N-CSRS 1 d498678dncsrs.htm WESTERN ASSET INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND Western Asset Intermediate Bond 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

INTERMEDIATE BOND

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     30  
Statement of operations     32  
Statements of changes in net assets     33  
Financial highlights     34  
Notes to financial statements     39  
Board approval of management and subadvisory agreements     57  

Fund objective

The Fund seeks to maximize total return, consistent with prudent investment management and liquidity needs, by investing to obtain an average duration which is expected to range within 20% of the duration of its benchmark.

 

Letter from the president

 

LOGO

 

Dear Shareholder,

We are pleased to provide the semi-annual report of Western Asset Intermediate Bond 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.

 

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Market review

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

A. Looking back, after an extended period of maintaining the federal funds rateiii 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. 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.

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 Indexiv, returned 0.68% during the six-month reporting period ended November 30, 2017.

Performance review

For the six months ended November 30, 2017, Class I shares of Western Asset Intermediate Bond Fund returned 1.06%. The Fund’s unmanaged benchmark, the Bloomberg Barclays Intermediate U.S. Government/Credit Indexv, returned 0.10% for the same period. The Lipper Core Plus Bond Funds Category Average1 returned 0.95% over the same time frame.

 

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 263 funds in the Fund’s Lipper category, and excluding sales charges, if any.

 

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Performance Snapshot as of November 30, 2017
(unaudited)
 
(excluding sales charges)   6 months  
Western Asset Intermediate Bond Fund1:  

Class A

    0.89

Class C

    0.52

Class R

    0.72

Class I

    1.06

Class IS

    1.08
Bloomberg Barclays Intermediate U.S. Government/Credit Index     0.10
Lipper Core Plus Bond Funds
Category Average
    0.95

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 above. 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 C, Class R, Class I and Class IS shares were 1.77%, 1.31%, 1.72%, 2.37% and 2.42%, 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, the gross total annual fund operating expense ratios for Class A, Class C, Class R, Class I and Class IS shares were 0.84%, 1.58%, 1.26%, 0.50% and 0.45%, 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 0.90% for Class A shares, 1.65% for Class C shares, 1.15% for Class R shares and 0.45% 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

 

1 

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)

 

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 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. Derivatives, such as options, futures and swaps, can be illiquid, may disproportionately increase losses, and have a potentially large impact on Fund performance. International investments are subject to special risks including social, economic and political uncertainties, which could increase volatility. These risks are magnified in emerging market countries. Asset-backed, mortgage-backed or mortgage-related securities are subject to prepayment and extension risks. 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.

 

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 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.

 

iii 

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.

 

iv 

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.

 

v 

The Bloomberg Barclays Intermediate U.S. Government/Credit Index is a market value weighted performance benchmark for government and corporate fixed-rate debt issues (rated Baa/BBB or higher) with maturities between one and ten years.

 

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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 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     0.89   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,008.90       0.75   $ 3.78       Class A     5.00   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,021.31       0.75   $ 3.80  
Class C     0.52       1,000.00       1,005.20       1.56       7.84       Class C     5.00       1,000.00       1,017.25       1.56       7.89  
Class R     0.72       1,000.00       1,007.20       1.15       5.79       Class R     5.00       1,000.00       1,019.30       1.15       5.82  
Class I     1.06       1,000.00       1,010.60       0.50       2.52       Class I     5.00       1,000.00       1,022.56       0.50       2.54  
Class IS     1.08       1,000.00       1,010.80       0.45       2.27       Class IS     5.00       1,000.00       1,022.81       0.45       2.28  

 

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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 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 period (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 Intermediate U.S. Government/Credit Index
EM   — Emerging Markets
HY   — High Yield
IG Credit   — Investment Grade Credit
MBS   — Mortgage-Backed Securities
WA IBF   — Western Asset Intermediate Bond 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 Intermediate U.S. Government/Credit Index
EM   — Emerging Markets
HY   — High Yield
IG Credit   — Investment Grade Credit
MBS   — Mortgage-Backed Securities
WA IBF   — Western Asset Intermediate Bond Fund

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited)

November 30, 2017

 

Western Asset Intermediate Bond Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  
U.S. Government & Agency Obligations — 30.9%                                

U.S. Government Agencies — 2.0%

                               

Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB), Bonds

    5.625     6/11/21     $ 1,910,000     $ 2,136,398  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), Debentures

    0.000     10/9/19       8,690,000       8,369,212  

Tennessee Valley Authority, Senior Bonds

    3.875     2/15/21       3,600,000       3,804,268  

Total U.S. Government Agencies

                            14,309,878  

U.S. Government Obligations — 28.9%

                               

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    3.750     11/15/43       41,900,000       49,191,582  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    3.000     2/15/47       6,510,000       6,725,644  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    3.000     5/15/47       6,590,000       6,808,937  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    2.750     8/15/47       5,390,000       5,299,465  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    2.750     11/15/47       4,370,000       4,299,244  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    1.875     4/30/22       14,470,000       14,325,583  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    1.750     6/30/22       9,310,000       9,158,531  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    2.000     10/31/22       270,000       268,270  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    1.500     2/28/23       21,250,000       20,542,358  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    1.250     7/31/23       8,430,000       7,997,963  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    2.125     3/31/24       23,260,000       23,049,206  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    2.000     5/31/24       1,220,000       1,198,888  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    2.000     6/30/24       9,980,000       9,801,062  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    2.125     7/31/24       5,180,000       5,124,659  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    1.875     8/31/24       8,670,000       8,442,412  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    2.250     10/31/24       5,590,000       5,568,819  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    2.250     11/15/24       15,890,000       15,824,826  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    2.125     11/30/24       8,640,000       8,534,700  

Total U.S. Government Obligations

                            202,162,149  

Total U.S. Government & Agency Obligations (Cost — $217,017,935)

 

            216,472,027  
Asset-Backed Securities — 9.3%                                

Access Group Inc., 2005-A A3 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.400%)

    1.767     7/25/34       1,622,677       1,612,290  (a) 

Apex Credit CLO LLC, 2016-1A A2A (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.750%)

    2.125     7/27/28       650,000       650,219  (a)(b) 

Apidos CLO, 2015-22A A1 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.500%)

    2.863     10/20/27       1,500,000       1,506,592  (a)(b) 

Apollo Credit Funding Ltd., 2004-A A1 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.470%)

    2.829     4/15/27       750,000       750,412  (a)(b) 

Ares CLO Ltd., 2014-32A A2R (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.650%)

    3.066     11/15/25       500,000       500,349  (a)(b) 

Ares CLO Ltd., 2015-1A A1R (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.350%)

    2.666     12/5/25       1,000,000       1,003,343  (a)(b) 

Bear Stearns Asset-Backed Securities Trust, 2004-SD2 A3 (1 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 2.320%)

    3.525     3/25/44       688,206       677,267  (a) 

BlueMountain CLO Ltd., 2012-2A AR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.420%)

    2.856     11/20/28       1,250,000       1,260,819  (a)(b) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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

Carlyle Global Market Strategies, 2013-4A A1 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.470%)

    2.829     10/15/25     $ 250,000     $ 250,182  (a)(b) 

Carlyle Global Market Strategies, 2014-2A AR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.250%)

    2.666     5/15/25       1,250,000       1,258,846  (a)(b) 

Carlyle Global Market Strategies, 2017-2A A1B (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.220%)

    2.552     7/20/31       1,250,000       1,252,257  (a)(b) 

Catskill Park CLO Ltd., 2017-1A A2 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.700%)

    3.063     4/20/29       1,250,000       1,257,669  (a)(b) 

Cent CLO LP, 2013-17A A1 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.300%)

    2.678     1/30/25       294,151       295,508  (a)(b) 

CIFC Funding Ltd., 2014-4A A1R (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.380%)

    2.733     10/17/26       500,000       500,257  (a)(b) 

Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates, 2005-8 M4 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.930%)

    2.259     12/25/35       1,470,000       1,486,332  (a) 

Countrywide Home Equity Loan Trust, 2006-HW 2A1B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.150%)

    1.389     11/15/36       955,003       808,573  (a) 

Countrywide Home Equity Loan Trust, 2006-I 2A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.140%)

    1.379     1/15/37       1,106,168       1,053,458  (a) 

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

    1.809     1/25/36       3,780,727       3,730,105  (a) 

DRB Prime Student Loan Trust, 2015-B A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.900%)

    3.137     10/27/31       993,196       1,017,406  (a)(b) 

DRB Prime Student Loan Trust, 2015-B A2

    3.170     7/25/31       930,514       939,771  (b) 

First Franklin Mortgage Loan Asset Backed Certificates, 2003-FF1 A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.125%)

    2.360     3/25/33       841,060       827,092  (a) 

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       375,000       358,377  (a) 

GRMT Mortgage Loan Trust, 2001-1A A5

    6.650     7/20/31       58,878       58,957  (b) 

GSAA Home Equity Trust, 2005-8 A4 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.270%)

    1.598     6/25/35       254,652       256,225  (a) 

GT Loan Financing Ltd., 2013-1A A (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.270%)

    2.648     10/28/24       500,000       500,329  (a)(b) 

Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC, 2017-1A A

    2.960     10/25/21       4,870,000       4,883,860  (b) 

Jackson Mill CLO Ltd., 2015-1A A (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.540%)

    2.899     4/15/27       750,000       759,626  (a)(b) 

LCM Ltd. Partnership, 2023-A A1 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.400%)

    2.763     10/20/29       750,000       763,033  (a)(b) 

Magnetite CLO Ltd., 2016-18A A (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.400%)

    2.816     11/15/28       740,000       746,032  (a)(b) 

Magnetite CLO Ltd., 2016-18A C (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.350%)

    3.766     11/15/28       500,000       503,056  (a)(b) 

Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Capital I Inc. Trust, 2003-NC2 M1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.350%)

    2.679     2/25/33       819,045       816,189  (a) 

Navient Student Loan Trust, 2017-3A A3 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.050%)

    2.378     7/26/66       1,870,000       1,901,133  (a)(b) 

NCUA Guaranteed Notes, 2010-A1 A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.350%)

    1.587     12/7/20       731,394       732,737  (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

November 30, 2017

 

Western Asset Intermediate Bond Fund

 

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

OHA Loan Funding Ltd., 2015-1A AR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.410%)

    2.725     8/15/29     $ 500,000     $ 507,675  (a)(b) 

Opteum Mortgage Acceptance Corp., 2005-1 M4 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.155%)

    2.484     2/25/35       1,180,000       1,176,747  (a) 

Option One Mortgage Loan Trust, 2005-2 M1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.660%)

    1.989     5/25/35       1,425,274       1,433,381  (a) 

OZLM Ltd., 2015-12A A1 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.450%)

    2.828     4/30/27       1,250,000       1,255,420  (a)(b) 

Prosper Marketplace Issuance Trust, 2017-3A A

    2.360     11/15/23       1,700,000       1,701,557  (b) 

SLM Student Loan Trust, 2002-A A2 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.550%)

    1.870     12/16/30       1,177,651       1,175,599  (a) 

SLM Student Loan Trust, 2003-04 A5A (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.750%)

    2.070     3/15/33       704,147       701,213  (a)(b) 

SLM Student Loan Trust, 2003-04 A5E (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.750%)

    2.070     3/15/33       1,432,857       1,428,582  (a)(b) 

SLM Student Loan Trust, 2005-8 A5 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.170%)

    1.537     1/25/40       1,370,000       1,324,283  (a) 

SLM Student Loan Trust, 2006-1 A5 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.110%)

    1.477     7/26/21       1,332,877       1,316,478  (a) 

SLM Student Loan Trust, 2006-BW A5 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.200%)

    1.520     12/15/39       3,800,720       3,646,726  (a) 

Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, 2017-10B 1

    2.518     9/10/27       940,000       942,025  

Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, 2017-20D 1

    2.840     4/1/37       362,755       363,088  

SMB Private Education Loan Trust, 2016-B A2A

    2.430     2/17/32       1,860,000       1,833,776  (b) 

Symphony CLO Ltd., 2016-17A A1 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.500%)

    2.859     4/15/28       500,000       505,461  (a)(b) 

TCI-Flatiron CLO Ltd., 2016-1A A (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.550%)

    2.903     7/17/28       1,000,000       1,010,616  (a)(b) 

TCI-Symphony CLO, 2016-1A B1 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.800%)

    3.159     10/13/29       750,000       755,879  (a)(b) 

Towd Point Mortgage Trust, 2017-4 A1

    2.750     6/25/57       2,455,227       2,475,377  (a)(b) 

Towd Point Mortgage Trust, 2017-6 A1

    2.750     10/25/57       1,730,000       1,739,122  (a)(b)(c) 

Venture CDO Ltd., 2016-24A A1D (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.420%)

    2.783     10/20/28       500,000       507,076  (a)(b) 

Venture CDO Ltd., 2017-28A A2 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.110%)

    2.716     7/20/30       1,870,000       1,873,258  (a)(b) 

Voya CLO Ltd., 2017-2A A2A (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.710%)

    3.015     6/7/30       750,000       755,446  (a)(b) 

ZAIS CLO 2 Ltd., 2014-2A A1BR

    2.920     7/25/26       1,250,000       1,250,046  (b) 

ZAIS CLO 5 Ltd., 2016-2A A1 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.530%)

    2.889     10/15/28       500,000       501,675  (a)(b) 

Total Asset-Backed Securities (Cost — $64,254,062)

                            65,337,201  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (d) — 10.2%                                

280 Park Avenue Mortgage Trust, 2017-280P A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.880%)

    2.116     9/15/34       2,320,000       2,324,969  (a)(b) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Western Asset Intermediate Bond Fund

 

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

ARM Trust, 2004-5 4A1 (12 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.000%)

    3.480     4/25/35     $ 748,644     $ 738,631  (a) 

Bank, 2017-BNK7 A5

    3.435     9/15/60       640,000       658,820  

BCAP LLC Trust, 2011-RR5 11A4 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.150%)

    1.384     5/28/36       1,680,132       1,661,677  (a)(b) 

BCAP LLC Trust, 2015-RR6 1A2

    3.500     5/26/37       2,285,000       2,263,736  (a)(b) 

BX Trust, 2017-IMC A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.050%)

    2.300     10/15/32       2,930,000       2,941,913  (a)(b) 

CD Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2016-CD2 A4

    3.526     11/10/49       530,000       548,326  (a) 

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2014-GC25 AS

    4.017     10/10/47       640,000       665,995  

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2015-GC33 A4

    3.778     9/10/58       520,000       545,832  

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc., 2010-3 4A1 (1 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 2.250%)

    3.670     2/25/36       4,156       4,163  (a)(b) 

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 2013-CR12 AM

    4.300     10/10/46       80,000       85,255  

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 2013-CR12 B

    4.762     10/10/46       70,000       74,110  (a) 

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 2013-CR12 C

    5.251     10/10/46       40,000       41,333  (a) 

Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2013-300P B

    4.540     8/10/30       560,000       598,168  (a)(b) 

Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2013-CR13 XA, IO

    1.076     11/12/46       2,594,649       87,891  (a) 

Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2014-CR18 XA, IO

    1.387     7/15/47       6,003,410       291,144  (a) 

Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2014-CR19 C

    4.873     8/10/47       560,000       574,693  (a) 

Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2014-UBS2 XA, IO

    1.530     3/10/47       4,008,222       217,785  (a) 

Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust, 2017-LSTK A

    2.761     4/5/33       580,000       583,245  (b) 

Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust, 2017-RPL3 A1 (12 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.320%)

    4.000     8/1/57       1,760,000       1,821,369  (a)(b) 

FDIC Structured Sale Guaranteed Notes, 2010-S2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.700%)

    1.935     12/29/45       400,272       400,885  (a)(b) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), 001 Z

    9.300     4/15/19       77       78  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), 4066 PI, IO

    3.500     9/15/31       3,783,717       436,425  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), 4203 PS, IO, PAC (-1.000 * 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.250%)

    5.000     9/15/42       886,056       135,348  (a) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Q005 A2

    3.352     10/25/33       630,000       638,320  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) STRIPS, 170 B, IO

    10.000     3/1/21       98       5  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, 2014-DN2 M2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.650%)

    2.978     4/25/24       789,612       800,233  (a) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, 2015-DNA2 M2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.600%)

    3.928     12/25/27       675,267       689,039  (a) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, 2015-DNA3 M2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.850%)

    4.179     4/25/28       2,399,266       2,482,013  (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

November 30, 2017

 

Western Asset Intermediate Bond 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-HQA1 M2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.650%)

    3.979     3/25/28     $ 701,740     $ 719,433  (a) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, 2016-DNA1 M2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.900%)

    4.228     7/25/28       1,080,000       1,113,881  (a) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, 2016-DNA3 M2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.000%)

    3.328     12/25/28       1,360,000       1,386,988  (a) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), Multi-Family Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K712 X1, IO

    1.448     11/25/19       2,809,506       53,658  (a) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), Multi-Family Structured Pass-Through Certificates, S8FX A2

    3.291     3/25/27       590,000       602,686  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 1992-96 B, PO, PAC

    0.000     5/25/22       42       42  

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

    3.500     12/25/39       1,401,522       158,266  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 2013-073 IA, IO

    3.000     9/25/32       1,732,982       184,658  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) — CAS, 2014-C03 1M1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.200%)

    2.528     7/25/24       3,057       3,058  (a) 

FREMF Mortgage Trust, 2013-KF02 C (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.000%)

    5.232     12/25/45       67,813       68,449  (a)(b) 

GE Business Loan Trust, 2006-2A A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.280%)

    0.511     11/15/34       694,522       673,654  (a)(b) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2010-H26 LF (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.350%)

    1.581     8/20/58       762,082       755,982  (a) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2011-H01 AF (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.450%)

    1.681     11/20/60       1,975,835       1,971,382  (a) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2011-H07 FA (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.500%)

    1.731     2/20/61       660,255       659,822  (a) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2011-H09 AF (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.500%)

    1.731     3/20/61       334,049       333,825  (a) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2012-027 IO, IO

    1.011     4/16/53       3,630,090       123,185  (a) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2012-H30 GA (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.350%)

    1.581     12/20/62       1,312,950       1,306,155  (a) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2013-95 IO, IO

    0.651     4/16/47       9,561,492       390,334  (a) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2014-105 IO, IO

    0.960     6/16/54       5,235,478       297,318  (a) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2014-130 IB, IO

    0.905     8/16/54       4,577,764       225,850  (a) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2014-157 IO, IO

    0.657     5/16/55       5,441,883       247,792  (a) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2014-186 IO, IO

    0.781     8/16/54       6,984,495       350,823  (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Western Asset Intermediate Bond Fund

 

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

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2015-07 IO

    0.876     1/16/57     $ 5,089,299     $ 306,238  (a) 

GS Mortgage Securities Trust, 2013-GC16 B

    5.161     11/10/46       240,000       258,932  (a) 

GS Mortgage Securities Trust, 2015-7R A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.150%)

    1.387     9/26/37       1,038,070       994,579  (a)(b) 

GS Mortgage Securities Trust, 2016-GS3 C

    4.123     10/10/49       570,000       574,527  (a) 

HarborView Mortgage Loan Trust, 2004-10 4A (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.170%)

    3.479     1/19/35       237,269       235,875  (a) 

Hospitality Mortgage Trust, 2017-HIT A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.850%)

    2.082     5/8/30       570,000       572,077  (a)(b) 

JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2013-C15 C

    5.250     11/15/45       160,000       168,831  (a) 

JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2013-C17 B

    5.052     1/15/47       90,000       95,599  (a) 

JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2014-C22 C

    4.711     9/15/47       300,000       301,993  (a) 

JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2015-C29 C

    4.342     5/15/48       1,600,000       1,568,160  (a) 

JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2015-C30 B

    4.453     7/15/48       654,000       669,574  (a) 

JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2015-C31 A3

    3.801     8/15/48       1,860,000       1,956,658  

JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2015-C32 D

    4.318     11/15/48       830,000       640,614  (a) 

JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2017-C5 C

    4.512     3/15/50       540,000       564,213  (a) 

JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2017-C7 A5

    3.409     10/15/50       1,640,000       1,675,783  

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2014-PHH C (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.350%)

    3.584     8/15/27       400,000       400,419  (a)(b) 

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2015-FL7 D (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.750%)

    4.977     5/15/28       1,120,000       1,068,598  (a)(b) 

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2016-JP3 A5

    2.870     8/15/49       540,000       529,856  

Madison Avenue Trust, 2017-330M A

    3.294     8/15/34       630,000       635,346  (a)(b) 

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, 2004-A1 2A1 (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.750%)

    3.388     2/25/34       360,331       361,926  (a) 

Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust, 2013-C10 A4

    4.218     7/15/46       550,000       586,984  (a) 

Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust, 2015-C25 A5

    3.635     10/15/48       1,130,000       1,179,119  

Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust, 2016-C31 C

    4.464     11/15/49       570,000       569,889  (a) 

Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust, 2016-C32 A4

    3.720     12/15/49       520,000       544,776  

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, 2016-BNK2 A4

    3.049     11/15/49       610,000       607,402  

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, 2016-UB11 A4

    2.782     8/15/49       540,000       527,418  

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, 2016-UB12 A4

    3.596     12/15/49       530,000       550,178  

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust, 2004-6AR 1A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.900%)

    2.229     7/25/34       291,947       291,114  (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

November 30, 2017

 

Western Asset Intermediate Bond Fund

 

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

Morgan Stanley Re-remic Trust, 2015-R3 9A2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.260%)

    1.754     4/26/47     $ 3,517,000     $ 2,980,604  (a)(b) 

MSCG Trust, 2015-ALDR A2

    3.577     6/7/35       1,440,000       1,423,863  (a)(b) 

MSCG Trust, 2016-SNR C

    5.205     11/15/34       540,000       549,283  (b) 

New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust, 2015-1A A2

    3.750     5/28/52       1,444,768       1,469,080  (a)(b) 

New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust, 2017-1A A1

    4.000     2/25/57       1,435,934       1,496,463  (a)(b) 

New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust, 2017-3A A1

    4.000     4/25/57       1,531,166       1,599,946  (a)(b) 

New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust, 2017-4A A1

    4.000     5/25/57       2,631,730       2,756,118  (a)(b) 

Residential Asset Securitization Trust, 2003-A14 A1

    4.750     2/25/19       48,158       46,275  

SACO I Trust, 2007-VA1 A

    8.986     6/25/21       314,293       318,294  (a)(b) 

UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2012-C1 XA, IO

    2.267     5/10/45       1,755,193       129,090  (a)(b) 

UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2012-C4 D

    4.627     12/10/45       570,000       491,641  (a)(b) 

VSD LLC

    3.600     12/25/43       601,921       601,870  (b) 

Washington Mutual Inc., Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 2004-AR13 A2A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.740%)

    2.068     11/25/34       785,705       775,361  (a) 

Waterfall Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2015-SBC5 A

    4.104     9/14/22       783,328       777,799  (a)(b) 

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2015-NXS1 C

    3.848     5/15/48       540,000       532,872  (a) 

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2015-NXS3 ASB

    3.371     9/15/57       570,000       586,373  

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2016-BNK1 A3

    2.652     8/15/49       1,160,000       1,123,038  

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2016-C36 A4

    3.065     11/15/59       540,000       537,255  

Wells Fargo Mortgage-Backed Securities Trust, 2004-M A7 (1 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 2.490%)

    3.503     8/25/34       221,013       228,270  (a) 

WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2014-C23 C

    3.995     10/15/57       520,000       515,548  (a) 

WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2014-C23 XA, IO

    0.814     10/15/57       5,927,348       191,506  (a) 

Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (Cost — $72,593,903)

 

            71,505,869  
Corporate Bonds & Notes — 33.5%                                
Consumer Discretionary — 1.7%                                

Automobiles — 0.8%

                               

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, Senior Notes

    8.125     1/15/20       1,010,000       1,125,351  

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, Senior Notes

    5.875     8/2/21       800,000       884,847  

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, Senior Notes

    3.664     9/8/24       400,000       403,083  

General Motors Financial Co. Inc., Senior Notes

    3.700     11/24/20       520,000       534,427  

General Motors Financial Co. Inc., Senior Notes

    3.450     4/10/22       880,000       893,347  

General Motors Financial Co. Inc., Senior Notes

    3.700     5/9/23       970,000       989,601  

Hyundai Capital America, Senior Notes

    2.400     10/30/18       680,000       679,649  (b) 

Total Automobiles

                            5,510,305  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.2%

                               

McDonald’s Corp., Senior Notes

    2.750     12/9/20       800,000       810,103  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Western Asset Intermediate Bond Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — continued

                               

McDonald’s Corp., Senior Notes

    3.500     3/1/27     $ 600,000     $ 614,722  

Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

                            1,424,825  

Household Durables — 0.1%

                               

Newell Brands Inc., Senior Notes

    3.150     4/1/21       100,000       101,286  

Newell Brands Inc., Senior Notes

    3.850     4/1/23       300,000       311,324  

Newell Brands Inc., Senior Notes

    4.200     4/1/26       250,000       261,783  

Total Household Durables

                            674,393  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.3%

                               

Amazon.com Inc., Senior Notes

    3.150     8/22/27       2,080,000       2,080,178  (b) 

Media — 0.3%

                               

Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp., Senior Secured Notes

    4.908     7/23/25       930,000       984,000  

Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp., Senior Secured Notes

    4.200     3/15/28       160,000       157,680  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    5.150     3/1/20       750,000       798,366  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    3.375     2/15/25       280,000       285,617  

NBCUniversal Enterprise Inc., Senior Notes

    1.974     4/15/19       150,000       149,790  (b) 

Total Media

                            2,375,453  

Total Consumer Discretionary

                            12,065,154  
Consumer Staples — 2.9%                                

Beverages — 0.7%

                               

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc., Senior Notes

    2.650     2/1/21       300,000       302,597  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc., Senior Notes

    3.300     2/1/23       810,000       831,444  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc., Senior Notes

    3.650     2/1/26       960,000       986,304  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc., Senior Notes

    4.900     2/1/46       160,000       181,347  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

    5.375     1/15/20       1,240,000       1,321,281  

Diageo Capital PLC, Senior Bonds

    4.828     7/15/20       760,000       810,064  

Pernod-Ricard SA, Senior Notes

    4.450     1/15/22       520,000       555,096  (b) 

Total Beverages

                            4,988,133  

Food & Staples Retailing — 0.4%

                               

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

    2.250     12/5/18       290,000       290,544  

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

    4.000     12/5/23       1,000,000       1,042,742  

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

    3.875     7/20/25       868,000       888,901  

Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc., Senior Notes

    3.450     6/1/26       670,000       658,934  

Total Food & Staples Retailing

                            2,881,121  

Food Products — 0.7%

                               

Danone SA, Senior Notes

    2.077     11/2/21       1,840,000       1,808,491  (b) 

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Secured Notes

    4.875     2/15/25       510,000       542,457  (b) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

November 30, 2017

 

Western Asset Intermediate Bond Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Food Products — continued

                               

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes

    5.375     2/10/20     $ 152,000     $ 161,541  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes

    3.950     7/15/25       290,000       298,884  

Smithfield Foods Inc., Senior Notes

    2.700     1/31/20       1,150,000       1,146,484  (b) 

WM Wrigley Jr. Co., Senior Notes

    2.400     10/21/18       480,000       481,590  (b) 

WM Wrigley Jr. Co., Senior Notes

    2.900     10/21/19       560,000       566,268  (b) 

Total Food Products

                            5,005,715  

Tobacco — 1.1%

                               

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

    9.250     8/6/19       660,000       736,300  

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

    2.850     8/9/22       50,000       50,288  

BAT Capital Corp., Senior Notes

    2.764     8/15/22       1,750,000       1,737,308  (b) 

BAT Capital Corp., Senior Notes

    3.557     8/15/27       1,610,000       1,611,585  (b) 

Philip Morris International Inc., Senior Notes

    5.650     5/16/18       800,000       814,097  

Philip Morris International Inc., Senior Notes

    1.875     11/1/19       1,320,000       1,314,251  

Reynolds American Inc., Senior Notes

    8.125     6/23/19       980,000       1,065,555  

Reynolds American Inc., Senior Notes

    3.250     6/12/20       115,000       117,146  

Total Tobacco

                            7,446,530  

Total Consumer Staples

                            20,321,499  
Energy — 4.8%                                

Energy Equipment & Services — 0.3%

                               

Halliburton Co., Senior Bonds

    3.800     11/15/25       740,000       763,685  

Petrofac Ltd., Senior Notes

    3.400     10/10/18       1,600,000       1,580,000  (b) 

Total Energy Equipment & Services

                            2,343,685  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 4.5%

                               

Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    4.850     3/15/21       1,220,000       1,289,714  

Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    5.550     3/15/26       910,000       1,014,838  

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

    3.250     4/15/22       616,000       621,644  

BP Capital Markets PLC, Senior Bonds

    3.506     3/17/25       580,000       597,440  

BP Capital Markets PLC, Senior Bonds

    3.119     5/4/26       1,990,000       1,994,268  

BP Capital Markets PLC, Senior Notes

    3.561     11/1/21       10,000       10,412  

BP Capital Markets PLC, Senior Notes

    3.216     11/28/23       510,000       522,400  

Chevron Corp., Senior Notes

    2.954     5/16/26       1,230,000       1,226,153  

CNOOC Finance 2015 USA LLC, Senior Notes

    3.500     5/5/25       850,000       860,310  

CNOOC Nexen Finance 2014 ULC, Senior Notes

    4.250     4/30/24       430,000       455,754  

Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    3.250     5/15/22       1,280,000       1,302,636  

Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    5.850     12/15/25       480,000       557,765  

Dominion Energy Inc., Junior Subordinated Notes

    2.579     7/1/20       1,030,000       1,031,211  

Ecopetrol SA, Senior Notes

    4.250     9/18/18       270,000       274,725  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Western Asset Intermediate Bond Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — continued

                               

Ecopetrol SA, Senior Notes

    5.375     6/26/26     $ 2,440,000     $ 2,629,100  

Enbridge Energy Partners LP, Senior Notes

    9.875     3/1/19       370,000       402,551  

EOG Resources Inc., Senior Notes

    4.150     1/15/26       300,000       317,554  

Exxon Mobil Corp., Senior Notes

    3.043     3/1/26       500,000       507,835  

KazMunayGas National Co. JSC, Senior Notes

    5.750     4/19/47       660,000       678,645  (b) 

Kerr-McGee Corp., Notes

    6.950     7/1/24       610,000       721,144  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    3.125     2/15/22       70,000       71,666  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    2.700     2/15/23       330,000       330,803  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    3.400     4/15/26       910,000       934,447  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    3.000     2/15/27       500,000       496,902  

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

    5.375     1/27/21       320,000       333,600  

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

    4.375     5/20/23       420,000       416,010  

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

    6.250     3/17/24       470,000       500,949  

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

    6.850     6/5/15       390,000       374,888  

Petroleos del Peru SA, Senior Notes

    4.750     6/19/32       1,260,000       1,291,500  (b) 

Petroleos Mexicanos, Senior Notes

    4.875     1/18/24       500,000       521,250  

Petroleos Mexicanos, Senior Notes

    4.250     1/15/25       760,000       758,708  

Petroleos Mexicanos, Senior Notes

    5.625     1/23/46       1,100,000       1,031,250  

PT Pertamina Persero, Senior Notes

    6.000     5/3/42       580,000       660,148  (b) 

Schlumberger Holdings Corp., Senior Notes

    3.000     12/21/20       810,000       821,451  (b) 

Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes

    4.375     3/25/20       470,000       492,770  

Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes

    2.250     11/10/20       1,020,000       1,020,955  

Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes

    3.250     5/11/25       380,000       387,625  

Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes

    2.875     5/10/26       400,000       394,571  

Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes

    4.000     5/10/46       10,000       10,227  

Sinopec Group Overseas Development Ltd., Senior Notes

    4.375     4/10/24       1,620,000       1,727,829  (b) 

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co., LLC, Senior Notes

    7.850     2/1/26       980,000       1,257,243  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    7.875     9/1/21       200,000       234,000  

Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

                            31,084,891  

Total Energy

                            33,428,576  
Financials — 13.8%                                

Banks — 9.6%

                               

Banco Santander SA, Senior Notes

    3.125     2/23/23       1,000,000       998,195  

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

    2.600     1/15/19       550,000       553,169  

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

    5.625     7/1/20       90,000       97,138  

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

    3.300     1/11/23       600,000       612,944  

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

    4.100     7/24/23       930,000       986,842  

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

    4.000     4/1/24       1,560,000       1,648,303  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

November 30, 2017

 

Western Asset Intermediate Bond Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Banks — continued

                               

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

    3.875     8/1/25     $ 610,000     $ 640,134  

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

    3.500     4/19/26       460,000       468,355  

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.370%)

    3.593     7/21/28       1,140,000       1,156,974  (a) 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

    5.000     1/21/44       560,000       659,435  

Bank of America Corp., Subordinated Notes

    4.200     8/26/24       710,000       746,349  

Bank of America Corp., Subordinated Notes

    4.000     1/22/25       320,000       330,493  

Bank of America Corp., Subordinated Notes

    4.250     10/22/26       2,100,000       2,206,025  

Barclays Bank PLC, Subordinated Notes

    10.179     6/12/21       1,150,000       1,407,739  (b) 

BNP Paribas SA, Senior Notes

    2.700     8/20/18       690,000       693,966  

BPCE SA, Senior Notes

    3.000     5/22/22       2,570,000       2,579,663  (b) 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

    3.300     4/27/25       1,810,000       1,823,542  

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

    8.125     7/15/39       34,000       53,226  

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

    4.650     7/30/45       84,000       94,091  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Bonds

    4.400     6/10/25       670,000       704,468  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

    5.500     9/13/25       870,000       980,501  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

    4.300     11/20/26       180,000       187,752  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

    4.450     9/29/27       3,620,000       3,809,055  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

    4.125     7/25/28       280,000       287,657  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

    5.300     5/6/44       116,000       133,201  

Cooperatieve Rabobank U.A., Junior Subordinated Notes (11.000% to 6/30/19 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 10.868%)

    11.000     6/30/19       665,000       750,619  (a)(b)(e) 

Cooperatieve Rabobank U.A., Subordinated Notes

    4.625     12/1/23       1,720,000       1,852,645  

Cooperatieve Rabobank U.A., Subordinated Notes

    4.375     8/4/25       1,230,000       1,300,350  

Cooperatieve Rabobank U.A., Subordinated Notes

    3.750     7/21/26       1,500,000       1,518,490  

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

    8.375     10/13/19       670,000       740,350  (a)(b)(e) 

Export-Import Bank of India, Senior Bonds

    3.375     8/5/26       660,000       650,375  (b) 

HSBC Holdings PLC, Senior Notes

    3.400     3/8/21       1,190,000       1,219,067  

HSBC Holdings PLC, Senior Notes

    2.950     5/25/21       1,640,000       1,657,549  

HSBC Holdings PLC, Senior Notes (4.041% to 3/13/27 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.546%)

    4.041     3/13/28       700,000       728,192  (a) 

HSBC Holdings PLC, Subordinated Notes

    4.250     3/14/24       430,000       447,860  

HSBC Holdings PLC, Subordinated Notes

    4.250     8/18/25       620,000       644,767  

ING Bank NV, Senior Secured Notes

    2.625     12/5/22       1,000,000       1,005,221  (b) 

ING Bank NV, Subordinated Notes

    5.800     9/25/23       460,000       520,147  (b) 

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Senior Notes

    3.125     7/14/22       400,000       398,329  (b) 

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Senior Notes

    3.875     7/14/27       2,680,000       2,686,911  (b) 

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Subordinated Bonds

    5.017     6/26/24       850,000       870,227  (b) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Western Asset Intermediate Bond Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Banks — continued

                               

Itau Unibanco Holding SA, Senior Notes

    2.850     5/26/18     $ 990,000     $ 995,445  (b) 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Senior Notes

    4.250     10/15/20       130,000       136,646  

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Senior Notes

    3.900     7/15/25       3,000,000       3,148,434  

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Subordinated Notes

    3.875     9/10/24       1,790,000       1,866,280  

Lloyds Banking Group PLC, Subordinated Notes

    4.650     3/24/26       1,500,000       1,584,308  

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., Senior Notes

    2.950     3/1/21       930,000       940,462  

National Australia Bank Ltd., Secured Bonds

    1.250     3/8/18       3,240,000       3,235,139  (b) 

Nordea Bank AB, Subordinated Notes

    4.875     5/13/21       620,000       662,491  (b) 

Santander UK Group Holdings PLC, Senior Notes

    3.571     1/10/23       590,000       599,716  

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, Secured Mortgage Notes

    1.375     5/29/18       2,200,000       2,195,672  (b) 

UBS Group Funding Switzerland AG, Senior Notes

    3.491     5/23/23       3,060,000       3,115,560  (b) 

UBS Group Funding Switzerland AG, Senior Notes

    4.125     9/24/25       290,000       304,341  (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       2,218,000       2,236,021  (a)(e) 

Wells Fargo & Co., Junior Subordinated Bonds (5.875% to 6/15/25 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.990%)

    5.875     6/15/25       110,000       122,237  (a)(e) 

Wells Fargo & Co., Senior Notes

    3.000     10/23/26       720,000       704,296  

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

    3.450     2/13/23       1,690,000       1,724,803  

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

    4.100     6/3/26       400,000       416,372  

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

    4.300     7/22/27       2,290,000       2,414,976  

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

    4.900     11/17/45       90,000       100,023  

Total Banks

                            67,353,538  

Capital Markets — 2.4%

                               

Credit Suisse NY, Senior Notes

    3.625     9/9/24       2,040,000       2,109,748  

Daiwa Securities Group Inc., Senior notes

    3.129     4/19/22       220,000       221,415  (b) 

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

    4.000     1/2/18       91,000       80,372  (a)(e) 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Bonds

    4.750     10/21/45       130,000       146,104  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

    2.300     12/13/19       1,640,000       1,638,417  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

    5.375     3/15/20       1,180,000       1,255,195  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

    5.750     1/24/22       1,940,000       2,157,830  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

    4.000     3/3/24       1,480,000       1,553,153  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

    3.850     7/8/24       280,000       290,696  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

    3.500     11/16/26       1,350,000       1,350,038  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Subordinated Notes

    4.250     10/21/25       2,280,000       2,385,458  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Subordinated Notes

    5.150     5/22/45       60,000       68,200  

Lehman Brothers Holdings Capital Trust VII, Junior Subordinated Notes

    5.857     1/2/18       6,200,000       0  *(c)(e)(f)(g)(h) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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November 30, 2017

 

Western Asset Intermediate Bond Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Capital Markets — continued

                               

Lehman Brothers Holdings E-Capital Trust I, Junior Subordinated Notes

    3.589     8/19/65     $ 360,000     $ 0  *(a)(c)(f)(g)(h) 

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Subordinated Notes

    6.500     7/19/17       30,000       0  *(c)(g)(h)(i) 

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes

    7.300     5/13/19       2,370,000       2,537,112  

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes

    5.500     7/24/20       600,000       645,346  

State Street Corp., Junior Subordinated Notes

    4.956     3/15/18       380,000       383,304  

Total Capital Markets

                            16,822,388  

Consumer Finance — 0.5%

                               

American Express Co., Senior Notes

    2.650     12/2/22       1,500,000       1,493,745  

HSBC Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    6.676     1/15/21       243,000       271,407  

Navient Corp., Medium-Term Notes, Senior Notes

    8.450     6/15/18       530,000       547,755  

Synchrony Financial, Senior Bonds

    3.000     8/15/19       430,000       434,101  

Toyota Motor Credit Corp., Senior Notes

    1.375     1/10/18       590,000       589,870  

Total Consumer Finance

                            3,336,878  

Diversified Financial Services — 1.0%

                               

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

    4.250     7/1/20       1,540,000       1,600,009  

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

    3.500     5/26/22       210,000       213,927  

Banco Nacional de Comercio Exterior SNC, Subordinated Notes (3.800% to 8/11/21 then 5 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 3.000%)

    3.800     8/11/26       660,000       660,000  (a)(b) 

CDP Financial Inc., Senior Notes

    4.400     11/25/19       1,270,000       1,326,308  (b) 

GE Capital International Funding Co., Unlimited Co., Senior Notes

    2.342     11/15/20       1,464,000       1,459,171  

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    5.875     8/15/22       1,160,000       1,297,160  

Nationwide Building Society, Senior Notes

    2.450     7/27/21       550,000       546,207  (b) 

Total Diversified Financial Services

 

    7,102,782  

Insurance — 0.2%

                               

Chubb INA Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

    2.300     11/3/20       170,000       170,197  

Chubb INA Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

    3.350     5/3/26       100,000       102,044  

MetLife Capital Trust IV, Junior Subordinated Notes

    7.875     12/15/37       390,000       522,600  (b) 

MetLife Inc., Senior Bonds

    1.903     12/15/17       400,000       399,991  

Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America, Notes

    6.850     12/16/39       32,000       44,743  (b) 

Total Insurance

                            1,239,575  

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.1%

                               

Stadshypotek AB, Secured Notes

    1.875     10/2/19       390,000       387,813  (b) 

Total Financials

                            96,242,974  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  
Health Care — 2.4%                                

Biotechnology — 0.6%

                               

AbbVie Inc., Senior Notes

    2.900     11/6/22     $ 220,000     $ 220,655  

AbbVie Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes

    3.600     5/14/25       510,000       521,914  

Amgen Inc., Senior Notes

    3.625     5/22/24       120,000       124,745  

Celgene Corp., Senior Notes

    3.550     8/15/22       410,000       421,931  

Celgene Corp., Senior Notes

    3.875     8/15/25       640,000       660,100  

Gilead Sciences Inc., Senior Bonds

    2.050     4/1/19       640,000       640,412  

Gilead Sciences Inc., Senior Bonds

    3.700     4/1/24       90,000       94,321  

Gilead Sciences Inc., Senior Notes

    1.850     9/20/19       540,000       537,555  

Gilead Sciences Inc., Senior Notes

    2.500     9/1/23       700,000       690,459  

Total Biotechnology

                            3,912,092  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.6%

                               

Abbott Laboratories, Senior Notes

    2.350     11/22/19       400,000       400,643  

Abbott Laboratories, Senior Notes

    3.400     11/30/23       1,000,000       1,016,952  

Becton, Dickinson & Co., Senior Notes

    3.363     6/6/24       870,000       870,810  

Becton, Dickinson & Co., Senior Notes

    3.734     12/15/24       84,000       85,619  

Becton, Dickinson & Co., Senior Notes

    4.685     12/15/44       290,000       306,610  

Medtronic Global Holdings S.C.A., Senior Notes

    1.700     3/28/19       580,000       577,843  

Medtronic Inc., Senior Notes

    3.125     3/15/22       210,000       214,952  

Medtronic Inc., Senior Notes

    3.500     3/15/25       400,000       413,714  

Total Health Care Equipment & Supplies

                            3,887,143  

Health Care Providers & Services — 0.7%

                               

Aetna Inc., Senior Notes

    2.800     6/15/23       1,070,000       1,054,513  

Anthem Inc., Senior Notes

    3.700     8/15/21       70,000       72,359  

Anthem Inc., Senior Notes

    3.125     5/15/22       330,000       332,947  

Cardinal Health Inc., Senior Notes

    2.616     6/15/22       480,000       471,974  

Humana Inc., Senior Notes

    7.200     6/15/18       470,000       482,983  

Humana Inc., Senior Notes

    3.150     12/1/22       110,000       110,874  

Humana Inc., Senior Notes

    3.950     3/15/27       1,220,000       1,254,823  

Medtronic Global Holdings S.C.A, Senior Notes

    3.350     4/1/27       780,000       795,708  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

    3.875     10/15/20       380,000       395,505  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

    3.750     7/15/25       190,000       199,520  

Total Health Care Providers & Services

                            5,171,206  

Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.1%

                               

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., Senior Notes

    2.400     2/1/19       520,000       521,407  

Pharmaceuticals — 0.4%

                               

Actavis Funding SCS, Senior Notes

    3.450     3/15/22       600,000       610,793  

Actavis Funding SCS, Senior Notes

    3.800     3/15/25       1,350,000       1,363,160  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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November 30, 2017

 

Western Asset Intermediate Bond Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Pharmaceuticals — continued

                               

Eli Lilly & Co., Senior Notes

    2.350     5/15/22     $ 680,000     $ 679,596  

Merck & Co. Inc., Senior Notes

    2.750     2/10/25       130,000       128,955  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Co. BV, Senior Notes

    2.950     12/18/22       230,000       207,486  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV, Senior Notes

    2.800     7/21/23       60,000       53,166  

Total Pharmaceuticals

                            3,043,156  

Total Health Care

                            16,535,004  
Industrials — 2.3%                                

Aerospace & Defense — 0.5%

                               

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

    6.000     3/15/19       780,000       819,595  

Lockheed Martin Corp., Senior Notes

    3.350     9/15/21       190,000       195,990  

Lockheed Martin Corp., Senior Notes

    3.550     1/15/26       450,000       466,521  

Northrop Grumman Corp., Senior Notes

    2.550     10/15/22       580,000       575,783  

Northrop Grumman Corp., Senior Notes

    2.930     1/15/25       1,350,000       1,345,192  

United Technologies Corp., Senior Notes

    4.500     4/15/20       170,000       178,785  

Total Aerospace & Defense

                            3,581,866  

Air Freight & Logistics — 0.1%

                               

United Parcel Service Inc., Senior Notes

    2.500     4/1/23       410,000       407,616  

Airlines — 0.1%

                               

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

    6.545     2/2/19       73,084       75,825  

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

    6.821     8/10/22       290,567       331,900  

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

    6.850     1/30/18       117,945       119,714  

Total Airlines

                            527,439  

Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.4%

 

Cintas Corp., Senior Notes

    2.900     4/1/22       460,000       465,422  

Cintas Corp., Senior Notes

    3.700     4/1/27       1,040,000       1,086,596  

Republic Services Inc., Senior Notes

    3.200     3/15/25       750,000       754,034  

Waste Management Inc., Senior Notes

    3.500     5/15/24       450,000       464,904  

Total Commercial Services & Supplies

 

    2,770,956  

Electrical Equipment — 0.2%

                               

Eaton Corp., Senior Notes

    2.750     11/2/22       1,250,000       1,254,159  

Industrial Conglomerates — 0.7%

                               

General Electric Co., Senior Notes

    5.550     5/4/20       220,000       236,284  

General Electric Co., Senior Notes

    4.650     10/17/21       1,330,000       1,426,196  

General Electric Co., Senior Notes

    6.875     1/10/39       1,590,000       2,257,231  

General Electric Co., Senior Notes

    4.500     3/11/44       210,000       228,039  

General Electric Co., Subordinated Notes

    5.300     2/11/21       1,184,000       1,278,317  

Total Industrial Conglomerates

 

    5,426,067  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Machinery — 0.1%

                               

John Deere Capital Corp., Senior Notes

    2.250     4/17/19     $ 360,000     $ 360,953  

Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.0%

 

Aviation Capital Group Corp., Senior Notes

    6.750     4/6/21       290,000       324,263  (b) 

Transportation — 0.2%

                               

Mexico City Airport Trust, Senior Secured Bonds

    5.500     10/31/46       1,500,000       1,503,300  (b) 

Total Industrials

                            16,156,619  
Information Technology — 1.5%                                

Internet Software & Services — 0.2%

 

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., Senior Notes

    2.800     6/6/23       680,000       681,679  (j) 

Tencent Holdings Ltd., Senior Notes

    3.375     5/2/19       450,000       456,506  (b) 

Total Internet Software & Services

                            1,138,185  

IT Services — 0.2%

                               

Visa Inc., Senior Notes

    2.200     12/14/20       840,000       840,031  

Visa Inc., Senior Notes

    3.150     12/14/25       290,000       295,952  

Visa Inc., Senior Notes

    4.300     12/14/45       320,000       355,805  

Total IT Services

                            1,491,788  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.2%

 

Intel Corp., Senior Notes

    3.700     7/29/25       140,000       147,493  

QUALCOMM Inc., Senior Notes

    2.100     5/20/20       1,150,000       1,141,361  

Total Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

 

    1,288,854  

Software — 0.3%

                               

Microsoft Corp., Senior Bonds

    2.400     8/8/26       1,190,000       1,147,806  

Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes

    1.850     2/6/20       1,280,000       1,275,256  

Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes

    3.450     8/8/36       20,000       20,214  

Total Software

                            2,443,276  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.6%

 

Apple Inc., Senior Notes

    2.000     11/13/20       370,000       368,354  

Apple Inc., Senior Notes

    2.450     8/4/26       1,170,000       1,118,883  

Dell International LLC/EMC Corp., Senior Secured Notes

    3.480     6/1/19       1,580,000       1,600,749  (b) 

Dell International LLC/EMC Corp., Senior Secured Notes

    4.420     6/15/21       1,110,000       1,159,850  (b) 

Total Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

 

    4,247,836  

Total Information Technology

                            10,609,939  
Materials — 2.0%                                

Chemicals — 0.3%

                               

Equate Petrochemical BV, Senior Notes

    4.250     11/3/26       1,080,000       1,104,381  (b) 

OCP SA, Senior Notes

    4.500     10/22/25       550,000       548,130  (b) 

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc., Senior Notes

    6.500     5/15/19       360,000       379,905  

Total Chemicals

                            2,032,416  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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November 30, 2017

 

Western Asset Intermediate Bond Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Metals & Mining — 1.7%

                               

Anglo American Capital PLC, Senior Notes

    3.625     9/11/24     $ 990,000     $ 983,807  (b) 

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

    6.750     10/19/75       1,140,000       1,335,111  (a)(b) 

Corporacion Nacional del Cobre de Chile, Senior Notes

    3.625     8/1/27       1,310,000       1,309,934  (b) 

Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Senior Notes

    6.500     11/15/20       72,000       73,444  

Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Senior Notes

    4.000     11/14/21       730,000       737,665  

Glencore Funding LLC, Senior Notes

    4.125     5/30/23       1,840,000       1,910,104  (b) 

Southern Copper Corp., Senior Notes

    3.500     11/8/22       1,040,000       1,071,663  

Southern Copper Corp., Senior Notes

    5.250     11/8/42       1,140,000       1,277,398  

Vale Overseas Ltd., Senior Notes

    6.875     11/21/36       2,830,000       3,468,193  

Total Metals & Mining

                            12,167,319  

Total Materials

                            14,199,735  
Real Estate — 0.1%                                

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.1%

 

WEA Finance LLC/Westfield UK & Europe Finance PLC, Notes

    2.700     9/17/19       690,000       693,340  (b) 
Telecommunication Services — 0.9%  

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.7%

 

AT&T Inc., Global Notes

    5.500     2/1/18       360,000       362,099  

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

    2.850     2/14/23       990,000       982,359  

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

    3.400     5/15/25       1,070,000       1,052,980  

Bharti Airtel Ltd., Senior Notes

    4.375     6/10/25       660,000       668,153  (b) 

Telefonica Emisiones SAU, Senior Notes

    5.134     4/27/20       110,000       116,787  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    5.150     9/15/23       360,000       398,722  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    3.500     11/1/24       740,000       750,590  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    3.376     2/15/25       249,000       249,175  (b) 

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    4.125     3/16/27       410,000       428,115  

Total Diversified Telecommunication Services

 

    5,008,980  

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.2%

 

America Movil SAB de CV, Senior Notes

    5.000     3/30/20       1,090,000       1,153,454  

Total Telecommunication Services

 

    6,162,434  
Utilities — 1.1%                                

Electric Utilities — 1.1%

                               

Comision Federal de Electricidad, Senior Notes

    4.875     1/15/24       530,000       567,100  (b) 

Comision Federal de Electricidad, Senior Notes

    4.750     2/23/27       690,000       726,225  (b) 

Duke Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    2.400     8/15/22       1,640,000       1,617,975  

Duke Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    3.150     8/15/27       510,000       504,838  

FirstEnergy Corp., Senior Notes

    2.850     7/15/22       1,030,000       1,024,123  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Electric Utilities — continued

                               

FirstEnergy Corp., Senior Notes

    4.250     3/15/23     $ 1,080,000     $ 1,133,692  

FirstEnergy Corp., Senior Notes

    3.900     7/15/27       1,000,000       1,022,375  

Majapahit Holding BV, Senior Notes

    7.750     1/20/20       500,000       551,000  (k) 

PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara, Senior Notes

    4.125     5/15/27       730,000       728,955  (b) 

Total Utilities

                            7,876,283  

Total Corporate Bonds & Notes (Cost — $236,054,829)

 

            234,291,557  
Mortgage-Backed Securities — 9.2%  

FHLMC — 4.1%

                               

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), Gold

    4.000     7/1/47-12/1/47       3,634,489       3,815,144  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), Gold

    3.500     12/13/47       11,100,000       11,379,142  (l) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), Gold

    4.000     12/13/47       12,700,000       13,267,955  (l) 

Total FHLMC

                            28,462,241  

FNMA — 4.2%

                               

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    9.500     4/15/21       2,300       2,431  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) (12 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.443%)

    1.830     5/1/43       3,411,302       3,516,417  (a) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    3.500     7/1/43-3/1/57       1,547,435       1,586,950  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    4.000     4/1/47-8/1/47       15,512,045       16,242,797  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    4.000     12/13/47       7,900,000       8,254,265  (l) 

Total FNMA

                            29,602,860  

GNMA — 0.9%

                               

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

    3.000     11/20/47       2,100,000       2,118,981  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

    3.000     12/20/47       4,400,000       4,434,375  (l) 

Total GNMA

                            6,553,356  

Total Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost — $64,852,130)

 

            64,618,457  
Municipal Bonds — 0.1%                                

Virginia — 0.1%

                               

Virginia State Housing Development Authority Revenue (Cost — $689,825)

    6.000     6/25/34       698,788       738,864  
Sovereign Bonds — 4.6%                                

Brazil — 0.1%

                               

Federative Republic of Brazil, Senior Notes

    4.875     1/22/21       480,000       510,120  

Canada — 0.4%

                               

Province of Ontario, Senior Bonds

    4.400     4/14/20       1,440,000       1,513,439  

Province of Quebec, Notes

    2.625     2/13/23       1,400,000       1,408,132  

Total Canada

                            2,921,571  

Colombia — 0.3%

                               

Republic of Colombia, Senior Bonds

    5.625     2/26/44       920,000       1,046,960  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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November 30, 2017

 

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Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Colombia — continued

                               

Republic of Colombia, Senior Notes

    3.875     4/25/27     $ 1,210,000     $ 1,229,057  

Total Colombia

                            2,276,017  

Indonesia — 0.6%

                               

Republic of Indonesia, Senior Bonds

    5.875     3/13/20       240,000       258,685  (k) 

Republic of Indonesia, Senior Notes

    5.875     1/15/24       479,000       545,714  (b) 

Republic of Indonesia, Senior Notes

    3.850     7/18/27       200,000       205,246  (b) 

Republic of Indonesia, Senior Notes

    5.125     1/15/45       2,730,000       3,003,516  (k) 

Republic of Indonesia, Senior Notes

    5.125     1/15/45       200,000       220,038  (b) 

Total Indonesia

                            4,233,199  

Kazakhstan — 0.2%

                               

Republic of Kazakhstan, Senior Notes

    4.875     10/14/44       1,270,000       1,348,424  (b) 

Kuwait — 0.3%

                               

Kuwait International Government Bonds, Senior Notes

    3.500     3/20/27       2,170,000       2,213,322  (b) 

Mexico — 0.8%

                               

United Mexican States, Senior Notes

    4.000     10/2/23       2,530,000       2,666,620  

United Mexican States, Senior Notes

    3.600     1/30/25       1,340,000       1,371,490  

United Mexican States, Senior Notes

    4.750     3/8/44       1,180,000       1,201,830  

Total Mexico

                            5,239,940  

Panama — 0.2%

                               

Republic of Panama, Senior Notes

    4.500     5/15/47       1,240,000       1,336,100  

Peru — 0.2%

                               

Republic of Peru, Senior Bonds

    6.550     3/14/37       160,000       216,353  

Republic of Peru, Senior Bonds

    5.625     11/18/50       990,000       1,269,675  

Total Peru

                            1,486,028  

Poland — 0.5%

                               

Republic of Poland, Senior Notes

    5.125     4/21/21       1,380,000       1,504,524  

Republic of Poland, Senior Notes

    4.000     1/22/24       1,870,000       2,001,968  

Total Poland

                            3,506,492  

Russia — 0.2%

                               

Russian Foreign Bond — Eurobond, Senior Bonds

    4.875     9/16/23       800,000       871,100  (b) 

Russian Foreign Bond — Eurobond, Senior Bonds

    7.500     3/31/30       270,275       315,884  (k) 

Russian Foreign Bond — Eurobond, Senior Bonds

    7.500     3/31/30       85,500       99,928  (b) 

Russian Foreign Bond — Eurobond, Senior Notes

    4.500     4/4/22       200,000       212,872  (k) 

Total Russia

                            1,499,784  

Saudi Arabia — 0.3%

                               

Saudi Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    2.875     3/4/23       1,970,000       1,945,227  (b) 

United Arab Emirates — 0.3%

                               

Abu Dhabi Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    2.500     10/11/22       2,100,000       2,077,358  (b) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Uruguay — 0.2%

                               

Republic of Uruguay, Senior Bonds

    5.100     6/18/50     $ 1,240,000     $ 1,367,100  

Total Sovereign Bonds (Cost — $31,206,509)

 

    31,960,682  
U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities — 2.1%  

U.S. Treasury Bonds, Inflation Indexed

    1.375     2/15/44       1,291,797       1,442,074  

U.S. Treasury Bonds, Inflation Indexed

    0.750     2/15/45       1,184,195       1,145,462  

U.S. Treasury Notes, Inflation Indexed

    0.625     1/15/24       2,622,898       2,658,252  

U.S. Treasury Notes, Inflation Indexed

    0.375     7/15/25       1,331,994       1,323,949  

U.S. Treasury Notes, Inflation Indexed

    0.625     1/15/26       1,838,269       1,851,583  

U.S. Treasury Notes, Inflation Indexed

    0.375     7/15/27       6,658,212       6,550,418  

Total U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (Cost — $14,785,783)

    14,971,738  

Security

  Expiration
Date
    Contracts    

Notional

Amount

        
Purchased Options — 0.0%                                

Exchange-Traded Purchased Options — 0.0%

 

Eurodollar 1-Year Mid Curve Futures, Put @ $97.88

    1/12/18       118       295,000       18,437  

Eurodollar 1-Year Mid Curve Futures, Put @ $97.88

    2/16/18       118       295,000       25,075  

Eurodollar Futures, Call @ $98.50

    1/12/18       81       202,500       506  

Eurodollar Futures, Put @ $98.25

    3/19/18       65       162,500       7,719  

U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Call @ $117.00

    12/22/17       152       152,000       9,500  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call @ $124.50

    12/22/17       50       50,000       12,500  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call @ $125.00

    12/8/17       25       25,000       1,172  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call @ $125.00

    12/15/17       8       8,000       750  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call @ $125.25

    12/22/17       50       50,000       4,688  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call @ $125.50

    12/22/17       24       24,000       1,500  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Put @ $123.75

    12/22/17       38       38,000       11,875  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Put @ $124.00

    12/22/17       96       96,000       40,500  

U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Call @ $153.00

    12/22/17       32       32,000       19,000  

U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Call @ $154.00

    12/8/17       48       48,000       6,000  

Total Purchased Options (Cost — $253,139)

 

    159,222  

Total Investments before Short-Term Investments (Cost — $701,708,115)

 

    700,055,617  
     Rate            Shares         
Short-Term Investments — 4.4%                                

Western Asset Government Cash Management Portfolio LLC (Cost — $30,596,993)

    1.130             30,596,993       30,596,993  (m) 

Total Investments — 104.3% (Cost — $732,305,108)

 

            730,652,610  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (4.3)%

 

            (30,230,028

Total Net Assets — 100.0%

                          $ 700,422,582  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

November 30, 2017

 

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* 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) 

Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs (See Note 1).

 

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

 

(f) 

The coupon payment on these securities is currently in default as of November 30, 2017.

 

(g) 

Value is less than $1.

 

(h) 

Security is valued in good faith in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Directors (See Note 1).

 

(i) 

The maturity principal is currently in default as of November 30, 2017.

 

(j) 

Securities traded on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis.

 

(k) 

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.

 

(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 $37,465,422.

 

(m) 

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 $30,596,993 and the cost was $30,596,993 (See Note 9).

 

Abbreviations used in this schedule:

ARM   — Adjustable Rate Mortgage
CD   — Certificate of Deposit
CDO   — Collateralized Debt Obligation
CLO   — Collateral Loan Obligation
IO   — Interest Only
LIBOR   — London Interbank Offered Rate
PAC   — Planned Amortization Class
PO   — Principal Only
STRIPS   — Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal Securities

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Written Options  
Schedule of Exchange-Traded Written Options  
Security   Expiration
Date
    Strike
Price
    Contracts     Notional
Amount
    Value  
Eurodollar 1-Year Mid Curve Futures, Put     1/12/18     $ 97.75       118     $ 295,000     $ 5,162  
Eurodollar 1-Year Mid Curve Futures, Put     2/16/18       97.75       118       295,000       10,325  
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Call     12/22/17       117.75       73       73,000       1,141  
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Call     12/22/17       118.25       134       134,000       1,047  
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Call     2/23/18       118.50       75       75,000       3,516  
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Put     12/22/17       116.25       101       101,000       21,305  
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Put     12/22/17       115.50       73       73,000       2,851  
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Put     2/23/18       115.50       75       75,000       14,648  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call     12/22/17       126.00       48       48,000       1,500  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call     1/26/18       126.50       39       39,000       3,047  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Put     12/22/17       122.00       33       33,000       1,031  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Put     1/26/18       122.50       39       39,000       7,312  
U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Call     12/22/17       155.00       58       58,000       10,875  
U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Call     12/22/17       154.00       13       13,000       4,469  
U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Call     2/23/18       158.00       38       38,000       14,844  
U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Put     12/22/17       146.00       26       26,000       1,219  
Total Exchange-Traded Written Options (Premiums received — $160,829)     $ 104,292  

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:  
U.S. Treasury 2-Year Notes     238       3/18     $ 51,053,866     $ 51,028,688     $ (25,178)  
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes     1,442       3/18       168,287,302       167,767,687       (519,615)  
U.S. Treasury Ultra Long-Term Bonds     15       3/18       2,489,263       2,473,125       (16,138)  
                                      (560,931)  
Contracts to Sell:                                        
90-Day Eurodollar     900       12/17       221,776,299       221,512,500       263,799  
90-Day Eurodollar     590       3/18       145,122,138       144,926,125       196,013  
90-Day Eurodollar     301       6/18       73,885,704       73,824,013       61,691  
90-Day Eurodollar     45       9/18       11,067,604       11,026,125       41,479  
90-Day Eurodollar     193       12/18       47,267,565       47,248,812       18,753  
90-Day Eurodollar     110       12/19       26,835,493       26,877,125       (41,632)  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes     456       3/18       56,810,947       56,565,375       245,572  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Ultra Long-Term Bonds     107       3/18       14,303,473       14,249,391       54,082  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

November 30, 2017

 

Western Asset Intermediate Bond Fund

 

     Number of
Contracts
    Expiration
Date
    Notional
Amount
    Market
Value
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds     359       3/18       $ 54,983,674     $ 54,467,031     $ 516,643  
                                      1,356,400  
Net unrealized appreciation on open futures contracts     $ 795,469  

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)
 
    $ 8,200,000       6/13/21     3-Month LIBOR-quarterly   1.185% semi-annually         $ (261,954)  
      8,180,000       6/13/26     1.580% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR-quarterly   $ 989       509,479  
      26,089,000       11/15/43     2.474% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR-quarterly     552,840       286,341  
Total   $ 42,469,000                     $ 553,829     $ 533,866  

 

OTC CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS ON CORPORATE ISSUES — SELL PROTECTION1  
Swap Counterparty
(Reference Entity)
  Notional
Amount2
    Termination
Date
    Implied
Credit
Spread at
November 30,
20173
 

Periodic
Payments
Received by

the Fund†

  Market
Value
    Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)
    Unrealized
Appreciation
 
Barclays Capital Inc. (Metlife Inc., 4.750% due 2/8/21)   $ 97,000       6/20/21     0.30%   1.000%
quarterly
  $ 2,328     $ 597     $ 1,731  

 

CENTRALLY CLEARED CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS ON CREDIT INDICES — SELL PROTECTION1  
Reference Entity   Notional
Amount2
    Termination
Date
    Periodic
Payments
Received by
the Fund†
  Market
Value4
  Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)
    Unrealized
Appreciation
 
Markit CDX.NA.IG.28 Index   $ 15,990,000       6/20/22     1.000% quarterly   $342,263   $ 278,456     $ 63,807  

 

1 

If the Fund is a seller of protection and a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement, the Fund will either (i) pay to the buyer of protection an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap and take delivery of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising the referenced index or (ii) pay 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 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 

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

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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  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.

 

4 

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.

 

Percentage shown is an annual percentage rate.

 

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 — $701,708,115)

   $ 700,055,617  

Investments in affiliated securities, at value (Cost — $30,596,993)

     30,596,993  

Cash

     569,872  

Interest receivable

     3,761,172  

Receivable for securities sold

     3,511,878  

Deposits with brokers for centrally cleared swap contracts

     1,712,276  

Deposits with brokers for open futures contracts and exchange-traded options

     1,347,480  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     931,681  

Receivable from broker — variation margin on centrally cleared swaps

     125,405  

Receivable from broker — variation margin on open futures contracts

     46,100  

Principal paydown receivable

     45,307  

OTC swaps, at value (premiums paid — $597)

     2,328  

Receivable for open OTC swap contracts

     194  

Prepaid expenses

     67,685  

Total Assets

     742,773,988  
Liabilities:  

Payable for securities purchased

     41,082,605  

Distributions payable

     452,669  

Payable for Fund shares repurchased

     363,629  

Investment management fee payable

     230,243  

Written options, at value (premiums received — $160,829)

     104,292  

Payable for options purchased to close

     12,705  

Service and/or distribution fees payable

     1,479  

Directors’ fees payable

     1,115  

Accrued expenses

     102,669  

Total Liabilities

     42,351,406  
Total Net Assets    $ 700,422,582  
Net Assets:  

Par value (Note 7)

   $ 64,100  

Paid-in capital in excess of par value

     706,208,996  

Overdistributed net investment income

     (17,199)  

Accumulated net realized loss on investments, futures contracts, written options and swap contracts

     (5,632,227)  

Net unrealized depreciation on investments, futures contracts, written options and swap contracts

     (201,088)  
Total Net Assets    $ 700,422,582  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Net Assets:  

Class A

     $3,536,138  

Class C

     $687,622  

Class R

     $330,678  

Class I

     $385,179,480  

Class IS

     $310,688,664  
Shares Outstanding:  

Class A

     323,959  

Class C

     62,854  

Class R

     30,272  

Class I

     35,261,095  

Class IS

     28,422,064  
Net Asset Value:  

Class A (and redemption price)

     $10.92  

Class C*

     $10.94  

Class R (and redemption price)

     $10.92  

Class I (and redemption price)

     $10.92  

Class IS (and redemption price)

     $10.93  
Maximum Public Offering Price Per Share:  

Class A (based on maximum initial sales charge of 4.25%)

     $11.40  

 

* 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

   $ 9,463,930  

Interest from affiliated investments

     153,031  

Total Investment Income

     9,616,961  
Expenses:  

Investment management fee (Note 2)

     1,319,427  

Transfer agent fees (Note 5)

     92,879  

Registration fees

     38,593  

Fund accounting fees

     32,681  

Audit and tax fees

     27,630  

Service and/or distribution fees (Notes 2 and 5)

     19,918  

Shareholder reports

     15,316  

Legal fees

     8,247  

Directors’ fees

     8,196  

Fees recaptured by investment manager (Note 2)

     7,470  

Custody fees

     5,242  

Insurance

     4,136  

Commitment fees (Note 8)

     2,840  

Interest expense

     313  

Miscellaneous expenses

     6,467  

Total Expenses

     1,589,355  

Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements (Notes 2 and 5)

     (640)  

Net Expenses

     1,588,715  
Net Investment Income      8,028,246  
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments, Futures Contracts,
Written Options and Swap Contracts (Notes 1, 3 and 4):
 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) From:

 

Investment transactions in unaffiliated securities

     604,509  

Futures contracts

     (1,367,452)  

Written options

     352,139  

Swap contracts

     1,257,722  

Net Realized Gain

     846,918  

Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) From:

 

Investments in unaffiliated securities

     (2,923,423)  

Futures contracts

     1,203,007  

Written options

     58,085  

Swap contracts

     (269,455)  

Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

     (1,931,786)  
Net Loss on Investments, Futures Contracts, Written Options and Swap Contracts      (1,084,868)  
Increase in Net Assets From Operations    $ 6,943,378  

 

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

  $ 8,028,246      $ 12,952,564  

Net realized gain

    846,918        1,093,282  

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    (1,931,786)        2,024,585  

Increase in Net Assets From Operations

    6,943,378        16,070,431  
Distributions to Shareholders From (Notes 1 and 6):  

Net investment income

    (8,213,866)        (12,417,845)  

Net realized gains

           (10,811,402)  

Decrease in Net Assets From Distributions to Shareholders

    (8,213,866)        (23,229,247)  
Fund Share Transactions (Note 7):  

Net proceeds from sale of shares

    129,280,608        183,218,938  

Reinvestment of distributions

    6,097,401        16,405,464  

Cost of shares repurchased

    (55,791,189)        (78,793,276)  

Increase in Net Assets From Fund Share Transactions

    79,586,820        120,831,126  

Increase in Net Assets

    78,316,332        113,672,310  
Net Assets:  

Beginning of period

    622,106,250        508,433,940  

End of period*

  $ 700,422,582      $ 622,106,250  

*Includes overdistributed and undistributed net investment income, respectively, of:

    $(17,199)        $168,421  

 

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     $10.94       $11.09       $11.17       $11.13       $10.90       $11.23       $10.97  
Income (loss) from operations:              

Net investment income

    0.11       0.22       0.23       0.19       0.09       0.20       0.14  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.01)       0.06       0.01       0.04       0.23       (0.33)       0.28  

Total income (loss) from operations

    0.10       0.28       0.24       0.23       0.32       (0.13)       0.42  
Less distributions from:              

Net investment income

    (0.12)       (0.21)       (0.23)       (0.19)       (0.09)       (0.20)       (0.15)  

Net realized gains

          (0.22)       (0.09)                         (0.01)  

Total distributions

    (0.12)       (0.43)       (0.32)       (0.19)       (0.09)       (0.20)       (0.16)  
Net asset value, end of period     $10.92       $10.94       $11.09       $11.17       $11.13       $10.90       $11.23  

Total return6

    0.89     2.60     2.18     2.12     2.91     (1.18)     3.81
Net assets, end of period (000s)     $3,536       $6,374       $2,125       $856       $197       $181       106  
Ratios to average net assets:              

Gross expenses

    0.75 %7      0.85 %8      0.83 %8      0.92 %8      1.06 %7      1.10 %8      0.96 %7 

Net expenses9

    0.75 7      0.85 8      0.82 8,10      0.90 8,10      0.90 7,10      0.89 8,10      0.87 7,10 

Net investment income

    2.08 7      2.00       2.05       1.72       1.96 7      1.78       1.92 7 
Portfolio turnover rate11     50     55     106     59     34     119     101

 

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, 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 0.90%. This expense limitation arrangement cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2019 without the Board of Directors’ consent.

 

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 83% for the six months ended November 30, 2017, 60%,106% and 61% for the years ended May 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively, 46% for the period ended May 31, 2014 and 162% and 118% for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

 

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 C Shares1   20172     2017     2016     2015     20143     20134     20125  
Net asset value, beginning of period     $10.96       $11.11       $11.19       $11.15       $10.92       $11.23       $10.97  
Income (loss) from operations:  

Net investment income

    0.07       0.14       0.14       0.11       0.05       0.11       0.09  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.01)       0.06       0.01       0.04       0.23       (0.30)       0.28  

Total income (loss) from operations

    0.06       0.20       0.15       0.15       0.28       (0.19)       0.37  
Less distributions from:  

Net investment income

    (0.08)       (0.13)       (0.14)       (0.11)       (0.05)       (0.12)       (0.10)  

Net realized gains

          (0.22)       (0.09)                         (0.01)  

Total distributions

    (0.08)       (0.35)       (0.23)       (0.11)       (0.05)       (0.12)       (0.11)  
Net asset value, end of period     $10.94       $10.96       $11.11       $11.19       $11.15       $10.92       $11.23  

Total return6

    0.52     1.84     1.35     1.36     2.68     (1.83)     3.31
Net assets, end of period (000s)     $688       $751       $602       $231       $340       $364       $45  
Ratios to average net assets:  

Gross expenses

    1.56 %7      1.59 %8      1.65 %8      1.67 %8      1.79 %7,8      1.77 %8      1.87 %7 

Net expenses9

    1.56 7,10      1.59 8      1.64 8,10      1.65 8,10      1.65 7,8,10      1.64 8,10      1.60 7,10 

Net investment income

    1.35 7      1.25       1.24       1.01       1.20 7      1.04       1.23 7 
Portfolio turnover rate11     50     55     106     59     34     119     101

 

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, 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 1.65%. This expense limitation arrangement cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2019 without the Board of Directors’ consent.

 

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 83% for the six months ended November 30, 2017, 60%,106% and 61% for the years ended May 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively, 46% for the period ended May 31, 2014 and 162% and 118% 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     $10.94       $11.09       $11.18       $11.13       $10.90       $11.23       $10.97  
Income (loss) from operations:  

Net investment income

    0.10       0.19       0.19       0.16       0.08       0.17       0.13  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.02)       0.06       0.00 6      0.06       0.22       (0.33)       0.27  

Total income (loss) from operations

    0.08       0.25       0.19       0.22       0.30       (0.16)       0.40  
Less distributions from:  

Net investment income

    (0.10)       (0.18)       (0.19)       (0.17)       (0.07)       (0.17)       (0.13)  

Net realized gains

          (0.22)       (0.09)                         (0.01)  

Total distributions

    (0.10)       (0.40)       (0.28)       (0.17)       (0.07)       (0.17)       (0.14)  
Net asset value, end of period     $10.92       $10.94       $11.09       $11.18       $11.13       $10.90       $11.23  

Total return7

    0.72     2.29     1.84     1.86     2.80     (1.44)     3.64
Net assets, end of period (000s)     $331       $208       $185       $106       $15       $14       $10  
Ratios to average net assets:  

Gross expenses

    1.22 %8,9      1.26 %9      1.36 %9      1.19 %9      1.28 %8      1.37     1.21 %8 

Net expenses10,11

    1.15 8,9      1.15 9      1.15 9      1.15 9      1.15 8      1.15       1.14 8 

Net investment income

    1.77 8      1.69       1.72       1.45       1.71 8      1.53       1.72 8 
Portfolio turnover rate12     50     55     106     59     34     119     101

 

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 

Amount represents less than $0.005 per share.

 

7 

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.

 

8 

Annualized.

 

9 

Reflects recapture of expenses waived/reimbursed from prior fiscal years.

 

10 

As a result of an expense limitation arrangement, 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 1.15%. This expense limitation arrangement cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2019 without the Board of Directors’ consent.

 

11 

Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

12 

Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 83% for the six months ended November 30, 2017, 60%,106% and 61% for the years ended May 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively, 46% for the period ended May 31, 2014 and 162% and 118% for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

 

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     $10.94       $11.09       $11.17       $11.13       $10.90       $11.23       $10.76  
Income (loss) from operations:  

Net investment income

    0.13       0.26       0.26       0.24       0.11       0.24       0.28  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.01)       0.06       0.01       0.04       0.22       (0.33)       0.48  

Total income (loss) from operations

    0.12       0.32       0.27       0.28       0.33       (0.09)       0.76  
Less distributions from:  

Net investment income

    (0.14)       (0.25)       (0.26)       (0.24)       (0.10)       (0.24)       (0.28)  

Net realized gains

          (0.22)       (0.09)                         (0.01)  

Total distributions

    (0.14)       (0.47)       (0.35)       (0.24)       (0.10)       (0.24)       (0.29)  
Net asset value, end of period     $10.92       $10.94       $11.09       $11.17       $11.13       $10.90       $11.23  

Total return5

    1.06     2.95     2.49     2.53     3.08     (0.78)     7.10
Net assets, end of period (000s)     $385,179       $306,436       $284,689       $227,426       $191,802       $210,537       $245,534  
Ratios to average net assets:  

Gross expenses

    0.50 %6      0.50     0.52     0.50     0.51 %6      0.50     0.49

Net expenses

    0.50 6      0.50       0.51 7      0.49 7      0.49 6,7      0.48 7      0.45 7 

Net investment income

    2.42 6      2.34       2.36       2.15       2.36 6      2.18       2.57  
Portfolio turnover rate8     50     55     106     59     34     119     101

 

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 fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

8 

Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 83% for the six months ended November 30, 2017, 60%,106% and 61% for the years ended May 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively, 46% for the period ended May 31, 2014 and 162% and 118% 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     $10.95       $11.10       $11.17       $11.13       $10.90       $11.23       $10.76  
Income (loss) from operations:              

Net investment income

    0.14       0.26       0.26       0.24       0.11       0.25       0.28  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (0.02)       0.06       0.03       0.04       0.23       (0.33)       0.48  

Total income (loss) from operations

    0.12       0.32       0.29       0.28       0.34       (0.08)       0.76  
Less distributions from:              

Net investment income

    (0.14)       (0.25)       (0.27)       (0.24)       (0.11)       (0.25)       (0.28)  

Net realized gains

          (0.22)       (0.09)                         (0.01)  

Total distributions

    (0.14)       (0.47)       (0.36)       (0.24)       (0.11)       (0.25)       (0.29)  
Net asset value, end of period     $10.93       $10.95       $11.10       $11.17       $11.13       $10.90       $11.23  

Total return5

    1.08     3.01     2.65     2.58     3.10     (0.74)     7.11
Net assets, end of period (000s)     $310,689       $308,338       $220,833       $417,938       $338,515       $282,662       $157,596  
Ratios to average net assets:              

Gross expenses

    0.45 %6,7      0.45 %7      0.46 %7      0.45 %7      0.47 %6      0.47     0.48

Net expenses8,9

    0.45 6,7      0.45 7      0.45 7      0.45 7      0.45 6      0.44       0.44  

Net investment income

    2.46 6      2.39       2.39       2.20       2.41 6      2.25       2.56  
Portfolio turnover rate10     50     55     106     59     34     119     101

 

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 

Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

9 

As a result of an expense limitation arrangement, 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 0.45%. 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.

 

10 

Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 83% for the six months ended November 30, 2017, 60%,106% and 61% for the years ended May 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively, 46% for the period ended May 31, 2014 and 162% and 118% for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Notes to financial statements (unaudited)

 

1. Organization and significant accounting policies

Western Asset Intermediate Bond 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 Funds 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.

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

 

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

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

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

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

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

 

 

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

        $ 216,472,027           $ 216,472,027  

Asset-backed securities

          63,598,079     $ 1,739,122       65,337,201  

Collateralized mortgage obligations

          71,505,869             71,505,869  

Corporate bonds & notes:

                               

Financials

          96,242,974       0     96,242,974  

Other corporate bonds & notes

          138,048,583             138,048,583  

Mortgage-backed securities

          64,618,457             64,618,457  

Municipal bonds

          738,864             738,864  

Sovereign bonds

          31,960,682             31,960,682  

U.S. treasury inflation protected securities

          14,971,738             14,971,738  

Purchased options

  $ 159,222                   159,222  
Total long-term investments     159,222       698,157,273       1,739,122       700,055,617  
Short-term investments†           30,596,993             30,596,993  
Total investments   $ 159,222     $ 728,754,266     $ 1,739,122     $ 730,652,610  
Other financial instruments:                                

Futures contracts

    1,398,032                   1,398,032  

OTC credit default swaps on corporate issues — sell protection‡

          2,328             2,328  

Centrally cleared interest rate swaps

          795,820             795,820  

Centrally cleared credit default swaps on credit indices — sell protection

          63,807             63,807  
Total other financial instruments   $ 1,398,032     $ 861,955           $ 2,259,987  
Total   $ 1,557,254     $ 729,616,221     $ 1,739,122     $ 732,912,597  
LIABILITIES  
Description   Quoted Prices
(Level 1)
    Other Significant
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
    Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
    Total  
Other financial instruments:                                

Written options

  $ 104,292                 $ 104,292  

Futures contracts

    602,563                   602,563  

Centrally cleared interest rate swaps

        $ 261,954             261,954  
Total   $ 706,855     $ 261,954           $ 968,809  

 

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.

 

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(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. 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) 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 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.

(e) 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

 

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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.

(f) 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.

(g) 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

 

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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.

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 total notional value of all credit default swaps to sell protection was $16,087,000. This amount would be offset by the value of the swap’s reference entity, upfront premiums received on the swap and any amounts received from the settlement of a credit default swap where the Fund bought protection for the same referenced security/entity.

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

 

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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 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

 

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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.

(h) Securities traded on a when-issued and delayed delivery basis. The Fund may trade securities on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis. In a when-issued and delayed delivery transaction, the securities are purchased or sold by the Fund with 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.

(i) 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.

(j) 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

 

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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.

(k) 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.

(l) Credit and market risk. 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.

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.

(m) 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

 

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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 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 did not have any open derivative transactions with credit related contingent features in a net liability position.

 

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(n) 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.

(o) 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.

(p) 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.

(q) 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.

(r) 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 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.

 

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

2. Investment management agreement and other transactions with affiliates

The Fund has an investment management agreement with Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC (“LMPFA”). Western Asset Management Company (“Western Asset”) and Western Asset Management Company Limited (“Western Asset Limited”) are the Fund’s subadvisers. LMPFA, Western Asset and Western Asset Limited 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 0.40% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

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 C, Class R and Class IS shares did not exceed 0.90%, 1.65%, 1.15% and 0.45%, 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 $640.

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.

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 C      Class R      Class I      Class IS  
Expires May 31, 2018           $ 5      $ 231      $ 33,230      $ 26,396  
Expires May 31, 2019                    242               11,896  
Expires May 31, 2020                    75               559  
Total fee waivers/expense reimbursements subject to recapture           $ 5      $ 548      $ 33,230      $ 38,851  

 

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For the six months ended November 30, 2017, LMPFA recaptured $7,462 and $8 for Class IS and Class R shares, respectively.

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 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 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 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 $313 on sales of the Fund’s Class A shares. In addition, for the six months ended November 30, 2017, there were no CDSCs paid to LMIS and its affiliates.

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      $ 115,477,137        $ 549,465,809  
Sales        39,028,213          501,397,000  

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    $ 732,305,108      $ 9,847,443      $ (11,499,941)      $ (1,652,498)  
Futures contracts             1,398,032        (602,563)        795,469  
Written options      (160,829)        75,754        (19,217)        56,537  
Swap contracts      832,882        861,358        (261,954)        599,404  

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.

 

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ASSET DERIVATIVES1  
      Interest
Rate Risk
     Credit
Risk
     Total  
Purchased options2    $ 159,222             $ 159,222  
Futures contracts3      1,398,032               1,398,032  
OTC swap contracts4           $ 2,328        2,328  
Centrally cleared swap contracts5      795,820        63,807        859,627  
Total    $ 2,353,074      $ 66,135      $ 2,419,209  

 

LIABILITY DERIVATIVES1  
      Interest
Rate Risk
 
Written options    $ 104,292  
Futures contracts3      602,563  
Centrally cleared swap contracts5      261,954  
Total    $ 968,809  

 

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 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 

Values include premiums paid (received) on swap contracts which are shown separately in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

5 

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.

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
     Credit
Risk
     Total  
Purchased options1    $ (655,525)             $ (655,525)  
Written options      352,139               352,139  
Futures contracts      (1,367,452)               (1,367,452)  
Swap contracts      1,227,714      $ 30,008        1,257,722  
Total    $ (443,124)      $ 30,008      $ (413,116)  

 

1 

Net realized gain (loss) from purchased options is reported in net realized gain (loss) from investment transactions in the Statement of Operations.

 

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CHANGE IN UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) ON DERIVATIVES RECOGNIZED  
      Interest
Rate Risk
     Credit
Risk
     Total  
Purchased options1    $ (252,445)             $ (252,445)  
Written options      58,085               58,085  
Futures contracts      1,203,007               1,203,007  
Swap contracts      (333,705)      $ 64,250        (269,455)  
Total    $ 674,942      $ 64,250      $ 739,192  

 

1 

The change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from purchased options is reported in the change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from investments 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      $ 256,772  
Written options        120,984  
Futures contracts (to buy)        232,317,937  
Futures contracts (to sell)        411,094,603  
        Average Notional
Balance
 
Interest rate swap contracts      $ 79,501,429  
Credit default swap contracts (to sell protection)        9,234,143  

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)
    Net
Amount2
 
Barclays Capital Inc.   $ 2,328           $ 2,328           $ 2,328  

 

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 

Represents the net amount receivable (payable) from (to) the counterparty in the event of default.

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 shares, class C shares and class R shares calculated at the annual rate of 0.25%, 1.00% and 0.50% of the average daily net assets of each class, respectively. Service and/or distribution fees are accrued daily and paid monthly.

 

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For the six months ended November 30, 2017, class specific expenses were as follows:

 

        Service and/or
Distribution Fees
       Transfer Agent
Fees
 
Class A      $ 15,528        $ 3,748  
Class C        3,816 1         451  
Class R        574          303  
Class I                 87,813  
Class IS                 564  
Total      $ 19,918        $ 92,879  

 

1 

Amount shown is exclusive of expense reimbursements. For the six months ended November 30, 2017, the service and/or distribution fees reimbursed amounted to $6 for Class C shares.

For the six months ended November 30, 2017, waivers and/or expense reimbursements by class were as follows:

 

        Waivers/Expense
Reimbursements
 
Class A         
Class C      $ 6  
Class R        75  
Class I         
Class IS        559  
Total      $ 640  

6. Distributions to shareholders by class

 

        Six Months Ended
November 30, 2017
       Year Ended
May 31, 2017
 
Net Investment Income:                      
Class A      $ 125,191        $ 47,277  
Class C        5,285          9,231  
Class R        2,149          3,475  
Class I        4,203,695          6,440,052  
Class IS        3,877,546          5,917,810  
Total      $ 8,213,866        $ 12,417,845  
Net Realized Gains:                      
Class A               $ 48,502  
Class C                 16,426  
Class R                 4,562  
Class I                 5,631,573  
Class IS                 5,110,339  
Total               $ 10,811,402  

 

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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      2,243,013      $ 24,601,074        524,489      $ 5,724,294  
Shares issued on reinvestment      7,543        82,759        7,964        86,680  
Shares repurchased      (2,509,274)        (27,574,106)        (141,399)        (1,541,311)  
Net increase (decrease)      (258,718)      $ (2,890,273)        391,054      $ 4,269,663  
Class C                                    
Shares sold      8,596      $ 94,591        40,850      $ 456,169  
Shares issued on reinvestment      466        5,112        2,247        24,432  
Shares repurchased      (14,721)        (161,649)        (28,826)        (316,813)  
Net increase (decrease)      (5,659)      $ (61,946)        14,271      $ 163,788  
Class R                                    
Shares sold      13,685      $ 150,124        6,042      $ 66,773  
Shares issued on reinvestment      95        1,033        427        4,646  
Shares repurchased      (2,519)        (27,682)        (4,107)        (44,360)  
Net increase      11,261      $ 123,475        2,362      $ 27,059  
Class I                                    
Shares sold      9,060,235      $ 99,423,702        7,842,401      $ 86,021,245  
Shares issued on reinvestment      197,234        2,160,761        492,548        5,370,524  
Shares repurchased      (2,006,108)        (22,001,030)        (5,997,788)        (66,113,512)  
Net increase      7,251,361      $ 79,583,433        2,337,161      $ 25,278,257  
Class IS                                    
Shares sold      456,667      $ 5,011,117        8,231,638      $ 90,950,457  
Shares issued on reinvestment      350,893        3,847,736        1,001,234        10,919,182  
Shares repurchased      (549,003)        (6,026,722)        (970,106)        (10,777,280)  
Net increase      258,557      $ 2,832,131        8,262,766      $ 91,092,359  

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

 

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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 $2,840. The Fund did not utilize the Redemption Facility during the six months ended November 30, 2017.

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 Management Company, 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         $ 200,616,993       200,616,993     $ 170,020,000       170,020,000           $ 153,031           $ 30,596,993  

10. Deferred capital losses

As of May 31, 2017, the Fund had deferred capital losses of $3,564,616, which have no expiration date, that will be available to offset future taxable capital 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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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”) and Western Asset Management Company Limited in London (“WAML” 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 WAML, its business is highly integrated and senior investment personnel at Western Asset have supervisory oversight responsibility over the investment decisions made by WAML. 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 Agreement between LMPFA and WAML with respect to the Fund. The Directors also noted that the Fund does not pay any management fees directly to Western Asset or to WAML 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 approve and 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; 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

 

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subadvisory agreements (unaudited) (cont’d)

 

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 Subadviser 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 certain comparable funds in 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 slightly exceeded its peer average performance for the ten-year period and was slightly lower than the peer average for the one-, three- and five-year 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.

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 either Subadviser. The Directors observed that the management fee paid by the Fund to LMPFA was slightly lower than the average of the combined advisory and administration fees paid by funds in its peer group and that total expenses for the Fund were lower 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 the Subadvisers may receive from their relationships 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

 

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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

Intermediate Bond 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

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 Intermediate Bond Fund

The Fund is a separate investment series of Western Asset Funds, Inc.

Western Asset Intermediate Bond 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 Intermediate Bond 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.

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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

WASX012830 1/18 SR17-3257


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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