0001752724-23-051613.txt : 20230310 0001752724-23-051613.hdr.sgml : 20230310 20230310104758 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001752724-23-051613 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-CEN PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20221231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20230310 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20230310 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20230310 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WESTERN ASSET FUNDS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000863520 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-CEN SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-06110 FILM NUMBER: 23722125 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 INTERNATIONAL DRIVE CITY: BALTIMORE STATE: MD ZIP: 21202 BUSINESS PHONE: 410-454-2760 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 INTERNATIONAL DRIVE STREET 2: 7TH FLOOR CITY: BALTIMORE STATE: MD ZIP: 21202 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: LM INSTITUTIONAL FUND ADVISORS I INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980818 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: WESTERN ASSET TRUST INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 0000863520 S000000713 Western Asset Core Bond Fund C000002079 Class I WATFX C000002080 Class FI WAPIX C000066988 Class IS WACSX C000113701 CLASS A WABAX C000113702 CLASS C WABCX C000113703 CLASS R WABRX C000117034 Class C1 LWACX 0000863520 S000000714 Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund C000002081 Class I WACPX C000002082 Class FI WACIX C000066989 Class IS WAPSX C000113704 CLASS A WAPAX C000113705 CLASS C WAPCX C000113706 CLASS R WAPRX C000117035 Class C1 LWCPX 0000863520 S000000715 Western Asset Inflation Indexed Plus Bond Fund C000002083 Class FI WATPX C000002084 Class I WAIIX C000066990 Class IS WAFSX C000113707 CLASS A WAFAX C000113708 CLASS C WAFCX C000113709 CLASS R WAFRX C000117036 Class C1 LWICX N-CEN 1 primary_doc.xml X0404 N-CEN LIVE 0000863520 XXXXXXXX 811-06110 false false false N-1A S000000714 C000117035 C000113704 C000113706 C000002081 C000002082 C000066989 C000113705 S000000715 C000002083 C000117036 C000113708 C000002084 C000113709 C000113707 C000066990 S000000713 C000002080 C000113702 C000066988 C000117034 C000002079 C000113701 C000113703 Western Asset Funds Inc 811-06110 0000863520 5493004NC00X8WKL1P34 620 Eighth Avenue 47th Floor New York 10018 US-NY US 1-877-721-1926 Western Asset Management Company Limited 10 Exchange Square Primrose Street London GB EC2A 2EN 44-20-7422-3000 Records related to its function as sub-advisor. 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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors of Western Asset Funds, Inc. and Shareholders of Western Asset Core Bond Fund, Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund and Western Asset Inflation Indexed Plus Bond Fund

In planning and performing our audits of the financial statements of Western Asset Core Bond Fund, Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund and Western Asset Inflation Indexed Plus Bond Fund (each a series of Western Asset Funds, Inc., hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Funds") as of and for the year ended December 31, 2022, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), we considered the Funds' internal control over financial reporting, including controls over safeguarding securities, as a basis for designing our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the requirements of Form N-CEN, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds' internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds' internal control over financial reporting.

The management of the Funds is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of controls. A company's internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company's internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of a company's assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent or detect misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the company's annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

Our consideration of the Funds' internal control over financial reporting was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all deficiencies in internal control over financial reporting that might be material weaknesses under standards established by the PCAOB. However, we noted no deficiencies in the Funds' internal control over financial reporting and its operation, including controls over safeguarding securities, that we consider to be a material weakness as defined above as of December 31, 2022.

This report is intended solely for the information and use of the Board of Directors of Western Asset Funds, Inc. and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Baltimore, Maryland

February 22, 2023

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 100 East Pratt Street, Suite 2600, Baltimore, MD 21202-1096

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