0000914851-22-000029.txt : 20220719 0000914851-22-000029.hdr.sgml : 20220719 20220719182307 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000914851-22-000029 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20220715 FILED AS OF DATE: 20220719 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20220719 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LARSON MICHAEL CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001098825 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-21477 FILM NUMBER: 221092452 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2365 CARILLON POINT CITY: KIRKLAND STATE: WA ZIP: 98033 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WESTERN ASSET INFLATION-LINKED OPPORTUNITIES & INCOME FUND CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001267902 IRS NUMBER: 421607118 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 620 EIGHTH AVENUE STREET 2: 47TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10018 BUSINESS PHONE: 8887770102 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 620 EIGHTH AVENUE STREET 2: 47TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10018 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: WESTERN ASSET/CLAYMORE INFLATION-LINKED OPPORTUNITIES & INCOME FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20090701 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: WESTERN ASSET CLAYMORE INFLATION-LINKED OPPORTUNITIES & INCOME FUND DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20070810 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: WESTERN ASSET CLAYMORE US TREASURY INFLATION PRO SEC FUND 2 DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20031022 4 1 wf-form4_165826937071579.xml FORM 4 X0306 4 2022-07-15 0 0001267902 WESTERN ASSET INFLATION-LINKED OPPORTUNITIES & INCOME FUND WIW 0001098825 LARSON MICHAEL C/O FRANKLIN TEMPLETON 47TH FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10018 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 2022-07-15 4 P 0 5000 10.1563 A 9547 D The price reported in column 4 is a weighted average. These shares were purchased in multiple transactions ranging from $10.135 to $10.1800 inclusive. Mr. Larson undertakes to provide to the Issuer, any security holder of the Issuer, or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request full information regarding the number of shares purchased at each separate price within the range set forth above. /s/ George P. Hoyt by Power of Attorney for Michael Larson 2022-07-19 EX-24 2 section16poamichaellarson.htm LARSON POA

Western Asset Investment Grade Income Fund Inc. (NYSE: PAI),
Western Asset Premier Bond Fund (NYSE: WEA),
Western Asset Inflation-Linked Income Fund (NYSE: WIA),
Western Asset Inflation-Linked Opportunities & Income Fund (NYSE: WIW)
(together, the "Funds")

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PEOPLE BY THESE PRESENTS, that the person whose signature appears below hereby makes, constitutes and
appoints each of Robert Frenkel, Thomas Mandia, John Redding, George Hoyt, Angela Velez, Tara Gormel, Marc De Oliveira
and Mitchell O'Brien, as a true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent of the undersigned with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, for and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned (both in the undersigned's individual capacity, as a
member of any limited liability company, as a partner of any partnership or as an officer of any corporation for which the
undersigned are otherwise authorized to sign), to execute, deliver and file such forms, with all exhibits thereto, as may be
required to be filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to: (i) Sections 13(d) and 16(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Act"), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as
applicable, including without limitation, Schedule 13D, Schedule 13G, statements on Form 3, Form 4 and Form 5 relating to
PAI, WEA, WIA, WIW and any closed-end fund management company advised by an affiliate of Legg Mason, Inc. (each a
"Fund", collectively the "Funds" granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, acting separately, full power
and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully
to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
and agents, or any of them, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. Each of
the lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents named herein may act separately.

Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, this Power of Attorney shall not in any manner revoke, in whole or in part, any Power of
Attorney previously executed. This Power of Attorney shall not be revoked by any subsequent Power of Attorney executed in the future, unless
such subsequent Power of Attorney specifically refers to this Power of Attorney, or specifically states that the instrument is intended to revoke
this Power of Attorney, all prior general Powers of Attorney or all prior Powers of Attorney.

This Power of Attorney shall continue in effect until the undersigned no longer has an obligation to file statements under the section cited above
or revoked by written instrument executed by the principal and duly acknowledged. Whenever two or more Powers of Attorney are valid at the
same time, the agents appointed on each shall act separately, unless otherwise specified in the documents. Any provision of this Power of
Attorney held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable shall not impair or invalidate the remainder of the Power of
Attorney and the effect thereof shall be confined to the provisions so held to the invalid or unenforceable.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this instrument as of the  ______day of March, 2020.








Michael Larson

Director/Trustee