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MFS®
CHARTER INCOME TRUST
MFS® GOVERNMENT MARKETS
INCOME TRUST
MFS® HIGH INCOME MUNICIPAL TRUST
MFS®
HIGH YIELD MUNICIPAL TRUST
MFS® INTERMEDIATE HIGH INCOME
FUND
MFS® INTERMEDIATE INCOME TRUST
MFS®
INVESTMENT GRADE MUNICIPAL TRUST
MFS® MULTIMARKET INCOME
TRUST
MFS® MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST
111 Huntington Avenue,
Boston, Massachusetts 02199
Notice of the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
To be held on October
3, 2024
The
2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”) of each of the above referenced trusts (each,
a “Trust” and collectively, the “Trusts”) will be held at 111 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts
02199, at 10:30 a.m. (Eastern Time) on Thursday, October 3, 2024, for the following purposes:
ITEM 1. To
elect Trustees to the Board of Trustees of each Trust as outlined below:
a. for each of MFS Charter
Income Trust, MFS Government Markets Income Trust, MFS Intermediate High Income Fund, MFS Intermediate
Income Trust, and MFS Multimarket Income Trust:
i. three Trustees, John A. Caroselli, James W. Kilman, Jr., and
Clarence Otis, Jr., to be elected by common shareholders of each Trust; and
b. for each of MFS High
Income Municipal Trust, MFS High Yield Municipal Trust, MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust, and MFS
Municipal Income Trust:
i. three
Trustees, John A. Caroselli, James W. Kilman, Jr., and Clarence Otis, Jr., to be elected by common and
preferred shareholders of each Trust, voting together as a single class; and
ii. two Trustees, John P.
Kavanaugh and Laurie J. Thomsen, to be elected by preferred shareholders only, voting as a separate class;
and
ITEM 2. To
transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting and any adjournment(s) or postponement(s)
thereof.
This notice and the related proxy materials are being mailed
to Shareholders on or about August 23, 2024.
THE
TRUSTEES OF YOUR TRUST RECOMMEND THAT YOU VOTE IN
FAVOR OF ITEM 1.
It is anticipated that
each Trust will hold its Meeting simultaneously with each other Trust. Shareholders of each Trust will
vote separately on each item.
Only a Trust’s shareholders of record as of the close of
business on July 31, 2024, will be entitled to receive notice of and to vote at that Trust’s Meeting
or any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof.
By order of the Board
of Trustees,
CHRISTOPHER R. BOHANE
Assistant Secretary
and Assistant Clerk
August 23, 2024
YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT. WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOU PROMPTLY VOTING,
SIGNING AND RETURNING THE ENCLOSED PROXY SO THAT IT IS RECEIVED BY THE DATE OF THE MEETING OR RECORDING
YOUR VOTING INSTRUCTIONS BY TELEPHONE OR VIA THE INTERNET BY 10:00 A.M., EASTERN TIME, ON THE DATE OF
THE MEETING, WHICH WILL HELP AVOID THE ADDITIONAL EXPENSE OF A SECOND SOLICITATION FOR EACH TRUST. THE
ENCLOSED ADDRESSED ENVELOPE REQUIRES NO POSTAGE AND IS PROVIDED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE.
MFS®
CHARTER INCOME TRUST
MFS® GOVERNMENT MARKETS
INCOME TRUST
MFS® HIGH INCOME MUNICIPAL TRUST
MFS®
HIGH YIELD MUNICIPAL TRUST
MFS® INTERMEDIATE HIGH INCOME
FUND
MFS® INTERMEDIATE INCOME TRUST
MFS®
INVESTMENT GRADE MUNICIPAL TRUST
MFS® MULTIMARKET INCOME
TRUST
MFS® MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST
Proxy Statement
This
Proxy Statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies by and on behalf of the Board
of Trustees of MFS Charter Income Trust, MFS Government Markets Income Trust, MFS High Income Municipal
Trust, MFS High Yield Municipal Trust, MFS Intermediate High Income Fund, MFS Intermediate Income Trust,
MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust, MFS Multimarket Income Trust, and MFS Municipal Income Trust, (each,
a “Trust” and collectively, the “Trusts”) to be used at the Meeting of Shareholders of each Trust
(each, a “Meeting”) to be held at 10:30 a.m. (Eastern Time) on Thursday, October 3, 2024, at 111 Huntington
Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02199, for the purposes set forth in the accompanying Notice of the 2024
Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Notice”). Information regarding the Board of Trustees can be
found in the section of this Proxy Statement entitled “Election of Trustees.” If the enclosed form
of proxy is executed and returned, it may nevertheless be revoked prior to its exercise by a signed writing
filed with the proxy tabulation agent, Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (“Computershare”), c/o Proxy
Tabulator, PO Box 43130, Providence RI, 02940-9430, or delivered at a Meeting.
On July
31, 2024, the following number of shares was outstanding for each Trust:
| | |
Trust | # of Common Shares Outstanding | # of Preferred Shares Outstanding |
MFS Charter Income Trust | 41,952,945 | N/A |
MFS Government Markets
Income Trust | 32,590,193 | N/A |
MFS High Income Municipal Trust | 31,525,773 | 815 |
MFS High
Yield Municipal Trust | 25,492,782 | 600 |
MFS Intermediate High Income Fund | 18,007,370 | N/A |
MFS Intermediate
Income Trust | 113,798,238 | N/A |
MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust | 8,199,220 | 438 |
MFS Multimarket
Income Trust | 55,301,715 | N/A |
MFS Municipal Income Trust | 41,187,631 | 1,138 |
Shareholders of record at the close of
business on July 31, 2024, will be entitled to one vote for each share held, and each fractional share
will be entitled to a proportionate fractional vote. Each Trust will vote separately on each item; votes
of multiple Trusts will not be aggregated.
The
mailing address of each Trust is 111 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02199. Solicitation of
proxies is being made by the mailing of the Notice and this Proxy Statement with its enclosures on or
about August 23, 2024. In addition to soliciting proxies by mail, the Trustees of your Trust and employees
of Massachusetts Financial Services Company (“MFS”), your Trust’s investment adviser and administrator,
may solicit proxies in person or by telephone. The expenses of the preparation of Proxy Statements and
related materials, including printing and delivery costs, and vote solicitation are borne on a proportional
basis by each Trust.
The Trusts have engaged Computershare to provide solicitation and voting tabulation
services. It is anticipated that the cost of these services will be $33,065 and may increase substantially
in the event that any proposal is contested or increased solicitation efforts are required.
Important Notice Regarding
the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Shareholder Meetings To Be Held on October 3, 2024.
The
Proxy Statement is available at www.mfs.com. If you elect to vote in person, directions to the Meetings
in order to vote in person are available by telephoning toll-free (800) 225-2606. If your shares are held
by your broker, in order to vote in person at the Meeting, you will need to obtain a “Legal Proxy”
from your broker and present it to the Inspector of Election at the Meeting. Also, in order to revoke
your proxy, you may need to forward your written revocation or a later-dated proxy card to your broker
rather than to the Trust.
Summary of Items
| | |
Item No. | Item Description | Trust |
1.a.(i) | Election of John A. Caroselli, James W. Kilman, Jr., and Clarence
Otis, Jr. as Trustees of the Trust | Common
Shareholders of: MFS Charter Income Trust MFS Government Markets
Income Trust MFS Intermediate High Income Fund MFS Intermediate Income Trust MFS
Multimarket Income Trust |
| | |
1.b.(i) | Election of John A. Caroselli, James W. Kilman, Jr., and Clarence
Otis, Jr. as Trustees of the Trust | Common
and Preferred Shareholders of: MFS High Income Municipal Trust MFS
High Yield Municipal Trust MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust MFS Municipal Income
Trust |
| | |
1.b.(ii) | Election of John P. Kavanaugh and Laurie J. Thomsen as Trustees
of the Trust | Preferred Shareholders of: MFS
High Income Municipal Trust MFS High Yield Municipal Trust MFS Investment Grade
Municipal Trust MFS Municipal Income Trust |
ITEM 1
— ELECTION OF TRUSTEES
The Board of Trustees (the “Board”), which oversees each Trust, provides broad
supervision over the affairs of each Trust. Those Trustees who are not “interested persons” (as defined
in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) of your Trust or of MFS are referred
to as “Independent Trustees” throughout this Proxy Statement. MFS is responsible for the investment
management of each Trust’s assets and for providing a variety of other administrative services to each
Trust. The officers of each Trust are responsible for its operations.
The Board currently
consists of 10 Trustees, nine of whom are Independent Trustees. An Independent Trustee serves as Chair
of the Board. Taking into account the number, the diversity, and the complexity of the MFS Funds (as
defined below) overseen by the Board and the aggregate amount of assets under management in the Trusts,
the Board has determined that the efficient conduct of its affairs makes it desirable to delegate responsibility
for certain specific matters to Committees of the Board. Each of the seven standing Committees of the
Board, to which the Board has delegated certain authority and oversight responsibilities, consists exclusively
of Independent Trustees. In connection with each of the Board’s regular meetings, the Independent Trustees
meet separately from MFS with their counsel. The Independent Trustees also meet regularly with the Trusts’
Chief Compliance Officer (who is also MFS’ Chief Compliance Officer) to receive reports regarding the
compliance of the Trusts with the federal securities laws and the Trusts’ compliance policies and procedures.
The Board reviews its
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leadership
structure periodically and believes that its structure is appropriate to enable the Board to exercise
its oversight of the Trusts.
The Trusts have retained MFS as their investment adviser and administrator. MFS
provides the Trusts with investment advisory services, and is responsible for day-to-day administration
of the Trusts and management of the risks that arise from the Trusts’ investments and operations. Certain
employees of MFS serve as the Trusts’ officers, including the Trusts’ principal executive officer
and principal financial and accounting officer. The Board provides oversight of the services provided
by MFS and its affiliates, including the risk management activities of MFS and its affiliates (including
those related to cybersecurity). In addition, each Committee of the Board provides oversight of its risk
management activities with respect to the particular activities within the Committee’s purview. In
the course of providing oversight, the Board and the Committees receive a wide range of reports on the
Trusts’ activities, including reports on each Trust’s investment portfolio, the compliance of the
Trusts with applicable laws, and the Trusts’ financial accounting and reporting. The Board also meets
periodically with the portfolio managers of each Trust to receive reports regarding the management of
each Trust, including its investment risks. The Board and the relevant Committees meet periodically with
MFS’ Head of Global Enterprise Risk to receive reports on MFS’ and its affiliates’ risk management
activities, including their efforts to (i) identify key risks that could adversely affect the Trusts
or MFS; (ii) implement processes and controls to mitigate such key risks; and (iii) monitor business
and market conditions in order to facilitate the processes described in (i) and (ii) above. In addition,
the Board and the relevant Committees oversee risk management activities related to the key risks associated
with services provided by various non-affiliated service providers through the receipt of reports prepared
by MFS, and, in certain circumstances, through the receipt of reports directly from service providers,
such as in the case of each Trust’s auditor, custodian, and pricing service providers. As the Trusts’
operations are carried out by service providers, the Board’s oversight of the risk management processes
of the service providers, including processes to address cybersecurity and other operational failures,
is inherently limited.
Effective as of the election and qualification of the nominees at the 2024 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders, the Board has fixed the number of Trustees of each Trust at 10. Under the provisions
of each Trust’s Declaration of Trust, the Trustees are divided into three classes, each having a term
of three years.1 Under the terms of the Board’s retirement policy, an Independent
Trustee shall retire at the end of the calendar year in which he or she reaches the earlier of 75 years
of age or 15 years of service on the Board (or, in the case of an Independent Trustee who joined the
Board prior to 2015, 20 years of service on the Board).
For each
of MFS Charter Income Trust, MFS Government Markets Income Trust, MFS Intermediate High Income Fund,
MFS Intermediate Income Trust, and MFS Multimarket Income Trust, the Nomination and Compensation Committee
has selected and nominated, and recommended that the Board nominate, for election by common shareholders,
John A. Caroselli, James W. Kilman, Jr., and Clarence Otis, Jr. , as Trustees of the class whose term
will expire at the 2027 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (or special meeting in lieu thereof) of the Trust,
in each case, to hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified. The Board has nominated
each of the individuals selected and nominated by the Committee. Each nominee is presently a Trustee
of MFS Charter Income Trust, MFS Government Markets Income Trust, MFS Intermediate High Income Fund,
MFS Intermediate Income Trust, and MFS Multimarket Income Trust, and has agreed to serve as a Trustee
of each Trust if elected. The Board recommends that you vote in favor of their election.
For
each of MFS High Income Municipal Trust, MFS High Yield Municipal Trust, MFS Investment Grade Municipal
Trust, and MFS Municipal Income Trust, the Nomination and Compensation Committee has selected and nominated,
and recommended that the Board nominate, for election by common and preferred shareholders, voting together
as a single class, John A. Caroselli, James W. Kilman, Jr., and Clarence Otis, Jr., as Trustees of the
class whose term will expire at the 2027 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (or special meeting in lieu thereof)
to hold office until his or her successor is elected and qualified. The Nomination and Compensation Committee
has also selected and nominated, and recommended that the Board nominate, for election by preferred shareholders
only, voting as a separate class, John P. Kavanaugh and Laurie J. Thomsen, for a term that will expire
at the next annual Meeting of shareholders (or special meeting in lieu thereof) to hold office until
his or her successor is elected and qualified. The Board has nominated each of the individuals selected
and nominated by the Committee. Each nominee is presently a Trustee of MFS High Income Municipal Trust,
MFS High Yield Municipal Trust, MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust, and MFS Municipal Income Trust
and has agreed to serve as Trustee of each Trust if elected. The Board recommends that you vote in favor
of their election.
It is intended that, absent contrary instructions,
proxies will be voted in favor of electing John A. Caroselli, John P. Kavanaugh, James W. Kilman, Jr.,
Clarence Otis, Jr., and Laurie J. Thomsen. If, before the election, any nominee refuses or is unable
to serve, proxies will be voted for a replacement nominee designated by each Trust’s current Trustees,
or the Trustees may fix the number of Trustees at fewer than 10 for a Trust.
1 For the MFS High Income Municipal Trust, MFS High Yield Municipal
Trust, MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust, and MFS Municipal Income Trust, two Trustees are solely
elected by the holders of the preferred shares of each Fund for a one-year term.
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The
Trustees of the Trusts as of August 1, 2024, are listed below, together with their principal occupations
during the past five years (their titles may have varied during that period). Additional information
about each Trustee follows the table.
| | | | | |
Name, Age | Position(s) Held With
Trust | Trustee Since(1) | Current Term Expiring(2) | Principal Occupations During The Past Five Years | Other Directorships During the Past Five Years(3) |
| | | |
INTERESTED TRUSTEE | | | |
| | | | | |
Michael W. Roberge(4) (age
57) | Trustee | January 2021 | 2026 | Massachusetts Financial Services Company,
Chairman (since January 2021); Chief Executive Officer (since January 2017); Director; Chairman of the
Board (since January 2022) | N/A |
| | | |
INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES | | | |
| | | | | |
John
P. Kavanaugh (age 69) | Trustee and Chair of Trustees | January 2009 | 2024(5) 2026(6) | Private investor | N/A |
| | | | | |
Steven E. Buller (age 72) | Trustee | February 2014 | 2026 | Private investor | N/A |
| | | | | |
John A. Caroselli (age 70) | Trustee | March
2017 | 2024 | Private investor; JC Global Advisors,
LLC (management consulting), President (since 2015) | N/A |
| | | | | |
Maureen R. Goldfarb (age 69) | Trustee | January 2009 | 2025 | Private investor | N/A |
| | | | | |
Peter D. Jones (age
69) | Trustee | January 2019 | 2026 | Private investor | N/A |
James
W. Kilman, Jr. (age 63) | Trustee | January 2019 | 2024 | Burford Capital Limited (finance and investment
management), Senior Advisor (since 2021), Chief Financial Officer (2019 – 2021); KielStrand Capital
LLC (family office), Chief Executive Officer (since 2016) | alpha-En
Corporation, Director (2016-2019) |
| | | | | |
Clarence Otis, Jr. (age 68) | Trustee | March
2017 | 2024 | Private investor | VF
Corporation, Director; Verizon Communications, Inc., Director; The Travelers Companies, Director |
| | | | | |
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Name, Age | Position(s) Held With Trust | Trustee Since(1) | Current Term Expiring(2) | Principal Occupations During The Past Five Years | Other Directorships During the Past Five Years(3) |
Maryanne
L. Roepke (age 68) | Trustee | May 2014 | 2025 | Private investor | N/A |
| | | | | |
Laurie J. Thomsen (age
66) | Trustee | March
2005 | 2024(5) 2025(6) | Private investor | The Travelers Companies, Director; Dycom Industries, Inc., Director |
(1) Date first appointed to serve as Trustee of an MFS Fund. Each
Trustee has served continuously since appointment unless indicated otherwise.
(2) An Independent Trustee shall retire at the end of the calendar
year in which he or she reaches the earlier of 75 years of age or 15 years or service on the Board (or,
in the case of any Independent Trustee who joined the Board prior to 2015, 20 years of service on the
Board).
(3) Directorships
or trusteeships of companies required to report to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)
(i.e., “public companies”).
(4) “Interested person” of the Trust within the meaning of
the 1940 Act, which is the principal federal law governing investment companies like the Trusts, as a
result of holding a position with MFS. The address of MFS is 111 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts
02199.
(5) For
each of MFS High Income Municipal Trust, MFS High Yield Municipal Trust, MFS Investment Grade Municipal
Trust, and MFS Municipal Income Trust, Mr. Kavanaugh and Ms. Thomsen serve as Trustees elected by the
holders of preferred shares for a one-year term.
(6) For each of MFS Charter Income Trust, MFS Government Markets
Income Trust, MFS Intermediate High Income Fund, MFS Intermediate Income Trust, and MFS Multimarket Income
Trust, Mr. Kavanaugh and Ms. Thomsen serve as Trustees elected by holders of common shares for a three-year
term.
Unless otherwise noted, each current Trustee listed above served as a member of
the Board of 135 funds within the MFS Family of Funds (the “MFS Funds”) as of July 31, 2024. The
address of each Trustee is c/o MFS, 111 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02199.
The following provides
an overview of the Board's process for identifying individuals for the pool from which trustee candidates
are ultimately selected and the considerations that led the Board to conclude that each individual serving
as a Trustee of the Trust should so serve. As part of this process, the Board works with the Nomination
and Compensation Committee, which recommends qualified trustee candidates to the Board in the event that
a position is vacated or created. Because the Trustees believe that a well-balanced and qualified board
is an important component of a strong governance structure, the Board is committed to actively seeking
individuals with diverse backgrounds, experience and perspectives, including women and underrepresented
minority candidates, for the pool from which trustee candidates are selected. The current members of
the Board have joined the Board at different points in time since 2005. Generally, no one factor was
decisive in the original selection of an individual to join the Board. Among the factors the Board considered
when concluding that an individual should serve on the Board were the following: (i) the individual’s
business and professional experience and accomplishments; (ii) the individual’s ability to work effectively
with the other members of the Board; (iii) the individual’s prior experience, if any, serving on the
boards of public companies (including, where relevant, other investment companies) and other complex
enterprises and organizations; and (iv) how the individual’s skills, experience and attributes would
contribute to an appropriate mix of relevant skills, experience, and perspectives on the Board.
In
respect of each current Trustee, the individual’s substantial professional accomplishments and prior
experience, including, in some cases, in fields related to the operations of the Trusts, were a significant
factor in the determination that the individual should serve as a Trustee of the Trusts. Following is
a summary of each Trustee’s professional experience and additional considerations that contributed
to the Board’s conclusion that an individual should serve on the Board:
Interested Trustee:
Michael W. Roberge
Mr. Roberge is Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of MFS (the MFS Funds’ investment adviser) and is a member of the firm’s Management Committee
and Chairman of the MFS Board of Directors. As Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Roberge sets the strategic
priorities for MFS, leading a team responsible for the investment, distribution, finance, human resources,
legal and technology functions at the firm. He has substantial executive and investment management experience,
having worked for MFS for over 28 years.
Independent Trustees:
Steven E. Buller, CPA
Mr. Buller has substantial accounting, investment management, and executive experience
at firms within the investment management industry. Mr. Buller was the Chief Financial Officer and Managing
Director of BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”), where he oversaw BlackRock’s tax department, internal
audit and control functions, and the global corporate and
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investment company accounting policy. Prior to joining BlackRock, Mr. Buller
was an auditor at Ernst & Young LLP for over 30 years, where he served as Global Director of Asset
Management and as the audit partner for various investment company complexes. Mr. Buller was chairman
of the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council, and was a member of the Standing Advisory Group
of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”). He has also served on the boards of BlackRock
Finco UK, a privately-held company, and Person-to-Person, a community service organization.
John
A. Caroselli
Mr. Caroselli has substantial senior executive experience
in the financial services industry. Mr. Caroselli is the president of JC Global Advisors, LLC, where
he provides consulting services with specialization in strategy development and execution, merger integration,
market growth plan design and organizational development. He served as Executive Vice President and Chief
Development Officer of First Capital Corporation, Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer
of KeySpan Corporation, and Executive Vice President of Corporate Development of AXA Financial. Mr. Caroselli
also held senior officer positions with Chase Manhattan Corporation, Chemical Bank, and Manufacturers
Hanover Trust.
Maureen R. Goldfarb
Ms. Goldfarb has
substantial executive and board experience at firms within the investment management industry. She was
the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the John Hancock Funds and an Executive
Vice President of John Hancock Financial Services, Inc. Prior to joining John Hancock, Ms. Goldfarb
was a Senior Vice President with Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. She also held various marketing,
distribution, and portfolio management positions with other investment management firms. Ms. Goldfarb
is a former member of the Board of Governors of the Investment Company Institute.
Peter
D. Jones
Mr. Jones has substantial senior executive, accounting and investment management
experience at firms within the investment management industry. Mr. Jones was the Chairman of Franklin
Templeton Institutional, LLC and President of Franklin Templeton Distributors Inc. Mr. Jones formerly
was the President of IDEX Distributors, Inc., which oversaw the formation and launch of IDEX Mutual Funds
(now part of Transamerica Funds). Mr. Jones is a member of the Investment Advisory Council of the Florida
State Board of Administration. Mr. Jones was formerly a CPA and served as Tax Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers
in Tampa, Florida and Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Jones is a member of the Governing Council of the Independent
Directors Council, a unit of the Investment Company Institute which serves the mutual fund director community.
Mr. Jones is also a member of the Investment Committee and a former trustee of the Florida State University
Foundation.
John P. Kavanaugh
Mr. Kavanaugh has
substantial executive, investment management, and board experience at firms within the investment management
and mutual fund industry and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. He was the Chief Investment Officer of
The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc., and the President and Chairman of Opus Investment Management, Inc.,
an investment adviser. Mr. Kavanaugh held research and portfolio management positions with Allmerica
Financial and PruCapital, Inc. He previously served on the board of the Independent Directors Council,
a unit of the Investment Company Institute which serves the mutual fund independent director community.
James W. Kilman, Jr.
Mr. Kilman has substantial senior executive
and investment banking management experience at firms within the investment management industry. Mr. Kilman
is currently a Senior Advisor to Burford Capital Limited, a global finance and investment management
firm focusing on the law, and the Chief Executive Officer of KielStrand Capital LLC, a family office
that makes and manages investments and oversees philanthropic activities. Previously, Mr. Kilman served
as the Chief Financial Officer of Burford Capital Limited. Mr. Kilman formerly was the Vice Chairman,
Co-Head of Diversified Financials Coverage in the Financial Institutions Banking Group at Morgan Stanley &
Co. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Mr. Kilman was Managing Director in the Advisory Group within the
Fixed Income Division’s Mortgage Department at Goldman Sachs & Co. Mr. Kilman also held managerial
and investment positions with ABN AMRO Inc. and PaineWebber Inc.
Clarence Otis, Jr.
Mr. Otis has substantial executive, financial, and board experience at publicly-traded
and privately-held companies. Mr. Otis was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Darden Restaurants,
Inc., the world’s largest full-service
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restaurant company, and where he previously served in other senior positions at
Darden Restaurants, including Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President. Mr. Otis is a director
of VF Corporation, Verizon Communications, Inc., and The Travelers Companies. He is a former director
of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
Maryanne L. Roepke
Ms. Roepke
has substantial executive and compliance experience within the investment management industry. She was
a Senior Vice President and the Chief Compliance Officer of American Century Investments, Inc., where
she worked for over 30 years. Ms. Roepke served on the board of the American Century SICAV, a mutual
fund complex. She is a former member of the Investment Company Institute’s Chief Compliance Officer
Committee and Risk Management Advisory Committee.
Laurie J. Thomsen
Ms. Thomsen has substantial venture capital financing experience, as well as
board experience at publicly-traded and privately-held companies. Ms. Thomsen was a co-founding General
Partner of Prism Venture Partners, a venture capital firm investing in healthcare and technology companies,
and served as an Executive Partner of New Profit, Inc., a venture philanthropy firm. Prior to that, she
was a General Partner at Harbourvest Partners, a venture capital firm. Ms. Thomsen is a director of
The Travelers Companies, Inc. and Dycom Industries, Inc.
Information about each Trust, including
information about its investment adviser and administrator, independent registered public accounting
firm, executive officers, and the interests of certain persons, appears under “Trust Information”
below.
Required
Vote. For
MFS Charter Income Trust, MFS Government Markets Income Trust, MFS Intermediate High Income Fund, MFS
Intermediate Income Trust, and MFS Multimarket Income Trust, the election of John A. Caroselli, James
W. Kilman, Jr., and Clarence Otis, Jr. will require the affirmative vote of a plurality of the Trust’s
outstanding common shares voting at the Meeting in person or by proxy. For MFS High Income Municipal
Trust, MFS High Yield Municipal Trust, MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust, and MFS Municipal Income
Trust, the election of John A. Caroselli, James W. Kilman, Jr., and Clarence Otis, Jr. will require the
affirmative vote of a plurality of the Trust’s outstanding preferred and common shares, voting together
as a single class, at the Meeting in person or by proxy. For MFS High Income Municipal Trust, MFS High
Yield Municipal Trust, and MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust, the election of John P. Kavanaugh and
Laurie J. Thomsen will require the affirmative vote of a plurality of the Trust’s outstanding preferred
shares, voting as a separate class, at the Meeting in person or by proxy. For MFS Municipal Income Trust,
the election of John P. Kavanaugh and Laurie J. Thomsen will require the affirmative vote of a majority
of the Trust’s outstanding preferred shares, voting as a separate class, at the Meeting in person or
by proxy.
THE BOARD, INCLUDING THE INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES, UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT THE
SHAREHOLDERS OF EACH TRUST VOTE TO ELECT EACH OF THE NOMINEES AS A TRUSTEE OF EACH TRUST.
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Committees
Each
Trust’s Board meets regularly throughout the year to discuss matters and take certain actions relating
to the Trust. Each Trust’s Board has several standing committees, which are described below.
| | | |
Name of Committee | Number of Meetings in Fiscal Year(1) | Functions | Current Members(2) |
AUDIT
COMMITTEE | 9 | Oversees
the accounting and auditing procedures of the Trust and, among other duties, considers the selection
of the independent accountants for the Trust and the scope of the audit, and considers the effect on
the independence of those accountants of any non-audit services such accountants provide to the Trust
and any audit or non-audit services such accountants provide to other MFS Funds, MFS and/or certain affiliates.
The Committee is also responsible for establishing procedures for the receipt, retention, and treatment
of complaints received by the Trust regarding accounting, internal accounting controls, or auditing matters
and the confidential, anonymous submission of concerns regarding questionable fund accounting matters
by officers of the Trust and employees of the Trust’s investment adviser, administrator, principal
underwriter, or any other provider of accounting-related services to the Trust. Reviews and evaluates
the contractual arrangements of the Trust relating to custody and fund accounting services, and makes
recommendations to the full Board on these matters. | Buller*(3), Caroselli*, Jones*, and Otis, Jr.*(3) |
COMPLIANCE
COMMITTEE | 5 | Oversees
the development and implementation of the Trust’s regulatory and fiduciary compliance policies, procedures,
and practices under the 1940 Act, and other applicable laws, as well as oversight of compliance policies
of the Trust’s investment adviser and certain other service providers as they relate to Trust activities.
The Trust’s Chief Compliance Officer assists the Committee in carrying out its responsibilities. | Goldfarb*,
Kilman, Jr.*, Roepke*, and Thomsen* |
CONTRACTS REVIEW COMMITTEE | 4 | Requests,
reviews, and considers the information deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the terms of the investment
advisory and principal underwriting agreements and the Plan of Distribution under Rule 12b-1 that each
MFS Fund, as applicable, proposes to renew or continue, and to make its recommendations to the full Board
on these matters. | All
Independent Trustees of the Board (Buller, Caroselli, Goldfarb, Jones, Kavanaugh, Kilman, Jr., Otis,
Jr., Roepke, and Thomsen) |
NOMINATION
AND COMPENSATION COMMITTEE | 2 | Recommends
qualified candidates to the Board in the event that a position is vacated or created. The Committee will
consider recommendations by shareholders when a vacancy exists. Shareholders wishing to recommend candidates
for Trustee for consideration by the Committee may do so by writing to the Trust’s Secretary at the
principal executive office of the Trust. Such recommendations must be accompanied by | All Independent Trustees of the Board (Buller,
Caroselli, Goldfarb, Jones, Kavanaugh, Kilman, Jr., Otis, Jr., Roepke, and Thomsen) |
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| | | |
Name of Committee | Number of Meetings in Fiscal Year(1) | Functions | Current Members(2) |
| | biographical
and occupational data on the candidate (including whether the candidate would be an “interested person”
of the Trust), a written consent by the candidate to be named as a nominee and to serve as Trustee if
elected, record and ownership information for the recommending shareholder with respect to the Trust,
and a description of any arrangements or understandings regarding recommendation of the candidate for
consideration. The Committee is also responsible for making recommendations to the Board regarding any
necessary standards or qualifications for service on the Board. The Committee also reviews and makes
recommendations to the Board regarding compensation for the Independent Trustees. | |
PORTFOLIO TRADING AND MARKETING REVIEW
COMMITTEE | 4 | Oversees
the policies, procedures, and practices of the Trust with respect to brokerage transactions involving
portfolio securities as those policies, procedures, and practices are carried out by MFS and its affiliates.
The Committee also oversees the lending of portfolio securities, the Trust’s borrowing and lending
policies, and the administration of the Trust’s proxy voting policies and procedures by MFS. The Committee
also oversees the policies, procedures, and practices of the Applicable Fund Service Providers with respect
to the selection and oversight of the Trust’s counterparties in derivatives, repurchase and reverse
repurchase agreements, and similar investment-related transactions. The Committee is also responsible
for oversight of the Trust’s derivatives risk management program. In addition, the Committee receives
reports from MFS regarding the policies, procedures, and practices of MFS and its affiliates in connection
with their marketing and distribution of shares of the MFS Funds. | All Independent Trustees of the Board (Buller,
Caroselli, Goldfarb, Jones, Kavanaugh, Kilman, Jr., Otis, Jr., Roepke, and Thomsen) |
PRICING
COMMITTEE | 4 | Oversees
the determination of the value of the portfolio securities and other assets held by the Trust. The Committee
delegates primary responsibility for carrying out these functions to MFS pursuant to the Trust’s valuation
policy and procedures approved by the Committee and adopted by the Board of Trustees. The Committee
has designated MFS as the Trust’s “valuation designee” whereby MFS is responsible for determining
the fair values of portfolio securities and other assets held by the Trust for which market quotations
are not readily available pursuant to MFS' fair valuation policy and procedures. MFS' fair valuation
policy and procedures includes, among other things, methodologies and processes to be followed by MFS
in determining the fair value of portfolio | Buller*, Goldfarb*, Kilman, Jr.*, and Thomsen* |
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| | | |
Name of Committee | Number of Meetings in Fiscal Year(1) | Functions | Current Members(2) |
| | securities
and other assets held by the Trust for which market quotations are not readily available.
The Committee meets periodically with the members of MFS’ internal valuation committee to review and
assess MFS’ fair valuation process and other pricing determinations made pursuant to the Trust’s
valuation policy and procedures and MFS' fair valuation policy and procedures, and
to review the policies and procedures themselves. The Committee is also responsible for oversight of
the Trust’s liquidity risk management program. The Committee exercises the responsibilities of the
Board under the Policy for Compliance with Rule 2a-7 approved by the Board on behalf of each MFS Fund
which holds itself out as a “money market fund” in accordance with Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act.
| |
SERVICES
CONTRACTS COMMITTEE | 4 | Reviews
and evaluates the contractual arrangements of the MFS Funds relating to transfer agency, sub-transfer
agency, administrative, and insurance services, and makes recommendations to the full Board on these
matters. | Caroselli*,
Jones*, Otis, Jr.*, and Roepke* |
(1) The
number of committee meetings for the fiscal years ending October 31, 2023 and November 30, 2023 is the
same for all committees.
(2) Independent Trustees. Although Mr. Kavanaugh is not a member
of all Committees of the Board, he is invited to and attends many of the Committees’ meetings in his
capacity as Chair of the Board.
(3) Audit Committee Financial Expert.
*
Independent Trustees.
The Trustees generally hold at least six regular
meetings each calendar year. These regular meetings generally take place over a two-day period. The performance
and operations of each of the Trusts is reviewed by the Trustees at each meeting and more in-depth reviews
of particular Trusts are conducted by the Trustees throughout the year. During the fiscal years ended
October 31, 2023 and November 30, 2023, each Trust held seven Board meetings. Each Trustee attended at
least 75% of the Board and applicable committee meetings noted for each Trust.
Audit Committee
Each
Trust’s Audit Committee consists only of Independent Trustees. Each Trust’s Audit Committee’s statement
on the Trust’s most recent audited financials is included below under the heading “Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm.” Each Trust’s Board has adopted a written charter for the Audit Committee.
A copy of the Audit Committee’s charter is available at www.mfs.com. To access a copy of the Audit
Committee’s charter, after entering the website by entering “United States” as your location and
entering “Individual Investor” as your role if you have not already done so, hover your cursor over
“Products & Strategies,” and then click on “Closed End Funds” under the “Investment Options”
heading. Next, use the drop-down menu and click on the Trust name, then click on the “Resources”
tab, then click on the “Reports & Other Documents” tab, and then click on “Audit Committee
Charter.”
Nomination and Compensation Committee
The Trustees have adopted a written charter
for the Nomination and Compensation Committee. A copy of the Nomination and Compensation Committee’s
charter is available at www.mfs.com. To access a copy of the Nomination and Compensation Committee’s
charter, after entering the website by entering “United States” as your location and entering “Individual
Investor” as your role if you have not already done so, hover your cursor over “Products & Strategies,”
and then click on “Closed End Funds” under the “Investment Options” heading. Next, use the drop-down
menu and click on the Trust name, then click on the “Resources” tab, then click on the “Reports
& Other Documents” tab, and then click on “Nomination and Compensation Committee Charter.”
Each
Trust’s Nomination and Compensation Committee consists only of Independent Trustees.
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The
Nomination and Compensation Committee requires that Trustee candidates have a college degree or equivalent
business experience, but has not otherwise established specific, minimum qualifications that must be
met by an individual to be considered by the Committee for nomination as a Trustee. The Nomination and
Compensation Committee may take into account a wide variety of factors in considering Trustee candidates,
including, but not limited to: (i) availability and commitment of a candidate to attend meetings and
perform his or her responsibilities to the Board; (ii) relevant industry and related experience; (iii) educational
background; (iv) financial expertise; (v) an assessment of the candidate’s ability, judgment and
expertise; (vi) overall diversity of the composition of the Board; and (vii) such other factors as
the Committee deems appropriate. While the Committee has not adopted a particular definition of diversity,
when considering a nominee’s and the Board’s diversity, the Committee generally considers the manner
in which each nominee’s professional experience, expertise in matters that are relevant to the oversight
of the Trust (e.g., investment management, distribution, accounting, trading, compliance, legal), general
leadership experience, and life experience (including with respect to gender and ethnicity) are complementary
and, as a whole, contribute to the ability of the Board to oversee the Trust. The Nomination and Compensation
Committee may consider candidates for Trustee recommended by each Trust’s current Trustees, officers
or shareholders or by MFS or any other source deemed appropriate by the Nomination and Compensation Committee.
The Nomination and Compensation Committee may, but is not required to, retain a third-party search firm
at the applicable Trust’s expense to identify potential candidates.
The Nomination and
Compensation Committee will review and consider nominees recommended by shareholders to serve as Trustee,
provided that the recommending shareholder follows the Procedures for Shareholders to Submit Nominee
Candidates, which are set forth as Appendix B to the Trusts’ Nomination and Compensation Committee
Charter (which is available at www.mfs.com). Among other requirements, these procedures provide that
the recommending shareholder must submit any recommendation in writing to the Trust, to the attention
of the Trust’s Secretary, at the address of the principal executive offices of the Trust. Any recommendation
must include certain biographical information and other information regarding the candidate and the recommending
shareholder, and must include a written and signed consent of the candidate to be named as a nominee
and to serve as a Trustee if elected. The Nomination and Compensation Committee takes the diversity of
a particular nominee and the overall diversity of the Board into account when considering and evaluating
nominees for trustee. The foregoing description is only a summary.
The Nomination and Compensation Committee
has full discretion to reject nominees recommended by shareholders, and there is no assurance that any
such person properly recommended and considered by the Committee will be nominated for election to the
Board of a Trust.
Share Ownership
As of July 31, 2024, the Trustees and Officers of each Trust
as a group owned less than 1% of the outstanding shares of any Trust. The Board has adopted a policy
requiring that each Independent Trustee shall have invested on an aggregate basis, within two years of
membership on the Board, an amount equal to his or her prior calendar year’s base retainer and meeting
attendance fees in shares of the MFS Funds.
The following table shows the dollar range of equity securities
beneficially owned by each nominee or Trustee (a) of each Trust and (b) on an aggregate basis, in the
MFS Funds overseen by the nominee or Trustee, as of July 31, 2024.
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The
following dollar ranges apply:
N. None
A. $1
– $10,000
B. $10,001
– $50,000
C. $50,001
– $100,000
D. Over
$100,000
| | | |
Name
of Trustee | Individual Trust Name | Aggregate Dollar Range of Equity Securities in the Trust | Aggregate Dollar Range
of Securities in All MFS
Funds Overseen or to be Overseen by the Nominee |
| | |
INTERESTED TRUSTEE | | |
Michael W. Roberge | MFS Charter Income Trust | N | D |
| MFS Government Markets Income Trust | N | |
| MFS High Income Municipal Trust | N | |
| MFS High Yield Municipal Trust | N | |
| MFS Intermediate High Income Fund | N | |
| MFS Intermediate Income Trust | N | |
| MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust | N | |
| MFS Multimarket Income Trust | N | |
| MFS Municipal Income Trust | N | |
| | |
INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES | | |
Steven E. Buller | MFS
Charter Income Trust | N | D |
| MFS Government
Markets Income Trust | N | |
| MFS
High Income Municipal Trust | N | |
| MFS
High Yield Municipal Trust | N | |
| MFS
Intermediate High Income Fund | N | |
| MFS
Intermediate Income Trust | N | |
| MFS
Investment Grade Municipal Trust | N | |
| MFS
Multimarket Income Trust | C | |
| MFS
Municipal Income Trust | N | |
| | | |
John A. Caroselli | MFS
Charter Income Trust | N | D |
| MFS Government
Markets Income Trust | N | |
| MFS
High Income Municipal Trust | N | |
| MFS
High Yield Municipal Trust | N | |
| MFS
Intermediate High Income Fund | N | |
| MFS
Intermediate Income Trust | N | |
| MFS
Investment Grade Municipal Trust | N | |
| MFS
Multimarket Income Trust | N | |
| MFS
Municipal Income Trust | N | |
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| | | |
Name of Trustee | Individual
Trust Name | Aggregate Dollar Range of Equity Securities in the Trust | Aggregate Dollar Range
of Securities in All MFS
Funds Overseen or to be Overseen by the Nominee |
Maureen R. Goldfarb | MFS
Charter Income Trust | B | D |
| MFS Government
Markets Income Trust | A | |
| MFS
High Income Municipal Trust | B | |
| MFS
High Yield Municipal Trust | N | |
| MFS
Intermediate High Income Fund | N | |
| MFS
Intermediate Income Trust | A | |
| MFS
Investment Grade Municipal Trust | N | |
| MFS
Multimarket Income Trust | N | |
| MFS
Municipal Income Trust | N | |
| | | |
Peter D. Jones | MFS
Charter Income Trust | N | D |
| MFS Government
Markets Income Trust | N | |
| MFS
High Income Municipal Trust | N | |
| MFS
High Yield Municipal Trust | N | |
| MFS
Intermediate High Income Fund | N | |
| MFS
Intermediate Income Trust | N | |
| MFS
Investment Grade Municipal Trust | N | |
| MFS
Multimarket Income Trust | N | |
| MFS
Municipal Income Trust | N | |
| | | |
John P. Kavanaugh | MFS
Charter Income Trust | A | D |
| MFS Government
Markets Income Trust | A | |
| MFS
High Income Municipal Trust | A | |
| MFS
High Yield Municipal Trust | N | |
| MFS
Intermediate High Income Fund | N | |
| MFS
Intermediate Income Trust | A | |
| MFS
Investment Grade Municipal Trust | B | |
| MFS
Multimarket Income Trust | A | |
| MFS
Municipal Income Trust | B | |
| | | |
James W. Kilman, Jr. | MFS
Charter Income Trust | N | D |
| MFS Government
Markets Income Trust | N | |
| MFS
High Income Municipal Trust | N | |
| MFS
High Yield Municipal Trust | N | |
| MFS
Intermediate High Income Fund | N | |
| MFS
Intermediate Income Trust | N | |
| MFS
Investment Grade Municipal Trust | N | |
| MFS
Multimarket Income Trust | N | |
| MFS
Municipal Income Trust | N | |
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| | | |
Name of Trustee | Individual
Trust Name | Aggregate Dollar Range of Equity Securities in the Trust | Aggregate Dollar Range
of Securities in All MFS
Funds Overseen or to be Overseen by the Nominee |
Clarence Otis, Jr. | MFS
Charter Income Trust | N | D |
| MFS Government
Markets Income Trust | N | |
| MFS
High Income Municipal Trust | N | |
| MFS
High Yield Municipal Trust | N | |
| MFS
Intermediate High Income Fund | N | |
| MFS
Intermediate Income Trust | N | |
| MFS
Investment Grade Municipal Trust | N | |
| MFS
Multimarket Income Trust | N | |
| MFS
Municipal Income Trust | N | |
| | | |
Maryanne L. Roepke | MFS
Charter Income Trust | A | D |
| MFS Government
Markets Income Trust | N | |
| MFS
High Income Municipal Trust | N | |
| MFS
High Yield Municipal Trust | N | |
| MFS
Intermediate High Income Fund | N | |
| MFS
Intermediate Income Trust | A | |
| MFS
Investment Grade Municipal Trust | N | |
| MFS
Multimarket Income Trust | N | |
| MFS
Municipal Income Trust | N | |
| | | |
Laurie J. Thomsen | MFS
Charter Income Trust | A | D |
| MFS Government
Markets Income Trust | N | |
| MFS
High Income Municipal Trust | N | |
| MFS
High Yield Municipal Trust | N | |
| MFS
Intermediate High Income Fund | N | |
| MFS
Intermediate Income Trust | A | |
| MFS
Investment Grade Municipal Trust | N | |
| MFS
Multimarket Income Trust | N | |
| MFS
Municipal Income Trust | N | |
Shareholder Communications with the Board of Trustees
The
Board of Trustees of each Trust has adopted procedures by which shareholders may send communications
to the Board. Shareholders may mail written communications to the Board of Trustees, [Name of Trust],
Massachusetts Financial Services Company, 111 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02199, Attention:
Secretary of the Trust. Shareholder communications must (i) be in writing and be signed by the shareholder,
(ii) identify the Trust to which they relate and (iii) identify the class and number of shares held
by the shareholder. The Secretary is responsible for reviewing all properly submitted shareholder communications.
The Secretary shall either (i) provide a copy of each properly submitted shareholder communication to
the Board at its next regularly scheduled meeting or (ii) if the Secretary determines that the communication
requires more immediate attention, forward the communication to the Chair of the Board promptly after
receipt. The Secretary may, in good faith, determine that a shareholder communication should not be provided
to the Board because it is ministerial in nature (such as a request for Trust literature, share data
or financial information). The Secretary may in such cases forward the communication to the appropriate
party or parties at MFS. These procedures do not apply to (i) any communication from an officer or Trustee
of the Trust, (ii) any communication from an employee or agent of the Trust, unless such communication
is made solely in such employee’s or agent’s capacity as a shareholder or (iii) any shareholder
proposal submitted pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any
communication made in connection with such a proposal. Each Trust’s Trustees are not required to attend
the Trust’s shareholder Meetings or to otherwise make themselves
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available
to shareholders for communications, other than pursuant to the aforementioned procedures. The Trustees
did not attend the 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
Each Trust’s Declaration of Trust currently
provides that the Trust will indemnify its Trustees and Officers against liabilities and expenses incurred
in connection with litigation in which they may be involved because of their offices with the Trust,
unless it is finally adjudicated or, in case of a settlement, it has been determined by Trustees not
involved in the matter or independent legal counsel, that they have not acted in good faith in the reasonable
belief that their actions were in the best interests of the Trust or that they engaged in willful misfeasance
or acted with bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct
of their offices.
Trustee Compensation Table
The table below shows the cash compensation paid to the Trustees
by each Trust during the fiscal year ended on the date noted (see footnote 1). Interested Trustee(s)
receives no compensation from any Trust for their services as Trustee(s).
| | | | |
Name of Trustee | Individual
Trust Name | Aggregate Compensation Paid by Trust(1) | Retirement Benefits Accrued as
Part of Trust Expense(1) | Total Trustee Compensation Paid by Trust and
MFS Fund Complex(2) |
Steven E. Buller | MFS
Charter Income Trust | $ 1,365 | N/A | $ 461,500 |
| MFS Government Markets Income Trust | $ 1,044 | N/A | $ 461,500 |
| MFS High
Income Municipal Trust | $ 1,219 | N/A | $ 461,500 |
| MFS High Yield Municipal Trust | $ 1,150 | N/A | $ 461,500 |
| MFS Intermediate
High Income Fund | $ 935 | N/A | $ 461,500 |
| MFS Intermediate Income Trust | $ 1,442 | N/A | $ 461,500 |
| MFS Investment
Grade Municipal Trust | $ 1,065 | N/A | $ 461,500 |
| MFS Multimarket Income Trust | $ 1,354 | N/A | $ 461,500 |
| MFS Municipal
Income Trust | $ 1,466 | N/A | $ 461,500 |
| | | | |
John A. Caroselli | MFS
Charter Income Trust | $ 758 | N/A | $ 447,000 |
| MFS Government Markets Income Trust | $ 443 | N/A | $ 447,000 |
| MFS High
Income Municipal Trust | $ 615 | N/A | $ 447,000 |
| MFS High Yield Municipal Trust | $ 546 | N/A | $ 447,000 |
| MFS Intermediate
High Income Fund | $ 335 | N/A | $ 447,000 |
| MFS Intermediate Income Trust | $ 834 | N/A | $ 447,000 |
| MFS Investment
Grade Municipal Trust | $ 463 | N/A | $ 447,000 |
| MFS Multimarket Income Trust | $ 747 | N/A | $ 447,000 |
| MFS Municipal
Income Trust | $ 857 | N/A | $ 447,000 |
| | | | |
Maureen R. Goldfarb | MFS Charter Income Trust | $ 758 | N/A | $ 447,000 |
| MFS Government
Markets Income Trust | $ 443 | N/A | $ 447,000 |
| MFS High Income Municipal Trust | $ 615 | N/A | $ 447,000 |
| MFS High
Yield Municipal Trust | $ 546 | N/A | $ 447,000 |
| MFS Intermediate High Income Fund | $ 335 | N/A | $ 447,000 |
| MFS Intermediate
Income Trust | $ 834 | N/A | $ 447,000 |
| MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust | $ 463 | N/A | $ 447,000 |
| MFS Multimarket
Income Trust | $ 747 | N/A | $ 447,000 |
| MFS Municipal Income Trust | $ 857 | N/A | $ 447,000 |
| | | | |
Peter D. Jones | MFS
Charter Income Trust | $ 747 | N/A | $ 437,000 |
| MFS Government Markets Income Trust | $ 440 | N/A | $ 437,000 |
| MFS High
Income Municipal Trust | $ 607 | N/A | $ 437,000 |
| MFS High Yield Municipal Trust | $ 541 | N/A | $ 437,000 |
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Name
of Trustee | Individual Trust Name | Aggregate Compensation Paid
by Trust(1) | Retirement Benefits Accrued as
Part of Trust Expense(1) | Total Trustee Compensation Paid by Trust and
MFS Fund Complex(2) |
| MFS Intermediate
High Income Fund | $ 335 | N/A | $ 437,000 |
| MFS Intermediate Income Trust | $ 821 | N/A | $ 437,000 |
| MFS Investment
Grade Municipal Trust | $ 460 | N/A | $ 437,000 |
| MFS Multimarket Income Trust | $ 737 | N/A | $ 437,000 |
| MFS Municipal
Income Trust | $ 844 | N/A | $ 437,000 |
| | | | |
John P. Kavanaugh | MFS Charter Income Trust | $ 848 | N/A | $ 536,000 |
| MFS Government
Markets Income Trust | $ 466 | N/A | $ 536,000 |
| MFS High Income Municipal Trust | $ 675 | N/A | $ 536,000 |
| MFS High
Yield Municipal Trust | $ 592 | N/A | $ 536,000 |
| MFS Intermediate High Income Fund | $ 335 | N/A | $ 536,000 |
| MFS Intermediate
Income Trust | $ 941 | N/A | $ 536,000 |
| MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust | $ 491 | N/A | $ 536,000 |
| MFS Multimarket
Income Trust | $ 835 | N/A | $ 536,000 |
| MFS Municipal Income Trust | $ 970 | N/A | $ 536,000 |
| | | | |
James W. Kilman, Jr. | MFS Charter Income Trust | $ 1,447 | N/A | $ 445,000 |
| MFS Government
Markets Income Trust | $
1,140 | N/A | $ 445,000 |
| MFS High Income Municipal Trust | $ 1,307 | N/A | $ 445,000 |
| MFS High
Yield Municipal Trust | $ 1,241 | N/A | $ 445,000 |
| MFS Intermediate High Income Fund | $ 1,035 | N/A | $ 445,000 |
| MFS Intermediate
Income Trust | $ 1,521 | N/A | $ 445,000 |
| MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust | $ 1,160 | N/A | $ 445,000 |
| MFS Multimarket
Income Trust | $ 1,437 | N/A | $ 445,000 |
| MFS Municipal Income Trust | $ 1,544 | N/A | $ 445,000 |
| | | | |
Clarence Otis, Jr. | MFS
Charter Income Trust | $
1,447 | N/A | $ 445,000 |
| MFS Government Markets Income Trust | $ 1,140 | N/A | $ 445,000 |
| MFS High
Income Municipal Trust | $
1,307 | N/A | $ 445,000 |
| MFS High Yield Municipal Trust | $ 1,241 | N/A | $ 445,000 |
| MFS Intermediate
High Income Fund | $ 1,035 | N/A | $ 445,000 |
| MFS Intermediate Income Trust | $ 1,521 | N/A | $ 445,000 |
| MFS Investment
Grade Municipal Trust | $ 1,160 | N/A | $ 445,000 |
| MFS Multimarket Income Trust | $ 1,437 | N/A | $ 445,000 |
| MFS Municipal
Income Trust | $ 1,544 | N/A | $ 445,000 |
| | | | |
Maryanne L. Roepke | MFS Charter Income Trust | $ 1,458 | N/A | $ 455,000 |
| MFS Government
Markets Income Trust | $ 1,143 | N/A | $ 455,000 |
| MFS High Income Municipal Trust | $ 1,315 | N/A | $ 455,000 |
| MFS High
Yield Municipal Trust | $ 1,246 | N/A | $ 455,000 |
| MFS Intermediate High Income Fund | $ 1,035 | N/A | $ 455,000 |
| MFS Intermediate
Income Trust | $ 1,534 | N/A | $ 455,000 |
| MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust | $ 1,163 | N/A | $ 455,000 |
| MFS Multimarket
Income Trust | $ 1,447 | N/A | $ 455,000 |
| MFS Municipal Income Trust | $ 1,557 | N/A | $ 455,000 |
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Name
of Trustee | Individual Trust Name | Aggregate Compensation Paid
by Trust(1) | Retirement Benefits Accrued as
Part of Trust Expense(1) | Total Trustee Compensation Paid by Trust and
MFS Fund Complex(2) |
| | | | |
Laurie J. Thomsen | MFS
Charter Income Trust | $ 758 | N/A | $ 447,000 |
| MFS Government Markets Income Trust | $ 443 | N/A | $ 447,000 |
| MFS High
Income Municipal Trust | $ 615 | N/A | $ 447,000 |
| MFS High Yield Municipal Trust | $ 546 | N/A | $ 447,000 |
| MFS Intermediate
High Income Fund | $ 335 | N/A | $ 447,000 |
| MFS Intermediate Income Trust | $ 834 | N/A | $ 447,000 |
| MFS Investment
Grade Municipal Trust | $ 463 | N/A | $ 447,000 |
| MFS Multimarket Income Trust | $ 747 | N/A | $ 447,000 |
| MFS Municipal
Income Trust | $ 857 | N/A | $ 447,000 |
(1) Information
provided for the MFS Intermediate Income Trust, MFS Multimarket Income Trust, and MFS Municipal Income
Trust, is for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2023. Information provided for the MFS Charter Income
Trust, MFS Government Markets Income Trust, MFS High Income Municipal Trust, MFS High Yield Municipal
Trust, MFS Intermediate High Income Fund, and MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust is for the fiscal
year ended November 30, 2023.
(2) For calendar year 2023 for 134 funds that paid Trustee compensation.
TRUST
INFORMATION
This section provides certain information about each Trust, including information
about its investment adviser and administrator, independent registered public accounting firm, executive
officers and the identity of persons holding more than 5% of the outstanding shares of any class of any
Trust.
Investment
Adviser and Administrator
Each Trust engages as its investment adviser and administrator, MFS, a Delaware
corporation with offices at 111 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02199. MFS and its predecessor
organizations have a history of money management dating from 1924. MFS is a subsidiary of Sun Life of
Canada (U.S.) Financial Services Holdings, Inc., which in turn is an indirect majority-owned subsidiary
of Sun Life Financial Inc. (a diversified financial services company).
Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm
The Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm and fiscal year end for each
Trust are listed below:
| | |
Trust | Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm | Fiscal
Year End |
MFS Charter Income Trust | Ernst & Young LLP (“E&Y”) | November 30 |
MFS Government Markets Income Trust | Deloitte &
Touche LLP (“Deloitte”) | November 30 |
MFS High Income Municipal Trust | E&Y | November 30 |
MFS
High Yield Municipal Trust | E&Y | November 30 |
MFS Intermediate High Income Fund | E&Y | November 30 |
MFS
Intermediate Income Trust | Deloitte | October 31 |
MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust | E&Y | November 30 |
MFS
Multimarket Income Trust | E&Y | October 31 |
MFS Municipal Income Trust | Deloitte | October 31 |
The Independent Registered
Public Accounting Firm has no direct or material indirect interest in a Trust.
Representatives of
the applicable Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm are not expected to be present at the Meeting,
but they will have the opportunity to make a statement if they wish, and they will be available should
any matter arise requiring their presence.
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Each
Trust’s Audit Committee submitted the following statement to be included in this Proxy Statement:
The Audit Committee reviewed and discussed the audited financial statements with
Trust management. The Audit Committee also discussed with the independent public accounting firm the
matters required to be discussed by the applicable requirements of the PCAOB and the Securities and Exchange
Commission (“SEC”). The Audit Committee received the written disclosures and the letter from the
independent public accounting firm required by the PCAOB regarding the independent public accounting
firm’s communications with the Audit Committee regarding independence, and discussed with the independent
public accounting firm its independence.
Based on this review and the review of
other information and these and other discussions, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board of Trustees
that the audited financial statements be included in the Trust’s annual report to shareholders for
the Trust’s 2023 fiscal year for filing with the SEC.
The members of each Trust’s Audit Committee
are: Steven E. Buller, John A. Caroselli, Peter D. Jones, and Clarence Otis, Jr.
To the extent required
by applicable regulations, pre-approval by the Audit Committee of the Board is needed for all audit and
permissible non-audit services rendered by the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm to each
Trust and all permissible non-audit services rendered by the Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm to MFS and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with MFS that provides
ongoing services to a Trust (including MFS Service Center, Inc.) (each, a “Service Affiliate”) if
the services relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of such Trust. Pre-approval is
currently on an engagement-by-engagement basis. In the event pre-approval of such services is necessary
between regular meetings of the Audit Committee and it is not practical to wait to seek pre-approval
at the next regular meeting of the Audit Committee, pre-approval of such services may be referred to
the Chair of the Audit Committee; provided that the Chair may not pre-approve any individual engagement
for such services exceeding $50,000 or multiple engagements for such services in the aggregate exceeding
$100,000 between such regular meetings of the Audit Committee. Any engagement pre-approved by the Chair
between regular meetings of the Audit Committee shall be presented for ratification by the entire Audit
Committee at its next regularly scheduled meeting.
Schedule A attached hereto includes tables
that set forth for each Trust’s two most recent fiscal years, the fees billed by each Trust’s Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm for (a) all audit and non-audit services provided directly to the
Trust and (b) those non-audit services provided to each Trust’s Service Affiliates that relate directly
to the Trust’s operations and financial reporting under the following captions:
(i) Audit Fees — fees
related to the audit and review of the financial statements included in annual reports and registration
statements, and other services that are normally provided in connection with statutory and regulatory
filings or engagements.
(ii) Audit-Related
Fees — fees related to assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance
of the audit or review of financial statements, but not reported under “Audit Fees,” including accounting
consultations, agreed-upon procedure reports (inclusive of annual review of basic maintenance testing
associated with the Preferred Shares), attestation reports, comfort letters and internal control reviews.
(iii) Tax
Fees — fees associated with tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning, including services relating
to the regulated investment company qualification reviews and tax distribution and analysis reviews.
(iv) All
Other Fees — fees for products and services provided to a Trust by the Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm other than those reported under “Audit Fees,” “Audit-Related Fees,” and “Tax
Fees.”
Schedule A attached hereto also sets forth the aggregate fees billed by each Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm for each Trust’s two most recent fiscal years for non-audit services
rendered to each Trust and each Trust’s Service Affiliates.
The Audit Committee has considered whether
the provision by each Trust’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm of non-audit services to
each Trust’s Service Affiliates that were not pre-approved by the Audit Committee because such services
did not relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of each Trust was compatible with maintaining
the independence of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm as each Trust’s principal auditor.
Officers
The
officers of the Trusts, as of August 1, 2024, are listed below, together with their principal occupations
during the past five years (their titles may have varied during that period). Each officer will hold
office until his or her successor is chosen and qualified, or until he or she retires, resigns or is
removed from office.
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Name, Age | Position(s) Held with Trust | Officer
Since(1) | Principal Occupations During the Past Five Years(2) |
William
T. Allen(3) age 57 | Deputy
Assistant Treasurer | April
2024 | Massachusetts
Financial Services Company, Vice President |
Brian Balasco(3) age
46 | Assistant
Treasurer | April
2024 | Massachusetts
Financial Services Company, Vice President |
Christopher R. Bohane(3)
age 50 | Assistant Secretary and Assistant Clerk | July 2005 | Massachusetts Financial
Services Company, Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel |
James
L. Byrne(3) age 48 | Assistant
Treasurer | April
2024 | Massachusetts
Financial Services Company, Vice President |
John W. Clark, Jr.(3) age
57 | Deputy
Treasurer | April
2017 | Massachusetts
Financial Services Company, Vice President |
David L. DiLorenzo(3)
age 55 | President | July 2005 | Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Senior Vice President |
Heidi
W. Hardin(3) age 56 | Secretary
and Clerk | April
2017 | Massachusetts
Financial Services Company, Executive Vice President and General Counsel |
Brian
E. Langenfeld(3) age 51 | Assistant
Secretary and Assistant Clerk | June
2006 | Massachusetts
Financial Services Company, Vice President and Managing Counsel |
Rosa
E. Licea-Mailloux(3) age 47 | Chief
Compliance Officer | March
2022 | Massachusetts
Financial Services Company, Vice President (since 2018); Director of Corporate Compliance (2018-2021);
Senior Director Compliance (2021-2022); Senior Managing Director of North American Compliance & Chief
Compliance Officer (since March 2022) |
Amanda S. Mooradian(3) age 45 | Assistant
Secretary and Assistant Clerk | September 2018 | Massachusetts Financial Services Company, Vice President and
Senior Counsel |
Susan
A. Pereira(3) age 53 | Assistant
Secretary and Assistant Clerk | July
2005 | Massachusetts
Financial Services Company, Vice President and Managing Counsel |
Kasey
L. Phillips(3) age 53 | Treasurer | September
2012 | Massachusetts
Financial Services Company, Vice President |
Matthew A. Stowe(3) age
49 | Assistant
Secretary and Assistant Clerk | October
2014 | Massachusetts
Financial Services Company, Senior Vice President and Senior Managing Counsel |
William
B. Wilson(3) age 41 | Assistant
Secretary and Assistant Clerk | October
2022 | Massachusetts
Financial Services Company, Assistant Vice President and Senior Counsel |
(1) Date
first appointed to serve as Officer of an MFS Fund. From January 2012 through December 2016, Mr. DiLorenzo
served as Treasurer of the Funds. From September 2012 through March 2024, Ms. Phillips served as Assistant
Treasurer of the MFS Funds. From April 2017 through March 2024, Mr. Clark served as Assistant Treasurer
of the Funds.
(2) Officers
do not serve as directors or trustees of companies required to report to the SEC (i.e., “public companies”).
(3) “Interested
person” of the Trust within the meaning of the 1940 Act, which is the principal federal law governing
investment companies like the Trusts, as a result of position with MFS. The address of MFS is 111 Huntington
Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02199.
Each Trust’s officers held comparable positions with the
135 funds in the MFS Family of Funds as of July 31, 2024, and with certain affiliates of MFS. The address
of each officer is c/o MFS, 111 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02199.
Interests
of Certain Persons
Schedule B attached hereto sets forth, as of July 31, 2024, to the best knowledge
of each Trust, the shareholders who beneficially owned more than 5% of the outstanding shares of any
class of such Trust.
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FURTHER
INFORMATION ABOUT VOTING AND THE MEETING
Manner of Voting Proxies
All proxies received by management will
be voted on all matters presented at the Meeting, and if not limited to the contrary, will be voted FOR
the election of John A. Caroselli, John P. Kavanaugh, James W. Kilman, Jr., Clarence Otis, Jr., and Laurie
J. Thomsen as Trustees of the Trust (if still available for election).
All proxies received,
including proxies that reflect (i) broker non-votes (i.e., shares held by brokers or nominees as to
which (a) instructions have not been received from the beneficial owners or the persons entitled to
vote, and (b) the broker or nominee does not have discretionary voting power on a particular matter),
(ii) abstentions or (iii) the withholding of authority to vote for a nominee for election as Trustee,
will be counted as shares that are present on a particular matter for purposes of determining the presence
of a quorum for that matter. A majority of the outstanding shares of MFS High Income Municipal Trust,
MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust, and MFS Intermediate High Income Fund, entitled to be cast at the
Meeting that are present in person or represented by proxy constitutes a quorum, and thirty percent (30%) of
the outstanding shares of MFS Charter Income Trust, MFS Government Markets Income Trust, MFS High Yield
Municipal Trust, MFS Intermediate Income Trust, MFS Multimarket Income Trust, and MFS Municipal Income
Trust entitled to be cast at the Meeting that are present in person or represented by proxy constitutes
a quorum. With respect to the election of John P. Kavanaugh and Laurie J. Thomsen as Trustees of MFS
High Yield Municipal Trust, and MFS Municipal Income Trust, a quorum also requires thirty percent (30%) of
each Trust’s outstanding preferred shares entitled to vote at the Meeting present in person or by proxy.
With respect to the election of John P. Kavanaugh and Laurie J. Thomsen as Trustees of MFS High Income
Municipal Trust and MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust, a quorum requires a majority of each Trust’s
outstanding preferred shares entitled to vote at the Meeting present in person or by proxy. With respect
to the election of Trustees, other than the election of John P. Kavanaugh and Laurie J. Thomsen as Trustees
of MFS Municipal Income Trust, neither broker non-votes nor abstentions nor withholding authority to
vote have any effect on the outcome of the voting. With respect to the election of John P. Kavanaugh
and Laurie J. Thomsen as Trustees of MFS Municipal Income Trust, broker non-votes, abstentions and withholding
authority to vote have the effect of a vote against their elections as Trustees.
Each shareholder of
a Trust is entitled to one vote for each share of the Trust that such shareholder owns at the close of
business on July 31, 2024, on each matter on which the shareholder is entitled to vote. Each fractional
share is entitled to a proportionate fractional vote.
Each Trust will reimburse the record holders
of its shares for their reasonable expenses incurred in sending proxy material to and obtaining voting
instructions from beneficial owners.
Each Trust knows of no other matters to be brought before
the Meeting. If, however, because of any unexpected occurrence, any nominee is not available for election
or if any other matters properly come before the Meeting, it is each Trust’s intention that proxies
not limited to the contrary will be voted in accordance with the judgment of the persons named in the
enclosed form of proxy.
Instructions for Voting Proxies
The giving of a proxy will not affect
a shareholder’s right to vote in person should the shareholder decide to attend the Meeting. To vote
by mail, please mark, sign, date and return the enclosed proxy card following the instructions printed
on the card. Please refer to your proxy card for instructions for voting by telephone or internet.
Submission
of Proposals
Proposals of shareholders which are intended to be included in the Trust’s Proxy
Statement and presented at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders must be received by the Secretary
of the Trust, at the Trusts’ principal office at 111 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts, 02199,
on or prior to April 25, 2025 for MFS Charter Income Trust, MFS Government Markets Income Trust, MFS
High Income Municipal Trust, MFS High Yield Municipal Trust, MFS Intermediate High Income Fund, MFS Intermediate
Income Trust, MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust, MFS Multimarket Income Trust, and MFS Municipal Income
Trust. The submission by a shareholder of a proposal for inclusion in the proxy materials does not guarantee
that it will be included. Shareholder proposals are subject to certain requirements under the federal
securities laws.
A shareholder who wishes to make a proposal at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders
without including the proposal in the Trust’s Proxy Statement must ensure that the proposal is received
by the Secretary of the Trust in good order and in compliance with all applicable legal requirements
and requirements set forth in the Trust’s By-Laws and Declaration of Trust between May 25, 2025 and
July 9, 2025, for MFS Charter Income Trust, MFS Government Markets Income Trust, MFS Intermediate Income
Trust, MFS Multimarket Income Trust, and MFS Municipal Income Trust, and June 24, 2025 and July 9, 2025,
for MFS High Income Municipal Trust, MFS High Yield Municipal Trust, MFS Intermediate High Income Fund,
and MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust, at the Trust’s principal office at 111 Huntington Avenue,
Boston, Massachusetts, 02199.
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The
persons named as proxies for the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders will have discretionary authority
to vote on all matters presented at the meeting consistent with the SEC’s proxy rules.
Other Business
The Trustees
know of no matters other than those described in this proxy statement to be brought before the annual
meeting.
Additional Information
The Meeting of shareholders of each Trust is called to be
held at the same time as the Meetings of shareholders of each of the other Trusts. It is anticipated
that all Meetings will be held simultaneously.
If any shareholder at the Meeting objects to the holding of
a simultaneous Meeting and moves for an adjournment of the Meeting to a time promptly after the simultaneous
Meetings, the persons named as proxies will vote in favor of such adjournment.
In the event that a
quorum is not present for purposes of acting on the proposal, or if sufficient votes on the proposal
set forth in the Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders are not received by the time of the Meeting,
the persons named as proxies may propose one or more adjournments of the Meeting or postponements from
time to time, with no other notice than an announcement at the Meeting, in order to permit further solicitation
of proxies for the proposal. Any adjournment will require the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes
properly cast on the question in person or by proxy at the session of the Meeting to be adjourned. The
persons named as proxies will vote in favor of adjournment those proxies that they are entitled to vote
in favor of such adjournment and will vote against any such adjournment all other proxies. Your Trust
pays the costs of any additional solicitation and of any adjourned session. Any proposals for which sufficient
votes in accordance with the Trustees’ recommendations have been received by the time of the Meeting
may be acted upon and considered final regardless of whether the Meeting is adjourned to permit additional
solicitation with respect to any other proposal.
As part of our effort to maintain a safe and healthy environment
at the Meeting, each Trust and the Trustees monitor statements issued by the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (www.cdc.gov). For that reason, the Trustees reserve the right to reconsider the date,
time and/or means of convening each Trust’s meeting. Subject to any restrictions imposed by applicable
law, the Trustees may choose to conduct the meeting solely by means of remote communications, or may
hold a “hybrid” meeting where some participants attend in person and others attend by means of remote
communications. If the Trustees choose to change the date, time and/or means of convening a Trust’s
meeting, the Trust will announce the decision to do so in advance, and details on how to participate
will be issued by press release and filed with the SEC as additional proxy material.
The expense of the
preparation, printing and mailing of the enclosed form of proxy, the Notice and this Proxy Statement,
and any tabulation costs, will be borne on a proportional basis by the Trusts.
Annual reports will
be sent to shareholders of record of each Trust following each Trust’s fiscal year end. A copy of each
Trust’s most recent annual report and semi-annual report may be obtained without charge at closedendfunds.mfs.com
or by contacting Computershare, each Trust’s transfer and shareholder servicing agent, 150 Royall Street,
Canton, Massachusetts, 02021, or by telephoning toll-free (800) 637-2304 or by email at mfs@computershare.com.
Unless
a Trust receives contrary instructions, only one copy of this Proxy Statement will be mailed to a given
address where two or more shareholders share that address. If you need a proxy card or additional copies
of this Proxy Statement and you are the holder of record of your shares, please contact Computershare
at (866) 209-2870, or by email at shareholdermeetings@computershare.com, or at https://www.proxy-direct.com/mfs-33985.
If your shares are held in broker street name, please contact your financial intermediary to obtain a
voting instruction form or additional copies of this Proxy Statement. A copy of this Proxy Statement
is also available at www.mfs.com.
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IT
IS IMPORTANT THAT PROXIES BE RETURNED PROMPTLY
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August
23, 2024 | MFS® CHARTER INCOME TRUST
|
MFS® GOVERNMENT MARKETS INCOME TRUST
MFS®
HIGH INCOME MUNICIPAL TRUST
MFS® HIGH
YIELD MUNICIPAL TRUST
MFS® INTERMEDIATE HIGH INCOME FUND
MFS®
INTERMEDIATE INCOME TRUST
MFS® INVESTMENT
GRADE MUNICIPAL TRUST
MFS® MULTIMARKET INCOME TRUST
MFS®
MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST
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Schedule
A
Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm Fees
For each Trust’s last two fiscal years, fees billed by each
Trust’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for services provided directly to each Trust:
| | | | | |
| Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | Audit Fees | Audit
Related Fees |
Trust | 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 |
MFS Charter Income Trust | E&Y | $69,513 | $64,305 | $13,965 | $12,907 |
MFS Government Markets Income Trust | Deloitte | $70,686 | $70,686 | $10,000 | $10,000 |
MFS
High Income Municipal Trust | E&Y | $71,549 | $66,187 | $13,965 | $12,907 |
MFS
High Yield Municipal Trust | E&Y | $71,549 | $66,187 | $13,965 | $12,907 |
MFS
Intermediate High Income Fund | E&Y | $71,828 | $66,446 | $13,965 | $12,907 |
MFS
Intermediate Income Trust | Deloitte | $71,571 | $71,571 | $10,000 | $10,000 |
MFS
Investment Grade Municipal Trust | E&Y | $71,549 | $66,187 | $13,965 | $12,907 |
MFS Multimarket Income Trust | E&Y | $69,513 | $64,305 | $13,965 | $12,907 |
MFS
Municipal Income Trust | Deloitte | $69,973 | $69,973 | $10,000 | $10,000 |
| | | |
| Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | Tax Fees | All
Other Fees |
Trust | 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 |
MFS Charter Income Trust | E&Y | $259 | $255 | $0 | $64 |
MFS Government Markets Income Trust | Deloitte | $0 | $400 | $0 | $0 |
MFS High Income Municipal Trust | E&Y | $0 | $0 | $0 | $28 |
MFS High Yield Municipal Trust | E&Y | $0 | $0 | $0 | $23 |
MFS Intermediate High Income Fund | E&Y | $259 | $255 | $0 | $8 |
MFS Intermediate Income Trust | Deloitte | $0 | $400 | $0 | $0 |
MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust | E&Y | $0 | $0 | $0 | $16 |
MFS Multimarket Income Trust | E&Y | $259 | $255 | $0 | $63 |
MFS Municipal Income Trust | Deloitte | $0 | $400 | $0 | $0 |
For each Trust’s last two
fiscal years, fees billed by each Trust’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for services
provided to the Trust’s Service Affiliates that relate directly to such Trust’s operations and financial
reporting:
| | | | | | | |
Trust | Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | Audit Related Fees(1) | Tax Fees(1) | All
Other Fees(1) |
2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 |
Service
Affiliates of MFS Charter Income Trust | E&Y | $0 | $520,036 | $0 | $0 | $3,600 | $111,415 |
Service
Affiliates of MFS Government Markets Income Trust | Deloitte | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $5,390 |
Service Affiliates of MFS High Income Municipal
Trust | E&Y | $0 | $520,036 | $0 | $0 | $3,600 | $111,415 |
Service
Affiliates of MFS High Yield Municipal Trust | E&Y | $0 | $520,036 | $0 | $0 | $3,600 | $111,415 |
Service Affiliates of MFS Intermediate High
Income Fund | E&Y | $0 | $520,036 | $0 | $0 | $3,600 | $111,415 |
Service
Affiliates of MFS Intermediate Income Trust | Deloitte | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $5,390 |
Service Affiliates of MFS Investment Grade
Municipal Trust | E&Y | $0 | $520,036 | $0 | $0 | $3,600 | $111,415 |
| | | | | | | |
Schedule A-1
| | | | | | | |
Trust | Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | Audit Related Fees(1) | Tax Fees(1) | All
Other Fees(1) |
2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 |
Service Affiliates of MFS Multimarket Income
Trust | E&Y | $0 | $662,511 | $0 | $0 | $3,600 | $111,415 |
Service
Affiliates of MFS Municipal Income Trust | Deloitte | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $5,390 |
(1) This amount reflects the fees billed to Service
Affiliates of each Trust for non-audit services relating directly to the operations and financial reporting
of the Trust (portions of which services also related to the operations and financial reporting of all
funds within the MFS funds complex).
During the periods indicated in the tables above, no services
described under “Audit-Related Fees,” “Tax Fees” or “All Other Fees” were approved pursuant
to the de minimis exception set forth in paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.
Aggregate
fees billed by each Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, for each Trust’s two most recent
fiscal years, for non-audit services rendered to each Trust and each Trust’s Service Affiliates:
| | | |
Trust | Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm | 2023 | 2022 |
MFS Charter Income Trust and its Service
Affiliates | E&Y | $192,574 | $895,107 |
MFS Government Markets Income Trust and its Service Affiliates | Deloitte | $10,000 | $15,790 |
MFS High Income Municipal Trust and its Service Affiliates | E&Y | $192,315 | $894,816 |
MFS High Yield Municipal Trust and its Service Affiliates | E&Y | $192,315 | $894,811 |
MFS Intermediate High Income Fund and its Service Affiliates | E&Y | $192,574 | $895,051 |
MFS Intermediate Income Trust and its Service Affiliates | Deloitte | $10,000 | $15,790 |
MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust and its Service Affiliates | E&Y | $192,315 | $894,805 |
MFS Multimarket Income Trust and its Service Affiliates | E&Y | $312,574 | $917,581 |
MFS Municipal Income Trust and its Service Affiliates | Deloitte | $10,000 | $15,790 |
Schedule A-2
Schedule
B
Interests
of Certain Persons
As of July 31, 2024, to the best knowledge of each Trust, the shareholders who
beneficially owned more than 5% of the outstanding shares of any class of such Trust are as follows:
| | | | |
Trust | Name and Address of Beneficial Owner | Title of Class | Number of Outstanding Shares Beneficially Owned(1) | Percent of Outstanding Shares of Noted
Class Owned |
MFS Charter Income Trust | Morgan
Stanley (Smith Barney) 1585 Broadway New
York, NY 10036 | Common | 6,451,514 | 14.90% |
| | | | |
MFS Government
Markets Income Trust | Sit
Investment Associates, Inc. 3300 IDS Center 80
South Eighth Street Minneapolis, MN 55402 | Common | 6,890,577 | 21.14% |
| | | | |
| 1607 Capital Partners, LLC 13
S. 13th Street Suite 400 Richmond,
VA 23219 | Common | 2,468,818 | 7.57% |
| | | | |
| Karpus Management, Inc. 183 Sully’s Trail Pittsford,
NY 14534 | Common | 1,800,534 | 5.52% |
| | | | |
MFS High
Income Municipal Trust | Saba
Capital Management, L.P. 405 Lexington Avenue 58th
Floor New York, NY 10174 | Common | 2,661,972 | 8.44% |
| | | | |
| JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 1111 Polaris Parkway Columbus,
OH 43240 | Preferred | 815 | 100% |
| | | | |
MFS High
Yield Municipal Trust | Bulldog
Investors, LLP Park 80 West-Plaza Two 250 Pehle
Ave Suite 708 Saddle Brook, NJ 07663 | Common | 2,399,169 | 9.41% |
| JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A. 1111 Polaris Parkway Columbus,
OH 43240 | Preferred | 600 | 100% |
| | | | |
Schedule B-1
| | | | |
Trust | Name and Address of Beneficial Owner | Title of Class | Number of Outstanding Shares Beneficially Owned(1) | Percent of Outstanding Shares of Noted
Class Owned |
MFS Intermediate
Income Trust | Sit Investment
Associates, Inc. 3300 IDS Center 80
South Eighth Street Minneapolis, MN 55402 | Common | 22,167,850 | 19.44% |
| | | | |
| 1607 Capital Partners, LLC 13
S. 13th Street Suite 400 Richmond, VA 23219 | Common | 10,104,432 | 8.90% |
| | | | |
MFS Investment
Grade Municipal Trust | Bulldog
Investors, LLP Park 80 West-Plaza Two 250 Pehle
Ave Suite 708 Saddle Brook, NJ 07663 | Common | 611,408 | 7.46% |
| | | | |
| Almitas Capital LLC 1460
4th Street Suite 300 Santa Monica, CA 90401 | Common | 491,954 | 5.40% |
| | | | |
| JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 1111 Polaris Parkway Columbus,
OH 43240 | Preferred | 438 | 100% |
| | | | |
MFS Municipal Income Trust | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 1111
Polaris Parkway Columbus, OH 43240 | Preferred | 1,138 | 100% |
(1) Amounts reflected are based on disclosure in
Schedule 13D and 13G filings made with the SEC as of July 31, 2024.
Schedule B-2
CE-MULTI-PRX-8/24
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MFS
Charter Income Trust PO Box 43131 Providence,
RI 02940-3131 |
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PROXY
MFS Charter Income Trust
111
Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02199
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD
ON OCTOBER 3, 2024
This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board
of Trustees of the Trust
The signer of this proxy card hereby appoints Christopher
R. Bohane, Tiffany Ko, Brian E. Langenfeld, Amanda S. Mooradian, Susan A. Pereira, Matthew A. Stowe,
and William B. Wilson and each of them separately, proxies, with power of substitution, and hereby authorizes
each of them to represent, and to vote, as designated on the reverse side, at the Meeting of Shareholders
of the above-referenced Trust, to be held on Thursday, October 3, 2024 at 10:30 a.m., Eastern Time, and
at any adjournments or postponements thereof, all of the common shares of the Trust that the undersigned
would be entitled to vote if personally present. Only the Trust’s shareholders of record on July 31,
2024 will be entitled to vote at the Trust’s Meeting of Shareholders.
THIS PROXY WHEN
PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE SIGNING SHAREHOLDER.
IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR THE PROPOSAL. IN
THEIR DISCRETION, THE PROXIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE UPON SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE
THE MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENTS OF THE MEETING. THE TRUSTEES RECOMMEND
A VOTE FOR THE PROPOSAL ON THE REVERSE SIDE.
YOUR
VOTE IS IMPORTANT. WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR PROMPTLY VOTING, SIGNING, DATING, AND RETURNING THE ENCLOSED
PROXY, WHICH WILL HELP AVOID THE ADDITIONAL EXPENSE OF A SECOND SOLICITATION FOR YOUR TRUST. THE ENCLOSED
ADDRESSED ENVELOPE REQUIRES NO POSTAGE AND IS PROVIDED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE.
VOTE
VIA THE INTERNET: www.proxy-direct.com
VOTE VIA
THE TELEPHONE: 1-800-337-3503
MCR_33985_043024
|
EVERY
SHAREHOLDER’S VOTE IS IMPORTANT |
Important
Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the MFS
Shareholders
Meeting to be held on October 3, 2024.
The Proxy Statement for this
meeting is available at https://www.proxy-direct.com/mfs-33985
PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND RETURN YOUR
PROXY CARD
TODAY
Please detach at perforation before mailing.
| |
TO
VOTE MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS SHOWN IN THIS EXAMPLE:
| X |
| | |
A | Proposal | YOUR
BOARD OF TRUSTEES RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE ELECTION OF ALL NOMINEES. |
1a. (i) Election of Trustees.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| FOR ALL | WITHHOLD ALL | FOR ALL EXCEPT | |
01. John
A. Caroselli | 02. James
W. Kilman, Jr. | 03. Clarence
Otis, Jr. | | | | | | | | |
To withhold authority to vote for any individual, mark the
box “FOR ALL EXCEPT” and write
the nominee’s
number on the line provided below.
________________________________________________________________________________________
2. To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting and any
adjournment(s) or
postponement(s) thereof.
| |
B | Authorized Signatures ─ This section must be
completed for your vote to be counted.─ Sign and Date Below |
Note: Please sign exactly as
your name(s) appear(s) on this proxy card, and date it. When shares are held jointly, each holder should
sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee, officer of corporation or other entity
or in another representative capacity, please give the full title under the signature.
| | | | |
Date
(mm/dd/yyyy) ─ Please print date below | | Signature 1 ─ Please keep signature within the box | | Signature
2 ─ Please keep signature within the box |
/
/ | | | | |
| | | | |
| Scanner
bar code | |
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx | MCR1 33985 | xxxxxxxx |
|
MFS
Government Markets Income Trust PO Box 43131 Providence,
RI 02940-3131 |
|
EVERY
VOTE IS IMPORTANT |
EASY VOTING OPTIONS: |
| |
| VOTE
ON THE INTERNET Log on to: www.proxy-direct.com or scan the QR code Follow the on-screen instructions available 24 hours (until 10:00 a.m. Eastern
Time on October 3, 2024) |
| VOTE
BY TELEPHONE Call toll free: 1-800-337-3503 Follow the recorded instructions available 24 hours
(until 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on October 3, 2024) |
| VOTE
BY MAIL Vote, sign and date your Proxy
Card and return it in the postage-paid envelope (must
be received by 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on
October 3, 2024) |
| Do not mail your Proxy
Card when you vote by phone or internet |
Please detach at perforation before mailing
PROXY
MFS Government Markets Income Trust
111
Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02199
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD
ON OCTOBER 3, 2024
This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board
of Trustees of the Trust
The signer of this proxy card hereby appoints Christopher
R. Bohane, Tiffany Ko, Brian E. Langenfeld, Amanda S. Mooradian, Susan A. Pereira, Matthew A. Stowe,
and William B. Wilson and each of them separately, proxies, with power of substitution, and hereby authorizes
each of them to represent, and to vote, as designated on the reverse side, at the Meeting of Shareholders
of the above-referenced Trust, to be held on Thursday, October 3, 2024 at 10:30 a.m., Eastern Time, and
at any adjournments or postponements thereof, all of the common shares of the Trust that the undersigned
would be entitled to vote if personally present. Only the Trust’s shareholders of record on July 31,
2024 will be entitled to vote at the Trust’s Meeting of Shareholders.
THIS PROXY WHEN
PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE SIGNING SHAREHOLDER.
IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR THE PROPOSAL. IN
THEIR DISCRETION, THE PROXIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE UPON SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE
THE MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENTS OF THE MEETING. THE TRUSTEES RECOMMEND
A VOTE FOR THE PROPOSAL ON THE REVERSE SIDE.
YOUR
VOTE IS IMPORTANT. WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR PROMPTLY VOTING, SIGNING, DATING, AND RETURNING THE ENCLOSED
PROXY, WHICH WILL HELP AVOID THE ADDITIONAL EXPENSE OF A SECOND SOLICITATION FOR YOUR TRUST. THE ENCLOSED
ADDRESSED ENVELOPE REQUIRES NO POSTAGE AND IS PROVIDED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE.
VOTE
VIA THE INTERNET: www.proxy-direct.com
VOTE VIA
THE TELEPHONE: 1-800-337-3503
MGF_33985_043024
|
EVERY
SHAREHOLDER’S VOTE IS IMPORTANT |
Important
Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the MFS
Shareholders
Meeting to be held on October 3, 2024.
The Proxy Statement for this
meeting is available at https://www.proxy-direct.com/mfs-33985
PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND RETURN YOUR
PROXY CARD
TODAY
Please detach at perforation before mailing.
| |
TO
VOTE MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS SHOWN IN THIS EXAMPLE:
| X |
| | |
A | Proposal | YOUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR”
THE ELECTION OF ALL NOMINEES. |
1a. (i) Election of Trustees.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| FOR ALL | WITHHOLD ALL | FOR ALL EXCEPT | |
01. John A. Caroselli | 02. James W. Kilman, Jr. | 03.
Clarence Otis, Jr. | | | | | | | | |
To withhold authority to vote for any individual, mark the
box “FOR ALL EXCEPT” and write
the nominee’s
number on the line provided below.
________________________________________________________________________________________
2. To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting and any
adjournment(s) or
postponement(s) thereof.
| |
B | Authorized Signatures ─ This section must be
completed for your vote to be counted.─ Sign and Date Below |
Note:
Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) on this proxy card, and date it. When shares are held
jointly, each holder should sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee, officer
of corporation or other entity or in another representative capacity, please give the full title under
the signature.
| | | | |
Date (mm/dd/yyyy) ─ Please print date below | | Signature
1 ─ Please keep signature within the box | | Signature 2 ─ Please keep signature within the
box |
/ / | | | | |
| | |
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx | MGF1 33985 | xxxxxxxx |
|
MFS
Intermediate High Income Fund PO Box 43131 Providence,
RI 02940-3131 |
|
EVERY VOTE IS IMPORTANT |
EASY VOTING OPTIONS: |
| |
| VOTE
ON THE INTERNET Log on to: www.proxy-direct.com or scan the QR code Follow the on-screen instructions available 24 hours (until 10:00 a.m. Eastern
Time on October 3, 2024) |
| VOTE
BY TELEPHONE Call toll free: 1-800-337-3503 Follow the recorded instructions available 24 hours
(until 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on October 3, 2024) |
| VOTE
BY MAIL Vote, sign and date your Proxy
Card and return it in the postage-paid envelope (must
be received by 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on
October 3, 2024) |
| Do not mail your Proxy
Card when you vote by phone or internet |
Please detach at perforation before mailing
PROXY
MFS Intermediate High Income Fund
111
Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02199
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD
ON OCTOBER 3, 2024
This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board
of Trustees of the Trust
The signer of this proxy card hereby appoints Christopher
R. Bohane, Tiffany Ko, Brian E. Langenfeld, Amanda S. Mooradian, Susan A. Pereira, Matthew A. Stowe,
and William B. Wilson and each of them separately, proxies, with power of substitution, and hereby authorizes
each of them to represent, and to vote, as designated on the reverse side, at the Meeting of Shareholders
of the above-referenced Trust, to be held on Thursday, October 3, 2024 at 10:30 a.m., Eastern Time, and
at any adjournments or postponements thereof, all of the common shares of the Trust that the undersigned
would be entitled to vote if personally present. Only the Trust’s shareholders of record on July 31,
2024 will be entitled to vote at the Trust’s Meeting of Shareholders.
THIS PROXY WHEN
PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE SIGNING SHAREHOLDER.
IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR THE PROPOSAL. IN
THEIR DISCRETION, THE PROXIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE UPON SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE
THE MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENTS OF THE MEETING. THE TRUSTEES RECOMMEND
A VOTE FOR THE PROPOSAL ON THE REVERSE SIDE.
YOUR
VOTE IS IMPORTANT. WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR PROMPTLY VOTING, SIGNING, DATING, AND RETURNING THE ENCLOSED
PROXY, WHICH WILL HELP AVOID THE ADDITIONAL EXPENSE OF A SECOND SOLICITATION FOR YOUR TRUST. THE ENCLOSED
ADDRESSED ENVELOPE REQUIRES NO POSTAGE AND IS PROVIDED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE.
VOTE
VIA THE INTERNET: www.proxy-direct.com
VOTE VIA
THE TELEPHONE: 1-800-337-3503
CIF_33985_043024
|
EVERY
SHAREHOLDER’S VOTE IS IMPORTANT |
Important
Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the MFS
Shareholders
Meeting to be held on October 3, 2024.
The Proxy Statement for this
meeting is available at https://www.proxy-direct.com/mfs-33985
PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND RETURN YOUR
PROXY CARD
TODAY
Please detach at perforation before mailing.
| |
TO
VOTE MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS SHOWN IN THIS EXAMPLE:
| X |
| | |
A | Proposal | YOUR
BOARD OF TRUSTEES RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE ELECTION OF ALL NOMINEES. |
1a. (i) Election of Trustees.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| FOR ALL | WITHHOLD ALL | FOR ALL EXCEPT | |
01. John
A. Caroselli | 02. James
W. Kilman, Jr. | 03. Clarence
Otis, Jr. | | | | | | | | |
To withhold authority to vote for any individual, mark the
box “FOR ALL EXCEPT” and write
the nominee’s
number on the line provided below.
________________________________________________________________________________________
2. To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting and any
adjournment(s) or
postponement(s) thereof.
| |
B | Authorized Signatures ─ This section must be
completed for your vote to be counted.─ Sign and Date Below |
Note: Please sign exactly as
your name(s) appear(s) on this proxy card, and date it. When shares are held jointly, each holder should
sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee, officer of corporation or other entity
or in another representative capacity, please give the full title under the signature.
| | | | |
Date
(mm/dd/yyyy) ─ Please print date below | | Signature 1 ─ Please keep signature within the box | | Signature
2 ─ Please keep signature within the box |
/
/ | | | | |
| | |
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx | CIF1 33985 | xxxxxxxx |
|
MFS
Intermediate Income Trust PO Box 43131 Providence,
RI 02940-3131 |
|
EVERY VOTE IS IMPORTANT |
EASY VOTING OPTIONS: |
| |
| VOTE
ON THE INTERNET Log on to: www.proxy-direct.com or scan the QR code Follow the on-screen instructions available 24 hours (until 10:00 a.m. Eastern
Time on October 3, 2024) |
| VOTE
BY TELEPHONE Call toll free: 1-800-337-3503 Follow the recorded instructions available 24 hours
(until 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on October 3, 2024) |
| VOTE
BY MAIL Vote, sign and date your Proxy
Card and return it in the postage-paid envelope (must
be received by 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on
October 3, 2024) |
| Do not mail your Proxy
Card when you vote by phone or internet |
Please detach at perforation before mailing
PROXY
MFS Intermediate Income Trust
111
Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02199
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD
ON OCTOBER 3, 2024
This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board
of Trustees of the Trust
The signer of this proxy card hereby appoints Christopher
R. Bohane, Tiffany Ko, Brian E. Langenfeld, Amanda S. Mooradian, Susan A. Pereira, Matthew A. Stowe,
and William B. Wilson and each of them separately, proxies, with power of substitution, and hereby authorizes
each of them to represent, and to vote, as designated on the reverse side, at the Meeting of Shareholders
of the above-referenced Trust, to be held on Thursday, October 3, 2024 at 10:30 a.m., Eastern Time, and
at any adjournments or postponements thereof, all of the common shares of the Trust that the undersigned
would be entitled to vote if personally present. Only the Trust’s shareholders of record on July 31,
2024 will be entitled to vote at the Trust’s Meeting of Shareholders.
THIS PROXY WHEN
PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE SIGNING SHAREHOLDER.
IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR THE PROPOSAL. IN
THEIR DISCRETION, THE PROXIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE UPON SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE
THE MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENTS OF THE MEETING. THE TRUSTEES RECOMMEND
A VOTE FOR THE PROPOSAL ON THE REVERSE SIDE.
YOUR
VOTE IS IMPORTANT. WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR PROMPTLY VOTING, SIGNING, DATING, AND RETURNING THE ENCLOSED
PROXY, WHICH WILL HELP AVOID THE ADDITIONAL EXPENSE OF A SECOND SOLICITATION FOR YOUR TRUST. THE ENCLOSED
ADDRESSED ENVELOPE REQUIRES NO POSTAGE AND IS PROVIDED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE.
VOTE
VIA THE INTERNET: www.proxy-direct.com
VOTE VIA
THE TELEPHONE: 1-800-337-3503
MIN_33985_043024
|
EVERY
SHAREHOLDER’S VOTE IS IMPORTANT |
Important
Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the MFS
Shareholders
Meeting to be held on October 3, 2024.
The Proxy Statement for this
meeting is available at https://www.proxy-direct.com/mfs-33985
PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND RETURN YOUR
PROXY CARD
TODAY
Please detach at perforation before mailing.
| |
TO
VOTE MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS SHOWN IN THIS EXAMPLE:
| X |
| | |
A | Proposal | YOUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR”
THE ELECTION OF ALL NOMINEES. |
1a. (i) Election of Trustees.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| FOR ALL | WITHHOLD ALL | FOR ALL EXCEPT | |
01. John A. Caroselli | 02. James W. Kilman, Jr. | 03.
Clarence Otis, Jr. | | | | | | | | |
To withhold authority to vote for any individual, mark the
box “FOR ALL EXCEPT” and write
the nominee’s
number on the line provided below.
________________________________________________________________________________________
2. To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting and any
adjournment(s) or
postponement(s) thereof.
| |
B | Authorized Signatures ─ This section must be
completed for your vote to be counted.─ Sign and Date Below |
Note: Please sign exactly as
your name(s) appear(s) on this proxy card, and date it. When shares are held jointly, each holder should
sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee, officer of corporation or other entity
or in another representative capacity, please give the full title under the signature.
| | | | |
Date
(mm/dd/yyyy) ─ Please print date below | | Signature 1 ─ Please keep signature within the box | | Signature
2 ─ Please keep signature within the box |
/
/ | | | | |
| | |
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx | MIN1 33985 | xxxxxxxx |
|
MFS
Multimarket Income Trust PO Box 43131 Providence,
RI 02940-3131 |
|
EVERY VOTE IS IMPORTANT |
EASY VOTING OPTIONS: |
| |
| VOTE
ON THE INTERNET Log on to: www.proxy-direct.com or scan the QR code Follow the on-screen instructions available 24 hours (until 10:00 a.m. Eastern
Time on October 3, 2024) |
| VOTE
BY TELEPHONE Call toll free: 1-800-337-3503 Follow the recorded instructions available 24 hours
(until 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on October 3, 2024) |
| VOTE
BY MAIL Vote, sign and date your Proxy
Card and return it in the postage-paid envelope (must
be received by 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on
October 3, 2024) |
| Do not mail your Proxy
Card when you vote by phone or internet |
Please detach at perforation before mailing
PROXY
MFS Multimarket Income Trust
111
Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02199
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD
ON OCTOBER 3, 2024
This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board
of Trustees of the Trust
The signer of this proxy card hereby appoints Christopher
R. Bohane, Tiffany Ko, Brian E. Langenfeld, Amanda S. Mooradian, Susan A. Pereira, Matthew A. Stowe,
and William B. Wilson and each of them separately, proxies, with power of substitution, and hereby authorizes
each of them to represent, and to vote, as designated on the reverse side, at the Meeting of Shareholders
of the above-referenced Trust, to be held on Thursday, October 3, 2024 at 10:30 a.m., Eastern Time, and
at any adjournments or postponements thereof, all of the common shares of the Trust that the undersigned
would be entitled to vote if personally present. Only the Trust’s shareholders of record on July 31,
2024 will be entitled to vote at the Trust’s Meeting of Shareholders.
THIS PROXY WHEN
PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE SIGNING SHAREHOLDER.
IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR THE PROPOSAL. IN
THEIR DISCRETION, THE PROXIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE UPON SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE
THE MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENTS OF THE MEETING. THE TRUSTEES RECOMMEND
A VOTE FOR THE PROPOSAL ON THE REVERSE SIDE.
YOUR
VOTE IS IMPORTANT. WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR PROMPTLY VOTING, SIGNING, DATING, AND RETURNING THE ENCLOSED
PROXY, WHICH WILL HELP AVOID THE ADDITIONAL EXPENSE OF A SECOND SOLICITATION FOR YOUR TRUST. THE ENCLOSED
ADDRESSED ENVELOPE REQUIRES NO POSTAGE AND IS PROVIDED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE.
VOTE
VIA THE INTERNET: www.proxy-direct.com
VOTE VIA
THE TELEPHONE: 1-800-337-3503
MMI_33985_043024
|
EVERY
SHAREHOLDER’S VOTE IS IMPORTANT |
Important
Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the MFS
Shareholders
Meeting to be held on October 3, 2024.
The Proxy Statement for this
meeting is available at https://www.proxy-direct.com/mfs-33985
PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND RETURN YOUR
PROXY CARD
TODAY
Please detach at perforation before mailing.
| |
TO
VOTE MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS SHOWN IN THIS EXAMPLE:
| X |
| | |
A | Proposal | YOUR
BOARD OF TRUSTEES RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE ELECTION OF ALL NOMINEES. |
1a. (i) Election of Trustees.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| FOR ALL | WITHHOLD ALL | FOR ALL EXCEPT | |
01. John
A. Caroselli | 02. James
W. Kilman, Jr. | 03. Clarence
Otis, Jr. | | | | | | | | |
To withhold authority to vote for any individual, mark the
box “FOR ALL EXCEPT” and write
the nominee’s
number on the line provided below.
________________________________________________________________________________________
2. To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting and any
adjournment(s) or
postponement(s) thereof.
| |
B | Authorized Signatures ─ This section must be
completed for your vote to be counted.─ Sign and Date Below |
Note: Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) on this proxy card, and date it.
When shares are held jointly, each holder should sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator,
trustee, officer of corporation or other entity or in another representative capacity, please give the
full title under the signature.
| | | | |
Date
(mm/dd/yyyy) ─ Please print date below | | Signature 1 ─ Please keep signature within the box | | Signature
2 ─ Please keep signature within the box |
/
/ | | | | |
| | |
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx | MMI1 33985 | xxxxxxxx |
MFS High Income Municipal Trust
PO
Box 43131
Providence, RI 02940-3131
|
EVERY VOTE IS IMPORTANT |
EASY VOTING OPTIONS: |
| |
| VOTE
ON THE INTERNET Log on to: www.proxy-direct.com or scan the QR code Follow the on-screen instructions available 24 hours (until 10:00 a.m. Eastern
Time on October 3, 2024) |
| VOTE
BY TELEPHONE Call toll free: 1-800-337-3503 Follow the recorded instructions available 24 hours
(until 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on October 3, 2024) |
| VOTE
BY MAIL Vote, sign and date your Proxy
Card and return it in the postage-paid envelope (must
be received by 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on
October 3, 2024) |
| Do not mail your Proxy
Card when you vote by phone or internet |
Please detach at perforation before mailing
PROXY
MFS High Income Municipal Trust
111
Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02199
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD
ON OCTOBER 3, 2024
This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board
of Trustees of the Trust
The signer of this proxy card hereby appoints Christopher
R. Bohane, Tiffany Ko, Brian E. Langenfeld, Amanda S. Mooradian, Susan A. Pereira, Matthew A. Stowe,
and William B. Wilson and each of them separately, proxies, with power of substitution, and hereby authorizes
each of them to represent, and to vote, as designated on the reverse side, at the Meeting of Shareholders
of the above-referenced Trust, to be held on Thursday, October 3, 2024 at 10:30 a.m., Eastern Time, and
at any adjournments or postponements thereof, all of the common shares of the Trust that the undersigned
would be entitled to vote if personally present. Only the Trust’s shareholders of record on July 31,
2024 will be entitled to vote at the Trust’s Meeting of Shareholders.
THIS PROXY WHEN
PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE SIGNING SHAREHOLDER.
IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR THE PROPOSAL. IN
THEIR DISCRETION, THE PROXIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE UPON SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE
THE MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENTS OF THE MEETING. THE TRUSTEES RECOMMEND
A VOTE FOR THE PROPOSAL ON THE REVERSE SIDE.
YOUR
VOTE IS IMPORTANT. WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR PROMPTLY VOTING, SIGNING, DATING, AND RETURNING THE ENCLOSED
PROXY, WHICH WILL HELP AVOID THE ADDITIONAL EXPENSE OF A SECOND SOLICITATION FOR YOUR TRUST. THE ENCLOSED
ADDRESSED ENVELOPE REQUIRES NO POSTAGE AND IS PROVIDED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE.
VOTE
VIA THE INTERNET: www.proxy-direct.com
VOTE VIA
THE TELEPHONE: 1-800-337-3503
CXE_33985_043024
EVERY
SHAREHOLDER’S VOTE IS IMPORTANT
Important Notice Regarding
the Availability of Proxy Materials for the MFS
Shareholders
Meeting to be held on October 3, 2024.
The Proxy Statement for this
meeting is available at https://www.proxy-direct.com/mfs-33985
PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND RETURN YOUR
PROXY CARD
TODAY
Please detach at perforation before mailing.
| |
TO
VOTE MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS SHOWN IN THIS EXAMPLE:
| X |
| | |
A | Proposal | YOUR
BOARD OF TRUSTEES RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE ELECTION OF ALL NOMINEES. |
1b. (i) Election of Trustees.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| FOR ALL | WITHHOLD ALL | FOR ALL EXCEPT | |
01. John
A. Caroselli | 02. James
W. Kilman, Jr. | 03. Clarence
Otis, Jr. | | | | | | | | |
To withhold authority to vote for any individual, mark the
box “FOR ALL EXCEPT” and write
the nominee’s
number on the line provided below.
________________________________________________________________________________________
2. To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting and any
adjournment(s) or
postponement(s) thereof.
| |
B | Authorized Signatures ─ This section must be
completed for your vote to be counted.─ Sign and Date Below |
Note: Please sign exactly as
your name(s) appear(s) on this proxy card, and date it. When shares are held jointly, each holder should
sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee, officer of corporation or other entity
or in another representative capacity, please give the full title under the signature.
| | | | |
Date
(mm/dd/yyyy) ─ Please print date below | | Signature 1 ─ Please keep signature within the box | | Signature
2 ─ Please keep signature within the box |
/
/ | | | | |
| | | |
Scanner bar code | |
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx | CXE1
33985 | xxxxxxxx |
MFS High Income Municipal Trust
PO
Box 43131
Providence, RI 02940-3131
|
EVERY VOTE IS IMPORTANT |
EASY VOTING OPTIONS: |
| |
| VOTE
ON THE INTERNET Log on to: www.proxy-direct.com or scan the QR code Follow the on-screen instructions available 24 hours (until 10:00 a.m. Eastern
Time on October 3, 2024) |
| VOTE
BY TELEPHONE Call toll free: 1-800-337-3503 Follow the recorded instructions available 24 hours
(until 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on October 3, 2024) |
| VOTE
BY MAIL Vote, sign and date your Proxy
Card and return it in the postage-paid envelope (must
be received by 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on
October 3, 2024) |
| Do not mail your Proxy
Card when you vote by phone or internet |
Please detach at perforation before mailing
PROXY
MFS High Income Municipal Trust
111
Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02199
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD
ON OCTOBER 3, 2024
This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board
of Trustees of the Trust
The signer of this proxy card hereby appoints Christopher
R. Bohane, Tiffany Ko, Brian E. Langenfeld, Amanda S. Mooradian, Susan A. Pereira, Matthew A. Stowe,
and William B. Wilson and each of them separately, proxies, with power of substitution, and hereby authorizes
each of them to represent, and to vote, as designated on the reverse side, at the Meeting of Shareholders
of the above-referenced Trust, to be held on Thursday, October 3, 2024 at 10:30 a.m., Eastern Time, and
at any adjournments or postponements thereof, all of the common shares of the Trust that the undersigned
would be entitled to vote if personally present. Only the Trust’s shareholders of record on July 31,
2024 will be entitled to vote at the Trust’s Meeting of Shareholders.
THIS PROXY WHEN
PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE SIGNING SHAREHOLDER.
IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR THE PROPOSAL. IN
THEIR DISCRETION, THE PROXIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE UPON SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE
THE MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENTS OF THE MEETING. THE TRUSTEES RECOMMEND
A VOTE FOR THE PROPOSAL ON THE REVERSE SIDE.
YOUR
VOTE IS IMPORTANT. WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR PROMPTLY VOTING, SIGNING, DATING, AND RETURNING THE ENCLOSED
PROXY, WHICH WILL HELP AVOID THE ADDITIONAL EXPENSE OF A SECOND SOLICITATION FOR YOUR TRUST. THE ENCLOSED
ADDRESSED ENVELOPE REQUIRES NO POSTAGE AND IS PROVIDED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE.
VOTE
VIA THE INTERNET: www.proxy-direct.com
VOTE VIA
THE TELEPHONE: 1-800-337-3503
CXE_33985_043024_Pref
EVERY
SHAREHOLDER’S VOTE IS IMPORTANT
Important Notice Regarding
the Availability of Proxy Materials for the MFS
Shareholders
Meeting to be held on October 3, 2024.
The Proxy Statement for this
meeting is available at https://www.proxy-direct.com/mfs-33985
PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND RETURN YOUR
PROXY CARD
TODAY
Please detach at perforation before mailing.
| |
TO
VOTE MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS SHOWN IN THIS EXAMPLE:
| X |
| | |
A | Proposal | YOUR
BOARD OF TRUSTEES RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE ELECTION OF ALL NOMINEES. |
1b. (i) Election of Trustees.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| FOR ALL | WITHHOLD ALL | FOR ALL EXCEPT | |
01. John
A. Caroselli | 02. James
W. Kilman, Jr. | 03. Clarence
Otis, Jr. | | | | | | | | |
To withhold authority to vote for any individual, mark the
box “FOR ALL EXCEPT” and write
the nominee’s
number on the line provided below.
________________________________________________________________________________________
1b. (ii) Election of Trustees.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| FOR ALL | WITHHOLD ALL | FOR ALL EXCEPT | |
01. John
P. Kavanaugh | 02. Laurie
J. Thomsen | | | | | | | | | |
To
withhold authority to vote for any individual, mark the box “FOR ALL EXCEPT” and write
the nominee’s number on the line provided below.
________________________________________________________________________________________
2. To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting and any
adjournment(s) or
postponement(s) thereof.
| |
B | Authorized Signatures ─ This section must be
completed for your vote to be counted.─ Sign and Date Below |
Note: Please sign exactly as
your name(s) appear(s) on this proxy card, and date it. When shares are held jointly, each holder should
sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee, officer of corporation or other entity
or in another representative capacity, please give the full title under the signature.
| | | | |
Date
(mm/dd/yyyy) ─ Please print date below | | Signature 1 ─ Please keep signature within the box | | Signature
2 ─ Please keep signature within the box |
/
/ | | | | |
| | | |
Scanner bar code | |
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx | CXE2
33985 | xxxxxxxx |
MFS High Yield Municipal Trust
PO
Box 43131
Providence, RI 02940-3131
|
EVERY VOTE IS IMPORTANT |
EASY VOTING OPTIONS: |
| |
| VOTE
ON THE INTERNET Log on to: www.proxy-direct.com or scan the QR code Follow the on-screen instructions available 24 hours (until 10:00 a.m. Eastern
Time on October 3, 2024) |
| VOTE
BY TELEPHONE Call toll free: 1-800-337-3503 Follow the recorded instructions available 24 hours
(until 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on October 3, 2024) |
| VOTE
BY MAIL Vote, sign and date your Proxy
Card and return it in the postage-paid envelope (must
be received by 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on
October 3, 2024) |
| Do not mail your Proxy
Card when you vote by phone or internet |
Please detach at perforation before mailing
PROXY
MFS High Yield Municipal Trust
111
Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02199
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD
ON OCTOBER 3, 2024
This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board
of Trustees of the Trust
The signer of this proxy card hereby appoints Christopher
R. Bohane, Tiffany Ko, Brian E. Langenfeld, Amanda S. Mooradian, Susan A. Pereira, Matthew A. Stowe,
and William B. Wilson and each of them separately, proxies, with power of substitution, and hereby authorizes
each of them to represent, and to vote, as designated on the reverse side, at the Meeting of Shareholders
of the above-referenced Trust, to be held on Thursday, October 3, 2024 at 10:30 a.m., Eastern Time, and
at any adjournments or postponements thereof, all of the common shares of the Trust that the undersigned
would be entitled to vote if personally present. Only the Trust’s shareholders of record on July 31,
2024 will be entitled to vote at the Trust’s Meeting of Shareholders.
THIS PROXY WHEN
PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE SIGNING SHAREHOLDER.
IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR THE PROPOSAL. IN
THEIR DISCRETION, THE PROXIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE UPON SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE
THE MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENTS OF THE MEETING. THE TRUSTEES RECOMMEND
A VOTE FOR THE PROPOSAL ON THE REVERSE SIDE.
YOUR
VOTE IS IMPORTANT. WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR PROMPTLY VOTING, SIGNING, DATING, AND RETURNING THE ENCLOSED
PROXY, WHICH WILL HELP AVOID THE ADDITIONAL EXPENSE OF A SECOND SOLICITATION FOR YOUR TRUST. THE ENCLOSED
ADDRESSED ENVELOPE REQUIRES NO POSTAGE AND IS PROVIDED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE.
VOTE
VIA THE INTERNET: www.proxy-direct.com
VOTE VIA
THE TELEPHONE: 1-800-337-3503
CMU_33985_052824
EVERY
SHAREHOLDER’S VOTE IS IMPORTANT
Important Notice Regarding
the Availability of Proxy Materials for the MFS
Shareholders
Meeting to be held on October 3, 2024.
The Proxy Statement for this
meeting is available at https://www.proxy-direct.com/mfs-33985
PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND RETURN YOUR
PROXY CARD
TODAY
Please detach at perforation before mailing.
| |
TO
VOTE MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS SHOWN IN THIS EXAMPLE:
| X |
| | |
A | Proposal | YOUR
BOARD OF TRUSTEES RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE ELECTION OF ALL NOMINEES. |
1b. (i) Election of Trustees.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| FOR ALL | WITHHOLD ALL | FOR ALL EXCEPT | |
01. John
A. Caroselli | 02. James
W. Kilman, Jr. | 03. Clarence
Otis, Jr. | | | | | | | | |
To withhold authority to vote for any individual, mark the
box “FOR ALL EXCEPT” and write
the nominee’s
number on the line provided below.
________________________________________________________________________________________
2. To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting and any
adjournment(s) or
postponement(s) thereof.
| |
B | Authorized Signatures ─ This section must be
completed for your vote to be counted.─ Sign and Date Below |
Note: Please sign exactly as
your name(s) appear(s) on this proxy card, and date it. When shares are held jointly, each holder should
sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee, officer of corporation or other entity
or in another representative capacity, please give the full title under the signature.
| | | | |
Date
(mm/dd/yyyy) ─ Please print date below | | Signature 1 ─ Please keep signature within the box | | Signature
2 ─ Please keep signature within the box |
/
/ | | | | |
| | | |
Scanner bar code | |
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx | CMU1
33985 | xxxxxxxx |
MFS High Yield Municipal Trust
PO
Box 43131
Providence, RI 02940-3131
|
EVERY VOTE IS IMPORTANT |
EASY VOTING OPTIONS: |
| |
| VOTE
ON THE INTERNET Log on to: www.proxy-direct.com or scan the QR code Follow the on-screen instructions available 24 hours (until 10:00 a.m. Eastern
Time on October 3, 2024) |
| VOTE
BY TELEPHONE Call toll free: 1-800-337-3503 Follow the recorded instructions available 24 hours
(until 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on October 3, 2024) |
| VOTE
BY MAIL Vote, sign and date your Proxy
Card and return it in the postage-paid envelope (must
be received by 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on
October 3, 2024) |
| Do not mail your Proxy
Card when you vote by phone or internet |
Please detach at perforation before mailing
PROXY
MFS High Yield Municipal Trust
111
Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02199
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD
ON OCTOBER 3, 2024
This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board
of Trustees of the Trust
The signer of this proxy card hereby appoints Christopher
R. Bohane, Tiffany Ko, Brian E. Langenfeld, Amanda S. Mooradian, Susan A. Pereira, Matthew A. Stowe,
and William B. Wilson and each of them separately, proxies, with power of substitution, and hereby authorizes
each of them to represent, and to vote, as designated on the reverse side, at the Meeting of Shareholders
of the above-referenced Trust, to be held on Thursday, October 3, 2024 at 10:30 a.m., Eastern Time, and
at any adjournments or postponements thereof, all of the common shares of the Trust that the undersigned
would be entitled to vote if personally present. Only the Trust’s shareholders of record on July 31,
2024 will be entitled to vote at the Trust’s Meeting of Shareholders.
THIS PROXY WHEN
PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE SIGNING SHAREHOLDER.
IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR THE PROPOSAL. IN
THEIR DISCRETION, THE PROXIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE UPON SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE
THE MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENTS OF THE MEETING. THE TRUSTEES RECOMMEND
A VOTE FOR THE PROPOSAL ON THE REVERSE SIDE.
YOUR
VOTE IS IMPORTANT. WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR PROMPTLY VOTING, SIGNING, DATING, AND RETURNING THE ENCLOSED
PROXY, WHICH WILL HELP AVOID THE ADDITIONAL EXPENSE OF A SECOND SOLICITATION FOR YOUR TRUST. THE ENCLOSED
ADDRESSED ENVELOPE REQUIRES NO POSTAGE AND IS PROVIDED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE.
VOTE
VIA THE INTERNET: www.proxy-direct.com
VOTE VIA
THE TELEPHONE: 1-800-337-3503
CMU_33985_043024_Pref
EVERY
SHAREHOLDER’S VOTE IS IMPORTANT
Important Notice Regarding
the Availability of Proxy Materials for the MFS
Shareholders
Meeting to be held on October 3, 2024.
The Proxy Statement for this
meeting is available at https://www.proxy-direct.com/mfs-33985
PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND RETURN YOUR
PROXY CARD
TODAY
Please detach at perforation before mailing.
| |
TO
VOTE MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS SHOWN IN THIS EXAMPLE:
| X |
| | |
A | Proposal | YOUR
BOARD OF TRUSTEES RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE ELECTION OF ALL NOMINEES. |
1b. (i) Election of Trustees.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| FOR ALL | WITHHOLD ALL | FOR ALL EXCEPT | |
01. John
A. Caroselli | 02. James
W. Kilman, Jr. | 03. Clarence
Otis, Jr. | | | | | | | | |
To withhold authority to vote for any individual, mark the
box “FOR ALL EXCEPT” and write
the nominee’s
number on the line provided below.
________________________________________________________________________________________
1b. (ii) Election of Trustees.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| FOR ALL | WITHHOLD ALL | FOR ALL EXCEPT | |
01. John
P. Kavanaugh | 02. Laurie
J. Thomsen | | | | | | | | | |
To
withhold authority to vote for any individual, mark the box “FOR ALL EXCEPT” and write
the nominee’s number on the line provided below.
________________________________________________________________________________________
2. To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting and any
adjournment(s) or
postponement(s) thereof.
| |
B | Authorized Signatures ─ This section must be
completed for your vote to be counted.─ Sign and Date Below |
Note: Please sign exactly as
your name(s) appear(s) on this proxy card, and date it. When shares are held jointly, each holder should
sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee, officer of corporation or other entity
or in another representative capacity, please give the full title under the signature.
| | | | |
Date
(mm/dd/yyyy) ─ Please print date below | | Signature 1 ─ Please keep signature within the box | | Signature
2 ─ Please keep signature within the box |
/
/ | | | | |
| | | |
Scanner bar code | |
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx | CMU2
33985 | xxxxxxxx |
MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust
PO
Box 43131
Providence, RI 02940-3131
|
EVERY VOTE IS IMPORTANT |
EASY VOTING OPTIONS: |
| |
| VOTE
ON THE INTERNET Log on to: www.proxy-direct.com or scan the QR code Follow the on-screen instructions available 24 hours (until 10:00 a.m. Eastern
Time on October 3, 2024) |
| VOTE
BY TELEPHONE Call toll free: 1-800-337-3503 Follow the recorded instructions available 24 hours
(until 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on October 3, 2024) |
| VOTE
BY MAIL Vote, sign and date your Proxy
Card and return it in the postage-paid envelope (must
be received by 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on
October 3, 2024) |
| Do not mail your Proxy
Card when you vote by phone or internet |
Please detach at perforation before mailing
PROXY
MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust
111
Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02199
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD
ON OCTOBER 3, 2024
This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board
of Trustees of the Trust
The signer of this proxy card hereby appoints Christopher
R. Bohane, Tiffany Ko, Brian E. Langenfeld, Amanda S. Mooradian, Susan A. Pereira, Matthew A. Stowe,
and William B. Wilson and each of them separately, proxies, with power of substitution, and hereby authorizes
each of them to represent, and to vote, as designated on the reverse side, at the Meeting of Shareholders
of the above-referenced Trust, to be held on Thursday, October 3, 2024 at 10:30 a.m., Eastern Time, and
at any adjournments or postponements thereof, all of the common shares of the Trust that the undersigned
would be entitled to vote if personally present. Only the Trust’s shareholders of record on July 31,
2024 will be entitled to vote at the Trust’s Meeting of Shareholders.
THIS PROXY WHEN
PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE SIGNING SHAREHOLDER.
IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR THE PROPOSAL. IN
THEIR DISCRETION, THE PROXIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE UPON SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE
THE MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENTS OF THE MEETING. THE TRUSTEES RECOMMEND
A VOTE FOR THE PROPOSAL ON THE REVERSE SIDE.
YOUR
VOTE IS IMPORTANT. WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR PROMPTLY VOTING, SIGNING, DATING, AND RETURNING THE ENCLOSED
PROXY, WHICH WILL HELP AVOID THE ADDITIONAL EXPENSE OF A SECOND SOLICITATION FOR YOUR TRUST. THE ENCLOSED
ADDRESSED ENVELOPE REQUIRES NO POSTAGE AND IS PROVIDED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE.
VOTE
VIA THE INTERNET: www.proxy-direct.com
VOTE VIA
THE TELEPHONE: 1-800-337-3503
CXH_33985_043024
EVERY
SHAREHOLDER’S VOTE IS IMPORTANT
Important Notice Regarding
the Availability of Proxy Materials for the MFS
Shareholders
Meeting to be held on October 3, 2024.
The Proxy Statement for this
meeting is available at https://www.proxy-direct.com/mfs-33985
PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND RETURN YOUR
PROXY CARD
TODAY
Please detach at perforation before mailing.
| |
TO
VOTE MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS SHOWN IN THIS EXAMPLE:
| X |
| | |
A | Proposal | YOUR
BOARD OF TRUSTEES RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE ELECTION OF ALL NOMINEES. |
1b. (i) Election of Trustees.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| FOR ALL | WITHHOLD ALL | FOR ALL EXCEPT | |
01. John
A. Caroselli | 02. James
W. Kilman, Jr. | 03. Clarence
Otis, Jr. | | | | | | | | |
To withhold authority to vote for any individual, mark the
box “FOR ALL EXCEPT” and write
the nominee’s
number on the line provided below.
________________________________________________________________________________________
2. To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting and any
adjournment(s) or
postponement(s) thereof.
| |
B | Authorized Signatures ─ This section must be
completed for your vote to be counted.─ Sign and Date Below |
Note:
Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) on this proxy card, and date it. When shares are held
jointly, each holder should sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee, officer
of corporation or other entity or in another representative capacity, please give the full title under
the signature.
| | | | |
Date (mm/dd/yyyy) ─ Please print date below | | Signature
1 ─ Please keep signature within the box | | Signature 2 ─ Please keep signature within the
box |
/ / | | | | |
| | | |
Scanner bar code | |
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx | CXH1
33985 | xxxxxxxx |
MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust
PO
Box 43131
Providence, RI 02940-3131
|
EVERY VOTE IS IMPORTANT |
EASY VOTING OPTIONS: |
| |
| VOTE
ON THE INTERNET Log on to: www.proxy-direct.com or scan the QR code Follow the on-screen instructions available 24 hours (until 10:00 a.m. Eastern
Time on October 3, 2024) |
| VOTE
BY TELEPHONE Call toll free: 1-800-337-3503 Follow the recorded instructions available 24 hours
(until 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on October 3, 2024) |
| VOTE
BY MAIL Vote, sign and date your Proxy
Card and return it in the postage-paid envelope (must
be received by 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on
October 3, 2024) |
| Do not mail your Proxy
Card when you vote by phone or internet |
Please detach at perforation before mailing
PROXY
MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust
111
Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02199
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD
ON OCTOBER 3, 2024
This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board
of Trustees of the Trust
The signer of this proxy card hereby appoints Christopher
R. Bohane, Tiffany Ko, Brian E. Langenfeld, Amanda S. Mooradian, Susan A. Pereira, Matthew A. Stowe,
and William B. Wilson and each of them separately, proxies, with power of substitution, and hereby authorizes
each of them to represent, and to vote, as designated on the reverse side, at the Meeting of Shareholders
of the above-referenced Trust, to be held on Thursday, October 3, 2024 at 10:30 a.m., Eastern Time, and
at any adjournments or postponements thereof, all of the common shares of the Trust that the undersigned
would be entitled to vote if personally present. Only the Trust’s shareholders of record on July 31,
2024 will be entitled to vote at the Trust’s Meeting of Shareholders.
THIS PROXY WHEN
PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE SIGNING SHAREHOLDER.
IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR THE PROPOSAL. IN
THEIR DISCRETION, THE PROXIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE UPON SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE
THE MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENTS OF THE MEETING. THE TRUSTEES RECOMMEND
A VOTE FOR THE PROPOSAL ON THE REVERSE SIDE.
YOUR
VOTE IS IMPORTANT. WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR PROMPTLY VOTING, SIGNING, DATING, AND RETURNING THE ENCLOSED
PROXY, WHICH WILL HELP AVOID THE ADDITIONAL EXPENSE OF A SECOND SOLICITATION FOR YOUR TRUST. THE ENCLOSED
ADDRESSED ENVELOPE REQUIRES NO POSTAGE AND IS PROVIDED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE.
VOTE
VIA THE INTERNET: www.proxy-direct.com
VOTE VIA
THE TELEPHONE: 1-800-337-3503
CXH_33985_043024_Pref
EVERY
SHAREHOLDER’S VOTE IS IMPORTANT
Important Notice Regarding
the Availability of Proxy Materials for the MFS
Shareholders
Meeting to be held on October 3, 2024.
The Proxy Statement for this
meeting is available at https://www.proxy-direct.com/mfs-33985
PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND RETURN YOUR
PROXY CARD
TODAY
Please detach at perforation before mailing.
| |
TO
VOTE MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS SHOWN IN THIS EXAMPLE:
| X |
| | |
A | Proposal | YOUR
BOARD OF TRUSTEES RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE ELECTION OF ALL NOMINEES. |
1b. (i) Election of Trustees.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| FOR ALL | WITHHOLD ALL | FOR ALL EXCEPT | |
01. John
A. Caroselli | 02. James
W. Kilman, Jr. | 03. Clarence
Otis, Jr. | | | | | | | | |
To withhold authority to vote for any individual, mark the
box “FOR ALL EXCEPT” and write
the nominee’s
number on the line provided below.
________________________________________________________________________________________
1b. (ii) Election of Trustees.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| FOR ALL | WITHHOLD ALL | FOR ALL EXCEPT | |
01. John
P. Kavanaugh | 02. Laurie
J. Thomsen | | | | | | | | | |
To
withhold authority to vote for any individual, mark the box “FOR ALL EXCEPT” and write
the nominee’s number on the line provided below.
________________________________________________________________________________________
2. To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting and any
adjournment(s) or
postponement(s) thereof.
| |
B | Authorized Signatures ─ This section must be
completed for your vote to be counted.─ Sign and Date Below |
Note: Please sign exactly as
your name(s) appear(s) on this proxy card, and date it. When shares are held jointly, each holder should
sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee, officer of corporation or other entity
or in another representative capacity, please give the full title under the signature.
| | | | |
Date
(mm/dd/yyyy) ─ Please print date below | | Signature 1 ─ Please keep signature within the box | | Signature
2 ─ Please keep signature within the box |
/
/ | | | | |
| | |
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx | CXH2 33985 | xxxxxxxx |
MFS Municipal Income Trust
PO
Box 43131
Providence, RI 02940-3131
|
EVERY VOTE IS IMPORTANT |
EASY VOTING OPTIONS: |
| |
| VOTE
ON THE INTERNET Log on to: www.proxy-direct.com or scan the QR code Follow the on-screen instructions available 24 hours (until 10:00 a.m. Eastern
Time on October 3, 2024) |
| VOTE
BY TELEPHONE Call toll free: 1-800-337-3503 Follow the recorded instructions available 24 hours
(until 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on October 3, 2024) |
| VOTE
BY MAIL Vote, sign and date your Proxy
Card and return it in the postage-paid envelope (must
be received by 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on
October 3, 2024) |
| Do not mail your Proxy
Card when you vote by phone or internet |
Please detach at perforation before mailing
PROXY
MFS Municipal Income Trust
111
Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02199
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD
ON OCTOBER 3, 2024
This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board
of Trustees of the Trust
The signer of this proxy card hereby appoints Christopher
R. Bohane, Tiffany Ko, Brian E. Langenfeld, Amanda S. Mooradian, Susan A. Pereira, Matthew A. Stowe,
and William B. Wilson and each of them separately, proxies, with power of substitution, and hereby authorizes
each of them to represent, and to vote, as designated on the reverse side, at the Meeting of Shareholders
of the above-referenced Trust, to be held on Thursday, October 3, 2024 at 10:30 a.m., Eastern Time, and
at any adjournments or postponements thereof, all of the common shares of the Trust that the undersigned
would be entitled to vote if personally present. Only the Trust’s shareholders of record on July 31,
2024 will be entitled to vote at the Trust’s Meeting of Shareholders.
THIS PROXY WHEN
PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE SIGNING SHAREHOLDER.
IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR THE PROPOSAL. IN
THEIR DISCRETION, THE PROXIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE UPON SUCH OTHER MATTERS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE
THE MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENTS OF THE MEETING. THE TRUSTEES RECOMMEND
A VOTE FOR THE PROPOSAL ON THE REVERSE SIDE.
YOUR
VOTE IS IMPORTANT. WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR PROMPTLY VOTING, SIGNING, DATING, AND RETURNING THE ENCLOSED
PROXY, WHICH WILL HELP AVOID THE ADDITIONAL EXPENSE OF A SECOND SOLICITATION FOR YOUR TRUST. THE ENCLOSED
ADDRESSED ENVELOPE REQUIRES NO POSTAGE AND IS PROVIDED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE.
VOTE
VIA THE INTERNET: www.proxy-direct.com
VOTE VIA
THE TELEPHONE: 1-800-337-3503
MFM_33985_043024
EVERY
SHAREHOLDER’S VOTE IS IMPORTANT
Important Notice Regarding
the Availability of Proxy Materials for the MFS
Shareholders
Meeting to be held on October 3, 2024.
The Proxy Statement for this
meeting is available at https://www.proxy-direct.com/mfs-33985
PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND RETURN YOUR
PROXY CARD
TODAY
Please detach at perforation before mailing.
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TO
VOTE MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS SHOWN IN THIS EXAMPLE:
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A | Proposal | YOUR
BOARD OF TRUSTEES RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE ELECTION OF ALL NOMINEES. |
1b. (i) Election of Trustees.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| FOR ALL | WITHHOLD ALL | FOR ALL EXCEPT | |
01. John
A. Caroselli | 02. James
W. Kilman, Jr. | 03. Clarence
Otis, Jr. | | | | | | | | |
To withhold authority to vote for any individual, mark the
box “FOR ALL EXCEPT” and write
the nominee’s
number on the line provided below.
________________________________________________________________________________________
2. To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting and any
adjournment(s) or
postponement(s) thereof.
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B | Authorized Signatures ─ This section must be
completed for your vote to be counted.─ Sign and Date Below |
Note: Please sign exactly as
your name(s) appear(s) on this proxy card, and date it. When shares are held jointly, each holder should
sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee, officer of corporation or other entity
or in another representative capacity, please give the full title under the signature.
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Date
(mm/dd/yyyy) ─ Please print date below | | Signature 1 ─ Please keep signature within the box | | Signature
2 ─ Please keep signature within the box |
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MFS Municipal Income Trust
PO
Box 43131
Providence, RI 02940-3131
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EVERY VOTE IS IMPORTANT |
EASY VOTING OPTIONS: |
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| VOTE
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Time on October 3, 2024) |
| VOTE
BY TELEPHONE Call toll free: 1-800-337-3503 Follow the recorded instructions available 24 hours
(until 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on October 3, 2024) |
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October 3, 2024) |
| Do not mail your Proxy
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Please detach at perforation before mailing
PROXY
MFS Municipal Income Trust
111 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts
02199
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON OCTOBER 3, 2024
This
proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Trustees of the Trust
The signer of this
proxy card hereby appoints Christopher R. Bohane, Tiffany Ko, Brian E. Langenfeld, Amanda S. Mooradian,
Susan A. Pereira, Matthew A. Stowe, and William B. Wilson and each of them separately, proxies, with
power of substitution, and hereby authorizes each of them to represent, and to vote, as designated on
the reverse side, at the Meeting of Shareholders of the above-referenced Trust, to be held on Thursday,
October 3, 2024 at 10:30 a.m., Eastern Time, and at any adjournments or postponements thereof, all of
the common shares of the Trust that the undersigned would be entitled to vote if personally present.
Only the Trust’s shareholders of record on July 31, 2024 will be entitled to vote at the Trust’s
Meeting of Shareholders.
THIS PROXY WHEN PROPERLY EXECUTED WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN
BY THE SIGNING SHAREHOLDER. IF NO DIRECTION IS MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR
THE PROPOSAL. IN THEIR DISCRETION, THE PROXIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE UPON SUCH OTHER MATTERS
AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENTS OF THE MEETING. THE
TRUSTEES RECOMMEND A VOTE FOR THE PROPOSAL ON THE REVERSE SIDE.
YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT. WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR PROMPTLY VOTING, SIGNING, DATING,
AND RETURNING THE ENCLOSED PROXY, WHICH WILL HELP AVOID THE ADDITIONAL EXPENSE OF A SECOND SOLICITATION
FOR YOUR TRUST. THE ENCLOSED ADDRESSED ENVELOPE REQUIRES NO POSTAGE AND IS PROVIDED FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE.
VOTE VIA THE INTERNET: www.proxy-direct.com
VOTE VIA THE TELEPHONE: 1-800-337-3503
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EVERY
SHAREHOLDER’S VOTE IS IMPORTANT
Important Notice Regarding
the Availability of Proxy Materials for the MFS
Shareholders
Meeting to be held on October 3, 2024.
The Proxy Statement for this
meeting is available at https://www.proxy-direct.com/mfs-33985
PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND RETURN YOUR
PROXY CARD
TODAY
Please detach at perforation before mailing.
| |
TO
VOTE MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS SHOWN IN THIS EXAMPLE:
| X |
| | |
A | Proposal | YOUR
BOARD OF TRUSTEES RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE ELECTION OF ALL NOMINEES. |
1b. (i) Election of Trustees.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| FOR ALL | WITHHOLD ALL | FOR ALL EXCEPT | |
01. John
A. Caroselli | 02. James
W. Kilman, Jr. | 03. Clarence
Otis, Jr. | | | | | | | | |
To withhold authority to vote for any individual, mark the
box “FOR ALL EXCEPT” and write
the nominee’s
number on the line provided below.
________________________________________________________________________________________
1b. (ii) Election of Trustees.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| FOR ALL | WITHHOLD ALL | FOR ALL EXCEPT | |
01. John
P. Kavanaugh | 02. Laurie
J. Thomsen | | | | | | | | | |
To
withhold authority to vote for any individual, mark the box “FOR ALL EXCEPT” and write
the nominee’s number on the line provided below.
________________________________________________________________________________________
2. To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting and any
adjournment(s) or
postponement(s) thereof.
| |
B | Authorized Signatures ─ This section must be
completed for your vote to be counted.─ Sign and Date Below |
Note: Please sign exactly as
your name(s) appear(s) on this proxy card, and date it. When shares are held jointly, each holder should
sign. When signing as attorney, executor, administrator, trustee, officer of corporation or other entity
or in another representative capacity, please give the full title under the signature.
| | | | |
Date
(mm/dd/yyyy) ─ Please print date below | | Signature 1 ─ Please keep signature within the box | | Signature
2 ─ Please keep signature within the box |
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