N-CSRS 1 d132468dncsrs.htm WESTERN ASSET MACRO OPPORTUNITIES FUND Western Asset Macro Opportunities Fund

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-CSR

 

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number 811-06110

 

 

Western Asset Funds, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

620 Eighth Avenue, 47th Floor, New York, NY 10018

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

 

Marc A. De Oliveira

Franklin Templeton

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: October 31

Date of reporting period: April 30, 2021

 

 

 


ITEM 1.

REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS.

The Semi-Annual Report to Stockholders is filed herewith.


LOGO

 

Semi-Annual Report   April 30, 2021

WESTERN ASSET

MACRO OPPORTUNITIES

FUND

 

 

 

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


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     46  
Statement of operations     48  
Statements of changes in net assets     49  
Financial highlights     50  
Notes to financial statements     56  

 

Fund objective

The Fund seeks to maximize total return.

 

Letter from the president

 

LOGO

 

Dear Shareholder,

We are pleased to provide the semi-annual report of Western Asset Macro Opportunities Fund for the six-month reporting period ended April 30, 2021. 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

May 28, 2021

 

 

 II 

   Western Asset Macro Opportunities Fund


Performance review

 

For the six months ended April 30, 2021, Class A shares of Western Asset Macro Opportunities Fund, excluding sales charges, returned 2.09%. The Fund’s unmanaged benchmark, the ICE BofA US Dollar 3-Month Deposit Offered Rate Constant Maturity Indexi, returned 0.11% for the same period. The Lipper Alternative Credit Focus Funds Category Averageii returned 5.17% over the same time frame.

 

Performance Snapshot as of April 30, 2021 (unaudited)  
(excluding sales charges)    6 months  
Western Asset Macro Opportunities Fund:   

Class A

     2.09

Class A2

     2.11

Class C

     1.75

Class FI

     2.09

Class I

     2.23

Class IS

     2.24
ICE BofA US Dollar 3-Month Deposit Offered Rate Constant Maturity Index      0.11
Lipper Alternative Credit Focus Funds Category Average      5.17

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 April 30, 2021 for Class A, Class A2, Class C, Class FI, Class I and Class IS shares were 2.06%, 1.99%, 1.47%, 2.12%, 2.41% and 2.53%, respectively. The 30-Day SEC Yield, calculated pursuant to the standard SEC formula, is based on the 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 March 1, 2021 the gross total annual fund operating expense ratios for Class A, Class A2, Class C, Class FI, Class I and Class IS shares were 1.59%, 1.65%, 2.31%, 1.62%, 1.32% and 1.22%, 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.

 

Western Asset Macro Opportunities Fund  

 

 III 


Performance review (cont’d)

 

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

Sincerely,

 

LOGO

Jane Trust, CFA

President and Chief Executive Officer

May 28, 2021

RISKS: Fixed income securities involve interest rate, credit, inflation and reinvestment risks. As interest rates rise, the value of fixed income securities falls. High-yield (“junk”) bonds possess greater price volatility, illiquidity and possibility of default. Asset-backed, mortgage-backed or mortgage related securities are subject to prepayment and extension risks. International investments are subject to special risks, including currency fluctuations, as well as social, economic and political uncertainties, which could increase volatility. These risks are magnified in emerging markets. Emerging market countries tend to have economic, political and legal systems that are less developed and are less stable than those of more developed countries. Derivatives, such as options and futures, can be illiquid, may disproportionately increase losses and have a potentially large impact on Fund performance. The Fund may use derivatives to a significant extent, which could result in substantial losses and greater volatility in the Fund’s net assets. Potential active and frequent trading may result in higher transaction costs and increased investor liability. The use of leverage may increase volatility and the possibility of loss. The manager’s investment style may become out of favor and/or the manager’s selection process may prove incorrect, which may have a negative impact on the Fund’s performance. The Fund is non-diversified, which means it may invest its assets in a larger percentage of its assets in a smaller number of issuers than a diversified fund. 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.

 

i 

The ICE BofA US Dollar 3-Month Deposit Offered Rate Constant Maturity Index is based on the assumed purchase of a synthetic instrument having three months to maturity and with a coupon equal to the closing quote for three-month LIBOR. That issue is sold the following day (priced at a yield equal to the current day closing three-month LIBOR rate) and is rolled into a new three-month instrument. The index, therefore, will always have a constant maturity equal to exactly three months.

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 April 30, 2021 including the reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, calculated among the 122 funds in the Fund’s Lipper category, and excluding sales charges, if any.

 

 

 IV 

   Western Asset Macro Opportunities Fund


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 April 30, 2021 and October 31, 2020 and does not include derivatives such as written options, futures contracts, forward foreign currency 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.

 

Represents less than 0.1%.

 

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Fund expenses (unaudited)

 

Example

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

This example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested on November 1, 2020 and held for the six months ended April 30, 2021.

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     2.09   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,020.90       1.58   $ 7.92       Class A     5.00   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,016.96       1.58   $ 7.90  
Class A2     2.11       1,000.00       1,021.10       1.63       8.17       Class A2     5.00       1,000.00       1,016.71       1.63       8.15  
Class C     1.75       1,000.00       1,017.50       2.29       11.46       Class C     5.00       1,000.00       1,013.44       2.29       11.43  
Class FI     2.09       1,000.00       1,020.90       1.61       8.07       Class FI     5.00       1,000.00       1,016.81       1.61       8.05  
Class I     2.23       1,000.00       1,022.30       1.30       6.52       Class I     5.00       1,000.00       1,018.35       1.30       6.51  
Class IS     2.24       1,000.00       1,022.40       1.22       6.12       Class IS     5.00       1,000.00       1,018.74       1.22       6.11  

 

 

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1  

For the six months ended April 30, 2021.

 

2 

Assumes the reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, at net asset value and does not reflect the deduction of the applicable sales charge with respect to Class A and Class A2 shares or the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) with respect to Class C shares. Total return is not annualized, as it may not be representative of the total return for the year. Performance figures may reflect compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

 

3 

Expenses (net of compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements) are equal to each class’ respective annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year (181), then divided by 365.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited)

April 30, 2021

 

Western Asset Macro Opportunities Fund

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  
Corporate Bonds & Notes — 36.3%                                
Communication Services — 1.7%                                

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.4%

                               

Altice France SA, Senior Secured Notes

    7.375     5/1/26       1,180,000     $ 1,224,899  (a) 

Telecom Italia SpA, Senior Notes

    5.303     5/30/24       480,000       524,856  (a) 

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    3.400     3/22/41       2,140,000       2,195,380  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    3.850     11/1/42       80,000       87,358  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    4.000     3/22/50       120,000       131,232  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    3.550     3/22/51       700,000       712,409  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    3.700     3/22/61       2,120,000       2,148,898  

Total Diversified Telecommunication Services

 

                    7,025,032  

Media — 1.0%

                               

CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., Senior Notes

    4.500     8/15/30       70,000       71,305  (a) 

CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., Senior Notes

    4.500     5/1/32       1,480,000       1,496,650  (a) 

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

    4.200     3/15/28       4,300,000       4,770,993  

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

    5.050     3/30/29       640,000       742,229  

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

    5.375     4/1/38       1,000,000       1,192,354  

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

    4.800     3/1/50       110,000       121,371  

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

    6.834     10/23/55       2,610,000       3,728,053  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    3.750     4/1/40       70,000       77,337  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    3.400     7/15/46       70,000       72,770  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    4.700     10/15/48       110,000       137,972  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    3.450     2/1/50       370,000       385,405  

DISH DBS Corp., Senior Notes

    5.875     11/15/24       710,000       769,022  

DISH DBS Corp., Senior Notes

    7.750     7/1/26       260,000       299,975  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Macro Opportunities Fund

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  

Media — continued

                               

Fox Corp., Senior Notes

    5.476     1/25/39       820,000     $ 1,029,437  

Time Warner Cable LLC, Senior Secured Notes

    7.300     7/1/38       190,000       270,184  

Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC, Senior Secured Notes

    5.500     5/15/29       290,000       310,445  (a) 

Total Media

 

                    15,475,502  

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.3%

                               

CSC Holdings LLC, Senior Notes

    6.500     2/1/29       960,000       1,062,475  (a) 

CSC Holdings LLC, Senior Notes

    4.500     11/15/31       820,000       822,050  (a)(b) 

Sprint Capital Corp., Senior Notes

    8.750     3/15/32       200,000       296,795  

Sprint Corp., Senior Notes

    7.625     2/15/25       300,000       356,625  

T-Mobile USA Inc., Senior Notes

    6.000     3/1/23       20,000       20,194  

T-Mobile USA Inc., Senior Notes

    6.000     4/15/24       10,000       10,078  

T-Mobile USA Inc., Senior Notes

    2.250     2/15/26       160,000       161,213  

T-Mobile USA Inc., Senior Notes

    2.625     2/15/29       500,000       487,695  

T-Mobile USA Inc., Senior Notes

    2.875     2/15/31       370,000       361,675  

T-Mobile USA Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    3.875     4/15/30       630,000       687,046  (a) 

T-Mobile USA Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    4.500     4/15/50       770,000       869,511  (a) 

Total Wireless Telecommunication Services

                            5,135,357  

Total Communication Services

                            27,635,891  
Consumer Discretionary — 3.9%                                

Automobiles — 0.5%

                               

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, Senior Notes

    5.875     8/2/21       540,000       545,805  

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, Senior Notes

    3.339     3/28/22       200,000       203,010  

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, Senior Notes

    5.125     6/16/25       200,000       218,730  

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, Senior Notes

    3.375     11/13/25       260,000       266,417  

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, Senior Notes

    4.125     8/17/27       470,000       491,789  

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, Senior Notes

    2.900     2/16/28       270,000       264,966  

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, Senior Notes

    4.000     11/13/30       1,210,000       1,237,334  

Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Senior Notes

    4.345     9/17/27       1,920,000       2,102,588  (a) 

Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Senior Notes

    4.810     9/17/30       2,410,000       2,678,656  (a) 

Total Automobiles

 

                    8,009,295  

Diversified Consumer Services — 0.1%

                               

Prime Security Services Borrower LLC/ Prime Finance Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    5.750     4/15/26       450,000       492,786  (a) 

Wesleyan University, Senior Notes

    4.781     7/1/2116       690,000       864,443  

Total Diversified Consumer Services

 

                    1,357,229  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

April 30, 2021

 

Western Asset Macro Opportunities Fund

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.5%

                               

1011778 BC ULC/New Red Finance Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    4.250     5/15/24       304,000     $ 308,353  (a) 

1011778 BC ULC/New Red Finance Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    3.500     2/15/29       280,000       273,371  (a) 

Hilton Domestic Operating Co. Inc., Senior Notes

    5.375     5/1/25       300,000       316,320  (a) 

Hilton Domestic Operating Co. Inc., Senior Notes

    5.750     5/1/28       190,000       204,692  (a) 

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

    4.875     4/1/27       950,000       988,019  

Las Vegas Sands Corp., Senior Notes

    3.200     8/8/24       1,730,000       1,815,565  

Las Vegas Sands Corp., Senior Notes

    2.900     6/25/25       130,000       135,044  

McDonald’s Corp., Senior Notes

    4.450     3/1/47       870,000       1,024,180  

McDonald’s Corp., Senior Notes

    4.450     9/1/48       750,000       891,052  

McDonald’s Corp., Senior Notes

    3.625     9/1/49       80,000       84,239  

McDonald’s Corp., Senior Notes

    4.200     4/1/50       220,000       253,878  

Sands China Ltd., Senior Notes

    4.600     8/8/23       540,000       578,996  

Sands China Ltd., Senior Notes

    5.125     8/8/25       760,000       847,495  

Wynn Macau Ltd., Senior Notes

    5.625     8/26/28       1,070,000       1,127,528  (a) 

Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

 

                    8,848,732  

Household Durables — 0.0%††

                               

MDC Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

    2.500     1/15/31       330,000       319,712  

MDC Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

    6.000     1/15/43       200,000       259,176  

Total Household Durables

 

                    578,888  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 2.7%

                               

Amazon.com Inc., Senior Notes

    4.950     12/5/44       350,000       461,532  

Amazon.com Inc., Senior Notes

    4.050     8/22/47       8,360,000       9,900,633  (c) 

Amazon.com Inc., Senior Notes

    4.250     8/22/57       9,010,000       10,969,867  

Amazon.com Inc., Senior Notes

    2.700     6/3/60       18,550,000       16,731,912  

Prosus NV, Senior Notes

    4.850     7/6/27       1,850,000       2,087,345  (a) 

Prosus NV, Senior Notes

    4.027     8/3/50       3,500,000       3,273,302  (a) 

Prosus NV, Senior Notes

    3.832     2/8/51       1,150,000       1,053,135  (a) 

Total Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

 

                    44,477,726  

Specialty Retail — 0.0%††

                               

Home Depot Inc., Senior Notes

    3.300     4/15/40       60,000       63,816  

Home Depot Inc., Senior Notes

    3.350     4/15/50       120,000       126,886  

Lowe’s Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    4.500     4/15/30       250,000       291,636  

Total Specialty Retail

 

                    482,338  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.1%

                               

Hanesbrands Inc., Senior Notes

    5.375     5/15/25       400,000       421,500  (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Macro Opportunities Fund

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — continued

                               

Levi Strauss & Co., Senior Notes

    5.000     5/1/25       76,000     $ 77,615  

NIKE Inc., Senior Notes

    3.375     3/27/50       150,000       160,590  

Total Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

                            659,705  

Total Consumer Discretionary

                            64,413,913  
Consumer Staples — 1.6%                                

Beverages — 0.8%

                               

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

    4.000     4/13/28       1,000,000       1,123,666  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

    4.350     6/1/40       1,000,000       1,134,632  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

    4.600     4/15/48       1,050,000       1,213,086  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

    5.550     1/23/49       5,680,000       7,355,272  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

    4.500     6/1/50       1,670,000       1,917,819  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

    5.800     1/23/59       470,000       643,562  

Constellation Brands Inc., Senior Notes

    4.750     11/15/24       160,000       180,961  

Pernod Ricard SA, Senior Notes

    5.500     1/15/42       150,000       200,378  (a) 

Primo Water Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

    5.500     4/1/25       390,000       401,298  (a) 

Total Beverages

                            14,170,674  

Food Products — 0.2%

                               

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes

    4.250     3/1/31       140,000       154,543  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes

    6.750     3/15/32       20,000       26,442  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes

    6.875     1/26/39       50,000       68,739  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes

    7.125     8/1/39       10,000       14,218  (a) 

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes

    4.625     10/1/39       10,000       11,184  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes

    5.000     6/4/42       240,000       277,605  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes

    5.200     7/15/45       620,000       735,014  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes

    4.375     6/1/46       760,000       816,208  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes

    4.875     10/1/49       360,000       413,895  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes

    5.500     6/1/50       280,000       348,576  

Lamb Weston Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

    4.875     11/1/26       320,000       332,600  (a) 

Lamb Weston Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

    4.875     5/15/28       70,000       77,262  (a) 

Total Food Products

                            3,276,286  

Tobacco — 0.6%

                               

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

    4.400     2/14/26       415,000       469,069  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

April 30, 2021

 

Western Asset Macro Opportunities Fund

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  

Tobacco — continued

                               

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

    4.800     2/14/29       252,000     $ 286,923  

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

    2.450     2/4/32       460,000       433,136  

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

    5.800     2/14/39       910,000       1,102,396  

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

    5.950     2/14/49       60,000       73,896  

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

    6.200     2/14/59       1,121,000       1,401,534  

BAT Capital Corp., Senior Notes

    3.557     8/15/27       3,020,000       3,219,341  

BAT Capital Corp., Senior Notes

    4.540     8/15/47       2,030,000       2,002,604  

Reynolds American Inc., Senior Notes

    6.150     9/15/43       200,000       240,819  

Total Tobacco

                            9,229,718  

Total Consumer Staples

                            26,676,678  
Energy — 9.9%                                

Energy Equipment & Services — 0.1%

                               

Halliburton Co., Senior Notes

    3.800     11/15/25       60,000       66,298  

Halliburton Co., Senior Notes

    4.850     11/15/35       1,250,000       1,414,450  

Total Energy Equipment & Services

                            1,480,748  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 9.8%

                               

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

    4.375     10/15/28       30,000       30,637  

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

    5.100     9/1/40       4,820,000       4,952,550  

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

    4.750     4/15/43       1,210,000       1,203,133  

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

    4.250     1/15/44       990,000       924,066  

Blue Racer Midstream LLC/Blue Racer Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    7.625     12/15/25       580,000       627,705  (a) 

Cameron LNG LLC, Senior Secured Notes

    3.302     1/15/35       1,980,000       2,072,803  (a) 

Cameron LNG LLC, Senior Secured Notes

    3.701     1/15/39       1,160,000       1,254,301  (a) 

Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings LLC, Senior Secured Notes

    5.125     6/30/27       380,000       438,529  

Cheniere Energy Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    4.625     10/15/28       380,000       396,682  (a) 

Chevron Corp., Senior Notes

    3.078     5/11/50       80,000       78,206  

Chevron USA Inc., Senior Notes

    3.850     1/15/28       1,580,000       1,784,585  

Cimarex Energy Co., Senior Notes

    3.900     5/15/27       1,710,000       1,871,323  

Cimarex Energy Co., Senior Notes

    4.375     3/15/29       310,000       348,284  

ConocoPhillips, Senior Notes

    4.300     8/15/28       1,370,000       1,566,206  (a) 

Continental Resources Inc., Senior Notes

    4.375     1/15/28       20,000       21,796  

Continental Resources Inc., Senior Notes

    5.750     1/15/31       1,180,000       1,370,316  (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Macro Opportunities Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
   

Face

Amount†

    Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — continued

                               

Continental Resources Inc., Senior Notes

    4.900     6/1/44       1,490,000     $ 1,565,841  

DCP Midstream LP, Junior Subordinated Notes (7.375% to 12/15/22 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.148%)

    7.375     12/15/22       860,000       789,050  (d)(e) 

DCP Midstream Operating LP, Senior Notes

    6.450     11/3/36       660,000       747,793  (a) 

DCP Midstream Operating LP, Senior Notes

    6.750     9/15/37       1,300,000       1,508,000  (a) 

Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    5.850     12/15/25       1,950,000       2,292,305  

Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    7.875     9/30/31       220,000       299,355  

Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    7.950     4/15/32       340,000       466,191  

Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    5.600     7/15/41       970,000       1,149,933  

Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    4.750     5/15/42       660,000       714,142  

Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    5.000     6/15/45       990,000       1,108,731  

Diamondback Energy Inc., Senior Notes

    2.875     12/1/24       370,000       392,562  

Diamondback Energy Inc., Senior Notes

    3.250     12/1/26       460,000       488,404  

Diamondback Energy Inc., Senior Notes

    3.500     12/1/29       100,000       104,808  

Ecopetrol SA, Senior Notes

    5.375     6/26/26       2,470,000       2,774,922  

Ecopetrol SA, Senior Notes

    5.875     5/28/45       1,902,000       2,028,112  

Energy Transfer LP, Junior Subordinated Notes (6.625% to 2/15/28 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.155%)

    6.625     2/15/28       690,000       652,050  (d)(e) 

Energy Transfer LP, Junior Subordinated Notes (6.750% to 5/15/25 then 5 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 5.134%)

    6.750     5/15/25       1,760,000       1,759,560  (d)(e) 

Energy Transfer LP, Junior Subordinated Notes (7.125% to 5/15/30 then 5 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 5.306%)

    7.125     5/15/30       1,820,000       1,860,950  (d)(e) 

Energy Transfer LP, Senior Notes

    6.500     2/1/42       590,000       717,396  

Energy Transfer LP, Senior Notes

    6.100     2/15/42       720,000       831,970  

Energy Transfer LP, Senior Notes

    5.950     10/1/43       950,000       1,078,129  

Energy Transfer LP, Senior Notes

    5.400     10/1/47       1,990,000       2,166,004  

Energy Transfer LP, Senior Notes

    6.000     6/15/48       1,160,000       1,340,493  

Energy Transfer LP, Senior Notes

    6.250     4/15/49       1,160,000       1,394,786  

Energy Transfer LP, Senior Notes

    5.000     5/15/50       1,160,000       1,224,510  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes

    4.150     10/16/28       260,000       294,276  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

April 30, 2021

 

Western Asset Macro Opportunities Fund

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — continued

                               

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes

    6.125     10/15/39       600,000     $ 806,431  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes

    6.450     9/1/40       960,000       1,335,773  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes

    5.950     2/1/41       370,000       489,894  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes

    5.100     2/15/45       570,000       685,060  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes

    4.250     2/15/48       700,000       757,791  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes (5.375% to 2/15/28 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.570%)

    5.375     2/15/78       780,000       790,867  (e) 

EOG Resources Inc., Senior Notes

    4.375     4/15/30       90,000       104,037  

EOG Resources Inc., Senior Notes

    4.950     4/15/50       300,000       372,568  

EQT Corp., Senior Notes

    3.000     10/1/22       70,000       71,400  

EQT Corp., Senior Notes

    7.625     2/1/25       50,000       57,625  

EQT Corp., Senior Notes

    3.900     10/1/27       120,000       125,261  

EQT Corp., Senior Notes

    5.000     1/15/29       90,000       98,525  

Exxon Mobil Corp., Senior Notes

    4.114     3/1/46       1,210,000       1,361,963  

Exxon Mobil Corp., Senior Notes

    4.327     3/19/50       1,230,000       1,438,321  

Exxon Mobil Corp., Senior Notes

    3.452     4/15/51       660,000       674,860  

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, Senior Notes

    3.500     9/1/23       540,000       571,828  

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, Senior Notes

    4.250     9/1/24       540,000       594,490  

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, Senior Notes

    6.950     1/15/38       70,000       95,554  

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, Senior Notes

    6.500     9/1/39       670,000       892,379  

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, Senior Notes

    6.550     9/15/40       1,180,000       1,605,100  

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, Senior Notes

    6.375     3/1/41       1,240,000       1,621,964  

Kinder Morgan Inc., Senior Notes

    5.300     12/1/34       1,340,000       1,609,645  

MEG Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    5.875     2/1/29       120,000       123,156  (a) 

MPLX LP, Senior Notes

    4.875     12/1/24       1,060,000       1,188,736  

MPLX LP, Senior Notes

    4.875     6/1/25       500,000       564,258  

MPLX LP, Senior Notes

    4.800     2/15/29       870,000       1,003,408  

MPLX LP, Senior Notes

    5.200     3/1/47       1,410,000       1,653,524  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Macro Opportunities Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
   

Face

Amount†

    Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — continued

 

                       

MPLX LP, Senior Notes

    4.700     4/15/48       1,210,000     $ 1,325,872  

MPLX LP, Senior Notes

    5.500     2/15/49       1,460,000       1,778,807  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    6.950     7/1/24       1,040,000       1,153,204  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    2.900     8/15/24       460,000       459,425  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    5.550     3/15/26       830,000       892,250  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    3.200     8/15/26       860,000       839,575  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    6.625     9/1/30       3,070,000       3,503,837  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    6.125     1/1/31       8,190,000       9,121,612  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    0.000     10/10/36       25,450,000       12,979,500  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    6.200     3/15/40       980,000       1,043,700  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    4.500     7/15/44       2,780,000       2,490,546  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    4.625     6/15/45       3,620,000       3,287,992  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    6.600     3/15/46       650,000       717,594  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    4.400     4/15/46       1,070,000       944,751  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    4.100     2/15/47       1,110,000       925,540  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    4.200     3/15/48       2,800,000       2,363,088  

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

    7.375     1/17/27       2,450,000       2,967,587  

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

    5.999     1/27/28       4,510,000       5,101,757  

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

    6.850     6/5/2115       2,610,000       2,762,294  

Petroleos Mexicanos, Senior Notes

    6.375     1/23/45       3,050,000       2,635,109  

Range Resources Corp., Senior Notes

    5.875     7/1/22       106,000       107,259  

Range Resources Corp., Senior Notes

    5.000     3/15/23       897,000       918,864  

Range Resources Corp., Senior Notes

    4.875     5/15/25       590,000       587,050  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

April 30, 2021

 

Western Asset Macro Opportunities Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
   

Face

Amount†

    Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — continued

 

                       

Rockies Express Pipeline LLC, Senior Notes

    6.875     4/15/40       1,180,000     $ 1,269,975  (a) 

Schlumberger Holdings Corp., Senior Notes

    4.000     12/21/25       2,470,000       2,752,625  (a) 

Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes

    2.750     4/6/30       270,000       281,097  

Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes

    3.250     4/6/50       1,380,000       1,386,931  

Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    4.250     11/15/23       2,590,000       2,598,560  

Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    5.375     2/1/27       40,000       41,619  

Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    5.500     3/1/30       270,000       292,645  

Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    4.875     2/1/31       430,000       450,049  (a) 

Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    4.000     1/15/32       70,000       68,863  (a) 

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC, Senior Notes

    7.850     2/1/26       1,950,000       2,483,662  

Western Midstream Operating LP, Senior Notes

    4.350     2/1/25       320,000       338,800  

Western Midstream Operating LP, Senior Notes

    3.950     6/1/25       1,000,000       1,045,000  

Western Midstream Operating LP, Senior Notes

    4.650     7/1/26       160,000       171,600  

Western Midstream Operating LP, Senior Notes

    4.500     3/1/28       1,190,000       1,270,325  

Western Midstream Operating LP, Senior Notes

    4.750     8/15/28       1,210,000       1,303,775  

Western Midstream Operating LP, Senior Notes

    5.300     2/1/30       1,450,000       1,584,125  

Western Midstream Operating LP, Senior Notes

    5.450     4/1/44       2,130,000       2,247,150  

Western Midstream Operating LP, Senior Notes

    5.300     3/1/48       720,000       740,632  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Macro Opportunities Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
   

Face

Amount†

    Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — continued

 

                       

Western Midstream Operating LP, Senior Notes

    5.500     8/15/48       1,780,000     $ 1,824,500  

Western Midstream Operating LP, Senior Notes

    6.500     2/1/50       310,000       351,156  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    3.750     6/15/27       1,780,000       1,958,954  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    7.500     1/15/31       1,570,000       2,112,731  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    8.750     3/15/32       1,520,000       2,276,897  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    6.300     4/15/40       840,000       1,098,167  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    5.750     6/24/44       1,680,000       2,092,552  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    5.100     9/15/45       150,000       174,516  

WPX Energy Inc., Senior Notes

    8.250     8/1/23       1,210,000       1,386,206  

WPX Energy Inc., Senior Notes

    5.250     10/15/27       456,000       487,418  

WPX Energy Inc., Senior Notes

    5.875     6/15/28       364,000       402,125  

WPX Energy Inc., Senior Notes

    4.500     1/15/30       650,000       701,025  

Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

                            163,486,706  

Total Energy

                            164,967,454  
Financials — 10.3%                                

Banks — 8.1%

                               

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

    4.000     5/17/21       1,830,000       1,820,850  (d)(e) 

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

    6.875     7/6/22       830,000       857,573  (a)(d)(e) 

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

    7.625     1/10/28       1,830,000       2,032,608  (a)(d)(e) 

Banco Santander SA, Junior Subordinated Notes (6.250% to 9/11/21 then EUR 5 year Swap Rate + 5.640%)

    6.250     9/11/21      
6,400,000
 
EUR 
    7,821,858  (d)(e)(f) 

Bank of America Corp., Junior Subordinated Notes (5.875% to 3/15/28 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.931%)

    5.875     3/15/28       6,260,000       7,067,227  (d)(e) 

Bank of America Corp., Junior Subordinated Notes (6.100% to 3/17/25 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.898%)

    6.100     3/17/25       620,000       695,606  (d)(e) 

Bank of America Corp., Junior Subordinated Notes (6.250% to 9/5/24 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.705%)

    6.250     9/5/24       1,430,000       1,595,344  (d)(e) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

April 30, 2021

 

Western Asset Macro Opportunities Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
   

Face

Amount†

    Value  

Banks — continued

                               

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes (2.592% to 4/29/30 then SOFR + 2.150%)

    2.592     4/29/31       710,000     $ 714,990  (e) 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes (4.083% to 3/20/50 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.150%)

    4.083     3/20/51       120,000       134,964  (e) 

Bank of America Corp., Subordinated Notes

    4.250     10/22/26       2,520,000       2,850,665  

Barclays PLC, Junior Subordinated Notes (7.750% to 9/15/23 then USD 5 year ICE Swap Rate + 4.842%)

    7.750     9/15/23       1,780,000       1,962,450  (d)(e) 

Barclays PLC, Junior Subordinated Notes (8.000% to 6/15/24 then 5 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 5.672%)

    8.000     6/15/24       2,930,000       3,327,381  (d)(e) 

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

    4.972     5/16/29       2,930,000       3,398,036  (e) 

BBVA USA, Subordinated Notes

    3.875     4/10/25       490,000       536,337  

BNP Paribas SA, Junior Subordinated Notes (6.125% to 6/17/22 then EUR 5 year Swap Rate + 5.230%)

    6.125     6/17/22       2,424,000  EUR      3,088,381  (d)(e)(f) 

BNP Paribas SA, Junior Subordinated Notes (7.000% to 8/16/28 then USD 5 year ICE Swap Rate + 3.980%)

    7.000     8/16/28       200,000       235,749  (a)(d)(e) 

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

    7.375     8/19/25       2,790,000       3,257,618  (a)(d)(e) 

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

    4.705     1/10/25       1,050,000       1,152,139  (a)(e) 

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

    5.198     1/10/30       230,000       273,003  (a)(e) 

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

    5.950     5/15/25       10,320,000       11,267,376  (d)(e) 

Citigroup Inc., Junior Subordinated Notes (6.300% to 5/15/24 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.423%)

    6.300     5/15/24       1,250,000       1,347,997  (d)(e) 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

    8.125     7/15/39       1,301,000       2,179,706  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
   

Face

Amount†

    Value  

Banks — continued

                               

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

    4.650     7/30/45       825,000     $ 1,011,014  

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

    4.650     7/23/48       520,000       646,198  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

    4.450     9/29/27       370,000       420,670  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

    4.125     7/25/28       1,870,000       2,097,107  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

    4.750     5/18/46       200,000       243,066  

Cooperatieve Rabobank UA, Junior Subordinated Notes (4.625% to 12/29/25 then EUR 5 year Swap Rate + 4.098%)

    4.625     12/29/25       6,400,000  EUR      8,464,025  (d)(e)(f) 

Cooperatieve Rabobank UA, Junior Subordinated Notes (6.625% to 6/29/21 then EUR 5 year Swap Rate + 6.697%)

    6.625     6/29/21       5,400,000  EUR      6,561,064  (d)(e)(f) 

Credit Agricole SA, Junior Subordinated Notes (6.500% to 6/23/21 then EUR 5 year Swap Rate + 5.120%)

    6.500     6/23/21       2,672,000  EUR      3,240,835  (d)(e)(f) 

Credit Agricole SA, Junior Subordinated Notes (7.500% to 6/23/26 then GBP 5 year Swap Rate + 4.535%)

    7.500     6/23/26       2,620,000  GBP      4,295,598  (d)(e)(f) 

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

    8.125     12/23/25       3,250,000       3,947,515  (a)(d)(e) 

Danske Bank A/S, Junior Subordinated Notes (5.875% to 4/6/22 then EUR 7 year Swap Rate + 5.471%)

    5.875     4/6/22       4,220,000  EUR      5,283,467  (d)(e)(f) 

Danske Bank A/S, Senior Notes

    5.375     1/12/24       840,000       936,316  (a) 

HSBC Holdings PLC, Junior Subordinated Notes (6.375% to 3/30/25 then USD 5 year ICE Swap Rate + 4.368%)

    6.375     3/30/25       860,000       953,288  (d)(e) 

HSBC Holdings PLC, Junior Subordinated Notes (6.500% to 3/23/28 then USD 5 year ICE Swap Rate + 3.606%)

    6.500     3/23/28       1,400,000       1,593,375  (d)(e) 

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

    4.583     6/19/29       2,750,000       3,126,122  (e) 

HSBC Holdings PLC, Subordinated Notes

    4.250     8/18/25       590,000       654,459  

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Junior Subordinated Notes (5.875% to 9/1/31 then EUR 5 year Swap Rate + 6.086%)

    5.875     9/1/31       6,680,000  EUR      9,009,812  (d)(e)(f) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

April 30, 2021

 

Western Asset Macro Opportunities Fund

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  

Banks — continued

                               

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Subordinated Notes

    5.017     6/26/24       200,000     $ 217,360  (a) 

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Subordinated Notes

    5.710     1/15/26       210,000       235,683  (a) 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Senior Notes (2.522% to 4/22/30 then SOFR + 2.040%)

    2.522     4/22/31       110,000       111,224  (e) 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Senior Notes (3.109% to 4/22/50 then SOFR + 2.440%)

    3.109     4/22/51       440,000       428,462  (e) 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Subordinated Notes

    4.950     6/1/45       1,410,000       1,779,345  

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Subordinated Notes (2.956% to 5/13/30 then SOFR + 2.515%)

    2.956     5/13/31       1,620,000       1,665,573  (e) 

Natwest Group PLC, Junior Subordinated Notes (8.625% to 8/15/21 then USD 5 year ICE Swap Rate + 7.598%)

    8.625     8/15/21       1,430,000       1,461,346  (d)(e) 

UniCredit SpA, Senior Notes

    6.572     1/14/22       1,700,000       1,766,023  (a) 

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

    5.875     6/15/25       847,000       945,464  (d)(e) 

Wells Fargo & Co., Senior Notes (2.879% to 10/30/29 then SOFR + 1.432%)

    2.879     10/30/30       890,000       924,413  (e) 

Wells Fargo & Co., Senior Notes (4.478% to 4/4/30 then SOFR + 4.032%)

    4.478     4/4/31       410,000       474,800  (e) 

Wells Fargo & Co., Senior Notes (5.013% to 4/4/50 then SOFR + 4.502%)

    5.013     4/4/51       7,670,000       9,975,795  (e) 

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

    4.300     7/22/27       1,840,000       2,087,879  

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

    4.400     6/14/46       1,420,000       1,616,729  

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

    4.750     12/7/46       500,000       598,427  

Total Banks

                            134,390,312  

Capital Markets — 1.6%

                               

Credit Suisse Group AG, Junior Subordinated Notes (5.250% to 8/11/27 then 5 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 4.889%)

    5.250     2/11/27       5,190,000       5,404,087  (a)(d)(e) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Macro Opportunities Fund

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  

Capital Markets — continued

                               

Credit Suisse Group AG, Junior Subordinated Notes (6.375% to 8/21/26 then 5 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 4.822%)

    6.375     8/21/26       200,000     $ 217,631  (a)(d)(e) 

Credit Suisse Group AG, Junior Subordinated Notes (7.250% to 9/12/25 then USD 5 year ICE Swap Rate + 4.332%)

    7.250     9/12/25       300,000       332,248  (a)(d)(e) 

Credit Suisse Group AG, Junior Subordinated Notes (7.500% to 7/17/23 then USD 5 year ICE Swap Rate + 4.600%)

    7.500     7/17/23       1,770,000       1,897,971  (a)(d)(e) 

Credit Suisse Group AG, Senior Notes

    4.875     5/15/45       530,000       636,761  

Credit Suisse Group AG, Senior Notes (4.194% to 4/1/30 then SOFR + 3.730%)

    4.194     4/1/31       630,000       697,147  (a)(e) 

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

    4.000     6/1/21       149,000       145,648  (d)(e) 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

    4.750     10/21/45       570,000       714,740  

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

    4.223     5/1/29       430,000       486,535  (e) 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Subordinated Notes

    4.250     10/21/25       610,000       683,738  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Subordinated Notes

    6.750     10/1/37       1,700,000       2,412,051  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Subordinated Notes

    5.150     5/22/45       4,590,000       5,911,840  

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes (4.431% to 1/23/29 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.628%)

    4.431     1/23/30       60,000       69,232  (e) 

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes (5.597% to 3/24/50 then SOFR + 4.840%)

    5.597     3/24/51       190,000       266,615  (e) 

UBS Group AG, Junior Subordinated Notes (5.750% to 2/19/22 then EUR 5 year Swap Rate + 5.287%)

    5.750     2/19/22       2,080,000  EUR      2,600,707  (d)(e)(f) 

UBS Group AG, Junior Subordinated Notes (7.000% to 1/31/24 then USD 5 year ICE Swap Rate + 4.344%)

    7.000     1/31/24       2,880,000       3,178,987  (a)(d)(e) 

Total Capital Markets

                            25,655,938  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

April 30, 2021

 

Western Asset Macro Opportunities Fund

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  

Diversified Financial Services — 0.4%

                               

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

    4.625     7/1/22       333,000     $ 348,702  

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

    4.418     11/15/35       1,210,000       1,393,629  

ILFC E-Capital Trust I Ltd. GTD ((Highest of 3 mo. USD LIBOR, 10 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate and 30 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate) + 1.550%)

    4.000     12/21/65       740,000       608,650  (a)(e) 

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    5.875     8/15/22       640,000       683,519  

Park Aerospace Holdings Ltd., Senior Notes

    5.250     8/15/22       23,000       24,046  (a) 

Park Aerospace Holdings Ltd., Senior Notes

    4.500     3/15/23       160,000       167,983  (a) 

Park Aerospace Holdings Ltd., Senior Notes

    5.500     2/15/24       400,000       438,980  (a) 

Toll Road Investors Partnership II LP

    0.000     2/15/24       1,020,000       937,782  (a) 

Toll Road Investors Partnership II LP

    0.000     2/15/38       200,000       73,336  (a) 

Vanguard Group Inc.

    3.050     8/22/50       2,610,000       2,275,398  (g)(h) 

Total Diversified Financial Services

                            6,952,025  

Insurance — 0.2%

                               

American International Group Inc., Senior Notes

    3.400     6/30/30       1,080,000       1,155,289  

Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America, Subordinated Notes

    4.900     9/15/44       1,910,000       2,386,158  (a) 

Total Insurance

                            3,541,447  

Total Financials

                            170,539,722  
Health Care — 4.6%                                

Biotechnology — 0.2%

                               

AbbVie Inc., Senior Notes

    4.050     11/21/39       3,440,000       3,846,177  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.1%

                               

Becton Dickinson and Co., Senior Notes

    3.700     6/6/27       1,317,000       1,464,760  

Health Care Providers & Services — 1.2%

                               

Centene Corp., Senior Notes

    5.375     6/1/26       350,000       365,068  (a) 

CommonSpirit Health, Secured Notes

    4.350     11/1/42       1,720,000       1,917,585  

CommonSpirit Health, Senior Secured Notes

    3.817     10/1/49       630,000       681,516  

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

    4.300     3/25/28       170,000       193,571  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Macro Opportunities Fund

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  

Health Care Providers & Services — continued

                               

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

    4.780     3/25/38       1,130,000     $ 1,352,867  

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

    4.125     4/1/40       820,000       908,084  

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

    5.050     3/25/48       7,790,000       9,594,398  

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

    4.250     4/1/50       90,000       101,474  

Dignity Health, Secured Notes

    5.267     11/1/64       760,000       977,885  

Hackensack Meridian Health Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    4.211     7/1/48       1,060,000       1,266,401  

HCA Inc., Senior Notes

    5.375     2/1/25       150,000       167,352  

HCA Inc., Senior Notes

    7.690     6/15/25       420,000       502,381  

HCA Inc., Senior Notes

    5.625     9/1/28       60,000       70,050  

HCA Inc., Senior Notes

    5.875     2/1/29       310,000       366,187  

HCA Inc., Senior Notes

    3.500     9/1/30       480,000       493,668  

HCA Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    4.500     2/15/27       240,000       271,181  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

    3.125     5/15/60       190,000       186,423  

Willis-Knighton Medical Center, Secured Notes

    4.813     9/1/48       790,000       970,252  

Total Health Care Providers & Services

                            20,386,343  

Pharmaceuticals — 3.1%

                               

Bausch Health Americas Inc., Senior Notes

    9.250     4/1/26       6,060,000       6,722,843  (a) 

Bausch Health Americas Inc., Senior Notes

    8.500     1/31/27       3,880,000       4,326,200  (a) 

Bausch Health Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    9.000     12/15/25       6,860,000       7,453,047  (a) 

Bausch Health Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    6.250     2/15/29       1,130,000       1,196,404  (a) 

Bausch Health Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    7.250     5/30/29       1,140,000       1,264,687  (a) 

Bausch Health Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    5.250     1/30/30       300,000       302,064  (a) 

Bausch Health Cos. Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    7.000     3/15/24       494,000       507,138  (a) 

Bausch Health Cos. Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    5.500     11/1/25       1,050,000       1,084,125  (a) 

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Co. BV, Senior Notes

    3.650     11/10/21       100,000       100,782  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Co. BV, Senior Notes

    2.950     12/18/22       2,097,000       2,111,417  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Co. LLC, Senior Notes

    6.150     2/1/36       2,170,000       2,314,338  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV, Senior Notes

    2.200     7/21/21       440,000       440,275  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV, Senior Notes

    2.800     7/21/23       1,300,000       1,288,794  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

April 30, 2021

 

Western Asset Macro Opportunities Fund

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  

Pharmaceuticals — continued

                               

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV, Senior Notes

    7.125     1/31/25       4,944,000     $ 5,398,576  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV, Senior Notes

    3.150     10/1/26       2,594,000       2,439,008  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV, Senior Notes

    6.750     3/1/28       520,000       567,450  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV, Senior Notes

    4.100     10/1/46       16,567,000       14,146,230  

Total Pharmaceuticals

                            51,663,378  

Total Health Care

                            77,360,658  
Industrials — 2.4%                                

Aerospace & Defense — 1.0%

                               

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

    2.700     2/1/27       750,000       772,166  

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

    5.150     5/1/30       1,950,000       2,269,863  

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

    3.250     2/1/35       2,030,000       2,003,125  

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

    3.550     3/1/38       170,000       169,535  

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

    5.705     5/1/40       1,600,000       1,986,825  

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

    3.750     2/1/50       130,000       126,812  

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

    5.805     5/1/50       3,700,000       4,757,785  

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

    5.930     5/1/60       1,010,000       1,320,381  

General Dynamics Corp., Senior Notes

    4.250     4/1/40       40,000       47,872  

General Dynamics Corp., Senior Notes

    4.250     4/1/50       190,000       233,314  

Northrop Grumman Corp., Senior Notes

    5.250     5/1/50       2,190,000       2,933,573  

Total Aerospace & Defense

                            16,621,251  

Air Freight & Logistics — 0.1%

                               

XPO CNW Inc., Senior Notes

    6.700     5/1/34       1,510,000       1,806,753  

Airlines — 0.7%

                               

Delta Air Lines Inc., Senior Notes

    3.625     3/15/22       1,450,000       1,474,088  

Delta Air Lines Inc., Senior Notes

    3.800     4/19/23       190,000       195,560  

Delta Air Lines Inc., Senior Notes

    2.900     10/28/24       870,000       878,115  

Delta Air Lines Inc., Senior Notes

    7.375     1/15/26       850,000       999,070  

Delta Air Lines Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    7.000     5/1/25       1,850,000       2,152,361  (a) 

Delta Air Lines Inc./SkyMiles IP Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

    4.500     10/20/25       2,490,000       2,672,020  (a) 

Delta Air Lines Inc./SkyMiles IP Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

    4.750     10/20/28       1,110,000       1,219,806  (a) 

Mileage Plus Holdings LLC/Mileage Plus Intellectual Property Assets Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

    6.500     6/20/27       680,000       747,150  (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Airlines — continued

                               

Spirit Loyalty Cayman Ltd./Spirit IP Cayman Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

    8.000     9/20/25       870,000     $ 980,786  (a) 

United Airlines Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    4.375     4/15/26       40,000       41,559  (a) 

United Airlines Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    4.625     4/15/29       440,000       457,798  (a) 

Total Airlines

                            11,818,313  

Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.1%

                               

California Institute of Technology, Senior Notes

    3.650     9/1/2119       990,000       1,059,298  

GFL Environmental Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    4.250     6/1/25       330,000       340,519  (a) 

Total Commercial Services & Supplies

                            1,399,817  

Industrial Conglomerates — 0.4%

                               

3M Co., Senior Notes

    3.700     4/15/50       470,000       527,218  

General Electric Co., Senior Notes

    3.450     5/1/27       130,000       142,151  

General Electric Co., Senior Notes

    3.625     5/1/30       270,000       293,619  

General Electric Co., Senior Notes

    5.875     1/14/38       1,490,000       1,952,368  

General Electric Co., Senior Notes

    6.875     1/10/39       2,290,000       3,296,921  

General Electric Co., Senior Notes

    4.250     5/1/40       280,000       313,317  

General Electric Co., Senior Notes

    4.350     5/1/50       350,000       390,356  

Total Industrial Conglomerates

                            6,915,950  

Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.1%

                               

United Rentals North America Inc., Secured Notes

    3.875     11/15/27       370,000       388,038  

United Rentals North America Inc., Senior Notes

    5.875     9/15/26       310,000       323,950  

United Rentals North America Inc., Senior Notes

    5.250     1/15/30       320,000       350,400  

United Rentals North America Inc., Senior Notes

    3.875     2/15/31       410,000       413,128  

Total Trading Companies & Distributors

 

            1,475,516  

Total Industrials

                            40,037,600  
Information Technology — 0.4%                                

Communications Equipment — 0.0%††

                               

CommScope Technologies LLC, Senior Notes

    5.000     3/15/27       320,000       317,420  (a) 

IT Services — 0.1%

                               

Mastercard Inc., Senior Notes

    3.850     3/26/50       1,720,000       1,971,820  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

April 30, 2021

 

Western Asset Macro Opportunities Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.3%

                               

Broadcom Inc., Senior Notes

    4.150     11/15/30       2,020,000     $ 2,210,255  

Intel Corp., Senior Notes

    4.600     3/25/40       120,000       146,173  

NVIDIA Corp., Senior Notes

    3.500     4/1/40       220,000       241,288  

NVIDIA Corp., Senior Notes

    3.500     4/1/50       1,070,000       1,154,670  

NVIDIA Corp., Senior Notes

    3.700     4/1/60       400,000       443,491  

Total Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

 

    4,195,877  

Total Information Technology

                            6,485,117  
Materials — 0.7%                                

Containers & Packaging — 0.0%††

                               

Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC/Ardagh Holdings USA Inc., Senior Notes

    6.000     2/15/25       250,000       258,193  (a) 

Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC/Ardagh Holdings USA Inc., Senior Notes

    5.250     8/15/27       200,000       204,667  (a) 

Total Containers & Packaging

                            462,860  

Metals & Mining — 0.7%

                               

Anglo American Capital PLC, Senior Notes

    3.625     9/11/24       560,000       606,026  (a) 

Anglo American Capital PLC, Senior Notes

    4.000     9/11/27       270,000       300,116  (a) 

Anglo American Capital PLC, Senior Notes

    4.500     3/15/28       640,000       727,528  (a) 

ArcelorMittal SA, Senior Notes

    3.600     7/16/24       1,900,000       2,024,965  

ArcelorMittal SA, Senior Notes

    7.250     10/15/39       310,000       437,722  

Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Senior Notes

    3.875     3/15/23       10,000       10,463  

Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Senior Notes

    4.550     11/14/24       40,000       43,750  

Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Senior Notes

    4.625     8/1/30       240,000       265,200  

Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Senior Notes

    5.450     3/15/43       960,000       1,173,600  

Glencore Funding LLC, Senior Notes

    4.125     5/30/23       150,000       159,879  (a) 

Glencore Funding LLC, Senior Notes

    4.125     3/12/24       2,920,000       3,163,343  (a) 

Glencore Funding LLC, Senior Notes

    3.875     10/27/27       990,000       1,089,918  (a) 

Yamana Gold Inc., Senior Notes

    4.625     12/15/27       920,000       1,013,550  

Total Metals & Mining

                            11,016,060  

Paper & Forest Products — 0.0%††

                               

Suzano Austria GmbH, Senior Notes

    3.750     1/15/31       420,000       430,546  

Total Materials

                            11,909,466  
Utilities — 0.8%                                

Electric Utilities — 0.8%

                               

Enel Finance International NV, Senior Notes

    6.000     10/7/39       1,680,000       2,271,133  (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Electric Utilities — continued

                               

FirstEnergy Corp., Senior Notes

    4.400     7/15/27       1,320,000     $ 1,446,911  

FirstEnergy Corp., Senior Notes

    7.375     11/15/31       5,830,000       7,897,519  

FirstEnergy Corp., Senior Notes

    5.350     7/15/47       250,000       290,419  

Pacific Gas and Electric Co., Secured Bonds

    2.500     2/1/31       610,000       575,017  

Pacific Gas and Electric Co., Secured Bonds

    3.300     8/1/40       200,000       178,379  

Pacific Gas and Electric Co., Secured Bonds

    3.500     8/1/50       680,000       590,068  

Total Utilities

                            13,249,446  

Total Corporate Bonds & Notes (Cost — $552,909,401)

 

    603,275,945  
Sovereign Bonds — 26.7%                                

Argentina — 0.7%

                               

Argentine Republic Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    1.000     7/9/29       1,241,955       473,197  

Argentine Republic Government International Bond, Senior Notes, Step bond (0.125% to 7/9/21 then 0.500%)

    0.125     7/9/30       8,707,393       3,169,491  

Argentine Republic Government International Bond, Senior Notes, Step bond (0.125% to 7/9/21 then 1.125%)

    0.125     7/9/35       14,504,705       4,598,136  

Argentine Republic Government International Bond, Senior Notes, Step bond (0.125% to 7/9/21 then 2.000%)

    0.125     1/9/38       2,874,178       1,096,528  

Provincia de Buenos Aires, Senior Notes

    9.125     3/16/24       850,000       367,633  *(a)(i) 

Provincia de Buenos Aires, Senior Notes

    7.875     6/15/27       1,970,000       856,970  *(a)(i) 

Provincia de Cordoba, Senior Notes, Step bond (3.000% to 6/10/21, 5.000% to 6/10/22 then 6.875%)

    3.000     12/10/25       824,492       571,620  (a) 

Provincia de Cordoba, Senior Notes, Step bond (3.000% to 8/1/21, 5.000% to 8/1/22 then 6.875% PIK)

    3.000     2/1/29       1,034,131       597,211  (a)(j) 

Total Argentina

                            11,730,786  

Australia — 1.7%

                               

Australia Government Bond, Senior Notes

    3.000     3/21/47       25,760,000  AUD      21,342,857  (f) 

Australia Government Bond, Senior Notes

    1.750     6/21/51       11,060,000  AUD      6,912,276  (f) 

Total Australia

                            28,255,133  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

April 30, 2021

 

Western Asset Macro Opportunities Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Brazil — 0.7%

                               

Brazilian Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    4.250     1/7/25       1,730,000     $ 1,869,049  

Brazilian Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    5.000     1/27/45       9,000,000       8,901,045  

Total Brazil

                            10,770,094  

China — 1.6%

                               

China Government Bond

    3.390     3/16/50       110,000,000  CNY      16,085,343  

China Government Bond, Senior Notes

    4.000     5/22/24       2,000,000  CNY      321,903  (f) 

China Government Bond, Senior Notes

    3.380     11/21/24       11,000,000  CNY      1,746,039  (f) 

China Government Bond, Senior Notes

    3.390     5/21/25       9,000,000  CNY      1,432,589  (f) 

China Government Bond, Senior Notes

    3.310     11/30/25       10,500,000  CNY      1,671,467  (f) 

China Government Bond, Senior Notes

    3.480     6/29/27       23,500,000  CNY      3,789,655  (f) 

China Government Bond, Senior Notes

    3.600     6/27/28       2,000,000  CNY      325,871  (f) 

China Government Bond, Senior Notes

    4.290     5/22/29       5,000,000  CNY      855,934  (f) 

Total China

                            26,228,801  

Dominican Republic — 0.1%

                               

Dominican Republic International Bond, Senior Notes

    5.875     1/30/60       2,340,000       2,342,925  (a)   

Egypt — 0.2%

                               

Egypt Government Bond

    18.400     5/30/24       3,500,000  EGP      247,972  

Egypt Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    7.625     5/29/32       2,980,000       3,173,774  (a) 

Total Egypt

                            3,421,746  

Ghana — 0.1%

                               

Ghana Government International Bond

    10.750     10/14/30       870,000       1,102,051  (a) 

Ghana Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    7.875     3/26/27       320,000       334,455  (a) 

Ghana Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    8.950     3/26/51       910,000       905,200  (a) 

Total Ghana

                            2,341,706  

Indonesia — 6.4%

                               

Indonesia Treasury Bond

    8.375     9/15/26       3,507,000,000  IDR      271,101  

Indonesia Treasury Bond

    7.000     5/15/27       200,138,000,000  IDR      14,588,668  

Indonesia Treasury Bond

    9.000     3/15/29       114,267,000,000  IDR      9,155,915  

Indonesia Treasury Bond

    8.250     5/15/29       355,437,000,000  IDR      27,370,987  

Indonesia Treasury Bond

    7.000     9/15/30       233,933,000,000  IDR      16,750,542  

Indonesia Treasury Bond

    6.500     2/15/31       100,961,000,000  IDR      7,008,909  

Indonesia Treasury Bond

    8.375     3/15/34       290,150,000,000  IDR      22,282,998  

Indonesia Treasury Bond

    8.250     5/15/36       45,190,000,000  IDR      3,445,358  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Indonesia — continued

                               

Indonesia Treasury Bond

    8.375     4/15/39       6,456,000,000  IDR    $ 496,703  

Indonesia Treasury Bond

    7.375     5/15/48       65,063,000,000  IDR      4,554,545  

Total Indonesia

                            105,925,726  

Ivory Coast — 0.4%

                               

Ivory Coast Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    4.875     1/30/32       2,150,000  EUR      2,600,825  (a) 

Ivory Coast Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    6.125     6/15/33       520,000       552,664  (f) 

Ivory Coast Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    6.125     6/15/33       2,820,000       2,997,138  (a) 

Total Ivory Coast

                            6,150,627  

Kuwait — 0.1%

                               

Kuwait International Government Bond, Senior Notes

    3.500     3/20/27       1,370,000       1,519,268  (a)   

Mexico — 6.4%

                               

Mexican Bonos, Bonds

    8.000     11/7/47       628,180,000  MXN      31,454,586  

Mexican Bonos, Senior Notes

    7.750     11/13/42       1,526,885,400  MXN      75,127,587  

Total Mexico

                            106,582,173  

Russia — 8.0%

                               

Russian Federal Bond — OFZ

    7.750     9/16/26       218,960,000  RUB      3,071,598  

Russian Federal Bond — OFZ

    7.950     10/7/26       218,960,000  RUB      3,098,745  

Russian Federal Bond — OFZ

    8.150     2/3/27       1,998,947,000  RUB      28,549,738  

Russian Federal Bond — OFZ

    6.000     10/6/27       226,900,000  RUB      2,908,406  

Russian Federal Bond — OFZ

    7.050     1/19/28       2,715,624,000  RUB      36,793,758  

Russian Federal Bond — OFZ

    6.900     5/23/29       702,240,000  RUB      9,364,492  

Russian Federal Bond — OFZ

    7.650     4/10/30       321,260,000  RUB      4,483,095  

Russian Federal Bond — OFZ

    7.700     3/23/33       437,180,000  RUB      6,117,119  

Russian Federal Bond — OFZ

    7.250     5/10/34       974,600,000  RUB      13,168,747  

Russian Federal Bond — OFZ

    7.700     3/16/39       1,766,040,000  RUB      24,903,847  

Total Russia

                            132,459,545  

Supranational — 0.1%

                               

International Bank for Reconstruction & Development, Senior Notes

    8.400     10/12/21       34,200,000,000  IDR      2,402,997  

Ukraine — 0.2%

                               

Ukraine Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    7.375     9/25/32       1,350,000       1,367,584  (a) 

Ukraine Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    7.253     3/15/33       2,260,000       2,268,475  (a) 

Total Ukraine

                            3,636,059  

Total Sovereign Bonds (Cost — $474,066,611)

 

            443,767,586  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

April 30, 2021

 

Western Asset Macro Opportunities Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  
U.S. Government & Agency Obligations — 15.0%

 

               

U.S. Government Obligations — 15.0%

                               

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    1.125     8/15/40       170,000     $ 141,751  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    2.000     2/15/50       4,020,000       3,771,498  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    1.250     5/15/50       12,620,000       9,794,796  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    1.375     8/15/50       39,730,000       31,861,597  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    1.625     11/15/50       38,440,000       32,890,225  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    1.875     2/15/51       64,870,000       59,021,564  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    0.750     3/31/26       6,200,000       6,176,266  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    0.375     9/30/27       12,240,000       11,615,091  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    0.625     12/31/27       8,740,000       8,390,400  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    0.750     1/31/28       31,350,000       30,301,734  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    1.250     4/30/28       29,130,000       29,018,487  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    0.625     5/15/30       17,540,000       16,139,541  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    0.875     11/15/30       4,650,000       4,349,203  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    1.125     2/15/31       6,260,000       5,978,789  

Total U.S. Government & Agency Obligations (Cost — $267,841,488)

 

    249,450,942  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (k)  4.6%                                

Alternative Loan Trust, 2005-J4 M2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.960%)

    1.066     7/25/35       99,390       99,257  (e) 

Banc of America Funding Corp., 2015-R3 2A2

    0.239     2/27/37       4,397,174       3,773,237  (a)(e) 

BX Trust, 2018-GWMZ MC (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.488%)

    5.603     5/15/37       6,500,000       6,042,285  (a)(e) 

CSMC Trust, 2015-2R 7A2

    2.437     8/27/36       8,628,076       7,169,009  (a)(e) 

CSMC Trust, 2019-RIO B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.000%, 8.000% floor)

    8.000     12/15/21       6,260,000       5,965,923  (a)(e)(h) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Seasoned Credit Risk Transfer Trust, 2020-1 M

    4.250     8/25/59       4,300,000       4,494,890  (a)(e) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Seasoned Credit Risk Transfer Trust, 2020-3 M

    4.250     5/25/60       3,268,000       3,380,147  (a)(e) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Structured Agency Credit Risk,
2015-HQ2 B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.950%)

    8.056     5/25/25       1,559,123       1,494,497  (e) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Structured Agency Credit Risk,
2017-DNA2 B1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.150%)

    5.256     10/25/29       4,420,000       4,823,567  (e) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Macro Opportunities Fund

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
   

Face

Amount†

    Value  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (k) — continued                                

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes,
2020-DNA3 B1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.100%)

    5.206     6/25/50       800,000     $ 837,609  (a)(e) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes,
2020-DNA6 B1 (30 Day Average SOFR + 3.000%)

    3.010     12/25/50       2,180,000       2,168,686  (a)(e) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) — CAS, 2015-C03 2M2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.000%)

    5.106     7/25/25       305,817       311,364  (a)(e) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) — CAS, 2017-C01 1B1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.750%)

    5.856     7/25/29       3,400,000       3,745,543  (a)(e) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) — CAS, 2017-C05 1B1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.600%)

    3.706     1/25/30       3,880,000       4,026,441  (a)(e) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) — CAS, 2017-C07 1M2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.400%)

    2.506     5/25/30       2,463,921       2,485,409  (a)(e) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) — CAS, 2018-C01 1B1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.550%)

    3.656     7/25/30       5,280,000       5,399,017  (a)(e) 

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II, 2018- SRP5 C (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.750%)

    3.865     9/15/31       8,345,000       2,486,401  (a)(e) 

IMPAC Secured Assets Corp., 2006-3 A7 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.270%)

    0.376     11/25/36       1,545,130       1,279,858  (e) 

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2006-LDP7 AJ

    6.273     4/17/45       172,392       82,317  (e) 

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2018-PHMZ M (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 8.208%)

    8.323     6/15/35       10,570,000       6,752,084  (a)(e) 

ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2007-5 AJ

    5.450     8/12/48       98,044       49,090  (e) 

ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2007-9 AJ

    6.193     9/12/49       5,713       5,630  (e) 

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, 2006- IQ12 AJ

    5.399     12/15/43       72,441       49,183  

Residential Asset Securitization Trust, 2005-A15 1A4

    5.750     2/25/36       105,970       108,795  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

April 30, 2021

 

Western Asset Macro Opportunities Fund

 

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

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

    5.444     2/25/36       1,803,486     $ 348,138  (e) 

Sequoia Mortgage Trust, 2004-3 M1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.750%)

    0.866     5/20/34       206,416       201,022  (e) 

SFO Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2021- 555 D (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.400%)

    2.510     5/15/38       2,070,000       2,070,000  (a)(b)(e) 

Starwood Retail Property Trust, 2014- STAR E (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.400%)

    4.515     11/15/27       5,070,000       254,134  (a)(e) 

UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2012-C2 G

    5.000     5/10/63       310,000       15,316  (a)(e) 

UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2012-C2 H

    5.000     5/10/63       309,998       9,628  (a)(e) 

WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Trust, 2005-AR2 B1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.795%)

    0.901     1/25/45       3,457,148       2,860,851  (e) 

WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Trust, 2005-AR17 A1C3 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.960%)

    1.066     12/25/45       1,721,557       1,122,838  (e) 

WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Trust, 2006-AR3 A1B (Federal Reserve U.S. 12 mo. Cumulative Avg 1 Year CMT + 1.000%)

    1.142     2/25/46       1,994,984       1,907,651  (e) 

Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (Cost — $89,753,683)

 

    75,819,817  
Asset-Backed Securities — 2.2%                                

Aegis Asset Backed Securities Trust, 2003-3 M2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.475%)

    2.581     1/25/34       328,325       321,643  (e) 

Bayview Financial Mortgage Pass- Through Trust, 2006-C 2A3 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.435%)

    0.546     11/28/36       2,223,336       2,073,284  (e) 

Conseco Finance Corp., 1996-4 M1

    7.750     6/15/27       2,084,711       2,140,634  (e) 

Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust, 2018-4 A

    4.060     11/15/30       3,330,000       3,798,370  

Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP, 2018-1A A

    3.290     2/25/24       280,731       281,280  (a) 

ITE Rail Fund Levered LP, 2021-1A A

    2.250     2/28/51       1,695,327       1,709,738  (a) 

KeyCorp Student Loan Trust, 2005-A 2C (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.300%)

    1.493     12/27/38       3,288,326       3,164,867  (e) 

Mercury Financial Credit Card Master Trust, 2021-1A C

    4.210     3/20/26       4,500,000       4,516,632  (a) 

Mill City Solar Loan Ltd., 2019-1A A

    4.340     3/20/43       3,620,362       3,951,190  (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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

Navient Private Education Refi Loan Trust, 2020-A B

    3.160     11/15/68       3,990,000     $ 4,081,004  (a) 

Popular ABS Mortgage Pass-Through Trust, 2005-2 M2, Step bond

    6.217     4/25/35       4,301,092       3,465,178  

RAMP Trust, 2006-RZ3 M1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.350%)

    0.456     8/25/36       1,918,493       1,888,743  (e) 

SMB Private Education Loan Trust, 2021-A A2B

    1.590     1/15/53       1,790,000       1,780,406  (a) 

SMB Private Education Loan Trust, 2021-A D2

    3.860     1/15/53       3,340,000       3,325,616  (a) 

Total Asset-Backed Securities (Cost — $35,517,356)

 

            36,498,585  
Senior Loans — 1.1%                                
Communication Services — 0.3%                                

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.1%

 

                       

Level 3 Financing Inc., 2027 Term Loan B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.750%)

    1.863     3/1/27       843,320       834,359  (e)(l)(m)  

Media — 0.2%

                               

Charter Communications Operating LLC, Term Loan B1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.750%)

    1.870     4/30/25       1,374,865       1,374,865  (e)(l)(m) 

Entercom Media Corp., Term Loan B2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.500%)

    2.611     11/18/24       65,994       65,100  (e)(l)(m) 

Numericable U.S. LLC, USD Term Loan B12 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.688%)

    3.871     1/31/26       816,321       811,627  (e)(l)(m) 

Univision Communications Inc., 2020 First Lien New Replacement Term Loan (the greater of 1 mo. USD LIBOR or 1.000% + 3.750%)

    4.750     3/15/26       1,372,394       1,376,942  (e)(l)(m) 

Virgin Media Bristol LLC, Term Loan Facility N (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.500%)

    2.615     1/31/28       360,000       357,480  (e)(l)(m) 

Total Media

                            3,986,014  

Total Communication Services

                            4,820,373  
Consumer Discretionary — 0.4%                                

Diversified Consumer Services — 0.1%

                               

Prime Security Services Borrower LLC, 2021 Refinancing Term Loan B1 (the greater of 1 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 2.750%)

    3.500     9/23/26       858,199       857,770  (e)(l)(m)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

April 30, 2021

 

Western Asset Macro Opportunities Fund

 

Security    Rate      Maturity
Date
     Face
Amount†
     Value  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.3%

                                   

1011778 BC Unlimited Liability Co., Term Loan B4 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.750%)

     1.863      11/19/26        1,013,907      $ 1,000,529  (e)(l)(m) 

Alterra Mountain Co., Initial Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.750%)

     2.863      7/31/24        284,126        280,295  (e)(l)(m) 

Aramark Services Inc., Term Loan B3 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.750%)

     1.863      3/11/25        1,012,461        1,001,794  (e)(l)(m) 

Caesars Resort Collection LLC, Term Loan B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.750%)

     2.863      12/23/24        1,180,598        1,169,160  (e)(l)(m) 

Golden Nugget Inc., First Lien Initial Term Loan (the greater of 2 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 2.500%)

     3.250      10/4/23        166,261        164,547  (e)(l)(m) 

Hilton Worldwide Finance LLC, Refinance Term Loan B2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.750%)

     1.856      6/22/26        399,506        396,509  (e)(l)(m) 

Scientific Games International Inc., Initial Term Loan B5 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.750%)

     2.863      8/14/24        1,082,644        1,068,311  (e)(l)(m) 

Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

                                5,081,145  

Total Consumer Discretionary

 

     5,938,915  
Financials — 0.2%                                    

Capital Markets — 0.0%††

                                   

Edelman Financial Center LLC, 2021 Refinancing Term Loan (the greater of 1 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 3.500%)

     4.250      4/7/28        313,088        312,148  (e)(l)(m)  

Diversified Financial Services — 0.1%

                                   

Jane Street Group LLC, Dollar Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.750%)

     2.863      1/26/28        333,228        331,437  (e)(l)(m) 

TKC Holdings Inc., First Lien Initial Term Loan (the greater of 1 mo. USD LIBOR or 1.000% + 3.750%)

     4.750      2/1/23        964,407        949,941  (e)(l)(m) 

Trans Union LLC, Term Loan B5 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.750%)

     1.859      11/16/26        372,851        370,696  (e)(l)(m) 

VFH Parent LLC, Initial Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.000%)

     3.115      3/1/26        98,753        98,667  (e)(l)(m) 

Total Diversified Financial Services

                                1,750,741  

Insurance — 0.1%

                                   

Asurion LLC, New Term Loan B7 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.000%)

     3.113      11/3/24        558,514        556,027  (e)(l)(m)  

Total Financials

 

     2,618,916  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Macro Opportunities Fund

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  
Health Care — 0.2%                                

Health Care Providers & Services — 0.1%

                               

LifePoint Health Inc., First Lien Term Loan B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.750%)

    3.863     11/17/25       791,578     $ 789,945  (e)(l)(m) 

MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC, Initial Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 1.000% + 2.750%)

    3.750     6/7/23       359,611       358,201  (e)(l)(m) 

Phoenix Guarantor Inc., Term Loan B1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.250%)

    3.358     3/5/26       275,117       273,054  (e)(l)(m) 

Total Health Care Providers & Services

                            1,421,200  

Health Care Technology — 0.1%

                               

AthenaHealth Inc., Additional Term Loan B1 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.250%)

    4.453     2/11/26       235,800       237,077  (e)(l)(m) 

Change Healthcare Holdings LLC, Closing Date Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 1.000% + 2.500%)

    3.500     3/1/24       985,429       985,532  (e)(l)(m) 

Total Health Care Technology

                            1,222,609  

Pharmaceuticals — 0.0%††

                               

Bausch Health Cos. Inc., Initial Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.000%)

    3.113     6/2/25       249,921       249,851  (e)(l)(m)  

Total Health Care

                            2,893,660  
Information Technology — 0.0%††                                

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.0%††

                               

Dell International LLC, Refinancing Term Loan B2 (the greater of 1 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.250% + 1.750%)

    2.000     9/19/25       493,716       493,659  (e)(l)(m)  
Materials — 0.0%††                                

Containers & Packaging — 0.0%††

                               

Berry Global Inc., Term Loan Z (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.750%)

    1.861     7/1/26       303,581       301,415  (e)(l)(m) 

Reynolds Consumer Products LLC, Initial Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.750%)

    1.863     2/4/27       233,837       232,960  (e)(l)(m) 

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

    2.863     2/6/23       17,768       17,757  (e)(l)(m) 

Total Materials

                            552,132  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

April 30, 2021

 

Western Asset Macro Opportunities Fund

 

Security          Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  
Real Estate — 0.0%††                                        

Real Estate Management & Development — 0.0%††

 

                               

CityCenter Holdings LLC, Refinancing Term Loan (the greater of 1 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 2.250%)

            3.000%       4/18/24       427,241     $ 423,117  (e)(l)(m)  

Total Senior Loans (Cost — $17,858,503)

 

            17,740,772  
           

Expiration

Date

    Contracts    

Notional

Amount†

        
Purchased Options — 0.3%

 

                               
Exchange-Traded Purchased Options — 0.0%††

 

                               

Canadian Dollar Futures, Call @ $80.00

            6/4/21       32       32,000       51,840  

Euro Futures, Call @ $1.18

            5/7/21       62       7,750,000       180,575  

Euro Futures, Call @ $1.21

            6/4/21       205       25,625,000       130,688  

Euro Futures, Put @ $1.21

            5/7/21       64       8,000,000       37,600  

U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Call @ $124.00

            5/21/21       567       567,000       137,321  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call @ $131.75

            5/21/21       64       64,000       45,000  

U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Call @ $157.50

            5/7/21       32       32,000       21,000  

U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Call @ $157.50

            5/21/21       142       142,000       164,187  

U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Put @ $157.00

            5/21/21       63       63,000       73,828  

Total Exchange-Traded Purchased Options (Cost — $805,447)

 

            842,039  
     Counterparty                              
OTC Purchased Options — 0.3%

 

                               

U.S. Dollar/Brazilian Real, Put @ 5.60 BRL

   
Morgan Stanley
& Co. Inc.
 
 
    6/2/21       8,655,000       8,655,000       337,180  

U.S. Dollar/Chinese Yuan Renminbi, Put @ 6.50 CNY

   
JPMorgan
Chase & Co.
 
 
    5/20/21       16,410,000       16,410,000       86,451  

U.S. Dollar/Colombian Peso, Put @ 3,500.00 COP

   
Goldman Sachs
Group Inc.
 
 
    6/11/21       5,930,000       5,930,000       6,576  

U.S. Dollar/Euro, Put @ $1.21

   
Goldman Sachs
Group Inc.
 
 
    5/20/21       7,950,000       7,950,000       31,470  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Security   Counterparty  

Expiration

Date

    Contracts    

Notional

Amount†

    Value  
OTC Purchased Options — continued                                

U.S. Dollar/Euro, Put @ $1.19

  BNP Paribas SA     7/6/21       32,026,582       32,026,582     $ 589,221  

U.S. Dollar/Euro, Put @ $1.21

  Goldman Sachs
Group Inc.
    7/20/21       7,960,000       7,960,000       73,603  

U.S. Dollar/Mexican Peso, Put @ 20.45 MXN

  Citibank N.A.     5/21/21       18,530,000       18,530,000       306,152  

U.S. Dollar/Mexican Peso, Put @ 21.00 MXN

  Morgan Stanley
& Co. Inc.
    6/9/21       17,330,000       17,330,000       685,251  

U.S. Dollar/Mexican Peso, Put @ 20.60 MXN

  Citibank N.A.     6/24/21       16,020,000       16,020,000       428,561  

U.S. Dollar/Russian Ruble, Call @ 77.00 RUB

  Goldman Sachs
Group Inc.
    6/24/21       15,950,000       15,950,000       237,858  

U.S. Dollar/Russian Ruble, Put @ 74.72 RUB

  Morgan Stanley
& Co. Inc.
    5/3/21       18,070,000       18,070,000       16,170  

U.S. Dollar/Russian Ruble, Put @ 76.00 RUB

  Citibank N.A.     5/4/21       18,160,000       18,160,000       215,120  

U.S. Dollar/Russian Ruble, Put @ 72.46 RUB

  Goldman Sachs
Group Inc.
    5/11/21       8,510,000       8,510,000       2,406  

U.S. Dollar/Russian Ruble, Put @ 72.60 RUB

  Goldman Sachs
Group Inc.
    5/20/21       9,200,000       9,200,000       11,291  

U.S. Dollar/Russian Ruble, Put @ 74.00 RUB

  Goldman Sachs
Group Inc.
    6/2/21       17,310,000       17,310,000       125,706  

U.S. Dollar/Russian Ruble, Put @ 74.50 RUB

  Goldman Sachs
Group Inc.
    6/8/21       17,330,000       17,330,000       188,604  

U.S. Dollar/Russian Ruble, Put @ 76.00RUB

  Morgan Stanley
& Co. Inc.
    7/15/21       16,200,000       16,200,000       418,882  

U.S. Dollar/Russian Ruble, Put @ 75.85 RUB

  Morgan Stanley
& Co. Inc.
    7/27/21       19,160,000       19,160,000       496,247  

Total OTC Purchased Options (Cost — $5,338,056)

 

            4,256,749  

Total Purchased Options (Cost — $6,143,503)

 

            5,098,788  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

April 30, 2021

 

Western Asset Macro Opportunities Fund

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  
Municipal Bonds — 0.3%                                

California — 0.0%††

                               

Morongo Band of Mission Indians, CA, Revenue, Tribal Economic Development, Series A

    7.000     10/1/39       360,000     $ 451,323  (a) 

Regents of the University of California, CA, Medical Center Pooled Revenue, Taxable Bonds, Series N

    3.706     5/15/2120       205,000       208,489  

Total California

                            659,812  

Illinois — 0.2%

 

                       

State of Illinois, GO

    5.100     6/1/33       2,925,000       3,338,733  

Michigan — 0.1%

                               

Detroit, MI, GO, Financial Recovery, Series B1

    4.000     4/1/44       820,000       783,412  (e)  

Total Municipal Bonds (Cost — $4,089,583)

 

                    4,781,957  
                   Shares         
Common Stocks — 0.0%††                                
Energy — 0.0%††                                

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.0%††

                               

Berry Corp.

                    40,182       245,512  

Southwestern Energy Co.

                    47,139       201,284  

Total Common Stocks (Cost — $2,306,635)

 

    446,796  

Total Investments before Short-Term Investments (Cost — $1,450,486,763)

 

    1,436,881,188  
     Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

        
Short-Term Investments — 4.7%

 

                       

Sovereign Bonds — 0.1%

                               

Egypt Treasury Bills (Cost — $824,416)

    12.853     4/12/22       14,550,000  EGP      828,225  (n)  
                   Shares         
Money Market Funds — 4.6%                                

Western Asset Premier Institutional Government Reserves, Premium Shares
(Cost — $77,199,139)

    0.010             77,199,139       77,199,139  (o)  

Total Short-Term Investments (Cost — $78,023,555)

 

                    78,027,364  

Total Investments — 91.2% (Cost — $1,528,510,318)

 

                    1,514,908,552  

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 8.8%

 

                    145,498,623  

Total Net Assets — 100.0%

                          $ 1,660,407,175  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Face amount/notional amount denominated in U.S. dollars, unless otherwise noted.

 

††

Represents less than 0.1%.

 

*

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) 

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

 

(c) 

All or a portion of this security is held at the broker as collateral for open centrally cleared swap contracts.

 

(d) 

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

 

(e) 

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.

 

(f) 

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.

 

(g) 

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

 

(h) 

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

 

(i) 

The coupon payment on this security is currently in default as of April 30, 2021.

 

(j) 

Payment-in-kind security for which the issuer has the option at each interest payment date of making interest payments in cash or additional securities.

 

(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) 

Interest rates disclosed represent the effective rates on senior loans. Ranges in interest rates are attributable to multiple contracts under the same loan.

 

(m) 

Senior loans may be considered restricted in that the Fund ordinarily is contractually obligated to receive approval from the agent bank and/or borrower prior to the disposition of a senior loan.

 

(n) 

Rate shown represents yield-to-maturity.

 

(o) 

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 with the Fund. At April 30, 2021, the total market value of investments in Affiliated Companies was $77,199,139 and the cost was $77,199,139 (Note 8).

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

April 30, 2021

 

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Abbreviation(s) used in this schedule:

AUD   — Australian Dollar
BRL   — Brazilian Real
CAS   — Connecticut Avenue Securities
CMT   — Constant Maturity Treasury
CNY   — Chinese Yuan Renminbi
COP   — Colombian Peso
EGP   — Egyptian Pound
EUR   — Euro
GBP   — British Pound
GO   — General Obligation
GTD   — Guaranteed
ICE   — Intercontinental Exchange
IDR   — Indonesian Rupiah
IO   — Interest Only
LIBOR   — London Interbank Offered Rate
MXN   — Mexican Peso
OFZ   — Obligatsyi Federal’novo Zaima (Russian Federal Loan Obligation)
PIK   — Payment-In-Kind
RUB   — Russian Ruble
SOFR   — Secured Overnight Financing Rate
USD   — United States Dollar

 

Schedule of Written Options  
Exchange-Traded Written Options

 

Security    Expiration
Date
     Strike
Price
     Contracts      Notional
Amount†
     Value  
Australian Dollar Futures, Call      5/7/21      $ 77.50        61        61,000      $ (10,980)  
Australian Dollar Futures, Call      5/7/21        78.00        13        13,000        (1,040)  
Canadian Dollar Futures, Call      5/7/21        80.00        13        13,000        (18,980)  
Euro Futures, Call      5/7/21        1.20        124        15,500,000        (86,800)  
Euro Futures, Put      5/7/21        1.17        61        7,625,000        (381)  
Euro-Bund Futures, Call      5/21/21        171.00  EUR       128        12,800,000        (50,783)  
Euro-Bund Futures, Call      5/21/21        172.00  EUR       122        12,200,000        (19,068)  
Euro-Bund Futures, Call      6/25/21        172.50  EUR       255        25,500,000        (254,456)  
Euro-Bund Futures, Put      5/21/21        170.50  EUR       128        12,800,000        (153,888)  
Eurodollar 2-Year Midcurve Futures, Call      12/10/21        98.75        309        772,500        (264,581)  
Eurodollar 2-Year Midcurve Futures, Call      12/10/21        99.13        462        1,155,000        (150,150)  
Eurodollar 2-Year Midcurve Futures, Put      12/10/21        98.75        1,671        4,177,500        (637,069)  
Japanese Yen Futures, Call      5/7/21        92.50        36        45,000        (1,125)  
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Call      5/7/21        124.00        318        318,000        (44,719)  
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Call      5/21/21        123.75        309        309,000        (120,703)  
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Call      5/21/21        124.25        128        128,000        (16,000)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Written Options (cont’d)  
Security          Expiration
Date
     Strike
Price
     Contracts      Notional
Amount†
     Value  
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Put      5/21/21      $ 123.25        310        310,000      $ (24,219)  
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Put      5/21/21        123.50        869        869,000        (115,414)  
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Put      5/21/21        123.75        638        638,000        (129,594)  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call      5/7/21        132.25        127        127,000        (27,781)  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call      5/7/21        132.50        192        192,000        (27,000)  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call      5/21/21        131.50        306        306,000        (262,969)  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call      5/21/21        132.00        1,089        1,089,000        (595,547)  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call      5/21/21        132.25        348        348,000        (146,812)  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call      5/21/21        132.50        94        94,000        (29,375)  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call      5/21/21        132.75        573        573,000        (125,344)  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call      5/21/21        133.00        441        441,000        (68,906)  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call      5/21/21        134.00        860        860,000        (26,875)  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call      5/21/21        135.50        92        92,000        (1,438)  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call      6/25/21        132.50        1,075        1,075,000        (386,328)  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call      6/25/21        133.00        378        378,000        (94,500)  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Put      5/21/21        131.50        311        311,000        (102,047)  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Put      5/21/21        132.00        31        31,000        (15,984)  
U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Call      5/7/21        157.00        64        64,000        (58,000)  
U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Call      5/7/21        158.50        64        64,000        (18,000)  
U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Call      5/21/21        157.00        106        106,000        (150,719)  
U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Call      5/21/21        158.00        60        60,000        (55,312)  
U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Call      5/21/21        159.00        1,816        1,816,000        (993,125)  
U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Call      5/21/21        160.00        749        749,000        (234,062)  
U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Call      5/21/21        162.00        244        244,000        (22,875)  
U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Call      5/21/21        163.00        185        185,000        (11,563)  
U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Call      5/21/21        165.00        668        668,000        (20,875)  
U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Call      5/21/21        166.00        154        154,000        (4,813)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

April 30, 2021

 

Western Asset Macro Opportunities Fund

 

Schedule of Written Options (cont’d)  
Security          Expiration
Date
     Strike
Price
    Contracts      Notional
Amount†
     Value  
U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Call      6/25/21      $ 158.00       191        191,000      $ (217,859)  
U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Put      5/21/21        156.00       186        186,000        (148,219)  
Total Exchange-Traded Written Options (Premiums received — $9,955,118)

 

   $ (5,946,278)  
OTC Written Options

 

      Counterparty                                       
Interest rate swaption, Call    Citibank N.A.      6/1/21        175.00  bps      1,077,000        1,077,000      $ (1,349)  
Interest rate swaption, Call    Goldman Sachs
Group Inc.
     6/1/21        175.00  bps      4,344,000        4,344,000        (5,443)  
Interest rate swaption, Call    Goldman Sachs
Group Inc.
     6/1/21        175.00  bps      2,067,000        2,067,000        (2,590)  
Interest rate swaption, Call    Morgan Stanley
& Co. Inc.
     6/3/21        180.00  bps      2,239,000        2,239,000        (5,215)  
Interest rate swaption, Call    Morgan Stanley
& Co. Inc.
     6/3/21        180.00  bps      2,239,000        2,239,000        (5,215)  
Interest rate swaption, Put    Citibank N.A.      6/1/21        225.00  bps      1,077,000        1,077,000        (4,692)  
Interest rate swaption, Put    Goldman Sachs
Group Inc.
     6/1/21        225.00  bps      4,344,000        4,344,000        (18,922)  
Interest rate swaption, Put    Goldman Sachs
Group Inc.
     6/1/21        225.00  bps      2,067,000        2,067,000        (9,004)  
Interest rate swaption, Put    Morgan Stanley
& Co. Inc.
     6/3/21        230.00  bps      2,239,000        2,239,000        (7,136)  
Interest rate swaption, Put    Morgan Stanley
& Co. Inc.
     6/3/21        230.00  bps      2,239,000        2,239,000        (7,136)  
U.S. Dollar/Brazilian Real, Put    Morgan Stanley
& Co. Inc.
     5/7/21        5.26  BRL      9,120,000        9,120,000        (8,866)  
U.S. Dollar/Brazilian Real, Put    Morgan Stanley
& Co. Inc.
     6/2/21        5.40  BRL      17,310,000        17,310,000        (280,203)  
U.S. Dollar/Brazilian Real, Put    Goldman Sachs
Group Inc.
     6/9/21        5.63  BRL      16,700,000        16,700,000        (753,739)  
U.S. Dollar/Brazilian Real, Put    Morgan Stanley
& Co. Inc.
     6/14/21        5.40  BRL      5,930,000        5,930,000        (114,745)  
U.S. Dollar/Chinese Yuan Renminbi, Call    JPMorgan
Chase & Co.
     5/20/21        6.90  CNY       16,410,000        16,410,000        (365)  
U.S. Dollar/Mexican Peso, Put    Citibank N.A.      5/21/21        19.90  MXN      37,060,000        37,060,000        (147,289)  
U.S. Dollar/Mexican Peso, Put    Morgan Stanley
& Co. Inc.
     6/9/21        20.40  MXN      34,660,000        34,660,000        (635,862)  
U.S. Dollar/Mexican Peso, Put    Citibank N.A.      6/24/21        20.00  MXN      32,040,000        32,040,000        (356,102)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Schedule of Written Options (cont’d)  
Security    Counterparty    Expiration
Date
     Strike
Price
     Contracts      Notional
Amount†
     Value  
U.S. Dollar/Norwegian Krone, Put    Goldman Sachs
Group Inc.
     7/15/21        8.37  NOK       16,200,000        16,200,000      $ (369,628)  
U.S. Dollar/Russian Ruble, Call    Goldman Sachs
Group Inc.
     6/24/21        81.00  RUB       31,900,000        31,900,000        (178,480)  
U.S. Dollar/Russian Ruble, Put    Citibank N.A.      5/4/21        73.80  RUB       36,320,000        36,320,000        (4,527)  
U.S. Dollar/Russian Ruble, Put    Goldman Sachs
Group Inc.
     6/2/21        72.00  RUB       34,620,000        34,620,000        (59,867)  
U.S. Dollar/Russian Ruble, Put    Goldman Sachs
Group Inc.
     6/8/21        72.40  RUB       34,660,000        34,660,000        (103,492)  
Total OTC Written Options (Premiums received — $4,563,917)

 

   $ (3,079,867)  
Total Written Options (Premiums received — $14,519,035)

 

   $ (9,026,145)  

 

Notional amount denominated in U.S. dollars, unless otherwise noted.

 

Abbreviation(s) used in this schedule:

bps   — basis point spread (100 basis points = 1.00%)
BRL   — Brazilian Real
CNY   — Chinese Yuan Renminbi
EUR   — Euro
MXN   — Mexican Peso
NOK   — Norwegian Krone
RUB   — Russian Ruble

At April 30, 2021, 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      1,122        9/23      $ 277,823,569      $ 277,989,525      $ 165,956  
90-Day Eurodollar      13,001        12/23        3,216,391,942        3,215,797,350        (594,592)  
Australian 10-Year Bonds      466        6/21        49,900,595        50,038,741        138,146  
Australian Dollar      772        6/21        59,594,181        59,490,328        (103,853)  
Canadian Dollar      334        6/21        26,445,650        27,200,960        755,310  
Japanese Yen      679        6/21        78,144,812        77,673,356        (471,456)  
Mexican Peso      2,047        6/21        49,133,613        50,253,850        1,120,237  
Russian Ruble      931        6/21        31,108,228        30,781,188        (327,040)  
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes      10,213        6/21        1,265,268,504        1,265,773,687        505,183  
U.S. Treasury Long- Term Bonds      12,466        6/21        1,985,918,407        1,960,278,500        (25,639,907)  
U.S. Treasury Ultra Long-Term Bonds      469        6/21        87,590,499        87,190,031        (400,468)  
                                           (24,852,484)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

April 30, 2021

 

Western Asset Macro Opportunities Fund

 

      Number of
Contracts
     Expiration
Date
     Notional
Amount
    

Market

Value

     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Contracts to Sell:                                             
90-Day Eurodollar      3,446        6/21      $ 851,363,391      $ 859,906,225      $ (8,542,834)  
90-Day Eurodollar      2,465        12/21        614,847,567        614,678,562        169,005  
British Pound      41        6/21        3,572,407        3,539,069        33,338  
Euro      801        6/21        119,655,258        120,475,406        (820,148)  
Euro-BTP      598        6/21        106,884,765        105,749,694        1,135,071  
Euro-Bund      5,683        6/21        1,168,460,932        1,161,505,748        6,955,184  
Euro-Buxl      47        6/21        11,802,036        11,408,511        393,525  
U.S. Treasury 2-Year Notes      958        6/21        211,678,921        211,485,984        192,937  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes      8,433        6/21        1,115,645,874        1,113,419,531        2,226,343  
U.S. Treasury Ultra 10-Year Notes      207        6/21        30,452,074        30,128,204        323,870  
United Kingdom Long Gilt Bonds      797        6/21        141,782,668        140,525,967        1,256,701  
                                           3,322,992  
Net unrealized depreciation on open futures contracts

 

            $ (21,529,492)  

 

Abbreviation(s) used in this table:

BTP   — Buoni del Tesoro Poliennali (Italian Treasury Bonds)

At April 30, 2021, the Fund had the following open forward foreign currency contracts:

 

Currency
Purchased
    Currency
Sold
    Counterparty   Settlement
Date
   

Unrealized

Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 
BRL     4,308,066     USD     783,000     BNP Paribas SA     5/3/21     $ 9,870  
USD     802,815     BRL     4,308,066     BNP Paribas SA     5/3/21       9,945  
BRL     4,308,066     USD     802,815     Goldman Sachs Group Inc.     5/3/21       (9,945)  
USD     793,751     BRL     4,308,066     Goldman Sachs Group Inc.     5/3/21       881  
RUB     550,556,158     USD     7,347,960     Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.     5/4/21       (31,217)  
USD     7,167,767     RUB     550,556,158     Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.     5/4/21       (148,976)  
RUB     194,239,360     USD     2,542,400     Citibank N.A.     5/5/21       38,658  
USD     3,369,779     BRL     18,357,344     Citibank N.A.     5/11/21       (6,279)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Currency
Purchased
   

Currency
Sold

    Counterparty   Settlement
Date
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
BRL     18,357,344     USD     3,368,320     Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.     5/11/21     $ 7,738  
USD     3,318,900     RUB     246,727,026     Goldman Sachs Group Inc.     5/12/21       43,359  
RUB     509,444,000     USD     6,839,827     JPMorgan Chase & Co.     5/14/21       (78,226)  
USD     3,496,000     RUB     260,801,600     Goldman Sachs Group Inc.     5/21/21       37,661  
USD     7,517,655     CNY     50,180,350     JPMorgan Chase & Co.     5/24/21       (223,879)  
MXN     30,723,982     USD     1,470,047     Citibank N.A.     5/25/21       42,494  
RUB     151,987,982     USD     2,040,107     Goldman Sachs Group Inc.     6/3/21       (28,194)  
BRL     4,817,618     USD     840,771     Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.     6/7/21       43,026  
RUB     144,399,782     USD     1,918,679     Goldman Sachs Group Inc.     6/9/21       (8,907)  
MXN     38,500,455     USD     1,794,893     Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.     6/11/21       96,763  
RUB     134,640,000     USD     1,744,516     Goldman Sachs Group Inc.     7/16/21       26,764  
RUB     481,110,000     USD     6,230,461     Goldman Sachs Group Inc.     7/16/21       98,865  
USD     7,987,846     RUB     616,262,331     Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.     7/16/21       (119,500)  
EUR     5,300,000     USD     6,352,421     BNP Paribas SA     7/19/21       30,110  
EUR     7,300,000     USD     8,790,514     BNP Paribas SA     7/19/21       520  
USD     11,926     EUR     10,000     BNP Paribas SA     7/19/21       (116)  
USD     966,014     EUR     810,000     BNP Paribas SA     7/19/21       (9,429)  
USD     1,088,862     EUR     911,672     BNP Paribas SA     7/19/21       (9,021)  
BRL     148,170,000     USD     26,453,260     Citibank N.A.     7/19/21       629,005  
CAD     90,000     USD     71,859     Citibank N.A.     7/19/21       1,374  
CAD     9,049,486     USD     7,225,369     Citibank N.A.     7/19/21       138,176  
CAD     21,850,000     USD     17,456,817     Citibank N.A.     7/19/21       322,476  
CNY     399,929,000     USD     60,646,761     Citibank N.A.     7/19/21       808,099  
INR     2,059,267,022     USD     27,687,624     Citibank N.A.     7/19/21       (213,980)  
USD     748,760     AUD     981,694     Citibank N.A.     7/19/21       (7,752)  
USD     16,852,399     AUD     22,016,732     Citibank N.A.     7/19/21       (114,113)  
USD     797,673     CNY     5,264,000     Citibank N.A.     7/19/21       (11,217)  
USD     1,022,944     EUR     860,000     Citibank N.A.     7/19/21       (12,712)  
USD     22,153,220     MXN     451,970,000     Citibank N.A.     7/19/21       42,124  
USD     32,395,049     MXN     658,406,694     Citibank N.A.     7/19/21       184,739  
USD     42,264,184     MXN     861,940,000     Citibank N.A.     7/19/21       96,698  
USD     31,564,383     RUB     2,467,671,869     Citibank N.A.     7/19/21       (886,110)  
USD     33,618,496     TWD     946,596,000     Citibank N.A.     7/19/21       (277,187)  
ZAR     9,988,464     USD     678,518     Citibank N.A.     7/19/21       2,746  
BRL     4,308,066     USD     788,867     Goldman Sachs Group Inc.     7/19/21       (1,446)  
NOK     73,012,154     USD     8,723,077     Goldman Sachs Group Inc.     7/19/21       49,158  
USD     5,892,200     GBP     4,288,059     Goldman Sachs Group Inc.     7/19/21       (31,132)  
AUD     781,000     USD     595,439     JPMorgan Chase & Co.     7/19/21       6,414  
USD     10,000,275     CNH     65,929,810     JPMorgan Chase & Co.     7/19/21       (126,390)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

April 30, 2021

 

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Currency
Purchased
   

Currency
Sold

    Counterparty   Settlement
Date
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
USD     53,596,971     IDR     786,857,133,100     JPMorgan Chase & Co.     7/19/21     $ (470,210)  
BRL     81,295,163     USD     14,256,272     Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.     7/19/21       602,722  
BRL     108,510,000     USD     19,028,784     Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.     7/19/21       804,493  
BRL     217,070,000     USD     38,066,336     Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.     7/19/21       1,609,356  
NOK     3,206,400     USD     377,819     Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.     7/19/21       7,422  
USD     9,382,519     JPY     1,031,063,719     Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.     7/19/21       (58,296)  
USD     8,046,174     NOK     67,480,000     Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.     7/19/21       (61,386)  
USD     11,278,853     RUB     855,501,025     Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.     7/28/21       42,712  
Total                                   $ 2,888,748  

 

Abbreviation(s) used in this table:

AUD   — Australian Dollar
BRL   — Brazilian Real
CAD   — Canadian Dollar
CNH   — Chinese Offshore Yuan
CNY   — Chinese Yuan Renminbi
EUR   — Euro
GBP   — British Pound
IDR   — Indonesian Rupiah
INR   — Indian Rupee
JPY   — Japanese Yen
MXN   — Mexican Peso
NOK   — Norwegian Krone
RUB   — Russian Ruble
TWD   — Taiwan Dollar
USD   — United States Dollar
ZAR   — South African Rand

At April 30, 2021, the Fund had the following open swap contracts:

 

OTC INTEREST RATE SWAPS  
Swap Counterparty   Notional
Amount*
    Termination
Date
    Payments
Made by
the Fund
  Payments
Received by
the Fund
    Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.     1,040,080,000  BRL      1/3/22     BRL - CDI**     3.383  **          $ (978,790)  
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.     678,600,000  RUB      3/2/31     RUB - MOSPRIME-NFEA**     7.020  **            (202,655)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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OTC INTEREST RATE SWAPS (cont’d)  
Swap
Counterparty
  Notional
Amount*
    Termination
Date
    Payments
Made by
the Fund
    Payments
Received by
the Fund
    Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.     105,373,000  BRL      1/2/24       BRL - CDI**       7.280 **          $ 143,898  
JPMorgan Chase & Co.     191,900,000  BRL      1/2/24       BRL - CDI**       6.917 **            58,730  
JPMorgan Chase & Co.     240,070,000  BRL      1/2/24       BRL - CDI**       6.520 **            (329,716
Total                                         $ (1,308,533

 

CENTRALLY CLEARED INTEREST RATE SWAPS  
       Notional
Amount
    Termination
Date
    Payments
Made by
the Fund
 

Payments
Received by

the Fund

  Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)
   

Unrealized

Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 
          $213,385,000       6/15/22     3-Month LIBOR quarterly   0.190% semi-annually   $ (582   $ (54,392
          958,061,000       3/1/25     3-Month LIBOR quarterly   1.410% semi-annually     (551,656     571,092  
          185,080,000       12/18/25     3-Month LIBOR quarterly   1.100% semi-annually           (1,156,950
          1,158,591,000       5/15/27     0.450% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR quarterly     (1,609,249     51,077,797  
          98,052,000       5/15/27     0.260% annually   Daily U.S. Federal Funds
Intraday Effective Rate
annually
    (329,133     4,530,903  
          65,965,000       2/15/28     1.250% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR quarterly     106,646       135,725  
          103,751,000       2/15/28     1.350% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR quarterly     (315,825     26,346  
          138,670,000       5/20/30     0.713% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR quarterly     (73,136     10,423,058  
          145,530,000       6/24/30     0.689% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR quarterly           11,392,201  
          148,530,000       7/8/30     0.680% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR quarterly           11,835,107  
          41,100,000       7/20/45     0.560% annually   Daily SOFR annually     253,132       9,859,211  
                 12,970,000       8/19/45     0.740% annually   Daily SOFR annually           2,679,547  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

April 30, 2021

 

Western Asset Macro Opportunities Fund

 

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
(Depreciation)

 
        $ 12,800,000       11/15/45       0.800% semi-annually       3-Month LIBOR quarterly     $ 586,142     $ 2,670,935  
          77,913,000       2/15/47       1.000% semi-annually       3-Month LIBOR quarterly       346,073       17,064,279  
          8,329,000       2/15/47       1.600% semi-annually       3-Month LIBOR quarterly       49,041       723,240  
          14,798,000       2/15/47       2.250% semi-annually       3-Month LIBOR quarterly       (18,497     (509,955
          17,476,000       2/15/47       1.200% semi-annually       3-Month LIBOR quarterly       96,262       3,074,840  
          8,507,000       2/15/47       1.225% semi-annually       3-Month LIBOR quarterly       7,577       1,491,392  
          40,821,000       2/15/47       2.000% semi-annually       3-Month LIBOR quarterly       297,545       371,291  
          5,620,000       3/17/50       0.900% semi-annually       3-Month LIBOR quarterly       95,340       1,409,953  
          5,030,000       10/7/50       1.200% semi-annually       3-Month LIBOR quarterly       39,715       977,528  
          1,492,000       6/3/51       2.000% semi-annually       3-Month LIBOR quarterly       15,517       4,249  
          4,478,000       6/7/51       2.050% semi-annually       3-Month LIBOR quarterly       (560     32,103  
  Total     $ 3,466,949,000                             $ (1,005,648   $ 128,629,500  

 

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.HY.36 Index   $ 50,290,000       6/20/26     5.000% quarterly   $ 4,941,646     $ 4,196,808     $ 744,838  
Markit CDX.NA.IG.36 Index     247,064,000       6/20/26     1.000% quarterly     6,137,896       5,358,138       779,758  
Total   $ 297,354,000                 $ 11,079,542     $ 9,554,946     $ 1,524,596  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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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.

 

*

Notional amount denominated in U.S. dollars, unless otherwise noted.

 

**

One time payment made at termination date.

 

Abbreviation(s) used in this table:

BRL   — Brazilian Real
BRL-CDI   — Brazil Cetip InterBank Deposit Rate
LIBOR   — London Interbank Offered Rate
MOSPRIME-NFEA   — Moscow Prime Offered Rate-National Foreign Exchange Association
RUB   — Russian Ruble
SOFR   — Secured Overnight Financing Rate

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statement of assets and liabilities (unaudited)

April 30, 2021

 

Assets:         

Investments in unaffiliated securities, at value (Cost — $1,451,311,179)

   $ 1,437,709,413  

Investments in affiliated securities, at value (Cost — $77,199,139)

     77,199,139  

Foreign currency, at value (Cost — $30,681,767)

     30,702,453  

Cash

     1,006,980  

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

     42,541,265  

Foreign currency collateral for open futures contracts and exchange-traded options, at value (Cost — $37,296,764)

     38,052,602  

Deposits with brokers for centrally cleared swap contracts

     25,266,462  

Interest receivable

     16,113,586  

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

     5,834,368  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     4,608,981  

Deposits with brokers for OTC derivatives

     2,520,000  

Receivable for premiums on written options

     276,147  

OTC swaps, at value (premiums paid — $0)

     202,628  

Receivable for securities sold

     108,745  

Receivable for open OTC swap contracts

     104,123  

Prepaid expenses

     56,697  

Total Assets

     1,682,303,589  
Liabilities:         

Written options, at value (premiums received — $14,519,035)

     9,026,145  

Payable for securities purchased

     3,276,443  

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

     2,945,620  

Payable for Fund shares repurchased

     1,983,475  

Investment management fee payable

     1,588,135  

OTC swaps, at value (premiums paid — $0)

     1,511,161  

Payable to broker — net variation margin on open futures contracts

     501,831  

Payable to broker for option premiums

     285,168  

Accrued foreign capital gains tax

     246,641  

Payable to broker — net variation margin on centrally cleared swap contracts

     88,293  

Payable for open OTC swap contracts

     71,204  

Service and/or distribution fees payable

     33,705  

Directors’ fees payable

     666  

Accrued expenses

     337,927  

Total Liabilities

     21,896,414  
Total Net Assets    $ 1,660,407,175  
Net Assets:         

Par value (Note 7)

   $ 147,595  

Paid-in capital in excess of par value

     1,679,808,296  

Total distributable earnings (loss)

     (19,548,716)  
Total Net Assets    $ 1,660,407,175  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Net Assets:         

Class A

     $43,697,485  

Class A2

     $579,839  

Class C

     $19,651,508  

Class FI

     $39,367,559  

Class I

     $1,175,252,700  

Class IS

     $381,858,084  
Shares Outstanding:         

Class A

     3,891,761  

Class A2

     52,152  

Class C

     1,781,179  

Class FI

     3,508,444  

Class I

     104,512,466  

Class IS

     33,849,329  
Net Asset Value:         

Class A (and redemption price)

     $11.23  

Class A2 (and redemption price)

     $11.12  

Class C*

     $11.03  

Class FI (and redemption price)

     $11.22  

Class I (and redemption price)

     $11.25  

Class IS (and redemption price)

     $11.28  
Maximum Public Offering Price Per Share:         

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

     $11.73  

Class A2 (based on maximum initial sales charge of 4.25%)

     $11.61  

 

*

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 April 30, 2021

 

Investment Income:         

Interest from unaffiliated investments

   $ 35,325,941  

Interest from affiliated investments

     1,410  

Dividends

     1,607  

Less: Foreign taxes withheld

     (622,094)  

Total Investment Income

     34,706,864  
Expenses:         

Investment management fee (Note 2)

     9,486,875  

Transfer agent fees (Note 5)

     666,509  

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

     215,088  

Custody fees

     144,214  

Registration fees

     142,130  

Fund accounting fees

     44,362  

Audit and tax fees

     35,981  

Interest expense

     34,128  

Legal fees

     19,891  

Commodity pool reports

     19,834  

Directors’ fees

     13,830  

Shareholder reports

     11,997  

Insurance

     9,313  

Commitment fees (Note 9)

     6,403  

Miscellaneous expenses

     10,618  

Total Expenses

     10,861,173  

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

     (5,694)  

Net Expenses

     10,855,479  
Net Investment Income      23,851,385  
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments, Futures Contracts, Written Options, Swap Contracts, Forward Foreign Currency Contracts and Foreign Currency Transactions (Notes 1, 3 and 4):         

Net Realized Gain (Loss) From:

        

Investment transactions in unaffiliated securities

     (22,227,282) † 

Futures contracts

     (200,427,314)  

Written options

     63,191,344  

Swap contracts

     36,953,601  

Forward foreign currency contracts

     (8,724,659)  

Foreign currency transactions

     768,403  

Net Realized Loss

     (130,465,907)  

Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) From:

        

Investments in unaffiliated securities

     (6,836,630) ‡ 

Futures contracts

     53,824,158  

Written options

     2,243,967  

Swap contracts

     81,903,287  

Forward foreign currency contracts

     4,823,922  

Foreign currencies

     1,754,336  

Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

     137,713,040  
Net Gain on Investments, Futures Contracts, Written Options, Swap Contracts, Forward Foreign Currency Contracts and Foreign Currency Transactions      7,247,133  
Increase in Net Assets From Operations    $ 31,098,518  

 

Net of foreign capital gains tax of $83,114.

 

Net of change in accrued foreign capital gains tax of $221,413.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Statements of changes in net assets

 

 

For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2021 (unaudited)
and the Year Ended October 31, 2020
   2021      2020  
Operations:                  

Net investment income

   $ 23,851,385      $ 51,912,420  

Net realized loss

     (130,465,907)        (59,227,236)  

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     137,713,040        4,227,315  

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets From Operations

     31,098,518        (3,087,501)  
Distributions to Shareholders From (Notes 1 and 6):                  

Total distributable earnings

     (811,561)        (166,106,255)  

Decrease in Net Assets From Distributions to Shareholders

     (811,561)        (166,106,255)  
Fund Share Transactions (Note 7):                  

Net proceeds from sale of shares

     450,620,447        737,615,000  

Reinvestment of distributions

     583,281        121,323,413  

Cost of shares repurchased

     (390,724,507)        (755,597,688)  

Increase in Net Assets From Fund Share Transactions

     60,479,221        103,340,725  

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

     90,766,178        (65,853,031)  
Net Assets:                  

Beginning of period

     1,569,640,997        1,635,494,028  

End of period

   $ 1,660,407,175      $ 1,569,640,997  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Financial highlights

 

For a share of each class of capital stock outstanding throughout each year ended October 31,
unless otherwise noted:
 
Class A Shares1   20212     2020     2019     2018     2017     2016  
Net asset value, beginning of period     $11.00       $11.94       $10.36       $11.79       $10.88       $10.89  
Income (loss) from operations:            

Net investment income

    0.15       0.33       0.46       0.35       0.30       0.33  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.08       (0.11)       1.37       (1.21)       0.81       0.36  

Total income (loss) from operations

    0.23       0.22       1.83       (0.86)       1.11       0.69  
Less distributions from:            

Net investment income

    (0.00) 3      (0.57)       (0.25)       (0.35)       (0.16)       (0.28)  

Net realized gains

          (0.59)             (0.22)       (0.04)       (0.42)  

Total distributions

    (0.00) 3      (1.16)       (0.25)       (0.57)       (0.20)       (0.70)  
Net asset value, end of period     $11.23       $11.00       $11.94       $10.36       $11.79       $10.88  

Total return4

    2.09     1.86     17.98     (7.75)     10.44     6.79
Net assets, end of period (000s)     $43,697       $46,762       $44,655       $40,797       $45,837       $64,282  
Ratios to average net assets:            

Gross expenses

    1.58 %5      1.59     1.57     1.59     1.55     1.63 %6 

Net expenses7

    1.58 5,8      1.59 8      1.57       1.59       1.55       1.63 6 

Net investment income

    2.63 5      3.04       4.13       3.11       2.73       3.14  
Portfolio turnover rate     36     138     165     113 %9      150 %9      295 %9 

 

1 

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

 

2 

For the six months ended April 30, 2021 (unaudited).

 

3 

Amount represents less than $0.005 per share.

 

4 

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

 

5 

Annualized.

 

6 

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

 

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 A shares did not exceed 1.65%. This expense limitation arrangement cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2022 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 113%, 151% and 297% for the years ended October 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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For a share of each class of capital stock outstanding throughout each year ended October 31,
unless otherwise noted:
 
Class A2 Shares1   20212     2020      2019      2018     20173  
Net asset value, beginning of period     $10.89       $11.84        $10.27        $11.73       $10.58  
Income (loss) from operations:            

Net investment income

    0.14       0.32        0.45        0.34       0.32  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.09       (0.12)        1.36        (1.19)       1.07  

Total income (loss) from operations

    0.23       0.20        1.81        (0.85)       1.39  
Less distributions from:            

Net investment income

          (0.56)        (0.24)        (0.39)       (0.20)  

Net realized gains

          (0.59)               (0.22)       (0.04)  

Total distributions

          (1.15)        (0.24)        (0.61)       (0.24)  
Net asset value, end of period     $11.12       $10.89        $11.84        $10.27       $11.73  

Total return4

    2.11     1.76      17.87      (7.63)     13.41
Net assets, end of period (000s)     $580       $607        $598        $521       $358  
Ratios to average net assets:            

Gross expenses

    1.63 %5      1.65      1.59      1.62 %6      3.23 %5 

Net expenses7

    1.63 5,8      1.65 8       1.59        1.62 6      1.85 5,8 

Net investment income

    2.58 5      2.98        4.11        3.10       3.17 5 
Portfolio turnover rate     36     138      165      113 %9      150 %9,10 

 

1 

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

 

2 

For the six months ended April 30, 2021 (unaudited).

 

3 

For the period December 14, 2016 (inception date) to October 31, 2017.

 

4 

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

 

5 

Annualized.

 

6 

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

 

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 A2 shares did not exceed 1.85%. This expense limitation arrangement cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2022 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 113% and 151% for the years ended October 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

10 

For the year ended October 31, 2017.

 

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 October 31,
unless otherwise noted:
 
Class C Shares1   20212     2020     2019     2018     2017     2016  
Net asset value, beginning of period     $10.84       $11.78       $10.20       $11.63       $10.73       $10.76  
Income (loss) from operations:            

Net investment income

    0.11       0.26       0.38       0.26       0.22       0.26  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.08       (0.13)       1.35       (1.19)       0.81       0.35  

Total income (loss) from operations

    0.19       0.13       1.73       (0.93)       1.03       0.61  
Less distributions from:            

Net investment income

          (0.48)       (0.15)       (0.28)       (0.09)       (0.22)  

Net realized gains

          (0.59)             (0.22)       (0.04)       (0.42)  

Total distributions

          (1.07)       (0.15)       (0.50)       (0.13)       (0.64)  
Net asset value, end of period     $11.03       $10.84       $11.78       $10.20       $11.63       $10.73  

Total return3

    1.75     1.09     17.13     (8.38)     9.67     6.04
Net assets, end of period (000s)     $19,652       $21,515       $28,583       $32,338       $37,669       $29,340  
Ratios to average net assets:            

Gross expenses

    2.29 %4      2.31     2.29     2.29     2.30     2.32 %5 

Net expenses6

    2.29 4,7      2.30 7      2.29       2.29       2.30       2.32 5 

Net investment income

    1.92 4      2.37       3.43       2.41       2.00       2.49  
Portfolio turnover rate     36     138     165     113 %8      150 %8      295 %8 

 

1 

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

 

2 

For the six months ended April 30, 2021 (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 fees waived and/or expenses 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 2.40%. This expense limitation arrangement cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2022 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 113%, 151% and 297% for the years ended October 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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For a share of each class of capital stock outstanding throughout each year ended October 31,
unless otherwise noted:
 
Class FI Shares1   20212     2020     2019     2018     2017     2016  
Net asset value, beginning of period     $10.99       $11.94       $10.34       $11.79       $10.88       $10.87  
Income (loss) from operations:            

Net investment income

    0.15       0.34       0.45       0.32       0.30       0.33  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.08       (0.14)       1.38       (1.19)       0.80       0.35  

Total income (loss) from operations

    0.23       0.20       1.83       (0.87)       1.10       0.68  
Less distributions from:            

Net investment income

          (0.56)       (0.23)       (0.36)       (0.15)       (0.25)  

Net realized gains

          (0.59)             (0.22)       (0.04)       (0.42)  

Total distributions

          (1.15)       (0.23)       (0.58)       (0.19)       (0.67)  
Net asset value, end of period     $11.22       $10.99       $11.94       $10.34       $11.79       $10.88  

Total return3

    2.09     1.82     17.93     (7.80)     10.35     6.76
Net assets, end of period (000s)     $39,368       $37,935       $55,388       $30,425       $81,279       $25,088  
Ratios to average net assets:            

Gross expenses

    1.61 %4      1.62     1.61 %5      1.65     1.63 %5      1.69 %5 

Net expenses6

    1.61 4,7      1.62 7      1.61 5      1.65 7      1.63 5      1.65 5,7 

Net investment income

    2.60 4      3.10       4.03       2.88       2.69       3.18  
Portfolio turnover rate     36     138     165     113 %8      150 %8      295 %8 

 

1 

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

 

2 

For the six months ended April 30, 2021 (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 

Reflects recapture of fees waived and/or expenses 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 FI shares did not exceed 1.65%. This expense limitation arrangement cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2022 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 113%, 151% and 297% for the years ended October 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, 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 October 31,
unless otherwise noted:
 
Class I Shares1   20212     2020     2019     2018     2017     2016  
Net asset value, beginning of period     $11.01       $11.95       $10.37       $11.80       $10.89       $10.91  
Income (loss) from operations:            

Net investment income

    0.16       0.36       0.49       0.38       0.34       0.36  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.09       (0.11)       1.38       (1.20)       0.80       0.35  

Total income (loss) from operations

    0.25       0.25       1.87       (0.82)       1.14       0.71  
Less distributions from:            

Net investment income

    (0.01)       (0.60)       (0.29)       (0.39)       (0.19)       (0.31)  

Net realized gains

          (0.59)             (0.22)       (0.04)       (0.42)  

Total distributions

    (0.01)       (1.19)       (0.29)       (0.61)       (0.23)       (0.73)  
Net asset value, end of period     $11.25       $11.01       $11.95       $10.37       $11.80       $10.89  

Total return3

    2.23     2.13     18.26     (7.45)     10.66     7.15
Net assets, end of period (millions)     $1,175       $1,225       $1,275       $1,150       $1,057       $567  
Ratios to average net assets:            

Gross expenses

    1.30 %4      1.32     1.30     1.30     1.30     1.34 %5 

Net expenses6

    1.30 4,7      1.32 7      1.30       1.30       1.30       1.34 5 

Net investment income

    2.90 4      3.34       4.39       3.43       3.01       3.45  
Portfolio turnover rate     36     138     165     113 %8      150 %8      295 %8 

 

1 

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

 

2 

For the six months ended April 30, 2021 (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 

Reflects recapture of fees waived and/or expenses 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 I shares did not exceed 1.35%. This expense limitation arrangement cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2022 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 113%, 151% and 297% for the years ended October 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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For a share of each class of capital stock outstanding throughout each year ended October 31,
unless otherwise noted:
 
Class IS Shares1   20212     2020     2019     2018     2017     2016  
Net asset value, beginning of period     $11.04       $11.98       $10.39       $11.83       $10.92       $10.93  
Income (loss) from operations:            

Net investment income

    0.17       0.37       0.50       0.39       0.34       0.37  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.08       (0.11)       1.39       (1.22)       0.81       0.36  

Total income (loss) from operations

    0.25       0.26       1.89       (0.83)       1.15       0.73  
Less distributions from:            

Net investment income

    (0.01)       (0.61)       (0.30)       (0.39)       (0.20)       (0.32)  

Net realized gains

          (0.59)             (0.22)       (0.04)       (0.42)  

Total distributions

    (0.01)       (1.20)       (0.30)       (0.61)       (0.24)       (0.74)  
Net asset value, end of period     $11.28       $11.04       $11.98       $10.39       $11.83       $10.92  

Total return3

    2.24     2.30     18.45     (7.45)     10.83     7.22
Net assets, end of period (millions)     $382       $238       $231       $166       $172       $180  
Ratios to average net assets:            

Gross expenses

    1.22 %4      1.22     1.21     1.21     1.21     1.23 %5 

Net expenses6

    1.22 4,7      1.22 7      1.21       1.21       1.21       1.23 5 

Net investment income

    3.01 4      3.42       4.46       3.49       3.08       3.55  
Portfolio turnover rate     36     138     165     113 %8      150 %8      295 %8 

 

1 

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

 

2 

For the six months ended April 30, 2021 (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 

Reflects recapture of fees waived and/or expenses 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 IS shares did not exceed 1.25%. 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, 2022 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 113%, 151% and 297% for the years ended October 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Notes to financial statements (unaudited)

 

1. Organization and significant accounting policies

Western Asset Macro Opportunities Fund (the “Fund”) is a separate non-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 typically 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 Global Fund Valuation Committee (formerly known as Legg Mason North Atlantic Fund Valuation Committee prior to March 1, 2021) (the “Valuation Committee”). The Valuation Committee, pursuant to the policies adopted by the Board of Directors, is responsible for making fair value determinations, evaluating the effectiveness of the Fund’s pricing policies, and reporting to the Board of Directors. When

 

 

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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)

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

 

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

 

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:

                               

Financials

        $ 168,264,324     $ 2,275,398     $ 170,539,722  

Other Corporate Bonds & Notes

          432,736,223             432,736,223  

Sovereign Bonds

          443,767,586             443,767,586  

U.S. Government & Agency Obligations

          249,450,942             249,450,942  

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

          69,853,894       5,965,923       75,819,817  

Asset-Backed Securities

          36,498,585             36,498,585  

Senior Loans

          17,740,772             17,740,772  

Purchased Options:

                               

Exchange-Traded Purchased Options

  $ 842,039                   842,039  

OTC Purchased Options

          4,256,749             4,256,749  

Municipal Bonds

          4,781,957             4,781,957  

Common Stocks

    446,796                   446,796  
Total Long-Term Investments     1,288,835       1,427,351,032       8,241,321       1,436,881,188  
Short-Term Investments†:                                

Sovereign Bonds

          828,225             828,225  

Money Market Funds

    77,199,139                   77,199,139  
Total Short-Term Investments     77,199,139       828,225             78,027,364  
Total Investments   $ 78,487,974     $ 1,428,179,257     $ 8,241,321     $ 1,514,908,552  
Other Financial Instruments:                                

Futures Contracts

  $ 15,370,806                 $ 15,370,806  

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

        $ 5,834,368             5,834,368  

OTC Interest Rate Swaps

          202,628             202,628  

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps

          130,350,797             130,350,797  

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps on Credit Indices — Sell Protection

          1,524,596             1,524,596  
Total Other Financial                                
Instruments   $ 15,370,806     $ 137,912,389           $ 153,283,195  
Total   $ 93,858,780     $ 1,566,091,646     $ 8,241,321     $ 1,668,191,747  

 

 

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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

   $ 5,946,278                    $ 5,946,278  

OTC Written Options

          $ 3,079,867               3,079,867  

Futures Contracts

     36,900,298                      36,900,298  

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

            2,945,620               2,945,620  

OTC Interest Rate Swaps

            1,511,161               1,511,161  

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps

            1,721,297               1,721,297  
Total    $ 42,846,576      $ 9,257,945             $ 52,104,521  

 

See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

(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.

 

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The risk in writing a covered call option is that the Fund may forego the opportunity of profit if the market price of the underlying security increases and the option is exercised. The risk in writing a put option is that the Fund may incur a loss if the market price of the underlying security decreases and the option is exercised. The risk in writing an uncovered call option is that the Fund is exposed to the risk of loss if the market price of the underlying security increases. In addition, there is the risk that the Fund may not be able to enter into a closing transaction because of an illiquid secondary market.

(d) Options on futures contracts. An option on a futures contract gives the purchaser the right, in return for the premium paid, to assume a position in the underlying futures contract at the specified option exercise price at any time prior to the expiration date of the option. Upon exercise of an option, the delivery of the futures position by the writer of the option to the holder of the option will be accompanied by delivery of the accumulated balance in the writer’s futures margin account that represents the amount by which the market price of the futures contract exceeds (in the case of a call) or is less than (in the case of a put) the exercise price of the option on the futures contract. The potential for loss related to the purchase of an option on a futures contract is limited to the premium paid for the option plus transaction costs. Because the value of the option is fixed at the point of purchase, there are no daily cash payments by the purchaser to reflect changes in the value of the underlying contract; however, the value of the option changes daily and that change would be reflected in the net asset value of the Fund. The potential for loss related to writing call options is unlimited. The potential for loss related to writing put options is limited only by the aggregate strike price of the put option less the premium received.

(e) 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.

(f) Forward foreign currency contracts. The Fund enters into a forward foreign currency contract to hedge against foreign currency exchange rate risk on its non-U.S. dollar denominated securities or to facilitate settlement of a foreign currency denominated portfolio transaction. A forward foreign currency contract is an agreement between two parties to buy and sell a currency at a set price with delivery and settlement at a future

 

 

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date. The contract is marked-to-market daily and the change in value is recorded by the Fund as an unrealized gain or loss. When a forward foreign currency contract is closed, through either delivery or offset by entering into another forward foreign currency contract, the Fund recognizes a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value of the contract at the time it is closed.

Non-deliverable forward foreign currency exchange contracts are settled with the counterparty in cash without the delivery of foreign currency.

Forward foreign currency contracts involve elements of market risk in excess of the amounts reflected on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The Fund bears the risk of an unfavorable change in the foreign exchange rate underlying the forward foreign currency contract. Risks may also arise upon entering into these contracts from the potential inability of the counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts.

(g) 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 net receivable or payable for variation margin on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Gains or losses are realized upon termination of the swap agreement. Collateral, in the form of restricted cash or securities, may be required to be held in segregated accounts with the Fund’s custodian in compliance with the terms of the swap contracts. Securities posted as collateral for swap contracts are identified in the Schedule of Investments and restricted cash, if any, is identified on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Risks may exceed amounts recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. These risks include changes in the returns of the underlying instruments, failure of the counterparties to perform under the contracts’ terms, and the possible lack of liquidity with respect to the swap agreements.

OTC swap payments received or made at the beginning of the measurement period are reflected as a premium or deposit, respectively, on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. These upfront payments are amortized over the life of the swap and are recognized as realized gain or loss in the Statement of Operations. Net periodic payments received or paid by the Fund are recognized as a realized gain or loss in the Statement of Operations.

 

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

 

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 April 30, 2021, the total notional value of all credit default swaps to sell protection was $297,354,000. 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 April 30, 2021, see Note 4.

Credit default swaps

The Fund enters into credit default swap (“CDS”) contracts for investment purposes, to manage its credit risk or to add leverage. CDS agreements involve one party making a stream of payments to another party in exchange for the right to receive a specified return in the event of a default by a third party, typically corporate or sovereign issuers, on a specified obligation, or in the event of a write-down, principal shortfall, interest shortfall or default of all or part of the referenced entities comprising a credit index. The Fund may use a CDS to provide protection against defaults of the issuers (i.e., to reduce risk where the Fund has exposure to an issuer) or to take an active long or short position with respect to the likelihood of a particular issuer’s default. As a seller of protection, the Fund generally receives an upfront payment or a stream of payments throughout the term of the swap provided that there is no credit event. If the Fund is a seller of protection and a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement, the maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) that the Fund could be required to make under a credit default swap agreement would be an amount equal to the notional amount of the agreement. These amounts of potential payments will be partially offset by any recovery of values from the respective referenced obligations. As a seller of protection, the Fund effectively adds leverage to its portfolio because, in addition to its total net assets, the Fund is subject to investment exposure on the notional amount of the swap. As a buyer of protection, the Fund generally receives an amount up to the notional value of the swap if a credit event occurs.

Implied spreads are the theoretical prices a lender receives for credit default protection. When spreads rise, market perceived credit risk rises and when spreads fall, market perceived credit risk falls. The implied credit spread of a particular referenced entity reflects the cost of buying/selling protection and may include upfront payments required to enter into the agreement. Wider credit spreads and decreasing market values, when compared to the notional amount of the swap, represent a deterioration of the referenced entity’s credit soundness and a greater likelihood or risk of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the agreement. Credit spreads utilized in determining the period end market value of credit default swap agreements on corporate or sovereign issues are disclosed in the Schedule of Investments and serve as an indicator of the current status of

 

 

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the payment/performance risk and represent the likelihood or risk of default for credit derivatives. For credit default swap agreements on asset-backed securities and credit indices, the quoted market prices and resulting values, particularly in relation to the notional amount of the contract as well as the annual payment rate, serve as an indication of the current status of the payment/performance risk.

The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty risk, as the protection buyer, is the fair value of the contract (this risk is mitigated by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty). As the protection seller, the Fund’s maximum risk is the notional amount of the contract. Credit default swaps are considered to have credit risk-related contingent features since they require payment by the protection seller to the protection buyer upon the occurrence of a defined credit event.

Entering into a CDS agreement involves, to varying degrees, elements of credit, market and documentation risk in excess of the related amounts recognized on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Such risks involve the possibility that there will be no liquid market for these agreements, that the counterparty to the agreement may default on its obligation to perform or disagree as to the meaning of the contractual terms in the agreement, and that there will be unfavorable changes in net interest rates.

Interest rate swaps

The Fund enters into interest rate swap contracts to manage its exposure to interest rate risk. Interest rate swaps are agreements between two parties to exchange cash flows based on a notional principal amount. The Fund may elect to pay a fixed rate and receive a floating rate, 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.

The risks of interest rate swaps include changes in market conditions that will affect the value of the contract or changes in the present value of the future cash flow streams and the possible inability of the counterparty to fulfill its obligations under the agreement. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the discounted net value of the cash flows to be received from the counterparty over the contract’s remaining life, to the extent that amount is positive. This risk is mitigated by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty.

(h) Swaptions. The Fund may purchase or write swaption contracts to manage exposure to fluctuations in interest rates or to enhance yield. The Fund may also purchase and write swaption contracts to manage exposure to an underlying instrument. Swaption contracts written by the Fund represent an option that gives the purchaser the right, but not the obligation, to enter into a previously agreed upon swap contract at a future date. Swaption

 

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contracts purchased by the Fund represent an option that gives the Fund the right, but not the obligation, to enter into a previously agreed upon swap contract at a future date.

When the Fund writes a swaption, an amount equal to the premium received by the Fund is recorded as a liability, the value of which is marked-to-market daily to reflect the current market value of the swaption written. If the swaption expires, the Fund realizes a gain equal to the amount of the premium received.

When the Fund purchases a swaption, an amount equal to the premium paid by the Fund is recorded as an investment on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, the value of which is marked-to-market daily to reflect the current market value of the swaption purchased. If the swaption expires, the Fund realizes a loss equal to the amount of the premium paid.

Swaptions are marked-to-market daily based upon quotations from market makers. Changes in the value of the swaption are reported as unrealized gains or losses in the Statement of Operations.

(i) Loan participations. The Fund may invest in loans arranged through private negotiation between one or more financial institutions. The Fund’s investment in any such loan may be in the form of a participation in or an assignment of the loan. In connection with purchasing participations, the Fund generally will have no right to enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of the loan agreement related to the loan, or any rights of off-set against the borrower and the Fund may not benefit directly from any collateral supporting the loan in which it has purchased the participation.

The Fund assumes the credit risk of the borrower, the lender that is selling the participation and any other persons interpositioned between the Fund and the borrower. In the event of the insolvency of the lender selling the participation, the Fund may be treated as a general creditor of the lender and may not benefit from any off-set between the lender and the borrower.

(j) 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 prepayment, interest rates and the market’s perception of the securities. However, fluctuations in response to interest rates may be greater in Stripped Securities than for debt obligations of comparable maturities that pay interest currently. The amount of fluctuation may increase with a longer period of maturity.

The yield to maturity on IO’s is sensitive to the rate of principal repayments (including prepayments) on the related underlying debt obligation and principal payments may have a material effect on yield to maturity. If the underlying debt obligation experiences greater

 

 

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than anticipated prepayments of principal, the Fund may not fully recoup its initial investment in IO’s.

(k) 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.

(l) 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.

(m) Foreign currency translation. Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts based upon prevailing exchange rates on the date of valuation. Purchases and sales of investment securities and income and expense items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts based upon prevailing exchange rates on the respective dates of such transactions.

The Fund does not isolate that portion of the results of operations resulting from fluctuations in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments.

Net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, including gains and losses on forward foreign currency contracts, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the values of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities, on the date of valuation, resulting from changes in exchange rates.

Foreign security and currency transactions may involve certain considerations and risks not typically associated with those of U.S. dollar denominated transactions as a result of,

 

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among other factors, the possibility of lower levels of governmental supervision and regulation of foreign securities markets and the possibility of political or economic instability.

(n) Credit and market risk. The Fund invests in high-yield and emerging market instruments that are subject to certain credit and market risks. The yields of high-yield and emerging market debt obligations reflect, among other things, perceived credit and market risks. The Fund’s investments in securities rated below investment grade typically involve risks not associated with higher rated securities including, among others, greater risk related to timely and ultimate payment of interest and principal, greater market price volatility and less liquid secondary market trading. The consequences of political, social, economic or diplomatic changes may have disruptive effects on the market prices of investments held by the Fund. The Fund’s investments in non-U.S. dollar denominated securities may also result in foreign currency losses caused by devaluations and exchange rate fluctuations.

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

(o) Foreign investment risks. The Fund’s investments in foreign securities may involve risks not present in domestic investments. Since securities may be denominated in foreign currencies, may require settlement in foreign currencies or pay interest or dividends in foreign currencies, changes in the relationship of these foreign currencies to the U.S. dollar can significantly affect the value of the investments and earnings of the Fund. Foreign investments may also subject the Fund to foreign government exchange restrictions, expropriation, taxation or other political, social or economic developments, all of which affect the market and/or credit risk of the investments.

(p) 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

 

 

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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 (“OTC”) 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 net asset value per share over a specified period of time. If these credit related contingent features were triggered, the derivatives counterparty could terminate the positions and demand payment or require additional collateral.

Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instruments’ payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. However, absent an event of default by the counterparty or a termination of the agreement, the terms of the ISDA Master Agreements do not result in an offset of reported amounts of financial assets and financial liabilities in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities across transactions between the Fund and the applicable counterparty. The enforceability of the right to offset may vary by jurisdiction.

Collateral requirements differ by type of derivative. Collateral or margin requirements are set by the broker or exchange clearinghouse for exchange traded derivatives while collateral terms are contract specific for OTC 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 April 30, 2021, the Fund held OTC written options, forward foreign currency contracts and OTC interest rate swaps with credit related contingent features which had a liability position of $7,536,648. 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 April 30, 2021, the Fund had posted with its counterparties cash and/or securities as collateral to cover the net liability of these derivatives amounting to $2,520,000, which could be used to reduce the required payment.

 

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

 

At April 30, 2021, the Fund held non-cash collateral from BNP Paribas SA, Citibank N.A. and Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. in the amounts of $802,390, $381,992 and $4,818,297, respectively. These amounts could be used to reduce the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty in the event of default.

(q) 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.

(r) Distributions to shareholders. Distributions from net investment income and 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.

(s) 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.

(t) 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.

(u) 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 October 31, 2020, 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.

 

 

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Under the applicable foreign tax laws, a withholding tax may be imposed on interest, dividends and capital gains at various rates. Realized gains upon the disposition of the securities issued in or by certain foreign countries are subject to capital gains tax imposed by those countries. As of April 30, 2021, there were $246,641 of capital gains tax liabilities accrued on unrealized gains.

(v) 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”), Western Asset Management Company Pte. Ltd. in Singapore (“Western Singapore”), Western Asset Management Company Ltd in Japan (“Western Japan”) and Western Asset Management Company Limited in London (“Western Asset London”) are the Fund’s subadvisers. LMPFA, Western Asset, Western Singapore, Western Japan and Western Asset London are indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Franklin Resources, Inc. (“Franklin Resources”).

LMPFA provides administrative and certain oversight services to the Fund. The Fund pays LMPFA an investment management fee, calculated daily and paid monthly, at an annual rate of 1.15% 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 A2, Class C, Class FI, Class I and Class IS shares did not exceed 1.65%, 1.85%, 2.40%, 1.65%, 1.35% and 1.25%, 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, 2022 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 (the “affiliated money market fund waiver”). The affiliated money market fund waiver is not subject to the recapture provision discussed below.

During the six months ended April 30, 2021, fees waived and/or expenses reimbursed amounted to $5,694, all of which was an affiliated money market fund waiver.

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 fund 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

 

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business day of the Fund, in the class’ total annual fund operating expenses exceeding the expense cap or any other lower limit then in effect.

Pursuant to these arrangements, at April 30, 2021, the Fund had no remaining fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements subject to recapture by LMPFA. For the six months ended April 30, 2021, LMPFA did not recapture any fees.

Legg Mason Investor Services, LLC (“LMIS”) serves as the Fund’s sole and exclusive distributor. LMIS is an indirect, wholly-owned broker-dealer subsidiary of Franklin Resources.

There is a maximum initial sales charge of 4.25% for Class A and Class A2 shares. There is a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00% on Class C shares, which applies if redemption occurs within 12 months from purchase payment. In certain cases, Class A and Class A2 shares have a 1.00% CDSC, which applies if redemption occurs within 18 months from purchase payment. This CDSC only applies to those purchases of Class A and Class A2 shares, which, when combined with current holdings of other shares of funds sold by LMIS, equal or exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate. These purchases do not incur an initial sales charge.

For the six months ended April 30, 2021, sales charges retained by and CDSCs paid to LMIS and its affiliates, if any, were as follows:

 

        Class A        Class A2        Class C  
Sales charges      $ 3,892        $ 284           
CDSCs                        $ 211  

All officers and one Director of the Corporation are employees of Franklin Resources or its affiliates and do not receive compensation from the Corporation.

3. Investments

During the six months ended April 30, 2021, 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      $ 118,885,264        $ 418,051,529  
Sales        249,716,604          317,884,973  

 

 

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At April 30, 2021, the aggregate cost of investments and the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were substantially as follows:

 

    

Cost/Premiums

Paid (Received)

   

Gross

Unrealized

Appreciation

   

Gross

Unrealized

Depreciation

   

Net

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 
Securities   $ 1,528,510,318     $ 66,366,858     $ (79,968,624)     $ (13,601,766)  
Written options     (14,519,035)       6,461,643       (968,753)       5,492,890  
Futures contracts           15,370,806       (36,900,298)       (21,529,492)  
Forward foreign currency contracts           5,834,368       (2,945,620)       2,888,748  
Swap contracts     8,549,298       132,078,021       (3,232,458)       128,845,563  

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 April 30, 2021.

 

ASSET DERIVATIVES1  
     

Interest

Rate Risk

     Foreign
Exchange Risk
    

Credit

Risk

     Total  
Purchased options2    $ 441,336      $ 4,657,452             $ 5,098,788  
Futures contracts3      13,461,921        1,908,885               15,370,806  
Forward foreign currency contracts             5,834,368               5,834,368  
OTC swap contracts4      202,628                      202,628  
Centrally cleared swap contracts5      130,350,797             $ 1,524,596        131,875,393  
Total    $ 144,456,682      $ 12,400,705      $ 1,524,596      $ 158,381,983  

 

LIABILITY DERIVATIVES1  
              Interest
Rate Risk
     Foreign
Exchange Risk
     Total  
Written options             $ 5,893,674      $ 3,132,471      $ 9,026,145  
Futures contracts3               35,177,801        1,722,497        36,900,298  
Forward foreign currency contracts                      2,945,620        2,945,620  
OTC swap contracts4               1,511,161               1,511,161  
Centrally cleared swap contracts5               1,721,297               1,721,297  
Total             $ 44,303,933      $ 7,800,588      $ 52,104,521  

 

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1 

Generally, the balance sheet location for asset derivatives is receivables/net unrealized appreciation and for liability derivatives is payables/net unrealized 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 unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only variation margin is reported within the receivables and/or payables on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

4 

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

 

5 

Includes cumulative unrealized 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 April 30, 2021. The first table provides additional detail about the amounts and sources of gains (losses) realized on derivatives during the period. The second table provides additional information about the change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) resulting from the Fund’s derivatives and hedging activities during the period.

 

AMOUNT OF REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON DERIVATIVES RECOGNIZED  
     

Interest

Rate Risk

    

Foreign

Exchange Risk

    

Credit

Risk

     Total  
Purchased options1    $ (13,140,857)      $ (9,875,322)             $ (23,016,179)  
Futures contracts      (199,797,175)        (630,139)               (200,427,314)  
Written options      41,818,197        20,940,274      $ 432,873        63,191,344  
Swap contracts      26,246,090               10,707,511        36,953,601  
Forward foreign currency contracts             (8,724,659)               (8,724,659)  
Total    $ (144,873,745)      $ 1,710,154      $ 11,140,384      $ (132,023,207)  

 

1 

Net realized gain (loss) from purchased options is reported in Net Realized Gain (Loss) From Investment transactions in unaffiliated securities in the Statement of Operations.

 

CHANGE IN UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) ON DERIVATIVES RECOGNIZED  
     

Interest

Rate Risk

    

Foreign

Exchange Risk

    

Credit

Risk

     Total  
Purchased options1    $ (56,589)      $ 210,557             $ 153,968  
Futures contracts      53,868,357        (44,199)               53,824,158  
Written options      2,652,023        (242,663)      $ (165,393)        2,243,967  
Swap contracts      82,570,705               (667,418)        81,903,287  
Forward foreign currency contracts             4,823,922               4,823,922  
Total    $ 139,034,496      $ 4,747,617      $ (832,811)      $ 142,949,302  

 

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 April 30, 2021, the volume of derivative activity for the Fund was as follows:

 

        Average Market
Value
 
Purchased options      $ 5,671,538  
Written options        13,378,378  
Futures contracts (to buy)        4,896,922,866  
Futures contracts (to sell)        3,930,764,995  
Forward foreign currency contracts (to buy)        406,902,862  
Forward foreign currency contracts (to sell)        516,689,246  
        Average Notional
Balance
 
Interest rate swap contracts      $ 3,223,561,164  
Credit default swap contracts (to sell protection)        333,786,000  

The following table presents the Fund’s OTC derivative assets and liabilities by counterparty net of amounts available for offset under an ISDA Master Agreement and net of the related collateral pledged (received) by the Fund as of April 30, 2021.

 

Counterparty    Gross
Assets
Subject to
Master
Agreements1
     Gross
Liabilities
Subject to
Master
Agreements1
     Net Assets
(Liabilities)
Subject to
Master
Agreements
     Collateral
Pledged
(Received)2,3
     Net
Amount4,5
 
BNP Paribas SA    $ 639,666      $ (18,566)      $ 621,100      $ (639,666)      $ (18,566)  
Citibank N.A.      3,256,422        (2,043,309)        1,213,113        (381,992)        831,121  
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.      934,202        (2,762,234)        (1,828,032)        1,920,000        91,968  
JPMorgan Chase & Co.      295,493        (1,228,786)        (933,293)        600,000        (333,293)  
Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.      5,167,962        (1,483,753)        3,684,209        (4,818,297)        (1,134,088)  
Total    $ 10,293,745      $ (7,536,648)      $ 2,757,097      $ (3,319,955)      $ (562,858)  

 

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 

Net amount may also include forward foreign currency exchange contracts that are not required to be collateralized.

 

5 

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 A2, Class C and Class FI shares calculated at the annual rate of 0.25%, 0.25%, 1.00% and 0.25% of the average daily net assets of each class, respectively. Service and/or distribution fees are accrued daily and paid monthly.

 

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For the six months ended April 30, 2021, class specific expenses were as follows:

 

        Service and/or
Distribution Fees
       Transfer Agent
Fees
 
Class A      $ 58,687        $ 28,280  
Class A2        743          501  
Class C        106,826          8,220  
Class FI        48,832          29,639  
Class I                 597,767  
Class IS                 2,102  
Total      $ 215,088        $ 666,509  

For the six months ended April 30, 2021, waivers and/or expense reimbursements by class were as follows:

 

       

Waivers/Expense

Reimbursements

 
Class A      $ 163  
Class A2        2  
Class C        74  
Class FI        135  
Class I        4,338  
Class IS        982  
Total      $ 5,694  

6. Distributions to shareholders by class

 

        Six Months Ended
April 30, 2021
       Year Ended
October 31, 2020
 
Net Investment Income:                      
Class A      $ 1,886        $ 2,138,948  
Class A2                 28,860  
Class C                 1,156,579  
Class FI                 2,703,238  
Class I        642,392          65,473,575  
Class IS        167,283          11,873,845  
Total      $ 811,561        $ 83,375,045  
Net Realized Gains:                      
Class A               $ 2,225,265  
Class A2                 30,134  
Class C                 1,417,628  
Class FI                 2,826,912  
Class I                 64,676,742  
Class IS                 11,554,529  
Total               $ 82,731,210  

 

 

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7. Capital shares

At April 30, 2021, 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
April 30, 2021
     Year Ended
October 31, 2020
 
      Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  
Class A                                    
Shares sold      485,490      $ 5,542,788        1,794,714      $ 19,682,175  
Shares issued on reinvestment      128        1,502        339,268        3,711,588  
Shares repurchased      (845,266)        (9,529,778)        (1,622,469)        (17,290,520)  
Net increase (decrease)      (359,648)      $ (3,985,488)        511,513      $ 6,103,243  
Class A2                                    
Shares sold      3,839      $ 42,968        20,627      $ 219,630  
Shares issued on reinvestment                    5,442        58,994  
Shares repurchased      (7,416)        (83,889)        (20,870)        (219,392)  
Net increase (decrease)      (3,577)      $ (40,921)        5,199      $ 59,232  
Class C                                    
Shares sold      150,451      $ 1,694,742        559,181      $ 6,155,134  
Shares issued on reinvestment                    189,244        2,053,299  
Shares repurchased      (353,140)        (3,961,426)        (1,190,605)        (12,578,511)  
Net decrease      (202,689)      $ (2,266,684)        (442,180)      $ (4,370,078)  
Class FI                                    
Shares sold      301,281      $ 3,414,258        1,114,848      $ 12,045,316  
Shares issued on reinvestment                    505,228        5,527,197  
Shares repurchased      (243,753)        (2,773,613)        (2,809,927)        (29,125,057)  
Net increase (decrease)      57,528      $ 640,645        (1,189,851)      $ (11,552,544)  
Class I                                    
Shares sold      23,078,875      $ 263,337,393        50,630,267      $ 558,577,551  
Shares issued on reinvestment      39,381        461,932        8,687,050        94,862,589  
Shares repurchased      (29,901,499)        (337,595,132)        (54,774,620)        (574,044,005)  
Net increase (decrease)      (6,783,243)      $ (73,795,807)        4,542,697      $ 79,396,135  
Class IS                                    
Shares sold      15,516,549      $ 176,588,298        12,920,526      $ 140,935,194  
Shares issued on reinvestment      10,191        119,847        1,381,147        15,109,746  
Shares repurchased      (3,240,616)        (36,780,669)        (12,028,541)        (122,340,203)  
Net increase      12,286,124      $ 139,927,476        2,273,132      $ 33,704,737  

8. Transactions with affiliated company

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 with the Fund. The following company was considered an affiliated company for

 

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all or some portion of the six months ended April 30, 2021. The following transactions were effected in such company for the six months ended April 30, 2021.

 

     Affiliate
Value at
October 31,

2020
     Purchased      Sold  
      Cost      Shares      Cost      Shares  
Western Asset Premier Institutional Government Reserves, Premium Shares    $ 24,106,430      $ 518,419,803        518,419,803      $ 465,327,094        465,327,094  

 

(cont’d)    Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Interest
Income
     Net Increase
(Decrease) in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    

Affiliate

Value at
April 30,

2021

 
Western Asset Premier Institutional Government Reserves, Premium Shares           $ 1,410             $ 77,199,139  

9. Redemption facility

Effective February 5, 2021, the Fund’s redemption facility (the “Redemption Facility”) was terminated and the Fund and certain other participating funds within the Corporation, together with other U.S. registered and foreign investment funds (collectively, the “Borrowers”) managed by LMPFA or Franklin Resources, became borrowers in a joint syndicated senior unsecured credit facility totaling $2.675 billion (the “Global Credit Facility”). The Global Credit Facility provides a source of funds to the Borrowers for temporary and emergency purposes, including the ability to meet future unanticipated or unusually large redemption requests. Unless renewed, the Global Credit Facility will terminate on February 4, 2022.

Under the terms of the Global Credit Facility, the Fund shall, in addition to interest charged on any borrowings made by the Fund and other costs incurred by the Fund, pay its share of fees and expenses incurred in connection with the implementation and maintenance of the Global Credit Facility, based upon its relative share of the aggregate net assets of all the Borrowers, including an annual commitment fee of 0.15% based upon the unused portion of the Global Credit Facility; there is no upfront fee. Under the Redemption Facility, the Fund had access to the aggregate amount of $485 million for the period November 16, 2020 to February 5, 2021 and $265 million prior to November 16, 2020, and the following terms were in effect: the annual commitment fee to maintain the Redemption Facility was 0.15% incurred on the unused portion of the facility and there was an annual upfront fee of 0.06% of the $485 million Redemption Facility; prior to November 16, 2020, there was no upfront fee. The aggregate commitment fees under the Global Credit Facility and Redemption

 

 

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Facility are reflected in the Statement of Operations. The Fund did not utilize the Global Credit Facility nor the Redemption Facility during the six months ended April 30, 2021.

10. Deferred capital losses

As of October 31, 2020, the Fund had deferred capital losses of $74,673,679, which have no expiration date, that will be available to offset future taxable capital gains.

11. Recent accounting pronouncement

In March 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848) – Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting (the “ASU”). The amendments in the ASU provide optional temporary financial reporting relief from the effect of certain types of contract modifications due to the planned discontinuation of the London Interbank Offered Rate and other interbank-offered based reference rates as of the end of 2021. The ASU is effective for certain reference rate-related contract modifications that occur during the period March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022. Management has reviewed the requirements and believes the adoption of this ASU will not have a material impact on the financial statements.

12. Other matters

The outbreak of the respiratory illness COVID-19 (commonly referred to as “coronavirus”) has continued to rapidly spread around the world, causing considerable uncertainty for the global economy and financial markets. The ultimate economic fallout from the pandemic, and the long-term impact on economies, markets, industries and individual issuers, are not known. The COVID-19 pandemic could adversely affect the value and liquidity of the Fund’s investments, impair the Fund’s ability to satisfy redemption requests, and negatively impact the Fund’s performance. In addition, the outbreak of COVID-19, and measures taken to mitigate its effects, could result in disruptions to the services provided to the Fund by its service providers.

***

The Fund’s investments, payment obligations, and financing terms may be based on floating rates, such as the London Interbank Offered Rate, or “LIBOR,” which is the offered rate for short-term Eurodollar deposits between major international banks. On March 5, 2021, the ICE Benchmark Administration, the administrator of LIBOR, stated that it will cease the publication of (i) the overnight and one-, three-, six- and twelve-month USD LIBOR settings immediately following the LIBOR publication on Friday, June 30, 2023 and (ii) all other LIBOR settings, including the one-week and two-month USD LIBOR settings, immediately following the LIBOR publication on Friday, December 31, 2021. There remains uncertainty regarding the nature of any replacement rate and the impact of the transition from LIBOR on the Fund’s transactions and the financial markets generally. As such, the potential effect of a transition away from LIBOR on the Fund or the Fund’s investments cannot yet be determined.

 

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13. Subsequent events

Effective May 21, 2021, as a result of an expense limitation arrangement between the Fund and LMPFA, the ratio of 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 will not exceed 1.58%. This expense limitation arrangement cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2022 without the Board of Directors’ consent.

Effective June 16, 2021, the Fund will no longer sell Class A2 shares. Following the close of business on June 24, 2021, all outstanding Class A2 shares will automatically convert into Class A shares of the Fund. Shareholders holding Class A2 shares at the time of conversion will receive Class A shares having an aggregate net asset value equal to the aggregate net asset value of their Class A2 shares immediately prior to the conversion. No sales load or other charges will be imposed in connection with the conversion. The conversion is not expected to be a taxable event for federal income tax purposes.

 

 

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Western Asset

Macro Opportunities Fund

 

Directors

Robert Abeles, Jr.

Jane F. Dasher

Anita L. DeFrantz

Susan B. Kerley

Michael Larson

Ronald L. Olson

Avedick B. Poladian

William E.B. Siart

Chairman

Jaynie M. Studenmund

Peter J. Taylor

Jane Trust

Investment manager

Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC

Subadvisers

Western Asset Management Company, LLC

Western Asset Management Company Limited

Western Asset Management Company Ltd

Western Asset Management Company Pte. Ltd.

Distributor

Legg Mason Investor Services, LLC

Custodian

The Bank of New York Mellon

Transfer agent

BNY Mellon Investment

Servicing (US) Inc.

4400 Computer Drive

Westborough, MA 01581

Independent registered public accounting firm

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Baltimore, MD

 

Western Asset Macro Opportunities Fund

The Fund is a separate investment series of Western Asset Funds, Inc.

Western Asset Macro Opportunities Fund

Legg Mason Funds

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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 Macro Opportunities Fund. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the Fund unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus.

Investors should consider the Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. The prospectus contains this and other important information about the Fund. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.

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Legg Mason Funds Privacy and Security Notice

 

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

This Privacy and Security Notice (the “Privacy Notice”) addresses the Legg Mason Funds’ privacy and data protection practices with respect to nonpublic personal information the Funds receive. The Legg Mason Funds include any funds sold by the Funds’ distributor, Legg Mason Investor Services, LLC, as well as Legg Mason-sponsored closed-end funds. 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 Fund at 1-877-721-1926.

Revised April 2018

Legg Mason California Consumer Privacy Act Policy

Although much of the personal information we collect is “nonpublic personal information” subject to federal law, residents of California may, in certain circumstances, have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). For example, if you are a broker,

 

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

 

dealer, agent, fiduciary, or representative acting by or on behalf of, or for, the account of any other person(s) or household, or a financial advisor, or if you have otherwise provided personal information to us separate from the relationship we have with personal investors, the provisions of this Privacy Policy apply to your personal information (as defined by the CCPA).

 

 

In addition to the provisions of the Legg Mason Funds Security and Privacy Notice, you may have the right to know the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you.

 

 

You also have the right to request the deletion of the personal information collected or maintained by the Funds.

If you wish to exercise any of the rights you have in respect of your personal information, you should advise the Funds by contacting them as set forth below. The rights noted above are subject to our other legal and regulatory obligations and any exemptions under the CCPA. You may designate an authorized agent to make a rights request on your behalf, subject to the identification process described below. We do not discriminate based on requests for information related to our use of your personal information, and you have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment related to the exercise of your privacy rights.

We may request information from you in order to verify your identity or authority in making such a request. If you have appointed an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf, or you are an authorized agent making such a request (such as a power of attorney or other written permission), this process may include providing a password/passcode, a copy of government issued identification, affidavit or other applicable documentation, i.e. written permission. We may require you to verify your identity directly even when using an authorized agent, unless a power of attorney has been provided. We reserve the right to deny a request submitted by an agent if suitable and appropriate proof is not provided.

For the 12-month period prior to the date of this Privacy Policy, the Legg Mason Funds have not sold any of your personal information; nor do we have any plans to do so in the future.

Contact Information

Address: Data Privacy Officer, 100 International Dr., Baltimore, MD 21202

Email: DataProtectionOfficer@franklintempleton.com

Phone: 1-800-396-4748

Revised October 2020

 

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Western Asset Management Company, LLC

Legg Mason, Inc. Subsidiaries

www.leggmason.com

© 2021 Legg Mason Investor Services, LLC Member FINRA, SIPC

WASX016460 6/21 SR21-4173


ITEM 2.

CODE OF ETHICS.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 3.

AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 4.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 5.

AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 6.

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.

Included herein under Item 1.

 

ITEM 7.

DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 8.

PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 9.

PURCHASES OF SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 10.

SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 11.

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

 

  (a)

The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a- 3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of the disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

  (b)

There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are likely to materially affect the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.


ITEM 12.

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


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:   June 25, 2021

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:   June 25, 2021
By:  

/s/ Christopher Berarducci

  Christopher Berarducci
  Principal Financial Officer
Date:   June 25, 2021