Company: EMD
Filing Date: 2025-12-19
Form Type: 40-17G
Source: 0001655589-25-000267
Chunk: 48

Company: WESTERN ASSET EMERGING MARKETS DEBT FUND INC.
Filing Date: 2025-12-19
Form: 40-17G
Chunk 48
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 Act and Rule 17g-1

thereunder, and each has agreed that the amount, type, form, premium and coverage,

covering the officers and employees of
the Companies and insuring the Companies and

other
funds advised by Franklin Templeton against loss from fraudulent or dishonest acts,

including larceny and embezzlement, issued by ICI Mutual Insurance Company with
an

aggregate coverage in the amount of $100,000,000
would be appropriate; and

WHEREAS,the Boards have received a coverage proposal for a joint insured

bond,
which provides bond coverage for the officers and employees of the Companies and

other funds advised by Franklin Templeton in the amount of $100,000,000 (the “Fidelity

Bond”).

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED,the Boards, including all of the

Independents, hereby adopt, approve and
ratify in all respects the Fidelity Bond, in

substantially
the form presented to the Boards; and be it

FURTHER RESOLVED,that the authorized officers of each Company be, and

each of them hereby is, authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, in the
name of

the applicable Company and on its behalf,
the joint insured bond Fidelity Bond; and be it

FURTHER RESOLVED,that the Secretary of each Company be, and hereby is,

designated as the party responsible for making the necessary filings and giving
the notices

with respect to
the Fidelity Bond required by paragraph (g) of Rule 17g-1; and be it

FURTHER RESOLVED,that an Amended and Restated Allocation Agreement

by and between each Company and the other entities insured under the Fidelity
Bond (the

“Joint Insured Agreement”) in substantially
the form presented to the Boards, be and it

hereby
is, approved and ratified; and that any officer of each Company be, and they hereby

severally are, authorized, in the name and on behalf of the applicable Company,
to execute

and deliver such Joint Insured Agreement,
in substantially such form, with such changes

as
the officer or officers so acting may deem necessary or desirable, together with such

other documents or instruments as he or she may deem necessary or advisable to
effect the

purposes of this resolution, the execution
and delivery thereof to be conclusive evidence

that
the same has been approved by the Boards; and