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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Western Asset Mortgage Opportunity Fund Inc. (DMO)

Western Asset Mortgage Defined Opportunity Fund (DMO) names Nisha Kumar director

Neutral Impact 2 of 5 leadership Written later

The fund announced that Nisha Kumar was appointed a director of each closed-end fund advised by Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisors, LLC, effective January 1, 2019, and that directors Dr. Riordan Roett and Leslie H. Gelb retired effective December 31, 2018. Kumar will serve on the fund's Audit, Nominating, Compensation, Pricing and Valuation Committees, which changes the fund's board membership and committee makeup.

Key points

  • Nisha Kumar appointed director effective January 1, 2019, and joins the Audit, Nominating, Compensation, Pricing and Valuation Committees
  • Dr. Riordan Roett and Leslie H. Gelb retire as directors effective December 31, 2018
  • Kumar has been Managing Director and CFO and CCO of Greenbriar Equity Group, LP since 2011
  • Kumar was EVP and CFO of AOL LLC from 2007 to 2009

The filing

CompanyWestern Asset Mortgage Opportunity Fund Inc. (DMO)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECJan 2, 2019, 4:36 PM ET
Accession number0001193125-19-000700

Items reported: 5.02 Director / Officer Change

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 9, 2026, 10:08 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on January 02, 2019.

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