N-CSRS 1 d495842dncsrs.htm WESTERN ASSET TOTAL RETURN UNCONSTRAINED FUND Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Fund
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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 811-06110

 

 

Western Asset Funds, Inc.

(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: 1-877-721-1926

Date of fiscal year end: May 31

Date of reporting period: November 30, 2017

 

 

 


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ITEM 1. REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS.

The Semi-Annual Report to Stockholders is filed herewith.

 


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Semi-Annual Report   November 30, 2017

WESTERN ASSET

TOTAL RETURN

UNCONSTRAINED FUND

 

 

 

LOGO

 

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


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What’s inside  
Letter from the president     II  
Investment commentary     III  
Fund at a glance     1  
Fund expenses     2  
Spread duration     4  
Effective duration     5  
Schedule of investments     6  
Statement of assets and liabilities     38  
Statement of operations     40  
Statements of changes in net assets     41  
Financial highlights     42  
Notes to financial statements     50  
Board approval of management and subadvisory agreements     73  

 

Fund objective

The Fund seeks to maximize long-term total return.

 

Letter from the president

 

LOGO

 

Dear Shareholder,

We are pleased to provide the semi-annual report of Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Fund for the six-month reporting period ended November 30, 2017. 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.leggmason.com. Here you can gain immediate access to market and investment information, including:

 

 

Fund prices and performance,

 

 

Market insights and commentaries from our portfolio managers, and

 

 

A host of educational resources.

We look forward to helping you meet your financial goals.

Sincerely,

 

LOGO

Jane Trust, CFA

President and Chief Executive Officer

December 29, 2017

 

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Investment commentary

 

Economic review

Economic activity in the U.S. improved during the six months ended November 30, 2017 (the “reporting period”). Looking back, the U.S. Department of Commerce reported that first quarter 2017 U.S. gross domestic product (“GDP”)i growth, as revised, was 1.2%. Second quarter 2017 GDP growth then accelerated to 3.1%. Finally, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s final reading for third quarter 2017 GDP growth — released after the reporting period ended — was 3.2%. Stronger growth was attributed to a number of factors, including positive contributions from private inventory investment and upturns in state and local government spending. These positive factors were partly offset by a decrease in personal consumption expenditures, nonresidential fixed investment and exports.

Job growth in the U.S. was solid overall and supported the economy during the reporting period. When the reporting period ended on November 30, 2017, the unemployment rate was 4.1%, as reported by the U.S. Department of Labor. This equaled the lowest unemployment rate since December 2000. The percentage of longer-term unemployed declined during the reporting period. In November 2017, 23.8% of Americans looking for a job had been out of work for more than six months, versus 24.3% when the period began.

Turning to the global economy, in its October 2017 World Economic Outlook Update, the International Monetary Fund (“IMF”)ii said, “The pickup in growth projected in the April 2017 World Economic Outlook is strengthening. The global growth forecast for 2017 and 2018 — 3.6 percent and 3.7 percent, respectively — is 0.1 percentage point higher in both years than in the April [2017] and July [2017] forecasts. Notable pickups in investment, trade, and industrial production, coupled with strengthening business and consumer confidence, are supporting the recovery.” From a regional perspective, the IMF estimates 2017 growth in the Eurozone will be 2.1%, versus 1.8% in 2016. Japan’s economy is expected to expand 1.5% in 2017, compared to 1.0% in 2016. Elsewhere, the IMF pro-jects that overall growth in emerging market countries will accelerate to 4.6% in 2017, versus 4.3% in 2016.

 

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Investment commentary (cont’d)

 

Market review

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

A. Looking back, after an extended period of maintaining the federal funds rateiv at a historically low range between zero and 0.25%, the Fed increased the rate at its meeting on December 16, 2015. In particular, the U.S. central bank raised the federal funds rate to a range between 0.25% and 0.50%. The Fed then kept rates on hold at each meeting prior to its meeting on December 14, 2016, at which time, the Fed raised rates to a range between 0.50% and 0.75%.

The Fed’s next rate hike occurred at its meeting that ended on March 15, 2017, as it raised rates to a range between 0.75% and 1.00%. At its meeting that concluded on June 14, 2017, the Fed then raised rates to a range between 1.00% and 1.25%. During its meeting that concluded on September 20, 2017, the Fed kept rates on hold, but reiterated its intention to begin reducing its balance sheet, saying, “In October, the Committee will initiate the balance sheet normalization program….” Finally, at its meeting that ended on December 13, 2017, after the reporting period ended, the Fed raised rates to a range between 1.25% and 1.50%.

Q. What actions did international central banks take during the reporting period?

A. Central banks outside the U.S. largely maintained their accommodative monetary policy stances during the reporting period. In March 2016, the European Central Bank (“ECB”)v announced that it would increase its bond purchasing program to 80 billion-per-month. It also lowered its deposit rate to -0.4% and its main interest rate to 0%. In December 2016, the ECB again extended its bond buying program until December 2017. From April 2017 through December 2017, the ECB purchased 60 billion-per-month of bonds. Finally, in October 2017, the ECB announced that it would continue to buy bonds through September 2018, but after December 2017 it would pare its purchases to 30 billion-per-month. However, the ECB did not change its key interest rates. In other developed countries, in August 2016, the Bank of England (“BoE”)vi lowered interest rates from 0.50% to 0.25%, a new record low. However, on November 2, 2017, the BoE raised rates from 0.25% to 0.50% — the first increase since July 2007. After holding rates steady at 0.10% for more than five years, in January 2016, the Bank of Japanvii announced that it cut the rate on current accounts that commercial banks hold with it to -0.10% and kept rates on hold during the reporting period. Elsewhere, the People’s Bank of Chinaviii kept rates steady at 4.35% during the reporting period.

Q. Did Treasury yields trend higher or lower during the reporting period?

A. Both short-term and longer-term Treasury yields moved higher during the six-month reporting period ended November 30, 2017. The yield for the two-year Treasury note began the reporting period at 1.28%. The low for the period of 1.27% occurred on September 7 and September 8, 2017. The yield for the two-year Treasury note ended the reporting period at 1.78% — equaling its high for the period. The yield for the ten-year Treasury began the reporting period at 2.21% and ended the period at 2.42%. The low for the period of 2.05% occurred on September 7, 2017, and the peak of 2.46% took place on October 26, 2017.

 

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

A. The spread sectors posted mixed results during the reporting period. Performance fluctuated given shifting expectations for global growth, questions regarding future central bank monetary policy, uncertainties pertaining to U.S. fiscal policy and several geopolitical issues. The broad U.S. bond market, as measured by the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Indexix, returned 0.68% during the six-month reporting period ended November 30, 2017.

Q. How did the high-yield bond market perform over the reporting period?

A. The U.S. high-yield bond market, as measured by the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield — 2% Issuer Cap Indexx, gained 2.29% for the six months ended November 30, 2017. The high-yield market rallied in June and July 2017. This was driven by overall robust demand from investors looking to generate incremental yield in the low interest rate environment. The high yield market was then relatively flat in August 2017, and again moved higher in September and October 2017. However, the high-yield market then experienced a modest setback in November 2017.

Q. How did the emerging markets debt asset class perform over the reporting period?

A. The JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global (“EMBI Global”)xi returned 2.03% during the six months ended November 30, 2017. The asset class posted positive results during four of the six months of the reporting period. This was triggered by overall strong investor demand, less concern over a significant shift in U.S. trade policy and a weakening U.S. dollar.

Performance review

For the six months ended November 30, 2017, Class I shares of Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Fund returned 3.67%. The Fund’s unmanaged benchmarks, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index and the ICE BofAML USD LIBOR 3-Month Constant Maturity Indexxii, returned 0.68% and 0.61%, respectively, for the same period. The Lipper Alternative Credit Focus Funds Category Average1 returned 1.30% over the same time frame.

 

Performance Snapshot as of November 30, 2017
(unaudited)
 
(excluding sales charges)   6 months  
Western Asset Total Return
Unconstrained Fund2:
 

Class A

    3.48

Class A2

    3.44

Class C

    3.16

Class FI

    3.53

Class R

    3.37

Class I

    3.67

Class IS

    3.82
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index     0.68
ICE BofAML USD LIBOR 3-Month Constant Maturity Index     0.61
Lipper Alternative Credit Focus Funds
Category Average1
    1.30

 

1 

Lipper, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reuters, provides independent insight on global collective investments. Returns are based on the six-month period ended November 30, 2017, including the reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, calculated among the 281 funds in the Fund’s Lipper category, and excluding sales charges, if any.

 

2 

Effective June 1, 2017, the Fund changed its security pricing methodology to now use the mean value of the bid and ask prices (of underlying fund holdings) to calculate the NAV. The Fund had a one-time increase to the NAV, which was due to this change in pricing methodology.

 

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Investment commentary (cont’d)

 

The performance shown represents past performance. Past performance is no guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than the performance shown. Principal value, investment returns and yields will fluctuate and investors’ shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. To obtain performance data current to the most recent month-end, please visit our website at www.leggmason.com/mutualfunds.

All share class returns assume the reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, at net asset value and the deduction of all Fund expenses. Returns have not been adjusted to include sales charges that may apply or the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions. If sales charges were reflected, the performance quoted would be lower. Performance figures for periods shorter than one year represent cumulative figures and are not annualized.

Fund performance figures reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, without which the performance would have been lower.

The 30-Day SEC Yields for the period ended November 30, 2017 for Class A, Class A2, Class C, Class FI, Class R, Class I and Class IS shares were 2.64%, 2.44%, 2.05%, 2.75%, 2.50%, 3.10% and 3.20%, respectively. Absent fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the 30-Day SEC Yields for Class A, Class C, Class FI, Class R, Class I and Class IS shares would have been 2.58%, 1.97%, 2.69%, 2.42%, 2.93% and 3.05%, respectively. The 30-Day SEC Yield, calculated pursuant to the standard SEC formula, is based on a Fund’s investments over an annualized trailing 30-day period, and not on the distributions paid by the Fund, which may differ.

 

Total Annual Operating Expenses (unaudited)

As of the Fund’s current prospectus dated September 30, 2017, as supplemented November 30, 2017, the gross total annual fund operating expense ratios for Class A, Class A2, Class C, Class FI, Class R, Class I and Class IS shares were 1.15%, 1.29%, 1.73%, 1.01%, 1.22%, 0.76% and 0.65%, respectively.

Actual expenses may be higher. For example, expenses may be higher than those shown if average net assets decrease. Net assets are more likely to decrease and Fund expense ratios are more likely to increase when markets are volatile.

As a result of expense limitation arrangements, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses, other than interest, brokerage commissions, taxes, extraordinary expenses, deferred organizational expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses, to average net assets will not exceed 1.10% for Class A shares, 1.30% for Class A2 shares, 1.80% for Class C shares, 1.10% for Class FI shares, 1.35% for Class R shares, 0.75% for Class I shares and 0.65% for Class IS shares. In addition, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses for Class IS shares will not exceed the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses for Class I shares. These expense limitation arrangements cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2019 without the Board of Directors’ consent.

The manager is permitted to recapture amounts waived and/or reimbursed to a class within two years after the fiscal year in which the manager earned the fee or incurred the expense if the class’ total annual operating expenses have fallen to a level below the expense limitation (“expense cap”) in effect at the time the fees were earned or the expenses incurred. In no case will the manager recapture any

 

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amount that would result, on any particular business day of the Fund, in the class’ total annual operating expenses exceeding the expense cap or any other lower limit then in effect.

As always, thank you for your confidence in our stewardship of your assets.

Sincerely,

 

LOGO

Jane Trust, CFA

President and Chief Executive Officer

December 29, 2017

RISKS: Fixed-income securities involve interest rate, credit, inflation and reinvestment risks. As interest rates rise, the value of fixed-income securities falls. High-yield securities, commonly known as “junk bonds,” include greater price volatility, illiquidity and possibility of default. International investments are subject to special risks including currency fluctuations and social, economic and political uncertainties, which could increase volatility. These risks are magnified in emerging markets. The use of leverage may increase volatility and possibility of loss. Potential active and frequent trading may result in higher transaction costs and increased investor liability. Asset-backed, mortgage-backed or mortgage-related securities are subject to prepayment and extension risks. Derivatives, such as options, futures and swaps, can be illiquid, may disproportionately increase losses, and have a potentially large impact on Fund performance. Please see the Fund’s prospectus for a more complete discussion of these and other risks and the Fund’s investment strategies.

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. Forecasts and predictions are inherently limited and should not be relied upon as an indication of actual or future performance.

 

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Investment commentary (cont’d)

 

 

 

 

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 International Monetary Fund (“IMF”) is an organization of 189 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world.

 

iii 

The Federal Reserve Board (the “Fed”) is responsible for the formulation of U.S. 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 European Central Bank (“ECB”) is responsible for the monetary system of the European Union and the euro currency.

 

vi 

The Bank of England (“BoE”), formally the Governor and Company of the BoE, is the central bank of the United Kingdom. The BoE’s purpose is to maintain monetary and financial stability.

 

vii 

The Bank of Japan is the central bank of Japan. The bank is responsible for issuing and handling currency and treasury securities, implementing monetary policy, maintaining the stability of the Japanese financial system and the yen currency.

 

viii 

The People’s Bank of China is the central bank of the People’s Republic of China with the power to carry out monetary policy and regulate financial institutions in mainland China.

 

ix 

The Bloomberg 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.

 

x 

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

 

xi 

The JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global (“EMBI Global”) tracks total returns for U.S. dollar-denominated debt instruments issued by emerging market sovereign and quasi-sovereign entities: Brady bonds, loans, Eurobonds and local market instruments.

 

xii 

The ICE BofAML USD LIBOR 3-Month Constant Maturity Index (known as the BofA Merrill Lynch USD LIBOR 3-Month Constant Maturity Index prior to October 23, 2017) is based on the assumed purchase of a synthetic instrument having three months to maturity and with a coupon equal to the closing quote for three-month LIBOR. That issue is sold the following day (priced at a yield equal to the current day closing three-month LIBOR rate) and is rolled into a new three-month instrument. The index, therefore, will always have a constant maturity equal to exactly three months.

 

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Fund at a glance (unaudited)

 

Investment breakdown (%) as a percent of total investments

 

LOGO

 

The bar graph above represents the composition of the Fund’s investments as of November 30, 2017 and May 31, 2017 and does not include derivatives, such as forward foreign currency contracts, futures contracts, written options and swap contracts. The Fund is actively managed. As a result, the composition of the Fund’s investments is subject to change at any time.
Represents less than 0.1%.

 

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Fund expenses (unaudited)

 

Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you may incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including front-end and back-end sales charges (loads) on purchase payments; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees; service and/or distribution (12b-1) fees; and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

This example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested on June 1, 2017 and held for the six months ended November 30, 2017.

Actual expenses

The table below titled “Based on Actual Total Return” provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information provided in this table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. To estimate the expenses you paid on your account, divide your ending account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 ending account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period”.

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

The table below titled “Based on Hypothetical Total Return” provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5.00% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use the information provided in this table to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare the 5.00% hypothetical example relating to the Fund with the 5.00% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table below are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as front-end or back-end sales charges (loads). Therefore, the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transaction costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

Based on actual total return1           Based on hypothetical total return1  
     Actual
Total Return
Without
Sales
Charge2
    Beginning
Account
Value
    Ending
Account
Value
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid
During
the
Period3
               Hypothetical
Annualized
Total Return
    Beginning
Account
Value
    Ending
Account
Value
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid
During
the
Period3
 
Class A     3.48   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,034.80       1.10   $ 5.61       Class A     5.00   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,019.55       1.10   $ 5.57  
Class A2     3.44       1,000.00       1,034.40       1.18       6.02       Class A2     5.00       1,000.00       1,019.15       1.18       5.97  
Class C     3.16       1,000.00       1,031.60       1.73       8.81       Class C     5.00       1,000.00       1,016.39       1.73       8.74  
Class FI     3.53       1,000.00       1,035.30       1.02       5.20       Class FI     5.00       1,000.00       1,019.95       1.02       5.16  
Class R     3.37       1,000.00       1,033.70       1.34       6.83       Class R     5.00       1,000.00       1,018.35       1.34       6.78  
Class I     3.67       1,000.00       1,036.70       0.75       3.83       Class I     5.00       1,000.00       1,021.31       0.75       3.80  
Class IS     3.82       1,000.00       1,038.20       0.65       3.32       Class IS     5.00       1,000.00       1,021.81       0.65       3.29  

 

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1 

For the six months ended November 30, 2017.

 

2 

Assumes the reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, at net asset value and does not reflect the deduction of the applicable sales charge with respect to Class A and Class A2 shares or the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) with respect to Class C shares. Total return is not annualized, as it may not be representative of the total return for the year. 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.

 

3 

Expenses (net of compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements) are equal to each class’ respective annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (183), then divided by 365.

 

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Spread duration (unaudited)

 

Economic exposure — November 30, 2017

 

LOGO

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   — Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index
EM   — Emerging Markets
HY   — High Yield
IG Credit   — Investment Grade Credit
MBS   — Mortgage-Backed Securities
WA Total Return   — Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Fund

 

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Effective duration (unaudited)

 

Interest rate exposure — November 30, 2017

 

LOGO

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.

 

ABS   — Asset-Backed Securities
Benchmark   — Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index
EM   — Emerging Markets
HY   — High Yield
IG Credit   — Investment Grade Credit
MBS   — Mortgage-Backed Securities
WA Total Return   — Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Fund

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited)

November 30, 2017

 

Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  
U.S. Government & Agency Obligations — 24.2%                                

U.S. Government Agencies — 3.9%

                               

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), Notes

    0.750     4/9/18       58,159,000     $ 58,024,943  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), Debentures

    0.000     10/9/19       2,000,000       1,926,171  

Total U.S. Government Agencies

                            59,951,114  

U.S. Government Obligations — 20.3%

                               

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    3.750     11/15/43       83,960,000       98,571,008  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    3.000     5/15/45       11,260,000       11,634,967  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    3.000     2/15/47       40,460,000       41,800,237  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    3.000     5/15/47       27,300,000       28,206,979  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    0.625     4/30/18       30,000       29,906  

U.S. Treasury Notes (3 mo. U.S. Treasury Money Market Yield + 0.174%)

    1.463     7/31/18       45,080,000       45,144,775  (a) 

U.S. Treasury Notes

    1.625     7/31/19       630,000       628,487  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    1.375     2/15/20       900,000       891,193  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    1.625     6/30/20       650,000       646,052  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    1.375     4/30/21       7,270,000       7,123,038  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    1.375     5/31/21       8,800,000       8,614,891  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    1.125     6/30/21       1,680,000       1,628,911  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    1.875     1/31/22       110,000       109,076  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    1.875     4/30/22       1,910,000       1,890,937  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    2.000     11/30/22       6,610,000       6,565,331  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    1.375     8/31/23       2,530,000       2,414,273  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    2.125     3/31/24       16,560,000       16,409,925  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    2.000     5/31/24       14,670,000       14,416,140  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    2.000     2/15/25       15,810,000       15,466,627  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    2.250     11/15/25       2,820,000       2,795,986  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    2.375     5/15/27       2,240,000       2,230,769  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    2.250     8/15/27       2,370,000       2,333,108  

Total U.S. Government Obligations

                            309,552,616  

Total U.S. Government & Agency Obligations (Cost — $368,237,720)

 

            369,503,730  
Asset-Backed Securities — 5.1%                                

AASET, 2014-1 B

    7.375     12/15/29       1,361,346       1,374,960  (a) 

Access Group Inc., 2004-A B1 (28 day Auction Rate Security)

    2.334     7/1/39       7,400,000       7,083,199  (a) 

American Money Management Corp., 2016-18A D (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.000%)

    6.317     5/26/28       2,000,000       2,026,010  (a)(b) 

American Money Management Corp., 2017-20A E (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.810%)

    7.163     4/17/29       2,300,000       2,340,892  (a)(b) 

American Money Management Corp., 2017-21A E (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.500%)

    7.951     11/2/30       2,926,000       2,940,630  (a)(b) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Fund

 

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

Amortizing Residential Collateral Trust, 2005-BC5 M1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.035%)

    2.364     7/25/32       154,476     $ 153,343  (a) 

Ares CLO Ltd., 2017-44A D (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.550%)

    7.864     10/15/29       3,700,000       3,835,664  (a)(b) 

Asset-Backed Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust, 2005-HE3 M4 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.945%)

    2.274     4/25/35       1,121,069       1,127,003  (a) 

Avery Point CLO Ltd., 2015-6A E1 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.500%)

    6.891     8/5/27       750,000       757,628  (a)(b) 

Babson CLO Ltd., 2017-1A F (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.450%)

    8.731     7/18/29       1,680,000       1,612,514  (a)(b) 

Benefit Street Partners CLO Ltd., 2014-IVA CR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.050%)

    5.413     1/20/29       1,500,000       1,524,569  (a)(b) 

Carlyle Global Market Strategies, 2017-2A C (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.700%)

    5.032     7/20/31       3,250,000       3,334,636  (a)(b) 

Catskill Park CLO Ltd., 2017-1A D (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.000%)

    7.363     4/20/29       3,300,000       3,359,426  (a)(b) 

Community Funding CLO Ltd., 2015-1A A

    5.750     11/1/27       2,490,000       2,490,891  (b) 

Countrywide Home Equity Loan Trust, 2007-A A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.120%)

    1.359     4/15/37       2,426,232       2,300,087  (a) 

Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC, 2006-CB1 AV1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.480%)

    1.809     1/25/36       2,708,142       2,671,881  (a) 

Dryden Senior Loan Fund, 2015-40A E (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.950%)

    7.366     8/15/28       2,590,000       2,600,124  (a)(b) 

Encore Credit Receivables Trust, 2005-4 M5 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.650%)

    1.979     1/25/36       3,160,000       2,400,231  (a) 

Fremont Home Loan Trust, 2006-B 2A2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.100%)

    1.429     8/25/36       400,572       194,075  (a) 

GoldenTree Loan Opportunities Ltd., 2015-10A E2 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.200%)

    6.563     7/20/27       3,500,000       3,545,458  (a)(b) 

Greenpoint Manufactured Housing, 2001-2 IA2 (Auction Rate Security)

    4.731     2/20/32       250,000       238,394  (a) 

Greenpoint Manufactured Housing, 2001-2 IIA2 (Auction Rate Security)

    4.724     3/13/32       350,000       334,485  (a) 

Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC, 2016-2A C

    4.990     3/25/22       3,260,000       3,272,076  (b) 

Indymac Manufactured Housing Contract, 1998-2 A2

    6.170     8/25/29       18,275       18,368  

Jamestown CLO Ltd., 2015-8A D2 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.750%)

    8.109     1/15/28       1,500,000       1,505,966  (a)(b) 

Lehman XS Trust, 2006-16N A4B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.240%)

    1.569     11/25/46       38,951       7,503  (a) 

Lehman XS Trust, 2006-GP3 2A2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.220%)

    1.549     6/25/46       14,490       9,077  (a) 

Madison Park Funding Ltd., 2014-15A DR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.440%)

    6.815     1/27/26       750,000       751,097  (a)(b) 

MASTR Specialized Loan Trust, 2006-3 A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.260%)

    1.589     6/25/46       189,943       179,353  (a)(b) 

MidOcean Credit CLO, 2017-7A D (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.880%)

    5.199     7/15/29       1,500,000       1,527,580  (a)(b) 

MP CLO Ltd., 2015-1A D (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.650%)

    5.004     4/18/27       1,250,000       1,252,659  (a)(b) 

National Collegiate Student Loan Trust, 2007-4 A3L (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.850%)

    2.179     3/25/38       5,057,069       3,478,071  (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

November 30, 2017

 

Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Fund

 

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

Neuberger Berman CLO Ltd., 2015-19A D (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.250%)

    6.609     7/15/27       2,500,000     $ 2,505,515  (a)(b) 

Oaktree CLO Ltd., 2015-1A D (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.600%)

    6.963     10/20/27       1,400,000       1,405,352  (a)(b) 

Oaktree CLO Ltd., 2015-1A DR

    0.000     10/20/27       1,250,000       1,250,000  (a)(b)(c) 

Ocean Trails CLO, 2016-6A E (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.750%)

    9.109     7/15/28       750,000       795,000  (a)(b) 

Option One Mortgage Loan Trust, 2005-1 A4 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.800%)

    2.129     2/25/35       93,058       93,138  (a) 

Option One Mortgage Loan Trust, 2007-FXD2 1A1

    5.820     3/25/37       2,797,269       2,760,205  

RAAC Series, 2005-SP2 2A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.300%)

    1.629     6/25/44       1,394,049       1,236,707  (a) 

SLM Student Loan Trust, 2008-6 A4 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.100%)

    2.467     7/25/23       830,000       842,072  (a) 

Symphony CLO Ltd., 2014-14A D2 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.600%)

    4.959     7/14/26       1,500,000       1,524,443  (a)(b) 

Thayer Park CLO Ltd., 2017-1A C (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.700%)

    5.063     4/20/29       1,750,000       1,793,008  (a)(b) 

UCFC Manufactured Housing Contract, 1997-3 M

    7.115     1/15/29       2,876,268       2,856,490  

Voya CLO Ltd., 2017-2A D (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.020%)

    7.325     6/7/30       1,300,000       1,327,287  (a)(b) 

Total Asset-Backed Securities (Cost — $75,765,361)

 

                    78,637,067  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (d) — 10.4%  

Banc of America Funding Corp., 2015-R2 04A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.165%)

    1.494     9/29/36       2,033,023       1,975,856  (a)(b) 

Banc of America Funding Corp., 2015-R2 04A2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.165%)

    1.633     9/29/36       15,240,816       9,242,641  (a)(b) 

Banc of America Funding Corp., 2015-R2 09A2

    1.641     3/27/36       5,798,335       4,085,808  (a)(b) 

Banc of America Funding Corp., 2015-R2 10A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.190%)

    1.519     6/29/37       1,725,863       1,703,923  (a)(b) 

Banc of America Funding Corp., 2015-R4 6A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.140%)

    1.374     8/27/36       2,300,416       2,292,683  (a)(b) 

Banc of America Mortgage Securities Inc., 2004-A 1A1 (12 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.870%)

    3.497     2/25/34       15,303       15,337  (a) 

BBCCRE Trust, 2015-GTP E

    4.715     8/10/33       6,700,000       5,718,886  (a)(b)(e) 

Bear Stearns Alt-A Trust, 2004-11 1A2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.840%)

    2.169     11/25/34       15,858       15,817  (a) 

Bear Stearns Mortgage Funding Trust, 2007-AR1 1A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.160%)

    1.489     1/25/37       2,917,225       2,789,184  (a) 

BX Trust, 2017-IMC E (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.250%)

    4.500     10/15/32       2,180,000       2,189,548  (a)(b) 

BX Trust, 2017-IMC F (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.250%)

    5.500     10/15/32       2,100,000       2,110,513  (a)(b) 

CD Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2006-CD3 AJ

    5.688     10/15/48       240,000       108,600  

CD Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2007-CD4 AJ

    5.398     12/11/49       976,447       600,232  (a) 

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2006-C5 AJ

    5.482     10/15/49       202,694       189,141  

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2008-C7 AJ

    6.421     12/10/49       2,440,000       1,573,800  (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (d) — continued  

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc., 2005-9 1A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.260%)

    1.589     11/25/35       212,992     $ 172,349  (a) 

Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2013-CR09 E

    4.396     7/10/45       1,552,000       1,027,475  (a)(b) 

Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2013-CR12 E

    5.251     10/10/46       630,000       465,224  (a)(b) 

Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2016-SAVA B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.300%)

    3.535     10/15/34       2,610,000       2,623,047  (a)(b) 

Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, 2005-28CB 2A3

    5.750     8/25/35       1,623,425       1,457,349  

Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, 2005-52CB 1A2, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.100%)

    3.771     11/25/35       8,181,892       939,214  (a) 

Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, 2005-76 3A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.260%)

    1.589     1/25/46       128,328       116,481  (a) 

Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, 2006-04CB 1A4, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.300%)

    3.971     4/25/36       10,388,729       1,818,739  (a) 

Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, 2006-08T1 1A2, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.500%)

    4.171     4/25/36       5,862,056       904,211  (a) 

Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, 2006-21CB A6, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.600%)

    4.271     7/25/36       3,503,603       509,901  (a) 

Countrywide Home Loan Mortgage Pass-Through Trust, 2001-HYB1 1A1 (1 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 1.690%)

    2.750     6/19/31       6,410       6,402  (a) 

Countrywide Home Loan Mortgage Pass-Through Trust, 2003-60 1A1 (12 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.910%)

    3.500     2/25/34       90,618       90,961  (a) 

Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust, 2006-C3 AJ

    6.487     6/15/38       363,914       192,459  (a) 

Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust, 2006-C5 AJ

    5.373     12/15/39       6,392,682       5,409,881  

Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust, 2007-C5 AM

    5.869     9/15/40       3,463,346       3,417,197  (a) 

Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust, 2014-11R 09A2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.140%)

    1.374     10/27/36       5,380,000       3,487,192  (a)(b) 

Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust, 2014-11R 14A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.200%)

    1.434     6/27/46       1,938,822       1,920,472  (a)(b) 

Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust, 2014-USA E

    4.373     9/15/37       2,470,000       2,203,671  (b) 

Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust, 2014-USA F

    4.373     9/15/37       4,280,000       3,626,462  (b) 

Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust, 2015-02R 3A1

    1.444     4/27/36       1,904,437       1,850,386  (a)(b) 

Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust, 2015-02R 7A1

    2.728     8/27/36       1,576,529       1,618,145  (a)(b) 

Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust, 2015-02R 7A2

    2.728     8/27/36       3,860,789       3,394,104  (a)(b) 

Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust, 2017-CHOP H (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.620%)

    8.854     7/15/32       9,800,000       9,766,004  (a)(b) 

CSAIL Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2015-C4 E

    3.737     11/15/48       1,790,000       1,327,164  (a) 

CSAIL Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2016-C7 D

    4.539     11/15/49       2,170,000       1,661,929  (a)(b) 

Deutsche Mortgage Securities Inc., 2004-4 7AR2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.450%)

    1.779     6/25/34       46,587       43,573  (a) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, 2013-DN1 M2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.150%)

    8.478     7/25/23       1,070,000       1,305,168  (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

November 30, 2017

 

Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (d) — continued  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, 2015-HQ1 B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 10.750%)

    11.987     3/25/25       3,935,965     $ 5,340,936  (a) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, 2016-DNA4 M2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.300%)

    2.629     3/25/29       3,120,000       3,165,511  (a) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), Multi-Family Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K015 X1, IO

    1.764     7/25/21       1,541,269       74,806  (a) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 2012-051 B

    7.000     5/25/42       89,278       104,960  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 2012-118 CI, IO

    3.500     12/25/39       1,220,681       137,844  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) — CAS, 2014-C04 1M2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.900%)

    6.228     11/25/24       5,676,833       6,443,493  (a)(b) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) — CAS, 2017-C03 1M2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.000%)

    4.329     10/25/29       5,540,000       5,742,465  (a)(b) 

First Horizon Alternative Mortgage Securities, 2005-AA12 1A1 (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.880%)

    3.508     2/25/36       150,653       129,279  (a) 

FREMF Mortgage Trust, 2012-K20 X2A, IO

    0.200     5/25/45       14,607,789       104,701  (b) 

GE Business Loan Trust, 2006-1A C (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.420%)

    1.654     5/15/34       463,234       429,612  (a)(b) 

GMAC Commercial Mortgage Securities Inc., 2006-C1 AJ

    5.349     11/10/45       396,293       341,983  (a) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2011-142 IO, IO

    0.481     9/16/46       8,725,978       152,527  (a) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2012-112 IO, IO

    0.311     2/16/53       3,970,451       93,375  (a) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2013-145 IO, IO

    1.072     9/16/44       5,314,106       279,533  (a) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2014-016 IO, IO

    0.801     6/16/55       734,721       31,009  (a) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2014-047 IA, IO

    0.382     2/16/48       1,193,849       44,361  (a) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2014-050 IO, IO

    0.869     9/16/55       2,826,306       155,857  (a) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2014-134 IA, IO

    0.636     1/16/55       66,578,011       2,034,877  (a) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2016-140 IO, IO

    0.936     5/16/58       15,016,318       1,151,801  (a) 

Greenpoint Mortgage Funding Trust, 2006-AR3 3A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.230%)

    1.559     4/25/36       143,720       155,724  (a) 

GS Mortgage Securities Trust, 2006-GG8 AJ

    5.622     11/10/39       265,876       250,882  

GS Mortgage Securities Trust, 2013-GC14 F

    4.922     8/10/46       890,000       682,826  (a)(b) 

GS Mortgage Securities Trust, 2014-GC24 D

    4.662     9/10/47       2,500,000       2,098,909  (a)(b) 

GS Mortgage Securities Trust, 2015-GC28

    4.471     2/10/48       2,000,000       1,605,519  (a)(b) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (d) — continued  

GS Mortgage Securities Trust, 2015-GS1 D

    3.268     11/10/48       1,705,042     $ 1,378,908  

GSMPS Mortgage Loan Trust, 2006-RP1 1AF1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.350%)

    1.679     1/25/36       1,415,401       1,230,944  (a)(b) 

HarborView Mortgage Loan Trust, 2006-13 A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.180%)

    1.463     11/19/46       207,267       179,293  (a) 

Indymac INDX Mortgage Loan Trust, 2006-AR11 5A1

    3.726     6/25/36       3,202,834       2,604,828  (a) 

JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2014-C25 D

    4.094     11/15/47       2,080,000       1,626,859  (a)(b) 

JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2015-C27 F

    3.000     2/15/48       2,700,000       1,356,890  (a)(b) 

JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2015-C27 G

    3.000     2/15/48       2,049,500       871,240  (a)(b) 

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2006-LDP7 AJ

    6.138     4/17/45       1,590,744       1,310,551  (a) 

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2007-CB18 AJ

    5.502     6/12/47       1,810,000       1,503,791  (a) 

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2007-CB19 AJ

    5.989     2/12/49       6,310,000       4,710,866  (a) 

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2007-LD12 AJ

    6.134     2/15/51       530,115       520,787  (a) 

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2014-CBMZ M (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.225%)

    7.459     10/15/19       1,700,000       1,723,314  (a)(b) 

JPMorgan Reremic, 2014-6 3A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.210%)

    1.444     7/27/46       2,533,881       2,522,988  (a)(b) 

Lehman Mortgage Trust, 2007-1 2A3, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.630%)

    5.301     2/25/37       4,116,358       1,125,900  (a) 

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, 2004-A3 4A3 (12 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.000%)

    3.803     5/25/34       64,842       64,935  (a) 

ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2007-5 AJ

    5.450     8/12/48       1,327,928       1,112,996  (a) 

ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2007-5 AJFL

    5.450     8/12/48       1,712,404       1,435,241  (a)(b) 

ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2007-9 AJ

    6.147     9/12/49       496,277       410,235  (a) 

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, 2006-IQ12 AJ

    5.399     12/15/43       868,881       705,419  

Nomura Asset Acceptance Corp., 2006-AF2 4A

    4.212     8/25/36       188,598       163,277  (a) 

Residential Accredit Loans Inc., 2006-QO3 A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.210%)

    1.539     4/25/46       4,894,750       2,543,527  (a) 

Residential Accredit Loans Inc., 2006-QO3 A2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.260%)

    1.589     4/25/46       774,149       409,834  (a) 

Residential Asset Securitization Trust, 2005-A15 2A11, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.550%)

    4.221     2/25/36       11,145,981       2,003,024  (a) 

Sequoia Mortgage Trust, 2007-4 4A1 (12 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.850%)

    3.461     7/20/47       1,616,214       1,476,700  (a) 

Structured ARM Loan Trust, 2004-04 3A2 (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.020%)

    3.520     4/25/34       237,621       241,254  (a) 

UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2012-C2 G

    5.000     5/10/63       2,080,000       1,377,933  (a)(b) 

UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2012-C2 H

    5.000     5/10/63       3,650,000       1,644,562  (a)(b) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

November 30, 2017

 

Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (d) — continued  

Washington Mutual Inc., Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 2006-AR3 A1B (12 mo. Monthly Treasury Average Index + 1.000%)

    2.001     2/25/46       3,602,293     $ 3,295,060  (a) 

Waterfall Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2015-SBC5 A

    4.104     9/14/22       1,027,145       1,019,895  (a)(b) 

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2013-LC12 E

    3.500     7/15/46       750,000       504,165  (b) 

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2015-C26 E

    3.250     2/15/48       1,730,000       1,071,112  (b) 

Wells Fargo Mortgage-Backed Securities Trust, 2005-AR9 4A1 (1 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 2.490%)

    3.492     5/25/35       66,224       66,617  (a) 

Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (Cost — $160,330,638)

 

                    158,932,864  
Corporate Bonds & Notes — 22.4%                                
Consumer Discretionary — 2.6%                                

Auto Components — 0.5%

                               

Adient Global Holdings Ltd., Senior Notes

    4.875     8/15/26       1,160,000       1,195,519  (b) 

American Axle & Manufacturing Inc., Senior Notes

    6.625     10/15/22       350,000       362,688  

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Senior Bonds

    5.125     11/15/23       380,000       395,200  

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Senior Notes

    5.000     5/31/26       200,000       207,810  

IHO Verwaltungs GmbH, Senior Secured Bonds (4.500% Cash or 5.250% PIK)

    4.500     9/15/23       2,030,000       2,083,287  (b)(f) 

IHO Verwaltungs GmbH, Senior Secured Bonds (4.750% Cash or 5.500% PIK)

    4.750     9/15/26       480,000       487,200  (b)(f) 

ZF North America Capital Inc., Senior Notes

    4.500     4/29/22       1,590,000       1,689,375  (b) 

ZF North America Capital Inc., Senior Notes

    4.750     4/29/25       1,730,000       1,849,595  (b) 

Total Auto Components

                            8,270,674  

Automobiles — 0.2%

                               

General Motors Co., Senior Notes

    3.500     10/2/18       1,180,000       1,193,939  

General Motors Financial Co. Inc., Senior Notes

    3.250     5/15/18       110,000       110,693  

General Motors Financial Co. Inc., Senior Notes

    4.375     9/25/21       500,000       527,049  

General Motors Financial Co. Inc., Senior Notes

    3.450     4/10/22       120,000       121,820  

General Motors Financial Co. Inc., Senior Notes

    4.250     5/15/23       800,000       836,997  

Total Automobiles

                            2,790,498  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.1%

                               

Aramark Services Inc., Senior Notes

    5.000     4/1/25       1,020,000       1,087,575  (b) 

Household Durables — 0.2%

                               

Lennar Corp., Senior Notes

    4.750     11/15/22       500,000       530,000  

Lennar Corp., Senior Notes

    4.500     4/30/24       380,000       392,825  

NVR Inc., Senior Notes

    3.950     9/15/22       40,000       41,858  

Toll Brothers Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    4.000     12/31/18       300,000       305,625  

Toll Brothers Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    5.875     2/15/22       440,000       483,450  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Household Durables — continued

                               

William Lyon Homes Inc., Senior Notes

    7.000     8/15/22       930,000     $ 962,550  

Total Household Durables

                            2,716,308  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.4%

                               

Amazon.com Inc., Senior Notes

    3.875     8/22/37       3,230,000       3,380,706  (b) 

Amazon.com Inc., Senior Notes

    4.050     8/22/47       3,190,000       3,337,837  (b) 

Total Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

                            6,718,543  

Media — 0.9%

                               

21st Century Fox America Inc., Senior Bonds

    8.450     8/1/34       440,000       633,411  

21st Century Fox America Inc., Senior Notes

    6.650     11/15/37       50,000       65,326  

DISH DBS Corp., Senior Notes

    7.875     9/1/19       620,000       665,080  

DISH DBS Corp., Senior Notes

    6.750     6/1/21       820,000       875,350  

DISH DBS Corp., Senior Notes

    5.875     7/15/22       1,000,000       1,032,500  

Myriad International Holdings BV, Senior Notes

    5.500     7/21/25       2,460,000       2,679,186  (b) 

Myriad International Holdings BV, Senior Notes

    4.850     7/6/27       2,040,000       2,115,888  (b) 

SFR Group SA, Senior Secured Bonds

    6.000     5/15/22       560,000       565,253  (b) 

SFR Group SA, Senior Secured Bonds

    6.250     5/15/24       200,000       197,250  (b) 

SFR Group SA, Senior Secured Notes

    7.375     5/1/26       800,000       808,904  (b) 

Time Warner Cable LLC, Debentures

    7.300     7/1/38       650,000       803,523  

Time Warner Cable LLC, Senior Notes

    4.000     9/1/21       1,520,000       1,563,190  

Time Warner Cable LLC, Senior Notes

    6.750     6/15/39       210,000       246,119  

UBM PLC, Notes

    5.750     11/3/20       920,000       957,175  (b) 

Total Media

                            13,208,155  

Multiline Retail — 0.1%

                               

Dollar Tree Inc., Senior Notes

    5.750     3/1/23       1,710,000       1,797,638  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.2%

                               

Hanesbrands Inc., Senior Notes

    4.625     5/15/24       2,540,000       2,600,325  (b) 

Levi Strauss & Co., Senior Notes

    5.000     5/1/25       1,120,000       1,172,506  

Total Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

                            3,772,831  

Total Consumer Discretionary

                            40,362,222  
Consumer Staples — 0.9%                                

Beverages — 0.2%

                               

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc., Senior Notes

    3.650     2/1/26       2,620,000       2,691,789  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc., Senior Notes

    4.900     2/1/46       660,000       748,057  

Total Beverages

                            3,439,846  

Food & Staples Retailing — 0.2%

                               

Cencosud SA, Senior Notes

    4.875     1/20/23       648,000       682,378  (g) 

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

    2.750     12/1/22       600,000       591,334  

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

    4.000     12/5/23       620,000       646,500  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

November 30, 2017

 

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Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Food & Staples Retailing — continued

                               

CVS Pass-Through Trust, Secured Notes

    5.298     1/11/27       18,009     $ 19,328  (b) 

CVS Pass-Through Trust, Secured Notes

    6.036     12/10/28       61,400       68,129  

Kroger Co., Senior Notes

    3.400     4/15/22       350,000       358,814  

Kroger Co., Senior Notes

    5.150     8/1/43       560,000       590,224  

Total Food & Staples Retailing

                            2,956,707  

Food Products — 0.1%

                               

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes

    5.200     7/15/45       1,470,000       1,595,973  

Tobacco — 0.4%

                               

BAT Capital Corp., Senior Notes

    3.557     8/15/27       2,230,000       2,232,196  (b) 

BAT Capital Corp., Senior Notes

    4.540     8/15/47       2,090,000       2,169,434  (b) 

Philip Morris International Inc., Senior Notes

    2.900     11/15/21       600,000       607,685  

Reynolds American Inc., Senior Notes

    8.125     6/23/19       810,000       880,714  

Total Tobacco

                            5,890,029  

Total Consumer Staples

                            13,882,555  
Energy — 5.6%                                

Energy Equipment & Services — 0.2%

                               

Ensco PLC, Senior Notes

    8.000     1/31/24       460,000       453,100  

Halliburton Co., Senior Bonds

    3.800     11/15/25       1,490,000       1,537,690  

Halliburton Co., Senior Notes

    4.850     11/15/35       910,000       998,204  

Total Energy Equipment & Services

                            2,988,994  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 5.4%

                               

Access Midstream Partners LP/ACMP Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    4.875     3/15/24       440,000       459,232  

Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Senior Bonds

    7.950     6/15/39       2,330,000       3,148,521  

Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    4.850     3/15/21       2,890,000       3,055,142  

Antero Resources Corp., Senior Notes

    5.000     3/1/25       830,000       848,675  

BP Capital Markets PLC, Senior Notes

    3.216     11/28/23       1,070,000       1,096,015  

Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP/Calumet Finance Corp., Senior Secured Notes

    11.500     1/15/21       2,700,000       3,105,000  (b) 

Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings LLC, Senior Secured Notes

    5.125     6/30/27       450,000       465,187  (b) 

Chesapeake Energy Corp., Secured Notes

    8.000     12/15/22       46,000       49,278  (b) 

Chesapeake Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    5.750     3/15/23       120,000       111,000  

CNOOC Finance 2015 USA LLC, Senior Notes

    3.500     5/5/25       3,490,000       3,532,330  

DCP Midstream Operating LP, Senior Notes

    6.750     9/15/37       1,340,000       1,440,500  (b) 

Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    5.850     12/15/25       210,000       244,022  

Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    5.600     7/15/41       40,000       46,154  

Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    5.000     6/15/45       950,000       1,028,513  

Ecopetrol SA, Senior Bonds

    4.125     1/16/25       720,000       731,448  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — continued

                               

Ecopetrol SA, Senior Notes

    5.875     9/18/23       2,200,000     $ 2,461,250  

Ecopetrol SA, Senior Notes

    5.375     6/26/26       350,000       377,125  

Ecopetrol SA, Senior Notes

    5.875     5/28/45       1,620,000       1,640,250  

Exxon Mobil Corp., Senior Notes

    4.114     3/1/46       1,410,000       1,518,179  

KazMunayGas National Co. JSC, Senior Notes

    4.750     4/19/27       4,550,000       4,754,755  (b) 

Kerr-McGee Corp., Notes

    6.950     7/1/24       380,000       449,237  

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, Senior Notes

    3.950     9/1/22       360,000       372,995  

Kinder Morgan Inc., Medium-Term Notes

    7.750     1/15/32       1,220,000       1,566,934  

Kinder Morgan Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    5.000     2/15/21       160,000       170,590  (b) 

LUKOIL International Finance BV, Bonds

    6.656     6/7/22       2,360,000       2,673,337  (g) 

LUKOIL International Finance BV, Senior Notes

    6.125     11/9/20       1,400,000       1,523,214  (b) 

LUKOIL International Finance BV, Senior Notes

    6.656     6/7/22       350,000       396,469  (g) 

MPLX LP, Senior Notes

    4.875     6/1/25       550,000       589,944  

Noble Energy Inc., Senior Notes

    4.150     12/15/21       800,000       837,573  

Oasis Petroleum Inc., Senior Notes

    6.875     3/15/22       180,000       183,825  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    4.400     4/15/46       180,000       193,676  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    4.100     2/15/47       1,010,000       1,048,195  

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

    4.375     5/20/23       5,090,000       5,041,645  

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

    6.250     3/17/24       2,170,000       2,312,894  

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

    6.850     6/5/2115       5,040,000       4,844,700  

Petroleos Mexicanos, Senior Notes

    6.875     8/4/26       280,000       320,180  

Petroleos Mexicanos, Senior Notes

    5.500     6/27/44       3,400,000       3,189,200  

Puma International Financing SA, Senior Bonds

    6.750     2/1/21       5,000       5,117  (b) 

QEP Resources Inc., Senior Notes

    6.875     3/1/21       330,000       358,463  

QEP Resources Inc., Senior Notes

    5.250     5/1/23       305,000       310,338  

Range Resources Corp., Senior Notes

    5.875     7/1/22       200,000       206,500  

Range Resources Corp., Senior Notes

    5.000     3/15/23       170,000       169,150  

Range Resources Corp., Senior Notes

    4.875     5/15/25       420,000       411,600  

Regency Energy Partners LP/Regency Energy Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    5.875     3/1/22       1,960,000       2,148,998  

Reliance Holdings USA Inc., Senior Notes

    5.400     2/14/22       2,240,000       2,444,361  (b) 

Rockies Express Pipeline LLC, Senior Notes

    6.875     4/15/40       2,540,000       2,873,375  (b) 

Schlumberger Holdings Corp., Senior Notes

    4.000     12/21/25       2,360,000       2,466,660  (b) 

Shelf Drilling Holdings Ltd., Secured Notes

    9.500     11/2/20       317,082       323,424  (b) 

Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes

    4.375     5/11/45       2,140,000       2,307,756  

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co., LLC, Senior Notes

    7.850     2/1/26       1,720,000       2,206,589  

Transportadora de Gas del Peru SA, Senior Notes

    4.250     4/30/28       3,110,000       3,226,625  (b) 

Ultrapar International SA, Senior Notes

    5.250     10/6/26       2,990,000       3,065,647  (b) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

November 30, 2017

 

Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — continued

                               

Whiting Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    5.750     3/15/21       30,000     $ 30,225  

Whiting Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    6.250     4/1/23       820,000       824,100  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    5.750     6/24/44       220,000       232,925  

WPX Energy Inc., Senior Notes

    6.000     1/15/22       20,000       20,700  

WPX Energy Inc., Senior Notes

    8.250     8/1/23       2,660,000       3,015,775  

Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

                            82,475,512  

Total Energy

                            85,464,506  
Financials — 5.5%                                

Banks — 3.9%

                               

BAC Capital Trust XIV, Junior Subordinated Notes (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.400% or 4.000%)

    4.000     12/18/17       370,000       335,775  (a)(h) 

Banco Mercantil De Norte, Junior Subordinated Notes (6.875% to 7/6/22 then 5 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 5.035%)

    6.875     7/6/22       260,000       275,343  (a)(b)(h) 

Banco Mercantil De Norte, Junior Subordinated Notes (7.625% to 1/6/28 then 10 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 5.353%)

    7.625     1/10/28       260,000       284,375  (a)(b)(h) 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

    3.875     8/1/25       600,000       629,640  

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes (3.593% to 7/21/27 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.370%)

    3.593     7/21/28       300,000       304,467  (a) 

Bank of America Corp., Subordinated Notes

    4.000     1/22/25       1,720,000       1,776,401  

Bank of America Corp., Subordinated Notes

    4.250     10/22/26       1,930,000       2,027,442  

Barclays Bank PLC, Subordinated Notes

    10.179     6/12/21       1,120,000       1,371,015  (b) 

BNP Paribas SA, Junior Subordinated Notes (7.375% to 8/19/25 then USD 5 year Swap Rate + 5.150%)

    7.375     8/19/25       950,000       1,102,000  (a)(b)(h) 

BPCE SA, Subordinated Bonds (12.500% to 9/30/19 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 12.980%)

    12.500     9/30/19       1,022,000       1,197,661  (a)(b)(h) 

BPCE SA, Subordinated Notes

    5.150     7/21/24       2,680,000       2,908,593  (b) 

CIT Group Inc., Senior Notes

    5.000     8/15/22       824,000       882,710  

Citigroup Inc., Junior Subordinated Bonds (5.950% to 5/15/25 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.905%)

    5.950     5/15/25       1,310,000       1,413,163  (a)(h) 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

    4.650     7/30/45       1,308,000       1,465,129  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

    5.500     9/13/25       1,680,000       1,893,382  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

    4.450     9/29/27       2,610,000       2,746,307  

Compass Bank, Subordinated Notes

    3.875     4/10/25       560,000       561,009  

Cooperatieve Rabobank U.A., Subordinated Notes

    4.625     12/1/23       2,150,000       2,315,806  

Cooperatieve Rabobank U.A., Subordinated Notes

    4.375     8/4/25       300,000       317,158  

Credit Agricole SA, Junior Subordinated Notes (8.375% to 10/13/19 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.982%)

    8.375     10/13/19       1,300,000       1,436,500  (a)(b)(h) 

Credit Agricole SA, Junior Subordinated Notes (8.125% to 12/23/25 then USD 5 year Swap Rate + 6.185%)

    8.125     12/23/25       1,650,000       1,985,485  (a)(b)(h) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Banks — continued

                               

HSBC Holdings PLC, Junior Subordinated Bonds (6.375% to 9/17/24 then USD 5 year ICE Swap Rate + 3.705%)

    6.375     9/17/24       300,000     $ 322,650  (a)(h) 

HSBC Holdings PLC, Junior Subordinated Bonds (6.000% to 5/22/27 then USD 5 year ICE Swap Rate + 3.746%)

    6.000     5/22/27       780,000       821,340  (a)(h) 

HSBC Holdings PLC, Senior Notes

    4.300     3/8/26       440,000       467,616  

HSBC Holdings PLC, Subordinated Notes

    4.250     8/18/25       1,050,000       1,091,945  

ING Bank NV, Subordinated Notes

    5.800     9/25/23       1,300,000       1,469,980  (b) 

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Subordinated Bonds

    5.017     6/26/24       1,230,000       1,259,270  (b) 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Subordinated Notes

    3.625     12/1/27       2,090,000       2,100,329  

Lloyds Banking Group PLC, Subordinated Notes

    4.500     11/4/24       1,230,000       1,291,911  

Nordea Bank AB, Subordinated Notes

    4.875     5/13/21       910,000       972,367  (b) 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Subordinated Notes

    6.000     12/19/23       1,700,000       1,882,836  

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Subordinated Notes

    5.125     5/28/24       7,320,000       7,785,660  

Santander UK Group Holdings PLC, Subordinated Notes

    4.750     9/15/25       900,000       942,879  (b) 

Standard Chartered PLC, Subordinated Notes

    5.700     3/26/44       1,390,000       1,650,563  (b) 

Wachovia Capital Trust III, Junior Subordinated Bonds (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.930% or 5.570%)

    5.570     1/2/18       130,000       131,056  (a)(h) 

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

    4.480     1/16/24       4,768,000       5,122,330  

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

    4.100     6/3/26       820,000       853,563  

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

    4.300     7/22/27       3,740,000       3,944,109  

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

    5.375     11/2/43       460,000       540,875  

Total Banks

                            59,880,640  

Capital Markets — 0.6%

                               

Credit Suisse Group Funding Guernsey Ltd., Senior Notes

    4.550     4/17/26       310,000       332,089  

Credit Suisse Group Funding Guernsey Ltd., Senior Notes

    4.875     5/15/45       2,110,000       2,388,143  

Goldman Sachs Capital II, Junior Subordinated Bonds (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.768%, 4.000% floor)

    4.000     1/2/18       75,000       66,241  (a)(h) 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Bonds

    4.750     10/21/45       740,000       831,669  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

    5.750     1/24/22       600,000       667,370  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

    6.250     2/1/41       1,910,000       2,544,318  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Subordinated Notes

    4.250     10/21/25       1,610,000       1,684,468  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Subordinated Notes

    5.150     5/22/45       530,000       602,435  

Lehman Brothers Holdings Capital Trust VII, Junior Subordinated Notes

    5.857     1/2/18       100,000       0  *(e)(h)(i)(j)(k) 

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Subordinated Notes

    6.750     12/28/17       2,350,000       0  *(e)(i)(j)(k) 

State Street Corp., Subordinated Notes

    3.100     5/15/23       350,000       354,322  

Total Capital Markets

                            9,471,055  

Consumer Finance — 0.3%

                               

Ally Financial Inc., Senior Notes

    8.000     11/1/31       1,140,000       1,514,775  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

November 30, 2017

 

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Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Consumer Finance — continued

                               

HSBC Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    6.676     1/15/21       583,000     $ 651,154  

Navient Corp., Medium-Term Notes, Senior Notes

    8.000     3/25/20       1,288,000       1,407,140  

Navient Corp., Senior Notes

    5.500     1/15/19       640,000       657,280  

Total Consumer Finance

                            4,230,349  

Diversified Financial Services — 0.6%

                               

AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/AerCap Global Aviation Trust, Senior Bonds

    4.625     7/1/22       1,850,000       1,971,455  

AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/AerCap Global Aviation Trust, Senior Notes

    3.750     5/15/19       1,440,000       1,465,852  

AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/AerCap Global Aviation Trust, Senior Notes

    4.500     5/15/21       1,150,000       1,208,335  

DAE Funding LLC, Senior Notes

    4.500     8/1/22       232,000       231,420  (b) 

DAE Funding LLC, Senior Notes

    5.000     8/1/24       220,000       220,550  (b) 

Indian Railway Finance Corp. Ltd., Senior Secured Bonds

    7.270     6/15/27       100,000,000  INR      1,540,898  

Park Aerospace Holdings Ltd., Senior Notes

    5.250     8/15/22       170,000       174,462  (b) 

Park Aerospace Holdings Ltd., Senior Notes

    5.500     2/15/24       1,290,000       1,323,862  (b) 

Power Finance Corp. Ltd., Senior Bonds

    7.280     6/10/22       100,000,000  INR      1,547,323  

Total Diversified Financial Services

                            9,684,157  

Insurance — 0.1%

                               

MetLife Inc., Junior Subordinated Debentures

    6.400     12/15/36       830,000       952,325  

Total Financials

                            84,218,526  
Health Care — 1.7%                                

Biotechnology — 0.1%

                               

Celgene Corp., Senior Notes

    3.625     5/15/24       160,000       164,010  

Celgene Corp., Senior Notes

    5.000     8/15/45       460,000       508,231  

Total Biotechnology

                            672,241  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.5%

                               

Abbott Laboratories, Senior Notes

    4.750     11/30/36       1,000,000       1,097,267  

Becton, Dickinson & Co., Senior Notes

    3.700     6/6/27       4,110,000       4,110,941  

DJO Finco Inc./DJO Finance LLC/DJO Finance Corp., Secured Notes

    8.125     6/15/21       2,750,000       2,617,656  (b) 

Total Health Care Equipment & Supplies

                            7,825,864  

Health Care Providers & Services — 0.9%

                               

Aetna Inc., Senior Notes

    2.800     6/15/23       170,000       167,539  

Anthem Inc., Senior Notes

    3.125     5/15/22       500,000       504,465  

BioScrip Inc., Senior Notes

    8.875     2/15/21       1,120,000       1,008,000  

Cardinal Health Inc., Senior Notes

    3.410     6/15/27       1,150,000       1,127,238  

Catholic Health Initiatives, Secured Bonds

    4.350     11/1/42       1,740,000       1,626,822  

Centene Corp., Senior Notes

    4.750     5/15/22       400,000       417,204  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Health Care Providers & Services — continued

                               

Centene Corp., Senior Notes

    6.125     2/15/24       220,000     $ 235,950  

Centene Corp., Senior Notes

    4.750     1/15/25       310,000       318,773  

Dignity Health, Secured Bonds

    5.267     11/1/64       860,000       909,610  

Fresenius Medical Care U.S. Finance II Inc., Senior Notes

    4.125     10/15/20       430,000       445,240  (b) 

HCA Inc., Senior Notes

    7.500     2/15/22       540,000       610,200  

HCA Inc., Senior Notes

    5.875     5/1/23       1,170,000       1,243,125  

HCA Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    5.250     6/15/26       10,000       10,644  

HCA Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    5.500     6/15/47       160,000       162,400  

Humana Inc., Senior Notes

    3.150     12/1/22       1,160,000       1,169,219  

Humana Inc., Senior Notes

    8.150     6/15/38       480,000       708,468  

Humana Inc., Senior Notes

    4.625     12/1/42       180,000       192,930  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

    4.625     7/15/35       1,200,000       1,373,105  

Universal Hospital Services Inc., Secured Notes

    7.625     8/15/20       1,580,000       1,592,324  

Total Health Care Providers & Services

                            13,823,256  

Pharmaceuticals — 0.2%

                               

Mallinckrodt International Finance SA, Senior Notes

    3.500     4/15/18       700,000       699,125  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV, Senior Notes

    2.800     7/21/23       80,000       70,887  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV, Senior Notes

    3.150     10/1/26       580,000       484,165  

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc., Senior Notes

    5.375     3/15/20       140,000       139,125  (b) 

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc., Senior Notes

    7.500     7/15/21       1,900,000       1,881,000  (b) 

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc., Senior Notes

    5.875     5/15/23       190,000       166,687  (b) 

Total Pharmaceuticals

                            3,440,989  

Total Health Care

                            25,762,350  
Industrials — 0.6%                                

Aerospace & Defense — 0.0%

                               

CBC Ammo LLC/CBC FinCo Inc., Senior Notes

    7.250     11/15/21       560,000       583,800  (b) 

Airlines — 0.1%

                               

Air 2 U.S., Notes

    8.027     10/1/19       61,602       63,489  (b) 

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

    6.820     5/1/18       6,840       6,908  (e) 

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

    7.250     11/10/19       1,562,638       1,698,994  

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

    6.703     6/15/21       8,447       9,164  

U.S. Airways, Pass-Through Certificates, Senior Secured Bonds

    6.850     1/30/18       26,039       26,430  

Total Airlines

                            1,804,985  

Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.1%

                               

Republic Services Inc., Senior Notes

    5.500     9/15/19       290,000       306,143  

United Rentals North America Inc., Senior Notes

    5.750     11/15/24       310,000       328,212  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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November 30, 2017

 

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Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Commercial Services & Supplies — continued

                               

Waste Management Inc., Senior Notes

    3.500     5/15/24       430,000     $ 444,242  

West Corp., Senior Secured Notes

    4.750     7/15/21       40,000       40,600  (b) 

Total Commercial Services & Supplies

                            1,119,197  

Electrical Equipment — 0.1%

                               

Eaton Corp., Senior Notes

    4.150     11/2/42       1,170,000       1,199,310  

Industrial Conglomerates — 0.2%

                               

Alfa SAB de CV, Senior Notes

    5.250     3/25/24       700,000       743,750  (b) 

General Electric Co., Senior Notes

    5.875     1/14/38       1,320,000       1,671,093  

General Electric Co., Senior Notes

    6.875     1/10/39       670,000       951,161  

Total Industrial Conglomerates

                            3,366,004  

Machinery — 0.1%

                               

Allison Transmission Inc., Senior Bonds

    5.000     10/1/24       920,000       960,526  (b)  

Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.0%

                               

Beacon Escrow Corp., Senior Notes

    4.875     11/1/25       260,000       266,500  (b) 

Total Industrials

                            9,300,322  
Information Technology — 1.0%                                

IT Services — 0.2%

                               

First Data Corp., Senior Notes

    7.000     12/1/23       60,000       63,750  (b) 

First Data Corp., Senior Secured Notes

    5.000     1/15/24       1,800,000       1,869,750  (b) 

WEX Inc., Senior Notes

    4.750     2/1/23       830,000       851,269  (b) 

Total IT Services

                            2,784,769  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.1%

                               

Intel Corp., Senior Notes

    3.700     7/29/25       70,000       73,747  

Intel Corp., Senior Notes

    4.900     7/29/45       810,000       975,317  

Micron Technology Inc., Senior Notes

    5.250     1/15/24       80,000       83,800  (b) 

Micron Technology Inc., Senior Notes

    5.500     2/1/25       11,000       11,687  

Total Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

                            1,144,551  

Software — 0.2%

                               

Microsoft Corp., Senior Bonds

    2.400     8/8/26       1,690,000       1,630,078  

Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes

    3.300     2/6/27       2,450,000       2,526,697  

Total Software

                            4,156,775  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.5%

                               

Dell International LLC/EMC Corp., Senior Secured Notes

    3.480     6/1/19       4,130,000       4,184,238  (b) 

Dell International LLC/EMC Corp., Senior Secured Notes

    4.420     6/15/21       3,410,000       3,563,141  (b) 

Total Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

                            7,747,379  

Total Information Technology

                            15,833,474  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  
Materials — 2.3%                                

Chemicals — 0.6%

                               

Braskem America Finance Co., Senior Notes

    7.125     7/22/41       2,910,000     $ 3,502,912  (g) 

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Senior Notes

    6.000     11/15/21       1,200,000       1,333,863  

OCP SA, Senior Notes

    5.625     4/25/24       3,460,000       3,700,633  (b) 

Westlake Chemical Corp., Senior Notes

    4.875     5/15/23       830,000       869,425  

Total Chemicals

                            9,406,833  

Construction Materials — 0.0%

                               

Cemex SAB de CV, Senior Secured Notes

    5.700     1/11/25       250,000       263,125  (b) 

Containers & Packaging — 0.1%

                               

Pactiv LLC, Senior Notes

    7.950     12/15/25       500,000       568,125  

Reynolds Group Issuer Inc./Reynolds Group Issuer LLC/Reynolds Group Issuer (Luxembourg) SA, Senior Secured Notes

    5.750     10/15/20       660,000       671,962  

WestRock RKT Co., Senior Notes

    3.500     3/1/20       70,000       71,317  

WestRock RKT Co., Senior Notes

    4.000     3/1/23       40,000       41,629  

Total Containers & Packaging

                            1,353,033  

Metals & Mining — 1.6%

                               

Alcoa Nederland Holding BV, Senior Notes

    6.750     9/30/24       4,540,000       5,018,062  (b) 

Anglo American Capital PLC, Senior Notes

    3.625     9/11/24       1,850,000       1,838,427  (b) 

Anglo American Capital PLC, Senior Notes

    4.000     9/11/27       290,000       285,379  (b) 

ArcelorMittal SA, Senior Notes

    7.500     10/15/39       1,520,000       1,919,000  

ArcelorMittal SA, Senior Notes

    7.250     3/1/41       840,000       1,051,050  

Arconic Inc., Senior Notes

    5.870     2/23/22       1,170,000       1,272,492  

Barrick North America Finance LLC, Senior Notes

    5.700     5/30/41       380,000       456,468  

BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd., Subordinated Notes (USD 5 year Swap Rate + 5.093%)

    6.750     10/19/75       1,330,000       1,557,629  (a)(b) 

FMG Resources (August 2006) Pty Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

    9.750     3/1/22       600,000       669,000  (b) 

Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Senior Notes

    6.500     11/15/20       44,000       44,882  

Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Senior Notes

    6.875     2/15/23       380,000       416,594  

Glencore Funding LLC, Senior Notes

    4.125     5/30/23       120,000       124,572  (b) 

Glencore Funding LLC, Senior Notes

    4.000     3/27/27       1,490,000       1,480,783  (b) 

Vale Overseas Ltd., Senior Notes

    6.875     11/21/36       6,460,000       7,916,795  

Total Metals & Mining

                            24,051,133  

Total Materials

                            35,074,124  
Real Estate — 0.2%                                

Real Estate Management & Development — 0.2%

                               

Country Garden Holdings Co., Ltd., Senior Bonds

    7.250     4/4/21       2,580,000       2,674,841  (g) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

November 30, 2017

 

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Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  
Telecommunication Services — 1.3%                                

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.6%

                               

Bharti Airtel Ltd., Senior Notes

    4.375     6/10/25       1,940,000     $ 1,963,965  (b) 

British Telecommunications PLC, Bonds

    9.125     12/15/30       1,710,000       2,541,050  

Telecom Italia SpA, Senior Notes

    5.303     5/30/24       2,900,000       3,103,870  (b) 

Telefonica Emisiones SAU, Senior Notes

    5.134     4/27/20       230,000       244,191  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    4.125     3/16/27       1,390,000       1,451,414  

Total Diversified Telecommunication Services

                            9,304,490  

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.7%

                               

Altice Financing SA, Senior Secured Bonds

    7.500     5/15/26       590,000       618,025  (b) 

Altice Financing SA, Senior Secured Notes

    6.625     2/15/23       200,000       205,500  (b) 

Sprint Capital Corp., Global Notes

    6.900     5/1/19       2,310,000       2,434,163  

Sprint Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    9.000     11/15/18       816,000       862,920  (b) 

VEON Holdings BV, Senior Notes

    7.504     3/1/22       4,810,000       5,556,752  (b) 

Total Wireless Telecommunication Services

                            9,677,360  

Total Telecommunication Services

                            18,981,850  
Utilities — 0.7%                                

Electric Utilities — 0.6%

                               

FirstEnergy Corp., Notes

    7.375     11/15/31       1,030,000       1,376,315  

FirstEnergy Corp., Senior Notes

    3.900     7/15/27       1,770,000       1,809,604  

Pacific Gas & Electric Co., First Mortgage Bonds

    6.050     3/1/34       1,210,000       1,504,669  

Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Senior Notes

    5.800     3/1/37       300,000       370,344  

PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara, Senior Notes

    5.500     11/22/21       3,400,000       3,699,642  (g) 

Total Electric Utilities

                            8,760,574  

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.1%

 

               

Calpine Corp., Senior Secured Notes

    5.875     1/15/24       230,000       238,050  (b) 

Mirant Mid Atlantic LLC, Pass-Through Certificates, Secured Bonds

    10.060     12/30/28       915,837       892,941  

NTPC Ltd., Senior Secured Bonds

    6.720     11/24/21       50,000,000  INR      763,201  

Total Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers

 

            1,894,192  

Total Utilities

                            10,654,766  

Total Corporate Bonds & Notes (Cost — $323,341,149)

 

            342,209,536  
Mortgage-Backed Securities — 2.4%                                

FHLMC — 0.5%

                               

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), Gold

    4.000     5/1/43-7/1/43       492,871       523,197  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), Gold

    3.500     12/13/47       6,500,000       6,663,462  (l) 

Total FHLMC

                            7,186,659  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

FNMA — 1.5%

                               

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    5.000     1/1/39-7/1/39       568,326     $ 617,253  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    5.500     5/1/40       548,747       607,732  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    3.500     4/1/43-10/1/43       13,278,631       13,731,870  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    4.000     4/1/43-7/1/43       1,356,138       1,434,235  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    3.000     12/13/47       6,900,000       6,883,059  (l) 

Total FNMA

                            23,274,149  

GNMA — 0.4%

                               

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

    4.500     4/20/41       143,678       153,048  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

    3.000     11/20/47       2,000,000       2,018,077  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

    3.000     12/20/47       4,100,000       4,132,031  (l) 

Total GNMA

                            6,303,156  

Total Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost — $36,636,254)

 

    36,763,964  
Municipal Bonds — 0.4%                                

Florida — 0.1%

                               

Sumter Landing, FL, Community Development District Recreational Revenue, Taxable Community Development District

    4.172     10/1/47       870,000       932,701  

Illinois — 0.3%

                               

Chicago, IL, GO, Taxable Project

    6.314     1/1/44       1,470,000       1,578,545  

Illinois State, GO

    5.100     6/1/33       3,100,000       3,086,174  

Total Illinois

                            4,664,719  

Total Municipal Bonds (Cost — $5,361,431)

 

    5,597,420  
Non-U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities — 3.2%          

Germany — 0.5%

                               

Bundesrepublik Deutscheland, Inflation Linked Bonds

    0.100     4/15/26       5,726,308  EUR      7,546,742  (g) 

Japan — 2.7%

                               

Japanese Government CPI Linked Bond, Senior Bonds

    0.100     3/10/24       1,121,610,000  JPY      10,394,413  

Japanese Government CPI Linked Bond, Senior Bonds

    0.100     9/10/24       1,701,700,000  JPY      15,823,262  

Japanese Government CPI Linked Bond, Senior Bonds

    0.100     9/10/23       103,500,000  JPY      956,877  

Japanese Government CPI Linked Bond, Senior Bonds

    0.100     3/10/26       590,932,473  JPY      5,515,790  

Japanese Government CPI Linked Bond, Senior Bonds

    0.100     3/10/25       1,003,000,000  JPY      9,344,223  

Total Japan

                            42,034,565  

Total Non-U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (Cost — $47,955,587)

 

    49,581,307  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

November 30, 2017

 

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Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  
Senior Loans — 8.7%                                
Consumer Discretionary — 3.1%                                

Diversified Consumer Services — 0.2%

                               

Prime Security Services Borrower LLC, 2016 First Lien Term Loan (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.750%)

    4.100     5/2/22       2,783,000     $ 2,806,700  (a)(m)(n) 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.6%

                               

1011778 B.C. Unlimited Liability Co., Term Loan B3 (3 mo. LIBOR + 2.250%)

    3.583-3.600     2/16/24       1,224,271       1,225,801  (a)(m)(n) 

Aristocrat Leisure Ltd., 2017 Term Loan B (3 mo. LIBOR + 2.000%)

    3.363     10/20/21       1,499,784       1,509,693  (a)(m)(n) 

Boyd Gaming Corp., Term Loan B3 (1 Week LIBOR + 2.500%)

    3.701     9/15/23       1,439,031       1,447,688  (a)(m)(n) 

Caesars Resort Collection LLC, 2017 First Lien Term Loan B

          9/27/24       3,010,000       3,026,179  (o) 

CCM Merger Inc., New Term Loan B (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.750%)

    4.100     8/8/21       818,758       822,954  (a)(m)(n) 

Equinox Holdings Inc., 2017 Term Loan B (1 Week LIBOR + 3.250%)

    4.492     3/8/24       1,077,293       1,082,680  (a)(m)(n) 

Four Seasons Hotels Ltd., New First Lien Term Loan (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.500%)

    3.850     11/30/23       2,778,850       2,796,466  (a)(m)(n)(o) 

Golden Nugget Inc., 2017 Incremental Term Loan (2 mo. LIBOR + 3.250%)

    4.554-4.656     10/4/23       3,865,044       3,900,587  (a)(m)(n)(o) 

Hilton Worldwide Finance LLC, Term Loan B2 (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.000%)

    3.328     10/25/23       2,781,774       2,799,318  (a)(m)(n) 

Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, 2016 Term Loan B (1 mo. LIBOR + 4.000%)

    5.350     10/13/23       1,431,791       1,446,825  (a)(m)(n) 

Scientific Games International Inc., 2017 Term Loan B4 (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.250%)

    4.600-4.673     8/14/24       3,010,000       3,042,216  (a)(m)(n)(o) 

Station Casinos LLC, 2016 Term Loan B (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.500%)

    3.820     6/8/23       1,334,679       1,338,386  (a)(m)(n) 

Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

                            24,438,793  

Media — 0.7%

                               

CBS Radio Inc., 2017 Term Loan B

          11/17/24       2,972,000       2,984,072  (o) 

Charter Communications Operating LLC, 2016 Term Loan I Add (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.250%)

    3.600     1/15/24       3,118,729       3,138,005  (a)(m)(n) 

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., 2016 First Lien Term Loan (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.000%)

    4.350     12/8/23       870,271       872,084  (a)(m)(n) 

Numericable Group SA, USD Term Loan B12 (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.000%)

    4.349     1/31/26       1,500,000       1,476,251  (a)(m)(n) 

Univision Communications Inc., Term Loan C5 (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.750%)

    4.100     3/15/24       2,993,280       2,977,898  (a)(m)(n)(o) 

Total Media

                            11,448,310  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Specialty Retail — 0.6%

                               

Academy Ltd., 2015 Term Loan B (1 mo. LIBOR + 4.000%)

    5.240-5.318     7/1/22       2,006,240     $ 1,630,070  (a)(m)(n) 

CWGS Group LLC, 2016 Term Loan (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.000%)

    4.242-4.350     11/8/23       1,131,450       1,139,701  (a)(m)(n) 

Michaels Stores Inc., 2016 Term Loan B1 (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.750%)

    3.995-4.100     1/30/23       1,449,767       1,440,139  (a)(m)(n) 

Party City Holdings Inc., 2016 Term Loan (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.000%)

    4.340-4.580     8/19/22       2,858,245       2,863,827  (a)(m)(n) 

Petco Animal Supplies Inc., 2017 Term Loan B (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.000%)

    4.380     1/26/23       1,173,604       927,147  (a)(m)(n) 

PetSmart Inc., Term Loan B2 (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.000%)

    4.340     3/11/22       1,522,042       1,310,542  (a)(m)(n) 

Total Specialty Retail

                            9,311,426  

Total Consumer Discretionary

                            48,005,229  
Consumer Staples — 0.3%                                

Food & Staples Retailing — 0.1%

                               

Albertsons LLC, USD 2017 Term Loan B6 (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.000%)

    4.462     6/22/23       2,372,853       2,309,246  (a)(m)(n) 

Food Products — 0.2%

                               

Post Holdings Inc., 2017 Series A Incremental Term Loan (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.250%)

    3.600     5/24/24       2,783,025       2,796,723  (a)(m)(n) 

Total Consumer Staples

                            5,105,969  
Financials — 0.1%                                

Capital Markets — 0.1%

                               

RPI Finance Trust, Term Loan B6 (3 mo. LIBOR + 2.000%)

    3.333     3/27/23       1,292,887       1,299,466  (a)(m)(n) 
Health Care — 1.0%                                

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.1%

                               

DJO Finance LLC, 2015 Term Loan (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.250%)

    4.585-4.600     6/8/20       984,887       977,962  (a)(m)(n) 

Health Care Providers & Services — 0.7%

                               

Air Medical Group Holdings Inc., Term Loan B (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.250%)

    4.492     4/28/22       2,106,426       2,103,136  (a)(m)(n) 

DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., Term Loan B (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.750%)

    4.100     6/24/21       989,770       1,000,529  (a)(m)(n) 

HCA Inc., Term Loan B8 (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.250%)

    3.600     2/15/24       1,121,539       1,129,075  (a)(m)(n) 

Jaguar Holding Co. II, 2017 Term Loan (3 mo. LIBOR + 2.750%)

    4.083-4.100     8/18/22       2,780,194       2,788,359  (a)(m)(n) 

MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC, 2016 Term Loan B (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.000%)

    4.333     6/7/23       2,914,697       2,920,684  (a)(m)(n) 

RadNet Inc., Reprice Term Loan (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.750%)

    5.110-7.000     6/30/23       838,869       845,161  (a)(m)(n) 

Total Health Care Providers & Services

                            10,786,944  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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November 30, 2017

 

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Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Health Care Technology — 0.1%

                               

Change Healthcare Holdings Inc., 2017 Term Loan B (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.750%)

    4.100     3/1/24       945,250     $ 948,721  (a)(m)(n) 

Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.1%

                               

PAREXEL International Corp., Term Loan B

          9/27/24       3,000,000       3,020,625  (o) 

Total Health Care

                            15,734,252  
Industrials — 1.4%                                

Air Freight & Logistics — 0.3%

                               

Avolon TLB Borrower 1 (Luxembourg) SARL, Term Loan B2 (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.250%)

    3.533     4/3/22       2,743,125       2,746,562  (a)(m)(n) 

XPO Logistics Inc., 2017 Term Loan B (3 mo. LIBOR + 2.250%)

    3.599     11/1/21       1,824,047       1,834,541  (a)(m)(n) 

Total Air Freight & Logistics

                            4,581,103  

Airlines — 0.2%

                               

American Airlines Inc., 2017 Incremental Term Loan

          12/14/23       1,577,926       1,579,570  (o) 

American Airlines Inc., 2017 Term Loan B (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.000%)

    3.328     6/26/20       1,462,529       1,464,540  (a)(m)(n) 

Total Airlines

                            3,044,110  

Building Products — 0.2%

                               

Quikrete Holdings Inc., 2016 First Lien Term Loan (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.750%)

    4.100     11/15/23       3,010,100       3,022,225  (a)(m)(n)(o) 

Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.2%

                               

Brickman Group Ltd. LLC, First Lien Term Loan (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.000%)

    4.283-4.380     12/18/20       2,839,180       2,856,924  (a)(m)(n) 

Professional Services — 0.2%

                               

Trans Union LLC, Term Loan B3 (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.000%)

    3.350     4/10/23       2,786,449       2,801,250  (a)(m)(n) 

Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.2%

                               

Beacon Roofing Supply Inc., 2017 Term Loan B

          8/23/24       2,950,000       2,963,959  (o) 

Delos Finance Sarl, 2017 Term Loan B (3 mo. LIBOR + 2.000%)

    3.333     10/6/23       1,000,000       1,009,375  (a)(m)(n) 

Total Trading Companies & Distributors

                            3,973,334  

Transportation Infrastructure — 0.1%

                               

Flying Fortress Inc., 2017 Term Loan (3 mo. LIBOR + 2.000%)

    3.333     10/30/22       1,210,000       1,222,887  (a)(e)(m)(n) 

Total Industrials

                            21,501,833  
Information Technology — 0.8%                                

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.1%

 

Zebra Technologies Corp., 2017 Term Loan B (3 mo. LIBOR + 2.000%)

    3.371     10/27/21       1,958,704       1,968,837  (a)(m)(n)(o) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

IT Services — 0.2%

                               

First Data Corp., 2024 USD Term Loan (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.250%)

    3.563     4/26/24       2,669,694     $ 2,674,699  (a)(m)(n) 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.2%

 

ON Semiconductor Corp., 2017 First Lien Term Loan

          3/31/23       3,010,000       3,026,931  (e)(o) 

Software — 0.3%

                               

Almonde Inc., USD First Lien Term Loan (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.500%)

    4.979     6/13/24       1,226,925       1,227,212  (a)(m)(n) 

Dell Inc., 2017 First Lien Term Loan

          9/7/23       1,740,000       1,743,517  (o) 

Dell Inc., 2017 Term Loan A2 (1 mo. LIBOR + 1.750%)

    3.100     9/7/21       1,273,886       1,275,739  (a)(m)(n) 

Total Software

                            4,246,468  

Total Information Technology

                            11,916,935  
Materials — 0.8%                                

Construction Materials — 0.2%

                               

American Builders & Contractors Supply Co. Inc., 2017 Term Loan B (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.500%)

    3.850     10/31/23       2,834,080       2,849,134  (a)(m)(n) 

Containers & Packaging — 0.6%

                               

Berry Plastics Group Inc., Term Loan M (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.250%)

    3.496-3.600     10/1/22       2,791,132       2,803,126  (a)(m)(n) 

BWAY Holding Co., 2017 Term Loan B (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.250%)

    4.522-4.599     4/3/24       2,786,775       2,803,030  (a)(m)(n)(o) 

Reynolds Group Holdings Inc., USD 2017 Term Loan (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.750%)

    4.100     2/5/23       3,010,727       3,027,672  (a)(m)(n)(o) 

Total Containers & Packaging

                            8,633,828  

Total Materials

                            11,482,962  
Real Estate — 0.4%                                

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.3%

 

Communications Sales & Leasing Inc., 2017 Term Loan B (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.000%)

    4.350     10/24/22       1,213,885       1,171,241  (a)(m)(n) 

MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP, 2016 Term Loan B (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.250%)

    3.600     4/25/23       3,014,800       3,031,758  (a)(m)(n)(o) 

Total Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

 

    4,202,999  

Real Estate Management & Development — 0.1%

                               

CityCenter Holdings LLC, 2017 Term Loan B (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.500%)

    3.850     4/18/24       1,206,975       1,213,953  (a)(m)(n) 

Realogy Corp., 2017 Term Loan B (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.250%)

    3.600     7/20/22       393,030       395,179  (a)(m)(n) 

Total Real Estate Management & Development

 

    1,609,132  

Total Real Estate

                            5,812,131  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

November 30, 2017

 

Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  
Telecommunication Services — 0.6%                                

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.4%

                               

CenturyLink Inc., 2017 Term Loan B (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.750%)

    4.100     1/31/25       1,280,000     $ 1,231,067  (a)(m)(n) 

Level 3 Financing Inc., 2017 Term Loan B (3 mo. LIBOR + 2.250%)

    3.696     2/22/24       1,270,000       1,270,794  (a)(m)(n) 

Unitymedia Finance LLC, Term Loan B

          9/30/25       3,010,000       3,013,762  (o) 

Virgin Media Bristol LLC, 2017 USD Term Loan

          1/31/26       1,236,199       1,237,082  (o) 

Total Diversified Telecommunication Services

 

            6,752,705  

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.2%

                               

CSC Holdings LLC, 2017 First Lien Term Loan (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.250%)

    3.514     7/17/25       1,283,861       1,277,441  (a)(m)(n) 

Sprint Communications Inc., First Lien Term Loan B (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.500%)

    3.875     2/2/24       1,194,000       1,195,642  (a)(m)(n) 

Total Wireless Telecommunication Services

                            2,473,083  

Total Telecommunication Services

                            9,225,788  
Utilities — 0.2%                                

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.2%

 

               

Energy Future Intermediate Holding Co., LLC, 2017 DIP Term Loan (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.000%)

    4.283-4.350     6/30/18       2,980,000       2,992,105  (a)(m)(n) 

Total Senior Loans (Cost — $133,938,368)

 

                    133,076,670  
Sovereign Bonds — 9.2%                                

Argentina — 1.6%

                               

Provincia de Buenos Aires, Senior Notes

    6.500     2/15/23       1,720,000       1,832,522  (b) 

Provincia de Buenos Aires, Senior Notes

    9.125     3/16/24       1,750,000       2,038,750  (b) 

Provincia de Buenos Aires, Senior Notes

    7.875     6/15/27       2,270,000       2,539,903  (b) 

Republic of Argentina, Bonds

    22.750     3/5/18       33,540,000  ARS      1,920,080  

Republic of Argentina, Bonds (Argentina Central Bank 7 Day Repo Reference Rate)

    27.468     6/21/20       52,360,000  ARS      3,232,238  (a) 

Republic of Argentina, Bonds

    18.200     10/3/21       114,970,000  ARS      6,820,995  

Republic of Argentina, Senior Bonds

    5.625     1/26/22       2,730,000       2,871,960  

Republic of Argentina, Senior Bonds

    7.500     4/22/26       1,350,000       1,529,550  

Republic of Argentina, Senior Bonds

    7.125     7/6/36       340,000       368,730  

Republic of Argentina, Senior Bonds

    7.625     4/22/46       360,000       404,460  

Republic of Argentina, Senior Notes

    6.875     1/26/27       1,100,000       1,203,950  

Total Argentina

                            24,763,138  

Brazil — 1.0%

                               

Federative Republic of Brazil, Notes

    10.000     1/1/21       33,504,000  BRL      10,442,851  

Federative Republic of Brazil, Notes

    10.000     1/1/23       13,490,000  BRL      4,123,922  

Federative Republic of Brazil, Notes

    10.000     1/1/25       5,000,000  BRL      1,507,126  

Total Brazil

                            16,073,899  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Ecuador — 0.6%

                               

Republic of Ecuador, Senior Bonds

    10.750     3/28/22       1,420,000     $ 1,643,650  (b) 

Republic of Ecuador, Senior Bonds

    8.750     6/2/23       800,000       870,000  (g) 

Republic of Ecuador, Senior Bonds

    7.950     6/20/24       1,680,000       1,753,500  (g) 

Republic of Ecuador, Senior Bonds

    9.650     12/13/26       960,000       1,081,200  (b) 

Republic of Ecuador, Senior Notes

    9.625     6/2/27       1,650,000       1,845,937  (b) 

Republic of Ecuador, Senior Notes

    8.875     10/23/27       1,490,000       1,581,099  (b) 

Total Ecuador

                            8,775,386  

Ghana — 0.3%

                               

Republic of Ghana, Bonds

    10.750     10/14/30       3,080,000       4,170,126  (b) 

Guatemala — 0.1%

                               

Republic of Guatemala, Senior Notes

    4.375     6/5/27       2,200,000       2,200,000  (b) 

India — 2.5%

                               

Republic of India, Senior Bonds

    6.840     12/19/22       580,000,000  INR      8,981,041  

Republic of India, Senior Bonds

    7.350     6/22/24       600,000,000  INR      9,455,136  

Republic of India, Senior Bonds

    7.590     1/11/26       600,000,000  INR      9,559,569  

Republic of India, Senior Bonds

    7.590     3/20/29       600,000,000  INR      9,485,332  

Total India

                            37,481,078  

Indonesia — 0.2%

                               

Republic of Indonesia, Senior Notes

    4.625     4/15/43       1,310,000       1,354,511  (g) 

Republic of Indonesia, Senior Notes

    5.125     1/15/45       1,180,000       1,298,223  (g) 

Total Indonesia

                            2,652,734  

Mexico — 2.4%

                               

United Mexican States, Senior Bonds

    6.500     6/9/22       338,026,900  MXN      17,704,413  

United Mexican States, Senior Bonds

    10.000     12/5/24       19,150,000  MXN      1,188,565  

United Mexican States, Senior Bonds

    7.500     6/3/27       146,140,000  MXN      7,967,644  

United Mexican States, Senior Bonds

    7.750     11/13/42       117,201,900  MXN      6,424,575  

United Mexican States, Senior Bonds

    8.000     11/7/47       55,430,000  MXN      3,122,642  

Total Mexico

                            36,407,839  

Nigeria — 0.1%

                               

Republic of Nigeria, Senior Notes

    7.625     11/28/47       1,410,000       1,455,071  (b)  

Russia — 0.2%

                               

Russian Federal Bond, Bonds

    8.150     2/3/27       52,000,000  RUB      932,627  

Russian Federal Bond, Bonds

    7.050     1/19/28       3,801,000  RUB      63,079  

Russian Foreign Bond — Eurobond, Senior Bonds

    4.875     9/16/23       1,600,000       1,742,200  (b) 

Total Russia

                            2,737,906  

Uruguay — 0.2%

                               

Republic of Uruguay, Senior Bonds

    8.500     3/15/28       32,900,000  UYU      1,138,933  (b) 

Republic of Uruguay, Senior Notes

    9.875     6/20/22       61,530,000  UYU      2,261,949  (b) 

Total Uruguay

                            3,400,882  

Total Sovereign Bonds (Cost — $146,998,481)

 

            140,118,059  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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November 30, 2017

 

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Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  
U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities — 2.5%                          

U.S. Treasury Bonds, Inflation Indexed

    0.750     2/15/42       2,981,488     $ 2,913,955  

U.S. Treasury Bonds, Inflation Indexed

    1.375     2/15/44       2,403,590       2,683,204  

U.S. Treasury Bonds, Inflation Indexed

    0.750     2/15/45       4,128,962       3,993,913  

U.S. Treasury Bonds, Inflation Indexed

    1.000     2/15/46       2,957,832       3,043,255  

U.S. Treasury Bonds, Inflation Indexed

    0.875     2/15/47       4,344,775       4,343,392  

U.S. Treasury Notes, Inflation Indexed

    0.125     7/15/26       10,490,707       10,148,131  

U.S. Treasury Notes, Inflation Indexed

    0.375     1/15/27       11,615,592       11,406,933  

Total U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (Cost — $38,419,042)

 

    38,532,783  
                   Shares         
Preferred Stocks — 0.1%                                
Financials — 0.1%                                

Consumer Finance — 0.1%

                               

GMAC Capital Trust I (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.785%)
(Cost — $1,171,775)

    7.201             47,249       1,234,144  (a)  
     Expiration
Date
    Contracts     Notional
Amount†
        
Purchased Options — 0.1%                                
Exchange-Traded Purchased Options — 0.1%                                

Eurodollar 1-Year Mid Curve Futures, Call @ $98.13

    12/15/17       1,412       3,530,000       8,825  

Eurodollar Futures, Call @ $98.50

    12/18/17       1,413       3,532,500       17,663  

Eurodollar Futures, Put @ $98.00

    3/19/18       2,538       6,345,000       15,863  

U.S. Treasury 2-Year Notes Futures, Call @ $107.75

    12/22/17       282       564,000       4,407  

U.S. Treasury 2-Year Notes Futures, Call @ $107.88

    12/22/17       521       1,042,000       521  

U.S. Treasury 2-Year Notes Futures, Call @ $108.00

    12/22/17       199       398,000       199  

U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Call @ $117.00

    12/22/17       1,699       1,699,000       106,187  

U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Call @ $117.25

    12/22/17       353       353,000       13,789  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call @ $125.50

    12/22/17       849       849,000       53,062  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call @ $126.00

    12/22/17       3,396       3,396,000       106,125  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Put @ $123.00

    12/22/17       3,396       3,396,000       424,500  

Total Exchange-Traded Purchased Options (Cost — $1,770,135)

 

            751,141  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Security   Counterparty     Expiration
Date
    Contracts     Notional
Amount†
    Value  
OTC Purchased Options — 0.0%                                        

Credit default swaption with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to sell protection on Markit CDX.NA.HY.29 Index, Call @ $108.00

   

Goldman
Sachs
Group Inc.
 
 
 
    1/17/18       14,850,000       14,850,000     $ 31,719  

Credit default swaption with Bank of America N.A. to sell protection on Markit CDX.NA.HY.29 Index, Call @ $108.00

   
Bank of
America N.A.
 
 
    1/17/18       14,850,000       14,850,000       31,719  

U.S. Dollar/Euro, Call @ $1.18

   
Bank of
America N.A.
 
 
    12/19/17       9,600,000       9,600,000       27,504  

U.S. Dollar/Mexican Peso, Put @ 18.75 MXN

   
JPMorgan
Chase & Co.
 
 
    1/17/18       7,200,000       7,200,000       108,186  

Total OTC Purchased Options (Cost — $241,907)

 

    199,128  

Total Purchased Options (Cost — $2,012,042)

 

    950,269  

Total Investments before Short-Term Investments (Cost — $1,340,167,848)

 

    1,355,137,813  
            Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
        
Short-Term Investments — 12.1%                                        

U.S. Government Agencies — 1.3%

 

Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB), Discount Notes
(Cost — $19,968,144)

            1.222%       1/17/18       20,000,000       19,968,144  (p)  
                          Shares         

Money Market Funds — 10.8%

                                       

Western Asset Government Cash Management Portfolio LLC (Cost — $165,491,022)

            1.130%               165,491,022       165,491,022  (q)  

Total Short-Term Investments (Cost — $185,459,166)

 

    185,459,166  

Total Investments — 100.8% (Cost — $1,525,627,014)

 

    1,540,596,979  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.8)%

 

    (11,686,767

Total Net Assets — 100.0%

 

  $ 1,528,910,212  

 

Face amount/notional amount denominated in U.S. dollars, unless otherwise noted.

 

* Non-income producing security.

 

(a) 

Variable rate security. Interest rate disclosed is as of the most recent information available. Certain variable rate securities are not based on a published reference rate and spread but are determined by the issuer or agent and are based on current market conditions. These securities do not indicate a reference rate and spread in their description above.

 

(b) 

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.

 

(c) 

Securities traded on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis.

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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(d) 

Collateralized mortgage obligations are secured by an underlying pool of mortgages or mortgage pass-through certificates that are structured to direct payments on underlying collateral to different series or classes of the obligations. The interest rate may change positively or inversely in relation to one or more interest rates, financial indices or other financial indicators and may be subject to an upper and/or lower limit.

 

(e) 

Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs (See Note 1).

 

(f) 

Payment-in-kind security for which the issuer has the option at each interest payment date of making interest payments in cash or additional debt securities.

 

(g) 

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.

 

(h) 

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

 

(i) 

The coupon payment on these securities is currently in default as of November 30, 2017.

 

(j) 

Value is less than $1.

 

(k) 

Security is valued in good faith in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Directors (See Note 1).

 

(l) 

This security is traded on a to-be-announced (“TBA”) basis. At November 30, 2017, the Fund held TBA securities with a total cost of $17,729,934.

 

(m) 

Senior loans may be considered restricted in that the Fund ordinarily is contractually obligated to receive approval from the agent bank and/or borrower prior to the disposition of a senior loan.

 

(n) 

Interest rates disclosed represent the effective rates on senior loans. Ranges in interest rates are attributable to multiple contracts under the same loan.

 

(o) 

All or a portion of this loan is unfunded as of November 30, 2017. The interest rate for fully unfunded term loans is to be determined.

 

(p) 

Rate shown represents yield-to-maturity.

 

(q) 

In this instance, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, an “Affiliated Company” represents Fund ownership of at least 5% of the outstanding voting securities of an issuer or a company which is under common ownership or control. At November 30, 2017, the total market value of investments in Affiliated Companies was $165,491,022 and the cost was $165,491,022 (See Note 9).

 

Abbreviations used in this schedule:

ARM   — Adjustable Rate Mortgage
ARS   — Argentine Peso
BRL   — Brazilian Real
CLO   — Collateral Loan Obligation
DIP   Debtor-in-Possession
EUR   — Euro
GO   — General Obligation
INR   — Indian Rupee
IO   — Interest Only
JPY   — Japanese Yen
LIBOR   — London Interbank Offered Rate
MXN   — Mexican Peso
RUB   — Russian Ruble
UYU   — Uruguayan Peso

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Written Options  
Exchange-Traded Written Options  
Security   Expiration
Date
    Strike
Price
    Contracts     Notional
Amount†
    Value  
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Call     1/26/18     $ 118.25       282       282,000     $ 8,812  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call     12/22/17       124.50       1,132       1,132,000       283,000  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call     12/22/17       127.50       848       848,000       13,250  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call     1/26/18       127.50       566       566,000       26,531  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Put     12/22/17       124.50       1,132       1,132,000       795,938  
Total Exchange-Traded Written Options (Premiums received — $1,496,497)       1,127,531  

 

OTC Written Options  
     Counterparty                                   
Credit default swaption with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to sell protection on Markit CDX.NA.HY.29 Index, Put   Goldman Sachs
Group Inc.
    1/17/18     $ 103.00       14,850,000       14,850,000 ‡      16,597  
Credit default swaption with Bank of America N.A. to sell protection on Markit CDX.NA.HY.29 Index, Put   Bank of
America N.A.
    1/17/18       103.00       14,850,000       14,850,000 ‡      16,597  
U.S. Dollar/Euro, Put   Bank of
America N.A.
    12/19/17       1.23       9,600,000       9,600,000       6,115  
U.S. Dollar/Mexican Peso, Call   JPMorgan
Chase & Co.
    1/17/18       20.25  MXN      7,200,000       7,200,000       10,814  
U.S. Dollar/Mexican Peso, Put   Morgan Stanley
and Co. Inc.
    12/20/17       18.67  MXN      7,560,000       7,560,000       73,884  
U.S. Dollar/Russian Ruble, Put   Morgan Stanley
and Co. Inc.
    12/20/17       58.30  RUB      3,780,000       3,780,000       27,122  
Total OTC Written Options (Premiums received — $291,927)               151,129  
Total Written Options (Premiums received — $1,788,424)             $ 1,278,660  

 

Notional amount denominated in U.S. dollars, unless otherwise noted.

 

In the event an option is excercised and a credit event occurs as defined under the terms of the swap agreement, the notional amount is the maximum potential amount that could be required to be paid as a seller of credit protection or received as a buyer of credit protection.

At November 30, 2017, the Fund had the following open futures contracts:

 

     Number of
Contracts
    Expiration
Date
    Notional
Amount
    Market
Value
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Contracts to Buy:                                        
90-Day Eurodollar     208       12/18     $ 51,012,954     $ 50,921,000     $ (91,954)  
Australian 10-Year Bonds     411       12/17       39,987,900       40,614,623       626,723  
Euro-BTP     203       3/18       33,444,253       33,607,015       162,762  
U.S. Treasury 2-Year Notes     3       3/18       643,599       643,219       (380)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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November 30, 2017

 

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     Number of
Contracts
    Expiration
Date
    Notional
Amount
    Market
Value
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Contracts to Buy (continued) :                                        
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes     475       3/18       55,434,179       55,263,281     $ (170,898)  
U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds     1,963       3/18       300,729,744       297,823,906       (2,905,838)  
U.S. Treasury Ultra Long-Term Bonds     647       3/18       107,426,120       106,674,125       (751,995)  
                                      (3,131,580)  
Contracts to Sell:                                        
90-Day Eurodollar     1,558       12/17       383,938,880       383,462,750       476,130  
90-Day Eurodollar     1,175       3/18       289,022,885       288,624,063       398,822  
90-Day Eurodollar     246       12/19       60,013,888       60,107,025       (93,137)  
Euro-Bund     1       12/17       193,402       193,677       (275)  
Euro-Bund     1,934       3/18       374,701,972       373,858,479       843,493  
Euro-Buxl     63       12/17       12,517,991       12,533,113       (15,122)  
Euro-Schatz     330       12/17       44,057,460       44,066,249       (8,789)  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes     5,398       3/18       672,537,505       669,605,031       2,932,474  
                                      4,533,596  
Net unrealized appreciation on open futures contracts             $ 1,402,016  

At November 30, 2017, the Fund had the following open forward foreign currency contracts:

 

Currency
Purchased
    Currency
Sold
    Counterparty   Settlement
Date
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
USD     89,435,770     JPY     9,999,455,733     Bank of America N.A.     1/19/18     $ 349,709  
USD     6,243,548     KRW     7,064,450,000     Bank of America N.A.     1/19/18       (249,932)  
ZAR     80,390,000     USD     5,880,288     Bank of America N.A.     1/19/18       (62,375)  
AUD     6,833,000     USD     5,313,512     Barclays Bank PLC     1/19/18       (146,304)  
CAD     7,293,930     USD     5,835,620     Barclays Bank PLC     1/19/18       (177,737)  
INR     1,111,124,532     USD     16,854,373     Barclays Bank PLC     1/19/18       292,363  
JPY     90,000,000     USD     805,446     Barclays Bank PLC     1/19/18       (3,628)  
JPY     23,500,000     USD     210,481     Barclays Bank PLC     1/19/18       (1,117)  
NOK     62,360,000     USD     7,881,439     Barclays Bank PLC     1/19/18       (373,901)  
RUB     1,193,192,361     USD     20,341,164     Barclays Bank PLC     1/19/18       (73,921)  
RUB     175,050,000     USD     2,948,752     Barclays Bank PLC     1/19/18       24,600  
SEK     250,000     USD     31,245     Barclays Bank PLC     1/19/18       (1,268)  
SEK     1,700,000     USD     212,341     Barclays Bank PLC     1/19/18       (8,501)  
USD     19,034,524     CNY     127,360,000     Barclays Bank PLC     1/19/18       (181,220)  
USD     649,641     EUR     550,000     Barclays Bank PLC     1/19/18       (7,058)  
USD     1,686,200     EUR     1,449,000     Barclays Bank PLC     1/19/18       (43,904)  
USD     750,592     EUR     635,000     Barclays Bank PLC     1/19/18       (7,597)  
USD     7,228,890     GBP     5,422,576     Barclays Bank PLC     1/19/18       (117,985)  
USD     66,173     GBP     50,000     Barclays Bank PLC     1/19/18       (1,571)  
USD     990,423     GBP     750,000     Barclays Bank PLC     1/19/18       (25,728)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Currency
Purchased
    Currency
Sold
    Counterparty   Settlement
Date
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
USD     263,251     GBP     200,000     Barclays Bank PLC     1/19/18     $ (7,723)  
USD     57,222     JPY     6,500,000     Barclays Bank PLC     1/19/18       (687)  
USD     119,773     JPY     13,500,000     Barclays Bank PLC     1/19/18       (499)  
USD     79,579     JPY     9,000,000     Barclays Bank PLC     1/19/18       (602)  
USD     31,120     JPY     3,500,000     Barclays Bank PLC     1/19/18       (61)  
USD     19,670     JPY     2,200,000     Barclays Bank PLC     1/19/18       70  
USD     31,624     JPY     3,500,000     Barclays Bank PLC     1/19/18       442  
USD     458,781     NZD     650,000     Barclays Bank PLC     1/19/18       14,796  
USD     6,732,447     PHP     350,370,000     Barclays Bank PLC     1/19/18       (220,529)  
USD     717,120     PHP     36,150,000     Barclays Bank PLC     1/19/18       (265)  
USD     86,761     SEK     700,000     Barclays Bank PLC     1/19/18       2,827  
USD     30,822     SEK     250,000     Barclays Bank PLC     1/19/18       845  
USD     18,524     SEK     150,000     Barclays Bank PLC     1/19/18       538  
USD     50,837     SEK     423,000     Barclays Bank PLC     1/19/18       117  
USD     15,702     SEK     131,000     Barclays Bank PLC     1/19/18       (6)  
USD     47,811     SEK     400,000     Barclays Bank PLC     1/19/18       (151)  
EUR     13,630,000     USD     16,212,179     Citibank N.A.     1/19/18       62,020  
EUR     920,000     USD     1,091,792     Citibank N.A.     1/19/18       6,687  
EUR     1,204,000     USD     1,403,912     Citibank N.A.     1/19/18       33,662  
EUR     2,800,000     USD     3,317,552     Citibank N.A.     1/19/18       25,644  
IDR     149,953,543,872     USD     11,021,053     Citibank N.A.     1/19/18       18,616  
JPY     2,570,850,000     USD     22,678,754     Citibank N.A.     1/19/18       225,182  
JPY     60,000,000     USD     533,153     Citibank N.A.     1/19/18       1,392  
MXN     553,122,002     USD     29,613,556     Citibank N.A.     1/19/18       (170,340)  
SEK     200,000     USD     24,445     Citibank N.A.     1/19/18       (464)  
USD     22,977,523     EUR     19,351,774     Citibank N.A.     1/19/18       (128,465)  
USD     947,704     EUR     800,000     Citibank N.A.     1/19/18       (7,495)  
USD     2,817,743     EUR     2,410,000     Citibank N.A.     1/19/18       (59,793)  
USD     868,267     EUR     734,000     Citibank N.A.     1/19/18       (8,128)  
USD     40,922     JPY     4,650,000     Citibank N.A.     1/19/18       (505)  
USD     17,921     SEK     150,000     Citibank N.A.     1/19/18       (65)  
RUB     219,080,000     USD     3,686,044     Goldman Sachs Group Inc.     1/19/18       35,190  
USD     662,310     EUR     560,000     Goldman Sachs Group Inc.     1/19/18       (6,329)  
BRL     42,560,000     USD     13,232,596     JPMorgan Chase & Co.     1/19/18       (296,893)  
BRL     25,000,000     USD     7,745,933     JPMorgan Chase & Co.     1/19/18       (147,424)  
MXN     34,470,000     USD     1,780,613     JPMorgan Chase & Co.     1/19/18       54,258  
USD     1,804,570     MXN     34,470,000     JPMorgan Chase & Co.     1/19/18       (30,301)  
Total                                   $ (1,421,514)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

November 30, 2017

 

Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Fund

 

 

Abbreviations used in this table:

AUD   — Australian Dollar
BRL   — Brazilian Real
CAD   — Canadian Dollar
CNY   — Chinese Yuan Renminbi
EUR   — Euro
GBP   — British Pound
IDR   — Indonesian Rupiah
INR   — Indian Rupee
JPY   — Japanese Yen
KRW   — South Korean Won
MXN   — Mexican Peso
NOK   — Norwegian Krone
NZD   — New Zealand Dollar
PHP   — Philippine Peso
RUB   — Russian Ruble
SEK   — Swedish Krona
USD   — United States Dollar
ZAR   — South African Rand

At November 30, 2017, the Fund had the following open swap contracts:

 

CENTRALLY CLEARED INTEREST RATE SWAPS  
     Notional
Amount*
    Termination
Date
    Payments
Made by
the Fund†
  Payments
Received by
the Fund†
  Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
      1,366,080,000  SEK      3/20/19     -0.213% annually   3-Month SEK-STIBOR-SIDE  quarterly         $ (361,753)  
      85,070,000  GBP      9/19/19     0.787% semi-annually   6-Month GBP LIBOR semi-annually   $ 885       66,506  
      115,900,000       9/21/19     3-Month LIBOR quarterly   1.656% semi-annually           (598,287)  
      18,590,000       6/13/21     3-Month LIBOR quarterly   1.185% semi-annually           (593,869)  
      18,756,000,000  JPY      12/20/24     0.167% semi-annually   6-Month JPY LIBOR  semi-annually           86,383  
      18,540,000       6/13/26     1.580% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR quarterly     2,242       1,154,736  
      42,896,000       11/15/43     2.474% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR quarterly     12,064       1,367,732  
      39,295,000       11/15/43     2.630% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR quarterly     (201,065)       265,974  
      29,636,000       11/15/43     2.734% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR quarterly     (476,391)       (76,353)  
Total                     $ (662,265)     $ 1,311,069  

 

CENTRALLY CLEARED CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS ON CREDIT INDICES — BUY PROTECTION1  
Reference Entity   Notional
Amount2
    Termination
Date
    Periodic
Payments
Made by
the Fund†
  Market
Value3
    Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)
    Unrealized
Depreciation
 
Markit CDX.EM.28 Index   $ 30,380,000       12/20/22     1.000% quarterly   $ 1,129,346     $ 1,182,877     $ (53,531)  
Markit CDX.NA.HY.29 Index     58,840,000       12/20/22     5.000% quarterly     (4,623,058)       (4,237,153)       (385,905)  
Total   $ 89,220,000                 $ (3,493,712)     $ (3,054,276)     $ (439,436)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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OTC CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS ON SOVEREIGN ISSUES — BUY PROTECTION1  
Swap Counterparty
(Reference Entity)
  Notional
Amount2
    Termination
Date
    Implied
Credit
Spread at
November 30,
20174
  Periodic
Payments
Made by
the Fund†
  Market
Value
    Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)
    Unrealized
Depreciation
 
Bank of America (Republic of Korea, 7.125%, due 4/16/19)   $ 11,998,000       12/20/22     0.58%   1.000% quarterly   $ (238,282)     $ (167,711)     $ (70,571)  

 

1 

If the Fund is a buyer of protection and a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement, the Fund will either (i) receive from the seller of protection an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap and deliver the referenced obligation or the underlying securities comprising the referenced index or (ii) receive a net settlement amount in the form of cash or securities equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the referenced obligation or the underlying securities comprising the referenced index.

 

2 

The maximum potential amount the Fund could be required to pay as a seller of credit protection or receive as a buyer of credit protection if a credit event occurs as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement.

 

3 

The quoted market prices and resulting values for credit default swap agreements on asset-backed securities and credit indices serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and represent the likelihood of an expected liability (or profit) for the credit derivative had the notional amount of the swap agreement been closed/sold as of the period end. Decreasing market values (sell protection) or increasing market values (buy protection) when compared to the notional amount of the swap, represent a deterioration of the referenced entity’s credit soundness and a greater likelihood or risk of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the agreement.

 

4 

Implied credit spreads, utilized in determining the market value of credit default swap agreements on corporate or sovereign issues as of period end, serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and represent the likelihood or risk of default for the credit derivative. The implied credit spread of a particular referenced entity reflects the cost of buying/selling protection and may include upfront payments required to be made to enter into the agreement. Wider credit spreads represent a deterioration of the referenced entity’s credit soundness and a greater likelihood or risk of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the agreement. A credit spread identified as “Defaulted” indicates a credit event has occurred for the referenced entity or obligation.

 

Percentage shown is an annual percentage rate.

 

* Notional amount denominated in U.S. dollars, unless otherwise noted.

 

Abbreviations used in this table:

GBP   — British Pound
JPY   — Japanese Yen
SEK   — Swedish Krona

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statement of assets and liabilities (unaudited)

November 30, 2017

 

Assets:         

Investments in unaffiliated securities, at value (Cost — $1,360,135,992)

   $ 1,375,105,957  

Investments in affiliated securities, at value (Cost — $165,491,022)

     165,491,022  

Foreign currency, at value (Cost — $6,872,450)

     6,770,288  

Cash

     708,433  

Deposits with brokers for centrally cleared swap contracts

     11,873,948  

Interest receivable

     10,831,128  

Foreign currency collateral for open futures contracts, at value (Cost — $8,036,468)

     8,098,781  

Deposits with brokers for open futures contracts and exchange-traded options

     4,429,638  

Receivable from broker — variation margin on open futures contracts

     2,625,882  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     2,561,739  

Receivable for securities sold

     2,023,530  

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

     1,148,958  

Deposits with brokers for OTC derivatives

     840,000  

Receivable from broker — variation margin on centrally cleared swaps

     26,148  

Foreign currency collateral for centrally cleared swap contracts, at value (Cost — $331)

     322  

Prepaid expenses

     123,830  

Total Assets

     1,592,659,604  
Liabilities:         

Payable for securities purchased

     54,016,751  

Payable for Fund shares repurchased

     3,079,953  

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

     2,570,472  

Distributions payable

     1,296,949  

Written options, at value (premiums received — $1,788,424)

     1,278,660  

Investment management fee payable

     723,744  

OTC swaps, at value (premiums received — $167,711)

     238,282  

Service and/or distribution fees payable

     56,481  

Payable for open OTC swap contracts

     23,997  

Directors’ fees payable

     2,754  

Accrued expenses

     461,349  

Total Liabilities

     63,749,392  
Total Net Assets    $ 1,528,910,212  
Net Assets:         

Par value (Note 7)

   $ 142,349  

Paid-in capital in excess of par value

     1,516,060,575  

Overdistributed net investment income

     (9,327,977)  

Accumulated net realized gain on investments, futures contracts, written options, swap contracts, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency transactions

     5,804,495  

Net unrealized appreciation on investments, futures contracts, written options, swap contracts, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currencies

     16,230,770  
Total Net Assets    $ 1,528,910,212  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Net Assets:         

Class A

     $30,961,841  

Class A2

     $1,352,529  

Class C

     $17,030,743  

Class FI

     $173,819,714  

Class R

     $245,209  

Class I

     $1,186,934,876  

Class IS

     $118,565,300  
Shares Outstanding:         

Class A

     2,881,914  

Class A2

     125,952  

Class C

     1,585,750  

Class FI

     16,193,133  

Class R

     22,825  

Class I

     110,486,014  

Class IS

     11,053,659  
Net Asset Value:         

Class A (and redemption price)

     $10.74  

Class A2 (and redemption price)

     $10.74  

Class C*

     $10.74  

Class FI (and redemption price)

     $10.73  

Class R (and redemption price)

     $10.74  

Class I (and redemption price)

     $10.74  

Class IS (and redemption price)

     $10.73  
Maximum Public Offering Price Per Share:         

Class A (based on maximum initial sales charge of 4.25%)

     $11.22  

Class A2 (based on maximum initial sales charge of 4.25%)

     $11.22  

 

* Redemption price per share is NAV of Class C shares reduced by a 1.00% CDSC if shares are redeemed within one year from purchase payment (See Note 2).

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statement of operations (unaudited)

For the Six Months Ended November 30, 2017

 

Investment Income:  

Interest from unaffiliated investments

   $ 28,406,523  

Interest from affiliated investments

     391,021  

Dividends

     42,463  

Less: Foreign taxes withheld

     (99,954)  

Total Investment Income

     28,740,053  
Expenses:  

Investment management fee (Note 2)

     5,322,506  

Transfer agent fees (Note 5)

     854,129  

Service and/or distribution fees (Notes 2 and 5)

     450,105  

Fund accounting fees

     69,264  

Registration fees

     69,029  

Custody fees

     41,014  

Audit and tax fees

     32,609  

Shareholder reports

     26,160  

Directors’ fees

     17,512  

Legal fees

     16,604  

Insurance

     8,411  

Commitment fees (Note 8)

     6,006  

Interest expense

     1,831  

Fees recaptured by investment manager (Note 2)

     30  

Miscellaneous expenses

     11,838  

Total Expenses

     6,927,048  

Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements (Notes 2 and 5)

     (1,137,105)  

Net Expenses

     5,789,943  
Net Investment Income      22,950,110  
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments, Futures Contracts,
Written Options, Swap Contracts, Forward Foreign Currency Contracts and Foreign Currency
Transactions (Notes 1, 3 and 4):
 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) From:

 

Investment transactions in unaffiliated securities

     (3,481,817)  

Futures contracts

     14,243,700  

Written options

     6,704,871  

Swap contracts

     2,600,216  

Forward foreign currency contracts

     7,279,709  

Foreign currency transactions

     26,327  

Net Realized Gain

     27,373,006  

Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) From:

 

Investments in unaffiliated securities

     (593,664)  

Futures contracts

     1,369,711  

Written options

     490,769  

Swap contracts

     260,535  

Forward foreign currency contracts

     (2,602,297)  

Foreign currencies

     121,016  

Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

     (953,930)  
Net Gain on Investments, Futures Contracts, Written Options, Swap Contracts, Forward Foreign Currency Contracts and Foreign Currency Transactions      26,419,076  
Increase in Net Assets From Operations    $ 49,369,186  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statements of changes in net assets

 

 

For the Six Months Ended November 30, 2017 (unaudited)
and the Year Ended May 31, 2017
   November 30      May 31  
Operations:                  

Net investment income

   $ 22,950,110      $ 37,487,832  

Net realized gain

     27,373,006        13,929,428  

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (953,930)        34,288,683  

Increase in Net Assets From Operations

     49,369,186        85,705,943  
Distributions to Shareholders From (Notes 1 and 6):                  

Net investment income

     (31,379,126)        (33,919,291)  

Decrease in Net Assets From Distributions to Shareholders

     (31,379,126)        (33,919,291)  
Fund Share Transactions (Note 7):                  

Net proceeds from sale of shares

     459,766,934        469,139,321  

Reinvestment of distributions

     28,091,187        28,891,634  

Cost of shares repurchased

     (265,778,651)        (415,638,891)  

Increase in Net Assets From Fund Share Transactions

     222,079,470        82,392,064  

Increase in Net Assets

     240,069,530        134,178,716  
Net Assets:                  

Beginning of period

     1,288,840,682        1,154,661,966  

End of period*

   $ 1,528,910,212      $ 1,288,840,682  

*Includes overdistributed net investment income of:

     $(9,327,977)        $(898,961)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Financial highlights

 

For a share of each class of capital stock outstanding throughout each year ended May 31,
unless otherwise noted:
 
Class A Shares1   20172     2017     2016     2015     20143     20134     20125  
Net asset value, beginning of period     $10.59       $10.14       $10.49       $10.74       $10.55       $10.64       $10.35  
Income (loss) from operations:              

Net investment income

    0.15       0.31       0.31       0.31       0.12       0.19       0.09  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.22       0.42       (0.36)       (0.20)       0.18       (0.10)       0.33  

Total income (loss) from operations

    0.37       0.73       (0.05)       0.11       0.30       0.09       0.42  
Less distributions from:              

Net investment income

    (0.22)       (0.28)       (0.23)       (0.36)       (0.11)       (0.18)       (0.13)  

Return of capital

                (0.07)                          

Total distributions

    (0.22)       (0.28)       (0.30)       (0.36)       (0.11)       (0.18)       (0.13)  
Net asset value, end of period     $10.74       $10.59       $10.14       $10.49       $10.74       $10.55       $10.64  

Total return6

    3.48     7.24     (0.41)     1.03     2.86     0.87     4.12
Net assets, end of period (000s)     $30,962       $165,033       $226,970       $54,767       $27,436       $22,877       $2,546  
Ratios to average net assets:              

Gross expenses

    1.35 %7      1.30 %8      1.40     1.18 %8      1.14 %7      1.17 %8      1.19 %7 

Net expenses9

    1.10 7,10      1.23 8,10      1.25 10      1.18 8      1.14 7,10      1.17 8,10      1.16 7,10 

Net investment income

    2.84 7      2.96       3.06       2.92       2.76 7      1.80       1.38 7 
Portfolio turnover rate11     29     56     59     62     48     65     85

 

1 

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

 

2 

For the six months ended November 30, 2017 (unaudited).

 

3 

For the period January 1, 2014 through May 31, 2014.

 

4 

For the year ended December 31.

 

5 

For the period April 30, 2012 (inception date) to December 31, 2012.

 

6 

Performance figures, exclusive of sales charges, 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.

 

7 

Annualized.

 

8 

Reflects recapture of expenses waived/reimbursed from prior fiscal years.

 

9 

As a result of an expense limitation arrangement, effective March 31, 2017, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses, other than interest, brokerage commissions, taxes, extraordinary expenses, deferred organizational expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses, to average net assets of Class A shares did not exceed 1.10%. This expense limitation arrangement cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2019 without the Board of Directors’ consent. Prior to March 31, 2017, as a result of an expense limitation arrangement, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses to average net assets of Class A shares did not exceed 1.25%.

 

10 

Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

11 

Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 38% for the six months ended November 30, 2017, 70%, 71% and 64% for the years ended May 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively, 60% for the period ended May 31, 2014, 178% for the year ended December 31, 2013 and 132% for the period ended December 31, 2012.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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For a share of each class of capital stock outstanding throughout each year ended May 31,
unless otherwise noted:
 
Class A2 Shares1   20172     2017     2016     2015     20143  
Net asset value, beginning of period     $10.59       $10.13       $10.49       $10.74       $10.71  
Income (loss) from operations:          

Net investment income

    0.15       0.29       0.29       0.28       0.02  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.21       0.42       (0.37)       (0.19)       0.03  

Total income (loss) from operations

    0.36       0.71       (0.08)       0.09       0.05  
Less distributions from:          

Net investment income

    (0.21)       (0.25)       (0.21)       (0.34)       (0.02)  

Return of capital

                (0.07)              

Total distributions

    (0.21)       (0.25)       (0.28)       (0.34)       (0.02)  
Net asset value, end of period     $10.74       $10.59       $10.13       $10.49       $10.74  

Total return4

    3.44     7.14     (0.64)     0.90     0.40
Net assets, end of period (000s)     $1,353       $1,351       $1,172       $1,062       $10  
Ratios to average net assets:          

Gross expenses

    1.32 %5,6      1.44 %6      1.54     1.41     1.32 %5 

Net expenses7

    1.18 5,6,8      1.40 6,8      1.45 8      1.41       1.32 5 

Net investment income

    2.86 5      2.78       2.86       2.69       2.83 5 
Portfolio turnover rate9     29     56     59     62     48 %10 

 

1 

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

 

2 

For the six months ended November 30, 2017 (unaudited).

 

3 

For the period May 1, 2014 (inception date) to May 31, 2014.

 

4 

Performance figures, exclusive of sales charges, 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 

Annualized.

 

6 

Reflects recapture of expenses waived/reimbursed from prior fiscal years.

 

7 

As a result of an expense limitation arrangement, effective March 31, 2017, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses, other than interest, brokerage commissions, taxes, extraordinary expenses, deferred organizational expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses, to average net assets of Class A2 shares did not exceed 1.30%. This expense limitation arrangement cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2019 without the Board of Directors’ consent. Prior to March 31, 2017, as a result of an expense limitation arrangement, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses to average net assets of Class A2 shares did not exceed 1.45%.

 

8 

Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

9 

Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 38% for the six months ended November 30, 2017, 70%, 71% and 64% for the years ended May 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and 60% for the period ended May 31, 2014.

 

10 

For the five months ended May 31, 2014.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Financial highlights (cont’d)

 

For a share of each class of capital stock outstanding throughout each year ended May 31,
unless otherwise noted:
 
Class C Shares1   20172     2017     2016     2015     20143     20134     20125  
Net asset value, beginning of period     $10.59       $10.14       $10.49       $10.74       $10.55       $10.64       $10.35  
Income (loss) from operations:              

Net investment income

    0.12       0.24       0.25       0.23       0.08       0.10       0.06  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.21       0.42       (0.36)       (0.20)       0.18       (0.09)       0.31  

Total income (loss) from operations

    0.33       0.66       (0.11)       0.03       0.26       0.01       0.37  
Less distributions from:              

Net investment income

    (0.18)       (0.21)       (0.18)       (0.28)       (0.07)       (0.10)       (0.08)  

Return of capital

                (0.06)                          

Total distributions

    (0.18)       (0.21)       (0.24)       (0.28)       (0.07)       (0.10)       (0.08)  
Net asset value, end of period     $10.74       $10.59       $10.14       $10.49       $10.74       $10.55       $10.64  

Total return6

    3.16     6.56     (1.07)     0.37     2.39     0.05     3.58
Net assets, end of period (000s)     $17,031       $17,250       $17,034       $19,606       $6,379       $4,946       $141  
Ratios to average net assets:              

Gross expenses

    1.87 %7      1.88     1.88     1.91 %8      2.01 %7,8      2.03 %8      2.10 %7 

Net expenses9

    1.73 7,10      1.85 10      1.88       1.91 8      2.00 7,8,10      1.99 8,10      1.91 7,10 

Net investment income

    2.31 7      2.33       2.42       2.18       1.88 7      0.94       0.87 7 
Portfolio turnover rate11     29     56     59     62     48     65     85

 

1 

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

 

2 

For the six months ended November 30, 2017 (unaudited).

 

3 

For the period January 1, 2014 through May 31, 2014.

 

4 

For the year ended December 31.

 

5 

For the period April 30, 2012 (inception date) to December 31, 2012.

 

6 

Performance figures, exclusive of CDSC, 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.

 

7 

Annualized.

 

8 

Reflects recapture of expenses waived/reimbursed from prior fiscal years.

 

9 

As a result of an expense limitation arrangement, effective March 31, 2017, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses, other than interest, brokerage commissions, taxes, extraordinary expenses, deferred organizational expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses, to average net assets of Class C shares did not exceed 1.80%. This expense limitation arrangement cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2019 without the Board of Directors’ consent. Prior to March 31, 2017, as a result of an expense limitation arrangement, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses to average net assets of Class C shares did not exceed 2.00%.

 

10 

Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

11 

Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 38% for the six months ended November 30, 2017, 70%, 71% and 64% for the years ended May 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively, 60% for the period ended May 31, 2014, 178% for the year ended December 31, 2013 and 132% for the period ended December 31, 2012.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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For a share of each class of capital stock outstanding throughout each year ended May 31,
unless otherwise noted:
 
Class FI Shares1   20172     2017     2016     2015     20143     20134     20124  
Net asset value, beginning of period     $10.58       $10.13       $10.48       $10.73       $10.54       $10.63       $10.13  
Income (loss) from operations:              

Net investment income

    0.16       0.32       0.32       0.31       0.12       0.19       0.20  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.21       0.41       (0.36)       (0.20)       0.18       (0.09)       0.53  

Total income (loss) from operations

    0.37       0.73       (0.04)       0.11       0.30       0.10       0.73  
Less distributions from:              

Net investment income

    (0.22)       (0.28)       (0.23)       (0.36)       (0.11)       (0.19)       (0.23)  

Return of capital

                (0.08)                          

Total distributions

    (0.22)       (0.28)       (0.31)       (0.36)       (0.11)       (0.19)       (0.23)  
Net asset value, end of period     $10.73       $10.58       $10.13       $10.48       $10.73       $10.54       $10.63  

Total return5

    3.53     7.33     (0.36)     1.02     2.85     0.91     7.29
Net assets, end of period (000s)     $173,820       $175,304       $195,266       $226,485       $239,318       $210,594       $12,307  
Ratios to average net assets:              

Gross expenses

    1.16 %6      1.16     1.16     1.18 %7      1.17 %6,7      1.18 %7      1.20

Net expenses8

    1.02 6,9      1.14 9      1.16       1.18 7,9      1.16 6,7,9      1.14 7,9      1.10 9 

Net investment income

    3.02 6      3.05       3.15       2.91       2.73 6      1.80       1.87  
Portfolio turnover rate10     29     56     59     62     48     65     85

 

1 

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

 

2 

For the six months ended November 30, 2017 (unaudited).

 

3 

For the period January 1, 2014 through May 31, 2014.

 

4 

For the year ended December 31.

 

5 

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.

 

6 

Annualized.

 

7 

Reflects recapture of expenses waived/reimbursed from prior fiscal years.

 

8 

As a result of an expense limitation arrangement, effective March 31, 2017, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses, other than interest, brokerage commissions, taxes, extraordinary expenses, deferred organizational expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses, to average net assets of Class FI shares did not exceed 1.10%. This expense limitation arrangement cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2019 without the Board of Directors’ consent. Prior to March 31, 2017, as a result of an expense limitation arrangement, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses to average net assets of Class FI shares did not exceed 1.20%. Prior to May 1, 2014, the manager voluntarily waived fees and/or reimbursed operating expenses so that total annual fund operating expenses did not exceed 1.15%. Prior to May 1, 2012, as a result of expense limitation arrangement, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses to average net assets of Class FI shares did not exceed 1.05%.

 

9 

Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

10 

Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 38% for the six months ended November 30, 2017, 70%, 71% and 64% for the years ended May 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively, 60% for the period ended May 31, 2014, 178% and 132% for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Financial highlights (cont’d)

 

For a share of each class of capital stock outstanding throughout each year ended May 31,
unless otherwise noted:
 
Class R Shares1   20172     2017     2016     2015     20143     20134     20125  
Net asset value, beginning of period     $10.59       $10.14       $10.50       $10.74       $10.55       $10.64       $10.35  
Income (loss) from operations:              

Net investment income

    0.15       0.30       0.29       0.28       0.10       0.15       0.11  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.21       0.41       (0.37)       (0.19)       0.18       (0.09)       0.29  

Total income (loss) from operations

    0.36       0.71       (0.08)       0.09       0.28       0.06       0.40  
Less distributions from:              

Net investment income

    (0.21)       (0.26)       (0.21)       (0.33)       (0.09)       (0.15)       (0.11)  

Return of capital

                (0.07)                          

Total distributions

    (0.21)       (0.26)       (0.28)       (0.33)       (0.09)       (0.15)       (0.11)  
Net asset value, end of period     $10.74       $10.59       $10.14       $10.50       $10.74       $10.55       $10.64  

Total return6

    3.37     7.10     (0.72)     0.83     2.70     0.54     3.91
Net assets, end of period (000s)     $245       $335       $568       $586       $11       $10       $10  
Ratios to average net assets:              

Gross expenses

    1.47 %7      1.37     1.42     1.47 %8      1.57 %7      1.65 %8      1.58 %7 

Net expenses9

    1.34 7,10      1.35 10      1.42       1.47 8      1.50 7,10      1.50 8,10      1.50 7,10 

Net investment income

    2.71 7      2.86       2.89       2.71       2.35 7      1.41       1.60 7 
Portfolio turnover rate11     29     56     59     62     48     65     85

 

1 

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

 

2 

For the six months ended November 30, 2017 (unaudited).

 

3 

For the period January 1, 2014 through May 31, 2014.

 

4 

For the year ended December 31.

 

5 

For the period April 30, 2012 (inception date) to December 31, 2012.

 

6 

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.

 

7 

Annualized.

 

8 

Reflects recapture of expenses waived/reimbursed from prior fiscal years.

 

9 

As a result of an expense limitation arrangement, effective March 31, 2017, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses, other than interest, brokerage commissions, taxes, extraordinary expenses, deferred organizational expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses, to average net assets of Class R shares did not exceed 1.35%. This expense limitation arrangement cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2019 without the Board of Directors’ consent. Prior to March 31, 2017, as a result of an expense limitation arrangement, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses to average net assets of Class R shares did not exceed 1.50%.

 

10 

Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

11 

Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 38% for the six months ended November 30, 2017, 70%, 71% and 64% for the years ended May 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively, 60% for the period ended May 31, 2014, 178% for the year ended December 31, 2013 and 132% for the period ended December 31, 2012.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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For a share of each class of capital stock outstanding throughout each year ended May 31,
unless otherwise noted:
 
Class I Shares1   20172     2017     2016     2015     20143     20134     20124  
Net asset value, beginning of period     $10.59       $10.14       $10.49       $10.74       $10.55       $10.64       $10.14  
Income (loss) from operations:              

Net investment income

    0.18       0.34       0.35       0.33       0.13       0.22       0.26  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.21       0.42       (0.36)       (0.19)       0.18       (0.10)       0.50  

Total income (loss) from operations

    0.39       0.76       (0.01)       0.14       0.31       0.12       0.76  
Less distributions from:              

Net investment income

    (0.24)       (0.31)       (0.25)       (0.39)       (0.12)       (0.21)       (0.26)  

Return of capital

                (0.09)                          

Total distributions

    (0.24)       (0.31)       (0.34)       (0.39)       (0.12)       (0.21)       (0.26)  
Net asset value, end of period     $10.74       $10.59       $10.14       $10.49       $10.74       $10.55       $10.64  

Total return5

    3.67     7.61     (0.11)     1.30     2.97     1.18     7.53
Net assets, end of period (000s)     $1,186,935       $835,217       $596,663       $534,868       $297,301       $245,613       $163,240  
Ratios to average net assets:              

Gross expenses

    0.91 %6      0.91     0.91     0.91 %7      0.87 %6,7      0.89     0.90

Net expenses8

    0.75 6,9      0.88 9      0.91       0.91 7      0.87 6,7,9      0.87 9      0.84 9 

Net investment income

    3.31 6      3.29       3.40       3.16       3.02 6      2.06       2.46  
Portfolio turnover rate10     29     56     59     62     48     65     85

 

1 

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

 

2 

For the six months ended November 30, 2017 (unaudited).

 

3 

For the period January 1, 2014 through May 31, 2014.

 

4 

For the year ended December 31.

 

5 

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.

 

6 

Annualized.

 

7 

Reflects recapture of expenses waived/reimbursed from prior fiscal years.

 

8 

As a result of an expense limitation arrangement, effective March 31, 2017, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses, other than interest, brokerage commissions, taxes, extraordinary expenses, deferred organizational expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses, to average net assets of Class I shares did not exceed 0.75%. This expense limitation arrangement cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2019 without the Board of Directors’ consent. Prior to March 31, 2017, as a result of an expense limitation arrangement, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses to average net assets of Class I did not exceed 0.95%. Prior to May 1, 2014, the manager voluntarily waived fees and/or reimbursed operating expenses so that total annual fund operating expenses did not exceed 0.90%. Prior to May 1, 2012, as a result of expense limitation arrangement, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses to average net assets of Class I shares did not exceed 0.80%.

 

9 

Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

10 

Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 38% for the six months ended November 30, 2017, 70%, 71% and 64% for the years ended May 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively, 60% for the period ended May 31, 2014, 178% and 132% for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Financial highlights (cont’d)

 

For a share of each class of capital stock outstanding throughout each year ended May 31,
unless otherwise noted:
 
Class IS Shares1   20172     2017     2016     2015     20143     20134     20124  
Net asset value, beginning of period     $10.57       $10.12       $10.48       $10.73       $10.54       $10.63       $10.13  
Income (loss) from operations:              

Net investment income

    0.18       0.35       0.36       0.35       0.13       0.22       0.26  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.22       0.42       (0.37)       (0.20)       0.18       (0.09)       0.50  

Total income (loss) from operations

    0.40       0.77       (0.01)       0.15       0.31       0.13       0.76  
Less distributions from:              

Net investment income

    (0.24)       (0.32)       (0.26)       (0.40)       (0.12)       (0.22)       (0.26)  

Return of capital

                (0.09)                          

Total distributions

    (0.24)       (0.32)       (0.35)       (0.40)       (0.12)       (0.22)       (0.26)  
Net asset value, end of period     $10.73       $10.57       $10.12       $10.48       $10.73       $10.54       $10.63  

Total return5

    3.82     7.73     (0.10)     1.40     2.99     1.22     7.55
Net assets, end of period (000s)     $118,565       $94,352       $116,990       $278,387       $276,902       $249,022       $208,054  
Ratios to average net assets:              

Gross expenses

    0.79 %6      0.80     0.80     0.81 %7      0.82 %6,7      0.83 %7      0.85

Net expenses8

    0.65 6,9      0.78 9      0.80       0.81 7      0.82 6,7,9      0.83 7,9      0.82 9 

Net investment income

    3.41 6      3.41       3.51       3.28       3.06 6      2.09       2.50  
Portfolio turnover rate10     29     56     59     62     48     65     85

 

1 

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

 

2 

For the six months ended November 30, 2017 (unaudited).

 

3 

For the period January 1, 2014 through May 31, 2014.

 

4 

For the year ended December 31.

 

5 

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.

 

6 

Annualized.

 

7 

Reflects recapture of expenses waived/reimbursed from prior fiscal years.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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8 

As a result of an expense limitation arrangement, effective March 31, 2017, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses, other than interest, brokerage commissions, taxes, extraordinary expenses, deferred organizational expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses, to average net assets of Class IS shares did not exceed 0.65%. In addition, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses for Class IS shares did not exceed the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses for Class I shares. These expense limitation arrangements cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2019 without the Board of Directors’ consent. Prior to March 31, 2017, as a result of an expense limitation arrangement, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses to average net assets of Class IS shares did not exceed 0.85%. In addition, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses for Class IS shares did not exceed the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses for Class I shares. Prior to May 1, 2014, the manager voluntarily waived fees and/or reimbursed operating expenses so that total annual fund operating expenses did not exceed 0.85%. Prior to May 1, 2012, as a result of expense limitation arrangement, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses to average net assets of Class IS shares did not exceed 0.80%.

 

9 

Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

10 

Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 38% for the six months ended November 30, 2017, 70%, 71% and 64% for the years ended May 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively, 60% for the period ended May 31, 2014, 178% and 132% for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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1. Organization and significant accounting policies

Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Fund (the “Fund”) is a separate diversified investment series of Western Asset Funds, Inc. (the “Corporation”). The Corporation, a Maryland corporation, is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company.

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. Investments in open-end funds are valued at the closing net asset value per share of each fund on the day of valuation. 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.

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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:

 

 

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

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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†:                                

U.S. government & agency obligations

        $ 369,503,730           $ 369,503,730  

Asset-backed securities

          78,637,067             78,637,067  

Collateralized mortgage obligations

          153,213,978     $ 5,718,886       158,932,864  

Corporate bonds & notes:

                               

Financials

          84,218,526       0     84,218,526  

Industrials

          9,293,414       6,908       9,300,322  

Other corporate bonds & notes

          248,690,688             248,690,688  

Mortgage-backed securities

          36,763,964             36,763,964  

Municipal bonds

          5,597,420             5,597,420  

Non-U.S. Treasury inflation protected securities

          49,581,307             49,581,307  

Senior loans:

                               

Industrials

          20,278,946       1,222,887       21,501,833  

Information technology

          8,890,004       3,026,931       11,916,935  

Other senior loans

          99,657,902             99,657,902  

Sovereign bonds

          140,118,059             140,118,059  

U.S. Treasury inflation protected securities

          38,532,783             38,532,783  

Preferred stocks

  $ 1,234,144                   1,234,144  

Purchased options:

                               

Exchange-traded purchased options

    751,141                   751,141  

OTC purchased options

          199,128             199,128  
Total long-term investments     1,985,285       1,343,176,916       9,975,612       1,355,137,813  
Short-term investments†           185,459,166             185,459,166  
Total investments   $ 1,985,285     $ 1,528,636,082     $ 9,975,612     $ 1,540,596,979  
Other financial instruments:                                

Futures contracts

    5,440,404                   5,440,404  

Forward foreign currency contracts

          1,148,958             1,148,958  

Centrally cleared interest rate swaps

          2,941,331             2,941,331  
Total other financial instruments   $ 5,440,404     $ 4,090,289           $ 9,530,693  
Total   $ 7,425,689     $ 1,532,726,371     $ 9,975,612     $ 1,550,127,672  

 

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

Written options:

                               

Exchange-traded written options

  $ 1,127,531                 $ 1,127,531  

OTC written options

        $ 151,129             151,129  

Futures contracts

    4,038,388                   4,038,388  

Forward foreign currency contracts

          2,570,472             2,570,472  

Centrally cleared credit default swaps on credit indices — buy protection

          439,436             439,436  

Centrally cleared interest rate swaps

          1,630,262             1,630,262  

OTC credit default swaps on sovereign issues — buy protection‡

          238,282             238,282  
Total   $ 5,165,919     $ 5,029,581           $ 10,195,500  

 

See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

 

* Amount represents less than $1.

 

Value includes any premium paid or received with respect to swap contracts.

(b) Repurchase agreements. The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements with institutions that its subadviser 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.

(c) Inflation-indexed bonds. Inflation-indexed bonds are fixed-income securities whose principal value or interest rate is periodically adjusted according to the rate of inflation. As the index measuring inflation changes, the principal value or interest rate of inflation-indexed bonds will be adjusted accordingly. Inflation adjustments to the principal amount of inflation-indexed bonds are reflected as an increase or decrease to investment income on the Statement of Operations. Repayment of the original bond principal upon maturity (as adjusted for inflation) is guaranteed in the case of U.S. Treasury inflation-indexed bonds.

 

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For bonds that do not provide a similar guarantee, the adjusted principal value of the bond repaid at maturity may be less than the original principal.

(d) Loan participations. The Fund may invest in loans arranged through private negotiation between one or more financial institutions. The Fund’s investment in any such loan may be in the form of a participation in or an assignment of the loan. In connection with purchasing participations, the Fund generally will have no right to enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of the loan agreement related to the loan, or any rights of off-set against the borrower and the Fund may not benefit directly from any collateral supporting the loan in which it has purchased the participation.

The Fund assumes the credit risk of the borrower, the lender that is selling the participation and any other persons interpositioned between the Fund and the borrower. In the event of the insolvency of the lender selling the participation, the Fund may be treated as a general creditor of the lender and may not benefit from any off-set between the lender and the borrower.

(e) Unfunded loan commitments. The Fund may enter into certain credit agreements where all or a portion of which may be unfunded. The Fund is obligated to fund these commitments at the borrower’s discretion. The commitments are disclosed in the accompanying Schedule of Investments. At November 30, 2017, the Fund had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover these commitments.

(f) Forward foreign currency contracts. The Fund enters into a forward foreign currency contract to hedge exposure of bond positions or in an attempt to increase the Fund’s return. A forward foreign currency contract is an agreement between two parties to buy and sell a currency at a set price with delivery and settlement at a future date. The contract is marked-to-market daily and the change in value is recorded by the Fund as an unrealized gain or loss. When a forward foreign currency contract is closed, through either delivery or offset by entering into another forward foreign currency contract, the Fund recognizes a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value of the contract at the time it is closed.

Non-deliverable forward foreign currency exchange contracts are settled with the counterparty in cash without the delivery of foreign currency.

Forward foreign currency contracts involve elements of market risk in excess of the amounts reflected on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The Fund bears the risk of an unfavorable change in the foreign exchange rate underlying the forward foreign currency contract. Risks may also arise upon entering into these contracts from the potential inability of the counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts.

(g) Purchased options. When the Fund purchases an option, an amount equal to the premium paid by the Fund is recorded as an investment on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, the value of which is marked-to-market to reflect the current market value of the option purchased. If the purchased option expires, the Fund realizes a loss equal to the

 

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amount of premium paid. When an instrument is purchased or sold through the exercise of an option, the related premium paid is added to the basis of the instrument acquired or deducted from the proceeds of the instrument sold. The risk associated with purchasing put and call options is limited to the premium paid.

(h) Written options. When the Fund writes an option, an amount equal to the premium received by the Fund is recorded as a liability, the value of which is marked-to-market daily to reflect the current market value of the option written. If the option expires, the premium received is recorded as a realized gain. When a written call option is exercised, the difference between the premium received plus the option exercise price and the Fund’s basis in the underlying security (in the case of a covered written call option), or the cost to purchase the underlying security (in the case of an uncovered written call option), including brokerage commission, is recognized as a realized gain or loss. When a written put option is exercised, the amount of the premium received is subtracted from the cost of the security purchased by the Fund from the exercise of the written put option to form the Fund’s basis in the underlying security purchased. The writer or buyer of an option traded on an exchange can liquidate the position before the exercise of the option by entering into a closing transaction. The cost of a closing transaction is deducted from the original premium received resulting in a realized gain or loss to the Fund.

The risk in writing a covered call option is that the Fund may forego the opportunity of profit if the market price of the underlying security increases and the option is exercised. The risk in writing a put option is that the Fund may incur a loss if the market price of the underlying security decreases and the option is exercised. The risk in writing an uncovered call option is that the Fund is exposed to the risk of loss if the market price of the underlying security increases. 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.

(i) 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. 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.

 

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(j) Options on futures contracts. An option on a futures contract gives the purchaser the right, in return for the premium paid, to assume a position in the underlying futures contract at the specified option exercise price at any time prior to the expiration date of the option. Upon exercise of an option, the delivery of the futures position by the writer of the option to the holder of the option will be accompanied by delivery of the accumulated balance in the writer’s futures margin account that represents the amount by which the market price of the futures contract exceeds (in the case of a call) or is less than (in the case of a put) the exercise price of the option on the futures contract. The potential for loss related to the purchase of an option on a futures contract is limited to the premium paid for the option plus transaction costs. Because the value of the option is fixed at the point of purchase, there are no daily cash payments by the purchaser to reflect changes in the value of the underlying contract; however, the value of the option changes daily and that change would be reflected in the net asset value of the Fund. The potential for loss related to writing call options is unlimited. The potential for loss related to writing put options is limited only by the aggregate strike price of the put option less the premium received.

(k) Swap agreements. The Fund invests in swaps for the purpose of managing its exposure to interest rate, credit or market risk, or for other purposes. The use of swaps involves risks that are different from those associated with other portfolio transactions. Swap agreements are privately negotiated in the over-the-counter market and may be entered into as a bilateral contract (“OTC Swaps”) or centrally cleared (“Centrally Cleared Swaps”). Unlike Centrally Cleared Swaps, the Fund has credit exposure to the counterparties of OTC Swaps.

In a Centrally Cleared Swap, immediately following execution of the swap, the swap agreement is submitted to a clearinghouse or central counterparty (the “CCP”) and the CCP becomes the ultimate counterparty of the swap agreement. The Fund is required to interface with the CCP through a broker, acting in an agency capacity. All payments are settled with the CCP through the broker. Upon entering into a Centrally Cleared Swap, the Fund is required to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities.

Swap contracts are marked-to-market daily and changes in value are recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation). The daily change in valuation of Centrally Cleared Swaps, if any, is recorded as a receivable or payable for variation margin on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Gains or losses are realized upon termination of the swap agreement. Collateral, in the form of restricted cash or securities, may be required to be held in segregated accounts with the Fund’s custodian in compliance with the terms of the swap contracts. Securities posted as collateral for swap contracts are identified in the Schedule of Investments and restricted cash, if any, is identified on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Risks may exceed amounts recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. These risks include changes in the returns of the underlying instruments, failure of the counterparties to perform under the contracts’ terms, and the possible lack of liquidity with respect to the swap agreements.

 

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OTC swap payments received or made at the beginning of the measurement period are reflected as a premium or deposit, respectively, on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. These upfront payments are amortized over the life of the swap and are recognized as realized gain or loss in the Statement of Operations. Net periodic payments received or paid by the Fund are recognized as a realized gain or loss in the Statement of Operations.

The Fund’s maximum exposure in the event of a defined credit event on a credit default swap to sell protection is the notional amount. As of November 30, 2017, the Fund did not hold any credit default swaps to sell protection.

For average notional amounts of swaps held during the six months ended November 30, 2017, see Note 4.

Credit default swaps

The Fund enters into credit default swap (“CDS”) contracts for investment purposes, to manage its credit risk or to add leverage. CDS agreements involve one party making a stream of payments to another party in exchange for the right to receive a specified return in the event of a default by a third party, typically corporate or sovereign issuers, on a specified obligation, or in the event of a write-down, principal shortfall, interest shortfall or default of all or part of the referenced entities comprising a credit index. The Fund may use a CDS to provide protection against defaults of the issuers (i.e., to reduce risk where the Fund has exposure to an issuer) or to take an active long or short position with respect to the likelihood of a particular issuer’s default. As a seller of protection, the Fund generally receives an upfront payment or a stream of payments throughout the term of the swap provided that there is no credit event. If the Fund is a seller of protection and a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement, the maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) that the Fund could be required to make under a credit default swap agreement would be an amount equal to the notional amount of the agreement. These amounts of potential payments will be partially offset by any recovery of values from the respective referenced obligations. As a seller of protection, the Fund effectively adds leverage to its portfolio because, in addition to its total net assets, the Fund is subject to investment exposure on the notional amount of the swap. As a buyer of protection, the Fund generally receives an amount up to the notional value of the swap if a credit event occurs.

Implied spreads are the theoretical prices a lender receives for credit default protection. When spreads rise, market perceived credit risk rises and when spreads fall, market perceived credit risk falls. The implied credit spread of a particular referenced entity reflects the cost of buying/selling protection and may include upfront payments required to enter into the agreement. Wider credit spreads and decreasing market values, when compared to the notional amount of the swap, represent a deterioration of the referenced entity’s credit soundness and a greater likelihood or risk of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the agreement. Credit spreads utilized in determining the period end market value of credit default swap agreements on corporate or sovereign issues are disclosed in the Schedule of Investments and serve as an indicator of the current status of

 

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the payment/performance risk and represent the likelihood or risk of default for credit derivatives. For credit default swap agreements on asset-backed securities and credit indices, the quoted market prices and resulting values, particularly in relation to the notional amount of the contract as well as the annual payment rate, serve as an indication of the current status of the payment/performance risk.

The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty risk, as the protection buyer, is the fair value of the contract (this risk is mitigated by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty). As the protection seller, the Fund’s maximum risk is the notional amount of the contract. Credit default swaps are considered to have credit risk-related contingent features since they require payment by the protection seller to the protection buyer upon the occurrence of a defined credit event.

Entering into a CDS agreement involves, to varying degrees, elements of credit, market and documentation risk in excess of the related amounts recognized on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Such risks involve the possibility that there will be no liquid market for these agreements, that the counterparty to the agreement may default on its obligation to perform or disagree as to the meaning of the contractual terms in the agreement, and that there will be unfavorable changes in net interest rates.

Interest rate swaps

The Fund enters into interest rate swap contracts to manage its exposure to interest rate risk. Interest rate swaps are agreements between two parties to exchange cash flows based on a notional principal amount. The Fund may elect to pay a fixed rate and receive a floating rate, or receive a fixed rate and pay a floating rate, on a notional principal amount. Interest rate swaps are marked-to-market daily based upon quotations from market makers and the change, if any, is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss in the Statement of Operations. When a swap contract is terminated early, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the original cost and the settlement amount of the closing transaction.

The risks of interest rate swaps include changes in market conditions that will affect the value of the contract or changes in the present value of the future cash flow streams and the possible inability of the counterparty to fulfill its obligations under the agreement. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the discounted net value of the cash flows to be received from the counterparty over the contract’s remaining life, to the extent that amount is positive. This risk is mitigated by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty.

(l) Foreign currency translation. Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts based upon prevailing exchange rates on the date of valuation. Purchases and sales of investment securities and income and expense items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts based upon prevailing exchange rates on the respective dates of such transactions.

 

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The Fund does not isolate that portion of the results of operations resulting from fluctuations in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments.

Net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, including gains and losses on forward foreign currency contracts, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the values of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities, on the date of valuation, resulting from changes in exchange rates.

Foreign security and currency transactions may involve certain considerations and risks not typically associated with those of U.S. dollar denominated transactions as a result of, among other factors, the possibility of lower levels of governmental supervision and regulation of foreign securities markets and the possibility of political or economic instability.

(m) Stripped securities. The Fund may invest in ‘‘Stripped Securities,’’ a term used collectively for components, or strips, of fixed income securities. Stripped Securities can be principal only securities (“PO”), which are debt obligations that have been stripped of unmatured interest coupons, or interest only securities (“IO”), which are unmatured interest coupons that have been stripped from debt obligations. The market value of Stripped Securities will fluctuate in response to changes in economic conditions, rates of pre-payment, interest rates and the market’s perception of the securities. However, fluctuations in response to interest rates may be greater in Stripped Securities than for debt obligations of comparable maturities that pay interest currently. The amount of fluctuation may increase with a longer period of maturity.

The yield to maturity on IO’s is sensitive to the rate of principal repayments (including prepayments) on the related underlying debt obligation and principal payments may have a material effect on yield to maturity. If the underlying debt obligation experiences greater than anticipated prepayments of principal, the Fund may not fully recoup its initial investment in IO’s.

(n) Swaptions. The Fund may purchase or write swaption contracts to manage exposure to fluctuations in interest rates or to enhance yield. The Fund may also purchase and write swaption contracts to manage exposure to an underlying instrument. Swaption contracts written by the Fund represent an option that gives the purchaser the right, but not the obligation, to enter into a previously agreed upon swap contract at a future date. Swaption contracts purchased by the Fund represent an option that gives the Fund the right, but not the obligation, to enter into a previously agreed upon swap contract at a future date.

 

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When the Fund writes a swaption, an amount equal to the premium received by the Fund is recorded as a liability, the value of which is marked-to-market daily to reflect the current market value of the swaption written. If the swaption expires, the Fund realizes a gain equal to the amount of the premium received.

When the Fund purchases a swaption, an amount equal to the premium paid by the Fund is recorded as an investment on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, the value of which is marked-to-market daily to reflect the current market value of the swaption purchased. If the swaption expires, the Fund realizes a loss equal to the amount of the premium paid.

Swaptions are marked-to-market daily based upon quotations from market makers. Changes in the value of the swaption are reported as unrealized gains or losses in the Statement of Operations.

(o) Securities traded on a to-be-announced basis. The Fund may trade securities on a to-be-announced (“TBA”) basis. In a TBA transaction, the Fund commits to purchasing or selling securities which have not yet been issued by the issuer and for which specific information, such as the face amount, maturity date and underlying pool of investments in U.S. government agency mortgage pass-through securities, is not announced. Securities purchased on a TBA basis are not settled until they are delivered to the Fund. Beginning on the date the Fund enters into a TBA transaction, cash, U.S. government securities or other liquid high-grade debt obligations are segregated in an amount equal in value to the purchase price of the TBA security. These securities are subject to market fluctuations and their current value is determined in the same manner as for other securities.

(p) Mortgage dollar rolls. The Fund may enter into mortgage dollar rolls in which the Fund sells mortgage-backed securities for delivery in the current month, realizing a gain or loss, and simultaneously contracts to repurchase substantially similar (same type, coupon and maturity) securities to settle on a specified future date.

The Fund executes its mortgage dollar rolls entirely in the TBA market, whereby the Fund makes a forward commitment to purchase a security and, instead of accepting delivery, the position is offset by a sale of the security with a simultaneous agreement to repurchase at a future date. The Fund accounts for mortgage dollar rolls as purchases and sales.

The risk of entering into mortgage dollar rolls is that the market value of the securities the Fund is obligated to repurchase under the agreement may decline below the repurchase price. In the event the buyer of securities under a mortgage dollar roll files for bankruptcy or becomes insolvent, the Fund’s use of the proceeds of the mortgage dollar roll may be restricted pending a determination by the counterparty, or its trustee or receiver, whether to enforce the Fund’s obligation to repurchase the securities.

(q) Securities traded on a when-issued and delayed delivery basis. The Fund may trade securities on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis. In when-issued and delayed delivery transactions, the securities are purchased or sold by the Fund with

 

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payment and delivery taking place in the future in order to secure what is considered to be an advantageous price and yield to the Fund at the time of entering into the transaction.

Purchasing such securities involves risk of loss if the value of the securities declines prior to settlement. These securities are subject to market fluctuations and their current value is determined in the same manner as for other securities.

(r) Credit and market risk. Investments in securities that are collateralized by 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.

The Fund invests in high-yield and emerging market instruments that are subject to certain credit and market risks. The yields of high-yield and emerging market debt 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. The consequences of political, social, economic or diplomatic changes may have disruptive effects on the market prices of investments held by the Fund. The Fund’s investments in non-U.S. dollar denominated securities may also result in foreign currency losses caused by devaluations and exchange rate fluctuations.

(s) Foreign investment risks. The Fund’s investments in foreign securities may involve risks not present in domestic investments. Since securities may be denominated in foreign currencies, may require settlement in foreign currencies or pay interest or dividends in foreign currencies, changes in the relationship of these foreign currencies to the U.S. dollar can significantly affect the value of the investments and earnings of the Fund. Foreign investments may also subject the Fund to foreign government exchange restrictions, expropriation, taxation or other political, social or economic developments, all of which affect the market and/or credit risk of the investments.

(t) Counterparty risk and credit-risk-related contingent features of derivative instruments. The Fund may invest in certain securities or engage in other transactions, where the Fund is exposed to counterparty credit risk in addition to broader market risks. The Fund may invest in securities of issuers, which may also be considered counterparties as trading partners in other transactions. This may increase the risk of loss in the event of default or bankruptcy by the counterparty or if the counterparty otherwise fails to meet its contractual obligations. The Fund’s subadviser attempts to mitigate counterparty risk by (i) periodically assessing the creditworthiness of its trading partners, (ii) monitoring and/or limiting the amount of its net exposure to each individual counterparty based on its

 

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assessment and (iii) requiring collateral from the counterparty for certain transactions. Market events and changes in overall economic conditions may impact the assessment of such counterparty risk by the subadviser. In addition, declines in the values of underlying collateral received may expose the Fund to increased risk of loss.

With exchange traded and centrally cleared derivatives, there is less counterparty risk to the Fund since the exchange or clearinghouse, as counterparty to such instruments, guarantees against a possible default. The clearinghouse stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract; therefore, the credit risk is limited to failure of the clearinghouse. While offset rights may exist under applicable law, the Fund does not have a contractual right of offset against a clearing broker or clearinghouse in the event of a default of the clearing broker or clearinghouse.

The Fund has entered into master agreements, such as an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement, with certain of its derivative counterparties that govern over-the-counter derivatives and provide for general obligations, representations, agreements, collateral posting terms, netting provisions in the event of default or termination and credit related contingent features. The credit related contingent features include, but are not limited to, a percentage decrease in the Fund’s net assets or NAV over a specified period of time. If these credit related contingent features were triggered, the derivatives counterparty could terminate the positions and demand payment or require additional collateral.

Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instruments’ payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. However, absent an event of default by the counterparty or a termination of the agreement, the terms of the ISDA Master Agreements do not result in an offset of reported amounts of financial assets and financial liabilities in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities across transactions between the Fund and the applicable counterparty. The enforceability of the right to offset may vary by jurisdiction.

Collateral requirements differ by type of derivative. Collateral or margin requirements are set by the broker or exchange clearinghouse for exchange traded derivatives while collateral terms are contract specific for over-the-counter traded derivatives. Cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of the Fund under derivative contracts, if any, will be reported separately in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Securities pledged as collateral, if any, for the same purpose are noted in the Schedule of Investments.

As of November 30, 2017, the Fund held OTC written options, forward foreign currency contracts and OTC credit default swaps with credit related contingent features which had a liability position of $2,959,883. If a contingent feature in the master agreements would have been triggered, the Fund would have been required to pay this amount to its derivatives counterparties. As of November 30, 2017, the Fund had posted with its counterparties cash

 

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and/or securities as collateral to cover the net liability of these derivatives amounting to $840,000, which could be used to reduce the required payment.

At November 30, 2017, the Fund held collateral from Citibank N.A. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. in the amount of $30,790 and $61,643, respectively. These amounts could be used to reduce the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty in the event of default.

(u) Security transactions and investment income. Security transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Interest income (including interest income from payment-in-kind securities), adjusted for amortization of premium and accretion of discount, is recorded on the accrual basis. Paydown gains and losses on mortgage- and asset-backed securities are recorded as adjustments to interest income. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date for dividends received in cash and/or securities. Foreign dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon as practicable after the Fund determines the existence of a dividend declaration after exercising reasonable due diligence. 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.

(v) Distributions to shareholders. Distributions from net investment income of the Fund are declared each business day to shareholders of record and are paid monthly. 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.

(w) Share class accounting. Investment income, common expenses and realized/unrealized gains (losses) on investments are allocated to the various classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Fees relating to a specific class are charged directly to that share class.

(x) 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.

(y) 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 May 31, 2017, no provision for income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. The Fund’s federal and state income and

 

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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.

(z) 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

Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC (“LMPFA”) is the Fund’s investment manager. Western Asset Management Company (“Western Asset”), Western Asset Management Company Limited (“Western Asset Limited”), Western Asset Management Company Pte. Ltd. (“Western Singapore”) and Western Asset Management Company Ltd (“Western Japan”) are the Fund’s subadvisers. LMPFA, Western Asset, Western Asset Limited, Western Singapore and Western Japan are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Legg Mason, Inc. (“Legg Mason”).

LMPFA provides the Fund with management and administrative services for which the Fund pays a fee, calculated daily and paid monthly, at an annual rate of 0.75% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. For their services, LMPFA pays Western Asset, Western Asset Limited, Western Singapore and Western Japan monthly all of the management fee that it receives from the Fund.

As a result of expense limitation arrangements between the Fund and LMPFA, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses, other than interest, brokerage commissions, taxes, extraordinary expenses, deferred organizational expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses, to average net assets of Class A, Class A2, Class C, Class FI, Class R, Class I and Class IS shares did not exceed 1.10%, 1.30%, 1.80%, 1.10%, 1.35%, 0.75% and 0.65%, respectively. In addition, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses for Class IS shares did not exceed the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses for Class I shares. These expense limitation arrangements cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2019 without the Board of Directors’ consent.

During the six months ended November 30, 2017, fees waived and/or expenses reimbursed amounted to $1,137,105.

LMPFA is permitted to recapture amounts waived and/or reimbursed to a class within two years after the fiscal year in which LMPFA earned the fee or incurred the expense if the class’ total annual operating expenses have fallen to a level below the expense limitation (“expense cap”) in effect at the time the fees were earned or the expenses incurred. In no case will LMPFA recapture any amount that would result, on any particular business day of the Fund, in the class’ total annual operating expenses exceeding the expense cap or any other lower limit then in effect.

 

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Pursuant to these arrangements, at November 30, 2017, the Fund had remaining fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements subject to recapture by LMPFA and respective dates of expiration as follows:

 

     Class A     Class A2     Class C     Class FI     Class R     Class I     Class IS  
Expires May 31, 2018   $ 245,846     $ 285                                
Expires May 31, 2019     141,979       497     $ 4,382     $ 44,654     $ 84     $ 241,340     $ 23,307  
Expires May 31, 2020     140,799       930       11,844       120,348       172       788,224       74,640  
Fees waived/expense reimbursements subject to recapture   $ 528,624     $ 1,712     $ 16,226     $ 165,002     $ 256     $ 1,029,564     $ 97,947  

For the six months ended November 30, 2017, LMPFA recaptured $30 for Class A2 shares.

Legg Mason Investor Services, LLC (‘‘LMIS’’), a wholly-owned broker-dealer subsidiary of Legg Mason, serves as the Fund’s sole and exclusive distributor.

There is a maximum initial sales charge of 4.25% for Class A and Class A2 shares. There is a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00% on Class C shares, which applies if redemption occurs within 12 months from purchase payment. In certain cases, Class A and Class A2 shares have a 1.00% CDSC, which applies if redemption occurs within 18 months from purchase payment. This CDSC only applies to those purchases of Class A and Class A2 shares, which, when combined with current holdings of other shares of funds sold by LMIS, equal or exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate. These purchases do not incur an initial sales charge.

For the six months ended November 30, 2017, LMIS and its affiliates retained sales charges of $4,991 and $281 on sales of the Fund’s Class A and Class A2 shares, respectively. In addition, for the six months ended November 30, 2017, CDSCs paid to LMIS and its affiliates were:

 

        Class A        Class A2        Class C  
CDSCs                        $ 4,122  

All officers of the Corporation are employees of Legg Mason or its affiliates and do not receive compensation from the Corporation.

3. Investments

During the six months ended November 30, 2017, 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      $ 215,940,498        $ 395,441,784  
Sales        149,073,142          315,592,384  

 

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At November 30, 2017, the aggregate cost of investments and the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were substantially as follows:

 

      Cost/Premiums
Paid (Received)
     Gross
Unrealized
Appreciation
     Gross
Unrealized
Depreciation
     Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Securities    $ 1,525,627,014      $ 41,978,907      $ (27,008,942)      $ 14,969,965  
Swap contracts      (3,884,252)        2,941,331        (2,140,269)        801,062  
Written options      (1,788,424)        688,167        (178,403)        509,764  
Futures contracts             5,440,404        (4,038,388)        1,402,016  
Forwards foreign currency contracts             1,148,958        (2,570,472)        (1,421,514)  

4. Derivative instruments and hedging activities

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 November 30, 2017.

 

ASSET  DERIVATIVES1  
      Interest Rate
Risk
     Foreign
Exchange Risk
     Credit Risk      Total  
Purchased options2    $ 751,141      $ 135,690      $ 63,438      $ 950,269  
Futures contracts3      5,440,404                      5,440,404  
Centrally cleared swap contracts4      2,941,331                      2,941,331  
Forward foreign currency contracts             1,148,958               1,148,958  
Total    $ 9,132,876      $ 1,284,648      $ 63,438      $ 10,480,962  
LIABILITY  DERIVATIVES1  
      Interest Rate
Risk
     Foreign
Exchange Risk
     Credit Risk      Total  
Written options    $ 1,127,531      $ 117,935      $ 33,194      $ 1,278,660  
Futures contracts3      4,038,388                      4,038,388  
OTC swap contracts5                    238,282        238,282  
Centrally cleared swap contracts4      1,630,262               439,436        2,069,698  
Forward foreign currency contracts             2,570,472               2,570,472  
Total    $ 6,796,181      $ 2,688,407      $ 710,912      $ 10,195,500  

 

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 

Market value of purchased options is reported in Investments in unaffiliated securities at value in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

3 

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

 

4 

Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) of centrally cleared swap contracts as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only variation margin is reported within the receivables and/or payables on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

5 

Values include premiums paid (received) on swap contracts which are shown separately in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

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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 November 30, 2017. 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

     Foreign
Exchange Risk
     Credit Risk      Total  
Purchased options1    $ (10,748,877)      $ (347,700)             $ (11,096,577)  
Written options      6,564,950        120,737      $ 19,184        6,704,871  
Futures contracts      14,243,700                      14,243,700  
Swap contracts      4,380,498               (1,780,282)        2,600,216  
Forward foreign currency contracts             7,279,709               7,279,709  
Total    $ 14,440,271      $ 7,052,746      $ (1,761,098)      $ 19,731,919  

 

1 

Net realized gain (loss) from purchased options is reported in net realized gain (loss) from investment transactions in unaffiliated securities in the Statement of Operations.

 

CHANGE IN UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) ON DERIVATIVES RECOGNIZED  
      Interest Rate
Risk
     Foreign
Exchange Risk
     Credit Risk      Total  
Purchased options1    $ (893,766)      $ (24,159)      $ (8,585)      $ (926,510)  
Written options      369,153        101,969        19,647        490,769  
Futures contracts      1,369,711                      1,369,711  
Swap contracts      598,019               (337,484)        260,535  
Forward foreign currency contracts             (2,602,297)               (2,602,297)  
Total    $ 1,443,117      $ (2,524,487)      $ (326,422)      $ (1,407,792)  

 

1 

The change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from purchased options is reported in the change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from investments in unaffiliated securities in the Statement of Operations.

During the six months ended November 30, 2017, the volume of derivative activity for the Fund was as follows:

 

        Average Market
Value
 
Purchased options      $ 2,112,315  
Written options        1,520,671  
Futures contracts (to buy)        601,826,610  
Futures contracts (to sell)        1,529,537,370  
Forward foreign currency contracts (to buy)        175,773,825  
Forward foreign currency contracts (to sell)        177,037,449  

 

        Average Notional
Balance
 
Interest rate swap contracts      $ 1,004,982,814  
Credit default swap contracts (to buy protection)        97,715,429  

 

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The following table presents the Fund’s OTC derivative assets and liabilities by counterparty net of amounts available for offset under an ISDA Master Agreement and net of the related collateral pledged (received) by the Fund as of November 30, 2017.

 

Counterparty   Gross Assets
Subject to
Master
Agreements1
    Gross Liabilities
Subject to
Master
Agreements1
    Net Assets
(Liabilities) Subject
to Master
Agreements
    Collateral
Pledged
(Received)2,3
    Net Amount4,5  
Barclays Bank PLC   $ 336,598     $ (1,401,963)     $ (1,065,365)     $ 180,000     $ (885,365)  
Citibank N.A.     373,203       (375,255)       (2,052)       (30,790)       (32,842)  
JPMorgan Chase & Co.     162,444       (485,432)       (322,988)             (322,988)  
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.     66,909       (22,926)       43,983       (61,643)       (17,660)  

Morgan Stanley and Co. Inc.

          (101,006)       (101,006)       120,000       18,994  
Bank of America N.A.     408,932       (573,301)       (164,369)       540,000       375,631  
Total   $ 1,348,086     $ (2,959,883)     $ (1,611,797)     $ 747,567     $ (864,230)  

 

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.

 

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 

Represents the net amount receivable (payable) from (to) the counterparty in the event of default.

 

5 

Net amount may also include forward foreign currency exchange contracts that are not required to be collateralized.

5. Class specific expenses, waivers and/or expense reimbursements

The Fund has adopted a Rule 12b-1 shareholder services and distribution plan and under that plan the Fund pays service and/or distribution fees with respect to its Class A, Class A2, Class C, Class FI and Class R shares calculated at the annual rate of 0.25%, 0.25%, 1.00%, 0.25% and 0.50% of the average daily net assets of each class, respectively. Service and/or distribution fees are accrued daily and paid monthly.

For the six months ended November 30, 2017, class specific expenses were as follows:

 

        Service and/or
Distribution Fees
       Transfer Agent
Fees
 
Class A      $ 140,190        $ 173,686  
Class A2        1,741          1,878  
Class C        86,447          6,452  
Class FI        221,089 †         100,211  
Class R        638          231  
Class I                 570,970  
Class IS                 701  
Total      $ 450,105        $ 854,129  

 

Amount shown is exclusive of expense reimbursements. For the six months ended November 30, 2017, the service and/or distribution fees reimbursed amounted to $148 for Class FI shares.

 

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For the six months ended November 30, 2017, waivers and/or expense reimbursements by class were as follows:

 

        Waivers/Expense
Reimbursements
 
Class A      $ 140,799  
Class A2        930  
Class C        11,844  
Class FI        120,496  
Class R        172  
Class I        788,224  
Class IS        74,640  
Total      $ 1,137,105  

6. Distributions to shareholders by class

 

        Six Months Ended
November 30, 2017
       Year Ended
May 31, 2017
 
Net Investment Income:                      
Class A      $ 1,707,946        $ 5,458,015  
Class A2        27,143          30,130  
Class C        292,755          338,615  
Class FI        3,623,849          5,080,837  
Class R        4,798          12,853  
Class I        23,288,520          20,078,842  
Class IS        2,434,115          2,919,999  
Total      $ 31,379,126        $ 33,919,291  

7. Capital shares

At November 30, 2017, the Corporation had 42.7 billion shares of capital stock authorized with a par value of $0.001 per share.

Transactions in shares of each class were as follows:

 

     Six Months Ended
November 30, 2017
     Year Ended
May 31, 2017
 
      Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  
Class A                                    
Shares sold      589,419      $ 6,348,094        2,010,371      $ 20,827,078  
Shares issued on reinvestment      100,120        1,077,457        327,367        3,390,792  
Shares repurchased      (13,391,261)        (145,191,761)        (9,138,938)        (94,859,889)  
Net decrease      (12,701,722)      $ (137,766,210)        (6,801,200)      $ (70,642,019)  
Class A2                                    
Shares sold      15,955      $ 171,879        30,916      $ 320,295  
Shares issued on reinvestment      2,524        27,143        2,907        30,130  
Shares repurchased      (20,133)        (217,288)        (21,880)        (225,720)  
Net increase (decrease)      (1,654)      $ (18,266)        11,943      $ 124,705  

 

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     Six Months Ended
November 30, 2017
     Year Ended
May 31, 2017
 
      Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  
Class C                                    
Shares sold      170,721      $ 1,837,043        511,428      $ 5,309,253  
Shares issued on reinvestment      26,232        282,135        30,863        319,776  
Shares repurchased      (240,445)        (2,586,455)        (593,617)        (6,149,121)  
Net decrease      (43,492)      $ (467,277)        (51,326)      $ (520,092)  
Class FI                                    
Shares sold      1,179,693      $ 12,717,685        1,685,450      $ 17,438,408  
Shares issued on reinvestment      336,865        3,621,614        490,363        5,076,979  
Shares repurchased      (1,889,658)        (20,339,341)        (4,885,928)        (50,545,332)  
Net decrease      (373,100)      $ (4,000,042)        (2,710,115)      $ (28,029,945)  
Class R                                    
Shares sold      5,133      $ 55,241        15,451      $ 159,588  
Shares issued on reinvestment      311        3,350        914        9,441  
Shares repurchased      (14,244)        (152,503)        (40,724)        (422,391)  
Net decrease      (8,800)      $ (93,912)        (24,359)      $ (253,362)  
Class I                                    
Shares sold      38,576,780      $ 416,380,763        36,606,715      $ 380,051,388  
Shares issued on reinvestment      1,922,593        20,689,039        1,669,870        17,337,919  
Shares repurchased      (8,882,172)        (95,598,055)        (18,257,198)        (188,731,741)  
Net increase      31,617,201      $ 341,471,747        20,019,387      $ 208,657,566  
Class IS                                    
Shares sold      2,064,965      $ 22,256,229        4,330,135      $ 45,033,311  
Shares issued on reinvestment      222,461        2,390,449        263,621        2,726,597  
Shares repurchased      (157,102)        (1,693,248)        (7,228,048)        (74,704,697)  
Net increase (decrease)      2,130,324      $ 22,953,430        (2,634,292)      $ (26,944,789)  

8. Redemption facility

The Fund and certain other participating funds within the Corporation (the “Participating Funds”) have available an unsecured revolving credit facility (the “Redemption Facility”), from the lenders and The Bank of New York Mellon (“BNY Mellon”), as administrative agent for the lenders. The Redemption Facility is to be used for temporary or emergency purposes as an additional source of liquidity to fund redemptions of shares. Under the agreement, BNY Mellon provides a 364-day revolving credit facility, in the aggregate amount of $265 million. Unless renewed, the agreement will terminate on November 19, 2018. Any borrowings under the Redemption Facility will bear interest at current market rates as set forth in the credit agreement. The annual commitment fee to maintain the Redemption Facility is 0.10% and is incurred on the unused portion of the facility and is allocated to all Participating Funds pro rata based on net assets. For the six months ended November 30, 2017, the Fund incurred a commitment fee in the amount of $6,006. The Fund did not utilize the Redemption Facility during the six months ended November 30, 2017.

 

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9. Transactions with affiliated companies

As defined by the 1940 Act, an affiliated company is one in which the Fund owns 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities, or a company which is under common ownership or control. The Fund may invest in Western Asset Government Cash Management Portfolio, LLC (“Cash Management Portfolio”), an affiliated private money market fund managed by Western Asset, the Fund’s subadviser. Cash Management Portfolio is available as a cash management vehicle for certain proprietary investment companies affiliated with Legg Mason. While Cash Management Portfolio is not a registered money market fund, it conducts all of its investment activities in accordance with the requirements of Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act. Based on the Fund’s relative ownership, the following companies were considered affiliated companies for all or some portion of the six months ended November 30, 2017. The following transactions were effected in shares of such companies for the six months ended November 30, 2017.

 

     Affiliate
Value at
May  31,
2017
    Purchased     Sold     Realized
Gain
(Loss)
    Interest
Income
    Net Increase
(Decrease) in
Unrealized
Appreciation(
Depreciation)
    Affiliate
Value at
November 30,

2017
 
    Cost     Shares     Cost     Shares          
Western Asset Government Cash Management Portfolio LLC         $ 491,761,022       491,761,022     $ 326,270,000       326,270,000           $ 391,021           $ 165,491,022  

10. Capital loss carryforward

As of May 31, 2017, the Fund had the following net capital loss carryforward remaining:

 

Year of Expiration    Amount  
5/31/2018    $ (2,910,316)  

This amount will be available to offset any future taxable capital gains, except that under applicable tax rules, deferred capital losses of $13,541,729, which have no expiration date, must be used first to offset any such gains.

11. Recent accounting pronouncement

In October 2016, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopted new rules and amended existing rules (together, the “final rules”) intended to modernize the reporting and disclosure of information by registered investment companies. In part, the final rules amend Regulation S-X and require standardized, enhanced disclosure about derivatives in investment company financial statements, as well as other amendments. The compliance date for the amendments to Regulation S-X was August 1, 2017. The Fund has adopted the amendments to Regulation S-X and, upon evaluation, has concluded that the amendments do not materially impact the financial statement amounts; however, as required, additional or enhanced disclosure has been included.

 

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

 

12. Subsequent event

On November 30, 2017, the Fund announced that effective December 1, 2017 LMPFA provides the Fund with management and administrative services for which the Fund pays a fee, calculated daily and paid monthly, at an annual rate of 0.60% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

 

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Board approval of management and subadvisory agreements (unaudited)

 

The Executive and Contracts Committee of the Board of Directors considered the Investment Management Agreement between the Corporation and LMPFA with respect to the Fund and the Investment Advisory Agreements between LMPFA and Western Asset Management Company (“Western Asset”), Western Asset Management Company Limited in London (“WAML”), Western Asset Management Company Pte. Ltd. in Singapore (“Western Singapore”) and Western Asset Management Company Ltd in Japan (“Western Japan,” and together with Western Singapore and WAML, the “Non-U.S. Subadvisers,” and together with Western Asset, the “Subadvisers”) (collectively, the “Agreements”) with respect to the Fund at meetings held on September 12, 2017 and October 17, 2017. At a meeting held on November 14, 2017, the Executive and Contracts Committee reported to the full Board of Directors its considerations and recommendation with respect to the Agreements, and the Board of Directors, including a majority of the Independent Directors, considered and approved renewal of the Agreements.

The Directors noted that although Western Asset’s business is operated through separate legal entities, such as the Non-U.S. Subadvisers, its business is highly integrated and senior investment personnel at Western Asset have supervisory oversight responsibility over the investment decisions made by the Non-U.S. Subadvisers. Therefore, in connection with their deliberations noted below, the Directors primarily focused on the information provided by Western Asset when considering the approval of the Investment Advisory Agreements between LMPFA and the Non-U.S. Subadvisers with respect to the Fund. The Directors also noted that the Fund does not pay any management fees directly to Western Asset or to any of the Non-U.S. Subadvisers because LMPFA pays the Subadvisers for services provided to the Fund out of the management fee LMPFA receives from the Fund.

In arriving at their decision to renew the Agreements, the Directors met with representatives of Western Asset, including relevant investment advisory personnel, as well as representatives of LMPFA; reviewed a variety of information prepared by LMPFA and Western Asset and materials provided by Broadridge and counsel to the Independent Directors; reviewed performance and expense information for the Fund’s peer group of comparable funds selected and prepared by Broadridge and for certain other comparable products available from Western Asset, including separate accounts managed by Western Asset; and requested and reviewed additional information as necessary. These reviews were in addition to information obtained by the Directors at their regular quarterly meetings with respect to the Fund’s performance and other relevant matters, and related discussions with Western Asset’s personnel.

As part of their review, the Directors examined LMPFA’s ability to provide high quality oversight and administrative and shareholder support services to the Fund, and the Subadvisers’ ability to provide high quality investment management services to the Fund. The Directors considered the experience of LMPFA’s personnel in providing the types of services that LMPFA is responsible for providing to the Fund; the ability of LMPFA to attract and retain capable personnel; the capability and integrity of LMPFA’s senior management and staff;

 

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Board approval of management and subadvisory agreements (unaudited) (cont’d)

 

and the level of skill required to provide such services to the Fund. The Directors considered the investment philosophy and research and decision-making processes of the Subadvisers; the experience of their key advisory personnel responsible for management of the Fund; the ability of the Subadvisers to attract and retain capable research and advisory personnel; the capability and integrity of the Subadvisers’ senior management and staff; and the level of skill required to manage the Fund. In addition, the Directors reviewed the quality of LMPFA’s and the Subadvisers’ services with respect to regulatory compliance and compliance with the investment policies of the Fund and conditions that might affect LMPFA’s or a Subadviser’s ability to provide high quality services to the Fund in the future under the Agreements, including its business reputation, financial condition and operational stability. Based on the foregoing, the Directors concluded that the Subadvisers’ investment process, research capabilities and philosophy were well suited to the Fund given the Fund’s investment objectives and policies, and that LMPFA and each of the Subadvisers would be able to meet any reasonably foreseeable obligations under the Agreements.

In reviewing the quality of the services provided to the Fund, the Directors also reviewed comparisons of the performance of the Fund to the performance of its peer group, and to its investment benchmark over the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended August 31, 2017. In that connection, the Directors noted that the performance of the Fund exceeded its peer average performance for all periods. With respect to the Fund, the Directors considered the factors involved in its performance relative to the performance of its investment benchmark and peer group, noting that the alternative credit focus fund classification is an evolving asset classification and that the Fund’s unique characteristics made comparisons to its investment benchmark and peer group more difficult.

The Directors also considered the management fee payable by the Fund to LMPFA, the total expenses payable by the Fund and the fact that LMPFA pays to the Subadvisers the entire management fee it receives from the Fund. They reviewed information concerning management fees paid to investment advisers of similarly managed funds, as well as fees paid by the Subadvisers’ other clients, including separate accounts managed by the Subadvisers. The Directors observed that the management fee paid by the Fund to LMPFA was higher than the average of the fees paid by funds in its peer group, and total expenses for the Fund were higher than the average of the funds in its peer group. The Directors noted that the management fee paid by the Fund was generally higher than the fees paid by other clients of the Subadvisers for accounts with similar investment strategies, but that the administrative and operational responsibilities for the Subadvisers with respect to the Fund were also relatively higher. In light of this difference, the Directors concluded that the management fee paid by the Fund relative to the fees paid by the Subadvisers’ other clients was reasonable.

The Directors further evaluated the benefits of the advisory relationship to LMPFA and the Subadvisers, including, among others, the profitability of the relationship to LMPFA and the Subadvisers; the direct and indirect benefits that LMPFA and each Subadviser may receive

 

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from its relationship with the Fund, including any “fallout benefits,” such as reputational value derived from serving as investment manager or adviser to the Fund; and the affiliations between LMPFA, the Subadvisers and certain service providers for the Fund. In that connection, the Directors concluded that LMPFA and each Subadviser’s profitability was consistent with levels of profitability that had been determined by courts not to be excessive. The Directors noted that Western Asset does not have soft dollar arrangements.

Finally, the Directors considered, in light of the profitability information provided by LMPFA and Western Asset, the extent to which economies of scale would be realized by the Subadvisers as the assets of the Fund grow. The Directors determined that the lack of breakpoints was appropriate and that the management fee structure for the Fund is reasonable.

In their deliberations with respect to these matters, the Independent Directors were advised by their independent counsel, who is independent, within the meaning of Securities and Exchange Commission rules regarding the independence of counsel, of LMPFA and the Subadvisers. The Independent Directors weighed each of the foregoing matters in light of the advice given to them by their independent counsel as to the law applicable to the review of investment advisory contracts. In arriving at a decision, the Directors, including the Independent Directors, did not identify any single matter as all-important or controlling, and the foregoing summary does not detail all the matters considered. The Directors judged the terms and conditions of the Agreements, including the investment advisory fees, in light of all of the surrounding circumstances.

Based upon their review, the Directors, including all of the Independent Directors, determined, in the exercise of their business judgment, that they were generally satisfied with the quality of services being provided by LMPFA and the Subadvisers, but they would continue to closely monitor the performance of LMPFA and the Subadvisers; that the fees to be paid to the Subadvisers and LMPFA under the relevant Agreements were fair and reasonable, given the scope and quality of the services rendered by the Subadvisers and LMPFA; and that approval of the Agreements was in the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders.

 

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Western Asset

Total Return Unconstrained Fund

 

Directors

Robert Abeles, Jr.

Anita L. DeFrantz

Ronald L. Olson

Avedick B. Poladian

William E. B. Siart, Chairman

Jaynie M. Studenmund

Investment manager

Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC

Subadvisers

Western Asset Management Company

Western Asset Management Company Limited

Western Asset Management Company Ltd

Western Asset Management Company Pte. Ltd.

Transfer agent

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. 4400 Computer Drive Westborough, MA 01581

Custodian

State Street Bank and Trust Company

Independent registered public accounting firm

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Baltimore, MD

 

Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Fund

The Fund is a separate investment series of Western Asset Funds, Inc.

Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Fund

Legg Mason Funds

620 Eighth Avenue, 49th Floor

New York, NY 10018

 

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, shareholders can call the Fund at 1-877-721-1926.

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 the Fund at 1-877-721-1926, (2) at www.leggmason.com/mutualfunds and (3) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

 

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of Western Asset Total Return Unconstrained Fund. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the Fund unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus.

Investors should consider the Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. The prospectus contains this and other important information about the Fund. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.

www.leggmason.com

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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-end 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:

 

 

Personal information included on applications or other forms;

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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:

 

 

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;

 

 

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;

 

 

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

 

 

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 nonpublic 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 1-877-721-1926.

 

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Western Asset Management Company

Legg Mason, Inc. Subsidiaries

www.leggmason.com

© 2018 Legg Mason Investor Services, LLC Member FINRA, SIPC

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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.

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. PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 9. PURCHASES OF 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

 


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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 Funds, Inc.

 

By:  

/s/ Jane Trust

  Jane Trust
  Chief Executive Officer
Date:   January 22, 2018

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/ Jane Trust

  Jane Trust
  Chief Executive Officer
Date:   January 22, 2018
By:  

/s/ Richard F. Sennett

  Richard F. Sennett
  Principal Financial Officer
Date:   January 22, 2018