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: August 31, 2015

 

 

 


 

ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.

 


WESTERN ASSET INVESTMENT GRADE

DEFINED OPPORTUNITY TRUST INC.

FORM N-Q

AUGUST 31, 2015


WESTERN ASSET INVESTMENT GRADE DEFINED OPPORTUNITY TRUST INC.

 

Schedule of investments (unaudited)    August 31, 2015

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT
     VALUE  
CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES - 94.0%           
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 12.0%           

Auto Components - 0.6%

          

ZF North America Capital Inc., Senior Notes

     4.000     4/29/20       $ 570,000       $ 572,052 (a) 

ZF North America Capital Inc., Senior Notes

     4.500     4/29/22         300,000         291,750 (a) 

ZF North America Capital Inc., Senior Notes

     4.750     4/29/25         590,000         561,237 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Total Auto Components

             1,425,039   
          

 

 

 

Automobiles - 2.5%

          

Ford Motor Co., Senior Bonds

     9.215     9/15/21         1,140,000         1,449,424   

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, Senior Notes

     8.125     1/15/20         640,000         765,873   

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, Senior Notes

     4.250     9/20/22         380,000         392,588   

General Motors Co., Senior Notes

     4.875     10/2/23         1,470,000         1,504,273   

General Motors Co., Senior Notes

     5.200     4/1/45         490,000         463,261   

General Motors Financial Co. Inc., Senior Notes

     4.375     9/25/21         930,000         940,155   
          

 

 

 

Total Automobiles

             5,515,574   
          

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.3%

          

Hilton Worldwide Finance LLC/Hilton Worldwide Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     5.625     10/15/21         170,000         178,075   

Wynn Macau Ltd., Senior Notes

     5.250     10/15/21         480,000         442,800 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

             620,875   
          

 

 

 

Media - 7.8%

          

21st Century Fox America Inc., Senior Notes

     6.650     11/15/37         2,400,000         2,829,358   

CCO Safari II LLC, Senior Secured Notes

     6.384     10/23/35         180,000         183,775 (a) 

CCO Safari II LLC, Senior Secured Notes

     6.484     10/23/45         940,000         958,745 (a) 

Comcast Corp., Bonds

     6.400     5/15/38         2,500,000         3,098,622   

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

     5.700     7/1/19         1,500,000         1,693,431   

DISH DBS Corp., Senior Notes

     7.875     9/1/19         1,250,000         1,358,000   

DISH DBS Corp., Senior Notes

     5.875     11/15/24         700,000         639,625   

Time Warner Cable Inc., Debentures

     7.300     7/1/38         160,000         170,303   

Time Warner Cable Inc., Senior Bonds

     6.550     5/1/37         370,000         373,607   

Time Warner Cable Inc., Senior Notes

     8.750     2/14/19         1,390,000         1,643,810   

Time Warner Cable Inc., Senior Notes

     5.500     9/1/41         200,000         181,279   

Time Warner Entertainment Co., LP, Senior Notes

     8.375     7/15/33         370,000         441,538   

Time Warner Inc., Senior Notes

     4.900     6/15/42         250,000         244,468   

UBM PLC, Notes

     5.750     11/3/20         740,000         802,708 (a) 

Viacom Inc., Senior Debentures

     5.250     4/1/44         120,000         103,736   

Virgin Media Finance PLC, Senior Notes

     6.375     4/15/23         2,000,000         2,086,240 (a) 

WPP Finance 2010, Senior Notes

     5.625     11/15/43         260,000         270,911   
          

 

 

 

Total Media

             17,080,156   
          

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 0.8%

          

American Greetings Corp., Senior Notes

     7.375     12/1/21         280,000         295,750   

Gap Inc., Senior Notes

     5.950     4/12/21         1,240,000         1,374,632   
          

 

 

 

Total Specialty Retail

             1,670,382   
          

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

             26,312,026   
          

 

 

 
CONSUMER STAPLES - 4.8%           

Beverages - 1.1%

          

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc., Senior Notes

     7.750     1/15/19         450,000         530,404   

Constellation Brands Inc., Senior Notes

     4.250     5/1/23         140,000         141,190   

Pernod-Ricard SA, Senior Bonds

     5.750     4/7/21         590,000         662,135 (a) 

Pernod-Ricard SA, Senior Notes

     5.500     1/15/42         960,000         1,023,063 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Total Beverages

             2,356,792   
          

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 0.4%

          

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

     4.875     7/20/35         310,000         320,842   

CVS Health Corp., Senior Notes

     5.125     7/20/45         540,000         579,371   
          

 

 

 

Total Food & Staples Retailing

             900,213   
          

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    August 31, 2015

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT
     VALUE  

Food Products - 0.6%

          

Kraft Foods Group Inc., Senior Notes

     5.000     6/4/42       $ 280,000       $ 286,396   

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes

     5.000     7/15/35         110,000         114,065 (a) 

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Senior Notes

     5.200     7/15/45         560,000         590,840 (a) 

Mondelez International Inc., Senior Notes

     4.000     2/1/24         410,000         420,851   
          

 

 

 

Total Food Products

             1,412,152   
          

 

 

 

Tobacco - 2.7%

          

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

     9.250     8/6/19         1,000,000         1,239,901   

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

     9.950     11/10/38         430,000         688,835   

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

     10.200     2/6/39         280,000         450,749   

Reynolds American Inc., Senior Notes

     8.125     6/23/19         540,000         637,364 (a) 

Reynolds American Inc., Senior Notes

     8.125     5/1/40         470,000         576,576 (a) 

Reynolds American Inc., Senior Notes

     7.000     8/4/41         510,000         586,462 (a) 

Reynolds American Inc., Senior Notes

     4.750     11/1/42         1,220,000         1,137,719   

Reynolds American Inc., Senior Notes

     5.850     8/15/45         520,000         561,980   
          

 

 

 

Total Tobacco

             5,879,586   
          

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES

             10,548,743   
          

 

 

 
ENERGY - 11.3%           

Energy Equipment & Services - 0.4%

          

Ensco PLC, Senior Notes

     5.200     3/15/25         790,000         707,993   

Pride International Inc., Senior Notes

     7.875     8/15/40         150,000         144,980   
          

 

 

 

Total Energy Equipment & Services

             852,973   
          

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 10.9%

          

Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

     5.950     9/15/16         340,000         354,866   

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

     6.000     1/15/37         150,000         157,099   

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

     5.100     9/1/40         280,000         261,353   

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

     5.250     2/1/42         160,000         152,397   

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

     4.750     4/15/43         670,000         613,026   

Columbia Pipeline Group Inc., Senior Notes

     5.800     6/1/45         340,000         327,626 (a) 

Comstock Resources Inc., Senior Secured Notes

     10.000     3/15/20         580,000         468,350 (a) 

ConocoPhillips, Notes

     6.500     2/1/39         1,500,000         1,813,899   

Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes

     5.000     6/15/45         450,000         431,164   

Devon Financing Corp. LLC, Debentures

     7.875     9/30/31         1,080,000         1,348,623   

Ecopetrol SA, Senior Notes

     5.375     6/26/26         380,000         355,205   

Ecopetrol SA, Senior Notes

     5.875     5/28/45         284,000         230,040   

Energy Transfer Equity LP, Senior Notes

     7.500     10/15/20         420,000         452,033   

EOG Resources Inc., Senior Notes

     6.875     10/1/18         800,000         914,834   

Freeport-McMoran Oil & Gas LLC/FCX Oil & Gas Inc., Senior Notes

     6.500     11/15/20         32,000         29,920   

Freeport-McMoran Oil & Gas LLC/FCX Oil & Gas Inc., Senior Notes

     6.875     2/15/23         410,000         369,000   

Halcon Resources Corp., Secured Notes

     8.625     2/1/20         290,000         255,563 (a) 

Hess Corp., Notes

     8.125     2/15/19         1,400,000         1,632,523   

Hess Corp., Notes

     7.875     10/1/29         440,000         529,108   

Hess Corp., Senior Bonds

     6.000     1/15/40         520,000         520,867   

Kerr-McGee Corp., Notes

     6.950     7/1/24         1,320,000         1,560,169   

Kerr-McGee Corp., Notes

     7.875     9/15/31         710,000         886,632   

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, Senior Notes

     5.950     2/15/18         800,000         859,037   

LUKOIL International Finance BV, Senior Notes

     4.563     4/24/23         940,000         824,286 (a) 

MEG Energy Corp., Senior Notes

     6.375     1/30/23         900,000         729,000 (a) 

Murray Energy Corp., Senior Secured Notes

     11.250     4/15/21         740,000         345,950 (a) 

Noble Energy Inc., Senior Notes

     6.000     3/1/41         660,000         645,988   

Noble Energy Inc., Senior Notes

     5.250     11/15/43         240,000         215,123   

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

     5.750     1/20/20         109,000         99,422   

Petrobras Global Finance BV, Senior Notes

     7.250     3/17/44         440,000         356,400   

Petroleos Mexicanos, Senior Bonds

     6.625     6/15/35         1,000,000         1,024,500   

Petroleos Mexicanos, Senior Notes

     5.500     1/21/21         250,000         268,750   

Petroleos Mexicanos, Senior Notes

     6.375     1/23/45         80,000         78,384   

Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes

     4.375     5/11/45         590,000         585,906   

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    August 31, 2015

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT
     VALUE  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - (continued)

          

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co., LLC, Senior Notes

     5.400     8/15/41       $ 10,000       $ 9,074   

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co., LLC, Senior Notes

     4.450     8/1/42         860,000         683,420   

Valero Energy Corp., Senior Notes

     9.375     3/15/19         700,000         854,055   

Williams Cos. Inc., Notes

     7.875     9/1/21         952,000         1,049,768   

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

     4.550     6/24/24         1,130,000         1,002,964   

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

     7.750     6/15/31         62,000         65,499   

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

     8.750     3/15/32         148,000         170,935   

Williams Partners LP, Senior Notes

     5.250     3/15/20         460,000         492,107   
          

 

 

 

Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

             24,024,865   
          

 

 

 

TOTAL ENERGY

             24,877,838   
          

 

 

 
FINANCIALS - 36.6%           

Banks - 15.9%

          

Bank of America Corp., Junior Subordinated Bonds

     6.100     3/17/25         650,000         635,375 (b)(c) 

Bank of America Corp., Junior Subordinated Notes

     6.250     9/5/24         970,000         961,512 (b)(c) 

Bank of America Corp., Junior Subordinated Notes

     6.500     10/23/24         400,000         412,500 (b)(c) 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

     7.625     6/1/19         2,760,000         3,265,397   

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

     5.875     2/7/42         1,340,000         1,577,660   

Bank of America Corp., Subordinated Notes

     7.750     5/14/38         670,000         904,142   

Barclays Bank PLC, Subordinated Notes

     7.625     11/21/22         630,000         719,381   

BNP Paribas SA, Junior Subordinated Notes

     7.375     8/19/25         330,000         338,333 (a)(b)(c) 

CIT Group Inc., Secured Notes

     6.625     4/1/18         480,000         514,800 (a) 

CIT Group Inc., Senior Notes

     5.000     8/1/23         350,000         355,250   

Citigroup Inc., Junior Subordinated Bonds

     6.300     5/15/24         470,000         456,488 (b)(c) 

Citigroup Inc., Junior Subordinated Bonds

     5.950     5/15/25         880,000         842,600 (b)(c) 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

     6.000     8/15/17         2,250,000         2,429,437   

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

     8.500     5/22/19         500,000         604,260   

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

     8.125     7/15/39         1,350,000         1,965,537   

Citigroup Inc., Subordinated Notes

     6.675     9/13/43         630,000         783,667   

Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank BA of Netherlands, Subordinated Notes

     5.750     12/1/43         750,000         818,555   

Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank BA of Netherlands, Subordinated Notes

     5.250     8/4/45         560,000         576,729   

Credit Agricole SA, Junior Subordinated Notes

     8.375     10/13/19         500,000         574,375 (a)(b)(c) 

HSBC Holdings PLC, Junior Subordinated Bonds

     6.375     9/17/24         1,000,000         990,000 (b)(c) 

HSBC Holdings PLC, Junior Subordinated Bonds

     6.375     3/30/25         200,000         199,250 (b)(c) 

HSBC Holdings PLC, Subordinated Notes

     4.250     8/18/25         270,000         268,040   

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Junior Subordinated Bonds

     6.000     8/1/23         700,000         694,750 (b)(c) 

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Senior Notes

     6.400     5/15/38         1,500,000         1,883,452   

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Subordinated Notes

     5.625     8/16/43         760,000         822,163   

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Subordinated Notes

     4.950     6/1/45         150,000         150,779   

M&T Bank Corp., Junior Subordinated Bonds

     6.875     6/15/16         1,060,000         1,073,250 (c) 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Junior Subordinated Bonds

     7.648     9/30/31         710,000         891,050 (b)(c) 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Senior Notes

     6.400     10/21/19         1,170,000         1,310,788   

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Subordinated Notes

     6.100     6/10/23         1,540,000         1,656,041   

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Subordinated Notes

     6.000     12/19/23         150,000         160,432   

Royal Bank of Scotland NV, Subordinated Bonds

     7.750     5/15/23         820,000         952,582   

Standard Chartered PLC, Subordinated Notes

     5.700     3/26/44         410,000         423,125 (a) 

Wachovia Capital Trust III, Junior Subordinated Bonds

     5.570     10/1/15         410,000         404,773 (b)(c) 

Wachovia Corp., Senior Notes

     5.750     2/1/18         3,180,000         3,479,286   

Wells Fargo & Co., Junior Subordinated Bonds

     5.900     6/15/24         560,000         563,500 (b)(c) 

Wells Fargo & Co., Junior Subordinated Bonds

     5.875     6/15/25         300,000         307,500 (b)(c) 
          

 

 

 

Total Banks

             34,966,759   
          

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    August 31, 2015

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT
     VALUE  

Capital Markets - 9.0%

          

Bank of America Corp., Notes

     6.875     4/25/18       $ 990,000       $ 1,109,740   

Bear Stearns Cos. LLC, Senior Notes

     7.250     2/1/18         1,570,000         1,758,139   

Credit Suisse Group AG, Junior Subordinated Notes

     6.250     12/18/24         1,540,000         1,483,309 (a)(b)(c) 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

     5.950     1/18/18         4,250,000         4,633,601   

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

     7.500     2/15/19         500,000         584,205   

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

     6.250     2/1/41         2,550,000         3,054,515   

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Subordinated Notes

     5.150     5/22/45         70,000         69,460   

KKR Group Finance Co. III LLC, Senior Bonds

     5.125     6/1/44         1,340,000         1,293,387 (a) 

Morgan Stanley, Medium-Term Notes

     6.625     4/1/18         1,750,000         1,951,154   

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes

     5.500     1/26/20         1,950,000         2,172,058   

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes

     6.375     7/24/42         140,000         173,530   

Pershing Square Holdings Ltd., Senior Notes

     5.500     7/15/22         1,100,000         1,085,674 (a) 

UBS AG Stamford CT, Subordinated Notes

     7.625     8/17/22         330,000         384,517   
          

 

 

 

Total Capital Markets

             19,753,289   
          

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 1.7%

          

HSBC Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     6.676     1/15/21         1,620,000         1,887,075   

Navient Corp., Senior Notes

     7.250     1/25/22         1,430,000         1,351,350   

Navient Corp., Senior Notes

     6.125     3/25/24         480,000         409,200   
          

 

 

 

Total Consumer Finance

             3,647,625   
          

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 5.5%

          

Argos Merger Sub Inc., Senior Notes

     7.125     3/15/23         400,000         420,000 (a) 

Blackstone Holdings Finance Co., LLC, Senior Notes

     4.450     7/15/45         310,000         291,418 (a) 

Carlyle Holdings II Finance LLC, Senior Secured Notes

     5.625     3/30/43         360,000         384,019 (a) 

CME Group Inc., Senior Notes

     5.300     9/15/43         750,000         838,969   

General Electric Capital Corp., Junior Subordinated Bonds

     7.125     6/15/22         100,000         115,495 (b)(c) 

General Electric Capital Corp., Junior Subordinated Bonds

     6.250     12/15/22         1,000,000         1,083,750 (b)(c) 

General Electric Capital Corp., Senior Notes

     6.875     1/10/39         2,820,000         3,797,387   

General Electric Capital Corp., Subordinated Debentures

     6.375     11/15/67         210,000         224,700 (b) 

General Electric Capital Corp., Subordinated Notes

     5.300     2/11/21         130,000         146,648   

ILFC E-Capital Trust I, Junior Subordinated Notes

     4.690     12/21/65         800,000         754,000 (a)(b) 

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     8.875     9/1/17         810,000         894,037   

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     6.250     5/15/19         220,000         237,600   

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     8.250     12/15/20         330,000         391,875   

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Secured Notes

     6.750     9/1/16         670,000         697,771 (a) 

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Secured Notes

     7.125     9/1/18         1,200,000         1,329,204 (a) 

ZFS Finance USA Trust II, Bonds

     6.450     12/15/65         500,000         510,000 (a)(b) 
          

 

 

 

Total Diversified Financial Services

             12,116,873   
          

 

 

 

Insurance - 4.0%

          

American Equity Investment Life Holding Co., Senior Notes

     6.625     7/15/21         90,000         95,481   

American International Group Inc., Senior Notes

     6.400     12/15/20         1,000,000         1,173,016   

Aon PLC, Senior Notes

     4.750     5/15/45         160,000         154,467   

Delphi Financial Group Inc., Senior Notes

     7.875     1/31/20         290,000         343,401   

Fidelity & Guaranty Life Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

     6.375     4/1/21         330,000         344,850 (a) 

Liberty Mutual Group Inc., Junior Subordinated Bonds

     7.800     3/15/37         330,000         385,275 (a) 

Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., Subordinated Notes

     7.875     10/15/26         840,000         1,023,658 (a) 

MetLife Inc., Junior Subordinated Bonds

     5.250     6/15/20         520,000         518,700 (b)(c) 

MetLife Inc., Senior Notes

     6.817     8/15/18         1,300,000         1,485,552   

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., Notes

     9.375     8/15/39         520,000         778,962 (a) 

Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America, Notes

     6.850     12/16/39         1,050,000         1,314,672 (a) 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    August 31, 2015

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT
     VALUE  

Insurance - (continued)

          

Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America, Subordinated Notes

     4.900     9/15/44       $ 660,000       $ 674,710 (a) 

Travelers Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

     6.250     6/15/37         400,000         498,043   
          

 

 

 

Total Insurance

             8,790,787   
          

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development - 0.4%

          

Communications Sales & Leasing Inc., Senior Notes

     8.250     10/15/23         180,000         164,250 (a) 

Communications Sales & Leasing Inc., Senior Secured Notes

     6.000     4/15/23         90,000         84,825 (a) 

Security Capital Group Inc., Senior Notes

     7.700     6/15/28         460,000         620,120   
          

 

 

 

Total Real Estate Management & Development

             869,195   
          

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.1%

          

Quicken Loans Inc., Senior Notes

     5.750     5/1/25         240,000         234,900 (a) 
          

 

 

 

TOTAL FINANCIALS

             80,379,428   
          

 

 

 
HEALTH CARE - 4.7%           

Biotechnology - 1.6%

          

AbbVie Inc., Senior Notes

     4.400     11/6/42         320,000         296,603   

AbbVie Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes

     4.500     5/14/35         600,000         576,626   

AbbVie Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes

     4.700     5/14/45         700,000         679,099   

Amgen Inc., Senior Notes

     5.150     11/15/41         700,000         720,111   

Celgene Corp., Senior Notes

     5.000     8/15/45         610,000         617,924   

Gilead Sciences Inc., Senior Notes

     5.650     12/1/41         100,000         114,974   

Gilead Sciences Inc., Senior Notes

     4.500     2/1/45         710,000         705,705   
          

 

 

 

Total Biotechnology

             3,711,042   
          

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 1.5%

          

Catholic Health Initiatives, Secured Bonds

     4.350     11/1/42         60,000         55,397   

Humana Inc., Senior Notes

     7.200     6/15/18         1,000,000         1,135,592   

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

     4.750     7/15/45         1,260,000         1,326,716   

Universal Hospital Services Inc., Secured Notes

     7.625     8/15/20         820,000         794,887   
          

 

 

 

Total Health Care Providers & Services

             3,312,592   
          

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 1.6%

          

Actavis Funding SCS, Senior Notes

     4.550     3/15/35         790,000         728,547   

Actavis Funding SCS, Senior Notes

     4.750     3/15/45         180,000         164,786   

Pfizer Inc., Senior Notes

     7.200     3/15/39         560,000         768,214   

Wyeth LLC, Notes

     5.950     4/1/37         1,100,000         1,306,074   

Zoetis Inc., Senior Notes

     4.700     2/1/43         270,000         235,748   
          

 

 

 

Total Pharmaceuticals

             3,203,369   
          

 

 

 

TOTAL HEALTH CARE

             10,227,003   
          

 

 

 
INDUSTRIALS - 4.1%           

Aerospace & Defense - 0.4%

          

Exelis Inc., Senior Notes

     5.550     10/1/21         885,000         981,279   
          

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics - 0.4%

          

United Parcel Service Inc., Senior Notes

     6.200     1/15/38         700,000         894,125   
          

 

 

 

Airlines - 1.7%

          

Air Canada, Pass-Through Trust, Secured Notes

     6.625     5/15/18         480,000         500,352 (a) 

American Airlines, Pass-Through Trust, Senior Secured Bonds

     5.600     7/15/20         471,535         485,092 (a) 

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

     9.250     5/10/17         190,570         207,959   

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

     6.250     4/11/20         231,215         241,331   

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

     6.545     2/2/19         167,715         181,762   

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

     7.250     11/10/19         605,759         685,265   

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    August 31, 2015

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT
     VALUE  

Airlines - (continued)

          

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

     8.021     8/10/22       $ 133,608       $ 152,312   

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

     7.750     12/17/19         429,617         490,301   

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

     9.750     1/15/17         98,592         106,110   

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

     10.400     11/1/16         55,147         59,132   

US Airways, Pass-Through Trust, Senior Secured Bonds

     5.900     10/1/24         525,887         576,504   
          

 

 

 

Total Airlines

             3,686,120   
          

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.8%

          

Republic Services Inc., Senior Notes

     5.500     9/15/19         220,000         244,983   

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

     5.250     4/15/21         900,000         909,000 (a) 

Waste Management Inc., Senior Notes

     7.750     5/15/32         500,000         681,222   
          

 

 

 

Total Commercial Services & Supplies

             1,835,205   
          

 

 

 

Machinery - 0.3%

          

Caterpillar Inc., Senior Notes

     4.750     5/15/64         360,000         359,812   

Valmont Industries Inc., Senior Notes

     6.625     4/20/20         180,000         205,695   
          

 

 

 

Total Machinery

             565,507   
          

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 0.5%

          

Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC, Senior Notes

     4.900     4/1/44         760,000         777,267   

CSX Corp., Senior Notes

     3.950     5/1/50         300,000         261,119   

Florida East Coast Holdings Corp., Senior Notes

     9.750     5/1/20         40,000         36,200 (a) 

Florida East Coast Holdings Corp., Senior Secured Notes

     6.750     5/1/19         50,000         50,500 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Total Road & Rail

             1,125,086   
          

 

 

 

TOTAL INDUSTRIALS

             9,087,322   
          

 

 

 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 1.2%           

Communications Equipment - 0.5%

          

Harris Corp., Senior Notes

     4.854     4/27/35         430,000         413,222   

Harris Corp., Senior Notes

     5.054     4/27/45         340,000         323,563   

QUALCOMM Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes

     4.800     5/20/45         490,000         424,884   
          

 

 

 

Total Communications Equipment

             1,161,669   
          

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.2%

          

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

     9.250     1/15/18         340,000         346,800   
          

 

 

 

IT Services - 0.0%

          

First Data Corp., Senior Secured Notes

     6.750     11/1/20         91,000         96,005 (a) 
          

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 0.4%

          

Intel Corp., Senior Notes

     4.900     7/29/45         520,000         536,610   

National Semiconductor Corp., Senior Notes

     6.600     6/15/17         360,000         393,977   
          

 

 

 

Total Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

             930,587   
          

 

 

 

Software - 0.1%

          

Activision Blizzard Inc., Senior Notes

     6.125     9/15/23         180,000         193,950 (a) 
          

 

 

 

TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

             2,729,011   
          

 

 

 
MATERIALS - 4.0%           

Chemicals - 0.1%

          

Ecolab Inc., Senior Notes

     5.500     12/8/41         260,000         292,604   
          

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 3.7%

          

Alcoa Inc., Senior Notes

     5.125     10/1/24         520,000         512,200   

Barrick Gold Corp., Senior Notes

     5.250     4/1/42         1,200,000         964,424   

Glencore Finance Canada Ltd., Senior Bonds

     5.800     11/15/16         1,200,000         1,229,012 (a) 

Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd., Senior Notes

     9.000     5/1/19         2,000,000         2,454,856   

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    August 31, 2015

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT
     VALUE  

Metals & Mining - (continued)

          

Southern Copper Corp., Senior Notes

     5.375     4/16/20       $ 260,000       $ 282,628   

Steel Dynamics Inc., Senior Notes

     6.125     8/15/19         240,000         249,900   

Vale Overseas Ltd., Senior Notes

     6.875     11/21/36         2,100,000         1,797,600   

Vedanta Resources PLC, Senior Notes

     6.000     1/31/19         500,000         436,250 (a) 

Yamana Gold Inc., Senior Notes

     4.950     7/15/24         140,000         126,271   
          

 

 

 

Total Metals & Mining

             8,053,141   
          

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products - 0.2%

          

Fibria Overseas Finance Ltd., Senior Notes

     5.250     5/12/24         510,000         504,900   
          

 

 

 

TOTAL MATERIALS

             8,850,645   
          

 

 

 
TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - 8.7%           

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 7.2%

          

AT&T Inc., Global Notes

     5.600     5/15/18         1,500,000         1,635,943   

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

     4.500     5/15/35         370,000         341,016   

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

     5.550     8/15/41         440,000         443,755   

AT&T Inc., Senior Notes

     4.750     5/15/46         60,000         54,902   

British Telecommunications PLC, Bonds

     9.625     12/15/30         2,000,000         2,922,434   

Embarq Corp., Notes

     7.995     6/1/36         1,500,000         1,590,000   

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA, Senior Notes

     7.500     4/1/21         1,250,000         1,215,625   

Koninklijke KPN NV, Senior Notes

     8.375     10/1/30         330,000         429,379   

Telecom Italia SpA, Senior Notes

     5.303     5/30/24         830,000         839,337 (a) 

Telefonica Emisiones SAU, Senior Notes

     7.045     6/20/36         140,000         171,814   

Turk Telekomunikasyon AS, Senior Notes

     4.875     6/19/24         400,000         382,360 (a) 

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

     5.150     9/15/23         2,460,000         2,701,392   

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

     6.550     9/15/43         1,473,000         1,750,852   

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

     5.012     8/21/54         1,508,000         1,386,217   
          

 

 

 

Total Diversified Telecommunication Services

             15,865,026   
          

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 1.5%

          

America Movil SAB de CV, Senior Notes

     4.375     7/16/42         800,000         733,023   

Rogers Communications Inc., Senior Notes

     6.800     8/15/18         1,000,000         1,127,962   

Sprint Communications Inc., Senior Notes

     9.000     11/15/18         280,000         312,550 (a) 

Sprint Corp., Senior Notes

     7.875     9/15/23         700,000         674,625   

Telefonica Europe BV, Senior Notes

     8.250     9/15/30         390,000         523,247   
          

 

 

 

Total Wireless Telecommunication Services

             3,371,407   
          

 

 

 

TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES

             19,236,433   
          

 

 

 
UTILITIES - 6.6%           

Electric Utilities - 5.2%

          

Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co., Bonds

     6.125     4/1/36         1,000,000         1,186,665   

Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co., Senior Notes

     5.750     4/1/18         1,000,000         1,097,968   

CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric LLC, Senior Secured Bonds

     4.500     4/1/44         530,000         550,100   

Commonwealth Edison Co., First Mortgage Bonds

     5.800     3/15/18         600,000         661,290   

Commonwealth Edison Co., First Mortgage Bonds

     6.450     1/15/38         600,000         776,139   

FirstEnergy Corp., Notes

     7.375     11/15/31         3,040,000         3,647,799   

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

     9.681     7/2/26         2,000,000         2,040,000   

Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Senior Notes

     8.250     10/15/18         600,000         715,140   

Virginia Electric and Power Co., Senior Notes

     8.875     11/15/38         500,000         779,649   
          

 

 

 

Total Electric Utilities

             11,454,750   
          

 

 

 

Gas Utilities - 0.8%

          

Southern Natural Gas Co., LLC, Senior Notes

     8.000     3/1/32         1,500,000         1,768,653   
          

 

 

 

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers - 0.6%

          

AES Corp., Senior Notes

     8.000     6/1/20         1,100,000         1,276,715   
          

 

 

 

TOTAL UTILITIES

             14,500,118   
          

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES

(Cost - $192,714,198)

             206,748,567   
          

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    August 31, 2015

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT
     VALUE  
MUNICIPAL BONDS - 0.5%           

Alabama - 0.1%

          

Jefferson County, AL, Sewer Revenue, Subordinated Lien Warrants

     6.000     10/1/42       $ 310,000       $ 346,565   
          

 

 

 

California - 0.1%

          

University of California Revenue

     4.062     5/15/33         220,000         219,531   
          

 

 

 

Illinois - 0.3%

          

Chicago, IL, GO, Taxable Project

     7.781     1/1/35         20,000         20,336   

Illinois State, GO, Build America Bonds-Taxable

     6.725     4/1/35         530,000         549,128   
          

 

 

 

Total Illinois

             569,464   
          

 

 

 

TOTAL MUNICIPAL BONDS
(Cost - $1,143,278)

             1,135,560   
          

 

 

 
SENIOR LOANS - 0.3%           
INDUSTRIALS - 0.3%           

Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.3%

          

Nielsen Finance LLC, USD Term Loan B2
(Cost - $635,193)

     3.192     4/15/21         635,193         637,129 (d)(e) 
          

 

 

 
SOVEREIGN BONDS - 0.8%           

Colombia - 0.2%

          

Republic of Colombia, Senior Bonds

     5.625     2/26/44         431,000         420,764   
          

 

 

 

Turkey - 0.6%

          

Republic of Turkey, Senior Bonds

     4.250     4/14/26         520,000         487,879   

Republic of Turkey, Senior Notes

     4.875     4/16/43         840,000         741,258   
          

 

 

 

Total Turkey

             1,229,137   
          

 

 

 

TOTAL SOVEREIGN BONDS
(Cost - $1,698,949)

             1,649,901   
          

 

 

 
                  SHARES         
COMMON STOCKS - 0.7%           
FINANCIALS - 0.7%           

Banks - 0.7%

          

Citigroup Inc.
(Cost - $1,474,006)

          29,728         1,589,853   
          

 

 

 
CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS - 0.5%           
HEALTH CARE - 0.5%           

Pharmaceuticals - 0.5%

          

Allergan PLC
(Cost - $1,015,500)

     5.500        1,000         1,026,940   
          

 

 

 
PREFERRED STOCKS - 1.5%           
FINANCIALS - 1.5%           

Capital Markets - 0.2%

          

State Street Corp.

     5.900        16,755         436,132 (b) 
          

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 1.0%

          

GMAC Capital Trust I

     8.125        85,800         2,190,474 (b) 
          

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 0.2%

          

Citigroup Capital XIII

     7.875        17,525         447,764 (b) 
          

 

 

 

Insurance - 0.1%

          

Delphi Financial Group Inc.

     7.376        9,325         233,708 (b) 
          

 

 

 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
(Cost - $3,166,699)

             3,308,078   
          

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 98.3%
(Cost - $201,847,823#)

             216,096,028   

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 1.7%

             3,756,867   
          

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

           $ 219,852,895   
          

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    August 31, 2015

 

(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.

 

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

 

(e) Senior loans may be considered restricted in that the Fund ordinarily is contractually obligated to receive approval from the agent bank and/or borrower prior to the disposition of a senior loan.

 

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

Abbreviation used in this schedule:

GO    — General Obligation

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

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

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

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

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

The Fund uses valuation techniques to measure fair value that are consistent with the market approach and/or income approach, depending on the type of security and the particular circumstance. The market approach uses 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:

           

Utilities

     —         $ 12,460,118       $ 2,040,000       $ 14,500,118   

Other corporate bonds & notes

     —           192,248,449         —           192,248,449   

Municipal bonds

     —           1,135,560         —           1,135,560   

Senior loans

     —           637,129         —           637,129   

Sovereign bonds

     —           1,649,901         —           1,649,901   

Common stocks

   $ 1,589,853         —           —           1,589,853   

Convertible preferred stocks

     1,026,940         —           —           1,026,940   

Preferred stocks

     3,074,370         233,708         —           3,308,078   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total investments

   $ 5,691,163       $ 208,364,865       $ 2,040,000       $ 216,096,028   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other financial instruments:

           

Futures contracts

   $ 388,171         —           —         $ 388,171   

Forward foreign currency contracts

     —         $ 135,039         —           135,039   

Centrally cleared interest rate swaps

     —           109,341         —           109,341   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total other financial instruments

   $ 388,171       $ 244,380         —         $ 632,551   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 6,079,334       $ 208,609,245       $ 2,040,000       $ 216,728,579   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

DESCRIPTION

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

Other financial instruments:

           

Futures contracts

   $ 84,417         —           —         $ 84,417   

Forward foreign currency contracts

     —         $ 195,407         —           195,407   

OTC credit default swaps on corporate issues - buy protection‡

     —           39,320         —           39,320   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 84,417       $ 234,727         —         $ 319,144   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

 

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

2. Investments

At August 31, 2015, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were substantially as follows:

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 18,291,912   

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (4,043,707
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 14,248,205   
  

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

At August 31, 2015, 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 2-Year Notes

     8         12/15       $ 1,751,026       $ 1,747,750       $ (3,276

U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes

     24         12/15         2,882,859         2,866,500         (16,359

U.S. Treasury Ultra Long-Term Bonds

     17         12/15         2,757,688         2,692,906         (64,782
              

 

 

 
                 (84,417
              

 

 

 
Contracts to Sell:               

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes

     106         12/15         13,557,398         13,468,625         88,773   

U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds

     77         12/15         12,205,523         11,906,125         299,398   
              

 

 

 
                 388,171   
              

 

 

 
Net unrealized appreciation on open futures contracts       $ 303,754   
              

 

 

 

At August 31, 2015, the Fund had the following open forward foreign currency contracts:

 

Currency
Purchased
     Currency
Sold
    

Counterparty

   Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
USD      2,329,809         EUR         2,110,000       Bank of America N.A.      10/16/15       $ (39,505
USD      1,138,593         EUR         980,000       Bank of America N.A.      10/16/15         38,153   
USD      1,150,250         JPY         136,070,000       Bank of America N.A.      10/16/15         27,100   
INR      214,570,000         USD         3,339,611       Citibank N.A.      10/16/15         (137,556
USD      1,025,948         EUR         930,000       Citibank N.A.      10/16/15         (18,346
USD      3,270,000         INR         214,446,600       Citibank N.A.      10/16/15         69,786   
                 

 

 

 

Total

  

   $ (60,368
                 

 

 

 

Abbreviations used in this table:

EUR    — Euro
INR    — Indian Rupee
JPY    — Japanese Yen
USD    — United States Dollar

At August 31, 2015, 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    $ (10,091   $ 109,341   

 

OTC CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS ON CORPORATE ISSUES - BUY PROTECTION1

 

SWAP COUNTERPARTY
(REFERENCE ENTITY)

   NOTIONAL
AMOUNT2
     TERMINATION
DATE
     IMPLIED
CREDIT
SPREAD AT
AUGUST 31,
20153
  PERIODIC
PAYMENTS
MADE BY
THE FUND†
  MARKET
VALUE
    UPFRONT
PREMIUMS PAID
(RECEIVED)
    UNREALIZED
DEPRECIATION
 
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., 5.250%, due 12/15/16)    $ 780,000         3/20/19       0.389%   1.000% quarterly   $ (16,713   $ (15,788   $ (925
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (PPG Industries Inc., 6.650%, due 3/15/18)      856,423         3/20/19       0.249%   1.000% quarterly     (22,607     (16,158     (6,449
  

 

 

           

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 1,636,423              $ (39,320   $ (31,946   $ (7,374
  

 

 

           

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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.

 

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:

 

October 21, 2015

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:

 

October 21, 2015

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

Date:

 

October 21, 2015