Legg Mason Partners Income Trust
05/26/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/26/2026 12:59
Annual Report by Investment Company (Form N-CSR)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-CSR
CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number 811-04254
Legg Mason Partners Income Trust
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
One Madison Avenue, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10010
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Marc A. De Oliveira
Franklin Templeton
100 First Stamford Place
Stamford, CT 06902
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 877-6LM-FUND/656-3863
Date of fiscal year end: March 31
Date of reporting period: March 31, 2026
ITEM 1. REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS
(a) The Report to Shareholders is filed herewith
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Western Asset New Jersey Municipals Fund
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Class A [SHNJX]
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Annual Shareholder Report | March 31, 2026
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This annual shareholder report contains important information about Western Asset New Jersey Municipals Fund for the period April 1, 2025, to March 31, 2026.
You can find additional information about the Fund at https://www.franklintempleton.com/regulatory-fund-documents. You can also request this information by contacting us at 877-6LM-FUND/656-3863.
You can find additional information about the Fund at https://www.franklintempleton.com/regulatory-fund-documents. You can also request this information by contacting us at 877-6LM-FUND/656-3863.
WHAT WERE THE FUND COSTS FOR THE LAST YEAR? (based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)
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Class Name
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Costs of a $10,000 investment
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Costs paid as a percentage of a $10,000 investment*
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Class A
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$80
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0.78%
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| * | Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, without which expenses would have been higher. |
HOW DID THE FUND PERFORM LAST YEAR AND WHAT AFFECTED ITS PERFORMANCE?
For the twelve months ended March 31, 2026, Class A shares of Western Asset New Jersey Municipals Fund returned 4.40%. The Fund compares its performance to the Bloomberg New Jersey Municipal Bond Index, which returned 4.86% for the same period.
PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS
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Top contributors to performance:
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Rates positioning
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Underweight local general obligation bonds and transportation
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Issue selection within the leasing sector
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Top detractors from performance:
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Overweight industrial revenue
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Underweight leasing
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Issue selection within education
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Use of derivatives and the impact on performance:
The Fund utilized Treasury futures to manage duration and yield curve positioning, which contributed to performance
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HOW DID THE FUND PERFORM OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS?
The Fund's past performance is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or redemption of Fund shares.
VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT ($9,575 AFTER MAXIMUM APPLICABLE SALES CHARGE) -
Class A 3/31/2016 - 3/31/2026
Class A 3/31/2016 - 3/31/2026
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (%) Period Ended March 31, 2026
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1 Year
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5 Year
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10 Year
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Class A
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4.40
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1.24
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2.22
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Class A (with sales charge)
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0.53
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0.36
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1.78
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Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index
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4.29
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0.84
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2.16
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Bloomberg New Jersey Municipal Bond Index
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4.86
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1.33
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3.05
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Fund performance figures may reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, without which the performance would have been lower.
Performance for periods beginning prior to August 15, 2022, reflects a higher maximum sales charge in effect at that time. Performance for periods beginning after August 15, 2022, reflects the current maximum sales charge.
For current month-end performance, please call Franklin Templeton at 877-6LM-FUND/656-3863 or visit
https://www.franklintempleton.com/investments/options/mutual-funds.
https://www.franklintempleton.com/investments/options/mutual-funds.
Important data provider notices and terms available at www.franklintempletondatasources.com.
KEY FUND STATISTICS (as of March 31, 2026)
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Total Net Assets
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$154,075,248
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Total Number of Portfolio Holdings
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85
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Total Management Fee Paid
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$577,704
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Portfolio Turnover Rate
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5%
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WHAT DID THE FUND INVEST IN? (as of March 31, 2026)
Portfolio Composition*,† (% of Total Investments)
| * | Does not include derivatives, except purchased options, if any. |
| † | Certain categories may represent less than 0.1%. |
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WHERE CAN I FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUND?
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Additional information is available on https://www.franklintempleton.com/regulatory-fund-documents, including its:
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• prospectus • proxy voting information • financial information • holdings • tax information
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HOUSEHOLDING
You will receive the Fund's shareholder reports every six months. In addition, you will receive an annual updated summary prospectus (detail prospectus available upon request). To reduce Fund expenses, we try to identify related shareholders in a household and send only one copy of the shareholder reports and summary prospectus. This process, called "householding," will continue indefinitely unless you instruct us otherwise. If you prefer not to have these documents householded, please call us at 877-6LM-FUND/656-3863. At any time, you may view current prospectuses/summary prospectuses and shareholder reports on our website. If you choose, you may receive these documents through electronic delivery.
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Western Asset New Jersey Municipals Fund
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Class C [SNJLX]
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Annual Shareholder Report | March 31, 2026
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This annual shareholder report contains important information about Western Asset New Jersey Municipals Fund for the period April 1, 2025, to March 31, 2026.
You can find additional information about the Fund at https://www.franklintempleton.com/regulatory-fund-documents. You can also request this information by contacting us at 877-6LM-FUND/656-3863.
You can find additional information about the Fund at https://www.franklintempleton.com/regulatory-fund-documents. You can also request this information by contacting us at 877-6LM-FUND/656-3863.
WHAT WERE THE FUND COSTS FOR THE LAST YEAR? (based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)
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Class Name
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Costs of a $10,000 investment
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Costs paid as a percentage of a $10,000 investment*
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Class C
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$135
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1.32%
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| * | Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, without which expenses would have been higher. |
HOW DID THE FUND PERFORM LAST YEAR AND WHAT AFFECTED ITS PERFORMANCE?
For the twelve months ended March 31, 2026, Class C shares of Western Asset New Jersey Municipals Fund returned 3.84%. The Fund compares its performance to the Bloomberg New Jersey Municipal Bond Index, which returned 4.86% for the same period.
PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS
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Top contributors to performance:
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↑
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Rates positioning
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↑
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Underweight local general obligation bonds and transportation
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↑
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Issue selection within the leasing sector
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Top detractors from performance:
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↓
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Overweight industrial revenue
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↓
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Underweight leasing
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↓
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Issue selection within education
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Use of derivatives and the impact on performance:
The Fund utilized Treasury futures to manage duration and yield curve positioning, which contributed to performance
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HOW DID THE FUND PERFORM OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS?
The Fund's past performance is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or redemption of Fund shares.
VALUE OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT - Class C 3/31/2016 - 3/31/2026
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (%) Period Ended March 31, 2026
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1 Year
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5 Year
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10 Year
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Class C
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3.84
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0.69
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1.65
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Class C (with sales charge)
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2.84
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0.69
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1.65
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Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index
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4.29
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0.84
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2.16
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Bloomberg New Jersey Municipal Bond Index
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4.86
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1.33
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3.05
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Fund performance figures may reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, without which the performance would have been lower.
For current month-end performance, please call Franklin Templeton at 877-6LM-FUND/656-3863 or visit
https://www.franklintempleton.com/investments/options/mutual-funds.
https://www.franklintempleton.com/investments/options/mutual-funds.
Important data provider notices and terms available at www.franklintempletondatasources.com.
KEY FUND STATISTICS (as of March 31, 2026)
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Total Net Assets
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$154,075,248
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Total Number of Portfolio Holdings
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85
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Total Management Fee Paid
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$577,704
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Portfolio Turnover Rate
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5%
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WHAT DID THE FUND INVEST IN? (as of March 31, 2026)
Portfolio Composition*,† (% of Total Investments)
| * | Does not include derivatives, except purchased options, if any. |
| † | Certain categories may represent less than 0.1%. |
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WHERE CAN I FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUND?
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Additional information is available on https://www.franklintempleton.com/regulatory-fund-documents, including its:
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• prospectus • proxy voting information • financial information • holdings • tax information
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HOUSEHOLDING
You will receive the Fund's shareholder reports every six months. In addition, you will receive an annual updated summary prospectus (detail prospectus available upon request). To reduce Fund expenses, we try to identify related shareholders in a household and send only one copy of the shareholder reports and summary prospectus. This process, called "householding," will continue indefinitely unless you instruct us otherwise. If you prefer not to have these documents householded, please call us at 877-6LM-FUND/656-3863. At any time, you may view current prospectuses/summary prospectuses and shareholder reports on our website. If you choose, you may receive these documents through electronic delivery.
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Western Asset New Jersey Municipals Fund
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Class I [LNJIX]
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Annual Shareholder Report | March 31, 2026
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This annual shareholder report contains important information about Western Asset New Jersey Municipals Fund for the period April 1, 2025, to March 31, 2026.
You can find additional information about the Fund at https://www.franklintempleton.com/regulatory-fund-documents. You can also request this information by contacting us at 877-6LM-FUND/656-3863.
You can find additional information about the Fund at https://www.franklintempleton.com/regulatory-fund-documents. You can also request this information by contacting us at 877-6LM-FUND/656-3863.
WHAT WERE THE FUND COSTS FOR THE LAST YEAR? (based on a hypothetical $10,000 investment)
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Class Name
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Costs of a $10,000 investment
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Costs paid as a percentage of a $10,000 investment*
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Class I
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$56
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0.55%
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| * | Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, without which expenses would have been higher. |
HOW DID THE FUND PERFORM LAST YEAR AND WHAT AFFECTED ITS PERFORMANCE?
For the twelve months ended March 31, 2026, Class I shares of Western Asset New Jersey Municipals Fund returned 4.64%. The Fund compares its performance to the Bloomberg New Jersey Municipal Bond Index, which returned 4.86% for the same period.
PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS
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Top contributors to performance:
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↑
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Rates positioning
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↑
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Underweight local general obligation bonds and transportation
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↑
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Issue selection within the leasing sector
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Top detractors from performance:
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↓
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Overweight industrial revenue
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|
↓
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Underweight leasing
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|
↓
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Issue selection within education
|
Use of derivatives and the impact on performance:
The Fund utilized Treasury futures to manage duration and yield curve positioning, which contributed to performance
| Western Asset New Jersey Municipals Fund | PAGE 1 | 7467-ATSR-0526 |
HOW DID THE FUND PERFORM OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS?
The Fund's past performance is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. The graph and table do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or redemption of Fund shares.
VALUE OF A $1,000,000 INVESTMENT - Class I 3/31/2016 - 3/31/2026
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS (%) Period Ended March 31, 2026
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1 Year
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5 Year
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10 Year
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Class I
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4.64
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1.46
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2.43
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Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index
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4.29
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0.84
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2.16
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Bloomberg New Jersey Municipal Bond Index
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4.86
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1.33
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3.05
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Fund performance figures may reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, without which the performance would have been lower.
For current month-end performance, please call Franklin Templeton at 877-6LM-FUND/656-3863 or visit
https://www.franklintempleton.com/investments/options/mutual-funds.
https://www.franklintempleton.com/investments/options/mutual-funds.
Important data provider notices and terms available at www.franklintempletondatasources.com.
KEY FUND STATISTICS (as of March 31, 2026)
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Total Net Assets
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$154,075,248
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|
Total Number of Portfolio Holdings
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85
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Total Management Fee Paid
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$577,704
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Portfolio Turnover Rate
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5%
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WHAT DID THE FUND INVEST IN? (as of March 31, 2026)
Portfolio Composition*,† (% of Total Investments)
| * | Does not include derivatives, except purchased options, if any. |
| † | Certain categories may represent less than 0.1%. |
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WHERE CAN I FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUND?
|
|
|
Additional information is available on https://www.franklintempleton.com/regulatory-fund-documents, including its:
|
|
|
• prospectus • proxy voting information • financial information • holdings • tax information
|
HOUSEHOLDING
You will receive the Fund's shareholder reports every six months. In addition, you will receive an annual updated summary prospectus (detail prospectus available upon request). To reduce Fund expenses, we try to identify related shareholders in a household and send only one copy of the shareholder reports and summary prospectus. This process, called "householding," will continue indefinitely unless you instruct us otherwise. If you prefer not to have these documents householded, please call us at 877-6LM-FUND/656-3863. At any time, you may view current prospectuses/summary prospectuses and shareholder reports on our website. If you choose, you may receive these documents through electronic delivery.
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(b) Not applicable
| ITEM 2. | CODE OF ETHICS. |
(a) The Registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to its principal executive officers and principal financial officer.
(c) N/A
(d) N/A
(f) Pursuant to Item 19(a) (1), the Registrant is attaching as an exhibit a copy of its code of ethics that applies to its principal executive officers and principal financial and accounting officer.
| ITEM 3. | AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT. |
The Board of Trustees of the Registrant has determined that Robert Abeles, Jr., possesses the technical attributes identified in Item 3 to Form N-CSR to qualify as an "audit committee financial expert," and has designated Mr. Abeles, Jr. as the Audit Committee's financial expert. Mr. Abeles, Jr. is an "independent" Trustee pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Item 3 to Form N-CSR.
Under applicable securities laws, a person determined to be an audit committee financial expert will not be deemed an "expert" for any purpose, including without limitation for the purposes of Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933, as a result of being designated or identified as an audit committee financial expert. The designation or identification of a person as an audit committee financial expert does not impose on such person any duties, obligations, or liabilities greater than the duties, obligations, and liabilities imposed on such person as a member of the audit committee and board of directors in the absence of such designation or identification. The designation or identification of a person as an audit committee financial expert does not affect the duties, obligations, or liability of any other member of the audit committee or board of directors.
| ITEM 4. | PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES. |
a) Audit Fees. The aggregate fees billed in the last two fiscal years ending March 31, 2025 and March 31, 2026 (the "Reporting Periods") for professional services rendered by the Registrant's principal accountant (the "Auditor") for the audit of the Registrant's annual financial statements, or services that are normally provided by the Auditor in connection with the statutory and regulatory filings or engagements for the Reporting Periods, were $158,365 in March 31, 2025 and $159,949 in March 31, 2026.
b) Audit-Related Fees. The aggregate fees billed in the Reporting Periods for assurance and related services by the Auditor that are reasonably related to the performance of the Registrant's financial statements were $0 in March 31, 2025 and $0 in March 31, 2026.
(c) Tax Fees. The aggregate fees billed in the Reporting Periods for professional services rendered by the Auditor for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning ("Tax Services") were $39,000 in March 31, 2025 and $39,000 in March 31, 2026. These services consisted of (i) review or preparation of U.S. federal, state, local and excise tax returns; (ii) U.S. federal, state and local tax planning, advice and assistance regarding statutory, regulatory or administrative developments, and (iii) tax advice regarding tax qualification matters and/or treatment of various financial instruments held or proposed to be acquired or held.
There were no fees billed for tax services by the Auditors to the Registrant's investment manager and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment manager that provides ongoing services to the Registrant ("Service Affiliates") during the Reporting Periods that required pre-approval by the Audit Committee.
d) All Other Fees. The aggregate fees billed in the Reporting Periods for products and services provided by the Auditor to the Registrant, other than the services reported in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this item, were $0 in March 31, 2025 and $0 in March 31, 2026.
There were no other non-audit services rendered by the Auditor to the Service Affiliates requiring pre-approval by the Audit Committee in the Reporting Periods.
(e) Audit Committee's pre-approval policies and procedures described in paragraph (c) (7) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.
(1) The Charter for the Audit Committee (the "Committee") of the Board of each registered investment company (the "Fund") advised by the Registrant's investment manager or one of their affiliates (each, an "Adviser") requires that the Committee shall approve (a) all audit and permissible non-audit services to be provided to the Fund and (b) all permissible non-audit services to be provided by the Fund's independent auditors to the Adviser and any service providers controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Adviser that provide ongoing services to the Fund ("Covered Service Providers") if the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund. The Committee may implement policies and procedures by which such services are approved other than by the full Committee.
The Committee shall not approve non-audit services that the Committee believes may impair the independence of the auditors. As of the date of the approval of this Audit Committee Charter, permissible non-audit services include any professional services (including tax services), that are not prohibited services as described below, provided to the Fund by the independent auditors, other than those provided to the Fund in connection with an audit or a review of the financial statements of the Fund. Permissible non-audit services may not include: (i) bookkeeping or other services related to the accounting records or financial statements of the Fund; (ii) financial information systems design and implementation; (iii) appraisal or valuation services, fairness opinions or contribution-in-kind reports; (iv) actuarial services; (v) internal audit outsourcing services; (vi) management functions or human resources; (vii) broker or dealer, investment adviser or investment banking services; (viii) legal services and expert services unrelated to the audit; and (ix) any other service the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board determines, by regulation, is impermissible.
Pre-approval by the Committee of any permissible non-audit services is not required so long as: (i) the aggregate amount of all such permissible non-audit services provided to the Fund, the Adviser and the Covered Service Providers constitutes not more than 5% of the total amount of revenues paid to the independent auditors during the fiscal year in which the permissible non-audit services are provided to (a) the Fund, (b) the Adviser and (c) any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Adviser that provides ongoing services to the Fund during the fiscal year in which the services are provided that would have to be approved by the Committee; (ii) the permissible non-audit services were not recognized by the Fund at the time of the engagement to be non-audit services; and (iii) such services are promptly brought to the attention of the Committee and approved by the Committee (or its delegate(s)) prior to the completion of the audit.
(2) None of the services described in paragraphs (b) through (d) of this Item were performed in reliance on paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.
(f) Not applicable.
(g) Non-audit fees billed by the Auditor for services rendered to the Registrant and the Service Affiliates during the reporting period were $334,889 in March 31, 2025 and $344,935 in March 31, 2026.
(h) Yes. The Registrant's Audit Committee has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to Service Affiliates, which were not pre-approved (not requiring pre-approval), is compatible with maintaining the Auditor's independence. All services provided by the Auditor to the Registrant or to the Service Affiliates, which were required to be pre-approved, were pre-approved as required.
(i) Not applicable.
(j) Not applicable.
| ITEM 5. | AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS. |
Not applicable.
| ITEM 6. | SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS. |
| (a) | Please see schedule of investments contained in the Financial Statements and Financial Highlights included under Item 7 of this Form N-CSR. |
| (b) | Not applicable. |
| ITEM 7. | FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS FOR OPEN-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES. |
Western Asset
New Jersey Municipals Fund
New Jersey Municipals Fund
Financial Statements and Other Important Information
Annual | March 31, 2026
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Table of Contents
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Schedule of Investments
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1
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities
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7
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Statement of Operations
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8
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets
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9
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Financial Highlights
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10
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Notes to Financial Statements
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13
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
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25
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Important Tax Information
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26
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Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants
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27
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Results of Meeting(s) of Shareholders
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27
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Remuneration Paid to Directors, Officers and Others
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27
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franklintempleton.com
Financial Statements and Other Important Information - Annual
Schedule of Investments March 31, 2026
Western Asset New Jersey Municipals Fund
(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)
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Security
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Rate
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Maturity
Date
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Face
Amount
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Value
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Municipal Bonds - 94.5%
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Education - 16.1%
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Essex County, NJ, Improvement Authority Revenue:
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CHF-Newark LLC, New Jersey Institute of
Technology Student Housing Project, BAM
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4.000%
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8/1/46
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$1,000,000
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$952,253
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CHF-Newark LLC, New Jersey Institute of
Technology Student Housing Project, BAM
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4.000%
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8/1/51
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1,500,000
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1,374,364
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Gloucester County, NJ, Improvement Authority
Revenue:
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Rowan University Fossil Park Student Center
Projects, Series 2021, BAM
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5.000%
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7/1/36
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1,500,000
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1,595,483
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Rowan University Fossil Park Student Center
Projects, Series 2021, BAM
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4.000%
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7/1/46
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725,000
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692,056
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Middlesex County, NJ, Improvement Authority
Revenue, Rutgers University Lease Revenue Bonds,
Health and Life Science Exchange H-1 Project, GO,
Series A
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5.000%
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8/15/53
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2,000,000
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2,063,608
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New Jersey State EDA Revenue:
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Central Jersey College Prep Charter School
Project, Series 2025
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5.125%
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11/1/55
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700,000
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671,822
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Provident Group, Montclair Properties, State
University Housing Project, Refunding, AG
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5.000%
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6/1/42
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5,000,000
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5,047,873
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New Jersey State EFA Revenue:
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Montclair State University, Series A, Refunding,
AG
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5.000%
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7/1/44
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1,350,000
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1,434,339
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Stevens Institute of Technology, Green Bonds,
Series A
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5.000%
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7/1/45
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2,000,000
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2,023,047
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Stevens Institute of Technology, Green Bonds,
Series A
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4.000%
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7/1/50
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1,000,000
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845,728
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Stevens Institute of Technology, Series A,
Refunding
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5.000%
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7/1/47
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2,750,000
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2,753,172
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New Jersey State Higher Education, Student
Assistance Authority Revenue:
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Series A, Refunding
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5.000%
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12/1/27
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1,750,000
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1,806,441
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Series A, Refunding
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5.000%
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12/1/28
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675,000
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703,441
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Passaic County, NJ, Improvement Authority
Revenue:
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Paterson Arts and Science Charter School
Project
|
5.500%
|
7/1/58
|
1,000,000
|
1,004,824
|
|
|
Paterson Charter School for Science and
Technology Inc. Project
|
4.125%
|
7/1/33
|
600,000
|
606,333
|
|
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)
|
Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount
|
Value
|
|
Education - continued
|
|||||
|
Paterson Charter School for Science and
Technology Inc. Project
|
4.500%
|
7/1/40
|
$885,000
|
$873,095
|
|
|
Paterson Charter School for Science and
Technology Inc. Project
|
5.000%
|
7/1/44
|
400,000
|
400,462
|
|
|
Total Education
|
24,848,341
|
||||
|
Health Care - 9.9%
|
|||||
|
New Jersey State EDA Revenue:
|
|||||
|
Bancroft Neurohealth Project, Refunding
|
5.000%
|
6/1/36
|
2,885,000
|
2,885,906
|
|
|
Bancroft Neurohealth Project, Refunding
|
5.000%
|
6/1/41
|
1,325,000
|
1,315,184
|
|
|
New Jersey State Health Care Facilities Financing
Authority Revenue:
|
|||||
|
Hackensack Meridian Health, Refunding
|
5.000%
|
7/1/39
|
1,750,000
|
1,779,402
|
|
|
Inspira Health Obligated Group, Series A,
Refunding
|
4.125%
|
7/1/54
|
4,000,000
|
3,524,218
|
|
|
University Hospital, Series A, Refunding, AG
|
5.000%
|
7/1/46
|
5,750,000
|
5,758,802
|
|
|
Total Health Care
|
15,263,512
|
||||
|
Housing - 3.4%
|
|||||
|
New Jersey State EDA Revenue:
|
|||||
|
Provident Group, Kean Properties
|
5.000%
|
7/1/37
|
400,000
|
400,135
|
|
|
Provident Group, Kean Properties
|
5.000%
|
7/1/47
|
1,000,000
|
942,991
|
|
|
Provident Group-Rowan Properties LLC, Rowan
University Housing Project
|
5.000%
|
1/1/48
|
2,000,000
|
1,939,976
|
|
|
New Jersey State Housing & Mortgage Finance
Agency, Single Family Housing Revenue
Sustainable Bonds, Series K
|
4.700%
|
10/1/50
|
2,000,000
|
1,956,155
|
|
|
Total Housing
|
5,239,257
|
||||
|
Industrial Revenue - 13.5%
|
|||||
|
New Jersey State EDA Revenue:
|
|||||
|
Natural Gas Facilities Revenue, Series C,
Refunding
|
2.450%
|
4/1/26
|
2,000,000
|
2,000,000
(a)(b)(c)
|
|
|
Special Facility Revenue, United Airlines Project
|
5.500%
|
6/1/33
|
2,000,000
|
2,003,380
(a)
|
|
|
Special Facility, Continental Airlines Inc. Project
|
5.625%
|
11/15/30
|
3,400,000
|
3,404,767
(a)
|
|
|
Special Facility, Port Newark Container
Terminal LLC Project, Refunding
|
5.000%
|
10/1/47
|
5,000,000
|
4,951,955
(a)
|
|
|
Water Facilities Revenue Bonds, American
Water Co. Inc. Project, Series B, Refunding
|
3.750%
|
6/1/28
|
1,500,000
|
1,505,681
(a)(b)(c)
|
|
|
Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp., NJ, Revenue:
|
|||||
|
Series A, Refunding
|
5.000%
|
6/1/46
|
6,700,000
|
6,525,181
|
|
|
Series A, Refunding
|
5.250%
|
6/1/46
|
400,000
|
398,737
|
|
|
Total Industrial Revenue
|
20,789,701
|
||||
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)
|
Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount
|
Value
|
|
Leasing - 30.1%
|
|||||
|
New Jersey State EDA Revenue:
|
|||||
|
School Facilities Construction, Series QQQ
|
4.000%
|
6/15/50
|
$1,000,000
|
$900,706
|
|
|
School Facilities Construction, Series SSS,
Refunding
|
5.250%
|
6/15/37
|
1,500,000
|
1,688,556
|
|
|
School Facilities Construction, Series SSS,
Refunding
|
5.250%
|
6/15/38
|
1,500,000
|
1,676,095
|
|
|
School Facilities Construction, Series SSS,
Refunding
|
5.250%
|
6/15/39
|
1,500,000
|
1,667,128
|
|
|
New Jersey State EDA, Motor Vehicle Surcharge
Revenue, Series A, Refunding
|
4.000%
|
7/1/32
|
6,500,000
|
6,522,105
|
|
|
New Jersey State Transportation Trust Fund
Authority Revenue:
|
|||||
|
Federal Highway Reimbursement, Series A,
Refunding
|
5.000%
|
6/15/30
|
4,000,000
|
4,016,831
|
|
|
Transportation Program, Series AA
|
4.000%
|
6/15/50
|
2,250,000
|
2,032,629
|
|
|
Transportation Program, Series AA
|
5.000%
|
6/15/55
|
4,000,000
|
4,077,175
|
|
|
Transportation Program, Series AA, Refunding
|
5.000%
|
6/15/36
|
2,000,000
|
2,178,548
|
|
|
Transportation Program, Series AA, Refunding
|
5.000%
|
6/15/42
|
7,000,000
|
7,551,281
|
|
|
Transportation Program, Series AA, Refunding
|
4.250%
|
6/15/44
|
5,000,000
|
4,924,124
|
|
|
Transportation Program, Series AA, Unrefunded
|
5.000%
|
6/15/46
|
3,255,000
|
3,324,846
|
|
|
Transportation Program, Series CC
|
4.125%
|
6/15/50
|
2,000,000
|
1,842,798
|
|
|
Transportation Program, Series CC
|
5.250%
|
6/15/50
|
2,000,000
|
2,096,620
|
|
|
Transportation System, Series A, BAM-TCRS
|
0.000%
|
12/15/38
|
3,000,000
|
1,804,074
|
|
|
Total Leasing
|
46,303,516
|
||||
|
Other - 0.0%††
|
|||||
|
New Jersey State EDA Revenue, Department of
Human Services, Pooled Financing, Unrefunded
|
5.200%
|
7/1/32
|
23,000
|
23,046
|
|
|
Pre-Refunded/Escrowed to Maturity - 3.9%
|
|||||
|
New Jersey State Transportation Trust Fund
Authority Revenue:
|
|||||
|
Transportation Program, Series BB
|
5.000%
|
6/15/50
|
3,500,000
|
3,731,205
(d)
|
|
|
Transportation Program, Series CC
|
5.500%
|
6/15/50
|
2,000,000
|
2,333,223
(d)
|
|
|
Total Pre-Refunded/Escrowed to Maturity
|
6,064,428
|
||||
|
Special Tax Obligation - 4.2%
|
|||||
|
Casino Reinvestment Development Authority, NJ,
Luxury Tax Revenue:
|
|||||
|
Series A, Refunding, AG
|
5.000%
|
11/1/41
|
1,500,000
|
1,590,627
|
|
|
Series B, AG
|
5.000%
|
11/1/43
|
500,000
|
524,188
|
|
|
Newark, NJ, Parking Authority, Lease Revenue:
|
|||||
|
Parking Facility Office Project, AG
|
5.250%
|
2/1/43
|
525,000
|
541,134
|
|
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Schedule of Investments (cont'd) March 31, 2026
Western Asset New Jersey Municipals Fund
(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)
|
Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount
|
Value
|
|
Special Tax Obligation - continued
|
|||||
|
Parking Facility Office Project, AG
|
5.500%
|
2/1/51
|
$750,000
|
$762,521
|
|
|
Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp., Sales Tax
Revenue:
|
|||||
|
CAB, Restructured, Series A-1
|
0.000%
|
7/1/27
|
157,000
|
150,982
|
|
|
CAB, Restructured, Series A-1
|
0.000%
|
7/1/46
|
1,150,000
|
404,981
|
|
|
Restructured, Series A-1
|
4.550%
|
7/1/40
|
50,000
|
49,862
|
|
|
Restructured, Series A-1
|
4.750%
|
7/1/53
|
2,075,000
|
1,935,066
|
|
|
Restructured, Series A-1
|
5.000%
|
7/1/58
|
190,000
|
180,904
|
|
|
Restructured, Series A-2
|
4.329%
|
7/1/40
|
330,000
|
325,594
|
|
|
Total Special Tax Obligation
|
6,465,859
|
||||
|
State General Obligation - 0.7%
|
|||||
|
Puerto Rico Commonwealth, GO:
|
|||||
|
CAB, Restructured, Series A-1
|
0.000%
|
7/1/33
|
12,094
|
8,791
|
|
|
Restructured, Series A-1
|
5.625%
|
7/1/27
|
10,372
|
10,573
|
|
|
Restructured, Series A-1
|
5.625%
|
7/1/29
|
10,203
|
10,776
|
|
|
Restructured, Series A-1
|
5.750%
|
7/1/31
|
9,910
|
10,825
|
|
|
Restructured, Series A-1
|
4.000%
|
7/1/33
|
9,398
|
9,387
|
|
|
Restructured, Series A-1
|
4.000%
|
7/1/35
|
223,447
|
220,338
|
|
|
Restructured, Series A-1
|
4.000%
|
7/1/37
|
630,000
|
608,879
|
|
|
Restructured, Series A-1
|
4.000%
|
7/1/41
|
94,857
|
87,890
|
|
|
Restructured, Series A-1
|
4.000%
|
7/1/46
|
10,251
|
8,809
|
|
|
Subseries CW
|
0.000%
|
11/1/43
|
36,106
|
24,236
(c)
|
|
|
Total State General Obligation
|
1,000,504
|
||||
|
Transportation - 12.4%
|
|||||
|
Delaware River, PA & NJ, Port Authority Revenue:
|
|||||
|
Series A
|
5.000%
|
1/1/36
|
250,000
|
262,252
|
|
|
Series A
|
5.000%
|
1/1/37
|
1,200,000
|
1,254,730
|
|
|
New Jersey State EDA Revenue, Private Activity-
The Goethals Bridge Replacement Project, AG
|
5.125%
|
1/1/39
|
1,500,000
|
1,523,823
(a)
|
|
|
New Jersey State Turnpike Authority Revenue:
|
|||||
|
Series B, Refunding
|
5.000%
|
1/1/40
|
5,955,000
|
6,095,996
|
|
|
Series C, Refunding
|
5.000%
|
1/1/44
|
3,000,000
|
3,207,261
|
|
|
Port Authority of New York & New Jersey Revenue:
|
|||||
|
Consolidated Series 214
|
4.000%
|
9/1/43
|
4,990,000
|
4,594,166
(a)
|
|
|
Consolidated Series 221
|
4.000%
|
7/15/45
|
1,500,000
|
1,378,837
(a)
|
|
|
Consolidated Series 226, Refunding
|
5.000%
|
10/15/41
|
750,000
|
777,200
(a)
|
|
|
Total Transportation
|
19,094,265
|
||||
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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(Percentages shown based on Fund net assets)
|
Security
|
|
Rate
|
Maturity
Date
|
Face
Amount
|
Value
|
|
Water & Sewer - 0.3%
|
|||||
|
Puerto Rico Commonwealth Aqueduct & Sewer
Authority Revenue, Senior Lien, Series A,
Refunding
|
5.000%
|
7/1/47
|
$500,000
|
$491,241
(e)
|
|
|
|
|||||
|
Total Investments before Short-Term Investments (Cost - $147,321,300)
|
145,583,670
|
||||
|
Short-Term Investments - 4.5%
|
|||||
|
Municipal Bonds - 4.5%
|
|||||
|
Education - 0.1%
|
|||||
|
New Jersey State EFA Revenue, Institute for
Advanced Study, Series B, Refunding, SPA - TD
Bank N.A.
|
2.450%
|
7/1/31
|
100,000
|
100,000
(f)(g)
|
|
|
Health Care - 4.4%
|
|||||
|
New Jersey State Health Care Facilities Financing
Authority Revenue:
|
|||||
|
Hospital Capital Asset Financing Program,
Series A, Refunding, LOC - TD Bank N.A.
|
2.420%
|
7/1/35
|
3,800,000
|
3,800,000
(f)(g)
|
|
|
Hospital Capital Asset Financing Program,
Series B, Refunding, LOC - TD Bank N.A.
|
2.420%
|
7/1/35
|
1,400,000
|
1,400,000
(f)(g)
|
|
|
Virtua-Memorial Hospital Burlington County,
Inc., Series D, LOC - TD Bank N.A.
|
1.400%
|
7/1/43
|
1,600,000
|
1,600,000
(f)(g)
|
|
|
Total Health Care
|
6,800,000
|
||||
|
|
|||||
|
Total Municipal Bonds (Cost - $6,900,000)
|
6,900,000
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Money Market Funds - 0.0%††
|
|||||
|
Western Asset Premier Institutional Government
Reserves, Premium Shares (Cost - $47,495)
|
3.589%
|
47,495
|
47,495
(h)(i)
|
||
|
|
|||||
|
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost - $6,947,495)
|
6,947,495
|
||||
|
Total Investments - 99.0% (Cost - $154,268,795)
|
152,531,165
|
||||
|
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 1.0%
|
1,544,083
|
||||
|
Total Net Assets - 100.0%
|
$154,075,248
|
||||
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Schedule of Investments (cont'd) March 31, 2026
Western Asset New Jersey Municipals Fund
|
††
|
Represents less than 0.1%.
|
|
(a)
|
Income from this issue is considered a preference item for purposes of calculating the alternative minimum tax
("AMT").
|
|
(b)
|
Maturity date shown represents the mandatory tender date.
|
|
(c)
|
Variable rate security. Interest rate disclosed is as of the most recent information available. Certain variable rate
securities are not based on a published reference rate and spread but are determined by the issuer or agent and
are based on current market conditions. These securities do not indicate a reference rate and spread in their
description above.
|
|
(d)
|
Pre-Refunded bonds are generally escrowed with U.S. government obligations and/or U.S. government agency
securities.
|
|
(e)
|
Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be resold in
transactions that are exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. This security has been
deemed liquid pursuant to guidelines approved by the Board of Trustees.
|
|
(f)
|
Variable rate demand obligations ("VRDOs") have a demand feature under which the Fund can tender them back to
the issuer or liquidity provider on no more than 7 days notice. The interest rate generally resets on a daily or
weekly basis and is determined on the specific interest rate reset date by the remarketing agent, pursuant to a
formula specified in official documents for the VRDO, or set at the highest rate allowable as specified in official
documents for the VRDO. VRDOs are benchmarked to the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
("SIFMA") Municipal Swap Index. The SIFMA Municipal Swap Index is compiled from weekly interest rate resets
of tax-exempt VRDOs reported to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board's Short-term Obligation Rate
Transparency System.
|
|
(g)
|
Maturity date shown is the final maturity date. The security may be sold back to the issuer before final maturity.
|
|
(h)
|
Rate shown is one-day yield as of the end of the reporting period.
|
|
(i)
|
In this instance, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, an "Affiliated Company" represents Fund
ownership of at least 5% of the outstanding voting securities of an issuer, or a company which is under common
ownership or control with the Fund. At March 31, 2026, the total market value of investments in Affiliated
Companies was $47,495 and the cost was $47,495 (Note 8).
|
|
Abbreviation(s) used in this schedule:
|
||
|
AG
|
-
|
Assured Guaranty - Insured Bonds
|
|
BAM
|
-
|
Build America Mutual - Insured Bonds
|
|
CAB
|
-
|
Capital Appreciation Bonds
|
|
EDA
|
-
|
Economic Development Authority
|
|
EFA
|
-
|
Educational Facilities Authority
|
|
GO
|
-
|
General Obligation
|
|
LOC
|
-
|
Letter of Credit
|
|
SPA
|
-
|
Standby Bond Purchase Agreement - Insured Bonds
|
|
TCRS
|
-
|
Transferable Custodial Receipts
|
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Western Asset New Jersey Municipals Fund 2026 Annual Report
Statement of Assets and Liabilities March 31, 2026
|
Assets:
|
|
|
Investments in unaffiliated securities, at value (Cost - $154,221,300)
|
$152,483,670
|
|
Investments in affiliated securities, at value (Cost - $47,495)
|
47,495
|
|
Interest receivable
|
1,963,238
|
|
Receivable for Fund shares sold
|
33,014
|
|
Dividends receivable from affiliated investments
|
166
|
|
Prepaid expenses
|
13,140
|
|
Total Assets
|
154,540,723
|
|
Liabilities:
|
|
|
Payable for Fund shares repurchased
|
240,686
|
|
Investment management fee payable
|
53,038
|
|
Distributions payable
|
49,919
|
|
Fund accounting fees payable
|
39,808
|
|
Audit and tax fees payable
|
33,572
|
|
Transfer agent fees payable
|
25,680
|
|
Service and/or distribution fees payable
|
13,335
|
|
Trustees' fees payable
|
12
|
|
Accrued expenses
|
9,425
|
|
Total Liabilities
|
465,475
|
|
Total Net Assets
|
$154,075,248
|
|
Net Assets:
|
|
|
Par value (Note 7)
|
$133
|
|
Paid-in capital in excess of par value
|
165,830,176
|
|
Total distributable earnings (loss)
|
(11,755,061
)
|
|
Total Net Assets
|
$154,075,248
|
|
Net Assets:
|
|
|
Class A
|
$93,911,172
|
|
Class C
|
$2,119,550
|
|
Class I
|
$58,044,526
|
|
Shares Outstanding:
|
|
|
Class A
|
8,137,964
|
|
Class C
|
183,574
|
|
Class I
|
5,025,454
|
|
Net Asset Value:
|
|
|
Class A (and redemption price)
|
$11.54
|
|
Class C*
|
$11.55
|
|
Class I (and redemption price)
|
$11.55
|
|
Maximum Public Offering Price Per Share:
|
|
|
Class A (based on maximum initial sales charge of 3.75%)
|
$11.99
|
|
*
|
Redemption price per share is NAV of Class C shares reduced by a 1.00% CDSC if shares are redeemed within
one year from purchase payment (Note 2).
|
See Notes to Financial Statements.
Western Asset New Jersey Municipals Fund 2026 Annual Report
7
Statement of Operations For the Year Ended March 31, 2026
|
Investment Income:
|
|
|
Interest
|
$6,020,703
|
|
Dividends from affiliated investments
|
2,190
|
|
Total Investment Income
|
6,022,893
|
|
Expenses:
|
|
|
Investment management fee (Note 2)
|
680,932
|
|
Service and/or distribution fees (Notes 2 and 5)
|
160,522
|
|
Transfer agent fees (Notes 2 and 5)
|
127,166
|
|
Fund accounting fees
|
67,940
|
|
Registration fees
|
56,530
|
|
Audit and tax fees
|
36,497
|
|
Legal fees
|
13,027
|
|
Shareholder reports
|
9,932
|
|
Trustees' fees
|
5,085
|
|
Commitment fees (Note 9)
|
1,185
|
|
Insurance
|
996
|
|
Custody fees
|
953
|
|
Interest expense
|
453
|
|
Miscellaneous expenses
|
10,510
|
|
Total Expenses
|
1,171,728
|
|
Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements (Notes 2 and 5)
|
(103,228
)
|
|
Net Expenses
|
1,068,500
|
|
Net Investment Income
|
4,954,393
|
|
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments and Futures Contracts (Notes 1, 3 and 4):
|
|
|
Net Realized Gain (Loss) From:
|
|
|
Investment transactions in unaffiliated securities
|
(193,824
)
|
|
Futures contracts
|
131,435
|
|
Net Realized Loss
|
(62,389
)
|
|
Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) From:
|
|
|
Investments in unaffiliated securities
|
1,685,126
|
|
Futures contracts
|
(52,049
)
|
|
Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
|
1,633,077
|
|
Net Gain on Investments and Futures Contracts
|
1,570,688
|
|
Increase in Net Assets From Operations
|
$6,525,081
|
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets
|
For the Years Ended March 31,
|
2026
|
2025
|
|
Operations:
|
||
|
Net investment income
|
$4,954,393
|
$4,706,377
|
|
Net realized gain (loss)
|
(62,389
)
|
423,568
|
|
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
|
1,633,077
|
(2,828,339
)
|
|
Increase in Net Assets From Operations
|
6,525,081
|
2,301,606
|
|
Distributions to Shareholders From (Notes 1 and 6):
|
||
|
Total distributable earnings
|
(4,929,157
)
|
(4,685,330
)
|
|
Decrease in Net Assets From Distributions to Shareholders
|
(4,929,157
)
|
(4,685,330
)
|
|
Fund Share Transactions (Note 7):
|
||
|
Net proceeds from sale of shares
|
32,923,997
|
32,933,411
|
|
Reinvestment of distributions
|
4,342,476
|
4,202,352
|
|
Cost of shares repurchased
|
(36,060,196
)
|
(30,121,320
)
|
|
Increase in Net Assets From Fund Share Transactions
|
1,206,277
|
7,014,443
|
|
Increase in Net Assets
|
2,802,201
|
4,630,719
|
|
Net Assets:
|
||
|
Beginning of year
|
151,273,047
|
146,642,328
|
|
End of year
|
$154,075,248
|
$151,273,047
|
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Financial Highlights
|
For a share of each class of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year ended March 31:
|
|||||
|
Class A Shares1
|
2026
|
2025
|
2024
|
2023
|
2022
|
|
Net asset value, beginning of year
|
$11.41
|
$11.59
|
$11.48
|
$11.98
|
$12.58
|
|
Income (loss) from operations:
|
|||||
|
Net investment income
|
0.37
|
0.36
|
0.36
|
0.33
|
0.32
|
|
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
|
0.12
|
(0.18
)
|
0.11
|
(0.50
)
|
(0.60
)
|
|
Total income (loss) from operations
|
0.49
|
0.18
|
0.47
|
(0.17)
|
(0.28)
|
|
Less distributions from:
|
|||||
|
Net investment income
|
(0.36
)
|
(0.36
)
|
(0.36
)
|
(0.33
)
|
(0.32
)
|
|
Total distributions
|
(0.36
)
|
(0.36
)
|
(0.36
)
|
(0.33
)
|
(0.32
)
|
|
Net asset value, end of year
|
$11.54
|
$11.41
|
$11.59
|
$11.48
|
$11.98
|
|
Total return2
|
4.40
%
|
1.57
%
|
4.08
%
|
(1.32
)%
|
(2.35
)%
|
|
Net assets, end of year (000s)
|
$93,911
|
$97,342
|
$101,222
|
$107,823
|
$113,830
|
|
Ratios to average net assets:
|
|||||
|
Gross expenses
|
0.81
%
|
0.81
%
|
0.80
%
|
0.82
%
|
0.84
%
|
|
Net expenses3,4
|
0.78
|
0.77
|
0.76
|
0.80
|
0.82
|
|
Net investment income
|
3.20
|
3.13
|
3.13
|
2.86
|
2.51
|
|
Portfolio turnover rate
|
5
%
|
17
%
|
3
%
|
15
%
|
5
%
|
|
1
|
Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method.
|
|
2
|
Performance figures, exclusive of sales charges, may reflect compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers
and/or expense reimbursements. In the absence of compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or
expense reimbursements, the total return would have been lower. Past performance is no guarantee of future
results.
|
|
3
|
The manager has agreed to waive the Fund's management fee to an extent sufficient to offset the net management
fee payable in connection with any investment in an affiliated money market fund.
|
|
4
|
Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.
|
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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For a share of each class of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year ended March 31:
|
|||||
|
Class C Shares1
|
2026
|
2025
|
2024
|
2023
|
2022
|
|
Net asset value, beginning of year
|
$11.42
|
$11.60
|
$11.49
|
$11.99
|
$12.59
|
|
Income (loss) from operations:
|
|||||
|
Net investment income
|
0.30
|
0.30
|
0.29
|
0.26
|
0.25
|
|
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
|
0.13
|
(0.18
)
|
0.11
|
(0.50
)
|
(0.60
)
|
|
Total income (loss) from operations
|
0.43
|
0.12
|
0.40
|
(0.24)
|
(0.35)
|
|
Less distributions from:
|
|||||
|
Net investment income
|
(0.30
)
|
(0.30
)
|
(0.29
)
|
(0.26
)
|
(0.25
)
|
|
Total distributions
|
(0.30
)
|
(0.30
)
|
(0.29
)
|
(0.26
)
|
(0.25
)
|
|
Net asset value, end of year
|
$11.55
|
$11.42
|
$11.60
|
$11.49
|
$11.99
|
|
Total return2
|
3.84
%
|
1.03
%
|
3.60
%
|
(1.94
)%
|
(2.89
)%
|
|
Net assets, end of year (000s)
|
$2,120
|
$3,133
|
$3,644
|
$4,798
|
$6,054
|
|
Ratios to average net assets:
|
|||||
|
Gross expenses
|
1.36
%
|
1.35
%
|
1.34
%
|
1.38
%
|
1.39
%
|
|
Net expenses3,4
|
1.32
|
1.31
|
1.31
|
1.35
|
1.37
|
|
Net investment income
|
2.65
|
2.59
|
2.58
|
2.30
|
1.95
|
|
Portfolio turnover rate
|
5
%
|
17
%
|
3
%
|
15
%
|
5
%
|
|
1
|
Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method.
|
|
2
|
Performance figures, exclusive of CDSC, may reflect compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or
expense reimbursements. In the absence of compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense
reimbursements, the total return would have been lower. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
|
|
3
|
The manager has agreed to waive the Fund's management fee to an extent sufficient to offset the net management
fee payable in connection with any investment in an affiliated money market fund.
|
|
4
|
Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.
|
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Financial Highlights (cont'd)
|
For a share of each class of beneficial interest outstanding throughout each year ended March 31:
|
|||||
|
Class I Shares1
|
2026
|
2025
|
2024
|
2023
|
2022
|
|
Net asset value, beginning of year
|
$11.42
|
$11.60
|
$11.49
|
$11.99
|
$12.59
|
|
Income (loss) from operations:
|
|||||
|
Net investment income
|
0.39
|
0.39
|
0.38
|
0.35
|
0.35
|
|
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
|
0.13
|
(0.18
)
|
0.11
|
(0.50
)
|
(0.60
)
|
|
Total income (loss) from operations
|
0.52
|
0.21
|
0.49
|
(0.15)
|
(0.25)
|
|
Less distributions from:
|
|||||
|
Net investment income
|
(0.39
)
|
(0.39
)
|
(0.38
)
|
(0.35
)
|
(0.35
)
|
|
Total distributions
|
(0.39
)
|
(0.39
)
|
(0.38
)
|
(0.35
)
|
(0.35
)
|
|
Net asset value, end of year
|
$11.55
|
$11.42
|
$11.60
|
$11.49
|
$11.99
|
|
Total return2
|
4.64
%
|
1.79
%
|
4.30
%
|
(1.10
)%
|
(2.14
)%
|
|
Net assets, end of year (000s)
|
$58,045
|
$50,799
|
$41,777
|
$39,529
|
$31,158
|
|
Ratios to average net assets:
|
|||||
|
Gross expenses
|
0.68
%
|
0.67
%
|
0.66
%
|
0.68
%
|
0.70
%
|
|
Net expenses3,4
|
0.55
|
0.55
|
0.55
|
0.58
|
0.60
|
|
Net investment income
|
3.43
|
3.36
|
3.34
|
3.08
|
2.73
|
|
Portfolio turnover rate
|
5
%
|
17
%
|
3
%
|
15
%
|
5
%
|
|
1
|
Per share amounts have been calculated using the average shares method.
|
|
2
|
Performance figures may reflect compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.
In the absence of compensating balance arrangements, fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, the total
return would have been lower. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
|
|
3
|
As a result of an expense limitation arrangement, effective December 1, 2022, the ratio of total annual fund
operating expenses, other than interest, brokerage, taxes, extraordinary expenses and acquired fund fees and
expenses, to average net assets of Class I shares did not exceed 0.55%. This expense limitation arrangement
cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2027 without the Board of Trustees' consent. In addition, the manager
has agreed to waive the Fund's management fee to an extent sufficient to offset the net management fee payable
in connection with any investment in an affiliated money market fund. Prior to December 1, 2022, the expense
limitation was 0.60%.
|
|
4
|
Reflects fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements.
|
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements
1. Organization and significant accounting policies
Western Asset New Jersey Municipals Fund (the "Fund") is a separate non-diversified investment series of Legg Mason Partners Income Trust (the "Trust"). The Trust, a Maryland statutory trust, is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), as an open-end management investment company.
The Fund follows the accounting and reporting guidance in Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services - Investment Companies("ASC 946"). The following are significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund and are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), including, but not limited to, ASC 946. Estimates and assumptions are required to be made regarding assets, liabilities and changes in net assets resulting from operations when financial statements are prepared. Changes in the economic environment, financial markets and any other parameters used in determining these estimates could cause actual results to differ. Subsequent events have been evaluated through the date the financial statements were issued.
(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 typically 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. Investments in open-endfunds are valued at the closing net asset value per share of each fund on the day of valuation. Futures contracts are valued daily at the settlement price established by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded. 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 Trustees (the "Board").
Pursuant to policies adopted by the Board, the Fund's manager has been designated as the valuation designee and is responsible for the oversight of the daily valuation process. The Fund's manager is assisted by the Global Fund Valuation Committee (the "Valuation Committee"). The Valuation Committee is responsible for making fair value determinations, evaluating the effectiveness of the Fund's pricing policies, and reporting to the Fund's
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manager and the Board. 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, 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 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.
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 - unadjusted 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.
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The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Fund's assets carried at fair value:
|
ASSETS
|
||||
|
Description
|
Quoted Prices
(Level 1)
|
Other Significant
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
|
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
|
Total
|
|
Municipal Bonds†
|
-
|
$145,583,670
|
-
|
$145,583,670
|
|
Short-Term Investments†:
|
||||
|
Municipal Bonds
|
-
|
6,900,000
|
-
|
6,900,000
|
|
Money Market Funds
|
$47,495
|
-
|
-
|
47,495
|
|
Total Short-Term Investments
|
47,495
|
6,900,000
|
-
|
6,947,495
|
|
Total Investments
|
$47,495
|
$152,483,670
|
-
|
$152,531,165
|
|
†
|
See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.
|
(b) Futures contracts. The Fund uses futures contracts generally to gain exposure to, or hedge against, changes in interest rates or gain exposure to, or hedge against, changes in certain asset classes. A futures contract represents a commitment for the future purchase or sale of an asset at a specified price on a specified date.
Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is required to deposit cash or securities 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. The daily changes in contract value are recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation in the Statement of Operations and the Fund recognizes a realized gain or loss when the contract is closed.
Futures contracts involve, to varying degrees, risk of loss in excess of the amounts reflected in the financial statements. 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.
(c) Fund concentration. Since the Fund invests primarily in obligations of issuers within New Jersey, it is subject to possible risks associated with economic, political, credit or legal developments or industrial or regional matters specifically affecting New Jersey.
(d) 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 subadviser attempts to mitigate counterparty risk by (i) periodically assessing the creditworthiness of its trading partners, (ii) monitoring and/or
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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 subadviser. In addition, declines in the values of underlying collateral received may expose the Fund to increased risk of loss.
With exchange traded and centrally cleared derivatives, there is less counterparty risk to the Fund since the exchange or clearinghouse, as counterparty to such instruments, guarantees against a possible default. The clearinghouse stands between the buyer and the seller of the contract; therefore, the credit risk is limited to failure of the clearinghouse. While offset rights may exist under applicable law, the Fund does not have a contractual right of offset against a clearing broker or clearinghouse in the event of a default of the clearing broker or clearinghouse.
The Fund has entered into master agreements, such as an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement ("ISDA Master Agreement") or similar agreement, with certain of its derivative counterparties that govern over-the-counter ("OTC") derivatives and provide for general obligations, representations, agreements, collateral posting terms, netting provisions in the event 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 net asset value per share 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.
Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instruments' payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. However, absent an event of default by the counterparty or a termination of the agreement, the terms of the ISDA Master Agreements do not result in an offset of reported amounts of financial assets and financial liabilities in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities across transactions between the Fund and the applicable counterparty. The enforceability of the right to offset may vary by jurisdiction.
Collateral requirements differ by type of derivative. Collateral or margin requirements are set by the broker or exchange clearinghouse for exchange traded derivatives while collateral terms are contract specific for OTC traded derivatives. Cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of the Fund under derivative contracts, if any, will be reported separately in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Securities pledged as collateral, if any, for the same purpose are noted in the Schedule of Investments.
As of March 31, 2026, the Fund did not have any open OTC derivative transactions with credit related contingent features in a net liability position.
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(e) Security transactions and investment income. Security transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Interest income (including interest income from payment-in-kind securities) is recorded on the accrual basis. Amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts on debt securities are recorded to interest income over the lives of the respective securities, except for premiums on certain callable debt securities, which are amortized to the earliest call date. The cost of investments sold is determined by use of the specific identification method. To the extent any issuer defaults or a credit event occurs that impacts the issuer, the Fund may halt any additional interest income accruals and consider the realizability of interest accrued up to the date of default or credit event.
(f) Distributions to shareholders. Distributions from net investment income of the Fund are declared each business day to shareholders of record and are paid monthly. The Fund intends to satisfy conditions that will enable interest from municipal securities, which is exempt from federal and certain state income taxes, to retain such tax-exempt status when distributed to the shareholders of the Fund. Distributions of net realized gains, if any, are taxable and are declared at least annually. Distributions to shareholders of the Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend date and are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.
(g) Share class accounting. Investment income, common expenses and realized/unrealized gains (losses) on investments are allocated to the various classes of the Fund on the basis of daily net assets of each class. Fees relating to a specific class are charged directly to that share class.
(h) Compensating balance arrangements. The Fund had an arrangement with its custodian bank whereby a portion of the custodian's fees was paid indirectly by credits earned on the Fund's cash on deposit with the bank. Effective April 1, 2025, any cash on deposit with the bank will earn interest and be recognized as interest income on the Statement of Operations.
(i) Federal and other taxes. It is the Fund's policy to comply with the federal income and excise tax requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Code"), as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies. Accordingly, the Fund intends to distribute its taxable income and net realized gains, if any, to shareholders in accordance with timing requirements imposed by the Code. Therefore, no federal or state income tax provision is required in the Fund's financial statements.
Management has analyzed the Fund's tax positions taken on income tax returns for all open tax years and has concluded that as of March 31, 2026, no provision for income tax is required in the Fund's financial statements. The Fund's federal and state income and federal excise tax returns for the prior three fiscal years are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and state departments of revenue.
(j) Reclassification. GAAP requires that certain components of net assets be reclassified to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These
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reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value per share. During the current year, the Fund had no reclassifications.
2. Investment management agreement and other transactions with affiliates
Franklin Templeton Fund Adviser, LLC ("FTFA") is the Fund's investment manager and Western Asset Management Company, LLC ("Western Asset") is the Fund's subadviser. FTFA and Western Asset are indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Franklin Resources, Inc. ("Franklin Resources").
Under the investment management agreement, the Fund pays an investment management fee, calculated daily and paid monthly, at an annual rate of 0.45% of the Fund's average daily net assets.
FTFA provides administrative and certain oversight services to the Fund. FTFA delegates to the subadviser the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund. For its services, FTFA pays Western Asset a fee monthly, at an annual rate equal to 70% of the net management fee it receives from the Fund.
As a result of an expense limitation arrangement between the Fund and FTFA, the ratio of total annual fund operating expenses, other than interest, brokerage, taxes, extraordinary expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses, to average net assets of Class I shares did not exceed 0.55%. This expense limitation arrangement cannot be terminated prior to December 31, 2027 without the Board's consent. In addition, the manager has agreed to waive the Fund's management fee to an extent sufficient to offset the net management fee payable in connection with any investment in an affiliated money market fund (the "affiliated money market fund waiver"). The affiliated money market fund waiver is not subject to the recapture provision discussed below.
During the year ended March 31, 2026, fees waived and/or expenses reimbursed amounted to $103,228, which included an affiliated money market fund waiver of $61.
FTFA is permitted to recapture amounts waived and/or reimbursed to a class within two years after the fiscal year in which FTFA earned the fee or incurred the expense if the class' total annual fund operating expenses have fallen to a level below the expense limitation ("expense cap") in effect at the time the fees were earned or the expenses incurred. In no case will FTFA recapture any amount that would result, on any particular business day of the Fund, in the class' total annual fund operating expenses exceeding the expense cap or any other lower limit then in effect.
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Pursuant to these arrangements, at March 31, 2026, the Fund had remaining fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements subject to recapture by FTFA and respective dates of expiration as follows:
|
|
Class A
|
Class C
|
Class I
|
|
Expires March 31, 2027
|
$37,614
|
$1,239
|
$54,162
|
|
Expires March 31, 2028
|
32,443
|
907
|
69,817
|
|
Total fee waivers/expense reimbursements subject to recapture
|
$70,057
|
$2,146
|
$123,979
|
For the year ended March 31, 2026, FTFA did not recapture any fees.
Franklin Distributors, LLC ("Franklin Distributors") serves as the Fund's sole and exclusive distributor. Franklin Distributors is an indirect, wholly-owned broker-dealer subsidiary of Franklin Resources. Franklin Templeton Investor Services, LLC ("Investor Services") serves as the Fund's shareholder servicing agent and acts as the Fund's transfer agent and dividend-paying agent. Investor Services is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources. Each class of shares of the Fund pays transfer agent fees to Investor Services for its performance of shareholder servicing obligations. Investor Services charges account-basedfees based on the number of individual shareholder accounts, as well as a fixed percentage fee based on the total account-based fees charged. In addition, each class reimburses Investor Services for out of pocket expenses incurred. For the year ended March 31, 2026, the Fund incurred transfer agent fees as reported on the Statement of Operations, of which $1,683 was earned by Investor Services.
There is a maximum initial sales charge of 3.75% for Class A shares. There is a contingent deferred sales charge ("CDSC") of 1.00% on Class C shares, which applies if redemption occurs within 12 months from purchase payment. In certain cases, Class A shares have a 1.00% CDSC, which applies if redemption occurs within 18 months from purchase payment. This CDSC only applies to those purchases of Class A shares, which, when combined with current holdings of other shares of funds sold by Franklin Distributors, equal or exceed $250,000 in the aggregate. These purchases do not incur an initial sales charge.
For the year ended March 31, 2026, sales charges retained by and CDSCs paid to Franklin Distributors and its affiliates, if any, were as follows:
|
|
Class A
|
Class C
|
|
Sales charges
|
$2,959
|
-
|
|
CDSCs
|
10,264
|
$6
|
All officers and one Trustee of the Trust are employees of Franklin Resources or its affiliates and do not receive compensation from the Trust.
The Fund is permitted to purchase or sell short-term variable rate demand obligations from or to certain other affiliated funds or portfolios under specified conditions outlined in procedures adopted by the Board. The procedures have been designed to provide assurance that any purchase or sale of securities by the Fund from or to another fund or portfolio that is, or could be considered, an affiliate by virtue of having a common investment manager or
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subadviser (or affiliated investment manager or subadviser), common Trustees and/or common officers complies with Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act. Further, as defined under the procedures, each transaction is effected at the current market price. For the year ended March 31, 2026, such purchase and sale transactions (excluding accrued interest) were $25,100,000 and $27,950,000, respectively. There was no realized gain or loss recognized as a result of these transactions.
3. Investments
During the year ended March 31, 2026, the aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investments (excluding short-term investments) were as follows:
|
Purchases
|
$9,461,212
|
|
Sales
|
7,584,677
|
At March 31, 2026, the aggregate cost of investments and the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were as follows:
|
|
Cost
|
Gross
Unrealized
Appreciation
|
Gross
Unrealized
Depreciation
|
Net
Unrealized
Depreciation
|
|
Securities
|
$154,203,512
|
$1,404,633
|
$(3,076,980)
|
$(1,672,347)
|
4. Derivative instruments and hedging activities
At March 31, 2026, the Fund did not have any derivative instruments outstanding.
The following tables provide information about the effect of derivatives and hedging activities on the Fund's Statement of Operations for the year ended March 31, 2026. The first table provides additional detail about the amounts and sources of gains (losses) realized on derivatives during the period. The second table provides additional information about the change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) resulting from the Fund's derivatives and hedging activities during the period.
|
AMOUNT OF NET REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON DERIVATIVES RECOGNIZED
|
|
|
|
Interest
Rate Risk
|
|
Futures contracts
|
$131,435
|
|
CHANGE IN NET UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) ON DERIVATIVES RECOGNIZED
|
|
|
|
Interest
Rate Risk
|
|
Futures contracts
|
$(52,049
)
|
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During the year ended March 31, 2026, the volume of derivative activity for the Fund was as follows:
|
|
Average Market
Value*
|
|
Futures contracts (to buy)†
|
$338,538
|
|
*
|
Based on the average of the market values at each month-end during the period.
|
|
†
|
At March 31, 2026, there were no open positions held in this derivative.
|
5. Class specific expenses, waivers and/or expense reimbursements
The Fund has adopted a Rule 12b-1 shareholder services and distribution plan and under that plan the Fund pays service and/or distribution fees with respect to its Class A and Class C shares calculated at the annual rate of 0.15% and 0.70% of the average daily net assets of each class, respectively. Service and/or distribution fees are accrued daily and paid monthly.
For the year ended March 31, 2026, class specific expenses were as follows:
|
|
Service and/or
Distribution Fees
|
Transfer Agent
Fees
|
|
Class A
|
$142,005
|
$73,959
|
|
Class C
|
18,517
|
1,897
|
|
Class I
|
-
|
51,310
|
|
Total
|
$160,522
|
$127,166
|
For the year ended March 31, 2026, waivers and/or expense reimbursements by class were as follows:
|
|
Waivers/Expense
Reimbursements
|
|
Class A
|
$32,482
|
|
Class C
|
907
|
|
Class I
|
69,839
|
|
Total
|
$103,228
|
6. Distributions to shareholders by class
|
|
Year Ended
March 31, 2026
|
Year Ended
March 31, 2025
|
|
Net Investment Income:
|
||
|
Class A
|
$3,014,886
|
$3,113,901
|
|
Class C
|
69,800
|
85,133
|
|
Class I
|
1,844,471
|
1,486,296
|
|
Total
|
$4,929,157
|
$4,685,330
|
7. Shares of beneficial interest
At March 31, 2026, the Trust had an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest authorized with a par value of $0.00001 per share. The Fund has the ability to issue multiple
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classes of shares. Each class of shares represents an identical interest and has the same rights, except that each class bears certain direct expenses, including those specifically related to the distribution of its shares.
Transactions in shares of each class were as follows:
|
|
Year Ended
March 31, 2026
|
Year Ended
March 31, 2025
|
||
|
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
Shares
|
Amount
|
|
Class A
|
||||
|
Shares sold
|
1,209,768
|
$13,823,314
|
1,111,434
|
$12,914,016
|
|
Shares issued on reinvestment
|
223,295
|
2,559,932
|
235,971
|
2,733,609
|
|
Shares repurchased
|
(1,825,355
)
|
(20,803,031
)
|
(1,550,743
)
|
(17,964,372
)
|
|
Net decrease
|
(392,292
)
|
$(4,419,785
)
|
(203,338
)
|
$(2,316,747
)
|
|
Class C
|
||||
|
Shares sold
|
5,656
|
$64,087
|
44,699
|
$518,840
|
|
Shares issued on reinvestment
|
5,756
|
65,913
|
6,783
|
78,631
|
|
Shares repurchased
|
(102,228
)
|
(1,175,216
)
|
(91,336
)
|
(1,056,945
)
|
|
Net decrease
|
(90,816
)
|
$(1,045,216
)
|
(39,854
)
|
$(459,474
)
|
|
Class I
|
||||
|
Shares sold
|
1,664,313
|
$19,036,596
|
1,682,988
|
$19,500,555
|
|
Shares issued on reinvestment
|
149,499
|
1,716,631
|
119,879
|
1,390,112
|
|
Shares repurchased
|
(1,236,048
)
|
(14,081,949
)
|
(956,574
)
|
(11,100,003
)
|
|
Net increase
|
577,764
|
$6,671,278
|
846,293
|
$9,790,664
|
8. Transactions with affiliated company
As defined by the 1940 Act, an affiliated company is one in which the Fund owns 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities, or a company which is under common ownership or control with the Fund. The following company was considered an affiliated company for all or some portion of the year ended March 31, 2026. The following transactions were effected in such company for the year ended March 31, 2026.
|
|
Affiliate
Value at
March 31,
2025
|
Purchased
|
Sold
|
||
|
Cost
|
Shares
|
Proceeds
|
Shares
|
||
|
Western Asset
Premier
Institutional
Government
Reserves, Premium
Shares
|
$28,105
|
$4,502,315
|
4,502,315
|
$4,482,925
|
4,482,925
|
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(cont'd)
|
Realized
Gain (Loss)
|
Dividend
Income
|
Net Increase
(Decrease) in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
|
Affiliate
Value at
March 31,
2026
|
|
Western Asset Premier
Institutional
Government Reserves,
Premium Shares
|
-
|
$2,190
|
-
|
$47,495
|
9. Redemption facility
The Fund, together with other U.S. registered and foreign investment funds (collectively, the "Borrowers") managed by Franklin Resources or its affiliates, is a borrower in a joint syndicated senior unsecured credit facility totaling $2.995 billion (the "Global Credit Facility"). The Global Credit Facility provides a source of funds to the Borrowers for temporary and emergency purposes, including the ability to meet future unanticipated or unusually large redemption requests. Unless renewed, the Global Credit Facility will terminate on January 29, 2027.
Under the terms of the Global Credit Facility, the Fund shall, in addition to interest charged on any borrowings made by the Fund and other costs incurred by the Fund, pay its share of fees and expenses incurred in connection with the implementation and maintenance of the Global Credit Facility, based upon its relative share of the aggregate net assets of all the Borrowers, including an annual commitment fee of 0.15% based upon the unused portion of the Global Credit Facility. These fees are reflected in the Statement of Operations. The Fund did not utilize the Global Credit Facility during the year ended March 31, 2026.
10. Income tax information and distributions to shareholders
The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal years ended March 31, was as follows:
|
|
2026
|
2025
|
|
Distributions paid from:
|
||
|
Tax-exempt income
|
$4,927,172
|
$4,677,050
|
|
Ordinary income
|
1,985
|
8,280
|
|
Total distributions paid
|
$4,929,157
|
$4,685,330
|
As of March 31, 2026, the components of distributable earnings (loss) on a tax basis were as follows:
|
Undistributed tax-exempt income - net
|
$216,663
|
|
Deferred capital losses*
|
(10,249,458)
|
|
Other book/tax temporary differences(a)
|
(49,919)
|
|
Unrealized appreciation (depreciation)(b)
|
(1,672,347)
|
|
Total distributable earnings (loss) - net
|
$(11,755,061)
|
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Notes to Financial Statements (cont'd)
|
*
|
These capital losses have been deferred in the current year as either short-term or long-term losses. The losses
will be deemed to occur on the first day of the next taxable year in the same character as they were originally
deferred and will be available to offset future taxable capital gains.
|
|
(a)
|
Other book/tax temporary differences are attributable to the current year dividend payable.
|
|
(b)
|
The difference between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is attributable to the
difference between book and tax accretion methods for market discount on fixed income securities.
|
11. Operating segments
The Fund operates as a single operating segment, which is an investment portfolio. A management group assigned to the Fund within the Fund's investment manager serves as the Chief Operating Decision Maker ("CODM") and is responsible for evaluating the Fund's operating results and allocating resources in accordance with the Fund's investment strategy. Internal reporting provided to the CODM aligns with the accounting policies and measurement principles used in the financial statements.
For information regarding segment assets, segment profit or loss, and significant expenses, refer to the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and the Statement of Operations, along with the related Notes to Financial Statements. The Fund's Schedule of Investments provides details of the Fund's investments that generate returns such as interest, dividends, and realized and unrealized gains or losses. Performance metrics, including portfolio turnover and expense ratios, are disclosed in the Financial Highlights.
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Trustees of Legg Mason Partners Income Trust and Shareholders of Western Asset New Jersey Municipals Fund
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of Western Asset New Jersey Municipals Fund (one of the funds constituting Legg Mason Partners Income Trust, referred to hereafter as the "Fund") as of March 31, 2026, the related statement of operations for the year ended March 31, 2026, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended March 31, 2026, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended March 31, 2026 (collectively referred to as the "financial statements"). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of March 31, 2026, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period ended March 31, 2026 and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period ended March 31, 2026 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Fund's financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of March 31, 2026 by correspondence with the custodian. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Baltimore, Maryland
May 20, 2026
May 20, 2026
We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in the Franklin Templeton Group of Funds since 1948.
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Important Tax Information (unaudited)
By mid-February, tax information related to a shareholder's proportionate share of distributions paid during the preceding calendar year will be received, if applicable. Please also refer to www.franklintempleton.com for per share tax information related to any distributions paid during the preceding calendar year. Shareholders are advised to consult with their tax advisors for further information on the treatment of these amounts on their tax returns.
The following tax information for the Fund is required to be furnished to shareholders with respect to income earned and distributions paid during its fiscal year.
The Fund hereby reports the following amounts, or if subsequently determined to be different, the maximum allowable amounts, for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026:
|
|
Pursuant to:
|
Amount Reported
|
|
Exempt-Interest Dividends Distributed
|
§852(b)(5)(A)
|
$4,927,172
|
|
Qualified Net Interest Income (QII)
|
§871(k)(1)(C)
|
$3,493
|
|
Section 163(j) Interest Earned
|
§163(j)
|
$36,700
|
|
Interest Earned from Federal Obligations
|
Note (1)
|
$165
|
Note (1) - The law varies in each state as to whether and what percentage of dividend income attributable to Federal obligations is exempt from state income tax. Shareholders are advised to consult with their tax advisors to determine if any portion of the dividends received is exempt from state income taxes.
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|
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants
|
For the period covered by this report
|
|
Not applicable.
|
|
|
Results of Meeting(s) of Shareholders
|
For the period covered by this report
|
|
Not applicable.
|
|
|
Remuneration Paid to Directors, Officers and Others
|
For the period covered by this report
|
|
Refer to the financial statements included herein.
|
|
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Western Asset
New Jersey Municipals Fund
Trustees
Robert Abeles, Jr.
Jane F. Dasher
Anita L. DeFrantz
Susan B. Kerley
Michael Larson
Avedick B. Poladian
William E.B. Siart
Chair
Chair
Jaynie M. Studenmund
Peter J. Taylor
Jane Trust
Investment manager
Franklin Templeton Fund Adviser, LLC
Subadviser
Western Asset Management Company, LLC
Distributor
Franklin Distributors, LLC
Custodian
The Bank of New York Mellon
Transfer agent
Franklin Templeton Investor
Services, LLC
3344 Quality Drive
Rancho Cordova, CA 95670-7313
Services, LLC
3344 Quality Drive
Rancho Cordova, CA 95670-7313
Independent registered
public accounting firm
public accounting firm
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore, MD
Western Asset New Jersey Municipals Fund
The Fund is a separate investment series of Legg Mason Partners Income Trust, a Maryland statutory trust.
Western Asset New Jersey Municipals Fund
Legg Mason Funds
One Madison Avenue, 17th Floor
New York, NY 10010
Legg Mason Funds
One Madison Avenue, 17th Floor
New York, NY 10010
The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The Fund's Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. To obtain information on Form N-PORT, shareholders can call the Fund at 877-6LM-FUND/656-3863.
Information on how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the prior 12-month period ended June 30th of each year and a description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies related to portfolio transactions are available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund at 877-6LM-FUND/656-3863,(2) at www.franklintempleton.com and (3) on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of Western Asset New Jersey Municipals Fund. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the Fund unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus.
Investors should consider the Fund's investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses carefully before investing. Theprospectus contains this and other important information about the Fund. Please read the prospectuscarefully before investing.
www.franklintempleton.com
© 2026 Franklin Distributors, LLC, Member FINRA/SIPC. All rights reserved.
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© 2026 Franklin Templeton. All rights reserved.
| ITEM 8. | CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS FOR OPEN-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES. |
The information is disclosed as part of the Financial Statements included in Item 7 of this Form N-CSR.
| ITEM 9. | PROXY DISCLOSURES FOR OPEN-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES. |
The information is disclosed as part of the Financial Statements included in Item 7 of this Form N-CSR.
| ITEM 10. | REMUNERATION PAID TO DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, AND OTHERS OF OPEN-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES. |
The information is disclosed as part of the Financial Statements included in Item 7 of this Form N-CSR.
| ITEM 11. | STATEMENT REGARDING BASIS FOR APPROVAL OF INVESTMENT ADVISORY CONTRACT. |
The information is disclosed as part of the Financial Statements included in Item 7 of this Form N-CSR, as applicable.
| ITEM 12. | DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES. |
Not applicable.
| ITEM 13. | PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES. |
Not applicable.
| ITEM 14. | PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS. |
Not applicable.
| ITEM 15. | SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS. |
There have been no changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant's Board of Trustees that would require disclosure herein.
| ITEM 16. | CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES. |
| (a) | The Registrants acknowledge the Staff's comment. In future filings on Form N-CSR, the certifications required by Rule 30a-2 and Item 19(a)(3) will include the designations "principal executive officer" and "principal financial officer" in the signature blocks, reflecting the capacity in which each signatory executes the certification, in conformity with the language of the Rule and Form N-CSR. The Registrants may also include each signatory's actual title with respect to the Funds alongside the required designation. |
| (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 period covered by this report that have materially affected or are likely to materially affect the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting. |
| ITEM 17. | DISCLOSURE OF SECURITIES LENDING ACTIVITIES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES. |
Not applicable.
| ITEM 18. | RECOVERY OF ERRONEOUSLY AWARDED COMPENSATION. |
| (a) | Not applicable. |
| (b) | Not applicable. |
| ITEM 19. | EXHIBITS. |
Exhibit 99.CODE ETH
Exhibit 99.CERT
Exhibit 99.906CERT
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, there unto duly authorized.
Legg Mason Partners Income Trust
| By: | /s/ Jane Trust | |
| Jane Trust | ||
| Chief Executive Officer | ||
| Date: | May 26, 2026 |
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: | May 26, 2026 |
| By: | /s/ Christopher Berarducci | |
| Christopher Berarducci | ||
| Principal Financial Officer | ||
| Date: | May 26, 2026 |
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