Western Asset Investment Grade Defined Opportunity Trust Inc.

 

 

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: February 28, 2017

 

 

 


ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.


WESTERN ASSET INVESTMENT GRADE DEFINED OPPORTUNITY TRUST INC.

FORM N-Q

FEBRUARY 28, 2017


WESTERN ASSET INVESTMENT GRADE DEFINED OPPORTUNITY TRUST INC.

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited)    February 28, 2017

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
     VALUE  
CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES - 93.2%           
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 11.0%           

Auto Components - 0.2%

          

ZF North America Capital Inc., Senior Notes

     4.750     4/29/25        390,000      $ 403,162 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Automobiles - 2.1%

          

Ford Motor Co., Senior Bonds

     9.215     9/15/21        1,140,000        1,433,591  

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, Senior Notes

     8.125     1/15/20        640,000        739,606  

General Motors Co., Senior Notes

     4.875     10/2/23        430,000        462,104  

General Motors Co., Senior Notes

     6.600     4/1/36        290,000        340,825  

General Motors Co., Senior Notes

     5.200     4/1/45        490,000        494,890  

General Motors Co., Senior Notes

     6.750     4/1/46        1,020,000        1,243,097  
          

 

 

 

Total Automobiles

             4,714,113  
          

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.4%

          

GLP Capital LP/GLP Financing II Inc., Senior Notes

     5.375     4/15/26        280,000        293,650  

McDonald’s Corp., Senior Notes

     4.700     12/9/35        260,000        276,880  

McDonald’s Corp., Senior Notes

     4.875     12/9/45        370,000        399,875  
          

 

 

 

Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

             970,405  
          

 

 

 

Household Durables - 0.3%

          

Newell Brands Inc., Senior Notes

     5.500     4/1/46        600,000        703,688  
          

 

 

 

Media - 7.7%

          

21st Century Fox America Inc., Senior Notes

     6.650     11/15/37        2,400,000        3,014,899  

Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp., Senior Secured Notes

     6.384     10/23/35        180,000        206,245  

Charter Communications Operating LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp., Senior Secured Notes

     6.484     10/23/45        420,000        489,182  

Comcast Corp., Bonds

     6.400     5/15/38        2,500,000        3,224,522  

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

     5.700     7/1/19        1,500,000        1,635,247  

Discovery Communications LLC, Senior Notes

     3.800     3/13/24        900,000        898,157  

DISH DBS Corp., Senior Notes

     7.875     9/1/19        690,000        771,075  

Time Warner Cable LLC, Debentures

     7.300     7/1/38        330,000        413,835  

Time Warner Cable LLC, Senior Bonds

     6.550     5/1/37        370,000        428,643  

Time Warner Cable LLC, Senior Notes

     8.750     2/14/19        1,390,000        1,562,613  

Time Warner Cable LLC, Senior Notes

     6.750     6/15/39        20,000        23,839  

Time Warner Cable LLC, Senior Notes

     5.500     9/1/41        200,000        207,381  

Time Warner Entertainment Co., LP, Senior Notes

     8.375     7/15/33        370,000        498,352  

Time Warner Inc., Senior Notes

     4.900     6/15/42        250,000        248,942  

UBM PLC, Notes

     5.750     11/3/20        740,000        777,643 (a) 

Viacom Inc., Senior Debentures

     5.250     4/1/44        120,000        118,250  

Viacom Inc., Senior Notes

     3.450     10/4/26        290,000        278,184  

Viacom Inc., Senior Notes

     4.375     3/15/43        60,000        52,844  

Virgin Media Finance PLC, Senior Notes

     6.375     4/15/23        2,000,000        2,110,000 (a) 

WPP Finance 2010, Senior Notes

     5.625     11/15/43        260,000        283,944  
          

 

 

 

Total Media

             17,243,797  
          

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 0.2%

          

Nordstrom Inc., Senior Notes

     5.000     1/15/44        460,000        447,084  
          

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 0.1%

          

PetSmart Inc., Senior Notes

     7.125     3/15/23        100,000        98,375 (a) 
          

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

             24,580,624  
          

 

 

 
CONSUMER STAPLES - 2.2%           

Beverages - 0.2%

          

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc., Senior Notes

     4.900     2/1/46        330,000        363,675  

Constellation Brands Inc., Senior Notes

     4.250     5/1/23        140,000        148,446  
          

 

 

 

Total Beverages

             512,121  
          

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    February 28, 2017

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
     VALUE  

Food & Staples Retailing - 0.3%

          

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

     5.125     7/20/45        540,000      $ 603,927  
          

 

 

 

Food Products - 0.4%

          

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes

     5.000     7/15/35        70,000        73,901  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes

     5.000     6/4/42        220,000        226,050  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes

     5.200     7/15/45        420,000        445,131  

Smithfield Foods Inc., Senior Notes

     4.250     2/1/27        90,000        92,070 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Total Food Products

             837,152  
          

 

 

 

Tobacco - 1.3%

          

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

     9.250     8/6/19        1,000,000        1,176,242  

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

     3.875     9/16/46        330,000        312,789  

Reynolds American Inc., Senior Notes

     8.125     5/1/40        470,000        626,735  

Reynolds American Inc., Senior Notes

     7.000     8/4/41        510,000        616,096  

Reynolds American Inc., Senior Notes

     5.850     8/15/45        100,000        119,314  
          

 

 

 

Total Tobacco

             2,851,176  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES

             4,804,376  
          

 

 

 
ENERGY - 14.8%           

Energy Equipment & Services - 0.9%

          

ENSCO International Inc., Senior Bonds

     7.200     11/15/27        200,000        196,000  

Ensco PLC, Senior Notes

     5.200     3/15/25        790,000        703,100  

Halliburton Co., Senior Notes

     5.000     11/15/45        930,000        1,013,521  

Pride International Inc., Senior Notes

     7.875     8/15/40        150,000        140,250  
          

 

 

 

Total Energy Equipment & Services

             2,052,871  
          

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 13.9%

          

Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

     4.850     3/15/21        750,000        807,287  

Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

     5.550     3/15/26        750,000        843,863  

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

     6.000     1/15/37        150,000        174,742  

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

     5.100     9/1/40        280,000        298,473  

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

     5.250     2/1/42        160,000        173,603  

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

     4.750     4/15/43        670,000        690,729  

ConocoPhillips, Notes

     6.500     2/1/39        1,500,000        1,894,401  

Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes

     5.850     12/15/25        560,000        645,013  

Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes

     5.600     7/15/41        20,000        21,496  

Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes

     5.000     6/15/45        430,000        439,675  

Devon Financing Co., LLC, Debentures

     7.875     9/30/31        1,080,000        1,416,621  

Ecopetrol SA, Senior Notes

     5.875     5/28/45        1,554,000        1,411,032  

Energy Transfer Equity LP, Senior Notes

     7.500     10/15/20        420,000        474,075  

EOG Resources Inc., Senior Notes

     6.875     10/1/18        800,000        859,610  

Hess Corp., Notes

     8.125     2/15/19        1,400,000        1,547,974  

Hess Corp., Notes

     7.875     10/1/29        440,000        542,098  

Hess Corp., Senior Bonds

     6.000     1/15/40        520,000        551,508  

Kerr-McGee Corp., Notes

     6.950     7/1/24        1,320,000        1,581,979  

Kerr-McGee Corp., Notes

     7.875     9/15/31        710,000        929,127  

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, Senior Notes

     5.950     2/15/18        800,000        831,933  

Kinder Morgan Inc., Medium-Term Notes

     7.800     8/1/31        900,000        1,150,612  

LUKOIL International Finance BV, Senior Notes

     4.563     4/24/23        940,000        961,150 (a) 

MEG Energy Corp., Senior Notes

     6.375     1/30/23        280,000        249,900 (a) 

MEG Energy Corp., Senior Notes

     7.000     3/31/24        620,000        561,100 (a) 

Noble Energy Inc., Senior Notes

     6.000     3/1/41        660,000        759,637  

Noble Energy Inc., Senior Notes

     5.250     11/15/43        240,000        253,942  

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    February 28, 2017

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
     VALUE  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - (continued)

          

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

     4.400     4/15/46        30,000      $ 30,800  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

     4.100     2/15/47        440,000        433,146  

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

     7.375     1/17/27        530,000        555,705  

Petroleos Mexicanos, Senior Bonds

     6.625     6/15/35        1,000,000        1,012,500  

Petroleos Mexicanos, Senior Notes

     6.875     8/4/26        730,000        800,956  

Petroleos Mexicanos, Senior Notes

     6.375     1/23/45        80,000        76,520  

Schlumberger Holdings Corp., Senior Notes

     4.000     12/21/25        710,000        747,636 (a) 

Sunoco Logistics Partners Operations LP, Senior Notes

     3.900     7/15/26        630,000        623,435  

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co., LLC, Senior Notes

     7.850     2/1/26        760,000        978,951  

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co., LLC, Senior Notes

     5.400     8/15/41        10,000        10,687  

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co., LLC, Senior Notes

     4.450     8/1/42        860,000        819,667  

Valero Energy Corp., Senior Notes

     9.375     3/15/19        700,000        801,971  

Western Gas Partners LP, Senior Notes

     4.650     7/1/26        1,060,000        1,110,838  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

     7.875     9/1/21        952,000        1,104,320  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

     4.550     6/24/24        1,130,000        1,152,600  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

     7.750     6/15/31        62,000        73,625  

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

     8.750     3/15/32        148,000        190,735  

Williams Partners LP, Senior Notes

     5.250     3/15/20        460,000        498,411  
          

 

 

 

Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

             31,094,083  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL ENERGY

             33,146,954  
          

 

 

 
FINANCIALS - 33.0%           

Banks - 17.3%

          

Banco Nacional de Costa Rica, Senior Notes

     5.875     4/25/21        500,000        515,125 (a) 

Bank of America Corp., Junior Subordinated Bonds

     6.100     3/17/25        590,000        630,194 (b)(c) 

Bank of America Corp., Junior Subordinated Notes

     6.250     9/5/24        880,000        942,788 (b)(c) 

Bank of America Corp., Junior Subordinated Notes

     6.500     10/23/24        400,000        437,372 (b)(c) 

Bank of America Corp., Notes

     6.875     4/25/18        990,000        1,047,423  

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

     7.625     6/1/19        2,760,000        3,095,210  

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

     5.875     2/7/42        1,340,000        1,654,530  

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

     4.443     1/20/48        150,000        153,399 (b) 

Bank of America Corp., Subordinated Notes

     7.750     5/14/38        670,000        942,135  

Barclays Bank PLC, Subordinated Notes

     7.625     11/21/22        430,000        462,712  

BNP Paribas SA, Junior Subordinated Notes

     7.625     3/30/21        240,000        254,040 (a)(b)(c) 

BNP Paribas SA, Junior Subordinated Notes

     7.375     8/19/25        1,870,000        1,906,933 (a)(b)(c) 

CIT Group Inc., Secured Notes

     6.625     4/1/18        480,000        504,000 (a) 

Citigroup Inc., Junior Subordinated Bonds

     6.300     5/15/24        1,350,000        1,427,625 (b)(c) 

Citigroup Inc., Junior Subordinated Bonds

     6.250     8/15/26        1,100,000        1,198,802 (b)(c) 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

     8.125     7/15/39        752,000        1,124,293  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

     4.600     3/9/26        490,000        509,939  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

     4.125     7/25/28        2,290,000        2,278,316  

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

     6.675     9/13/43        630,000        813,862  

Cooperatieve Rabobank U.A., Subordinated Notes

     5.750     12/1/43        750,000        869,282  

Credit Agricole SA, Junior Subordinated Notes

     8.375     10/13/19        500,000        555,000 (a)(b)(c) 

Credit Agricole SA, Junior Subordinated Notes

     8.125     12/23/25        1,370,000        1,469,044 (a)(b)(c) 

HSBC Holdings PLC, Junior Subordinated Bonds

     6.375     9/17/24        800,000        814,000 (b)(c) 

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Subordinated Notes

     5.710     1/15/26        1,470,000        1,421,869 (a) 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Junior Subordinated Bonds

     6.000     8/1/23        700,000        735,000 (b)(c) 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    February 28, 2017

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
     VALUE  

Banks - (continued)

          

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Senior Notes

     6.400     5/15/38        1,500,000      $ 1,961,540  

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Subordinated Notes

     5.625     8/16/43        760,000        892,908  

Lloyds Banking Group PLC, Junior Subordinated Bonds

     7.500     6/27/24        820,000        872,324 (b)(c) 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Junior Subordinated Bonds

     7.648     9/30/31        710,000        834,250 (b)(c) 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Junior Subordinated Notes

     8.625     8/15/21        950,000        1,006,050 (b)(c) 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Subordinated Notes

     6.100     6/10/23        840,000        893,582  

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Subordinated Notes

     6.000     12/19/23        150,000        159,648  

Royal Bank of Scotland NV, Subordinated Bonds

     7.750     5/15/23        820,000        951,845  

Standard Chartered PLC, Subordinated Notes

     5.700     3/26/44        410,000        420,363 (a) 

Wachovia Capital Trust III, Junior Subordinated Bonds

     5.570     3/31/17        410,000        410,000 (b)(c) 

Wachovia Corp., Senior Notes

     5.750     2/1/18        3,180,000        3,300,309  

Wells Fargo & Co., Junior Subordinated Bonds

     5.875     6/15/25        140,000        151,375 (b)(c) 

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

     4.300     7/22/27        300,000        312,703  

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

     4.400     6/14/46        420,000        414,338  

Wells Fargo & Co., Subordinated Notes

     4.750     12/7/46        310,000        324,175  
          

 

 

 

Total Banks

             38,668,303  
          

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 7.4%

          

Bear Stearns Cos. LLC, Senior Notes

     7.250     2/1/18        1,570,000        1,652,235  

CME Group Inc., Senior Notes

     5.300     9/15/43        750,000        902,630  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

     5.950     1/18/18        4,250,000        4,411,976  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

     7.500     2/15/19        500,000        552,917  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

     6.250     2/1/41        2,550,000        3,230,611  

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Subordinated Notes

     5.150     5/22/45        70,000        74,886  

KKR Group Finance Co. III LLC, Senior Bonds

     5.125     6/1/44        1,300,000        1,293,514 (a) 

Morgan Stanley, Medium-Term Notes

     6.625     4/1/18        1,750,000        1,840,802  

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes

     5.500     1/26/20        1,950,000        2,124,020  

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes

     6.375     7/24/42        140,000        180,270  

UBS AG Stamford CT, Subordinated Notes

     7.625     8/17/22        330,000        379,797  
          

 

 

 

Total Capital Markets

             16,643,658  
          

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 1.7%

          

HSBC Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     6.676     1/15/21        1,620,000        1,837,459  

Navient Corp., Senior Notes

     7.250     1/25/22        1,430,000        1,496,137  

Navient Corp., Senior Notes

     6.125     3/25/24        480,000        462,000  
          

 

 

 

Total Consumer Finance

             3,795,596  
          

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 2.1%

          

Blackstone Holdings Finance Co., LLC, Senior Notes

     4.450     7/15/45        310,000        297,031 (a) 

Carlyle Holdings II Finance LLC, Senior Secured Notes

     5.625     3/30/43        360,000        361,393 (a) 

ILFC E-Capital Trust I, Junior Subordinated Notes

     4.670     12/21/65        800,000        753,000 (a)(b) 

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     8.875     9/1/17        810,000        839,600  

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     6.250     5/15/19        220,000        239,257  

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     8.250     12/15/20        330,000        394,023  

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     8.625     1/15/22        350,000        434,207  

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Secured Notes

     7.125     9/1/18        1,200,000        1,293,084 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Total Diversified Financial Services

             4,611,595  
          

 

 

 

Insurance - 4.2%

          

American Equity Investment Life Holding Co., Senior Notes

     6.625     7/15/21        90,000        94,500  

American International Group Inc., Senior Notes

     6.400     12/15/20        1,000,000        1,137,767  

Delphi Financial Group Inc., Senior Notes

     7.875     1/31/20        290,000        329,365  

Fidelity & Guaranty Life Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

     6.375     4/1/21        330,000        334,125 (a) 

Liberty Mutual Group Inc., Junior Subordinated Bonds

     7.800     3/15/37        330,000        381,975 (a) 

Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., Subordinated Notes

     7.875     10/15/26        840,000        1,074,291 (a) 

MetLife Inc., Junior Subordinated Debentures

     6.400     12/15/36        1,000,000        1,107,500  

MetLife Inc., Senior Notes

     6.817     8/15/18        1,300,000        1,394,860  

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., Notes

     9.375     8/15/39        520,000        814,034 (a) 

Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America, Notes

     6.850     12/16/39        1,050,000        1,392,643 (a) 

Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America, Subordinated Notes

     4.900     9/15/44        660,000        725,365 (a) 

Travelers Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

     6.250     6/15/37        400,000        523,599  
          

 

 

 

Total Insurance

             9,310,024  
          

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.3%

          

Quicken Loans Inc., Senior Notes

     5.750     5/1/25        770,000        762,300 (a) 
          

 

 

 

TOTAL FINANCIALS

             73,791,476  
          

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    February 28, 2017

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
     VALUE  
HEALTH CARE - 3.5%           

Biotechnology - 0.7%

          

AbbVie Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes

     4.700     5/14/45        290,000      $ 292,449  

Celgene Corp., Senior Notes

     5.000     8/15/45        480,000        511,357  

Gilead Sciences Inc., Senior Notes

     5.650     12/1/41        100,000        115,492  

Gilead Sciences Inc., Senior Notes

     4.500     2/1/45        500,000        501,627  

Gilead Sciences Inc., Senior Notes

     4.750     3/1/46        100,000        104,196  
          

 

 

 

Total Biotechnology

             1,525,121  
          

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 0.5%

          

Abbott Laboratories, Senior Notes

     4.900     11/30/46        1,040,000        1,085,503  
          

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 0.9%

          

Aetna Inc., Senior Notes

     4.375     6/15/46        110,000        111,655  

Catholic Health Initiatives, Secured Bonds

     4.350     11/1/42        60,000        53,978  

Humana Inc., Senior Notes

     7.200     6/15/18        1,000,000        1,068,993  

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

     4.750     7/15/45        220,000        248,416  

Universal Hospital Services Inc., Secured Notes

     7.625     8/15/20        590,000        596,637  
          

 

 

 

Total Health Care Providers & Services

             2,079,679  
          

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 1.4%

          

Actavis Funding SCS, Senior Notes

     4.550     3/15/35        790,000        798,360  

Pfizer Inc., Senior Notes

     7.200     3/15/39        560,000        811,597  

Wyeth LLC, Notes

     5.950     4/1/37        1,100,000        1,383,360  

Zoetis Inc., Senior Notes

     4.700     2/1/43        40,000        40,878  
          

 

 

 

Total Pharmaceuticals

             3,034,195  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL HEALTH CARE

             7,724,498  
          

 

 

 
INDUSTRIALS - 5.3%           

Aerospace & Defense - 1.0%

          

Boeing Co., Senior Notes

     6.875     3/15/39        600,000        853,563  

Hexcel Corp., Senior Notes

     3.950     2/15/27        1,000,000        1,010,460  

Lockheed Martin Corp., Senior Notes

     4.500     5/15/36        50,000        53,863  

Lockheed Martin Corp., Senior Notes

     4.700     5/15/46        200,000        220,198  
          

 

 

 

Total Aerospace & Defense

             2,138,084  
          

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics - 0.4%

          

United Parcel Service Inc., Senior Notes

     6.200     1/15/38        700,000        929,821  
          

 

 

 

Airlines - 1.1%

          

American Airlines, Pass-Through Trust, Senior Secured Bonds

     5.600     7/15/20        402,279        417,867 (a) 

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

     9.250     5/10/17        112,435        113,935  

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

     6.250     4/11/20        187,127        196,249  

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

     6.545     2/2/19        108,719        115,650  

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

     7.250     11/10/19        544,013        604,535  

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

     8.021     8/10/22        108,733        123,004  

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

     7.750     12/17/19        318,190        353,589  

US Airways, Pass-Through Trust, Senior Secured Bonds

     5.900     10/1/24        472,007        524,518  
          

 

 

 

Total Airlines

             2,449,347  
          

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.8%

          

Republic Services Inc., Senior Notes

     5.500     9/15/19        220,000        238,934  

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

     5.250     4/15/21        900,000        927,000 (a) 

Waste Management Inc., Senior Notes

     7.750     5/15/32        500,000        687,660  
          

 

 

 

Total Commercial Services & Supplies

             1,853,594  
          

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    February 28, 2017

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
     VALUE  

Construction & Engineering - 0.1%

          

Valmont Industries Inc., Senior Notes

     6.625     4/20/20        180,000      $ 200,080  
          

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 1.4%

          

General Electric Co., Junior Subordinated Bonds

     5.000     1/21/21        1,307,000        1,378,885 (b)(c) 

General Electric Co., Senior Notes

     5.875     1/14/38        190,000        244,054  

General Electric Co., Senior Notes

     6.875     1/10/39        1,018,000        1,463,296  

General Electric Co., Subordinated Notes

     5.300     2/11/21        130,000        144,661  
          

 

 

 

Total Industrial Conglomerates

             3,230,896  
          

 

 

 

Machinery - 0.2%

          

Caterpillar Inc., Senior Notes

     4.750     5/15/64        360,000        393,481  
          

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 0.3%

          

Flexi-Van Leasing Inc., Senior Notes

     7.875     8/15/18        100,000        91,250 (a) 

Union Pacific Corp., Senior Notes

     4.375     11/15/65        530,000        538,424  
          

 

 

 

Total Road & Rail

             629,674  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL INDUSTRIALS

             11,824,977  
          

 

 

 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 5.2%           

Communications Equipment - 0.8%

          

Harris Corp., Senior Notes

     5.550     10/1/21        885,000        982,783  

Harris Corp., Senior Notes

     4.854     4/27/35        430,000        465,439  

Harris Corp., Senior Notes

     5.054     4/27/45        340,000        376,576  
          

 

 

 

Total Communications Equipment

             1,824,798  
          

 

 

 

IT Services - 0.3%

          

Visa Inc., Senior Notes

     4.300     12/14/45        730,000        785,349  
          

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 0.8%

          

Broadcom Corp./Broadcom Cayman Finance Ltd., Senior Notes

     3.625     1/15/24        1,170,000        1,184,798 (a) 

Intel Corp., Senior Notes

     4.900     7/29/45        220,000        251,205  

National Semiconductor Corp., Senior Notes

     6.600     6/15/17        360,000        365,685  
          

 

 

 

Total Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

             1,801,688  
          

 

 

 

Software - 2.2%

          

Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes

     3.750     2/12/45        670,000        643,454  

Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes

     3.700     8/8/46        1,670,000        1,584,270  

Microsoft Corp., Senior Notes

     4.250     2/6/47        2,540,000        2,633,320  
          

 

 

 

Total Software

             4,861,044  
          

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 1.1%

          

Apple Inc., Senior Notes

     3.850     8/4/46        550,000        531,407  

Diamond 1 Finance Corp./Diamond 2 Finance Corp., Senior Secured Notes

     4.420     6/15/21        1,010,000        1,060,147 (a) 

Seagate HDD Cayman, Senior Notes

     4.250     3/1/22        820,000        811,962 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Total Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

             2,403,516  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

             11,676,395  
          

 

 

 
MATERIALS - 4.4%           

Chemicals - 0.1%

          

Ecolab Inc., Senior Notes

     5.500     12/8/41        130,000        156,335  
          

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 4.3%

          

Alcoa Nederland Holding BV, Senior Notes

     6.750     9/30/24        400,000        436,000 (a) 

Arconic Inc., Senior Notes

     5.870     2/23/22        1,200,000        1,307,866  

Arconic Inc., Senior Notes

     5.125     10/1/24        520,000        541,060  

Barrick Gold Corp., Senior Notes

     5.250     4/1/42        1,200,000        1,327,698  

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    February 28, 2017

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
     VALUE  

Metals & Mining - (continued)

          

BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd., Subordinated Notes

     6.750     10/19/75        780,000      $ 893,490 (a)(b) 

Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Senior Notes

     2.150     3/1/17        140,000        140,000  

Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Senior Notes

     2.375     3/15/18        140,000        140,000  

Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Senior Notes

     6.500     11/15/20        32,000        33,040 (a) 

Freeport-McMoRan Inc., Senior Notes

     3.550     3/1/22        100,000        93,375  

Glencore Finance Canada Ltd., Senior Notes

     2.700     10/25/17        180,000        181,132 (a) 

Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd., Senior Notes

     9.000     5/1/19        2,000,000        2,295,962  

Vale Overseas Ltd., Senior Notes

     4.375     1/11/22        2,100,000        2,177,700  

Yamana Gold Inc., Senior Notes

     4.950     7/15/24        140,000        142,836  
          

 

 

 

Total Metals & Mining

             9,710,159  
          

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products - 0.0%

          

Fibria Overseas Finance Ltd., Senior Notes

     5.250     5/12/24        50,000        51,375  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL MATERIALS

             9,917,869  
          

 

 

 
REAL ESTATE - 0.3%           

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 0.0%

          

Communications Sales & Leasing Inc., Senior Secured Notes

     6.000     4/15/23        90,000        94,725 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development - 0.3%

          

Security Capital Group Inc., Senior Notes

     7.700     6/15/28        460,000        614,943  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL REAL ESTATE

             709,668  
          

 

 

 
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - 6.7%           

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 5.9%

          

AT&T Inc., Global Notes

     5.600     5/15/18        1,500,000        1,569,789  

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

     4.500     5/15/35        370,000        352,004  

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

     4.800     6/15/44        290,000        274,556  

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

     4.750     5/15/46        60,000        56,322  

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

     5.450     3/1/47        780,000        805,561  

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

     4.500     3/9/48        642,000        579,117  

British Telecommunications PLC, Bonds

     9.125     12/15/30        2,000,000        3,000,402  

Embarq Corp., Notes

     7.995     6/1/36        1,500,000        1,508,672  

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA, Senior Notes

     7.500     4/1/21        1,130,000        1,039,600  

Koninklijke KPN NV, Senior Notes

     8.375     10/1/30        330,000        444,926  

Telefonica Emisiones SAU, Senior Notes

     7.045     6/20/36        140,000        168,732  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

     5.150     9/15/23        2,460,000        2,707,737  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

     5.050     3/15/34        300,000        309,294  

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

     5.012     8/21/54        398,000        386,319  
          

 

 

 

Total Diversified Telecommunication Services

             13,203,031  
          

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.8%

          

Sprint Communications Inc., Senior Notes

     9.000     11/15/18        360,000        394,650 (a) 

Sprint Corp., Senior Notes

     7.250     9/15/21        680,000        742,900  

Sprint Corp., Senior Notes

     7.875     9/15/23        120,000        133,800  

Telefonica Europe BV, Senior Notes

     8.250     9/15/30        390,000        527,603  
          

 

 

 

Total Wireless Telecommunication Services

             1,798,953  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES

             15,001,984  
          

 

 

 
UTILITIES - 6.8%           

Electric Utilities - 5.3%

          

Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co., Bonds

     6.125     4/1/36        1,000,000        1,263,964  

Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co., Senior Notes

     5.750     4/1/18        1,000,000        1,045,491  

CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric LLC, Senior Secured Bonds

     4.500     4/1/44        530,000        591,621  

Commonwealth Edison Co., First Mortgage Bonds

     5.800     3/15/18        600,000        626,362  

Commonwealth Edison Co., First Mortgage Bonds

     6.450     1/15/38        600,000        803,298  

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    February 28, 2017

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
    VALUE  
UTILITIES - (continued)          

Duke Energy Corp., Senior Notes

     3.750     9/1/46        680,000     $ 628,671  

FirstEnergy Corp., Notes

     7.375     11/15/31        3,040,000       4,016,877  

NRG REMA LLC, Pass-Through Certificates, Senior Secured Bonds

     9.681     7/2/26        2,000,000       1,362,500  

Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Senior Notes

     8.250     10/15/18        600,000       660,884  

Virginia Electric and Power Co., Senior Notes

     8.875     11/15/38        500,000       819,423  
         

 

 

 

Total Electric Utilities

            11,819,091  
         

 

 

 

Gas Utilities - 0.9%

         

Southern Natural Gas Co., LLC, Senior Notes

     8.000     3/1/32        1,500,000       1,977,360  
         

 

 

 

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers - 0.6%

 

      

AES Corp., Senior Notes

     8.000     6/1/20        1,100,000       1,273,250  
         

 

 

 

TOTAL UTILITIES

            15,069,701  
         

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES

(Cost - $189,483,004)

            208,248,522  
         

 

 

 
MUNICIPAL BONDS - 0.4%          

Florida - 0.1%

         

Sumter Landing, FL, Community Development District Recreational Revenue, Taxable Community Development District

     4.172     10/1/47        270,000       267,578  
         

 

 

 

Illinois - 0.3%

         

Illinois State, GO, Build America Bonds-Taxable

     6.725     4/1/35        530,000       550,961  
         

 

 

 

TOTAL MUNICIPAL BONDS

(Cost - $872,761)

            818,539  
         

 

 

 
SOVEREIGN BONDS - 3.8%          

Argentina - 3.1%

         

Provincia de Buenos Aires, Senior Notes

     9.125     3/16/24        1,930,000       2,137,475 (a) 

Provincia de Cordoba, Senior Notes

     7.450     9/1/24        1,200,000       1,211,640 (a) 

Republic of Argentina, Bonds

     22.750     3/5/18        6,230,000 ARS      420,209  

Republic of Argentina, Senior Notes

     7.500     4/22/26        2,130,000       2,231,175 (a) 

Republic of Argentina, Senior Notes

     6.875     1/26/27        1,000,000       1,001,250 (a) 
         

 

 

 

Total Argentina

            7,001,749  
         

 

 

 

Colombia - 0.2%

         

Republic of Colombia, Senior Bonds

     5.625     2/26/44        431,000       467,851  
         

 

 

 

Ecuador - 0.5%

         

Republic of Ecuador, Senior Bonds

     10.750     3/28/22        980,000       1,096,375 (a) 
         

 

 

 

TOTAL SOVEREIGN BONDS

(Cost - $8,275,714)

            8,565,975  
         

 

 

 
U.S. GOVERNMENT & AGENCY OBLIGATIONS - 0.3%          

U.S. Government Obligations - 0.3%

         

U.S. Treasury Bonds

(Cost - $744,602)

     2.875     11/15/46        770,000       755,216  
         

 

 

 
                  SHARES        
COMMON STOCKS - 0.4%          
FINANCIALS - 0.4%          

Banks - 0.4%

         

Citigroup Inc.

(Cost - $624,459)

          12,728       761,262  
         

 

 

 
PREFERRED STOCKS - 1.3%          
FINANCIALS - 1.3%          

Consumer Finance - 1.0%

         

GMAC Capital Trust I

     6.824        85,800       2,206,776 (b) 
         

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 0.2%

         

Citigroup Capital XIII

     7.409        17,525       461,784 (b) 
         

 

 

 

Insurance - 0.1%

         

Delphi Financial Group Inc.

     7.376        9,325       217,098 (b) 
         

 

 

 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS

(Cost - $2,747,824)

            2,885,658  
         

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost - $202,748,364)

 

         222,035,172  
         

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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WESTERN ASSET INVESTMENT GRADE DEFINED OPPORTUNITY TRUST INC.

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    February 28, 2017

 

SECURITY

   RATE            SHARES      VALUE  
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 0.1%           

State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class (Cost - $117,438)

     0.479        117,438      $ 117,438  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 99.5%
(Cost - $202,865,802#)

             222,152,610  

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 0.5%

             1,216,687  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

           $ 223,369,297  
          

 

 

 

 

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

 

(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.

 

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

Abbreviation used in this schedule:

 

GO    — General Obligation
ARS    — Argentine Peso

This Schedule of Investments is unaudited and is intended to provide information about the Fund’s portfolio holdings as of the date of the schedule. Other information regarding the Fund is available in the Fund’s most recent annual or semi-annual shareholder report.

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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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 Fund seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its net assets in investment grade corporate fixed-income securities of varying maturities.                

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. Investments in open-end funds are valued at the closing net asset value per share of each fund on the day of valuation. 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 Atlantic 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 prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable securities. The income approach uses valuation techniques to discount estimated future cash flows to present value.

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

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:

           

Industrials

     —        $ 11,711,042      $ 113,935      $ 11,824,977  

Other Corporate Bonds & Notes

     —          196,423,545        —          196,423,545  

Municipal Bonds

     —          818,539        —          818,539  

Sovereign Bonds

     —          8,565,975        —          8,565,975  

U.S. Government & Agency Obligations

     —          755,216        —          755,216  

Common Stocks

   $ 761,262        —          —          761,262  

Preferred Stocks

     2,885,658        —          —          2,885,658  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments

   $ 3,646,920      $ 218,274,317      $ 113,935      $ 222,035,172  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments†

     117,438        —          —          117,438  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 3,764,358      $ 218,274,317      $ 113,935      $ 222,152,610  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other Financial Instruments:

           

Futures Contracts

   $ 51,142        —          —        $ 51,142  

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

     —        $ 7,692        —          7,692  

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps

     —          81,644        —          81,644  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Other Financial Instruments

   $ 51,142      $ 89,336        —        $ 140,478  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 3,815,500      $ 218,363,653      $ 113,935      $ 222,293,088  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

DESCRIPTION

   QUOTED PRICES
(LEVEL 1)
     OTHER SIGNIFICANT
OBSERVABLE INPUTS
(LEVEL 2)
     SIGNIFICANT
UNOBSERVABLE
INPUTS
(LEVEL 3)
     TOTAL  

Other Financial Instruments:

           

Futures Contracts

   $ 112,119        —          —        $ 112,119  

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

     —        $ 42        —          42  

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps on Credit Indices - Buy Protection

     —          257,911        —          257,911  

OTC Credit Default Swaps on Corporate Issues - Buy Protection‡

     —          14,283        —          14,283  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 112,119      $ 272,236        —        $ 384,355  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.    

 

Value includes any premium paid or received with respect to swap contracts.    

The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers between levels as of the end of the reporting period. At February 28, 2017, securities valued at $217,098 were transferred from Level 2 to Level 1 within the fair value hierarchy because of the availability of a quoted price in an active market for an identical investment.

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

2. Investments

At February 28, 2017, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were substantially as follows:

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 21,214,334  

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (1,927,526
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 19,286,808  
  

 

 

 

At February 28, 2017, the Fund had the following open futures contracts:    

 

     Number of
Contracts
     Expiration
Date
     Basis
Value
     Market
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Contracts to Buy:               

U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes

     102        6/17      $ 11,994,113      $ 12,005,719      $ 11,606  

U.S. Treasury Ultra Long-Term Bonds

     13        6/17        2,063,620        2,103,156        39,536  
              

 

 

 
                 51,142  
              

 

 

 
Contracts to Sell:               

U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds

     87        6/17        13,081,975        13,194,094        (112,119
              

 

 

 
Net unrealized depreciation on open futures contracts                $ (60,977
              

 

 

 

At February 28, 2017, the Fund had the following open forward foreign currency contracts:

 

Currency
Purchased
     Currency
Sold
    

Counterparty

   Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
INR      123,400        USD        1,786      Citibank N.A.      4/20/17      $ 51  
USD      1,548,295        EUR        1,450,994      Citibank N.A.      4/20/17        7,641  
USD      1,795        INR        123,400      Citibank N.A.      4/20/17        (42
                 

 

 

 
Total                   $ 7,650  
                 

 

 

 

Abbreviations used in this table:

 

EUR    — Euro
INR    — Indian Rupee
USD    — United States Dollar

At February 28, 2017, the Fund had the following open swap contracts:    

 

CENTRALLY CLEARED INTEREST RATE SWAPS

 

CENTRAL
COUNTERPARTY

   NOTIONAL
AMOUNT
     TERMINATION
DATE
     PAYMENTS
MADE BY
THE FUND†
   PAYMENTS
RECEIVED BY
THE FUND†
   UPFRONT
PREMIUMS PAID
(RECEIVED)
    UNREALIZED
APPRECIATION
 
Chicago Mercantile Exchange    $ 2,192,000        2/15/41      2.442% semi-annually    3-Month LIBOR quarterly    $ (9,498   $ 81,644  

 

OTC CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS ON CORPORATE ISSUES - BUY PROTECTION1

 

SWAP
COUNTERPARTY

(REFERENCE
ENTITY)

   NOTIONAL
AMOUNT2
     TERMINATION
DATE
     IMPLIED
CREDIT
SPREAD AT
FEBRUARY 28,
20173
   PERIODIC
PAYMENTS
MADE BY
THE FUND†
   MARKET
VALUE
    UPFRONT
PREMIUMS PAID
(RECEIVED)
    UNREALIZED
DEPRECIATION
 
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (PPG Industries Inc., 6.650%, due 3/15/18)    $ 856,423        3/20/19      0.18%    1.000% quarterly    $ (14,283   $ (9,338   $ (4,945

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

 

CENTRALLY CLEARED CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS ON CREDIT INDICES - BUY PROTECTION1

 

CENTRAL COUNTERPARTY

(REFERENCE ENTITY)

   NOTIONAL
AMOUNT2
     TERMINATION
DATE
     PERIODIC
PAYMENTS
MADE BY
THE FUND†
     MARKET
VALUE4
    UPFRONT
PREMIUMS PAID
(RECEIVED)
    UNREALIZED
DEPRECIATION
 
Chicago Mercantile Exchange (Markit CDX.NA.HY.27 Index)    $ 6,504,300        12/20/21        5.000% quarterly      $ (501,576   $ (243,665   $ (257,911

 

1 

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

 

2 

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

 

3 

Implied credit spreads, utilized in determining the market value of credit default swap agreements on corporate or sovereign issues 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.

 

4 

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

 

Percentage shown is an annual percentage rate.

 

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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/    JANE TRUST        
  Jane Trust
  Chief Executive Officer

Date:

 

April 24, 2017

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

 

By   /s/    JANE TRUST        
  Jane Trust
  Chief Executive Officer

Date:

 

April 24, 2017

By   /s/    RICHARD F. SENNETT        
  Richard F. Sennett
  Principal Financial Officer

Date:

 

April 24, 2017