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

811-21403

 

 

Western Asset / Claymore Inflation-Linked Securities & Income Fund

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

385 East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, CA

 

91101

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

Robert I. Frenkel, Esq.

Legg Mason & Co., LLC

100 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:

December 31

 

 

 

 

Date of reporting period:

March 31, 2011

 

 



 

Item 1. Schedule of Investments.

 



 

WESTERN ASSET / CLAYMORE

INFLATION – LINKED SECURITIES & INCOME FUND

 

FORM N-Q

MARCH 31, 2011

 


 

Schedule of investments (unaudited)

March 31, 2011

 

WESTERN ASSET/CLAYMORE INFLATION-LINKED SECURITIES & INCOME FUND

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

U.S. TREASURY INFLATION PROTECTED SECURITIES — 91.9%

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Bonds, Inflation Indexed

 

2.375%

 

1/15/25

 

 

8,176,910

 

$

9,179,219

 

U.S. Treasury Bonds, Inflation Indexed

 

2.000%

 

1/15/26

 

61,526,769

 

65,670,228

 

U.S. Treasury Bonds, Inflation Indexed

 

1.750%

 

1/15/28

 

24,857,096

 

25,334,825

 

U.S. Treasury Bonds, Inflation Indexed

 

2.500%

 

1/15/29

 

3,497,193

 

3,961,390

 

U.S. Treasury Bonds, Inflation Indexed

 

3.875%

 

4/15/29

 

7,433,725

 

9,947,254

 

U.S. Treasury Bonds, Inflation Indexed

 

2.125%

 

2/15/40

 

11,766,447

 

12,442,100

(a)

U.S. Treasury Bonds, Inflation Indexed

 

2.125%

 

2/15/41

 

4,283,302

 

4,525,913

 

U.S. Treasury Notes, Inflation Indexed

 

0.625%

 

4/15/13

 

10,063,208

 

10,531,772

 

U.S. Treasury Notes, Inflation Indexed

 

1.875%

 

7/15/13

 

55,987,229

 

60,558,082

 

U.S. Treasury Notes, Inflation Indexed

 

2.000%

 

1/15/14

 

31,626,921

 

34,463,477

(b)

U.S. Treasury Notes, Inflation Indexed

 

1.250%

 

4/15/14

 

8,677,186

 

9,272,728

 

U.S. Treasury Notes, Inflation Indexed

 

2.000%

 

7/15/14

 

4,836,058

 

5,306,819

 

U.S. Treasury Notes, Inflation Indexed

 

1.625%

 

1/15/15

 

11,646,815

 

12,624,961

 

U.S. Treasury Notes, Inflation Indexed

 

0.500%

 

4/15/15

 

11,786,064

 

12,233,569

 

U.S. Treasury Notes, Inflation Indexed

 

1.875%

 

7/15/15

 

1,477,286

 

1,625,245

 

U.S. Treasury Notes, Inflation Indexed

 

2.000%

 

1/15/16

 

7,821,200

 

8,635,089

 

U.S. Treasury Notes, Inflation Indexed

 

2.375%

 

1/15/17

 

14,674,598

 

16,537,583

 

U.S. Treasury Notes, Inflation Indexed

 

1.625%

 

1/15/18

 

15,502,840

 

16,762,446

 

U.S. Treasury Notes, Inflation Indexed

 

1.375%

 

7/15/18

 

8,832,515

 

9,404,562

 

U.S. Treasury Notes, Inflation Indexed

 

2.125%

 

1/15/19

 

2,871,596

 

3,204,296

 

U.S. Treasury Notes, Inflation Indexed

 

1.250%

 

7/15/20

 

17,335,691

 

17,903,157

 

U.S. Treasury Notes, Inflation Indexed

 

1.125%

 

1/15/21

 

6,280,997

 

6,372,756

 

TOTAL U.S. TREASURY INFLATION PROTECTED SECURITIES (Cost — $331,505,409)

 

356,497,471

 

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., 2005-R11 A2D

 

0.580%

 

1/25/36

 

50,000

 

41,157

(c)

Amresco Residential Securities Mortgage Loan Trust, 1997-3 M1A

 

0.805%

 

9/25/27

 

2,475

 

2,044

(c)

Asset-Backed Funding Certificates, 2004-OPT2 M1

 

1.075%

 

8/25/33

 

40,000

 

33,631

(c)

Bayview Financial Asset Trust, 2007-SR1A A

 

0.700%

 

3/25/37

 

560,737

 

427,562

(c)(d)(e)

Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates, 2002-4 A1

 

0.990%

 

2/25/33

 

2,172

 

2,053

(c)

Countrywide Home Equity Loan Trust, 2007-GW A

 

0.805%

 

8/15/37

 

906,089

 

765,572

(c)

EMC Mortgage Loan Trust, 2004-C A1

 

0.800%

 

3/25/31

 

34,851

 

27,452

(c)(d)

Novastar Home Equity Loan, 2003-2 A1

 

0.860%

 

9/25/33

 

1,086,059

 

958,331

(c)

SLC Student Loan Trust, 2008-1 A4A

 

1.910%

 

12/15/32

 

100,000

 

103,499

(c)

Structured Asset Securities Corp., 2002-AL1 A3

 

3.450%

 

2/25/32

 

291,723

 

277,763

 

TOTAL ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES (Cost — $1,558,231)

 

 

 

 

2,639,064

 

COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS — 2.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banc of America Mortgage Securities, 2003-D

 

2.922%

 

5/25/33

 

75,540

 

73,204

(c)

Banc of America Mortgage Securities, 2005-F 2A2

 

2.945%

 

7/25/35

 

127,413

 

111,456

(c)

Bear Stearns Adjustable Rate Mortgage Trust,
2004-9 24A1

 

5.388%

 

11/25/34

 

182,984

 

183,240

(c)

Chase Mortgage Finance Corp., 2007-A1 2A3

 

2.887%

 

2/25/37

 

47,437

 

45,301

(c)

Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, 2004-2 CB

 

4.250%

 

3/25/34

 

6,346

 

6,334

 

Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, 2004-J1

 

6.000%

 

2/25/34

 

11,651

 

11,957

 

Countrywide Home Loan Mortgage Pass-Through Trust, 2003-56 6A1

 

3.021%

 

12/25/33

 

569,424

 

524,873

(c)

Countrywide Home Loans, 2005-R2 1AF1

 

0.590%

 

6/25/35

 

598,147

 

506,380

(c)(d)

Countrywide Home Loans, 2005-R3 AF

 

0.650%

 

9/25/35

 

1,123,319

 

1,005,385

(c)(d)

Countrywide Home Loans Mortgage Pass-Through Trust, 2005-09 1A1

 

0.550%

 

5/25/35

 

184,155

 

119,636

(c)

CS First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp.,
2004-AR6 2A1

 

2.792%

 

10/25/34

 

47,556

 

45,913

(c)

GSR Mortgage Loan Trust, 2004-11 1A1

 

3.065%

 

9/25/34

 

302,212

 

253,725

(c)

Indymac Inda Mortgage Loan Trust, 2007-AR7 1A1

 

5.862%

 

11/25/37

 

199,214

 

165,168

(c)

JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, 2003-A1 1A1

 

2.259%

 

10/25/33

 

82,312

 

82,077

(c)

JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, 2004-A1 1A1

 

4.717%

 

2/25/34

 

31,976

 

32,498

(c)

JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, 2006-A2 5A1

 

2.974%

 

11/25/33

 

17,966

 

18,066

(c)

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

March 31, 2011

 

WESTERN ASSET/CLAYMORE INFLATION-LINKED SECURITIES & INCOME FUND

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

MASTR Adjustable Rate Mortgages Trust,
2004-13 3A7

 

2.899%

 

11/21/34

 

 

350,000

 

$

340,140

(c)

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Inc., 2003-H A3

 

2.098%

 

1/25/29

 

11,959

 

11,653

(c)

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust,
2004-A1 2A1

 

2.625%

 

2/25/34

 

34,844

 

34,743

(c)

Morgan Stanley Capital I, 2004-RR2 X

 

0.827%

 

10/28/33

 

863,747

 

8,206

(c)(d)(f)

Residential Asset Mortgage Products Inc.,
2004-SL2 A4

 

8.500%

 

10/25/31

 

18,280

 

19,586

 

Residential Asset Mortgage Products Inc.,
2004-SL4 A5

 

7.500%

 

7/25/32

 

139,803

 

140,760

 

Sequoia Mortgage Trust, 2003-8 A1

 

0.894%

 

1/20/34

 

36,374

 

32,394

(c)

Structured Adjustable Rate Mortgage Loan Trust, 2005-3XS A3

 

0.620%

 

1/25/35

 

420,201

 

413,700

(c)

Thornburg Mortgage Securities Trust, 2007-4 2A1

 

6.182%

 

9/25/37

 

280,087

 

276,099

(c)

WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
2003-AR8 A

 

2.717%

 

8/25/33

 

34,074

 

34,484

(c)

WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
2005-AR3 A2

 

2.641%

 

3/25/35

 

3,312,158

 

3,152,257

(c)

WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,
2007-HY1 1A1

 

5.468%

 

2/25/37

 

373,689

 

265,830

(c)

Washington Mutual Inc., MSC Pass-Through Certificates, 2004-RA1 2A

 

7.000%

 

3/25/34

 

49,318

 

51,306

 

Washington Mutual Inc., Pass-Through Certificates, 2003-AR10 A7

 

2.622%

 

10/25/33

 

120,112

 

120,486

(c)

Washington Mutual MSC Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, 2002-MS12 B2

 

6.500%

 

5/25/32

 

546,107

 

432,605

 

TOTAL COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS (Cost — $5,992,770)

 

8,519,462

 

CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES — 2.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Automobiles — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Motors Liquidation Co., Senior Notes

 

8.375%

 

7/15/33

 

5,225,000

 

1,554,437

(g)

CONSUMER STAPLES — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beverages — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

 

3.625%

 

4/15/15

 

680,000

 

703,586

 

Food Products — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kraft Foods Inc., Senior Notes

 

4.125%

 

2/9/16

 

1,650,000

 

1,711,925

 

TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,415,511

 

ENERGY — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gazprom, Loan Participation Notes, Senior Notes

 

6.510%

 

3/7/22

 

190,000

 

201,875

(d)

FINANCIALS — 1.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Markets — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

4.750%

 

7/15/13

 

1,330,000

 

1,409,377

 

Kaupthing Bank HF, Subordinated Notes

 

7.125%

 

5/19/16

 

2,060,000

 

0

(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)

Total Capital Markets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,409,377

 

Commercial Banks — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glitnir Banki HF, Subordinated Notes

 

6.693%

 

6/15/16

 

1,240,000

 

0

(d)(e)(f)(g)(h)

Diversified Financial Services — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

 

4.500%

 

4/1/15

 

940,000

 

976,105

 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.010%

 

1/15/15

 

1,590,000

 

1,737,576

 

UFJ Finance Aruba AEC

 

6.750%

 

7/15/13

 

1,025,000

 

1,128,857

 

Total Diversified Financial Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,842,538

 

Insurance — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Senior Notes

 

3.200%

 

2/11/15

 

630,000

 

648,498

 

TOTAL FINANCIALS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,900,413

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

2


 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

March 31, 2011

 

WESTERN ASSET/CLAYMORE INFLATION-LINKED SECURITIES & INCOME FUND

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

HEALTH CARE — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HCA Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.750%

 

3/15/14

 

 

1,000,000

 

$

1,018,750

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES (Cost — $17,276,146)

 

 

 

 

11,090,986

 

NON-U.S. TREASURY INFLATION PROTECTED SECURITIES — 2.9%

 

 

 

 

Australia — 2.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Australia Government, Bonds

 

4.000%

 

8/20/20

 

3,780,000

AUD

6,409,013

 

Australia Government, Bonds

 

3.075%

 

9/20/25

 

4,270,000

AUD

4,796,595

 

TOTAL NON-U.S. TREASURY INFLATION PROTECTED SECURITIES (Cost — $9,667,026)

 

11,205,608

 

SOVEREIGN BONDS — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Russia — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Russian Foreign Bond-Eurobond, Senior Bonds (Cost - $1,563,614)

 

7.500%

 

3/31/30

 

1,608,900

 

1,875,382

(d)

TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost — $367,563,196)

 

391,827,973

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements — 0.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. repurchase agreement dated 3/31/11; Proceeds at maturity - $181,001 (Fully collateralized by U.S. government agency obligations, 3.500% due 8/17/20; Market value - $184,620) (Cost - $181,000)

 

0.150%

 

4/1/11

 

181,000

 

181,000

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 101.1 % (Cost — $367,744,196#)

 

 

 

 

392,008,973

 

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (1.1)%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(4,205,707

)

TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

387,803,266

 

 

 

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

(a)

All or a portion of this security is held at the broker as collateral for open futures contracts.

(b)

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

(c)

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

(d)

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 Trustees, unless otherwise noted.

(e)

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

(f)

Illiquid security.

(g)

Securities are in default as of March 31, 2011.

(h)

Value is less than $1.

#

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

 

Abbreviation used in this schedule:

 

AUD

- Australian Dollar

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

3


 

Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

 

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

 

Western Asset/Claymore Inflation-Linked Securities & Income Fund (“Fund”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund commenced operations on September 26, 2003.

 

The Fund’s primary investment objective is to provide current income for its shareholders. Capital appreciation, when consistent with current income, is a secondary investment objective.

 

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

 

(a) Investment valuation. Debt securities are valued at the last quoted bid price provided by an independent pricing service that are based on transactions in debt obligations, quotations from bond dealers, market transactions in comparable securities and various other relationships between securities. Publicly traded foreign government debt securities are typically traded internationally in the over-the-counter market, and are valued at the last quoted bid price as of the close of business of that market. 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 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 Trustees. Short-term obligations with maturities of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value.

 

The Fund has adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Codification Topic 820 (“ASC Topic 820”). ASC Topic 820 establishes a single definition of fair value, creates a three-tier hierarchy as a framework for measuring fair value based on inputs used to value the Fund’s investments, and requires additional disclosure about fair value. The hierarchy of inputs is summarized 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 methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

 

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.

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities carried at fair value:

 

ASSETS

 

 

QUOTED
PRICES

 

OTHER
SIGNIFICANT
OBSERVABLE
INPUTS

 

SIGNIFICANT
UNOBSERVABLE
INPUTS

 

 

 

DESCRIPTION

 

(LEVEL 1)

 

(LEVEL 2)

 

(LEVEL 3)

 

TOTAL

 

Long-term investments†:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. treasury inflation protected securities

 

 

$

356,497,471

 

 

$

356,497,471

 

Asset-backed securities

 

 

2,211,502

 

$

427,562

 

2,639,064

 

Collateralized mortgage obligations

 

 

8,519,462

 

 

8,519,462

 

Corporate bonds & notes

 

 

11,090,986

 

0

*

11,090,986

 

Non-U.S. treasury inflation protected securities

 

 

11,205,608

 

 

11,205,608

 

Sovereign bonds

 

 

1,875,382

 

 

1,875,382

 

Total long-term investments

 

 

$

391,400,411

 

$

427,562

 

$

391,827,973

 

Short-term investments†

 

 

181,000

 

 

181,000

 

Total investments

 

 

$

391,581,411

 

$

427,562

 

$

392,008,973

 

Other financial instruments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forward foreign currency contracts

 

 

$

101,615

 

 

$

101,615

 

Credit default swaps on credit indices - sell protection‡

 

 

99,362

 

 

99,362

 

Total other financial instruments

 

 

$

200,977

 

 

$

200,977

 

Total

 

 

$

391,782,388

 

$

427,562

 

$

392,209,950

 

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

LIABILITIES

 

 

QUOTED
PRICES

 

OTHER
SIGNIFICANT
OBSERVABLE
INPUTS

 

SIGNIFICANT
UNOBSERVABLE
INPUTS

 

 

 

DESCRIPTION

 

(LEVEL 1)

 

(LEVEL 2)

 

(LEVEL 3)

 

TOTAL

 

Other financial instruments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forward foreign currency contracts

 

 

$

481,567

 

 

$

481,567

 

Futures contracts

 

$

19,199

 

 

 

19,199

 

Reverse repurchase agreements

 

 

7,680,600

 

 

7,680,600

 

Total

 

$

19,199

 

$

8,162,167

 

 

$

8,181,366

 

 

†See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

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

* Value is less than $1.

 

The following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value:

 

INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES

 

ASSET-
BACKED
SECURITIES

 

COLLATERALIZED
MORTGAGE
OBLIGATIONS

 

CORPORATE
BONDS &
NOTES

 

TOTAL

 

Balance as of December 31, 2010

 

 

$

8,580

 

$

0

*

$

8,580

 

Accrued premiums/discounts

 

 

 

 

 

Realized gain (loss)

 

 

 

 

 

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)(1)

 

 

(196

)

 

(196

)

Net purchases (sales)

 

 

(178

)

 

(178

)

Transfers into Level 3

 

$

427,562

 

 

 

427,562

 

Transfers out of Level 3

 

 

(8,206

)

 

(8,206

)

Balance as of March 31, 2011

 

$

427,562

 

 

$

0

*

$

427,562

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for investments in securities still held at March 31, 2011(1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Value is less than $1.

 

(1) Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) includes net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) resulting from changes in investment values during the reporting period and the reversal of previously recorded unrealized appreciation (depreciation) when gains or losses are realized.

 

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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) Reverse repurchase agreements. The Fund may enter into reverse repurchase agreements. Under the terms of a typical reverse repurchase agreement, a Fund sells a security subject to an obligation to repurchase the security from the buyer at an agreed-upon time and price. In the event the buyer of securities under a reverse repurchase agreement files for bankruptcy or becomes insolvent, the fund’s use of the proceeds of the agreement may be restricted pending a determination by the counterparty, or its trustee or receiver, whether to enforce the Fund’s obligation to repurchase the securities. In entering into reverse repurchase agreements, the Fund will maintain cash, U.S. government securities or other liquid debt obligations at least equal in value to its obligations with respect to reverse repurchase agreements or will take other actions permitted by law to cover its obligations.

 

(d) Futures contracts. The Fund uses futures contracts to gain exposure to, or hedge against, changes in the value of interest rates or foreign currencies. 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.

 

(e) 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.

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

(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 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) 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.  The use of swaps involves risks that are different from those associated with ordinary 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.

 

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.

 

7


 

Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

(h) Inflation-indexed bonds. Inflation-Indexed Bonds. Inflation-indexed bonds are fixed-income securities whose principal value or interest rate is periodically adjusted according to the rate of inflation. As the index measuring inflation changes, the principal value or interest rate of inflation-indexed bonds will be adjusted accordingly. Repayment of the original bond principal upon maturity (as adjusted for inflation) is guaranteed in the case of U.S. Treasury inflation-indexed bonds. For bonds that do not provide a similar guarantee, the adjusted principal value of the bond repaid at maturity may be less than the original principal.

 

(i) 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.

 

(j) 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.

 

(k) Credit and market risk. Investments in securities that are collateralized by residential real estate mortgages are subject to certain credit and liquidity risks. When market conditions result in an increase in default rates of the underlying mortgages and the foreclosure values of underlying real estate properties are materially below the outstanding amount of these underlying mortgages, collection of the full amount of accrued interest and principal on these investments may be doubtful. Such market conditions may significantly impair the value and liquidity of these investments and may result in a lack of correlation between their credit ratings and values.

 

(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 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 March 31, 2011, the Fund held forward foreign currency contracts with credit related contingent features, which had a liability position of $481,567. 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.

 

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

 

8


 

Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

2.  Investments

 

At March 31, 2011, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were substantially as follows:

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

32,054,335

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

(7,789,558

)

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

24,264,777

 

 

Transactions in reverse repurchase agreements for the Fund during the period ended March 31, 2011 were as follows:

 

Average

 

Weighted

 

Maximum

 

Daily

 

Average

 

Amount

 

Balance

 

Interest Rate

 

Outstanding

 

$

13,098,081

 

0.240%

 

$

35,243,436

 

 

Interest rates on reverse repurchase agreements ranged from 0.200% to 0.280% during the period ended March 31, 2011. Interest expense incurred on reverse repurchase agreements totaled $7,794.

 

At March 31, 2011, the Fund had the following open reverse repurchase agreements:

 

Security

 

Value

 

Reverse repurchase agreement with Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., dated 3/16/11 bearing 0.220% to be repurchased at $7,681,586 on 4/6/11, collateralized by: $6,000,000, U.S. Treasury Notes, 2.000% due 1/15/14; Market value $7,680,600

 

$

7,680,600

 

 

 

 

 

Total Reverse Repurchase Agreements
(Proceeds – $7,680,600)

 

$

7,680,600

 

 

During the period ended March 31, 2011, written option transactions for the Fund were as follows:

 

 

 

Number of Contracts

 

Premiums

 

Written options, outstanding December 31, 2010

 

 

 

Options written

 

434

 

$247,425

 

Options closed

 

(91

)

(76,486

)

Options exercised

 

(83

)

(13,347

)

Options expired

 

(260

)

(157,592

)

Written options, outstanding March 31, 2011

 

 

 

 

At March 31, 2011, the Fund had the following open futures contracts:

 

Contracts to Sell:

 

NUMBER OF
CONTRACTS

 

EXPIRATION
DATE

 

BASIS
VALUE

 

MARKET
VALUE

 

UNREALIZED
LOSS

 

U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes

 

138

 

6/11

 

$

16,097,692

 

$

16,116,891

 

$

(19,199

)

 

At March 31, 2011, the Fund had the following open forward foreign currency contracts:

 

FOREIGN CURRENCY

 

COUNTERPARTY

 

LOCAL
CURRENCY

 

MARKET
VALUE

 

SETTLEMENT
DATE

 

UNREALIZED
GAIN (LOSS)

 

Contracts to Buy:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Euro

 

Citibank N.A.

 

433,763

 

$

614,152

 

5/18/11

 

$

14,513

 

Japanese Yen

 

Citibank N.A.

 

340,429,020

 

4,093,867

 

5/18/11

 

(116,133

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(101,620

)

Contracts to Sell:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Australian dollar

 

Credit Suisse First Boston Inc.

 

12,204,275

 

12,546,063

 

5/18/11

 

(349,477

)

Euro

 

Credit Suisse First Boston Inc.

 

456,306

 

646,069

 

5/18/11

 

(15,957

)

Japanese Yen

 

Citibank N.A.

 

342,755,280

 

4,121,842

 

5/18/11

 

87,102

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(278,332

)

Net unrealized loss on open forward foreign currency contracts

 

 

 

 

 

$

(379,952

)

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

At March 31, 2011, the Fund held the following credit default swap contracts:

 

CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS ON CORPORATE ISSUES – SELL PROTECTION(1)

SWAP
COUNTERPARTY
(REFERENCE ENTITY)

 

NOTIONAL
AMOUNT
(2)

 

TERMINATION
DATE

 

IMPLIED
CREDIT
SPREAD
AT
MARCH 31,
2011
(3)

 

PERIODIC
PAYMENTS
RECEIVED
BY THE
FUND

 

MARKET
VALUE

 

UPFRONT
PREMIUMS
PAID
(RECEIVED)

 

UNREALIZED
APPRECIATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JPMorgan Securities Inc. (SLM Corp., 5.125%, due 8/27/12)

 

$

3,800,000

 

12/20/12

 

0.982

%

2.500% Quarterly

 

$

99,362

 

 

$

99,362

 

(1) If the Fund is a seller of protection and a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement, the Fund will either (i) pay to the buyer of protection an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap and take delivery of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising the referenced index or (ii) pay 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 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) Implied credit spreads, utilized in determining the market value of credit default swap agreements on corporate issues or sovereign issues of an emerging country as of period end serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and represent the likelihood or risk of default for the credit derivative. The implied credit spread of a particular referenced entity reflects the cost of buying/selling protection and may include upfront payments required to be made to enter into the agreement. Wider credit spreads 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. A credit spread identified as “Defaulted” indicates a credit event has occurred for the referenced entity or obligation.

 

‡  Percentage shown is an annual percentage rate.

 

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 March 31, 2011.

 

Primary
Underlying

 

Futures Contracts

 

Forward Foreign Currency
Contracts

 

Swap

 

 

 

Risk
Disclosure

 

Unrealized
Appreciation

 

Unrealized
Depreciation

 

Unrealized
Appreciation

 

Unrealized
Depreciation

 

Contracts,
at value

 

Total

 

Interest Rate Contracts

 

 

$

(19,199

)

 

 

 

$

(19,199

)

Foreign Exchange Contracts

 

 

 

$

101,615

 

$

(481,567

)

 

(379,952

)

Credit Contracts

 

 

 

 

 

$

99,362

 

99,362

 

Total

 

 

$

(19,199

)

$

101,615

 

$

(481,567

)

$

99,362

 

$

(299,789

)

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

During the period ended March 31, 2011, the volume of derivative activity for the Fund was as follows:

 

 

 

Average Market
Value

 

Purchased options†

 

$

38,180

 

Written options †

 

12,188

 

Forward foreign currency contracts (to buy)

 

8,040,272

 

Forward foreign currency contracts (to sell)

 

23,570,285

 

Futures contracts (to buy) †

 

1,117,371

 

Futures contracts (to sell)

 

6,911,931

 

 

 

 

Average Notional
Balance

 

Credit default swap contracts (to sell protection)

 

$

3,800,000

 

 

† At March 31, 2011, there were no open positions held in this derivative.

 

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Item 2. Controls and Procedures

 

(a)                   The Registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers have concluded, based on their evaluation of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective, and that the disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure (1) that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant on Form N-Q is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the required time periods and (2) 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 (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) during the Registrant’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 3. Exhibits

 

Certifications as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 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 / Claymore Inflation-Linked Securities & Income Fund

 

By:

R. Jay Gerken

 

R. Jay Gerken

President and Trustee

Date: May 24, 2011

 

 

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:

R. Jay Gerken

 

R. Jay Gerken

President and Trustee

Date: May 24, 2011

 

 

By:

Kaprel Ozsolak

 

Kaprel Ozsolak

Principal Financial and Accounting Officer

Date: May 24, 2011