Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. Announces Results of Annual Meeting of Stockholders
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NEW YORK, October 22, 2024--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. (the "Fund") (NYSE: HYI) announced today the results of the votes cast at the Fund’s annual meeting of stockholders held October 18, 2024.
Carol L. Colman, Daniel P. Cronin and Paolo M. Cucchi were elected as Class I Directors of the Fund by holders of record of the Fund’s outstanding shares of common stock to hold office until the annual meeting of shareholders in the year 2027, or until their respective successors have been duly elected and qualified, or until they resign or are otherwise removed.
In addition, the stockholders voted to ratify the selection of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered public accountants of the Fund for the fiscal year ending May 31, 2025.
The Fund is a non-diversified closed-end management investment company that is managed by Franklin Templeton Fund Adviser, LLC (formerly known as Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC) ("FTFA"), and subadvised by Western Asset Management Company, LLC ("WAMCo") ") and certain of WAMCo’s foreign-based affiliates. FTFA and WAMCo are both indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries of Franklin Resources Inc., a global investment management organization operating as Franklin Templeton.
Contact the Fund at 1-888-777-0102 for more information, or visit the Fund’s web site at https://www.franklintempleton.com/investments/options/closed-end-funds. The information contained on the Fund’s web site is not part of this press release. Hard copies of the Fund’s complete audited financial statements are available free of charge upon request.
Data and commentary provided in this press release are for informational purposes only. Franklin Resources, Inc. and its affiliates do not engage in selling shares of the Fund.
Category: Fund Announcement
Source: Franklin Resources, Inc.
Source: Legg Mason Closed End Funds
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