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)

 

55 Water Street, New York, NY

 

10041

(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:

(888)777-0102

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

November 30

 

 

 

 

Date of reporting period:

February 28, 2011

 

 



 

ITEM 1.                  SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 



 

WESTERN ASSET

INVESTMENT GRADE DEFINED OPPORTUNITY TRUST INC.

 

FORM N-Q

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

 



 

Schedule of investments (unaudited)

February 28, 2011

 

WESTERN ASSET INVESTMENT GRADE DEFINED OPPORTUNITY TRUST INC.

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES — 92.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — 8.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Automobiles — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, Senior Notes

 

12.000%

 

5/15/15

 

$

1,000,000

 

$

1,263,957

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harrah’s Operating Co. Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

11.250%

 

6/1/17

 

1,250,000

 

1,425,000

 

NCL Corp. Ltd., Senior Secured Notes

 

11.750%

 

11/15/16

 

320,000

 

379,600

 

Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,804,600

 

Media — 6.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comcast Corp., Bonds

 

6.400%

 

5/15/38

 

2,500,000

 

2,610,612

 

Comcast Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.700%

 

7/1/19

 

1,500,000

 

1,635,837

 

DISH DBS Corp., Senior Notes

 

7.875%

 

9/1/19

 

1,250,000

 

1,360,937

 

Globo Communicacoes e Participacoes SA, Bonds

 

7.250%

 

4/26/22

 

1,000,000

 

1,080,000

(a)

News America Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.650%

 

11/15/37

 

2,400,000

 

2,580,914

 

Omnicom Group Inc., Notes

 

6.250%

 

7/15/19

 

1,760,000

 

1,964,208

 

Time Warner Cable Inc., Debentures

 

7.300%

 

7/1/38

 

500,000

 

565,088

 

Time Warner Cable Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.750%

 

2/14/19

 

1,100,000

 

1,390,144

 

United Business Media Ltd., Notes

 

5.750%

 

11/3/20

 

300,000

 

286,385

(a)

Univision Communications Inc.,
Senior Secured Notes

 

12.000%

 

7/1/14

 

1,000,000

 

1,095,000

(a)

WPP Finance UK, Senior Notes

 

8.000%

 

9/15/14

 

1,000,000

 

1,165,002

 

Total Media

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,734,127

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oxford Industries Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

11.375%

 

7/15/15

 

1,000,000

 

1,130,000

 

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19,932,684

 

CONSUMER STAPLES — 4.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beverages — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc.,
Senior Notes

 

7.750%

 

1/15/19

 

1,000,000

 

1,241,637

(a)

Food & Staples Retailing — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CVS Caremark Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.600%

 

3/15/19

 

600,000

 

696,651

 

Safeway Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.250%

 

3/15/14

 

875,000

 

969,319

 

Total Food & Staples Retailing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,665,970

 

Food Products — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kraft Foods Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.375%

 

2/10/20

 

1,030,000

 

1,097,631

 

Ralcorp Holdings Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

4.950%

 

8/15/20

 

600,000

 

597,522

 

Smithfield Foods Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

10.000%

 

7/15/14

 

801,000

 

949,185

 

Total Food Products

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,644,338

 

Tobacco — 2.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Altria Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

9.250%

 

8/6/19

 

1,000,000

 

1,300,885

 

Lorillard Tobacco Co., Senior Notes

 

8.125%

 

6/23/19

 

540,000

 

606,425

 

Lorillard Tobacco Co., Senior Notes

 

8.125%

 

5/1/40

 

560,000

 

595,917

 

Reynolds American Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

7.625%

 

6/1/16

 

2,000,000

 

2,379,094

 

Total Tobacco

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,882,321

 

TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,434,266

 

ENERGY — 12.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baker Hughes Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.125%

 

9/15/40

 

420,000

 

402,138

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 11.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.950%

 

9/15/16

 

600,000

 

658,771

 

Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.375%

 

9/15/17

 

80,000

 

89,288

 

Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.450%

 

9/15/36

 

770,000

 

778,182

 

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.100%

 

9/1/40

 

140,000

 

130,428

 

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.250%

 

2/1/42

 

160,000

 

152,338

 

ConocoPhillips, Notes

 

6.500%

 

2/1/39

 

1,500,000

 

1,747,257

 

DCP Midstream LLC, Senior Notes

 

9.750%

 

3/15/19

 

1,000,000

 

1,296,498

(a)

Devon Financing Corp. ULC, Debentures

 

7.875%

 

9/30/31

 

1,080,000

 

1,394,361

 

Enterprise Products Operating LP, Senior Notes

 

9.750%

 

1/31/14

 

2,000,000

 

2,411,682

 

EOG Resources Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.875%

 

10/1/18

 

800,000

 

946,806

 

EOG Resources Inc., Senior Notes

 

4.100%

 

2/1/21

 

270,000

 

261,663

 

Hess Corp., Notes

 

8.125%

 

2/15/19

 

1,400,000

 

1,760,962

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

February 28, 2011

 

WESTERN ASSET INVESTMENT GRADE DEFINED OPPORTUNITY TRUST INC.

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — cont’d

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hess Corp., Notes

 

7.875%

 

10/1/29

 

$

440,000

 

$

543,251

 

Hess Corp., Senior Bonds

 

6.000%

 

1/15/40

 

520,000

 

533,337

 

Kerr-McGee Corp., Notes

 

6.950%

 

7/1/24

 

1,320,000

 

1,483,665

 

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, Senior Notes

 

5.950%

 

2/15/18

 

800,000

 

883,976

 

Noble Energy Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.000%

 

3/1/41

 

660,000

 

677,232

 

Pemex Project Funding Master Trust, Senior Bonds

 

6.625%

 

6/15/35

 

1,000,000

 

1,001,875

 

Petrobras International Finance Co., Senior Notes

 

5.750%

 

1/20/20

 

1,109,000

 

1,156,297

 

Petrobras International Finance Co., Senior Notes

 

6.750%

 

1/27/41

 

1,200,000

 

1,234,014

 

Petroleos Mexicanos, Senior Notes

 

5.500%

 

1/21/21

 

250,000

 

251,250

 

Quicksilver Resources Inc., Senior Notes

 

11.750%

 

1/1/16

 

1,000,000

 

1,172,500

 

Shell International Finance BV, Senior Notes

 

6.375%

 

12/15/38

 

1,500,000

 

1,717,363

 

TNK-BP Finance SA, Senior Notes

 

7.500%

 

3/13/13

 

870,000

 

949,431

(a)

Valero Energy Corp., Senior Notes

 

9.375%

 

3/15/19

 

700,000

 

893,216

 

Williams Cos. Inc., Notes

 

7.875%

 

9/1/21

 

1,490,000

 

1,865,830

 

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.750%

 

6/15/31

 

100,000

 

119,368

 

Williams Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.750%

 

3/15/32

 

240,000

 

312,222

 

Williams Partners LP, Senior Notes

 

5.250%

 

3/15/20

 

460,000

 

479,851

 

Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26,902,914

 

TOTAL ENERGY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27,305,052

 

FINANCIALS — 34.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Markets — 8.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bear Stearns Cos. LLC, Senior Notes

 

7.250%

 

2/1/18

 

1,570,000

 

1,852,310

 

Credit Suisse New York, Senior Notes

 

5.300%

 

8/13/19

 

560,000

 

591,298

 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.950%

 

1/18/18

 

4,250,000

 

4,620,472

 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.500%

 

2/15/19

 

500,000

 

590,260

 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.375%

 

3/15/20

 

470,000

 

483,748

 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.250%

 

2/1/41

 

2,550,000

 

2,603,879

 

Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Notes

 

6.875%

 

4/25/18

 

990,000

 

1,115,350

 

Morgan Stanley, Medium-Term Notes

 

6.625%

 

4/1/18

 

1,750,000

 

1,937,280

 

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes

 

5.500%

 

1/26/20

 

1,950,000

 

1,978,965

 

Morgan Stanley, Senior Notes

 

5.500%

 

7/24/20

 

200,000

 

202,457

 

State Street Corp., Junior Subordinated Notes

 

4.956%

 

3/15/18

 

1,470,000

 

1,511,038

 

UBS AG Stamford CT, Senior Notes

 

4.875%

 

8/4/20

 

790,000

 

798,814

 

Total Capital Markets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18,285,871

 

Commercial Banks — 6.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BankAmerica Institutional Capital A, Junior Subordinated Bonds

 

8.070%

 

12/31/26

 

240,000

 

244,800

(a)

BankAmerica Institutional Capital B, Junior
Subordinated Bonds

 

7.700%

 

12/31/26

 

250,000

 

253,125

(a)

BNP Paribas, Senior Notes

 

5.000%

 

1/15/21

 

560,000

 

566,153

 

Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Senior Notes

 

5.000%

 

10/15/19

 

110,000

 

114,453

(a)

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA, Senior Notes

 

6.500%

 

2/24/21

 

1,350,000

 

1,406,363

(a)

Lloyds TSB Bank PLC, Senior Notes

 

6.375%

 

1/21/21

 

1,430,000

 

1,482,481

 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC, Senior Notes

 

6.400%

 

10/21/19

 

1,170,000

 

1,199,566

 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC,
Subordinated Notes

 

5.000%

 

11/12/13

 

120,000

 

119,773

 

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC,
Subordinated Notes

 

5.000%

 

10/1/14

 

740,000

 

732,607

 

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC, Senior Notes

 

4.875%

 

3/16/15

 

100,000

 

103,755

 

Santander US Debt SA Unipersonal, Senior Notes

 

2.485%

 

1/18/13

 

600,000

 

588,890

(a)

Santander US Debt SA Unipersonal, Senior Notes

 

3.724%

 

1/20/15

 

700,000

 

674,527

(a)

Svenska Handelsbanken AB, Senior Notes

 

4.875%

 

6/10/14

 

2,100,000

 

2,248,806

(a)

Wachovia Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.750%

 

2/1/18

 

4,400,000

 

4,899,294

 

Total Commercial Banks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,634,593

 

Consumer Finance — 3.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ally Financial Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.000%

 

3/15/20

 

1,500,000

 

1,693,125

 

American Express Co., Senior Notes

 

8.125%

 

5/20/19

 

2,760,000

 

3,456,365

 

HSBC Finance Corp., Senior Subordinated Notes

 

6.676%

 

1/15/21

 

1,620,000

 

1,697,894

(a)

SLM Corp., Medium-Term Notes, Senior Notes

 

8.000%

 

3/25/20

 

1,850,000

 

1,966,491

 

Total Consumer Finance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,813,875

 

Diversified Financial Services — 10.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

 

7.625%

 

6/1/19

 

2,760,000

 

3,231,999

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

2


 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

February 28, 2011

 

WESTERN ASSET INVESTMENT GRADE DEFINED OPPORTUNITY TRUST INC.

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

Diversified Financial Services — cont’d

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bank of America Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.625%

 

7/1/20

 

$

240,000

 

$

250,102

 

Boeing Capital Corp., Senior Notes

 

4.700%

 

10/27/19

 

680,000

 

718,674

 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.000%

 

12/13/13

 

550,000

 

601,944

 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.375%

 

8/12/14

 

300,000

 

334,992

 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.000%

 

8/15/17

 

2,250,000

 

2,468,880

 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.500%

 

5/22/19

 

500,000

 

621,362

 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.875%

 

3/5/38

 

3,000,000

 

3,316,563

 

Citigroup Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.125%

 

7/15/39

 

1,350,000

 

1,717,586

 

General Electric Capital Corp., Notes

 

5.300%

 

2/11/21

 

660,000

 

679,340

 

General Electric Capital Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.000%

 

8/7/19

 

790,000

 

874,980

 

General Electric Capital Corp., Senior Notes

 

4.375%

 

9/16/20

 

370,000

 

360,088

 

General Electric Capital Corp., Senior Notes

 

4.625%

 

1/7/21

 

1,650,000

 

1,644,182

 

General Electric Capital Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.875%

 

1/10/39

 

2,540,000

 

2,885,900

 

International Lease Finance Corp., Medium-Term Notes, Senior Notes

 

5.750%

 

6/15/11

 

500,000

 

505,250

 

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

 

8.875%

 

9/1/17

 

810,000

 

927,450

 

International Lease Finance Corp., Senior Notes

 

8.250%

 

12/15/20

 

330,000

 

367,538

 

International Lease Finance Corp.,
Senior Secured Notes

 

6.500%

 

9/1/14

 

130,000

 

140,855

(a)

International Lease Finance Corp.,
Senior Secured Notes

 

6.750%

 

9/1/16

 

670,000

 

728,625

(a)

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Senior Notes

 

6.400%

 

5/15/38

 

1,500,000

 

1,672,069

 

Total Diversified Financial Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24,048,379

 

Insurance — 4.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACE INA Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.600%

 

5/15/15

 

1,300,000

 

1,439,559

 

American International Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.400%

 

12/15/20

 

1,500,000

 

1,629,444

 

Chubb Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.750%

 

5/15/18

 

600,000

 

673,554

 

Chubb Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.500%

 

5/15/38

 

600,000

 

678,093

 

Delphi Financial Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.875%

 

1/31/20

 

290,000

 

320,633

 

ING Capital Funding Trust III,
Junior Subordinated Bonds

 

3.903%

 

6/30/11

 

410,000

 

395,326

(b)(c)

MetLife Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.817%

 

8/15/18

 

1,500,000

 

1,763,055

 

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., Notes

 

9.375%

 

8/15/39

 

520,000

 

621,623

(a)

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

 

6.850%

 

12/16/39

 

1,050,000

 

1,212,282

(a)

Travelers Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.250%

 

6/15/37

 

400,000

 

438,148

 

Travelers Cos. Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.350%

 

11/1/40

 

860,000

 

839,325

 

Total Insurance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,011,042

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

6.750%

 

9/2/19

 

580,000

 

664,301

(a)

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 1.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Countrywide Financial Corp., Medium-Term Notes

 

5.800%

 

6/7/12

 

2,300,000

 

2,425,890

 

TOTAL FINANCIALS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

78,883,951

 

HEALTH CARE — 5.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Biomet Inc., Senior Toggle Notes

 

10.375%

 

10/15/17

 

1,000,000

 

1,123,750

(d)

Health Care Providers & Services — 3.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AmerisourceBergen Corp., Senior Notes

 

4.875%

 

11/15/19

 

440,000

 

453,821

 

Humana Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.450%

 

6/1/16

 

1,000,000

 

1,104,731

 

Humana Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.200%

 

6/15/18

 

1,000,000

 

1,141,293

 

McKesson Corp., Senior Notes

 

4.750%

 

3/1/21

 

650,000

 

660,601

 

Tenet Healthcare Corp., Senior Secured Notes

 

10.000%

 

5/1/18

 

1,000,000

 

1,180,000

 

UnitedHealth Group Inc., Senior Notes

 

4.875%

 

2/15/13

 

1,300,000

 

1,383,845

 

WellPoint Inc., Notes

 

5.250%

 

1/15/16

 

1,200,000

 

1,317,662

 

WellPoint Inc., Senior Notes

 

4.350%

 

8/15/20

 

140,000

 

140,051

 

Total Health Care Providers & Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,382,004

 

Pharmaceuticals — 2.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GlaxoSmithKline Capital Inc., Senior Bonds

 

5.650%

 

5/15/18

 

1,075,000

 

1,215,391

 

Pfizer Inc., Senior Notes

 

7.200%

 

3/15/39

 

560,000

 

704,258

 

Roche Holdings Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.000%

 

3/1/19

 

1,100,000

 

1,258,567

(a)

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

3


 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

February 28, 2011

 

WESTERN ASSET INVESTMENT GRADE DEFINED OPPORTUNITY TRUST INC.

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

Pharmaceuticals — cont’d

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wyeth, Notes

 

5.950%

 

4/1/37

 

$

1,300,000

 

$

1,409,895

 

Total Pharmaceuticals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,588,111

 

TOTAL HEALTH CARE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13,093,865

 

INDUSTRIALS — 3.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aerospace & Defense — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L-3 Communications Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.200%

 

10/15/19

 

380,000

 

397,729

 

L-3 Communications Corp.,
Senior Subordinated Notes

 

5.875%

 

1/15/15

 

100,000

 

102,200

 

L-3 Communications Corp.,
Senior Subordinated Notes

 

6.375%

 

10/15/15

 

460,000

 

477,250

 

Total Aerospace & Defense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

977,179

 

Air Freight & Logistics — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United Parcel Service Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.200%

 

1/15/38

 

700,000

 

795,686

 

Airlines — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Continental Airlines Inc., Pass-Through Certificates

 

9.250%

 

5/10/17

 

180,474

 

191,302

 

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

 

7.250%

 

11/10/19

 

787,623

 

870,324

 

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

 

7.750%

 

12/17/19

 

527,152

 

593,045

 

United Airlines, Pass-Through Trust,
Pass-Through Certificates, Secured Notes

 

9.750%

 

1/15/17

 

230,713

 

265,897

 

United Airlines, Pass-Through Trust,
Senior Secured Notes

 

10.400%

 

11/1/16

 

207,747

 

240,987

 

Total Airlines

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,161,555

 

Commercial Services & Supplies — 1.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Avery Dennison Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.375%

 

4/15/20

 

420,000

 

438,428

 

Republic Services Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.500%

 

9/15/19

 

220,000

 

238,867

 

Republic Services Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.000%

 

3/1/20

 

490,000

 

511,680

 

Republic Services Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.250%

 

11/15/21

 

580,000

 

612,089

 

RSC Equipment Rental Inc./RSC Holdings III LLC, Senior Secured Notes

 

10.000%

 

7/15/17

 

1,000,000

 

1,155,000

(a)

Waste Management Inc., Senior Notes

 

4.600%

 

3/1/21

 

800,000

 

806,053

 

Total Commercial Services & Supplies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,762,117

 

Road & Rail — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kansas City Southern de Mexico, Senior Notes

 

12.500%

 

4/1/16

 

650,000

 

796,250

 

TOTAL INDUSTRIALS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,492,787

 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corning Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.750%

 

8/15/40

 

630,000

 

630,422

 

IT Services — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mantech International Corp., Senior Notes

 

7.250%

 

4/15/18

 

540,000

 

567,000

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 0.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

National Semiconductor Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.600%

 

6/15/17

 

360,000

 

398,086

 

TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,595,508

 

MATERIALS — 6.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chemicals — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc., Senior Notes

 

5.625%

 

12/1/40

 

530,000

 

539,206

 

Containers & Packaging — 0.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ball Corp., Senior Notes

 

6.625%

 

3/15/18

 

180,000

 

186,075

 

Solo Cup Co., Senior Secured Notes

 

10.500%

 

11/1/13

 

1,300,000

 

1,332,500

 

Total Containers & Packaging

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,518,575

 

Metals & Mining — 4.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.,
Senior Notes

 

8.375%

 

4/1/17

 

2,770,000

 

3,078,401

 

Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd., Senior Notes

 

9.000%

 

5/1/19

 

2,000,000

 

2,647,710

 

Southern Copper Corp., Senior Notes

 

5.375%

 

4/16/20

 

260,000

 

268,278

 

Vale Overseas Ltd., Notes

 

6.875%

 

11/21/36

 

2,100,000

 

2,260,562

 

Xstrata Finance Canada Ltd., Senior Bonds

 

5.800%

 

11/15/16

 

1,000,000

 

1,111,801

(a)

Total Metals & Mining

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,366,752

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

4


 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

February 28, 2011

 

WESTERN ASSET INVESTMENT GRADE DEFINED OPPORTUNITY TRUST INC.

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

Paper & Forest Products — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NewPage Corp., Senior Secured Notes

 

11.375%

 

12/31/14

 

$

500,000

 

$

501,250

 

PE Paper Escrow GmbH, Senior Secured Notes

 

12.000%

 

8/1/14

 

1,030,000

 

1,191,342

(a)

Verso Paper Holdings LLC, Senior Secured Notes

 

11.500%

 

7/1/14

 

1,000,000

 

1,107,500

 

Total Paper & Forest Products

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,800,092

 

TOTAL MATERIALS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,224,625

 

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES — 8.7%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services — 6.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AT&T Inc., Global Notes

 

5.600%

 

5/15/18

 

2,000,000

 

2,212,976

 

AT&T Inc., Global Notes

 

6.550%

 

2/15/39

 

650,000

 

694,912

 

British Telecommunications PLC, Bonds

 

9.875%

 

12/15/30

 

2,000,000

 

2,780,382

 

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV, Bonds

 

8.750%

 

6/15/30

 

800,000

 

1,052,034

 

Embarq Corp., Notes

 

7.995%

 

6/1/36

 

1,500,000

 

1,709,642

 

France Telecom SA, Senior Notes

 

5.375%

 

7/8/19

 

1,000,000

 

1,105,003

 

Koninklijke KPN NV, Senior Notes

 

8.375%

 

10/1/30

 

1,000,000

 

1,296,837

 

Qwest Corp., Senior Notes

 

7.875%

 

9/1/11

 

500,000

 

516,875

 

Telecom Italia Capital SA, Senior Notes

 

7.721%

 

6/4/38

 

1,000,000

 

1,036,616

 

Telefonica Emisiones SAU, Senior Notes

 

5.134%

 

4/27/20

 

1,220,000

 

1,216,834

 

Telefonica Emisiones SAU, Senior Notes

 

7.045%

 

6/20/36

 

410,000

 

442,600

 

Verizon Communications Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.950%

 

3/1/39

 

430,000

 

601,390

 

Total Diversified Telecommunication Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,666,101

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services — 2.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cellco Partnership/Verizon Wireless Capital LLC, Senior Notes

 

8.500%

 

11/15/18

 

2,000,000

 

2,595,988

 

Rogers Communications Inc., Senior Notes

 

6.800%

 

8/15/18

 

1,000,000

 

1,186,690

 

Sprint Capital Corp., Senior Notes

 

8.750%

 

3/15/32

 

1,250,000

 

1,306,250

 

Total Wireless Telecommunication Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,088,928

 

TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19,755,029

 

UTILITIES — 6.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Electric Utilities — 5.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commonwealth Edison Co., First Mortgage Bonds

 

5.800%

 

3/15/18

 

600,000

 

669,955

 

Commonwealth Edison Co., First Mortgage Bonds

 

6.450%

 

1/15/38

 

600,000

 

663,665

 

FirstEnergy Corp., Notes

 

7.375%

 

11/15/31

 

2,230,000

 

2,437,919

 

IPALCO Enterprises Inc., Senior Secured Notes

 

7.250%

 

4/1/16

 

1,030,000

 

1,122,700

(a)

MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co., Bonds

 

6.125%

 

4/1/36

 

1,000,000

 

1,062,529

 

MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co., Senior Notes

 

5.750%

 

4/1/18

 

1,000,000

 

1,127,325

 

Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Senior Notes

 

8.250%

 

10/15/18

 

800,000

 

1,037,230

 

Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Senior Notes

 

5.800%

 

3/1/37

 

820,000

 

848,607

 

Reliant Energy Mid-Atlantic Power Holdings LLC, Senior Notes

 

9.681%

 

7/2/26

 

2,000,000

 

2,140,000

 

Virginia Electric and Power Co., Senior Notes

 

8.875%

 

11/15/38

 

500,000

 

726,673

 

Total Electric Utilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,836,603

 

Gas Utilities — 0.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Southern Natural Gas Co., Senior Notes

 

8.000%

 

3/1/32

 

1,500,000

 

1,802,188

 

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AES Corp., Senior Notes

 

8.000%

 

6/1/20

 

1,100,000

 

1,210,000

 

Multi-Utilities — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dominion Resources Inc., Senior Notes

 

8.875%

 

1/15/19

 

500,000

 

643,955

 

TOTAL UTILITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,492,746

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES (Cost — $189,752,220)

 

 

 

 

209,210,513

 

COLLATERALIZED SENIOR LOANS — 3.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thomson Learning, Term Loan B

 

2.550%

 

7/3/14

 

984,733

 

950,329

(e)

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Venetian Macau, Term Loan B

 

4.790%

 

5/25/12

 

453,853

 

455,459

(e)

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

February 28, 2011

 

WESTERN ASSET INVESTMENT GRADE DEFINED OPPORTUNITY TRUST INC.

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — cont’d

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Venetian Macau, Term Loan B

 

4.790%

 

5/27/13

 

$

785,737

 

$

788,518

(e)

Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,243,977

 

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,194,306

 

FINANCIALS — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CCM Merger Inc., Term Loan B

 

8.500%

 

7/13/12

 

948,244

 

962,764

(e)

HEALTH CARE — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fenwal Inc., Term Loan

 

2.544%

 

2/28/14

 

841,224

 

794,956

(e)

Fenwal Inc., Term Loan

 

2.544%

 

2/28/14

 

144,210

 

136,278

(e)

TOTAL HEALTH CARE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

931,234

 

INDUSTRIALS — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Airlines — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delta Air Lines Inc., Credit-Linked Deposit Facility

 

2.198 - 2.264%

 

4/30/12

 

989,796

 

987,013

(e)

Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nielsen Finance LLC, Term Loan

 

4.014%

 

5/2/16

 

982,563

 

983,436

(e)

TOTAL INDUSTRIALS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,970,449

 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IT Services — 0.4%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

First Data Corp., Term Loan B2

 

3.012%

 

9/24/14

 

945,984

 

898,148

(e)

UTILITIES — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 0.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy Future Holdings, Term Loan B3

 

3.764 - 3.803%

 

10/10/14

 

982,234

 

828,514

(e)

TOTAL COLLATERALIZED SENIOR LOANS (Cost — $7,131,643)

 

 

 

 

7,785,415

 

SOVEREIGN BONDS — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Russia — 0.9%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RSHB Capital, Loan Participation Notes, Senior Secured Notes

 

9.000%

 

6/11/14

 

1,000,000

 

1,147,600

(a)

Russian Foreign Bond-Eurobond, Senior Bonds

 

7.500%

 

3/31/30

 

895,000

 

1,037,305

(a)

TOTAL SOVEREIGN BONDS (Cost — $1,910,693)

 

 

 

 

 

2,184,905

 

MUNICIPAL BONDS — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Illinois — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Illinois State, GO

 

5.665%

 

3/1/18

 

530,000

 

531,664

 

Illinois State, GO

 

5.877%

 

3/1/19

 

530,000

 

531,908

 

TOTAL MUNICIPAL BONDS (Cost — $1,060,000)

 

 

 

 

 

1,063,572

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHARES

 

 

 

PREFERRED STOCKS — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FINANCIALS — 0.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial Banks — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Santander Finance Preferred SA Unipersonal

 

10.500%

 

 

 

7,725

 

220,703

 

Diversified Financial Services — 0.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Citigroup Capital XIII

 

7.875%

 

 

 

39,950

 

1,080,648

(b)

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS (Cost — $1,242,968)

 

 

 

 

 

1,301,351

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost — $201,097,524)

221,545,756

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 1.3%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Government Agencies — 0.1%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), Discount Notes (Cost - $287,869)

 

0.200 - 0.240%

 

5/9/11

 

$

288,000

 

287,950

(f)(g)

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

6


 

Schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

February 28, 2011

 

WESTERN ASSET INVESTMENT GRADE DEFINED OPPORTUNITY TRUST INC.

 

SECURITY

 

RATE

 

MATURITY
DATE

 

FACE
AMOUNT

 

VALUE

 

Repurchase Agreements — 1.2%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goldman Sachs & Co., repurchase agreement dated 2/28/11; Proceeds at maturity - $2,600,013; (Fully collateralized by U.S. government agency obligations, 0.850% due 2/8/13; Market value-$2,656,675) (Cost - $2,600,000)

 

0.180%

 

3/1/11

 

$

2,600,000

 

$

2,600,000

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost — $2,887,869)

 

 

 

 

 

2,887,950

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.0 % (Cost — $203,985,393#)

 

 

 

 

 

224,433,706

 

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 1.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,201,559

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS — 100.0%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

226,635,265

 

 

(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)

 

Payment-in-kind security for which part of the income earned may be paid as additional principal.

(e)

 

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

(f)

 

Rate shown represents yield-to-maturity.

(g)

 

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

#

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

Abbreviation used in this schedule:

 

 

GO

- General Obligation

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

7


 

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, limited-term, 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. Debt securities are valued at the mean between the last quoted bid and asked prices provided by an independent pricing service, which are based on transactions in debt obligations, quotations from bond dealers, market transactions in comparable securities and various other relationships between securities. Publicly traded foreign government debt securities are typically traded internationally in the over-the-counter market, and are valued at the mean between the last quoted bid and asked prices as of the close of business of that market. Futures contracts are valued daily at the settlement price established by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded. Equity securities for which market quotations are available are valued at the last reported sales price or official closing price on the primary market or exchange on which they trade. When reliable prices are not readily available, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded, but before the Fund calculates its net asset value, the Fund values these securities as determined in accordance with procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Directors. Short-term obligations with maturities of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value.

 

The Fund has adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Codification Topic 820 (“ASC Topic 820”). ASC Topic 820 establishes a single definition of fair value, creates a three-tier hierarchy as a framework for measuring fair value based on inputs used to value the Fund’s investments, and requires additional disclosure about fair value. The hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

·                  Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

·                  Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

·                  Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

 

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

 

The Fund uses valuation techniques to measure fair value that are consistent with the market approach and/or income approach, depending on the type of security and the particular circumstance. The market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable securities. The income approach uses valuation techniques to discount estimated future cash flows to present value.

 

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Notes to schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

 

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

 

 

$

209,210,513

 

 

$

209,210,513

 

Collateralized senior loans

 

 

7,785,415

 

 

7,785,415

 

Sovereign bonds

 

 

2,184,905

 

 

2,184,905

 

Municipal bonds

 

 

1,063,572

 

 

1,063,572

 

Preferred stocks

 

$

1,301,351

 

 

 

1,301,351

 

Total long-term investments

 

$

1,301,351

 

$

220,244,405

 

 

$

221,545,756

 

Short-term investments†

 

 

2,887,950

 

 

2,887,950

 

Total investments

 

$

1,301,351

 

$

223,132,355

 

 

$

224,433,706

 

Other financial instruments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Futures contracts

 

$

4,871

 

$

 

 

$

4,871

 

Total

 

$

1,306,222

 

$

223,132,355

 

 

$

224,438,577

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

 

QUOTED 
PRICES

 

OTHER 
SIGNIFICANT 
OBSERVABLE 
INPUTS

 

SIGNIFICANT 
UNOBSERVABLE
INPUTS

 

 

 

DESCRIPTION

 

(LEVEL 1)

 

(LEVEL 2)

 

(LEVEL 3)

 

TOTAL

 

Other financial instruments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Futures contracts

 

$

116,944

 

 

 

$

116,944

 

 

†See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

 

(b) Repurchase Agreements. The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements with institutions that its investment adviser has determined are creditworthy. Each repurchase agreement is recorded at cost. Under the terms of a typical repurchase agreement, the Fund acquires a debt security subject to an obligation of the seller to repurchase, and of the Fund to resell, the security at an agreed-upon price and time, thereby determining the yield during the Fund’s holding period. When entering into repurchase agreements, it is the Fund’s policy that its custodian or a third party custodian, acting on the Fund’s behalf, take possession of the underlying collateral securities, the market value of which, at all times, at least equals the principal amount of the repurchase transaction, including accrued interest. To the extent that any repurchase transaction maturity exceeds one business day, the value of the collateral is marked-to-market and measured against the value of the agreement in an effort to ensure the adequacy of the collateral. If the counterparty defaults, the Fund generally has the right to use the collateral to satisfy the terms of the repurchase transaction. However, if the market value of the collateral declines during the period in which the Fund seeks to assert its rights or if bankruptcy proceedings are commenced with respect to the seller of the security, realization of the collateral by the Fund may be delayed or limited.

 

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

 

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Notes to schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

 

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

 

Futures contracts involve, to varying degrees, risk of loss. In addition, there is the risk that the Fund may not be able to enter into a closing transaction because of an illiquid secondary market.

 

(d) Loan Participations. The Fund may invest in loans arranged through private negotiation between one or more financial institutions. The Fund’s investment in any such loan may be in the form of a participation in or an assignment of the loan. In connection with purchasing participations, the Fund generally will have no right to enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of the loan agreement related to the loan, or any rights of off-set against the borrower and the Fund may not benefit directly from any collateral supporting the loan in which it has purchased the participation.

 

The Fund assumes the credit risk of the borrower, the lender that is selling the participation and any other persons interpositioned between the Fund and the borrower. In the event of the insolvency of the lender selling the participation, the Fund may be treated as a general creditor of the lender and may not benefit from any off-set between the lender and the borrower.

 

(e) Credit and Market Risk.  The Fund invests in high-yield instruments that are subject to certain credit and market risks. The yields of high-yield obligations reflect, among other things, perceived credit and market risks. The Fund’s investment in securities rated below investment grade typically involves risks not associated with higher rated securities including, among others, greater risk related to timely and ultimate payment of interest and principal, greater market price volatility and less liquid secondary market trading.

 

(f) Counterparty Risk and Credit-Risk-Related Contingent Features of Derivative Instruments. The Fund may invest in certain securities or engage in other transactions, where the Fund is exposed to counterparty credit risk in addition to broader market risks. The Fund may invest in securities of issuers, which may also be considered counterparties as trading partners in other transactions. This may increase the risk of loss in the event of default or bankruptcy by the counterparty or if the counterparty otherwise fails to meet its contractual obligations. The Fund’s investment manager attempts to mitigate counterparty risk by (i) periodically assessing the creditworthiness of its trading partners, (ii) monitoring and/or limiting the amount of its net exposure to each individual counterparty based on its assessment and (iii) requiring collateral from the counterparty for certain transactions. Market events and changes in overall economic conditions may impact the assessment of such counterparty risk by the investment manager. In addition, declines in the values of underlying collateral received may expose the Fund to increased risk of loss.

 

The Fund has entered into master agreements with certain of its derivative counterparties that provide for general obligations, representations, agreements, collateral, events of default or termination and credit related contingent features.  The credit related contingent features include, but are not limited to, a percentage decrease in the Fund’s net assets or NAV over a specified period of time.  If these credit related contingent features were triggered, the derivatives counterparty could terminate the positions and demand payment or require additional collateral.

 

As of February 28, 2011, the Fund did not have any open derivative transactions with credit related contingent features in a net liability position.

 

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

 

2.  Investments

 

At February 28, 2011, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were substantially as follows:

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$

20,520,669

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

(72,356

)

Net unrealized appreciation

 

$

20,448,313

 

 

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Notes to schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)

 

At February 28, 2011, the Fund had the following open futures contracts:

 

 

 

NUMBER OF
CONTRACTS

 

EXPIRATION
DATE

 

BASIS
VALUE

 

MARKET
VALUE

 

UNREALIZED
GAIN (LOSS)

 

Contracts to Buy:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury 5-Year Notes

 

18

 

6/11

 

$

2,100,004

 

$

2,104,875

 

$

4,871

 

Contracts to Sell:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury 2-Year Notes

 

3

 

6/11

 

653,756

 

654,891

 

(1,135

)

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes

 

85

 

6/11

 

10,038,724

 

10,118,984

 

(80,260

)

U.S. Treasury 30-Year Bonds

 

44

 

6/11

 

5,259,576

 

5,295,125

 

(35,549

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(116,944

)

Net unrealized loss on open futures contracts

 

 

 

 

 

$

(112,073

)

 

3. Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

 

Financial Accounting Standards Board Codification Topic 815 requires enhanced disclosure about an entity’s derivative and hedging activities.

 

The following is a summary of the Fund’s investments categorized by risk exposure at February 28, 2011.

 

 

 

Futures Contracts

 

 

 

Primary Underlying Risk Disclosure

 

Unrealized
Appreciation

 

Unrealized 
Depreciation

 

Total

 

Interest Rate Contracts

 

$

4,871

 

$

(116,944

)

$

(112,073

)

 

During the period ended February 28, 2011, the volume of derivative activity for the Fund was as follows:

 

 

 

Average Market 
Value

 

Futures contracts (to buy)

 

$

3,650,762

 

Futures contracts (to sell)

 

11,791,871

 

 

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ITEM 2.                                                   CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

 

(a)                                The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a- 3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of the disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

(b)                               There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are likely to materially affect the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 3.                                                   EXHIBITS.

 

Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, are attached hereto.

 



 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Western Asset Investment Grade Defined Opportunity Trust Inc.

 

 

By

/s/ R. Jay Gerken

 

 

R. Jay Gerken

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

Date: April 25, 2011

 

 

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

 

By

/s/ R. Jay Gerken

 

 

R. Jay Gerken

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

Date: April 25, 2011

 

 

 

By

/s/ Kaprel Ozsolak

 

 

Kaprel Ozsolak

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

Date: April 25, 2011