Western Asset Mortgage Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. Announces Portfolio Management Team

NEW YORK, June 20, 2013

Effective as of June 14, 2013, Stephen A. Walsh is the portfolio manager for the Fund.  Effective as of June 20, 2013, Mr. Walsh will be joined by Dennis J. McNamara and Greg E. Handler.  Mr. McNamara has 30 years of industry experience and an extensive structured product background.  Mr. Handler has 10 years of structured product industry experience.  Messrs. Walsh, McNamara and Handler have each been employed as investment management professionals with WAM for at least the past five years.

Western Asset Mortgage Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company managed by Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Legg Mason, Inc., and is sub-advised by WAM, an affiliate of the investment manager.

Contact the Fund at 1-888-777-0102 for additional information, or consult the Fund's web site at www.lmcef.com.

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 Fund.

CONTACT:  For Fund Related Questions: Fund Investor Services, 888-777-0102; For Shareholder Related Questions: American Stock Transfer and Trust Company, 888-888-0151

SOURCE Western Asset Mortgage Defined Opportunity Fund Inc.