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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · Western Asset High Yield Opportunity Fund Inc. (HYI)

Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund adds Nisha Kumar as director

Neutral Impact 2 of 5 leadership Written later

The fund's board appointed Nisha Kumar as a director effective January 1, 2019, and two directors, Dr. Riordan Roett and Leslie H. Gelb, retired effective December 31, 2018. The changes are routine board updates that do not alter the fund's management roles, and the filing reports no effect on fund operations or shareholder payments.

Key points

  • Nisha Kumar appointed director effective January 1, 2019, and will sit on the Audit, Nominating, Compensation, and 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 Chief Compliance Officer of Greenbriar Equity Group, LP since 2011
  • The changes apply across the closed-end funds advised by Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisors, LLC, announced in a January 2, 2019 press release

The filing

CompanyWestern Asset High Yield Opportunity Fund Inc. (HYI)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECJan 2, 2019, 4:18 PM ET
Accession number0001193125-19-000620

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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