Christopher Berarducci

Western Asset Variable Rate Strategic Fund, Inc. is a closed end investment fund, which engages in the provision of a leveraged portfolio of primarily variable rate instruments of United States and non-United States issuers, including United States and non-United States investment grade and high-yield debt, senior loans, emerging market debt, and derivatives related to these securities. The company was founded on August 3, 2004 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund. Its investment objectives are to seek high current income and capital appreciation. The firm invests in high-yield debt securities. The company was founded on November 16, 1993 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Western Asset Corporate Loan Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The fund's investment objective is to maximize current income consistent with prudent efforts to preserve capital. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

LMP Capital & Income Fund, Inc. is a closed-end management investment company. It invests in a range of equity and fixed income securities of both U.S. and foreign issuers. The company was founded on November 12, 2003 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Western Asset Global Corporate Defined Opportunity Fund, Inc. operates as a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. It provides income and intend to seek capital appreciation. It invests in a global portfolio of securities consisting of investment grade fixed-income securities, emerging market fixed-income securities and investment grade fixed-income securities. The company was founded on September 17, 2009 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Western Asset Diversified Income Fund operates as a closed-end management investment company, which engages in seeking high current income and secondary investment objective is to seek capital appreciation. The fund was founded on July 27, 2020, and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund, Inc. operates as a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. It provides a portfolio of investment grade debt, including government securities, bank debt and commercial paper and cash/cash equivalents. The company was founded on March 22, 1973 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

Western Asset Inflation-Linked Income Fund operates as a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. It engages in the provision of current income and capital appreciation when consistent with current income. The company was founded on July 14, 2003 and is headquartered in Baltimore, MD.

Western Asset High Income Fund II, Inc. is a closed-end management investment company, which seeks to maximize current income by investing in high yield debt securities. It also intends to seek capital appreciation to maximize current income. The company was founded on March 19, 1998 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund, Inc. is a closed-end management investment company, which engages in the business of seeking as high a level of current income exempt from federal income tax as is consistent with preservation of capital. The firm is also involved in maximizing current income exempt from federal income tax as is consistent with preservation of principal. The company was founded on April 9, 1992 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Western Asset Global High Income Fund, Inc. operates as closed-end investment fund/investment trust. Its investment objective is to earn high current income and its secondary objective is total return. The Fund invests in a global portfolio of securities consisting of investment grade fixed-income securities, emerging market fixed-income securities and investment grade fixed-income securities. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Western Asset Premier Bond Fund is a closed-end investment fund, which engages in the provision of diversified portfolio of investment-grade bonds. It seeks current income and capital appreciation. The firm's asset allocation include corporate bonds, emerging market debt, bank loans, government, mortgage backed-securities, asset-backed securities, and cash and other securities. The company was founded on December 17, 2001 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund, Inc. operates as a closed-end investment fund or investment trust. It intends to provide total return and current income. The company was founded on April 16, 2003 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

ClearBridge MLP & Midstream Total Return Fund, Inc. operates as a non-diversified and closed-end management investment company. It offers total-return oriented portfolio of primarily energy master limited partnerships (MLPs) and midstream entities. It also engages in the provision of the opportunity for attractive, tax-deferred distributions with a combined emphasis on capital appreciation. The company was founded on April 10, 2012 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

ClearBridge Energy Midstream Opportunity Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified and closed-end management investment company, which invests on energy midstream entities.The company was founded on April 5, 2011 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

BrandywineGLOBAL - Global Income Opportunities Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its objectives are to provide current income and it also seeks capital appreciation. The company was founded on October 27, 2010 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Clearbridge MLP & Midstream Fund, Inc. operates as a mutual fund, closed-end investment trust, which engages in the provision of high level of total return on cash distributions. It invests in master limited partnerships in the energy sector. The company was founded on March 31, 2010 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Western Asset Investment Grade Defined Opportunity Trust, Inc. operates as a mutual fund, closed-end investment trust. Its objective is to distribute net investment income on a monthly basis and realize capital gains. The company was founded on June 26, 2009 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund, Inc. operates as a closed-end investment fund. It engages in seeking high current income exempt from federal income taxes. It also invests in intermediate- and long-term municipal debt securities issued by state and local governments. The company was founded on November 28, 1988 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Western Asset Intermediate Muni Fund, Inc. operates as a closed-end investment company, which engages in the investment that provides common shareholders a level of current income exempt from regular federal income taxes consistent with prudent investing. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Franklin Income Opportunities Fund operates as a diversified, closed-end management investment fund. Its investment objective is to seek to maximize income. The company was founded on December 7, 2021 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Clarion Partners Real Estate Income Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its objective is to provide current income and long-term capital appreciation. It intends to invest its net assets in a portfolio of private commercial real estate and publicly traded real estate securities. The company founded on December 19, 2018 and is headquartered in New York, NY.