Company: EMD
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form Type: N-CSR
Source: 0001133228-25-001572
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Company: WESTERN ASSET EMERGING MARKETS DEBT FUND INC.
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form: N-CSR
Chunk 27
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 are chosen each year, to hold office until their successors are duly elected and qualified. 2 Ms. Trust is an “interested person” of the Fund as defined in the 1940 Act because Ms. Trust is an officer of FTFA and certain of its affiliates.

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Annual chief executive officer and principal financial officer certifications (unaudited)

The Fund’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) has submitted to the NYSE the required annual certification and the Fund also has included the Certifications of the Fund’s CEO and Principal Financial Officer required by Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the Fund’s Form N-CSR filed with the SEC for the period of this report.

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Other shareholder communications regarding accounting matters (unaudited)

The Fund’s Audit Committee has established guidelines and procedures regarding the receipt, retention and treatment of complaints regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters (collectively, “Accounting Matters”). Persons with complaints or concerns regarding Accounting Matters may submit their complaints to the Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”). Persons who are uncomfortable submitting complaints to the CCO, including complaints involving the CCO, may submit complaints directly to the Fund’s Audit Committee Chair. Complaints may be submitted on an anonymous basis. The CCO may be contacted at:
Franklin Resources Inc.
Compliance Department
1 Madison Avenue, 17th Floor
New York, NY 10010 Complaints may also be submitted by telephone at 1-800-742-5274. Complaints submitted through this number will be received by the CCO.

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Summary of information regarding the Fund (unaudited)

Investment Objectives The Fund’s primary investment objective is to seek high current income and its secondary investment objective is to seek capital appreciation. Principal Investment Policies and Strategies Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its managed assets in debt securities of issuers in emerging market countries. “Emerging market country” is defined as any country which is, at the time of investment, it is (i) represented in the J.P. Morgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global Diversified or the J.P. Morgan Corporate Emerging Market Bond Index Broad or (ii) categorized by the World Bank in its annual categorization as middle- or low-income. The Fund may invest up to 20% of its managed assets in (i) non-debt securities and