MFS Investment Management Announces Planned Liquidation of MFS California Municipal Fund
19 Julho 2019 - 5:15PM
Business Wire
MFS Investment Management® (“MFS®”) announced that, at a meeting
held today, the Board of Trustees of MFS® California Municipal Fund
(the “fund”) (NYSE American: CCA), a closed-end management
investment company, approved a plan of liquidation and termination
for the fund (the "liquidation"). The liquidation is currently
expected to be completed on or about October 4, 2019.
In determining to terminate and liquidate the fund, the fund's
investment manager, MFS, and the board considered a variety of
factors. These included a request for a liquidity event made by a
common shareholder holding a significant percentage of the fund's
common shares; the relatively small size of the fund; the nature of
the fund's portfolio holdings; and the fund's common share trading
discount to net asset value (NAV). MFS and the board also
considered alternatives, including merging the fund into another
investment company; converting the fund to an open-end structure;
or conducting a tender offer. On balance it was determined that a
liquidation would be in the best interests of the fund and its
shareholders.
Subsequent to the effective date of the plan of liquidation (on
or about September 11, 2019), the fund will begin the orderly
liquidation of its assets, determine and pay, or set aside in cash
or cash equivalents, an amount at least equal to all known or
reasonably ascertainable liabilities and obligations of the fund
and make one or more liquidating distributions to the fund’s common
shareholders. The fund will also redeem its outstanding Variable
Rate Municipal Term Preferred Shares during this period prior to
the liquidation. The fund may also begin to liquidate certain
holdings prior to the effective date of the plan. The fund has
fixed the close of business on September 11, 2019, as the record
date for determining the common shareholders of the fund entitled
to receive liquidating distributions. As of the effective date of
the plan, the transfer agent's share register will be closed
(except as necessary to allow settlement of trades made on or
before record date). September 11, 2019, is expected to be the last
day of trading of the fund’s common shares on the NYSE American.
The MFS Closed-End Funds Dividend Reinvestment and Cash Purchase
Plan for the fund will be terminated and shares held in the plan
will be liquidated and proceeds will be remitted directly to
shareholders participating in the plan. The fund's recurring
monthly common share distribution that ordinarily would have been
declared and paid in September 2019 will not be declared or paid
and the August 2019 monthly distribution will be the fund's final
monthly distribution. The fund’s liquidating distributions will be
paid in cash. It is currently anticipated that the liquidation will
be completed on or about October 4, 2019.
About MFS Investment Management
In 1924, MFS launched the first US open-end mutual fund, opening
the door to the markets for millions of everyday investors. Today,
as a full-service global investment manager serving financial
advisors, intermediaries and institutional clients, MFS still
serves a single purpose: to create long-term value for clients by
allocating capital responsibly. That takes our powerful investment
approach combining collective expertise, thoughtful risk management
and long-term discipline. Supported by our culture of shared values
and collaboration, our teams of diverse thinkers actively debate
ideas and assess material risks to uncover what we believe are the
best investment opportunities in the market. As of June 30, 2019,
MFS managed US$488.8 billion in assets on behalf of individual and
institutional investors worldwide. Please visit mfs.com for more
information.
Statements made in this release that look forward in time
involve risks and uncertainties and are forward-looking statements
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. Such risks and uncertainties include, without limitation,
the adverse effect from a decline in the securities markets or a
decline in a Fund’s performance, a general downturn in the economy,
competition from other closed-end investment companies, changes in
government policy or regulation, inability of a Fund’s investment
adviser to attract or retain key employees, inability of a Fund to
implement its investment strategy, inability of a Fund to manage
rapid expansion and unforeseen costs and other effects related to
legal proceedings or investigations of governmental and
self-regulatory organizations.
The fund is a closed end investment product advised by MFS
Investment Management. Common shares of the fund are only available
for purchase/sale on the NYSE American at the current market price.
Shares may trade at a discount to NAV. Shares of the fund are not
FDIC-insured and are not deposits or other obligations of, or
guaranteed by, any bank. Shares of the fund involve investment
risk, including possible loss of principal.
MFS Investment Management 111 Huntington
Ave, Boston, MA 02199
1038166 43634.1
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