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

811-21337

 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

620 Eight Avenue, New York, NY

 

10018

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

Robert I. Frenkel, Esq.
Legg Mason & Co., LLC
100 First Stamford Place
Stamford, CT 06902

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(888) 777-0102

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

May 31

 

 

Date of reporting period:

May 31, 2011

 

 



 

ITEM 1.  REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS.

 

The Annual Report to Stockholders is filed herewith.

 



 

May 31, 2011

 

 

Annual Report

 

 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.
(EHI)

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 


 

 

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Fund objectives

 

The Fund’s primary investment objective is high current income. The Fund’s secondary investment objective is total return.

 

What’s inside

 

Letter from the chairman

II

 

 

Investment commentary

III

 

 

Fund overview

1

 

 

Fund at a glance

6

 

 

Spread duration

7

 

 

Effective duration

8

 

 

Schedule of investments

9

 

 

Statement of assets and liabilities

32

 

 

Statement of operations

33

 

 

Statements of changes in net assets

34

 

 

Statement of cash flows

35

 

 

Financial highlights

36

 

 

Notes to financial statements

37

 

 

Report of independent registered public accounting firm

56

 

 

Additional information

57

 

 

Annual chief executive officer and chief financial officer certifications

63

 

 

Other shareholder communications regarding accounting matters

64

 

 

Dividend reinvestment plan

65

 

 

Important tax information

67

 

Letter from the chairman

 

Dear Shareholder,

 

We are pleased to provide the annual report of Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc. for the twelve-month reporting period ended May 31, 2011. Please read on for a detailed look at prevailing economic and market conditions during the Fund’s reporting period and to learn how those conditions have affected Fund performance.

 

As always, we remain committed to providing you with excellent service and a full spectrum of investment choices. We also remain committed to supplementing the support you receive from your financial advisor. One way we accomplish this is through our website, www.leggmason.com/cef. 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,

R. Jay Gerken, CFA

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

June 24, 2011

 


 

 

 

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Investment commentary

 

Economic review

 

While economic indicators were somewhat mixed, the U.S. economy continued to expand over the twelve months ended May 31, 2011. Looking back, beginning with the fourth quarter of 2010, fears regarding moderating economic growth were replaced with optimism for a strengthening economy in 2011. However, toward the end of the reporting period, concerns regarding the sustainability of the economic recovery returned, negatively impacting some sectors of the equity and fixed-income markets. All told, investors who took on additional risk in their portfolios during the reporting period were generally rewarded.

 

Although the U.S. Department of Commerce continued to report positive U.S. gross domestic product (“GDP”)i growth, the expansion has been less robust than has been realized during most other periods exiting a severe recession. According to the Commerce Department, GDP growth was 3.7%, 1.7%, 2.6% and 3.1% during the first, second, third and fourth quarters of 2010, respectively. For calendar 2010 as a whole, the economy expanded 2.9%. The Commerce Department then reported that first quarter 2011 GDP growth was 1.9%. This moderation in growth during the first quarter was due to a variety of factors, including less robust export activity, a decline in government spending and a deceleration in consumer spending given rising oil and food prices.

 

Turning to the job market, while there were some periods of improvement during the reporting period, unemployment remained stubbornly high. After being 9.0% or higher since April 2009, the unemployment rate fell to 8.9% in February and 8.8% in March 2011. The job market then took two steps backward, as unemployment rose to 9.0% in April and 9.1% in May. Based on U.S. Department of Labor figures, the private sector — which represents roughly 70% of the total U.S. workforce — added only 83,000 jobs in May, the smallest amount since June 2010. As of the end of the reporting period, approximately 13.9 million Americans looking for work had yet to find a job, and roughly 45% of these individuals have been out of work for more than six months. In addition, while the Federal Reserve Board (“Fed”)ii believes that unemployment will decline, it projects that it will remain relatively high, between 7.5% and 8.0% at the end of 2012.

 

The long-ailing housing market continued to show signs of strain during the reporting period. Looking back, sales increased in the spring of 2010 largely due to the government’s $8,000 tax credit for first-time home buyers. This proved to be only a temporary boost, as sales subsequently weakened after the tax credit expired at the end of April. Existing-home sales did rebound somewhat toward the end of 2010 and in January 2011, as mortgage rates remained relatively low. However, according to the National Association of Realtors (“NAR”), existing-home sales then declined a sharp 8.9% in February. After a 3.5% increase in March, existing-home sales fell 1.8% and 3.8% in April and May, respectively. At the end of May, the inventory of unsold homes was a 9.3 month supply at the current sales level, versus a 9.0 month supply in April. Existing-home prices remained disappointingly low, with the NAR reporting that the median existing-home price for all housing types was $166,500 in May 2011, down 4.6% from May 2010.

 


 

 

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Investment commentary (cont’d)

 

Even the manufacturing sector, one of the stalwarts of the economy in recent years, softened at the end of the reporting period. Based on the Institute for Supply Management’s PMIiii, the manufacturing sector grew twenty-two consecutive months since it began expanding (a reading below 50 indicates a contraction, whereas a reading above 50 indicates an expansion) in August 2009. In January 2011, the manufacturing sector expanded at its fastest pace since May 2004, with a reading of 60.8 versus 58.5 for the previous month. Manufacturing activity remained strong during the next three months and was 60.4 in April. However, it then declined to 53.5 in May, the lowest reading in the past twelve months. This was attributed, in part, to supply disruptions triggered by the March earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

 

Outside of the U.S., economic news was largely dominated by the sovereign debt crisis in Europe, geopolitical events in the Middle East and Northern Africa (“MENA”), and the natural disasters in Japan. During the reporting period, Ireland joined Greece in requesting financial support from the European Union (“EU”) and International Monetary Fund (“IMF”), and Portugal also requested bailout funds. Political turmoil in the MENA region caused oil prices to rise above $100 a barrel in February 2011, the first such occurrence in roughly two years. This led to concerns that higher oil prices could temper economic growth in both developed and emerging market countries. The tragedy in Japan also impacted the global economy. The World Bank has projected damage in northeast Japan could reach $235 billion. Japan’s economy fell back into recession in the first quarter of 2011, with GDP contracting 0.9%. However, the World Bank stated, “As a result of the earthquake and tsunami, Japan’s real GDP growth will slow, but the slowdown will likely be temporary. Growth should start picking up after mid-2011 as reconstruction efforts get underway.”

 

Financial market overview

 

To a large extent, the financial markets were characterized by healthy investor risk appetite and solid results by stocks and lower-quality bonds. However, the financial markets experienced several periods of heightened volatility during the reporting period. The markets experienced sell-offs in mid-November 2010 and in mid-February, mid-March and May 2011. During those periods, investors tended to favor the relative safety of U.S. Treasury securities. However, these setbacks proved to be only temporary and risk aversion was generally replaced with solid demand for riskier assets.

 

Due to signs that certain areas of the economy were moderating early in the reporting period, the Fed took further actions to spur the economy. At its August 2010 meeting, the Fed announced an ongoing program that calls for using the proceeds from maturing agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities to purchase longer-dated Treasury securities.

 

In addition, the Fed remained cautious throughout the reporting period given pockets of weakness in the economy. At its meeting in September 2010, the Fed said, “The Committee will continue to monitor the economic outlook and financial developments and is prepared to provide additional accommodation if needed to support the economic recovery. . . .” This led to speculation that the Fed may again move to purchase large amounts of agency and Treasury securities in an attempt to avoid a double-dip recession and ward off deflation.

 


 

 

 

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The Fed then took additional action in early November 2010. Citing that “the pace of recovery in output and employment continues to be slow,” the Fed announced another round of quantitative easing to help stimulate the economy, entailing the purchase of $600 billion of long-term U.S. Treasury securities by the end of the second quarter of 2011. This, coupled with its previously announced program to use the proceeds of maturing securities to purchase Treasuries, means the Fed could buy a total of $850 billion to $900 billion of Treasury securities by the end of June 2011.

 

At its meeting in June 2011, the Fed said, “Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in April indicates that the economic recovery is continuing at a moderate pace, though somewhat more slowly than the Committee had expected. . . . To promote the ongoing economic recovery and to help ensure that inflation, over time, is at levels consistent with its mandate, the Committee decided today to keep the target range for the federal funds rateiv at 0 to 1/4 percent. The Committee continues to anticipate that economic conditions — including low rates of resource utilization and a subdued outlook for inflation over the medium run — are likely to warrant exceptionally low levels for the federal funds rate for an extended period.” The Fed also announced that it will complete its $600 billion Treasury securities purchase program at the end of June.

 

Given the economic challenges in the Eurozone, the European Central Bank (“ECB”) kept interest rates at 1.00% during most of the reporting period. However, in early April 2011, the ECB raised interest rates from 1.00% to 1.25% — the first rate hike since July 2008. The ECB then held rates steady in May. In other developed countries, the Bank of England kept rates on hold at 0.5% during the period, as did Japan at a range of zero to 0.1%, the lowest level since 2006. Elsewhere, a number of emerging market countries, including China, India and Brazil, raised interest rates during the reporting period in an effort to ward off inflation.

 

Fixed-income market review

 

Most spread sectors (non-Treasuries) started the reporting period on the right foot, as they produced positive absolute returns in June and July, given robust investor demand for these securities. This rally was interrupted by a bout of risk aversion in August, with fears that the economy might slip back into a recession. Due to expectations for additional quantitative easing, most spread sectors rallied in September and October, before weakening again in the middle of November as the European sovereign debt crisis again took center stage. Most U.S. spread sectors then rallied through the end of April 2011. However, emerging market debt produced mixed results given uncertainties in Europe, concerns regarding economic growth in China and its potential impact on the global economy, geopolitical unrest in the Middle East and the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan. In May, the U.S. spread sectors generally posted positive results, but underperformed equal-durationv Treasuries. This occurred as economic data were often worse-than-expected and Treasuries rallied sharply given increased investor risk aversion.

 

Both short- and long-term Treasury yields fluctuated but, overall, moved lower during the twelve months ended May 31, 2011. When the period began, two- and ten-year Treasury yields were 0.76% and 3.31%, respectively. Yields largely declined during much of the

 


 

 

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Investment commentary (cont’d)

 

next five months, with two-year Treasuries hitting their low for the reporting period of 0.33% on November 4, 2010. Ten-year Treasuries reached their reporting period trough of 2.41% in early October. Yields then moved sharply higher given expectations for stronger growth in 2011 and the potential for rising inflation. Yields declined again beginning in mid-February as there was another “flight to quality” due to the conflict in Libya and, later, given the tragic events in Japan. Yields moved higher toward the end of March as investor risk appetite resumed, but then declined in April and May largely due to disappointing economic data. When the period ended on May 31, 2011, two-year Treasury yields were 0.45% and ten-year Treasury yields were 3.05%. For the twelve months ended May 31, 2011, the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Indexvi returned 5.84%. In comparison, the Barclays Capital Global Aggregate Index (Hedged)vii returned 3.22% over the same time frame.

 

The U.S. high-yield bond market produced strong results during the reporting period. The asset class posted positive returns during each month except for November 2010, when risk aversion rose sharply. The high-yield market was supported by generally better-than-expected corporate profits and overall strong investor demand. All told, the Barclays Capital U.S. High Yield — 2% Issuer Cap Indexviii returned 18.10% for the twelve months ended May 31, 2011.

 

Despite periods of heightened volatility, the emerging market debt asset class generated strong results for the twelve-month reporting period. After a solid start, investor concerns regarding interest rate hikes in China and unrest in the MENA region dragged the asset class down from November 2010 through January 2011. Emerging market debt prices then largely stabilized in February and rallied from March through May. Overall, the JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global (“EMBI Global”)ix returned 12.71% over the twelve months ended May 31, 2011.

 

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

 

Sincerely,

 

R. Jay Gerken, CFA

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

June 24, 2011

 

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. Forecasts and predictions are inherently limited and should not be relied upon as an indication of actual or future performance.

 


 

 

 

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i                     Gross domestic product (“GDP”) is the market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period of time.

ii                  The Federal Reserve Board (“Fed”) is responsible for the formulation of policies designed to promote economic growth, full employment, stable prices and a sustainable pattern of international trade and payments.

iii               The Institute for Supply Management’s PMI is based on a survey of purchasing executives who buy the raw materials for manufacturing at more than 350 companies. It offers an early reading on the health of the manufacturing sector.

iv                The federal funds rate is the rate charged by one depository institution on an overnight sale of immediately available funds (balances at the Federal Reserve) to another depository institution; the rate may vary from depository institution to depository institution and from day to day.

v                   Duration is the measure of the price sensitivity of a fixed-income security to an interest rate change of 100 basis points. Calculation is based on the weighted average of the present values for all cash flows.

vi                The Barclays Capital 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.

vii             The Barclays Capital Global Aggregate Index (Hedged) is a broad-based bond index that measures a wide spectrum of global government, government-related agencies, corporate and securitized fixed-income investments, all with maturities greater than one year.

viii          The Barclays Capital U.S. High Yield — 2% Issuer Cap Index is an index of the 2% Issuer Cap component of the Barclays Capital U.S. Corporate High Yield Index, which covers the U.S. dollar-denominated, non-investment grade, fixed-rate, taxable corporate bond market.

ix                 The JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global (“EMBI Global”) tracks total returns for U.S. dollar-denominated debt instruments issued by emerging market sovereign and quasi-sovereign entities: Brady bonds, loans, Eurobonds and local market instruments.

 


 

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Fund overview

 

Q. What is the Fund’s investment strategy?

 

A. The Fund’s primary investment objective is high current income and its secondary objective is total return. Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests in a global portfolio of securities consisting of below investment grade fixed-income securities, emerging market fixed-income securities and investment grade fixed-income securities. We have broad discretion to allocate the Fund’s assets among the following segments of the global market for below investment and investment grade fixed-income securities: corporate bonds, loans, preferred stock, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and sovereign debt, and derivative instruments of the foregoing securities. The Fund may use a variety of derivative instruments, such as options, futures contracts, swap agreements and credit default swaps, as part of its investment strategies or for hedging or risk management purposes.

 

At Western Asset Management Company (“Western Asset”), the Fund’s subadviser, we utilize a fixed-income team approach, with decisions derived from interaction among various investment management sector specialists. The sector teams are comprised of Western Asset’s senior portfolio managers, research analysts and an in-house economist. Under this team approach, management of client fixed-income portfolios will reflect a consensus of interdisciplinary views within the Western Asset organization. The portfolio managers responsible for development of investment strategy, day-to-day portfolio management, oversight and coordination of the Fund are S. Kenneth Leech, Stephen A. Walsh, Michael C. Buchanan, Keith J. Gardner and Ryan Brist.

 

Q. What were the overall market conditions during the Fund’s reporting period?

 

A. During the twelve months ended May 31, 2011, risk appetite was generally strong as investors sought incremental yields given the low rates available from short-term fixed-income securities. Also supporting the spread sectors (non-U.S. Treasuries) were continued positive economic growth, generally improving corporate profits and strengthening corporate balance sheets.

 

While the spread sectors rallied during most of the reporting period, there were several occasions when investor risk aversion increased. These “flights to quality” were triggered by a number of events, including the sovereign debt crisis in Europe, concerns regarding the economy and inflation, geopolitical issues in the Middle East and Northern Africa and the tragedy in Japan. However, in most cases, risk aversion was fairly quickly replaced with a resumption of demand for riskier assets.

 

The yields on two- and ten-year Treasuries began the fiscal year at 0.76% and 3.31%, respectively. Treasury yields fluctuated during the twelve-month reporting period given changing expectations regarding the economy and uncertainties regarding Federal Reserve Board (“Fed”)i monetary policy. During the fiscal year, two-year Treasury yields moved as high as 0.87% and as low as 0.33%, while ten-year Treasury yields rose as high as 3.75% and fell as low as 2.41%. On May 31, 2011, yields on two- and ten-year Treasuries were 0.45% and 3.05%, respectively.

 

The Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Indexii returned 5.84% for the twelve months ended May 31, 2011. Investment grade corporate bonds posted solid results, with the Barclays

 


 

 

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Fund overview (cont’d)

 

Capital U.S. Corporate Investment Grade Indexiii returning 9.51%. Comparatively, riskier fixed-income securities, including high-yield bonds, produced even stronger results as the Barclays Capital U.S. High Yield — 2% Issuer Cap Indexiv (the “Index”) returned 18.10% for the twelve-month period. During this period, as measured by the Index, lower-quality CCC-rated bonds outperformed higher-quality BB-rated securities, returning 21.01% and 17.08%, respectively. Emerging market debt, as measured by the JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global (“EMBI Global”)v, returned 12.71% for the twelve months ended May 31, 2011.

 

Q. How did we respond to these changing market conditions?

 

A. A number of adjustments were made to the Fund during the reporting period. Given concerns about rising interest rates, we pared the Fund’s exposure to U.S. investment grade corporate bonds and allocated the proceeds to less interest rate sensitive U.S. high-yield and emerging market debt. We also felt that the latter two asset classes were more attractively valued than U.S. investment grade corporates.

 

While the Fund maintained its lower-quality bias, we pared our exposure to certain U.S. CCC and below-rated securities to capture profits during the fiscal year. While we maintained an underweight to higher-quality bonds, we increased our allocation, targeting issuers that our research team felt had potential to be upgraded to investment grade.

 

Although we decreased our overall exposure to investment grade corporates, we actively participated in the new issue market by selectively purchasing new positions in this asset class, as well as high-yield and emerging market debt from a variety of sectors. Toward the end of the fiscal year, we slightly reduced the Fund’s use of leverage. This was done as a defensive measure in the event that there were a pullback in the market given its strong performance during the reporting period.

 

The Fund employed U.S. Treasury futures during the reporting period to manage its yield curvevi positioning and durationvii. This strategy did not materially affect performance. The Fund also utilized currency forwards to hedge our currency exposure. In particular, our Eurozone and sterling currency forwards were detractors from the Fund’s performance during the reporting period with the euro and the sterling strengthening roughly 20% and 12%, respectively, versus the U.S. dollar. Our losses on these currency hedges were offset by the currency appreciation of our euro- and sterling-denominated holdings.

 

Performance review

 

For the twelve months ended May 31, 2011, Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc. returned 22.75% based on its net asset value (“NAV”)viii and 36.14% based on its New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) market price per share. The Fund’s unmanaged benchmarks, the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Index, the Barclays Capital U.S. High Yield — 2% Issuer Cap Index and the EMBI Global, returned 5.84%, 18.10% and 12.71%, respectively, for the same period. The Lipper High Current Yield (Leveraged) Closed-End Funds Category Averageix returned 21.65% over the same time frame. Please note that Lipper performance returns are based on each fund’s NAV.

 

During the twelve-month period, the Fund made distributions to shareholders totaling $1.12 per share. The performance table on the following page shows the Fund’s twelve-month total

 


 

 

 

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return based on its NAV and market price as of May 31, 2011. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

 

Performance Snapshot as of May 31, 2011

 

Price Per Share

 

12-Month
Total Return*

$13.62 (NAV)

 

22.75%†

$13.38 (Market Price)

 

36.14%‡

 

All figures represent past performance and are not a guarantee of future results.

 

*

Total returns are based on changes in NAV or market price, respectively.

Total return assumes the reinvestment of all distributions at NAV.

Total return assumes the reinvestment of all distributions in additional shares in accordance with the Fund’s Dividend Reinvestment Plan.

 

Q. What were the leading contributors to performance?

 

A. The portfolio’s exposure to the high-yield bond market was the largest contributor to the Fund’s absolute performance during the reporting period. Within our high-yield allocation, individual issuer selection was the main driver of returns. In particular, our exposures to Energy Future Holdings Corp. and Wind Acquisition Holdings Finance SpA enhanced the Fund’s results. Energy Future Holdings benefited primarily from strong balance sheet management, as well as general economic improvement. The company was able to extend the maturity of more than $15 billion of its debt, originally due from 2014 to 2017. The market responded very favorably to the company’s ability to secure extended financing through 2017. Wind Acquisition is an Italian telecommunication operator that offers integrated wireless, fixed line and Internet services. Despite uncertainties related to the ongoing European sovereign debt crisis, the company’s fundamentals improved during the fiscal year and its debt spreads narrowed. Additionally, in April 2011, the company was acquired by Vimpel Communications (“VimpelCom”), Russia’s second-largest mobile phone operator. Subsequent to the acquisition by the higher-rated VimpelCom, the company’s spreads further narrowed.

 

The Fund’s emerging market debt exposure also contributed positively to performance. In particular, our holding of Argentina’s sovereign debt was beneficial. The market reacted positively when Argentina announced the details of a debt swap to settle claims associated with its 2001 default. This caused Argentina’s existing outstanding debt to rally as it was felt that the country would regain access to developed world capital markets. Additionally, Argentina’s sovereign debt benefited from strong economic fundamentals. The Fund’s exposure to Venezuela was also rewarded. Venezuela, aided by robust economic growth and higher oil prices, outperformed the overall EMBI Global. Furthermore, Venezuela’s sovereign debt was boosted by strong investor demand as it offered very attractive yields in a low yield environment.

 

Our exposure to investment grade corporate bonds also enhanced the Fund’s results. Positions in American International Group Inc. (“AIG”) and Citigroup Inc. were the leaders within this asset class. AIG’s senior debt performed well due to improved fundamental results, combined with an improving balance sheet which included an initial public offering of its Asia operations and the sale of another business to a competitor during the period. Citigroup’s bonds rallied as confidence in the banking system improved and it became apparent that banks would be able to continue paying their coupons. In addition, the

 


 

 

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Fund overview (cont’d)

 

fundamentals in the banking industry were better, as capital reserves increased and corporate earnings were often better-than expected.

 

Q. What were the leading detractors from performance?

 

A. The largest detractors from the Fund’s absolute results during the reporting period were our holdings in Trico Shipping AS and OPTI Canada Inc., both in the high-yield sector. Our senior secured position in Trico Shipping suffered over the fiscal year as its parent company, Trico Marine SA, defaulted on an interest payment in May 2010. Trico Marine had been weathering a downturn in its towing supply and sub-sea businesses, as exploration spending by major international and national oil companies, its key customers, has been suppressed over the last two years, following the global recession. Trico Shipping subsequently defaulted on an interest payment due in November 2010. Although trading levels were volatile and influenced by ongoing headlines, with the backing of a strong collateral package on our secured position, we expected recoveries to be high. Toward the end of the reporting period, Trico Shipping completed a recapitalization and we received a new equity position in exchange for our debt position. OPTI Canada, which is focused on developing major oil sands projects in Canada, experienced hardships from the collapse in crude oil prices from the peak in 2008 and the subsequent credit crisis. Since then, OPTI Canada has been struggling with liquidity as the company’s cash needs are elevated at this point in its oil sands project build-out. Its bonds declined in a rising market and we decided to liquidate our position in January 2011. As we anticipated, restructuring negotiations have proven challenging and OPTI Canada’s bonds have continued to move materially lower since we removed this issuer from the portfolio.

 

Our exposure to emerging market corporate debt issuer China Forestry Holdings Co., Ltd. was also a drag on the Fund’s results. The company is one of the largest, privately-held, naturally regenerated and plantation forest operators in China in terms of coverage area of owned forest rights. Its debt performed poorly as its chief executive officer was charged with embezzling from the company. The Fund continues to hold the position, given our belief that the company has adequate offshore cash and assets to help it weather this storm.

 

Looking for additional information?

 

The Fund is traded under the symbol “EHI” and its closing market price is available in most newspapers under the NYSE listings. The daily NAV is available on-line under the symbol “XEHIX” on most financial websites. Barron’s and the Wall Street Journal’s Monday edition both carry closed-end fund tables that provide additional information. In addition, the Fund issues a quarterly press release that can be found on most major financial websites as well as www.leggmason.com/cef.

 

In a continuing effort to provide information concerning the Fund, shareholders may call 1-888-777-0102 (toll free), Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time, for the Fund’s current NAV, market price and other information.

 

Thank you for your investment in Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc. As always, we appreciate that you have chosen us to manage

 


 

 

 

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your assets and we remain focused on achieving the Fund’s investment goals.

 

Sincerely,

 

Western Asset Management Company

 

June 14, 2011

 

RISKS: An investment in the Fund is subject to investment risk, including the possible loss of the entire principal amount that you invest. As interest rates rise, bond prices fall, reducing the value of the Fund’s holdings. The Fund may use derivatives, such as options, futures contracts, swap agreements and credit default swaps, which can be illiquid, may disproportionately increase losses and have a potentially large impact on Fund performance. Investing in foreign securities is subject to certain risks not associated with domestic investing, such as currency fluctuations, and changes in political and economic conditions. These risks are magnified in emerging or developing markets. High-yield bonds involve greater credit and liquidity risks than investment grade bonds. Leverage may magnify gains and increase losses in the Fund’s portfolio.

 

Portfolio holdings and breakdowns are as of May 31, 2011 and are subject to change and may not be representative of the portfolio managers’ current or future investments. Please refer to pages 9 through 31 for a list and percentage breakdown of the Fund’s holdings.

 

The mention of sector breakdowns is for informational purposes only and should not be construed as a recommendation to purchase or sell any securities. The information provided regarding such sectors is not a sufficient basis upon which to make an investment decision. Investors seeking financial advice regarding the appropriateness of investing in any securities or investment strategies discussed should consult their financial professional. The Fund’s top five sector holdings (as a percentage of total investments) as of May 31, 2011 were: Sovereign Bonds (18.1%), Consumer Discretionary (16.4%), Energy (12.1%), Materials (10.9%) and Financials (10.8%). The Fund’s portfolio composition is subject to change at any time.

 

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

 

The information provided is not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results or investment advice. Views expressed may differ from those of the firm as a whole.

 

i

The Federal Reserve Board (“Fed”) is responsible for the formulation of policies designed to promote economic growth, full employment, stable prices and a sustainable pattern of international trade and payments.

ii

The Barclays Capital 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.

iii

The Barclays Capital U.S. Corporate Investment Grade Index is an unmanaged index consisting of publicly issued U.S. corporate and specified foreign debentures and secured notes that are rated investment grade (Baa3/BBB- or higher) by at least two ratings agencies, have at least one year to final maturity and have at least $250 million par amount outstanding. To qualify, bonds must be SEC-registered.

iv

The Barclays Capital U.S. High Yield — 2% Issuer Cap Index is an index of the 2% Issuer Cap component of the Barclays Capital U.S. Corporate High Yield Index, which covers the U.S. dollar-denominated, non-investment grade, fixed-rate, taxable corporate bond market.

v

The JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global (“EMBI Global”) tracks total returns for U.S. dollar-denominated debt instruments issued by emerging market sovereign and quasi-sovereign entities: Brady bonds, loans, Eurobonds and local market instruments.

vi

The yield curve is the graphical depiction of the relationship between the yield on bonds of the same credit quality but different maturities.

vii

Duration is the measure of the price sensitivity of a fixed-income security to an interest rate change of 100 basis points. Calculation is based on the weighted average of the present values for all cash flows.

viii

Net asset value (“NAV”) is calculated by subtracting total liabilities and outstanding preferred stock (if any) from the closing value of all securities held by the Fund (plus all other assets) and dividing the result (total investments) by the total number of the common shares outstanding. The NAV fluctuates with changes in the market prices of securities in which the Fund has invested. However, the price at which an investor may buy or sell shares of the Fund is the Fund’s market price as determined by supply of and demand for the Fund’s shares.

ix

Lipper, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reuters, provides independent insight on global collective investments. Returns are based on the twelve-month period ended May 31, 2011, including the reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, calculated among the 39 funds in the Fund’s Lipper category.

 


 

 

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Fund at a glance (unaudited)

 

Investment breakdown (%) as a percent of total investments

 

 

The bar graph above represents the composition of the Fund’s investments as of May 31, 2011 and May 31, 2010 and does not include derivatives such as futures contracts, forward foreign currency contracts, written options 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.

 


 

 

 

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Spread duration (unaudited)

 

Economic Exposure May 31, 2011

 

 

Spread duration measures the sensitivity to changes in spreads. The spread over Treasuries is the annual risk-premium demanded by investors to hold non-Treasury securities. Spread duration is quantified as the % change in price resulting from a 100 basis points change in spreads. For a security with positive spread duration, an increase in spreads would result in a price decline and a decline in spreads would result in a price increase. This chart highlights the market sector exposure of the Fund’s sectors relative to the selected benchmark sectors as of the end of the reporting period.

 


1/3 BC Aggregate, 1/3 JPM EMBI Global,

 

1/3 BC High Yield 2% Issuer Cap 

1/3 Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Index,

 

 

1/3 JP Morgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global and

 

 

1/3 Barclays U.S. High Yield — 2% Issuer Cap Index

ABS

Asset Backed Securities

EHI

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

EM

Emerging Markets

HY

High Yield

IG Credit

Investment Grade Credit

MBS

Mortgage Backed Securities

Non-$ 

Non-U.S. Dollar

 


 

 

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Effective duration (unaudited)

 

Interest Rate Exposure May 31, 2011

 

 

Effective duration measures the sensitivity to changes in relevant interest rates. Effective duration is quantified as the % change in price resulting from a 100 basis points change in interest rates. For a security with positive effective duration, an increase in interest rates would result in a price decline and a decline in interest rates would result in a price increase. This chart highlights the interest rate exposure of the Fund’s sectors relative to the selected benchmark sectors as of the end of the reporting period.

 


1/3 BC Aggregate, 1/3 JPM EMBI Global,

1/3 Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Index,

1/3 BC High Yield 2% Issuer Cap

 

1/3 JP Morgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global and

 

 

1/3 Barclays U.S. High Yield — 2% Issuer Cap Index

EHI 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

EM 

Emerging Markets

HY

High Yield

IG Credit  

Investment Grade Credit

MBS 

Mortgage Backed Securities

Non-$ 

Non-U.S. Dollar

 


 

 

 

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Schedule of investments

May 31, 2011

 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Security

 

Rate

 

Maturity
Date

 

Face
Amount†

 

Value

 

Corporate Bonds & Notes — 77.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary — 14.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Auto Components — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Europcar Groupe SA, Senior Notes

 

9.375

%

4/15/18

 

1,075,000

EUR

$1,605,046

(a)

Automobiles — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Escrow GCB General Motors

 

8.250

%

7/15/23

 

300,000

 

10,500

(a)(b)(f)

Escrow GCB General Motors

 

8.375

%

7/15/33

 

3,500,000

 

122,500

(a)(b)(f)

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, Senior Notes

 

9.875

%

8/10/11

 

115,000

 

116,643

 

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, Senior Notes

 

7.500

%

8/1/12

 

1,930,000

 

2,045,383

(c)

Total Automobiles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,295,026

 

Diversified Consumer Services — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Odeon & UCI Finco PLC, Senior Secured Notes

 

9.000

%

8/1/18

 

1,060,000

GBP

1,752,839

(a)

Service Corp. International, Senior Notes

 

7.625

%

10/1/18

 

185,000

 

205,119

 

Service Corp. International, Senior Notes

 

7.500

%

4/1/27

 

620,000

 

604,500

(c)

Sotheby’s, Senior Notes

 

7.750

%

6/15/15

 

910,000

 

1,016,925

(c)

Stonemor Operating LLC/Cornerstone Family Services of WV/Osiris Holding, Senior Notes

 

10.250

%

12/1/17

 

460,000

 

475,525

(c)

Total Diversified Consumer Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,054,908

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 4.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boyd Gaming Corp., Senior Notes

 

9.125

%

12/1/18

 

160,000

 

166,600

(a)

Caesar’s Entertainment Operating Co. Inc., Senior Notes

 

10.750

%

2/1/16

 

1,640,000

 

1,656,400

 

Caesar’s Entertainment Operating Co. Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

11.250

%

6/1/17

 

1,280,000

 

1,446,400

(c)

Caesers Entertainment Operating Co. Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

10.000

%

12/15/15

 

210,000

 

215,513

 

CCM Merger Inc., Notes

 

8.000

%

8/1/13

 

550,000

 

552,750

(a)

Choctaw Resort Development Enterprise, Senior Notes

 

7.250

%

11/15/19

 

503,000

 

386,053

(a)(c)

CityCenter Holdings LLC/CityCenter Finance Corp., Senior Secured Notes

 

10.750

%

1/15/17

 

1,220,000

 

1,369,450

(a)(d)

El Pollo Loco Inc., Senior Notes

 

11.750

%

11/15/13

 

1,375,000

 

1,254,687

 

El Pollo Loco Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

11.750

%

12/1/12

 

180,000

 

186,525

 

Enterprise Inns PLC, Senior Secured Bonds

 

6.500

%

12/6/18

 

1,095,000

GBP

1,626,145

 

Hoa Restaurant Group LLC/Hoa Finance Corp., Senior Secured Notes

 

11.250

%

4/1/17

 

610,000

 

626,775

(a)(c)

Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort & Casino, Senior Secured Notes

 

8.750

%

11/30/20

 

519,000

 

519,000

(a)

Landry’s Holdings Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

11.500

%

6/1/14

 

800,000

 

804,000

(a)

Landry’s Restaurants Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

11.625

%

12/1/15

 

565,000

 

615,850

(c)

Landry’s Restaurants Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

11.625

%

12/1/15

 

190,000

 

207,100

(a)

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


 

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Schedule of investments (cont’d)

May 31, 2011

 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Security

 

Rate

 

Maturity
Date

 

Face
Amount†

 

Value

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MGM Resorts International, Senior Secured Notes

 

10.375

%

5/15/14

 

475,000

 

$     551,000

 

MGM Resorts International, Senior Secured Notes

 

11.125

%

11/15/17

 

1,135,000

 

1,322,275

 

Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, Senior Subordinated Notes

 

8.000

%

4/1/12

 

1,510,000

 

1,328,800

 

Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, Senior Subordinated Notes

 

7.125

%

8/15/14

 

675,000

 

496,125

 

Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, Senior Subordinated Notes

 

6.875

%

2/15/15

 

625,000

 

442,188

 

NCL Corp. Ltd., Senior Notes

 

9.500

%

11/15/18

 

1,770,000

 

1,911,600

(a)

NCL Corp. Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

 

11.750

%

11/15/16

 

200,000

 

234,750

 

Pinnacle Entertainment Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes

 

7.500

%

6/15/15

 

190,000

 

195,225

 

Pinnacle Entertainment Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes

 

8.750

%

5/15/20

 

140,000

 

151,550

 

Seven Seas Cruises S de RL LLC, Senior Secured Notes

 

9.125

%

5/15/19

 

800,000

 

826,000

(a)

Snoqualmie Entertainment Authority, Senior Secured Notes

 

4.204

%

2/1/14

 

150,000

 

137,625

(a)(e)

Station Casinos Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.000

%

4/1/12

 

110,000

 

11

(b)(f)

Station Casinos Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.750

%

8/15/16

 

760,000

 

76

(b)(f)

Sugarhouse HSP Gaming Prop Mezz LP/ Sugarhouse HSP Gaming Finance Corp., Secured Notes

 

8.625

%

4/15/16

 

750,000

 

778,125

(a)

Thomas Cook Group PLC, Senior Notes

 

7.750

%

6/22/17

 

548,000

GBP

890,191

 

Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,898,789

 

Household Durables — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DFS Furniture Holdings PLC, Senior Secured Notes

 

9.750

%

7/15/17

 

676,000

GBP

1,103,679

(a)

DirectBuy Holdings Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

12.000

%

2/1/17

 

490,000

 

218,050

(a)

Standard Pacific Corp., Senior Notes

 

8.375

%

1/15/21

 

610,000

 

614,575

 

Total Household Durables

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,936,304

 

Internet & Catalog Retail — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Netflix Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.500

%

11/15/17

 

780,000

 

883,350

(c)

QVC Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

7.375

%

10/15/20

 

480,000

 

517,200

(a)(c)

Total Internet & Catalog Retail

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,400,550

 

Media — 5.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Affinity Group LLC, Senior Secured Notes

 

11.500

%

12/1/16

 

800,000

 

852,000

(a)(c)

CCH II LLC/CCH II Capital Corp., Senior Notes

 

13.500

%

11/30/16

 

611,751

 

731,044

(c)

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

 

7.875

%

4/30/18

 

1,790,000

 

1,906,350

(c)

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


 

 

 

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Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Security

 

Rate

 

Maturity
Date

 

Face
Amount†

 

Value

 

Media — continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

8.125

%

4/30/20

 

2,180,000

 

$  2,368,025

(c)

Cengage Learning Acquisitions Inc., Senior Notes

 

10.500

%

1/15/15

 

2,560,000

 

2,444,800

(a)

Cengage Learning Acquisitions Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes

 

13.250

%

7/15/15

 

710,000

 

678,050

(a)

Charter Communications Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.500

%

4/30/21

 

760,000

 

752,400

 

CMP Susquehanna Corp.

 

3.443

%

5/15/14

 

46,000

 

34,926

(a)(b)(e)

CSC Holdings Inc., Senior Debentures

 

7.875

%

2/15/18

 

1,500,000

 

1,650,000

(c)

DISH DBS Corp., Senior Notes

 

7.875

%

9/1/19

 

1,080,000

 

1,181,250

(c)

DISH DBS Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.750

%

6/1/21

 

180,000

 

182,700

(a)

Grupo Televisa SA, Senior Bonds

 

6.625

%

1/15/40

 

1,300,000

 

1,420,770

(c)

ITV PLC, Senior Notes

 

10.000

%

6/30/14

 

2,000,000

EUR

3,302,762

 

LBI Media Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

9.250

%

4/15/19

 

760,000

 

773,300

(a)

Musketeer GmbH, Senior Secured Notes

 

9.500

%

3/15/21

 

1,250,000

EUR

1,965,270

(a)

NET Servicos de Comunicacao SA, Bonds

 

7.500

%

1/27/20

 

480,000

 

553,200

 

Nielsen Finance LLC/Nielsen Finance Co., Senior Notes

 

7.750

%

10/15/18

 

630,000

 

678,825

(a)(c)

Ono Finance II PLC, Senior Bonds

 

11.125

%

7/15/19

 

890,000

EUR

1,386,464

(a)

Seat Pagine Gialle SpA, Senior Secured Notes

 

10.500

%

1/31/17

 

366,000

EUR

496,425

(a)(g)

Time Warner Inc.

 

6.500

%

11/15/36

 

160,000

 

172,982

 

TVN Finance Corp. III AB, Senior Notes

 

7.875

%

11/15/18

 

225,000

EUR

331,892

(a)

Univision Communications Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.500

%

5/15/21

 

540,000

 

558,900

(a)

Univision Communications Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

6.875

%

5/15/19

 

840,000

 

844,200

(a)(c)

Univision Communications Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

7.875

%

11/1/20

 

820,000

 

873,300

(a)(c)

UPC Holding BV, Senior Notes

 

9.875

%

4/15/18

 

330,000

 

371,250

(a)

UPCB Finance III Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

 

6.625

%

7/1/20

 

520,000

 

521,300

(a)

Virgin Media Finance PLC, Senior Notes

 

9.125

%

8/15/16

 

315,000

 

333,112

 

Ziggo Bond Co. BV, Senior Notes

 

8.000

%

5/15/18

 

1,450,000

EUR

2,183,204

(a)

Total Media

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29,548,701

 

Multiline Retail — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Neiman Marcus Group Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

7.125

%

6/1/28

 

2,490,000

 

2,390,400

(c)

Specialty Retail — 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Greetings Corp., Senior Notes

 

7.375

%

6/1/16

 

1,770,000

 

1,831,950

(c)

American Greetings Corp., Senior Notes

 

7.375

%

6/1/16

 

120,000

 

119,400

 

American Greetings Corp., Senior Notes

 

7.375

%

6/1/16

 

110,000

 

109,450

 

Edcon Proprietary Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

 

9.500

%

3/1/18

 

1,825,000

EUR

2,560,698

(a)

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


 

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Schedule of investments (cont’d)

May 31, 2011

 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Security

 

Rate

 

Maturity
Date

 

Face
Amount†

 

Value

 

Specialty Retail — continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michaels Stores Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, step bond

 

0.000

%

11/1/16

 

2,490,000

 

$  2,602,050

 

Spencer Spirit Holdings Inc./Spencer Gifts LLC/ Spirit Halloween Superstores, Senior Notes

 

11.000

%

5/1/17

 

490,000

 

507,150

(a)

Total Specialty Retail

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,730,698

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp., Senior Notes

 

10.000

%

2/15/19

 

510,000

 

513,825

(a)

Empire Today LLC/Empire Today Finance Corp., Senior Secured Notes

 

11.375

%

2/1/17

 

350,000

 

374,500

(a)

Giraffe Acquisition Corp., Senior Notes

 

9.125

%

12/1/18

 

1,030,000

 

965,625

(a)

Oxford Industries Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

11.375

%

7/15/15

 

1,115,000

 

1,276,675

(c)

Total Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,130,625

 

Total Consumer Discretionary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

74,991,047

 

Consumer Staples — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beverages — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Constellation Brands Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.375

%

12/15/14

 

785,000

 

903,731

(c)

Food Products — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blue Merger Sub Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.625

%

2/15/19

 

1,220,000

 

1,251,262

(a)(c)

Bumble Bee Acquisiton Co., Senior Secured Notes

 

9.000

%

12/15/17

 

470,000

 

485,275

(a)(c)

Foodcorp Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

 

8.750

%

3/1/18

 

650,000

EUR

935,415

(a)

Harmony Foods Corp., Senior Secured Notes

 

10.000

%

5/1/16

 

340,000

 

351,900

(a)

Simmons Foods Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

10.500

%

11/1/17

 

1,180,000

 

1,268,500

(a)

Total Food Products

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,292,352

 

Personal Products — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hypermarcas SA, Notes

 

6.500

%

4/20/21

 

480,000

 

481,200

(a)

Tobacco — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alliance One International Inc., Senior Notes

 

10.000

%

7/15/16

 

460,000

 

465,750

(c)

Total Consumer Staples

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,143,033

 

Energy — 12.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Complete Production Services Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.000

%

12/15/16

 

560,000

 

592,200

(c)

GulfMark Offshore Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes

 

7.750

%

7/15/14

 

270,000

 

275,400

(c)

Hercules Offshore LLC, Senior Secured Notes

 

10.500

%

10/15/17

 

995,000

 

1,062,163

(a)

Parker Drilling Co., Senior Notes

 

9.125

%

4/1/18

 

720,000

 

788,400

(c)

Transocean Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.250

%

3/15/13

 

390,000

 

414,990

 

Vantage Drilling Co., Senior Secured Notes

 

11.500

%

8/1/15

 

1,780,000

 

1,971,350

(c)

Total Energy Equipment & Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,104,503

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


 

 

 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc. 2011 Annual Report

 

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Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Security

 

Rate

 

Maturity
Date

 

Face
Amount†

 

Value

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 11.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.450

%

9/15/36

 

50,000

 

$       53,412

 

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.000

%

1/15/37

 

280,000

 

312,988

(c)

Berry Petroleum Co., Senior Notes

 

10.250

%

6/1/14

 

670,000

 

777,200

(c)

Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP/ Calumet Finance Corp., Senior Notes

 

9.375

%

5/1/19

 

580,000

 

612,263

(a)

Chesapeake Energy Corp., Senior Notes

 

7.250

%

12/15/18

 

1,100,000

 

1,232,000

(c)

Colorado Interstate Gas Co., Senior Notes

 

6.800

%

11/15/15

 

160,000

 

188,218

 

Compagnie Generale de Geophysique-Veritas, Senior Notes

 

9.500

%

5/15/16

 

230,000

 

255,875

 

CONSOL Energy Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.250

%

4/1/20

 

790,000

 

880,850

(c)

Corral Petroleum Holdings AB, Senior Bonds

 

2.000

%

9/18/11

 

390,423

 

372,854

(a)(d)(g)

Devon Energy Corp., Debentures

 

7.950

%

4/15/32

 

230,000

 

311,203

(c)

Dolphin Energy Ltd., Senior Secured Bonds

 

5.888

%

6/15/19

 

1,208,999

 

1,320,243

(a)

Ecopetrol SA, Senior Notes

 

7.625

%

7/23/19

 

1,900,000

 

2,263,375

(c)

El Paso Corp., Medium-Term Notes

 

7.375

%

12/15/12

 

1,059,000

 

1,142,051

(c)

El Paso Corp., Medium-Term Notes

 

7.750

%

1/15/32

 

1,260,000

 

1,541,083

(c)

El Paso Natural Gas Co., Bonds

 

8.375

%

6/15/32

 

70,000

 

91,008

 

Enterprise Products Operating LLP, Junior Subordinated Notes

 

8.375

%

8/1/66

 

980,000

 

1,069,324

(c)(e)

Enterprise Products Operating LLP, Senior Bonds

 

6.300

%

9/15/17

 

550,000

 

639,389

(c)

EXCO Resources Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.500

%

9/15/18

 

1,500,000

 

1,515,000

(c)

James River Escrow Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.875

%

4/1/19

 

260,000

 

266,500

(a)

KazMunaiGaz Finance Sub BV, Senior Notes

 

8.375

%

7/2/13

 

2,640,000

 

2,944,550

(a)(c)

Kerr-McGee Corp., Notes

 

6.950

%

7/1/24

 

920,000

 

1,065,160

 

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, Medium-Term Notes

 

6.950

%

1/15/38

 

330,000

 

375,962

(c)

LUKOIL International Finance BV, Bonds

 

6.356

%

6/7/17

 

1,542,000

 

1,698,513

(a)(c)

LUKOIL International Finance BV, Bonds

 

6.656

%

6/7/22

 

946,000

 

1,012,220

(a)

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

 

6.750

%

11/1/20

 

710,000

 

734,850

(c)

Milagro Oil & Gas Inc., Secured Notes

 

10.500

%

5/15/16

 

670,000

 

643,200

(a)

Novatek Finance Ltd., Notes

 

6.604

%

2/3/21

 

820,000

 

872,890

(a)

Offshore Group Investments Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

 

11.500

%

8/1/15

 

330,000

 

364,650

(a)

Overseas Shipholding Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.125

%

3/30/18

 

1,680,000

 

1,633,800

(c)

Pan American Energy LLC, Senior Notes

 

7.875

%

5/7/21

 

850,000

 

911,285

(a)

Pan American Energy LLC, Senior Notes

 

7.875

%

5/7/21

 

462,000

 

495,310

(a)

Peabody Energy Corp., Senior Notes

 

7.875

%

11/1/26

 

1,040,000

 

1,180,400

(c)

Pemex Project Funding Master Trust, Senior Bonds

 

6.625

%

6/15/35

 

3,387,000

 

3,549,518

(c)

Petrobras International Finance Co., Senior Notes

 

6.875

%

1/20/40

 

1,620,000

 

1,758,470

(c)

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


 

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Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc. 2011 Annual Report

 

 

 

Schedule of investments (cont’d)

May 31, 2011

 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Security

 

Rate

 

Maturity
Date

 

Face
Amount†

 

Value

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Petrobras International Finance Co., Senior Notes

 

6.750

%

1/27/41

 

710,000

 

$     759,011

(c)

Petroleos Mexicanos, Notes

 

8.000

%

5/3/19

 

2,150,000

 

2,644,500

(c)

Petroleos Mexicanos, Senior Notes

 

5.500

%

1/21/21

 

970,000

 

1,013,312

(c)

Petroleum Co. of Trinidad & Tobago Ltd., Senior Notes

 

9.750

%

8/14/19

 

870,000

 

1,058,355

(a)

Petronas Capital Ltd.

 

5.250

%

8/12/19

 

2,385,000

 

2,600,048

(a)(c)

Petronas Capital Ltd., Senior Notes

 

5.250

%

8/12/19

 

560,000

 

608,445

(a)

Petroplus Finance Ltd., Senior Notes

 

6.750

%

5/1/14

 

690,000

 

679,650

(a)

Petroplus Finance Ltd., Senior Notes

 

7.000

%

5/1/17

 

410,000

 

391,550

(a)

Plains Exploration & Production Co., Senior Notes

 

10.000

%

3/1/16

 

585,000

 

663,975

(c)

Plains Exploration & Production Co., Senior Notes

 

8.625

%

10/15/19

 

515,000

 

571,650

(c)

PT Pertamina Persero, Notes

 

5.250

%

5/23/21

 

1,040,000

 

1,029,600

(a)

Quicksilver Resources Inc., Senior Notes

 

11.750

%

1/1/16

 

1,515,000

 

1,764,975

(c)

Range Resources Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes

 

8.000

%

5/15/19

 

460,000

 

504,850

(c)

Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Co., Ltd. III, Senior Secured Bonds

 

6.750

%

9/30/19

 

1,007,000

 

1,155,851

(a)

Reliance Holdings USA Inc., Senior Notes

 

4.500

%

10/19/20

 

970,000

 

925,254

(a)(c)

SandRidge Energy Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.500

%

3/15/21

 

660,000

 

683,925

(a)(c)

Teekay Corp., Senior Notes

 

8.500

%

1/15/20

 

930,000

 

1,020,675

 

TNK-BP Finance SA

 

6.625

%

3/20/17

 

550,000

 

598,840

(a)

TNK-BP Finance SA, Senior Notes

 

7.500

%

7/18/16

 

240,000

 

273,492

(a)

TNK-BP Finance SA, Senior Notes

 

7.875

%

3/13/18

 

1,490,000

 

1,732,125

(a)(c)

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.750

%

3/15/32

 

785,000

 

1,086,212

 

Xinergy Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

 

9.250

%

5/15/19

 

790,000

 

801,850

(a)

Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

56,653,759

 

Total Energy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

61,758,262

 

Financials — 10.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Markets — 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boparan Holdings Ltd., Senior Notes

 

9.875

%

4/30/18

 

900,000

GBP

1,482,350

(a)

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.150

%

4/1/18

 

330,000

 

362,298

(c)

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.500

%

2/15/19

 

1,430,000

 

1,678,723

(c)

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Subordinated Notes

 

6.750

%

10/1/37

 

2,500,000

 

2,519,693

(c)

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Notes

 

6.875

%

4/25/18

 

390,000

 

445,049

(c)

Morgan Stanley, Medium-Term Notes

 

6.625

%

4/1/18

 

470,000

 

529,749

(c)

Total Capital Markets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,017,862

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


 

 

 

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Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Security

 

Rate

 

Maturity
Date

 

Face
Amount†

 

Value

 

Commercial Banks — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banco Mercantil del Norte SA, Subordinated Bonds

 

6.135

%

10/13/16

 

1,050,000

 

$  1,057,875

(a)(e)

BankAmerica Institutional Capital B, Junior Subordinated Bonds

 

7.700

%

12/31/26

 

900,000

 

925,875

(a)

CIT Group Inc., Senior Secured Bonds

 

7.000

%

5/1/16

 

3,060,000

 

3,079,125

(c)

Credit Agricole SA, Subordinated Notes

 

8.375

%

10/13/19

 

490,000

 

531,037

(a)(c)(e)(h)

Matalan Finance Ltd., Senior Notes

 

9.625

%

3/31/17

 

84,000

GBP

131,962

(a)

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Junior Subordinated Bonds

 

7.648

%

9/30/31

 

460,000

 

438,150

(e)(h)

Total Commercial Banks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,164,024

 

Consumer Finance — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ally Financial Inc., Senior Bonds

 

0.000

%

12/1/12

 

1,330,000

 

1,263,210

 

Ally Financial Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.000

%

11/1/31

 

1,957,000

 

2,177,163

(c)

American Express Co., Notes

 

7.000

%

3/19/18

 

260,000

 

312,646

(c)

GMAC International Finance BV, Senior Bonds

 

7.500

%

4/21/15

 

910,000

EUR

1,388,155

 

HSBC Finance Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes

 

6.676

%

1/15/21

 

970,000

 

1,040,967

(a)(c)

SLM Corp., Medium-Term Notes

 

8.000

%

3/25/20

 

280,000

 

309,280

 

Total Consumer Finance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,491,421

 

Diversified Financial Services — 4.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.650

%

5/1/18

 

490,000

 

524,161

(c)

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

 

7.625

%

6/1/19

 

1,480,000

 

1,761,897

(c)

Bankrate Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

11.750

%

7/15/15

 

440,000

 

503,250

(a)(c)

Boats Investments (Netherlands) BV, Secured Notes

 

8.710

%

12/15/15

 

1,271,159

EUR

1,472,607

(d)(e)

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.125

%

11/21/17

 

490,000

 

552,517

(c)

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.500

%

5/22/19

 

2,000,000

 

2,515,434

(c)

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.875

%

3/5/38

 

250,000

 

290,622

(c)

General Electric Capital Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.625

%

5/1/18

 

650,000

 

719,718

(c)

General Electric Capital Corp., Senior Notes

 

4.625

%

1/7/21

 

2,090,000

 

2,124,882

(c)

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

 

8.750

%

3/15/17

 

1,620,000

 

1,838,700

 

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

 

8.250

%

12/15/20

 

2,360,000

 

2,655,000

 

ISS Financing PLC, Senior Secured Bonds

 

11.000

%

6/15/14

 

2,000,000

EUR

3,151,628

(a)

LBI Escrow Corp., Senior Secured Notes

 

8.000

%

11/1/17

 

795,998

EUR

1,271,527

(a)

Polish Television Holding BV, Senior Secured Bonds

 

11.250

%

5/15/17

 

675,000

EUR

1,039,390

(a)(g)

Residential Capital LLC, Junior Secured Notes

 

9.625

%

5/15/15

 

680,000

 

697,000

 

Sinochem Overseas Capital Co., Ltd., Senior Notes

 

4.500

%

11/12/20

 

780,000

 

745,252

(a)

Telenet Finance III Luxembourg S.C.A., Senior Secured Notes

 

6.625

%

2/15/21

 

1,100,000

EUR

1,545,413

(a)

Total Diversified Financial Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23,408,998

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


 

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Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc. 2011 Annual Report

 

 

 

Schedule of investments (cont’d)

May 31, 2011

 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Security

 

Rate

 

Maturity
Date

 

Face
Amount†

 

Value

 

Insurance — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American International Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.250

%

8/15/18

 

4,000,000

 

$  4,733,188

(c)

Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co., Ltd., Subordinated Notes

 

7.250

%

7/25/21

 

360,000

 

367,361

(a)(e)(h)

ING Capital Funding Trust III, Junior Subordinated Bonds

 

3.907

%

9/30/11

 

240,000

 

232,731

(e)(h)

Total Insurance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,333,280

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)— 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WEA Finance LLC/WT Finance Aust Pty. Ltd., Senior Notes

 

6.750

%

9/2/19

 

1,360,000

 

1,586,617

(a)(c)

Real Estate Management & Development — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Countrywide Holdings, Senior Secured Notes

 

10.000

%

5/8/18

 

740,000

GBP

1,223,386

(a)

Total Financials

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

51,225,588

 

Health Care — 3.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Biomet Inc., Senior Notes

 

10.000

%

10/15/17

 

370,000

 

410,700

(c)

Biomet Inc., Senior Toggle Notes

 

10.375

%

10/15/17

 

500,000

 

557,500

(d)

Ontex, Senior Notes

 

9.000

%

4/15/19

 

640,000

EUR

937,142

(a)

Ontex IV SA, Senior Notes

 

9.000

%

4/15/19

 

400,000

EUR

585,713

(a)

Total Health Care Equipment & Supplies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,491,055

 

Health Care Providers & Services — 2.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Renal Holdings, Senior Notes

 

9.750

%

3/1/16

 

820,000

 

863,050

(a)(d)

American Renal Holdings, Senior Secured Notes

 

8.375

%

5/15/18

 

670,000

 

703,500

(c)

Community Health Systems Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.875

%

7/15/15

 

620,000

 

641,700

(c)

CRC Health Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes

 

10.750

%

2/1/16

 

2,560,000

 

2,643,200

 

Fresenius U.S. Finance II Inc., Senior Notes

 

9.000

%

7/15/15

 

110,000

 

126,362

(a)

HCA Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.750

%

5/15/21

 

50,000

 

52,563

(a)

Humana Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.200

%

6/15/18

 

2,000,000

 

2,361,958

(c)

Labco SAS, Senior Secured Notes

 

8.500

%

1/15/18

 

500,000

EUR

735,740

(a)

Tenet Healthcare Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.875

%

11/15/31

 

10,000

 

8,450

 

Tenet Healthcare Corp., Senior Secured Notes

 

10.000

%

5/1/18

 

215,000

 

247,250

(c)

Tenet Healthcare Corp., Senior Secured Notes

 

8.875

%

7/1/19

 

962,000

 

1,075,035

(c)

US Oncology Inc.

 

9.125

%

8/15/17

 

150,000

 

3,375

(b)

Vanguard Health Holdings Co., II LLC, Senior Notes

 

8.000

%

2/1/18

 

600,000

 

628,500

(c)

Total Health Care Providers & Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,090,683

 

Pharmaceuticals — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ConvaTec Healthcare E SA, Senior Notes

 

10.875

%

12/15/18

 

1,460,000

EUR

2,240,282

(a)

Giant Funding Corp., Senior Secured Notes

 

8.250

%

2/1/18

 

410,000

 

433,575

(a)

Total Pharmaceuticals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,673,857

 

Total Health Care

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,255,595

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


 

 

 

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Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Security

 

Rate

 

Maturity
Date

 

Face
Amount†

 

Value

 

Industrials — 9.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aerospace & Defense — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FGI Operating Co. Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

10.250

%

8/1/15

 

955,000

 

$  1,033,788

 

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

10.000

%

6/1/17

 

600,000

 

663,000

(c)

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

10.000

%

6/1/17

 

600,000

 

663,000

(a)(c)

Northrop Grumman Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.875

%

3/15/18

 

440,000

 

460,900

(a)

Northrop Grumman Corp., Senior Notes

 

7.125

%

3/15/21

 

440,000

 

461,450

(a)

Triumph Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.625

%

7/15/18

 

860,000

 

955,675

 

Wyle Services Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes

 

10.500

%

4/1/18

 

1,550,000

 

1,662,375

(a)

Total Aerospace & Defense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,900,188

 

Airlines — 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Airlines Pass-Through Trust, Secured Notes

 

7.000

%

1/31/18

 

420,000

 

405,300

(a)(c)

BAA SH PLC, Senior Secured Notes

 

7.125

%

3/1/17

 

900,000

GBP

1,474,634

 

Continental Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates

 

7.373

%

12/15/15

 

350,568

 

351,900

(c)

Continental Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates, Subordinated Secured Notes

 

7.339

%

4/19/14

 

750,927

 

750,927

(c)

Continental Airlines Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

6.750

%

9/15/15

 

1,000,000

 

1,020,000

(a)(c)

DAE Aviation Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

 

11.250

%

8/1/15

 

890,000

 

940,062

(a)

Delta Air Lines, Secured Notes

 

6.375

%

1/2/16

 

260,000

 

248,300

(a)(c)

Delta Air Lines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates

 

8.954

%

8/10/14

 

88,282

 

91,037

 

Delta Air Lines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates, Secured Notes

 

8.021

%

8/10/22

 

767,927

 

786,203

(c)

Delta Air Lines Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

9.500

%

9/15/14

 

287,000

 

310,678

(a)(c)

United Air Lines Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

9.875

%

8/1/13

 

1,062,000

 

1,138,995

(a)(c)

Total Airlines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,518,036

 

Building Products — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ashton Woods USA LLC/Ashton Woods Finance Co., Senior Subordinated Notes, step bond

 

0.000

%

6/30/15

 

169,000

 

102,668

(a)(b)

Building Materials Corp. of America, Senior Notes

 

6.750

%

5/1/21

 

1,270,000

 

1,282,700

(a)(c)

GTL Trade Finance Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.250

%

10/20/17

 

460,000

 

518,650

(a)

Rearden G Holdings EINS GmbH, Senior Notes

 

7.875

%

3/30/20

 

360,000

 

396,432

(a)

Shea Homes LP, Senior Secured Notes

 

8.625

%

5/15/19

 

520,000

 

527,150

(a)

Total Building Products

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,827,600

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


 

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Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc. 2011 Annual Report

 

 

 

Schedule of investments (cont’d)

May 31, 2011

 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Security

 

Rate

 

Maturity
Date

 

Face
Amount†

 

Value

 

Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACCO Brands Corp., Senior Secured Notes

 

10.625

%

3/15/15

 

890,000

 

$  1,003,475

(c)

ALBA Group PLC & Co. KG, Senior Notes

 

8.000

%

5/15/18

 

400,000

EUR

590,750

(a)

Altegrity Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes

 

10.500

%

11/1/15

 

1,900,000

 

2,014,000

(a)

Altegrity Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes

 

11.750

%

5/1/16

 

1,700,000

 

1,831,750

(a)

American Reprographics Co., Senior Notes

 

10.500

%

12/15/16

 

880,000

 

932,800

(a)(c)

RSC Equipment Rental Inc./RSC Holdings III LLC, Senior Notes

 

8.250

%

2/1/21

 

430,000

 

446,125

 

Total Commercial Services & Supplies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,818,900

 

Construction & Engineering — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Abengoa Finance SAU, Senior Notes

 

8.875

%

11/1/17

 

770,000

 

793,100

(a)

Odebrecht Finance Ltd., Senior Notes

 

7.000

%

4/21/20

 

600,000

 

663,000

(a)

Odebrecht Finance Ltd., Senior Notes

 

6.000

%

4/5/23

 

2,310,000

 

2,328,480

(a)

Total Construction & Engineering

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,784,580

 

Electrical Equipment — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NES Rentals Holdings Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

12.250

%

4/15/15

 

1,960,000

 

2,004,100

(a)

Industrial Conglomerates — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leucadia National Corp., Senior Notes

 

8.125

%

9/15/15

 

540,000

 

602,100

(c)

Machinery — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dematic SA, Senior Secured Notes

 

8.750

%

5/1/16

 

1,200,000

 

1,224,000

(a)

Lonking Holdings Ltd., Senior Notes

 

8.500

%

6/3/16

 

1,410,000

 

1,417,050

(a)

Total Machinery

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,641,050

 

Marine — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Navios Maritime Acquisition Corp., Senior Secured Notes

 

8.625

%

11/1/17

 

150,000

 

154,125

(a)

Navios Maritime Acquisition Corp./ Navios Acquisition Finance U.S. Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

8.625

%

11/1/17

 

1,430,000

 

1,469,325

 

Navios Maritime Holdings Inc./Navios Maritime Finance II U.S. Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.125

%

2/15/19

 

430,000

 

432,150

(a)

Total Marine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,055,600

 

Road & Rail — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Florida East Coast Holdings Corp., Senior Notes

 

10.500

%

8/1/17

 

1,420,000

 

1,487,450

(a)(d)

Florida East Coast Industries Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

8.125

%

2/1/17

 

940,000

 

984,650

(a)(c)

Kansas City Southern de Mexico, Senior Notes

 

12.500

%

4/1/16

 

760,000

 

919,600

(c)

Kansas City Southern de Mexico, Senior Notes

 

8.000

%

2/1/18

 

245,000

 

272,562

 

Kansas City Southern Railway, Senior Notes

 

8.000

%

6/1/15

 

185,000

 

202,113

 

Quality Distribution LLC/QD Capital Corp., Senior Secured Notes

 

9.875

%

11/1/18

 

1,090,000

 

1,149,950

(a)

RailAmerica Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

9.250

%

7/1/17

 

1,014,000

 

1,128,075

(c)

Total Road & Rail

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,144,400

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


 

 

 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc. 2011 Annual Report

 

19

 

 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Security

 

Rate

 

Maturity
Date

 

Face
Amount†

 

Value

 

Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ashtead Capital Inc., Notes

 

9.000

%

8/15/16

 

595,000

 

$     627,725

(a)(c)

H&E Equipment Services Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.375

%

7/15/16

 

1,590,000

 

1,677,450

(c)

Total Trading Companies & Distributors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,305,175

 

Transportation — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CMA CGM, Senior Notes

 

8.500

%

4/15/17

 

1,000,000

 

915,000

(a)

CMA CGM, Senior Notes

 

8.875

%

4/15/19

 

1,500,000

EUR

2,007,544

(a)

Hapag-Lloyd AG, Senior Notes

 

9.750

%

10/15/17

 

1,550,000

 

1,596,500

(a)(c)

Syncreon Global Ireland Ltd./ Syncreon Global Finance US Inc., Senior Notes

 

9.500

%

5/1/18

 

970,000

 

1,011,225

(a)(c)

Total Transportation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,530,269

 

Transportation Infrastructure — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aguila 3 SA, Senior Secured Notes

 

7.875

%

1/31/18

 

160,000

 

164,400

(a)

Total Industrials

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

48,296,398

 

Information Technology — 1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IT Services — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ceridian Corp., Senior Notes

 

12.250

%

11/15/15

 

553,800

 

582,182

(d)

First Data Corp., Senior Notes

 

10.550

%

9/24/15

 

586,302

 

616,350

(d)

First Data Corp., Senior Notes

 

11.250

%

3/31/16

 

800,000

 

806,000

 

First Data Corp., Senior Secured Notes

 

7.375

%

6/15/19

 

70,000

 

71,575

(a)

iGATE Corp., Senior Notes

 

9.000

%

5/1/16

 

840,000

 

867,300

(a)(c)

Total IT Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,943,407

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CDW LLC/CDW Finance Corp., Senior Notes

 

11.000

%

10/12/15

 

420,000

 

453,600

 

CDW LLC/CDW Finance Corp., Senior Notes

 

11.500

%

10/12/15

 

350,000

 

379,312

(d)

Freescale Semiconductor Inc., Senior Notes

 

10.750

%

8/1/20

 

280,000

 

323,400

(a)

Freescale Semiconductor Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

9.250

%

4/15/18

 

1,010,000

 

1,131,200

(a)(c)

Freescale Semiconductor Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes

 

10.125

%

12/15/16

 

1,740,000

 

1,874,850

 

MEMC Electronic Materials Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.750

%

4/1/19

 

260,000

 

267,800

(a)

Sensata Technologies BV, Secured Notes

 

6.500

%

5/15/19

 

230,000

 

233,738

(a)

STATS ChipPAC Ltd., Senior Notes

 

7.500

%

8/12/15

 

530,000

 

577,700

(a)

Total Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

 

 

 

 

 

5,241,600

 

Total Information Technology

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,185,007

 

Materials — 10.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chemicals — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Braskem Finance Ltd., Senior Notes

 

5.750

%

4/15/21

 

980,000

 

984,900

(a)(c)

FMC Finance III SA, Senior Notes

 

6.875

%

7/15/17

 

1,220,000

 

1,303,875

(c)

Ineos Finance PLC, Senior Secured Notes

 

9.000

%

5/15/15

 

670,000

 

729,462

(a)

Kerling PLC, Senior Secured Notes

 

10.625

%

2/1/17

 

792,000

EUR

1,242,346

(a)

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


 

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Schedule of investments (cont’d)

May 31, 2011

 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Security

 

Rate

 

Maturity
Date

 

Face
Amount†

 

Value

 

Chemicals — continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LBI Escrow Corp., Senior Secured Notes

 

8.000

%

11/1/17

 

670,000

 

$     755,425

(a)(c)

Texas Petrochemical Corp. Group LLC, Senior Secured Notes

 

8.250

%

10/1/17

 

450,000

 

482,625

(a)(c)

Total Chemicals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,498,633

 

Construction Materials — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HeidelbergCement AG, Senior Notes

 

8.500

%

10/31/19

 

720,000

EUR

1,185,099

 

Containers & Packaging — 2.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ardagh Glass Group PLC, Senior Toggle Notes

 

10.750

%

3/1/15

 

758,700

EUR

1,130,059

(d)

Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC, Senior Notes

 

9.250

%

10/15/20

 

1,700,000

EUR

2,608,548

(a)

Berry Plastics Corp., Secured Notes

 

9.750

%

1/15/21

 

1,200,000

 

1,207,500

 

Longview Fibre Paper & Packaging Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

8.000

%

6/1/16

 

660,000

 

673,200

(a)

Pretium Packaging LLC/Pretium Finance Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

11.500

%

4/1/16

 

1,210,000

 

1,247,812

(a)(c)

Reynolds Group Issuer Inc., Senior Notes

 

9.500

%

6/15/17

 

2,000,000

EUR

2,917,774

(a)

Reynolds Group Issuer Inc./Reynolds Group Issuer LLC, Senior Notes

 

8.250

%

2/15/21

 

2,180,000

 

2,229,050

(a)

Suzano Trading Ltd., Senior Notes

 

5.875

%

1/23/21

 

1,100,000

 

1,097,250

(a)

Viskase Cos. Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

9.875

%

1/15/18

 

1,080,000

 

1,138,050

(a)(b)(c)

Viskase Cos. Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

9.875

%

1/15/18

 

250,000

 

263,438

(a)(b)(c)

Total Containers & Packaging

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,512,681

 

Metals & Mining — 4.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Atkore International Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

9.875

%

1/1/18

 

490,000

 

534,100

(a)(c)

China Oriental Group Co. Ltd.

 

7.000

%

11/17/17

 

1,060,000

 

1,036,150

(a)

Corporacion Nacional del Cobre de Chile, Senior Notes

 

3.750

%

11/4/20

 

360,000

 

347,495

(a)

CSN Resources SA, Senior Bonds

 

6.500

%

7/21/20

 

452,000

 

483,640

(a)

CSN Resources SA, Senior Bonds

 

6.500

%

7/21/20

 

450,000

 

481,500

(a)

Evraz Group SA, Notes

 

8.250

%

11/10/15

 

230,000

 

258,175

(a)

Evraz Group SA, Notes

 

6.750

%

4/27/18

 

2,440,000

 

2,467,206

(a)(c)

Evraz Group SA, Senior Notes

 

9.500

%

4/24/18

 

940,000

 

1,090,400

(a)

FMG Resources (August 2006) Pty Ltd., Senior Notes

 

7.000

%

11/1/15

 

200,000

 

209,000

(a)

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.375

%

4/1/17

 

800,000

 

878,018

(c)

Midwest Vanadium Pty Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

 

11.500

%

2/15/18

 

1,990,000

 

2,049,700

(a)(c)

Mirabela Nickel Ltd., Senior Notes

 

8.750

%

4/15/18

 

400,000

 

405,000

(a)

Novelis Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.750

%

12/15/20

 

1,210,000

 

1,343,100

 

Ryerson Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

12.000

%

11/1/15

 

1,713,000

 

1,854,323

 

Southern Copper Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.375

%

4/16/20

 

360,000

 

373,495

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


 

 

 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc. 2011 Annual Report

 

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Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Security

 

Rate

 

Maturity
Date

 

Face
Amount†

 

Value

 

Metals & Mining — continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Southern Copper Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.750

%

4/16/40

 

410,000

 

$     418,371

(c)

Vale Overseas Ltd., Notes

 

8.250

%

1/17/34

 

2,983,000

 

3,745,455

(c)(i)

Vale Overseas Ltd., Notes

 

6.875

%

11/21/36

 

819,000

 

903,930

 

Vedanta Resources PLC, Senior Notes

 

8.750

%

1/15/14

 

1,690,000

 

1,833,650

(a)(c)

Vedanta Resources PLC, Senior Notes

 

6.750

%

6/7/16

 

830,000

 

836,225

(a)

Vedanta Resources PLC, Senior Notes

 

9.500

%

7/18/18

 

160,000

 

178,000

(a)

Total Metals & Mining

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21,726,933

 

Paper & Forest Products — 2.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appleton Papers Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

11.250

%

12/15/15

 

914,000

 

939,135

 

Celulosa Arauco y Constitucion SA, Senior Notes

 

7.250

%

7/29/19

 

842,000

 

976,712

(c)

China Forestry Holdings Co., Ltd., Senior Secured Bonds

 

7.750

%

11/17/15

 

1,610,000

 

1,296,050

(a)(b)

Empresas CMPC SA, Notes

 

4.750

%

1/19/18

 

460,000

 

462,626

(a)

Fibria Overseas Finance Ltd., Senior Notes

 

7.500

%

5/4/20

 

440,000

 

490,424

(a)

Fibria Overseas Finance Ltd., Senior Notes

 

6.750

%

3/3/21

 

280,000

 

299,250

(a)

NewPage Corp., Senior Secured Notes

 

11.375

%

12/31/14

 

860,000

 

834,200

 

PE Paper Escrow GmbH, Senior Secured Notes

 

11.750

%

8/1/14

 

2,000,000

EUR

3,288,342

(a)

PE Paper Escrow GmbH, Senior Secured Notes

 

12.000

%

8/1/14

 

270,000

 

311,347

(a)

Sappi Papier Holding GmbH, Senior Secured Notes

 

6.625

%

4/15/21

 

350,000

 

355,651

(a)

Sino-Forest Corp., Notes

 

6.250

%

10/21/17

 

800,000

 

748,000

(a)(c)

Sino-Forest Corp., Senior Bonds

 

10.250

%

7/28/14

 

1,370,000

 

1,486,450

(a)

Verso Paper Holdings LLC, Senior Secured Notes

 

8.750

%

2/1/19

 

1,020,000

 

1,025,100

(a)(c)

Total Paper & Forest Products

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,513,287

 

Total Materials

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

55,436,633

 

Telecommunication Services — 9.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 6.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.400

%

5/15/38

 

220,000

 

238,477

(c)

Axtel SAB de CV, Senior Notes

 

7.625

%

2/1/17

 

2,886,000

 

2,784,990

(a)(c)

Axtel SAB de CV, Senior Notes

 

7.625

%

2/1/17

 

944,000

 

908,600

(a)(c)

Axtel SAB de CV, Senior Notes

 

9.000

%

9/22/19

 

637,000

 

635,408

(a)

British Telecommunications PLC, Bonds

 

9.625

%

12/15/30

 

240,000

 

343,259

 

Cincinnati Bell Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.250

%

10/15/17

 

1,945,000

 

1,991,194

(c)

Cogent Communications Group Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

8.375

%

2/15/18

 

900,000

 

942,750

(a)(c)

Inmarsat Finance PLC, Senior Notes

 

7.375

%

12/1/17

 

1,310,000

 

1,395,150

(a)(c)

Intelsat Jackson Holdings Ltd., Senior Notes

 

11.250

%

6/15/16

 

1,385,000

 

1,475,025

 

Intelsat Jackson Holdings Ltd., Senior Notes

 

8.500

%

11/1/19

 

1,920,000

 

2,064,000

(c)

Koninklijke KPN NV, Senior Notes

 

8.375

%

10/1/30

 

240,000

 

317,280

(c)

Level 3 Financing Inc., Senior Notes

 

9.250

%

11/1/14

 

713,000

 

737,955

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


 

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Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc. 2011 Annual Report

 

 

 

Schedule of investments (cont’d)

May 31, 2011

 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Security

 

Rate

 

Maturity
Date

 

Face
Amount†

 

Value

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services — continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Primus Telecommunications Group Inc., Senior Subordinated Secured Notes

 

14.250

%

5/20/13

 

134,193

 

$     136,541

(d)

Qtel International Finance Ltd., Senior Notes

 

4.750

%

2/16/21

 

400,000

 

390,494

(a)

Satelite Mexicanos SA de CV, Senior Secured Notes

 

9.500

%

5/15/17

 

580,000

 

597,400

(a)

Sunrise Communications Holdings SA, Senior Secured Notes

 

8.500

%

12/31/18

 

344,000

EUR

527,228

(a)

Sunrise Communications International SA, Senior Secured Notes

 

7.000

%

12/31/17

 

290,000

EUR

432,989

(a)

Telemar Norte Leste SA, Senior Notes

 

5.500

%

10/23/20

 

690,000

 

680,478

(a)

TW Telecom Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.000

%

3/1/18

 

500,000

 

545,625

(c)

UBS Luxembourg SA for OJSC Vimpel Communications, Loan Participation Notes

 

8.250

%

5/23/16

 

828,000

 

920,885

(a)

Unitymedia GmbH, Senior Secured Bonds

 

8.125

%

12/1/17

 

1,000,000

EUR

1,530,842

(a)

Unitymedia GmbH, Senior Subordinated Notes

 

9.625

%

12/1/19

 

913,000

EUR

1,455,142

(a)

Vimpel Communications, Loan Participation Notes

 

8.375

%

4/30/13

 

430,000

 

470,128

(a)(c)

Vimpel Communications, Notes

 

6.493

%

2/2/16

 

200,000

 

209,318

(a)

VIP Finance Ireland Ltd. for OJSC Vimpel Communications, Loan Participation Notes, Secured Notes

 

8.375

%

4/30/13

 

1,535,000

 

1,678,682

(a)

West Corp., Senior Notes

 

8.625

%

10/1/18

 

900,000

 

952,875

(a)(c)

West Corp., Senior Notes

 

7.875

%

1/15/19

 

1,100,000

 

1,123,375

(a)(c)

Wind Acquisition Finance SA, Senior Secured Notes

 

7.250

%

2/15/18

 

460,000

 

489,900

(a)

Wind Acquisition Holdings Finance SpA, Senior Notes

 

12.250

%

7/15/17

 

2,274,169

EUR

4,025,489

(a)(d)

Windstream Corp., Senior Notes

 

7.500

%

4/1/23

 

2,170,000

 

2,245,950

 

Total Diversified Telecommunication Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32,247,429

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 3.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

America Movil SAB de CV, Senior Notes

 

5.625

%

11/15/17

 

504,000

 

572,796

(c)

Buccaneer Merger Sub Inc., Senior Notes

 

9.125

%

1/15/19

 

1,015,000

 

1,092,394

(a)

Indosat Palapa Co. BV, Senior Notes

 

7.375

%

7/29/20

 

900,000

 

1,006,920

(a)(c)

MetroPCS Wireless Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.875

%

9/1/18

 

640,000

 

692,000

 

Phones4u Finance PLC, Senior Secured Notes

 

9.500

%

4/1/18

 

1,080,000

GBP

1,741,067

(a)

Sprint Capital Corp., Senior Notes

 

8.375

%

3/15/12

 

320,000

 

336,800

(c)

Sprint Capital Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.875

%

11/15/28

 

1,000,000

 

975,000

(c)

Sprint Capital Corp., Senior Notes

 

8.750

%

3/15/32

 

3,690,000

 

4,091,288

(c)

True Move Co., Ltd., Notes

 

10.750

%

12/16/13

 

5,270,000

 

5,770,650

(a)(c)

Total Wireless Telecommunication Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,278,915

 

Total Telecommunication Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

48,526,344

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


 

 

 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc. 2011 Annual Report

 

23

 

 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Security

 

Rate

 

Maturity
Date

 

Face
Amount†

 

Value

 

Utilities — 5.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electric Utilities — 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AES Ironwood LLC, Secured Notes

 

8.857

%

11/30/25

 

311,930

 

$     314,269

(c)

Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA, Senior Notes

 

6.875

%

7/30/19

 

380,000

 

431,300

(a)

Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA, Senior Notes

 

6.875

%

7/30/19

 

367,000

 

416,545

(a)

EEB International Ltd., Senior Bonds

 

8.750

%

10/31/14

 

1,770,000

 

1,880,625

(a)

FirstEnergy Corp., Notes

 

7.375

%

11/15/31

 

270,000

 

314,766

 

Majapahit Holding BV, Senior Notes

 

7.750

%

1/20/20

 

370,000

 

433,825

(a)

Midwest Generation LLC, Pass-Through Certificates

 

8.560

%

1/2/16

 

523,640

 

547,203

 

Reliant Energy Mid-Atlantic Power Holdings LLC, Senior Notes

 

9.681

%

7/2/26

 

1,890,000

 

2,064,825

(c)

Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Co. LLC/ TCEH Finance Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

11.500

%

10/1/20

 

1,250,000

 

1,271,875

(a)

Total Electric Utilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,675,233

 

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 3.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Calpine Corp., Senior Secured Notes

 

7.875

%

7/31/20

 

470,000

 

500,550

(a)

Calpine Corp., Senior Secured Notes

 

7.500

%

2/15/21

 

260,000

 

271,700

(a)(c)

Calpine Corp., Senior Secured Notes

 

7.875

%

1/15/23

 

1,920,000

 

2,013,600

(a)(c)

Colbun SA, Senior Notes

 

6.000

%

1/21/20

 

750,000

 

794,463

(a)

Energy Future Holdings Corp., Senior Notes

 

10.875

%

11/1/17

 

9,000,000

 

8,235,000

 

First Wind Holdings Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

10.250

%

6/1/18

 

640,000

 

656,000

(a)

Foresight Energy LLC/Foresight Energy Corp., Senior Notes

 

9.625

%

8/15/17

 

1,240,000

 

1,357,800

(a)

Mirant Americas Generation LLC, Senior Notes

 

9.125

%

5/1/31

 

2,470,000

 

2,531,750

(c)

Mirant Mid Atlantic LLC, Pass-Through Certificates

 

10.060

%

12/30/28

 

185,116

 

207,330

 

Total Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders

 

 

 

 

 

16,568,193

 

Multi-Utilities — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E-CL SA, Notes

 

5.625

%

1/15/21

 

470,000

 

488,543

(a)

Empresas Publicas de Medellin ESP, Senior Notes

 

7.625

%

7/29/19

 

410,000

 

476,625

(a)

Total Multi-Utilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

965,168

 

Total Utilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25,208,594

 

Total Corporate Bonds & Notes (Cost — $364,876,775)

 

 

 

 

 

395,026,501

 

Asset-Backed Securities — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financials — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Home Equity — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance America Net Interest Margin Trust, 2004-1 A

 

5.250

%

6/27/34

 

110,125

 

1

(a)(b)(f)

Sail Net Interest Margin Notes, 2003-6A A

 

7.000

%

7/27/33

 

14,101

 

0

(a)(b)(f)

Sail Net Interest Margin Notes, 2003-7A A

 

7.000

%

7/27/33

 

42,974

 

0

(a)(b)(f)

Total Home Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


 

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Schedule of investments (cont’d)

May 31, 2011

 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Security

 

Rate

 

Maturity
Date

 

Face
Amount†

 

Value

 

Manufactured Housing — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Greenpoint Manufactured Housing, 1999-2 A2

 

3.110

%

3/18/29

 

425,000

 

$     354,875

(e)

Greenpoint Manufactured Housing, 1999-3 2A2

 

3.696

%

6/19/29

 

200,000

 

167,000

(e)

Greenpoint Manufactured Housing, 1999-4 A2

 

3.695

%

2/20/30

 

200,000

 

167,000

(e)

Greenpoint Manufactured Housing, 2000-6 A3

 

2.213

%

11/22/31

 

325,000

 

276,250

(e)

Greenpoint Manufactured Housing, 2000-7 A2

 

3.697

%

11/17/31

 

700,000

 

588,000

(e)

Greenpoint Manufactured Housing, 2001-2 IA2

 

3.704

%

2/20/32

 

350,000

 

297,500

(e)

Greenpoint Manufactured Housing, 2001-2 IIA2

 

3.698

%

3/13/32

 

475,000

 

403,750

(e)

Total Manufactured Housing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,254,375

 

Total Asset-Backed Securities (Cost — $2,406,344)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,254,376

 

Collateralized Senior Loans — 1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Realogy Corp., Term Loan

 

13.500

%

10/15/17

 

2,000,000

 

2,132,500

(j)

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CityCenter Holdings LLC, Term Loan

 

7.500

%

1/13/15

 

240,000

 

242,593

(j)

Media — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Newsday LLC, Term Loan B

 

10.500

%

8/1/13

 

2,000,000

 

2,130,000

(j)

Total Consumer Discretionary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,505,093

 

Industrials — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marine — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trico Shipping AS, Term Loan A

 

10.000

%

5/12/14

 

423,449

 

423,449

(g)(j)

Information Technology — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IT Services — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Data Corp., Term Loan B

 

4.195

%

3/23/18

 

636,236

 

595,532

(j)

First Data Corp., Term Loan B2

 

2.945

%

9/24/14

 

771,653

 

723,867

(j)

Total Information Technology

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,319,399

 

Telecommunication Services — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vodafone Americas Finance 2 Inc., Term Loan

 

6.875

%

8/11/15

 

1,675,069

 

1,733,696

(j)

Total Collateralized Senior Loans (Cost — $7,714,988)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,981,637

 

Convertible Bonds & Notes — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Realogy Corp., Senior Subordinated Bonds

 

11.000

%

4/15/18

 

1,310,000

 

1,434,450

(a)

Energy — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

James River Coal Co., Senior Notes

 

3.125

%

3/15/18

 

70,000

 

71,487

(a)

Industrials — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Horizon Lines Inc., Senior Notes

 

4.250

%

8/15/12

 

1,610,000

 

1,384,600

(b)

Materials — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hercules Inc.

 

6.500

%

6/30/29

 

240,000

 

192,600

 

Total Convertible Bonds & Notes (Cost — $2,772,050)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,083,137

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


 

 

 

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25

 

 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Security

 

Rate

 

Maturity
Date

 

Face
Amount†

 

Value

 

Sovereign Bonds — 18.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Argentina — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Republic of Argentina

 

8.000

%

2/26/08

 

117

EUR

$              58

(f)(k)

Republic of Argentina

 

7.820

%

12/31/33

 

2,327,293

EUR

2,411,428

(e)

Republic of Argentina, GDP Linked Securities

 

0.000

%

12/15/35

 

5,548,107

EUR

1,161,712

(e)

Republic of Argentina, Senior Bonds

 

2.260

%

12/31/38

 

162,096

EUR

80,829

 

Republic of Argentina, Senior Notes

 

8.750

%

6/2/17

 

591,998

 

614,198

 

Total Argentina

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,268,225

 

Brazil — 2.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brazil Nota do Tesouro Nacional, Notes

 

10.000

%

1/1/14

 

761,000

BRL

456,488

 

Brazil Nota do Tesouro Nacional, Notes

 

10.000

%

1/1/17

 

12,621,000

BRL

7,236,163

 

Federative Republic of Brazil

 

7.125

%

1/20/37

 

2,450,500

 

2,989,610

(i)

Total Brazil

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,682,261

 

Chile — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Republic of Chile, Senior Notes

 

3.875

%

8/5/20

 

765,000

 

765,000

 

Colombia — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Republic of Colombia

 

11.750

%

2/25/20

 

544,000

 

840,480

 

Republic of Colombia

 

7.375

%

9/18/37

 

3,142,000

 

3,951,065

 

Republic of Colombia, Senior Bonds

 

6.125

%

1/18/41

 

330,000

 

359,700

 

Republic of Colombia, Senior Notes

 

7.375

%

3/18/19

 

498,000

 

618,018

 

Total Colombia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,769,263

 

Hungary — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Republic of Hungary, Senior Notes

 

6.250

%

1/29/20

 

890,000

 

944,332

(c)

Republic of Hungary, Senior Notes

 

6.375

%

3/29/21

 

1,230,000

 

1,291,597

(c)

Total Hungary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,235,929

 

India — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ICICI Bank Ltd., Junior Subordinated Bonds

 

6.375

%

4/30/22

 

454,000

 

455,106

(a)(e)

ICICI Bank Ltd., Subordinated Bonds

 

6.375

%

4/30/22

 

1,840,000

 

1,842,237

(a)(e)

Total India

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,297,343

 

Indonesia — 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Republic of Indonesia, Senior Bonds

 

6.875

%

1/17/18

 

165,000

 

191,812

(a)

Republic of Indonesia, Senior Bonds

 

10.250

%

7/15/22

 

15,399,000,000

IDR

2,134,108

 

Republic of Indonesia, Senior Bonds

 

11.000

%

9/15/25

 

25,206,000,000

IDR

3,635,860

 

Republic of Indonesia, Senior Bonds

 

6.625

%

2/17/37

 

170,000

 

190,080

(a)

Republic of Indonesia, Senior Bonds

 

9.750

%

5/15/37

 

11,646,000,000

IDR

1,443,334

 

Total Indonesia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,595,194

 

Malaysia — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Government of Malaysia, Senior Bonds

 

3.835

%

8/12/15

 

9,755,000

MYR

3,289,543

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


 

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Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc. 2011 Annual Report

 

 

 

Schedule of investments (cont’d)

May 31, 2011

 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Security

 

Rate

 

Maturity
Date

 

Face
Amount†

 

Value

 

Mexico — 1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mexican Bonos, Bonds

 

8.000

%

6/11/20

 

62,336,800

MXN

$  5,848,052

 

United Mexican States

 

11.375

%

9/15/16

 

148,000

 

211,640

(c)

United Mexican States, Bonds

 

10.000

%

12/5/24

 

8,750,000

MXN

949,267

 

United Mexican States, Medium-Term Notes

 

5.625

%

1/15/17

 

4,000

 

4,516

 

United Mexican States, Medium-Term Notes

 

6.750

%

9/27/34

 

936,000

 

1,092,312

(c)

United Mexican States, Medium-Term Notes

 

6.050

%

1/11/40

 

124,000

 

132,246

 

Total Mexico

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,238,033

 

Panama — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Republic of Panama

 

7.250

%

3/15/15

 

621,000

 

730,607

 

Republic of Panama

 

9.375

%

4/1/29

 

975,000

 

1,438,125

 

Republic of Panama

 

6.700

%

1/26/36

 

340,000

 

398,650

 

Total Panama

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,567,382

 

Peru — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Republic of Peru

 

8.750

%

11/21/33

 

1,944,000

 

2,650,644

 

Republic of Peru, Bonds

 

7.840

%

8/12/20

 

3,636,000

PEN

1,424,258

 

Republic of Peru, Bonds

 

6.550

%

3/14/37

 

703,000

 

778,573

 

Republic of Peru, Global Senior Bonds

 

7.350

%

7/21/25

 

50,000

 

60,750

 

Total Peru

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,914,225

 

Poland — 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Republic of Poland, Bonds

 

5.500

%

4/25/15

 

13,565,000

PLN

4,957,089

 

Republic of Poland, Senior Notes

 

6.375

%

7/15/19

 

1,660,000

 

1,900,400

(c)

Republic of Poland, Senior Notes

 

5.125

%

4/21/21

 

890,000

 

926,712

(c)

Total Poland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,784,201

 

Russia — 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RSHB Capital, Loan Participation Notes, Senior Notes

 

6.299

%

5/15/17

 

470,000

 

501,725

(a)

RSHB Capital, Loan Participation Notes, Senior Secured Bonds

 

6.299

%

5/15/17

 

409,000

 

437,462

(a)

RSHB Capital, Loan Participation Notes, Senior Secured Notes

 

9.000

%

6/11/14

 

340,000

 

392,510

(a)

Russian Foreign Bond-Eurobond, Senior Bonds

 

7.500

%

3/31/30

 

7,122,843

 

8,409,441

(a)

Total Russia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,741,138

 

Turkey — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Republic of Turkey, Notes

 

6.750

%

5/30/40

 

2,322,000

 

2,522,273

 

Republic of Turkey, Senior Bonds

 

5.625

%

3/30/21

 

500,000

 

526,875

 

Republic of Turkey, Senior Notes

 

7.500

%

7/14/17

 

3,000,000

 

3,543,750

 

Total Turkey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,592,898

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


 

 

 

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Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Security

 

Rate

 

Maturity
Date

 

Face
Amount†

 

Value

 

Venezuela — 3.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

 

5.750

%

2/26/16

 

14,261,000

 

$10,660,097

(a)(c)

Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

 

7.650

%

4/21/25

 

475,000

 

292,125

 

Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Collective Action Securities, Global Senior Bonds

 

9.375

%

1/13/34

 

1,608,000

 

1,107,108

(c)

Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Collective Action Securities, Notes

 

10.750

%

9/19/13

 

875,000

 

875,000

 

Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Global Senior Bonds

 

8.500

%

10/8/14

 

365,000

 

332,150

 

Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Senior Bonds

 

9.250

%

9/15/27

 

240,000

 

171,600

 

Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Senior Notes

 

7.750

%

10/13/19

 

2,700,000

 

1,849,500

(a)

Total Venezuela

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,287,580

 

Total Sovereign Bonds (Cost — $86,971,205)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

92,028,215

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

 

Common Stocks — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Automobiles — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Motors Co.

 

 

 

 

 

14,750

 

469,198

*

Media — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charter Communications Inc., Class A Shares

 

 

 

 

 

15,345

 

866,839

(c)*

Total Consumer Discretionary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,336,037

 

Energy — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SemGroup Corp., Class A Shares

 

 

 

 

 

3,221

 

81,974

*

Industrials — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Building Products — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ashton Woods USA LLC, Class B Membership

 

 

 

 

 

52

 

23,403

(b)(g)

Nortek Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

4,010

 

158,395

*

Total Building Products

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

181,798

 

Marine — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DeepOcean Group Holding AS

 

 

 

 

 

56,705

 

850,575

 

Total Industrials

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,032,373

 

Total Common Stocks (Cost — $3,544,853)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,450,384

 

Convertible Preferred Stocks — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financials — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Citigroup Inc. (Cost — $94,789)

 

7.500

%

 

 

800

 

96,400

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


 

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Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc. 2011 Annual Report

 

 

 

Schedule of investments (cont’d)

May 31, 2011

 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Security

 

Rate

 

 

 

Shares

 

Value

 

Preferred Stocks — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Automobiles — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corts-Ford Motor Co.

 

7.400

%

 

 

16,000

 

$       399,360

 

Media — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CMP Susquehanna Radio Holdings Corp.

 

0.000

%

 

 

10,727

 

107

(a)(e)*

Total Consumer Discretionary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

399,467

 

Financials — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial Banks — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banesto Holdings Ltd.

 

10.500

%

 

 

45,575

 

1,166,438

(a)

Consumer Finance — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GMAC Capital Trust I

 

8.125

%

 

 

80,029

 

2,102,362

(e)*

Diversified Financial Services — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Citigroup Capital XIII

 

7.875

%

 

 

5,950

 

165,886

(e)

Total Financials

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,434,686

 

Total Preferred Stocks (Cost — $3,596,590)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,834,153

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expiration
Date

 

Notional
Amount†

 

 

 

Purchased Options — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credit default swaption with BNP Paribas to sell protection on Markit CDX.NA.HY.16 Index, Call @ $102.50

 

 

 

9/21/11

 

63,420,000

 

592,988

 

Credit default swaption with BNP Paribas to sell protection on Markit CDX.NA.HY.16 Index, Call @ $102.50

 

 

 

9/21/11

 

19,810,000

 

185,227

 

Total Purchased Options (Cost — $863,226)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

778,215

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expiration
Date

 

Warrants

 

 

 

Warrants — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Oil-linked payment obligations

 

 

 

4/15/20

 

2,675

 

74,231

(e)*

Buffets Restaurant Holdings

 

 

 

4/28/14

 

570

 

6

(b)(g)*

Charter Communications Inc.

 

 

 

11/30/14

 

752

 

9,776

*

CMP Susquehanna Radio Holdings Co.

 

 

 

3/23/19

 

12,259

 

0

(a)(b)(g)*

General Motors Co.

 

 

 

7/10/16

 

13,409

 

304,250

*

General Motors Co.

 

 

 

7/10/19

 

13,409

 

223,528

*

Nortek Inc.

 

 

 

12/7/14

 

1,301

 

11,709

(b)*

SemGroup Corp.

 

 

 

11/30/14

 

3,390

 

22,883

(b)(g)*

Total Warrants (Cost — $1,749,498)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

646,383

 

Total Investments before Short-Term Investments
(Cost — $474,590,318)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

508,179,401

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


 

 

 

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Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Security

 

Rate

 

Maturity
Date

 

Face
Amount†

 

Value

 

Short-Term Investments — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Government Agencies — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (FHLMC);
(Cost — $299,814)

 

0.100

%

1/10/12

 

$300,000

 

$       299,796

(l)

Total Investments — 100.0% (Cost — $474,890,132#)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$508,479,197

 

 

Face amount denominated in U.S. dollars, unless otherwise noted.

*

Non-income producing security.

(a)

Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be resold in transactions that are exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. This security has been deemed liquid pursuant to guidelines approved by the Board of Directors, unless otherwise noted.

(b)

Illiquid security (unaudited).

(c)

All or a portion of this security is pledged as collateral pursuant to the loan agreement (See Note 5).

(d)

Payment-in-kind security for which part of the income earned may be paid as additional principal.

(e)

Variable rate security. Interest rate disclosed is as of the most recent information available.

(f)

The coupon payment on these securities is currently in default as of May 31, 2011.

(g)

Security is valued in good faith in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Directors (See Note 1).

(h)

Security has no maturity date. The date shown represents the next call date.

(i)

All or a portion of this security is held by the counterparty as collateral for open reverse repurchase agreements.

(j)

Interest rates disclosed represent the effective rates on collateralized senior loans. Ranges in interest rates are attributable to multiple contracts under the same loan.

(k)

The maturity principal is currently in default as of May 31, 2011.

(l)

Rate shown represents yield-to-maturity.

#

Aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes is $475,811,034.

 

 

 

Abbreviations used in this schedule:

 

 

 

 

BRL

— Brazilian Real

 

EUR

— Euro

 

GBP

— British Pound

 

GDP

— Gross Domestic Product

 

IDR

— Indonesian Rupiah

 

MXN

— Mexican Peso

 

MYR

— Malaysian Ringgit

 

OJSC

— Open Joint Stock Company

 

PEN

— Peruvian Nuevo Sol

 

PLN

— Polish Zloty

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


 

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Schedule of investments (cont’d)

May 31, 2011

 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Schedule of Written Options

 

Security

 

Expiration
Date

 

Strike
Price

 

Notional
Amount

 

Value

 

Credit default swaption with BNP Paribas to buy protection on Markit CDX.NA.HY.16 Index, Call

 

9/21/11

 

$104.00

 

63,420,000

 

$   255,122

 

Credit default swaption with BNP Paribas to buy protection on Markit CDX.NA.HY.16 Index, Call

 

9/21/11

 

99.00

 

63,420,000

 

1,907,367

 

Credit default swaption with BNP Paribas to buy protection on Markit CDX.NA.HY.16 Index, Call

 

9/21/11

 

99.00

 

19,810,000

 

595,789

 

Credit default swaption with Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. to buy protection on Markit CDX.NA.HY.16 Index, Call

 

9/21/11

 

103.50

 

19,810,000

 

105,113

 

Total Written Options
(Premiums received — $2,809,226)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$2,863,391

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


 

 

 

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Summary of Investments by Country** (unaudited)

 

United States

 

46.9

%

Mexico

 

4.8

 

United Kingdom

 

4.7

 

Brazil

 

3.7

 

Luxembourg

 

3.2

 

Venezuela

 

3.0

 

Cayman Islands

 

2.9

 

Russia

 

2.9

 

Colombia

 

2.0

 

Netherlands

 

1.9

 

Germany

 

1.7

 

Indonesia

 

1.7

 

Ireland

 

1.6

 

Poland

 

1.5

 

Turkey

 

1.3

 

Malaysia

 

1.3

 

France

 

1.2

 

Thailand

 

1.1

 

Argentina

 

1.1

 

Bermuda

 

1.1

 

Peru

 

1.0

 

Italy

 

0.9

 

Austria

 

0.8

 

Chile

 

0.8

 

Canada

 

0.7

 

South Africa

 

0.7

 

Panama

 

0.7

 

Kazakhstan

 

0.6

 

Australia

 

0.5

 

India

 

0.5

 

Hungary

 

0.4

 

Marshall Islands

 

0.4

 

Belgium

 

0.3

 

Norway

 

0.3

 

United Arab Emirates

 

0.3

 

Guernsey

 

0.2

 

Qatar

 

0.2

 

Trinidad and Tobago

 

0.2

 

Mongolia

 

0.2

 

Spain

 

0.2

 

British Virgin Islands

 

0.1

 

Singapore

 

0.1

 

Japan

 

0.1

 

Sweden

 

0.1

 

Midway Islands

 

0.0

 

Short-Term Investment

 

0.1

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

**  As a percentage of total investments. Please note that Fund holdings are as of May 31, 2011 and are subject to change.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


 

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Statement of assets and liabilities

May 31, 2011

 

Assets:

 

 

 

Investments, at value (Cost — $474,890,132)

 

$508,479,197

 

Foreign currency, at value (Cost — $1,824,899)

 

1,848,028

 

Cash

 

1,051,614

 

Interest receivable

 

10,411,391

 

Receivable for securities sold

 

1,999,356

 

Deposits with brokers for swap contracts

 

1,440,000

 

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

 

1,252,862

 

Swaps, at value (net premiums paid — $0)

 

9,245

 

Prepaid expenses

 

22,218

 

Other receivables

 

1,618

 

Total Assets

 

526,515,529

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

Loan payable (Note 5)

 

100,000,000

 

Payable for securities purchased

 

3,266,210

 

Written options, at value (premiums received $2,809,226)

 

2,863,391

 

Payable for open reverse repurchase agreement

 

1,947,813

 

Investment management fee payable

 

353,623

 

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

 

102,849

 

Deferred foreign capital gains tax

 

95,181

 

Interest payable

 

50,658

 

Payable to broker — variation margin on open futures contracts

 

17,960

 

Directors’ fees payable

 

8,162

 

Accrued expenses

 

237,147

 

Total Liabilities

 

108,942,994

 

Total Net Assets

 

$417,572,535

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets:

 

 

 

Par value ($0.001 par value; 30,657,707 shares issued and outstanding; 100,000,000 shares authorized) (Note 7)

 

$         30,658

 

Paid-in capital in excess of par value

 

436,875,233

 

Undistributed net investment income

 

5,824,945

 

Accumulated net realized loss on investments, futures contracts and foreign currency transactions

 

(59,756,637)

 

Net unrealized appreciation on investments, futures contracts, written options, swap contracts and foreign currencies

 

34,598,336

 

Total Net Assets

 

$417,572,535

 

 

 

 

 

Shares Outstanding

 

30,657,707

 

 

 

 

 

Net Asset Value

 

$13.62

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


 

 

 

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Statement of operations

For the Year Ended May 31, 2011

 

Investment Income:

 

 

 

Interest

 

$42,508,661

 

Dividends

 

107,050

 

Less: Foreign taxes withheld

 

(150,325)

 

Total Investment Income

 

42,465,386

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses:

 

 

 

Investment management fee (Note 2)

 

4,301,376

 

Interest expense (Notes 3 and 5)

 

1,387,254

 

Excise tax (Note 1)

 

163,430

 

Legal fees

 

123,669

 

Custody fees

 

82,641

 

Directors’ fees

 

80,397

 

Transfer agent fees

 

77,076

 

Audit and tax

 

67,900

 

Shareholder reports

 

67,606

 

Stock exchange listing fees

 

20,449

 

Insurance

 

10,294

 

Miscellaneous expenses

 

8,809

 

Total Expenses

 

6,390,901

 

Less: Fees forgone and/or expense reimbursements (Note 2)

 

(253,022)

 

Net Expenses

 

6,137,879

 

Net Investment Income

 

36,327,507

 

 

 

 

 

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments, Futures Contracts and Foreign Currency Transactions (Notes 1, 3 and 4):

 

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) From:

 

 

 

Investment transactions

 

10,425,634

 

Futures contracts

 

(78,861)

 

Foreign currency transactions

 

(7,059,915)

 

Net Realized Gain

 

3,286,858

 

Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) From:

 

 

 

Investments

 

42,171,092

 

Futures contracts

 

(95,400)

 

Written options

 

(54,165)

 

Swap contracts

 

35,669

 

Foreign currencies

 

(278,553)

 

Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

 

41,778,643

 

Net Gain on Investments, Futures Contracts, Written Options, Swap Contracts and Foreign Currency Transactions

 

45,065,501

 

Increase in Net Assets From Operations

 

$81,393,008

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


 

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Statements of changes in net assets

 

For the Years Ended May 31,

 

2011

 

2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operations:

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income

 

$  36,327,507

 

$  32,540,839

 

Net realized gain (loss)

 

3,286,858

 

(15,344,226)

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

41,778,643

 

71,025,056

 

Increase In Net Assets From Operations

 

81,393,008

 

88,221,669

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions To Shareholders From (Note 1):

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income

 

(34,223,001)

 

(31,679,674)

 

Decrease in Net Assets From Distributions to Shareholders

 

(34,223,001)

 

(31,679,674)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fund Share Transactions:

 

 

 

 

 

Reinvestment of distributions (49,326 and 0 shares issued, respectively)

 

651,413

 

 

Increase in Net Assets From Fund Share Transactions

 

651,413

 

 

Increase in Net Assets

 

47,821,420

 

56,541,995

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of year

 

369,751,115

 

313,209,120

 

End of year*

 

$417,572,535

 

$369,751,115

 

* Includes undistributed net investment income of:

 

$5,824,945

 

$9,560,676

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


 

 

 

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Statement of cash flows

For the Year Ended May 31, 2011

 

Cash Flows Provided (Used) by Operating Activities:

 

 

 

Interest and dividends received

 

$  39,795,751

 

Operating expenses paid

 

(4,691,770)

 

Interest paid

 

(1,392,224)

 

Net purchases of short-term investments

 

(240,772)

 

Realized loss on futures contracts

 

(78,861)

 

Realized loss on foreign currency transactions

 

(7,059,915)

 

Purchases of long-term investments

 

(370,162,476)

 

Proceeds from disposition of long-term investments and derivatives

 

376,101,746

 

Premium for written options

 

2,809,226

 

Cash deposits with brokers for swap contracts

 

(1,440,000)

 

Net Cash Provided By Operating Activities

 

33,640,705

 

 

 

 

 

Cash Flows Provided (Used) By Financing Activities:

 

 

 

Cash distributions paid on Common Stock

 

(33,571,588)

 

Proceeds from reverse repurchase agreements

 

1,947,813

 

Net Cash Used by Financing Activities

 

(31,623,775)

 

Net Increase In Cash

 

2,016,930

 

Cash, Beginning of year

 

882,712

 

Cash, End of year

 

$     2,899,642

 

 

 

 

 

Reconciliation of Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets From Operations to Net Cash Flows Provided (Used) by Operating Activities:

 

 

 

Increase in Net Assets From Operations

 

 81,393,008

 

Accretion of discount on investments

 

(3,905,134)

 

Amortization of premium on investments

 

734,484

 

Net realized gain from investment transactions and derivatives

 

(10,346,773)

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation from investments and derivatives

 

(41,778,643)

 

Purchases of long-term investments

 

(370,162,476)

 

Proceeds from disposition of long-term investments and derivatives

 

376,101,746

 

Net purchases of short-term investments

 

(240,772)

 

Increase in interest and dividends receivable

 

(170,993)

 

Increase in other receivables

 

(1,618)

 

Increase in deferred foreign capital gains tax

 

91,352

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

 

485,453

 

Increase in payable to broker-variation margin

 

17,960

 

Increase in premium for written options

 

2,809,226

 

Increase in deposits with brokers for swap contracts

 

(1,440,000)

 

Increase in prepaid expenses

 

(3,658)

 

Decrease in interest payable

 

(4,970)

 

Increase in accrued expenses

 

62,513

 

Total Adjustments

 

(47,752,303)

 

Net Cash Flows Provided by Operating Activities

 

$  33,640,705

 

 

 

 

 

Non-Cash Financing Activities:

 

 

 

Proceeds from reinvestment of dividends

 

$        651,413

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


 

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Financial highlights

 

For a share of capital stock outstanding throughout each year ended May 31, unless otherwise noted:

 

 

 

2011

 

2010

 

2009

 

2008

 

2007

 

Net asset value, beginning of year

 

$12.08

 

$10.23

 

$13.36

 

$14.67

 

$14.09

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) from operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income

 

1.19

 

1.06

 

0.87

 

0.89

 

0.83

 

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

 

1.47

 

1.83

 

(2.98)

 

(1.18)

 

0.80

 

Total income (loss) from operations

 

2.66

 

2.89

 

(2.11)

 

(0.29)

 

1.63

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Less distributions from:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income

 

(1.12)

 

(1.04)

 

(1.02)

 

(1.02)

 

(0.79)

 

Net realized gains

 

 

 

 

 

(0.26)

 

Total distributions

 

(1.12)

 

(1.04)

 

(1.02)

 

(1.02)

 

(1.05)

 

Increase in net asset value due to shares issued on reinvestment of distributions

 

 

 

 

 

0.00

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, end of year

 

$13.62

 

$12.08

 

$10.23

 

$13.36

 

$14.67

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Market price, end of year

 

$13.38

 

$10.73

 

$8.83

 

$12.12

 

$14.17

 

Total return, based on NAV2,3

 

22.75

%

28.83

%

(15.05)

%

(1.84)

%

11.96

%4

Total return, based on market price5

 

36.14

%

33.89

%

(17.37)

%

(6.91)

%

23.25

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of year (000s)

 

$417,573

 

$369,751

 

$313,209

 

$408,985

 

$449,123

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratios to Average Net Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross expenses

 

1.59

%

1.74

%

3.14

%

2.80

%

2.86

%

Gross expenses, excluding interest expense6

 

1.24

 

1.36

 

2.22

 

1.61

 

1.58

 

Net expenses6

 

1.53

7

1.72

7

3.14

 

2.80

7

2.86

7

Net expenses, excluding interest expense

 

1.18

7

1.34

7

2.22

 

1.61

7

1.58

7

Net investment income

 

9.03

 

8.96

 

8.56

 

6.50

 

5.77

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Portfolio Turnover Rate

 

75

%

85

%8

35

%8

63

%8

201

%8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental Data:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loans Outstanding, End of Year (000s)

 

$100,000

 

$100,000

 

$100,000

 

$100,000

 

$100,000

 

Asset Coverage (000s)

 

$517,572

 

$469,751

 

$413,209

 

$508,985

 

$549,123

 

Asset Coverage for Loan Outstanding

 

518

%

470

%

413

%

509

%

549

%

Weighted Average Loan (000s)

 

$100,000

 

$100,000

 

$100,000

 

$100,000

 

$100,000

 

Weighted Average Interest Rate on Loans

 

1.36

%

1.36

%

2.85

%

4.87

%

5.67

%

 

1

Amount represents less than $0.01 per share.

2

Performance figures may reflect compensating balance arrangements, fees forgone and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of compensating balance arrangements, fees forgone and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

3

The total return calculation assumes that distributions are reinvested at NAV. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

4

The prior investment manager fully reimbursed the Fund for losses incurred resulting from an investment transaction error. Without this reimbursement, the total return would not have changed.

5

The total return calculation assumes that distributions are reinvested in accordance with the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

6

Ratio includes commitment fees incurred on the line of credit, if any.

7

Reflects fees forgone and/or expense reimbursements.

8

Excluding mortgage dollar roll transactions. If mortgage dollar roll transactions had been included, the portfolio turnover rate would have been 172%, 341%, 483% and 533% for the years ended May 31, 2010, 2009, 2008 and 2007, respectively.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 


 

 

 

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Notes to financial statements

 

1. Organization and significant accounting policies

 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc. (the “Fund”) was incorporated in Maryland and is registered as a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). The Board of Directors authorized 100 million shares of $0.001 par value common stock. The Fund’s primary investment objective is high current income. The Fund’s secondary objective is total return.

 

The following are significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund and are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). Estimates and assumptions are required to be made regarding assets, liabilities and changes in net assets resulting from operations when financial statements are prepared. Changes in the economic environment, financial markets and any other parameters used in determining these estimates could cause actual results to differ. Subsequent events have been evaluated through the date the financial statements were issued.

 

(a) Investment valuation. Debt securities are valued at the mean between the last quoted bid and asked prices provided by an independent pricing service, which are based on transactions in debt obligations, quotations from bond dealers, market transactions in comparable securities and various other relationships between securities. Publicly traded foreign government debt securities are typically traded internationally in the over-the-counter market, and are valued at the mean between the last quoted bid and asked prices as of the close of business of that market. 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 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. Short-term obligations with maturities of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value.

 

The Fund has adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Codification Topic 820 (“ASC Topic 820”). ASC Topic 820 establishes a single definition of fair value, creates a three-tier hierarchy as a framework for measuring fair value based on inputs used to value the Fund’s investments, and requires additional disclosure about fair value. The hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

·

Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

 

 

·

Level 2 — other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

 


 

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Notes to financial statements (cont’d)

 

·

Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

 

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

 

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.

 

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

 

 

 

$394,157,222

 

 

$   869,279

 

 

$395,026,501

 

 

Asset-backed securities

 

 

 

2,254,376

 

 

 

 

2,254,376

 

 

Collateralized senior loans

 

 

 

7,558,188

 

 

423,449

 

 

7,981,637

 

 

Convertible bonds & notes

 

 

 

3,083,137

 

 

 

 

3,083,137

 

 

Sovereign bonds

 

 

 

92,028,215

 

 

 

 

92,028,215

 

 

Common stocks:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Industrials

 

$   158,395

 

 

850,575

 

 

23,403

 

 

1,032,373

 

 

Other common stocks

 

1,418,011

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,418,011

 

 

Convertible preferred stocks

 

96,400

 

 

 

 

 

 

96,400

 

 

Preferred stocks:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer discretionary

 

399,360

 

 

107

 

 

 

 

399,467

 

 

Financials

 

2,268,248

 

 

1,166,438

 

 

 

 

3,434,686

 

 

Purchased options

 

778,215

 

 

 

 

 

 

778,215

 

 

Warrants

 

527,778

 

 

95,716

 

 

22,889

 

 

646,383

 

 

Total long-term investments

 

$5,646,407

 

 

$501,193,974

 

 

$1,339,020

 

 

$508,179,401

 

 

Short-term investments†

 

 

 

299,796

 

 

 

 

299,796

 

 

Total investments

 

$5,646,407

 

 

$501,493,770

 

 

$1,339,020

 

 

$508,479,197

 

 

Other financial instruments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forward foreign currency contracts

 

 

 

$     1,252,862

 

 

 

 

$    1,252,862

 

 

Interest rate swaps

 

 

 

9,245

 

 

 

 

9,245

 

 

Total other financial instruments

 

 

 

$    1,262,107

 

 

 

 

$    1,262,107

 

 

Total

 

$5,646,407

 

 

$502,755,877

 

 

$1,339,020

 

 

$509,741,304

 

 

 


 

 

 

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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

 

$2,863,391

 

 

 

 

 

$2,863,391

 

 

Futures contracts

 

95,400

 

 

 

 

 

95,400

 

 

Forward foreign currency contracts

 

 

 

$102,849

 

 

 

102,849

 

 

Total other financial instruments

 

$2,958,791

 

 

$102,849

 

 

 

$3,061,640

 

 

 

  See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

 

The following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Stocks

 

Preferred
Stocks

 

 

 

 

 

Investments
In Securities

 

Corporate
Bonds & Notes

 

Collateralized
Senior Loans

 

Energy

 

Industrials

 

Consumer
Discretionary

 

Warrants

 

Total

 

Balance as of May 31, 2010

 

$     13,800

 

 

$  90,522

 

 

$      1

 

$  26,162

 

$   130,485

 

Accrued premiums/ discounts

 

772

 

 

 

 

 

 

772

 

Realized gain (loss)1

 

(575,000

)

 

(14

)

 

 

(10

)

(575,024

)

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)2

 

595,354

 

 

(8,534

)

$23,403

 

106

 

8,446

 

618,775

 

Net purchases (sales)

 

 

$423,449

 

 

 

 

 

423,449

 

Transfers into Level 3

 

869,279

 

 

 

0

*

 

 

869,279

 

Transfers out of Level 3

 

(34,926

)

 

(81,974

)

 

(107

)

(11,709

)

(128,716

)

Balance as of May 31, 2011

 

$   869,279

 

$423,449

 

 

$23,403

 

 

$  22,889

 

$1,339,020

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for investments in securities still held at May 31, 20112

 

 

 

 

$23,403

 

 

$       (19

)

$    23,384

 

 

1

This amount is included in net realized gain (loss) from investment transactions in the accompanying Statement of Operations.

2

This amount is included in the change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the accompanying Statement of Operations. Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) includes net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) resulting from changes in investment values during the reporting period and the reversal of previously recorded unrealized appreciation (depreciation) when gains or losses are realized.

*

Value is less than $1.

 


 

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(b) Repurchase agreements. The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements with institutions that its investment adviser has determined are creditworthy. Each repurchase agreement is recorded at cost. Under the terms of a typical repurchase agreement, the Fund acquires a debt security subject to an obligation of the seller to repurchase, and of the Fund to resell, the security at an agreed-upon price and time, thereby determining the yield during the Fund’s holding period. When entering into repurchase agreements, it is the Fund’s policy that its custodian or a third party custodian, acting on the Fund’s behalf, take possession of the underlying collateral securities, the market value of which, at all times, at least equals the principal amount of the repurchase transaction, including accrued interest. To the extent that any repurchase transaction maturity exceeds one business day, the value of the collateral is marked-to-market and measured against the value of the agreement in an effort to ensure the adequacy of the collateral. If the counterparty defaults, the Fund generally has the right to use the collateral to satisfy the terms of the repurchase transaction. However, if the market value of the collateral declines during the period in which the Fund seeks to assert its rights or if bankruptcy proceedings are commenced with respect to the seller of the security, realization of the collateral by the Fund may be delayed or limited.

 

(c) Reverse repurchase agreements. The Fund may enter into reverse repurchase agreements. Under the terms of a typical reverse repurchase agreement, a Fund sells a security subject to an obligation to repurchase the security from the buyer at an agreed-upon time and price. In the event the buyer of securities under a reverse repurchase agreement files for bankruptcy or becomes insolvent, the fund’s use of the proceeds of the agreement 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. In entering into reverse repurchase agreements, the Fund will maintain cash, U.S. government securities or other liquid debt obligations at least equal in value to its obligations with respect to reverse repurchase agreements or will take other actions permitted by law to cover its obligations.

 

(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 cash equivalents with a broker in an amount equal to a certain percentage of the contract amount. This is known as the ‘‘initial margin’’ and subsequent payments (‘‘variation margin’’) are made or received by the Fund each day, depending on the daily fluctuation in the value of the contract. For certain futures, including foreign denominated futures, variation margin is not settled daily, but is recorded as a net variation margin payable or receivable. Futures contracts are valued daily at the settlement price established by the

 


 

 

 

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board of trade or exchange on which they are traded. The daily changes in contract value are recorded as unrealized gains or losses in the Statement of Operations and the Fund recognizes a realized gain or loss when the contract is closed.

 

Futures contracts involve, to varying degrees, risk of loss in excess of the amounts reflected in the financial statements. In addition, there is the risk that the Fund may not be able to enter into a closing transaction because of an illiquid secondary market.

 

(e) Forward foreign currency contracts. The Fund enters into a forward foreign currency contract to hedge against foreign currency exchange rate risk on its non-U.S. dollar denominated securities or to facilitate settlement of a foreign currency denominated portfolio transaction. A forward foreign currency contract is an agreement between two parties to buy and sell a currency at a set price with delivery and settlement at a future date. The contract is marked-to-market daily and the change in value is recorded by the Fund as an unrealized gain or loss. When a forward foreign currency contract is closed, through either delivery or offset by entering into another forward foreign currency contract, the Fund recognizes a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value of the contract at the time it is closed.

 

Forward foreign currency contracts involve elements of market risk in excess of the amounts reflected on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The Fund bears the risk of an unfavorable change in the foreign exchange rate underlying the forward foreign currency contract. Risks may also arise upon entering into these contracts from the potential inability of the counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts.

 

(f) 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

 


 

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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.

 

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.

 

(g) Mortgage dollar rolls. The Fund may enter into mortgage dollar rolls in which the Fund sells mortgage-backed securities for delivery in the current month, realizing a gain or loss, and simultaneously contracts to repurchase substantially similar (same type, coupon and maturity) securities to settle on a specified future date.

 

The Fund executes its mortgage dollar rolls entirely in the to-be-announced (“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.

 

(h) Securities traded on a to-be-announced basis. The Fund may trade securities on a 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.

 

(i) 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

 


 

 

 

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been stripped from debt obligations. The market value of Stripped Securities will fluctuate in response to changes in economic conditions, rates of pre-payment, interest rates and the market’s perception of the securities. However, fluctuations in response to interest rates may be greater in Stripped Securities than for debt obligations of comparable maturities that pay interest currently. The amount of fluctuation may increase with a longer period of maturity.

 

The yield to maturity on IO’s is sensitive to the rate of principal repayments (including prepayments) on the related underlying debt obligation and principal payments may have a material effect on yield to maturity. If the underlying debt obligation experiences greater than anticipated prepayments of principal, the Fund may not fully recoup its initial investment in IO’s.

 

(j) Swap agreements. The Fund invests in swaps for the purpose of managing its exposure to interest rate, credit or market risk, or for other purposes. The use of swaps involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary portfolio transactions.

 

Swap contracts are marked-to-market daily and changes in value are recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation). Gains or losses are realized upon termination of the swap agreement. Periodic payments and premiums received or made by the Fund are recognized in the Statement of Operations as realized gains or losses, respectively. 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.

 

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. A liquidation payment received or made at the termination of the swap is recognized as a 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.

 

For average notional amounts of swaps held during the year ended May 31, 2011 see Note 4.

 


 

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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 credit default swap agreement would be an amount equal to the notional amount of the agreement. These amounts of potential payments will be partially offset by any recovery of values from the respective referenced obligations. As a seller of protection, the Fund effectively adds leverage to its portfolio because, in addition to its total net assets, the Fund is subject to investment exposure on the notional amount of the swap. As a buyer of protection, the Fund generally receives an amount up to the notional value of the swap if a credit event occurs.

 

Implied spreads are the theoretical prices a lender receives for credit default protection. When spreads rise, market perceived credit risk rises and when spreads fall, market perceived credit risk falls. The implied credit spread of a particular referenced entity reflects the cost of buying/selling protection and may include upfront payments required to enter into the agreement. Wider credit spreads and decreasing market values, when compared to the notional amount of the swap, represent a deterioration of the referenced entity’s credit soundness and a greater likelihood or risk of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the agreement. Credit spreads utilized in determining the period end market value of credit default swap agreements on corporate or sovereign issues are disclosed in the Notes to Financial Statements and serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and represent the likelihood or risk of default for credit derivatives. For credit default swap agreements on asset-backed securities and credit indices, the quoted market prices and resulting values, particularly in relation to the notional amount of the contract as well as the annual payment rate, serve as an indication of the current status of the payment/performance risk.

 


 

 

 

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The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty risk, as the protection buyer, is the fair value of the contract (this risk is mitigated by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty). As the protection seller, the Fund’s maximum risk is the notional amount of the contract. Credit default swaps are considered to have credit risk-related contingent features since they require payment by the protection seller to the protection buyer upon the occurrence of a defined credit event.

 

Entering into a CDS agreement involves, to varying degrees, elements of credit, market and documentation risk in excess of the related amounts recognized on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Such risks involve the possibility that there will be no liquid market for these agreements, that the counterparty to the agreement may default on its obligation to perform or disagree as to the meaning of the contractual terms in the agreement, and that there will be unfavorable changes in net interest rates.

 

Interest rate swaps

 

The Fund enters into interest rate swap contracts to manage its exposure to interest rate risk. Interest rate swaps are agreements between two parties to exchange cash flows based on a notional principal amount. The Fund may elect to pay a fixed rate and receive a floating rate, or, receive a fixed rate and pay a floating rate on a notional principal amount. Interest rate swaps are marked-to-market daily based upon quotations from market makers and the change, if any, is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss in the Statement of Operations. When a swap contract is terminated early, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the original cost and the settlement amount of the closing transaction.

 

The risks of interest rate swaps include changes in market conditions that will affect the value of the contract or changes in the present value of the future cash flow streams and the possible inability of the counterparty to fulfill its obligations under the agreement. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk is the discounted net value of the cash flows to be received from the counterparty over the contract’s remaining life, to the extent that 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.

 

(k) 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

 


 

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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.

 

(l) Swaptions. The Fund purchases and writes swaption contracts to manage exposure to an underlying instrument. The Fund may also purchase or write options to manage exposure to fluctuations in interest rates or to enhance yield. Swaption contracts written by the Fund represent an option that gives the purchaser the right, but not the obligation, to enter into a previously agreed upon swap contract at a future date. Swaption contracts purchased by the Fund represent an option that gives the Fund the right, but not the obligation, to enter into a previously agreed upon swap contract at a future date.

 

When the Fund writes a swaption, an amount equal to the premium received by the Fund is recorded as a liability, the value of which is marked-to-market daily to reflect the current market value of the swaption written. If the swaption expires, the Fund realizes a gain equal to the amount of the premium received.

 

When the Fund purchases a swaption, an amount equal to the premium paid by the Fund is recorded as an investment on the statement of assets and liabilities, the value of which is marked-to-market daily to reflect the current market value of the swaption purchased. If the swaption expires, the Fund realizes a loss equal to the amount of the premium paid.

 

Swaptions are marked-to-market daily based upon quotations from market makers. Changes in the value of the swaption are reported as unrealized gains or losses in the Statement of Operations.

 

(m) Loan participations. The Fund may invest in loans arranged through private negotiation between one or more financial institutions. The Fund’s investment in any such loan may be in the form of a participation in or an assignment of the loan. In connection with purchasing participations, the

 


 

 

 

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Fund generally will have no right to enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of the loan agreement related to the loan, or any rights of off-set against the borrower and the Fund may not benefit directly from any collateral supporting the loan in which it has purchased the participation.

 

The Fund assumes the credit risk of the borrower, the lender that is selling the participation and any other persons interpositioned between the Fund and the borrower. In the event of the insolvency of the lender selling the participation, the Fund may be treated as a general creditor of the lender and may not benefit from any off-set between the lender and the borrower.

 

(n) Cash flow information. The Fund invests in securities and distributes dividends from net investment income and net realized gains, which are paid in cash and may be reinvested at the discretion of shareholders. These activities are reported in the Statement of Changes in Net Assets and additional information on cash receipts and cash payments are presented in the Statement of Cash Flows.

 

(o) Foreign investment risks. The Fund’s investments in foreign securities may involve risks not present in domestic investments. Since securities may be denominated in foreign currencies, may require settlement in foreign currencies or pay interest or dividends in foreign currencies, changes in the relationship of these foreign currencies to the U.S. dollar can significantly affect the value of the investments and earnings of the Fund. Foreign investments may also subject the Fund to foreign government exchange restrictions, expropriation, taxation or other political, social or economic developments, all of which affect the market and/or credit risk of the investments.

 

(p) 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 investment manager attempts to mitigate counterparty risk by (i) periodically assessing the creditworthiness of its trading partners, (ii) monitoring and/or limiting the amount of its net exposure to each individual counterparty based on its assessment and (iii) requiring collateral from the counterparty for certain transactions. Market events and changes in overall economic conditions may impact the assessment of such counterparty risk by the investment manager. In addition, declines in the values of underlying collateral received may expose the Fund to increased risk of loss.

 

The Fund has entered into master agreements with certain of its derivative counterparties that provide for general obligations, representations,

 


 

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agreements, collateral, events of default or termination and credit related contingent features. The credit related contingent features include, but are not limited to, a percentage decrease in the Fund’s net assets or NAV over a specified period of time. If these credit related contingent features were triggered, the derivatives counterparty could terminate the positions and demand payment or require additional collateral.

 

As of May 31, 2011, the Fund held written options and forward foreign currency contracts with credit related contingent features which had a liability position of $2,966,240. 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 May 31, 2011, the Fund posted with its counterparties cash as collateral to cover the net liability of all derivatives amounting to $1,440,000, which could be used to reduce the required payment.

 

(q) Security transactions and investment income. Security transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Interest income, adjusted for amortization of premium and accretion of discount, is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Foreign dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon as practicable after the Fund determines the existence of a dividend declaration after exercising reasonable due diligence. The cost of investments sold is determined by use of the specific identification method. To the extent any issuer defaults or a credit event occurs that impacts the issuer, the Fund may halt any additional interest income accruals and consider the realizability of interest accrued up to the date of default or credit event.

 

(r) Distributions to shareholders. Distributions from net investment income for the Fund, if any, are declared quarterly and paid on a monthly basis. 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.

 

(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. However, due to the timing of when distributions are made, the Fund may be subject to an excise tax of 4% of the amount by which 98% of the Fund’s annual taxable income exceeds the distributions from such taxable income for the year.

 

Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken on income tax returns for all open tax years and has concluded that as of May 31, 2011, no

 


 

 

 

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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 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. Realized gains upon disposition of Indonesian securities held by the Fund are subject to capital gains tax in that country. As of May 31, 2011, there were $95,181 of deferred capital gains tax liabilities accrued on unrealized gains.

 

(t) Reclassification. GAAP requires that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset values per share. During the current year, the following reclassifications have been made:

 

 

 

Undistributed Net
Investment Income

 

Accumulated Net
Realized Loss

 

Paid-in Capital

(a)

 

$    163,430

 

 

$(163,430)

(b)

 

(6,003,667)

 

$6,003,667

 

 

(a) Reclassifications are primarily due to a non-deductible excise tax paid by the Fund.

(b) Reclassifications are primarily due to foreign currency transactions treated as ordinary income for tax purposes, differences between book and tax amortization of premium on fixed-income securities and losses from mortgage backed securities treated as capital losses for tax purposes.

 

2. Investment management agreement and other transactions with affiliates

 

Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC (“LMPFA”) is the Fund’s investment manager. Western Asset Management Company (“Western Asset”), Western Asset Management Company Limited (“Western Asset Limited”) and Western Asset Management Company Pte. Ltd. (“Western Singapore”) are the Fund’s subadvisers. LMPFA, Western Asset, Western Asset Limited and Western Singapore are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Legg Mason, Inc. (“Legg Mason”).

 

LMPFA provides administrative and certain oversight services to the Fund. The Fund pays LMPFA an investment management fee, calculated daily and paid monthly, at an annual rate of 0.85% of the Fund’s average daily net assets plus the proceeds of any outstanding borrowings. LMPFA implemented a voluntary investment management fee waiver of 0.05% beginning on March 1, 2010 and then continuing through December 31, 2011, which reduced the annual rate of that fee to 0.80%.

 

LMPFA delegates to Western Asset the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund. Western Asset Limited and Western Singapore provide certain advisory services to the Fund relating to currency transactions and investment in

 


 

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Notes to financial statements (cont’d)

 

non-U.S. dollar denominated securities. Western Asset Limited and Western Singapore do not do not receive any compensation from the Fund and are compensated by Western Asset for its services to the Fund. For its services, LMPFA pays Western Asset 70% of the net management fee it receives from the Fund. In turn, Western Asset pays Western Asset Limited and Western Singapore a subadvisory fee of 0.30% on assets managed by each subadviser.

 

During the periods in which the Fund is utilizing borrowings, the fee which is payable to the investment manager as a percentage of the Fund’s assets will be higher than if the Fund did not utilize borrowings because the fee is calculated as a percentage of the Fund’s net assets, including those investments purchased with borrowings. Borrowings for the purpose of the calculation of the management fee include loans from certain financial institutions, the use of mortgage dollar roll transactions and reverse repurchase agreements, if any.

 

During the year ended May 31, 2011, fees forgone and/or expenses reimbursed amounted to $253,022.

 

All officers and one Director of the Fund are employees of Legg Mason or its affiliates and do not receive compensation from the Fund.

 

3. Investments

 

During the year ended May 31, 2011, the aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investments (excluding short-term investments) and U.S Government & Agency Obligations were as follows:

 

 

 

Investments

 

U.S. Government &
Agency Obligations

Purchases

 

$363,361,386

 

$5,535,921

Sales

 

369,913,016

 

5,585,346

 

At May 31, 2011, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

 

 

$42,298,053

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

 

 

(9,629,890)

Net unrealized appreciation

 

 

 

$32,668,163

 

Transactions in reverse repurchase agreements for the Fund during the year ended May 31, 2011 were as follows:

 

Average Daily
Balance*

 

Weighted Average
Interest Rate*

 

Maximum Amount
Outstanding*

$4,052,915

 

0.828%

 

$10,273,638

 

*  Averages based on the number of days that Fund had reverse repurchase agreements outstanding.

 


 

 

 

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Interest rates on reverse repurchase agreements ranged from 0.75% to 0.95% during the year ended May 31, 2011. Interest expense incurred on reverse repurchase agreements totaled $31,356.

 

At May 31, 2011, the Fund had the following open reverse repurchase agreements:

 

Security

 

Value

 

Reverse Repurchase Agreement with Deutsche Bank, dated 12/31/10 bearing 0.750% to be repurchased at an amount and date to be determined, collateralized by: $1,500,000 Vale Overseas LTD., 8.250% due 1/17/34; Market value (including accrued interest) $1,929,550.

 

$1,526,825

 

Reverse Repurchase Agreement with Deutsche Bank, dated 3/22/11 bearing 0.750% to be repurchased at an amount and date to be determined, collateralized by: $400,000 Federative Republic of Brazil, 7.125% due 1/20/37; Market value (including accrued interest) $498,371.

 

420,988

 

Total reverse repurchase agreements (Proceeds — $1,947,813)

 

$1,947,813

 

 

During the year ended May 31, 2011, written option transactions for the Fund were as follows:

 

 

 

Number of Contracts

 

Premiums

 

Written options, outstanding May 31, 2010

 

 

 

Options written

 

166,460,000

 

$2,809,226

 

Options closed

 

 

 

Options exercised

 

 

 

Options expired

 

 

 

Written options, outstanding May 31, 2011

 

166,460,000

 

$2,809,226

 

 

At May 31, 2011, the Fund had the following open futures contracts:

 

 

 

Number of
Contracts

 

Expiration
Date

 

Basis
Value

 

Market
Value

 

Unrealized
Gain (Loss)

Contracts to Sell:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes

 

135

 

9/11

 

$15,988,585

 

$16,083,985

 

$(95,400)

 

At May 31, 2011, the Fund had the following open forward foreign currency contracts:

 

Foreign Currency

 

Counterparty

 

Local
Currency

 

Market
Value

 

Settlement
Date

 

Unrealized
Gain (Loss)

 

Contracts to Buy:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Euro

 

Credit Suisse

 

1,500,000

 

$  2,154,449

 

8/18/11

 

$      47,009

 

Mexican Peso

 

Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc.

 

50,397,085

 

4,328,765

 

8/18/11

 

65,124

 

Russian Ruble

 

Citibank, N.A.

 

41,137,146

 

1,468,763

 

6/15/11

 

3,243

 

Russian Ruble

 

Citibank, N.A.

 

20,772,257

 

741,654

 

6/15/11

 

1,374

 

Russian Ruble

 

JPMorgan Chase

 

28,338,450

 

1,011,797

 

6/15/11

 

52,797

 

Russian Ruble

 

JPMorgan Chase

 

13,211,977

 

471,721

 

6/15/11

 

(12,589

)

Swiss Franc

 

Citibank, N.A.

 

396,100

 

464,641

 

8/18/11

 

2,178

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

159,136

 

 


 

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Foreign Currency

 

Counterparty

 

Local
Currency

 

Market
Value

 

Settlement
Date

 

Unrealized
Gain (Loss)

 

Contracts to Sell:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

British Pound

 

Citibank, N.A.

 

500,000

 

$     821,712

 

8/18/11

 

$    (10,034

)

British Pound

 

Citibank, N.A.

 

949,278

 

1,560,066

 

8/18/11

 

8,009

 

British Pound

 

Credit Suisse

 

1,883,000

 

3,094,566

 

8/18/11

 

(14,995

)

British Pound

 

UBS AG

 

700,000

 

1,150,396

 

8/18/11

 

(23,655

)

British Pound

 

UBS AG

 

2,408,971

 

3,958,960

 

8/18/11

 

(13,161

)

Euro

 

Citibank, N.A.

 

458,771

 

660,024

 

6/15/11

 

(6,759

)

Euro

 

Citibank, N.A.

 

15,823,745

 

22,727,632

 

8/18/11

 

759,315

 

Euro

 

Credit Suisse

 

6,660,753

 

9,566,834

 

8/18/11

 

75,072

 

Euro

 

JPMorgan Chase

 

236,890

 

340,808

 

6/15/11

 

(4,849

)

Euro

 

JPMorgan Chase

 

741,965

 

1,067,449

 

6/15/11

 

(9,162

)

Euro

 

JPMorgan Chase

 

2,611,110

 

3,756,546

 

6/15/11

 

(7,645

)

Euro

 

UBS AG

 

15,767,358

 

22,646,643

 

8/18/11

 

216,971

 

Polish Zloty

 

Citibank, N.A.

 

1,742,895

 

630,755

 

8/18/11

 

21,770

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

990,877

 

Net unrealized gain on open forward foreign currency contracts

 

 

 

$1,150,013

 

 

At May 31, 2011, the Fund had the following open swap contracts:

 

INTEREST RATE SWAPS

 

Swap Counterparty

 

Notional
Amount†

 

Termination
Date

 

Payments
Made
by the
Fund

 

Payments
Received
by the
Fund‡

 

Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)

 

Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

Credit Suisse First Boston Inc.

 

2,653,585

BRL

1/2/12

 

BRL-CDI*

 

10.560%

 

 

$5,138**

Credit Suisse First Boston Inc.

 

4,271,536

BRL

1/2/12

 

BRL-CDI*

 

10.510%

 

 

4,107**

Total

 

6,925,121

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$9,245

 

               Notional amount denominated in U.S. dollars, unless otherwise noted.

               Percentage shown is an annual percentage rate.

*              Based on the Overnight Brazilian Interbank Deposit Rate as of May 31, 2011, the Brazilian CFTIP Interbank Deposit (CDI) rate was 11.85%.

**       Swap contract is valued in good faith at fair value by or under the direction of the Board of Trustees (see Note 1).

 

4. Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

 

Financial Accounting Standards Board Codification Topic 815 requires enhanced disclosure about an entity’s derivative 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 May 31, 2011.

 

ASSET DERIVATIVES1

 

 

 

Interest Rate
Contracts Risk

 

Foreign Exchange
Contracts Risk

 

Credit
Contracts Risk

 

Total

 

Purchased options2

 

 

 

$778,215

 

$   778,215

 

Swap contracts3

 

$9,245

 

 

 

9,245

 

Forward foreign currency contracts

 

 

$1,252,862

 

 

1,252,862

 

Total

 

$9,245

 

$1,252,862

 

$778,215

 

$2,040,322

 

 


 

 

 

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LIABILITY DERIVATIVES1

 

 

 

Interest Rate
Contracts Risk

 

Foreign Exchange
Contracts Risk

 

Credit
Contracts Risk

 

Total

 

Written options

 

 

 

$2,863,391

 

$2,863,391

 

Futures contracts(4)

 

$95,400

 

 

 

95,400

 

Forward foreign currency contracts

 

 

$102,849

 

 

102,849

 

Total

 

$95,400

 

$102,849

 

$2,863,391

 

$3,061,640

 

 

1  Generally, the balance sheet location for asset derivatives is receivables/net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) and for liability derivatives is payables/net unrealized appreciation (depreciation).

2  Market value of purchased options is reported in Investments at value in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

3  Values include premiums paid (received) on swap contracts which are shown separately in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

4  Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts as reported in the footnotes. Only variation margin is reported within the receivables and/or payables of the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

The following tables provide information about the effect of derivatives and hedging activities on the Fund’s Statement of Operations for the year ended May 31, 2011. The first table provides additional detail about the amounts and sources of gains (losses) realized on derivatives during the period. The second table provides additional information about the change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) resulting from the Fund’s derivatives and hedging activities during the period.

 

AMOUNT OF REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON DERIVATIVES RECOGNIZED

 

 

 

Interest Rate
Contracts Risk

 

Foreign
Exchange
Contracts Risk

 

Total

 

Futures contracts

 

$(78,861)

 

 

$     (78,861)

 

Forward foreign currency contracts

 

 

$(7,033,268)

 

(7,033,268)

 

Total

 

$(78,861)

 

$(7,033,268)

 

$(7,112,129)

 

 

CHANGE IN UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) ON DERIVATIVES RECOGNIZED

 

 

 

Interest Rate
Contracts Risk

 

Foreign
Exchange
Contracts Risk

 

Credit
Contracts Risk

 

Total

 

Purchased options

 

 

 

$(85,011)

 

$(85,011)

 

Written options

 

 

 

(54,165)

 

(54,165)

 

Futures contracts

 

$(95,400)

 

 

 

(95,400)

 

Swap contracts

 

35,669

 

 

 

35,669

 

Forward foreign currency contracts

 

 

$(485,453)

 

 

(485,453)

 

Total

 

$(59,731)

 

$(485,453)

 

$(139,176)

 

$(684,360)

 

 


 

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During the year ended May 31, 2011, the volume of derivative activity for the Fund was as follows:

 

 

 

Average Market
Value

 

Purchased options

 

$       59,863

 

Written options

 

220,261

 

Futures contracts (to sell)

 

1,458,624

 

Forward foreign currency contracts (to buy)

 

10,933,021

 

Forward foreign currency contracts (to sell)

 

61,913,182

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average
Notional Balance

 

Interest rate swap contracts

 

6,925,121BRL

 

 

5. Loan

 

At May 31, 2011, the Fund had a 364-day revolving credit agreement with a financial institution, which allows the Fund to borrow up to an aggregate amount of $100,000,000.

 

Unless renewed, this agreement terminates on May 17, 2012. The Fund pays a commitment fee at an annual rate of 0.10%, on the unutilized portion of the loan. The interest on the loan is calculated at a variable rate based on the LIBOR, Fed Funds or Prime Rates plus any applicable margin. Interest expense related to the loan for the year ended May 31, 2011 was $1,355,898. For the year ended May 31, 2011, the Fund did not incur a commitment fee. At May 31, 2011, the Fund had $100,000,000 of borrowings outstanding per this credit agreement. Securities held by the Fund are subject to a lien, granted to the lenders, to the extent of the borrowing outstanding and any additional expenses. For the year ended May 31, 2011, based on the number of days during the reporting period that the Fund had a loan balance outstanding, the average daily loan balance was $100,000,000 and the weighted average interest rate was 1.36%.

 

6. Distributions subsequent to May 31, 2011

 

On May 16, 2011, the Fund’s Board declared three dividends, each in the amount of $0.09625 per share, payable on June 24, 2011, July 29, 2011 and August 26, 2011 to shareholders of record on June 17, 2011, July 22, 2011 and August 19, 2011, respectively.

 

7. Capital shares

 

On October 22, 2003 the Fund’s Board authorized the Fund to repurchase from time to time in the open market up to 3,000 000 shares of the Fund’s common stock. The Board directed the management of the Fund to repurchase shares of the Fund’s common stock at such times and in such amounts as management believes will enhance shareholder value, subject to review

 


 

 

 

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by the Fund’s Board. Since the inception of the repurchase plan, the Fund has not repurchased any shares.

 

8. Income tax information and distributions to shareholders

 

The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal years ended May 31, were as follows:

 

 

 

2011

 

2010

Distributions Paid From:

 

 

 

 

Ordinary income

 

$34,223,001

 

$31,679,674

 

As of May 31, 2011, the components of accumulated earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

Undistributed ordinary income — net

 

   7,132,079

 

Capital loss carryforward*

 

(58,931,135

)

Other book/tax temporary differences(a)

 

(1,211,734

)

Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)(b)

 

33,677,434

 

Total accumulated earnings (losses) — net

 

$(19,333,356

)

 

*  During the taxable year ended May 31, 2011, the Fund utilized $ 8,051,736 of its capital loss carryover available from prior years. As of May 31, 2011, the Fund had the following net capital loss carryforward remaining:

 

Year of Expiration

 

Amount

 

5/31/2018

 

$(58,931,135

)

 

This amount will be available to offset future taxable capital gains. Under the recently enacted Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010, the Fund will be permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period. However, any losses incurred during those future years will be required to be utilized prior to the losses incurred in pre-enactment taxable years. As a result of this ordering rule, pre-enactment capital loss carryforwards may be more likely to expire unused. Additionally, post-enactment capital losses that are carried forward will retain their character as either short-term or long-term capital losses rather than being considered all short-term as under previous law.

 

(a) Other book/tax temporary differences are attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on straddles, the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains (losses) on certain futures and foreign currency contracts, differences between book/tax accrual of interest income on securities in default and book/tax differences in the timing of the deductibility of various expenses.

 

(b) The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is attributable primarily to the tax deferral of losses on wash sales and the difference between book and tax amortization methods for premiums on fixed income securities.

 

9. Other tax information

 

On December 22, 2010, President Obama signed into law the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the “Act”). The Act updates certain tax rules applicable to regulated investment companies (“RICs”). The various provisions of the Act will generally be effective for RICs with taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010. Additional information regarding the impact of the Act on the Fund, if any, will be contained within the relevant sections of the notes to the financial statements for the fiscal year ending May 31, 2012.

 


 

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Report of independent registered public accounting firm

 

The Board of Directors and Shareholders
Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.:

 

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc., including the schedule of investments, as of May 31, 2011, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, the statement of cash flows for the year then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of May 31, 2011, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers or by other appropriate auditing procedures. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc. as of May 31, 2011, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, its cash flows for the year then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

 

New York, New York
July 19, 2011

 


 

 

 

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Additional information (unaudited)

Information about Directors and Officers

 

The business and affairs of Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc. (the “Fund”) are conducted by management under the supervision and subject to the direction of its Board of Directors. The business address of each Director is c/o R. Jay Gerken, 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 10018. Information pertaining to the Directors and officers of the Fund is set forth below.

 

Independent Directors†:

 

Carol L. Colman

 

 

Year of birth

 

1946

Position(s) held with Fund1

 

Director and Member of the Nominating and Audit Committees, Class I

Term of office1 and length of time served

 

Since 2003

Principal occupation(s) during past five years

 

President, Colman Consulting Company (consulting)

Number of portfolios in fund complex overseen by Director (including the Fund)

 

24

Other board memberships held by Director

 

None

 

 

 

Daniel P. Cronin

 

 

Year of birth

 

1946

Position(s) held with Fund1

 

Director and Member of the Nominating and Audit Committees, Class I

Term of office1 and length of time served

 

Since 2003

Principal occupation(s) during past five years

 

Retired; formerly, Associate General Counsel, Pfizer Inc. (prior to and including 2004)

Number of portfolios in fund complex overseen by Director (including the Fund)

 

24

Other board memberships held by Director

 

None

 

 

 

Paolo M. Cucchi

 

 

Year of birth

 

1941

Position(s) held with Fund1

 

Director and Member of the Nominating and Audit Committees, Class I

Term of office1 and length of time served

 

Since 2007

Principal occupation(s) during past five years

 

Professor of French and Italian at Drew University; formerly, Vice President and Dean of College of Liberal Arts at Drew University (1984 to 2009)

Number of portfolios in fund complex overseen by Director (including the Fund)

 

24

Other board memberships held by Director

 

None

 


 

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Additional information (unaudited) (cont’d)

Information about Directors and Officers

 

Independent Directors cont’d

 

Leslie H. Gelb

 

 

Year of birth

 

1937

Position(s) held with Fund1

 

Director and Member of the Nominating and Audit Committees, Class II

Term of office1 and length of time served

 

Since 2003

Principal occupation(s) during past five years

 

President Emeritus and Senior Board Fellow (since 2003), The Council on Foreign Relations; formerly, President, (prior to 2003), the Council on Foreign Relations; formerly, Columnist, Deputy Editorial Page Editor and Editor, Op-Ed Page, The New York Times

Number of portfolios in fund complex overseen by Director (including the Fund)

 

24

Other board memberships held by Director

 

Director of two registered investment companies advised by Blackstone Asia Advisors LLC: India Fund, Inc. and Asia Tigers Fund, Inc. (since 1994)

 

 

 

William R. Hutchinson

 

 

Year of birth

 

1942

Position(s) held with Fund1

 

Director and Member of the Nominating and Audit Committees, Class II

Term of office1 and length of time served

 

Since 2003

Principal occupation(s) during past five years

 

President, W.R. Hutchinson & Associates Inc. (Consulting) (since 2001)

Number of portfolios in fund complex overseen by Director (including the Fund)

 

24

Other board memberships held by Director

 

Director (Non-Executive Chairman of the Board (since December 1, 2009)), Associated Banc Corp. (banking) (since 1994)

 

 

 

Riordan Roett

 

 

Year of birth

 

1938

Position(s) held with Fund1

 

Director and Member of the Nominating and Audit Committees, Class III

Term of office1 and length of time served

 

Since 2003

Principal occupation(s) during past five years

 

The Sarita and Don Johnston Professor of Political Science and Director of Western Hemisphere Studies, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, The John Hopkins University (since 1973)

Number of portfolios in fund complex overseen by Director (including the Fund)

 

24

Other board memberships held by Director

 

None

 


 

 

 

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Independent Directors cont’d

 

Jeswald W. Salacuse

 

 

Year of birth

 

1938

Position(s) held with Fund1

 

Director and Member of the Nominating and Audit Committees, Class III

Term of office1 and length of time served

 

Since 2003

Principal occupation(s) during past five years

 

Henry J. Braker Professor of Commercial Law, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University (since 1986); President and Member, Arbitration Tribunal, World Bank/ICSID (since 2004)

Number of portfolios in fund complex overseen by Director (including the Fund)

 

24

Other board memberships held by Director

 

Director of two registered investment companies advised by Blackstone Asia Advisors LLC; India Fund, Inc. and Asia Tigers Fund, Inc. (since 1993)

 

 

 

Interested Director and Officer:

 

 

 

 

 

R. Jay Gerken, CFA2

 

 

Year of birth

 

1951

Position(s) held with Fund1

 

Director, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Class II

Term of office1 and length of time served

 

Since 2003

Principal occupation(s) during past five years

 

Managing Director of Legg Mason & Co., LLC (“Legg Mason & Co.”)(since 2005); Officer and Trustee/Director of 156 funds associated with Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC (“LMPFA”) or its affiliates (since 2006) and Legg Mason & Co. predecessors (prior to 2006); President and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of LMPFA (since 2006); President and CEO of Smith Barney Fund Management LLC (“SBFM”) and Citi Fund Management Inc. (“CFM”)(formerly registered investment advisers)(since 2002); formerly, Chairman, President and CEO, Travelers Investment Adviser Inc. (prior to 2005)

Number of portfolios in fund complex overseen by Director (including the Fund)

 

156

Other board memberships held by Director

 

Former Trustee, Consulting Group Capital Markets Funds (11 funds) (prior to 2006)

 


 

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Additional information (unaudited) (cont’d)

Information about Directors and Officers

 

Additional Officers:

 

Ted P. Becker

 

 

Legg Mason

 

 

620 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018

 

 

Year of birth

 

1951

Position(s) held with Fund1

 

Chief Compliance Officer

Term of office1 and length of time served

 

Since 2006

Principal occupation(s) during past five years

 

Director of Global Compliance at Legg Mason (since 2006); Chief Compliance Officer of LMPFA (since 2006); Managing Director of Compliance of Legg Mason & Co. (since 2005); Chief Compliance Officer of certain mutual funds associated with Legg Mason & Co. or its affiliates (since 2006) and Legg Mason & Co. predecessors (prior to 2006)

 

 

 

Vanessa A. Williams

 

 

Legg Mason

 

 

100 First Stamford Place, Stamford, CT 06902

 

 

Year of birth

 

1979

Position(s) with Fund1

 

Identity Theft Prevention Officer

Term of office1 and length of time served

 

Since 2011

Principal occupation(s) during past five years

 

Identity Theft Prevention Officer of certain mutual funds associated with Legg Mason & Co. or its affiliates (since 2011); Chief Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer of certain mutual funds associated with Legg Mason & Co. or its affiliates (since 2011); formerly, Assistant Vice President and Senior Compliance Officer of Legg Mason & Co. (2008 to 2011); formerly, Compliance Analyst of Legg Mason & Co. (2006 to 2008) and Legg Mason & Co. predecessors (prior to 2006).

 

 

 

Robert I. Frenkel

 

 

Legg Mason

 

 

100 First Stamford Place, Stamford, CT 06902

 

 

Year of birth

 

1954

Position(s) held with Fund1

 

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer

Term of office1 and length of time served

 

Since 2003

Principal occupation(s) during past five years

 

Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of Legg Mason (since 2006); Managing Director and General Counsel of Global Mutual Funds for Legg Mason & Co. (since 2006) and Legg Mason & Co. predecessors (since 1994); Secretary and Chief Legal Officer of certain mutual funds associated with Legg Mason & Co. or its affiliates (since 2006) and Legg Mason & Co. predecessors (prior to 2006)

 


 

 

 

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Thomas C. Mandia

 

 

Legg Mason

 

 

100 First Stamford Place, Stamford, CT 06902

 

 

Year of birth

 

1962

Position(s) held with Fund1

 

Assistant Secretary

Term of office1 and length of time served

 

Since 2006

Principal occupation(s) during past five years

 

Managing Director and Deputy General Counsel of Legg Mason & Co. (since 2005) and Legg Mason & Co. predecessors (prior to 2005); Secretary of LMPFA (since 2006); Assistant Secretary of certain mutual funds associated with Legg Mason & Co. or its affiliates (since 2006) and Legg Mason & Co. predecessors (prior to 2006); Secretary of SBFM and CFM (since 2002)

 

 

 

Kaprel Ozsolak

 

 

Legg Mason

 

 

55 Water Street, New York, NY 10041

 

 

Year of birth

 

1965

Position(s) held with Fund1

 

Chief Financial Officer

Term of office1 and length of time served

 

Since 2007

Principal occupation(s) during past five years

 

Director of Legg Mason & Co. (since 2005); Chief Financial Officer of certain mutual funds associated with Legg Mason & Co. or its affiliates (since 2007) and Legg Mason & Co. predecessors (prior to 2007); formerly, Treasurer of certain mutual funds associated with Legg Mason & Co. or its affiliates (prior to 2010) and Legg Mason & Co. predecessors (prior to 2005); formerly, Controller of certain mutual funds associated with Legg Mason & Co. predecessors (prior to 2004)

 

 

 

Steven Frank

 

 

Legg Mason

 

 

55 Water Street, New York, NY 10041

 

 

Year of birth

 

1967

Position(s) held with Fund1

 

Treasurer

Term of office1 and length of time served

 

Since 2010

Principal occupation(s) during past five years

 

Vice President of Legg Mason & Co. and Legg Mason & Co. predecessors (since 2008); Treasurer of certain mutual funds associated with Legg Mason & Co. or its affiliates (since 2010); formerly, Controller of certain mutual funds associated with Legg Mason & Co. or its affiliates (prior to 2010); formerly, Assistant Controller of certain mutual funds associated with Legg Mason & Co. predecessors (prior to 2005)

 


 

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Additional information (unaudited) (cont’d)

Information about Directors and Officers

 

Additional Officers cont’d

 

Jeanne M. Kelly

 

 

Legg Mason

 

 

620 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018

 

 

Year of birth

 

1951

Position(s) with Fund1

 

Senior Vice President

Term of office1 and length of time served

 

Since 2007

Principal occupation(s) during past five years

 

Senior Vice President of certain mutual funds associated with Legg Mason & Co. or its affiliates (since 2007); Senior Vice President of LMPFA (since 2006); Managing Director of Legg Mason & Co. (since 2005) and Legg Mason & Co. predecessors (prior to 2005)

 

†  Directors who are not “interested persons” of the Fund within the meaning of Section (a)(19) of the 1940 Act.

1  The Fund’s Board of Directors is divided into three classes: Class I, Class II and Class III. The terms of office of the Class I, II and III Directors expire at the Annual Meetings of Stockholders in the year 2011, year 2012 and year 2013, respectively, or thereafter in each case when their respective successors are duly elected and qualified. The Fund’s executive officers are chosen each year at the first meeting of the Fund’s Board of Directors following the Annual Meeting of Stockholders, to hold office until the meeting of the Board following the next Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

2  Mr. Gerken is an “interested person” of the Fund as defined in the 1940 Act because Mr. Gerken is an officer of LMPFA and certain of its affiliates.

 


 

 

 

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Annual chief executive officer and chief financial officer certifications (unaudited)

 

The Fund’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) has submitted to the NYSE the required annual certification and the Fund also has included the certifications of the Fund’s CEO and Chief Financial Officer required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the Fund’s Form N-CSR filed with the SEC for the period of this report.

 


 

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Other shareholder communications regarding accounting matters (unaudited)

 

The Fund’s Audit Committee has established guidelines and procedures regarding the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters (collectively, “Accounting Matters”). Persons with complaints or concerns regarding Accounting Matters may submit their complaints to the Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”). Persons who are uncomfortable submitting complaints to the CCO, including complaints involving the CCO, may submit complaints directly to the Fund’s Audit Committee Chair (together with the CCO, “Complaint Officers”). Complaints may be submitted on an anonymous basis.

 

The CCO may be contacted at:
Legg Mason & Co., LLC
Compliance Department
620 Eighth Avenue, 49th Floor
New York, New York 10018

 

Complaints may also be submitted by telephone at 1-800-742-5274. Complaints submitted through this number will be received by the CCO.

 


 

 

 

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Dividend reinvestment plan (unaudited)

 

Unless you elect to receive distributions in cash, all distributions, on your Common Shares will be automatically reinvested by American Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“AST”), as agent for the Common Shareholders (the “Plan Agent”), in additional Common Shares under the Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the “Plan”). You may elect not to participate in the Plan by contacting the Plan Agent. If you do not participate, you will receive all cash distributions paid by check mailed directly to you by AST as distribution paying agent.

 

If you participate in the Plan, the number of Common Shares you will receive will be determined as follows:

 

(1) If the market price of the Common Shares on the record date (or, if the record date is not a New York Stock Exchange trading day, the immediately preceding trading day) for determining shareholders eligible to receive the relevant distribution (the “determination date”) is equal to or exceeds 98% of the net asset value per share of the Common Shares, the Fund will issue new Common Shares at a price equal to the greater of (a) 98% of the net asset value per share at the close of trading on the Exchange on the determination date or (b) 95% of the market price per share of the Common Shares on the determination date.

 

(2) If 98% of the net asset value per share of the Common Shares exceeds the market price of the Common Shares on the determination date, the Plan Agent will receive the distribution in cash and will buy Common Shares in the open market, on the Exchange or elsewhere, for your account as soon as practicable commencing on the trading day following the determination date and terminating no later than the earlier of (a) 30 days after the distribution payment date, or (b) the record date for the next succeeding distribution to be made to the Common Shareholders; except when necessary to comply with applicable provisions of the federal securities laws. If during this period: (i) the market price rises so that it equals or exceeds 98% of the net asset value per share of the Common Shares at the close of trading on the Exchange on the determination date before the Plan Agent has completed the open market purchases or (ii) if the Plan Agent is unable to invest the full amount eligible to be reinvested in open market purchases, the Plan Agent will cease purchasing Common Shares in the open market and the Fund shall issue the remaining Common Shares at a price per share equal to the greater of (a) 98% of the net asset value per share at the close of trading on the Exchange on the determination date or (b) 95% of the then current market price per share.

 

The Plan Agent maintains all participants’ accounts in the Plan and gives written confirmation of all transactions in the accounts, including information you may need for tax records. Common Shares in your account will be

 


 

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Dividend reinvestment plan (unaudited) (cont’d)

 

held by the Plan Agent in non-certificated form. Any proxy you receive will include all Common Shares you have received under the Plan.

 

You may withdraw from the Plan by notifying the Plan Agent in writing at 59 Maiden Lane, New York, New York 10038 or by calling the Plan Agent at 1-888-888-0151. Such withdrawal will be effective immediately if notice is received by the Plan Agent not less than ten business days prior to any distribution record date; otherwise such withdrawal will be effective as soon as practicable after the Plan Agent’s investment of the most recently declared distribution on the Common Shares. The Plan may be terminated by the Fund upon notice in writing mailed to Common Shareholders at least 30 days prior to the record date for the payment of any distribution by the Fund for which the termination is to be effective. Upon any termination, you will be sent a certificate or certificates for the full Common Shares held for you under the Plan and cash for any fractional Common Shares. You may elect to notify the Plan Agent in advance of such termination to have the Plan Agent sell part or all of your shares on your behalf. You will be charged $5.00 plus a $0.05 per Common Share service charge and the Plan Agent is authorized to deduct brokerage charges actually incurred for this transaction from the proceeds.

 

There is no service charge for reinvestment of your distributions in Common Shares. However, all participants will pay a pro rata share of brokerage commissions incurred by the Plan Agent when it makes open market purchases. Because all distributions will be automatically reinvested in additional Common Shares, this allows you to add to your investment through dollar cost averaging, which may lower the average cost of your Common Shares over time.

 

Automatically reinvesting distributions does not mean that you do not have to pay income taxes due upon receiving distributions.

 

The Fund reserves the right to amend or terminate the Plan if, in the judgment of the Board of Directors, the change is warranted. There is no direct service charge to participants in the Plan; however, the Fund reserves the right to amend the Plan to include a service charge payable by the participants. Additional information about the Plan and your account may be obtained from the Plan Agent at 1-888-888-0151.

 


 

 

 

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Important tax information (unaudited)

 

The following information is provided with respect to the distributions paid during the taxable year ended May 31, 2011:

 

Distributions Paid:

 

6/1/2010-
12/31/2010

 

1/1/2011-
5/31/2011

Interest from Federal obligations

 

0.24%

 

0.30%

 

The law varies in each state as to whether and what percentage of dividend income attributable to Federal obligations is exempt from state income tax. We recommend that you consult with your tax adviser to determine if any portion of the dividends you received is exempt from state income taxes.

 

Please retain this information for your records.

 


 

Western Asset

Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Directors

 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Independent registered public accounting

Carol L. Colman

 

620 Eighth Avenue

 

firm

Daniel P. Cronin

 

49th Floor

 

KPMG LLP

Paolo M. Cucchi

 

New York, NY 10018

 

345 Park Avenue

Leslie H. Gelb

 

 

 

New York, NY 10154

R. Jay Gerken, CFA

 

Investment manager

 

 

Chairman

 

Legg Mason Partners Fund

 

Legal counsel

William R. Hutchinson

 

Advisor, LLC

 

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Riordan Roett

 

 

 

425 Lexington Avenue

Jeswald W. Salacuse

 

Subadvisers

 

New York, NY 10017-3909

 

 

Western Asset Management Company

 

 

Officers

 

Western Asset Management Company Limited

 

New York Stock Exchange Symbol

R. Jay Gerken, CFA

 

Wester Asset Management Company Pte. Ltd.

 

EHI

President and Chief Executive

 

 

 

 

Officer

 

Custodian

 

 

Kaprel Ozsolak

 

State Street Bank and Trust Company

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

1 Lincoln Street

 

 

Ted P. Becker

 

Boston, MA 02111

 

 

Chief Compliance Officer

 

 

 

 

Vanessa A. Williams

 

Transfer agent

 

 

Identity Theft Prevention Officer

 

American Stock Transfer & Trust Company

 

 

Robert I. Frenkel

 

59 Maiden Lane

 

 

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer

 

New York, NY 10038

 

 

Thomas C. Mandia

 

 

 

 

Assistant Secretary

 

 

 

 

Steven Frank

 

 

 

 

Treasurer

 

 

 

 

Jeanne M. Kelly

 

 

 

 

Senior Vice President

 

 

 

 

 


 

Legg Mason Funds Privacy and Security Notice

 

Your Privacy and the Security of Your Personal Information is Very Important to the Legg Mason Funds

 

This Privacy and Security Notice (the “Privacy Notice”) addresses the Legg Mason Funds’ privacy and data protection practices with respect to nonpublic personal information the Funds receive. The Legg Mason Funds include any funds sold by the Funds’ distributor, Legg Mason Investor Services, LLC, as well as Legg Mason-sponsored closed-end funds. The provisions of this Privacy Notice apply to your information both while you are a shareholder and after you are no longer invested with the Funds.

 

The Type of Nonpublic Personal Information the Funds Collect About You

 

The Funds collect and maintain nonpublic personal information about you in connection with your shareholder account. Such information may include, but is not limited to:

 

·             Personal information included on applications or other forms;

·             Account balances, transactions, and mutual fund holdings and positions;

·             Online account access user IDs, passwords, security challenge question responses; and

·             Information received from consumer reporting agencies regarding credit history and creditworthiness (such as the amount of an individual’s total debt, payment history, etc.).

 

How the Funds Use Nonpublic Personal Information About You

 

The Funds do not sell or share your nonpublic personal information with third parties or with affiliates for their marketing purposes, or with other financial institutions or affiliates for joint marketing purposes, unless you have authorized the Funds to do so. The Funds do not disclose any nonpublic personal information about you except as may be required to perform transactions or services you have authorized or as permitted or required by law. The Funds may disclose information about you to:

 

·             Employees, agents, and affiliates on a “need to know” basis to enable the Funds to conduct ordinary business or comply with obligations to government regulators;

·             Service providers, including the Funds’ affiliates, who assist the Funds as part of the ordinary course of business (such as printing, mailing services, or processing or servicing your account with us) or otherwise perform services on the Funds’ behalf, including companies that may perform marketing services solely for the Funds;

·             The Funds’ representatives such as legal counsel, accountants and auditors; and

·             Fiduciaries or representatives acting on your behalf, such as an IRA custodian or trustee of a grantor trust.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOT PART OF THE ANNUAL REPORT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Legg Mason Funds Privacy and Security Notice (cont’d)

 

Except as otherwise permitted by applicable law, companies acting on the Funds’ behalf are contractually obligated to keep nonpublic personal information the Funds provide to them confidential and to use the information the Funds share only to provide the services the Funds ask them to perform.

 

The Funds may disclose nonpublic personal information about you when necessary to enforce their rights or protect against fraud, or as permitted or required by applicable law, such as in connection with a law enforcement or regulatory request, subpoena, or similar legal process. In the event of a corporate action or in the event a Fund service provider changes, the Funds may be required to disclose your nonpublic personal information to third parties. While it is the Funds’ practice to obtain protections for disclosed information in these types of transactions, the Funds cannot guarantee their privacy policy will remain unchanged.

 

Keeping You Informed of the Funds’ Privacy and Security Practices

 

The Funds will notify you annually of their privacy policy as required by federal law. While the Funds reserve the right to modify this policy at any time they will notify you promptly if this privacy policy changes.

 

The Funds’ Security Practices

 

The Funds maintain appropriate physical, electronic and procedural safeguards designed to guard your nonpublic personal information. The Funds’ internal data security policies restrict access to your nonpublic personal information to authorized employees, who may use your nonpublic personal information for Fund business purposes only.

 

Although the Funds strive to protect your nonpublic personal information, they cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you provide or transmit to them, and you do so at your own risk. In the event of a breach of the confidentiality or security of your nonpublic personal information, the Funds will attempt to notify you as necessary so you can take appropriate protective steps. If you have consented to the Funds using electronic communications or electronic delivery of statements, they may notify you under such circumstances using the most current email address you have on record with them.

 

In order for the Funds to provide effective service to you, keeping your account information accurate is very important. If you believe that your account information is incomplete, not accurate or not current, or if you have questions about the Funds’ privacy practices, write the Funds using the contact information on your account statements, email the Funds by clicking on the Contact Us section of the Funds’ website at www.leggmason.com, or contact the Fund at 1-888-777-0102.

 

Revised April 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOT PART OF THE ANNUAL REPORT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.
620 Eighth Avenue
49th Floor
New York, NY 10018

 

Notice is hereby given in accordance with Section 23(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 as amended, that from time to time the Fund may purchase at market prices, shares of its Common Stock in the open market.

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The Fund’s Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington D.C., and information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. To obtain information on Form N-Q from the Fund, shareholders can call 1-888-777-0102.

 

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 relating to portfolio transactions are available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling 1-888-777-0102, (2) on the Fund’s website at www.leggmason.com/cef and (3) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

 

This report is transmitted to the shareholders of Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc. for their information. This is not a prospectus, circular or representation intended for use in the purchase of shares of the Fund or any securities mentioned in this report.

 

American Stock
Transfer & Trust Company
59 Maiden Lane,
New York, NY 10038

 

 

WASX010005 7/11 SR11-1421

 


 

ITEM 2.                  CODE OF ETHICS.

 

The registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller.

 

ITEM 3.                  AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.

 

The Board of Directors of the registrant has determined that William R. Hutchinson, a member of the Board’s Audit Committee, possesses the technical attributes identified in Instruction 2(b) of Item 3 to Form N-CSR to qualify as an “audit committee financial expert,” and has designated Mr. Hutchinson as the Audit Committee’s financial expert.  Mr. Hutchinson is an “independent” Director pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Item 3 to Form N-CSR.

 

ITEM 4.                  PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

 

a) Audit Fees. The aggregate fees billed in the last two fiscal years ending May 31, 2010 and May 31, 2011 (the “Reporting Periods”) for professional services rendered by the Registrant’s principal accountant (the “Auditor”) for the audit of the Registrant’s annual financial statements, or services that are normally provided by the Auditor in connection with the statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for the Reporting Periods, were $62,700 in 2010 and $64,600 in 2011.

 

b) Audit-Related Fees. The aggregate fees billed in the Reporting Period for assurance and related services by the Auditor that are reasonably related to the performance of the Registrant’s financial statements were $0 in 2010 and $0 in 2011. These services consisted of procedures performed in connection with the calculations pursuant to the Fund’s Revolving Credit and Security Agreement.

 

In addition, there were no Audit-Related Fees billed in the Reporting Period for assurance and related services by the Auditor to the Registrant’s investment adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the Western Asset High Income Fund II Inc. (“service affiliates”), that were reasonably related to the performance of the annual audit of the service affiliates.

 

(c) Tax Fees. The aggregate fees billed in the Reporting Periods for professional services rendered by the Auditor for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning (“Tax Services”) were $3,100 in 2010 and $0 in 2011. These services consisted of (i) review or preparation of U.S. federal, state, local and excise tax returns; (ii) U.S. federal, state and local tax planning, advice and assistance regarding statutory, regulatory or administrative developments, and (iii) tax advice regarding tax qualification matters and/or treatment of various financial instruments held or proposed to be acquired or held.

 

There were no fees billed for tax services by the Auditors to service affiliates during the Reporting Periods that required pre-approval by the Audit Committee.

 



 

d) All Other Fees. There were no other fees billed in the Reporting Periods for products and services provided by the Auditor, other than the services reported in paragraphs (a) through (c) for the Item 4 for the Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

All Other Fees. There were no other non-audit services rendered by the Auditor to Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisors, LLC (“LMPFA”), and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with LMPFA that provided ongoing services to Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc. requiring pre-approval by the Audit Committee in the Reporting Period.

 

(e) Audit Committee’s pre—approval policies and procedures described in paragraph (c) (7) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

 

(1) The Charter for the Audit Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of each registered investment company (the “Fund”) advised by LMPFA or one of their affiliates (each, an “Adviser”) requires that the Committee shall approve (a) all audit and permissible non-audit services to be provided to the Fund and (b) all permissible non-audit services to be provided by the Fund’s independent auditors to the Adviser and any Covered Service Providers if the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund.  The Committee may implement policies and procedures by which such services are approved other than by the full Committee.

 

The Committee shall not approve non-audit services that the Committee believes may impair the independence of the auditors.  As of the date of the approval of this Audit Committee Charter, permissible non-audit services include any professional services (including tax services), that are not prohibited services as described below, provided to the Fund by the independent auditors, other than those provided to the Fund in connection with an audit or a review of the financial statements of the Fund.  Permissible non-audit services may not include: (i) bookkeeping or other services related to the accounting records or financial statements of the Fund; (ii) financial information systems design and implementation; (iii) appraisal or valuation services, fairness opinions or contribution-in-kind reports; (iv) actuarial services; (v) internal audit outsourcing services; (vi) management functions or human resources; (vii) broker or dealer, investment adviser or investment banking services; (viii) legal services and expert services unrelated to the audit; and (ix) any other service the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board determines, by regulation, is impermissible.

 

Pre-approval by the Committee of any permissible non-audit services is not required so long as: (i) the aggregate amount of all such permissible non-audit services provided to the Fund, the Adviser and any service providers controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Adviser that provide ongoing services to the Fund (“Covered Service Providers”) constitutes not more than 5% of the total amount of revenues paid to the independent auditors during the fiscal year in which the permissible non-audit services are provided to (a) the Fund, (b) the Adviser and (c) any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Adviser that provides ongoing services to the Fund during the fiscal year in which the services are provided that would have to be approved by the Committee; (ii) the permissible non-audit services were not recognized by the Fund at the time of the engagement to be non-audit services; and (iii) such services are promptly brought to the attention of the Committee and approved by the Committee (or its delegate(s)) prior to the completion of the audit.

 



 

(2) For the Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc., the percentage of fees that were approved by the audit committee, with respect to: Audit-Related Fees were 100% and 100% for 2010 and 2011; Tax Fees were 100% and 100% for 2010 and 2011; and Other Fees were 100% and 100% for 2010 and 2011.

 

(f) N/A

 

(g) Non-audit fees billed by the Auditor for services rendered to Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc., LMPFA and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with LMPFA that provides ongoing services to Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc. during the reporting period were $0 in 2011.

 

(h) Yes.  Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.’s Audit Committee has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to Service Affiliates, which were not pre-approved (not requiring pre-approval), is compatible with maintaining the Accountant’s independence.  All services provided by the Auditor to the Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc. or to Service Affiliates, which were required to be pre-approved, were pre-approved as required.

 

ITEM 5.                  AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.

 

a) Registrant has a separately-designated standing Audit Committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)58(A) of the Exchange Act. The Audit Committee consists of the following Board members:

 

William R. Hutchinson

Paolo M. Cucchi

Daniel P. Cronin

Carol L. Colman

Leslie H. Gelb

Dr. Riordan Roett

Jeswald W. Salacuse

 

b) Not applicable

 

ITEM 6.                  SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.

 

Included herein under Item 1.

 

ITEM 7.                  PROXY VOTING — LMPFA & Western Asset Management Company (and affiliates)

 

Proxy Voting Guidelines and Procedures

 

Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC (“LMPFA”) delegates the responsibility for voting proxies for the fund to the subadviser through its contracts with the subadviser. The subadviser will use its own proxy voting policies and procedures to vote proxies. Accordingly, LMPFA does not expect to have proxy-voting responsibility for the fund. Should LMPFA become responsible for voting proxies for any reason, such as the inability of the subadviser to provide investment advisory services, LMPFA shall utilize the proxy voting guidelines established by the most recent subadviser to vote proxies until a new subadviser is retained.

 



 

The subadviser’s Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures govern in determining how proxies relating to the fund’s portfolio securities are voted and are provided below.  Information regarding how each fund voted proxies (if any) relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available without charge (1) by calling 888-777-0102, (2) on the fund’s website at http://www.leggmason.com/individualinvestors  and (3) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

 

Background

 

Western Asset Management Company (“WA”), Western Asset Management Company Limited (“WAML”) and Western Asset Management Company Pte. Ltd. (“WAMC”) (together “Western Asset”) have adopted and implemented policies and procedures that we believe are reasonably designed to ensure that proxies are voted in the best interest of clients, in accordance with our fiduciary duties and SEC Rule 206(4)-6 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (“Advisers Act”). Our authority to vote the proxies of our clients is established through investment management agreements or comparable documents, and our proxy voting guidelines have been tailored to reflect these specific contractual obligations. In addition to SEC requirements governing advisers, our proxy voting policies reflect the long-standing fiduciary standards and responsibilities for ERISA accounts. Unless a manager of ERISA assets has been expressly precluded from voting proxies, the Department of Labor has determined that the responsibility for these votes lies with the Investment Manager.

 

In exercising its voting authority, Western Asset will not consult or enter into agreements with officers, directors or employees of Legg Mason Inc. or any of its affiliates (except that WA, WAML and WAMC may so consult and agree with each other) regarding the voting of any securities owned by its clients.

 

Policy

 

Western Asset’s proxy voting procedures are designed and implemented in a way that is reasonably expected to ensure that proxy matters are handled in the best interest of our clients. While the guidelines included in the procedures are intended to provide a benchmark for voting standards, each vote is ultimately cast on a case-by-case basis, taking into consideration Western Asset’s contractual obligations to our clients and all other relevant facts and circumstances at the time of the vote (such that these guidelines may be overridden to the extent Western Asset deems appropriate).

 

Procedures

 

Responsibility and Oversight

 

The Western Asset Compliance Department (“Compliance Department”) is responsible for administering and overseeing the proxy voting process. The gathering of proxies is coordinated through the Corporate Actions area of Investment Support (“Corporate Actions”). Research analysts and portfolio managers are responsible for determining appropriate voting positions on each proxy utilizing any applicable guidelines contained in these procedures.

 

Client Authority

 

Prior to August 1, 2003, all existing client investment management agreements (“IMAs”) will be reviewed to determine whether Western Asset has authority to vote client proxies. At account start-up, or upon amendment of an IMA, the applicable client IMA are similarly reviewed. If an agreement is silent on proxy voting, but contains an overall delegation of discretionary authority or if the account represents assets of an ERISA plan, Western Asset will assume responsibility for proxy voting. The Client Account Transition Team maintains a matrix of proxy voting authority.

 



 

Proxy Gathering

 

Registered owners of record, client custodians, client banks and trustees (“Proxy Recipients”) that receive proxy materials on behalf of clients should forward them to Corporate Actions. Prior to August 1, 2003, Proxy Recipients of existing clients will be reminded of the appropriate routing to Corporate Actions for proxy materials received and reminded of their responsibility to forward all proxy materials on a timely basis. Proxy Recipients for new clients (or, if Western Asset becomes aware that the applicable Proxy Recipient for an existing client has changed, the Proxy Recipient for the existing client) are notified at start-up of appropriate routing to Corporate Actions of proxy materials received and reminded of their responsibility to forward all proxy materials on a timely basis. If Western Asset personnel other than Corporate Actions receive proxy materials, they should promptly forward the materials to Corporate Actions.

 

Proxy Voting

 

Once proxy materials are received by Corporate Actions, they are forwarded to the Compliance Department for coordination and the following actions:

 

a. Proxies are reviewed to determine accounts impacted.

 

b. Impacted accounts are checked to confirm Western Asset voting authority.

 

c. Compliance Department staff reviews proxy issues to determine any material conflicts of interest. (See conflicts of interest section of these procedures for further information on determining material conflicts of interest.)

 

d. If a material conflict of interest exists, (i) to the extent reasonably practicable and permitted by applicable law, the client is promptly notified, the conflict is disclosed and Western Asset obtains the client’s proxy voting instructions, and (ii) to the extent that it is not reasonably practicable or permitted by applicable law to notify the client and obtain such instructions (e.g., the client is a mutual fund or other commingled vehicle or is an ERISA plan client), Western Asset seeks voting instructions from an independent third party.

 

e. Compliance Department staff provides proxy material to the appropriate research analyst or portfolio manager to obtain their recommended vote. Research analysts and portfolio managers determine votes on a case-by-case basis taking into account the voting guidelines contained in these procedures. For avoidance of doubt, depending on the best interest of each individual client, Western Asset may vote the same proxy differently for different clients. The analyst’s or portfolio manager’s basis for their decision is documented and maintained by the Compliance Department.

 

f. Compliance Department staff votes the proxy pursuant to the instructions received in (d) or (e) and returns the voted proxy as indicated in the proxy materials.

 

Timing

 

Western Asset personnel act in such a manner to ensure that, absent special circumstances, the proxy gathering and proxy voting steps noted above can be completed before the applicable deadline for returning proxy votes.

 



 

Recordkeeping

 

Western Asset maintains records of proxies voted pursuant to Section 204-2 of the Advisers Act and ERISA DOL Bulletin 94-2. These records include:

 

a. A copy of Western Asset’s policies and procedures.

 

b. Copies of proxy statements received regarding client securities.

 

c. A copy of any document created by Western Asset that was material to making a decision how to vote proxies.

 

d. Each written client request for proxy voting records and Western Asset’s written response to both verbal and written client requests.

 

e. A proxy log including:

1. Issuer name;

2. Exchange ticker symbol of the issuer’s shares to be voted;

3. Council on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures (“CUSIP”) number for the shares to be voted;

4. A brief identification of the matter voted on;

5. Whether the matter was proposed by the issuer or by a shareholder of the issuer;

6. Whether a vote was cast on the matter;

7. A record of how the vote was cast; and

8. Whether the vote was cast for or against the recommendation of the issuer’s management team.

 

Records are maintained in an easily accessible place for five years, the first two in Western Asset’s offices.

 

Disclosure

 

Part II of the WA Form ADV, the WAML Form ADV and WAMC Form ADV, each, contain a description of Western Asset’s proxy policies. Prior to August 1, 2003, Western Asset will deliver Part II of its revised Form ADV to all existing clients, along with a letter identifying the new disclosure. Clients will be provided a copy of these policies and procedures upon request. In addition, upon request, clients may receive reports on how their proxies have been voted.

 

Conflicts of Interest

 

All proxies are reviewed by the Compliance Department for material conflicts of interest. Issues to be reviewed include, but are not limited to:

1. Whether Western Asset (or, to the extent required to be considered by applicable law, its affiliates) manages assets for the company or an employee group of the company or otherwise has an interest in the company;

 

2. Whether Western Asset or an officer or director of Western Asset or the applicable portfolio manager or analyst responsible for recommending the proxy vote (together, “Voting Persons”) is a close relative of or has a personal or business relationship with an executive, director or person who is a candidate for director of the company or is a participant in a proxy contest; and

 

3. Whether there is any other business or personal relationship where a Voting Person has a personal interest in the outcome of the matter before shareholders.

 



 

Voting Guidelines

 

Western Asset’s substantive voting decisions turn on the particular facts and circumstances of each proxy vote and are evaluated by the designated research analyst or portfolio manager. The examples outlined below are meant as guidelines to aid in the decision making process.

 

Guidelines are grouped according to the types of proposals generally presented to shareholders. Part I deals with proposals which have been approved and are recommended by a company’s board of directors; Part II deals with proposals submitted by shareholders for inclusion in proxy statements; Part III addresses issues relating to voting shares of investment companies; and Part IV addresses unique considerations pertaining to foreign issuers.

 

I. Board Approved Proposals

 

The vast majority of matters presented to shareholders for a vote involve proposals made by a company itself that have been approved and recommended by its board of directors. In view of the enhanced corporate governance practices currently being implemented in public companies, Western Asset generally votes in support of decisions reached by independent boards of directors. More specific guidelines related to certain board-approved proposals are as follows:

 

1. Matters relating to the Board of Directors

 

Western Asset votes proxies for the election of the company’s nominees for directors and for board-approved proposals on other matters relating to the board of directors with the following exceptions:

 

a. Votes are withheld for the entire board of directors if the board does not have a majority of independent directors or the board does not have nominating, audit and compensation committees composed solely of independent directors.

 

b. Votes are withheld for any nominee for director who is considered an independent director by the company and who has received compensation from the company other than for service as a director.

 

c. Votes are withheld for any nominee for director who attends less than 75% of board and committee meetings without valid reasons for absences.

 

d. Votes are cast on a case-by-case basis in contested elections of directors.

 

2. Matters relating to Executive Compensation

 

Western Asset generally favors compensation programs that relate executive compensation to a company’s long-term performance. Votes are cast on a case-by-case basis on board-approved proposals relating to executive compensation, except as follows:

 

a. Except where the firm is otherwise withholding votes for the entire board of directors, Western Asset votes for stock option plans that will result in a minimal annual dilution.

 

b. Western Asset votes against stock option plans or proposals that permit replacing or repricing of underwater options.

 



 

c. Western Asset votes against stock option plans that permit issuance of options with an exercise price below the stock’s current market price.

 

d. Except where the firm is otherwise withholding votes for the entire board of directors, Western Asset votes for employee stock purchase plans that limit the discount for shares purchased under the plan to no more than 15% of their market value, have an offering period of 27 months or less and result in dilution of 10% or less.

 

3. Matters relating to Capitalization

 

The management of a company’s capital structure involves a number of important issues, including cash flows, financing needs and market conditions that are unique to the circumstances of each company. As a result, Western Asset votes on a case-by-case basis on board-approved proposals involving changes to a company’s capitalization except where Western Asset is otherwise withholding votes for the entire board of directors.

 

a. Western Asset votes for proposals relating to the authorization of additional common stock.

 

b. Western Asset votes for proposals to effect stock splits (excluding reverse stock splits).

 

c. Western Asset votes for proposals authorizing share repurchase programs.

 

4. Matters relating to Acquisitions, Mergers, Reorganizations and Other Transactions

 

Western Asset votes these issues on a case-by-case basis on board-approved transactions.

 

5. Matters relating to Anti-Takeover Measures

 

Western Asset votes against board-approved proposals to adopt anti-takeover measures except as follows:

 

a. Western Asset votes on a case-by-case basis on proposals to ratify or approve shareholder rights plans.

 

b. Western Asset votes on a case-by-case basis on proposals to adopt fair price provisions.

 

6. Other Business Matters

 

Western Asset votes for board-approved proposals approving such routine business matters such as changing the company’s name, ratifying the appointment of auditors and procedural matters relating to the shareholder meeting.

 

a. Western Asset votes on a case-by-case basis on proposals to amend a company’s charter or bylaws.

 

b. Western Asset votes against authorization to transact other unidentified, substantive business at the meeting.

 



 

II. Shareholder Proposals

 

SEC regulations permit shareholders to submit proposals for inclusion in a company’s proxy statement. These proposals generally seek to change some aspect of a company’s corporate governance structure or to change some aspect of its business operations. Western Asset votes in accordance with the recommendation of the company’s board of directors on all shareholder proposals, except as follows:

1. Western Asset votes for shareholder proposals to require shareholder approval of shareholder rights plans.

 

2. Western Asset votes for shareholder proposals that are consistent with Western Asset’s proxy voting guidelines for board-approved proposals.

 

3. Western Asset votes on a case-by-case basis on other shareholder proposals where the firm is otherwise withholding votes for the entire board of directors.

 

III. Voting Shares of Investment Companies

 

Western Asset may utilize shares of open or closed-end investment companies to implement its investment strategies. Shareholder votes for investment companies that fall within the categories listed in Parts I and II above are voted in accordance with those guidelines.

 

1. Western Asset votes on a case-by-case basis on proposals relating to changes in the investment objectives of an investment company taking into account the original intent of the fund and the role the fund plays in the clients’ portfolios.

 

2. Western Asset votes on a case-by-case basis all proposals that would result in increases in expenses (e.g., proposals to adopt 12b-1 plans, alter investment advisory arrangements or approve fund mergers) taking into account comparable expenses for similar funds and the services to be provided.

 

IV. Voting Shares of Foreign Issuers

 

In the event Western Asset is required to vote on securities held in foreign issuers — i.e. issuers that are incorporated under the laws of a foreign jurisdiction and that are not listed on a U.S. securities exchange or the NASDAQ stock market, the following guidelines are used, which are premised on the existence of a sound corporate governance and disclosure framework. These guidelines, however, may not be appropriate under some circumstances for foreign issuers and therefore apply only where applicable.

 

1. Western Asset votes for shareholder proposals calling for a majority of the directors to be independent of management.

 

2. Western Asset votes for shareholder proposals seeking to increase the independence of board nominating, audit and compensation committees.

 

3. Western Asset votes for shareholder proposals that implement corporate governance standards similar to those established under U.S. federal law and the listing requirements of U.S. stock exchanges, and that do not otherwise violate the laws of the jurisdiction under which the company is incorporated.

 

4. Western Asset votes on a case-by-case basis on proposals relating to (1) the issuance of common stock in excess of 20% of a company’s outstanding common stock where shareholders do not have preemptive rights, or (2) the issuance of common stock in excess of 100% of a company’s outstanding common stock where shareholders have preemptive rights.

 



 

ITEM 8.  PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

 

(a)(1):

 

NAME AND
ADDRESS

 

LENGTH OF
TIME SERVED

 

PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION(S) DURING
PAST 5 YEARS

 

 

 

 

 

S. Kenneth Leech

Western Asset
385 East Colorado Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91101

 

Since 2006

 

Co-portfolio manager of the fund; Chief Investment Officer of Western Asset from 1998 to 2008; Senior Advisor/Chief Investment Officer Emeritus of Western Asset.

 

 

 

 

 

Stephen A. Walsh

Western Asset
385 East Colorado Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91101

 

Since 2006

 

Co-portfolio manager of the fund; Deputy Chief Investment Officer of Western Asset from 2000 to 2008; Chief Investment Officer of Western Asset since 2008.

 

 

 

 

 

Keith J. Gardner

Western Asset
385 East Colorado Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91101

 

Since 2006

 

Co-portfolio manager of the fund; portfolio manager and research analyst at Western Asset since 1994.

 

 

 

 

 

Michael C. Buchanan

Western Asset
385 East Colorado Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91101

 

Since 2006

 

Co-portfolio manager of the fund; Managing Director and head of U.S. Credit Products from 2003-2005 at Credit Suisse Asset Management

 

 

 

 

 

Ryan K. Brist

 

Since

 

Co-portfolio manager of the fund; Head of U.S. Investment Grade Credit of

 



 

Western Asset
385 East Colorado Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91101

 

2010

 

Western Asset since 2009; Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager at Logan Circle Partners, L.P. from 2007-2009; Co-Chief Investment Officer and Senior Portfolio Manager at Delaware Investment Advisors from 2000-2007

 

(a)(2): DATA TO BE PROVIDED BY FINANCIAL CONTROL

 

The following tables set forth certain additional information with respect to the fund’s portfolio managers for the fund. Unless noted otherwise, all information is provided as of May 31, 2011.

 

Other Accounts Managed by Portfolio Managers

 

The table below identifies the number of accounts (other than the fund) for which the fund’s portfolio managers have day-to-day management responsibilities and the total assets in such accounts, within each of the following categories: registered investment companies, other pooled investment vehicles, and other accounts. For each category, the number of accounts and total assets in the accounts where fees are based on performance is also indicated.

 

 

 

Registered

 

Other Pooled

 

 

Portfolio

 

Investment

 

Investment

 

Other

Manager(s)

 

Companies

 

Vehicles

 

Accounts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S. Kenneth Leech

 

7 registered investment companies with $1.6 billion in total assets under management

 

12 Other pooled investment vehicles with $2.0 billion in assets under management

 

38 Other accounts with $13.8 billion in total assets under management*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stephen A. Walsh

 

99 registered investment companies with $156.4 billion in total assets under management

 

213 Other pooled investment vehicles with $113.3 billion in assets under management**

 

769 Other accounts with $179.6 billion in total assets under management***

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keith J. Gardner

 

39 registered investment companies with $27.6 billion in total assets under management

 

6 Other pooled investment vehicles with $1.8 billion in assets under management

 

1 Other accounts with $0.2 billion in total assets under management

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michael C. Buchanan

 

45 registered investment Companies with $31.2 billion in total assets Under management

 

8 Other pooled investment vehicles with $4.2 billion in assets under management

 

11 Other accounts with $1.8 billion in total assets under management

 



 

Ryan K. Brist

 

11 registered investment Companies with $3.0 billion in total assets Under management

 

4 Other pooled investment vehicles with $6.2 billion in assets under management****

 

19 Other accounts with $4.3 billion in total assets under management+

 


*

Includes 7 accounts managed, totaling $2.4 billion, for which advisory fee is performance based.

**

Includes 7 accounts managed, totaling $1.2 billion, for which advisory fee is performance based.

***

Includes 81 accounts managed, totaling $20.4 billion, for which advisory fee is performance based.

****

Includes 1 account managed, totaling $70 million, for which advisory fee is performance based.

+

Includes 2 accounts managed, totaling $0.3 billion, for which advisory fee is performance based.

 

‡ The numbers above reflect the overall number of portfolios managed by employees of Western Asset Management Company (“Western Asset”).  Mr. Leech and Mr. Walsh are involved in the management of all the Firm’s portfolios, but they are not solely responsible for particular portfolios.  Western Asset’s investment discipline emphasizes a team approach that combines the efforts of groups of specialists working in different market sectors. They are responsible for overseeing implementation of Western Asset’s overall investment ideas and coordinating the work of the various sector teams. This structure ensures that client portfolios benefit from a consensus that draws on the expertise of all team members.

 

(a)(3): Portfolio Manager Compensation

 

With respect to the compensation of the portfolio managers, Western Asset’s compensation system assigns each employee a total compensation range, which is derived from annual market surveys that benchmark each role with its job function and peer universe. This method is designed to reward employees with total compensation reflective of the external market value of their skills, experience, and ability to produce desired results. Standard compensation includes competitive base salaries, generous employee benefits, and a retirement plan.

 

In addition, the subadviser’s employees are eligible for bonuses. These are structured to closely align the interests of employees with those of the subadviser, and are determined by the professional’s job function and pre-tax performance as measured by a formal review process. All bonuses are completely discretionary. The principal factor considered is a portfolio manager’s investment performance versus appropriate peer groups and benchmarks (e.g., a securities index and with respect to a fund, the benchmark set forth in the fund’s Prospectus to which the fund’s average annual total returns are compared or, if none, the benchmark set forth in the fund’s annual report). Performance is reviewed on a 1, 3 and 5 year basis for compensation—with 3 years having the most emphasis. The subadviser may also measure a portfolio manager’s pre-tax investment performance against other benchmarks, as it determines appropriate. Because portfolio managers are generally responsible for multiple accounts (including the funds) with similar investment strategies, they are generally compensated on the performance of the aggregate group of similar accounts, rather than a specific account. Other factors that may be considered when making bonus decisions include client service, business development, length of service to the subadviser, management or supervisory responsibilities, contributions to developing business strategy and overall contributions to the subadviser’s business.

 

Finally, in order to attract and retain top talent, all professionals are eligible for additional incentives in recognition of outstanding performance. These are determined based upon the factors described above and include Legg Mason stock options and long-term incentives that vest over a set period of time past the award date.

 



 

Potential Conflicts of Interest

 

Conflicts of Interest

 

The manager, subadvisers and portfolio managers have interests which conflict with the interests of the fund. There is no guarantee that the policies and procedures adopted by the manager, the subadvisers and the fund will be able to identify or mitigate these conflicts of interest.

 

Some examples of material conflicts of interest include:

 

Allocation of Limited Time and Attention. A portfolio manager who is responsible for managing multiple funds and/or accounts may devote unequal time and attention to the management of those funds and/or accounts. A portfolio manager may not be able to formulate as complete a strategy or identify equally attractive investment opportunities for each of those funds and accounts as might be the case if he or she were to devote substantially more attention to the management of a single fund. Such a portfolio manager may make general determinations across multiple funds, rather than tailoring a unique approach for each fund. The effects of this conflict may be more pronounced where funds and/or accounts overseen by a particular portfolio manager have different investment strategies.

 

Allocation of Limited Investment Opportunities; Aggregation of Orders. If a portfolio manager identifies a limited investment opportunity that may be suitable for multiple funds and/or accounts, the opportunity may be allocated among these several funds or accounts, which may limit the fund’s ability to take full advantage of the investment opportunity. Additionally, a subadviser may aggregate transaction orders for multiple accounts for purpose of execution. Such aggregation may cause the price or brokerage costs to be less favorable to a particular client than if similar transactions were not being executed concurrently for other accounts. In addition, a subadviser’s trade allocation policies may result in the fund’s orders not being fully executed or being delayed in execution.

 

Pursuit of Differing Strategies. At times, a portfolio manager may determine that an investment opportunity may be appropriate for only some of the funds and/or accounts for which he or she exercises investment responsibility, or may decide that certain of the funds and/or accounts should take differing positions with respect to a particular security. In these cases, the portfolio manager may place separate transactions for one or more funds or accounts which may affect the market price of the security or the execution of the transaction, or both, to the detriment or benefit of one or more other funds and/or accounts. For example, a portfolio manager may determine that it would be in the interest of another account to sell a security that the fund holds long, potentially resulting in a decrease in the market value of the security held by the fund.

 

Cross Trades. Portfolio managers may manage funds that engage in cross trades, where one of the manager’s funds or accounts sells a particular security to another fund or account managed by the same manager. Cross trades may pose conflicts of interest because of, for example, the possibility that one account sells a security to another account at a higher price than an independent third party would pay or otherwise enters into a transaction that it would not enter into with an independent party, such as the sale of a difficult-to-obtain security.

 

Selection of Broker/Dealers. Portfolio managers may select or influence the selection of the brokers and dealers that are used to execute securities transactions for the funds and/or accounts that they supervise. In addition to executing trades, some brokers and dealers provide subadvisers with brokerage and research services, These services may be taken into account in the selection of brokers and dealers whether a broker is being selected to effect a trade on an agency basis for a commission or (as is normally the case for the funds) whether a dealer is being selected to effect a trade on a principal basis. This may result in the payment of higher brokerage fees and/or execution at a less favorable price than might have otherwise been available. The services obtained may ultimately be more beneficial to certain of the manager’s funds or accounts than to others (but not necessarily to the funds that pay the increased commission or incur the less favorable execution). A decision as to the selection of brokers and dealers could therefore yield disproportionate costs and benefits among the funds and/or accounts managed.

 



 

Variation in Financial and Other Benefits. A conflict of interest arises where the financial or other benefits available to a portfolio manager differ among the funds and/or accounts that he or she manages. If the amount or structure of the investment manager’s management fee and/or a portfolio manager’s compensation differs among funds and/or accounts (such as where certain funds or accounts pay higher management fees or performance-based management fees), the portfolio manager might be motivated to help certain funds and/or accounts over others. Similarly, the desire to maintain assets under management or to enhance the portfolio manager’s performance record or to derive other rewards, financial or otherwise, could influence the portfolio manager in affording preferential treatment to those funds and/or accounts that could most significantly benefit the portfolio manager. A portfolio manager may, for example, have an incentive to allocate favorable or limited opportunity investments or structure the timing of investments to favor such funds and/or accounts. Also, a portfolio manager’s or the manager’s or a subadviser’s desire to increase assets under management could influence the portfolio manager to keep a fund open for new investors without regard to potential benefits of closing the fund to new investors. Additionally, the portfolio manager might be motivated to favor funds and/or accounts in which he or she has an ownership interest or in which the investment manager and/or its affiliates have ownership interests. Conversely, if a portfolio manager does not personally hold an investment in the fund, the portfolio manager’s conflicts of interest with respect to the fund may be more acute.

 

Related Business Opportunities. The investment manager or its affiliates may provide more services (such as distribution or recordkeeping) for some types of funds or accounts than for others. In such cases, a portfolio manager may benefit, either directly or indirectly, by devoting disproportionate attention to the management of funds and/or accounts that provide greater overall returns to the investment manager and its affiliates.

 

(a)(4): Portfolio Manager Securities Ownership

 

The table below identifies the dollar range of securities beneficially owned by each portfolio managers as of May 31, 2011.

 

Portfolio Manager(s)

 

Dollar Range of
Portfolio
Securities
Beneficially
Owned

S. Kenneth Leech

 

A

Stephen A. Walsh

 

E

Keith J. Gardner

 

A

Michael C. Buchanan

 

D

Ryan K. Brist

 

A

 

Dollar Range ownership is as follows:
A: none
B: $1 - $10,000
C: 10,001 - $50,000
D: $50,001 - $100,000
E: $100,001 - $500,000
F: $500,001 - $1 million
G: over $1 million

 



 

ITEM 9.                  PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.

 

None.

 

ITEM 10.                SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

 

None.

 

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 registrant’s last fiscal half-year (the registrant’s second fiscal half-year in the case of an annual report) that have materially affected, or are likely to materially affect the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 12.                EXHIBITS.

 

(a)   (1) Code of Ethics attached hereto.

Exhibit 99.CODE ETH

 

(a) (2)  Certifications pursuant to section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 attached hereto.

Exhibit 99.CERT

 

(b)  Certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 attached hereto.

Exhibit 99.906CERT

 



 

SIGNATURES

 

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, there unto duly authorized.

 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Jay Gerken

 

 

R. Jay Gerken

 

Chief Executive Officer of

 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

 

Date:

July 28, 2011

 

     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/ R. Jay Gerken

 

 

R. Jay Gerken

 

Chief Executive Officer of

 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

 

Date:

July 28, 2011

 

 

By:

/s/ Kaprel Ozsolak

 

 

Kaprel Ozsolak

 

Chief Financial Officer of

 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

 

Date:

July 28, 2011