HIO Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Inc

Franklin Templeton Fund Adviser, LLC announced today that certain closed end funds have declared their distributions for the months of December 2024, January and February 2025.

The following dates apply to the distribution schedule below:

 

Month

Record Date

Ex-Dividend Date

Payable Date

 

 

December

12/23/2024

12/23/2024

12/31/2024

 

 

January

1/24/2025

1/24/2025

2/3/2025

 

 

February

2/21/2025

2/21/2025

3/3/2025

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ticker

Fund Name

Month

Amount

Change from Previous Distribution

EMO

ClearBridge Energy Midstream Opportunity

December

$0.33000

 

-

 

Fund Inc.*

January

$0.33000

 

 

 

 

February

$0.33000

 

 

WDI

Western Asset Diversified Income Fund

December

$0.14850

 

-

 

 

January

$0.14850

 

 

 

 

February

$0.14850

 

 

HIX

Western Asset High Income Fund II Inc.

December

$0.04900

 

-

 

 

January

$0.04900

 

 

 

 

February

$0.04900

 

 

HIO

Western Asset High Income Opportunity

December

$0.03550

-

 

Fund Inc.

January

$0.03550

 

 

February

$0.03550

 

HYI

Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity

December

$0.09500

-

 

Fund Inc.

January

$0.09500

 

 

February

$0.09500

 

EHI

Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc.

December

$0.07000

-

 

January

$0.07000

 

 

February

$0.07000

 

GDO

Western Asset Global Corporate

December

$0.12200

-

 

Opportunity Fund Inc.

January

$0.12200

 

 

February

$0.12200

 

IGI

Western Asset Investment Grade

December

$0.07100

-

 

Opportunity Trust Inc.

January

$0.07100

 

 

February

$0.07100

 

DMO

Western Asset Mortgage Opportunity Fund Inc.

December

$0.13000

-

 

January

$0.13000

 

 

February

$0.13000

 

SBI

Western Asset Intermediate Muni Fund Inc.

December

$0.04200

-

 

January

$0.04200

 

 

February

$0.04200

 

MMU

Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund Inc.

December

$0.05450

-

 

January

$0.05450

 

 

February

$0.05450

 

MHF

Western Asset Municipal High Income

December

$0.03400

-

 

Fund Inc.

January

$0.03400

 

 

February

$0.03400

 

 

 

 

This press release is not for tax reporting purposes but is being provided to announce the amount of each Fund’s distributions that have been declared by the Board of Directors. If it is estimated that the source of a monthly distribution includes anything other than net investment income, the Fund will provide notice to shareholders containing the estimated sources of the distribution. These notices can be found on the Fund’s website. In early 2025 and early 2026, after definitive information is available, each Fund will send shareholders a Form 1099-DIV, if applicable, specifying how the distributions paid by each Fund during the prior calendar year should be characterized for purposes of reporting the distributions on a shareholder’s tax return (e.g., ordinary income, long-term capital gain or return of capital).

* EMO, which is taxed as a regular C-Corporation, pays ordinary income and/or return of capital and does not pay long-term capital gain distributions. Distributions are considered ordinary income to the extent they are paid out of net investment income and realized capital gains.

Franklin Templeton Fund Adviser, LLC is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc. (“Franklin Resources”).

For more information about the Funds, please call 1-888-777-0102 or consult the Funds’ website at www.franklintempleton.com/investments/options/closed-end-funds. Hard copies of the Funds’ 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 and its affiliates do not engage in selling shares of the Funds.

The Funds’ common shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Similar to stocks, Fund share price will fluctuate with market conditions and, at the time of sale, may be worth more or less than the original investment. Shares of closed-end funds often trade at a discount to their net asset value, and can increase an investor’s risk of loss. All investments are subject to risk, including the risk of loss.

INVESTMENT PRODUCTS: NOT FDIC INSURED | NO BANK GUARANTEE | MAY LOSE VALUE

Category: Distribution Related

Source: Franklin Resources, Inc.

Source: Legg Mason Closed End Funds

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