UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-Q

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

Investment Company Act file number                     811-21511

 

Lazard Global Total Return and Income Fund, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)

 

30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, New York 10112

(Address of principal executive offices)          (Zip code)

 

Nathan A. Paul, Esq.
Lazard Asset Management LLC
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, New York 10112

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:                (212) 632-6000

 

Date of fiscal year end: 12/31
   
Date of reporting period: 3/31/2013
 
Item 1.Schedule of Investments.

 

Lazard Global Total Return and Income Fund, Inc.

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2013 (unaudited)

 

Description  Shares   Value 
Common Stocks — 92.7%        
         
Australia — 1.5%        
         
BHP Billiton, Ltd. Sponsored ADR   38,500   $2,634,555 
           
Finland — 1.2%          
           
Sampo Oyj, A Shares ADR   109,500    2,108,970 
           
France — 5.6%          
           
GDF Suez Sponsored ADR   75,981    1,463,394 
Sanofi SA ADR   105,200    5,373,616 
Total SA Sponsored ADR   64,000    3,070,720 
         9,907,730 
           
Germany — 2.7%          
           
SAP AG Sponsored ADR   59,300    4,776,022 
           
Ireland — 2.1%          
           
CRH PLC Sponsored ADR   168,070    3,712,666 
           
Israel — 1.0%          
           
Israel Chemicals, Ltd. ADR   140,700    1,820,658 
           
Italy — 1.9%          
           
Eni SpA Sponsored ADR   74,250    3,333,082 
           
Japan — 8.6%          
           
Canon, Inc. Sponsored ADR   44,700    1,640,043 
Hoya Corp. Sponsored ADR   73,500    1,384,005 
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. ADR   1,050,900    6,305,400 
Nomura Holdings, Inc. ADR   413,045    2,548,488 
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.
Sponsored ADR
   393,600    3,211,776 
         15,089,712 
           
Singapore — 2.5%          
           
Singapore Telecommunications, Ltd. ADR   151,100    4,377,367 
           
Spain — 1.3%          
           
Banco Santander SA Sponsored ADR   349,623    2,380,933 
           
Switzerland — 9.1%          
           
Novartis AG ADR   78,900    5,620,836 
Roche Holding AG Sponsored ADR   92,400    5,414,640 
UBS AG   154,572    2,378,863 
Zurich Insurance Group AG ADR   92,500    2,580,759 
         15,995,098 
           
United Kingdom — 14.3%          
           
BP PLC Sponsored ADR   102,155    4,326,264 
British American Tobacco PLC Sponsored
ADR
   37,700    4,035,785 
GlaxoSmithKline PLC Sponsored ADR   80,200    3,762,182 
HSBC Holdings PLC Sponsored ADR   120,034    6,402,614 
Unilever PLC Sponsored ADR   99,100    4,185,984 

 

Description  Shares   Value 
Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC ADR   120,300   $2,528,706 
         25,241,535 
           
United States — 40.9%          
           
Cisco Systems, Inc.   220,400    4,608,564 
Comcast Corp., Class A   106,120    4,204,475 
ConocoPhillips   32,900    1,977,290 
Emerson Electric Co.   67,600    3,776,812 
Halliburton Co.   89,900    3,632,859 
Honeywell International, Inc.   64,700    4,875,145 
Intel Corp.   155,400    3,395,490 
International Business Machines Corp.   24,460    5,217,318 
Johnson & Johnson   72,040    5,873,421 
Merck & Co., Inc.   75,300    3,330,519 
Microsoft Corp.   187,525    5,365,090 
Oracle Corp.   100,440    3,248,230 
PepsiCo, Inc.   41,100    3,251,421 
Pfizer, Inc.   87,566    2,527,155 
The Bank of New York Mellon Corp.   103,600    2,899,764 
The Home Depot, Inc.   69,735    4,866,108 
United Technologies Corp.   47,200    4,409,896 
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.   62,800    4,699,324 
         72,158,881 
           
Total Common Stocks
(Identified cost $150,526,342)
        163,537,209 

 

  Principal     
   Amount     
Description  (000) (a)   Value 
Foreign Government Obligations — 10.5%          
           
Brazil — 3.3%          
           
Brazil NTN-B:          
6.00%, 05/15/15   4,330   $5,273,386 
6.00%, 08/15/16   503    616,273 
         5,889,659 
           
Colombia — 0.1%          
           
Republic of Colombia,
12.00%, 10/22/15
   305,000    201,078 
           
Hungary — 0.2%          
           
Hungary Treasury Bill,
0.00%, 04/17/13
   88,700    372,908 
           
Mexico — 2.1%          
           
Mexican Bonos:          
7.00%, 06/19/14   19,360    1,620,845 
9.50%, 12/18/14   16,100    1,418,336 
Mexican Udibonos,
5.00%, 06/16/16
   7,313    665,775 
         3,704,956 
 

Lazard Global Total Return and Income Fund, Inc.

Portfolio of Investments (continued)

March 31, 2013 (unaudited)

 

  Principal     
   Amount     
Description  (000) (a)   Value 
Romania — 1.4%          
           
Romania Government Bonds:          
5.85%, 07/28/14   4,500   $1,311,468 
5.80%, 10/26/15   2,000    584,361 
5.90%, 07/26/17   1,700    498,809 
         2,394,638 
           
Russia — 0.7%          
           
Russian Government Bonds - OFZ:          
7.50%, 02/27/19   11,500    388,821 
7.60%, 04/14/21   27,300    921,625 
         1,310,446 
           
South Africa — 0.3%          
           
Republic of South Africa,
5.50%, 12/07/23
   2,727    438,901 
           
Turkey — 1.4%          
           
Turkey Government Bonds:          
8.00%, 10/09/13   800    446,537 
10.00%, 12/04/13   540    305,919 
3.00%, 07/21/21   2,769    1,738,743 
         2,491,199 
           
Uruguay — 1.0%          
           
Uruguay Monetary Regulation Bills:          
0.00%, 05/09/13   2,350    123,587 
0.00%, 06/27/13   4,650    241,546 
0.00%, 07/05/13   19,770    1,025,240 
0.00%, 08/15/13   6,000    307,399 
         1,697,772 
Total Foreign Government Obligations
(Identified cost $17,822,428)
        18,501,557 

 

Description  Shares   Value 
Short-Term Investment — 3.1%          
           
State Street Institutional Treasury Money
Market Fund
(Identified cost $5,451,477)
   5,451,477   $5,451,477 
           
Total Investments — 106.3%
(Identified cost $173,800,247) (b), (c)
       $187,490,243 
           
Liabilities in Excess of Cash and
Other Assets — (6.3)%
        (11,185,167)
           
Net Assets — 100.0%       $176,305,076 
 

Lazard Global Total Return and Income Fund, Inc.

Portfolio of Investments (continued)

March 31, 2013 (unaudited)

 

Forward Currency Purchase Contracts open at March 31, 2013:

 

Currency  Counterparty  Expiration
Date
  Foreign Currency
Amount
   U.S. $ Cost
on Origination
Date
   U.S. $
Current
Value
   Unrealized
Appreciation
   Unrealized
Depreciation
 
BRL  RBC  04/02/13   2,371,684   $1,180,530   $1,173,666   $   $6,864 
BRL  RBC  05/03/13   1,617,945    811,000    797,876        13,124 
CLP  CIT  04/29/13   394,627,860    827,000    833,637    6,637     
CLP  RBC  04/08/13   395,883,250    833,000    838,881    5,881     
CLP  UBS  04/10/13   425,731,740    894,000    901,864    7,864     
CLP  UBS  04/15/13   238,644,000    504,000    505,167    1,167     
CNY  BRC  04/26/13   9,369,120    1,490,000    1,505,549    15,549     
CNY  HSB  06/19/13   7,667,636    1,221,000    1,228,529    7,529     
CNY  JPM  05/28/13   10,457,170    1,660,000    1,677,424    17,424     
COP  CIT  04/23/13   1,341,315,000    738,000    733,360        4,640 
COP  JPM  05/21/13   1,601,586,000    880,718    873,639        7,079 
COP  UBS  04/11/13   894,140,000    494,000    489,403        4,597 
COP  UBS  04/24/13   1,759,660,740    985,749    962,001        23,748 
CZK  BNP  04/05/13   804,675    40,066    40,018        48 
CZK  BNP  04/05/13   16,788,103    851,000    834,907        16,093 
CZK  BNP  07/08/13   16,945,611    858,910    843,292        15,618 
CZK  JPM  05/06/13   16,869,132    858,465    839,131        19,334 
CZK  JPM  06/06/13   17,029,608    864,309    847,299        17,010 
CZK  JPM  06/06/13   18,737,736    953,271    932,286        20,985 
DOP  CIT  04/15/13   7,088,400    175,891    172,719        3,172 
DOP  CIT  04/16/13   13,565,650    336,533    330,466        6,067 
EUR  BNP  04/30/13   499,000    648,650    639,756        8,894 
EUR  BNP  05/20/13   249,500    324,575    319,926        4,649 
EUR  BRC  06/25/13   279,776    363,031    358,846        4,185 
EUR  CIT  04/11/13   161,000    209,172    206,389        2,783 
EUR  CIT  04/11/13   374,000    484,592    479,438        5,154 
EUR  CIT  05/20/13   2,192,557    2,938,509    2,811,440        127,069 
EUR  JPM  05/28/13   443,408    584,000    568,602        15,398 
GHS  SCB  04/17/13   250,000    125,313    128,165    2,852     
GHS  SCB  04/19/13   240,500    122,704    123,176    472     
GHS  SCB  04/22/13   2,012,000    1,026,007    1,029,000    2,993     
GHS  SCB  05/28/13   1,321,000    661,658    663,955    2,297     
HUF  BNP  04/30/13   187,226,738    825,000    785,928        39,072 
HUF  CIT  05/07/13   119,000,000    501,640    499,119        2,521 
HUF  JPM  06/26/13   312,116,000    1,310,530    1,302,311        8,219 
HUF  UBS  05/21/13   84,457,440    356,000    353,665        2,335 
IDR  JPM  04/29/13   6,068,057,000    619,000    622,256    3,256     
IDR  SCB  04/18/13   10,986,060,000    1,132,000    1,128,191        3,809 
INR  BRC  04/15/13   30,729,540    564,000    563,953        47 
INR  BRC  04/15/13   69,083,800    1,247,000    1,267,837    20,837     
INR  JPM  05/13/13   51,994,130    937,000    948,617    11,617     
INR  SCB  04/08/13   82,359,900    1,530,000    1,513,743        16,257 
INR  SCB  05/20/13   30,680,440    559,199    558,958        241 
KRW  JPM  04/29/13   467,755,500    435,000    419,771        15,229 
KRW  SCB  04/22/13   1,097,406,000    984,000    985,222    1,222     
KRW  SCB  05/28/13   520,907,400    468,000    466,745        1,255 
 

Lazard Global Total Return and Income Fund, Inc.

Portfolio of Investments (continued)

March 31, 2013 (unaudited)

 

Forward Currency Purchase Contracts open at March 31, 2013 (continued):

 

Currency  Counterparty  Expiration
Date
  Foreign Currency
Amount
   U.S. $ Cost
on Origination
Date
   U.S. $
Current
Value
   Unrealized
Appreciation
   Unrealized
Depreciation
 
KRW  UBS  04/15/13   1,406,183,400   $1,278,000   $1,262,937   $   $15,063 
KRW  UBS  05/13/13   1,400,642,000    1,271,000    1,256,009        14,991 
KZT  CIT  04/08/13   65,846,310    433,000    436,123    3,123     
KZT  CIT  06/24/13   62,450,000    404,469    411,582    7,113     
KZT  CIT  09/26/13   106,216,700    694,000    694,428    428     
KZT  HSB  05/02/13   101,350,000    667,654    670,459    2,805     
KZT  HSB  07/09/13   35,031,150    228,335    230,601    2,266     
KZT  HSB  07/09/13   67,800,000    441,694    446,310    4,616     
KZT  HSB  10/30/13   134,019,200    868,000    873,242    5,242     
KZT  UBS  05/28/13   93,024,750    613,943    614,279    336     
MXN  JPM  04/22/13   3,220,564    258,830    260,248    1,418     
MXN  JPM  04/22/13   5,470,123    440,635    442,031    1,396     
MYR  HSB  05/07/13   1,819,368    583,000    586,086    3,086     
MYR  JPM  04/08/13   9,264,711    2,971,077    2,990,690    19,613     
MYR  JPM  04/18/13   2,592,920    830,000    836,399    6,399     
NGN  CIT  04/15/13   67,477,800    422,000    423,727    1,727     
NGN  CIT  04/23/13   50,545,650    287,191    316,476    29,285     
NGN  CIT  06/10/13   88,925,890    551,000    547,498        3,502 
NGN  CIT  07/23/13   37,185,000    201,000    225,703    24,703     
NGN  CIT  09/19/13   37,403,000    226,000    222,936        3,064 
NGN  SCB  04/11/13   80,074,500    502,981    503,565    584     
NGN  SCB  05/02/13   53,784,000    304,725    335,652    30,927     
NGN  SCB  06/18/13   169,370,700    1,041,000    1,039,914        1,086 
NGN  SCB  06/20/13   88,718,400    545,624    544,346        1,278 
PEN  CIT  05/02/13   2,256,780    870,000    870,537    537     
RON  ING  04/18/13   2,731,202    839,401    791,107        48,294 
RON  JPM  04/22/13   4,002,210    1,215,000    1,158,659        56,341 
RSD  BRC  04/08/13   136,192,440    1,595,039    1,552,750        42,289 
RSD  CIT  04/11/13   38,781,960    458,741    441,719        17,022 
RSD  CIT  04/11/13   112,882,750    1,370,269    1,285,712        84,557 
RUB  BRC  09/27/13   40,319,568    1,266,000    1,259,385        6,615 
RUB  UBS  06/25/13   7,106,008    227,000    225,357        1,643 
RUB  UBS  06/25/13   23,060,440    644,327    731,328    87,001     
RUB  UBS  07/01/13   23,785,680    664,590    753,586    88,996     
SGD  HSB  04/22/13   2,182,877    1,747,000    1,759,973    12,973     
THB  SCB  04/18/13   13,998,758    477,000    477,535    535     
THB  SCB  04/18/13   15,988,896    539,000    545,424    6,424     
THB  SCB  05/20/13   46,865,053    1,577,576    1,595,584    18,008     
TRY  JPM  04/22/13   3,810,963    2,085,000    2,100,962    15,962     
TRY  JPM  05/07/13   1,596,848    873,000    878,725    5,725     
UGX  BRC  04/08/13   1,624,280,000    585,326    625,665    40,339     
UGX  BRC  05/07/13   1,624,281,000    579,067    620,055    40,988     
UGX  CIT  04/08/13   2,877,327,000    1,074,431    1,108,333    33,902     
UYU  CIT  04/08/13   2,706,000    141,232    142,466    1,234     
UYU  CIT  05/07/13   2,704,000    140,249    141,472    1,223     
UYU  HSB  04/04/13   11,212,320    568,000    590,806    22,806     
 

Lazard Global Total Return and Income Fund, Inc.

Portfolio of Investments (continued)

March 31, 2013 (unaudited)

 

Forward Currency Purchase Contracts open at March 31, 2013 (concluded):

 

Currency  Counterparty  Expiration
Date
  Foreign Currency
Amount
   U.S. $ Cost
on Origination
Date
   U.S. $
Current
Value
   Unrealized
Appreciation
   Unrealized
Depreciation
 
ZAR  BRC  05/20/13   5,381,516   $579,000   $581,539   $2,539   $ 
ZAR  BRC  05/20/13   8,162,064    877,000    882,011    5,011     
ZAR  CIT  04/30/13   6,290,730    675,000    681,633    6,633     
ZAR  JPM  04/29/13   4,734,871    509,000    513,117    4,117     
ZMW  CIT  04/08/13   3,428,300    637,823    638,594    771     
ZMW  CIT  04/15/13   2,943,000    546,315    547,838    1,523     
ZMW  SCB  04/22/13   2,172,015    399,929    404,056    4,127     
ZMW  SCB  05/28/13   2,331,139    429,149    431,062    1,913     
ZMW  SCB  09/19/13   1,936,218    343,972    348,426    4,454     
ZMW  SCB  12/19/13   1,290,812    224,294    227,563    3,269     
Total Forward Currency Purchase Contracts   $77,237,910   $77,190,343   $663,674   $711,241 

 

Forward Currency Sale Contracts open at March 31, 2013:

 

Currency  Counterparty  Expiration
Date
  Foreign Currency
Amount
   U.S. $ Cost
on Origination
Date
   U.S. $
Current
Value
   Unrealized
Appreciation
   Unrealized
Depreciation
 
BRL  RBC  04/02/13   2,371,684   $1,193,000   $1,173,665   $19,335   $ 
BRL  RBC  05/03/13   2,368,565    1,175,000    1,168,038    6,962     
CZK  BNP  04/05/13   17,592,777    881,000    874,925    6,075     
CZK  BNP  07/08/13   804,675    40,089    40,044    45     
EUR  BNP  05/20/13   2,441    3,223    3,130    93     
EUR  BNP  05/20/13   635,000    831,723    814,238    17,485     
EUR  BNP  07/08/13   662,000    858,910    849,185    9,725     
EUR  BRC  04/08/13   1,212,000    1,595,039    1,553,653    41,386     
EUR  CIT  04/11/13   345,342    458,741    442,701    16,040     
EUR  CIT  04/11/13   999,670    1,370,269    1,281,495    88,774     
EUR  CIT  05/20/13   1,420,696    1,840,000    1,821,709    18,291     
EUR  ING  04/18/13   622,000    839,401    797,389    42,012     
EUR  ING  04/22/13   1,382,543    1,848,274    1,772,433    75,841     
EUR  JPM  05/06/13   657,000    858,465    842,360    16,105     
EUR  JPM  05/28/13   337,366    437,000    432,619    4,381     
EUR  JPM  05/28/13   4,157,750    5,495,382    5,331,661    163,721     
EUR  JPM  06/06/13   664,000    864,309    851,534    12,775     
EUR  JPM  06/06/13   732,000    953,271    938,739    14,532     
EUR  UBS  04/30/13   370,246    484,107    474,683    9,424     
HUF  BNP  04/30/13   152,419,550    648,650    639,817    8,833     
HUF  CIT  05/07/13   19,030,380    87,000    79,819    7,181     
JPY  HSB  06/21/13   109,425,950    1,150,000    1,163,086        13,086 
JPY  SCB  04/26/13   142,085,568    1,524,000    1,509,616    14,384     
RON  BNP  04/29/13   397,354    116,000    114,932    1,068     
RSD  CIT  04/11/13   18,125,380    209,171    206,444    2,727     
RSD  CIT  04/11/13   42,043,958    484,591    478,872    5,719     
TRY  BRC  07/10/13   93,005    47,835    50,745        2,910 
TRY  CIT  07/10/13   1,100,468    565,793    600,428        34,635 
UGX  CIT  04/08/13   667,296,000    252,000    257,039        5,039 
 

Lazard Global Total Return and Income Fund, Inc.

Portfolio of Investments (continued)

March 31, 2013 (unaudited)

 

Forward Currency Sale Contracts open at March 31, 2013 (concluded):

 

Currency   Counterparty   Expiration
Date
  Foreign Currency
Amount
    U.S. $ Cost
on Origination
Date
    U.S. $
Current
Value
    Unrealized
Appreciation
    Unrealized
Depreciation
 
UGX   CIT   05/07/13     839,317,500     $ 315,000     $ 320,402     $     $ 5,402  
Total Forward Currency Sale Contracts     $ 27,427,243     $ 26,885,401       602,914       61,072  
Gross unrealized appreciation/depreciation on Forward Currency Purchase and Sale Contracts     $ 1,266,588     $ 772,313  

 

Currency Abbreviations:

BRL —  Brazilian Real
CLP —  Chilean Peso
CNY —  Chinese Renminbi
COP —  Colombian Peso
CZK —  Czech Koruna
DOP —  Dominican Republic Peso
EUR —  Euro
GHS —  Ghanaian Cedi
HUF —  Hungarian Forint
IDR —  Indonesian Rupiah
INR —  Indian Rupee
JPY —  Japanese Yen
KRW —  South Korean Won
KZT —  Kazakhstan Tenge
MXN —  Mexican New Peso
MYR —  Malaysian Ringgit
NGN —  Nigerian Naira
PEN —  Peruvian New Sol
RON —  New Romanian Leu
RSD —  Serbian Dinar
RUB —  Russian Ruble
SGD —  Singapore Dollar
THB —  Thai Baht
TRY —  New Turkish Lira
UGX —  Ugandan Shilling
UYU —  Uruguayan Peso
ZAR —  South African Rand
ZMW —  Zambian Kwacha

 

Counterparty Abbreviations:

BNP —  BNP Paribas SA
BRC —  Barclays Bank PLC
CIT —  Citibank NA
HSB —  HSBC Bank USA
ING —  ING Bank NV
JPM —  JPMorgan Chase Bank
RBC —  Royal Bank of Canada
SCB —  Standard Chartered Bank
UBS —  UBS AG

 

 

Lazard Global Total Return and Income Fund, Inc.

Portfolio of Investments (continued)

March 31, 2013 (unaudited)

 

(a) Principal amount denominated in respective country’s currency.
(b) Lazard Global Total Return and Income Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”), at all times, maintains portfolio securities in sufficient amount to cover its obligations related to investments in forward currency contracts.
(c) For federal income tax purposes, the aggregate cost was $173,800,247, aggregate gross unrealized appreciation was $33,607,064, aggregate gross unrealized depreciation was $19,917,068, and the net unrealized appreciation was $13,689,996.

 

Security Abbreviations:

ADR —  American Depositary Receipt
NTN-B —  Brazil Sovereign “Nota do Tesouro Nacional” Series B

 

Portfolio holdings by industry (as a percentage of net assets):
Agriculture   1.0%
Alcohol & Tobacco   2.3 
Banking   10.4 
Cable Television   2.4 
Computer Software   7.6 
Energy Integrated   7.2 
Energy Services   2.0 
Financial Services   4.4 
Food & Beverages   1.8 
Gas Utilities   0.8 
Household and Personal Products   2.4 
Housing   2.1 
Insurance   2.7 
Manufacturing   7.4 
Metals & Mining   1.5 
Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology   18.1 
Retail   6.9 
Semiconductors & Components   3.6 
Technology Hardware   5.6 
Telecommunications   2.5 
Subtotal   92.7 
Foreign Government Obligations   10.5 
Short-Term Investment   3.1 
Total Investments   106.3%
 

Lazard Global Total Return and Income Fund, Inc.

Portfolio of Investments (continued)

March 31, 2013 (unaudited)

 

Valuation of Investments:

 

Market values for securities listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), NASDAQ national market or other U.S. or foreign exchanges or markets are generally based on the last reported sales price on the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded, generally as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) on each valuation date; securities not traded on the valuation date are valued at the most recent quoted bid price. The Fund values NASDAQ-traded securities at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price, which may not be the last reported sales price in certain instances. Forward currency contracts are valued using quotations from an independent pricing service. Investments in money market funds are valued at the fund’s net asset value.

 

Bonds and other fixed-income securities that are not exchange-traded are valued on the basis of prices provided by independent pricing services which are based primarily on institutional trading in similar groups of securities, or by using brokers’ quotations or a matrix system which considers such factors as other security prices, yields and maturities. Debt securities maturing in 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, except where to do so would not accurately reflect their fair value, in which case such securities are valued at fair value as determined by, or in accordance with procedures approved by, the Board of Directors (the “Board”).

 

The Valuation Committee of Lazard Asset Management LLC (the “Investment Manager”), which meets periodically under the direction of the Board, may evaluate a variety of factors to determine the fair value of securities for which market quotations are determined not to be readily available or reliable. These factors include, but are not limited to, the type of security, the value of comparable securities, observations from financial institutions and relevant news events. Input from the Investment Manager’s analysts also will be considered.

 

If a significant event materially affecting the value of securities occurs between the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded and the time when the Fund’s net asset value is calculated, or when current market quotations otherwise are determined not to be readily available or reliable (including restricted or other illiquid securities such as certain derivative instruments), such securities will be valued at their fair value as determined by, or in accordance with procedures approved by, the Board.

 

Fair Value Measurements:

 

Fair value is defined as the price that the Fund would receive to sell an asset, or would pay to transfer a liability, in an orderly transaction between market participants at the date of measurement. The Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures provisions of accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America also establish a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurement that is based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer, broadly, to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Fund. Unobservable inputs reflect the Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, developed based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment’s fair value measurement level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the overall fair value measurement. The three-level hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

· Level 1 – unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments
· Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including unadjusted quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)
· Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

 

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

 

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by each fair value hierarchy level as of March 31, 2013:

 

Lazard Global Total Return and Income Fund, Inc.

Portfolio of Investments (concluded)

March 31, 2013 (unaudited)

 

Description  Unadjusted Quoted
Prices in Active Markets
for Identical Investments
(Level 1)
  Significant
Other Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
  Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
  Balance as of
March 31, 2013
 
Assets:                 
Common Stocks  $163,537,209  $  $  $163,537,209 
Foreign Government Obligations      18,501,557      18,501,557 
Short-Term Investment      5,451,477      5,451,477 
Other Financial Instruments*                 
Forward Currency Contracts      1,266,588      1,266,588 
Total  $163,537,209  $25,219,622  $  $188,756,831 
                  
Liabilities:                 
Other Financial Instruments*                 
Forward Currency Contracts  $  $(772,313) $  $(772,313)

 

* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments which are valued at their respective unrealized appreciation/depreciation.

 

The foreign government obligations included in Level 2 were valued on the basis of prices provided by independent pricing services. The forward currency contracts included in Level 2 were valued using quotations provided by an independent pricing service. The short-term investment included in Level 2 (a pooled investment fund) was valued at the fund’s net asset value.

 

There were no transfers into or out of Levels 1, 2 or 3 during the period ended March 31, 2013.

 
Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

 

(a)          The Registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers have concluded, based on their evaluation of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant on Form N-Q is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the required time periods and that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant in the reports that it files or submits on Form N-Q is accumulated and communicated to the Registrant’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

(b)          There were no changes to the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 3. Exhibits.

 

Certifications of principal executive and principal financial officers as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 are attached as Exhibit 99.CERT.

 

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.

 

Lazard Global Total Return and Income Fund, Inc.

 

By: /s/ Charles L. Carroll  
  Charles L. Carroll  
  Chief Executive Officer  
     
Date: May 30, 2013  

 

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/ Charles L. Carroll  
  Charles L. Carroll  
  Chief Executive Officer  
     
Date: May 30, 2013  
     
By: /s/ Stephen St. Clair  
  Stephen St. Clair  
  Chief Financial Officer  
     
Date: May 30, 2013