Morgan Stanley ownership in WEA / Western Asset Premier Bond Fund

Western Asset Premier Bond Fund

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Security	WEA / Western Asset Premier Bond Fund
Institution	Morgan Stanley
Latest Disclosed Ownership	2,106,991 shares
Ownership	17.80%

2026-05-12 - Morgan Stanley has filed an SCHEDULE 13G/A form with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) disclosing ownership of 2,106,991 shares of Western Asset Premier Bond Fund (US:WEA). This represents 17.8 percent ownership of the company. In their previous filing dated 2025-08-07 , Morgan Stanley had reported owning 1,855,693 shares, indicating an increase of 13.54 percent.

Institutional Ownership: 13D/G Filings

This table shows a history of the 13D/G filings made by the investor and/or investor group. Note that the share values in this table are not directly comparable to any numbers shown in the 13F table (if any).

File Date	Effective Date	Form	Prev Shares	Latest Shares	ΔShares (Percent)	Ownership (Percent)	ΔOwnership (Percent)
2026-05-12	2026-05-12	13G/A	1,855,693	2,106,991	13.54	17.80	14.10
2025-08-07	2025-08-07	13G/A	1,703,059	1,855,693	8.96	15.60	8.33
2025-05-07	2025-05-07	13G/A	1,538,313	1,703,059	10.71	14.40	10.77
2025-02-05	2025-02-05	13G/A	1,404,922	1,538,313	9.49	13.00	10.17
2024-11-08	2024-11-08	13G/A	1,227,924	1,404,922	14.41	11.80	14.56
2024-06-10	2024-06-10	13G/A	846,356	1,227,924	45.08	10.30	45.07
2024-02-09	2024-02-09	13G		846,356		7.10

Important Note: One of the primary uses of the 13D/G filings is to evaluate the ability of a firm to control a company (ie, the "beneficial ownership"). To that end, firms are required to report not just direct holdings in companies, but indirect holdings that they control. For investment firms, these indirect holdings can include shares in funds they manage, advisory accounts, and in the case of activist campaigns, pledged votes. Therefore, share counts listed in 13D/G filings can differ significantly than share counts listed in 13F filings.

Institutional Ownership: 13F and NPORT Filings

The Security and Class in the table below are shown exactly as filed by the investor. We do our best to track continuity of investments through acquisitions, and this will be reflected in the table as changes in names. In addition to descriptive data, performance of the investment is shown over time. To calculate quarterly performance, we first calculate cost basis of the shares purchased during the quarter, then use that to calculate gross profit. Quarterly return is Gross Profit / Starting Portfolio value.

Note that cost basis is calculated and stored in thousands, so small quarterly changes in shares frequently result in a cost basis of zero.

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Disclosed Equity Positions (from 13F/NPORT Filings)

File Date	Effective Date	Form	Security	Class	ID	Reported Shares	ΔShares	ΔShares (%)	Reported Value (x1000)	ΔValue (%)	Alloc (%)
2026-05-15	2026-03-31	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	2,106,991	139,871	7.11	22,292	2.74	0.0013
2026-05-27	2025-12-31	13F/A-1	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	1,967,120	27,798	1.43	21,697	-0.37	0.0013
2026-02-13	2025-12-31	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	1,967,120	27,798		21,697		0.0013
2026-05-27	2025-09-30	13F/A-1	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	1,939,322	83,630	4.51	21,779	8.17	0.0013
2025-11-14	2025-09-30	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	1,939,322	83,630		21,779		0.0013
2025-08-15	2025-06-30	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	1,855,692	152,633	8.96	20,134	5.46	0.0013
2025-05-15	2025-03-31	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	1,703,059	164,746	10.71	19,091	15.24	0.0014
2025-05-15	2024-12-31	13F/A-1	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	1,538,313	133,392	9.49	16,568	4.54	0.0012
2025-02-14	2024-12-31	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	1,538,313	133,392		16,568		0.0012
2025-05-14	2024-09-30	13F/A-2	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	1,404,921	137,354	10.84	15,848	19.19	0.0011
2025-02-14	2024-09-30	13F/A-1	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	1,404,921	137,354		15,848		0.0011
2024-11-14	2024-09-30	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	1,404,921	137,354		15,848		0.0001
2025-05-14	2024-06-30	13F/A-2	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	1,267,567	433,022	51.89	13,297	49.75	0.0010
2024-10-17	2024-06-30	13F/A-1	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	1,267,567	433,022		13,297		0.0010
2024-08-14	2024-06-30	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	1,267,567	433,022		13,297		0.0010
2024-10-17	2024-03-31	13F/A-2	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	834,545	-11,813	-1.40	8,880	-2.86	0.0007
2024-08-16	2024-03-31	13F/A-1	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	834,545	-11,813		8,880		0.0007
2024-05-15	2024-03-31	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	834,545	-11,813		8,880		0.0007
2024-08-16	2023-12-31	13F/A-1	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	846,358	113,660	15.51	9,141	23.65	0.0008
2024-02-13	2023-12-31	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	846,358	113,660		9,141		0.0008
2023-11-15	2023-09-30	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	732,698	-84,241	-10.31	7,393	-11.20	0.0008
2023-08-14	2023-06-30	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	816,939	294,860	56.48	8,325	56.32	0.0008
2023-05-15	2023-03-31	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	522,079	-37,415	-6.69	5,325	-10.55	0.0006
2023-02-14	2022-12-31	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	559,494	80,588	16.83	5,953	26.98	0.0007
2022-11-14	2022-09-30	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	478,906	-9,384	-1.92	4,688	-9.25	0.0006
2022-10-27	2022-06-30	13F/A-1	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	488,290	200,600	69.73	5,166	49.65	0.0007
2022-08-15	2022-06-30	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	488,290	200,600		5,166		0.0007
2022-10-27	2022-03-31	13F/A-1	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	287,690	95,803	49.93	3,452	25.53	0.0005
2022-05-13	2022-03-31	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	287,690	95,803		3,452		0.0005
2022-02-14	2021-12-31	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	191,887	8,435	4.60	2,750	6.18	0.0003
2021-11-15	2021-09-30	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	183,452	8,354	4.77	2,590	0.50	0.0003
2021-08-23	2021-06-30	13F/A-1	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	175,098	4,171	2.44	2,577	7.29	0.0003
2021-08-16	2021-06-30	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	175,098	4,171		2,577		0.0001
2021-05-17	2021-03-31	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	170,927	4,268	2.56	2,402	1.69	0.0004
2021-02-16	2020-12-31	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	166,659	-3,181	-1.87	2,362	7.66	0.0004
2020-11-13	2020-09-30	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	169,840	-4,030	-2.32	2,194	-3.90	0.0004
2020-08-14	2020-06-30	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	173,870	954	0.55	2,283	17.14	0.0005
2020-05-26	2020-03-31	13F/A-1	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	172,916	-123,547	-41.67	1,949	-55.12	0.0005
2020-05-15	2020-03-31	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	172,916	-123,547		1,949		149.7238
2020-02-14	2019-12-31	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	296,463	-75,864	-20.38	4,343	-17.92	0.0010
2019-11-14	2019-09-30	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	372,327	-218,651	-37.00	5,291	-34.55	0.0014
2019-08-14	2019-06-30	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	590,978	23,173	4.08	8,084	8.85	0.0022
2019-05-15	2019-03-31	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	567,805	140,223	32.79	7,427	43.68	0.0021
2019-02-14	2018-12-31	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	427,582	345,804	422.86	5,169	393.23	0.0015
2019-04-23	2018-09-30	13F/A-2	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	81,778	12,527	18.09	1,048	20.18	0.0003
2018-11-20	2018-09-30	13F/A-1	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	81,778	0		1,048		0.0003
2018-11-14	2018-09-30	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	81,778	12,527		1,048
2019-04-23	2018-06-30	13F/A-1	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	69,251	138	0.20	872	-2.46	0.0002
2018-08-14	2018-06-30	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	69,251	138		872
2019-04-23	2018-03-31	13F/A-1	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	69,113	4,810	7.48	894	0.68	0.0002
2018-05-14	2018-03-31	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	69,113	4,810		894
2019-04-23	2017-12-31	13F/A-1	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	64,303	-7,957	-11.01	888	-11.20	0.0002
2018-02-14	2017-12-31	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	64,303	-7,957		888
2017-11-14	2017-09-30	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	72,260	17,149	31.12	1,000	29.70	0.0003
2017-08-11	2017-06-30	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	55,111	4,609	9.13	771	14.22	0.0002
2017-05-22	2017-03-31	13F/A-1	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	50,502	3,825	8.19	675	11.75	0.0002
2017-05-12	2017-03-31	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	50,502			675
2017-02-22	2016-12-31	13F/A-1	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	46,677	4,001	9.38	604	5.41	0.0002
2017-02-13	2016-12-31	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	46,677			604
2016-11-10	2016-09-30	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	42,676	-177	-0.41	573	0.53	0.0002
2016-08-12	2016-06-30	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	42,853	5,980	16.22	570	23.11	0.0002
2016-05-12	2016-03-31	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	36,873	6,492	21.37	463	25.47	0.0002
2016-02-09	2015-12-31	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	30,381	-2,513	-7.64	369	-9.78	0.0001
2016-02-08	2015-09-30	13F/A-1	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	32,894	2,999	10.03	409	2.25	0.0002
2015-11-09	2015-09-30	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	32,894			409
2015-08-12	2015-06-30	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	29,895	-415	-1.37	400	-5.44	0.0001
2015-05-14	2015-03-31	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	30,310	-4,336	-12.52	423	-12.06	0.0002
2015-02-13	2014-12-31	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	34,646	3,842	12.47	481	9.07	0.0002
2014-12-16	2014-09-30	13F/A-1	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	30,804	7,252	30.79	441	28.95	0.0002
2014-11-14	2014-09-30	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	30,804			441
2014-05-13	2014-03-31	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	23,552	-2,715	-10.34	342	-10.47	0.0001
2014-02-13	2013-12-31	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	SHS BEN INT	957664105	26,267	-78	-0.30	382	2.41	0.0002
2013-11-13	2013-09-30	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	COM	957664105	26,345	-2,160	-7.58	373	-10.98	0.0002
2013-08-08	2013-06-30	13F	WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BD FD	COM	957664105	28,505	28,505		419		0.0002

Legend

Shares: The total number of shares held by the institution at the end of the reporting period (the effective date). This is provided in the filing.
Value: The total value of the shares as of the effective date. This is provided in the filing.
Avg. Share Price: The weighted average share price of the shares held by the institution. We use FIFO accounting to determine this price
Class: This is the security class as indicated by the filer. There are a variety of values for this field. Common values include "EC" = equity common, "EP" - equity preferred

Allocation (%): The percent of the institution's portfolio that this position represents. This is provided in NPORT filings. For 13F filings, we calculate it.
Change in Allocation: The change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as current allocation - prior allocation.
Change in Allocation (%): The percent change in allocation from the prior reporting period. This is calculated as (current allocation - prior allocation) / prior allocation.
Cost Basis: The total cost of the shares held. This is calculated as reported shares * avg. share price
Unrealized Gain/Loss: This is the market value of the position as of the effective date minus the cost basis.