0000914851-22-000004.txt : 20220107 0000914851-22-000004.hdr.sgml : 20220107 20220107100656 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000914851-22-000004 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20220105 FILED AS OF DATE: 20220107 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20220107 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CRONIN DANIEL P CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001240480 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 4 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-22444 FILM NUMBER: 22516795 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: PFIZER INC STREET 2: 235 EAST 42ND ST CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 235 EAST 42ND ST CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10017 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001497186 IRS NUMBER: 273075810 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 0831 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 620 EIGHTH AVENUE STREET 2: 47TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10018 BUSINESS PHONE: 888-777-0102 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 620 EIGHTH AVENUE STREET 2: 47TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10018 4 1 wf-form4_164156800167933.xml FORM 4 X0306 4 2022-01-05 0 0001497186 Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. HYI 0001240480 CRONIN DANIEL P 620 EIGHTH AVENUE 47TH FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10018 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 2022-01-05 4 S 0 1248 15.40 D 0.99 D Includes shares acquired through the Fund's Dividend Reinvestment Plan. /s/ George P. Hoyt by Power of Attorney for Daniel P. Cronin 2022-01-07 EX-24 2 poaboardnov2020.htm POA BOARD 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