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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-CSR

 

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number 811-21337

 

 

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

620 Eighth Avenue, 47th Floor, New York, NY 10018

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

 

George P. Hoyt.

Franklin Templeton

100 First Stamford Place

Stamford, CT 06902

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 1-888-777-0102

Date of fiscal year end: May 31

Date of reporting period: November 30, 2023

 

 

 


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ITEM 1.

REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS.

The Semi-Annual Report to Stockholders is filed herewith.


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LOGO

 

Semi-Annual Report   November 30, 2023

WESTERN ASSET

GLOBAL HIGH INCOME FUND INC. (EHI)

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOGO

 

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


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What’s inside      
Letter from the chairman     III  
Performance review     V  
Fund at a glance     1  
Schedule of investments     2  
Statement of assets and liabilities     21  
Statement of operations     22  
Statements of changes in net assets     23  
Statement of cash flows     24  
Financial highlights     25  
Notes to financial statements     27  
Additional shareholder information     42  
Dividend reinvestment plan     43  

Fund objectives

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

Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests in a global portfolio of securities consisting of below investment grade fixed income securities, emerging market fixed income securities and investment grade fixed income securities.

 

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Letter from the chairman

 

LOGO

 

Dear Shareholder,

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

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

 

 

Fund prices and performance,

 

 

Market insights and commentaries from our portfolio managers, and

 

 

A host of educational resources.

We look forward to helping you meet your financial goals.

Sincerely,

 

LOGO

Jane Trust, CFA

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

December 29, 2023

 

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Performance review

 

For the six months ended November 30, 2023, Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc. returned 6.06% based on its net asset value (“NAV”)i and 9.45% based on its New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) market price per share. The Fund’s unmanaged benchmarks, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Indexii, the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield — 2% Issuer Cap Indexiii and the J.P. Morgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Globaliv, returned -0.80%, 5.52% and 3.47%, respectively, over the same time frame.

The Fund has a practice of seeking to maintain a relatively stable level of distributions to shareholders. This practice has no impact on the Fund’s investment strategy and may reduce the Fund’s NAV. The Fund’s manager believes the practice helps maintain the Fund’s competitiveness and may benefit the Fund’s market price and premium/discount to the Fund’s NAV.

During this six-month period, the Fund made distributions to shareholders totaling $0.40 per share. As of November 30, 2023, the Fund estimates that 80% of the distributions were sourced from net investment income and 20% constituted a return of capital.* The performance table shows the Fund’s six-month total return based on its NAV and market price as of November 30, 2023. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

 

Performance Snapshot as of November 30, 2023

(unaudited)

 
Price Per Share  

6-Month

Total Return**

 
$7.17 (NAV)     6.06%†  
$ 6.87 (Market Price)     9.45%‡  

All figures represent past performance and are not a guarantee of future results. Performance figures for periods shorter than one year represent cumulative figures and are not annualized.

** Total returns are based on changes in NAV or market price, respectively. Returns reflect the deduction of all Fund expenses, including management fees, operating expenses, and other Fund expenses. Returns do not reflect the deduction of brokerage commissions or taxes that investors may pay on distributions or the sale of shares.

† Total return assumes the reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, at NAV.

‡ Total return assumes the reinvestment of all distributions, including returns of capital, if any, in additional shares in accordance with the Fund’s Dividend Reinvestment Plan.

 

 

*

These estimates are not for tax purposes. The Fund will issue a Form 1099 with final composition of the distributions for tax purposes after year-end. A return of capital is not taxable and results in a reduction in the tax basis of a shareholder’s investment. For more information about a distribution’s composition, please refer to the Fund’s distribution press release or, if applicable, the Section 19 notice located in the press release section of our website, www.franklintempleton.com.

 

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Performance review (cont’d)

 

Looking for additional information?

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

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

Thank you for your investment in the Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc. As always, we appreciate that you have chosen us to manage your assets and we remain focused on achieving the Fund’s investment goals.

Sincerely,

 

LOGO

Jane Trust, CFA

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

December 29, 2023

RISKS: The Fund is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company designed primarily as a long-term investment and not as a trading vehicle. The Fund is not intended to be a complete investment program and, due to the uncertainty inherent in all investments, there can be no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective. The Fund’s common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Similar to stocks, the Fund’s share price will fluctuate with market conditions and, at the time of sale, may be worth more or less than the original investment. Shares of closed-end funds often trade at a discount to their net asset value. Because the Fund is non-diversified, it may be more susceptible to economic, political or regulatory events than a diversified fund. The Fund’s investments are subject to a number of risks, including credit risk, inflation risk, call risk and interest rate risk. An investment in the Fund is subject to investment risk, including the possible loss of the entire principal amount that you invest. As interest rates rise, bond prices fall, reducing the value of the Fund’s holdings. The Fund may use derivatives, such as options, futures contracts, swap agreements and credit default swaps, which can be illiquid, may disproportionately increase losses and have a potentially large impact on Fund performance. Investing in foreign securities is subject to certain risks not associated with domestic investing, such as currency fluctuations, and changes in political, social and economic conditions. These risks are magnified in emerging or developing markets. Emerging market countries tend to have economic, political and legal systems that are less

 

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developed and are less stable than those of more developed countries. High yield bonds, also known as “junk bonds”, involve greater credit risk (risk of default) and liquidity risk than investment grade bonds. Leverage may result in greater volatility of NAV and the market price of common shares and increases shareholder’s risk of loss. The market values of securities or other assets will fluctuate, sometimes sharply and unpredictably, due to changes in general market conditions, overall economic trends or events, governmental actions or intervention, actions taken by the U.S. Federal Reserve or foreign central banks, market disruptions caused by trade disputes or other factors, political developments, armed conflicts, economic sanctions and countermeasures in response to sanctions, major cybersecurity events, investor sentiment, the global and domestic effects of a pandemic, and other factors that may or may not be related to the issuer of the security or other asset. The Fund may also invest in money market funds, including funds affiliated with the Fund’s manager and subadvisers.

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

 

 

 

 

 

i 

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

 

ii 

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

 

iii 

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

 

iv 

The J.P. Morgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global tracks total returns for U.S. dollar-denominated debt instruments issued by emerging market sovereign and quasi-sovereign entities: Brady bonds, loans, Eurobonds and local market instruments.

 

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Fund at a glance (unaudited)

 

Investment breakdown (%) as a percent of total investments

 

LOGO

 

The bar graph above represents the composition of the Fund’s investments as of November 30, 2023 and May 31, 2023 and does not include derivatives, such as forward foreign currency contracts. The Fund is actively managed. As a result, the composition of the Fund’s investments is subject to change at any time.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited)

November 30, 2023

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  
Corporate Bonds & Notes — 117.0%                                
Communication Services — 12.2%                                

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 3.6%

                               

Altice Financing SA, Senior Secured Notes

    5.000     1/15/28       750,000     $ 642,851  (a)(b) 

Altice Financing SA, Senior Secured Notes

    5.750     8/15/29       1,390,000       1,144,461  (a)(b) 

Altice France Holding SA, Senior Notes

    6.000     2/15/28       850,000       344,245  (a) 

Altice France Holding SA, Senior Secured Notes

    10.500     5/15/27       1,470,000       782,190  (a) 

Altice France SA, Senior Secured Notes

    5.500     1/15/28       210,000       160,923  (a) 

British Telecommunications PLC, Senior Notes

    9.625     12/15/30       60,000       72,610  

Telecom Italia Capital SA, Senior Notes

    7.200     7/18/36       1,130,000       1,098,728  

Telecom Italia SpA, Senior Notes

    5.303     5/30/24       750,000       744,596  (a)(b) 

Turk Telekomunikasyon AS, Senior Notes

    4.875     6/19/24       300,000       295,440  (a) 

Turk Telekomunikasyon AS, Senior Notes

    6.875     2/28/25       500,000       492,196  (a) 

Total Diversified Telecommunication Services

 

            5,778,240  

Entertainment — 0.5%

                               

Banijay Entertainment SASU, Senior Secured Notes

    8.125     5/1/29       870,000       877,889  (a) 

Interactive Media & Services — 0.3%

                               

Match Group Holdings II LLC, Senior Notes

    3.625     10/1/31       500,000       409,067  (a)(b) 

Media — 4.3%

                               

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

    4.250     1/15/34       2,280,000       1,780,291  (a)(b) 

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

    7.750     4/15/28       720,000       590,885  (a)(b) 

DirecTV Financing LLC/DirecTV Financing Co-Obligor Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    5.875     8/15/27       1,170,000       1,053,990  (a)(b) 

DISH DBS Corp., Senior Notes

    7.750     7/1/26       1,060,000       633,716  

DISH DBS Corp., Senior Notes

    7.375     7/1/28       460,000       227,841  

DISH DBS Corp., Senior Notes

    5.125     6/1/29       1,420,000       644,489  

United Group BV, Senior Secured Notes

    5.250     2/1/30       540,000  EUR      531,879  (c) 

Virgin Media Finance PLC, Senior Notes

    5.000     7/15/30       1,260,000       1,053,137  (a)(b) 

Virgin Media Vendor Financing Notes III DAC, Senior Secured Notes

    4.875     7/15/28       500,000  GBP      552,328  (a) 

Total Media

                            7,068,556  

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 3.5%

                               

CSC Holdings LLC, Senior Notes

    5.750     1/15/30       3,660,000       2,070,810  (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  

Wireless Telecommunication Services — continued

 

                       

CSC Holdings LLC, Senior Notes

    4.500     11/15/31       800,000     $ 566,848  (a) 

Millicom International Cellular SA, Senior Notes

    4.500     4/27/31       750,000       601,125  (a) 

Sprint Capital Corp., Senior Notes

    6.875     11/15/28       560,000       592,634  

Sprint Capital Corp., Senior Notes

    8.750     3/15/32       1,160,000       1,387,292  (b) 

Vmed O2 UK Financing I PLC, Senior Secured Notes

    4.500     7/15/31       450,000  GBP      468,745  (a) 

Total Wireless Telecommunication Services

 

            5,687,454  

Total Communication Services

                            19,821,206  
Consumer Discretionary — 22.5%                                

Automobile Components — 3.1%

                               

Adient Global Holdings Ltd., Senior Notes

    4.875     8/15/26       530,000       510,588  (a)(b) 

American Axle & Manufacturing Inc., Senior Notes

    6.500     4/1/27       1,450,000       1,399,661  (b) 

Clarios Global LP/Clarios US Finance Co., Senior Notes

    8.500     5/15/27       310,000       312,438  (a) 

JB Poindexter & Co. Inc., Senior Notes

    7.125     4/15/26       1,800,000       1,772,370  (a)(b) 

ZF North America Capital Inc., Senior Notes

    6.875     4/14/28       500,000       507,437  (a) 

ZF North America Capital Inc., Senior Notes

    7.125     4/14/30       510,000       523,836  (a) 

Total Automobile Components

                            5,026,330  

Automobiles — 2.3%

                               

Ford Motor Co., Senior Notes

    3.250     2/12/32       1,990,000       1,587,942  (b) 

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, Senior Notes

    7.350     3/6/30       500,000       519,511  

General Motors Co., Senior Notes

    6.125     10/1/25       350,000       351,785  (b) 

Nissan Motor Co. Ltd., Senior Notes

    4.810     9/17/30       1,500,000       1,336,272  (a)(b) 

Total Automobiles

                            3,795,510  

Broadline Retail — 1.4%

                               

Marks & Spencer PLC, Senior Notes

    3.750     5/19/26       300,000  GBP      361,529  (c) 

Marks & Spencer PLC, Senior Notes

    7.125     12/1/37       470,000       453,989  (a) 

MercadoLibre Inc., Senior Notes

    3.125     1/14/31       1,800,000       1,466,097  (b) 

Total Broadline Retail

                            2,281,615  

Distributors — 0.7%

                               

Ritchie Bros Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

    7.750     3/15/31       1,110,000       1,153,124  (a) 

Diversified Consumer Services — 2.3%

                               

APCOA Parking Holdings GmbH, Senior Secured Notes

    4.625     1/15/27       1,730,000  EUR      1,730,404  (a) 

Carriage Services Inc., Senior Notes

    4.250     5/15/29       510,000       431,911  (a)(b) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

November 30, 2023

 

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Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  

Diversified Consumer Services — continued

                               

Service Corp. International, Senior Notes

    7.500     4/1/27       770,000     $ 787,660  

StoneMor Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    8.500     5/15/29       980,000       784,696  (a) 

Total Diversified Consumer Services

                            3,734,671  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 12.5%

                               

888 Acquisitions Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

    7.558     7/15/27       1,350,000  EUR      1,378,551  (a) 

Carnival Holdings Bermuda Ltd., Senior Notes

    10.375     5/1/28       30,000       32,651  (a)(b) 

Carnival PLC, Senior Notes

    1.000     10/28/29       2,760,000  EUR      2,065,477  

Carrols Restaurant Group Inc., Senior Notes

    5.875     7/1/29       460,000       402,681  (a) 

Full House Resorts Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    8.250     2/15/28       710,000       638,478  (a) 

IRB Holding Corp., Senior Secured Notes

    7.000     6/15/25       1,160,000       1,158,903  (a)(b) 

Las Vegas Sands Corp., Senior Notes

    3.900     8/8/29       1,260,000       1,126,251  (b) 

Melco Resorts Finance Ltd., Senior Notes

    5.375     12/4/29       780,000       654,011  (a)(b) 

NCL Corp. Ltd., Senior Notes

    5.875     3/15/26       490,000       464,643  (a)(b) 

NCL Corp. Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

    8.125     1/15/29       190,000       193,627  (a) 

NCL Finance Ltd., Senior Notes

    6.125     3/15/28       2,030,000       1,843,594  (a)(b) 

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., Senior Notes

    5.375     7/15/27       1,900,000       1,829,528  (a)(b) 

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., Senior Notes

    5.500     4/1/28       1,170,000       1,118,717  (a)(b) 

Saga PLC, Senior Notes

    3.375     5/12/24       810,000  GBP      981,681  (c) 

Saga PLC, Senior Notes

    5.500     7/15/26       310,000  GBP      316,610  (c) 

Sands China Ltd., Senior Notes

    3.100     3/8/29       680,000       570,468  

Sands China Ltd., Senior Notes

    4.875     6/18/30       830,000       731,842  

Sands China Ltd., Senior Notes

    3.500     8/8/31       650,000       519,236  

Viking Ocean Cruises Ship VII Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

    5.625     2/15/29       764,000       707,231  (a)(b) 

VOC Escrow Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

    5.000     2/15/28       160,000       149,482  (a)(b) 

Wheel Bidco Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

    6.750     7/15/26       450,000  GBP      486,171  (a) 

Wynn Macau Ltd., Senior Notes

    5.625     8/26/28       1,200,000       1,065,153  (a) 

Wynn Macau Ltd., Senior Notes

    5.125     12/15/29       270,000       229,080  (a) 

Wynn Resorts Finance LLC/Wynn Resorts Capital Corp., Senior Notes

    5.125     10/1/29       1,330,000       1,198,925  (a)(b) 

Wynn Resorts Finance LLC/Wynn Resorts Capital Corp., Senior Notes

    7.125     2/15/31       470,000       468,245  (a) 

Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

                            20,331,236  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Specialty Retail — 0.2%

                               

Michaels Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    7.875     5/1/29       590,000     $ 335,852  (a) 

Total Consumer Discretionary

                            36,658,338  
Consumer Staples — 0.5%                                

Food Products — 0.5%

                               

Bellis Acquisition Co. PLC, Senior Secured Notes

    3.250     2/16/26       320,000  GBP      369,645  (c) 

FAGE International SA/FAGE USA Dairy Industry Inc., Senior Notes

    5.625     8/15/26       500,000       484,498  (a) 

Total Consumer Staples

                            854,143  
Energy — 29.0%                                

Energy Equipment & Services — 0.6%

                               

Noble Finance II LLC, Senior Notes

    8.000     4/15/30       500,000       513,473  (a) 

Sunnova Energy Corp., Senior Notes

    5.875     9/1/26       540,000       438,277  (a) 

Total Energy Equipment & Services

                            951,750  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 28.4%

                               

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

    5.100     9/1/40       1,400,000       1,154,244  (b) 

Blue Racer Midstream LLC/Blue Racer Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    7.625     12/15/25       100,000       101,078  (a)(b) 

Continental Resources Inc., Senior Notes

    3.800     6/1/24       1,040,000       1,028,255  (b) 

Continental Resources Inc., Senior Notes

    4.375     1/15/28       790,000       748,013  

Continental Resources Inc., Senior Notes

    4.900     6/1/44       300,000       231,290  (b) 

Crescent Energy Finance LLC, Senior Notes

    9.250     2/15/28       400,000       413,718  (a) 

Diamondback Energy Inc., Senior Notes

    3.500     12/1/29       730,000       660,139  

Ecopetrol SA, Senior Notes

    8.875     1/13/33       440,000       454,187  

Ecopetrol SA, Senior Notes

    5.875     5/28/45       3,300,000       2,353,372  (d) 

Ecopetrol SA, Senior Notes

    5.875     11/2/51       320,000       219,282  

El Paso Natural Gas Co. LLC, Senior Notes

    8.375     6/15/32       70,000       78,621  

Energy Transfer LP, Junior Subordinated Notes (6.625% to 2/15/28 then 3 mo. USD LIBOR + 4.155%)

    6.625     2/15/28       770,000       626,046  (e)(f) 

EQM Midstream Partners LP, Senior Notes

    4.500     1/15/29       1,060,000       968,109  (a)(b) 

EQM Midstream Partners LP, Senior Notes

    7.500     6/1/30       510,000       526,668  (a)(b) 

EQM Midstream Partners LP, Senior Notes

    4.750     1/15/31       1,540,000       1,372,536  (a)(b) 

EQT Corp., Senior Notes

    3.900     10/1/27       1,380,000       1,301,806  (b) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

November 30, 2023

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — continued

                               

Hilcorp Energy I LP/Hilcorp Finance Co., Senior Notes

    8.375     11/1/33       470,000     $ 484,548  (a) 

KazMunayGas National Co. JSC, Senior Notes

    3.500     4/14/33       500,000       389,800  (a) 

Kinder Morgan Inc., Senior Notes

    7.750     1/15/32       1,390,000       1,544,530  (b) 

NGPL PipeCo LLC, Senior Notes

    7.768     12/15/37       1,430,000       1,526,486  (a)(b) 

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    6.950     7/1/24       204,000       205,195  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    2.900     8/15/24       710,000       695,064  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    5.550     3/15/26       450,000       448,858  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

    6.200     3/15/40       310,000       305,845  

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

    6.875     1/20/40       850,000       829,402  (d) 

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

    6.750     1/27/41       3,910,000       3,730,903  (b) 

Petroleos del Peru SA, Senior Notes

    4.750     6/19/32       1,750,000       1,230,546  (a)(b) 

Petroleos del Peru SA, Senior Notes

    5.625     6/19/47       500,000       299,488  (a) 

Petroleos Mexicanos, Senior Notes

    6.500     6/2/41       250,000       158,743  

Petroleos Mexicanos, Senior Notes

    6.375     1/23/45       3,732,000       2,260,986  

Range Resources Corp., Senior Notes

    4.875     5/15/25       770,000       758,365  (b) 

Range Resources Corp., Senior Notes

    8.250     1/15/29       430,000       445,966  (b) 

Rockies Express Pipeline LLC, Senior Notes

    6.875     4/15/40       330,000       301,027  (a)(b) 

SilverBow Resources Inc., Secured Notes (3 mo. Term SOFR + 7.750%)

    13.135     12/15/28       600,000       588,000  (a)(f)(g) 

Summit Midstream Holdings LLC/Summit Midstream Finance Corp., Secured Notes

    9.000     10/15/26       960,000       954,902  (a)(b) 

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

    6.500     7/15/27       1,220,000       1,232,586  (b) 

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC, Senior Notes

    7.850     2/1/26       1,500,000       1,563,597  (b) 

Venture Global LNG Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    9.875     2/1/32       660,000       676,808  (a) 

Western Midstream Operating LP, Senior Notes

    4.050     2/1/30       340,000       308,375  

Western Midstream Operating LP, Senior Notes

    5.450     4/1/44       2,000,000       1,715,635  (b) 

Western Midstream Operating LP, Senior Notes

    5.300     3/1/48       500,000       414,303  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — continued

                               

Western Midstream Operating LP, Senior Notes

    5.250     2/1/50       6,216,000     $ 5,185,040  (b) 

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    4.550     6/24/24       680,000       675,106  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    7.500     1/15/31       340,000       371,458  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    8.750     3/15/32       486,000       571,374  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

    5.750     6/24/44       1,510,000       1,439,461  (b) 

YPF SA, Senior Notes

    8.500     7/28/25       2,830,000       2,706,601  (a) 

Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

                            46,256,362  

Total Energy

                            47,208,112  
Financials — 18.0%                                

Banks — 11.0%

                               

Banco Mercantil del Norte SA, Junior Subordinated Notes (6.625% to 1/24/32 then 10 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 5.034%)

    6.625     1/24/32       1,340,000       1,113,540  (a)(b)(e)(f) 

Barclays PLC, Junior Subordinated Notes (8.000% to 6/15/24 then 5 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 5.672%)

    8.000     6/15/24       1,400,000       1,380,693  (b)(e)(f) 

BBVA Bancomer SA, Subordinated Notes (5.125% to 1/17/28 then 5 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 2.650%)

    5.125     1/18/33       570,000       513,167  (a)(f) 

BNP Paribas SA, Junior Subordinated Notes (7.750% to 8/16/29 then 5 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 4.899%)

    7.750     8/16/29       2,400,000       2,367,176  (a)(b)(e)(f) 

Comerica Bank, Senior Notes

    2.500     7/23/24       620,000       602,977  

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

    8.125     12/23/25       2,160,000       2,172,182  (a)(b)(e)(f) 

HSBC Holdings PLC, Subordinated Notes (8.113% to 11/3/32 then SOFR + 4.250%)

    8.113     11/3/33       950,000       1,036,793  (b)(f) 

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Subordinated Notes

    5.710     1/15/26       2,250,000       2,209,038  (a) 

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Subordinated Notes (4.198% to 6/1/31 then 1 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 2.600%)

    4.198     6/1/32       1,520,000       1,177,844  (a)(b)(f) 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Junior Subordinated Notes (6.100% to 10/1/24 then 3 mo. Term SOFR + 3.592%)

    6.100     10/1/24       500,000       497,716  (b)(e)(f) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

November 30, 2023

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Banks — continued

                               

Lloyds Banking Group PLC, Junior Subordinated Notes (8.000% to 3/27/30 then 5 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 3.913%)

    8.000     9/27/29       2,360,000     $ 2,241,005  (b)(e)(f) 

UniCredit SpA, Subordinated Notes (7.296% to 4/2/29 then USD 5 year ICE Swap Rate + 4.914%)

    7.296     4/2/34       2,600,000       2,547,209  (a)(b)(f) 

Total Banks

                            17,859,340  

Capital Markets — 1.5%

                               

Credit Suisse AG AT1 Claim

                4,900,000       563,500  *(g) 

UBS Group AG, Junior Subordinated Notes (6.875% to 8/7/25 then USD 5 year ICE Swap Rate + 4.590%)

    6.875     8/7/25       600,000       578,622  (c)(e)(f) 

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

    7.000     1/31/24       720,000       718,419  (a)(b)(e)(f) 

UBS Group AG, Junior Subordinated Notes (9.250% to 11/13/28 then 5 year Treasury Constant Maturity Rate + 4.745%)

    9.250     11/13/28       500,000       523,639  (a)(e)(f) 

Total Capital Markets

                            2,384,180  

Consumer Finance — 0.5%

                               

Navient Corp., Senior Notes

    5.875     10/25/24       480,000       476,033  (b) 

Navient Corp., Senior Notes

    6.750     6/15/26       410,000       408,775  (b) 

Total Consumer Finance

                            884,808  

Financial Services — 5.0%

                               

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

    3.400     10/29/33       4,000,000       3,238,494  

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

    3.373     11/15/25       1,000,000       959,491  (b) 

Global Aircraft Leasing Co. Ltd., Senior Notes (6.500% Cash or 7.250% PIK)

    6.500     9/15/24       3,677,656       3,443,647  (a)(h) 

GTCR W-2 Merger Sub LLC, Senior Secured Notes

    7.500     1/15/31       410,000       418,026  (a) 

GTCR W-2 Merger Sub LLC/GTCR W Dutch Finance Sub BV, Senior Secured Notes

    8.500     1/15/31       100,000  GBP      131,342  (a) 

Total Financial Services

                            8,191,000  

Total Financials

                            29,319,328  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security    Rate      Maturity
Date
     Face
Amount†
     Value  
Health Care — 5.5%                                    

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.4%

                                   

Medline Borrower LP, Senior Secured Notes

     3.875      4/1/29        700,000      $ 621,818  (a) 

Health Care Providers & Services — 1.2%

                                   

Centene Corp., Senior Notes

     2.625      8/1/31        500,000        397,465  

CHS/Community Health Systems Inc., Senior Secured Notes

     4.750      2/15/31        250,000        183,675  (a)(b) 

Legacy LifePoint Health LLC, Senior Secured Notes

     4.375      2/15/27        580,000        508,332  (a)(b) 

Tenet Healthcare Corp., Secured Notes

     6.250      2/1/27        860,000        856,915  (b) 

Total Health Care Providers & Services

                                1,946,387  

Pharmaceuticals — 3.9%

                                   

Bausch Health Cos. Inc., Senior Secured Notes

     4.875      6/1/28        840,000        428,426  (a) 

Cidron Aida Finco Sarl, Senior Secured Notes

     5.000      4/1/28        672,000  EUR       679,355  (a) 

Par Pharmaceutical Inc., Senior Secured Notes

     7.500      4/1/27        310,000        195,571  *(a)(i) 

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV, Senior Notes

     6.000      4/15/24        4,450,000        4,438,965  (b) 

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV, Senior Notes

     3.150      10/1/26        700,000        638,197  

Total Pharmaceuticals

                                6,380,514  

Total Health Care

                                8,948,719  
Industrials — 16.1%                                    

Aerospace & Defense — 1.0%

                                   

Bombardier Inc., Senior Notes

     7.500      2/1/29        620,000        614,846  (a) 

TransDigm Inc., Senior Secured Notes

     7.125      12/1/31        940,000        957,287  (a) 

Total Aerospace & Defense

                                1,572,133  

Building Products — 0.6%

                                   

Standard Industries Inc., Senior Notes

     5.000      2/15/27        360,000        345,027  (a)(b) 

Standard Industries Inc., Senior Notes

     4.375      7/15/30        640,000        561,585  (a)(b) 

Total Building Products

                                906,612  

Commercial Services & Supplies — 2.0%

                                   

CoreCivic Inc., Senior Notes

     8.250      4/15/26        1,700,000        1,735,071  (b) 

CoreCivic Inc., Senior Notes

     4.750      10/15/27        180,000        162,144  

GEO Group Inc., Secured Notes

     10.500      6/30/28        880,000        888,078  

GFL Environmental Inc., Senior Secured Notes

     6.750      1/15/31        440,000        444,400  (a)(j) 

Total Commercial Services & Supplies

                                3,229,693  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

November 30, 2023

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Industrial Conglomerates — 0.2%

                               

Alfa SAB de CV, Senior Notes

    6.875     3/25/44       400,000     $ 371,604  (a)(b) 

Machinery — 0.5%

                               

Titan International Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    7.000     4/30/28       810,000       782,849  (b) 

Passenger Airlines — 11.0%

                               

American Airlines Group Inc., Senior Notes

    3.750     3/1/25       2,030,000       1,943,551  (a)(b) 

American Airlines Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    8.500     5/15/29       1,200,000       1,238,601  (a)(j) 

Delta Air Lines Inc., Senior Notes

    2.900     10/28/24       840,000       813,925  (b) 

Delta Air Lines Inc., Senior Notes

    7.375     1/15/26       690,000       707,077  

Delta Air Lines Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    7.000     5/1/25       6,050,000       6,115,703  (a)(b)(d) 

Mileage Plus Holdings LLC/Mileage Plus Intellectual Property Assets Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

    6.500     6/20/27       1,875,000       1,866,204  (a)(b) 

Spirit Loyalty Cayman Ltd./Spirit IP Cayman Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

    8.000     9/20/25       3,036,000       2,231,460  (a) 

Spirit Loyalty Cayman Ltd./Spirit IP Cayman Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

    8.000     9/20/25       990,000       727,650  (a) 

United Airlines Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

    5.000     2/1/24       2,300,000       2,291,984  (b) 

Total Passenger Airlines

                            17,936,155  

Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.8%

                               

H&E Equipment Services Inc., Senior Notes

    3.875     12/15/28       1,280,000       1,134,367  (a)(b) 

United Rentals North America Inc., Senior Notes

    5.500     5/15/27       250,000       246,514  

Total Trading Companies & Distributors

                            1,380,881  

Total Industrials

                            26,179,927  
Information Technology — 2.0%                                

Communications Equipment — 0.8%

                               

CommScope Inc., Senior Notes

    7.125     7/1/28       182,000       85,231  (a) 

CommScope Inc., Senior Secured Notes

    4.750     9/1/29       270,000       169,656  (a) 

CommScope Technologies LLC, Senior Notes

    5.000     3/15/27       1,560,000       664,755  (a) 

Viasat Inc., Senior Notes

    7.500     5/30/31       490,000       350,962  (a) 

Total Communications Equipment

                            1,270,604  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals — 1.2%

                               

Seagate HDD Cayman, Senior Notes

    4.750     1/1/25       1,330,000     $ 1,313,419  (b) 

Seagate HDD Cayman, Senior Notes

    4.875     6/1/27       630,000       611,079  

Total Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

 

            1,924,498  

Total Information Technology

                            3,195,102  
Materials — 6.3%                                

Chemicals — 1.6%

                               

Braskem America Finance Co., Senior Notes

    7.125     7/22/41       1,060,000       949,942  (c) 

Orbia Advance Corp. SAB de CV, Senior Notes

    5.875     9/17/44       1,000,000       827,509  (a)(b) 

Sasol Financing USA LLC, Senior Notes

    8.750     5/3/29       930,000       927,865  (a) 

Total Chemicals

                            2,705,316  

Construction Materials — 0.5%

                               

Smyrna Ready Mix Concrete LLC, Senior Secured Notes

    8.875     11/15/31       730,000       743,301  (a) 

Summit Materials LLC/Summit Materials Finance Corp., Senior Notes

    7.250     1/15/31       100,000       100,737  (j) 

Total Construction Materials

                            844,038  

Containers & Packaging — 1.7%

                               

Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC/Ardagh Holdings USA Inc., Senior Notes

    5.250     8/15/27       1,840,000       1,353,412  (a)(b) 

Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC/Ardagh Holdings USA Inc., Senior Notes

    5.250     8/15/27       500,000       367,775  (a)(b) 

Pactiv LLC, Senior Notes

    8.375     4/15/27       1,020,000       1,035,877  

Total Containers & Packaging

                            2,757,064  

Metals & Mining — 2.5%

                               

Anglo American Capital PLC, Senior Notes

    4.875     5/14/25       359,000       354,486  (a) 

ArcelorMittal SA, Senior Notes

    7.000     10/15/39       1,140,000       1,180,268  (b) 

First Quantum Minerals Ltd., Senior Notes

    7.500     4/1/25       200,000       185,216  (a) 

First Quantum Minerals Ltd., Senior Notes

    6.875     3/1/26       480,000       414,153  (a) 

Southern Copper Corp., Senior Notes

    5.250     11/8/42       1,620,000       1,449,714  (d) 

Teck Resources Ltd., Senior Notes

    6.000     8/15/40       460,000       443,200  

Total Metals & Mining

                            4,027,037  

Total Materials

                            10,333,455  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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November 30, 2023

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  
Real Estate — 2.5%                                

Health Care REITs — 0.1%

                               

Diversified Healthcare Trust, Senior Notes

    4.375     3/1/31       140,000     $ 98,686  

Hotel & Resort REITs — 0.8%

                               

Service Properties Trust, Senior Notes

    5.500     12/15/27       640,000       570,479  (b) 

Service Properties Trust, Senior Notes

    4.950     10/1/29       480,000       374,281  (b) 

Service Properties Trust, Senior Notes

    4.375     2/15/30       560,000       410,330  (b) 

Total Hotel & Resort REITs

                            1,355,090  

Real Estate Management & Development — 1.2%

                               

China Aoyuan Group Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

    7.950     2/19/24       200,000       4,500  *(c)(i) 

China Aoyuan Group Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

    7.950     6/21/24       400,000       10,000  *(c)(i) 

Country Garden Holdings Co. Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

    8.000     1/27/24       400,000       37,644  *(c)(i) 

Cushman & Wakefield US Borrower LLC, Senior Secured Notes

    8.875     9/1/31       180,000       180,576  (a) 

Heimstaden AB, Senior Notes

    4.250     3/9/26       500,000  EUR      251,572  (c) 

Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB, Senior Notes

    2.375     9/4/26       1,920,000  EUR      1,470,478  (c) 

Total Real Estate Management & Development

 

            1,954,770  

Specialized REITs — 0.4%

                               

Iron Mountain Inc., Senior Notes

    7.000     2/15/29       710,000       716,242  (a)(b) 

Total Real Estate

                            4,124,788  
8Utilities — 2.4%                                

Electric Utilities — 1.0%

                               

Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd., Senior Notes

    4.314     7/23/27       680,000       620,116  (c) 

FirstEnergy Corp., Senior Notes

    7.375     11/15/31       330,000       384,044  

Vistra Operations Co. LLC, Senior Notes

    7.750     10/15/31       550,000       563,409  (a) 

Total Electric Utilities

                            1,567,569  

Gas Utilities — 1.4%

                               

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

    5.875     3/1/27       2,340,000       2,312,551  (b) 

Total Utilities

                            3,880,120  

Total Corporate Bonds & Notes (Cost — $183,719,100)

 

    190,523,238  
Sovereign Bonds — 19.8%                                

Angola — 0.6%

                               

Angolan Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    8.000     11/26/29       1,200,000       1,013,454  (a) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Argentina — 1.9%

                               

Argentine Republic Government International Bond, Senior Notes, Step bond (3.625% to 7/9/24 then 4.125%)

    3.625     7/9/35       298,291     $ 97,509  

Provincia de Buenos Aires, Senior Notes, Step bond (6.375% to 9/1/24 then 6.625%)

    6.375     9/1/37       160,627       59,070  (a) 

Provincia de Cordoba, Senior Notes

    6.875     12/10/25       250,002       226,252  (a) 

Provincia de Cordoba, Senior Notes

    6.990     6/1/27       1,340,000       1,041,292  (a) 

Provincia de Cordoba, Senior Notes (6.875% PIK)

    6.875     2/1/29       2,180,000       1,624,258  (a)(h) 

Total Argentina

                            3,048,381  

Bahamas — 0.2%

                               

Bahamas Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    9.000     6/16/29       425,000       394,325  (a) 

Colombia — 1.1%

                               

Colombia Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    3.250     4/22/32       1,000,000       755,449  (b) 

Colombia Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    7.375     9/18/37       1,042,000       1,011,890  (b) 

Total Colombia

                            1,767,339  

Costa Rica — 0.3%

                               

Costa Rica Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    7.158     3/12/45       500,000       509,361  (a) 

Dominican Republic — 1.4%

                               

Dominican Republic International Bond, Senior Notes

    4.500     1/30/30       620,000       549,584  (a) 

Dominican Republic International Bond, Senior Notes

    4.875     9/23/32       1,910,000       1,652,377  (a) 

Total Dominican Republic

                            2,201,961  

Ecuador — 0.1%

                               

Ecuador Government International Bond, Senior Notes, Step bond (2.500% to 7/31/24 then 5.000%)

    2.500     7/31/40       480,000       151,200  (a) 

Egypt — 0.7%

                               

Egypt Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    7.625     5/29/32       1,780,000       1,137,096  (c) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

November 30, 2023

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
    Value  

Indonesia — 0.7%

                               

Indonesia Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    6.625     2/17/37       945,000     $ 1,049,952  (c) 

Indonesia Treasury Bond

    8.375     3/15/34       209,000,000  IDR      15,067  

Total Indonesia

                            1,065,019  

Ivory Coast — 0.8%

                               

Ivory Coast Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    6.125     6/15/33       1,500,000       1,322,288  (a) 

Jamaica — 0.4%

                               

Jamaica Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    8.000     3/15/39       500,000       607,517  

Jordan — 0.5%

                               

Jordan Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    5.850     7/7/30       960,000       877,757  (a) 

Kenya — 0.3%

                               

Republic of Kenya Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    8.000     5/22/32       600,000       506,676  (a) 

Mexico — 4.3%

                               

Mexican Bonos, Bonds

    7.750     5/29/31       77,360,000  MXN      4,091,704  

Mexico Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    2.659     5/24/31       2,020,000       1,655,931  

Mexico Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    3.500     2/12/34       1,500,000       1,225,517  (b) 

Total Mexico

                            6,973,152  

Nigeria — 1.2%

                               

Nigeria Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    7.143     2/23/30       920,000       788,279  (a) 

Nigeria Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    7.696     2/23/38       1,450,000       1,107,437  (c) 

Total Nigeria

                            1,895,716  

Oman — 1.0%

                               

Oman Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    5.625     1/17/28       1,600,000       1,605,979  (a) 

Panama — 0.8%

                               

Panama Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    2.252     9/29/32       1,890,000       1,326,875  

Peru — 1.2%

                               

Peruvian Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    8.750     11/21/33       1,604,000       1,956,301  (b) 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face Amount†     Value  

Senegal — 0.2%

                               

Senegal Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    6.250     5/23/33       450,000     $ 374,445  (a) 

Supranational — 0.5%

                               

European Bank for Reconstruction & Development, Senior Notes

    4.250     2/7/28       13,000,000,000  IDR      782,850  

Turkey — 1.3%

                               

Turkey Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    5.125     2/17/28       2,000,000       1,839,038  

Turkey Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    4.875     4/16/43       500,000       329,112  

Total Turkey

                            2,168,150  

Ukraine — 0.3%

                               

Ukraine Government International Bond, Senior Notes

    7.375     9/25/34       1,950,000       469,833  *(a)(i) 

Total Sovereign Bonds (Cost — $31,252,589)

 

            32,155,675  
U.S. Government & Agency Obligations — 3.5%                                

U.S. Government Obligations — 3.5%

                               

U.S. Treasury Notes

    3.250     8/31/24       2,050,000       2,019,324  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    4.125     1/31/25       1,730,000       1,711,078  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    2.750     5/31/29       2,150,000       1,982,325  

Total U.S. Government & Agency Obligations (Cost — $5,737,367)

 

    5,712,727  
Convertible Bonds & Notes — 1.9%                                
Communication Services — 1.9%                                

Media — 1.9%

                               

DISH Network Corp., Senior Notes

    2.375     3/15/24       1,220,000       1,170,407  (b) 

DISH Network Corp., Senior Notes

    0.000     12/15/25       370,000       193,099  

DISH Network Corp., Senior Notes

    3.375     8/15/26       3,850,000       1,761,374  

Total Convertible Bonds & Notes (Cost — $4,037,235)

 

    3,124,880  
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (k) —0.8%                                

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2015-P1 D

    3.225     9/15/48       540,000       400,785  (a) 

CSAIL Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2015-C3 C

    4.496     8/15/48       219,000       162,709  (f) 

Morgan Stanley Capital Trust, 2016-BNK2 B

    3.485     11/15/49       530,000       390,170  

UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, 2018- C15 C

    5.323     12/15/51       345,000       275,932  (f) 

Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (Cost — $1,220,356)

 

    1,229,596  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

November 30, 2023

 

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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)

 

Security   Rate    

Maturity

Date

   

Face

Amount†

    Value  
Senior Loans — 0.1%                                
Consumer Discretionary — 0.1%                                

Diversified Consumer Services — 0.1%

                               

WW International Inc., Initial Term Loan (1 mo. Term SOFR + 3.614%)
(Cost — $245,986)

    8.963     4/13/28       324,000     $ 221,132  (f)(l)(m) 
           

Expiration

Date

    Warrants         
Warrants — 0.0%††                                
Financials — 0.0%††                                

Capital Markets — 0.0%††

                               

EG Acquisition Corp., Class A Shares
(Cost — $12,086)

            5/28/28       12,623       1,654  
                   Shares         
Common Stocks — 0.0%††                                
Energy — 0.0%††                                

Energy Equipment & Services — 0.0%††

                               

KCAD Holdings I Ltd. (Cost — $637,539)

                    77,972,021       0  *(g)(n)(o) 

Total Investments before Short-Term Investments (Cost — $226,862,258)

 

    232,968,902  
     Rate     Maturity
Date
    Face
Amount†
        
Short-Term Investments — 3.0%                                
U.S. Treasury Bills — 1.5%                                

U.S. Treasury Bills (Cost — $2,498,536)

    4.378     12/5/23       2,500,000       2,498,537  (p) 
                   Shares         
Money Market Funds — 1.5%                                

Western Asset Premier Institutional Government Reserves, Premium Shares (Cost — $2,369,428)

    5.282             2,369,428       2,369,428  (q)(r) 

Total Short-Term Investments (Cost — $4,867,964)

 

            4,867,965  

Total Investments — 146.1% (Cost — $231,730,222)

 

            237,836,867  

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (46.1)%

 

            (75,005,573

Total Net Assets — 100.0%

                          $ 162,831,294  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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

 

††

Represents less than 0.1%.

 

*

Non-income producing security.

 

(a) 

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

 

(b) 

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

 

(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) 

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

 

(e) 

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

 

(f) 

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.

 

(g) 

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

 

(h) 

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

 

(i) 

The coupon payment on this security is currently in default as of November 30, 2023.

 

(j) 

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

 

(k) 

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.

 

(l) 

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

 

(m) 

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.

 

(n) 

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

 

(o) 

Value is less than $1.

 

(p) 

Rate shown represents yield-to-maturity.

 

(q) 

Rate shown is one-day yield as of the end of the reporting period.

 

(r) 

In this instance, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, an “Affiliated Company” represents Fund ownership of at least 5% of the outstanding voting securities of an issuer, or a company which is under common ownership or control with the Fund. At November 30, 2023, the total market value of investments in Affiliated Companies was $2,369,428 and the cost was $2,369,428 (Note 8).

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

November 30, 2023

 

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Abbreviation(s) used in this schedule:

EUR   — Euro
GBP   — British Pound
ICE   — Intercontinental Exchange
IDR   — Indonesian Rupiah
JSC   — Joint Stock Company
LIBOR   — London Interbank Offered Rate
MXN   — Mexican Peso
PIK   — Payment-In-Kind
SOFR   — Secured Overnight Financing Rate
USD   — United States Dollar

At November 30, 2023, the Fund had the following open reverse repurchase agreements:

 

Counterparty   Rate    

Effective

Date

   

Maturity

Date

 

Face Amount

of Reverse

Repurchase

Agreements

    Asset Class of Collateral*    

Collateral

Value**

 
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.     5.650%       10/20/2023     TBD ***   $ 588,348       Corporate Bonds & Notes   $ 850,667  
    Cash       17,476  
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.     5.720%       10/31/2023     12/1/2023     2,985,169       Corporate Bonds & Notes       3,100,914  
    Cash       88,671  
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.     5.850%       10/20/2023     TBD ***     1,132,650       Corporate Bonds & Notes       1,455,148  
    Cash       33,644  
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.     6.000%       10/20/2023     TBD ***     777,294       Corporate Bonds & Notes       1,070,412  
    Cash       23,089  
                        $ 5,483,461             $ 6,640,021  

 

*

Refer to the Schedule of Investments for positions held at the counterparty as collateral for reverse repurchase agreements.

 

**

Including accrued interest.

 

***

TBD — To Be Determined; These reverse repurchase agreements have no maturity dates because they are renewed daily and can be terminated by either the Fund or the counterparty in accordance with the terms of the agreements. The rates for these agreements are variable. The rate disclosed is the rate as of November 30, 2023.

At November 30, 2023, the Fund had the following open forward foreign currency contracts:

 

Currency

Purchased

   

Currency

Sold

    Counterparty  

Settlement

Date

   

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 
CAD     28,985     USD     21,278     Bank of America N.A.     1/19/24     $ 100  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Currency

Purchased

   

Currency

Sold

    Counterparty  

Settlement

Date

   

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 
USD     6,912,331     EUR     6,519,829     BNP Paribas SA     1/19/24     $ (200,625)  
USD     2,810,128     GBP     2,299,188     BNP Paribas SA     1/19/24       (93,710)  
Net unrealized depreciation on open forward foreign currency contracts

 

  $ (294,235)  

 

Abbreviation(s) used in this table:

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

 

Summary of Investments by Country**       
United States      50.2
Mexico      5.7  
United Kingdom      4.7  
Italy      3.3  
Brazil      2.9  
Argentina      2.4  
France      2.3  
Luxembourg      2.2  
Israel      2.1  
Colombia      2.0  
Peru      1.5  
Cayman Islands      1.4  
Ireland      1.4  
Macau      1.3  
Turkey      1.2  
Germany      1.2  
Canada      1.1  
Dominican Republic      0.9  
South Africa      0.8  
Nigeria      0.8  
Switzerland      0.8  
Sweden      0.7  
Oman      0.7  
Japan      0.6  
Panama      0.6  
Ivory Coast      0.6  
Egypt      0.5  
Indonesia      0.4  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

November 30, 2023

 

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Summary of Investments by Country** (cont’d)       
Angola      0.4
Jordan      0.4  
Supranational      0.3  
Hong Kong      0.3  
Jamaica      0.3  
Guatemala      0.2  
Zambia      0.2  
Slovenia      0.2  
Costa Rica      0.2  
Kenya      0.2  
Ukraine      0.2  
Bahamas      0.2  
Kazakhstan      0.2  
Senegal      0.2  
Ecuador      0.1  
Netherlands      0.1  
China      0.0 ‡ 
Short-Term Investments      2.0  
       100.0

 

**

As a percentage of total investments. Please note that the Fund holdings are as of November 30, 2023 and are subject to change.

 

Represents less than 0.1%.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statement of assets and liabilities (unaudited)

November 30, 2023

 

Assets:         

Investments in unaffiliated securities, at value (Cost — $229,360,794)

   $ 235,467,439  

Investments in affiliated securities, at value (Cost — $2,369,428)

     2,369,428  

Foreign currency, at value (Cost — $438,301)

     335,835  

Cash

     41,650  

Interest receivable

     3,821,236  

Receivable for securities sold

     910,646  

Deposits with brokers for open reverse repurchase agreements

     162,880  

Dividends receivable from affiliated investments

     6,090  

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

     100  

Prepaid expenses

     1,766  

Total Assets

     243,117,070  
Liabilities:         

Loan payable (Note 5)

     70,000,000  

Payable for open reverse repurchase agreements (Note 3)

     5,483,461  

Payable for securities purchased

     2,282,643  

Distributions payable

     1,522,562  

Interest expense payable

     402,267  

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

     294,335  

Investment management fee payable

     163,312  

Directors’ fees payable

     4,382  

Accrued foreign capital gains tax

     47  

Accrued expenses

     132,767  

Total Liabilities

     80,285,776  
Total Net Assets    $ 162,831,294  
Net Assets:         

Par value ($0.001 par value; 22,724,807 shares issued and outstanding; 100,000,000 shares authorized)

   $ 22,725  

Paid-in capital in excess of par value

     304,535,626  

Total distributable earnings (loss)

     (141,727,057)  
Total Net Assets    $ 162,831,294  
Shares Outstanding      22,724,807  
Net Asset Value    $ 7.17  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statement of operations (unaudited)

For the Six Months Ended November 30, 2023

 

Investment Income:         

Interest

   $ 10,864,986  

Dividends from affiliated investments

     37,751  

Less: Foreign taxes withheld

     (19,082)  

Total Investment Income

     10,883,655  
Expenses:         

Interest expense (Notes 3 and 5)

     2,317,995  

Investment management fee (Note 2)

     1,019,644  

Transfer agent fees

     62,006  

Legal fees

     60,500  

Commitment fees (Note 5)

     38,124  

Audit and tax fees

     35,385  

Directors’ fees

     27,055  

Fund accounting fees

     16,913  

Shareholder reports

     10,296  

Stock exchange listing fees

     6,250  

Custody fees

     5,103  

Insurance

     892  

Miscellaneous expenses

     4,117  

Total Expenses

     3,604,280  

Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements (Note 2)

     (518)  

Net Expenses

     3,603,762  
Net Investment Income      7,279,893  
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments, Forward Foreign Currency Contracts and Foreign Currency Transactions
(Notes 1, 3 and 4):

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) From:

        

Investment transactions in unaffiliated securities

     (12,568,790)  

Forward foreign currency contracts

     343,180  

Foreign currency transactions

     12,894  

Net Realized Loss

     (12,212,716)  

Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) From:

        

Investments in unaffiliated securities

     15,206,159 ‡ 

Forward foreign currency contracts

     (483,983)  

Foreign currencies

     (28,316)  

Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

     14,693,860  
Net Gain on Investments, Forward Foreign Currency Contracts and Foreign Currency Transactions      2,481,144  
Increase in Net Assets From Operations    $ 9,761,037  

 

Net of change in accrued foreign capital gains tax of $(35).

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statements of changes in net assets

 

For the Six Months Ended November 30, 2023 (unaudited)
and the Year Ended May 31, 2023
   November 30      May 31  
Operations:                  

Net investment income

   $ 7,279,893      $ 15,600,850  

Net realized loss

     (12,212,716)        (21,072,545)  

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     14,693,860        (7,152,887)  

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets From Operations

     9,761,037        (12,624,582)  
Distributions to Shareholders From (Note 1):                  

Total distributable earnings

     (9,132,906)        (15,124,670)  

Return of capital

            (3,124,571)  

Decrease in Net Assets From Distributions to Shareholders

     (9,132,906)        (18,249,241)  
Fund Share Transactions:                  

Reinvestment of distributions (18,340 and 9,170 shares issued, respectively)

     134,430        66,758  

Increase in Net Assets From Fund Share Transactions

     134,430        66,758  

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

     762,561        (30,807,065)  
Net Assets:                  

Beginning of period

     162,068,733        192,875,798  

End of period

   $ 162,831,294      $ 162,068,733  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statement of cash flows (unaudited)

For the Six Months Ended November 30, 2023

 

Increase (Decrease) in Cash:         
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:         

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 9,761,037  

Adjustments to reconcile net increase in net assets resulting from operations to net cash provided (used) by operating activities:

        

Purchases of portfolio securities

     (33,738,418)  

Sales of portfolio securities

     40,976,660  

Net purchases, sales and maturities of short-term investments

     (4,087,864)  

Net amortization of premium (accretion of discount)

     (3,084,446)  

Securities litigation proceeds

     54,327  

Increase in receivable for securities sold

     (702,171)  

Decrease in interest receivable

     208,483  

Increase in prepaid expenses

     (1,766)  

Decrease in other receivables

     127  

Increase in dividends receivable from affiliated investments

     (922)  

Increase in payable for securities purchased

     2,282,643  

Decrease in investment management fee payable

     (9,994)  

Decrease in Directors’ fees payable

     (730)  

Increase in interest expense payable

     3,993  

Increase in accrued expenses

     20,113  

Net realized loss on investments

     12,568,790  

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments and forward foreign currency contracts

     (14,722,176)  

Net Cash Provided in Operating Activities*

     9,527,686  
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:         

Distributions paid on common stock (net of distributions payable)

     (8,997,247)  

Decrease in payable for open reverse repurchase agreements

     (1,150,780)  

Net Cash Used by Financing Activities

     (10,148,027)  
Net Decrease in Cash and Restricted Cash      (620,341)  

Cashand restricted cash at beginning of period

     1,160,706  
Cash and restricted cash at end of period    $ 540,365  

 

*

Included in operating expenses is $2,352,752 paid for interest and commitment fees on borrowings.

 

The following table provides a reconciliation of cash (including foreign currency) and restricted cash reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities that sums to the total of such amounts shown on the Statement of Cash Flows.

 

      November 30, 2023  
Cash    $ 377,485  
Restricted cash      162,880  
Total cash and restricted cash shown in the Statement of Cash Flows    $ 540,365  

Restricted cash consists of cash that has been segregated to cover the Fund’s collateral or margin obligations under derivative contracts and for reverse repurchase agreements. It is separately reported on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as Deposits with brokers.

 

Non-Cash Financing Activities:         

Proceeds from reinvestment of distributions

   $ 134,430  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Financial highlights

 

For a share of capital stock outstanding throughout each year ended May 31, unless otherwise noted:  
     20231,2     20231     20221     20211     20201     20191  
Net asset value, beginning of period     $7.14       $8.50       $10.66       $9.75       $10.54       $10.58  
Income (loss) from operations:            

Net investment income

    0.32       0.69       0.79       0.72       0.76       0.72  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

    0.11       (1.25)       (2.15)       0.96       (0.78)       (0.04)  

Total income (loss) from operations

    0.43       (0.56)       (1.36)       1.68       (0.02)       0.68  
Less distributions from:            

Net investment income

    (0.40) 3      (0.66)       (0.80)       (0.55)       (0.69)       (0.70)  

Return of capital

          (0.14)             (0.25)       (0.09)       (0.04)  

Total distributions

    (0.40)       (0.80)       (0.80)       (0.80)       (0.78)       (0.74)  

Anti-dilutive impact of repurchase plan

                            0.01 4      0.03 4 

Anti-dilutive impact of tender offer

                      0.03 5             
Net asset value, end of period     $7.17       $7.14       $8.50       $10.66       $9.75       $10.54  
Market price, end of period     $6.87       $6.65       $7.57       $10.40       $9.07       $9.59  

Total return, based on NAV6,7

    6.06     (6.65)     (13.52)     18.06     (0.17) %8,9      6.90

Total return, based on Market Price10

    9.45     (1.84)     (20.72)     24.19     2.66     13.17
Net assets, end of period (millions)     $163       $162       $193       $242       $428       $465  
Ratios to average net assets:            

Gross expenses

    4.41 %11      3.92     1.89     1.69     2.76 %9      2.54

Net expenses12,13

    4.41 11      3.92       1.89       1.69       2.73 9      2.52  

Net investment income

    8.90 11      8.94       7.86       6.95       7.29       6.93  
Portfolio turnover rate     14     75     50     43     60     89

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Financial highlights (cont’d)

 

  For a share of capital stock outstanding throughout each year ended May 31, unless otherwise noted:  
     20231,2     20231     20221     20211     20201     20191  
Supplemental data:            

Loan Outstanding, End of Period (000s)

    $70,000       $70,000       $77,000       $85,500       $158,000       $180,000  

Asset Coverage Ratio for Loan Outstanding14

    333     332     350     383     371     358

Asset Coverage, per $1,000 Principal Amount of Loan Outstanding14

    $3,326       $3,315       $3,505       $3,829       $3,706       $3,583  

Weighted Average Loan (000s)

    $70,000       $74,603       $83,148       $111,103       $175,765       $177,490  

Weighted Average Interest Rate on Loan

    5.99     4.30     1.00     0.92     2.74     3.06

 

1 

Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method.

 

2 

For the six months ended November 30, 2023 (unaudited).

 

3 

The actual source of the Fund’s current fiscal year distributions may be from net investment income, return of capital or a combination of both. Shareholders will be informed of the tax characteristics of the distributions after the close of the fiscal year.

 

4 

The repurchase plan was completed at an average repurchase price of $7.50 for 239,229 shares and $1,781,056 for the year ended May 31, 2020 and $8.74 for 816,259 shares and $7,135,435 for the year ended May 31, 2019.

 

5 

The tender offer was completed at a price of $10.39 for 21,170,180 shares and $219,958,165 for the year ended May 31, 2021.

 

6 

Performance figures may reflect compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

 

7 

The total return calculation assumes that distributions are reinvested at NAV. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

 

8 

The total return includes gains from settlement of security litigations. Without these gains, the total return would have been -0.27% for the year ended May 31, 2020.

 

9 

Included in the expense ratios and total return are certain non-recurring legal and transfer agent fees that were incurred by the Fund during the period. Without these fees, the gross and net expense ratios would have been 2.49% and 2.47%, respectively, and total return would have been 0.04% for the year ended May 31, 2020.

 

10 

The total return calculation assumes that distributions are reinvested in accordance with the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

 

11 

Annualized.

 

12 

Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.

 

13 

The manager has agreed to waive the Fund’s management fee to an extent sufficient to offset the net management fee payable in connection with any investment in an affiliated money market fund.

 

14 

Represents value of net assets plus the loan outstanding at the end of the period divided by the loan outstanding at the end of the period.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Notes to financial statements (unaudited)

 

1. Organization and significant accounting policies

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

The Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidance in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services — Investment Companies (“ASC 946”). The following are significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund and are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), including, but not limited to, ASC 946. Estimates and assumptions are required to be made regarding assets, liabilities and changes in net assets resulting from operations when financial statements are prepared. Changes in the economic environment, financial markets and any other parameters used in determining these estimates could cause actual results to differ. Subsequent events have been evaluated through the date the financial statements were issued.

(a) Investment valuation. The valuations for fixed income securities (which may include, but are not limited to, corporate, government, municipal, mortgage-backed, collateralized mortgage obligations and asset-backed securities) and certain derivative instruments are typically the prices supplied by independent third party pricing services, which may use market prices or broker/dealer quotations or a variety of valuation techniques and methodologies. The independent third party pricing services typically use inputs that are observable such as issuer details, interest rates, yield curves, prepayment speeds, credit risks/spreads, default rates and quoted prices for similar securities. Investments in open-end funds are valued at the closing net asset value per share of each fund on the day of valuation. 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

 

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Notes to financial statements (unaudited) (cont’d)

 

principally traded, but before the Fund calculates its net asset value, the Fund values these securities as determined in accordance with procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Directors.

Pursuant to policies adopted by the Board of Directors, the Fund’s manager has been designated as the valuation designee and is responsible for the oversight of the daily valuation process. The Fund’s manager is assisted by the Global Fund Valuation Committee (the “Valuation Committee”). The Valuation Committee is responsible for making fair value determinations, evaluating the effectiveness of the Fund’s pricing policies, and reporting to the Fund’s manager and the Board of Directors. When determining the reliability of third party pricing information for investments owned by the Fund, the Valuation Committee, among other things, conducts due diligence reviews of pricing vendors, monitors the daily change in prices and reviews transactions among market participants.

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

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

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

 

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

 

 

Level 1 — unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

 

 

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

 

 

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

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

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

          $ 190,523,238             $ 190,523,238  

Sovereign Bonds

            32,155,675               32,155,675  

U.S. Government & Agency Obligations

            5,712,727               5,712,727  

Convertible Bonds & Notes

            3,124,880               3,124,880  

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

            1,229,596               1,229,596  

Senior Loans

            221,132               221,132  

Warrants

            1,654               1,654  

Common Stocks

                 $ 0      0
Total Long-Term Investments             232,968,902        0      232,968,902  
Short-Term Investments†:                                    

U.S. Treasury Bills

            2,498,537               2,498,537  

Money Market Funds

   $ 2,369,428                      2,369,428  
Total Short-Term Investments      2,369,428        2,498,537               4,867,965  
Total Investments    $ 2,369,428      $ 235,467,439      $ 0    $ 237,836,867  
Other Financial Instruments:                                    

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts††

          $ 100             $ 100  
Total    $ 2,369,428      $ 235,467,539      $ 0    $ 237,836,967  

 

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LIABILITIES  
Description    Quoted Prices
(Level 1)
     Other Significant
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
    

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs

(Level 3)

     Total  
Other Financial Instruments:                                    

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts††

          $ 294,335             $ 294,335  

 

See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

 

*

Amount represents less than $1.

 

††

Reflects the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of the instruments.

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

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

(c) Loan participations. The Fund may invest in loans arranged through private negotiation between one or more financial institutions. The Fund’s investment in any such loan may be in the form of a participation in or an assignment of the loan. In connection with purchasing participations, the Fund generally will have no right to enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of the loan agreement related to the loan, or any rights of offset 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 offset between the lender and the borrower.

(d) Reverse repurchase agreements. The Fund may enter into reverse repurchase agreements. Under the terms of a typical reverse repurchase agreement, a fund sells a

 

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security subject to an obligation to repurchase the security from the buyer at an agreed upon time and price. In the event the buyer of securities under a reverse repurchase agreement files for bankruptcy or becomes insolvent, the Fund’s use of the proceeds of the agreement may be restricted pending a determination by the counterparty, or its trustee or receiver, whether to enforce the Fund’s obligation to repurchase the securities. In entering into reverse repurchase agreements, the Fund will pledge cash, U.S. government securities or other liquid debt obligations at least equal in value to its obligations with respect to reverse repurchase agreements or will take other actions permitted by law to cover its obligations. If the market value of the collateral declines during the period, the Fund may be required to post additional collateral to cover its obligation. Cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of the Fund under reverse repurchase agreements, if any, will be reported separately in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Securities pledged as collateral are noted in the Schedule of Investments. Interest payments made on reverse repurchase agreements are recognized as a component of “Interest expense” on the Statement of Operations. In periods of increased demand for the security, the Fund may receive a fee for use of the security by the counterparty, which may result in interest income to the Fund.

(e) Securities traded on a when-issued and delayed delivery basis. The Fund may trade securities on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis. In when-issued and delayed delivery transactions, the securities are purchased or sold by the Fund with payment and delivery taking place in the future in order to secure what is considered to be an advantageous price and yield to the Fund at the time of entering into the transaction.

Purchasing such securities involves risk of loss if the value of the securities declines prior to settlement. These securities are subject to market fluctuations and their current value is determined in the same manner as for other securities.

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

(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.

The Fund does not isolate that portion of the results of operations resulting from fluctuations in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from

 

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changes in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments.

Net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, including gains and losses on forward foreign currency contracts, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the values of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities, on the date of valuation, resulting from changes in exchange rates.

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) 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 Fund’s investments in securities rated below investment grade typically involve risks not associated with higher rated securities including, among others, greater risk related to timely and ultimate payment of interest and principal, greater market price volatility and less liquid secondary market trading. The consequences of political, social, economic or diplomatic changes may have disruptive effects on the market prices of investments held by the Fund. The Fund’s investments in non-U.S. dollar denominated securities may also result in foreign currency losses caused by devaluations and exchange rate fluctuations.

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

(j) Counterparty risk and credit-risk-related contingent features of derivative instruments. The Fund may invest in certain securities or engage in other transactions where the Fund is exposed to counterparty credit risk in addition to broader market risks. The Fund may invest in securities of issuers, which may also be considered counterparties

 

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as trading partners in other transactions. This may increase the risk of loss in the event of default or bankruptcy by the counterparty or if the counterparty otherwise fails to meet its contractual obligations. The Fund’s subadviser attempts to mitigate counterparty risk by (i) periodically assessing the creditworthiness of its trading partners, (ii) monitoring and/or limiting the amount of its net exposure to each individual counterparty based on its assessment and (iii) requiring collateral from the counterparty for certain transactions. Market events and changes in overall economic conditions may impact the assessment of such counterparty risk by the subadviser. In addition, declines in the values of underlying collateral received may expose the Fund to increased risk of loss.

With exchange traded and centrally cleared derivatives, there is less counterparty risk to the Fund since the exchange or clearinghouse, as counterparty to such instruments, guarantees against a possible default. The clearinghouse stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract; therefore, the credit risk is limited to failure of the clearinghouse. While offset rights may exist under applicable law, the Fund does not have a contractual right of offset against a clearing broker or clearinghouse in the event of a default of the clearing broker or clearinghouse.

The Fund has entered into master agreements, such as an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) or similar agreement, with certain of its derivative counterparties that govern over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives and provide for general obligations, representations, agreements, collateral posting terms, netting provisions in the event of default or termination and credit related contingent features. The credit related contingent features include, but are not limited to, a percentage decrease in the Fund’s net assets or net asset value per share over a specified period of time. If these credit related contingent features were triggered, the derivatives counterparty could terminate the positions and demand payment or require additional collateral.

Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instruments’ payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. However, absent an event of default by the counterparty or a termination of the agreement, the terms of the ISDA Master Agreements do not result in an offset of reported amounts of financial assets and financial liabilities in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities across transactions between the Fund and the applicable counterparty. The enforceability of the right to offset may vary by jurisdiction.

Collateral requirements differ by type of derivative. Collateral or margin requirements are set by the broker or exchange clearinghouse for exchange traded derivatives while collateral terms are contract specific for OTC traded derivatives. Cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of the Fund under derivative contracts, if any, will be

 

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reported separately in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Securities pledged as collateral, if any, for the same purpose are noted in the Schedule of Investments.

As of November 30, 2023, the Fund held forward foreign currency contracts with credit related contingent features which had a liability position of $294,335. If a contingent feature in the master agreements would have been triggered, the Fund would have been required to pay this amount to its derivatives counterparties.

(k) Security transactions and investment income. Security transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Interest income (including interest income from payment-in-kind securities) is recorded on the accrual basis. Amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts on debt securities are recorded to interest income over the lives of the respective securities, except for premiums on certain callable debt securities, which are amortized to the earliest call date. Paydown gains and losses on mortgage- and asset-backed securities are recorded as adjustments to interest income. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date for dividends received in cash and/or securities. Foreign dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date or as soon as practicable after the Fund determines the existence of a dividend declaration after exercising reasonable due diligence. The cost of investments sold is determined by use of the specific identification method. To the extent any issuer defaults or a credit event occurs that impacts the issuer, the Fund may halt any additional interest income accruals and consider the realizability of interest accrued up to the date of default or credit event.

(l) Distributions to shareholders. Distributions from net investment income of the Fund, if any, are declared quarterly and paid on a monthly basis. The actual source of the Fund’s monthly distributions may be from net investment income, return of capital or a combination of both. Shareholders will be informed of the tax characteristics of the distributions after the close of the fiscal year. The actual source of the Fund’s current fiscal year distributions may be from net investment income, return of capital or a combination of both. Shareholders will be informed of the tax characteristics of the distributions after the close of the fiscal year. Distributions of net realized gains, if any, are declared at least annually. Distributions to shareholders of the Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend date and are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.

(m) Compensating balance arrangements. The Fund has an arrangement with its custodian bank whereby a portion of the custodian’s fees is paid indirectly by credits earned on the Fund’s cash on deposit with the bank.

(n) Federal and other taxes. It is the Fund’s policy to comply with the federal income and excise tax requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”), as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies. Accordingly, the Fund intends to distribute its taxable income and net realized gains, if any, to shareholders in accordance with timing

 

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requirements imposed by the Code. Therefore, no federal or state income tax provision is required in the Fund’s financial statements.

Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken on income tax returns for all open tax years and has concluded that as of May 31, 2023, no provision for income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. The Fund’s federal and state income and federal excise tax returns for tax years for which the applicable statutes of limitations have not expired are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and state departments of revenue.

Under the applicable foreign tax laws, a withholding tax may be imposed on interest, dividends and capital gains at various rates.Realized gains upon disposition of securities issued in or by certain foreign countries are subject to capital gains tax imposed by those countries. As of November 30, 2023, there were $35 of capital gains tax liabilities accrued on unrealized gains.

(o) Reclassification. GAAP requires that certain components of net assets be reclassified to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value per share.

2. Investment management agreement and other transactions with affiliates

Franklin Templeton Fund Adviser, LLC (“FTFA”) (formerly known as Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC prior to November 30, 2023) is the Fund’s investment manager. Western Asset Management Company, LLC (“Western Asset”), Western Asset Management Company Limited (“Western Asset London”) and Western Asset Management Company Pte. Ltd. (“Western Asset Singapore”) are the Fund’s subadvisers. FTFA, Western Asset, Western Asset London and Western Asset Singapore are indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Franklin Resources, Inc. (“Franklin Resources”).

FTFA provides administrative and certain oversight services to the Fund. The Fund pays FTFA an investment management fee, calculated daily and paid monthly, at an annual rate of 0.85% of the Fund’s average daily Managed Assets. “Managed Assets” means net assets plus the amount of any borrowings and assets attributable to any preferred stock that may be outstanding.

FTFA delegates to Western Asset the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund. Western Asset London and Western Asset Singapore provide certain subadvisory services to the Fund relating to currency transactions and investment in non-U.S. dollar denominated securities. Western Asset London and Western Asset Singapore do not receive any compensation from the Fund and are compensated by Western Asset for its services to the Fund. For its services, FTFA pays Western Asset monthly 70% of the net management fee it receives from the Fund. Western Asset pays Western Asset London and Western Asset Singapore a monthly subadvisory fee in an amount equal to 100% of the management fee

 

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paid to Western Asset on the assets that Western Asset allocates to each such non-U.S. subadviser to manage.

During the periods in which the Fund utilizes financial leverage, the fees paid to FTFA will be higher than if the Fund did not utilize leverage because the fees are calculated as a percentage of the Fund’s assets, including those investments purchased with leverage.

The manager has agreed to waive the Fund’s management fee to an extent sufficient to offset the net management fee payable in connection with any investment in an affiliated money market fund (the “affiliated money market fund waiver”).

During the six months ended November 30, 2023, fees waived and/or expenses reimbursed amounted to $518, all of which was an affiliated money market fund waiver.

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

3. Investments

During the six months ended November 30, 2023, the aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investments (excluding short-term investments) and U.S. Government & Agency Obligations were as follows:

 

        Investments       

U.S. Government &

Agency Obligations

 
Purchases      $ 30,419,883        $ 3,318,535  
Sales        39,236,635          1,740,025  

At November 30, 2023, the aggregate cost of investments and the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were substantially as follows:

 

      Cost     

Gross

Unrealized

Appreciation

    

Gross

Unrealized

Depreciation

    

Net

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

 
Securities    $ 231,730,222      $ 13,501,146      $ (7,394,501)      $ 6,106,645  
Forward foreign currency contracts             100        (294,335)        (294,235)  

Transactions in reverse repurchase agreements for the Fund during the six months ended November 30, 2023 were as follows:

 

Average Daily

Balance*

 

Weighted Average

Interest Rate*

 

Maximum Amount

Outstanding

$6,366,053   5.720%   $6,660,857

 

*

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

 

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Interest rates on reverse repurchase agreements ranged from 5.400% to 6.000% during the six months ended November 30, 2023. Interest expense incurred on reverse repurchase agreements totaled $185,095.

4. Derivative instruments and hedging activities

Below is a table, grouped by derivative type, that provides information about the fair value and the location of derivatives within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities at November 30, 2023.

 

ASSET DERIVATIVES1  
    

Foreign

Exchange Risk

 
Forward foreign currency contracts   $ 100  

 

LIABILITY DERIVATIVES1  
    

Foreign

Exchange Risk

 
Forward foreign currency contracts   $ 294,335  

 

1 

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

The following tables provide information about the effect of derivatives and hedging activities on the Fund’s Statement of Operations for the six months ended November 30, 2023. The first table provides additional detail about the amounts and sources of gains (losses) realized on derivatives during the period. The second table provides additional information about the change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) resulting from the Fund’s derivatives and hedging activities during the period.

 

AMOUNT OF NET REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON DERIVATIVES RECOGNIZED  
      Foreign
Exchange Risk
 
Forward foreign currency contracts    $ 343,180  

 

CHANGE IN NET UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) ON DERIVATIVES RECOGNIZED  
     

Foreign

Exchange Risk

 
Forward foreign currency contracts    $ (483,983)  

During the six months ended November 30, 2023, the volume of derivative activity for the Fund was as follows:

 

       

Average Market

Value

 
Forward foreign currency contracts (to buy)      $ 841,687  
Forward foreign currency contracts (to sell)        10,875,077  

 

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The following table presents the Fund’s OTC derivative assets and liabilities by counterparty net of amounts available for offset under an ISDA Master Agreement and net of the related collateral pledged (received) by the Fund as of November 30, 2023.

 

Counterparty   

Gross Assets

Subject to

Master

Agreements1

    

Gross

Liabilities

Subject to

Master

Agreements1

    

Net Assets

(Liabilities)

Subject to

Master

Agreements

    

Collateral

Pledged

(Received)

     Net
Amount2
 
Bank of America N.A.    $ 100             $ 100             $ 100  
BNP Paribas SA           $ (294,335)        (294,335)               (294,335)  
Total    $ 100      $ (294,335)      $ (294,235)             $ (294,235)  

 

1 

Absent an event of default or early termination, derivative assets and liabilities are presented gross and not offset in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

2 

Represents the net amount receivable (payable) from (to) the counterparty in the event of default.

5. Loan

The Fund has a Margin Loan and Security Agreement (the “BofA Credit Agreement”) with the Bank of America, N.A. (“BofA”). The BofA Credit Agreement allows the Fund to borrow up to an aggregate amount of $120,000,000 and renews daily for a 179-day term unless notice to the contrary is given to the Fund. The Fund pays interest on borrowings calculated based on SOFR plus applicable margin. The Fund pays a commitment fee on the unutilized portion of the loan commitment amount at an annual rate of 0.20% except that the commitment fee is 0.15% when the aggregate outstanding balance of the loan is equal to or greater than 50% of the maximum commitment amount. To the extent of the borrowing outstanding, the Fund is required to maintain collateral in a special custody account at the Fund’s custodian on behalf of BofA. The BofA Credit Agreement contains customary covenants that, among other things, may limit the Fund’s ability to pay distributions in certain circumstances, incur additional debt, change certain material investment policies and engage in certain transactions, including mergers and consolidations, and require asset coverage ratios in addition to those required by the 1940 Act. In addition, the BofA Credit Agreement may be subject to early termination under certain conditions and may contain other provisions that could limit the Fund’s ability to utilize borrowing under the agreement. Interest expense related to the BofA Credit Agreement for the six months ended November 30, 2023 was $2,132,900. For the six months ended November 30, 2023, the Fund incurred commitment fees of $38,124. For the six months ended November 30, 2023, based on the number of days during the reporting period that the Fund had a loan balance outstanding, the average daily loan balance was $70,000,000 and the weighted average interest rate was 5.99%. At November 30, 2023, the Fund had $70,000,000 of borrowings outstanding per the Credit Agreement.

 

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6. Distributions subsequent to November 30, 2023

The following distributions have been declared by the Fund’s Board of Directors and are payable subsequent to the period end of this report:

 

Record Date      Payable Date        Amount  
11/22/2023        12/1/2023        $ 0.0670  
12/21/2023        12/29/2023        $ 0.0670  
1/24/2024        2/1/2024        $ 0.0670  
2/22/2024        3/1/2024        $ 0.0670  

7. Stock repurchase program

On November 16, 2015, the Fund announced that the Fund’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) had authorized the Fund to repurchase in the open market up to approximately 10% of the Fund’s outstanding common stock when the Fund’s shares are trading at a discount to net asset value. The Board has directed management of the Fund to repurchase shares of common stock at such times and in such amounts as management reasonably believes may enhance stockholder value. The Fund is under no obligation to purchase shares at any specific discount levels or in any specific amounts. During the six months ended November 30, 2023 and the year ended May 31, 2023, the Fund did not repurchase any shares.

Since the commencement of the stock repurchase program through November 30, 2023, the Fund repurchased 1,374,693 shares or 3.04% of its common shares outstanding for a total amount of $11,947,493.

8. Transactions with affiliated company

As defined by the 1940 Act, an affiliated company is one in which the Fund owns 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities, or a company which is under common ownership or control with the Fund. The following company was considered an affiliated company for all or some portion of the six months ended November 30, 2023. The following transactions were effected in such company for the six months ended November 30, 2023.

 

   

Affiliate

Value at

May 31,

    Purchased    Sold  
     2023    

Cost

    Shares    Proceeds     Shares  
Western Asset Premier Institutional Government Reserves, Premium Shares   $ 263,193     $ 24,381,836     24,381,836    $ 22,275,601       22,275,601  

 

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Notes to financial statements (unaudited) (cont’d)

 

 

(cont’d)  

Realized

Gain (Loss)

   

Dividend

Income

   

Net Increase

(Decrease) in

Unrealized

Appreciation

(Depreciation)

   

Affiliate

Value at

November 30,

2023

 
Western Asset Premier Institutional Government Reserves, Premium Shares         $ 37,751           $ 2,369,428  

9. Deferred capital losses

As of May 31, 2023, the Fund had deferred capital losses of $128,835,254, which have no expiration date, that will be available to offset future taxable capital gains.

10. Recent accounting pronouncement

In March 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848) — Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting. In January 2021 and December 2022, the FASB issued ASU No. 2021-01 and ASU No. 2022-06, with further amendments to Topic 848. The amendments in the ASUs provide optional temporary accounting recognition and financial reporting relief from the effect of certain types of contract modifications due to the planned discontinuation of the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) and other interbank-offered based reference rates as of the end of 2021 for certain LIBOR settings and 2023 for the remainder. The ASUs are effective for certain reference rate-related contract modifications that occur during the period March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2024. Management has reviewed the requirements and believes the adoption of these ASUs will not have a material impact on the financial statements.

11. Other matter

The Fund’s investments, payment obligations, and financing terms may be based on floating rates, such as the London Interbank Offered Rate, or “LIBOR,” which was the offered rate for short-term Eurodollar deposits between major international banks. In 2017, the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) announced its intention to cease compelling banks to provide the quotations needed to sustain LIBOR after 2021. In addition, global regulators have announced that, with limited exceptions, no new LIBOR-based contracts should be entered into after 2021. In connection with the global transition away from LIBOR led by regulators and market participants, LIBOR is no longer published on a representative basis. Alternative references rates have been established in most major currencies. In March 2022, the U.S. federal government enacted legislation to establish a process for replacing LIBOR in certain existing contracts that do not already provide for the use of a clearly defined or practicable replacement benchmark rate as described in the legislation. Generally speaking, for contracts that do not contain a fallback provision as described in the legislation, a benchmark replacement recommended by the Federal Reserve Board effectively automatically replaced the USD LIBOR benchmark in the contract upon LIBOR’s

 

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cessation at the end of June 2023. The recommended benchmark replacement is based on the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, including certain spread adjustments and benchmark replacement conforming changes. Various industry groups are in the process of facilitating the transition away from LIBOR, but there remains uncertainty regarding the impact of the transition from LIBOR on the Fund’s transactions and the financial markets generally.

 

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Additional shareholder information (unaudited)

 

Results of annual meeting of shareholders

The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc. was held on October 20, 2023 for the purpose of considering and voting upon the proposals presented at the Meeting. The following table provides information concerning the matters voted upon at the Meeting:

Election of directors

 

Nominees    FOR      WITHHELD      ABSTAIN  
Carol L. Colman      14,143,766        564,776        598,537  
Daniel P. Cronin      14,117,549        573,211        616,319  
Paolo M. Cucchi      14,064,577        596,899        645,603  

At the Meeting, Ms. Colman and Messrs. Cronin and Cucchi were each duly elected by the shareholders to serve as Class I Directors of the Fund until the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified or until their resignation or are otherwise removed.

At November 30, 2023, in addition to Ms. Colman and Messrs. Cronin and Cucchi, the other Directors of the Fund were as follows:

Robert D. Agdern

Eileen A. Kamerick

Nisha Kumar

Jane Trust

Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered Public Accountants

To ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) as independent registered public accountants of the Fund for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2024.

 

FOR    AGAINST      ABSTAIN      BROKER
NON-VOTES
 
14,611,822      185,293        509,964        0  

 

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Dividend reinvestment plan (unaudited)

 

Unless you elect to receive distributions in cash (i.e., opt-out), all dividends, including any capital gain dividends and return of capital distributions, on your Common Stock will be automatically reinvested by Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as agent for the stockholders (the “Plan Agent”), in additional shares of Common Stock under the Fund’s Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the “Plan”). You may elect not to participate in the Plan by contacting the Plan Agent. If you do not participate, you will receive all cash distributions paid by check mailed directly to you by Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as dividend paying agent.

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

(1) If the market price of the Common Stock (plus $0.03 per share commission) on the payment date (or, if the payment date is not a NYSE trading day, the immediately preceding trading day) is equal to or exceeds the net asset value per share of the Common Stock at the close of trading on the NYSE on the payment date, the Fund will issue new Common Stock at a price equal to the greater of (a) the net asset value per share at the close of trading on the NYSE on the payment date or (b) 95% of the market price per share of the Common Stock on the payment date.

(2) If the net asset value per share of the Common Stock exceeds the market price of the Common Stock (plus $0.03 per share commission) at the close of trading on the NYSE on the payment date, the Plan Agent will receive the dividend or distribution in cash and will buy Common Stock in the open market, on the NYSE or elsewhere, for your account as soon as practicable commencing on the trading day following the payment date and terminating no later than the earlier of (a) 30 days after the dividend or distribution payment date, or (b) the payment date for the next succeeding dividend or distribution to be made to the stockholders; except when necessary to comply with applicable provisions of the federal securities laws. If during this period: (i) the market price (plus $0.03 per share commission) rises so that it equals or exceeds the net asset value per share of the Common Stock at the close of trading on the NYSE on the payment date before the Plan Agent has completed the open market purchases or (ii) if the Plan Agent is unable to invest the full amount eligible to be reinvested in open market purchases, the Plan Agent will cease purchasing Common Stock in the open market and the Fund shall issue the remaining Common Stock at a price per share equal to the greater of (a) the net asset value per share at the close of trading on the NYSE on the day prior to the issuance of shares for reinvestment or (b) 95% of the then current market price per share.

Common Stock in your account will be held by the Plan Agent in non-certificated form. Any proxy you receive will include all shares of Common Stock you have received under the Plan. You may withdraw from the Plan (i.e., opt-out) by notifying the Plan Agent in writing at P.O. Box 43006, Providence, RI 02940-3078 or by calling the Plan Agent at 1-888-888-0151. Such withdrawal will be effective immediately if notice is received by the Plan Agent not less than ten business days prior to any dividend or distribution record date; otherwise such

 

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withdrawal will be effective as soon as practicable after the Plan Agent’s investment of the most recently declared dividend or distribution on the Common Stock.

Plan participants who sell their shares will be charged a service charge (currently $5.00 per transaction) and the Plan Agent is authorized to deduct brokerage charges actually incurred from the proceeds (currently $0.05 per share commission). There is no service charge for reinvestment of your dividends or distributions in Common Stock. However, all participants will pay a pro rata share of brokerage commissions incurred by the Plan Agent when it makes open market purchases. Because all dividends and distributions will be automatically reinvested in additional shares of Common Stock, this allows you to add to your investment through dollar cost averaging, which may lower the average cost of your Common Stock over time. Dollar cost averaging is a technique for lowering the average cost per share over time if the Fund’s net asset value declines. While dollar cost averaging has definite advantages, it cannot assure profit or protect against loss in declining markets.

Automatically reinvesting dividends and distributions does not mean that you do not have to pay income taxes due upon receiving dividends and distributions. Investors will be subject to income tax on amounts reinvested under the Plan.

The Fund reserves the right to amend or terminate the Plan if, in the judgment of the Board of Directors, the change is warranted. The Plan may be terminated, amended or supplemented by the Fund upon notice in writing mailed to stockholders at least 30 days prior to the record date for the payment of any dividend or distribution by the Fund for which the termination or amendment is to be effective. Upon any termination, you will be sent cash for any fractional share of Common Stock in your account. You may elect to notify the Plan Agent in advance of such termination to have the Plan Agent sell part or all of your Common Stock on your behalf. Additional information about the Plan and your account may be obtained from the Plan Agent at P.O. Box 43006, Providence, RI 02940-3078 or by calling the Plan Agent at 1-888-888-0151.

 

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Western Asset

Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

Directors

Robert D. Agdern

Carol L. Colman

Daniel P. Cronin

Paolo M. Cucchi

Eileen A. Kamerick

Nisha Kumar

Jane Trust

Chairman

Officers

Jane Trust

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

Christopher Berarducci

Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer

 

Fred Jensen

Chief Compliance Officer

 

Marc A. De Oliveira*

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer

 

Thomas C. Mandia

Senior Vice President

 

Jeanne M. Kelly

Senior Vice President

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

620 Eighth Avenue

47th Floor

New York, NY 10018

Investment manager

Franklin Templeton Fund Adviser, LLC**

Subadvisers

Western Asset Management Company, LLC

Western Asset Management Company Limited

Western Asset Management Company Pte. Ltd.

Custodian

The Bank of New York Mellon

Transfer agent

Computershare Inc.

P.O. Box 43006

Providence, RI 02940-3078

Independent registered public accounting firm

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Baltimore, MD

Legal counsel

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

900 G Street NW

Washington, DC 20001

New York Stock Exchange Symbol

EHI

 

*

Effective September 7, 2023, Mr. De Oliveira became Secretary and Chief Legal Officer.

**

Formerly known as Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC.

 


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Legg Mason Funds Privacy and Security Notice

 

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

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

The Type of Nonpublic Personal Information the Funds Collect About You

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

 

 

Personal information included on applications or other forms;

 

 

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

 

 

Bank account information, legal documents, and identity verification documentation; and

 

 

Online account access user IDs, passwords, security challenge question responses.

How the Funds Use Nonpublic Personal Information About You

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

The Funds may disclose information about you to:

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

Permit access to transfer, whether in the United States or countries outside of the United States to such Funds’ employees, agents and affiliates and service providers as required to enable the Funds to conduct ordinary business, or to comply with obligations to government regulators;

 

 

The Funds’ representatives such as legal counsel, accountants and auditors to enable the Funds to conduct ordinary business, or to comply with obligations to government regulators;

 

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

Keeping You Informed of the Funds’ Privacy and Security Practices

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

The Funds’ Security Practices

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

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

In order for the Funds to provide effective service to you, keeping your account information accurate is very important. If you believe that your account information is incomplete, not accurate or not current, if you have questions about the Funds’ privacy practices, or our use of your nonpublic personal information, write the Funds using the contact information on your account statements, email the Funds by clicking on the Contact Us section of the Funds’ website at www.franklintempleton.com, or contact the Funds at 1-877-721-1926 for the Western Asset Money Market Funds or 1-888-777-0102 for the Legg Mason-sponsored closed-end funds.

Revised October 2022

 

NOT PART OF THE SEMI-ANNUAL  REPORT


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

 

Legg Mason California Consumer Privacy Act Policy

Although much of the personal information we collect is “nonpublic personal information” subject to federal law, residents of California may, in certain circumstances, have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”). For example, if you are a broker, dealer, agent, fiduciary, or representative acting by or on behalf of, or for, the account of any other person(s) or household, or a financial advisor, or if you have otherwise provided personal information to us separate from the relationship we have with personal investors, the provisions of this Privacy Policy apply to your personal information (as defined by the CCPA).

In addition to the provisions of the Legg Mason Funds Security and Privacy Notice, you may have the right to know the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you.

You also have the right to request the deletion of the personal information collected or maintained by the Funds.

If you wish to exercise any of the rights you have in respect of your personal information, you should advise the Funds by contacting them as set forth below. The rights noted above are subject to our other legal and regulatory obligations and any exemptions under the CCPA. You may designate an authorized agent to make a rights request on your behalf, subject to the identification process described below. We do not discriminate based on requests for information related to our use of your personal information, and you have the right not to receive discriminatory treatment related to the exercise of your privacy rights.

We may request information from you in order to verify your identity or authority in making such a request. If you have appointed an authorized agent to make a request on your behalf, or you are an authorized agent making such a request (such as a power of attorney or other written permission), this process may include providing a password/passcode, a copy of government issued identification, affidavit or other applicable documentation, i.e. written permission. We may require you to verify your identity directly even when using an authorized agent, unless a power of attorney has been provided. We reserve the right to deny a request submitted by an agent if suitable and appropriate proof is not provided.

For the 12-month period prior to the date of this Privacy Policy, the Legg Mason Funds have not sold any of your personal information; nor do we have any plans to do so in the future.

Contact Information

Address: Data Privacy Officer, 100 International Dr., Baltimore, MD 21202

Email: DataProtectionOfficer@franklintempleton.com

Phone: 1-800-396-4748

Revised October 2022

 

NOT PART OF THE SEMI-ANNUAL  REPORT


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Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

620 Eighth Avenue

47th Floor

New York, NY 10018

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

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The Fund’s Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. To obtain information on Form N-PORT, shareholders can call the Fund at 1-888-777-0102.

Information on how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the prior 12-month period ended June 30th of each year and a description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies related to portfolio transactions are available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling 1-888-777-0102, (2) at www.franklintempleton.com and (3) on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

Quarterly performance, semi-annual and annual reports, current net asset value and other information regarding the Fund may be found on Franklin Templeton’s website, which can be accessed at www.franklintempleton.com. Any reference to Franklin Templeton’s website in this report is intended to allow investors public access to information regarding the Fund and does not, and is not intended to, incorporate Franklin Templeton’s website in this report.

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

Computershare Inc.

P.O. Box 43006

Providence, RI 02940-3078

 

 

WASX010654 1/24 SR23-4796


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ITEM 2.

CODE OF ETHICS.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 3.

AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 4.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 5.

AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 6.

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.

Included herein under Item 1.

 

ITEM 7.

DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 8.

INVESTMENT PROFESSIONALS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 9.

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

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 10.

SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 11.

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

 

  (a)

The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a- 3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of the disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

  (b)

There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are likely to materially affect the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.


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ITEM 12.

DISCLOSURE OF SECURITIES LENDING ACTIVITIES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES.

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 13.

RECOVERY OF ERRONEOUSLY AWARDED COMPENSATION.

(a) Not applicable.

(b) Not applicable.

 

ITEM 14.

EXHIBITS.

(a) (1) Not applicable.

Exhibit  99.CODE ETH

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

Exhibit 99.CERT

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

Exhibit 99.906CERT


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SIGNATURES

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

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

 

By:  

/s/ Jane Trust

  Jane Trust
  Chief Executive Officer
Date:   January 26, 2024

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:   January 26, 2024
By:  

/s/ Christopher Berarducci

  Christopher Berarducci
  Principal Financial Officer
Date:   January 26, 2024

CERTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 302

EX-99.CERT

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Jane Trust certify that:

 

1.

I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.;

 

2.

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.

Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.

The registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

 

  a)

Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  b)

Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

  c)

Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and

 

  d)

Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.

The registrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  a)

All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

 

  b)

Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: January 26, 2024    

/s/ Jane Trust

   

Jane Trust

    Chief Executive Officer


CERTIFICATIONS

I, Christopher Berarducci, certify that:

 

1.

I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.;

 

2.

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.

Based on my knowledge, the financial information included in this report, and the financial statements on which the financial information is based, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.

The registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

 

  a)

Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  b)

Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

  c)

Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and

 

  d)

Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.

The registrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  a)

All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

 

  b)

Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: January 26, 2024    

/s/ Christopher Berarducci

    Christopher Berarducci
    Principal Financial Officer

CERTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 906

EX-99.906CERT

CERTIFICATION

Jane Trust, Chief Executive Officer, and Christopher Berarducci, Principal Financial Officer of Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc. (the “Registrant”), each certify to the best of their knowledge that:

1. The Registrant’s periodic report on Form N-CSR for the period ended November 30, 2023 (the “Form N-CSR”) fully complies with the requirements of section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

2. The information contained in the Form N-CSR fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant.

 

Chief Executive Officer     Principal Financial Officer
Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.     Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

/s/ Jane Trust

   

/s/ Christopher Berarducci

Jane Trust     Christopher Berarducci
Date: January 26, 2024     Date: January 26, 2024

This certification is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Form N-CSR with the Commission.


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