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XAI Octagon Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust reports closed-end fund developments tied to its income-oriented portfolio of floating-rate credit instruments and structured credit investments. News for XFLT commonly covers monthly common-share distributions, NAV and market-based distribution context, shareholder communications such as quarterly webinars, and capital-structure actions involving preferred leverage and common shares. The Trust's updates also reference XA Investments as investment adviser and the fund platform supporting registered closed-end funds.
XAI Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust (NYSE: XFLT) has adjourned its Special Meeting of Shareholders to August 6, 2026 to give investors more time to consider approving the King Street Sub-Advisory Agreement with Rockford Tower Asset Management, a subsidiary of King Street Capital Management.
As of July 30, 2026, the King Street Sub-Adviser is serving under an interim contract. The Board seeks shareholder approval on the WHITE proxy card for a long-term agreement it believes may enhance performance, distributions and access to U.S. and European credit markets. The proposal has “FOR” recommendations from proxy advisors ISS and Glass Lewis. The Board also outlines a liquidity plan: an initial tender offer for up to 12.5% of common shares at 98% of NAV within 45 days, plus up to an additional 12.5% through contingent tender offers tied to discount and NAV performance conditions, including a total value creation target of approximately $2.95 per share over 12-month periods.
Octagon Credit Investors, sub-adviser to XAI Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust (NYSE: XFLT), criticized the Fund’s Board of Trustees for adjourning the special shareholder meeting on the proposed new sub-adviser. Octagon interprets the delay as evidence that shareholders do not support the New Sub-Adviser Proposal.
Octagon urges the Board to abandon the sub-adviser change and instead adopt its “Better Path Forward,” including converting XFLT into a 10-year term trust, launching a 25% share tender offer without contingencies, cutting the management fee from 1.7% to 1.3%, simplifying the advisory structure by appointing Octagon as primary adviser, and reconstituting the Board. Octagon plans to continue soliciting votes against the New Sub-Adviser Proposal.
XFLT (NYSE:XFLT) is asking shareholders to approve a new sub-advisory agreement with Rockford Tower Asset Management, a King Street Capital subsidiary, at a Special Meeting on July 30, 2026. Approval is a condition for a Board-approved liquidity and discount-management plan.
According to XFLT, the plan includes an Initial Tender Offer for up to 12.5% of common shares at 98% of NAV within 45 days of approval, plus up to an additional 12.5% in contingent tender offers if specified discount or NAV performance hurdles are not met. The NAV condition is calibrated so that, given the current $0.225 monthly distribution, a first contingent tender would occur unless about $2.70 per share is distributed and NAV rises a further $0.25, totaling roughly $2.95 per share of value creation over 12 months.
According to XFLT, King Street manages $30 billion in assets, including 20 U.S. and 9 European CLOs with about $12 billion in CLO AUM, and was selected after a 12‑month review and termination of prior sub-adviser Octagon.
XAI Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust (NYSE: XFLT) detailed a Board-approved liquidity plan tied to shareholder approval of a new sub-advisory agreement with Rockford Tower Asset Management (King Street Sub-Adviser), to be voted on at a July 30, 2026 Special Meeting.
The plan features an Initial Tender Offer to repurchase up to 12.5% of the Fund’s net assets at 98% of NAV, expected to start about 45 days after approval and not subject to discount or performance tests. Two contingent tender offers would follow, for up to 7.5% and 5.0% of outstanding common shares at 98% of NAV, around 13 and 25 months after completion of the Initial Tender Offer, respectively, but only if specified discount-to-NAV or NAV performance conditions are not met.
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XAI Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust (NYSE: XFLT) approved a conditional liquidity plan featuring up to three tender offers for its common shares, all contingent on shareholder approval of the proposed King Street sub-advisory agreement at the July 30, 2026 special meeting.
The Initial Tender Offer is expected about 45 days after approval and would repurchase up to 12.5% of outstanding shares at 98% of NAV on the expiration date. A first contingent offer, about 13 months after completion of the initial offer, would target up to 7.5%, and a second, about 25 months after completion, up to 5.0%, each at 98% of NAV and subject to specified discount-to-NAV and NAV-performance tests. Repurchases will be for cash, pro rata if oversubscribed. XFLT also entered an agreement under which Bulldog Investors will vote for the King Street sub-advisory agreement and observe a two-year standstill.
Octagon Credit Investors, the long-time investment manager and sub-adviser to XAI Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust (NYSE: XFLT), has issued an open letter urging XFLT shareholders to vote AGAINST a proposal to approve a new sub-advisory agreement at the Fund’s July 30, 2026 special meeting.
Octagon highlights its role since XFLT’s 2017 inception and states it is a significant shareholder. According to Octagon, it has outlined a “Better Path Forward” that includes lowering management fees, pursuing a significant tender offer to help narrow the discount to NAV, simplifying the Fund’s management structure, and refreshing the Board of Trustees. Octagon criticizes the Board and XAI for not adopting these measures and for supporting a new sub-adviser structure that Octagon believes increases XAI’s share of management fees. Octagon calls on the Board to hold the special meeting without delay, to accept the voting outcome without adjournments absent shareholder consent, and reminds shareholders they can change prior votes by submitting a later-dated proxy against the proposal.
XAI Floating Rate & Alternative Income Trust (NYSE: XFLT) will hold a Special Meeting on July 30, 2026 for shareholders to vote on a new investment sub-advisory agreement among the Fund, XA Investments (XAI) and Rockford Tower Asset Management, the King Street Sub-Adviser.
The Board unanimously recommends approving the King Street Sub-Advisory Agreement, highlighting King Street’s 30-year track record, roughly $30 billion in assets under management, and more than $13 billion across 20 U.S. and nine European CLOs. According to the Board, this follows a yearlong diligence process involving 12 Board meetings and multiple candidate evaluations.
The Board believes King Street’s larger CLO platform, over 260 employees including 90+ investment professionals across global offices, and expanded U.S. and European credit capabilities may support improved long-term performance and distributions without new fees, within the Fund’s existing mandate. ISS and Glass Lewis both recommend shareholders vote “FOR” the agreement on the WHITE proxy card.
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