-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, BukQ+AcHqqhpYyDW6d0cj5rINSzep6M8souxZKJeBR3hbSyw3Rp1L7enNXdnbP7D pDzp4ixr8f1hadi7adB0og== 0001144204-09-001298.txt : 20090112 0001144204-09-001298.hdr.sgml : 20090112 20090112061150 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-09-001298 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20081231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20090112 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20090112 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BOND FUND CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001163792 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 385 EAST COLORADO BLVD CITY: PASADENA STATE: CA ZIP: 91101 BUSINESS PHONE: (626) 844-9400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 385 EAST COLORADO BLVD CITY: PASADENA STATE: CA ZIP: 91101 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: WESTERN ASSET CORE PLUS BOND TRUST I DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20011218 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000065100 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SECURITY BROKERS, DEALERS & FLOTATION COMPANIES [6211] STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-10603 FILM NUMBER: 09520225 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4 WORLD FINANCIAL CTR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10080 BUSINESS PHONE: 2124491000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4 WORLD FINANCIAL CTR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10080 FORMER NAME: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MERRILL LYNCH & CO INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000728612 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SECURITY BROKERS, DEALERS & FLOTATION COMPANIES [6211] STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-10603 FILM NUMBER: 09520224 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4 WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER STREET 2: NORTH TOWER CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10080 BUSINESS PHONE: 2126702273 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4 WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER STREET 2: NORTH TOWER CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10080 FORMER NAME: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920929 3 1 v136781_ex.xml X0203 3 2008-12-31 0 0001163792 WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BOND FUND WEA 0000065100 MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC. 4 WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER NEW YORK NY 10080 0 0 1 0 0000728612 MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INC. 4 WORLD FINANCIAL CENTER NEW YORK NY 10080 0 0 1 0 Auction Rate Preferred 696 I See footnote The securities reported on this Form 3 are subject to repurchase under the terms of Merrill Lynch & Co.'s ("MLCO") settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), et alia, with respect to certain auction rate securities ("Subject Securities") sold by MLCO and/or held by customers in accounts at MLCO. The repurchases of the Subject Securities by MLCO, and the reporting of its holdings of such Subject Securities by MLCO, are being made in reliance on the Auction Rate Securities-Global Relief Letter issued by the Commission on September 22, 2008 (the "Relief Letter"). In reliance on the Relief Letter, we are reporting our holdings of each series of preferred stock of the issuer on a consolidated basis as a single class of securities. In further reliance on the Relief Letter, we will not file Forms 4 to report changes in our beneficial ownership of the issuer's preferred stock. However, in compliance with the terms of the Relief Letter, we hereby undertake to provide upon request by the Commission, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer, complete information regarding the number of equity securities of the issuer purchased or sold at each different price and date of all transactions in such securities that occurred after we became a 10% owner but prior to the date of this filing. Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. indirectly through its wholly-owned subsidiary Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated owns 696 shares of the issuer's preferred stock. Merrill Lynch & Co, Inc., By: /s/ Pia Thompson, Assistant Secretary 2009-01-09 Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., By: /s/ Pia Thompson, Assistant Secretary 2009-01-09 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----