N-CSRS 1 d523368dncsrs.htm WESTERN ASSET CORE BOND FUND Western Asset Core Bond Fund

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-CSR

 

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number 811-06110

 

 

Western Asset Funds, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

100 International Drive, Baltimore, MD, 21202

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

 

Marc A. De Oliveira

Franklin Templeton

100 First Stamford Place

Stamford, CT 06902

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 877-6LM-FUND/656-3863

Date of fiscal year end: December 31

Date of reporting period: June 30, 2023

 

 

 


ITEM

1. REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS.

The Semi-Annual Report to Stockholders is filed herewith.


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Semi-Annual Report

 

  June 30, 2023

WESTERN ASSET

CORE BOND FUND

 

 

 

The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted new regulations that will result in changes to the design and delivery of annual and semi-annual shareholder reports beginning in July 2024.

If you have previously elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will continue to do so and need not take any action.

Otherwise, paper copies of the Fund’s shareholder reports will be mailed to you beginning in July 2024. If you would like to receive shareholder reports and other communications from the Fund electronically instead of by mail, you may make that request at any time by contacting your financial intermediary (such as a broker-dealer or bank) or, if you are a direct investor, enrolling at franklintempleton.com.

You may access franklintempleton.com by scanning the code below.

 

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INVESTMENT PRODUCTS: NOT FDIC INSURED • NO BANK GUARANTEE • MAY LOSE VALUE


What’s inside      
Letter from the president     II  
Performance review     III  
Fund at a glance     1  
Fund expenses     2  
Schedule of investments     4  
Statement of assets and liabilities     81  
Statement of operations     83  
Statements of changes in net assets     84  
Financial highlights     85  
Notes to financial statements     92  
Board approval of management and subadvisory agreements     113  
Statement regarding liquidity risk management program     117  

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 20% of the average duration of the domestic bond market as a whole as estimated by the Fund’s subadviser.

 

Letter from the president

 

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Dear Shareholder,

We are pleased to provide the semi-annual report of Western Asset Core Bond Fund for the six-month reporting period ended June 30, 2023. Please read on for Fund performance information during the Fund’s reporting period.

As always, we remain committed to providing you with excellent service and a full spectrum of investment choices. We also remain committed to supplementing the support you receive from your financial advisor. One way we accomplish this is through our website, www.franklintempleton.com. Here you can gain immediate access to market and investment information, including:

 

 

Fund prices and performance,

 

 

Market insights and commentaries from our portfolio managers, and

 

 

A host of educational resources.

We look forward to helping you meet your financial goals.

Sincerely,

 

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Jane Trust, CFA

President and Chief Executive Officer

July 31, 2023

 

 

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Performance review

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2023, Class I shares of Western Asset Core Bond Fund returned 2.45%. The Fund’s unmanaged benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Indexi, returned 2.09% for the same period.

 

Performance Snapshot as of June 30, 2023
(unaudited)
 
(excluding sales charges)    6 months  
Western Asset Core Bond Fund:   

Class A

     2.26

Class C

     1.81

Class C1

     1.88

Class FI

     2.26

Class R

     2.11

Class I

     2.45

Class IS

     2.37
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index      2.09

The performance shown represents past performance. Past performance is no guarantee of future results and current performance may be higher or lower than the performance shown above. Principal value, investment returns and yields will fluctuate and investors’ shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. To obtain performance data current to the most recent month-end, please visit our website at www.franklintempleton.com.

All share class returns assume the reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, at net asset value and the deduction of all Fund expenses. Returns have not been adjusted to include sales charges that may apply or the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions. If sales charges were reflected, the performance quoted would be lower. Performance figures for periods shorter than one year represent cumulative figures and are not annualized.

Fund performance figures reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, without which the performance would have been lower.

The 30-Day SEC Yields for the period ended June 30, 2023 for Class A, Class C, Class C1, Class FI, Class R, Class I and Class IS shares were 3.92%, 3.37%, 3.44%, 4.06%, 3.76%, 4.44% and 4.48%, respectively. Absent fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the 30-Day SEC Yields for Class C1 and Class I shares would have been 3.41% and 4.37%, respectively. The 30-Day SEC Yield, calculated pursuant to the standard SEC formula, is based on the Fund’s investments over an annualized trailing 30-day period, and not on the distributions paid by the Fund, which may differ.

 

Total Annual Operating Expenses (unaudited)

As of the Fund’s current prospectus dated May 1, 2023, 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 0.83%, 1.51%, 1.29%, 0.81%, 1.14%, 0.54% and 0.42%, respectively.

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

 

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Performance review (cont’d)

 

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, 1.42% for Class C1 shares, 0.85% for Class FI shares, 1.15% for Class R shares, 0.45% for Class I shares and 0.42% 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, 2024 without the Board of Directors’ consent. In addition, the manager has agreed to waive the Fund’s management fee to an extent sufficient to offset the net management fee payable in connection with any investment in an affiliated money market fund. This management fee waiver is not subject to the recapture provision discussed below.

The manager is permitted to recapture amounts waived and/or reimbursed to a class within two years after the fiscal year in which the manager earned the fee or incurred the expense if the class’ total annual fund operating expenses have fallen to a level below the expense limitation (“expense cap”) in effect at the time the fees were earned or the expenses incurred. In no case will the manager recapture any amount that would result, on any particular business day of the Fund, in the class’ total annual fund operating expenses exceeding the expense cap or any other lower limit then in effect.

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

Sincerely,

 

LOGO

Jane Trust, CFA

President and Chief Executive Officer

July 31, 2023

RISKS: Bonds are subject to a variety of risks, including interest rate, credit and inflation risks. As interest rates rise, bond prices fall, thereby reducing the value of the Fund’s share price. Investments in asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities involve additional risks, including prepayment and extension risks. Non-U.S. investments are subject to special risks including currency fluctuations and social, economic and political uncertainties, which could increase volatility. These risks are magnified in emerging markets. Emerging market countries tend to have economic, political and legal systems that are less developed and are less stable than those of more developed countries. Active and frequent trading may increase a shareholder’s tax liability and transaction costs, which could detract from Fund performance. The Fund may use derivatives, such as options, futures and swaps, which can be illiquid, may disproportionately increase losses, and have a potentially large impact on Fund performance. The use of leverage may increase volatility and possibility of loss. The market values of securities or other assets will fluctuate, sometimes sharply and unpredictably, due to changes in general market conditions, overall economic trends or events, governmental actions or intervention, actions taken by the

 

 

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U.S. Federal Reserve or foreign central banks, market disruptions caused by trade disputes or other factors, political developments, armed conflicts, economic sanctions and countermeasures in response to sanctions, major cybersecurity events, investor sentiment, the global and domestic effects of a pandemic, and other factors that may or may not be related to the issuer of the security or other asset. Please see the Fund’s prospectus for a more complete discussion of these and other risks and the Fund’s investment strategies.

All investments are subject to risk including the possible loss of principal. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. All index performance reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes. Please note that an investor cannot invest directly in an index.

 

i 

The Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index is a broad-based bond index comprised of government, corporate, mortgage-and asset-backed issues, rated investment grade or higher, and having at least one year to maturity.

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund  

 

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Fund at a glance (unaudited)

 

Investment breakdown (%) as a percent of total investments

 

 

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The bar graph above represents the composition of the Fund’s investments as of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 and does not include derivatives, such as written options, futures contracts and swap contracts. The Fund is actively managed. As a result, the composition of the Fund’s investments is subject to change at any time.

 

Represents less than 0.1%.

 

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Fund expenses (unaudited)

 

Example

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

This example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested on January 1, 2023 and held for the six months ended June 30, 2023.

Actual expenses

The table below titled “Based on actual total return” provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information provided in this table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. To estimate the expenses you paid on your account, divide your ending account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 ending account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period”.

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

The table below titled “Based on hypothetical total return” provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5.00% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use the information provided in this table to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare the 5.00% hypothetical example relating to the Fund with the 5.00% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table below are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as front-end or back-end sales charges (loads). Therefore, the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transaction costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

Based on actual total return1           Based on hypothetical total return1        
     Actual
Total Return
Without
Sales
Charge2
    Beginning
Account
Value
    Ending
Account
Value
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid
During
the
Period3
               Hypothetical
Annualized
Total Return
    Beginning
Account
Value
    Ending
Account
Value
    Annualized
Expense
Ratio
    Expenses
Paid
During
the
Period3
 
Class A     2.26   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,022.60       0.82   $ 4.11       Class A     5.00   $ 1,000.00     $ 1,020.73       0.82   $ 4.11  
Class C     1.81       1,000.00       1,018.10       1.52       7.61       Class C     5.00       1,000.00       1,017.26       1.52       7.60  
Class C1     1.88       1,000.00       1,018.80       1.40       7.01       Class C1     5.00       1,000.00       1,017.85       1.40       7.00  
Class FI     2.26       1,000.00       1,022.60       0.83       4.16       Class FI     5.00       1,000.00       1,020.68       0.83       4.16  
Class R     2.11       1,000.00       1,021.10       1.12       5.61       Class R     5.00       1,000.00       1,019.24       1.12       5.61  
Class I     2.45       1,000.00       1,024.50       0.45       2.26       Class I     5.00       1,000.00       1,022.56       0.45       2.26  
Class IS     2.37       1,000.00       1,023.70       0.41       2.06       Class IS     5.00       1,000.00       1,022.76       0.41       2.06  

 

 

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1

For the six months ended June 30, 2023.

 

2 

Assumes the reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, at net asset value and does not reflect the deduction of the applicable sales charge with respect to Class A shares or the applicable contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) with respect to Class C shares and Class C1 shares. Total return is not annualized, as it may not be representative of the total return for the year. Performance figures may reflect compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

 

3 

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

 

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited)

June 30, 2023

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  
Corporate Bonds & Notes — 36.9%                                
Communication Services — 4.0%                                

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 1.6%

 

                       

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

    3.800     2/15/27     $ 5,087,000     $ 4,861,403  

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

    2.300     6/1/27       12,330,000       11,095,067  

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

    1.650     2/1/28       15,520,000       13,346,380  

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

    2.250     2/1/32       10,810,000       8,589,612  

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

    2.550     12/1/33       5,500,000       4,322,015  

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

    5.350     9/1/40       2,210,000       2,144,293  

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

    5.550     8/15/41       2,560,000       2,528,829  

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

    4.350     6/15/45       5,210,000       4,370,537  

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

    3.500     9/15/53       12,461,000       8,830,168  

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

    3.550     9/15/55       12,151,000       8,515,411  

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

    3.800     12/1/57       790,000       572,614  

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

    3.650     9/15/59       2,080,000       1,449,615  

Telefonica Emisiones SA, Senior Notes

    4.103     3/8/27       219,000       210,225  

Telefonica Emisiones SA, Senior Notes

    5.213     3/8/47       2,821,000       2,455,690  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    2.625     8/15/26       2,387,000       2,219,800  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    4.125     3/16/27       6,114,000       5,939,083  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    3.000     3/22/27       1,960,000       1,829,752  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    2.100     3/22/28       7,170,000       6,302,256  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    4.329     9/21/28       9,637,000       9,295,015  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    3.875     2/8/29       1,728,000       1,621,570  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    3.150     3/22/30       5,090,000       4,526,003  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    1.750     1/20/31       7,020,000       5,541,069  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    2.550     3/21/31       16,430,000       13,722,798  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    2.355     3/15/32       22,409,000       18,030,884  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    4.500     8/10/33       45,288,000       42,753,167  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    5.250     3/16/37       2,097,000       2,078,269  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    2.650     11/20/40       16,300,000       11,345,574  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    3.400     3/22/41       2,220,000       1,714,762  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    3.850     11/1/42       11,066,000       8,961,507  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    4.125     8/15/46       3,739,000       3,077,278  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    4.862     8/21/46       5,144,000       4,719,461  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    5.500     3/16/47       564,000       567,444  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    4.000     3/22/50       16,750,000       13,609,605  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

    2.875     11/20/50       14,970,000       9,765,917  

Total Diversified Telecommunication Services

 

                    240,913,073  

Entertainment — 0.3%

                               

Walt Disney Co., Senior Notes

    6.200     12/15/34       36,000       39,604  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Entertainment — continued

                               

Walt Disney Co., Senior Notes

    6.650     11/15/37     $ 1,970,000     $ 2,279,370  

Warnermedia Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

    6.412     3/15/26       6,220,000       6,226,560  

Warnermedia Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

    3.755     3/15/27       3,410,000       3,182,098  

Warnermedia Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

    4.054     3/15/29       4,560,000       4,170,448  

Warnermedia Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

    4.279     3/15/32       21,170,000       18,784,940  

Warnermedia Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

    5.050     3/15/42       1,650,000       1,391,644  

Warnermedia Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

    5.141     3/15/52       20,140,000       16,412,303  

Total Entertainment

                            52,486,967  

Interactive Media & Services — 0.1%

                               

Alphabet Inc., Senior Notes

    0.450     8/15/25       1,740,000       1,593,347  

Alphabet Inc., Senior Notes

    1.100     8/15/30       3,810,000       3,084,574  

Alphabet Inc., Senior Notes

    1.900     8/15/40       3,820,000       2,633,204  

Alphabet Inc., Senior Notes

    2.050     8/15/50       2,360,000       1,478,419  

Total Interactive Media & Services

                            8,789,544  

Media — 1.6%

                               

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

    4.908     7/23/25       27,894,000       27,362,534  

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

    3.750     2/15/28       940,000       862,182  

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

    4.200     3/15/28       6,296,000       5,905,069  

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

    5.050     3/30/29       23,297,000       22,226,009  

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

    2.800     4/1/31       2,440,000       1,964,280  

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

    4.400     4/1/33       11,290,000       9,913,729  

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

    6.384     10/23/35       170,000       165,795  

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

    5.375     4/1/38       8,337,000       7,108,356  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2023

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Media — continued

                               

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

    3.500     3/1/42     $ 3,280,000     $ 2,196,806  

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

    6.484     10/23/45       2,474,000       2,327,506  

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

    5.375     5/1/47       2,242,000       1,855,318  

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

    5.750     4/1/48       1,857,000       1,591,175  

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

    5.125     7/1/49       8,887,000       6,998,876  

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

    4.800     3/1/50       9,320,000       7,039,590  

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

    3.900     6/1/52       11,220,000       7,352,216  

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

    3.850     4/1/61       8,500,000       5,148,301  

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

    5.500     4/1/63       5,440,000       4,384,918  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    3.950     10/15/25       6,395,000       6,235,468  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    3.150     3/1/26       4,835,000       4,632,945  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    3.300     4/1/27       2,900,000       2,744,098  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    4.150     10/15/28       29,841,000       28,927,551  (a) 

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    3.400     4/1/30       3,920,000       3,604,199  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    4.250     10/15/30       17,737,000       17,091,313  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    7.050     3/15/33       3,475,000       4,009,208  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    5.650     6/15/35       2,669,000       2,801,420  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    3.900     3/1/38       3,430,000       2,983,355  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    3.250     11/1/39       1,490,000       1,183,213  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    3.750     4/1/40       4,130,000       3,482,316  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    3.400     7/15/46       690,000       524,309  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    4.000     8/15/47       1,510,000       1,259,902  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    3.969     11/1/47       5,770,000       4,785,236  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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    Western Asset Core Bond Fund 2023 Semi-Annual Report


 

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Media — continued

                               

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    4.000     3/1/48     $ 6,080,000     $ 5,073,622  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    3.999     11/1/49       3,070,000       2,537,281  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    3.450     2/1/50       2,420,000       1,844,198  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    2.800     1/15/51       5,160,000       3,420,158  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    2.887     11/1/51       6,340,000       4,254,284  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    2.937     11/1/56       5,924,000       3,862,027  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

    4.950     10/15/58       1,150,000       1,105,563  

Fox Corp., Senior Notes

    5.476     1/25/39       18,060,000       16,886,252  

Time Warner Cable LLC, Senior Secured Notes

    6.550     5/1/37       3,441,000       3,301,480  

Time Warner Cable LLC, Senior Secured Notes

    7.300     7/1/38       403,000       411,036  

Time Warner Cable LLC, Senior Secured Notes

    6.750     6/15/39       985,000       947,275  

Time Warner Cable LLC, Senior Secured Notes

    5.875     11/15/40       5,058,000       4,466,033  

Time Warner Cable LLC, Senior Secured Notes

    5.500     9/1/41       18,000       14,989  

Total Media

                            246,791,391  

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.4%

                               

Sprint Spectrum Co. LLC/Sprint Spectrum

                               

Co. II LLC/Sprint Spectrum Co. III LLC,

                               

Senior Secured Notes

    4.738     3/20/25       615,125       607,299  (b)  

T-Mobile USA Inc., Senior Notes

    3.500     4/15/25       6,820,000       6,560,523  

T-Mobile USA Inc., Senior Notes

    3.750     4/15/27       1,330,000       1,259,628  

T-Mobile USA Inc., Senior Notes

    3.875     4/15/30       23,820,000       21,958,836  

T-Mobile USA Inc., Senior Notes

    2.550     2/15/31       7,900,000       6,569,031  

T-Mobile USA Inc., Senior Notes

    2.250     11/15/31       19,220,000       15,387,861  

T-Mobile USA Inc., Senior Notes

    4.375     4/15/40       4,020,000       3,552,909  

T-Mobile USA Inc., Senior Notes

    3.000     2/15/41       5,020,000       3,673,099  

T-Mobile USA Inc., Senior Notes

    3.300     2/15/51       2,300,000       1,615,480  

Total Wireless Telecommunication Services

 

                    61,184,666  

Total Communication Services

                            610,165,641  
Consumer Discretionary — 2.2%                                

Automobiles — 0.1%

                               

General Motors Co., Senior Notes

    5.600     10/15/32       2,580,000       2,497,300  

General Motors Co., Senior Notes

    6.600     4/1/36       400,000       411,068  

General Motors Co., Senior Notes

    5.150     4/1/38       797,000       710,021  

General Motors Co., Senior Notes

    6.250     10/2/43       4,266,000       4,176,607  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2023

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Automobiles — continued

                               

General Motors Co., Senior Notes

    5.950     4/1/49     $ 716,000     $ 669,521  

General Motors Financial Co. Inc., Senior Notes

    4.350     1/17/27       949,000       910,255  

Total Automobiles

                            9,374,772  

Broadline Retail — 0.9%

                               

Amazon.com Inc., Senior Notes

    0.800     6/3/25       8,220,000       7,595,650  

Amazon.com Inc., Senior Notes

    3.300     4/13/27       2,400,000       2,287,277  

Amazon.com Inc., Senior Notes

    1.200     6/3/27       8,090,000       7,103,465  

Amazon.com Inc., Senior Notes

    3.150     8/22/27       6,261,000       5,895,576  

Amazon.com Inc., Senior Notes

    3.450     4/13/29       5,130,000       4,833,782  

Amazon.com Inc., Senior Notes

    1.500     6/3/30       4,990,000       4,105,294  

Amazon.com Inc., Senior Notes

    2.100     5/12/31       4,510,000       3,794,821  

Amazon.com Inc., Senior Notes

    3.600     4/13/32       21,400,000       19,964,529  (a) 

Amazon.com Inc., Senior Notes

    3.875     8/22/37       6,705,000       6,128,062  

Amazon.com Inc., Senior Notes

    4.950     12/5/44       3,036,000       3,074,474  

Amazon.com Inc., Senior Notes

    4.050     8/22/47       28,455,000       25,563,674  (a) 

Amazon.com Inc., Senior Notes

    2.500     6/3/50       19,520,000       13,000,659  

Amazon.com Inc., Senior Notes

    4.250     8/22/57       4,760,000       4,288,628  

Prosus NV, Senior Notes

    3.680     1/21/30       11,350,000       9,641,717  (b)  

Prosus NV, Senior Notes

    4.027     8/3/50       15,440,000       9,712,783  (b)  

Prosus NV, Senior Notes

    3.832     2/8/51       14,500,000       8,917,239  (b)  

Total Broadline Retail

                            135,907,630  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.9%

                               

Las Vegas Sands Corp., Senior Notes

    3.200     8/8/24       11,044,000       10,703,764  

Las Vegas Sands Corp., Senior Notes

    2.900     6/25/25       2,610,000       2,454,052  

McDonald’s Corp., Senior Notes

    3.300     7/1/25       4,390,000       4,233,842  

McDonald’s Corp., Senior Notes

    1.450     9/1/25       7,940,000       7,335,083  

McDonald’s Corp., Senior Notes

    3.700     1/30/26       3,953,000       3,822,979  

McDonald’s Corp., Senior Notes

    3.500     3/1/27       2,484,000       2,370,972  

McDonald’s Corp., Senior Notes

    3.500     7/1/27       3,620,000       3,448,576  

McDonald’s Corp., Senior Notes

    3.800     4/1/28       1,513,000       1,451,060  

McDonald’s Corp., Senior Notes

    2.125     3/1/30       8,770,000       7,466,250  

McDonald’s Corp., Senior Notes

    3.600     7/1/30       4,130,000       3,846,010  

McDonald’s Corp., Senior Notes

    4.875     12/9/45       5,870,000       5,621,850  

McDonald’s Corp., Senior Notes

    3.625     9/1/49       800,000       631,673  

McDonald’s Corp., Senior Notes

    4.200     4/1/50       9,400,000       8,143,675  

Sands China Ltd., Senior Notes

    5.625     8/8/25       7,559,000       7,379,416  

Sands China Ltd., Senior Notes

    5.900     8/8/28       31,015,000       29,592,975  

Sands China Ltd., Senior Notes

    3.350     3/8/29       4,690,000       3,912,825  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — continued

                               

Sands China Ltd., Senior Notes

    4.875     6/18/30     $ 15,340,000     $ 13,670,267  

Sands China Ltd., Senior Notes

    3.750     8/8/31       21,050,000       17,151,245  

Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

                            133,236,514  

Household Durables — 0.0%††

                               

Newell Brands Inc., Senior Notes

    4.700     4/1/26       179,000       168,310  

Specialty Retail — 0.2%

                               

Home Depot Inc., Senior Notes

    2.500     4/15/27       4,170,000       3,870,287  

Home Depot Inc., Senior Notes

    3.900     12/6/28       750,000       726,473  

Home Depot Inc., Senior Notes

    2.700     4/15/30       4,380,000       3,894,535  

Home Depot Inc., Senior Notes

    3.300     4/15/40       5,250,000       4,267,387  

Home Depot Inc., Senior Notes

    3.900     6/15/47       820,000       697,656  

Home Depot Inc., Senior Notes

    3.350     4/15/50       9,410,000       7,189,112  

Lowe’s Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    1.700     9/15/28       9,030,000       7,658,837  

Lowe’s Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    4.500     4/15/30       2,800,000       2,723,948  

Total Specialty Retail

                            31,028,235  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.1%

                               

NIKE Inc., Senior Notes

    2.400     3/27/25       3,750,000       3,587,941  

NIKE Inc., Senior Notes

    2.750     3/27/27       6,050,000       5,686,016  

NIKE Inc., Senior Notes

    2.850     3/27/30       5,960,000       5,386,831  

NIKE Inc., Senior Notes

    3.250     3/27/40       2,820,000       2,320,204  

NIKE Inc., Senior Notes

    3.375     3/27/50       1,170,000       949,274  

Total Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

                            17,930,266  

Total Consumer Discretionary

                            327,645,727  
Consumer Staples — 1.8%                                

Beverages — 0.6%

                               

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

    3.650     2/1/26       13,236,000       12,824,647  

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

    4.900     2/1/46       15,181,000       14,522,641  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

    4.000     4/13/28       1,270,000       1,229,243  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

    4.750     1/23/29       21,378,000       21,296,907  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

    3.500     6/1/30       2,710,000       2,522,398  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

    4.350     6/1/40       10,440,000       9,611,149  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

    4.600     4/15/48       966,000       897,593  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2023

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Beverages — continued

                               

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

    5.550     1/23/49     $ 4,520,000     $ 4,768,413  

Coca-Cola Co., Senior Notes

    3.375     3/25/27       3,540,000       3,415,039  

Coca-Cola Co., Senior Notes

    1.450     6/1/27       4,130,000       3,693,443  

Coca-Cola Co., Senior Notes

    2.500     6/1/40       4,010,000       3,023,986  

Coca-Cola Co., Senior Notes

    2.600     6/1/50       3,180,000       2,224,378  

Constellation Brands Inc., Senior Notes

    3.600     5/9/24       3,890,000       3,816,161  

Constellation Brands Inc., Senior Notes

    4.350     5/9/27       5,460,000       5,327,260  

PepsiCo Inc., Senior Notes

    2.250     3/19/25       760,000       725,437  

PepsiCo Inc., Senior Notes

    2.625     3/19/27       760,000       708,792  

PepsiCo Inc., Senior Notes

    1.625     5/1/30       2,410,000       2,004,679  

PepsiCo Inc., Senior Notes

    2.875     10/15/49       2,270,000       1,707,369  

Total Beverages

                            94,319,535  

Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail — 0.2%

 

                       

Costco Wholesale Corp., Senior Notes

    1.375     6/20/27       11,490,000       10,150,917  

Costco Wholesale Corp., Senior Notes

    1.600     4/20/30       10,000       8,332  

Costco Wholesale Corp., Senior Notes

    1.750     4/20/32       5,190,000       4,192,134  

Target Corp., Senior Notes

    2.250     4/15/25       6,720,000       6,402,991  

Walmart Inc., Senior Notes

    1.500     9/22/28       2,940,000       2,554,558  

Walmart Inc., Senior Notes

    2.375     9/24/29       1,060,000       937,703  

Walmart Inc., Senior Notes

    1.800     9/22/31       2,020,000       1,678,539  

Total Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail

 

                    25,925,174  

Food Products — 0.3%

                               

Danone SA, Senior Notes

    2.589     11/2/23       6,493,000       6,425,921  (b) 

Danone SA, Senior Notes

    2.947     11/2/26       4,317,000       4,040,004  (b) 

Hershey Co., Senior Notes

    0.900     6/1/25       1,930,000       1,778,051  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes

    3.000     6/1/26       2,588,000       2,442,997  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes

    5.000     7/15/35       293,000       288,875  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes

    5.000     6/4/42       36,000       33,710  

Mars Inc., Senior Notes

    2.700     4/1/25       3,269,000       3,124,250  (b) 

Mars Inc., Senior Notes

    3.200     4/1/30       9,788,000       8,887,237  (b) 

Mars Inc., Senior Notes

    2.375     7/16/40       3,260,000       2,241,890  (b) 

Mondelez International Inc., Senior Notes

    1.500     5/4/25       10,020,000       9,343,036  

Total Food Products

                            38,605,971  

Household Products — 0.0%††

                               

Kimberly-Clark Corp., Senior Notes

    3.100     3/26/30       1,810,000       1,653,223  

Procter & Gamble Co., Senior Notes

    2.800     3/25/27       1,200,000       1,130,467  

Procter & Gamble Co., Senior Notes

    3.000     3/25/30       3,430,000       3,176,463  

Total Household Products

                            5,960,153  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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    Western Asset Core Bond Fund 2023 Semi-Annual Report


 

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Personal Care Products — 0.2%

                               

Haleon US Capital LLC, Senior Notes

    3.375     3/24/27     $ 6,490,000     $ 6,077,321  

Haleon US Capital LLC, Senior Notes

    3.375     3/24/29       4,930,000       4,482,960  

Haleon US Capital LLC, Senior Notes

    3.625     3/24/32       7,020,000       6,296,221  

Kenvue Inc., Senior Notes

    4.900     3/22/33       11,140,000       11,278,572  (b) 

Total Personal Care Products

                            28,135,074  

Tobacco — 0.5%

                               

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

    2.350     5/6/25       1,770,000       1,666,497  

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

    4.400     2/14/26       8,997,000       8,807,991  

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

    4.800     2/14/29       2,049,000       1,994,172  

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

    2.450     2/4/32       2,370,000       1,849,561  

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

    5.800     2/14/39       4,635,000       4,542,271  

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

    5.950     2/14/49       21,954,000       20,864,997  

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

    6.200     2/14/59       710,000       686,228  

BAT Capital Corp., Senior Notes

    3.557     8/15/27       17,750,000       16,332,992  

BAT Capital Corp., Senior Notes

    2.259     3/25/28       3,530,000       3,027,893  

BAT Capital Corp., Senior Notes

    4.540     8/15/47       5,017,000       3,697,167  

Cargill Inc., Senior Notes

    1.375     7/23/23       6,530,000       6,517,133  (b)  

Philip Morris International Inc., Senior Notes

    2.100     5/1/30       4,340,000       3,594,268  

Philip Morris International Inc., Senior Notes

    4.500     3/20/42       1,406,000       1,212,955  

Reynolds American Inc., Senior Notes

    6.150     9/15/43       1,110,000       1,070,562  

Reynolds American Inc., Senior Notes

    5.850     8/15/45       1,610,000       1,433,734  

Total Tobacco

                            77,298,421  

Total Consumer Staples

                            270,244,328  
Energy — 6.1%                                

Energy Equipment & Services — 0.0%††

                               

Halliburton Co., Senior Notes

    3.800     11/15/25       78,000       75,384  

Halliburton Co., Senior Notes

    5.000     11/15/45       1,075,000       973,945  

Total Energy Equipment & Services

                            1,049,329  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 6.1%

                               

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

    6.000     1/15/37       89,000       80,232  

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

    5.100     9/1/40       11,863,000       9,655,236  

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

    5.250     2/1/42       6,878,000       5,426,776  

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

    4.750     4/15/43       18,342,000       13,509,066  

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

    4.250     1/15/44       18,144,000       12,275,505  

BP Capital Markets America Inc., Senior Notes

    3.119     5/4/26       8,803,000       8,383,113  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund 2023 Semi-Annual Report    

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2023

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — continued

                               

BP Capital Markets America Inc., Senior Notes

    3.633     4/6/30     $ 9,410,000     $ 8,755,366  

BP Capital Markets America Inc., Senior Notes

    1.749     8/10/30       5,000,000       4,097,498  

BP Capital Markets America Inc., Senior Notes

    3.000     2/24/50       14,510,000       10,127,266  

BP Capital Markets America Inc., Senior Notes

    2.772     11/10/50       1,240,000       821,498  

BP Capital Markets America Inc., Senior Notes

    2.939     6/4/51       760,000       519,592  

Cameron LNG LLC, Senior Secured Notes

    2.902     7/15/31       9,880,000       8,516,233  (b) 

Cameron LNG LLC, Senior Secured Notes

    3.302     1/15/35       15,650,000       13,062,821  (b) 

Chevron Corp., Senior Notes

    1.554     5/11/25       7,640,000       7,161,843  

Chevron Corp., Senior Notes

    1.995     5/11/27       2,750,000       2,498,708  

Chevron Corp., Senior Notes

    3.078     5/11/50       8,710,000       6,493,557  

Chevron USA Inc., Senior Notes

    3.850     1/15/28       8,880,000       8,667,949  

Conoco Funding Co., Senior Notes

    7.250     10/15/31       313,000       358,430  

ConocoPhillips Co., Senior Notes

    6.950     4/15/29       573,000       630,904  

Continental Resources Inc., Senior Notes

    3.800     6/1/24       2,897,000       2,840,505  

Continental Resources Inc., Senior Notes

    4.375     1/15/28       14,875,000       13,978,743  

Continental Resources Inc., Senior Notes

    4.900     6/1/44       7,230,000       5,624,824  

Coterra Energy Inc., Senior Notes

    3.900     5/15/27       11,379,000       10,732,922  

Coterra Energy Inc., Senior Notes

    4.375     3/15/29       25,310,000       23,656,572  

Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    5.850     12/15/25       2,774,000       2,797,073  

Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    5.250     10/15/27       1,026,000       1,011,193  

Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    4.500     1/15/30       2,428,000       2,288,221  

Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    5.600     7/15/41       16,630,000       15,672,352  

Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    4.750     5/15/42       9,470,000       7,995,448  

Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    5.000     6/15/45       21,328,000       18,517,068  

Diamondback Energy Inc., Senior Notes

    3.250     12/1/26       3,669,000       3,449,067  

Diamondback Energy Inc., Senior Notes

    3.500     12/1/29       13,852,000       12,481,206  

Diamondback Energy Inc., Senior Notes

    3.125     3/24/31       6,100,000       5,228,030  

Diamondback Energy Inc., Senior Notes

    4.400     3/24/51       5,090,000       4,031,930  

Ecopetrol SA, Senior Notes

    5.875     5/28/45       70,455,000       48,338,105  

El Paso Natural Gas Co. LLC, Senior Notes

    8.375     6/15/32       2,696,000       3,094,778  

Energy Transfer LP, Senior Notes

    2.900     5/15/25       7,020,000       6,654,351  

Energy Transfer LP, Senior Notes

    4.750     1/15/26       2,060,000       2,014,672  

Energy Transfer LP, Senior Notes

    5.500     6/1/27       6,670,000       6,638,269  

Energy Transfer LP, Senior Notes

    4.950     6/15/28       1,907,000       1,851,160  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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    Western Asset Core Bond Fund 2023 Semi-Annual Report


 

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — continued

                               

Energy Transfer LP, Senior Notes

    5.250     4/15/29     $ 6,358,000     $ 6,211,170  

Energy Transfer LP, Senior Notes

    3.750     5/15/30       21,808,000       19,693,171  

Energy Transfer LP, Senior Notes

    6.100     2/15/42       2,185,000       2,069,597  

Energy Transfer LP, Senior Notes

    5.300     4/1/44       540,000       468,853  

Energy Transfer LP, Senior Notes

    5.400     10/1/47       7,451,000       6,577,790  

Energy Transfer LP, Senior Notes

    6.250     4/15/49       11,182,000       10,933,182  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes

    4.150     10/16/28       10,006,000       9,572,988  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes

    3.125     7/31/29       4,660,000       4,179,844  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes

    2.800     1/31/30       21,270,000       18,639,096  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes

    7.550     4/15/38       430,000       494,460  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes

    5.700     2/15/42       510,000       518,942  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes

    4.450     2/15/43       1,800,000       1,584,235  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes

    4.850     3/15/44       410,000       378,924  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes

    5.100     2/15/45       5,000,000       4,778,976  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes

    4.800     2/1/49       3,960,000       3,628,655  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes

    4.200     1/31/50       2,620,000       2,193,624  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes

    3.700     1/31/51       13,300,000       10,191,174  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes

    3.950     1/31/60       905,000       698,985  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes (5.375% to 2/15/28 then 3 mo. Term SOFR + 2.832%)

    5.375     2/15/78       2,590,000       2,149,104  (c) 

EOG Resources Inc., Senior Notes

    4.150     1/15/26       203,000       198,775  

EOG Resources Inc., Senior Notes

    4.375     4/15/30       13,282,000       13,002,043  

EOG Resources Inc., Senior Notes

    3.900     4/1/35       6,890,000       6,190,854  

EOG Resources Inc., Senior Notes

    4.950     4/15/50       16,795,000       16,597,910  

EQT Corp., Senior Notes

    7.000     2/1/30       5,000,000       5,239,650  

Exxon Mobil Corp., Senior Notes

    2.992     3/19/25       17,500,000       16,867,606  

Exxon Mobil Corp., Senior Notes

    3.043     3/1/26       2,946,000       2,817,036  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund 2023 Semi-Annual Report    

 

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2023

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  
                                 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — continued

                               

Exxon Mobil Corp., Senior Notes

    2.440     8/16/29     $ 13,168,000     $ 11,697,445  

Exxon Mobil Corp., Senior Notes

    3.482     3/19/30       6,450,000       6,057,100  

Exxon Mobil Corp., Senior Notes

    4.227     3/19/40       2,000,000       1,845,466  

Exxon Mobil Corp., Senior Notes

    4.114     3/1/46       3,663,000       3,226,566  

Exxon Mobil Corp., Senior Notes

    4.327     3/19/50       3,110,000       2,822,150  

Exxon Mobil Corp., Senior Notes

    3.452     4/15/51       4,000,000       3,110,774  

KazMunayGas National Co. JSC, Senior Notes

    5.375     4/24/30       12,603,000       11,725,950  (b) 

KazMunayGas National Co. JSC, Senior Notes

    5.750     4/19/47       13,553,000       11,058,774  (b) 

KazMunayGas National Co. JSC, Senior Notes

    6.375     10/24/48       2,803,000       2,402,698  (b) 

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, Senior Notes

    3.500     9/1/23       349,000       347,703  

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, Senior Notes

    4.250     9/1/24       1,792,000       1,756,399  

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, Senior Notes

    7.300     8/15/33       110,000       119,906  

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, Senior Notes

    6.550     9/15/40       620,000       631,905  

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, Senior Notes

    6.375     3/1/41       730,000       733,962  

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, Senior Notes

    5.500     3/1/44       540,000       492,897  

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, Senior Notes

    5.400     9/1/44       140,000       124,407  

Kinder Morgan Inc., Senior Notes

    4.300     6/1/25       1,800,000       1,756,395  

Kinder Morgan Inc., Senior Notes

    4.300     3/1/28       14,400,000       13,773,368  

Kinder Morgan Inc., Senior Notes

    5.550     6/1/45       14,600,000       13,467,918  

Kinder Morgan Inc., Senior Notes

    5.050     2/15/46       980,000       838,616  

Kinder Morgan Inc., Senior Notes

    5.200     3/1/48       790,000       693,741  

MPLX LP, Senior Notes

    4.125     3/1/27       2,687,000       2,572,642  

MPLX LP, Senior Notes

    4.000     3/15/28       4,267,000       4,024,233  

MPLX LP, Senior Notes

    4.800     2/15/29       1,684,000       1,625,074  

MPLX LP, Senior Notes

    4.500     4/15/38       4,308,000       3,712,664  

MPLX LP, Senior Notes

    5.200     3/1/47       11,830,000       10,391,498  

MPLX LP, Senior Notes

    5.200     12/1/47       4,750,000       4,158,889  

MPLX LP, Senior Notes

    4.700     4/15/48       8,277,000       6,804,990  

MPLX LP, Senior Notes

    5.500     2/15/49       2,554,000       2,317,232  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    6.950     7/1/24       286,000       288,720  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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    Western Asset Core Bond Fund 2023 Semi-Annual Report


 

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — continued

                               

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    5.550     3/15/26     $ 627,000     $ 619,570  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    3.200     8/15/26       2,550,000       2,316,879  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    3.000     2/15/27       2,257,000       2,032,232  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    3.500     8/15/29       12,009,000       10,326,419  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    7.875     9/15/31       8,284,000       9,246,913  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    6.200     3/15/40       2,346,000       2,315,209  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    4.500     7/15/44       18,287,000       14,046,153  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    4.625     6/15/45       5,060,000       3,922,537  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    6.600     3/15/46       2,570,000       2,649,670  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    4.400     4/15/46       1,657,000       1,281,991  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    4.100     2/15/47       3,349,000       2,373,754  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    4.200     3/15/48       4,594,000       3,409,919  

Pertamina Persero PT, Senior Notes

    6.000     5/3/42       6,914,000       6,959,561  (b) 

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

    6.250     3/17/24       2,087,000       2,091,696  

Petroleos del Peru SA, Senior Notes

    4.750     6/19/32       30,909,000       23,663,674  (b) 

Petroleos del Peru SA, Senior Notes

    5.625     6/19/47       7,630,000       4,928,468  (b) 

Petroleos Mexicanos, Senior Notes

    5.500     6/27/44       5,746,000       3,315,123  

Petroleos Mexicanos, Senior Notes

    6.375     1/23/45       3,950,000       2,430,034  

Petroleos Mexicanos, Senior Notes

    5.625     1/23/46       13,254,000       7,622,581  

Petroleos Mexicanos, Senior Notes

    6.750     9/21/47       8,367,000       5,261,782  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co., Senior Notes

    1.125     1/15/26       1,890,000       1,702,825  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co., Senior Notes

    1.900     8/15/30       7,290,000       5,912,479  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co., Senior Notes

    2.150     1/15/31       16,630,000       13,618,050  

Reliance Industries Ltd., Senior Notes

    2.875     1/12/32       12,900,000       10,766,071  (b) 

Reliance Industries Ltd., Senior Notes

    3.625     1/12/52       22,500,000       16,080,445  (b) 

Schlumberger Holdings Corp., Senior Notes

    3.900     5/17/28       142,000       133,891  (b)  

Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes

    2.875     5/10/26       6,654,000       6,340,046  

Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes

    2.375     11/7/29       8,650,000       7,564,111  

Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes

    2.750     4/6/30       11,040,000       9,868,560  

Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes

    4.550     8/12/43       1,451,000       1,343,048  

Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes

    4.375     5/11/45       4,084,000       3,686,556  

Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes

    4.000     5/10/46       3,779,000       3,214,740  

Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes

    3.250     4/6/50       17,290,000       12,883,531  

Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2014 Ltd., Senior Notes

    4.375     4/10/24       19,252,000       19,053,223  (b) 

Southern Natural Gas Co. LLC, Senior Notes

    8.000     3/1/32       3,985,000       4,586,538  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund 2023 Semi-Annual Report    

 

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2023

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — continued

                               

Targa Resources Corp., Senior Notes

    5.200     7/1/27     $ 10,940,000     $ 10,747,273  

Targa Resources Corp., Senior Notes

    4.950     4/15/52       2,600,000       2,151,446  

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. LLC, Senior Notes

    2.900     3/1/30       6,590,000       5,632,435  (b)  

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC, Senior Notes

    7.850     2/1/26       17,006,000       17,812,826  

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC, Senior Notes

    3.250     5/15/30       5,340,000       4,751,614  

Western Midstream Operating LP, Senior Notes

    3.350     2/1/25       2,630,000       2,516,332  

Western Midstream Operating LP, Senior Notes

    4.300     2/1/30       10,140,000       9,113,307  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    3.750     6/15/27       7,760,000       7,327,755  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    3.500     11/15/30       1,650,000       1,476,198  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    7.500     1/15/31       2,125,000       2,338,154  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    7.750     6/15/31       23,000       25,515  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    8.750     3/15/32       8,825,000       10,482,415  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    4.900     1/15/45       6,086,000       5,318,726  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    5.100     9/15/45       6,730,000       6,059,811  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    4.850     3/1/48       2,260,000       1,959,581  

Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

                            925,676,475  

Total Energy

                            926,725,804  
Financials — 12.1%                                

Banks — 8.2%

                               

ABN AMRO Bank NV, Subordinated Notes

    4.750     7/28/25       1,352,000       1,305,195  (b)  

Banco Santander SA, Senior Notes

    2.746     5/28/25       33,000,000       30,999,166  

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

    4.175     3/24/28       1,000,000       936,718  (c)  

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

    4.100     7/24/23       4,988,000       4,984,426  

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

    4.000     4/1/24       3,134,000       3,098,074  

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

    3.500     4/19/26       4,567,000       4,383,451  

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

    5.000     1/21/44       9,215,000       8,839,651  

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

    1.319     6/19/26       49,280,000       45,162,465  (c)  

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

    1.898     7/23/31       3,000,000       2,390,352  (c)  

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

    2.572     10/20/32       14,650,000       11,938,077  (c)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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    Western Asset Core Bond Fund 2023 Semi-Annual Report


 

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Banks — continued

                               

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

    2.592     4/29/31     $ 15,760,000     $ 13,238,968  (c) 

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

    2.972     2/4/33       13,820,000       11,525,610  (c) 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes (3.419% to 12/20/27 then 3 mo. Term SOFR + 1.302%)

    3.419     12/20/28       17,046,000       15,646,642  (c) 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes (3.593% to 7/21/27 then 3 mo. Term SOFR + 1.632%)

    3.593     7/21/28       7,711,000       7,174,083  (c) 

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

    3.841     4/25/25       7,260,000       7,118,236  (c) 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes (3.946% to 1/23/48 then 3 mo. Term SOFR + 1.452%)

    3.946     1/23/49       3,717,000       3,018,354  (c) 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes (3.970% to 3/5/28 then 3 mo. Term SOFR + 1.332%)

    3.970     3/5/29       5,000,000       4,685,470  (c) 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes (3.974% to 2/7/29 then 3 mo. Term SOFR + 1.472%)

    3.974     2/7/30       22,684,000       21,020,701  (c) 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes (4.083% to 3/20/50 then 3 mo. Term SOFR + 3.412%)

    4.083     3/20/51       25,140,000       20,865,030  (c) 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes (4.330% to 3/15/49 then 3 mo. Term SOFR + 1.782%)

    4.330     3/15/50       11,720,000       10,093,540  (c) 

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

    4.376     4/27/28       5,370,000       5,159,379  (c) 

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

    4.571     4/27/33       33,190,000       31,222,324  (c) 

Bank of America Corp., Subordinated Notes

    4.200     8/26/24       5,409,000       5,309,639  

Bank of America Corp., Subordinated Notes

    4.000     1/22/25       2,875,000       2,797,392  

Bank of America Corp., Subordinated Notes

    4.450     3/3/26       1,093,000       1,062,901  

Bank of America Corp., Subordinated Notes

    4.250     10/22/26       17,320,000       16,729,376  

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

    2.482     9/21/36       3,000,000       2,296,454  (c) 

Bank of Montreal, Senior Notes

    1.850     5/1/25       12,810,000       11,970,363  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund 2023 Semi-Annual Report    

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2023

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Banks — continued

                               

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

    3.803     12/15/32     $ 1,316,000     $ 1,160,453  (c) 

Bank of Nova Scotia, Senior Notes

    3.450     4/11/25       19,420,000       18,704,992  

Bank of Nova Scotia, Senior Notes

    1.300     6/11/25       7,120,000       6,547,416  

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

    4.588     5/4/37       4,470,000       3,856,056  (c)  

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

    4.972     5/16/29       4,899,000       4,634,137  (c)  

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

    5.088     6/20/30       7,848,000       7,143,612  (c)  

BNP Paribas SA, Senior Notes

    3.375     1/9/25       5,533,000       5,316,921  (b) 

BNP Paribas SA, Senior Notes

    4.400     8/14/28       7,899,000       7,464,229  (b) 

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

    2.219     6/9/26       8,840,000       8,180,198  (b)(c) 

BNP Paribas SA, Senior Notes (3.052% to 1/13/30 then SOFR + 1.507%)

    3.052     1/13/31       11,830,000       10,110,285  (b)(c) 

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

    4.705     1/10/25       16,281,000       16,139,012  (b)(c) 

BNP Paribas SA, Senior Notes (5.125% to 1/13/28 then 1 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 1.450%)

    5.125     1/13/29       27,240,000       26,676,229  (b)(c) 

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

    5.198     1/10/30       8,704,000       8,421,072  (b)(c) 

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

    4.375     3/1/33       3,019,000       2,733,943  (b)(c) 

BPCE SA, Subordinated Notes

    5.150     7/21/24       4,541,000       4,460,240  (b) 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

    3.300     4/27/25       12,054,000       11,602,799  

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

    8.125     7/15/39       6,491,000       8,311,227  

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

    4.650     7/30/45       7,037,000       6,248,087  

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

    4.650     7/23/48       1,675,000       1,518,729  

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

    2.561     5/1/32       5,000,000       4,084,776  (c)  

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

    2.572     6/3/31       57,290,000       47,823,398  (c) 

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

    3.106     4/8/26       5,210,000       4,977,000  (c)  

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes (3.520% to 10/27/27 then 3 mo. Term SOFR + 1.413%)

    3.520     10/27/28       18,054,000       16,782,307  (c) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Banks — continued

                               

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

    3.785     3/17/33     $ 15,970,000     $ 14,117,842  (c) 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes (3.980% to 3/20/29 then 3 mo. Term SOFR + 1.600%)

    3.980     3/20/30       19,648,000       18,183,738  (c) 

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

    4.412     3/31/31       8,960,000       8,429,174  (c)  

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

    4.658     5/24/28       5,380,000       5,250,054  (c)  

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

    4.910     5/24/33       10,860,000       10,514,136  (c) 

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

    4.400     6/10/25       4,549,000       4,420,872  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

    5.500     9/13/25       2,722,000       2,707,388  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

    4.300     11/20/26       1,343,000       1,286,165  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

    4.450     9/29/27       25,282,000       24,152,645  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

    6.625     6/15/32       412,000       436,187  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

    6.125     8/25/36       605,000       616,740  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

    6.675     9/13/43       564,000       608,272  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

    5.300     5/6/44       1,423,000       1,317,562  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

    4.750     5/18/46       716,000       613,541  

Cooperatieve Rabobank UA, Senior Notes

    3.375     5/21/25       13,201,000       12,725,993  

Cooperatieve Rabobank UA, Senior Notes

    4.375     8/4/25       9,027,000       8,717,212  

Cooperatieve Rabobank UA, Senior Notes

    3.750     7/21/26       833,000       778,328  

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

    1.339     6/24/26       3,500,000       3,202,325  (b)(c) 

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

    3.649     4/6/28       7,190,000       6,664,207  (b)(c) 

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

    3.758     4/6/33       7,300,000       6,348,161  (b)(c) 

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

    1.907     6/16/26       5,920,000       5,452,916  (b)(c) 

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

    4.000     1/10/33       3,743,000       3,335,771  (b)(c) 

Danske Bank A/S, Senior Notes

    3.875     9/12/23       3,529,000       3,515,732  (b) 

Danske Bank A/S, Senior Notes

    5.375     1/12/24       10,046,000       9,988,897  (b) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2023

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Banks — continued

                               

Danske Bank A/S, Senior Notes (0.976% to 9/10/24 then 1 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 0.550%)

    0.976     9/10/25     $ 9,745,000     $ 9,096,596  (b)(c) 

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

    3.244     12/20/25       4,872,000       4,627,762  (b)(c) 

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

    4.298     4/1/28       1,500,000       1,401,520  (b)(c) 

HSBC Holdings PLC, Senior Notes

    4.300     3/8/26       997,000       964,115  

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

    2.848     6/4/31       19,350,000       16,066,853  (c) 

HSBC Holdings PLC, Senior Notes (3.803% to 3/11/24 3 mo. Term SOFR + 1.473%)

    3.803     3/11/25       13,793,000       13,527,373  (c) 

HSBC Holdings PLC, Senior Notes (4.041% to 3/13/27 then 3 mo. Term SOFR + 1.808%)

    4.041     3/13/28       11,121,000       10,423,712  (c) 

HSBC Holdings PLC, Subordinated Notes

    4.250     3/14/24       206,000       203,422  

HSBC Holdings PLC, Subordinated Notes

    4.250     8/18/25       3,347,000       3,216,096  

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Subordinated Notes

    5.017     6/26/24       10,460,000       10,135,658  (b) 

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Subordinated Notes

    5.710     1/15/26       11,693,000       11,139,389  (b) 

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

    2.083     4/22/26       11,840,000       11,092,775  (c) 

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

    2.522     4/22/31       14,820,000       12,543,530  (c) 

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

    2.545     11/8/32       19,530,000       16,009,497  (c) 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Senior Notes (2.580% to 4/22/31 then 3 mo. Term SOFR + 1.250%)

    2.580     4/22/32       7,000,000       5,816,812  (c)  

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Senior Notes (3.109% to 4/22/40 then 3 mo. Term SOFR + 2.460%)

    3.109     4/22/41       5,000,000       3,799,697  (c)  

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

    3.109     4/22/51       6,850,000       4,793,923  (c)  

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Senior Notes (4.023% to 12/5/23 then 3 mo. Term SOFR + 1.262%)

    4.023     12/5/24       19,448,000       19,282,980  (c) 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Senior Notes (4.203% to 7/23/28 then 3 mo. Term SOFR + 1.522%)

    4.203     7/23/29       6,157,000       5,856,917  (c)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Banks — continued

                               

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Senior Notes (4.452% to 12/5/28 then 3 mo. Term SOFR + 1.592%)

    4.452     12/5/29     $ 17,991,000     $ 17,255,356  (c) 

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

    4.493     3/24/31       6,000,000       5,770,575  (c)  

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Subordinated Notes

    4.125     12/15/26       5,791,000       5,579,010  

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Subordinated Notes

    4.250     10/1/27       9,717,000       9,423,099  

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Subordinated Notes

    3.625     12/1/27       5,143,000       4,826,124  

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Subordinated Notes

    4.950     6/1/45       8,546,000       7,987,964  

Lloyds Banking Group PLC, Senior Notes

    4.375     3/22/28       6,970,000       6,615,918  

Lloyds Banking Group PLC, Subordinated Notes

    4.650     3/24/26       2,843,000       2,717,067  

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

    3.837     4/17/26       6,500,000       6,252,628  (c)  

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

    4.080     4/19/28       6,690,000       6,352,314  (c)  

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

    4.269     3/22/25       5,803,000       5,701,584  (c)  

PNC Bank NA, Subordinated Notes

    3.875     4/10/25       1,567,000       1,496,843  

PNC Financial Services Group Inc., Senior Notes (5.582% to 6/12/28 then SOFR + 1.841%)

    5.582     6/12/29       15,460,000       15,398,427  (c) 

PNC Financial Services Group Inc., Senior Notes (5.812% to 6/12/25 then SOFR + 1.322%)

    5.812     6/12/26       4,280,000       4,256,519  (c)  

Royal Bank of Canada, Senior Notes

    1.150     6/10/25       6,800,000       6,279,519  

Royal Bank of Canada, Senior Notes

    3.875     5/4/32       19,350,000       17,738,504  

Santander UK Group Holdings PLC, Subordinated Notes

    5.625     9/15/45       484,000       397,971  (b)  

Standard Chartered PLC, Subordinated Notes

    5.700     3/26/44       432,000       397,686  (b)  

Toronto-Dominion Bank, Senior Notes

    1.150     6/12/25       6,770,000       6,241,322  

Toronto-Dominion Bank, Senior Notes

    4.456     6/8/32       5,100,000       4,843,445  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund 2023 Semi-Annual Report    

 

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2023

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Banks — continued

                               

Truist Financial Corp., Senior Notes (6.047% to 6/8/26 then SOFR + 2.050%)

    6.047     6/8/27     $ 8,060,000     $ 8,066,974  (c)  

US Bancorp, Senior Notes

    1.450     5/12/25       14,850,000       13,855,857  

US Bancorp, Senior Notes (2.215% to 1/27/27 then SOFR + 0.730%)

    2.215     1/27/28       1,240,000       1,099,946  (c)  

US Bancorp, Senior Notes (5.775% to 6/12/28 then SOFR + 2.020%)

    5.775     6/12/29       8,530,000       8,533,150  (c)  

US Bancorp, Senior Notes (5.836% to 6/10/33 then SOFR + 2.260%)

    5.836     6/12/34       3,450,000       3,476,547  (c)  

Wells Fargo & Co., Senior Notes

    3.750     1/24/24       11,690,000       11,557,293  

Wells Fargo & Co., Senior Notes

    3.000     10/23/26       7,684,000       7,138,018  

Wells Fargo & Co., Senior Notes

    4.150     1/24/29       8,588,000       8,146,324  

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

    2.188     4/30/26       12,110,000       11,352,223  (c)  

Wells Fargo & Co., Senior Notes (2.879% to 10/30/29 then 3 mo. Term SOFR + 1.432%)

    2.879     10/30/30       18,000,000       15,561,412  (c)  

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

    3.350     3/2/33       8,970,000       7,680,502  (c)  

Wells Fargo & Co., Senior Notes (4.478% to 4/4/30 then 3 mo. Term SOFR + 4.032%)

    4.478     4/4/31       12,440,000       11,832,797  (c)  

Wells Fargo & Co., Senior Notes (5.013% to 4/4/50 then 3 mo. Term SOFR + 4.502%)

    5.013     4/4/51       103,670,000       96,639,754  (c)  

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

    4.125     8/15/23       134,000       133,702  

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

    4.300     7/22/27       12,726,000       12,217,977  

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

    5.375     11/2/43       430,000       405,421  

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

    5.606     1/15/44       1,522,000       1,463,325  

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

    4.650     11/4/44       1,513,000       1,285,277  

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

    4.900     11/17/45       4,469,000       3,938,664  

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

    4.400     6/14/46       16,048,000       13,051,839  

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

    4.750     12/7/46       13,120,000       11,184,199  

Total Banks

                            1,235,404,716  

Capital Markets — 2.8%

                               

Bank of New York Mellon Corp., Senior

                               

Notes

    1.600     4/24/25       3,860,000       3,618,564  

CME Group Inc., Senior Notes

    5.300     9/15/43       1,070,000       1,113,018  

Credit Suisse AG, Senior Notes

    4.750     8/9/24       2,000,000       1,955,383  

Credit Suisse AG, Senior Notes

    3.625     9/9/24       2,660,000       2,562,746  

Credit Suisse AG, Senior Notes

    7.950     1/9/25       18,480,000       18,864,272  

Credit Suisse AG, Senior Notes

    2.950     4/9/25       6,410,000       6,027,348  

Credit Suisse AG, Senior Notes

    7.500     2/15/28       20,890,000       22,210,924  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Capital Markets — continued

                               

Goldman Sachs Capital II, Junior

                               

Subordinated Notes (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.768%)

    6.264     7/31/23     $ 22,000     $ 17,215  (c)(d)  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

    3.625     2/20/24       9,269,000       9,134,962  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

    4.000     3/3/24       1,012,000       999,263  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

    3.850     7/8/24       1,352,000       1,326,307  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

    3.500     4/1/25       8,120,000       7,805,418  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

    3.500     11/16/26       10,965,000       10,286,841  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

    3.850     1/26/27       6,210,000       5,908,194  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

    6.250     2/1/41       5,481,000       5,896,186  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

    4.750     10/21/45       3,616,000       3,291,520  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes (2.383% to 7/21/31 then SOFR + 1.248%)

    2.383     7/21/32       5,000,000       4,007,021  (c) 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes (2.650% to 10/21/31 then SOFR + 1.264%)

    2.650     10/21/32       4,920,000       4,012,052  (c)  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes (2.908% to 7/21/41 then SOFR + 1.472%)

    2.908     7/21/42       2,570,000       1,817,407  (c)  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes (3.210% to 4/22/41 then SOFR + 1.513%)

    3.210     4/22/42       1,120,000       828,817  (c)  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes (3.615% to 3/15/27 then SOFR + 1.846%)

    3.615     3/15/28       2,370,000       2,225,595  (c) 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes (3.691% to 6/5/27 then 3 mo. Term SOFR + 1.772%)

    3.691     6/5/28       8,956,000       8,420,390  (c) 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes (3.814% to 4/23/28 then 3 mo. Term SOFR + 1.420%)

    3.814     4/23/29       23,236,000       21,588,973  (c) 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes (4.223% to 5/1/28 then 3 mo. Term SOFR + 1.563%)

    4.223     5/1/29       31,995,000       30,239,494  (c) 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Subordinated Notes

    4.250     10/21/25       8,454,000       8,150,984  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Subordinated Notes

    6.750     10/1/37       3,045,000       3,277,646  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Subordinated Notes

    5.150     5/22/45       18,411,000       17,201,765  

Intercontinental Exchange Inc., Senior Notes

    4.600     3/15/33       4,050,000       3,935,705  

Intercontinental Exchange Inc., Senior Notes

    4.950     6/15/52       1,030,000       977,752  

KKR Group Finance Co. II LLC, Senior Notes

    5.500     2/1/43       331,000       302,430  (b)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund 2023 Semi-Annual Report    

 

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2023

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Capital Markets — continued

                               

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes (2.188% to 4/28/25 then SOFR + 1.990%)

    2.188     4/28/26     $ 18,980,000     $ 17,825,146  (c) 

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes (2.239% to 7/21/31 then SOFR + 1.178%)

    2.239     7/21/32       11,500,000       9,144,760  (c) 

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes (2.511% to 10/20/31 then SOFR + 1.200%)

    2.511     10/20/32       1,030,000       832,415  (c)  

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes (2.699% to 1/22/30 then SOFR + 1.143%)

    2.699     1/22/31       19,360,000       16,473,624  (c) 

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes (3.622% to 4/1/30 then SOFR + 3.120%)

    3.622     4/1/31       25,630,000       23,108,307  (c) 

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes (3.772% to 1/24/28 then 3 mo. Term SOFR + 1.402%)

    3.772     1/24/29       7,449,000       6,959,967  (c) 

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes (4.431% to 1/23/29 then 3 mo. Term SOFR + 1.890%)

    4.431     1/23/30       4,534,000       4,317,448  (c) 

State Street Corp., Senior Notes

    3.300     12/16/24       1,048,000       1,011,838  

UBS AG, Senior Notes

    4.500     6/26/48       3,599,000       3,268,623  (b) 

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

    7.000     1/31/24       27,971,000       27,080,083  (b)(c)(d) 

UBS Group AG, Senior Notes

    4.125     9/24/25       2,731,000       2,610,875  (b) 

UBS Group AG, Senior Notes

    4.550     4/17/26       457,000       439,546  

UBS Group AG, Senior Notes

    4.253     3/23/28       11,773,000       10,936,621  (b) 

UBS Group AG, Senior Notes

    4.875     5/15/45       5,000,000       4,333,213  

UBS Group AG, Senior Notes (1.305% to 2/2/26 then SOFR + 0.980%)

    1.305     2/2/27       15,930,000       13,957,356  (b)(c) 

UBS Group AG, Senior Notes (2.593% to 9/11/24 then SOFR + 1.560%)

    2.593     9/11/25       1,997,000       1,904,309  (b)(c) 

UBS Group AG, Senior Notes (2.746% to 2/11/32 then 1 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 1.100%)

    2.746     2/11/33       4,200,000       3,273,821  (b)(c) 

UBS Group AG, Senior Notes (3.091% to 5/14/31 then SOFR + 1.730%)

    3.091     5/14/32       14,200,000       11,492,688  (b)(c) 

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

    4.194     4/1/31       18,006,000       16,035,785  (b)(c) 

UBS Group AG, Senior Notes (4.488% to 5/12/25 then 1 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 1.550%)

    4.488     5/12/26       4,690,000       4,536,423  (b)(c) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Capital Markets — continued

                               

UBS Group AG, Senior Notes (4.751% to 5/12/27 then 1 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 1.750%)

    4.751     5/12/28     $ 6,030,000     $ 5,719,352  (b)(c) 

UBS Group AG, Senior Notes (9.016% to 11/15/32 then SOFR + 5.020%)

    9.016     11/15/33       28,855,000       34,608,236  (b)(c) 

Total Capital Markets

                            427,874,628  

Consumer Finance — 0.2%

                               

American Express Co., Senior Notes

    3.375     5/3/24       7,640,000       7,493,385  

American Express Co., Senior Notes

    2.500     7/30/24       20,670,000       19,988,556  

American Express Co., Senior Notes

    4.050     5/3/29       10,580,000       10,083,879  

Total Consumer Finance

                            37,565,820  

Financial Services — 0.7%

                               

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

    2.450     10/29/26       19,250,000       17,207,999  

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

    3.000     10/29/28       17,540,000       15,179,746  

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

    3.300     1/30/32       9,740,000       7,972,975  

Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co., Senior Notes

    5.950     5/15/37       269,000       277,555  

Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    4.250     1/15/49       7,344,000       6,699,430  

ILFC E-Capital Trust II, Ltd. GTD ((Highest of 3 mo. USD LIBOR, 10 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate and 30 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate) + 1.800%)

    7.314     12/21/65       3,743,000       2,617,130  (b)(c) 

Mastercard Inc., Senior Notes

    3.375     4/1/24       832,000       818,719  

Mastercard Inc., Senior Notes

    3.350     3/26/30       5,000,000       4,666,074  

Mastercard Inc., Senior Notes

    3.850     3/26/50       15,550,000       13,402,702  

National Securities Clearing Corp., Senior Notes

    1.500     4/23/25       3,810,000       3,544,381 (b)  

Nationwide Building Society, Senior Notes (4.363% to 8/1/23 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.392%)

    4.363     8/1/24       6,797,000       6,783,471  (b)(c) 

PayPal Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

    1.650     6/1/25       5,950,000       5,570,821  

PayPal Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

    2.300     6/1/30       3,250,000       2,757,604  

PayPal Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

    4.400     6/1/32       3,210,000       3,094,199  

USAA Capital Corp., Senior Notes

    2.125     5/1/30       650,000       541,409 (b)  

Vanguard Group Inc.

    3.050     8/22/50       10,240,000       6,324,046  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2023

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Financial Services — continued

                               

Visa Inc., Senior Notes

    3.150     12/14/25     $ 6,117,000     $ 5,865,687  

Visa Inc., Senior Notes

    4.300     12/14/45       6,643,000       6,168,976  

Total Financial Services

                            109,492,924  

Insurance — 0.2%

                               

American International Group Inc., Senior Notes

    2.500     6/30/25       2,554,000       2,406,755  

Brighthouse Financial Inc., Senior Notes

    4.700     6/22/47       131,000       100,429  

Chubb INA Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

    3.350     5/3/26       1,164,000       1,119,257  

Guardian Life Global Funding, Secured Notes

    1.100     6/23/25       2,750,000       2,503,229  (b)  

MetLife Inc., Junior Subordinated Notes

    6.400     12/15/36       6,365,000       6,360,618  

New York Life Global Funding, Senior Secured Notes

    0.950     6/24/25       5,130,000       4,688,194  (b)  

Principal Life Global Funding II, Secured Notes

    1.250     6/23/25       2,530,000       2,309,554  (b)  

Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America, Subordinated Notes

    6.850     12/16/39       93,000       102,925  (b)  

Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America, Subordinated Notes

    4.900     9/15/44       3,500,000       3,173,501  (b)  

Total Insurance

                            22,764,462  

Total Financials

                            1,833,102,550  
Health Care — 3.0%                                

Biotechnology — 0.6%

                               

AbbVie Inc., Senior Notes

    3.750     11/14/23       1,490,000       1,479,690  

AbbVie Inc., Senior Notes

    2.600     11/21/24       26,060,000       25,016,376  

AbbVie Inc., Senior Notes

    3.800     3/15/25       4,066,000       3,955,290  

AbbVie Inc., Senior Notes

    3.600     5/14/25       2,194,000       2,121,691  

AbbVie Inc., Senior Notes

    2.950     11/21/26       4,640,000       4,336,980  

AbbVie Inc., Senior Notes

    3.200     11/21/29       36,490,000       33,020,330  

AbbVie Inc., Senior Notes

    4.550     3/15/35       233,000       222,063  

AbbVie Inc., Senior Notes

    4.875     11/14/48       1,160,000       1,097,506  

AbbVie Inc., Senior Notes

    4.250     11/21/49       14,509,000       12,532,468  

Gilead Sciences Inc., Senior Notes

    3.700     4/1/24       1,460,000       1,439,300  

Gilead Sciences Inc., Senior Notes

    3.650     3/1/26       1,711,000       1,646,599  

Gilead Sciences Inc., Senior Notes

    4.500     2/1/45       716,000       653,840  

Gilead Sciences Inc., Senior Notes

    4.750     3/1/46       3,967,000       3,737,754  

Total Biotechnology

                            91,259,887  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.2%

                               

Abbott Laboratories, Senior Notes

    3.750     11/30/26       10,859,000       10,593,153  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — continued

 

                       

Abbott Laboratories, Senior Notes

    4.750     11/30/36     $ 1,836,000     $ 1,844,745  

Abbott Laboratories, Senior Notes

    4.900     11/30/46       3,681,000       3,718,996  

Becton Dickinson & Co., Senior Notes

    3.363     6/6/24       2,910,000       2,847,519  

Becton Dickinson & Co., Senior Notes

    3.734     12/15/24       336,000       326,326  

Becton Dickinson & Co., Senior Notes

    4.685     12/15/44       1,234,000       1,120,411  

Medtronic Inc., Senior Notes

    4.625     3/15/45       410,000       399,440  

Roche Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

    2.607     12/13/51       10,640,000       7,219,535  (b) 

Total Health Care Equipment & Supplies

                            28,070,125  

Health Care Providers & Services — 1.5%

                               

Aetna Inc., Senior Notes

    3.875     8/15/47       2,006,000       1,565,255  

Cigna Group, Senior Notes

    3.750     7/15/23       4,734,000       4,729,796  

Cigna Group, Senior Notes

    4.125     11/15/25       2,499,000       2,433,669  

Cigna Group, Senior Notes

    4.375     10/15/28       25,372,000       24,546,433  

Cigna Group, Senior Notes

    4.800     8/15/38       10,930,000       10,329,169  

Cigna Group, Senior Notes

    4.900     12/15/48       4,290,000       3,995,367  

CommonSpirit Health, Secured Notes

    4.350     11/1/42       358,000       307,704  

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

    3.875     7/20/25       4,600,000       4,472,007  

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

    3.625     4/1/27       2,780,000       2,640,504  

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

    4.300     3/25/28       9,572,000       9,238,031  

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

    3.750     4/1/30       11,300,000       10,371,878  

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

    1.875     2/28/31       1,910,000       1,518,085  

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

    2.125     9/15/31       6,670,000       5,360,128  

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

    4.780     3/25/38       17,470,000       16,132,249  

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

    4.125     4/1/40       2,200,000       1,855,805  

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

    5.125     7/20/45       5,194,000       4,808,192  

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

    5.050     3/25/48       17,778,000       16,399,415  

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

    4.250     4/1/50       4,150,000       3,441,095  

CVS Pass-Through Trust, Secured Trust

    6.943     1/10/30       293,299       298,991  

CVS Pass-Through Trust, Senior Secured Trust

    6.036     12/10/28       3,192,005       3,166,668  

Elevance Health Inc., Senior Notes

    3.350     12/1/24       1,791,000       1,732,602  

Elevance Health Inc., Senior Notes

    3.650     12/1/27       7,067,000       6,676,749  

Elevance Health Inc., Senior Notes

    4.100     5/15/32       5,510,000       5,138,581  

Elevance Health Inc., Senior Notes

    4.550     5/15/52       2,270,000       2,030,452  

Humana Inc., Senior Notes

    4.500     4/1/25       1,180,000       1,158,774  

Humana Inc., Senior Notes

    3.950     3/15/27       3,726,000       3,563,070  

Humana Inc., Senior Notes

    3.700     3/23/29       15,270,000       13,994,616  

Humana Inc., Senior Notes

    3.125     8/15/29       12,000,000       10,600,930  

Humana Inc., Senior Notes

    2.150     2/3/32       2,330,000       1,837,197  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund 2023 Semi-Annual Report    

 

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2023

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Health Care Providers & Services — continued

                               

Humana Inc., Senior Notes

    4.625     12/1/42     $ 779,000     $ 690,113  

Humana Inc., Senior Notes

    4.800     3/15/47       242,000       219,529  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

    3.750     7/15/25       4,001,000       3,895,858  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

    1.250     1/15/26       2,390,000       2,184,462  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

    3.875     12/15/28       830,000       795,659  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

    4.000     5/15/29       10,630,000       10,166,223  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

    2.000     5/15/30       5,320,000       4,480,826  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

    2.300     5/15/31       1,380,000       1,167,479  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

    4.200     5/15/32       4,810,000       4,593,895  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

    5.350     2/15/33       3,000,000       3,119,195  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

    5.800     3/15/36       582,000       622,697  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

    2.750     5/15/40       5,230,000       3,889,278  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

    5.700     10/15/40       1,576,000       1,663,896  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

    4.250     6/15/48       1,640,000       1,447,359  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

    4.450     12/15/48       2,460,000       2,243,875  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

    3.700     8/15/49       4,227,000       3,399,880  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

    2.900     5/15/50       6,550,000       4,571,473  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

    3.250     5/15/51       1,437,000       1,073,441  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

    3.875     8/15/59       6,499,000       5,290,415  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

    3.125     5/15/60       770,000       538,102  

Total Health Care Providers & Services

                            230,397,067  

Pharmaceuticals — 0.7%

                               

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Senior Notes

    2.900     7/26/24       10,189,000       9,925,701  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Senior Notes

    3.200     6/15/26       4,790,000       4,586,098  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Senior Notes

    3.400     7/26/29       5,309,000       4,934,322  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Senior Notes

    4.550     2/20/48       2,329,000       2,174,220  

Johnson & Johnson, Senior Notes

    0.550     9/1/25       4,760,000       4,351,778  

Johnson & Johnson, Senior Notes

    0.950     9/1/27       9,500,000       8,310,037  

Johnson & Johnson, Senior Notes

    2.100     9/1/40       11,300,000       7,968,176  

Johnson & Johnson, Senior Notes

    3.700     3/1/46       2,946,000       2,596,958  

Merck & Co. Inc., Senior Notes

    0.750     2/24/26       8,200,000       7,412,212  

Merck & Co. Inc., Senior Notes

    1.450     6/24/30       4,380,000       3,573,794  

Merck & Co. Inc., Senior Notes

    2.750     12/10/51       10,630,000       7,343,488  

Pfizer Inc., Senior Notes

    0.800     5/28/25       9,780,000       9,034,319  

Pfizer Inc., Senior Notes

    2.625     4/1/30       6,980,000       6,209,244  

Pfizer Inc., Senior Notes

    1.700     5/28/30       6,200,000       5,147,577  

Pfizer Inc., Senior Notes

    2.550     5/28/40       5,380,000       3,963,863  

Pfizer Inc., Senior Notes

    2.700     5/28/50       13,495,000       9,541,117  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Pharmaceuticals — continued

                               

Pfizer Investment Enterprises Pte Ltd., Senior Notes

    4.750     5/19/33     $ 1,980,000     $ 1,973,310  

Wyeth LLC, Senior Notes

    5.950     4/1/37       1,245,000       1,361,880  

Total Pharmaceuticals

                            100,408,094  

Total Health Care

                            450,135,173  
Industrials — 2.6%                                

Aerospace & Defense — 1.5%

                               

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

    1.433     2/4/24       9,470,000       9,220,157  

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

    4.875     5/1/25       24,660,000       24,317,810  

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

    3.100     5/1/26       1,379,000       1,296,150  

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

    2.700     2/1/27       2,588,000       2,366,834  

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

    2.800     3/1/27       1,791,000       1,634,225  

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

    3.200     3/1/29       5,382,000       4,815,630  

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

    5.150     5/1/30       16,070,000       15,925,378  

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

    3.250     2/1/35       19,527,000       15,845,772  

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

    5.875     2/15/40       448,000       451,354  

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

    5.705     5/1/40       11,790,000       11,769,559  

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

    3.750     2/1/50       4,633,000       3,482,299  

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

    5.805     5/1/50       22,830,000       22,766,040  

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

    5.930     5/1/60       7,490,000       7,423,994  

General Dynamics Corp., Senior Notes

    4.250     4/1/40       680,000       626,318  

General Dynamics Corp., Senior Notes

    4.250     4/1/50       2,670,000       2,452,272  

L3Harris Technologies Inc., Senior Notes

    4.854     4/27/35       1,730,000       1,663,680  

L3Harris Technologies Inc., Senior Notes

    5.054     4/27/45       271,000       249,332  

Lockheed Martin Corp., Senior Notes

    3.550     1/15/26       2,811,000       2,727,538  

Lockheed Martin Corp., Senior Notes

    3.900     6/15/32       3,850,000       3,629,521  

Lockheed Martin Corp., Senior Notes

    4.500     5/15/36       550,000       531,347  

Lockheed Martin Corp., Senior Notes

    4.150     6/15/53       18,680,000       16,468,940  

Northrop Grumman Corp., Senior Notes

    2.930     1/15/25       11,159,000       10,729,156  

Northrop Grumman Corp., Senior Notes

    3.250     1/15/28       2,964,000       2,766,211  

Northrop Grumman Corp., Senior Notes

    5.250     5/1/50       37,500,000       38,158,452  

Raytheon Technologies Corp., Senior Notes

    3.150     12/15/24       2,960,000       2,854,855  

Raytheon Technologies Corp., Senior Notes

    3.950     8/16/25       5,920,000       5,802,691  

Raytheon Technologies Corp., Senior Notes

    4.125     11/16/28       3,300,000       3,180,554  

Raytheon Technologies Corp., Senior Notes

    2.250     7/1/30       6,940,000       5,858,446  

Raytheon Technologies Corp., Senior Notes

    4.500     6/1/42       833,000       767,306  

Raytheon Technologies Corp., Senior Notes

    4.150     5/15/45       5,000,000       4,266,800  

Raytheon Technologies Corp., Senior Notes

    3.125     7/1/50       12,950,000       9,392,423  

Total Aerospace & Defense

                            233,441,044  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2023

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Air Freight & Logistics — 0.3%

                               

DP World Ltd., Senior Notes

    5.625     9/25/48     $ 41,179,000     $ 38,551,986  (b) 

Building Products — 0.0%††

                               

Carrier Global Corp., Senior Notes

    2.700     2/15/31       410,000       345,459  

Carrier Global Corp., Senior Notes

    3.577     4/5/50       650,000       481,107  

Total Building Products

                            826,566  

Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.1%

                               

Cintas Corp. No 2, Senior Notes

    3.700     4/1/27       3,188,000       3,074,784  

Cintas Corp. No 2, Senior Notes

    4.000     5/1/32       3,440,000       3,270,952  

Republic Services Inc., Senior Notes

    2.500     8/15/24       3,645,000       3,517,476  

Total Commercial Services & Supplies

                            9,863,212  

Electrical Equipment — 0.1%

                               

Eaton Corp., Senior Notes

    4.150     11/2/42       2,524,000       2,249,045  

Emerson Electric Co., Senior Notes

    2.800     12/21/51       23,020,000       15,712,218  

Total Electrical Equipment

                            17,961,263  

Ground Transportation — 0.1%

                               

Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC, Senior Notes

    2.875     6/15/52       1,160,000       794,583  

Union Pacific Corp., Senior Notes

    3.750     7/15/25       2,257,000       2,191,989  

Union Pacific Corp., Senior Notes

    2.150     2/5/27       4,460,000       4,077,725  

Union Pacific Corp., Senior Notes

    2.400     2/5/30       6,530,000       5,681,339  

Union Pacific Corp., Senior Notes

    2.891     4/6/36       170,000       135,749  

Union Pacific Corp., Senior Notes

    3.839     3/20/60       2,990,000       2,383,610  

Union Pacific Corp., Senior Notes

    3.750     2/5/70       6,680,000       5,063,157  

Total Ground Transportation

                            20,328,152  

Industrial Conglomerates — 0.2%

                               

3M Co., Senior Notes

    2.375     8/26/29       16,538,000       14,215,083  

3M Co., Senior Notes

    3.050     4/15/30       771,000       695,350  

3M Co., Senior Notes

    3.700     4/15/50       3,520,000       2,790,469  

Honeywell International Inc., Senior Notes

    1.350     6/1/25       4,670,000       4,359,055  

Total Industrial Conglomerates

                            22,059,957  

Machinery — 0.1%

                               

Deere & Co., Senior Notes

    3.100     4/15/30       1,840,000       1,683,833  

Deere & Co., Senior Notes

    3.750     4/15/50       12,660,000       11,222,935  

Otis Worldwide Corp., Senior Notes

    2.056     4/5/25       2,960,000       2,791,111  

Total Machinery

                            15,697,879  

Passenger Airlines — 0.1%

                               

Delta Air Lines Inc., Senior Notes

    2.900     10/28/24       1,440,000       1,383,654  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Passenger Airlines — continued

                               

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

    4.500     10/20/25     $ 9,816,000     $ 9,606,140  (b) 

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

    4.750     10/20/28       11,290,000       10,968,173  (b) 

Total Passenger Airlines

                            21,957,967  

Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.1%

                               

Air Lease Corp., Senior Notes

    3.375     7/1/25       4,630,000       4,390,895  

Air Lease Corp., Senior Notes

    5.300     2/1/28       7,240,000       7,110,658  

Total Trading Companies & Distributors

                            11,501,553  

Total Industrials

                            392,189,579  
Information Technology — 2.2%                                

IT Services — 0.1%

                               

International Business Machines Corp., Senior Notes

    3.000     5/15/24       16,559,000       16,188,329  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.0%

 

                       

Applied Materials Inc., Senior Notes

    1.750     6/1/30       8,600,000       7,165,259  

Broadcom Inc., Senior Notes

    4.150     11/15/30       2,012,000       1,852,098  

Broadcom Inc., Senior Notes

    3.137     11/15/35       28,260,000       21,687,215  (b) 

Broadcom Inc., Senior Notes

    3.187     11/15/36       257,000       194,373  (b) 

Broadcom Inc., Senior Notes

    4.926     5/15/37       2,725,000       2,467,668  (b) 

Intel Corp., Senior Notes

    3.700     7/29/25       851,000       827,881  

Intel Corp., Senior Notes

    1.600     8/12/28       5,520,000       4,754,304  

Intel Corp., Senior Notes

    5.125     2/10/30       5,220,000       5,255,098  

Intel Corp., Senior Notes

    5.200     2/10/33       5,350,000       5,403,464  

Intel Corp., Senior Notes

    4.750     3/25/50       6,335,000       5,732,265  

Intel Corp., Senior Notes

    3.050     8/12/51       2,710,000       1,819,182  

KLA Corp., Senior Notes

    4.650     7/15/32       5,520,000       5,503,026  

Micron Technology Inc., Senior Notes

    5.875     2/9/33       7,160,000       7,127,449  

Micron Technology Inc., Senior Notes

    5.875     9/15/33       2,270,000       2,250,619  

NVIDIA Corp., Senior Notes

    2.850     4/1/30       760,000       689,730  

NVIDIA Corp., Senior Notes

    3.500     4/1/40       8,680,000       7,438,679  

NVIDIA Corp., Senior Notes

    3.500     4/1/50       13,177,000       10,723,655  

NVIDIA Corp., Senior Notes

    3.700     4/1/60       6,630,000       5,473,938  

NXP BV/NXP Funding LLC/NXP USA Inc., Senior Notes

    2.700     5/1/25       4,090,000       3,878,163  

Texas Instruments Inc., Senior Notes

    2.250     9/4/29       9,000       7,857  

Texas Instruments Inc., Senior Notes

    1.750     5/4/30       4,150,000       3,491,153  

Texas Instruments Inc., Senior Notes

    3.875     3/15/39       5,340,000       4,788,797  

Texas Instruments Inc., Senior Notes

    4.150     5/15/48       6,484,000       5,896,243  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2023

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — continued

 

               

TSMC Arizona Corp., Senior Notes

    1.750     10/25/26     $ 7,100,000     $ 6,371,586  

TSMC Arizona Corp., Senior Notes

    2.500     10/25/31       41,490,000       34,809,495  (a) 

Total Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

 

                    155,609,197  

Software — 0.9%

                               

Adobe Inc., Senior Notes

    2.300     2/1/30       8,650,000       7,593,823  

Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes

    2.875     2/6/24       6,985,000       6,880,473  

Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes

    2.700     2/12/25       1,943,000       1,874,735  

Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes

    3.125     11/3/25       8,660,000       8,338,669  

Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes

    2.400     8/8/26       8,721,000       8,189,410  

Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes

    3.300     2/6/27       37,020,000       35,618,107  

Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes

    3.450     8/8/36       111,000       101,305  

Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes

    2.525     6/1/50       5,016,000       3,472,996  

Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes

    2.921     3/17/52       3,031,000       2,256,948  

Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes

    3.041     3/17/62       888,000       648,530  

Oracle Corp., Senior Notes

    1.650     3/25/26       16,160,000       14,671,219  

Oracle Corp., Senior Notes

    2.950     4/1/30       1,370,000       1,196,585  

Oracle Corp., Senior Notes

    4.650     5/6/30       7,230,000       6,990,087  

Oracle Corp., Senior Notes

    2.875     3/25/31       25,910,000       22,127,129  

Salesforce Inc., Senior Notes

    3.700     4/11/28       9,212,000       8,890,081  

Total Software

                            128,850,097  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 0.2%

 

                       

Apple Inc., Senior Notes

    1.125     5/11/25       16,150,000       15,053,338  

Apple Inc., Senior Notes

    2.450     8/4/26       9,994,000       9,360,597  

Apple Inc., Senior Notes

    3.850     8/4/46       4,111,000       3,621,828  

Total Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

 

                    28,035,763  

Total Information Technology

                            328,683,386  
Materials — 2.0%                                

Chemicals — 0.5%

                               

MEGlobal BV, Senior Notes

    4.250     11/3/26       17,321,000       16,646,728  (b) 

MEGlobal BV, Senior Notes

    2.625     4/28/28       28,240,000       24,678,682  (b) 

OCP SA, Senior Notes

    4.500     10/22/25       4,836,000       4,697,860  (b)  

Orbia Advance Corp. SAB de CV, Senior Notes

    1.875     5/11/26       14,240,000       12,773,280  (b) 

Orbia Advance Corp. SAB de CV, Senior Notes

    2.875     5/11/31       13,500,000       10,728,655  (b) 

Total Chemicals

                            69,525,205  

Metals & Mining — 1.2%

                               

Anglo American Capital PLC, Senior Notes

    3.625     9/11/24       9,018,000       8,768,239  (b)  

Anglo American Capital PLC, Senior Notes

    4.750     4/10/27       5,355,000       5,179,452  (b)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Metals & Mining — continued

                               

Anglo American Capital PLC, Senior Notes

    4.000     9/11/27     $ 2,212,000     $ 2,081,676  (b) 

Barrick North America Finance LLC, Senior Notes

    5.700     5/30/41       752,000       762,973  

Barrick PD Australia Finance Pty Ltd., Senior Notes

    5.950     10/15/39       8,508,000       8,895,134  

BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd., Senior Notes

    5.000     9/30/43       7,863,000       7,872,392  

Corp. Nacional del Cobre de Chile, Senior Notes

    3.625     8/1/27       14,665,000       13,856,241  (b) 

Corp. Nacional del Cobre de Chile, Senior Notes

    3.700     1/30/50       34,500,000       26,175,375  (b) 

Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Senior Notes

    5.400     11/14/34       2,894,000       2,798,743  

Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Senior Notes

    5.450     3/15/43       3,000,000       2,801,381  

Glencore Funding LLC, Senior Notes

    4.125     3/12/24       12,140,000       11,996,466  (b) 

Glencore Funding LLC, Senior Notes

    4.000     3/27/27       6,017,000       5,740,527  (b) 

Glencore Funding LLC, Senior Notes

    3.875     10/27/27       2,155,000       2,015,959  (b) 

Southern Copper Corp., Senior Notes

    5.250     11/8/42       37,038,000       35,461,674  

Southern Copper Corp., Senior Notes

    5.875     4/23/45       5,846,000       5,981,920  

Vale Overseas Ltd., Senior Notes

    6.250     8/10/26       36,297,000       37,446,869  

Vale Overseas Ltd., Senior Notes

    6.875     11/21/36       6,708,000       7,020,646  

Vale Overseas Ltd., Senior Notes

    6.875     11/10/39       5,508,000       5,770,341  

Total Metals & Mining

                            190,626,008  

Paper & Forest Products — 0.3%

                               

Suzano Austria GmbH, Senior Notes

    6.000     1/15/29       49,955,000       49,682,745  

Total Materials

                            309,833,958  
Real Estate — 0.0%††                                

Retail REITs — 0.0%††

                               

WEA Finance LLC/Westfield UK & Europe Finance PLC, Senior Notes

    3.750     9/17/24       3,923,000       3,706,281  (b) 

WEA Finance LLC/Westfield UK & Europe Finance PLC, Senior Notes

    4.750     9/17/44       1,433,000       1,009,182  (b) 

Total Real Estate

                            4,715,463  
Utilities — 0.9%                                

Electric Utilities — 0.9%

                               

American Transmission Systems Inc., Senior Notes

    2.650     1/15/32       7,500,000       6,213,759  (b) 

Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co., Senior Notes

    3.500     4/1/28       1,415,000       1,298,018  (b) 

Comision Federal de Electricidad, Senior Notes

    4.750     2/23/27       4,648,000       4,446,672  (b) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2023

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Electric Utilities — continued

                               

Comision Federal de Electricidad, Senior Notes

    3.348     2/9/31     $ 10,000,000     $ 7,912,381  (b) 

Comision Federal de Electricidad, Senior Notes

    3.875     7/26/33       20,305,000       15,728,743  (b) 

Duke Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    3.150     8/15/27       3,979,000       3,676,721  

Exelon Corp., Senior Notes

    5.625     6/15/35       1,984,000       2,008,586  

FirstEnergy Corp., Senior Notes

    1.600     1/15/26       2,770,000       2,514,310  

FirstEnergy Corp., Senior Notes

    4.150     7/15/27       15,102,000       14,357,953  

FirstEnergy Corp., Senior Notes

    5.100     7/15/47       1,970,000       1,769,710  

MidAmerican Energy Co., First Mortgage Bonds

    3.650     4/15/29       7,557,000       7,025,556  

Mid-Atlantic Interstate Transmission LLC, Senior Notes

    4.100     5/15/28       1,594,000       1,508,492  (b) 

Pacific Gas and Electric Co., First Mortgage Bonds

    2.100     8/1/27       3,160,000       2,701,657  

Pacific Gas and Electric Co., First Mortgage Bonds

    2.500     2/1/31       4,100,000       3,213,054  

Pacific Gas and Electric Co., First Mortgage Bonds

    3.300     8/1/40       830,000       560,293  

Pacific Gas and Electric Co., First Mortgage Bonds

    3.500     8/1/50       4,180,000       2,664,605  

Perusahaan Perseroan Persero PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara, Senior Notes

    4.125     5/15/27       4,743,000       4,522,103  (b) 

Perusahaan Perseroan Persero PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara, Senior Notes

    5.450     5/21/28       6,672,000       6,696,019  (b)  

Perusahaan Perseroan Persero PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara, Senior Notes

    5.250     10/24/42       18,734,000       16,736,774  (e) 

Perusahaan Perseroan Persero PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara, Senior Notes

    6.150     5/21/48       15,426,000       14,929,206  (b) 

SCE Recovery Funding LLC, Senior Secured Notes

    2.943     11/15/42       6,330,000       5,148,232  

Southern California Edison Co., First Mortgage Bonds

    4.125     3/1/48       2,000,000       1,625,379  

Total Electric Utilities

                            127,258,223  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

    Face
Amount
    Value  

Multi-Utilities — 0.0%††

                               

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc., Senior Notes

    3.350     4/1/30     $ 2,680,000     $ 2,437,863  

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc., Senior Notes

    3.950     4/1/50       1,880,000       1,539,903  

Total Multi-Utilities

                            3,977,766  

Total Utilities

                            131,235,989  

Total Corporate Bonds & Notes (Cost — $6,367,215,608)

 

            5,584,677,598  
Mortgage-Backed Securities — 33.0%                                

FHLMC — 8.8%

                               

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

    4.000     9/1/32-2/1/53       107,442,513       102,422,181  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

    6.000     10/1/36-3/1/53       16,322,854       16,535,904  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

    3.500     1/1/38-6/1/52       75,659,534       69,573,626  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

    5.000     3/1/38-4/1/53       58,944,098       57,936,568  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

    1.500     11/1/40-2/1/51       108,300,881       87,686,291  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

    2.000     1/1/41-1/1/51       118,243,335       97,601,458 (f)  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

    2.500     4/1/41-4/1/52       385,472,784       330,776,086  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

    2.000     9/1/41-2/1/52       281,487,731       235,013,487  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

    3.000     5/1/42-4/1/52       48,948,503       43,507,862  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

    4.500     3/1/47-12/1/52       60,905,672       58,868,337  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

    2.872     11/1/47       10,103,271       9,562,828  (c)  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

    3.005     11/1/48       28,920,075       27,105,269  (c)  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

    3.098     2/1/50       13,490,539       12,789,339  (c)  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

    2.500     1/1/52       24,457,415       20,906,534  (f)  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

    4.000     4/1/52       3,298,048       3,099,574  (f)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2023

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

    Face
Amount
    Value  

FHLMC — continued

                               

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

    4.500     9/1/52     $ 5,828,129     $ 5,608,023  (f)  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

    5.000     11/1/52       2,390,051       2,347,396  (f)  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

    5.500     1/1/53-5/1/53       56,855,582       56,741,695  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC)

    6.500     1/1/53-5/1/53       31,991,707       32,859,087  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) (5 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 1.285%)

    2.107     3/1/47       2,529,967       2,378,336  (c)  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Gold

    4.500     7/1/23-6/1/47       8,864,259       8,752,211  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Gold

    5.000     9/1/23-3/1/44       2,231,783       2,235,772  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Gold

    7.000     4/1/24-3/1/39       243,736       257,839  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Gold

    6.500     6/1/32-9/1/39       155,598       162,253  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Gold

    3.500     8/1/33-2/1/49       5,385,466       5,042,650  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Gold

    5.500     4/1/35-4/1/38       1,257,203       1,257,769  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Gold

    6.000     11/1/39       92,508       96,223  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Gold

    4.000     11/1/41-6/1/48       24,433,083       23,419,400  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Gold

    3.000     10/1/46-9/1/48       24,017,595       21,616,610  

Total FHLMC

                            1,336,160,608  

FNMA — 15.9%

                               

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    2.810     4/1/25       655,847       626,508  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    7.500     8/1/25-4/1/28       9,121       9,098  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    6.000     1/1/26-5/1/53       21,649,076       22,047,543  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    7.000     4/1/27-2/1/39       698,624       720,382  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    4.490     6/1/28       3,943,000       3,908,304  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

    Face
Amount
    Value  

FNMA — continued

                               

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    3.200     2/1/29     $ 2,067,202     $ 1,935,007  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    3.450     3/1/29       4,689,755       4,439,724  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    3.160     5/1/29       2,230,849       2,067,704  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    3.250     5/1/29       5,005,408       4,685,797  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    2.930     6/1/30     6,717,543       6,192,039  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    4.500     4/1/31-1/1/59       151,855,578       147,838,828  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    2.149     2/1/32       21,311,576       17,775,349  (c)  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    6.500     2/1/32-2/1/53       24,013,113       24,750,415  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    3.345     6/1/32       100,000       91,527  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    3.890     7/1/32       12,600,000       11,791,859  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    4.060     7/1/32       3,400,000       3,224,141  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    3.850     8/1/32       2,500,000       2,331,588  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    3.900     8/1/32       1,600,000       1,498,171  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    4.270     10/1/32       396,177       389,063  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    4.370     11/1/32       3,600,000       3,570,392  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    4.440     11/1/32       1,300,000       1,295,393  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    4.410     12/1/32       3,600,000       3,582,491  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    5.290     12/1/32       417,000       438,893  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    4.580     1/1/33       1,275,000       1,285,099  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    4.690     1/1/33       1,845,498       1,868,144  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2023

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

    Face
Amount
    Value  

FNMA — continued

                               

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    4.720     1/1/33     $ 100,000     $ 101,594  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    4.840     1/1/33       400,000       404,330  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    5.080     1/1/33       400,000       415,400  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    4.360     2/1/33       2,440,000       2,420,320  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    4.420     3/1/33-4/1/33       4,018,734       3,994,674  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    4.700     3/1/33       5,100,000       5,180,905  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    4.870     3/1/33       1,380,000       1,418,930  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    4.480     5/1/33       1,000,000       1,002,317  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    4.320     6/1/33       800,000       791,710  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    4.720     7/1/33       100,000       101,672  (g)(h)  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    4.510     8/1/33       4,200,000       4,231,828  (g)(h) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    3.500     12/1/34-6/1/52       232,725,379       215,335,615  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    2.789     1/1/35       3,363,018       2,877,818  (c)  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    3.000     7/1/35-3/1/52       395,824,739       354,689,762  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    5.500     9/1/35-9/1/56       29,399,898       29,401,723  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    2.500     9/1/36-9/1/61       411,001,835       352,146,639  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    5.000     1/1/39-4/1/53       37,606,256       37,165,804  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    2.000     8/1/40-3/1/52       520,737,462       430,828,293  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    2.000     5/1/41-5/1/42       1,127,862       960,129  (f)  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    1.500     1/1/42-3/1/51       33,615,125       26,201,881  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

    Face
Amount
    Value  

FNMA — continued

                               

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    4.000     7/1/42-6/1/57     $ 192,220,052     $ 182,169,769  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    2.500     6/1/51-4/1/52       52,564,240       44,904,970  (f)  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    2.000     7/1/51       100,000       81,574  (h)  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    2.500     7/1/51       128,100,000       108,644,814  (h)  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    3.000     7/1/51       146,100,000       128,607,948  (h)  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    3.500     7/1/51       91,900,000       83,754,645  (h)  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    4.000     7/1/51       44,000,000       41,296,406  (h)  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    4.500     7/1/51       1,000,000       961,484  (h)  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    5.000     7/1/51       39,800,000       39,000,891  (h)  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    5.500     7/1/51       9,100,000       9,056,633  (h)  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    6.000     7/1/51       20,400,000       20,581,688  (h)  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    6.500     7/1/51       6,300,000       6,432,891  (h)  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)

    3.500     4/1/52       5,219,715       4,764,819  (f)  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) (Federal Reserve US 12 mo. Cumulative Average 1 Year CMT + 1.810%)

    5.564     11/1/35       96,047       93,567  (c)  

Total FNMA

                            2,408,386,902  

GNMA — 8.3%

                               

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)

    7.000     3/15/24-5/15/32       3,456       3,431  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)

    6.500     4/15/24-8/15/34       1,291,015       1,332,020  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)

    6.000     12/15/28-6/15/35       921,914       943,769  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)

    7.500     3/15/29-8/15/32       16,674       16,674  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)

    5.500     2/15/35-6/15/36       67,286       68,792  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2023

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

    Face
Amount
    Value  

GNMA — continued

                               

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)

    5.000     1/15/40     $ 15,521     $ 15,585  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)

    3.000     9/15/42-11/15/42       6,243,763       5,692,183  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)

    3.500     6/15/48-5/15/50       3,700,184       3,476,796  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)

    4.000     3/15/50       288,621       276,834  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

    6.000     9/20/36-3/20/53       9,102,458       9,212,719  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

    6.500     10/20/37       273,431       288,237  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

    4.500     1/20/40-9/20/52       135,012,258       131,473,671  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

    5.000     7/20/40-5/20/53       101,646,605       100,721,124  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

    3.500     6/20/44-12/20/52     134,473,023       125,019,621  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

    4.000     10/20/44-4/20/53       123,068,243       117,858,881  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

    3.000     1/20/46-12/20/52       200,676,696       179,698,857  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

    2.500     10/20/49-2/20/53       312,803,689       271,255,358  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

    2.000     1/20/51-1/20/52       125,817,854       105,884,149  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

    2.000     7/1/51       5,500,000       4,624,082  (h)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

    2.500     7/1/51       19,700,000       17,062,047  (h) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

    3.500     7/1/51       51,300,000       47,354,309  (h) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

    4.000     7/1/51       7,500,000       7,097,754  (h)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

    4.500     7/1/51       32,600,000       31,466,641  (h) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

    5.000     7/1/51       47,600,000       46,778,156  (h) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

    5.500     7/1/51       8,800,000       8,759,438  (h)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

    Face
Amount
    Value  

GNMA — continued

                               

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

    6.000     7/1/51     $ 4,000,000     $ 4,026,875  (h)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

    2.500     7/20/51       3,513,903       3,010,178  (f)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) II

    5.500     11/20/52-2/20/53       24,695,083       24,659,673  

Total GNMA

                            1,248,077,854  

Total Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost — $5,277,198,027)

 

            4,992,625,364  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations(i) — 12.3%

 

                       

Alternative Loan Trust, 2006-OA8 1A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.380%)

    5.530     7/25/46       402,222       348,149  (c)  

Angel Oak Mortgage Trust, 2022-3 A1

    4.000     1/25/67       30,725,721       28,564,382  (b)  

AREIT LLC, 2022-CRE7 A (1 mo. Term SOFR + 2.242%)

    7.333     6/17/39       8,625,000       8,613,546  (b)(c)  

AREIT Trust, 2022-CRE6 A (30 Day Average SOFR + 1.250%)

    6.317     1/20/37       19,325,341       18,794,157  (b)(c)  

BANK, 2017-BNK5 A4

    3.131     6/15/60       7,310,000       6,689,605  

BANK, 2020-BN29 C

    3.135     11/15/53       1,930,000       1,312,442  (c)  

BANK, 2021-BN36 XA, IO

    1.013     9/15/64       43,948,646       1,941,168  (c)  

BANK, 2022-BNK44 A5

    5.937     11/15/55       7,280,000       7,560,054  (c)  

Benchmark Mortgage Trust, 2020-B21 B

    2.458     12/17/53       3,870,000       2,839,594  

Benchmark Mortgage Trust, 2020-IG1 AS

    2.909     9/15/43       13,280,000       10,504,519  (c)  

Benchmark Mortgage Trust, 2021-B25 XA, IO

    1.216     4/15/54       21,974,782       1,263,596  (c)  

BHMS, 2018-ATLS A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.250%)

    6.443     7/15/35       21,879,000       21,357,669  (b)(c)  

BRAVO Residential Funding Trust, 2022- NQM3 A1

    5.108     7/25/62       20,740,734       20,040,245  (b)(c)  

BX Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2019-IMC A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.000%)

    6.193     4/15/34       8,956,000       8,863,176  (b)(c)  

BX Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2019-XL A (1 mo. Term SOFR + 1.034%)

    6.181     10/15/36       8,725,498       8,675,285  (b)(c)  

BX Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2021-XL2 A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.689%)

    5.882     10/15/38       28,070,199       27,276,382  (b)(c)  

BX Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2022-LP2 A (1 mo. Term SOFR + 1.013%)

    6.160     2/15/39       18,567,800       18,027,454  (b)(c)  

BX Trust, 2022-LBA6 A (1 mo. Term SOFR + 1.000%)

    6.147     1/15/39       20,360,000       19,889,759  (b)(c)  

CD Mortgage Trust, 2016-CD2 A4

    3.526     11/10/49       4,209,000       3,869,218  (c)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2023

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

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

 

                       

CHL Mortgage Pass-Through Trust, 2005-11 3A3

    3.514     4/25/35     $ 17,382     $ 13,369  (c)  

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2014-GC25 AS

    4.017     10/10/47       1,773,000       1,681,565  

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2016-C2 B

    3.176     8/10/49       6,920,000       5,998,346  

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2016-P6 A4

    3.458     12/10/49       3,369,873       3,133,097  

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2017-B1 A3

    3.197     8/15/50       8,622,271       7,839,639  

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2017-C4 A4

    3.471     10/12/50       8,956,000       8,234,000  

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2017-P7 B

    4.137     4/14/50       2,624,000       2,267,833  (c)  

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2019-C7 A4

    3.102     12/15/72       17,000,000       14,787,035  

Cold Storage Trust, 2020-ICE5 A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.900%)

    6.093     11/15/37       57,485,286       56,561,388  (b)(c) 

COLT Mortgage Loan Trust, 2022-2 A1, Step bond (2.994% to 2/25/26 then 3.994%)

    2.994     2/25/67       15,853,128       14,053,083  (b) 

Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2013-300P B

    4.540     8/10/30       4,057,000       3,613,773  (b)(c) 

Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2013-CR12 AM

    4.300     10/10/46       448,000       395,034  

Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2013-CR12 B

    4.762     10/10/46       394,000       298,454  (c)  

Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2013-CR12 C

    5.201     10/10/46       188,000       93,747  (c)  

Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2014-277P A

    3.732     8/10/49       2,830,000       2,661,136  (b)(c) 

Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2014-UBS2 XA, IO

    1.217     3/10/47       11,572,972       28,672  (c)  

Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2015-CR24 AM

    4.028     8/10/48       7,541,000       7,081,481  (c)  

Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2017-PANW A

    3.244     10/10/29       9,771,000       9,157,543  (b) 

Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2020-CX A

    2.173     11/10/46       8,430,000       6,605,267  (b) 

CSAIL Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2019- C15 A4

    4.053     3/15/52       13,433,000       12,326,153  

CSMC Trust, 2017-RPL1 A1

    2.750     7/25/57       15,069,552       14,383,411  (b)(c) 

CSMC Trust, 2017-RPL1 M1

    2.960     7/25/57       22,223,700       18,341,146  (b)(c) 

CSMC Trust, 2017-RPL3 A1

    4.000     8/1/57       6,117,324       5,672,529  (b)(c) 

CSMC Trust, 2018-J1 A2

    3.500     2/25/48       16,312,047       14,475,409  (b)(c) 

CSMC Trust, 2019-ICE4 A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.980%)

    6.173     5/15/36       24,271,615       24,158,337  (b)(c) 

CSMC Trust, 2019-NQM1 A1, Step bond (2.656% to 11/25/23 then 3.656%)

    2.656     10/25/59       3,378,665       3,229,321  (b) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

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

 

                       

CSMC Trust, 2020-522F A (1 mo. Term SOFR + 3.853%)

    9.000     9/16/25     $ 54,350,000     $ 37,247,131  (b)(c) 

CSMC Trust, 2020-FACT A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.350%)

    6.543     10/15/37       12,350,000       11,894,337  (b)(c) 

CSMC Trust, 2020-RPL3 A1

    2.691     3/25/60       9,799,836       9,507,659  (b)(c) 

CSMC Trust, 2020-RPL4 A1

    2.000     1/25/60       19,481,409       16,833,946  (b)(c) 

CSMC Trust, 2021-4SZN A (1 mo. Term SOFR + 3.967%)

    9.114     11/15/23       17,000,000       16,431,665  (b)(c) 

CSMC Trust, 2021-AFC1 A1

    0.830     3/25/56       6,880,627       5,269,891  (b)(c) 

CSMC Trust, 2021-AFC1 A3

    1.169     3/25/56       2,353,140       1,664,839  (b)(c) 

CSMC Trust, 2021-NQM7 A1

    1.756     10/25/66       29,117,898       24,120,536  (b)(c) 

CSMC Trust, 2021-RPL1 A1

    1.668     9/27/60       10,033,934       9,264,725  (b)(c) 

CSMC Trust, 2021-RPL2 A1

    2.000     1/25/60       26,433,222       22,329,261  (b) 

CSMC Trust, 2021-RPL4 A1

    1.796     12/27/60       14,124,838       13,088,792  (b)(c) 

CSMC Trust, 2021-RPL6 A1

    2.000     10/25/60       14,984,291       13,018,921  (b)(c) 

CSMC Trust, 2022-7R 1A1 (30 Day Average SOFR + 2.500%)

    7.317     10/25/66       21,087,251       20,933,093  (b)(c) 

CSMC Trust, 2022-CNTR A (1 mo. Term SOFR + 3.944%)

    9.091     1/15/24       17,000,000       14,226,377  (b)(c) 

CSMC Trust, 2022-NQM1 A1

    2.265     11/25/66       32,928,973       28,013,816  (b)(c) 

CSMC Trust, 2022-RPL4 A1

    3.904     4/25/62       9,501,000       8,732,662  (b)(c) 

DBCG Mortgage Trust, 2017-BBG A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.700%)

    5.894     6/15/34       7,610,000       7,515,215  (b)(c) 

DBJPM Mortgage Trust, 2016-C1 B

    4.195     5/10/49       1,320,000       1,144,430  (c)  

Deephaven Residential Mortgage Trust, 2022-1 A1

    2.205     1/25/67       23,843,664       20,926,642  (b)(c) 

Deutsche Mortgage Securities Inc. Mortgage Loan Trust, 2004-4 7AR2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.450%)

    5.600     6/25/34       16,813       15,328  (c)  

Deutsche Mortgage Securities Inc. Mortgage Loan Trust, 2006-PR1 4AF1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.290%)

    5.483     4/15/36       1,964,296       1,688,482  (b)(c) 

Ellington Financial Mortgage Trust, 2022-1 A1

    2.206     1/25/67       23,228,182       19,414,372  (b)(c) 

EverBank Mortgage Loan Trust, 2018-1 A22

    3.500     2/25/48       3,464,763       3,059,040  (b)(c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multiclass Certificates, 2020-RR02 BX, IO

    1.666     8/27/28       10,000,000       695,217  (c)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2023

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

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

 

                       

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multiclass Certificates, 2020-RR07 AX, IO

    2.468     9/27/28     $ 9,000,000     $ 934,985  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily ML Certificates, 2020-ML07 XUS, IO

    2.015     10/25/36       16,920,395       2,462,594  (b)(c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily PC REMIC Trust, 2019-RR01 X, IO

    1.534     6/25/28       15,000,000       923,088  (c)  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K062 X1, IO

    0.418     12/25/26       254,520,488       2,328,761  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K072 X1, IO

    0.492     12/25/27       61,072,699       874,140  (c)  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K091 X1, IO

    0.706     3/25/29       33,275,975       918,264  (c)  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K093 X1, IO

    1.093     5/25/29       20,038,794       885,079  (c)  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K095 XAM, IO

    1.374     6/25/29       10,114,000       634,367  (c)  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K101 X1, IO

    0.947     10/25/29       14,765,525       625,401  (c)  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K105 X1, IO

    1.644     1/25/30       6,977,466       549,561  (c)  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K106 X1, IO

    1.477     1/25/30       27,054,203       1,907,175  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K110 X1, IO

    1.813     4/25/30       16,412,462       1,431,301  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K115 X1, IO

    1.428     6/25/30       5,980,346       431,762  (c)  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K116 X1, IO

    1.528     7/25/30       13,425,976       1,022,720  (c) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

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

 

                       

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K121 X1, IO

    1.119     10/25/30     $ 1,481,916     $ 84,007  (c)  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K124 X1, IO

    0.810     12/25/30       4,982,848       211,335  (c)  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K128 X1, IO

    0.612     3/25/31       48,631,068       1,515,753  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K133 X1, IO

    0.444     9/25/31       68,766,519       1,621,831  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K142 X1, IO

    0.403     3/25/32       34,183,226       753,149  (c)  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K143 A2

    2.350     3/25/32       3,200,000       2,723,547  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K143 X1, IO

    0.450     4/25/55       6,993,663       179,946  (c)  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K145 X1, IO

    0.430     6/25/55       22,471,708       552,770  (c)  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K146 X1, IO

    0.352     6/25/54       36,489,882       705,338  (c)  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K147 X1, IO

    0.487     6/25/32       19,978,232       569,601  (c)  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K148 X1, IO

    0.391     7/25/32       53,499,291       1,146,281  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K149 X1, IO

    0.403     8/25/32       32,959,565       747,058  (c)  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K151 X1, IO

    0.330     10/25/32       75,244,827       1,283,082  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K154 X1, IO

    0.527     1/25/33       25,998,433       792,921  (c)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund 2023 Semi-Annual Report    

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2023

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

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

 

                       

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K736 X1, IO

    1.411     7/25/26     $ 8,036,353     $ 250,036  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K737 X1, IO

    0.748     10/25/26       41,549,844       684,048  (c)  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K741 X1, IO

    0.654     12/25/27       17,932,259       371,711  (c)  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K742 X1, IO

    0.868     3/25/28       18,467,525       459,136  (c)  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K750 A2

    3.000     9/25/29       500,000       460,638  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K751 A2

    4.412     3/25/30       3,600,000       3,572,466  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K1511 X1, IO

    0.929     3/25/34       3,555,151       195,471  (c)  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K1515 X1, IO

    1.636     2/25/35       25,550,718       2,949,531  (c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K1516 X1, IO

    1.629     5/25/35       7,427,889       875,169  (c)  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K1517 X1, IO

    1.436     7/25/35       6,347,857       683,548  (c)  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, K1520 X1, IO

    0.578     2/25/36       14,955,545       595,175  (c)  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, KC05 X1, IO

    1.349     6/25/27       7,562,001       204,785  (c)  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, S8FX A2

    3.291     3/25/27       7,057,000       6,634,694  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Reference REMIC, R007 ZA

    6.000     5/15/36       885,392       911,128  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

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

 

                       

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 2957 ZA, PAC

    5.000     3/15/35     $ 1,364,475     $ 1,358,407  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 3242 SC, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.290%)

    1.097     11/15/36       228,551       18,898  (c)  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 3281 AI, IO (-1.000x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.430%)

    1.237     2/15/37       585,883       50,371  (c)  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 3368 AI, IO (-1.000x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.030%)

    0.837     9/15/37       480,526       36,206  (c)  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 3621 SB, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.230%)

    1.037     1/15/40       128,935       11,017  (c)  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 3639 EY

    5.000     2/15/30       392,750       389,413  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 3947 SG, IO (-1.000x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.950%)

    0.757     10/15/41       300,566       24,492  (c)  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 3973 SA, IO (-1.000x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.490%)

    1.297     12/15/41       224,733       23,720  (c)  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 4054 SA, IO (-1.000x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.050%)

    0.857     8/15/39       461,061       34,016  (c)  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 4099 ST, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.000%)

    0.807     8/15/42       590,396       59,758  (c)  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 4119 IN, IO

    3.500     10/15/32       385,881       35,171  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 4194 BI, IO

    3.500     4/15/43       1,279,336       203,539  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 4203 PS, IO, PAC (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.250%)

    1.057     9/15/42       372,108       27,225  (c)  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 4239 IO, IO

    3.500     6/15/27       362,227       13,072  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 4298 PI, IO, PAC

    4.000     4/15/43       103,112       3,858  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund 2023 Semi-Annual Report    

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2023

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

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

 

                       

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 4310 SA, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.950%)

    0.757     2/15/44     $ 730,034     $ 59,457  (c)  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 4335 SW, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.000%)

    0.807     5/15/44       286,895       24,633  (c)  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 4415 IO, IO

    0.000     4/15/41       372,691       16,200  (c)  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 4793 CB

    3.000     5/15/48       3,144,078       2,835,753  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 4793 CD

    3.000     6/15/48       2,103,631       1,882,373  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 4813 CJ

    3.000     8/15/48       1,683,292       1,461,052  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 4991 QV

    2.000     9/25/45       1,313,501       1,070,820  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 5010 IK, IO

    2.500     9/25/50       4,002,975       585,843  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 5010 JI, IO

    2.500     9/25/50       10,760,645       1,687,563  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 5013 IN, IO

    2.500     9/25/50       4,627,219       687,775  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 5018 MI, IO

    2.000     10/25/50       9,283,859       1,231,050  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 5040 IB, IO

    2.500     11/25/50       2,729,048       423,657  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 5059 IB, IO

    2.500     1/25/51       13,918,228       2,068,175  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 5069 MI, IO

    2.500     2/25/51       5,272,332       769,203  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 5085 NI, IO

    2.000     3/25/51       24,179,731       2,748,317  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 5092 AP, PAC

    2.000     4/25/41       2,021,692       1,737,521  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 5140 NI, IO

    2.500     5/25/49       16,800,267       2,334,565  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 5148 BI, IO

    2.500     1/25/49       22,651,238       3,143,847  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 5148 CI, IO

    2.000     6/25/49       11,306,739       1,280,336  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

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

 

                       

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 5200 KQ, PAC

    3.000     9/25/49     $ 586,815     $ 529,640  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 5202 IN, IO

    3.000     1/25/47       771,495       98,577  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 5224 HL, PAC

    4.000     4/25/52       21,428,000       19,688,608  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, 5230 PE

    2.000     12/25/51       14,368,162       11,288,364  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, 2021-DNA6 M2 (30 Day Average SOFR + 1.500%)

    6.567     10/25/41       38,510,000       37,576,082  (b)(c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, 2021-DNA7 M2 (30 Day Average SOFR + 1.800%)

    6.867     11/25/41       3,500,000       3,376,129  (b)(c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, 2022-DNA1 M1A (30 Day Average SOFR + 1.000%)

    6.067     1/25/42       28,564,092       28,080,816  (b)(c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, 2022-DNA3 M1A (30 Day Average SOFR + 2.000%)

    7.067     4/25/42       12,377,682       12,417,694  (b)(c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, 2022-DNA3 M1B (30 Day Average SOFR + 2.900%)

    7.967     4/25/42       33,130,000       33,116,722  (b)(c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) REMIC, Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, 2022-DNA4 M1A (30 Day Average SOFR + 2.200%)

    7.267     5/25/42       4,834,068       4,867,015  (b)(c) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) STRIPS, 283 IO, IO

    3.500     10/15/27       103,911       4,278  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) STRIPS, 334 S7, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.100%)

    0.907     8/15/44       202,534       19,751  (c)  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) STRIPS, 353 S1, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.000%)

    0.807     12/15/46       3,195,806       298,759  (c)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund 2023 Semi-Annual Report    

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2023

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

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

 

                       

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes, 2021-DNA2 M2 (30 Day Average SOFR + 2.300%)

    7.367     8/25/33     $ 19,708,593     $ 19,732,770  (b)(c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) — CAS, 2014-C01 M2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.400%)

    9.550     1/25/24       5,269,340       5,362,708  (c)  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) — CAS, 2022-R04 1M2 (30 Day Average SOFR + 3.100%)

    8.167     3/25/42       11,510,000       11,636,900  (b)(c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) ACES, 2013-M6 1AC

    3.454     2/25/43       435,973       410,056  (c)  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) ACES, 2014-M3 X2, IO

    0.144     1/25/24       7,206,947       18  (c)  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) ACES, 2015-M7 X2, IO

    0.575     12/25/24       86,948,255       371,478  (c)  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) ACES, 2017-M8 A2

    3.061     5/25/27       1,579,251       1,484,550  (c)  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) ACES, 2018-M9 APT2

    3.209     4/25/28       907,396       849,820  (c)  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) ACES, 2018-M15 1A2

    3.700     1/25/36       3,735,000       3,461,759  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) ACES, 2019-M4 A2

    3.610     2/25/31       1,969,856       1,861,622  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) ACES, 2019-M5 A2

    3.273     2/25/29       3,571,601       3,345,725  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) ACES, 2019-M6 A2

    3.450     1/1/29       2,178,422       2,068,126  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) ACES, 2019-M13 X1, IO

    0.940     6/25/34       3,884,762       163,057  (c)  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) ACES, 2019-M14 X1, IO

    0.672     6/25/29       9,361,398       236,995  (c)  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) ACES, 2019-M19 A2

    2.560     9/25/29       208,850       187,832  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) ACES, 2019-M23 3A3

    2.720     10/25/31       5,134,669       4,512,459  (c)  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) ACES, 2019-M28 AV

    2.232     2/25/27       2,417,136       2,246,221  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) ACES, 2020-M6 A

    2.500     10/25/37       1,456,338       1,261,646  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

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

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) ACES, 2020-M36 X1, IO

    1.541     9/25/34     $ 19,485,159     $ 1,142,442  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) ACES, 2020-M54 X, IO

    1.610     12/25/33       37,247,839       2,888,052  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) ACES, 2023-M4 A2

    3.894     8/25/32       4,000,000       3,797,056  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2010-27 AS, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.480%)

    1.330     4/25/40       265,685       27,377  (c)  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2010-123 PM, PAC

    4.000     7/25/40       1,429,830       1,383,317  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2011-59 NZ

    5.500     7/25/41       444,496       448,227  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2011-99 KS, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.700%)

    1.550     10/25/26       102,993       1,800  (c)  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2012-28 B

    6.500     6/25/39       15,994       16,167  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2012-35 SC, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.500%)

    1.350     4/25/42       586,421       61,609  (c)  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2012-46 BA

    6.000     5/25/42       414,802       430,935  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2012-51 B

    7.000     5/25/42       154,583       164,290  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2012-74 OA, PO

    0.000     3/25/42       28,436       25,223  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2012-74 SA, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.650%)

    1.500     3/25/42       500,833       28,146 (c)  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2012-75 AO, PO

    0.000     3/25/42       56,872       50,268  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2012-75 NS, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.600%)

    1.450     7/25/42       121,215       12,808  (c)  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2012-101 BI, IO

    4.000     9/25/27       72,803       1,797  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2012-118 VZ

    3.000     11/25/42       7,883,028       7,117,608  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2023

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

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

 

                       

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2012-133 CS, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.150%)

    1.000     12/25/42     $ 430,664     $ 42,700  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2012-134 MS, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.150%)

    1.000     12/25/42       285,757       29,339  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2013-9 BC

    6.500     7/25/42       792,965       830,476  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2013-9 CB

    5.500     4/25/42       1,942,009       1,952,502  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2013-14 IG, IO

    4.000     3/25/43       481,636       78,183  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2013-26 HI, IO

    3.000     4/25/32       48,153       1,951  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2013-29 QI, IO

    4.000     4/25/43       767,421       129,646  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2013-54 BS, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.150%)

    1.000     6/25/43       956,932       104,396  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2013-124 SB, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 5.950%)

    0.800     12/25/43       2,048,972       201,029  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2013-126 CS, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.150%)

    1.000     9/25/41       800,927       47,452  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2014-47 AI, IO

    0.000     8/25/44       1,149,638       50,590  (c) 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2015-39 LZ

    3.000     6/25/45       89,625       79,028  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2015-56 AS, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.150%)

    1.000     8/25/45       584,117       61,571  (c)  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2015-65 CZ

    3.500     9/25/45       1,446,400       1,232,419  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2017-76 SB, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.100%)

    0.950     10/25/57       6,372,747       674,420  (c)  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2017-85 SC, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.200%)

    1.050     11/25/47       1,864,766       156,990  (c)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

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

 

                       

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2018-74 AB

    3.500     10/25/48     $ 826,716     $ 765,763  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2020-47 GZ

    2.000     7/25/50       6,476,879       3,902,770  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2020-56 AQ

    2.000     8/25/50       4,400,000       3,403,089  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2020-56 DI, IO

    2.500     8/25/50       7,881,438       1,247,527  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2020-57 TA

    2.000     4/25/50       5,429,711       4,668,288  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2020-73 KI, IO

    3.000     10/25/50       623,849       104,996  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2020-74 EI, IO

    2.500     10/25/50       3,902,570       622,538  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2020-89 DI, IO

    2.500     12/25/50       24,681,471       3,643,002  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2020-97 AI, IO

    2.000     1/25/51       29,759,277       3,921,621  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2021-1 IG, IO

    2.500     2/25/51       16,937,106       2,788,928  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2021-3 QI, IO

    2.500     2/25/51       21,184,815       3,158,107  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2021-28 LB

    2.000     4/25/51       6,218,423       5,130,792  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2021-43 IO, IO

    2.500     6/25/51       7,663,310       1,146,386  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2021-44 MI, IO

    2.500     7/25/51       921,204       154,800  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2021-61 KI, IO

    2.500     4/25/49       31,456,733       4,310,044  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2021-65 JA

    2.000     1/25/46       1,603,407       1,386,107  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2021-69 IJ, IO

    2.500     1/25/49       44,254,207       6,244,813  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2022-57 BC

    4.000     9/25/52       558,111       529,946  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) REMIC, 2022-86 IO, IO

    2.500     5/25/50       1,549,117       209,824  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) STRIPS, 390 C3, IO

    6.000     7/25/38       165,569       35,450  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2023

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

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

 

                       

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) STRIPS, 407 22, IO

    5.000     1/25/39     $ 61,111     $ 11,991  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) STRIPS, 407 23, IO

    5.000     1/25/39       30,402       5,973  (c)  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) STRIPS, 407 27, IO

    5.500     1/25/39       28,443       6,081  (c)  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) STRIPS, 407 34, IO

    5.000     1/25/38       41,886       6,820  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) STRIPS, 407 41, IO

    6.000     1/25/38       212,092       45,522  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) STRIPS, 409 C1, IO

    3.000     11/25/26       355,484       11,111  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) STRIPS, 409 C2, IO

    3.000     4/25/27       507,490       19,198  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) STRIPS, 409 C13, IO

    3.500     11/25/41       582,370       88,826  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) STRIPS, 409 C17, IO

    4.000     11/25/41       683,200       123,165  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) STRIPS, 409 C18, IO

    4.000     4/25/42       481,683       88,755  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) STRIPS, 409 C22, IO

    4.500     11/25/39       319,111       58,419  

FREMF Mortgage Trust, 2019-K103 X2A, IO

    0.100     12/25/51       348,675,159       1,701,727  (b) 

Galton Funding Mortgage Trust, 2017-1 A22

    3.000     7/25/56       665,570       593,218  (b)(c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2010-42 BS, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.480%)

    1.334     4/20/40       55,369       5,539  (c)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2010-76 CS, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.550%)

    1.404     6/20/40       971,432       97,584  (c)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2010-85 HS, IO, PAC (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.650%)

    1.504     1/20/40       17,735       116  (c)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2010-H03 FA (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.550%)

    5.710     3/20/60       636,406       633,736  (c)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2010-H10 FC (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.000%)

    6.160     5/20/60       310,414       310,821  (c)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

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

 

                       

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2010-H26 LF (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.350%)

    5.444     8/20/58     $ 239,595     $ 238,039  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2010-H27 FA (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.380%)

    5.474     12/20/60       782,950       777,424  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2010-H28 FE (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.400%)

    5.494     12/20/60       800,437       795,354  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2011-H03 FA (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.500%)

    5.594     1/20/61       567,144       564,202  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2011-H05 FB (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.500%)

    5.594     12/20/60       827,735       823,118  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2011-H06 FA (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.450%)

    5.544     2/20/61       766,061       761,274  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2011-H08 FG (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.480%)

    5.574     3/20/61       947,719       942,716  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2011-H09 AF (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.500%)

    5.594     3/20/61       587,516       584,612  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2012-27 IO, IO

    0.267     4/16/53       4,879,120       11,637  (c)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2012-34 SA, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.050%)

    0.904     3/20/42       1,106,321       111,675  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2012-44 IO, IO

    0.029     3/16/49       1,440,931       166  (c)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2012-81 AI, IO

    3.500     4/20/27       21,467       262  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2012-98 SA, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.100%)

    0.942     8/16/42       425,291       39,278  (c)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2012-112 IO, IO

    0.130     2/16/53       4,404,104       12,997  (c)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2012-124 AS, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.200%)

    1.042     10/16/42       439,567       43,084  (c)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2023

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

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

 

                       

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2013-50 IO, IO

    0.062     10/16/48     $ 22,730,701     $ 30,791  (c)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2013-72 IO, IO

    0.570     11/16/47       7,937,436       116,161  (c)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2013-107 AD

    2.841     11/16/47       3,097,821       2,783,681  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2013-163 IO, IO

    1.012     2/16/46       2,745,158       45,315  (c)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2014-5 SP, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.150%)

    0.992     6/16/43       199,318       6,390  (c)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2014-17 AM

    3.537     6/16/48       70,261       66,151  (c)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2014-47 IA, IO

    0.147     2/16/48       657,450       2,927  (c)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2014-50 IO, IO

    0.629     9/16/55       3,063,605       77,123  (c)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2014-118 HS, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.200%)

    1.054     8/20/44       3,753,801       403,936  (c)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2014-160 EI, IO

    4.000     7/16/26       318,099       6,903  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2014-186 IO, IO

    0.373     8/16/54       4,641,848       45,384  (c)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2015-98 IO, IO

    0.346     4/16/55       11,386,558       139,461  (c)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2015-167 OI, IO

    4.000     4/16/45       1,257,381       220,092  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2016-84 IG, IO, PAC

    4.500     11/16/45       6,793,874       1,325,198  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2016-135 SB, IO (-1.000 x 1 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.100%)

    0.942     10/16/46       1,903,237       248,693  (c)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2016-H06 FD (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.920%)

    5.120     7/20/65       170,036       169,448  (c)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2017-8 IO, IO

    0.449     8/16/58       4,946,146       122,313  (c)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2017-28 IO, IO

    0.681     2/16/57       8,091,596       283,228  (c)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

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

 

                       

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2017-41 IO, IO

    0.593     7/16/58     $ 2,752,825     $ 74,860  (c)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2017-111 IO, IO

    0.526     2/16/59       4,173,673       130,000  (c)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2017-145 IO, IO

    0.506     4/16/57       5,755,881       165,813  (c)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2017-157 IO, IO

    0.503     12/16/59       3,234,124       98,929  (c)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2017-190 IO, IO

    0.618     3/16/60       1,287,944       45,298  (c)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2017-H22 IC, IO

    0.035     11/20/67       426,651       13,918  (c)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2018-37 QA

    2.750     3/20/48       1,155,759       1,018,258  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2018-168 PA, PAC

    4.000     8/20/48       580,733       553,572  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2018-H06 PF (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.300%)

    5.394     2/20/68       2,633,687       2,605,525  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2018-H07 FD (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.300%)

    5.394     5/20/68       4,507,968       4,493,947  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2018-H08 KF (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.300%)

    5.394     5/20/68       2,347,924       2,323,844  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2019-18 TP, PAC

    3.500     2/20/49       380,383       349,503  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2019-90 AB

    3.000     7/20/49       2,309,900       2,054,900  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2020-47 MI, IO, PAC

    3.500     4/20/50       7,773,407       1,294,149  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2020-47 NI, IO, PAC

    3.500     4/20/50       2,802,329       461,814  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2020-103 AD

    1.450     1/16/63       3,935,356       3,024,746  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2020-109 AI, IO

    0.840     5/16/60       14,366,193       806,327  (c)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2020-123 IL, IO

    2.500     8/20/50       3,107,154       426,861  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2020-123 NI, IO

    2.500     8/20/50       9,813,359       1,357,229  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2023

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

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

 

                       

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2020-127 IN, IO

    2.500     8/20/50     $ 4,698,260     $ 638,883  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2020-129 IE, IO

    2.500     9/20/50       4,450,450       604,043  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2020-157 IO, IO

    0.940     6/16/62       17,291,428       1,098,779  (c)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2020-160 IH, IO

    2.500     10/20/50       3,258,514       442,654  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2020-160 VI, IO

    2.500     10/20/50       4,605,819       655,913  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2020-160 YI, IO

    2.500     10/20/50       15,158,145       2,013,178  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2020-181 WI, IO

    2.000     12/20/50       33,992,614       3,616,515  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2020-184, IO, IO

    0.913     11/16/60       5,663,577       349,523  (c)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2020-195 IO, IO

    0.926     12/16/62       77,783,229       5,125,845  (c)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2020-H09 FL

    4.855     5/20/70       8,346,127       8,266,640  (c)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2020-H09 NF (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.250%)

    6.344     4/20/70       6,906,909       6,963,310  (c)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2020-H12 F

    4.547     7/20/70       1,876,842       1,824,393  (c)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2020-H13 FA

    4.423     7/20/70       2,981,798       2,877,708  (c)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2020-H13 FC

    4.389     7/20/70       22,603,977       21,852,611  (c) 

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2021-8 AQ

    5.000     1/20/51       455,452       465,071  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2021-14 AB

    1.340     6/16/63       7,571,019       5,796,484  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2021-21 AH

    1.400     6/16/63       1,051,927       811,472  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2021-29 AG

    5.000     2/20/51       532,657       532,038  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2021-29 TI, IO

    2.500     2/20/51       24,638,269       4,234,683  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2021-37, IO, IO

    0.805     1/16/61       16,478,141       979,922  (c)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

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

 

                       

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2021-60 IO, IO

    0.826     5/16/63     $ 16,006,379     $ 959,587  (c)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2021-68 IO, IO

    0.870     10/16/62       13,616,566       844,224  (c)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2021-77 LC

    1.250     7/20/50       3,646,517       2,884,308  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2021-115 MI, IO

    2.500     5/20/51       8,917,152       934,229  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2021-188 PA

    2.000     10/20/51       5,560,819       4,654,834  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2021-223 P

    2.000     6/20/51       22,463,199       19,202,872  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2022-3 B

    1.850     2/16/61       7,849,057       4,110,056  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2022-3 IO, IO

    0.640     2/16/61       65,062,562       3,222,015  (c)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2022-55 IO, IO

    0.567     1/16/63       14,685,533       715,398  (c)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2022-59 IO, IO

    0.571     2/16/62       30,819,305       1,569,023  (c)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2022-63 LM

    3.500     10/20/50       13,286,616       11,222,564  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2022-99 JW

    2.500     1/20/52       1,000,000       807,784  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2022-139 AL

    4.000     7/20/51       10,400,000       9,645,524  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2022-189 PT

    2.500     10/20/51       13,728,356       11,475,308  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2022-196 BE

    3.000     10/16/64       9,200,000       6,846,091  (c)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2022-210 IO, IO

    0.695     7/16/64       8,452,827       549,141  (c)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2022-216 IO, IO

    0.751     7/16/65       7,472,940       459,800  (c)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2022-220 E

    3.000     10/16/64       7,700,000       5,827,110  (c)  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2023-92 AH

    2.000     6/16/64       44,260,578       34,998,247  

Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), 2023-92 IA, IO

    0.611     6/16/64       67,460,578       3,994,395  (c)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2023

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

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

 

                       

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. Trust, 2018-RIVR D (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.334%)

    6.527     7/15/35     $ 11,033,000     $ 6,984,401  (b)(c) 

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. Trust, 2018-SRP5 A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.800%)

    6.993     9/15/31       23,694,652       19,545,251  (b)(c) 

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. Trust, 2018-SRP5 B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.000%)

    8.193     9/15/31       28,663,348       15,278,809  (b)(c) 

GS Mortgage Securities Trust, 2013-GC16 B

    5.161     11/10/46       1,003,000       981,457  (c)  

GS Mortgage Securities Trust, 2017-GS8 A4

    3.469     11/10/50       10,290,000       9,359,281  

HarborView Mortgage Loan Trust, 2005-9 2A1B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.740%)

    5.897     6/20/35       3,155,440       2,891,539  (c)  

IndyMac INDX Mortgage Loan Trust, 2005- AR15 A2

    3.499     9/25/35       12,339       10,393  (c)  

INTOWN Mortgage Trust, 2022-STAY A (1 mo. Term SOFR + 2.489%)

    7.636     8/15/39       6,000,000       6,013,011  (b)(c) 

JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2013-C14 B

    4.430     8/15/46       2,260,000       2,177,510  (c)  

JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2013-C17 B

    5.048     1/15/47       439,000       396,613  (c)  

JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2014-C22 C

    4.698     9/15/47       1,379,000       1,131,767  (c)  

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2013-LC11 AS

    3.216     4/15/46       897,458       849,388  

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2015-FL7 D (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.750%)

    8.943     5/15/28       2,186,936       1,956,324  (b)(c) 

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2022-NLP A (1 mo. Term SOFR + 0.597%)

    5.743     4/15/37       7,465,251       7,117,196  (b)(c) 

JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, 2018-3 A1

    3.500     9/25/48       4,803,826       4,233,315  (b)(c) 

JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, 2018-5 A1

    3.500     10/25/48       4,434,345       3,909,383  (b)(c) 

Legacy Mortgage Asset Trust, 2020-GS5 A1, Step bond (3.250% to 8/25/23, 6.250% to 8/25/24 then 7.250%)

    3.250     6/25/60       6,857,673       6,738,597  (b) 

Legacy Mortgage Asset Trust, 2021-GS1 A1, Step bond (1.892% to 1/25/24, 4.892% to 1/25/25 then 5.892%)

    1.892     10/25/66       14,192,693       13,297,781  (b) 

Legacy Mortgage Asset Trust, 2021-GS2 A1, Step bond (1.750% to 4/25/24, 4.750% to 4/25/25 then 5.750%)

    1.750     4/25/61       7,407,417       6,885,692  (b) 

MASTR Reperforming Loan Trust, 2005-1 1A3

    7.000     8/25/34       38,574       29,666  (b)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

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

 

                       

MASTR Reperforming Loan Trust, 2005-2 1A1F (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.350%)

    5.500     5/25/35     $ 327,363     $ 174,858  (b)(c) 

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, 2005-A8 A3A3 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.740%)

    5.890     8/25/36       318,136       317,773  (c)  

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, 2005-A9 3A1

    4.583     12/25/35       12,240       7,891  (c)  

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, 2006-1 1A

    3.612     2/25/36       9,979       9,306  (c)  

MHC Trust, 2021-MHC2 A (1 mo. Term SOFR + 0.964%)

    6.111     5/15/38       7,500,000       7,362,211  (b)(c) 

Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust, 2017-C34 B

    4.111     11/15/52       1,260,000       1,099,216  (c)  

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, 2017-ASHF A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.975%)

    6.168     11/15/34       2,063,536       2,027,291  (b)(c) 

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, 2019-BPR A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.900%)

    7.093     5/15/36       15,222,188       14,780,983  (b)(c) 

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, 2019-L2 XA, IO

    1.173     3/15/52       41,057,130       1,768,088  (c)  

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust, 2005-3AR 2A2

    3.162     7/25/35       235,111       205,102  (c)  

MSCG Trust, 2015-ALDR A2

    3.577     6/7/35       6,358,000       5,816,257  (b)(c) 

NAAC Reperforming Loan REMIC Certificates Trust, 2004-R3 A1

    6.500     2/25/35       101,746       91,149  (b)  

Natixis Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, 2019-FAME A

    3.047     8/15/36       15,583,000       13,774,819  (b) 

New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust, 2018-1A A1A

    4.000     12/25/57       6,600,522       6,220,899  (b)(c) 

New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust, 2019-3A A1A

    3.750     11/25/58       9,036,181       8,316,846  (b)(c) 

New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust, 2019-RPL3 A1

    2.750     7/25/59       23,862,029       22,040,263  (b)(c) 

New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust, 2021-NQM3 A1

    1.156     11/27/56       10,434,536       8,474,374  (b)(c) 

New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust, 2022-NQM3 A1, Step bond (3.900% to 5/25/26 then 4.990%)

    3.900     4/25/62       15,674,417       14,190,628  (b) 

Nomura Asset Acceptance Corp. Alternative Loan Trust, 2005-AP2 A5

    5.476     5/25/35       46,850       24,459  

NYMT Loan Trust, 2020-SP2 A1

    2.944     10/25/60       21,897,416       21,606,715  (b)(c) 

NYMT Loan Trust, 2022-CP1 A1

    2.042     7/25/61       14,423,757       12,930,695  (b) 

OBX Trust, 2021-NQM3 A3

    1.362     7/25/61       7,423,907       5,557,685  (b)(c) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2023

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

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

 

                       

OBX Trust, 2022-NQM1 A1

    2.305     11/25/61     $  16,816,135     $ 14,150,394  (b)(c) 

OPG Trust, 2021-PORT A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.484%)

    5.677     10/15/36       18,104,262       17,523,090  (b)(c) 

Prime Mortgage Trust, 2006-DR1 1A1

    5.500     5/25/35       70,322       69,973  (b)  

Prime Mortgage Trust, 2006-DR1 2A2

    6.000     5/25/35       10,590,040       8,160,054  (b) 

PRKCM Trust, 2021-AFC1 A1

    1.510     8/25/56       8,458,899       6,626,869  (b)(c) 

PRKCM Trust, 2021-AFC2 A1

    2.071     11/25/56       10,666,664       8,781,825  (b)(c) 

SBALR Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2020- RR1 A3

    2.825     2/13/53       21,915,012       17,638,911  (b) 

SG Residential Mortgage Trust, 2022-1 A1

    3.166     3/27/62       8,949,608       7,900,775  (b)(c) 

SG Residential Mortgage Trust, 2022-2 A1

    5.353     8/25/62       22,437,784       21,859,634  (b) 

SHOW Trust, 2022 BIZ A (1 mo. Term SOFR + 2.984%)

    8.116     1/15/27       11,250,000       11,123,042  (b)(c) 

SMRT, 2022-MINI A (1 mo. Term SOFR + 1.000%)

    6.147     1/15/39       20,410,000       19,801,019  (b)(c) 

Soho Trust, 2021-SOHO A

    2.786     8/10/38       34,000,000       23,866,745  (b)(c) 

Towd Point Mortgage Trust, 2017-6 M1

    3.250     10/25/57       18,080,000       15,942,808  (b)(c) 

Towd Point Mortgage Trust, 2022-4 A1

    3.750     9/25/62       15,412,291       14,185,220  (b) 

UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2018-C11 B

    4.713     6/15/51       1,430,000       1,210,556  (c)  

UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2018-C15 C

    5.323     12/15/51       2,960,000       2,420,159  (c)  

VLS Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2020-LAB A

    2.130     10/10/42       36,680,000       28,711,200  (b) 

VLS Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2020-LAB B

    2.453     10/10/42       2,250,000       1,743,303  (b) 

WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Trust, 2003-AR9 1A7

    4.154     9/25/33       4,970       4,626  (c)  

WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Trust, 2007-HY4 4A1

    3.715     9/25/36       58,002       51,450  (c)  

Waterfall Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2015-SBC5 A

    4.104     12/31/23       472,384       447,693  (b)(c) 

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2014-LC18 B

    3.959     12/15/47       2,066,000       1,929,977  

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2015-NXS1 XA, IO

    1.209     5/15/48       29,357,228       375,990  (c)  

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2019-C49 B

    4.546     3/15/52       7,160,000       6,133,601  

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2021-C60 XA, IO

    1.656     8/15/54       97,864,474       7,835,421  (c)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

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

 

                       

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2022-JS2 A

    3.084     12/15/39     $ 7,480,000     $ 6,149,044  (b)  

WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2014- C19 B

    4.723     3/15/47       224,000       215,394  (c)  

WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2014- C19 XA, IO

    1.115     3/15/47       4,947,347       17,319  (c)  

WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2014- C21 B

    4.213     8/15/47       4,621,000       4,129,956  (c)  

WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2014- C21 XA, IO

    1.148     8/15/47       20,776,739       190,446  (c)  

WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2014- C24 AS

    3.931     11/15/47       2,611,000       2,476,463  

Worldwide Plaza Trust, 2017-WWP A

    3.526     11/10/36       5,725,000       4,832,288  (b)  

Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (Cost — $2,056,800,023)

 

    1,861,828,413  
U.S. Government & Agency Obligations — 9.8%

 

                       

U.S. Government Agencies — 0.1%

                               

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), Notes

    6.625     11/15/30       18,010,000       20,908,708  

U.S. Government Obligations — 9.7%

                               

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    1.125     8/15/40       49,340,000       31,764,552  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    2.250     5/15/41       58,290,000       44,939,085  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    1.750     8/15/41       109,200,000       76,798,312  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    3.250     5/15/42       350,000       312,498  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    3.375     8/15/42       125,000,000       113,520,507  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    4.000     11/15/42       164,010,000       163,036,191  (a)(j) 

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    3.875     2/15/43       22,360,000       21,807,988  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    3.875     5/15/43       52,290,000       51,031,772  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    3.625     2/15/44       56,890,000       53,332,153  (a)(j)  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    3.375     5/15/44       4,670,000       4,212,851  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    3.125     8/15/44       6,050,000       5,238,449  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    2.875     8/15/45       108,520,000       89,618,020  (j)(k)  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    3.000     2/15/48       63,390,000       53,485,313  (k)  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    3.375     11/15/48       4,280,000       3,869,889  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    3.000     2/15/49       38,220,000       32,347,408  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    2.875     5/15/49       12,950,000       10,713,090  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    1.375     8/15/50       63,855,000       37,141,910  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    1.625     11/15/50       177,590,000       110,386,753  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    1.875     2/15/51       280,310,000       185,749,173  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    2.375     5/15/51       26,160,000       19,462,631  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    3.000     8/15/52       10,980,000       9,339,863  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2023

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

U.S. Government Obligations — continued

                               

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    4.000     11/15/52     $ 78,910,000     $ 81,080,025  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    3.625     2/15/53       61,028,000       58,586,880  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    3.625     5/15/53       129,010,000       124,010,862  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    4.625     3/15/26       2,610,000       2,613,161  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    3.500     2/15/33       18,100,000       17,633,359  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    3.375     5/15/33       65,710,000       63,379,348  

Total U.S. Government Obligations

                            1,465,412,043  

Total U.S. Government & Agency Obligations (Cost — $1,746,865,002)

 

    1,486,320,751  
Asset-Backed Securities — 6.6%                                

522 Funding CLO Ltd., 2020-6A A1R (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.150%)

    6.423     10/23/34       21,870,000       21,382,980  (b)(c)  

AB BSL CLO Ltd., 2023-4A A (3 mo. Term SOFR + 2.000%)

    6.957     4/20/36       3,540,000       3,542,066  (b)(c)  

AIMCO CLO, 2017-AA AR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.050%)

    6.300     4/20/34       400,000       392,314  (b)(c)  

AMMC CLO Ltd., 2012-11A A1R2 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.010%)

    6.309     4/30/31       1,543,000       1,521,522  (b)(c)  

Amortizing Residential Collateral Trust, 2002-BC5 M1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.035%)

    6.185     7/25/32       52,974       52,823  (c)  

Apidos CLO, 2021-35A A (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.050%)

    6.300     4/20/34       4,300,000       4,217,225  (b)(c)  

Aqua Finance Trust, 2021-A A

    1.540     7/17/46       8,437,592       7,458,893  (b)  

Arbor Realty Commercial Real Estate Notes Ltd., 2022-FL1 A (30 Day Average SOFR + 1.450%)

    6.517     1/15/37       8,850,000       8,703,090  (b)(c)  

Arbys Funding LLC, 2020-1A A2

    3.237     7/30/50       875,250       774,598  (b)  

Ares CLO Ltd., 2022-63A A1A (3 mo. Term SOFR + 1.380%)

    6.428     4/20/35       10,130,000       9,964,782  (b)(c)  

Argent Securities Trust, 2006-W4 A2B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.220%)

    5.370     5/25/36       94,310       23,393  (c)  

Atrium, 9A AR2 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.990%)

    6.453     5/28/30       1,071,109       1,063,727  (b)(c)  

Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC, 2019-3A A

    2.360     3/20/26       9,521,000       8,997,040  (b)  

Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC, 2020-1A A

    2.330     8/20/26       18,883,000       17,577,157  (b)  

Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC, 2023-1A A

    5.250     4/20/29       11,401,000       11,138,551  (b)  

Balboa Bay Loan Funding Ltd., 2021-2A A1 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.170%)

    6.420     1/20/35       10,520,000       10,281,694  (b)(c)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

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

Ballyrock CLO Ltd., 2019-2A A1BR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.200%)

    6.579     11/20/30     $ 930,000     $ 912,561  (b)(c) 

Battery Park CLO Ltd., 2022-1A A1 (3 mo. Term SOFR + 2.210%)

    7.258     10/20/35       17,720,000       17,743,036  (b)(c) 

BCRED MML CLO LLC, 2021-1A A (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.480%)

    6.740     1/15/35       14,260,000       13,892,492  (b)(c) 

BCRED MML CLO LLC, 2022-1A A1 (3 mo. Term SOFR + 1.650%)

    6.698     4/20/35       8,380,000       8,168,887  (b)(c) 

Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities Trust, 2004-HE10 M1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.975%)

    5.317     12/25/34       2,722,860       2,692,528  (c)  

Benefit Street Partners CLO Ltd., 2014-IVA ARRR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.180%)

    6.430     1/20/32       6,000,000       5,927,464  (b)(c)(l) 

Birch Grove CLO Ltd., 2023-6A A1 (3 mo. Term SOFR + 2.200%)

    7.489     7/20/35       15,040,000       15,051,280  (b)(c)(f) 

Blackbird Capital Aircraft, 2021-1A A

    2.443     7/15/46       11,099,880       9,577,159  (b) 

BlueMountain CLO Ltd., 2021-28A A (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.260%)

    6.520     4/15/34       11,330,000       11,150,963  (b)(c) 

Canyon CLO Ltd., 2020-1A AR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.180%)

    6.440     7/15/34       5,980,000       5,879,835  (b)(c) 

Carlyle Global Market Strategies CLO Ltd., 2014-3RA A1A (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.050%)

    6.342     7/27/31       8,445,456       8,368,760  (b)(c) 

Carlyle US CLO Ltd., 2018-2A A2 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.600%)

    6.860     10/15/31       4,050,000       3,959,095  (b)(c) 

Catskill Park CLO Ltd., 2017-1A A2 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.700%)

    6.950     4/20/29       6,105,000       6,046,639  (b)(c) 

Cayuga Park CLO Ltd., 2020-1A AR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.120%)

    6.380     7/17/34       24,600,000       24,076,850  (b)(c) 

CBAM Ltd., 2017-1A A1 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.250%)

    6.500     7/20/30       932,086       928,606  (b)(c)  

Cedar Funding CLO Ltd., 2016-5A AFRR

    1.937     7/17/31       6,920,000       6,428,037  (b) 

Cerberus Loan Funding LP, 2019-2A A1 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.800%)

    7.060     1/15/32       1,950,000       1,936,652  (b)(c) 

Cerberus Loan Funding LP, 2020-1A A (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.850%)

    7.110     10/15/31       5,403,387       5,390,651  (b)(c) 

CIFC Funding Ltd., 2017-1A AR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.010%)

    6.271     4/23/29       1,279,519       1,271,491  (b)(c) 

College Ave Student Loans LLC, 2019-A A1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.400%)

    6.550     12/28/48       6,742,772       6,691,199  (b)(c) 

College Ave Student Loans LLC, 2021-C C

    3.060     7/26/55       3,163,000       2,617,739  (b) 

Commonbond Student Loan Trust, 2020-1 A

    1.690     10/25/51       5,150,781       4,552,280  (b) 

Conseco Finance Corp., 1996-5 B1

    8.100     7/15/26       56,226       20,809  (c)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2023

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

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

Credit-Based Asset Servicing & Securitization LLC, 1999-3 A

    0.000     2/3/29     $ 617     $ 496  (b)(c)  

Dividend Solar Loans LLC, 2019-1 A

    3.670     8/22/39       6,001,727       5,219,204  (b) 

Dryden CLO Ltd., 2021-87A A1 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.100%)

    6.479     5/20/34       28,030,000       27,588,127  (b)(c) 

ECMC Group Student Loan Trust, 2020-2A A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.150%)

    6.300     11/25/69       3,776,891       3,727,403  (b)(c) 

Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC, 2023-1 A2

    5.510     1/22/29       4,310,000       4,276,070  (b) 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC) Structured Pass-Through Certificates FRESR, 2017-SR01 A3

    3.089     11/25/27       316,214       293,731  

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) Grantor Trust, 2017-T1 A

    2.898     6/25/27       1,319,692       1,222,020  

Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust, 2023-1 A

    4.850     8/15/35       9,680,000       9,486,048  (b) 

Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust, 2018-4 A

    4.060     11/15/30       21,335,000       20,217,157  

Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A, 2023-1 A1

    4.920     5/15/28       12,320,000       12,200,162  (b) 

Fortress Credit BSL Ltd., 2019-1A A2 (3 mo. Term SOFR + 2.262%)

    7.332     7/23/32       6,717,000       6,712,499  (b)(c) 

Goldentree Loan Management US CLO Ltd., 2019-4A AR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.110%)

    6.383     4/24/31       4,350,000       4,295,458  (b)(c) 

GoldenTree Loan Management US CLO Ltd., 2021-10A A (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.100%)

    6.350     7/20/34       6,590,000       6,483,548  (b)(c) 

GoldenTree Loan Opportunities Ltd., 2014-9A BR2 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.600%)

    6.899     10/29/29       6,390,000       6,318,722  (b)(c) 

Golub Capital Partners CLO Ltd., 2015-25A AR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.380%)

    6.706     5/5/30       9,397,344       9,316,214  (b)(c) 

Golub Capital Partners CLO Ltd., 2019-41A AR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.320%)

    6.570     1/20/34       6,170,000       6,105,442  (b)(c) 

Golub Capital Partners CLO Ltd., 2019-45A A (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.720%)

    6.970     10/20/31       10,568,000       10,502,005  (b)(c) 

Golub Capital Partners CLO Ltd., 2020-47A C1 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.250%)

    8.576     5/5/32       1,250,000       1,213,986  (b)(c) 

Golub Capital Partners CLO Ltd., 2021-57A A1 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.490%)

    6.745     10/25/34       11,580,000       11,320,672  (b)(c) 

Golub Capital Partners CLO Ltd., 2023-66A A (3 mo. Term SOFR + 1.950%)

    6.926     4/25/36       5,790,000       5,780,509  (b)(c) 

Goodgreen, 2019-2A A

    2.760     4/15/55       3,990,133       3,310,311  (b) 

Goodgreen Trust, 2017-2A A

    3.260     10/15/53       690,570       607,817  (b)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

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

Great Lakes Kcap F3c Senior LLC, 2017-1A A (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.900%)

    7.410     12/20/29     $ 9,311,344     $ 9,283,410  (b)(c) 

Greenwood Park CLO Ltd., 2018-1A A2 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.010%)

    6.270     4/15/31       6,680,000       6,583,771  (b)(c) 

Greywolf CLO Ltd., 2015-1A A1R (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.160%)

    6.415     1/27/31       15,000,000       14,857,500  (b)(c) 

Grippen Park CLO Ltd., 2017-1A A (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.260%)

    6.510     1/20/30       5,999,383       5,972,526  (b)(c) 

Halsey Point CLO Ltd., 2019-1A A1A1 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.350%)

    6.600     1/20/33       1,420,000       1,399,088  (b)(c) 

Halsey Point CLO Ltd., 2020-3A A1A (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.450%)

    6.749     11/30/32       4,900,000       4,859,086  (b)(c) 

Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC, 2022-2A C

    2.950     6/26/28       5,200,000       4,468,224  (b) 

HGI CRE CLO Ltd., 2021-FL1 A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.050%)

    6.208     6/16/36       3,233,989       3,145,054  (b)(c) 

Hildene Community Funding CDO Ltd., 2015-1A ARR

    2.600     11/1/35       22,733,390       18,509,818  (b) 

Jack in the Box Funding LLC, 2022-1A A2I

    3.445     2/26/52       14,264,250       12,678,508  (b) 

JGWPT LLC, 2015-1A B

    4.250     9/17/74       1,056,782       883,421  (b)  

KKR CLO Ltd., 14 BR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.800%)

    7.060     7/15/31       600,000       590,549  (b)(c)  

KKR CLO Ltd., 20 A (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.130%)

    6.390     10/16/30       5,634,996       5,594,884  (b)(c) 

KKR CLO Ltd., 32A A1 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.320%)

    6.580     1/15/32       3,080,000       3,050,774  (b)(c) 

KREF Ltd., 2022-FL3 A (1 mo. Term SOFR + 1.450%)

    6.526     2/17/39       13,010,000       12,734,576  (b)(c) 

Loanpal Solar Loan Ltd., 2020-3GS A

    2.470     12/20/47       8,019,027       6,288,910  (b) 

Loanpal Solar Loan Ltd., 2021-1GS A

    2.290     1/20/48       6,604,068       4,940,819  (b) 

Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust, 2000-1 AV1 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.520%)

    5.683     1/21/31       14,531       14,343  (c)  

Magnetite Ltd., 2015-14RA A2 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.120%)

    6.382     10/18/31       7,100,000       6,996,490  (b)(c) 

Magnetite Ltd., 2016-17A AR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.100%)

    6.350     7/20/31       4,478,000       4,445,013  (b)(c) 

MAPS Trust, 2021-1A A

    2.521     6/15/46       8,533,218       7,421,937  (b) 

Midocean Credit CLO, 2017-7A BR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.600%)

    6.860     7/15/29       4,000,000       3,930,283  (b)(c) 

Myers Park CLO Ltd., 2018-1A B1 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.600%)

    6.850     10/20/30       6,090,000       5,949,752  (b)(c) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2023

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

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

Navient Private Education Loan Trust, 2014-AA A3 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.600%)

    6.793     10/15/31     $ 1,533,226     $ 1,531,593  (b)(c) 

Navient Private Education Loan Trust, 2020-A A2A

    2.460     11/15/68       8,612,370       7,911,047  (b) 

Navient Private Education Loan Trust, 2020-A A2B (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.900%)

    6.093     11/15/68       401,821       395,400  (b)(c)  

Navient Private Education Refi Loan Trust, 2020-BA A2

    2.120     1/15/69       6,574,857       5,964,172  (b) 

Navient Student Loan Trust, 2017-3A A3 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.050%)

    6.200     7/26/66       9,295,894       9,149,686  (b)(c) 

Nelnet Student Loan Trust, 2007-1 A4 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.110%)

    5.506     8/27/36       14,305,320       13,739,849  (c) 

Nelnet Student Loan Trust, 2015-2A A2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.600%)

    5.750     9/25/42       3,131,671       3,059,179  (b)(c) 

Nelnet Student Loan Trust, 2021-A A2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.030%)

    6.187     4/20/62       12,321,000       12,035,712  (b)(c) 

Ocean Trails CLO, 2020-10A AR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.220%)

    6.480     10/15/34       12,495,000       12,243,194  (b)(c) 

Ocean Trails CLO Ltd., 2023-14A A1 (3 mo. Term SOFR + 2.000%)

    6.780     1/20/35       6,500,000       6,502,260  (b)(c) 

Octagon Investment Partners Ltd., 2014-1A AAR3 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.000%)

    6.321     2/14/31       13,480,000       13,325,630  (b)(c) 

Octagon Investment Partners Ltd., 2018-1A A1A (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.060%)

    6.310     1/20/31       17,252,359       17,128,284  (b)(c) 

OHA Credit Funding Ltd., 2020-7A AR (3 mo. Term SOFR + 1.300%)

    6.328     2/24/37       14,730,000       14,490,779  (b)(c) 

OHA Loan Funding Ltd., 2013-2A AR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.040%)

    6.433     5/23/31       5,330,000       5,282,545  (b)(c) 

Owl Rock CLO Ltd., 2019-1A A (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.800%)

    7.179     5/20/31       3,100,000       3,083,594  (b)(c) 

Owl Rock CLO Ltd., 2020-3A A1L (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.800%)

    7.050     4/20/32       14,280,000       14,126,571  (b)(c) 

Palmer Square CLO Ltd., 2019-1A A1R (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.150%)

    6.471     11/14/34       17,730,000       17,466,876  (b)(c) 

PEAR LLC, 2021-1 A

    2.600     1/15/34       787,310       740,874  (b)  

Point Au Roche Park CLO Ltd., 2021-1A A (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.080%)

    6.330     7/20/34       26,070,000       25,456,946  (b)(c) 

RAAC Trust, 2007-RP1 A (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.580%)

    5.730     5/25/46       512,197       511,191  (b)(c)  

Reese Park CLO Ltd., 2020-1A AR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.130%)

    6.390     10/15/34       26,300,000       25,736,810  (b)(c) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

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

Shackleton CLO Ltd., 2013-3A AR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.120%)

    6.380     7/15/30     $ 738,137     $ 734,493  (b)(c) 

Silver Rock CLO Ltd., 2020-1A A (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.650%)

    6.900     10/20/31       22,240,000       22,165,119  (b)(c) 

SLM Private Education Loan Trust, 2010-C A5 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.750%)

    9.943     10/15/41       7,339,927       7,666,468  (b)(c) 

SMB Private Education Loan Trust, 2020- PTA B

    2.500     9/15/54       10,000,000       7,932,860  (b) 

SMB Private Education Loan Trust, 2021-A A2B

    1.590     1/15/53       9,928,168       8,620,597  (b) 

SMB Private Education Loan Trust, 2021-A B

    2.310     1/15/53       15,500,000       13,944,229  (b) 

SMB Private Education Loan Trust, 2021-B A

    1.310     7/17/51       844,327       744,494  (b)  

SMB Private Education Loan Trust, 2021-C A2 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.800%)

    5.993     1/15/53       3,240,561       3,153,149  (b)(c) 

SMB Private Education Loan Trust, 2021-C C

    3.000     1/15/53       17,189,000       14,959,774  (b) 

Sound Point CLO Ltd., 2018-2A A (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.100%)

    6.368     7/26/31       649,000       637,714  (b)(c)  

SpringCastle America Funding LLC, 2020-AA A

    1.970     9/25/37       1,026,274       918,449  (b)  

Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust, 2004-1 A3 (1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.800%)

    5.950     2/25/34       2,173,515       2,113,862  (c)  

STWD Ltd., 2022-FL3 A (30 Day Average SOFR + 1.350%)

    6.417     11/15/38       3,850,000       3,771,017  (b)(c) 

Sunrun Atlas Issuer LLC, 2019-2 A

    3.610     2/1/55       3,600,920       3,160,435  (b) 

THL Credit Lake Shore MM CLO Ltd., 2019-1A A1R (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.700%)

    6.960     4/15/33       6,500,000       6,386,429  (b)(c) 

Thrust Engine Leasing, 2021-1A A

    4.163     7/15/40       9,322,445       7,868,423  (b) 

United States Small Business Administration, 2019-20D 1

    2.980     4/1/39       1,352,061       1,232,134  

United States Small Business Administration, 2019-25G 1

    2.690     7/1/44       2,914,308       2,544,824  

Voya CLO Ltd., 2016-3A A1R (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.190%)

    6.452     10/18/31       6,000,000       5,955,519  (b)(c) 

Voya CLO Ltd., 2017-3A A1R (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.040%)

    6.290     4/20/34       5,000,000       4,908,750  (b)(c) 

Voya CLO Ltd., 2018-3A A1A (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.150%)

    6.410     10/15/31       17,830,000       17,731,061  (b)(c) 

Wachovia Student Loan Trust, 2006-1 A6 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.170%)

    5.425     4/25/40       919,073       881,102  (b)(c)  

Whitebox CLO Ltd., 2019-1A ANAR (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.130%)

    6.403     7/24/32       10,800,000       10,664,311  (b)(c) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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June 30, 2023

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund

(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

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

Whitebox CLO Ltd., 2020-2A A1R (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.220%)

    6.493     10/24/34     $ 14,240,000     $ 14,039,459  (b)(c) 

Whitebox CLO Ltd., 2021-3A A1 (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.220%)

    6.480     10/15/34       15,950,000       15,689,851  (b)(c)  

Whitebox CLO Ltd., 2023-4A A1 (3 mo. Term SOFR + 2.150%)

    6.930     4/20/36       8,680,000       8,710,953  (b)(c)  

Wingstop Funding LLC, 2020-1A A2

    2.841     12/5/50       10,342,500       8,967,991  (b)  

Woodmont Trust, 2023-12A A1A (3 mo. Term SOFR + 2.500%)

    7.620     7/25/31       16,540,000       16,540,000  (b)(c)(f) 

ZAIS CLO Ltd., 2019-13A A1A (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.490%)

    6.750     7/15/32       8,934,400       8,768,177  (b)(c)  

Total Asset-Backed Securities (Cost — $1,043,346,578)

 

            1,002,467,041  
Sovereign Bonds — 2.4%                                

Brazil — 0.0%††

                               

Brazilian Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    5.000     1/27/45       6,170,000       4,824,513  

Chile — 0.0%††

                               

Chile Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    3.100     1/22/61       9,270,000       6,078,112  

Colombia — 0.5%

                               

Colombia Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    3.125     4/15/31       14,920,000       11,286,980  

Colombia Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    3.250     4/22/32       28,210,000       20,940,558  

Colombia Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    5.625     2/26/44       13,174,000       9,842,730  

Colombia Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    5.000     6/15/45       10,959,000       7,656,715  

Colombia Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    5.200     5/15/49       26,102,000       17,997,329  

Total Colombia

                            67,724,312  

India — 0.1%

                               

Export-Import Bank of India, Senior Notes

    3.375     8/5/26       7,299,000       6,878,578  (b)  

Indonesia — 0.0%††

                               

Indonesia Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    3.700     10/30/49       7,220,000       5,756,978  

Israel — 0.3%

                               

Israel Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    2.750     7/3/30       26,680,000       23,601,128  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Israel — continued

                               

Israel Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    4.500     4/3/2120     $ 11,700,000     $ 9,484,312  

State of Israel, Senior Notes

    3.375     1/15/50       5,060,000       3,812,199  

State of Israel, Senior Notes

    3.800     5/13/60       3,000,000       2,285,496  (e)  

Total Israel

                            39,183,135  

Kazakhstan — 0.1%

                               

Kazakhstan Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    4.875     10/14/44       24,162,000       21,830,802  (b) 

Mexico — 0.7%

                               

Mexico Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    2.659     5/24/31       8,882,000       7,405,850  

Mexico Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    6.050     1/11/40       100,000       101,529  

Mexico Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    4.750     3/8/44       48,464,000       41,599,085  

Mexico Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    4.600     1/23/46       17,344,000       14,465,050  

Mexico Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    4.350     1/15/47       3,860,000       3,093,671  

Mexico Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    4.400     2/12/52       55,900,000       44,212,723  

Total Mexico

                            110,877,908  

Panama — 0.2%

                               

Panama Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    3.160     1/23/30       2,770,000       2,432,069  

Panama Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    6.700     1/26/36       10,747,000       11,534,276  

Panama Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    4.300     4/29/53       19,500,000       14,558,975  

Panama Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    4.500     4/1/56       3,900,000       2,938,547  

Total Panama

                            31,463,867  

Peru — 0.1%

                               

Peruvian Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    5.625     11/18/50       5,998,000       6,207,390  

Peruvian Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    3.550     3/10/51       410,000       308,529  

Peruvian Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    3.600     1/15/72       11,580,000       7,923,731  

Total Peru

                            14,439,650  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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June 30, 2023

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
    Value  

Uruguay — 0.4%

                               

Uruguay Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    4.375     1/23/31     $ 7,446,073     $ 7,353,788  

Uruguay Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    5.750     10/28/34       33,080,000       35,797,282  

Uruguay Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    5.100     6/18/50       18,884,000       18,864,117  

Total Uruguay

                            62,015,187  

Total Sovereign Bonds (Cost — $452,066,012)

 

                    371,073,042  
U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities — 1.1%

 

                       

U.S. Treasury Notes, Inflation Indexed (Cost—$169,139,985)

    1.125     1/15/33       170,279,824       163,251,095  (j) 

 

     Expiration
Date
    Contracts     Notional
Amount
        
Purchased Options — 0.2%                                
Exchange-Traded Purchased Options — 0.2%

 

                       

SOFR 1-Year Mid-Curve Futures, Put @ $97.000

    10/13/23       5,748       14,370,000       15,878,850  

SOFR 1-Year Mid-Curve Futures, Put @ $95.875

    12/15/23       2,451       6,127,500       2,558,231  

SOFR 1-Year Mid-Curve Futures, Put @ $96.000

    12/15/23       5,768       14,420,000       6,921,600  

U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Call @ $107.000

    7/21/23       981       981,000       567,141  

U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Call @ $107.250

    7/21/23       370       370,000       167,656  

U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Call @ $107.750

    7/21/23       370       370,000       101,172  

U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Call @ $108.000

    7/21/23       2,005       2,005,000       407,266  

U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Call @ $108.250

    7/21/23       186       186,000       27,610  

U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Put @ $108.250

    7/21/23       527       527,000       687,571  

U.S. Treasury 6 to 7-Year Notes Futures, Put @ $113.000

    7/5/23       185       185,000       144,531  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call @ $112.000

    7/21/23       735       735,000       620,156  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call @ $113.250

    7/21/23       298       298,000       97,781  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Expiration
Date
    Contracts     Notional
Amount
    Value  
Exchange-Traded Purchased Options — continued

 

                       

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call @ $113.500

    7/21/23       867     $ 867,000     $ 230,297  

U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Call @ $126.000

    7/21/23       246       246,000       430,500  

U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Call @ $126.500

    7/21/23       62       62,000       90,094  

U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Call @ $128.000

    7/21/23       341       341,000       261,078  

U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Call @ $128.500

    7/21/23       246       246,000       149,906  

Total Purchased Options (Cost — $18,694,615)

 

                    29,341,440  

 

     Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount
        
Municipal Bonds — 0.0%††                                

Illinois — 0.0%††

                               

Chicago, IL, GO, Taxable Project, Series B, Refunding

    6.314     1/1/44       3,000       2,977  

Ohio — 0.0%††

                               

American Municipal Power-Ohio Inc., OH, Revenue, Series B, Taxable-combined Hydroelectric Projects Build America Bonds

    7.834     2/15/41       134,000       169,216  

Total Municipal Bonds (Cost — $184,374)

                            172,193  

Total Investments before Short-Term Investments (Cost — $17,131,510,224)

 

    15,491,756,937  
                   Shares         
Short-Term Investments — 3.0%                                

Western Asset Premier Institutional Government Reserves, Premium Shares
(Cost — $458,682,152)

    5.044                  458,682,152       458,682,152  (l)(m) 

Total Investments — 105.3% (Cost — $17,590,192,376)

 

                    15,950,439,089  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (5.3)%

                            (803,114,789

Total Net Assets — 100.0%

                          $ 15,147,324,300  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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June 30, 2023

 

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†† Represents less than 0.1%.

(a)

All or a portion of this security is held at the broker as collateral for open centrally cleared swap contracts.

 

(b)

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.

 

(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)

Security has no maturity date. The date shown represents the next call date.

 

(e)

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.

 

(f)

Securities traded on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis.

 

(g)

Security is valued in good faith in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Directors (Note 1).

 

(h) 

This security is traded on a to-be-announced (“TBA”) basis. At June 30, 2023, the Fund held TBA securities with a total cost of $612,596,008.

 

(i)

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.

 

(j)

All or a portion of this security is held at the broker as collateral for open futures contracts and exchange-traded options.

 

(k)

All or a portion of this security is held at the broker as collateral for OTC derivatives.

 

(l)

In this instance, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, an “Affiliated Company” represents Fund ownership of at least 5% of the outstanding voting securities of an issuer, or a company which is under common ownership or control with the Fund. At June 30, 2023, the total market value of investments in Affiliated Companies was $464,609,616 and the cost was $464,682,152 (Note 8).

 

(m) 

Rate shown is one-day yield as of the end of the reporting period.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Abbreviation(s) used in this schedule:

ACES   — Alternative Credit Enhancement Securities
CAS   — Connecticut Avenue Securities
CDO   — Collateralized Debt Obligation
CLO   — Collateralized Loan Obligation
CMT   — Constant Maturity Treasury
GO   — General Obligation
GTD   — Guaranteed
ICE   — Intercontinental Exchange
IO   — Interest Only
JSC   — Joint Stock Company
LIBOR   — London Interbank Offered Rate
PAC   — Planned Amortization Class
PO   — Principal Only
REMIC   — Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit
SOFR   — Secured Overnight Financing Rate
STRIPS   — Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal Securities
USD   — United States Dollar

At June 30, 2023, the Fund had the following written options contracts:

 

 

Exchange-Traded Written Options

 

Security    Expiration
Date
     Strike
Price
     Contracts      Notional
Amount
     Value  
SOFR 1-Year Mid-Curve Futures, Put      10/13/23      $ 96.250        5,748      $ 14,370,000      $ (7,759,800)  
SOFR 1-Year Mid-Curve Futures, Put      10/13/23        96.500        5,748        14,370,000        (10,202,700)  
SOFR 1-Year Mid-Curve Futures, Put      12/15/23        95.250        4,902        12,255,000        (2,205,900)  
SOFR 1-Year Mid-Curve Futures, Put      12/15/23        95.375        11,536        28,840,000        (6,272,700)  
U.S. Treasury 2-Year Notes Futures, Call      7/21/23        102.500        1,528        3,056,000        (95,500)  
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Call      7/7/23        108.750        124        124,000        (969)  
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Call      7/14/23        108.500        557        557,000        (39,164)  
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Call      7/14/23        108.750        618        618,000        (28,969)  
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Call      7/21/23        108.750        989        989,000        (84,993)  
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Call      7/21/23        109.000        742        742,000        (46,375)  
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Call      7/21/23        109.250        928        928,000        (43,500)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2023

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund

 

Security    Expiration
Date
     Strike
Price
     Contracts      Notional
Amount
     Value  
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Call      7/21/23      $ 109.500        1,862      $ 1,862,000      $ (58,188)  
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Call      8/25/23        108.000        613        613,000        (320,867)  
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Call      8/25/23        109.500        2,362        2,362,000        (461,329)  
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Put      7/21/23        107.250        1,054        1,054,000        (642,281)  
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Put      7/21/23        107.500        2,410        2,410,000        (1,826,329)  
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes Futures, Put      7/21/23        108.000        619        619,000        (686,703)  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call      7/21/23        113.000        629        629,000        (255,531)  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call      7/21/23        114.000        1,850        1,850,000        (317,969)  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call      7/21/23        114.500        1,640        1,640,000        (179,375)  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call      7/21/23        115.000        1,985        1,985,000        (155,078)  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call      7/21/23        115.500        370        370,000        (17,344)  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Call      8/25/23        113.000        491        491,000        (429,625)  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Put      7/21/23        112.500        247        247,000        (204,547)  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes Futures, Put      7/21/23        113.000        247        247,000        (281,734)  
U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Call      7/14/23        128.000        186        186,000        (104,625)  
U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Call      7/21/23        127.000        430        430,000        (510,625)  
U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Call      7/21/23        129.000        740        740,000        (346,875)  
U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Call      7/21/23        130.000        1,235        1,235,000        (347,344)  
U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Call      8/25/23        130.000        61        61,000        (61,953)  
U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Put      7/21/23        127.000        62        62,000        (79,438)  
U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds Futures, Put      7/21/23        128.000        124        124,000        (230,563)  
Total Exchange-Traded Written Options (Premiums received — $25,005,216)

 

   $ (34,298,893)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Abbreviation(s) used in this schedule:

SOFR   — Secured Overnight Financing Rate

At June 30, 2023, the Fund had the following open futures contracts:

 

     Number of
Contracts
    Expiration
Date
    Notional
Amount
   

Market

Value

    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Contracts to Buy:                                        
3-Month SOFR     9,177       3/25     $ 2,206,762,720     $ 2,201,906,437     $ (4,856,283
3-Month SOFR     1,410       3/26       339,759,072       340,285,875       526,803  
U.S. Treasury 2-Year Notes     2,352       9/23       483,783,844       478,264,500       (5,519,344
U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes     53,725       9/23       5,846,410,961       5,753,611,719       (92,799,242
U.S. Treasury Long- Term Bonds     2,966       9/23       377,168,521       376,403,937       (764,584
U.S. Treasury Ultra 10-Year Notes     1,363       9/23       163,076,522       161,430,313       (1,646,209
U.S. Treasury Ultra Long-Term Bonds     3,644       9/23       491,627,807       496,381,125       4,753,318  
                                      (100,305,541
Contracts to Sell:                                        
3-Month SOFR     140       9/23       33,209,456       33,173,000       36,456  
3-Month SOFR     2,066       12/23       492,375,092       488,609,000       3,766,092  
3-Month SOFR     7,719       3/24       1,848,582,315       1,826,315,400       22,266,915  
U.S. Treasury 10-Year                                        
Notes     38,528       9/23       4,390,527,589       4,325,370,193       65,157,396  
                                      91,226,859  
Net unrealized depreciation on open futures contracts

 

          $ (9,078,682

 

Abbreviation(s) used in this table:

SOFR   — Secured Overnight Financing Rate

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2023

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund

 

At June 30, 2023, 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

   

Market

Value

    Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
    $ 461,342,000       9/30/24     Daily SOFR Compound annually     3.500% annually     $ (9,727,181)     $ 164,729     $ (9,891,910)  
      802,368,000       11/30/27     Daily SOFR Compound annually     2.980% annually       (29,601,847)       151,027       (29,752,874)  
      1,214,974,000       11/30/27     Daily SOFR Compound annually     3.450% annually       (22,961,939)       (166,999)       (22,794,940)  
      175,011,000       2/15/29     2.850% annually     Daily SOFR Compound annually       8,625,802       (300,324)       8,926,126  
      71,759,000       4/30/29     3.270% annually     Daily SOFR Compound annually       2,009,932       838,672       1,171,260  
      45,885,000       6/30/29     3.850% annually     Daily SOFR Compound annually       (137,667)       (21,195)       (116,472)  
      122,577,000       9/30/29     3.250% annually     Daily SOFR Compound annually       3,480,180       66,763       3,413,417  
      95,889,000       2/15/47     1.520% annually     Daily SOFR Compound annually       28,032,071       (618,884)       28,650,955  
      93,963,000       2/15/48     2.600% annually     Daily SOFR Compound annually       11,109,622       9,896,880       1,212,742  
      229,780,000       2/15/48     3.050% annually     Daily SOFR Compound annually       10,098,414       8,761,573       1,336,841  
      190,799,000       5/15/48     3.150% annually     Daily SOFR Compound annually       5,061,581       (33,823,132)       38,884,713  
      37,524,000       4/21/52     2.500% annually     Daily SOFR Compound annually       4,919,961       34,968       4,884,993  
Total   $ 3,541,871,000                         $ 10,908,929     $ (15,015,922)     $ 25,924,851  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Western Asset Core Bond Fund

 

OTC CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS ON CREDIT INDICES — SELL PROTECTION1  

Swap Counterparty

(Reference Entity)

  Notional
Amount2
    Termination
Date
    Periodic
Payments
Received by
the Fund
  Market
Value3
    Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)
    Unrealized
Appreciation
 
Bank of America N.A. (PrimeX.FRM.1), 4.420%, due 7/25/36   $ 213,951       7/25/36     4.420% monthly   $ 21,618     $ 10,134     $ 11,484  (a)(b) 

 

 

CENTRALLY CLEARED CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS ON CREDIT INDICES — SELL PROTECTION1  
Reference Entity  

Notional

Amount2

    Termination
Date
    Periodic
Payments
Received by
the Fund
 

Market

Value3

   

Upfront
Premiums

Paid

(Received)

    Unrealized
Appreciation
 
Markit CDX.NA.IG.40 Index   $ 2,395,694,000       6/20/28     1.000% quarterly   $ 35,841,317     $ 15,604,223     $ 20,237,094  

 

OTC TOTAL RETURN SWAPS

 

Swap

Counterparty

  Notional
Amount
    Termination
Date
    Periodic
Payments
Made by
the Fund
  Periodic
Payments
Received
by the
Fund
    Market
Value
    Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)
    Unrealized
Depreciation
 

JPMorgan

Chase & Co.

  $ 70,320,000       8/21/23     Daily SOFR Compound + 0.100%**    


U.S. Treasury
Bonds,
2.375%, due

5/15/51**

 
 
 

 

  $
(7,534,558)
 
        $ (7,534,558)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2023

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund

 

1 

If the Fund is a seller of protection and a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement, the Fund will either (i) pay to the buyer of protection an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap and take delivery of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising the referenced index or (ii) pay a net settlement amount in the form of cash or securities equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising the referenced index.

 

2 

The maximum potential amount the Fund could be required to pay as a seller of credit protection or receive as a buyer of credit protection if a credit event occurs as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement.

 

3 

The quoted market prices and resulting values for credit default swap agreements on asset-backed securities and credit indices serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and represent the likelihood of an expected loss (or profit) for the credit derivative had the notional amount of the swap agreement been closed/sold as of the period end. Decreasing market values (sell protection) or increasing market values (buy protection) when compared to the notional amount of the swap, represent a deterioration of the referenced entity’s credit soundness and a greater likelihood or risk of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the agreement.

 

Percentage shown is an annual percentage rate.

(a)

Swap contract is valued using significant unobservable inputs (Note 1).

 

(b)

Swap contract is valued in good faith in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Directors (Note 1).

 

Periodic payments made/received by the Fund are based on the total return of the referenced entity.

**

One time payment made at termination date.

 

Abbreviation(s) used in this table:

SOFR   — Secured Overnight Financing Rate

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Statement of assets and liabilities (unaudited)

June 30, 2023

 

Assets:         

Investments in unaffiliated securities, at value (Cost — $17,125,510,224)

     $15,485,829,473  

Investments in affiliated securities, at value (Cost — $464,682,152)

     464,609,616  

Cash

     20,156,273  

Receivable for securities sold

     232,367,328  

Deposits with brokers for centrally cleared swap contracts

     123,009,184  

Interest receivable from unaffiliated investments

     108,690,901  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     19,781,342  

Deposits with brokers for TBA securities

     4,260,000  

Dividends receivable from affiliated investments

     2,602,961  

Receivable for premiums on written options

     1,526,854  

Principal paydown receivable

     662,752  

Deposits with brokers for open futures contracts and exchange-traded options

     127,262  

Interest receivable from affiliated investments

     77,165  

OTC swaps, at value (premiums paid — $10,134)

     21,618  

Receivable for open OTC swap contracts

     2,056  

Other assets

     1,487  

Prepaid expenses

     37,708  

Total Assets

     16,463,763,980  
Liabilities:         

Payable for securities purchased

     1,081,995,927  

Payable to brokers — net variation margin on centrally cleared swap contracts

     122,168,685  

Payable for Fund shares repurchased

     50,537,194  

Written options, at value (premiums received — $25,005,216)

     34,298,893  

OTC swaps, at value (premiums paid — $0)

     7,534,558  

Distributions payable

     6,001,812  

Investment management fee payable

     4,420,487  

Due to brokers for TBA securities

     4,100,000  

Payable for open OTC swap contracts

     2,206,577  

Payable to brokers — net variation margin on open futures contracts

     255,543  

Service and/or distribution fees payable

     188,067  

Directors’ fees payable

     66,797  

Payable to brokers for option premiums

     62,674  

Interest expense payable

     5  

Accrued expenses

     2,602,461  

Total Liabilities

     1,316,439,680  
Total Net Assets    $ 15,147,324,300  
Net Assets:         

Par value (Note 7)

   $ 1,422,156  

Paid-in capital in excess of par value

     18,680,996,970  

Total distributable earnings (loss)

     (3,535,094,826)  
Total Net Assets    $ 15,147,324,300  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statement of assets and liabilities (unaudited) (cont’d)

June 30, 2023

 

Net Assets:         

Class A

     $616,879,393  

Class C

     $39,164,980  

Class C1

     $199,612  

Class FI

     $107,207,924  

Class R

     $24,654,501  

Class I

     $10,228,891,183  

Class IS

     $4,130,326,707  
Shares Outstanding:         

Class A

     57,947,086  

Class C

     3,677,856  

Class C1

     18,710  

Class FI

     10,063,273  

Class R

     2,314,055  

Class I

     960,723,594  

Class IS

     387,411,281  
Net Asset Value:         

Class A (and redemption price)

     $10.65  

Class C*

     $10.65  

Class C1*

     $10.67  

Class FI (and redemption price)

     $10.65  

Class R (and redemption price)

     $10.65  

Class I (and redemption price)

     $10.65  

Class IS (and redemption price)

     $10.66  
Maximum Public Offering Price Per Share:         

Class A (based on maximum initial sales charge of 3.75%)

     $11.06  

 

*

Redemption price per share is NAV of Class C and Class C1 shares reduced by a 1.00% CDSC if shares are redeemed within one year from purchase payment (Note 2).

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Statement of operations (unaudited)

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2023

 

Investment Income:         

Interest from unaffiliated investments

   $ 281,023,687  

Interest from affiliated investments

     184,152  

Dividends from affiliated investments

     13,953,829  

Less: Foreign taxes withheld

     (793,591)  

Total Investment Income

     294,368,077  
Expenses:         

Investment management fee (Note 2)

     29,373,334  

Transfer agent fees (Note 5)

     6,220,981  

Service and/or distribution fees (Notes 2 and 5)

     1,149,184  

Legal fees

     208,817  

Registration fees

     193,873  

Directors’ fees

     144,193  

Fund accounting fees

     108,742  

Commitment fees (Note 9)

     62,909  

Insurance

     50,681  

Audit and tax fees

     38,701  

Shareholder reports

     31,828  

Custody fees

     4,139  

Fees recaptured by investment manager (Note 2)

     2,798  

Miscellaneous expenses

     32,975  

Total Expenses

     37,623,155  

Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements (Notes 2 and 5)

     (4,131,292)  

Net Expenses

     33,491,863  
Net Investment Income      260,876,214  
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments, Futures Contracts, Written Options, Swap Contracts and Foreign Currency Transactions (Notes 1, 3 and 4):

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) From:

        

Investment transactions in unaffiliated securities

     (260,940,392)  

Futures contracts

     (118,582,620)  

Written options

     127,012,403  

Swap contracts

     256,101,296  

Foreign currency transactions

     28  

Net Realized Gain

     3,590,715  

Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) From:

        

Investments in unaffiliated securities

     335,956,751  

Investments in affiliated securities

     28,873  

Futures contracts

     (9,624,740)  

Written options

     (7,079,439)  

Swap contracts

     (253,245,592)  

Foreign currencies

     (13)  

Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

     66,035,840  
Net Gain on Investments, Futures Contracts, Written Options, Swap Contracts and Foreign Currency Transactions      69,626,555  
Increase in Net Assets From Operations    $ 330,502,769  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statements of changes in net assets

 

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2023 (unaudited)
and the Year Ended December 31, 2022
   2023      2022  
Operations:                  

Net investment income

   $ 260,876,214      $ 416,334,898  

Net realized gain (loss)

     3,590,715        (1,691,019,641)  

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     66,035,840        (2,032,686,290)  

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets From Operations

     330,502,769        (3,307,371,033)  
Distributions to Shareholders From (Notes 1 and 6):                  

Total distributable earnings

     (259,329,192)        (438,067,962)  

Decrease in Net Assets From Distributions to Shareholders

     (259,329,192)        (438,067,962)  
Fund Share Transactions (Note 7):                  

Net proceeds from sale of shares

     3,138,820,964        5,241,840,267  

Reinvestment of distributions

     226,838,501        381,584,338  

Cost of shares repurchased

     (2,439,913,831)        (8,701,442,039)  

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets From Fund Share Transactions

     925,745,634        (3,078,017,434)  

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

     996,919,211        (6,823,456,429)  
Net Assets:                  

Beginning of period

     14,150,405,089        20,973,861,518  

End of period

   $ 15,147,324,300      $ 14,150,405,089  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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Financial highlights

 

For a share of each class of capital stock outstanding throughout each year ended December 31,

unless otherwise noted:

 
Class A Shares1   20232     2022     2021     2020     2019     2018  
Net asset value, beginning of period     $10.58       $13.09       $13.65       $13.01       $12.21       $12.66  
Income (loss) from operations:            

Net investment income

    0.17       0.25       0.15       0.21       0.32       0.30  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.07       (2.50)       (0.45)       0.92       0.91       (0.44)  

Total income (loss) from operations

    0.24       (2.25)       (0.30)       1.13       1.23       (0.14)  
Less distributions from:            

Net investment income

    (0.17)       (0.26)       (0.22)       (0.28)       (0.34)       (0.31)  

Net realized gains

                (0.04)       (0.21)       (0.09)        

Total distributions

    (0.17)       (0.26)       (0.26)       (0.49)       (0.43)       (0.31)  
Net asset value, end of period     $10.65       $10.58       $13.09       $13.65       $13.01       $12.21  

Total return3

    2.26     (17.24)     (2.20)     8.72     10.03     (0.99)
Net assets, end of period (millions)     $617       $579       $731       $700       $520       $320  
Ratios to average net assets:            

Gross expenses

    0.82 %4,5      0.83     0.82     0.83 %5      0.84 %5      0.84 %5 

Net expenses6,7

    0.82 4,5       0.82       0.82       0.82 5       0.82 5       0.82 5  

Net investment income

    3.22 4       2.19       1.16       1.55       2.50       2.48  
Portfolio turnover rate8     35     64     72     111     125 %9      115

 

1 

Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method.

 

2 

For the six months ended June 30, 2023 (unaudited).

 

3 

Performance figures, exclusive of sales charges, may reflect compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

 

4 

Annualized.

 

5 

Reflects recapture of expenses waived/reimbursed from prior fiscal years.

 

6 

Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

7 

As a result of an expense limitation arrangement, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses, other than interest, brokerage commissions, taxes, extraordinary expenses, deferred organizational expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses, to average net assets of Class A shares did not exceed 0.82%. This expense limitation arrangement cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2024 without the Board of Directors’ consent. In addition, the manager has agreed to waive the Fund’s management fee to an extent sufficient to offset the net management fee payable in connection with any investment in an affiliated money market fund.

 

8 

Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 63% for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 72%, 109%, 159%, 201% and 380% for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

 

9 

Excludes securities delivered as a result of a redemption in-kind.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Financial highlights (cont’d)

 

For a share of each class of capital stock outstanding throughout each year ended December 31,

unless otherwise noted:

 
Class C Shares1   20232     2022     2021     2020     2019     2018  
Net asset value, beginning of period     $10.58       $13.09       $13.65       $13.01       $12.22       $12.67  
Income (loss) from operations:            

Net investment income

    0.13       0.17       0.06       0.11       0.23       0.22  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.07       (2.49)       (0.45)       0.92       0.90       (0.44)  

Total income (loss) from operations

    0.20       (2.32)       (0.39)       1.03       1.13       (0.22)  
Less distributions from:            

Net investment income

    (0.13)       (0.19)       (0.13)       (0.18)       (0.25)       (0.23)  

Net realized gains

                (0.04)       (0.21)       (0.09)        

Total distributions

    (0.13)       (0.19)       (0.17)       (0.39)       (0.34)       (0.23)  
Net asset value, end of period     $10.65       $10.58       $13.09       $13.65       $13.01       $12.22  

Total return3

    1.81     (17.73)     (2.88)     7.96     9.27     (1.76)
Net assets, end of period (000s)     $39,165       $45,614       $83,677       $98,221       $65,850       $46,145  
Ratios to average net assets:            

Gross expenses

    1.52 %4       1.51     1.52     1.52     1.52     1.53

Net expenses5,6

    1.52 4       1.51       1.52       1.51       1.52       1.52  

Net investment income

    2.50 4       1.44       0.46       0.84       1.80       1.78  
Portfolio turnover rate7     35     64     72     111     125 %8       115

 

1 

Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method.

 

2 

For the six months ended June 30, 2023 (unaudited).

 

3 

Performance figures, exclusive of CDSC, may reflect compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

 

4 

Annualized.

 

5 

Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

6 

As a result of an expense limitation arrangement, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses, other than interest, brokerage commissions, taxes, extraordinary expenses, deferred organizational expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses, to average net assets of Class C shares did not exceed 1.65%. This expense limitation arrangement cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2024 without the Board of Directors’ consent. In addition, the manager has agreed to waive the Fund’s management fee to an extent sufficient to offset the net management fee payable in connection with any investment in an affiliated money market fund.

 

7 

Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 63% for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 72%, 109%, 159%, 201% and 380% for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

 

8 

Excludes securities delivered as a result of a redemption in-kind.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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For a share of each class of capital stock outstanding throughout each year ended December 31,

unless otherwise noted:

 
Class C1 Shares1   20232     2022     2021     2020     2019     2018  
Net asset value, beginning of period     $10.60       $13.12       $13.66       $13.02       $12.22       $12.67  
Income (loss) from operations:            

Net investment income

    0.14       0.19       0.09       0.16       0.29       0.26  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.07       (2.50)       (0.43)       0.91       0.89       (0.44)  

Total income (loss) from operations

    0.21       (2.31)       (0.34)       1.07       1.18       (0.18)  
Less distributions from:            

Net investment income

    (0.14)       (0.21)       (0.16)       (0.22)       (0.29)       (0.27)  

Net realized gains

                (0.04)       (0.21)       (0.09)        

Total distributions

    (0.14)       (0.21)       (0.20)       (0.43)       (0.38)       (0.27)  
Net asset value, end of period     $10.67       $10.60       $13.12       $13.66       $13.02       $12.22  

Total return3

    1.88     (17.58)     (2.48)     8.24     9.73     (1.43)
Net assets, end of period (000s)     $200       $373       $658       $1,649       $2,686       $12,024  
Ratios to average net assets:            

Gross expenses

    1.40 %4      1.29     1.26     1.25     1.19     1.19

Net expenses5,6

    1.40 4       1.29       1.25       1.25       1.19       1.19  

Net investment income

    2.58 4       1.66       0.69       1.17       2.30       2.11  
Portfolio turnover rate7     35     64     72     111     125 %8      115

 

1 

Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method.

 

2 

For the six months ended June 30, 2023 (unaudited).

 

3 

Performance figures, exclusive of CDSC, may reflect compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

 

4 

Annualized.

 

5 

Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

6 

As a result of an expense limitation arrangement, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses, other than interest, brokerage commissions, taxes, extraordinary expenses, deferred organizational expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses, to average net assets of Class C1 shares did not exceed 1.42%. This expense limitation arrangement cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2024 without the Board of Directors’ consent. In addition, the manager has agreed to waive the Fund’s management fee to an extent sufficient to offset the net management fee payable in connection with any investment in an affiliated money market fund.

 

7 

Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 63% for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 72%, 109%, 159%, 201% and 380% for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

 

8 

Excludes securities delivered as a result of a redemption in-kind.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Financial highlights (cont’d)

 

For a share of each class of capital stock outstanding throughout each year ended December 31,

unless otherwise noted:

 
Class FI Shares1   20232     2022     2021     2020     2019     2018  
Net asset value, beginning of period     $10.59       $13.10       $13.66       $13.01       $12.22       $12.67  
Income (loss) from operations:            

Net investment income

    0.17       0.25       0.16       0.22       0.32       0.31  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.06       (2.50)       (0.46)       0.92       0.90       (0.45)  

Total income (loss) from operations

    0.23       (2.25)       (0.30)       1.14       1.22       (0.14)  
Less distributions from:            

Net investment income

    (0.17)       (0.26)       (0.22)       (0.28)       (0.34)       (0.31)  

Net realized gains

                (0.04)       (0.21)       (0.09)        

Total distributions

    (0.17)       (0.26)       (0.26)       (0.49)       (0.43)       (0.31)  
Net asset value, end of period     $10.65       $10.59       $13.10       $13.66       $13.01       $12.22  

Total return3

    2.26     (17.22)     (2.18)     8.73     10.13     (1.06)
Net assets, end of period (millions)     $107       $126       $199       $207       $234       $181  
Ratios to average net assets:            

Gross expenses

    0.83 %4      0.81     0.80     0.80     0.81     0.81

Net expenses5,6

    0.83 4       0.81       0.80       0.79       0.80       0.81  

Net investment income

    3.19 4       2.16       1.18       1.60       2.54       2.49  
Portfolio turnover rate7     35     64     72     111     125 %8      115

 

1 

Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method.

 

2 

For the six months ended June 30, 2023 (unaudited).

 

3 

Performance figures may reflect compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

 

4 

Annualized.

 

5 

Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

6 

As a result of an expense limitation arrangement, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses, other than interest, brokerage commissions, taxes, extraordinary expenses, deferred organizational expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses, to average net assets of Class FI shares did not exceed 0.85%. This expense limitation arrangement cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2024 without the Board of Directors’ consent. In addition, the manager has agreed to waive the Fund’s management fee to an extent sufficient to offset the net management fee payable in connection with any investment in an affiliated money market fund.

 

7 

Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 63% for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 72%, 109%, 159%, 201% and 380% for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

 

8 

Excludes securities delivered as a result of a redemption in-kind.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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For a share of each class of capital stock outstanding throughout each year ended December 31,

unless otherwise noted:

 
Class R Shares1   20232     2022     2021     2020     2019     2018  
Net asset value, beginning of period     $10.59       $13.10       $13.66       $13.02       $12.23       $12.68  
Income (loss) from operations:            

Net investment income

    0.16       0.21       0.11       0.17       0.28       0.26  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.05       (2.49)       (0.45)       0.91       0.90       (0.44)  

Total income (loss) from operations

    0.21       (2.28)       (0.34)       1.08       1.18       (0.18)  
Less distributions from:            

Net investment income

    (0.15)       (0.23)       (0.18)       (0.23)       (0.30)       (0.27)  

Net realized gains

                (0.04)       (0.21)       (0.09)        

Total distributions

    (0.15)       (0.23)       (0.22)       (0.44)       (0.39)       (0.27)  
Net asset value, end of period     $10.65       $10.59       $13.10       $13.66       $13.02       $12.23  

Total return3

    2.11     (17.47)     (2.50)     8.37     9.68     (1.39)
Net assets, end of period (000s)     $24,655       $23,893       $35,216       $31,357       $26,359       $24,268  
Ratios to average net assets:            

Gross expenses

    1.13 %4       1.14     1.15     1.13     1.13     1.14 %5  

Net expenses6,7

    1.12 4       1.13       1.14       1.13       1.13       1.14 5  

Net investment income

    2.91 4       1.85       0.84       1.24       2.23       2.16  
Portfolio turnover rate8     35     64     72     111     125 %9       115

 

1 

Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method.

 

2 

For the six months ended June 30, 2023 (unaudited).

 

3 

Performance figures may reflect compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

 

4 

Annualized.

 

5 

Reflects recapture of expenses waived/reimbursed from prior fiscal years.

 

6 

Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

7 

As a result of an expense limitation arrangement, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses, other than interest, brokerage commissions, taxes, extraordinary expenses, deferred organizational expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses, to average net assets of Class R shares did not exceed 1.15%. This expense limitation arrangement cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2024 without the Board of Directors’ consent. In addition, the manager has agreed to waive the Fund’s management fee to an extent sufficient to offset the net management fee payable in connection with any investment in an affiliated money market fund.

 

8 

Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 63% for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 72%, 109%, 159%, 201% and 380% for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

 

9 

Excludes securities delivered as a result of a redemption in-kind.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Financial highlights (cont’d)

 

For a share of each class of capital stock outstanding throughout each year ended December 31,

unless otherwise noted:

 
Class I Shares1   20232     2022     2021     2020     2019     2018  
Net asset value, beginning of period     $10.58       $13.09       $13.65       $13.01       $12.21       $12.66  
Income (loss) from operations:            

Net investment income

    0.19       0.29       0.20       0.26       0.37       0.35  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.07       (2.49)       (0.45)       0.92       0.91       (0.44)  

Total income (loss) from operations

    0.26       (2.20)       (0.25)       1.18       1.28       (0.09)  
Less distributions from:            

Net investment income

    (0.19)       (0.31)       (0.27)       (0.33)       (0.39)       (0.36)  

Net realized gains

                (0.04)       (0.21)       (0.09)        

Total distributions

    (0.19)       (0.31)       (0.31)       (0.54)       (0.48)       (0.36)  
Net asset value, end of period     $10.65       $10.58       $13.09       $13.65       $13.01       $12.21  

Total return3

    2.45     (16.93)     (1.84)     9.12     10.44     (0.63)
Net assets, end of period (millions)     $10,229       $8,889       $13,094       $13,191       $8,470       $5,354  
Ratios to average net assets:            

Gross expenses

    0.53 %4       0.54     0.53     0.54 %5       0.54 %5      0.53

Net expenses6,7

    0.45 4       0.45       0.45       0.45 5       0.45 5       0.45  

Net investment income

    3.59 4       2.53       1.53       1.91       2.88       2.86  
Portfolio turnover rate8     35     64     72     111     125 %9      115

 

1 

Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method.

 

2 

For the six months ended June 30, 2023 (unaudited).

 

3 

Performance figures may reflect compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

 

4 

Annualized.

 

5 

Reflects recapture of expenses waived/reimbursed from prior fiscal years.

 

6 

Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

7 

As a result of an expense limitation arrangement, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses, other than interest, brokerage commissions, taxes, extraordinary expenses, deferred organizational expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses, to average net assets of Class I shares did not exceed 0.45%. This expense limitation arrangement cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2024 without the Board of Directors’ consent. In addition, the manager has agreed to waive the Fund’s management fee to an extent sufficient to offset the net management fee payable in connection with any investment in an affiliated money market fund.

 

8 

Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 63% for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 72%, 109%, 159%, 201% and 380% for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

 

9 

Excludes securities delivered as a result of a redemption in-kind.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

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For a share of each class of capital stock outstanding throughout each year ended December 31,

unless otherwise noted:

 
Class IS Shares1   20232     2022     2021     2020     2019     2018  
Net asset value, beginning of period     $10.60       $13.11       $13.67       $13.03       $12.23       $12.68  
Income (loss) from operations:            

Net investment income

    0.19       0.29       0.21       0.26       0.38       0.36  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.06       (2.49)       (0.46)       0.92       0.90       (0.45)  

Total income (loss) from operations

    0.25       (2.20)       (0.25)       1.18       1.28       (0.09)  
Less distributions from:            

Net investment income

    (0.19)       (0.31)       (0.27)       (0.33)       (0.39)       (0.36)  

Net realized gains

                (0.04)       (0.21)       (0.09)        

Total distributions

    (0.19)       (0.31)       (0.31)       (0.54)       (0.48)       (0.36)  
Net asset value, end of period     $10.66       $10.60       $13.11       $13.67       $13.03       $12.23  

Total return3

    2.37     (16.87)     (1.80)     9.14     10.55     (0.68)
Net assets, end of period (millions)     $4,130       $4,486       $6,830       $5,846       $4,197       $3,485  
Ratios to average net assets:            

Gross expenses

    0.42 %4      0.42 %5      0.42 %5      0.42 %5      0.43 %5      0.42 %5 

Net expenses6,7

    0.41 4       0.42 5       0.42 5       0.42 5       0.42 5       0.42 5  

Net investment income

    3.61 4       2.56       1.56       1.95       2.94       2.91  
Portfolio turnover rate8     35     64     72     111     125 %9      115

 

1 

Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method.

 

2 

For the six months ended June 30, 2023 (unaudited).

 

3 

Performance figures may reflect compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

 

4 

Annualized.

 

5 

Reflects recapture of expenses waived/reimbursed from prior fiscal years.

 

6 

Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

7 

As a result of an expense limitation arrangement, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses, other than interest, brokerage commissions, taxes, extraordinary expenses, deferred organizational expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses, to average net assets of Class IS shares did not exceed 0.42%. 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, 2024 without the Board of Directors’ consent. In addition, the manager has agreed to waive the Fund’s management fee to an extent sufficient to offset the net management fee payable in connection with any investment in an affiliated money market fund.

 

8 

Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 63% for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 72%, 109%, 159%, 201% and 380% for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

 

9 

Excludes securities delivered as a result of a redemption in-kind.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Notes to financial statements (unaudited)

 

1. Organization and significant accounting policies

Western Asset Core 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 Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidance in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services –Investment Companies (“ASC 946”). The following are significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund and are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), including, but not limited to, ASC 946. Estimates and assumptions are required to be made regarding assets, liabilities and changes in net assets resulting from operations when financial statements are prepared. Changes in the economic environment, financial markets and any other parameters used in determining these estimates could cause actual results to differ. Subsequent events have been evaluated through the date the financial statements were issued.

(a) Investment valuation. The valuations for fixed income securities (which may include, but are not limited to, corporate, government, municipal, mortgage-backed, collateralized mortgage obligations and asset-backed securities) and certain derivative instruments are typically the prices supplied by independent third party pricing services, which may use market prices or broker/dealer quotations or a variety of valuation techniques and methodologies. The independent third party pricing services typically use inputs that are observable such as issuer details, interest rates, yield curves, prepayment speeds, credit risks/spreads, default rates and quoted prices for similar securities. Investments in open-end funds are valued at the closing net asset value per share of each fund on the day of valuation. Futures contracts are valued daily at the settlement price established by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded. Equity securities for which market quotations are available are valued at the last reported sales price or official closing price on the primary market or exchange on which they trade. When the Fund holds securities or other assets that are denominated in a foreign currency, the Fund will normally use the currency exchange rates as of 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). If independent third party pricing services are unable to supply prices for a portfolio investment, or if the prices supplied are deemed by the manager to be unreliable, the market price may be determined by the manager using quotations from one or more broker/dealers or at the transaction price if the security has recently been purchased and no value has yet been obtained from a pricing service or pricing broker. When reliable prices are not readily available, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded, but before the Fund calculates its net asset value, the Fund values these securities as determined in accordance with procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Directors.

Pursuant to policies adopted by the Board of Directors, the Fund’s manager has been designated as the valuation designee and is responsible for the oversight of the daily valuation process. The Fund’s manager is assisted by the Global Fund Valuation Committee (the “Valuation Committee”). The Valuation Committee is responsible for making fair value determinations, evaluating the effectiveness of the Fund’s pricing policies, and reporting to

 

 

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the Fund’s manager and 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 — unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

 

 

Level 2 — other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

 

 

Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

 

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Notes to financial statements (unaudited) (cont’d)

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities carried at fair value:

 

ASSETS  
Description   Quoted Prices
(Level 1)
    Other Significant
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
   

Significant

Unobservable

Inputs
(Level 3)

    Total  
Long-Term Investments†:                                

Corporate Bonds & Notes

        $ 5,584,677,598           $ 5,584,677,598  

Mortgage-Backed Securities

          4,992,625,364             4,992,625,364  

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

          1,861,828,413             1,861,828,413  

U.S. Government & Agency Obligations

          1,486,320,751             1,486,320,751  

Asset-Backed Securities

          1,002,467,041             1,002,467,041  

Sovereign Bonds

          371,073,042             371,073,042  

U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities

          163,251,095             163,251,095  

Purchased Options

  $ 29,341,440                   29,341,440  

Municipal Bonds

          172,193             172,193  
Total Long-Term Investments     29,341,440       15,462,415,497             15,491,756,937  
Short-Term Investments†     458,682,152                   458,682,152  
Total Investments   $ 488,023,592     $ 15,462,415,497           $ 15,950,439,089  
Other Financial Instruments:                                

Futures Contracts††

  $ 96,506,980                 $ 96,506,980  

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps††

        $ 88,481,047             88,481,047  

OTC Credit Default Swaps on Credit Indices — Sell Protection‡

              $ 21,618       21,618  

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps on Credit Indices — Sell Protection††

          20,237,094             20,237,094  
Total Other Financial Instruments   $ 96,506,980     $ 108,718,141     $ 21,618     $ 205,246,739  
Total   $ 584,530,572     $ 15,571,133,638     $ 21,618     $ 16,155,685,828  

 

 

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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

  $ 34,298,893                 $ 34,298,893  

Futures Contracts††

    105,585,662                   105,585,662  

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps††

        $ 62,556,196             62,556,196  

OTC Total Return Swaps

          7,534,558             7,534,558  
Total   $ 139,884,555     $ 70,090,754           $ 209,975,309  

 

See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

 

††

Reflects the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of the instruments.

 

Value includes any premium paid or received with respect to swap contracts.

(b) Purchased options. When the Fund purchases an option, an amount equal to the premium paid by the Fund is recorded as an investment on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, the value of which is marked-to-market to reflect the current market value of the option purchased. If the purchased option expires, the Fund realizes a loss equal to the amount of premium paid. When an instrument is purchased or sold through the exercise of an option, the related premium paid is added to the basis of the instrument acquired or deducted from the proceeds of the instrument sold. The risk associated with purchasing put and call options is limited to the premium paid.

(c) Written options. When the Fund writes an option, an amount equal to the premium received by the Fund is recorded as a liability, the value of which is marked-to-market daily to reflect the current market value of the option written. If the option expires, the premium received is recorded as a realized gain. When a written call option is exercised, the difference between the premium received plus the option exercise price and the Fund’s basis in the underlying security (in the case of a covered written call option), or the cost to purchase the underlying security (in the case of an uncovered written call option), including brokerage commission, is recognized as a realized gain or loss. When a written put option is exercised, the amount of the premium received is subtracted from the cost of the security purchased by the Fund from the exercise of the written put option to form the Fund’s basis in the underlying security purchased. The writer or buyer of an option traded on an exchange can liquidate the position before the exercise of the option by entering into a closing transaction. The cost of a closing transaction is deducted from the original premium received resulting in a realized gain or loss to the Fund.

The risk in writing a covered call option is that the Fund may forego the opportunity of profit if the market price of the underlying security increases and the option is exercised. The risk in writing a put option is that the Fund may incur a loss if the market price of the underlying security decreases and the option is exercised. The risk in writing an uncovered call option is that the Fund is exposed to the risk of loss if the market price of the underlying security increases. In addition, there is the risk that the Fund may not be able to enter into a closing transaction because of an illiquid secondary market.

 

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(d) Futures contracts. The Fund uses futures contracts generally to gain exposure to, or hedge against, changes in interest rates or gain exposure to, or hedge against, changes in certain asset classes. A futures contract represents a commitment for the future purchase or sale of an asset at a specified price on a specified date.

Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is required to deposit cash or securities with a broker in an amount equal to a certain percentage of the contract amount. This is known as the ‘‘initial margin’’ and subsequent payments (‘‘variation margin’’) are made or received by the Fund each day, depending on the daily fluctuation in the value of the contract. For certain futures, including foreign denominated futures, variation margin is not settled daily, but is recorded as a net variation margin payable or receivable. The daily changes in contract value are recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation in the Statement of Operations and the Fund recognizes a realized gain or loss when the contract is closed.

Futures contracts involve, to varying degrees, risk of loss in excess of the amounts reflected in the financial statements. In addition, there is the risk that the Fund may not be able to enter into a closing transaction because of an illiquid secondary market.

(e) 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, including to increase the Fund’s return. The use of swaps involves risks that are different from those associated with other portfolio transactions. Swap agreements are privately negotiated in the over-the-counter market and may be entered into as a bilateral contract (“OTC Swaps”) or centrally cleared (“Centrally Cleared Swaps”). Unlike Centrally Cleared Swaps, the Fund has credit exposure to the counterparties of OTC Swaps.

In a Centrally Cleared Swap, immediately following execution of the swap, the swap agreement is submitted to a clearinghouse or central counterparty (the “CCP”) and the CCP becomes the ultimate counterparty of the swap agreement. The Fund is required to interface with the CCP through a broker, acting in an agency capacity. All payments are settled with the CCP through the broker. Upon entering into a Centrally Cleared Swap, the Fund is required to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities.

Swap contracts are marked-to-market daily and changes in value are recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation). The daily change in valuation of Centrally Cleared Swaps, if any, is recorded as a net receivable or payable for variation margin on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Gains or losses are realized upon termination of the swap agreement. Collateral, in the form of restricted cash or securities, may be required to be held in segregated accounts with the Fund’s custodian in compliance with the terms of the swap contracts. Securities posted as collateral for swap contracts are identified in the Schedule of Investments and restricted cash, if any, is identified on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Risks may exceed amounts recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. These risks include changes in the returns of the underlying instruments, failure of the counterparties to perform under the contracts’ terms, and the possible lack of liquidity with respect to the swap agreements.

 

 

 

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OTC Swap payments received or made at the beginning of the measurement period are reflected as a premium or deposit, respectively, on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. These upfront payments are amortized over the life of the swap and are recognized as realized gain or loss in the Statement of Operations. Net periodic payments received or paid by the Fund are recognized as a realized gain or loss in the Statement of Operations.

The Fund’s maximum exposure in the event of a defined credit event on a credit default swap to sell protection is the notional amount. As of June 30, 2023, the total notional value of all credit default swaps to sell protection was $2,395,907,951. This amount would be offset by the value of the swap’s reference entity, upfront premiums received on the swap and any amounts received from the settlement of a credit default swap where the Fund bought protection for the same referenced security/entity.

For average notional amounts of swaps held during the six months ended June 30, 2023, see Note 4.

Credit default swaps

The Fund enters into credit default swap (“CDS”) contracts for investment purposes, to manage its credit risk or to add leverage. CDS agreements involve one party making a stream of payments to another party in exchange for the right to receive a specified return in the event of a default by a third party, typically corporate or sovereign issuers, on a specified obligation, or in the event of a write-down, principal shortfall, interest shortfall or default of all or part of the referenced entities comprising a credit index. The Fund may use a CDS to provide protection against defaults of the issuers (i.e., to reduce risk where the Fund has exposure to an issuer) or to take an active long or short position with respect to the likelihood of a particular issuer’s default. As a seller of protection, the Fund generally receives an upfront payment or a stream of payments throughout the term of the swap provided that there is no credit event. If the Fund is a seller of protection and a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement, the maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) that the Fund could be required to make under a CDS agreement would be an amount equal to the notional amount of the agreement. These amounts of potential payments will be partially offset by any recovery of values from the respective referenced obligations. As a seller of protection, the Fund effectively adds leverage to its portfolio because, in addition to its total net assets, the Fund is subject to investment exposure on the notional amount of the swap. As a buyer of protection, the Fund generally receives an amount up to the notional value of the swap if a credit event occurs.

Implied spreads are the theoretical prices a lender receives for credit default protection. When spreads rise, market perceived credit risk rises and when spreads fall, market perceived credit risk falls. The implied credit spread of a particular referenced entity reflects the cost of buying/selling protection and may include upfront payments required to enter into the agreement. Wider credit spreads and decreasing market values, when compared to the notional amount of the swap, represent a deterioration of the referenced entity’s credit

 

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Notes to financial statements (unaudited) (cont’d)

 

soundness and a greater likelihood or risk of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the agreement. Credit spreads utilized in determining the period end market value of CDS agreements on corporate or sovereign issues are disclosed in the Schedule of Investments and serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/ performance risk and represent the likelihood or risk of default for credit derivatives. For CDS agreements on asset-backed securities and credit indices, the quoted market prices and resulting values, particularly in relation to the notional amount of the contract as well as the annual payment rate, serve as an indication of the current status of the payment/ performance risk.

The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty risk, as the protection buyer, is the fair value of the contract (this risk is mitigated by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty). As the protection seller, the Fund’s maximum risk is the notional amount of the contract. CDS are considered to have credit risk-related contingent features since they require payment by the protection seller to the protection buyer upon the occurrence of a defined credit event.

Entering into a CDS agreement involves, to varying degrees, elements of credit, market and documentation risk in excess of the related amounts recognized on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Such risks involve the possibility that there will be no liquid market for these agreements, that the counterparty to the agreement may default on its obligation to perform or disagree as to the meaning of the contractual terms in the agreement, and that there will be unfavorable changes in net interest rates.

Interest rate swaps

The Fund enters into interest rate swap contracts to manage its exposure to interest rate risk. Interest rate swaps are agreements between two parties to exchange cash flows based on a notional principal amount. The Fund may elect to pay a fixed rate and receive a floating rate, receive a fixed rate and pay a floating rate, or pay and receive a floating rate, on a notional principal amount. Interest rate swaps are marked-to-market daily based upon quotations from market makers and the change, if any, is recorded as an unrealized appreciation or depreciation in the Statement of Operations. When a swap contract is terminated early, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the original cost and the settlement amount of the closing transaction.

The risks of interest rate swaps include changes in market conditions that will affect the value of the contract or changes in the present value of the future cash flow streams and the possible inability of the counterparty to fulfill its obligations under the agreement. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the discounted net value of the cash flows to be received from the counterparty over the contract’s remaining life, to the extent that amount is positive. This risk is mitigated by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty.

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

 

 

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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.

(f) Stripped securities. The Fund may invest in ‘‘Stripped Securities,’’ a term used collectively for components, or strips, of fixed income securities. Stripped Securities can be principal only securities (“PO”), which are debt obligations that have been stripped of unmatured interest coupons, or interest only securities (“IO”), which are unmatured interest coupons that have been stripped from debt obligations. The market value of Stripped Securities will fluctuate in response to changes in economic conditions, rates of prepayment, interest rates and the market’s perception of the securities. However, fluctuations in response to interest rates may be greater in Stripped Securities than for debt obligations of comparable maturities that pay interest currently. The amount of fluctuation may increase with a longer period of maturity.

The yield to maturity on IO’s is sensitive to the rate of principal repayments (including prepayments) on the related underlying debt obligation and principal payments may have a material effect on yield to maturity. If the underlying debt obligation experiences greater than anticipated prepayments of principal, the Fund may not fully recoup its initial investment in IO’s.

(g) Securities traded on a when-issued and delayed delivery basis. The Fund may trade securities on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis. In when-issued and delayed delivery transactions, the securities are purchased or sold by the Fund with payment and delivery taking place in the future in order to secure what is considered to be an advantageous price and yield to the Fund at the time of entering into the transaction.

Purchasing such securities involves risk of loss if the value of the securities declines prior to settlement. These securities are subject to market fluctuations and their current value is determined in the same manner as for other securities.

(h) Securities traded on a to-be-announced basis. The Fund may trade securities on a to-be-announced (“TBA”) basis. In a TBA transaction, the Fund commits to purchasing or selling securities which have not yet been issued by the issuer and for which specific information, such as the face amount, maturity date and underlying pool of investments in U.S. government agency mortgage pass-through securities, is not announced. Securities purchased on a TBA basis are not settled until they are delivered to the Fund. Beginning on the date the Fund enters into a TBA transaction, cash, U.S. government securities or other liquid high-grade debt obligations are segregated in an amount equal in value to the purchase price of the TBA security. These securities are subject to market fluctuations and their current value is determined in the same manner as for other securities.

At June 30, 2023, the Fund held non-cash collateral for TBA securities from JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Nomura Securities Inc. in the amounts of $1,417,910 and $513,113, respectively.

 

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(i) Mortgage dollar rolls. The Fund may enter into mortgage dollar rolls in which the Fund sells mortgage-backed securities for delivery in the current month, realizing a gain or loss, and simultaneously entering into contracts to repurchase substantially similar (same type, coupon and maturity) securities to settle on a specified future date.

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.

(j) 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.

(k) Foreign currency translation. Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts based upon prevailing exchange rates on the date of valuation. Purchases and sales of investment securities and income and expense items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts based upon prevailing exchange rates on the respective dates of such transactions.

The Fund does not isolate that portion of the results of operations resulting from fluctuations in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments.

Net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, including gains and losses on forward foreign currency contracts, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the values of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities, on the date of valuation, resulting from changes in exchange rates.

 

 

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Foreign security and currency transactions may involve certain considerations and risks not typically associated with those of U.S. dollar denominated transactions as a result of, among other factors, the possibility of lower levels of governmental supervision and regulation of foreign securities markets and the possibility of political or economic instability.

(l) Credit and market risk. 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.

(m) Foreign investment risks. The Fund’s investments in foreign securities may involve risks not present in domestic investments. Since securities may be denominated in foreign currencies, may require settlement in foreign currencies or may pay interest or dividends in foreign currencies, changes in the relationship of these foreign currencies to the U.S. dollar can significantly affect the value of the investments and earnings of the Fund. Foreign investments may also subject the Fund to foreign government exchange restrictions, expropriation, taxation or other political, social or economic developments, all of which affect the market and/or credit risk of the investments.

(n) 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 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.

 

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Notes to financial statements (unaudited) (cont’d)

 

The Fund has entered into master agreements, such as an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement, with certain of its derivative counterparties that govern over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives and provide for general obligations, representations, agreements, collateral posting terms, netting provisions in the event of default or termination and credit related contingent features. The credit related contingent features include, but are not limited to, a percentage decrease in the Fund’s net assets or net asset value per share over a specified period of time. If these credit related contingent features were triggered, the derivatives counterparty could terminate the positions and demand payment or require additional collateral.

Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instruments’ payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. However, absent an event of default by the counterparty or a termination of the agreement, the terms of the ISDA Master Agreements do not result in an offset of reported amounts of financial assets and financial liabilities in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities across transactions between the Fund and the applicable counterparty. The enforceability of the right to offset may vary by jurisdiction.

Collateral requirements differ by type of derivative. Collateral or margin requirements are set by the broker or exchange clearinghouse for exchange traded derivatives while collateral terms are contract specific for OTC traded derivatives. Cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of the Fund under derivative contracts, if any, will be reported separately in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Securities pledged as collateral, if any, for the same purpose are noted in the Schedule of Investments.

As of June 30, 2023, the Fund held OTC total return swaps with credit related contingent features which had a liability position of $7,534,558. 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 June 30, 2023, the Fund had posted with its counterparties cash and/or securities as collateral to cover the net liability of these derivatives amounting to $10,591,744 which could be used to reduce the required payment.

(o) Security transactions and investment income. Security transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Interest income (including interest income from payment-in-kind securities), adjusted for amortization of premium and accretion of discount, is recorded on the accrual basis. Paydown gains and losses on mortgage- and asset-backed securities are recorded as adjustments to interest income. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date for dividends received in cash and/or securities. 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.

(p) Distributions to shareholders. Distributions from net investment income of the Fund are declared each business day to shareholders of record and 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.

 

 

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(q) 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.

(r) 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.

(s) Federal and other taxes. It is the Fund’s policy to comply with the federal income and excise tax requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”), as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies. Accordingly, the Fund intends to distribute its taxable income and net realized gains, if any, to shareholders in accordance with timing requirements imposed by the Code. Therefore, no federal or state income tax provision is required in the Fund’s financial statements.

Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken on income tax returns for all open tax years and has concluded that as of December 31, 2022, 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.

(t) Reclassification. GAAP requires that certain components of net assets be reclassified to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value per share.

2. Investment management agreement and other transactions with affiliates

Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC (“LMPFA”) is the Fund’s investment manager. Western Asset Management Company, LLC (“Western Asset”) and Western Asset Management Company Limited (“Western Asset London”) are the Fund’s subadvisers. LMPFA, Western Asset and Western Asset London are indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Franklin Resources, Inc. (“Franklin Resources”).

LMPFA provides the Fund with management and administrative services for which the Fund pays a fee calculated daily and paid monthly, at an annual rate of 0.450% of the Fund’s average daily net assets up to $500 million, 0.425% of the Fund’s 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 and Western Asset London monthly all of the management fee that LMPFA receives from the Fund.

 

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Notes to financial statements (unaudited) (cont’d)

 

As a result of expense limitation arrangements between the Fund and LMPFA, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses, other than interest, brokerage commissions, taxes, extraordinary expenses, deferred organizational expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses, to average net assets of Class A, Class C, Class C1, Class FI, Class R, Class I and Class IS shares did not exceed 0.82%, 1.65%, 1.42%, 0.85%, 1.15%, 0.45% and 0.42%, respectively. In addition, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses for Class IS shares did not exceed the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses for Class I shares. These expense limitation arrangements cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2024 without the Board of Directors’ consent. In addition, the manager has agreed to waive the Fund’s management fee to an extent sufficient to offset the net management fee payable in connection with any investment in an affiliated money market fund (the “affiliated money market fund waiver”). The affiliated money market fund waiver is not subject to the recapture provision discussed below.

During the six months ended June 30, 2023, fees waived and/or expenses reimbursed amounted to $4,131,292, which included an affiliated money market fund waiver of $257,369.

LMPFA is permitted to recapture amounts waived and/or reimbursed to a class within two years after the fiscal year in which LMPFA earned the fee or incurred the expense if the class’ total annual fund operating expenses have fallen to a level below the expense limitation (“expense cap”) in effect at the time the fees were earned or the expenses incurred. In no case will LMPFA recapture any amount that would result, on any particular business day of the Fund, in the class’ total annual fund operating expenses exceeding the expense cap or any other lower limit then in effect.

Pursuant to these arrangements, at June 30, 2023, 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, 2023    $ 8,220      $ 11,068,361  
Expires December 31, 2024      60,006        8,988,555  
Expires December 31, 2025             3,873,923  
Total fee waivers/expense reimbursements subject to recapture    $ 68,226      $ 23,930,839  

For the six months ended June 30, 2023, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements recaptured by LMPFA, if any, were as follows:

 

      Class A  
LMPFA recaptured    $ 2,798  

Franklin Templeton Investor Services, LLC (“Investor Services”) serves as the Fund’s shareholder servicing agent and acts as the Fund’s transfer agent and dividend-paying agent. Investor Services is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources. Franklin Distributors, LLC (“Franklin Distributors”) serves as the Fund’s sole and exclusive distributor. Franklin Distributors is an indirect, wholly-owned broker-dealer subsidiary of Franklin Resources.

 

 

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There is a maximum initial sales charge of 3.75% for Class A shares. There is a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00% on Class C shares and Class C1 shares, which applies if redemption occurs within 12 months from purchase payment. In certain cases, Class A shares have a 1.00% CDSC, which applies if redemption occurs within 18 months from purchase payment. This CDSC only applies to those purchases of Class A shares, which, when combined with current holdings of other shares of funds sold by Franklin Distributors, equal or exceed $500,000 in the aggregate. These purchases do not incur an initial sales charge.

For the six months ended June 30, 2023, sales charges retained by and CDSCs paid to Franklin Distributors and its affiliates, if any, were as follows:

 

      Class A      Class C  
Sales charges    $ 21,279         
CDSCs      75      $ 343  

All officers and one Director of the Corporation are employees of Franklin Resources or its affiliates and do not receive compensation from the Corporation.

3. Investments

During the six months ended June 30, 2023, the aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investments (excluding short-term investments) and U.S. Government & Agency Obligations were as follows:

 

            U.S. Government &  
      Investments      Agency Obligations  
Purchases    $ 717,428,954      $ 9,719,194,494  
Sales      570,684,221        9,181,723,234  

At June 30, 2023, the aggregate cost of investments and the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were substantially as follows:

 

      Cost/Premiums
Paid (Received)
     Gross
Unrealized
Appreciation
     Gross
Unrealized
Depreciation
    

Net

Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 
Securities    $ 17,590,192,376      $ 50,656,421      $ (1,690,409,708)      $ (1,639,753,287)  
Written options      (25,005,216)        6,868,511        (16,162,188)        (9,293,677)  
Futures contracts             96,506,980        (105,585,662)        (9,078,682)  
Swap contracts      598,435        108,729,625        (70,090,754)        38,638,871  

 

 

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Notes to financial statements (unaudited) (cont’d)

 

4. Derivative instruments and hedging activities

Below is a table, grouped by derivative type, that provides information about the fair value and the location of derivatives within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities at June 30, 2023.

 

ASSET DERIVATIVES1  
      Interest
Rate Risk
    

Credit

Risk

     Total  
Purchased options2    $ 29,341,440             $ 29,341,440  
Futures contracts3      96,506,980               96,506,980  
OTC swap contracts4           $ 21,618        21,618  
Centrally cleared swap contracts5      88,481,047        20,237,094        108,718,141  
Total    $ 214,329,467      $ 20,258,712      $ 234,588,179  

 

LIABILITY DERIVATIVES1  
              Interest Rate
Risk
 
Written options             $ 34,298,893  
Futures contracts3               105,585,662  
OTC swap contracts4               7,534,558  
Centrally cleared swap contracts5               62,556,196  
Total             $ 209,975,309  

 

1

Generally, the balance sheet location for asset derivatives is receivables/net unrealized appreciation and for liability derivatives is payables/net unrealized depreciation.

 

2

Market value of purchased options is reported in Investments in unaffiliated securities at value in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

3 

Includes cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only net variation margin is reported within the receivables and/or payables on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

4 

Values include premiums paid (received) on swap contracts which are shown separately in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

5 

Includes cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of centrally cleared swap contracts as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only net variation margin is reported within the receivables and/or payables on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

 

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The following tables provide information about the effect of derivatives and hedging activities on the Fund’s Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2023. 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 net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) resulting from the Fund’s derivatives and hedging activities during the period.

 

AMOUNT OF NET REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON DERIVATIVES RECOGNIZED  
     

Interest

Rate Risk

    

Credit

Risk

     Total  
Purchased options1    $ (73,869,644)             $ (73,869,644)  
Futures contracts      (118,582,620)               (118,582,620)  
Written options      127,012,403               127,012,403  
Swap contracts      206,901,873      $ 49,199,423        256,101,296  
Total    $ 141,462,012      $ 49,199,423      $ 190,661,435  
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 NET UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) ON DERIVATIVES RECOGNIZED  
      Interest Rate
Risk
     Credit
Risk
     Total  
Purchased options1    $ 16,047,478             $ 16,047,478  
Futures contracts      (9,624,740)               (9,624,740)  
Written options      (7,079,439)               (7,079,439)  
Swap contracts      (253,548,525)      $ 302,933        (253,245,592)  
Total    $ (254,205,226)      $ 302,933      $ (253,902,293)  

 

1 

The change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from purchased options is reported in the Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) From Investments in unaffiliated securities in the Statement of Operations.

During the six months ended June 30, 2023, the volume of derivative activity for the Fund was as follows:

 

      Average Market
Value
 
Purchased options    $ 12,966,745  
Written options      19,413,533  
Futures contracts (to buy)      9,410,720,704  
Futures contracts (to sell)      10,055,961,402  
      Average Notional
Balance
 
Interest rate swap contracts    $ 2,880,807,857  
Credit default swap contracts (sell protection)      4,160,270,258  
Total return swap contracts      70,320,000  

 

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The following table presents the Fund’s OTC derivative assets and liabilities by counterparty net of amounts available for offset under an ISDA Master Agreement and net of the related collateral pledged (received) by the Fund as of June 30, 2023.

 

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
 
Bank of America N.A.    $ 21,618             $ 21,618             $ 21,618  
JPMorgan Chase & Co.           $ (7,534,558)        (7,534,558)      $ 7,534,558         
Total    $ 21,618      $ (7,534,558)      $ (7,512,940)      $ 7,534,558      $ 21,618  

 

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. 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 six months ended June 30, 2023, class specific expenses were as follows:

 

      Service
and/or
Distribution
Fees
     Transfer
Agent
Fees
 
Class A    $ 730,186      $ 450,709  
Class C      212,647        22,243  
Class C1      856        351  
Class FI      144,299        95,552  
Class R      61,196        26,001  
Class I             5,547,614  
Class IS             78,511  
Total    $ 1,149,184      $ 6,220,981  

For the six months ended June 30, 2023, waivers and/or expense reimbursements by class were as follows:

 

      Waivers/
Expense
Reimbursements
 
Class A    $ 10,262  
Class C      741  
Class C1      4  
Class FI      1,995  

 

 

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      Waivers/Expense
Reimbursements
 
Class R    $ 431  
Class I      4,042,035  
Class IS      75,824  
Total    $ 4,131,292  

6. Distributions to shareholders by class

 

      Six Months Ended
June 30, 2023
     Year Ended
December 31, 2022
 
Net Investment Income:                  
Class A    $ 9,344,619      $ 14,705,691  
Class C      526,262        959,725  
Class C1      3,128        8,766  
Class FI      1,823,857        3,658,720  
Class R      352,883        537,254  
Class I      169,619,495        272,277,227  
Class IS      77,658,948        145,920,579  
Total    $ 259,329,192      $ 438,067,962  

7. Capital shares

At June 30, 2023, the Corporation had 42.7 billion shares of capital stock authorized with a par value of $0.001 per share. Transactions in shares of each class were as follows:

 

     Six Months Ended
June 30, 2023
     Year Ended
December 31, 2022
 
      Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  
Class A                                    
Shares sold      13,623,752      $ 146,840,528        21,943,963      $ 248,878,588  
Shares issued on reinvestment      585,595        6,316,743        816,125        9,097,423  
Shares repurchased      (10,977,045)        (118,547,758)        (23,927,194)        (270,803,316)  
Net increase (decrease)      3,232,302      $ 34,609,513        (1,167,106)      $ (12,827,305)  
Class C                                    
Shares sold      269,001      $ 2,899,865        827,700      $ 9,249,852  
Shares issued on reinvestment      40,316        435,156        69,786        777,974  
Shares repurchased      (941,732)        (10,178,707)        (2,978,273)        (33,813,973)  
Net decrease      (632,415)      $ (6,843,686)        (2,080,787)      $ (23,786,147)  
Class C1                                    
Shares sold      204      $ 2,207        437      $ 5,056  
Shares issued on reinvestment      289        3,128        783        8,761  
Shares repurchased      (16,971)        (184,376)        (16,188)        (185,364)  
Net decrease      (16,478)      $ (179,041)        (14,968)      $ (171,547)  

 

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Notes to financial statements (unaudited) (cont’d)

 

     Six Months Ended
June 30, 2023
     Year Ended
December 31, 2022
 
      Shares      Amount      Shares      Amount  
Class FI                                    
Shares sold      965,017      $ 10,429,857        3,331,951      $ 38,394,433  
Shares issued on reinvestment      163,301        1,763,676        316,370        3,546,079  
Shares repurchased      (3,010,063)        (32,462,981)        (6,885,530)        (77,877,445)  
Net decrease      (1,881,745)      $ (20,269,448)        (3,237,209)      $ (35,936,933)  
Class R                                    
Shares sold      325,062      $ 3,518,004        524,603      $ 5,950,502  
Shares issued on reinvestment      32,307        348,819        47,512        529,981  
Shares repurchased      (299,885)        (3,252,147)        (1,003,325)        (11,780,408)  
Net increase (decrease)      57,484      $ 614,676        (431,210)      $ (5,299,925)  
Class I                                    
Shares sold      229,928,396      $ 2,486,547,700        327,791,779      $ 3,683,912,455  
Shares issued on reinvestment      14,438,517        155,759,161        22,478,307        251,915,005  
Shares repurchased      (123,782,489)        (1,335,446,274)        (510,390,984)        (5,831,853,370)  
Net increase (decrease)      120,584,424      $ 1,306,860,587        (160,120,898)      $ (1,896,025,910)  
Class IS                                    
Shares sold      45,218,208      $ 488,582,803        109,988,394      $ 1,255,449,381  
Shares issued on reinvestment      5,757,544        62,211,818        10,306,751        115,709,115  
Shares repurchased      (86,937,325)        (939,841,588)        (217,922,538)        (2,475,128,163)  
Net decrease      (35,961,573)      $ (389,046,967)        (97,627,393)      $ (1,103,969,667)  

8. 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 with the Fund. The Fund invested in Western Asset Premier Institutional Government Reserves, Premium Shares, an affiliated registered money market fund managed by Western Asset. Benefit Street Partners is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources. The following companies were considered affiliated companies for all

 

 

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or some portion of the six months ended June 30, 2023. The following transactions were effected in such companies for the six months ended June 30, 2023.

 

     Affiliate
Value at
December 31,
2022
    Purchased     Sold  
     Cost    

Shares/

Face amount

    Proceeds    

Shares/

Face amount

 
Benefit Street Partners CLO Ltd., 2014-IVA ARRR    $ 5,898,591                          
Western Asset Premier Institutional Government Reserves, Premium Shares      644,150,557     $ 3,099,522,614       3,099,522,614     $ 3,284,991,019       3,284,991,019  
     $ 650,049,148     $ 3,099,522,614             $ 3,284,991,019          

 

(cont’d)    Realized
Gain (Loss)
     Interest/
Dividend
Income
     Net Increase
(Decrease) in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
     Affiliate
Value at
June 30,
2023
 
Benefit Street Partners CLO Ltd., 2014-IVA ARRR           $ 184,152      $ 28,873      $ 5,927,464  
Western Asset Premier Institutional Government Reserves, Premium Shares             13,953,829               458,682,152  
            $ 14,137,981      $ 28,873      $ 464,609,616  

9. Redemption facility

The Fund, together with other U.S. registered and foreign investment funds (collectively, the “Borrowers”) managed by Franklin Resources or its affiliates, is a borrower in a joint syndicated senior unsecured credit facility totaling $2.675 billion (the “Global Credit Facility”). The Global Credit Facility provides a source of funds to the Borrowers for temporary and emergency purposes, including the ability to meet future unanticipated or unusually large redemption requests. Unless renewed, the Global Credit Facility will terminate on February 2, 2024.

Under the terms of the Global Credit Facility, the Fund shall, in addition to interest charged on any borrowings made by the Fund and other costs incurred by the Fund, pay its share of fees and expenses incurred in connection with the implementation and maintenance of the Global Credit Facility, based upon its relative share of the aggregate net assets of all the Borrowers, including an annual commitment fee of 0.15% based upon the unused portion of the Global Credit Facility. These fees are reflected in the Statement of Operations. The Fund did not utilize the Global Credit Facility during the six months ended June 30, 2023.

 

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Notes to financial statements (unaudited) (cont’d)

 

10. Deferred capital losses

As of December 31, 2022, the Fund had deferred capital losses of $1,936,718,708, which have no expiration date, that will be available to offset future taxable capital gains.

11. Recent accounting pronouncement

In March 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848) – Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting. In January 2021 and December 2022, the FASB issued ASU No. 2021-01 and ASU No. 2022-06, with further amendments to Topic 848. The amendments in the ASUs provide optional temporary accounting recognition and financial reporting relief from the effect of certain types of contract modifications due to the planned discontinuation of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and other interbank-offered based reference rates as of the end of 2021 for certain LIBOR settings and 2023 for the remainder. The ASUs are effective for certain reference rate-related contract modifications that occur during the period March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2024. Management has reviewed the requirements and believes the adoption of these ASUs will not have a material impact on the financial statements.

12. Other matter

The Fund’s investments, payment obligations, and financing terms may be based on floating rates, such as the London Interbank Offered Rate, or “LIBOR,” which was the offered rate for short-term Eurodollar deposits between major international banks. In 2017, the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) announced its intention to cease compelling banks to provide the quotations needed to sustain LIBOR after 2021. In addition, global regulators have announced that, with limited exceptions, no new LIBOR-based contracts should be entered into after 2021. In connection with the global transition away from LIBOR led by regulators and market participants, LIBOR is no longer published on a representative basis. Alternative references rates have been established in most major currencies. In March 2022, the U.S. federal government enacted legislation to establish a process for replacing LIBOR in certain existing contracts that do not already provide for the use of a clearly defined or practicable replacement benchmark rate as described in the legislation. Generally speaking, for contracts that do not contain a fallback provision as described in the legislation, a benchmark replacement recommended by the Federal Reserve Board effectively automatically replaced the USD LIBOR benchmark in the contract upon LIBOR’s cessation at the end of June 2023. The recommended benchmark replacement is based on the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, including certain spread adjustments and benchmark replacement conforming changes. Various industry groups are in the process of facilitating the transition away from LIBOR, but there remains uncertainty regarding the impact of the transition from LIBOR on the Fund’s transactions and the financial markets generally.

 

 

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Board approval of management and subadvisory agreements (unaudited)

 

The Executive and Contracts Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Executive and Contracts Committee”) considered the Investment Management Agreement between the Corporation and Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC (“LMPFA”) with respect to the Corporation and the following subadvisory agreements with respect to the Fund (collectively, the “Agreements”) (i) a subadvisory agreement between LMPFA and Western Asset Management Company, LLC (“Western Asset”) with respect to the Fund, and (ii) a subadvisory agreement between LMPFA and Western Asset Management Company Limited (“WAML” or the “Non-U.S. Subadviser,” and together with Western Asset, the “Subadvisers,” and together with LMPFA, the “Advisers”) with respect to the Fund at a meeting held on April 27, 2023. At an in-person meeting held on May 15, 2023, the Executive and Contracts Committee reported to the full Board of Directors their considerations and recommendation with respect to the Agreements, and the Board of Directors, including a majority of the Independent Directors, considered and approved renewal of the Agreements.

The Directors noted that although Western Asset’s business is operated through separate legal entities, such as the Non-U.S. Subadviser, senior investment personnel at Western Asset have supervisory oversight responsibility over the investment decisions made by the Non-U.S. Subadviser. 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 Agreement between LMPFA and the Non-U.S. Subadviser.

In arriving at their decision to approve the renewal of the Agreements, the Directors met with representatives of the Advisers, including relevant investment advisory personnel; considered a variety of information prepared by the Advisers, materials provided by Broadridge and advice and materials provided by counsel to the Independent Directors; reviewed performance and expense information for peer groups of comparable funds selected by Broadridge (the “Performance Universe”) and certain other comparable products available from Western Asset or affiliates of Western Asset, including separate accounts managed by Western Asset; and requested and reviewed additional information as necessary. These reviews were in addition to information obtained by the Directors at their regular quarterly meetings (and various committee meetings) with respect to the Fund’s performance and other relevant matters and related discussions with the Advisers’ personnel. The information received and considered by the Board both in conjunction with the May meeting and at prior meetings was both written and oral. With respect to the Broadridge materials, the Board was provided with a description of the methodology used to determine the similarity of the Fund with the funds included in the Performance Universe. It was noted that while the Board found the Broadridge data generally useful they recognized its limitations, including that the data may vary depending on the end date selected and that the results of the performance comparisons may vary depending on the selection of the peer group and its composition over time.

 

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Board approval of management and subadvisory agreements (unaudited) (cont’d)

 

As part of their review, the Directors examined LMPFA’s ability to provide high quality oversight and administrative and shareholder support services to the Fund and the Subadvisers’ ability to provide high quality investment management services to the Fund. The Directors considered the experience of LMPFA’s personnel in providing the types of services that LMPFA is responsible for providing to the Fund; the ability of LMPFA to attract and retain capable personnel; and the capability and integrity of LMPFA’s senior management and staff. The Directors also considered the investment philosophy and research and decision-making processes of the Subadvisers; the experience of their key advisory personnel responsible for management of the Fund; the ability of the Subadvisers to attract and retain capable research and advisory personnel; the risks to the Advisers associated with sponsoring the Fund (such as entrepreneurial, operational, reputational, litigation and regulatory risk), as well as LMPFA’s and each Subadviser’s risk management processes; the capability and integrity of the Advisers’ senior management and staff; and the level of skill required to manage the Fund. In addition, the Directors reviewed the quality of the Advisers’ services with respect to regulatory compliance and compliance with the investment policies of the Fund, and conditions that might affect the Advisers’ ability to provide high quality services to the Fund in the future, including their business reputations, financial conditions and operational stabilities. Based on the foregoing, the Directors concluded that the Subadvisers’ investment process, research capabilities and philosophy were well suited to the Fund given its investment objectives and policies, and that the Advisers would be able to meet any reasonably foreseeable obligations under the Agreements.

The Board reviewed the qualifications, backgrounds and responsibilities of LMPFA’s and Western Asset’s senior personnel and the team of investment professionals primarily responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund. The Board also considered, based on its knowledge of LMPFA and its affiliates, the financial resources of Franklin Resources, Inc., the parent organization of the Advisers. The Board recognized the importance of having a fund manager with significant resources.

In reviewing the quality of the services provided to the Fund, the Directors also reviewed comparisons of the performance of the Fund to the performance of certain comparable funds and to its investment benchmark over the 1-, 3-, 5- and 10-year periods ended December 31, 2022. The information comparing the Fund’s performance to that of its Performance Universe, consisting of funds (including the Fund) classified as retail and institutional core bond funds by Broadridge, showed, among other data, that the Fund’s performance for the 1-, 3-, and 5-year periods ended December 31, 2022 was below the median and that its performance for the 10-year period ended December 31, 2022 was above the median. The Board noted that the Fund’s performance exceeded the performance of its benchmark index for the 10-year period ended December 31, 2022 and trailed the performance of its benchmark index for the 1-, 3-, and 5-year periods ended December 31,

 

 

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2022. The Board considered the factors involved in the Fund’s performance relative to the performance of its investment benchmark and Performance Universe. The Board discussed the reasons for the Fund’s underperformance and the steps the Advisers were taking to improve the Fund’s performance.

The Directors also considered the management fee payable by the Fund to LMPFA, total expenses payable by the Fund and the fee that LMPFA pays to the Subadvisers. They reviewed information concerning management fees paid to investment advisers of similarly managed funds as well as fees paid by Western Asset’s other clients, including separate accounts managed by Western Asset. The Directors also noted that the Fund does not pay any management fees directly to any of the Subadvisers because LMPFA pays the Subadvisers for services provided to the Fund out of the management fee LMPFA receives from the Fund. The information comparing the Fund’s Contractual and Actual Management Fees as well as its actual total expense ratio to its peer group, consisting of a group of institutional core bond funds (including the Fund) chosen by Broadridge to be comparable to the Fund, showed that the Fund’s Contractual Management Fee was above the median and the Actual Management Fee was equal to the median. The Board noted that the Fund’s actual total expense ratio was approximately equal to the median. The Board also considered that the current limitation on the Fund’s expenses is expected to continue through December 2024.

The Directors further evaluated the benefits of the advisory relationship to the Advisers, including, among others, the profitability of the relationship to the Advisers; the direct and indirect benefits that the Advisers may receive from their relationships with the Fund, including the “fallout benefits,” such as reputational value derived from serving as investment adviser to the Fund; and the affiliation between the Advisers and certain other service providers for the Fund. In that connection, the Board considered that the ancillary benefits that the Advisers receive were reasonable. The Directors noted that Western Asset does not have soft dollar arrangements.

Finally, the Directors considered, in light of the profitability information provided by the Advisers, the extent to which economies of scale would be realized by the Advisers as the assets of the Fund grow. The Board noted that the Fund’s Contractual Management Fee was above the median and Actual Management Fee was equal to the median of the peer group. The Board also noted the size of the Fund.

In their deliberations with respect to these matters, the Independent Directors were advised by their independent counsel, who is independent, within the meaning of the Securities and Exchange Commission rules regarding the independence of counsel, of the Advisers. The Independent Directors weighed the foregoing matters in light of the advice given to them by their independent counsel as to the law applicable to the review of investment advisory contracts. In arriving at a decision, the Directors, including the Independent Directors, did

 

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Board approval of management and subadvisory agreements (unaudited) (cont’d)

 

not identify any single matter as all-important or controlling, and each Director may have attributed different weight to the various factors in evaluating the Agreements. The foregoing summary does not detail all the matters considered. The Directors judged the terms and conditions of the Agreements, including the investment advisory fees, in light of all of the surrounding circumstances.

Based upon their review, the Directors, including all of the Independent Directors, determined, in the exercise of their business judgment, that they were satisfied with the quality of investment advisory services being provided by the Advisers; that the fees to be paid to the Advisers under the Agreements were fair and reasonable given the scope and quality of the services rendered by the Advisers; and that approval of the Agreements was in the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders.

 

 

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Statement regarding liquidity risk management program (unaudited)

 

Each of the Franklin Templeton and Legg Mason Funds has adopted and implemented a written Liquidity Risk Management Program (the “LRMP”) as required by Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Liquidity Rule”). The LRMP is designed to assess and manage each Fund’s liquidity risk, which is defined as the risk that the Fund could not meet requests to redeem shares issued by the Fund without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the Fund. In accordance with the Liquidity Rule, the LRMP includes policies and procedures that provide for: (1) assessment, management, and review (no less frequently than annually) of each Fund’s liquidity risk; (2) classification of each Fund’s portfolio holdings into one of four liquidity categories (Highly Liquid, Moderately Liquid, Less Liquid, and Illiquid); (3) for Funds that do not primarily hold assets that are Highly Liquid, establishing and maintaining a minimum percentage of the Fund’s net assets in Highly Liquid investments (called a “Highly Liquid Investment Minimum” or “HLIM”); and (4) prohibiting the Fund’s acquisition of Illiquid investments that would result in the Fund holding more than 15% of its net assets in Illiquid assets. The LRMP also requires reporting to the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) (on a non-public basis) and to the Board if the Fund’s holdings of Illiquid assets exceed 15% of the Fund’s net assets. Funds with HLIMs must have procedures for addressing HLIM shortfalls, including reporting to the Board and, with respect to HLIM shortfalls lasting more than seven consecutive calendar days, reporting to the SEC (on a non-public basis).

The Director of Liquidity Risk within the Investment Risk Management Group (the “IRMG”) is the appointed Administrator of the LRMP. The IRMG maintains the Investment Liquidity Committee (the “ILC”) to provide oversight and administration of policies and procedures governing liquidity risk management for Franklin Templeton and Legg Mason products and portfolios. The ILC includes representatives from Franklin Templeton’s Risk, Trading, Global Compliance, Legal, Investment Compliance, Investment Operations, Valuation Committee, Product Management and Global Product Strategy.

In assessing and managing each Fund’s liquidity risk, the ILC considers, as relevant, a variety of factors, including the Fund’s investment strategy and the liquidity of its portfolio investments during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions; its short and long-term cash flow projections; and its cash holdings and access to other funding sources including the Funds’ interfund lending facility and line of credit. Classification of the Fund’s portfolio holdings in the four liquidity categories is based on the number of days it is reasonably expected to take to convert the investment to cash (for Highly Liquid and Moderately Liquid holdings) or sell or dispose of the investment (for Less Liquid and Illiquid investments), in current market conditions without significantly changing the investment’s market value.

 

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Statement regarding liquidity risk management program (unaudited) (cont’d)

 

Each Fund primarily holds liquid assets that are defined under the Liquidity Rule as “Highly Liquid Investments,” and therefore is not required to establish an HLIM. Highly Liquid Investments are defined as cash and any investment reasonably expected to be convertible to cash in current market conditions in three business days or less without the conversion to cash significantly changing the market value of the investment.

At meetings of the Funds’ Board of Trustees held in May 2023, the Program Administrator provided a written report to the Board addressing the adequacy and effectiveness of the program for the year ended December 31, 2022. The Program Administrator report concluded that (i.) the LRMP, as adopted and implemented, remains reasonably designed to assess and manage each Fund’s liquidity risk; (ii.) the LRMP, including the Highly Liquid Investment Minimum (“HLIM”) where applicable, was implemented and operated effectively to achieve the goal of assessing and managing each Fund’s liquidity risk; and (iii.) each Fund was able to meet requests for redemption without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the Fund.

 

 

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Western Asset

Core Bond Fund

 

Directors

Robert Abeles, Jr.

Jane F. Dasher

Anita L. DeFrantz

Susan B. Kerley

Michael Larson

Ronald L. Olson

Avedick B. Poladian

William E.B. Siart

Chairman

Jaynie M. Studenmund

Peter J. Taylor

Jane Trust

Investment manager

Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC

Subadvisers

Western Asset Management Company, LLC

Western Asset Management Company Limited

Distributor

Franklin Distributors, LLC

Custodian

The Bank of New York Mellon

Transfer agent

Franklin Templeton Investor Services, LLC

3344 Quality Drive

Rancho Cordova, CA 95670-7313

Independent registered public accounting firm

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Baltimore, MD

 

Western Asset Core Bond Fund

The Fund is a separate investment series of Western Asset Funds, Inc.

Western Asset Core Bond Fund

Legg Mason Funds

100 International Drive

Baltimore, MD 21202

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The Fund’s Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. To obtain information on Form N-PORT, shareholders can call the Fund at 877-6LM-FUND/656-3863.

Information on how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the prior 12-month period ended June 30th of each year and a description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies related to portfolio transactions are available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund at 877-6LM-FUND/656-3863, (2) at www.franklintempleton.com and (3) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

 

 

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of Western Asset Core Bond Fund. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the Fund unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus.

Investors should consider the Fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. The prospectus contains this and other important information about the Fund. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.

www.franklintempleton.com

© 2023 Franklin Distributors, LLC, Member FINRA/SIPC. All rights reserved.


Legg Mason Funds Privacy and Security Notice

 

Your Privacy Is Our Priority

Franklin Templeton* is committed to safeguarding your personal information. This notice is designed to provide you with a summary of the non-public personal information Franklin Templeton may collect and maintain about current or former individual investors; our policy regarding the use of that information; and the measures we take to safeguard the information. We do not sell individual investors’ non-public personal information to anyone and only share it as described in this notice.

Information We Collect

When you invest with us, you provide us with your non-public personal information. We collect and use this information to service your accounts and respond to your requests. The non-public personal information we may collect falls into the following categories:

 

 

Information we receive from you or your financial intermediary on applications or other forms, whether we receive the form in writing or electronically. For example, this information may include your name, address, tax identification number, birth date, investment selection, beneficiary information, and your personal bank account information and/or email address if you have provided that information.

 

 

Information about your transactions and account history with us, or with other companies that are part of Franklin Templeton, including transactions you request on our website or in our app. This category also includes your communications to us concerning your investments.

 

 

Information we receive from third parties (for example, to update your address if you move, obtain or verify your email address or obtain additional information to verify your identity).

 

 

Information collected from you online, such as your IP address or device ID and data gathered from your browsing activity and location. (For example, we may use cookies to collect device and browser information so our website recognizes your online preferences and device information.) Our website contains more information about cookies and similar technologies and ways you may limit them.

 

 

Other general information that we may obtain about you such as demographic information.

Disclosure Policy

To better service your accounts and process transactions or services you requested, we may share non-public personal information with other Franklin Templeton companies. From time to time we may also send you information about products/services offered by other Franklin Templeton companies although we will not share your non-public personal information with these companies without first offering you the opportunity to prevent that sharing.

We will only share non-public personal information with outside parties in the limited circumstances permitted by law. For example, this includes situations where we need to share information with companies who work on our behalf to service or maintain your account or process transactions you requested, when the disclosure is to companies assisting us with our own marketing efforts, when the disclosure is to a party representing you, or when required by law (for example, in response to legal process). Additionally, we will ensure that any outside

 

NOT PART OF THE SEMI-ANNUAL  REPORT


Legg Mason Funds Privacy and Security Notice (cont’d)

 

companies working on our behalf, or with whom we have joint marketing agreements, are under contractual obligations to protect the confidentiality of your information, and to use it only to provide the services we asked them to perform.

Confidentiality and Security

Our employees are required to follow procedures with respect to maintaining the confidentiality of our investors’ non-public personal information. Additionally, we maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect the information. This includes performing ongoing evaluations of our systems containing investor information and making changes when appropriate.

At all times, you may view our current privacy notice on our website at franklintempleton.com or contact us for a copy at (800) 632-2301.

*For purposes of this privacy notice Franklin Templeton shall refer to the following entities:

Fiduciary Trust International of the South (FTIOS), as custodian for individual retirement plans Franklin Advisers, Inc.

Franklin Distributors, LLC, including as program manager of the Franklin Templeton 529 College Savings Plan and the NJBEST 529 College Savings Plan

Franklin Mutual Advisers, LLC

Franklin, Templeton and Mutual Series Funds

Franklin Templeton Institutional, LLC

Franklin Templeton Investments Corp., Canada

Franklin Templeton Investments Management, Limited UK

Franklin Templeton Portfolio Advisors, Inc.

Legg Mason Funds serviced by Franklin Templeton Investor Services, LLC

Templeton Asset Management, Limited

Templeton Global Advisors, Limited

Templeton Investment Counsel, LLC

If you are a customer of other Franklin Templeton affiliates and you receive notices from them,

you will need to read those notices separately.

 

NOT PART OF THE SEMI-ANNUAL  REPORT


Western Asset Management Company, LLC

Legg Mason, Inc. Subsidiaries

www.franklintempleton.com

© 2023 Franklin Distributors, LLC, Member FINRA/SIPC. All rights reserved.

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ITEM 2.

CODE OF ETHICS.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 3.

AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 4.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 5.

AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 6.

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.

Included herein under Item 1.

 

ITEM 7.

DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 8.

PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 9.

PURCHASES OF SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 10.

SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 11.

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

 

  (a)

The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a- 3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of the disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

  (b)

There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are likely to materially affect the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.


ITEM 12.

DISCLOSURE OF SECURITIES LENDING ACTIVITIES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 13.

EXHIBITS.

(a) (1) Not applicable.

Exhibit  99.CODE ETH

(a) (2)  Certifications pursuant to section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 attached hereto.

Exhibit 99.CERT

(b) Certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 attached hereto.

Exhibit 99.906CERT


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, there unto duly authorized.

 

Western Asset Funds, Inc.
By:  

/s/ Jane Trust

  Jane Trust
  Chief Executive Officer
Date:   August 24, 2023

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By:  

/s/ Jane Trust

  Jane Trust
  Chief Executive Officer
Date:   August 24, 2023
By:  

/s/ Christopher Berarducci

  Christopher Berarducci
  Principal Financial Officer
Date:   August 24, 2023