Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Inc. HIO NYSE

NYSE • Financial Services • Asset Management - Income • US • USD

There have been 50 recent insider transactions recorded for Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Inc. (HIO), including 12 buys and 24 sells. Total insider buying was valued at $13.91M and total insider selling at $23.17M.

Notable insiders with recent activity include Sale Hillary A, Grillo Anthony, Gahan Thomas. Insider transactions can provide insights into how company leadership views the stock's valuation and future prospects.

Insider Transactions — HIO

Date	Name	Role	Transaction	Shares	Avg. Price	Value	Shares Owned
2025-06-02	Sale Hillary A	Director	Informative Buy	5,167	$3.88	$20.06K	5,167
2025-05-27	Grillo Anthony	Director	Informative Buy	3,000	$3.84	$11.52K	3,000
2024-12-03	Gahan Thomas	Officer	Unknown	-	-	-	-
2024-11-15	Grillo Anthony	Director	Unknown	-	-	-	-
2024-11-15	Sale Hillary A	Director	Unknown	-	-	-	-
2024-11-15	Mason Peter Daniel Charles	Director	Unknown	-	-	-	-
2023-12-31	Hinkle Matthew T.	Officer	Disposition	-	-	-	-
2023-09-07	De Oliveira Marc	Officer	Unknown	-	-	-	-
2023-09-01	Buchanan Michael Carlton	Other: Co-CIO/subadviser	Disposition	-	-	-	-
2022-07-15	Hoffmann Courtney A.	Officer	Unknown	-	-	-	-
2022-01-05	Colman Carol L	Director	Informative Sell	1,000	$5.14	$5.14K	19,186
2022-01-05	Cronin Daniel P	Director	Informative Sell	3,207	$5.10	$16.36K	-
2021-08-27	Colman Carol L	Director	Informative Sell	2,500	$5.24	$13.1K	19,366
2021-08-02	Bowden Andrew J.	Officer	Unknown	-	-	-	-
2021-06-07	Colman Carol L	Director	Informative Sell	6,300	$5.23	$32.95K	22,147
2020-12-16	Hutchinson William R	Director	Informative Sell	7,536	$5.02	$37.83K	-
2020-11-20	Saba Capital Management, L.p.	10 Percent Owner	Informative Sell	152,171	$4.98	$757.81K	5,793,994
2020-11-19	Cronin Daniel P	Director	Informative Sell	3,232	$5.37	$17.36K	2,949
2020-11-03	Saba Capital Management, L.p.	10 Percent Owner	Informative Sell	400,000	$4.89	$1.96M	12,255,329
2020-10-30	Saba Capital Management, L.p.	10 Percent Owner	Informative Sell	66,654	$4.89	$325.94K	12,655,329
2020-10-28	Saba Capital Management, L.p.	10 Percent Owner	Informative Sell	108,305	$4.89	$529.61K	12,721,983
2020-10-26	Saba Capital Management, L.p.	10 Percent Owner	Informative Sell	65,529	$4.95	$324.37K	12,830,288
2020-10-23	Saba Capital Management, L.p.	10 Percent Owner	Informative Sell	16,733	$4.98	$83.33K	12,895,817
2020-09-30	Eakes Brian	Officer	Unknown	-	-	-	-
2020-09-30	Fergerson Laura F	Officer	Unknown	-	-	-	-
2020-09-08	Colman Carol L	Director	Informative Sell	2,100	$4.96	$10.41K	38,702
2020-08-13	Hoyt George P.	Officer	Unknown	-	-	-	-
2020-07-31	Johnson Jennifer M	Officer	Unknown	-	-	-	-
2020-07-31	Plafker Jed A.	Officer	Unknown	-	-	-	-
2020-07-31	Nicholls Matthew	Officer	Unknown	-	-	-	-
2020-07-27	Colman Carol L	Director	Informative Sell	1,600	$4.81	$7.7K	40,802
2020-07-10	Colman Carol L	Director	Informative Sell	700	$4.67	$3.27K	26,000
2020-04-17	Jensen Fred Steven	Officer	Unknown	-	-	-	-
2020-03-20	Saba Capital Management, L.p.	10 Percent Owner	Informative Buy	150,000	$3.70	$555K	15,832,183
2020-03-19	Saba Capital Management, L.p.	10 Percent Owner	Other (Sell)	2,919,633	$3.46	$10.1M	12,912,550
2020-02-25	Saba Capital Management, L.p.	10 Percent Owner	Informative Buy	138,670	$5.18	$718.31K	15,682,183
2020-02-21	Saba Capital Management, L.p.	10 Percent Owner	Informative Buy	128,020	$5.25	$672.11K	15,543,513
2020-02-20	Saba Capital Management, L.p.	10 Percent Owner	Informative Buy	288,047	$5.25	$1.51M	15,415,493
2020-02-19	Saba Capital Management, L.p.	10 Percent Owner	Informative Buy	1,445,520	$5.26	$7.6M	15,127,446
2020-02-14	Saba Capital Management, L.p.	10 Percent Owner	Informative Sell	132,195	$5.16	$682.13K	13,681,926
2020-02-13	Saba Capital Management, L.p.	10 Percent Owner	Informative Sell	764,680	$5.15	$3.94M	13,814,121
2020-02-12	Saba Capital Management, L.p.	10 Percent Owner	Informative Sell	412,672	$5.15	$2.13M	14,578,801
2020-02-11	Saba Capital Management, L.p.	10 Percent Owner	Informative Sell	316,231	$5.15	$1.63M	14,991,473
2020-02-10	Saba Capital Management, L.p.	10 Percent Owner	Informative Sell	110,996	$5.15	$571.63K	15,307,704
2019-09-27	Berarducci Christopher	Treas/principal Finan Officer	Disposition	-	-	-	-
2019-06-19	Saba Capital Management, L.p.	10 Percent Owner	Informative Buy	66,226	$5.04	$333.78K	15,418,700
2019-06-18	Saba Capital Management, L.p.	10 Percent Owner	Informative Buy	64,159	$5.04	$323.36K	15,352,474
2019-06-14	Saba Capital Management, L.p.	10 Percent Owner	Informative Buy	25,717	$5.00	$128.59K	15,288,315
2019-06-13	Saba Capital Management, L.p.	10 Percent Owner	Informative Buy	353,051	$5.00	$1.77M	15,262,598
2019-06-11	Saba Capital Management, L.p.	10 Percent Owner	Informative Buy	53,116	$5.00	$265.58K	14,909,547

■ Informative Buy/Sell — open market transaction (most significant) ■ Uninformative Buy — award, option exercise, conversion ■ Uninformative Sell — tax withholding, award vest sale ■ Neutral — gift, trust, expiry