On October 22, 2019, Western Asset High Income Fund II Inc. announced that independent proxy advisory firm Egan-Jones Proxy Services has recommended that stockholders vote for the Company’s director nominees – Carol L. Colman, William R. Hutchinson, and Jane E. Trust – on the Company’s proxy card in connection with the annual meeting of stockholders scheduled to be held on October 25, 2019. The Company also stated that its director nominees have now received positive recommendations from all 3 independent proxy advisory firms, Institutional Shareholder Services, Glass Lewis & Co., and Egan-Jones.