Company: EMD
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form Type: N-CSR
Source: 0001133228-25-001572
Chunk: 22

Company: WESTERN ASSET EMERGING MARKETS DEBT FUND INC.
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form: N-CSR
Chunk 22
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 report:

| Record Date | Payable Date |  Amount |
| 1/24/2025   | 2/3/2025     | $0.0875 |
| 2/21/2025   | 3/3/2025     | $0.0875 |
| 3/24/2025   | 4/1/2025     | $0.0900 |
| 4/23/2025   | 5/1/2025     | $0.0900 |

Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund Inc. 2024 Annual Report 47

Notes to financial statements (cont’d)

| Record Date | Payable Date |  Amount |
| 5/22/2025   | 6/2/2025     | $0.0900 |

7. Stock repurchase program On November 16, 2015, the Fund announced that the Fund’s Board had authorized the Fund to repurchase in the open market up to approximately 10% of the Fund’s outstanding common stock when the Fund’s shares are trading at a discount to net asset value. The Board has directed management of the Fund to repurchase shares of common stock at such times and in such amounts as management reasonably believes may enhance stockholder value. The Fund is under no obligation to purchase shares at any specific discount levels or in any specific amounts. During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Fund repurchased and retired 0.52% of its common shares outstanding under the repurchase plan. The weighted average discount per share on these repurchases was 7.92% for the year ended December 31, 2024. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Fund repurchased and retired 2.97% of its common shares outstanding under the repurchase plan The weighted average discount per share on these repurchases was 11.86% for the year ended December 31, 2023. Shares repurchased and the corresponding dollar amount are included in the Statements of Changes in Net Assets. The anti-dilutive impact of these share repurchases is included in the Financial Highlights. Since the commencement of the stock repurchase program through December 31, 2024, the Fund repurchased 2,615,569 shares or 4.31% of its common shares outstanding for a total amount of $24,080,579. 8. Transactions with affiliated company As defined by the 194