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 811-8709
Western Asset High Income Fund II Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
125 Broad Street, New York, NY 10004
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Robert I. Frenkel, Esq.
Legg Mason & Co., LLC
300 First Stamford Place, 4th Floor
Stamford, CT 06902
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrants telephone number, including area code: 1-800-451-2010
Date of fiscal year end: April 30
Date of reporting period: January 31, 2007
WESTERN ASSET HIGH INCOME FUND II INC.
January 31, 2007
ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
Western Asset High Income Fund II Inc.
Schedule of Investments (unaudited)
January 31, 2007
Face |
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Security |
|
Value |
|
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CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES 84.2% |
|
|
|
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Aerospace & Defense 1.4% |
|
|
|
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$ |
1,555,000 |
|
Alliant Techsystems Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 6.750% due 4/1/16 |
|
$ |
1,555,000 |
|
4,200,000 |
|
Argo-Tech Corp., Senior Notes, 9.250% due 6/1/11 |
|
4,567,500 |
|
||
|
|
DRS Technologies Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes: |
|
|
|
||
1,535,000 |
|
6.625% due 2/1/16 |
|
1,527,325 |
|
||
3,350,000 |
|
7.625% due 2/1/18 |
|
3,425,375 |
|
||
106,119 |
|
Kac Acquisition Co., Subordinated Notes, 1.000% due 4/26/26 (a)(b) |
|
0 |
|
||
5,500,000 |
|
L-3 Communications Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 7.625% due 6/15/12 |
|
5,699,375 |
|
||
|
|
Total Aerospace & Defense |
|
16,774,575 |
|
||
Airlines 1.0% |
|
|
|
||||
|
|
Continental Airlines Inc.: |
|
|
|
||
770,000 |
|
Notes, 8.750% due 12/1/11 |
|
775,775 |
|
||
|
|
Pass-Through Certificates: |
|
|
|
||
373,027 |
|
Series 1998-1, Class C, 6.541% due 9/15/08 |
|
371,395 |
|
||
1,299,217 |
|
Series 2000-2, Class C, 8.312% due 10/2/12 |
|
1,313,021 |
|
||
|
|
Delta Air Lines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates, Series 01-1: |
|
|
|
||
1,395,954 |
|
6.619% due 3/18/11 (c) |
|
1,396,827 |
|
||
6,135,000 |
|
7.111% due 9/18/11 (c) |
|
6,200,185 |
|
||
2,135,000 |
|
7.711% due 9/18/11 (c) |
|
2,117,653 |
|
||
|
|
Total Airlines |
|
12,174,856 |
|
||
|
|
|
|||||
3,335,000 |
|
Keystone Automotive Operations Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.750% due 11/1/13 |
|
3,309,988 |
|
||
|
|
TRW Automotive Inc.: |
|
|
|
||
1,439,000 |
|
Senior Notes, 9.375% due 2/15/13 |
|
1,546,925 |
|
||
150,000 |
|
Senior Subordinated Notes, 11.000% due 2/15/13 |
|
165,000 |
|
||
|
|
Visteon Corp., Senior Notes: |
|
|
|
||
4,535,000 |
|
8.250% due 8/1/10 |
|
4,557,675 |
|
||
3,670,000 |
|
7.000% due 3/10/14 |
|
3,247,950 |
|
||
|
|
Total Auto Components |
|
12,827,538 |
|
||
Automobiles 2.3% |
|
|
|
||||
|
|
Ford Motor Co.: |
|
|
|
||
|
|
Debentures: |
|
|
|
||
1,880,000 |
|
8.875% due 1/15/22 |
|
1,706,100 |
|
||
1,150,000 |
|
8.900% due 1/15/32 |
|
1,035,000 |
|
||
20,255,000 |
|
Notes, 7.450% due 7/16/31 |
|
16,533,144 |
|
||
|
|
General Motors Corp.: |
|
|
|
||
5,320,000 |
|
Notes, 7.200% due 1/15/11 (d) |
|
5,200,300 |
|
||
2,375,000 |
|
Senior Debentures, 8.250% due 7/15/23 (d) |
|
2,262,187 |
|
||
|
|
Total Automobiles |
|
26,736,731 |
|
||
Building Products 1.5% |
|
|
|
||||
6,960,000 |
|
Associated Materials Inc., Senior Discount Notes, step bond to yield 12.785% due 3/1/14 |
|
5,133,000 |
|
||
2,130,000 |
|
Jacuzzi Brands Inc., Senior Secured Notes, 9.625% due 7/1/10 |
|
2,273,775 |
|
||
1,750,000 |
|
Nortek Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.500% due 9/1/14 |
|
1,745,625 |
|
||
11,025,000 |
|
NTK Holdings Inc., Senior Discount Notes, step bond to yield 11.457% due 3/1/14 (d) |
|
8,158,500 |
|
||
|
|
Total Building Products |
|
17,310,900 |
|
||
Capital Markets 0.6% |
|
|
|
||||
3,304,000 |
|
BCP Crystal U.S. Holdings Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.625% due 6/15/14 |
|
3,667,440 |
|
||
See Notes to Schedule of Investments.
1
Western Asset High Income Fund II Inc.
Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)
January 31, 2007
Face |
|
Security |
|
Value |
|
||
Capital Markets 0.6% (continued) |
|
|
|
||||
$ |
3,000,000 |
|
E*TRADE Financial Corp., Senior Notes, 7.375% due 9/15/13 |
|
$ |
3,127,500 |
|
|
|
Total Capital Markets |
|
6,794,940 |
|
||
Chemicals 2.7% |
|
|
|
||||
2,800,000 |
|
Borden Chemicals & Plastics LP, Notes, 9.500% due 9/18/11 (a)(b)(c) |
|
42,000 |
|
||
715,000 |
|
Chemtura Corp., Senior Notes, 6.875% due 6/1/16 |
|
697,125 |
|
||
3,500,000 |
|
Equistar Chemicals LP, Senior Notes, 10.625% due 5/1/11 |
|
3,727,500 |
|
||
5,260,000 |
|
Georgia Gulf Corp., Senior Notes, 9.500% due 10/15/14 (e) |
|
5,233,700 |
|
||
2,390,000 |
|
Huntsman International LLC, Senior Subordinated Notes, 7.875% due 11/13/14 (e) |
|
2,473,650 |
|
||
|
|
Lyondell Chemical Co.: |
|
|
|
||
|
|
Senior Notes: |
|
|
|
||
1,400,000 |
|
8.000% due 9/15/14 |
|
1,463,000 |
|
||
1,155,000 |
|
8.250% due 9/15/16 |
|
1,230,075 |
|
||
|
|
Senior Secured Notes: |
|
|
|
||
1,300,000 |
|
11.125% due 7/15/12 |
|
1,405,625 |
|
||
100,000 |
|
10.500% due 6/1/13 |
|
110,875 |
|
||
3,075,000 |
|
Methanex Corp., Senior Notes, 8.750% due 8/15/12 |
|
3,367,125 |
|
||
3,550,000 |
|
Millennium America Inc., Senior Notes, 9.250% due 6/15/08 |
|
3,709,750 |
|
||
4,475,000 |
|
Montell Finance Co. BV, Debentures, 8.100% due 3/15/27 (e) |
|
4,340,750 |
|
||
2,251,000 |
|
Rhodia SA, Senior Notes, 10.250% due 6/1/10 |
|
2,577,395 |
|
||
1,255,000 |
|
Westlake Chemical Corp., Senior Notes, 6.625% due 1/15/16 |
|
1,236,175 |
|
||
|
|
Total Chemicals |
|
31,614,745 |
|
||
Commercial Banks 0.6% |
|
|
|
||||
440,000 |
|
Banco Mercantil del Norte SA, Subordinated Bonds, 6.135% due 10/13/16 (e)(f) |
|
442,453 |
|
||
1,154,000 |
|
ICICI Bank Ltd., Bonds, 6.375% due 4/30/22 (e)(f) |
|
1,148,411 |
|
||
2,650,000 |
|
Russian Agricultural Bank, Notes, 7.175% due 5/16/13 (e) |
|
2,765,275 |
|
||
2,785,000 |
|
TuranAlem Finance BV, 8.250% due 1/22/37 (e) |
|
2,826,775 |
|
||
|
|
Total Commercial Banks |
|
7,182,914 |
|
||
Commercial Services & Supplies 2.6% |
|
|
|
||||
630,000 |
|
Aleris International Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 10.000% due 12/15/16 (e) |
|
655,200 |
|
||
2,100,000 |
|
Allied Security Escrow Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 11.375% due 7/15/11 |
|
2,163,000 |
|
||
|
|
Allied Waste North America Inc., Senior Notes, Series B: |
|
|
|
||
250,000 |
|
8.500% due 12/1/08 |
|
261,875 |
|
||
757,000 |
|
9.250% due 9/1/12 |
|
805,259 |
|
||
5,885,000 |
|
7.375% due 4/15/14 |
|
5,899,712 |
|
||
1,050,000 |
|
7.250% due 3/15/15 |
|
1,056,563 |
|
||
|
|
Aramark Corp., Senior Notes: |
|
|
|
||
2,690,000 |
|
8.500% due 2/1/15 (e) |
|
2,767,337 |
|
||
650,000 |
|
8.860% due 2/1/15 (e)(f) |
|
666,250 |
|
||
3,200,000 |
|
Brand Services Inc., Senior Notes, 12.000% due 10/15/12 (d) |
|
3,522,080 |
|
||
4,495,000 |
|
DynCorp International LLC/DIV Capital Corporation, Senior Subordinated Notes, Series B, 9.500% due 2/15/13 |
|
4,742,225 |
|
||
|
|
Interface Inc.: |
|
|
|
||
2,875,000 |
|
Senior Notes, 10.375% due 2/1/10 |
|
3,191,250 |
|
||
1,500,000 |
|
Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.500% due 2/1/14 |
|
1,605,000 |
|
||
3,000,000 |
|
Rental Services Corp., Senior Bonds, 9.500% due 12/1/14 (e) |
|
3,150,000 |
|
||
|
|
Total Commercial Services & Supplies |
|
30,485,751 |
|
||
Communications Equipment 0.5% |
|
|
|
||||
6,100,000 |
|
Lucent Technologies Inc., Debentures, 6.450% due 3/15/29 |
|
5,581,500 |
|
||
See Notes to Schedule of Investments.
2
Western Asset High Income Fund II Inc.
Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)
January 31, 2007
Face |
|
Security |
|
Value |
|
||
Consumer Finance 3.7% |
|
|
|
||||
|
|
Ford Motor Credit Co.: |
|
|
|
||
|
|
Notes: |
|
|
|
||
$ |
3,075,000 |
|
7.875% due 6/15/10 |
|
$ |
3,122,426 |
|
3,320,000 |
|
7.000% due 10/1/13 |
|
3,171,244 |
|
||
|
|
Senior Notes: |
|
|
|
||
4,248,000 |
|
10.610% due 6/15/11 (e)(f) |
|
4,623,417 |
|
||
1,950,000 |
|
9.875% due 8/10/11 |
|
2,089,745 |
|
||
1,210,000 |
|
8.110% due 1/13/12 (f) |
|
1,216,447 |
|
||
2,490,000 |
|
8.000% due 12/15/16 |
|
2,448,952 |
|
||
|
|
General Motors Acceptance Corp.: |
|
|
|
||
17,300,000 |
|
Bonds, 8.000% due 11/1/31 (d) |
|
19,528,897 |
|
||
6,890,000 |
|
Notes, 6.875% due 8/28/12 (d) |
|
7,010,258 |
|
||
|
|
Total Consumer Finance |
|
43,211,386 |
|
||
Containers & Packaging 2.0% |
|
|
|
||||
4,960,000 |
|
Graham Packaging Co. Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.875% due 10/15/14 |
|
5,133,600 |
|
||
4,470,000 |
|
Graphic Packaging International Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.500% due 8/15/13 |
|
4,760,550 |
|
||
3,750,000 |
|
JSG Funding PLC, Senior Notes, 9.625% due 10/1/12 |
|
4,003,125 |
|
||
|
|
Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc., Senior Secured Notes: |
|
|
|
||
1,050,000 |
|
8.875% due 2/15/09 |
|
1,078,875 |
|
||
4,349,000 |
|
8.750% due 11/15/12 |
|
4,620,813 |
|
||
1,490,000 |
|
Plastipak Holdings Inc., Senior Notes, 8.500% due 12/15/15 (e) |
|
1,564,500 |
|
||
1,975,000 |
|
Radnor Holdings Corp., Senior Notes, 11.000% due 3/15/10 (c) |
|
17,281 |
|
||
2,355,000 |
|
Smurfit-Stone Container Enterprises Inc., Senior Notes, 8.375% due 7/1/12 |
|
2,378,550 |
|
||
|
|
Total Containers & Packaging |
|
23,557,294 |
|
||
Diversified Consumer Services 0.4% |
|
|
|
||||
|
|
Education Management LLC/Education Management Corp.: |
|
|
|
||
1,965,000 |
|
8.750% due 6/1/14 |
|
2,073,075 |
|
||
290,000 |
|
10.250% due 6/1/16 |
|
313,200 |
|
||
|
|
Service Corp. International: |
|
|
|
||
650,000 |
|
Debentures, 7.875% due 2/1/13 |
|
672,750 |
|
||
1,200,000 |
|
Senior Notes, 7.625% due 10/1/18 |
|
1,266,000 |
|
||
|
|
Total Diversified Consumer Services |
|
4,325,025 |
|
||
Diversified Financial Services 2.3% |
|
|
|
||||
4,060,000 |
|
Basell AF SCA, Senior Secured Subordinated Second Priority Notes, 8.375% due 8/15/15 (e) |
|
4,212,250 |
|
||
2,110,000 |
|
CCM Merger Inc., Notes, 8.000% due 8/1/13 (e) |
|
2,107,362 |
|
||
|
|
CitiSteel USA Inc., Senior Secured Notes: |
|
|
|
||
1,255,000 |
|
12.949% due 9/1/10 (f) |
|
1,302,063 |
|
||
870,000 |
|
15.000% due 10/1/10 (e)(g) |
|
1,030,950 |
|
||
135,000 |
|
El Paso Performance-Linked Trust Certificates, Notes, 7.750% due 7/15/11 (e) |
|
141,075 |
|
||
3,025,000 |
|
Idearc Inc., Senior Notes, 8.000% due 11/15/16 (e) |
|
3,089,281 |
|
||
2,055,000 |
|
Milacron Escrow Corp., Senior Secured Notes, 11.500% due 5/15/11 |
|
1,972,800 |
|
||
1,360,000 |
|
TNK-BP Finance SA, 7.500% due 7/18/16 (e) |
|
1,423,512 |
|
||
1,460,000 |
|
UCAR Finance Inc., Senior Notes, 10.250% due 2/15/12 |
|
1,540,300 |
|
||
2,055,000 |
|
UGS Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 10.000% due 6/1/12 |
|
2,260,500 |
|
||
4,130,000 |
|
Vanguard Health Holdings Co. I LLC, Senior Discount Notes, step bond to yield 9.967% due 10/1/15 |
|
3,334,975 |
|
||
4,425,000 |
|
Vanguard Health Holdings Co. II LLC, Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.000% due 10/1/14 |
|
4,552,219 |
|
||
|
|
Total Diversified Financial Services |
|
26,967,287 |
|
||
See Notes to Schedule of Investments.
3
Western Asset High Income Fund II Inc.
Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)
January 31, 2007
Face |
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Diversified Telecommunication Services 6.7% |
|
|
|
|||||
$ |
3,770,000 |
|
Axtel SA de CV, Senior Notes, 7.625% due 2/1/17 (e) |
|
$ |
3,787,304 |
|
|
|
|
Cincinnati Bell Inc.: |
|
|
|
|||
3,240,000 |
|
Senior Notes, 7.000% due 2/15/15 |
|
3,256,200 |
|
|||
1,040,000 |
|
Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.375% due 1/15/14 |
|
1,071,200 |
|
|||
1,260,000 |
|
Cincinnati Bell Telephone Co., Senior Debentures, 6.300% due 12/1/28 |
|
1,146,600 |
|
|||
|
|
Citizens Communications Co., Senior Notes: |
|
|
|
|||
1,585,000 |
|
7.875% due 1/15/27 (e) |
|
1,612,738 |
|
|||
2,055,000 |
|
9.000% due 8/15/31 |
|
2,224,537 |
|
|||
|
|
Hawaiian Telcom Communications Inc.: |
|
|
|
|||
175,000 |
|
Senior Notes, Series B, 10.889% due 5/1/13 (f) |
|
180,688 |
|
|||
6,121,000 |
|
Senior Subordinated Notes, Series B, 12.500% due 5/1/15 |
|
6,687,192 |
|
|||
2,725,000 |
|
Inmarsat Finance PLC, 7.625% due 6/30/12 |
|
2,827,187 |
|
|||
|
|
Intelsat Bermuda Ltd., Senior Notes: |
|
|
|
|||
1,485,000 |
|
8.872% due 1/15/15 (e)(f) |
|
1,518,413 |
|
|||
4,315,000 |
|
9.250% due 6/15/16 (e) |
|
4,757,287 |
|
|||
6,440,000 |
|
11.250% due 6/15/16 (e) |
|
7,309,400 |
|
|||
490,000 |
|
Intelsat Ltd., Notes, 7.625% due 4/15/12 |
|
474,688 |
|
|||
1,915,000 |
|
Level 3 Communications Inc., Senior Notes, 11.500% due 3/1/10 |
|
2,072,987 |
|
|||
|
|
Level 3 Financing Inc., Senior Notes: |
|
|
|
|||
1,275,000 |
|
11.800% due 3/15/11 (f) |
|
1,357,875 |
|
|||
1,320,000 |
|
9.250% due 11/1/14 (e) |
|
1,356,300 |
|
|||
2,820,000 |
|
Nordic Telephone Co. Holdings, Senior Secured Notes, 8.875% due 5/1/16 (e) |
|
3,045,600 |
|
|||
|
|
NTL Cable PLC, Senior Notes: |
|
|
|
|||
140,000 |
|
8.750% due 4/15/14 (d) |
|
145,950 |
|
|||
4,220,000 |
|
9.125% due 8/15/16 (d) |
|
4,483,750 |
|
|||
1,355,000 |
|
PanAmSat Corp., Senior Notes, 9.000% due 8/15/14 |
|
1,466,788 |
|
|||
|
|
Qwest Communications International Inc., Senior Notes: |
|
|
|
|||
365,000 |
|
7.500% due 2/15/14 |
|
378,688 |
|
|||
900,000 |
|
Series B, 7.500% due 2/15/14 |
|
933,750 |
|
|||
|
|
Qwest Corp.: |
|
|
|
|||
3,878,000 |
|
Debentures, 6.875% due 9/15/33 |
|
3,703,490 |
|
|||
7,325,000 |
|
Notes, 8.875% due 3/15/12 |
|
8,167,375 |
|
|||
3,640,000 |
|
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co., Debentures, 7.000% due 11/15/27 |
|
3,706,776 |
|
|||
4,770,000 |
|
Telcordia Technologies Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 10.000% due 3/15/13 (e) |
|
4,507,650 |
|
|||
6,000,000 |
|
MXN |
Telefonos de Mexico SA de CV, Senior Notes, 8.750% due 1/31/16 |
|
542,018 |
|
||
610,000 |
|
Wind Acquisition Finance SA, Senior Bond, 10.750% due 12/1/15 (e) |
|
706,075 |
|
|||
5,110,000 |
|
Windstream Corp., 8.625% due 8/1/16 |
|
5,601,837 |
|
|||
|
|
Total Diversified Telecommunication Services |
|
79,030,343 |
|
|||
Electric Utilities 0.7% |
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
Enersis SA: |
|
|
|
|||
1,295,000 |
|
Bonds, 7.375% due 1/15/14 |
|
1,391,514 |
|
|||
487,000 |
|
Notes, 7.400% due 12/1/16 |
|
535,321 |
|
|||
1,665,000 |
|
IPALCO Enterprises Inc., Secured Notes, 8.625% due 11/14/11 |
|
1,810,687 |
|
|||
1,106,110 |
|
Midwest Generation LLC, Pass-Through Certificates, Series B, 8.560% due 1/2/16 |
|
1,217,413 |
|
|||
2,570,000 |
|
Orion Power Holdings Inc., Senior Notes, 12.000% due 5/1/10 |
|
2,961,925 |
|
|||
|
|
Total Electric Utilities |
|
7,916,860 |
|
|||
Electronic Equipment & Instruments 0.3% |
|
|
|
|||||
|
|
NXP BV/NXP Funding LLC: |
|
|
|
|||
795,000 |
|
Senior Notes, 9.500% due 10/15/15 (e) |
|
825,806 |
|
|||
2,420,000 |
|
Senior Secured Bond, 7.875% due 10/15/14 (e) |
|
2,510,750 |
|
|||
|
|
Total Electronic Equipment & Instruments |
|
3,336,556 |
|
|||
See Notes to Schedule of Investments.
4
Western Asset High Income Fund II Inc.
Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)
January 31, 2007
Face |
|
|
|
|
|
||
Amount |
|
Security |
|
Value |
|
||
Energy Equipment & Services 0.9% |
|
|
|
||||
$ |
3,115,000 |
|
Complete Production Services Inc., Senior Notes, 8.000% due 12/15/16 (e) |
|
$ |
3,169,513 |
|
1,605,000 |
|
Geokinetics Inc., Secured Notes, 11.860% due 12/15/12 (d)(e)(f) |
|
1,621,050 |
|
||
650,000 |
|
GulfMark Offshore Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 7.750% due 7/15/14 |
|
659,750 |
|
||
3,175,000 |
|
Hanover Compressor Co., Senior Notes, 9.000% due 6/1/14 |
|
3,397,250 |
|
||
1,210,000 |
|
Pride International Inc., Senior Notes, 7.375% due 7/15/14 |
|
1,234,200 |
|
||
400,000 |
|
Southern Natural Gas Co., Senior Notes, 8.000% due 3/1/32 |
|
464,978 |
|
||
|
|
Total Energy Equipment & Services |
|
10,546,741 |
|
||
Food Products 0.4% |
|
|
|
||||
|
|
Dole Food Co. Inc.: |
|
|
|
||
1,600,000 |
|
Debentures, 8.750% due 7/15/13 |
|
1,584,000 |
|
||
|
|
Senior Notes: |
|
|
|
||
2,065,000 |
|
7.250% due 6/15/10 |
|
2,005,631 |
|
||
1,050,000 |
|
8.875% due 3/15/11 |
|
1,050,000 |
|
||
|
|
Total Food Products |
|
4,639,631 |
|
||
Gas Utilities 0.5% |
|
|
|
||||
5,625,000 |
|
Suburban Propane Partners LP/Suburban Energy Finance Corp., Senior Notes, 6.875% due 12/15/13 |
|
5,498,438 |
|
||
Health Care Providers & Services 4.0% |
|
|
|
||||
4,425,000 |
|
AmeriPath Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 10.500% due 4/1/13 |
|
4,823,250 |
|
||
4,885,000 |
|
DaVita Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 7.250% due 3/15/15 |
|
4,970,487 |
|
||
|
|
HCA Inc.: |
|
|
|
||
3,880,000 |
|
Debentures, 7.500% due 11/15/95 |
|
2,979,351 |
|
||
2,100,000 |
|
Notes, 6.375% due 1/15/15 |
|
1,790,250 |
|
||
7,210,000 |
|
Senior Notes, 6.500% due 2/15/16 |
|
6,110,475 |
|
||
|
|
Senior Secured Notes: |
|
|
|
||
3,065,000 |
|
9.250% due 11/15/16 (e) |
|
3,264,225 |
|
||
2,510,000 |
|
9.625% due 11/15/16 (e) |
|
2,701,388 |
|
||
4,800,000 |
|
IASIS Healthcare LLC/IASIS Capital Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.750% due 6/15/14 |
|
4,926,000 |
|
||
|
|
Tenet Healthcare Corp., Senior Notes: |
|
|
|
||
6,000,000 |
|
7.375% due 2/1/13 |
|
5,580,000 |
|
||
4,560,000 |
|
9.875% due 7/1/14 |
|
4,645,500 |
|
||
1,500,000 |
|
6.875% due 11/15/31 |
|
1,181,250 |
|
||
4,550,000 |
|
Triad Hospitals Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 7.000% due 11/15/13 |
|
4,675,125 |
|
||
|
|
Total Health Care Providers & Services |
|
47,647,301 |
|
||
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure 6.3% |
|
|
|
||||
|
|
Boyd Gaming Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes: |
|
|
|
||
600,000 |
|
7.750% due 12/15/12 |
|
620,250 |
|
||
1,000,000 |
|
6.750% due 4/15/14 |
|
985,000 |
|
||
2,535,000 |
|
Buffets Inc., 12.500% due 11/1/14 (d) |
|
2,630,062 |
|
||
|
|
Caesars Entertainment Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes: |
|
|
|
||
700,000 |
|
9.375% due 2/15/07 |
|
700,875 |
|
||
4,500,000 |
|
8.875% due 9/15/08 |
|
4,719,375 |
|
||
3,000,000 |
|
8.125% due 5/15/11 |
|
3,191,250 |
|
||
2,725,000 |
|
Carrols Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.000% due 1/15/13 |
|
2,820,375 |
|
||
1,150,000 |
|
Choctaw Resort Development Enterprise, Senior Notes, 7.250% due 11/15/19 (e) |
|
1,173,000 |
|
||
4,725,000 |
|
Dennys Holdings Inc., Senior Notes, 10.000% due 10/1/12 |
|
5,049,844 |
|
||
1,475,000 |
|
El Pollo Loco Inc., Senior Notes, 11.750% due 11/15/13 |
|
1,607,750 |
|
||
4,150,000 |
|
Herbst Gaming Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 7.000% due 11/15/14 |
|
4,015,125 |
|
||
4,070,000 |
|
Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort & Casino, Senior Notes, 12.000% due 11/15/10 |
|
4,456,650 |
|
||
See Notes to Schedule of Investments.
5
Western Asset High Income Fund II Inc.
Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)
January 31, 2007
Face |
|
|
|
|
|
||
Amount |
|
Security |
|
Value |
|
||
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure 6.3% (continued) |
|
|
|
||||
$ |
4,800,000 |
|
Isle of Capri Casinos Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 7.000% due 3/1/14 |
|
$ |
4,764,000 |
|
3,850,000 |
|
Las Vegas Sands Corp., Senior Notes, 6.375% due 2/15/15 |
|
3,763,375 |
|
||
|
|
MGM MIRAGE Inc.: |
|
|
|
||
|
|
Senior Notes: |
|
|
|
||
355,000 |
|
8.500% due 9/15/10 |
|
382,513 |
|
||
955,000 |
|
6.750% due 9/1/12 |
|
952,612 |
|
||
3,485,000 |
|
7.625% due 1/15/17 |
|
3,524,206 |
|
||
|
|
Senior Subordinated Notes: |
|
|
|
||
2,760,000 |
|
9.750% due 6/1/07 |
|
2,804,850 |
|
||
455,000 |
|
8.375% due 2/1/11 |
|
480,594 |
|
||
|
|
Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, Senior Subordinated Notes: |
|
|
|
||
1,100,000 |
|
7.125% due 8/15/14 |
|
1,130,250 |
|
||
2,475,000 |
|
6.875% due 2/15/15 |
|
2,490,469 |
|
||
620,000 |
|
Penn National Gaming Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 6.750% due 3/1/15 |
|
600,625 |
|
||
4,700,000 |
|
Pinnacle Entertainment Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.250% due 3/15/12 |
|
4,835,125 |
|
||
3,930,000 |
|
Pokagon Gaming Authority, Senior Notes, 10.375% due 6/15/14 (e) |
|
4,332,825 |
|
||
415,000 |
|
River Rock Entertainment Authority, Senior Notes, 9.750% due 11/1/11 |
|
445,088 |
|
||
|
|
Sbarro Inc., Senior Notes: |
|
|
|
||
2,825,000 |
|
11.000% due 9/15/09 |
|
2,890,907 |
|
||
465,000 |
|
10.375% due 2/1/15 (e) |
|
476,625 |
|
||
|
|
Snoqualmie Entertainment Authority: |
|
|
|
||
840,000 |
|
Notes, 9.125% due 2/1/15 (e) |
|
854,700 |
|
||
885,000 |
|
Senior Notes, 9.150% due 2/1/14 (e)(f) |
|
894,956 |
|
||
|
|
Station Casinos Inc.: |
|
|
|
||
|
|
Senior Notes: |
|
|
|
||
40,000 |
|
6.000% due 4/1/12 |
|
38,050 |
|
||
3,885,000 |
|
7.750% due 8/15/16 |
|
3,982,125 |
|
||
|
|
Senior Subordinated Notes: |
|
|
|
||
80,000 |
|
6.875% due 3/1/16 |
|
73,600 |
|
||
1,355,000 |
|
6.625% due 3/15/18 |
|
1,189,012 |
|
||
1,000,000 |
|
Wynn Las Vegas LLC/Wynn Las Vegas Capital Corp., 6.625% due 12/1/14 |
|
995,000 |
|
||
|
|
Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure |
|
73,871,063 |
|
||
Household Durables 1.9% |
|
|
|
||||
310,000 |
|
American Greetings Corp., Senior Notes, 7.375% due 6/1/16 |
|
320,075 |
|
||
|
|
Beazer Homes USA Inc., Senior Notes: |
|
|
|
||
295,000 |
|
6.875% due 7/15/15 |
|
285,413 |
|
||
1,920,000 |
|
8.125% due 6/15/16 |
|
2,006,400 |
|
||
4,000,000 |
|
Holt Group Inc., Senior Notes, 9.750% due 1/15/06 (a)(b)(c)* |
|
0 |
|
||
|
|
K Hovnanian Enterprises Inc., Senior Notes: |
|
|
|
||
2,605,000 |
|
7.500% due 5/15/16 |
|
2,618,025 |
|
||
4,480,000 |
|
8.625% due 1/15/17 |
|
4,748,800 |
|
||
2,590,000 |
|
Norcraft Cos. LP/Norcraft Finance Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.000% due 11/1/11 |
|
2,687,125 |
|
||
5,765,000 |
|
Norcraft Holdings LP/Norcraft Capital Corp., Senior Discount Notes, step bond to yield 9.952% due 9/1/12 |
|
5,102,025 |
|
||
4,150,000 |
|
Sealy Mattress Co., Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.250% due 6/15/14 |
|
4,378,250 |
|
||
|
|
Total Household Durables |
|
22,146,113 |
|
||
Household Products 0.3% |
|
|
|
||||
|
|
Nutro Products Inc.: |
|
|
|
||
435,000 |
|
Senior Notes, 9.400% due 10/15/13 (e)(f) |
|
451,313 |
|
||
1,530,000 |
|
Senior Subordinated Notes, 10.750% due 4/15/14 (e) |
|
1,683,000 |
|
||
1,890,000 |
|
Visant Holding Corp., Senior Notes, 8.750% due 12/1/13 |
|
1,993,950 |
|
||
|
|
Total Household Products |
|
4,128,263 |
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
See Notes to Schedule of Investments.
6
Western Asset High Income Fund II Inc.
Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)
January 31, 2007
Face |
|
|
|
|
|
||
Amount |
|
Security |
|
Value |
|
||
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders 4.0% |
|
|
|
||||
$ |
2,710,000 |
|
AES China Generating Co., Ltd., Class A, 8.250% due 6/26/10 |
|
$ |
2,711,469 |
|
|
|
AES Corp.: |
|
|
|
||
|
|
Senior Notes: |
|
|
|
||
1,325,000 |
|
9.500% due 6/1/09 |
|
1,411,125 |
|
||
1,900,000 |
|
9.375% due 9/15/10 |
|
2,061,500 |
|
||
250,000 |
|
8.875% due 2/15/11 |
|
268,750 |
|
||
4,225,000 |
|
7.750% due 3/1/14 |
|
4,467,937 |
|
||
730,000 |
|
Senior Secured Notes, 9.000% due 5/15/15 (e) |
|
784,750 |
|
||
2,500,000 |
|
Calpine Generating Co. LLC, Senior Secured Notes, 14.370% due 4/1/11 (c)(f) |
|
2,662,500 |
|
||
8,350,000 |
|
Dynegy Holdings Inc., Senior Debentures, 7.625% due 10/15/26 (d) |
|
8,141,250 |
|
||
|
|
Edison Mission Energy, Senior Notes: |
|
|
|
||
4,575,000 |
|
7.730% due 6/15/09 |
|
4,735,125 |
|
||
445,000 |
|
7.500% due 6/15/13 |
|
463,913 |
|
||
2,600,000 |
|
7.750% due 6/15/16 |
|
2,762,500 |
|
||
4,235,000 |
|
Mirant North America LLC, Senior Notes, 7.375% due 12/31/13 |
|
4,340,875 |
|
||
|
|
NRG Energy Inc., Senior Notes: |
|
|
|
||
1,675,000 |
|
7.250% due 2/1/14 (d) |
|
1,683,375 |
|
||
8,770,000 |
|
7.375% due 2/1/16 (d) |
|
8,802,887 |
|
||
1,800,000 |
|
7.375% due 1/15/17 (d) |
|
1,804,500 |
|
||
|
|
Total Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders |
|
47,102,456 |
|
||
Industrial Conglomerates 0.1% |
|
|
|
||||
680,000 |
|
Koppers Inc., Senior Notes, 9.875% due 10/15/13 |
|
741,200 |
|
||
2,750,000 |
|
Moll Industries Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 10.500% due 7/1/08 (a)(b)(c)* |
|
0 |
|
||
940,000 |
|
Sequa Corp., Senior Notes, 9.000% due 8/1/09 |
|
1,001,100 |
|
||
|
|
Total Industrial Conglomerates |
|
1,742,300 |
|
||
Insurance 0.5% |
|
|
|
||||
6,005,000 |
|
Crum & Forster Holdings Corp., Senior Notes, 10.375% due 6/15/13 |
|
6,515,425 |
|
||
Internet & Catalog Retail 0.3% |
|
|
|
||||
1,160,000 |
|
Brookstone Co. Inc., Senior Secured Notes, 12.000% due 10/15/12 (d) |
|
1,180,300 |
|
||
2,218,000 |
|
FTD Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 7.750% due 2/15/14 |
|
2,234,635 |
|
||
|
|
Total Internet & Catalog Retail |
|
3,414,935 |
|
||
IT Services 0.6% |
|
|
|
||||
|
|
SunGard Data Systems Inc.: |
|
|
|
||
2,900,000 |
|
Senior Notes, 9.125% due 8/15/13 |
|
3,066,750 |
|
||
3,230,000 |
|
Senior Subordinated Notes, 10.250% due 8/15/15 |
|
3,488,400 |
|
||
|
|
Total IT Services |
|
6,555,150 |
|
||
Leisure Equipment & Products 0.2% |
|
|
|
||||
2,810,000 |
|
WMG Acquisition Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 7.375% due 4/15/14 |
|
2,781,900 |
|
||
Machinery 0.6% |
|
|
|
||||
1,850,000 |
|
Case New Holland Inc., Senior Notes, 7.125% due 3/1/14 |
|
1,905,500 |
|
||
641,000 |
|
Mueller Group Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 10.000% due 5/1/12 (d) |
|
695,485 |
|
||
4,814,000 |
|
Mueller Holdings Inc., Senior Discount Notes, step bond to yield 14.392% due 4/15/14 (d) |
|
4,404,810 |
|
||
|
|
Total Machinery |
|
7,005,795 |
|
||
Media 10.3% |
|
|
|
||||
|
|
Affinion Group Inc.: |
|
|
|
||
4,465,000 |
|
Senior Notes, 10.125% due 10/15/13 |
|
4,822,200 |
|
||
2,025,000 |
|
Senior Subordinated Notes, 11.500% due 10/15/15 |
|
2,187,000 |
|
||
|
|
AMC Entertainment Inc.: |
|
|
|
||
See Notes to Schedule of Investments.
7
Western Asset High Income Fund II Inc.
Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)
January 31, 2007
Face |
|
|
|
|
|
||
Amount |
|
Security |
|
Value |
|
||
Media 10.3% (continued) |
|
|
|
||||
$ |
20,000 |
|
Senior Notes, Series B, 8.625% due 8/15/12 |
|
$ |
21,125 |
|
6,905,000 |
|
Senior Subordinated Notes, 11.000% due 2/1/16 |
|
7,837,175 |
|
||
|
|
CCH I Holdings LLC, Senior Notes: |
|
|
|
||
2,100,000 |
|
13.500% due 1/15/14 (d) |
|
2,089,500 |
|
||
156,000 |
|
11.000% due 10/1/15 |
|
161,460 |
|
||
3,000,000 |
|
CCH I Holdings LLC/CCH I Holdings Capital Corp., Senior Accreting Notes, Step bond to yield 17.441% due 1/15/15 (d) |
|
2,887,500 |
|
||
5,040,000 |
|
CCH I LLC/CCH Capital Corp., Senior Secured Notes, 11.000% due 10/1/15 (d) |
|
5,229,000 |
|
||
|
|
CCH II LLC/CCH II Capital Corp., Senior Notes: |
|
|
|
||
4,390,000 |
|
10.250% due 9/15/10 (d) |
|
4,582,062 |
|
||
3,032,000 |
|
10.250% due 10/1/13 (d) |
|
3,259,400 |
|
||
1,395,000 |
|
Charter Communications Holdings LLC, Senior Discount Notes, 12.125% due 1/15/12 |
|
1,346,175 |
|
||
|
|
Charter Communications Holdings LLC/Charter Communications Holdings Capital Corp., Senior Discount Notes: |
|
|
|
||
325,000 |
|
9.920% due 4/1/11 |
|
310,375 |
|
||
1,325,000 |
|
11.750% due 5/15/11 |
|
1,291,875 |
|
||
925,000 |
|
Charter Communications Operating LLC, Second Lien Senior Notes, 8.375% due 4/30/14 (e) |
|
966,625 |
|
||
1,375,000 |
|
Chukchansi Economic Development Authority, Senior Notes, 8.000% due 11/15/13 (e) |
|
1,430,000 |
|
||
3,270,000 |
|
CMP Susquehanna Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.875% due 5/15/14 (e) |
|
3,368,100 |
|
||
|
|
CSC Holdings Inc.: |
|
|
|
||
4,210,000 |
|
Senior Debentures, Series B, 8.125% due 8/15/09 (d) |
|
4,383,663 |
|
||
|
|
Senior Notes, Series B: |
|
|
|
||
280,000 |
|
8.125% due 7/15/09 |
|
291,550 |
|
||
3,400,000 |
|
7.625% due 4/1/11 |
|
3,519,000 |
|
||
813,000 |
|
Dex Media East LLC/Dex Media East Finance Co., Senior Notes, Series B, 12.125% due 11/15/12 |
|
896,333 |
|
||
3,350,000 |
|
Dex Media Inc., Discount Notes, step bond to yield 8.367% due 11/15/13 |
|
3,056,875 |
|
||
2,344,000 |
|
Dex Media West LLC/Dex Media Finance Co., Senior Subordinated Notes, Series B, 9.875% due 8/15/13 |
|
2,560,820 |
|
||
4,441,000 |
|
DIRECTV Holdings LLC/DIRECTV Financing Co. Inc., Senior Notes, 8.375% due 3/15/13 |
|
4,668,601 |
|
||
|
|
EchoStar DBS Corp., Senior Notes: |
|
|
|
||
4,410,000 |
|
7.000% due 10/1/13 |
|
4,437,562 |
|
||
8,010,000 |
|
7.125% due 2/1/16 |
|
8,080,087 |
|
||
1,950,000 |
|
Interep National Radio Sales Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, Series B, 10.000% due 7/1/08 |
|
1,677,000 |
|
||
930,000 |
|
ION Media Networks Inc., Senior Secured Notes, 11.610% due 1/15/13 (e)(f) |
|
971,850 |
|
||
4,200,000 |
|
Kabel Deutschland GmbH, Senior Notes, 10.625% due 7/1/14 |
|
4,709,250 |
|
||
2,760,000 |
|
Lamar Media Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 6.625% due 8/15/15 |
|
2,732,400 |
|
||
3,520,000 |
|
LodgeNet Entertainment Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.500% due 6/15/13 |
|
3,792,800 |
|
||
2,615,000 |
|
Primedia Inc., Senior Notes, 8.875% due 5/15/11 |
|
2,680,375 |
|
||
1,255,000 |
|
Quebecor Media Inc., Senior Notes, 7.750% due 3/15/16 |
|
1,280,100 |
|
||
|
|
R.H. Donnelley Corp.: |
|
|
|
||
|
|
Senior Discount Notes: |
|
|
|
||
1,000,000 |
|
Series A-1, 6.875% due 1/15/13 |
|
962,500 |
|
||
2,200,000 |
|
Series A-2, 6.875% due 1/15/13 |
|
2,117,500 |
|
||
5,200,000 |
|
Senior Notes, Series A-3, 8.875% due 1/15/16 |
|
5,473,000 |
|
||
900,000 |
|
R.H. Donnelley Finance Corp. I, Senior Subordinated Notes, 10.875% due 12/15/12 (e) |
|
983,250 |
|
||
3,475,000 |
|
Radio One Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, Series B, 8.875% due 7/1/11 |
|
3,622,688 |
|
||
4,885,000 |
|
Rainbow National Services LLC, Senior Notes, 8.750% due 9/1/12 (e) |
|
5,226,950 |
|
||
|
|
Rogers Cable Inc.: |
|
|
|
||
See Notes to Schedule of Investments.
8
Western Asset High Income Fund II Inc.
Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)
January 31, 2007
Face |
|
Security |
|
Value |
|
||||
Media 10.3% (continued) |
|
|
|
||||||
$ |
1,455,000 |
|
Secured Notes, 5.500% due 3/15/14 |
|
$ |
1,398,675 |
|
||
|
|
Senior Secured Second Priority Notes: |
|
|
|
||||
1,340,000 |
|
6.250% due 6/15/13 |
|
1,348,375 |
|
||||
760,000 |
|
6.750% due 3/15/15 |
|
784,175 |
|
||||
4,117,000 |
|
Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.000% due 3/15/12 |
|
4,250,803 |
|
||||
750,000 |
|
Videotron Ltee., Senior Notes, 6.375% due 12/15/15 |
|
731,250 |
|
||||
|
|
XM Satellite Radio Inc., Senior Notes: |
|
|
|
||||
860,000 |
|
9.871% due 5/1/13 (f) |
|
844,950 |
|
||||
2,180,000 |
|
9.750% due 5/1/14 |
|
2,201,800 |
|
||||
|
|
Total Media |
|
121,473,754 |
|
||||
Metals & Mining 1.7% |
|
|
|
||||||
275,000 |
|
Chaparral Steel Co., Senior Notes, 10.000% due 7/15/13 |
|
308,000 |
|
||||
2,810,000 |
|
Metals USA Holdings Corp., Senior Notes, 11.365% due 1/15/12 (e)(f) |
|
2,760,825 |
|
||||
5,685,000 |
|
Metals USA Inc., Senior Secured Notes, 11.125% due 12/1/15 |
|
6,303,244 |
|
||||
1,305,000 |
|
RathGibson Inc., Senior Notes, 11.250% due 2/15/14 |
|
1,389,825 |
|
||||
5,000,000 |
|
Republic Technologies International LLC/RTI Capital Corp., Senior Secured Notes, 13.750% due 7/15/09 (a)(b)(c)* |
|
0 |
|
||||
1,950,000 |
|
Tube City IMS Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.750% due 2/1/15 (e) |
|
2,008,500 |
|
||||
|
|
Vale Overseas Ltd., Notes: |
|
|
|
||||
383,000 |
|
6.250% due 1/23/17 |
|
384,677 |
|
||||
1,284,000 |
|
8.250% due 1/17/34 |
|
1,530,714 |
|
||||
5,826,000 |
|
6.875% due 11/21/36 |
|
5,944,041 |
|
||||
|
|
Total Metals & Mining |
|
20,629,826 |
|
||||
Multiline Retail 0.7% |
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
Neiman Marcus Group Inc.: |
|
|
|
||||
1,760,000 |
|
Senior Notes, 9.000% due 10/15/15 (d) |
|
1,936,000 |
|
||||
4,455,000 |
|
Senior Subordinated Notes, 10.375% due 10/15/15 (d) |
|
5,000,737 |
|
||||
1,543,000 |
|
Saks Inc., Notes, 9.875% due 10/1/11 |
|
1,730,089 |
|
||||
|
|
Total Multiline Retail |
|
8,666,826 |
|
||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 9.8% |
|
|
|
||||||
5,145,000 |
|
Belden & Blake Corp., Secured Notes, 8.750% due 7/15/12 |
|
5,273,625 |
|
||||
|
|
Chesapeake Energy Corp., Senior Notes: |
|
|
|
||||
5,675,000 |
|
6.625% due 1/15/16 |
|
5,547,312 |
|
||||
3,725,000 |
|
6.500% due 8/15/17 |
|
3,576,000 |
|
||||
925,000 |
|
6.250% due 1/15/18 |
|
875,281 |
|
||||
5,127,000 |
|
Cimarex Energy Co., Senior Notes, 9.600% due 3/15/12 |
|
5,389,759 |
|
||||
1,005,000 |
|
Compagnie Generale de Geophysique SA, Senior Notes, 7.500% due 5/15/15 |
|
1,012,538 |
|
||||
|
|
El Paso Corp.: |
|
|
|
||||
|
|
Medium-Term Notes: |
|
|
|
||||
5,025,000 |
|
7.800% due 8/1/31 |
|
5,389,312 |
|
||||
7,525,000 |
|
7.750% due 1/15/32 |
|
8,070,562 |
|
||||
5,200,000 |
|
Notes, 7.875% due 6/15/12 |
|
5,525,000 |
|
||||
2,250,000 |
|
Enterprise Products Operating LP, Junior Subordinated Notes, 8.375% due 8/1/66 (f) |
|
2,462,027 |
|
||||
4,610,000 |
|
EXCO Resources Inc., Senior Notes, 7.250% due 1/15/11 |
|
4,702,200 |
|
||||
|
|
Gazprom: |
|
|
|
||||
|
|
Bonds: |
|
|
|
||||
104,590,000 |
|
RUB |
Series A7, 6.790% due 10/29/09 |
|
3,949,882 |
|
|||
34,860,000 |
|
RUB |
Series A8, 7.000% due 10/27/11 |
|
1,313,214 |
|
|||
5,290,000 |
|
Loan Participation Notes, 6.212% due 11/22/16 (e) |
|
5,231,810 |
|
||||
50,960,000 |
|
RUB |
OAO, Series A6, 6.950% due 8/6/09 |
|
1,930,273 |
|
|||
2,325,000 |
|
Inergy LP/Inergy Finance Corp., Senior Notes, 8.250% due 3/1/16 |
|
2,412,188 |
|
||||
See Notes to Schedule of Investments.
9
Western Asset High Income Fund II Inc.
Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)
January 31, 2007
Face |
|
Security |
|
Value |
|
||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 9.8% (continued) |
|
|
|
||||
$ |
3,705,000 |
|
International Coal Group Inc., Senior Notes, 10.250% due 7/15/14 |
|
$ |
3,667,950 |
|
1,465,000 |
|
Mariner Energy Inc., Senior Notes, 7.500% due 4/15/13 |
|
1,428,375 |
|
||
995,000 |
|
Northwest Pipeline Corp., Senior Notes, 7.000% due 6/15/16 |
|
1,042,263 |
|
||
490,000 |
|
OMI Corp., Senior Notes, 7.625% due 12/1/13 |
|
499,800 |
|
||
1,905,000 |
|
OPTI Canada Inc., Senior Secured Notes, 8.250% due 12/15/14 (e) |
|
2,000,250 |
|
||
|
|
Pemex Project Funding Master Trust: |
|
|
|
||
1,846,000 |
|
6.125% due 8/15/08 |
|
1,857,076 |
|
||
250,000 |
|
7.375% due 12/15/14 |
|
271,250 |
|
||
1,298,000 |
|
Senior Notes, 5.970% due 12/3/12 (e)(f) |
|
1,310,007 |
|
||
3,015,000 |
|
Petrohawk Energy Corp., Senior Notes, 9.125% due 7/15/13 |
|
3,135,600 |
|
||
|
|
Petrozuata Finance Inc.: |
|
|
|
||
4,544,000 |
|
8.220% due 4/1/17 (e) |
|
4,289,149 |
|
||
|
|
Pogo Producing Co., Senior Subordinated Notes: |
|
|
|
||
1,130,000 |
|
7.875% due 5/1/13 |
|
1,144,125 |
|
||
2,000,000 |
|
Series B, 8.250% due 4/15/11 |
|
2,042,500 |
|
||
5,665,000 |
|
SemGroup LP, Senior Notes, 8.750% due 11/15/15 (e) |
|
5,707,487 |
|
||
160,000 |
|
SESI LLC, Senior Notes, 6.875% due 6/1/14 |
|
157,600 |
|
||
3,715,000 |
|
Stone Energy Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.250% due 12/15/11 |
|
3,649,987 |
|
||
1,000,000 |
|
Swift Energy Co., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.375% due 5/1/12 |
|
1,055,000 |
|
||
|
|
Whiting Petroleum Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes: |
|
|
|
||
2,550,000 |
|
7.250% due 5/1/12 |
|
2,543,625 |
|
||
1,975,000 |
|
7.000% due 2/1/14 |
|
1,955,250 |
|
||
|
|
Williams Cos. Inc.: |
|
|
|
||
90,000 |
|
Debentures, Series A, 7.500% due 1/15/31 |
|
94,050 |
|
||
|
|
Notes: |
|
|
|
||
3,650,000 |
|
7.875% due 9/1/21 |
|
3,942,000 |
|
||
6,225,000 |
|
8.750% due 3/15/32 |
|
7,112,062 |
|
||
3,700,000 |
|
Senior Notes, 7.625% due 7/15/19 |
|
3,968,250 |
|
||
|
|
Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels |
|
115,534,639 |
|
||
Paper & Forest Products 1.4% |
|
|
|
||||
|
|
Appleton Papers Inc.: |
|
|
|
||
395,000 |
|
Senior Notes, 8.125% due 6/15/11 |
|
408,825 |
|
||
4,685,000 |
|
Senior Subordinated Notes, Series B, 9.750% due 6/15/14 |
|
4,895,825 |
|
||
|
|
NewPage Corp.: |
|
|
|
||
|
|
Senior Secured Notes: |
|
|
|
||
1,110,000 |
|
10.000% due 5/1/12 (d) |
|
1,215,450 |
|
||
4,290,000 |
|
11.621% due 5/1/12 (d)(f) |
|
4,719,000 |
|
||
2,520,000 |
|
Senior Subordinated Notes, 12.000% due 5/1/13 (d) |
|
2,759,400 |
|
||
1,000,000 |
|
Smurfit Capital Funding PLC, Debentures, 7.500% due 11/20/25 |
|
1,015,000 |
|
||
|
|
Verso Paper Holdings LLC: |
|
|
|
||
15,000 |
|
Senior Secured Notes, 9.125% due 8/1/14 (e) |
|
15,825 |
|
||
1,500,000 |
|
Senior Subordinated Notes, 11.375% due 8/1/16 (e) |
|
1,597,500 |
|
||
|
|
Total Paper & Forest Products |
|
16,626,825 |
|
||
Pharmaceuticals 0.5% |
|
|
|
||||
4,020,000 |
|
Leiner Health Products Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 11.000% due 6/1/12 |
|
4,200,900 |
|
||
1,915,000 |
|
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Senior Notes, 7.000% due 12/15/11 |
|
1,847,975 |
|
||
|
|
Total Pharmaceuticals |
|
6,048,875 |
|
||
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) 1.1% |
|
|
|
||||
130,000 |
|
Forest City Enterprises Inc., Senior Notes, 7.625% due 6/1/15 |
|
134,225 |
|
||
|
|
Host Marriott LP, Senior Notes: |
|
|
|
||
2,500,000 |
|
7.125% due 11/1/13 |
|
2,550,000 |
|
||
3,400,000 |
|
Series O, 6.375% due 3/15/15 |
|
3,336,250 |
|
||
See Notes to Schedule of Investments.
10
Western Asset High Income Fund II Inc.
Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)
January 31, 2007
Face |
|
Security |
|
Value |
|
||
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) 1.1% (continued) |
|
|
|
||||
$ |
2,275,000 |
|
Kimball Hill Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 10.500% due 12/15/12 |
|
$ |
2,246,563 |
|
|
|
Ventas Realty LP/Ventas Capital Corp., Senior Notes: |
|
|
|
||
1,070,000 |
|
7.125% due 6/1/15 |
|
1,110,125 |
|
||
665,000 |
|
6.500% due 6/1/16 |
|
668,325 |
|
||
2,615,000 |
|
6.750% due 4/1/17 |
|
2,667,300 |
|
||
|
|
Total Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) |
|
12,712,788 |
|
||
Real Estate Management & Development 0.1% |
|
|
|
||||
1,375,000 |
|
Ashton Woods USA LLC/Ashton Woods Finance Co., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.500% due 10/1/15 |
|
1,326,875 |
|
||
Road & Rail 1.6% |
|
|
|
||||
|
|
Grupo Transportacion Ferroviaria Mexicana SA de CV, Senior Notes: |
|
|
|
||
4,850,000 |
|
9.375% due 5/1/12 |
|
5,201,625 |
|
||
160,000 |
|
12.500% due 6/15/12 |
|
173,600 |
|
||
|
|
Hertz Corp.: |
|
|
|
||
3,930,000 |
|
8.875% due 1/1/14 |
|
4,195,275 |
|
||
7,165,000 |
|
10.500% due 1/1/16 |
|
8,096,450 |
|
||
910,000 |
|
Kansas City Southern de Mexico, Senior Notes, 7.625% due 12/1/13 (e) |
|
914,550 |
|
||
840,000 |
|
Kansas City Southern Railway, Senior Notes, 7.500% due 6/15/09 |
|
855,750 |
|
||
|
|
Total Road & Rail |
|
19,437,250 |
|
||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 0.4% |
|
|
|
||||
5,035,000 |
|
Freescale Semiconductor Inc., Senior Notes, 8.875% due 12/15/14 (e) |
|
5,035,000 |
|
||
Software 0.5% |
|
|
|
||||
2,695,000 |
|
Activant Solutions Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.500% due 5/1/16 (e) |
|
2,627,625 |
|
||
2,951,792 |
|
UGS Capital Corp. II, Senior Notes, 10.348% due 6/1/11 (e)(f)(g) |
|
3,025,587 |
|
||
|
|
Total Software |
|
5,653,212 |
|
||
Specialty Retail 0.6% |
|
|
|
||||
|
|
AutoNation Inc., Senior Notes: |
|
|
|
||
745,000 |
|
7.360% due 4/15/13 (f) |
|
754,313 |
|
||
830,000 |
|
7.000% due 4/15/14 |
|
838,300 |
|
||
2,525,000 |
|
Blockbuster Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 9.000% due 9/1/12 |
|
2,531,312 |
|
||
1,995,000 |
|
Eye Care Centers of America, Senior Subordinated Notes, 10.750% due 2/15/15 |
|
2,221,931 |
|
||
1,370,000 |
|
Linens n Things Inc., Senior Secured Notes, 10.985% due 1/15/14 (f) |
|
1,335,750 |
|
||
|
|
Total Specialty Retail |
|
7,681,606 |
|
||
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods 0.8% |
|
|
|
||||
6,785,000 |
|
Levi Strauss & Co., Senior Notes, 9.750% due 1/15/15 |
|
7,361,725 |
|
||
2,950,000 |
|
Simmons Co., Senior Discount Notes, step bond to yield 9.995% due 12/15/14 |
|
2,433,750 |
|
||
|
|
Total Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods |
|
9,795,475 |
|
||
Tobacco 0.2% |
|
|
|
||||
1,970,000 |
|
Alliance One International Inc., Senior Notes, 11.000% due 5/15/12 |
|
2,137,450 |
|
||
Trading Companies & Distributors 1.0% |
|
|
|
||||
2,165,000 |
|
Ashtead Capital Inc., Notes, 9.000% due 8/15/16 (e) |
|
2,327,375 |
|
||
2,755,000 |
|
H&E Equipment Services Inc., Senior Notes, 8.375% due 7/15/16 |
|
2,927,187 |
|
||
3,790,000 |
|
Penhall International Corp., Senior Secured Notes, 12.000% due 8/1/14 (e) |
|
4,159,525 |
|
||
|
|
TransDigm Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes: |
|
|
|
||
1,810,000 |
|
7.750% due 7/15/14 (e) |
|
1,831,293 |
|
||
775,000 |
|
7.750% due 7/15/14 |
|
794,375 |
|
||
|
|
Total Trading Companies & Distributors |
|
12,039,755 |
|
||
See Notes to Schedule of Investments.
11
Western Asset High Income Fund II Inc.
Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)
January 31, 2007
Face |
|
Security |
|
Value |
|
||||
Wireless Telecommunication Services 2.5% |
|
|
|
||||||
$ |
1,825,000 |
|
American Tower Corp., Senior Notes, 7.500% due 5/1/12 |
|
$ |
1,895,719 |
|
||
4,180,000 |
|
Nextel Communications Inc., Senior Notes, Series D, 7.375% due 8/1/15 |
|
4,287,949 |
|
||||
440,000 |
|
Rogers Wireless Communications Inc., Senior Secured Notes, 7.250% due 12/15/12 |
|
465,300 |
|
||||
1,040,000 |
|
Rogers Wireless Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes, 8.000% due 12/15/12 |
|
1,099,800 |
|
||||
|
|
Rural Cellular Corp.: |
|
|
|
||||
1,090,000 |
|
Secured Notes, 8.250% due 3/15/12 |
|
1,141,775 |
|
||||
2,590,000 |
|
Senior Notes, 9.875% due 2/1/10 |
|
2,758,350 |
|
||||
11,050,000 |
|
True Move Co., Ltd., 10.750% due 12/16/13 (e) |
|
10,939,500 |
|
||||
3,900,000 |
|
UbiquiTel Operating Co., Senior Notes, 9.875% due 3/1/11 |
|
4,193,073 |
|
||||
2,220,000 |
|
UBS Luxembourg SA, Notes, 8.250% due 5/23/16 |
|
2,345,763 |
|
||||
|
|
Total Wireless Telecommunication Services |
|
29,127,229 |
|
||||
|
|
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES |
|
|
|
||||
|
|
(Cost $968,900,913) |
|
993,352,097 |
|
||||
ASSET-BACKED SECURITY 0.0% |
|
|
|
||||||
Diversified Financial Services 0.0% |
|
|
|
||||||
1,975,400 |
|
Airplanes
Pass-Through Trust, Subordinated Notes, Series D, 10.875% due |
|
|
|
||||
|
|
(Cost - $2,052,466) |
|
0 |
|
||||
CONVERTIBLE BOND & NOTE 0.1% |
|
|
|
||||||
Automobiles 0.1% |
|
|
|
||||||
1,110,000 |
|
Ford Motor Co., Senior Notes, 4.250% due 12/15/36 |
|
|
|
||||
|
|
(Cost - $1,110,000) |
|
1,265,400 |
|
||||
MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITY 5.2% |
|
|
|
||||||
FNMA 5.2% |
|
|
|
||||||
63,900,000 |
|
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), 5.000% due 2/12/37 (h) |
|
|
|
||||
|
|
(Cost - $61,084,406) |
|
61,324,063 |
|
||||
SOVEREIGN BONDS 6.9% |
|
|
|
||||||
Argentina 0.6% |
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
Republic of Argentina: |
|
|
|
||||
1,400,000 |
|
EUR |
9.250% due 10/21/02 (c) |
|
582,355 |
|
|||
300,000 |
|
EUR |
9.000% due 6/20/03 (c) |
|
128,690 |
|
|||
250,000 |
|
EUR |
10.250% due 1/26/07 (c) |
|
111,304 |
|
|||
275,000 |
|
EUR |
8.000% due 2/26/08 (c) |
|
120,200 |
|
|||
664,500 |
|
|
5.590% due 8/3/12 (f) |
|
631,616 |
|
|||
6,634,286 |
|
ARS |
Bonds, 2.000% due 1/3/10 (f) |
|
4,511,496 |
|
|||
97,000 |
|
EUR |
GDP Linked Securities, 0.000% due 12/15/35 (f) |
|
16,833 |
|
|||
|
|
|
Medium-Term Notes: |
|
|
|
|||
1,175,000 |
|
EUR |
7.000% due 3/18/04 (a)(c) |
|
507,855 |
|
|||
600,000 |
|
EUR |
8.125% due 10/4/04 (c) |
|
249,581 |
|
|||
525,000 |
|
EUR |
9.000% due 5/24/05 (c)(e) |
|
226,061 |
|
|||
|
|
Total Argentina |
|
7,085,991 |
|
||||
Brazil 1.5% |
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
Federative Republic of Brazil: |
|
|
|
||||
8,894,000 |
|
11.000% due 8/17/40 (d) |
|
11,702,280 |
|
||||
|
|
Collective Action Securities: |
|
|
|
||||
2,005,000 |
|
8.750% due 2/4/25 (d) |
|
2,469,659 |
|
||||
3,449,000 |
|
Notes, 8.000% due 1/15/15 (d) |
|
3,811,145 |
|
||||
|
|
Total Brazil |
|
17,983,084 |
|
||||
See Notes to Schedule of Investments.
12
Western Asset High Income Fund II Inc.
Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)
January 31, 2007
Face |
|
Security |
|
Value |
|
||
Colombia 0.4% |
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
Republic of Colombia: |
|
|
|
|
$ |
51,000 |
|
10.375% due 1/28/33 |
|
$ |
72,203 |
|
4,615,000 |
|
7.375% due 9/18/37 |
|
4,901,130 |
|
||
|
|
Total Colombia |
|
4,973,333 |
|
||
Ecuador 0.1% |
|
|
|
||||
2,100,000 |
|
Republic of Ecuador, 10.000% due 8/15/30 (e) |
|
1,648,500 |
|
||
El Salvador 0.2% |
|
|
|
||||
|
|
Republic of El Salvador: |
|
|
|
||
1,300,000 |
|
7.750% due 1/24/23 (e) |
|
1,488,500 |
|
||
270,000 |
|
8.250% due 4/10/32 (e) |
|
322,650 |
|
||
|
|
Total El Salvador |
|
1,811,150 |
|
||
Indonesia 0.1% |
|
|
|
||||
400,000 |
|
Republic of Indonesia, 8.500% due 10/12/35 (e) |
|
490,000 |
|
||
Mexico 1.2% |
|
|
|
||||
|
|
United Mexican States: |
|
|
|
||
50,000 |
|
11.375% due 9/15/16 |
|
71,000 |
|
||
|
|
Medium-Term Notes: |
|
|
|
||
1,579,000 |
|
6.750% due 9/27/34 |
|
1,678,477 |
|
||
|
|
Series A: |
|
|
|
||
1,944,000 |
|
5.875% due 1/15/14 |
|
1,971,216 |
|
||
8,795,000 |
|
8.000% due 9/24/22 |
|
10,575,987 |
|
||
|
|
Total Mexico |
|
14,296,680 |
|
||
Panama 0.2% |
|
|
|
||||
|
|
Republic of Panama: |
|
|
|
||
1,285,000 |
|
9.625% due 2/8/11 |
|
1,461,688 |
|
||
350,000 |
|
7.250% due 3/15/15 |
|
376,250 |
|
||
|
|
Total Panama |
|
1,837,938 |
|
||
Peru 0.4% |
|
|
|
||||
|
|
Republic of Peru: |
|
|
|
||
708,000 |
|
8.750% due 11/21/33 |
|
910,134 |
|
||
168,000 |
|
FLIRB, 5.000% due 3/7/17 (e)(f) |
|
167,622 |
|
||
198,000 |
|
Global Bonds, 7.350% due 7/21/25 |
|
218,097 |
|
||
|
|
PDI: |
|
|
|
||
3,085,600 |
|
5.000% due 3/7/17 (f) |
|
3,076,343 |
|
||
256,120 |
|
5.000% due 3/7/17 (e)(f) |
|
255,864 |
|
||
|
|
Total Peru |
|
4,628,060 |
|
||
Philippines 0.2% |
|
|
|
||||
1,975,000 |
|
Republic of the Philippines, 9.500% due 2/2/30 |
|
2,613,123 |
|
||
Russia 0.4% |
|
|
|
||||
|
|
Russian Federation: |
|
|
|
||
330,561 |
|
8.250% due 3/31/10 (e) |
|
344,196 |
|
||
244,000 |
|
12.750% due 6/24/28 (e) |
|
436,760 |
|
||
3,372,000 |
|
5.000% due 3/31/30 (e) |
|
3,753,458 |
|
||
|
|
Total Russia |
|
4,534,414 |
|
||
South Africa 0.1% |
|
|
|
||||
|
|
Republic of South Africa: |
|
|
|
||
575,000 |
|
9.125% due 5/19/09 |
|
618,700 |
|
||
725,000 |
|
6.500% due 6/2/14 |
|
760,344 |
|
||
|
|
Total South Africa |
|
1,379,044 |
|
See Notes to Schedule of Investments.
13
Western Asset High Income Fund II Inc.
Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)
January 31, 2007
Face |
|
|
|
|
|
||
Amount |
|
Security |
|
Value |
|
||
Turkey 0.6% |
|
|
|
||||
|
|
Republic of Turkey: |
|
|
|
||
$ |
2,106,000 |
|
11.500% due 1/23/12 |
|
$ |
2,569,317 |
|
315,000 |
|
11.000% due 1/14/13 |
|
385,402 |
|
||
490,000 |
|
7.000% due 6/5/20 |
|
491,225 |
|
||
335,000 |
|
11.875% due 1/15/30 |
|
511,713 |
|
||
594,000 |
|
Bonds, 7.000% due 9/26/16 |
|
602,019 |
|
||
1,464,000 |
|
Collective Action Securities, Notes, 9.500% due 1/15/14 |
|
1,701,900 |
|
||
587,000 |
|
Notes, 6.875% due 3/17/36 |
|
556,916 |
|
||
|
|
Total Turkey |
|
6,818,492 |
|
||
Uruguay 0.1% |
|
|
|
||||
1,026,307 |
|
Republic of Uruguay, Bonds, 7.625% due 3/21/36 |
|
1,104,306 |
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Venezuela 0.8% |
|
|
|
||||
|
|
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela: |
|
|
|
||
10,246,000 |
|
5.750% due 2/26/16 |
|
9,387,897 |
|
||
241,000 |
|
7.650% due 4/21/25 |
|
251,544 |
|
||
183,000 |
|
Collective Action Securities, Notes, 10.750% due 9/19/13 |
|
220,058 |
|
||
|
|
Total Venezuela |
|
9,859,499 |
|
||
|
|
TOTAL SOVEREIGN BONDS |
|
|
|
||
|
|
(Cost $77,351,271) |
|
81,063,614 |
|
||
LOAN PARTICIPATION 0.1% |
|
|
|
||||
United States 0.1% |
|
|
|
||||
1,500,000 |
|
Verso Paper Holdings Term Loan, 1.000% due 2/1/12 |
|
|
|
||
|
|
(Cost - $1,500,000) |
|
1,503,750 |
|
||
Shares |
|
|
|
|
|
||
COMMON STOCKS 0.0% |
|
|
|
||||
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY 0.0% |
|
|
|
||||
Household Durables 0.0% |
|
|
|
||||
10,685,938 |
|
Home Interiors & Gifts Inc. (a)(b)(c)* |
|
106,859 |
|
||
52,472 |
|
Mattress Discounters Corp. (a)(b)* |
|
0 |
|
||
|
|
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY |
|
106,859 |
|
||
CONSUMER STAPLES 0.0% |
|
|
|
||||
Food Products 0.0% |
|
|
|
||||
3,784 |
|
Imperial Sugar Co. |
|
117,872 |
|
||
|
|
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS |
|
|
|
||
|
|
(Cost $7,846,354) |
|
224,731 |
|
||
PREFERRED STOCKS 0.5% |
|
|
|
||||
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY 0.4% |
|
|
|
||||
Automobiles 0.1% |
|
|
|
||||
65,000 |
|
Ford Motor Co., 7.400% |
|
1,180,400 |
|
||
1,800 |
|
Ford Motor Co., 8.000% |
|
35,100 |
|
||
1,800 |
|
Ford Motor Co., Series F, 7.550% |
|
32,670 |
|
||
|
|
Total Automobiles |
|
1,248,170 |
|
||
Media 0.3% |
|
|
|
||||
387 |
|
ION Media Networks Inc., 13.250% (g) |
|
2,941,200 |
|
||
|
|
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY |
|
4,189,370 |
|
||
FINANCIALS 0.1% |
|
|
|
||||
Diversified Financial Services 0.1% |
|
|
|
||||
12,100 |
|
Preferred Plus, Series FRD-1, 7.400% |
|
220,220 |
|
||
8,200 |
|
Preferred Plus, Series FMC1 Trust, Senior Debentures, Series LMG-3, 8.250% |
|
168,920 |
|
||
See Notes to Schedule of Investments.
14
Western Asset High Income Fund II Inc.
Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)
January 31, 2007
Shares |
|
Security |
|
Value |
|
|
Diversified Financial Services 0.1% (continued) |
|
|
|
|||
44,100 |
|
Saturns, Series F 2003-5, 8.125% |
|
$ |
863,478 |
|
17,552 |
|
TCR Holdings Corp., Class B Shares (a)(b)* |
|
17 |
|
|
9,654 |
|
TCR Holdings Corp., Class C Shares (a)(b)* |
|
10 |
|
|
25,451 |
|
TCR Holdings Corp., Class D Shares (a)(b)* |
|
25 |
|
|
52,657 |
|
TCR Holdings Corp., Class E Shares (a)(b)* |
|
53 |
|
|
|
|
TOTAL FINANCIALS |
|
1,252,723 |
|
|
|
|
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Cost $5,156,455) |
|
5,442,093 |
|
|
CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS 0.1% |
|
|
|
|||
ENERGY 0.1% |
|
|
|
|||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 0.1% |
|
|
|
|||
5,355 |
|
Chesapeake Energy Corp., Convertible, 6.250% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Cost - $1,345,637) |
|
1,365,525 |
|
|
ESCROWED SHARES 0.0% |
|
|
|
|||
8,800,000 |
|
Breed Technologies Inc. (a)(b)(c)* |
|
0 |
|
|
2,025,000 |
|
Pillowtex Corp. (a)(b)(c)* |
|
0 |
|
|
2,648,056 |
|
Vlasic Foods International Inc. (a)(b)(c)* |
|
52,961 |
|
|
|
|
TOTAL ESCROWED SHARES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Cost $0) |
|
52,961 |
|
|
Warrants |
|
|
|
|
|
WARRANTS 0.1% |
|
|
|
||
18,500 |
|
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Oil-linked payment obligations, Expires 4/15/20* |
|
629,000 |
|
3,500 |
|
Brown Jordan International Inc., Expires 8/15/07(a)(e)* |
|
35 |
|
30,928,049 |
|
ContiFinancial Corp., Liquidating Trust, Units of Interest (Represents interest in a trust in the liquidation of ContiFinancial Corp. and its affiliates)(a)(c)* |
|
93 |
|
2,750 |
|
Leap Wireless International Inc., Expires 4/15/10(a)(b)(e)* |
|
0 |
|
3,500 |
|
Mattress Discounters Co., Expires 7/15/07(a)(b)(e)* |
|
0 |
|
13,614 |
|
Pillowtex Corp., Expires 11/24/09(a)(b)* |
|
0 |
|
5,000 |
|
UbiquiTel Inc., Expires 4/15/10(a)(b)(e)* |
|
50 |
|
|
|
TOTAL WARRANTS |
|
|
|
|
|
(Cost $538,361) |
|
629,178 |
|
|
|
TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS |
|
|
|
|
|
(Cost $1,126,885,863) |
|
1,146,223,412 |
|
Face |
|
|
|
|
|
||
Amount |
|
|
|
|
|
||
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 2.8% |
|
|
|
||||
Certificate of Deposit (Yankee) 0.1% |
|
|
|
||||
$ |
1,800,000 |
|
UBS AG Jersey Branch, Medium-Term Notes, 7.684% due 4/12/07 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Cost - $1,806,480) |
|
1,806,480 |
|
||
Sovereign Bonds 1.2% |
|
|
|
||||
|
|
Egypt Treasury Bills: |
|
|
|
||
5,500,000 |
|
EGP |
Zero coupon bond to yield 9.724% due 4/17/07 |
|
946,706 |
|
|
47,100,000 |
|
EGP |
Zero coupon bond to yield 9.643% due 10/30/07 |
|
7,721,724 |
|
|
33,275,000 |
|
EGP |
Zero coupon bond to yield 9.307% due 11/6/07 |
|
5,447,911 |
|
|
|
|
Total Sovereign Bonds |
|
|
|
||
|
|
(Cost $14,039,486) |
|
14,116,341 |
|
||
Repurchase Agreement 1.5% |
|
|
|
||||
17,200,000 |
|
Nomura Securities International Inc. repurchase agreement dated 1/31/07, 5.240% due 2/1/07; Proceeds at maturity - $17,202,504; (Fully collateralized by various U.S. government agency obligations, 4.250% to 5.500% due 5/16/08 to 1/23/12; Market value - $17,548,789) |
|
|
|
||
|
|
(Cost - $17,200,000) (d) |
|
17,200,000 |
|
||
See Notes to Schedule of Investments.
15
Western Asset High Income Fund II Inc.
Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)
January 31, 2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Cost $33,045,966) |
|
$ |
33,122,821 |
|
|
|
TOTAL INVESTMENTS 100.0% (Cost $1,159,931,829#) |
|
$ |
1,179,346,233 |
|
Non-income producing security. |
|
|
Face amount denominated in U.S. dollars, unless otherwise noted. |
(a) |
Illiquid security. |
(b) |
Security is valued in good faith at fair value by or under the direction of the Board of Directors (See Note 1). |
(c) |
Security is currently in default. |
(d) |
All or a portion of this security is segregated for extended settlements, reverse repurchase agreements and TBAs. |
(e) |
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. |
(f) |
Variable rate security. Interest rate disclosed is that which is in effect at January 31, 2007. |
(g) |
Payment-in-kind security for which part of the income earned may be paid as additional principal. |
(h) |
This security is traded on a to-be-announced (TBA) basis (See Note 1). |
# |
Aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes is substantially the same. |
|
|
|
Abbreviations used in this schedule: |
|
ARS - Argentine Peso |
|
EGP - Egyptian Pound |
|
EUR - Euro |
|
FLIRB - Front-Loaded Interest Reduction Bonds |
|
GDP - Gross Domestic Product |
|
MXN - Mexican Peso |
|
PDI - Past Due Interest |
|
RUB - Russian Ruble |
See Notes to Schedule of Investments.
16
Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited)
1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies
Western Asset High Income Fund II Inc. (the Fund) was incorporated in Maryland and is registered as a diversified, closed-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (the 1940 Act). The Fund seeks to maximize current income by investing at least 80% of its net assets plus any borrowings for investment purposes in high yield debt securities. As a secondary objective, the Fund seeks capital appreciation to the extent consistent with its objective of seeking to maximize current income.
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. Debt securities are valued at the mean between the bid and asked prices provided by an independent pricing service that are based on transactions in debt obligations, quotations from bond dealers, market transactions in comparable securities and various other relationships between securities. Equity securities for which market quotations are available are valued at the last sale price or official closing price on the primary market or exchange on which they trade. Publicly traded foreign government debt securities are typically traded internationally in the over-the-counter market, and are valued at the mean between the bid and asked prices as of the close of business of that market. When prices are not readily available, or are determined not to reflect fair value, 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 may value these investments at fair value as determined in accordance with the procedures approved by the Funds Board of Directors. Short-term obligations with maturities of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.
(b) Repurchase Agreements. When entering into repurchase agreements, it is the Funds policy that its custodian or a third party custodian take possession of the underlying collateral securities, the market value of which at least equals the principal amount of the repurchase transaction, including accrued interest. To the extent that any repurchase transaction exceeds one business day, the value of the collateral is marked-to-market to ensure the adequacy of the collateral. If the seller defaults, and the market value of the collateral declines 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 in which the Fund sells portfolio securities and agrees to repurchase them from the buyer at a specified date and price. Whenever the Fund enters into a reverse repurchase agreement, the Funds custodian delivers liquid assets to the counterparty in an amount at least equal to the repurchase price (including accrued interest). The Fund pays interest on amounts obtained pursuant to reverse repurchase agreements. Reverse repurchase agreements are considered to be borrowings, which may create leverage risk to the Fund.
(d) Securities Traded on a To-Be-Announced Basis. The Fund may trade securities on a to-be-announced (TBA) basis. In a TBA transaction, the Fund commit to purchasing or selling securities, which have not yet been issued by the issuer and for which specific information is not known, such as the face amount and maturity date and the underlying pool of investments in U.S. government agency mortgage pass-through transactions. Securities purchased on a TBA basis are not settled until they are delivered to the Fund, normally 15 to 45 days later. Beginning on the date the Fund enter 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 transactions are subject to market fluctuations and their current value is determined in the same manner as for other securities.
(e) Loan Participations. The Fund may invest in loans arranged through private negotiation between one or more financial institutions. The Funds investment in any such loan may be in the form of a participation in or an assignment of the loan. In connection with purchasing participations, the Fund generally will have no right to enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of the loan agreement relating to the loan, nor any rights of set-off 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 set-off between the lender and the borrower.
Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)
(f) Credit and Market Risk. The Fund invests in high yield and emerging market instruments that are subject to certain credit and market risks. The yields of high yield and emerging market debt obligations reflect, among other things, perceived credit and market risks. The Funds investment in securities rated below investment grade typically involve risks not associated with higher rated securities including, among others, greater risk related to timely and ultimate payment of interest and principal, greater market price volatility and less liquid secondary market trading. The consequences of political, social, economic or diplomatic changes may have disruptive effects on the market prices of investments held by the Fund. The Funds investment in non-dollar denominated securities may also result in foreign currency losses caused by devaluations and exchange rate fluctuations.
(g) Foreign Currency Translation. Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts based upon prevailing exchange rates on the date of valuation. Purchases and sales of investment securities and income and expense items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts based upon prevailing exchange rates on the respective dates of such transactions.
Foreign security and currency transactions may involve certain considerations and risks not typically associated with those of U.S. dollar denominated transactions as a result of, among other factors, the possibility of lower levels of governmental supervision and regulation of foreign securities markets and the possibility of political or economic instability.
(h) Security Transactions. Security transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis.
2. Investments
At January 31, 2007, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were substantially as follows:
Gross unrealized appreciation |
|
$ |
47,916,499 |
|
Gross unrealized depreciation |
|
(28,502,095 |
) |
|
Net unrealized appreciation |
|
$ |
19,414,404 |
|
Transactions in reverse repurchase agreements for the Fund during the period ended January 31, 2007 were as follows:
Average |
|
Weighted |
|
Maximum |
|
||
Daily |
|
Average |
|
Amount |
|
||
Balance |
|
Interest Rate |
|
Outstanding |
|
||
$ |
63,634,084 |
|
5.185 |
% |
$ |
90,229,562 |
|
Interest rates on reverse repurchase agreements ranged from 1.00% to 5.400% during the period ended January 31, 2007.
At January 31, 2007, the Fund had the following reverse repurchase agreements outstanding:
FACE |
|
|
|
|
||
AMOUNT |
|
SECURITY |
|
VALUE |
||
$ |
1,565,602 |
|
Reverse Repurchase Agreement with Credit Suisse First Boston, dated 11/21/06 bearing 5.350% to be repurchased at $1,582,586 on 2/2/07, collateralized by: $1,464,000 Republic of Turkey, 9.500% due 1/15/14; Market value (including accrued interest) - $1,708,431. |
|
$ |
1,565,602 |
|
|
|
|
|
||
2,380,201 |
|
Reverse Repurchase Agreement with Credit Suisse First Boston, dated 11/21/06 bearing 5.350% to be repurchased at $2,407,438 on 2/6/07, collateralized by: $2,106,000 Republic of Turkey, 11.500% due 1/23/12; Market value (including accrued interest) - $2,575,339. |
|
2,380,201 |
||
|
|
|
|
|
||
4,706,513 |
|
Reverse Repurchase Agreement with Credit Suisse First Boston, dated 1/22/07 bearing 5.250% to be repurchased at $4,714,063 on 2/02/07, collateralized by: $5,290,000 Gazprom, 6.212% due 11/22/16; Market value (including accrued interest) - $5,296,266. |
|
4,706,513 |
||
Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)
$ |
1,026,990 |
|
Reverse Repurchase Agreement with Credit Suisse First Boston, dated 1/9/07 bearing 5.350% to be repurchased at $1,031,111 on 2/5/07, collateralized by: $900,000 Republic of Venezuela, 10.750% due 9/19/13; Market value (including accrued interest) - $1,146,253 |
|
$ |
1,026,990 |
|
|
|
|
|
||
3,740,054 |
|
Reverse Repurchase Agreement with Credit Suisse First Boston, dated 1/18/07 bearing 1.50% to be repurchased at $3,742,859 on 2/5/07, collateralized by: $3,169,000 Republic of Venezuela, 9.375% due 1/13/34; Market value (including accrued interest) - $4,171,856. |
|
3,740,054 |
||
|
|
|
|
|
||
2,439,325 |
|
Reverse Repurchase Agreement with Credit Suisse First Boston, dated 11/9/06 bearing 5.250% to be repurchased at an amount and date to be determined, collateralized by: $2,650,000 Russian Agricultural bank, 7.175% due 5/16/13; Market value (including accrued interest) - $2,805,719. |
|
2,439,325 |
||
|
|
|
|
|
||
1,699,243 |
|
Reverse Repurchase Agreement with Credit Suisse First Boston, dated 11/9/06 bearing 5.250% to be repurchased at an amount and date to be determined, collateralized by: $1,846,000 Pemex Project Funding Master Trust, 6.125% due 8/15/08; Market value (including accrued interest) - $1,909,308. |
|
1,699,243 |
||
|
|
|
|
|
||
2,347,287 |
|
Reverse Repurchase Agreement with Credit Suisse First Boston, dated 11/9/06 bearing 5.250% to be repurchased at an amount and date to be determined, collateralized by: $1,975,000 Republic of the Philippines, 10.625% due 3/16/25; Market value (including accrued interest) - $2,706,425. |
|
2,347,287 |
||
|
|
|
|
|
||
9,695,608 |
|
Reverse Repurchase Agreement with Credit Suisse First Boston, dated 11/22/06 bearing 5.300% to be repurchased at $9,792,672 on 1/29/07, collateralized by: $8,795,000 United Mexican States, Medium-Term Notes, 8.000% due 9/24/22; Market value (including accrued interest) - $10,828,662 |
|
9,695,608 |
||
|
|
|
|
|
||
4,888,779 |
|
Reverse Repurchase Agreement with Credit Suisse First Boston, dated 11/24/06 bearing 5.300% to be repurchased at $4,941,320 on 2/5/07, collateralized by: $5,145,000 Republic of Colombia, 7.375% due 9/18/37; Market value (including accrued interest) - $5,027,750. |
|
4,888,779 |
||
|
|
|
|
|
||
936,915 |
|
Reverse Repurchase Agreement with Credit Suisse First Boston, dated 11/21/06 bearing 5.350% to be repurchased at an amount and date to be determined, collateralized by: $1,050,000 Petrozuata Finance Inc, 8.220% due 4/1/17; Market value (including accrued interest) - $1,018,737. |
|
936,915 |
||
|
|
|
|
|
||
860,297 |
|
Reverse Repurchase Agreement with JPMorgan Chase & Co., dated 11/21/06 bearing 5.350% to be repurchased at an amount and date to be determined, collateralized by: $965,000 Republic of Turkey, 11.875% due 1/15/30; Market value (including accrued interest) - $981,960. |
|
860,297 |
||
|
|
|
|
|
||
4,703,530 |
|
Reverse Repurchase Agreement with Credit Suisse First Boston, dated 11/30/06 bearing 5.400% to be repurchased at an amount and date to be determined, collateralized by: $4,850,000 Grupo Transportacion Ferroviaria Mexicana SA de CV, 9.375% due 5/1/12; Market value (including accrued interest) - $5,317,181. |
|
4,703,530 |
||
|
|
|
|
|
||
1,323,416 |
|
Reverse Repurchase Agreement with Credit Suisse First Boston, dated 11/30/06 bearing 5.350% to be repurchased at an amount and date to be determined, collateralized by: $1,360,000 TNKBP Finance SA, 7.500% due 7/18/16; Market value (including accrued interest) - $1,427,457. |
|
1,323,416 |
Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)
$ |
2,778,664 |
|
Reverse Repurchase Agreement with Credit Suisse First Boston, dated 11/30/06 bearing 5.350% to be repurchased at an amount and date to be determined, collateralized by: $4,060,000 Republic of Peru, 5.000% due 8/7/17; Market value (including accrued interest) - $3,138,993. |
|
$ |
2,778,664 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
1,372,410 |
|
Reverse Repurchase Agreement with Credit Suisse First Boston, dated 12/4/06 bearing 5.250% to be repurchased at an amount and date to be determined, collateralized by: $1,300,000 Republic of EL Salvador, 7.750% due 1/24/23; Market value (including accrued interest) |
|
$ |
1,372,410 |
||
|
|
|
|
|
|||
1,358,334 |
|
Reverse Repurchase Agreement with Credit Suisse First Boston, dated 12/14/06 bearing 5.350% to be repurchased at $1,369,033 on 2/5/07, collateralized by: $1,020,000 United Mexican States, 11.375% due 9/15/16; Market value (including accrued interest) - $1,531,920. |
|
1,358,334 |
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|||
1,297,331 |
|
Reverse Repurchase Agreement with Credit Suisse First Boston, dated 12/14/06 bearing 5.250% to be repurchased at an amount and date to be determined, collateralized by: $1,295,000 Enersis SA, 7.375% due 1/15/14; Market value (including accrued interest) - $1,410,765. |
|
1,297,331 |
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|||
2,305,149 |
|
Reverse Repurchase Agreement with Credit Suisse First Boston, dated 1/8/07 bearing 5.350% to be repurchased at an amount and date to be determined, collateralized by: $2,005,000 Federative Republic of Brazil, 8.750% due 2/4/25; Market value (including accrued interest) - $2,555,947. |
|
2,305,149 |
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|||
790,778 |
|
Reverse Repurchase Agreement with Credit Suisse First Boston, dated 1/24/07 bearing 5.250% to be repurchased at an amount and date to be determined, collateralized by: $668,000 Republic of Peru, 8.750% due 11/21/33; Market value (including accrued interest) - $870,339. |
|
790,778 |
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|||
2,863,757 |
|
Reverse Repurchase Agreement with Credit Suisse First Boston, dated 1/25/07 bearing 5.350% to be repurchased at $2,875,248 on 2/21/07, collateralized by: $2,795,000 Russian Federation, 5.000% due 3/31/30; Market value (including accrued interest) - $3,158,792. |
|
2,863,757 |
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|||
15,409,746 |
|
Reverse Repurchase Agreement with Credit Suisse First Boston, dated 1/31/07 bearing 5.250% to be repurchased at $15,420,982 on 2/5/07, collateralized by: $12,564,000 Federative Republic of Brazil, 11.000% due 8/17/40; Market value (including accrued interest) - $17,342,719. |
|
15,409,746 |
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|||
3,424,857 |
|
Reverse Repurchase Agreement with Credit Suisse First Boston, dated 1/31/07 bearing 5.300% to be repurchased at an amount and date to be determined, collateralized by: $3,449,000 Federative Republic of Brazil, 8.000% due 1/15/15; Market value (including accrued interest) - $3,824,103. |
|
3,424,857 |
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|||
2,644,827 |
|
Reverse Repurchase Agreement with Credit Suisse First Boston, dated 1/31/07 bearing 5.250% to be repurchased at $2,647,141 on 2/06/07, collateralized by: $2,894,000 United Mexican States, 8.875% due 1/15/14; Market value (including accrued interest) - $2,942,479. |
|
2,644,827 |
|||
Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)
$ |
1,362,375 |
|
Reverse Repurchase Agreement with Credit Suisse First Boston, dated 1/31/07 bearing 5.250% to be repurchased at an amount and date to be determined, collateralized by: $2,100,000 Republic Of Ecuador, 10.000% due 8/15/30; Market value (including accrued interest) - $1,745,511. |
|
$ |
1,362,375 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
8,525,697 |
|
Reverse Repurchase Agreement with Credit Suisse First Boston, dated 1/31/07 bearing 5.350% to be repurchased at an amount and date to be determined, collateralized by: $10,246,000 Republic of Venezuela, 5.750% due 2/26/16; Market value (including accrued interest) - $9,642,333. |
|
8,525,697 |
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
Total Reverse Repurchase Agreements |
|
|
|||
|
|
(Proceeds - $86,447,685) |
$ |
86,447,685 |
|||
3. Loan
At January 31, 2007, the Fund had a $125,000,000 loan outstanding pursuant to a revolving credit and security agreement among the Fund, CIESCO, LLC and Citibank, N.A.. The loan generally bears interest at a variable rate based on the weighted average interest rates of the underlying commercial paper or LIBOR plus any applicable margin. Securities held by the Fund are subject to a lien, granted to the lender, to the extent of the borrowings outstanding and any additional expenses.
ITEM 2. |
CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES. |
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
The registrants principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the registrants disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a- 3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of the disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. |
|
|
|
|
(b) |
There were no changes in the registrants internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the registrants last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are likely to materially affect the registrants internal control over financial reporting. |
|
|
|
ITEM 3. |
EXHIBITS. |
|
|
|
|
|
Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, are attached hereto. |
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 High Income Fund II Inc.
By: |
/s/ R. Jay Gerken |
|
|
||
R. Jay Gerken |
|
||||
Chief Executive Officer |
|
||||
|
|
||||
Date: |
March 29, 2007 |
|
|
||
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 |
|
||||
|
|
||||
Date: |
March 29, 2007 |
|
|
||
By: |
/s/ Frances M. Guggino |
|
|
||
Frances M. Guggino |
|
||||
Chief Financial Officer |
|
||||
|
|
||||
Date: |
March 29, 2007 |
|
|
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