Company: EMD
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form Type: N-CSR
Source: 0001133228-25-001572
Chunk: 56

Company: WESTERN ASSET EMERGING MARKETS DEBT FUND INC.
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form: N-CSR
Chunk 56
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 or by a shareholder of the issuer; |

| 6. | Whether                        
 a vote was cast on the matter; |

| 7. | A                                
 record of how the vote was cast; |

| 8. | Whether                                                                              
 the vote was cast for or against the recommendation of the issuer’s management team; |

| 9. | Funds                                                                                          
 are required to categorize their votes so that investors can focus on the topics they find     
 important. Categories include, for example, votes related to director elections, extraordinary 
 transactions, say-on-pay, shareholder rights and defenses, and the environment or climate,     
 among others; and                                                                              |

| 10. | Funds                                                                                    
 are required to disclose the number of shares voted or instructed to be cast, as well as 
 the number of shares loaned but not recalled and, therefore, not voted by the fund.      |

Records are maintained in an easily accessible
place for a period of not less than five (5) years with the first two (2) years in Western Asset’s offices.

Disclosure

Western Asset’s proxy policies and procedures
are described in the Firm’s Form ADV Part 2A. Clients are provided with a copy of these policies and procedures upon request. In
addition, clients may receive reports on how their proxies have been voted, upon request.

Conflicts of Interest

All proxies that potentially present conflicts
of interest are reviewed by the Regulatory Affairs Group for a materiality assessment. Issues to be reviewed include, but are not limited
to:

| 1. | Whether                                                                                         
 Western Asset (or, to the extent required to be considered by applicable law, its affiliates)   
 manages assets for the company or an employee group of the company or otherwise has an interest 
 in the company;                                                                                 |

| 2. | Whether                                                                                          
 Western Asset or an officer or director of Western Asset or the applicable portfolio manager     
 or analyst responsible for recommending the proxy vote (together, “Voting Persons”)              
 is a close relative of or has a personal or business relationship with an executive, director    
 or person who is a candidate for director of the company or is a participant in a proxy contest; 
 and                                                                                              |

| 3. | Whether                                                                                   
 there is any other business or personal relationship where a Voting Person has a personal 
 interest in the outcome of the matter before shareholders.                                |

Voting Guidelines

Western Asset’s substantive voting decisions
are based on the particular facts and circumstances of each proxy vote and are evaluated by