IGI Western Asset Investment Grade Defined Opportunity Trust Inc

Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC announced today that certain closed end funds have declared their distributions for the months of December 2018, January and February 2019.

The following dates apply to the distribution schedule below:

                          Month       Record Date       Ex-Dividend Date       Payable Date December       12/21/2018       12/20/2018       12/31/2018 January       01/18/2019       01/17/2019       02/01/2019 February       02/15/2019       02/14/2019       03/01/2019                   Ticker   Fund Name   Month   Amount       Type  

Change fromPreviousDistribution

TLI   Western Asset Corporate Loan Fund Inc.   Dec   $0.05300     Income   - Jan $0.05300 Income         Feb   $0.05300       Income     HIX Western Asset High Income Fund II Inc. Dec $0.04550 Income - Jan $0.04550 Income         Feb   $0.04550       Income     HIO Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Inc. Dec $0.02650 Income - Jan $0.02650 Income         Feb   $0.02650       Income     HYI Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. Dec $0.08850 Income - Jan $0.08850 Income         Feb   $0.08850       Income     EHI Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc. Dec $0.06100 Income - Jan $0.06100 Income         Feb   $0.06100       Income     GDO Western Asset Global Corporate Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. Dec $0.10100 Income - Jan $0.10100 Income         Feb   $0.10100       Income       GFY Western Asset Variable Rate Strategic Fund Inc. Dec $0.07750 Income - Jan $0.07750 Income         Feb   $0.07750       Income     IGI Western Asset Investment Grade Defined Opportunity Trust Inc. Dec $0.01620 a STCG - Dec $0.06880 a LTCG Jan $0.03760 b Income Jan $0.04740 b STCG         Feb   $0.08500       Income     DMO Western Asset Mortgage Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. Dec $0.17500 c Income (0.0150) Jan $0.17500 Income         Feb   $0.17500       Income     SBI Western Asset Intermediate Muni Fund Inc. Dec $0.02750 c Income (0.0020) Jan $0.02750 Income         Feb   $0.02750       Income     MMU Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund Inc. Dec $0.05800 Income - Jan $0.05800 Income         Feb   $0.05800       Income     MHF Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund Inc. Dec $0.02550 Income - Jan $0.02550 Income         Feb   $0.02550       Income     MNP Western Asset Municipal Partners Fund Inc. Dec $0.05750 Income - Jan $0.05750 Income         Feb   $0.05750       Income     MTT Western Asset Municipal Defined Opportunity Trust Inc. Dec $0.07900 Income - Jan $0.07900 Income         Feb   $0.07900       Income     a   $0.01620 per share from STCG and $0.06880 per share from LTCG – Total Distribution - $0.08500 per share. b $0.03760 per share from income and $0.04740 per share from STCG – Total Distribution - $0.08500 per share. c The Fund has decreased its distributions to a level that better approximates the current level of net investment income generated by its investment portfolio. LTCG – Long-Term Capital Gain STCG – Short-Term Capital Gain  

This press release is not for tax reporting purposes but is being provided to announce the amount of each Fund’s distributions that have been declared by the Board of Directors. In early 2019 and early 2020, after definitive information is available, each Fund will send shareholders a Form 1099-DIV, if applicable, specifying how the distributions paid by each Fund during the prior calendar year should be characterized for purposes of reporting the distributions on a shareholder’s tax return (e.g., ordinary income, long-term capital gain or return of capital).

For more information about the Funds, please call 1-888-777-0102 or consult the Fund’s web site at www.lmcef.com. Hard copies of the Funds’ complete audited financial statement are available free of charge upon request.

Investment advisory and sub-advisory services are provided by subsidiaries of Legg Mason, which may include Western Asset Management Company Limited in London, Western Asset Management Company Pte. Ltd. in Singapore and Western Asset Management Company Ltd in Japan (the “WAM Subsidiaries”). The WAM Subsidiaries, indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries of Legg Mason, Inc., are compensated by Western Asset Management Company, LLC (“Western Asset”) for any allocated assets and receive 100% of the subadvisory fee paid to Western Asset with respect to such assets. The identities of the specific WAM subsidiaries can be found in the Fund’s shareholder report.

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 Funds.

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