NEW YORK, June 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Western Asset
Premier Bond Fund (NYSE: WEA) announced today its newly formulated
portfolio structure from Western Asset Management Company
("WAM").
Effective as of June 14, 2013
Stephen A. Walsh, Michael C.
Buchanan and Christopher F.
Kilpatrick are the investment professionals leading the
Fund's investment team.
Western Asset Premier Bond Fund is a diversified, closed-end
management investment company managed by Legg Mason Partners Fund
Advisor, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Legg Mason, Inc., and is advised by WAM, an
affiliate of the investment manager and by several affiliated
investment advisory companies.
Contact the Fund at 1-888-777-0102 for additional information,
or consult the Fund's web site at www.leggmason.com/cef.
Data and commentary provided in this press release are for
informational purposes only. Legg
Mason and its affiliates do not engage in selling shares of
the Fund.
CONTACT: For Fund Related Questions: Fund Investor
Services, 888-777-0102; For Shareholder Related Questions: American
Stock Transfer and Trust Company, 888-888-0151
SOURCE Western Asset Premier Bond Fund