WESTERN ASSET GLOBAL CORPORATE DEFINED OPPORTUNITY FUND INC.

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number 811-22334

Western Asset Global Corporate Defined Opportunity Fund Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

620 Eighth Avenue, 49th Floor, New York, NY 10018

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Robert I. Frenkel, Esq.

Legg Mason & Co., LLC

100 First Stamford Place

Stamford, CT 06902

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (888)-777-0102    

Date of fiscal year end: October 31

Date of reporting period: January 31, 2018

 

 

 


 

ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.

 


WESTERN ASSET GLOBAL CORPORATE DEFINED OPPORTUNITY FUND INC.

FORM N-Q

JANUARY 31, 2018


WESTERN ASSET GLOBAL CORPORATE DEFINED OPPORTUNITY FUND INC.

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited)    January 31, 2018

 

SECURITY‡

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
    VALUE  
CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES - 111.3%          
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 12.9%          

Auto Components - 1.5%

         

Adient Global Holdings Ltd., Senior Notes

     4.875     8/15/26        1,950,000     $ 1,940,250 (a) 

IHO Verwaltungs GmbH, Senior Secured Bonds
(4.750% Cash or 5.500% PIK)

     4.750     9/15/26        950,000       961,875 (a)(b) 

ZF North America Capital Inc., Senior Notes

     4.750     4/29/25        1,200,000       1,240,500 (a) 
         

 

 

 

Total Auto Components

            4,142,625  
         

 

 

 

Automobiles - 0.3%

         

General Motors Co., Senior Notes

     6.600     4/1/36        720,000       875,135  
         

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services - 0.4%

         

Co-operative Group Holdings 2011 Ltd., Senior Notes

     6.875     7/8/20        100,000 GBP      156,467 (c) 

VOC Escrow Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

     5.000     2/15/28        1,040,000       1,040,000 (a)(d) 
         

 

 

 

Total Diversified Consumer Services

            1,196,467  
         

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 2.7%

         

Brinker International Inc., Senior Notes

     5.000     10/1/24        1,990,000       2,009,900 (a) 

Hilton Worldwide Finance LLC/Hilton Worldwide Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     4.625     4/1/25        1,250,000       1,261,725  

Hilton Worldwide Finance LLC/Hilton Worldwide Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     4.875     4/1/27        590,000       604,750  

Marstons Issuer PLC, Secured Bonds (5.641% to 7/15/19 then 3 mo. GBP LIBOR + 2.550%)

     5.641     7/15/35        1,768,000 GBP      2,328,308 (c)(e) 

Mitchells & Butlers Finance PLC, Secured Notes

     5.965     12/15/23        278,273 GBP      437,272 (c) 

NCL Corp. Ltd., Senior Notes

     4.750     12/15/21        500,000       518,125 (a) 

Silversea Cruise Finance Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

     7.250     2/1/25        573,000       620,559 (a) 
         

 

 

 

Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

            7,780,639  
         

 

 

 

Household Durables - 0.4%

         

Lennar Corp., Senior Notes

     4.750     11/29/27        1,200,000       1,218,096 (a) 
         

 

 

 

Media - 6.9%

         

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

     6.384     10/23/35        720,000       838,643  

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

     6.484     10/23/45        3,660,000       4,287,719  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

     5.700     7/1/19        1,800,000       1,879,905  

DISH DBS Corp., Senior Notes

     5.875     7/15/22        420,000       419,475  

DISH DBS Corp., Senior Notes

     5.875     11/15/24        520,000       494,975  

DISH DBS Corp., Senior Notes

     7.750     7/1/26        850,000       876,563  

Grupo Televisa SAB, Senior Bonds

     6.625     1/15/40        1,730,000       2,084,490  

SFR Group SA, Senior Secured Bonds

     6.250     5/15/24        1,210,000       1,161,600 (a) 

SFR Group SA, Senior Secured Notes

     7.375     5/1/26        3,110,000       3,075,012 (a) 

Time Warner Cable LLC, Senior Notes

     8.750     2/14/19        1,500,000       1,592,313  

UBM PLC, Notes

     5.750     11/3/20        1,500,000       1,547,772 (a) 

UPC Holding BV, Senior Secured Notes

     5.500     1/15/28        1,040,000       1,000,355 (a) 

Virgin Media Finance PLC, Senior Notes

     6.000     10/15/24        500,000       513,125 (a) 
         

 

 

 

Total Media

            19,771,947  
         

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 0.3%

         

Hertz Corp., Senior Notes

     5.875     10/15/20        760,000       763,800  
         

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.4%

         

Hanesbrands Inc., Senior Notes

     4.875     5/15/26        980,000       994,700 (a) 
         

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

            36,743,409  
         

 

 

 
CONSUMER STAPLES - 4.6%          

Beverages - 1.1%

         

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc., Senior Notes

     4.700     2/1/36        940,000       1,040,574  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc., Senior Notes

     4.900     2/1/46        1,740,000       1,974,003  
         

 

 

 

Total Beverages

            3,014,577  
         

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    January 31, 2018

 

SECURITY‡

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
    VALUE  

Food & Staples Retailing - 0.7%

         

Tesco PLC, Senior Notes

     6.125     2/24/22        1,200,000 GBP    $ 1,953,557  
         

 

 

 

Food Products - 0.8%

         

Boparan Finance PLC, Senior Secured Notes

     5.500     7/15/21        650,000 GBP      903,240 (c) 

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes

     3.000     6/1/26        740,000       696,697  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes

     5.200     7/15/45        700,000       759,513  
         

 

 

 

Total Food Products

            2,359,450  
         

 

 

 

Tobacco - 2.0%

         

BAT Capital Corp., Senior Notes

     3.557     8/15/27        600,000       587,698 (a) 

BAT International Finance PLC, Senior Notes

     4.875     2/24/21        1,450,000 EUR      2,058,316 (c) 

Reynolds American Inc., Senior Notes

     8.125     6/23/19        2,305,000       2,476,341  

Reynolds American Inc., Senior Notes

     5.850     8/15/45        540,000       660,251  
         

 

 

 

Total Tobacco

            5,782,606  
         

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES

            13,110,190  
         

 

 

 
ENERGY - 17.7%          

Energy Equipment & Services - 0.3%

         

Transocean Inc., Senior Notes

     7.500     1/15/26        660,000       689,700 (a) 
         

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 17.4%

         

Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

     6.450     9/15/36        870,000       1,086,028  

Andeavor Logistics LP/Tesoro Logistics Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     6.375     5/1/24        340,000       368,900  

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

     11.500     1/15/21        870,000       986,362 (a) 

Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings LLC, Senior Secured Notes

     5.125     6/30/27        850,000       879,750  

Chesapeake Energy Corp., Senior Notes

     6.875     11/15/20        470,000       493,500  

Chesapeake Energy Corp., Senior Notes

     5.375     6/15/21        560,000       557,200  

Continental Resources Inc., Senior Notes

     4.500     4/15/23        1,500,000       1,522,500  

Continental Resources Inc., Senior Notes

     3.800     6/1/24        500,000       491,875  

Dolphin Energy Ltd., Senior Secured Bonds

     5.888     6/15/19        502,240       516,374 (c) 

Ecopetrol SA, Senior Notes

     7.625     7/23/19        1,650,000       1,767,150  

Ecopetrol SA, Senior Notes

     5.875     5/28/45        3,000,000       3,176,250  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes

     6.500     1/31/19        1,290,000       1,342,491  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes

     4.050     2/15/22        770,000       799,779  

Extraction Oil & Gas Inc., Senior Notes

     5.625     2/1/26        720,000       721,620 (a) 

Genesis Energy LP/Genesis Energy Finance Corp., Senior Bonds

     5.625     6/15/24        1,570,000       1,542,525  

KazMunayGas National Co. JSC, Senior Notes

     4.750     4/19/27        2,130,000       2,224,227 (a) 

LUKOIL International Finance BV, Bonds

     6.656     6/7/22        1,110,000       1,242,658 (c) 

MEG Energy Corp., Senior Notes

     7.000     3/31/24        1,430,000       1,245,887 (a) 

NGPL PipeCo LLC, Senior Bonds

     4.875     8/15/27        770,000       794,062 (a) 

NGPL PipeCo LLC, Senior Secured Notes

     7.768     12/15/37        800,000       1,002,000 (a) 

Oasis Petroleum Inc., Senior Notes

     7.250     2/1/19        640,000       640,000  

Oasis Petroleum Inc., Senior Notes

     6.500     11/1/21        910,000       931,612  

Oasis Petroleum Inc., Senior Notes

     6.875     1/15/23        150,000       155,063  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

     4.625     6/15/45        700,000       772,698  

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

     6.250     3/17/24        380,000       407,113  

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

     7.375     1/17/27        400,000       444,460  

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

     6.750     1/27/41        920,000       936,100  

Petroleos Mexicanos, Senior Notes

     5.500     1/21/21        660,000       700,623  

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    January 31, 2018

 

SECURITY‡

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
    VALUE  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - (continued)

         

Petronas Capital Ltd., Senior Notes

     5.250     8/12/19        930,000     $ 966,791 (c) 

Petronas Capital Ltd., Senior Notes

     5.250     8/12/19        410,000       426,220 (a) 

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

     6.750     9/30/19        2,280,000       2,425,190 (c) 

Reliance Holdings USA Inc., Senior Notes

     5.400     2/14/22        1,000,000       1,074,281 (a) 

Rockies Express Pipeline LLC, Senior Notes

     7.500     7/15/38        330,000       396,000 (a) 

Rosneft Finance SA, Senior Notes

     7.875     3/13/18        2,830,000       2,847,300 (a) 

Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC, Senior Secured Notes

     5.750     5/15/24        540,000       592,702  

Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC, Senior Secured Notes

     5.000     3/15/27        3,190,000       3,389,634  

Shelf Drilling Holdings Ltd., Senior Notes

     8.250     2/15/25        940,000       945,125 (a)(d) 

Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., Senior Bonds

     5.125     2/1/25        590,000       596,637  

Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., Senior Bonds

     5.375     2/1/27        620,000       633,175  

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co., LLC, Senior Notes

     7.850     2/1/26        1,000,000       1,268,405  

Transportadora de Gas del Peru SA, Senior Notes

     4.250     4/30/28        2,250,000       2,314,687 (a) 

Whiting Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

     6.250     4/1/23        190,000       195,938  

Williams Cos. Inc., Debentures

     7.500     1/15/31        340,000       426,700  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

     3.700     1/15/23        930,000       927,675  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

     4.550     6/24/24        540,000       556,875  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

     5.750     6/24/44        450,000       496,125  

Williams Partners LP, Senior Notes

     5.250     3/15/20        610,000       641,338  

WPX Energy Inc., Senior Notes

     7.500     8/1/20        260,000       282,100  

WPX Energy Inc., Senior Notes

     8.250     8/1/23        400,000       461,000  
         

 

 

 

Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

            49,612,705  
         

 

 

 

TOTAL ENERGY

            50,302,405  
         

 

 

 
FINANCIALS - 34.1%          

Banks - 22.4%

         

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd., Subordinated Notes

     5.125     9/10/19        1,250,000 EUR      1,676,722 (c) 

Banco del Estado de Chile, Senior Notes

     4.125     10/7/20        1,540,000       1,589,053 (a) 

Bank of America Corp., Junior Subordinated Notes (6.500% to 10/23/24 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.174%)

     6.500     10/23/24        170,000       190,400 (e)(f) 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

     7.750     4/30/18        800,000 GBP      1,155,439 (c) 

Bank of America Corp., Subordinated Notes

     4.250     10/22/26        500,000       518,065  

Barclays Bank PLC, Subordinated Notes

     7.625     11/21/22        4,180,000       4,741,729  

Barclays PLC, Junior Subordinated Bonds (8.250% to 12/15/18 then USD 5 year Swap Rate + 6.705%)

     8.250     12/15/18        240,000       250,352 (e)(f) 

Barclays PLC, Subordinated Notes

     4.836     5/9/28        480,000       492,655  

BNP Paribas SA, Junior Subordinated Notes (7.375% to 8/19/25 then USD 5 year Swap Rate + 5.150%)

     7.375     8/19/25        1,620,000       1,863,000 (a)(e)(f) 

CIT Group Inc., Senior Notes

     5.000     8/15/22        110,000       115,225  

CIT Group Inc., Senior Notes

     5.000     8/1/23        370,000       387,575  

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

     7.375     9/4/19        1,300,000 EUR      1,806,386  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

     4.450     9/29/27        500,000       522,025  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

     4.125     7/25/28        1,000,000       1,018,072  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Subordinated Notes

     5.500     8/6/19        1,200,000 EUR      1,611,632  

Cooperatieve Rabobank U.A., Junior Subordinated Notes (11.000% to 6/30/19 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 10.868%)

     11.000     6/30/19        1,997,000       2,211,677 (a)(e)(f) 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    January 31, 2018

 

SECURITY‡

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
    VALUE  

Banks - (continued)

         

Cooperatieve Rabobank U.A., Subordinated Notes

     4.625     12/1/23        500,000     $ 530,106  

Credit Agricole SA, Junior Subordinated Notes (8.375% to 10/13/19 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.982%)

     8.375     10/13/19        2,530,000       2,751,375 (a)(e)(f) 

Credit Agricole SA, Junior Subordinated Notes (7.875% to 10/26/19 then 3 mo. Euribor + 6.424%)

     7.875     10/26/19        400,000 EUR      562,802 (c)(e)(f) 

Credit Agricole SA, Junior Subordinated Notes (8.125% to 12/23/25 then USD 5 year Swap Rate + 6.185%)

     8.125     12/23/25        560,000       671,797 (a)(e)(f) 

Credit Agricole SA, Subordinated Bonds (8.125% to 9/19/18 then USD 5 year Swap Rate + 6.283%)

     8.125     9/19/33        900,000       929,721 (a)(e) 

Credit Agricole SA, Subordinated Notes

     4.375     3/17/25        530,000       544,626 (a) 

HSBC Holdings PLC, Junior Subordinated Bonds (6.375% to 3/30/25 then USD 5 year ICE Swap Rate + 4.368%)

     6.375     3/30/25        2,070,000       2,222,662 (e)(f) 

Hunt Cos. Inc., Senior Secured Notes

     6.250     2/15/26        850,000       852,125 (a)(d) 

ING Bank NV, Subordinated Notes (6.875% to 5/29/18 then 3 mo. GBP LIBOR + 2.550%)

     6.875     5/29/23        2,850,000 GBP      4,122,218 (c)(e) 

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Junior Subordinated Notes (8.375% to 10/14/19 then 3 mo. Euribor + 6.871%)

     8.375     10/14/19        450,000 EUR      629,828 (c)(e)(f) 

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Senior Notes

     3.125     7/14/22        900,000       888,038 (a) 

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Subordinated Notes

     5.710     1/15/26        600,000       631,760 (a) 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Junior Subordinated Bonds (6.000% to 8/1/23 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.300%)

     6.000     8/1/23        5,370,000       5,719,050 (e)(f) 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Junior Subordinated Notes (6.100% to 10/1/24 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.330%)

     6.100     10/1/24        250,000       267,031 (e)(f) 

Lloyds Banking Group PLC, Senior Notes

     3.100     7/6/21        680,000       681,929  

Lloyds Banking Group PLC, Subordinated Notes

     4.650     3/24/26        550,000       570,150  

National Australia Bank Ltd., Subordinated Notes (6.750% to 6/26/18 then 3 mo. Euribor + 2.850%)

     6.750     6/26/23        2,750,000 EUR      3,507,567 (c)(e) 

National Capital Trust I, Junior Subordinated Bonds (5.620% to 12/17/18 then 5 year UK Gilt + 1.930%)

     5.620     12/17/18        266,000 GBP      390,571 (c)(e)(f) 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Junior Subordinated Notes (8.625% to 8/15/21 then USD 5 year Swap Rate + 7.598%)

     8.625     8/15/21        510,000       570,563 (e)(f) 

Santander UK Group Holdings PLC, Junior Subordinated Bonds (7.375% to 6/24/22 then GBP 5 year Swap Rate + 5.543%)

     7.375     6/24/22        650,000 GBP      1,061,914 (c)(e)(f) 

Santander UK PLC, Subordinated Notes

     5.000     11/7/23        1,120,000       1,183,467 (a) 

Societe Generale SA, Junior Subordinated Notes (9.375% to 9/4/19 then 3 mo. Euribor + 8.901%)

     9.375     9/4/19        1,550,000 EUR      2,200,458 (c)(e)(f) 

Standard Chartered Bank, Subordinated Notes

     7.750     4/3/18        1,000,000 GBP      1,436,358 (c) 

UBS Group Funding Switzerland AG, Senior Notes

     4.253     3/23/28        2,830,000       2,935,559 (a) 

Wachovia Capital Trust III, Junior Subordinated Bonds (the greater of 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.930% or 5.570%)

     5.570     4/16/18        3,660,000       3,681,960 (e)(f) 

Wells Fargo & Co., Junior Subordinated Bonds (5.900% to 6/15/24 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.110%)

     5.900     6/15/24        2,910,000       3,080,962 (e)(f) 

Wells Fargo & Co., Junior Subordinated Bonds (5.875% to 6/15/25 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.990%)

     5.875     6/15/25        110,000       119,785 (e)(f) 

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

     4.650     11/4/44        700,000       758,450  
         

 

 

 

Total Banks

            63,652,839  
         

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 2.6%

         

Credit Suisse Group Funding Guernsey Ltd., Senior Notes

     4.875     5/15/45        470,000       525,516  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

     3.500     11/16/26        500,000       493,400  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Subordinated Notes

     4.750     10/12/21        2,700,000 EUR      3,848,565  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Subordinated Notes

     5.500     10/12/21        600,000 GBP      963,089  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Subordinated Notes

     5.150     5/22/45        1,480,000       1,692,137  
         

 

 

 

Total Capital Markets

            7,522,707  
         

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 0.6%

         

FirstCash Inc., Senior Notes

     5.375     6/1/24        670,000       705,175 (a) 

Navient Corp., Medium-Term Notes, Senior Notes

     8.000     3/25/20        930,000       1,007,609  
         

 

 

 

Total Consumer Finance

            1,712,784  
         

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 5.4%

         

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

     4.250     7/1/20        430,000       442,851  

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

     4.625     7/1/22        380,000       398,020  

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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WESTERN ASSET GLOBAL CORPORATE DEFINED OPPORTUNITY FUND INC.

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    January 31, 2018

 

SECURITY‡

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
    VALUE  

Diversified Financial Services - (continued)

         

CPUK Finance Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

     7.239     2/28/24        1,250,000 GBP    $ 2,241,925 (c) 

DAE Funding LLC, Senior Notes

     5.000     8/1/24        4,085,000       4,064,575 (a) 

GE Capital International Funding Co., Unlimited Co., Senior Notes

     3.373     11/15/25        3,000,000       2,950,652  

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     6.250     5/15/19        1,260,000       1,316,597  

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     5.875     8/15/22        330,000       363,319  

Nationwide Building Society, Junior Subordinated Notes (6.875% to 6/20/19 then GBP 5 year Swap Rate + 4.880%)

     6.875     6/20/19        580,000 GBP      869,214 (c)(e)(f) 

Park Aerospace Holdings Ltd., Senior Notes

     4.500     3/15/23        260,000       248,950 (a) 

Park Aerospace Holdings Ltd., Senior Notes

     5.500     2/15/24        2,470,000       2,451,475 (a) 
         

 

 

 

Total Diversified Financial Services

            15,347,578  
         

 

 

 

Insurance - 3.1%

         

AXA SA, Junior Subordinated Notes (6.463% to 12/14/18 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.449%)

     6.463     12/14/18        2,000,000       2,030,000 (a)(e)(f) 

BUPA Finance PLC, Subordinated Bonds

     5.000     4/25/23        910,000 GBP      1,464,674 (c) 

Farmers Insurance Exchange, Subordinated Notes

     8.625     5/1/24        1,295,000       1,614,158 (a) 

Galaxy Bidco Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

     6.375     11/15/20        370,000 GBP      528,707 (c) 

MetLife Capital Trust IV, Junior Subordinated Notes

     7.875     12/15/37        300,000       396,937 (a) 

Scottish Widows Ltd., Subordinated Notes

     5.500     6/16/23        910,000 GBP      1,475,510 (c) 

Travelers Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

     5.350     11/1/40        1,150,000       1,411,553  
         

 

 

 

Total Insurance

            8,921,539  
         

 

 

 

TOTAL FINANCIALS

            97,157,447  
         

 

 

 
HEALTH CARE - 5.1%          

Biotechnology - 0.5%

         

AbbVie Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes

     3.600     5/14/25        960,000       970,371  

Celgene Corp., Senior Notes

     5.000     8/15/45        510,000       565,240  
         

 

 

 

Total Biotechnology

            1,535,611  
         

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 3.0%

         

Centene Corp., Senior Notes

     5.625     2/15/21        480,000       494,702  

Centene Corp., Senior Notes

     6.125     2/15/24        370,000       394,050  

Centene Corp., Senior Notes

     4.750     1/15/25        1,550,000       1,579,062  

CHS/Community Health Systems Inc., Senior Notes

     8.000     11/15/19        945,000       887,709  

DaVita Inc., Senior Notes

     5.125     7/15/24        420,000       423,950  

DaVita Inc., Senior Notes

     5.000     5/1/25        1,780,000       1,777,775  

HCA Inc., Senior Secured Bonds

     4.500     2/15/27        1,000,000       998,750  

HCA Inc., Senior Secured Notes

     5.250     6/15/26        470,000       492,913  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

     6.000     2/15/18        1,350,000       1,352,033  
         

 

 

 

Total Health Care Providers & Services

            8,400,944  
         

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 1.6%

         

Actavis Funding SCS, Senior Notes

     3.800     3/15/25        700,000       703,897  

Actavis Funding SCS, Senior Notes

     4.550     3/15/35        290,000       303,972  

Actavis Funding SCS, Senior Notes

     4.750     3/15/45        218,000       230,941  

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc., Senior Notes

     6.375     10/15/20        1,000,000       1,007,500 (a) 

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc., Senior Notes

     6.750     8/15/21        250,000       248,125 (a) 

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc., Senior Notes

     7.250     7/15/22        800,000       795,000 (a) 

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc., Senior Notes

     5.875     5/15/23        210,000       190,250 (a) 

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc., Senior Notes

     6.125     4/15/25        980,000       880,971 (a) 

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc., Senior Secured Notes

     7.000     3/15/24        150,000       159,891 (a) 
         

 

 

 

Total Pharmaceuticals

            4,520,547  
         

 

 

 

TOTAL HEALTH CARE

            14,457,102  
         

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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WESTERN ASSET GLOBAL CORPORATE DEFINED OPPORTUNITY FUND INC.

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    January 31, 2018

 

SECURITY‡

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
    VALUE  
INDUSTRIALS - 7.0%          

Aerospace & Defense - 0.3%

         

Hexcel Corp., Senior Notes

     3.950     2/15/27        800,000     $ 800,207  
         

 

 

 

Airlines - 0.5%

         

Manchester Airport Group Funding PLC, Senior Secured Notes

     4.125     4/2/24        860,000 GBP      1,369,740 (c) 
         

 

 

 

Building Products - 1.6%

         

GTL Trade Finance Inc., Senior Notes

     7.250     4/16/44        1,220,000       1,398,425 (a) 

Jeld-Wen Inc., Senior Notes

     4.625     12/15/25        510,000       511,275 (a) 

Standard Industries Inc., Senior Notes

     5.500     2/15/23        550,000       573,375 (a) 

Standard Industries Inc., Senior Notes

     4.750     1/15/28        1,960,000       1,955,100 (a) 
         

 

 

 

Total Building Products

            4,438,175  
         

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies - 1.5%

         

Brink’s Co., Senior Notes

     4.625     10/15/27        1,190,000       1,160,250 (a) 

GFL Environmental Inc., Senior Notes

     9.875     2/1/21        680,000       719,100 (a) 

Republic Services Inc., Senior Notes

     5.250     11/15/21        1,450,000       1,568,007  

Waste Pro USA Inc., Senior Notes

     5.500     2/15/26        700,000       715,750 (a)(d) 
         

 

 

 

Total Commercial Services & Supplies

            4,163,107  
         

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering - 0.3%

         

Brundage-Bone Concrete Pumping Inc., Senior Secured Notes

     10.375     9/1/23        720,000       766,800 (a) 
         

 

 

 

Machinery - 0.6%

         

Allison Transmission Inc., Senior Bonds

     5.000     10/1/24        1,450,000       1,468,125 (a) 

Allison Transmission Inc., Senior Notes

     4.750     10/1/27        390,000       389,025 (a) 
         

 

 

 

Total Machinery

            1,857,150  
         

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 1.0%

         

Eversholt Funding PLC, Senior Secured Notes

     6.359     12/2/25        740,000 GBP      1,326,437 (c) 

Flexi-Van Leasing Inc., Senior Notes

     7.875     8/15/18        1,617,000       1,608,915 (a) 
         

 

 

 

Total Road & Rail

            2,935,352  
         

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.9%

         

Ashtead Capital Inc., Secured Notes

     4.125     8/15/25        960,000       951,600 (a) 

Ashtead Capital Inc., Secured Notes

     4.375     8/15/27        850,000       845,750 (a) 

Beacon Escrow Corp., Senior Notes

     4.875     11/1/25        900,000       900,000 (a) 
         

 

 

 

Total Trading Companies & Distributors

            2,697,350  
         

 

 

 

Transportation - 0.3%

         

Mexico City Airport Trust, Senior Secured Notes

     4.250     10/31/26        750,000       757,687 (a) 
         

 

 

 

TOTAL INDUSTRIALS

            19,785,568  
         

 

 

 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 3.7%          

Internet Software & Services - 0.6%

         

Match Group Inc., Senior Notes

     5.000     12/15/27        1,540,000       1,547,700 (a) 
         

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 0.6%

         

Broadcom Corp./Broadcom Cayman Finance Ltd., Senior Notes

     3.875     1/15/27        1,850,000       1,803,729 (a) 
         

 

 

 

Software - 0.8%

         

j2 Cloud Services LLC/j2 Global Co.-Obligor Inc., Senior Notes

     6.000     7/15/25        820,000       871,250 (a) 

Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes

     2.875     2/6/24        1,330,000       1,322,484  
         

 

 

 

Total Software

            2,193,734  
         

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 1.7%

         

HP Inc., Senior Notes

     4.650     12/9/21        2,000,000       2,112,239  

Seagate HDD Cayman, Senior Bonds

     4.750     1/1/25        2,330,000       2,316,136  
         

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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WESTERN ASSET GLOBAL CORPORATE DEFINED OPPORTUNITY FUND INC.

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    January 31, 2018

 

SECURITY‡

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
    VALUE  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - (continued)

         

Seagate HDD Cayman, Senior Bonds

     4.875     6/1/27        520,000     $ 512,474  
         

 

 

 

Total Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

            4,940,849  
         

 

 

 

TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

            10,486,012  
         

 

 

 
MATERIALS - 9.3%          

Chemicals - 1.0%

         

Braskem Netherlands Finance BV, Senior Notes

     4.500     1/10/28        820,000       829,225 (a) 

OCP SA, Senior Notes

     5.625     4/25/24        800,000       859,952 (a) 

Valvoline Inc., Senior Notes

     5.500     7/15/24        700,000       738,500  

Valvoline Inc., Senior Notes

     4.375     8/15/25        280,000       279,300  
         

 

 

 

Total Chemicals

            2,706,977  
         

 

 

 

Construction Materials - 0.3%

         

HeidelbergCement Finance Luxembourg SA, Senior Notes

     8.500     10/31/19        610,000 EUR      870,403 (c) 
         

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging - 1.1%

         

ARD Securities Finance SARL, Senior Secured Notes (8.750% PIK)

     8.750     1/31/23        800,000       830,000 (a)(b) 

Berry Global Inc., Secured Notes

     4.500     2/15/26        710,000       709,787 (a) 

Suzano Austria GmbH, Senior Notes

     5.750     7/14/26        540,000       588,600 (a) 

Suzano Trading Ltd., Senior Notes

     5.875     1/23/21        970,000       1,046,387 (a) 
         

 

 

 

Total Containers & Packaging

            3,174,774  
         

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 6.3%

         

Alcoa Nederland Holding BV, Senior Notes

     6.750     9/30/24        380,000       416,575 (a) 

Alcoa Nederland Holding BV, Senior Notes

     7.000     9/30/26        910,000       1,013,285 (a) 

Anglo American Capital PLC, Senior Notes

     3.625     5/14/20        470,000       476,661 (a) 

Anglo American Capital PLC, Senior Notes

     4.125     4/15/21        250,000       256,469 (a) 

Anglo American Capital PLC, Senior Notes

     4.875     5/14/25        850,000       897,808 (a) 

Anglo American Capital PLC, Senior Notes

     4.750     4/10/27        200,000       208,634 (a) 

ArcelorMittal SA, Senior Notes

     7.250     10/15/39        750,000       971,250  

BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd., Subordinated Notes
(6.750% to 10/20/25 then USD 5 year Swap Rate + 5.093%)

     6.750     10/19/75        1,500,000       1,750,500 (a)(e) 

First Quantum Minerals Ltd., Senior Notes

     7.500     4/1/25        460,000       494,523 (a) 

Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Senior Notes

     2.375     3/15/18        650,000       650,130  

Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Senior Notes

     6.875     2/15/23        1,790,000       1,973,475  

Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Senior Notes

     5.450     3/15/43        700,000       721,000  

HudBay Minerals Inc., Senior Notes

     7.625     1/15/25        370,000       408,850 (a) 

Southern Copper Corp., Senior Notes

     5.250     11/8/42        1,850,000       2,104,325  

Teck Resources Ltd., Senior Notes

     8.500     6/1/24        580,000       656,125 (a) 

Teck Resources Ltd., Senior Notes

     6.250     7/15/41        600,000       698,250  

Vale Overseas Ltd., Senior Notes

     4.375     1/11/22        2,816,000       2,928,640  

Vale Overseas Ltd., Senior Notes

     6.875     11/21/36        340,000       428,825  

Vale Overseas Ltd., Senior Notes

     6.875     11/10/39        750,000       951,337  
         

 

 

 

Total Metals & Mining

            18,006,662  
         

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products - 0.6%

         

Celulosa Arauco y Constitucion SA, Senior Notes

     7.250     7/29/19        1,220,000       1,300,297  

Fibria Overseas Finance Ltd., Senior Notes

     5.250     5/12/24        260,000       279,110  
         

 

 

 

Total Paper & Forest Products

            1,579,407  
         

 

 

 

TOTAL MATERIALS

            26,338,223  
         

 

 

 
REAL ESTATE - 0.9%          

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 0.9%

         

MPT Operating Partnership LP/MPT Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     6.375     3/1/24        440,000       470,492  

MPT Operating Partnership LP/MPT Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     5.250     8/1/26        200,000       207,000  

MPT Operating Partnership LP/MPT Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     5.000     10/15/27        1,720,000       1,707,444  

Sabra Health Care LP, Senior Notes

     5.125     8/15/26        310,000       307,845  
         

 

 

 

TOTAL REAL ESTATE

            2,692,781  
         

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

7


WESTERN ASSET GLOBAL CORPORATE DEFINED OPPORTUNITY FUND INC.

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    January 31, 2018

 

SECURITY‡

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
    VALUE  
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - 11.2%          

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 6.7%

         

Cogent Communications Group Inc., Senior Secured Notes

     5.375     3/1/22        590,000     $ 616,550 (a) 

Ooredoo International Finance Ltd., Senior Notes

     4.750     2/16/21        650,000       679,177 (a) 

Qwest Corp., Senior Notes

     6.750     12/1/21        2,500,000       2,681,250  

Telecom Italia SpA, Senior Notes

     5.303     5/30/24        4,620,000       4,897,200 (a) 

Telefonica Emisiones SAU, Senior Notes

     5.134     4/27/20        2,000,000       2,109,660  

Telefonica Emisiones SAU, Senior Notes

     7.045     6/20/36        2,000,000       2,686,753  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

     5.150     9/15/23        2,800,000       3,076,019  

Wind Tre SpA, Senior Secured Notes

     5.000     1/20/26        560,000       511,734 (a) 

Windstream Services LLC/Windstream Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     7.750     10/15/20        2,200,000       1,891,340  
         

 

 

 

Total Diversified Telecommunication Services

            19,149,683  
         

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 4.5%

         

America Movil SAB de CV, Senior Notes

     6.125     3/30/40        650,000       809,345  

CSC Holdings LLC, Senior Notes

     6.625     10/15/25        760,000       815,100 (a) 

CSC Holdings LLC, Senior Notes

     10.875     10/15/25        1,143,000       1,364,113 (a) 

Sprint Capital Corp., Senior Notes

     8.750     3/15/32        90,000       106,650  

Sprint Communications Inc., Senior Notes

     11.500     11/15/21        1,000,000       1,215,210  

Sprint Corp., Senior Notes

     7.875     9/15/23        3,410,000       3,620,295  

Sprint Spectrum Co., LLC/Sprint Spectrum Co. II LLC/Sprint Spectrum Co. III LLC, Senior Secured Notes

     3.360     9/20/21        3,731,250       3,754,570 (a) 

Vimpel Communications Via VIP Finance Ireland Ltd. OJSC, Senior Notes

     9.125     4/30/18        1,150,000       1,167,618 (c) 
         

 

 

 

Total Wireless Telecommunication Services

            12,852,901  
         

 

 

 

TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES

            32,002,584  
         

 

 

 
UTILITIES - 4.8%          

Electric Utilities - 2.2%

         

Enel SpA, Junior Subordinated Bonds
(7.750% to 9/10/20 then GBP 5 year Swap Rate + 5.662%)

     7.750     9/10/75        1,740,000 GBP      2,853,521 (c)(e) 

FirstEnergy Corp., Notes

     7.375     11/15/31        1,930,000       2,601,698  

Pampa Energia SA, Senior Notes

     7.500     1/24/27        840,000       919,800 (a) 
         

 

 

 

Total Electric Utilities

            6,375,019  
         

 

 

 

Gas Utilities - 0.2%

         

Suburban Propane Partners LP/Suburban Energy Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     5.875     3/1/27        490,000       482,650  
         

 

 

 

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers - 0.7%

 

      

Mirant Mid Atlantic LLC, Pass-Through Certificates, Secured Bonds

     10.060     12/30/28        1,948,589       1,972,946  
         

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities - 1.7%

         

Centrica PLC, Senior Notes

     6.375     3/10/22        1,200,000 GBP      2,020,984 (c) 

Empresas Publicas de Medellin ESP, Senior Notes

     7.625     7/29/19        1,210,000       1,297,725 (a) 

Veolia Environnement SA, Senior Notes

     6.750     4/24/19        1,200,000 EUR      1,615,671  
         

 

 

 

Total Multi-Utilities

            4,934,380  
         

 

 

 

TOTAL UTILITIES

            13,764,995  
         

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES
(Cost - $299,866,720)

            316,840,716  
         

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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WESTERN ASSET GLOBAL CORPORATE DEFINED OPPORTUNITY FUND INC.

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    January 31, 2018

 

SECURITY‡

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
     VALUE  
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES - 0.8%           

Asset Backed Funding Certificates, 2003-WMC1 M1
(1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.975%)

     2.304     6/25/33        997,277      $ 969,997 (e) 

Home Equity Asset Trust, 2004-8 M1
(1 mo. USD LIBOR + 0.870%)

     2.199     3/25/35        419,843        423,808 (e) 

Residential Asset Mortgage Products Inc., 2003-SL1 M1

     7.318     4/25/31        1,116,940        753,264 (e) 

Residential Asset Securities Corp., 2003-KS10 AI6

     4.540     12/25/33        24,149        24,734 (e) 
          

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES
(Cost - $2,292,702)

             2,171,803  
          

 

 

 
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS(g) - 0.3%          

GSMPS Mortgage Loan Trust, 2006-RP1 1A2

     7.500     1/25/36        193,315        203,816 (a) 

HarborView Mortgage Loan Trust, 2004-10 4A (6 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.170%)

     3.479     1/19/35        133,107        132,312 (e) 

JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, 2005-A5 1A2 (12 mo. USD LIBOR + 2.020%)

     3.580     8/25/35        522,161        521,629 (e) 

Washington Mutual Inc., Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 2007-HY4 4A1 (12 mo. USD LIBOR + 1.550%)

     3.020     9/25/36        42,532        38,627 (e) 
          

 

 

 

TOTAL COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS
(Cost - $805,554)

 

        896,384  
          

 

 

 
CONVERTIBLE BONDS & NOTES - 0.7%           
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 0.4%           

Media - 0.4%

          

DISH Network Corp., Senior Bonds

     3.375     8/15/26        450,000        478,961  

DISH Network Corp., Senior Notes

     2.375     3/15/24        630,000        591,082 (a) 
          

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

             1,070,043  
          

 

 

 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 0.3%           

Internet Software & Services - 0.3%

          

Nutanix Inc., Senior Notes

     0.000     1/15/23        370,000        361,783 (a) 

Twitter Inc., Senior Bonds

     1.000     9/15/21        670,000        633,060  
          

 

 

 

Total Internet Software & Services

             994,843  
          

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage &
Peripherals - 0.0%

          

Western Digital Corp., Senior Notes

     1.500     2/1/24        60,000        61,389 (a)(d) 
          

 

 

 

TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

             1,056,232  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL CONVERTIBLE BONDS & NOTES
(Cost - $2,155,714)

             2,126,275  
          

 

 

 
SENIOR LOANS - 7.5%           
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 3.3%           

Auto Components - 0.4%

          

American Axle & Manufacturing Inc., Term Loan B
(1 mo. LIBOR + 2.250%)

     3.820     4/6/24        1,257,434        1,263,917 (e)(h)(i) 
          

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services - 0.4%

          

Weight Watchers International Inc., 2017 Term Loan B

     6.320 - 6.450     11/29/24        1,150,000        1,167,730 (e)(h)(i) 
          

 

 

 

Media - 0.9%

          

Charter Communications Operating LLC, 2017 Term Loan B (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.000%)

     3.580     4/30/25        2,417,468        2,435,222 (e)(h)(i)(j) 
          

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 1.6%

          

PetSmart Inc., Term Loan B2 (1 mo. LIBOR + 3.000%)

     4.570     3/11/22        3,890,426        3,182,855 (e)(h)(i)(j) 

Sally Holdings LLC, Term Loan B1 (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.500%)

     4.125     7/5/24        1,486,275        1,496,493 (e)(h)(i)(k) 
          

 

 

 

Total Specialty Retail

             4,679,348  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

             9,546,217  
          

 

 

 
ENERGY - 0.2%           

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 0.2%

          

Chesapeake Energy Corp., Term Loan (3 mo. LIBOR + 7.500%)

     8.954     8/23/21        450,000        482,625 (e)(h)(i)(k) 
          

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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WESTERN ASSET GLOBAL CORPORATE DEFINED OPPORTUNITY FUND INC.

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    January 31, 2018

 

SECURITY‡

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
    VALUE  
HEALTH CARE - 0.3%          

Health Care Providers & Services - 0.3%

         

DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., Term Loan B
(1 mo. LIBOR + 2.750%)

     4.323     6/24/21        746,134     $ 756,580 (e)(h)(i) 
         

 

 

 
INDUSTRIALS - 1.6%          

Air Freight & Logistics - 0.4%

         

Avolon TLB Borrower 1 (Luxembourg) SARL, Term
Loan B2 (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.250%)

     3.811     4/3/22        997,494       997,226 (e)(h)(i) 
         

 

 

 

Airlines - 0.5%

         

United Airlines Inc., 2017 Repriced Term Loan
(3 mo. LIBOR + 2.000%)

     3.772     4/1/24        1,496,231       1,506,144 (e)(h)(i) 
         

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.7%

         

Delos Finance SARL, 2017 Term Loan B
(3 mo. LIBOR + 2.000%)

     3.693     10/6/23        2,000,000       2,019,062 (e)(h)(i) 
         

 

 

 

TOTAL INDUSTRIALS

            4,522,432  
         

 

 

 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 0.9%          

Software - 0.9%

         

Dell Inc., 2017 Term Loan A2 (1 mo. LIBOR + 1.750%)

     3.330     9/7/21        2,437,099       2,441,922 (e)(h)(i) 
         

 

 

 
MATERIALS - 0.3%          

Containers & Packaging - 0.3%

         

Reynolds Group Holdings Inc., USD 2017 Term Loan
(1 mo. LIBOR + 2.750%)

     4.323     2/5/23        1,000,000       1,008,472 (e)(h)(i) 
         

 

 

 
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - 0.9%          

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.9%

         

CenturyLink Inc., 2017 Term Loan B (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.750%)

     4.317     1/31/25        1,380,000       1,361,888 (e)(h)(i) 

Unitymedia Finance LLC, Term Loan B (1 mo. LIBOR + 2.250%)

     3.809     9/30/25        1,260,000       1,265,400 (e)(h)(i) 
         

 

 

 

TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES

            2,627,288  
         

 

 

 

TOTAL SENIOR LOANS
(Cost - $21,778,482)

            21,385,536  
         

 

 

 
SOVEREIGN BONDS - 7.1%          

Argentina - 0.8%

         

Republic of Argentina, Bonds

     21.200     9/19/18        40,000 ARS      2,198  

Republic of Argentina, Bonds (Argentina Central Bank 7 Day Repo Reference Rate)

     28.197     6/21/20        13,290,000 ARS      742,751 (e) 

Republic of Argentina, Bonds

     18.200     10/3/21        490,000 ARS      26,212  

Republic of Argentina, Senior Bonds (Argentina BADLAR Private Deposit Rate + 2.500%)

     24.226     3/11/19        9,900,000 ARS      515,960 (e) 

Republic of Argentina, Senior Bonds

     6.875     4/22/21        360,000       384,615  

Republic of Argentina, Senior Bonds

     7.500     4/22/26        340,000       374,170  

Republic of Argentina, Senior Bonds

     7.625     4/22/46        200,000       211,700  
         

 

 

 

Total Argentina

            2,257,606  
         

 

 

 

Brazil - 0.5%

         

Federative Republic of Brazil, Notes

     10.000     1/1/23        2,400,000 BRL      774,870  

Federative Republic of Brazil, Notes

     10.000     1/1/27        2,000,000 BRL      644,677  
         

 

 

 

Total Brazil

            1,419,547  
         

 

 

 

Indonesia - 0.4%

         

Republic of Indonesia, Senior Notes

     2.950     1/11/23        1,210,000       1,199,713  
         

 

 

 

Mexico - 0.5%

         

United Mexican States, Senior Notes

     4.750     3/8/44        1,460,000       1,462,190  
         

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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WESTERN ASSET GLOBAL CORPORATE DEFINED OPPORTUNITY FUND INC.

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    January 31, 2018

 

 

SECURITY‡

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
    VALUE  

Peru - 0.7%

         

Republic of Peru, Senior Bonds

     7.840     8/12/20        1,249,000 PEN    $ 437,645  

Republic of Peru, Senior Bonds

     4.125     8/25/27        1,500,000       1,608,750  
         

 

 

 

Total Peru

            2,046,395  
         

 

 

 

Poland - 2.1%

         

Republic of Poland, Bonds

     4.000     10/25/23        19,170,000 PLN      6,061,752  
         

 

 

 

Russia - 1.1%

         

Russian Federal Bond, Bonds

     7.050     1/19/28        108,138,000 RUB      1,916,194  

Russian Foreign Bond - Eurobond, Senior Bonds

     4.875     9/16/23        1,000,000       1,069,360 (a) 
         

 

 

 

Total Russia

            2,985,554  
         

 

 

 

United Arab Emirates - 0.5%

         

MDC-GMTN B.V., Senior Notes

     7.625     5/6/19        1,250,000       1,329,757 (c) 
         

 

 

 

United Kingdom - 0.5%

         

United Kingdom Treasury Gilt, Bonds

     4.500     3/7/19        1,019,000 GBP      1,508,402 (c) 
         

 

 

 

TOTAL SOVEREIGN BONDS
(Cost - $19,810,140)

            20,270,916  
         

 

 

 
U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS - 2.7%          

U.S. Government Obligations - 2.7%

         

U.S. Treasury Notes

     1.750     11/30/21        1,000,000       975,527  

U.S. Treasury Notes

     1.875     1/31/22        2,500,000       2,446,094  

U.S. Treasury Notes

     2.000     10/31/22        1,250,000       1,221,289  

U.S. Treasury Notes

     2.000     2/15/23        1,500,000       1,462,383  

U.S. Treasury Notes

     2.000     6/30/24        1,500,000       1,443,516  
         

 

 

 

TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS
(Cost - $7,584,617)

            7,548,809  
         

 

 

 
                  SHARES        
PREFERRED STOCKS - 0.4%          
FINANCIALS - 0.4%          

Capital Markets - 0.4%

         

State Street Corp. (5.900% to 3/15/24 then
3 mo. USD LIBOR + 3.108%)

     5.900        37,454       1,001,894 (e) 
         

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 0.0%

         

Citigroup Capital XIII (3 mo. USD LIBOR + 6.370%)

     8.137        3,050       82,503 (e) 
         

 

 

 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
(Cost - $1,017,989)

            1,084,397  
         

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost - $355,311,918)

            372,324,836  
         

 

 

 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 0.7%          

State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class
(Cost - $1,896,649)

     1.285        1,896,649       1,896,649  
         

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 131.5%
(Cost - $357,208,567)

            374,221,485  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets - (31.5)%

            (89,538,300
         

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

          $ 284,683,185  
         

 

 

 

 

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.

 

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

 

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

 

(b) Payment-in-kind security for which the issuer has the option at each interest payment date of making interest payments in cash or additional debt securities.

 

(c) Security is exempt from registration under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933. Regulation S applies to securities offerings that are made outside of the United States and do not involve direct selling efforts in the United States. This security has been deemed liquid pursuant to guidelines approved by the Board of Directors.

 

(d) Securities traded on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis.

 

(e) Variable rate security. Interest rate disclosed is as of the most recent information available. Certain variable rate securities are not based on a published reference rate and spread but are determined by the issuer or agent and are based on current market conditions. These securities do not indicate a reference rate and spread in their description above.

 

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

 

(g) Collateralized mortgage obligations are secured by an underlying pool of mortgages or mortgage pass-through certificates that are structured to direct payments on underlying collateral to different series or classes of the obligations. The interest rate may change positively or inversely in relation to one or more interest rates, financial indices or other financial indicators and may be subject to an upper and/or lower limit.

 

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

 

(i) Senior loans may be considered restricted in that the Fund ordinarily is contractually obligated to receive approval from the agent bank and/or borrower prior to the disposition of a senior loan.

 

(j) All or a portion of this loan is unfunded as of January 31, 2018. The interest rate for fully unfunded term loans is to be determined.

 

(k) Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs (See Note 1).

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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WESTERN ASSET GLOBAL CORPORATE DEFINED OPPORTUNITY FUND INC.

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    January 31, 2018

 

Abbreviations used in this schedule:

 

ARS    — Argentine Peso
BRL    — Brazilian Real
EUR    — Euro
GBP    — British Pound
JSC    — Joint Stock Company
LIBOR    — London Interbank Offered Rate
OJSC    — Open Joint Stock Company
PEN    — Peruvian Nuevo Sol
PLN    — Polish Zloty
RUB    — Russian Ruble

At January 31, 2018, the Fund had the following open forward foreign currency contracts:

 

Currency
Purchased
     Currency
Sold
    

Counterparty

   Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
EUR      4,675,000        USD        5,716,520      Barclays Bank PLC      4/19/18      $ 117,383  
GBP      100,000        USD        139,000      Barclays Bank PLC      4/19/18        3,412  
USD      21,163,053        GBP        15,403,802      Barclays Bank PLC      4/19/18        (773,769
                 

 

 

 

Total

     $ (652,974
                 

 

 

 

Abbreviations used in this table:

 

EUR    — Euro
GBP    — British Pound
USD    — United States Dollar

This Schedule of Investments is unaudited and is intended to provide information about the Fund’s investments as of the date of the schedule. Other information regarding the Fund is available in the Fund’s most recent annual or semi-annual shareholder report.

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

 

1. Organization and significant accounting policies

Western Asset Global Corporate Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. (the “Fund”) was incorporated in Maryland on September 17, 2009 and is registered as a non-diversified, limited-term, closed-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). The Fund’s primary investment objective is to provide current income and then to liquidate and distribute substantially all of the Fund’s net assets to stockholders on or about December 2, 2024. As a secondary investment objective, the Fund will seek capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its managed assets in a portfolio of U.S. and foreign corporate fixed-income securities of varying maturities.

The following are significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund and are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”).

(a) Investment valuation. The valuations for fixed income securities (which may include, but are not limited to, corporate, government, municipal, mortgage-backed, collateralized mortgage obligations and asset-backed securities) and certain derivative instruments are typically the prices supplied by independent third party pricing services, which may use market prices or broker/dealer quotations or a variety of valuation techniques and methodologies. The independent third party pricing services use inputs that are observable such as issuer details, interest rates, yield curves, prepayment speeds, credit risks/spreads, default rates and quoted prices for similar securities. Prior to December 1, 2017, short-term fixed income securities that would mature in 60 days or less were valued at amortized cost, unless it was determined that using this method would not reflect an investment’s fair value. Investments in open-end funds are valued at the closing net asset value per share of each fund on the day of valuation. Equity securities for which market quotations are available are valued at the last reported sales price or official closing price on the primary market or exchange on which they trade. When the Fund holds securities or other assets that are denominated in a foreign currency, the Fund will normally use the currency exchange rates as of 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). If independent third party pricing services are unable to supply prices for a portfolio investment, or if the prices supplied are deemed by the manager to be unreliable, the market price may be determined by the manager using quotations from one or more broker/dealers or at the transaction price if the security has recently been purchased and no value has yet been obtained from a pricing service or pricing broker. When reliable prices are not readily available, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded, but before the Fund calculates its net asset value, the Fund values these securities as determined in accordance with procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Directors.

The Board of Directors is responsible for the valuation process and has delegated the supervision of the daily valuation process to the Legg Mason North Atlantic Fund Valuation Committee (the “Valuation Committee”). The Valuation Committee, pursuant to the policies adopted by the Board of Directors, is responsible for making fair value determinations, evaluating the effectiveness of the Fund’s pricing policies, and reporting to the Board of Directors. When determining the reliability of third party pricing information for investments owned by the Fund, the Valuation Committee, among other things, conducts due diligence reviews of pricing vendors, monitors the daily change in prices and reviews transactions among market participants.

The Valuation Committee will consider pricing methodologies it deems relevant and appropriate when making fair value determinations. Examples of possible methodologies include, but are not limited to, multiple of earnings; discount from market of a similar freely traded security; discounted cash-flow analysis; book value or a multiple thereof; risk premium/yield analysis; yield to maturity; and/or fundamental investment analysis. The Valuation Committee will also consider factors it deems relevant and appropriate in light of the facts and circumstances. Examples of possible factors include, but are not limited to, the type of security; the issuer’s financial statements; the purchase price of the security; the discount from market value of unrestricted securities of the same class at the time of purchase; analysts’ research and observations from financial institutions; information regarding any transactions or offers with respect to the security; the existence of merger proposals or tender offers affecting the security; the price and extent of public trading in similar securities of the issuer or comparable companies; and the existence of a shelf registration for restricted securities.

For each portfolio security that has been fair valued pursuant to the policies adopted by the Board of Directors, the fair value price is compared against the last available and next available market quotations. The Valuation Committee reviews the results of such back testing monthly and fair valuation occurrences are reported to the Board of Directors quarterly.

The Fund uses valuation techniques to measure fair value that are consistent with the market approach and/or income approach, depending on the type of security and the particular circumstance. The market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable securities. The income approach uses valuation techniques to discount estimated future cash flows to present value.

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

GAAP establishes a disclosure hierarchy that categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value assets and liabilities at measurement date. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

   

Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

 

   

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

 

   

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

The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

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

     —        $ 316,840,716        —        $ 316,840,716  

Asset-Backed Securities

     —          2,171,803        —          2,171,803  

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

     —          896,384        —          896,384  

Convertible Bonds & Notes

     —          2,126,275        —          2,126,275  

Senior Loans:

 

Consumer Discretionary

     —          8,049,724      $ 1,496,493        9,546,217  

Energy

     —          —          482,625        482,625  

Other Senior Loans

     —          11,356,694        —          11,356,694  

Sovereign Bonds

     —          20,270,916        —          20,270,916  

U.S. Government & Agency Obligations

     —          7,548,809        —          7,548,809  

Preferred Stocks

   $ 1,084,397        —          —          1,084,397  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments

     1,084,397        369,261,321        1,979,118        372,324,836  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments†

     1,896,649        —          —          1,896,649  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

     2,981,046        369,261,321        1,979,118        374,221,485  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other Financial Instruments:

 

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

     —          120,795        —          120,795  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 2,981,046      $ 369,382,116      $ 1,979,118      $ 374,342,280  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

DESCRIPTION

   QUOTED PRICES
(LEVEL 1)
     OTHER SIGNIFICANT
OBSERVABLE INPUTS
(LEVEL 2)
     SIGNIFICANT
UNOBSERVABLE
INPUTS
(LEVEL 3)
     TOTAL  

Other Financial Instruments:

 

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

     —        $ 773,769        —        $ 773,769  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

 

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ITEM 2. 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 quarter that have materially affected, or are likely to materially affect the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 3. EXHIBITS.

Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, are attached hereto.


SIGNATURES

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

Western Asset Global Corporate Defined Opportunity Fund Inc.

 

By

 

/s/    JANE TRUST        

  Jane Trust
  Chief Executive Officer

Date: March 26, 2018

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By

 

/s/    JANE TRUST        

  Jane Trust
  Chief Executive Officer

Date: March 26, 2018

By

 

/s/    RICHARD F. SENNETT        

  Richard F. Sennett
  Principal Financial Officer

Date: March 26, 2018