0000914851-20-000342.txt : 20201009 0000914851-20-000342.hdr.sgml : 20201009 20201009100629 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000914851-20-000342 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20200930 FILED AS OF DATE: 20201009 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20201009 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Fergerson Laura F CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001298030 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-21343 FILM NUMBER: 201232344 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3310 QUALITY DRIVE STREET 2: 2ND FLOOR CITY: RANCHO CORDOVA STATE: CA ZIP: 95670 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WESTERN ASSET EMERGING MARKETS DEBT FUND INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001227862 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 620 EIGHTH AVENUE STREET 2: 49TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10018 BUSINESS PHONE: 8887770102 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 620 EIGHTH AVENUE STREET 2: 49TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10018 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SALOMON BROTHERS EMERGING MARKETS DEBT FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20031003 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SALOMON BROTHERS FIXED INCOME STRATEGIC FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20030417 3 1 wf-form3_160225237549088.xml FORM 3 X0206 3 2020-09-30 1 0001227862 WESTERN ASSET EMERGING MARKETS DEBT FUND INC. EMD 0001298030 Fergerson Laura F C/O FRANKLIN TEMPLETON 3344 QUALITY DRIVE, FLOOR 1 RANCHO CORDOVA CA 95670 0 0 0 1 Manager/Investment Manager /s/ George P. Hoyt by Power of Attorney for Laura Fergerson 2020-10-09 EX-24 2 fergerson-closedendboard20.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY FERGERSON


    LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR SECTION 13 AND 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

    Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and appoints George P. Hoyt as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned to:

    1. prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms ID, Schedules 13D and 13G, and Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including any amendments thereto and any related documentation) with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any national securities exchanges relating to any registered closed-end company to which an affiliate of Franklin Resources, Inc. ("FRI") is an investment adviser (each, a "Reporting Entity"), as considered necessary or advisable under Regulation S-T and Sections 13(d) and 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time (the "Exchange Act"); and

    2. seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the securities of any Reporting Entity from any person, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any such information to the undersigned and approves and ratifies any such release of information; and

    3. perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned in connection with the foregoing.

    The undersigned acknowledges that:
    1. this Limited Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, such attorney-in-fact to act in his discretion on information provided to such attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information;
    2. any documents prepared and/or executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Limited Power of Attorney will be in such form and will contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in his discretion, deems necessary or desirable;
    3. none of FRI, any Reporting Entity nor the attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and
    4. this Limited Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the Exchange Act, including without limitation, the reporting requirements under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

    The undersigned hereby gives and grants the foregoing attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if present, hereby ratifying all that such attorney-in-fact of, for and on behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney, and indemnifies the foregoing attorney-in-fact against any loss of any nature whatsoever arising in connection therewith.
    This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to such attorney-in-fact.
    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Limited Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 30th day of September, 2020.
    /S/ Laura Fergerson
    Signature

    Name: Laura Fergerson

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