DIVIDEND ANNOUNCEMENT: Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. (NYSE:HYI) on 02/19/2020 declared a dividend of $0.0945 per share

Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. (NYSE:HYI) on 02/19/2020 declared a dividend of $ 0.0945 per share payable on April 01, 2020 to shareholders of record as of March 24, 2020. Dividend amount recorded is an increase of $ 0.0005 from last dividend Paid.

Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. (NYSE:HYI) has paid dividends since 2010, has a current dividend yield of 6.7237162590% and has increased its dividends for 1 successive years.

The stock price closed yesterday at $ 16.36 and has a 52 week low/high of $ 14.25 and $ 16.46.

Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund is a non-diversified, limited term, closed-end management investment company. The Fund's primary investment objective is to provide high income. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its net assets in a portfolio of high-yield corporate fixed income securities with varying maturities. As of May 31 2017, the Fund had total assets of $393,518,810 and an investment portfolio of $383,481,631.

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