Western Asset Income Fund

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number: 811-02351

Western Asset Income Fund

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)

 

Address of Principal Executive Offices:    385 East Colorado Boulevard
   Pasadena, CA 91101
Name and address of agent for service:    Gregory B. McShea
   385 East Colorado Boulevard
   Pasadena, CA 91101

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (410) 539-0000

Date of fiscal year end: December 31, 2006

Date of reporting period: March 31, 2006


Item 1 – Schedule of Investments


Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2006 (Unaudited)

(Amounts in Thousands)

Western Asset Income Fund

 

     RATE    

MATURITY

DATE

  

PAR/

SHARES

   VALUE  

Long-Term Securities — 98.0%

          

Corporate Bonds and Notes — 70.9%

          

Aerospace/Defense — 0.2%

          

L-3 Communications Corp.

   7.625 %   6/15/12    275    284  
              

Auto Parts and Equipment — 0.5%

          

American Axle & Manufacturing Inc.

   5.250 %   2/11/14    300    247 A

Johnson Controls, Inc.

   5.250 %   1/15/11    560    551  
              
           798  
              

Automotive — 3.5%

          

Ford Motor Company

   7.450 %   7/16/31    3,550    2,636 A

General Motors Corporation

   8.250 %   7/15/23    3,450    2,484 A
              
           5,120  
              

Banking and Finance — 7.3%

          

Ford Motor Credit Company

   7.375 %   10/28/09    4,425    4,160  

General Motors Acceptance Corporation

   6.150 %   4/5/07    570    560  

General Motors Acceptance Corporation

   6.125 %   8/28/07    1,090    1,057  

General Motors Acceptance Corporation

   6.311 %   11/30/07    110    103  

General Motors Acceptance Corporation

   5.625 %   5/15/09    1,610    1,498 A

HSBC Finance Corporation

   4.750 %   4/15/10    1,790    1,743  

Residential Capital Corporation

   6.000 %   2/22/11    1,480    1,468  
              
           10,589  
              

Banks — 3.1%

          

Bank of America Corporation

   7.800 %   9/15/16    250    290  

BankAmerica Capital III

   5.170 %   1/15/27    215    208 B

BB&T Capital Trust I

   5.850 %   8/18/35    640    604  

Chase Capital II

   5.180 %   2/1/27    725    689 B

Deutsche Bank Capital Funding Trust VII

   5.628 %   1/19/49    670    646  

HSBC Finance Capital Trust IX

   5.911 %   11/30/35    1,350    1,325  

RBS Capital Trust III

   5.512 %   9/29/49    570    550 C

Wachovia Capital Trust III

   5.800 %   3/15/42    200    196  
              
           4,508  
              

Building Materials — 0.5%

          

American Standard, Inc.

   8.250 %   6/1/09    500    534  

Nortek, Inc.

   8.500 %   9/1/14    225    229  
              
           763  
              

Cable — 1.4%

          

Comcast Corporation

   7.050 %   3/15/33    160    165 A

Cox Communications, Inc.

   4.625 %   1/15/10    510    489  

CSC Holdings Inc.

   7.250 %   7/15/08    700    707  

TCI Communications, Inc.

   8.750 %   8/1/15    160    187  

Tele-Communications, Inc.

   9.800 %   2/1/12    375    442  
              
           1,990  
              

Casino Resorts — 0.7%

          

Caesars Entertainment Inc.

   8.125 %   5/15/11    250    272 A

Harrah’s Operating Company, Inc.

   5.500 %   7/1/10    340    337  

Harrah’s Operating Company, Inc.

   5.750 %   10/1/17    480    454  
              
           1,063  
              

Chemicals — 0.6%

          

The Dow Chemical Company

   7.375 %   11/1/29    800    923  
              


Computer Services and Systems — 0.7%

          

Electronic Data Systems Corporation

   7.125 %   10/15/09    600    630  

Electronic Data Systems Corporation

   7.450 %   10/15/29    420    446 A
              
           1,076  
              

Containers and Packaging — 0.1%

          

Graphic Packaging International Corp.

   9.500 %   8/15/13    200    187 A
              

Diversified Financial Services — 2.7%

          

AIG SunAmerica Global Financing VI

   6.300 %   5/10/11    1,880    1,951 D

Beaver Valley Funding Corp.

   9.000 %   6/1/17    300    339  

Capital One Bank

   5.750 %   9/15/10    310    313  

Capital One Bank

   6.500 %   6/13/13    330    343  

Capital One Financial Corporation

   7.125 %   8/1/08    90    93  

iStar Financial Inc.

   5.375 %   4/15/10    230    226  

iStar Financial Inc.

   6.000 %   12/15/10    230    232  

Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.

   5.150 %   9/15/10    90    88  

Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.

   5.875 %   8/1/33    330    299  

Mizuho Preferred Capital Corp. LLC

   8.790 %   12/29/49    110    117 D
              
           4,001  
              

Drug and Grocery Store Chains — 0.4%

          

Safeway Inc.

   7.500 %   9/15/09    500    529  
              

Electric — 2.1%

          

AEP Texas Central Company

   5.500 %   2/15/13    420    412  

American Electric Power Company, Inc.

   5.250 %   6/1/15    490    471  

Dominion Resources, Inc.

   5.125 %   12/15/09    210    207  

Dominion Resources, Inc.

   5.150 %   7/15/15    350    329  

FirstEnergy Corp.

   6.450 %   11/15/11    60    62  

FirstEnergy Corp.

   7.375 %   11/15/31    710    789  

System Energy Resources, Inc.

   4.875 %   10/1/07    380    375  

Tampa Electric Company

   6.375 %   8/15/12    145    151  

The AES Corporation

   9.500 %   6/1/09    39    42 A

The Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company

   5.650 %   12/15/13    300    297  
              
           3,135  
              

Energy — 6.1%

          

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

   6.850 %   6/1/15    1,150    1,209  A

DTE Energy Company

   6.375 %   4/15/33    330    325 A

Exelon Corporation

   6.750 %   5/1/11    1,500    1,566  

MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company

   5.875 %   10/1/12    500    505  

Pacific Gas and Electric Company

   6.050 %   3/1/34    1,890    1,849  

Peabody Energy Corporation

   6.875 %   3/15/13    285    289  

Sempra Energy

   5.240 %   5/21/08    635    636 B

TXU Corp.

   6.375 %   6/15/06    750    752  

TXU Corp.

   6.550 %   11/15/34    520    469  

TXU Energy Co.

   6.125 %   3/15/08    500    504  

TXU Energy Co.

   7.000 %   3/15/13    370    385  

Xcel Energy, Inc.

   7.000 %   12/1/10    350    369  
              
           8,858  
              

Environmental Services — 0.3%

          

Waste Management, Inc.

   7.375 %   5/15/29    415    466  
              

Food, Beverage and Tobacco — 1.9%

          

Altria Group, Inc.

   7.000 %   11/4/13    305    328  

Altria Group, Inc.

   7.750 %   1/15/27    340    389  

Domino’s, Inc.

   8.250 %   7/1/11    200    205  

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Inc.

   7.250 %   6/1/12    1,360    1,404  A

Tyson Foods, Inc.

   7.000 %   1/15/28    500    452 A
              
           2,778  
              


Gas and Pipeline Utilities — 2.5%

          

Dynegy Holdings Inc.

   6.875 %   4/1/11    1,300    1,255  

Dynegy Holdings Inc.

   8.750 %   2/15/12    735    768 A

The Williams Companies, Inc.

   7.500 %   1/15/31    102    106  

The Williams Companies, Inc.

   8.750 %   3/15/32    1,250    1,462  
              
           3,591  
              

Health Care — 1.0%

          

Tenet Healthcare Corporation

   6.375 %   12/1/11    1,465    1,322  A

Tenet Healthcare Corporation

   6.875 %   11/15/31    250    200  
              
           1,522  
              

Homebuilding — 0.4%

          

D.R. Horton, Inc.

   5.250 %   2/15/15    410    373  

Pulte Homes, Inc.

   6.250 %   2/15/13    145    145  
              
           518  
              

Insurance — 0.8%

          

American International Group, Inc.

   5.050 %   10/1/15    180    172 D

Liberty Mutual Group

   5.750 %   3/15/14    270    262 D

St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc.

   5.500 %   12/1/15    430    421  

Willis Group North America

   5.125 %   7/15/10    280    274  
              
           1,129  
              

Investment Banking/Brokerage — 4.1%

          

JPM Capital Trust II

   7.950 %   2/1/27    150    158 A

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

   5.125 %   9/15/14    1,140    1,096  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

   5.150 %   10/1/15    670    641  

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

   5.000 %   1/14/11    1,340    1,313  

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.

   5.500 %   4/4/16    420    412  

Morgan Stanley

   5.050 %   1/21/11    1,780    1,745  

Morgan Stanley

   4.750 %   4/1/14    60    56  

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

   6.345 %   2/15/34    555    550  
              
           5,971  
              

Lodging/Hotels — 0.3%

          

Hilton Hotels Corporation

   7.625 %   12/1/12    450    478  
              

Machinery — 0.3%

          

Case New Holland Incorporated

   9.250 %   8/1/11    475    507  
              

Media — 3.9%

          

AMFM Inc.

   8.000 %   11/1/08    210    220  

Clear Channel Communications, Inc.

   5.500 %   9/15/14    865    799  

Liberty Media Corporation

   7.875 %   7/15/09    750    789  

Liberty Media Corporation

   8.500 %   7/15/29    130    128  

Liberty Media Corporation

   8.250 %   2/1/30    65    63 A

News America, Inc.

   6.550 %   3/15/33    545    531  

News America, Inc.

   6.200 %   12/15/34    35    33  

Readers Digest Association, Inc.

   6.500 %   3/1/11    300    299  

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.

   8.750 %   12/15/11    210    221  

Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P.

   8.375 %   7/15/33    680    783  

Time Warner Inc.

   9.125 %   1/15/13    240    278  

Time Warner Inc.

   7.700 %   5/1/32    885    973  

Viacom Inc.

   5.625 %   8/15/12    520    511  
              
           5,628  
              

Medical Care Facilities — 1.7%

          

Coventry Health Care, Inc.

   5.875 %   1/15/12    400    396 A

HCA Inc.

   5.250 %   11/6/08    105    103  

HCA, Inc.

   7.875 %   2/1/11    250    263  

HCA, Inc.

   6.300 %   10/1/12    180    176  


HCA, Inc.

   6.250 %   2/15/13    930    902  

HCA, Inc.

   5.750 %   3/15/14    65    61  

Health Care REIT, Inc.

   8.000 %   9/12/12    370    403  

Health Care REIT, Inc.

   5.875 %   5/15/15    130    126  
              
           2,430  
              

Oil and Gas — 6.7%

          

Amerada Hess Corporation

   7.300 %   8/15/31    1,440    1,603  

Conoco Inc.

   6.950 %   4/15/29    90    102  

ConocoPhillips

   4.750 %   10/15/12    200    193 A

Devon Energy Corporation

   7.950 %   4/15/32    350    429  

El Paso Corporation

   7.625 %   8/16/07    300    305 A

El Paso Corporation

   7.800 %   8/1/31    2,000    2,010  

Kerr-McGee Corporation

   7.875 %   9/15/31    1,315    1,502  

Occidental Petroleum Corporation

   6.750 %   1/15/12    500    535 A

Ocean Energy Inc.

   4.375 %   10/1/07    430    424  

Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company

   4.800 %   8/15/08    445    437  

Pemex Project Funding Master Trust

   6.625 %   6/15/35    1,150    1,111 D

Valero Energy Corporation

   6.875 %   4/15/12    215    228  

Vintage Petroleum, Inc.

   7.875 %   5/15/11    250    260  

XTO Energy, Inc.

   6.250 %   4/15/13    560    579  
              
           9,718  
              

Paper and Forest Products — 1.7%

          

Georgia-Pacific Corp.

   9.500 %   12/1/11    325    356  

Georgia-Pacific Corp.

   7.375 %   12/1/25    250    240 A

International Paper Company

   5.500 %   1/15/14    330    316  

Weyerhaeuser Company

   6.750 %   3/15/12    995    1,036  

Weyerhaeuser Company

   7.375 %   3/15/32    540    577  
              
           2,525  
              

Photo Equipment and Supplies — 0.5%

          

Eastman Kodak Company

   3.625 %   5/15/08    375    350  

Eastman Kodak Company

   7.250 %   11/15/13    345    335  
              
           685  
              

Real Estate — 0.2%

          

Forest City Enterprises, Inc.

   7.625 %   6/1/15    225    238  

Socgen Real Estate Co. LLC

   1.000 %   12/29/49    80    82 C, D
              
           320  
              

Special Purpose — 10.8%

          

Ahold Finance USA, Inc.

   8.250 %   7/15/10    355    376  

DaimlerChrysler NA Holding Corporation

   5.360 %   9/10/07    1,570    1,574 B

DaimlerChrysler NA Holding Corporation

   7.300 %   1/15/12    415    439  

DaimlerChrysler NA Holding Corporation

   6.500 %   11/15/13    160    163  

Duke Capital Corporation

   6.250 %   2/15/13    1,200    1,230  

ILFC E-Capital Trust I

   5.900 %   12/21/65    330    320 D

PNPP II Funding Corporation

   9.120 %   5/30/16    2,424    2,767 A

Qwest Capital Funding, Inc.

   7.250 %   2/15/11    1,150    1,166 A

Rabobank Capital Funding Trust II

   5.260 %   12/31/49    115    110 D

Rabobank Capital Funding Trust III

   5.254 %   12/29/49    1,145    1,082 D

Sithe Independence Funding Corporation

   9.000 %   12/30/13    1,500    1,620  

Sprint Capital Corporation

   8.750 %   3/15/32    1,420    1,775  

TCI Communications Financing III

   9.650 %   3/31/27    3,000    3,225  
              
           15,847  
              


Telecommunications — 1.9%

          

BellSouth Corporation

   4.750 %   11/15/12    320    303  

Emmis Operating Company

   6.875 %   5/15/12    250    241  

Qwest Communications International Inc.

   7.500 %   2/15/14    850    876  

Qwest Corporation

   6.875 %   9/15/33    1,000    960  

Verizon New York Inc.

   6.875 %   4/1/12    340    349 A
              
           2,729  
              

Telecommunications (Cellular/Wireless) — 1.2%

          

Motorola, Inc.

   7.625 %   11/15/10    56    61  

New Cingular Wireless Services Inc.

   7.500 %   5/1/07    500    511  

New Cingular Wireless Services Inc.

   8.125 %   5/1/12    155    174  

New Cingular Wireless Services Inc.

   8.750 %   3/1/31    475    602  

Nextel Communications, Inc.

   5.950 %   3/15/14    88    87  

Nextel Communications, Inc.

   7.375 %   8/1/15    285    299  
              
           1,734  
              

Transportation — 0.8%

          

Continental Airlines, Inc.

   7.256 %   3/15/20    226    231  

Continental Airlines, Inc.

   6.545 %   8/2/20    177    179  

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

   7.570 %   5/18/12    40    40  

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

   6.417 %   7/2/12    400    402  

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

   6.718 %   7/2/24    263    266  
              
           1,118  
              

Total Corporate Bonds and Notes (Identified Cost — $102,321)

           103,518  
              
   

Mortgage-Backed Securities — N.M.

          

Glendale Federal Savings Bank 1978-A

   9.125 %   1/25/08    4    4  
              

Total Mortgage-Backed Securities (Identified Cost — $4)

           4  
              
   

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations — 2.9%

          

Fixed Rate Securities — 0.9%

          

United States Treasury Notes

   4.500 %   2/15/09    355    352 A

United States Treasury Notes

   4.375 %   12/15/10    960    941 A
              
           1,293  
              

Treasury Inflation-Protected SecuritiesE — 2.0%

          

United States Treasury Inflation-Protected Security

   1.875 %   7/15/15    3,058    2,941 A
              

Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations

          

(Identified Cost — $4,350)

           4,234  
              
   

U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities — N.M.

          

Fannie Mae

   11.500 %   11/1/17    9    9  

Freddie Mac

   10.250 %   5/1/09    15    17  
              
           26  
              

Total U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities

          

(Identified Cost — $23)

           26  
              
   

Yankee BondsF — 24.2%

          

Aerospace/Defense — 0.3%

          

Systems 2001 Asset Trust

   6.664 %   9/15/13    446    465 D
              

Banking and Finance — 2.4%

          

AIFUL CORPORATION

   5.000 %   8/10/10    995    963 D

Corporacion Andina de Fomento

   4.980 %   1/26/07    470    470 B

HBOS Capital Funding LP

   6.071 %   6/30/49    560    560 C, D

HBOS Treasury Services plc

   4.000 %   9/15/09    420    403 D

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

   5.790 %   4/15/14    1,100    1,103 D
              
           3,499  
              

Banks — 0.9%

          

Shinsei Finance Cayman Ltd.

   6.418 %   1/29/49    1,100    1,083 A, D

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

   5.625 %   7/29/49    270    262 D
              
           1,345  
              


Cable — 0.2%

          

British Sky Broadcasting Group plc

   6.875 %   2/23/09    330    342  
              

Diversified Financial Services — 0.5%

          

Encana Holdings Finance Corp

   5.800 %   5/1/14    770    776  
              

Electric — 0.5%

          

Empresa Nacional de Electricidad S.A.

   8.500 %   4/1/09    670    718 A
              

Foreign Governments — 7.8%

          

Federative Republic of Brazil

   14.500 %   10/15/09    180    231 A

Federative Republic of Brazil

   12.000 %   4/15/10    210    256  

Federative Republic of Brazil

   5.250 %   4/15/12    138    138 B

Federative Republic of Brazil

   5.250 %   4/15/12    214    214 B

Federative Republic of Brazil

   12.250 %   3/6/30    760    1,157 A

Federative Republic of Brazil

   11.000 %   8/17/40    340    436 A

Quebec Province

   7.220 %   7/22/36    650    871  

Republic of Chile

   5.060 %   1/28/08    150    151 B

Republic of Colombia

   11.750 %   2/25/20    290    413  

Republic of Panama

   7.125 %   1/29/26    400    408 A

Republic of Panama

   6.700 %   1/26/36    170    170 A

Republic of Peru

   5.000 %   3/7/17    273    260 C

Republic of Peru

   8.750 %   11/21/33    230    256  

Republic of South Africa

   7.375 %   4/25/12    250    271 A

Republic of South Africa

   6.500 %   6/2/14    260    274 A

Russian Federation

   5.000 %   3/31/30    1,950    2,139 C

United Mexican States

   5.625 %   1/15/17    282    273  

United Mexican States

   11.500 %   5/15/26    960    1,490 A

United Mexican States

   8.300 %   8/15/31    340    411  

United Mexican States

   7.500 %   4/8/33    1,423    1,587  
              
           11,406  
              

Insurance — 0.8%

          

Axa

   8.600 %   12/15/30    550    703  

Oil Insurance Ltd

   5.150 %   8/15/33    220    216 C, D

XL Capital Ltd.

   5.250 %   9/15/14    250    237  
              
           1,156  
              

Manufacturing (Diversified) — 1.0%

          

Tyco International Group SA

   6.375 %   10/15/11    1,450    1,489  
              

Metals And Minerals — 0.7%

          

Vale Overseas Limited

   6.250 %   1/11/16    1,102    1,084  
              

Oil and Gas — 1.4%

          

Gazprom

   9.625 %   3/1/13    50    59 D

Gazprom

   9.625 %   3/1/13    20    24 A

Petrobras International Finance Company (PIFCO)

   9.750 %   7/6/11    345    404  

Petroliam Nasional Berhad

   7.625 %   10/15/26    1,260    1,475 D
              
           1,962  
              

Special Purpose — 4.4%

          

ASIF Global Financing XIX

   4.900 %   1/17/13    410    396 D

Conoco Funding Company

   6.350 %   10/15/11    470    490  

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV

   5.750 %   3/23/16    160    156  

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV

   8.250 %   6/15/30    500    598  

Molson Coors Capital Finance ULC

   4.850 %   9/22/10    480    467  

Petrozuata Finance, Inc.

   8.220 %   4/1/17    3,205    3,157 D

Resona Preferred Global Securities

   7.191 %   12/29/49    765    798 D

UFJ Finance Aruba AEC

   6.750 %   7/15/13    355    376  
              
           6,438  
              

Telecommunications — 2.4%

          

British Telecommunications plc

   8.875 %   12/15/30    330    422  

France Telecom SA

   8.500 %   3/1/31    560    699  

Koninklijke (Royal) KPN NV

   8.375 %   10/1/30    240    264  


Tele Norte Leste Participacoes S.A.

   8.000 %   12/18/13      410       437  

Telecom Italia Capital S.p.A.

   5.250 %   11/15/13      750       711  

Telecom Italia Capital S.p.A.

   4.950 %   9/30/14      695       639  

Telus Corporation

   7.500 %   6/1/07      250       256  
               
            3,428  
               

Telecommunications (Cellular/Wireless) — 0.2%

         

Rogers Wireless Communications Inc.

   6.375 %   3/1/14      300       299  
               

Transportation — 0.3%

         

Qantas Airways Limited

   6.050 %   4/15/16      370       367 D
               

Utilities — 0.4%

         

United Utilities plc

   5.375 %   2/1/19      580       538  
               

Total Yankee Bonds (Identified Cost — $33,261)

            35,312  
               
   

Total Long-Term Securities (Identified Cost — $139,958)

            143,094  
               
   

Investment of Collateral from Securities Lending — 17.1%

         

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Prime Portfolio

          24,934  shs     24,934  
               

Total Investment of Collateral from Securities Lending

         

(Identified Cost — $24,934)

            24,934  
               
   

Short-Term Securities — 0.7%

         

Repurchase Agreements — 0.7%

         

Goldman, Sachs & Company

         

4.77%, dated 3/31/06, to be repurchased at $1,029 on

         

4/3/06 (Collateral: $1,050 Fannie Mae notes, 5.0% due 9/14/07, value $1,051)

        $ 1,029       1,029  
               

Total Short-Term Securities (Identified Cost — $1,029)

            1,029  
               
   

Total Investments (Identified Cost — $165,922) — 115.8%

          $ 169,057  

Obligation to Return Collateral For Securities Loaned — (17.1)%

            (24,934 )

Other Assets Less Liabilities — 1.3%

            1,884  
               

Net Assets — 100.0%

          $ 146,007  
               


A All or a portion of these securities is on loan.
B Indexed Security—The rate of interest earned on this security is tied to the London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR"). The coupon rate is the rate as of March 31, 2006.
C Stepped coupon security – A security with a predetermined schedule of interest or dividend rate changes, at which time it begins to accrue interest or pay dividends.
D Rule 144a Security – A security purchased pursuant to Rule 144a under the Securities Act of 1933 which may not be resold subject to that rule except to qualified institutional buyers. These securities represent 11.3% of net assets.
E Treasury Inflation-Protected Security – Treasury security whose principal value is adjusted daily in accordance with changes to the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers. Interest is calculated on the basis of the current adjusted principal value.
F Yankee Bond – A dollar-denominated bond issued in the U.S. by foreign entities.

N.M. Not Meaningful

Security Valuation

The Fund’s securities are valued on the basis of readily available market quotations or, lacking such quotations, at fair value as determined under policies approved by and under the general oversight of the Board of Trustees. In determining fair value, all relevant qualitative and quantitative factors available are considered. These factors are subject to change over time and are reviewed periodically. The fund may use fair value pricing instead of market quotations to value one or more securities if the Fund believes that, because of special circumstances, doing so would more accurately reflect the prices the Fund expects to realize on the current sale of those securities. Further, because of the inherent uncertainty of valuation, those estimated values may differ significantly from quoted or published values or from the values that would have been used had a ready market for the investments existed, and the differences could be material.

Securities Lending

The Fund lends its securities to approved brokers to earn additional income and receives cash and U.S. government securities as collateral against the loans. Cash collateral received is invested in a money market pooled account by the Fund’s lending agent. Collateral is maintained over the life of the loan in an amount not less than 100% of the value of loaned securities. At March 31, 2006, the market value of the securities on loan to broker-dealers was $24,422 for which the Fund received collateral of $24,934 in cash. Such collateral is in the possession of the Fund’s custodian. The cash was invested in the State Street Navigator Securities Lending Prime Portfolio and is included in the Fund’s portfolio of investments. As with other extensions of credit, the Fund may bear the risk of delay in recovery or even loss of rights to the collateral should the borrower of the securities fail financially.

Other information regarding the Fund is available in the Fund’s most recent Report to Shareholders. This information is available on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website (www.sec.gov).


Item 2 – Controls and Procedures

 

  (a) Western Asset Income Fund (the “Registrant”) principal executive and principal financial officers have concluded, based on their evaluation of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant on Form N-Q is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the required time periods in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms and that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant in the reports that it files or submits on Form N-Q is accumulated and communicated to the Registrant’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

  (b)

There were no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting during the Registrant’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected,

 

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or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the internal control over financial reporting.

Item 3 – Exhibits

Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 – filed as an exhibit 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 Income Fund

By: 

 

/s/ James W. Hirschmann

James W. Hirschmann

President

Western Asset Income Fund

Date: May 25, 2006

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/ James W. Hirschmann

James W. Hirschmann

President

Western Asset Income Fund

Date: May 25, 2006

 

By:  

/s/ Marie K. Karpinski

Marie K. Karpinski

Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer

Western Asset Income Fund

Date: May 23, 2006

 

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