N-CSRS 1 d838541dncsrs.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, 2019

 

 

 


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ITEM 1.

REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS.

The Semi-Annual Report to Stockholders is filed herewith.


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LOGO

 

 

Semi-Annual Report   November 30, 2019

WESTERN ASSET

INTERMEDIATE BOND FUND

 

 

 

Beginning in January 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Fund intends to no longer mail paper copies of the Fund’s shareholder reports like this one, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports from the Fund or from your Service Agent or financial intermediary (such as a broker-dealer or bank). Instead, the reports will be made available on a website, and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report.

If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically (“e-delivery”), you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. If you have not already elected e-delivery, you may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from the Fund electronically by contacting your Service Agent or, if you are a direct shareholder with the Fund, by calling 1-877-721-1926.

You may elect to receive all future reports in paper free of charge. If you invest through a Service Agent, you can contact your Service Agent to request that you continue to receive paper copies of your shareholder reports. That election will apply to all Legg Mason Funds held in your account at that Service Agent. If you are a direct shareholder with the Fund, you can call the Fund at 1-877-721-1926, or write to the Fund by regular mail at Legg Mason Funds, P.O. Box 9699, Providence, RI 02940-9699 or by express, certified or registered mail to Legg Mason Funds, 4400 Computer Drive, Westborough, MA 01581 to let the Fund know you wish to continue receiving paper copies of your shareholder reports. That election will apply to all Legg Mason Funds held in your account held directly with the fund complex.

 

LOGO

 

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


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What’s inside      
Letter from the president     II  
Performance review     III  
Fund at a glance     1  
Fund expenses     2  
Schedule of investments     4  
Statement of assets and liabilities     39  
Statement of operations     41  
Statements of changes in net assets     42  
Financial highlights     43  
Notes to financial statements     48  
Board approval of management and subadvisory agreements     67  
Additional shareholder information     70  

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, 2019. Please read on for Fund performance information 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 31, 2019

 

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Performance review

 

For the six months ended November 30, 2019, Class I shares of Western Asset Intermediate Bond Fund returned 3.10%. The Fund’s unmanaged benchmark, the Bloomberg Barclays Intermediate U.S. Government/Credit Indexi, returned 2.71% for the same period. The Lipper Core Plus Bond Funds Category Averageii returned 3.59% over the same time frame.

 

Performance Snapshot as of November 30, 2019 (unaudited)  
(excluding sales charges)    6 months  
Western Asset Intermediate Bond Fund:   

Class A

     2.93

Class C

     2.60

Class R

     2.69

Class I

     3.10

Class IS

     3.14
Bloomberg Barclays Intermediate U.S. Government/Credit Index      2.71
Lipper Core Plus Bond Funds Category Average      3.59

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, 2019 for Class A, Class C, Class R, Class I and Class IS shares were 1.46%, 1.00%, 1.35%, 1.94% and 2.05%, respectively. Absent fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the 30-Day SEC Yields for Class A and Class R shares would have been 1.45% and 1.10%, 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, 2019, the gross total annual fund operating expense ratios for Class A, Class C, Class R, Class I and Class IS shares were 0.85%, 1.57%, 1.34%, 0.54% 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.

 

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Performance review (cont’d)

 

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, 2021 without the Board of Directors’ consent. In addition, the manager has agreed to waive the Fund’s management fee to an extent sufficient to offset the net management fee payable in connection with any investment in an affiliated money market fund. This management fee waiver is not subject to the recapture provision discussed below.

The manager is permitted to recapture amounts waived and/or reimbursed to a class within two years after the fiscal year in which the manager earned the fee or incurred the expense if the class’ total annual operating expenses have fallen to a level below the expense limitation (“expense cap”) in effect at the time the fees were earned or the expenses incurred. In no case will the manager recapture any 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 31, 2019

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 currency fluctuations and 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.

 

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i 

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.

 

ii

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, 2019, including the reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, calculated among the 311 funds in the Fund’s Lipper category, and excluding sales charges, if any.

 

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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, 2019 and May 31, 2019 and does not include derivatives such as written options, futures contracts 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.

 

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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, 2019 and held for the six months ended November 30, 2019.

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     2.93   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,029.30       0.89   $ 4.52       Class A     5.00   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,020.55       0.89   $ 4.50  
Class C     2.60       1,000.00       1,026.00       1.52       7.70       Class C     5.00       1,000.00       1,017.40       1.52       7.67  
Class R     2.69       1,000.00       1,026.90       1.15       5.83       Class R     5.00       1,000.00       1,019.25       1.15       5.81  
Class I     3.10       1,000.00       1,031.00       0.54       2.74       Class I     5.00       1,000.00       1,022.30       0.54       2.73  
Class IS     3.14       1,000.00       1,031.40       0.45       2.29       Class IS     5.00       1,000.00       1,022.75       0.45       2.28  

 

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For the six months ended November 30, 2019.

 

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 half-year (183), then divided by 366.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited)

November 30, 2019

 

Western Asset Intermediate Bond Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
   

Face

Amount

    Value  
Corporate Bonds & Notes — 36.7%                                
Communication Services — 2.1%                                

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.8%

                               

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

    3.400     5/15/25     $ 1,070,000     $ 1,118,025  

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

    4.250     3/1/27       580,000       635,026  

Telefonica Emisiones SA, Senior Notes

    5.134     4/27/20       110,000       111,364  

Telefonica Emisiones SA, Senior Notes

    4.895     3/6/48       2,270,000       2,580,791  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    5.150     9/15/23       840,000       935,104  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    3.500     11/1/24       740,000       784,501  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    3.376     2/15/25       249,000       263,195  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    2.625     8/15/26       300,000       305,730  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    4.329     9/21/28       484,000       549,387  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    3.875     2/8/29       360,000       398,369  

Total Diversified Telecommunication Services

                            7,681,492  

Entertainment — 0.0%

                               

Walt Disney Co., Senior Notes

    3.000     9/15/22       170,000       175,343  

Media — 1.0%

                               

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

    3.579     7/23/20       300,000       302,190  

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

    4.908     7/23/25       4,300,000       4,719,465  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    3.375     2/15/25       280,000       295,477  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    3.950     10/15/25       2,790,000       3,044,549  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    3.150     3/1/26       90,000       94,526  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    4.150     10/15/28       1,520,000       1,714,954  

Fox Corp., Senior Notes

    4.030     1/25/24       170,000       180,938  (a) 

Fox Corp., Senior Notes

    4.709     1/25/29       340,000       386,158  (a) 

Total Media

                            10,738,257  

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.3%

                               

America Movil SAB de CV, Senior Notes

    5.000     3/30/20       286,000       288,549  

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV, Senior Notes

    2.820     1/19/22       150,000       152,093   (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Wireless Telecommunication Services — continued

                               

Sprint Spectrum Co. LLC/Sprint Spectrum Co. II LLC/Sprint Spectrum Co. III LLC, Senior Secured Notes

    3.360     9/20/21     $ 595,000     $ 600,950  (a) 

Vodafone Group PLC, Senior Notes

    3.750     1/16/24       1,990,000       2,099,664  

Total Wireless Telecommunication Services

                            3,141,256  

Total Communication Services

                            21,736,348  
Consumer Discretionary — 1.5%                                

Automobiles — 0.7%

                               

BMW US Capital LLC, Senior Notes

    1.850     9/15/21       80,000       79,778  (a) 

Daimler Finance North America LLC, Senior Notes

    2.700     8/3/20       470,000       471,880  (a) 

Daimler Finance North America LLC, Senior Notes

    3.350     5/4/21       2,100,000       2,133,744  (a) 

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, Senior Notes

    8.125     1/15/20       1,010,000       1,017,173  

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, Senior Notes

    5.875     8/2/21       800,000       837,807  

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, Senior Notes

    3.664     9/8/24       200,000       198,489  

General Motors Financial Co. Inc., Senior Notes

    2.450     11/6/20       160,000       160,257  

General Motors Financial Co. Inc., Senior Notes

    3.700     11/24/20       520,000       526,244  

General Motors Financial Co. Inc., Senior Notes

    3.450     4/10/22       880,000       897,543  

General Motors Financial Co. Inc., Senior Notes

    3.700     5/9/23       1,230,000       1,266,361  

Total Automobiles

                            7,589,276  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.6%

                               

Las Vegas Sands Corp., Senior Notes

    3.200     8/8/24       1,470,000       1,498,052  

McDonald’s Corp., Senior Notes

    3.350     4/1/23       800,000       833,104  

McDonald’s Corp., Senior Notes

    3.500     3/1/27       450,000       481,273  

McDonald’s Corp., Senior Notes

    3.800     4/1/28       650,000       712,136  

Sands China Ltd., Senior Notes

    4.600     8/8/23       1,520,000       1,612,355  

Sands China Ltd., Senior Notes

    5.125     8/8/25       430,000       473,553  

Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

                            5,610,473  

Household Durables — 0.0%

                               

Newell Brands Inc., Senior Notes

    3.850     4/1/23       198,000       204,395  

Newell Brands Inc., Senior Notes

    4.200     4/1/26       10,000       10,329  

Total Household Durables

                            214,724  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.2%

                               

Amazon.com Inc., Senior Notes

    3.150     8/22/27       2,080,000       2,211,990  

Total Consumer Discretionary

                            15,626,463  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

November 30, 2019

 

Western Asset Intermediate Bond Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  
Consumer Staples — 2.3%                                

Beverages — 0.8%

                               

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc., Senior Notes

    3.300     2/1/23     $ 728,000     $ 755,224  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

    3.500     1/12/24       810,000       851,617  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

    4.150     1/23/25       2,890,000       3,148,469  

Diageo Capital PLC, Senior Notes

    4.828     7/15/20       760,000       773,730  

Diageo Capital PLC, Senior Notes

    3.500     9/18/23       2,360,000       2,483,550  

Pernod Ricard SA, Senior Notes

    4.450     1/15/22       520,000       545,077  (a) 

Total Beverages

                            8,557,667  

Food & Staples Retailing — 0.1%

                               

Walmart Inc., Senior Notes

    3.050     7/8/26       530,000       559,098  

Walmart Inc., Senior Notes

    3.700     6/26/28       320,000       354,086  

Total Food & Staples Retailing

                            913,184  

Food Products — 0.5%

                               

Danone SA, Senior Notes

    2.077     11/2/21       1,840,000       1,839,666  (a) 

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Secured Notes

    4.875     2/15/25       335,000       344,499  (a) 

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes

    3.950     7/15/25       130,000       136,591  

Mars Inc., Senior Notes

    2.700     4/1/25       360,000       369,814  (a) 

Mars Inc., Senior Notes

    3.200     4/1/30       1,160,000       1,245,023  (a) 

Smithfield Foods Inc., Senior Notes

    2.700     1/31/20       1,150,000       1,149,983  (a) 

Total Food Products

                            5,085,576  

Tobacco — 0.9%

                               

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

    3.490     2/14/22       220,000       226,032  

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

    2.850     8/9/22       50,000       50,737  

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

    3.800     2/14/24       320,000       336,513  

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

    4.400     2/14/26       2,340,000       2,532,487  

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

    4.800     2/14/29       1,990,000       2,201,867  

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

    6.200     2/14/59       290,000       349,016  

BAT Capital Corp., Senior Notes

    2.764     8/15/22       1,750,000       1,769,655  

BAT Capital Corp., Senior Notes

    3.557     8/15/27       1,500,000       1,529,233  

Reynolds American Inc., Senior Notes

    3.250     6/12/20       115,000       115,667  

Total Tobacco

                            9,111,207  

Total Consumer Staples

                            23,667,634  
Energy — 4.9%                                

Energy Equipment & Services — 0.1%

                               

Halliburton Co., Senior Notes

    3.800     11/15/25       720,000       759,541  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 4.8%

 

Antero Resources Corp., Senior Notes

    5.375     11/1/21     $ 70,000     $ 64,820  

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

    3.250     4/15/22       485,000       493,225  

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

    4.375     10/15/28       1,030,000       1,045,054  

BP Capital Markets America Inc., Senior Notes

    3.216     11/28/23       510,000       532,257  

BP Capital Markets America Inc., Senior Notes

    3.119     5/4/26       1,990,000       2,074,998  

BP Capital Markets America Inc., Senior Notes

    3.588     4/14/27       970,000       1,037,933  

BP Capital Markets America Inc., Senior Notes

    3.410     2/11/26       420,000       444,295  

BP Capital Markets PLC, Senior Notes

    3.561     11/1/21       10,000       10,302  

BP Capital Markets PLC, Senior Notes

    3.535     11/4/24       80,000       85,274  

BP Capital Markets PLC, Senior Notes

    3.506     3/17/25       500,000       532,577  

Cimarex Energy Co., Senior Notes

    3.900     5/15/27       1,830,000       1,866,625  

CNOOC Finance 2015 USA LLC, Senior Notes

    3.500     5/5/25       850,000       887,560  

CNOOC Finance 2015 USA LLC, Senior Notes

    4.375     5/2/28       760,000       845,120  

CNOOC Nexen Finance 2014 ULC, Senior Notes

    4.250     4/30/24       430,000       459,176  

Concho Resources Inc., Senior Notes

    4.375     1/15/25       1,110,000       1,147,795  

Concho Resources Inc., Senior Notes

    4.300     8/15/28       770,000       827,099  

Continental Resources Inc., Senior Notes

    5.000     9/15/22       1,219,000       1,226,723  

Continental Resources Inc., Senior Notes

    3.800     6/1/24       940,000       962,801  

Continental Resources Inc., Senior Notes

    4.375     1/15/28       60,000       62,100  

Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    5.850     12/15/25       420,000       497,981  

Dominion Energy Inc., Junior Subordinated Notes

    2.579     7/1/20       1,030,000       1,032,593  

Ecopetrol SA, Senior Notes

    5.375     6/26/26       2,440,000       2,701,074  

Energy Transfer Operating LP, Senior Notes

    4.500     4/15/24       20,000       21,158  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes

    4.150     10/16/28       2,290,000       2,505,465  

EOG Resources Inc., Senior Notes

    4.150     1/15/26       300,000       330,329  

Exxon Mobil Corp., Senior Notes

    3.043     3/1/26       1,670,000       1,759,974  

KazMunayGas National Co. JSC, Senior Notes

    5.375     4/24/30       1,070,000       1,233,389  (a) 

KazMunayGas National Co. JSC, Senior Notes

    5.750     4/19/47       660,000       775,982  (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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November 30, 2019

 

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Security

  Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — continued

 

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, Senior Notes

    3.500     3/1/21     $ 150,000     $ 152,112  

MPLX LP, Senior Notes

    4.125     3/1/27       780,000       810,261  

MPLX LP, Senior Notes

    4.800     2/15/29       1,120,000       1,213,646  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    4.850     3/15/21       972,000       1,002,224  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    2.600     8/13/21       1,520,000       1,528,005  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    3.125     2/15/22       70,000       71,078  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    2.700     2/15/23       1,330,000       1,337,971  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    6.950     7/1/24       610,000       712,499  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    5.550     3/15/26       1,820,000       2,064,372  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    3.400     4/15/26       910,000       926,384  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    3.000     2/15/27       500,000       498,636  

Pertamina Persero PT, Senior Notes

    6.000     5/3/42       580,000       697,435  (a) 

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

    4.375     5/20/23       420,000       436,800  

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

    6.250     3/17/24       470,000       521,843  

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

    6.850     6/5/2115       390,000       434,786  

Petroleos del Peru SA, Senior Notes

    4.750     6/19/32       2,040,000       2,210,029  (a) 

Petroleos Mexicanos, Senior Notes

    4.875     1/18/24       500,000       521,707  

Petroleos Mexicanos, Senior Notes

    4.250     1/15/25       760,000       756,759  

Petroleos Mexicanos, Senior Notes

    5.625     1/23/46       1,100,000       975,903  

Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes

    4.375     3/25/20       470,000       473,662  

Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes

    2.250     11/10/20       1,020,000       1,024,025  

Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes

    3.250     5/11/25       2,550,000       2,690,155  

Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes

    2.875     5/10/26       400,000       414,744  

Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2014 Ltd., Senior Notes

    4.375     4/10/24       1,620,000       1,742,309  (a) 

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC, Senior Notes

    7.850     2/1/26       1,490,000       1,891,837  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    5.250     3/15/20       180,000       181,572  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    7.875     9/1/21       200,000       218,595  

Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

                            50,973,028  

Total Energy

                            51,732,569  
Financials — 15.7%

 

Banks — 11.4%

 

ABN AMRO Bank NV, Subordinated Notes

    4.750     7/28/25       310,000       336,658   (a) 

Banco Santander SA, Senior Notes

    3.125     2/23/23       1,000,000       1,019,421  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Banks — continued

                               

Banco Santander SA, Senior Notes

    3.800     2/23/28     $ 200,000     $ 210,602  

Banco Santander SA, Senior Notes

    4.379     4/12/28       1,000,000       1,096,895  

Banco Santander SA, Senior Notes (3.121% to then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.120%)

    3.121     4/12/23       800,000       804,014  (b) 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

    3.300     1/11/23       600,000       620,870  

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

    4.100     7/24/23       930,000       992,071  

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

    4.000     4/1/24       1,560,000       1,670,656  

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

    3.500     4/19/26       460,000       488,665  

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes (3.004% to 12/20/22 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.790%)

    3.004     12/20/23       570,000       582,436  (b) 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes (3.419% to 12/20/27 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.040%)

    3.419     12/20/28       1,572,000      
1,649,482
 (b) 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes (3.458% to 3/15/24 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.970%)

    3.458     3/15/25       660,000       688,815  (b) 

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

    3.593     7/21/28       1,140,000       1,210,270  (b) 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes (3.970% to 3/5/28 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.070%)

    3.970     3/5/29       1,500,000       1,633,720  (b) 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes (3.974% to 2/7/29 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.210%)

    3.974     2/7/30       4,210,000       4,605,627  (b) 

Bank of America Corp., Subordinated Notes

    4.200     8/26/24       710,000       761,248  

Bank of America Corp., Subordinated Notes

    4.000     1/22/25       320,000       340,738  

Bank of America Corp., Subordinated Notes

    4.250     10/22/26       2,100,000       2,297,741  

Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel SA, Senior Notes

    2.200     7/20/20       230,000       230,393  (a) 

Barclays Bank PLC, Subordinated Notes

    10.179     6/12/21       1,150,000       1,282,459  (a) 

Barclays PLC, Senior Notes (4.972% to 5/16/28 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.902%)

    4.972     5/16/29       1,000,000       1,121,087  (b) 

BNP Paribas SA, Senior Notes

    3.375     1/9/25       260,000       269,104  (a) 

BNP Paribas SA, Senior Notes

    4.400     8/14/28       750,000       834,052  (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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November 30, 2019

 

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Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Banks — continued

                               

BNP Paribas SA, Senior Notes (4.705% to 1/10/24 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.235%)

    4.705     1/10/25     $ 2,010,000     $ 2,172,605  (a)(b) 

BNP Paribas SA, Senior Notes (5.198% to 1/10/29 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.567%)

    5.198     1/10/30       2,320,000       2,735,275  (a)(b) 

BNP Paribas SA, Subordinated Notes (4.375% to 3/1/28 then USD 5 year ICE Swap Rate + 1.483%)

    4.375     3/1/33       360,000       383,807  (a)(b) 

BPCE SA, Senior Notes

    3.000     5/22/22       2,570,000       2,612,253  (a) 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

    3.300     4/27/25       1,810,000       1,889,806  

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

    8.125     7/15/39       34,000       56,394  

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

    4.650     7/30/45       84,000       102,972  

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes (3.980% to 3/20/29 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.338%)

    3.980     3/20/30       1,840,000       2,006,603   (b) 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes (4.075% to 4/23/28 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.192%)

    4.075     4/23/29       1,620,000       1,776,392  (b) 

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

    4.400     6/10/25       670,000       724,303  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

    5.500     9/13/25       870,000       995,346  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

    4.300     11/20/26       180,000       196,191  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

    4.450     9/29/27       4,370,000       4,813,673  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

    4.125     7/25/28       280,000       304,587  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

    5.300     5/6/44       116,000       147,239  

Cooperatieve Rabobank UA, Senior Notes

    4.750     1/15/20       600,000       601,959  (a) 

Cooperatieve Rabobank UA, Senior Notes

    4.625     12/1/23       1,720,000       1,858,278  

Cooperatieve Rabobank UA, Senior Notes

    4.375     8/4/25       2,980,000       3,240,912  

Danske Bank A/S, Senior Notes

    5.000     1/12/22       530,000       556,599  (a) 

Danske Bank A/S, Senior Notes

    3.875     9/12/23       200,000       207,537  (a) 

Danske Bank A/S, Senior Notes

    5.375     1/12/24       1,400,000       1,538,371  (a) 

Danske Bank A/S, Senior Notes (3.001% to 9/20/21 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.249%)

    3.001     9/20/22       300,000       302,158  (a)(b) 

Danske Bank A/S, Senior Notes (3.244% to 12/20/24 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.591%)

    3.244     12/20/25       210,000       211,908  (a)(b) 

HSBC Bank USA NA, Subordinated Notes

    4.875     8/24/20       290,000       295,854  

HSBC Holdings PLC, Senior Notes

    3.400     3/8/21       1,190,000       1,209,295  

HSBC Holdings PLC, Senior Notes

    2.950     5/25/21       1,640,000       1,661,424  

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       745,038  (b) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Banks — continued

                               

HSBC Holdings PLC, Senior Notes (4.583% to 6/19/28 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.535%)

    4.583     6/19/29     $ 2,570,000     $ 2,850,039  (b) 

HSBC Holdings PLC, Subordinated Notes

    4.250     3/14/24       430,000       455,599  

HSBC Holdings PLC, Subordinated Notes

    4.250     8/18/25       620,000       659,264  

ING Bank NV, Senior Secured Notes

    2.625     12/5/22       1,000,000       1,021,660  (a) 

ING Bank NV, Subordinated Notes

    5.800     9/25/23       730,000       809,645  (a) 

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Senior Notes

    3.125     7/14/22       1,030,000       1,036,931  (a) 

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Senior Notes

    3.375     1/12/23       390,000       394,774  (a) 

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Subordinated Notes

    5.017     6/26/24       1,580,000       1,644,816  (a) 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Senior Notes

    4.250     10/15/20       130,000       132,574  

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Senior Notes

    2.550     3/1/21       150,000       151,038  

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Senior Notes

    3.900     7/15/25       3,000,000       3,224,105  

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Senior Notes

                               

(4.005% to 4/23/28 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.120%)

    4.005     4/23/29       1,180,000       1,294,951  (b) 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Senior Notes (4.023% to 12/5/23 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.000%)

    4.023     12/5/24       1,250,000       1,330,574  (b) 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Senior Notes (4.203% to 7/23/28 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.260%)

    4.203     7/23/29       490,000       543,705  (b) 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Senior Notes (4.452% to 12/5/28 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.330%)

    4.452     12/5/29       2,250,000       2,550,928  (b) 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Subordinated Notes

    3.875     9/10/24       1,790,000       1,903,620  

Lloyds Banking Group PLC, Senior Notes

    3.900     3/12/24       2,040,000       2,148,928  

Lloyds Banking Group PLC, Subordinated Notes

    4.650     3/24/26       680,000       736,029  

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., Senior Notes

    2.950     3/1/21       535,000       541,063  

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., Senior Notes

    3.407     3/7/24       3,470,000       3,620,336  

Nordea Bank Abp, Subordinated Notes

    4.875     5/13/21       620,000       642,501  (a) 

PNC Financial Services Group Inc., Senior Notes

    3.500     1/23/24       2,420,000       2,549,625  

Royal Bank of Canada, Senior Notes

    2.150     10/26/20       330,000       330,841  

Royal Bank of Canada, Senior Notes

    3.200     4/30/21       760,000       773,559  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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November 30, 2019

 

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Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Banks — continued

 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Senior Notes (4.269% to 3/22/24 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.762%)

    4.269     3/22/25     $ 590,000     $ 623,031  (b) 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Senior Notes (4.519% to 6/25/23 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.550%)

    4.519     6/25/24       200,000       211,724  (b) 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Subordinated Notes

    6.100     6/10/23       2,400,000       2,630,909  

Santander UK Group Holdings PLC, Senior Notes

    3.571     1/10/23       590,000       603,089  

Santander UK PLC, Senior Notes

    2.375     3/16/20       200,000       200,193  

Santander UK PLC, Subordinated Notes

    5.000     11/7/23       1,704,000       1,831,776  (a) 

Svenska Handelsbanken AB, Senior Notes

    3.350     5/24/21       250,000       254,923  

UniCredit SpA, Senior Notes

    6.572     1/14/22       1,880,000       2,016,026  (a) 

US Bancorp, Senior Notes

    3.375     2/5/24       5,000,000       5,256,977  

US Bank NA, Senior Notes

    3.150     4/26/21       380,000       386,305  

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

    5.570     12/30/19       2,218,000       2,251,847  (b)(c) 

Wells Fargo & Co., Senior Notes

    3.750     1/24/24       7,640,000       8,077,162  

Wells Fargo & Co., Senior Notes

    3.000     10/23/26       720,000       740,858  

Wells Fargo & Co., Senior Notes

    4.150     1/24/29       500,000       557,308  

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

    3.450     2/13/23       1,690,000       1,749,421  

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

    4.100     6/3/26       400,000       432,506  

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

    4.300     7/22/27       2,100,000       2,305,212  

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

    4.900     11/17/45       90,000       111,938  

Westpac Banking Corp., Senior Notes

    2.300     5/26/20       70,000       70,128  

Westpac Banking Corp., Senior Notes

    2.600     11/23/20       390,000       392,477  

Total Banks

                            120,144,718  

Capital Markets — 2.5%

 

Charles Schwab Corp., Senior Notes

    3.850     5/21/25       600,000       650,014  

Credit Suisse AG, Senior Notes

    3.625     9/9/24       2,550,000       2,698,581  

Credit Suisse Group AG, Senior Notes

    4.282     1/9/28       900,000       979,401  (a) 

Credit Suisse Group AG, Senior Notes (3.869% to 1/12/28 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.410%)

    3.869     1/12/29       1,360,000       1,455,020  (a)(b) 

Daiwa Securities Group Inc., Senior Notes

    3.129     4/19/22       220,000       224,258  (a) 

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

    4.000     12/30/19       91,000       80,136  (b)(c) 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

    5.375     3/15/20       1,180,000       1,191,243  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount

    Value  

Capital Markets — continued

                               

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

    5.750     1/24/22     $ 1,940,000     $ 2,083,369  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

    3.200     2/23/23       410,000       421,958  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

    3.625     2/20/24       1,000,000       1,048,857  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

    4.000     3/3/24       1,480,000       1,574,779  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

    3.850     7/8/24       280,000       296,551  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

    3.500     11/16/26       1,350,000       1,409,939  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

    4.750     10/21/45       130,000       158,572  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes (3.814% to 4/23/28 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.158%)

    3.814     4/23/29       750,000       803,124  (b) 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes (4.223% to 5/1/28 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.301%)

    4.223     5/1/29       1,130,000       1,245,592  (b) 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Subordinated Notes

    4.250     10/21/25       2,280,000       2,463,800  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Subordinated Notes

    5.150     5/22/45       60,000       73,907  

Lehman Brothers Holdings Capital Trust VII, Junior Subordinated Notes

    5.857     12/30/19       6,200,000       0  *(c)(d)(e)(f)(g) 

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

    2.686     8/19/65       360,000       0  *(d)(e)(f)(g) 

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Junior Subordinated Notes

    6.500     7/19/17       30,000       0  *(e)(f)(g)(h) 

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes

    5.500     7/24/20       600,000       613,627  

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes (3.772% to 1/24/28 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.140%)

    3.772     1/24/29       2,270,000       2,440,898  (b) 

UBS Group Funding Switzerland AG, Senior Notes

    3.491     5/23/23       3,060,000       3,144,983  (a) 

UBS Group Funding Switzerland AG, Senior Notes

    4.125     9/24/25       290,000       314,640  (a) 

UBS Group Funding Switzerland AG, Senior Notes

    4.253     3/23/28       1,000,000       1,094,178  (a) 

Total Capital Markets

                            26,467,427  

Consumer Finance — 0.3%

 

American Express Co., Senior Notes

    2.650     12/2/22       1,500,000       1,526,481  

American Express Co., Senior Notes

    2.500     7/30/24       420,000       424,035  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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November 30, 2019

 

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Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount

    Value  

Consumer Finance — continued

 

American Express Credit Corp., Senior Notes

    2.375     5/26/20     $ 380,000     $ 380,622  

Nationwide Building Society, Senior Notes (4.363% to 8/1/23 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.392%)

    4.363     8/1/24       940,000       993,453  (a)(b) 

Total Consumer Finance

                            3,324,591  

Diversified Financial Services — 1.3%

 

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

    4.250     7/1/20       1,540,000       1,558,038  

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

    3.500     5/26/22       210,000       215,864  

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       670,954  (a)(b) 

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

    2.342     11/15/20       1,464,000       1,462,803  

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

    3.373     11/15/25       2,300,000       2,379,290  

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    5.875     8/15/22       2,880,000       3,143,658  

Syngenta Finance NV, Senior Notes

    3.933     4/23/21       2,000,000       2,035,715  (a) 

USAA Capital Corp., Senior Notes

    2.625     6/1/21       2,060,000       2,083,279  (a) 

Total Diversified Financial Services

                            13,549,601  

Insurance — 0.2%

 

Chubb INA Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

    2.300     11/3/20       170,000       170,479  

Chubb INA Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

    3.350     5/3/26       100,000       106,918  

MetLife Capital Trust IV, Junior Subordinated Notes

    7.875     12/15/37       390,000       521,155  (a) 

Nuveen LLC, Senior Notes

    4.000     11/1/28       1,000,000       1,115,291  (a) 

Reliance Standard Life Global Funding II,

                               

Senior Secured Notes

    2.500     1/15/20       130,000       130,083  (a) 

Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America, Subordinated Notes

    6.850     12/16/39       32,000       47,596  (a) 

Total Insurance

                            2,091,522  

Total Financials

                            165,577,859  
Health Care — 3.4%

 

Biotechnology — 0.4%

 

AbbVie Inc., Senior Notes

    2.900     11/6/22       220,000       224,201  

AbbVie Inc., Senior Notes

    2.300     11/21/22       880,000       882,118  (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount

    Value  

Biotechnology — continued

                               

AbbVie Inc., Senior Notes

    2.600     11/21/24     $ 1,050,000     $ 1,056,758  (a) 

AbbVie Inc., Senior Notes

    3.600     5/14/25       510,000       535,231  

AbbVie Inc., Senior Notes

    2.950     11/21/26       180,000       181,969  (a) 

AbbVie Inc., Senior Notes

    3.200     11/21/29       260,000       264,139  (a) 

Amgen Inc., Senior Notes

    2.125     5/1/20       80,000       80,064  

Amgen Inc., Senior Notes

    3.625     5/22/24       120,000       127,359  

Gilead Sciences Inc., Senior Notes

    2.550     9/1/20       110,000       110,519  

Gilead Sciences Inc., Senior Notes

    2.500     9/1/23       700,000       709,797  

Gilead Sciences Inc., Senior Notes

    3.700     4/1/24       90,000       95,397  

Total Biotechnology

                            4,267,552  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.3%

 

Abbott Laboratories, Senior Notes

    3.400     11/30/23       700,000       733,365  

Becton Dickinson and Co., Senior Notes

    3.363     6/6/24       1,870,000       1,946,882  

Becton Dickinson and Co., Senior Notes

    3.734     12/15/24       84,000       89,002  

Becton Dickinson and Co., Senior Notes

    4.685     12/15/44       227,000       268,280  

Medtronic Inc., Senior Notes

    3.500     3/15/25       178,000       190,639  

Total Health Care Equipment & Supplies

                            3,228,168  

Health Care Providers & Services — 2.0%

 

Aetna Inc., Senior Notes

    2.800     6/15/23       1,070,000       1,086,799  

Anthem Inc., Senior Notes

    3.700     8/15/21       70,000       71,570  

Anthem Inc., Senior Notes

    3.125     5/15/22       330,000       337,802  

Anthem Inc., Senior Notes

    3.650     12/1/27       240,000       253,670  

Cigna Corp., Senior Notes

    3.400     9/17/21       310,000       316,959  

Cigna Corp., Senior Notes

    3.500     6/15/24       820,000       852,780  (a) 

Cigna Corp., Senior Notes

    4.125     11/15/25       740,000       799,507  

Cigna Corp., Senior Notes

    4.375     10/15/28       1,610,000       1,789,210  

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

    3.350     3/9/21       139,000       141,263  

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

    4.000     12/5/23       1,000,000       1,057,896  

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

    4.100     3/25/25       3,600,000       3,868,243  

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

    3.875     7/20/25       868,000       925,760  

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

    4.300     3/25/28       3,270,000       3,567,390  

Humana Inc., Senior Notes

    3.150     12/1/22       110,000       112,706  

Humana Inc., Senior Notes

    2.900     12/15/22       1,800,000       1,834,381  

Humana Inc., Senior Notes

    3.950     3/15/27       1,220,000       1,311,626  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

    2.700     7/15/20       350,000       351,691  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

    3.875     10/15/20       380,000       384,645  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

    2.875     12/15/21       230,000       234,174  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

November 30, 2019

 

Western Asset Intermediate Bond Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Health Care Providers & Services — continued

 

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

    3.750     7/15/25     $ 190,000     $ 204,986  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

    3.875     12/15/28       1,150,000       1,276,898  

Total Health Care Providers & Services

                            20,779,956  

Pharmaceuticals — 0.7%

                               

Allergan Funding SCS, Senior Notes

    3.450     3/15/22       600,000       613,247  

Allergan Funding SCS, Senior Notes

    3.800     3/15/25       570,000       598,613  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Senior Notes

    2.250     8/15/21       330,000       331,775  (a) 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Senior Notes

    2.600     5/16/22       520,000       529,070  (a) 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Senior Notes

    3.550     8/15/22       410,000       427,040  (a) 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Senior Notes

    2.900     7/26/24       980,000       1,011,332  (a) 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Senior Notes

    3.875     8/15/25       640,000       691,378  (a) 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Senior Notes

    3.200     6/15/26       740,000       778,355  (a) 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Senior Notes

    3.400     7/26/29       320,000       343,674  (a) 

Eli Lilly & Co., Senior Notes

    2.350     5/15/22       680,000       688,335  

Johnson & Johnson, Senior Notes

    2.450     3/1/26       1,390,000       1,417,264  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Co. BV, Senior Notes

    2.950     12/18/22       230,000       219,075  

Total Pharmaceuticals

                            7,649,158  

Total Health Care

                            35,924,834  
Industrials — 1.9%                                

Aerospace & Defense — 0.5%

 

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

    3.100     5/1/26       70,000       72,938  

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

    2.800     3/1/27       90,000       92,067  

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

    3.200     3/1/29       330,000       347,167  

General Dynamics Corp., Senior Notes

    3.750     5/15/28       1,040,000       1,156,992  

Lockheed Martin Corp., Senior Notes

    3.350     9/15/21       190,000       194,586  

Lockheed Martin Corp., Senior Notes

    3.550     1/15/26       450,000       483,770  

Northrop Grumman Corp., Senior Notes

    2.550     10/15/22       580,000       588,355  

Northrop Grumman Corp., Senior Notes

    2.930     1/15/25       1,350,000       1,387,851  

United Technologies Corp., Senior Notes

    4.500     4/15/20       170,000       171,550  

United Technologies Corp., Senior Notes

    3.950     8/16/25       280,000       304,611  

United Technologies Corp., Senior Notes

    4.125     11/16/28       130,000       146,387  

Total Aerospace & Defense

                            4,946,274  

Airlines — 0.0%

                               

Delta Air Lines Pass-Through Trust

    6.821     8/10/22       247,225       269,870  

Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.3%

                               

Cintas Corp. No 2, Senior Notes

    2.900     4/1/22       460,000       469,322  

Cintas Corp. No 2, Senior Notes

    3.700     4/1/27       1,040,000       1,128,792  

Republic Services Inc., Senior Notes

    3.200     3/15/25       750,000       782,045  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Commercial Services & Supplies — continued

 

Waste Management Inc., Senior Notes

    3.500     5/15/24     $ 450,000     $ 474,855  

Waste Management Inc., Senior Notes

    3.200     6/15/26       190,000       199,939  

Waste Management Inc., Senior Notes

    3.450     6/15/29       590,000       634,103  

Total Commercial Services & Supplies

                            3,689,056  

Electrical Equipment — 0.3%

                               

Eaton Corp., Senior Notes

    2.750     11/2/22       2,640,000       2,693,536  

Industrial Conglomerates — 0.5%

 

3M Co., Senior Notes

    2.375     8/26/29       280,000       276,945  

General Electric Co., Senior Notes

    5.500     1/8/20       50,000       50,152  

General Electric Co., Senior Notes

    5.550     5/4/20       220,000       223,031  

General Electric Co., Senior Notes

    4.650     10/17/21       1,330,000       1,390,151  

General Electric Co., Senior Notes

    6.875     1/10/39       1,590,000       2,142,455  

General Electric Co., Subordinated Notes

    5.300     2/11/21       1,184,000       1,224,341  

Total Industrial Conglomerates

                            5,307,075  

Road & Rail — 0.1%

 

Union Pacific Corp., Senior Notes

    3.750     7/15/25       600,000       645,799  

Union Pacific Corp., Senior Notes

    3.950     9/10/28       450,000       498,284  

Total Road & Rail

                            1,144,083  

Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.1%

 

Aviation Capital Group LLC, Senior Notes

    4.125     8/1/25       790,000       821,804  (a)   

Transportation Infrastructure — 0.1%

 

SMBC Aviation Capital Finance DAC, Senior Notes

    4.125     7/15/23       710,000       748,070  (a)   

Total Industrials

                            19,619,768  
Information Technology — 2.1%

 

Internet Software & Services — 0.1%

 

Tencent Holdings Ltd., Senior Notes

    3.595     1/19/28       1,200,000       1,251,156  (a)   

IT Services — 0.5%

 

International Business Machines Corp., Senior Notes

    3.000     5/15/24       1,200,000       1,242,042  

Mastercard Inc., Senior Notes

    3.375     4/1/24       700,000       743,005  

Visa Inc., Senior Notes

    2.200     12/14/20       840,000       843,373  

Visa Inc., Senior Notes

    3.150     12/14/25       1,400,000       1,485,031  

Visa Inc., Senior Notes

    4.300     12/14/45       320,000       394,861  

Total IT Services

                            4,708,312  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

November 30, 2019

 

Western Asset Intermediate Bond Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.1%

 

Broadcom Corp./Broadcom Cayman Finance Ltd., Senior Notes

    3.125     1/15/25     $ 590,000     $ 591,805  

Intel Corp., Senior Notes

    3.700     7/29/25       140,000       151,474  

Total Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

 

                    743,279  

Software — 0.8%

 

Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes

    1.850     2/6/20       1,280,000       1,280,188  

Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes

    1.550     8/8/21       510,000       508,198  

Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes

    2.400     2/6/22       740,000       750,430  

Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes

    2.400     8/8/26       3,310,000       3,371,276  

Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes

    3.300     2/6/27       670,000       722,063  

Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes

    3.450     8/8/36       20,000       22,081  

Oracle Corp., Senior Notes

    2.500     10/15/22       1,020,000       1,037,626  

salesforce.com Inc., Senior Notes

    3.250     4/11/23       370,000       384,789  

salesforce.com Inc., Senior Notes

    3.700     4/11/28       710,000       778,847  

Total Software

                            8,855,498  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.6%

 

Apple Inc., Senior Notes

    2.000     11/13/20       170,000       170,385  

Apple Inc., Senior Notes

    1.550     8/4/21       290,000       288,931  

Apple Inc., Senior Notes

    2.400     5/3/23       1,780,000       1,808,299  

Apple Inc., Senior Notes

    2.450     8/4/26       1,170,000       1,189,091  

Apple Inc., Senior Notes

    3.350     2/9/27       80,000       85,605  

Apple Inc., Senior Notes

    2.900     9/12/27       850,000       887,529  

Dell International LLC/EMC Corp., Senior Secured Notes

    4.420     6/15/21       1,950,000       2,008,374  (a) 

Total Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

 

                    6,438,214  

Total Information Technology

                            21,996,459  
Materials — 1.8%

 

Chemicals — 0.1%

 

Equate Petrochemical BV, Senior Notes

    4.250     11/3/26       1,080,000       1,151,779  (a) 

OCP SA, Senior Notes

    4.500     10/22/25       550,000       584,094  (a) 

Total Chemicals

                            1,735,873  

Metals & Mining — 1.5%

                               

Anglo American Capital PLC, Senior Notes

    3.625     9/11/24       990,000       1,024,117  (a) 

Anglo American Capital PLC, Senior Notes

    4.750     4/10/27       690,000       751,253  (a) 

ArcelorMittal, Senior Notes

    4.550     3/11/26       1,350,000       1,416,160  

BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd., Senior Notes

    2.875     2/24/22       40,000       40,817  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount

    Value  

Metals & Mining — continued

                               

BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd., Senior Notes (6.750% to 10/19/25 then USD 5 year ICE Swap Rate + 5.093% to 10/19/45 then USD 5 year ICE Swap Rate + 5.843%)

    6.750     10/19/75     $ 1,670,000     $ 1,959,027  (a)(b) 

Corp. Nacional del Cobre de Chile, Senior Notes

    3.625     8/1/27       1,310,000       1,370,149  (a) 

Glencore Finance Canada Ltd., Senior Notes

    4.250     10/25/22       370,000       387,292  (a) 

Glencore Funding LLC, Senior Notes

    2.875     4/16/20       110,000       110,268  (a) 

Glencore Funding LLC, Senior Notes

    4.125     5/30/23       1,790,000       1,870,749  (a) 

Glencore Funding LLC, Senior Notes

    4.125     3/12/24       1,450,000       1,522,568  (a) 

Glencore Funding LLC, Senior Notes

    4.000     3/27/27       430,000       445,980  (a) 

Southern Copper Corp., Senior Notes

    3.500     11/8/22       1,040,000       1,074,926  

Southern Copper Corp., Senior Notes

    5.250     11/8/42       1,140,000       1,287,570  

Vale Overseas Ltd., Senior Notes

    6.250     8/10/26       690,000       802,537  

Vale Overseas Ltd., Senior Notes

    6.875     11/21/36       1,358,000       1,707,257  

Total Metals & Mining

                            15,770,670  

Paper & Forest Products — 0.2%

                               

Suzano Austria GmbH, Senior Notes

    6.000     1/15/29       1,690,000       1,876,487  

Total Materials

                            19,383,030  
Real Estate — 0.1%                                

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.1%

                               

WEA Finance LLC, Senior Notes

    4.125     9/20/28       500,000       540,648  (a)  
Utilities — 0.9%                                

Electric Utilities — 0.9%

                               

Comision Federal de Electricidad, Senior Notes

    4.750     2/23/27       690,000       723,877  (a) 

Duke Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    2.400     8/15/22       1,640,000       1,652,694  

FirstEnergy Corp., Senior Notes

    2.850     7/15/22       1,780,000       1,808,498  

FirstEnergy Corp., Senior Notes

    4.250     3/15/23       1,080,000       1,139,029  

FirstEnergy Corp., Senior Notes

    3.900     7/15/27       2,000,000       2,141,860  

MidAmerican Energy Co.

    3.650     4/15/29       810,000       889,823  

Perusahaan Listrik Negara PT, Senior Notes

    4.125     5/15/27       730,000       766,754  (a) 

Perusahaan Listrik Negara PT, Senior Notes

    5.450     5/21/28       580,000       666,638  (a) 

Total Utilities

                            9,789,173  

Total Corporate Bonds & Notes (Cost — $372,303,113)

 

                    385,594,785  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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November 30, 2019

 

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Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount

    Value  
U.S. Government & Agency Obligations — 25.8%

 

                       

U.S. Government Agencies — 0.6%

                               

Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB)

    2.125     2/11/20     $ 330,000     $ 330,287  

Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB)

    5.625     6/11/21       1,910,000       2,022,738  

Tennessee Valley Authority, Senior Notes

    3.875     2/15/21       3,600,000       3,691,430  

Total U.S. Government Agencies

                            6,044,455  

U.S. Government Obligations — 25.2%

                               

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    3.750     11/15/43       16,240,000       20,970,534  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    3.000     2/15/48       18,190,000       21,222,969  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    3.125     5/15/48       5,480,000       6,548,172  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    3.000     8/15/48       17,920,000       20,944,350  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    3.000     2/15/49       3,570,000       4,180,805  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    2.875     5/15/49       3,780,000       4,328,321  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    2.250     8/15/49       6,180,000       6,240,714  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    2.375     11/15/49       1,160,000       1,204,316  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    1.875     4/30/22       14,020,000       14,107,625  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    1.625     11/15/22       1,670,000       1,671,174  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    2.750     8/31/23       2,000,000       2,082,070  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    2.875     9/30/23       200,000       209,301  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    2.250     4/30/24       280,000       287,399  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    1.750     7/31/24       260,000       261,422  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    2.250     11/15/24       77,350,000       79,596,474  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    2.000     2/15/25       4,390,000       4,465,882  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    2.875     7/31/25       11,140,000       11,859,096  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    2.750     8/31/25       8,220,000       8,697,466  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    3.000     9/30/25       1,970,000       2,112,787  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    2.250     11/15/25       8,130,000       8,384,063  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    2.625     1/31/26       8,670,000       9,136,520  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    2.125     5/31/26       1,190,000       1,219,704  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    1.875     7/31/26       2,970,000       2,998,598  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    1.625     9/30/26       220,000       218,586  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    1.625     10/31/26       6,980,000       6,932,694  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    1.625     11/30/26       17,360,000       17,243,362  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    2.375     5/15/29       2,170,000       2,281,297  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    1.625     8/15/29       5,650,000       5,567,236  

Total U.S. Government Obligations

                            264,972,937  

Total U.S. Government & Agency Obligations (Cost — $255,529,036)

 

            271,017,392  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount

    Value  
Mortgage-Backed Securities — 17.1%                                

FHLMC — 4.7%

                               

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

    3.500     6/1/46-9/1/49     $ 5,844,604     $ 6,024,070  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

    4.000     1/1/47-9/1/48       9,973,955       10,376,330  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

    3.000     4/1/49-10/1/49       26,637,488       27,159,970  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

    2.500     10/1/49       1,196,288       1,186,128  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

    3.500     11/1/49       399,578       414,832  (i) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
(FHLMC) Gold

    4.000     8/1/47       1,568,983       1,664,146  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
(FHLMC) Gold

    3.000     4/1/48-9/1/48       1,921,624       1,968,221  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
(FHLMC) Gold

    3.500     9/1/48-12/1/48       883,701       909,909  

Total FHLMC

                            49,703,606  

FNMA — 9.4%

                               

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    9.500     4/15/21       140       140  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    3.070     1/1/29       170,000       180,728  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    3.530     1/1/29       500,000       546,604  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    3.600     1/1/29       493,897       540,073  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    3.350     5/1/29       100,000       108,241  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    3.160     6/1/29       2,260,000       2,413,046  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    2.520     10/1/29       100,000       102,132  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    3.500     12/1/42-3/1/57       36,388,524       37,591,030  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    3.000     6/1/46-10/1/49       22,677,378       23,148,875  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    4.000     4/1/47-6/1/57       16,326,516       17,136,510  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    5.000     11/1/48-12/1/48       170,945       182,592  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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November 30, 2019

 

Western Asset Intermediate Bond Fund

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount

    Value  

FNMA — continued

                               

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    4.500     5/1/49     $ 5,566,035     $ 5,851,421  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    3.500     10/1/49       496,168       515,109  (i) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    3.000     12/1/49-1/1/50       3,000,000       3,040,173  (j) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    2.500     1/1/50       6,500,000       6,431,987  (j) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)
(12 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.424%)

    4.390     5/1/43       762,701       785,023  (b) 

Total FNMA

                            98,573,684  

GNMA — 3.0%

                               

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)

    3.000     9/15/42-11/15/42       633,520       654,065  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

    3.500     3/20/45-10/20/49       2,120,802       2,184,634  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

    3.000     9/20/47-11/20/47       104,787       107,913  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

    4.000     11/20/47-8/20/48       279,717       292,302  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

    5.000     1/20/49       136,403       143,576  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

    2.500     8/20/49-11/20/49       794,535       787,917  (i) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

    2.500     1/20/50       4,500,000       4,526,567  (j) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

    3.000     1/20/50       22,700,000       23,312,900  (j) 

Total GNMA

                            32,009,874  

Total Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost — $178,552,305)

 

            180,287,164  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (k) — 7.8%                                

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

    2.645     9/15/34       730,000       731,166  (a)(b) 

Adjustable Rate Mortgage Trust, 2004-5 4A1

    4.341     4/25/35       342,472       349,499  (b) 

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

    2.123     5/28/36       632,761       632,454  (a)(b) 

BCAP LLC Trust, 2015-RR6 1A2

    3.500     5/26/37       2,285,000       2,343,519  (a)(b) 

BENCHMARK Mortgage Trust, 2018-B7 A4

    4.510     5/15/53       2,200,000       2,540,526  (b) 

BENCHMARK Mortgage Trust, 2019-B10 A4

    3.717     3/15/62       2,760,000       3,031,068  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount

    Value  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (k) — continued

 

               

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2014-GC25 AS

    4.017     10/10/47     $ 640,000     $ 679,039  

Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2013-300P B

    4.540     8/10/30       560,000       597,755  (a)(b) 

Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2014-CR18 XA, IO

    1.161     7/15/47       4,489,965       170,033  (b) 

Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2014-UBS2 XA, IO

    1.364     3/10/47       3,475,134       136,315  (b) 

Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2013-CR12 AM

    4.300     10/10/46       80,000       85,236  

Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2013-CR12 B

    4.762     10/10/46       70,000       73,324   (b) 

Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2013-CR12 C

    5.250     10/10/46       40,000       40,572  (b) 

CSMC Trust, 2014-USA B

    4.185     9/15/37       2,820,000       2,972,537  (a) 

CSMC Trust, 2017-LSTK A

    2.761     4/5/33       580,000       581,680  (a) 

CSMC Trust, 2017-RPL3 A1

    4.000     8/1/57       1,201,676       1,259,477  (a)(b) 

CSMC Trust, 2018-J1 A2

    3.500     2/25/48       5,490,808       5,612,734  (a)(b) 

CSMC Trust, 2018-PLUM A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.231%)

    4.997     8/15/20       107,583       107,718  (a)(b) 

CSMC Trust, 2019-AFC1 A1, Step Bond

    2.573     7/25/49       2,422,567       2,423,950  (a) 

CSMC Trust, 2019-AFC1 A3, Step Bond

    2.877     7/25/49       2,422,567       2,423,934  (a) 

CSMC Trust, 2019-ICE4 A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.980%)

    2.745     5/15/36       1,900,000       1,904,741  (a)(b) 

FDIC Guaranteed Notes Trust, 2010-S2 3A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.700%)

    2.486     12/29/45       104,811       104,917  (a)(b) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K091 A2

    3.505     3/25/29       980,000       1,079,351  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K091 X1, IO

    0.704     3/25/29       2,498,647       117,242  (b) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K093 X1, IO

    1.092     5/25/29       1,998,544       153,192  (b) 

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

    3.291     3/25/27       590,000       627,061  

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

    3.500     9/15/31       2,542,000       222,197  

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

    4.485     9/15/42       621,992       90,876  (b) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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November 30, 2019

 

Western Asset Intermediate Bond Fund

 

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

 

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

    10.000     3/1/21     $ 1     $ 0  (g) 

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

    3.358     4/25/24       227,341       227,959  (b) 

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

    4.558     4/25/28       906,257       916,076  (b) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, 2015-HQA1 M2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.650%)

    4.358     3/25/28       94,966       95,181  (b) 

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

    4.608     7/25/28       293,247       294,680  (b) 

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

    4.308     12/25/27       112,434       112,812  (b) 

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

    3.708     12/25/28       266,464       267,039  (b) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) — CAS, 2014-C04 2M2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.000%)

    6.708     11/25/24       1,066,090       1,140,932  (b) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) — CAS, 2016-C02 1M2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.000%)

    7.708     9/25/28       2,008,693       2,193,485  (a)(b) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) — CAS, 2016-C04 1M2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.250%)

    5.958     1/25/29       2,070,000       2,194,321  (a)(b) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) — CAS, 2017-C01 1ED1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.250%)

    2.958     7/25/29       2,520,000       2,523,147  (a)(b) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) ACES, 2019-M4 A2

    3.610     2/25/31       460,000       510,542  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) ACES, 2019-M6 A2

    3.450     1/1/29       950,000       1,030,793  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount

    Value  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations  (k) — continued                                

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) ACES, 2019-M19 A2

    2.560     9/25/29     $ 1,627,923     $ 1,662,389  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) ACES, 2019-M28 AV

    2.232     2/25/27       500,000       501,545  

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

    0.000     5/25/22       3       2  

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

    3.500     12/25/39       827,765       50,742  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2013-73 IA, IO

    3.000     9/25/32       1,190,216       100,064  

Flagstar Mortgage Trust, 2018-2 A4

    3.500     4/25/48       240,032       245,322  (a)(b) 

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

    5.785     12/25/45       9,166       9,168  (a)(b) 

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

    2.347     8/20/58       575,429       573,715  (b) 

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

    2.447     11/20/60       1,655,562       1,653,699  (b) 

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

    2.497     2/20/61       482,418       482,490  (b) 

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

    2.497     3/20/61       239,566       239,589  (b) 

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

    0.944     4/16/53       3,431,044       94,306  (b) 

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

    2.347     12/20/62       1,018,572       1,015,513  (b) 

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

    0.590     4/16/47       6,800,532       221,608  (b) 

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

    0.954     6/16/54       4,790,916       221,581  (b) 

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

    0.856     8/16/54       3,394,599       130,904  (b) 

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

    0.644     5/16/55       4,305,674       158,498  (b) 

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

    0.757     8/16/54       6,461,047       287,760  (b) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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November 30, 2019

 

Western Asset Intermediate Bond Fund

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount

    Value  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (k) — continued

 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2019-28 AB

    3.150     6/16/60     $ 628,948     $ 641,946  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2019-123 A

    3.000     10/20/49       500,000       512,773  

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II, 2018-SRP5 A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.300%)

    3.065     9/15/31       3,030,000       3,023,198  (a)(b) 

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II, 2018-SRP5 B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.500%)

    4.265     9/15/31       2,360,000       2,354,695  (a)(b) 

GS Mortgage Securities Trust, 2013-GC16 B

    5.161     11/10/46       240,000       263,176  (b) 

GS Mortgage Securities Trust, 2016-GS3 C

    4.097     10/10/49       570,000       594,762  (b) 

GSMSC Resecuritization Trust, 2015-7R A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.150%)

    1.931     9/26/37       657,364       650,029  (a)(b) 

HarborView Mortgage Loan Trust, 2004-10 4A

    4.073     1/19/35       141,204       141,431  (b) 

Impac CMB Trust, 2007-A A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.500%)

    2.208     5/25/37       1,161,838       1,181,807  (a)(b) 

JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2013-C17 B

    5.055     1/15/47       90,000       97,767  (b)  

JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2014-C22 C

    4.709     9/15/47       300,000       308,238  (b) 

JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2015-C30 B

    4.410     7/15/48       654,000       694,638  (b) 

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

    5.515     5/15/28       657,048       646,459  (a)(b) 

Madison Avenue Mortgage Trust, 2017-330M A

    3.294     8/15/34       630,000       647,637  (a)(b) 

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust Series MLMI, 2004-A1 2A1

    4.208     2/25/34       204,348       207,762  (b) 

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

    3.635     10/15/48       1,245,000       1,331,994  

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, 2019-BPR A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.400%)

    3.165     5/15/36       1,930,000       1,929,820  (a)(b) 

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

    2.608     7/25/34       81,518       81,882  (b)  

MSCG Trust, 2015-ALDR A2

    3.577     6/7/35       1,440,000       1,488,461  (a)(b) 

MSCG Trust, 2016-SNR C

    5.205     11/15/34       459,000       469,649  (a) 

Natixis Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2019-FAME A

    3.047     8/15/34       1,300,000       1,324,480  (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount

    Value  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (k) — continued

 

Natixis Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2019-FAME B

    3.655     8/15/34     $ 2,550,000     $ 2,598,730  (a) 

New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust, 2015-1A A2

    3.750     5/28/52       912,901       939,639  (a)(b)  

New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust, 2017-1A A1

    4.000     2/25/57       923,716       966,516  (a)(b)  

New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust, 2017-3A A1

    4.000     4/25/57       997,659       1,046,374  (a)(b) 

New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust, 2017-4A A1

    4.000     5/25/57       1,624,109       1,717,993  (a)(b) 

Residential Asset Securitization Trust, 2003-A14 A1

    4.750     2/25/19       787       588  

SACO I Trust, 2007-VA1 A

    8.933     6/25/21       90,604       86,035  (a)(b)  

UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2012-C4 D

    4.629     12/10/45       570,000       565,898  (a)(b)  

Virginia Housing Development Authority, 2006-C CTFS

    6.000     6/25/34       527,628       558,774  

WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series Trust, 2004-AR9 A7

    4.410     8/25/34       1,786,941       1,822,357  (b)  

WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series Trust, 2004-AR13 A2A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.740%)

    2.448     11/25/34       496,882       502,462  (b)  

WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Trust, 2005-AR8 2AB3 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.720%)

    2.428     7/25/45       2,394,868       2,386,500  (b)  

Waterfall Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2015-SBC5 A

    4.104     9/14/22       347,855       358,340  (a)(b)  

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

    0.715     10/15/57       5,357,702       126,636  (b)  

Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (Cost — $82,771,462)

 

    82,517,421  
Asset-Backed Securities — 6.6%

 

               

AccessLex Institute, 2005-A A3 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.400%)

    2.340     7/25/34       962,937       948,196  (b)  

ACIS CLO Ltd., 2014-4A A (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.420%)

    3.329     5/1/26       337,503       338,127  (a)(b)  

ACIS CLO Ltd., 2015-6A A1 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.590%)

    3.499     5/1/27       541,493       541,704  (a)(b)  

AMMC CLO XII Ltd., 2013-012A AR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.200%)

    3.101     11/10/30       500,000       499,164  (a)(b)  

Apidos CLO XII, 2013-12A AR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.080%)

    3.081     4/15/31       1,250,000       1,243,830  (a)(b) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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November 30, 2019

 

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Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount

    Value  
Asset-Backed Securities — continued

 

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

    3.466     10/20/27     $ 1,500,000     $ 1,500,073  (a)(b) 

Applebee’s Funding LLC, 2019-1A A2I

    4.194     6/7/49       1,000,000       1,013,330  (a) 

Ares LII CLO Ltd., 2019-52A B (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.850%)

    3.803     4/22/31       250,000       249,174  (a)(b) 

Ares XLVII CLO Ltd., 2018-47A A1 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.920%)

    2.921     4/15/30       860,000       851,677  (a)(b) 

Avery Point CLO Ltd., 2014-5A AR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.980%)

    2.982     7/17/26       759,166       759,193  (a)(b) 

Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC, 2019-2A A

    3.350     9/22/25       2,960,000       3,080,504  (a) 

Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC, 2019-3A A

    2.360     3/20/26       460,000       458,928  (a) 

Ballyrock CLO Ltd., 2018-1A A1 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.000%)

    2.966     4/20/31       1,000,000       988,651  (a)(b) 

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

    4.510     3/25/44       433,156       439,754  (b) 

Benefit Street Partners CLO IV Ltd., 2014-IVA A1RR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.250%)

    3.216     1/20/29       750,000       749,597  (a)(b) 

Bowman Park CLO Ltd., 2014-1A AR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.180%)

    3.090     11/23/25       455,749       455,871  (a)(b) 

California Street CLO IX LP, 2012-9A AR2 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.320%)

    3.601     7/16/32       1,590,000       1,590,479  (a)(b) 

Carlyle US CLO Ltd., 2017-2A A1B (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.220%)

    3.186     7/20/31       750,000       747,875  (a)(b) 

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

    3.666     4/20/29       1,250,000       1,246,707  (a)(b) 

Cedar Funding VI CLO Ltd., 2016-6A AR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.090%)

    3.056     10/20/28       250,000       249,929  (a)(b) 

Cent CLO 24 Ltd., 2015-24A A1R (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.070%)

    3.071     10/15/26       1,250,000       1,249,254  (a)(b) 

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

    2.638     12/25/35       1,470,000       1,482,143  (b) 

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

    1.915     11/15/36       658,709       587,041  (b) 

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

    1.905     1/15/37       878,573       848,196  (b) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount

    Value  
Asset-Backed Securities — continued

 

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

    3.608     10/27/31     $ 307,183     $ 310,898  (a)(b) 

Dryden 37 Senior Loan Fund, 2015-37A AR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.100%)

    3.101     1/15/31       750,000       746,568  (a)(b) 

Dryden 75 CLO Ltd., 2019-75A AR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.200%)

    3.201     7/15/30       800,000       800,234  (a)(b) 

Education Loan Asset-Backed Trust I, 2013-1 A2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.800%)

    2.508     4/26/32       3,000,000       2,966,899  (a)(b) 

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

    2.906     3/25/33       629,384       625,848   (b) 

Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust, 2018-4 A

    4.060     11/15/30       2,220,000       2,452,073  

GRMT Mortgage Loan Trust, 2001-1A A5

    6.650     7/20/31       34,836       34,976   (a)  

Halcyon Loan Advisors Funding Ltd., 2015-2A AR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.080%)

    3.020     7/25/27       637,622       637,272  (a)(b) 

Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP, 2017-1A A

    2.960     10/25/21       3,380,000       3,404,329  (a) 

Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP, 2018-1A A

    3.290     2/25/24       3,530,000       3,628,145  (a) 

KKR CLO 16 Ltd., 16 A1R (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.250%)

    3.216     1/20/29       1,020,000       1,020,047  (a)(b) 

KKR CLO 16 Ltd., 16 A2R (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.800%)

    3.766     1/20/29       460,000       458,126  (a)(b) 

KKR Financial CLO 21 Ltd., 2021 A (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.000%)

    3.001     4/15/31       1,000,000       987,906  (a)(b) 

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

    3.366     10/20/29       750,000       750,037  (a)(b) 

Legacy Mortgage Asset Trust, 2019-GS5 A1

    3.200     5/25/59       3,951,610       3,963,834  (a) 

Mosaic Solar Loan Trust, 2018-2GS A

    4.200     2/22/44       2,503,227       2,611,497  (a) 

Myers Park CLO Ltd., 2018-1A B1 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.600%)

    3.566     10/20/30       550,000       542,944  (a)(b) 

NADG NNN Operating LP, 19-1 A

    3.368     12/28/49       1,560,000       1,560,000  (a)(e)(f)(i) 

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

    2.120     12/7/20       543,507       544,077   (b) 

Nelnet Student Loan Trust, 2012-2A A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.800%)

    2.508     12/26/33       963,201       960,681  (a)(b) 

OHA Loan Funding Ltd., 2015-1A A1R2 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.340%)

    0.000     11/15/32       550,000       550,000  (a)(b)(i) 

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

    3.320     8/15/29       500,000       500,037  (a)(b) 

OZLM VII Ltd., 2014-7RA A2R (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.600%)

    3.602     7/17/29       1,250,000       1,236,311  (a)(b) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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November 30, 2019

 

Western Asset Intermediate Bond Fund

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount

    Value  
Asset-Backed Securities — continued                                

OZLM XII Ltd., 2015-12A A1R (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.050%)

    2.986     4/30/27     $ 1,250,000     $ 1,248,957  (a)(b) 

SLM Student Loan Trust, 2003-4 A5A (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.750%)

    2.869     3/15/33       548,270       533,405  (a)(b) 

SLM Student Loan Trust, 2003-4 A5E (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.750%)

    2.869     3/15/33       1,115,667       1,085,416  (a)(b) 

Symphony CLO XVIII Ltd., 2016-18A B (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.800%)

    3.734     1/23/28       750,000       750,015  (a)(b) 

TCI-Flatiron CLO Ltd., 2016-1A AR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.220%)

    3.222     7/17/28       1,000,000       1,000,058  (a)(b) 

TCI-Symphony CLO Ltd., 2016-1A BR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.650%)

    3.651     10/13/29       1,000,000       998,002  (a)(b) 

Towd Point Mortgage Trust, 2017-4 A1

    2.750     6/25/57       1,699,634       1,719,750  (a)(b) 

Towd Point Mortgage Trust, 2017-6 A1

    2.750     10/25/57       1,229,153       1,239,897  (a)(b) 

Tralee CLO V Ltd., 2018-5A B (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.700%)

    3.666     10/20/28       530,000       526,916  (a)(b) 

Tralee CLO VI Ltd., 2019-6A AS (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.300%)

    3.318     10/25/32       1,070,000       1,070,366  (a)(b) 

Tryon Park CLO Ltd., 2013-1A A1SR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.890%)

    2.891     4/15/29       1,000,000       995,173  (a)(b) 

Voya CLO Ltd., 2015-1A A1R (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.900%)

    2.903     1/18/29       500,000       497,259  (a)(b) 

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

    3.711     6/7/30       500,000       498,926  (a)(b) 

Whitehorse XII Ltd., 2018-12A A (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.250%)

    3.251     10/15/31       820,000       815,241  (a)(b) 

ZAIS CLO 13 Ltd., 2019-13A A1A (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.490%)

    3.569     7/15/32       1,750,000       1,737,731  (a)(b) 

ZAIS CLO 2 Ltd., 2014-2A A1BR

    2.920     7/25/26       439,542       439,903   (a) 

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

    3.531     10/15/28       500,000       498,121  (a)(b) 

Total Asset-Backed Securities (Cost — $68,339,385)

                            69,067,272  
Sovereign Bonds — 5.5%                                

Brazil — 0.1%

       

Brazilian Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    4.875     1/22/21       480,000       494,640  

Canada — 0.3%

                               

Province of Ontario Canada, Senior Notes

    4.400     4/14/20       1,440,000       1,453,260  

Province of Quebec Canada, Senior Notes

    2.625     2/13/23       1,400,000       1,437,891  

Total Canada

                            2,891,151  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount

    Value  

Colombia — 0.5%

                               

Colombia Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    3.875     4/25/27     $ 1,210,000     $ 1,273,945  

Colombia Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    4.500     3/15/29       560,000       618,155  

Colombia Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    5.625     2/26/44       920,000       1,129,240  

Colombia Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    5.200     5/15/49       2,200,000       2,607,957  

Total Colombia

                            5,629,297  

India — 0.1%

                               

Export-Import Bank of India, Senior Notes

    3.375     8/5/26       660,000       676,374  (a)   

Indonesia — 0.4%

                               

Indonesia Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    5.875     3/13/20       240,000       242,858  (l) 

Indonesia Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    5.875     1/15/24       479,000       541,461  (a) 

Indonesia Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    3.850     7/18/27       200,000       212,240  (a) 

Indonesia Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    5.125     1/15/45       200,000       237,434  (a) 

Indonesia Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    5.125     1/15/45       2,730,000       3,240,968  (l) 

Total Indonesia

                            4,474,961  

Kazakhstan — 0.2%

                               

Kazakhstan Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    4.875     10/14/44       1,270,000       1,541,772  (a)   

Kuwait — 0.2%

                               

Kuwait International Government Bond, Senior Notes

    3.500     3/20/27       2,170,000       2,329,458  (a)   

Mexico — 0.7%

                               

Mexico Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    4.000     10/2/23       3,020,000       3,191,581  

Mexico Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    3.600     1/30/25       1,340,000       1,401,613  

Mexico Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    4.750     3/8/44       2,640,000       2,886,669  

Total Mexico

                            7,479,863  

Panama — 0.4%

                               

Panama Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    6.700     1/26/36       930,000       1,311,016  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount

    Value  

Panama — continued

                               

Panama Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    4.500     5/15/47     $ 1,240,000     $ 1,467,460  

Panama Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    4.300     4/29/53       1,630,000       1,888,249  

Total Panama

                            4,666,725  

Peru — 0.3%

                               

Peruvian Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    6.550     3/14/37       1,350,000       1,974,287  

Peruvian Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    5.625     11/18/50       770,000       1,126,075  

Total Peru

                            3,100,362  

Poland — 0.3%

                               

Republic of Poland Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    5.125     4/21/21       1,380,000       1,441,485  

Republic of Poland Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    4.000     1/22/24       1,870,000       2,017,437  

Total Poland

                            3,458,922  

Qatar — 0.5%

                               

Qatar Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    3.875     4/23/23       1,390,000       1,468,132  (l) 

Qatar Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    3.250     6/2/26       200,000       210,586  (l) 

Qatar Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    4.000     3/14/29       1,030,000       1,149,274  (a) 

Qatar Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    4.817     3/14/49       2,110,000       2,612,824  (a) 

Total Qatar

                            5,440,816  

Russia — 0.6%

                               

Russian Foreign Bond — Eurobond, Senior Notes

    4.875     9/16/23       800,000       878,075  (a) 

Russian Foreign Bond — Eurobond, Senior Notes

    7.500     3/31/30       190,615       217,613  (l) 

Russian Foreign Bond — Eurobond, Senior Notes

    7.500     3/31/30       60,300       68,841  (a) 

Russian Foreign Bond — Eurobond, Senior Notes

    5.625     4/4/42       2,200,000       2,791,162  (l) 

Russian Foreign Bond — Eurobond, Senior Notes

    5.875     9/16/43       1,400,000       1,830,304  (l) 

Total Russia

                            5,785,995  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount

    Value  

Saudi Arabia — 0.0%

                               

Saudi Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    2.875     3/4/23     $ 290,000     $ 295,670  (a)   

United Arab Emirates — 0.5%

                               

Abu Dhabi Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    2.500     10/11/22       2,100,000       2,125,309  (a) 

Abu Dhabi Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    2.125     9/30/24       3,280,000       3,268,422  (a) 

Total United Arab Emirates

                            5,393,731  

Uruguay — 0.4%

                               

Uruguay Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    4.375     1/23/31       2,200,000       2,440,350  

Uruguay Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    5.100     6/18/50       1,240,000       1,484,819  

Total Uruguay

                            3,925,169  

Total Sovereign Bonds (Cost — $52,649,815)

 

                    57,584,906  
U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities — 2.3%

 

                       

U.S. Treasury Bonds, Inflation Indexed

    1.375     2/15/44       3,294,053       3,958,533  

U.S. Treasury Bonds, Inflation Indexed

    0.750     2/15/45       1,232,107       1,303,136  

U.S. Treasury Bonds, Inflation Indexed

    1.000     2/15/46       2,860,783       3,207,986  

U.S. Treasury Bonds, Inflation Indexed

    1.000     2/15/48       2,894,564       3,265,973  

U.S. Treasury Bonds, Inflation Indexed

    1.000     2/15/49       9,458,737       10,735,864  

U.S. Treasury Notes, Inflation Indexed

    0.375     7/15/27       1,910,327       1,942,095  

Total U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (Cost — $22,137,788)

 

    24,413,587  
     Expiration
Date
    Contracts     Notional
Amount
        
Purchased Options — 0.1%                                
Exchange-Traded Purchased Options — 0.1%

 

                       

90-Day Euro Futures, Call @ $98.13

    12/16/19       108       270,000       2,700  

Eurodollar 1-Year Mid Curve Futures, Call @ $97.38

    12/16/19       108       270,000       193,725  

U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Call @ $118.50

    12/27/19       222       222,000       138,750  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call @ $129.00

    12/27/19       86       86,000       65,844  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call @ $129.50

    12/27/19       143       143,000       71,500  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call @ $130.50

    12/27/19       84       84,000       15,750  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

November 30, 2019

 

Western Asset Intermediate Bond Fund

 

Security  

Expiration

Date

    Contracts    

Notional

Amount

    Value  
Exchange-Traded Purchased Options — continued

 

                       

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Put @ $127.50

    12/27/19       61     $ 61,000     $ 4,766  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Put @ $122.50

    2/21/20       443       443,000       13,844  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Put @ $129.00

    12/27/19       57       57,000       23,156  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Put @ $129.50

    12/27/19       56       56,000       35,875  

U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Call @ $119.25

    12/27/19       144       144,000       30,375  

U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Put @ $117.75

    12/27/19       124       124,000       3,875  

U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Call @ $157.00

    12/27/19       56       56,000       140,000  

Total Purchased Options (Cost — $607,512)

 

                    740,160  

Total Investments before Short-Term Investments (Cost — $1,032,890,416)

 

    1,071,222,687  
     Rate            Shares         
Short-Term Investments — 1.6%                                

Western Asset Premier Institutional Government Reserves, Premium Shares (Cost — $16,632,175)

    1.531             16,632,175       16,632,175  (m)   

Total Investments — 103.5% (Cost — $1,049,522,591)

 

                    1,087,854,862  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (3.5)%

 

                    (36,525,491

Total Net Assets — 100.0%

                          $ 1,051,329,371  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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*

Non-income producing security.

 

(a) 

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

 

(b) 

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.

 

(c) 

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

 

(d) 

The coupon payment on these securities is currently in default as of November 30, 2019.

 

(e) 

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

 

(f) 

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

 

(g) 

Value is less than $1.

 

(h) 

The maturity principal is currently in default as of November 30, 2019.

 

(i) 

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

 

(j) 

This security is traded on a to-be-announced (“TBA”) basis. At November 30, 2019, the Fund held TBA securities with a total cost of $37,297,426.

 

(k) 

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.

 

(l) 

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.

 

(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, 2019, the total market value of investments in Affiliated Companies was $16,632,175 and the cost was $16,632,175 (Note 8).

 

Abbreviations used in this schedule:

ACES   — Alternative Credit Enhancement Securities
CAS   — Connecticut Avenue Securities
CLO   — Collateralized Loan Obligation
CTFS   — Certificates
ICE   — Intercontinental Exchange
IO   — Interest Only
JSC   — Joint Stock Company
LIBOR   — London Interbank Offered Rate
PAC   — Planned Amortization Class
PO   — Principal Only
REMIC   — Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit
USD   — United States Dollar

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

November 30, 2019

 

Western Asset Intermediate Bond Fund

 

Schedule of Written Options  
Exchange-Traded Written Options

 

                 
Security     

Expiration

Date

    

Strike

Price

     Contracts     

Notional

Amount

     Value  
Eurodollar 1-Year Mid Curve Futures, Call

 

     12/16/19      $ 97.63        135      $ 337,500      $ (157,781)  
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Call

 

     12/27/19        119.50        275        275,000        (36,523)  
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Call

 

     12/27/19        119.75        345        345,000        (29,649)  
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Call

 

     12/27/19        120.00        57        57,000        (3,117)  
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Call

 

     12/27/19        120.25        319        319,000        (9,969)  
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Put

 

     12/27/19        117.00        248        248,000        (3,875)  
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Put

 

     12/27/19        118.25        149        149,000        (13,969)  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call

 

     12/27/19        130.00        115        115,000        (35,937)  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call

 

     12/27/19        131.00        259        259,000        (28,328)  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call

 

     12/27/19        132.00        419        419,000        (13,094)  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call

 

     1/24/20        132.00        87        87,000        (12,234)  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call

 

     1/24/20        132.50        87        87,000        (9,516)  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call

 

     2/21/20        131.50        61        61,000        (20,016)  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call

 

     2/21/20        133.00        226        226,000        (35,312)  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Put

 

     12/27/19        126.50        155        155,000        (4,844)  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Put

 

     12/27/19        128.00        211        211,000        (26,375)  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Put

 

     12/27/19        128.50        120        120,000        (28,125)  
U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Call

 

     1/24/20        161.00        56        56,000        (59,500)  
Total Exchange-Traded Written Options (Premiums received — $747,301)

 

   $ (528,164)  
OTC Written Options                                                      
      Counterparty                                          
Interest rate swaption with Bank of America N.A., Call     
Bank of America
N.A.
 
 
     12/9/19        135.00 bps       3,940,000      $ 3,940,000      $ (9)  
Interest rate swaption with Bank of America N.A., Call     
Bank of America
N.A.
 
 
     12/9/19        135.00 bps       2,280,000        2,280,000        (5)  
Interest rate swaption with Bank of America N.A., Put     
Bank of America
N.A.
 
 
     12/9/19        185.00 bps       3,940,000        3,940,000        (970)  
Interest rate swaption with Bank of America N.A., Put     
Bank of America
N.A.
 
 
     12/9/19        185.00 bps       2,280,000        2,280,000        (562)  
Interest rate swaption with Citibank N.A., Call      Citibank N.A.        2/4/20        137.00 bps       3,740,000        3,740,000        (7,392)  
Interest rate swaption with Citibank N.A., Put      Citibank N.A.        2/4/20        177.00 bps       3,740,000        3,740,000        (5,775)  
Total OTC Written Options (Premiums received — $80,575)

 

                     $ (14,713)  
Total Written Options (Premiums received — $827,876)

 

            $ (542,877)  

 

Abbreviation used in this schedule:

bps — basis point spread (100 basis points = 1.00%)

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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At November 30, 2019, the Fund had the following open futures contracts:

 

      Number of
Contracts
    

Expiration

Date

    

Notional

Amount

    

Market

Value

    

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 
Contracts to Buy:                                             
90-Day Eurodollar      271        6/20      $ 65,987,171      $ 66,652,450      $ 665,279  
90-Day Eurodollar      408        3/21        100,348,882        100,510,800        161,918  
U.S. Treasury 2-Year Notes      1,467        3/20        316,564,728        316,264,571        (300,157)  
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes      445        3/20        52,968,121        52,941,094        (27,027)  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes      3,084        3/20        399,764,005        398,944,328        (819,677)  
                                           (319,664)  
Contracts to Sell:                                             
90-Day Euro Dollar      97        12/19        23,785,707        23,787,431        (1,724)  
90-Day Eurodollar      160        6/21        39,469,252        39,418,000        51,252  
U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds      891        3/20        142,389,129        141,641,156        747,973  
U.S. Treasury Ultra Long- Term Bonds      268        3/20        50,564,278        50,308,625        255,653  
Ultra 10-Year US Treasury Note Futures      56        3/20        7,991,974        7,964,250        27,724  
                                           1,080,878  
Net unrealized appreciation on open futures contracts

 

                     $ 761,214  

At November 30, 2019, 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

 
    $ 29,282,000       9/15/21     1.350% annually   Daily U.S. Federal Funds Intraday Effective Rate annually   $ (5,569)     $ 9,097  
      159,010,000       6/30/26     1.550% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR quarterly     466,145       178,743  
      33,881,000       6/30/26     1.250% annually   Daily U.S. Federal Funds Intraday Effective Rate annually     (35,875)       292,636  
      48,895,000       7/31/26     1.520% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR quarterly     180,401       104,739  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

November 30, 2019

 

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CENTRALLY CLEARED INTEREST RATE SWAPS (cont’d)  
    

Notional

Amount

   

Termination

Date

   

Payments

Made by

the Fund†

 

Payments

Received by

the Fund†

 

Upfront

Premiums

Paid

(Received)

   

Unrealized

Appreciation

 
    $ 3,122,000       11/15/44     1.810% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR quarterly   $ 4,178     $ 43,534  
      33,274,000       11/15/44     1.850% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR quarterly     (39,018)       274,139  
Total   $ 307,464,000                     $ 570,262     $ 902,888  

 

CENTRALLY CLEARED CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS ON CREDIT INDICES  — SELL PROTECTION1  
Reference Entity  

Notional

Amount2

   

Termination

Date

   

Periodic

Payments

Received by

the Fund†

 

Market

Value3

   

Upfront

Premiums

Paid

(Received)

   

Unrealized

Appreciation

 
Markit CDX.NA.IG.33 Index   $ 27,115,000       12/20/24     1.000% quarterly   $ 653,173     $ 517,367     $ 135,806  

 

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 

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 loss (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.

 

Abbreviations used in this table:

LIBOR — London Interbank Offered Rate

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statement of assets and liabilities (unaudited)

November 30, 2019

 

Assets:         

Investments in unaffiliated securities, at value (Cost — $1,032,890,416)

   $ 1,071,222,687  

Investments in affiliated securities, at value (Cost — $16,632,175)

     16,632,175  

Cash

     10,461,459  

Receivable for securities sold

     75,535,124  

Interest receivable

     6,139,477  

Receivable from broker — variation margin on centrally cleared swap contracts

     4,011,616  

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

     2,670,000  

Receivable from broker — variation margin on open futures contracts

     225,670  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     48,367  

Deposits with brokers for OTC derivatives

     10,000  

Prepaid expenses

     61,739  

Total Assets

     1,187,018,314  
Liabilities:         

Payable for securities purchased

     133,985,411  

Written options, at value (premiums received — $827,876)

     542,877  

Distributions payable

     392,976  

Investment management fee payable

     341,734  

Payable for Fund shares repurchased

     296,493  

Directors’ fees payable

     3,588  

Service and/or distribution fees payable

     1,889  

Accrued expenses

     123,975  

Total Liabilities

     135,688,943  
Total Net Assets    $ 1,051,329,371  
Net Assets:         

Par value (Note 7)

   $ 94,023  

Paid-in capital in excess of par value

     1,029,686,929  

Total distributable earnings (loss)

     21,548,419  
Total Net Assets    $ 1,051,329,371  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statement of assets and liabilities (unaudited) (cont’d)

November 30, 2019

 

Net Assets:         

Class A

     $3,817,027  

Class C

     $1,178,196  

Class R

     $405,201  

Class I

     $683,203,924  

Class IS

     $362,725,023  
Shares Outstanding:         

Class A

     341,704  

Class C

     105,235  

Class R

     36,228  

Class I

     61,114,730  

Class IS

     32,425,049  
Net Asset Value:         

Class A (and redemption price)

     $11.17  

Class C*

     $11.20  

Class R (and redemption price)

     $11.18  

Class I (and redemption price)

     $11.18  

Class IS (and redemption price)

     $11.19  
Maximum Public Offering Price Per Share:         

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

     $11.67  

 

*

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 (Note 2).

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statement of operations (unaudited)

For the Six Months Ended November 30, 2019

 

Investment Income:         

Interest from unaffiliated investments

   $ 16,043,490  

Interest from affiliated investments

     109,498  

Less: Foreign taxes withheld

     (10,645)  

Total Investment Income

     16,142,343  
Expenses:         

Investment management fee (Note 2)

     2,025,558  

Transfer agent fees (Note 5)

     332,205  

Registration fees

     52,265  

Fund accounting fees

     40,387  

Audit and tax fees

     30,509  

Fees recaptured by investment manager (Note 2)

     16,135  

Legal fees

     16,123  

Directors’ fees

     14,476  

Shareholder reports

     14,240  

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

     10,507  

Insurance

     5,642  

Custody fees

     3,853  

Commitment fees (Note 9)

     3,115  

Miscellaneous expenses

     6,364  

Total Expenses

     2,571,379  

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

     (599)  

Net Expenses

     2,570,780  
Net Investment Income      13,571,563  
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

     4,194,960  

Futures contracts

     (4,565,597)  

Written options

     2,109,329  

Swap contracts

     (12,396,040)  

Net Realized Loss

     (10,657,348)  

Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) From:

        

Investments in unaffiliated securities

     20,753,780  

Futures contracts

     (2,353,960)  

Written options

     1,471,564  

Swap contracts

     7,939,334  

Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

     27,810,718  
Net Gain on Investments, Futures Contracts, Written Options and Swap Contracts      17,153,370  
Increase in Net Assets From Operations    $ 30,724,933  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statements of changes in net assets

 

 

For the Six Months Ended November 30, 2019 (unaudited)

and the Year Ended May 31, 2019

   November 30      May 31  
Operations:                  

Net investment income

   $ 13,571,563      $ 25,106,678  

Net realized loss

     (10,657,348)        (7,254,797)  

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     27,810,718        32,432,615  

Increase in Net Assets From Operations

     30,724,933        50,284,496  
Distributions to Shareholders From (Notes 1 and 6):                  

Total distributable earnings

     (13,660,726)        (25,687,319)  

Decrease in Net Assets From Distributions to Shareholders

     (13,660,726)        (25,687,319)  
Fund Share Transactions (Note 7):                  

Net proceeds from sale of shares

     138,360,295        291,323,302  

Reinvestment of distributions

     11,226,186        20,820,751  

Cost of shares repurchased

     (100,264,230)        (125,264,979)  

Increase in Net Assets From Fund Share Transactions

     49,322,251        186,879,074  

Increase in Net Assets

     66,386,458        211,476,251  
Net Assets:                  

Beginning of period

     984,942,913        773,466,662  

End of period

   $ 1,051,329,371      $ 984,942,913  

 

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 A Shares1   20192     2019     2018     2017     2016     2015  
Net asset value, beginning of period     $10.98       $10.70       $10.94       $11.09       $11.17       $11.13  
Income (loss) from operations:            

Net investment income

    0.13       0.28       0.22       0.22       0.23       0.19  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.19       0.28       (0.25)       0.06       0.01       0.04  

Total income (loss) from operations

    0.32       0.56       (0.03)       0.28       0.24       0.23  
Less distributions from:            

Net investment income

    (0.13)       (0.28)       (0.21)       (0.21)       (0.23)       (0.19)  

Net realized gains

                      (0.22)       (0.09)        

Total distributions

    (0.13)       (0.28)       (0.21)       (0.43)       (0.32)       (0.19)  
Net asset value, end of period     $11.17       $10.98       $10.70       $10.94       $11.09       $11.17  

Total return3

    2.93     5.32     (0.28)     2.60     2.18     2.12
Net assets, end of period (000s)     $3,817       $4,530       $3,506       $6,374       $2,125       $856  
Ratios to average net assets:            

Gross expenses

    0.89 %4      0.85     0.87     0.85 %5      0.83 %5      0.92 %5 

Net expenses6

    0.89 4,7       0.85       0.87       0.85 5       0.82 5,7       0.90 5,7  

Net investment income

    2.30 4       2.57       2.02       2.00       2.05       1.72  
Portfolio turnover rate8     48     94     84     55     106     59

 

1 

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

 

2 

For the six months ended November 30, 2019 (unaudited).

 

3 

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.

 

4 

Annualized.

 

5 

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

 

6 

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, 2021 without the Board of Directors’ consent. In addition, the manager has agreed to waive the Fund’s management fee to an extent sufficient to offset the net management fee payable in connection with any investment in an affiliated money market fund.

 

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 61% for the six months ended November 30, 2019, 133%, 154%, 60%, 106% and 61% for the years ended May 31, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 and 2015, 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   20192     2019     2018     2017     2016     2015  
Net asset value, beginning of period     $11.01       $10.73       $10.96       $11.11       $11.19       $11.15  
Income (loss) from operations:            

Net investment income

    0.09       0.20       0.16       0.14       0.14       0.11  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.20       0.28       (0.23)       0.06       0.01       0.04  

Total income (loss) from operations

    0.29       0.48       (0.07)       0.20       0.15       0.15  
Less distributions from:            

Net investment income

    (0.10)       (0.20)       (0.16)       (0.13)       (0.14)       (0.11)  

Net realized gains

                      (0.22)       (0.09)        

Total distributions

    (0.10)       (0.20)       (0.16)       (0.35)       (0.23)       (0.11)  
Net asset value, end of period     $11.20       $11.01       $10.73       $10.96       $11.11       $11.19  

Total return3

    2.60     4.57     (0.69)     1.84     1.35     1.36
Net assets, end of period (000s)     $1,178       $645       $497       $751       $602       $231  
Ratios to average net assets:            

Gross expenses

    1.52 %4      1.57     1.58     1.59 %5      1.65 %5      1.67 %5 

Net expenses6

    1.52 4       1.57       1.58 7       1.59 5       1.64 5,7       1.65 5,7  

Net investment income

    1.65 4       1.86       1.42       1.25       1.24       1.01  
Portfolio turnover rate8     48     94     84     55     106     59

 

1 

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

 

2 

For the six months ended November 30, 2019 (unaudited).

 

3 

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.

 

4 

Annualized.

 

5 

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

 

6 

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, 2021 without the Board of Directors’ consent. In addition, the manager has agreed to waive the Fund’s management fee to an extent sufficient to offset the net management fee payable in connection with any investment in an affiliated money market fund.

 

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 61% for the six months ended November 30, 2019, 133%, 154%, 60%, 106% and 61% for the years ended May 31, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 and 2015, 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 R Shares1   20192     2019     2018     2017     2016     2015  
Net asset value, beginning of period     $11.00       $10.72       $10.94       $11.09       $11.18       $11.13  
Income (loss) from operations:            

Net investment income

    0.11       0.24       0.20       0.19       0.19       0.16  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.19       0.29       (0.22)       0.06       0.00 3       0.06  

Total income (loss) from operations

    0.30       0.53       (0.02)       0.25       0.19       0.22  
Less distributions from:            

Net investment income

    (0.12)       (0.25)       (0.20)       (0.18)       (0.19)       (0.17)  

Net realized gains

                      (0.22)       (0.09)        

Total distributions

    (0.12)       (0.25)       (0.20)       (0.40)       (0.28)       (0.17)  
Net asset value, end of period     $11.18       $11.00       $10.72       $10.94       $11.09       $11.18  

Total return4

    2.69     5.03     (0.18)     2.29     1.84     1.86
Net assets, end of period (000s)     $405       $276       $147       $208       $185       $106  
Ratios to average net assets:            

Gross expenses5

    1.34 %6      1.34     1.23     1.26     1.36     1.19

Net expenses5,7,8

    1.15 6       1.15       1.15       1.15       1.15       1.15  

Net investment income

    2.04 6       2.29       1.85       1.69       1.72       1.45  
Portfolio turnover rate9     48     94     84     55     106     59

 

1 

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

 

2 

For the six months ended November 30, 2019 (unaudited).

 

3 

Amount represents less than $0.005 per share.

 

4 

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

 

5 

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

 

6 

Annualized.

 

7 

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, 2021 without the Board of Directors’ consent. In addition, the manager has agreed to waive the Fund’s management fee to an extent sufficient to offset the net management fee payable in connection with any investment in an affiliated money market fund.

 

8 

Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

9 

Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 61% for the six months ended November 30, 2019, 133%, 154%, 60%, 106% and 61% for the years ended May 31, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 and 2015, 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 I Shares1   20192     2019     2018     2017     2016     2015  
Net asset value, beginning of period     $10.99       $10.71       $10.94       $11.09       $11.17       $11.13  
Income (loss) from operations:            

Net investment income

    0.15       0.31       0.27       0.26       0.26       0.24  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.19       0.29       (0.23)       0.06       0.01       0.04  

Total income from operations

    0.34       0.60       0.04       0.32       0.27       0.28  
Less distributions from:            

Net investment income

    (0.15)       (0.32)       (0.27)       (0.25)       (0.26)       (0.24)  

Net realized gains

                      (0.22)       (0.09)        

Total distributions

    (0.15)       (0.32)       (0.27)       (0.47)       (0.35)       (0.24)  
Net asset value, end of period     $11.18       $10.99       $10.71       $10.94       $11.09       $11.17  

Total return3

    3.10     5.67     0.36     2.95     2.49     2.53
Net assets, end of period (millions)     $683       $614       $432       $306       $285       $227  
Ratios to average net assets:            

Gross expenses

    0.54 %4      0.54     0.52     0.50     0.52     0.50

Net expenses5

    0.54 4,6       0.54       0.52       0.50       0.51 6       0.49 6  

Net investment income

    2.65 4       2.90       2.52       2.34       2.36       2.15  
Portfolio turnover rate7     48     94     84     55     106     59

 

1 

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

 

2 

For the six months ended November 30, 2019 (unaudited).

 

3 

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.

 

4 

Annualized.

 

5 

The manager has agreed to waive the Fund’s management fee to an extent sufficient to offset the net management fee payable in connection with any investment in an affiliated money market fund.

 

6 

Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

7 

Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 61% for the six months ended November 30, 2019, 133%, 154%, 60%, 106% and 61% for the years ended May 31, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 and 2015, 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 IS Shares1   20192     2019     2018     2017     2016     2015  
Net asset value, beginning of period     $11.00       $10.72       $10.95       $11.10       $11.17       $11.13  
Income (loss) from operations:            

Net investment income

    0.15       0.32       0.28       0.26       0.26       0.24  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.19       0.28       (0.23)       0.06       0.03       0.04  

Total income from operations

    0.34       0.60       0.05       0.32       0.29       0.28  
Less distributions from:            

Net investment income

    (0.15)       (0.32)       (0.28)       (0.25)       (0.27)       (0.24)  

Net realized gains

                      (0.22)       (0.09)        

Total distributions

    (0.15)       (0.32)       (0.28)       (0.47)       (0.36)       (0.24)  
Net asset value, end of period     $11.19       $11.00       $10.72       $10.95       $11.10       $11.17  

Total return3

    3.14     5.76     0.43     3.01     2.65     2.58
Net assets, end of period (millions)     $363       $366       $337       $308       $221       $418  
Ratios to average net assets:            

Gross expenses4

    0.45 %5      0.45     0.45     0.45     0.46     0.45

Net expenses4,6,7

    0.45 5       0.45       0.45       0.45       0.45       0.45  

Net investment income

    2.74 5       2.98       2.58       2.39       2.39       2.20  
Portfolio turnover rate8     48     94     84     55     106     59

 

1 

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

 

2 

For the six months ended November 30, 2019 (unaudited).

 

3 

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.

 

4 

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

 

5 

Annualized.

 

6 

Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

7 

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, 2021 without the Board of Directors’ consent. In addition, the manager has agreed to waive the Fund’s management fee to an extent sufficient to offset the net management fee payable in connection with any investment in an affiliated money market fund.

 

8 

Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 61% for the six months ended November 30, 2019, 133%, 154%, 60%, 106% and 61% for the years ended May 31, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 and 2015, 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 Fund and are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). Estimates and assumptions are required to be made regarding assets, liabilities and changes in net assets resulting from operations when financial statements are prepared. Changes in the economic environment, financial markets and any other parameters used in determining these estimates could cause actual results to differ. Subsequent events have been evaluated through the date the financial statements were issued.

(a) Investment valuation. The valuations for fixed income securities (which may include, but are not limited to, corporate, government, municipal, mortgage-backed, collateralized mortgage obligations and asset-backed securities) and certain derivative instruments are typically the prices supplied by independent third party pricing services, which may use market prices or broker/dealer quotations or a variety of valuation techniques and methodologies. The independent third party pricing services use inputs that are observable such as issuer details, interest rates, yield curves, prepayment speeds, credit risks/spreads, default rates and quoted prices for similar securities. 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 adopted by the Board of Directors, is responsible for making fair value determinations,

 

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

 

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

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

 

ASSETS  
Description  

Quoted Prices

(Level 1)

   

Other Significant

Observable Inputs

(Level 2)

   

Significant

Unobservable

Inputs

(Level 3)

    Total  
Long-Term Investments†:                                

Corporate Bonds & Notes

        $ 385,594,785     $ 0   $ 385,594,785  

U.S. Government & Agency Obligations

          271,017,392             271,017,392  

Mortgage-Backed Securities

          180,287,164             180,287,164  

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

          82,517,421             82,517,421  

Asset-Backed Securities

          67,507,272       1,560,000       69,067,272  

Sovereign Bonds

          57,584,906             57,584,906  

U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities

          24,413,587             24,413,587  

Purchased Options

  $ 740,160                   740,160  
Total Long-Term Investments     740,160       1,068,922,527       1,560,000       1,071,222,687  
Short-Term Investments†           16,632,175             16,632,175  
Total Investments   $ 740,160     $ 1,085,554,702     $ 1,560,000     $ 1,087,854,862  
Other Financial Instruments:                                

Futures Contracts

  $ 1,909,799                 $ 1,909,799  

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps

        $ 902,888             902,888  

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps on Credit Indices — Sell Protection

          135,806             135,806  
Total Other Financial Instruments   $ 1,909,799     $ 1,038,694           $ 2,948,493  
Total   $ 2,649,959     $ 1,086,593,396     $ 1,560,000     $ 1,090,803,355  

 

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LIABILITIES  
Description  

Quoted Prices

(Level 1)

   

Other Significant

Observable Inputs

(Level 2)

   

Significant

Unobservable

Inputs

(Level 3)

    Total  
Other Financial Instruments:                                

Written Options:

                               

Exchange-Traded Written Options

  $ 528,164                 $ 528,164  

OTC Written Options

        $ 14,713             14,713  

Futures Contracts

    1,148,585                   1,148,585  
Total   $ 1,676,749     $ 14,713           $ 1,691,462  

 

See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

 

*

Amount represents less than $1.

(b) 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.

(c) Written options. When the Fund writes an option, an amount equal to the premium received by the Fund is recorded as a liability, the value of which is marked-to-market daily to reflect the current market value of the option written. If the option expires, the premium received is recorded as a realized gain. When a written call option is exercised, the difference between the premium received plus the option exercise price and the Fund’s basis in the underlying security (in the case of a covered written call option), or the cost to purchase the underlying security (in the case of an uncovered written call option), including brokerage commission, is recognized as a realized gain or loss. When a written put option is exercised, the amount of the premium received is subtracted from the cost of the security purchased by the Fund from the exercise of the written put option to form the Fund’s basis in the underlying security purchased. The writer or buyer of an option traded on an exchange can liquidate the position before the exercise of the option by entering into a closing transaction. The cost of a closing transaction is deducted from the original premium received resulting in a realized gain or loss to the Fund.

The risk in writing a covered call option is that the Fund may forego the opportunity of profit if the market price of the underlying security increases and the option is exercised. The risk in writing a put option is that the Fund may incur a loss if the market price of the underlying security decreases and the option is exercised. The risk in writing an uncovered call option is that the Fund is exposed to the risk of loss if the market price of the underlying security

 

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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.

(d) 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 securities 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.

(e) Swap agreements. The Fund invests in swaps for the purpose of managing its exposure to interest rate, credit or market risk, or for other purposes. The use of swaps involves risks that are different from those associated with other portfolio transactions. Swap agreements are privately negotiated in the over-the-counter market and may be entered into as a bilateral contract (“OTC Swaps”) or centrally cleared (“Centrally Cleared Swaps”). Unlike Centrally Cleared Swaps, the Fund has credit exposure to the counterparties of OTC Swaps.

In a Centrally Cleared Swap, immediately following execution of the swap, the swap agreement is submitted to a clearinghouse or central counterparty (the “CCP”) and the CCP becomes the ultimate counterparty of the swap agreement. The Fund is required to interface with the CCP through a broker, acting in an agency capacity. All payments are settled with the CCP through the broker. Upon entering into a Centrally Cleared Swap, the Fund is required to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities.

Swap contracts are marked-to-market daily and changes in value are recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation). The daily change in valuation of Centrally Cleared Swaps, if any, is recorded as a receivable or payable for variation margin on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Gains or losses are realized upon termination of the swap agreement. Collateral, in the form of restricted cash or securities, may be required to be held in segregated accounts with the Fund’s custodian in compliance with the terms of the swap contracts. Securities posted as collateral for swap contracts are identified in the Schedule of Investments and restricted cash, if any, is identified on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Risks may exceed amounts recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. These risks

 

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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, 2019, the total notional value of all credit default swaps to sell protection was $27,115,000. 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, 2019, see Note 4.

Credit default swaps

The Fund enters into credit default swap (“CDS”) contracts for investment purposes, to manage its credit risk or to add leverage. CDS agreements involve one party making a stream of payments to another party in exchange for the right to receive a specified return in the event of a default by a third party, typically corporate or sovereign issuers, on a specified obligation, or in the event of a write-down, principal shortfall, interest shortfall or default of all or part of the referenced entities comprising a credit index. The Fund may use a CDS to provide protection against defaults of the issuers (i.e., to reduce risk where the Fund has exposure to an issuer) or to take an active long or short position with respect to the likelihood of a particular issuer’s default. As a seller of protection, the Fund generally receives an upfront payment or a stream of payments throughout the term of the swap provided that there is no credit event. If the Fund is a seller of protection and a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement, the maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) that the Fund could be required to make under a credit default swap agreement would be an amount equal to the notional amount of the agreement. These amounts of potential payments will be partially offset by any recovery of values from the respective referenced obligations. As a seller of protection, the Fund effectively adds leverage to its portfolio because, in addition to its total net assets, the Fund is subject to investment exposure on the notional amount of the swap. As a buyer of protection, the Fund generally receives an amount up to the notional value of the swap if a credit event occurs.

 

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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, receive a fixed rate and pay a floating rate, or pay and receive a floating rate, on a notional principal amount. Interest rate swaps are marked-to-market daily based upon quotations from market makers and the change, if any, is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss in the Statement of Operations. When a swap contract is terminated early, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the original cost and the settlement amount of the closing transaction.

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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.

(f) 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 pre-payments) 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.

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

(h) 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.

 

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(i) Mortgage dollar rolls. The Fund may enter into mortgage dollar rolls in which the Fund sells mortgage-backed securities for delivery in the current month, realizing a gain or loss, and simultaneously contracts to repurchase substantially similar (same type, coupon and maturity) securities to settle on a specified future date.

The Fund executes its mortgage dollar rolls entirely in the TBA market, whereby the Fund makes a forward commitment to purchase a security and, instead of accepting delivery, the position is offset by a sale of the security with a simultaneous agreement to repurchase at a future date. The Fund accounts for mortgage dollar rolls as purchases and sales.

The risk of entering into mortgage dollar rolls is that the market value of the securities the Fund is obligated to repurchase under the agreement may decline below the repurchase price. In the event the buyer of securities under a mortgage dollar roll files for bankruptcy or becomes insolvent, the Fund’s use of the proceeds of the mortgage dollar roll may be restricted pending a determination by the counterparty, or its trustee or receiver, whether to enforce the Fund’s obligation to repurchase the securities.

(j) 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.

(k) 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.

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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.

(l) Counterparty risk and credit-risk-related contingent features of derivative instruments. The Fund may invest in certain securities or engage in other transactions, where the Fund is exposed to counterparty credit risk in addition to broader market risks. The Fund may invest in securities of issuers, which may also be considered counterparties as trading partners in other transactions. This may increase the risk of loss in the event of default or bankruptcy by the counterparty or if the counterparty otherwise fails to meet its contractual obligations. The Fund’s subadviser attempts to mitigate counterparty risk by (i) periodically assessing the creditworthiness of its trading partners, (ii) monitoring and/or limiting the amount of its net exposure to each individual counterparty based on its 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

 

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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, 2019, the Fund held OTC written options with credit related contingent features which had a liability position of $14,713. If a contingent feature in the master agreements would have been triggered, the Fund would have been required to pay this amount to its derivatives counterparties. As of November 30, 2019, the Fund had posted with its counterparties cash and/or securities as collateral to cover the net liability of these derivatives amounting to $10,000, which could be used to reduce the required payment.

(m) 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.

(n) 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.

(o) 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.

 

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(p) 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.

(q) 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, 2019, 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.

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

2. Investment management agreement and other transactions with affiliates

Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC (“LMPFA”) is the Fund’s investment manager. Western Asset Management Company, LLC (“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, 2021 without the Board of Directors’ consent.

 

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In addition, the manager has agreed to waive the Fund’s management fee to an extent sufficient to offset the net management fee payable in connection with any investment in an affiliated money market fund. This management fee waiver is not subject to the recapture provision discussed below. For the six-months ended November 30, 2019, the amount waived was $257.

During the six months ended November 30, 2019, fees waived and/or expenses reimbursed amounted to $599.

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, 2019, the Fund had remaining fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements subject to recapture by LMPFA and respective dates of expiration as follows:

 

      Class R  
Expires May 31, 2020    $ 222  
Expires May 31, 2021      369  
Expires May 31, 2022      342  
Total fee waivers/expense reimbursements subject to recapture    $ 933  

For the six months ended November 30, 2019, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements recaptured by LMPFA, if any, were as follows:

 

      Class R      Class IS  
LMPFA recaptured    $ 4      $ 16,131  

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.

 

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For the six months ended November 30, 2019, sales charges retained by and CDSCs paid to LMIS and its affiliates, if any, were as follows:

 

      Class A      Class C  
Sales charges    $ 98         
CDSCs      2,355      $ 3,728  

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, 2019, 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      $ 30,420,732        $ 659,440,659  
Sales        56,958,939          577,971,221  

At November 30, 2019, 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

 
Securities    $ 1,049,522,591      $ 47,484,399      $ (9,152,128)      $ 38,332,271  
Swap contracts      1,087,629        1,038,694               1,038,694  
Written options      (827,876)        453,806        (168,807)        284,999  
Futures contracts             1,909,799        (1,148,585)        761,214  

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, 2019.

 

ASSET DERIVATIVES1  
     

Interest

Rate Risk

    

Credit

Risk

     Total  
Purchased options2    $ 740,160             $ 740,160  
Futures contracts3      1,909,799               1,909,799  
Centrally cleared swap contracts4      902,888      $ 135,806        1,038,694  
Total    $ 3,552,847      $ 135,806      $ 3,688,653  

 

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LIABILITY DERIVATIVES1  
     

Interest

Rate Risk

 
Written options    $ 542,877  
Futures contracts3      1,148,585  
Total    $ 1,691,462  

 

1 

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

 

2 

Market value of purchased options is reported in Investments in unaffiliated securities at value in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

3

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

 

4 

Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) of centrally cleared swap contracts as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only variation margin is reported within the receivables and/or payables on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

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, 2019. 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    $ (1,688,544)             $ (1,688,544)  
Written options      2,109,329               2,109,329  
Futures contracts      (4,565,597)               (4,565,597)  
Swap contracts      (12,640,340)      $ 244,300        (12,396,040)  
Total    $ (16,785,152)      $ 244,300      $ (16,540,852)  

 

1 

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

 

CHANGE IN UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) ON DERIVATIVES RECOGNIZED  
     

Interest

Rate Risk

    

Credit

Risk

     Total  
Purchased options1    $ (189,293)             $ (189,293)  
Written options      1,471,564               1,471,564  
Futures contracts      (2,353,960)               (2,353,960)  
Swap contracts      7,735,063      $ 204,271        7,939,334  
Total    $ 6,663,374      $ 204,271      $ 6,867,645  

 

1 

The change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from purchased options is reported in the change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from investments in unaffiliated securities in the Statement of Operations.

 

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During the six months ended November 30, 2019, the volume of derivative activity for the Fund was as follows:

 

       

Average Market

Value

 
Purchased options      $ 656,992  
Written options        955,335  
Futures contracts (to buy)        698,550,962  
Futures contracts (to sell)        351,910,098  
       

Average Notional

Balance

 
Interest rate swap contracts      $ 323,964,143  
Credit default swap contracts (to sell protection)        20,623,571  

 

Counterparty   

Gross Assets

Subject to

Master

Agreements1

    

Gross

Liabilities

Subject to

Master

Agreements1

    

Net Assets

(Liabilities)

Subject to

Master

Agreements

    

Collateral

Pledged

(Received)2,3

    

Net

Amount4

 
Bank of America N.A.           $ (1,546)      $ (1,546)      $ 1,546         
Citibank N.A.             (13,167)        (13,167)             $ (13,167)  
Total           $ (14,713)      $ (14,713)      $ 1,546      $ (13,167)  

 

1  

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

 

2 

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

 

3 

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

 

4 

Represents the net amount receivable (payable) from (to) the counterparty in the event of default.

5. Class specific expenses, waivers and/or expense reimbursements

The Fund has adopted a Rule 12b-1 shareholder services and distribution plan and under that plan the Fund pays service and/or distribution fees with respect to its Class A, Class C 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.

For the six months ended November 30, 2019, class specific expenses were as follows:

 

       

Service and/or

Distribution Fees

      

Transfer Agent

Fees

 
Class A      $ 5,188        $ 4,348  
Class C        4,405          363  
Class R        914          726  
Class I                 323,489  
Class IS                 3,279  
Total      $ 10,507        $ 332,205  

 

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For the six months ended November 30, 2019, waivers and/or expense reimbursements by class were as follows:

 

       

Waivers/Expense

Reimbursements

 
Class A      $ 1  
Class C         
Class R        343  
Class I        166  
Class IS        89  
Total      $ 599  

6. Distributions to shareholders by class

 

       

Six Months Ended

November 30, 2019

      

Year Ended

May 31, 2019

 
Net Investment Income:                      
Class A      $ 48,639        $ 103,568  
Class C        7,440          10,296  
Class R        3,773          4,544  
Class I        8,733,769          14,922,515  
Class IS        4,867,105          10,646,396  
Total      $ 13,660,726        $ 25,687,319  

7. Capital Shares

At November 30, 2019, 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, 2019
     Year Ended
May 31,  2019
 
      Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  
Class A                                    
Shares sold      137,145      $ 1,529,751        130,412      $ 1,393,949  
Shares issued on reinvestment      3,065        34,177        7,629        81,931  
Shares repurchased      (210,947)        (2,354,401)        (53,116)        (568,031)  
Net increase (decrease)      (70,737)      $ (790,473)        84,925      $ 907,849  
Class C                                    
Shares sold      47,269      $ 528,932        25,617      $ 272,778  
Shares issued on reinvestment      619        6,929        901        9,711  
Shares repurchased      (1,281)        (14,335)        (14,198)        (151,874)  
Net increase      46,607      $ 521,526        12,320      $ 130,615  
Class R                                    
Shares sold      11,058      $ 122,861        12,899      $ 139,305  
Shares issued on reinvestment      309        3,448        364        3,916  
Shares repurchased      (233)        (2,596)        (1,867)        (19,795)  
Net increase      11,134      $ 123,713        11,396      $ 123,426  

 

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     Six Months  Ended
November 30, 2019
     Year Ended
May 31,  2019
 
      Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  
Class I                                    
Shares sold      9,681,156      $ 107,696,836        24,508,430      $ 262,731,901  
Shares issued on reinvestment      574,510        6,416,352        943,922        10,149,267  
Shares repurchased      (4,967,587)        (55,306,001)        (9,943,360)        (106,462,914)  
Net increase      5,288,079      $ 58,807,187        15,508,992      $ 166,418,254  
Class IS                                    
Shares sold      2,555,671      $ 28,481,915        2,500,388      $ 26,785,369  
Shares issued on reinvestment      426,282        4,765,280        984,078        10,575,926  
Shares repurchased      (3,830,957)        (42,586,897)        (1,680,721)        (18,062,365)  
Net increase (decrease)      (849,004)      $ (9,339,702)        1,803,745      $ 19,298,930  

8. 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 invested in Western Asset Premier Institutional Government Reserves, Premium Shares, an affiliated registered money market fund and Western Asset Government Cash Management Portfolio, LLC (“Cash Management Portfolio”), an affiliated private money market fund, both managed by Western Asset, the Fund’s subadviser. Cash Management Portfolio was available as a cash management vehicle for certain proprietary investment companies affiliated with Legg Mason. While Cash Management Portfolio was not a registered money market fund, it conducted 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, 2019. The following transactions were effected in shares of such companies for the six months ended November 30, 2019.

 

     

Affiliate

Value at

May 31,

2019

               
             
   Purchased      Sold  
   Cost      Shares      Cost      Shares  
Western Asset Premier Institutional Government Reserves, Premium Shares           $ 18,318,100        18,318,100      $ 1,685,925        1,685,925  
WAM Government Cash Management Portfolio    $ 814,634        173,388,348        173,388,348        174,202,982        174,202,982  
     $ 814,634      $ 191,706,448               $ 175,888,907           

 

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

 

(cont’d)   

Realized

Gain (Loss)

  

Interest

Income

    

Net Increase

(Decrease) in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

  

Affiliate

Value at

November 30,

2019

 
Western Asset Premier Institutional Government Reserves, Premium Shares       $ 5,748         $ 16,632,175  
WAM Government Cash Management Portfolio         103,750            
        $ 109,498         $ 16,632,175  

9. 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 16, 2020. Any borrowings under the Redemption Facility will bear interest at current market rates as set forth in the credit agreement. The annual commitment fee to maintain the Redemption Facility is 0.15% and is incurred on the unused portion of the facility and is allocated to all Participating Funds pro rata based on net assets; there is no upfront fee. Prior to November 18, 2019, the Fund paid a commitment fee of 0.10% and an upfront fee of 0.05%. For the six months ended November 30, 2019, the Fund incurred a commitment fee in the amount of $3,115. The Fund did not utilize the Redemption Facility during the six months ended November 30, 2019.

 

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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, LLC (“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 10, 2019 and October 29, 2019. At a meeting held on November 18, 2019, 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 the renewal of 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;

 

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subadvisory agreements (unaudited) (cont’d)

 

the experience of their key advisory personnel responsible for management of the Fund; the ability of the Subadvisers to attract and retain capable research and advisory personnel; the capability and integrity of the Subadvisers’ senior management and staff; and the level of skill required to manage the Fund. In addition, the Directors reviewed the quality of LMPFA’s and the Subadvisers’ services with respect to regulatory compliance and compliance with the investment policies of the Fund and conditions that might affect LMPFA’s or a Subadviser’s ability to provide high quality services to the Fund in the future under the Agreements, including its business reputation, financial condition and operational stability. Based on the foregoing, the Directors concluded that the Subadvisers’ investment process, research capabilities and philosophy were well suited to the Fund given the Fund’s investment objectives and policies, and that LMPFA and each 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 June 30, 2019. In that connection, the Directors noted that the performance of the Fund was lower than the peer group’s average performance for all such periods. The Directors also noted that the Fund’s performance exceeded that of its benchmark for all such periods. The Directors considered the factors involved in the Fund’s 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 higher than the average of the funds in its peer group. The Directors noted that the management fee paid by the Fund was generally higher than the management 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

 

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value derived from serving as investment manager or adviser to the Fund; and the affiliations between LMPFA, the Subadvisers and certain service providers for the Fund. In that connection, the Directors concluded that LMPFA and each Subadviser’s profitability was consistent with levels of profitability that had been determined by courts not to be excessive. The Directors noted that Western Asset does not have soft dollar arrangements.

Finally, the Directors considered, in light of the profitability information provided by LMPFA and Western Asset, the extent to which economies of scale would be realized by the Subadvisers as the assets of the Fund grow. The Directors determined that the lack of breakpoints was appropriate and that the management fee structure for the Fund is reasonable.

In their deliberations with respect to these matters, the Independent Directors were advised by their independent counsel, who is independent, within the meaning of Securities and Exchange Commission rules regarding the independence of counsel, of LMPFA and the Subadvisers. The Independent Directors weighed each of the foregoing matters in light of the advice given to them by their independent counsel as to the law applicable to the review of investment advisory contracts. In arriving at a decision, the Directors, including the Independent Directors, did not identify any single matter as all-important or controlling, and the foregoing summary does not detail all the matters considered. The Directors judged the terms and conditions of the Agreements, including the investment advisory fees, in light of all of the surrounding circumstances.

Based upon their review, the Directors, including all of the Independent Directors, determined, in the exercise of their business judgment, that they were generally satisfied with the quality of services being provided by LMPFA and the Subadvisers, but they would continue to closely monitor the performance of LMPFA and the Subadvisers; that the fees to be paid to the Subadvisers and LMPFA under the relevant Agreements were fair and reasonable, given the scope and quality of the services rendered by the Subadvisers and LMPFA; and that approval of the Agreements was in the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders.

 

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Additional shareholder information (unaudited)

 

Results of special meeting of shareholders

A special meeting of shareholders was held on December 3, 2019 for shareholders of record as of September 13, 2019 (the “Record Date”) to elect the Board of Directors of the Corporation. Shareholders of the Fund and each other series of the Corporation voted together as a single class to elect the Board.

Shareholders of the Corporation voted as indicated below (vote totals are rounded to the nearest whole number). Effective January 1, 2020, the Board is composed of the following Directors:

 

Director    For      Withheld  
Robert Abeles, Jr.      2,791,652,617        30,297,354  
Jane F. Dasher      2,792,912,395        29,037,576  
Anita L. DeFrantz      2,792,511,958        29,438,013  
Avedick B. Poladian      2,792,320,211        29,629,760  
Susan B. Kerley      2,788,394,406        33,555,565  
William E.B. Siart      2,791,341,381        30,608,590  
Jaynie Miller Studenmund      2,792,832,592        29,117,379  
Ronald L. Olson      2,782,642,169        39,307,802  
Peter J. Taylor      2,792,774,253        29,175,718  
Jane E. Trust      2,783,998,172        37,951,799  

The above Directors have also been elected to serve as board members of other Western Asset-advised mutual funds within the Legg Mason fund complex.

 

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Western Asset

Intermediate Bond Fund

 

Directors*

Robert Abeles, Jr.

Jane F. Dasher

Anita L. DeFrantz

Susan B. Kerley

Ronald L. Olson

Avedick B. Poladian

William E.B. Siart

Chairman

Jaynie M. Studenmund

Peter J. Taylor

Jane Trust

 

*

During a December 3, 2019 special meeting of shareholders, a new group of board members were elected to oversee substantially all the mutual funds within the Legg Mason fund complex that are advised by Western Asset Management Company, LLC, effective January 1, 2020.

 

Investment manager

Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC

Subadvisers

Western Asset Management Company, LLC

Western Asset Management Company Limited

Distributor

Legg Mason Investor Services, LLC

Transfer agent

BNY Mellon Investment

Servicing (US) Inc.

4400 Computer Drive

Westborough, MA 01581

Custodian

The Bank of New York Mellon

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 as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The Fund’s Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. To obtain information on Form N-PORT, 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.

www.leggmason.com

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Legg Mason Funds Privacy and Security Notice

 

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

This Privacy and Security Notice (the “Privacy Notice”) addresses the Legg Mason Funds’ privacy and data protection practices with respect to nonpublic personal information the Funds receive. The Legg Mason Funds include any funds sold by the Funds’ distributor, Legg Mason Investor Services, LLC, as well as Legg Mason-sponsored closed-end funds. 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;

 

 

Bank account information, legal documents, and identity verification documentation;

 

 

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 to 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 statistical analysis, market research and marketing services solely for the Funds;

 

 

Permit access to transfer, whether in the United States or countries outside of the United States to such Funds’ employees, agents and affiliates and service providers as required to enable the Funds to conduct ordinary business, or to comply with obligations to government regulators;

 

 

The Funds’ representatives such as legal counsel, accountants and auditors to enable the Funds to conduct ordinary business, or to comply with obligations to government regulators;

 

 

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, including those outside the United States, 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, if you have questions about the Funds’ privacy practices, or our use of your nonpublic personal information, 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 Funds at 1-877-721-1926.

Revised April 2018

 

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Western Asset Management Company, LLC

Legg Mason, Inc. Subsidiaries

www.leggmason.com

© 2020 Legg Mason Investor Services, LLC Member FINRA, SIPC

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ITEM 2.    CODE OF ETHICS.
   Not applicable.
ITEM 3.    AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.
   Not applicable.
ITEM 4.    PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.
   Not applicable.
ITEM 5.    AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.
   Not applicable.
ITEM 6.    SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.
   Included herein under Item 1.
ITEM 7.    DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.
   Not applicable.
ITEM 8.    PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.
   Not applicable.
ITEM 9.    PURCHASES OF SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.
   Not applicable.
ITEM 10.    SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.
   Not applicable.
ITEM 11.    CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.
   (a) The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a- 3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of the disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
   (b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are likely to materially affect the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.


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ITEM 12.    DISCLOSURE OF SECURITIES LENDING ACTIVITIES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.
   Not applicable.
ITEM 13.    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 23, 2020

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 23, 2020
By:  

/s/ Christopher Berarducci

  Christopher Berarducci
  Principal Financial Officer
Date:   January 23, 2020