MFS High Income Municipal Trust, MFS High Yield Municipal Trust, MFS Investment Grade Municipal Trust, and MFS Municipal Income Trust Announce Optional Partial Redemption of Preferred Shares
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BOSTON, June 17, 2024--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MFS? High Income Municipal Trust (NYSE: CXE), MFS? High Yield Municipal Trust (NYSE: CMU), MFS? Investment Grade Municipal Trust (NYSE: CXH), and MFS? Municipal income Trust (NYSE: MFM) announced today that each fund will complete one or more optional partial redemptions of its Remarketable Variable Rate MuniFund Term Preferred Shares, Series 2051 ("Series 2051 RVMTP Shares") during the period from July 18, 2024 to December 31, 2024 (the "Redemption Period").
During the Redemption Period, each Fund will redeem up to 15% of its Series 2051 RVMTP Shares. CXE will redeem up to 123 of the 815 Series 2051 RVMTP Shares, CMU will redeem up to 90 of the 600 Series 2051 RVMTP Shares, CXH will redeem up to 66 of the 438 Series 2051 RVMTP Shares, and MFM will redeem up to 171 of the 1,138 Series 2051 RVMTP Shares, each at a redemption price equal to the liquidation preference of $100,000 per share plus unpaid dividends and other distributions accumulated from the original issue date to, but excluding, the date upon which each redemption occurs (each a "Redemption Date"). The redemption of a portion of each fund’s Series 2051 RVMTP Shares will reduce the amount of each fund's leverage attributable to preferred shares.
All regulatory requirements relating to the redemption of each fund’s Series 2051 RVMTP Shares have been satisfied by MFS Investment Management. The Tender and Paying Agent is The Bank of New York Mellon and its address is: 101 Barclay Street, Floor 7E, New York, New York 10286. For each redemption within the Redemption Period, payment of the redemption price for each fund's Series 2051 RVMTP Shares will be sent to the holder by the Tender and Paying Agent on the Redemption Date.
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