Company: EMD
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-204754
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Company: WESTERN ASSET EMERGING MARKETS DEBT FUND INC.
Filing Date: 2025-09-16
Form: DEF 14A
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 voted at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Fund to
be held at One Madison Avenue, 17th Floor, New York, New York 10010 on Friday, October 17, 2025 at 10:00 a.m., New York time, and at any adjournments or postponements thereof (the “Meeting”), for the purposes set forth in the
accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Notice”).

If it is determined that the Meeting will be held at a different
time or in a different location or format (i.e., a virtual or hybrid meeting), an announcement of any such updates will be provided by means of a press release, which will be posted on our website
(www.franklintempleton.com/investments/options/closed-end-funds). We encourage you to check the website prior to the Meeting if you plan to attend the Meeting. An announcement of any change will also be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission via its EDGAR system. You do not need to attend the Meeting if you submit your votes on the proposals by proxy promptly.

This Proxy
Statement and the accompanying materials are being made available to stockholders on or about September 16, 2025.

The Fund is organized as a
Maryland corporation and is a registered investment company.

Franklin Templeton Fund Adviser, LLC (“FTFA”), whose principal business
address is One Madison Avenue, 17th Floor, New York, New York 10010, is the Fund’s investment adviser and administrator. Western Asset Management Company, LLC (“Western Asset”), Western Asset Management Company Limited
(“Western Asset Limited”) and Western Asset Management Company Pte. Ltd. (“Western Singapore”) each serves as the Fund’s subadvisers. Western Asset has offices at 385 East Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, California 91101
and One Madison Avenue, 17th Floor, New York, New York 10010. Western Asset Limited has offices at 10 Exchange Square, Primrose Street, London EC2A 2EN. Western Singapore has offices at 1 George Street #23-01, Singapore 049145. FTFA, Western Asset,
Western Asset Limited and Western Singapore are all indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries of Franklin Resources, Inc., a global investment management organization operating as Franklin Templeton.

Even if you plan to attend the Meeting, please sign, date and return a proxy card, or provide voting instructions by telephone or over the Internet. If