UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number 811-06110
Western Asset Funds, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
620 Eighth Avenue, 49th Floor, New York, NY 10018
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Robert I. Frenkel, Esq.
Legg Mason & Co., LLC
100 First Stamford Place
Stamford, CT 06902
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 1-877-721-1926
Date of fiscal year end: December 31
Date of reporting period: December 31, 2017
| ITEM 1. | REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS. |
The Annual Report to Stockholders is filed herewith.
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WESTERN ASSET
CORE PLUS BOND
FUND
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| INVESTMENT PRODUCTS: NOT FDIC INSURED • NO BANK GUARANTEE • MAY LOSE VALUE |
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.
Letter from the president
Dear Shareholder,
We are pleased to provide the annual report of Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund for the twelve-month reporting period ended December 31, 2017. Please read on for a detailed look at prevailing economic and market conditions during the Fund’s reporting period and to learn how those conditions have affected Fund performance.
As always, we remain committed to providing you with excellent service and a full spectrum of investment choices. We also remain committed to supplementing the support you receive from your financial advisor. One way we accomplish this is through our website, www.leggmason.com. Here you can gain immediate access to market and investment information, including:
| • | | Fund prices and performance, |
| • | | Market insights and commentaries from our portfolio managers, and |
| • | | A host of educational resources. |
We look forward to helping you meet your financial goals.
Sincerely,
Jane Trust, CFA
President and Chief Executive Officer
January 31, 2018
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Investment commentary
Economic review
Economic activity in the U.S. was somewhat mixed during the twelve months ended December 31, 2017 (the “reporting period”). Looking back, the U.S. Department of Commerce reported that U.S. gross domestic product (“GDP”)i growth was 1.2% during the first quarter of 2017. Second and third quarter 2017 GDP growth then accelerated to 3.1% and 3.2%, respectively. Finally, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s initial reading for fourth quarter 2017 GDP growth — released after the reporting period ended — was 2.6%. The deceleration in growth reflected a downturn in private investor investment, which was partially offset by accelerations in personal consumption expenditures (“PCE”), exports, nonresidential fixed investment, state and local government spending, federal government spending, and an upturn in residential fixed investment.
Job growth in the U.S. was solid overall and supported the economy during the reporting period. When the reporting period ended on December 31, 2017, the unemployment rate was 4.1%, as reported by the U.S. Department of Labor. This equaled the lowest unemployment rate since December 2000. The percentage of longer-term unemployed declined during the reporting period. In December 2017, 22.9% of Americans looking for a job had been out of work for more than six months, versus 24.4% when the period began.
Turning to the global economy, in its October 2017 World Economic Outlook Update, the International Monetary Fund (“IMF”)ii said, “The pickup in growth projected in the April 2017 World Economic Outlook is strengthening. The global growth forecast for 2017 and 2018 — 3.6 percent and 3.7 percent, respectively — is 0.1 percentage point higher in both years than in the April [2017] and July [2017] forecasts. Notable pickups in investment, trade, and industrial production, coupled with strengthening business and consumer confidence, are supporting the recovery.” From a regional perspective, the IMF estimates 2017 growth in the Eurozone will be 2.1%, versus 1.8% in 2016. Japan’s economy is expected to expand 1.5% in 2017, compared to 1.0% in 2016. Elsewhere, the IMF projects that overall growth in emerging market countries will accelerate to 4.6% in 2017, versus 4.3% in 2016.
The Federal Reserve Board (the “Fed”)iii raised interest rates, as represented by the federal funds rate,iv three times during the reporting period. The first occurrence took place on March 15, 2017, as the Fed raised rates to a range between 0.75% and 1.00%. At its meeting that concluded on June 14, 2017, the Fed then raised rates to a range between 1.00% and 1.25%. During its meeting that concluded on September 20, 2017, the Fed kept rates on hold, but reiterated its intention to begin reducing its balance sheet, saying, “In October, the Committee will initiate the balance sheet normalization program….” Finally, at its meeting that ended on December 13, 2017, the Fed raised rates to a range between 1.25% and 1.50%.
Central banks outside the U.S. largely maintained their accommodative monetary policy stances during the reporting period. Looking back, in March 2016, the European Central Bank (“ECB”)v announced that it would increase its bond purchasing program to €80 billion-per-month. It also lowered its deposit rate to -0.4% and its main interest rate to 0%. In December 2016, the ECB again
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Investment commentary (cont’d)
extended its bond buying program until December 2017. From April 2017 through December 2017, the ECB purchased €60 billion-per-month of bonds. Finally, in October 2017, the ECB announced that it would continue to buy bonds through September 2018, but after December 2017 it would pare its purchases to €30 billion-per-month. However, the ECB did not change its key interest rates. In other developed countries, in August 2016, the Bank of England (“BoE”)vi lowered interest rates from 0.50% to 0.25%, a new record low. However, on November 2, 2017, the BoE raised rates from 0.25% to 0.50% — the first increase since July 2007. After holding rates steady at 0.10% for more than five years, in January 2016, the Bank of Japanvii announced that it cut the rate on current accounts that commercial banks hold with it to -0.10% and kept rates on hold during the reporting period. Elsewhere, the People’s Bank of Chinaviii kept rates steady at 4.35% during the reporting period.
As always, thank you for your confidence in our stewardship of your assets.
Sincerely,
Jane Trust, CFA
President and Chief Executive Officer
January 31, 2018
All investments are subject to risk including the possible loss of principal. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
| i | Gross domestic product (“GDP”) is the market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period of time. |
| ii | The International Monetary Fund (“IMF”) is an organization of 189 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world. |
| iii | The Federal Reserve Board (the “Fed”) is responsible for the formulation of U.S. policies designed to promote economic growth, full employment, stable prices, and a sustainable pattern of international trade and payments. |
| iv | The federal funds rate is the rate charged by one depository institution on an overnight sale of immediately available funds (balances at the Federal Reserve) to another depository institution; the rate may vary from depository institution to depository institution and from day to day. |
| v | The European Central Bank (“ECB”) is responsible for the monetary system of the European Union and the euro currency. |
| vi | The Bank of England (“BoE”), formally the Governor and Company of the BoE, is the central bank of the United Kingdom. The BoE’s purpose is to maintain monetary and financial stability. |
| vii | The Bank of Japan is the central bank of Japan. The bank is responsible for issuing and handling currency and treasury securities, implementing monetary policy, maintaining the stability of the Japanese financial system and the yen currency. |
| viii | The People’s Bank of China is the central bank of the People’s Republic of China with the power to carry out monetary policy and regulate financial institutions in mainland China. |
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Fund overview
Q. What is the Fund’s investment strategy?
A. The Fund seeks to maximize total return, consistent with prudent investment management and liquidity needs, by investing to obtain the average durationi specified below. The Fund invests in a portfolio of fixed-income securities of various maturities and, under normal market conditions, will invest at least 80% of its net assets in debt and fixed-income securities. Although the Fund may invest in securities of any maturity, the Fund will normally maintain a dollar weighted average effective durationii within 30% of the average duration of the domestic bond market as a whole as estimated by Western Asset Management Company (“Western Asset”), the Fund’s subadviser (generally, this range is 2.5 to 7 years).
The Fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in non-U.S. dollar-denominated securities. Up to 20% of the Fund’s net assets may be invested in debt securities that are not rated in the Baa or BBB categories or above at the time of purchase by one or more Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations (“NRSROs”) or unrated securities that we determined to be of comparable quality at the time of purchase. These securities are known as “high-yield securities” or “junk bonds.” The Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in the securities of non-U.S. issuers. The Fund may invest a substantial portion of its assets in mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities.
The Fund may also enter into various exchange-traded and over-the-counter derivative transactions for both hedging and non-hedging purposes, including for purposes of enhancing returns. These derivative
transactions include, but are not limited to, futures, options, swaps, foreign currency futures and forwards. In particular, the Fund may use interest rate swaps, credit default swaps (including buying and selling credit default swaps on individual securities and/or baskets of securities), options (including options on credit default swaps) and futures contracts to a significant extent, although the amounts invested in these instruments may change from time to time. Other instruments may also be used to a significant extent from time to time.
At Western Asset, we utilize a fixed-income team approach, with decisions derived from interaction among various investment management sector specialists. The sector teams are comprised of Western Asset’s senior portfolio management personnel, research analysts and an in-house economist. Under this team approach, management of client fixed-income portfolios will reflect a consensus of interdisciplinary
views.
Q. What were the overall market conditions during the Fund’s reporting period?
A. The spread sectors (non-Treasuries) posted positive returns, but generated mixed results versus equal-duration Treasuries over the twelve-month reporting period ended December 31, 2017. The fixed income market was impacted by a number of factors, including accelerating global economic growth, three interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve Board (the “Fed”)iii, generally benign inflation, several geopolitical issues and, most recently, the signing of the U.S. tax reform bill.
Short-term Treasury yields moved higher during the reporting period, whereas longer-term Treasury yields edged lower. The yield for the two-year Treasury note began the
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Fund overview (cont’d)
reporting period at 1.20% and ended the period at 1.89%. The low of 1.12% occurred on February 24, 2017, and the peak of 1.92% took place on December 26, 2017. The yield for the ten-year Treasury began the reporting period at 2.45% and ended the period at 2.40%. The low of 2.05% occurred on September 7, 2017, and the peak of 2.62% took place on March 13, 2017.
All told, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Indexiv returned 3.54% for the twelve months ended December 31, 2017. Comparatively, riskier fixed-income securities, including high-yield bonds and emerging market debt, produced superior results. Over the fiscal year, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield — 2% Issuer Cap Indexv gained 7.50%. U.S. dollar-denominated emerging market debt, as measured by the JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global (“EMBI Global”)vi, gained 9.32% over the same period. Finally, emerging market local currency debt, as measured by the JPMorgan GBI-EM Global Diversified Indexvii, rose 15.21% in 2017.
Q. How did we respond to these changing market conditions?
A. A number of adjustments were made to the Fund during the reporting period. We increased the overall quality of the portfolio by decreasing its allocation to high-yield corporate bonds and increasing its exposure to senior secured bank loans. Given the strong performance in the high-yield market, we found better relative value in bank loans. In addition, bank loans have a higher placement in the capital structure and their floating rate feature is generally beneficial in a rising interest rate environment. We also increased the Fund’s allocation to investment-grade corporate bonds. These adjustments were not driven by a concern that the current credit cycle is turning negative, but rather due to the fact that valuations have compressed to the point where, in our view, reducing the level of risk was warranted. We increased our allocation to agency mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”) during the period. This was primarily done in the summer of 2017, as their spreads widened due to concerns about the Fed starting to unwind its balance sheet and reducing its holdings of agency MBS. However, with the Fed clearly communicating a very gradual tapering of its balance sheet — by initially not reinvesting a relatively small portion of its maturing agency MBS positions every month — the sector rallied and its spreads narrowed. From a currency perspective, we became less positive on the U.S. dollar, increased our long positions to certain emerging market currencies and initiated long positions in the euro and Canadian dollar. Finally, we closed the Fund’s short position to the Japanese yen during the fourth quarter of 2017, as the currency had sold off significantly versus the U.S. dollar since August 2017.
The Fund used U.S. Treasury futures, and options and interest rate swaps, Eurodollar futures and options and interest rate swaps, and futures on non-U.S. rates to manage our duration and yield curveviii exposure. The use of these instruments in total contributed to performance. Credit default swaps (“CDS”), which were used to manage the Fund’s exposure to individual credits, did not materially impact performance results. Finally, the use of currency forwards, options and futures contracts to hedge its non-U.S. dollar currency exposure was negative for performance.
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Performance review
For the twelve months ended December 31, 2017, Class I shares of Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund returned 6.96%. The Fund’s unmanaged benchmark, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index, returned 3.54% for the same period. The Lipper Core Plus Debt Funds Category Average1 returned 4.39% over the same time frame.
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Performance Snapshot as of December 31, 2017
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| (excluding sales charges) | | 6 months | | | 12 months | |
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Class A | | | 2.02 | % | | | 6.57 | % |
Class C | | | 1.58 | % | | | 5.82 | % |
Class C1 | | | 1.83 | % | | | 6.16 | % |
Class FI | | | 2.02 | % | | | 6.65 | % |
Class R | | | 1.85 | % | | | 6.25 | % |
Class I | | | 2.21 | % | | | 6.96 | % |
Class IS | | | 2.14 | % | | | 6.99 | % |
Bloomberg Barclays U.S.
Aggregate Index | | | 1.24 | % | | | 3.54 | % |
Lipper Core Plus Debt Funds
Category Average1 | | | 1.34 | % | | | 4.39 | % |
The performance shown represents past performance. Past performance is no guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than the performance shown above. Principal value, investment returns and yields will fluctuate and investors’ shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. To obtain performance data current to the most recent month-end, please visit our website at www.leggmason.com/mutualfunds.
All share class returns assume the reinvestment of all distributions 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 December 31, 2017 for Class A, Class C, Class C1, Class FI, Class R, Class I and Class IS shares were 2.34%, 1.74%, 2.12%, 2.42%, 2.03%, 2.82% and 2.83%, respectively. Absent fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the 30-Day SEC Yield for Class A and Class I shares would have been 2.24% and 2.70%, respectively. The 30-Day SEC Yield, calculated pursuant to the standard SEC formula, is based on a Fund’s investments over an annualized trailing 30-day period, and not on the distributions paid by the Fund, which may differ.
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| Total Annual Operating Expenses (unaudited) |
As of the Fund’s current prospectus dated May 1, 2017, 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%, 1.21%, 0.83%, 1.12%, 0.52% and 0.42%, respectively.
| 1 | Lipper, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reuters, provides independent insight on global collective investments. Returns are based on the period ended December 31, 2017, including the reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, calculated among the 264 funds for the six-month period and among the 258 funds for the twelve-month period in the Fund’s Lipper category, excluding sales charges, if any. |
| 2 | Effective June 1, 2017, the Fund changed its security pricing methodology to now use the mean value of the bid and ask prices (of underlying fund holdings) to calculate the NAV. The Fund had a one-time increase to the NAV, which was due to this change in pricing methodology. |
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Fund overview (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, 2019 without the Board of Directors’ consent.
The manager is permitted to recapture amounts waived and/or reimbursed to a class within two years after the fiscal year in which the manager earned the fee or incurred the expense if the class’ total annual operating expenses have fallen to a level below the expense limitation (“expense cap”) in effect at the time the fees were earned or the expenses incurred. In no case will the manager recapture any amount that would result, on any particular business day of the Fund, in the class’ total annual operating expenses exceeding the expense cap or any other lower limit then in effect.
Q. What were the leading contributors to performance?
A. The Fund outperformed its benchmark during the reporting period. The largest contributors to its relative performance were duration and yield curve positioning. We tactically adjusted the Fund’s duration and benefited as longer-term rates declined during the year. In terms of yield curve positioning, the Fund was positioned to benefit from a flattening of the curve.
The Fund’s out-of-benchmark allocation to non-agency residential MBS was beneficial given improving housing fundamentals, solid demand and a lack of new supply.
The Fund’s overweight emerging markets exposure contributed to results. The asset class benefited from the synchronized global economic expansion, rising commodity prices, the weakening U.S. dollar and moderating concerns over U.S. protectionist policies. Against this backdrop, sovereign yields declined, corporate spreads tightened and most emerging market currencies strengthened versus the U.S. dollar. In terms of currencies, a long Mexican peso position was rewarded. This was partially offset by a long to the Brazilian real, as it weakened against the U.S. dollar.
Overweights to commercial MBS and asset-backed securities contributed to performance as their spreads narrowed amid strong investor demand.
Finally, overweights to investment-grade and high-yield corporate bonds and bank loans were beneficial for returns. They performed well given strengthening corporate fundamentals and overall robust demand from investors looking to generate incremental yield in the low interest rate environment. Individual investment-grade corporate bonds that performed well included overweight positions in Wells Fargo & Co., Bank of America Corp. and Goldman Sachs. Examples of strong high-yield corporate bond performers were our overweights in Petrobras Global Finance BV, Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. and Citigroup Inc.
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Q. What were the leading detractors from performance?
A. Modestly detracting from the Fund’s relative performance for the period was its allocation to U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (“TIPS”)ix. While inflation expectations increased as the reporting period progressed, TIPS lagged the benchmark in 2017.
While the Fund’s corporate bond exposure was positive for performance overall, certain holdings were drags on results. Individual investment-grade corporate bonds that detracted from results included overweight positions in Teva Pharmaceuticals, T-Mobile and Broadcom. Examples of weak high-yield corporate bond holdings were our overweights in Petco, Academy LTD and Neiman Marcus.
Thank you for your investment in Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund. As always, we appreciate that you have chosen us to manage your assets and we remain focused on achieving the Fund’s investment goals.
Sincerely,
Western Asset Management Company
January 24, 2018
RISKS: Bonds are subject to a variety of risks, including interest rate, credit and inflation risks. As interest rates rise, bond prices fall, 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 currency fluctuations and social, economic and political uncertainties, which could increase volatility. These risks are magnified in emerging markets. 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. Please see the Fund’s prospectus for a more complete discussion of these and other risks and the Fund’s investment strategies.
Portfolio holdings and breakdowns are as of December 31, 2017 and are subject to change and may not be representative of the portfolio managers’ current or future investments. Please refer to pages 14 through 69 for a list and percentage breakdown of the Fund’s holdings.
The mention of sector breakdowns is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as a recommendation to purchase or sell any securities. The information provided regarding such sectors is not a sufficient basis upon which to make an investment decision. Investors seeking financial advice regarding the appropriateness of investing in any securities or investment strategies discussed should consult their financial professional. The Fund’s top five sector holdings (as a percentage of net assets) as of December 31, 2017 were: Corporate Bonds & Notes (25.3%), U.S. Government & Agency Obligations (23.4%), Mortgage-Backed Securities (22.2%), Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (9.0%) and Senior Loans (5.7%). The Fund’s portfolio composition is subject to change at any time.
All investments are subject to risk including the possible loss of principal. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. All index performance reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes. Please note that an investor cannot invest directly in an index.
The information provided is not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results or investment advice. Views expressed may differ from those of the firm as a whole.
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Fund overview (cont’d)
| i | Duration is the measure of the price sensitivity of a fixed-income security to an interest rate change of 100 basis points. Calculation is based on the weighted average of the present values for all cash flows. |
| ii | Effective duration is a duration calculation for bonds with embedded options. Effective duration takes into account that expected cash flows will fluctuate as interest rates change. Please note, duration measures the sensitivity of price (the value of principal) of a fixed-income investment to a change in interest rates. |
| iii | The Federal Reserve Board (the “Fed”) is responsible for the formulation of U.S. policies designed to promote economic growth, full employment, stable prices, and a sustainable pattern of international trade and payments. |
| iv | The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index is a broad-based bond index comprised of government, corporate, mortgage- and asset-backed issues, rated investment grade or higher, and having at least one year to maturity. |
| v | The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield — 2% Issuer Cap Index is an index of the 2% Issuer Cap component of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield Index, which covers the U.S. dollar-denominated, non-investment grade, fixed-rate, taxable corporate bond market. |
| vi | The JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global (“EMBI Global”) tracks total returns for U.S. dollar-denominated debt instruments issued by emerging market sovereign and quasi-sovereign entities: Brady bonds, loans, Eurobonds and local market instruments. |
| vii | JPMorgan GBI-EM Global Diversified tracks the performance of local currency debt issued by emerging market governments, whose debt is accessible by most of the international investor base. |
| viii | The yield curve is the graphical depiction of the relationship between the yield on bonds of the same credit quality but different maturities. |
| ix | U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (“TIPS”) are inflation-indexed securities issued by the U.S. Treasury in five-year, ten-year and thirty-year maturities. The principal is adjusted to the Consumer Price Index, the commonly used measure of inflation. The coupon rate is constant, but generates a different amount of interest when multiplied by the inflation-adjusted principal. |
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Fund at a glance† (unaudited)
Investment breakdown (%) as a percent of total investments
| † | The bar graph above represents the composition of the Fund’s investments as of December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016 and does not include derivatives such as futures contracts, written options, 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 July 1, 2017 and held for the six months ended December 31, 2017.
Actual expenses
The table below titled “Based on Actual Total Return” provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information provided in this table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. To estimate the expenses you paid on your account, divide your ending account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 ending account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period”.
Hypothetical example for comparison purposes
The table below titled “Based on Hypothetical Total Return” provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5.00% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use the information provided in this table to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare the 5.00% hypothetical example relating to the Fund with the 5.00% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table below are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as front-end or back-end sales charges (loads). Therefore, the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transaction costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
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| Class A | | | 2.02 | % | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,020.20 | | | | 0.82 | % | | $ | 4.18 | | | | | | | Class A | | | 5.00 | % | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,021.07 | | | | 0.82 | % | | $ | 4.18 | |
| Class C | | | 1.58 | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,015.80 | | | | 1.52 | | | | 7.72 | | | | | | | Class C | | | 5.00 | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,017.54 | | | | 1.52 | | | | 7.73 | |
| Class C1 | | | 1.83 | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,018.30 | | | | 1.19 | | | | 6.05 | | | | | | | Class C1 | | | 5.00 | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,019.21 | | | | 1.19 | | | | 6.06 | |
| Class FI | | | 2.02 | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,020.20 | | | | 0.83 | | | | 4.23 | | | | | | | Class FI | | | 5.00 | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,021.02 | | | | 0.83 | | | | 4.23 | |
| Class R | | | 1.85 | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,018.50 | | | | 1.16 | | | | 5.90 | | | | | | | Class R | | | 5.00 | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,019.36 | | | | 1.16 | | | | 5.90 | |
| Class I | | | 2.21 | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,022.10 | | | | 0.45 | | | | 2.29 | | | | | | | Class I | | | 5.00 | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,022.94 | | | | 0.45 | | | | 2.29 | |
| Class IS | | | 2.14 | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,021.40 | | | | 0.43 | | | | 2.19 | | | | | | | Class IS | | | 5.00 | | | | 1,000.00 | | | | 1,023.04 | | | | 0.43 | | | | 2.19 | |
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| 1 | For the six months ended December 31, 2017. |
| 2 | Assumes the reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, at net asset value and does not reflect the deduction of the applicable sales charge with respect to Class A shares or the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) with respect to Class C 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 (184), then divided by 365. |
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Fund performance (unaudited)
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| Average annual total returns | |
| Without sales charges1 | | Class A† | | | Class C† | | | Class C1† | | | Class FI† | | | Class R† | | | Class I† | | | Class IS† | |
| Twelve Months Ended 12/31/17 | | | 6.57 | % | | | 5.82 | % | | | 6.16 | % | | | 6.65 | % | | | 6.25 | % | | | 6.96 | % | | | 6.99 | % |
| Five Years Ended 12/31/17 | | | 3.50 | | | | 2.76 | | | | 3.11 | | | | 3.53 | | | | 3.18 | | | | 3.88 | | | | 3.91 | |
| Ten Years Ended 12/31/17 | | | N/A | | | | N/A | | | | N/A | | | | 5.65 | | | | N/A | | | | 5.96 | | | | N/A | |
| Inception* through 12/31/17 | | | 3.94 | | | | 3.22 | | | | 3.05 | | | | — | | | | 3.61 | | | | — | | | | 7.01 | |
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| With sales charges2 | | Class A† | | | Class C† | | | Class C1† | | | Class FI† | | | Class R† | | | Class I† | | | Class IS† | |
| Twelve Months Ended 12/31/17 | | | 2.01 | % | | | 4.82 | % | | | 5.16 | % | | | 6.65 | % | | | 6.25 | % | | | 6.96 | % | | | 6.99 | % |
| Five Years Ended 12/31/17 | | | 2.60 | | | | 2.76 | | | | 3.11 | | | | 3.53 | | | | 3.18 | | | | 3.88 | | | | 3.91 | |
| Ten Years Ended 12/31/17 | | | N/A | | | | N/A | | | | N/A | | | | 5.65 | | | | N/A | | | | 5.96 | | | | N/A | |
| Inception* through 12/31/17 | | | 3.16 | | | | 3.22 | | | | 3.05 | | | | — | | | | 3.61 | | | | — | | | | 7.01 | |
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| Cumulative total returns | |
| Without sales charges1 | | | |
| Class A (Inception date of 4/30/12 through 12/31/17) | | | 24.55 | % |
| Class C (Inception date of 4/30/12 through 12/31/17) | | | 19.69 | |
| Class C1 (Inception date of 10/4/12 through 12/31/17) | | | 17.08 | |
| Class FI (12/31/07 through 12/31/17) | | | 73.28 | |
| Class R (Inception date of 4/30/12 through 12/31/17) | | | 22.29 | |
| Class I (12/31/07 through 12/31/17) | | | 78.45 | |
| Class IS (Inception date of 8/4/08 through 12/31/17) | | | 89.25 | |
All figures represent past performance and are not a guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. 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.
| 1 | 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. |
| 2 | Assumes the reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, at net asset value. In addition, Class A shares reflect the deduction of the maximum initial sales charge of 4.25%. Class C shares and Class C1 shares reflect the deduction of a 1.00% CDSC, which applies if shares are redeemed within one year from purchase payment. |
| * | Inception dates for Class A, C, C1, FI, R, I and IS shares are April 30, 2012, April 30, 2012, October 4, 2012, January 8, 2002, April 30, 2012, July 8, 1998 and August 4, 2008, respectively. |
| † | Effective June 1, 2017, the Fund changed its security pricing methodology to now use the mean value of the bid and ask prices (of underlying fund holdings) to calculate the NAV. The Fund had a one-time increase to the NAV, which was due to this change in pricing methodology. |
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Historical performance
Value of $1,000,000 invested in
Class I Shares of Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund vs. Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index† — December 2007 - December 2017
All figures represent past performance and are not a guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. 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.
| † | Hypothetical illustration of $1,000,000 invested in Class I shares of Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund on December 31, 2007, assuming the reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, at net asset value through December 31, 2017. The hypothetical illustration also assumes a $1,000,000 investment in the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index. The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index is a broad-based bond index comprised of government, corporate, mortgage- and asset-backed issues, rated investment grade or higher, and having at least one year to maturity. The index is unmanaged and not subject to the same management and trading expenses as a mutual fund. Please note that an investor cannot invest directly in an index. The performance of the Fund’s other classes may be greater or less than Class I shares performance indicated on this chart, depending on whether greater or lesser sales charges and fees were incurred by shareholders investing in the other classes. |
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Spread duration (unaudited)
Economic exposure — December 31, 2017
Spread duration measures the sensitivity to changes in spreads. The spread over Treasuries is the annual risk premium demanded by investors to hold non-Treasury securities. Spread duration is quantified as the % change in price resulting from a 100 basis points change in spreads. For a security with positive spread duration, an increase in spreads would result in a price decline and a decline in spreads would result in a price increase. This chart highlights the market sector exposure of the Fund’s sectors relative to the selected benchmark sectors as of the end of the reporting period.
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| ABS | | — Asset-Backed Securities |
| Benchmark | | — Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index |
| EM | | — Emerging Markets |
| HY | | — High Yield |
| IG Credit | | — Investment Grade Credit |
| MBS | | — Mortgage-Backed Securities |
| WA Core Plus | | — Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund |
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Effective duration (unaudited)
Interest rate exposure — December 31, 2017
Effective duration measures the sensitivity to changes in relevant interest rates. Effective duration is quantified as the % change in price resulting from a 100 basis points change in interest rates. For a security with positive effective duration, an increase in interest rates would result in a price decline and a decline in interest rates would result in a price increase. This chart highlights the interest rate exposure of the Fund’s sectors relative to the selected benchmark sectors as of the end of the reporting period.
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| ABS | | — Asset-Backed Securities |
| Benchmark | | — Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index |
| EM | | — Emerging Markets |
| HY | | — High Yield |
| IG Credit | | — Investment Grade Credit |
| MBS | | — Mortgage-Backed Securities |
| WA Core Plus | | — Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund |
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Schedule of investments
December 31, 2017
Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund
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| Security | | Rate | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount† | | | Value | |
| Corporate Bonds & Notes — 25.3% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Consumer Discretionary — 2.0% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Auto Components — 0.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
American Axle & Manufacturing Inc., Senior Notes | | | 6.625 | % | | | 10/15/22 | | | | 5,005,000 | | | $ | 5,198,944 | |
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Senior Bonds | | | 5.125 | % | | | 11/15/23 | | | | 4,308,000 | | | | 4,505,694 | |
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Senior Notes | | | 5.000 | % | | | 5/31/26 | | | | 3,500,000 | | | | 3,621,975 | |
Total Auto Components | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13,326,613 | |
Automobiles — 0.3% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV, Senior Notes | | | 5.250 | % | | | 4/15/23 | | | | 1,020,000 | | | | 1,070,388 | |
Ford Motor Co., Senior Notes | | | 4.750 | % | | | 1/15/43 | | | | 6,390,000 | | | | 6,504,065 | |
Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, Senior Notes | | | 8.125 | % | | | 1/15/20 | | | | 1,550,000 | | | | 1,717,778 | |
Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, Senior Notes | | | 3.200 | % | | | 1/15/21 | | | | 1,250,000 | | | | 1,268,408 | |
Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, Senior Notes | | | 5.750 | % | | | 2/1/21 | | | | 4,010,000 | | | | 4,356,684 | |
Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, Senior Notes | | | 5.875 | % | | | 8/2/21 | | | | 12,560,000 | | | | 13,803,421 | |
Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, Senior Notes | | | 3.664 | % | | | 9/8/24 | | | | 3,850,000 | | | | 3,905,373 | |
General Motors Co., Senior Notes | | | 6.250 | % | | | 10/2/43 | | | | 3,640,000 | | | | 4,326,359 | |
General Motors Financial Co. Inc., Senior Notes | | | 3.250 | % | | | 5/15/18 | | | | 890,000 | | | | 893,426 | |
General Motors Financial Co. Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.375 | % | | | 9/25/21 | | | | 3,650,000 | | | | 3,842,702 | |
General Motors Financial Co. Inc., Senior Notes | | | 3.450 | % | | | 4/10/22 | | | | 7,930,000 | | | | 8,043,363 | |
General Motors Financial Co. Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.250 | % | | | 5/15/23 | | | | 920,000 | | | | 964,638 | |
General Motors Financial Co. Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.350 | % | | | 1/17/27 | | | | 6,860,000 | | | | 7,147,743 | |
Total Automobiles | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 57,844,348 | |
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.2% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
1011778 BC ULC/New Red Finance Inc., Secured Notes | | | 5.000 | % | | | 10/15/25 | | | | 5,920,000 | | | | 5,994,000 | (a) |
GLP Capital LP/GLP Financing II Inc., Senior Notes | | | 5.375 | % | | | 4/15/26 | | | | 2,310,000 | | | | 2,483,250 | |
Hilton Worldwide Finance LLC/Hilton Worldwide Finance Corp., Senior Notes | | | 4.875 | % | | | 4/1/27 | | | | 1,430,000 | | | | 1,499,712 | |
McDonald’s Corp., Medium-Term Notes | | | 5.350 | % | | | 3/1/18 | | | | 310,000 | | | | 311,859 | |
McDonald’s Corp., Senior Notes | | | 3.700 | % | | | 1/30/26 | | | | 10,820,000 | | | | 11,297,770 | |
McDonald’s Corp., Senior Notes | | | 3.500 | % | | | 3/1/27 | | | | 12,950,000 | | | | 13,343,551 | |
NCL Corp. Ltd., Senior Notes | | | 4.750 | % | | | 12/15/21 | | | | 2,330,000 | | | | 2,417,375 | (a) |
Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 37,347,517 | |
Household Durables — 0.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Lennar Corp., Senior Notes | | | 4.500 | % | | | 4/30/24 | | | | 5,640,000 | | | | 5,796,792 | |
Newell Brands Inc., Senior Notes | | | 3.150 | % | | | 4/1/21 | | | | 3,760,000 | | | | 3,804,913 | |
Newell Brands Inc., Senior Notes | | | 3.850 | % | | | 4/1/23 | | | | 10,110,000 | | | | 10,473,463 | |
Newell Brands Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.200 | % | | | 4/1/26 | | | | 7,110,000 | | | | 7,433,301 | |
Total Household Durables | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 27,508,469 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| Security | | Rate | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount† | | | Value | |
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail — 0.2% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Amazon.com Inc., Senior Notes | | | 3.150 | % | | | 8/22/27 | | | | 15,280,000 | | | $ | 15,333,950 | (a) |
Amazon.com Inc., Senior Notes | | | 3.875 | % | | | 8/22/37 | | | | 6,800,000 | | | | 7,240,124 | (a) |
Amazon.com Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.950 | % | | | 12/5/44 | | | | 10,095,000 | | | | 12,319,802 | |
Amazon.com Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.050 | % | | | 8/22/47 | | | | 8,290,000 | | | | 8,973,482 | (a) |
Netflix Inc., Senior Bonds | | | 5.500 | % | | | 2/15/22 | | | | 490,000 | | | | 517,563 | |
Netflix Inc., Senior Bonds | | | 5.875 | % | | | 2/15/25 | | | | 2,970,000 | | | | 3,163,050 | |
QVC Inc., Senior Secured Notes | | | 5.950 | % | | | 3/15/43 | | | | 500,000 | | | | 505,561 | |
Total Internet & Direct Marketing Retail | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 48,053,532 | |
Media — 1.0% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
21st Century Fox America Inc., Senior Debentures | | | 6.750 | % | | | 1/9/38 | | | | 200,000 | | | | 273,854 | |
21st Century Fox America Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.500 | % | | | 2/15/21 | | | | 8,000 | | | | 8,462 | |
21st Century Fox America Inc., Senior Notes | | | 6.200 | % | | | 12/15/34 | | | | 260,000 | | | | 336,702 | |
21st Century Fox America Inc., Senior Notes | | | 6.650 | % | | | 11/15/37 | | | | 1,350,000 | | | | 1,862,549 | |
21st Century Fox America Inc., Senior Notes | | | 6.900 | % | | | 8/15/39 | | | | 120,000 | | | | 169,911 | |
CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., Senior Notes | | | 5.125 | % | | | 5/1/27 | | | | 5,010,000 | | | | 4,947,375 | (a) |
Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp., Senior Secured Notes | | | 4.908 | % | | | 7/23/25 | | | | 10,537,000 | | | | 11,220,010 | |
Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp., Senior Secured Notes | | | 4.200 | % | | | 3/15/28 | | | | 10,830,000 | | | | 10,771,639 | |
Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp., Senior Secured Notes | | | 6.484 | % | | | 10/23/45 | | | | 6,620,000 | | | | 7,745,086 | |
Comcast Cable Communications Holdings Inc., Senior Notes | | | 9.455 | % | | | 11/15/22 | | | | 3,150,000 | | | | 4,118,240 | |
Comcast Corp., Notes | | | 5.875 | % | | | 2/15/18 | | | | 65,000 | | | | 65,336 | |
Comcast Corp., Senior Bonds | | | 3.969 | % | | | 11/1/47 | | | | 221,000 | | | | 228,915 | |
Comcast Corp., Senior Notes | | | 3.375 | % | | | 8/15/25 | | | | 3,940,000 | | | | 4,047,503 | |
Comcast Corp., Senior Notes | | | 4.250 | % | | | 1/15/33 | | | | 1,710,000 | | | | 1,866,989 | |
Comcast Corp., Senior Notes | | | 4.200 | % | | | 8/15/34 | | | | 244,000 | | | | 261,174 | |
Comcast Corp., Senior Notes | | | 5.650 | % | | | 6/15/35 | | | | 60,000 | | | | 74,944 | |
Comcast Corp., Senior Notes | | | 6.500 | % | | | 11/15/35 | | | | 2,250,000 | | | | 3,047,194 | |
Comcast Corp., Senior Notes | | | 3.999 | % | | | 11/1/49 | | | | 2,626,000 | | | | 2,696,332 | |
DISH DBS Corp., Senior Notes | | | 6.750 | % | | | 6/1/21 | | | | 4,280,000 | | | | 4,504,700 | |
DISH DBS Corp., Senior Notes | | | 5.875 | % | | | 7/15/22 | | | | 3,335,000 | | | | 3,364,181 | |
DISH DBS Corp., Senior Notes | | | 5.875 | % | | | 11/15/24 | | | | 17,019,000 | | | | 16,636,072 | |
Myriad International Holdings BV, Senior Notes | | | 4.850 | % | | | 7/6/27 | | | | 18,070,000 | | | | 18,782,247 | (a) |
NBCUniversal Enterprise Inc., Senior Notes | | | 1.974 | % | | | 4/15/19 | | | | 22,040,000 | | | | 22,004,161 | (a) |
NBCUniversal Media LLC, Senior Notes | | | 4.375 | % | | | 4/1/21 | | | | 11,230,000 | | | | 11,907,863 | |
SFR Group SA, Senior Secured Bonds | | | 6.000 | % | | | 5/15/22 | | | | 9,420,000 | | | | 9,549,525 | (a) |
SFR Group SA, Senior Secured Bonds | | | 6.250 | % | | | 5/15/24 | | | | 4,315,000 | | | | 4,341,969 | (a) |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Schedule of investments (cont’d)
December 31, 2017
Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund
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| Security | | Rate | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount† | | | Value | |
Media — continued | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
SFR Group SA, Senior Secured Notes | | | 7.375 | % | | | 5/1/26 | | | | 9,660,000 | | | $ | 9,949,800 | (a) |
Time Warner Cable LLC, Debentures | | | 7.300 | % | | | 7/1/38 | | | | 8,925,000 | | | | 11,219,803 | |
Time Warner Cable LLC, Senior Notes | | | 8.250 | % | | | 4/1/19 | | | | 15,880,000 | | | | 16,977,417 | |
Time Warner Cable LLC, Senior Notes | | | 4.125 | % | | | 2/15/21 | | | | 8,351,000 | | | | 8,605,515 | |
Time Warner Cable LLC, Senior Notes | | | 6.750 | % | | | 6/15/39 | | | | 3,295,000 | | | | 3,965,653 | |
Time Warner Cable LLC, Senior Notes | | | 5.875 | % | | | 11/15/40 | | | | 8,447,000 | | | | 9,194,283 | |
Time Warner Entertainment Co., LP, Senior Notes | | | 8.375 | % | | | 7/15/33 | | | | 2,060,000 | | | | 2,841,254 | |
Time Warner Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.700 | % | | | 1/15/21 | | | | 20,000 | | | | 21,144 | |
Time Warner Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.750 | % | | | 3/29/21 | | | | 9,220,000 | | | | 9,821,163 | |
Time Warner Inc., Senior Notes | | | 6.250 | % | | | 3/29/41 | | | | 970,000 | | | | 1,201,931 | |
UBM PLC, Notes | | | 5.750 | % | | | 11/3/20 | | | | 6,060,000 | | | | 6,295,988 | (a) |
Viacom Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.250 | % | | | 9/1/23 | | | | 2,512,000 | | | | 2,567,801 | |
Viacom Inc., Senior Notes | | | 3.875 | % | | | 4/1/24 | | | | 1,720,000 | | | | 1,718,440 | |
Virgin Media Finance PLC, Senior Notes | | | 6.375 | % | | | 4/15/23 | | | | 2,000,000 | | | | 2,072,500 | (a) |
Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC, Senior Secured Bonds | | | 5.250 | % | | | 1/15/26 | | | | 1,540,000 | | | | 1,561,175 | (a) |
Total Media | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 232,846,800 | |
Multiline Retail — 0.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Dollar Tree Inc., Senior Notes | | | 5.750 | % | | | 3/1/23 | | | | 11,350,000 | | | | 11,910,406 | |
Specialty Retail — 0.0% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
TJX Cos. Inc., Senior Notes | | | 2.250 | % | | | 9/15/26 | | | | 1,520,000 | | | | 1,428,104 | |
Total Consumer Discretionary | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 430,265,789 | |
| Consumer Staples — 2.5% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Beverages — 0.9% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc., Senior Notes | | | 2.650 | % | | | 2/1/21 | | | | 10,600,000 | | | | 10,660,817 | |
Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc., Senior Notes | | | 3.300 | % | | | 2/1/23 | | | | 11,940,000 | | | | 12,231,924 | |
Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc., Senior Notes | | | 3.650 | % | | | 2/1/26 | | | | 37,240,000 | | | | 38,496,133 | |
Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.900 | % | | | 2/1/46 | | | | 25,970,000 | | | | 30,219,533 | |
Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes | | | 5.375 | % | | | 1/15/20 | | | | 12,580,000 | | | | 13,351,437 | |
Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes | | | 5.000 | % | | | 4/15/20 | | | | 4,730,000 | | | | 5,021,614 | |
Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes | | | 2.500 | % | | | 7/15/22 | | | | 26,650,000 | | | | 26,476,050 | |
Constellation Brands Inc., Senior Notes | | | 6.000 | % | | | 5/1/22 | | | | 3,940,000 | | | | 4,432,565 | |
Constellation Brands Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.250 | % | | | 5/1/23 | | | | 1,395,000 | | | | 1,477,475 | |
Cott Holdings Inc., Senior Notes | | | 5.500 | % | | | 4/1/25 | | | | 6,830,000 | | | | 7,034,900 | (a) |
Diageo Capital PLC, Senior Bonds | | | 4.828 | % | | | 7/15/20 | | | | 620,000 | | | | 659,099 | |
Diageo Investment Corp., Senior Notes | | | 2.875 | % | | | 5/11/22 | | | | 15,570,000 | | | | 15,814,018 | |
Molson Coors Brewing Co., Senior Notes | | | 3.500 | % | | | 5/1/22 | | | | 1,370,000 | | | | 1,408,545 | |
Molson Coors Brewing Co., Senior Notes | | | 3.000 | % | | | 7/15/26 | | | | 8,365,000 | | | | 8,202,774 | |
PepsiCo Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.000 | % | | | 3/5/42 | | | | 4,980,000 | | | | 5,291,449 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund
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| Security | | Rate | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount† | | | Value | |
Beverages — continued | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Pernod-Ricard SA, Senior Notes | | | 4.450 | % | | | 1/15/22 | | | | 10,485,000 | | | $ | 11,147,761 | (a) |
Pernod-Ricard SA, Senior Notes | | | 5.500 | % | | | 1/15/42 | | | | 4,170,000 | | | | 5,080,162 | (a) |
Total Beverages | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 197,006,256 | |
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.3% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes | | | 2.750 | % | | | 12/1/22 | | | | 16,440,000 | | | | 16,213,221 | |
CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes | | | 3.875 | % | | | 7/20/25 | | | | 4,447,000 | | | | 4,587,083 | |
CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes | | | 5.125 | % | | | 7/20/45 | | | | 12,410,000 | | | | 14,277,976 | |
CVS Pass-Through Trust, Secured Notes | | | 5.298 | % | | | 1/11/27 | | | | 317,299 | | | | 337,622 | (a) |
CVS Pass-Through Trust, Secured Notes | | | 5.880 | % | | | 1/10/28 | | | | 3,759,105 | | | | 4,127,010 | |
CVS Pass-Through Trust, Secured Notes | | | 6.036 | % | | | 12/10/28 | | | | 10,000,959 | | | | 11,132,948 | |
CVS Pass-Through Trust, Secured Notes | | | 6.943 | % | | | 1/10/30 | | | | 2,341,303 | | | | 2,741,924 | |
Kroger Co., Senior Notes | | | 5.150 | % | | | 8/1/43 | | | | 780,000 | | | | 846,591 | |
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Notes | | | 6.200 | % | | | 4/15/38 | | | | 2,260,000 | | | | 3,197,953 | |
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.250 | % | | | 4/15/21 | | | | 360,000 | | | | 382,643 | |
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc., Senior Notes | | | 3.450 | % | | | 6/1/26 | | | | 12,000,000 | | | | 11,887,750 | |
Total Food & Staples Retailing | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 69,732,721 | |
Food Products — 0.5% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Danone SA, Senior Bonds | | | 2.589 | % | | | 11/2/23 | | | | 20,650,000 | | | | 20,165,033 | (a) |
Danone SA, Senior Notes | | | 2.077 | % | | | 11/2/21 | | | | 15,860,000 | | | | 15,528,438 | (a) |
Danone SA, Senior Notes | | | 2.947 | % | | | 11/2/26 | | | | 8,600,000 | | | | 8,389,974 | (a) |
Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Secured Notes | | | 4.875 | % | | | 2/15/25 | | | | 2,963,000 | | | | 3,142,844 | (a) |
Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes | | | 5.375 | % | | | 2/10/20 | | | | 9,526,000 | | | | 10,097,802 | |
Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes | | | 3.500 | % | | | 6/6/22 | | | | 6,570,000 | | | | 6,729,676 | |
Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes | | | 3.950 | % | | | 7/15/25 | | | | 5,630,000 | | | | 5,824,244 | |
Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes | | | 3.000 | % | | | 6/1/26 | | | | 2,000,000 | | | | 1,928,099 | |
Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes | | | 5.000 | % | | | 7/15/35 | | | | 4,830,000 | | | | 5,288,677 | |
Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes | | | 5.000 | % | | | 6/4/42 | | | | 440,000 | | | | 473,835 | |
Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes | | | 5.200 | % | | | 7/15/45 | | | | 3,930,000 | | | | 4,339,371 | |
Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes | | | 4.375 | % | | | 6/1/46 | | | | 4,280,000 | | | | 4,256,679 | |
Lamb Weston Holdings Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.625 | % | | | 11/1/24 | | | | 90,000 | | | | 93,150 | (a) |
Lamb Weston Holdings Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.875 | % | | | 11/1/26 | | | | 6,470,000 | | | | 6,777,325 | (a) |
WM Wrigley Jr. Co., Senior Notes | | | 2.400 | % | | | 10/21/18 | | | | 2,090,000 | | | | 2,096,158 | (a) |
WM Wrigley Jr. Co., Senior Notes | | | 2.900 | % | | | 10/21/19 | | | | 7,490,000 | | | | 7,561,531 | (a) |
WM Wrigley Jr. Co., Senior Notes | | | 3.375 | % | | | 10/21/20 | | | | 690,000 | | | | 706,927 | (a) |
Total Food Products | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 103,399,763 | |
Household Products — 0.0% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Spectrum Brands Inc., Senior Notes | | | 5.750 | % | | | 7/15/25 | | | | 7,400,000 | | | | 7,825,500 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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December 31, 2017
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| Security | | Rate | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount† | | | Value | |
Tobacco — 0.8% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes | | | 9.250 | % | | | 8/6/19 | | | | 11,710,000 | | | $ | 12,985,237 | |
Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.750 | % | | | 5/5/21 | | | | 11,110,000 | | | | 11,919,689 | |
Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes | | | 2.850 | % | | | 8/9/22 | | | | 5,100,000 | | | | 5,136,768 | |
BAT Capital Corp., Senior Notes | | | 3.557 | % | | | 8/15/27 | | | | 47,740,000 | | | | 47,896,545 | (a) |
BAT Capital Corp., Senior Notes | | | 4.540 | % | | | 8/15/47 | | | | 20,830,000 | | | | 22,022,355 | (a) |
Imperial Brands Finance PLC, Senior Notes | | | 2.050 | % | | | 2/11/18 | | | | 4,660,000 | | | | 4,659,518 | (a) |
Philip Morris International Inc., Senior Notes | | | 1.875 | % | | | 11/1/19 | | | | 23,600,000 | | | | 23,461,987 | |
Philip Morris International Inc., Senior Notes | | | 2.900 | % | | | 11/15/21 | | | | 12,470,000 | | | | 12,628,650 | |
Philip Morris International Inc., Senior Notes | | | 2.500 | % | | | 8/22/22 | | | | 4,200,000 | | | | 4,164,156 | |
Philip Morris International Inc., Senior Notes | | | 2.500 | % | | | 11/2/22 | | | | 14,810,000 | | | | 14,688,171 | |
Philip Morris International Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.500 | % | | | 3/20/42 | | | | 3,085,000 | | | | 3,364,764 | |
Reynolds American Inc., Senior Notes | | | 8.125 | % | | | 6/23/19 | | | | 2,160,000 | | | | 2,337,214 | |
Reynolds American Inc., Senior Notes | | | 3.250 | % | | | 6/12/20 | | | | 3,842,000 | | | | 3,906,120 | |
Reynolds American Inc., Senior Notes | | | 5.850 | % | | | 8/15/45 | | | | 7,579,000 | | | | 9,499,921 | |
Total Tobacco | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 178,671,095 | |
Total Consumer Staples | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 556,635,335 | |
| Energy — 4.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Energy Equipment & Services — 0.2% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Baker Hughes a GE Co., LLC, Senior Notes | | | 3.200 | % | | | 8/15/21 | | | | 2,487,000 | | | | 2,541,362 | |
Ensco PLC, Senior Notes | | | 8.000 | % | | | 1/31/24 | | | | 5,622,000 | | | | 5,664,165 | |
Halliburton Co., Senior Bonds | | | 3.800 | % | | | 11/15/25 | | | | 13,610,000 | | | | 14,167,775 | |
Halliburton Co., Senior Notes | | | 4.850 | % | | | 11/15/35 | | | | 5,440,000 | | | | 6,121,224 | |
Halliburton Co., Senior Notes | | | 5.000 | % | | | 11/15/45 | | | | 8,510,000 | | | | 9,811,015 | |
Schlumberger Norge AS, Senior Notes | | | 4.200 | % | | | 1/15/21 | | | | 720,000 | | | | 752,701 | (a) |
Total Energy Equipment & Services | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 39,058,242 | |
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 3.9% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Access Midstream Partners LP/ACMP Finance Corp., Senior Notes | | | 4.875 | % | | | 3/15/24 | | | | 2,850,000 | | | | 2,985,375 | |
Anadarko Finance Co., Senior Notes | | | 7.500 | % | | | 5/1/31 | | | | 6,470,000 | | | | 8,323,672 | |
Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes | | | 8.700 | % | | | 3/15/19 | | | | 30,000 | | | | 32,175 | |
Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes | | | 4.850 | % | | | 3/15/21 | | | | 16,141,000 | | | | 17,057,818 | |
Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes | | | 5.550 | % | | | 3/15/26 | | | | 3,960,000 | | | | 4,450,291 | |
Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes | | | 6.450 | % | | | 9/15/36 | | | | 12,895,000 | | | | 15,839,927 | |
Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes | | | 6.600 | % | | | 3/15/46 | | | | 13,540,000 | | | | 17,478,914 | |
Apache Corp., Senior Notes | | | 3.250 | % | | | 4/15/22 | | | | 3,214,000 | | | | 3,241,319 | |
Apache Corp., Senior Notes | | | 6.000 | % | | | 1/15/37 | | | | 1,810,000 | | | | 2,147,248 | |
Apache Corp., Senior Notes | | | 5.100 | % | | | 9/1/40 | | | | 15,199,000 | | | | 16,248,247 | |
Apache Corp., Senior Notes | | | 4.750 | % | | | 4/15/43 | | | | 5,980,000 | | | | 6,168,402 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| Security | | Rate | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount† | | | Value | |
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — continued | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Apache Corp., Senior Notes | | | 4.250 | % | | | 1/15/44 | | | | 18,548,000 | | | $ | 18,038,519 | |
BP Capital Markets PLC, Senior Bonds | | | 3.506 | % | | | 3/17/25 | | | | 23,500,000 | | | | 24,332,123 | |
BP Capital Markets PLC, Senior Bonds | | | 3.119 | % | | | 5/4/26 | | | | 4,790,000 | | | | 4,846,539 | |
BP Capital Markets PLC, Senior Notes | | | 3.561 | % | | | 11/1/21 | | | | 510,000 | | | | 530,384 | |
BP Capital Markets PLC, Senior Notes | | | 3.245 | % | | | 5/6/22 | | | | 1,650,000 | | | | 1,692,241 | |
BP Capital Markets PLC, Senior Notes | | | 3.216 | % | | | 11/28/23 | | | | 16,310,000 | | | | 16,673,951 | |
BP Capital Markets PLC, Senior Notes | | | 3.588 | % | | | 4/14/27 | | | | 7,160,000 | | | | 7,418,201 | |
Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings LLC, Senior Secured Notes | | | 5.125 | % | | | 6/30/27 | | | | 6,420,000 | | | | 6,656,898 | |
Chesapeake Energy Corp., Secured Notes | | | 8.000 | % | | | 12/15/22 | | | | 1,218,000 | | | | 1,318,485 | (a) |
Chesapeake Energy Corp., Senior Notes | | | 6.875 | % | | | 11/15/20 | | | | 5,000 | | | | 5,225 | |
Chesapeake Energy Corp., Senior Notes | | | 6.125 | % | | | 2/15/21 | | | | 4,690,000 | | | | 4,772,075 | |
Chesapeake Energy Corp., Senior Notes | | | 5.750 | % | | | 3/15/23 | | | | 3,140,000 | | | | 2,920,200 | |
Chevron Corp., Senior Notes | | | 2.954 | % | | | 5/16/26 | | | | 20,390,000 | | | | 20,405,931 | |
Cimarex Energy Co., Senior Notes | | | 3.900 | % | | | 5/15/27 | | | | 13,826,000 | | | | 14,164,374 | |
CNOOC Finance 2015 USA LLC, Senior Notes | | | 3.500 | % | | | 5/5/25 | | | | 35,600,000 | | | | 35,943,789 | |
Concho Resources Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.375 | % | | | 1/15/25 | | | | 3,590,000 | | | | 3,742,575 | |
Conoco Funding Co., Senior Bonds | | | 7.250 | % | | | 10/15/31 | | | | 810,000 | | | | 1,119,690 | |
ConocoPhillips, Notes | | | 6.500 | % | | | 2/1/39 | | | | 90,000 | | | | 126,359 | |
ConocoPhillips, Senior Notes | | | 5.900 | % | | | 10/15/32 | | | | 10,000 | | | | 12,403 | |
ConocoPhillips Holding Co., Senior Notes | | | 6.950 | % | | | 4/15/29 | | | | 693,000 | | | | 912,089 | |
Continental Resources Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.500 | % | | | 4/15/23 | | | | 845,000 | | | | 864,013 | |
Continental Resources Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.375 | % | | | 1/15/28 | | | | 4,780,000 | | | | 4,724,791 | (a) |
Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes | | | 3.250 | % | | | 5/15/22 | | | | 5,750,000 | | | | 5,854,480 | |
Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes | | | 5.850 | % | | | 12/15/25 | | | | 11,416,000 | | | | 13,351,269 | |
Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes | | | 5.600 | % | | | 7/15/41 | | | | 9,920,000 | | | | 11,732,620 | |
Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes | | | 5.000 | % | | | 6/15/45 | | | | 23,090,000 | | | | 25,857,422 | |
Devon Financing Co., LLC, Debentures | | | 7.875 | % | | | 9/30/31 | | | | 60,000 | | | | 82,559 | |
Ecopetrol SA, Senior Notes | | | 5.875 | % | | | 5/28/45 | | | | 27,530,000 | | | | 28,204,522 | |
EOG Resources Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.150 | % | | | 1/15/26 | | | | 5,682,000 | | | | 6,057,432 | |
EP Energy LLC/Everest Acquisition Finance Inc., Senior Notes | | | 6.375 | % | | | 6/15/23 | | | | 7,330,000 | | | | 3,994,850 | |
Exxon Mobil Corp., Senior Notes | | | 3.043 | % | | | 3/1/26 | | | | 11,540,000 | | | | 11,730,526 | |
Exxon Mobil Corp., Senior Notes | | | 4.114 | % | | | 3/1/46 | | | | 22,720,000 | | | | 25,494,417 | |
Kerr-McGee Corp., Notes | | | 6.950 | % | | | 7/1/24 | | | | 3,151,000 | | | | 3,719,290 | |
Kerr-McGee Corp., Notes | | | 7.875 | % | | | 9/15/31 | | | | 2,087,000 | | | | 2,779,244 | |
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, Senior Notes | | | 3.950 | % | | | 9/1/22 | | | | 12,600,000 | | | | 13,016,623 | |
Kinder Morgan Inc., Medium-Term Notes | | | 7.800 | % | | | 8/1/31 | | | | 3,276,000 | | | | 4,235,025 | |
MEG Energy Corp., Senior Notes | | | 6.375 | % | | | 1/30/23 | | | | 350,000 | | | | 299,250 | (a) |
MEG Energy Corp., Senior Notes | | | 7.000 | % | | | 3/31/24 | | | | 1,640,000 | | | | 1,391,950 | (a) |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| Security | | Rate | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount† | | | Value | |
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — continued | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
MPLX LP, Senior Notes | | | 4.875 | % | | | 12/1/24 | | | | 9,800,000 | | | $ | 10,578,495 | |
MPLX LP, Senior Notes | | | 4.875 | % | | | 6/1/25 | | | | 8,960,000 | | | | 9,617,168 | |
Noble Energy Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.150 | % | | | 12/15/21 | | | | 10,000 | | | | 10,429 | |
Noble Energy Inc., Senior Notes | | | 3.850 | % | | | 1/15/28 | | | | 9,560,000 | | | | 9,608,643 | |
Noble Energy Inc., Senior Notes | | | 5.250 | % | | | 11/15/43 | | | | 6,205,000 | | | | 6,892,488 | |
Noble Energy Inc., Senior Notes | | | 5.050 | % | | | 11/15/44 | | | | 1,741,000 | | | | 1,871,842 | |
Noble Energy Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.950 | % | | | 8/15/47 | | | | 4,490,000 | | | | 4,824,055 | |
Oasis Petroleum Inc., Senior Notes | | | 6.875 | % | | | 3/15/22 | | | | 4,350,000 | | | | 4,475,063 | |
Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes | | | 3.125 | % | | | 2/15/22 | | | | 5,170,000 | | | | 5,303,197 | |
Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes | | | 3.400 | % | | | 4/15/26 | | | | 9,455,000 | | | | 9,693,215 | |
Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes | | | 3.000 | % | | | 2/15/27 | | | | 7,460,000 | | | | 7,425,190 | |
Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes | | | 4.625 | % | | | 6/15/45 | | | | 5,705,000 | | | | 6,482,925 | |
Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes | | | 4.400 | % | | | 4/15/46 | | | | 2,710,000 | | | | 3,007,320 | |
Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes | | | 4.100 | % | | | 2/15/47 | | | | 10,210,000 | | | | 10,880,994 | |
Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes | | | 6.125 | % | | | 1/17/22 | | | | 9,210,000 | | | | 9,797,137 | |
Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes | | | 6.250 | % | | | 3/17/24 | | | | 14,259,000 | | | | 15,164,446 | |
Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes | | | 5.299 | % | | | 1/27/25 | | | | 92,550,000 | | | | 92,943,337 | (a) |
Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes | | | 7.375 | % | | | 1/17/27 | | | | 7,710,000 | | | | 8,504,130 | |
Petroleos Mexicanos, Senior Bonds | | | 6.625 | % | | | 6/15/35 | | | | 14,490,000 | | | | 15,534,584 | |
Petroleos Mexicanos, Senior Notes | | | 6.875 | % | | | 8/4/26 | | | | 4,350,000 | | | | 4,942,687 | |
Petroleos Mexicanos, Senior Notes | | | 5.500 | % | | | 6/27/44 | | | | 3,860,000 | | | | 3,560,696 | |
Petroleos Mexicanos, Senior Notes | | | 6.375 | % | | | 1/23/45 | | | | 14,210,000 | | | | 14,321,548 | |
QEP Resources Inc., Senior Notes | | | 6.875 | % | | | 3/1/21 | | | | 8,110,000 | | | | 8,799,350 | |
Range Resources Corp., Senior Notes | | | 5.875 | % | | | 7/1/22 | | | | 1,440,000 | | | | 1,476,000 | |
Range Resources Corp., Senior Notes | | | 5.000 | % | | | 3/15/23 | | | | 8,140,000 | | | | 8,140,000 | |
Range Resources Corp., Senior Notes | | | 4.875 | % | | | 5/15/25 | | | | 3,030,000 | | | | 2,939,100 | |
Regency Energy Partners LP/Regency Energy Finance Corp., Senior Notes | | | 5.875 | % | | | 3/1/22 | | | | 5,781,000 | | | | 6,325,663 | |
Regency Energy Partners LP/Regency Energy Finance Corp., Senior Notes | | | 4.500 | % | | | 11/1/23 | | | | 510,000 | | | | 527,958 | |
Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC, Senior Secured Notes | | | 5.750 | % | | | 5/15/24 | | | | 2,870,000 | | | | 3,194,101 | |
Sanchez Energy Corp., Senior Notes | | | 6.125 | % | | | 1/15/23 | | | | 3,694,000 | | | | 3,139,900 | |
Schlumberger Holdings Corp., Senior Notes | | | 3.000 | % | | | 12/21/20 | | | | 10,900,000 | | | | 11,048,776 | (a) |
Schlumberger Holdings Corp., Senior Notes | | | 4.000 | % | | | 12/21/25 | | | | 7,580,000 | | | | 7,978,602 | (a) |
Shelf Drilling Holdings Ltd., Secured Notes | | | 9.500 | % | | | 11/2/20 | | | | 652,284 | | | | 667,776 | (a) |
Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes | | | 4.375 | % | | | 3/25/20 | | | | 1,980,000 | | | | 2,071,106 | |
Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes | | | 2.875 | % | | | 5/10/26 | | | | 5,450,000 | | | | 5,456,083 | |
Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes | | | 6.375 | % | | | 12/15/38 | | | | 4,655,000 | | | | 6,502,376 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| Security | | Rate | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount† | | | Value | |
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — continued | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes | | | 4.550 | % | | | 8/12/43 | | | | 6,360,000 | | | $ | 7,250,920 | |
Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes | | | 4.375 | % | | | 5/11/45 | | | | 13,770,000 | | | | 15,521,178 | |
Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes | | | 4.000 | % | | | 5/10/46 | | | | 20,780,000 | | | | 22,189,163 | |
Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes | | | 3.750 | % | | | 9/12/46 | | | | 690,000 | | | | 705,607 | |
Sinopec Group Overseas Development Ltd., Senior Notes | | | 4.375 | % | | | 4/10/24 | | | | 17,660,000 | | | | 18,763,114 | (a) |
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co., LLC, Senior Notes | | | 7.850 | % | | | 2/1/26 | | | | 14,960,000 | | | | 19,150,692 | |
Whiting Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes | | | 6.250 | % | | | 4/1/23 | | | | 10,665,000 | | | | 10,958,287 | |
Williams Cos. Inc., Debentures | | | 7.500 | % | | | 1/15/31 | | | | 499,000 | | | | 612,523 | |
Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes | | | 7.875 | % | | | 9/1/21 | | | | 11,863,000 | | | | 13,761,080 | |
Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.550 | % | | | 6/24/24 | | | | 1,790,000 | | | | 1,866,075 | |
Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes | | | 7.750 | % | | | 6/15/31 | | | | 287,000 | | | | 355,163 | |
Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes | | | 8.750 | % | | | 3/15/32 | | | | 3,035,000 | | | | 4,021,375 | |
Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes | | | 5.750 | % | | | 6/24/44 | | | | 900,000 | | | | 965,250 | |
WPX Energy Inc., Senior Notes | | | 6.000 | % | | | 1/15/22 | | | | 270,000 | | | | 283,500 | |
WPX Energy Inc., Senior Notes | | | 8.250 | % | | | 8/1/23 | | | | 1,440,000 | | | | 1,641,600 | |
Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 864,747,629 | |
Total Energy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 903,805,871 | |
| Financials — 8.5% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Banks — 6.0% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
ABN AMRO Bank NV, Subordinated Notes | | | 4.750 | % | | | 7/28/25 | | | | 6,210,000 | | | | 6,604,335 | (a) |
BAC Capital Trust XIV, Junior Subordinated Notes (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.400% or 4.000%) | | | 4.000 | % | | | 1/16/18 | | | | 12,050,000 | | | | 10,783,304 | (b)(c) |
Bank of America Corp., Junior Subordinated Bonds (6.100% to 3/17/25 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.898%) | | | 6.100 | % | | | 3/17/25 | | | | 7,780,000 | | | | 8,548,275 | (b)(c) |
Bank of America Corp., Junior Subordinated Notes (6.250% to 9/5/24 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.705%) | | | 6.250 | % | | | 9/5/24 | | | | 4,090,000 | | | | 4,524,767 | (b)(c) |
Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes | | | 5.650 | % | | | 5/1/18 | | | | 160,000 | | | | 161,917 | |
Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes | | | 2.600 | % | | | 1/15/19 | | | | 1,176,000 | | | | 1,180,205 | |
Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes | | | 3.300 | % | | | 1/11/23 | | | | 28,960,000 | | | | 29,646,572 | |
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 | | | | 40,102,179 | (a)(c) |
Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes | | | 4.125 | % | | | 1/22/24 | | | | 230,000 | | | | 244,815 | |
Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes | | | 4.000 | % | | | 4/1/24 | | | | 13,890,000 | | | | 14,695,660 | |
Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes | | | 3.500 | % | | | 4/19/26 | | | | 16,160,000 | | | | 16,539,816 | |
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 | | | | 7,357,836 | (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 | | | | 27,221,059 | (a)(c) |
Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes | | | 5.000 | % | | | 1/21/44 | | | | 37,300,000 | | | | 45,163,225 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| Security | | Rate | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount† | | | Value | |
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Bank of America Corp., Subordinated Bonds | | | 4.450 | % | | | 3/3/26 | | | | 3,050,000 | | | $ | 3,261,175 | |
Bank of America Corp., Subordinated Notes | | | 4.200 | % | | | 8/26/24 | | | | 14,080,000 | | | | 14,840,139 | |
Bank of America Corp., Subordinated Notes | | | 4.000 | % | | | 1/22/25 | | | | 4,300,000 | | | | 4,477,673 | |
Bank of America Corp., Subordinated Notes | | | 4.250 | % | | | 10/22/26 | | | | 12,000,000 | | | | 12,659,962 | |
BNP Paribas SA, Subordinated Notes | | | 4.625 | % | | | 3/13/27 | | | | 9,790,000 | | | | 10,463,433 | (a) |
BPCE SA, Subordinated Notes | | | 5.150 | % | | | 7/21/24 | | | | 3,300,000 | | | | 3,583,205 | (a) |
Citigroup Inc., Junior Subordinated Bonds (5.350% to 5/15/23 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.466%) | | | 5.350 | % | | | 5/15/23 | | | | 6,200,000 | | | | 6,347,250 | (b)(c) |
Citigroup Inc., Junior Subordinated Bonds (6.300% to 5/15/24 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.423%) | | | 6.300 | % | | | 5/15/24 | | | | 8,170,000 | | | | 8,762,325 | (b)(c) |
Citigroup Inc., Junior Subordinated Bonds (5.950% to 5/15/24 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.905%) | | | 5.950 | % | | | 5/15/25 | | | | 28,020,000 | | | | 29,876,325 | (b)(c) |
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 | | | | 6,443,250 | (b)(c) |
Citigroup Inc., Junior Subordinated Notes (5.900% to 2/15/23 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.230%) | | | 5.900 | % | | | 2/15/23 | | | | 2,140,000 | | | | 2,284,450 | (b)(c) |
Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.151%) | | | 3.520 | % | | | 10/27/28 | | | | 51,410,000 | | | | 51,759,157 | (c) |
Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes | | | 8.125 | % | | | 7/15/39 | | | | 2,195,000 | | | | 3,520,636 | |
Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.650 | % | | | 7/30/45 | | | | 24,812,000 | | | | 28,355,441 | |
Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Bonds | | | 4.400 | % | | | 6/10/25 | | | | 19,090,000 | | | | 20,169,332 | |
Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes | | | 4.050 | % | | | 7/30/22 | | | | 704,000 | | | | 733,488 | |
Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes | | | 5.500 | % | | | 9/13/25 | | | | 25,260,000 | | | | 28,501,711 | |
Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes | | | 4.300 | % | | | 11/20/26 | | | | 11,500,000 | | | | 12,047,992 | |
Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes | | | 4.450 | % | | | 9/29/27 | | | | 36,420,000 | | | | 38,603,788 | |
Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes | | | 6.625 | % | | | 6/15/32 | | | | 1,660,000 | | | | 2,120,643 | |
Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes | | | 6.125 | % | | | 8/25/36 | | | | 133,000 | | | | 168,085 | |
Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes | | | 6.675 | % | | | 9/13/43 | | | | 2,824,000 | | | | 3,922,240 | |
Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes | | | 5.300 | % | | | 5/6/44 | | | | 1,789,000 | | | | 2,120,243 | |
Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes | | | 4.750 | % | | | 5/18/46 | | | | 2,080,000 | | | | 2,302,167 | |
Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Senior Notes | | | 5.000 | % | | | 10/15/19 | | | | 4,160,000 | | | | 4,352,837 | (a) |
Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Senior Notes | | | 3.900 | % | | | 7/12/47 | | | | 16,490,000 | | | | 16,901,633 | (a) |
Cooperatieve Rabobank U.A., Junior Subordinated Notes (11.000% to 6/30/19 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 10.868%) | | | 11.000 | % | | | 6/30/19 | | | | 11,522,000 | | | | 12,919,043 | (a)(b)(c) |
Cooperatieve Rabobank U.A., Subordinated Notes | | | 4.625 | % | | | 12/1/23 | | | | 24,060,000 | | | | 25,824,636 | |
Cooperatieve Rabobank U.A., Subordinated Notes | | | 4.375 | % | | | 8/4/25 | | | | 26,000,000 | | | | 27,490,089 | |
Cooperatieve Rabobank U.A., Subordinated Notes | | | 5.250 | % | | | 8/4/45 | | | | 8,420,000 | | | | 10,173,508 | |
Credit Agricole SA, Junior Subordinated Notes (8.375% to 10/13/19 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.982%) | | | 8.375 | % | | | 10/13/19 | | | | 16,980,000 | | | | 18,593,100 | (a)(b)(c) |
HSBC Holdings PLC, Junior Subordinated Bonds (6.375% to 9/17/24 then USD 5 year ICE Swap Rate + 3.705%) | | | 6.375 | % | | | 9/17/24 | | | | 10,440,000 | | | | 11,144,700 | (b)(c) |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| Security | | Rate | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount† | | | Value | |
Banks — continued | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
HSBC Holdings PLC, Senior Notes | | | 3.400 | % | | | 3/8/21 | | | | 26,610,000 | | | $ | 27,210,264 | |
HSBC Holdings PLC, Senior Notes | | | 4.300 | % | | | 3/8/26 | | | | 1,750,000 | | | | 1,862,494 | |
HSBC Holdings PLC, Senior Notes | | | 3.900 | % | | | 5/25/26 | | | | 19,275,000 | | | | 20,012,298 | |
HSBC Holdings PLC, Subordinated Notes | | | 4.250 | % | | | 3/14/24 | | | | 8,270,000 | | | | 8,650,420 | |
HSBC Holdings PLC, Subordinated Notes | | | 4.250 | % | | | 8/18/25 | | | | 17,750,000 | | | | 18,437,144 | |
ING Bank NV, Subordinated Notes | | | 5.800 | % | | | 9/25/23 | | | | 13,820,000 | | | | 15,528,399 | (a) |
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Senior Notes | | | 3.125 | % | | | 7/14/22 | | | | 9,160,000 | | | | 9,103,477 | (a) |
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Senior Notes | | | 3.875 | % | | | 7/14/27 | | | | 30,901,000 | | | | 30,947,657 | (a) |
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Subordinated Bonds | | | 5.017 | % | | | 6/26/24 | | | | 29,410,000 | | | | 30,154,999 | (a) |
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Subordinated Notes | | | 5.710 | % | | | 1/15/26 | | | | 600,000 | | | | 633,109 | (a) |
JPMorgan Chase & Co., Senior Notes | | | 6.300 | % | | | 4/23/19 | | | | 9,630,000 | | | | 10,140,355 | |
JPMorgan Chase & Co., Senior Notes | | | 4.400 | % | | | 7/22/20 | | | | 10,770,000 | | | | 11,318,363 | |
JPMorgan Chase & Co., Senior Notes | | | 4.350 | % | | | 8/15/21 | | | | 1,780,000 | | | | 1,888,846 | |
JPMorgan Chase & Co., Senior Notes | | | 4.500 | % | | | 1/24/22 | | | | 9,480,000 | | | | 10,149,755 | |
JPMorgan Chase & Co., Senior Notes | | | 3.625 | % | | | 5/13/24 | | | | 20,000 | | | | 20,814 | |
JPMorgan Chase & Co., Subordinated Notes | | | 3.875 | % | | | 9/10/24 | | | | 3,195,000 | | | | 3,335,719 | |
JPMorgan Chase & Co., Subordinated Notes | | | 4.125 | % | | | 12/15/26 | | | | 20,000,000 | | | | 21,137,825 | |
JPMorgan Chase & Co., Subordinated Notes | | | 4.250 | % | | | 10/1/27 | | | | 4,050,000 | | | | 4,313,171 | |
JPMorgan Chase & Co., Subordinated Notes | | | 4.950 | % | | | 6/1/45 | | | | 17,670,000 | | | | 20,586,049 | |
Lloyds Bank PLC, Subordinated Notes | | | 6.500 | % | | | 9/14/20 | | | | 100,000 | | | | 109,403 | (a) |
Lloyds Banking Group PLC, Senior Notes (3.574% to 11/7/27 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.205%) | | | 3.574 | % | | | 11/7/28 | | | | 3,000,000 | | | | 2,977,899 | (c) |
Lloyds Banking Group PLC, Subordinated Notes | | | 4.500 | % | | | 11/4/24 | | | | 15,350,000 | | | | 16,130,236 | |
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., Senior Notes | | | 2.998 | % | | | 2/22/22 | | | | 7,240,000 | | | | 7,290,222 | |
Nordea Bank AB, Subordinated Notes | | | 4.875 | % | | | 5/13/21 | | | | 14,640,000 | | | | 15,541,617 | (a) |
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Subordinated Notes | | | 6.125 | % | | | 12/15/22 | | | | 6,229,000 | | | | 6,834,826 | |
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Subordinated Notes | | | 6.100 | % | | | 6/10/23 | | | | 12,920,000 | | | | 14,243,592 | |
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Subordinated Notes | | | 6.000 | % | | | 12/19/23 | | | | 15,075,000 | | | | 16,624,890 | |
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Subordinated Notes | | | 5.125 | % | | | 5/28/24 | | | | 24,180,000 | | | | 25,682,015 | |
Santander UK Group Holdings PLC, Subordinated Notes | | | 5.625 | % | | | 9/15/45 | | | | 3,560,000 | | | | 4,325,172 | (a) |
Standard Chartered PLC, Subordinated Notes | | | 3.950 | % | | | 1/11/23 | | | | 2,130,000 | | | | 2,152,101 | (a) |
Standard Chartered PLC, Subordinated Notes | | | 5.700 | % | | | 3/26/44 | | | | 19,190,000 | | | | 23,361,342 | (a) |
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc., Senior Notes | | | 2.058 | % | | | 7/14/21 | | | | 10,680,000 | | | | 10,471,855 | |
UBS Group Funding Switzerland AG, Senior Notes | | | 3.491 | % | | | 5/23/23 | | | | 32,680,000 | | | | 33,233,685 | (a) |
UBS Group Funding Switzerland AG, Senior Notes | | | 4.125 | % | | | 9/24/25 | | | | 4,880,000 | | | | 5,126,417 | (a) |
UBS Group Funding Switzerland AG, Senior Notes | | | 4.253 | % | | | 3/23/28 | | | | 26,840,000 | | | | 28,335,049 | (a) |
Wachovia Capital Trust III, Junior Subordinated Bonds (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.930% or 5.570%) | | | 5.570 | % | | | 1/29/18 | | | | 38,301,000 | | | | 38,636,134 | (b)(c) |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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December 31, 2017
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| Security | | Rate | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount† | | | Value | |
Banks — continued | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Wachovia Corp., Senior Notes | | | 5.750 | % | | | 2/1/18 | | | | 13,275,000 | | | $ | 13,316,311 | |
Wells Fargo & Co., Junior Subordinated Bonds (5.875% to 6/15/25 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.990%) | | | 5.875 | % | | | 6/15/25 | | | | 3,480,000 | | | | 3,858,624 | (b)(c) |
Wells Fargo & Co., Senior Notes | | | 1.500 | % | | | 1/16/18 | | | | 5,740,000 | | | | 5,739,415 | |
Wells Fargo & Co., Senior Notes | | | 4.600 | % | | | 4/1/21 | | | | 13,950,000 | | | | 14,831,445 | |
Wells Fargo & Co., Senior Notes | | | 3.000 | % | | | 10/23/26 | | | | 29,510,000 | | | | 28,957,711 | |
Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes | | | 3.450 | % | | | 2/13/23 | | | | 6,860,000 | | | | 6,995,550 | |
Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes | | | 4.480 | % | | | 1/16/24 | | | | 1,802,000 | | | | 1,938,301 | |
Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes | | | 4.300 | % | | | 7/22/27 | | | | 36,290,000 | | | | 38,687,350 | |
Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes | | | 5.375 | % | | | 11/2/43 | | | | 8,140,000 | | | | 9,714,792 | |
Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes | | | 5.606 | % | | | 1/15/44 | | | | 1,840,000 | | | | 2,273,602 | |
Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes | | | 4.650 | % | | | 11/4/44 | | | | 20,450,000 | | | | 22,353,447 | |
Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes | | | 4.900 | % | | | 11/17/45 | | | | 16,404,000 | | | | 18,610,186 | |
Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes | | | 4.400 | % | | | 6/14/46 | | | | 3,070,000 | | | | 3,245,768 | |
Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes | | | 4.750 | % | | | 12/7/46 | | | | 20,285,000 | | | | 22,727,148 | |
Wells Fargo Capital X, Junior Subordinated Bonds | | | 5.950 | % | | | 12/15/36 | | | | 5,612,000 | | | | 6,397,680 | |
Total Banks | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1,333,652,564 | |
Capital Markets — 1.4% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
CME Group Inc., Senior Notes | | | 5.300 | % | | | 9/15/43 | | | | 4,500,000 | | | | 5,790,570 | |
Credit Suisse Group Funding Guernsey Ltd., Senior Notes | | | 4.550 | % | | | 4/17/26 | | | | 6,730,000 | | | | 7,218,196 | |
Credit Suisse Group Funding Guernsey Ltd., Senior Notes | | | 4.875 | % | | | 5/15/45 | | | | 24,115,000 | | | | 27,868,072 | |
Goldman Sachs Capital II, Junior Subordinated Bonds (4.000% to 03/01/18 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.768%, 4.000% floor) | | | 4.000 | % | | | 1/29/18 | | | | 413,000 | | | | 366,125 | (b)(c) |
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Bonds | | | 4.750 | % | | | 10/21/45 | | | | 20,030,000 | | | | 22,999,990 | |
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes | | | 2.375 | % | | | 1/22/18 | | | | 13,300,000 | | | | 13,302,897 | |
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes | | | 6.150 | % | | | 4/1/18 | | | | 583,000 | | | | 589,172 | |
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes | | | 2.900 | % | | | 7/19/18 | | | | 210,000 | | | | 210,983 | |
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes | | | 5.375 | % | | | 3/15/20 | | | | 25,760,000 | | | | 27,322,668 | |
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes | | | 6.000 | % | | | 6/15/20 | | | | 3,946,000 | | | | 4,268,923 | |
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes | | | 5.250 | % | | | 7/27/21 | | | | 5,320,000 | | | | 5,768,592 | |
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.821%) | | | 2.876 | % | | | 10/31/22 | | | | 34,600,000 | | | | 34,519,461 | (c) |
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.000 | % | | | 3/3/24 | | | | 5,100,000 | | | | 5,354,985 | |
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes | | | 3.850 | % | | | 7/8/24 | | | | 5,410,000 | | | | 5,616,288 | |
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes | | | 3.500 | % | | | 1/23/25 | | | | 10,000,000 | | | | 10,167,503 | |
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes | | | 3.500 | % | | | 11/16/26 | | | | 10,633,000 | | | | 10,706,213 | |
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 | | | | 5,850,221 | (c) |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| Security | | Rate | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount† | | | Value | |
Capital Markets — continued | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes | | | 6.250 | % | | | 2/1/41 | | | | 29,580,000 | | | $ | 39,944,162 | |
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Subordinated Notes | | | 4.250 | % | | | 10/21/25 | | | | 24,160,000 | | | | 25,275,469 | |
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Subordinated Notes | | | 6.750 | % | | | 10/1/37 | | | | 8,640,000 | | | | 11,586,949 | |
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Subordinated Notes | | | 5.150 | % | | | 5/22/45 | | | | 18,841,000 | | | | 21,899,901 | |
KKR Group Finance Co. II LLC, Senior Notes | | | 5.500 | % | | | 2/1/43 | | | | 1,398,000 | | | | 1,628,034 | (a) |
Lehman Brothers Holdings Capital Trust VII, Junior Subordinated Notes | | | 5.857 | % | | | 1/29/18 | | | | 5,550,000 | | | | 0 | *(b)(d)(e)(f)(g) |
Lehman Brothers Holdings E-Capital Trust I, Junior Subordinated Notes | | | 3.589 | % | | | 8/19/65 | | | | 190,000 | | | | 0 | *(d)(e)(f)(g) |
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Subordinated Notes | | | 6.500 | % | | | 7/19/17 | | | | 5,280,000 | | | | 0 | *(e)(f)(g)(h) |
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Subordinated Notes | | | 6.750 | % | | | 12/28/17 | | | | 1,070,000 | | | | 0 | *(e)(f)(g)(h) |
State Street Corp., Junior Subordinated Notes | | | 4.956 | % | | | 3/15/18 | | | | 27,101,000 | | | | 27,257,411 | |
Total Capital Markets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 315,512,785 | |
Consumer Finance — 0.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ally Financial Inc., Senior Notes | | | 7.500 | % | | | 9/15/20 | | | | 2,699,000 | | | | 2,995,890 | |
Ally Financial Inc., Senior Notes | | | 8.000 | % | | | 11/1/31 | | | | 3,690,000 | | | | 4,815,450 | |
HSBC Finance Corp., Senior Notes | | | 6.676 | % | | | 1/15/21 | | | | 5,365,000 | | | | 5,968,977 | |
Navient Corp., Medium-Term Notes, Senior Notes | | | 8.450 | % | | | 6/15/18 | | | | 1,500,000 | | | | 1,542,000 | |
Navient Corp., Medium-Term Notes, Senior Notes | | | 8.000 | % | | | 3/25/20 | | | | 60,000 | | | | 65,025 | |
Total Consumer Finance | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15,387,342 | |
Diversified Financial Services — 0.7% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/AerCap Global Aviation Trust, Senior Notes | | | 3.750 | % | | | 5/15/19 | | | | 8,550,000 | | | | 8,688,204 | |
AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/AerCap Global Aviation Trust, Senior Notes | | | 4.500 | % | | | 5/15/21 | | | | 2,590,000 | | | | 2,722,192 | |
AerCap Ireland Capital DAC/AerCap Global Aviation Trust, Senior Notes | | | 5.000 | % | | | 10/1/21 | | | | 1,180,000 | | | | 1,258,940 | |
Ahold Lease USA Inc., Pass-Through Certificates | | | 8.620 | % | | | 1/2/25 | | | | 6,003,498 | | | | 7,161,360 | |
Boeing Capital Corp., Senior Notes | | | 4.700 | % | | | 10/27/19 | | | | 5,890,000 | | | | 6,155,098 | |
DAE Funding LLC, Senior Notes | | | 4.500 | % | | | 8/1/22 | | | | 3,160,000 | | | | 3,112,600 | (a) |
DAE Funding LLC, Senior Notes | | | 5.000 | % | | | 8/1/24 | | | | 3,200,000 | | | | 3,168,000 | (a) |
GE Capital International Funding Co., Unlimited Co., Senior Notes | | | 2.342 | % | | | 11/15/20 | | | | 17,167,000 | | | | 17,094,913 | |
GE Capital International Funding Co., Unlimited Co., Senior Notes | | | 4.418 | % | | | 11/15/35 | | | | 5,171,000 | | | | 5,606,885 | |
ILFC E-Capital Trust II, Bonds (Max (3 mo. USD LIBOR, 10 year U.S. Treasury Constant Maturity Rate, 30 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate) + 1.800%) | | | 4.610 | % | | | 12/21/65 | | | | 2,870,000 | | | | 2,783,900 | (a)(c) |
International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes | | | 8.625 | % | | | 1/15/22 | | | | 8,880,000 | | | | 10,703,805 | |
International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes | | | 5.875 | % | | | 8/15/22 | | | | 3,540,000 | | | | 3,930,700 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| Security | | Rate | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount† | | | Value | |
Diversified Financial Services — continued | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Magnolia Finance X Ltd. | | | 2.812 | % | | | 12/3/20 | | | | 44,071,690 | GBP | | $ | 58,313,359 | (a)(f)(g) |
Magnolia Finance X Ltd. | | | 4.332 | % | | | 12/3/20 | | | | 14,495,340 | GBP | | | 19,179,477 | (a)(f)(g) |
Park Aerospace Holdings Ltd., Senior Notes | | | 5.250 | % | | | 8/15/22 | | | | 2,510,000 | | | | 2,503,725 | (a) |
Park Aerospace Holdings Ltd., Senior Notes | | | 5.500 | % | | | 2/15/24 | | | | 4,590,000 | | | | 4,567,050 | (a) |
Voya Financial Inc., Senior Notes | | | 2.900 | % | | | 2/15/18 | | | | 854,000 | | | | 854,859 | |
Total Diversified Financial Services | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 157,805,067 | |
Insurance — 0.3% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
American International Group Inc., Junior Subordinated Debentures (6.250% to 3/15/37 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.056%) | | | 6.250 | % | | | 3/15/87 | | | | 446,000 | | | | 487,255 | (c) |
American International Group Inc., Senior Notes | | | 3.750 | % | | | 7/10/25 | | | | 12,460,000 | | | | 12,866,940 | |
Brighthouse Financial Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.700 | % | | | 6/22/47 | | | | 2,900,000 | | | | 2,970,163 | (a) |
Chubb INA Holdings Inc., Senior Notes | | | 2.300 | % | | | 11/3/20 | | | | 4,100,000 | | | | 4,095,146 | |
Chubb INA Holdings Inc., Senior Notes | | | 3.350 | % | | | 5/3/26 | | | | 5,420,000 | | | | 5,537,271 | |
MetLife Capital Trust IV, Junior Subordinated Notes | | | 7.875 | % | | | 12/15/37 | | | | 8,900,000 | | | | 11,903,750 | (a) |
MetLife Inc., Junior Subordinated Debentures | | | 6.400 | % | | | 12/15/36 | | | | 5,493,000 | | | | 6,332,385 | |
MetLife Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.750 | % | | | 2/8/21 | | | | 6,300,000 | | | | 6,748,027 | |
Prudential Financial Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.500 | % | | | 11/16/21 | | | | 300,000 | | | | 321,818 | |
Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America, Subordinated Notes | | | 4.900 | % | | | 9/15/44 | | | | 7,755,000 | | | | 8,891,590 | (a) |
Total Insurance | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 60,154,345 | |
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.0% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Quicken Loans Inc., Senior Notes | | | 5.750 | % | | | 5/1/25 | | | | 5,150,000 | | | | 5,356,052 | (a) |
Total Financials | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1,887,868,155 | |
| Health Care — 2.0% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Biotechnology — 0.3% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
AbbVie Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes | | | 3.600 | % | | | 5/14/25 | | | | 9,430,000 | | | | 9,709,925 | |
Amgen Inc., Senior Notes | | | 3.625 | % | | | 5/22/24 | | | | 1,480,000 | | | | 1,539,816 | |
Amgen Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.663 | % | | | 6/15/51 | | | | 1,933,000 | | | | 2,171,635 | |
Celgene Corp., Senior Notes | | | 3.550 | % | | | 8/15/22 | | | | 4,650,000 | | | | 4,794,722 | |
Celgene Corp., Senior Notes | | | 3.625 | % | | | 5/15/24 | | | | 2,200,000 | | | | 2,265,668 | |
Celgene Corp., Senior Notes | | | 3.875 | % | | | 8/15/25 | | | | 9,250,000 | | | | 9,589,864 | |
Celgene Corp., Senior Notes | | | 5.250 | % | | | 8/15/43 | | | | 3,712,000 | | | | 4,301,633 | |
Celgene Corp., Senior Notes | | | 5.000 | % | | | 8/15/45 | | | | 3,020,000 | | | | 3,439,825 | |
Gilead Sciences Inc., Senior Bonds | | | 3.700 | % | | | 4/1/24 | | | | 399,000 | | | | 417,766 | |
Gilead Sciences Inc., Senior Notes | | | 3.500 | % | | | 2/1/25 | | | | 5,000,000 | | | | 5,175,751 | |
Gilead Sciences Inc., Senior Notes | | | 3.650 | % | | | 3/1/26 | | | | 1,560,000 | | | | 1,620,009 | |
Gilead Sciences Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.750 | % | | | 3/1/46 | | | | 6,165,000 | | | | 7,148,696 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| Security | | Rate | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount† | | | Value | |
Biotechnology — continued | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Gilead Sciences Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.150 | % | | | 3/1/47 | | | | 7,660,000 | | | $ | 8,168,657 | |
Total Biotechnology | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 60,343,967 | |
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.4% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Abbott Laboratories, Senior Notes | | | 3.750 | % | | | 11/30/26 | | | | 11,610,000 | | | | 11,943,897 | |
Abbott Laboratories, Senior Notes | | | 4.750 | % | | | 11/30/36 | | | | 6,660,000 | | | | 7,506,814 | |
Abbott Laboratories, Senior Notes | | | 4.900 | % | | | 11/30/46 | | | | 10,150,000 | | | | 11,684,092 | |
Becton, Dickinson & Co., Senior Notes | | | 3.363 | % | | | 6/6/24 | | | | 18,160,000 | | | | 18,236,266 | |
Becton, Dickinson & Co., Senior Notes | | | 3.734 | % | | | 12/15/24 | | | | 3,922,000 | | | | 4,022,829 | |
Becton, Dickinson & Co., Senior Notes | | | 4.685 | % | | | 12/15/44 | | | | 2,880,000 | | | | 3,161,593 | |
Medtronic Inc., Senior Notes | | | 3.125 | % | | | 3/15/22 | | | | 1,010,000 | | | | 1,032,815 | |
Medtronic Inc., Senior Notes | | | 3.500 | % | | | 3/15/25 | | | | 26,870,000 | | | | 27,900,087 | |
Total Health Care Equipment & Supplies | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 85,488,393 | |
Health Care Providers & Services — 0.7% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Aetna Inc., Senior Notes | | | 2.800 | % | | | 6/15/23 | | | | 2,610,000 | | | | 2,571,933 | |
Anthem Inc., Senior Notes | | | 3.700 | % | | | 8/15/21 | | | | 2,130,000 | | | | 2,197,331 | |
Anthem Inc., Senior Notes | | | 3.125 | % | | | 5/15/22 | | | | 5,280,000 | | | | 5,332,054 | |
Anthem Inc., Senior Notes | | | 2.950 | % | | | 12/1/22 | | | | 9,320,000 | | | | 9,334,496 | |
Anthem Inc., Senior Notes | | | 3.350 | % | | | 12/1/24 | | | | 4,140,000 | | | | 4,206,435 | |
Anthem Inc., Senior Notes | | | 3.650 | % | | | 12/1/27 | | | | 12,200,000 | | | | 12,461,031 | |
Cardinal Health Inc., Senior Notes | | | 2.616 | % | | | 6/15/22 | | | | 5,440,000 | | | | 5,354,662 | |
Cardinal Health Inc., Senior Notes | | | 3.079 | % | | | 6/15/24 | | | | 7,100,000 | | | | 6,999,463 | |
Catholic Health Initiatives, Secured Bonds | | | 4.350 | % | | | 11/1/42 | | | | 1,410,000 | | | | 1,366,148 | |
Centene Corp., Senior Notes | | | 4.750 | % | | | 5/15/22 | | | | 5,890,000 | | | | 6,140,325 | |
Centene Corp., Senior Notes | | | 6.125 | % | | | 2/15/24 | | | | 2,860,000 | | | | 3,031,600 | |
Centene Corp., Senior Notes | | | 4.750 | % | | | 1/15/25 | | | | 3,970,000 | | | | 4,049,400 | |
Fresenius Medical Care U.S. Finance II Inc., Senior Notes | | | 5.875 | % | | | 1/31/22 | | | | 5,140,000 | | | | 5,663,479 | (a) |
Fresenius Medical Care U.S. Finance II Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.750 | % | | | 10/15/24 | | | | 780,000 | | | | 833,091 | (a) |
Fresenius Medical Care U.S. Finance Inc., Senior Notes | | | 5.750 | % | | | 2/15/21 | | | | 2,045,000 | | | | 2,214,112 | (a) |
HCA Inc., Debentures | | | 7.500 | % | | | 11/15/95 | | | | 15,410,000 | | | | 15,833,775 | |
HCA Inc., Notes | | | 7.690 | % | | | 6/15/25 | | | | 723,000 | | | | 822,413 | |
HCA Inc., Senior Notes | | | 7.500 | % | | | 2/15/22 | | | | 738,000 | | | | 832,095 | |
HCA Inc., Senior Secured Notes | | | 5.875 | % | | | 3/15/22 | | | | 4,150,000 | | | | 4,450,875 | |
HCA Inc., Senior Secured Notes | | | 5.000 | % | | | 3/15/24 | | | | 330,000 | | | | 344,025 | |
HCA Inc., Senior Secured Notes | | | 5.250 | % | | | 6/15/26 | | | | 3,750,000 | | | | 3,984,375 | |
HCA Inc., Senior Secured Notes | | | 5.500 | % | | | 6/15/47 | | | | 2,340,000 | | | | 2,340,000 | |
Humana Inc., Senior Notes | | | 3.150 | % | | | 12/1/22 | | | | 2,470,000 | | | | 2,489,090 | |
Humana Inc., Senior Notes | | | 3.950 | % | | | 3/15/27 | | | | 8,340,000 | | | | 8,651,364 | |
Humana Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.625 | % | | | 12/1/42 | | | | 3,460,000 | | | | 3,789,500 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| Security | | Rate | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount† | | | Value | |
Health Care Providers & Services — continued | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Humana Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.950 | % | | | 10/1/44 | | | | 2,476,000 | | | $ | 2,862,827 | |
Humana Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.800 | % | | | 3/15/47 | | | | 600,000 | | | | 679,289 | |
Medtronic Global Holdings S.C.A, Senior Notes | | | 3.350 | % | | | 4/1/27 | | | | 10,300,000 | | | | 10,580,795 | |
Tenet Healthcare Corp., Senior Notes | | | 8.125 | % | | | 4/1/22 | | | | 7,000,000 | | | | 7,148,750 | |
UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes | | | 1.625 | % | | | 3/15/19 | | | | 1,540,000 | | | | 1,531,924 | |
UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes | | | 3.875 | % | | | 10/15/20 | | | | 3,000,000 | | | | 3,115,631 | |
UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes | | | 5.700 | % | | | 10/15/40 | | | | 10,000,000 | | | | 13,007,638 | |
Total Health Care Providers & Services | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 154,219,926 | |
Pharmaceuticals — 0.6% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actavis Funding SCS, Senior Notes | | | 3.450 | % | | | 3/15/22 | | | | 7,230,000 | | | | 7,352,954 | |
Actavis Funding SCS, Senior Notes | | | 3.800 | % | | | 3/15/25 | | | | 10,140,000 | | | | 10,338,687 | |
Actavis Funding SCS, Senior Notes | | | 4.550 | % | | | 3/15/35 | | | | 2,390,000 | | | | 2,536,486 | |
Actavis Funding SCS, Senior Notes | | | 4.750 | % | | | 3/15/45 | | | | 1,042,000 | | | | 1,113,558 | |
Eli Lilly & Co., Senior Notes | | | 3.100 | % | | | 5/15/27 | | | | 6,100,000 | | | | 6,199,091 | |
GlaxoSmithKline Capital PLC, Senior Notes | | | 2.850 | % | | | 5/8/22 | | | | 10,240,000 | | | | 10,400,135 | |
Johnson & Johnson, Senior Notes | | | 3.625 | % | | | 3/3/37 | | | | 29,750,000 | | | | 31,494,781 | |
Mallinckrodt International Finance SA, Senior Notes | | | 5.500 | % | | | 4/15/25 | | | | 50,000 | | | | 41,000 | (a) |
Merck & Co. Inc., Senior Notes | | | 2.750 | % | | | 2/10/25 | | | | 6,700,000 | | | | 6,679,296 | |
Pfizer Inc., Senior Notes | | | 7.200 | % | | | 3/15/39 | | | | 5,000 | | | | 7,682 | |
Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Co. BV, Senior Notes | | | 2.950 | % | | | 12/18/22 | | | | 3,480,000 | | | | 3,118,631 | |
Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV, Senior Notes | | | 1.400 | % | | | 7/20/18 | | | | 3,150,000 | | | | 3,129,452 | |
Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV, Senior Notes | | | 1.700 | % | | | 7/19/19 | | | | 4,849,000 | | | | 4,713,042 | |
Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV, Senior Notes | | | 2.200 | % | | | 7/21/21 | | | | 3,040,000 | | | | 2,779,275 | |
Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV, Senior Notes | | | 2.800 | % | | | 7/21/23 | | | | 1,520,000 | | | | 1,325,290 | |
Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV, Senior Notes | | | 3.150 | % | | | 10/1/26 | | | | 4,210,000 | | | | 3,482,386 | |
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc., Senior Notes | | | 5.375 | % | | | 3/15/20 | | | | 1,326,000 | | | | 1,332,630 | (a) |
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc., Senior Notes | | | 7.500 | % | | | 7/15/21 | | | | 14,472,000 | | | | 14,761,440 | (a) |
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc., Senior Notes | | | 5.625 | % | | | 12/1/21 | | | | 2,160,000 | | | | 2,119,500 | (a) |
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc., Senior Notes | | | 5.500 | % | | | 3/1/23 | | | | 1,430,000 | | | | 1,315,600 | (a) |
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc., Senior Notes | | | 5.875 | % | | | 5/15/23 | | | | 4,949,000 | | | | 4,602,570 | (a) |
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc., Senior Notes | | | 6.125 | % | | | 4/15/25 | | | | 1,981,000 | | | | 1,820,044 | (a) |
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc., Senior Notes | | | 9.000 | % | | | 12/15/25 | | | | 9,110,000 | | | | 9,517,217 | (a) |
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc., Senior Secured Notes | | | 6.500 | % | | | 3/15/22 | | | | 2,140,000 | | | | 2,252,350 | (a) |
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc., Senior Secured Notes | | | 7.000 | % | | | 3/15/24 | | | | 5,760,000 | | | | 6,177,600 | (a) |
Wyeth LLC, Notes | | | 5.950 | % | | | 4/1/37 | | | | 5,098,000 | | | | 6,847,490 | |
Total Pharmaceuticals | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 145,458,187 | |
Total Health Care | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 445,510,473 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| Security | | Rate | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount† | | | Value | |
| Industrials — 1.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Aerospace & Defense — 0.3% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Boeing Co., Senior Notes | | | 6.000 | % | | | 3/15/19 | | | | 8,370,000 | | | $ | 8,756,453 | |
Boeing Co., Senior Notes | | | 4.875 | % | | | 2/15/20 | | | | 3,180,000 | | | | 3,359,777 | |
Lockheed Martin Corp., Senior Notes | | | 3.100 | % | | | 1/15/23 | | | | 2,269,000 | | | | 2,308,089 | |
Lockheed Martin Corp., Senior Notes | | | 3.550 | % | �� | | 1/15/26 | | | | 13,115,000 | | | | 13,641,426 | |
Lockheed Martin Corp., Senior Notes | | | 4.500 | % | | | 5/15/36 | | | | 2,420,000 | | | | 2,722,092 | |
Northrop Grumman Corp., Senior Notes | | | 3.250 | % | | | 1/15/28 | | | | 29,720,000 | | | | 29,826,819 | |
Raytheon Co., Senior Notes | | | 3.125 | % | | | 10/15/20 | | | | 4,520,000 | | | | 4,625,705 | |
United Technologies Corp., Senior Notes | | | 4.500 | % | | | 6/1/42 | | | | 5,359,000 | | | | 5,953,352 | |
Total Aerospace & Defense | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 71,193,713 | |
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.0% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
United Parcel Service Inc., Senior Notes | | | 2.500 | % | | | 4/1/23 | | | | 5,090,000 | | | | 5,065,397 | |
United Parcel Service Inc., Senior Notes | | | 3.050 | % | | | 11/15/27 | | | | 3,680,000 | | | | 3,684,947 | |
Total Air Freight & Logistics | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 8,750,344 | |
Airlines — 0.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Air 2 U.S., Notes | | | 8.027 | % | | | 10/1/19 | | | | 796,292 | | | | 823,664 | (a) |
Continental Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates | | | 5.983 | % | | | 4/19/22 | | | | 8,418,850 | | | | 9,192,963 | |
Continental Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates, Senior Secured Notes | | | 6.900 | % | | | 1/2/18 | | | | 1,817 | | | | 1,817 | (g) |
Continental Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates, Senior Secured Notes | | | 6.703 | % | | | 6/15/21 | | | | 23,959 | | | | 26,115 | |
Delta Air Lines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates, Senior Secured Bonds | | | 6.821 | % | | | 8/10/22 | | | | 6,962,468 | | | | 7,933,036 | |
Northwest Airlines Corp., Pass-Through Certificates | | | 7.575 | % | | | 3/1/19 | | | | 2,092,791 | | | | 2,163,423 | |
Total Airlines | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20,141,018 | |
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.2% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Cintas Corp., Senior Notes | | | 2.900 | % | | | 4/1/22 | | | | 7,980,000 | | | | 8,059,308 | |
Cintas Corp., Senior Notes | | | 3.700 | % | | | 4/1/27 | | | | 7,500,000 | | | | 7,818,862 | |
Monitronics International Inc., Senior Notes | | | 9.125 | % | | | 4/1/20 | | | | 1,486,000 | | | | 1,240,810 | |
Taylor Morrison Communities Inc./Taylor Morrison Holdings II Inc., Senior Notes | | | 5.250 | % | | | 4/15/21 | | | | 7,130,000 | | | | 7,281,512 | (a) |
United Rentals North America Inc., Senior Notes | | | 5.750 | % | | | 11/15/24 | | | | 2,000,000 | | | | 2,112,500 | |
United Rentals North America Inc., Senior Notes | | | 5.500 | % | | | 7/15/25 | | | | 4,060,000 | | | | 4,318,825 | |
United Rentals North America Inc., Senior Notes | | | 5.875 | % | | | 9/15/26 | | | | 3,060,000 | | | | 3,285,675 | |
United Rentals North America Inc., Senior Notes | | | 5.500 | % | | | 5/15/27 | | | | 630,000 | | | | 664,650 | |
United Rentals North America Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.875 | % | | | 1/15/28 | | | | 1,270,000 | | | | 1,279,525 | |
Waste Management Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.600 | % | | | 3/1/21 | | | | 2,370,000 | | | | 2,518,596 | |
Waste Management Inc., Senior Notes | | | 3.500 | % | | | 5/15/24 | | | | 4,440,000 | | | | 4,603,422 | |
Waste Management Inc., Senior Notes | | | 7.375 | % | | | 5/15/29 | | | | 1,280,000 | | | | 1,696,833 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| Security | | Rate | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount† | | | Value | |
Commercial Services & Supplies — continued | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
West Corp., Senior Secured Notes | | | 4.750 | % | | | 7/15/21 | | | | 3,000,000 | | | $ | 3,045,000 | (a) |
Total Commercial Services & Supplies | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 47,925,518 | |
Electrical Equipment — 0.2% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
ABB Finance USA Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.375 | % | | | 5/8/42 | | | | 1,373,000 | | | | 1,484,327 | |
Eaton Corp., Senior Notes | | | 2.750 | % | | | 11/2/22 | | | | 25,195,000 | | | | 25,297,121 | |
Eaton Corp., Senior Notes | | | 4.150 | % | | | 11/2/42 | | | | 6,590,000 | | | | 6,888,956 | |
Total Electrical Equipment | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 33,670,404 | |
Industrial Conglomerates — 0.3% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
General Electric Co., Senior Notes | | | 4.375 | % | | | 9/16/20 | | | | 1,184,000 | | | | 1,244,182 | |
General Electric Co., Senior Notes | | | 4.650 | % | | | 10/17/21 | | | | 410,000 | | | | 441,651 | |
General Electric Co., Senior Notes | | | 5.875 | % | | | 1/14/38 | | | | 2,460,000 | | | | 3,187,358 | |
General Electric Co., Senior Notes | | | 6.875 | % | | | 1/10/39 | | | | 27,244,000 | | | | 39,333,802 | |
General Electric Co., Senior Notes | | | 4.500 | % | | | 3/11/44 | | | | 8,660,000 | | | | 9,616,196 | |
General Electric Co., Subordinated Notes | | | 5.300 | % | | | 2/11/21 | | | | 4,382,000 | | | | 4,733,687 | |
Total Industrial Conglomerates | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 58,556,876 | |
Machinery — 0.0% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
John Deere Capital Corp., Senior Notes | | | 2.250 | % | | | 4/17/19 | | | | 5,268,000 | | | | 5,275,323 | |
John Deere Capital Corp., Senior Notes | | | 1.700 | % | | | 1/15/20 | | | | 2,490,000 | | | | 2,466,458 | |
Total Machinery | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 7,741,781 | |
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.0% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Beacon Escrow Corp., Senior Notes | | | 4.875 | % | | | 11/1/25 | | | | 3,790,000 | | | | 3,823,163 | (a) |
Total Industrials | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 251,802,817 | |
| Information Technology — 1.4% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Communications Equipment — 0.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
CommScope Technologies LLC, Senior Notes | | | 5.000 | % | | | 3/15/27 | | | | 3,720,000 | | | | 3,729,300 | (a) |
Harris Corp., Senior Notes | | | 4.854 | % | | | 4/27/35 | | | | 2,988,000 | | | | 3,349,193 | |
Harris Corp., Senior Notes | | | 5.054 | % | | | 4/27/45 | | | | 6,087,000 | | | | 7,187,084 | |
Total Communications Equipment | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 14,265,577 | |
IT Services — 0.3% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
First Data Corp., Senior Notes | | | 7.000 | % | | | 12/1/23 | | | | 1,191,000 | | | | 1,262,460 | (a) |
First Data Corp., Senior Secured Notes | | | 5.000 | % | | | 1/15/24 | | | | 21,169,000 | | | | 21,856,992 | (a) |
Visa Inc., Senior Notes | | | 3.150 | % | | | 12/14/25 | | | | 26,130,000 | | | | 26,739,929 | |
Visa Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.300 | % | | | 12/14/45 | | | | 16,470,000 | | | | 18,789,039 | |
Total IT Services | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 68,648,420 | |
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Broadcom Corp./Broadcom Cayman Finance Ltd., Senior Notes | | | 3.125 | % | | | 1/15/25 | | | | 9,800,000 | | | | 9,383,070 | (a) |
Broadcom Corp./Broadcom Cayman Finance Ltd., Senior Notes | | | 3.875 | % | | | 1/15/27 | | | | 520,000 | | | | 512,670 | (a) |
Intel Corp., Senior Notes | | | 3.700 | % | | | 7/29/25 | | | | 4,050,000 | | | | 4,279,877 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| Security | | Rate | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount† | | | Value | |
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — continued | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Intel Corp., Senior Notes | | | 3.734 | % | | | 12/8/47 | | | | 3,104,000 | | | $ | 3,232,041 | (a) |
Total Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 17,407,658 | |
Software — 0.4% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Microsoft Corp., Senior Bonds | | | 2.400 | % | | | 8/8/26 | | | | 36,710,000 | | | | 35,442,722 | |
Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes | | | 2.875 | % | | | 2/6/24 | | | | 19,298,000 | | | | 19,593,302 | |
Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes | | | 2.700 | % | | | 2/12/25 | | | | 4,322,000 | | | | 4,319,507 | |
Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes | | | 3.300 | % | | | 2/6/27 | | | | 27,850,000 | | | | 28,760,294 | |
Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes | | | 3.450 | % | | | 8/8/36 | | | | 770,000 | | | | 795,468 | |
Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes | | | 4.100 | % | | | 2/6/37 | | | | 4,530,000 | | | | 5,067,882 | |
Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes | | | 3.950 | % | | | 8/8/56 | | | | 3,840,000 | | | | 4,111,240 | |
Total Software | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 98,090,415 | |
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.5% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Apple Inc., Senior Notes | | | 2.000 | % | | | 11/13/20 | | | | 11,350,000 | | | | 11,282,954 | |
Apple Inc., Senior Notes | | | 2.450 | % | | | 8/4/26 | | | | 30,530,000 | | | | 29,295,013 | |
Dell International LLC/EMC Corp., Senior Secured Notes | | | 3.480 | % | | | 6/1/19 | | | | 36,680,000 | | | | 37,152,251 | (a) |
Dell International LLC/EMC Corp., Senior Secured Notes | | | 4.420 | % | | | 6/15/21 | | | | 27,891,000 | | | | 29,085,648 | (a) |
Total Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 106,815,866 | |
Total Information Technology | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 305,227,936 | |
| Materials — 1.4% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Chemicals — 0.2% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ecolab Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.350 | % | | | 12/8/21 | | | | 2,162,000 | | | | 2,303,335 | |
Equate Petrochemical BV, Senior Notes | | | 4.250 | % | | | 11/3/26 | | | | 12,930,000 | | | | 13,195,065 | (a) |
LyondellBasell Industries NV, Senior Notes | | | 5.000 | % | | | 4/15/19 | | | | 1,311,000 | | | | 1,346,379 | |
LyondellBasell Industries NV, Senior Notes | | | 6.000 | % | | | 11/15/21 | | | | 2,360,000 | | | | 2,623,644 | |
LyondellBasell Industries NV, Senior Notes | | | 5.750 | % | | | 4/15/24 | | | | 2,690,000 | | | | 3,069,723 | |
OCP SA, Senior Notes | | | 4.500 | % | | | 10/22/25 | | | | 10,510,000 | | | | 10,544,620 | (a) |
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.875 | % | | | 3/30/20 | | | | 330,000 | | | | 345,693 | |
Westlake Chemical Corp., Senior Notes | | | 4.625 | % | | | 2/15/21 | | | | 3,098,000 | | | | 3,190,940 | |
Westlake Chemical Corp., Senior Notes | | | 4.875 | % | | | 5/15/23 | | | | 2,950,000 | | | | 3,053,250 | |
Total Chemicals | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 39,672,649 | |
Containers & Packaging — 0.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC/Ardagh MP Holdings USA Inc., Senior Notes | | | 6.000 | % | | | 2/15/25 | | | | 940,000 | | | | 991,700 | (a) |
Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC/Ardagh MP Holdings USA Inc., Senior Secured Notes | | | 4.625 | % | | | 5/15/23 | | | | 4,500,000 | | | | 4,608,225 | (a) |
Reynolds Group Issuer Inc./Reynolds Group Issuer LLC/Reynolds Group Issuer (Luxembourg) SA, Senior Secured Notes | | | 6.875 | % | | | 2/15/21 | | | | 3,347,620 | | | | 3,397,834 | |
Reynolds Group Issuer Inc./Reynolds Group Issuer LLC/Reynolds Group Issuer (Luxembourg) SA, Senior Secured Notes | | | 5.125 | % | | | 7/15/23 | | | | 5,190,000 | | | | 5,378,137 | (a) |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| Security | | Rate | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount† | | | Value | |
Containers & Packaging — continued | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
WestRock RKT Co., Senior Notes | | | 3.500 | % | | | 3/1/20 | | | | 2,855,000 | | | $ | 2,906,122 | |
WestRock RKT Co., Senior Notes | | | 4.000 | % | | | 3/1/23 | | | | 2,250,000 | | | | 2,334,169 | |
Total Containers & Packaging | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 19,616,187 | |
Metals & Mining — 1.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Alcoa Nederland Holding BV, Senior Notes | | | 6.750 | % | | | 9/30/24 | | | | 12,985,000 | | | | 14,218,575 | (a) |
Anglo American Capital PLC, Senior Notes | | | 3.750 | % | | | 4/10/22 | | | | 12,605,000 | | | | 12,821,267 | (a) |
Anglo American Capital PLC, Senior Notes | | | 3.625 | % | | | 9/11/24 | | | | 3,400,000 | | | | 3,387,702 | (a) |
Anglo American Capital PLC, Senior Notes | | | 4.750 | % | | | 4/10/27 | | | | 9,785,000 | | | | 10,256,559 | (a) |
Anglo American Capital PLC, Senior Notes | | | 4.000 | % | | | 9/11/27 | | | | 5,330,000 | | | | 5,302,827 | (a) |
ArcelorMittal SA, Senior Notes | | | 6.750 | % | | | 2/25/22 | | | | 3,010,000 | | | | 3,363,675 | |
ArcelorMittal SA, Senior Notes | | | 7.500 | % | | | 10/15/39 | | | | 3,490,000 | | | | 4,484,650 | |
Barrick Gold Corp., Senior Notes | | | 5.250 | % | | | 4/1/42 | | | | 1,590,000 | | | | 1,839,733 | |
Barrick North America Finance LLC, Senior Notes | | | 4.400 | % | | | 5/30/21 | | | | 1,988,000 | | | | 2,105,987 | |
Barrick North America Finance LLC, Senior Notes | | | 5.700 | % | | | 5/30/41 | | | | 8,454,000 | | | | 10,424,120 | |
Barrick North America Finance LLC, Senior Notes | | | 5.750 | % | | | 5/1/43 | | | | 8,260,000 | | | | 10,425,889 | |
BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd., Senior Notes | | | 2.875 | % | | | 2/24/22 | | | | 983,000 | | | | 994,928 | |
BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd., Senior Notes | | | 5.000 | % | | | 9/30/43 | | | | 7,630,000 | | | | 9,376,627 | |
BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd., Subordinated Notes (6.750% to 10/20/25 then USD 5 year Swap Rate + 5.093%) | | | 6.750 | % | | | 10/19/75 | | | | 28,735,000 | | | | 33,622,536 | (a)(c) |
FMG Resources (August 2006) Pty Ltd., Senior Secured Notes | | | 9.750 | % | | | 3/1/22 | | | | 2,190,000 | | | | 2,428,710 | (a) |
Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.000 | % | | | 11/14/21 | | | | 6,825,000 | | | | 6,859,125 | |
Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Senior Notes | | | 6.750 | % | | | 2/1/22 | | | | 3,250,000 | | | | 3,369,844 | |
Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Senior Notes | | | 3.550 | % | | | 3/1/22 | | | | 590,000 | | | | 584,838 | |
Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Senior Notes | | | 6.875 | % | | | 2/15/23 | | | | 2,091,000 | | | | 2,289,645 | |
Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Senior Notes | | | 5.450 | % | | | 3/15/43 | | | | 4,172,000 | | | | 4,187,645 | |
Glencore Funding LLC, Senior Notes | | | 3.000 | % | | | 10/27/22 | | | | 29,060,000 | | | | 28,829,699 | (a) |
Glencore Funding LLC, Senior Notes | | | 4.125 | % | | | 5/30/23 | | | | 4,620,000 | | | | 4,785,167 | (a) |
Glencore Funding LLC, Senior Notes | | | 4.000 | % | | | 3/27/27 | | | | 17,390,000 | | | | 17,492,597 | (a) |
Southern Copper Corp., Senior Notes | | | 5.250 | % | | | 11/8/42 | | | | 24,800,000 | | | | 27,802,507 | |
Vale Overseas Ltd., Senior Notes | | | 6.875 | % | | | 11/21/36 | | | | 13,714,000 | | | | 16,868,220 | |
Yamana Gold Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.625 | % | | | 12/15/27 | | | | 10,350,000 | | | | 10,424,144 | (a) |
Total Metals & Mining | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 248,547,216 | |
Total Materials | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 307,836,052 | |
| Real Estate — 0.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
WEA Finance LLC/Westfield UK & Europe Finance PLC, Senior Notes | | | 3.750 | % | | | 9/17/24 | | | | 23,980,000 | | | | 24,768,585 | (a) |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| Security | | Rate | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount† | | | Value | |
| Telecommunication Services — 1.3% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
AT&T Inc., Global Notes | | | 5.500 | % | | | 2/1/18 | | | | 2,136,000 | | | $ | 2,142,161 | |
AT&T Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.450 | % | | | 5/15/21 | | | | 1,460,000 | | | | 1,541,200 | |
AT&T Inc., Senior Notes | | | 3.000 | % | | | 2/15/22 | | | | 2,516,000 | | | | 2,523,559 | |
AT&T Inc., Senior Notes | | | 3.400 | % | | | 5/15/25 | | | | 30,145,000 | | | | 29,684,924 | |
AT&T Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.250 | % | | | 3/1/27 | | | | 7,870,000 | | | | 8,037,626 | |
AT&T Inc., Senior Notes | | | 3.900 | % | | | 8/14/27 | | | | 16,700,000 | | | | 16,844,368 | |
AT&T Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.900 | % | | | 8/14/37 | | | | 5,860,000 | | | | 5,952,193 | |
AT&T Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.350 | % | | | 6/15/45 | | | | 10,783,000 | | | | 9,986,869 | |
AT&T Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.500 | % | | | 3/9/48 | | | | 7,490,000 | | | | 7,046,059 | |
Bharti Airtel Ltd., Senior Notes | | | 4.375 | % | | | 6/10/25 | | | | 6,420,000 | | | | 6,542,764 | (a) |
British Telecommunications PLC, Bonds | | | 9.125 | % | | | 12/15/30 | | | | 5,310,000 | | | | 7,950,673 | |
CenturyLink Inc., Senior Notes | | | 5.625 | % | | | 4/1/25 | | | | 10,000 | | | | 9,137 | |
Qwest Corp., Debentures | | | 6.875 | % | | | 9/15/33 | | | | 4,760,000 | | | | 4,575,141 | |
Telecom Italia SpA, Senior Notes | | | 5.303 | % | | | 5/30/24 | | | | 4,034,000 | | | | 4,321,422 | (a) |
Telefonica Emisiones SAU, Senior Notes | | | 5.877 | % | | | 7/15/19 | | | | 1,465,000 | | | | 1,540,719 | |
Telefonica Emisiones SAU, Senior Notes | | | 5.134 | % | | | 4/27/20 | | | | 4,485,000 | | | | 4,750,471 | |
Telefonica Emisiones SAU, Senior Notes | | | 5.213 | % | | | 3/8/47 | | | | 6,160,000 | | | | 7,018,374 | |
Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Bonds | | | 5.250 | % | | | 3/16/37 | | | | 10,010,000 | | | | 11,041,997 | |
Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Bonds | | | 5.500 | % | | | 3/16/47 | | | | 4,045,000 | | | | 4,626,701 | |
Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes | | | 3.500 | % | | | 11/1/24 | | | | 7,820,000 | | | | 7,971,834 | |
Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes | | | 3.376 | % | | | 2/15/25 | | | | 28,675,000 | | | | 28,828,561 | (a) |
Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes | | | 2.625 | % | | | 8/15/26 | | | | 4,672,000 | | | | 4,408,882 | |
Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.125 | % | | | 3/16/27 | | | | 39,935,000 | | | | 41,720,481 | |
Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes | | | 3.850 | % | | | 11/1/42 | | | | 3,010,000 | | | | 2,733,197 | |
Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.862 | % | | | 8/21/46 | | | | 8,590,000 | | | | 8,982,648 | |
Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.522 | % | | | 9/15/48 | | | | 3,760,000 | | | | 3,717,500 | |
Total Diversified Telecommunication Services | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 234,499,461 | |
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.2% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Altice Financing SA, Senior Secured Bonds | | | 7.500 | % | | | 5/15/26 | | | | 670,000 | | | | 715,225 | (a) |
Altice Financing SA, Senior Secured Notes | | | 6.625 | % | | | 2/15/23 | | | | 10,400,000 | | | | 10,915,840 | (a) |
America Movil SAB de CV, Senior Notes | | | 5.000 | % | | | 3/30/20 | | | | 3,680,000 | | | | 3,882,625 | |
Rogers Communications Inc., Senior Notes | | | 6.800 | % | | | 8/15/18 | | | | 80,000 | | | | 82,362 | |
Sprint Communications Inc., Senior Notes | | | 9.000 | % | | | 11/15/18 | | | | 4,561,000 | | | | 4,806,610 | (a) |
Sprint Corp., Senior Notes | | | 7.250 | % | | | 9/15/21 | | | | 1,880,000 | | | | 1,995,150 | |
Sprint Corp., Senior Notes | | | 7.875 | % | | | 9/15/23 | | | | 2,900,000 | | | | 3,095,750 | |
Sprint Corp., Senior Notes | | | 7.625 | % | | | 2/15/25 | | | | 18,385,000 | | | | 19,304,250 | |
Total Wireless Telecommunication Services | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 44,797,812 | |
Total Telecommunication Services | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 279,297,273 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| Security | | Rate | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount† | | | Value | |
| Utilities — 0.9% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Electric Utilities — 0.8% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co., Bonds | | | 6.125 | % | | | 4/1/36 | | | | 156,000 | | | $ | 209,126 | |
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC, Secured Bonds | | | 5.300 | % | | | 2/15/40 | | | | 3,000,000 | | | | 3,779,168 | |
Duke Energy Progress LLC, Secured Bonds | | | 2.800 | % | | | 5/15/22 | | | | 400,000 | | | | 403,968 | |
Exelon Corp., Bonds | | | 5.625 | % | | | 6/15/35 | | | | 426,000 | | | | 525,094 | |
FirstEnergy Corp., Notes | | | 7.375 | % | | | 11/15/31 | | | | 52,356,000 | | | | 70,779,870 | |
FirstEnergy Corp., Senior Notes | | | 4.250 | % | | | 3/15/23 | | | | 18,500,000 | | | | 19,343,992 | |
FirstEnergy Corp., Senior Notes | | | 3.900 | % | | | 7/15/27 | | | | 15,802,000 | | | | 16,222,892 | |
Majapahit Holding BV, Senior Notes | | | 7.750 | % | | | 1/20/20 | | | | 1,260,000 | | | | 1,381,338 | (i) |
Pacific Gas & Electric Co., First Mortgage Bonds | | | 6.050 | % | | | 3/1/34 | | | | 21,485,000 | | | | 27,125,267 | |
Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Senior Notes | | | 8.250 | % | | | 10/15/18 | | | | 1,010,000 | | | | 1,056,960 | |
Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Senior Notes | | | 3.300 | % | | | 12/1/27 | | | | 8,470,000 | | | | 8,401,327 | (a) |
Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Senior Notes | | | 5.800 | % | | | 3/1/37 | | | | 10,590,000 | | | | 13,240,002 | |
Progress Energy Inc., Senior Notes | | | 4.400 | % | | | 1/15/21 | | | | 5,200,000 | | | | 5,454,452 | |
Progress Energy Inc., Senior Notes | | | 6.000 | % | | | 12/1/39 | | | | 4,800,000 | | | | 6,219,785 | |
Total Electric Utilities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 174,143,241 | |
Gas Utilities — 0.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Southern Natural Gas Co., LLC, Senior Notes | | | 8.000 | % | | | 3/1/32 | | | | 9,413,000 | | | | 12,791,401 | |
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.0% | |
AES Corp., Senior Notes | | | 7.375 | % | | | 7/1/21 | | | | 176,000 | | | | 198,440 | |
AES Corp., Senior Notes | | | 5.500 | % | | | 3/15/24 | | | | 680,000 | | | | 710,600 | |
Calpine Corp., Senior Secured Notes | | | 5.875 | % | | | 1/15/24 | | | | 5,300,000 | | | | 5,406,000 | (a) |
Total Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers | | | | 6,315,040 | |
Multi-Utilities — 0.0% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Dominion Energy Inc., Senior Notes | | | 7.000 | % | | | 6/15/38 | | | | 3,600,000 | | | | 4,987,149 | |
Total Utilities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 198,236,831 | |
Total Corporate Bonds & Notes (Cost — $5,317,845,584) | | | | | | | | | | | | 5,591,255,117 | |
| | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Face
Amount†/
Units | | | | |
| Asset-Backed Securities — 4.5% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
321 Henderson Receivables LLC, 2014-3A A | | | 3.500 | % | | | 6/15/77 | | | | 6,722,002 | | | | 6,840,746 | (a) |
AASET, 2014-1 B | | | 7.375 | % | | | 12/15/29 | | | | 9,862,833 | | | | 9,961,461 | (c) |
Airspeed Ltd., 2007-1A G1W (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.270%) | | | 1.747 | % | | | 4/15/24 | | | | 13,376,772 | | | | 11,961,683 | (a)(c) |
Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC, 2017-2A A | | | 2.970 | % | | | 3/20/24 | | | | 21,890,000 | | | | 21,942,799 | (a) |
Bear Stearns Asset-Backed Securities Trust, 2004-SD3 A3 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.570%) | | | 2.469 | % | | | 9/25/34 | | | | 13,348 | | | | 13,398 | (c) |
Bear Stearns Asset-Backed Securities Trust, 2005-CL1 A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.500%) | | | 1.451 | % | | | 9/25/34 | | | | 2,196,863 | | | | 2,125,783 | (c) |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| Security | | Rate | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount†/
Units | | | Value | |
| Asset-Backed Securities — continued | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Brazos Student Finance Corp., 2009-1 AS (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.500%) | | | 3.828 | % | | | 12/27/39 | | | | 7,100,000 | | | $ | 7,471,374 | (c) |
CDC Mortgage Capital Trust, 2004-HE3 M1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.915%) | | | 2.244 | % | | | 11/25/34 | | | | 99,264 | | | | 97,391 | (c) |
CIT Mortgage Loan Trust, 2007-1 1M1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.500%) | | | 2.828 | % | | | 10/25/37 | | | | 49,920,000 | | | | 48,577,551 | (a)(c) |
CIT Mortgage Loan Trust, 2007-1 1M2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.750%) | | | 3.078 | % | | | 10/25/37 | | | | 108,930,000 | | | | 89,451,954 | (a)(c) |
Community Funding CLO Ltd., 2015-1A A | | | 5.750 | % | | | 11/1/27 | | | | 36,940,000 | | | | 36,838,747 | (a) |
Conseco Financial Corp., 1993-2 | | | 8.000 | % | | | 7/15/18 | | | | 1,695 | | | | 1,667 | (c) |
Conseco Financial Corp., 1996-5 B1 | | | 8.100 | % | | | 7/15/26 | | | | 61,875 | | | | 696 | (c) |
Conseco Financial Corp., 1999-3 A9 | | | 6.530 | % | | | 2/1/31 | | | | 16,693,654 | | | | 16,374,375 | (c) |
Contimortgage Home Equity Trust, 1997-4 B1F (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.520%) | | | 7.330 | % | | | 10/15/28 | | | | 137,064 | | | | 181,150 | (c) |
Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates, 2003-BC3 A2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.620%) | | | 1.949 | % | | | 9/25/33 | | | | 463,722 | | | | 455,557 | (c) |
Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates, 2006-SD4 A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.340%) | | | 1.669 | % | | | 12/25/36 | | | | 80,506 | | | | 44,898 | (a)(c) |
Countrywide Home Equity Loan Trust, 2006-E 2A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.140%) | | | 1.390 | % | | | 7/15/36 | | | | 63,276 | | | | 59,021 | (c) |
Countrywide Home Equity Loan Trust, 2006-HW 2A1B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.150%) | | | 1.400 | % | | | 11/15/36 | | | | 668,473 | | | | 567,130 | (c) |
Countrywide Home Equity Loan Trust, 2006-I 2A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.140%) | | | 1.390 | % | | | 1/15/37 | | | | 7,220,100 | | | | 6,873,395 | (c) |
Countrywide Home Equity Loan Trust, 2007-B A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.150%) | | | 1.400 | % | | | 2/15/37 | | | | 9,352,265 | | | | 8,939,311 | (c) |
DRB Prime Student Loan Trust, 2015-B A2 | | | 3.170 | % | | | 7/25/31 | | | | 14,962,307 | | | | 15,077,663 | (a) |
GMAC Mortgage Corp. Loan Trust, 2004-HE3 A2VN (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.500%) | | | 1.829 | % | | | 10/25/34 | | | | 5,376,600 | | | | 5,291,748 | (a)(c) |
Green Tree Home Improvement Loan Trust, 1996-A | | | 7.400 | % | | | 2/15/26 | | | | 5,845 | | | | 5,846 | |
Greenpoint Manufactured Housing, 2001-2 IA2 (Auction Rate Security) | | | 4.731 | % | | | 2/20/32 | | | | 1,925,000 | | | | 1,835,579 | (c) |
Greenpoint Manufactured Housing, 2001-2 IIA2 (Auction Rate Security) | | | 4.746 | % | | | 3/13/32 | | | | 3,825,000 | | | | 3,655,711 | (c) |
GSAA Home Equity Trust, 2005-6 A3 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.370%) | | | 1.699 | % | | | 6/25/35 | | | | 3,393,143 | | | | 3,428,475 | (c) |
GSRPM Mortgage Loan Trust, 2007-1 A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.400%) | | | 1.729 | % | | | 10/25/46 | | | | 7,501,216 | | | | 6,527,407 | (a)(c) |
Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC, 2015-1A C | | | 4.350 | % | | | 3/25/21 | | | | 14,481,000 | | | | 14,388,361 | (a) |
Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC, 2016-1A D | | | 5.730 | % | | | 3/25/20 | | | | 18,584,000 | | | | 18,346,088 | (a) |
Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC, 2016-2A D | | | 5.970 | % | | | 3/25/22 | | | | 23,726,000 | | | | 23,030,947 | (a) |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Schedule of investments (cont’d)
December 31, 2017
Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Security | | Rate | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount†/
Units | | | Value | |
| Asset-Backed Securities — continued | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC, 2017-1A A | | | 2.960 | % | | | 10/25/21 | | | | 68,310,000 | | | $ | 68,328,307 | (a) |
Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC, 2017-1A D | | | 6.490 | % | | | 10/25/21 | | | | 24,750,000 | | | | 24,592,070 | (a) |
HSI Asset Securitization Corp. Trust, 2007-OPT1 1A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.140%) | | | 1.469 | % | | | 12/25/36 | | | | 106,511,073 | | | | 89,838,831 | (c) |
Lehman XS Trust, 2006-2N 1A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.260%) | | | 1.589 | % | | | 2/25/46 | | | | 16,325,383 | | | | 14,515,169 | (c) |
Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust, 2006-9 2A3 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.160%) | | | 1.489 | % | | | 10/25/36 | | | | 4,298,324 | | | | 2,174,568 | (c) |
Morgan Stanley Capital Inc., 2003-HE3 M1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.020%) | | | 2.349 | % | | | 10/25/33 | | | | 407,278 | | | | 408,186 | (c) |
National Collegiate Student Loan Trust, 2007-4 A3L (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.850%) | | | 2.179 | % | | | 3/25/38 | | | | 62,748,273 | | | | 43,536,132 | (c) |
Navient Student Loan Trust, 2017-3A A3 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.050%) | | | 2.378 | % | | | 7/26/66 | | | | 40,060,000 | | | | 41,185,125 | (a)(c) |
Option One Mortgage Loan Trust, 2007-FXD2 1A1 | | | 5.820 | % | | | 3/25/37 | | | | 40,637,077 | | | | 40,097,579 | |
Origen Manufactured Housing, 2006-A A2 | | | 3.168 | % | | | 10/15/37 | | | | 16,838,313 | | | | 15,826,330 | (c) |
Origen Manufactured Housing, 2007-A A2 | | | 3.171 | % | | | 4/15/37 | | | | 19,067,175 | | | | 18,021,398 | (c) |
Ownit Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, 2004-1 M2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.800%) | | | 3.129 | % | | | 7/25/35 | | | | 4,573,985 | | | | 4,631,004 | (c) |
Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust, 2003-4 A3 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.620%) | | | 2.568 | % | | | 3/25/34 | | | | 6,534,090 | | | | 6,585,187 | (c) |
Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust, 2006-1 AF5 | | | 6.166 | % | | | 5/25/36 | | | | 14,921,356 | | | | 11,650,134 | |
Residential Asset Mortgage Products Inc., 2003-RS4 AIIB (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.660%) | | | 1.989 | % | | | 5/25/33 | | | | 543,932 | | | | 485,718 | (c) |
Residential Asset Mortgage Products Inc., 2003-RS7 MII1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.125%) | | | 2.454 | % | | | 8/25/33 | | | | 1,449,222 | | | | 1,378,945 | (c) |
Residential Asset Mortgage Products Inc., 2006-RZ4 M1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.350%) | | | 1.679 | % | | | 10/25/36 | | | | 17,250,000 | | | | 15,618,700 | (c) |
Residential Funding Mortgage Securities II, 2003-HS3 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.290%) | | | 1.619 | % | | | 8/25/33 | | | | 15,692 | | | | 15,656 | (c) |
Residential Funding Securities Corp., 2002-RP2 A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.500%) | | | 2.829 | % | | | 10/25/32 | | | | 1,546,783 | | | | 1,460,150 | (a)(c) |
SACO I Trust, 2006-3 A3 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.460%) | | | 1.789 | % | | | 4/25/36 | | | | 448,112 | | | | 439,564 | (c) |
SACO I Trust, 2006-5 1A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.300%) | | | 1.629 | % | | | 4/25/36 | | | | 42,032 | | | | 84,873 | (c) |
Securitized Asset-Backed Receivables LLC, 2006-WM3 A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.050%) | | | 1.602 | % | | | 10/25/36 | | | | 31,382,502 | | | | 14,921,762 | (c) |
Securitized Asset-Backed Receivables LLC, 2006-WM3 A2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.160%) | | | 1.712 | % | | | 10/25/36 | | | | 85,539,551 | | | | 41,252,406 | (c) |
Securitized Asset-Backed Receivables LLC, 2006-WM3 A3 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.220%) | | | 1.772 | % | | | 10/25/36 | | | | 43,361,136 | | | | 21,076,886 | (c) |
SLM Student Loan Trust, 2008-5 A4 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.700%) | | | 3.067 | % | | | 7/25/23 | | | | 14,336,029 | | | | 14,799,582 | (c) |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Security | | Rate | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount†/
Units | | | Value | |
| Asset-Backed Securities — continued | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
SLM Student Loan Trust, 2008-9 A (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.500%) | | | 2.867 | % | | | 4/25/23 | | | | 16,544,138 | | | $ | 16,944,281 | (c) |
SLM Student Loan Trust, 2013-M1 M1 | | | 3.500 | % | | | 10/28/29 | | | | 3,109,831 | | | | 3,035,972 | (a)(g) |
Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, 2016-20G 1 | | | 2.040 | % | | | 7/1/36 | | | | 4,705,055 | | | | 4,476,855 | |
Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, 2017-10B 1 | | | 2.518 | % | | | 9/10/27 | | | | 8,460,000 | | | | 8,484,767 | |
SMB Private Education Loan Trust, 2015-C R | | | 0.000 | % | | | 9/18/46 | | | | 49,649 | | | | 72,681,047 | (a) |
Social Professional Loan Program LLC, 2015-C R | | | 0.000 | % | | | 8/25/36 | | | | 4,200 | | | | 14,693,884 | (a) |
Southern Pacific Secured Assets Corp., 1998-2 A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.340%) | | | 1.669 | % | | | 7/25/29 | | | | 2,515 | | | | 2,503 | (c) |
Structured Asset Securities Corp., 2005-SC1 1A2 (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.300%) | | | 7.192 | % | | | 5/25/31 | | | | 7,170,984 | | | | 6,527,611 | (a)(c) |
Structured Asset Securities Corp., 2006-ARS1 A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.220%) | | | 1.549 | % | | | 2/25/36 | | | | 1,114,880 | | | | 70,344 | (a)(c) |
Upgrade Pass-Through Trust | | | 14.960 | % | | | 12/27/27 | | | | 15,314,228 | | | | 15,448,429 | (a)(f)(g) |
Total Asset-Backed Securities (Cost — $955,494,272) | | | | | | | | 995,657,867 | |
| | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Face
Amount† | | | | |
| Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (j) — 9.0% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
American Home Mortgage Assets, 2006-3 3A12 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.190%) | | | 1.518 | % | | | 10/25/46 | | | | 5,949,174 | | | | 5,592,813 | (c) |
BAMLL Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2015-200P A | | | 3.218 | % | | | 4/14/33 | | | | 880,000 | | | | 891,647 | (a) |
Banc of America Alternative Loan Trust, 2004-11 2CB1 | | | 6.000 | % | | | 12/25/34 | | | | 7,974,957 | | | | 7,888,839 | |
Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2007-2 AJ | | | 5.676 | % | | | 4/10/49 | | | | 1,039,111 | | | | 790,772 | (c) |
Banc of America Funding Corp., 2004-B 3A2 (12 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.940%) | | | 3.600 | % | | | 12/20/34 | | | | 67,512 | | | | 61,084 | (c) |
Banc of America Funding Corp., 2015-R2 03A2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.260%) | | | 1.588 | % | | | 4/29/37 | | | | 50,513,000 | | | | 46,698,576 | (a)(c) |
Banc of America Funding Corp., 2015-R2 10A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.190%) | | | 1.519 | % | | | 6/29/37 | | | | 30,930,350 | | | | 30,555,227 | (a)(c) |
Banc of America Funding Corp., 2015-R2 3A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.260%) | | | 1.589 | % | | | 4/29/37 | | | | 15,423,244 | | | | 15,325,218 | (a)(c) |
BBCCRE Trust, 2015-GTP E | | | 4.715 | % | | | 8/10/33 | | | | 33,260,000 | | | | 28,428,420 | (a)(c)(g) |
BCAP LLC Trust, 2010-RR9 6A2 | | | 6.000 | % | | | 10/26/35 | | | | 14,052,544 | | | | 10,954,703 | (a)(c) |
Bear Stearns Asset-Backed Securities Trust, 2006-AC4 A2 (-4.333 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 33.583%) | | | 27.826 | % | | | 7/25/36 | | | | 3,902,602 | | | | 6,108,981 | (c) |
Bear Stearns Mortgage Funding Trust, 2007-AR2 A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.170%) | | | 1.499 | % | | | 3/25/37 | | | | 22,558,358 | | | | 20,300,431 | (c) |
BX Trust, 2017-IMC F (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.250%) | | | 5.500 | % | | | 10/15/32 | | | | 37,710,000 | | | | 37,862,914 | (a)(c) |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Schedule of investments (cont’d)
December 31, 2017
Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Security | | Rate | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount† | | | Value | |
| Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (j) — continued | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
CD Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2006-CD3 AJ | | | 5.688 | % | | | 10/15/48 | | | | 2,820,000 | | | $ | 1,272,736 | |
Chevy Chase Mortgage Funding Corp., 2005-4A A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.200%) | | | 1.529 | % | | | 10/25/36 | | | | 547,175 | | | | 513,766 | (a)(c) |
Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2006-C5 AJ | | | 5.482 | % | | | 10/15/49 | | | | 2,381,064 | | | | 2,221,852 | |
Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2008-C7 AJA | | | 6.191 | % | | | 12/10/49 | | | | 2,160,000 | | | | 1,378,838 | (c) |
Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2014-GC25 AS | | | 4.017 | % | | | 10/10/47 | | | | 7,500,000 | | | | 7,798,975 | |
Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2017-P7 B | | | 4.137 | % | | | 4/14/50 | | | | 16,424,000 | | | | 16,896,445 | (c) |
Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2017-P7 C | | | 4.342 | % | | | 4/14/50 | | | | 18,830,000 | | | | 19,347,173 | (c) |
Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc., 2005-05 (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.210%) | | | 3.558 | % | | | 8/25/35 | | | | 102,148 | | | | 92,151 | (c) |
Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc., 2006-AR9 1A4 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.240%) | | | 1.568 | % | | | 11/25/36 | | | | 3,158,905 | | | | 3,167,785 | (c) |
Cold Storage Trust, 2017-ICE3 A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.000%) | | | 2.250 | % | | | 4/15/36 | | | | 20,980,000 | | | | 21,069,803 | (a)(c) |
Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 2013-CR12 AM | | | 4.300 | % | | | 10/10/46 | | | | 1,723,000 | | | | 1,832,795 | |
Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 2013-CR12 B | | | 4.762 | % | | | 10/10/46 | | | | 1,470,000 | | | | 1,552,891 | (c) |
Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 2013-CR12 C | | | 5.079 | % | | | 10/10/46 | | | | 730,000 | | | | 754,049 | (c) |
Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 2013-WWP A2 | | | 3.424 | % | | | 3/10/31 | | | | 1,763,000 | | | | 1,830,745 | (a) |
Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 2014-CR19 B | | | 4.703 | % | | | 8/10/47 | | | | 8,410,000 | | | | 8,900,755 | (c) |
Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2013-CR09 E | | | 4.254 | % | | | 7/10/45 | | | | 3,000,000 | | | | 1,993,308 | (a)(c) |
Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2013-CR12 E | | | 5.079 | % | | | 10/10/46 | | | | 1,453,000 | | | | 1,075,364 | (a)(c) |
Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2014-CR21 A3 | | | 3.528 | % | | | 12/10/47 | | | | 590,000 | | | | 610,329 | |
Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2014-CR21 C | | | 4.416 | % | | | 12/10/47 | | | | 11,948,000 | | | | 11,933,213 | (c) |
Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2015-DC1 B | | | 4.035 | % | | | 2/10/48 | | | | 10,670,000 | | | | 10,693,579 | (c) |
Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2015-DC1 C | | | 4.353 | % | | | 2/10/48 | | | | 3,070,000 | | | | 2,982,977 | (c) |
Cosmopolitan Hotel Trust, 2017-CSMO A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.930%) | | | 2.310 | % | | | 11/15/36 | | | | 25,085,000 | | | | 25,148,917 | (a)(c) |
Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, 2006-006CB 1A4 | | | 5.500 | % | | | 5/25/36 | | | | 7,030,235 | | | | 6,483,836 | |
Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, 2006-043CB 1A10 | | | 6.000 | % | | | 2/25/37 | | | | 6,615,737 | | | | 5,797,591 | |
Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, 2006-0A09 2A1B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.200%) | | | 1.701 | % | | | 7/20/46 | | | | 529,630 | | | | 374,346 | (c) |
Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, 2006-18CB A6, PAC (-4.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 28.600%) | | | 22.392 | % | | | 7/25/36 | | | | 9,451,772 | | | | 14,715,715 | (c) |
Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, 2006-23CB 2A6, PAC-11 (-4.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 28.400%) | | | 22.192 | % | | | 8/25/36 | | | | 3,597,632 | | | | 5,024,218 | (c) |
Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, 2006-43CB 3A3, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.630%) | | | 5.078 | % | | | 2/25/37 | | | | 19,027,426 | | | | 5,088,428 | (c) |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Security | | Rate | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount† | | | Value | |
| Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (j) — continued | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Countrywide Home Loan Mortgage Pass-Through Trust, 2006-0A5 1A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.200%) | | | 1.529 | % | | | 4/25/46 | | | | 1,852,753 | | | $ | 1,615,270 | (c) |
Countrywide Home Loans, 2006-R2 AS, IO | | | 3.944 | % | | | 7/25/36 | | | | 20,883,402 | | | | 2,384,408 | (a)(c) |
Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust, 2006-C3 AJ | | | 6.487 | % | | | 6/15/38 | | | | 4,441,884 | | | | 2,348,312 | (c) |
Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust, 2006-C5 AJ | | | 5.373 | % | | | 12/15/39 | | | | 9,196,137 | | | | 7,781,689 | |
Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust, 2007-C5 AM | | | 5.869 | % | | | 9/15/40 | | | | 5,867,513 | | | | 5,705,423 | (c) |
Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust, 2013-11R 2A3 | | | 13.068 | % | | | 5/27/34 | | | | 14,355,291 | | | | 22,486,973 | (a)(c) |
Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust, 2014-USA A2 | | | 3.953 | % | | | 9/15/37 | | | | 12,520,000 | | | | 12,949,723 | (a) |
Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust, 2014-USA D | | | 4.373 | % | | | 9/15/37 | | | | 12,950,000 | | | | 12,452,912 | (a) |
Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust, 2014-USA E | | | 4.373 | % | | | 9/15/37 | | | | 4,290,000 | | | | 3,853,116 | (a) |
Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust, 2015-02R 7A1 | | | 2.728 | % | | | 8/27/36 | | | | 28,998,648 | | | | 29,785,764 | (a)(c) |
Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust, 2015-04R 3A3 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.310%) | | | 1.548 | % | | | 10/27/36 | | | | 48,456,954 | | | | 27,442,438 | (a)(c) |
Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust, 2015-GLPA A | | | 3.881 | % | | | 11/15/37 | | | | 4,150,000 | | | | 4,375,072 | (a) |
Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust, 2015-TOWN F (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.500%) | | | 5.750 | % | | | 3/15/28 | | | | 15,000,000 | | | | 15,064,938 | (a)(c) |
Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust, 2017-CHOP G (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.620%) | | | 6.870 | % | | | 7/15/32 | | | | 23,400,000 | | | | 23,839,265 | (a)(c) |
Credit Suisse Mortgage Trust, 2017-TIME A | | | 3.646 | % | | | 11/13/39 | | | | 21,200,000 | | | | 21,784,145 | (a) |
CSAIL Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2015-C4 F | | | 3.500 | % | | | 11/15/48 | | | | 11,217,000 | | | | 7,215,649 | (a)(c) |
CSAIL Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2015-C4 G | | | 3.500 | % | | | 11/15/48 | | | | 4,596,000 | | | | 2,510,285 | (a)(c) |
Deutsche Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2017-C6 A5 | | | 3.328 | % | | | 6/10/50 | | | | 6,530,000 | | | | 6,661,357 | |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), 2957 ZA, PAC | | | 5.000 | % | | | 3/15/35 | | | | 16,059,496 | | | | 17,330,104 | |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), 3242 SC, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.290%) | | | 5.040 | % | | | 11/15/36 | | | | 1,626,365 | | | | 261,771 | (c) |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), 3281 AI, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.430%) | | | 5.180 | % | | | 2/15/37 | | | | 9,329,181 | | | | 1,537,534 | (c) |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), 3368 AI, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.030%) | | | 4.780 | % | | | 9/15/37 | | | | 2,382,596 | | | | 348,523 | (c) |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), 3422 AI, IO | | | 0.250 | % | | | 1/15/38 | | | | 1,244,483 | | | | 11,502 | |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), 3621 SB, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.230%) | | | 4.980 | % | | | 1/15/40 | | | | 3,823,241 | | | | 601,584 | (c) |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), 3639 EY | | | 5.000 | % | | | 2/15/30 | | | | 7,109,841 | | | | 7,533,431 | |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), 3768 MB PAC | | | 4.000 | % | | | 12/15/39 | | | | 22,374,515 | | | | 23,286,979 | |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), 3947 SG, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.950%) | | | 4.700 | % | | | 10/15/41 | | | | 10,945,433 | | | | 1,670,320 | (c) |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), 3973 SA, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.490%) | | | 5.240 | % | | | 12/15/41 | | | | 6,924,939 | | | | 1,332,240 | (c) |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), 4054 SA, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.050%) | | | 4.800 | % | | | 8/15/39 | | | | 4,295,587 | | | | 624,170 | (c) |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), 4092 AI, IO | | | 3.000 | % | | | 9/15/31 | | | | 6,577,000 | | | | 728,960 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund 2017 Annual Report | | 39 |
Schedule of investments (cont’d)
December 31, 2017
Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Security | | Rate | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount† | | | Value | |
| Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (j) — continued | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), 4099 ST, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.000%) | | | 4.750 | % | | | 8/15/42 | | | | 2,188,009 | | | $ | 421,931 | (c) |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), 4119 IN, IO | | | 3.500 | % | | | 10/15/32 | | | | 5,421,245 | | | | 795,382 | |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), 4146 DI, IO | | | 3.000 | % | | | 12/15/31 | | | | 4,300,181 | | | | 427,521 | |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), 4174 SA, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.200%) | | | 4.950 | % | | | 5/15/39 | | | | 4,441,261 | | | | 503,399 | (c) |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), 4203 PS, IO, PAC (- 1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.250%) | | | 5.000 | % | | | 9/15/42 | | | | 4,180,930 | | | | 625,223 | (c) |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), 4239 IO, IO | | | 3.500 | % | | | 6/15/27 | | | | 5,405,413 | | | | 546,526 | |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), 4298 PI, IO, PAC | | | 4.000 | % | | | 4/15/43 | | | | 3,253,667 | | | | 409,835 | |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), 4415 IO, IO | | | 1.929 | % | | | 4/15/41 | | | | 12,352,214 | | | | 571,910 | (c) |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Reference REMIC, R007 ZA | | | 6.000 | % | | | 5/15/36 | | | | 10,322,308 | | | | 11,477,296 | |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) STRIPS, 283 IO, IO | | | 3.500 | % | | | 10/15/27 | | | | 1,298,912 | | | | 127,671 | |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) STRIPS, 328 S4, IO (12 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.870%) | | | 1.992 | % | | | 2/15/38 | | | | 1,986,488 | | | | 129,956 | (c) |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) STRIPS, 334 S7, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.100%) | | | 4.850 | % | | | 8/15/44 | | | | 13,520,381 | | | | 2,669,858 | (c) |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) STRIPS, 353 S1, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.000%) | | | 4.750 | % | | | 12/15/46 | | | | 28,324,903 | | | | 5,698,314 | (c) |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), Multi-Family Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K007 X1, IO | | | 1.219 | % | | | 4/25/20 | | | | 62,399,622 | | | | 1,227,619 | (c) |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), Multi-Family Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K015 X1, IO | | | 1.764 | % | | | 7/25/21 | | | | 20,000,290 | | | | 948,044 | (c) |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), Multi-Family Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K016 X1, IO | | | 1.682 | % | | | 10/25/21 | | | | 8,199,797 | | | | 391,757 | (c) |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 2005-088 IP, IO | | | 1.348 | % | | | 10/25/35 | | | | 4,416,277 | | | | 272,719 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 2006-028 1P, IO | | | 1.465 | % | | | 4/25/36 | | | | 2,990,991 | | | | 239,745 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 2006-059 IP, IO | | | 2.131 | % | | | 7/25/36 | | | | 5,147,648 | | | | 468,119 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 2006-118 IP1, IO | | | 2.118 | % | | | 12/25/36 | | | | 7,651,510 | | | | 688,310 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 2006-118 IP2, IO | | | 1.591 | % | | | 12/25/36 | | | | 7,791,086 | | | | 512,866 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 2010-027 AS, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.480%) | | | 5.153 | % | | | 4/25/40 | | | | 3,144,160 | | | | 594,599 | (c) |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 2010-123 PM, PAC | | | 4.000 | % | | | 7/25/40 | | | | 19,331,985 | | | | 20,210,579 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 2011-059 NZ | | | 5.500 | % | | | 7/25/41 | | | | 1,428,583 | | | | 1,590,594 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| Security | | Rate | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount† | | | Value | |
| Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (j) — continued | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 2011-099 KS, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.700%) | | | 5.373 | % | | | 10/25/26 | | | | 1,803,196 | | | $ | 193,439 | (c) |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 2012-028 B | | | 6.500 | % | | | 6/25/39 | | | | 2,534,089 | | | | 2,749,502 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 2012-035 SC, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.500%) | | | 5.173 | % | | | 4/25/42 | | | | 3,709,022 | | | | 710,762 | (c) |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 2012-046 BA | | | 6.000 | % | | | 5/25/42 | | | | 6,159,295 | | | | 6,971,793 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 2012-051 B | | | 7.000 | % | | | 5/25/42 | | | | 9,156,783 | | | | 10,737,933 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 2012-070 YS, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.650%) | | | 5.323 | % | | | 2/25/41 | | | | 2,013,352 | | | | 257,260 | (c) |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 2012-074 OA, PO | | | 0.000 | % | | | 3/25/42 | | | | 587,599 | | | | 537,188 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 2012-074 SA, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.650%) | | | 5.323 | % | | | 3/25/42 | | | | 6,661,057 | | | | 1,003,983 | (c) |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 2012-075 AO, PO | | | 0.000 | % | | | 3/25/42 | | | | 351,596 | | | | 321,432 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 2012-075 NS, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.600%) | | | 5.273 | % | | | 7/25/42 | | | | 878,048 | | | | 166,450 | (c) |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 2012-093 UI, IO | | | 3.000 | % | | | 9/25/27 | | | | 2,172,793 | | | | 193,955 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 2012-101 BI, IO | | | 4.000 | % | | | 9/25/27 | | | | 3,654,867 | | | | 351,994 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 2012-133 CS, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.150%) | | | 4.823 | % | | | 12/25/42 | | | | 5,227,284 | | | | 935,558 | (c) |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 2012-134 MS, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.150%) | | | 4.823 | % | | | 12/25/42 | | | | 4,125,784 | | | | 881,790 | (c) |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 2012-134 SK, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.150%) | | | 4.823 | % | | | 12/25/42 | | | | 12,860,080 | | | | 2,303,680 | (c) |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 2013-001 YI, IO | | | 3.000 | % | | | 2/25/33 | | | | 15,459,561 | | | | 1,885,423 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 2013-009 BC | | | 6.500 | % | | | 7/25/42 | | | | 7,952,447 | | | | 9,106,909 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 2013-009 CB | | | 5.500 | % | | | 4/25/42 | | | | 21,637,765 | | | | 23,791,523 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 2013-009 SA, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.150%) | | | 4.823 | % | | | 3/25/42 | | | | 7,246,172 | | | | 1,038,430 | (c) |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 2013-014 IG, IO | | | 4.000 | % | | | 3/25/43 | | | | 10,462,151 | | | | 1,808,273 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 2013-026 HI, IO | | | 3.000 | % | | | 4/25/32 | | | | 6,371,764 | | | | 527,008 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 2013-029 QI, IO | | | 4.000 | % | | | 4/25/43 | | | | 9,911,733 | | | | 1,688,280 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 2013-054 BS, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.150%) | | | 4.823 | % | | | 6/25/43 | | | | 10,009,137 | | | | 2,001,865 | (c) |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 2013-124 SB, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.950%) | | | 4.623 | % | | | 12/25/43 | | | | 20,161,591 | | | | 3,881,395 | (c) |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Schedule of investments (cont’d)
December 31, 2017
Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund
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| Security | | Rate | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount† | | | Value | |
| Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (j) — continued | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 2014-047 AI, IO (12 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.760%) | | | 1.917 | % | | | 8/25/44 | | | | 10,971,958 | | | $ | 656,385 | (c) |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 2015-55 IO, IO | | | 1.574 | % | | | 8/25/55 | | | | 22,324,761 | | | | 1,149,888 | (c) |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 2015-56 AS, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.150%) | | | 4.823 | % | | | 8/25/45 | | | | 4,226,031 | | | | 933,135 | (c) |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 2016-23 ST, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.000%) | | | 4.673 | % | | | 11/25/45 | | | | 25,865,480 | | | | 5,124,637 | (c) |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 2016-60 QS, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.100%) | | | 4.773 | % | | | 9/25/46 | | | | 29,052,150 | | | | 4,648,385 | (c) |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 2016-61 BS, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.100%) | | | 4.773 | % | | | 9/25/46 | | | | 13,433,997 | | | | 1,982,556 | (c) |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 2017-76 SB, IO (- 1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.100%) | | | 4.773 | % | | | 10/25/57 | | | | 53,364,410 | | | | 9,863,413 | (c) |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 2017-85 SC, IO (- 1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.200%) | | | 4.873 | % | | | 11/25/47 | | | | 18,512,035 | | | | 2,974,655 | (c) |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) — CAS, 2014-C03 1M2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.000%) | | | 4.328 | % | | | 7/25/24 | | | | 82,278,943 | | | | 87,995,280 | (c) |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) — CAS, 2015-C01 2M2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.550%) | | | 5.879 | % | | | 2/25/25 | | | | 6,874,737 | | | | 7,354,704 | (c) |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) — CAS, 2015-C03 1M2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.000%) | | | 6.329 | % | | | 7/25/25 | | | | 33,778,012 | | | | 38,141,098 | (a)(c) |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) — CAS, 2017-C03 1M1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.950%) | | | 2.279 | % | | | 10/25/29 | | | | 37,679,242 | | | | 37,985,122 | (a)(c) |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) STRIPS, 384 14, IO | | | 5.500 | % | | | 1/25/40 | | | | 865,361 | | | | 184,027 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) STRIPS, 390 C3, IO | | | 6.000 | % | | | 7/25/38 | | | | 1,693,684 | | | | 363,493 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) STRIPS, 407 22, IO | | | 5.000 | % | | | 1/25/39 | | | | 685,028 | | | | 135,346 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) STRIPS, 407 23, IO | | | 5.000 | % | | | 1/25/39 | | | | 362,774 | | | | 69,351 | (c) |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) STRIPS, 407 27, IO | | | 5.500 | % | | | 1/25/39 | | | | 323,410 | | | | 59,349 | (c) |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) STRIPS, 407 34, IO | | | 5.000 | % | | | 1/25/38 | | | | 443,264 | | | | 81,913 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) STRIPS, 407 41, IO | | | 6.000 | % | | | 1/25/38 | | | | 1,986,114 | | | | 448,819 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) STRIPS, 409 C01, IO | | | 3.000 | % | | | 11/25/26 | | | | 6,777,357 | | | | 539,940 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) STRIPS, 409 C02, IO | | | 3.000 | % | | | 4/25/27 | | | | 328,185 | | | | 29,549 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) STRIPS, 409 C13, IO | | | 3.500 | % | | | 11/25/41 | | | | 6,760,048 | | | | 1,179,851 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| Security | | Rate | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount† | | | Value | |
| Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (j) — continued | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) STRIPS, 409 C18, IO | | | 4.000 | % | | | 4/25/42 | | | | 4,779,632 | | | $ | 885,313 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) STRIPS, 409 C22, IO | | | 4.500 | % | | | 11/25/39 | | | | 2,102,634 | | | | 371,419 | |
First Horizon Alternative Mortgage Securities Trust, 2007-FA3 A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.330%) | | | 1.659 | % | | | 6/25/37 | | | | 12,941,855 | | | | 7,711,583 | (c) |
FREMF Mortgage Trust, 2012-K20 X2A, IO | | | 0.200 | % | | | 5/25/45 | | | | 191,461,699 | | | | 1,346,378 | (a) |
GAHR Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2015-NRF BFX | | | 3.495 | % | | | 12/15/34 | | | | 2,690,000 | | | | 2,722,375 | (a)(c) |
GE Business Loan Trust, 2007-1A A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.170%) | | | 1.647 | % | | | 4/16/35 | | | | 4,835,242 | | | | 4,702,682 | (a)(c) |
GE Capital Commercial Mortgage Corp., 2007-C1 AJ | | | 5.677 | % | | | 12/10/49 | | | | 38,807,000 | | | | 20,393,467 | (c) |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2006-016 GS, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.990%) | | | 5.707 | % | | | 4/20/36 | | | | 890,125 | | | | 151,004 | (c) |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2007-51 SG,IO (- 1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.580%) | | | 5.297 | % | | | 8/20/37 | | | | 3,680,166 | | | | 611,884 | (c) |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2010-031 GS, IO, PAC-1 (- 1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.500%) | | | 5.217 | % | | | 3/20/39 | | | | 772,192 | | | | 41,013 | (c) |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2010-042 BS, IO (- 1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.480%) | | | 5.197 | % | | | 4/20/40 | | | | 692,683 | | | | 103,781 | (c) |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2010-042 PC, PAC | | | 5.000 | % | | | 7/20/39 | | | | 7,100,000 | | | | 7,622,929 | |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2010-085 HS, IO, PAC (- 1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.650%) | | | 5.367 | % | | | 1/20/40 | | | | 424,402 | | | | 47,033 | (c) |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2010-086 PB, PAC | | | 4.500 | % | | | 10/20/39 | | | | 23,412,118 | | | | 24,429,583 | |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2010-116 MH | | | 5.000 | % | | | 7/20/40 | | | | 28,259,979 | | | | 31,963,432 | |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2010-118, IO | | | 0.137 | % | | | 4/16/53 | | | | 2,923,391 | | | | 22,584 | (c) |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2010-H10 FC (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.000%) | | | 2.236 | % | | | 5/20/60 | | | | 726,283 | | | | 735,836 | (c) |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2010-H26 LF (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.350%) | | | 1.583 | % | | | 8/20/58 | | | | 1,794,490 | | | | 1,780,198 | (c) |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2010-H27 FA (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.380%) | | | 1.613 | % | | | 12/20/60 | | | | 393,530 | | | | 392,228 | (c) |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2010-H28 FE (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.400%) | | | 1.633 | % | | | 12/20/60 | | | | 8,483,385 | | | | 8,462,272 | (c) |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2011-140 AI, IO | | | 4.000 | % | | | 10/16/26 | | | | 422,513 | | | | 39,210 | |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2011-H06 FA (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.450%) | | | 1.683 | % | | | 2/20/61 | | | | 2,475,102 | | | | 2,472,512 | (c) |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Schedule of investments (cont’d)
December 31, 2017
Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Security | | Rate | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount† | | | Value | |
| Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (j) — continued | |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2011-H08 FG (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.480%) | | | 1.713 | % | | | 3/20/61 | | | | 9,022,840 | | | $ | 9,021,149 | (c) |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2011-H09 AF (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.500%) | | | 1.733 | % | | | 3/20/61 | | | | 8,052,954 | | | | 8,055,937 | (c) |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2012-034 SA, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.050%) | | | 4.767 | % | | | 3/20/42 | | | | 2,365,012 | | | | 381,433 | (c) |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2012-066 CI, IO | | | 3.500 | % | | | 2/20/38 | | | | 7,024,424 | | | | 550,130 | |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2012-081 AI, IO | | | 3.500 | % | | | 4/20/27 | | | | 2,794,434 | | | | 195,721 | |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2012-098 SA, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.100%) | | | 4.837 | % | | | 8/16/42 | | | | 4,585,774 | | | | 781,266 | (c) |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2012-152 IO, IO | | | 0.778 | % | | | 1/16/54 | | | | 79,108,533 | | | | 4,102,252 | (c) |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2013-150 IA, IO | | | 0.892 | % | | | 11/20/42 | | | | 3,162,125 | | | | 113,641 | (c) |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2014-117 SJ, IO, PAC (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.600%) | | | 4.317 | % | | | 8/20/44 | | | | 625,661 | | | | 82,963 | (c) |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2014-160 EI, IO | | | 4.000 | % | | | 7/16/26 | | | | 8,158,822 | | | | 763,499 | |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2014-176 IA, IO | | | 4.000 | % | | | 11/20/44 | | | | 1,244,709 | | | | 231,699 | |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2016-021 ST, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.150%) | | | 4.867 | % | | | 2/20/46 | | | | 33,857,260 | | | | 6,699,204 | (c) |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2016-084 IG, PAC, IO | | | 4.500 | % | | | 11/16/45 | | | | 4,881,334 | | | | 989,932 | |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2016-135 SB, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.100%) | | | 4.837 | % | | | 10/16/46 | | | | 8,591,842 | | | | 1,795,683 | (c) |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2017-H15 KI, IO | | | 2.156 | % | | | 7/20/67 | | | | 39,237,920 | | | | 5,702,486 | (c) |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2017-H18 BI, IO | | | 1.627 | % | | | 9/20/67 | | | | 30,483,505 | | | | 3,134,085 | (c)(g) |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2017-H20 IB,IO | | | 1.963 | % | | | 10/20/67 | | | | 15,310,096 | | | | 1,975,002 | (c)(g) |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2017-H22 IC IO (12 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.510%) | | | 2.179 | % | | | 11/20/67 | | | | 5,081,036 | | | | 694,354 | (c) |
Greenpoint Mortgage Funding Trust, 2005-AR4 1A2A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.320%) | | | 1.969 | % | | | 10/25/45 | | | | 3,212,394 | | | | 3,145,967 | (c) |
Greenpoint Mortgage Funding Trust, 2005-ARS 2A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.280%) | | | 1.609 | % | | | 11/25/45 | | | | 18,793,773 | | | | 13,557,130 | (c) |
Greenpoint Mortgage Funding Trust, 2006-AR3 3A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.230%) | | | 1.559 | % | | | 4/25/36 | | | | 1,083,730 | | | | 1,183,731 | (c) |
GS Mortgage Securities Trust, 2007-GG10 AM | | | 5.814 | % | | | 8/10/45 | | | | 5,575,426 | | | | 5,704,488 | (c) |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| Security | | Rate | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount† | | | Value | |
| Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (j) — continued | |
GS Mortgage Securities Trust, 2013-GC14 F | | | 4.936 | % | | | 8/10/46 | | | | 2,034,950 | | | $ | 1,564,270 | (a)(c) |
GS Mortgage Securities Trust, 2013-GC16 B | | | 5.161 | % | | | 11/10/46 | | | | 4,302,000 | | | | 4,627,935 | (c) |
GS Mortgage Securities Trust, 2015-GC28 | | | 4.327 | % | | | 2/10/48 | | | | 5,800,000 | | | | 4,673,693 | (a)(c) |
GS Mortgage Securities Trust, 2015-GC30 B | | | 4.013 | % | | | 5/10/50 | | | | 16,340,000 | | | | 16,506,289 | (c) |
GS Mortgage Securities Trust, 2015-GS1 E | | | 4.422 | % | | | 11/10/48 | | | | 10,015,000 | | | | 6,822,038 | (a)(c) |
GS Mortgage Securities Trust, 2015-GS1 F | | | 4.422 | % | | | 11/10/48 | | | | 5,107,000 | | | | 3,043,363 | (a)(c) |
GS Mortgage Securities Trust, 2017-GS8 A4 | | | 3.469 | % | | | 11/10/50 | | | | 15,000,000 | | | | 15,464,070 | |
GS Mortgage Securities Trust, 2017-SLP E | | | 4.591 | % | | | 10/10/32 | | | | 15,310,000 | | | | 14,837,181 | (a)(c) |
GSMPS Mortgage Loan Trust, 2005-RP2 1AF (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.350%) | | | 1.679 | % | | | 3/25/35 | | | | 7,210,515 | | | | 6,655,389 | (a)(c) |
GSR Mortgage Loan Trust, 2005-AR7 1A1 (12 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.000%) | | | 3.860 | % | | | 11/25/35 | | | | 1,027,373 | | | | 888,567 | (c) |
HarborView Mortgage Loan Trust, 2005-3 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.240%) | | | 1.523 | % | | | 6/19/35 | | | | 5,686,784 | | | | 5,606,413 | (c) |
HarborView Mortgage Loan Trust, 2005-7 1A1 (11th District Cost of Funds + 1.850%) | | | 2.582 | % | | | 6/19/45 | | | | 2,696,121 | | | | 1,806,860 | (c) |
HarborView Mortgage Loan Trust, 2006-02 (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.370%) | | | 3.621 | % | | | 2/25/36 | | | | 1,277,946 | | | | 999,582 | (c) |
HarborView Mortgage Loan Trust, 2006-07 2A1A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.200%) | | | 1.483 | % | | | 9/19/46 | | | | 1,734,951 | | | | 1,558,203 | (c) |
HarborView Mortgage Loan Trust, 2006-13 A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.180%) | | | 1.463 | % | | | 11/19/46 | | | | 263,896 | | | | 227,873 | (c) |
IMPAC CMB Trust, 2005-7 A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.520%) | | | 1.849 | % | | | 11/25/35 | | | | 4,221,410 | | | | 3,661,494 | (c) |
IMPAC CMB Trust, 2007-A A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.500%) | | | 1.829 | % | | | 5/25/37 | | | | 10,560,772 | | | | 10,392,880 | (a)(c) |
Indymac Index Mortgage Loan Trust, 2005-AR1 1A1 (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.900%) | | | 3.375 | % | | | 3/25/35 | | | | 92,071 | | | | 93,341 | (c) |
Indymac Index Mortgage Loan Trust, 2005-AR13 (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.100%) | | | 3.382 | % | | | 8/25/35 | | | | 215,634 | | | | 186,416 | (c) |
Indymac Index Mortgage Loan Trust, 2006-AR02 1A1B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.210%) | | | 1.539 | % | | | 4/25/46 | | | | 6,753,539 | | | | 6,268,286 | (c) |
Jefferies & Co., 2015-R1 A2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.140%) | | | 1.380 | % | | | 12/26/36 | | | | 18,386,177 | | | | 11,454,018 | (a)(c) |
JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2013-C15 C | | | 5.250 | % | | | 11/15/45 | | | | 3,120,000 | | | | 3,269,771 | (c) |
JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2013-C17 B | | | 5.052 | % | | | 1/15/47 | | | | 1,602,000 | | | | 1,696,345 | (c) |
JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2014-C21 D | | | 4.815 | % | | | 8/15/47 | | | | 11,865,000 | | | | 10,213,738 | (a)(c) |
JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2014-C25 AS | | | 4.065 | % | | | 11/15/47 | | | | 5,930,000 | | | | 6,211,628 | |
JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2014-C25 D | | | 4.094 | % | | | 11/15/47 | | | | 7,777,000 | | | | 6,107,140 | (a)(c) |
JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2015-C30 B | | | 4.453 | % | | | 7/15/48 | | | | 19,921,000 | | | | 20,357,553 | (c) |
JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2015-C31 B | | | 4.772 | % | | | 8/15/48 | | | | 10,543,000 | | | | 11,054,124 | (c) |
JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2015-C31 C | | | 4.619 | % | | | 8/15/48 | | | | 2,940,000 | | | | 2,926,911 | (c) |
JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2017-C5 A5 | | | 3.694 | % | | | 3/15/50 | | | | 21,620,000 | | | | 22,677,458 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Schedule of investments (cont’d)
December 31, 2017
Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund
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| Security | | Rate | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount† | | | Value | |
| Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (j) — continued | |
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2006-CB16 AJ | | | 5.623 | % | | | 5/12/45 | | | | 5,020,578 | | | $ | 4,688,738 | |
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2006-LDP7 AJ | | | 6.138 | % | | | 4/17/45 | | | | 11,001,143 | | | | 9,055,882 | (c) |
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2006-LDP9 AJ | | | 5.411 | % | | | 5/15/47 | | | | 21,126,785 | | | | 14,074,189 | |
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2007-CB18 AJ | | | 5.502 | % | | | 6/12/47 | | | | 26,891,841 | | | | 22,367,832 | (c) |
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2007-CB19 AJ | | | 5.797 | % | | | 2/12/49 | | | | 18,538,056 | | | | 14,031,692 | (c) |
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2007-LD12 AJ | | | 6.134 | % | | | 2/15/51 | | | | 5,603,809 | | | | 5,480,934 | (c) |
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2007-LDPX AJFX | | | 5.438 | % | | | 1/15/49 | | | | 47,100,000 | | | | 11,352,023 | (a) |
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2011-C5 A3 | | | 4.171 | % | | | 8/15/46 | | | | 457,917 | | | | 480,027 | |
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2014-CBMZ M (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.225%) | | | 7.475 | % | | | 10/15/19 | | | | 8,200,000 | | | | 8,291,405 | (a)(c) |
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2014-PHH E (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.550%) | | | 4.800 | % | | | 8/15/27 | | | | 2,460,000 | | | | 2,464,712 | (a)(c) |
JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2015-FL7 D (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.750%) | | | 4.989 | % | | | 5/15/28 | | | | 19,808,248 | | | | 19,337,551 | (a)(c) |
JPMorgan Reremic, 2015-1 4A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.300%) | | | 1.583 | % | | | 9/27/36 | | | | 16,315,621 | | | | 15,706,106 | (a)(c) |
JPMorgan Reremic, 2015-1 4A2 | | | 1.364 | % | | | 9/27/36 | | | | 14,035,246 | | | | 9,511,818 | (a)(c) |
LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2001-C3 X, IO, STRIPS | | | 0.208 | % | | | 6/15/36 | | | | 29,986 | | | | 2 | (a)(c) |
Lehman Mortgage Trust, 2006-7 2A5, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.550%) | | | 5.223 | % | | | 11/25/36 | | | | 30,454,744 | | | | 8,216,544 | (c) |
Lehman Mortgage Trust, 2006-7 3A4, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.150%) | | | 5.821 | % | | | 11/25/36 | | | | 8,256,819 | | | | 2,227,754 | (c) |
Lone Star Portfolio Trust, 2015-LSMZ M (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.218%) | | | 8.452 | % | | | 9/15/20 | | | | 11,619,489 | | | | 11,647,922 | (a)(c) |
Lone Star Portfolio Trust, 2015-LSP F (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.900%) | | | 8.134 | % | | | 9/15/28 | | | | 13,844,281 | | | | 14,078,344 | (a)(c) |
MASTR Adjustable Rate Mortgages Trust, 2004-06 5A1 (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.620%) | | | 3.966 | % | | | 7/25/34 | | | | 338,374 | | | | 326,987 | (c) |
MASTR Adjustable Rate Mortgages Trust, 2006-OA1 1A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.210%) | | | 1.539 | % | | | 4/25/46 | | | | 226,695 | | | | 186,889 | (c) |
MASTR Reperforming Loan Trust, 2005-1 1A1 | | | 6.000 | % | | | 8/25/34 | | | | 1,841,810 | | | | 1,746,592 | (a) |
MASTR Reperforming Loan Trust, 2005-1 1A3 | | | 7.000 | % | | | 8/25/34 | | | | 2,743,649 | | | | 2,746,109 | (a) |
MASTR Reperforming Loan Trust, 2005-2 1A1F (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.350%) | | | 1.679 | % | | | 5/25/35 | | | | 2,789,453 | | | | 2,361,613 | (a)(c) |
ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2007-5 AJ | | | 5.450 | % | | | 8/12/48 | | | | 7,478,946 | | | | 5,802,876 | (c) |
ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2007-5 AJFL | | | 5.450 | % | | | 8/12/48 | | | | 1,181,000 | | | | 916,331 | (a)(c) |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Security | | Rate | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount† | | | Value | |
| Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (j) — continued | |
ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2007-9 AJ | | | 6.193 | % | | | 9/12/49 | | | | 7,132,801 | | | $ | 5,908,545 | (c) |
Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust, 2013-C10 A4 | | | 4.218 | % | | | 7/15/46 | | | | 110,000 | | | | 117,097 | (c) |
Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, 2007-IQ13 AJ | | | 5.438 | % | | | 3/15/44 | | | | 15,816,442 | | | | 15,361,402 | |
Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust, 2004-05AR 2A (12 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.000%) | | | 3.680 | % | | | 7/25/34 | | | | 35,877 | | | | 35,639 | (c) |
Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust, 2005-03AR 2A2 (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.940%) | | | 3.222 | % | | | 7/25/35 | | | | 1,852,363 | | | | 1,732,854 | (c) |
Morgan Stanley Reremic Trust, 2015-R3 7A1 (12 mo. Monthly Treasury Average Index + 0.770%) | | | 1.714 | % | | | 4/26/47 | | | | 23,752,424 | | | | 23,177,967 | (a)(c) |
Morgan Stanley Reremic Trust, 2015-R7 1BXA | | | 9.802 | % | | | 2/26/29 | | | | 18,137,842 | | | | 19,915,296 | (a)(c) |
Mortgage Loan Resecuritization Trust, 2009-RS1 A85 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.340%) | | | 1.579 | % | | | 4/16/36 | | | | 62,586,643 | | | | 53,587,372 | (a)(c) |
Multifamily Trust, 2016-1 B | | | 8.725 | % | | | 4/25/46 | | | | 6,868,409 | | | | 7,166,017 | (a)(c) |
Nomura Asset Acceptance Corp., 2005-AP2 A5 | | | 4.976 | % | | | 5/25/35 | | | | 91,732 | | | | 74,036 | |
Nomura Resecuritization Trust, 2015-5R 3A5 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.260%) | | | 1.498 | % | | | 2/26/46 | | | | 10,693,755 | | | | 8,096,230 | (a)(c) |
Prime Mortgage Trust, 2006-1 3A2, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.150%) | | | 5.821 | % | | | 6/25/36 | | | | 15,407,975 | | | | 2,957,493 | (c) |
Prime Mortgage Trust, 2006-DR1 2A2 | | | 6.000 | % | | | 5/25/35 | | | | 36,493,449 | | | | 27,507,021 | (a) |
RBSGC Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 2007-B 1A4 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.450%) | | | 1.779 | % | | | 1/25/37 | | | | 10,644,933 | | | | 7,644,939 | (c) |
RBSSP Resecuritization Trust, 2009-12 9A2 (12 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.000%) | | | 3.410 | % | | | 3/25/36 | | | | 12,317,813 | | | | 10,851,350 | (a)(c) |
Residential Accredit Loans Inc., 2006-QO3 A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.210%) | | | 1.539 | % | | | 4/25/46 | | | | 13,557,568 | | | | 6,985,998 | (c) |
Residential Accredit Loans Inc., 2006-QO3 A2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.260%) | | | 1.589 | % | | | 4/25/46 | | | | 3,355,458 | | | | 1,762,226 | (c) |
Residential Accredit Loans Inc., 2006-QS13 1A2, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 7.160%) | | | 5.831 | % | | | 9/25/36 | | | | 21,043,639 | | | | 3,863,869 | (c) |
Residential Accredit Loans Inc., 2007-QS4 3A9 | | | 6.000 | % | | | 3/25/37 | | | | 3,226,736 | | | | 2,956,709 | |
Residential Asset Mortgage Products Inc., 2004-SL4 A5 | | | 7.500 | % | | | 7/25/32 | | | | 635,166 | | | | 534,254 | |
Residential Asset Mortgage Products Inc., 2005-SL1 A7 | | | 8.000 | % | | | 5/25/32 | | | | 360,209 | | | | 305,753 | |
Residential Asset Securitization Trust, 2003-A14 A1 | | | 4.750 | % | | | 2/25/19 | | | | 41,486 | | | | 39,836 | |
Residential Asset Securitization Trust, 2004-A2 1A3, PAC (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.400%) | | | 1.729 | % | | | 5/25/34 | | | | 15,943 | | | | 15,275 | (c) |
Residential Asset Securitization Trust, 2007-A3 2A2, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.690%) | | | 5.361 | % | | | 4/25/37 | | | | 48,786,007 | | | | 11,815,898 | (c) |
Rosslyn Portfolio Trust, 2017-ROSS A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.950%) | | | 2.200 | % | | | 6/15/33 | | | | 34,970,000 | | | | 35,276,652 | (a)(c) |
Structured ARM Loan Trust, 2004-08 1A1 (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.080%) | | | 3.471 | % | | | 7/25/34 | | | | 1,628 | | | | 1,640 | (c) |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Schedule of investments (cont’d)
December 31, 2017
Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Security | | Rate | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount† | | | Value | |
| Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (j) — continued | |
Structured ARM Loan Trust, 2004-09XS A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.370%) | | | 1.608 | % | | | 7/25/34 | | | | 44,996 | | | $ | 45,253 | (c) |
Structured Asset Mortgage Investments Inc., 2003-AR1 A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.740%) | | | 2.023 | % | | | 10/19/33 | | | | 165,149 | | | | 157,132 | (c) |
Structured Asset Mortgage Investments Inc., 2006-AR3 11A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.210%) | | | 1.539 | % | | | 4/25/36 | | | | 2,077,963 | | | | 1,908,969 | (c) |
Structured Asset Mortgage Investments Inc., 2006-AR6 1A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.180%) | | | 1.509 | % | | | 7/25/46 | | | | 199,660 | | | | 181,606 | (c) |
Structured Asset Securities Corp., 2002-9 A2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.600%) | | | 1.929 | % | | | 10/25/27 | | | | 28,301 | | | | 28,005 | (c) |
Structured Asset Securities Corp., 2005-RF1 A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.350%) | | | 1.679 | % | | | 3/25/35 | | | | 47,244 | | | | 42,541 | (a)(c) |
Suntrust Alternative Loan Trust, 2006-1F 3A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.350%) | | | 1.679 | % | | | 4/25/36 | | | | 20,871,790 | | | | 7,917,275 | (c) |
UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2017-C1 A4 | | | 3.460 | % | | | 6/15/50 | | | | 5,440,000 | | | | 5,582,574 | |
UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2017-C3 A4 | | | 3.426 | % | | | 8/15/50 | | | | 19,330,000 | | | | 19,721,317 | |
Voyager BRSTN Delaware Trust, 2009-1 UAU7 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.250%) | | | 1.490 | % | | | 12/26/36 | | | | 470,862 | | | | 469,440 | (a)(c) |
Washington Mutual Inc., Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 2003-AR9 1A7 (1 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 2.330%) | | | 3.317 | % | | | 9/25/33 | | | | 13,166 | | | | 13,487 | (c) |
Washington Mutual Inc., Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 2005-AR13 A1A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.290%) | | | 1.619 | % | | | 10/25/45 | | | | 2,646,521 | | | | 2,566,709 | (c) |
Washington Mutual Inc., Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 2005-AR15 A1A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.260%) | | | 1.589 | % | | | 11/25/45 | | | | 6,875,279 | | | | 6,808,965 | (c) |
Washington Mutual Inc., Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 2005-AR15 A1C3 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.480%) | | | 1.809 | % | | | 11/25/45 | | | | 44,798,372 | | | | 32,897,792 | (c) |
Washington Mutual Inc., Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 2005-AR19 A1A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.270%) | | | 1.599 | % | | | 12/25/45 | | | | 7,945,001 | | | | 7,732,483 | (c) |
Washington Mutual Inc., Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 2006-5 1A4, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.400%) | | | 4.073 | % | | | 7/25/36 | | | | 14,875,486 | | | | 2,472,422 | (c) |
Washington Mutual Inc., Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 2007-HY4 4A1 (12 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.550%) | | | 3.020 | % | | | 9/25/36 | | | | 202,746 | | | | 184,392 | (c) |
Waterfall Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2015-SBC5 A | | | 4.104 | % | | | 9/14/22 | | | | 18,278,475 | | | | 18,110,466 | (a)(c) |
Wells Fargo Alternative Loan Trust, 2007-PA1 A12, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.460%) | | | 4.133 | % | | | 3/25/37 | | | | 20,825,220 | | | | 2,324,469 | (c) |
Wells Fargo Alternative Loan Trust, 2007-PA2 2A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.430%) | | | 1.758 | % | | | 6/25/37 | | | | 7,254,146 | | | | 6,023,363 | (c) |
Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2013-LC12 B | | | 4.427 | % | | | 7/15/46 | | | | 450,000 | | | | 460,435 | (c) |
Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2013-LC12 E | | | 3.500 | % | | | 7/15/46 | | | | 1,753,000 | | | | 1,182,570 | (a) |
Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2014-LC18 AS | | | 3.808 | % | | | 12/15/47 | | | | 5,630,000 | | | | 5,791,500 | |
Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2015-C28 A4 | | | 3.540 | % | | | 5/15/48 | | | | 10,550,000 | | | | 10,923,923 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Security | | Rate | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount† | | | Value | |
| Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (j) — continued | |
Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2015-NXS1 A5 | | | 3.148 | % | | | 5/15/48 | | | | 16,050,000 | | | $ | 16,230,935 | |
Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2015-NXS1 B | | | 3.658 | % | | | 5/15/48 | | | | 16,700,000 | | | | 16,699,005 | (c) |
Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2017-C41 XA, IO | | | 1.240 | % | | | 11/15/50 | | | | 32,387,882 | | | | 2,968,770 | (c) |
Wells Fargo Mortgage Loan Trust, 2010-RR4 2A1 | | | 3.148 | % | | | 8/27/35 | | | | 46,507 | | | | 46,886 | (a) |
Wells Fargo Mortgage-Backed Securities Trust, 2004-Y 1A2 (1 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 2.490%) | | | 3.740 | % | | | 11/25/34 | | | | 45,359 | | | | 46,545 | (c) |
WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2012-C7 XA, IO | | | 1.603 | % | | | 6/15/45 | | | | 189,607 | | | | 9,331 | (a)(c) |
WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2013-C14 D | | | 4.128 | % | | | 6/15/46 | | | | 4,790,000 | | | | 4,398,433 | (a)(c) |
WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2014-C19 B | | | 4.723 | % | | | 3/15/47 | | | | 270,000 | | | | 284,104 | (c) |
WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2014-C19 XA, IO | | | 1.138 | % | | | 3/15/47 | | | | 49,928,395 | | | | 2,379,677 | (c) |
WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2014-C24 D | | | 3.692 | % | | | 11/15/47 | | | | 5,830,000 | | | | 4,043,620 | (a) |
Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (Cost — $2,012,772,275) | | | | | | | | 1,988,202,487 | |
| Mortgage-Backed Securities — 22.2% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
FHLMC — 5.5% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), Gold | | | 6.500 | % | | | 11/1/18-9/1/39 | | | | 3,639,093 | | | | 4,048,030 | |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), Gold | | | 6.000 | % | | | 3/1/19-11/1/36 | | | | 63,496 | | | | 67,195 | |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), Gold | | | 5.500 | % | | | 7/1/20-12/1/38 | | | | 4,910,545 | | | | 5,431,062 | |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), Gold | | | 4.500 | % | | | 7/1/23-9/1/47 | | | | 92,496,824 | | | | 98,541,352 | |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), Gold | | | 4.000 | % | | | 10/1/25-12/1/47 | | | | 273,177,546 | | | | 286,464,874 | |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), Gold | | | 2.500 | % | | | 6/1/27 | | | | 3,109,001 | | | | 3,126,864 | |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), Gold | | | 7.000 | % | | | 4/1/32-3/1/39 | | | | 1,039,372 | | | | 1,171,213 | |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), Gold | | | 3.500 | % | | | 8/1/33-3/1/45 | | | | 83,331,858 | | | | 86,063,446 | |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), Gold | | | 5.000 | % | | | 3/1/38-11/1/41 | | | | 13,307,220 | | | | 14,554,628 | |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), Gold | | | 3.000 | % | | | 1/1/43-5/1/43 | | | | 6,391,732 | | | | 6,429,273 | |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), Gold | | | 3.000 | % | | | 1/11/48 | | | | 310,400,000 | | | | 310,375,612 | (k) |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), Gold | | | 3.500 | % | | | 1/11/48 | | | | 212,400,000 | | | | 218,135,972 | (k) |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), Gold | | | 4.000 | % | | | 1/11/48 | | | | 185,000,000 | | | | 193,469,526 | (k) |
Total FHLMC | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1,227,879,047 | |
FNMA — 12.4% | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) | | | 9.500 | % | | | 11/1/21 | | | | 31 | | | | 32 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) | | | 4.500 | % | | | 7/1/23-4/1/56 | | | | 253,149,707 | | | | 271,838,236 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) | | | 6.000 | % | | | 4/1/24-2/1/41 | | | | 33,203,518 | | | | 37,582,512 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) | | | 2.810 | % | | | 4/1/25 | | | | 3,140,000 | | | | 3,166,632 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) | | | 2.940 | % | | | 7/1/27 | | | | 22,800,000 | | | | 22,867,739 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund 2017 Annual Report | | 49 |
Schedule of investments (cont’d)
December 31, 2017
Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Security | | Rate | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount† | | | Value | |
FNMA — continued | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) | | | 2.950 | % | | | 7/1/27 | | | | 21,420,000 | | | $ | 21,584,100 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) | | | 2.500 | % | | | 1/1/28-10/1/42 | | | | 14,400,631 | | | | 14,254,712 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) | | | 6.500 | % | | | 2/1/29-5/1/40 | | | | 16,116,434 | | | | 18,075,539 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) | | | 7.000 | % | | | 8/1/29-2/1/39 | | | | 5,140,330 | | | | 5,820,572 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) | | | 7.500 | % | | | 11/1/29 | | | | 3,058 | | | | 3,582 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) | | | 5.000 | % | | | 7/1/33-11/1/46 | | | | 113,348,912 | | | | 123,056,717 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) | | | 3.500 | % | | | 9/1/33-3/1/57 | | | | 187,757,643 | | | | 192,972,877 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) (12 mo. Monthly Treasury Average Index + 1.973%) | | | 2.973 | % | | | 11/1/35 | | | | 41,214 | | | | 43,192 | (c) |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) | | | 5.500 | % | | | 11/1/36-9/1/56 | | | | 44,600,841 | | | | 49,529,550 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) | | | 4.000 | % | | | 4/1/42-8/1/56 | | | | 464,422,538 | | | | 489,338,864 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) | | | 3.000 | % | | | 11/1/42-1/1/47 | | | | 129,374,330 | | | | 129,627,965 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) | | | 3.000 | % | | | 1/11/48-1/17/48 | | | | 498,380,000 | | | | 504,150,485 | (k) |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) | | | 3.500 | % | | | 1/11/48 | | | | 751,400,000 | | | | 771,535,206 | (k) |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) | | | 4.000 | % | | | 1/11/48 | | | | 72,800,000 | | | | 76,135,479 | (k) |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) | | | 5.000 | % | | | 1/11/48 | | | | 6,500,000 | | | | 6,987,119 | (k) |
Total FNMA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2,738,571,110 | |
GNMA — 4.3% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) | | | 7.500 | % | | | 3/15/23-9/15/31 | | | | 33,522 | | | | 35,852 | |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) | | | 7.000 | % | | | 9/15/23-7/15/31 | | | | 89,384 | | | | 97,730 | |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) | | | 6.500 | % | | | 4/15/28-3/15/39 | | | | 3,714,201 | | | | 4,214,816 | |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) | | | 6.000 | % | | | 1/15/29-2/15/37 | | | | 8,947,027 | | | | 10,083,734 | |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) | | | 8.000 | % | | | 12/15/30-1/15/31 | | | | 11,517 | | | | 11,777 | |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.400%) | | | 1.683 | % | | | 8/20/31 | | | | 599 | | | | 602 | (c) |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) | | | 5.500 | % | | | 7/15/33-6/15/36 | | | | 7,608,798 | | | | 8,452,262 | |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) | | | 3.500 | % | | | 1/22/48 | | | | 12,000,000 | | | | 12,408,582 | (k) |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II | | | 5.000 | % | | | 4/20/35-11/20/40 | | | | 12,413,699 | | | | 13,515,740 | |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II | | | 6.500 | % | | | 10/20/37 | | | | 2,111,774 | | | | 2,505,288 | |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II | | | 6.000 | % | | | 9/20/38-11/20/41 | | | | 5,605,121 | | | | 6,274,314 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| Security | | Rate | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount† | | | Value | |
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Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II | | | 4.500 | % | | | 1/20/40-7/20/41 | | | | 41,237,000 | | | $ | 43,746,295 | |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II | | | 3.500 | % | | | 10/20/45-11/20/47 | | | | 57,395,459 | | | | 59,510,792 | |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II | | | 4.000 | % | | | 8/20/47 | | | | 101,554,269 | | | | 106,399,321 | |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II | | | 3.000 | % | | | 11/20/47 | | | | 100,647,894 | | | | 101,690,376 | |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II | | | 3.000 | % | | | 1/22/48 | | | | 203,100,000 | | | | 204,956,462 | (k) |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II | | | 3.500 | % | | | 1/22/48 | | | | 207,900,000 | | | | 214,932,868 | (k) |
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II | | | 4.000 | % | | | 1/22/48 | | | | 148,200,000 | | | | 154,498,504 | (k) |
Total GNMA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 943,335,315 | |
Total Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost — $4,915,203,549) | | | | 4,909,785,472 | |
| Non-U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities — 0.4% | |
Japan — 0.4% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Japanese Government CPI Linked Bond, Senior Bonds
(Cost — $93,838,721) | | | 0.100 | % | | | 3/10/26 | | | | 9,340,826,300 | JPY | | | 87,833,197 | |
| Senior Loans — 5.7% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Consumer Discretionary — 2.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Auto Components — 0.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
American Axle & Manufacturing Inc., Term Loan B (3 mo. LIBOR + 2.250%) | | | 3.620-3.810 | % | | | 4/6/24 | | | | 18,651,262 | | | | 18,716,541 | (c)(l)(m)(n) |
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.1% | |
Prime Security Services Borrower LLC, 2016 First Lien Term Loan (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.750%) | | | 4.319 | % | | | 5/2/22 | | | | 22,587,566 | | | | 22,775,133 | (c)(l)(m) |
ServiceMaster Co., 2016 Term Loan B (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.500%) | | | 4.069 | % | | | 11/8/23 | | | | 2,992,443 | | | | 3,008,639 | (c)(l)(m) |
Total Diversified Consumer Services | | | | 25,783,772 | |
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.8% | |
1011778 B.C. Unlimited Liability Co., Term Loan B3 (3 mo. LIBOR + 2.250%) | | | 3.819-3.943 | % | | | 2/16/24 | | | | 24,734,199 | | | | 24,761,258 | (c)(l)(m) |
Aramark Services Inc., 2017 Term Loan B1 | | | — | | | | 3/11/25 | | | | 8,270,000 | | | | 8,326,856 | (n) |
Aristocrat Leisure Ltd., 2017 Term Loan B (3 mo. LIBOR + 2.000%) | | | 3.363 | % | | | 10/20/21 | | | | 12,126,401 | | | | 12,151,030 | (c)(l)(m) |
Boyd Gaming Corp., Term Loan B3 (1 Week LIBOR + 2.500%) | | | 3.975 | % | | | 9/15/23 | | | | 11,823,765 | | | | 11,904,131 | (c)(l)(m) |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Date | | | Face
Amount† | | | Value | |
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — continued | |
Caesars Resort Collection LLC, 2017 First Lien Term Loan B | | | — | | | | 9/27/24 | | | | 26,743,000 | | | $ | 26,886,744 | (g)(n) |
CCM Merger Inc., New Term Loan B (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.750%) | | | 4.319 | % | | | 8/8/21 | | | | 2,065,438 | | | | 2,076,023 | (c)(l)(m) |
Four Seasons Hotels Ltd., New First Lien Term Loan (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.500%) | | | 4.069 | % | | | 11/30/23 | | | | 4,474,893 | | | | 4,506,589 | (c)(l)(m) |
Golden Nugget Inc., 2017 Incremental Term Loan (2 mo. LIBOR + 3.250%) | | | 4.656-4.857 | % | | | 10/4/23 | | | | 22,406,293 | | | | 22,600,354 | (c)(l)(m)(n) |
Hilton Worldwide Finance LLC, Term Loan B2 (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.000%) | | | 3.552 | % | | | 10/25/23 | | | | 24,578,813 | | | | 24,729,629 | (c)(l)(m)(n) |
Scientific Games International Inc., 2017 Term Loan B4 (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.250%) | | | 4.673-4.819 | % | | | 8/14/24 | | | | 28,752,440 | | | | 29,039,965 | (c)(l)(m)(n) |
Station Casinos LLC, 2016 Term Loan B (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.500%) | | | 4.060 | % | | | 6/8/23 | | | | 12,619,929 | | | | 12,660,149 | (c)(l)(m)(n) |
Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 179,642,728 | |
Media — 0.7% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
CBS Radio Inc., 2017 Term Loan B (3 mo. LIBOR + 2.750%) | | | 4.172 | % | | | 11/17/24 | | | | 21,910,000 | | | | 22,060,631 | (c)(l)(m)(n) |
Charter Communications Operating LLC, 2017 Term Loan B | | | — | | | | 4/13/25 | | | | 25,106,337 | | | | 25,153,412 | (n) |
Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., 2017 Term Loan B (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.250%) | | | 3.819 | % | | | 12/8/23 | | | | 1,456,297 | | | | 1,461,758 | (c)(l)(m) |
Numericable Group SA, USD Term Loan B12 (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.000%) | | | 4.349 | % | | | 1/31/26 | | | | 25,301,000 | | | | 24,468,167 | (c)(l)(m) |
Sinclair Television Group Inc., 2017 Term Loan B | | | — | | | | 5/10/24 | | | | 16,410,000 | | | | 16,415,022 | (n) |
Univision Communications Inc., Term Loan C5 (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.750%) | | | 4.319 | % | | | 3/15/24 | | | | 24,574,752 | | | | 24,530,198 | (c)(l)(m) |
UPC Financing Partnership, USD Term Loan AR (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.500%) | | | 3.977 | % | | | 1/15/26 | | | | 25,006,000 | | | | 25,023,979 | (c)(l)(m)(n) |
Ziggo Secured Finance Partnership, USD Term Loan E (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.500%) | | | 3.977 | % | | | 4/15/25 | | | | 11,758,250 | | | | 11,681,610 | (c)(l)(m) |
Total Media | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 150,794,777 | |
Specialty Retail — 0.4% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Academy Ltd., 2015 Term Loan B (3 mo. LIBOR + 4.000%) | | | 5.495-5.569 | % | | | 7/1/22 | | | | 15,943,243 | | | | 12,595,162 | (c)(g)(l)(m) |
CWGS Group LLC, 2016 Term Loan (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.000%) | | | 4.391-4.569 | % | | | 11/8/23 | | | | 2,539,176 | | | | 2,559,012 | (c)(l)(m) |
Michaels Stores Inc., 2016 Term Loan B1 (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.750%) | | | 4.210-4.319 | % | | | 1/30/23 | | | | 21,497,561 | | | | 21,533,398 | (c)(l)(m) |
Party City Holdings Inc., 2016 Term Loan (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.000%) | | | 4.380-4.700 | % | | | 8/19/22 | | | | 14,390,569 | | | | 14,461,529 | (c)(l)(m) |
Petco Animal Supplies Inc., 2017 Term Loan B (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.000%) | | | 4.380 | % | | | 1/26/23 | | | | 15,677,763 | | | | 11,934,697 | (c)(l)(m) |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| Security | | Rate | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount† | | | Value | |
Specialty Retail — continued | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
PetSmart Inc., Term Loan B2 (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.000%) | | | 4.570 | % | | | 3/11/22 | | | | 21,228,703 | | | $ | 17,109,018 | (c)(l)(m) |
Staples Inc., 2017 Term Loan B (3 mo. LIBOR + 4.000%) | | | 5.489 | % | | | 9/12/24 | | | | 11,032,931 | | | | 10,816,410 | (c)(l)(m) |
Total Specialty Retail | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 91,009,226 | |
Total Consumer Discretionary | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 465,947,044 | |
| Consumer Staples — 0.2% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Food & Staples Retailing — 0.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Albertsons LLC, USD 2017 Term Loan B4 (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.750%) | | | 4.319 | % | | | 8/25/21 | | | | 8,681,891 | | | | 8,522,361 | (c)(l)(m) |
Albertsons LLC, USD 2017 Term Loan B6 (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.000%) | | | 4.462 | % | | | 6/22/23 | | | | 12,823,650 | | | | 12,581,604 | (c)(g)(l)(m) |
Total Food & Staples Retailing | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 21,103,965 | |
Food Products — 0.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Dole Food Co. Inc., 2017 Term Loan B (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.750%) | | | 4.129-6.250 | % | | | 4/6/24 | | | | 1,589,937 | | | | 1,595,775 | (c)(l)(m) |
Post Holdings Inc., 2017 Series A Incremental Term Loan (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.250%) | | | 3.820 | % | | | 5/24/24 | | | | 25,227,734 | | | | 25,343,353 | (c)(l)(m)(n) |
Total Food Products | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 26,939,128 | |
Total Consumer Staples | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 48,043,093 | |
| Financials — 0.0% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Capital Markets — 0.0% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
RPI Finance Trust, Term Loan B6 (3 mo. LIBOR + 2.000%) | | | 3.693 | % | | | 3/27/23 | | | | 10,906,183 | | | | 10,962,666 | (c)(l)(m) |
| Health Care — 0.7% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Health Care Providers & Services — 0.4% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Air Medical Group Holdings Inc., Term Loan B (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.250%) | | | 4.943 | % | | | 4/28/22 | | | | 12,591,262 | | | | 12,556,409 | (c)(l)(m) |
Air Medical Group Holdings Inc., Term Loan B1 (3 mo. LIBOR + 4.000%) | | | 5.675 | % | | | 4/28/22 | | | | 1,502,389 | | | | 1,503,484 | (c)(l)(m) |
DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., Term Loan B (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.750%) | | | 4.319 | % | | | 6/24/21 | | | | 1,584,476 | | | | 1,598,538 | (c)(l)(m) |
HCA Inc., Term Loan B8 (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.250%) | | | 3.819 | % | | | 2/15/24 | | | | 14,790,271 | | | | 14,901,198 | (c)(l)(m)(n) |
Jaguar Holding Co. II, 2017 Term Loan (3 mo. LIBOR + 2.750%) | | | 4.319-4.443 | % | | | 8/18/22 | | | | 24,550,848 | | | | 24,626,048 | (c)(l)(m) |
MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC, 2016 Term Loan B (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.000%) | | | 4.693 | % | | | 6/7/23 | | | | 23,189,001 | | | | 23,263,276 | (c)(l)(m) |
Total Health Care Providers & Services | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 78,448,953 | |
Health Care Technology — 0.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Change Healthcare Holdings Inc., 2017 Term Loan B (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.750%) | | | 4.319 | % | | | 3/1/24 | | | | 25,037,633 | | | | 25,106,086 | (c)(l)(m) |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| Security | | Rate | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount† | | | Value | |
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
PAREXEL International Corp., Term Loan B (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.000%) | | | 4.569 | % | | | 9/27/24 | | | | 21,337,523 | | | $ | 21,461,984 | (c)(l)(m)(n) |
Pharmaceuticals — 0.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Akorn Inc., Term Loan B (1 mo. LIBOR + 4.250%) | | | 5.875 | % | | | 4/16/21 | | | | 3,184,450 | | | | 3,200,372 | (c)(g)(l)(m) |
Catalent Pharma Solutions Inc., USD Term Loan B (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.250%) | | | 3.819 | % | | | 5/20/21 | | | | 22,825,852 | | | | 22,954,248 | (c)(l)(m)(n) |
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc., Term Loan B Series F4 (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.500%) | | | 4.940 | % | | | 4/1/22 | | | | 5,122,883 | | | | 5,205,212 | (c)(l)(m) |
Total Pharmaceuticals | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 31,359,832 | |
Total Health Care | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 156,376,855 | |
| Industrials — 0.9% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.2% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Avolon TLB Borrower 1 (Luxembourg) Sarl, Term Loan B2 (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.250%) | | | 3.751 | % | | | 4/3/22 | | | | 32,057,616 | | | | 31,861,423 | (c)(l)(m) |
XPO Logistics Inc., 2017 Term Loan B (3 mo. LIBOR + 2.250%) | | | 3.599 | % | | | 11/1/21 | | | | 21,039,580 | | | | 21,192,517 | (c)(l)(m)(n) |
Total Air Freight & Logistics | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 53,053,940 | |
Airlines — 0.2% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Air Canada, 2017 Term Loan B (3 mo. LIBOR + 2.250%) | | | 3.745 | % | | | 10/6/23 | | | | 2,493,750 | | | | 2,510,114 | (c)(l)(m) |
American Airlines Inc., 2017 Incremental Term Loan (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.000%) | | | 3.477 | % | | | 12/14/23 | | | | 10,177,180 | | | | 10,187,520 | (c)(l)(m) |
American Airlines Inc., 2017 Term Loan B (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.000%) | | | 3.552 | % | | | 6/26/20 | | | | 20,793,346 | | | | 20,858,326 | (c)(l)(m) |
Total Airlines | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 33,555,960 | |
Building Products — 0.2% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
GYP Holdings III Corp., 2017 Term Loan B (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.000%) | | | 4.380 | % | | | 4/1/23 | | | | 4,293,405 | | | | 4,316,212 | (c)(l)(m) |
Quikrete Holdings Inc., 2016 First Lien Term Loan (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.750%) | | | 4.319 | % | | | 11/15/23 | | | | 27,381,239 | | | | 27,470,611 | (c)(l)(m)(n) |
Total Building Products | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 31,786,823 | |
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Brickman Group Ltd. LLC, First Lien Term Loan (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.000%) | | | 4.380-4.491 | % | | | 12/18/20 | | | | 4,182,572 | | | | 4,210,458 | (c)(l)(m) |
Wrangler Buyer Corp., Term Loan B (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.000%) | | | 4.569 | % | | | 9/27/24 | | | | 8,510,000 | | | | 8,575,348 | (c)(l)(m) |
Total Commercial Services & Supplies | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 12,785,806 | |
Professional Services — 0.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Trans Union LLC, Term Loan B3 (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.000%) | | | 3.569 | % | | | 4/10/23 | | | | 24,345,275 | | | | 24,471,554 | (c)(l)(m) |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| Security | | Rate | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount† | | | Value | |
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Beacon Roofing Supply Inc., 2017 Term Loan B | | | — | | | | 8/23/24 | | | | 25,009,000 | | | $ | 25,113,938 | (n) |
Delos Finance Sarl, 2017 Term Loan B (3 mo. LIBOR + 2.000%) | | | 3.693 | % | | | 10/6/23 | | | | 3,750,000 | | | | 3,784,822 | (c)(l)(m) |
Total Trading Companies & Distributors | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 28,898,760 | |
Transportation Infrastructure — 0.0% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Flying Fortress Inc., 2017 Term Loan (3 mo. LIBOR + 2.000%) | | | 3.693 | % | | | 10/30/22 | | | | 5,510,000 | | | | 5,547,881 | (c)(l)(m) |
Total Industrials | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 190,100,724 | |
| Information Technology — 0.6% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.1% | |
Allflex Holdings III Inc., New First Lien Term Loan (2 mo. LIBOR + 3.250%) | | | 4.706 | % | | | 7/20/20 | | | | 2,393,750 | | | | 2,410,705 | (c)(l)(m) |
Zebra Technologies Corp., 2017 Term Loan B (3 mo. LIBOR + 2.000%) | | | 3.371 | % | | | 10/27/21 | | | | 11,888,170 | | | | 11,959,725 | (c)(l)(m)(n) |
Total Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components | | | | 14,370,430 | |
IT Services — 0.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
First Data Corp., 2022 USD Term Loan (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.250%) | | | 3.802 | % | | | 7/8/22 | | | | 8,690,959 | | | | 8,706,046 | (c)(l)(m) |
First Data Corp., 2024 USD Term Loan (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.250%) | | | 3.802 | % | | | 4/26/24 | | | | 23,409,941 | | | | 23,451,752 | (c)(g)(l)(m) |
Total IT Services | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 32,157,798 | |
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
ON Semiconductor Corp., 2017 First Lien Term Loan (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.000%) | | | 3.569 | % | | | 3/31/23 | | | | 14,128,141 | | | | 14,212,034 | (c)(l)(m)(n) |
Software — 0.2% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Dell Inc., 2017 First Lien Term Loan (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.000%) | | | 3.570 | % | | | 9/7/23 | | | | 17,890,000 | | | | 17,900,358 | (c)(l)(m) |
Dell Inc., 2017 Term Loan A2 (1 mo. LIBOR + 1.750%) | | | 3.320 | % | | | 9/7/21 | | | | 14,585,842 | | | | 14,601,041 | (c)(l)(m) |
MA FinanceCo., LLC, USD Term Loan B3 (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.750%) | | | 4.319 | % | | | 6/21/24 | | | | 365,911 | | | | 367,375 | (c)(l)(m) |
Seattle Spinco Inc., USD Term Loan B3 (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.750%) | | | 4.319 | % | | | 6/21/24 | | | | 2,471,089 | | | | 2,480,622 | (c)(l)(m) |
Total Software | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 35,349,396 | |
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Western Digital Corp., 2017 Term Loan B3 (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.000%) | | | 3.569 | % | | | 4/29/23 | | | | 33,875,100 | | | | 34,051,521 | (c)(g)(l)(m)(n) |
Total Information Technology | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 130,141,179 | |
| Materials — 0.4% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Construction Materials — 0.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
American Builders & Contractors Supply Co. Inc., 2017 Term Loan B (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.500%) | | | 4.069 | % | | | 10/31/23 | | | | 22,581,491 | | | | 22,709,686 | (c)(l)(m) |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| Security | | Rate | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount† | | | Value | |
Containers & Packaging — 0.3% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Berry Plastics Group Inc., Term Loan M (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.250%) | | | 3.682-3.819 | % | | | 10/1/22 | | | | 27,032,900 | | | $ | 27,168,065 | (c)(l)(m)(n) |
Berry Plastics Group Inc., Term Loan N | | | — | | | | 1/19/24 | | | | 698,241 | | | | 702,023 | (n) |
Berry Plastics Group Inc., Term Loan P (3 mo. LIBOR + 2.000%) | | | 3.406 | % | | | 1/6/21 | | | | 3,559,660 | | | | 3,575,233 | (c)(l)(m) |
BWAY Holding Co., 2017 Term Loan B (3 mo. LIBOR + 3.250%) | | | 4.599 | % | | | 4/3/24 | | | | 4,678,246 | | | | 4,703,831 | (c)(l)(m) |
Reynolds Group Holdings Inc., USD 2017 Term Loan (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.750%) | | | 4.319 | % | | | 2/5/23 | | | | 24,629,406 | | | | 24,777,798 | (c)(l)(m) |
Total Containers & Packaging | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 60,926,950 | |
Total Materials | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 83,636,636 | |
| Real Estate — 0.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) — 0.1% | |
MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP, 2016 Term Loan B (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.250%) | | | 3.819 | % | | | 4/25/23 | | | | 24,626,285 | | | | 24,753,824 | (c)(l)(m) |
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.0% | |
CityCenter Holdings LLC, 2017 Term Loan B (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.500%) | | | 4.069 | % | | | 4/18/24 | | | | 5,125,796 | | | | 5,155,429 | (c)(l)(m) |
Total Real Estate | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 29,909,253 | |
| Telecommunication Services — 0.5% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 0.4% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
CenturyLink Inc., 2017 Term Loan B (3 mo. LIBOR + 2.750%) | | | 4.319 | % | | | 1/31/25 | | | | 20,655,500 | | | | 19,965,751 | (c)(l)(m) |
Level 3 Financing Inc., 2017 Term Loan B (3 mo. LIBOR + 2.250%) | | | 3.696 | % | | | 2/22/24 | | | | 24,720,000 | | | | 24,750,900 | (c)(l)(m) |
Unitymedia Finance LLC, Term Loan B | | | — | | | | 9/30/25 | | | | 17,079,000 | | | | 17,114,080 | (n) |
Unitymedia Finance LLC, USD Term Loan D | | | — | | | | 1/15/26 | | | | 13,900,000 | | | | 13,894,203 | (n) |
Virgin Media Bristol LLC, 2017 USD Term Loan | | | — | | | | 1/15/26 | | | | 21,938,272 | | | | 21,965,695 | (n) |
Total Diversified Telecommunication Services | | | | 97,690,629 | |
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
CSC Holdings LLC, 2017 First Lien Term Loan (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.250%) | | | 3.741 | % | | | 7/17/25 | | | | 11,688,284 | | | | 11,656,142 | (c)(l)(m) |
Sprint Communications Inc., First Lien Term Loan B (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.500%) | | | 4.125 | % | | | 2/2/24 | | | | 6,445,514 | | | | 6,450,213 | (c)(l)(m) |
Total Wireless Telecommunication Services | | | | 18,106,355 | |
Total Telecommunication Services | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 115,796,984 | |
| Utilities — 0.2% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Independent Power And Renewable Electricity Producers — 0.2% | |
Energy Future Intermediate Holding Co., LLC, 2017 DIP Term Loan (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.000%) | | | 4.501-4.569 | % | | | 6/30/18 | | | | 39,076,411 | | | | 39,213,179 | (c)(g)(l)(m) |
Total Senior Loans (Cost — $1,283,523,368) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1,270,127,613 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Security | | Rate | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount† | | | Value | |
| Sovereign Bonds — 5.6% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Argentina — 0.6% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Provincia de Buenos Aires, Senior Notes | | | 6.500 | % | | | 2/15/23 | | | | 9,210,000 | | | $ | 9,917,328 | (a) |
Provincia de Buenos Aires, Senior Notes | | | 7.875 | % | | | 6/15/27 | | | | 7,890,000 | | | | 8,776,205 | (a) |
Republic of Argentina, Bonds | | | 21.200 | % | | | 9/19/18 | | | | 9,942,000 | ARS | | | 553,149 | |
Republic of Argentina, Bonds (Argentina Central Bank 7 Day Repo Reference Rate) | | | 27.278 | % | | | 6/21/20 | | | | 49,620,000 | ARS | | | 2,865,830 | (c) |
Republic of Argentina, Bonds | | | 18.200 | % | | | 10/3/21 | | | | 626,050,000 | ARS | | | 34,453,896 | |
Republic of Argentina, Senior Bonds | | | 6.875 | % | | | 4/22/21 | | | | 11,810,000 | | | | 12,883,234 | |
Republic of Argentina, Senior Bonds | | | 5.625 | % | | | 1/26/22 | | | | 48,140,000 | | | | 50,908,050 | |
Republic of Argentina, Senior Bonds | | | 7.500 | % | | | 4/22/26 | | | | 7,380,000 | | | | 8,373,717 | |
Republic of Argentina, Senior Bonds | | | 7.125 | % | | | 7/6/36 | | | | 3,600,000 | | | | 3,909,600 | |
Republic of Argentina, Senior Bonds | | | 7.625 | % | | | 4/22/46 | | | | 5,450,000 | | | | 6,161,225 | |
Total Argentina | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 138,802,234 | |
Brazil — 1.2% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Federative Republic of Brazil, Notes | | | 10.000 | % | | | 1/1/21 | | | | 430,023,000 | BRL | | | 133,447,421 | |
Federative Republic of Brazil, Notes | | | 10.000 | % | | | 1/1/23 | | | | 270,145,000 | BRL | | | 82,464,886 | |
Federative Republic of Brazil, Notes | | | 10.000 | % | | | 1/1/27 | | | | 26,556,000 | BRL | | | 7,928,797 | |
Federative Republic of Brazil, Senior Bonds | | | 5.625 | % | | | 1/7/41 | | | | 25,970,000 | | | | 26,593,280 | |
Federative Republic of Brazil, Senior Bonds | | | 5.000 | % | | | 1/27/45 | | | | 20,650,000 | | | | 19,297,425 | |
Federative Republic of Brazil, Senior Notes | | | 2.625 | % | | | 1/5/23 | | | | 4,490,000 | | | | 4,335,095 | |
Total Brazil | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 274,066,904 | |
China — 0.3% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
China Government Bond, Senior Bonds | | | 3.380 | % | | | 11/21/24 | | | | 115,500,000 | CNY | | | 16,797,251 | (i) |
China Government Bond, Senior Bonds | | | 3.390 | % | | | 5/21/25 | | | | 59,000,000 | CNY | | | 8,598,172 | (i) |
China Government Bond, Senior Bonds | | | 3.310 | % | | | 11/30/25 | | | | 273,500,000 | CNY | | | 39,500,212 | (i) |
Total China | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 64,895,635 | |
Colombia — 0.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Republic of Colombia, Senior Bonds | | | 5.625 | % | | | 2/26/44 | | | | 19,220,000 | | | | 22,054,950 | |
Indonesia — 0.5% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Republic of Indonesia, Notes | | | 3.750 | % | | | 4/25/22 | | | | 22,550,000 | | | | 23,260,077 | (i) |
Republic of Indonesia, Notes | | | 3.750 | % | | | 4/25/22 | | | | 370,000 | | | | 381,651 | (a) |
Republic of Indonesia, Senior Bonds | | | 5.875 | % | | | 3/13/20 | | | | 310,000 | | | | 333,210 | (i) |
Republic of Indonesia, Senior Notes | | | 4.875 | % | | | 5/5/21 | | | | 510,000 | | | | 544,873 | (i) |
Republic of Indonesia, Senior Notes | | | 5.375 | % | | | 10/17/23 | | | | 7,620,000 | | | | 8,504,415 | (i) |
Republic of Indonesia, Senior Notes | | | 3.850 | % | | | 7/18/27 | | | | 10,410,000 | | | | 10,696,744 | (a) |
Republic of Indonesia, Senior Notes | | | 3.500 | % | | | 1/11/28 | | | | 3,010,000 | | | | 3,007,207 | |
Republic of Indonesia, Senior Notes | | | 4.625 | % | | | 4/15/43 | | | | 5,050,000 | | | | 5,261,539 | (i) |
Republic of Indonesia, Senior Notes | | | 5.125 | % | | | 1/15/45 | | | | 22,340,000 | | | | 24,734,357 | (a) |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Schedule of investments (cont’d)
December 31, 2017
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| Security | | Rate | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount† | | | Value | |
Indonesia — continued | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Republic of Indonesia, Senior Notes | | | 5.125 | % | | | 1/15/45 | | | | 3,610,000 | | | $ | 3,996,913 | (i) |
Republic of Indonesia, Senior Notes | | | 5.250 | % | | | 1/8/47 | | | | 11,750,000 | | | | 13,306,393 | (a) |
Republic of Indonesia, Senior Notes | | | 4.750 | % | | | 7/18/47 | | | | 3,900,000 | | | | 4,162,575 | (a) |
Republic of Indonesia, Senior Notes | | | 4.350 | % | | | 1/11/48 | | | | 3,350,000 | | | | 3,407,057 | |
Total Indonesia | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 101,597,011 | |
Kuwait — 0.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Kuwait International Government Bonds, Senior Notes | | | 3.500 | % | | | 3/20/27 | | | | 24,270,000 | | | | 24,692,711 | (a) |
Mexico — 1.6% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
United Mexican States, Senior Bonds | | | 6.500 | % | | | 6/9/22 | | | | 2,253,009,800 | MXN | | | 109,795,627 | |
United Mexican States, Senior Bonds | | | 10.000 | % | | | 12/5/24 | | | | 324,780,000 | MXN | | | 18,634,980 | |
United Mexican States, Senior Bonds | | | 7.750 | % | | | 11/23/34 | | | | 381,940,000 | MXN | | | 19,434,894 | |
United Mexican States, Senior Bonds | | | 7.750 | % | | | 11/13/42 | | | | 2,328,076,200 | MXN | | | 117,809,832 | |
United Mexican States, Senior Bonds | | | 8.000 | % | | | 11/7/47 | | | | 776,500,000 | MXN | | | 40,337,877 | |
United Mexican States, Senior Notes | | | 4.600 | % | | | 2/10/48 | | | | 49,370,000 | | | | 48,802,245 | |
Total Mexico | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 354,815,455 | |
Nigeria — 0.0% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Republic of Nigeria, Senior Notes | | | 6.500 | % | | | 11/28/27 | | | | 8,130,000 | | | | 8,498,143 | (a) |
Peru — 0.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Republic of Peru, Senior Bonds | | | 6.550 | % | | | 3/14/37 | | | | 2,330,000 | | | | 3,162,975 | |
Republic of Peru, Senior Bonds | | | 5.625 | % | | | 11/18/50 | | | | 14,180,000 | | | | 18,228,390 | |
Total Peru | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 21,391,365 | |
Poland — 0.2% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Republic of Poland, Senior Notes | | | 4.000 | % | | | 1/22/24 | | | | 34,880,000 | | | | 37,258,467 | |
Russia — 0.8% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Russian Federal Bond, Bonds | | | 7.000 | % | | | 8/16/23 | | | | 1,729,150,000 | RUB | | | 30,006,941 | |
Russian Federal Bond, Bonds | | | 7.750 | % | | | 9/16/26 | | | | 256,110,000 | RUB | | | 4,569,314 | |
Russian Federal Bond, Bonds | | | 8.150 | % | | | 2/3/27 | | | | 1,883,280,000 | RUB | | | 34,425,215 | |
Russian Federal Bond, Bonds | | | 7.050 | % | | | 1/19/28 | | | | 6,014,908,000 | RUB | | | 101,539,997 | |
Total Russia | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 170,541,467 | |
United Arab Emirates — 0.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Abu Dhabi Government International Bond, Senior Notes | | | 2.500 | % | | | 10/11/22 | | | | 26,930,000 | | | | 26,439,066 | (a) |
Uruguay — 0.0% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Republic of Uruguay, Benchmark Bonds | | | 7.875 | % | | | 1/15/33 | | | | 1 | | | | 1 | |
Total Sovereign Bonds (Cost — $1,326,878,332) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1,245,053,409 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Security | | Rate | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount† | | | Value | |
| U.S. Government & Agency Obligations —23.4% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
U.S. Government Agencies — 0.9% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB), Bonds | | | 0.625 | % | | | 8/7/18 | | | | 10,960,000 | | | $ | 10,892,925 | |
Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB), Global Bonds | | | 5.500 | % | | | 7/15/36 | | | | 2,585,000 | | | | 3,552,072 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), Bonds | | | 6.625 | % | | | 11/15/30 | | | | 45,010,000 | | | | 63,387,313 | |
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), Debentures | | | 0.000 | % | | | 10/9/19 | | | | 83,870,000 | | | | 80,796,533 | |
Financing Corp. (FICO) Strip, Bonds | | | 0.000 | % | | | 11/2/18 | | | | 13,770,000 | | | | 13,559,407 | |
Financing Corp. (FICO) Strip, Debentures | | | 0.000 | % | | | 5/11/18 | | | | 14,603,000 | | | | 14,517,068 | |
Financing Corp. (FICO) Strip, Notes | | | 0.000 | % | | | 4/6/18 | | | | 11,765,000 | | | | 11,715,486 | |
Tennessee Valley Authority, Global Power Bonds 2000 | | | 7.125 | % | | | 5/1/30 | | | | 840,000 | | | | 1,212,733 | |
Total U.S. Government Agencies | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 199,633,537 | |
U.S. Government Obligations — 22.5% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Notes | | | 2.850 | % | | | 8/1/24 | | | | 4,537,000 | | | | 4,532,272 | |
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Senior Notes | | | 2.450 | % | | | 8/1/22 | | | | 9,000,000 | | | | 9,028,647 | |
U.S. Treasury Bonds | | | 3.750 | % | | | 11/15/43 | | | | 1,158,380,000 | | | | 1,380,508,412 | |
U.S. Treasury Bonds | | | 2.500 | % | | | 2/15/45 | | | | 74,130,000 | | | | 70,687,009 | |
U.S. Treasury Bonds | | | 3.000 | % | | | 5/15/45 | | | | 622,540,000 | | | | 653,934,499 | |
U.S. Treasury Bonds | | | 3.000 | % | | | 2/15/47 | | | | 756,630,000 | | | | 795,894,958 | |
U.S. Treasury Bonds | | | 3.000 | % | | | 5/15/47 | | | | 182,636,000 | | | | 192,056,736 | |
U.S. Treasury Bonds | | | 2.750 | % | | | 8/15/47 | | | | 185,920,000 | | | | 186,192,343 | |
U.S. Treasury Bonds | | | 2.750 | % | | | 11/15/47 | | | | 155,610,000 | | | | 155,889,612 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes | | | 1.500 | % | | | 8/31/18 | | | | 1,650,000 | | | | 1,648,163 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes | | | 1.875 | % | | | 12/15/20 | | | | 96,140,000 | | | | 95,871,484 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes | | | 1.375 | % | | | 4/30/21 | | | | 194,370,000 | | | | 190,190,285 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes | | | 2.000 | % | | | 12/31/21 | | | | 13,510,000 | | | | 13,443,242 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes | | | 1.875 | % | | | 1/31/22 | | | | 6,650,000 | | | | 6,581,811 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes | | | 1.875 | % | | | 2/28/22 | | | | 43,670,000 | | | | 43,202,595 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes | | | 1.875 | % | | | 3/31/22 | | | | 1,570,000 | | | | 1,552,491 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes | | | 1.875 | % | | | 4/30/22 | | | | 69,860,000 | | | | 69,034,506 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes | | | 1.875 | % | | | 8/31/22 | | | | 383,910,000 | | | | 378,571,252 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes | | | 1.250 | % | | | 7/31/23 | | | | 47,490,000 | | | | 45,013,471 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes | | | 1.375 | % | | | 8/31/23 | | | | 68,730,000 | | | | 65,524,420 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes | | | 2.000 | % | | | 5/31/24 | | | | 147,285,000 | | | | 144,557,927 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes | | | 2.000 | % | | | 6/30/24 | | | | 120,620,000 | | | | 118,330,104 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes | | | 2.125 | % | | | 7/31/24 | | | | 83,910,000 | | | | 82,926,680 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes | | | 2.125 | % | | | 11/30/24 | | | | 148,830,000 | | | | 146,896,954 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Schedule of investments (cont’d)
December 31, 2017
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Security | | Rate | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount† | | | Value | |
U.S. Government Obligations — continued | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
U.S. Treasury Notes | | | 2.250 | % | | | 12/31/24 | | | | 18,650,000 | | | $ | 18,551,650 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes | | | 2.250 | % | | | 11/15/25 | | | | 71,730,000 | | | | 71,112,169 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes | | | 2.250 | % | | | 11/15/27 | | | | 23,349,000 | | | | 23,023,391 | |
U.S. Treasury Strip Principal (STRIPS) | | | 0.000 | % | | | 11/15/24 | | | | 6,080,000 | | | | 5,188,634 | |
Total U.S. Government Obligations | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4,969,945,717 | |
Total U.S. Government & Agency Obligations (Cost — $5,068,359,980) | | | | 5,169,579,254 | |
| U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities — 3.2% | | | | | | | | | |
U.S. Treasury Bonds, Inflation Indexed | | | 2.375 | % | | | 1/15/25 | | | | 55,445,806 | | | | 63,202,446 | |
U.S. Treasury Bonds, Inflation Indexed | | | 2.125 | % | | | 2/15/40 | | | | 11,674,885 | | | | 15,206,358 | |
U.S. Treasury Bonds, Inflation Indexed | | | 2.125 | % | | | 2/15/41 | | | | 11,883,309 | | | | 15,587,085 | |
U.S. Treasury Bonds, Inflation Indexed | | | 0.750 | % | | | 2/15/42 | | | | 72,866,970 | | | | 73,665,464 | |
U.S. Treasury Bonds, Inflation Indexed | | | 0.875 | % | | | 2/15/47 | | | | 31,687,569 | | | | 32,958,494 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes, Inflation Indexed | | | 0.125 | % | | | 4/15/22 | | | | 316,810,358 | | | | 314,648,967 | |
U.S. Treasury Notes, Inflation Indexed | | | 0.125 | % | | | 7/15/26 | | | | 191,940,271 | | | | 187,618,074 | |
Total U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (Cost — $692,220,778) | | | | 702,886,888 | |
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| Preferred Stocks — 0.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Financials — 0.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Consumer Finance — 0.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
GMAC Capital Trust I (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.785%) | | | 7.200 | % | | | | | | | 431,316 | | | | 11,192,650 | (c) |
Diversified Financial Services — 0.0% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Citigroup Capital XIII (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.370%) | | | 7.750 | % | | | | | | | 63,425 | | | | 1,742,919 | (c) |
Total Preferred Stocks (Cost — $12,150,260) | | | | | | | | 12,935,569 | |
| | | | |
| | | Expiration
Date | | | Contracts | | | Notional
Amount† | | | | |
| Purchased Options — 0.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Exchange-Traded Purchased Options — 0.1% | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Canadian Dollar Futures, Call @ $78.50 | | | 1/5/18 | | | | 162 | | | | 162,000 | | | | 230,040 | |
Canadian Dollar Futures, Call @ $79.00 | | | 1/5/18 | | | | 323 | | | | 323,000 | | | | 303,620 | |
Canadian Dollar Futures, Call @ $80.00 | | | 1/5/18 | | | | 162 | | | | 162,000 | | | | 40,500 | |
Euro Bund Futures, Put @ 161.00 EUR | | | 1/26/18 | | | | 289 | | | | 28,900,000 | EUR | | | 152,573 | |
Euro Currency Futures, Call @ $1.17 | | | 1/5/18 | | | | 324 | | | | 40,500,000 | | | | 1,518,750 | |
Euro Currency Futures, Call @ $1.19 | | | 1/5/18 | | | | 2 | | | | 250,000 | | | | 4,450 | |
Euro Currency Futures, Call @ $1.19 | | | 2/9/18 | | | | 160 | | | | 20,000,000 | | | | 432,000 | |
Japanese Yen Futures, Call @ $89.00 | | | 1/5/18 | | | | 160 | | | | 200,000 | | | | 64,000 | |
Japanese Yen Futures, Call @ $89.50 | | | 1/5/18 | | | | 320 | | | | 400,000 | | | | 48,000 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| | | | |
| Security | | Expiration
Date | | | Contracts | | | Notional
Amount† | | | Value | |
| Exchange-Traded Purchased Options — continued | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Call @ $116.25 | | | 1/26/18 | | | | 503 | | | | 503,000 | | | $ | 106,102 | |
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call @ $123.75 | | | 1/5/18 | | | | 192 | | | | 192,000 | | | | 75,000 | |
U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Call @ $151.00 | | | 1/26/18 | | | | 931 | | | | 931,000 | | | | 2,342,047 | |
U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Put @ $152.00 | | | 1/26/18 | | | | 503 | | | | 503,000 | | | | 416,547 | |
U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Put @ $153.00 | | | 1/26/18 | | | | 8,705 | | | | 8,705,000 | | | | 11,017,265 | |
Total Purchased Options (Cost — $12,653,482) | | | | | | | | | | | | 16,750,894 | |
Total Investments before Short-Term Investments (Cost — $21,690,940,601) | | | | 21,990,067,767 | |
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| | | | | | Maturity
Date | | | Face
Amount† | | | | |
| Short-Term Investments — 12.3% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| U.S. Government Agencies — 2.3% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB), Discount Notes | | | 1.182 | % | | | 3/28/18 | | | | 20,000,000 | | | | 19,936,720 | (o) |
Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB), Discount Notes | | | 1.123-1.188 | % | | | 1/26/18 | | | | 97,600,000 | | | | 97,516,747 | (o) |
Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB), Discount Notes | | | 1.124 | % | | | 2/7/18 | | | | 55,000,000 | | | | 54,927,950 | (o) |
Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB), Discount Notes | | | 1.303-1.304 | % | | | 2/14/18 | | | | 40,000,000 | | | | 39,937,400 | (o) |
Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB), Discount Notes | | | 1.294 | % | | | 2/16/18 | | | | 60,000,000 | | | | 59,901,720 | (o) |
Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB), Discount Notes | | | 1.212 | % | | | 1/19/18 | | | | 50,000,000 | | | | 49,969,800 | (o) |
Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB), Discount Notes | | | 1.182-1.261 | % | | | 1/10/18 | | | | 65,000,000 | | | | 64,981,540 | (o) |
Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB), Discount Notes | | | 1.273 | % | | | 1/31/18 | | | | 25,000,000 | | | | 24,974,225 | (o) |
Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB), Discount Notes | | | 1.134-1.298 | % | | | 2/23/18 | | | | 35,000,000 | | | | 34,933,455 | (o) |
Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB), Discount Notes | | | 1.313 | % | | | 3/9/18 | | | | 25,000,000 | | | | 24,938,575 | (o) |
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), Discount Notes | | | 1.167 | % | | | 4/3/18 | | | | 27,000,000 | | | | 26,905,824 | (o) |
Total U.S. Government Agencies (Cost — $498,959,960) | | | | | | | | 498,923,956 | |
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| | | | | | | | | Shares | | | | |
| Money Market Funds — 10.0% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Western Asset Government Cash Management Portfolio LLC (Cost — $2,207,737,972) | | | 1.240 | % | | | | | | | 2,207,737,972 | | | | 2,207,737,972 | (p) |
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost — $2,706,697,932) | | | | | | | | 2,706,661,928 | |
Total Investments — 111.8% (Cost — $24,397,638,533) | | | | | | | | 24,696,729,695 | |
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (11.8)% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (2,601,610,351 | ) |
Total Net Assets — 100.0% | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 22,095,119,344 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Schedule of investments (cont’d)
December 31, 2017
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| † | Face amount/notional amount denominated in U.S. dollars, unless otherwise noted. |
| * | 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) | The coupon payment on these securities is currently in default as of December 31, 2017. |
| (e) | Value is less than $1. |
| (f) | Security is valued in good faith in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Directors (See Note 1). |
| (g) | Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs (See Note 1). |
| (h) | The maturity principal is currently in default as of December 31, 2017. |
| (i) | 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. |
| (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) | This security is traded on a to-be-announced (“TBA”) basis. At December 31, 2017, the Fund held TBA securities with a total cost of $2,666,893,755 (See Note 1). |
| (l) | 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. |
| (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) | All or a portion of this loan is unfunded as of December 31, 2017. The interest rate for fully unfunded term loans is to be determined. |
| (o) | Rate shown represents yield-to-maturity. |
| (p) | In this instance, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, an “Affiliated Company” represents Fund ownership of at least 5% of the outstanding voting securities of an issuer, or a company which is under common ownership or control. At December 31, 2017, the total market value of investments in Affiliated Companies was $2,207,737,972 and the cost was $2,207,737,972 (See Note 9). |
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Abbreviations used in this schedule: |
| ARM | | — Adjustable Rate Mortgage |
| ARS | | — Argentine Peso |
| BRL | | — Brazilian Real |
| CLO | | — Collateral Loan Obligation |
| CNY | | — Chinese Yuan Renminbi |
| DIP | | — Debtor-in-Possession |
| EUR | | — Euro |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Abbreviations used in this schedule (cont’d): |
| GBP | | — British Pound |
| IO | | — Interest Only |
| JPY | | — Japanese Yen |
| LIBOR | | — London Interbank Offered Rate |
| MXN | | — Mexican Peso |
| PAC | | — Planned Amortization Class |
| PO | | — Principal Only |
| REMIC | | — Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit |
| RUB | | — Russian Ruble |
| STRIPS | | — Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal Securities |
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| Schedule of Exchange-Traded Written Options | |
| Security | | Expiration
Date | | | Strike
Price | | | Contracts | | | Notional
Amount | | | Value | |
| U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Call | | | 1/26/18 | | | $ | 116.75 | | | | 3,263 | | | $ | 3,263,000 | | | $ | 229,431 | |
| U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Call | | | 2/23/18 | | | | 117.25 | | | | 81 | | | | 81,000 | | | | 6,328 | |
| U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Put | | | 1/26/18 | | | | 115.75 | | | | 1,611 | | | | 1,611,000 | | | | 151,031 | |
| U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Put | | | 1/26/18 | | | | 116.00 | | | | 1,010 | | | | 1,010,000 | | | | 181,485 | |
| U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call | | | 1/26/18 | | | | 126.00 | | | | 576 | | | | 576,000 | | | | 27,000 | |
| U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call | | | 1/26/18 | | | | 125.50 | | | | 385 | | | | 385,000 | | | | 30,078 | |
| U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call | | | 1/26/18 | | | | 124.00 | | | | 375 | | | | 375,000 | | | | 175,781 | |
| U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call | | | 1/26/18 | | | | 125.00 | | | | 2,421 | | | | 2,421,000 | | | | 340,453 | |
| U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call | | | 2/23/18 | | | | 126.50 | | | | 385 | | | | 385,000 | | | | 36,094 | |
| U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call | | | 2/23/18 | | | | 125.00 | | | | 1,305 | | | | 1,305,000 | | | | 407,812 | |
| U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Put | | | 1/26/18 | | | | 123.00 | | | | 576 | | | | 576,000 | | | | 72,000 | |
| U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Put | | | 1/26/18 | | | | 123.50 | | | | 434 | | | | 434,000 | | | | 101,719 | |
| U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Put | | | 1/26/18 | | | | 124.00 | | | | 865 | | | | 865,000 | | | | 364,922 | |
| U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Put | | | 2/23/18 | | | | 122.00 | | | | 385 | | | | 385,000 | | | | 48,125 | |
| U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Call | | | 1/26/18 | | | | 155.00 | | | | 385 | | | | 385,000 | | | | 198,516 | |
| U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Call | | | 1/26/18 | | | | 154.00 | | | | 557 | | | | 557,000 | | | | 452,563 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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December 31, 2017
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| Schedule of Exchange-Traded Written Options (cont’d) | |
| Security | | Expiration
Date | | | Strike
Price | | | Contracts | | | Notional
Amount | | | Value | |
| U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Call | | | 1/26/18 | | | $ | 153.00 | | | | 1,963 | | | $ | 1,963,000 | | | $ | 2,484,422 | |
| U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Call | | | 2/23/18 | | | | 155.00 | | | | 96 | | | | 96,000 | | | | 96,000 | |
| U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Put | | | 1/26/18 | | | | 150.00 | | | | 194 | | | | 194,000 | | | | 57,594 | |
| U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Put | | | 1/26/18 | | | | 149.00 | | | | 1,346 | | | | 1,346,000 | | | | 231,344 | |
| U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Put | | | 1/26/18 | | | | 151.00 | | | | 586 | | | | 586,000 | | | | 302,156 | |
| Total Exchange-Traded Written Options (Premiums received — $7,592,116) | | | $ | 5,994,854 | |
At December 31, 2017, the Fund had the following open futures contracts:
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Number of
Contracts | | | Expiration
Date | | | Notional
Amount | | | Market
Value | | | Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) | |
| Contracts to Buy: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 90-Day Eurodollar | | | 402 | | | | 3/20 | | | $ | 98,184,199 | | | $ | 98,148,300 | | | $ | (35,899) | |
| 90-Day Eurodollar | | | 1,449 | | | | 3/21 | | | | 353,549,508 | | | | 353,574,113 | | | | 24,605 | |
| Canadian Dollar | | | 3,401 | | | | 3/18 | | | | 264,966,468 | | | | 271,739,900 | | | | 6,773,432 | |
| Euro | | | 2,859 | | | | 3/18 | | | | 424,161,383 | | | | 431,548,181 | | | | 7,386,798 | |
| Euro-BTP | | | 2,064 | | | | 3/18 | | | | 342,850,766 | | | | 337,149,206 | | | | (5,701,560) | |
| Euro-Bobl | | | 239 | | | | 3/18 | | | | 37,942,890 | | | | 37,741,008 | | | | (201,882) | |
| Mexican Peso | | | 20,382 | | | | 3/18 | | | | 523,902,015 | | | | 510,365,280 | | | | (13,536,735) | |
| U.S. Treasury 2-Year Notes | | | 9,853 | | | | 3/18 | | | | 2,113,117,739 | | | | 2,109,619,682 | | | | (3,498,057) | |
| U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes | | | 35,530 | | | | 3/18 | | | | 4,142,730,489 | | | | 4,127,309,158 | | | | (15,421,331) | |
| U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes | | | 25,346 | | | | 3/18 | | | | 3,154,355,484 | | | | 3,144,092,094 | | | | (10,263,390) | |
| U.S. Treasury Ultra Long-Term Bonds | | | 6,033 | | | | 3/18 | | | | 1,001,260,160 | | | | 1,011,470,156 | | | | 10,209,996 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (24,264,023) | |
| Contracts to Sell: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 90-Day Eurodollar | | | 19,214 | | | | 3/18 | | | | 4,725,946,902 | | | | 4,718,958,400 | | | | 6,988,502 | |
| 90-Day Eurodollar | | | 11,118 | | | | 6/18 | | | | 2,728,431,049 | | | | 2,725,994,625 | | | | 2,436,424 | |
| 90-Day Eurodollar | | | 1,445 | | | | 9/18 | | | | 354,680,304 | | | | 353,880,500 | | | | 799,804 | |
| 90-Day Eurodollar | | | 5,468 | | | | 12/18 | | | | 1,339,216,970 | | | | 1,337,677,850 | | | | 1,539,120 | |
| 90-Day Eurodollar | | | 3,528 | | | | 12/19 | | | | 860,833,684 | | | | 861,449,400 | | | | (615,716) | |
| Australian 10-Year Bonds | | | 295 | | | | 3/18 | | | | 29,951,640 | | | | 29,728,777 | | | | 222,863 | |
| Australian Dollar | | | 1,082 | | | | 3/18 | | | | 81,467,134 | | | | 84,515,020 | | | | (3,047,886) | |
| British Pound | | | 371 | | | | 3/18 | | | | 31,080,576 | | | | 31,435,294 | | | | (354,718) | |
| Euro Buxl 30-Year Bonds | | | 155 | | | | 3/18 | | | | 31,018,233 | | | | 30,474,132 | | | | 544,101 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| | | Number of
Contracts | | | Expiration
Date | | | Notional
Amount | | | Market
Value | | | Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) | |
| Contracts to Sell: continued | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Euro-Bund | | | 8,800 | | | | 3/18 | | | $ | 1,717,186,557 | | | $ | 1,707,126,385 | | | $ | 10,060,172 | |
| Japanese 10-Year Bonds | | | 331 | | | | 3/18 | | | | 443,142,536 | | | | 442,939,250 | | | | 203,286 | |
| Japanese Yen | | | 2,706 | | | | 3/18 | | | | 299,514,437 | | | | 301,516,050 | | | | (2,001,613) | |
| U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds | | | 6,061 | | | | 3/18 | | | | 926,752,879 | | | | 927,333,000 | | | | (580,121) | |
| U.S. Treasury Ultra 10-Year Notes | | | 5,832 | | | | 3/18 | | | | 779,612,678 | | | | 778,936,500 | | | | 676,178 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 16,870,396 | |
| Net unrealized depreciation on open futures contracts | | | $ | (7,393,627) | |
At December 31, 2017, the Fund had the following open forward foreign currency contracts:
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Currency
Purchased | | | Currency
Sold | | | Counterparty | | Settlement
Date | | | Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) | |
| IDR | | | 255,082,270,000 | | | USD | | | 18,605,563 | | | Bank of America N.A. | | | 1/19/18 | | | $ | 168,751 | |
| JPY | | | 17,715,900,965 | | | USD | | | 158,452,149 | | | Bank of America N.A. | | | 1/19/18 | | | | (1,113,048) | |
| USD | | | 118,581,289 | | | MXN | | | 2,232,114,892 | | | Bank of America N.A. | | | 1/19/18 | | | | 5,391,835 | |
| CAD | | | 484,376,285 | | | USD | | | 387,532,651 | | | Barclays Bank PLC | | | 1/19/18 | | | | (2,073,017) | |
| EUR | | | 1,000,000 | | | USD | | | 1,182,034 | | | Barclays Bank PLC | | | 1/19/18 | | | | 18,931 | |
| EUR | | | 2,000,000 | | | USD | | | 2,365,250 | | | Barclays Bank PLC | | | 1/19/18 | | | | 36,680 | |
| INR | | | 9,049,680,000 | | | USD | | | 137,272,355 | | | Barclays Bank PLC | | | 1/19/18 | | | | 4,254,772 | |
| JPY | | | 1,443,540,000 | | | USD | | | 12,804,151 | | | Barclays Bank PLC | | | 1/19/18 | | | | 16,269 | |
| USD | | | 733,301 | | | AUD | | | 943,001 | | | Barclays Bank PLC | | | 1/19/18 | | | | (2,476) | |
| USD | | | 154,103 | | | AUD | | | 200,000 | | | Barclays Bank PLC | | | 1/19/18 | | | | (1,947) | |
| USD | | | 228,995 | | | AUD | | | 300,000 | | | Barclays Bank PLC | | | 1/19/18 | | | | (5,080) | |
| USD | | | 75,834 | | | AUD | | | 100,000 | | | Barclays Bank PLC | | | 1/19/18 | | | | (2,191) | |
| USD | | | 76,036 | | | AUD | | | 100,000 | | | Barclays Bank PLC | | | 1/19/18 | | | | (1,989) | |
| USD | | | 90,879 | | | AUD | | | 120,000 | | | Barclays Bank PLC | | | 1/19/18 | | | | (2,751) | |
| USD | | | 235,270,820 | | | CNY | | | 1,574,197,056 | | | Barclays Bank PLC | | | 1/19/18 | | | | (6,262,346) | |
| USD | | | 813,656 | | | EUR | | | 700,000 | | | Barclays Bank PLC | | | 1/19/18 | | | | (27,020) | |
| USD | | | 2,389,632 | | | EUR | | | 2,000,000 | | | Barclays Bank PLC | | | 1/19/18 | | | | (12,298) | |
| USD | | | 2,971,575 | | | EUR | | | 2,500,000 | | | Barclays Bank PLC | | | 1/19/18 | | | | (30,837) | |
| USD | | | 1,774,764 | | | EUR | | | 1,500,000 | | | Barclays Bank PLC | | | 1/19/18 | | | | (26,683) | |
| USD | | | 5,073,759 | | | EUR | | | 4,300,000 | | | Barclays Bank PLC | | | 1/19/18 | | | | (90,390) | |
| USD | | | 20,680,535 | | | GBP | | | 15,513,000 | | | Barclays Bank PLC | | | 1/19/18 | | | | (275,025) | |
| USD | | | 43,941 | | | JPY | | | 5,000,000 | | | Barclays Bank PLC | | | 1/19/18 | | | | (465) | |
| USD | | | 442,108 | | | JPY | | | 50,000,000 | | | Barclays Bank PLC | | | 1/19/18 | | | | (1,954) | |
| USD | | | 903,546 | | | JPY | | | 100,000,000 | | | Barclays Bank PLC | | | 1/19/18 | | | | 15,423 | |
| USD | | | 75,112 | | | PHP | | | 3,909,000 | | | Barclays Bank PLC | | | 1/19/18 | | | | (3,139) | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Schedule of investments (cont’d)
December 31, 2017
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Currency
Purchased | | | Currency
Sold | | | Counterparty | | Settlement
Date | | | Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) | |
| EUR | | | 8,500,000 | | | USD | | | 10,134,712 | | | Citibank N.A. | | | 1/19/18 | | | $ | 73,490 | |
| EUR | | | 10,000,000 | | | USD | | | 11,867,300 | | | Citibank N.A. | | | 1/19/18 | | | | 142,348 | |
| EUR | | | 3,000,000 | | | USD | | | 3,498,120 | | | Citibank N.A. | | | 1/19/18 | | | | 104,775 | |
| EUR | | | 8,400,000 | | | USD | | | 9,952,656 | | | Citibank N.A. | | | 1/19/18 | | | | 135,449 | |
| IDR | | | 1,831,592,110,000 | | | USD | | | 134,615,511 | | | Citibank N.A. | | | 1/19/18 | | | | 191,526 | |
| USD | | | 42,135 | | | AUD | | | 55,000 | | | Citibank N.A. | | | 1/19/18 | | | | (779) | |
| USD | | | 208,590,504 | | | CNH | | | 1,394,636,113 | | | Citibank N.A. | | | 1/19/18 | | | | (5,360,656) | |
| USD | | | 122,115,569 | | | EUR | | | 102,846,288 | | | Citibank N.A. | | | 1/19/18 | | | | (1,399,209) | |
| USD | | | 5,686,224 | | | EUR | | | 4,800,000 | | | Citibank N.A. | | | 1/19/18 | | | | (78,407) | |
| USD | | | 7,599,722 | | | EUR | | | 6,500,000 | | | Citibank N.A. | | | 1/19/18 | | | | (206,550) | |
| USD | | | 591,349 | | | EUR | | | 500,000 | | | Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | | | 1/19/18 | | | | (9,134) | |
| USD | | | 5,565,406 | | | EUR | | | 4,700,000 | | | Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | | | 1/19/18 | | | | (79,128) | |
| BRL | | | 638,583,700 | | | USD | | | 198,546,062 | | | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | | | 1/19/18 | | | | (6,378,559) | |
| USD | | | 237,128 | | | EUR | | | 200,000 | | | Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. | | | 1/19/18 | | | | (3,065) | |
| USD | | | 100,041,129 | | | PHP | | | 5,227,149,000 | | | Deutsche Bank AG | | | 5/15/18 | | | | (4,035,906) | |
| USD | | | 100,226,427 | | | PHP | | | 5,233,824,000 | | | Deutsche Bank AG | | | 5/15/18 | | | | (3,983,513) | |
| Total | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | (20,917,313) | |
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Abbreviations used in this table: |
| AUD | | — Australian Dollar |
| BRL | | — Brazilian Real |
| CAD | | — Canadian Dollar |
| CNH | | — Chinese Offshore Yuan |
| CNY | | — Chinese Yuan Renminbi |
| EUR | | — Euro |
| GBP | | — British Pound |
| IDR | | — Indonesian Rupiah |
| INR | | — Indian Rupee |
| JPY | | — Japanese Yen |
| MXN | | — Mexican Peso |
| PHP | | — Philippine Peso |
| USD | | — United States Dollar |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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At December 31, 2017, the Fund had the following open swap contracts:
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| CENTRALLY CLEARED INTEREST RATE SWAPS | |
Notional
Amount* | | | Termination
Date | | | Payments
Made by
the Fund† | | Payments
Received by
the Fund† | | Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received) | | | Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) | |
| | 295,460,000 | | | | 3/29/19 | | | 3-month LIBOR quarterly | | 1.597% semi-annually | | | — | | | $ | (1,264,796 | ) |
| | 195,170,000 | | | | 9/28/19 | | | 3-month LIBOR quarterly | | 1.705% semi-annually | | | — | | | | (1,127,723 | ) |
| | 404,740,000 | | | | 10/17/19 | | | 3-month LIBOR quarterly | | 1.138% semi-annually | | | — | | | | (6,448,374 | ) |
| | 483,220,000 | | | | 6/14/20 | | | 3-month LIBOR quarterly | | 1.671% semi-annually | | $ | (113,724 | ) | | | (5,071,541 | ) |
| | 409,851,000 | | | | 5/31/22 | | | 3-month LIBOR quarterly | | 2.250% semi-annually | | | 749,454 | | | | (1,021,804 | ) |
| | 119,020,000 | | | | 12/1/22 | | | 3-month LIBOR quarterly | | 2.169% semi-annually | | | — | | | | (437,072 | ) |
| | 786,571,000 | | | | 11/15/43 | | | 2.474% semi-annually | | 3-month LIBOR quarterly | | | 11,406,581 | | | | 3,794,643 | |
| | 75,980,000 | | | | 11/15/43 | | | 2.630% semi-annually | | 3-month LIBOR quarterly | | | (443,952 | ) | | | (420,107 | ) |
| | 16,124,000 | | | | 11/15/43 | | | 2.734% semi-annually | | 3-month LIBOR quarterly | | | (255,519 | ) | | | (257,184 | ) |
| | 12,221,800,000 | JPY | | | 5/9/46 | | | 0.641% semi-annually | | 6-month JPY LIBOR semi-annually | | | — | | | | 8,366,925 | |
| | 98,550,000 | EUR | | | 8/23/47 | | | 1.498% annually | | 6-month EURIBOR semi-annually | | | 92,622 | | | | (103,518 | ) |
| | Total | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 11,435,462 | | | $ | (3,990,551 | ) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| OTC CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS ON CORPORATE ISSUES — SELL PROTECTION1 | |
Swap Counterparty
(Reference Entity) | | Notional
Amount2 | | | Termination
Date | | | Implied
Credit
Spread at
December 31,
20173 | | Periodic
Payments
Received by
the Fund† | | | Market
Value | | | Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received) | | | Unrealized
Appreciation | |
| Barclays Capital Inc. (Metlife Inc., 4.750% due 2/8/21) | | $ | 584,000 | | | | 6/20/21 | | | 0.30% | | | 1.000% quarterly | | | $ | 13,788 | | | $ | 3,509 | | | $ | 10,279 | |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. (Berkshire Hathaway Inc., 1.550%, due 2/9/18) | | | 21,430,000 | | | | 3/20/24 | | | 0.73% | | | 1.000% quarterly | | | | 334,885 | | | | (284,933) | | | | 619,818 | |
| Total | | $ | 22,014,000 | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 348,673 | | | $ | (281,424) | | | $ | 630,097 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Schedule of investments (cont’d)
December 31, 2017
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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
Value4 | | | Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received) | | | Unrealized
Appreciation | |
| Markit CDX.NA.IG.23 Index | | $ | 193,240,000 | | | | 12/20/19 | | | 1.000% quarterly | | $ | 2,757,083 | | | $ | 1,133,400 | | | $ | 1,623,683 | |
| Markit CDX.NA.IG.25 Index | | | 138,520,000 | | | | 12/20/20 | | | 1.000% quarterly | | | 2,822,806 | | | | 108,599 | | | | 2,714,207 | |
| Markit CDX.NA.IG.27 Index | | | 303,230,000 | | | | 12/20/21 | | | 1.000% quarterly | | | 6,927,104 | | | | 4,062,957 | | | | 2,864,147 | |
| Markit CDX.NA.IG.28 Index | | | 1,204,450,000 | | | | 6/20/22 | | | 1.000% quarterly | | | 26,783,174 | | | | 18,971,492 | | | | 7,811,682 | |
| Total | | $ | 1,839,440,000 | | | | | | | | | $ | 39,290,167 | | | $ | 24,276,448 | | | $ | 15,013,719 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| CENTRALLY CLEARED CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS ON CREDIT INDICES — BUY PROTECTION5 | |
| Reference Entity | | Notional
Amount2 | | | Termination
Date | | | Periodic
Payments
Made by
the Fund† | | Market
Value4 | | | Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received) | | | Unrealized
Depreciation | |
| Markit CDX.NA.HY.29 Index | | $ | 385,940,000 | | | | 12/20/22 | | | 5.000% quarterly | | $ | (31,824,080) | | | $ | (27,598,371) | | | $ | (4,225,709) | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| OTC TOTAL RETURN SWAPS | |
| Swap Counterparty | | Notional
Amount* | | | Termination
Date | | Periodic
Payments
Made by
the Fund† | | Periodic
Payments
Received by
the Fund‡ | | Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received) | | | Unrealized
Appreciation | |
| Credit Suisse | | | 18,532,000 | EUR | | 5/29/20 | | 3-month EURIBOR-
Reuters quarterly | | Magnolia Finance X Ltd.,
16-1HAA A due 05/29/20
quarterly | | | — | | | $ | 168,290 | 6,7 |
| 1 | If the Fund is a seller of protection and a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement, the Fund will either (i) pay to the buyer of protection an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap and take delivery of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising the referenced index or (ii) pay a net settlement amount in the form of cash or securities equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising the referenced index. |
| 2 | The maximum potential amount the Fund could be required to pay as a seller of credit protection or receive as a buyer of credit protection if a credit event occurs as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement. |
| 3 | Implied credit spreads, utilized in determining the market value of credit default swap agreements on corporate or sovereign issues as of period end, serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and represent the likelihood or risk of default for the credit derivative. The implied credit spread of a particular referenced entity reflects the cost of buying/selling protection and may include upfront payments required to be made to enter into the agreement. Wider credit spreads represent a deterioration of the referenced entity’s credit soundness and a greater likelihood or risk of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the agreement. A credit spread identified as “Defaulted” indicates a credit event has occurred for the referenced entity or obligation. |
| 4 | The quoted market prices and resulting values for credit default swap agreements on asset-backed securities and credit indices serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and represent the likelihood of an expected liability (or profit) for the credit derivative had the notional amount of the swap agreement been closed/sold as of the period end. Decreasing market values (sell protection) or increasing market values (buy protection) when compared to the notional amount of the swap, represent a deterioration of the referenced entity’s credit soundness and a greater likelihood or risk of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the agreement. |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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| 5 | If the Fund is a buyer of protection and a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement, the Fund will either (i) receive from the seller of protection an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap and deliver the referenced obligation or the underlying securities comprising the referenced index or (ii) receive 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 the underlying securities comprising the referenced index. |
| 6 | Swap contract is valued in good faith in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Directors (See Note 1). |
| 7 | Swap contract is valued using significant unobservable inputs (See Note 1). |
| † | Percentage shown is an annual percentage rate. |
| ‡ | Periodic payments made/received by the Fund are based on the total return of the referenced entity. |
| * | Notional amount denominated in U.S. dollars, unless otherwise noted. |
| | |
Abbreviations used in this schedule: |
| EUR | | — Euro |
| JPY | | — Japanese Yen |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statement of assets and liabilities
December 31, 2017
| | | | |
| |
| Assets: | | | | |
Investments in unaffiliated securities, at value (Cost — $22,189,900,561) | | $ | 22,488,991,723 | |
Investments in affiliated securities, at value (Cost — $2,207,737,972) | | | 2,207,737,972 | |
Foreign currency, at value (Cost — $50,265,055) | | | 49,336,541 | |
Cash | | | 35,390,933 | |
Receivable for securities sold | | | 625,672,600 | |
Interest receivable | | | 138,210,732 | |
Receivable for Fund shares sold | | | 78,453,184 | |
Deposits with brokers for centrally cleared swap contracts | | | 51,995,707 | |
Foreign currency collateral for open futures contracts and exchange traded options, at value
(Cost — $47,781,746) | | | 48,721,417 | |
Deposits with brokers for open futures contracts and exchange-traded options | | | 41,871,842 | |
Deposits with brokers for OTC derivatives | | | 16,927,000 | |
Receivable from broker — variation margin on open futures contracts | | | 16,468,490 | |
Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts | | | 10,550,249 | |
Deposits with brokers for TBA securities | | | 1,140,000 | |
Security litigation proceeds receivable | | | 817,920 | |
OTC swaps, at value (premiums received — $281,424) | | | 516,963 | |
Foreign currency collateral for open centrally cleared swap contracts, at value (Cost — $12,556) | | | 11,477 | |
Principal paydown receivable | | | 10,102 | |
Receivable for open OTC swap contracts | | | 7,338 | |
Prepaid expenses | | | 484,243 | |
Total Assets | | | 25,813,316,433 | |
| |
| Liabilities: | | | | |
Payable for securities purchased | | | 3,555,838,366 | |
Payable for Fund shares repurchased | | | 105,950,482 | |
Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts | | | 31,467,562 | |
Distributions payable | | | 6,221,708 | |
Written options, at value (premiums received — $7,592,116) | | | 5,994,854 | |
Investment management fee payable | | | 5,924,937 | |
Payable to broker — variation margin on centrally cleared swaps | | | 1,721,014 | |
Service and/or distribution fees payable | | | 588,083 | |
Directors’ fees payable | | | 97,557 | |
Accrued expenses | | | 4,392,526 | |
Total Liabilities | | | 3,718,197,089 | |
| Total Net Assets | | $ | 22,095,119,344 | |
| |
| Net Assets: | | | | |
Par value (Note 7) | | $ | 1,866,760 | |
Paid-in capital in excess of par value | | | 21,859,769,763 | |
Overdistributed net investment income | | | (8,710,332) | |
Accumulated net realized loss on investments, futures contracts, written options, swap contracts, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency transactions | | | (37,477,664) | |
Net unrealized appreciation on investments, futures contracts, written options, swap contracts, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currencies | | | 279,670,817 | |
| Total Net Assets | | $ | 22,095,119,344 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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|
| Net Assets: | |
Class A | | | $991,878,694 | |
Class C | | | $218,640,464 | |
Class C1 | | | $22,191,835 | |
Class FI | | | $444,300,876 | |
Class R | | | $214,970,189 | |
Class I | | | $14,721,087,387 | |
Class IS | | | $5,482,049,899 | |
| |
| Shares Outstanding: | | | | |
Class A | | | 83,873,437 | |
Class C | | | 18,462,871 | |
Class C1 | | | 1,875,791 | |
Class FI | | | 37,537,189 | |
Class R | | | 18,189,248 | |
Class I | | | 1,243,576,131 | |
Class IS | | | 463,245,113 | |
| |
| Net Asset Value: | | | | |
Class A (and redemption price) | | | $11.83 | |
Class C* | | | $11.84 | |
Class C1* | | | $11.83 | |
Class FI (and redemption price) | | | $11.84 | |
Class R (and redemption price) | | | $11.82 | |
Class I (and redemption price) | | | $11.84 | |
Class IS (and redemption price) | | | $11.83 | |
| Maximum Public Offering Price Per Share: | | | | |
Class A (based on maximum initial sales charge of 4.25%) | | | $12.36 | |
| * | 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 (See Note 2). |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statement of operations
For the Year Ended December 31, 2017
| | | | |
|
| Investment Income: | |
Interest from unaffiliated investments | | $ | 657,886,552 | |
Interest from affiliated investments | | | 14,071,184 | |
Dividends | | | 892,006 | |
Total Investment Income | | | 672,849,742 | |
|
| Expenses: | |
Investment management fee (Note 2) | | | 77,753,236 | |
Transfer agent fees (Note 5) | | | 15,208,060 | |
Service and/or distribution fees (Notes 2 and 5) | | | 6,298,654 | |
Fund accounting fees | | | 1,109,196 | |
Registration fees | | | 1,047,631 | |
Legal fees | | | 567,503 | |
Directors’ fees | | | 509,393 | |
Custody fees | | | 377,747 | |
Insurance | | | 209,753 | |
Excise tax (Note 1) | | | 192,809 | |
Commitment fees (Note 8) | | | 163,741 | |
Shareholder reports | | | 113,600 | |
Audit and tax fees | | | 90,340 | |
Fees recaptured by investment manager (Note 2) | | | 24,009 | |
Interest expense | | | 3,106 | |
Miscellaneous expenses | | | 246,909 | |
Total Expenses | | | 103,915,687 | |
Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements (Notes 2 and 5) | | | (9,470,756) | |
Net Expenses | | | 94,444,931 | |
| Net Investment Income | | | 578,404,811 | |
|
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 | | | (40,413,809) | |
Futures contracts | | | 85,779,813 | |
Written options | | | 129,852,458 | |
Swap contracts | | | 14,240,867 | |
Forward foreign currency contracts | | | (1,560,724) | |
Foreign currency transactions | | | 5,791,536 | |
Net Realized Gain | | | 193,690,141 | |
Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) From: | |
Investments in unaffiliated securities | | | 527,725,568 | |
Futures contracts | | | 6,217,745 | |
Written options | | | 3,868,880 | |
Swap contracts | | | (36,691,198) | |
Forward foreign currency contracts | | | (18,954,644) | |
Foreign currencies | | | 1,234,220 | |
Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | | | 483,400,571 | |
| Net Gain on Investments, Futures Contracts, Written Options, Swap Contracts, Forward Foreign Currency Contracts and Foreign Currency Transactions | | | 677,090,712 | |
| Increase in Net Assets From Operations | | $ | 1,255,495,523 | |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statements of changes in net assets
| | | | | | | | |
| For the Years Ended December 31, | | 2017 | | | 2016 | |
|
| Operations: | |
Net investment income | | $ | 578,404,811 | | | $ | 538,795,374 | |
Net realized gain | | | 193,690,141 | | | | 112,149,747 | |
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) | | | 483,400,571 | | | | 98,274,451 | |
Increase in Net Assets From Operations | | | 1,255,495,523 | | | | 749,219,572 | |
|
| Distributions to Shareholders From (Notes 1 and 6): | |
Net investment income | | | (588,947,116) | | | | (635,288,497) | |
Net realized gains | | | (29,300,127) | | | | (161,680,296) | |
Decrease in Net Assets From Distributions to Shareholders | | | (618,247,243) | | | | (796,968,793) | |
|
| Fund Share Transactions (Note 7): | |
Net proceeds from sale of shares | | | 9,191,583,035 | | | | 6,991,323,688 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | | 548,217,276 | | | | 661,674,255 | |
Cost of shares repurchased | | | (6,000,635,672) | | | | (5,101,044,407) | |
Increase in Net Assets From Fund Share Transactions | | | 3,739,164,639 | | | | 2,551,953,536 | |
Increase in Net Assets | | | 4,376,412,919 | | | | 2,504,204,315 | |
|
| Net Assets: | |
Beginning of year | | | 17,718,706,425 | | | | 15,214,502,110 | |
End of year* | | $ | 22,095,119,344 | | | $ | 17,718,706,425 | |
*Includes overdistributed net investment income of: | | | $(8,710,332) | | | | $(24,810,839) | |
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: | |
| Class A Shares1 | | 2017 | | | 2016 | | | 2015 | | | 2014 | | | 2013 | |
| | | | | |
| Net asset value, beginning of year | | | $11.42 | | | | $11.42 | | | | $11.63 | | | | $11.19 | | | | $11.67 | |
|
| Income (loss) from operations: | |
Net investment income | | | 0.31 | | | | 0.33 | | | | 0.30 | | | | 0.35 | | | | 0.31 | |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | 0.44 | | | | 0.18 | | | | (0.20) | | | | 0.46 | | | | (0.47) | |
Total income (loss) from operations | | | 0.75 | | | | 0.51 | | | | 0.10 | | | | 0.81 | | | | (0.16) | |
|
| Less distributions from: | |
Net investment income | | | (0.32) | | | | (0.40) | | | | (0.31) | | | | (0.37) | | | | (0.32) | |
Net realized gains | | | (0.02) | | | | (0.11) | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | |
Total distributions | | | (0.34) | | | | (0.51) | | | | (0.31) | | | | (0.37) | | | | (0.32) | |
| | | | | |
| Net asset value, end of year | | | $11.83 | | | | $11.42 | | | | $11.42 | | | | $11.63 | | | | $11.19 | |
Total return2 | | | 6.57 | % | | | 4.42 | % | | | 0.76 | % | | | 7.36 | % | | | (1.34) | % |
| | | | | |
| Net assets, end of year (000s) | | | $991,879 | | | | $825,234 | | | | $492,182 | | | | $277,366 | | | | $151,890 | |
|
| Ratios to average net assets: | |
Gross expenses | | | 0.85 | %3 | | | 0.82 | % | | | 0.89 | % | | | 0.78 | % | | | 0.79 | % |
Net expenses4 | | | 0.82 | 3,5 | | | 0.81 | 5 | | | 0.89 | | | | 0.78 | | | | 0.79 | |
Net investment income | | | 2.66 | | | | 2.85 | | | | 2.58 | | | | 2.99 | | | | 2.71 | |
| | | | | |
| Portfolio turnover rate6 | | | 94 | % | | | 97 | % | | | 93 | % | | | 78 | % | | | 109 | % |
| 1 | Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method. |
| 2 | 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. |
| 3 | Reflects recapture of expenses waived/reimbursed from prior fiscal years. |
| 4 | 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, 2019 without the Board of Directors’ consent. Prior to May 1, 2016, the expense limitation was 0.90%. |
| 5 | Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. |
| 6 | Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 264%, 201%, 244%, 229% and 306% for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013, 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: | |
| Class C Shares1 | | 2017 | | | 2016 | | | 2015 | | | 2014 | | | 2013 | |
| | | | | |
| Net asset value, beginning of year | | | $11.43 | | | | $11.44 | | | | $11.65 | | | | $11.20 | | | | $11.68 | |
|
| Income (loss) from operations: | |
Net investment income | | | 0.23 | | | | 0.25 | | | | 0.23 | | | | 0.26 | | | | 0.22 | |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | 0.43 | | | | 0.16 | | | | (0.20) | | | | 0.47 | | | | (0.46) | |
Total income (loss) from operations | | | 0.66 | | | | 0.41 | | | | 0.03 | | | | 0.73 | | | | (0.24) | |
|
| Less distributions from: | |
Net investment income | | | (0.23) | | | | (0.31) | | | | (0.24) | | | | (0.28) | | | | (0.24) | |
Net realized gains | | | (0.02) | | | | (0.11) | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | |
Total distributions | | | (0.25) | | | | (0.42) | | | | (0.24) | | | | (0.28) | | | | (0.24) | |
| | | | | |
| Net asset value, end of year | | | $11.84 | | | | $11.43 | | | | $11.44 | | | | $11.65 | | | | $11.20 | |
Total return2 | | | 5.82 | % | | | 3.59 | % | | | 0.22 | % | | | 6.53 | % | | | (2.09) | % |
| | | | | |
| Net assets, end of year (000s) | | | $218,640 | | | | $186,415 | | | | $120,683 | | | | $53,446 | | | | $11,482 | |
|
| Ratios to average net assets: | |
Gross expenses | | | 1.52 | % | | | 1.52 | % | | | 1.52 | % | | | 1.53 | %3 | | | 1.59 | % |
Net expenses4 | | | 1.52 | 5 | | | 1.52 | | | | 1.52 | | | | 1.53 | 3,5 | | | 1.57 | 5 |
Net investment income | | | 1.95 | | | | 2.13 | | | | 1.99 | | | | 2.26 | | | | 1.97 | |
| | | | | |
| Portfolio turnover rate6 | | | 94 | % | | | 97 | % | | | 93 | % | | | 78 | % | | | 109 | % |
| 1 | Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method. |
| 2 | 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. |
| 3 | Reflects recapture of expenses waived/reimbursed from prior fiscal years. |
| 4 | As a result of an expense limitation arrangement, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses, other than interest, brokerage commissions, taxes, extraordinary expenses, deferred organizational expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses, to average net assets of Class C shares did not exceed 1.65%. This expense limitation arrangement cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2019 without the Board of Directors’ consent. |
| 5 | Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. |
| 6 | Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 264%, 201%, 244%, 229% and 306% for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013, 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: | |
| Class C1 Shares1 | | 2017 | | | 2016 | | | 2015 | | | 2014 | | | 2013 | |
| | | | | |
| Net asset value, beginning of year | | | $11.42 | | | | $11.43 | | | | $11.63 | | | | $11.18 | | | | $11.66 | |
| | | | | |
| Income (loss) from operations: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | | | 0.27 | | | | 0.29 | | | | 0.27 | | | | 0.31 | | | | 0.26 | |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | 0.43 | | | | 0.16 | | | | (0.20) | | | | 0.45 | | | | (0.47) | |
Total income (loss) from operations | | | 0.70 | | | | 0.45 | | | | 0.07 | | | | 0.76 | | | | (0.21) | |
| | | | | |
| Less distributions from: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net investment income | | | (0.27) | | | | (0.35) | | | | (0.27) | | | | (0.31) | | | | (0.27) | |
Net realized gains | | | (0.02) | | | | (0.11) | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | |
Total distributions | | | (0.29) | | | | (0.46) | | | | (0.27) | | | | (0.31) | | | | (0.27) | |
| | | | | |
| Net asset value, end of year | | | $11.83 | | | | $11.42 | | | | $11.43 | | | | $11.63 | | | | $11.18 | |
Total return2 | | | 6.16 | % | | | 3.92 | % | | | 0.63 | % | | | 6.89 | % | | | (1.78) | % |
| | | | | |
| Net assets, end of year (000s) | | | $22,192 | | | | $25,069 | | | | $27,662 | | | | $30,785 | | | | $33,072 | |
| | | | | |
| Ratios to average net assets: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Gross expenses | | | 1.21 | % | | | 1.21 | % | | | 1.20 | % | | | 1.24 | % | | | 1.24 | % |
Net expenses3 | | | 1.21 | 4 | | | 1.21 | | | | 1.20 | | | | 1.24 | | | | 1.24 | |
Net investment income | | | 2.27 | | | | 2.46 | | | | 2.29 | | | | 2.65 | | | | 2.24 | |
| | | | | |
| Portfolio turnover rate5 | | | 94 | % | | | 97 | % | | | 93 | % | | | 78 | % | | | 109 | % |
| 1 | Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method. |
| 2 | 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. |
| 3 | 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, 2019 without the Board of Directors’ consent. |
| 4 | Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. |
| 5 | Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 264%, 201%, 244%, 229% and 306% for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013, 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: | |
| Class FI Shares1 | | 2017 | | | 2016 | | | 2015 | | | 2014 | | | 2013 | |
| | | | | |
| Net asset value, beginning of year | | | $11.43 | | | | $11.44 | | | | $11.64 | | | | $11.19 | | | | $11.67 | |
|
| Income (loss) from operations: | |
Net investment income | | | 0.31 | | | | 0.34 | | | | 0.31 | | | | 0.36 | | | | 0.31 | |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | 0.44 | | | | 0.15 | | | | (0.19) | | | | 0.45 | | | | (0.46) | |
Total income (loss) from operations | | | 0.75 | | | | 0.49 | | | | 0.12 | | | | 0.81 | | | | (0.15) | |
|
| Less distributions from: | |
Net investment income | | | (0.32) | | | | (0.39) | | | | (0.32) | | | | (0.36) | | | | (0.33) | |
Net realized gains | | | (0.02) | | | | (0.11) | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | |
Total distributions | | | (0.34) | | | | (0.50) | | | | (0.32) | | | | (0.36) | | | | (0.33) | |
| | | | | |
| Net asset value, end of year | | | $11.84 | | | | $11.43 | | | | $11.44 | | | | $11.64 | | | | $11.19 | |
Total return2 | | | 6.65 | % | | | 4.21 | % | | | 0.99 | % | | | 7.35 | % | | | (1.32) | % |
| | | | | |
| Net assets, end of year (000s) | | | $444,301 | | | | $405,912 | | | | $1,541,759 | | | | $1,853,440 | | | | $3,111,153 | |
|
| Ratios to average net assets: | |
Gross expenses | | | 0.83 | % | | | 0.83 | % | | | 0.84 | % | | | 0.81 | % | | | 0.82 | % |
Net expenses3 | | | 0.83 | 4 | | | 0.83 | | | | 0.84 | | | | 0.80 | 4 | | | 0.77 | 4 |
Net investment income | | | 2.65 | | | | 2.88 | | | | 2.64 | | | | 3.12 | | | | 2.74 | |
| | | | | |
| Portfolio turnover rate5 | | | 94 | % | | | 97 | % | | | 93 | % | | | 78 | % | | | 109 | % |
| 1 | Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method. |
| 2 | 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 | 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, 2019 without the Board of Directors’ consent. Prior to May 1, 2014, the manager voluntarily waived fees and/or reimbursed operating expenses so that total annual operating expenses did not exceed 0.78%. Prior to May 1, 2013, the manager voluntarily waived fees and/or reimbursed operating expenses so that total annual operating expenses did not exceed 0.74%. These expense limitations did not include interest, brokerage commissions, taxes, extraordinary expenses and deferred organizational expenses. |
| 4 | Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. |
| 5 | Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 264%, 201%, 244%, 229% and 306% for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively. |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Financial highlights (cont’d)
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| For a share of each class of capital stock outstanding throughout each year ended December 31: | |
| Class R Shares1 | | 2017 | | | 2016 | | | 2015 | | | 2014 | | | 2013 | |
| | | | | |
| Net asset value, beginning of year | | | $11.41 | | | | $11.41 | | | | $11.62 | | | | $11.18 | | | | $11.66 | |
|
| Income (loss) from operations: | |
Net investment income | | | 0.28 | | | | 0.29 | | | | 0.28 | | | | 0.31 | | | | 0.28 | |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | 0.43 | | | | 0.18 | | | | (0.21) | | | | 0.45 | | | | (0.48) | |
Total income (loss) from operations | | | 0.71 | | | | 0.47 | | | | 0.07 | | | | 0.76 | | | | (0.20) | |
|
| Less distributions from: | |
Net investment income | | | (0.28) | | | | (0.36) | | | | (0.28) | | | | (0.32) | | | | (0.28) | |
Net realized gains | | | (0.02) | | | | (0.11) | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | |
Total distributions | | | (0.30) | | | | (0.47) | | | | (0.28) | | | | (0.32) | | | | (0.28) | |
| | | | | |
| Net asset value, end of year | | | $11.82 | | | | $11.41 | | | | $11.41 | | | | $11.62 | | | | $11.18 | |
Total return2 | | | 6.25 | % | | | 4.11 | % | | | 0.62 | % | | | 6.89 | % | | | (1.70) | % |
| | | | | |
| Net assets, end of year (000s) | | | $214,970 | | | | $130,139 | | | | $52,969 | | | | $10,615 | | | | $1,292 | |
|
| Ratios to average net assets: | |
Gross expenses | | | 1.13 | % | | | 1.12 | % | | | 1.14 | %3 | | | 1.27 | %3 | | | 1.33 | %3 |
Net expenses4 | | | 1.13 | 5 | | | 1.12 | | | | 1.14 | 3 | | | 1.15 | 3,5 | | | 1.15 | 3,5 |
Net investment income | | | 2.35 | | | | 2.53 | | | | 2.42 | | | | 2.71 | | | | 2.51 | |
| | | | | |
| Portfolio turnover rate6 | | | 94 | % | | | 97 | % | | | 93 | % | | | 78 | % | | | 109 | % |
| 1 | Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method. |
| 2 | 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 | Reflects recapture of expenses waived/reimbursed from prior fiscal years. |
| 4 | As a result of an expense limitation arrangement, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses, other than interest, brokerage commissions, taxes, extraordinary expenses, deferred organizational expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses, to average net assets of Class R shares did not exceed 1.15%. This expense limitation arrangement cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2019 without the Board of Directors’ consent. |
| 5 | Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. |
| 6 | Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 264%, 201%, 244%, 229% and 306% for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013, 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: | |
| Class I Shares1 | | 2017 | | | 2016 | | | 2015 | | | 2014 | | | 2013 | |
| | | | | |
| Net asset value, beginning of year | | | $11.43 | | | | $11.43 | | | | $11.64 | | | | $11.19 | | | | $11.67 | |
|
| Income (loss) from operations: | |
Net investment income | | | 0.35 | | | | 0.38 | | | | 0.35 | | | | 0.39 | | | | 0.34 | |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | 0.44 | | | | 0.17 | | | | (0.20) | | | | 0.46 | | | | (0.46) | |
Total income (loss) from operations | | | 0.79 | | | | 0.55 | | | | 0.15 | | | | 0.85 | | | | (0.12) | |
|
| Less distributions from: | |
Net investment income | | | (0.36) | | | | (0.44) | | | | (0.36) | | | | (0.40) | | | | (0.36) | |
Net realized gains | | | (0.02) | | | | (0.11) | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | |
Total distributions | | | (0.38) | | | | (0.55) | | | | (0.36) | | | | (0.40) | | | | (0.36) | |
| | | | | |
| Net asset value, end of year | | | $11.84 | | | | $11.43 | | | | $11.43 | | | | $11.64 | | | | $11.19 | |
Total return2 | | | 6.96 | % | | | 4.79 | % | | | 1.29 | % | | | 7.68 | % | | | (1.07) | % |
| | | | | |
| Net assets, end of year (000s) | | | $14,721,087 | | | | $12,190,850 | | | | $9,648,911 | | | | $7,498,783 | | | | $4,032,933 | |
|
| Ratios to average net assets: | |
Gross expenses | | | 0.52 | % | | | 0.52 | % | | | 0.52 | % | | | 0.49 | % | | | 0.51 | % |
Net expenses | | | 0.45 | 3,4 | | | 0.45 | 3,4 | | | 0.45 | 3,4 | | | 0.49 | 3,4 | | | 0.51 | |
Net investment income | | | 3.03 | | | | 3.21 | | | | 3.05 | | | | 3.39 | | | | 2.98 | |
| | | | | |
| Portfolio turnover rate5 | | | 94 | % | | | 97 | % | | | 93 | % | | | 78 | % | | | 109 | % |
| 1 | Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method. |
| 2 | 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 | Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. |
| 4 | As a result of an expense limitation arrangement, effective November 7, 2014, 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, 2019 without the Board of Directors’ consent. |
| 5 | Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 264%, 201%, 244%, 229% and 306% for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively. |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Financial highlights (cont’d)
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| For a share of each class of capital stock outstanding throughout each year ended December 31: | |
| Class IS Shares1 | | 2017 | | | 2016 | | | 2015 | | | 2014 | | | 2013 | |
| | | | | |
| Net asset value, beginning of year | | | $11.42 | | | | $11.43 | | | | $11.64 | | | | $11.19 | | | | $11.67 | |
|
| Income (loss) from operations: | |
Net investment income | | | 0.36 | | | | 0.38 | | | | 0.36 | | | | 0.40 | | | | 0.35 | |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | 0.43 | | | | 0.16 | | | | (0.21) | | | | 0.46 | | | | (0.46) | |
Total income (loss) from operations | | | 0.79 | | | | 0.54 | | | | 0.15 | | | | 0.86 | | | | (0.11) | |
|
| Less distributions from: | |
Net investment income | | | (0.36) | | | | (0.44) | | | | (0.36) | | | | (0.41) | | | | (0.37) | |
Net realized gains | | | (0.02) | | | | (0.11) | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | |
Total distributions | | | (0.38) | | | | (0.55) | | | | (0.36) | | | | (0.41) | | | | (0.37) | |
| | | | | |
| Net asset value, end of year | | | $11.83 | | | | $11.42 | | | | $11.43 | | | | $11.64 | | | | $11.19 | |
Total return2 | | | 6.99 | % | | | 4.73 | % | | | 1.32 | % | | | 7.75 | % | | | (0.98) | % |
| | | | | |
| Net assets, end of year (000s) | | | $5,482,050 | | | | $3,955,087 | | | | $3,330,335 | | | | $3,169,603 | | | | $2,407,529 | |
|
| Ratios to average net assets: | |
Gross expenses | | | 0.43 | % | | | 0.42 | % | | | 0.42 | %3 | | | 0.43 | % | | | 0.43 | %3 |
Net expenses4 | | | 0.43 | | | | 0.42 | | | | 0.42 | 3 | | | 0.43 | 5 | | | 0.43 | 3 |
Net investment income | | | 3.05 | | | | 3.24 | | | | 3.07 | | | | 3.45 | | | | 3.08 | |
| | | | | |
| Portfolio turnover rate6 | | | 94 | % | | | 97 | % | | | 93 | % | | | 78 | % | | | 109 | % |
| 1 | Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method. |
| 2 | 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 | Reflects recapture of expenses waived/reimbursed from prior fiscal years. |
| 4 | As a result of an expense limitation arrangement, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses, other than interest, brokerage commissions, taxes, extraordinary expenses, deferred organizational expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses, to average net assets of Class IS shares did not exceed 0.45%. In addition, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses for Class IS shares did not exceed the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses for Class I shares. These expense limitation arrangements cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2019 without the Board of Directors’ consent. |
| 5 | Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. |
| 6 | Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 264%, 201%, 244%, 229% and 306% for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively. |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Notes to financial statements
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 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. Prior to December 1, 2017, short-term fixed income securities that would mature in 60 days or less were valued at amortized cost, unless it was determined that using this method would not reflect an investment’s fair value. Investments in open-end funds are valued at the closing net asset value per share of each fund on the day of valuation. Futures contracts are valued daily at the settlement price established by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded. Equity securities for which market quotations are available are valued at the last reported sales price or official closing price on the primary market or exchange on which they trade. When the Fund holds securities or other assets that are denominated in a foreign currency, the Fund will normally use the currency exchange rates as of 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). If independent third party pricing services are unable to supply prices for a portfolio investment, or if the prices supplied are deemed by the manager to be unreliable, the market price may be determined by the manager using quotations from one or more broker/dealers or at the transaction price if the security has recently been purchased and no value has yet been obtained from a pricing service or pricing broker. When reliable prices are not readily available, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded, but before the Fund calculates its net asset value, the Fund values these securities as determined in accordance with procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Directors.
The Board of Directors is responsible for the valuation process and has delegated the supervision of the daily valuation process to the Legg Mason North Atlantic Fund Valuation Committee (the “Valuation Committee”). The Valuation Committee, pursuant to the policies
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Notes to financial statements (cont’d)
adopted by the Board of Directors, is responsible for making fair value determinations, evaluating the effectiveness of the Fund’s pricing policies, and reporting to the Board of Directors. When determining the reliability of third party pricing information for investments owned by the Fund, the Valuation Committee, among other things, conducts due diligence reviews of pricing vendors, monitors the daily change in prices and reviews transactions among market participants.
The Valuation Committee will consider pricing methodologies it deems relevant and appropriate when making fair value determinations. Examples of possible methodologies include, but are not limited to, multiple of earnings; discount from market of a similar freely traded security; discounted cash-flow analysis; book value or a multiple thereof; risk premium/yield analysis; yield to maturity; and/or fundamental investment analysis. The Valuation Committee will also consider factors it deems relevant and appropriate in light of the facts and circumstances. Examples of possible factors include, but are not limited to, the type of security; the issuer’s financial statements; the purchase price of the security; the discount from market value of unrestricted securities of the same class at the time of purchase; analysts’ research and observations from financial institutions; information regarding any transactions or offers with respect to the security; the existence of merger proposals or tender offers affecting the security; the price and extent of public trading in similar securities of the issuer or comparable companies; and the existence of a shelf registration for restricted securities.
For each portfolio security that has been fair valued pursuant to the policies adopted by the Board of Directors, the fair value price is compared against the last available and next available market quotations. The Valuation Committee reviews the results of such back testing monthly and fair valuation occurrences are reported to the Board of Directors quarterly.
The Fund uses valuation techniques to measure fair value that are consistent with the market approach and/or income approach, depending on the type of security and the particular circumstance. The market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable securities. The income approach uses valuation techniques to discount estimated future cash flows to present value.
GAAP establishes a disclosure hierarchy that categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value assets and liabilities at measurement date. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
| • | | Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical investments |
| • | | Level 2 — other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.) |
| • | | Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) |
The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
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The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities carried at fair value:
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| 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 | | | — | | | $ | 1,810,375,319 | | | $ | 77,492,836 | | | $ | 1,887,868,155 | |
Industrials | | | — | | | | 251,801,000 | | | | 1,817 | | | | 251,802,817 | |
Other corporate bonds & notes | | | — | | | | 3,451,584,145 | | | | — | | | | 3,451,584,145 | |
Asset-backed securities | | | — | | | | 977,173,466 | | | | 18,484,401 | | | | 995,657,867 | |
Collateralized mortgage obligations | | | — | | | | 1,954,664,980 | | | | 33,537,507 | | | | 1,988,202,487 | |
Mortgage-backed securities | | | — | | | | 4,909,785,472 | | | | — | | | | 4,909,785,472 | |
Non-U.S. Treasury inflation protected securities | | | — | | | | 87,833,197 | | | | — | | | | 87,833,197 | |
Senior loans: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Consumer discretionary | | | — | | | | 426,465,138 | | | | 39,481,906 | | | | 465,947,044 | |
Consumer staples | | | — | | | | 35,461,489 | | | | 12,581,604 | | | | 48,043,093 | |
Health care | | | — | | | | 153,176,483 | | | | 3,200,372 | | | | 156,376,855 | |
Information technology | | | — | | | | 72,637,906 | | | | 57,503,273 | | | | 130,141,179 | |
Utilities | | | — | | | | — | | | | 39,213,179 | | | | 39,213,179 | |
Other senior loans | | | — | | | | 430,406,263 | | | | — | | | | 430,406,263 | |
Sovereign bonds | | | — | | | | 1,245,053,409 | | | | — | | | | 1,245,053,409 | |
U.S. Government & agency obligations | | | — | | | | 5,169,579,254 | | | | — | | | | 5,169,579,254 | |
U.S. Treasury inflation protected securities | | | — | | | | 702,886,888 | | | | — | | | | 702,886,888 | |
Preferred stocks | | $ | 12,935,569 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 12,935,569 | |
Purchased options | | | 16,750,894 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 16,750,894 | |
| Total long-term investments | | | 29,686,463 | | | | 21,678,884,409 | | | | 281,496,895 | | | | 21,990,067,767 | |
| Short-term investments† | | | — | | | | 2,706,661,928 | | | | — | | | | 2,706,661,928 | |
| Total investments | | $ | 29,686,463 | | | $ | 24,385,546,337 | | | $ | 281,496,895 | | | $ | 24,696,729,695 | |
| Other financial instruments: | |
Futures contracts | | | 47,865,281 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 47,865,281 | |
Forward foreign currency contracts | | | — | | | | 10,550,249 | | | | — | | | | 10,550,249 | |
OTC Credit default swaps on corporate issues — sell protection‡ | | | — | | | | 348,673 | | | | — | | | | 348,673 | |
OTC Total return swaps‡ | | | — | | | | — | | | | 168,290 | | | | 168,290 | |
Centrally cleared interest rate swaps | | | — | | | | 12,161,568 | | | | — | | | | 12,161,568 | |
Centrally cleared credit default swaps on credit indices — sell protection | | | — | | | | 15,013,719 | | | | — | | | | 15,013,719 | |
| Total other financial instruments | | $ | 47,865,281 | | | $ | 38,074,209 | | | $ | 168,290 | | | $ | 86,107,780 | |
| Total | | $ | 77,551,744 | | | $ | 24,423,620,546 | | | $ | 281,665,185 | | | $ | 24,782,837,475 | |
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| LIABILITIES | |
| Description | | Quoted Prices
(Level 1) | | | Other Significant
Observable Inputs
(Level 2) | | | Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3) | | | Total | |
| Other financial instruments: | |
Written options | | $ | 5,994,854 | | | | — | | | | — | | | $ | 5,994,854 | |
Futures contracts | | | 55,258,908 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 55,258,908 | |
Forward foreign currency contracts | | | — | | | $ | 31,467,562 | | | | — | | | | 31,467,562 | |
Centrally cleared credit default swaps on credit indices — buy protection | | | — | | | | 4,225,709 | | | | — | | | | 4,225,709 | |
Centrally cleared interest rate swaps | | | — | | | | 16,152,119 | | | | — | | | | 16,152,119 | |
| Total | | $ | 61,253,762 | | | $ | 51,845,390 | | | | — | | | $ | 113,099,152 | |
| † | See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations. |
| ‡ | Value includes any premium paid or received with respect to swap contracts. |
The following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value:
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| | | Corporate Bonds & Notes | | | | | | | |
| Investments in Securities | | Consumer
Staples | | | Financials | | | Industrials | | | Asset- Backed
Securities | | | Collateralized
Mortgage
Obligations | |
| Balance as of December 31, 2016 | | $ | 369,952 | | | $ | 72,013,353 | | | $ | 4,200,230 | | | $ | 130,523,557 | | | | — | |
| Accrued premiums/discounts | | | 906 | | | | 153,284 | | | | (26,372) | | | | 24,421 | | | $ | (84,338) | |
| Realized gain (loss)1 | | | — | | | | (156,829) | | | | 186 | | | | 516,245 | | | | — | |
| Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)2 | | | (5,688) | | | | 6,255,782 | | | | (64,478) | | | | 10,458,469 | | | | 110,816 | |
| Purchases | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 15,448,429 | | | | 5,082,609 | |
| Sales | | | (27,548) | | | | (772,754) | | | | (1,944,326) | | | | (17,309,014) | | | | — | |
| Transfers into Level 33 | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 3,035,972 | | | | 28,428,420 | |
| Transfers out of Level 34 | | | (337,622) | | | | — | | | | (2,163,423) | | | | (124,213,678) | | | | — | |
| Balance as of December 31, 2017 | | | — | | | $ | 77,492,836 | | | $ | 1,817 | | | $ | 18,484,401 | | | $ | 33,537,507 | |
| Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for investments in securities still held at December 31, 20172 | | | — | | | $ | 6,255,782 | | | $ | (276) | | | $ | 184 | | | $ | 110,816 | |
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| | | Senior Loans | | | | | | | |
Investments in Securities
(cont’d) | | Consumer
Discretionary | | | Consumer
Staples | | | Healthcare | | | Information
Technology | | | Utilities | | | OTC Total
Return Swap
Contracts | | | Total | |
Balance as of
December 31, 2016 | | | — | | | | — | | | $ | 3,224,255 | | | | — | | | $ | 2,529,762 | | | | — | | | $ | 212,861,109 | |
| Accrued premiums/discounts | | | — | | | $ | (9,108) | | | | (2,599) | | | $ | (951) | | | | 19,841 | | | | — | | | | 75,084 | |
| Realized gain (loss)1 | | | — | | | | (761) | | | | — | | | | (373) | | | | (15,959) | | | | — | | | | 342,509 | |
| Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)2 | | $ | (57,864) | | | | (357,819) | | | | (21,284) | | | | 32,317 | | | | 195,848 | | | | — | | | | 16,546,099 | |
| Purchases | | | 26,944,608 | | | | 13,013,732 | | | | — | | | | 57,532,180 | | | | 39,032,566 | | | | — | | | | 157,054,124 | |
| Sales | | | — | | | | (64,440) | | | | — | | | | (59,900) | | | | (2,548,879) | | | | — | | | | (22,726,861) | |
| Transfers into Level 33 | | | 12,595,162 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | $ | 168,290 | | | | 44,227,844 | |
| Transfers out of Level 34 | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | (126,714,723) | |
| Balance as of December 31, 2017 | | $ | 39,481,906 | | | $ | 12,581,604 | | | $ | 3,200,372 | | | $ | 57,503,273 | | | $ | 39,213,179 | | | $ | 168,290 | | | $ | 281,665,185 | |
| Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for investments in securities still held at December 31, 20172 | | $ | (57,864) | | | $ | (357,819) | | | $ | (21,284) | | | $ | 32,317 | | | $ | 160,631 | | | | — | | | $ | 6,122,487 | |
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The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the end of the reporting period.
| 1 | This amount is included in net realized gain (loss) from investment transactions in unaffiliated investments in the accompanying Statement of Operations. |
| 2 | This amount is included in the change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the accompanying Statement of Operations. Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) includes net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) resulting from changes in investment values during the reporting period and the reversal of previously recorded unrealized appreciation (depreciation) when gains or losses are realized. |
| 3 | Transferred into Level 3 as a result of the unavailability of a quoted price in an active market for an identical investment or the unavailability of other significant observable inputs. |
| 4 | Transferred out of Level 3 as a result of the availability of a quoted price in an active market for an identical investment or the availability of other significant observable inputs. |
(b) Repurchase agreements. The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements with institutions that its subadviser has determined are creditworthy. Each repurchase agreement is recorded at cost. Under the terms of a typical repurchase agreement, the Fund acquires a debt security subject to an obligation of the seller to repurchase, and of the Fund to resell, the security at an agreed-upon price and time, thereby determining the yield during the Fund’s holding period. When entering into repurchase agreements, it is the Fund’s policy that its custodian or a third party custodian, acting on the Fund’s behalf, take possession of the underlying collateral securities, the market value of which, at all times, at least equals the principal amount of the repurchase transaction, including accrued interest. To the extent that any repurchase transaction maturity exceeds one business day, the value of the collateral is marked-to-market and measured against the value of the agreement in an effort to ensure the adequacy of the collateral. If the counterparty defaults, the Fund generally has the right to use the collateral to satisfy the terms of the repurchase transaction. However, if the market value of the collateral declines during the period in which the Fund seeks to assert its rights or if bankruptcy proceedings are commenced with respect to the seller of the security, realization of the collateral by the Fund may be delayed or limited.
(c) 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.
(d) Mortgage dollar rolls. The Fund may enter into mortgage dollar rolls in which the Fund sells mortgage-backed securities for delivery in the current month, realizing a gain or loss, and simultaneously contracts to repurchase substantially similar (same type, coupon and maturity) securities to settle on a specified future date.
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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.
(e) 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.
(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) 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
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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.
(h) Unfunded loan commitments. The Fund may enter into certain credit agreements where all or a portion of which 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 December 31, 2017, the Fund had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover these commitments.
(i) 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.
(j) Written options. When the Fund writes an option, an amount equal to the premium received by the Fund is recorded as a liability, the value of which is marked-to-market daily to reflect the current market value of the option written. If the option expires, the premium received is recorded as a realized gain. When a written call option is exercised, the difference between the premium received plus the option exercise price and the Fund’s basis in the underlying security (in the case of a covered written call option), or the cost to purchase the underlying security (in the case of an uncovered written call option), including brokerage commission, is recognized as a realized gain or loss. When a written put option is exercised, the amount of the premium received is subtracted from the cost of the security purchased by the Fund from the exercise of the written put option to form the Fund’s basis in the underlying security purchased. The writer or buyer of an option traded on an exchange can liquidate the position before the exercise of the option by entering into a closing transaction. The cost of a closing transaction is deducted from the original premium received resulting in a realized gain or loss to the Fund.
The risk in writing a covered call option is that the Fund may forego the opportunity of profit if the market price of the underlying security increases and the option is exercised. The risk in writing a put option is that the Fund may incur a loss if the market price of the underlying security decreases and the option is exercised. The risk in writing an uncovered call option is that the Fund is exposed to the risk of loss if the market price of the underlying security
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increases. In addition, there is the risk that the Fund may not be able to enter into a closing transaction because of an illiquid secondary market.
(k) 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.
(l) Futures contracts. The Fund uses futures contracts generally to gain exposure to, or hedge against, changes in interest rates or gain exposure to, or hedge against, changes in certain asset classes. A futures contract represents a commitment for the future purchase or sale of an asset at a specified price on a specified date.
Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is required to deposit cash or cash equivalents with a broker in an amount equal to a certain percentage of the contract amount. This is known as the ‘‘initial margin’’ and subsequent payments (‘‘variation margin’’) are made or received by the Fund each day, depending on the daily fluctuation in the value of the contract. For certain futures, including foreign denominated futures, variation margin is not settled daily, but is recorded as a net variation margin payable or receivable. The daily changes in contract value are recorded as unrealized gains or losses in the Statement of Operations and the Fund recognizes a realized gain or loss when the contract is closed.
Futures contracts involve, to varying degrees, risk of loss in excess of the amounts reflected in the financial statements. In addition, there is the risk that the Fund may not be able to enter into a closing transaction because of an illiquid secondary market.
(m) 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 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 December 31, 2017, the total notional value of all credit default swaps to sell protection was $1,861,454,000. This amount would be offset by the value of the swap’s reference entity, upfront premiums received on the swap and any amounts received from the settlement of a credit default swap where the Fund bought protection for the same referenced security/entity.
For average notional amounts of swaps held during the year ended December 31, 2017, see Note 4.
Credit default swaps
The Fund enters into credit default swap (“CDS”) contracts for investment purposes, to manage its credit risk or to add leverage. CDS agreements involve one party making a stream of payments to another party in exchange for the right to receive a specified return in the event of a default by a third party, typically corporate or sovereign issuers, on a specified obligation, or in the event of a write-down, principal shortfall, interest shortfall or default of all or part of the referenced entities comprising a credit index. The Fund may use a CDS to provide protection against defaults of the issuers (i.e., to reduce risk where the Fund has exposure to an issuer) or to take an active long or short position with respect to
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the likelihood of a particular issuer’s default. As a seller of protection, the Fund generally receives an upfront payment or a stream of payments throughout the term of the swap provided that there is no credit event. If the Fund is a seller of protection and a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement, the maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) that the Fund could be required to make under a credit default swap agreement would be an amount equal to the notional amount of the agreement. These amounts of potential payments will be partially offset by any recovery of values from the respective referenced obligations. As a seller of protection, the Fund effectively adds leverage to its portfolio because, in addition to its total net assets, the Fund is subject to investment exposure on the notional amount of the swap. As a buyer of protection, the Fund generally receives an amount up to the notional value of the swap if a credit event occurs.
Implied spreads are the theoretical prices a lender receives for credit default protection. When spreads rise, market perceived credit risk rises and when spreads fall, market perceived credit risk falls. The implied credit spread of a particular referenced entity reflects the cost of buying/selling protection and may include upfront payments required to enter into the agreement. Wider credit spreads and decreasing market values, when compared to the notional amount of the swap, represent a deterioration of the referenced entity’s credit soundness and a greater likelihood or risk of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the agreement. Credit spreads utilized in determining the period end market value of credit default swap agreements on corporate or sovereign issues are disclosed in the Schedule of Investments and serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and represent the likelihood or risk of default for credit derivatives. For credit default swap agreements on asset-backed securities and credit indices, the quoted market prices and resulting values, particularly in relation to the notional amount of the contract as well as the annual payment rate, serve as an indication of the current status of the payment/performance risk.
The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty risk, as the protection buyer, is the fair value of the contract (this risk is mitigated by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty). As the protection seller, the Fund’s maximum risk is the notional amount of the contract. Credit default swaps are considered to have credit risk-related contingent features since they require payment by the protection seller to the protection buyer upon the occurrence of a defined credit event.
Entering into a CDS agreement involves, to varying degrees, elements of credit, market and documentation risk in excess of the related amounts recognized on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Such risks involve the possibility that there will be no liquid market for these agreements, that the counterparty to the agreement may default on its obligation to perform or disagree as to the meaning of the contractual terms in the agreement, and that there will be unfavorable changes in net interest rates.
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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, or receive a fixed rate and pay a floating rate, on a notional principal amount. Interest rate swaps are marked-to-market daily based upon quotations from market makers and the change, if any, is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss in the Statement of 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.
Total return swaps
The Fund enters into total return swaps for investment purposes. Total return swaps are agreements to exchange the return generated by one instrument for the return generated by another instrument. For example, the agreement to pay a predetermined or fixed interest rate in exchange for a market-linked return based on a notional amount. To the extent the total return of a referenced index or instrument exceeds the offsetting interest obligation, the Fund will receive a payment from the counterparty. To the extent it is less, the Fund will make a payment to the counterparty.
(n) 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
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unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the values of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities, on the date of valuation, resulting from changes in exchange rates.
Foreign security and currency transactions may involve certain considerations and risks not typically associated with those of U.S. dollar denominated transactions as a result of, 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.
(o) Stripped securities. The Fund may invest in ‘‘Stripped Securities,’’ a term used collectively for components, or strips, of fixed income securities. Stripped Securities can be principal only securities (“PO”), which are debt obligations that have been stripped of unmatured interest coupons, or interest only securities (“IO”), which are unmatured interest coupons that have been stripped from debt obligations. The market value of Stripped Securities will fluctuate in response to changes in economic conditions, rates of pre-payment, interest rates and the market’s perception of the securities. However, fluctuations in response to interest rates may be greater in Stripped Securities than for debt obligations of comparable maturities that pay interest currently. The amount of fluctuation may increase with a longer period of maturity.
The yield to maturity on IO’s is sensitive to the rate of principal repayments (including prepayments) on the related underlying debt obligation and principal payments may have a material effect on yield to maturity. If the underlying debt obligation experiences greater than anticipated prepayments of principal, the Fund may not fully recoup its initial investment in IO’s.
(p) Swaptions. The Fund may purchase or write swaption contracts to manage exposure to fluctuations in interest rates or to enhance yield. The Fund may also purchase and write swaption contracts to manage exposure to an underlying instrument. Swaption contracts written by the Fund represent an option that gives the purchaser the right, but not the obligation, to enter into a previously agreed upon swap contract at a future date. Swaption contracts purchased by the Fund represent an option that gives the Fund the right, but not the obligation, to enter into a previously agreed upon swap contract at a future date.
When the Fund writes a swaption, an amount equal to the premium received by the Fund is recorded as a liability, the value of which is marked-to-market daily to reflect the current market value of the swaption written. If the swaption expires, the Fund realizes a gain equal to the amount of the premium received.
When the Fund purchases a swaption, an amount equal to the premium paid by the Fund is recorded as an investment on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, the value of which is marked-to-market daily to reflect the current market value of the swaption purchased. If the swaption expires, the Fund realizes a loss equal to the amount of the premium paid.
Swaptions are marked-to-market daily based upon quotations from market makers. Changes in the value of the swaption are reported as unrealized gains or losses in the Statement of Operations.
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(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 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) 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.
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.
(s) Counterparty risk and credit-risk-related contingent features of derivative instruments. The Fund may invest in certain securities or engage in other transactions, where the Fund is exposed to counterparty credit risk in addition to broader market risks. The Fund may invest in securities of issuers, which may also be considered counterparties as trading partners in other transactions. This may increase the risk of loss in the event of default or bankruptcy by the counterparty or if the counterparty otherwise fails to meet its contractual obligations. The Fund’s subadviser attempts to mitigate counterparty risk by (i) periodically assessing the creditworthiness of its trading partners, (ii) monitoring and/or limiting the amount of its net exposure to each individual counterparty based on its assessment and (iii) requiring collateral from the counterparty for certain transactions. Market events and changes in overall economic conditions may impact the assessment of such counterparty risk by the subadviser. In addition, declines in the values of underlying collateral received may expose the Fund to increased risk of loss.
With exchange traded and centrally cleared derivatives, there is less counterparty risk to the Fund since the exchange or clearinghouse, as counterparty to such instruments, guarantees against a possible default. The clearinghouse stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract; therefore, the credit risk is limited to failure of the clearinghouse. While
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offset rights may exist under applicable law, the Fund does not have a contractual right of offset against a clearing broker or clearinghouse in the event of a default of the clearing broker or clearinghouse.
The Fund has entered into master agreements, such as an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement, with certain of its derivative counterparties that govern over-the-counter derivatives and provide for general obligations, representations, agreements, collateral posting terms, netting provisions in the event of default or termination and credit related contingent features. The credit related contingent features include, but are not limited to, a percentage decrease in the Fund’s net assets or NAV over a specified period of time. If these credit related contingent features were triggered, the derivatives counterparty could terminate the positions and demand payment or require additional collateral.
Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instruments’ payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. However, absent an event of default by the counterparty or a termination of the agreement, the terms of the ISDA Master Agreements do not result in an offset of reported amounts of financial assets and financial liabilities in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities across transactions between the Fund and the applicable counterparty. The enforceability of the right to offset may vary by jurisdiction.
Collateral requirements differ by type of derivative. Collateral or margin requirements are set by the broker or exchange clearinghouse for exchange traded derivatives while collateral terms are contract specific for over-the-counter traded derivatives. Cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of the Fund under derivative contracts, if any, will be reported separately in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Securities pledged as collateral, if any, for the same purpose are noted in the Schedule of Investments.
As of December 31, 2017, the Fund held forward foreign currency contracts with credit related contingent features which had a liability position of $31,467,562. If a contingent feature in the master agreements would have been triggered, the Fund would have been required to pay this amount to its derivatives counterparties. As of December 31, 2017, the Fund had posted with its counterparties cash and/or securities as collateral to cover the net liability of these derivatives amounting to $16,927,000 which could be used to reduce the required payment.
At December 31, 2017, the Fund held collateral from Citibank N.A. and Bank of America N.A.in the amounts of $164,801 and $157,794, respectively. These amounts could be used to reduce the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty in the event of default.
(t) 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
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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.
(u) 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.
(v) 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.
(w) 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.
(x) 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.
However, due to the timing of when distributions are made by the Fund, the Fund may be subject to an excise tax of 4% of the amount by which 98% of the Fund’s annual taxable income and 98.2% of net realized gains exceed the distributions from such taxable income and realized gains for the calendar year. The Fund paid $192,809 of federal excise taxes attributable to calendar year 2016.
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, 2017, no provision for income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. The Fund’s federal and state income and federal excise tax returns for tax years for which the applicable statutes of limitations have not expired are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and state departments of revenue.
Under the applicable foreign tax laws, a withholding tax may be imposed on interest, dividends and capital gains at various rates.
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Notes to financial statements (cont’d)
(y) 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. During the current year, the following reclassifications have been made:
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Overdistributed Net
Investment Income | | | Accumulated Net
Realized Loss | | | Paid-in
Capital | |
| (a) | | $ | 192,809 | | | | — | | | $ | (192,809) | |
| (b) | | | 26,450,003 | | | $ | (26,450,003) | | | | — | |
| (a) | Reclassifications are due to a non-deductible excise tax paid by the Fund. |
| (b) | Reclassifications are due to foreign currency transactions treated as ordinary income for tax purposes, losses from mortgage-backed securities treated as capital losses for tax purposes, book/tax differences in the treatment of swap contracts and book/tax differences in the treatment of partnership investments. |
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 (“Western Asset”), Western Asset Management Company Limited (“Western Asset Limited”), Western Asset Management Company Pte. Ltd. (“Western Singapore”) and Western Asset Management Company Ltd. (“Western Japan”) are the Fund’s subadvisers. LMPFA, Western Asset, Western Asset Limited, Western Singapore and Western Japan are wholly owned subsidiaries of Legg Mason, Inc. (“Legg Mason”).
LMPFA provides the Fund with management and administrative services for which the Fund pays a fee calculated daily and paid monthly, at an annual rate of 0.450% 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 Limited, Western Singapore and Western 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, 2019 without the Board of Directors’ consent.
During the year ended December 31, 2017, fees waived and/or expenses reimbursed amounted to $9,470,756.
LMPFA is permitted to recapture amounts waived and/or reimbursed to a class within two years after the fiscal year in which LMPFA earned the fee or incurred the expense if the class’ total annual operating expenses have fallen to a level below the expense limitation (“expense cap”) in effect at the time the fees were earned or the expenses incurred. In no
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case will LMPFA recapture any amount that would result, on any particular business day of the Fund, in the class’ total annual operating expenses exceeding the expense cap or any other lower limit then in effect.
Pursuant to these arrangements, at December 31, 2017, the Fund had remaining fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements subject to recapture by LMPFA and respective dates of expiration as follows:
| | | | | | | | |
| | | Class A | | | Class I | |
| Expires December 31, 2018 | | $ | 45,617 | | | $ | 7,457,713 | |
| Expires December 31, 2019 | | | 240,090 | | | | 9,227,382 | |
| Total fee waivers/expense reimbursements subject to recapture | | $ | 285,707 | | | $ | 16,685,095 | |
For the year ended December 31, 2017, LMPFA recaptured $24,009 for Class A shares.
Legg Mason Investor Services, LLC (‘‘LMIS’’), a wholly-owned broker-dealer subsidiary of Legg Mason, serves as the Fund’s sole and exclusive distributor.
There is a maximum initial sales charge of 4.25% for Class A shares. There is a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00% on Class C 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 LMIS, equal or exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate. These purchases do not incur an initial sales charge.
For the year ended December 31, 2017, LMIS and its affiliates retained sales charges of $171,638 on sales of the Fund’s Class A shares. In addition, for the year ended December 31, 2017, CDSCs paid to LMIS and its affiliates were:
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Class A | | | Class C | | | Class C1 | |
| CDSCs | | $ | 7,053 | | | $ | 61,527 | | | | — | |
All officers of the Corporation are employees of Legg Mason or its affiliates and do not receive compensation from the Corporation.
3. Investments
During the year ended December 31, 2017, the aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investments (excluding short-term investments) and U.S. Government & Agency Obligations were as follows:
| | | | | | | | |
| | | Investments | | | U.S. Government &
Agency Obligations | |
| Purchases | | $ | 3,652,143,191 | | | $ | 51,146,923,155 | |
| Sales | | | 2,375,501,464 | | | | 48,547,602,189 | |
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Notes to financial statements (cont’d)
At December 31, 2017, the aggregate cost of investments and the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were as follows:
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Cost/Premiums
Paid (Received) | | | Gross
Unrealized
Appreciation | | | Gross
Unrealized
Depreciation | | | Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) | |
| Securities | | $ | 24,450,772,809 | | | $ | 583,418,614 | | | $ | (337,461,728) | | | $ | 245,956,886 | |
| Written options | | | (7,592,116) | | | | 2,724,002 | | | | (1,126,740) | | | | 1,597,262 | |
| Forward foreign currency contracts | | | — | | | | 10,550,249 | | | | (31,467,562) | | | | (20,917,313) | |
| Futures contracts | | | — | | | | 47,865,281 | | | | (55,258,908) | | | | (7,393,627) | |
| Swap contracts | | | 7,832,115 | | | | 27,973,674 | | | | (20,377,828) | | | | 7,595,846 | |
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 December 31, 2017.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ASSET DERIVATIVES1 | |
| | | Interest
Rate Risk | | | Foreign
Exchange Risk | | | Credit Risk | | | Total | |
| Purchased options2 | | $ | 14,109,534 | | | $ | 2,641,360 | | | | — | | | $ | 16,750,894 | |
| Futures contracts3 | | | 33,705,051 | | | | 14,160,230 | | | | — | | | | 47,865,281 | |
| OTC swap contracts4 | | | 168,290 | | | | — | | | $ | 348,673 | | | | 516,963 | |
| Centrally cleared swap contracts5 | | | 12,161,568 | | | | — | | | | 15,013,719 | | | | 27,175,287 | |
| Forward foreign currency contracts | | | — | | | | 10,550,249 | | | | — | | | | 10,550,249 | |
| Total | | $ | 60,144,443 | | | $ | 27,351,839 | | | $ | 15,362,392 | | | $ | 102,858,674 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| LIABILITY DERIVATIVES1 | |
| | | Interest
Rate Risk | | | Foreign
Exchange Risk | | | Credit Risk | | | Total | |
| Written options | | $ | 5,994,854 | | | | — | | | | — | | | $ | 5,994,854 | |
| Futures contracts3 | | | 36,317,956 | | | $ | 18,940,952 | | | | — | | | | 55,258,908 | |
| Centrally cleared swap contracts5 | | | 16,152,119 | | | | — | | | $ | 4,225,709 | | | | 20,377,828 | |
| Forward foreign currency contracts | | | — | | | | 31,467,562 | | | | — | | | | 31,467,562 | |
| Total | | $ | 58,464,929 | | | $ | 50,408,514 | | | $ | 4,225,709 | | | $ | 113,099,152 | |
| 1 | Generally, the balance sheet location for asset derivatives is receivables/net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and for liability derivatives is payables/net unrealized appreciation (depreciation). |
| 2 | Market value of purchased options is reported in Investments in unaffiliated securities at value in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. |
| 3 | Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only variation margin is reported within the receivables and/or payables on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. |
| 4 | Values include premiums paid (received) on swap contracts which are shown separately in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. |
| 5 | Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) of centrally cleared swap contracts as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only variation margin is reported within the receivables and/or payables on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. |
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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 year ended December 31, 2017. The first table provides additional detail about the amounts and sources of gains (losses) realized on derivatives during the period. The second table provides additional information about the change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) resulting from the Fund’s derivatives and hedging activities during the period.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| AMOUNT OF REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON DERIVATIVES RECOGNIZED | |
| | | Interest
Rate Risk | | | Foreign
Exchange Risk | | | Credit Risk | | | Total | |
| Purchased options1 | | $ | (47,627,430) | | | $ | (18,907,895) | | | | — | | | $ | (66,535,325) | |
| Written options | | | 85,648,035 | | | | 44,204,423 | | | | — | | | | 129,852,458 | |
| Futures contracts | | | 1,475,361 | | | | 84,304,452 | | | | — | | | | 85,779,813 | |
| Swap contracts | | | 25,267,054 | | | | — | | | $ | (11,026,187) | | | | 14,240,867 | |
| Forward foreign currency contracts | | | — | | | | (1,560,724) | | | | — | | | | (1,560,724) | |
| Total | | $ | 64,763,020 | | | $ | 108,040,256 | | | $ | (11,026,187) | | | $ | 161,777,089 | |
| 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 | | $ | 2,255,226 | | | $ | (4,631,419) | | | | — | | | $ | (2,376,193) | |
| Written options | | | 3,857,543 | | | | 11,337 | | | | — | | | | 3,868,880 | |
| Futures contracts | | | 14,096,979 | | | | (7,879,234) | | | | — | | | | 6,217,745 | |
| Swap contracts | | | (45,296,371) | | | | — | | | $ | 8,605,173 | | | | (36,691,198) | |
| Forward foreign currency contracts | | | — | | | | (18,954,644) | | | | — | | | | (18,954,644) | |
| Total | | $ | (25,086,623) | | | $ | (31,453,960) | | | $ | 8,605,173 | | | $ | (47,935,410) | |
| 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 year ended December 31, 2017, the volume of derivative activity for the Fund was as follows:
| | | | |
| | | Average Market
Value | |
| Purchased options | | $ | 11,118,929 | |
| Written options | | | 12,925,120 | |
| Futures contracts (to buy) | | | 12,581,986,401 | |
| Futures contracts (to sell) | | | 12,729,023,710 | |
| Forward foreign currency contracts (to buy) | | | 1,215,727,205 | |
| Forward foreign currency contracts (to sell) | | | 1,157,443,804 | |
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Notes to financial statements (cont’d)
| | | | |
| | | Average Notional
Balance | |
| Interest rate swap contracts | | $ | 3,892,487,434 | |
| Credit default swap contracts (to buy protection) | | | 368,380,431 | |
| Credit default swap contracts (to sell protection) | | | 1,239,166,615 | |
| Total return swap contracts | | | 22,049,457 | |
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 December 31, 2017.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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 | |
| Bank of America N.A. | | $ | 5,560,586 | | | $ | (1,113,048) | | �� | $ | 4,447,538 | | | $ | (157,794) | | | $ | 4,289,744 | |
| Barclays Bank PLC | | | 4,355,863 | | | | (8,819,608) | | | | (4,463,745) | | | | 1,620,000 | | | | (2,843,745) | |
| Citibank N.A. | | | 647,588 | | | | (7,045,601) | | | | (6,398,013) | | | | (164,801) | | | | (6,562,814) | |
| Credit Suisse | | | 168,290 | | | | — | | | | 168,290 | | | | — | | | | 168,290 | |
| Deutsche Bank AG | | | — | | | | (8,019,419) | | | | (8,019,419) | | | | 7,730,000 | | | | (289,419) | |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | | | — | | | | (88,262) | | | | (88,262) | | | | — | | | | (88,262) | |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | | | 334,885 | | | | (6,378,559) | | | | (6,043,674) | | | | 5,540,000 | | | | (503,674) | |
| Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. | | | — | | | | (3,065) | | | | (3,065) | | | | — | | | | (3,065) | |
| Total | | $ | 11,067,212 | | | $ | (31,467,562) | | | $ | (20,400,350) | | | $ | 14,567,405 | | | $ | (5,832,945) | |
| 1 | Absent an event of default or early termination, derivative assets and liabilities are presented gross and not offset in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. |
| 2 | Gross amounts are not offset in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. |
| 3 | In some instances, the actual collateral received and/or pledged may be more than the amount shown here due to overcollateralization. |
| 4 | Represents the net amount receivable (payable) from (to) the counterparty in the event of default. |
| 5 | Net amount may also include forward foreign currency exchange contracts that are not required to be collateralized. |
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.
For the year ended December 31, 2017, class specific expenses were as follows:
| | | | | | | | |
| | | Service and/or
Distribution Fees | | | Transfer Agent
Fees | |
| Class A | | $ | 2,289,125 | † | | $ | 1,544,672 | |
| Class C | | | 1,934,188 | † | | | 191,474 | |
| Class C1 | | | 165,270 | † | | | 18,869 | |
| Class FI | | | 1,041,157 | † | | | 626,645 | |
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| | | Service and/or
Distribution Fees | | | Transfer Agent
Fees | |
| Class R | | $ | 868,914 | † | | $ | 358,176 | |
| Class I | | | — | | | | 12,423,301 | |
| Class IS | | | — | | | | 44,923 | |
| Total | | $ | 6,298,654 | | | $ | 15,208,060 | |
| † | Amounts shown are exclusive of expense reimbursements. For the year ended December 31, 2017, the service and/or distribution fees reimbursed amounted to $168, $92, $7, $2,144 and $873 for Class A, Class C, Class C1, Class FI and Class R shares, respectively. |
For the year ended December 31, 2017, waivers and/or expense reimbursements by class were as follows:
| | | | |
| | | Waivers/Expense
Reimbursements | |
| Class A | | $ | 240,258 | |
| Class C | | | 92 | |
| Class C1 | | | 7 | |
| Class FI | | | 2,144 | |
| Class R | | | 873 | |
| Class I | | | 9,227,382 | |
| Class IS | | | — | |
| Total | | $ | 9,470,756 | |
6. Distributions to shareholders by class
| | | | | | | | |
| | | Year Ended
December 31, 2017 | | | Year Ended
December 31, 2016 | |
| Net Investment Income: | |
| Class A | | $ | 24,824,376 | | | $ | 24,221,043 | |
| Class C | | | 3,877,713 | | | | 4,479,589 | |
| Class C1 | | | 547,013 | | | | 813,173 | |
| Class FI | | | 11,265,646 | | | | 38,684,006 | |
| Class R | | | 4,183,705 | | | | 2,938,476 | |
| Class I | | | 392,265,021 | | | | 423,880,946 | |
| Class IS | | | 151,983,642 | | | | 140,271,264 | |
| Total | | $ | 588,947,116 | | | $ | 635,288,497 | |
|
| Net Realized Gains: | |
| Class A | | $ | 1,334,603 | | | $ | 7,498,215 | |
| Class C | | | 288,218 | | | | 1,712,599 | |
| Class C1 | | | 29,574 | | | | 234,819 | |
| Class FI | | | 585,977 | | | | 3,856,388 | |
| Class R | | | 286,536 | | | | 1,145,929 | |
| Class I | | | 19,481,332 | | | | 111,242,403 | |
| Class IS | | | 7,293,887 | | | | 35,989,943 | |
| Total | | $ | 29,300,127 | | | $ | 161,680,296 | |
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Notes to financial statements (cont’d)
7. Capital shares
At December 31, 2017, the Corporation had 42.7 billion shares of capital stock authorized with a par value of $0.001 per share. Transactions in shares of each class were as follows:
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Year Ended
December 31, 2017 | | | Year Ended
December 31, 2016 | |
| | | Shares | | | Amount | | | Shares | | | Amount | |
| Class A | |
| Shares sold | | | 39,382,925 | | | $ | 460,526,649 | | | | 50,692,564 | | | $ | 591,902,149 | |
| Shares issued on reinvestment | | | 1,594,072 | | | | 18,709,228 | | | | 1,999,403 | | | | 23,197,219 | |
| Shares repurchased | | | (29,391,420) | | | | (342,655,357) | | | | (23,500,702) | | | | (274,707,339) | |
| Net increase | | | 11,585,577 | | | $ | 136,580,520 | | | | 29,191,265 | | | $ | 340,392,029 | |
|
| Class C | |
| Shares sold | | | 7,182,229 | | | $ | 84,537,642 | | | | 8,373,825 | | | $ | 97,990,597 | |
| Shares issued on reinvestment | | | 251,839 | | | | 2,960,911 | | | | 342,295 | | | | 3,969,846 | |
| Shares repurchased | | | (5,278,418) | | | | (61,774,608) | | | | (2,961,861) | | | | (34,532,428) | |
| Net increase | | | 2,155,650 | | | $ | 25,723,945 | | | | 5,754,259 | | | $ | 67,428,015 | |
|
| Class C1 | |
| Shares sold | | | 48,403 | | | $ | 570,239 | | | | 58,114 | | | $ | 675,945 | |
| Shares issued on reinvestment | | | 47,401 | | | | 556,089 | | | | 85,244 | | | | 989,142 | |
| Shares repurchased | | | (415,108) | | | | (4,861,549) | | | | (369,412) | | | | (4,313,122) | |
| Net decrease | | | (319,304) | | | $ | (3,735,221) | | | | (226,054) | | | $ | (2,648,035) | |
|
| Class FI | |
| Shares sold | | | 14,828,028 | | | $ | 174,129,804 | | | | 22,009,008 | | | $ | 257,706,257 | |
| Shares issued on reinvestment | | | 1,000,827 | | | | 11,752,405 | | | | 3,625,181 | | | | 42,367,905 | |
| Shares repurchased | | | (13,818,638) | | | | (161,717,646) | | | | (124,934,752) | | | | (1,488,042,706) | |
| Net increase (decrease) | | | 2,010,217 | | | $ | 24,164,563 | | | | (99,300,563) | | | $ | (1,187,968,544) | |
|
| Class R | |
| Shares sold | | | 8,923,448 | | | $ | 104,471,540 | | | | 8,201,184 | | | $ | 95,781,619 | |
| Shares issued on reinvestment | | | 342,083 | | | | 4,016,169 | | | | 301,534 | | | | 3,491,581 | |
| Shares repurchased | | | (2,483,440) | | | | (29,123,735) | | | | (1,736,469) | | | | (20,261,659) | |
| Net increase | | | 6,782,091 | | | $ | 79,363,974 | | | | 6,766,249 | | | $ | 79,011,541 | |
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| Class I | |
| Shares sold | | | 518,654,831 | | | $ | 6,085,001,449 | | | | 408,118,832 | | | $ | 4,770,832,145 | |
| Shares issued on reinvestment | | | 31,309,282 | | | | 367,933,554 | | | | 37,255,677 | | | | 433,030,827 | |
| Shares repurchased | | | (373,204,638) | | | | (4,336,469,230) | | | | (222,594,994) | | | | (2,592,633,156) | |
| Net increase | | | 176,759,475 | | | $ | 2,116,465,773 | | | | 222,779,515 | | | $ | 2,611,229,816 | |
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| Class IS | |
| Shares sold | | | 195,577,943 | | | $ | 2,282,345,712 | | | | 100,298,924 | | | $ | 1,176,434,976 | |
| Shares issued on reinvestment | | | 12,106,012 | | | | 142,288,920 | | | | 13,307,342 | | | | 154,627,735 | |
| Shares repurchased | | | (90,649,269) | | | | (1,064,033,547) | | | | (58,808,170) | | | | (686,553,997) | |
| Net increase | | | 117,034,686 | | | $ | 1,360,601,085 | | | | 54,798,096 | | | $ | 644,508,714 | |
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8. Redemption facility
The Fund and certain other participating funds within the Corporation (the “Participating Funds”) have available an unsecured revolving credit facility (the “Redemption Facility”), from the lenders and The Bank of New York Mellon (“BNY Mellon”), as administrative agent for the lenders. The Redemption Facility is to be used for temporary or emergency purposes as an additional source of liquidity to fund redemptions of shares. Under the agreement, BNY Mellon provides a 364-day revolving credit facility, in the aggregate amount of $265 million. Unless renewed, the agreement will terminate on November 19, 2018. Any borrowings under the Redemption Facility will bear interest at current market rates as set forth in the credit agreement. The annual commitment fee to maintain the Redemption Facility is 0.10% and is incurred on the unused portion of the facility and is allocated to all Participating Funds pro rata based on net assets. For the year ended December 31, 2017, the Fund incurred a commitment fee in the amount of $163,741. The Fund did not utilize the Redemption Facility during the year ended December 31, 2017.
9. Transactions with affiliated companies
As defined by the 1940 Act, an affiliated company is one in which the Fund owns 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities, or a company which is under common ownership or control. The Fund may invest in Western Asset Government Cash Management Portfolio, LLC (“Cash Management Portfolio”), an affiliated private money market fund managed by Western Asset Management Company, the Fund’s subadviser. Cash Management Portfolio is available as a cash management vehicle for certain proprietary investment companies affiliated with Legg Mason. While Cash Management Portfolio is not a registered money market fund, it conducts all of its investment activities in accordance with the requirements of Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act. Based on the Fund’s relative ownership, the following companies were considered affiliated companies for all or some portion of the year ended December 31, 2017. The following transactions were effected in shares of such companies for the year ended December 31, 2017.
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| | | Affiliate
Value at
December 31,
2016 | | | Purchased | | | Sold | | | Realized
Gain
(Loss) | | | Interest
Income | | | Net Increase
(Decrease) in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation) | | | Affiliate
Value at
December 31,
2017 | |
| | | Cost | | | Shares | | | Cost | | | Shares | | | | | |
| Western Asset Government Cash Management Portfolio LLC | | | — | | | $ | 6,755,737,972 | | | | 6,755,737,972 | | | $ | 4,548,000,000 | | | | 4,548,000,000 | | | | — | | | $ | 14,071,184 | | | | — | | | $ | 2,207,737,972 | |
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Notes to financial statements (cont’d)
10. Income tax information and distributions to shareholders
The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal years ended December 31, was as follows:
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| | | 2017 | | | 2016 | |
| Distributions paid from: | | | | | | | | |
| Ordinary Income | | $ | 606,190,111 | | | $ | 689,785,186 | |
| Net Long-term Capital Gains | | | 12,057,132 | | | | 107,183,607 | |
| Total Distributions Paid | | $ | 618,247,243 | | | $ | 796,968,793 | |
As of December 31, 2017, the components of accumulated earnings (losses) on a tax basis were as follows:
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| Undistributed ordinary income — net | | $ | 32,603,091 | |
| Undistributed long-term capital gains — net | | | 88,927,382 | |
| Total undistributed earnings | | $ | 121,530,473 | |
| Other book/tax temporary differences(a) | | | (114,584,193) | |
| Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)(b) | | | 226,536,541 | |
| Total accumulated earnings (losses) — net | | $ | 233,482,821 | |
| (a) | Other book/tax temporary differences are attributable to the tax deferral of losses on straddles, the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains (losses) on certain futures and foreign currency contracts, book/tax differences in the accrual of interest income on securities in default, book/tax differences in the treatment of swap contracts and book/tax differences in the timing of the deductibility of various expenses. |
| (b) | The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is attributable to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales, book/tax differences in the treatment of partnership investments and other book/tax basis adjustments. |
11. Recent accounting pronouncement
In October 2016, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission adopted new rules and amended existing rules (together, the “final rules”) intended to modernize the reporting and disclosure of information by registered investment companies. In part, the final rules amend Regulation S-X and require standardized, enhanced disclosure about derivatives in investment company financial statements, as well as other amendments. The compliance date for the amendments to Regulation S-X was August 1, 2017. The Fund has adopted the amendments to Regulation S-X and, upon evaluation, has concluded that the amendments do not materially impact the financial statement amounts; however, as required, additional or enhanced disclosure has been included.
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Report of independent registered public accounting firm
To the Board of Directors of Western Asset Funds, Inc. and to the Shareholders of Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund:
Opinion on the financial statements
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund (one of the funds constituting Western Asset Funds, Inc., referred to hereafter as the “Fund”) as of December 31, 2017, the related statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2017, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2017, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended December 31, 2017 (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of December 31, 2017, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2017 and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended December 31, 2017 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2017 by correspondence with the custodian, agent banks and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Baltimore, MD
February 20, 2018
We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in the Legg Mason investment company group since at least 1973. We have not determined the specific year we began serving as auditor.
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Board approval of management and subadvisory agreements (unaudited)
The Executive and Contracts Committee of the Board of Directors considered the Investment Management Agreement between the Corporation and LMPFA with respect to the Fund and the Investment Advisory Agreements between LMPFA and Western Asset Management Company (“Western Asset”), Western Asset Management Company Limited in London (“WAML”), Western Asset Management Company Pte. Ltd. in Singapore (“Western Singapore”) and Western Asset Management Company Ltd. in Japan (“Western Japan,” and together with Western Singapore and WAML, the “Non-U.S. Subadvisers”, and together with Western Asset, the “Subadvisers”) (collectively, the “Agreements”) with respect to the Fund at meetings held on September 12, 2017 and October 17, 2017. At a meeting held on November 14, 2017, the Executive and Contracts Committee reported to the full Board of Directors its considerations and recommendation with respect to the Agreements, and the Board of Directors, including a majority of the Independent Directors, considered and approved renewal of the Agreements.
The Directors noted that although Western Asset’s business is operated through separate legal entities, such as the Non-U.S. Subadvisers, its business is highly integrated and 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 Investment Advisory Agreements between LMPFA and the Non-U.S. Subadvisers with respect to the Fund. The Directors also noted that the Fund does not pay any management fees directly to Western Asset or to any of the Non-U.S. Subadvisers because LMPFA pays the Subadvisers for services provided to the Fund out of the management fee LMPFA receives from the Fund.
In arriving at their decision to renew the Agreements, the Directors met with representatives of Western Asset, including relevant investment advisory personnel, as well as representatives of LMPFA; reviewed a variety of information prepared by LMPFA and Western Asset and materials provided by Broadridge and counsel to the Independent Directors; reviewed performance and expense information for the Fund’s peer group of comparable funds selected and prepared by Broadridge and for certain other comparable products available from Western Asset, including separate accounts managed by Western Asset; and requested and reviewed additional information as necessary. These reviews were in addition to information obtained by the Directors at their regular quarterly meetings with respect to the Fund’s performance and other relevant matters, and related discussions with Western Asset’s personnel.
As part of their review, the Directors examined LMPFA’s ability to provide high quality oversight and administrative and shareholder support services to the Fund, and the Subadvisers’ ability to provide high quality investment management services to the Fund. The Directors considered the experience of LMPFA’s personnel in providing the types of services that LMPFA is responsible for providing to the Fund; the ability of LMPFA to attract and retain capable personnel; the capability and integrity of LMPFA’s senior management and staff;
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and the level of skill required to provide such services to the Fund. The Directors considered the investment philosophy and research and decision-making processes of the Subadvisers; the experience of their key advisory personnel responsible for management of the Fund; the ability of the Subadvisers to attract and retain capable research and advisory personnel; the capability and integrity of the Subadvisers’ senior management and staff; and the level of skill required to manage the Fund. In addition, the Directors reviewed the quality of LMPFA’s and the Subadvisers’ services with respect to regulatory compliance and compliance with the investment policies of the Fund and conditions that might affect LMPFA’s or a Subadviser’s ability to provide high quality services to the Fund in the future under the Agreements, including its business reputation, financial condition and operational stability. Based on the foregoing, the Directors concluded that the Subadvisers’ investment process, research capabilities and philosophy were well suited to the Fund given the Fund’s investment objectives and policies, and that LMPFA and each of the Subadvisers would be able to meet any reasonably foreseeable obligations under the Agreements.
In reviewing the quality of the services provided to the Fund, the Directors also reviewed comparisons of the performance of the Fund to the performance of certain comparable funds in its peer group and to its investment benchmark over the one-, three-, five- and ten-year periods ended August 31, 2017. In that connection, the Directors noted that the performance of the Fund exceeded its peer average performance for each period. With respect to the Fund, the Directors considered the factors involved in its performance relative to the performance of its investment benchmark and peer group.
The Directors also considered the management fee payable by the Fund to LMPFA, the total expenses payable by the Fund and the fact that LMPFA pays to the Subadvisers the entire management fee it receives from the Fund. They reviewed information concerning management fees paid to investment advisers of similarly managed funds, as well as fees paid by the Subadvisers’ other clients, including separate accounts managed by the Subadvisers. The Directors observed that the contractual management fee paid by the Fund to LMPFA was higher than the average management fee rate paid by funds in its peer group, while the actual management fee rate paid by the Fund to LMPFA was lower than the average management fee rate paid by funds in its peer group and that total expenses for the Fund were lower than the average of the funds in its peer group. The Directors noted that the management fee paid by the Fund was generally higher than the fees paid by other clients of the Subadvisers for accounts with similar investment strategies, but that the administrative and operational responsibilities for the Subadvisers with respect to the Fund were also relatively higher. In light of this difference, the Directors concluded that the management fee paid by the Fund relative to the fees paid by the Subadvisers’ other clients was reasonable.
The Directors further evaluated the benefits of the advisory relationship to LMPFA and the Subadvisers, including, among others, the profitability of the relationship to LMPFA and the Subadvisers; the direct and indirect benefits that LMPFA and each Subadviser may receive
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Board approval of management and subadvisory agreements (unaudited) (cont’d)
from its relationship with the Fund, including any “fallout benefits,” such as reputational value derived from serving as investment manager or adviser to the Fund; and the affiliations between LMPFA, the Subadvisers and certain service providers for the Fund. In that connection, the Directors concluded that LMPFA and each Subadviser’s profitability was consistent with levels of profitability that had been determined by courts not to be excessive. The Directors noted that Western Asset does not have soft dollar arrangements.
Finally, the Directors considered, in light of the profitability information provided by LMPFA and Western Asset, the extent to which economies of scale would be realized by the Subadvisers as the assets of the Fund grow. They further concluded that the Fund’s assets were currently at a level at which the Subadvisers potentially may realize economies of scale from any future growth in the Fund, and noted that fee breakpoints had been implemented to capture a portion of any economies of scale for the benefit of the Fund’s shareholders. The Directors determined that the management fee structure for the Fund is reasonable.
In their deliberations with respect to these matters, the Independent Directors were advised by their independent counsel, who is independent, within the meaning of Securities and Exchange Commission rules regarding the independence of counsel, of LMPFA and the Subadvisers. The Independent Directors weighed each of the foregoing matters in light of the advice given to them by their independent counsel as to the law applicable to the review of investment advisory contracts. In arriving at a decision, the Directors, including the Independent Directors, did not identify any single matter as all-important or controlling, and the foregoing summary does not detail all the matters considered. The Directors judged the terms and conditions of the Agreements, including the investment advisory fees, in light of all of the surrounding circumstances.
Based upon their review, the Directors, including all of the Independent Directors, determined, in the exercise of their business judgment, that they were generally satisfied with the quality of services being provided by LMPFA and the Subadvisers, but they would continue to closely monitor the performance of LMPFA and the Subadvisers; that the fees to be paid to the Subadvisers and LMPFA under the relevant Agreements were fair and reasonable, given the scope and quality of the services rendered by the Subadvisers and LMPFA; and that approval of the Agreements was in the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders.
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Additional information (unaudited)
Information about Directors and Officers
The business and affairs of Western Asset Core Plus Bond Fund (the “Fund”) are conducted by management under the supervision and subject to the direction of its Board of Directors. The business address of each Director is c/o Jane Trust, Legg Mason, 100 International Drive, 11th Floor, Baltimore, Maryland 21202. Information pertaining to the Directors and officers of the Fund is set forth below.
The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about Directors and is available, without charge, upon request by calling the Fund at 1-877-721-1926.
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| Independent Directors† | | |
| Robert Abeles, Jr. | | |
| Year of birth | | 1945 |
| Position(s) held with Fund | | Director |
| Term of office1 and length of time served2 | | Since 2013 |
| Principal occupations during the past five years | | Senior Vice President Emeritus (since 2016) and formerly, Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer (2009 to 2016) at University of Southern California |
| Number of portfolios in fund complex overseen3 | | 9 |
| Other directorships held during the past five years | | None |
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| Anita L. DeFrantz | | |
| Year of birth | | 1952 |
| Position(s) held with Fund | | Director |
| Term of office1 and length of time served2 | | Since 1998 |
| Principal occupations during the past five years | | President of Tubman Truth Corp. (since 2015); President Emeritus (since 2015) and formerly, President (1987 to 2015) and Director (1990 to 2015) of LA84 (formerly Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles); Member of the International Olympic Committee (since 1986) and Member of Executive Board of International Olympic Committee (since 2013) |
| Number of portfolios in fund complex overseen3 | | 9 |
| Other directorships held during the past five years | | None |
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| Avedick B. Poladian | | |
| Year of birth | | 1951 |
| Position(s) held with Fund | | Director |
| Term of office1 and length of time served2 | | Since 2007 |
| Principal occupations during the past five years | | Director and Advisor (since 2017) and former Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (2002 to 2016) of Lowe Enterprises, Inc. (privately held real estate and hospitality firm); formerly, Partner, Arthur Andersen, LLP (1974 to 2002) |
| Number of portfolios in fund complex overseen3 | | 9 |
| Other directorships held during the past five years | | Occidental Petroleum Corporation, California Resources Corporation and Public Storage |
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Additional information (unaudited) (cont’d)
Information about Directors and Officers
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| Independent Directors cont’d | | |
| William E. B. Siart | | |
| Year of birth | | 1946 |
| Position(s) held with Fund | | Director and Chairman |
| Term of office1 and length of time served2 | | Since 1997 |
| Principal occupations during the past five years | | Chairman of Great Public Schools Now (since 2015); Trustee of The Getty Trust (since 2005); Chairman of Excellent Education Development (since 2000); formerly, Chairman of Walt Disney Concert Hall, Inc. (1998 to 2006) |
| Number of portfolios in fund complex overseen3 | | 9 |
| Other directorships held during the past five years | | None |
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| Jaynie Miller Studenmund | | |
| Year of birth | | 1954 |
| Position(s) held with Fund | | Director |
| Term of office1 and length of time served2 | | Since 2004 |
| Principal occupations during the past five years | | Director of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. (gaming and hospitality company) (since 2012); Director of CoreLogic, Inc. (information, analytics and business services company) (since 2012) ; formerly, Director of LifeLock, Inc. (identity theft protection company) (2015 to 2017); Director of Orbitz Worldwide, Inc. (online travel company) (2007 to 2014) |
| Number of portfolios in fund complex overseen3 | | 9 |
| Other directorships held during the past five years | | None |
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| Interested Director | | |
| Ronald L. Olson4 | | |
| Year of birth | | 1941 |
| Position(s) held with Fund | | Director |
| Term of office1 and length of time served2 | | Since 2005 |
| Principal occupations during the past five years | | Partner of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP (law partnership) (since 1968) |
| Number of portfolios in fund complex overseen3 | | 9 |
| Other directorships held during the past five years | | Graham Holdings Company (formerly, The Washington Post Company) and Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. |
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| Officers5 | | |
Jane Trust, CFA Legg Mason 100 International Drive, 11th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202 | | |
| Year of birth | | 1962 |
| Position(s) with Fund | | President and Chief Executive Officer |
| Term of office1 and length of time served2 | | Since 2015 |
| Principal occupation(s) during past five years | | Managing Director of Legg Mason & Co., LLC (“Legg Mason & Co.”) (since 2016); Officer and/or Trustee/Director of 148 funds associated with Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC (“LMPFA”) or its affiliates (since 2015); President and Chief Executive Officer of LMPFA (since 2015); formerly, Senior Vice President of LMPFA (2015); Director of ClearBridge, LLC (formerly, Legg Mason Capital Management, LLC) (2007 to 2014); Managing Director of Legg Mason Investment Counsel & Trust Co. (2000 to 2007) |
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Richard F. Sennett Legg Mason 100 International Drive, 7th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202 | | |
| Year of birth | | 1970 |
| Position(s) with Fund | | Principal Financial Officer and Treasurer |
| Term of office1 and length of time served2 | | Since 2011 and since 2013 |
| Principal occupation(s) during past five years | | Principal Financial Officer and Treasurer of certain mutual funds associated with Legg Mason & Co. or its affiliates (since 2011 and since 2013); Managing Director of Legg Mason & Co. and Senior Manager of the Treasury Policy group for Legg Mason & Co.’s Global Fiduciary Platform (since 2011); formerly, Chief Accountant within the SEC’s Division of Investment Management (2007 to 2011); Assistant Chief Accountant within the SEC’s Division of Investment Management (2002 to 2007) |
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Todd F. Kuehl Legg Mason 100 International Drive, 9th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202 | | |
| Year of birth | | 1969 |
| Position(s) held with Fund | | Chief Compliance Officer |
| Term of office1 and length of time served2 | | Since 2007 |
| Principal occupations during the past five years | | Managing Director of Legg Mason & Co. (since 2011); Chief Compliance Officer of certain mutual funds associated with Legg Mason & Co. or its affiliates (since 2006); formerly, Chief Compliance Officer of Legg Mason Private Portfolio Group (prior to 2010); formerly, Branch Chief, Division of Investment Management, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (2002 to 2006) |
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Additional information (unaudited) (cont’d)
Information about Directors and Officers
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| Officers5 cont’d | | |
Robert I. Frenkel Legg Mason 100 First Stamford Place, 6th Floor, Stamford, CT 06902 | | |
| Year of birth | | 1954 |
| Position(s) held with Fund | | Secretary and Chief Legal Officer |
| Term of office1 and length of time served2 | | Since 2007 |
| Principal occupations during the past five years | | Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of Legg Mason, Inc. (since 2006); Managing Director and General Counsel — U.S. Mutual Funds for Legg Mason & Co. (since 2006) and Legg Mason & Co. predecessors (since 1994); Secretary and Chief Legal Officer of certain mutual funds associated with Legg Mason & Co. or its affiliates (since 2006) and Legg Mason & Co. predecessors (prior to 2006) |
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Susan Kerr Legg Mason 620 Eighth Avenue, 49th Floor, New York, NY 10018 | | |
| Year of birth | | 1949 |
| Position(s) held with Fund | | Chief Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer |
| Term of office1 and length of time served2 | | Since 2013 |
| Principal occupation(s) during past five years | | Assistant Vice President of Legg Mason & Co. and Legg Mason Investor Services, LLC (“LMIS”) (since 2010); Chief Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer of certain mutual funds associated with Legg Mason & Co. or its affiliates (since 2013) and Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer of LMIS (since 2012); Senior Compliance Officer of LMIS (since 2011); formerly, AML Consultant, DTCC (2010); AML Consultant, Rabobank Netherlands, (2009); First Vice President, Director of Marketing & Advertising Compliance and Manager of Communications Review Group at Citigroup Inc. (1996 to 2008) |
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Jenna Bailey Legg Mason 100 First Stamford Place, 5th Floor, Stamford, CT 06902 | | |
| Year of birth | | 1978 |
| Position(s) held with Fund | | Identity Theft Prevention Officer |
| Term of office1 and length of time served2 | | Since 2015 |
| Principal occupation(s) during past five years | | Identity Theft Prevention Officer of certain mutual funds associated with Legg Mason & Co. or its affiliates (since 2015); Compliance Officer of Legg Mason & Co. (since 2013); Assistant Vice President of Legg Mason & Co. (since 2011); formerly, Associate Compliance Officer of Legg Mason & Co. (2011 to 2013) |
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| Officers5 cont’d | | |
Jeanne M. Kelly Legg Mason 620 Eighth Avenue, 49th Floor, New York, NY 10018 | | |
| Year of birth | | 1951 |
| Position(s) with Fund | | Senior Vice President |
| Term of office1 and length of time served2 | | Since 2007 |
| Principal occupation(s) during past five years | | Senior Vice President of certain mutual funds associated with Legg Mason & Co. or its affiliates (since 2007); Senior Vice President of LMPFA (since 2006); President and Chief Executive Officer of LMAS and LMFAM (since 2015); Managing Director of Legg Mason & Co. (since 2005) and Legg Mason & Co. predecessors (prior to 2005); formerly, Senior Vice President of LMFAM (2013 to 2015) |
| † | Directors who are not “interested persons” of the Fund within the meaning of section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). |
| 1 | Each Director and officer serves until his or her respective successor has been duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement or removal. |
| 2 | Indicates the earliest year in which the Director became a board member for a fund in the Legg Mason fund complex or the officer took such office. |
| 3 | In addition to overseeing the 7 funds of the Corporation, each Director also serves as a Director of Western Asset Income Fund and a Trustee of Western Asset Premier Bond Fund (closed-end investment companies), which are considered part of the same fund complex as the Corporation. |
| 4 | Mr. Olson is an “interested person” (as defined above) of the Fund because his law firm has provided legal services to WAM. |
| 5 | Each officer of the Fund is an “interested person” (as defined above) of the Fund. |
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Important tax information (unaudited)
The following information is provided with respect to the distributions paid during the taxable year ended December 31, 2017:
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| Record date: | | | Daily | | | | Daily | | | | 12/20/2017 | |
| Payable date: | |
| January 2017 -
January 2017 |
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| February 2017 -
December 2017 |
| | | 12/21/2017 | |
| Ordinary income: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Qualified dividend income for individuals | | | 4.12 | % | | | 1.15 | % | | | 1.15 | % |
Dividends qualifying for the dividends | | | | | | | | | | | | |
received deduction for corporations | | | 2.14 | % | | | 1.04 | % | | | 1.04 | % |
| Interest from Federal Obligations | | | 19.08 | % | | | 19.08 | % | | | 19.08 | % |
| Long-term capital gain dividend | | | — | | | | — | | | | $0.006510 | |
The law varies in each state as to whether and what percentage of dividend income attributable to Federal obligations is exempt from state income tax. We recommend that you consult with your tax adviser to determine if any portion of the dividends you received is exempt from state income taxes.
The following information is applicable to non-U.S. resident shareholders:
The following ordinary income distributions paid by the Fund represent Qualified Net Investment Income or Qualified Short-Term capital gains eligible for exemption from U.S. withholding tax for nonresident aliens and foreign corporations:
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| Record date: | | | Daily | | | | Daily | | | | 12/20/2017 | |
| Payable date: | |
| January 2017 -
January 2017 |
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| February 2017 -
December 2017 |
| | | 12/21/2017 | |
Qualified net investment income | | | 65.00 | % | | | 65.00 | % | | | — | |
Qualified short-term capital gains | | | — | | | | — | | | | $0.009310 | |
Please retain this information for your records.
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Western Asset
Core Plus Bond Fund
Directors
Robert Abeles, Jr.
Anita L. DeFrantz
Ronald L. Olson
Avedick B. Poladian
William E. B. Siart, Chairman
Jaynie M. Studenmund
Investment manager
Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC
Subadvisers
Western Asset Management Company
Western Asset Management Company Limited
Western Asset Management Company Ltd.
Western Asset Management Company Pte. Ltd.
Distributor
Legg Mason Investor Services, LLC
Transfer agent
BNYMellon Investment
Servicing (US) Inc.
4400 Computer Drive
Westborough, MA 01581
Custodian
State Street Bank and Trust Company
Independent registered public accounting firm
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Baltimore, MD
Western Asset 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, 49th Floor
New York, NY 10018
The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The Fund’s Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C., and information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. To obtain information on Form N-Q, shareholders can call the Fund at 1-877-721-1926.
Information on how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the prior 12-month period ended June 30th of each year and a description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies related to portfolio transactions are available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund at 1-877-721-1926, (2) at www.leggmason.com/mutualfunds and (3) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of Western Asset 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.leggmason.com
© 2018 Legg Mason Investor Services, LLC
Member FINRA, SIPC
Legg Mason Funds Privacy and Security Notice
Your Privacy and the Security of Your Personal Information is Very Important to the Legg Mason Funds
This Privacy and Security Notice (the “Privacy Notice”) addresses the Legg Mason Funds’ privacy and data protection practices with respect to nonpublic personal information the Funds receive. The Legg Mason Funds include any funds sold by the Funds’ distributor, Legg Mason Investor Services, LLC, as well as Legg Mason-sponsored closed-end funds and certain closed-end funds managed or sub-advised by Legg Mason or its affiliates. The provisions of this Privacy Notice apply to your information both while you are a shareholder and after you are no longer invested with the Funds.
The Type of Nonpublic Personal Information the Funds Collect About You
The Funds collect and maintain nonpublic personal information about you in connection with your shareholder account. Such information may include, but is not limited to:
| • | | Personal information included on applications or other forms; |
| • | | Account balances, transactions, and mutual fund holdings and positions; |
| • | | Online account access user IDs, passwords, security challenge question responses; and |
| • | | Information received from consumer reporting agencies regarding credit history and creditworthiness (such as the amount of an individual’s total debt, payment history, etc.). |
How the Funds Use Nonpublic Personal Information About You
The Funds do not sell or share your nonpublic personal information with third parties or with affiliates for their marketing purposes, or with other financial institutions or affiliates for joint marketing purposes, unless you have authorized the Funds to do so. The Funds do not disclose any nonpublic personal information about you except as may be required to perform transactions or services you have authorized or as permitted or required by law. The Funds may disclose information about you to:
| • | | Employees, agents, and affiliates on a “need to know” basis to enable the Funds to conduct ordinary business or comply with obligations to government regulators; |
| • | | Service providers, including the Funds’ affiliates, who assist the Funds as part of the ordinary course of business (such as printing, mailing services, or processing or servicing your account with us) or otherwise perform services on the Funds’ behalf, including companies that may perform marketing services solely for the Funds; |
| • | | The Funds’ representatives such as legal counsel, accountants and auditors; and |
| • | | Fiduciaries or representatives acting on your behalf, such as an IRA custodian or trustee of a grantor trust. |
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| NOT PART OF THE ANNUAL REPORT |
Legg Mason Funds Privacy and Security Notice (cont’d)
Except as otherwise permitted by applicable law, companies acting on the Funds’ behalf are contractually obligated to keep nonpublic personal information the Funds provide to them confidential and to use the information the Funds share only to provide the services the Funds ask them to perform.
The Funds may disclose nonpublic personal information about you when necessary to enforce their rights or protect against fraud, or as permitted or required by applicable law, such as in connection with a law enforcement or regulatory request, subpoena, or similar legal process. In the event of a corporate action or in the event a Fund service provider changes, the Funds may be required to disclose your nonpublic personal information to third parties. While it is the Funds’ practice to obtain protections for disclosed information in these types of transactions, the Funds cannot guarantee their privacy policy will remain unchanged.
Keeping You Informed of the Funds’ Privacy and Security Practices
The Funds will notify you annually of their privacy policy as required by federal law. While the Funds reserve the right to modify this policy at any time they will notify you promptly if this privacy policy changes.
The Funds’ Security Practices
The Funds maintain appropriate physical, electronic and procedural safeguards designed to guard your nonpublic personal information. The Funds’ internal data security policies restrict access to your nonpublic personal information to authorized employees, who may use your nonpublic personal information for Fund business purposes only.
Although the Funds strive to protect your nonpublic personal information, they cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you provide or transmit to them, and you do so at your own risk. In the event of a breach of the confidentiality or security of your nonpublic personal information, the Funds will attempt to notify you as necessary so you can take appropriate protective steps. If you have consented to the Funds using electronic communications or electronic delivery of statements, they may notify you under such circumstances using the most current email address you have on record with them.
In order for the Funds to provide effective service to you, keeping your account information accurate is very important. If you believe that your account information is incomplete, not accurate or not current, or if you have questions about the Funds’ privacy practices, write the Funds using the contact information on your account statements, email the Funds by clicking on the Contact Us section of the Funds’ website at www.leggmason.com, or contact the Fund at 1-877-721-1926.
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Western Asset Management Company
Legg Mason, Inc. Subsidiaries
www.leggmason.com
© 2018 Legg Mason Investor Services, LLC Member FINRA, SIPC
WASX013139 2/18 SR18-3285
The registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller.
| ITEM 3. | AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT. |
The Board of Directors of the registrant has determined that Mr. Robert Abeles, Jr., possesses the technical attributes identified in Instruction 2(b) of Item 3 to Form N-CSR to qualify as “audit committee financial expert,” and have designated Mr. Abeles as the Audit Committee’s financial expert. Mr. Abeles is an “independent” Director pursuant to paragraph (a) (2) of Item 3 to Form N-CSR.
| ITEM 4. | PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES |
a) Audit Fees. The aggregate fees billed in the last two fiscal years ending December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2017 (the “Reporting Periods”) for professional services rendered by the Registrant’s principal accountant (the “Auditor”) for the audit of the Registrant’s annual financial statements, or services that are normally provided by the Auditor in connection with the statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for the Reporting Periods, were $178,441 in December 31, 2016 and in $74,510 in December 31, 2017.
b) Audit-Related Fees. The aggregate fees billed in the Reporting Period for assurance and related services by the Auditor that are reasonably related to the performance of the Registrant’s financial statements were $0 in December 31, 2016 and $0 in December 31, 2017.
(c) Tax Fees. The aggregate fees billed in the Reporting Periods for professional services rendered by the Auditor for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning (“Tax Services”) were $20,200 in December 31, 2016 and $20,806 in December 31, 2017. These services consisted of (i) review or preparation of U.S. federal, state, local and excise tax returns; (ii) U.S. federal, state and local tax planning, advice and assistance regarding statutory, regulatory or administrative developments, and (iii) tax advice regarding tax qualification matters and/or treatment of various financial instruments held or proposed to be acquired or held.
There were no fees billed for tax services by the Auditors to service affiliates during the Reporting Periods that required pre-approval by the Audit Committee.
d) All Other Fees. The aggregate other fees billed in the Reporting Periods for products and services provided by the Auditor were $3,975 in December 31, 2016 and $0 in December 31, 2017, other than the services reported in paragraphs (a) through (c) for the Item for the Western Asset Funds, Inc.
All Other Fees. There were no other non-audit services rendered by the Auditor to Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisors, LLC (“LMPFA”), and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with LMPFA that provided ongoing services to Western Asset Funds, Inc. requiring pre-approval by the Audit Committee in the Reporting Period.
(e) Audit Committee’s pre–approval policies and procedures described in paragraph (c)(7) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.
(1) The Charter for the Audit Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of each registered investment company (the “Fund”) advised by LMPFA or one of their affiliates (each, an “Adviser”) requires that the Committee shall approve (a) all audit and permissible non-audit services to be provided to the Fund and (b) all permissible non-audit services to be provided by the Fund’s independent auditors to the Adviser and any Covered Service Providers if the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund. The Committee may implement policies and procedures by which such services are approved other than by the full Committee.
The Committee shall not approve non-audit services that the Committee believes may impair the independence of the auditors. As of the date of the approval of this Audit Committee Charter, permissible non-audit services include any professional services (including tax services), that are not prohibited services as described below, provided to the Fund by the independent auditors, other than those provided to the Fund in connection with an audit or a review of the financial statements of the Fund. Permissible non-audit services may not include: (i) bookkeeping or other services related to the accounting records or financial statements of the Fund; (ii) financial information systems design and implementation; (iii) appraisal or valuation services, fairness opinions or contribution-in-kind reports; (iv) actuarial services; (v) internal audit outsourcing services; (vi) management functions or human resources; (vii) broker or dealer, investment adviser or investment banking services; (viii) legal services and expert services unrelated to the audit; and (ix) any other service the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board determines, by regulation, is impermissible.
Pre-approval by the Committee of any permissible non-audit services is not required so long as: (i) the aggregate amount of all such permissible non-audit services provided to the Fund, the Adviser and any service providers controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Adviser that provide ongoing services to the Fund (“Covered Service Providers”) constitutes not more than 5% of the total amount of revenues paid to the independent auditors during the fiscal year in which the permissible non-audit services are provided to (a) the Fund, (b) the Adviser and (c) any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Adviser that provides ongoing services to the Fund during the fiscal year in which the services are provided that would have to be approved by the Committee; (ii) the permissible non-audit services were not recognized by the Fund at the time of the engagement to be non-audit services; and (iii) such services are promptly brought to the attention of the Committee and approved by the Committee (or its delegate(s)) prior to the completion of the audit.
(2) For the Western Asset Funds, Inc., the percentage of fees that were approved by the audit committee, with respect to: Audit-Related Fees were 100% and 100% for December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2017; Tax Fees were 100% and 100% for December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2017; and Other Fees were 100% and 100% for December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2017.
(f) N/A
(g) Non-audit fees billed by the Auditor for services rendered to Western Asset Funds, Inc., LMPFA and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with LMPFA that provides ongoing services to Western Asset Funds, Inc. during the reporting period were $200,054 in December 31, 2016 and $269,356 in December 31, 2017.
(h) Yes. Western Asset Funds, Inc.’s Audit Committee has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to Service Affiliates, which were not pre-approved (not requiring pre-approval), is compatible with maintaining the Accountant’s independence. All services provided by the Auditor to the Western Asset Funds, Inc. or to Service Affiliates, which were required to be pre-approved, were pre-approved as required.
| ITEM 5. | AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS. |
| | a) | The independent board members are acting as the registrant’s audit committee as specified in Section 3(a)(58)(B) of the Exchange Act. The Audit Committee consists of the following Board members: |
Robert Abeles, Jr.
Anita L. DeFrantz
Ronald L. Olson
Avedick B. Poladian
William E. B. Siart
Jaynie M. Studenmund
| 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 EQUITY 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. |
(a) (1) Code of Ethics attached hereto.
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.
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| By: | | /s/ Jane Trust |
| | Jane Trust |
| | Chief Executive Officer |
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| Date: | | February 22, 2018 |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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| By: | | /s/ Jane Trust |
| | Jane Trust |
| | Chief Executive Officer |
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| Date: | | February 22, 2018 |
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| By: | | /s/ Richard F. Sennett |
| | Richard F. Sennett |
| | Principal Financial Officer |
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| Date: | | February 22, 2018 |
