0000914851-20-000371.txt : 20201217 0000914851-20-000371.hdr.sgml : 20201217 20201217102906 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000914851-20-000371 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20201216 FILED AS OF DATE: 20201217 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20201217 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HUTCHINSON WILLIAM R CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001240631 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-07920 FILM NUMBER: 201394539 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 535 N MICHIGAN STE 1012 CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60611 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WESTERN ASSET HIGH INCOME OPPORTUNITY FUND INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000910068 IRS NUMBER: 133735236 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 620 EIGHTH AVENUE STREET 2: 49TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10018 BUSINESS PHONE: 888-777-0102 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 620 EIGHTH AVENUE STREET 2: 49TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10018 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HIGH INCOME OPPORTUNITY FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19941230 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SMITH BARNEY HIGH INCOME OPPORTUNITY FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19930913 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SMITH BARNEY HIGH INCOME FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19930802 4 1 wf-form4_160821893138793.xml FORM 4 X0306 4 2020-12-16 0 0000910068 WESTERN ASSET HIGH INCOME OPPORTUNITY FUND INC. HIO 0001240631 HUTCHINSON WILLIAM R C/O LEGG MASON & CO., LLC 620 EIGHTH AVENUE, 47TH FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10018 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 2020-12-16 4 S 0 7536 5.02 D 0 D /s/ George P. Hoyt by Power of Attorney for William Hutchinson 2020-12-17 EX-24 2 poaboardnov2020.htm POA BOARD CEF NOV 2020

POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PEOPLE BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby makes, constitutes and appoints each of Jane E. Trust, Christopher Berarducci, George P. Hoyt and Tara Gormel with full power to act without the other, as his or her agent and attorney-in-fact for the purpose of executing in his or her name, in his or her capacity as a trustee/director of any registered closed-end fund to which Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC is an investment adviser, any statement of beneficial ownership on Form 3, 4 or 5 to be filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

All past acts of an attorney-in-fact in furtherance of the foregoing are hereby ratified and confirmed.

This Power of Attorney may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but which taken together shall constitute one instrument.

This Power of Attorney shall be valid from the date hereof until revoked by me.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this instrument as of the 10th day of November, 2020.

/s/ Jane E. Trust
Jane E. Trust Trustee/Director, Chief Executive Officer and President

/s/ Robert D. Agdern
Robert D. Agdern Trustee/Director

/s/ Carol L. Colman
Carol L. Colman Trustee/Director

/s/ Daniel P. Cronin
Daniel P. Cronin Trustee/Director

/s/ Paolo M. Cucchi
Paolo M. Cucchi Trustee/Director

/s/ William R. Hutchinson
William R. Hutchinson Trustee/Director

/s/ Eileen A. Kamerick
Eileen A. Kamerick Trustee/Director

/s/ Nisha Kumar
Nisha Kumar Trustee/Director