Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. HYI NYSE

NYSE • Financial Services • Asset Management • US • USD

There have been 50 recent insider transactions recorded for Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. (HYI), including 3 buys and 32 sells. Total insider buying was valued at $61.63K and total insider selling at $19.23K.

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

Insider Transactions — HYI

Date	Name	Role	Transaction	Shares	Avg. Price	Value	Shares Owned
2025-05-27	Grillo Anthony	Director	Informative Buy	1,000	$11.71	$11.71K	1,000
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	-	-	-	-
2022-01-07	Cronin Daniel P	Director	Informative Sell	1	$15.30	$15.30	-
2022-01-05	Cronin Daniel P	Director	Informative Sell	1,248	$15.40	$19.22K	1
2021-08-02	Bowden Andrew J.	Officer	Unknown	-	-	-	-
2020-09-30	Eakes Brian	Officer	Unknown	-	-	-	-
2020-09-30	Fergerson Laura F	Officer	Unknown	-	-	-	-
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	-	-	-	-
2020-04-17	Jensen Fred Steven	Officer	Unknown	-	-	-	-
2019-09-27	Berarducci Christopher	Treas/principal Finan Officer	Disposition	-	-	-	-
2019-01-01	Kumar Nisha	Director	Disposition	-	-	-	-
2018-01-01	Berg Jennifer S	Officer	Unknown	-	-	-	-
2017-05-11	Kuehl Todd F	Chief Compliance Officer	Disposition	-	-	-	-
2015-10-02	Leech S. Kenneth	Officer	Informative Buy	2,300	$13.72	$31.55K	2,300
2015-06-30	Merchant Thomas C	Officer	Disposition	-	-	-	-
2015-06-30	Murphy Jennifer	Officer	Disposition	-	-	-	-
2015-06-30	Kenney John	Officer	Disposition	-	-	-	-
2015-04-15	Trust Jane	Officer	Disposition	-	-	-	-
2015-01-01	Agdern Robert D	Director	Disposition	-	-	-	-
2013-09-03	Bilson F Barry	Officer	Disposition	-	-	-	-
2013-06-01	Fuller Kenneth	CEO, Pres. & Chairman	Disposition	-	-	-	-
2013-02-01	Kamerick Eileen A	Director	Disposition	-	-	-	-
2011-12-01	Sennett Richard	Principal Financial Officer	Disposition	-	-	-	-
2011-03-24	Olmert Amy	Officer	Disposition	-	-	-	-
2011-03-24	Nachtwey Peter	Officer	Disposition	-	-	-	-
2010-12-17	Cronin Daniel P	Director	Informative Buy	1,000	$18.37	$18.37K	1,000
2010-10-29	Flick James J	Officer	Disposition	-	-	-	-
2010-10-26	Legg Mason Inc	Officer	Disposition	-	-	-	-
2010-10-26	Roett Riordan	Director	Disposition	-	-	-	-
2010-10-26	Western Asset Management Co	Officer	Disposition	-	-	-	-
2010-10-26	Salacuse Jeswald W	Director	Disposition	-	-	-	-
2010-10-26	Colman Carol L	Director	Disposition	-	-	-	-
2010-10-26	Cronin Daniel P	Director	Disposition	-	-	-	-
2010-10-26	Cucchi Paolo M	Director	Disposition	-	-	-	-
2010-10-26	Gelb Leslie H	Director	Disposition	-	-	-	-
2010-10-26	Gerken R Jay	CEO, Pres. & Chairman	Disposition	-	-	-	-
2010-10-26	Frenkel Robert I	CLO and Secretary	Disposition	-	-	-	-
2010-10-26	Ozsolak Kaprel	CFO	Disposition	-	-	-	-
2010-10-26	Hutchinson William R	Director	Disposition	-	-	-	-
2010-10-26	Odenath David R	Officer	Disposition	-	-	-	-

■ 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