Leslie H. Gelb

Western Asset Global Corporate Defined Opportunity Fund, Inc. operates as a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. It provides income and intend to seek capital appreciation. It invests in a global portfolio of securities consisting of investment grade fixed-income securities, emerging market fixed-income securities and investment grade fixed-income securities. The company was founded on September 17, 2009 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Western Asset Mortgage Opportunity Fund, Inc. engages in seeking capital appreciation and provision of current income. It invests in a diverse portfolio of mortgage-backed securities which includes non-agency residential and commercial mortgage-backed securities. The company was founded on December 11, 2009 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Clearbridge MLP & Midstream Fund, Inc. operates as a mutual fund, closed-end investment trust, which engages in the provision of high level of total return on cash distributions. It invests in master limited partnerships in the energy sector. The company was founded on March 31, 2010 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund, Inc. is a closed-end management investment company. It engages in the business of investing in a portfolio of high-yield corporate fixed income securities with varying maturities. The company was founded on July 20, 2010 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

BrandywineGLOBAL - Global Income Opportunities Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. Its objectives are to provide current income and it also seeks capital appreciation. The company was founded on October 27, 2010 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

ClearBridge Energy Midstream Opportunity Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified and closed-end management investment company, which invests on energy midstream entities.The company was founded on April 5, 2011 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Western Asset Middle Market Income Fund, Inc. operates as a closed-end investment fund, which primarily invests in securities of middle market companies. Its investment objectives are providing income and capital appreciation. The company was founded on June 29, 2011 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Permal Hedge Strategies Fund is a newly organized, non-diversified, closed-end management and investment company. Its investment objective is to seek long-term capital appreciation while attempting to reduce risk and volatility. The fund invests primarily in the Portfolio Funds, with access to a broad range of investment strategies with a global fixed income focus, which may include, but are not limited to, global fixed income strategies, global event-driven strategies and global macro strategies and, to a lesser extent, equity long/short strategies. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

ClearBridge MLP & Midstream Total Return Fund, Inc. operates as a non-diversified and closed-end management investment company. It offers total-return oriented portfolio of primarily energy master limited partnerships (MLPs) and midstream entities. It also engages in the provision of the opportunity for attractive, tax-deferred distributions with a combined emphasis on capital appreciation. The company was founded on April 10, 2012 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Western Asset Middle Market Debt Fund, Inc. acts as Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. Its primary investment objective is to provide income and secondary investment objective, the Fund seeks capital appreciation. The fund seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing, under normal market conditions including loans, issued by middle market companies. Western Asset Middle Market Debt Fund is headquartered in New York, NY.

ClearBridge American Energy MLP Fund, Inc. operates as a closed-end management investment company. It provides the potential for attractive, tax-deferred distributions, with an equal emphasis on current distributions, and capital appreciation. It invests in a portfolio of energy master limited partnerships that may benefit from the growing production, and usage of natural gas. The company was founded on February 21, 2013 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc. provides learning and knowledge products. It publishes encyclopedia, educational research books and also provides information through Web sites. The company was founded in 1768 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Britannica.com, Inc. publishes encyclopedias. It also offers educationa, and research books and Web sites. The company was founded on March 30, 2000 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Council on Foreign Relations, Inc. provides and disseminates ideas on foreign policies to individuals, corporate members, journalists and policy makers. It operates a forum for government officials, students and other interested parties to study and discuss world issues and impact on American foreign policies. The company publishes Foreign Affairs, a magazine that comes out six times a year, along with books and studies by its own scholars. Council on Foreign Relations was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in New York City, NY.

Western Asset Corporate Loan Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The fund's investment objective is to maximize current income consistent with prudent efforts to preserve capital. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund. Its investment objectives are to seek high current income and capital appreciation. The firm invests in high-yield debt securities. The company was founded on November 16, 1993 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Western Asset High Income Fund II, Inc. is a closed-end management investment company, which seeks to maximize current income by investing in high yield debt securities. It also intends to seek capital appreciation to maximize current income. The company was founded on March 19, 1998 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Western Asset High Income Fund, Inc. is a Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. Its investing objective is to maintain a high level of current income having a secondary objective as, the funds capital appreciation. The fund is headquartered in New York, NY.

Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund, Inc. operates as a closed-end investment fund or investment trust. It intends to provide total return and current income. The company was founded on April 16, 2003 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund, Inc. is a closed-end management investment company, which engages in the business of seeking as high a level of current income exempt from federal income tax as is consistent with preservation of capital. The firm is also involved in maximizing current income exempt from federal income tax as is consistent with preservation of principal. The company was founded on April 9, 1992 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

LMP Real Estate Income Fund, Inc. is a Closed-End Investment Fund/Investment Trust. The fund primarily invests in income-producing common shares, preferred shares, convertible preferred shares and debt securities issued by Real Estate Companies, including real estate investment trusts. LMP Real Estate Income Fund was founded on July 31, 2002 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Western Asset Global Partners Income Fund, Inc. investment objective is to maintain a high level of current income. The Fund's secondary objective is capital appreciation. The Fund's investment strategy is to invests in high-yield U.S. and non-U.S. corporate debt securities and high-yield foreign sovereign debt. The fund is managed by Western Asset, best known as an active fixed-income manager offering products spanning the yield curve and the globe. Western Asset Global Partners Income Fund, Inc. is founded in 1971, and is incorporated in New York.

Western Asset Municipal Partners Fund, Inc. is a closed-end mutual fund. Its investment objective is seeking for high current income exempt from regular federal income tax as is consistent with preservation of principal, and capital appreciation. The company was founded on November 24, 1992 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Western Asset Worldwide Income Fund, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund/investment Trust. The fund's objective is to maintain a high level of current income. As a secondary objective, the Fund seeks to maximize total return. The fund primarily invests in securities of issuers that are incorporated in or generate the majority of their revenue in, emerging market countries. The fund can also invest in a broad range of other U.S. and non-U.S. investment grade and high-yield fixed-income securities. The company was founded on October 21, 1993 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

LMP Capital & Income Fund, Inc. is a closed-end management investment company. It invests in a range of equity and fixed income securities of both U.S. and foreign issuers. The company was founded on November 12, 2003 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Western Asset Global High Income Fund, Inc. operates as closed-end investment fund/investment trust. Its investment objective is to earn high current income and its secondary objective is total return. The Fund invests in a global portfolio of securities consisting of investment grade fixed-income securities, emerging market fixed-income securities and investment grade fixed-income securities. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Western Asset Inflation Management Fund, Inc. is a closed-end investment fund/investment trust. The fund's investment objectives are to provide high income and intend to seek capital appreciation. It invests in a global portfolio of securities consisting of investment grade fixed-income securities, emerging market fixed-income securities and investment grade fixed-income securities. The company was founded on March 16, 2004 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Western Asset Variable Rate Strategic Fund, Inc. is a closed end investment fund, which engages in the provision of a leveraged portfolio of primarily variable rate instruments of United States and non-United States issuers, including United States and non-United States investment grade and high-yield debt, senior loans, emerging market debt, and derivatives related to these securities. The company was founded on August 3, 2004 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Western Asset Emerging Markets Income Fund, Inc. is non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. It offers actively managed, leveraged fixed income portfolio that invests primarily in emerging market debt of sovereign and corporate issuers, denominated in both U.S. dollar and local currencies. It seeks high current income and capital appreciation. The company was founded on June 25, 1993 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Legg Mason Funds Trust operates as an open-end, non-diversified management investment company. Its total assets in securities issued by real estate entities, including, but not limited to real estate investment trusts, or real estate-related companies, including, but not limited to non-REIT property ownership companies, property developers, companies with property ownership as a key capital investment, infrastructure ownership companies, vendors of various real estate- and infrastructure-related services and financial institutions primarily focused on the real estate industry. The company was founded on October 21, 2015 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Aberdeen Korea Co., Ltd. provides asset management services. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Seoul, Korea.