UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-Q
QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY
Investment Company Act file number 811-10603
Western Asset Premier Bond Fund
(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)
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (888) 777-0102
Date of fiscal year end: December 31
Date of reporting period: March 31, 2014
ITEM 1. | SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS. |
WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BOND FUND
FORM N-Q
MARCH 31, 2014
WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BOND FUND
Schedule of investments (unaudited) | March 31, 2014 |
SECURITY |
RATE | MATURITY DATE |
FACE AMOUNT |
VALUE | ||||||||||||
CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES - 77.7% | ||||||||||||||||
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 10.6% | ||||||||||||||||
Automobiles - 2.5% |
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DaimlerChrysler NA Holding Corp., Notes |
8.500 | % | 1/18/31 | 1,000,000 | $ | 1,485,174 | ||||||||||
Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, Senior Notes |
12.000 | % | 5/15/15 | 1,030,000 | 1,156,097 | |||||||||||
Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, Senior Notes |
8.000 | % | 12/15/16 | 680,000 | 795,909 | |||||||||||
Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, Senior Notes |
2.375 | % | 1/16/18 | 1,000,000 | 1,008,432 | |||||||||||
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Total Automobiles |
4,445,612 | |||||||||||||||
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Diversified Consumer Services - 0.0% |
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Service Corp. International, Senior Notes |
7.625 | % | 10/1/18 | 5,000 | 5,769 | |||||||||||
Service Corp. International, Senior Notes |
7.500 | % | 4/1/27 | 60,000 | 63,600 | |||||||||||
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Total Diversified Consumer Services |
69,369 | |||||||||||||||
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Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 1.1% |
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Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc., Senior Notes |
6.625 | % | 9/27/23 | 120,000 | 123,000 | (a) | ||||||||||
Caesars Entertainment Operating Co. Inc., Senior Secured Notes |
9.000 | % | 2/15/20 | 160,000 | 143,600 | |||||||||||
CCM Merger Inc., Senior Notes |
9.125 | % | 5/1/19 | 570,000 | 607,050 | (a) | ||||||||||
Greektown Holdings LLC/Greektown Mothership Corp., Senior Secured Notes |
8.875 | % | 3/15/19 | 280,000 | 289,100 | (a) | ||||||||||
Landrys Holdings II Inc., Senior Notes |
10.250 | % | 1/1/18 | 720,000 | 770,400 | (a) | ||||||||||
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Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure |
1,933,150 | |||||||||||||||
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Household Durables - 0.2% |
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William Lyon Homes Inc., Senior Notes |
8.500 | % | 11/15/20 | 390,000 | 433,875 | |||||||||||
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Media - 6.6% |
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21st Century Fox America Inc., Notes |
8.875 | % | 4/26/23 | 400,000 | 522,280 | |||||||||||
Comcast Corp., Notes |
5.900 | % | 3/15/16 | 400,000 | 439,637 | |||||||||||
Comcast Corp., Notes |
7.050 | % | 3/15/33 | 1,000,000 | 1,299,190 | |||||||||||
CSC Holdings LLC, Senior Notes |
6.750 | % | 11/15/21 | 1,000,000 | 1,117,500 | |||||||||||
DISH DBS Corp., Senior Notes |
7.875 | % | 9/1/19 | 385,000 | 455,262 | |||||||||||
Nara Cable Funding Ltd., Senior Secured Notes |
8.875 | % | 12/1/18 | 1,500,000 | 1,633,125 | (a) | ||||||||||
New Cotai LLC/New Cotai Capital Corp., Senior Secured Notes |
10.625 | % | 5/1/19 | 327,566 | 360,323 | (a)(b) | ||||||||||
Time Warner Cable Inc., Debentures |
7.300 | % | 7/1/38 | 720,000 | 899,531 | |||||||||||
Time Warner Cable Inc., Senior Notes |
5.850 | % | 5/1/17 | 500,000 | 562,136 | |||||||||||
Time Warner Inc., Senior Debentures |
7.700 | % | 5/1/32 | 980,000 | 1,314,226 | |||||||||||
UPC Holding BV, Junior Secured Subordinated Notes |
6.375 | % | 9/15/22 | 1,820,000 | EUR | 2,691,360 | (a) | |||||||||
WMG Acquisition Corp., Senior Notes |
6.750 | % | 4/15/22 | 530,000 | 533,312 | (a) | ||||||||||
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Total Media |
11,827,882 | |||||||||||||||
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Specialty Retail - 0.2% |
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Hot Topic Inc., Senior Secured Notes |
9.250 | % | 6/15/21 | 270,000 | 291,600 | (a) | ||||||||||
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TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY |
19,001,488 | |||||||||||||||
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CONSUMER STAPLES - 4.7% | ||||||||||||||||
Food & Staples Retailing - 2.2% |
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CVS Pass-Through Trust, Secured Bonds |
5.789 | % | 1/10/26 | 475,632 | 527,548 | (a) | ||||||||||
CVS Pass-Through Trust, Secured Notes |
5.880 | % | 1/10/28 | 475,774 | 529,080 | |||||||||||
CVS Pass-Through Trust, Secured Notes |
6.036 | % | 12/10/28 | 472,097 | 530,262 | |||||||||||
CVS Pass-Through Trust, Secured Notes |
6.943 | % | 1/10/30 | 451,406 | 533,646 | |||||||||||
CVS Pass-Through Trust, Secured Notes |
7.507 | % | 1/10/32 | 437,903 | 539,439 | (a) | ||||||||||
Kroger Co., Senior Notes |
6.400 | % | 8/15/17 | 1,090,000 | 1,251,167 | |||||||||||
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Total Food & Staples Retailing |
3,911,142 | |||||||||||||||
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Food Products - 2.5% |
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Ahold Lease USA Inc., Pass-Through Certificates |
8.620 | % | 1/2/25 | 686,921 | 826,550 | |||||||||||
Chiquita Brands International Inc./Chiquita Brands LLC, Senior Secured Notes |
7.875 | % | 2/1/21 | 625,000 | 697,656 | |||||||||||
Marfrig Holding Europe BV, Senior Notes |
11.250 | % | 9/20/21 | 340,000 | 364,650 | (a) | ||||||||||
Simmons Foods Inc., Senior Secured Notes |
10.500 | % | 11/1/17 | 500,000 | 541,875 | (a) |
See Notes to Schedule of Investments.
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WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BOND FUND
Schedule of investments (unaudited) (contd) | March 31, 2014 |
SECURITY |
RATE | MATURITY DATE |
FACE AMOUNT |
VALUE | ||||||||||||
Food Products - 2.5% (continued) |
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Wells Enterprises Inc., Senior Secured Notes |
6.750 | % | 2/1/20 | 176,000 | $ | 182,160 | (a) | |||||||||
WM Wrigley Jr. Co., Senior Notes |
2.000 | % | 10/20/17 | 2,000,000 | 2,004,848 | (a) | ||||||||||
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Total Food Products |
4,617,739 | |||||||||||||||
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TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES |
8,528,881 | |||||||||||||||
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ENERGY - 9.6% | ||||||||||||||||
Energy Equipment & Services - 1.3% |
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CGG, Senior Notes |
6.500 | % | 6/1/21 | 750,000 | 761,250 | |||||||||||
Gulfmark Offshore Inc., Senior Notes |
6.375 | % | 3/15/22 | 410,000 | 424,350 | |||||||||||
Hercules Offshore Inc., Senior Notes |
8.750 | % | 7/15/21 | 410,000 | 444,850 | (a) | ||||||||||
Hercules Offshore Inc., Senior Notes |
7.500 | % | 10/1/21 | 650,000 | 656,500 | (a) | ||||||||||
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Total Energy Equipment & Services |
2,286,950 | |||||||||||||||
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Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 8.3% |
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Anadarko Finance Co., Senior Notes |
7.500 | % | 5/1/31 | 570,000 | 725,758 | |||||||||||
Arch Coal Inc., Senior Notes |
7.000 | % | 6/15/19 | 1,080,000 | 834,300 | |||||||||||
Atlas Pipeline Partners LP/Atlas Pipeline Finance Corp., Senior Notes |
6.625 | % | 10/1/20 | 170,000 | 181,050 | |||||||||||
Burlington Resources Finance Co., Senior Notes |
7.400 | % | 12/1/31 | 450,000 | 620,245 | |||||||||||
Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP/Calumet Finance Corp., Senior Notes |
6.500 | % | 4/15/21 | 1,180,000 | 1,188,850 | (a) | ||||||||||
Colorado Interstate Gas Co., Senior Notes |
6.800 | % | 11/15/15 | 150,000 | 164,094 | |||||||||||
CONSOL Energy Inc., Senior Notes |
8.250 | % | 4/1/20 | 440,000 | 477,950 | |||||||||||
Devon Energy Corp., Debentures |
7.950 | % | 4/15/32 | 310,000 | 424,360 | |||||||||||
Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes |
1.875 | % | 5/15/17 | 1,000,000 | 1,007,254 | |||||||||||
Ecopetrol SA, Senior Notes |
5.875 | % | 9/18/23 | 55,000 | 60,088 | |||||||||||
El Paso Corp., Medium-Term Notes |
7.800 | % | 8/1/31 | 190,000 | 202,012 | |||||||||||
Halcon Resources Corp., Senior Notes |
9.750 | % | 7/15/20 | 670,000 | 721,925 | |||||||||||
Hess Corp., Notes |
7.875 | % | 10/1/29 | 350,000 | 459,668 | |||||||||||
Magnum Hunter Resources Corp., Senior Notes |
9.750 | % | 5/15/20 | 740,000 | 819,550 | |||||||||||
MEG Energy Corp., Senior Notes |
7.000 | % | 3/31/24 | 840,000 | 888,300 | (a) | ||||||||||
Natural Resource Partners LP, Senior Notes |
9.125 | % | 10/1/18 | 370,000 | 386,650 | (a) | ||||||||||
Petrobras International Finance Co., Senior Notes |
5.375 | % | 1/27/21 | 960,000 | 970,868 | |||||||||||
Plains Exploration & Production Co., Senior Notes |
8.625 | % | 10/15/19 | 125,000 | 135,781 | |||||||||||
Plains Exploration & Production Co., Senior Notes |
6.500 | % | 11/15/20 | 660,000 | 726,825 | |||||||||||
Plains Exploration & Production Co., Senior Notes |
6.875 | % | 2/15/23 | 1,000,000 | 1,112,500 | |||||||||||
Regency Energy Partners LP/Regency Energy Finance Corp., Senior Notes |
5.875 | % | 3/1/22 | 80,000 | 83,000 | |||||||||||
Reliance Holdings USA Inc., Senior Notes |
5.400 | % | 2/14/22 | 250,000 | 261,808 | (a) | ||||||||||
Sanchez Energy Corp., Senior Notes |
7.750 | % | 6/15/21 | 710,000 | 757,925 | (a) | ||||||||||
Summit Midstream Holdings LLC/Summit Mindstream Finance Corp., Senior Notes |
7.500 | % | 7/1/21 | 230,000 | 246,100 | (a) | ||||||||||
Transocean Inc., Senior Notes |
5.050 | % | 12/15/16 | 1,000,000 | 1,087,682 | |||||||||||
Williams Cos. Inc., Debentures |
7.500 | % | 1/15/31 | 413,000 | 454,490 | |||||||||||
Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes |
8.750 | % | 3/15/32 | 39,000 | 47,015 | |||||||||||
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Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels |
15,046,048 | |||||||||||||||
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TOTAL ENERGY |
17,332,998 | |||||||||||||||
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FINANCIALS - 20.6% | ||||||||||||||||
Banks - 12.6% |
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Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes |
3.750 | % | 7/12/16 | 1,000,000 | 1,057,507 | |||||||||||
Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes |
5.000 | % | 5/13/21 | 1,100,000 | 1,212,910 | |||||||||||
Barclays Bank PLC, Subordinated Notes |
10.179 | % | 6/12/21 | 610,000 | 817,601 | (a) | ||||||||||
Barclays Bank PLC, Subordinated Notes |
7.625 | % | 11/21/22 | 2,500,000 | 2,756,250 | |||||||||||
Capital One N.A., Senior Notes |
1.500 | % | 3/22/18 | 1,810,000 | 1,772,128 | |||||||||||
Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes |
1.700 | % | 7/25/16 | 1,000,000 | 1,011,356 | |||||||||||
Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes |
3.500 | % | 5/15/23 | 500,000 | 471,725 | |||||||||||
Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes |
6.625 | % | 6/15/32 | 1,000,000 | 1,150,087 | |||||||||||
Credit Agricole SA, Subordinated Notes |
8.375 | % | 10/13/19 | 1,610,000 | 1,827,350 | (a)(c)(d) | ||||||||||
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Senior Notes |
3.625 | % | 8/12/15 | 300,000 | 307,797 | (a) | ||||||||||
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Senior Notes |
3.875 | % | 1/16/18 | 1,000,000 | 1,034,997 |
See Notes to Schedule of Investments.
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WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BOND FUND
Schedule of investments (unaudited) (contd) | March 31, 2014 |
SECURITY |
RATE | MATURITY DATE |
FACE AMOUNT |
VALUE | ||||||||||||
Banks - 12.6% (continued) |
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JPMorgan Chase & Co., Junior Subordinated Bonds |
6.000 | % | 8/1/23 | 1,910,000 | $ | 1,881,350 | (c)(d) | |||||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co., Subordinated Notes |
5.125 | % | 9/15/14 | 1,300,000 | 1,327,323 | |||||||||||
M&T Bank Corp., Junior Subordinated Bonds |
6.875 | % | 6/15/16 | 760,000 | 742,900 | (d) | ||||||||||
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Subordinated Notes |
5.050 | % | 1/8/15 | 230,000 | 235,364 | |||||||||||
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Subordinated Notes |
6.100 | % | 6/10/23 | 1,470,000 | 1,525,888 | |||||||||||
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Subordinated Notes |
6.000 | % | 12/19/23 | 150,000 | 153,593 | |||||||||||
Royal Bank of Scotland NV, Subordinated Notes |
7.750 | % | 5/15/23 | 140,000 | 156,848 | |||||||||||
Santander UK PLC, Subordinated Notes |
5.000 | % | 11/7/23 | 510,000 | 524,686 | (a) | ||||||||||
Santander US Debt SA Unipersonal, Senior Notes |
3.724 | % | 1/20/15 | 300,000 | 305,721 | (a) | ||||||||||
Wachovia Capital Trust III, Junior Subordinated Bonds |
5.570 | % | 5/16/14 | 2,530,000 | 2,431,963 | (c)(d) | ||||||||||
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Total Banks |
22,705,344 | |||||||||||||||
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Capital Markets - 2.8% |
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Deutsche Bank AG, Subordinated Notes |
4.296 | % | 5/24/28 | 2,000,000 | 1,884,494 | (c) | ||||||||||
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes |
6.150 | % | 4/1/18 | 1,000,000 | 1,143,192 | |||||||||||
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes |
5.250 | % | 7/27/21 | 800,000 | 885,592 | |||||||||||
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Subordinated Notes |
6.750 | % | 10/1/37 | 1,000,000 | 1,145,519 | |||||||||||
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Total Capital Markets |
5,058,797 | |||||||||||||||
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Consumer Finance - 1.0% |
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Ally Financial Inc., Senior Notes |
8.000 | % | 3/15/20 | 350,000 | 421,750 | |||||||||||
Capital One Financial Corp., Subordinated Notes |
6.150 | % | 9/1/16 | 500,000 | 558,005 | |||||||||||
SLM Corp., Senior Notes |
6.125 | % | 3/25/24 | 810,000 | 808,987 | |||||||||||
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Total Consumer Finance |
1,788,742 | |||||||||||||||
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Diversified Financial Services - 2.7% |
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General Electric Capital Corp., Notes |
5.300 | % | 2/11/21 | 450,000 | 506,137 | |||||||||||
General Electric Capital Corp., Subordinated Debentures |
6.375 | % | 11/15/67 | 500,000 | 550,000 | (c) | ||||||||||
International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes |
8.750 | % | 3/15/17 | 1,380,000 | 1,619,775 | |||||||||||
International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes |
5.875 | % | 8/15/22 | 750,000 | 793,125 | |||||||||||
International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Secured Notes |
7.125 | % | 9/1/18 | 400,000 | 465,000 | (a) | ||||||||||
Nationstar Mortgage LLC/Nationstar Capital Corp., Senior Notes |
7.875 | % | 10/1/20 | 290,000 | 292,900 | |||||||||||
ZFS Finance USA Trust II, Bonds |
6.450 | % | 12/15/65 | 500,000 | 538,750 | (a)(c) | ||||||||||
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Total Diversified Financial Services |
4,765,687 | |||||||||||||||
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Insurance - 1.1% |
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Liberty Mutual Group Inc., Junior Subordinated Bonds |
7.800 | % | 3/15/37 | 200,000 | 222,000 | (a) | ||||||||||
Metlife Inc., Junior Subordinated Notes |
10.750 | % | 8/1/39 | 500,000 | 757,500 | |||||||||||
XL Capital Ltd., Senior Notes |
5.250 | % | 9/15/14 | 1,000,000 | 1,020,625 | |||||||||||
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Total Insurance |
2,000,125 | |||||||||||||||
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Real Estate Management & Development - 0.4% |
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Howard Hughes Corp., Senior Notes |
6.875 | % | 10/1/21 | 690,000 | 745,200 | (a) | ||||||||||
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TOTAL FINANCIALS |
37,063,895 | |||||||||||||||
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HEALTH CARE - 1.6% | ||||||||||||||||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 0.5% |
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ConvaTec Finance International SA, Senior Notes |
8.250 | % | 1/15/19 | 340,000 | 350,200 | (a)(b) | ||||||||||
Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc., Senior Notes |
9.750 | % | 5/15/17 | 610,000 | 606,950 | |||||||||||
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Total Health Care Equipment & Supplies |
957,150 | |||||||||||||||
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Health Care Providers & Services - 1.1% |
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Acadia Healthcare Co. Inc., Senior Notes |
6.125 | % | 3/15/21 | 520,000 | 542,750 | (a) | ||||||||||
HCA Inc., Debentures |
7.500 | % | 11/15/95 | 475,000 | 415,625 | |||||||||||
HCA Inc., Notes |
7.690 | % | 6/15/25 | 90,000 | 96,075 |
See Notes to Schedule of Investments.
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WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BOND FUND
Schedule of investments (unaudited) (contd) | March 31, 2014 |
SECURITY |
RATE | MATURITY DATE |
FACE AMOUNT |
VALUE | ||||||||||||
Health Care Providers & Services - 1.1% (continued) |
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IASIS Healthcare LLC/IASIS Capital Corp., Senior Notes |
8.375 | % | 5/15/19 | 230,000 | $ | 245,525 | ||||||||||
MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC, Senior Notes |
6.625 | % | 4/1/22 | 110,000 | 112,888 | (a) | ||||||||||
Tenet Healthcare Corp., Senior Notes |
8.125 | % | 4/1/22 | 480,000 | 536,400 | |||||||||||
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Total Health Care Providers & Services |
1,949,263 | |||||||||||||||
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TOTAL HEALTH CARE |
2,906,413 | |||||||||||||||
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INDUSTRIALS - 11.8% | ||||||||||||||||
Aerospace & Defense - 0.6% |
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Boeing Co., Notes |
6.125 | % | 2/15/33 | 600,000 | 753,400 | |||||||||||
GenCorp Inc., Secured Notes |
7.125 | % | 3/15/21 | 250,000 | 270,938 | |||||||||||
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Total Aerospace & Defense |
1,024,338 | |||||||||||||||
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Airlines - 7.4% |
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Air 2 US, Notes |
8.027 | % | 10/1/19 | 1,591,513 | 1,679,046 | (a) | ||||||||||
Air Canada, Senior Secured Notes |
8.750 | % | 4/1/20 | 360,000 | 390,150 | (a) | ||||||||||
America West Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates, Ambac Assurance Corp. |
8.057 | % | 7/2/20 | 1,654,421 | 1,910,856 | |||||||||||
Delta Air Lines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates, Secured Notes |
8.021 | % | 8/10/22 | 128,654 | 148,273 | |||||||||||
Northwest Airlines Corp., Pass-Through Certificates |
7.575 | % | 3/1/19 | 362,043 | 416,349 | |||||||||||
United Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates |
6.900 | % | 1/2/18 | 533,354 | 576,022 | |||||||||||
United Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates |
6.820 | % | 5/1/18 | 718,890 | 787,185 | |||||||||||
United Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates |
6.545 | % | 2/2/19 | 823,076 | 913,614 | |||||||||||
United Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates |
8.048 | % | 11/1/20 | 490,116 | 564,858 | |||||||||||
United Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates |
6.703 | % | 6/15/21 | 663,211 | 724,558 | |||||||||||
United Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates, Secured Notes |
6.250 | % | 4/11/20 | 949,324 | 1,013,403 | |||||||||||
US Airways, Pass-Through Trust, Pass-Through Certificates |
6.850 | % | 1/30/18 | 2,082,883 | 2,228,685 | |||||||||||
US Airways, Pass-Through Trust, Secured Notes |
7.125 | % | 10/22/23 | 1,756,264 | 2,041,657 | |||||||||||
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Total Airlines |
13,394,656 | |||||||||||||||
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Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.4% |
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Taylor Morrison Communities Inc./Monarch Communities Inc., Senior Notes |
7.750 | % | 4/15/20 | 590,000 | 650,475 | (a) | ||||||||||
Taylor Morrison Communities Inc./Monarch Communities Inc., Senior Notes |
7.750 | % | 4/15/20 | 72,000 | 79,380 | (a) | ||||||||||
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Total Commercial Services & Supplies |
729,855 | |||||||||||||||
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Construction & Engineering - 0.9% |
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Ausdrill Finance Pty Ltd., Senior Notes |
6.875 | % | 11/1/19 | 270,000 | 245,700 | (a) | ||||||||||
Michael Baker International LLC/CDL Acquisition Co. Inc., Senior Secured Notes |
8.250 | % | 10/15/18 | 610,000 | 651,175 | (a) | ||||||||||
Modular Space Corp., Secured Notes |
10.250 | % | 1/31/19 | 360,000 | 374,400 | (a) | ||||||||||
OAS Investments GmbH, Senior Notes |
8.250 | % | 10/19/19 | 200,000 | 201,000 | (a) | ||||||||||
Odebrecht Offshore Drilling Finance Ltd., Senior Secured Notes |
6.625 | % | 10/1/22 | 200,000 | 207,321 | (a) | ||||||||||
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|
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Total Construction & Engineering |
1,679,596 | |||||||||||||||
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|
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Electrical Equipment - 0.2% |
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International Wire Group Holdings Inc., Senior Secured Notes |
8.500 | % | 10/15/17 | 340,000 | 370,600 | (a) | ||||||||||
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|
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Machinery - 0.5% |
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SPL Logistics Escrow LLC/SPL Logistics Finance Corp., Senior Secured Notes |
8.875 | % | 8/1/20 | 710,000 | 777,450 | (a) | ||||||||||
Waterjet Holdings Inc., Senior Secured Notes |
7.625 | % | 2/1/20 | 170,000 | 180,200 | (a) | ||||||||||
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|
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Total Machinery |
957,650 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
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Marine - 1.2% |
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Horizon Lines LLC, Senior Secured Notes |
11.000 | % | 10/15/16 | 1,673,000 | 1,673,000 | |||||||||||
Navios Maritime Acquisition Corp./Navios Acquisition Finance U.S. Inc., Senior Secured Notes |
8.125 | % | 11/15/21 | 470,000 | 489,975 | (a) | ||||||||||
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|
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Total Marine |
2,162,975 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
See Notes to Schedule of Investments.
4
WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BOND FUND
Schedule of investments (unaudited) (contd) | March 31, 2014 |
SECURITY |
RATE | MATURITY DATE |
FACE AMOUNT |
VALUE | ||||||||||||
Road & Rail - 0.2% |
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Jurassic Holdings III Inc., Secured Notes |
6.875 | % | 2/15/21 | 280,000 | $ | 288,400 | (a) | |||||||||
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Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.4% |
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H&E Equipment Services Inc., Senior Notes |
7.000 | % | 9/1/22 | 590,000 | 649,000 | |||||||||||
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|
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TOTAL INDUSTRIALS |
21,257,070 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 1.8% | ||||||||||||||||
IT Services - 1.3% |
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Compiler Finance Subordinated Inc., Senior Notes |
7.000 | % | 5/1/21 | 465,000 | 468,488 | (a) | ||||||||||
Electronic Data Systems Corp., Notes |
7.450 | % | 10/15/29 | 500,000 | 596,602 | |||||||||||
First Data Corp., Senior Notes |
12.625 | % | 1/15/21 | 940,000 | 1,118,600 | |||||||||||
First Data Corp., Senior Secured Notes |
6.750 | % | 11/1/20 | 150,000 | 161,250 | (a) | ||||||||||
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|
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Total IT Services |
2,344,940 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
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Software - 0.2% |
||||||||||||||||
Interface Security Systems Holdings Inc./Interface Security Systems LLC, Senior Secured Notes |
9.250 | % | 1/15/18 | 340,000 | 340,000 | (a) | ||||||||||
|
|
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Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 0.3% |
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Hewlett-Packard Co., Senior Notes |
4.650 | % | 12/9/21 | 500,000 | 528,940 | |||||||||||
|
|
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TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY |
3,213,880 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
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MATERIALS - 4.9% | ||||||||||||||||
Chemicals - 0.3% |
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Braskem Finance Ltd., Senior Notes |
5.375 | % | 5/2/22 | 230,000 | 224,250 | (a) | ||||||||||
HIG BBC Intermediate Holdings LLC/HIG BBC Holdings Corp., Senior Notes |
10.500 | % | 9/15/18 | 250,000 | 255,625 | (a)(b) | ||||||||||
|
|
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Total Chemicals |
479,875 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
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Construction Materials - 0.3% |
||||||||||||||||
Cemex SAB de CV, Senior Secured Notes |
9.000 | % | 1/11/18 | 560,000 | 609,000 | (a) | ||||||||||
|
|
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Containers & Packaging - 1.2% |
||||||||||||||||
Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC/Ardagh MP Holdings USA Inc., Senior Notes |
9.125 | % | 10/15/20 | 415,000 | 460,650 | (a) | ||||||||||
Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC/Ardagh MP Holdings USA Inc., Senior Notes |
7.000 | % | 11/15/20 | 213,529 | 224,740 | (a) | ||||||||||
Exopack Holdings SA, Senior Notes |
7.875 | % | 11/1/19 | 590,000 | 625,400 | (a) | ||||||||||
Pactiv LLC, Senior Notes |
7.950 | % | 12/15/25 | 50,000 | 51,375 | |||||||||||
Reynolds Group Issuer Inc./Reynolds Group Issuer LLC/Reynolds Group Issuer (Luxembourg) SA, Senior Notes |
9.875 | % | 8/15/19 | 630,000 | 704,025 | |||||||||||
|
|
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Total Containers & Packaging |
2,066,190 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
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Metals & Mining - 2.4% |
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AngloGold Ashanti Holdings PLC, Senior Notes |
8.500 | % | 7/30/20 | 198,000 | 218,344 | |||||||||||
Barminco Finance Pty Ltd., Senior Notes |
9.000 | % | 6/1/18 | 430,000 | 395,600 | (a) | ||||||||||
Barrick Gold Corp., Senior Notes |
6.950 | % | 4/1/19 | 300,000 | 351,827 | |||||||||||
Barrick Gold Corp., Senior Notes |
4.100 | % | 5/1/23 | 100,000 | 94,864 | |||||||||||
Cliffs Natural Resources Inc., Senior Notes |
3.950 | % | 1/15/18 | 960,000 | 964,935 | |||||||||||
Molycorp Inc., Senior Secured Notes |
10.000 | % | 6/1/20 | 490,000 | 485,100 | |||||||||||
Prince Mineral Holding Corp., Senior Secured Notes |
11.500 | % | 12/15/19 | 260,000 | 291,850 | (a) | ||||||||||
Ryerson Inc./Joseph T. Ryerson & Son Inc., Senior Notes |
11.250 | % | 10/15/18 | 620,000 | 694,400 | |||||||||||
SunCoke Energy Partners LP/SunCoke Energy Partners Finance Corp., Senior Notes |
7.375 | % | 2/1/20 | 200,000 | 213,500 | (a) | ||||||||||
Vedanta Resources PLC, Senior Bonds |
8.250 | % | 6/7/21 | 580,000 | 614,800 | (a) | ||||||||||
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|
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Total Metals & Mining |
4,325,220 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
See Notes to Schedule of Investments.
5
WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BOND FUND
Schedule of investments (unaudited) (contd) | March 31, 2014 |
SECURITY |
RATE | MATURITY DATE |
FACE AMOUNT |
VALUE | ||||||||||||
Paper & Forest Products - 0.7% |
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Fibria Overseas Finance Ltd., Senior Notes |
6.750 | % | 3/3/21 | 540,000 | $ | 594,000 | (a) | |||||||||
Weyerhaeuser Co., Debentures |
7.375 | % | 3/15/32 | 560,000 | 719,792 | |||||||||||
|
|
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Total Paper & Forest Products |
1,313,792 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
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TOTAL MATERIALS |
8,794,077 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
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TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - 9.7% | ||||||||||||||||
Diversified Telecommunication Services - 9.0% |
||||||||||||||||
AT&T Inc., Senior Notes |
5.625 | % | 6/15/16 | 400,000 | 440,334 | |||||||||||
AT&T Inc., Senior Notes |
5.350 | % | 9/1/40 | 170,000 | 173,729 | |||||||||||
Cincinnati Bell Telephone Co., Senior Debentures |
6.300 | % | 12/1/28 | 25,000 | 23,562 | |||||||||||
Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA, Senior Notes |
5.500 | % | 8/1/23 | 750,000 | 735,000 | (a) | ||||||||||
Level 3 Financing Inc., Senior Notes |
8.625 | % | 7/15/20 | 290,000 | 325,162 | |||||||||||
Level 3 Financing Inc., Senior Notes |
6.125 | % | 1/15/21 | 530,000 | 559,150 | (a) | ||||||||||
Orange, Notes |
9.000 | % | 3/1/31 | 600,000 | 867,688 | |||||||||||
Qwest Corp., Senior Notes |
7.500 | % | 10/1/14 | 150,000 | 154,870 | |||||||||||
Qwest Corp., Senior Notes |
6.750 | % | 12/1/21 | 2,000,000 | 2,233,208 | |||||||||||
Telefonica Emisiones SAU, Senior Notes |
5.134 | % | 4/27/20 | 2,000,000 | 2,162,250 | |||||||||||
TW Telecom Holdings Inc., Senior Notes |
6.375 | % | 9/1/23 | 770,000 | 821,975 | |||||||||||
Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes |
5.150 | % | 9/15/23 | 4,330,000 | 4,738,401 | |||||||||||
Wind Acquisition Finance SA, Senior Notes |
11.750 | % | 7/15/17 | 1,500,000 | 1,580,625 | (a) | ||||||||||
Wind Acquisition Finance SA, Senior Secured Notes |
7.250 | % | 2/15/18 | 490,000 | 515,725 | (a) | ||||||||||
Windstream Corp., Senior Notes |
6.375 | % | 8/1/23 | 800,000 | 780,000 | |||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Total Diversified Telecommunication Services |
16,111,679 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.7% |
||||||||||||||||
Sprint Capital Corp., Senior Notes |
6.875 | % | 11/15/28 | 750,000 | 727,500 | |||||||||||
Sprint Communications Inc., Senior Notes |
9.000 | % | 11/15/18 | 500,000 | 611,250 | (a) | ||||||||||
|
|
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Total Wireless Telecommunication Services |
1,338,750 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES |
17,450,429 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
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UTILITIES - 2.4% | ||||||||||||||||
Electric Utilities - 1.3% |
||||||||||||||||
Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA, Senior Notes |
5.750 | % | 10/27/21 | 210,000 | 206,850 | (a) | ||||||||||
FirstEnergy Corp., Notes |
7.375 | % | 11/15/31 | 1,770,000 | 2,033,121 | |||||||||||
Southern Co., Senior Notes |
1.950 | % | 9/1/16 | 150,000 | 153,639 | |||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Total Electric Utilities |
2,393,610 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Gas Utilities - 0.0% |
||||||||||||||||
Southern Natural Gas Co., Senior Notes |
8.000 | % | 3/1/32 | 20,000 | 26,457 | |||||||||||
|
|
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Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers - 1.1% |
||||||||||||||||
AES Corp., Senior Notes |
8.000 | % | 6/1/20 | 100,000 | 118,000 | |||||||||||
Calpine Corp., Senior Secured Notes |
7.875 | % | 1/15/23 | 559,000 | 626,080 | (a) | ||||||||||
Energy Future Intermediate Holding Co. LLC/EFIH Finance Inc., Senior Secured Notes |
10.000 | % | 12/1/20 | 665,000 | 699,912 | |||||||||||
First Wind Holdings Inc., Senior Secured Notes |
10.250 | % | 6/1/18 | 436,000 | 473,060 | (a) | ||||||||||
|
|
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Total Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers |
1,917,052 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
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TOTAL UTILITIES |
4,337,119 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES (Cost - $130,347,277) |
139,886,250 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
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ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES - 20.2% | ||||||||||||||||
AAA Trust, 2005-1A 1A3B |
0.564 | % | 2/27/35 | 472,033 | 347,681 | (a)(c)(e) | ||||||||||
ABFS Mortgage Loan Trust, 2002-3 M1 |
5.902 | % | 9/15/33 | 985,607 | 765,775 | |||||||||||
ACE Securities Corp., 2005-WF1 M1 |
0.574 | % | 5/25/35 | 470,000 | 438,977 | (c) | ||||||||||
Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., 2004-R1 A1B |
0.954 | % | 2/25/34 | 466,778 | 431,320 | (c) | ||||||||||
Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., 2004-R9 M1 |
1.084 | % | 10/25/34 | 201,548 | 201,338 | (c) |
See Notes to Schedule of Investments.
6
WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BOND FUND
Schedule of investments (unaudited) (contd) | March 31, 2014 |
SECURITY |
RATE | MATURITY DATE |
FACE AMOUNT |
VALUE | ||||||||||||
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES - 20.2% (continued) | ||||||||||||||||
Argent Securities Inc., 2003-W3 M1 |
1.279 | % | 9/25/33 | 84,234 | $ | 81,400 | (c) | |||||||||
Associates Manufactured Housing Pass Through Certificates, 1997-CLB2 |
8.900 | % | 6/15/28 | 2,163,410 | 2,152,592 | (e) | ||||||||||
Bank of America Manufactured Housing Contract Trust, 1997-2M |
6.900 | % | 4/10/28 | 69,219 | 73,296 | (c) | ||||||||||
Bayview Financial Asset Trust, 2004-SSRA A1 |
0.754 | % | 12/25/39 | 225,910 | 215,203 | (a)(c) | ||||||||||
Bayview Financial Asset Trust, 2007-SR1A M1 |
0.954 | % | 3/25/37 | 1,070,903 | 888,850 | (a)(c) | ||||||||||
Bayview Financial Asset Trust, 2007-SR1A M3 |
1.304 | % | 3/25/37 | 406,205 | 292,467 | (a)(c) | ||||||||||
Bayview Financial Asset Trust, 2007-SR1A M4 |
1.654 | % | 3/25/37 | 110,783 | 70,901 | (a)(c) | ||||||||||
Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities Trust, 2006-SD3 1P0, STRIPS, PO |
0.000 | % | 8/25/36 | 582,248 | 376,629 | |||||||||||
Centex Home Equity Loan Trust, 2003-B AF4 |
3.735 | % | 2/25/32 | 349,152 | 334,180 | |||||||||||
Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust Inc., 2006-SHL1 A1 |
0.354 | % | 11/25/45 | 105,599 | 101,580 | (a)(c) | ||||||||||
Contimortgage Home Equity Trust, 1997-4 B1F |
7.330 | % | 10/15/28 | 224,073 | 227,470 | |||||||||||
Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates, 2004-3 3A3 |
0.914 | % | 8/25/34 | 138,840 | 127,843 | (c) | ||||||||||
Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates, 2006-3 3A1 |
0.274 | % | 6/25/36 | 300,461 | 288,464 | (c) | ||||||||||
Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates, 2007-13 2A1 |
1.054 | % | 10/25/47 | 969,025 | 837,658 | (c) | ||||||||||
Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates, 2007-SEA2 1A1 |
1.154 | % | 8/25/47 | 44,528 | 37,513 | (a)(c) | ||||||||||
Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC, 2005-CB4 M1 |
0.574 | % | 7/25/35 | 2,000,000 | 1,850,376 | (c) | ||||||||||
Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC, 2005-RP1 M1 |
0.774 | % | 1/25/35 | 391,717 | 386,562 | (a)(c) | ||||||||||
CS First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., 2004-CF2 2A1 |
0.624 | % | 5/25/44 | 11,667 | 11,425 | (a)(c) | ||||||||||
Education Funding Capital Trust, 2004-1 B1 |
1.910 | % | 6/15/43 | 1,200,000 | 1,113,000 | (c) | ||||||||||
EMC Mortgage Loan Trust, 2003-B A1 |
0.704 | % | 11/25/41 | 36,283 | 35,746 | (a)(c) | ||||||||||
Firstfed Corp. Manufactured Housing Contract, 1996-1 B |
8.060 | % | 10/15/22 | 784,083 | 661,966 | (a) | ||||||||||
GMAC Mortgage Corp. Loan Trust, 2004-VF1 A1 |
0.904 | % | 2/25/31 | 183,719 | 175,313 | (a)(c) | ||||||||||
Green Tree Financial Corp., 1992-2 B |
9.150 | % | 1/15/18 | 17,687 | 2,207 | |||||||||||
Green Tree Financial Corp., 1993-1 B |
8.450 | % | 4/15/18 | 31,414 | 20,982 | |||||||||||
Green Tree Home Improvement Loan Trust, 1996-D HIB2 |
8.000 | % | 9/15/27 | 20,495 | 16,534 | |||||||||||
Greenpoint Manufactured Housing, 1999-2 A2 |
2.913 | % | 3/18/29 | 425,000 | 370,184 | (c) | ||||||||||
Greenpoint Manufactured Housing, 1999-3 2A2 |
3.542 | % | 6/19/29 | 125,000 | 104,656 | (c) | ||||||||||
Greenpoint Manufactured Housing, 1999-4 A2 |
3.655 | % | 2/20/30 | 125,000 | 103,749 | (c) | ||||||||||
Greenpoint Manufactured Housing, 1999-5 A5 |
7.820 | % | 12/15/29 | 378,042 | 387,237 | (c) | ||||||||||
Greenpoint Manufactured Housing, 2001-2 IA2 |
3.657 | % | 2/20/32 | 375,000 | 341,312 | (c) | ||||||||||
Greenpoint Manufactured Housing, 2001-2 IIA2 |
3.654 | % | 3/13/32 | 600,000 | 536,707 | (c) | ||||||||||
GSAA Home Equity Trust, 2004-8 A3A |
0.894 | % | 9/25/34 | 160,273 | 159,239 | (c) | ||||||||||
GSAA Home Equity Trust, 2006-19 A3A |
0.394 | % | 12/25/36 | 647,495 | 377,089 | (c) | ||||||||||
GSAMP Trust, 2003-SEA2 A1 |
4.422 | % | 7/25/33 | 1,520,502 | 1,490,987 | |||||||||||
GSRPM Mortgage Loan Trust, 2006-1 A1 |
0.454 | % | 3/25/35 | 102,939 | 99,927 | (a)(c) | ||||||||||
GSRPM Mortgage Loan Trust, 2006-2 A2 |
0.454 | % | 9/25/36 | 165,337 | 155,302 | (a)(c) | ||||||||||
Indymac Manufactured Housing Contract, 1997-1 A5 |
6.970 | % | 2/25/28 | 136,887 | 135,713 | |||||||||||
Lehman XS Trust, 2007-1 WF1 |
5.064 | % | 1/25/37 | 698,653 | 416,368 | (c) | ||||||||||
Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust, 2004-4 M1 |
1.054 | % | 10/25/34 | 1,620,000 | 1,523,587 | (c) | ||||||||||
Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I, 2003-SD1 A1 |
1.154 | % | 3/25/33 | 18,948 | 17,886 | (c) | ||||||||||
Morgan Stanley Capital Inc., 2003-NC9 M |
1.279 | % | 9/25/33 | 1,234,971 | 1,137,549 | (c) | ||||||||||
Morgan Stanley Capital Inc., 2004-HE7 M1 |
1.054 | % | 8/25/34 | 1,539,471 | 1,446,724 | (c) | ||||||||||
New Century Home Equity Loan Trust, 2004-2 A2 |
0.894 | % | 8/25/34 | 475,320 | 444,628 | (c) | ||||||||||
New Century Home Equity Loan Trust, 2004-3 M1 |
1.084 | % | 11/25/34 | 1,480,740 | 1,361,059 | (c) | ||||||||||
Oakwood Mortgage Investors Inc., 2002-B A3 |
6.060 | % | 6/15/32 | 192,217 | 199,108 | (c) | ||||||||||
Option One Mortgage Loan Trust, 2003-2 A2 |
0.754 | % | 4/25/33 | 310,233 | 283,954 | (c) |
See Notes to Schedule of Investments.
7
WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BOND FUND
Schedule of investments (unaudited) (contd) | March 31, 2014 |
SECURITY |
RATE | MATURITY DATE |
FACE AMOUNT |
VALUE | ||||||||||||
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES - 20.2% (continued) | ||||||||||||||||
Origen Manufactured Housing, 2006-A A2 |
2.635 | % | 10/15/37 | 2,321,518 | $ | 1,987,732 | (c) | |||||||||
Origen Manufactured Housing, 2007-A A2 |
2.450 | % | 4/15/37 | 2,676,710 | 2,248,004 | (c) | ||||||||||
PAMCO CLO, 1997-1A B |
7.910 | % | 8/6/13 | 525,066 | 110,264 | (f) | ||||||||||
Park Place Securities Inc., 2004-WCW1 M2 |
0.834 | % | 9/25/34 | 1,252,682 | 1,236,771 | (c) | ||||||||||
Park Place Securities Inc., 2004-WHQ2 M2 |
1.099 | % | 2/25/35 | 541,770 | 541,831 | (c) | ||||||||||
Pegasus Aviation Lease Securitization, 2000-1 A2 |
8.370 | % | 3/25/30 | 1,600,000 | 516,000 | (a) | ||||||||||
Peoples Choice Home Loan Securities Trust, 2004-1 A3 |
1.194 | % | 6/25/34 | 400,842 | 377,396 | (c) | ||||||||||
RAAC Series, 2007-RP1 M1 |
0.704 | % | 5/25/46 | 210,000 | 134,206 | (a)(c) | ||||||||||
Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust, 2004-2 AF4 |
5.392 | % | 7/25/34 | 350,661 | 357,186 | |||||||||||
Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust, 2005-2 AF5 |
5.201 | % | 8/25/35 | 750,000 | 611,491 | |||||||||||
Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust, 2005-3 AV3 |
0.534 | % | 11/25/35 | 567,752 | 475,686 | (c) | ||||||||||
Residential Asset Mortgage Products Inc., 2004-RZ1 AII |
0.634 | % | 3/25/34 | 348,989 | 336,675 | (c) | ||||||||||
Residential Asset Securities Corp., 2002-KS2 AI6 |
6.228 | % | 4/25/32 | 227,337 | 232,844 | (c) | ||||||||||
Residential Asset Securities Corp., 2003-KS8 AI6 |
4.830 | % | 10/25/33 | 230,484 | 228,844 | (c) | ||||||||||
Settlement Fee Finance LLC, 2004-1A A |
9.100 | % | 7/25/34 | 632,453 | 677,351 | (a)(e) | ||||||||||
SLM Student Loan Trust, 2001-4 B |
0.739 | % | 1/25/21 | 942,446 | 938,533 | (c) | ||||||||||
Structured Asset Securities Corp., 2002-AL1 A3 |
3.450 | % | 2/25/32 | 493,241 | 486,649 | |||||||||||
Structured Asset Securities Corp., 2003-AL1 A |
3.357 | % | 4/25/31 | 70,531 | 69,239 | (a) | ||||||||||
Structured Asset Securities Corp., 2005-4XS 2A1A |
1.909 | % | 3/25/35 | 412,677 | 413,836 | (c) | ||||||||||
Structured Asset Securities Corp., 2006-GEL3 A2 |
0.384 | % | 7/25/36 | 813,038 | 801,754 | (a)(c) | ||||||||||
|
|
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TOTAL ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES (Cost - $31,976,712) |
36,440,505 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
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COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS - 15.2% | ||||||||||||||||
American Home Mortgage Investment Trust, 2007-A 4A |
0.604 | % | 7/25/46 | 705,884 | 251,718 | (a)(c) | ||||||||||
Banc of America Funding Corp., 2004-B 6A1 |
2.350 | % | 12/20/34 | 368,964 | 254,132 | (c) | ||||||||||
BCAP LLC Trust, 2009-RR12 2A2 |
0.516 | % | 3/26/35 | 1,844,014 | 856,465 | (a)(c) | ||||||||||
Bear Stearns Alt-A Trust, 2004-03 A1 |
0.794 | % | 4/25/34 | 346,919 | 347,125 | (c) | ||||||||||
Bear Stearns Alt-A Trust, 2005-10 21A1 |
2.605 | % | 1/25/36 | 832,563 | 647,733 | (c) | ||||||||||
Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities Trust, 2002-AC1 B4 |
7.000 | % | 1/25/32 | 609,788 | 140,930 | (a) | ||||||||||
Bella Vista Mortgage Trust, 2004-2 A1 |
0.524 | % | 2/25/35 | 1,583,304 | 1,223,656 | (c) | ||||||||||
BlackRock Capital Finance LP, 1997-R2 B5 |
4.778 | % | 12/25/35 | 86,638 | 2,107 | (a)(c)(e) | ||||||||||
Chevy Chase Mortgage Funding Corp., 2004-3A A1 |
0.404 | % | 8/25/35 | 1,047,443 | 947,122 | (a)(c) | ||||||||||
Chevy Chase Mortgage Funding Corp., 2004-4A A1 |
0.384 | % | 10/25/35 | 1,522,547 | 1,379,344 | (a)(c) | ||||||||||
Chevy Chase Mortgage Funding Corp., 2005-4A A1 |
0.354 | % | 10/25/36 | 1,315,298 | 1,153,056 | (a)(c) | ||||||||||
Countrywide Home Loans, 2004-R2 1AF1 |
0.574 | % | 11/25/34 | 279,683 | 245,620 | (a)(c) | ||||||||||
Countrywide Home Loans, 2005-7 1A1 |
0.694 | % | 3/25/35 | 1,110,846 | 1,053,883 | (c) | ||||||||||
Countrywide Home Loans, 2006-HYB4 3B |
2.573 | % | 6/20/36 | 828,899 | 672,218 | (c) | ||||||||||
Countrywide Home Loans Mortgage Pass-Through Trust, 2005-R1 1AF1 |
0.514 | % | 3/25/35 | 466,765 | 412,749 | (a)(c) | ||||||||||
Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates, 2009-16R 4A1 |
2.526 | % | 3/26/35 | 311,356 | 300,381 | (a)(c) | ||||||||||
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), Multi-Family Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K007 X1, IO |
1.196 | % | 4/25/20 | 1,273,109 | 67,913 | (c) | ||||||||||
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), Multi-Family Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K008 X1, IO |
1.663 | % | 6/25/20 | 335,474 | 26,027 | (c) | ||||||||||
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC), Multi-Family Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K009 X1, IO |
1.487 | % | 8/25/20 | 229,514 | 16,166 | (c) | ||||||||||
Greenpoint Mortgage Funding Trust, 2005-AR5 2A2 |
4.351 | % | 11/25/46 | 2,213,006 | 1,903,185 | (c) |
See Notes to Schedule of Investments.
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WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BOND FUND
Schedule of investments (unaudited) (contd) | March 31, 2014 |
SECURITY |
RATE | MATURITY DATE |
FACE AMOUNT |
VALUE | ||||||||||||
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS - 15.2% (continued) | ||||||||||||||||
Greenpoint Mortgage Funding Trust, 2005-AR5 3A2 |
0.424 | % | 11/25/46 | 316,280 | $ | 840,040 | (c) | |||||||||
GSMPS Mortgage Loan Trust, 2001-2 A |
7.500 | % | 6/19/32 | 1,199,475 | 1,258,828 | (a)(c) | ||||||||||
HarborView Mortgage Loan Trust, 2004-08 3A2 |
0.956 | % | 11/19/34 | 114,207 | 86,521 | (c) | ||||||||||
HarborView Mortgage Loan Trust, 2004-10 4A |
2.551 | % | 1/19/35 | 294,539 | 297,100 | (c) | ||||||||||
HarborView Mortgage Loan Trust, 2005-9 B10 |
1.907 | % | 6/20/35 | 494,729 | 5 | (c) | ||||||||||
Impac CMB Trust, 2004-9 1A1 |
0.914 | % | 1/25/35 | 40,742 | 36,367 | (c) | ||||||||||
Impac CMB Trust, 2005-2 2A2 |
0.954 | % | 4/25/35 | 152,781 | 147,709 | (c) | ||||||||||
Impac CMB Trust, 2A-10 |
0.794 | % | 3/25/35 | 310,538 | 261,316 | (c) | ||||||||||
Indymac Manufactured Housing Contract, A2-2 |
6.170 | % | 8/25/29 | 114,407 | 113,472 | |||||||||||
Jefferies & Co., 2009-B 9A |
0.488 | % | 11/21/35 | 49,004 | 344,455 | (a)(c)(e) | ||||||||||
JPMorgan Alternative Loan Trust, 2006-S1 3A4 |
6.180 | % | 3/25/36 | 1,026,452 | 656,315 | (c) | ||||||||||
JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, 2005-A6 3A3 |
2.770 | % | 9/25/35 | 630,000 | 583,785 | (c) | ||||||||||
JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, 2007-A2 4A2 |
5.113 | % | 4/25/37 | 214,791 | 197,725 | (c) | ||||||||||
LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2001-C3 X, IO, STRIPS |
0.498 | % | 6/15/36 | 267,643 | 671 | (a)(c)(g) | ||||||||||
Luminent Mortgage Trust, 2006-6 A1 |
0.354 | % | 10/25/46 | 757,225 | 663,434 | (c) | ||||||||||
MASTR Adjustable Rate Mortgages Trust, 2004-13 3A7 |
2.649 | % | 11/21/34 | 1,534,446 | 1,567,204 | (c) | ||||||||||
MASTR ARM Trust, 2004-7 6M1 |
0.804 | % | 8/25/34 | 488,343 | 456,448 | (c) | ||||||||||
Merit Securities Corp., 11PA 3A1 |
0.773 | % | 4/28/27 | 118,102 | 102,765 | (a)(c) | ||||||||||
Merit Securities Corp., 11PA B3 |
2.403 | % | 9/28/32 | 809,822 | 745,020 | (a)(c) | ||||||||||
Metropolitan Asset Funding Inc., 1998-BI B1 |
8.000 | % | 11/20/24 | 512,786 | 404,731 | (c) | ||||||||||
Nomura Asset Acceptance Corp., 2004-AR4 1A1 |
2.658 | % | 12/25/34 | 246,498 | 248,780 | (c) | ||||||||||
Prime Mortgage Trust, 2005-2 2XB, STRIPS, IO |
1.743 | % | 10/25/32 | 2,961,959 | 120,471 | (c) | ||||||||||
Prime Mortgage Trust, 2005-5 1X, STRIPS, IO |
0.972 | % | 7/25/34 | 5,151,542 | 4,621 | (c) | ||||||||||
Prime Mortgage Trust, 2005-5 1XB, STRIPS, IO |
1.213 | % | 7/25/34 | 913,592 | 23,382 | (c) | ||||||||||
Regal Trust IV, 1999-1 A |
2.284 | % | 9/29/31 | 45,485 | 42,349 | (a)(c) | ||||||||||
Residential Asset Mortgage Products Inc., 2005-SL2 AP0, STRIPS, PO |
0.000 | % | 2/25/32 | 84,788 | 80,660 | |||||||||||
Sequoia Mortgage Trust, 2003-2 A2 |
1.039 | % | 6/20/33 | 30,759 | 29,906 | (c) | ||||||||||
Sequoia Mortgage Trust, 2004-10 A1A |
0.467 | % | 11/20/34 | 22,878 | 22,874 | (c) | ||||||||||
Sequoia Mortgage Trust, 2004-11 A1 |
0.457 | % | 12/20/34 | 36,879 | 36,779 | (c) | ||||||||||
Sequoia Mortgage Trust, 2004-12 A1 |
0.427 | % | 1/20/35 | 301,899 | 276,744 | (c) | ||||||||||
Structured Asset Securities Corp., 1998-RF2 A |
6.986 | % | 7/15/27 | 285,788 | 286,523 | (a)(c) | ||||||||||
Structured Asset Securities Corp., 2002-9 A2 |
0.454 | % | 10/25/27 | 611,856 | 595,814 | (c) | ||||||||||
Structured Asset Securities Corp., 2003-9A 2A2 |
2.358 | % | 3/25/33 | 180,656 | 179,048 | (c) | ||||||||||
Structured Asset Securities Corp., 2004-NP1 A |
0.954 | % | 9/25/33 | 138,375 | 129,357 | (a)(c) | ||||||||||
Thornburg Mortgage Securities Trust, 2003-4 A1 |
0.794 | % | 9/25/43 | 485,440 | 461,782 | (c) | ||||||||||
Thornburg Mortgage Securities Trust, 2004-03 A |
0.894 | % | 9/25/44 | 543,175 | 514,027 | (c) | ||||||||||
Thornburg Mortgage Securities Trust, 2007-4 3A1 |
6.095 | % | 9/25/37 | 311,540 | 325,993 | (c) | ||||||||||
WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 2004-AR06 A |
0.608 | % | 5/25/44 | 466,000 | 446,482 | (c) | ||||||||||
WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 2004-AR08 A1 |
0.608 | % | 6/25/44 | 322,352 | 296,779 | (c) | ||||||||||
Washington Mutual Alternative Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 2006-5 3A3 |
6.221 | % | 7/25/36 | 730,547 | 401,823 | |||||||||||
Washington Mutual Alternative Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 2006-7 A2A |
4.906 | % | 9/25/36 | 1,142,664 | 734,353 | |||||||||||
Washington Mutual Alternative Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 2006-7 A3 |
4.906 | % | 9/25/36 | 140,861 | 86,568 | |||||||||||
Washington Mutual Inc., 2004-AR12 A2A |
0.578 | % | 10/25/44 | 381,370 | 362,800 | (c) | ||||||||||
Washington Mutual Inc., 2005-AR8 2A1A |
0.444 | % | 7/25/45 | 326,264 | 302,647 | (c) | ||||||||||
Washington Mutual Inc., Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 2005-AR13 A1A1 |
0.444 | % | 10/25/45 | 269,253 | 247,497 | (c) | ||||||||||
Washington Mutual Inc., Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 2006-AR5 3A |
1.069 | % | 7/25/46 | 870,461 | 505,248 | (c) | ||||||||||
Washington Mutual Inc., MSC Pass-Through Certificates, 2004-RA1 2A |
7.000 | % | 3/25/34 | 21,705 | 22,793 | |||||||||||
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TOTAL COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS (Cost - $22,832,456) |
27,451,541 | |||||||||||||||
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See Notes to Schedule of Investments.
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WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BOND FUND
Schedule of investments (unaudited) (contd) | March 31, 2014 |
SECURITY |
RATE | MATURITY DATE |
FACE AMOUNT |
VALUE | ||||||||||||
MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES - 0.2% | ||||||||||||||||
FNMA - 0.2% |
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Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), Whole Loan (Cost - $286,147) |
6.500 | % | 8/25/44 | 280,294 | $ | 313,830 | ||||||||||
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|
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SENIOR LOANS - 1.1% | ||||||||||||||||
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 0.4% | ||||||||||||||||
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.3% |
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Equinox Holdings Inc., Second Lien Term Loan |
8.654 | % | 7/31/20 | 430,000 | 434,300 | (h)(i) | ||||||||||
|
|
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Specialty Retail - 0.1% |
||||||||||||||||
Gymboree Corp., Initial Term Loan |
5.000 | % | 2/23/18 | 210,000 | 188,212 | (h)(i) | ||||||||||
|
|
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TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY |
622,512 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
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CONSUMER STAPLES - 0.1% | ||||||||||||||||
Food Products - 0.1% |
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AdvancePierre Foods Inc., Second Lien Term Loan |
9.500 | % | 10/10/17 | 180,000 | 174,600 | (h)(i) | ||||||||||
|
|
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ENERGY - 0.0% | ||||||||||||||||
Energy Equipment & Services - 0.0% |
||||||||||||||||
FTS International Inc., Term Loan B |
8.500 | % | 5/6/16 | 38,894 | 39,443 | (h)(i) | ||||||||||
|
|
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HEALTH CARE - 0.4% | ||||||||||||||||
CRC Health Corp., Second Lien Term Loan |
| 9/28/21 | 360,000 | 360,000 | (i)(j) | |||||||||||
Radnet Management Inc., Second Lien Term Loan |
8.000 | % | 3/5/21 | 440,000 | 437,800 | (h)(i) | ||||||||||
|
|
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TOTAL HEALTH CARE |
797,800 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
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MATERIALS - 0.2% | ||||||||||||||||
Chemicals - 0.2% |
||||||||||||||||
Kronos Inc., Second Lien Term Loan |
9.750 | % | 4/30/20 | 330,000 | 341,000 | (h)(i) | ||||||||||
|
|
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TOTAL SENIOR LOANS (Cost - $1,955,271) |
1,975,355 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
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SOVEREIGN BONDS - 8.9% | ||||||||||||||||
Argentina - 0.5% |
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Republic of Argentina, Senior Bonds |
7.000 | % | 10/3/15 | 1,010,000 | 983,740 | |||||||||||
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|
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Brazil - 2.1% |
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Federative Republic of Brazil, Notes |
10.000 | % | 1/1/17 | 8,981,000 | BRL | 3,744,004 | ||||||||||
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|
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Mexico - 3.3% |
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United Mexican States, Bonds |
8.000 | % | 6/11/20 | 11,147,000 | MXN | 961,982 | ||||||||||
United Mexican States, Bonds |
6.500 | % | 6/9/22 | 60,296,400 | MXN | 4,759,520 | ||||||||||
United Mexican States, Bonds |
10.000 | % | 12/5/24 | 2,750,000 | MXN | 272,599 | ||||||||||
|
|
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Total Mexico |
5,994,101 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
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Poland - 1.5% |
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Republic of Poland, Bonds |
2.500 | % | 7/25/18 | 6,885,000 | PLN | 2,183,582 | ||||||||||
Republic of Poland, Bonds |
4.000 | % | 10/25/23 | 1,740,000 | PLN | 565,077 | ||||||||||
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|
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Total Poland |
2,748,659 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
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Turkey - 1.1% |
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Republic of Turkey, Senior Bonds |
5.625 | % | 3/30/21 | 210,000 | 219,030 | (a) | ||||||||||
Republic of Turkey, Senior Bonds |
5.750 | % | 3/22/24 | 1,200,000 | 1,240,500 | |||||||||||
Republic of Turkey, Senior Notes |
6.250 | % | 9/26/22 | 400,000 | 429,800 | |||||||||||
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|
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Total Turkey |
1,889,330 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
See Notes to Schedule of Investments.
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WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BOND FUND
Schedule of investments (unaudited) (contd) | March 31, 2014 |
SECURITY |
RATE | MATURITY DATE |
FACE AMOUNT |
VALUE | ||||||||||||
Venezuela - 0.4% |
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Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Senior Bonds |
9.250 | % | 9/15/27 | 1,060,000 | $ | 789,700 | ||||||||||
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Senior Bonds |
9.375 | % | 1/13/34 | 2,000 | 1,467 | |||||||||||
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Total Venezuela |
791,167 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
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TOTAL SOVEREIGN BONDS (Cost - $17,025,581) |
16,151,001 | |||||||||||||||
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|
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U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS - 3.8% | ||||||||||||||||
U.S. Government Obligations - 3.8% |
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U.S. Treasury Bonds |
3.625 | % | 8/15/43 | 810,000 | 819,872 | |||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Notes |
0.250 | % | 2/15/15 | 2,000,000 | 2,002,032 | |||||||||||
U.S. Treasury Notes |
0.250 | % | 2/28/15 | 4,000,000 | 4,004,064 | |||||||||||
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|
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TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS (Cost - $6,769,987) |
6,825,968 | |||||||||||||||
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|
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SHARES | ||||||||||||||||
COMMON STOCKS - 0.9% | ||||||||||||||||
FINANCIALS - 0.7% | ||||||||||||||||
Banks - 0.7% |
||||||||||||||||
Citigroup Inc. |
25,131 | 1,196,236 | ||||||||||||||
|
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HEALTH CARE - 0.0% | ||||||||||||||||
Health Care Providers & Services - 0.0% |
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Physiotherapy Associates Holdings Inc. |
1,900 | 76,000 | (e) | |||||||||||||
|
|
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INDUSTRIALS - 0.2% | ||||||||||||||||
Building Products - 0.0% |
||||||||||||||||
Nortek Inc. |
109 | 8,961 | * | |||||||||||||
|
|
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Marine - 0.2% |
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DeepOcean Group Holding AS |
8,860 | 289,889 | (e)(g) | |||||||||||||
|
|
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TOTAL INDUSTRIALS |
298,850 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
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TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost - $1,135,024) |
1,571,086 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
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PREFERRED STOCKS - 1.9% | ||||||||||||||||
FINANCIALS - 1.9% | ||||||||||||||||
Capital Markets - 0.3% |
||||||||||||||||
State Street Corp. |
5.900 | % | 23,328 | 603,962 | (c) | |||||||||||
|
|
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Consumer Finance - 1.0% |
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GMAC Capital Trust I |
8.125 | % | 62,722 | 1,712,311 | (c) | |||||||||||
|
|
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Diversified Financial Services - 0.6% |
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Citigroup Capital XIII |
7.875 | % | 37,975 | 1,053,426 | (c) | |||||||||||
Corporate-Backed Trust Certificates, Series 2001-8, Class A-1 |
7.375 | % | 33,900 | 136 | *(e)(k) | |||||||||||
|
|
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Total Diversified Financial Services |
1,053,562 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.0% |
||||||||||||||||
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) |
0.000 | % | 100 | 1,710 | *(c) | |||||||||||
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) |
5.000 | % | 200 | 3,600 | * | |||||||||||
|
|
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Total Thrifts & Mortgage Finance |
5,310 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
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TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS (Cost - $3,263,558) |
3,375,145 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
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TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost - $215,592,013) |
233,990,681 | |||||||||||||||
|
|
See Notes to Schedule of Investments.
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WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BOND FUND
Schedule of investments (unaudited) (contd) | March 31, 2014 |
SECURITY |
RATE | MATURITY DATE |
FACE AMOUNT |
VALUE | ||||||||||||
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 6.7% | ||||||||||||||||
Repurchase Agreements - 6.7% |
||||||||||||||||
Bank of America repurchase agreement dated 3/31/14; Proceeds at maturity - $12,000,013; (Fully collateralized by U.S. government obligations, 3.500% due 5/15/20; Market value - $12,240,005) (Cost - $12,000,000) |
0.040 | % | 4/1/14 | 12,000,000 | $ | 12,000,000 | ||||||||||
|
|
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TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 136.6% (Cost - $227,592,013#) |
245,990,681 | |||||||||||||||
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 3.4% |
6,085,223 | |||||||||||||||
Liquidation value of Preferred Shares - (40.0)% |
(72,000,000 | ) | ||||||||||||||
|
|
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TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0% |
$ | 180,075,904 | ||||||||||||||
|
|
| Face 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 Trustees, unless otherwise noted. |
(b) | Payment-in-kind security for which the issuer has the option at each interest payment date of making interest payments in cash or additional debt securities. |
(c) | Variable rate security. Interest rate disclosed is as of the most recent information available. |
(d) | Security has no maturity date. The date shown represents the next call date. |
(e) | Security is valued in good faith in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (See Note 1). |
(f) | The maturity principal is currently in default as of March 31, 2014. |
(g) | Illiquid security. |
(h) | Interest rates disclosed represent the effective rates on senior loans. Ranges in interest rates are attributable to multiple contracts under the same loan. |
(i) | 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. |
(j) | All or a portion of this loan is unfunded as of March 31, 2014. The interest rate for fully unfunded term loans is to be determined. |
(k) | The coupon payment on these securities is currently in default as of March 31, 2014. |
# | Aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes is substantially the same. |
Abbreviations used in this schedule:
ARM | Adjustable Rate Mortgage | |
BRL | Brazilian Real | |
CLO | Collateral Loan Obligation | |
CMB | Cash Management Bill | |
EUR | Euro | |
IO | Interest Only | |
MXN | Mexican Peso | |
PLN | Polish Zloty | |
PO | Principal Only | |
STRIPS | Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal Securities |
See Notes to Schedule of Investments.
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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited)
1. Organization and significant accounting policies
Western Asset Premier Bond Fund (the Fund) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund commenced investment operations on March 28, 2002.
The Funds investment objective is to provide current income and capital appreciation by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of investment grade bonds.
The following are significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund and are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
(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. Short-term fixed income securities that will mature in 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, unless it is determined that using this method would not reflect an investments fair value. 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 Funds Board of Trustees.
The Board of Trustees is responsible for the valuation process and has delegated the supervision of the daily valuation process to the Legg Mason North American Fund Valuation Committee (the Valuation Committee). The Valuation Committee, pursuant to the policies adopted by the Board of Trustees, is responsible for making fair value determinations, evaluating the effectiveness of the Funds pricing policies, and reporting to the Board of Trustees. 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 issuers 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 Trustees, 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 Trustees 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 |
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| 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 Funds own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) |
The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Funds assets and liabilities carried at fair value:
ASSETS |
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QUOTED PRICES (LEVEL 1) |
OTHER SIGNIFICANT OBSERVABLE INPUTS (LEVEL 2) |
SIGNIFICANT UNOBSERVABLE INPUTS (LEVEL 3) |
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Long-term investments: |
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Corporate bonds & notes |
| $ | 139,886,250 | | $ | 139,886,250 | ||||||||||
Asset-backed securities |
| 34,287,913 | $ | 2,152,592 | 36,440,505 | |||||||||||
Collateralized mortgage obligations |
| 27,449,434 | 2,107 | 27,451,541 | ||||||||||||
Mortgage-backed securities |
| 313,830 | | 313,830 | ||||||||||||
Senior loans |
| 1,975,355 | | 1,975,355 | ||||||||||||
Sovereign bonds |
| 16,151,001 | | 16,151,001 | ||||||||||||
U.S. government & agency obligations |
| 6,825,968 | | 6,825,968 | ||||||||||||
Common stocks: |
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Financials |
$ | 1,196,236 | | | 1,196,236 | |||||||||||
Health care |
| 76,000 | | 76,000 | ||||||||||||
Industrials |
8,961 | | 289,889 | 298,850 | ||||||||||||
Preferred stocks |
3,369,699 | 5,446 | | 3,375,145 | ||||||||||||
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Total long-term investments |
$ | 4,574,896 | $ | 226,971,197 | $ | 2,444,588 | $ | 233,990,681 | ||||||||
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Short-term investments |
| 12,000,000 | | 12,000,000 | ||||||||||||
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Total investments |
$ | 4,574,896 | $ | 238,971,197 | $ | 2,444,588 | $ | 245,990,681 | ||||||||
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Other financial instruments: |
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Futures contracts |
$ | 42,955 | | | $ | 42,955 | ||||||||||
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Total |
$ | 4,617,851 | $ | 238,971,197 | $ | 2,444,588 | $ | 246,033,636 | ||||||||
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LIABILITIES |
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QUOTED PRICES (LEVEL 1) |
OTHER SIGNIFICANT OBSERVABLE INPUTS (LEVEL 2) |
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Other financial instruments: |
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Forward foreign currency contracts |
| $ | 17,846 | | $ | 17,846 | ||||||||||
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| See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations. |
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The following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value:
INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES |
ASSET- BACKED SECURITIES |
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS |
COMMON STOCKS | TOTAL | ||||||||||||
Balance as of December 31, 2013 |
$ | 3,293,008 | $ | 4,756 | $ | 291,986 | $ | 3,589,750 | ||||||||
Accrued premiums/discounts |
15,179 | 580 | | 15,759 | ||||||||||||
Realized gain (loss) |
(34,828 | ) | (9,141 | ) | | (43,969 | ) | |||||||||
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)1 |
(7,767 | ) | 5,912 | (2,097 | ) | (3,952 | ) | |||||||||
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Transfers into Level 3 |
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Transfers out of Level 32 |
(1,113,000 | ) | | | (1,113,000 | ) | ||||||||||
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Balance as of March 31, 2014 |
$ | 2,152,592 | $ | 2,107 | $ | 289,889 | $ | 2,444,588 | ||||||||
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Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for investments in securities still held at March 31, 20141 |
$ | (27,416 | ) | $ | 5,912 | $ | (2,097 | ) | $ | (23,601 | ) | |||||
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The Funds policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the end of the reporting period
1 | 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. |
2 | 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 investment adviser 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 Funds holding period. When entering into repurchase agreements, it is the Funds policy that its custodian or a third party custodian, acting on the Funds 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) 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. Futures contracts are valued daily at the settlement price established by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded.
Futures contracts involve, to varying degrees, risk of loss. In addition, there is the risk that the Fund may not be able to enter into a closing transaction because of an illiquid secondary market.
(d) Loan participations. The Fund may invest in loans arranged through private negotiation between one or more financial institutions. The Funds investment in any such loan may be in the form of a participation in or an assignment of the loan. In connection with purchasing participations, the Fund generally will have no right to enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of the loan agreement related to the loan, or any rights of off-set against the borrower and the Fund may not benefit directly from any collateral supporting the loan in which it has purchased the participation.
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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.
(e) 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 markets 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 IOs 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 IOs.
(f) 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 borrowers discretion. The commitments are disclosed in the accompanying Schedule of Investments. At March 31, 2014, the Fund had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover these commitments.
(g) 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.
When entering into a forward foreign currency contract, 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.
(h) 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.
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.
(i) 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 Funds investments in securities rated below investment grade typically involve risks not associated with higher rated securities including, among others, greater risk related to timely and ultimate payment of interest and principal, greater market price volatility and less liquid secondary market trading. The consequences of political, social, economic or diplomatic changes may have disruptive effects on the market prices of investments held by the Fund. The Funds investments in non-U.S. dollar denominated securities may also result in foreign currency losses caused by devaluations and exchange rate fluctuations.
Investments in securities that are collateralized by residential 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.
(j) Foreign investment risks. The Funds 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.
(k) 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
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otherwise fails to meet its contractual obligations. The Funds investment manager 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 investment manager. In addition, declines in the values of underlying collateral received may expose the Fund to increased risk of loss.
The Fund has entered into master agreements with certain of its derivative counterparties that provide for general obligations, representations, agreements, collateral, events 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 Funds 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.
Collateral requirements differ by type of derivative. Collateral or margin requirements are set by the broker or exchange clearing house for exchange traded derivatives while collateral terms are contract specific for over-the-counter traded derivatives. Securities pledged as collateral, if any, to cover the obligations of the Fund under derivative contracts, are noted in the Schedule of Investments.
As of March 31, 2014, the Fund held forward foreign currency with credit related contingent features which had a liability position of $17,846. 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.
(l) Security transactions. Security transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis.
2. Investments
At March 31, 2014, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were substantially as follows:
Gross unrealized appreciation |
$ | 23,306,501 | ||
Gross unrealized depreciation |
(4,907,833 | ) | ||
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Net unrealized appreciation |
$ | 18,398,668 | ||
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At March 31, 2014, the Fund had the following open futures contracts:
Number of Contracts |
Expiration Date |
Basis Value |
Market Value |
Unrealized Gain |
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U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes |
98 | 6/14 | $ | 12,145,955 | $ | 12,103,000 | $ | 42,955 | ||||||||||||
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At March 31, 2014, the Fund had the following open forward foreign currency contracts:
Foreign Currency |
Counterparty |
Local Currency |
Market Value |
Settlement Date |
Unrealized Loss |
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Euro |
JPMorgan Chase Bank |
1,800,000 | $ | 2,479,565 | 5/14/14 | $ | (17,846 | ) | ||||||||||
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3. Derivative instruments and hedging activities
GAAP requires enhanced disclosure about an entitys derivative and hedging activities.
The following is a summary of the Funds derivative instruments categorized by risk exposure at March 31, 2014.
Futures Contracts | Forward Foreign Currency Contracts |
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Primary Underlying Risk |
Unrealized Appreciation |
Unrealized Depreciation |
Total | |||||||||
Interest Rate Risk |
$ | 42,955 | $ | | $ | 42,955 | ||||||
Foreign Exchange Risk |
| (17,846 | ) | (17,846 | ) | |||||||
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Total |
$ | 42,955 | $ | (17,846 | ) | $ | 25,109 | |||||
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During the period ended March 31, 2014, the volume of derivative activity for the Fund was as follows:
Average Market Value | ||||
Futures contracts (to sell) |
$ | 9,672,215 | ||
Forward foreign currency contracts (to sell) |
2,466,991 |
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ITEM 2. | CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES. |
(a) | The registrants principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the registrants 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 registrants internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the registrants last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are likely to materially affect the registrants internal control over financial reporting. |
ITEM 3. | EXHIBITS. |
Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, are attached hereto.
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, thereunto duly authorized.
Western Asset Premier Bond Fund
By: | /s/ KENNETH D. FULLER | |
Kenneth D. Fuller | ||
Chief Executive Officer | ||
Date: |
May 23, 2014 |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
By: | /s/ KENNETH D. FULLER | |
Kenneth D. Fuller | ||
Chief Executive Officer | ||
Date: |
May 23, 2014 | |
By: | /s/ RICHARD F. SENNETT | |
Richard F. Sennett | ||
Principal Financial Officer | ||
Date: |
May 23, 2014 |