 Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund Inc. NYSE: EMD the Fund announced today that the Board of Directors of the Fund has approved a change to the Funds policy on duration. Effective today, the Fund will seek to maintain an average portfolio duration between 20 above and 20 below the average duration of the JPMorgan Emerging Markets Bond Index Global Diversified, the Funds benchmark. The Funds prior duration policy was to maintain an average portfolio duration within one to nine years, based on managements forecast for interest rates. Fund management believes this policy change provides appropriate flexibility when managing portfolio duration. 