WIW Announces Results of Annual Meeting of Shareholders

LISLE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--(NYSE: WIW) At their annual meeting on June 30, 2008, shareholders of Western Asset/Claymore Inflation-Linked Opportunities & Income Fund (the "Fund") (NYSE: WIW), a closed-end management investment company, voted to elect Nicholas Dalmaso and Michael Larson as Class I Trustees of the Fund for a term of three years. It was also announced that a shareholder proposal submitted to the Fund requesting the merger of the Fund into the Western Asset Inflation Indexed Plus Bond Portfolio (WAIIX) did not receive the requisite vote for approval. The shareholder vote supported the Board of Trustees' recommendation that shareholders vote against the shareholder proposal.

Investors should consider the investment objectives and policies, risk considerations, charges and expenses of the Fund carefully before they invest. For this and more information, please contact a securities representative or Claymore Securities, Inc., 2455 Corporate West Drive, Lisle, Illinois 60532, 800-345-7999.

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