Company: EMD
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form Type: N-CSR
Source: 0001133228-25-001572
Chunk: 55

Company: WESTERN ASSET EMERGING MARKETS DEBT FUND INC.
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form: N-CSR
Chunk 55
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for further information on determining material conflicts of interest.)

If a material conflict of interest exists,
(i) to the extent reasonably practicable and permitted by applicable law, the client is promptly notified, the conflict is disclosed
and Western Asset obtains the client’s proxy voting instructions, and (ii) to the extent that it is not reasonably practicable
or permitted by applicable law to notify the client and obtain such instructions (e.g., the client is a mutual fund or other commingled
vehicle or is an ERISA plan client), Western Asset seeks voting instructions from an independent third party.

The Portfolio Compliance Group provides
proxy material to the appropriate research analyst or portfolio manager to obtain their recommended vote. Research analysts and portfolio
managers determine votes on a case-by-case basis taking into account the voting guidelines contained in these procedures. For avoidance
of doubt, depending on the best interest of each individual client, Western Asset may vote the same proxy differently for different clients.
The analyst’s or portfolio manager’s basis for their decision is documented and maintained by the Portfolio Compliance Group.

Portfolio Compliance Group votes the proxy
pursuant to the instructions received in (d) or (e) and returns the voted proxy as indicated in the proxy materials.

Timing

Western Asset’s Legal and Compliance Department
personnel act in such a manner to ensure that, absent special circumstances, the proxy gathering and proxy voting steps noted above can
be completed before the applicable deadline for returning proxy votes.

Recordkeeping

Western Asset maintains records of proxies voted
pursuant to Rule 204-2 of the Advisers Act and ERISA DOL Bulletin 94-2. These records include:

| • | A                                                             
 copy of Western Asset’s proxy voting policies and procedures. |

Copies of proxy statements received with
respect to securities in client accounts.

A copy of any document created by Western
Asset that was material to making a decision how to vote proxies.

Each written client request for proxy
voting records and Western Asset’s written response to both verbal and written client requests.

A proxy log including:

| 1. | Issuer 
 name;  |

| 2. | Exchange                                          
 ticker symbol of the issuer’s shares to be voted; |

| 3. | Committee                                                                       
 on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures (“CUSIP”) number for the shares 
 to be voted;                                                                    |

| 4. | A                                            
 brief identification of the matter voted on; |

| 5. | Whether                                                                  
 the matter was proposed by the issuer