N-CSRS 1 d347078dncsrs.htm WESTERN ASSET CORE PLUS BOND FUND Western Asset Core Plus Bond 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: 877-6LM-FUND/656-3863

Date of fiscal year end: December 31

Date of reporting period: June 30, 2022

 

 

 


ITEM 1.

REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS.

The Semi-Annual Report to Stockholders is filed herewith.


LOGO

 

Semi-Annual Report   June 30, 2022

WESTERN ASSET

CORE PLUS BOND FUND

 

 

 

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     108  
Statement of operations     110  
Statements of changes in net assets     111  
Financial highlights     112  
Notes to financial statements     119  
Board approval of management and subadvisory agreements     145  
Statement regarding liquidity risk management program     149  

 

Fund objective

The Fund seeks to maximize total return, consistent with prudent investment management and liquidity needs, by investing to obtain an average effective duration which is expected to range within 30% of the average duration of the domestic bond market as a whole as estimated by the Fund’s subadviser.

 

Letter from the president

 

LOGO

 

Dear Shareholder,

We are pleased to provide the semi-annual report of Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund for the six-month reporting period ended June 30, 2022. 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.franklintempleton.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

July 29, 2022

 

 

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Performance review

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2022, Class I shares of Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund returned -15.96%. The Fund’s unmanaged benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Indexi, returned -10.35% for the same period. The Lipper Core Plus Bond Funds Category Averageii returned -11.35% over the same time frame.

 

Performance Snapshot as of June 30, 2022
(unaudited)
 
(excluding sales charges)   6 months         
Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund:    

Class A

    -16.13        

Class C

    -16.40        

Class C1

    -16.39        

Class FI

    -16.13        

Class R

    -16.19        

Class I

    -15.96        

Class IS

    -15.95        
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index     -10.35        
Lipper Core Plus Bond Funds Category Average     -11.35        

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.franklintempleton.com.

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 June 30, 2022 for Class A, Class C, Class C1, Class FI, Class R, Class I and Class IS shares were 3.26%, 2.71%, 2.86%, 3.35%, 3.09%, 3.79% and 3.81%, respectively. Absent fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the 30-Day SEC Yield for Class I shares would have been 3.70%. 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 May 1, 2022, the gross total annual fund operating expense ratios for Class A, Class C, Class C1, Class FI, Class R, Class I and Class IS shares were 0.82%, 1.52%, 1.24%, 0.82%, 1.12%, 0.52% and 0.42%, respectively.

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund  

 

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Performance review (cont’d)

 

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

As a result of expense limitation arrangements, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses, other than interest, brokerage commissions, taxes, extraordinary expenses, deferred organizational expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses, to average net assets will not exceed 0.82% for Class A shares, 1.65% for Class C shares, 1.51% for Class C1 shares, 0.85% for Class FI shares, 1.15% for Class R shares, 0.45% for Class I shares and 0.45% for Class IS shares. In addition, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses for Class IS shares will not exceed the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses for Class I shares. These expense limitation arrangements cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2023 without the Board of Directors’ consent. In addition, the manager has agreed to waive the Fund’s management fee to an extent sufficient to offset the net management fee payable in connection with any investment in an affiliated money market fund. This management fee waiver is not subject to the recapture provision discussed below.

The manager is permitted to recapture amounts waived and/or reimbursed to a class within two years after the fiscal year in which the manager earned the fee or incurred the expense if the class’ total annual 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 the manager recapture any amount that would result, on any particular 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.

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

Sincerely,

 

LOGO

Jane Trust, CFA

President and Chief Executive Officer

July 29, 2022

RISKS: Bonds are subject to a variety of risks, including interest rate, credit and inflation risks. As interest rates rise, bond prices fall, thereby reducing the value of the Fund’s share price. The Fund may invest in high-yield bonds (commonly known as “junk bonds”), which are rated below investment grade and carry more risk than higher rated securities. Investments in asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities involve additional risks, including prepayment and extension risks. Non-U.S. investments are subject to special risks, including currency fluctuations and social, economic and political uncertainties, which could increase volatility. These risks are magnified in emerging markets. 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. Active and frequent trading may increase a shareholder’s tax liability and transaction

 

 

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costs, which could detract from Fund performance. The Fund may use derivatives, such as options, futures and swaps, which can be illiquid, may disproportionately increase losses, and have a potentially large impact on Fund performance. The use of leverage may increase volatility and possibility of loss. 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 Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index is a broad-based bond index comprised of government, corporate, mortgage-and asset-backed issues, rated investment grade or higher, and having at least one year to maturity.

 

ii 

Lipper, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Refinitiv, provides independent insight on global collective investments. Returns are based on the six-month period ended June 30, 2022, including the reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, calculated among the 314 funds in the Fund’s Lipper category, and excluding sales charges, if any.

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund  

 

V


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 June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 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 January 1, 2022 and held for the six months ended June 30, 2022.

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     -16.13   $ 1,000.00     $ 838.70       0.82   $ 3.74       Class A     5.00   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,020.73       0.82   $ 4.11  
Class C     -16.40       1,000.00       836.00       1.53       6.96       Class C     5.00       1,000.00       1,017.21       1.53       7.65  
Class C1     -16.39       1,000.00       836.10       1.37       6.24       Class C1     5.00       1,000.00       1,018.00       1.37       6.85  
Class FI     -16.13       1,000.00       838.70       0.85       3.88       Class FI     5.00       1,000.00       1,020.58       0.85       4.26  
Class R     -16.19       1,000.00       838.10       1.14       5.20       Class R     5.00       1,000.00       1,019.14       1.14       5.71  
Class I     -15.96       1,000.00       840.40       0.45       2.05       Class I     5.00       1,000.00       1,022.56       0.45       2.26  
Class IS     -15.95       1,000.00       840.50       0.42       1.92       Class IS     5.00       1,000.00       1,022.71       0.42       2.11  

 

 

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1 

For the six months ended June 30, 2022.

 

2 

Assumes the reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, at net asset value and does not reflect the deduction of the applicable sales charge with respect to Class A shares or the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) with respect to Class C shares and Class C1 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)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
   

Face

Amount†

    Value  
Corporate Bonds & Notes — 36.7%                                
Communication Services — 4.6%                                

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.6%

 

                       

Altice France SA, Senior Secured Notes

    5.500     1/15/28       300,000     $ 242,583  (a) 

Altice France SA, Senior Secured Notes

    5.500     10/15/29       7,043,000       5,401,875  (a) 

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

    3.800     2/15/27       1,250,000       1,225,604  

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

    2.300     6/1/27       25,680,000       23,460,161  

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

    1.650     2/1/28       37,680,000       32,630,637  

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

    2.250     2/1/32       19,180,000       15,688,204  

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

    2.550     12/1/33       10,540,000       8,562,575  

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

    5.350     9/1/40       4,390,000       4,343,725  

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

    5.550     8/15/41       5,040,000       5,196,502  

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

    4.350     6/15/45       6,469,000       5,661,196  

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

    3.300     2/1/52       4,250,000       3,128,461  

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

    3.500     9/15/53       24,380,000       18,521,125  

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

    3.550     9/15/55       25,651,000       19,261,460  

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

    3.800     12/1/57       1,520,000       1,177,436  

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

    3.650     9/15/59       4,690,000       3,522,974  

Telefonica Emisiones SA, Senior Notes

    5.213     3/8/47       6,160,000       5,471,938  

Telefonica Emisiones SA, Senior Notes

    4.895     3/6/48       11,960,000       10,221,752  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    2.625     8/15/26       5,622,000       5,322,163  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    4.125     3/16/27       5,755,000       5,745,538  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    3.000     3/22/27       4,820,000       4,582,091  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    2.100     3/22/28       13,470,000       11,975,369  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    4.329     9/21/28       27,937,000       27,813,869  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    3.875     2/8/29       4,900,000       4,745,315  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    3.150     3/22/30       10,510,000       9,566,612  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    1.750     1/20/31       13,790,000       11,089,348  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security     Rate      
Maturity
Date
 
 
   
Face
Amount†
 
 
    Value  

Diversified Telecommunication Services — continued

 

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    2.550     3/21/31       41,290,000     $ 35,338,324  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    2.355     3/15/32       65,389,000       54,272,683  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    4.500     8/10/33       27,645,000       26,990,565  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    4.400     11/1/34       2,200,000       2,111,232  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    4.272     1/15/36       1,140,000       1,075,147  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    5.250     3/16/37       11,010,000       11,425,686  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    2.650     11/20/40       32,010,000       23,535,075  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    3.400     3/22/41       4,410,000       3,597,844  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    3.850     11/1/42       4,840,000       4,135,996  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    4.125     8/15/46       9,310,000       8,273,602  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    4.862     8/21/46       12,748,000       12,575,677  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    5.500     3/16/47       1,455,000       1,570,030  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    4.000     3/22/50       24,170,000       20,942,397  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    2.875     11/20/50       47,510,000       33,783,929  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    3.550     3/22/51       20,000,000       16,069,218  

Total Diversified Telecommunication Services

 

    500,255,918  

Entertainment — 0.3%

 

Magallanes Inc., Senior Notes

    3.755     3/15/27       6,560,000       6,158,830  (a) 

Magallanes Inc., Senior Notes

    4.054     3/15/29       9,150,000       8,387,791  (a) 

Magallanes Inc., Senior Notes

    4.279     3/15/32       54,790,000       49,020,602  (a) 

Magallanes Inc., Senior Notes

    5.050     3/15/42       3,380,000       2,880,886  (a) 

Magallanes Inc., Senior Notes

    5.141     3/15/52       39,790,000       33,449,802  (a) 

Walt Disney Co., Senior Notes

    6.200     12/15/34       260,000       296,961  

Walt Disney Co., Senior Notes

    6.650     11/15/37       5,240,000       6,253,462  

Total Entertainment

 

    106,448,334  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  

Interactive Media & Services — 0.2%

 

Alphabet Inc., Senior Notes

    0.450     8/15/25       3,590,000     $ 3,303,114  

Alphabet Inc., Senior Notes

    0.800     8/15/27       6,770,000       5,885,921  

Alphabet Inc., Senior Notes

    1.100     8/15/30       7,900,000       6,490,717  

Alphabet Inc., Senior Notes

    1.900     8/15/40       7,890,000       5,669,738  

Alphabet Inc., Senior Notes

    2.050     8/15/50       4,870,000       3,275,625  

Tencent Holdings Ltd., Senior Notes

    3.680     4/22/41       5,650,000       4,496,893  (a) 

Tencent Holdings Ltd., Senior Notes

    3.840     4/22/51       39,900,000       31,024,764  (a) 

Total Interactive Media & Services

 

    60,146,772  

Media — 1.7%

 

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

    5.125     5/1/27       7,837,000       7,421,561  (a) 

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

    5.000     2/1/28       5,450,000       5,047,545  (a) 

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

    4.500     8/15/30       1,460,000       1,216,885  (a) 

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

    4.250     2/1/31       9,610,000       7,858,818  (a) 

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

    4.750     2/1/32       11,470,000       9,420,311  (a) 

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

    4.500     5/1/32       27,063,000       22,004,519  

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

    4.500     6/1/33       6,090,000       4,812,135  (a) 

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

    4.908     7/23/25       29,327,000       29,434,847  

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

    4.200     3/15/28       55,869,000       52,254,789  

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

    5.050     3/30/29       19,860,000       19,137,008  

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

    2.800     4/1/31       5,450,000       4,370,330  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  

Media — continued

                               

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

    4.400     4/1/33       18,970,000     $ 16,961,662  

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

    5.375     4/1/38       9,215,000       8,205,354  

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

    3.500     3/1/42       6,700,000       4,660,078  

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

    6.484     10/23/45       6,620,000       6,449,505  

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

    5.375     5/1/47       1,790,000       1,527,660  

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

    5.750     4/1/48       20,450,000       18,372,982  

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

    5.125     7/1/49       15,750,000       13,067,817  

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

    4.800     3/1/50       6,040,000       4,797,961  

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

    6.834     10/23/55       2,608,000       2,627,435  

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

    5.500     4/1/63       11,060,000       9,419,384  

Comcast Cable Communications Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

    9.455     11/15/22       3,150,000       3,222,842  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  

Media — continued

                               

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    3.375     8/15/25       3,940,000     $ 3,889,923  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    3.950     10/15/25       26,460,000       26,601,823  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    3.150     3/1/26       9,960,000       9,711,317  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    3.300     4/1/27       12,400,000       12,023,652  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    4.150     10/15/28       55,830,000       55,728,621  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    3.400     4/1/30       7,960,000       7,475,840  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    4.250     10/15/30       20,418,000       20,152,907  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    4.250     1/15/33       1,710,000       1,682,249  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    4.200     8/15/34       244,000       235,023  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    5.650     6/15/35       60,000       65,379  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    6.500     11/15/35       451,000       527,251  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    3.900     3/1/38       8,310,000       7,528,738  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    3.250     11/1/39       1,580,000       1,301,098  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    3.750     4/1/40       7,620,000       6,691,535  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    3.400     7/15/46       1,550,000       1,241,209  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    4.000     8/15/47       2,990,000       2,592,190  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    3.969     11/1/47       11,796,000       10,225,810  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    4.000     3/1/48       2,230,000       1,943,347  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    3.999     11/1/49       11,776,000       10,295,251  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    3.450     2/1/50       4,417,000       3,522,600  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    2.800     1/15/51       9,010,000       6,392,707  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    2.887     11/1/51       15,170,000       10,856,958  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    2.937     11/1/56       4,834,000       3,368,965  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    4.950     10/15/58       2,370,000       2,373,397  

DISH DBS Corp., Senior Notes

    5.875     11/15/24       11,864,000       10,035,995  

DISH DBS Corp., Senior Notes

    7.750     7/1/26       5,360,000       4,196,907  

DISH DBS Corp., Senior Notes

    5.125     6/1/29       12,390,000       7,567,812  

DISH DBS Corp., Senior Secured Notes

    5.250     12/1/26       6,330,000       4,973,576  (a) 

DISH DBS Corp., Senior Secured Notes

    5.750     12/1/28       1,120,000       831,359  (a)  

Fox Corp., Senior Notes

    5.476     1/25/39       13,410,000       13,042,977  

Time Warner Cable LLC, Senior Secured Notes

    6.550     5/1/37       4,570,000       4,583,556  

Time Warner Cable LLC, Senior Secured Notes

    7.300     7/1/38       8,925,000       9,335,039  

Time Warner Cable LLC, Senior Secured Notes

    6.750     6/15/39       3,295,000       3,281,794  

Time Warner Cable LLC, Senior Secured Notes

    5.875     11/15/40       8,447,000       7,755,340  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  

Media — continued

                               

Time Warner Entertainment Co. LP, Senior Secured Notes

    8.375     7/15/33       2,060,000     $ 2,385,836  

Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC, Senior Secured Notes

    5.500     5/15/29       10,960,000       9,821,640  (a)  

Total Media

                            536,531,049  

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.8%

 

                       

CSC Holdings LLC, Senior Notes

    5.375     2/1/28       760,000       659,330  (a)  

CSC Holdings LLC, Senior Notes

    4.125     12/1/30       750,000       587,010  (a)  

CSC Holdings LLC, Senior Notes

    3.375     2/15/31       2,720,000       2,018,662  (a)  

CSC Holdings LLC, Senior Notes

    4.500     11/15/31       32,320,000       25,025,376  (a)  

Sprint Capital Corp., Senior Notes

    6.875     11/15/28       635,000       669,614  

Sprint Capital Corp., Senior Notes

    8.750     3/15/32       14,390,000       17,364,989  

Sprint Corp., Senior Notes

    7.875     9/15/23       930,000       961,620  

Sprint Corp., Senior Notes

    7.625     2/15/25       5,365,000       5,602,255  

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

    4.738     3/20/25       1,161,875       1,162,937  (a)  

T-Mobile USA Inc., Senior Notes

    2.250     2/15/26       3,600,000       3,246,312  

T-Mobile USA Inc., Senior Notes

    2.625     2/15/29       16,630,000       14,043,734  

T-Mobile USA Inc., Senior Notes

    3.375     4/15/29       9,713,000       8,527,091  

T-Mobile USA Inc., Senior Notes

    2.875     2/15/31       8,370,000       6,964,677  

T-Mobile USA Inc., Senior Notes

    3.500     4/15/31       14,350,000       12,419,423  

T-Mobile USA Inc., Senior Notes

    3.500     4/15/31       13,570,000       11,744,360  (a)  

T-Mobile USA Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    3.500     4/15/25       57,300,000       56,114,704  

T-Mobile USA Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    3.750     4/15/27       2,920,000       2,814,098  

T-Mobile USA Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    3.875     4/15/30       56,475,000       52,758,621  

T-Mobile USA Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    2.550     2/15/31       9,660,000       8,138,528  

T-Mobile USA Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    4.375     4/15/40       4,880,000       4,364,979  

Vmed O2 UK Financing I PLC, Senior Secured Notes

    4.750     7/15/31       1,140,000       923,400  (a)  

Vodafone Group PLC, Senior Notes

    4.375     5/30/28       16,300,000       16,240,169  

Total Wireless Telecommunication Services

 

            252,351,889  

Total Communication Services

                            1,455,733,962  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund 2022 Semi-Annual Report    

 

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  
Consumer Discretionary — 3.0%                                

Automobiles — 0.8%

                               

Ford Motor Co., Senior Notes

    3.250     2/12/32       20,250,000     $ 15,215,344  

Ford Motor Co., Senior Notes

    4.750     1/15/43       2,720,000       1,946,267  

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, Senior Notes

    3.664     9/8/24       1,190,000       1,127,525  

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, Senior Notes

    5.125     6/16/25       3,120,000       2,985,965  

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, Senior Notes

    3.375     11/13/25       4,120,000       3,722,914  

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, Senior Notes

    4.950     5/28/27       28,210,000       26,264,638  

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, Senior Notes

    4.125     8/17/27       8,460,000       7,473,437  

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, Senior Notes

    3.815     11/2/27       550,000       468,592  

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, Senior Notes

    2.900     2/16/28       13,780,000       11,125,903  

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, Senior Notes

    2.900     2/10/29       825,000       648,281  

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, Senior Notes

    5.113     5/3/29       8,435,000       7,579,725  

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, Senior Notes

    4.000     11/13/30       33,395,000       27,125,757  

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, Senior Notes

    3.625     6/17/31       17,640,000       13,728,154  

General Motors Co., Senior Notes

    5.400     10/2/23       5,770,000       5,859,054  

General Motors Co., Senior Notes

    6.125     10/1/25       10,170,000       10,528,576  

General Motors Co., Senior Notes

    6.600     4/1/36       1,170,000       1,186,583  

General Motors Co., Senior Notes

    5.150     4/1/38       2,050,000       1,790,751  

General Motors Co., Senior Notes

    6.250     10/2/43       3,640,000       3,474,507  

General Motors Co., Senior Notes

    5.950     4/1/49       8,120,000       7,556,844  

General Motors Financial Co. Inc., Senior Notes

    4.250     5/15/23       920,000       923,453  

General Motors Financial Co. Inc., Senior Notes

    4.350     1/17/27       2,340,000       2,246,701  

General Motors Financial Co. Inc., Senior Notes

    3.100     1/12/32       5,140,000       4,135,900  

Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Senior Notes

    3.043     9/15/23       18,310,000       18,012,297  (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Automobiles — continued

                               

Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Senior Notes

    3.522     9/17/25       40,950,000     $ 38,806,310  (a) 

Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Senior Notes

    4.345     9/17/27       35,280,000       32,413,025  (a) 

Total Automobiles

                            246,346,503  

Diversified Consumer Services — 0.0%††

 

                       

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

    5.750     4/15/26       8,450,000       7,896,609  (a) 

Service Corp. International, Senior Notes

    7.500     4/1/27       3,167,000       3,366,664  

Total Diversified Consumer Services

 

                    11,263,273  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.9%

 

                       

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

    5.750     4/15/25       1,225,000       1,234,188  (a)  

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

    3.875     1/15/28       3,060,000       2,662,322  (a)  

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

    3.500     2/15/29       3,010,000       2,553,263  (a)  

GLP Capital LP/GLP Financing II Inc., Senior Notes

    5.250     6/1/25       320,000       314,450  

GLP Capital LP/GLP Financing II Inc., Senior Notes

    5.375     4/15/26       1,996,000       1,957,068  

Hilton Domestic Operating Co. Inc., Senior Notes

    5.375     5/1/25       10,770,000       10,581,525  (a) 

Hilton Domestic Operating Co. Inc., Senior Notes

    5.750     5/1/28       4,400,000       4,190,868  (a)  

Hilton Domestic Operating Co. Inc., Senior Notes

    3.625     2/15/32       3,130,000       2,493,577  (a)  

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

    4.875     4/1/27       4,930,000       4,650,863  

Las Vegas Sands Corp., Senior Notes

    3.200     8/8/24       65,810,000       62,234,915  

Las Vegas Sands Corp., Senior Notes

    2.900     6/25/25       23,330,000       20,837,129  

McDonald’s Corp., Senior Notes

    3.375     5/26/25       1,719,000       1,704,899  

McDonald’s Corp., Senior Notes

    3.300     7/1/25       9,140,000       9,089,292  

McDonald’s Corp., Senior Notes

    1.450     9/1/25       2,140,000       1,993,227  

McDonald’s Corp., Senior Notes

    3.700     1/30/26       11,725,000       11,709,178  

McDonald’s Corp., Senior Notes

    3.500     3/1/27       12,680,000       12,439,848  

McDonald’s Corp., Senior Notes

    3.500     7/1/27       8,380,000       8,218,054  

McDonald’s Corp., Senior Notes

    3.800     4/1/28       4,300,000       4,217,483  

McDonald’s Corp., Senior Notes

    3.600     7/1/30       9,300,000       8,862,017  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund 2022 Semi-Annual Report    

 

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — continued

 

                       

McDonald’s Corp., Senior Notes

    3.625     9/1/49       1,610,000     $ 1,333,142  

McDonald’s Corp., Senior Notes

    4.200     4/1/50       25,460,000       22,797,485  

Sands China Ltd., Senior Notes

    5.125     8/8/25       49,746,000       41,814,747  

Sands China Ltd., Senior Notes

    3.800     1/8/26       7,500,000       6,021,038  

Sands China Ltd., Senior Notes

    2.550     3/8/27       20,750,000       15,146,151  (a) 

Sands China Ltd., Senior Notes

    5.400     8/8/28       6,900,000       5,331,285  

Sands China Ltd., Senior Notes

    3.100     3/8/29       14,360,000       10,185,261  (a) 

Sands China Ltd., Senior Notes

    3.250     8/8/31       10,910,000       7,225,802  (a)  

VOC Escrow Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

    5.000     2/15/28       9,225,000       7,425,018  (a)  

Wynn Macau Ltd., Senior Notes

    5.625     8/26/28       21,370,000       13,223,435  (a) 

Wynn Macau Ltd., Senior Notes

    5.125     12/15/29       790,000       491,593  (a)  

Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

 

                    302,939,123  

Household Durables — 0.1%

                               

Lennar Corp., Senior Notes

    4.500     4/30/24       4,650,000       4,642,549  

Lennar Corp., Senior Notes

    4.750     5/30/25       1,350,000       1,349,496  

Lennar Corp., Senior Notes

    5.000     6/15/27       20,000       19,851  

Lennar Corp., Senior Notes

    4.750     11/29/27       6,200,000       6,025,171  

MDC Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

    6.000     1/15/43       540,000       441,961  

Newell Brands Inc., Senior Notes

    4.100     4/1/23       2,188,000       2,172,443  

Newell Brands Inc., Senior Notes

    4.450     4/1/26       150,000       143,334  

Toll Brothers Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    4.375     4/15/23       4,740,000       4,733,056  

Total Household Durables

 

                    19,527,861  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.8%

                               

Amazon.com Inc., Senior Notes

    0.800     6/3/25       17,270,000       16,101,977  

Amazon.com Inc., Senior Notes

    3.300     4/13/27       4,610,000       4,526,509  

Amazon.com Inc., Senior Notes

    1.200     6/3/27       21,140,000       18,826,205  

Amazon.com Inc., Senior Notes

    3.150     8/22/27       15,280,000       14,870,513  

Amazon.com Inc., Senior Notes

    3.450     4/13/29       10,310,000       10,030,466  

Amazon.com Inc., Senior Notes

    1.500     6/3/30       10,213,000       8,493,598  

Amazon.com Inc., Senior Notes

    2.100     5/12/31       9,530,000       8,170,833  

Amazon.com Inc., Senior Notes

    3.600     4/13/32       42,160,000       40,639,790  

Amazon.com Inc., Senior Notes

    3.875     8/22/37       6,800,000       6,458,947  

Amazon.com Inc., Senior Notes

    4.950     12/5/44       10,095,000       10,594,901  

Amazon.com Inc., Senior Notes

    4.050     8/22/47       8,290,000       7,781,734  

Amazon.com Inc., Senior Notes

    2.500     6/3/50       16,950,000       11,982,159  

Amazon.com Inc., Senior Notes

    3.100     5/12/51       10,000,000       7,889,562  

Amazon.com Inc., Senior Notes

    4.250     8/22/57       3,240,000       3,049,553  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — continued

 

                       

Prosus NV, Senior Notes

    3.061     7/13/31       72,750,000     $ 53,631,122  (a) 

Prosus NV, Senior Notes

    4.027     8/3/50       24,470,000       15,234,450  (a) 

Prosus NV, Senior Notes

    3.832     2/8/51       3,740,000       2,259,185  (a)  

Total Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

                            240,541,504  

Multiline Retail — 0.0%††

                               

Dollar General Corp., Senior Notes

    3.250     4/15/23       1,380,000       1,373,636  

Target Corp., Senior Notes

    2.250     4/15/25       13,960,000       13,493,923  

Total Multiline Retail

                            14,867,559  

Specialty Retail — 0.2%

                               

Home Depot Inc., Senior Notes

    2.500     4/15/27       8,648,000       8,171,855  

Home Depot Inc., Senior Notes

    3.900     12/6/28       1,590,000       1,590,987  

Home Depot Inc., Senior Notes

    2.700     4/15/30       9,310,000       8,452,214  

Home Depot Inc., Senior Notes

    3.300     4/15/40       10,560,000       8,983,492  

Home Depot Inc., Senior Notes

    3.900     6/15/47       1,736,000       1,555,776  

Home Depot Inc., Senior Notes

    3.350     4/15/50       28,325,000       23,064,716  

Lowe’s Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    4.500     4/15/30       5,940,000       5,874,910  

Total Specialty Retail

                            57,693,950  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.2%

                               

Hanesbrands Inc., Senior Notes

    4.625     5/15/24       1,177,000       1,154,290  (a)  

Hanesbrands Inc., Senior Notes

    4.875     5/15/26       4,810,000       4,464,810  (a)  

NIKE Inc., Senior Notes

    2.400     3/27/25       7,830,000       7,632,193  

NIKE Inc., Senior Notes

    2.750     3/27/27       12,570,000       12,106,101  

NIKE Inc., Senior Notes

    2.850     3/27/30       12,240,000       11,254,137  

NIKE Inc., Senior Notes

    3.250     3/27/40       6,300,000       5,403,383  

NIKE Inc., Senior Notes

    3.375     3/27/50       15,332,000       13,075,095  

Total Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

                            55,090,009  

Total Consumer Discretionary

                            948,269,782  
Consumer Staples — 1.9%                                

Beverages — 0.7%

                               

Anheuser-Busch Cos. LLC/Anheuser- Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

    3.650     2/1/26       37,240,000       36,695,020  

Anheuser-Busch Cos. LLC/Anheuser- Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

    4.900     2/1/46       22,020,000       20,737,674  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

    4.000     4/13/28       8,060,000       7,964,154  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

    4.750     1/23/29       28,360,000       28,880,836  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  

Beverages — continued

                               

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

    3.500     6/1/30       5,700,000     $ 5,348,521  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

    4.350     6/1/40       17,580,000       15,762,417  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

    4.600     4/15/48       2,350,000       2,115,035  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

    5.550     1/23/49       5,670,000       5,803,033  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

    4.500     6/1/50       33,120,000       29,829,917  

Coca-Cola Co., Senior Notes

    3.375     3/25/27       7,590,000       7,531,253  

Coca-Cola Co., Senior Notes

    1.450     6/1/27       15,310,000       13,867,308  

Coca-Cola Co., Senior Notes

    2.500     6/1/40       3,050,000       2,390,981  

Coca-Cola Co., Senior Notes

    2.600     6/1/50       6,290,000       4,695,385  

Constellation Brands Inc., Senior Notes

    3.600     5/9/24       7,860,000       7,836,247  

Constellation Brands Inc., Senior Notes

    4.350     5/9/27       10,970,000       10,887,176  

Molson Coors Beverage Co., Senior Notes

    3.000     7/15/26       3,245,000       3,054,086  

Molson Coors Beverage Co., Senior Notes

    4.200     7/15/46       3,390,000       2,790,435  

PepsiCo Inc., Senior Notes

    0.750     5/1/23       16,050,000       15,785,157  

PepsiCo Inc., Senior Notes

    2.250     3/19/25       1,580,000       1,540,826  

PepsiCo Inc., Senior Notes

    2.625     3/19/27       1,617,000       1,552,899  

PepsiCo Inc., Senior Notes

    1.625     5/1/30       13,210,000       11,213,330  

PepsiCo Inc., Senior Notes

    2.875     10/15/49       4,750,000       3,780,536  

Total Beverages

                            240,062,226  

Food & Staples Retailing — 0.2%

                               

Costco Wholesale Corp., Senior Notes

    1.375     6/20/27       24,175,000       21,708,777  

Costco Wholesale Corp., Senior Notes

    1.600     4/20/30       13,630,000       11,510,729  

CVS Pass-Through Trust, Secured Trust

    5.880     1/10/28       2,348,748       2,472,187  

CVS Pass-Through Trust, Secured Trust

    6.943     1/10/30       1,686,332       1,796,596  

CVS Pass-Through Trust, Senior Secured Trust

    5.298     1/11/27       173,618       175,651  (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  

Food & Staples Retailing — continued

                               

CVS Pass-Through Trust, Senior Secured Trust

    6.036     12/10/28       6,635,801     $ 6,813,031  

Walmart Inc., Senior Notes

    1.500     9/22/28       8,480,000       7,443,191  

Walmart Inc., Senior Notes

    1.800     9/22/31       4,050,000       3,442,397  

Total Food & Staples Retailing

                            55,362,559  

Food Products — 0.4%

                               

Danone SA, Senior Notes

    2.589     11/2/23       20,650,000       20,419,591  (a) 

Danone SA, Senior Notes

    2.947     11/2/26       6,540,000       6,280,268  (a) 

Hershey Co., Senior Notes

    0.900     6/1/25       4,030,000       3,735,617  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes

    3.000     6/1/26       4,248,000       4,009,423  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes

    4.250     3/1/31       3,350,000       3,189,411  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes

    6.750     3/15/32       410,000       459,167  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes

    5.000     7/15/35       1,661,000       1,610,490  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes

    6.875     1/26/39       1,150,000       1,265,766  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes

    7.125     8/1/39       290,000       325,413  (a) 

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes

    4.625     10/1/39       290,000       255,022  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes

    5.000     6/4/42       4,160,000       3,807,552  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes

    5.200     7/15/45       12,350,000       11,455,752  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes

    4.375     6/1/46       5,420,000       4,525,644  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes

    4.875     10/1/49       8,180,000       7,238,533  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes

    5.500     6/1/50       6,530,000       6,283,517  

Mars Inc., Senior Notes

    2.700     4/1/25       9,380,000       9,171,856  (a) 

Mars Inc., Senior Notes

    3.200     4/1/30       4,880,000       4,536,140  (a) 

Mars Inc., Senior Notes

    2.375     7/16/40       6,740,000       4,914,454  (a) 

Mondelez International Holdings Netherlands BV, Senior Notes

    2.125     9/19/22       7,900,000       7,882,875  (a) 

Mondelez International Inc., Senior Notes

    1.500     5/4/25       22,350,000       20,886,383  

Total Food Products

                            122,252,874  

Household Products — 0.0%††

                               

Procter & Gamble Co., Senior Notes

    2.800     3/25/27       2,490,000       2,410,925  

Procter & Gamble Co., Senior Notes

    3.000     3/25/30       6,070,000       5,733,503  

Spectrum Brands Inc., Senior Notes

    5.750     7/15/25       387,000       382,765  

Spectrum Brands Inc., Senior Notes

    5.000     10/1/29       950,000       822,814  (a) 

Total Household Products

                            9,350,007  

Tobacco — 0.6%

                               

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

    2.350     5/6/25       3,770,000       3,563,291  

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

    4.400     2/14/26       16,715,000       16,449,275  

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

    4.800     2/14/29       975,000       927,621  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  

Tobacco — continued

                               

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

    2.450     2/4/32       16,140,000     $ 12,171,836  

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

    5.800     2/14/39       13,440,000       12,234,139  

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

    3.875     9/16/46       6,950,000       4,685,880  

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

    5.950     2/14/49       24,060,000       21,134,616  

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

    3.700     2/4/51       7,880,000       5,048,711  

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

    6.200     2/14/59       1,842,000       1,678,213  

BAT Capital Corp., Senior Notes

    3.557     8/15/27       15,851,000       14,513,875  

BAT Capital Corp., Senior Notes

    4.540     8/15/47       41,905,000       30,798,067  

Cargill Inc., Senior Notes

    1.375     7/23/23       13,510,000       13,248,448  (a) 

Philip Morris International Inc., Senior Notes

    2.500     8/22/22       4,200,000       4,197,591  

Philip Morris International Inc., Senior Notes

    2.500     11/2/22       14,810,000       14,800,710  

Philip Morris International Inc., Senior Notes

    1.125     5/1/23       8,220,000       8,067,116  

Philip Morris International Inc., Senior Notes

    2.100     5/1/30       9,050,000       7,422,250  

Philip Morris International Inc., Senior Notes

    4.500     3/20/42       3,085,000       2,677,233  

Reynolds American Inc., Senior Notes

    5.850     8/15/45       7,579,000       6,372,479  

Total Tobacco

                            179,991,351  

Total Consumer Staples

                            607,019,017  
Energy — 5.9%                                

Energy Equipment & Services — 0.1%

 

                       

Halliburton Co., Senior Notes

    3.800     11/15/25       326,000       323,142  

Halliburton Co., Senior Notes

    4.850     11/15/35       5,090,000       4,902,120  

Halliburton Co., Senior Notes

    5.000     11/15/45       6,490,000       5,965,798  

Total Energy Equipment & Services

 

                    11,191,060  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 5.8%

 

                       

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

    7.750     12/15/29       5,170,000       5,491,962  

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

    4.250     1/15/30       10,000       8,879  

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

    6.000     1/15/37       1,006,000       929,722  

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

    5.100     9/1/40       12,719,000       10,776,554  

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

    5.250     2/1/42       1,646,000       1,380,009  

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

    4.750     4/15/43       10,830,000       8,454,316  

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

    4.250     1/15/44       18,548,000       13,573,057  

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

    5.350     7/1/49       12,190,000       9,655,632  

BP Capital Markets America Inc., Senior Notes

    3.790     2/6/24       2,930,000       2,943,719  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — continued

 

                       

BP Capital Markets America Inc., Senior Notes

    3.410     2/11/26       17,380,000     $ 17,084,635  

BP Capital Markets America Inc., Senior Notes

    3.119     5/4/26       4,790,000       4,651,771  

BP Capital Markets America Inc., Senior Notes

    3.588     4/14/27       7,160,000       6,984,806  

BP Capital Markets America Inc., Senior Notes

    3.633     4/6/30       9,240,000       8,750,870  

BP Capital Markets America Inc., Senior Notes

    1.749     8/10/30       5,000,000       4,097,243  

BP Capital Markets America Inc., Senior Notes

    3.000     2/24/50       28,090,000       20,452,358  

BP Capital Markets America Inc., Senior Notes

    2.772     11/10/50       1,860,000       1,294,338  

BP Capital Markets America Inc., Senior Notes

    2.939     6/4/51       1,140,000       817,600  

Cameron LNG LLC, Senior Secured Notes

    2.902     7/15/31       7,790,000       6,868,430  (a) 

Cameron LNG LLC, Senior Secured Notes

    3.302     1/15/35       17,811,000       15,264,413  (a) 

Cheniere Energy Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    4.625     10/15/28       8,500,000       7,682,173  

Cheniere Energy Partners LP, Senior Notes

    4.000     3/1/31       3,721,000       3,172,618  

Cheniere Energy Partners LP, Senior Notes

    3.250     1/31/32       19,660,000       15,525,600  (a) 

Chevron Corp., Senior Notes

    1.554     5/11/25       15,860,000       15,059,100  

Chevron Corp., Senior Notes

    2.954     5/16/26       4,000       3,906  

Chevron Corp., Senior Notes

    1.995     5/11/27       5,740,000       5,280,484  

Chevron Corp., Senior Notes

    2.236     5/11/30       70,000       61,505  

Chevron Corp., Senior Notes

    3.078     5/11/50       7,800,000       6,220,550  

Chevron USA Inc., Senior Notes

    3.850     1/15/28       19,795,000       19,681,478  

Conoco Funding Co., Senior Notes

    7.250     10/15/31       810,000       964,327  

ConocoPhillips, Senior Notes

    5.900     10/15/32       10,000       10,973  

ConocoPhillips, Senior Notes

    6.500     2/1/39       40,000       47,034  

ConocoPhillips Co., Senior Notes

    6.950     4/15/29       693,000       794,002  

Continental Resources Inc., Senior Notes

    4.500     4/15/23       9,038,000       9,084,049  

Continental Resources Inc., Senior Notes

    3.800     6/1/24       2,504,000       2,474,565  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund 2022 Semi-Annual Report    

 

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — continued

 

                       

Continental Resources Inc., Senior Notes

    2.268     11/15/26       7,190,000     $ 6,387,926  (a) 

Continental Resources Inc., Senior Notes

    4.375     1/15/28       18,789,000       17,696,983  

Continental Resources Inc., Senior Notes

    5.750     1/15/31       11,559,000       11,197,434  (a) 

Continental Resources Inc., Senior Notes

    4.900     6/1/44       9,511,000       7,506,319  

Coterra Energy Inc., Senior Notes

    3.900     5/15/27       29,539,000       28,349,627  (a) 

Coterra Energy Inc., Senior Notes

    4.375     3/15/29       24,949,000       24,496,619  (a) 

Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    8.250     8/1/23       1,440,000       1,497,298  

Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    5.850     12/15/25       12,076,000       12,584,012  

Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    5.250     10/15/27       1,248,000       1,264,382  

Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    5.875     6/15/28       1,124,000       1,147,954  

Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    4.500     1/15/30       1,595,000       1,508,304  

Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    5.600     7/15/41       9,920,000       9,872,678  

Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    4.750     5/15/42       13,677,000       12,424,656  

Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    5.000     6/15/45       49,600,000       46,106,055  

Diamondback Energy Inc., Senior Notes

    3.250     12/1/26       430,000       419,860  

Diamondback Energy Inc., Senior Notes

    3.500     12/1/29       15,489,000       14,201,923  

Diamondback Energy Inc., Senior Notes

    4.400     3/24/51       11,042,000       9,427,878  

Ecopetrol SA, Senior Notes

    4.625     11/2/31       16,620,000       12,631,200  

Ecopetrol SA, Senior Notes

    5.875     5/28/45       41,210,000       28,125,825  

Energy Transfer LP, Junior Subordinated Notes (6.250% to 2/15/23 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.028%)

    6.250     2/15/23       3,394,000       2,548,363  (b)(c) 

Energy Transfer LP, Junior Subordinated Notes (6.500% to 11/15/26 then 5 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 5.694%)

    6.500     11/15/26       7,375,000       6,537,329  (b)(c) 

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       14,868,000       12,462,187  (b)(c) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — continued

 

                       

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       21,862,000     $ 18,815,564  (b)(c) 

Energy Transfer LP, Senior Notes

    2.900     5/15/25       11,430,000       10,875,662  

Energy Transfer LP, Senior Notes

    4.950     6/15/28       4,888,000       4,821,513  

Energy Transfer LP, Senior Notes

    5.250     4/15/29       4,100,000       4,065,886  

Energy Transfer LP, Senior Notes

    3.750     5/15/30       39,330,000       35,483,913  

Energy Transfer LP, Senior Notes

    6.500     2/1/42       3,300,000       3,295,048  

Energy Transfer LP, Senior Notes

    6.100     2/15/42       2,000,000       1,867,661  

Energy Transfer LP, Senior Notes

    5.300     4/1/44       1,170,000       1,017,064  

Energy Transfer LP, Senior Notes

    5.350     5/15/45       2,000,000       1,745,405  

Energy Transfer LP, Senior Notes

    5.300     4/15/47       10,000,000       8,678,977  

Energy Transfer LP, Senior Notes

    5.400     10/1/47       16,733,000       14,715,419  

Energy Transfer LP, Senior Notes

    6.250     4/15/49       20,000,000       19,429,160  

Energy Transfer LP, Senior Notes

    5.000     5/15/50       4,660,000       3,972,520  

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

    4.500     11/1/23       510,000       512,771  

Energy Transfer Operating LP, Senior Notes

    7.600     2/1/24       3,892,000       4,056,161  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes

    4.150     10/16/28       26,093,000       25,519,754  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes

    3.125     7/31/29       8,650,000       7,792,778  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes

    2.800     1/31/30       32,967,000       28,892,582  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes

    7.550     4/15/38       1,030,000       1,223,605  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes

    4.850     3/15/44       970,000       885,622  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes

    4.250     2/15/48       6,633,000       5,593,658  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes

    4.800     2/1/49       1,680,000       1,522,872  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes

    4.200     1/31/50       3,370,000       2,817,470  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes

    3.700     1/31/51       23,477,000       18,396,192  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes

    3.950     1/31/60       6,940,000       5,504,516  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund 2022 Semi-Annual Report    

 

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — continued

 

                       

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

    5.375     2/15/78       4,965,000     $ 3,923,549  (c) 

EOG Resources Inc., Senior Notes

    4.150     1/15/26       6,442,000       6,498,473  

EOG Resources Inc., Senior Notes

    4.375     4/15/30       3,690,000       3,708,659  

EOG Resources Inc., Senior Notes

    3.900     4/1/35       12,960,000       11,978,505  

EOG Resources Inc., Senior Notes

    4.950     4/15/50       19,990,000       20,706,890  

EQM Midstream Partners LP, Senior Notes

    5.500     7/15/28       1,280,000       1,107,527  

EQT Corp., Senior Notes

    6.625     2/1/25       1,230,000       1,267,804  

EQT Corp., Senior Notes

    3.125     5/15/26       600,000       562,653  (a)  

EQT Corp., Senior Notes

    3.900     10/1/27       28,139,000       26,231,598  

EQT Corp., Senior Notes

    5.000     1/15/29       10,428,000       10,111,614  

EQT Corp., Senior Notes

    3.625     5/15/31       12,373,000       10,715,204  (a) 

Exxon Mobil Corp., Senior Notes

    1.571     4/15/23       1,420,000       1,406,456  

Exxon Mobil Corp., Senior Notes

    2.992     3/19/25       37,170,000       36,647,021  

Exxon Mobil Corp., Senior Notes

    3.043     3/1/26       11,540,000       11,338,993  

Exxon Mobil Corp., Senior Notes

    3.482     3/19/30       13,120,000       12,593,799  

Exxon Mobil Corp., Senior Notes

    4.227     3/19/40       3,000,000       2,840,962  

Exxon Mobil Corp., Senior Notes

    4.114     3/1/46       22,720,000       20,773,752  

Exxon Mobil Corp., Senior Notes

    4.327     3/19/50       4,800,000       4,538,077  

Exxon Mobil Corp., Senior Notes

    3.452     4/15/51       6,000,000       4,916,688  

KazMunayGas National Co. JSC, Senior Notes

    5.375     4/24/30       9,050,000       8,002,696  (a) 

KazMunayGas National Co. JSC, Senior Notes

    6.375     10/24/48       12,310,000       10,244,520  (a) 

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, Senior Notes

    7.300     8/15/33       1,497,000       1,669,968  

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, Senior Notes

    6.550     9/15/40       1,450,000       1,511,857  

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, Senior Notes

    6.375     3/1/41       1,720,000       1,723,510  

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, Senior Notes

    5.500     3/1/44       1,260,000       1,182,931  

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, Senior Notes

    5.400     9/1/44       680,000       628,546  

Kinder Morgan Inc., Senior Notes

    4.300     6/1/25       2,820,000       2,809,669  

Kinder Morgan Inc., Senior Notes

    4.300     3/1/28       2,190,000       2,132,657  

Kinder Morgan Inc., Senior Notes

    7.800     8/1/31       3,276,000       3,815,370  

Kinder Morgan Inc., Senior Notes

    5.550     6/1/45       12,860,000       12,138,957  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — continued

 

                       

Kinder Morgan Inc., Senior Notes

    5.050     2/15/46       4,650,000     $ 4,170,746  

Kinder Morgan Inc., Senior Notes

    5.200     3/1/48       8,770,000       8,030,922  

MEG Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    5.875     2/1/29       2,690,000       2,460,922  (a) 

MPLX LP, Senior Notes

    4.875     12/1/24       9,800,000       9,877,770  

MPLX LP, Senior Notes

    4.875     6/1/25       7,870,000       7,917,955  

MPLX LP, Senior Notes

    4.800     2/15/29       8,850,000       8,712,611  

MPLX LP, Senior Notes

    4.500     4/15/38       11,800,000       10,365,665  

MPLX LP, Senior Notes

    5.200     3/1/47       5,570,000       5,061,273  

MPLX LP, Senior Notes

    4.700     4/15/48       12,450,000       10,492,693  

MPLX LP, Senior Notes

    5.500     2/15/49       8,066,000       7,499,693  

Oasis Petroleum Inc., Senior Notes

    6.375     6/1/26       2,500,000       2,316,225  (a) 

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    6.950     7/1/24       3,107,000       3,205,694  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    5.550     3/15/26       11,940,000       11,879,345  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    3.400     4/15/26       9,455,000       8,619,556  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    3.200     8/15/26       19,417,000       17,500,154  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    3.000     2/15/27       6,900,000       6,240,464  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    3.500     8/15/29       60,000       53,700  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    6.625     9/1/30       17,260,000       17,809,213  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    7.500     5/1/31       14,340,000       15,447,406  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    7.875     9/15/31       4,792,000       5,268,588  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    6.450     9/15/36       23,185,000       23,820,733  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    4.500     7/15/44       6,250,000       4,965,375  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    4.625     6/15/45       16,480,000       13,575,075  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    6.600     3/15/46       27,550,000       29,339,648  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    4.400     4/15/46       9,750,000       7,896,603  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — continued

 

                       

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    4.100     2/15/47       29,575,000     $ 22,879,926  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    4.200     3/15/48       20,750,000       16,199,274  

Parsley Energy LLC/Parsley Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    4.125     2/15/28       2,070,000       1,888,305  (a) 

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

    6.250     3/17/24       14,259,000       14,597,936  

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

    5.299     1/27/25       92,550,000       94,049,310  

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

    7.375     1/17/27       7,710,000       8,181,428  

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

    5.750     2/1/29       21,560,000       20,934,760  

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

    5.600     1/3/31       5,000,000       4,653,900  

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

    7.250     3/17/44       27,165,000       26,026,379  

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

    5.500     6/10/51       22,950,000       17,452,213  

Petroleos Mexicanos, Senior Notes

    6.875     8/4/26       4,350,000       3,928,202  

Petroleos Mexicanos, Senior Notes

    6.625     6/15/35       14,490,000       9,926,809  

Petroleos Mexicanos, Senior Notes

    5.500     6/27/44       3,860,000       2,216,180  

Petroleos Mexicanos, Senior Notes

    6.375     1/23/45       14,210,000       8,637,762  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co., Senior Notes

    1.125     1/15/26       3,620,000       3,238,879  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co., Senior Notes

    2.150     1/15/31       15,860,000       13,074,617  

Range Resources Corp., Senior Notes

    5.000     3/15/23       7,197,000       7,154,970  

Range Resources Corp., Senior Notes

    4.875     5/15/25       5,160,000       5,042,146  

Reliance Industries Ltd., Senior Notes

    2.875     1/12/32       10,420,000       8,654,840  (a) 

Reliance Industries Ltd., Senior Notes

    3.625     1/12/52       31,080,000       22,602,418  (a) 

Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC, Senior Secured Notes

    5.750     5/15/24       2,870,000       2,929,448  

Schlumberger Holdings Corp., Senior Notes

    3.900     5/17/28       5,110,000       4,833,346  (a) 

Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes

    2.875     5/10/26       5,450,000       5,271,494  

Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes

    2.750     4/6/30       14,090,000       12,730,004  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — continued

 

                       

Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes

    6.375     12/15/38       4,655,000     $ 5,412,906  

Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes

    4.550     8/12/43       6,360,000       6,047,277  

Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes

    4.375     5/11/45       13,770,000       12,835,067  

Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes

    4.000     5/10/46       8,940,000       7,982,488  

Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes

    3.750     9/12/46       690,000       590,828  

Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes

    3.250     4/6/50       27,710,000       21,902,114  

Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2014 Ltd., Senior Notes

    4.375     4/10/24       17,660,000       17,966,280  (a) 

Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2015 Ltd., Senior Notes

    3.250     4/28/25       6,000,000       5,947,124  (a) 

Southern Natural Gas Co. LLC, Senior Notes

    8.000     3/1/32       9,413,000       11,029,073  

Southwestern Energy Co., Senior Notes

    5.375     2/1/29       920,000       855,112  

Southwestern Energy Co., Senior Notes

    5.375     3/15/30       3,790,000       3,494,494  

Southwestern Energy Co., Senior Notes

    4.750     2/1/32       5,520,000       4,730,309  

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

    6.000     12/31/30       830,000       690,004  (a)  

Targa Resources Corp., Senior Notes

    5.200     7/1/27       11,950,000       12,012,159  (d) 

Targa Resources Corp., Senior Notes

    4.950     4/15/52       5,220,000       4,484,762  

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

    6.500     7/15/27       4,230,000       4,340,086  

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

    5.000     1/15/28       3,930,000       3,747,294  

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

    6.875     1/15/29       2,120,000       2,167,000  

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

    4.875     2/1/31       15,845,000       14,473,417  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — continued

 

                       

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

    4.000     1/15/32       1,520,000     $ 1,303,582  

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. LLC, Senior Notes

    2.900     3/1/30       18,960,000       16,396,164  (a)  

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC, Senior Notes

    7.850     2/1/26       34,600,000       38,251,727  

Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LLC, Senior Secured Notes

    3.875     11/1/33       10,180,000       8,428,785  (a)  

Western Midstream Operating LP, Senior Notes

    3.600     2/1/25       9,840,000       9,084,583  

Western Midstream Operating LP, Senior Notes

    4.500     3/1/28       2,363,000       2,142,355  

Western Midstream Operating LP, Senior Notes

    4.550     2/1/30       42,385,000       36,781,491  

Western Midstream Operating LP, Senior Notes

    5.300     3/1/48       1,170,000       945,448  

Western Midstream Operating LP, Senior Notes

    5.500     8/15/48       2,700,000       2,205,698  

Western Midstream Operating LP, Senior Notes

    5.750     2/1/50       6,340,000       5,110,095  

Western Midstream Operating LP, Senior Notes (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.850%)

    2.621     1/13/23       3,870,000       3,850,949  (c)  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    3.700     1/15/23       3,960,000       3,966,805  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    4.550     6/24/24       1,790,000       1,805,793  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    3.750     6/15/27       5,450,000       5,209,062  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    3.500     11/15/30       5,920,000       5,341,695  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    7.500     1/15/31       4,249,000       4,892,322  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    7.750     6/15/31       6,418,000       7,537,415  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    8.750     3/15/32       3,035,000       3,792,334  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    5.750     6/24/44       900,000       899,549  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    5.100     9/15/45       4,000,000       3,734,710  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    4.850     3/1/48       8,529,000       7,734,444  

Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

                            1,852,923,543  

Total Energy

                            1,864,114,603  
Financials — 11.2%                                

Banks — 8.1%

                               

ABN AMRO Bank NV, Subordinated Notes

    4.750     7/28/25       8,210,000       8,177,702 (a)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Banks — continued

                               

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

    4.000     7/18/22       7,226,000     $ 5,139,267  (b)(c) 

Banco Santander SA, Senior Notes

    3.848     4/12/23       8,600,000       8,595,863  

Banco Santander SA, Senior Notes

    2.746     5/28/25       43,500,000       41,250,882  

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

    2.131     4/12/23       6,200,000       6,198,509  (c)  

Banco Santander SA, Senior Notes (4.175% to 3/24/27 then 1 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 2.000%)

    4.175     3/24/28       1,800,000       1,718,910  (c)  

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

    3.300     1/11/23       28,960,000       29,014,683  

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

    4.125     1/22/24       230,000       232,650  

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

    4.000     4/1/24       13,890,000       13,998,058  

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

    3.500     4/19/26       16,160,000       15,772,659  

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

    5.000     1/21/44       33,160,000       32,647,825  

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes (1.319% to 6/19/25 then SOFR + 1.150%)

    1.319     6/19/26       33,540,000       30,533,004  (c) 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes (1.898% to 7/23/30 then SOFR + 1.530%)

    1.898     7/23/31       7,000,000       5,600,781  (c)  

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes (2.572% to 10/20/31 then SOFR + 1.210%)

    2.572     10/20/32       28,780,000       23,767,947  (c) 

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

    2.592     4/29/31       24,180,000       20,528,863  (c) 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes (2.687% to 4/22/31 then SOFR + 1.320%)

    2.687     4/22/32       20,000,000       16,808,178  (c) 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes (2.972% to 2/4/32 then SOFR + 1.330%)

    2.972     2/4/33       22,180,000       18,915,999  (c) 

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

    3.004     12/20/23       39,972,000       39,850,935  (c) 

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

    3.419     12/20/28       27,181,000       25,337,294  (c) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Banks — continued

                               

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes (3.550% to 3/5/23 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.780%)

    3.550     3/5/24       20,980,000     $ 20,920,187  (c) 

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

    3.593     7/21/28       7,230,000       6,825,525  (c)  

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes (3.841% to 4/25/24 then SOFR + 1.110%)

    3.841     4/25/25       14,670,000       14,608,757  (c) 

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

    3.970     3/5/29       85,750,000       81,856,951  (c) 

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

    3.974     2/7/30       8,130,000       7,689,181  (c)  

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

    4.083     3/20/51       52,790,000       45,626,621  (c) 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes (4.330% to 3/15/49 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.520%)

    4.330     3/15/50       7,370,000       6,637,371  (c)  

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes (4.376% to 4/27/27 then SOFR + 1.580%)

    4.376     4/27/28       10,830,000       10,671,676  (c) 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes (4.571% to 4/27/32 then SOFR + 1.830%)

    4.571     4/27/33       30,080,000       29,309,586  (c) 

Bank of America Corp., Subordinated Notes

    4.200     8/26/24       14,080,000       14,121,743  

Bank of America Corp., Subordinated Notes

    4.000     1/22/25       4,300,000       4,286,043  

Bank of America Corp., Subordinated Notes

    4.450     3/3/26       3,050,000       3,040,378  

Bank of America Corp., Subordinated Notes

    4.250     10/22/26       14,500,000       14,306,651  

Bank of America Corp., Subordinated Notes (2.482% to 9/21/31 then 5 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 1.200%)

    2.482     9/21/36       2,620,000       2,034,942  (c)  

Bank of Montreal, Senior Notes

    1.850     5/1/25       26,710,000       25,301,616  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Banks — continued

                               

Bank of Montreal, Subordinated Notes (3.803% to 12/15/27 then USD 5 year ICE Swap Rate + 1.432%)

    3.803     12/15/32       3,780,000     $ 3,506,760  (c) 

Bank of Nova Scotia, Senior Notes

    1.300     6/11/25       14,860,000       13,801,225  

Bank of Nova Scotia, Subordinated Notes (4.588% to 5/4/32 then 5 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 2.050%)

    4.588     5/4/37       9,280,000       8,542,816  (c)  

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

    4.972     5/16/29       10,900,000       10,723,016  (c) 

Barclays PLC, Subordinated Notes (5.088% to 6/20/29 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.054%)

    5.088     6/20/30       65,350,000       61,744,952  (c) 

BNP Paribas SA, Senior Notes

    3.375     1/9/25       6,895,000       6,742,059  (a) 

BNP Paribas SA, Senior Notes

    4.400     8/14/28       46,530,000       44,568,962  (a) 

BNP Paribas SA, Senior Notes (2.219% to 6/9/25 then SOFR + 2.074%)

    2.219     6/9/26       17,970,000       16,614,151  (a)(c) 

BNP Paribas SA, Senior Notes (2.871% to 4/19/31 then SOFR + 1.387%)

    2.871     4/19/32       10,000,000       8,275,289  (a)(c) 

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

    4.705     1/10/25       51,040,000       51,053,680  (a)(c) 

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

    5.198     1/10/30       9,009,000       9,008,323  (a)(c) 

BNP Paribas SA, Subordinated Notes

    4.625     3/13/27       9,790,000       9,590,270 (a)  

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

    4.375     3/1/33       6,530,000       6,062,832  (a)(c) 

BPCE SA, Subordinated Notes

    5.150     7/21/24       3,300,000       3,302,605  (a)  

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Senior Notes

    0.950     6/23/23       15,070,000       14,642,081  

Citigroup Inc., Junior Subordinated Notes (5.950% to 1/30/23 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.068%)

    5.950     1/30/23       6,050,000       5,942,915  (b)(c) 

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

    5.950     5/15/25       18,320,000       17,030,298  (b)(c) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Banks — continued

                               

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

    6.300     5/15/24       3,700,000     $ 3,466,974  (b)(c) 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

    8.125     7/15/39       2,195,000       2,860,621  

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

    4.650     7/30/45       24,812,000       22,741,819  

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

    4.650     7/23/48       3,000,000       2,800,308  

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes (1.678% to 5/15/23 then SOFR + 1.667%)

    1.678     5/15/24       15,430,000       15,126,419  (c) 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes (2.561% to 5/1/31 then SOFR + 1.167%)

    2.561     5/1/32       20,000,000       16,487,287  (c) 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes (2.572% to 6/3/30 then SOFR + 2.107%)

    2.572     6/3/31       35,480,000       29,854,601  (c) 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes (2.666% to 1/29/30 then SOFR + 1.146%)

    2.666     1/29/31       20,000,000       16,999,723  (c) 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes (3.106% to 4/8/25 then SOFR + 2.842%)

    3.106     4/8/26       10,730,000       10,313,696  (c) 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes (3.520% to 10/27/27 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.151%)

    3.520     10/27/28       65,050,000       60,835,103  (c) 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes (3.785% to 3/17/32 then SOFR + 1.939%)

    3.785     3/17/33       31,030,000       27,985,151  (c) 

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

    3.980     3/20/30       7,640,000       7,151,937  (c)  

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

    4.075     4/23/29       16,280,000       15,490,041  (c) 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes (4.412% to 3/31/30 then SOFR + 3.914%)

    4.412     3/31/31       18,680,000       17,860,708  (c) 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes (4.658% to 5/24/27 then SOFR + 1.887%)

    4.658     5/24/28       6,760,000       6,713,792  (c)  

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes (4.910% to 5/24/32 then SOFR + 2.086%)

    4.910     5/24/33       17,260,000       17,050,666  (c) 

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

    4.050     7/30/22       704,000       704,693  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

    4.400     6/10/25       19,090,000       19,088,231  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

    5.500     9/13/25       25,260,000       25,991,948  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

    4.300     11/20/26       11,500,000       11,344,139  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

    4.450     9/29/27       36,920,000       36,188,926  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

    6.625     6/15/32       1,660,000       1,817,421  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

    6.125     8/25/36       133,000       141,142  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Banks — continued

                               

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

    6.675     9/13/43       2,824,000     $ 3,173,703  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

    5.300     5/6/44       1,789,000       1,717,197  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

    4.750     5/18/46       2,080,000       1,861,543  

Cooperatieve Rabobank UA, Senior Notes

    4.375     8/4/25       32,450,000       32,226,528  

Cooperatieve Rabobank UA, Senior Notes (1.339% to 6/24/25 then 1 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 1.000%)

    1.339     6/24/26       33,050,000       30,179,372  (a)(c) 

Cooperatieve Rabobank UA, Senior Notes (3.649% to 4/6/27 then 1 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 1.220%)

    3.649     4/6/28       14,550,000       13,831,999  (a)(c) 

Cooperatieve Rabobank UA, Senior Notes (3.758% to 4/6/32 then 1 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 1.420%)

    3.758     4/6/33       10,920,000       9,866,451  (a)(c) 

Credit Agricole SA, Senior Notes (1.907% to 6/16/25 then SOFR + 1.676%)

    1.907     6/16/26       11,750,000       10,822,095  (a)(c) 

Credit Agricole SA, Subordinated Notes (4.000% to 1/10/28 then USD 5 year ICE Swap Rate + 1.644%)

    4.000     1/10/33       8,590,000       7,854,683  (a)(c) 

Danske Bank A/S, Senior Notes

    3.875     9/12/23       3,510,000       3,496,423 (a)  

Danske Bank A/S, Senior Notes

    5.375     1/12/24       18,650,000       18,830,143  (a) 

Danske Bank A/S, Senior Notes

    1.226     6/22/24       18,620,000       17,533,738  (a) 

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

    3.244     12/20/25       5,370,000       5,122,100  (a)(c) 

Danske Bank A/S, Senior Notes (4.298% to 4/1/27 then 1 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 1.750%)

    4.298     4/1/28       2,500,000       2,373,179  (a)(c) 

HSBC Holdings PLC, Senior Notes

    4.300     3/8/26       1,750,000       1,734,878  

HSBC Holdings PLC, Senior Notes

    3.900     5/25/26       13,485,000       13,204,083  

HSBC Holdings PLC, Senior Notes

    4.950     3/31/30       4,570,000       4,519,310  

HSBC Holdings PLC, Senior Notes (2.099% to 6/4/25 then SOFR + 1.929%)

    2.099     6/4/26       30,080,000       27,823,144  (c) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Banks — continued

                               

HSBC Holdings PLC, Senior Notes (2.848% to 6/4/30 then SOFR + 2.387%)

    2.848     6/4/31       19,080,000     $ 16,138,371  (c) 

HSBC Holdings PLC, Subordinated Notes

    4.250     3/14/24       4,910,000       4,890,992  

HSBC Holdings PLC, Subordinated Notes

    4.250     8/18/25       15,970,000       15,769,149  

HSBC Holdings PLC, Subordinated Notes (4.762% to 3/29/32 then SOFR + 2.530%)

    4.762     3/29/33       22,730,000       20,988,824  (c) 

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Senior Notes

    3.125     7/14/22       13,100,000       13,100,731  (a) 

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Senior Notes

    3.375     1/12/23       17,880,000       17,805,192  (a) 

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Subordinated Notes

    5.017     6/26/24       39,180,000       37,420,872  (a) 

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Subordinated Notes

    5.710     1/15/26       10,920,000       10,419,632  (a) 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Senior Notes

    3.625     5/13/24       20,000       20,051  

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Senior Notes (1.514% to 6/1/23 then SOFR + 1.455%)

    1.514     6/1/24       41,130,000       40,113,560  (c) 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Senior Notes (1.953% to 2/4/31 then SOFR + 1.065%)

    1.953     2/4/32       20,000,000       16,003,551  (c) 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Senior Notes (2.083% to 4/22/25 then SOFR + 1.850%)

    2.083     4/22/26       24,800,000       23,221,022  (c) 

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

    2.522     4/22/31       13,760,000       11,731,890  (c) 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Senior Notes (2.545% to 11/8/31 then SOFR + 1.180%)

    2.545     11/8/32       10,480,000       8,717,839  (c) 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Senior Notes (2.580% to 4/22/31 then SOFR + 1.250%)

    2.580     4/22/32       9,440,000       7,951,028  (c) 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Senior Notes (3.109% to 4/22/40 then SOFR + 2.460%)

    3.109     4/22/41       10,000,000       7,768,095  (c) 

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

    3.109     4/22/51       16,560,000       12,169,846  (c) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Banks — continued

                               

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Senior Notes (3.509% to 1/23/28 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.945%)

    3.509     1/23/29       29,830,000     $ 27,932,404  (c) 

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

    4.023     12/5/24       35,640,000       35,544,015  (c) 

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

    4.203     7/23/29       18,900,000       18,249,695  (c) 

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

    4.452     12/5/29       7,130,000       6,952,467  (c)  

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Senior Notes (4.493% to 3/24/30 then SOFR + 3.790%)

    4.493     3/24/31       15,000,000       14,665,948  (c) 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Subordinated Notes

    3.875     9/10/24       3,195,000       3,192,173  

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Subordinated Notes

    4.125     12/15/26       14,330,000       14,212,140  

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Subordinated Notes

    4.250     10/1/27       4,050,000       4,015,673  

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Subordinated Notes

    4.950     6/1/45       20,670,000       19,774,886  

Lloyds Banking Group PLC, Junior Subordinated Notes (7.500% to 9/27/25 then USD 5 year ICE Swap Rate + 4.496%)

    7.500     9/27/25       1,000,000       977,172  (b)(c)  

Lloyds Banking Group PLC, Senior Notes

    3.900     3/12/24       10,560,000       10,503,361  

Lloyds Banking Group PLC, Senior Notes

    4.375     3/22/28       14,100,000       13,713,846  

Lloyds Banking Group PLC, Senior Notes

    4.550     8/16/28       200,000       195,630  

Lloyds Banking Group PLC, Senior Notes (3.574% to 11/7/27 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.205%)

    3.574     11/7/28       2,261,000       2,117,599  (c)  

Lloyds Banking Group PLC, Subordinated Notes

    4.500     11/4/24       15,350,000       15,325,986  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Banks — continued

                               

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., Senior Notes (3.837% to 4/17/25 then 1 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 1.125%)

    3.837     4/17/26       13,100,000     $ 12,932,211  (c) 

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., Senior Notes (4.080% to 4/19/27 then 1 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 1.300%)

    4.080     4/19/28       13,490,000       13,153,168  (c) 

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

    4.269     3/22/25       10,710,000       10,609,113  (c) 

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

    4.519     6/25/24       10,000,000       9,979,363  (c)  

NatWest Group PLC, Senior Notes (4.892% to 5/18/28 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.754%)

    4.892     5/18/29       5,450,000       5,286,939  (c)  

NatWest Group PLC, Senior Notes (5.076% to 1/27/29 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.905%)

    5.076     1/27/30       3,000,000       2,939,474  (c)  

Royal Bank of Canada, Senior Notes

    1.600     4/17/23       20,990,000       20,764,301  

Royal Bank of Canada, Senior Notes

    1.150     6/10/25       14,190,000       13,146,747  

Royal Bank of Canada, Senior Notes

    3.875     5/4/32       15,400,000       14,709,257  

Santander UK Group Holdings PLC, Subordinated Notes

    5.625     9/15/45       2,379,000       2,180,188  (a)  

Standard Chartered PLC, Subordinated Notes

    5.700     3/26/44       715,000       667,880  (a)  

Swedbank AB, Senior Notes

    1.300     6/2/23       17,500,000       17,135,423  (a) 

Toronto-Dominion Bank, Senior Notes

    0.750     6/12/23       27,800,000       27,045,516  

Toronto-Dominion Bank, Senior Notes

    1.150     6/12/25       14,120,000       13,040,909  

Toronto-Dominion Bank, Senior Notes

    4.456     6/8/32       10,000,000       9,897,610  

UniCredit SpA, Subordinated Notes (7.296% to 4/2/29 then USD 5 year ICE Swap Rate + 4.914%)

    7.296     4/2/34       306,000       281,485  (a)(c)  

US Bancorp, Senior Notes

    1.450     5/12/25       30,910,000       29,006,482  

Wells Fargo & Co., Senior Notes

    3.750     1/24/24       11,840,000       11,876,952  

Wells Fargo & Co., Senior Notes

    3.000     10/23/26       29,510,000       27,864,123  

Wells Fargo & Co., Senior Notes

    4.150     1/24/29       23,420,000       22,665,012  

Wells Fargo & Co., Senior Notes (1.654% to 6/2/23 then SOFR + 1.600%)

    1.654     6/2/24       18,940,000       18,507,256  (c) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Banks — continued

                               

Wells Fargo & Co., Senior Notes (2.188% to 4/30/25 then SOFR + 2.000%)

    2.188     4/30/26       25,380,000     $ 23,776,730  (c) 

Wells Fargo & Co., Senior Notes (2.393% to 6/2/27 then SOFR + 2.100%)

    2.393     6/2/28       27,690,000       24,819,313  (c)  

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

    2.879     10/30/30       5,770,000       5,078,806  (c)  

Wells Fargo & Co., Senior Notes (3.350% to 3/2/32 then SOFR + 1.500%)

    3.350     3/2/33       8,490,000       7,541,488  (c)  

Wells Fargo & Co., Senior Notes (3.584% to 5/22/27 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.310%)

    3.584     5/22/28       23,440,000       22,256,413  (c)  

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

    4.478     4/4/31       15,920,000       15,584,955  (c)  

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

    5.013     4/4/51       162,180,000       159,502,702  (c)  

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

    4.480     1/16/24       1,802,000       1,824,740  

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

    4.300     7/22/27       23,620,000       23,379,995  

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

    5.375     11/2/43       8,140,000       7,991,845  

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

    5.606     1/15/44       1,840,000       1,856,026  

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

    4.650     11/4/44       20,450,000       18,436,375  

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

    4.900     11/17/45       16,404,000       15,242,047  

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

    4.400     6/14/46       3,070,000       2,679,136  

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

    4.750     12/7/46       22,515,000       20,663,019  

Total Banks

                            2,583,592,025  

Capital Markets — 2.3%

                               

Bank of New York Mellon Corp., Senior Notes

    1.600     4/24/25       8,130,000       7,662,402  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Capital Markets — continued

                               

CME Group Inc., Senior Notes

    5.300     9/15/43       4,500,000     $ 4,904,736  

Credit Suisse AG, Senior Notes

    2.950     4/9/25       13,780,000       13,207,100  

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       2,000,000       1,850,000  (a)(b)(c) 

Credit Suisse Group AG, Junior Subordinated Notes (9.750% to 12/23/27 then 5 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 6.383%)

    9.750     6/23/27       59,000,000       60,401,250  (a)(b)(c) 

Credit Suisse Group AG, Senior Notes

    4.550     4/17/26       3,720,000       3,642,474  

Credit Suisse Group AG, Senior Notes (2.193% to 6/5/25 then SOFR + 2.044%)

    2.193     6/5/26       42,045,000       38,164,315  (a)(c) 

Credit Suisse Group AG, Senior Notes (2.593% to 9/11/24 then SOFR + 1.560%)

    2.593     9/11/25       6,450,000       6,075,213  (a)(c) 

Credit Suisse Group AG, Senior Notes (3.091% to 5/14/31 then SOFR + 1.730%)

    3.091     5/14/32       40,670,000       32,408,103  (a)(c) 

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

    4.194     4/1/31       33,870,000       30,001,348  (a)(c) 

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

    4.000     8/1/22       303,000       217,309  (b)(c)  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

    3.200     2/23/23       12,610,000       12,618,201  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

    4.000     3/3/24       5,100,000       5,120,385  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

    3.850     7/8/24       5,410,000       5,426,476  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

    3.500     1/23/25       10,000,000       9,863,652  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

    3.500     4/1/25       16,970,000       16,657,080  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

    3.500     11/16/26       10,633,000       10,209,977  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

    2.600     2/7/30       10,000,000       8,538,295  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Capital Markets — continued

                               

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

    6.250     2/1/41       29,580,000     $ 32,840,161  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

    4.750     10/21/45       9,754,000       9,085,780  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes (2.615% to 4/22/31 then SOFR + 1.281%)

    2.615     4/22/32       20,000,000       16,625,277  (c) 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes (2.650% to 10/21/31 then SOFR + 1.264%)

    2.650     10/21/32       2,000,000       1,650,277  (c)  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes (2.908% to 7/21/41 then SOFR + 1.472%)

    2.908     7/21/42       7,840,000       5,737,847  (c)  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes (3.615% to 3/15/27 then SOFR + 1.846%)

    3.615     3/15/28       5,790,000       5,484,048  (c)  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes (3.691% to 6/5/27 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.510%)

    3.691     6/5/28       5,760,000       5,466,987  (c)  

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

    3.814     4/23/29       76,385,000       72,097,399  (c) 

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

    4.223     5/1/29       21,650,000       20,830,781  (c) 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes (3.210% to 4/22/41 then SOFR + 1.513%)

    3.210     4/22/42       3,096,000       2,369,436  (c)  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Subordinated Notes

    4.250     10/21/25       24,160,000       24,012,557  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Subordinated Notes

    6.750     10/1/37       8,640,000       9,582,672  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Subordinated Notes

    5.150     5/22/45       21,841,000       20,789,728  

Intercontinental Exchange Inc., Senior Notes

    4.600     3/15/33       8,610,000       8,601,238  

Intercontinental Exchange Inc., Senior Notes

    4.950     6/15/52       1,690,000       1,674,289  

KKR Group Finance Co. II LLC, Senior Notes

    5.500     2/1/43       1,398,000       1,397,927  (a)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Capital Markets — continued

                               

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes (2.188% to 4/28/25 then SOFR + 1.990%)

    2.188     4/28/26       39,580,000     $ 37,103,669  (c) 

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes (2.511% to 10/20/31 then SOFR + 1.200%)

    2.511     10/20/32       2,020,000       1,671,439  (c)  

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes (2.699% to 1/22/30 then SOFR + 1.143%)

    2.699     1/22/31       26,340,000       22,837,834  (c)  

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes (3.622% to 4/1/30 then SOFR + 3.120%)

    3.622     4/1/31       42,910,000       39,455,658  (c)  

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

    3.772     1/24/29       35,353,000       33,577,116  (c)  

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

    4.431     1/23/30       1,160,000       1,128,247  (c)  

UBS AG, Senior Notes

    4.500     6/26/48       10,093,000       9,593,356  (a)  

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       40,850,000       39,895,023  (a)(b)(c) 

UBS Group AG, Senior Notes

    4.125     9/24/25       4,880,000       4,848,548  (a) 

UBS Group AG, Senior Notes

    4.253     3/23/28       15,530,000       15,080,298  (a)  

UBS Group AG, Senior Notes (2.746% to 2/11/32 then 1 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 1.100%)

    2.746     2/11/33       7,140,000       5,817,209  (a)(c)  

UBS Group AG, Senior Notes (2.859% to 8/15/22 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.954%)

    2.859     8/15/23       2,300,000       2,299,341  (a)(c)  

UBS Group AG, Senior Notes (4.488% to 5/12/25 then 1 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 1.550%)

    4.488     5/12/26       9,390,000       9,367,051  (a)(c)  

UBS Group AG, Senior Notes (4.751% to 5/12/27 then 1 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 1.750%)

    4.751     5/12/28       12,160,000       12,046,077  (a)(c) 

Total Capital Markets

                            739,935,586  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Consumer Finance — 0.1%

                               

American Express Co., Senior Notes

    3.375     5/3/24       14,900,000     $ 14,806,523  

American Express Co., Senior Notes

    4.050     5/3/29       22,670,000       22,244,477  

Total Consumer Finance

                            37,051,000  

Diversified Financial Services — 0.4%

                               

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

    3.150     2/15/24       18,350,000       17,770,194  

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

    2.450     10/29/26       37,570,000       32,740,735  

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

    3.000     10/29/28       25,990,000       21,916,419  

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

    3.300     1/30/32       14,210,000       11,389,604  

Ahold Lease USA Inc. Pass-Through- Trust, Senior Secured Notes

    8.620     1/2/25       1,261,206       1,340,912  

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

    4.418     11/15/35       11,110,000       10,390,861  

ILFC E-Capital Trust II, Ltd. GTD ((Highest of 3 mo. USD LIBOR, 10 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate and 30 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate) + 1.800%)

    5.100     12/21/65       2,870,000       2,174,799  (a)(c)  

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    5.875     8/15/22       3,540,000       3,546,852  

National Securities Clearing Corp., Senior Notes

    1.200     4/23/23       7,360,000       7,255,856  (a)  

National Securities Clearing Corp., Senior Notes

    1.500     4/23/25       9,000,000       8,478,000  (a)  

Park Aerospace Holdings Ltd., Senior Notes

    5.250     8/15/22       623,000       623,033  (a)  

Park Aerospace Holdings Ltd., Senior Notes

    4.500     3/15/23       1,170,000       1,166,068  (a)  

Park Aerospace Holdings Ltd., Senior Notes

    5.500     2/15/24       2,790,000       2,769,214  (a)  

USAA Capital Corp., Senior Notes

    2.125     5/1/30       1,100,000       943,775  (a)  

Vanguard Group Inc.

    3.050     8/22/50       21,230,000       15,434,357  (e)(f) 

Total Diversified Financial Services

                            137,940,679  

Insurance — 0.3%

                               

Ambac Assurance Corp., Subordinated Notes

    5.100     6/7/2171       298,643       273,259  (a)(b)  

American International Group Inc., Senior Notes

    2.500     6/30/25       7,979,000       7,615,453  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Insurance — continued

                               

Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    4.250     1/15/49       19,600,000     $ 18,103,525  

Brighthouse Financial Inc., Senior Notes

    4.700     6/22/47       374,000       298,384  

Chubb INA Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

    3.350     5/3/26       5,420,000       5,310,026  

Guardian Life Global Funding, Secured Notes

    1.100     6/23/25       5,940,000       5,489,206  (a)  

MetLife Capital Trust IV, Junior Subordinated Notes

    7.875     12/15/37       8,900,000       9,615,279  (a)  

MetLife Inc., Junior Subordinated Notes

    6.400     12/15/36       5,493,000       5,537,850  

New York Life Global Funding, Senior Secured Notes

    0.950     6/24/25       10,670,000       9,841,184  (a)  

Principal Life Global Funding II, Secured Notes

    1.250     6/23/25       5,400,000       4,964,593  (a)  

Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America, Subordinated Notes

    4.900     9/15/44       7,755,000       7,453,123  (a)  

Total Insurance

                            74,501,882  

Total Financials

                            3,573,021,172  
Health Care — 3.8%                                

Biotechnology — 0.8%

                               

AbbVie Inc., Senior Notes

    2.300     11/21/22       52,120,000       52,027,286  

AbbVie Inc., Senior Notes

    3.750     11/14/23       3,210,000       3,220,539  

AbbVie Inc., Senior Notes

    2.600     11/21/24       47,110,000       45,654,703  

AbbVie Inc., Senior Notes

    3.800     3/15/25       10,140,000       10,071,511  

AbbVie Inc., Senior Notes

    3.600     5/14/25       9,430,000       9,289,352  

AbbVie Inc., Senior Notes

    2.950     11/21/26       10,890,000       10,326,361  

AbbVie Inc., Senior Notes

    3.200     11/21/29       75,150,000       69,193,776  

AbbVie Inc., Senior Notes

    4.550     3/15/35       140,000       136,397  

AbbVie Inc., Senior Notes

    4.750     3/15/45       472,000       444,853  

AbbVie Inc., Senior Notes

    4.875     11/14/48       2,385,000       2,290,955  

AbbVie Inc., Senior Notes

    4.250     11/21/49       14,776,000       13,142,409  

Amgen Inc., Senior Notes

    3.625     5/22/24       1,480,000       1,478,354  

Amgen Inc., Senior Notes

    4.663     6/15/51       1,933,000       1,812,422  

Gilead Sciences Inc., Senior Notes

    3.700     4/1/24       399,000       399,651  

Gilead Sciences Inc., Senior Notes

    3.500     2/1/25       5,000,000       4,945,725  

Gilead Sciences Inc., Senior Notes

    3.650     3/1/26       1,560,000       1,534,603  

Gilead Sciences Inc., Senior Notes

    4.750     3/1/46       6,165,000       5,925,093  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Biotechnology — continued

                               

GSK Consumer Healthcare Capital US LLC, Senior Notes

    3.375     3/24/27       12,990,000     $ 12,443,883  (a) 

GSK Consumer Healthcare Capital US LLC, Senior Notes

    3.375     3/24/29       9,190,000       8,605,950  (a)  

GSK Consumer Healthcare Capital US LLC, Senior Notes

    3.625     3/24/32       14,120,000       13,063,767  (a)  

Total Biotechnology

                            266,007,590  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.2%

 

                       

Abbott Laboratories, Senior Notes

    3.750     11/30/26       17,140,000       17,264,058  

Abbott Laboratories, Senior Notes

    4.750     11/30/36       6,660,000       7,068,156  

Abbott Laboratories, Senior Notes

    4.900     11/30/46       10,150,000       10,664,228  

Becton Dickinson and Co., Senior Notes

    3.363     6/6/24       8,681,000       8,597,628  

Becton Dickinson and Co., Senior Notes

    3.734     12/15/24       1,072,000       1,067,981  

Becton Dickinson and Co., Senior Notes

    4.685     12/15/44       2,251,000       2,084,233  

Roche Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

    2.607     12/13/51       20,900,000       15,205,320  (a)  

Total Health Care Equipment & Supplies

 

                    61,951,604  

Health Care Providers & Services — 1.5%

 

                       

Aetna Inc., Senior Notes

    2.800     6/15/23       2,610,000       2,578,932  

Centene Corp., Senior Notes

    4.250     12/15/27       8,754,000       8,198,734  

Centene Corp., Senior Notes

    4.625     12/15/29       12,769,000       11,944,570  

Centene Corp., Senior Notes

    3.375     2/15/30       3,060,000       2,603,800  

Centene Corp., Senior Notes

    3.000     10/15/30       1,400,000       1,163,939  

Centene Corp., Senior Notes

    2.625     8/1/31       1,430,000       1,140,654  

Cigna Corp., Senior Notes

    3.750     7/15/23       12,207,000       12,239,657  

Cigna Corp., Senior Notes

    4.125     11/15/25       8,050,000       8,071,071  

Cigna Corp., Senior Notes

    4.375     10/15/28       24,690,000       24,524,961  

Cigna Corp., Senior Notes

    2.375     3/15/31       10,000,000       8,450,684  

Cigna Corp., Senior Notes

    4.800     8/15/38       26,282,000       25,610,262  

Cigna Corp., Senior Notes

    4.900     12/15/48       8,400,000       8,082,611  

CommonSpirit Health, Secured Notes

    4.350     11/1/42       1,410,000       1,276,231  

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

    2.750     12/1/22       16,440,000       16,434,710  

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

    3.875     7/20/25       4,447,000       4,425,544  

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

    3.625     4/1/27       5,590,000       5,450,190  

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

    4.300     3/25/28       20,750,000       20,551,022  

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

    3.750     4/1/30       21,210,000       19,860,333  

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

    1.750     8/21/30       10,000,000       8,018,141  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Health Care Providers & Services — continued

 

                       

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

    1.875     2/28/31       3,810,000     $ 3,054,718  

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

    2.125     9/15/31       13,700,000       11,126,988  

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

    4.125     4/1/40       4,720,000       4,128,230  

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

    5.125     7/20/45       12,410,000       11,980,923  

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

    5.050     3/25/48       35,943,000       34,458,144  

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

    4.250     4/1/50       11,275,000       9,733,402  

Elevance Health Inc., Senior Notes

    2.950     12/1/22       9,320,000       9,316,283  

Elevance Health Inc., Senior Notes

    3.350     12/1/24       4,140,000       4,086,568  

Elevance Health Inc., Senior Notes

    3.650     12/1/27       5,815,000       5,664,095  

Elevance Health Inc., Senior Notes

    4.100     5/15/32       3,580,000       3,487,552  

Elevance Health Inc., Senior Notes

    4.375     12/1/47       4,000,000       3,690,062  

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

    4.750     10/15/24       780,000       781,458  (a)  

HCA Inc., Senior Notes

    5.375     2/1/25       3,542,000       3,534,154  

HCA Inc., Senior Notes

    7.690     6/15/25       723,000       758,564  

HCA Inc., Senior Notes

    5.375     9/1/26       518,000       514,524  

HCA Inc., Senior Notes

    5.625     9/1/28       700,000       689,913  

HCA Inc., Senior Notes

    5.875     2/1/29       4,060,000       4,071,084  

HCA Inc., Senior Notes

    3.500     9/1/30       15,493,000       13,224,902  

HCA Inc., Senior Notes

    7.500     11/15/95       15,410,000       15,785,079  

HCA Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    5.000     3/15/24       330,000       331,779  

HCA Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    5.250     6/15/26       2,960,000       2,950,585  

HCA Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    4.500     2/15/27       1,780,000       1,712,822  

HCA Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    5.500     6/15/47       5,920,000       5,293,081  

Humana Inc., Senior Notes

    3.150     12/1/22       2,470,000       2,471,031  

Humana Inc., Senior Notes

    4.500     4/1/25       2,460,000       2,480,247  

Humana Inc., Senior Notes

    3.950     3/15/27       8,340,000       8,187,806  

Humana Inc., Senior Notes

    2.150     2/3/32       4,440,000       3,599,195  

Humana Inc., Senior Notes

    4.625     12/1/42       3,460,000       3,221,203  

Humana Inc., Senior Notes

    4.950     10/1/44       2,476,000       2,412,344  

Humana Inc., Senior Notes

    4.800     3/15/47       600,000       578,793  

Tenet Healthcare Corp., Senior Secured Notes

    4.375     1/15/30       840,000       712,333  (a)  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

    2.375     10/15/22       1,990,000       1,990,079  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

    3.500     6/15/23       4,480,000       4,496,487  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

    3.750     7/15/25       6,210,000       6,210,284  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Health Care Providers & Services — continued

 

                       

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

    1.250     1/15/26       4,790,000     $ 4,423,382  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

    3.875     12/15/28       2,622,000       2,609,966  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

    4.000     5/15/29       13,960,000       13,838,243  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

    2.000     5/15/30       11,310,000       9,701,697  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

    2.300     5/15/31       2,750,000       2,384,445  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

    4.200     5/15/32       9,820,000       9,820,362  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

    5.700     10/15/40       10,000,000       11,002,024  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

    4.250     6/15/48       3,420,000       3,196,847  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

    4.450     12/15/48       10,480,000       10,086,470  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

    3.700     8/15/49       6,465,000       5,527,761  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

    2.900     5/15/50       1,080,000       811,085  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

    3.875     8/15/59       10,385,000       8,994,696  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

    3.125     5/15/60       1,570,000       1,148,983  

Total Health Care Providers & Services

 

                    460,906,719  

Pharmaceuticals — 1.3%

                               

Bausch Health Americas Inc., Senior Notes

    9.250     4/1/26       4,681,000       3,359,811  (a)  

Bausch Health Americas Inc., Senior Notes

    8.500     1/31/27       36,000       25,331  (a) 

Bausch Health Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    9.000     12/15/25       470,000       348,543  (a)  

Bausch Health Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    5.000     2/15/29       20,974,000       10,971,185  (a)  

Bausch Health Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    6.250     2/15/29       22,301,000       11,931,035  (a) 

Bausch Health Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    7.250     5/30/29       6,789,000       3,693,521  (a)  

Bausch Health Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    5.250     1/30/30       67,480,000       35,058,158  (a)  

Bausch Health Cos. Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    5.500     11/1/25       590,000       519,200  (a)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Pharmaceuticals — continued

                               

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Senior Notes

    3.550     8/15/22       4,650,000     $ 4,656,022  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Senior Notes

    2.900     7/26/24       25,023,000       24,809,736  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Senior Notes

    3.200     6/15/26       12,042,000       11,892,782  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Senior Notes

    3.400     7/26/29       2,693,000       2,601,668  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Senior Notes

    4.550     2/20/48       3,441,000       3,375,523  

Johnson & Johnson, Senior Notes

    0.550     9/1/25       9,820,000       9,066,956  

Johnson & Johnson, Senior Notes

    0.950     9/1/27       19,580,000       17,294,046  

Johnson & Johnson, Senior Notes

    3.625     3/3/37       29,750,000       28,241,251  

Johnson & Johnson, Senior Notes

    2.100     9/1/40       3,700,000       2,709,954  

Merck & Co. Inc., Senior Notes

    0.750     2/24/26       17,050,000       15,468,319  

Merck & Co. Inc., Senior Notes

    1.450     6/24/30       9,130,000       7,593,865  

Merck & Co. Inc., Senior Notes

    2.750     12/10/51       20,400,000       15,103,971  

Pfizer Inc., Senior Notes

    0.800     5/28/25       20,340,000       18,957,855  

Pfizer Inc., Senior Notes

    2.625     4/1/30       14,195,000       12,970,633  

Pfizer Inc., Senior Notes

    1.700     5/28/30       13,010,000       11,081,186  

Pfizer Inc., Senior Notes

    7.200     3/15/39       5,000       6,553  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Co. BV, Senior Notes

    2.950     12/18/22       7,388,000       7,287,338  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Co. LLC, Senior Notes

    6.150     2/1/36       2,420,000       2,027,972  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV, Senior Notes

    2.800     7/21/23       25,567,000       24,787,206  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV, Senior Notes

    6.000     4/15/24       2,985,000       2,947,687  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV, Senior Notes

    7.125     1/31/25       10,230,000       9,998,939  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV, Senior Notes

    3.150     10/1/26       74,790,000       61,571,241  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV, Senior Notes

    4.750     5/9/27       6,270,000       5,363,158  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV, Senior Notes

    6.750     3/1/28       4,000,000       3,735,900  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV, Senior Notes

    5.125     5/9/29       25,910,000       21,410,210  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Pharmaceuticals — continued

                               

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance

                               

Netherlands III BV, Senior Notes

    4.100     10/1/46       21,910,000     $ 13,713,798  

Wyeth LLC, Senior Notes

    5.950     4/1/37       5,098,000       5,893,369  

Total Pharmaceuticals

                            410,473,922  

Total Health Care

                            1,199,339,835  
Industrials — 2.8%                                

Aerospace & Defense — 1.3%

                               

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

    1.433     2/4/24       11,330,000       10,831,913  

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

    4.875     5/1/25       45,320,000       45,215,727  

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

    2.196     2/4/26       21,860,000       19,738,024  

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

    3.100     5/1/26       3,720,000       3,469,194  

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

    2.700     2/1/27       5,050,000       4,498,298  

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

    2.800     3/1/27       4,740,000       4,239,210  

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

    3.200     3/1/29       16,620,000       14,396,235  

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

    5.150     5/1/30       23,970,000       23,028,510  

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

    3.250     2/1/35       32,524,000       24,652,411  

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

    3.550     3/1/38       3,780,000       2,760,861  

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

    5.705     5/1/40       23,976,000       22,405,223  

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

    3.750     2/1/50       9,510,000       6,728,700  

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

    5.805     5/1/50       42,300,000       38,927,991  

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

    5.930     5/1/60       14,430,000       13,170,516  

General Dynamics Corp., Senior Notes

    3.250     4/1/25       1,740,000       1,727,184  

General Dynamics Corp., Senior Notes

    3.500     5/15/25       1,990,000       1,982,671  

General Dynamics Corp., Senior Notes

    4.250     4/1/40       1,535,000       1,470,462  

General Dynamics Corp., Senior Notes

    4.250     4/1/50       8,121,000       7,828,241  

L3Harris Technologies Inc., Senior Notes

    4.854     4/27/35       2,988,000       2,952,347  

L3Harris Technologies Inc., Senior Notes

    5.054     4/27/45       2,940,000       2,864,141  

Lockheed Martin Corp., Senior Notes

    3.550     1/15/26       6,559,000       6,578,094  

Lockheed Martin Corp., Senior Notes

    3.900     6/15/32       7,740,000       7,646,393  

Lockheed Martin Corp., Senior Notes

    4.500     5/15/36       2,420,000       2,409,092  

Lockheed Martin Corp., Senior Notes

    4.150     6/15/53       41,270,000       38,604,408  

Northrop Grumman Corp., Senior Notes

    2.930     1/15/25       16,925,000       16,572,516  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Aerospace & Defense — continued

                               

Northrop Grumman Corp., Senior Notes

    3.250     1/15/28       29,720,000     $ 28,276,203  

Northrop Grumman Corp., Senior Notes

    5.250     5/1/50       20,320,000       21,567,259  

Raytheon Technologies Corp., Senior Notes

    3.150     12/15/24       6,150,000       6,079,395  

Raytheon Technologies Corp., Senior Notes

    3.950     8/16/25       14,150,000       14,199,887  

Raytheon Technologies Corp., Senior Notes

    4.125     11/16/28       7,780,000       7,685,662  

Raytheon Technologies Corp., Senior Notes

    2.250     7/1/30       13,000,000       11,218,990  

Raytheon Technologies Corp., Senior Notes

    4.500     6/1/42       4,109,000       3,925,605  

Total Aerospace & Defense

                            417,651,363  

Airlines — 0.6%

                               

Delta Air Lines Inc., Senior Notes

    3.800     4/19/23       4,300,000       4,264,030  

Delta Air Lines Inc., Senior Notes

    2.900     10/28/24       9,750,000       9,029,134  

Delta Air Lines Inc., Senior Notes

    7.375     1/15/26       17,870,000       17,889,568  

Delta Air Lines Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    7.000     5/1/25       67,950,000       68,870,197  (a)  

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

    4.500     10/20/25       16,970,000       16,505,208  (a)  

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

    4.750     10/20/28       15,300,000       14,464,505  (a)  

Hawaiian Brand Intellectual Property Ltd./HawaiianMiles Loyalty Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

    5.750     1/20/26       1,745,000       1,568,188  (a)  

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

    6.500     6/20/27       15,750,000       15,526,744  (a)  

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

    8.000     9/20/25       11,735,997       12,066,131  (a)  

United Airlines Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    4.375     4/15/26       10,350,000       9,156,852  (a)  

United Airlines Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    4.625     4/15/29       27,030,000       23,021,316  (a)  

Total Airlines

                            192,361,873  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security     Rate      
Maturity
Date
 
 
   
Face
Amount†
 
 
    Value  

Building Products — 0.0%††

 

Builders FirstSource Inc., Senior Notes

    4.250     2/1/32       3,190,000     $ 2,434,241  (a) 

Carrier Global Corp., Senior Notes

    3.577     4/5/50       840,000       637,559  

Total Building Products

 

    3,071,800  

Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.1%

 

ADT Security Corp., Senior Secured Notes

    4.125     8/1/29       810,000       659,648  (a) 

Allied Universal Holdco LLC/Allied Universal Finance Corp., Senior Secured Notes

    6.625     7/15/26       860,000       790,830  (a) 

Cintas Corp. No 2, Senior Notes

    3.700     4/1/27       7,500,000       7,413,318  

CoreCivic Inc., Senior Notes

    4.750     10/15/27       540,000       445,616  

GFL Environmental Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    4.250     6/1/25       7,650,000       7,232,042  (a) 

Republic Services Inc., Senior Notes

    2.500     8/15/24       9,100,000       8,818,316  

Total Commercial Services & Supplies

 

    25,359,770  

Electrical Equipment — 0.1%

 

Eaton Corp., Senior Notes

    2.750     11/2/22       25,195,000       25,182,420  

Eaton Corp., Senior Notes

    4.150     11/2/42       4,160,000       3,741,452  

Vertiv Group Corp., Senior Secured Notes

    4.125     11/15/28       5,265,000       4,282,867  (a) 

Total Electrical Equipment

 

    33,206,739  

Industrial Conglomerates — 0.1%

 

3M Co., Senior Notes

    2.375     8/26/29       10,110,000       9,076,091  

3M Co., Senior Notes

    3.050     4/15/30       3,400,000       3,174,613  

3M Co., Senior Notes

    3.700     4/15/50       20,000,000       17,181,959  

General Electric Co., Senior Notes

    6.750     3/15/32       5,539,000       6,201,910  

Honeywell International Inc., Senior Notes

    1.350     6/1/25       9,750,000       9,190,131  

Total Industrial Conglomerates

 

    44,824,704  

Machinery — 0.1%

 

Deere & Co., Senior Notes

    3.100     4/15/30       4,080,000       3,814,088  

Deere & Co., Senior Notes

    3.750     4/15/50       24,850,000       22,734,982  

Otis Worldwide Corp., Senior Notes

    2.056     4/5/25       6,550,000       6,211,217  

Total Machinery

 

    32,760,287  

Road & Rail — 0.2%

 

Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC, Senior Notes

    2.875     6/15/52       2,120,000       1,587,789  

Canadian Pacific Railway Co., Senior Notes

    3.000     12/2/41       730,000       572,309  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security     Rate      
Maturity
Date
 
 
   
Face
Amount†
 
 
    Value  

Road & Rail — continued

                               

Canadian Pacific Railway Co., Senior Notes

    3.100     12/2/51       10,360,000     $ 7,648,500  

Union Pacific Corp., Senior Notes

    3.750     7/15/25       8,730,000       8,748,765  

Union Pacific Corp., Senior Notes

    2.150     2/5/27       4,380,000       4,061,342  

Union Pacific Corp., Senior Notes

    2.891     4/6/36       28,460,000       23,570,262  

Union Pacific Corp., Senior Notes

    3.839     3/20/60       23,430,000       19,618,858  

Union Pacific Corp., Senior Notes

    3.750     2/5/70       12,515,000       9,963,473  

XPO Logistics Inc., Senior Notes

    6.250     5/1/25       1,161,000       1,154,243  (a) 

Total Road & Rail

 

    76,925,541  

Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.2%

 

Air Lease Corp., Senior Notes

    3.375     7/1/25       9,600,000       9,050,188  

H&E Equipment Services Inc., Senior Notes

    3.875     12/15/28       4,744,000       3,848,618  (a) 

United Rentals North America Inc., Secured Notes

    3.875     11/15/27       2,380,000       2,217,660  

United Rentals North America Inc., Senior Notes

    5.500     5/15/27       96,000       94,301  

United Rentals North America Inc., Senior Notes

    4.875     1/15/28       5,413,000       5,129,819  

United Rentals North America Inc., Senior Notes

    5.250     1/15/30       1,560,000       1,449,661  

United Rentals North America Inc., Senior Notes

    3.875     2/15/31       28,270,000       23,904,476  

United Rentals North America Inc., Senior Notes

    3.750     1/15/32       10,600,000       8,725,289  

Total Trading Companies & Distributors

 

    54,420,012  

Transportation Infrastructure — 0.1%

 

DP World Ltd., Senior Notes

    5.625     9/25/48       27,030,000       25,401,551  (a) 

Total Industrials

                            905,983,640  
Information Technology — 1.9%                                

Communications Equipment — 0.0%††

                               

CommScope Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    6.000     3/1/26       2,935,000       2,709,049  (a) 

CommScope Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    4.750     9/1/29       4,927,000       3,988,407  (a) 

CommScope Technologies LLC, Senior Notes

    5.000     3/15/27       2,740,000       2,029,428  (a) 

Total Communications Equipment

                            8,726,884  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

IT Services — 0.4%

                               

International Business Machines Corp., Senior Notes

    3.000     5/15/24       40,290,000     $ 40,004,857  

Mastercard Inc., Senior Notes

    3.850     3/26/50       4,530,000       4,157,590  

PayPal Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

    1.650     6/1/25       12,430,000       11,737,558  

PayPal Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

    2.300     6/1/30       6,750,000       5,800,922  

Visa Inc., Senior Notes

    3.150     12/14/25       26,130,000       25,765,262  

Visa Inc., Senior Notes

    2.050     4/15/30       9,790,000       8,597,992  

Visa Inc., Senior Notes

    4.300     12/14/45       16,470,000       16,295,561  

Total IT Services

                            112,359,742  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.5%

                               

Broadcom Inc., Senior Notes

    4.150     11/15/30       1,207,000       1,107,118  

Broadcom Inc., Senior Notes

    3.137     11/15/35       58,100,000       44,200,594  (a) 

Broadcom Inc., Senior Notes

    3.187     11/15/36       154,000       117,284  (a) 

Broadcom Inc., Senior Notes

    4.926     5/15/37       1,635,000       1,468,139  (a) 

Intel Corp., Senior Notes

    3.700     7/29/25       4,050,000       4,080,921  

Intel Corp., Senior Notes

    1.600     8/12/28       12,160,000       10,652,314  

Intel Corp., Senior Notes

    4.750     3/25/50       11,385,000       11,198,717  

Intel Corp., Senior Notes

    3.050     8/12/51       5,950,000       4,442,546  

NVIDIA Corp., Senior Notes

    2.850     4/1/30       7,890,000       7,230,195  

NVIDIA Corp., Senior Notes

    3.500     4/1/40       17,250,000       15,130,517  

NVIDIA Corp., Senior Notes

    3.500     4/1/50       49,120,000       41,810,739  

NVIDIA Corp., Senior Notes

    3.700     4/1/60       16,020,000       13,485,078  

NXP BV/NXP Funding LLC/NXP USA Inc., Senior Notes

    2.700     5/1/25       8,540,000       8,127,028  

Texas Instruments Inc., Senior Notes

    1.750     5/4/30       8,690,000       7,461,786  

Total Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

                            170,512,976  

Software — 0.8%

                               

Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes

    2.875     2/6/24       19,298,000       19,251,897  

Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes

    2.700     2/12/25       4,322,000       4,301,262  

Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes

    2.400     8/8/26       64,765,000       62,367,737  

Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes

    3.300     2/6/27       40,450,000       40,219,667  

Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes

    3.450     8/8/36       367,000       346,580  

Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes

    2.525     6/1/50       1,686,000       1,243,947  

Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes

    2.921     3/17/52       3,247,000       2,566,491  

Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes

    2.675     6/1/60       671,000       482,139  

Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes

    3.041     3/17/62       3,169,000       2,464,927  

Open Text Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

    4.125     2/15/30       820,000       710,583  (a) 

Open Text Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

    4.125     12/1/31       990,000       821,181  (a) 

Oracle Corp., Senior Notes

    1.650     3/25/26       36,230,000       32,514,792  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Software — continued

                               

Oracle Corp., Senior Notes

    2.950     4/1/30       2,670,000     $ 2,282,850  

Oracle Corp., Senior Notes

    2.875     3/25/31       42,310,000       34,901,358  

Salesforce Inc., Senior Notes

    3.250     4/11/23       11,370,000       11,403,005  

Salesforce Inc., Senior Notes

    3.700     4/11/28       3,480,000       3,442,736  

Workday Inc., Senior Notes

    3.500     4/1/27       6,020,000       5,761,807  

Workday Inc., Senior Notes

    3.700     4/1/29       10,220,000       9,569,609  

Workday Inc., Senior Notes

    3.800     4/1/32       12,300,000       11,251,668  

Total Software

                            245,904,236  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.2%

                               

Apple Inc., Senior Notes

    1.125     5/11/25       33,600,000       31,583,341  

Apple Inc., Senior Notes

    2.450     8/4/26       32,030,000       30,700,612  

Total Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

                            62,283,953  

Total Information Technology

                            599,787,791  
Materials — 1.2%                                

Chemicals — 0.3%

                               

Equate Petrochemical BV, Senior Notes

    4.250     11/3/26       14,230,000       13,981,572  (a) 

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Senior Notes

    5.750     4/15/24       1,533,000       1,569,010  

OCP SA, Senior Notes

    4.500     10/22/25       14,510,000       14,318,613  (a) 

OCP SA, Senior Notes

    3.750     6/23/31       12,000,000       9,096,660  (a) 

OCP SA, Senior Notes

    5.125     6/23/51       11,820,000       7,879,614  (a) 

Orbia Advance Corp. SAB de CV, Senior Notes

    1.875     5/11/26       28,040,000       25,072,807  (a) 

Orbia Advance Corp. SAB de CV, Senior Notes

    2.875     5/11/31       26,600,000       21,398,370  (a) 

Total Chemicals

                            93,316,646  

Containers & Packaging — 0.1%

                               

Ardagh Metal Packaging Finance

                               

USA LLC/Ardagh Metal Packaging

                               

Finance PLC, Senior Notes

    4.000     9/1/29       780,000       628,313  (a) 

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

    5.250     8/15/27       610,000       436,617  (a) 

Ball Corp., Senior Notes

    3.125     9/15/31       12,830,000       10,370,746  

Total Containers & Packaging

                            11,435,676  

Metals & Mining — 0.7%

                               

Anglo American Capital PLC, Senior Notes

    3.625     9/11/24       3,400,000       3,337,143  (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Metals & Mining — continued

                               

Anglo American Capital PLC, Senior Notes

    4.750     4/10/27       9,785,000     $ 9,675,692  (a) 

Anglo American Capital PLC, Senior Notes

    4.000     9/11/27       13,125,000       12,489,989  (a) 

ArcelorMittal SA, Senior Notes

    7.000     10/15/39       3,490,000       3,527,256  

Barrick Gold Corp., Senior Notes

    5.250     4/1/42       1,590,000       1,568,633  

Barrick North America Finance LLC, Senior Notes

    5.700     5/30/41       8,454,000       8,769,601  

Barrick North America Finance LLC, Senior Notes

    5.750     5/1/43       8,260,000       8,614,037  

BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd., Senior Notes

    5.000     9/30/43       7,630,000       7,855,633  

First Quantum Minerals Ltd., Senior Notes

    6.875     10/15/27       1,750,000       1,567,615  (a) 

Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Senior Notes

    3.875     3/15/23       40,000       39,902  

Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Senior Notes

    4.550     11/14/24       130,000       129,592  

Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Senior Notes

    4.625     8/1/30       5,720,000       5,316,683  

Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Senior Notes

    5.450     3/15/43       26,672,000       24,732,412  

Glencore Finance Canada Ltd., Senior Notes

    6.000     11/15/41       2,120,000       2,063,432  (a) 

Glencore Funding LLC, Senior Notes

    3.000     10/27/22       21,610,000       21,552,625  (a) 

Glencore Funding LLC, Senior Notes

    4.125     5/30/23       3,200,000       3,195,040  (a) 

Glencore Funding LLC, Senior Notes

    4.125     3/12/24       33,008,000       32,864,528  (a) 

Glencore Funding LLC, Senior Notes

    4.000     3/27/27       15,750,000       15,158,942  (a) 

Hudbay Minerals Inc., Senior Notes

    6.125     4/1/29       870,000       706,779  (a) 

Southern Copper Corp., Senior Notes

    5.250     11/8/42       32,800,000       32,133,340  

Teck Resources Ltd., Senior Notes

    3.900     7/15/30       5,000,000       4,604,014  

Teck Resources Ltd., Senior Notes

    6.000     8/15/40       641,000       644,080  

Vale Overseas Ltd., Senior Notes

    6.250     8/10/26       6,600,000       6,902,247  

Vale Overseas Ltd., Senior Notes

    6.875     11/21/36       6,581,000       7,078,820  

Yamana Gold Inc., Senior Notes

    4.625     12/15/27       10,350,000       9,958,494  

Total Metals & Mining

                            224,486,529  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Paper & Forest Products — 0.1%

                               

Suzano Austria GmbH, Senior Notes

    3.750     1/15/31       42,390,000     $ 34,344,802  

Suzano Austria GmbH, Senior Notes

    3.125     1/15/32       10,070,000       7,604,562  

Total Paper & Forest Products

                            41,949,364  

Total Materials

                            371,188,215  
Real Estate — 0.1%                                

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.1%

 

                       

CTR Partnership LP/CareTrust Capital Corp., Senior Notes

    3.875     6/30/28       3,294,000       2,819,302  (a) 

MPT Operating Partnership LP/MPT Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    5.000     10/15/27       3,290,000       3,015,976  

MPT Operating Partnership LP/MPT Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    4.625     8/1/29       2,120,000       1,864,434  

MPT Operating Partnership LP/MPT Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    3.500     3/15/31       13,982,000       11,061,510  

VICI Properties LP/VICI Note Co. Inc., Senior Notes

    4.500     1/15/28       340,000       310,450  (a) 

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

    3.750     9/17/24       23,980,000       23,160,711  (a) 

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

    4.750     9/17/44       600,000       463,104  (a) 

Total Real Estate

                            42,695,487  
Utilities — 0.3%                                

Electric Utilities — 0.2%

 

                       

American Transmission Systems Inc., Senior Notes

    2.650     1/15/32       6,040,000       5,122,568  (a) 

Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co., Senior Notes

    6.125     4/1/36       156,000       172,613  

Duke Energy Carolinas LLC, First Mortgage Bonds

    5.300     2/15/40       3,000,000       3,120,910  

Duke Energy Ohio Inc., Secured Bonds

    3.650     2/1/29       7,740,000       7,405,842  

Exelon Corp., Senior Notes

    5.625     6/15/35       5,126,000       5,411,695  

FirstEnergy Corp., Senior Notes

    1.600     1/15/26       5,780,000       5,054,784  

FirstEnergy Corp., Senior Notes

    4.400     7/15/27       15,802,000       14,933,917  

FirstEnergy Corp., Senior Notes

    5.350     7/15/47       10,344,000       8,756,506  

Pacific Gas and Electric Co., First Mortgage Bonds

    2.100     8/1/27       6,640,000       5,571,721  

Pacific Gas and Electric Co., First Mortgage Bonds

    2.500     2/1/31       8,320,000       6,371,866  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Electric Utilities — continued

 

                       

Pacific Gas and Electric Co., First Mortgage Bonds

    3.300     8/1/40       1,720,000     $ 1,188,437  

Pacific Gas and Electric Co., First Mortgage Bonds

    3.500     8/1/50       4,040,000       2,706,179  

Progress Energy Inc., Senior Notes

    6.000     12/1/39       4,800,000       5,065,839  

Total Electric Utilities

 

                    70,882,877  

Multi-Utilities — 0.1%

 

                       

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc., Senior Notes

    3.350     4/1/30       5,400,000       5,036,330  

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc., Senior Notes

    3.950     4/1/50       4,490,000       3,904,215  

Dominion Energy Inc., Senior Notes

    7.000     6/15/38       3,600,000       4,181,241  

Total Multi-Utilities

                            13,121,786  

Total Utilities

                            84,004,663  

Total Corporate Bonds & Notes (Cost — $12,950,584,678)

 

            11,651,158,167  
Mortgage-Backed Securities — 21.3%                                

FHLMC — 5.4%

 

                       

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

    5.000     6/1/23-11/1/41       4,490,184       4,710,916  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

    3.000     9/1/32-6/1/52       141,872,357       133,669,069  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

    3.500     8/1/33-5/1/52       104,070,414       101,403,811  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

    6.000     8/1/36       241       255  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

    5.500     12/1/38       1,733,765       1,863,214  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

    2.500     4/1/41-3/1/52       541,746,077       491,701,612  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

    2.000     9/1/41-2/1/52       468,655,950       411,410,960  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

    1.500     10/1/41-11/1/41       5,761,058       4,936,374  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

    4.000     9/1/42-5/1/52       153,834,636       153,975,859  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

    4.500     3/1/47-5/1/52       24,601,727       25,106,105  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

    4.500     9/1/50       112,936,187       114,318,189  (d) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

    Face
Amount†
    Value  

FHLMC — continued

 

                       

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

    2.500     5/1/51       10,922,180     $ 9,847,680  (d) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

    4.000     5/1/52-6/1/52       27,059,829       26,794,665  (d) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) (12 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.619%)

    2.874     11/1/47       17,922,914       17,725,354  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) (12 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.621%)

    3.083     2/1/50       24,921,972       24,699,732  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) (12 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.628%)

    3.007     11/1/48       50,647,291       49,900,163  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) (5 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 1.284%)

    2.098     3/1/47       3,362,201       3,280,006  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Gold

    4.500     7/1/23-6/1/47       3,428,899       3,500,542  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Gold

    5.000     9/1/23-5/1/48       1,217,170       1,258,224  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Gold

    6.500     7/1/29-9/1/39       1,332,545       1,428,302  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Gold

    7.000     4/1/32-3/1/39       346,420       380,732  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Gold

    3.500     8/1/33-3/1/45       13,445,928       13,267,573  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Gold

    5.500     11/1/35       2,787       2,928  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Gold

    6.000     11/1/36       7,699       8,450  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Gold

    3.000     2/1/38-9/1/48       92,530,429       87,970,233  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Gold

    4.000     10/1/42-8/1/47       24,331,910       24,538,465  

Total FHLMC

 

                    1,707,699,413  

FNMA — 13.1%

 

                       

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    4.500     7/1/23-1/1/59       187,153,227       192,439,666  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    6.000     4/1/24-7/1/41       17,891,831       19,552,620  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

    Face
Amount†
    Value  

FNMA — continued

 

                       

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    2.810     4/1/25       3,150,000     $ 3,105,951  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    3.200     2/1/29       273,132       268,582  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    6.500     2/1/29-5/1/40       5,819,027       6,352,983  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    3.450     3/1/29       618,119       616,265  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    3.160     5/1/29       5,758,829       5,643,881  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    3.250     5/1/29       688,371       678,293  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    7.000     8/1/29-2/1/39       1,877,996       2,052,257  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    7.500     11/1/29       1,131       1,230  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    3.468     3/1/30       1,178,018       1,169,181  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    2.930     6/1/30       1,019,855       974,932  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    2.149     2/1/32       2,952,286       2,616,049  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    5.000     7/1/33-11/1/46       37,114,539       38,794,409  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    3.500     9/1/33-5/1/52       624,672,092       610,156,554  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    3.000     7/1/35-6/1/52       945,492,490       897,937,230  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    5.500     11/1/36-9/1/56     18,606,907       20,292,472  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    2.500     3/1/38-4/1/52       886,119,540       803,765,037  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    2.000     6/1/41-3/1/52       651,148,049       569,585,013  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    4.000     4/1/42-6/1/57       319,785,808       320,445,606  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    2.500     8/1/50-7/1/61       146,540,245       131,960,820  (d) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    2.000     1/1/51-2/1/52       59,445,252       51,858,337  (d) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

    Face
Amount†
    Value  

FNMA — continued

 

                       

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    2.500     7/1/51       14,600,000     $ 13,134,297  (g) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    4.000     7/1/51-8/1/51       102,000,000       100,597,840  (g) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    4.500     7/1/51-9/1/51       171,000,000       171,344,669  (g) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    5.000     7/1/51-9/1/51       66,700,000       68,016,544  (g) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    4.000     6/1/52       91,357,475       90,596,794  (d) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    4.500     6/1/52       41,605,183       41,936,527  (d) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) (Federal Reserve US 12 mo. Cumulative Average 1 Year CMT + 1.826%)

    2.159     11/1/35       7,979       8,303  (c) 

Total FNMA

 

                    4,165,902,342  

GNMA — 2.8%

 

                       

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)

    7.500     5/15/23-9/15/31       8,998       9,205  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)

    7.000     9/15/23-7/15/31       23,971       25,782  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)

    6.500     4/15/28-1/15/39       1,328,192       1,425,317  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)

    6.000     1/15/29-2/15/37       3,709,409       3,972,504  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)

    8.000     12/15/30-1/15/31       7,760       7,854  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)

    5.500     7/15/33-6/15/36       2,773,764       3,019,985  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)

    3.000     9/15/42-11/15/42       27,257,256       26,156,762  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)

    4.000     4/15/47-3/15/50       21,520,972       21,916,404  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)

    3.500     6/15/48-5/15/50       9,778,066       9,717,908  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

    5.000     4/20/35-12/20/51       5,345,359       5,634,817  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

    6.500     10/20/37       891,576       988,977  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

    Face
Amount†
    Value  

GNMA — continued

 

                       

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

    6.000     9/20/38-11/20/41       1,957,146     $ 2,135,677  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

    4.500     1/20/40-12/20/50       97,641,785       100,216,415  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

    3.500     6/20/44-6/20/52       161,509,798       158,428,275  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

    4.000     3/20/45-4/20/50       85,377,724       86,234,376  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

    3.000     1/20/46-4/20/52     267,450,576       251,980,636  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

    4.000     7/1/51-8/1/51       115,700,000       115,155,740  (g) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

    3.500     8/1/51       25,900,000       25,137,164  (g) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

    4.500     8/1/51-9/1/51       55,200,000       55,754,187  (g) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

    5.000     9/1/51       16,000,000       16,275,000  (g) 

Total GNMA

                            884,192,985  

Total Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost — $7,180,083,210)

 

            6,757,794,740  
U.S. Government & Agency Obligations — 15.9%                                

U.S. Government Agencies — 0.2%

 

                       

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), Notes

    6.625     11/15/30       45,010,000       55,658,200  

U.S. Government Obligations — 15.7%

 

                       

Department of Housing and Urban Development, Notes

    2.850     8/1/24       4,537,000       4,496,048  

Department of Housing and Urban Development, Senior Notes

    2.450     8/1/22       9,000,000       9,005,716  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    1.125     8/15/40       194,970,000       134,780,628  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    2.250     5/15/41       116,890,000       97,584,886  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    1.750     8/15/41       214,870,000       163,527,821  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    2.000     11/15/41       211,120,000       167,757,932  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    3.250     5/15/42       340,000       331,925  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    3.625     8/15/43       8,740,000       8,977,619  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    3.750     11/15/43       210,430,000       220,302,126  (h)(i) 

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    3.625     2/15/44       297,160,000       305,146,175  (h)(i) 

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    2.500     2/15/45       56,680,000       48,116,006  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    2.875     8/15/45       529,920,000       481,813,200  (h) 

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    2.000     2/15/50       139,610,800       108,252,905  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

U.S. Government Obligations — continued

 

                       

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    1.250     5/15/50       969,820,000     $ 617,464,697  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    1.375     8/15/50       765,690,000       504,353,426  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    1.625     11/15/50       498,870,000       351,089,505  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    1.875     2/15/51       725,390,000       544,467,535  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    2.375     5/15/51       281,415,000       237,674,754  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    2.000     8/15/51       136,330,000       105,426,758  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    1.875     11/15/51       162,708,000       122,132,692  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    2.250     2/15/52       625,136,000       514,662,747  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    2.875     5/15/52       178,111,000       168,273,149  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    0.125     7/31/23       100,000       97,016  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    2.875     9/30/23       560,000       559,661  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    0.125     10/15/23       900,000       867,973  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    3.125     11/15/28       5,000       5,011  

U.S. Treasury Strip Principal (STRIPS)

    0.000     11/15/24       6,080,000       5,669,389  

U.S. Treasury Strip Principal (STRIPS)

    0.000     5/15/49       152,060,000       64,856,318  

Total U.S. Government Obligations

                            4,987,693,618  

Total U.S. Government & Agency Obligations (Cost — $6,375,772,978)

 

            5,043,351,818  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (j) —8.8%                                

Alternative Loan Trust, 2006-6CB 1A4

    5.500     5/25/36       3,034,348       2,664,809  

Alternative Loan Trust, 2006-18CB A6 (-4.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 28.600%)

    22.106     7/25/36       4,942,348       5,420,656  (c) 

Alternative Loan Trust, 2006-23CB 2A6, PAC (-4.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 28.400%)

    21.906     8/25/36       2,391,291       1,893,311  (c) 

Alternative Loan Trust, 2006-43CB 1A10

    6.000     2/25/37       3,690,799       2,333,278  

Alternative Loan Trust, 2006-43CB 3A3, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.630%)

    5.006     2/25/37       11,815,407       1,766,954  (c) 

Alternative Loan Trust, 2006-OA9 2A1B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.200%)

    1.812     7/20/46       263,433       202,556  (c) 

Angel Oak Mortgage Trust I LLC

    5.016     3/25/49       7,000,000       6,888,003  (a)(c) 

AREIT Trust, 2021-CRE5 A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.080%)

    2.603     11/17/38       16,142,919       15,894,560  (a)(c) 

Banc of America Funding Trust, 2015-R2 3A2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.260%)

    1.884     4/29/37       13,232,097       12,874,111  (a)(c) 

BANK, 2020-BN29 C

    3.134     11/15/53       2,500,000       2,029,234  (c) 

BBCCRE Trust, 2015-GTP E

    4.715     8/10/33       33,260,000       30,229,066  (a)(c) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

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

BBCMS Trust, 2018-CBM D (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.391%)

    3.715     7/15/37       16,390,000     $ 15,666,790  (a)(c) 

BCAP LLC Trust, 2010-RR9 6A2

    6.000     10/26/35       8,959,101       8,051,535  (a)(c) 

Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I Trust, 2004-AC6 A1

    5.750     11/25/34       1,969,298       1,760,189  

Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I Trust, 2006-AC4 A2 (-4.333 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 36.250%)

    29.215     7/25/36       1,605,848       1,751,810  (c) 

Bear Stearns Mortgage Funding Trust, 2007-AR2 A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.170%)

    1.794     3/25/37       8,634,663       7,890,530  (c) 

Benchmark Mortgage Trust, 2020-IG1 AS

    2.909     9/15/43       28,980,000       25,556,274  (c) 

BHMS Mortgage Trust, 2018-MZB (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.637%)

    7.961     7/15/25       93,060,000       89,908,709  (a)(c) 

BIG Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2022-BIG F (1 mo. Term SOFR + 5.436%)

    6.714     2/15/39       19,160,000       18,398,128  (a)(c) 

BPR Trust, 2022-OANA A (1 mo. Term SOFR + 1.898%)

    3.177     4/15/37       9,650,000       9,476,838  (a)(c) 

BRAVO Residential Funding Trust, 2022-NQM2 A1

    4.272     11/25/61       18,457,675       18,223,554  (a)(c) 

BX Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2019-XL A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.920%)

    2.244     10/15/36       16,208,420       15,937,895  (a)(c) 

BX Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2020-VIV3 B

    3.662     3/9/44       15,530,000       13,691,234  (a)(c) 

BX Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2020-VIVA D

    3.667     3/11/44       4,190,000       3,401,277  (a)(c) 

BX Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2021-XL2 J (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.890%)

    5.214     10/15/38       9,334,620       8,505,433  (a)(c) 

BX Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2022-LP2 G (1 mo. Term SOFR + 4.106%)

    5.440     2/15/39       23,588,420       21,757,704  (a)(c) 

Chevy Chase Funding LLC Mortgage- Backed Certificates Series, 2005-4A A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.200%)

    1.824     10/25/36       246,487       223,602  (a)(c) 

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2014-GC25 AS

    4.017     10/10/47       2,800,000       2,765,113  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

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

 

               

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2017-P7 B

    4.137     4/14/50       9,194,000     $ 8,589,141  (c) 

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc., 2005-5 1A5

    3.146     8/25/35       41,957       36,569  (c) 

Cold Storage Trust, 2020-ICE5 A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.900%)

    2.224     11/15/37       112,444,286       109,765,053  (a)(c) 

COLT Mortgage Loan Trust, 2022-6 A1

    4.650     6/27/67       30,000,000       29,519,031  (a)(c)(d) 

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 2014-CR21 A3

    3.528     12/10/47       539,049       531,222  

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 2015-DC1 C

    4.441     2/10/48       3,070,000       2,873,067  (c) 

Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2013- CR12 AM

    4.300     10/10/46       1,723,000       1,708,045  

Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2013- CR12 B

    4.762     10/10/46       1,470,000       1,425,866  (c) 

Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2013- CR12 C

    5.237     10/10/46       730,000       598,372  (c) 

Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2014- CR19 B

    4.703     8/10/47       8,410,000       8,355,526  (c) 

Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2014- CR21 C

    4.567     12/10/47       11,948,000       11,111,673  (c) 

Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2015- DC1 B

    4.035     2/10/48       7,160,000       6,918,704  (c) 

Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2020-CX A

    2.173     11/10/46       15,770,000       13,033,091  (a) 

Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2020-CX B

    2.446     11/10/46       5,000,000       4,052,486  (a) 

CSMC Trust, 2014-USA A2

    3.953     9/15/37       12,520,000       11,856,893  (a) 

CSMC Trust, 2014-USA E

    4.373     9/15/37       13,470,000       10,650,969  (a) 

CSMC Trust, 2015-2R 7A1

    2.412     8/27/36       4,013,919       4,031,523  (a)(c) 

CSMC Trust, 2015-4R 3A3 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.310%)

    1.626     10/27/36       38,342,682       16,857,609  (a)(c) 

CSMC Trust, 2017-CHOP G (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.350%)

    6.674     7/15/32       23,400,000       20,841,362  (a)(c) 

CSMC Trust, 2017-TIME A

    3.646     11/13/39       21,200,000       18,957,788  (a) 

CSMC Trust, 2018-J1 A2

    3.500     2/25/48       37,502,228       34,866,110  (a)(c) 

CSMC Trust, 2019-RIO A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.024%)

    4.348     12/15/22       148,015,135       147,415,482  (a)(c) 

CSMC Trust, 2020-522F A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.739%)

    5.063     9/16/25       47,520,000       45,489,425  (a)(c) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

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

 

               

CSMC Trust, 2020-FACT D (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.710%)

    5.034     10/15/37       4,450,000     $ 4,251,857  (a)(c) 

CSMC Trust, 2020-FACT F (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.157%)

    7.481     10/15/37       7,990,000       7,636,161  (a)(c) 

CSMC Trust, 2020-RPL3 A1

    2.691     3/25/60       21,143,724       20,557,749  (a)(c) 

CSMC Trust, 2020-RPL6 A1

    2.688     3/25/59       30,168,716       29,154,763  (a)(c) 

CSMC Trust, 2021-2R 1A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.750%)

    2.870     7/25/47       28,898,006       29,024,967  (a)(c) 

CSMC Trust, 2021-4SZN A (1 mo. Term SOFR + 3.967%)

    5.246     11/15/23       50,000,000       48,581,660  (a)(c) 

CSMC Trust, 2021-RPL1 A1

    1.668     9/27/60       14,271,161       13,570,998  (a)(c) 

CSMC Trust, 2021-RPL2 A1

    2.000     1/25/60       14,261,006       13,006,585  (a)(c) 

CSMC Trust, 2022-CNTR A (1 mo. Term SOFR + 3.944%)

    5.223     1/15/24       33,000,000       30,512,406  (a)(c) 

CSMC Trust, 2022-MARK XCP, IO

    0.064     6/15/39       131,200,000       118,946  (a)(c) 

DBCG Mortgage Trust, 2017-BBG A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.700%)

    2.025     6/15/34       20,260,000       19,819,645  (a)(c) 

Extended Stay America Trust, 2021- ESH E (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.850%)

    4.175     7/15/38       7,354,735       7,053,760  (a)(c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multiclass Certificates, 2020-RR02 BX, IO

    1.666     8/27/28       15,503,008       1,327,932  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multiclass Certificates, 2020-RR07 AX, IO

    2.468     9/27/28       34,072,000       4,352,385  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily PC REMIC Trust, 2019 RR01 X, IO

    1.534     6/25/28       22,500,000       1,721,134  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K095 XAM, IO

    1.373     6/25/29       6,300,000       474,040  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K101 X1, IO

    0.948     10/25/29       20,584,543       1,026,448  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K104 XAM, IO

    1.506     1/25/30       15,496,000       1,368,472  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K110 X1, IO

    1.814     4/25/30       36,602,489       3,750,796  (c) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

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

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K116 X1, IO

    1.530     7/25/30       9,351,279     $ 836,566  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K123 X1, IO

    0.865     12/25/30       27,893,271       1,430,015  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K133 X1, IO

    0.445     9/25/31       85,194,867       2,284,032  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K137 X1, IO

    0.299     11/25/31       15,047,388       234,732  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K142 X1, IO

    0.403     3/25/32       69,305,247       1,734,274  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K143 X1, IO

    0.450     4/25/55       6,999,113       203,093  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K145 X1, IO

    0.317     6/25/55       71,663,000       2,000,594  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K146 X1, IO

    0.230     6/25/32       67,244,527       1,454,607  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K736 X1, IO

    1.432     7/25/26       20,493,947       836,637  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K737 X1, IO

    0.751     10/25/26       43,374,958       957,814  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K741 X1, IO

    0.657     12/25/27       43,142,823       1,149,968  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K742 X1, IO

    0.869     3/25/28       20,487,660       665,693  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K743 X1, IO

    1.028     5/25/28       75,992,354       3,547,505  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K1517 X1, IO

    1.443     7/25/35       18,597,701       2,327,117  (c) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

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

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K1520 X1, IO

    0.578     2/25/36       12,981,166     $ 588,078  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, KC05 X1, IO

    1.343     6/25/27       12,509,039       450,823  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Reference REMIC, R007 ZA

    6.000     5/15/36       3,731,992       4,019,798  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 2957 ZA, PAC

    5.000     3/15/35       5,904,033       6,167,525  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 3242 SC, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.290%)

    4.966     11/15/36       696,744       81,483  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 3281 AI, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.430%)

    5.106     2/15/37       3,773,020       470,572  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 3368 AI, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.030%)

    4.706     9/15/37       1,087,184       122,170  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 3422 AI, IO

    0.250     1/15/38       434,438       3,685  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 3621 SB, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.230%)

    4.906     1/15/40       1,382,679       169,590  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 3639 EY

    5.000     2/15/30       2,213,157       2,273,613  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 3768 MB, PAC-1

    4.000     12/15/39       748,570       752,253  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 3947 SG, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.950%)

    4.626     10/15/41       2,548,179       307,430  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 3973 SA, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.490%)

    5.166     12/15/41       2,605,871       345,931  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 4054 SA, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.050%)

    4.726     8/15/39       1,899,784       202,485  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 4099 ST, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.000%)

    4.676     8/15/42       674,916       89,860  (c) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

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

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 4119 IN, IO

    3.500     10/15/32       2,014,495     $ 207,950  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 4146 DI, IO

    3.000     12/15/31       1,390,206       81,481  

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

    4.926     9/15/42       1,213,320       128,500  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 4239 IO, IO

    3.500     6/15/27       1,165,816       58,527  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 4298 PI, IO, PAC

    4.000     4/15/43       336,301       18,823  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 4415 IO, IO

    0.999     4/15/41       2,815,801       112,609  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 4793 CB

    3.000     5/15/48       9,371,712       8,951,052  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 4793 CD

    3.000     6/15/48       6,021,358       5,749,121  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 4813 CJ

    3.000     8/15/48       4,772,668       4,548,119  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 5010 IK, IO

    2.500     9/25/50       8,872,730       1,258,127  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 5010 JI, IO

    2.500     9/25/50       24,103,875       3,788,635  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 5013 IN, IO

    2.500     9/25/50       10,189,997       1,625,145  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 5018 MI, IO

    2.000     10/25/50       18,512,681       2,609,677  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 5040 IB, IO

    2.500     11/25/50       5,845,864       862,137  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 5059 IB, IO

    2.500     1/25/51       29,398,147       4,763,244  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 5069 MI, IO

    2.500     2/25/51       7,080,746       1,094,954  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 5085 NI, IO

    2.000     3/25/51       10,374,565       1,373,591  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 5140 NI, IO

    2.500     5/25/49       35,480,526       5,061,641  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 5148 BI, IO

    2.500     1/25/49       6,524,243       891,007  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 5148 CI, IO

    2.000     6/25/49       3,292,954       386,505  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

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

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 5224 HL

    4.000     4/25/52       13,209,410     $ 12,914,997  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 5230 PE

    2.000     12/25/51       8,600,000       7,168,459  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, 2020-DNA4 M2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.750%)

    5.374     8/25/50       1,022,457       1,021,621  (a)(c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, 2020-DNA5 B1 (30 Day Average SOFR + 4.800%)

    5.726     10/25/50       18,832,000       19,091,313  (a)(c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, 2020-DNA5 M2 (30 Day Average SOFR + 2.800%)

    3.726     10/25/50       22,041,679       22,085,553  (a)(c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, 2020-DNA6 M2 (30 Day Average SOFR + 2.000%)

    2.926     12/25/50       38,540,000       37,944,407  (a)(c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, 2021-DNA1 M2 (30 Day Average SOFR + 1.800%)

    2.726     1/25/51       32,809,469       31,393,061  (a)(c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, 2021-DNA5 B1 (30 Day Average SOFR + 3.050%)

    3.976     1/25/34       11,560,000       9,974,255  (a)(c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Seasoned Credit Risk Transfer Trust,
2017-2 M1

    4.000     8/25/56       20,000,000       19,765,736  (a)(c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) STRIPS, 283 IO, IO

    3.500     10/15/27       300,275       15,943  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) STRIPS, 328 S4, IO

    1.135     2/15/38       601,543       26,077  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) STRIPS, 334 S7, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.100%)

    4.776     8/15/44       4,465,580       551,607  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) STRIPS, 353 S1, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.000%)

    4.676     12/15/46       11,686,129       1,527,549  (c) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

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

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, 2021-DNA2 B1 (30 Day Average SOFR + 3.400%)

    4.326     8/25/33       13,640,000     $ 11,894,727  (a)(c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, 2021-DNA2 M2 (30 Day Average SOFR + 2.300%)

    3.226     8/25/33       38,980,000       36,922,776  (a)(c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, 2022-DNA2 M1B (30 Day Average SOFR + 2.400%)

    3.326     2/25/42       32,190,000       29,782,304  (a)(c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, 2022-DNA5 M1B (30 Day Average SOFR + 4.500%)

    5.279     6/25/42       33,000,000       33,227,641  (a)(c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) - CAS, 2022-R07 1M1 (30 Day Average SOFR + 2.950%)

    3.876     6/25/42       17,440,000       17,524,476  (a)(c)(d) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) — CAS, 2014- C03 1M1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.000%)

    4.624     7/25/24       25,211,853       25,135,156  (c) 

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

    6.624     7/25/25       6,310,267       6,390,290  (a)(c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) — CAS, 2017- C05 1M2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.200%)

    3.824     1/25/30       13,821,681       13,893,653  (a)(c) 

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

    4.024     5/25/30       14,116,227       14,146,479  (a)(c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) — CAS, 2018- C03 1B1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.750%)

    5.374     10/25/30       18,245,000       17,890,273  (a)(c) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

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

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) — CAS, 2018- C03 1M2 (1mo. USD LIBOR + 2.150%)

    3.774     10/25/30       3,633,966     $ 3,652,861  (a)(c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) — CAS, 2018- C05 1B1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.250%)

    5.874     1/25/31       22,076,000       21,801,500  (a)(c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) — CAS, 2018- R07 1B1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.350%)

    5.974     4/25/31       8,100,000       8,052,280  (a)(c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) ACES, 2013-M6 1AC

    3.456     2/25/43       1,190,815       1,179,307  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) ACES, 2015-M4 X2, IO

    0.271     7/25/22       141,621       1  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) ACES, 2017-M8 A2

    3.061     5/25/27       3,677,215       3,617,866  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) ACES, 2018-M9 APT2

    3.225     4/25/28       2,345,627       2,303,753  (c) 

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

    3.610     2/25/31       5,140,000       5,123,631  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) ACES, 2019-M5 A2

    3.273     2/25/29       9,980,000       9,721,785  

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

    3.450     1/1/29       9,035,055       9,011,426  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) ACES, 2019-M13 X1, IO

    0.941     6/25/34       14,853,894       746,577  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) ACES, 2019-M14 X1, IO

    0.700     6/25/29       54,847,761       1,730,979  (c) 

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

    2.560     9/25/29       6,091,762       5,758,401  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

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

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) ACES, 2019-M23 3A3

    2.720     10/25/31       6,882,475     $ 6,446,444  (c) 

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

    2.232     2/25/27       11,562,020       11,125,377  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) ACES, 2020-M6 A

    2.500     10/25/37       3,510,693       3,240,277  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) ACES, 2020-M36 X1, IO

    1.553     9/25/34       44,329,847       3,867,309  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2005-88 IP, IO

    0.875     10/25/35       1,316,960       51,586  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2006-28 IP, IO

    1.122     3/25/36       910,626       36,254  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2006-59 IP, IO

    1.754     7/25/36       1,969,731       128,017  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2006-118 IP1, IO

    1.101     12/25/36       1,982,382       121,054  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2006-118 IP2, IO

    1.101     12/25/36       2,379,109       98,246  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2010-27 AS,IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.480%)

    4.856     4/25/40       1,080,750       144,951  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2010-123 PM, PAC

    4.000     7/25/40       6,519,853       6,593,851  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2011-59 NZ

    5.500     7/25/41       557,185       596,292  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2011-99 KS, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.700%)

    5.076     10/25/26       335,634       11,579  (c) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

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

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2012-28 B

    6.500     6/25/39       299,611     $ 312,919  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2012- 035 SC, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.500%)

    4.876     4/25/42       1,344,794       197,873  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2012- 046 BA

    6.000     5/25/42       2,097,456       2,263,828  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2012-51 B

    7.000     5/25/42       3,263,447       3,668,506  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2012- 074 OA, PO

    0.000     3/25/42       208,216       188,026  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2012- 074 SA, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.650%)

    5.026     3/25/42       2,360,345       219,199  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2012-75 AO, PO

    0.000     3/25/42       124,588       112,187  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2012-75 NS, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.600%)

    4.976     7/25/42       222,775       32,533  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2012-93 UI, IO

    3.000     9/25/27       523,251       25,466  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2012- 101 BI, IO

    4.000     9/25/27       533,367       18,726  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2012- 133 CS, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.150%)

    4.526     12/25/42       1,695,930       245,855  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2012- 134 MS, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.150%)

    4.526     12/25/42       1,306,348       173,086  (c) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (j) — continued                                

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2012- 134 SK, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.150%)

    4.526     12/25/42       4,276,721     $ 613,849  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2013-9 BC

    6.500     7/25/42       2,961,903       3,228,138  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2013-9 CB

    5.500     4/25/42       8,181,085       8,666,647  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2013-9 SA, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.150%)

    4.526     3/25/42       2,567,681       207,221  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2013-14 IG, IO

    4.000     3/25/43       2,327,878       350,365  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2013- 026 HI, IO

    3.000     4/25/32       540,687       14,260  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2013-29 QI, IO

    4.000     4/25/43       2,275,677       373,199  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2013-54 BS, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.150%)

    4.526     6/25/43       3,319,903       482,395  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2013-124 SB, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.950%)

    4.326     12/25/43       7,052,611       909,795  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2014-47 AI, IO

    1.146     8/25/44       2,872,195       118,953  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2015-55 IO, IO

    0.947     8/25/55       6,122,052       205,967  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2015-56 AS, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.150%)

    4.526     8/25/45       1,880,785       281,319  (c) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (j) — continued                                

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2015-65 CZ

    3.500     9/25/45       7,653,028     $ 7,270,418  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2016-23 ST, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.000%)

    4.376     11/25/45       10,563,875       1,447,278  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2016-61 BS, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.100%)

    4.476     9/25/46       4,904,528       466,712  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2017-76 SB, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.100%)

    4.476     10/25/57       18,999,215       2,643,083  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2017-85 SC, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.200%)

    4.576     11/25/47       6,656,649       673,334  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2020-47 GZ

    2.000     7/25/50       13,426,012       9,336,367  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2020-56 AQ

    2.000     8/25/50       27,754,501       23,299,168  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2020-56 DI, IO

    2.500     8/25/50       18,902,578       3,024,310  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2020-57 NI, IO

    2.500     8/25/50       13,708,440       2,200,487  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2020-74 EI, IO

    2.500     10/25/50       8,288,586       1,354,246  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2020-89 DI, IO

    2.500     12/25/50       52,971,541       7,954,079  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2020-97 AI, IO

    2.000     1/25/51       20,500,459       2,803,762  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (j) — continued                                

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2021-1 IG, IO

    2.500     2/25/51       6,746,622     $ 1,087,186  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2021-3 IB, IO

    2.500     2/25/51       28,121,681       4,784,977  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2021-3 QI, IO

    2.500     2/25/51       42,189,912       6,504,199  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) STRIPS, 384 14, IO

    5.500     1/25/40       308,381       64,798  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) STRIPS, 390 C3, IO

    6.000     7/25/38       594,758       123,827  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) STRIPS, 407 22, IO

    5.000     1/25/39       265,204       52,038  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) STRIPS, 407 23, IO

    5.000     1/25/39       142,289       28,513  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) STRIPS, 407 27, IO

    5.500     1/25/39       115,892       24,815  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) STRIPS, 407 34, IO

    5.000     1/25/38       183,000       31,554  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) STRIPS, 407 41, IO

    6.000     1/25/38       771,123       160,429  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) STRIPS, 409 C1, IO

    3.000     11/25/26       1,402,830       59,103  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) STRIPS, 409 C2, IO

    3.000     4/25/27       76,712       3,724  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) STRIPS, 409 C13, IO

    3.500     11/25/41       1,857,830       288,971  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) STRIPS, 409 C18, IO

    4.000     4/25/42       1,395,626       256,329  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (j) — continued                                

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) STRIPS, 409 C22, IO

    4.500     11/25/39       658,119     $ 117,596  

First Horizon Alternative Mortgage Securities Trust, 2007-FA3 A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.330%)

    1.954     6/25/37       6,763,754       2,061,560  (c) 

Flagstar Mortgage Trust, 2018-2 A4

    3.500     4/25/48       1,024,461       1,016,679  (a)(c) 

Freddie Mac Multifamily ML Certificates, 2020-ML07 XUS, IO

    2.021     10/25/36       33,784,457       5,663,626  (a)(c) 

FREMF Mortgage Trust, 2019-K103 X2A, IO

    0.100     12/25/51       687,271,753       3,981,125  (a) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2006-16 GS, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.990%)

    5.395     4/20/36       363,154       40,483  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2007-51 SG, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.580%)

    4.985     8/20/37       1,450,217       102,738  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2010-42 BS, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.480%)

    4.885     4/20/40       211,700       28,156  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2010-85 HS, IO, PAC (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.650%)

    5.055     1/20/40       40,755       1,037  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2010-86 PB, PAC-1

    4.500     10/20/39       146,287       146,201  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2010-116 MH

    5.000     7/20/40       21,464,755       22,766,606  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2010-118 IO, IO

    0.000     4/16/53       809,719       8  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2010-H10 FC (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.000%)

    2.023     5/20/60       290,602       290,934  (c) 

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

    1.153     8/20/58       833,990       826,993  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2010-H27 FA (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.380%)

    1.183     12/20/60       229,937       227,698  (c) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (j) — continued                                

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2010-H28 FE (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.400%)

    1.203     12/20/60       3,649,629     $ 3,616,432  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2011-140 AI, IO

    4.000     10/16/26       73,784       2,379  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2011-H06 FA (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.450%)

    1.253     2/20/61       1,219,855       1,209,560  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2011-H08 FG (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.480%)

    1.283     3/20/61       3,282,220       3,256,137  (c) 

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

    1.303     3/20/61       2,949,514       2,929,836  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2012-34 SA, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.050%)

    4.455     3/20/42       978,054       136,194  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2012-81 AI, IO

    3.500     4/20/27       397,115       11,928  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2012-98 SA, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.100%)

    4.591     8/16/42       1,631,820       222,123  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2012-152 IO, IO

    0.605     1/16/54       26,586,470       481,300  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2013-50 IO, IO

    0.067     10/16/48       28,537,320       75,107  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2013-72 IO, IO

    0.543     11/16/47       9,131,190       135,033  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2013-107 AD

    2.851     11/16/47       3,385,307       3,216,946  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2013-150 IA, IO

    0.475     11/20/42       1,086,705       24,258  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2014-17 AM

    3.335     6/16/48       259,292       256,055  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2014-160 EI, IO

    4.000     7/16/26       1,474,872       56,202  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2014-176 IA, IO

    4.000     11/20/44       348,041       61,178  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2016-21 ST, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.150%)

    4.555     2/20/46       13,898,405       2,075,356  (c) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (j) — continued                                

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2016-84 IG, IO, PAC

    4.500     11/16/45       2,581,881     $ 520,599  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2016-135 SB, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.100%)

    4.591     10/16/46       5,159,875       940,477  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2017-8 IO, IO

    0.439     8/16/58       13,737,640       410,287  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2017-28 IO, IO

    0.659     2/16/57       18,109,348       728,550  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2017-41 IO, IO

    0.652     7/16/58       10,213,702       346,960  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2017-111 IO, IO

    0.535     2/16/59       5,024,523       189,636  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2017-145 IO, IO

    0.518     4/16/57       34,848,808       1,208,797  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2017-157 IO

    0.508     12/16/59       3,798,461       137,650  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2017-H15 KI, IO

    2.220     7/20/67       21,321,755       1,313,220  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2017-H18 BI, IO

    1.617     9/20/67       17,738,626       1,074,454  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2017-H20 IB, IO

    2.040     10/20/67       9,244,524       561,564  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2017-H22 IC, IO

    2.587     11/20/67       2,785,932       144,957  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2018-37 QA

    2.750     3/20/48       3,502,432       3,361,974  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2018-H06 PF (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.300%)

    1.103     2/20/68       10,572,672       10,463,894  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2018-H07 FD (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.300%)

    1.103     5/20/68       18,718,712       18,515,380  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2018-H08 KF (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.300%)

    1.103     5/20/68       9,313,353       9,193,490  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2018-H13 FC (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.300%)

    1.103     7/20/68       6,248,012       6,164,377  (c) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (j) — continued                                

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2018-H17 FG (12 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.250%)

    0.478     10/20/68       4,415,548     $ 4,340,206  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2019-90 AB

    3.000     7/20/49       4,762,432       4,616,404  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2020-47 MI, IO, PAC

    3.500     4/20/50       18,169,331       2,868,154  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2020-47 NI, IO, PAC

    3.500     4/20/50       6,080,213       1,025,050  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2020-103 AD

    1.450     1/16/63       27,390,191       23,031,075  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2020-109 AI, IO

    0.841     5/16/60       24,167,341       1,567,600  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2020-123 IL, IO

    2.500     8/20/50       7,592,230       1,048,190  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2020-123 NI, IO

    2.500     8/20/50       21,932,048       3,094,393  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2020-127 IN, IO

    2.500     8/20/50       10,551,870       1,486,678  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2020-129 IE, IO

    2.500     9/20/50       10,026,148       1,420,368  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2020-160 IH, IO

    2.500     10/20/50       6,913,346       978,693  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2020-160 VI, IO

    2.500     10/20/50       9,491,653       1,371,819  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2020-160 YI, IO

    2.500     10/20/50       31,530,691       4,551,635  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2020-181 WI, IO

    2.000     12/20/50       71,319,715       8,145,261  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2020-184, IO, IO

    0.913     11/16/60       7,741,429       548,378  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2020-H09 FL (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.150%)

    1.953     5/20/70       18,908,893       19,020,270  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2020-H09 NF (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.250%)

    2.053     4/20/70       5,234,526       5,287,338  (c) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (j) — continued                                

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2020-H12 F (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.500%)

    1.303     7/20/70       1,904,265     $ 1,866,925  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2020-H13 FA (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.450%)

    1.253     7/20/70       6,102,014       5,962,461  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2020-H13 FC (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.450%)

    1.253     7/20/70       2,533,256       2,480,554  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2020-H13 FM (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.400%)

    1.203     8/20/70       65,143       64,567  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2021-29 TI, IO

    2.500     2/20/51       480,354       89,123  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2021-37, IO, IO

    0.805     1/16/61       22,237,058       1,397,297  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2021-60 IO, IO

    0.816     5/16/63       32,744,464       2,232,544  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2021-68 IO, IO

    0.896     10/16/62       30,270,507       2,117,837  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2021-110 IO, IO

    0.879     11/16/63       9,772,456       738,958  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2021-115 MI, IO

    2.500     5/20/51       4,157,657       477,863  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2021-133, IO

    0.879     7/16/63       21,732,664       1,600,928  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2022-3 B

    1.850     2/16/61       3,300,000       2,318,154  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2022-3 IO, IO

    0.640     2/16/61       9,329,016       547,283  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2022-4 Z

    1.900     3/16/64       2,433,923       1,487,340  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2022-63 LM

    3.500     10/20/50       11,700,000       11,029,882  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2022-55 IO, IO

    0.567     1/16/63       28,876,883       1,774,827  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2022-59 IO, IO

    0.571     2/16/62       66,216,489       3,832,021  (c) 

Great Wolf Trust, 2019-WOLF B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.334%)

    2.658     12/15/36       15,590,000       15,065,831  (a)(c) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (j) — continued                                

GreenPoint Mortgage Funding Trust, 2005-AR4 1A2A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.640%)

    2.264     10/25/45       1,481,289     $ 1,456,488  (c) 

GreenPoint Mortgage Funding Trust, 2005-AR5 2A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.560%)

    2.184     11/25/45       11,376,687       7,069,585  (c) 

GreenPoint Mortgage Funding Trust, 2006-AR3 3A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.460%)

    2.084     4/25/36       105,492       111,428  (c) 

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II, 2018-SRP5 A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.550%)

    3.124     9/15/31       129,642,979       114,847,150  (a)(c) 

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. Trust, 2018-LUAU G (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.450%)

    5.774     11/15/32       12,548,000       11,761,263  (a)(c) 

GS Mortgage Securities Trust, 2013- GC16 B

    5.161     11/10/46       4,302,000       4,254,657  (c) 

GS Mortgage Securities Trust, 2015- GC30 B

    4.161     5/10/50       16,340,000       15,773,907  (c) 

GS Mortgage Securities Trust, 2017- GS8 A4

    3.469     11/10/50       5,490,000       5,320,183  

GS Mortgage Securities Trust, 2022- SROA A (1 mo. Term SOFR + 2.650%)

    3.776     7/12/24       25,000,000       25,000,000  (a)(c)(e)(f) 

GS Mortgage-Backed Securities Trust, 2022-NQM1 A4

    4.000     5/25/62       27,024,250       25,811,361  (a)(c) 

GSR Mortgage Loan Trust, 2005-AR7 1A1

    2.424     11/25/35       558,110       348,655  (c) 

HarborView Mortgage Loan Trust, 2005-3 2A1A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.480%)

    2.092     6/19/35       1,724,654       1,646,255  (c) 

HarborView Mortgage Loan Trust, 2005-7 1A1 (11th District Cost of Funds + 1.850%)

    2.073     6/19/45       1,860,350       962,867  (c) 

HarborView Mortgage Loan Trust, 2006-2 1A

    2.721     2/25/36       459,697       184,242  (c) 

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

    1.792     11/19/46       104,987       76,994  (c) 

Impac CMB Trust, 2005-7 A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.520%)

    2.144     11/25/35       1,525,756       1,388,353  (c) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (j) — continued                                

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

    2.124     5/25/37       3,866,427     $ 3,717,892  (a)(c) 

IndyMac INDX Mortgage Loan Trust, 2005-AR13 1A1

    3.010     8/25/35       113,419       62,522  (c) 

Jefferies Resecuritization Trust, 2015-R1 A2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.140%)

    1.146     12/26/36       15,350,516       8,401,229  (a)(c) 

JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2013-C14 B

    4.699     8/15/46       4,000,000       3,902,626  (c) 

JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2013-C17 B

    5.049     1/15/47       1,602,000       1,588,524  (c) 

JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2014-C25 AS

    4.065     11/15/47       5,930,000       5,812,838  

JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2015-C30 B

    4.374     7/15/48       19,921,000       18,940,359  (c) 

JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2015-C31 B

    4.766     8/15/48       10,543,000       10,116,845  (c) 

JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2017-C5 A5

    3.694     3/15/50       620,000       605,275  

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

    5.074     5/15/28       10,175,200       9,406,973  (a)(c) 

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2016-JP3 C

    3.573     8/15/49       1,510,000       1,352,896  (c) 

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2007- LD12 AJ

    6.722     2/15/51       900,296       807,669  (c) 

JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, 2018-3 A1

    3.500     9/25/48       6,351,344       5,993,710  (a)(c) 

JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, 2018-4 A1

    3.500     10/25/48       4,923,543       4,660,759  (a)(c) 

JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, 2018-5 A1

    3.500     10/25/48       7,678,007       7,262,771  (a)(c) 

JPMorgan Resecuritization Trust, 2015-1 4A2

    1.328     9/27/36       12,206,193       11,077,457  (a)(c) 

Legacy Mortgage Asset Trust, 2019- GS7 A1, Step bond (3.250% to 10/25/22, 6.250% to 10/25/23 then 7.250%)

    3.250     11/25/59       56,223,304       56,007,783  (a) 

Legacy Mortgage Asset Trust, 2020- GS5 A1, Step bond (3.250% to 8/25/23, 6.250% to 8/25/24 then 7.250%)

    3.250     6/25/60       3,384,543       3,337,009  (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (j) — continued                                

Legacy Mortgage Asset Trust, 2021- GS1 A1, Step bond (1.892% to 1/25/24, 4.892% to 1/25/25 then 5.892%)

    1.892     10/25/66       23,414,247     $ 22,737,236  (a) 

Lehman Mortgage Trust, 2006-7 3A4, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.150%)

    5.526     11/25/36       5,483,352       1,207,943  (c) 

MASTR Adjustable Rate Mortgages Trust, 2004-6 5A1

    2.978     7/25/34       73,458       72,964  (c) 

MASTR Adjustable Rate Mortgages Trust, 2006-OA1 1A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.210%)

    1.834     4/25/46       78,835       71,256  (c) 

MASTR Reperforming Loan Trust, 2005-1 1A1

    6.000     8/25/34       1,297,813       922,408  (a) 

MASTR Reperforming Loan Trust, 2005-1 1A3

    7.000     8/25/34       1,715,376       1,379,862  (a) 

MASTR Reperforming Loan Trust, 2005-2 1A1F (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.350%)

    1.974     5/25/35       1,849,121       1,025,254  (a)(c) 

Med Trust, 2021-MDLN E (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.150%)

    4.475     11/15/38       36,130,000       34,187,420  (a)(c) 

MHC Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2021-MHC E (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.101%)

    3.425     4/15/38       159,000       150,177  (a)(c) 

ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2007-5 AJ

    5.450     8/12/48       1,983,914       982,469  (c) 

ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2007-5 AJFL

    5.450     8/12/48       313,280       155,141  (a)(c) 

ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2007-9 AJ

    6.193     9/12/49       184,529       181,842  (c) 

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust, 2004-5AR 2A

    2.964     7/25/34       8,618       8,281  (c) 

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust, 2005-3AR 2A2

    2.563     7/25/35       610,393       555,306  (c) 

Mortgage Loan Resecuritization Trust, 2009-RS1 A85 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.340%)

    1.402     4/16/36       32,936,876       30,944,346  (a)(c) 

Multifamily Trust, 2016-1 B

    11.197     4/25/46       1,605,227       1,659,890  (a)(c) 

New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust, 2019-3A A1A

    3.750     11/25/58       27,654,562       27,037,024  (a)(c) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (j) — continued                                

Nomura Asset Acceptance Corp. Alternative Loan Trust Series, 2005- AP2 A5

    5.476     5/25/35       46,969     $ 26,767  

Nomura Resecuritization Trust, 2015-5R 3A5 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.260%)

    1.526     2/26/46       9,221,695       7,785,032  (a)(c) 

NYMT Loan Trust, 2020-SP2 A1

    2.944     10/25/60       28,062,807       27,266,095  (a)(c) 

PMT Credit Risk Transfer Trust, 2019-3R A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.700%)

    4.352     10/27/22       5,281,588       5,251,117  (a)(c) 

PMT Credit Risk Transfer Trust, 2021-1R A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.900%)

    4.524     2/27/24       19,061,043       18,627,905  (a)(c) 

Prime Mortgage Trust, 2006-1 3A2, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.150%)

    5.526     6/25/36       7,167,052       1,024,648  (c) 

Prime Mortgage Trust, 2006-DR1 2A2

    6.000     5/25/35       20,703,673       17,829,912  (a) 

PRKCM Trust, 2021-AFC1 A1

    1.510     8/25/56       28,931,709       25,564,744  (a)(c) 

RAMP Trust, 2004-SL4 A5

    7.500     7/25/32       374,328       188,871  

RAMP Trust, 2005-SL1 A7

    8.000     5/25/32       152,878       108,067  

RBSGC Mortgage Loan Trust, 2007-B 1A4 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.450%)

    2.074     1/25/37       5,435,423       2,115,202  (c) 

RBSSP Resecuritization Trust, 2009-12 9A2

    2.831     3/25/36       5,005,064       4,538,813  (a)(c) 

Redwood Funding Trust, 2019-1 PT

    4.213     9/27/24       27,979,580       27,874,377  (a) 

Reperforming Loan REMIC Trust, 2006-R2 AS, IO

    4.868     7/25/36       7,970,557       437,364  (a)(c) 

Residential Asset Securitization Trust, 2004-A21 A3, PAC (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.400%)

    2.024     5/25/34       6,430       6,224  (c) 

Shops at Crystals Trust, 2016-CSTL A

    3.126     7/5/36       6,160,000       5,632,134  (a) 

SHOW Trust, 2022 BIZ A (1 mo. Term SOFR + 2.984%)

    4.263     1/15/27       15,000,000       14,648,557  (a) 

Soho Trust, 2021-SOHO B

    2.786     8/10/38       23,410,000       19,270,190  (a)(c) 

Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust, 2004-8 1A1

    2.846     7/25/34       523       523  (c) 

Structured Asset Mortgage Investments II Trust, 2006-AR6 1A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.360%)

    1.984     7/25/46       86,496       74,478  (c) 

Structured Asset Mortgage Investments Trust, 2003-AR1 A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.740%)

    2.335     10/19/33       51,294       48,092  (c) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (j) — continued                                

SunTrust Alternative Loan Trust, 2006-1F 3A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.350%)

    1.974     4/25/36       15,909,985     $ 3,775,570  (c) 

Towd Point Mortgage Trust, 2015-2 1B3

    3.322     11/25/60       8,883,500       7,877,554  (a)(c) 

Towd Point Mortgage Trust, 2019- HY2 A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.000%)

    2.624     5/25/58       19,311,866       19,110,381  (a)(c) 

UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2017-C1 A4

    3.460     6/15/50       5,440,000       5,171,047  

UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2017-C3 A4

    3.426     8/15/50       6,000,000       5,761,987  

VLS Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2020-LAB A

    2.130     10/10/42       64,690,000       53,282,300  (a) 

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2007-C33 AJ

    5.880     2/15/51       1,948,843       1,501,930  (c) 

WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Series Trust, 2003-AR9 1A7

    2.529     9/25/33       4,476       4,279  (c) 

WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Trust, 2005-AR15 A1C3 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.960%)

    2.584     11/25/45       16,386,439       8,994,818  (c) 

Waterfall Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2015-SBC5 A

    4.104     9/14/22       3,561,242       3,463,854  (a)(c) 

Wells Fargo Alternative Loan Trust, 2007-PA1 A12, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.460%)

    3.836     3/25/37       6,372,758       414,628  (c) 

Wells Fargo Alternative Loan Trust, 2007-PA2 2A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.430%)

    2.054     6/25/37       2,318,203       1,871,738  (c) 

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2013-LC12 B

    4.434     7/15/46       450,000       423,008  (c) 

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2014-LC18 AS

    3.808     12/15/47       5,630,000       5,449,809  

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2017-C41 XA, IO

    1.310     11/15/50       30,568,925       1,465,352  (c) 

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2018-C44 A5

    4.212     5/15/51       7,530,000       7,500,388  

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2022-JS2 G

    3.569     12/15/39       10,000,000       6,629,339  (a)(c) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (j) — continued                                

WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2014-C19 B

    4.723     3/15/47       270,000     $ 264,492  (c) 

WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2014-C19 XA, IO

    1.142     3/15/47       37,552,006       410,811  (c) 

Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (Cost — $2,970,113,284)

 

    2,799,381,006  
Sovereign Bonds — 7.4%                                

Argentina — 0.1%

                               

Argentine Bonos del Tesoro, Bonds

    16.000     10/17/23       70,110,000  ARS      169,149  (e) 

Argentine Republic Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    1.000     7/9/29       5,149,404       1,183,821  

Argentine Republic Government International Bond, Senior Notes, Step bond (0.500% to 7/9/23 then 0.750%)

    0.500     7/9/30       59,973,058       14,224,625  

Argentine Republic Government International Bond, Senior Notes, Step bond (1.125% to 7/9/22 then 1.500%)

    1.125     7/9/35       47,667,840       10,325,996  

Argentine Republic Government International Bond, Senior Notes, Step bond (2.500% to 7/9/22 then 3.500%)

    2.500     7/9/41       22,200,000       5,987,562  

Provincia de Buenos Aires, Senior Notes, Step bond (3.900% to 9/1/22 then 5.250%)

    3.900     9/1/37       20,490,394       6,140,655  (a) 

Total Argentina

                            38,031,808  

Brazil — 0.4%

                               

Brazilian Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    2.625     1/5/23       4,490,000       4,477,159  

Brazilian Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    4.625     1/13/28       18,440,000       17,253,161  

Brazilian Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    5.625     1/7/41       6,984,000       5,588,488  

Brazilian Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    5.000     1/27/45       54,640,000       39,159,408  

Brazilian Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    5.625     2/21/47       52,790,000       40,795,822  

Brazilian Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    4.750     1/14/50       36,400,000       24,771,327  

Total Brazil

                            132,045,365  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  

China — 1.5%

                               

China Government Bond

    3.290     5/23/29       2,849,530,000  CNY     $ 439,310,056  

China Government Bond, Senior Notes

    3.380     11/21/24       115,500,000  CNH      17,586,847  (k) 

China Government Bond, Senior Notes

    3.390     5/21/25       59,000,000  CNH      9,019,946  (k) 

China Government Bond, Senior Notes

    3.310     11/30/25       138,000,000  CNH      21,059,663  (k) 

Total China

                            486,976,512  

Colombia — 0.2%

                               

Colombia Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    3.250     4/22/32       22,800,000       16,531,958  

Colombia Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    4.125     2/22/42       23,030,000       14,366,722  

Colombia Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    5.625     2/26/44       19,220,000       13,875,538  

Colombia Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    5.200     5/15/49       10,000,000       6,807,992  

Total Colombia

                            51,582,210  

Indonesia — 1.3%

                               

Indonesia Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    4.350     1/11/48       27,490,000       24,148,003  

Indonesia Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    3.700     10/30/49       3,160,000       2,551,605  

Indonesia Treasury Bond

    7.000     5/15/27       1,675,317,000,000  IDR      115,548,798  

Indonesia Treasury Bond

    6.500     2/15/31       3,650,281,000,000  IDR      234,245,252  

Indonesia Treasury Bond

    6.375     4/15/32       279,555,000,000  IDR      17,663,147  

Indonesia Treasury Bond

    7.500     6/15/35       279,479,000,000  IDR      18,891,449  

Total Indonesia

                            413,048,254  

Israel — 0.1%

                               

Israel Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    2.750     7/3/30       14,340,000       13,316,325  

State of Israel, Senior Notes

    3.375     1/15/50       8,320,000       6,745,631  

State of Israel, Senior Notes

    3.800     5/13/60       5,000,000       4,178,750  (k) 

Total Israel

                            24,240,706  

Kenya — 0.1%

                               

Republic of Kenya Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    6.875     6/24/24       7,780,000       6,535,045  (k) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  

Kenya — continued

                               

Republic of Kenya Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    7.250     2/28/28       6,600,000     $ 4,789,422  (a) 

Republic of Kenya Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    6.300     1/23/34       31,980,000       20,049,701  (a) 

Total Kenya

                            31,374,168  

Mexico — 3.0%

                               

Mexican Bonos, Bonds

    10.000     12/5/24       324,780,000  MXN      16,368,190  

Mexican Bonos, Bonds

    8.000     11/7/47       6,679,000,000  MXN      296,447,011  

Mexican Bonos, Senior Notes

    8.500     5/31/29       2,067,380,000  MXN      99,874,336  

Mexican Bonos, Senior Notes

    7.750     11/23/34       2,887,410,000  MXN      129,672,485  

Mexican Bonos, Senior Notes

    7.750     11/13/42       8,206,736,200  MXN      357,052,914  

Mexico Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    4.350     1/15/47       33,650,000       25,768,250  

Mexico Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    4.600     2/10/48       28,480,000       22,635,227  

Mexico Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    5.750     10/12/2110       9,190,000       7,747,974  

Total Mexico

                            955,566,387  

Nigeria — 0.1%

                               

Nigeria Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    6.500     11/28/27       8,130,000       6,215,548  (a) 

Nigeria Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    7.143     2/23/30       9,270,000       6,577,065  (a) 

Total Nigeria

                            12,792,613  

Panama — 0.1%

                               

Panama Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    2.252     9/29/32       39,170,000       30,637,102  

Panama Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    4.500     4/1/56       8,130,000       6,472,370  

Total Panama

                            37,109,472  

Paraguay — 0.0%††

                               

Paraguay Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    3.849     6/28/33       11,240,000       9,190,046  (a) 

Peru — 0.1%

                               

Peruvian Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    2.783     1/23/31       14,240,000       12,141,723  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  

Peru — continued

                               

Peruvian Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    6.550     3/14/37       2,330,000     $ 2,532,934  

Peruvian Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    5.625     11/18/50       14,280,000       14,834,162  

Total Peru

                            29,508,819  

Poland — 0.1%

                               

Republic of Poland Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    4.000     1/22/24       39,880,000       39,941,575  

Russia — 0.2%

                               

Russian Federal Bond — OFZ

    7.000     1/25/23       1,326,230,000  RUB      2,170,195  *(l) 

Russian Federal Bond — OFZ

    7.000     8/16/23       3,299,070,000  RUB      5,398,478  *(l) 

Russian Federal Bond — OFZ

    7.750     9/16/26       256,110,000  RUB      419,089  *(l) 

Russian Federal Bond — OFZ

    8.150     2/3/27       2,696,040,000  RUB      4,411,702  *(l) 

Russian Federal Bond — OFZ

    7.050     1/19/28       9,423,889,000  RUB      15,420,910  *(l) 

Russian Federal Bond — OFZ

    6.900     5/23/29       8,042,300,000  RUB      13,160,127  *(l) 

Russian Federal Bond — OFZ

    7.650     4/10/30       7,332,630,000  RUB      11,998,849  *(l) 

Russian Federal Bond — OFZ

    7.250     5/10/34       309,130,000  RUB      505,849  *(l) 

Russian Federal Bond — OFZ

    7.700     3/16/39       5,422,870,000  RUB      8,873,787  *(l) 

Total Russia

                            62,358,986  

United Arab Emirates — 0.1%

                               

Abu Dhabi Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    2.500     10/11/22       26,930,000       26,941,849  (a) 

Uruguay — 0.0%††

                               

Uruguay Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    7.875     1/15/33       1       1  

Total Sovereign Bonds (Cost — $3,261,224,391)

 

            2,350,708,771  
Senior Loans — 6.3%                                
Communication Services — 0.9%                                

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.3%

                               

Delta TopCo Inc., First Lien Term Loan (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.750%)

    5.836     12/1/27       18,455,520       16,760,012  (c)(m)(n) 

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

    3.416     3/1/27       45,377,251       42,163,180  (c)(m)(n) 

Zayo Group Holdings Inc., Initial Dollar Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.000%)

    4.666     3/9/27       20,240,000       18,738,293  (c)(m)(n) 

Total Diversified Telecommunication Services

 

            77,661,485  

Entertainment — 0.0%††

                               

Go Daddy Operating Co. LLC, Term Loan B2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.750%)

    3.416     2/15/24       3,856,328       3,738,228  (c)(m)(n) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  

Interactive Media & Services — 0.0%††

                               

Rackspace Technology Global Inc., Term Loan B (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.750%)

    4.160     2/15/28       7,672,905     $ 7,015,913  (c)(m)(n) 

Media — 0.6%

                               

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

    3.420     4/30/25       43,476,566       42,466,606  (c)(m)(n) 

Charter Communications Operating LLC, Term Loan B2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.750%)

    3.420     2/1/27       11,215,672       10,721,005  (c)(m)(n) 

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

    4.133     11/18/24       3,269,597       2,918,115  (c)(m)(n) 

iHeartCommunications Inc., New Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.000%)

    4.666     5/1/26       27,530,418       25,649,264  (c)(m)(n) 

Nexstar Broadcasting Inc., Term Loan B4 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.500%)

    4.166     9/18/26       29,651,316       29,307,361  (c)(m)(n) 

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

    4.732     1/31/26       9,569,443       8,732,116  (c)(m)(n) 

Terrier Media Buyer Inc., 2021 Refinancing Term Loan B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.500%)

    5.166     12/17/26       25,288,328       23,371,725  (c)(m)(n) 

Univision Communications Inc., 2021 Replacement Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.250%)

    4.916     3/15/26       1,743,630       1,650,642  (c)(m)(n) 

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

    3.824     1/31/28       39,153,074       36,781,964  (c)(m)(n) 

Virgin Media Bristol LLC, Term Loan Facility Q (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.250%)

    4.574     1/31/29       4,840,000       4,649,861  (c)(m)(n) 

Ziggo Financing Partnership, Term Loan I (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.500%)

    3.824     4/30/28       5,694,824       5,326,882  (c)(m)(n) 

Total Media

                            191,575,541  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.0%††

                               

CSC Holdings LLC, 2018 Incremental Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.250%)

    3.574     1/15/26       4,722,373     $ 4,406,588  (c)(m)(n) 

CSC Holdings LLC, 2019 Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.500%)

    3.824     4/15/27       4,803,116       4,476,408  (c)(m)(n) 

Total Wireless Telecommunication Services

 

                    8,882,996  

Total Communication Services

                            288,874,163  
Consumer Discretionary — 1.0%                                

Auto Components — 0.1%

                               

Clarios Global LP, First Lien Amendment No. 1 Dollar Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.250%)

    4.916     4/30/26       14,413,363       13,494,511  (c)(m)(n) 

Diversified Consumer Services — 0.1%

                               

Prime Security Services

                               

Borrower LLC, 2021 Refinancing Term Loan B1

    3.500-3.812     9/23/26       36,478,833       34,145,829  (c)(m)(n) 

ServiceMaster Co. LLC, Term Loan B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.750%)

    3.438     11/5/26       5,124,484       5,049,538  (c)(m)(n) 

Total Diversified Consumer Services

                            39,195,367  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.7%

                               

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

    3.416     11/19/26       32,076,592       30,713,337  (c)(m)(n) 

Alterra Mountain Co., 2028 Term Loan B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.500%)

    5.166     8/17/28       14,541,556       13,869,009  (c)(m)(n) 

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

    3.416     3/11/25       3,770,135       3,630,640  (c)(m)(n) 

Aramark Services Inc., Term Loan B4 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.750%)

    3.416     1/15/27       4,838,396       4,608,596  (c)(m)(n) 

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

    4.416     12/23/24       31,395,096       30,306,000  (c)(m)(n) 

Caesars Resort Collection LLC, Term Loan B1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.500%)

    5.166     7/21/25       18,991,725       18,353,128  (c)(m)(n) 

Entain Holdings Gibraltar Ltd., Term Loan Facility B (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.250%)

    3.743     3/29/27       8,239,693       7,932,764  (c)(m)(n) 

Four Seasons Hotels Ltd., Restated Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.000%)

    3.666     11/30/23       10,991,353       10,897,487  (c)(m)(n) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — continued

                               

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

    3.374     6/22/26       39,483,408     $ 38,050,358  (c)(m)(n) 

PCI Gaming Authority, Term Loan Facility B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.500%)

    4.166     5/29/26       11,357,770       10,909,763  (c)(m)(n) 

Scientific Games International Inc., Initial Term Loan B (1 mo. Term SOFR + 3.000%)

    4.357     4/13/29       30,510,000       29,054,368  (c)(m)(n) 

Station Casinos LLC, Term Loan Facility B1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.250%)

    3.920     2/8/27       29,374,955       27,718,502  (c)(m)(n) 

Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

                            226,043,952  

Specialty Retail — 0.1%

                               

Academy Ltd., Refinancing Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.750%)

    4.812     11/5/27       4,954,781       4,725,623  (c)(m)(n) 

Great Outdoors Group LLC, Term Loan B2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.750%)

    5.416     3/6/28       10,037,643       9,181,934  (c)(m)(n) 

Harbor Freight Tools USA Inc., 2021 Refinancing Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.750%)

    4.416     10/19/27       19,751,990       17,562,482  (c)(m)(n) 

Petco Health and Wellness Co. Inc., First Lien Initial Term Loan (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.250%)

    5.500     3/3/28       11,564,567       10,930,308  (c)(m)(n) 

Total Specialty Retail

 

                    42,400,347  

Total Consumer Discretionary

                            321,134,177  
Consumer Staples — 0.1%                                

Beverages — 0.1%

                               

Triton Water Holdings Inc., First Lien Initial Term Loan (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.500%)

    5.750     3/31/28       28,462,523       25,301,191  (c)(m)(n) 

Food & Staples Retailing — 0.0%††

                               

Froneri U.S. Inc., Term Loan Facility B2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.250%)

    3.916     1/29/27       14,014,000       12,933,801  (c)(m)(n) 

US Foods Inc., 2019 Incremental Term Loan B (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.000%)

    3.575     9/14/26       1,393,704       1,317,231  (c)(m)(n) 

Total Food & Staples Retailing

                            14,251,032  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Household Products — 0.0%††

                               

Energizer Holdings Inc., Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.250%)

    3.875     12/22/27       5,544,164     $ 5,277,379  (c)(m)(n) 

Total Consumer Staples

                            44,829,602  
Energy — 0.2%                                

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.2%

                               

Pilot Travel Centers LLC, Initial Term Loan B (1 mo. Term SOFR + 2.100%)

    3.134     8/4/28       61,887,835       59,458,737  (c)(m)(n) 
Financials — 1.1%                                

Capital Markets — 0.2%

                               

Allspring Buyer LLC, Term Loan (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.250%)

    5.563     11/1/28       17,680,462       17,046,441  (c)(m)(n) 

Edelman Financial Engines Center LLC, 2021 Refinancing Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.500%)

    5.166     4/7/28       11,515,507       10,687,829  (c)(m)(n) 

Finco I LLC, 2020 Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.500%)

    4.166     6/27/25       1,635,025       1,561,964  (c)(m)(n) 

First Eagle Holdings Inc., 2018 Refinancing Term Loan B (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.500%)

    4.750     2/1/27       10,460,207       9,795,252  (c)(m)(n) 

Focus Financial Partners LLC, Term Loan B3 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.000%)

    3.666     7/3/24       23,336,032       22,467,581  (c)(m)(n) 

Total Capital Markets

                            61,559,067  

Diversified Financial Services — 0.7%

                               

Castlelake Aviation One Designated Activity Co., Initial Term Loan (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.750%)

    4.579     10/22/26       33,622,792       32,223,244  (c)(m)(n) 

Citadel Securities LP, 2021 Term Loan (1 mo. Term SOFR + 2.614%)

    4.140     2/2/28       29,260,363       28,222,644  (c)(m)(n) 

Deerfield Dakota Holding LLC, First Lien Initial Dollar Term Loan (1 mo. Term SOFR + 3.750%)

    5.275     4/9/27       37,065,623       34,807,029  (c)(m)(n) 

Hudson River Trading LLC, Term Loan (1 mo. Term SOFR + 3.114%)

    4.640     3/20/28       15,721,000       14,760,054  (c)(m)(n) 

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

    4.416     1/26/28       20,724,675       19,978,587  (c)(m)(n) 

Setanta Aircraft Leasing DAC, Term Loan (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.000%)

    4.250     11/5/28       39,440,000       37,632,465  (c)(m)(n) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Diversified Financial Services — continued

                               

UFC Holdings LLC, Term Loan B3 (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 2.750%)

    3.500     4/29/26       26,151,709     $ 24,438,772  (c)(m)(n) 

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

    4.434     1/13/29       13,350,000       12,688,107  (c)(m)(n) 

Total Diversified Financial Services

                            204,750,902  

Insurance — 0.2%

                               

AmWINS Group Inc., Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.250%)

    3.916     2/19/28       14,725,836       13,956,853  (c)(m)(n) 

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

    4.666     11/3/24       17,875,765       16,812,156  (c)(m)(n) 

Asurion LLC, New Term Loan B8 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.250%)

    4.916     12/23/26       29,069,403       26,435,134  (c)(m)(n) 

Asurion LLC, New Term Loan B9 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.250%)

    4.916     7/31/27       13,094,250       11,883,032  (c)(m)(n) 

Asurion LLC, Replacement Term Loan B6 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.125%)

    4.791     11/3/23       5,697,545       5,490,411  (c)(m)(n) 

Total Insurance

                            74,577,586  

Total Financials

                            340,887,555  
Health Care — 1.2%                                

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.1%

                               

Medline Borrower LP, Initial Dollar Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.250%)

    4.916     10/23/28       35,341,425       32,884,136  (c)(m)(n) 

Health Care Providers & Services — 0.5%

                               

EyeCare Partners LLC, First Lien Initial Term Loan (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.750%)

    6.000     2/18/27       11,581,690       10,745,666  (c)(m)(n) 

Global Medical Response Inc., 2020 Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 1.000% + 4.250%)

    5.250     10/2/25       15,504,998       14,463,295  (c)(m)(n) 

Grifols Worldwide Operations USA Inc., Dollar Term Loan B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.000%)

    3.666     11/15/27       41,852,086       39,660,292  (c)(m)(n) 

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

    5.416     11/16/25       14,315,376       13,397,188  (c)(m)(n) 

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

    4.916     3/5/26       21,843,901       20,483,244  (c)(m)(n) 

Phoenix Guarantor Inc., Term Loan B3 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.500%)

    5.142     3/5/26       17,108,833       16,103,689  (c)(m)(n) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Health Care Providers & Services — continued

                               

Phoenix Newco Inc., First Lien Initial Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.250%)

    4.310     11/15/28       17,436,300     $ 16,420,636  (c)(m)(n) 

Sterigenics-Nordion Holdings LLC, Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.750%)

    4.416     12/11/26       39,729,289       37,891,809  (c)(m)(n) 

Total Health Care Providers & Services

                            169,165,819  

Health Care Technology — 0.2%

                               

AthenaHealth Group Inc., Delayed Draw Term Loan

          2/15/29       7,792,754       7,198,595  (o) 

AthenaHealth Group Inc., Initial Term Loan (1 mo. Term SOFR + 3.500%)

    5.009     2/15/29       45,977,246       42,471,711  (c)(m)(n) 

Change Healthcare Holdings LLC, Closing Date Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.500%)

    4.166     3/1/24       24,025,365       23,445,873  (c)(m)(n) 

Total Health Care Technology

                            73,116,179  

Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.1%

                               

ICON Luxembourg Sarl, Term Loan (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.250%)

    4.563     7/3/28       23,620,943       22,881,135  (c)(m)(n) 

PRA Health Sciences Inc., Term Loan (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.250%)

    4.563     7/3/28       5,886,286       5,701,928  (c)(m)(n) 

Total Life Sciences Tools & Services

                            28,583,063  

Pharmaceuticals — 0.3%

                               

Gainwell Acquisition Corp., Term Loan B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.000%)

    6.250     10/1/27       38,164,828       36,197,049  (c)(m)(n) 

Horizon Therapeutics USA Inc., Incremental Term Loan B2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.750%)

    3.375     3/15/28       16,627,106       16,102,355  (c)(m)(n) 

Jazz Financing Lux Sarl, Initial Dollar Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.500%)

    5.166     5/5/28       36,617,456       35,026,794  (c)(m)(n) 

Total Pharmaceuticals

                            87,326,198  

Total Health Care

                            391,075,395  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  
Industrials — 1.0%                                

Aerospace & Defense — 0.0%††

                               

Avolon TLB Borrower 1 (US) LLC, Term Loan B5 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.250%)

    3.845     12/1/27       7,528,836     $ 7,173,588  (c)(m)(n) 

Transdigm Inc., Refinancing Term Loan F (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.250%)

    3.916     12/9/25       1,938,885       1,843,560  (c)(m)(n) 

Total Aerospace & Defense

                            9,017,148  

Airlines — 0.2%

                               

Air Canada, Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 0.750% + 3.500%)

    4.250     8/11/28       14,730,000       13,588,425  (c)(f)(m)(n) 

Delta Air Lines Inc., Initial Term Loan (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR or 1.000% + 3.750%)

    4.750     10/20/27       14,290,000       14,236,412  (c)(m)(n) 

United Airlines Inc., Term Loan B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.750%)

    5.392     4/21/28       28,005,500       26,150,276  (c)(m)(n) 

Total Airlines

                            53,975,113  

Building Products — 0.2%

                               

Hunter Douglas Holding BV, Term Loan B1 (3 mo. Term SOFR + 3.500%)

    4.842     2/26/29       48,000,000       41,497,680  (c)(m)(n) 

Quikrete Holdings Inc., Fourth Amendment Term Loan B1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.000%)

    4.666     6/9/28       16,658,250       15,754,540  (c)(m)(n) 

Total Building Products

                            57,252,220  

Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.4%

                               

Ali Group SRL, Term Loan B

          10/13/28       32,730,000       31,388,070  (o) 

Allied Universal Holdco LLC, USD Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.750%)

    5.416     5/12/28       41,744,592       38,352,844  (c)(m)(n) 

APi Group DE Inc., Initial Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.500%)

    4.166     10/1/26       15,241,353       14,688,854  (c)(m)(n) 

Garda World Security Corp., Term Loan B2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.250%)

    5.900     10/30/26       7,439,555       6,918,786  (c)(m)(n) 

GFL Environmental Inc., 2020 Term Loan (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.000%)

    4.239     5/30/25       3,587,941       3,507,212  (c)(m)(n) 

Verscend Holding Corp., New Term Loan B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.000%)

    5.666     8/27/25       21,846,038       20,972,196  (c)(m)(n) 

Total Commercial Services & Supplies

                            115,827,962  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Construction & Engineering — 0.0%††

                               

Brown Group Holding LLC, Initial Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.500%)

    4.166     6/7/28       4,959,867     $ 4,716,535  (c)(m)(n) 

Electrical Equipment — 0.0%††

                               

Brookfield WEC Holdings Inc., Refinancing Term Loan 2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.750%)

    4.416     8/1/25       8,256,139       7,828,306  (c)(m)(n) 

Road & Rail — 0.2%

                               

Genesee & Wyoming Inc., Initial Term Loan (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.000%)

    4.250     12/30/26       44,720,275       43,068,532  (c)(m)(n) 

XPO Logistics Inc., Refinancing Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.750%)

    2.870     2/24/25       17,030,000       16,282,553  (c)(m)(n) 

Total Road & Rail

                            59,351,085  

Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.0%††

                               

Delos Finance SARL, 2018 Term Loan (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.750%)

    4.000     10/6/23       5,500,000       5,449,813  (c)(m)(n) 

Total Industrials

                            313,418,182  
Information Technology — 0.7%                                

Communications Equipment — 0.0%††

                               

CommScope Inc., Initial Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.250%)

    4.916     4/6/26       1,945,000       1,755,372  (c)(m)(n) 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.1%

                               

II-VI Inc., Term Loan B

          12/8/28       20,760,000       19,955,550  (o) 

IT Services — 0.0%††

                               

FleetCor Technologies Operating Co. LLC, Term Loan B4 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.750%)

    3.416     4/28/28       12,305,792       11,867,398  (c)(m)(n) 

Software — 0.6%

                               

Cloudera Inc., Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.750%)

    5.416     10/8/28       12,309,150       11,365,469  (c)(m)(n) 

DCert Buyer Inc., First Lien Initial Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.000%)

    5.666     10/16/26       44,893,180       43,033,256  (c)(m)(n) 

Magenta Buyer LLC, First Lien Initial Term Loan (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.000%)

    6.230     7/27/28       52,138,000       47,017,266  (c)(m)(n) 

Peraton Corp., First Lien Term Loan B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.750%)

    5.416     2/1/28       37,702,215       35,507,381  (c)(m)(n) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Software — continued

                               

RealPage Inc., First Lien Initial Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.000%)

    4.666     4/24/28       44,806,376     $ 41,539,095  (c)(m)(n) 

Seattle SpinCo Inc., Initial Term Loan (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.750%)

    4.416     6/21/24       1,308,946       1,246,771  (c)(f)(m)(n) 

Total Software

                            179,709,238  

Total Information Technology

                            213,287,558  
Materials — 0.1%                                

Chemicals — 0.0%††

 

                       

INEOS US Petrochem LLC, 2026 Dollar Term Loan B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.750%)

    4.416     1/29/26       12,705,060       12,026,101  (c)(m)(n) 

Containers & Packaging — 0.1%

 

                       

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

    3.416     2/4/27       14,989,407       14,447,765  (c)(m)(n) 

Total Materials

                            26,473,866  

Total Senior Loans (Cost — $2,112,776,496)

 

    1,999,439,235  
                   Face
Amount†/
Units
        
Asset-Backed Securities — 3.2%                                

AccessLex Institute, 2004-A B1 (28 day Auction Rate Security)

    0.000     7/1/39       3,325,000       3,113,067  (c) 

Applebee’s Funding LLC/IHOP Funding LLC, 2019-1A A2I

    4.194     6/5/49       23,789,700       23,161,828  (a) 

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

    2.360     3/20/26       26,770,000       25,541,554  (a) 

Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC, 2020-1A D

    3.340     8/20/26       5,000,000       4,497,947  (a) 

Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC, 2021-1A A

    1.380     8/20/27       8,010,000       7,176,838  (a) 

Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities I Trust, 2005-CL1 A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.500%)

    1.011     9/25/34       767,545       738,217  (c) 

Brazos Student Finance Corp., 2009-1 AS (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.500%)

    4.697     12/27/39       1,578,354       1,590,166  (c) 

CIT Mortgage Loan Trust, 2007-1 1M1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.500%)

    3.124     10/25/37       47,370,000       44,354,677  (a)(c) 

CIT Mortgage Loan Trust, 2007-1 1M2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.750%)

    3.374     10/25/37       108,930,000       90,723,854  (a)(c) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

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

College Ave Student Loans LLC, 2019-A A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.400%)

    3.024     12/28/48       16,283,937     $ 16,128,022  (a)(c) 

Conseco Finance Corp., 1996-5 B1

    8.100     7/15/26       150,458       181  (c) 

Conseco Finance Corp., 1999-3 A9

    6.530     2/1/31       8,244,094       7,421,937  (c) 

Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates, 2006-SD4 A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.680%)

    2.304     12/25/36       40,097       30,960  (a)(c) 

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

    1.025     11/15/36       273,819       217,775  (c) 

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

    1.464     1/15/37       2,148,377       1,977,504  (c) 

Credit Suisse European Mortgage Capital Ltd., 2019-1OTF A (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.900%)

    4.186     8/9/24       55,874,250       54,645,789  (a)(c) 

Credit Suisse European Mortgage Capital Ltd., 2020-1OTF A (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.900%)

    3.114     8/9/24       60,456,281       59,105,084  (a)(c) 

DB Master Finance LLC, 2021-1A A23

    2.791     11/20/51       41,700,450       34,492,548  (a) 

Dividend Solar Loans LLC, 2018-2 B

    4.250     12/20/38       409,064       387,490  (a) 

ECMC Group Student Loan Trust, 2020-2A A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.150%)

    2.774     11/25/69       13,751,305       13,452,390  (a)(c) 

EFS Volunteer No 2 LLC, 2012-1 A2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.350%)

    2.974     3/25/36       6,325,050       6,321,415  (a)(c) 

Fannie Mae Grantor Trust, 2017-T1 A

    2.898     6/25/27       3,988,794       3,882,519  

First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, 2006-FF14 A5 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.1600%)

    1.784     10/25/36       7,488,546       7,371,763  (c) 

Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust, 2018-4 A

    4.060     11/15/30       48,520,000       48,250,302  

GMAC Mortgage Corp. Loan Trust, 2004-HE3 A2VN (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.500%)

    2.124     10/25/34       1,212,389       1,230,831  (a)(c) 

GSRPM Mortgage Loan Trust, 2007-1 A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.400%)

    2.024     10/25/46       4,662,909       4,107,921  (a)(c) 

Hertz Vehicle Financing III LP, 2021-2A A

    1.680     12/27/27       61,540,000       54,381,200  (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

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

Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC, 2021-1A A

    1.210     12/26/25       1,660,000     $ 1,554,396  (a) 

Hildene Community Funding CDO Ltd., 2015-1A ARR

    2.600     11/1/35       41,500,000       36,416,250  (a) 

J.G. Wentworth XLI LLC, 2018-1A A

    3.740     10/17/72       6,662,003       6,283,133  (a)  

Jimmy Johns Funding LLC, 2017-1A A2II

    4.846     7/30/47       6,358,362       6,248,445  (a)  

Loanpal Solar Loan Ltd., 2020-3GS A

    2.470     12/20/47       21,788,220       19,394,265  (a) 

Loanpal Solar Loan Ltd., 2021-1GS A

    2.290     1/20/48       14,141,157       12,265,868  (a) 

Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust, 2006-9 2A3 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.160%)

    1.784     10/25/36       3,166,392       1,157,016  (c)  

Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I Inc. Trust, 2003-HE3 M1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.020%)

    2.644     10/25/33       100,597       98,713  (c)  

Morgan Stanley Resecuritization Trust, 2015-R7 1BXA

    7.060     2/26/29       17,286,628       16,925,199  (a)(c) 

National Collegiate Student Loan Trust, 2005-2 A51 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.370%)

    1.994     6/25/33       13,340,560       12,700,050  (c) 

National Collegiate Student Loan Trust, 2006-1 A5 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.350%)

    1.974     3/25/33       7,332,478       6,908,138  (c)  

National Collegiate Student Loan Trust, 2006-4 A4 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.310%)

    1.934     5/25/32       2,922,394       2,764,928  (c)  

Navient Private Education Refi Loan Trust, 2018-DA A2A

    4.000     12/15/59       17,133,673       17,107,412  (a) 

Navient Private Education Refi Loan Trust, 2020-GA A

    1.170     9/16/69       2,667,469       2,502,953  (a) 

Navient Private Education Refi Loan Trust, 2021-BA A

    0.940     7/15/69       22,794,862       20,716,579  (a) 

Navient Student Loan Trust, 2019-BA B

    4.040     12/15/59       900,000       843,770  (a)  

Nelnet Student Loan Trust, 2015-2A A2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.600%)

    2.224     9/25/47       15,047,149       14,637,061  (a)(c) 

Oak Street Investment Grade Net Lease Fund Series, 2020-1A A1

    1.850     11/20/50       20,945,242       19,190,288  (a) 

Option One Mortgage Loan Trust, 2007-FXD2 1A1

    5.820     3/25/37       22,940,472       20,219,374  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

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

Origen Manufactured Housing Contract Trust, 2006-A A2

    2.705     10/15/37       5,346,751     $ 5,398,935  (c) 

Origen Manufactured Housing Contract Trust, 2007-A A2

    3.485     4/15/37       6,798,408       6,359,326  (c)  

Ownit Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, 2004-1 M2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.800%)

    3.424     7/25/35       1,549,890       1,505,812  (c)  

RAMP Trust, 2003-RS7 MII1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.750%)

    2.749     8/25/33       775,665       754,989  (c)  

RAMP Trust, 2006-RZ4 M1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.350%)

    1.974     10/25/36       17,250,000       16,603,679  (c) 

Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust, 2003-4 A3 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.240%)

    2.864     3/25/34       4,258,180       3,881,449  (c)  

Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust, 2006-1 AF5

    6.166     5/25/36       13,466,483       8,058,807  

Residential Funding Securities Corp., 2002-RP2 A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.500%)

    3.124     10/25/32       1,110,563       1,085,756  (a)(c) 

SBA Small Business Investment Cos., 2018-10B 1

    3.548     9/10/28       4,932,378       4,859,488  

SLM Student Loan Trust, 2003-10A A4 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.670%)

    2.499     12/17/68       13,711,946       13,292,008  (a)(c) 

SMB Private Education Loan Trust, 2015-C R

    0.000     9/18/46       49,649       23,116,586  (a) 

SMB Private Education Loan Trust, 2021-A B

    2.310     1/15/53       10,985,000       10,014,335  (a) 

SMB Private Education Loan Trust, 2021-A C

    2.990     1/15/53       20,000,000       17,977,730  (a) 

SMB Private Education Loan Trust, 2021-A D1

    3.860     1/15/53       2,170,000       2,032,791  (a)  

SMB Private Education Loan Trust, 2021-C APT1

    1.390     1/15/53       36,421,623       32,971,428  (a) 

SpringCastle America Funding LLC, 2020-AA A

    1.970     9/25/37       14,547,659       13,520,891  (a) 

Structured Asset Securities Corp. Mortgage Loan Trust, 2006-ARS1 A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.220%)

    1.844     2/25/36       1,081,288       31,116  (a)(c)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
   

Face
Amount†/

Units

    Value  
Asset-Backed Securities — continued                                

Structured Asset Securities Corp. Mortgage Loan Trust, 2007-BC2 A4 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.300%)

    1.924     3/25/37       20,365,625     $ 16,690,884  (c)  

Structured Asset Securities Corp. Mortgage Loan Trust, 2007-WF2 M1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.250%)

    3.874     8/25/37       17,510,000       16,038,255  (a)(c)  

Structured Asset Securities Corp. Trust, 2005-SC1 1A2

    6.617     5/25/31       3,989,805       3,438,143  (a)(c)  

Sunrun Atlas Issuer LLC, 2019-2 A

    3.610     2/1/55       2,434,731       2,212,899  (a)  

Sunrun Demeter Issuer LLC, 2021-2A A

    2.270     1/30/57       33,332,953       28,029,847  (a)  

Thrust Engine Leasing, 2021-1A A

    4.163     7/15/40       18,960,812       16,857,946  (a)  

Trinity Rail Leasing 2020 LLC, 2020-2A A2

    2.560     11/19/50       28,400,000       25,269,948  (a)  

United States Small Business Administration, 2019-20D 1

    2.980     4/1/39       4,108,555       3,994,233  

United States Small Business Administration, 2019-25G 1

    2.690     7/1/44       8,642,476       7,982,209  

Wingstop Funding LLC, 2020-1A A2

    2.841     12/5/50       3,910,350       3,492,145  (a)  

Total Asset-Backed Securities (Cost — $1,121,911,164)

 

    1,017,709,252  
                  

Face

Amount†

        
Non-U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities — 0.2%

 

               

Japan — 0.2%

                               

Japanese Government CPI Linked Bond (Cost — $94,003,173)

    0.100     3/10/26       9,618,319,875  JPY      74,327,892  
                   Shares         
Investments in Underlying Funds — 0.1%                                

VanEck J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF (Cost — $60,856,229)

                    2,000,000       48,960,000  
    

Expiration

Date

    Contracts     Notional
Amount†
        
Purchased Options — 0.0%††                                
Exchange-Traded Purchased Options — 0.0%††                                

Australian Dollar Futures, Call @ $69.00

    8/5/22       290       290,000       342,200  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Expiration
Date
    Contracts     Notional
Amount†
    Value  
Exchange-Traded Purchased Options — continued

 

               

Euro-Bund Futures, Put @ 148.00EUR

    7/22/22       285       28,500,000     $ 447,999  

Japanese Yen Futures, Call @ $74.00

    8/5/22       290       362,500       464,000  

U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Put @ $112.00

    7/22/22       532       532,000       278,469  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call @ $117.00

    7/1/22       213       213,000       326,156  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call @ $118.25

    7/1/22       213       213,000       96,515  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call @ $117.00

    7/22/22       1,400       1,400,000       2,690,625  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call @ $117.25

    7/22/22       213       213,000       369,422  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Put @ $118.00

    7/1/22       214       214,000       23,406  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Put @ $118.00

    7/22/22       639       639,000       449,297  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Put @ $118.25

    7/22/22       426       426,000       346,125  

U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Call @ $135.00

    7/1/22       70       70,000       254,844  

U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Call @ $134.50

    7/22/22       639       639,000       2,955,375  

U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Call @ $136.00

    7/22/22       375       375,000       1,294,922  

Total Purchased Options (Cost — $5,983,984)

                            10,339,355  

Total Investments — 99.9% (Cost — $36,133,309,587)

 

                    31,753,170,236  

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.1%

                            28,044,582  

Total Net Assets — 100.0%

                          $ 31,781,214,818  

 

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) 

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

 

(c) 

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.

 

(d) 

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

 

(e) 

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

 

(f) 

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

 

(g) 

This security is traded on a to-be-announced (“TBA”) basis. At June 30, 2022, the Fund held TBA securities with a total cost of $573,790,749.

 

(h) 

All or a portion of this security is held at the broker as collateral for open futures contracts.

 

(i) 

All or a portion of this security is held at the broker as collateral for open swap contracts.

 

(j) 

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.

 

(k) 

Security is exempt from registration under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933. Regulation S applies to securities offerings that are made outside of the United States and do not involve direct selling efforts in the United States. This security has been deemed liquid pursuant to guidelines approved by the Board of Directors.

 

(l) 

The coupon payment on this security is currently in default as of June 30, 2022.

 

(m) 

Interest rates disclosed represent the effective rates on senior loans. Ranges in interest rates are attributable to multiple contracts under the same loan.

 

(n) 

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.

 

(o) 

All or a portion of this loan is unfunded as of June 30, 2022. The interest rate for fully unfunded term loans is to be determined.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

 

Abbreviation(s) used in this schedule:

ACES   — Alternative Credit Enhancement Securities
ARS   — Argentine Peso
CAS   — Connecticut Avenue Securities
CDO   — Collateralized Debt Obligation
CMT   — Constant Maturity Treasury
CNH   — Chinese Offshore Yuan
CNY   — Chinese Yuan Renminbi
CPI   — Consumer Price Index
ETF   — Exchange-Traded Fund
EUR   — Euro
GTD   — Guaranteed
ICE   — Intercontinental Exchange
IDR   — Indonesian Rupiah
IO   — Interest Only
JPY   — Japanese Yen
JSC   — Joint Stock Company
LIBOR   — London Interbank Offered Rate
MXN   — Mexican Peso
OFZ   — Obligatsyi Federal’novo Zaima (Russian Federal Loan Obligation)
PAC   — Planned Amortization Class
PO   — Principal Only
REMIC   — Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit
RUB   — Russian Ruble
SOFR   — Secured Overnight Financing Rate
STRIPS   — Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal Securities
USD   — United States Dollar

 

Schedule of Written Options  
Exchange-Traded Written Options

 

Security    Expiration
Date
     Strike
Price
     Contracts      Notional
Amount
     Value  
90-Day Eurodollar Futures, Call      12/19/22      $ 96.50        6,359      $ 15,897,500      $ (4,570,531)  
90-Day Eurodollar Futures, Call      12/19/22        97.00        25,867        64,667,500        (8,891,781)  
90-Day Eurodollar Futures, Call      12/19/22        99.00        209        522,500        (6,531)  
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Call      7/22/22        111.00        638        638,000        (932,078)  
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Call      7/22/22        111.50        3,485        3,485,000        (3,784,494)  
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Call      7/22/22        112.00        9,347        9,347,000        (7,229,325)  
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Put      7/22/22        110.00        1,064        1,064,000        (83,125)  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call      7/1/22        117.25        855        855,000        (1,108,828)  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call      7/1/22        117.75        213        213,000        (179,719)  

 

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 10-Year Notes Futures, Call      7/22/22      $ 116.50        957      $ 957,000      $ (2,213,062)  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call      7/22/22        117.50        2,710        2,710,000        (4,234,375)  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call      7/22/22        118.00        10,775        10,775,000        (13,300,391)  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call      7/22/22        120.00        1,063        1,063,000        (415,234)  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Put      7/1/22        117.50        106        106,000        (3,313)  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Put      7/1/22        117.75        425        425,000        (26,563)  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Put      7/8/22        117.50        2,126        2,126,000        (498,281)  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Put      7/8/22        117.75        639        639,000        (189,703)  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Put      7/22/22        115.00        213        213,000        (23,297)  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Put      7/22/22        117.00        852        852,000        (332,813)  
U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Call      7/22/22        138.00        532        532,000        (1,155,437)  
U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Call      7/22/22        139.00        425        425,000        (703,906)  
U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Put      7/8/22        137.00        914        914,000        (485,563)  
U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Put      7/22/22        134.00        1,172        1,172,000        (494,438)  
U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Put      7/22/22        136.00        106        106,000        (87,781)  
Total Exchange-Traded Written Options (Premiums received — $44,588,020)

 

   $ (50,950,569)  

At June 30, 2022, the Fund had the following open futures contracts:

 

      Number of
Contracts
     Expiration
Date
     Notional
Amount
     Market
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Contracts to Buy:                                             
3-Month EURIBOR      7,563        12/22      $ 1,967,355,913      $ 1,958,823,372      $ (8,532,541)  
3-Month SOFR      6,419        6/23        1,549,399,617        1,553,799,187        4,399,570  
90-Day Eurodollar      47,238        12/22        11,572,299,473        11,373,729,450        (198,570,023)  
90-Day Eurodollar      8,459        6/23        2,050,809,441        2,042,108,337        (8,701,104)  
90-Day Eurodollar      2,039        9/23        504,990,057        493,208,613        (11,781,444)  
90-Day Eurodollar      6,754        12/23        1,647,494,429        1,636,240,925        (11,253,504)  
Australian 10-Year Bonds      4,149        9/22        342,954,731        340,496,976        (2,457,755)  
Australian Dollar      12,710        9/22        914,763,519        878,388,100        (36,375,419)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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June 30, 2022

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

 

      Number of
Contracts
     Expiration
Date
     Notional
Amount
     Market
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Contracts to Buy continued

 

                                   
British Pound      2,720        9/22      $ 212,685,300      $ 207,383,000      $ (5,302,300)  
Canadian Dollar      650        9/22        51,662,325        50,505,000        (1,157,325)  
Euro      2,410        9/22        324,070,829        317,457,250        (6,613,579)  
Euro-Bobl      1,496        9/22        197,034,820        194,696,786        (2,338,034)  
Euro-Bund      1,317        9/22        213,205,554        205,338,740        (7,866,814)  
Euro-OAT      1,591        9/22        237,965,593        230,969,469        (6,996,124)  
Japanese Yen      5,910        9/22        565,749,871        547,820,062        (17,929,809)  
Mexican Peso      12,347        9/22        308,990,603        302,254,560        (6,736,043)  
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes      117,356        9/22        13,215,420,756        13,173,211,000        (42,209,756)  
U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds      1,306        9/22        182,176,490        181,044,250        (1,132,240)  
U.S. Treasury Ultra Long-Term Bonds      4,689        9/22        732,699,853        723,717,844        (8,982,009)  
United Kingdom Long Gilt Bonds      153        9/22        21,996,016        21,228,422        (767,594)  
                                           (381,303,847)  
Contracts to Sell:                                             
30-Day Federal Funds      15,065        7/22        6,176,920,881        6,172,592,883        4,327,998  
3-Month SOFR      6,213        9/22        1,505,834,063        1,507,351,462        (1,517,399)  
Euro-Buxl      702        9/22        131,255,735        120,324,697        10,931,038  
U.S. Treasury 2-Year Notes      5,645        9/22        1,188,585,779        1,185,538,209        3,047,570  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes      15,526        9/22        1,828,461,076        1,840,316,188        (11,855,112)  
U.S. Treasury Ultra 10-Year Notes      4,481        9/22        574,440,159        570,767,375        3,672,784  
                                           8,606,879  
Net unrealized depreciation on open futures contracts

 

            $ (372,696,968)  

 

Abbreviation(s) used in this table:

EURIBOR   — Euro Interbank Offered Rate
OAT   — Obligations Assimilables du Trésor (French Treasury Bonds)
SOFR   — Secured Overnight Financing Rate

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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At June 30, 2022, the Fund had the following open forward foreign currency contracts:

 

Currency

Purchased

   

Currency

Sold

    Counterparty   Settlement
Date
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
BRL     155,997,752     USD     32,966,558     BNP Paribas SA     7/19/22     $ (3,332,149)  
AUD     253,824,721     USD     189,869,775     Citibank N.A.     7/19/22       (14,645,688)  
CAD     596,725,858     USD     476,934,276     Citibank N.A.     7/19/22       (13,350,222)  
CAD     956,710,081     USD     765,858,214     Citibank N.A.     7/19/22       (22,609,816)  
CNY     138,561,353     USD     21,636,351     Citibank N.A.     7/19/22       (938,515)  
EUR     25,000,000     USD     26,214,750     Citibank N.A.     7/19/22       16,408  
EUR     415,500,000     USD     434,269,797     Citibank N.A.     7/19/22       1,692,053  
MXN     1,250,000,000     USD     62,354,091     Citibank N.A.     7/19/22       (407,890)  
MXN     2,980,500,000     USD     148,676,354     Citibank N.A.     7/19/22       (971,832)  
NOK     828,954,509     EUR     87,024,000     Citibank N.A.     7/19/22       (7,121,363)  
USD     11,801,440     AUD     16,000,000     Citibank N.A.     7/19/22       756,080  
USD     13,853,400     AUD     20,000,000     Citibank N.A.     7/19/22       46,700  
USD     67,436,097     CNY     432,670,000     Citibank N.A.     7/19/22       2,805,285  
USD     118,013,720     CNY     756,940,000     Citibank N.A.     7/19/22       4,944,529  
USD     7,327,005     EUR     7,000,000     Citibank N.A.     7/19/22       (17,719)  
USD     8,582,102     EUR     8,000,000     Citibank N.A.     7/19/22       188,132  
USD     12,577,920     EUR     12,000,000     Citibank N.A.     7/19/22       (13,036)  
USD     4,272,421     IDR     61,569,853,873     Citibank N.A.     7/19/22       140,458  
USD     8,212,661     IDR     118,122,700,000     Citibank N.A.     7/19/22       285,428  
USD     85,300,321     MXN     1,761,930,000     Citibank N.A.     7/19/22       (2,015,575)  
USD     160,516,365     MXN     3,230,440,000     Citibank N.A.     7/19/22       425,577  
GBP     59,432,403     USD     77,647,840     Goldman Sachs Group Inc.     7/19/22       (5,278,612)  
JPY     1,100,000,000     USD     8,193,058     Goldman Sachs Group Inc.     7/19/22       (76,720)  
JPY     10,349,983,258     USD     83,751,281     Goldman Sachs Group Inc.     7/19/22       (7,384,041)  
NOK     740,883     EUR     78,000     Goldman Sachs Group Inc.     7/19/22       (6,597)  
USD     12,516,516     AUD     18,000,000     Goldman Sachs Group Inc.     7/19/22       90,486  
USD     9,396,900     EUR     9,000,000     Goldman Sachs Group Inc.     7/19/22       (46,317)  
CHF     43,000,000     USD     43,596,620     JPMorgan Chase & Co.     7/19/22       1,497,979  
INR     4,359,319,201     USD     56,752,362     JPMorgan Chase & Co.     7/19/22       (1,631,286)  
USD     46,517,163     CHF     43,000,000     JPMorgan Chase & Co.     7/19/22       1,422,564  
USD     472,789,544     CNH     3,024,529,271     JPMorgan Chase & Co.     7/19/22       20,966,019  
USD     25,714,526     CNY     164,704,108     JPMorgan Chase & Co.     7/19/22       1,111,571  
USD     84,362,076     CNY     540,550,000     JPMorgan Chase & Co.     7/19/22       3,616,507  
BRL     141,947,204     USD     29,795,177     Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.     7/19/22       (2,829,907)  
NOK     752,407,424     EUR     79,190,000     Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.     7/19/22       (6,675,655)  
USD     58,129,193     BRL     297,944,956     Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.     7/19/22       1,529,514  
USD     10,759,800     EUR     9,875,000     Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.     7/19/22       398,493  
USD     662,458,847     EUR     604,830,589     Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.     7/19/22       27,842,572  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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June 30, 2022

 

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Currency
Purchased
    Currency
Sold
    Counterparty   Settlement
Date
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
USD     77,257,952     MXN     1,557,404,429     Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.     7/19/22     $ 77,722  
USD     88,736,414     MXN     1,834,617,000     Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.     7/19/22       (2,181,629)  
ZAR     728,620,000     USD     49,229,418     Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.     7/19/22       (4,530,078)  
Total

 

                          $ (26,210,570)  

 

Abbreviation(s) used in this table:

AUD   — Australian Dollar
BRL   — Brazilian Real
CAD   — Canadian Dollar
CHF   — Swiss Franc
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
USD   — United States Dollar
ZAR   — South African Rand

At June 30, 2022, the Fund had the following open swap contracts:

 

CENTRALLY CLEARED INTEREST RATE SWAPS  
     Notional
Amount*
    Termination
Date
   

Payments

Made by

the Fund†

  Payments
Received by
the Fund†
  Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
      520,862,000       11/18/23     3.970%**   CPURNSA**   $ (1,921,595)     $ 17,592,034  
      3,597,809,000       6/4/24     3-Month LIBOR quarterly   0.820% semi-annually           (83,256,283)  
      379,970,000       10/20/26     2.950%**   CPURNSA**     (198,855)       14,317,107  
      520,862,000       11/18/26     CPURNSA**   3.370%**     4,875,883       (12,734,076)  
      591,904,000       11/20/26     1.520% annually   Daily SOFR Compound annually     (1,014,019)       19,386,519  
      400,173,000       3/4/27     Daily SOFR Compound annually   1.550% annually     (580,574)       (20,322,922)  
      1,429,588,000       5/15/27     0.710% annually   Daily SOFR Compound annually     4,605,388       128,844,632  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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CENTRALLY CLEARED INTEREST RATE SWAPS (cont’d)  
     Notional
Amount*
    Termination
Date
    Payments
Made by
the Fund†
 

Payments

Received by
the Fund†

  Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
      244,183,000       2/15/28     1.350% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR quarterly   $ (1,688,297)     $ 22,820,518  
      878,109,000       8/15/28     1.130% annually   Daily SOFR Compound annually     6,366,371       73,655,206  
      441,554,000       8/15/28     1.220% annually   Daily SOFR Compound annually     (194,285)       38,195,005  
      348,007,000       2/15/29     2.850% annually   Daily SOFR Compound annually     (632,734)       (1,645,579)  
      3,851,130,000  MXN      7/18/29     28-Day MXN TIIE-Banxico every 28 days   7.450% every 28 days     1,162,309       (16,008,642)  
      3,847,470,000  MXN      7/20/29     28-Day MXN TIIE-Banxico every 28 days   7.440% every 28 days     1,414,149       (16,354,751)  
      379,970,000       10/20/31     CPURNSA**   2.770%**     304,626       (10,196,203)  
      379,990,000       10/20/31     1.733% annually   Daily SOFR Compound annually     1,496,859       14,806,610  
      199,961,000       3/18/32     2.000% annually   Daily SOFR Compound annually     1,620,828       11,534,781  
      374,360,000       7/20/45     0.560% annually   Daily SOFR annually     3,192,610       136,515,690  
      163,600,000       8/19/45     0.740% annually   Daily SOFR annually           56,099,258  
      12,221,800,000  JPY      5/9/46     0.641% semi-annually   Daily TONA Compound
semi-annually
    16,343       6,797,929  
      289,607,000       2/15/47     1.630% semi-annually   3-Month LIBOR quarterly     1,683,512       68,658,964  
      174,372,000       2/15/47     1.520% annually   Daily SOFR Compound annually     (2,452,602)       39,784,676  
      193,568,000       2/15/47     1.729% annually   Daily SOFR Compound annually     2,453,765       31,798,732  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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June 30, 2022

 

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CENTRALLY CLEARED INTEREST RATE SWAPS (cont’d)  
     Notional
Amount*
    Termination
Date
    Payments
Made by
the Fund†
 

Payments

Received by
the Fund†

    Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
      159,450,000       5/15/47     1.630% annually     Daily SOFR Compound annually     $ 7,064,630     $ 24,013,258  
      19,814,000       8/15/47     1.650% annually     Daily SOFR Compound annually       1,992,261       1,805,107  
      187,010,000       4/21/52     2.500% annually     Daily SOFR Compound annually       314,125       4,095,198  
Total                               $ 29,880,698     $ 550,202,768  

 

CENTRALLY CLEARED CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS ON CORPORATE ISSUES — SELL PROTECTION1  
Reference Entity   Notional
Amount2
    Termination
Date
    Implied
Credit
Spread at
June 30,
20223
    Periodic
Payments
Received by
the Fund†
    Market
Value
    Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)
    Unrealized
Depreciation
 
Apache Corp., 4.875%, due 11/15/27   $ 54,561,000       6/20/26       2.317%       1.000% quarterly     $ (2,562,028)     $ (1,940,532)     $ (621,496)  
Apache Corp., 4.875%, due 11/15/27     75,119,000       12/20/26       2.488%       1.000% quarterly       (4,410,256)       (2,021,270)       (2,388,986)  
Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Co. BV, 2.950%, due 12/18/22     25,010,000       6/20/26       4.593%       1.000% quarterly       (2,939,125)       (1,959,181)       (979,944)  
Total   $ 154,690,000                             $ (9,911,409)     $ (5,920,983)     $ (3,990,426)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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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
Depreciation
 
Markit CDX.NA.HY.38 Index   $ 735,645,240       6/20/27       5.000% quarterly     $ (22,156,163)     $ 29,028,837     $ (51,185,000)  
Markit CDX.NA.IG.38 Index     8,362,619,000       6/20/27       1.000% quarterly       (3,863,530)       106,501,354       (110,364,884)  
Total   $ 9,098,264,240                     $ (26,019,693)     $ 135,530,191     $ (161,549,884)  

 

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:

CPURNSA   — U.S. CPI Urban Consumers NSA Index
JPY   — Japanese Yen
LIBOR   — London Interbank Offered Rate
MXN   — Mexican Peso
SOFR   — Secured Overnight Financing Rate
TIIE   — Equilibrium Interbanking Interest Rate (Tasa de Intere’s Interbancaria de Equilibrio)
TONA   — Tokyo Overnight Average Rate

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statement of assets and liabilities (unaudited)

June 30, 2022

 

Assets:         

Investments, at value (Cost — $36,133,309,587)

   $ 31,753,170,236  

Foreign currency, at value (Cost — $241,783,476)

     235,630,594  

Receivable for securities sold

     1,382,244,370  

Deposits with brokers for centrally cleared swap contracts

     588,811,288  

Interest receivable

     212,702,015  

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

     197,455,776  

Receivable from brokers — net variation margin on open futures contracts

     112,626,188  

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

     69,854,077  

Foreign currency collateral for open futures contracts and exchange-traded options, at value (Cost — $41,988,715)

     42,180,153  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     39,968,196  

Deposits with brokers for TBA securities

     7,270,000  

Deposits with brokers for OTC derivatives

     3,940,000  

Principal paydown receivable

     2,171,612  

Receivable for premiums on written options

     1,512,481  

Dividends receivable from affiliated investments

     58,497  

Prepaid expenses

     245,576  

Total Assets

     34,649,841,059  
Liabilities:         

Payable for securities purchased

     2,311,455,722  

Payable to brokers — net variation margin on centrally cleared swap contracts

     228,054,064  

Payable for Fund shares repurchased

     138,514,992  

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

     96,064,647  

Written options, at value (premiums received — $44,588,020)

     50,950,569  

Distributions payable

     11,084,189  

Investment management fee payable

     9,340,166  

Deposits from brokers for OTC derivatives

     7,260,000  

Due to custodian

     7,092,014  

Service and/or distribution fees payable

     633,082  

Accrued foreign capital gains tax

     380,402  

Directors’ fees payable

     96,536  

Accrued expenses

     7,699,858  

Total Liabilities

     2,868,626,241  
Total Net Assets    $ 31,781,214,818  
Net Assets:         

Par value (Note 7)

   $ 3,216,285  

Paid-in capital in excess of par value

     38,669,125,631  

Total distributable earnings (loss)

     (6,891,127,098)  
Total Net Assets    $ 31,781,214,818  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Net Assets:         

Class A

     $1,459,262,933  

Class C

     $188,859,246  

Class C1

     $177,106  

Class FI

     $200,432,567  

Class R

     $306,127,230  

Class I

     $20,011,021,624  

Class IS

     $9,615,334,112  
Shares Outstanding:         

Class A

     147,812,460  

Class C

     19,101,542  

Class C1

     17,886  

Class FI

     20,285,100  

Class R

     31,026,190  

Class I

     2,024,779,765  

Class IS

     973,262,089  
Net Asset Value:         

Class A (and redemption price)

     $9.87  

Class C*

     $9.89  

Class C1*

     $9.90  

Class FI (and redemption price)

     $9.88  

Class R (and redemption price)

     $9.87  

Class I (and redemption price)

     $9.88  

Class IS (and redemption price)

     $9.88  
Maximum Public Offering Price Per Share:         

Class A (based on maximum initial sales charge of 4.25%; 3.75% effective August 15, 2022)

     $10.31  

 

*

Redemption price per share is NAV of Class C and Class C1 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 June 30, 2022

 

Investment Income:         

Interest

   $ 563,159,723  

Dividends from unaffiliated investments

     1,290,378  

Dividends from affiliated investments

     167,031  

Less: Foreign taxes withheld

     (886,396)  

Total Investment Income

     563,730,736  
Expenses:         

Investment management fee (Note 2)

     72,905,985  

Transfer agent fees (Note 5)

     14,923,369  

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

     4,234,689  

Custody fees

     595,108  

Legal fees

     457,209  

Fund accounting fees

     412,840  

Directors’ fees

     357,605  

Registration fees

     338,870  

Commitment fees (Note 9)

     145,969  

Insurance

     96,756  

Interest expense

     76,268  

Fees recaptured by investment manager (Note 2)

     76,217  

Shareholder reports

     51,028  

Audit and tax fees

     44,587  

Miscellaneous expenses

     59,886  

Total Expenses

     94,776,386  

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

     (8,982,522)  

Net Expenses

     85,793,864  
Net Investment Income      477,936,872  
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

     (850,529,767)  

Futures contracts

     (1,490,333,600)  

Written options

     277,859,312  

Swap contracts

     65,168,018  

Forward foreign currency contracts

     (8,913,781)  

Foreign currency transactions

     (8,634,025)  

Net Realized Loss

     (2,015,383,843)  

Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) From:

        

Investments in unaffiliated securities

     (4,861,415,168) ‡ 

Futures contracts

     (338,218,908)  

Written options

     (6,657,987)  

Swap contracts

     278,218,902  

Forward foreign currency contracts

     (33,864,582)  

Foreign currencies

     (8,845,537)  

Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

     (4,970,783,280)  
Net Loss on Investments, Futures Contracts, Written Options, Swap Contracts, Forward Foreign Currency Contracts and Foreign Currency Transactions      (6,986,167,123)  
Decrease in Net Assets From Operations    $ (6,508,230,251)  

 

Net of change in accrued foreign capital gains tax of $380,402.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Statements of changes in net assets

 

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 (unaudited)
and the Year Ended December 31, 2021
   2022      2021  
Operations:                  

Net investment income

   $ 477,936,872      $ 859,109,377  

Net realized gain (loss)

     (2,015,383,843)        236,707,926  

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     (4,970,783,280)        (1,830,204,453)  

Decrease in Net Assets From Operations

     (6,508,230,251)        (734,387,150)  
Distributions to Shareholders From (Notes 1 and 6):                  

Total distributable earnings

     (488,316,722)        (1,347,510,039)  

Decrease in Net Assets From Distributions to Shareholders

     (488,316,722)        (1,347,510,039)  
Fund Share Transactions (Note 7):                  

Net proceeds from sale of shares

     7,081,443,666        16,373,780,437  

Reinvestment of distributions

     420,282,518        1,155,556,652  

Cost of shares repurchased

     (10,396,598,501)        (12,804,683,723)  

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets From Fund Share Transactions

     (2,894,872,317)        4,724,653,366  

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

     (9,891,419,290)        2,642,756,177  
Net Assets:                  

Beginning of period

     41,672,634,108        39,029,877,931  

End of period

   $ 31,781,214,818      $ 41,672,634,108  

 

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 December 31,
unless otherwise noted:
       
Class A Shares1   20222     2021     2020     2019     2018     2017  
Net asset value, beginning of period     $11.91       $12.55       $11.96       $11.19       $11.83       $11.42  
Income (loss) from operations:            

Net investment income

    0.12       0.21       0.26       0.35       0.36       0.31  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (2.03)       (0.49)       0.80       0.98       (0.60)       0.44  

Total income (loss) from operations

    (1.91)       (0.28)       1.06       1.33       (0.24)       0.75  
Less distributions from:            

Net investment income

    (0.13)       (0.28)       (0.29)       (0.40)       (0.35)       (0.32)  

Net realized gains

          (0.08)       (0.18)       (0.16)       (0.05)       (0.02)  

Total distributions

    (0.13)       (0.36)       (0.47)       (0.56)       (0.40)       (0.34)  
Net asset value, end of period     $9.87       $11.91       $12.55       $11.96       $11.19       $11.83  

Total return3

    (16.13)     (2.26)     9.00     11.88     (1.86)     6.57
Net assets, end of period (millions)     $1,459       $1,458       $1,463       $1,306       $1,032       $992  
Ratios to average net assets:            

Gross expenses

    0.82 %4,5      0.82 %5      0.83     0.83 %5      0.84     0.85 %5 

Net expenses6,7

    0.82 4,5       0.82 5       0.82       0.82 5       0.82       0.82 5  

Net investment income

    2.31 4       1.75       2.13       2.99       3.16       2.66  
Portfolio turnover rate8     27     56     95     122     105     94

 

1 

Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method.

 

2 

For the six months ended June 30, 2022 (unaudited).

 

3 

Performance figures, exclusive of sales charges, may reflect compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

 

4 

Annualized.

 

5 

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

 

6 

As a result of an expense limitation arrangement, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses, other than interest, brokerage commissions, taxes, extraordinary expenses, deferred organizational expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses, to average net assets of Class A shares did not exceed 0.82%. This expense limitation arrangement cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2023 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 30% for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 79%, 137%, 189%, 274% and 264% for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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For a share of each class of capital stock outstanding throughout each year ended December 31,
unless otherwise noted:
       
Class C Shares1   20222     2021     2020     2019     2018     2017  
Net asset value, beginning of period     $11.93       $12.57       $11.97       $11.21       $11.84       $11.43  
Income (loss) from operations:            

Net investment income

    0.08       0.13       0.17       0.27       0.28       0.23  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (2.03)       (0.50)       0.82       0.96       (0.58)       0.43  

Total income (loss) from operations

    (1.95)       (0.37)       0.99       1.23       (0.30)       0.66  
Less distributions from:            

Net investment income

    (0.09)       (0.19)       (0.21)       (0.31)       (0.28)       (0.23)  

Net realized gains

          (0.08)       (0.18)       (0.16)       (0.05)       (0.02)  

Total distributions

    (0.09)       (0.27)       (0.39)       (0.47)       (0.33)       (0.25)  
Net asset value, end of period     $9.89       $11.93       $12.57       $11.97       $11.21       $11.84  

Total return3

    (16.40)     (2.94)     8.32     11.10     (2.53)     5.82
Net assets, end of period (millions)     $189       $273       $326       $259       $199       $219  
Ratios to average net assets:            

Gross expenses

    1.53 %4      1.52     1.51     1.52     1.52     1.52

Net expenses5,6

    1.53 4       1.51       1.51       1.52       1.52       1.52  

Net investment income

    1.57 4       1.05       1.43       2.29       2.45       1.95  
Portfolio turnover rate7     27     56     95     122     105     94

 

1 

Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method.

 

2 

For the six months ended June 30, 2022 (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 

As a result of an expense limitation arrangement, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses, other than interest, brokerage commissions, taxes, extraordinary expenses, deferred organizational expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses, to average net assets of Class C shares did not exceed 1.65%. This expense limitation arrangement cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2023 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.

 

6 

Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

7 

Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 30% for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 79%, 137%, 189%, 274% and 264% for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 and 2017, 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 December  31,
unless otherwise noted:
       
Class C1 Shares1   20222     2021     2020     2019     2018     2017  
Net asset value, beginning of period     $11.95       $12.55       $11.96       $11.20       $11.83       $11.42  
Income (loss) from operations:            

Net investment income

    0.09       0.15       0.21       0.32       0.31       0.27  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (2.04)       (0.44)       0.80       0.96       (0.58)       0.43  

Total income (loss) from operations

    (1.95)       (0.29)       1.01       1.28       (0.27)       0.70  
Less distributions from:            

Net investment income

    (0.10)       (0.23)       (0.24)       (0.36)       (0.31)       (0.27)  

Net realized gains

          (0.08)       (0.18)       (0.16)       (0.05)       (0.02)  

Total distributions

    (0.10)       (0.31)       (0.42)       (0.52)       (0.36)       (0.29)  
Net asset value, end of period     $9.90       $11.95       $12.55       $11.96       $11.20       $11.83  

Total return3

    (16.39)     (2.42) %4      8.59     11.50     (2.22)     6.16
Net assets, end of period (000s)     $177       $237       $1,394       $2,399       $14,202       $22,192  
Ratios to average net assets:            

Gross expenses

    1.37 %5      1.24     1.27     1.20     1.19     1.21

Net expenses6,7

    1.37 5       1.24       1.27       1.20       1.19       1.21  

Net investment income

    1.73 5       1.25       1.74       2.76       2.75       2.27  
Portfolio turnover rate8     27     56     95     122     105     94

 

1 

Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method.

 

2 

For the six months ended June 30, 2022 (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 

The total return includes a payment by an affiliate to reimburse for an error. Absent this payment, total return would have been (2.67)% for the year ended December 31, 2021.

 

5 

Annualized.

 

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 C1 shares did not exceed 1.51%. This expense limitation arrangement cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2023 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 30% for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 79%, 137%, 189%, 274% and 264% for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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For a share of each class of capital stock outstanding throughout each year ended December 31,
unless otherwise noted:
       
Class FI Shares1   20222     2021     2020     2019     2018     2017  
Net asset value, beginning of period     $11.92       $12.56       $11.97       $11.20       $11.84       $11.43  
Income (loss) from operations:            

Net investment income

    0.12       0.21       0.26       0.35       0.36       0.31  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (2.03)       (0.49)       0.80       0.98       (0.60)       0.44  

Total income (loss) from operations

    (1.91)       (0.28)       1.06       1.33       (0.24)       0.75  
Less distributions from:            

Net investment income

    (0.13)       (0.28)       (0.29)       (0.40)       (0.35)       (0.32)  

Net realized gains

          (0.08)       (0.18)       (0.16)       (0.05)       (0.02)  

Total distributions

    (0.13)       (0.36)       (0.47)       (0.56)       (0.40)       (0.34)  
Net asset value, end of period     $9.88       $11.92       $12.56       $11.97       $11.20       $11.84  

Total return3

    (16.13)     (2.26)     8.99     11.87     (1.87)     6.65
Net assets, end of period (millions)     $200       $318       $432       $414       $359       $444  
Ratios to average net assets:            

Gross expenses

    0.85 %4      0.82     0.82     0.82     0.83     0.83

Net expenses5,6

    0.85 4       0.82       0.82       0.82       0.83       0.83  

Net investment income

    2.23 4       1.74       2.14       3.00       3.13       2.65  
Portfolio turnover rate7     27     56     95     122     105     94

 

1 

Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method.

 

2 

For the six months ended June 30, 2022 (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

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 0.85%. This expense limitation arrangement cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2023 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.

 

6 

Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

7 

Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 30% for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 79%, 137%, 189%, 274% and 264% for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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For a share of each class of capital stock outstanding throughout each year ended December 31,
unless otherwise noted:
       
Class R Shares1   20222     2021     2020     2019     2018     2017  
Net asset value, beginning of period     $11.90       $12.54       $11.95       $11.19       $11.82       $11.41  
Income (loss) from operations:            

Net investment income

    0.11       0.18       0.22       0.32       0.32       0.28  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (2.03)       (0.50)       0.80       0.96       (0.58)       0.43  

Total income (loss) from operations

    (1.92)       (0.32)       1.02       1.28       (0.26)       0.71  
Less distributions from:            

Net investment income

    (0.11)       (0.24)       (0.25)       (0.36)       (0.32)       (0.28)  

Net realized gains

          (0.08)       (0.18)       (0.16)       (0.05)       (0.02)  

Total distributions

    (0.11)       (0.32)       (0.43)       (0.52)       (0.37)       (0.30)  
Net asset value, end of period     $9.87       $11.90       $12.54       $11.95       $11.19       $11.82  

Total return3

    (16.19)     (2.56)     8.67     11.56     (2.16)     6.25
Net assets, end of period (millions)     $306       $375       $350       $298       $245       $215  
Ratios to average net assets:            

Gross expenses

    1.14 %4      1.12     1.13     1.12     1.12     1.13

Net expenses5

    1.14 4,6       1.12 6       1.12 6       1.12 6       1.12       1.13 6  

Net investment income

    1.97 4       1.46       1.83       2.69       2.87       2.35  
Portfolio turnover rate7     27     56     95     122     105     94

 

1 

Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method.

 

2 

For the six months ended June 30, 2022 (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 

As a result of an expense limitation arrangement, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses, other than interest, brokerage commissions, taxes, extraordinary expenses, deferred organizational expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses, to average net assets of Class R shares did not exceed 1.15%. This expense limitation arrangement cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2023 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.

 

6 

Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

7 

Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 30% for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 79%, 137%, 189%, 274% and 264% for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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For a share of each class of capital stock outstanding throughout each year ended December 31,
unless otherwise noted:
       
Class I Shares1   20222     2021     2020     2019     2018     2017  
Net asset value, beginning of period     $11.92       $12.56       $11.97       $11.20       $11.84       $11.43  
Income (loss) from operations:            

Net investment income

    0.14       0.26       0.31       0.40       0.40       0.35  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (2.03)       (0.50)       0.80       0.97       (0.59)       0.44  

Total income (loss) from operations

    (1.89)       (0.24)       1.11       1.37       (0.19)       0.79  
Less distributions from:            

Net investment income

    (0.15)       (0.32)       (0.34)       (0.44)       (0.40)       (0.36)  

Net realized gains

          (0.08)       (0.18)       (0.16)       (0.05)       (0.02)  

Total distributions

    (0.15)       (0.40)       (0.52)       (0.60)       (0.45)       (0.38)  
Net asset value, end of period     $9.88       $11.92       $12.56       $11.97       $11.20       $11.84  

Total return3

    (15.96)     (1.90)     9.39     12.29     (1.49)     6.96
Net assets, end of period (millions)     $20,011       $26,512       $25,642       $20,112       $15,351       $14,721  
Ratios to average net assets:            

Gross expenses

    0.53 %4      0.52     0.52     0.52     0.52     0.52

Net expenses5,6

    0.45 4      0.45       0.45       0.45       0.45       0.45  

Net investment income

    2.65 4      2.12       2.49       3.36       3.53       3.03  
Portfolio turnover rate7     27     56     95     122     105     94

 

1 

Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method.

 

2 

For the six months ended June 30, 2022 (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 

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 0.45%. This expense limitation arrangement cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2023 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.

 

6 

Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

7 

Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 30% for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 79%, 137%, 189%, 274% and 264% for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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For a share of each class of capital stock outstanding throughout each year ended December 31,
unless otherwise noted:
       
Class IS Shares1   20222     2021     2020     2019     2018     2017  
Net asset value, beginning of period     $11.92       $12.56       $11.96       $11.20       $11.83       $11.42  
Income (loss) from operations:            

Net investment income

    0.14       0.26       0.31       0.40       0.40       0.36  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    (2.03)       (0.49)       0.81       0.96       (0.58)       0.43  

Total income (loss) from operations

    (1.89)       (0.23)       1.12       1.36       (0.18)       0.79  
Less distributions from:            

Net investment income

    (0.15)       (0.33)       (0.34)       (0.44)       (0.40)       (0.36)  

Net realized gains

          (0.08)       (0.18)       (0.16)       (0.05)       (0.02)  

Total distributions

    (0.15)       (0.41)       (0.52)       (0.60)       (0.45)       (0.38)  
Net asset value, end of period     $9.88       $11.92       $12.56       $11.96       $11.20       $11.83  

Total return3

    (15.95)     (1.87)     9.51     12.33     (1.47)     6.99
Net assets, end of period (millions)     $9,615       $12,736       $10,815       $8,583       $6,336       $5,482  
Ratios to average net assets:            

Gross expenses

    0.42 %4      0.42     0.42     0.42     0.42     0.43

Net expenses5

    0.42 4,6       0.42 6       0.42 6       0.42 6       0.42       0.43  

Net investment income

    2.68 4       2.16       2.52       3.39       3.57       3.05  
Portfolio turnover rate7     27     56     95     122     105     94

 

1 

Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method.

 

2 

For the six months ended June 30, 2022 (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 

As a result of an expense limitation arrangement, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses, other than interest, brokerage commissions, taxes, extraordinary expenses, deferred organizational expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses, to average net assets of Class IS shares did not exceed 0.45%. In addition, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses for Class IS shares did not exceed the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses for Class I shares. These expense limitation arrangements cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2023 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.

 

6 

Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

7 

Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 30% for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 79%, 137%, 189%, 274% and 264% for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Notes to financial statements (unaudited)

 

1. Organization and significant accounting policies

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund (the “Fund”) is a separate diversified investment series of Western Asset Funds, Inc. (the “Corporation”). The Corporation, a Maryland corporation, is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company.

The following are significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund and are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). Estimates and assumptions are required to be made regarding assets, liabilities and changes in net assets resulting from operations when financial statements are prepared. Changes in the economic environment, financial markets and any other parameters used in determining these estimates could cause actual results to differ. Subsequent events have been evaluated through the date the financial statements were issued.

(a) Investment valuation. The valuations for fixed income securities (which may include, but are not limited to, corporate, government, municipal, mortgage-backed, collateralized mortgage obligations and asset-backed securities) and certain derivative instruments are typically the prices supplied by independent third party pricing services, which may use market prices or broker/dealer quotations or a variety of valuation techniques and methodologies. The independent third party pricing services 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 (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

 

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

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

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

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

 

 

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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.

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

        $ 3,557,586,815     $ 15,434,357     $ 3,573,021,172  

Other Corporate Bonds & Notes

          8,078,136,995             8,078,136,995  

Mortgage-Backed Securities

          6,757,794,740             6,757,794,740  

U.S. Government & Agency Obligations

          5,043,351,818             5,043,351,818  

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

          2,774,381,006       25,000,000       2,799,381,006  

Sovereign Bonds

          2,350,708,771             2,350,708,771  

Senior Loans:

                               

Industrials

          299,829,757       13,588,425       313,418,182  

Information Technology

          212,040,787       1,246,771       213,287,558  

Other Senior Loans

          1,472,733,495             1,472,733,495  

Asset-Backed Securities

          1,017,709,252             1,017,709,252  

Non-U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities

          74,327,892             74,327,892  

Investments in Underlying Funds

  $ 48,960,000                   48,960,000  

Purchased Options

    10,339,355                   10,339,355  
Total Investments   $ 59,299,355     $ 31,638,601,328     $ 55,269,553     $ 31,753,170,236  

 

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ASSETS (cont’d)  
Description   Quoted Prices
(Level 1)
   

Other Significant

Observable Inputs
(Level 2)

    Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
    Total  
Other Financial Instruments:                                

Futures Contracts††

  $ 26,378,960                 $ 26,378,960  

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts††

        $ 69,854,077             69,854,077  

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps††

          710,721,224             710,721,224  
Total Other Financial Instruments   $ 26,378,960     $ 780,575,301           $ 806,954,261  
Total   $ 85,678,315     $ 32,419,176,629     $ 55,269,553     $ 32,560,124,497  
LIABILITIES  
Description   Quoted Prices
(Level 1)
    Other Significant
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
   

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs

(Level 3)

    Total  
Other Financial Instruments:                                

Written Options

  $ 50,950,569                 $ 50,950,569  

Futures Contracts††

    399,075,928                   399,075,928  

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts††

        $ 96,064,647             96,064,647  

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps††

          160,518,456             160,518,456  

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps on Corporate Issues — Sell Protection††

          3,990,426             3,990,426  

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps on Credit Indices — Sell Protection††

          161,549,884             161,549,884  
Total   $ 450,026,497     $ 422,123,413           $ 872,149,910  

 

See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

 

††

Reflects the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of the instruments.

(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.

 

 

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(c) Written options. When the Fund writes an option, an amount equal to the premium received by the Fund is recorded as a liability, the value of which is marked-to-market daily to reflect the current market value of the option written. If the option expires, the premium received is recorded as a realized gain. When a written call option is exercised, the difference between the premium received plus the option exercise price and the Fund’s basis in the underlying security (in the case of a covered written call option), or the cost to purchase the underlying security (in the case of an uncovered written call option), including brokerage commission, is recognized as a realized gain or loss. When a written put option is exercised, the amount of the premium received is subtracted from the cost of the security purchased by the Fund from the exercise of the written put option to form the Fund’s basis in the underlying security purchased. The writer or buyer of an option traded on an exchange can liquidate the position before the exercise of the option by entering into a closing transaction. The cost of a closing transaction is deducted from the original premium received resulting in a realized gain or loss to the Fund.

The risk in writing a covered call option is that the Fund may forego the opportunity of profit if the market price of the underlying security increases and the option is exercised. The risk in writing a put option is that the Fund may incur a loss if the market price of the underlying security decreases and the option is exercised. The risk in writing an uncovered call option is that the Fund is exposed to the risk of loss if the market price of the underlying security 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.

 

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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 appreciation or depreciation 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 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.

 

 

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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.

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 June 30, 2022, the total notional value of all credit default swaps to sell protection was $9,252,954,240. 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 June 30, 2022, 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

 

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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 CDS 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 CDS agreements on corporate or sovereign issues are disclosed in the Schedule of Investments and serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and represent the likelihood or risk of default for credit derivatives. For CDS 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. CDS 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.

 

 

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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 appreciation or depreciation 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) 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.

(i) Unfunded loan commitments. The Fund may enter into certain credit agreements where all or a portion of the total amount committed may be unfunded. The Fund is obligated to fund these commitments at the borrower’s discretion. The commitments are disclosed in the accompanying Schedule of Investments. At June 30, 2022, the Fund had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover these commitments.

(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

 

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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 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) Securities traded on a to-be-announced basis. The Fund may trade securities on a to-be-announced (“TBA”) basis. In a TBA transaction, the Fund commits to purchasing or selling securities which have not yet been issued by the issuer and for which specific information, such as the face amount, maturity date and underlying pool of investments in U.S. government agency mortgage pass-through securities, is not announced. Securities purchased on a TBA basis are not settled until they are delivered to the Fund. Beginning on the date the Fund enters into a TBA transaction, cash, U.S. government securities or other liquid high-grade debt obligations are segregated in an amount equal in value to the purchase price of the TBA security. These securities are subject to market fluctuations and their current value is determined in the same manner as for other securities.

At June 30, 2022, the Fund held non-cash collateral for TBA securities from Bank of America N.A. and BNP Paribas SA in the amounts of $492,057 and $707,748, respectively.

(m) Mortgage dollar rolls. The Fund may enter into mortgage dollar rolls in which the Fund sells mortgage-backed securities for delivery in the current month, realizing a gain or loss, and simultaneously entering into contracts to repurchase substantially similar (same type, coupon and maturity) securities to settle on a specified future date.

 

 

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The Fund executes its mortgage dollar rolls entirely in the TBA market, whereby the Fund makes a forward commitment to purchase a security and, instead of accepting delivery, the position is offset by a sale of the security with a simultaneous agreement to repurchase at a future date. The Fund accounts for mortgage dollar rolls as purchases and sales.

The risk of entering into mortgage dollar rolls is that the market value of the securities the Fund is obligated to repurchase under the agreement may decline below the repurchase price. In the event the buyer of securities under a mortgage dollar roll files for bankruptcy or becomes insolvent, the Fund’s use of the proceeds of the mortgage dollar roll may be restricted pending a determination by the counterparty, or its trustee or receiver, whether to enforce the Fund’s obligation to repurchase the securities.

(n) 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.

(o) 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.

 

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Foreign security and currency transactions may involve certain considerations and risks not typically associated with those of U.S. dollar denominated transactions as a result of, among other factors, the possibility of lower levels of governmental supervision and regulation of foreign securities markets and the possibility of political or economic instability.

(p) 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.

(q) 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 may 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.

(r) 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

 

 

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limiting the amount of its net exposure to each individual counterparty based on its assessment and (iii) requiring collateral from the counterparty for certain transactions. Market events and changes in overall economic conditions may impact the assessment of such counterparty risk by the subadviser. In addition, declines in the values of underlying collateral received may expose the Fund to increased risk of loss.

With exchange traded and centrally cleared derivatives, there is less counterparty risk to the Fund since the exchange or clearinghouse, as counterparty to such instruments, guarantees against a possible default. The clearinghouse stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract; therefore, the credit risk is limited to failure of the clearinghouse. While offset rights may exist under applicable law, the Fund does not have a contractual right of offset against a clearing broker or clearinghouse in the event of a default of the clearing broker or clearinghouse.

The Fund has entered into master agreements, such as an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement, with certain of its derivative counterparties that govern over-the-counter (“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 June 30, 2022, the Fund held forward foreign currency contracts with credit related contingent features which had a liability position of $96,064,647. If a contingent feature in

 

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the master agreements would have been triggered, the Fund would have been required to pay this amount to its derivatives counterparties. As of June 30, 2022, the Fund had posted with its counterparties cash and/or securities as collateral to cover the net liability of these derivatives amounting to $3,940,000 which could be used to reduce the required payment.

At June 30, 2022, the Fund held cash collateral from Citibank N.A. in the amount of $7,260,000 and the Fund held non-cash collateral from JPMorgan Chase & Co. in the amount of $3,134,150. These amounts could be used to reduce the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty in the event of default.

(s) 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.

(t) Distributions to shareholders. Distributions from net investment income of the Fund are declared each business day to shareholders of record and are paid monthly. Distributions of net realized gains, if any, are declared at least annually. Distributions to shareholders of the Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend date and are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.

(u) 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.

(v) 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.

(w) 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.

 

 

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Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken on income tax returns for all open tax years and has concluded that as of December 31, 2021, no provision for income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. The Fund’s federal and state income and federal excise tax returns for tax years for which the applicable statutes of limitations have not expired are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and state departments of revenue.

Under the applicable foreign tax laws, a withholding tax may be imposed on interest, dividends and capital gains at various rates. As of June 30, 2022, there were $380,402 of capital gains tax liabilities accrued on unrealized gains.

(x) 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 Limited in London (“Western Asset London”), Western Asset Management Company Pte. Ltd. in Singapore (“Western Asset Singapore”) and Western Asset Management Company Ltd in Japan (“Western Asset Japan”) are the Fund’s subadvisers. LMPFA, Western Asset, Western Asset London and Western Asset Singapore are indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Franklin Resources, Inc. (“Franklin Resources”).

LMPFA provides the Fund with management and administrative services for which the Fund pays a fee, calculated daily and paid monthly, at an annual rate of 0.450% of the Fund’s average daily net assets up to $500 million, 0.425% of the average daily net assets of the next $500 million and 0.400% of the Fund’s average daily net assets in excess of $1 billion. For their services, LMPFA pays Western Asset, Western Asset London, Western Asset Singapore and Western Asset Japan monthly all of the management fee that it receives from the Fund.

LMPFA has agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse operating expenses, other than interest, brokerage commissions, taxes, extraordinary expenses, deferred organizational expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses, so that the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses did not exceed 0.82%, 1.65%, 1.51%, 0.85%, 1.15%, 0.45% and 0.45% for Class A, Class C, Class C1, Class FI, Class R, Class I and Class IS shares, 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 arrangements cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2023 without the Board of Directors’ consent. In addition, LMPFA has agreed to waive the Fund’s management fee to an extent sufficient to offset the net management fee payable in connection with any

 

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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 June 30, 2022, fees waived and/or expenses reimbursed amounted to $8,982,522, which included an affiliated money market waiver of $43,844.

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 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 June 30, 2022, the Fund had remaining fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements subject to recapture by LMPFA and respective dates of expiration as follows:

 

        Class A        Class FI        Class I  
Expires December 31, 2022      $ 30,186                 $ 16,011,352  
Expires December 31, 2023                          17,341,228  
Expires December 31, 2024               $ 3,743          8,934,935  
Total fee waivers/expense reimbursements subject to recapture      $ 30,186        $ 3,743        $ 42,287,515  

For the six months ended June 30, 2022, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements recaptured by LMPFA, if any, were as follows:

 

        Class A  
LMPFA recaptured      $ 76,217  

Franklin Distributors, LLC (“Franklin Distributors”) serves as the Fund’s sole and exclusive distributor. Franklin Distributors is an indirect, wholly-owned broker-dealer subsidiary of Franklin Resources.

There is a maximum initial sales charge of 4.25% (3.75% effective August 15, 2022) for Class A shares. There is a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00% on Class C and Class C1 shares which applies if redemption occurs within 12 months from purchase payment. In certain cases, Class A shares have a 1.00% CDSC, which applies if redemption occurs within 18 months from purchase payment. This CDSC only applies to those purchases of Class A shares, which, when combined with current holdings of other shares of funds sold by Franklin Distributors, equal or exceed $1,000,000 ($500,000 effective August 15, 2022) in the aggregate. These purchases do not incur an initial sales charge.

 

 

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For the six months ended June 30, 2022, sales charges retained by and CDSCs paid to Franklin Distributors and its affiliates, if any, were as follows:

 

        Class A        Class C  
Sales charges      $ 126,075           
CDSCs        12,819        $ 3,577  

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 June 30, 2022, 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      $ 1,963,979,101        $ 9,134,562,505  
Sales        3,227,341,282          11,675,113,847  

At June 30, 2022, 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    $ 36,133,309,587      $ 96,421,247      $ (4,476,560,598)      $ (4,380,139,351)  
Written options      (44,588,020)        13,664,883        (20,027,432)        (6,362,549)  
Futures contracts             26,378,960        (399,075,928)        (372,696,968)  
Forward foreign currency contracts             69,854,077        (96,064,647)        (26,210,570)  
Swap contracts      159,489,906        710,721,224        (326,058,766)        384,662,458  

 

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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 June 30, 2022.

 

ASSET DERIVATIVES1  
      Interest
Rate Risk
     Foreign
Exchange
Risk
     Total  
Purchased options2    $ 9,533,155      $ 806,200      $ 10,339,355  
Futures contracts3      26,378,960               26,378,960  
Forward foreign currency contracts             69,854,077        69,854,077  
Centrally cleared swap contracts4      710,721,224               710,721,224  
Total    $ 746,633,339      $ 70,660,277      $ 817,293,616  

 

LIABILITY DERIVATIVES1  
      Interest
Rate Risk
     Foreign
Exchange
Risk
    

Credit

Risk

     Total  
Written options    $ 50,950,569                    $ 50,950,569  
Futures contracts3      324,961,453      $ 74,114,475               399,075,928  
Forward foreign currency contracts             96,064,647               96,064,647  
Centrally cleared swap contracts4      160,518,456             $ 165,540,310        326,058,766  
Total    $ 536,430,478      $ 170,179,122      $ 165,540,310      $ 872,149,910  

 

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 net variation margin is reported within the receivables and/or payables on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

4 

Includes cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of centrally cleared swap contracts as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only net variation margin is reported within the receivables and/or payables on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

 

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The following tables provide information about the effect of derivatives and hedging activities on the Fund’s Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2022. 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    $ (90,305,887)      $ (5,057,873)             $ (95,363,760)  
Futures contracts      (1,326,823,098)        (163,510,502)               (1,490,333,600)  
Written options      277,113,210        746,102               277,859,312  
Swap contracts      91,822,847             $ (26,654,829)        65,168,018  
Forward foreign currency contracts             (8,913,781)               (8,913,781)  
Total    $ (1,048,192,928)      $ (176,736,054)      $ (26,654,829)      $ (1,251,583,811)  

 

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    $ 4,400,872      $ 165,635             $ 4,566,507  
Futures contracts      (240,665,804)        (97,553,104)               (338,218,908)  
Written options      (6,858,732)        200,745               (6,657,987)  
Swap contracts      455,984,538             $ (177,765,636)        278,218,902  
Forward foreign currency contracts             (33,864,582)               (33,864,582)  
Total    $ 212,860,874      $ (131,051,306)      $ (177,765,636)      $ (95,956,068)  

 

1 

The change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from purchased options is reported in the Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) From Investments in unaffiliated securities in the Statement of Operations.

During the six months ended June 30, 2022, the volume of derivative activity for the Fund was as follows:

 

        Average Market
Value
 
Purchased options      $ 7,935,798  
Written options        42,230,637  
Futures contracts (to buy)        43,114,799,194  
Futures contracts (to sell)        15,494,191,311  
Forward foreign currency contracts (to buy)        2,637,362,512  
Forward foreign currency contracts (to sell)        2,445,844,376  

 

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        Average Notional
Balance
 
Interest rate swap contracts      $ 13,796,602,974  
Credit default swap contracts (sell protection)        8,639,021,356  

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 June 30, 2022.

 

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           $ (3,332,149)      $ (3,332,149)      $ 3,110,000      $ (222,149)  
Citibank N.A.    $ 11,300,650        (62,091,656)        (50,791,006)        (7,260,000)        (58,051,006)  
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.      90,486        (12,792,287)        (12,701,801)               (12,701,801)  
JPMorgan Chase & Co.      28,614,640        (1,631,286)        26,983,354        (3,134,150)        23,849,204  
Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.      29,848,301        (16,217,269)        13,631,032        830,000        14,461,032  
Total    $ 69,854,077      $ (96,064,647)      $ (26,210,570)      $ (6,454,150)      $ (32,664,720)  

 

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 C, Class C1, Class FI and Class R shares calculated at the annual rate of 0.25%, 1.00%, 0.70%, 0.25% and 0.50% of the average daily net assets of each class, respectively. Service and/or distribution fees are accrued daily and paid monthly.

 

 

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For the six months ended June 30, 2022, class specific expenses were as follows:

 

        Service and/or
Distribution Fees
       Transfer Agent
Fees
 
Class A      $ 1,937,972        $ 1,118,376  
Class C        1,133,397          125,476  
Class C1        725          263  
Class FI        326,435          245,891  
Class R        836,160          367,400  
Class I                 12,932,603  
Class IS                 133,360  
Total      $ 4,234,689        $ 14,923,369  

For the six months ended June 30, 2022, waivers and/or expense reimbursements by class were as follows:

 

        Waivers/Expense
Reimbursements
 
Class A      $ 1,890  
Class C        272  
Class C1        0 † 
Class FI        4,055  
Class R        404  
Class I        8,962,490  
Class IS        13,411  
Total      $ 8,982,522  

 

Amount represents less than $1.

6. Distributions to shareholders by class

 

        Six Months Ended
June 30, 2022
       Year Ended
December 31, 2021
 
Net Investment Income:                      
Class A      $ 18,392,106        $ 33,592,228  
Class C        1,854,437          4,716,117  
Class C1        1,851          11,958  
Class FI        3,009,353          8,198,302  
Class R        3,409,066          7,207,122  
Class I        309,570,344          706,714,733  
Class IS        152,079,565          318,625,534  
Total      $ 488,316,722        $ 1,079,065,994  

 

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Notes to financial statements (unaudited) (cont’d)

 

        Six Months Ended
June 30, 2022
       Year Ended
December 31, 2021
 
Net Realized Gains:                      
Class A               $ 9,438,051  
Class C                 1,925,397  
Class C1                 5,261  
Class FI                 2,292,161  
Class R                 2,321,471  
Class I                 177,878,539  
Class IS                 74,583,165  
Total               $ 268,444,045  

7. Capital shares

At June 30, 2022, 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
June 30, 2022
     Year Ended
December 31, 2021
 
      Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  
Class A                                    
Shares sold      51,626,665      $ 576,211,306        48,348,766      $ 585,337,016  
Shares issued on reinvestment      1,349,756        14,239,182        2,529,639        30,483,707  
Shares repurchased      (27,550,623)        (293,152,105)        (45,105,825)        (545,376,217)  
Net increase      25,425,798      $ 297,298,383        5,772,580      $ 70,444,506  
Class C                                    
Shares sold      923,512      $ 9,934,105        4,311,410      $ 52,294,333  
Shares issued on reinvestment      141,840        1,502,265        427,438        5,158,502  
Shares repurchased      (4,877,519)        (52,010,295)        (7,775,255)        (94,067,829)  
Net decrease      (3,812,167)      $ (40,573,925)        (3,036,407)      $ (36,614,994)  
Class C1                                    
Shares sold      3      $ 36        7      $ 672  
Shares issued on reinvestment      174        1,842        1,373        16,600  
Shares repurchased      (2,165)        (22,080)        (92,525)        (1,131,584)  
Net decrease      (1,988)      $ (20,202)        (91,145)      $ (1,114,312)  
Class FI                                    
Shares sold      1,639,611      $ 18,153,162        5,937,087      $ 72,144,627  
Shares issued on reinvestment      280,656        2,981,851        861,734        10,398,759  
Shares repurchased      (8,342,444)        (88,283,317)        (14,455,882)        (175,008,670)  
Net decrease      (6,422,177)      $ (67,148,304)        (7,657,061)      $ (92,465,284)  

 

 

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     Six Months Ended
June 30, 2022
     Year Ended
December 31, 2021
 
      Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  
Class R                                    
Shares sold      1,262,669      $ 13,637,395        5,686,921      $ 68,807,844  
Shares issued on reinvestment      322,055        3,400,982        788,942        9,501,559  
Shares repurchased      (2,066,755)        (21,896,207)        (2,903,932)        (35,038,381)  
Net increase (decrease)      (482,031)      $ (4,857,830)        3,571,931      $ 43,271,022  
Class I                                    
Shares sold      452,418,830      $ 4,863,323,357        869,645,888      $ 10,549,981,284  
Shares issued on reinvestment      26,153,811        277,409,561        64,090,906        773,378,557  
Shares repurchased      (677,514,143)        (7,236,892,990)        (751,389,918)        (9,097,571,140)  
Net increase (decrease)      (198,941,502)      $ (2,096,160,072)        182,346,876      $ 2,225,788,701  
Class IS                                    
Shares sold      147,036,627      $ 1,600,184,305        416,111,118      $ 5,045,214,661  
Shares issued on reinvestment      11,394,017        120,746,835        27,079,313        326,618,968  
Shares repurchased      (253,731,954)        (2,704,341,507)        (235,904,887)        (2,856,489,902)  
Net increase (decrease)      (95,301,310)      $ (983,410,367)        207,285,544      $ 2,515,343,727  

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 all or some portion of the six months ended June 30, 2022. The following transactions were effected in such company for the six months ended June 30, 2022.

 

     Affiliate
Value at
December 31,
2021
     Purchased      Sold  
      Cost      Shares      Cost      Shares  
Western Asset Premier Institutional Government Reserves, Premium Shares    $ 17,796,111      $ 4,228,803,378        4,228,803,378      $ 4,246,599,489        4,246,599,489  

 

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Notes to financial statements (unaudited) (cont’d)

 

(cont’d)    Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Dividend
Income
     Net Increase
(Decrease) in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Affiliate
Value at
June 30,
2022
 
Western Asset Premier Institutional Government Reserves, Premium Shares           $ 167,031                

9. Redemption facility

The Fund and certain other participating funds within the Trust, together with other U.S. registered and foreign investment funds (collectively, the “Borrowers”) managed by LMPFA or Franklin Resources, are 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 3, 2023.

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. These fees are reflected in the Statement of Operations. The Fund did not utilize the Global Credit Facility during the six months ended June 30, 2022.

10. Deferred capital losses

As of December 31, 2021, the Fund had deferred capital losses of $235,628,496, 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 (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848) — Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting. In January 2021, the FASB issued ASU No. 2021-01, with further amendments to Topic 848. The amendments in the ASUs provide optional temporary accounting recognition and financial reporting relief from the effect of certain types of contract modifications due to the planned discontinuation of the LIBOR and other interbank-offered based reference rates as of the end of 2021 and 2023. The ASUs are 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 these ASUs will not have a material impact on the financial statements.

 

 

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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 the overnight and one-, three-, six- and twelve-month USD LIBOR settings immediately following the LIBOR publication on Friday, June 30, 2023. All other LIBOR settings, including the one-week and two-month USD LIBOR settings, have ceased publication as of January 1, 2022. 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.

***

Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the resulting responses by the United States and other countries, and the potential for wider conflict could increase volatility and uncertainty in the financial markets and adversely affect regional and global economies. The United States and other countries have imposed broad-ranging economic sanctions on Russia and certain Russian individuals, banking entities and corporations as a response to its invasion of Ukraine. The United States and other countries have also imposed economic sanctions on Belarus and may impose sanctions on other countries that support Russia’s military invasion. These sanctions, as well as any other economic consequences related to the invasion, such as additional sanctions, boycotts or changes in consumer or purchaser preferences or cyberattacks on governments, companies or individuals, may further decrease the value and liquidity of certain Russian securities and securities of issuers in other countries that are subject to economic sanctions related to the invasion. To the extent that the Fund has exposure to Russian investments or investments in countries affected by the invasion, the Fund’s ability to price, buy, sell, receive or deliver such investments was impaired. The Fund could determine at any time that certain of the most affected securities have little or no value. In addition, any exposure that the Fund may

 

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Notes to financial statements (unaudited) (cont’d)

 

have to counterparties in Russia or in countries affected by the invasion could negatively impact the Fund’s portfolio. The extent and duration of Russia’s military actions and the repercussions of such actions (including any retaliatory actions or countermeasures that may be taken by those subject to sanctions) are impossible to predict, but could result in significant market disruptions, including in the oil and natural gas markets, and may negatively affect global supply chains, inflation and global growth. These and any related events could significantly impact the Fund’s performance and the value of an investment in the Fund, even beyond any direct exposure the Fund may have to Russian issuers or issuers in other countries affected by the invasion. At June 30, 2022, the Fund had 0.20% of its net assets invested in securities with significant economic risk or exposure to Russia.

 

 

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Board approval of management and subadvisory agreements
(unaudited)

 

The Executive and Contracts Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Executive and Contracts Committee”) considered the Investment Management Agreement between the Corporation and Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC (“LMPFA”) with respect to the Fund and the following subadvisory agreements with respect to the Fund (collectively, the “Agreements”) (i) a subadvisory agreement between LMPFA and Western Asset Management Company, LLC (“Western Asset”) with respect to the Fund, (ii) a subadvisory agreement between LMPFA and Western Asset Management Company Limited (“WAML”) with respect to the Fund, (iii) a subadvisory agreement between LMPFA and Western Asset Management Company Pte. Ltd. in Singapore (“Western Singapore”) with respect to the Fund, and (iv) a subadvisory agreement between LMPFA and Western Asset Management Company Ltd in Japan with respect to the Fund (“Western Japan,” and together with Western Singapore, and WAML, the “Non-U.S. Subadvisers,” and together with Western Asset, the “Subadvisers,” and together with LMPFA, the “Advisers”) with respect to the Fund at a meeting held on April 19, 2022. At an in-person meeting held on May 12, 2022, the Executive and Contracts Committee reported to the full Board of Directors their considerations and recommendation with respect to the Agreements, and the Board of Directors, including a majority of the Independent Directors, considered and approved renewal of the Agreements.

The Directors noted that although Western Asset’s business is operated through separate legal entities, such as the Non-U.S. Subadvisers, senior investment personnel at Western Asset have supervisory oversight responsibility over the investment decisions made by the Non-U.S. Subadvisers. Therefore, in connection with their deliberations noted below, the Directors primarily focused on the information provided by Western Asset when considering the approval of the Agreements between LMPFA and the Non-U.S. Subadvisers.

In arriving at their decision to approve the renewal of the Agreements, the Directors met with representatives of the Advisers, including relevant investment advisory personnel; considered a variety of information prepared by the Advisers, materials provided by Broadridge and advice and materials provided by counsel to the Independent Directors; reviewed performance and expense information for peer groups of comparable funds selected by Broadridge (the “Performance Universe”) and certain other comparable products available from Western Asset or affiliates of Western Asset, including separate accounts managed by Western Asset; and requested and reviewed additional information as necessary. These reviews were in addition to information obtained by the Directors at their regular quarterly meetings (and various committee meetings) with respect to the Fund’s performance and other relevant matters and related discussions with the Advisers’ personnel. The information received and considered by the Board both in conjunction with the May meeting and at prior meetings was both written and oral. With respect to the Broadridge materials, the Board was provided with a description of the methodology used to determine the similarity of the Fund with the funds included in the Performance Universe.

 

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It was noted that while the Board found the Broadridge data generally useful they recognized its limitations, including that the data may vary depending on the end date selected and that the results of the performance comparisons may vary depending on the selection of the peer group and its composition over time.

As part of their review, the Directors examined LMPFA’s ability to provide high quality oversight and administrative and shareholder support services to the Fund and the Subadvisers’ ability to provide high quality investment management services to the Fund. The Directors considered the experience of LMPFA’s personnel in providing the types of services that LMPFA is responsible for providing to the Fund; the ability of LMPFA to attract and retain capable personnel; and the capability and integrity of LMPFA’s senior management and staff. The Directors also considered the investment philosophy and research and decision-making processes of the Subadvisers; the experience of their key advisory personnel responsible for management of the Fund; the ability of the Subadvisers to attract and retain capable research and advisory personnel; the risks to the Advisers associated with sponsoring the Fund (such as entrepreneurial, operational, reputational, litigation and regulatory risk), as well as LMPFA’s and each Subadviser’s risk management processes; the capability and integrity of the Advisers’ senior management and staff; and the level of skill required to manage the Fund. In addition, the Directors reviewed the quality of the Advisers’ services with respect to regulatory compliance and compliance with the investment policies of the Fund, and conditions that might affect the Advisers’ ability to provide high quality services to the Fund in the future, including their business reputations, financial conditions and operational stabilities. Based on the foregoing, the Directors concluded that the Subadvisers’ investment process, research capabilities and philosophy were well suited to the Fund given its investment objectives and policies, and that the Advisers would be able to meet any reasonably foreseeable obligations under the Agreements.

The Board reviewed the qualifications, backgrounds and responsibilities of LMPFA’s and Western Asset’s senior personnel and the team of investment professionals primarily responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund. The Board also considered, based on its knowledge of LMPFA and its affiliates, the financial resources of Franklin Resources, Inc., the parent organization of the Advisers. The Board recognized the importance of having a fund manager with significant resources.

In reviewing the quality of the services provided to the Fund, the Directors also reviewed comparisons of the performance of the Fund to the performance of certain comparable funds and to its investment benchmark over the 1-, 3-, 5- and 10-year periods ended December 31, 2021. The information comparing the Fund’s performance to that of its Performance Universe, consisting of all funds (including the Fund) classified as retail and institutional core plus bond funds by Broadridge, showed, among other data, that the Fund’s

 

 

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performance for the 3-, 5- and 10- year periods ended December 31, 2021 was above the median and that its performance for the 1-year period ended December 31, 2021 was below the median. The Board noted that the Fund’s performance exceeded the performance of its benchmark index for the 3-, 5- and 10- year periods and trailed the performance of its benchmark index for the 1- year period ended December 31, 2021. The Board considered the factors involved in the Fund’s performance relative to the performance of its investment benchmark and Performance Universe.

The Directors also considered the management fee payable by the Fund to LMPFA, total expenses payable by the Fund and the fee that LMPFA pays to the Subadvisers. They reviewed information concerning management fees paid to investment advisers of similarly managed funds as well as fees paid by Western Asset’s other clients, including separate accounts managed by Western Asset. The Directors also noted that the Fund does not pay any management fees directly to any of the Subadvisers because LMPFA pays the Subadvisers for services provided to the Fund out of the management fee LMPFA receives from the Fund. The information comparing the Fund’s Contractual and Actual Management Fees as well as its actual total expense ratio to its peer group, consisting of a group of core bond funds (including the Fund) chosen by Broadridge to be comparable to the Fund, showed that the Fund’s Contractual Management Fee was above the median and that the Fund’s Actual Management Fee was slightly below above the median. The Board noted that the Fund’s actual total expense ratio was slightly below the median. The Board also considered that the current limitation on the Fund’s expenses is expected to continue through December 2023.

The Directors further evaluated the benefits of the advisory relationship to the Advisers, including, among others, the profitability of the relationship to the Advisers; the direct and indirect benefits that the Advisers may receive from their relationships with the Fund, including the “fallout benefits,” such as reputational value derived from serving as investment adviser to the Fund; and the affiliation between the Advisers and certain other service providers for the Fund. In that connection, the Board considered that the ancillary benefits that the Advisers receive were reasonable. The Directors noted that Western Asset does not have soft dollar arrangements.

Finally, the Directors considered, in light of the profitability information provided by the Advisers, the extent to which economies of scale would be realized by the Advisers as the assets of the Fund grow. The Board noted that the Fund’s Contractual Management Fee was above the median and that its Actual Management Fee was slightly below the median of the peer group. The Board also noted the size of the Fund.

In their deliberations with respect to these matters, the Independent Directors were advised by their independent counsel, who is independent, within the meaning of the Securities and Exchange Commission rules regarding the independence of counsel, of the Advisers. The

 

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Board approval of management and subadvisory agreements
(unaudited) (cont’d)

 

Independent Directors weighed the foregoing matters in light of the advice given to them by their independent counsel as to the law applicable to the review of investment advisory contracts. In arriving at a decision, the Directors, including the Independent Directors, did not identify any single matter as all-important or controlling, and each Director may have attributed different weight to the various factors in evaluating the Agreements. The foregoing summary does not detail all the matters considered. The Directors judged the terms and conditions of the Agreements, including the investment advisory fees, in light of all of the surrounding circumstances.

Based upon their review, the Directors, including all of the Independent Directors, determined, in the exercise of their business judgment, that they were generally satisfied with the quality of investment advisory services being provided by the Advisers but would continue to closely monitor the Advisers’ performance; that the fees to be paid to the Advisers under the Agreements were fair and reasonable given the scope and quality of the services rendered by the Advisers; and that approval of the Agreements was in the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders.

 

 

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Statement regarding liquidity risk management program

(unaudited)

 

Each Fund has adopted and implemented a written Liquidity Risk Management Program (the “LRMP”) as required by Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Liquidity Rule”). The LRMP is designed to assess and manage each Fund’s liquidity risk, which is defined as the risk that the Fund could not meet requests to redeem shares issued by the Fund without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the Fund. In accordance with the Liquidity Rule, the LRMP includes policies and procedures that provide for: (1) assessment, management, and review (no less frequently than annually) of each Fund’s liquidity risk; (2) classification of each Fund’s portfolio holdings into one of four liquidity categories (Highly Liquid, Moderately Liquid, Less Liquid, and Illiquid); (3) for Funds that do not primarily hold assets that are Highly Liquid, establishing and maintaining a minimum percentage of the Fund’s net assets in Highly Liquid investments (called a “Highly Liquid Investment Minimum” or “HLIM”); and (4) prohibiting the Fund’s acquisition of Illiquid investments that would result in the Fund holding more than 15% of its net assets in Illiquid assets. The LRMP also requires reporting to the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) (on a non-public basis) and to the Board if the Fund’s holdings of Illiquid assets exceed 15% of the Fund’s net assets. Funds with HLIMs must have procedures for addressing HLIM shortfalls, including reporting to the Board and, with respect to HLIM shortfalls lasting more than seven consecutive calendar days, reporting to the SEC (on a non-public basis).

The Director of Liquidity Risk within the Investment Risk Management Group (the “IRMG”) is the appointed Administrator of the LRMP. The IRMG maintains the Investment Liquidity Committee (the “ILC”) to provide oversight and administration of policies and procedures governing liquidity risk management for Franklin Templeton and Legg Mason products and portfolios. The ILC includes representatives from Franklin Templeton’s Risk, Trading, Global Compliance, Legal, Investment Compliance, Investment Operations, Valuation Committee, Product Management and Global Product Strategy.

In assessing and managing each Fund’s liquidity risk, the ILC considers, as relevant, a variety of factors, including the Fund’s investment strategy and the liquidity of its portfolio investments during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions; its short and long-term cash flow projections; and its cash holdings and access to other funding sources including the Funds’ interfund lending facility and line of credit. Classification of the Fund’s portfolio holdings in the four liquidity categories is based on the number of days it is reasonably expected to take to convert the investment to cash (for Highly Liquid and Moderately Liquid holdings) or sell or dispose of the investment (for Less Liquid and Illiquid investments), in current market conditions without significantly changing the investment’s market value.

Each Fund primarily holds liquid assets that are defined under the Liquidity Rule as “Highly Liquid Investments,” and therefore is not required to establish an HLIM. Highly Liquid

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund    

 

 

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Statement regarding liquidity risk management program

(unaudited) (cont’d)

 

Investments are defined as cash and any investment reasonably expected to be convertible to cash in current market conditions in three business days or less without the conversion to cash significantly changing the market value of the investment.

At meetings of the Funds’ Board of Trustees/Directors held in May 2022, the Program Administrator provided a written report to the Board addressing the adequacy and effectiveness of the program for the year ended December 31, 2021. The Program Administrator report concluded that (i.) the LRMP, as adopted and implemented, remains reasonably designed to assess and manage each Fund’s liquidity risk; (ii.) the LRMP, including the Highly Liquid Investment Minimum (“HLIM”) where applicable, was implemented and operated effectively to achieve the goal of assessing and managing each Fund’s liquidity risk; and (iii.) each Fund was able to meet requests for redemption without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the Fund.

 

 

150

    Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund


Western Asset

Core Plus Bond 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

Franklin Distributors, LLC

Custodian

The Bank of New York Mellon

Transfer agent

Franklin Templeton Investor Services, LLC

3344 Quality Drive

Rancho Cordova, CA 95670-7313

Independent registered public accounting firm

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Baltimore, MD

 

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

The Fund is a separate investment series of Western Asset Funds, Inc.

Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund

Legg Mason Funds

620 Eighth Avenue, 47th Floor

New York, NY 10018

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The Fund’s Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. To obtain information on Form N-PORT, shareholders can call the Fund at 877-6LM-FUND/656-3863.

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 877-6LM-FUND/656-3863, (2) at www.franklintempleton.com 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 Core Plus Bond Fund. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the Fund unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus.

Investors should consider the Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. The prospectus contains this and other important information about the Fund. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.

www.franklintempleton.com

© 2022 Franklin Distributors, LLC, Member FINRA/SIPC. All rights reserved.


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, Franklin Distributors, 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.

 

NOT PART OF THE SEMI-ANNUAL  REPORT


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.franklintempleton.com, or contact the Fund at 877-6LM-FUND/656-3863.

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,

 

NOT PART OF THE SEMI-ANNUAL  REPORT


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

 

NOT PART OF THE SEMI-ANNUAL  REPORT


Western Asset Management Company, LLC

Legg Mason, Inc. Subsidiaries

www.franklintempleton.com

© 2022 Franklin Distributors, LLC, Member FINRA/SIPC. All rights reserved.

WASX012826 8/22 SR22-4487


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:   August 25, 2022

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:   August 25, 2022
By:   /s/ Christopher Berarducci
  Christopher Berarducci
  Principal Financial Officer
Date:   August 25, 2022