 Semi-Annual Report


Western Asset Income Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Diversified Financial Services — 6.3%

                               

Beaver Valley Funding Corp., Senior Secured Bonds

    9.000     6/1/17      $ 20,000      $ 21,102   

Carlyle Holdings II Finance LLC, Senior Secured Notes

    5.625     3/30/43        220,000        243,356  (a) 

CME Group Inc., Senior Notes

    5.300     9/15/43        440,000        507,742   

General Electric Capital Corp., Junior Subordinated Bonds

    6.250     12/15/22        600,000        667,500  (c)(d) 

General Electric Capital Corp., Notes

    5.300     2/11/21        480,000        545,817   

General Electric Capital Corp., Senior Notes

    6.875     1/10/39        440,000        591,042   

General Electric Capital Corp., Subordinated Debentures

    6.375     11/15/67        750,000        836,250  (c) 

ILFC E-Capital Trust I, Junior Subordinated Notes

    5.020     12/21/65        470,000        460,600  (a)(c) 

ILFC E-Capital Trust II, Bonds

    6.250     12/21/65        790,000        790,000  (a)(c) 

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    8.750     3/15/17        190,000        220,875   

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    8.875     9/1/17        470,000        556,362   

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    6.250     5/15/19        130,000        145,600   

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    8.250     12/15/20        190,000        234,650   

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Secured Notes

    7.125     9/1/18        700,000        812,000  (a) 

Voya Financial Inc., Senior Notes

    5.500     7/15/22        760,000        870,442   

ZFS Finance USA Trust II, Bonds

    6.450     12/15/65        1,440,000        1,551,600  (a)(c) 

Total Diversified Financial Services

                            9,054,938   

Insurance — 4.0%

                               

AIA Group Ltd., Senior Notes

    4.875     3/11/44        400,000        419,045  (a) 

Allstate Corp., Junior Subordinated Debentures

    6.500     5/15/57        480,000        523,200  (c) 

American Equity Investment Life Holding Co., Senior Notes

    6.625     7/15/21        60,000        65,243   

American International Group Inc., Junior Subordinated Debentures

    6.250     3/15/37        80,000        89,500   

American International Group Inc., Senior Notes

    6.400     12/15/20        90,000        108,652   

AXA SA, Subordinated Bonds

    8.600     12/15/30        200,000        268,750   

Delphi Financial Group Inc., Senior Notes

    7.875     1/31/20        170,000        206,330   

Fidelity & Guaranty Life Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

    6.375     4/1/21        190,000        203,775  (a) 

Five Corners Funding Trust, Bonds

    4.419     11/15/23        370,000        390,103  (a) 

Liberty Mutual Group Inc., Junior Subordinated Bonds

    7.800     3/15/37        190,000        224,200  (a) 

Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., Subordinated Notes

    7.875     10/15/26        490,000        629,829  (a) 

MetLife Inc., Junior Subordinated Debentures

    6.400     12/15/36        1,150,000        1,285,125   

Prudential Financial Inc., Junior Subordinated Debentures

    8.875     6/15/38        340,000        416,942  (c) 

Prudential Holdings LLC, Bonds, AGM-Insured

    7.245     12/18/23        260,000        320,971  (a) 

Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America — College Retirement Equity Fund, Notes

    6.850     12/16/39        400,000        533,442  (a) 

Total Insurance

                            5,685,107   

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.1%

                               

Health Care REIT Inc., Senior Notes

    5.875     5/15/15        130,000        135,864   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Western Asset Income Fund 2014 Semi-Annual Report   9


Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2014

 

Western Asset Income Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Real Estate Management & Development — 0.2%

                               

Security Capital Group Inc., Senior Notes

    7.700     6/15/28      $ 280,000      $ 363,007   

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.1%

                               

Santander Holdings USA Inc., Senior Notes

    4.625     4/19/16        160,000        170,112   

Total Financials

                            54,690,825   
Health Care — 1.4%                                

Biotechnology — 0.6%

                               

Amgen Inc., Senior Notes

    5.150     11/15/41        420,000        450,674   

Celgene Corp., Senior Notes

    3.625     5/15/24        340,000        340,251   

Gilead Sciences Inc., Senior Notes

    5.650     12/1/41        60,000        70,704   

Total Biotechnology

                            861,629   

Health Care Providers & Services — 0.7%

                               

Aetna Inc., Senior Notes

    6.500     9/15/18        240,000        283,747   

Catholic Health Initiatives, Secured Bonds

    4.350     11/1/42        30,000        28,749   

Humana Inc., Senior Notes

    6.450     6/1/16        220,000        242,319   

Humana Inc., Senior Notes

    8.150     6/15/38        80,000        115,977   

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

    6.000     11/15/17        31,000        35,004   

WellPoint Inc., Notes

    5.875     6/15/17        290,000        325,478   

Total Health Care Providers & Services

                            1,031,274   

Pharmaceuticals — 0.1%

                               

Zoetis Inc., Senior Notes

    4.700     2/1/43        160,000        162,510   

Total Health Care

                            2,055,413   
Industrials — 5.9%                                

Aerospace & Defense — 1.1%

                               

Esterline Technologies Corp., Senior Notes

    7.000     8/1/20        750,000        802,500   

Exelis Inc., Senior Notes

    5.550     10/1/21        520,000        558,850   

Textron Inc., Senior Notes

    4.300     3/1/24        250,000        258,883   

Total Aerospace & Defense

                            1,620,233   

Airlines — 1.7%

                               

Air Canada, Pass-Through Trust, Secured Notes

    6.625     5/15/18        280,000        289,856  (a) 

American Airlines, Pass-Through Trust, Senior Secured Notes

    5.600     7/15/20        311,822        327,413  (a) 

Delta Air Lines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates, Secured Notes

    8.021     8/10/22        89,498        104,713   

Delta Air Lines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates, Senior Secured Notes

    7.750     12/17/19        190,103        223,372   

United Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates

    6.545     2/2/19        106,314        117,870   

United Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates, Secured Notes

    9.750     1/15/17        84,137        96,336   

United Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates, Secured Notes

    9.250     5/10/17        137,744        154,962   

United Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates, Secured Notes

    6.250     4/11/20        152,770        166,519   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

10    Western Asset Income Fund 2014 Semi-Annual Report


Western Asset Income Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Airlines — continued

                               

United Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates, Senior Secured Notes

    6.125     4/29/18      $ 140,000      $ 149,800   

United Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates, Senior Secured Notes

    7.250     11/10/19        176,152        206,097   

United Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates, Senior Secured Notes

    7.256     3/15/20        138,242        156,905   

US Airways, Pass-Through Trust, Senior Secured Bonds

    5.900     10/1/24        333,756        376,310   

Total Airlines

                            2,370,153   

Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.0%

                               

Republic Services Inc., Senior Notes

    5.500     9/15/19        130,000        149,187   

Republic Services Inc., Senior Notes

    5.250     11/15/21        330,000        376,022   

Taylor Morrison Communities Inc./Monarch Communities Inc., Senior Notes

    5.250     4/15/21        600,000        609,000  (a) 

Waste Management Inc., Senior Notes

    7.750     5/15/32        250,000        354,036   

Total Commercial Services & Supplies

                            1,488,245   

Industrial Conglomerates — 0.2%

                               

United Technologies Corp., Senior Notes

    6.125     2/1/19        200,000        236,323   

Machinery — 0.8%

                               

Caterpillar Inc., Senior Notes

    4.750     5/15/64        220,000        229,288   

Valmont Industries Inc., Senior Notes

    6.625     4/20/20        790,000        938,755   

Total Machinery

                            1,168,043   

Marine — 0.2%

                               

Horizon Lines LLC, Senior Secured Notes

    11.000     10/15/16        287,000        287,718   

Road & Rail — 0.4%

                               

Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC, Senior Notes

    4.900     4/1/44        460,000        491,736   

Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.5%

                               

AerCap Ireland Capital Ltd./AerCap Global Aviation Trust, Senior Notes

    3.750     5/15/19        760,000        765,700  (a) 

Total Industrials

                            8,428,151   
Information Technology — 0.9%                                

IT Services — 0.4%

                               

Electronic Data Systems Corp., Notes

    7.450     10/15/29        420,000        515,432   

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.1%

                               

National Semiconductor Corp., Senior Notes

    6.600     6/15/17        110,000        127,333   

Software — 0.2%

                               

Interface Security Systems Holdings Inc./Interface Security Systems LLC, Senior Secured Notes

    9.250     1/15/18        290,000        297,975  (a) 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.2%

                               

Hewlett-Packard Co., Senior Notes

    4.650     12/9/21        310,000        338,214   

Total Information Technology

                            1,278,954   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2014

 

Western Asset Income Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  
Materials — 5.6%                                

Chemicals — 0.9%

                               

Dow Chemical Co., Debentures

    7.375     11/1/29      $ 800,000      $ 1,065,814   

Ecolab Inc., Senior Notes

    5.500     12/8/41        140,000        163,281   

LYB International Finance BV, Senior Bonds

    4.875     3/15/44        100,000        104,259   

Total Chemicals

                            1,333,354   

Containers & Packaging — 0.2%

                               

Rock-Tenn Co., Senior Notes

    4.450     3/1/19        230,000        249,203   

Metals & Mining — 4.1%

                               

Barrick Gold Corp., Senior Notes

    4.100     5/1/23        790,000        786,721   

BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd., Senior Notes

    5.000     9/30/43        100,000        110,518   

Cliffs Natural Resources Inc., Senior Notes

    5.900     3/15/20        140,000        143,317   

Cliffs Natural Resources Inc., Senior Notes

    4.875     4/1/21        310,000        305,760   

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., Senior Notes

    5.450     3/15/43        120,000        124,498   

Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd., Senior Notes

    9.000     5/1/19        660,000        865,293   

Southern Copper Corp., Senior Notes

    5.375     4/16/20        150,000        165,877   

Southern Copper Corp., Senior Notes

    5.250     11/8/42        470,000        432,098   

Steel Dynamics Inc., Senior Notes

    6.125     8/15/19        140,000        152,250   

Vale Overseas Ltd., Notes

    6.875     11/21/36        1,148,000        1,270,882   

Vedanta Resources PLC, Senior Notes

    6.750     6/7/16        310,000        327,825  (a) 

Vedanta Resources PLC, Senior Notes

    6.000     1/31/19        350,000        361,830  (a) 

Xstrata Finance Canada Ltd., Senior Notes

    6.900     11/15/37        430,000        510,537  (a) 

Yamana Gold Inc., Senior Notes

    4.950     7/15/24        290,000        291,907  (a) 

Total Metals & Mining

                            5,849,313   

Paper & Forest Products — 0.4%

                               

Fibria Overseas Finance Ltd., Senior Notes

    5.250     5/12/24        200,000        199,000   

Georgia-Pacific Corp., Senior Bonds

    7.375     12/1/25        250,000        328,412   

Total Paper & Forest Products

                            527,412   

Total Materials

                            7,959,282   
Telecommunication Services — 8.2%                                

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 6.8%

                               

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

    5.550     8/15/41        300,000        336,376   

British Telecommunications PLC, Bonds

    9.625     12/15/30        330,000        525,608   

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV, Senior Notes

    5.750     3/23/16        160,000        173,066   

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA, Senior Bonds

    5.500     8/1/23        750,000        746,250   

Koninklijke KPN NV, Senior Notes

    8.375     10/1/30        200,000        283,411   

Qwest Corp., Debentures

    6.875     9/15/33        1,000,000        1,005,984   

Telecom Italia Capital SA, Senior Notes

    7.175     6/18/19        360,000        416,250   

Telecom Italia SpA, Senior Notes

    5.303     5/30/24        450,000        451,688  (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Western Asset Income Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Diversified Telecommunication Services — continued

                               

Telefonica Emisiones SAU, Senior Notes

    3.729     4/27/15      $ 230,000      $ 235,632   

Telefonica Emisiones SAU, Senior Notes

    7.045     6/20/36        60,000        76,529   

Turk Telekomunikasyon AS, Senior Notes

    4.875     6/19/24        330,000        320,133  (a) 

TW Telecom Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

    5.375     10/1/22        750,000        820,313   

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    5.150     9/15/23        1,790,000        2,003,176   

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    6.550     9/15/43        1,890,000        2,378,454   

Total Diversified Telecommunication Services

                            9,772,870   

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 1.4%

                               

America Movil SAB de CV, Senior Notes

    6.125     3/30/40        850,000        1,001,147   

Sprint Capital Corp., Global Notes

    6.900     5/1/19        330,000        363,825   

Sprint Corp., Senior Notes

    7.875     9/15/23        300,000        333,750  (a) 

Telefonica Europe BV, Senior Notes

    8.250     9/15/30        230,000        314,502   

Total Wireless Telecommunication Services

                            2,013,224   

Total Telecommunication Services

                            11,786,094   
Utilities — 3.5%                                

Electric Utilities — 2.1%

                               

CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric LLC, Senior Secured Bonds

    4.500     4/1/44        210,000        221,559   

Enersis SA, Notes

    7.400     12/1/16        452,000        507,459   

FirstEnergy Corp., Notes

    7.375     11/15/31        830,000        980,928   

Pacific Gas & Electric Co., First Mortgage Bonds

    6.050     3/1/34        140,000        173,140   

PNPP II Funding Corp., Senior Bonds

    9.120     5/30/16        466,000        484,497   

Virginia Electric and Power Co., Senior Notes

    8.875     11/15/38        390,000        646,767   

Total Electric Utilities

                            3,014,350   

Gas Utilities — 0.1%

                               

Southern Natural Gas Co., Senior Notes

    5.900     4/1/17        170,000        191,103  (a) 

Multi-Utilities — 1.3%

                               

CenterPoint Energy Inc., Senior Notes

    6.850     6/1/15        1,150,000        1,213,490   

Dominion Resources Inc., Senior Notes

    8.875     1/15/19        250,000        320,919   

DTE Energy Co., Senior Notes

    6.350     6/1/16        260,000        286,907   

Total Multi-Utilities

                            1,821,316   

Total Utilities

                            5,026,769   

Total Corporate Bonds & Notes (Cost — $117,530,447)

  

            132,873,137   
Asset-Backed Securities — 1.3%                                

Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates, 2004-6 1A1

    0.422     12/25/34        514,490        482,879  (c) 

Dryden Senior Loan Fund, 2014-31A C

    3.120     4/18/26        250,000        245,120  (a)(c) 

Madison Park Funding Ltd., 2013-11A C

    2.976     10/23/25        250,000        244,556  (a)(c) 

Morgan Stanley Capital Inc., 2005-WMC2 M2

    0.797     2/25/35        280,691        276,741  (c) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2014

 

Western Asset Income Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  
Asset-Backed Securities — continued                                

SLM Student Loan Trust, 2011-A A3

    2.652     1/15/43      $ 330,000      $ 352,286  (a)(c) 

Whitehorse Ltd., 2013-1A A3L

    3.227     11/24/25        200,000        196,957  (a)(c) 

Total Asset-Backed Securities (Cost — $1,757,959)

  

            1,798,539   
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 0.1%                                

Thornburg Mortgage Securities Trust, 2007-4 3A1
(Cost — $108,760)

    6.092     9/25/37        110,151        114,962  (c) 
Municipal Bonds — 0.6%                                

Alabama — 0.2%

                               

Jefferson County, AL, Sewer Revenue

    6.000     10/1/42        310,000        338,966   

California — 0.1%

                               

University of California Revenue

    4.062     5/15/33        150,000        147,527   

Illinois — 0.3%

                               

Chicago, IL, GO, Taxable Project

    7.781     1/1/35        10,000        12,379   

Illinois State, GO, Build America Bonds-Taxable

    6.725     4/1/35        310,000        360,186   

Total Illinois

                            372,565   

Total Municipal Bonds (Cost — $810,262)

                            859,058   
Sovereign Bonds — 1.7%                                

Canada — 0.7%

                               

Quebec Province, Notes

    7.970     7/22/36        650,000        991,403   

Colombia — 0.4%

                               

Republic of Colombia, Senior Bonds

    5.625     2/26/44        490,000        548,800   

Mexico — 0.0%

                               

United Mexican States, Senior Notes

    4.750     3/8/44        30,000        30,600   

Russia — 0.2%

                               

Russian Foreign Bond — Eurobond, Senior Bonds

    7.500     3/31/30        36,990        42,839  (b) 

Russian Foreign Bond — Eurobond, Senior Bonds

    5.875     9/16/43        200,000        213,500  (a) 

Total Russia

                            256,339   

Turkey — 0.4%

                               

Republic of Turkey, Notes

    4.875     4/16/43        620,000        582,800   

Total Sovereign Bonds (Cost — $2,052,779)

                            2,409,942   
                   Shares         
Preferred Stocks — 1.8%                                
Financials — 1.8%                                

Banks — 0.0%

                               

U.S. Bancorp

    5.150             2,117        47,971   

Capital Markets — 0.2%

                               

State Street Corp.

    5.900             10,107        264,804  (c) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Western Asset Income Fund

 

Security   Rate          Shares     Value  

Consumer Finance — 1.3%

                           

GMAC Capital Trust I

    8.125         67,500      $ 1,842,750  (c) 

Diversified Financial Services — 0.3%

                           

Citigroup Capital XIII

    7.875         15,253        422,508  (c) 

Total Preferred Stocks (Cost — $2,316,851)

                        2,578,033   

Total Investments — 98.3% (Cost — $124,577,058#)

                        140,633,671   

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 1.7%

                        2,466,362   

Total Net Assets — 100.0%

                      $ 143,100,033   

 

(a) 

Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be resold in transactions that are exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. This security has been deemed liquid pursuant to guidelines approved by the Board of Directors, unless otherwise noted.

 

(b) 

Security is exempt from registration under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933. Regulation S applies to securities offerings that are made outside of the United States and do not involve direct selling efforts in the United States. This security has been deemed liquid pursuant to guidelines approved by the Board of Directors, unless otherwise noted.

 

(c) 

Variable rate security. Interest rate disclosed is as of the most recent information available.

 

(d) 

Security has no maturity date. The date shown represents the next call date.

 

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

 

Abbreviations used in this schedule:

AGM   — Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.
GO   — General Obligation
REIT   — Real Estate Investment Trust

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statement of assets and liabilities (unaudited)

June 30, 2014

 

Assets:         

Investments, at value (Cost — $124,577,058)

   $ 140,633,671   

Cash

     258,051   

Interest and dividends receivable

     1,758,822   

Deposits with brokers for open futures contracts

     361,110   

Receivable for securities sold

     157,146   

Prepaid expenses

     46,935   

Other assets

     23,699   

Other receivables

     13,944   

Total Assets

     143,253,378   
Liabilities:         

Investment management fee payable

     60,512   

Payable to broker — variation margin on open futures contracts

     27,344   

Directors’ fees payable

     738   

Accrued expenses

     64,751   

Total Liabilities

     153,345   
Total Net Assets    $ 143,100,033   
Net Assets:         

Par value ($0.01 par value; 20,000,000 shares authorized, 9,462,123 shares issued and outstanding)

   $ 94,621   

Paid-in capital in excess of par value

     142,816,553   

Undistributed net investment income

     873,547   

Accumulated net realized loss on investments and futures contracts

     (16,689,165)   

Net unrealized appreciation on investments and futures contracts

     16,004,477   
Total Net Assets    $ 143,100,033   
Shares Outstanding      9,462,123   
Net Asset Value      $15.12   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statement of operations (unaudited)

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2014

 

Investment Income:         

Interest

   $ 3,844,657   

Dividends

     89,815   

Less: Foreign taxes withheld

     (421)   

Total Investment Income

     3,934,051   
Expenses:         

Investment management fee (Note 2)

     369,869   

Franchise taxes

     28,790   

Transfer agent fees

     25,105   

Audit and tax

     21,926   

Legal fees

     17,294   

Shareholder reports

     15,626   

Stock exchange listing fees

     14,116   

Fund accounting fees

     12,780   

Directors’ fees

     10,594   

Custody fees

     2,720   

Miscellaneous expenses

     6,046   

Total Expenses

     524,866   

Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements (Note 2)

     (12,000)   

Net Expenses

     512,866   
Net Investment Income      3,421,185   
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments and Futures Contracts (Notes 1, 3 and 4):         

Net Realized Gain (Loss) From:

        

Investment transactions

     500,272   

Futures contracts

     (1,111,064)   

Net Realized Loss

     (610,792)   

Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) From:

        

Investments

     6,989,596   

Futures contracts

     (118,953)   

Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

     6,870,643   
Net Gain on Investments and Futures Contracts      6,259,851   
Increase in Net Assets from Operations    $ 9,681,036   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statements of changes in net assets

 

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2014 (unaudited)
and the Year Ended December 31, 2013
   2014      2013  
Operations:                  

Net investment income

   $ 3,421,185       $ 6,946,411   

Net realized gain (loss)

     (610,792)         1,228,103   

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     6,870,643         (7,319,217)   

Increase in Net Assets From Operations

     9,681,036         855,297   
Distributions to Shareholders From (Note 1):                  

Net investment income

     (3,264,440)         (6,528,738)   

Decrease in Net Assets From Distributions to Shareholders

     (3,264,440)         (6,528,738)   
Fund Share Transactions:                  

Reinvestment of distributions (0 and 2,329 shares issued, respectively)

             34,889   

Increase in Net Assets From Fund Share Transactions

             34,889   

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

     6,416,596         (5,638,552)   
Net Assets:                  

Beginning of period

     136,683,437         142,321,989   

End of period*

   $ 143,100,033       $ 136,683,437   

*Includesundistributed net investment income of:

     $873,547         $716,802   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Financial highlights

 

For a share of capital stock outstanding throughout each year ended December 31,
unless otherwise noted:
 
      2014 1,2      2013 2      2012 2      2011 2      2010 2      2009 2 
Net asset value, beginning of period     $14.45        $15.04        $13.76        $13.82        $13.21        $10.66   
Income (loss) from operations:            

Net investment income

    0.36        0.73        0.73        0.77        0.79        0.83   

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.66        (0.63)        1.27        (0.08)        0.61        2.66   

Total income from operations

    1.02        0.10        2.00        0.69        1.40        3.49   
Less distributions from:            

Net investment income

    (0.35) 3      (0.69)        (0.72)        (0.75)        (0.79)        (0.94)   

Total distributions

    (0.35)        (0.69)        (0.72)        (0.75)        (0.79)        (0.94)   
Net asset value, end of period     $15.12        $14.45        $15.04        $13.76        $13.82        $13.21   
Market price, end of period     $13.89        $13.17        $14.82        $13.81        $12.89        $12.75   

Total return, based on NAV4,5

    7.10     0.73     14.84     5.04     10.86     34.41

Total return, based on Market Price6

    8.18     (6.47)     12.76     13.32     7.28     31.75
Net assets, end of period (000s)     $143,100        $136,683        $142,322        $129,895        $130,458        $124,549   
Ratios to average net assets:            

Gross expenses

    0.76 %7      0.75     0.72     0.76     0.78     0.89

Net expenses8,9

    0.74 7      0.73        0.70        0.74        0.76        0.86   

Net investment income

    4.93 7      5.02        5.06        5.55        5.78        7.07   
Portfolio turnover rate     27     70     90     56     42     45

 

1 

For the six months ended June 30, 2014 (unaudited).

 

2 

Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method.

 

3 

The actual source of the Fund’s current fiscal year distributions may be from net investment income, return of capital or a combination of both. Shareholders will be informed of the tax characteristics of the distributions after the close of the current fiscal year.

 

4 

Performance figures may reflect compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

 

5 

The total return calculation assumes that distributions are reinvested at NAV. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

 

6 

The total return calculation assumes that distributions are reinvested in accordance with the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

 

7 

Annualized.

 

8 

Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

9 

The impact of compensating balance arrangements, if any, was less than 0.01%.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Notes to financial statements (unaudited)

 

1. 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 seeks high level of current income, consistent with prudent investment risk. Capital appreciation 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”). Estimates and assumptions are required to be made regarding assets, liabilities and changes in net assets resulting from operations when financial statements are prepared. Changes in the economic environment, financial markets and any other parameters used in determining these estimates could cause actual results to differ. Subsequent events have been evaluated through the date the financial statements were issued.

(a) Investment valuation. The valuations for fixed income securities (which may include, but are not limited to, corporate, government, municipal, mortgage-backed, collateralized mortgage obligations and asset-backed securities) and certain derivative instruments are typically the prices supplied by independent third party pricing services, which may use market prices or broker/dealer quotations or a variety of valuation techniques and methodologies. The independent third party pricing services use inputs that are observable such as issuer details, interest rates, yield curves, prepayment speeds, credit risks/spreads, default rates and quoted prices for similar securities. Short-term fixed income securities that will mature in 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, unless it is determined that using this method would not reflect an investment’s fair value. Futures contracts are valued daily at the settlement price established by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded. Equity securities for which market quotations are available are valued at the last reported sales price or official closing price on the primary market or exchange on which they trade. When the Fund holds securities or other assets that are denominated in a foreign currency, the Fund will normally use the currency exchange rates as of 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). If independent third party pricing services are unable to supply prices for a portfolio investment, or if the prices supplied are deemed by the manager to be unreliable, the market price may be determined by the manager using quotations from one or more broker/dealers or at the transaction price if the security has recently been purchased and no value has yet been obtained from a pricing service or pricing broker. When reliable prices are not readily available, 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 values these securities as determined in accordance with procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Directors.

The Board of Directors is responsible for the valuation process and has delegated the supervision of the daily valuation process to the Legg Mason North American Fund Valuation Committee (the “Valuation Committee”). The Valuation Committee, pursuant to the policies

 

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adopted by the Board of Directors, is responsible for making fair value determinations, evaluating the effectiveness of the Fund’s pricing policies, and reporting to the Board of Directors. When determining the reliability of third party pricing information for investments owned by the Fund, the Valuation Committee, among other things, conducts due diligence reviews of pricing vendors, monitors the daily change in prices and reviews transactions among market participants.

The Valuation Committee will consider pricing methodologies it deems relevant and appropriate when making fair value determinations. Examples of possible methodologies include, but are not limited to, multiple of earnings; discount from market of a similar freely traded security; discounted cash-flow analysis; book value or a multiple thereof; risk premium/yield analysis; yield to maturity; and/or fundamental investment analysis. The Valuation Committee will also consider factors it deems relevant and appropriate in light of the facts and circumstances. Examples of possible factors include, but are not limited to, the type of security; the issuer’s financial statements; the purchase price of the security; the discount from market value of unrestricted securities of the same class at the time of purchase; analysts’ research and observations from financial institutions; information regarding any transactions or offers with respect to the security; the existence of merger proposals or tender offers affecting the security; the price and extent of public trading in similar securities of the issuer or comparable companies; and the existence of a shelf registration for restricted securities.

For each portfolio security that has been fair valued pursuant to the policies adopted by the Board of Directors, the fair value price is compared against the last available and next available market quotations. The Valuation Committee reviews the results of such back testing monthly and fair valuation occurrences are reported to the Board of Directors quarterly.

The Fund uses valuation techniques to measure fair value that are consistent with the market approach and/or income approach, depending on the type of security and the particular circumstance. The market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable securities. The income approach uses valuation techniques to discount estimated future cash flows to present value.

GAAP establishes a disclosure hierarchy that categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value assets and liabilities at measurement date. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

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Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

 

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

 

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

 

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Notes to financial statements (unaudited) (cont’d)

 

The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

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

 

ASSETS

 
Description   Quoted Prices
(Level 1)
    Other Significant
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
    Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
    Total  
Long-term investments†:                                

Corporate bonds & notes

         $ 132,873,137             $ 132,873,137   

Asset-backed securities

           1,798,539               1,798,539   

Collateralized mortgage obligations

           114,962               114,962   

Municipal bonds

           859,058               859,058   

Sovereign bonds

           2,409,942               2,409,942   

Preferred stocks

  $ 2,578,033                      2,578,033   
Total investments   $ 2,578,033      $ 138,055,638             $ 140,633,671   
Other financial instruments:                                

Futures contracts

  $ 70,675                    $ 70,675   
Total   $ 2,648,708      $ 138,055,638             $ 140,704,346   

 

LIABILITIES  
Description   Quoted Prices
(Level 1)
    Other Significant
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
    Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
    Total  
Other financial instruments:                                

Futures contracts

  $ 122,811                    $ 122,811   

 

See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

(b) 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, the Fund acquires a debt security subject to an obligation of the seller to repurchase, and of the Fund to resell, the security at an agreed-upon price and time, thereby determining the yield during the Fund’s holding period. When entering into repurchase agreements, it is the Fund’s policy that its custodian or a third party custodian, acting on the Fund’s behalf, 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 maturity exceeds one business day, the value of the collateral is marked-to-market and measured against the value of the agreement in an effort 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.

 

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(c) Futures contracts. The Fund uses futures contracts generally to gain exposure to, or hedge against, changes in interest rates or gain exposure to, or hedge against, changes in certain asset classes. 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 cash or cash equivalents with a broker in an amount equal to a certain percentage of the contract amount. This is known as the ‘‘initial margin’’ and 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 in the Statement of Operations and the Fund recognizes a realized gain or loss when the contract is closed.

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.

(d) Credit and market risk. The Fund invests in high-yield instruments that are subject to certain credit and market risks. The yields of high-yield obligations reflect, among other things, perceived credit and market risks. The Fund’s investments in securities rated below investment grade typically involve risks not associated with higher rated securities including, among others, greater risk related to timely and ultimate payment of interest and principal, greater market price volatility and less liquid secondary market trading.

Investments in securities that are collateralized by residential real estate mortgages are subject to certain credit and liquidity risks. When market conditions result in an increase in default rates of the underlying mortgages and the foreclosure values of underlying real estate properties are materially below the outstanding amount of these underlying mortgages, collection of the full amount of accrued interest and principal on these investments may be doubtful. Such market conditions may significantly impair the value and liquidity of these investments and may result in a lack of correlation between their credit ratings and values.

(e) Security transactions and investment income. Security transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Interest income, adjusted for amortization of premium and accretion of discount, is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. The cost of investments sold is determined by use of the specific identification method. To the extent any issuer defaults or a credit event occurs that impacts the issuer, the Fund may halt any additional interest income accruals and consider the realizability of interest accrued up to the date of default or credit event.

(f) Distributions to shareholders. Distributions from net investment income of the Fund, if any, are declared quarterly and paid on a monthly basis. The actual source of the

 

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Notes to financial statements (unaudited) (cont’d)

 

Fund’s monthly distributions may be from net investment income, return of capital or a combination of both. Shareholders will be informed of the tax characteristics of the distributions after the close of the fiscal year. Distributions of net realized gains, if any, are declared at least annually. Distributions to shareholders of the Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend date and are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.

(g) Compensating balance arrangements. The Fund has an arrangement with its custodian bank whereby a portion of the custodian’s fees is paid indirectly by credits earned on the Fund’s cash on deposit with the bank.

(h) Federal and other taxes. It is the Fund’s policy to comply with the federal income and excise tax requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”), as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies. Accordingly, the Fund intends to distribute its taxable income and net realized gains, if any, to shareholders in accordance with timing requirements imposed by the Code. Therefore, no federal or state income tax provision is required in the Fund’s financial statements.

Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken on income tax returns for all open tax years and has concluded that as of June 30, 2014, no provision for income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. The Fund’s federal and state income and federal excise tax returns for tax years for which the applicable statutes of limitations have not expired are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and state departments of revenue.

Under the applicable foreign tax laws, a withholding tax may be imposed on interest, dividends and capital gains at various rates.

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

2. Investment management agreement and other transactions with affiliates

The Fund has entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with Western Asset Management Company (“Adviser”), which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Legg Mason, Inc., pursuant to which the Adviser provides investment advice and administrative services to the Fund. In return for its services, the Fund pays the Adviser a monthly fee at an annual rate of 0.70% of the average monthly net assets of the Fund up to $60,000,000 and 0.40% of such net assets in excess of $60,000,000. If expenses (including the Adviser’s fee but excluding interest, taxes, brokerage fees, the expenses of any offering by the Fund of its securities, and extraordinary expenses beyond the control of the Fund) borne by the Fund in any fiscal year exceed 1.5% of average net assets up to $30,000,000 and 1% of average net assets over $30,000,000, the Adviser has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund for any excess.

During the six months ended June 30, 2014, fees waived and/or expenses reimbursed amounted to $12,000.

 

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Western Asset Management Company Limited (“WAML”) provides the Fund with investment research, advice, management and supervision and a continuous investment program for the Fund’s portfolio of non-dollar securities consistent with the Fund’s investment objectives and policies. As compensation, the Adviser pays WAML a fee based on the pro rata assets of the Fund managed by WAML during the month.

Under the terms of an administrative services agreement among the Fund, the Adviser, and Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC (“LMPFA”), Western Asset (not the Fund) pays LMPFA a monthly fee of $3,000 (an annual rate of $36,000).

LMPFA and WAML are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Legg Mason, Inc.

3. Investments

During the six months ended June 30, 2014, the aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investments (excluding short-term investments) and U.S. Government & Agency Obligations were as follows:

 

        Investments        U.S. Government & Agency Obligations  
Purchases      $ 27,037,387         $ 10,758,191   
Sales        26,119,654           11,575,386   

At June 30, 2014, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were substantially as follows:

 

Gross unrealized appreciation      $ 16,176,751   
Gross unrealized depreciation        (120,138)   
Net unrealized appreciation      $ 16,056,613   

At June 30, 2014, the Fund had the following open futures contracts:

 

     Number of
Contracts
    Expiration
Date
    Basis
Value
    Market
Value
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Contracts to Buy:                                        
U.S. Treasury 2-Year Notes     17        9/14      $ 3,735,352      $ 3,733,094      $ (2,258)   
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes     138        9/14        16,552,831        16,485,609        (67,222)   
U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds     3        9/14        443,729        449,813        6,084   
                                      (63,396)   
Contracts to Sell:                                        
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes     157        9/14        19,716,575        19,651,984        64,591   
U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds     97        9/14        13,253,857        13,307,188        (53,331)   
                                      11,260   
Net unrealized depreciation on open futures contracts                      $ (52,136)   

4. Derivative instruments and hedging activities

GAAP requires enhanced disclosure about an entity’s derivative and hedging activities.

 

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Notes to financial statements (unaudited) (cont’d)

 

Below is a table, grouped by derivative type, that provides information about the fair value and the location of derivatives within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities at June 30, 2014.

 

ASSET DERIVATIVES1  
      Interest
Rate Risk
 
Futures contracts2    $ 70,675   

 

LIABILITY DERIVATIVES1  
      Interest
Rate Risk
 
Futures contracts2    $ 122,811   

 

1 

Generally, the balance sheet location for asset derivatives is receivables/net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and for liability derivatives is payables/net unrealized appreciation (depreciation).

 

2 

Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts as reported in the footnotes. Only variation margin is reported within the receivables and/or payables on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

The following tables provide information about the effect of derivatives and hedging activities on the Fund’s Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2014. The first table provides additional detail about the amounts and sources of gains (losses) realized on derivatives during the period. The second table provides additional information about the change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) resulting from the Fund’s derivatives and hedging activities during the period.

 

AMOUNT OF REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON DERIVATIVES RECOGNIZED  
      Interest
Rate Risk
 
Futures contracts    $ (1,111,064)   

 

CHANGE IN UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) ON DERIVATIVES RECOGNIZED  
      Interest
Rate Risk
 
Futures contracts    $ (118,953)   

During the six months ended June 30, 2014, the volume of derivative activity for the Fund was as follows:

 

        Average Market
Value
 
Futures contracts (to buy)      $ 20,906,025   
Futures contracts (to sell)        25,676,933   

The following table presents by financial instrument, the Fund’s derivative liabilities net of the related collateral pledged by the Fund at June 30, 2014:

 

      Gross Amount of Derivative
Liabilities in the Statement  of
Assets and Liabilities1
     Collateral
Pledged2,3
     Net
Amount
 
Futures contracts4    $ 27,344       $ (27,344)           

 

1 

Absent an event of default or early termination, derivative assets and liabilities are presented gross and not offset in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

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2 

Gross amounts are not offset in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

3 

In some instances, the actual collateral received and/or pledged may be more than the amount shown here due to overcollateralization.

 

4 

Amount represents the current day’s variation margin as reported in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. It differs from the cumulative appreciation (depreciation) presented in the previous table.

5. Director compensation

Each Director of the Fund who is not an “interested person” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund, Western Asset or WAML receives an aggregate fee of $75,000 annually for serving on the combined Board of Directors/Trustees of the Fund, Western Asset Funds, Inc. and Western Asset Premier Bond Fund. Each Director also receives a fee of $7,500 and related expenses for each meeting of the Board or of a committee attended in-person and a fee of $2,500 for participating in each telephonic meeting. The Chairman of the Board receives an additional $30,000 per year for serving in such capacity. The Chairman of the Audit Committee receives an additional $25,000 per year for serving in such capacity. Each member of the Audit Committee receives a fee of $6,000 for serving as a member of the Audit Committee. Other committee members receive a fee of $3,000 for serving as a member of each committee upon which they serve. All such fees are allocated among the Fund, Western Asset Funds, Inc. and Western Asset Premier Bond Fund according to each such investment company’s average annual net assets.

Director Ronald Olson receives from Western Asset an aggregate fee of $75,000 annually for serving on the combined Board of Directors/Trustees of the Fund, Western Asset Funds, Inc. and Western Asset Premier Bond Fund, as well as a fee of $7,500 and related expenses for each meeting of the Board attended in person and a fee of $2,500 for participating in each telephonic meeting.

6. Distributions subsequent to June 30, 2014

The following distributions have been declared by the Fund’s Board of Directors and are payable subsequent to the period of this report:

 

Record Date      Payable Date        Amount  
7/18/2014        7/25/2014         $ 0.0575   
8/22/2014        8/29/2014         $ 0.0575   
9/19/2014        9/26/2014         $ 0.0575   

7. Capital loss carryforward

As of December 31, 2013, the Fund had the following net capital loss carryforwards remaining:

 

Year of Expiration    Amount  
12/31/2016    $ (676,492)   
12/31/2017      (10,616,218)   
12/31/2018      (227,490)   
     $ (11,520,200)   

These amounts will be available to offset any future taxable capital gains and will be utilized based on the order of their expiration dates.

 

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Additional shareholder information (unaudited)

 

Results of annual meeting of shareholders

The Fund’s annual meeting of shareholders was held on May 21, 2014. Of the 9,462,123 common shares outstanding, the following shares were voted in the meeting:

 

Election of Directors:    For      Withheld  
Robert Abeles, Jr.      7,486,401         549,670   
Ronald J. Arnault      7,447,395         588,676   
Anita L. DeFrantz      7,430,297         605,774   
Kenneth D. Fuller      7,488,299         547,772   
Avedick B. Poladian      7,449,754         586,317   
Ronald L. Olson      7,477,386         558,685   
William E. B. Siart      7,475,387         560,684   
Jaynie M. Studenmund      7,425,656         610,415   

 

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Dividend reinvestment plan (unaudited)

 

The Fund offers to all shareholders a Dividend Reinvestment Plan (“Plan”). For participants in the Plan, cash distributions (e.g., dividends and capital gains) of registered shareholders (those who own shares in their own name on the Fund’s records) are automatically invested in shares of the Fund. Interested shareholders may obtain more information or sign up for the Plan by contacting the agent. Shareholders who own shares in a brokerage, bank, or other financial institution account must contact the Company where their account is held in order to participate in the Plan.

If you elect to participate in the Plan you will automatically receive your dividend or net capital gains distribution in newly issued shares of the Fund if the market price of a share on the date of the distribution is at or above the net asset value (“NAV”) of a Fund share. The number of shares to be issued to you will be determined by dividing the amount of the cash distribution to which you are entitled (net of any applicable withholding taxes) by the greater of the NAV per share on such date or 95% of the market price of a share on such date. If the market price of a share on such distribution date is below the NAV the Agent will, as agent for the participants, buy shares of the Fund’s stock through a broker on the open market or in a negotiated transaction (subject to price and other terms to which the agent may agree). The price per share of shares purchased for each participant’s account with respect to a particular dividend or other distribution will be the average price (including brokerage commissions, transfer taxes and any other costs of purchase) of all shares purchased with respect to that dividend or other distribution. All shares of common stock acquired on your behalf through the Plan will be automatically credited to an account maintained on the books of the Agent. Full and fractional shares will be voted by the Agent in accordance with your instructions.

Additional information regarding the plan

The Fund will pay all costs applicable to the Plan, with the exceptions noted below. Brokerage commissions, transfer taxes and any other costs of purchase or sale by the Agent under the Plan will be charged to participants. The commission participants pay for selling shares under the Plan is calculated as $2.50 plus $0.15 per share. Beneficial shareholders should contact the company holding their account for further information concerning fees that may apply to selling shares under the Plan. In the event the Fund determines to no longer pay the costs applicable to the Plan, the Agent will terminate the Plan and may, but is not obligated to, offer a new plan under which it would impose a direct service charge on participants.

All shares acquired through the Plan receive voting rights and are eligible for any stock split, stock dividend, or other rights accruing to shareholders that the Board of Directors may declare. Distributions to Plan participants will be in the form of stock, unless the Agent is notified in writing 10 days prior to the record date fixed by the Board of Directors for the distribution that you wish to receive a cash payment. Beneficial shareholders should contact the company holding their account for further information regarding deadlines that might apply.

 

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Dividend reinvestment plan (unaudited) (cont’d)

 

You may terminate participation in the Plan at any time by giving written notice to the Agent. Such termination will be effective prior to the record date next succeeding the receipt of such instructions or by a later date of termination specified in such instructions.

Upon termination of the Plan, a participant may request a certificate for the full shares credited to his or her account or may request the sale of all or part of such shares. If the participant instructs the Agent to sell the shares credited to the participant’s account, the Agent may accumulate such shares and those of any other terminating participants for purposes of such sale. Brokerage charges, transfer taxes, and any other costs of sale will be allocated pro rata among the selling participants. Any such sale may be made on any securities exchange where such shares are traded, in the over-the counter market or in negotiated transactions, and may be subject to such terms of price, delivery, etc., as the Agent may agree to. Fractional shares credited to a terminating account will be paid for in cash at the current market price at the time of termination.

Dividends and other distributions invested in additional shares under the Plan are subject to income tax just as if they had been received in cash. After year end, dividends paid on the accumulated shares will be included in the Form 1099-DIV information return to the Internal Revenue Service and only one Form 1099-DIV will be sent to each participant each year.

Registered shareholders can make inquiries regarding the Plan, as well as sign up or terminate their participation in the Plan by contacting American Stock Transfer & Trust Company LLC, 6201 15th Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11219 — Investor Relations, telephone number 1-888-888-0151. Beneficial Shareholders can make inquiries regarding the Plan as well as sign up or terminate their participation in the Plan by contacting the company where their account is held.

 

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Western Asset

Income Fund

 

Directors

William E. B. Siart

Chairman

Kenneth D. Fuller

Robert Abeles, Jr

Ronald J. Arnault

Anita L. DeFrantz

Ronald L. Olson

Avedick B. Poladian

Jaynie M. Studenmund

Officers

Kenneth D. Fuller

President and Chief Executive Officer

Richard F. Sennett

Principal Financial Officer and Treasurer

Todd F. Kuehl

Chief Compliance Officer

Robert I. Frenkel

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer

Western Asset Income Fund

620 Eighth Avenue

49th Floor

New York, NY 10018

Investment advisers

Western Asset Management Company

Western Asset Management Company Limited

Custodian

State Street Bank and Trust Company

1 Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

Independent registered public accounting firm

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

100 East Pratt Street

Baltimore, MD 21202

 

Legal counsel

Ropes & Gray LLP

1211 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10036

Transfer agent

American Stock Transfer & Trust Company

5201 15th Avenue

Brooklyn, NY 11219

New York Stock Exchange Symbol

PAI


Legg Mason Funds Privacy and Security Notice

 

Your Privacy and the Security of Your Personal Information is Very Important to the Legg Mason Funds

This Privacy and Security Notice (the “Privacy Notice”) addresses the Legg Mason Funds’ privacy and data protection practices with respect to nonpublic personal information the Funds receive. The Legg Mason Funds include any funds sold by the Funds’ distributor, Legg Mason Investor Services, LLC, as well as Legg Mason-sponsored closed-end funds and certain closed-ends funds managed or sub-advised by Legg Mason or its affiliates. The provisions of this Privacy Notice apply to your information both while you are a shareholder and after you are no longer invested with the Funds.

The Type of Nonpublic Personal Information the Funds Collect About You

The Funds collect and maintain nonpublic personal information about you in connection with your shareholder account. Such information may include, but is not limited to:

 

Ÿ  

Personal information included on applications or other forms;

 

Ÿ  

Account balances, transactions, and mutual fund holdings and positions;

 

Ÿ  

Online account access user IDs, passwords, security challenge question responses; and

 

Ÿ  

Information received from consumer reporting agencies regarding credit history and creditworthiness (such as the amount of an individual’s total debt, payment history, etc.).

How the Funds Use Nonpublic Personal Information About You

The Funds do not sell or share your nonpublic personal information with third parties or with affiliates for their marketing purposes, or with other financial institutions or affiliates for joint marketing purposes, unless you have authorized the Funds to do so. The Funds do not disclose any nonpublic personal information about you except as may be required to perform transactions or services you have authorized or as permitted or required by law. The Funds may disclose information about you to:

 

Ÿ  

Employees, agents, and affiliates on a “need to know” basis to enable the Funds to conduct ordinary business or comply with obligations to government regulators;

 

Ÿ  

Service providers, including the Funds’ affiliates, who assist the Funds as part of the ordinary course of business (such as printing, mailing services, or processing or servicing your account with us) or otherwise perform services on the Funds’ behalf, including companies that may perform marketing services solely for the Funds;

 

Ÿ  

The Funds’ representatives such as legal counsel, accountants and auditors; and

 

Ÿ  

Fiduciaries or representatives acting on your behalf, such as an IRA custodian or trustee of a grantor trust.

 

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Legg Mason Funds Privacy and Security Notice (cont’d)

 

Except as otherwise permitted by applicable law, companies acting on the Funds’ behalf are contractually obligated to keep nonpublic personal information the Funds provide to them confidential and to use the information the Funds share only to provide the services the Funds ask them to perform.

The Funds may disclose nonpublic personal information about you when necessary to enforce their rights or protect against fraud, or as permitted or required by applicable law, such as in connection with a law enforcement or regulatory request, subpoena, or similar legal process. In the event of a corporate action or in the event a Fund service provider changes, the Funds may be required to disclose your nonpublic personal information to third parties. While it is the Funds’ practice to obtain protections for disclosed information in these types of transactions, the Funds cannot guarantee their privacy policy will remain unchanged.

Keeping You Informed of the Funds’ Privacy and Security Practices

The Funds will notify you annually of their privacy policy as required by federal law. While the Funds reserve the right to modify this policy at any time they will notify you promptly if this privacy policy changes.

The Funds’ Security Practices

The Funds maintain appropriate physical, electronic and procedural safeguards designed to guard your nonpublic personal information. The Funds’ internal data security policies restrict access to your non-public personal information to authorized employees, who may use your nonpublic personal information for Fund business purposes only.

Although the Funds strive to protect your nonpublic personal information, they cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you provide or transmit to them, and you do so at your own risk. In the event of a breach of the confidentiality or security of your nonpublic personal information, the Funds will attempt to notify you as necessary so you can take appropriate protective steps. If you have consented to the Funds using electronic communications or electronic delivery of statements, they may notify you under such circumstances using the most current email address you have on record with them.

In order for the Funds to provide effective service to you, keeping your account information accurate is very important. If you believe that your account information is incomplete, not accurate or not current, or if you have questions about the Funds’ privacy practices, write the Funds using the contact information on your account statements, email the Funds by clicking on the Contact Us section of the Funds’ website at www.leggmason.com, or contact the Fund at 1-888-777-0102.

Revised April 2011

 

NOT PART OF THE SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT


Western Asset Income Fund

Western Asset Income Fund

620 Eighth Avenue

49th Floor

New York, NY 10018

Notice is hereby given in accordance with Section 23(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, that from time to time the Fund may purchase at market prices, shares of its Common Stock in the open market.

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The Fund’s Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington D.C., and information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. To obtain information on Form N-Q from the Fund, shareholders can call 1-888-777-0102.

Information on how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the prior 12-month period ended June 30th of each year and a description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies related to portfolio transactions are available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling 1-888-777-0102, (2) on the Fund’s website at www.lmcef.com and (3) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

This report is transmitted to the shareholders of Western Asset Income Fund for their information. This is not a prospectus, circular or representation intended for use in the purchase or sale of shares of the Fund or any securities mentioned in this report.

American Stock

Transfer & Trust Company

6201 15th Avenue

Brooklyn, NY 11219

 

 

WASX012841 8/14 SR14-2283


ITEM 2.   CODE OF ETHICS.
  Not applicable.
ITEM 3.   AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.
  Not applicable.
ITEM 4.   PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.
  Not applicable.
ITEM 5.   AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.
 

a)      Registrant has a separately – designated standing Audit Committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Exchange Act. The Audit Committee consists of the following Board members:

 

Ronald J. Arnault

Robert Abeles

Anita L. DeFrantz

Avedick B. Poladian

William E.B. Siart

Jaynie Miller Studenmund

 

b)      Not applicable

ITEM 6.   SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.
  Included herein under Item 1.
ITEM 7.   DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.
  Not applicable.
ITEM 8(b).   INVESTMENT PROFESSIONALS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

As of June 30, 2014, a team of investment professionals at the Advisers, led by Chief Investment Officer S. Kenneth Leech, Portfolio Manager Michael C. Buchanan and Portfolio Manager Ryan Brist manage the Western Asset Premier Bond Fund (the “Fund”).

Messrs. Leech, Buchanan and Brist have each served as investment professionals for the Advisers for over five years.

The Fund is managed by a team of portfolio managers, sector specialists and other investment professionals. Messrs. Leech, Buchanan and Brist serve as co-team leaders responsible for day-to-day strategic oversight of the Fund’s investments and for supervising the day-to-day operations of the various sector specialist teams dedicated to the specific asset classes in which the Fund invests.

Other Accounts

As of June 30, 2014, in addition to the Fund, the portfolio manager(s) were responsible for the day-to-day management of certain other accounts, as follows:

 

Type of Account

   Number of
Accounts
Managed
     Total Assets Managed
($Billions)
     Number of
Accounts Managed
for which Advisory
Fee is
Performance-
Based
     Assets Managed for which
Advisory Fee is
Performance-
Based($Billions)
 

S. Kenneth Leech:

           

Registered Investment Companies

     103         185.7         0         0   

Other pooled investment vehicles

     242         92.3         9         1.5   

Other accounts

     678         179.1         55         17.0   

Michael C. Buchanan:

           

Registered Investment Companies

     40         35.5         0         0   

Other pooled investment vehicles

     58         33.2         4         0.75   

Other accounts

     186         49.0         20         7.8   

Ryan Brist:

           

Registered Investment Companies

     9         1.9         0         0   

Other pooled investment vehicles

     15         12.3         0         0   

Other accounts

     44         17.8         2         0.46   

Note: With respect to Mr. Leech, the numbers above reflect the overall number of portfolios managed by the Advisers. Mr. Leech is involved in the management of all the Advisers’ portfolios, but he is not solely responsible for particular portfolios. The Advisers’ investment discipline emphasizes a team approach that combines the efforts of groups of specialists working in different market sectors. The individuals that have been identified are responsible for overseeing implementation of the Advisers’ overall investment ideas and coordinating the work of the various sector teams. This structure ensures that client portfolios benefit from a consensus that draws on the expertise of all team members.

ITEM 9.    PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.
   Not applicable.
ITEM 10.    SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.
   Not applicable.
ITEM 11.    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 second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are likely to materially affect the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting


ITEM 12.    EXHIBITS.
   (a) (1) Not applicable.
   Exhibit 99.CODE ETH
   (a) (2) Certifications pursuant to section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 attached hereto.
   Exhibit 99.CERT
   (b) Certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 attached hereto.
   Exhibit 99.906CERT


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, there unto duly authorized.

Western Asset Income Fund

 

By:  

/s/ Kenneth D. Fuller

  Kenneth D. Fuller
  Chief Executive Officer

Date: August 22, 2014

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/ Kenneth D. Fuller

  Kenneth D. Fuller
  Chief Executive Officer

Date: August 22, 2014

 

By:  

/s/ Richard F. Sennett

  Richard F. Sennett
  Principal Financial Officer

Date: August 22, 2014