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

811-22294

 

Western Asset Investment Grade Defined Opportunity Trust 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:

1-888-777-0102

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

November 30

 

 

Date of reporting period:

August 31, 2012

 

 



 

ITEM 1.                  SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.

 



 

WESTERN ASSET INVESTMENT GRADE DEFINED OPPORTUNITY TRUST INC.

 

FORM N-Q

AUGUST 31, 2012

 


 

WESTERN ASSET INVESTMENT GRADE DEFINED OPPORTUNITY TRUST INC.

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited)

August 31, 2012

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES — 88.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — 9.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Automobiles — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, Senior Notes

 

12.000%

 

5/15/15

 

$

1,000,000

 

$

1,252,500

 

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, Senior Notes

 

8.125%

 

1/15/20

 

640,000

 

794,820

 

Total Automobiles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,047,320

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co. Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

11.250%

 

6/1/17

 

1,250,000

 

1,353,125

 

NCL Corp. Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

 

11.750%

 

11/15/16

 

320,000

 

370,400

 

Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,723,525

 

Household Durables — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leggett & Platt Inc., Senior Notes

 

3.400%

 

8/15/22

 

560,000

 

583,660

 

Media — 6.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comcast Corp., Bonds

 

6.400%

 

5/15/38

 

2,500,000

 

3,277,710

 

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.700%

 

7/1/19

 

1,500,000

 

1,821,507

 

DISH DBS Corp., Senior Notes

 

7.875%

 

9/1/19

 

1,250,000

 

1,442,187

 

News America Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.650%

 

11/15/37

 

2,400,000

 

3,085,730

 

Nielsen Finance LLC/Nielsen Finance Co., Senior Notes

 

11.500%

 

5/1/16

 

340,000

 

382,500

 

Time Warner Cable Inc., Debentures

 

7.300%

 

7/1/38

 

500,000

 

684,586

 

Time Warner Cable Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.750%

 

2/14/19

 

1,100,000

 

1,491,116

 

Time Warner Inc., Senior Notes

 

4.900%

 

6/15/42

 

250,000

 

272,286

 

United Business Media Ltd., Notes

 

5.750%

 

11/3/20

 

830,000

 

863,507

(a)

WPP Finance 2010, Senior Notes

 

4.750%

 

11/21/21

 

870,000

 

950,849

 

WPP Finance UK, Senior Notes

 

8.000%

 

9/15/14

 

1,000,000

 

1,122,675

 

Total Media

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,394,653

 

Specialty Retail — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Greetings Corp., Senior Notes

 

7.375%

 

12/1/21

 

280,000

 

308,000

 

Gap Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.950%

 

4/12/21

 

1,240,000

 

1,341,469

 

QVC Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

5.125%

 

7/2/22

 

760,000

 

798,128

(a)

Total Specialty Retail

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,447,597

 

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22,196,755

 

CONSUMER STAPLES — 5.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beverages — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.750%

 

1/15/19

 

450,000

 

605,765

 

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

 

2.500%

 

7/15/22

 

290,000

 

295,163

 

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

 

3.750%

 

7/15/42

 

200,000

 

205,752

 

Pernod-Ricard SA, Senior Bonds

 

5.750%

 

4/7/21

 

890,000

 

1,038,306

(a)

Pernod-Ricard SA, Senior Notes

 

5.500%

 

1/15/42

 

960,000

 

1,087,898

(a)

Total Beverages

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,232,884

 

Food & Staples Retailing — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CVS Caremark Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.600%

 

3/15/19

 

600,000

 

768,593

 

Food Products — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kraft Foods Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.375%

 

2/10/20

 

539,000

 

645,180

(a)

Kraft Foods Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.000%

 

6/4/42

 

540,000

 

616,761

(a)

Kraft Foods Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.375%

 

2/10/20

 

491,000

 

591,050

 

Total Food Products

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,852,991

 

Tobacco — 2.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

9.250%

 

8/6/19

 

1,000,000

 

1,427,283

 

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

2.850%

 

8/9/22

 

360,000

 

359,470

 

Lorillard Tobacco Co., Senior Notes

 

8.125%

 

6/23/19

 

540,000

 

694,139

 

Lorillard Tobacco Co., Senior Notes

 

8.125%

 

5/1/40

 

470,000

 

617,830

 

Lorillard Tobacco Co., Senior Notes

 

7.000%

 

8/4/41

 

510,000

 

613,985

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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WESTERN ASSET INVESTMENT GRADE DEFINED OPPORTUNITY TRUST INC.

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

August 31, 2012

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

Tobacco — continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reynolds American Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

7.625%

 

6/1/16

 

$

2,000,000

 

$

2,410,382

 

Total Tobacco

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,123,089

 

TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,977,557

 

ENERGY — 13.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Schlumberger Investment SA, Senior Notes

 

2.400%

 

8/1/22

 

440,000

 

438,955

(a)

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 12.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.950%

 

9/15/16

 

340,000

 

393,528

 

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.100%

 

9/1/40

 

140,000

 

168,677

 

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.250%

 

2/1/42

 

160,000

 

197,848

 

Arch Coal Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.000%

 

6/15/19

 

440,000

 

400,400

 

ConocoPhillips, Notes

 

6.500%

 

2/1/39

 

1,500,000

 

2,170,588

 

DCP Midstream LLC, Senior Notes

 

9.750%

 

3/15/19

 

1,000,000

 

1,288,293

(a)

DCP Midstream Partners LP, Senior Notes

 

4.950%

 

4/1/22

 

900,000

 

940,648

 

Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes

 

3.250%

 

5/15/22

 

20,000

 

20,882

 

Devon Financing Corp. ULC, Debentures

 

7.875%

 

9/30/31

 

1,080,000

 

1,574,906

 

Enterprise Products Operating LP, Senior Notes

 

9.750%

 

1/31/14

 

2,000,000

 

2,240,458

 

EOG Resources Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.875%

 

10/1/18

 

800,000

 

1,010,820

 

Hess Corp., Notes

 

8.125%

 

2/15/19

 

1,400,000

 

1,829,170

 

Hess Corp., Notes

 

7.875%

 

10/1/29

 

440,000

 

590,077

 

Hess Corp., Senior Bonds

 

6.000%

 

1/15/40

 

520,000

 

615,164

 

Kerr-McGee Corp., Notes

 

6.950%

 

7/1/24

 

1,320,000

 

1,695,788

 

Kerr-McGee Corp., Notes

 

7.875%

 

9/15/31

 

830,000

 

1,111,794

 

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, Senior Notes

 

5.950%

 

2/15/18

 

800,000

 

952,554

 

Noble Energy Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.000%

 

3/1/41

 

660,000

 

814,136

 

Pemex Project Funding Master Trust, Senior Bonds

 

6.625%

 

6/15/35

 

1,000,000

 

1,247,500

 

Petrobras International Finance Co., Senior Notes

 

5.750%

 

1/20/20

 

1,109,000

 

1,255,286

 

Petrobras International Finance Co., Senior Notes

 

6.750%

 

1/27/41

 

1,730,000

 

2,159,099

 

Petroleos Mexicanos, Senior Notes

 

5.500%

 

1/21/21

 

250,000

 

291,250

 

Quicksilver Resources Inc., Senior Notes

 

11.750%

 

1/1/16

 

1,000,000

 

985,000

 

Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes

 

6.375%

 

12/15/38

 

1,500,000

 

2,196,057

 

TNK-BP Finance SA, Senior Notes

 

7.500%

 

3/13/13

 

870,000

 

899,363

(a)

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC, Senior Notes

 

5.400%

 

8/15/41

 

10,000

 

11,863

 

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC, Senior Notes

 

4.450%

 

8/1/42

 

860,000

 

897,559

(a)

Valero Energy Corp., Senior Notes

 

9.375%

 

3/15/19

 

700,000

 

937,703

 

Williams Cos. Inc., Notes

 

7.875%

 

9/1/21

 

952,000

 

1,237,631

 

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.750%

 

6/15/31

 

62,000

 

79,121

 

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.750%

 

3/15/32

 

148,000

 

204,203

 

Williams Partners LP, Senior Notes

 

5.250%

 

3/15/20

 

460,000

 

530,022

 

Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30,947,388

 

TOTAL ENERGY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31,386,343

 

FINANCIALS — 31.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Markets — 8.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bear Stearns Cos. LLC, Senior Notes

 

7.250%

 

2/1/18

 

1,570,000

 

1,960,768

 

GFI Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.625%

 

7/19/18

 

430,000

 

374,100

 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.950%

 

1/18/18

 

4,250,000

 

4,786,010

 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.500%

 

2/15/19

 

500,000

 

600,478

 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.375%

 

3/15/20

 

470,000

 

507,291

 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.250%

 

7/27/21

 

870,000

 

926,726

 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.250%

 

2/1/41

 

2,550,000

 

2,858,038

 

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Notes

 

6.875%

 

4/25/18

 

990,000

 

1,156,147

 

Morgan Stanley, Medium-Term Notes

 

6.625%

 

4/1/18

 

1,750,000

 

1,934,868

 

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes

 

5.500%

 

1/26/20

 

1,950,000

 

2,000,181

 

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes

 

5.500%

 

7/24/20

 

200,000

 

205,952

 

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes

 

6.375%

 

7/24/42

 

180,000

 

182,963

 

State Street Corp., Junior Subordinated Notes

 

4.956%

 

3/15/18

 

1,330,000

 

1,460,727

 

UBS AG Stamford CT, Senior Notes

 

4.875%

 

8/4/20

 

250,000

 

279,297

 

UBS AG Stamford CT, Subordinated Notes

 

7.625%

 

8/17/22

 

1,130,000

 

1,140,728

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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WESTERN ASSET INVESTMENT GRADE DEFINED OPPORTUNITY TRUST INC.

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

August 31, 2012

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

Capital Markets — continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vesey Street Investment Trust I, Senior Notes

 

4.404%

 

9/1/16

 

$

540,000

 

$

562,894

 

Total Capital Markets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,937,168

 

Commercial Banks — 5.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BankAmerica Institutional Capital B, Junior Subordinated Bonds

 

7.700%

 

12/31/26

 

250,000

 

255,625

(a)

CIT Group Inc., Secured Notes

 

5.250%

 

4/1/14

 

630,000

 

657,562

(a)

CIT Group Inc., Secured Notes

 

6.625%

 

4/1/18

 

480,000

 

525,000

(a)

Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank BA, Senior Notes

 

5.250%

 

5/24/41

 

310,000

 

366,771

 

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Senior Notes

 

3.625%

 

8/12/15

 

2,140,000

 

2,012,972

(a)

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Senior Notes

 

6.500%

 

2/24/21

 

170,000

 

158,704

(a)

Lloyds TSB Bank PLC, Senior Notes

 

4.200%

 

3/28/17

 

610,000

 

647,650

 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Junior Subordinated Bonds

 

7.648%

 

9/30/31

 

680,000

 

646,000

(b)(c)

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Senior Notes

 

6.400%

 

10/21/19

 

1,170,000

 

1,289,713

 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Subordinated Notes

 

5.000%

 

10/1/14

 

790,000

 

799,316

 

Wachovia Capital Trust III, Junior Subordinated Bonds

 

5.570%

 

10/18/12

 

270,000

 

267,638

(b)(c)

Wachovia Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.750%

 

2/1/18

 

4,400,000

 

5,288,127

 

Total Commercial Banks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,915,078

 

Consumer Finance — 3.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Express Co., Senior Notes

 

8.125%

 

5/20/19

 

2,760,000

 

3,743,973

 

HSBC Finance Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.676%

 

1/15/21

 

1,620,000

 

1,840,599

 

SLM Corp., Senior Notes

 

7.250%

 

1/25/22

 

1,430,000

 

1,551,550

 

Total Consumer Finance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,136,122

 

Diversified Financial Services — 11.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

 

7.625%

 

6/1/19

 

2,760,000

 

3,375,193

 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.625%

 

7/1/20

 

180,000

 

199,885

 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.875%

 

2/7/42

 

1,700,000

 

1,935,868

 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.375%

 

8/12/14

 

300,000

 

325,582

 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.000%

 

8/15/17

 

2,250,000

 

2,572,155

 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.500%

 

5/22/19

 

500,000

 

640,504

 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.875%

 

3/5/38

 

2,000,000

 

2,577,774

 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.125%

 

7/15/39

 

1,350,000

 

1,985,036

 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.875%

 

1/30/42

 

410,000

 

483,241

 

General Electric Capital Corp., Junior Subordinated Bonds

 

7.125%

 

6/15/22

 

100,000

 

109,642

(b)(c)

General Electric Capital Corp., Junior Subordinated Bonds

 

6.250%

 

12/15/22

 

1,000,000

 

1,037,110

(b)(c)

General Electric Capital Corp., Notes

 

5.300%

 

2/11/21

 

210,000

 

242,071

 

General Electric Capital Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.875%

 

1/10/39

 

3,200,000

 

4,389,162

 

General Electric Capital Corp., Subordinated Debentures

 

6.375%

 

11/15/67

 

100,000

 

105,625

(b)

ILFC E-Capital Trust I

 

4.280%

 

12/21/65

 

370,000

 

246,050

(a)(b)

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

 

8.875%

 

9/1/17

 

810,000

 

944,662

 

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.250%

 

5/15/19

 

220,000

 

231,000

 

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

 

8.250%

 

12/15/20

 

330,000

 

387,301

 

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.875%

 

8/15/22

 

640,000

 

645,163

 

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Secured Notes

 

6.750%

 

9/1/16

 

670,000

 

750,400

(a)

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Secured Notes

 

7.125%

 

9/1/18

 

1,030,000

 

1,189,650

(a)

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Senior Notes

 

6.400%

 

5/15/38

 

1,500,000

 

1,994,844

 

ZFS Finance USA Trust II, Bonds

 

6.450%

 

12/15/65

 

500,000

 

528,750

(a)(b)

Total Diversified Financial Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26,896,668

 

Insurance — 3.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American International Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.400%

 

12/15/20

 

1,000,000

 

1,190,333

 

Delphi Financial Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.875%

 

1/31/20

 

290,000

 

350,255

 

ING Capital Funding Trust III, Junior Subordinated Bonds

 

4.061%

 

12/31/12

 

410,000

 

354,396

(b)(c)

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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WESTERN ASSET INVESTMENT GRADE DEFINED OPPORTUNITY TRUST INC.

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

August 31, 2012

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

Insurance — continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ING US Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.500

%

7/15/22

 

$

410,000

 

$

422,969

(a)

MetLife Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.817

%

8/15/18

 

1,300,000

 

1,627,547

 

MetLife Inc., Senior Notes

 

4.125

%

8/13/42

 

720,000

 

734,088

 

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., Notes

 

9.375

%

8/15/39

 

520,000

 

715,946

(a)

Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America - College Retirement Equity Fund, Notes

 

6.850

%

12/16/39

 

1,050,000

 

1,457,886

(a)

Travelers Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.250

%

6/15/37

 

400,000

 

549,844

 

Total Insurance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,403,264

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

6.750

%

9/2/19

 

580,000

 

696,486

(a)

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Santander Holdings USA Inc., Senior Notes

 

4.625

%

4/19/16

 

270,000

 

271,925

 

TOTAL FINANCIALS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

76,256,711

 

HEALTH CARE — 4.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Biotechnology — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amgen Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.150

%

11/15/41

 

1,020,000

 

1,117,914

 

Gilead Sciences Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.650

%

12/1/41

 

480,000

 

613,355

 

Total Biotechnology

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,731,269

 

Health Care Providers & Services — 2.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Highmark Inc., Senior Notes

 

4.750

%

5/15/21

 

570,000

 

591,043

(a)

Humana Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.450

%

6/1/16

 

1,000,000

 

1,143,432

 

Humana Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.200

%

6/15/18

 

1,000,000

 

1,209,848

 

InVentiv Health Inc., Senior Notes

 

10.250

%

8/15/18

 

580,000

 

491,550

(a)

Tenet Healthcare Corp., Senior Secured Notes

 

10.000

%

5/1/18

 

1,000,000

 

1,155,000

 

Tenet Healthcare Corp., Senior Secured Notes

 

8.875

%

7/1/19

 

430,000

 

491,275

 

WellPoint Inc., Notes

 

5.250

%

1/15/16

 

1,200,000

 

1,342,741

 

Total Health Care Providers & Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,424,889

 

Pharmaceuticals — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pfizer Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.200

%

3/15/39

 

560,000

 

890,451

 

Wyeth, Notes

 

5.950

%

4/1/37

 

1,100,000

 

1,518,734

 

Total Pharmaceuticals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,409,185

 

TOTAL HEALTH CARE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,565,343

 

INDUSTRIALS — 3.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aerospace & Defense — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exelis Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.550

%

10/1/21

 

885,000

 

968,231

 

L-3 Communications Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes

 

6.375

%

10/15/15

 

105,000

 

106,969

 

Total Aerospace & Defense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,075,200

 

Air Freight & Logistics — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United Parcel Service Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.200

%

1/15/38

 

700,000

 

1,009,614

 

Airlines — 2.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Continental Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates

 

9.250

%

5/10/17

 

344,073

 

376,760

 

Continental Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates

 

6.545

%

2/2/19

 

222,504

 

241,706

 

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

 

7.250

%

11/10/19

 

730,414

 

832,672

 

Continental Airlines Inc., Secured Notes

 

6.250

%

10/22/21

 

290,000

 

295,800

 

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

 

8.021

%

8/10/22

 

179,685

 

185,075

 

Delta Air Lines Inc., Pass-Through Trust, Senior Secured Notes

 

7.750

%

12/17/19

 

681,670

 

778,808

 

United Air Lines Inc., Pass-Through Trust, Pass-Through Certificates, Secured Notes

 

9.750

%

1/15/17

 

199,333

 

228,237

 

United Air Lines Inc., Pass-Through Trust, Senior Secured Notes

 

10.400

%

11/1/16

 

160,170

 

184,595

 

United Air Lines Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

9.875

%

8/1/13

 

427,000

 

439,810

(a)

United Air Lines Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

12.000

%

11/1/13

 

570,000

 

591,375

(a)

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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WESTERN ASSET INVESTMENT GRADE DEFINED OPPORTUNITY TRUST INC.

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

August 31, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

Airlines — continued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US Airways 2012-1 Pass-Through Trust, Senior Secured Bonds

 

5.900%

 

4/1/26

 

$

610,000

 

$

643,550

 

Total Airlines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,798,388

 

Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Republic Services Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.500%

 

9/15/19

 

220,000

 

260,924

 

Waste Management Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.750%

 

5/15/32

 

500,000

 

726,516

 

Total Commercial Services & Supplies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

987,440

 

Machinery — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Valmont Industries Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.625%

 

4/20/20

 

180,000

 

214,458

 

Road & Rail — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kansas City Southern de Mexico, Senior Notes

 

12.500%

 

4/1/16

 

650,000

 

736,125

 

TOTAL INDUSTRIALS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,821,225

 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IT Services — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mantech International Corp., Senior Notes

 

7.250%

 

4/15/18

 

540,000

 

569,700

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

National Semiconductor Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.600%

 

6/15/17

 

360,000

 

449,737

 

TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,019,437

 

MATERIALS — 5.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chemicals — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ecolab Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.500%

 

12/8/41

 

260,000

 

327,298

 

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.625%

 

12/1/40

 

250,000

 

318,751

 

Total Chemicals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

646,049

 

Containers & Packaging — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rock-Tenn Co., Senior Notes

 

4.900%

 

3/1/22

 

790,000

 

859,520

(a)

Metals & Mining — 4.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barrick Gold Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.250%

 

4/1/42

 

1,380,000

 

1,504,760

 

Cliffs Natural Resources Inc., Senior Notes

 

4.875%

 

4/1/21

 

620,000

 

609,251

 

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

 

7.000%

 

11/1/15

 

1,260,000

 

1,244,250

(a)

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., Senior Notes

 

3.550%

 

3/1/22

 

705,000

 

701,793

 

Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd., Senior Notes

 

9.000%

 

5/1/19

 

2,000,000

 

2,746,758

 

Southern Copper Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.375%

 

4/16/20

 

260,000

 

293,395

 

Steel Dynamics Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.125%

 

8/15/19

 

240,000

 

250,200

(a)

Vale Overseas Ltd., Notes

 

6.875%

 

11/21/36

 

2,100,000

 

2,479,323

 

Xstrata Finance Canada Ltd., Senior Bonds

 

5.800%

 

11/15/16

 

1,200,000

 

1,361,525

(a)

Total Metals & Mining

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,191,255

 

Paper & Forest Products — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NewPage Corp., Senior Secured Notes

 

11.375%

 

12/31/14

 

500,000

 

341,250

(d)

TOTAL MATERIALS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13,038,074

 

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 7.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 4.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AT&T Inc., Global Notes

 

5.600%

 

5/15/18

 

1,500,000

 

1,842,457

 

AT&T Inc., Global Notes

 

6.550%

 

2/15/39

 

250,000

 

336,777

 

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.550%

 

8/15/41

 

1,060,000

 

1,322,803

 

British Telecommunications PLC, Bonds

 

9.625%

 

12/15/30

 

2,000,000

 

3,218,528

 

Embarq Corp., Notes

 

7.995%

 

6/1/36

 

1,500,000

 

1,663,468

 

Koninklijke KPN NV, Senior Notes

 

8.375%

 

10/1/30

 

330,000

 

440,425

 

Telecom Italia Capital SA, Senior Notes

 

7.721%

 

6/4/38

 

1,000,000

 

937,500

 

Telefonica Emisiones SAU, Senior Notes

 

3.729%

 

4/27/15

 

390,000

 

380,250

 

Telefonica Emisiones SAU, Senior Notes

 

5.877%

 

7/15/19

 

400,000

 

387,000

 

Telefonica Emisiones SAU, Senior Notes

 

7.045%

 

6/20/36

 

210,000

 

195,300

 

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.950%

 

3/1/39

 

430,000

 

752,295

 

Total Diversified Telecommunication Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,476,803

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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WESTERN ASSET INVESTMENT GRADE DEFINED OPPORTUNITY TRUST INC.

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

August 31, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 2.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

America Movil SAB de CV, Senior Notes

 

6.125%

 

3/30/40

 

$

1,400,000

 

$

1,819,642

 

Cellco Partnership/Verizon Wireless Capital LLC, Senior Notes

 

8.500%

 

11/15/18

 

2,000,000

 

2,801,564

 

Rogers Communications Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.800%

 

8/15/18

 

1,000,000

 

1,255,448

 

Sprint Nextel Corp., Senior Notes

 

9.000%

 

11/15/18

 

280,000

 

331,100

(a)

Telefonica Europe BV

 

8.250%

 

9/15/30

 

390,000

 

400,725

 

Total Wireless Telecommunication Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,608,479

 

TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18,085,282

 

UTILITIES — 7.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electric Utilities — 5.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co., Senior Secured Bonds

 

8.875%

 

11/15/18

 

620,000

 

842,788

 

Commonwealth Edison Co., First Mortgage Bonds

 

5.800%

 

3/15/18

 

600,000

 

734,842

 

Commonwealth Edison Co., First Mortgage Bonds

 

6.450%

 

1/15/38

 

600,000

 

858,301

 

FirstEnergy Corp., Notes

 

7.375%

 

11/15/31

 

2,230,000

 

2,947,378

 

IPALCO Enterprises Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

7.250%

 

4/1/16

 

1,030,000

 

1,158,750

(a)

MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co., Bonds

 

6.125%

 

4/1/36

 

1,000,000

 

1,303,744

 

MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co., Senior Notes

 

5.750%

 

4/1/18

 

1,000,000

 

1,206,594

 

Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Senior Notes

 

8.250%

 

10/15/18

 

600,000

 

828,722

 

Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Senior Notes

 

5.800%

 

3/1/37

 

820,000

 

1,070,201

 

Reliant Energy Mid-Atlantic Power Holdings LLC, Senior Notes

 

9.681%

 

7/2/26

 

2,000,000

 

2,150,000

 

Virginia Electric and Power Co., Senior Notes

 

8.875%

 

11/15/38

 

500,000

 

870,072

 

Total Electric Utilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13,971,392

 

Gas Utilities — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Southern Natural Gas Co., Senior Notes

 

8.000%

 

3/1/32

 

1,500,000

 

2,094,760

 

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AES Corp., Senior Notes

 

8.000%

 

6/1/20

 

1,100,000

 

1,287,000

 

Exelon Generation Co., LLC, Senior Notes

 

4.250%

 

6/15/22

 

540,000

 

562,486

(a)

Total Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders

 

 

 

 

 

1,849,486

 

Multi-Utilities — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dominion Resources Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.875%

 

1/15/19

 

500,000

 

686,037

 

TOTAL UTILITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18,601,675

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES (Cost — $180,324,622)

 

 

 

 

 

211,948,402

 

COLLATERALIZED SENIOR LOANS — 1.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CCM Merger Inc., New Term Loan B

 

6.000%

 

3/1/17

 

863,923

 

860,683

(e)

Media — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cengage Learning Acquisitions Inc., Extended Term Loan

 

5.740%

 

7/5/17

 

678,626

 

598,161

(e)

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,458,844

 

HEALTH CARE — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fenwal Inc., First Lien Term Loan

 

2.672%

 

2/28/14

 

933,082

 

931,042

(e)

INDUSTRIALS — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nielsen Finance LLC, Term Loan B

 

3.991%

 

5/2/16

 

967,750

 

969,868

(e)

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IT Services — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Data Corp., Extended Term Loan B

 

4.237%

 

3/23/18

 

401,246

 

380,067

(e)

First Data Corp., Non-Extended Term Loan B2

 

2.987%

 

9/24/14

 

279,251

 

276,206

(e)

TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

656,273

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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WESTERN ASSET INVESTMENT GRADE DEFINED OPPORTUNITY TRUST INC.

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

August 31, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

UTILITIES — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electric Utilities — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Co. LLC, Extended Term Loan

 

4.741 - 4.938%

 

10/10/17

 

$

944,308

 

$

642,916

(e)

TOTAL COLLATERALIZED SENIOR LOANS (Cost — $4,613,984)

 

 

 

 

4,658,943

 

SOVEREIGN BONDS — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Russia — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RSHB Capital, Loan Participation Notes, Senior Secured Notes

 

9.000%

 

6/11/14

 

1,000,000

 

1,110,000

(a)

Russian Foreign Bond - Eurobond, Senior Bonds

 

7.500%

 

3/31/30

 

805,000

 

1,005,848

(a)

TOTAL SOVEREIGN BONDS (Cost — $1,823,372)

 

 

 

 

 

2,115,848

 

U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS — 1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Government Obligations — 1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Bonds

 

3.125%

 

2/15/42

 

635,000

 

695,325

 

U.S. Treasury Bonds

 

3.000%

 

5/15/42

 

1,470,000

 

1,570,144

 

U.S. Treasury Notes

 

0.750%

 

6/30/17

 

480,000

 

484,088

 

U.S. Treasury Notes

 

0.500%

 

7/31/17

 

640,000

 

637,450

 

U.S. Treasury Notes

 

1.000%

 

6/30/19

 

20,000

 

20,034

 

U.S. Treasury Notes

 

1.750%

 

5/15/22

 

220,000

 

224,503

 

U.S. Treasury Notes

 

1.625%

 

8/15/22

 

500,000

 

502,969

 

TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS (Cost — $4,070,462)

 

 

 

4,134,513

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHARES

 

 

 

CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FINANCIALS — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Citigroup Inc. (Cost - $888,750)

 

7.500%

 

 

 

7,500

 

695,325

 

PREFERRED STOCKS — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FINANCIALS — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consumer Finance — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GMAC Capital Trust I

 

8.125%

 

 

 

98,600

 

2,447,252

(b)

Diversified Financial Services — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Citigroup Capital XIII

 

7.875%

 

 

 

26,225

 

723,285

(b)

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS (Cost — $3,059,473)

 

 

 

 

 

3,170,537

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost — $194,780,663)

 

226,723,568

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 4.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements — 4.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goldman Sachs & Co. repurchase agreement dated 8/31/12; Proceeds at maturity - $10,100,191; (Fully collateralized by U.S. government agency obligations, 1.250% due 9/28/16; Market value - $10,353,125) (Cost - $10,100,000)

 

0.170%

 

9/4/12

 

10,100,000

 

10,100,000

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 98.6% (Cost — $204,880,663#)

 

 

 

 

 

236,823,568

 

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 1.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,243,338

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

240,066,906

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(a)

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

(b)

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

(c)

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

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

August 31, 2012

 

(d)

The coupon payment on these securities is currently in default as of August 31, 2012.

(e)

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

#

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

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

8


 

Notes to schedule of investments (unaudited)

 

1. Organization and significant accounting policies

 

Western Asset Investment Grade Defined Opportunity Trust Inc. (the “Fund”) was incorporated in Maryland on April 24, 2009 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 Fund’s primary investment objective is to provide current income and then to liquidate and distribute substantially all of the Fund’s net assets to stockholders on or about December 2, 2024. As a secondary investment objective, the Fund will seek capital appreciation. There can be no assurance the Fund will achieve its investment objectives.

 

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. Futures contracts are valued daily at the settlement price established by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded. Equity securities for which market quotations are available are valued at the last reported sales price or official closing price on the primary market or exchange on which they trade. When 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.

 

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

 

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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

 

 

$

211,948,402

 

 

$

211,948,402

 

Collateralized senior loans

 

 

4,658,943

 

 

4,658,943

 

Sovereign bonds

 

 

2,115,848

 

 

2,115,848

 

U.S. Government & agency obligations

 

 

4,134,513

 

 

4,134,513

 

Convertible preferred stocks

 

$

695,325

 

 

 

695,325

 

Preferred stocks

 

3,170,537

 

 

 

3,170,537

 

Total long-term investments

 

$

3,865,862

 

$

222,857,706

 

 

$

226,723,568

 

Short-term investments†

 

 

10,100,000

 

 

10,100,000

 

Total investments

 

$

3,865,862

 

$

232,957,706

 

 

$

236,823,568

 

Other financial instruments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Futures contracts to buy

 

$

36,336

 

 

 

$

36,336

 

Total

 

$

3,902,198

 

$

232,957,706

 

 

$

236,859,904

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

 

 

QUOTED PRICES

 

OTHER
SIGNIFICANT
OBSERVABLE
INPUTS

 

SIGNIFICANT
UNOBSERVABLE
INPUTS

 

 

 

DESCRIPTION

 

(LEVEL 1)

 

(LEVEL 2)

 

(LEVEL 3)

 

TOTAL

 

Other financial instruments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Futures contracts

 

$

217,945

 

 

 

$

217,945

 

Forward foreign currency contracts

 

 

$

56,707

 

 

56,707

 

Total

 

$

217,945

 

$

56,707

 

 

$

274,652

 

 

† See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

 

(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

 

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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) Futures contracts. The Fund uses futures contracts generally to gain exposure to, or hedge against, changes in interest rates or gain exposure to, or hedge against, changes in certain asset classes.  A futures contract represents a commitment for the future purchase or sale of an asset at a specified price on a specified date.

 

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

 

Futures contracts involve, to varying degrees, risk of loss. 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) Forward foreign currency contracts. The Fund enters into forward foreign currency contracts to hedge against, or manage exposure to, foreign issuers or markets. The Fund may also enter 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.

 

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.

 

(e) 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.

 

(f) 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 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 August 31, 2012, the fund did not hold any credit default swaps to sell protection.

 

For average notional amounts of swaps held during the period ended August 31, 2012, see Note 3.

 

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Credit default swaps

 

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

 

Implied spreads are the theoretical prices a lender receives for credit default protection. When spreads rise, market perceived credit risk rises and when spreads fall, market perceived credit risk falls. The implied credit spread of a particular referenced entity reflects the cost of buying/selling protection and may include upfront payments required to enter into the agreement. Wider credit spreads and decreasing market values, when compared to the notional amount of the swap, represent a deterioration of the referenced entity’s credit soundness and a greater likelihood or risk of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the agreement. Credit spreads utilized in determining the period end market value of credit default swap agreements on corporate or sovereign issues are disclosed in the Notes to 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.

 

(g) 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.

 

(h) Credit and market risk.  The Fund invests in high-yield instruments that are subject to certain credit and market risks. The yields of high-yield obligations reflect, among other things, perceived credit and market risks. The Fund’s investments in securities rated below investment grade typically involves 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.

 

(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

 

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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.

 

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

 

The Fund has entered into master agreements with certain of its derivative counterparties that provide for general obligations, representations, 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 August 31, 2012, the Fund held forward foreign currency contracts with credit related contingent features which had a liability position of $56,707. 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.  Security transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis.

 

2.  Investments

 

At August 31, 2012, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were substantially as follows:

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

 32,991,601

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

(1,048,696

)

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

 31,942,905

 

 

At August 31, 2012, the Fund had the following open futures contracts:

 

 

 

NUMBER OF
CONTRACTS

 

EXPIRATION
DATE

 

BASIS
VALUE

 

MARKET
VALUE

 

UNREALIZED
GAIN (LOSS)

 

Contracts to Buy:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes

 

38

 

12/12

 

$

4,725,905

 

$

4,737,234

 

$

11,329

 

U.S. Treasury Ultra Long-Term Bonds

 

10

 

12/12

 

1,664,993

 

1,690,000

 

25,007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

36,336

 

Contracts to Sell:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes

 

49

 

12/12

 

6,502,583

 

6,552,219

 

(49,636

)

U.S. Treasury 30-Year Bonds

 

100

 

12/12

 

14,972,316

 

15,140,625

 

(168,309

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(217,945

)

Net unrealized loss on open futures contracts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(181,609

)

 

At August 31, 2012, the Fund had the following open forward foreign currency contracts:

 

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FOREIGN CURRENCY

 

COUNTERPARTY

 

LOCAL
CURRENCY

 

MARKET
VALUE

 

SETTLEMENT
DATE

 

UNREALIZED
LOSS

 

Contracts to Sell:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Euro

 

Citibank, N.A.

 

404,000

 

$

508,575

 

11/16/12

 

$

(7,965

)

Euro

 

Citibank, N.A.

 

1,822,145

 

2,293,162

 

10/25/12

 

(43,651

)

British Pound

 

Barclays Bank PLC

 

617,000

 

979,537

 

10/25/12

 

(5,091

)

Net unrealized loss on open forward foreign currency contracts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(56,707

)

 

3. Derivative instruments and hedging activities

 

Financial Accounting Standards Board Codification Topic 815 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 August 31, 2012.

 

 

 

Futures Contracts

 

Forward Foreign
Currency Contracts

 

 

 

Primary Underlying
Risk Disclosure

 

Unrealized
Appreciation

 

Unrealized
Depreciation

 

Unrealized Depreciation

 

Total

 

Interest Rate Risk

 

$

36,336

 

$

(217,945

)

 

$

(181,609

)

Foreign Exchange Risk

 

 

 

$

(56,707

)

$

(56,707

)

Total

 

$

36,336

 

$

(217,945

)

$

(56,707

)

$

(238,316

)

 

During the period ended August 31, 2012, the volume of derivative activity for the Fund was as follows:

 

 

 

Average Market Value

 

Futures contracts (to buy)

 

$

6,968,325

 

Futures contracts (to sell)

 

28,459,513

 

Forward foreign currency contracts (to buy)

 

359,073

 

Forward foreign currency contracts (to sell)

 

2,672,643

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Notional Balance

 

Credit default swap contracts (to sell protection)†

 

$

136,000

 

† At August 31, 2012, there were no open positions held in this derivative.

 

4. Recent accounting pronouncement

 

In May 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-04, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820) - Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs (“ASU No. 2011-04”).  ASU No. 2011-04 establishes common requirements for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurements. ASU No. 2011-04 is effective during interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011. Management has evaluated ASU No. 2011-04 and concluded that it does not materially impact the financial statement amounts; however, as required, additional disclosure has been included about fair value measurement.

 

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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 Investment Grade Defined Opportunity Trust Inc.

 

 

By

/s/ R. Jay Gerken

 

 

R. Jay Gerken

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Date: October 26, 2012

 

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

 

By

/s/ R. Jay Gerken

 

 

R. Jay Gerken

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Date: October 26, 2012

 

 

By

/s/ Richard F. Sennett

 

 

Richard F. Sennett

 

Principal Financial Officer

 

 

Date: October 26, 2012