UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-Q

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

 

Investment Company Act file number

811-21098

 

 

LMP Real Estate Income Fund Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

55 Water Street, New York, NY

 

10041

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

Robert I. Frenkel, Esq.
Legg Mason & Co., LLC
100 First Stamford Place
Stamford, CT 06902

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:

1-800-451-2010

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

December 31

 

 

 

 

Date of reporting period:

September 30, 2008

 

 



 

ITEM 1.                                                     SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 



 

LMP REAL ESTATE INCOME FUND INC.

 

FORM N-Q

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

 



 

LMP Real Estate Income Fund Inc.

 

Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

 

September 30, 2008

 

Shares

 

 

 

Security

 

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS — 68.0%

 

 

 

Apartments — 7.1%

 

 

 

200,000

 

 

 

Camden Property Trust

 

$

 9,172,000

 

60,000

 

 

 

Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc.

 

2,948,400

 

140,000

 

 

 

UDR Inc.

 

3,661,000

 

 

 

 

 

Total Apartments

 

15,781,400

 

Diversified — 1.1%

 

 

 

140,000

 

 

 

Lexington Corporate Properties Trust

 

2,410,800

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health Care — 15.8%

 

 

 

180,000

 

 

 

HCP Inc.

 

7,223,400

 

110,000

 

 

 

Healthcare Realty Trust Inc.

 

3,206,500

 

150,000

 

 

 

Nationwide Health Properties Inc.

 

5,397,000

 

440,000

 

 

 

OMEGA Healthcare Investors Inc.

 

8,650,400

 

452,000

 

 

 

Senior Housing Properties Trust

 

10,771,160

 

 

 

 

 

Total Health Care

 

35,248,460

 

Industrial — 3.4%

 

 

 

400,000

 

 

 

DCT Industrial Trust Inc.

 

2,996,000

 

262,500

 

 

 

First Potomac Realty Trust

 

4,512,375

 

 

 

 

 

Total Industrial

 

7,508,375

 

Industrial/Office - Mixed — 3.8%

 

 

 

226,300

 

 

 

Liberty Property Trust

 

8,520,195

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lodging/Resorts — 1.5%

 

 

 

465,000

 

 

 

Ashford Hospitality Trust

 

1,883,250

 

65,000

 

 

 

Hospitality Properties Trust

 

1,333,800

 

 

 

 

 

Total Lodging/Resorts

 

3,217,050

 

Office — 12.1%

 

 

 

305,000

 

 

 

Brandywine Realty Trust

 

4,889,150

 

800,000

 

 

 

HRPT Properties Trust

 

5,512,000

 

135,000

 

 

 

Kilroy Realty Corp.

 

6,451,650

 

145,000

 

 

 

Mack-Cali Realty Corp.

 

4,911,150

 

134,500

 

 

 

Parkway Properties Inc.

 

5,092,170

 

 

 

 

 

Total Office

 

26,856,120

 

Regional Malls — 6.3%

 

 

 

150,000

 

 

 

CBL & Associates Properties Inc.

 

3,012,000

 

196,000

 

 

 

Glimcher Realty Trust

 

2,046,240

 

142,000

 

 

 

Macerich Co.

 

9,038,300

 

 

 

 

 

Total Regional Malls

 

14,096,540

 

Retail - Free Standing — 4.8%

 

 

 

225,000

 

 

 

National Retail Properties Inc.

 

5,388,750

 

210,000

 

 

 

Realty Income Corp.

 

5,376,000

 

 

 

 

 

Total Retail - Free Standing

 

10,764,750

 

Self Storage — 1.7%

 

 

 

250,000

 

 

 

Extra Space Storage Inc.

 

3,840,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shopping Centers — 6.5%

 

 

 

175,000

 

 

 

Cedar Shopping Centers Inc.

 

2,313,500

 

170,000

 

 

 

Developers Diversified Realty Corp.

 

5,387,300

 

180,000

 

 

 

Kite Realty Group Trust

 

1,980,000

 

225,000

 

 

 

Primaris Retail Real Estate Investment Trust

 

3,459,257

 

30,000

 

 

 

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers Inc.

 

1,313,700

 

 

 

 

 

Total Shopping Centers

 

14,453,757

 

Specialty — 3.9%

 

 

 

160,000

 

 

 

Entertainment Properties Trust

 

8,755,200

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost — $125,404,332)

 

151,452,647

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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LMP Real Estate Income Fund Inc.

 

Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

September 30, 2008

 

Shares

 

 

 

Security

 

Value

 

PREFERRED STOCKS — 31.7%

 

 

 

Apartments — 4.6%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apartment Investment & Management Co., Cumulative:

 

 

 

40,000

 

 

 

Series G, 9.375%

 

$

860,000

 

113,000

 

 

 

Series U, 7.750%

 

1,966,200

 

120,000

 

 

 

Series Y, 7.875%

 

2,040,000

 

195,000

 

 

 

BRE Properties Inc., Series C, 6.750%

 

3,523,650

 

105,000

 

 

 

UDR Inc., 6.750%

 

1,932,000

 

 

 

 

 

Total Apartments

 

10,321,850

 

Diversified — 8.1%

 

 

 

175,000

 

 

 

Duke Realty Corp., 6.950%

 

2,870,000

 

90,000

 

 

 

LBA Realty Fund LP, 8.750% (a)

 

3,060,000

 

 

 

 

 

PS Business Parks Inc.:

 

 

 

125,000

 

 

 

Cumulative Redeemable, Series O, 7.375%

 

2,098,750

 

108,400

 

 

 

Series M, 7.200%

 

1,783,180

 

200,000

 

 

 

Public Storage Inc., Cumulative Redeemable, Series L, 6.750%

 

3,456,000

 

 

 

 

 

Vornado Realty Trust:

 

 

 

150,000

 

 

 

Cumulative Redeemable, Series G, 6.625%

 

2,475,000

 

142,400

 

 

 

Series H, 6.750%

 

2,380,928

 

 

 

 

 

Total Diversified

 

18,123,858

 

Health Care — 2.4%

 

 

 

150,000

 

 

 

HCP Inc., Series F, 7.100%

 

2,692,500

 

120,400

 

 

 

OMEGA Healthcare Investors Inc., Cumulative Redeemable, Series D, 8.375%

 

2,636,760

 

 

 

 

 

Total Health Care

 

5,329,260

 

Lodging/Resorts — 3.3%

 

 

 

150,000

 

 

 

Ashford Hospitality Trust, Series D, 8.450%

 

1,650,000

 

71,100

 

 

 

Hospitality Properties Trust, Cumulative Redeemable, Series B, 8.875%

 

1,137,600

 

90,000

 

 

 

LaSalle Hotel Properties, Cumulative Redeemable, Series G, 7.250%

 

1,229,067

 

160,000

 

 

 

Strategic Hotels Capital Inc., 8.250%

 

1,850,000

 

100,100

 

 

 

Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc., Cumulative Redeemable, Series A, 8.000%

 

1,460,840

 

 

 

 

 

Total Lodging/Resorts

 

7,327,507

 

Office — 3.5%

 

 

 

196,000

 

 

 

BioMed Realty Trust Inc., Series A, 7.375%

 

3,494,680

 

50,000

 

 

 

Brandywine Realty Trust, Series D, 7.375%

 

707,500

 

110,000

 

 

 

Corporate Office Properties Trust, Cumulative Redeemable, Series J, 7.625%

 

2,363,900

 

76,183

 

 

 

HRPT Properties Trust, Cumulative Redeemable, Series B, 8.750%

 

1,302,729

 

 

 

 

 

Total Office

 

7,868,809

 

Regional Malls — 1.4%

 

 

 

85,000

 

 

 

Glimcher Realty Trust, Cumulative Redeemable, Series F, 8.750%

 

984,300

 

100,000

 

 

 

Taubman Centers Inc., Cumulative Redeemable, Series H, 7.625%

 

2,006,250

 

 

 

 

 

Total Regional Malls

 

2,990,550

 

Retail - Free Standing — 2.2%

 

 

 

96,000

 

 

 

National Retail Properties Inc., Cumulative Redeemable, Series C, 7.375%

 

1,842,000

 

 

 

 

 

Realty Income Corp., Cumulative Redeemable:

 

 

 

25,200

 

 

 

Series D, 7.375%

 

533,736

 

129,600

 

 

 

Series E, 6.750%

 

2,430,000

 

 

 

 

 

Total Retail - Free Standing

 

4,805,736

 

Shopping Centers — 6.2%

 

 

 

73,000

 

 

 

Cedar Shopping Centers Inc., Cumulative Redeemable, Series A, 8.875%

 

1,606,000

 

23,300

 

 

 

Developers Diversified Realty Corp., Cumulative Redeemable, Class G, 8.000%

 

382,353

 

209,100

 

 

 

Kimco Realty Corp., 7.750%

 

4,267,731

 

80,000

 

 

 

Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc., Cumulative, Series C, 8.500%

 

7,420,000

 

 

 

 

 

Total Shopping Centers

 

13,676,084

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Cost — $99,459,975)

 

70,443,654

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Cost — $224,864,307)

 

221,896,301

 

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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LMP Real Estate Income Fund Inc.

 

Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

 

September 30, 2008

 

Face

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amount

 

 

 

Security

 

Value

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT — 0.3%

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreement — 0.3%

 

 

 

$

 738,000

 

 

 

Interest in $482,062,000 joint tri-party repurchase agreement dated 9/30/08 with Barclays Capital Inc., 2.000% due 10/1/08; Proceeds at maturity - $738,041; (Fully collateralized by various U.S. government agency obligations, 2.624% to 4.000% due 5/13/09 to 8/26/11; Market value - $752,764)
(Cost - $738,000)

 

738,000

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.0% (Cost — $225,602,307#)

 

$

 222,634,301

 

 

(a)

Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.  This security may be resold in transactions that are exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.  This security has been deemed liquid pursuant to guidelines approved by the Board of Directors, unless otherwise noted.

#

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

 

See Notes to Schedule of Investments.

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

 

1. Organization and Significant Accounting Policies

 

LMP Real Estate Income Fund Inc. (the “Fund”) was incorporated in Maryland and is registered as a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). The Fund’s primary investment objective is high current income and the Fund’s secondary objective is capital appreciation.

 

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

 

(a) Repurchase Agreements.  When entering into repurchase agreements, it is the Fund’s policy that its custodian or a third party custodian take possession of the underlying collateral securities, the market value of which, at all times, at least equals the principal amount of the repurchase transaction, including accrued interest. To the extent that any repurchase transaction exceeds one business day, the value of the collateral is marked-to-market to ensure the adequacy of the collateral. If the seller defaults, and the market value of the collateral declines or if bankruptcy proceedings are commenced with respect to the seller of the security, realization of the collateral by the Fund may be delayed or limited.

 

(b) Concentration Risk.  The Fund invests in securities related to the real estate industry and is subject to the risks of real estate markets, including fluctuating property values, changes in interest rates and other mortgage- related risks.

 

(c) Swap Contracts.  Swaps involve the exchange by the Fund with another party of the respective amounts payable with respect to a notional principal amount related to one or more indices or securities. The Fund may enter into these transactions to preserve a return or spread on a particular investment or portion of its assets, as a duration management technique, or to protect against any increase in the price of securities the Fund anticipates purchasing at a later date. The Fund may also use these transactions for speculative purposes, such as to obtain the price performance of a security without actually purchasing the security in circumstances where, for example, the subject security is illiquid, is unavailable for direct investment or available only on less attractive terms.

 

Swaps have risks associated with them, including possible default by the counterparty to the transaction, illiquidity and, where swaps are used as hedges, the risk that the use of a swap could result in losses greater than if the swap had not been employed.

 

(d) Foreign Currency Translation.  Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts based upon prevailing exchange rates at the date of valuation.  Purchases and sales of investment securities and income and expense items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts based upon prevailing exchange rates on the respective dates of such transactions.

 

Foreign security and currency transactions may involve certain considerations and risks not typically associated with those of U.S. dollar denominated transactions as a result of, among other factors, the possibility of lower levels of governmental supervision and regulation of foreign securities markets and the possibility of political or economic instability.

 

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

 

2.  Investment Valuation

 

Effective January 1, 2008, the Fund adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157 (“FAS 157”).  FAS 157 establishes a single definition of fair value, creates a three-tier hierarchy as a framework for measuring fair value based on inputs used to value the Fund’s investments, and requires additional disclosure about fair value.  The hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

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

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

 

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Notes to Schedule of Investments (unaudited) continued

 

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

 

Equity securities for which market quotations are available are valued at the last reported sales price or official closing price on the primary market or exchange on which they trade.  Debt securities are valued at the mean between the last quoted bid and asked prices provided by an independent pricing service that are based on transactions in debt obligations, quotations from bond dealers, market transactions in comparable securities and various other relationships between securities. When prices are not readily available, or are determined not to reflect fair value, 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 may value these securities at fair value as determined in accordance with the procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Directors. Short-term obligations with maturities of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value.

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Portfolio’s assets carried at fair value:

 

 

 

September 30, 2008

 

Quoted Prices
(Level 1)

 

Other Significant
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)

 

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)

 

Investments in Securities

 

$

222,634,301

 

$

221,896,301

 

$

738,000

 

 

Other Financial Instruments*

 

(1,294,156

)

 

(1,294,156

)

 

Total

 

$

221,340,145

 

$

221,896,301

 

$

(556,156

)

 

 

* Other financial instruments includes interest rate swaps.

 

3.  Investments

 

At September 30, 2008, the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were substantially as follows:

 

Gross unrealized appreciation

 

$40,540,928

 

Gross unrealized depreciation

 

(43,508,934

)

Net unrealized depreciation

 

$(2,968,006

)

 

At September 30, 2008, the Fund held the following interest rate swap contracts:

 

SWAP COUNTERPARTY

 

NOTIONAL
AMOUNT

 

TERMINATION
DATE

 

PERIODIC
PAYMENTS
MADE BY THE
FUND *

 

PERIODIC
PAYMENTS
RECEIVED BY
THE FUND *

 

UNREALIZED
DEPRECIATION

 

Interest Rate Swaps:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Merrill Lynch Capital Services, Inc.

 

$

30,000,000

 

7/22/12

 

4.440%

 

1-Month LIBOR

 

$(834,195

)

Merrill Lynch Capital Services, Inc.

 

19,500,000

 

11/25/09

 

4.117%

 

1-Month LIBOR

 

(236,009

)

Merrill Lynch Capital Services, Inc.

 

20,000,000

 

12/5/10

 

3.780%

 

1-Month LIBOR

 

(223,952

)

Net unrealized depreciation on open swap contracts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$(1,294,156

)

 

*  Percentage shown is an annual percentage rate.

 

4.  Recent Accounting Pronouncement

 

In March 2008, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued the Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 161, Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (“FAS 161”). FAS 161 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008. FAS 161 requires enhanced disclosures about the Fund’s derivative and hedging activities, including how such activities are accounted for and their effect on the Fund’s financial position, performance and cash flows. Management is currently evaluating the impact the adoption of FAS 161 will have on the Fund’s financial statements and related disclosures.

 

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ITEM 2.                  CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

 

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

 

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

 

ITEM 3.                  EXHIBITS.

 

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

 



 

SIGNATURES

 

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

 

LMP Real Estate Income Fund Inc.

 

By

/s/ R. Jay Gerken

 

 

R. Jay Gerken

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

November 25, 2008

 

 

 

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

 

By

/s/ R. Jay Gerken

 

 

R. Jay Gerken

 

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

November 25, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

By

/s/ Kaprel Ozsolak

 

 

Kaprel Ozsolak

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

November 25, 2008