Special Shareholder Meeting of Holders of Western Asset Premier Bond Fund Auction Rate Preferred Shares (“ARPS”) Held on ...
30 Aprile 2014 - 3:49PM
Business Wire
Western Asset Premier Bond Fund (NYSE:WEA) today announced that,
at a special meeting of its holders of ARPS, the proposal to amend
the fund’s bylaws to facilitate an issuer tender offer for the
fund’s outstanding ARPS, as described in the fund’s Notice of
Special Meeting and Proxy Statement dated April 9, 2014, was
approved. With approval of these proposed bylaw amendments, under
current circumstances the fund expects to commence a tender offer
for its ARPS beginning in the second quarter of this year, as
previously announced.
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Western Asset Premier Bond Fund is a closed-end management
investment company that invests primarily in a diversified
portfolio of debt securities. It has been advised by Western Asset
Management Company, a subsidiary of Legg Mason, Inc., since the
fund’s inception in 2002. Additional information regarding the
matters addressed in the press release may be announced
subsequently via press release under the fund’s ticker, which can
be accessed at www.lmcef.com.
This announcement is not a recommendation, an offer to
purchase or a solicitation of an offer to sell ARPS of the fund.
The fund has not yet commenced any tender offer described in this
press release. Upon commencement, if any, of a tender offer the
fund would file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a
tender offer statement on Schedule TO and related exhibits,
including an offer to purchase, a related letter of transmittal and
other related documents, and the tender offer documents, when
available, would be mailed by the fund to holders of the ARPS.
Holders of the ARPS would be able to obtain the tender offer
documents free of charge when they are filed and become available
on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at
www.sec.gov. In addition, the fund would make available
to its ARPS holders, without charge, additional copies of the offer
to purchase and related letter of transmittal. ARPS holders should
read these documents and related exhibits for the fund when they
are filed and become available as the documents would contain
important information about the fund’s tender offer, if
any.
THIS PRESS RELEASE IS NOT AN OFFER TO PURCHASE NOR A
SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO SELL SHARES OF THE FUNDS. THIS PRESS
RELEASE MAY CONTAIN STATEMENTS REGARDING PLANS AND EXPECTATIONS FOR
THE FUTURE THAT CONSTITUTE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS WITHIN THE
PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995. ALL STATEMENTS
OTHER THAN STATEMENTS OF HISTORICAL FACT ARE FORWARD-LOOKING AND
CAN BE IDENTIFIED BY THE USE OF WORDS SUCH AS “MAY,” “WILL,”
“EXPECT,” “ANTICIPATE,” “ESTIMATE,” “BELIEVE,” “CONTINUE” OR OTHER
SIMILAR WORDS. SUCH FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE BASED ON THE
FUND’S CURRENT PLANS AND EXPECTATIONS, AND ARE SUBJECT TO RISKS AND
UNCERTAINTIES THAT COULD CAUSE ACTUAL RESULTS TO DIFFER MATERIALLY
FROM THOSE DESCRIBED IN THE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION CONCERNING SUCH RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES ARE CONTAINED
IN THE FUND’S FILINGS WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION.
For more information, please call 1-888-777-0102 or consult the
fund’s web site at www.lmcef.com.
Western Asset Management Company and Legg Mason Investor
Services, LLC are subsidiaries of Legg Mason, Inc.
© 2014 Legg Mason Investor Services, LLC. Member FINRA, SIPC
Western Asset Premier Bond FundMedia:Maria Rosati,
212-805-6036mrosati@leggmason.com
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