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WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BOND FUND

Fund registered in the United States, based in Pasadena, active since 2001. Summary from the record

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Last updated Oct 19, 2026.

Overview

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TickerWEA on NYSE²
HeadquartersPasadena, United States²
Incorporated inMA³
Business address620 Eighth Avenue, 47Th Floor, New York, Ny 10018³
Legal formFund²
Kind of organizationFund²
LEI5493007UP8PFRNTX0546²
StatusActive²
LEI statusIssued and current²
Registered addressC/O Ropes and Gray, 02110 Boston, United States²
Registered withSecurities and Exchange Commission, 0001163792²

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Leadership

Who has led WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BOND FUND, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

Kenneth Fuller2013–2014

President

Chief financial officer

Kaprel Ozsolak2010

2010201520202025

Chief executive officerKenneth Fuller May 30, 2013 to Jul 1, 2014⁴
PresidentKenneth Fuller May 30, 2013 to Jul 1, 2014⁴
PresidentR. Jay Gerken Sep 20, 2007 to Sep 20, 2007⁵
Chief financial officerKaprel Ozsolak Jun 16, 2010 to Jun 16, 2010⁶

Board members and other officers (22)

Secretary / Chief LGL OfficerOliveira Marc De Sep 24, 2020 to Sep 24, 2020⁷
Sr. Vice PresidentJeanne Kelly Jan 28, 2019 to Jan 28, 2019⁸
Chief Compliance OfficerTed P. Becker Jul 18, 2019 to Jul 18, 2019⁹
Treas/Principal Finan OfficerChristopher Berarducci Sep 30, 2019 to Sep 30, 2019¹⁰
Principal Financial OfficerRichard Sennett Dec 2, 2011 to Dec 2, 2011¹¹
Principal Fin. & Acct. OfficerFrances Guggino Aug 7, 2009 to Aug 7, 2009¹²
SecretaryRichard Wachterman Feb 28, 2008 to Feb 28, 2008¹³
Assistant TreasurerSusan Curry Mar 12, 2007 to Mar 12, 2007¹⁴
Chief Compliance OfficerTodd F. Kuehl Apr 17, 2007 to Apr 17, 2007¹⁵
Vice PresidentDavid Daniel Fleet May 17, 2006 to May 17, 2006¹⁶
Board memberWilliam E. B. Siart Dec 22, 2022 to Dec 22, 2022¹⁷
Board memberRonald Olson Dec 27, 2022 to Jan 24, 2023¹⁸
Board memberJane F. Dasher Jan 16, 2020 to Jan 16, 2020¹⁹
Board memberSusan B. Kerley Jan 16, 2020 to Jan 16, 2020²⁰
Board memberMichael Larson Mar 17, 2020 to Mar 17, 2020²¹
Board memberPeter J. Taylor Mar 6, 2019 to Mar 6, 2019²²
Board memberKenneth Fuller May 30, 2013 to Jul 1, 2014⁴
Board memberRobert Abeles Jr. May 30, 2013 to May 30, 2013²³
Board memberStephen A. Walsh Jul 15, 2010 to Jul 15, 2010²⁴
Board memberAvedick Baruyr Poladian Feb 22, 2007 to Feb 22, 2007²⁵
Board memberR. Jay Gerken Sep 22, 2006 to Sep 20, 2007²⁶
General counselRobert I. Frenkel Aug 7, 2009 to Aug 7, 2009²⁷

Subsidiaries and ownership

Fund manager

Western Asset Management Company, LLC²

Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.

Former names

WESTERN ASSET CORE PLUS BOND TRUST IDec 19, 2001 to Dec 19, 2001³

Timeline

May 30, 2013New chief executive Kenneth Fuller becomes CEO⁴
Dec 17, 2001Founded WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BOND FUND is founded²

Filings

77 filings to the SEC since October 2021: 8 insider forms, 24 large holders, 45 other. The latest 20:

Aug 26, 2026NPORT-P EDGAR
Aug 25, 2026N-CSRS WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BOND FUND - N-CSRS EDGAR
Aug 14, 2026N-PX EDGAR
May 28, 2026NPORT-P EDGAR
May 12, 2026SCHEDULE 13G/A EDGAR
Apr 17, 2026DEF 14A WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BOND FUND EDGAR
Apr 7, 20263 EDGAR
Mar 11, 2026N-CEN EDGAR
Mar 2, 2026N-CSR WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BOND FUND - N-CSR EDGAR
Feb 23, 2026NPORT-P EDGAR
Nov 25, 2025NPORT-P EDGAR
Oct 31, 2025SCHEDULE 13G/A EDGAR
Aug 28, 20253 EDGAR
Aug 26, 2025NPORT-P EDGAR
Aug 26, 2025N-CSRS WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BOND FUND - N-CSRS EDGAR
Aug 15, 2025N-PX EDGAR
Aug 7, 2025SCHEDULE 13G/A EDGAR
Jul 11, 2025SCHEDULE 13G/A EDGAR
May 27, 2025NPORT-P EDGAR
May 7, 2025SCHEDULE 13G/A EDGAR

The 77 filings since October 2021 can be filtered by form type and year here when JavaScript is on.

Every filing from the last five years, summarized. The full record is on SEC EDGAR.

Insider trades

3 open-market trades by officers, directors and large owners since October 2021: 2 buys and 1 sales. Grants, option exercises and gifts are left out.

Date	Who	Trade	Shares	Price	Value	Filing
Jan 20, 2023	OLSON RONALD LDirector	Sale	18,000	$11.20	$201.6K	Form 4
Dec 23, 2022	OLSON RONALD LDirector	Buy	20,000	$11.19	$223.8K	Form 4
Dec 21, 2022	SIART WILLIAM E BDirector	Buy	10,000	$10.75	$107.5K	Form 4

From Forms 4 filed with the SEC.

Major holders

Investors who own more than 5% of the shares must tell the SEC: a 13D if they may seek to influence the company, a 13G if they hold passively.

Morgan StanleySCHEDULE 13G/A, 7 filings Feb 9, 2024 to May 12, 2026²⁸
FIRST TRUST PORTFOLIOS LPSCHEDULE 13G/A, 6 filings Jan 18, 2022 to Oct 31, 2025²⁹
Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLCSCHEDULE 13G/A, 3 filings Oct 7, 2024 to Jul 11, 2025³⁰
SIT INVESTMENT ASSOCIATES INCSCHEDULE 13G/A, 4 filings Feb 10, 2022 to Jan 3, 2025³¹
1607 Capital Partners, LLCSC 13G/A, 4 filings Feb 14, 2022 to Nov 14, 2024³²

Held by these funds

The largest holders among investment managers' 13F reports for the quarter ending Jun 30, 2026, the top 25 of 39. Change is in shares since the quarter before.

Fund	Shares	Value	Share of the fund	Change
Morgan Stanley	2,194,208	$23.4M	0.0%	+87,217
Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC	489,939	$5.2M	0.0%	No change
LPL Financial LLC	421,073	$4.5M	0.0%	+6,097
Raymond James Financial Inc	363,067	$3.9M	0.0%	+14,494
Whipplewood Advisors, LLC	357,034	$3.8M	2.6%	−12,954
1607 Capital Partners, LLC	261,056	$2.8M	0.2%	−60,551
Private Advisor Group, LLC	208,789	$2.2M	0.0%	−16,495
Fiera Capital Corp	189,721	$2.0M	0.0%	+6,042
Guggenheim Capital LLC	133,201	$1.4M	0.0%	−91,440
Hennion & Walsh Asset Management, Inc.	129,183	$1.4M	0.0%	−1,882
Kestra Advisory Services, LLC	119,116	$1.3M	0.0%	New
Invesco Ltd.	114,442	$1.2M	0.0%	−2,884
ProVise Management Group, LLC	112,412	$1.2M	0.1%	−5,969
Bank Of America Corp /de/	110,907	$1.2M	0.0%	−8,382
Invictus Private Wealth, LLC	107,395	$1.1M	0.1%	+3,113
Insight Wealth Partners, LLC	79,951	$851.5K	0.1%	−6,623
Advisory Services Network, LLC	69,941	$744.9K	0.0%	+3
Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC	55,754	$593.8K	0.0%	+563
Riverbridge Partners LLC	49,913	$531.6K	0.0%	New
Wolverine Asset Management LLC	41,242	$439.2K	0.0%	+41,001
Calamos Advisors LLC	37,330	$397.6K	0.0%	+23,571
Commonwealth Equity Services, LLC	31,057	$330.8K	0.0%	+604
Citadel Advisors LLC	28,238	$300.7K	0.0%	New
Smith Asset Management Co., LLC	18,367	$195.6K	0.2%	No change
Melfa Wealth Management, Inc.	17,281	$184.0K	0.1%	No change

13F reports cover disclosed long positions in U.S. stocks only.

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

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SEC EDGARWESTERN ASSET PREMIER BOND FUND filings on SEC EDGAR
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GLEIFWESTERN ASSET PREMIER BOND FUND LEI record (5493007UP8PFRNTX0546)
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SEC EDGARWESTERN ASSET PREMIER BOND FUND filings on SEC EDGAR
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SEC EDGARKenneth Fuller, Chief executive officer
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SEC EDGARR. Jay Gerken, President
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SEC EDGARKaprel Ozsolak, Chief financial officer
7
SEC EDGAROliveira Marc De, Secretary / Chief LGL Officer
8
SEC EDGARJeanne Kelly, Sr. Vice President
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SEC EDGARTed P. Becker, Chief Compliance Officer
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SEC EDGARChristopher Berarducci, Treas/Principal Finan Officer
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SEC EDGARRichard Sennett, Principal Financial Officer
12
SEC EDGARFrances Guggino, Principal Fin. & Acct. Officer
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SEC EDGARRichard Wachterman, Secretary
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SEC EDGARSusan Curry, Assistant Treasurer
15
SEC EDGARTodd F. Kuehl, Chief Compliance Officer
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SEC EDGARDavid Daniel Fleet, Vice President
17
SEC EDGARWilliam E. B. Siart, Board member
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SEC EDGARRonald Olson, Board member
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SEC EDGARJane F. Dasher, Board member
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SEC EDGARSusan B. Kerley, Board member
21
SEC EDGARMichael Larson, Board member
22
SEC EDGARPeter J. Taylor, Board member
23
SEC EDGARRobert Abeles Jr., Board member
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SEC EDGARStephen A. Walsh, Board member
25
SEC EDGARAvedick Baruyr Poladian, Board member
26
SEC EDGARR. Jay Gerken, Board member
27
SEC EDGARRobert I. Frenkel, General counsel
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SEC EDGARMorgan Stanley SCHEDULE 13G/A on WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BOND FUND
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SEC EDGARFIRST TRUST PORTFOLIOS LP SCHEDULE 13G/A on WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BOND FUND
30
SEC EDGARAllspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC SCHEDULE 13G/A on WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BOND FUND
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SEC EDGARSIT INVESTMENT ASSOCIATES INC SCHEDULE 13G/A on WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BOND FUND
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SEC EDGAR1607 Capital Partners, LLC SC 13G/A on WESTERN ASSET PREMIER BOND FUND