Company: EMD
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form Type: N-CSR
Source: 0001133228-25-001572
Chunk: 61

Company: WESTERN ASSET EMERGING MARKETS DEBT FUND INC.
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form: N-CSR
Chunk 61
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 their business. This principle extends to ESG matters. What qualifies as “material”
can vary, so votes are cast on a case-by-case basis but consistent with the overarching principle. Western Asset recognizes that objective
standards and criteria may not be available or universally agreed and that there may be different views and subjective analysis regarding
factors and their significance.

Targeted environmental or social issues that are
the subject of a proxy vote will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Constructive proposals that seek to advance the health of the
issuer and the prospect for risk-adjusted returns to Western Assets clients are viewed more favorably than proposals that advance a single
issue or limit the ability of management to meet its operating objectives.

Retirement Accounts

For accounts subject to ERISA, as well as other
retirement accounts, Western Asset is presumed to have the responsibility to vote proxies for the client. The Department of Labor has
issued a bulletin that states that investment managers have the responsibility to vote proxies on behalf of Retirement Accounts unless
the authority to vote proxies has been specifically reserved to another named fiduciary. Furthermore, unless Western Asset is expressly
precluded from voting the proxies, the Department of Labor has determined that the responsibility remains with the investment manager.

In order to comply with the Department of
Labor’s position, Western Asset will be presumed to have the obligation to vote proxies for its retirement accounts unless Western
Asset has obtained a specific written instruction indicating that: (a) the right to vote proxies has been reserved to a named fiduciary
of the client, and (b) Western Asset is precluded from voting proxies on behalf of the client. If Western Asset does not receive such
an instruction, Western Asset will be responsible for voting proxies in the best interests of the retirement account client and in accordance
with any proxy voting guidelines provided by the client.

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 13.  | INVESTMENT PROFESSIONALS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES. |

(a)(1): As of the date of filing this report:

| NAME                                                      
 AND ADDRESS                                               | LENGTH         
 OF TIME SERVED | PRINCIPAL                                                                                                                          
 OCCUPATION(S) DURING PAST 5 YEARS                                                                                                  |
| Michael                                                   
 C. Buchanan                                               
 Western                                                   
 Asset                                                     
 385                                                       
 East Colorado Blvd.                                       
 Pasadena,                                                 
 CA                                                        
 91101                                                     | Since          
 2024           | Co-portfolio                                                                                                                       
 manager of the fund; Responsible