Here are the DEF 14A proxy statements from Aberdeen Multi-Market Income Fund (MMT) in our archive over the last 12 months, newest first, and each one links through to the document itself with the summary and the scores our analysis gives it.
A DEF 14A covers the proxy statement, with executive pay and the shareholder votes, so if you follow MMT and want that one kind of document rather than the whole filing history, this is the page to keep. The company's other filings, of every form, are on the full MMT filings page.
MFS Multimarket Income Trust and MFS Municipal Income Trust are asking shareholders to approve major fund mergers, new management agreements with Aberdeen, and a new board of trustees. The proposed reorganizations would fold multiple MFS and abrdn closed-end funds into the two trusts, exchanging each Target Fund’s assets and liabilities for newly issued common shares (and RVMTP preferred shares where applicable) of the acquiring trust at equal aggregate net asset value.
If approved, Aberdeen would replace MFS as investment adviser under new fee structures based on managed assets, with Aberdeen and MFS covering an estimated $991,598 of proxy and solicitation costs and all direct reorganization expenses. The boards highlight expected benefits from larger combined funds, including potential economies of scale, trading efficiencies, expense limitation agreements for at least 24 months, and Aberdeen’s intention to recommend higher managed distribution rates—raising MMT’s annual distribution target from about 8.01% to 11.00% of average monthly NAV and the municipal trust’s rate from 4.56% to 6.00% of NAV—subject to approval by the new board after closing.