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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-19-000615
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20181231
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190102
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190102

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			WESTERN ASSET INTERMEDIATE MUNI FUND INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000882300
		IRS NUMBER:				133643581
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-06506
		FILM NUMBER:		19501849

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		620 EIGHTH AVENUE
		STREET 2:		49TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10018
		BUSINESS PHONE:		888-777-0102

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		620 EIGHTH AVENUE
		STREET 2:		49TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10018

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	INTERMEDIATE MUNI FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20020219

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SMITH BARNEY INTERMEDIATE MUNICIPAL FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920909

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SMITH BARNEY INTERMEDIATE QUALITY MUNICIPAL FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19600201
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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REPORT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December&nbsp;31, 2018 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:20pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Western Asset Intermediate Muni Fund Inc. </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13-3643581</FONT></B></P>
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principal executive offices)</B></P></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(888) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">777-0102</FONT> </B></P>
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if the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below): </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14d-2(b)</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17 CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.14d-2(b))</FONT> </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 or Rule <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Emerging growth company&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P>
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revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) of the Exchange Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:8pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers;
Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On January&nbsp;2, 2019, Western Asset Intermediate Muni Fund Inc.
(the &#147;Fund&#148;) issued a press release, the text of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, announcing the appointment of Nisha Kumar as a director of each of the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">closed-end</FONT> funds advised by Legg
Mason Partners Fund Advisors, LLC, effective January&nbsp;1, 2019, and announcing the retirement of Dr. Riordan Roett and Leslie H. Gelb as directors of each respective <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">closed-end</FONT> fund, effective
December&nbsp;31, 2018. Ms.&nbsp;Kumar will serve as a member of the Fund&#146;s Audit, Nominating, Compensation, Pricing and Valuation Committees. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ms.&nbsp;Kumar has been a Managing Director and the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer of Greenbriar Equity Group, LP since
2011. She was previously Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of Rent the Runway, Inc. during 2011. From 2007 to 2009, Ms.&nbsp;Kumar served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of AOL LLC, a subsidiary of Time
Warner Inc. Ms.&nbsp;Kumar is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The information disclosed under this Item 5.02, including
Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed to be &#147;filed&#148; for purposes of Section&nbsp;18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities under Section&nbsp;18 and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by
reference into any filing of the Fund under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Fund has duly caused this report to be signed on its
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<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CERTAIN <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">CLOSED-END</FONT> FUNDS ADVISED BY LEGG MASON PARTNERS FUND ADVISOR, LLC </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ANNOUNCE APPOINTMENT OF NEW DIRECTOR AND RETIREMENTS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York &#150; (Business Wire) &#150; January&nbsp;2, 2019 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>ClearBridge MLP and Midstream Fund Inc. (NYSE: CEM), </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>ClearBridge Energy Midstream Opportunity Fund Inc. (NYSE: EMO), </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>ClearBridge MLP and Midstream Total Return Fund Inc. (NYSE: CTR), </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>BrandywineGLOBAL - Global Income Opportunities Fund Inc. (NYSE: BWG), </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>LMP Capital and Income Fund Inc. (NYSE: SCD), </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Western
Asset Corporate Loan Fund Inc. (NYSE: TLI), </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt Fund Inc. (NYSE: EMD), </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Western Asset Global Corporate Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. (NYSE: GDO), </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Western Asset Global High Income Fund Inc. (NYSE: EHI), </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Western Asset High Income Fund II Inc. (NYSE: HIX), </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund Inc. (NYSE: HIO), </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. (NYSE: HYI), </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Western Asset Intermediate Muni Fund Inc. (NYSE: SBI), </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Western Asset Investment Grade Defined Opportunity Trust Inc. (NYSE: IGI), </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Western Asset Managed Municipals Fund Inc. (NYSE: MMU), </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Western Asset Middle Market Debt Fund Inc. (XWAMX), </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Western Asset Middle Market Income Fund Inc. (XWMFX), </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Western Asset Mortgage Defined Opportunity Fund Inc. (NYSE: DMO), </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Western Asset Municipal Defined Opportunity Trust Inc. (NYSE: MTT), </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Western Asset Municipal High Income Fund Inc. (NYSE: MHF), </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Western Asset Municipal Partners Fund Inc. (NYSE: MNP), and </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Western Asset Variable Rate Strategic Fund Inc. (NYSE: GFY) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>(together, the &#147;Funds&#148;) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Funds announced
today the appointment of Nisha Kumar as a Director of the Funds, effective January&nbsp;1, 2019 (and effective December&nbsp;30, 2018 with respect to XWAMX and XWMFX). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ms.&nbsp;Kumar has been a Managing Director and the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer of Greenbriar Equity Group, LP since 2011. She was
previously Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of Rent the Runway, Inc. during 2011. From 2007 to 2009, Ms.&nbsp;Kumar served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of AOL LLC, a subsidiary of Time Warner Inc.
Ms.&nbsp;Kumar is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Additionally, the Board of each Fund announced the retirement of Dr. Riordan Roett and
Leslie H. Gelb as Directors, effective December&nbsp;31, 2018. Also announced was the resignation of Jane Trust as Director of XWAMX and the appointment of William R. Hutchinson as Chairman of XWAMX, each effective as of December&nbsp;30, 2018.
Ms.&nbsp;Trust will remain President and Chief Executive Officer of XWAMX. </P>
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