Company: EMD
Filing Date: 2025-12-19
Form Type: 40-17G
Source: 0001655589-25-000267
Chunk: 44

Company: WESTERN ASSET EMERGING MARKETS DEBT FUND INC.
Filing Date: 2025-12-19
Form: 40-17G
Chunk 44
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17g-1 under the 1940 Act, is reasonable in form and amount, after having given due consideration to, among other things, the value of the aggregate assets of the Funds to which any person covered under the fidelity bond may have access, the type and terms of the arrangements made for the custody and safekeeping of assets of the Funds and the nature of the securities in the Funds; and further

RESOLVED:That the premium to be paid by each of the Funds under the Bond, as described in the Board Materials, is hereby approved and ratified by the Board, after having given due consideration to, among other things, the number of other parties insured under the Bond, the nature of business activities of those other parties, the amount of the Bond, the amount of the premium for such bond, the ratable allocation of the premium among all parties named as insureds and the extent to which the share of the premium allocated to each of the Funds under the Bond is less than the premium that the Fund would have had to pay had it maintained a single insured bond; and further

RESOLVED:That the Agreement Concerning Allocation of Fidelity Bond Premiums and Recoveries (“Agreement”) entered into among the Trust and the other named insureds under the foregoing fidelity bond coverage is approved and ratified and that the officers of the Trust, acting singly or jointly, are hereby authorized to execute and deliver such Agreement, with such changes as such officer may by his or her execution and delivery approve, the execution and delivery of said Agreement to be conclusive evidence of the Trustees’ approval; and further

RESOLVED:That the officers of the Trust, acting singly or jointly, are hereby authorized to make any and all payments, in the name and on behalf of each of the Funds, as they may determine to be necessary or desirable and proper in connection with or in furtherance of the foregoing resolutions; and further

RESOLVED:That the President and/or Senior Vice President of the Trust is directed to make the applicable filing or filings of the fidelity bond with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and to make the other filings and give the notices, as required by Paragraph (g) of Rule 17g-1 under the 1940 Act.**

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