UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-Q

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

 

Investment Company Act file number

811-22444

 

Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

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

 

10018

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

Robert I. Frenkel, Esq.

Legg Mason & Co., LLC

100 First Stamford Place

Stamford, CT 06902

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(888)777-0102

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

August 31

 

 

Date of reporting period:

May 31, 2013

 

 



 

ITEM 1.                 SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.

 



 

WESTERN ASSET HIGH YIELD DEFINED

OPPORTUNITY FUND INC.

 

FORM N-Q

MAY 31, 2013

 

 


 

WESTERN ASSET HIGH YIELD DEFINED OPPORTUNITY FUND INC.

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited)

May 31, 2013

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT †

 

VALUE

 

CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES — 88.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — 19.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Auto Components — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Europcar Groupe SA, Senior Notes

 

11.500

%

5/15/17

 

350,000

EUR

$

507,227

(a)

Europcar Groupe SA, Senior Notes

 

9.375

%

4/15/18

 

1,540,000

EUR

1,891,526

(a)

Total Auto Components

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,398,753

 

Automobiles — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chrysler Group LLC/CG Co.-Issuer Inc., Secured Notes

 

8.250

%

6/15/21

 

1,030,000

 

1,169,050

 

Jaguar Holding Co. II/Jaguar Merger Sub Inc., Senior Notes

 

9.500

%

12/1/19

 

430,000

 

492,888

(a)

Total Automobiles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,661,938

 

Diversified Consumer Services — 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Laureate Education Inc., Senior Notes

 

9.250

%

9/1/19

 

800,000

 

900,000

(a)

McGraw-Hill Global Education Holdings LLC/McGraw-Hill Global Education Finance, Senior Secured Notes

 

9.750

%

4/1/21

 

580,000

 

605,375

(a)

Odeon & UCI Finco PLC, Senior Secured Notes

 

9.000

%

8/1/18

 

1,079,000

GBP

1,776,734

(a)

Service Corp. International, Senior Notes

 

7.500

%

4/1/27

 

1,030,000

 

1,163,900

 

ServiceMaster Co., Senior Notes

 

8.000

%

2/15/20

 

280,000

 

289,450

 

ServiceMaster Co., Senior Notes

 

7.000

%

8/15/20

 

980,000

 

976,325

 

StoneMor Partners LP/Cornerstone Family Services of WV, Senior Notes

 

7.875

%

6/1/21

 

760,000

 

756,200

(a)

Total Diversified Consumer Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,467,984

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 7.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bossier Casino Venture Holdco Inc., Senior Secured Bonds

 

14.000

%

2/9/18

 

1,078,755

 

1,053,870

(a)(b)(c)(d)

Boyd Gaming Corp., Senior Notes

 

9.125

%

12/1/18

 

740,000

 

806,600

 

Boyd Gaming Corp., Senior Notes

 

9.000

%

7/1/20

 

860,000

 

933,100

 

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co. Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

11.250

%

6/1/17

 

3,000,000

 

3,142,500

 

Caesars Operating Escrow LLC/Caesars Escrow Corp., Senior Secured Notes

 

9.000

%

2/15/20

 

130,000

 

125,775

(a)

Caesars Operating Escrow LLC/Caesars Escrow Corp., Senior Secured Notes

 

9.000

%

2/15/20

 

80,000

 

77,400

(a)

Carrols Restaurant Group Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

11.250

%

5/15/18

 

1,130,000

 

1,281,138

 

CCM Merger Inc., Senior Notes

 

9.125

%

5/1/19

 

1,400,000

 

1,540,000

(a)

CKE Restaurants Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

11.375

%

7/15/18

 

278,000

 

290,860

 

Downstream Development Quapaw, Senior Secured Notes

 

10.500

%

7/1/19

 

1,090,000

 

1,215,350

(a)

El Pollo Loco Inc., Secured Notes

 

17.000

%

1/1/18

 

2,000,000

 

2,142,520

(a)(b)

Gala Group Finance PLC, Senior Secured Notes

 

8.875

%

9/1/18

 

1,410,000

GBP

2,313,741

(a)

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

 

11.250

%

4/1/17

 

3,000,000

 

2,940,000

(a)

Landry’s Holdings II Inc., Senior Notes

 

10.250

%

1/1/18

 

650,000

 

692,250

(a)

Landry’s Inc., Senior Notes

 

9.375

%

5/1/20

 

2,890,000

 

3,157,325

(a)

MGM Resorts International, Senior Notes

 

5.875

%

2/27/14

 

1,250,000

 

1,293,750

 

Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, Senior Secured Notes

 

10.500

%

12/15/16

 

2,700,000

 

2,693,250

(a)

NCL Corp. Ltd., Senior Notes

 

9.500

%

11/15/18

 

4,075,000

 

4,614,937

 

Rivers Pittsburgh Borrower LP/Rivers Pittsburgh Finance Corp., Senior Secured Notes

 

9.500

%

6/15/19

 

272,000

 

300,560

(a)

Seneca Gaming Corp., Senior Notes

 

8.250

%

12/1/18

 

1,410,000

 

1,526,325

(a)

Seven Seas Cruises S de RL LLC, Senior Secured Notes

 

9.125

%

5/15/19

 

1,570,000

 

1,723,075

 

Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

33,864,326

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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WESTERN ASSET HIGH YIELD DEFINED OPPORTUNITY FUND INC.

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

May 31, 2013

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT †

 

VALUE

 

Household Durables — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Norcraft Cos. LP/Norcraft Finance Corp., Senior Secured Notes

 

10.500

%

12/15/15

 

4,500,000

 

$

4,708,125

 

William Lyon Homes Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.500

%

11/15/20

 

950,000

 

1,062,812

(a)

Total Household Durables

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,770,937

 

Media — 5.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carmike Cinemas Inc., Secured Notes

 

7.375

%

5/15/19

 

430,000

 

476,225

 

Cerved Technologies SpA, Senior Secured Notes

 

6.375

%

1/15/20

 

100,000

EUR

130,300

(a)

Cerved Technologies SpA, Senior Subordinated Notes

 

8.000

%

1/15/21

 

150,000

EUR

194,962

(a)

DISH DBS Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.750

%

6/1/21

 

2,670,000

 

2,836,875

 

Global Generations Merger Subsidiary Inc., Senior Notes

 

11.000

%

12/15/20

 

2,380,000

 

2,748,900

(a)

Good Sam Enterprises LLC, Secured Notes

 

11.500

%

12/1/16

 

1,500,000

 

1,623,750

 

Lynx II Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.375

%

4/15/23

 

2,260,000

 

2,367,350

(a)

Nara Cable Funding Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

 

8.875

%

12/1/18

 

1,000,000

 

1,060,000

(a)

Ono Finance II PLC, Senior Bonds

 

10.875

%

7/15/19

 

4,631,000

 

4,920,437

(a)

Polish Television Holding BV, Senior Secured Notes, step bond

 

11.250

%

5/15/17

 

1,600,000

EUR

2,245,967

(a)

Polish Television Holding BV, Senior Secured Notes, step bond

 

11.250

%

5/15/17

 

600,000

EUR

842,238

(a)

Seat Pagine Gialle SpA, Senior Secured Bonds

 

10.500

%

1/31/17

 

581,000

EUR

200,116

(a)(e)

Univision Communications Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.500

%

5/15/21

 

680,000

 

739,500

(a)

Univision Communications Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

6.750

%

9/15/22

 

2,780,000

 

3,002,400

(a)

UPC Holding BV, Junior Secured Subordinated Notes

 

6.375

%

9/15/22

 

140,000

EUR

188,334

(a)

UPCB Finance II Ltd., Senior Notes

 

6.375

%

7/1/20

 

2,000,000

EUR

2,766,517

(a)

Total Media

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26,343,871

 

Multiline Retail — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bon-Ton Department Stores Inc., Secured Notes

 

8.000

%

6/15/21

 

1,210,000

 

1,247,813

(a)

Neiman Marcus Group Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

7.125

%

6/1/28

 

270,000

 

282,150

 

Total Multiline Retail

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,529,963

 

Specialty Retail — 1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edcon Pty Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

 

9.500

%

3/1/18

 

1,950,000

EUR

2,585,202

(a)

Gymboree Corp., Senior Notes

 

9.125

%

12/1/18

 

1,940,000

 

1,889,075

 

New Academy Finance Co. LLC/New Academy Finance Corp., Senior Notes

 

8.000

%

6/15/18

 

220,000

 

227,700

(a)(b)

Spencer Spirit Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

 

9.000

%

5/1/18

 

1,730,000

 

1,734,325

(a)(b)

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

 

11.000

%

5/1/17

 

940,000

 

1,029,300

(a)

Total Specialty Retail

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,465,602

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boardriders SA, Senior Notes

 

8.875

%

12/15/17

 

1,500,000

EUR

2,086,098

(a)

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

 

11.375

%

2/1/17

 

550,000

 

506,000

(a)

Total Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,592,098

 

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

88,095,472

 

CONSUMER STAPLES — 3.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Food Products — 2.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boparan Holdings Ltd., Senior Notes

 

9.875

%

4/30/18

 

1,000,000

GBP

1,701,727

(a)

Chiquita Brands International Inc./Chiquita Brands LLC, Senior Secured Notes

 

7.875

%

2/1/21

 

970,000

 

1,045,175

(a)

Foodcorp Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

 

8.750

%

3/1/18

 

700,000

EUR

1,013,317

(a)

Foodcorp Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

 

8.750

%

3/1/18

 

530,000

EUR

767,226

(a)

Harmony Foods Corp., Senior Secured Notes

 

10.000

%

5/1/16

 

477,000

 

510,390

(a)

Simmons Foods Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

10.500

%

11/1/17

 

3,600,000

 

3,870,000

(a)

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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WESTERN ASSET HIGH YIELD DEFINED OPPORTUNITY FUND INC.

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

May 31, 2013

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT †

 

VALUE

 

Food Products — continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wells Enterprises Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

6.750

%

2/1/20

 

540,000

 

$

580,500

(a)

Total Food Products

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,488,335

 

Household Products — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harbinger Group Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

7.875

%

7/15/19

 

300,000

 

321,000

(a)

Spectrum Brands Escrow Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.625

%

11/15/22

 

460,000

 

497,950

(a)

Sun Products Corp., Senior Notes

 

7.750

%

3/15/21

 

1,140,000

 

1,157,100

(a)

Total Household Products

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,976,050

 

Tobacco — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alliance One International Inc., Senior Notes

 

10.000

%

7/15/16

 

1,925,000

 

2,033,281

 

TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13,497,666

 

ENERGY — 8.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services — 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic Energy Services Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.750

%

10/15/22

 

70,000

 

74,025

 

Gulfmark Offshore Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.375

%

3/15/22

 

1,000,000

 

1,045,000

 

Hercules Offshore Inc., Senior Notes

 

10.250

%

4/1/19

 

730,000

 

832,200

(a)

Hercules Offshore Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

10.500

%

10/15/17

 

2,040,000

 

2,203,200

(a)

Parker Drilling Co., Senior Notes

 

9.125

%

4/1/18

 

1,270,000

 

1,384,300

 

Petroleum Geo-Services ASA, Senior Notes

 

7.375

%

12/15/18

 

1,060,000

 

1,181,900

(a)

Total Energy Equipment & Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,720,625

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 7.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arch Coal Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.750

%

8/1/16

 

1,540,000

 

1,595,825

 

Arch Coal Inc., Senior Notes

 

9.875

%

6/15/19

 

570,000

 

589,950

(a)

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

 

9.375

%

5/1/19

 

910,000

 

1,016,925

 

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

 

9.375

%

5/1/19

 

270,000

 

301,725

 

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

 

9.625

%

8/1/20

 

570,000

 

649,800

(a)

Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.500

%

9/15/20

 

620,000

 

672,700

 

Chesapeake Energy Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.875

%

11/15/20

 

1,240,000

 

1,401,200

 

Comstock Resources Inc., Senior Notes

 

9.500

%

6/15/20

 

890,000

 

992,350

 

Crosstex Energy LP/Crosstex Energy Finance Corp., Senior Notes

 

7.125

%

6/1/22

 

1,860,000

 

1,999,500

 

EP Energy LLC/EP Energy Finance Inc., Senior Notes

 

9.375

%

5/1/20

 

100,000

 

113,875

 

EPE Holdings LLC/EP Energy Bond Co. Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.125

%

12/15/17

 

920,000

 

986,700

(a)(b)

Halcon Resources Corp., Senior Notes

 

9.750

%

7/15/20

 

1,290,000

 

1,346,437

 

Halcon Resources Corp., Senior Notes

 

8.875

%

5/15/21

 

1,110,000

 

1,134,975

 

Hiland Partners LP/Hiland Partners Finance Corp., Senior Notes

 

7.250

%

10/1/20

 

450,000

 

492,750

(a)

Kodiak Oil & Gas Corp., Senior Notes

 

8.125

%

12/1/19

 

1,130,000

 

1,276,900

 

Magnum Hunter Resources Corp., Senior Notes

 

9.750

%

5/15/20

 

950,000

 

988,000

(a)

Magnum Hunter Resources Corp., Senior Notes

 

9.750

%

5/15/20

 

930,000

 

967,200

(a)

Milagro Oil & Gas Inc., Secured Notes

 

10.500

%

5/15/16

 

1,360,000

 

1,122,000

 

Murray Energy Corp., Senior Secured Notes

 

8.625

%

6/15/21

 

740,000

 

764,975

(a)

Overseas Shipholding Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.750

%

12/1/13

 

490,000

 

415,275

(e)

Overseas Shipholding Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.125

%

3/30/18

 

1,970,000

 

1,644,950

(e)

Pacific Drilling V Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

 

7.250

%

12/1/17

 

960,000

 

1,029,600

(a)

Peabody Energy Corp., Senior Notes

 

7.875

%

11/1/26

 

740,000

 

795,500

 

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

 

4.375

%

5/20/23

 

1,350,000

 

1,314,332

 

Plains Exploration & Production Co., Senior Notes

 

6.750

%

2/1/22

 

200,000

 

224,500

 

Quicksilver Resources Inc., Senior Notes

 

11.750

%

1/1/16

 

1,100,000

 

1,171,500

 

Samson Investment Co., Senior Notes

 

10.000

%

2/15/20

 

2,760,000

 

2,891,100

(a)

SandRidge Energy Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.500

%

2/15/23

 

1,240,000

 

1,283,400

 

Shelf Drilling Holdings Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

 

8.625

%

11/1/18

 

750,000

 

795,000

(a)

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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WESTERN ASSET HIGH YIELD DEFINED OPPORTUNITY FUND INC.

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

May 31, 2013

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT †

 

VALUE

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Xinergy Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

 

9.250

%

5/15/19

 

1,980,000

 

$

1,475,100

(a)

Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31,454,044

 

TOTAL ENERGY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

38,174,669

 

FINANCIALS — 7.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial Banks — 3.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barclays Bank PLC, Subordinated Notes

 

10.179

%

6/12/21

 

1,550,000

 

2,069,645

(a)

Barclays Bank PLC, Subordinated Notes

 

7.625

%

11/21/22

 

1,750,000

 

1,763,125

 

BBVA US Senior SAU, Senior Notes

 

4.664

%

10/9/15

 

570,000

 

593,203

 

Credit Agricole SA, Subordinated Notes

 

8.375

%

10/13/19

 

1,320,000

 

1,480,050

(a)(f)(g)

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Senior Notes

 

3.625

%

8/12/15

 

1,490,000

 

1,504,419

(a)

M&T Bank Corp., Junior Subordinated Notes

 

6.875

%

6/15/16

 

1,170,000

 

1,224,107

(a)(g)

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Junior Subordinated Notes, Medium-Term Notes

 

7.640

%

9/29/17

 

7,000,000

 

6,877,500

(f)(g)

Royal Bank of Scotland NV, Subordinated Notes

 

7.750

%

5/15/23

 

350,000

 

390,767

 

Santander Issuances SAU, Notes

 

5.911

%

6/20/16

 

900,000

 

965,923

(a)

Total Commercial Banks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,868,739

 

Consumer Finance — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SLM Corp., Medium-Term Notes, Senior Notes

 

8.450

%

6/15/18

 

330,000

 

367,950

 

Diversified Financial Services — 3.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bank of America Corp., Junior Subordinated Notes

 

5.200

%

6/1/23

 

1,000,000

 

995,000

(f)(g)

Bankrate Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

11.750

%

7/15/15

 

2,180,000

 

2,335,325

 

Compiler Finance Subordinated Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.000

%

5/1/21

 

250,000

 

248,750

(a)

Globe Luxembourg SCA, Senior Secured Notes

 

9.625

%

5/1/18

 

1,460,000

 

1,494,675

(a)

ING US Inc., Junior Subordinated Notes

 

5.650

%

5/15/53

 

770,000

 

775,775

(a)(f)

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.750

%

5/15/16

 

1,000,000

 

1,076,830

 

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

 

8.750

%

3/15/17

 

1,900,000

 

2,258,625

 

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

 

8.250

%

12/15/20

 

3,140,000

 

3,815,100

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Junior Subordinated Bonds

 

5.150

%

5/1/23

 

530,000

 

536,625

(f)(g)

Nationstar Mortgage LLC/Nationstar Capital Corp., Senior Notes

 

7.875

%

10/1/20

 

920,000

 

1,012,000

(a)

TransUnion Holding Co. Inc., Senior Notes

 

9.625

%

6/15/18

 

1,100,000

 

1,190,750

 

ZFS Finance USA Trust II, Bonds

 

6.450

%

12/15/65

 

500,000

 

547,500

(a)(f)

Total Diversified Financial Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,286,955

 

Insurance — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fidelity & Guaranty Life Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.375

%

4/1/21

 

620,000

 

641,700

(a)

Liberty Mutual Group Inc., Junior Subordinated Bonds

 

7.800

%

3/15/37

 

720,000

 

864,000

(a)

Total Insurance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,505,700

 

TOTAL FINANCIALS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

35,029,344

 

HEALTH CARE — 6.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alere Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes

 

6.500

%

6/15/20

 

800,000

 

807,000

(a)

Hologic Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.250

%

8/1/20

 

550,000

 

590,563

 

Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc., Senior Notes

 

9.750

%

5/15/17

 

1,490,000

 

1,428,537

 

Ontex IV SA, Senior Notes

 

9.000

%

4/15/19

 

1,400,000

EUR

1,915,181

(a)

Ontex IV SA, Senior Notes

 

9.000

%

4/15/19

 

680,000

EUR

930,231

(a)

Total Health Care Equipment & Supplies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,671,512

 

Health Care Providers & Services — 4.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acadia Healthcare Co. Inc., Senior Notes

 

12.875

%

11/1/18

 

474,000

 

592,500

 

CHS/Community Health Systems Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.000

%

11/15/19

 

1,890,000

 

2,088,450

 

CRC Health Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes

 

10.750

%

2/1/16

 

3,724,000

 

3,805,463

 

Crown Newco 3 PLC, Senior Notes

 

8.875

%

2/15/19

 

225,000

GBP

352,975

(a)

Crown Newco 3 PLC, Senior Subordinated Notes

 

8.875

%

2/15/19

 

1,125,000

GBP

1,764,877

(a)

DJO Finance LLC/DJO Finance Corp., Senior Notes

 

9.875

%

4/15/18

 

1,090,000

 

1,201,725

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

May 31, 2013

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT †

 

VALUE

 

Health Care Providers & Services — continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ExamWorks Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

9.000

%

7/15/19

 

780,000

 

$

861,900

 

HCA Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.250

%

2/15/21

 

2,510,000

 

2,691,975

 

IASIS Healthcare LLC/IASIS Capital Corp., Senior Notes

 

8.375

%

5/15/19

 

640,000

 

672,000

 

INC Research LLC, Senior Notes

 

11.500

%

7/15/19

 

420,000

 

453,600

(a)

Labco SAS, Senior Secured Notes

 

8.500

%

1/15/18

 

1,330,000

EUR

1,845,352

(a)

Physiotherapy Associates Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

 

11.875

%

5/1/19

 

970,000

 

737,200

(a)(e)

Radnet Management Inc., Senior Notes

 

10.375

%

4/1/18

 

1,300,000

 

1,402,375

 

Total Health Care Providers & Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18,470,392

 

Pharmaceuticals — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ConvaTec Healthcare E SA, Senior Notes

 

10.875

%

12/15/18

 

1,530,000

EUR

2,276,966

(a)

Elan Finance PLC/Elan Finance Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.250

%

6/15/21

 

840,000

 

846,300

(a)

Total Pharmaceuticals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,123,266

 

TOTAL HEALTH CARE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27,265,170

 

INDUSTRIALS — 15.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aerospace & Defense — 2.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ducommun Inc., Senior Notes

 

9.750

%

7/15/18

 

800,000

 

892,000

 

Erickson Air-Crane Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

8.250

%

5/1/20

 

1,730,000

 

1,788,388

(a)

GenCorp Inc., Secured Notes

 

7.125

%

3/15/21

 

620,000

 

666,500

(a)

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

10.000

%

6/1/17

 

2,340,000

 

2,562,300

 

Wyle Services Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes

 

10.500

%

4/1/18

 

3,020,000

 

3,155,900

(a)

Total Aerospace & Defense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,065,088

 

Airlines — 2.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Air Canada, Pass-Through Trust, Secured Notes

 

6.625

%

5/15/18

 

460,000

 

473,708

(a)

American Airlines, Pass-Through Trust, Secured Notes

 

6.125

%

7/15/18

 

2,740,000

 

2,753,700

(a)

DAE Aviation Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

 

11.250

%

8/1/15

 

3,946,000

 

3,995,325

(a)

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

 

8.021

%

8/10/22

 

1,393,745

 

1,543,572

 

United Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates, Senior Secured Notes

 

6.125

%

4/29/18

 

600,000

 

630,000

 

Total Airlines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,396,305

 

Building Products — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ashton Woods USA LLC/Ashton Woods Finance Co., Senior Notes

 

6.875

%

2/15/21

 

830,000

 

862,163

(a)

BC Mountain LLC/BC Mountain Finance Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.000

%

2/1/21

 

280,000

 

297,500

(a)

Builders FirstSource Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

7.625

%

6/1/21

 

390,000

 

392,925

(a)

Reliance Intermediate Holdings LP, Senior Secured Notes

 

9.500

%

12/15/19

 

1,190,000

 

1,320,900

(a)

Spie BondCo 3 SCA, Secured Notes

 

11.000

%

8/15/19

 

617,000

EUR

871,113

(a)

Total Building Products

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,744,601

 

Commercial Services & Supplies — 2.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARC Document Solutions Inc., Senior Notes

 

10.500

%

12/15/16

 

3,000,000

 

3,097,500

 

JM Huber Corp., Senior Notes

 

9.875

%

11/1/19

 

680,000

 

787,100

(a)

Monitronics International Inc., Senior Notes

 

9.125

%

4/1/20

 

2,210,000

 

2,397,850

 

Taylor Morrison Communities Inc./Monarch Communities Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.750

%

4/15/20

 

1,402,000

 

1,570,240

(a)

Taylor Morrison Communities Inc./Monarch Communities Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.750

%

4/15/20

 

489,000

 

547,680

(a)

United Rentals North America Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.625

%

4/15/22

 

2,096,000

 

2,331,800

 

United Rentals North America Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes

 

8.375

%

9/15/20

 

390,000

 

427,050

 

Total Commercial Services & Supplies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,159,220

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

May 31, 2013

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT †

 

VALUE

 

Construction & Engineering — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Abengoa Finance SAU, Senior Notes

 

8.875

%

11/1/17

 

2,000,000

 

$

1,930,000

(a)

PH Holding LLC, Secured Notes

 

9.750

%

12/31/17

 

810,000

 

856,198

(c)(d)

Total Construction & Engineering

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,786,198

 

Electrical Equipment — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

313 Group Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

6.375

%

12/1/19

 

750,000

 

751,875

(a)

International Wire Group Holdings Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

8.500

%

10/15/17

 

820,000

 

848,700

(a)

NES Rentals Holdings Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

7.875

%

5/1/18

 

1,160,000

 

1,197,700

(a)

Trionista Holdco GmbH, Senior Secured Notes

 

5.000

%

4/30/20

 

100,000

EUR

133,224

(a)

Trionista TopCo GmbH, Senior Subordinated Notes

 

6.875

%

4/30/21

 

150,000

EUR

198,862

(a)

Total Electrical Equipment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,130,361

 

Machinery — 1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dematic SA/DH Services Luxembourg Sarl, Senior Notes

 

7.750

%

12/15/20

 

2,310,000

 

2,500,575

(a)

Global Brass and Copper Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

9.500

%

6/1/19

 

1,000,000

 

1,130,000

(a)

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Senior Notes

 

9.250

%

4/15/18

 

1,500,000

EUR

1,964,246

(a)

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, Senior Notes

 

9.250

%

4/15/18

 

600,000

EUR

785,699

(a)

KM Germany Holdings GmbH, Senior Secured Notes

 

8.750

%

12/15/20

 

380,000

EUR

526,009

(a)

SPL Logistics Escrow LLC/SPL Logistics Finance Corp., Senior Secured Notes

 

8.875

%

8/1/20

 

720,000

 

757,800

(a)

Total Machinery

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,664,329

 

Marine — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Horizon Lines LLC, Secured Notes

 

13.000

%

10/15/16

 

1,334,409

 

1,254,344

(b)

Horizon Lines LLC, Senior Secured Notes

 

11.000

%

10/15/16

 

798,000

 

799,995

 

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

 

8.625

%

11/1/17

 

2,480,000

 

2,579,200

 

Ultrapetrol Bahamas Ltd., Senior Secured Mortgage Notes

 

8.875

%

6/15/21

 

750,000

 

766,875

(a)

Total Marine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,400,414

 

Road & Rail — 1.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Florida East Coast Holdings Corp., Senior Notes

 

10.500

%

8/1/17

 

2,490,342

 

2,602,407

(b)

Jack Cooper Holdings Corp., Senior Secured Notes

 

13.750

%

12/15/15

 

2,026,000

 

2,162,755

(a)(c)

Quality Distribution LLC/QD Capital Corp., Secured Notes

 

9.875

%

11/1/18

 

2,130,000

 

2,390,925

 

Total Road & Rail

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,156,087

 

Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

H&E Equipment Services Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.000

%

9/1/22

 

1,110,000

 

1,204,350

 

Transportation — 2.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CMA CGM, Senior Notes

 

8.500

%

4/15/17

 

150,000

 

126,000

(a)

CMA CGM, Senior Notes

 

8.875

%

4/15/19

 

1,600,000

EUR

1,762,460

(a)

Hapag-Lloyd AG, Senior Notes

 

9.750

%

10/15/17

 

1,420,000

 

1,505,200

(a)

Neovia Logistics Intermediate Holdings LLC/Logistics Intermediate Finance Corp., Senior Notes

 

10.000

%

2/15/18

 

1,640,000

 

1,640,000

(a)(b)

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

 

9.500

%

5/1/18

 

2,410,000

 

2,626,900

(a)

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

 

9.500

%

5/1/18

 

170,000

 

185,300

(a)

Watco Cos., LLC/Watco Finance Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.375

%

4/1/23

 

1,070,000

 

1,131,525

(a)

Total Transportation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,977,385

 

Transportation Infrastructure — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aguila 3 SA, Senior Secured Notes

 

7.875

%

1/31/18

 

630,000

 

681,188

(a)

TOTAL INDUSTRIALS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

70,365,526

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

May 31, 2013

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT †

 

VALUE

 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

NXP BV/NXP Funding LLC, Senior Secured Notes

 

9.750

%

8/1/18

 

770,000

 

$

873,950

(a)

Techem GmbH, Senior Secured Notes

 

6.125

%

10/1/19

 

350,000

EUR

493,580

(a)

Total Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

 

 

 

1,367,530

 

Internet Software & Services — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zayo Group LLC/Zayo Capital Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

8.125

%

1/1/20

 

790,000

 

880,850

 

IT Services — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Data Corp., Senior Notes

 

12.625

%

1/15/21

 

1,890,000

 

2,074,275

 

Software — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interface Security Systems Holdings Inc./Interface Security Systems LLC, Senior Secured Notes

 

9.250

%

1/15/18

 

830,000

 

871,500

(a)

TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,194,155

 

MATERIALS — 12.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chemicals — 2.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INEOS Group Holdings SA, Senior Notes

 

7.875

%

2/15/16

 

1,800,000

EUR

2,374,642

(a)

Kerling PLC, Senior Secured Notes

 

10.625

%

2/1/17

 

1,300,000

EUR

1,803,727

(a)

Kloeckner Pentaplast GmbH & Co. KG, Senior Secured Notes

 

11.625

%

7/15/17

 

370,000

EUR

545,926

(a)

Kloeckner Pentaplast GmbH & Co. KG, Senior Secured Notes

 

11.625

%

7/15/17

 

290,000

EUR

427,888

(a)

Orion Engineered Carbons Bondco GmbH, Senior Secured Bonds

 

10.000

%

6/15/18

 

1,305,000

EUR

1,891,233

(a)

Styrolution GmbH, Senior Secured Notes

 

7.625

%

5/15/16

 

1,600,000

EUR

2,192,938

(a)

Total Chemicals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,236,354

 

Containers & Packaging — 3.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARD Finance SA, Senior Secured Notes

 

11.125

%

6/1/18

 

200,000

 

220,000

(a)(b)

Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC, Senior Notes

 

9.250

%

10/15/20

 

2,500,000

EUR

3,558,064

(a)

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

 

7.000

%

11/15/20

 

390,000

 

400,725

(a)

Beverage Packaging Holdings Luxembourg II SA, Senior Notes

 

8.000

%

12/15/16

 

430,000

EUR

561,687

(a)

Beverage Packaging Holdings Luxembourg II SA, Senior Notes

 

9.500

%

6/15/17

 

1,900,000

EUR

2,552,648

(a)

Beverage Packaging Holdings Luxembourg II SA, Senior Secured Notes

 

8.000

%

12/15/16

 

610,000

EUR

796,812

(a)

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

 

11.500

%

4/1/16

 

4,500,000

 

4,882,500

 

Reynolds Group Issuer Inc./Reynolds Group Issuer LLC/Reynolds Group Issuer (Luxembourg) SA, Senior Notes

 

8.500

%

5/15/18

 

2,330,000

 

2,458,150

 

Viskase Cos. Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

9.875

%

1/15/18

 

2,000,000

 

2,145,000

(a)

Total Containers & Packaging

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17,575,586

 

Metals & Mining — 4.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ArcelorMittal, Senior Notes

 

6.000

%

3/1/21

 

1,610,000

 

1,678,425

 

Barminco Finance Pty Ltd., Senior Notes

 

9.000

%

6/1/18

 

960,000

 

945,600

(a)

Coeur Mining Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.875

%

2/1/21

 

1,510,000

 

1,604,375

(a)

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

 

7.000

%

11/1/15

 

930,000

 

962,550

(a)

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

 

8.250

%

11/1/19

 

1,340,000

 

1,420,400

(a)

JW Aluminum Co., Senior Secured Notes

 

11.500

%

11/15/17

 

1,400,000

 

1,435,000

(a)

Midwest Vanadium Pty Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

 

11.500

%

2/15/18

 

2,210,000

 

1,491,750

(a)(c)

Mirabela Nickel Ltd., Senior Notes

 

8.750

%

4/15/18

 

620,000

 

520,800

(a)

Molycorp Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

10.000

%

6/1/20

 

1,170,000

 

1,175,850

 

New World Resources NV, Senior Notes

 

7.875

%

1/15/21

 

800,000

EUR

634,278

(a)

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

May 31, 2013

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT †

 

VALUE

 

Metals & Mining — continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Noranda Aluminum Acquisition Corp., Senior Notes

 

11.000

%

6/1/19

 

930,000

 

$

918,375

(a)

Optima Specialty Steel Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

12.500

%

12/15/16

 

910,000

 

991,900

(a)

Prince Mineral Holding Corp., Senior Secured Notes

 

11.500

%

12/15/19

 

750,000

 

830,625

(a)

Rain CII Carbon LLC/CII Carbon Corp., Senior Secured Notes

 

8.250

%

1/15/21

 

1,880,000

 

2,021,000

(a)

St. Barbara Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

 

8.875

%

4/15/18

 

1,130,000

 

1,100,337

(a)

Steel Dynamics Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.125

%

8/15/19

 

540,000

 

589,950

(a)

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

 

7.375

%

2/1/20

 

500,000

 

532,500

(a)

Thompson Creek Metals Co. Inc., Senior Notes

 

12.500

%

5/1/19

 

860,000

 

896,550

 

Thompson Creek Metals Co. Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

9.750

%

12/1/17

 

1,100,000

 

1,205,875

 

Total Metals & Mining

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,956,140

 

Paper & Forest Products — 1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appleton Papers Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

11.250

%

12/15/15

 

3,100,000

 

3,572,750

 

Resolute Forest Products Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.875

%

5/15/23

 

1,240,000

 

1,204,350

(a)

Verso Paper Holdings LLC/Verso Paper Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

11.750

%

1/15/19

 

1,868,000

 

1,391,660

 

Verso Paper Holdings LLC/Verso Paper Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes

 

11.375

%

8/1/16

 

2,280,000

 

1,265,400

 

Total Paper & Forest Products

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,434,160

 

TOTAL MATERIALS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

55,202,240

 

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 9.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 6.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cogent Communications Group Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

8.375

%

2/15/18

 

5,000,000

 

5,600,000

(a)

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA, Senior Notes

 

5.500

%

8/1/23

 

2,860,000

 

2,809,950

(a)

Intelsat Luxembourg SA, Senior Notes

 

11.250

%

2/4/17

 

1,801,000

 

1,907,709

 

Intelsat Luxembourg SA, Senior Notes

 

8.125

%

6/1/23

 

2,930,000

 

3,146,088

(a)

Koninklijke KPN NV, Senior Subordinated Notes

 

7.000

%

3/28/73

 

230,000

 

229,379

(a)(f)

Level 3 Financing Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.625

%

7/15/20

 

920,000

 

1,015,450

 

TW Telecom Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.375

%

10/1/22

 

1,630,000

 

1,695,200

 

Unitymedia KabelBW GmbH, Senior Secured Notes

 

9.500

%

3/15/21

 

1,600,000

EUR

2,406,200

(a)

Unitymedia KabelBW GmbH, Senior Secured Notes

 

9.500

%

3/15/21

 

440,000

EUR

661,705

(a)

Wind Acquisition Finance SA, Senior Secured Notes

 

11.750

%

7/15/17

 

1,000,000

EUR

1,374,485

(a)

Wind Acquisition Holdings Finance SpA, Senior Notes

 

12.250

%

7/15/17

 

5,384,537

 

5,700,879

(a)(b)

Windstream Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.375

%

8/1/23

 

2,000,000

 

1,985,000

 

Total Diversified Telecommunication Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28,532,045

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 2.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Matterhorn Midco & Cy SCA, Senior Notes

 

7.750

%

2/15/20

 

760,000

EUR

1,007,566

(a)

Phones4u Finance PLC, Senior Secured Notes

 

9.500

%

4/1/18

 

730,000

GBP

1,157,742

(a)

Sprint Capital Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.875

%

11/15/28

 

5,210,000

 

5,236,050

 

Sprint Capital Corp., Senior Notes

 

8.750

%

3/15/32

 

2,120,000

 

2,480,400

 

Sprint Nextel Corp., Senior Notes

 

9.000

%

11/15/18

 

2,220,000

 

2,697,300

(a)

Total Wireless Telecommunication Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,579,058

 

TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

41,111,103

 

UTILITIES — 4.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electric Utilities — 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GenOn REMA LLC, Pass-Through Certificates

 

9.681

%

7/2/26

 

2,340,000

 

2,550,600

 

Midwest Generation LLC, Pass-Through Certificates

 

8.560

%

1/2/16

 

1,026,812

 

998,575

(e)

Northeast Generation Co., Senior Secured Notes

 

8.812

%

10/15/26

 

2,566,406

 

2,758,974

 

Total Electric Utilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,308,149

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

May 31, 2013

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT †

 

VALUE

 

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 3.4%

 

 

 

 

 

Atlantic Power Corp., Senior Notes

 

9.000

%

11/15/18

 

960,000

 

$1,008,000

 

Dynegy Inc., Bonds

 

7.670

%

11/8/16

 

1,180,000

 

20,650

(c)(d)(e)

 

Energy Future Intermediate Holding Co. LLC/EFIH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance Inc., Secured Notes

 

12.250

%

3/1/22

 

2,570,000

 

2,939,437

(a)

Energy Future Intermediate Holding Co. LLC/EFIH Finance Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

6.875

%

8/15/17

 

780,000

 

830,700

(a)

Energy Future Intermediate Holding Co. LLC/EFIH Finance Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

10.000

%

12/1/20

 

950,000

 

1,086,563

 

First Wind Holdings Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

10.250

%

6/1/18

 

1,380,000

 

1,480,050

(a)

Foresight Energy LLC/Foresight Energy Corp., Senior Notes

 

9.625

%

8/15/17

 

2,635,000

 

2,872,150

(a)

Mirant Americas Generation LLC, Senior Notes

 

9.125

%

5/1/31

 

2,840,000

 

3,223,400

 

Mirant Mid Atlantic LLC, Pass-Through Certificates

 

10.060

%

12/30/28

 

1,461,442

 

1,652,342

 

Total Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders

 

 

 

15,113,292

 

TOTAL UTILITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21,421,441

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES (Cost — $376,957,049)

 

 

 

395,356,786

 

COLLATERALIZED SENIOR LOANS — 3.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equinox Holdings Inc., Second Lien Term Loan

 

9.750

%

5/16/20

 

1,050,000

 

1,081,500

(h)

Stockbridge/SBE Holdings LLC, Term Loan B

 

13.000

%

5/2/17

 

2,150,000

 

2,289,750

(h)

Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,371,250

 

Specialty Retail — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gymboree Corp., Initial Term Loan

 

5.000

%

2/23/18

 

510,000

 

502,527

(h)

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,873,777

 

CONSUMER STAPLES — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Food Products — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AdvancePierre Foods Inc., Second Lien Term Loan

 

9.500

%

10/10/17

 

450,000

 

463,500

(h)

H.J. Heinz Co., Bridge Loan

 

 

11/13/13

 

1,970,000

 

1,970,000

(c)(d)(i)

TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,433,500

 

ENERGY — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Frac Tech International LLC, Term Loan B

 

8.500

%

5/6/16

 

100,000

 

98,844

(h)

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chesapeake Energy Corp., New Term Loan

 

5.750

%

12/1/17

 

800,000

 

823,214

(h)

Sanchez Energy Corp., Bridge Loan

 

 

7/1/13

 

1,710,000

 

1,710,000

(c)(d)(i)

Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,533,214

 

TOTAL ENERGY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,632,058

 

INDUSTRIALS — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Machinery — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gardner Denver Inc., Bridge Loan

 

 

5/6/16

 

1,990,000

 

1,990,000

(c)(d)(i)

Intelligrated Inc., Second Lien Term Loan

 

10.500

%

12/31/19

 

1,740,000

 

1,788,395

(h)

TOTAL INDUSTRIALS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,778,395

 

MATERIALS — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chemicals — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kronos Inc., Second Lien Term Loan

 

9.750

%

4/30/20

 

800,000

 

841,500

(h)

TOTAL COLLATERALIZED SENIOR LOANS (Cost — $13,069,740)

 

 

 

13,559,230

 

SOVEREIGN BONDS — 2.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Venezuela — 2.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Senior Bonds

 

5.750

%

2/26/16

 

5,970,000

 

5,581,950

(a)

Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Senior Bonds

 

9.250

%

9/15/27

 

5,820,000

 

5,325,300

 

TOTAL SOVEREIGN BONDS (Cost — $9,326,184)

 

 

 

10,907,250

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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WESTERN ASSET HIGH YIELD DEFINED OPPORTUNITY FUND INC.

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

May 31, 2013

 

SECURITY

 

 

 

 

 

SHARES

 

VALUE

 

COMMON STOCKS — 2.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bossier Casino Venture Holdco Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

68,957

 

$

137,914

*(c)(d)

Household Durables — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

William Lyon Homes, Class A Shares

 

 

 

 

 

2,734

 

71,221

*

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

209,135

 

FINANCIALS — 1.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services — 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Citigroup Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

119,668

 

6,221,539

 

Real Estate Management & Development — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Realogy Holdings Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

24,390

 

1,259,517

*(c)(d)

Realogy Holdings Corp.

 

 

 

 

 

12,040

 

621,745

*

Total Real Estate Management & Development

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,881,262

 

TOTAL FINANCIALS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,102,801

 

INDUSTRIALS — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marine — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Horizon Lines Inc., Class A Shares

 

 

 

 

 

633,775

 

918,974

*

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost — $8,313,043)

 

 

 

 

 

9,230,910

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RATE

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MATERIALS — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Metals & Mining — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ArcelorMittal (Cost - $217,500)

 

6.000

%

 

 

8,700

 

183,483

 

PREFERRED STOCKS — 2.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENERGY — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sanchez Energy Corp., Series B

 

6.500

%

 

 

19,250

 

1,152,594

(a)

FINANCIALS — 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Finance — 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GMAC Capital Trust I

 

8.125

%

 

 

319,200

 

8,497,104

(f)

INDUSTRIALS — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Road & Rail — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jack Cooper Holdings Corp.

 

20.000

%

 

 

3,773

 

394,278

(a)(c)(d)(f)

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS (Cost — $9,108,667)

 

 

 

10,043,976

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXPIRATION
DATE

 

WARRANTS

 

 

 

WARRANTS — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jack Cooper Holdings Corp.

 

 

 

12/15/17

 

1,686

 

181,245

*

Jack Cooper Holdings Corp.

 

 

 

5/6/18

 

846

 

90,945

*

TOTAL WARRANTS (Cost — $46,253)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

272,190

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 98.5% (Cost — $417,038,436#)

 

 

 

 

439,553,825

 

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,486,678

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

446,040,503

 

 

 

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

*

Non-income producing security.

(a)

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

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

May 31, 2013

 

(b)

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

(c)

Illiquid security.

(d)

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

(e)

The coupon payment on these securities is currently in default as of May 31, 2013.

(f)

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

(g)

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

(h)

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

(i)

All or a portion of this loan is unfunded as of May 31, 2013. The interest rate for fully unfunded term loans is to be determined.

#

Aggregate cost for federal income tax purposes is substantially the same.

 

 

 

Abbreviations used in this schedule:

 

EUR

-  Euro

 

GBP

-  British Pound

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Notes to schedule of investments (unaudited)

 

1. Organization and significant accounting policies

 

Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. (the “Fund”) was incorporated in Maryland on July 20, 2010  and is registered as a non-diversified, limited-term, closed-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). The Fund’s primary investment objective is to provide high income. As a secondary investment objective, the Fund will seek capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its net assets in a portfolio of high-yield corporate fixed income securities with varying maturities. The Fund intends to terminate on or about September 30, 2025 and distribute substantially all of its net assets to stockholders, after making appropriate provisions for any liabilities of the Fund.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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Notes to schedule of investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

·                  Level 1–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

 

 

$

393,426,068

 

$

1,930,718

 

$

395,356,786

 

Collateralized senior loans

 

 

13,559,230

 

 

13,559,230

 

Sovereign bonds

 

 

10,907,250

 

 

10,907,250

 

Common stocks:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer discretionary

 

$

71,221

 

 

137,914

 

209,135

 

Financials

 

6,843,284

 

1,259,517

 

 

8,102,801

 

Industrials

 

918,974

 

 

 

918,974

 

Convertible preferred stocks

 

183,483

 

 

 

183,483

 

Preferred stocks:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy

 

 

1,152,594

 

 

1,152,594

 

Financials

 

8,497,104

 

 

 

8,497,104

 

Industrials

 

 

394,278

 

 

394,278

 

Warrants

 

 

272,190

 

 

272,190

 

Total investments

 

$

16,514,066

 

$

420,971,127

 

$

2,068,632

 

$

439,553,825

 

Other financial instruments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forward foreign currency contracts

 

 

$

582,759

 

 

$

582,759

 

Total

 

$

16,514,066

 

$

421,553,886

 

$

2,068,632

 

$

440,136,584

 

 

LIABILITIES

Description

 

Quoted Prices
(Level 1)

 

Other Significant
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)

 

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)

 

Total

 

Other financial instruments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credit default swaps on credit indices - buy protection‡

 

 

$

694,716

 

 

$

694,716

 

 

† See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

‡ Values include any premiums paid or received with respect to swap contracts.

 

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Notes to schedule of investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

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

 

(c) Written options. When the Fund writes an option, an amount equal to the premium received by the Fund is recorded as a liability, the value of which is marked-to-market daily to reflect the current market value of the option written. If the option expires, the premium received is recorded as a realized gain. When a written call option is exercised, the difference between the premium received plus the option exercise price and the Fund’s basis in the underlying security (in the case of a covered written call option), or the cost to purchase the underlying security (in the case of an uncovered written call option), including brokerage commission, is recognized as a realized gain or loss. When a written put option is exercised, the amount of the premium received is subtracted from the cost of the security purchased by the Fund from the exercise of the written put option to form the Fund’s basis in the underlying security purchased. The writer or buyer of an option traded on an exchange can liquidate the position before the exercise of the option by entering into a closing transaction. The cost of a closing transaction is deducted from the original premium received resulting in a realized gain or loss to the Fund.

 

The risk in writing a covered call option is that the Fund may forego the opportunity of profit if the market price of the underlying security increases and the option is exercised. The risk in writing a put option is that the Fund may incur a loss if the market price of the underlying security decreases and the option is exercised. The risk in writing an uncovered call option is that the Fund is exposed to the risk of loss if the market price of the underlying security increases. In addition, there is the risk that the Fund may not be able to enter into a closing transaction because of an illiquid secondary market.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Swaptions are marked-to-market daily based upon quotations from market makers.

 

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

 

Swap contracts are marked-to-market daily and changes in value are recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation). Gains or losses are realized upon termination of the swap agreement. Collateral, in the form of restricted cash or securities, may be

 

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required to be held in segregated accounts with the Fund’s custodian in compliance with the terms of the swap contracts. Securities posted as collateral for swap contracts are identified in the Schedule of Investments.

 

The Fund’s maximum exposure in the event of a defined credit event on a credit default swap to sell protection is the notional amount.  As of May 31, 2013, the Fund did not hold any credit default swaps to sell protection.

 

For average notional amounts of swaps held during the period ended May 31, 2013, see Note 3.

 

Credit default swaps

 

The Fund enters into credit default swap (“CDS”) contracts for investment purposes, to manage its credit risk or to add leverage.  CDS agreements involve one party making a stream of payments to another party in exchange for the right to receive a specified return in the event of a default by a third party, typically corporate or sovereign issuers, on a specified obligation, or in the event of a write-down, principal shortfall, interest shortfall or default of all or part of the referenced entities comprising a credit index. The Fund may use a CDS to provide protection against defaults of the issuers (i.e., to reduce risk where the Fund has exposure to an issuer) or to take an active long or short position with respect to the likelihood of a particular issuer’s default. As a seller of protection, the Fund generally receives an upfront payment or a stream of payments throughout the term of the swap provided that there is no credit event. If the Fund is a seller of protection and a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement, the maximum potential amount of future payments (undiscounted) that the Fund could be required to make under a credit default swap agreement would be an amount equal to the notional amount of the agreement. These amounts of potential payments will be partially offset by any recovery of values from the respective referenced obligations. As a seller of protection, the Fund effectively adds leverage to its portfolio because, in addition to its total net assets, the Fund is subject to investment exposure on the notional amount of the swap. As a buyer of protection, the Fund generally receives an amount up to the notional value of the swap if a credit event occurs.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(f) 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

 

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Notes to schedule of investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

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.

 

When entering into a forward foreign currency contract, 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.

 

(g) Foreign currency translation. Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts based upon prevailing exchange rates on the date of valuation.  Purchases and sales of investment securities and income and expense items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts based upon prevailing exchange rates on the respective dates of such transactions.

 

Foreign security and currency transactions may involve certain considerations and risks not typically associated with those of U.S. dollar denominated transactions as a result of, among other factors, the possibility of lower levels of governmental supervision and regulation of foreign securities markets and the possibility of political or economic instability.

 

(h) 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 off-set against the borrower and the Fund may not benefit directly from any collateral supporting the loan in which it has purchased the participation.

 

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

 

(i) Unfunded loan commitments. The Fund may enter into certain credit agreements all or a portion of which may be unfunded. The Fund is obligated to fund these commitments at the borrower’s discretion. The commitments are disclosed in the accompanying Schedule of Investments. At May 31, 2013, the Fund had sufficient cash and/or securities to cover these commitments.

 

(j) 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.

 

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

 

(l) Counterparty risk and credit-risk-related contingent features of derivative instruments. The Fund may invest in certain securities or engage in other transactions, where the Fund is exposed to counterparty credit risk in addition to broader market risks. The Fund may invest in securities of issuers, which may also be considered counterparties as trading partners in other transactions. This may increase the risk of loss in the event of default or bankruptcy by the counterparty or if the counterparty otherwise fails to meet its contractual obligations. The Fund’s investment manager attempts to mitigate counterparty risk by (i) periodically assessing the creditworthiness of its trading partners, (ii) monitoring and/or limiting the amount of its net exposure to each individual counterparty based on its assessment and (iii) requiring collateral from the counterparty for certain transactions. Market events and

 

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Notes to schedule of investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

changes in overall economic conditions may impact the assessment of such counterparty risk by the investment manager. In addition, declines in the values of underlying collateral received may expose the Fund to increased risk of loss.

 

The Fund has entered into master agreements with certain of its derivative counterparties that provide for general obligations, representations, agreements, collateral, events of default or termination and credit related contingent features.  The credit related contingent features include, but are not limited to, a percentage decrease in the Fund’s net assets or NAV over a specified period of time.  If these credit related contingent features were triggered, the derivatives counterparty could terminate the positions and demand payment or require additional collateral.

 

As of May 31, 2013, the Fund held credit default swaps with credit related contingent features which had a liability position of $694,716. If a contingent feature in the master agreements would have been triggered, the Fund would have been required to pay this amount to its derivatives counterparties.  As of May 31, 2013, the Fund had posted with its counterparties cash and/or securities as collateral to cover the net liability of these derivatives amounting to $1,000,000, which could be used to reduce the required payment.

 

(m) Security transactions.  Security transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis.

 

2.  Investments

 

At May 31, 2013, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were substantially as follows:

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

32,362,358

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

(9,846,969

)

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

22,515,389

 

 

During the period ended May 31, 2013, written option transactions for the Fund were as follows:

 

 

 

Notional Amount

 

Premiums

 

Written options, outstanding as of August 31, 2012

 

$

49,401,000

 

$

259,241

 

Options written

 

31,160,000

 

208,772

 

Options closed

 

 

 

Options exercised

 

(28,710,000

)

(168,201

)

Options expired

 

(51,851,000

)

(299,812

)

Written options, outstanding as of May 31, 2013

 

 

 

 

At May 31, 2013, the Fund had the following open forward foreign currency contracts:

 

FOREIGN CURRENCY

 

COUNTERPARTY

 

LOCAL
CURRENCY

 

MARKET
VALUE

 

SETTLEMENT
DATE

 

UNREALIZED
GAIN

 

Contracts to Buy:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Euro

 

UBS AG

 

1,400,000

 

$

1,820,427

 

8/16/13

 

$

17,871

 

Contracts to Sell:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

British Pound

 

Citibank, N.A.

 

389,056

 

590,847

 

8/16/13

 

12,005

 

British Pound

 

Credit Suisse

 

2,669,820

 

4,054,575

 

8/16/13

 

89,399

 

British Pound

 

UBS AG

 

1,383,773

 

2,101,495

 

8/16/13

 

37,722

 

Euro

 

Citibank, N.A.

 

6,808,466

 

8,853,082

 

8/16/13

 

87,932

 

Euro

 

Credit Suisse

 

10,023,025

 

13,032,988

 

8/16/13

 

119,486

 

Euro

 

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

 

8,074,709

 

10,499,584

 

8/16/13

 

89,832

 

 

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Notes to schedule of investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

Euro

 

UBS AG

 

15,399,636

 

20,024,222

 

8/16/13

 

128,512

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

564,888

 

Net unrealized gain on open forward foreign currency contracts

 

 

 

 

 

$

582,759

 

 

At May 31, 2013, the Fund had the following open swap contracts:

 

CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS ON CREDIT INDICES - BUY PROTECTION1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SWAP COUNTERPARTY
(REFERENCE ENTITY)

 

NOTIONAL
AMOUNT
2

 

TERMINATION
DATE

 

PERIODIC
PAYMENTS
MADE BY
THE FUND

 

MARKET
VALUE
3

 

UPFRONT
PREMIUMS
PAID
(RECEIVED)

 

UNREALIZED
DEPRECIATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barclays Capital Inc. (Markit CDX .NA. HY.18 Index)

 

9,929,700

 

6/20/17

 

5.000%
quarterly

 

$

(694,716

)

$

40,528

 

$

(735,244

)

 

(1) If the Fund is a buyer of protection and a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement, the Fund will either (i) receive from the seller of protection an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap and deliver the referenced obligation or the underlying securities comprising the referenced index or (ii) receive a net settlement amount in the form of cash or securities equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the referenced obligation or the underlying securities comprising the referenced index.

(2) The maximum potential amount the Fund could be required to pay as a seller of credit protection or receive as a buyer of credit protection if a credit event occurs as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement.

(3) The quoted market prices and resulting values for credit default swap agreements on asset-backed securities and credit indices serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and represent the likelihood of an expected liability (or profit) for the credit derivative should the notional amount of the swap agreement been closed/sold as of the period end. Decreasing market values (sell protection) or increasing market values (buy protection) when compared to the notional amount of the swap, represent a deterioration of the referenced entity’s credit soundness and a greater likelihood or risk of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the agreement.

† Percentage shown is an annual percentage rate.

 

3. Derivative instruments and hedging activities

 

GAAP requires enhanced disclosure about an entity’s derivative and hedging activities.

 

The following is a summary of the Fund’s derivative instruments categorized by risk exposure at May 31, 2013.

 

 

 

Forward Foreign Currency
Contracts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Primary Underlying Risk

 

Unrealized Appreciation

 

Swap
Contracts,
at Value

 

Total

 

Foreign Exchange Risk

 

$

582,759

 

 

$

582,759

 

Credit Risk

 

 

$

(694,716

)

(694,716

)

Total

 

$

582,759

 

$

(694,716

)

$

(111,957

)

 

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Notes to schedule of investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

During the period ended May 31, 2013, the volume of derivative activity for the Fund was as follows:

 

 

 

Average market
value

 

Purchased options

 

$

73,880

 

Written options

 

105,262

 

Forward foreign currency contracts (to buy)

 

2,486,976

 

Forward foreign currency contracts (to sell)

 

61,787,416

 

 

 

 

Average notional
balance

 

Credit default swap contracts (to buy protection)

 

$

16,684,470

 

 

†At May  31, 2013, there were no open positions held in this derivative.

 

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ITEM 2.                                                  CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

 

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

 

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

 

ITEM 3.                                                  EXHIBITS.

 

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

 



 

SIGNATURES

 

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

 

Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Inc.

 

 

By

/s/Kenneth D. Fuller

 

 

 

Kenneth D. Fuller

 

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

Date:  July 25, 2013

 

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/ Kenneth D. Fuller

 

 

 

Kenneth D. Fuller

 

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

Date:  July 25, 2013

 

By

/s/ Richard F. Sennett

 

 

 

Richard F. Sennett

 

 

 

Principal Financial Officer

 

 

 

Date:  July 25, 2013