Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt:EMD

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    Overview

    As of 12/20/2024. NAV as of 12/19/2024.

     Share
    Price    		NAVPremium/
    Discount
    Current$9.88$10.69-8.70%
    52 Wk Avg$9.54$10.57-9.77%
    52 Wk High$10.33$10.91-5.15%
    52 Wk Low$8.88$10.29-13.98%
    Regular Distribution Type†Managed Distribution
    Distribution Rate10.26%
    Distribution Amount$0.0875
    Distribution FrequencyMonthly
    Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

    Basic Information

    Investment Objective

    The Fund’s primary investment objective is to seek high current income and its secondary investment objective is to seek capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its managed assets in debt securities of issuers in emerging market countries.

    Capital Structure

    As of 12/20/2024

    Total Investment Exposure:$854.762M
    Total Common Assets:$624.762M
    Common Shares Outstanding:58,443,565
    Leverage

    As of 12/19/2024

    Preferred Share Assets:
    Total Debt (USD): $230.000M
    Regulatory Leverage (USD): $230.000M
    Effective Leverage (USD): $230.000M
    Effective Leverage (%): 26.91%
    Annual Expense Ratios

    As of 12/31/2023

      Per Common Share
    Management Fees1.20%
    Other Expenses:0.16%
    Baseline Expense: N/A
    Interest Expense:2.38%
    Total: 3.74%
    Fund Management

    Fund Sponsor
    Franklin Templeton Investments

    Portfolio Managers
    Gordon S. Brown, Kevin J. Ritter, Mark Hughes, Michael Buchanan

    Basics
    Category: Fixed Income - Taxable-Emerging Market Income
    Ticker: EMD
    NAV Ticker: XEMDX
    Average Daily Volume (shares): 203,779
    Average Daily Volume (USD): $1.937M
    Inception Date: 12/1/2003
    Inception Share Price: $20.00
    Inception NAV: $19.06
    Tender Offer: No
    Term: No
    Fiscal Year End: December 31
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    Distributions

    As of 12/20/2024

    Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
    Distribution History

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    Declared Date Payable Date Ex Date Distrib Amount Income Long Gain Short Gain ROC

    *Indicates a Special Distribution: A distribution disbursed in addition to the normal distributions paid out by the company.

    Key Information Regarding Distributions†
    Avg. Earnings Per Share:
    As of 6/30/2024    		 $0.3827
    Annualized Distribution Rate on NAV:
    As of 12/20/2024    		9.49%
    Total Return on NAV (12 months):
    As of 12/20/2024    		18.31%
    Avg. Portfolio Coupon:
    As of 12/20/2024    		 6.19%
    Total % Portfolio Effectively Leveraged:
    As of 12/20/2024     		26.91%

    Pricing Information

    Premium/Discount Information
    Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
    Premium/Discount Information

    As of 12/20/2024

    PeriodAvg Discount
    6 Month-7.78%
    1 Year-9.77%
    3 Year-11.18%
    5 Year-10.52%
    Z-Score

    As of 12/20/2024

    PeriodZStat
    3 Month-0.94
    6 Month-0.80
    1 Year0.46
    Pricing History
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    Date NAV Premium / Discount

    Performance

    Calendar Year Total Returns

    As of 11/30/2024
    Category: Morningstar US CEF Emerging Market Income

    Past 20 Years

    Return YearPriceNAVCategory - PriceCategory - NAV
    YTD19.69%11.49%19.80%10.94%
    202312.21%13.10%16.78%16.95%
    2022-20.80%-17.86%-18.78%-18.52%
    2021-0.32%-4.05%-0.68%-3.27%
    20207.11%5.86%-4.97%2.36%
    201926.59%15.76%25.68%11.78%
    2018-13.70%-9.78%-14.24%-11.32%
    201714.27%10.17%18.72%15.27%
    201616.68%12.44%27.23%13.73%
    2015-4.89%-2.83%-7.81%-7.55%
    2014-0.58%2.25%-4.03%-2.33%
    2013-14.93%-8.58%-14.48%-9.06%
    201223.48%16.40%23.58%19.76%
    201110.73%6.55%  
    201013.74%13.49%  
    200953.55%41.84%  
    2008-20.62%-20.11%  
    20077.84%6.32%  
    20069.13%9.90%  
    20056.97%16.64%  
    20045.58%13.37%  
    Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
    Annualized Total Returns

    Returns for periods less than one year are cumulative rather than annualized

    As of 11/30/2024
    Category: Morningstar US CEF Emerging Market Income

    Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

    Portfolio Characteristics

    Portfolio Characteristics
    AMT:
    As of 10/31/2024    		0.00%
    Average Coupon:
    As of 12/19/2024    		6.19%
    Average Maturity:
    As of 10/31/2024    		12.82 yrs
    Number of Holdings:
    As of 10/31/2024    		270
    Annual Portfolio Turnover:
    As of 12/31/2023    		54.00%
    Pre-Refunded:
    		0.00%
    Asset Allocation

    As of 10/31/2024

    Top Sectors

    As of 10/31/2024

    Sector%Portfolio
    Government (Super Sector)77.40%
    Government67.06%
    Corporate (Super Sector)51.62%
    Corporate Bond50.16%
    Government Related10.35%
    Bank Loan1.46%
    Derivative (Super Sector)0.32%
    Future Forward0.32%
    Real Estate0.01%
    Cyclical (Super Sector)0.01%
    Top Holdings

    As of 10/31/2024

    HoldingValue% Portfolio
    Mexico (United Mexican States) 5%$15.27M2.47%
    Petroleos Mexicanos 5.35%$14.44M2.33%
    Argentina (Republic Of) 4.125%$14.04M2.27%
    Indonesia (Republic of) 5.25%$13.79M2.23%
    Qatar (State of) 4.817%$13.34M2.16%
    Petrobras Global Finance B.V. 6.85%$12.90M2.09%
    Egypt (Arab Republic of) 7.903%$11.35M1.84%
    Buenos Aires (Province Of) 6.625%$11.29M1.83%
    Uruguay (Republic Of) 5.75%$10.99M1.78%
    Bahrain (Kingdom of) 5.625%$9.61M1.55%
    Credit Quality

    As of 10/31/2024

    Maturity Breakdown

    As of 10/31/2024

    Country Allocation

    As of 10/31/2024

    Country% Portfolio
    Others - Fixed Income68.05%
    Mexico - Fixed Income11.21%
    Argentina - Fixed Income7.97%
    Brazil - Fixed Income5.83%
    Indonesia - Fixed Income5.16%
    Colombia - Fixed Income4.60%
    South Africa - Fixed Income4.22%
    Turkey - Fixed Income4.11%
    Chile - Fixed Income3.38%
    Israel - Fixed Income2.22%
    Peru - Fixed Income2.08%
    United States - Fixed Income2.01%
    Malaysia - Fixed Income1.03%
    India - Fixed Income1.00%
    United Kingdom - Fixed Income0.80%
    South Korea - Fixed Income0.58%
    Singapore - Fixed Income0.54%
    Poland - Fixed Income0.48%
    Netherlands - Fixed Income0.47%
    Hong Kong - Fixed Income0.44%
    Hungary - Fixed Income0.31%
    Ireland - Fixed Income0.31%
    Venezuela - Fixed Income0.11%
    China - Fixed Income0.05%
    China - Equity0.01%

    Closed-end fund historical distribution sources have included net investment income, realized gains, and return of capital. For more detailed information on the distributions of a specific fund, please visit the sponsor's website.

    NOTES:

    † Distribution type sourced from Morningstar. In general, managed distributions may be sourced from net investment income, realized gains and return of capital. CEFConnect.com does not undertake to disclose specific information about closed-end fund distribution sources. For specific information about a fund's distribution sources, visit the fund sponsor's website.

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