Company: EMD
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form Type: N-CSR
Source: 0001133228-25-001572
Chunk: 51

Company: WESTERN ASSET EMERGING MARKETS DEBT FUND INC.
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form: N-CSR
Chunk 51
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 tax services), that are not prohibited services as described below, provided to
the Fund by the independent auditors, other than those provided to the Fund in connection with an audit or a review of the financial
statements of the Fund. Permissible non-audit services may not include: (i) bookkeeping or other services related to the accounting records
or financial statements of the Fund; (ii) financial information systems design and implementation; (iii) appraisal or valuation services,
fairness opinions or contribution-in-kind reports; (iv) actuarial services; (v) internal audit outsourcing services; (vi) management
functions or human resources; (vii) broker or dealer, investment adviser or investment banking services; (viii) legal services and expert
services unrelated to the audit; and (ix) any other service the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board determines, by regulation,
is impermissible.

Pre-approval by the Committee of any permissible non-audit services
is not required so long as: (i) the aggregate amount of all such permissible non-audit services provided to the Fund, the Adviser and
any service providers controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Adviser that provide ongoing services to the Fund (“Covered
Service Providers”) constitutes not more than 5% of the total amount of revenues paid to the independent auditors during the fiscal
year in which the permissible non-audit services are provided to (a) the Fund, (b) the Adviser and (c) any entity controlling, controlled
by or under common control with the Adviser that provides ongoing services to the Fund during the fiscal year in which the services are
provided that would have to be approved by the Committee; (ii) the permissible non-audit services were not recognized by the Fund at
the time of the engagement to be non-audit services; and (iii) such services are promptly brought to the attention of the Committee and
approved by the Committee (or its delegate(s)) prior to the completion of the audit.

(2) None of the services described in paragraphs (b) through (d)
of this Item were performed in reliance on paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

(f) Not applicable.

(g) Non-audit fees billed by the Auditor for services rendered
to Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund Inc., FTFA and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with FTFA
that provides ongoing services to