Form N-2MEF Western Asset Diversifie
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E-mailAs filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 24, 2021
1933 Act File No. 333-
1940 Act File No. 811-23598
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-2
(Check appropriate box or boxes)
Registration Statement
under
| the Securities Act of 1933 | ☒ | |||
| Pre-Effective Amendment No. | ☐ | |||
| Post-Effective Amendment No. | ☐ |
and/or
Registration Statement
Under
| the Investment Company Act of 1940 | ☒ | |||
| Amendment No. 6 | ☒ |
Western Asset Diversified Income Fund
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
620 Eighth Avenue, 47th Floor
New York, New York 10018
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (888) 777-0102
Jane Trust
Legg Mason and Co., LLC
620 Eighth Avenue, 47th Floor
New York, New York 10018
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)
Copies to:
| David W. Blass, Esq. |
Clifford R. Cone, Esq. Jefferey D. LeMaster, Esq. Clifford Chance US LLP 31 West 52nd Street New York, New York 10019 |
Approximate date of commencement of proposed public offering: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box ☐.
If any securities being registered on this form will be offered on a delayed or continuous basis in reliance on Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. ☐
If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction A.2 or a post-effective amendment thereto, check the following box ☐.
If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction B or a post-effective amendment thereto that will become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box ☐.
If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction B to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box ☐.
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):
☐ when declared effective pursuant to section 8(c)
If appropriate, check the following box:
| ☐ | This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed registration statement. |
| ☒ | This form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act and the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering is . |
| ☐ | This Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, and the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering is . |
| ☐ | This Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, and the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering is . |
Check each box that appropriately characterizes the Registrant:
| ☒ | Registered Closed-End Fund (closed-end company that is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“Investment Company Act”)). |
| ☐ | Business Development Company (closed-end company that intends or has elected to be regulated as a business development company under the Investment Company Act). |
| ☐ | Interval Fund (Registered Closed-End Fund or a Business Development Company that makes periodic repurchase offers under Rule 23c-3 under the Investment Company Act). |
| ☐ | A.2 Qualified (qualified to register securities pursuant to General Instruction A.2 of this Form). |
| ☐ | Well-Known Seasoned Issuer (as defined by Rule 405 under the Securities Act). |
| ☐ | Emerging Growth Company (as defined by Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”). |
| ☐ | If an Emerging Growth Company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of Securities Act. |
| ☒ | New Registrant (registered or regulated under the Investment Company Act for less than 12 calendar months preceding this filing). |
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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| Title of Securities Being Registered | Amount Being Registered(1) |
Proposed Maximum Offering
Price |
Proposed Maximum Offering Price(1) |
Amount of Registration Fee | ||||
| Common Shares of Beneficial Interest, $0.001 par value per share |
1,833,830 | $20.00 | $36,676,600 | $4,001.42(2) | ||||
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| (1) | Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee. |
| (2) | Includes common shares that may be offered by the Underwriters pursuant to an option to cover over-allotments. |
EXPLANATORY NOTE AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
This registration statement is being filed with respect to the registration of additional common shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.001 per share, of Western Asset Diversified Income Fund, a Maryland statutory trust, pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The contents of the earlier effective registration statement (File Nos. 333-240200 and 811- 23598), declared effective on June 24, 2021, are incorporated in this registration statement by reference. Any required consents are listed on an Exhibit Index attached hereto and are filed herewith.
Other Information
Item 25. Financial Statements And Exhibits
The agreements included or incorporated by reference as exhibits to this registration statement contain representations and warranties by each of the parties to the applicable agreement. These representations and warranties were made solely for the benefit of the other parties to the applicable agreement and (i) were not intended to be treated as categorical statements of fact, but rather as a way of allocating the risk to one of the parties if those statements prove to be inaccurate; (ii) may have been qualified in such agreement by disclosures that were made to the other party in connection with the negotiation of the applicable agreement; (iii) may apply contract standards of “materiality” that are different from “materiality” under the applicable securities laws; and (iv) were made only as of the date of the applicable agreement or such other date or dates as may be specified in the agreement.
The Registrant acknowledges that, notwithstanding the inclusion of the foregoing cautionary statements, it is responsible for considering whether additional specific disclosures of material information regarding material contractual provisions are required to make the statements in this registration statement not misleading.
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| (1) | Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2, Registration Nos. 333-240200 and 811-23598 (filed on July 30, 2020). |
| (2) | Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2, Registration Nos. 333-240200 and 811-23598 (filed on November 17, 2020) |
| (3) | Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Registration Statement Statement on Form N-2, Registration Nos. 333-240200 and 811-23598 (filed on May 25, 2021). |
| (4) | Incorporated by reference to Registrant’s Registration Statement Statement on Form N-2, Registration Nos. 333-240200 and 811-23598 (filed on June 24, 2021). |
| (5) | Filed herewith. |
Item 26. Marketing Arrangements
See the underwriting agreement, master selected dealer agreement, master agreement among underwriters and structuring fee agreements filed as exhibits (h)(1) through (h)(10) to the Registration Statement previously filed on Form N-2 (File No. 333-240200) on June 24, 2021.
Item 27. Other Expenses Of Issuance And Distribution
The following table sets forth the estimated expenses to be incurred in connection with the offering described in this registration statement:
| SEC registration fee |
$ | 124,032.12 | ||
| NYSE listing fee |
40,000 | |||
| Printing and engraving expenses |
150,000 | |||
| Accounting fees and expenses |
45,000 | |||
| Legal fees and expenses |
691,000 | |||
| FINRA fee |
225,000 | |||
| Miscellaneous |
1,500 | |||
| Total |
$ | 1,276,532.12 |
Item 28. Persons Controlled By Or Under Common Control With The Registrant
None.
Item 29. Number Of Holders Of Shares
As of June 23, 2021:
| Title Of Class |
Number Of Record Holders | |
| Common Shares of Beneficial Interest |
1 |
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Item 30. Indemnification
Maryland law permits a Maryland statutory trust to include in its declaration of trust a provision limiting the liability of its trustees and officers to the trust and its shareholders for money damages except for liability resulting from (a) actual receipt of an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services or (b) active and deliberate dishonesty that is established by a final judgment as being material to the cause of action. The Registrant’s Declaration of Trust contains such a provision that limits present and former trustees’ and officers’ liability to the Registrant and its shareholders for money damages to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law in effect from time to time, subject to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”).
The Registrant’s Declaration of Trust obligates it to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law to indemnify and, without requiring a preliminary determination of the ultimate entitlement to indemnification, to pay or reimburse reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition of a proceeding to:
| • | any present or former trustee or officer who is made, or threatened to be made, a party to, or witness in, a proceeding by reason of his or her service in that capacity; or |
| • | any individual who, while a trustee or officer of the Registrant and at the Registrant’s request, serves or has served as a director, trustee, officer, partner, member or manager of another trust, corporation, real estate investment trust, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, employee benefit plan or any other enterprise and who is made, or threatened to be made, a party to, or witness in, the proceeding by reason of his or her service in that capacity. |
The Registrant’s Declaration of Trust also permits it, with Board approval, to indemnify and advance expenses to any person who served a predecessor of the Registrant in any of the capacities described above and to any employee or agent of the Registrant or a predecessor of the Registrant. The Registrant has entered into an agreement with each trustee and officer of the Registrant pursuant to which the Registrant has agreed to advance expenses and costs incurred by the indemnitee in connection with any matter in respect of which indemnification might be sought pursuant to the Declaration of Trust to the maximum extent permitted by law.
In accordance with the 1940 Act, the Registrant will not indemnify any trustee or officer of the Registrant against any liability to the Registrant or its security holders to which he or she would otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of his or her office.
Item 31. Business And Other Connections Of Investment Adviser
The descriptions of LMPFA, Western Asset, Western Asset London, Western Asset Singapore and Western Asset Japan under the caption “Management of the Fund” in the Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information of this Registration Statement are incorporated by reference herein. Information as to the trustees and officers of LMPFA, Western Asset, Western Asset London, Western Asset Singapore and Western Asset Japan, together with information as to any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature engaged in by the trustees and officers of LMPFA and Western Asset in the last two years, is included in their respective applications for registration as an investment adviser on Form ADV (File Nos. 801-66785, 801-08162, 801-21068, 801-67298 and 801-143388, respectively) filed under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 32. Location Of Accounts And Records
The accounts and records of the Registrant are maintained at the office of the Registrant at 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 10018.
Item 33. Management Services
Not Applicable
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Item 34. Undertakings
(1) Registrant undertakes to suspend the offering of its shares until the prospectus is amended if (1) subsequent to the effective date of this registration statement, its net asset value declines more than ten percent from its net asset value as of the effective date of this registration statement or (2) its net asset value increases to an amount greater than its net proceeds as stated in the prospectus.
(2) Not applicable
(3) Not applicable
(4) Registrant undertakes that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act:
(a) the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in the form of prospectus filed by the Registrant under Rule 424(b)(1) or Rule 497(h) shall be deemed to be a part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective; and
(b) each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus will be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of the securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(5) Not applicable
(6) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), may be permitted to trustees, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a trustee, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such trustee, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
(7) Registrant undertakes to send by first class mail or other means designed to ensure equally prompt delivery, within two business days of receipt of a written or oral request, any prospectus or Statement of Additional Information.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Fund has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, and State of New York, on the 24th day of June, 2021.
| WESTERN ASSET DIVERSIFIED INCOME FUND | ||
| By: | /s/ Jane Trust | |
| Jane Trust | ||
| Chairman, Trustee, Chief Executive Officer and President | ||
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated and on the 24th day of June, 2021.
| Signature | Title | |
| /s/ Jane Trust |
Chairman, Trustee, Chief Executive Officer and President (Principal Executive Officer) | |
| Jane Trust | ||
| /s/ Christopher Berarducci |
Principal Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | |
| Christopher Berarducci | ||
| /s/ Carol L. Colman* |
Trustee | |
| Carol L. Colman | ||
| /s/ Daniel P. Cronin* |
Trustee | |
| Daniel P. Cronin | ||
| /s/ Paolo M. Cucchi* |
Trustee | |
| Paolo M. Cucchi | ||
| /s/ William R. Hutchinson* |
Trustee | |
| William R. Hutchinson | ||
| /s/ Eileen A. Kamerick* |
Trustee | |
| Eileen A. Kamerick | ||
| /s/ Nisha Kumar* |
Trustee | |
| Nisha Kumar | ||
| *By: | /s/ Jane Trust | |
| Jane Trust | ||
| As Agent or Attorney-in-fact |
June 24, 2021
The original power of attorney authorizing Jane Trust to execute this Registration Statement, and any amendments thereto, for the Trustees of the Registrant on whose behalf this Amendment to the Registration Statement were filed on November 17, 2020 as an exhibit to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-2.
Exhibit Index
| (l) | Opinion and Consent of Venable LLP | |
| (n) | Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Consent | |
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June 24, 2021
Western Asset Diversified Income Fund
620 Eighth Avenue, 47th Floor
New York, New York 10018
| Re: | Rule 462(b) Registration Statement (the “Registration Statement”) Relating to Registration Statement on Form N-2 (1933 Act File No. 333-240200 and 1940 Act File No. 811-23598) |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have served as Maryland counsel to Western Asset Diversified Income Fund, a Maryland statutory trust registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as a closed-end management investment company (the “Company”), in connection with certain matters of Maryland law arising out of the offering and sale of common shares (the “Shares”) of beneficial interest, par value $0.001 per share (the “Common Shares”), of the Company, covered by the Registration Statement to be filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), on or about the date hereof.
In connection with our representation of the Company, and as a basis for the opinion hereinafter set forth, we have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the following documents (hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Documents”):
1. The Registration Statement and the related form of prospectus included therein, substantially in the form in which it was transmitted to the Commission under the 1933 Act and the 1940 Act;
2. The Certificate of Trust of the Company, certified by the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland (the “SDAT”);
3. The Second Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of the Company, certified as of the date hereof by an officer of the Company;
4. The Bylaws of the Company, certified as of the date hereof by an officer of the Company;
5. A certificate of the SDAT as to the good standing of the Company, dated as of a recent date;
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Western Asset Diversified Income Fund
June 24, 2021
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6. Resolutions (the “Resolutions”) adopted by the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of the Company relating to the filing of the Registration Statement and the sale and issuance of the Shares, certified as of the date hereof by an officer of the Company;
7. A certificate executed by an officer of the Company, dated as of the date hereof; and
8. Such other documents and matters as we have deemed necessary or appropriate to express the opinion set forth below, subject to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications stated herein.
In expressing the opinion set forth below, we have assumed the following:
1. Each individual executing any of the Documents, whether on behalf of such individual or any other person, is legally competent to do so.
2. Each individual executing any of the Documents on behalf of a party (other than the Company) is duly authorized to do so.
3. Each of the parties (other than the Company) executing any of the Documents has duly and validly executed and delivered each of the Documents to which such party is a signatory, and such party’s obligations set forth therein are legal, valid and binding and are enforceable in accordance with all stated terms.
4. All Documents submitted to us as originals are authentic. The form and content of all Documents submitted to us as unexecuted drafts do not differ in any respect relevant to this opinion from the form and content of such Documents as executed and delivered. All Documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies conform to the original documents. All signatures on all such Documents are genuine. All public records reviewed or relied upon by us or on our behalf are true and complete. All representations, warranties, statements and information contained in the Documents are true and complete. There has been no oral or written modification of or amendment to any of the Documents, and there has been no waiver of any provision of any of the Documents, by action or omission of the parties or otherwise.
Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications stated herein, it is our opinion that:
1. The Company is a statutory trust duly formed and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Maryland and is in good standing with the SDAT.
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Western Asset Diversified Income Fund
June 24, 2021
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2. The issuance of the Shares has been duly authorized and, when and if issued and delivered against payment therefor in accordance with the Registration Statement, the Resolutions and any other resolutions relating to the Shares adopted by the Board or a duly authorized committee thereof, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
The foregoing opinion is limited to the laws of the State of Maryland and we do not express any opinion herein concerning any federal law or the laws of any other jurisdiction. We express no opinion as to compliance with the 1940 Act or other federal securities laws, or state securities laws, including the securities laws of the State of Maryland. To the extent that any matter as to which our opinion is expressed herein would be governed by the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Maryland, we do not express any opinion on such matter.
The opinion expressed herein is limited to the matters specifically set forth herein and no other opinion shall be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated. We assume no obligation to supplement this opinion if any applicable law changes after the date hereof or if we become aware of any fact that might change the opinion expressed herein after the date hereof.
This opinion is being furnished to you for submission to the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of the name of our firm therein. In giving this consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the 1933 Act.
| Very truly yours, |
| /s/ Venable LLP |
Exhibit (n)
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form N-2 of Western Asset Diversified Income Fund of our report dated April 27, 2021, relating to the financial statement which appears in Pre-Effective Amendment No. 5 to the Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File no. 333-240200) of Western Asset Diversified Income Fund. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” in such Registration Statement.
/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Baltimore, Maryland
June 24, 2021
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