AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
OF
XXXXXX MANAGED MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST*
(Dated as of February 23, 2023)
ARTICLE 1
Agreement and Declaration of Trust and Principal Office
1.1 Agreement and Declaration of Trust. These Bylaws shall
be subject to the Agreement and Declaration of Trust, as from
time to time in effect (the Declaration of Trust), of the
Massachusetts business trust established by the Declaration of
Trust (the Trust). Capitalized terms used but not defined in
these Bylaws have the meanings given to them in the Declaration
of Trust.
1.2 Principal Office of the Trust. The principal office of
the Trust shall be located in Boston, Massachusetts. The Trust
may have other principal offices within or without the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts as the Trustees may from time to
time determine.
ARTICLE 2
Meetings of Trustees
2.1 Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Trustees may
be held without call or notice at such places and at such times
as the Trustees may from time to time determine, provided that
notice of the first regular meeting following any such
determination shall be given to absent Trustees.
2.2 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Trustees may
be held at any time and at any place designated in the call of
the meeting when called by the Chair of the Trustees, the
President, the Executive Vice President or the Treasurer or by
two or more Trustees, sufficient notice thereof being given to
each Trustee by the Clerk or an Assistant Clerk or by the officer
or the Trustees calling the meeting.
2.3 Notice of Special Meetings. It shall be sufficient
notice to a Trustee of a special meeting: (a) to send notice (i)
by mail at least fortyeight hours before the meeting, (ii) by
courier at least fortyeight hours before the meeting, (iii) by
electronic mail (email), facsimile or other electronic means at
least twentyfour hours before the meeting, in each case,
addressed to the Trustee at his or her usual or last known
business or residence address (or email address, facsimile number
or other appropriate address); or (b) to give notice to him or
her in person or by telephone at least twentyfour hours before
the meeting. Notice of a special meeting need not be given to
any Trustee if a written waiver of notice, executed by him or her
before or after the meeting, is filed with the records of the
meeting, or to any Trustee who attends the meeting without
protesting before or at its commencement the lack of notice to
him or her. Any written waiver of notice may be provided and
delivered to the Trust by mail, courier, email, facsimile or
other electronic means. Neither notice of a meeting nor a waiver
of a notice need specify the purposes of the meeting. All
notices shall be deemed to be given when sent.
2.4 Quorum. At any meeting of the Trustees a majority of
the Trustees then in office shall constitute a quorum. Once a
quorum has been validly established for a meeting, it cannot be
broken by Trustees withdrawing from the meeting. Any meeting may
be adjourned from time to time by a majority of the votes cast
upon the question, whether or not a quorum is present, and the
meeting may be held as adjourned without further notice.
2.5 Telephone Meeting; Action Without a Meeting. Except as
otherwise provided in the Declaration of Trust and these Bylaws,
any action to be taken by the Trustees may be taken by a majority
of the Trustees present at the meeting of the Trustees (a quorum
being present), including any meeting held by means of a
conference telephone or other communications equipment by means
of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each
other at the same time and participation by such means shall
constitute presence in person at a meeting. Any action to be
taken by the Trustees may also be taken without a meeting if one
or more written consents thereto are signed by a majority of the
Trustees. Any written consent may be given by mail, courier,
email, facsimile or other electronic means. Copies of such
written consents shall be filed with the minutes of the
proceedings of the Trustees. Such consents shall be treated for
all purposes as a vote taken at a meeting of the Trustees. If in
accordance with the provisions of the Declaration of Trust and
these Bylaws any action is taken by the Trustees by written
consents of less than all of the Trustees, then prompt notice of
any such action shall be furnished to each Trustee who did not
execute such written consent, provided that the effectiveness of
such action shall not be impaired by any delay or failure to
furnish such notice.
ARTICLE 3
Officers
3.1 Enumeration; Qualification. The officers of the Trust
shall be a President, a Treasurer, a Clerk and such other
officers (including Vice President, which shall include the
office of Executive Vice President), if any, as the Trustees from
time to time may in their discretion elect. The Trust may also
have such agents as the Trustees from time to time may in their
discretion appoint. In addition, there shall be a Chair of the
Trustees and, at the discretion of the Trustees, there may be a
Vice Chair of the Trustees. The Chair of the Trustees and any
Vice Chair of the Trustees will be considered officers of the
Trustees and not of the Trust. The Chair of the Trustees and any
Vice Chair of the Trustees shall be Trustees and may but need not
be Shareholders; and any other officer may but need not be a
Trustee or a Shareholder. Any two or more offices may be held by
the same person.
3.2 Election. The Chair of the Trustees, the President,
the Treasurer and the Clerk shall be elected by the Trustees upon
the occurrence of any vacancy in any such office. Other officers
of the Trustees or of the Trust, if any, may be elected or
appointed by the Trustees at any time. Vacancies in any such
other office may be filled at any time.
3.3 Tenure. The Chair of the Trustees, the President, the
Treasurer and the Clerk shall hold office in each case until he
or she dies, resigns, is removed or becomes disqualified. Each
other officer of the Trustees or of the Trust shall hold office,
and each agent shall retain authority, at the pleasure of the
Trustees. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the tenure of any
officer of the Trust who is an employee or officer of the Trusts
investment adviser or its affiliates shall automatically
terminate contemporaneously with the termination of such persons
employment with, or service as officer of, the Trusts investment
adviser and all of its affiliates.
3.4 Powers. Subject to the other provisions of these
Bylaws, each officer shall have, in addition to the duties and
powers set forth in these Bylaws and in the Declaration of Trust,
such duties and powers as are commonly incident to the office
occupied by him or her as if the Trust were organized as a
Massachusetts business corporation and such other duties and
powers as the Trustees may from time to time designate.
3.5 Chair; Vice Chair. Unless the Trustees otherwise
provide, the Chair of the Trustees shall preside at all meetings
of the Trustees. Each of the Chair of the Trustees and any Vice
Chair of the Trustees shall have such other duties and powers
relating to the operations of the Trustees as the Trustees may
from time to time designate, but shall have no individual
authority to act for the Trust as an officer of the Trust. The
Trustees, including a majority of the Trustees who are not
interested persons of the Trust, as that term is defined in the
1940 Act, may appoint one or more persons to perform the duties
of the Chair of the Trustees in the event of his or her absence
at any meeting or in the event of his or her disability. The
Chair of the Trustees shall also have the power to appoint one or
more persons to perform the duties of the Chair of the Trustees
in the event of his or her absence at any meeting.
3.6 President. Unless the Trustees otherwise provide by
vote or otherwise, the President shall be the principal executive
officer of the Trust.
3.7 Treasurer. Unless the Trustees otherwise provide by
vote or otherwise, the Treasurer shall be the principal financial
and accounting officer of the Trust, and shall, subject to the
provisions of the Declaration of Trust and to any arrangement
made by the Trustees with a custodian, investment adviser,
subadviser or manager, or transfer, Shareholder servicing or
similar agent, be in charge of the valuable papers, books of
account and accounting records of the Trust, and shall have such
other duties and powers as may be designated from time to time by
the Trustees or by the principal executive officer of the Trust.
3.8 Clerk. The Clerk shall record all proceedings of the
Shareholders and the Trustees in books to be kept therefor, which
books or a copy thereof shall be kept at the principal office of
the Trust. In the absence of the Clerk from any meeting of the
Shareholders or Trustees (or a Committee thereof), an Assistant
Clerk, or if there be none or if he or she is absent, a temporary
Clerk chosen at such meeting by the chair of such meeting, shall
record the proceedings thereof in the aforesaid books.
3.9 Resignations and Removals. Any Trustee or officer may
resign at any time by written instrument signed by him or her and
delivered to the Chair of the Trustees, the President or the
Clerk or to a meeting of the Trustees. Such resignation shall be
effective upon receipt unless specified to be effective at some
other time. The Trustees may remove any officer elected or
appointed by them with or without cause. Except to the extent
expressly provided in a written agreement with the Trust, no
Trustee or officer resigning and no officer removed shall have
any right to any compensation for any period following his or her
resignation or removal, or any right to damages on account of
such removal.
ARTICLE 4
Committees
4.1 Quorum; Voting. Except as provided below or as
otherwise specifically provided in the votes or charter
constituting a Committee of the Trustees and providing for the
conduct of its meetings, a majority of the members of any
Committee of the Trustees shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business (which quorum once validly established
cannot be broken by Trustees withdrawing from the meeting), and
any action of such a Committee may be taken by a vote of a
majority of the members of such Committee (a) present at a
meeting of such Committee (a quorum being present), including any
meeting held by means of a conference telephone or other
communications equipment by means of which all persons
participating in the meeting can hear each other at the same time
(participation by such means shall constitute presence in person
at a meeting), or (b) evidenced by one or more written consents,
including written consents submitted by mail, courier, email,
facsimile or other electronic means. Copies of such written
consents shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of
such Committee. Such consents shall be treated for all purposes
as a vote taken at a meeting of such Committee. If in accordance
with the provisions of the Declaration of Trust and these Bylaws
any action is taken by written consents of less than all of the
Committees members, then prompt notice of any such action shall
be furnished to each member who did not execute such written
consent, provided that the effectiveness of such action shall not
be impaired by any delay or failure to furnish such notice. In
the absence of any member of any such Committee, the members
thereof present at any properly called meeting, whether or not
they constitute a quorum, may appoint a member of the Trustees to
act at that meeting only in the place of any absent member.
Except as specifically provided in the votes constituting a
Committee of the Trustees and providing for the conduct of its
meetings, Section 2.3 of these Bylaws relating to special
meetings shall govern the notice requirements for Committee
meetings.
4.2 Authority of Trustees. The Trustees have the power to
rescind any action of any Committee, but no such rescission shall
have retroactive effect unless determined so by the Trustees.
ARTICLE 5
Reports
5.1 General. The Trustees and officers shall render
reports at the time and in the manner required by the Declaration
of Trust or any applicable law. Officers and Committees shall
render such additional reports as they may deem desirable or as
may from time to time be required by the Trustees.
ARTICLE 6
Fiscal Year
6.1 General. Except as from time to time otherwise
provided by the Trustees, the initial fiscal year of the Trust
shall end on such date as is determined in advance or in arrears
by the Treasurer, and subsequent fiscal years shall end on such
date in subsequent years.
ARTICLE 7
Seal
7.1 General. The seal of the Trust, if any, shall consist
of a flatfaced die with the word Massachusetts, together with the
name of the Trust and the year of its organization cut or
engraved thereon but, unless otherwise required by the Trustees,
the seal need not be placed on, and its absence shall not impair
the validity of, any document, instrument or other paper executed
and delivered by or on behalf of the Trust.
ARTICLE 8
Execution of Papers
8.1 General. Except as the Trustees may generally or in
particular cases authorize the execution thereof in some other
manner, all deeds, leases, contracts, notes and other obligations
made, accepted or endorsed by the Trust shall be signed by the
President, a Vice President or the Treasurer, and need not bear
the seal of the Trust.
ARTICLE 9
Issuance of Shares and Share Certificates
9.1 Sale of Shares. Except as otherwise determined by the
Trustees, the Trust will issue and sell for cash or securities
from time to time full and fractional Shares, such Shares to be
issued and sold at a price of not less than the par value per
share, if any, and not less than the net asset value per share as
from time to time determined in accordance with procedures
adopted by the Trustees and, in the case of fractional Shares, at
a proportionate reduction in such price. In the case of Shares
sold for securities, such securities shall be valued in
accordance with procedures approved by the Trustees for
determining the value of the assets of the Trust. The officers
of the Trust are severally authorized to take all such actions as
may be necessary or desirable to carry out this Section 9.1.
9.2 Share Certificates. In lieu of issuing certificates
for Shares, the Trustees or the transfer agent may either issue
receipts therefor or may keep accounts upon the books of the
Trust for the record holders of such Shares, who shall in either
case be deemed, for all purposes hereunder, to be the holders of
certificates for such Shares as if they had accepted such
certificates and shall be held to have expressly assented and
agreed to the terms hereof.
The Trustees may at any time authorize the issuance of Share
certificates. In that event, each Shareholder shall be entitled
to a certificate stating the number of Shares owned by him or
her, in such form as shall be prescribed from time to time by the
Trustees. Such certificate shall be signed by the President or a
Vice President and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer.
Such signatures may be facsimile if the certificate is signed by
a transfer agent or by a registrar. In case any officer who has
signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed on such
certificate shall cease to be such officer before such
certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Trust with the
same effect as if he or she were such officer at the time of its
issue.
9.3 Loss of Certificates. The transfer agent of the Trust,
with the approval of any two officers of the Trust, is authorized
to issue and countersign replacement certificates for the Shares
of the Trust which have been lost, stolen or destroyed upon (i)
receipt of an affidavit or affidavits of loss or nonreceipt and
of an indemnity agreement executed by the registered holder or
his or her legal representative and supported by an open penalty
surety bond, said agreement and said bond in all cases to be in
form and content satisfactory to and approved by the President or
the Treasurer, or (ii) receipt of such other documents as may be
approved by the Trustees.
9.4 Issuance of New Certificate to Pledgee. A pledgee of
Shares transferred as collateral security shall be entitled to a
new certificate if the instrument of transfer substantially
describes the debt or duty that is intended to be secured
thereby. Such new certificate shall express on its face that it
is held as collateral security, and the name of the pledgor shall
be stated thereon, who alone shall be liable as a Shareholder and
entitled to vote thereon.
9.5 Discontinuance of Issuance of Certificates. The
Trustees may at any time discontinue the issuance of Share
certificates and may, by written notice to each Shareholder whom
the Trust believes to hold a Share certificate, require the
surrender of Share certificates to the Trust for cancellation.
Such surrender and cancellation shall not affect the ownership of
Shares in the Trust.
ARTICLE 10
Shareholders
10.1 Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the
Shareholders of the Trust shall be held on the last Friday in
April in each year or on such other day as may be fixed by the
Trustees. The meeting shall be held at such time as the Trustees
may fix in the notice of the meeting or otherwise. Purposes for
which an annual meeting is to be held, additional to those
prescribed by law or these Bylaws, may be specified by the
Trustees. Any previously scheduled annual meeting of
Shareholders may be postponed or cancelled by the Trustees upon
public notice given prior to the time previously scheduled for
such meeting, in accordance with these Bylaws.
10.2 Adjournment. Any meeting of Shareholders may, by
action of the chair of the meeting, be adjourned from time to
time without notice other than announcement at the meeting at
which the adjournment is taken with respect to one or more
matters to be considered at such meeting to a designated date
which may be more than 120 days after the date initially set for
the meeting, time and place, whether or not a quorum is present
with respect to such matter. Upon motion of the chair of the
meeting, the question of adjournment may be (but is not required
by these Bylaws to be) submitted to a vote of the Shareholders,
and in that case, any adjournment with respect to one or more
matters must be approved by the vote of holders of a majority of
the Shares present and entitled to vote with respect to the
matter or matters adjourned and, if approved, such adjournment
shall take place without further notice other than announcement
at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. Unless a proxy
is otherwise limited in this regard, any Shares present and
entitled to vote at a meeting, including any Shares that are
represented by broker nonvotes, may, at the discretion of the
proxies named therein, be voted in favor of such an adjournment.
Any proposal for which sufficient favorable votes have been
received may (but need not) be acted upon and considered final
and effective regardless of whether the meeting is adjourned to
permit additional solicitation with respect to any other proposal
that is properly before the meeting.
10.3 Conduct of Meetings. Meetings of the Shareholders
shall be presided over by the Chair of the Trustees, or, if the
Chair is not present at the meeting, then by a Trustee or officer
designated by the Chair or authorized by the Trustees, or if
there is no such person present at the meeting, then by any
officer of the Trust present at the meeting, and such person
shall be deemed for all purposes the chair of the meeting. The
chair of the meeting shall have the right and authority to
prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all
such acts as, in the judgment of such chair, are necessary,
appropriate or convenient for the proper conduct of the meeting,
including, without limitation, establishing: an agenda or order
of business for the meeting; rules and procedures for maintaining
order at the meeting and the safety of those present; conditions
on the recording of the meeting; limitations on participation in
such meeting to Shareholders of record of the Trust and their
duly authorized and constituted proxies, and such other persons
as the chair shall permit; restrictions on entry to the meeting
after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; limitations on
the time allotted to questions or comments by participants;
conditions for the removal of any Shareholder or any other person
who refuses to comply with meeting procedures, rules or
guidelines as set forth by the chair of the meeting; and
regulations for the opening and closing of the polls for
balloting on matters which are to be voted on by ballot. With
the exception of proposals submitted in accordance with, and
otherwise meeting the requirements of, Rule 14a8 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor
provisions, only matters proposed by the Trustees may be included
in the Trusts proxy materials. At all meetings of Shareholders,
unless voting is conducted by inspectors, all questions relating
to the qualification of voters and the validity of proxies and
the acceptance or rejection of votes shall be decided by the
chair of the meeting. The chair of the meeting shall determine,
in the chairs sole discretion, whether to appoint an inspector
for any meeting. Unless otherwise determined by the chair of the
meeting, meetings shall not be required to be held in accordance
with any rules of parliamentary procedure.
10.4 Record Dates. For the purpose of determining the
Shareholders of any class or series of Shares of the Trust who
are entitled to vote or act at any meeting or any adjournment
thereof, or who are entitled to receive payment of any dividend
or of any other distribution, the Trustees (or their designees)
may from time to time fix a time, which shall be not more than 90
days before the date of any meeting of Shareholders or more than
60 days before the date of payment of any dividend or of any
other distribution, as the record date for determining the
Shareholders of such class or series having the right to notice
of and to vote at such meeting and any adjournment thereof or the
right to receive such dividend or distribution, and in such case
only Shareholders of record on such record date shall have such
right notwithstanding any transfer of Shares on the books of the
Trust after the record date; or without fixing such record date
the Trustees may for any such purposes close the register or
transfer books for all or part of such period.
The Trustees may, but, unless otherwise required by law, are
not required to, fix a new record date for a meeting of
Shareholders, including any postponed or adjourned session of
such meeting. If, after a postponement or adjournment, a new
record date is fixed for the postponed or adjourned meeting,
notice of the postponed or adjourned meeting shall be given to
Shareholders of record entitled to vote at such meeting.
10.5 Communications with Shareholders. Any notices,
reports, statements or other communications with Shareholders of
any kind required under the Declaration of Trust, these Bylaws or
applicable law may be sent, delivered or made available in any
reasonable manner as may be determined by the Trustees or
officers if not otherwise prohibited by applicable law,
including, without limitation, by mail, courier, email, facsimile
or other electronic means or by posting on a website; and such
communications may be sent, delivered or otherwise made available
to Shareholders in accordance with householding or other similar
rules under which a single copy of such notice or report may be
sent to Shareholders who reside at the same address. No
communication need be given to any Shareholder who shall have
failed to inform the Trust of the Shareholders current address
and the Trustees may from time to time adopt, or may authorize
the officers or agents of the Trust to adopt, procedures or
policies with respect to communications to Shareholders that are
returned to the Trust or its agents as undeliverable and similar
matters. Any Shareholder may waive receipt of any notice or
other communication.
10.6 Proxies. The placing of a Shareholders name on a proxy
pursuant to telephone or electronically transmitted instructions
(including instructions submitted via the Internet) obtained
pursuant to procedures reasonably designed to verify that such
instructions have been authorized by such Shareholder shall
constitute execution of such proxy by or on behalf of such
Shareholder. Unless otherwise specifically limited by their
terms, proxies shall entitle the Shareholder to vote at the
relevant meeting of Shareholders and at any postponed or
adjourned session of such meeting. Unless revoked, any proxy
given in connection with a postponed or adjourned meeting for
which a new record date is fixed shall continue to be valid so
long as the Shareholder giving such proxy is a Shareholder of
record on such new record date.
ARTICLE 11
11.1 Inspection of Books. The Trustees shall from time to
time determine whether and to what extent, at what times and
places and under what conditions and regulations any of the
accounts and books of the Trust shall be open to the inspection
of the Shareholders, and no Shareholder shall have any right to
inspect any account or book or document of the Trust except as
conferred by law or otherwise by the Trustees or by these Bylaws.
ARTICLE 12
Shares of Beneficial Interest
12. The Trust has an unlimited number of Common Shares,
without par value, which may be issued from time to time by the
Trustees of the Trust.
12.1 Statement Creating Three Series of Remarketed
Preferred Shares.
PART I. DESIGNATION SERIES A: A series of 550 shares of preferred
shares, without par value, liquidation preference $100,000 per share
plus accumulated but unpaid dividends, if any thereon (whether or not
earned or declared) plus the premium, if any, resulting from the
designation of a Premium Call Period, is hereby designated Remarketed
Preferred Shares, Series A. Each share of Remarketed Preferred
Shares, Series A shall be issued on a date to be determined by the
Board of Trustees of the Trust or a duly authorized committee
thereof; have an Initial Dividend Rate for its Initial Dividend
Period equal to 6.35% per annum; have an Initial Dividend Payment Date
(as herein defined) to be determined by the Board of Trustees of the
Trust or a duly authorized committee thereof; be redeemed (unless such
share shall have been otherwise redeemed pursuant to paragraph 4 of
Part I of this Section 12.1 or exchanged prior thereto for a share of
Remarketed Preferred Stock, Series I, pursuant to paragraph 12 of Part
I of this Section 12.1 by the Trust on a date to be determined by the
Board of Trustees of the Trust or a duly authorized committee thereof)
at a redemption price of $100,000 per share plus accumulated but
unpaid dividends to the date fixed for redemption (whether or not
earned or declared) plus the premium, if any, resulting from the
designation of a Premium Call Period; and have such other
preferences, limitations and relative voting rights, in addition to
those required by applicable law or set forth in the Trusts
Declaration of Trust applicable to preferred shares of the Trust, as
are set forth in Part I and Part II of this Section 12.1. The
Remarketed Preferred Shares, Series A shall constitute a separate
series of preferred shares of the Trust, and each share of Remarketed
Preferred Shares, Series A shall be identical except as provided in
paragraph 4 of this Part I of this Section 12.1.
SERIES B: A series of 550 shares of preferred shares, without
par value, liquidation preference $100,000 per share plus accumulated
but unpaid dividends, if any thereon (whether or not earned or
declared) plus the premium, if any, resulting from the designation of
a Premium Call Period, is hereby designated Remarketed Preferred
Shares, Series B. Each share of Remarketed Preferred Shares, Series B
shall be issued on a date to be determined by the Board of Trustees of
the Trust or a duly authorized committee thereof; have an Initial
Dividend Rate for its Initial Dividend Period equal to 6.40% per
annum; have an Initial Dividend Payment Date (as herein defined) to
be determined by the Board of Trustees of the Trust or a duly
authorized committee thereof; be redeemed (unless such share shall
have been otherwise redeemed pursuant to paragraph 4 of Part I of
this Section 12.1 or exchanged prior thereto for a share of
Remarketed Preferred Stock, Series I, pursuant to paragraph 12 of
Part I of this Section 12.1 by the Trust on a date to be determined
by the Board of Trustees of the Trust or a duly authorized committee
thereof) at a redemption price of $100,000 per share plus accumulated
but unpaid dividends to the date fixed for redemption (whether or not
earned or declared) plus the premium, if any, resulting from the
designation of a Premium Call Period; and have such other
preferences, limitations and relative voting rights, in addition to
those required by applicable law or set forth in the Trusts
Declaration of Trust applicable to preferred shares of the Trust, as
are set forth in Part I and Part II of this Section 12.1. The
Remarketed Preferred Shares, Series B shall constitute a separate
series of preferred shares of the Trust, and each share of Remarketed
Preferred Shares, Series B shall be identical except as provided in
paragraph 4 of this Part I of this Section 12.1.
SERIES C: A series of 650 shares of preferred shares, without
par value, liquidation preference $100,000 per share plus accumulated
but unpaid dividends, if any thereon (whether or not earned or
declared) plus the premium, if any, resulting from the designation of
a Premium Call Period, is hereby designated Remarketed Preferred
Shares, Series C. Each share of Remarketed Preferred Shares, Series C
shall be issued on a date to be determined by the Board of Trustees of
the Trust or a duly authorized committee thereof; have an Initial
Dividend Rate for its Initial Dividend Period equal to 6.30% per
annum; have an Initial Dividend Payment Date (as herein defined) to be
determined by the Board of Trustees of the Trust or a duly authorized
committee thereof; be redeemed (unless such share shall have been
otherwise redeemed pursuant to paragraph 4 of Part I of this Section
12.1 or exchanged prior thereto for a share of Remarketed Preferred
Stock, Series I, pursuant to paragraph 12 of Part I of this Section
12.1 by the Trust on a date to be determined by the Board of Trustees
of the Trust or a duly authorized committee thereof) at a redemption
price of $100,000 per share plus accumulated but unpaid dividends to
the date fixed for redemption (whether or not earned or declared)
plus the premium, if any, resulting from the designation of a Premium
Call Period; and have such other preferences, limitations and relative
voting rights, in addition to those required by applicable law or set
forth in the Trusts Declaration of Trust applicable to preferred
shares of the Trust, as are set forth in Part I and Part II of this
Section 12.1. The Remarketed Preferred Shares, Series C shall
constitute a separate series of preferred shares of the Trust, and
each share of Remarketed Preferred Shares, Series C shall be
identical except as provided in paragraph 4 of this Part I of this
Section 12.1.
1. Definitions. Unless the context or use indicates another
or different meaning or intent, in this Section 12.1 the following
terms have the following meanings, whether used in the singular or
plural:
M Composite Commercial Paper Rate, on any date, means (i) the
Interest Equivalent of the rate on commercial paper placed for the
number of days specified in the succeeding sentence on behalf of
issuers whose corporate bonds are rated AA by S&P and Aa by Moodys,
or the equivalent of such rating by such rating agency or by another
nationally recognized statistical rating organization, as such rate
is made available by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on a
discount basis or otherwise for the Business Day immediately
preceding such date, or (ii) if the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
does not make available such a rate, then the arithmetic average of
the Interest Equivalent of such rates on commercial paper placed on
behalf of such issuers, as quoted on a discount basis or otherwise by
the Commercial Paper Dealers to the Remarketing Agents for the close
of business on the Business Day immediately preceding such date. In
respect of any Dividend Period of 7 or 28 days (determined without
regard to any adjustment in the remarketing schedule in respect of
nonBusiness Days, as provided herein), the AA Composite Commercial
Paper Rate shall be the Interest Equivalent of the 60day rate. If
any Commercial Paper Dealer does not quote a rate required to
determine the AA Composite Commercial Paper Rate, the AA Composite
Commercial Paper Rate shall be determined on the basis of the
quotation or quotations furnished by the remaining Commercial Paper
Dealer or Dealers or, if none of the Commercial Paper Dealers quotes
such a rate, by any Substitute Commercial Paper Dealer or Dealers
selected by the Trust to provide such rate or rates not being supplied
by any Commercial Paper Dealer.
Accountants Confirmation has the meaning set forth in paragraph
8(f) of this Part I.
Agent Member means a designated member of the Securities
Depository that will maintain records for a Beneficial Owner of one
or more shares of RP that has identified such Agent Member in its
Master Purchasers Letter and that will be authorized and instructed
to disclose information to any Remarketing Agent and/or the Paying
Agent with respect to such Beneficial Owner.
Applicable Dividend Rate means, with respect to the Initial
Dividend Period the rate of dividend per annum established by the
Board of Trustees and, for each subsequent Dividend Period, means the
rate of dividend per annum that (i) except for a Dividend Period
commencing during a NonPayment Period, will be equal to the lower of
the rate of dividend per annum that the Remarketing Agent advises
results on the Dividend Reset Date preceding the first day of such
Dividend Period from implementation of the remarketing procedures set
forth in Part II hereof and the Maximum Dividend Rate or (ii) for
each Dividend Period commencing during a NonPayment Period, will be
equal to the NonPayment Period Rate.
Applicable Percentage has the meaning set forth under Maximum
Dividend Rate below.
Authorized Newspaper means a newspaper of general circulation in
the English language generally published on Business Days in The
City of New York.
Beneficial Owner means a person that has signed a Master
Purchasers Letter and is listed as the beneficial owner of one or
more shares of RP in the records of the Paying Agent or, with respect
to any share of RP not registered in the name of the Securities
Depository on the share transfer books of the Trust, the person in
whose name such share is so registered.
Board of Trustees means the Board of Trustees of the Trust.
Business Day means a day on which the New York Stock Exchange,
Inc. is open for trading, and which is not a day on which banks in The
City of New York are authorized or obligated by law to close.
Bylaws means these Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Trust.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from
time to time.
Commercial Paper Dealers means Xxxxxxx Lynch, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx &
Xxxxx Incorporated and such other commercial paper dealer or dealers
as the Trust may from time to time appoint, or, in lieu of any
thereof, their respective affiliates or successors.
Common Shares means the common shares, without par value, of
the Trust.
Date of Original Issue means, with respect to any share of RP,
the date on which the Trust originally issues such share.
Declaration of Trust means the Amended and Restated Agreement
and Declaration of Trust dated February 3, 1989 of
the Trust on file with the Secretary of State of The
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Deposit Securities means cash and Municipal Securities rated at
least A1+ or SP1+ by S&P.
Discounted Value means (i) with respect to an S&P Eligible
Asset, the quotient of the Market Value thereof divided by the
applicable S&P Discount Factor and (ii) with respect to a Moodys
Eligible Asset, the quotient of the Market Value thereof divided by
the applicable Moodys Discount Factor; provided that the Discounted
Value of such Eligible Asset shall never be greater than the face
value of such Eligible Asset.
Dividend Coverage Amount, as of any Valuation Date, means, with
respect to each share of RP, (i) the aggregate amount of dividends
that will accumulate on such share of RP to (but not including) the
Business Day following the first Dividend Reset Date for such share
that follows such Valuation Date; less (ii) the combined value of
Deposit Securities irrevocably deposited for the payment of dividends
on such share of RP.
Dividend Coverage Assets, as of any Valuation Date, means, with
respect to each share of RP, Deposit Securities with maturity or
tender payment dates not later than the day preceding the Business
Day following the first Dividend Reset Date for such share that
follows such Valuation Date and having a value not less than the
Dividend Coverage Amount with respect to such share.
Dividend Payment Date means, (i) with respect to any Special
Dividend Period of more than 91 but fewer than 365 days, the 92nd day
thereof, the 183rd day thereof, if any, the 274th day thereof, if any,
and the day after the last day thereof; (ii) with respect to any
Special Dividend period of 365 or more days, the third Wednesday of
each January, April, July and October therein and the day after the
last day thereof; and (iii) with respect to any other Dividend Period,
the day after the last day thereof; provided that, if any such date
shall not be a Business Day, the Dividend Payment Date shall be the
Business Day next succeeding such day.
Dividend Period means with respect to any share of RP, the
Initial Dividend Period for such share and thereafter a period which
shall commence on each (but not the final) Dividend Payment Date for
such share (which, except during a NonPayment Period, shall be a
Settlement Date for such share). Each such subsequent Dividend
Period for such share will be comprised of, beginning with and
including the day upon which it commences, 7 consecutive days (in the
case of Remarketed Preferred Stock, Series C); 28 consecutive days (in
the case of Remarketed Preferred Stock, Series A and B); or in the
case of a Special Dividend Period, the number of consecutive days as
shall be specified by the Board of Trustees in accordance with the
provisions set forth in paragraph 3(j) of this Part I at the time the
Board of Trustees designates a Special Dividend Period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any adjustment of the remarketing
schedule by the Remarketing Agents which includes an adjustment of a
Settlement Date shall lengthen or shorten Dividend Periods by causing
them always to end on and include the day before the Settlement Date
as so adjusted.
Dividend Reset Date means any date on which the Remarketing
Agents (i) determine the Applicable Dividend Rate for the ensuing
Dividend Period, (ii) notify Holders, purchasers and tendering
Holders of shares of RP by telephone, telex or otherwise of the
results of the Remarketing and (iii) announce such Applicable Dividend
Rate.
Eligible Asset means S&P Eligible Asset and/or Moodys Eligible
Asset.
Exchange Date has the meaning set forth in paragraph 12 of this
Part I.
Exchange Event has the meaning set forth in paragraph 12 of
this Part I.
Grossup Dividend has the meaning set forth in paragraph
3(k) of this Part I.
Holder means, with respect to any share of RP, the person whose
name appears on the share transfer books of the Trust as the
registered holder of such share.
Independent Accountant means a nationally recognized accountant,
or firm of accountants, that is, with respect to the Trust, an
independent public accountant or firm of independent public
accountants under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Initial Dividend Payment Date means with respect to any share of
RP, the Initial Dividend Payment Date specified with respect thereto
by the Board of Trustees or a duly authorized committee thereof.
Initial Dividend Period means, with respect to any share of RP,
the period commencing on and including the Date of Original Issue of
such share and ending on the day prior to the Initial Dividend
Payment Date.
Interest Equivalent means a yield on a 360day basis of a
discount basis security which is equal to the yield on an
equivalent interestbearing security.
Market Value of any asset of the Trust means the market value
thereof determined by the Pricing Service. The Market Value of any
asset shall include any interest accrued thereon. The Pricing
Service shall value portfolio securities at the mean between the
quoted bid and asked price or the yield equivalent when quotations
are readily available. Securities for which quotations are not
readily available shall be valued at fair value as determined by the
pricing service using methods which include consideration of: yields
or prices of municipal bonds of comparable quality, type of issue,
coupon, maturity and rating; indications as to value from dealers;
and general market conditions. The pricing service may employ
electronic data processing techniques and/or a matrix system to
determine valuations.
Master Purchasers Letter means a letter substantially in the form
of Exhibit A to this Section 12.1 of ARTICLE 12, or such other form
as may be acceptable to the Remarketing Agents, which is required to
be executed by each purchaser of shares of RP.
Maximum Dividend Rate for any Dividend Period of 7 or 28 days at
any Dividend Reset Date shall apply to a dividend, and be the
Applicable Percentage of the applicable AA Composite Commercial Paper
Rate. The Applicable Percentage on each Dividend Reset Date shall
vary with the lower of the credit rating or ratings assigned on such
date to the shares of RP by Moodys and S&P (or if Moodys or S&P or
both shall not make such rating available, the equivalent of either
or both of such ratings by a Substitute Rating Agency or two
Substitute Rating Agencies or, in the event that only one such rating
shall be available, such rating) as follows:
Applicable
Percentage of AA
Composite
Credit Ratings Commercial
Xxxxx s S & P Paper Rate
aa3 or higher AA or higher 110%
a3 to al A to A+ 12 5%
baa3 to baal BBB to BBB+ 150%
below baa3 Below BBB 200%
The Maximum Dividend Rate for any Special Dividend Period
will be a fixed or variable rate determined from time to time by
formula or other means as designated by the Board of Trustees in
respect of such Dividend Period.
The Remarketing Agents shall round each applicable Maximum
Dividend Rate to the nearest onethousandth (0.001) of one
percent per annum, with any such number ending in five
tenthousandths (0.0005) of one percent being rounded upwards to
the nearest onethousandth (0.001) of one percent. The
Remarketing Agents shall not round the AA Composite Commercial
Paper Rate as part of their calculation of any Maximum Dividend
Rate.
Minimum Liquidity Level has the meaning set forth in
paragraph 9 of this Part I.
Moodys means Moodys Investors Service, Inc. or its
successors.
Moodys Discount Factor means, for purposes of determining
the Discounted Value of any Moodys Eligible Asset, the
percentage determined by reference to the rating on such asset
and the shortest Moodys Collateral Period set forth opposite
such rating that is the same length as or is longer than the
Moodys Exposure Period, in accordance with the table set forth
below:
Rating Category
Moodys Collateral Period Aaa* Aa* A* Baa*
Other**
7 weeks or less 151% 159% 168% 202%
229%
8 weeks or less but greater than seven weeks 154 164
173 205 235
9 weeks or less but greater than eight weeks 158 169
179 209 242
10 weeks or less but greater than nine weeks 161 175
186 213 250
* Moodys rating.
** Municipal Securities not rated by Moodys but rated BBB by
S&P.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Moodys
Discount Factor for shortterm Municipal Securities will be
115%, so long as such Municipal Securities are rated at
least MIG1, VMIG1 or P1 by Moodys and mature or have a demand
feature at par exercisable in 30 days or less and (ii)
no Moodys Discount Factor will be applied to cash.
Moodys Eligible Asset means cash or a Municipal Security
that (i) pays interest in cash, (ii) is publicly
rated Baa or higher by Moodys or, if not rated by Moodys
but rated by S&P, is rated at least BBB by S&P
(provided that, for purposes of determining the Moodys
Discount Factor applicable to any such S&Prated Municipal
Security, such Municipal Security will be deemed to have a
Moodys rating which is one full rating category lower than its S&P
rating), (iii) does not have its Moodys rating suspended by Moodys;
and (iv) is part of an issue of Municipal Securities of at least
$10,000,000. Municipal Securities issued by any one issuer and rated
BBB by S&P may comprise no more than 4% of total Moodys Eligible
Assets; such BBB rated Municipal Securities, if any, together with
any Municipal Securities issued by the same issuer and rated Baa by
Moodys, may comprise no more than 6% of total Moodys Eligible Assets;
such BBB and Baa rated Municipal Securities, if any, together with any
Municipal Securities issued by the same issuer and rated A by Moodys,
may comprise no more than 10% of total Moodys Eligible Assets; and
such BBB, Baa and A rated Municipal Securities, if any, together with
any Municipal Securities issued by the same issuer and rated Aa by
Moodys, may comprise no more than 20% of total Moodys Eligible Assets.
Municipal Securities issued by issuers located within a single state
or territory and rated BBB by S&P may comprise no more than 12% of
total Moodys Eligible Assets; such BBB rated Municipal Securities, if
any, together with any Municipal Securities issued by issuers located
within the same state or territory and rated Baa by Moodys, may
comprise no more than 20% of total Moodys Eligible Assets; such BBB
and Baa rated Municipal Securities, if any, together with any
Municipal Securities issued by issuers located within the same state
or territory and rated A by Moodys, may comprise no more than 40% of
total Moodys Eligible Assets; and such BBB, Baa and A rated Municipal
securities, if any, together with any Municipal Securities issued by
issuers located within the same state or territory and rated Aa by
Moodys, may comprise no more than 60% of total Moodys Eligible Assets.
Municipal Securities that are used by the Trust as collateral
pursuant to a repurchase agreement that obligates the Trust to
repurchase such Municipal Securities will only constitute Moodys
Eligible Assets if the longterm debt of the other party to the
repurchase agreement is rated at least Aa by Moodys and such agreement
has a term of 30 days or less; such Municipal Securities shall be
valued at the Discounted Value of such Municipal Securities.
Municipal Securities acquired as collateral by the Trust pursuant to
a repurchase agreement that obligates the other party thereto to
repurchase such Municipal Securities will only constitute a Moodys
Eligible Asset if the longterm debt of such other party is rated at
least Aa by Moodys and such agreement has a term of 30 days or less;
such Municipal Securities shall be valued at the amount of cash paid
by the Trust pursuant to such repurchase agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, an asset will not be considered a
Moodys Eligible Asset if (i) it has been irrevocably deposited by the
Trust for the payment, in full or in part, of any of (i)(A) through
(i)(F) as set forth in the definition of RP Basic Maintenance Amount
in this Section 12.1, or (ii) it is subject to any material lien,
mortgage, pledge, security interest or security agreement of any kind
(collectively, Liens), except for (a) Liens the validity of which is
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) Liens
for taxes that are not then due and payable or that can be paid
thereafter without penalty, (c) Liens to secure payment for services
rendered or cash advanced to the Trust by The Xxxxxx Management
Company, Inc., Xxxxxx Investor Services, Inc., the Paying Agent or
any Remarketing Agent and (d) any Lien by virtue of a repurchase
agreement.
Moodys Exposure Period means the period commencing on a given
Valuation Date and ending 63 days thereafter.
Municipal Securities means municipal securities as described in
the Trusts Registration Statement on Form N2 (File Nos. 3326396 and
8115740) on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as such
Registration Statement may be amended from time to time.
1940 Act means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended
from time to time.
1940 Act Cure Date, with respect to the failure by the Trust to
maintain the 1940 Act RP Asset Coverage (as required by paragraph 7
of this Part I) as of the last Business Day of each month, means the
last Business Day of the following month.
1940 Act RP Asset Coverage means asset coverage, as defined in
section 18(h) of the 1940 Act, of at least 200% with respect to all
outstanding senior securities of the Trust which are shares,
including all outstanding shares of RP and Other RP (or such other
asset coverage as may in the future be specified in or under the 1940
Act as the minimum asset coverage for senior securities which are
shares of a closedend investment company as a condition of paying
dividends on its common stock).
NonCall Period has the meaning described under Specific
Redemption Provisions below.
NonPayment Period means any period commencing on and including
the day on which the Trust shall fail to (i) declare, prior to 12:00
noon, New York City time, on any Dividend Payment Date for shares of
RP, for payment on or (to the extent permitted below) within three
Business Days after such Dividend Payment Date to the Holders of such
shares as of 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Business Day
preceding such Dividend Payment Date, the full amount of any dividend
on such shares payable on such Dividend Payment Date or (ii) deposit,
irrevocably in trust, in sameday funds, with the Paying Agent by
12:00 noon, New York City time, (A) on or (to the extent permitted
below) within three Business Days after any Dividend Payment Date for
any shares of RP the full amount of any dividend on such shares
(whether or not earned or declared) payable on such Dividend Payment
Date or (B) on or (to the extent permitted below) within three
Business Days after any redemption date for any shares of RP called
for redemption, the redemption price of $100,000 per share plus the
full amount of any dividends thereon (whether or not earned or
declared) accumulated but unpaid to such redemption date, plus the
premium, if any, resulting from the designation of a Premium Call
Period and ending on and including the Business Day on which, by
12:00 noon, New York City time, all unpaid dividends and unpaid
redemption prices shall have been so deposited or shall have
otherwise been made available to Holders in sameday funds, provided
that, a NonPayment Period shall not end during the first seven days
thereof unless the Trust shall have given at least three days written
notice to the Paying Agent, the Remarketing Agents and the Securities
Depository and thereafter shall not end unless the Trust shall have
given at least fourteen days written notice to the Paying Agent, the
Remarketing Agents, the Securities Depository and all Beneficial
Owners. Any dividend on shares of RP due on any Dividend Payment
Date for such shares (if, prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time, on
such Dividend Payment Date, the Trust has declared such dividend
payable on or within three Business Days after such Dividend Payment
Date to the Holders who held such shares as of 12:00 noon, New York
City time, on the Business Day preceding such Dividend Payment Date)
or redemption price with respect to such shares not paid to such
Holders when due may (if such nonpayment is not solely due to the
willful failure of the Trust) be paid pro rata to such Holders in the
same form of funds by 12:00 noon, New York City time, on any of the
first three Business Days after such Dividend Payment Date or due
date, as the case may be, provided that, such amount is accompanied
by a late charge calculated for such period of nonpayment as the
NonPayment Period Rate applied to the amount of such nonpayment based
on the actual number of days comprising such period divided by 365.
NonPayment Period Rate means initially, 200% of the applicable
AA Composite Commercial Paper Rate, provided that the Board of
Trustees shall have the authority to adjust, modify, alter or change
from time to time the initial NonPayment Period Rate if the Board of
Trustees determines and the Rating Agencies advise the Trust in
writing that such adjustment, modification, alteration or change will
not adversely affect their thencurrent ratings on the RP.
Notice of Redemption means any notice with respect to the
redemption of shares of RP pursuant to paragraph 4 of this Part I.
Other RP means the remarketed preferred shares of the Trust,
other than the RP, and includes the Serial RP.
Paying Agent means Bankers Trust Company, or any successor
company or entity, which has entered into a Paying Agent Agreement
with the Trust to act for the Trust, among other things, as the
transfer agent, registrar, dividend and redemption price disbursing
agent, settlement agent and agent for certain notifications in
connection with the shares of RP in accordance with such agreement.
Paying Agent Agreement means an agreement to be entered
into between the Trust and the Paying Agent.
Preferred Shares means the preferred shares of the Trust, and
includes RP and Other RP.
Premium Call Period has the meaning specified in Specific
Redemption Provisions, below.
Pricing Service means Mellon Investdata Corp., or any successor
company or entity, or as designated from time to time by the Board of
Trustees. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Trustees will
not designate a new Pricing Service unless the Trust has received a
written confirmation from Moodys and S&P that such action would not
impair the ratings then assigned by Moodys and S&P to shares of RP.
Quarterly Valuation Date means the last Business Day of each
fiscal quarter of the Trust in each fiscal year of the Trust,
commencing October 31, 1989.
Remarketing means each periodic operation of the process for
remarketing shares of RP as described in Part II hereof.
Remarketing Agents means Xxxxxxx Lynch, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated and PrudentialBache Securities Inc. and any additional or
successor companies or entities which have entered into an agreement
with the Trust to follow the remarketing procedures for the purpose
of determining the Applicable Dividend Rate.
RP means, as the case may be, Remarketed Preferred Shares,
Series A; Remarketed Preferred Shares, Series B; or Remarketed
Preferred Shares, Series C.
RP Basic Maintenance Amount, as of any Valuation Date, means the
dollar amount equal to the sum of (i) (A) the product of the number
of shares of RP and Other RP outstanding on such date multiplied by
$100,000; (B) the aggregate amount of dividends that will have
accumulated (whether or not earned or declared) for each share of RP
and Other RP outstanding in each case to (but not including) the next
Dividend Payment Date that follows such Valuation Date; (C) the
aggregate amount of dividends that would accumulate at the then
current Maximum Dividend Rate on any shares of RP and Other RP
outstanding from the Business Days following such respective Dividend
Reset Dates through the 63rd day after such Valuation Date,
multiplied by the larger of factors (currently 246%) determined from
time to time by Moodys and S&P and designed to take into account
potential increases in dividend rates over such period (except that
if such Valuation Date occurs during a NonPayment Period, the
dividend for purposes of calculation would accumulate at the then
current NonPayment Period Rate); (D) the amount of anticipated
expenses of the Trust for the 90 days subsequent to such Valuation
Date; (E) the premium, if any, resulting from the designation of a
Premium Call Period and (F) any current liabilities as of such
Valuation Date to the extent not reflected in any of (i)(A) through
(i)(E) (including, without limitation, any current liabilities
relating to futures and options and any Grossup Dividends which are
payable pursuant to paragraph 3(k) of this Part I with respect to the
RP and any analogous provision with respect to Other RP, and payables
for Municipal Securities purchased as of such Valuation Date) less
(ii) the sum of (A) receivables for Municipal Securities sold as of
such Valuation Date, provided that, for purposes of calculating RP
Basic Maintenance Amount in order to determine whether the Trust has
Moodys Eligible Assets with a Discounted Value that equals the Moodys
Basic Maintenance Amount, the party from which such receivable is due
shall have longterm debt rated at least A2 by Moodys and such
receivable is due in 30 days or less and (B) the value of any of the
Trusts assets irrevocably deposited by the Trust for the payment of
any of (i)(A) through (i)(F).
RP Basic Maintenance Cure Date, with respect to the failure by
the Trust to satisfy the RP Basic Maintenance Amount (as required by
paragraph 8(a) of this Part I) as of a given Valuation Date, means
the ninth Business Day following such Valuation Date.
RP Basic Maintenance Report means a report signed by the
President, Treasurer or any Senior Vice President or Vice President
of the Trust which sets forth, as of the related Valuation Date, the
assets of the Trust, the Market Value and the Discounted Value thereof
(seriatim and in aggregate), and the RP Basic Maintenance Amount.
S&P means Standard & Poors Corporation or its successors.
S&P Discount Factor means, for purposes of determining the
Discounted Value of any S&P Eligible Asset, the percentage determined
by reference to the rating on such asset and the shortest S&P
Collateral Period set forth opposite such rating that is the same
length as or is longer than the S&P Exposure Period, in accordance
with the table set forth below:
Rating Category
S&P Collateral Period
AAA*
AA*
A*
BBB*
40 Business Days
190%
195%
210%
250%
22 Business Days
170
175
190
230
10 Business Days
155
160
175
215
7 Business Days
150
155
170
210
3 Business Days
130
135
150
190
* S&P rating.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the S&P Discount Factor
for shortterm Municipal Securities will be 115%, so long as such
Municipal Securities are rated A1+ or SP1+ by S&P and mature or
have a demand feature exercisable in 30 days or less, or 125% if
such Municipal Securities are not rated by S&P but are rated
VMIG1, Pl or MIG1 by Moodys; provided, however, that if such
Municipal Securities are backed by any letter of credit,
liquidity facility or guarantee from a bank or other financial
institution, such bank or institution must have a shortterm
rating of at least A1+ from S&P; and further provided that such
shortterm Municipal Securities rated by Moodys but not rated by
S&P may comprise no more than 50% of shortterm Municipal
Securities that qualify as S&P Eligible Assets and (ii) no S&P
Discount Factor will be applied to cash.
S&P Eligible Asset means cash or a Municipal Security that (i)
is interest bearing and pays interest at least semiannually; (ii) is
payable with respect to principal and interest in United States
Dollars; (iii) is publicly rated BBB or higher by S&P or, if not
rated by S&P but rated by Moodys, is rated at least A by Moodys
(provided that, such Moodysrated Municipal Securities will be
included in S&P Eligible Assets only to the extent the Market Value
of such Municipal Securities does not exceed 50% of the aggregate
Market Value of the S&P Eligible Assets; and further provided that,
for purposes of determining the S&P Discount Factor applicable to any
such Moodysrated Municipal Security, such Municipal Security will be
deemed to have an S&P rating which is one full rating category lower
than its Moodys rating); (iv) is not subject to a covered call or
covered put option written by the Trust; (v) is not part of a private
placement of Municipal Securities; and (vi) is part of an issue of
Municipal Securities with an original issue size of at least $20
million or, if of an issue with an original issue size below $20
million (but in no event below $10 million), is issued by an issuer
with a total of at least $50 million of securities outstanding.
Notwithstanding the foregoing: (a) Municipal Securities of any one
issuer or guarantor (excluding bond insurers) will be considered S&P
Eligible Assets only to the extent the Market Value of such
Municipal Securities does not exceed 10% of the aggregate Market
Value of the S&P Eligible Assets, provided that 2% is added to
the applicable S&P Discount Factor for every 1% by which the
Market Value of such Municipal Securities exceeds 5% of the
aggregate Market Value of the S&P Eligible Assets;
(b) Municipal Securities guaranteed or insured by any one bond
insurer will be considered S&P Eligible Assets only to the
extent the Market Value of such Municipal Securities does not
exceed 25% of the aggregate Market Value of the S&P Eligible
Assets; and
(c) Municipal Securities issued by issuers in any one state or
territory will be considered S&P Eligible Assets only to the
extent the Market Value of such Municipal Securities does not
exceed 20% of the aggregate Market Value of the S&P Eligible
Assets.
S&P Exposure Period means the maximum period of time
following a Valuation Date that the Trust has under this Section
12.1 to cure any failure to maintain, as of such Valuation Date,
the Discounted Value for its portfolio at least equal to the RP
Basic Maintenance Amount (as described in paragraph 8(a) of this
Part I) which period of time is currently nine Business Days.
Securities Depository means The Depository Trust Company or
any successor company or other entity selected by the Trust as
securities depository of the shares of RP that agrees to follow the
procedures required to be followed by such securities depository in
connection with the shares of RP.
Serial RP means the Remarketed Preferred Shares, Series I, of
the Trust established pursuant to a statement establishing and
fixing the rights of such series as set forth in Section 12.2 of
these Bylaws.
Service means the Internal Revenue Service.
Settlement Date means the first Business Day after a Dividend
Reset Date applicable to a share of RP.
7day Dividend Period means a Dividend Period containing
seven days.
Special Dividend Period means a Dividend Period established by
the Board of Trustees pursuant to paragraph 3(j) of this Part I.
Specific Redemption Provisions means, with respect to a Special
Dividend Period of 365 or more days, either, or any combination of,
(i) a period (a NonCall Period) determined by the Board of Trustees,
after consultation with the Remarketing Agents, during which the
shares of RP subject to such Dividend Period shall not be subject to
redemption at the option of the Trust and (ii) a period (a Premium
Call Period), consisting of a number of whole years and determined by
the Board of Trustees, after consultation with the Remarketing
Agents, during each year of which the shares of RP subject to such
Dividend Period shall be redeemable at the Trusts option at a price
per share equal to $100,000 plus accumulated but unpaid dividends
plus a premium expressed as a percentage of $100,000, as determined
by the Board of Trustees after consultation with the Remarketing
Agents.
Substitute Commercial Paper Dealers means such Substitute
Commercial Paper Dealer or Dealers as the Trust may from time to
time appoint or, in lieu of any thereof, their respective
affiliates or successors.
Substitute Rating Agency and Substitute Rating Agencies mean a
nationally recognized statistical rating organization or two
nationally recognized statistical rating organizations, respectively,
selected by the Trust to act as the substitute rating agency or
substitute rating agencies, as the case may be, to determine the
credit ratings of the shares of RP.
Tender and Dividend Reset means the process pursuant to which
shares of RP may be tendered in a Remarketing or held and become
subject to the new Applicable Dividend Rate determined by the
Remarketing Agents in such Remarketing.
Tender Date means any date on which (i) each holder of shares of
RP must provide to the Remarketing Agents irrevocable telephonic
notice of intent to tender shares in a Remarketing and (ii) such
Remarketing formally commences.
Trust means Xxxxxx Managed Municipal Income Trust, a
Massachusetts business trust.
28day Dividend Period means a Dividend Period containing
twentyeight days.
Valuation Date means, for purposes of determining whether the
Trust is maintaining the RP Basic Maintenance Amount and the
Minimum Liquidity Level, each Business Day.
Voting Period has the meaning set forth in paragraph 6(b) of
this Part I.
2. Fractional Shares. No fractional shares of RP shall be
issued.
3. Dividends. (a) The Holders as of 12:00 noon, New York
City time, on the applicable Dividend Payment Date, shall be entitled
to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Trustees, out of
funds legally available therefor, cumulative dividends, at the
Applicable Dividend Rate. Dividends on the shares of RP so declared
and payable shall be paid (i) in preference to and in priority over
any dividends declared and payable on the Common Shares, and (ii) to
the extent permitted under the Code and to the extent available and
in preference to and priority over any dividends declared and payable
on the Common Shares, out of taxexempt income earned on the Trusts
investments, subject to the application of the alternative minimum
tax provisions of the Code. Dividends on shares of RP will be
designated as exemptinterest dividends up to the amount of net
taxexempt income of the Trust for purposes of Section 852 of the
Code.
(b) Dividends on each share of RP shall accumulate from its
Date of Original Issue and will be payable, when, as and if
declared by the Board of Trustees, on each Dividend Payment Date
applicable to such share of RP.
(c) Each declared dividend shall be payable on the
applicable Dividend Payment Date to the Holder or Holders of
such shares of RP as set forth in paragraph 3(a). Dividends on
any share of RP in arrears with respect to any past Dividend
Payment Date may be declared and paid at any time, without
reference to any regular Dividend Payment Date, to the Holder of
such share as of a date not exceeding five Business Days
preceding the date of payment thereof as may be fixed by the
Board of Trustees. Any dividend payment made on any share of RP
shall be first credited against the dividends accumulated but
unpaid (whether or not earned or declared) with respect to the
earliest Dividend Payment Date on which dividends were not paid.
(d) Neither Holders nor Beneficial Owners of shares of
RP shall be entitled to any dividends on the shares of RP,
whether payable in cash, property or stock, in excess of full
cumulative dividends thereon, except as set forth in paragraph
3(k) of this Part I. Except as provided in paragraph 3(h) of
this Part I, neither Holders nor Beneficial Owners of shares of
RP shall be entitled to any interest, or other additional
amount, on any dividend payment on any share of RP which may be
in arrears.
(e) Except as otherwise provided herein, the Applicable
Dividend Rate on each share of RP for each Dividend Period with
respect to such share shall be equal to the rate per annum that
results from implementation of the remarketing procedures
described in Part II hereof.
(f) The amount of declared dividends for each share of RP
payable on each Dividend Payment Date shall be computed by the
Trust by multiplying the Applicable Dividend Rate in effect with
respect to dividends payable on such share on such Dividend
Payment Date by a fraction the numerator of which shall be the
number of days such share was outstanding from and including its
Date of Original Issue or the preceding Dividend Payment Date,
as the case may be, to and including the last day of such
Dividend Period, and the denominator of which shall be 365, and
then multiplying the percentage so obtained by $100,000.
(g) No later than by 12:00 noon, New York City time, on
each Dividend Payment Date, the Trust shall deposit in same
day funds with the Paying Agent the full amount of any dividend
declared and payable on such Dividend Payment Date on any share of
RP.
(h) The Applicable Dividend Rate for each Dividend Period
commencing during a NonPayment Period shall be equal to the
NonPayment Period Rate; any share of RP for which a Special Dividend
Period would otherwise have commenced on the first day of a NonPayment
Period shall have a 28day Dividend Period (in the case of Series A and
B shares of RP) or a 7day Dividend Period (in the case of Series C
shares of RP); and each Dividend Period for shares of RP commencing
after the first day of, and during, a NonPayment Period shall be a
28day Dividend Period (in the case of Series A and B shares of RP) or
a 7day Dividend Period (in the case of Series C shares of RP). Any
amount of any dividend due on any Dividend Payment Date for any
shares of RP (if, prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time, on such
Dividend Payment Date, the Trust has declared such dividend payable
on or within three Business Days after such Dividend Payment Date to
the Holders of such shares of RP as of 12:00 noon, New York City
time, on the Business Day preceding such Dividend Payment Date) or
redemption price with respect to any shares of RP not paid to such
Holders when due but paid to such Holders in the same form of funds
by 12:00 noon, New York City time, on any of the first three Business
Days after such Dividend Payment Date or due date, as the case may
be, shall incur a late charge to be paid therewith to such Holders
and calculated for such period of nonpayment at the NonPayment Period
Rate applied to the amount of such nonpayment based on the actual
number of days comprising such period divided by 365. For the
purposes of the foregoing and paragraphs 3(g) and 4(g) of this Part I,
payment to a person in sameday funds on any Business Day at any time
shall be considered equivalent to payment to such person in New York
Clearing House (nextday) funds at the same time on the preceding
Business Day, and any payment made after 12:00 noon, New York City
time, on any Business Day shall be considered to have been made
instead in the same form of funds and to the same person before 12:00
noon, New York City time, on the next Business Day.
(i) Except during a NonPayment Period, by 1:00 p.m. on the
Tender Date in the Remarketing at the end of the Initial Dividend
Period applicable to a share of RP, and by 1:00 p.m. on the Tender
Date in the Remarketing at the end of each subsequent Dividend Period
applicable to a share of RP, the Beneficial Owner of such share of RP
may elect to tender such share or hold such share for the next
Dividend Period. If the Beneficial Owner of such share of RP elects
to hold such share, such Beneficial Owner shall hold such share of RP
for a 28day Dividend Period (in the case of Series A and B shares of
RP) or a 7day Dividend Period (in the case of Series C shares of RP)
or a Special Dividend Period if the succeeding Dividend Period with
respect to such share has been designated by the Board of Trustees as
a Special Dividend Period provided that, if (i) there are no
Remarketing Agents, (ii) the Remarketing Agents are not required to
conduct a Remarketing or (iii) the Remarketing Agents are unable to
remarket in the Remarketing on the Dividend Reset Date following such
Tender Date all shares of RP tendered (or deemed tendered) to them at
a price of $100,000 per share, then the next Dividend Period for all
shares of RP shall be a 28day Dividend Period (in the case of Series
A and B shares of RP) or a 7day Dividend Period (in the case of
Series C shares of RP) and the Applicable Dividend Rate therefor
shall be the applicable Maximum Dividend Rate. If the Beneficial
Owner of such share of RP fails to elect to tender or hold such share
by 1:00 p.m. on such Tender Date, such Beneficial Owner shall
continue to hold such share at the Applicable Dividend Rate
determined in such Remarketing for a Dividend Period of the same type
as the current Dividend Period for such share; provided that, (i) if
there are no Remarketing Agents, the Remarketing Agents are not
required to conduct a Remarketing or the Remarketing Agents are
unable to remarket in the Remarketing on the Dividend Reset Date
following such Tender Date all shares of RP tendered (or deemed
tendered) to them at a price of $100,000 per share, then the next
Dividend Period for all shares of RP shall be a 28day Dividend Period
(in the case of Series A and B shares of RP) or a 7day Dividend
Period (in the case of Series C shares of RP) and the Applicable
Dividend Rate therefor shall be the Maximum Applicable Rate for a
28day Dividend Period or a 7day Dividend Period, as the case may be
and (ii) if such current Dividend Period is a Special Dividend Period
or the succeeding Dividend Period has been designated by the Board of
Trustees as a Special Dividend Period, then such Beneficial Owner is
deemed to have elected to tender the shares. If the Remarketing
Agents are unable to remarket in such Remarketing all shares of RP
subject to such Remarketing and tendered (or deemed tendered) to them
at a price of $100,000 per share, the Beneficial Owners thereof shall
hold such share at the applicable Maximum Dividend Rate for 28day
Dividend Period (in the case of 7 Series A and B shares of RP) or a
7day Dividend Period (in the case of Series C shares of RP). If a
share of RP is tendered (or deemed tendered) and purchased in a
Remarketing, the next Dividend Period for such share shall be a 28day
Dividend Period (in the case of Series A and B shares of RP) or a
7day Dividend Period (in the case of Series c shares of RP) or a
Special Dividend Period with respect to such share, as the case may
be, at the Applicable Dividend Rate therefor, except that, if the
Remarketing Agents are unable to remarket in such Remarketing all
shares of RP tendered (or deemed tendered) to them at a price of
$100,000 per share, no purchaser in such Remarketing shall be
permitted to acquire shares having a Special Dividend Period and the
next Dividend Period for such share shall be a 28day Dividend Period
(in the case of Series A and B shares of RP) or a 7day Dividend
Period (in the case of Series C shares of RP) and the Applicable
Dividend Rate therefor shall be the applicable Maximum Dividend
Rate.
(j) The Board of Trustees may at any time designate a
subsequent Dividend Period as a Special Dividend Period with such
number of days as the Board of Trustees shall specify; provided that
(i) such number of days to be specified as a Special Dividend Period
shall be a multiple of 28 (in the case of Series A and B shares of
RP) or a multiple of 7 (in the case of Series C shares of RP) and the
number of days so specified must be such that the starting date and
the ending date for a Special Dividend Period or any subsequent
Dividend Periods for a Series shall not be the same as the starting
date and the ending date for any other Dividend Periods for any other
Series; (ii) written notice of any such designation, of the Maximum
Dividend Rate, and Specified Redemption Provisions, if any, in
respect thereof and of the consequences of failure to tender or to
elect to hold shares, must be given at least seven days prior to such
Tender Date to the Remarketing Agents, the Paying Agent, the
Securities Depository and the Beneficial Owners of shares of RP which
are to be subject to such Special Dividend Period; (iii) no Special
Dividend Period may commence for any share of RP during a NonPayment
Period or if the Trust fails to maintain either the RP Basic
Maintenance Amount or the 1940 Act RP Asset Coverage and such failure
is not cured; (iv) if such Special Dividend Period contains 365 or
more days, the shares of RP subject to such Special Dividend Period
shall have an aggregate liquidation preference (exclusive of
accumulated but unpaid dividends and premium, if any) of at least
$30,000,000 or such greater or lesser amount as may be specified by
the Board of Trustees; (v) in respect of any Special Dividend Period,
the Board of Trustees shall also determine a Maximum Dividend Rate
after consultation with Remarketing Agents, which rate, as determined
from time to time by formula or other means, may be fixed or variable;
and (vi) in respect of any Special Dividend Period of 365 or more days,
the Board of Trustees, after consultation with the Remarketing
Agents, may establish Specific Redemption Provisions.
On or before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third
Business Day prior to the designation of a Special Dividend Period,
the Trust shall complete and deliver to S&P, on a pro forma basis, an
RP Basic Maintenance Report for such proposed Special Dividend
Period, taking into account the proposed number of days to be
specified as a Special Dividend Period and the proposed Maximum
Dividend Rate to be determined with respect to such Special
Dividend Period.
The existence or rescission of any Special Dividend Period shall
not affect any current Dividend Period or prevent the Board of
Trustees from establishing other Special Dividend Periods of similar
duration or in any way restrict the Maximum Dividend Rate or Specific
Redemption Provisions which may be designated in connection with any
other Special Dividend Period.
If the Remarketing Agents are unable to remarket sufficient
shares of RP at the commencement of a Special Dividend Period to
satisfy the requirement described in clause (iv) of the preceding
paragraph, then the Dividend Period in respect of any share of RP
which otherwise would have been subject to such Special Dividend
Period shall be a 28day Dividend Period (in the case of Series A and
B shares of RP) or a 7day Dividend Period (in the case of Series C
shares of RP) and an Applicable Dividend Rate shall be set by the
Remarketing Agents in accordance with the remarketing procedures.
(k) If all or any part of the dividends on the shares of RP
determined by implementation of the remarketing procedures described
in Part II hereof is not designated by the Trust in good faith as an
exemptinterest dividend within the meaning of Section 852(b)(5) of
the Code solely because the Trust allocates capital gains or ordinary
income to the shares of RP, (such portion of the dividends on the
shares of RP (other than any Grossup Dividends) that is not so
designated is referred to herein as a Nonqualifying Distribution),
the Trust will, not later than 270 days after the end of the Trusts
fiscal year for which such designation is made, provide notice
thereof to the Paying Agent. The Paying Agent will mail a copy of
such notice to each Qualified Investor (as defined below) at the
address specified in such Qualified Investors Master Purchasers
Letter as promptly as practicable after its receipt of such notice
from the Trust. The Trust will, within 30 days after such notice is
given to the Paying Agent, pay to the Paying Agent (who will then
distribute to the Qualified Investors) , out of funds legally
available therefor, an amount equal to the aggregate Grossup
Dividends (as defined below) with respect to all Nonqualifying
Distributions made to Qualified Investors during the fiscal year in
question. A Qualified Investor is a Beneficial Owner during such
fiscal year of a share or shares of RP to whom Nonqualifying
Distributions were made during such fiscal year.
A Grossup Dividend means payment to a Qualified Investor of
an amount which, when taken together with the aggregate
Nonqualifying Distributions paid to such Qualified Investor
during the fiscal year in question, would cause such Qualified
Investors net yield in dollars for such fiscal year (after
Federal income tax consequences) from the aggregate of both the
Nonqualifying Distributions (determined without regard to the
GrossUp Dividend) and the Grossup Dividend to be equal to the net
yield in dollars for such fiscal year (after Federal income tax
consequences) which would have been received by such Qualified
Investor if the amount of the aggregate Nonqualifying
Distributions had been so designated. Such Grossup Dividend
shall be calculated (i) without consideration being given to the
time value of money; (ii) assuming that no Qualified Investor is
subject to the alternative minimum tax with respect to dividends
received from the Trust; and (iii) assuming that each
Nonqualifying Distribution and GrossUp Dividend (to the extent
that such Grossup Dividend is not exempt from Federal income tax)
would be taxable in the hands of each Qualified Investor at the
maximum marginal corporate Federal income tax rate in effect
during the fiscal year in question.
All such designations made by the Trust in good faith following
the end of each fiscal year of the Trust and all other determinations
made by the Trust in good faith with respect to dividends on the
shares of RP shall be binding and conclusive for all purposes of
determining the amount of Grossup Dividends required to be made under
this paragraph 3(k). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, no Grossup Dividends shall be required to be made
under this paragraph 3(k) if dividends on the shares of RP are not
excludable from the gross income of a Qualified Investor for any
reason other than as specifically provided above or if for any reason
the Trust is subsequently required to revise any such designations.
4. Redemption. Shares of RP shall be redeemable by the
Trust as provided below:
(a) To the extent permitted under the 1940 Act and
Massachusetts law, upon giving a Notice of Redemption, the Trust at
its option may redeem shares of RP, in whole or in part, on the next
succeeding scheduled Dividend Payment Date applicable to those shares
of RP called for redemption, out of funds legally available therefor,
at a redemption price equal to $100,000 per share plus an amount equal
to dividends thereon (whether or not earned or declared) accumulated
but unpaid to the date fixed for redemption plus the premium, if any,
resulting from the designation of a Premium Call Period; provided
that, no share of RP shall be subject to redemption pursuant to this
paragraph 4(a) on any Dividend Payment Date during a NonCall Period
to which it is subject. The Trust may not give a Notice of
Redemption relating to an optional redemption as described in
paragraph 4(a) unless, at the time of giving such Notice of
Redemption, the Trust has available Deposit Securities with maturity
or tender dates not later than the day preceding the applicable
redemption date and having a Discounted Value not less than the
amount due to Beneficial Owners by reason of the redemption of their
shares of RP on such redemption date.
(b) The Trust shall redeem, out of funds legally available
therefor, at a redemption price of $100,000 per share plus
accumulated but unpaid dividends (whether or not earned or declared)
to the date fixed by the Board of Trustees for redemption plus the
premium, if any, resulting from the designation of a Premium Call
Period, certain of the shares of RP to the extent permitted under the
1940 Act and Massachusetts law, if the Trust fails to maintain the RP
Basic Maintenance Amount or the 1940 Act RP Asset Coverage and such
failure is not cured on or before the RP Basic Maintenance Cure Date
or the 1940 Act Cure Date (herein referred to respectively as the
Cure Date), as the case may be. The number of shares of RP to be
redeemed shall be equal to the lesser of (i) the minimum number of
shares of RP the redemption of which, if deemed to have occurred
immediately prior to the opening of business on the Cure Date,
together with all other Preferred Shares subject to redemption or
retirement, would result in the satisfaction of the RP Basic
Maintenance Amount or the 1940 Act Asset Coverage, as the case may be,
on such Cure Date (provided that, if there is no such minimum number
of shares of RP and other Preferred Shares the redemption of which
would have such result, all shares of RP then outstanding shall be
redeemed), and (ii) the maximum number of shares of RP, together with
all other Preferred Shares subject to redemption or retirement that
can be redeemed out of funds expected to be legally available
therefor. In determining the number of shares of RP required to be
redeemed in accordance with the foregoing, the Trust shall allocate
the number required to be redeemed to satisfy the RP Basic Maintenance
Amount or the 1940 Act RP Asset Coverage, as the case may be, pro rata
among shares of RP, Other RP and other Preferred Shares subject to
redemption provisions similar to those contained in this paragraph
4(b), except as set forth in Section 12.2 of these Bylaws. The Trust
shall effect such redemption not later than 45 days after such Cure
Date, except that if the Trust does not have funds legally available
for the redemption of all of the required number of shares of RP and
other Preferred Shares which are subject to mandatory redemption or
the Trust otherwise is unable to effect such redemption on or prior
to 45 days after such Cure Date, the Trust shall redeem those shares
of RP and other Preferred Shares which it was unable to redeem on the
earliest practicable date on which it is able to effect such
redemption.
Any share of RP shall be subject to mandatory redemption
regardless of whether such share is subject to a NonCall Period
provided that shares of RP subject to a NonCall Period will only be
subject to redemption to the extent that the other shares of RP are
not available to satisfy the number of shares required to be
redeemed. In such event, such shares subject to a NonCall Period
will be selected for redemption in an ascending order of outstanding
NonCall Period (with shares with the lowest number of days remaining
in the period to be called first) and by lot in the event of equal
outstanding NonCall Periods.
(c) Subject to paragraph 4(d) of this Part I, if fewer than all
the outstanding shares of RP are to be redeemed pursuant to this
paragraph 4, the number of shares of RP so to be redeemed shall be a
whole number of shares and shall be determined by the Board of
Trustees, and the Trust shall give a Notice of Redemption as provided
in paragraph 4(e) of this Section 12.1, provided that no share of RP
will be subject to optional redemption on any Dividend Payment Date
during a NonCall Period to which it is subject and shares of RP
subject to a NonCall Period will be subject to mandatory redemption
only on the basis described under Paragraph 4(b) of this Part I.
Unless certificates representing shares of RP are held by Holders
other than the Securities Depository or its nominee, the Securities
Depository upon receipt of such notice, shall determine by lot the
number of shares of RP to be redeemed from the account of each
Agent Member (which may include an Agent Member, including a
Remarketing Agent, holding shares for its own account) and
notify the Paying Agent of such determination. The Paying
Agent, upon receipt of such notice, shall in turn determine by
lot the number of shares of RP to be redeemed from the accounts
of the Beneficial Owners of the shares of RP whose Agent Members
have been selected by the Securities Depository and give notice
of such determination to the Remarketing Agents. In doing so,
the Paying Agent may determine that shares of RP shall be
redeemed from the accounts of some Beneficial Owners, which may
include the Remarketing Agents, without shares of RP being
redeemed from the accounts of other Beneficial Owners.
(d) Notwithstanding paragraph 4(c) of this Part I, if any
certificates representing shares of RP are held by Holders other
than the Securities Depository or its nominee, then the shares
of RP to be redeemed shall be selected by the Trust by lot.
(e) Any Notice of Redemption with respect to shares of RP
shall be given (A) in the case of a redemption pursuant to
paragraph 4(a) of this Part I, by the Trust to the Paying Agent,
the Securities Depository (and any other Holder) and the
Remarketing Agents by telephone, not later than 1:00 p.m. New
York City time (and later confirmed in writing) on (i) the Settlement
Date in the case of a partial redemption of the shares of RP, (ii)
the Tender Date in the case of a redemption in whole of the shares of
RP or (iii) during a NonPayment Period, the later of the Dividend
Payment Date or the seventh day prior to the earliest date upon which
any such redemption may occur and (B) in the case of a mandatory
redemption pursuant to paragraph 4(b) of this Part I, by the Trust to
the Paying Agent, the Securities Depository (and any Holder) and the
Remarketing Agents, by telephone, not later than 1:00 p.m., New York
City time (and later confirmed in writing) on the third Business Day
preceding the redemption date established by the Board of Trustees
and specified in such notice. In the case of a partial redemption of
the shares of RP, the Paying Agent shall use its reasonable efforts
to provide telephonic notice to each Beneficial Owner of shares of RP
called for redemption not later than the close of business on the
Business Day on which the Paying Agent determines the shares to be
redeemed, as described in paragraph 4(c) of this Part I (or, if
certificates are held by persons other than the Securities
Depository, not later than the close of business on the Business Day
immediately following the day on which the Paying Agent receives a
Notice of Redemption from the Trust). Such telephonic notice shall
be confirmed in writing to the Remarketing Agents, the Securities
Depository and to each Beneficial Owner of shares of RP called for
redemption not later than the close of business on the Business Day
immediately following the day on which the Paying Agent determines the
shares to be redeemed. In the case of a redemption in whole of the
shares of RP, the Paying Agent shall use its reasonable efforts to
provide telephonic notice to each Beneficial Owner of shares of RP
called for redemption not later than the close of business on the
Business Day immediately following the day on which it receives a
Notice of Redemption from the Trust. Such telephonic notice shall be
confirmed promptly in writing to each Beneficial Owner of shares of
RP called for redemption, the Remarketing Agents and the Securities
Depository not later than the close of business on the second
Business Day following the day on which the Paying Agent receives a
Notice of Redemption.
(f) Every Notice of Redemption and other redemption notice
shall state: (i) the redemption date; (ii) the number of shares of
RP to be redeemed; (iii) the redemption price; (iv) that dividends on
the shares of RP to be redeemed shall cease to accumulate as of such
redemption date; and (v) the provision of the Declaration of Trust or
the Bylaws pursuant to which such shares are being redeemed. In
addition, notice of redemption given to a Beneficial Owner shall
state the CUSIP number, if any, of the shares of RP to be redeemed
and the manner in which the Beneficial Owners of such shares mayobtain
payment of the redemption price. No defect in the Notice of
Redemption or other redemption notice or in the transmittal or the
mailing thereof shall affect the validity of the redemption
proceedings, except as required by applicable law. The Paying Agent
shall use its reasonable efforts to cause the publication of a
redemption notice in an Authorized Newspaper within two Business Days
of the date of the Notice of Redemption, but failure so to publish
such notification shall not affect the validity or effectiveness of
any such redemption proceedings. Shares of RP the Beneficial Owners
of which shall have been given Notice of Redemption shall not be
subject to transfer outside of a Remarketing.
(g) On any redemption date, the Trust shall deposit,
irrevocably in trust, in sameday funds, with the Paying Agent, by
12:00 noon, New York City time, $100,000 for each share of RP called
for redemption plus an amount equal to dividends thereon accumulated
but unpaid to such redemption date (whether or not earned or
declared) plus the premium, if any, resulting from the designation of
a Premium Call Period.
(h) In connection with any redemption, upon the giving of a
Notice of Redemption and the deposit of the funds necessary for such
redemption with the Paying Agent in accordance with this paragraph 4,
all rights of the Holders and Beneficial Owners of shares of RP so
called for redemption shall cease and terminate, except the right of
the Holders and Beneficial Owners thereof to receive the redemption
price thereof, inclusive of an amount equal to dividends (whether or
not earned or declared) accumulated but unpaid to the redemption date
plus the premium, if any, resulting from the designation of a Premium
Call Period, but without any interest or other additional amount
(except as provided in paragraphs 3(h) and 3(k) of this Part I), and
such shares shall no longer be deemed outstanding for any purpose.
The Trust shall be entitled to receive from the Paying Agent,
promptly after the date fixed for redemption, any cash deposited with
the Paying Agent as aforesaid in excess of the sum of (i) the
aggregate redemption price of the shares of RP called for redemption
on such date and (ii) all other amounts to which Holders and
Beneficial Owners of shares of RP called for redemption may be
entitled. The Trust shall be entitled to receive, from time to time
after the date fixed for redemption, any interest on the funds so
deposited. Any funds so deposited with the Paying Agent which are
unclaimed at the end of ninety days from such redemption date shall,
to the extent permitted by law, be repaid to the Trust, after which
time the Holders and Beneficial Owners of shares of RP so called for
redemption shall look only to the Trust for payment of the redemption
price and all other amounts to which they may be entitled. If any
such unclaimed funds are repaid to the Trust, the Trust shall invest
such unclaimed funds in Deposit Securities with a maturity of no more
than one business day.
(i) To the extent that any redemption for which Notice of
Redemption has been given is not made by reason of the absence of
legally available funds therefor, such redemption shall be made as
soon as practicable to the extent such funds become available.
Failure to redeem shares of RP shall be deemed to exist at any time
after the date specified for redemption in a Notice of Redemption
when the Trust shall have failed, for any reason whatsoever, to
deposit funds with the Paying Agent pursuant to paragraph 4 (g) of
this Part I with respect to any shares for which such Notice of
Redemption has been given. Notwithstanding the fact that the Trust
may not have redeemed shares of RP for which a Notice of Redemption
has been given, dividends may be declared and paid on shares of RP
and shall include those shares of RP for which a Notice of
Redemption has been given.
(j) Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this
paragraph 4, the Remarketing Agents may, in their sole discretion,
modify the procedures set forth above with respect to notification of
redemption, provided that, any such modification does not adversely
affect any Holder or any Beneficial Owner of shares of RP or
materially alter the obligations of the Paying Agent; and further
provided that, the Trust receives written confirmation from S&P that
any such modification would not impair the ratings then assigned by
S&P to shares of RP.
(k) In effecting any redemption pursuant to this paragraph
4, the Trust shall use all reasonable efforts to satisfy all
applicable procedural conditions precedent to effecting such
redemption under the 1940 Act and Massachusetts law.
(l) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) no share of RP may be
redeemed pursuant to paragraph 4(a) of this Part I unless the full
amount of accumulated but unpaid dividends to the date fixed for
redemption for each such share of RP called for redemption shall have
been declared, and (ii) no share of RP may be redeemed unless all
outstanding shares of RP are simultaneously redeemed, nor may any
shares of RP be purchased or otherwise acquired by the Trust except
in accordance with a purchase offer made on substantially equivalent
terms by the Trust for all outstanding shares of RP, unless, in each
such instance, dividends on all outstanding shares of RP through the
end of their most recently ended Dividend Period (or, if such
transaction is on a Dividend Payment Date, through the Dividend
Period ending on the day prior to such Dividend Payment Date) shall
have been paid or declared and sufficient funds for the payment
thereof deposited with the Paying Agent.
(m) Except as set forth in this paragraph 4 with respect to
redemptions and subject to paragraph 4(l) hereof, nothing contained
herein shall limit any legal right of the Trust or any affiliate to
purchase or otherwise acquire any share of RP at any price. Any
shares of RP which have been redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired
by the Trust or any affiliate thereof may be resold. In lieu of
redeeming shares called for redemption, the Trust shall have the
right to arrange for other purchasers to purchase from Beneficial
Owners all shares of RP to be redeemed pursuant to this paragraph 4,
except those shares of RP to be redeemed pursuant to paragraph 4(b)
hereof, by their paying to such Beneficial Owners on or before the
close of business on the redemption date an amount equal to not less
than the redemption price payable by the Trust on the redemption of
such shares, and the obligation of the Trust to pay such redemption
price shall be satisfied and discharged to the extent such payment is
so made by such purchasers. Prior to the purchase of such shares by
such purchasers, the Trust shall notify each purchaser that such
shares have been called for redemption.
5. Liquidation. (a) Upon a liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of the affairs of the Trust, whether voluntary or
involuntary, the Holders shall be entitled, whether from capital or
surplus, before any assets of the Trust shall be distributed among or
paid over to holders of Common Shares or any other class or series of
shares of the Trust ranking junior to the RP as to liquidation
payments, to be paid the amount of $100,000 per share of RP, plus an
amount equal to all accumulated but unpaid dividends thereon (whether
or not earned or declared) plus the premium, if any, resulting from
the designation of a Premium Call Period to but excluding the date of
final distribution in sameday funds. After any such payment, the
Holders and Beneficial Owners shall not be entitled to any further
participation in any distribution of assets of the Trust.
(b) If, upon any such liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the Trust, the assets of the Trust shall be insufficient to make such
full payments to the Holders and the holders of any Preferred Shares
ranking as to liquidation, dissolution or winding up on a parity with
the RP (including the Other RP), then such assets shall be
distributed among the Holders and such parity holders ratably in
accordance with the respective amounts which would be payable on such
shares of RP and any other such Preferred Shares if all amounts
thereof were paid in full.
(c) Neither the consolidation nor the merger of the Trust with
or into any corporation or corporations nor a reorganization of the
Trust alone nor the sale, lease or transfer by the Trust of all or
substantially all of its assets shall be deemed to be a dissolution
or liquidation of the Trust.
6. Voting Rights. (a) General. Except as otherwise provided
in the Declaration of Trust or Bylaws, each Holder of shares of RP
and each record holder of Common Shares shall be entitled to one vote
for each share held on each matter submitted to a vote of
shareholders of the Trust, and the holders of outstanding Preferred
Shares, including RP, and of Common Shares shall vote together as a
single class; provided that, at any meeting of the shareholders of
the Trust held for the election of trustees, the holders of Preferred
Shares, including RP, represented in person or by proxy at said
meeting, shall be entitled, as a class, to the exclusion of the
holders of all other securities and classes of capital shares of the
Trust, to elect two trustees of the Trust, each Preferred Share,
including RP, entitling the holder thereof to one vote. Subject to
paragraph 6(b) hereof, the holders of outstanding Common Shares and
Preferred Shares, including RP, voting as a single class, shall elect
the balance of the trustees.
(b) Right to Elect Majority of Board of Trustees. During any
period in which any one or more of the conditions described below
shall exist (such period being referred to herein as a Voting
Period), the number of trustees constituting the Board of Trustees
shall be automatically increased by the smallest number that, when
added to the two trustees elected exclusively by the holders of
Preferred Shares, would constitute a majority of the Board of
Trustees as so increased by such smallest number; and the holders of
Preferred Shares shall be entitled, voting as a class on a
onevotepershare basis (to the exclusion of the holders of all other
securities and classes of capital shares of the Trust), to elect such
smallest number of additional trustees, together with the two
trustees that such holders are in any event entitled to elect. A
Voting Period shall commence: (i) if at the close of business on any
Dividend Payment Date accumulated dividends (whether or not earned or
declared, and whether or not funds are then legally available in an
amount sufficient therefor) on the outstanding shares of RP equal to
at least two full years dividends shall be due and unpaid and
sufficient cash or specified securities shall not have been deposited
with the Paying Agent for the payment of such accumulated
dividends; or (ii) if at any time holders of any other Preferred
Shares are entitled to elect a majority of the trustees of the Trust.
Upon the termination of a Voting Period, the voting rights described
in this paragraph 6(b) shall cease, subject always, however, to the
revesting of such voting rights in the Holders upon the further
occurrence of any of the events described in this paragraph 6(b).
(c) Other Actions. So long as any shares of RP are
outstanding, the Trust shall not, without the affirmative vote or
consent of the Holders of at least a majority of the shares of RP
outstanding at the time, in person or by proxy, either in writing or
at a meeting (voting separately as one class): (a) authorize, create
or issue or increase or decrease the authorized or issued amount of,
any class or series of stock ranking prior to or on a parity with the
RP with respect to payment of dividends or the distribution of assets
on liquidation (other than the Serial RP and the Other RP issued on
the Date of Original Issue), or increase or decrease the authorized
amount of RP; (b) amend, alter or repeal the provisions of the
Declaration of Trust and the Bylaws, including this Section 12.1,
whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, so as to affect
materially and adversely any preference, right or power of such
shares of RP or the Holders thereof; or (c) take any other action
which pursuant to Section 18(a)(2)(D) of the 1940 Act requires
approval by the Holders of a majority of the shares of RP outstanding
at the time; provided that, the issuance of not more than the 4,000
Preferred Shares presently authorized by this Section 12.1 and the
creation and issuance of the Serial RP, and of series of Preferred
Shares ranking junior to the RP with respect to payment of dividends
and the distribution of assets on liquidation, will not be deemed to
affect such preferences, rights or powers unless such issuance would
at the time thereof, cause the Trust not to satisfy the 1940 Act RP
Asset Coverage or the RP Basic Maintenance Amount. To the extent
permitted under the 1940 Act, the Trust shall not take any action
(including but not limited to those set forth above in clauses (a)
and (b) of this paragraph 6(c)) which may adversely affect the rights
of a Holder of shares of a series of RP differently than a Holder of
shares of another series of RP without the affirmative vote or
consent of the Holders of at least a majority of the shares of RP of
such potentially affected series outstanding at the time, in person
or by proxy, either in writing or at a meeting (voting separately as
a class). To the extent that such an action may affect the rights of
Holders of shares of series of RP in a substantially similar manner,
the Holders of shares of such series shall vote together as one
class. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as any shares of RP
are outstanding, the Trust shall not take any action described in
Sections 4, 5 or 6 of Article IX of the Declaration of Trust or amend
the provisions of Section 1 of Article IV, Sections 4, 5 or 6 of
Article IX or the first sentence of Section 9 of Article IX of the
Declaration of Trust, without the affirmative vote or consent of the
Holders of at least twothirds (or a majority if permitted by Sections
4, 5 or 6 of Article IX of the Declaration of Trust) of the shares of
RP and of twothirds (or a majority if permitted by Sections 4, 5 or 6
of Article IX of the Declaration of Trust) of the Common Shares
outstanding at the time, in person or by proxy, either in writing or
at a meeting (each voting separately as a class).
The foregoing voting provisions shall not apply with respect to
shares of RP if, at or prior to the time when a vote is required,
such shares of RP shall have been (i) redeemed or (ii) called for
redemption and sufficient funds shall have been deposited in trust to
effect such redemption.
The Board of Trustees may without the vote or consent of the
Holders of RP from time to time amend, alter or repeal any or all of
the definitions of the terms listed below, and any such amendment,
alteration or repeal will not be deemed to affect the preferences,
rights or powers of shares of RP or the Holders thereof, provided the
Board of Trustees receives written confirmation from Moodys and S&P
that any such amendment, alteration or repeal would not impair the
ratings then assigned by Moodys and S&P to shares of RP:
Deposit Securities 1940 Act RP Asset Coverage
Discounted Value Quarterly Valuation Date
Dividend Coverage Amount RP Basic Maintenance Amount
Dividend Coverage Assets RP Basic Maintenance Cure Date
Market Value RP Basic Maintenance Report
Minimum Liquidity Level S&P Discount Factor
Moodys Discount Factor S&P Eligible Asset
Moodys Eligible Asset S&P Exposure Period
Moodys Exposure Period Valuation Date
1940 Act Cure Date
(d) Voting Procedures. (i) As soon as practicable after the
accrual of any right of the holders of shares of Preferred Shares to
elect additional trustees as described in paragraph 6(b) above, the
Trust shall notify the Paying Agent and the Paying Agent shall call a
special meeting of such holders, by mailing a notice of such special
meeting to such holders, such meeting to be held not less than 10 nor
more than 20 days after the date of mailing of such notice. If the
Trust fails to send such notice to the Paying Agent or if the Paying
Agent does not call such a special meeting, it may be called by any
such holder on like notice. The record date for determining the
holders entitled to notice of and to vote at such special meeting
shall be the close of business on the fifth Business Day preceding the
day on which such notice is mailed. At any such special meeting and
at each meeting held during a Voting Period, such holders, voting
together as a class (to the exclusion of the holders of all other
securities and classes of capital shares of the Trust), shall be
entitled to elect the number of trustees prescribed in paragraph 6
(b) above on a onevotepershare basis. At any such meeting or
adjournment thereof in the absence of a quorum, a majority of such
holders present in person or by proxy shall have the power to adjourn
the meeting without notice, other than an announcement at the
meeting, until a quorum is present.
(ii) For purposes of determining any rights of the Holders
to vote on any matter whether such right is created by this
Section 12.2, by the other provisions of the Declaration of
Trust and the Bylaws, by statute or otherwise, no Holder shall
be entitled to vote and no share of RP shall be deemed to be
outstanding for the purpose of voting or determining the number
of shares required to constitute a quorum if, prior to or
concurrently with the time of determination of shares entitled
to vote or shares deemed outstanding for quorum purposes, as the
case may be, sufficient funds for the redemption of such shares
have been deposited in trust with the Paying Agent for that
purpose and the requisite Notice of Redemption with respect to
such shares shall have been given as provided in paragraph 4 of
this Part I. No share of RP held by the Trust or any affiliate
of the Trust shall have any voting rights or be deemed to be
outstanding for voting purposes.
(iii) The terms of office of all persons who are trustees of
the Trust at the time of a special meeting of Holders and holders of
other Preferred Shares to elect trustees shall continue,
notwithstanding the election at such meeting by the Holders and such
other holders of the number of trustees that they are entitled to
elect, and the persons so elected by the Holders and such other
holders, together with the two incumbent trustees elected by the
Holders and such other holders of Preferred Shares and the remaining
incumbent trustees elected by the holders of the Common Shares and
Preferred Shares, shall constitute the duly elected trustees of the
Trust.
(iv) Simultaneously with the expiration of a Voting Period, the
terms of office of the additional trustees elected by the Holders and
holders of other Preferred Shares pursuant to paragraph 6(b) above
shall terminate, the remaining trustees shall constitute the trustees
of the Trust and the voting rights of the Holders and such other
holders to elect additional trustees pursuant to paragraph 6(b) above
shall cease, subject to the provisions of the last sentence of
paragraph 6(b)(ii).
(e) Exclusive Remedy. Unless otherwise required by law, the
Holders of shares of RP shall not have any relative rights or
preferences or other special rights other than those specifically set
forth herein. The Holders of shares
of RP shall have no preemptive rights or rights to cumulative voting.
In the event that the Trust fails to pay any dividends on the shares
of RP, the exclusive remedy of the Holders shall be the right to vote
for trustees pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph 6. In no
event shall the Holders of shares of RP have any right to sue for, or
bring a proceeding with respect to, such dividends or redemptions or
damages for the failure to receive the same.
(f) Notification to S&P. In the event a vote of Holders of RP
is required pursuant to the provisions of Section 13(a) of the 1940
Act, the Trust shall, not later than ten business days prior to the
date on which such vote is to be taken, notify S&P that such vote is
to be taken and the nature of the action with respect to which such
vote is to be taken.
7. 1940 Act RP Asset Coverage. The Trust shall maintain, as of the
last Business Day of each month in which any share of RP is
outstanding, the 1940 Act RP Asset Coverage.
8. RP Basic Maintenance Amount. (a) The Trust shall maintain, on
each Valuation Date, and shall verify to its satisfaction that it is
maintaining on such Valuation Date,
(i) S&P Eligible Assets having an aggregate Discounted Value equal to
or greater than the RP Basic Maintenance Amount and
(ii) Moodys Eligible Assets having an aggregate Discounted Value
equal to or greater than the RP Basic Maintenance Amount. Upon
any failure to maintain the required Discounted Value, the Trust
will use its best efforts to alter the composition of its
portfolio to reattain the RP Basic, Maintenance Amount on or
prior to the RP Basic Maintenance Cure Date.
(b) The Trust will deliver an RP Basic Maintenance Report
to the Remarketing Agents, the Paying Agent, Moodys and S&P as
of (i) the fifteenth day of each month (or, if such day is not a
Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day) and (ii) the
last Business Day of each month, in each case on or before 5:00
p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day after such
day.
(c) On or before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the
third Business Day after a Valuation Date on which the Trust
fails to satisfy the RP Basic Maintenance Amount, the Trust
shall complete and deliver to the Remarketing Agents, the Paying
Agent, Moodys and S&P an RP Basic Maintenance Report as of the
date of such failure.
(d) On or before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the
third Business Day after a Valuation Date on which the Trust
cures any failure to satisfy the RP Basic Maintenance Amount,
the Trust shall complete and deliver to the Remarketing
Agents, the Paying Agent, Moodys and S&P an RP Basic
Maintenance Report as of the date of such cure.
(e) An RP Basic Maintenance Report or an Accountants
Confirmation will be deemed to have been delivered to the Remarketing
Agents, the Paying Agent, Moodys and S&P if the Remarketing Agents,
the Paying Agent, Moodys and S&P receive a copy or telecopy, telex or
other electronic transcription thereof and on the same day the Trust
mails to the Remarketing Agents, the Paying Agent, Moodys and S&P
for delivery on the next Business Day the full RP Basic Maintenance
Report. A failure by the Trust to deliver an RP Basic Maintenance
Report under subparagraph (b), (c) or (d) of this paragraph 8 shall
be deemed to be delivery of an RP Basic Maintenance Report indicating
that the Discounted Value for all assets of the Trust is less than
the RP Basic Maintenance Amount, as of the relevant Valuation Date.
(f) Within ten Business Days after the date of delivery to the
Remarketing Agents, the Paying Agent, S&P and Moodys of an RP Basic
Maintenance Report in accordance with paragraph 8(b) above relating
to a Quarterly Valuation Date, the Independent Accountant will
confirm in writing to the Remarketing Agents, the Paying Agent, S&P
and Moodys (i) the mathematical accuracy of the calculations
reflected in such Report (and in any other RP Basic Maintenance
Report, randomly selected by the Independent Accountant, that was
delivered by the Trust during the quarter ending on such Quarterly
Valuation Date); (ii) that, in such Report (and in such randomly
selected Report), (a) the Trust determined in accordance with this
Section 12.1 whether the Trust had, at such Quarterly Valuation Date
(and at the Valuation Date addressed in such randomly selected
Report), S&P Eligible Assets of an aggregate Discounted Value at
least equal to the RP Basic Maintenance Amount and Moodys Eligible
Assets of an aggregate Discounted Value at least equal to the RP
Basic Maintenance Amount, (b) the aggregate amount of Deposit
Securities equals the Dividend Coverage Amount, and (c) the Market
Value of portfolio securities as determined by the Pricing Service
equals the mean between the quoted bid and asked price or the yield
equivalent (when quotations are readily available); and (iii) the
accuracy of the description of Eligible Assets as stated in the RP
Basic Maintenance Report (such confirmation is herein called the
Accountants Confirmation).
(g) Within ten Business Days after the date of delivery to the
Remarketing Agents, the Paying Agent, S&P and Moodys of an RP Basic
Maintenance Report in accordance with paragraph 8(c) above relating
to any Valuation Date on which the Trust failed to satisfy the RP
Basic Maintenance Amount, the Independent Accountant will provide to
the Remarketing Agents, the Paying Agent, S&P and Moodys an
Accountants Confirmation as to such RP Basic Maintenance Report.
(h) Within ten Business Days after the date of delivery to the
Remarketing Agents, the Paying Agent, S&P and Moodys of an RP Basic
Maintenance Report in accordance with paragraph 8(d) above relating
to any Valuation Date on which the Trust cured any failure to satisfy
the RP Basic Maintenance Amount, the Independent Accountant will
provide to the Remarketing Agents, the Paying Agent, S&P and Moodys
an Accountants Confirmation as to such RP Basic Maintenance Report.
(i) If any Accountants Confirmation delivered pursuant to
subparagraph (f), (g) or (h) of this paragraph 8 shows that an error
was made in the RP Basic Maintenance Report for a particular
Valuation Date for which such Accountants Confirmation was required
to be delivered, or shows that a lower aggregate Discounted Value for
the aggregate of all S&P Eligible Assets or Moodys Eligible Assets,
as the case may be, of the Trust was determined by the Independent
Accountant, the calculation or determination made by such Independent
Accountant shall be final and conclusive and shall be binding on the
Trust, and the Trust shall accordingly amend and deliver the RP Basic
Maintenance Report to the Remarketing Agents, the Paying Agent, S&P
and Moodys promptly following receipt by the Trust of such
Accountants Confirmation.
(j) On or before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the first
Business Day after the Date of Original Issue of the shares of RP,
the Trust will complete and deliver to Moodys and S&P an RP Basic
Maintenance Report as of the close of business on such Date of
Original Issue. Within five Business Days of such Date of Original
Issue, the Independent Accountant will provide to Moodys and S&P an
Accountants Confirmation as to such RP Basic Maintenance Report.
9. Minimum Liquidity Level. The Trust shall be required to
have, as of each Valuation Date, Dividend Coverage Assets with
respect to each share of RP having a Discounted Value not less than
the Dividend Coverage Amount with respect to such share.
10. Restrictions on Certain Distributions. For so long as any
share of RP is outstanding, (A) the Trust shall not declare, pay or
set apart for payment any dividend or other distribution (other than
a dividend or distribution paid in shares of, or options, warrants or
rights to subscribe for or purchase, Common Shares or other shares, if
any, ranking junior to or on a parity with the shares of RP as to
dividends and upon liquidation) in respect of the Common Shares, RP
or any other shares of the Trust ranking junior to or on a parity with
the shares of RP as to dividends or upon liquidation, or call for
redemption, redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration
any Common Shares or any other such junior shares (except by
conversion into or exchange for shares of the Trust ranking junior to
the shares of RP as to dividends and upon liquidation), unless (i)
full cumulative dividends on shares of RP and Other RP through their
most recently ended respective Dividend Periods (or, if such
transaction is on a Dividend Payment Date, through the Dividend
Period ending on the day prior to such Dividend Payment Date) shall
have been paid or shall have been declared and sufficient funds for
the payment thereof deposited with the Paying Agent and (ii) the
Trust has redeemed the full number of shares of RP and Other RP
required to be redeemed by any provision for mandatory redemption
pertaining thereto, and (B) the Trust will not declare, pay or set
apart for payment any dividend or other distribution (other than a
dividend or distribution paid in shares of, or options, warrants or
rights to subscribe for or purchase, Common Shares or other shares, if
any, ranking junior to shares of RP as to dividends and upon
liquidation) in respect of Common Shares or any other shares of the
Trust ranking junior to or on a parity with shares of RP as to
dividends or upon liquidation, or call for redemption, redeem,
purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any Common Shares or
any other such junior shares (except by conversion into or exchange
for shares of the Trust ranking junior to shares of RP as to
dividends and upon liquidation), unless immediately after such
transaction the Discounted Value of the Trusts portfolio would at
least equal the RP Basic Maintenance Amount.
11. Notice. All notices or communications, unless otherwise
specified in these Bylaws, shall be sufficiently given if in writing
and delivered in person or mailed by firstclass mail, postage prepaid.
Notice shall be deemed given on the earlier of the date received or
the date seven days after which such notice is mailed.
12. Exchange Provisions. (a) Upon the authorization of the
Board of Trustees based on (i) the receipt by the Trust of a ruling
from the Service to the effect that the payment of dividends on the
shares of Serial RP would not jeopardize the Trusts status as a
regulated investment company or
(ii) an opinion of legal counsel in form and substance satisfactory
to the Board of Trustees to the effect that the payment of dividends
on the shares of Serial RP would not jeopardize the Trusts status as
a regulated investment company and the affirmative vote or consent of
the Holders of at least a majority of the shares of each series of RP
outstanding at the time, in person or by proxy, either in writing or
at a meeting (each such series voting separately as a class) (in
either case, an Exchange Event), then, on the first Dividend Payment
Date for the RP which is at least 45 days after the occurrence of an
Exchange Event and as of
which the conditions described below have been satisfied (the
Exchange Date), the RP will be exchanged on a shareforshare basis for
Serial RP. Shares of RP will not be exchanged for shares of Serial
RP unless each of Moodys and S&P shall have provided on the Exchange
Date a rating on the Serial RP equivalent to the thencurrent rating
provided by such rating agency on the RP; provided that, if Moodys or
S&P shall not make such rating available, such exchange will take
place if (i) a Substitute Rating Agency or Agencies shall have
provided a rating equivalent to such thencurrent rating or ratings on
the Exchange Date and (ii) all shares of RP subject to such exchange
that were tendered (or deemed tendered) on the Tender Date preceding
such Exchange Date shall have been remarketed by the Remarketing
Agents on the related Dividend Reset Date at a price of $100,000 per
share. Holders of outstanding shares of RP will receive one share of
Serial RP for each share of RP held and exchanged by them on the
Exchange Date therefor.
(b) The Trust will cause the publication of an exchange notice
in an Authorized Newspaper, and cause the Paying Agent to mail an
exchange notice to each Holder of RP, not less than 10 nor more than
3 0 days prior to the Exchange Date therefor. Such notice will
state: (i) the Exchange Date, (ii) that on such Exchange Date all
shares of RP will be exchanged automatically, and without any action
or choice on the part of the Holders thereof, on a shareforshare
basis for shares of Serial RP, (iii) that the Initial Dividend Period
for the Serial RP issuable in exchange for the shares of RP will be a
28day Dividend Period commencing on such Exchange Date, (iv) that
dividends on shares of RP will cease to accumulate on such Exchange
Date and (v) whether the Serial RP will be rated by Moodys and S&P or
by a Substitute Rating Agency or Substitute Rating Agencies.
(c) On the Exchange Date, shares of RP will cease to accumulate
dividends, will no longer be deemed outstanding, the rights of the
Holders of such shares (except the right to receive shares of Serial
RP, accumulated but unpaid dividends on their shares of RP to but
excluding the Exchange Date and any payments required by paragraphs
3(h) and 3(k) of Part I) will cease, and the person or persons
entitled to receive the Serial RP upon the exchange will be treated
for all purposes as the holder or holders of such Serial RP.
13. Certain Other Restrictions. For so long as any shares
of RP are outstanding,
(a) the Trust will not, unless it has received written
confirmation from Moodys and S&P that any such action would not
impair the ratings then assigned by Moodys and S&P to shares of RP
engage in any one or more of the following transactions:
(i) borrow money if the RP Basic Maintenance Amount
would not be satisfied after giving effect to such
borrowing; or
(ii) borrow, in the aggregate, money in excess of the
lesser of $10,000,000 or the product of the number of
shares of RP and Other RP outstanding multiplied by
$10,000 or 10% of the total assets of the Trust; or
(iii) borrow any money except for the purpose of
clearing portfolio transactions; or
(iv) lend portfolio securities;
(b) the Trust shall not buy or sell futures contracts or
write put or call options except in accordance with the
guidelines established and revised, from time to time, by each
of Moodys and S&P; and
(c) For purposes of Moodys and S&P rating of the shares of
RP, the Trust shall give to Moodys and S&P prompt written notice
of: (i) any material change to the Declaration of Trust or
Article XII of the Bylaws; (ii) any failure to declare or pay
any dividend on the shares of RP; (iii) any mandatory or
optional redemption of the shares of RP (iv) any assumption of
control of the Board of Trustees by the Holders of shares of RP
pursuant to Section 6(b); (v) in the event the Trust shall not
be a party to a pricing services agreement and dealer quotes on
assets are not available; (vi) in the event that the Applicable
Dividend Rate equals or exceeds 95% of AA Composite Commercial Paper
Rate; (vii) a change in dividend period; (viii) any person owning
more than 5% of Trusts Common Shares; (ix) a change in Internal
Revenue Service rules on Grossup Dividends relating to the operation
of the Trust; and (x) a change in pricing service.
PART II. REMARKETING
PROCEDURES
1. Remarketing Schedule. Each Remarketing shall take place
over a threeday period consisting of the Tender Date, the Dividend
Reset Date and the Settlement Date. Such dates or the method of
establishing such dates shall be determined by the Board of Trustees
from time to time.
2. Procedure for Tendering. (a) Each share of RP is subject to
Tender and Dividend Reset at the end of each Dividend Period and may
be tendered in the Remarketing which commences on the Tender Date
immediately prior to the end of the current Dividend Period. By
12:00 noon, New York City time, on each such Tender Date, the
Remarketing Agents shall, after canvassing the market and considering
prevailing market conditions at the time for shares of RP and similar
securities, provide Beneficial Owners nonbinding indications of the
Applicable Dividend Rate for the next succeeding Dividend Period or,
if applicable, a Special Dividend Period; provided that, if the Board
of Trustees has designated the next Dividend Period as a Special
Dividend Period, the Remarketing Agents will provide to Beneficial
Owners a nonbinding indication only of the Applicable Dividend Rate
for such Special Dividend Period. The actual Applicable Dividend
Rate for such Dividend Period may be greater than or less than the
rate per annum indicated in such nonbinding indications (but not
greater than the applicable Maximum Dividend Rate). By 1:00 p.m.,
New York City time, on such Tender Date, each Beneficial Owner of
shares of RP must notify a Remarketing Agent of its desire, on a
sharebyshare basis, either to tender such share of RP at a price of
$100,000 per share or to continue to hold such share for the next
Dividend Period or, if applicable, to accept a designated Special
Dividend Period. Any notice given to a Remarketing Agent to tender
or hold shares for a particular Dividend Period shall be irrevocable
and shall not be conditioned upon the level at which the Applicable
Dividend Rate is established. Any such notice may not be waived by
the Remarketing Agents, except that prior to 4:00 p.m., New York City
time, on a Dividend Reset Date, a Remarketing Agent may, in its sole
discretion, (i) at the request of a Beneficial Owner that has
tendered one or more shares to such Remarketing Agent, waive such
Beneficial Owners tender, and thereby enable such Beneficial Owner to
continue to hold the share or shares for the next Dividend Period or,
if applicable, a designated Special Dividend Period, as agreed to by
such Beneficial Owner and such Remarketing Agent at such time, so
long as such tendering Beneficial Owner has indicated to such
Remarketing Agent that it would accept the new Applicable Dividend
Rate for such Dividend Period, such waiver to be contingent upon the
Remarketing Agents ability to remarket all shares of RP tendered in
such Remarketing, and (ii) at the request of a Beneficial Owner that
has elected to hold one or more of its shares of RP, waive such
Beneficial Owners election with respect thereto.
(b) The right of each Beneficial Owner to tender shares of RP in
a Remarketing shall be limited to the extent that (i) the Remarketing
Agents conduct a Remarketing pursuant to the terms of the Remarketing
Agreement, (ii) shares tendered have not been called for redemption
and (iii) the Remarketing Agents are able to find a purchaser or
purchasers for tendered shares of RP at an Applicable Dividend Rate
for the next applicable Dividend Period that is not in excess of the
Maximum Dividend Rate for such Dividend Period.
3. Determination of Applicable Dividend Rates. (a) Between
1:00 p.m., New York City time, on each Tender Date and 4:00 p.m., New
York City time, on the succeeding Dividend Reset Date, the Remarketing
Agents shall determine the Applicable Dividend Rate to the nearest
onethousandth (0.001) of one percent per annum for the next Dividend
Period, or, if designated, Special Dividend Period. The Applicable
Dividend Rate for each such Dividend Period, except as otherwise
required herein, shall be the dividend rate per annum which the
Remarketing Agents determine, in their sole judgment, to be the
lowest rate that will enable them to remarket on behalf of the
Beneficial Owners thereof all shares of RP subject to Tender and
Dividend Reset in such Remarketing and tendered to them on such
Tender Date at a price of $100,000 per share.
(b) If no Applicable Dividend Rate shall have been established
on a Dividend Reset Date in a Remarketing for the next Dividend
Period, or Special Dividend Period, if any, for any reason (other than
because there are no Remarketing Agents, the Remarketing Agents are
not required to conduct a Remarketing pursuant to the terms of the
Remarketing Agreement or the Remarketing Agents are unable to remarket
on the Dividend Reset Date all shares of RP tendered (or deemed
tendered) to them at a price of $100,000 per share), then the
Remarketing Agents, in their sole discretion, shall, if necessary and
except during a NonPayment Period, after taking into account market
conditions as reflected in the prevailing yields on fixed and
variable rate taxable and taxexempt debt securities and the
prevailing dividend yields of fixed and variable rate preferred
stock, determine the Applicable Dividend Rate that would be the rate
per annum that would be the initial dividend rate fixed in an
offering on such Dividend Reset Date, assuming in each case a
comparable dividend period, issuer and security. If there is no
Remarketing because there are no Remarketing Agents or the Remarketing
Agents are not required to conduct a Remarketing pursuant to the
Remarketing Agreement or if the Remarketing Agents are unable to
remarket on the Dividend Reset Date all shares of RP tendered (or
deemed tendered) to them at a price of $100,000 per share, then,
except during a NonPayment Period, the Applicable Dividend Rate for
the subsequent Dividend Period and for each subsequent Dividend
Period for which no Remarketing takes place because of the foregoing
shall be the applicable Maximum Dividend Rate for a 28day Dividend
Period (in the case of Series A and B shares of RP) or for a 7day
Dividend Period (in the case of Series C shares of RP) and the next
succeeding Dividend Period shall be a 28day Dividend Period (in the
case of Series A and B shares of RP) and a 7day Dividend Period (in
the case of Series C shares of RP) .
(c) In determining such Applicable Dividend Rate, the
Remarketing Agents shall, after taking into account market conditions
as reflected in the prevailing yields on fixed and variable rate
taxable and taxexempt debt securities and the prevailing dividend
yields of fixed and variable rate preferred stock determined for the
purpose of providing nonbinding indications of the Applicable
Dividend Rate to Beneficial Owners and potential purchasers of shares
of RP, (i) consider the number of shares of RP tendered and the number
of shares of RP potential purchasers are willing to purchase and (ii)
contact by telephone or otherwise current and potential Beneficial
Owners of shares of RP subject to Tender and Dividend Reset to
ascertain the dividend rates at which they would be willing to
hold shares of RP.
(d) The Applicable Dividend Rate shall be determined as
aforesaid by the Remarketing Agents in their sole discretion
(except as otherwise provided in this Section 12.1 with respect
to an Applicable Dividend Rate that shall be the NonPayment
Period Rate or the Maximum Dividend Rate) and shall be
conclusive and binding on Holders and Beneficial Owners.
(e) Except during a NonPayment Period, the Applicable
Dividend Rate for any Dividend Period shall not be more than
the applicable Maximum Dividend Rate.
4. Allocation of Shares; Failure to Remarket at $100.000
Per Share. (a) If the Remarketing Agents are unable to remarket
by 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on a Dividend Reset Date all
shares of RP tendered to them in the related Remarketing at a
price of $100,000 per share, (i) each Beneficial Owner that
tendered or was deemed to have tendered shares of RP for sale
shall sell a number of shares of RP on a pro rata basis, to the
extent practicable, or by lot, as determined by the Remarketing
Agents in their sole discretion, based on the number of orders
to purchase shares of RP in such Remarketing, and (ii) the
Applicable Dividend Rate for the next Dividend Period, which
shall be a 28day Dividend Period (in the case of Series A and B
shares of RP) or a 7day Dividend Period (in the case of Series C
shares of RP), shall be the Maximum Dividend Rate for such 28day
Dividend Period or 7day Dividend Period, as the case may be.
(b) If the allocation procedures described above would result in
the sale of a fraction of a share of RP, the Remarketing Agents
shall, in their sole discretion, round up or down the number of shares
of RP sold by each Beneficial Owner on the applicable Dividend Reset
Date so that each share sold by a Beneficial Owner shall be a whole
share of RP, and the total number of shares sold equals the total
number of shares purchased on such Dividend Reset Date.
5. Notification of Results; Settlement. (a) By telephone at
approximately 4:30 p.m., New York City time, on each Dividend Reset
Date, the Remarketing Agents shall advise each Beneficial Owner of
tendered shares and each purchaser thereof (or the Agent Member
thereof) (i) of the number of shares such Beneficial Owner or
purchaser is to sell or purchase and (ii) to give instructions to its
Agent Member to deliver such shares against payment therefor or to
pay the purchase price against delivery as appropriate. The
Remarketing Agents will also advise each Beneficial Owner or
Purchaser that is to continue to hold, or to purchase, shares with a
Dividend Period beginning on the Business Day following such Dividend
Reset Date of the Applicable Dividend Rate for such shares.
(b) In accordance with the Securities Depositorys normal
procedures, on the Settlement Date, the transactions described above
with respect to each share of RP shall be executed through the
Securities Depository, if the Securities Depository or its nominee
holds or is to hold the certificate relating to the shares to be
purchased, and the accounts of the respective Agent Members of the
Securities Depository shall be debited and credited and shares
delivered by book entry as necessary to effect the purchases and
sales of shares of RP in the related Remarketing. Purchasers of
shares of RP shall make payment to the Paying Agent in sameday funds
against delivery to other purchasers or their nominees of one or more
certificates representing shares of RP, or, if the Securities
Depository or its nominee holds or is to hold the certificate
relating to the shares to be purchased, through their Agent Members
in sameday funds to the Securities Depository against delivery by
book entry of shares of RP through their Agent Members. The
Securities Depository shall make payment in accordance with its
normal procedures.
(c) If any Beneficial Owner selling shares of RP in a
Remarketing fails to deliver such shares, the Agent Member of such
selling Beneficial Owner and of any other person that was to have
purchased shares of RP in such Remarketing may deliver to any such
other person a number of whole shares of RP that is less than the
number of shares that otherwise was to be purchased by such person.
In such event, the number of shares of RP to be so delivered shall be
determined by such Agent Member. Delivery of such lesser number of
shares of RP shall constitute good delivery.
(d) The Remarketing Agents, the Paying Agent and the Securities
Depository each will use its reasonable commercial efforts to meet the
timing requirements set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) above;
provided that, in the event that there is a delay in the occurrence
of any delivery or other event connected with a Remarketing, the
Remarketing Agents, the Paying Agent and the Securities Depository
each will use its reasonable commercial efforts to accommodate such
delivery in furtherance of the Remarketing.
(e) Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this
paragraph 5, the Remarketing Agents may, in their sole discretion,
modify the settlement procedures set forth above with respect to any
Remarketing, provided any such modification does not adversely affect
the Beneficial Owners or the Holders of RP or the Trust.
6. Purchase of Shares of RP by Remarketing Agents. The
Remarketing Agents may purchase for their own accounts shares of RP
in a Remarketing, provided that they purchase all tendered (or
deemed tendered) shares of RP not sold in such Remarketing to other
purchasers and that the Applicable Dividend Rate established with
respect to such shares in such Remarketing is not higher than the
Applicable Dividend Rate that would have been established if the
Remarketing Agents had not purchased such shares. Except as provided
in the previous sentence, the Remarketing Agents shall not be
obligated to purchase any shares of RP that would otherwise remain
unsold in a Remarketing. If the Remarketing Agents own any shares of
RP subject to a Remarketing immediately prior to such Remarketing and
if all other shares subject to such Remarketing and rendered for sale
by other Beneficial Owners of shares of RP have been sold in such
Remarketing, then the Remarketing Agents may sell such number of
their shares in such Remarketing as there are outstanding orders to
purchase that have not been filled by shares tendered for sale by
other Beneficial Owners. Neither the Trust, the Paying Agent nor any
of the Remarketing Agents shall be obligated in any case to provide
funds to make payment to a Beneficial Owner upon such Beneficial
Owners tender of its shares of RP in a Remarketing.
7. Applicable Dividend Rate During a NonPayment Period. So
long as a NonPayment Period shall continue, paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
and 6 of this Part II shall not be applicable to any of the Shares of
RP and the shares of RP shall not be subject to Tender and Dividend
Reset.
8. Transfers. As a condition precedent to purchasing shares of
RP in any offering, in any Remarketing or outside any Remarketing,
each purchaser of shares of RP shall be required to sign and deliver
a Master Purchasers Letter. The sufficiency of any Master Purchasers
Letter is to be determined by the Remarketing Agents in their sole
discretion. In a Master Purchasers Letter, such purchaser shall
agree, among other things, (i) unless the Trust has elected during a
NonPayment Period, to waive this requirement, to have its ownership
of such shares of RP maintained in book entry form by the Securities
Depository, for the account of a designated Agent Member which, in
turn, shall maintain records of such purchasers beneficial ownership,
(ii) to be conclusively bound by the remarketing procedures,
including the Remarketing Agents determination of the Applicable
Dividend Rate, (iii) that its notice to tender shares of RP in a
Remarketing shall constitute an irrevocable offer, except as set
forth in such Master Purchasers Letter, to sell the shares specified
in such notice and authorization to the Remarketing Agents to sell,
transfer or otherwise dispose of such shares as set forth herein and
(iv) unless the Trust shall have elected, during a NonPayment Period,
to waive this requirement, to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of
any share of RP held by it only pursuant to orders placed in a
Remarketing or to a person that has signed and delivered a Master
Purchasers Letter as providing herein, and, in the case of any
transfer other than pursuant to a Remarketing, to ensure that an Agent
Member advises a Remarketing Agent of such transfer. The Agent
Member shall be authorized and instructed to disclose to any
Remarketing Agent and/or the Paying Agent such information with
respect to such purchasers beneficial ownership as a Remarketing Agent
or the Paying Agent shall request.
9. Miscellaneous. To the extent permitted by
applicable law, the Board of Trustees of the Trust may
interpret or adjust the provisions hereof to resolve any
inconsistency or ambiguity, or to remedy any formal defect.
10. Securities Depository; Shares Certificates. (a) If
there is a Securities Depository, one certificate for all of
the shares of a series of RP shall be issued to the
Securities Depository and registered in the name of the
Securities Depository or its nominee. Any such certificate
shall bear a legend to the effect that such certificate is
issued subject to the provisions contained in this Section
12.1 and each Master Purchasers Letter. Unless the Trust
shall have elected, during a NonPayment Period, to waive
this requirement, the Trust will also issue stoptransfer
instructions to the Paying Agent for the shares of RP.
Except as provided in paragraph (b) below, the Securities Depository
or its nominee will be the Holder, and no Beneficial Owner shall
receive certificates representing its ownership interest in such
shares.
(b) If the Applicable Dividend Rate applicable to all shares of
RP shall be the NonPayment Period Rate or there is no Securities
Depository, the Trust may at its option issue one or more new
certificates with respect to such shares (without the legend referred
to in paragraph 10(a) of this Part II) registered in the names of the
Beneficial Owners or their nominees and rescind the stoptransfer
instructions referred to in paragraph 10(a) of this Part II with
respect to such shares.
Exhibit A
MASTER PURCHASERS LETTER
Relating to Securities Involving Rate Settings
Through Auctions or Remarketings
THE COMPANY A REMARKETING
AGENT THE TRUST COMPANY A
BROKERDEALER AN AGENT MEMBER
OTHER PERSONS
Dear Sirs:
1. This letter is designed to apply to auctions for publicly or
privately offered debt or equity securities (Securities) of any issuer
(Company) which are described in any final prospectus or other
offering materials relating to such Securities as the same may be
amended or supplemented (collectively, with respect to the particular
Securities concerned, the Prospectus) and which involve periodic rate,
settings through auctions (Auctions) or remarketing procedures
(Remarketings). This letter shall be for the benefit of any Company
and of any trust company, auction agent, paying agent (collectively,
trust company), remarketing agent, brokerdealer, agent member,
securities depository or other interested persons in connection with
any Securities and related Auctions or Remarketings (it being
understood that such persons may be required to execute specified
agreements and nothing herein shall alter such requirements). The
terminology used herein is intended to be general in its application
and not to exclude any Securities in respect of which (in the
Prospectus or otherwise) alternative terminology is used.
2. We may from time to time offer to purchase, purchase, offer to
sell and/or sell Securities of any Company as described in the
Prospectus relating thereto. We agree that this letter shall apply to
all such purchases, sales and offers and to Securities owned by us.
We understand that the dividend/interest rate on Securities may be
based from time to time on the results of Auctions or Remarketings as
set forth in the Prospectus.
3. We agree that any bid or sell order placed by us in an Auction or
a Remarketing shall constitute an irrevocable offer (except as
otherwise described in the Prospectus) by us to purchase or sell the
Securities subject to such bid or sell order, or such lesser amount
of Securities as we shall be required to sell or purchase as a result
of such Auction or Remarketing, at the applicable price, all as set
forth in the Prospectus, and that if we fail to place a bid or sell
order with respect to Securities owned by us with a brokerdealer on
any Auction or Remarketing date, or a brokerdealer to which we
communicate a bid or sell order fails to submit such bid or sell
order to the trust company or remarketing agent concerned, we shall
be deemed to have placed a hold order with respect to such Securities
as described in the Prospectus, except as may otherwise be described
therein. We authorize any brokerdealer that submits a bid or sell
order as our agent in Auctions or Remarketing to execute contracts
for the sale of Securities covered by such bid or sell order. We
recognize that the payment by such brokerdealer for Securities
purchased on our behalf shall not relieve us of any liability to such
brokerdealer for payment for such Securities.
4. We understand that in a Remarketing the dividend or interest rate
or rates on the Securities and the allocation of Securities tendered
for sale between dividend or interest periods of different lengths
will be based from time to time on the determinations of one or more
remarketing agents, and we agree to be conclusively bound by such
determinations. We further agree to the payment of different
dividend or interest rates to different holders of Securities
depending on the length of the dividend or interest period elected by
such holders. We agree that any notice given by us to a remarketing
agent (or to a brokerdealer for transmission to a remarketing agent)
of our desire to tender Securities in a Remarketing shall constitute
an irrevocable (except to the limited extent set forth in the
Prospectus) offer by us to sell the Securities specified in such
notice, or such lesser number of Securities as we shall be required
to sell as a result of such Remarketing, in accordance with the terms
set forth in the Prospectus, and we authorize the remarketing agent
to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of such Securities as set
forth in the Prospectus.
5. We agree that, during the applicable period as described in the
Prospectus, dispositions of Securities can be made only in the
denominations set forth in the Prospectus and we will sell, transfer
or otherwise dispose of any Securities held by us from time to time
only pursuant to a bid or sell order placed in an Auction, in a
Remarketing, to or through a brokerdealer or, when permitted in the
Prospectus, to a person that has signed and delivered to the
applicable trust company or a remarketing agent a letter substantially
in the form of this letter (or other applicable purchasers letter),
provided that in the case of all transfers other than pursuant to
Auctions or Remarketings we or our brokerdealer or our agent member
shall advise such trust company or a remarketing agent of such
transfer. We understand that a restrictive legend will be placed on
certificates representing the Securities, and stoptransfer
instructions will be issued to the transfer agent and/or registrar,
all as set forth in the Prospectus.
6. We agree that, during the applicable period as described in the
Prospectus, ownership of Securities shall be represented by one or
more global certificates registered in the name of the applicable
securities depository or its nominee, that we will not be entitled to
receive any certificate representing the Securities and that our
ownership of any Securities will be maintained in book entry form by
the securities depository for the account of our agent member, which
in turn will maintain records of our beneficial ownership. We
authorize and instruct our agent member to disclose to the applicable
trust company or remarketing agent such information concerning our
beneficial ownership of Securities as such trust company or
remarketing agent shall request.
7. We acknowledge that partial deliveries of Securities purchased
in Auctions or Remarketings may be made to us and such deliveries
shall constitute good delivery as set forth in the Prospectus.
8. This letter is not a commitment by us to purchase any
Securities.
9. This letter supersedes any priordated version of this master
purchasers letter, and supplements any prior or postdated purchasers
letter specific to particular Securities, and this letter may only be
revoked by signed writing delivered to the original recipients
thereof.
10. The descriptions of Auction or Remarketing procedures set forth
in each applicable Prospectus are incorporated by reference herein
and in the case of any conflict between this letter, any purchasers
letter specific to particular Securities and any such description,
such description shall control.
11. Any xerographic or other copy of this letter shall be deemed of
equal effect as a signed original.
12. 12. Our agent member of The Depository Trust Company currently
is .
13. Our personnel authorized to place orders with brokerdealers for
the purpose set forth in the Prospectus in Auctions or Remarketings
currently is/are , telephone number ( ) .
14. Our taxpayer identification number is .
15. In the case of each offer to purchase, purchase, offer to
sell or sale by us of Securities not registered under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the Act), we represent and agree as
follows:
A. We understand and expressly acknowledge that
the Securities have not been and will not be registered
under the Act and, accordingly, that the Securities may
not be reoffered, resold or otherwise pledged,
hypothecated or transferred unless an applicable
exemption from the registration requirements of the Act
is available.
B. We hereby confirm that any purchase of
Securities made by us will be for our own account, or
for the account of one or more parties for which we are
acting as trustee or agent with complete investment
discretion and with authority to bind such parties, and
not with view to any public resale or distribution
thereof. We and each other party for which we are
acting which will acquire Securities will be accredited
investors within the meaning of Regulation D under the
Act with respect to the Securities to be purchased by us
or such party, as the case may be, will have previously
invested in similar types of instruments and will be
able and prepared to bear the economic risk of investing
in and holding such Securities.
C. We acknowledge that prior to purchasing any
Securities we shall have received a Prospectus (or
private placement memorandum) with respect thereto and
acknowledge that we will have had access to such
financial and other information, and have been afforded
the opportunity to ask such questions or representatives
of the Company and receive answers thereto, as we deem
necessary in connection with our decision to purchase
Securities.
D. We recognize that the Company and broker
dealers will rely upon the truth and accuracy of the
foregoing investment representations and agreements and we
agree that each of our purchases of Securities now or in the
future shall be deemed to constitute our concurrence in all
of the foregoing which shall be binding on us and each party
for which we are acting as set forth in Subparagraph B
above.
Dated
(Name of Purchaser)
Mailing Address of Purchaser
By:
Printed Name:
Title:
12.2. Statement Creating One Series of Remarketed Preferred
Shares.
PART I. DESIGNATION This series of 1,750 shares of preferred
shares, without par value, liquidation preference $100,000 per share
plus accumulated but unpaid dividends, if any thereon (whether or not
earned or declared) plus the premium, if any, resulting from the
designation of a Premium Call Period, is hereby designated Remarketed
Preferred Shares, Series I and is referred to below as RP.* Each
share of RP shall be issued on a date to be determined by the Board
of Trustees of the Trust or a duly authorized committee thereof; have
an Initial Dividend Payment Date (as herein defined) to be determined
by the Board of Trustees of the Trust or a duly authorized committee
thereof; and have such other redemption provisions, preferences,
limitation and relative voting rights, in addition to those required
by applicable law or set forth in the Declaration of Trust and these
Bylaws applicable to preferred shares of the Trust, as are set forth
in Part I and Part II of this Section 12.2. Except as to Date of
Original Issue (as defined herein), dividend rates, dividend periods,
Dividend Payment Dates (as defined herein) and redemption dates, if
any, each share of RP shall be identical to every
Registered trademark of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Co. Inc. other share
of RP. The other terms of the shares of RP are as follows:
1. Definitions. Unless the context or use indicates another
or different meaning or intent, in this Section 12.2, the following
terms have the following meanings, whether used in the singular or
plural:
AA Composite Commercial Paper Rate, on any date, means (i) the
Interest Equivalent of the rate on commercial paper placed for the
number of days specified in the succeeding sentence on behalf of
issuers whose corporate bonds are rated AA by S&P and Aa by Moodys,
or the equivalent of such rating by such rating agency or by another
nationally recognized statistical rating organization, as such rate
is made available by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on a
discount basis or otherwise for the Business Day immediately preceding
such date, or (ii) if the Federal Reserve Bank of New York does not
make available such a rate, then the arithmetic average of the
Interest Equivalent of such rates on commercial paper placed on
behalf of such issuers, as quoted on a discount basis or otherwise by
the Commercial Paper Dealers to the Remarketing Agents for the close
of business on the Business Day immediately preceding such date. In
respect of any Dividend Period (or other period) of 7 or 28 days
(determined without regard to any adjustment in the remarketing
schedule in respect of non
Business Days, as provided herein), the AA Composite Commercial Paper
Rate shall be the Interest Equivalent of the 60day rate. If any
Commercial Paper Dealer does not quote a rate required to determine
the AA Composite Commercial Paper Rate, the AA Composite Commercial
Paper Rate shall be determined on the basis of the quotation or
quotations furnished by the remaining Commercial Paper Dealer or
Dealers or, if none of the Commercial Paper Dealers quotes such a
rate, by any Substitute Commercial Paper Dealer or Dealers selected
by the Trust to provide such rate or rates not being supplied by any
Commercial Paper Dealer.
Accountants Confirmation has the meaning set forth in paragraph
8(f) of this Part I.
Agent Member means a designated member of the Securities
Depository that will maintain records for a Beneficial Owner of one
or more shares of RP that has identified such Agent Member in its
Master Purchasers Letter and that will be authorized and instructed
to disclose information to any Remarketing Agent and/or the Paying
Agent with respect to such Beneficial Owner.
Applicable Dividend Rate means, with respect to the Initial
Dividend Period, the rate of dividend per annum established by the
Board of Trustees and, for each subsequent Dividend Period for each
share of RP, means the rate of dividend per annum that (i) except for
a Dividend Period commencing during a NonPayment Period will be equal
to the lower of the rate of dividend per annum that the Remarketing
Agent advises results on the Dividend Reset Date preceding the first
day of such Dividend Period from implementation of the remarketing
procedures set forth in Part II hereof and the Maximum Dividend Rate
or (ii) for each Dividend Period commencing during a NonPayment
Period, will be equal to the NonPayment Period Rate.
Applicable Percentage has the meaning set forth under Maximum
Dividend Rate below.
Authorized Newspaper means a newspaper of general circulation in
the English language generally published on Business Days in The
City of New York.
Beneficial Owner means a person that has signed a Master
Purchasers Letter and is listed as the beneficial owner of one or
more shares of RP in the records of the Paying Agent or, with respect
to any share of RP not registered in the name of the Securities
Depository on the share transfer books of the Trust, the person in
whose name such share is so registered.
Board of Trustees means the Board of Trustees of the Trust.
Business Day means a day on which the New York Stock Exchange,
Inc. is open for trading, and which is not a day on which banks in
The City of New York are authorized or obligated by law to close.
Bylaws means these Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Trust.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
from time to time.
Commercial Paper Dealers means Xxxxxxx Lynch, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx &
Xxxxx Incorporated and such other commercial paper dealer or dealers
as the Trust may from time to time appoint, or, in lieu of any
thereof, their respective affiliates or successors.
Common Shares means the common shares, without par value, of
the Trust.
Date of Original Issue means, with respect to any share of RP,
the date on which the Trust originally issues such share.
Declaration of Trust means the Amended and Restated Agreement
and Declaration of Trust dated February 3, 1989 of the Trust on file
with the Secretary of State of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Deposit Securities means cash and Municipal Securities rated at
least A1+ or SP1+ by S&P.
Discounted Value means (i) with respect to an S&P Eligible
Asset, the quotient of the Market Value thereof divided by the
applicable S&P Discount Factor and (ii) with 183rd day thereof, if
any, the 274th day thereof, if any, and the day after the last day
thereof; (ii) with respect to any Optional Dividend Period of 3 65
or more days or Special Dividend Period of 3 65 or more days, the
third Wednesday of each January, April, July and October therein
and the day after the last day thereof; and (iii) with respect to
any other Dividend Period, the day after the last day thereof;
provided that, if any such date shall not be a Business Day, the
Dividend Payment Date shall be the Business Day next succeeding
such day.
Dividend Period means, with respect to any share of RP, the
Initial Dividend Period for such share and thereafter a period which
shall commence on each (but not the final) Dividend Payment Date for
such share (which, except during a NonPayment Period, shall be a
Settlement Date for such share). Each such subsequent Dividend
Period for such share will be comprised, beginning with and including
the day upon which it commences, 7 consecutive days in the case of a
7day Dividend Period; 28 consecutive days in the case of a 28day
Dividend Period; or in the case of any Optional Dividend Period or
Special Dividend Period, such number of consecutive days as shall be
designated by the Board of Trustees in accordance with the provisions
set forth in paragraphs 3(j) and (k) of this Part I of this Section
12.2 at the time such Optional Dividend Period is made available or
the Board of Trustees designates a Special Dividend Period, as the
case may be. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any adjustment of the
remarketing schedule by the Remarketing Agents which includes an
adjustment of a Settlement Date shall lengthen or shorten Dividend
Periods by causing them always to end on and include the day before
the Settlement Date as so adjusted.
Dividend Reset Date means any date on which the Remarketing
Agents (i) determine the Applicable Dividend Rates for the ensuing
Dividend Periods, (ii) notify Holders, Purchasers, and tendering
Holders of shares of RP by telephone, telex or otherwise of the
results of the Remarketing and (iii) announce such Applicable
Dividend Rates.
Eligible Asset means S&P Eligible Asset and/or Moodys Eligible
Asset.
Grossup Dividend has the meaning set forth in paragraph
3(1) of this Part I.
Holder means, with respect to any share of RP, the person whose
name appears on the share transfer books of the Trust as the
registered holder of such share.
Independent Accountant means a nationally recognized accountant,
or firm of accountants, that is with respect to the Trust, an
independent public accountant or firm of independent public
accountants under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Initial Dividend Period means, with respect to any share of RP,
a 28day period commencing on and including the Date of Original Issue
of such share and ending on the day prior to the Initial Dividend
Payment Date.
Interest Equivalent means a yield on a 3 60day basis of a
discount basis security which is equal to the yield on an
equivalent interestbearing security.
Market Value of any asset of the Trust means the market value
thereof determined by the Pricing Service designated from time to
time by the Board of Trustees. The Market Value of any asset shall
include any interest accrued thereon. The Pricing Service shall
value portfolio securities at the mean between the quoted bid and
asked price or the yield equivalent when quotations are readily
available. Securities for which quotations are not readily available
shall be valued at fair value as determined by the pricing service
using methods which include consideration of: yields or prices of
municipal bonds of comparable quality, type of issue, coupon,
maturity and rating; indications as to value from dealers; and general
market conditions. The pricing service may employ electronic data
processing techniques and/or a matrix system to determine valuations.
Master Purchasers Letter means a letter substantially in the
form of Exhibit A to Section 12.1 of this ARTICLE 12, or such other
form as may be acceptable to the Remarketing Agents, which is
required to be executed by each purchaser of
shares of RP.
Maximum Dividend Rate for any 7day Dividend Period or
28day Dividend Period at any Dividend Reset Date shall be
the Applicable Percentage of the applicable AA Composite
Commercial Paper Rate. The Applicable Percentage on each
Dividend Reset Date shall vary with the lower of the credit
rating or ratings assigned on such date to the shares of RP
by Moodys and S&P (or if Moodys or S&P or both shall not
make such rating available, the equivalent of either or both
of such ratings by a Substitute Rating Agency or two
Substitute Rating Agencies or, in the event that only one
such rating shall be available, such rating) as follows:
Applicable Percentage
of AA Composite
Credit Ratings Commercial
Xxxxx s S&P Paper Rate
aa3 or higher AA or higher 110%
a3 to al A to A+ 125%
baa3 to baal BBB to BBB+ 150%
below baa3 Below BBB 200%
The Maximum Dividend Rate for any Special Dividend Period or any
Optional Dividend Period will be a fixed or variable rate determined
from time to time by formula or other means as designated by the
Board of Trustees in respect of such Period.
The Remarketing Agents shall round each applicable
Maximum Dividend Rate to the nearest onethousandth
(0.001) of one percent per annum, with any such number
ending in five tenthousandths (0.0005) of one
percent being rounded upwards to the nearest
onethousandth (0.001) of one percent. The
Remarketing Agents shall not round the AA Composite
Commercial Paper Rate as part of their calculation of
any Maximum Dividend Rate.
Minimum Liquidity Level has the meaning set
forth in paragraph 9 of this Part I.
Moodys means Moodys Investors Service, Inc.
or its successors.
Moodys Discount Factor means, for purposes of
determining the Discounted Value of any Moodys Eligible
Asset, the percentage determined by reference to the
rating on such asset and the shortest Moodys
Collateral Period set forth opposite such rating that
is the same length as or is longer than the Moodys
Exposure Period, in accordance with the table set
forth below:
Rating Category
Moodys Collateral Period Aaa* Aa* A* Baa*
Other**
7 weeks or less 151% 159% 168% 202%
229%
8 weeks or less but greater than seven weeks 154 164
173 205 235
9 weeks or less but greater than eight weeks 158
169 179 209 242
10 weeks or less but greater than nine weeks 161 175
186 213 250
* Moodys rating. ** Municipal Securities not rated by
Moodys but rated BBB by S&P.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Moodys Discount Factor
for shortterm Municipal Securities will be 115%, so long as such
Municipal Securities are rated at least M1G1, VMIG1 or P1 by Moodys
and mature or have a demand feature at par exercisable in 30 days or
less and (ii) no Moodys Discount Factor will be applied to cash.
Moodys Eligible Asset means cash or a Municipal Security that
(i) pays interest in cash, (ii) is publicly rated Baa or higher by
Moodys or, if not rated by Moodys but rated by S&P, is rated at
least BBB by S&P (provided that, for purposes of determining the
Moodys Discount Factor applicable to any such S&Prated Municipal
Security, such Municipal Security will be deemed to have a Moodys
rating which is one full rating category lower than its S&P rating),
(iii) does not have its Moodys rating suspended by Moodys; and (iv)
is part of an issue of Municipal Securities of at least
$10,000,000. Municipal Securities issued by any one issuer and
rated BBB by S&P may comprise no more than 4% of total Moodys
Eligible Assets; such BBB rated Municipal Securities, if any,
together with any Municipal Securities issued by the same issuer
and rated Baa by Moodys, may comprise no more than 6% of total
Moodys Eligible Assets; such BBB and Baa rated Municipal Securities,
if any, together with any Municipal Securities issued by the same
issuer and rated A by Moodys, may comprise no more than 10% of
total Moodys Eligible Assets; and such BBB, Baa and A rated
Municipal Securities, if any, together with any Municipal Securities
issued by the same issuer and rated Aa by Moodys, may comprise no
more than 20% of total Moodys Eligible Assets. Municipal
Securities issued by issuers located within a single state or
territory and rated BBB by S&P may comprise no more than 12% of
total Moodys Eligible Assets; such BBB rated Municipal Securities,
if any, together with any Municipal Securities issued by issuers
located within the same state or territory and rated Baa by Moodys,
may comprise no more than 20% of total Moodys Eligible Assets; such
BBB and Baa rated Municipal Securities, if any, together with any
Municipal Securities issued by issuers located within the same state
or territory and rated A by Moodys, may comprise no more than 40% of
total Moodys Eligible Assets; and such BBB, Baa and A rated
Municipal Securities, if any, together with any Municipal Securities
issued by issuers located within the same state or territory and
rated Aa by Moodys, may comprise no more than 60% of total Moodys
Eligible Assets. Municipal Securities that are used by the Trust
as collateral pursuant to a repurchase agreement that obligates the
Trust to repurchase such Municipal Securities will only constitute
Moodys Eligible Assets if the longterm debt of the other party to
the repurchase agreement is rated at least Aa by Moodys and such
agreement has a term of 30 days or less; such Municipal Securities
shall be valued at the Discounted Value of such Municipal
Securities. Municipal Securities acquired as collateral by the
Trust pursuant to a repurchase agreement that obligates the other
party thereto to repurchase such Municipal Securities will only
constitute a Moodys Eligible Asset if the longterm debt of such
other party is rated at least Aa by Moodys and such agreement has a
term of 30 days or less; such Municipal Securities shall be valued
at the amount of cash paid by the Trust pursuant to such
repurchase agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, an asset will not be considered a
Moodys Eligible Asset if (i) it has been irrevocably deposited by the
Trust for the payment, in full or in part, of any of (i)(A) through
(i)(F) as set forth in the definition of RP Basic Maintenance Amount
in this Section 12.2, or (ii) it is subject to any material lien,
mortgage, pledge, security interest or security agreement of any kind
(collectively, Liens), except for (a) Liens the validity of which is
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) Liens
for taxes that are not then due and payable or that can be paid
thereafter without penalty, (c) Liens to secure payment for services
rendered or cash advanced to the Trust by The Xxxxxx Management
Company, Inc., Xxxxxx Investor Services, Inc., the Paying Agent or
any Remarketing Agent and (d) any Lien by virtue of a repurchase
agreement.
Moodys Exposure Period means the period commencing on a given
Valuation Date and ending 63 days thereafter.
Municipal Securities means municipal securities as described in
the Trusts Registration Statement on Form N2 (File Nos. 3326396 and
8115740) on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as such
Registration Statement may be amended from time to time.
1940 Act means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended
from time to time.
1940 Act Cure Date, with respect to the failure by the Trust to
maintain the 1940 Act RP Asset Coverage (as required by paragraph 7 of
this Part I) as of the last Business Day of each month, means the
last Business Day of the following month.
1940 Act RP Asset Coverage means asset coverage, as defined in
section 18(h) of the 1940 Act, of at least 200% with respect to all
outstanding senior securities of the Trust which are shares,
including all outstanding shares of RP and Other RP (or such other
asset coverage as may in the future be specified in or under the 1940
Act as the minimum asset coverage for senior securities which are
shares of a closedend investment company as a condition of paying
dividends on its common stock).
NonCall Period has the meaning described under Specific
Redemption Provisions below.
NonPayment Period means any period commencing on and including
the day on which the Trust shall fail to (i) declare, prior to 12:00
noon, New York City time, on any Dividend Payment Date for shares of
RP, for payment on or (to the extent permitted below) within three
Business Days after such Dividend Payment Date to the Holders of such
shares as of 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Business Day
preceding such Dividend Payment Date, the full amount of any dividend
on such shares payable on such Dividend Payment Date or (ii) deposit,
irrevocably in trust, in sameday funds, with the Paying Agent by 12:00
noon, New York City time, (A) on or (to the extent permitted below)
within three Business Days after any Dividend Payment Date for any
shares of RP the full amount of any dividend on such shares (whether
or not earned or declared) payable on such Dividend Payment Date or
(B) on or (to the extent permitted below) within three Business Days
after any redemption date for any shares of RP called for redemption,
the redemption price of $100,000 per share plus the full amount of
any dividends thereon (whether or not earned or declared) accumulated
but unpaid to such redemption date plus the premium, if any, resulting
from the designation of a Premium Call Period, and ending on and
including the Business Day on which, by 12:00 noon, New York City
time, all unpaid dividends and unpaid redemption prices shall have
been so deposited or shall have otherwise been made available to
Holders in sameday funds; provided that, a NonPayment Period shall not
end during the first seven days thereof unless the Trust shall have
given at least three days written notice to the Paying Agent, the
Remarketing Agents and the Securities Depository and thereafter shall
not end unless the Trust shall have given at least fourteen days
written notice to the Payment Agent, the Remarketing Agents, the
Securities Depository and all Beneficial Owners. Any dividend on
shares of RP due on any Dividend Payment Date for such shares (if,
prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time, on such Dividend Payment
Date, the Trust has declared such dividend payable on or within three
Business Days after such Dividend Payment Date to the Holders who
held such shares as of 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the
Business Day preceding such Dividend Payment Date) or redemption
price with respect to such shares not paid to such Holders when due
may (if such nonpayment is not solely due to the willful failure of
the Trust) be paid pro rata to such Holders in the same form of funds
by 12:00 noon, New York City time, on any of the first three Business
Days after such Dividend Payment Date or due date, as the case may
be, provided that, such amount is accompanied by a late charge
calculated for such period of nonpayment as the NonPayment Period Rate
applied to the amount of such nonpayment based on the actual number of
days comprising such period divided by 365.
NonPayment Period Rate means, initially, 200% of the applicable
AA Composite Commercial Paper Rate, provided that the Board of
Trustees shall have the authority to adjust, modify, alter or change
from time to time the initial NonPayment Period Rate if the Board of
Trustees determines and the Rating Agencies advise the Trust in
writing that such adjustment, modification, alteration or change will
not adversely affect their thencurrent ratings on the RP.
Notice of Redemption means any notice with respect to the
redemption of shares of RP pursuant to paragraph 4 of this Part I.
Optional Dividend Period means a Dividend Period established by
the Board of Trustees pursuant to paragraph 3(j) of this Part I.
Original RP means the Remarketed Preferred Shares, Series AC
of the Trust.
Other RP means the remarketed preferred shares of the Trust,
other than the RP, and includes the Original RP.
Paying Agent means Bankers Trust Company, or any successor
company or entity, which has entered into a Paying Agent Agreement
with the Trust to act for the Trust, among other things, as the
transfer agent, registrar, dividend and redemption price disbursing
agent, settlement agent and agent for certain notifications in
connection with the shares of RP in accordance with such
agreement.
Paying Agent Agreement means an agreement to be entered
into between the Trust and the Paying Agent.
Preferred Shares means the preferred shares of the Trust, and
includes RP and Other RP.
Premium Call Period has the meaning specified in Specific
Redemption Provision, below.
Pricing Service means Mellon Investdata Corp., or any successor
company or entity, or as designated from time to time by the Board of
Trustees. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Trustees will
not designate a new Pricing Service unless the Trust has received a
written confirmation from Moodys and S&P that such action would not
impair the ratings then assigned by Moodys and S&P to shares of RP.
Quarterly Valuation Date means the last Business Day of each
fiscal quarter of the Trust in each fiscal year of the Trust,
commencing October 31, 1989.
Remarketing means each periodic operation of the process for
remarketing shares of RP as described in Part II hereof.
Remarketing Agents means Xxxxxxx Lynch, Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx & Xxxxx
Incorporated and PrudentialBache Securities Inc. and any additional
or successor companies or entities which have entered into an
agreement with the Trust to follow the remarketing procedures for the
purpose of determining the Applicable Dividend Rate.
RP means Remarketed Preferred Shares, Series I, without par
value, liquidation preference $100,000 per share, of the Trust to be
issued pursuant hereto.
RP Basic Maintenance Amount, as of any Valuation Date, means the
dollar amount equal to the sum of (i)(A) the product of the number of
shares of RP and Other RP outstanding on such date multiplied by
$100,000; (B) the aggregate amount of dividends that will have
accumulated (whether or not earned or declared) for each share of RP
and Other RP outstanding in each case to (but not including) the next
Dividend Payment Date that follows such Valuation Date; (C) the
aggregate amount of dividends that would accumulate at the then current
Maximum Dividend Rate on any shares of RP and Other RP outstanding
from the Business Days following such respective Dividend Reset Dates
through the 63rd day after such Valuation Date, multiplied by the
larger of factors (currently 246%) determined from time to time by
Moodys and S&P and designed to take into account potential increases
in dividend rates over such period (except that if
such Valuation Date occurs during a NonPayment Period, the dividend
for purposes of calculation would accumulate at the then current
NonPayment Period Rate); (D) the amount of anticipated expenses of
the Trust for the 90 days subsequent to such Valuation Date; (E) the
premium, if any, resulting from the designation of a Premium Call
Period; and (F) any current liabilities as of such Valuation Date to
the extent not reflected in any of (i)(A) through (i)(E) (including,
without limitation, any current liabilities relating to futures and
options and any Grossup Dividends which are payable pursuant to
paragraph 3(k) of this Part I with respect to the RP and any analogous
provision with respect to Other RP, and payables for Municipal
Securities purchased as of such Valuation Date) less (ii) the sum of
(A) receivables for Municipal Securities sold as of such Valuation
Date, provided that, for purposes of calculating RP Basic Maintenance
Amount in order to determine whether the Trust has Moodys Eligible
Assets with a Discounted Value that equals the Moodys Basic
Maintenance Amount, the party from which such receivable is due shall
have longterm debt securities rated at least A2 by Moodys and such
receivable is due in 30 days or less, and (B) the value of any of the
Trusts assets irrevocably deposited by the Trust for the payment of
any of (i)(A) through (i)(F).
RP Basic Maintenance Cure Date, with respect to the failure by
the Trust to satisfy the RP Basic Maintenance Amount (as required by
paragraph 8(a) of this Part I) as of a given Valuation Date, means the
ninth Business Day following such Valuation Date.
RP Basic Maintenance Report means a report signed by the
President, Treasurer or any Senior Vice President or Vice President of
the Trust which sets forth, as of the related Valuation Date, the
assets of the Trust, the Market Value and the Discounted Value thereof
(seriatim and in aggregate), and the RP Basic Maintenance Amount.
S&P means Standard & Poors Corporation or its successors.
S&P Discount Factor means, for purposes of determining the
Discounted Value of any S&P Eligible Asset, the percentage determined
by reference to the rating on such asset and the shortest S&P
Collateral Period set forth opposite such rating that is the same
length as or is longer than the S&P Exposure Period, in accordance
with the table set forth below:
Rating Category
S&P Collateral Period
AAA*
AA*
A*
BBB*
40 Business Days
190%
195%
210%
250%
22 Business Days
170
175
190
230
10 Business Days
155
160
175
215
7 Business Days
150
155
170
210
3 Business Days
130
135
150
190
* S&P rating.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the S&P Discount Factor
for shortterm Municipal Securities will be 115%, so long as such
Municipal Securities are rated A1+ or SP1+ by S&P and mature or
have a demand feature exercisable in 30 days or less, or 125% if
such Municipal Securities are not rated by S&P but are rated
VMIG1, Pl or MIG1 by Moodys; provided, however, that if such
shortterm Municipal Securities are backed by any letter of
credit, liquidity facility or guarantee from a bank or other
financial institution, such bank or institution must have a
shortterm rating of at least A1+ from S&P; and further provided
that such shortterm Municipal Securities rated by Moodys but not
rated by S&P may comprise no more than 50% of shortterm
Municipal Securities that qualify as S&P Eligible Assets and
(ii) no S&P Discount Factor will be applied to cash.
S&P Eligible Asset means cash or a Municipal Security that (i)
is interest bearing and pays interest at least semiannually; (ii) is
payable with respect to principal and interest in United States
Dollars; (iii) is publicly rated BBB or higher by S&P or, if not
rated by S&P but rated by Moodys, is rated at least A by Moodys
(provided that, such Moodysrated Municipal Securities will be
included in S&P Eligible Assets only to the extent the Market Value
of such Municipal Securities does not exceed 50% of the aggregate
Market Value of the S&P Eligible Assets; and further provided that,
for purposes of determining the S&P Discount Factor applicable to any
such Moodysrated Municipal Security, such Municipal Security will be
deemed to have an S&P rating which is one full rating category lower
than its Moodys rating); (iv) is not subject to a covered call or
covered put option written by the Trust; (v) is not part of a private
placement of Municipal Securities; and (vi) is part of an issue of
Municipal Securities with an original issue size of at least $20
million or, if of an issue with an original issue size below $20
million (but in no event below $10 million), is issued by an issuer
with a total of at least $50 million of securities outstanding.
Notwithstanding the foregoing: (i) Municipal Securities of any one
issuer or guarantor (excluding bond insurers) will be considered S&P
Eligible Assets only to the extent the Market Value of such Municipal
Securities does not exceed 10% of the aggregate Market Value of the
S&P Eligible Assets, provided that 2% is added to the applicable S&P
Discount Factor for every 1% by which the Market Value of such
Municipal Securities exceeds 5% of the aggregate Market Value of the
S&P Eligible Assets;
(ii) Municipal Securities guaranteed or insured by any one bond
insurer will be considered S&P Eligible Assets only to the extent the
Market Value of such Municipal Securities does not exceed 25% of the
aggregate Market Value of the S&P Eligible Assets; and
(iii) Municipal Securities issued by issuers in any one state
or territory will be considered S&P Eligible Assets only to the
extent the Market Value of such Municipal Securities does not exceed
20% of the aggregate Market Value of the S&P Eligible Assets. S&P
Exposure Period means the maximum period of time following a
Valuation Date that the Trust has under this Section 12.2 to cure any
failure to maintain, as of such Valuation Date, the Discounted Value
for its portfolio at least equal to the RP Basic Maintenance Amount
(as described in paragraph 8(a) of this Part I) which period of time
is currently nine Business Days.
Securities Depository means The Depository Trust Company or any
successor company or other entity selected by the Trust as securities
depository of the shares of RP that agrees to follow the procedures
required to be followed by such securities depository in connection
with the shares of RP.
Service means the Internal Revenue Service.
Settlement Date means the first Business Day after a Dividend
Reset Date applicable to a share of RP.
7day Dividend Period means (i) a Dividend Period designated as
such by a Beneficial Owner of a share of RP or (ii) any Dividend
Period commencing after the first day of, and during, a NonPayment
Period, and, in all such cases, containing seven days.
Special Dividend Period means a Dividend Period established by
the Board of Trustees pursuant to paragraph 3(j) of this Part I.
Specific Redemption Provisions means, with respect to any
Optional Dividend Period of 365 or more days or Special Dividend
Period of 365 or more days, either, or any combination of, (i) a
period (a NonCall Period) determined by the Board of Trustees, after
consultation with the Remarketing Agents, during which the shares of
RP subject to such Dividend Period shall not be subject to redemption
at the option of the Trust and (ii) a period (a Premium Call Period),
consisting of a number of whole years and determined by the Board of
Trustees, after consultation with the Remarketing Agents, during each
year of which the shares of RP subject to such Dividend Period shall
be redeemable at the Trusts option at a price per share equal to
$100,000 plus accumulated but unpaid dividends plus a premium
expressed as a percentage of $100,000, as determined by the Board of
Trustees after consultation with the Remarketing Agents.
Substitute Commercial Paper Dealers means such Substitute
Commercial Paper Dealer or Dealers as the Trust may from time to time
appoint or, in lieu of any thereof, their respective affiliates or
successors.
Substitute Rating Agency and Substitute Rating Agencies mean a
nationally recognized statistical rating organization or two
nationally recognized statistical rating organizations, respectively,
selected by the Trust to act as the substitute rating agency or
substitute rating agencies, as the case may be, to determine the
credit ratings of the shares of RP.
Tender and Dividend Reset means the process pursuant to which
shares of RP may be tendered in a Remarketing or held and become
subject to the new Applicable Dividend Rate or Rates determined by
the Remarketing Agents in such Remarketing.
Tender Date means any date on which (i) a holder of shares of RP
must provide to the Remarketing Agents irrevocable telephonic notice
of intent to tender shares of RP in a Remarketing or to change
Dividend Periods for shares and (ii) such Remarketing formally
commences.
Trust means Xxxxxx Managed Municipal Income Trust, a
Massachusetts business trust.
28day Dividend Period means a Dividend Period designated as
such by a Beneficial Owner of a share of RP.
Valuation Date means, for purposes of determining whether the
Trust is maintaining the RP Basic Maintenance Amount and the
Minimum Liquidity Level, each Business Day.
Voting Period has the meaning set forth in paragraph 6(b) of
this Part I.
2. Fractional Shares. No fractional shares of RP
shall be issued.
3. Dividends. (a) The Holders as of 12:00 noon, New
York City time, on the applicable Dividend Payment Date,
shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the
Board of Trustees, out of funds legally available therefor,
cumulative dividends, at the Applicable Dividend Rate.
Dividends on the shares of RP so declared and payable shall
be paid (i) in preference to and in priority over any
dividends declared and payable on the Common Shares, and (ii)
to the extent permitted under the Code and to the extent
available and in preference to and priority over any
dividends declared and payable on the Common Shares, out of
taxexempt income earned on the Trusts investments, subject to
the application of the alternative minimum tax provisions of the
Code. Dividends on shares of RP will be designated as
exemptinterest dividends up to the amount of net taxexempt
income of the Trust for purposes of section 852 of the Code.
(b) Dividends on each share of RP shall accumulate from its Date
of Original Issue and will be payable, when, as and if declared
by the Board of Trustees, on each Dividend Payment Date
applicable to such share of RP.
(c) Each declared dividend shall be payable on the applicable
Dividend Payment Date to the Holder or Holders of such shares of
RP as set forth in paragraph 3(a). Dividends on any share of RP
in arrears with respect to any past Dividend Payment Date may be
declared and paid at any time, without reference to any regular
Dividend Payment Date, to the Holder of such share as of a date
not exceeding five Business Days preceding the date of payment
thereof as may be fixed by the Board of Trustees. Any dividend
payment made on any share of RP shall be first credited against
the dividends accumulated but unpaid (whether or not earned or
declared) with respect to the earliest Dividend Payment Date on
which dividends were not paid.
(d) Neither Holders nor Beneficial Owners of shares of
RP shall be entitled to any dividends on the shares of RP,
whether payable in cash, property or stock, in excess of full
cumulative dividends thereon, except as set forth in paragraph
3(1) of this Part I. Except as provided in paragraph 3(h) of
this Part I, neither Holders nor Beneficial Owners of shares of
RP shall be entitled to any interest, or other additional
amount, on any dividend payment on any share of RP which may be
in arrears.
(e) Except as otherwise provided herein, the Applicable
Dividend Rate on each share of RP for each Dividend Period with
respect to such share shall be equal to the rate per annum that
results from implementation of the remarketing procedures
described in Part II hereof.
(f) The amount of declared dividends for each share of RP
payable on each Dividend Payment Date in respect of any Dividend
Period shall be computed by the Trust by multiplying the
Applicable Dividend Rate in effect with respect to dividends
payable on such share on such Dividend Payment Date by a
fraction the numerator of which shall be the number of days such
share was outstanding from and including its Date of Original
Issue or the preceding Dividend Payment Date, as the case may
be, to and including the last day of such Dividend Period, and
the denominator of which shall be 365, and then multiplying the
percentage so obtained by $100,000. In accordance with the
remarketing procedures described in Part II hereof, there may
exist at any given time a number of Dividend Payment Dates for
all outstanding shares of RP and dividends on any such share shall
be payable only on a Dividend Payment Date applicable to such share.
(g) No later than by 12:00 noon, New York City time, on each
Dividend Payment Date, the Trust shall deposit in sameday funds with
the Paying Agent the full amount of any dividend declared and payable
on such Dividend Payment Date on any share of RP.
(h) The Applicable Dividend Rate for each Dividend Period
commencing during a NonPayment Period shall be equal to the
NonPayment Period Rate; any share of RP for which an Optional
Dividend Period or a Special Dividend Period would otherwise have
commenced on the first day of a NonPayment Period shall have, instead,
a 7day Dividend Period; and each Dividend Period commencing after the
first day of, and during, a NonPayment Period shall be a 7day
Dividend Period. Any amount of any dividend due on any Dividend
Payment Date for any shares of RP (if, prior to 12:00 noon, New York
City time, on such Dividend Payment Date, the Trust has declared such
dividend payable on or within three Business Days after such Dividend
Payment Date to the Holders of such shares of RP as of 12:00 noon,
New York City time, on the Business Day preceding such Dividend
Payment Date) or redemption price with respect to any shares of RP
not paid to such Holders when due but paid to such Holders in the
same form of funds by 12:00 noon, New York City time, on any of the
first three Business Days after such Dividend Payment Date or due
date, as the case may be, shall incur a late charge to be paid
therewith to such Holders and calculated for such period of nonpayment
at the NonPayment Period Rate applied to the amount of such nonpayment
based on the actual number of days comprising such period divided by
365. For the purposes of the foregoing and paragraphs 3(g) and 4(g)
of this Part I, payment to a person in sameday funds on any Business
Day at any time shall be considered equivalent to payment to such
person in New York Clearing House (nextday) funds at the same time on
the preceding Business Day, and any payment made after 12:00 noon,
New York City time, on any Business Day shall be considered to have
been made instead in the same form of funds and to the same person
before 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the next Business Day.
(i) Except during a NonPayment Period, by 1:00 p.m. on the
Tender Date in the Remarketing at the end of the Initial Dividend
Period applicable to a share of RP, and by 1:00 p.m. on the Tender
Date in the Remarketing at the end of each subsequent Dividend Period
applicable to a share of RP, the Beneficial Owner of such share may
elect to tender such share or to hold such share for the next
Dividend Period. If the Beneficial Owner of such share of RP elects
to hold such share, such Beneficial Owner shall elect to hold such
share for a 7day Dividend Period or a 28day Dividend Period or any
available Optional Dividend Period or a Special Dividend Period if
the succeeding Dividend Period with respect to such share has been
designated by the Board of Trustees as a Special Dividend Period;
provided that, (i) if such Beneficial Owner shall elect to hold such
share for a 7day Dividend Period or a 28day Dividend Period, but (a)
there are no Remarketing Agents or the Remarketing Agents are not
required to conduct a Remarketing, such Beneficial Owner shall hold
such share for a 7day Dividend Period, and the Applicable Dividend
Rate shall be the Maximum Dividend Rate for a 7day Dividend Period or
(b) the Remarketing Agents are unable to remarket in such Remarketing
all shares of RP subject to such Remarketing and tendered (or deemed
tendered) to them at a price of $100,000 per share, such Beneficial
Owner shall hold such share for the Dividend Period it had chosen and
the Applicable Dividend Rate therefor shall be the applicable Maximum
Dividend Rate, and (ii) if the Board of Trustees has designated the
next succeeding Dividend Period with respect to such share as a
Special Dividend Period or such Beneficial Owner elects an available
Optional Dividend Period with respect to such shares and there are no
Remarketing Agents, the Remarketing Agents are not required to
conduct a Remarketing or the Remarketing Agents are unable to
remarket in the Remarketing on the Dividend Reset Date following such
Tender Date all shares of RP tendered (or deemed tendered) to them at
a price of $100,000 per share, then the next succeeding Dividend
Period in respect of such share shall be a 7day Dividend Period, and
the Applicable Dividend Rate in respect of such share for such next
succeeding Dividend Period shall be the Maximum Dividend Rate for a
7day Dividend Period. If the Beneficial Owner of such share of RP
fails to elect to tender or hold such share, or to elect a Dividend
Period for such share, by 1:00 p.m. on such Tender Date, such
Beneficial Owner shall continue to hold such share at the Applicable
Dividend Rate determined in such Remarketing for a Dividend Period of
the same type as the current Dividend Period for such shares;
provided that (i) if such current Dividend Period is a 7day Dividend
Period or a 28day Dividend Period, but (a) there are no Remarketing
Agents, or the Remarketing Agents are not required to conduct a
Remarketing, such Beneficial Owner shall hold such share for a 7day
Dividend Period, and the Applicable Dividend Rate shall be the
Maximum Dividend Rate for a 7day Dividend Period or (b) the
Remarketing Agents are unable to remarket in such Remarketing all
shares of RP subject to such Remarketing and tendered (or deemed
tendered) to them at a price of $100,000 per share, such Beneficial
Owner shall hold such share for the same Dividend Period as its then
current Dividend Period and the Applicable Dividend Rate therefor
shall be the applicable Maximum Dividend Rate, and (ii) if such
current Dividend Period is an Optional Dividend Period or a Special
Dividend Period, or the succeeding Dividend Period has been
designated by the Board of Trustees as a Special Dividend Period and
such share is subject to such Special Dividend Period, then such
Beneficial Owner shall be deemed to have elected to tender such
share. If the Remarketing Agents are unable to remarket in such
Remarketing all shares of RP subject to such Remarketing and tendered
(or deemed tendered) to them at a price of $100,000 per share, the
Beneficial Owner thereof shall hold such share at the applicable
Maximum Dividend Rate for a 7day Dividend Period. If a share of RP is
tendered (or deemed tendered) and purchased in a Remarketing, the next
Dividend Period for such share shall be the Dividend Period elected
by the purchaser of such share in such Remarketing or the Special
Dividend Period with respect to such share, as the case may be, at
the Applicable Dividend Rate therefor, except that, if the Remarketing
Agents are unable to remarket in such Remarketing all shares of RP
tendered (or deemed tendered) to them at a price of $100,000 per
share, no purchaser in such Remarketing shall be permitted to acquire
shares having an Optional Dividend Period or a Special Dividend Period
and the next Dividend Period for such a share shall be a 7day
Dividend Period and the Applicable Dividend Rate therefore shall be
the applicable Maximum Dividend Rate.
(j) Except during a NonPayment Period, the Board of Trustees
may at any time and from time to time institute one or more optional
Dividend Periods with such number of days, and which shall be
available for such period, as the Board of Trustees shall specify;
provided that (i) in respect of any Optional Dividend Period, the
Board of Trustees shall also determine a Maximum Dividend Rate after
consultation with Remarketing Agents, which rate, as determined from
time to time by formula or other means, may be fixed or variable and
(ii) in respect of an Optional Dividend Period of 3 65 or more days,
the Board of Trustees, after consultation with the Remarketing
Agents, may establish Specific Redemption Provisions. An Optional
Dividend Period shall be available after seven days written notice
thereof and, if applicable, of the Maximum Dividend Rate and Specific
Redemption Provisions, if any, in respect thereof shall have been
given to the Remarketing Agents, the Paying Agent and the Securities
Depository. The Trust also shall publish promptly notice of any
designation of an Optional Dividend Period, and related Maximum
Dividend Rate and Specific Redemption Provisions, if any, at least
once in an Authorized Newspaper, but the failure so to publish shall
not affect the validity or effectiveness of any such designation or
determination. After an Optional Dividend Period becomes available,
such Optional Dividend Period shall be available in each Remarketing
and, if elected by any Beneficial Owner of shares of RP, shall
commence on each Settlement Date and continue until rescinded by the
Board of Trustees, which rescission shall be effective after seven
days written notice thereof shall have been given to the Remarketing
Agents, the Paying Agent, the Securities Depository and Beneficial
Owners. The existence or rescission of any Optional Dividend Period
shall not affect any current Dividend Period or prevent the Board of
Trustees from establishing other Optional Dividend Periods of similar
duration or in any way restrict the Maximum Dividend Rate or Specific
Redemption Provisions which may be designated in connection with any
other Optional Dividend Period.
(k) The Board of Trustees may at any time designate a
subsequent Dividend Period with respect to all or any specified fewer
number of shares of RP eligible for Tender and Dividend Reset on the
Tender Date next preceding the commencement of such Dividend Period
as a Special Dividend Period with such number of days as the Board of
Trustees shall specify; provided that (i) written notice of any such
designation, of the Maximum Dividend Rate, and Specified Redemption
Provisions, if any, in respect thereof and of the consequences of
failure to tender or to elect to hold shares, must be given at least
seven days prior to such Tender Date to the Remarketing Agents, the
Paying Agent, the Securities Depository and the Beneficial Owners of
shares of RP which are to be subject to such Special Dividend Period;
(ii) no Special Dividend Period may commence for any share of RP
during a NonPayment Period or if the Trust fails to maintain either
the RP Basic Maintenance Amount or the 1940 Act RP Asset Coverage and
such failure is not cured; (iii) if such Special Dividend Period
contains 365 or more days, (x) the shares of RP subject to such
Special Dividend Period shall have an aggregate liquidation
preference (exclusive of accumulated but unpaid dividends and the
premium, if any) of at least $3 0,000,000 or such greater or lesser
amount as may be specified by the Board of Trustees and (y) the
shares, if any, of RP not subject to such Special Dividend Period
shall have an aggregate liquidation preference (exclusive of accrued
but unpaid dividends and the premium, if any) of at least $30,000,000
or such greater or lesser amount specified by the Board of Trustees;
(iv) in respect of any Special Dividend Period, the Board of Trustees
shall also determine a Maximum Dividend Rate after consultation with
Remarketing Agents, which rate, as determined from time to time by
formula or other means, may be fixed or variable; and (v) in respect
of any Special Dividend Period of 365 or more days, the Board of
Trustees, after consultation with the Remarketing Agents, may
establish Specific Redemption Provisions.
On or before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business
Day prior to the designation of a Special Dividend Period, the Trust
shall complete and deliver to S&P, on a pro forma basis, an RP Basic
Maintenance Report for such proposed Special Dividend period, taking
into account the proposed number of days to be specified as a Special
Dividend Period and the proposed Maximum Dividend Rate to be
determined with respect to such Special Dividend Period.
The existence or rescission of any Special Dividend Period
shall not affect any current Dividend Period or prevent the Board of
Trustees from establishing other Special Dividend Periods of similar
duration or in any way restrict the Maximum Dividend Rate or Specific
Redemption Provisions which may be designated in connection with any
other Special Dividend Period.
If the Remarketing Agents are unable to remarket sufficient
shares of RP at the commencement of a Special Dividend Period to
satisfy the requirement described in clause (iii) of the preceding
paragraph, then the Dividend Period in respect of any share of RP
which otherwise would have been subject to such Special Dividend
Period shall be a 7_day Dividend Period and an Applicable Dividend
Rate shall be set by the Remarketing Agent in accordance with the
remarketing procedures.
(l) If all or any part of the dividends on the shares of RP
determined by implementation of the remarketing procedures described
in Part II hereof is not designated by the Trust in good faith as an
exemptinterest dividend within the meaning of Section 852(b) (5) of
the Code solely because the Trust allocates capital gains or ordinary
income to the shares of RP, (such portion of the dividends on the
shares of RP (other than any Grossup Dividends) that is not so
designated is referred to herein as a Nonqualifying Distribution),
the Trust will, not later than 270 days after the end of the Trusts
fiscal year for which such designation is made, provide notice thereof
to the Paying Agent. The Paying Agent will mail a copy of such
notice to each Qualified Investor (as defined below) at the address
specified in such Qualified Investors Master Purchasers Letter as
promptly as practicable after its receipt of such notice from the
Trust. The Trust will, within 30 days after such notice is given to
the Paying Agent, pay to the Paying Agent (who will then distribute to
the Qualified Investors) , out of funds legally available therefor, an
amount equal to the aggregate Grossup Dividends (as defined below)
with respect to all Nonqualifying Distributions made to Qualified
Investors during the fiscal year in question. A Qualified Investor
is a Beneficial Owner during such fiscal year of a share or shares of
RP to whom Nonqualifying Distributions were made during such fiscal
year.
A Grossup Dividend means payment to a Qualified Investor of an
amount which, when taken together with the aggregate Nonqualifying
Distributions paid to such Qualified Investor during the fiscal year
in question, would cause such Qualified Investors net yield in dollars
for such fiscal year (after Federal income tax consequences) from the
aggregate of both the Nonqualifying Distributions (determined without
regard to the GrossUp Dividend) and the Grossup Dividend to be equal
to the net yield in dollars for such fiscal year (after Federal income
tax consequences) which would have been received by such Qualified
Investor if the amount of the aggregate Nonqualifying Distributions
had been so designated. Such Grossup Dividend shall be calculated (i)
without consideration being given to the time value of money; (ii)
assuming that no Qualified Investor is subject to the alternative
minimum tax with respect to dividends received from the Trust; and
(iii) assuming that each Nonqualifying Distribution and GrossUp
Dividend (to the extent that such Grossup Dividend is not exempt from
Federal income tax) would be taxable in the hands of each Qualified
Investor at the maximum marginal corporate Federal income tax rate in
effect during the fiscal year in question.
All such designations made by the Trust in good faith following
the end of each fiscal year of the Trust and all other determinations
made by the Trust in good faith with respect to dividends on the
shares of RP shall be binding and conclusive for all purposes of
determining the amount of Grossup Dividends required to be made under
this paragraph 3(1). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, no Grossup Dividends shall be required to be made
under this paragraph 3(1) if dividends on the shares of RP are not
excludable from the gross income of a Qualified Investor for any
reason other than as specifically provided above or if for any reason
the Trust is subsequently required to revise any such designations.
4. Redemption. Shares of RP shall be redeemable by the Trust
as provided below:
(a) To the extent permitted under the 1940 Act and
Massachusetts Law, upon giving a Notice of Redemption, the Trust at
its option may redeem shares of RP, in whole or in part, on the next
succeeding scheduled Dividend Payment Date applicable to those shares
of RP called for redemption, out of funds legally available therefor,
at a redemption price equal to $100,000 per share plus an amount equal
to dividends thereon (whether or not earned or declared) accumulated
but unpaid to the date fixed for redemption plus the premium, if any,
resulting from the designation of a Premium Call Period; provided
that, no share of RP shall be subject to redemption pursuant to this
paragraph 4(a) on any Dividend Payment Date during a NonCall Period
to which it is subject. The Trust may not give a Notice of
Redemption relating to an optional redemption as described in
paragraph 4(a) unless, at the time of giving such Notice of
Redemption, the Trust has available Deposit Securities with maturity
or tender dates not later than the day preceding the applicable
redemption date and having a Discounted Value not less than the
amount due to Beneficial Owners by reason of the redemption of their
shares of RP on such redemption date.
(b) The Trust shall redeem, out of funds legally available
therefor, at a redemption price of $100,000 per share plus
accumulated but unpaid dividends (whether or not earned or declared)
to the date fixed by the Board of Trustees for redemption plus the
premium, if any, resulting from the designation of a Premium Call
Period, certain of the shares of RP to the extent permitted under the
1940 Act and Massachusetts law, if the Trust fails to maintain the RP
Basic Maintenance Amount or the 1940 Act RP Asset Coverage and such
failure is not cured on or before the RP Basic Maintenance Cure Date
or the 1940 Act Cure Date (herein referred to respectively as the
Cure Date), as the case may be. The number of shares of RP to be
redeemed shall be equal to the lesser of (i) the minimum number of
shares of RP the redemption of which, if deemed to have occurred
immediately prior to the opening of business on the Cure Date,
together with all other Preferred Shares subject to redemption or
retirement, would result in the satisfaction of the RP Basic
Maintenance Amount or the 1940 Act Asset Coverage, as the case may
be, on such Cure Date (provided that, if there is no such minimum
number of shares of RP and other Preferred Shares the redemption of
which would have such result, all shares of RP then outstanding shall
be redeemed), and (ii) the maximum number of shares of RP, together
with all other Preferred Shares subject to redemption or retirement
that can be redeemed out of funds expected to be legally available
therefor. In determining the number of shares of RP required to be
redeemed in accordance with the foregoing, the Trust shall allocate
the number required to be redeemed to satisfy the RP Basic
Maintenance Amount or the 1940 Act RP Asset Coverage, as the case may
be, pro rata among shares of RP and other series of Preferred Shares
subject to redemption provisions similar to those contained in this
paragraph 4(b) , except as set forth herein. The Trust shall effect
such redemption not later than 45 days after such Cure Date, except
that if the Trust does not have funds legally available for the
redemption of all of the required number of shares of RP and other
Preferred Shares which are subject to mandatory redemption or the
Trust otherwise is unable to effect such redemption on or prior to 45
days after such Cure Date, the Trust shall redeem those shares of RP
and other Preferred Shares which it was unable to redeem on the
earliest practicable date on which it is able to effect such
redemption.
Any share of RP shall be subject to mandatory redemption
regardless of whether such share is subject to a NonCall Period
provided that share of RP subject to a NonCall Period will only be
subject to redemption to the extent that the other shares of RP are
not available to satisfy the number of shares required to be
redeemed. In such event, such shares subject to a NonCall Period
will be selected for redemption in an ascending order of outstanding
NonCall Period (with shares with the lowest number of days remaining
in the period to be called first) and by lot in the event of equal
outstanding NonCall Periods.
(c) Subject to paragraph 4(d) of this Part I, if fewer than all
the outstanding shares of RP are to be redeemed pursuant to this
paragraph 4, the number of shares of RP so to be redeemed shall be a
whole number of shares and shall be determined by the Board of
Trustees, and the Trust shall give a Notice of Redemption as provided
in paragraph 4(e) of this Part I, provided that no share of RP will
be subject to optional redemption on any Dividend Payment Date during
a NonCall Period to which it is subject and shares of RP subject to a
NonCall Period will be subject to mandatory redemption only on the
basis described under paragraph 4(b) of this Part I. Unless
certificates representing shares of RP are held by Holders other than
the Securities Depository, or its nominee, the Paying Agent upon
receipt of such notice, shall determine from among shares eligible
for redemption the number of shares of RP to be redeemed pro rata
from each Dividend Period which is then eligible for redemption, and
shall give notice of such determination to the Securities Depository;
the Securities Depository thereupon shall determine by lot on a
Dividend Period basis pursuant to the allocation provided by the
Paying Agent the number of shares of RP to be redeemed from the
account of each Agent Member (which may include an Agent Member,
including a Remarketing Agent, holding shares for its own account),
and shall give notice of such determination to the Paying Agent. The
Paying Agent, upon receipt of such notice, shall in turn determine by
lot the number of shares of RP from each Dividend Period to be
redeemed from the accounts of the Beneficial Owners of the shares of
RP whose Agent Members have been selected by the Securities
Depository and give notice of such determination to the Remarketing
Agents. In doing so, the Paying Agent may determine that shares of
RP shall be redeemed from the accounts of some Beneficial Owners,
which may include the Remarketing Agents, without shares of RP
being redeemed from the accounts of other Beneficial Owners.
(d) Notwithstanding paragraph 4(c) of this Part I, if any
certificates representing shares of RP are held by Holders other
than the Securities Depository or its nominee, then the shares
of RP to be redeemed shall be selected by the Trust pro rata
from among Dividend Periods and by lot from among shares within
each Dividend Period.
(e) Any Notice of Redemption with respect to shares of RP
shall be given (A) in the case of optional redemption pursuant
to paragraph 4(a) of this Part I, by the Trust to the Paying
Agent, the Securities Depository (and any other Holder) and the
Remarketing Agents, by telephone, not later than 1:00 p.m. New
York City time (and later confirmed in writing) on (i) the
Settlement Date in the case of a partial redemption of the
shares of RP, (ii) the Tender Date in the case of a redemption
in whole of the shares of RP or (iii) during a NonPayment
Period, the later of the Dividend Payment Date or the seventh
day prior to the earliest date upon which any such redemption
may occur and (B) in the case of a mandatory redemption pursuant
to paragraph 4(b) of this Part I, by the Trust to the Paying
Agent, the Securities Depository (and any Holder) and the
Remarketing Agents, by telephone, not later than 1:00 p.m., New
York City time (and later confirmed in writing) on the third
Business Day preceding the redemption date established by the Board
of Trustees and specified in such notice. In the case of a partial
redemption of the shares of RP, the Paying Agent shall use its
reasonable efforts to provide telephonic notice to each Beneficial
Owner of shares of RP called for redemption not later than the close
of business on the Business Day on which the Paying Agent determines
the shares to be redeemed, as described in paragraph 4(c) of this Part
I (or, if certificates are held by persons other than the Securities
Depository, not later than the close of business on the Business Day
immediately following the day on which the Paying Agent receives a
Notice of Redemption from the Trust). Such telephonic notice shall be
confirmed in writing to the Remarketing Agents, the Securities
Depository and to each Beneficial Owner of shares of RP called for
redemption not later than the close of business on the Business Day
immediately following the day on which the Paying Agent determines
the shares to be redeemed. In the case of a redemption in whole of
the shares of RP, the Paying Agent shall use its reasonable efforts to
provide telephonic notice to each Beneficial Owner of shares of RP
called for redemption not later than the close of business on the
Business Day immediately following the day on which it receives a
Notice of Redemption from the Trust. Such telephonic notice shall be
confirmed promptly in writing not later than the close of business on
the second Business Day following the day on which the Paying Agent
receives a Notice of Redemption from each Beneficial Owner of shares
of RP called for redemption, the Remarketing Agents and the
Securities Depository.
(f) Every Notice of Redemption and other redemption notice
shall state: (i) the redemption date; (ii) the number of shares of RP
to be redeemed; (iii) the redemption price; (iv) that dividends on the
shares of RP to be redeemed shall cease to accumulate as of such
redemption date; and (v) the provision of the Declaration of Trust or
the Bylaws pursuant to which such shares are being redeemed. In
addition, notice of redemption given to a Beneficial Owner shall
state the CUSIP number, if any, of the shares of RP to be redeemed
and the manner in which the Beneficial Owners of such shares may
obtain payment of the redemption price. No defect in the Notice of
Redemption or other redemption notice or in the transmittal or the
mailing thereof shall affect the validity of the redemption
proceedings, except as required by applicable law. The Paying Agent
shall use its reasonable efforts to cause the publication of a
redemption notice in an Authorized Newspaper within two Business Days
of the date of the Notice of Redemption, but failure so to publish
such notification shall not affect the validity or effectiveness of
any such redemption proceedings. Shares of RP the Beneficial Owners
of which shall have been given Notice of Redemption shall not be
subject to transfer outside of a Remarketing.
(g) On any redemption date, the Trust shall deposit,
irrevocably in trust, in sameday funds, with the Paying Agent, by
12:00 noon, New York City time, $100,000 for each share of RP called
for redemption plus an amount equal to dividends thereon accumulated
but unpaid to such redemption date (whether or not earned or declared)
plus the premium, if any, resulting from the designation of a Premium
Call Period.
(h) In connection with any redemption, upon the giving of a
Notice of Redemption and the deposit of the funds necessary for such
redemption with the Paying Agent in accordance with this paragraph 4,
all rights of the Holders and Beneficial Owners of shares of RP so
called for redemption shall cease and terminate, except the right of
the Holders and Beneficial Owners thereof to receive the redemption
price thereof, inclusive of an amount equal to dividends (whether or
not earned or declared) accumulated but unpaid to the redemption date
plus the premium, if any, resulting from the designation of a Premium
Call Period, but without any interest or other additional amount
(except as provided in paragraphs 3(h) and 3(1) of this Part I), and
such shares shall no longer be deemed outstanding for any purpose.
The Trust shall be entitled to receive from the Paying Agent,
promptly after the date fixed for redemption, any cash deposited with
the Paying Agent as aforesaid in excess of the sum of (i) the
aggregate redemption price of the shares of RP called for redemption
on such date and (ii) all other amounts to which Holders and
Beneficial Owners of shares of RP called for redemption may be
entitled. The Trust shall be entitled to receive, from time to time
after the date fixed for redemption, any interest on the funds so
deposited. Any funds so deposited with the Paying Agent which are
unclaimed at the end of ninety days from such redemption date shall,
to the extent permitted by law, be repaid to the Trust, after which
time the Holders and Beneficial Owners of shares of RP so called for
redemption shall look only to the Trust for payment of the redemption
price and all other amounts to which they may be entitled. If any
such unclaimed funds are repaid to the Trust, the Trust shall invest
such unclaimed funds in Deposit Securities with a maturity of no more
than one business day.
(i) To the extent that any redemption for which Notice of
Redemption has been given is not made by reason of the absence of
legally available funds therefor, such redemption shall be made as
soon as practicable to the extent such funds become available.
Failure to redeem shares of RP shall be deemed to exist at any time
after the date specified for redemption in a Notice of Redemption
when the Trust shall have failed, for any reason whatsoever, to
deposit funds with the Paying Agent pursuant to paragraph 4(g) of
this Part I with respect to any shares for which such Notice of
Redemption has been given. Notwithstanding the fact that the Trust
may not have redeemed shares of RP for which a Notice of Redemption
has been given, dividends may be declared and paid on shares of RP
and shall include those shares of RP for which a Notice of
Redemption has been given.
(j) Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of this
paragraph 4, the Remarketing Agents may, in their sole discretion,
modify the procedures set forth above with respect to notification of
redemption, provided that, any such modification does not adversely
affect any Holder or any Beneficial Owner of shares of RP or
materially alter the obligations of the Paying Agent; and further
provided that, the Trust receives written confirmation from S&P that
any such modification would not impair the ratings then assigned by
S&P to shares of RP.
(k) In effecting any redemption pursuant to this paragraph
4, the Trust shall use all reasonable efforts to satisfy all
applicable procedural conditions precedent to effecting such
redemption under the 1940 Act and Massachusetts law.
(l) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) no share of RP may be
redeemed pursuant to paragraph 4(a) of this Part I unless the full
amount of accumulated but unpaid dividends to the date fixed for
redemption for each such share of RP called for redemption shall have
been declared, and (ii) no share of RP may be redeemed unless all
outstanding shares of RP are simultaneously redeemed, nor may any
shares of RP be purchased or otherwise acquired by the Trust except
in accordance with a purchase offer made on substantially equivalent
terms by the Trust for all outstanding shares of RP, unless, in each
such instance, dividends on all outstanding shares of RP through the
end of their most recently ended Dividend Period (or, if such
transaction is on a Dividend Payment Date, through the Dividend
Period ending on the day prior to such Dividend Payment Date) shall
have been paid or declared and sufficient funds for the payment
thereof deposited with the Paying Agent.
(m) Except as set forth in this paragraph 4 with respect to
redemptions and subject to paragraph 4(1) hereof, nothing contained
herein shall limit any legal right of the Trust or any affiliate to
purchase or otherwise acquire any share of RP at any price. Any
shares of RP which have been redeemed, purchased or otherwise
acquired by the Trust or any affiliate thereof may be resold. In
lieu of redeeming shares called for redemption, the Trust shall have
the right to arrange for other purchasers to purchase from Beneficial
Owners all shares of RP to be redeemed pursuant to this paragraph 4,
except those shares of RP to be redeemed pursuant to paragraph 4(b)
hereof, by their paying to such Beneficial Owners on or before the
close of business on the redemption date an amount equal to not less
than the redemption price payable by the Trust on the redemption of
such shares, and the obligation of the Trust to pay such redemption
price payable by the Trust on the redemption of such shares, and the
obligation of the Trust to pay such redemption price shall be
satisfied and discharged to the extent such payment is so made by
such purchasers. Prior to the purchase of such shares by such
purchasers, the Trust shall notify each purchaser that such shares
have been called for redemption.
5. Liquidation. (a) Upon a liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of the affairs of the Trust, whether voluntary or
involuntary, the Holders shall be entitled, whether from capital or
surplus, before any assets of the Trust shall be distributed among or
paid over to holders of Common Shares or any other class or series of
shares of the Trust ranking junior to the RP as to liquidation
payments, to be paid the amount of $100,000 per share of RP, plus an
amount equal to all accumulated but unpaid dividends thereon (whether
or not earned or declared) plus the premium, if any, resulting from
the designation of a Premium Call Period to but excluding the date of
final distribution in sameday funds. After any such payment, the
Holders and Beneficial Owners shall not be entitled to any further
participation in any distribution of assets of the Trust.
(b) If, upon any such liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the Trust, the assets of the Trust shall be insufficient to make such
full payments to the Holders and the holders of any Preferred Shares
ranking as to liquidation, dissolution or winding up on a parity with
the RP (including the Other RP), then such assets shall be
distributed among the Holders and such parity holders ratably in
accordance with the respective amounts which would be payable on such
shares of RP and any other such Preferred Shares if all amounts
thereof were paid in full.
(c) Neither the consolidation nor the merger of the Trust with
or into any corporation or corporations nor a reorganization of the
Trust alone nor the sale, lease or transfer by the Trust of all or
substantially all of its assets shall be deemed to be a dissolution
or liquidation of the Trust.
6. Voting Rights. (a) General. Except as otherwise provided
in the Declaration of Trust or Bylaws, each Holder of shares of RP
and each record holder of Common Shares shall be entitled to one vote
for each share held on each matter submitted to a vote of
shareholders of the Trust, and the holders of outstanding Preferred
Shares, including RP, and of Common Shares shall vote together as a
single class; provided that, at any meeting of the shareholders of
the Trust held for the election of trustees, the holders of
outstanding Preferred Shares, including RP, represented in person or
by proxy at said meeting, shall be entitled, as a class, to the
exclusion of the holders of all other securities and classes of
capital shares of the Trust, to elect two trustees of the Trust, each
Preferred Share, including RP, entitling the holder thereof to one
vote. Subject to paragraph 6(b) hereof, the holders of outstanding
Common Shares and Preferred Shares, including RP, voting together as
a single class, shall elect the balance of the trustees.
(b) Right to Elect Majority of Board of Trustees. During any
period in which any one or more of the conditions described below
shall exist (such period being referred to herein as a Voting
Period), the number of trustees constituting the Board of Trustees
shall be automatically increased by the smallest number that, when
added to the two trustees elected exclusively by the holders of
Preferred Shares, would constitute a majority of the Board of
Trustees as so increased by such smallest number; and the holders of
Preferred Shares shall be entitled, voting as a class on a
onevotepershare basis (to the exclusion of the holders of all other
securities and classes of capital shares of the Trust), to elect such
smallest number of additional trustees, together with the two
trustees that such holders are in any event entitled to elect. A
Voting Period shall commence:
(i) if at the close of business on any Dividend Payment Date
accumulated dividends (whether or not earned or declared, and whether
or not funds are then legally available in an amount sufficient
therefor) on the outstanding shares of RP equal to at least two full
years dividends shall be due and unpaid and sufficient cash or
specified securities shall not have been deposited with the Paying
Agent for the payment of such accumulated dividends; or
(ii) if at any time holders of any other Preferred Shares are
entitled to elect a majority of the trustees of the Trust. Upon the
termination of a Voting Period, the voting rights described in this
paragraph 6(b) shall cease, subject always, however, to the revesting
of such voting rights in the Holders upon the further occurrence of
any of the events described in this paragraph 6(b).
(c) Other Actions. So long as any shares of RP are
outstanding, the Trust shall not, without the affirmative vote or
consent of the Holders of at least a majority of the shares of RP
outstanding at the time, in person or by proxy, either in writing or
at a meeting (voting separately as one class): (a) authorize, create
or issue or increase or decrease the authorized or issued amount of,
any class or series of stock ranking prior to or on a parity with the
RP with respect to payment of dividends or the distribution of assets
on liquidation (other than the Original RP), or increase or decrease
the authorized amount of RP; (b) amend, alter or repeal the
provisions of the Declaration of Trust and the Bylaws, including this
Section 12.2, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, so as to
affect materially and adversely any preference, right or power of
such shares of RP or the Holders thereof; or (c) take any other
action which pursuant to Section 18(a)(2)(D) of the 1940 Act requires
approval by the Holders of a majority of the shares of RP outstanding
at the time; provided that, the issuance of not more than the 4,000
Preferred Shares authorized by this Section 12.2 and the creation and
issuance of the Original RP, and of series of Preferred Shares
ranking junior to the RP with respect to payment of dividends and the
distribution of assets on liquidation, will not be deemed to affect
such preferences, rights or powers unless such issuance would, at the
time thereof, cause the Trust not to satisfy the 1940 Act RP Asset
Coverage or the RP Basic Maintenance Amount. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, so long as any shares of RP are outstanding, the Trust
shall not take any action described in Sections 4, 5 or 6 of Article
IX of the Declaration of Trust or amend the provisions of Section 1
of Article IV, Sections 4, 5 or 6 of Article IX or the first sentence
of Section 9 of Article IX of the Declaration of Trust, without the
affirmative vote or consent of the Holders of at least twothirds (or
a majority if permitted by Sections 4, 5 or 6 of Article IX of the
Declaration of Trust) of the shares of RP and of twothirds (or a
majority if permitted by Sections 4, 5 or 6. of Article IX of the
Declaration of Trust) of the Common Shares outstanding at the time,
in person or by proxy, either in writing or at a meeting (each
voting separately as a class).
The foregoing voting provisions shall not apply with respect to
shares of RP if, at or prior to the time when a vote is required,
such shares of RP shall have been (i) redeemed or (ii) called for
redemption and sufficient funds shall have been deposited in trust to
effect such redemption The Board of Trustees may without the vote or
consent of the Holders of RP from time to time amend, alter or repeal
any or all of the definitions of the terms listed below, and any such
amendment, alteration or repeal will not be deemed to affect the
preferences, rights or powers of shares of RP or the Holders thereof,
provided the Board of Trustees receives written confirmation from
Moodys and S&P that any such amendment, alteration or repeal would
not impair the ratings then assigned by Moodys and S&P to shares of
RP:
Deposit Securities 1940 Act RP Asset Coverage
Discounted Value Quarterly Valuation Date
Dividend Coverage Amount RP Basic Maintenance Amount
Dividend Coverage Assets RP Basic Maintenance Cure Date
Market Value RP Basic Maintenance Report
Minimum Liquidity Level S&P Discount Factor Moodys
Discount Factor S&P Eligible Asset Moodys Eligible
Asset S&P Exposure Period Moodys Exposure Period
1940 Act Cure Date Valuation Date
(d) Voting Procedures. (i) As soon as practicable after the
accrual of any right of the holders of Preferred Shares to elect
additional trustees as described in paragraph 6(b) above, the Trust
shall notify the Paying Agent and the Paying Agent shall call a
special meeting of such holders, by mailing a notice of such special
meeting to such holders, such meeting to be held not less than 10 nor
more than 20 days after the date of mailing of such notice. If the
Trust fails to send such notice to the Paying Agent or if the Paying
Agent does not call such a special meeting, it may be called by any
such holder on like notice. The record date for determining the
holders entitled to notice of and to vote at such special meeting
shall be the close of business on the fifth Business Day preceding
the day on which such notice is mailed. At any such special meeting
and at each meeting held during a Voting Period, such holders, voting
together as a class (to the exclusion of the holders of all other
securities and classes of capital shares of the Trust), shall be
entitled to elect the number of trustees prescribed in paragraph 6(b)
above on a onevotepershare basis. At any such meeting or adjournment
thereof in the absence of a quorum, a majority of such holders
present in person or by proxy shall have the power to adjourn the
meeting without notice, other than an announcement at the meeting,
until a quorum is present.
(ii) For purposes of determining any rights of the Holders to
vote on any matter whether such right is created by this Section
12.2, by the other provisions of the Declaration of Trust and the
Bylaws, by statute or otherwise, no Holder shall be entitled to vote
and no share of RP shall be deemed to be outstanding for the purpose
of voting or determining the number of shares required to constitute
a quorum if, prior to or concurrently with the time of determination
of shares entitled to vote or shares deemed outstanding for quorum
purposes, as the case may be, sufficient funds for the redemption of
such shares have been deposited in trust with the Paying Agent for
that purpose and the requisite Notice of Redemption with respect to
such shares shall have been given as provided in paragraph 4 of this
Part I. No share of RP held by the Trust or any affiliate of the
Trust shall have any voting rights or be deemed to be outstanding for
voting purposes.
(iii) The terms of office of all persons who are trustees of
the Trust at the time of a special meeting of Holders and holders of
other Preferred Shares to elect trustees shall continue,
notwithstanding the election at such meeting by the Holders and such
other holders of the number of trustees that they are entitled to
elect, and the persons so elected by the Holders and such other
holders, together with the two incumbent trustees elected by the
Holders and such other holders of Preferred Shares and the remaining
incumbent trustees elected by the holders of the Common Shares and
Preferred Shares, shall constitute the duly elected trustees of the
Trust.
(iv) Simultaneously with the expiration of a Voting Period, the
terms of office of the additional trustees elected by the Holders and
holders of other Preferred Shares pursuant to paragraph 6(b) above
shall terminate, the remaining trustees shall constitute the trustees
of the Trust and the voting rights of the Holders and such other
holders to elect additional trustees pursuant to paragraph 6(b) above
shall cease, subject to the provisions of the last sentence of
paragraph 6(b)(ii).
(e) Exclusive Remedy. Unless otherwise required by law, the
Holders of shares of RP shall not have any relative rights or
preferences or other special rights other than those specifically set
forth herein. The Holders of shares of RP shall have no preemptive
rights or rights to cumulative voting. In the event that the Trust
fails to pay any dividends on the shares of RP, the exclusive remedy
of the Holders shall be the right to vote for trustees pursuant to
the provisions of this paragraph 6. In no event shall the Holders of
shares of RP have any right to sue for, or bring a proceeding with
respect to, such dividends or redemptions or damages for the
failure to receive the same.
(f) Notification to S&P. In the event a vote of Holders of RP
is required pursuant to the provisions of Section 13(a) of the 1940
Act, the Trust shall, not later than ten business days prior to the
date on which such vote is to be taken, notify S&P that such vote is
to be taken and the nature of the action with respect to which such
vote is to be taken.
7. 1940 Act RP Asset Coverage. The Trust shall maintain, as of
the last Business Day of each month in which any share of RP is
outstanding, the 194 0 Act RP Asset Coverage.
8. RP Basic Maintenance Amount. (a) The Trust shall maintain,
on each Valuation Date, and shall verify to its satisfaction that it
is maintaining on such Valuation Date, (i) S&P Eligible Assets having
an aggregate Discounted Value equal to or greater than the RP Basic
Maintenance Amount and (ii) Moodys Eligible Assets having an aggregate
Discounted Value equal to or greater than the RP Basic
Maintenance Amount. Upon any failure to maintain the required
Discounted Value, the Trust will use its best efforts to alter
the composition of its portfolio to reattain the RP Basic
Maintenance Amount on or prior to the RP Basic Maintenance Cure
Date.
(b) The Trust will deliver an RP Basic Maintenance Report
to the Remarketing Agents, the Paying Agent, Moodys and S&P as
of (i) the fifteenth day of each month (or, if such day is not a
Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day) and (ii) the
last Business Day of each month, in each case on or before 5:00
p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day after such
day.
(c) On or before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third
Business Day after a Valuation Date on which the Trust fails to
satisfy the RP Basic Maintenance Amount, the Trust shall
complete and deliver to the Remarketing Agents, the Paying
Agent, Moodys and S&P an RP Basic Maintenance Report as of the
date of such failure.
(d) On or before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the
third Business Day after a Valuation Date on which the Trust
cures any failure to satisfy the RP Basic Maintenance Amount,
the Trust shall complete and deliver to the Remarketing
Agents, the Paying Agent, Moodys and S&P an RP Basic
Maintenance Report as of the date of such cure.
(e) An RP Basic Maintenance Report or Accountants Confirmation
will be deemed to have been delivered to the Remarketing Agents, the
Paying Agent, Moodys and S&P if Remarketing Agents, the Paying Agent,
Moodys and S&P receive a copy or telecopy, telex or other electronic
transcription thereof and on the same day the Trust mails to the
Remarketing Agents, the Paying Agent, Moodys and S&P for delivery on
the next Business Day the full RP Basic Maintenance Report. A
failure by the Trust to deliver an RP Basic Maintenance Report under
subparagraph (b), (c) or (d) of this paragraph 8 shall be deemed to
be delivery of an RP Basic Maintenance Report indicating that the
Discounted Value for all assets of the Trust is less than the RP
Basic Maintenance Amount, as of the relevant Valuation Date.
(f) Within ten Business Days after the date of delivery to the
Remarketing Agents, the Paying Agent, S&P and Moodys of an RP Basic
Maintenance Report in accordance with paragraph 8(b) above relating
to a Quarterly Valuation Date, the Independent Accountant will
confirm in writing to the Remarketing Agents, the Paying Agent, S&P
and Moodys (i) the mathematical accuracy of the calculations
reflected in such Report (and in any other RP Basic Maintenance
Report, randomlyselected by the Independent Accountant, that was
delivered by the Trust during the quarter ending on such Quarterly
Valuation Date); (ii) that, in such Report (and in such randomly
selected Report), (a) the Trust determined in accordance with this
Section 12.2 whether the Trust had, at such Quarterly Valuation Date
(and at the Valuation Date addressed in such randomlyselected
Report), S&P Eligible Assets of an aggregate Discounted Value at
least equal to the RP Basic Maintenance Amount and Moodys Eligible
Assets of an aggregate Discounted Value at least equal to the RP
Basic Maintenance Amount, (b) the aggregate amount of Deposit
Securities equals the Dividend Coverage Amount, and (c) the Market
Value of Portfolio Securities as determined by the Pricing Service
equals the mean between the quoted bid and asked price or the yield
equivalent (when quotations are readily available); and (iii) the
accuracy of the description of Eligible Assets as stated in the RP
Basic Maintenance Report (such confirmation is herein called the
Accountants Confirmation).
(g) Within ten Business Days after the date of delivery to the
Remarketing Agents, the Paying Agent, S&P and Moodys of an RP Basic
Maintenance Report in accordance with paragraph 8(c) above relating
to any Valuation Date on which the Trust failed to maintain the RP
Basic Maintenance Amount, the Independent Accountant will provide to
the Remarketing Agents, Paying Agent, S&P and Moodys an Accountants
Confirmation as to such RP Basic Maintenance Report.
(h) Within ten Business Days after the date of delivery to the
Remarketing Agents, the Paying Agent, S&P and Moodys of an RP Basic
Maintenance Report in accordance with paragraph 8(d) above relating
to any Valuation Date on which the Trust cured any failure to satisfy
the RP Basic Maintenance Amount, the Independent Accountant will
provide to the Remarketing Agents, the Paying Agent, S&P and Moodys
an Accountants Confirmation as to such RP Basic Maintenance Report.
(i) If any Accountants Confirmation delivered pursuant to
subparagraph (f), (g) or (h) of this paragraph 8 shows that an error
was made in the RP Basic Maintenance Report for a particular
Valuation Date for which such Accountants Confirmation was required to
be delivered, or shows that a lower aggregate Discounted Value for the
aggregate of all S&P Eligible Assets or Moodys Eligible Assets, as
the case may be, of the Trust was determined by the Independent
Accountant, the calculation or determination made by such Independent
Accountant shall be final and conclusive and shall be binding on the
Trust, and the Trust shall accordingly amend and deliver the RP Basic
Maintenance Report to the Remarketing Agents, the Paying Agent, S&P
and Moodys promptly following receipt by the Trust of such
Accountants Confirmation.
9. Minimum Liquidity Level. The Trust shall be
required to have, as of each Valuation Date, Dividend
Coverage Assets with respect to shares of RP of each then
outstanding Dividend Period having a Discounted Value not
less than the Dividend Coverage Amount with respect to shares
of such Dividend Period.
10. Restrictions on Certain Distributions. For so long
as any share of RP is outstanding, (A) the Trust shall not
declare, pay or set apart for payment any dividend or other
distribution (other than a dividend or distribution paid in
shares of, or options, warrants or rights to subscribe for or
purchase, Common Shares or other shares, if any, ranking
junior to or on a parity with the shares of RP as to
dividends and upon liquidation) in respect of the Common
Shares, RP or any other shares of the Trust ranking junior to
or on a parity with the shares of RP as to dividends or upon
liquidation, or call for redemption, redeem, purchase or
otherwise acquire for consideration any Common Shares or any
other such junior shares (except by conversion into or
exchange for shares of the Trust ranking junior to the shares
of RP as to dividends and upon liquidation), unless (i) full
cumulative dividends on shares of RP and Other RP through
their most recently ended respective Dividend Periods (or, if
such transaction is on a Dividend Payment Date, through the
Dividend Period ending on the day prior to such Dividend Payment
Date) shall have been paid or shall have been declared and sufficient
funds for the payment thereof deposited with the Paying Agent and
(ii) the Trust has redeemed the full number of shares of RP and Other
RP required to be redeemed by any provision for mandatory redemption
pertaining thereto, and (B) the Trust will not declare, pay or set
apart for payment any dividend or other distribution (other than a
dividend or distribution paid in shares of, or options, warrants or
rights to subscribe for or purchase, Common Shares or other shares,
if any, ranking junior to shares of RP as to dividends and upon
liquidation) in respect of Common Shares or any other shares of the
Trust ranking junior to or on a parity with shares of RP as to
dividends or upon liquidation, or call for redemption, redeem,
purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any Common Shares or
any other such junior shares (except by conversion into or exchange
for shares of the Trust ranking junior to shares of RP as to
dividends and upon liquidation), unless immediately after such
transaction the Discounted Value of the Trusts portfolio would at
least equal the RP Basic Maintenance Amount.
11. Notice. All notices or communications, unless otherwise
specified in these Bylaws, shall be sufficiently given if in writing
and delivered in person or mailed by firstclass mail, postage
prepaid. Notice shall be deemed given on the earlier of the date
received or the date seven days after which such notice is
mailed.
12. Certain Other Restrictions. For so long as any
shares of RP are outstanding,
(a) the Trust will not, unless it has received written
confirmation from Moodys and S&P that any such action would not
impair the ratings then assigned by Moodys and S&P to shares of
RP, engage in any one or more of the following transactions:
(i) borrow money if the RP Basic Maintenance Amount
would not be satisfied after giving effect to such
borrowing; or
(ii) borrow, in the aggregate, money in excess of the
lesser of $10,000,000 or the product of the number of shares
of RP and Other RP outstanding multiplied by $10,000 or 10%
of the total assets of the Trust; or
(iii) borrow any money except for the purpose of
clearing portfolio transactions; or
(iv) lend portfolio securities;
(b) the Trust shall not buy or sell futures contracts or
write put or call options except in accordance with the
guidelines established and revised, from time to time, by each
of Moodys and S&P; and
(c) for purposes of S&P and Moodys rating of the shares RP,
the Trust shall give to each of S&P and Moodys prompt written
notice of: (i) any material change to the Declaration of Trust or
Article XII of the Bylaws; (ii) any failure to declare or pay any
dividend on the shares of RP; . (iii) any mandatory or optional
redemption of the shares of RP; (iv) any assumption of control of the
Board of Trustees by the Holders of shares of RP pursuant to Section
6(b) of this Part I; (v) in the event the Trust shall not be a party
to a pricing services agreement and dealer quotes on assets are not
available; (vi) in the event that the Applicable Dividend Rate equals
or exceeds 95% of AA Composite Commercial Paper Rate; (vii) a change
in dividend period; (viii) any person owning more than 5% of Trusts
Common Shares; (ix) a change in Internal Revenue Service rules on
Grossup Dividends relating to the operation of the Trust; and (x) a
change in pricing service.
PART II. REMARKETING
PROCEDURES
1. Remarketing Schedule. Each Remarketing for shares of RP shall
take place over a threeday period consisting of the Tender Date, the
Dividend Reset Date and the Settlement Date. Such dates or the
method of establishing such dates shall be determined by the Board of
Trustees from time to time.
2. Procedure for Tendering. (a) Each share of RP is subject to
Tender and Dividend Reset only at the end of each Dividend Period
applicable to such share and may be tendered in the Remarketing which
commences on the Tender Date immediately prior to the end of the
current Dividend Period with respect thereto. By 12:00 noon, New York
City time,, on each such Tender Date, the Remarketing Agents shall,
after canvassing the market and considering prevailing market
conditions at the time for shares of RP and similar securities,
provide Beneficial Owners nonbinding indications of the Applicable
Dividend Rate for the next succeeding 7day Dividend Period, 28day
Dividend Period and any Optional Dividend Period or, if applicable, a
Special Dividend Period; provided that, if the Board of Trustees has
designated a Special Dividend Period with respect to all shares of RP
subject to Tender and Dividend Reset, the Remarketing Agents will
provide to Beneficial Owners of shares of RP a nonbinding indication
only of the Applicable Dividend Rate for such Special Dividend Period.
The actual Applicable Dividend Rates for such Dividend Periods may be
greater than or less than the rate indicated in such nonbinding
indications (but not greater than the applicable Maximum Dividend
Rate). By 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on such Tender Date, each
Beneficial Owner of shares of RP subject to the Tender and Dividend
Reset must notify a Remarketing Agent of its desire, on a sharebyshare
basis, either to tender such share of RP at a price of $100,000 per
share or to continue to hold such share of RP and elect either a 7day
Dividend Period, a 28day Dividend Period or a specific available
Optional Dividend Period or, if applicable, accept a designated
Special Dividend Period at the new Applicable Dividend Rate for the
selected or designated, as the case may be, Dividend Period. Any
notice given to a Remarketing Agent to tender or hold shares for a
particular Dividend Period shall be irrevocable and shall not be
conditioned upon the level at which the Applicable Dividend Rate or
Rates is established. Any such notice may not be waived by the
Remarketing Agents, except that prior to 4:00 p.m., New York City
time, on a Dividend Reset Date, a Remarketing Agent may, in its sole
discretion, (i) at the request of a Beneficial Owner that has tendered
one or more shares to such Remarketing Agent, waive such Beneficial
Owners tender, and thereby enable such Beneficial Owner to continue to
hold the share or shares for a 7day Dividend Period, 2 8day Dividend
Period or available Optional Dividend Period or, if applicable, a
designated Special Dividend Period, as agreed to by such Beneficial
Owner and such Remarketing Agent at such time, so long as such
tendering Beneficial Owner has indicated to such Remarketing Agent
that it would accept the new Applicable Dividend Rate for such
Dividend Period, such waiver to be contingent upon the Remarketing
Agents ability to remarket all shares of RP tendered in such
Remarketing, and (ii) at the request of a Beneficial Owner that has
elected to hold one or more of its shares of RP, waive such
Beneficial Owners election with respect thereto.
(b) The right of each Beneficial Owner to tender shares of RP in
a Remarketing shall be limited to the extent that (i) the Remarketing
Agents conduct a Remarketing pursuant to the terms of the Remarketing
Agreement, (ii) shares tendered have not been called for redemption
and (iii) the Remarketing Agents are able to find a purchaser or
purchasers for tendered shares of RP at an Applicable Dividend Rate
or Rates for the next Dividend Period or Periods that is not in
excess of the Maximum Dividend Rate or Rates for such Dividend
Period or Periods.
3. Determination of Applicable Dividend Rates. (a) Between
1:00 p.m., New York City time, on each Tender Date and 4:00 p.m., New
York City time, on the succeeding Dividend Reset Date, the
Remarketing Agents shall determine (i) unless the Board of Trustees
has designated such next Dividend Period as a Special Dividend
Period with respect to all shares subject to Tender and Dividend
Reset, the allocation of tendered shares of RP among a 7day Dividend
Period, a 28day Dividend Period and each available Optional Dividend
Period, if any, and, if applicable, a Special Dividend Period
(provided that, if the Remarketing Agents are unable to remarket on
such Dividend Reset Date all such tendered shares in a Remarketing at
a price of $100,000 per share, then the Remarketing Agents shall
allocate no shares to any Optional Dividend Period and no shares will
be assigned to any Special Dividend Period and such shares shall be
allocated to a 7day Dividend Period) and (ii) the Applicable
Dividend Rates to the nearest onethousandth (0.001) of one percent
per annum for the next 7day Dividend Period, the next 28day Dividend
Period and the next Optional Dividend Period or Periods or the next
designated Special Dividend Period, as the case may be. The
Applicable Dividend Rate for each such Dividend Period, except as
otherwise required herein, shall be the dividend rate per annum
which the Remarketing Agents determine, in their sole judgment, to be
the lowest rate, giving effect to such allocation, that will enable
them to remarket on behalf of the Beneficial Owners thereof all
shares of RP subject to Tender and Dividend Reset in such Remarketing
and tendered to them on such Tender Date at a price of $100,000 per
share.
(b) If no Applicable Dividend Rate shall have been established
on a Dividend Reset Date in a Remarketing for a 7day Dividend Period,
a 28day Dividend Period or Optional Dividend Period or Periods or
Special Dividend Period, if any, or for any or all of the foregoing,
for any reason (other than because there are no Remarketing Agents,
the Remarketing Agents are not required to conduct a Remarketing
pursuant to the terms of the Remarketing Agreement or the Remarketing
Agents are unable to remarket on the Dividend Reset Date all shares
of RP tendered (or deemed tendered) to them at a price of $100,000
per share), then the Remarketing Agents, in their sole discretion,
shall, if necessary and except during a NonPayment Period, after
taking into account market conditions as reflected in the prevailing
yields on fixed and variable rate taxable and taxexempt debt
securities and the prevailing dividend yields of fixed and variable
rate preferred stock, determine the Applicable Dividend Rate or
Rates, as the case may be, that would be the rate or rates per annum
that would be the initial dividend rate or rates in an offering on
such Dividend Reset Date, assuming in each case a comparable dividend
period or periods, issuer and security. If there is no Remarketing
because there are no Remarketing Agents or the Remarketing Agents are
not required to conduct a Remarketing pursuant to the Remarketing
Agreement or if the Remarketing Agents are unable to remarket on the
Dividend Reset Date all shares of RP tendered (or deemed tendered) to
them at a price of $100,000 per share, then, except during a
NonPayment Period, the Applicable Dividend Rate for the subsequent
Dividend Period and for each subsequent Dividend Period for which no
Remarketing takes place because of the foregoing shall be the
applicable Maximum Dividend Rate for a 7day Dividend Period and the
next succeeding Dividend Period shall be a 7day Dividend Period. In
a Remarketing, the Applicable Dividend Rates for different Dividend
Periods need not be equal.
(c) In determining such Applicable Dividend Rate or Rates, and
making such allocation, the Remarketing Agents shall, after taking
into account market conditions as reflected in the prevailing yields
on fixed and variable rate taxable and taxexempt debt securities and
the prevailing dividend yields of fixed and variable rate preferred
stock determined for the purpose of providing nonbinding indications
of the Applicable Dividend Rate to Beneficial Owners and potential
purchasers of shares of RP, (i) consider the number of shares of RP
tendered and the number of shares of RP potential purchasers are
willing to purchase and (ii) contact by telephone or otherwise
current and potential Beneficial Owners of shares of RP subject to
Tender and Dividend Reset to ascertain the dividend rates at
which they would be willing to hold shares of RP.
(d) The Applicable Dividend Rate or Rates as well as the
allocation of tendered shares of RP shall be determined as
aforesaid by the Remarketing Agents in their sole discretion
(except as otherwise provided in this Section 12.2 with respect
to Applicable Dividend Rates that shall be the NonPayment Period
Rate or the Maximum Dividend Rates) and shall be conclusive and
binding on Holders and Beneficial Owners.
(e) Except during a NonPayment Period, the Applicable
Dividend Rate for any Dividend Period shall not be more than
the applicable Maximum Dividend Rate.
4. Allocation of Shares; Failure to Remarket at $100,000
Per Share. (a) If the Remarketing Agents are unable to remarket
by 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on a Dividend Reset Date all
shares of RP tendered to them in the related Remarketing (which
are subject to Tender or Dividend Reset in such Remarketing) at
a price of $100,000 per share, (i) each Beneficial Owner that
tendered or was deemed to have tendered shares of RP for sale
shall sell a number of shares of RP on a pro rata basis, to the
extent practicable, or by lot, as determined by the Remarketing
Agents in their sole discretion, based on the number of orders
to purchase shares of RP in such Remarketing; (ii) the next
Dividend Period shall be a 7day Dividend Period for all tendered (or
deemed tendered) but unsold shares (which are subject to Tender and
Dividend Reset in such Remarketing) and the Applicable Dividend
Rates shall be the applicable Maximum Dividend Rates.
(b) If the allocation procedures described above would result in
the sale of a fraction of a share of RP, the Remarketing Agents
shall, in their sole discretion, round up or down the number of
shares of RP sold by each Beneficial Owner on the applicable Dividend
Reset Date so that each share sold by a Beneficial Owner shall be a
whole share of RP, and the total number of shares sold equals the
total number of shares purchased on such Dividend Reset Date.
5. Notification of Results; Settlement. (a) By telephone at
approximately 4:30 p.m., New York City time, on each Dividend Reset
Date with respect to shares of RP, the Remarketing Agents shall
advise each Beneficial Owner of tendered shares and each purchaser
thereof (or the Agent Member thereof) (i) of the number of shares
such Beneficial Owner or purchaser is to sell or purchase and (ii) to
give instructions to its Agent Member to deliver such shares against
payment therefor or to pay the purchase price against delivery as
appropriate. The Remarketing Agents will also advise each Beneficial
Owner or purchaser that is to continue to hold, or to purchase,
shares with a Dividend Period beginning on the Business Day following
such Dividend Reset Date of the lengths of such Applicable Dividend
Periods and the Dividend Rate for such shares.
(b) In accordance with the Securities Depositorys normal
procedures, on the Settlement Date, the transactions described above
with respect to each share of RP shall be executed through the
Securities Depository, if the Securities Depository or its nominee
holds or is to hold the certificate relating to the shares to be
purchased, and the accounts of the respective Agent Members of the
Securities Depository shall be debited and credited and shares
delivered by book entry as necessary to effect the purchases and
sales of shares of RP and the changes in the types of Dividend Periods
as determined in the related Remarketing. Purchasers of shares of RP
shall make payment to the Paying Agent in sameday funds against
delivery to other purchasers or their nominees of one or more
certificates representing shares of RP, or, if the Securities
Depository or its nominee holds or is to hold the certificate
relating to the shares to be purchased, through their Agent Members
in sameday funds to the Securities Depository against delivery by
book entry of shares of RP through their Agent Members. The
Securities Depository shall make payment in accordance with its normal
procedures.
(c) If any Beneficial Owner selling shares of RP in a
Remarketing fails to deliver such shares, the Agent Member of
such selling Beneficial Owner and of any other person that was
to have purchased shares of RP in such Remarketing may deliver
to any such other person a number of whole shares of RP that is
less than the number of shares that otherwise was to be
purchased by such person. In such event, the number of shares
of RP to be so delivered shall be determined by such Agent
Member. Delivery of such lesser number of shares of RP shall
constitute good delivery.
(d) The Remarketing Agents, the Paying Agent and the
Securities Depository each will use its reasonable commercial
efforts to meet the timing requirements set forth in paragraphs
(a) and (b) above; provided that, in the event that there is a
delay in the occurrence of any delivery or other event
connection with a Remarketing, the Remarketing Agent, the Paying
Agent and the Securities Depository each will use its reasonable
commercial efforts to accommodate such delivery in furtherance
of the Remarketing.
(e) Notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions of
this paragraph 5, the Remarketing Agents may, in their sole
discretion, modify the settlement procedures set forth above
with respect to any Remarketing, provided any such
modification does not adversely affect the Beneficial Owners
or the Holders of RP or the Trust.
6. Purchase of Shares of RP by Remarketing Agents. The
Remarketing Agents may purchase for their own accounts shares of RP in
a Remarketing, provided that they purchase all tendered (or deemed
tendered) shares of RP not sold in such Remarketing to other
purchasers and that the Applicable Dividend Rate established with
respect to such shares in such Remarketing is not higher than the
Applicable Dividend Rate or Rates that would have been established if
the Remarketing Agents had not purchased such shares. Except as
provided in the previous sentence, the Remarketing Agents shall not
be obligated to purchase any shares of RP that would otherwise remain
unsold in a Remarketing. If the Remarketing Agents own any shares of
RP subject to a Remarketing immediately prior to such Remarketing and
if all other shares subject to such Remarketing and rendered for sale
by other Beneficial Owners of shares of RP have been sold in such
Remarketing, then the Remarketing Agents may sell such number of
their shares in such Remarketing as there are outstanding orders to
purchase that have not been filled by shares tendered for sale by
other Beneficial Owners. Neither the Trust, the Paying Agent nor any
of the Remarketing Agents shall be obligated in any case to provide
funds to make payment to a Beneficial Owner upon such Beneficial
Owners tender of its shares of RP in a Remarketing.
7. Applicable Dividend Rate During a NonPayment Period. So
long as a NonPayment Period shall continue, paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
and 6 of this Part II shall not be applicable to any of the Shares of
RP and the shares of RP shall not be subject to Tender and Dividend
Reset.
8. Transfers. As a condition precedent to purchasing shares of
RP in any offering, in any Remarketing or outside any Remarketing,
each purchaser of shares of RP shall be required to sign and deliver a
Master Purchasers Letter. The sufficiency of any Master Purchasers
Letter is to be determined by the Remarketing Agents in their sole
discretion. In a Master Purchasers Letter, such purchaser shall
agree, among other things, (i) unless the Trust has elected, during a
NonPayment Period, to waive this requirement, to have its ownership
of such shares of RP maintained in book entry form by the Securities
Depository, for the account of a designated Agent Member which, in
turn, shall maintain records of such purchasers beneficial ownership,
(ii) to be conclusively bound by the remarketing procedures,
including the Remarketing Agents determination of the Applicable
Dividend Rates and the applicable Dividend Periods, (iii) to the
payment of dividends at different rates to different Holders of shares
of RP depending on the type of Dividend Period selected by such
Holders, (iv) that its notice to tender shares of RP in a Remarketing
shall constitute an irrevocable offer, except as set forth in such
Master Purchasers Letter, to sell the shares specified in such notice
and authorization to the Remarketing Agents to sell, transfer or
otherwise dispose of such shares as set forth herein and (v) unless
the Trust shall have elected, during a NonPayment Period, to waive
this requirement, to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any share
of RP held by it only pursuant to orders placed in a Remarketing
therefor or to a person that has signed and delivered a Master
Purchasers Letter as providing herein, and, in the case of any
transfer other than pursuant to a Remarketing, to ensure that an Agent
Member advises a Remarketing Agent of such transfer. The Agent
Member shall be authorized and instructed to disclose to any
Remarketing Agent and/or the Paying Agent such information with
respect to such purchasers beneficial ownership as a Remarketing
Agent or the Paying Agent shall request.
9. Miscellaneous. To the extent permitted by
applicable law, the Board of Trustees of the Trust may
interpret or adjust the provisions hereof to resolve any
inconsistency or ambiguity, or to remedy any formal defect.
10. Securities Depository; Shares Certificates. (a) If
there is a Securities Depository, an appropriate number of
certificates for all of the shares of RP shall be issued to
the Securities Depository and registered in the name of the
Securities Depository or its nominee. Additional certificates may be
issued as necessary to represent shares of RP having Optional
Dividend Periods or Special Dividend Periods. All such certificates
shall bear a legend to the effect that such certificates are issued
subject to the provisions contained in this Section 12.2 and each
Master Purchasers Letter. Unless the Trust shall have elected,
during a NonPayment Period, to waive this requirement, the Trust will
also issue stoptransfer instructions to the Paying Agent for the
shares of RP. Except as provided in paragraph (b) below, the
Securities Depository or its nominee will be the Holder, and no
Beneficial Owner shall receive certificates representing its
ownership interest in such shares.
(b) If the Applicable Dividend Rate applicable to all shares of
RP shall be the NonPayment Period Rate or there is no Securities
Depository, the Trust may at its option issue one or more new
certificates with respect to such shares (without the legend referred
to in paragraph 10(a) of this Part II) registered in the names of the
Beneficial Owners or their nominees and rescind the stoptransfer
instructions referred to in paragraph 10(a) of this Part II with
respect to such shares.
ARTICLE 13
Advance Notice Provisions
13.1 Advance Notice of Shareholder Nominations of Trustees
and Other Shareholder Proposals. Except as otherwise provided in
Article 16 of these Bylaws, the matters to be considered and
brought before any meeting of Shareholders shall be limited to
only such matters, including the nomination and election of
Trustees, as shall be brought properly before such meeting in
compliance with the procedures set forth in this Section 13.1.
Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the following
procedures, other than persons nominated by the Board of
Trustees, shall be eligible for election as Trustees, and no
proposal to fix the number of Trustees shall be considered at or
brought before a meeting of Shareholders or otherwise transacted
unless notice is provided in accordance with the following
procedures, except as may be otherwise provided in the Bylaws
with respect to the right of holders of remarketed preferred
shares, if any, of the Trust to nominate and elect a specified
number of Trustees in certain circumstances.
(a) Shareholder Nominations for Trustee and Other
Shareholder Proposals for Meetings of Shareholders.
(1) For any matter to be properly brought before a
meeting of Shareholders, the matter must be (i)
specified in the notice of meeting given by or at the
direction of the Trustees pursuant to Article V,
Section 2 of the Declaration of Trust, (ii) brought
before the meeting by or at the direction of the
Trustees (or any duly authorized committee thereof) or
the Chair of the Trustees or (iii) brought before the
meeting by any Shareholder of the Trust who was a
Shareholder of record (1) at the time the notice
provided for in this Section 13.1 is delivered to the
Clerk of the Trust, (2) at the record date for the
meeting and (3) at the time of the meeting, who is
entitled to vote at the meeting on the nomination or
proposal for which the Shareholder has provided notice
prior to such meeting in accordance with this Article
13, and who complies with the notice procedures set
forth in subparagraph (2) of this paragraph (a) of this
Section 13.1 and the other requirements of this Article
13. If the Shareholder ceases to be a holder of record
of Shares, or if the beneficial owner ceases to be the
beneficial owner of Shares to the extent the record
owner and beneficial owner are not the same person,
entitled to vote at such meeting on the nomination or
proposal for which the Shareholder has provided notice
prior to such meeting in accordance with this Article
13, the Shareholders proposal shall automatically be
withdrawn from consideration at the meeting.
(2) For such matter to be properly brought before
a meeting by a Shareholder pursuant to clause (iii) of
subparagraph (1) of paragraph (a) of this Section 13.1,
the Shareholder must have given timely notice thereof
in writing to the Clerk of the Trust in accordance with
paragraph (b) of this Section 13.1. The Shareholders
notice shall contain, at a minimum, the required
information set forth in paragraph (c) of this Section
13.1.
(b) Timely Notice.
(1) Annual Meeting. To be timely, a Shareholders
notice required by subparagraph (2) of paragraph (a) of
this Section 13.1 in respect of an annual meeting or a
special meeting in lieu of an annual meeting (each, an
Annual Meeting) shall be delivered to the Clerk at the
principal executive offices of the Trust not less than
sixty (60) nor more than ninety (90) days prior to the
anniversary date of the immediately preceding Annual
Meeting; provided, however, if and only if the Annual
Meeting is not scheduled to be held on a date that is
within thirty (30) days before or after such
anniversary date, notice by the Shareholder in order to
be timely must be so received no later than the close
of business on the tenth (10th) day following the
earlier of the date on which notice of the date of the
annual meeting was first mailed to Shareholders and the
date on which the date of the Annual Meeting was
publicly announced or disclosed.
(2) Special Meeting (Other than Special Meeting in
Lieu of Annual Meeting). To be timely, a Shareholders
notice required by subparagraph (2) of paragraph (a) of
this Section 13.1 in respect of a special meeting shall
be delivered to the Clerk at the principal executive
offices of the Trust not later than the close of
business on the tenth (10th) day following the earlier
of the date on which notice of the date of the special
meeting was first mailed to Shareholders and the date
on which the date of the special meeting was publicly
announced or disclosed.
(3) General. In no event shall one or more
adjournments or postponements (or public announcements
thereof) of a meeting of Shareholders commence a new
time period (or extend any time period) for the giving
of a Shareholders notice as described in this paragraph
(b) of this Section 13.1.
(4) Publicly Announced or Disclosed. For purposes
of this Section 13.1, a matter shall be deemed to have
been publicly announced or disclosed if such matter is
disclosed in a press release reported by the Dow Xxxxx
News Service, Associated Press or comparable national
news service, in a document publicly filed by the Trust
with the Securities Exchange Commission, or on a
website accessible to the public maintained by the
Trust or its investment adviser or an affiliate of such
investment adviser with respect to the Trust.
(c) Content of Shareholders Notice.
(1) Shareholder Nominations and Proposals to Fix
the Number of Trustees. Any Shareholder desiring to
nominate any person or persons (as the case may be) for
election as a Trustee or Trustees of the Trust shall
set forth in the Shareholders notice required by this
Section 13.1 as to each person, if any, whom the
Shareholder proposes to nominate for election or
reelection as a Trustee (i) the persons name, age, date
of birth, business address, residence address and
nationality; (ii) any other information regarding the
person required by each of paragraphs (a), (d), (e) and
(f) of Item 401 of Regulation SK and paragraph (b) of
Item 22 of Rule 14a101 (Schedule 14A) under the
Exchange Act; (iii) any other information regarding the
person that would be required to be disclosed in a
proxy statement or other filings required to be made in
connection with solicitation of proxies for election of
Trustees or directors pursuant to Section 14 of the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder; (iv) whether the Shareholder believes the
person is or will be an interested person of the Trust
(as defined in the 1940 Act) and, if not an interested
person, information regarding the person that will be
sufficient for the Trust to make such determination;
(v) the written consent of the person to being named as
a nominee and to serve as a Trustee if elected; and
(vi) the class or series and number of all Shares owned
beneficially and of record by the person. Any
Shareholders notice required by this Section 13.1 in
respect of a proposal to fix the number of Trustees
shall also set forth a description and the text of the
proposal, which description and text shall state a
fixed number of Trustees that otherwise complies with
the Bylaws and the Declaration of Trust, and shall be
accompanied by a written statement as to why the
Shareholder believes that the proposal to fix the
number of Trustees at the specified number is in the
best interests of Shareholders.
(2) Other Proposals. Any Shareholder desiring to
propose any matter at a Shareholders meeting, other
than the nomination of one or more persons for the
election of Trustee or Trustees or a proposal to fix
the number of Trustees (which shall be subject to the
provisions of subparagraph (1) of paragraph (c) of this
Section 13.1) shall set forth in the Shareholders
notice required by this Section 13.1 (i) the exact text
of the proposal to be presented; (ii) a brief written
statement of the reasons why such Shareholder favors
the proposal; and (iii) a brief written statement why
the proposal is in the best interests of Shareholders.
(3) General Requirements. Without limiting the
foregoing, any Shareholder who gives a Shareholders
notice of any matter proposed to be brought before a
Shareholder meeting (whether or not involving nominees
for Trustees) as required by this Section 13.1 shall
set forth in such Shareholders notice, (i) the name and
address of the Shareholder, as it appears on the Trusts
books; (ii) the class or series and number of all
Shares owned beneficially and of record by the
Shareholder (or by each of the record owner and
beneficial owner if not the same person, identifying
the name and address of each); (iii) any material
interest of such Shareholder in the matter proposed
(other than as a Shareholder); (iv) if the proposal
involves nominee(s) for Trustees, a description of all
arrangements or understandings between the Shareholder
and each proposed nominee and any other person or
persons (including their names) pursuant to which the
nomination(s) are to be made by the Shareholder; (v) a
representation that the Shareholder intends to appear
in person or by proxy at the meeting to act on the
matter(s) proposed; (vi) any other information relating
to the Shareholder that would be required to be
disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings
required to be made in connection with solicitation of
proxies with respect to the matter(s) proposed pursuant
to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder; (vii) to the extent
known by the Shareholder giving notice, the name and
address of any other Shareholder supporting the
proposed nominee or other proposal; and (viii) in the
case of a beneficial owner, evidence establishing such
beneficial owners indirect ownership of, and
entitlement to vote, Shares at the meeting of
Shareholders. As used in this Section 13.1, Shares
beneficially owned shall mean all Shares which such
person is deemed to beneficially own pursuant to Rules
13d3 and 13d5 under the Exchange Act. The Shareholder
shall also provide such other information as the Board
of Trustees may reasonably request in order to assess
whether the matter is a proper matter for Shareholder
consideration and determine a position with respect to
such proposal.
(4) Beneficial Owner. If the record owner and
the beneficial owner of the Shares are not the same
person, the Shareholder shall also provide the
information called for by clauses (iii), (iv), (v),
(vi) and (vii) of subparagraph (3) of paragraph (c) of
this Section 13.1 in respect of the beneficial owner of
such Shares.
(d) Attendance at Meeting. Notwithstanding the
foregoing provisions of this Article 13, unless otherwise
required by the Declaration or Trust or applicable law, if
the Shareholder who has provided the notice prescribed in
paragraph (b) of this Section 13.1 does not appear at the
meeting to present in person the nominations or other
proposals that were the subject of such notice, any such
nomination or nominations shall not be acted on and any
proposal or proposals shall not be transacted.
(e) Authority to Determine Compliance with Procedures.
The person presiding at any meeting of Shareholders, in
addition to making any other determinations that may be
appropriate to the conduct of the meeting, shall have the
power and duty to (i) determine whether a nomination or
proposal was made in compliance with the procedures set
forth in this Article 13 and elsewhere in the Bylaws and in
the Declaration of Trust and (ii) if any nomination or
proposal is not so in compliance to declare that such
nomination or proposal shall be disregarded.
ARTICLE 14
Amendments to the Bylaws
14.1 General. These Bylaws may be amended or repealed, in
whole or in part, by a majority of the Trustees then in office.
These Bylaws may not be amended by Shareholders.
ARTICLE 15
Claims
15.1 Shareholder Claims. As used herein, a direct
Shareholder claim shall refer to (i) a claim based upon alleged
violations of a Shareholders individual rights independent of any
harm to the Trust, including a Shareholders voting rights under
Article 10, rights to receive a dividend payment as may be
declared from time to time, rights to inspect books and records,
or other similar rights personal to the Shareholder and
independent of any harm to the Trust; and (ii) a claim for which
a direct shareholder action is expressly provided under the U.S.
federal securities laws. Any claim asserted by a Shareholder that
is not a direct Shareholder claim, including without limitation
any claims purporting to be brought on behalf of the Trust or
involving any alleged harm to the Trust, shall be considered a
derivative claim as used herein.
ARTICLE 16
Control Share Acquisitions
16.1 Certain Definitions. As used in this Article 16, the
following terms have the meanings specified below:
(a) Associate means, with respect to any Person, any
person who directly or indirectly controls or is controlled
by, or is under common control with, such Person, control,
as used in this definition meaning the possession, direct
or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction
of the management or policies of a Person, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise; any corporation or organization of which such
Person is an officer, director or partner or in which such
Person performs a similar function; any direct or indirect
Beneficial Owner of ten percent (10%) or more of any class
of equity securities of such Person; any trust or estate in
which such Person has a beneficial interest not represented
by transferable shares or as to which such Person serves as
trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity; any relative or
spouse of such Person, or any relative of such spouse, any
one of whom has the same residence as such Person or who is
a Trustee or officer of the Trust or any of its affiliates;
any person who is acting or intends to act jointly or in
concert with such Person in a Control Share Acquisition;
and any affiliated person of such Person, as such term is
defined in Section 2(a)(3) of the 1940 Act.
(b) Beneficial Ownership or Beneficially Owned means
the sole or shared power to dispose or direct the
disposition of Shares or the sole or shared power to vote
or to direct the voting of Shares, whether such power is
direct or indirect or through any contract, arrangement,
understanding, relationship or otherwise. A Person shall
not be deemed to be a Beneficial Owner of Shares as to
which such Person may exercise voting power solely by
virtue of a revocable proxy conferring the right to vote. A
member of a national securities exchange shall not be
deemed to be a Beneficial Owner of Shares held directly or
indirectly by it on behalf of another Person solely because
such member is the record holder of such securities and,
pursuant to the rules of such exchange, may direct the vote
of such Shares, without instruction, on other than
contested matters or matters that may affect substantially
the rights or privileges of the holders of the Shares to be
voted but is otherwise precluded by the rules of such
exchange from voting without instructions.
(c)(1) Control Share Acquisition means the acquisition
by any Person of Beneficial Ownership of Shares, other than
remarketed preferred shares of a series existing as of
September 18, 2020 (Existing Preferred Shares), which, but
for the provisions of this Article 16, would have voting
rights and which, when added to all other Shares
Beneficially Owned by such Person (excluding Existing
Preferred Shares but including Shares otherwise included in
the categories enumerated in Section 16.1(c)(2)(i) through
(vi) below), would entitle such Person, upon acquisition of
such Shares, to vote or direct the voting of Shares having
voting power in the election of Trustees (except for
elections of Trustees by preferred shareholders of the
Trust voting as a separate class) within any of the
following ranges of such voting power:
(i) Onetenth or more, but less than onefifth of all
voting power;
(ii) Onefifth or more, but less than onethird of all
voting power;
(ii) Onethird or more, but less than a majority of all
voting power; or
(iv) A majority or more of all voting power.
Subject to Section 16.1(c)(2) below, with respect to
any Control Share Acquisition by a Person, the following
Shares, other than any Existing Preferred Shares, shall be
deemed to have been acquired in the same Control Share
Acquisition for purposes of this Article 16: (a) all Shares
the Beneficial Ownership of which is acquired by such Person
within ninety (90) days before the date on which such Person
makes an acquisition of Beneficial Ownership of Shares that
results in such Control Share Acquisition and all Shares the
Beneficial Ownership of which was acquired by such Person
pursuant to a plan to make a Control Share Acquisition; and
(b) all Shares the Beneficial Ownership of which is acquired
by such Person within the range of voting power (specified
in this Section 16.1(c)(1)) to which the Control Share
Acquisition is subject at any time after the date on which
such Person makes an acquisition of Beneficial Ownership of
Shares that results in such Control Share Acquisition but
prior to the authorization by Shareholders of such Persons
voting rights with respect to such Control Share Acquisition
in accordance with Section 16.4 of this Article 16.
(2) A Control Share Acquisition shall not include the
acquisition of Beneficial Ownership of Shares acquired:
(i) before September 18, 2020, provided, for the
avoidance of doubt, that Shares acquired before
September 18, 2020 shall, pursuant to Section
16.1(c)(1) above, be added to Shares the Beneficial
Ownership of which is acquired after September 18, 2020
for purposes of determining whether a Control Share
Acquisition has taken place or will take place
following September 18, 2020;
(ii) pursuant to a contract to acquire Shares existing
before September 18, 2020;
(iii) by will or pursuant to the laws of descent and
distribution;
(iv) pursuant to the satisfaction of a pledge or other
security interest created in good faith and not for the
purpose of circumventing the provisions of this Article
16;
(v) pursuant to a tender offer, merger or
consolidation, but only if such tender offer, merger or
consolidation is pursuant to an agreement to which the
Trust is a party and has been approved by such
proportion of the Board of Trustees and/or Shareholders
of the Trust as is required pursuant to the Declaration
of Trust or Bylaws; or
(vi) through any other transaction that is declared to
be exempt from the provisions of this Article 16 by
vote of a majority of the Board of Trustees, whether
such vote is taken before, at the time of or after such
transaction.
(3) The acquisition of Beneficial Ownership of Shares
does not constitute a Control Share Acquisition if the
acquisition is made by a Person whose voting rights with
respect to Shares were previously authorized by the
Shareholders of the Trust in compliance with this Article
16, unless such acquisition, when added to all other Shares
Beneficially Owned by the Person making such acquisition,
other than any Existing Preferred Shares, would entitle such
acquiring Person to vote or direct the voting of Shares
having voting power in the election of Trustees in excess of
the range of voting power within which all Shares
Beneficially Owned by such Person whose voting rights were
previously so authorized had voting power immediately
following such authorization.
(d) Control Share Acquisition Statement means a
statement satisfying the requirements of Section 16.2 below.
(e) Interested Shares means Shares that are
Beneficially Owned by:
(i) any Person who has acquired or proposes to acquire
Beneficial Ownership of Shares in a Control Share
Acquisition;
(ii) any officer of the Trust; or
(iii) any employee of the Trust or the Trusts
investment adviser who is also a Trustee of the Trust.
For the avoidance of doubt, any Person whose voting
rights in connection with a Control Share Acquisition are
subject to a Shareholder vote at a meeting of Shareholders
pursuant to Section 16.3 shall be deemed to hold Interested
Shares with respect to any Shareholder vote at such meeting
on voting rights in connection with a Control Share
Acquisition by any other Person.
(f) Person means any individual, corporation,
partnership, unincorporated association or other entity, and
includes any Associate of such Person.
16.2 Delivery of Control Share Acquisition Statement. Any
Person who has made a Control Share Acquisition or has made a
bona fide written offer to make a Control Share Acquisition may
deliver a Control Share Acquisition Statement to the Clerk of the
Trust at the principal executive offices of the Trust personally
or by certified mail. The Control Share Acquisition Statement
shall set forth all of the following:
(i) the identity/identities of such Person who
intends/intend to acquire or has/have acquired
Beneficial Ownership of Shares;
(ii) a statement that such Control Share Acquisition
Statement is being made and delivered pursuant to the
provisions of this Article 16;
(iii) the number and class or series of Shares
Beneficially Owned by such Person prior to the Control
Share Acquisition;
(iv) the number and class or series of Shares acquired
or proposed to be acquired by such Person pursuant to
the Control Share Acquisition and the range of voting
power to which the Control Share Acquisition is or, if
consummated, would be subject pursuant to the
provisions of Section 16.1(c)(1) above;
(v) a description of the terms and conditions of the
proposed or completed Control Share Acquisition,
including but not limited to the prices paid by such
Person in the Control Share Acquisition and the dates
upon which the Shares were acquired or are planned to
be acquired; and
(vi) if the Control Share Acquisition has not been
completed, representations by such Person that such
Control Share Acquisition, if consummated, will not be
contrary to law, and that such Person has the financial
capacity to consummate the proposed Control Share
Acquisition, together with a statement in reasonable
detail of the material facts upon which such
representation is based.
16.3 Meeting of Shareholders. (a) If the Person delivering
a Control Share Acquisition Statement so demands in writing
contemporaneously with the delivery of such Control Share
Acquisition Statement, consideration of the voting rights to be
authorized for the Shares acquired or proposed to be acquired in
the Control Share Acquisition shall be presented at the next
meeting of the Trusts Shareholders notice of which has not been
given prior to the receipt by the Trust of the Control Share
Acquisition Statement, whether such meeting is an annual meeting,
special meeting in lieu of an annual meeting or special meeting
(and provided that the Board of Trustees shall have no obligation
to call such a meeting for the sole purpose of considering the
voting rights in connection with a Control Share Acquisition). A
demand delivered pursuant to the preceding sentence shall not be
considered a notice of Shareholder proposal for purposes of
Article 13, Section 13.1 of these Bylaws and shall not be subject
to the associated informational requirements or deadlines. Such
demand shall not be effective unless accompanied by an
undertaking by the Person making such demand to pay, if requested
by the Trust, the reasonable expenses incurred by the Trust
arising from or relating to the consideration of the voting
rights of such Person at a Shareholder meeting, but not including
the expenses of the Trust incurred in opposing a vote to
authorize voting rights for the Shares acquired or proposed to be
acquired in the Control Share Acquisition. The Trust shall have
no obligation to, but may, include the consideration of voting
rights for the Shares acquired or proposed to be acquired in a
Control Share Acquisition in its own proxy statement for any
Shareholder meeting. The Trustees may require the acquiring
Person to give bond, with sufficient surety, or may require such
Person to deposit cash in escrow to reasonably assure the Trust
that this undertaking will be satisfied. For the avoidance of
doubt, a demand delivered pursuant to this Section shall be
limited to the consideration of the voting rights to be
authorized for only those Shares acquired within the range of
voting power to which the Control Share Acquisition is subject
pursuant to the provisions of Section 16.1(c)(1) above, and any
Shares acquired in excess of such range shall constitute a
separate Control Share Acquisition with respect to the next range
of voting power and, therefore, shall be treated separately for
purposes of applying the provisions of this Article 16.
(b) The notice to the Shareholders of the Trust of any
annual meeting, special meeting in lieu of an annual meeting or
special meeting at which the voting rights to be accorded Shares
acquired or proposed to be acquired in a Control Share
Acquisition are to be considered shall be directed to all
Shareholders of record of the Trust entitled to vote on such
matter as of the record date set for such meeting. Such notice
may include or be accompanied by a copy of the Control Share
Acquisition Statement received by the Trust pursuant to this
Article 16, and such other information as the Trust deems
appropriate.
(c) A Person whose voting rights with respect to Shares
acquired in a Control Share Acquisition are considered at a
meeting of Shareholders of the Trust with respect to one of the
four ownership thresholds specified in Section 16.1(c)(1) above
and not approved may not demand Shareholder consideration of its
voting rights in connection with a Control Share Acquisition with
respect to the same ownership threshold at any subsequent
Shareholder meeting held within two calendar years of the initial
meeting at which such Persons voting rights were considered with
respect to such threshold, and, for the avoidance of doubt, such
Person shall not have voting rights with respect to such Shares
except to the extent approved at a future meeting held after the
expiration of such twoyear period and, after the expiration of
such twoyear period, such Person may deliver a Control Share
Acquisition Statement (in accordance with Section 16.2 above)
with respect to such Shares (and/or any other Shares acquired in
a Control Share Acquisition with respect to the same ownership
threshold) and may demand Shareholder consideration of the voting
rights to be authorized for such Shares (in accordance with
Section 16.3(a) above).
16.4 Authorization of Voting Rights. The Person who has
acquired Beneficial Ownership of Shares in a Control Share
Acquisition shall have the same voting rights with respect to
those Shares as the Beneficial Owners of all other Shares of the
same class or series of the Trust only to the extent authorized
by vote of Shareholders of the Trust at an annual meeting,
special meeting in lieu of an annual meeting or special meeting
at which such authorization is considered pursuant to Section
16.3(a) above. At any such meeting, such authorization shall be
considered prior to any other matter that is subject to a
Shareholder vote, and such authorization shall require the
affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the Shares
entitled to vote generally in the election of Trustees, excluding
Interested Shares. For the avoidance of doubt, Interested Shares
shall be treated in the same manner in connection with such
authorization as Shares acquired in a Control Share Acquisition
for which no authorization is approved by Shareholders, as
provided in the following sentence. If no such vote is adopted,
(a) the Beneficial Owner of such Shares acquired in a Control
Share Acquisition shall not have power to vote such Shares on any
matters listed in Article V, Section 1 of the Declaration of
Trust, such Shares held by such Beneficial Owner shall not be
entitled to the voting power set forth in Article V, Section 1 of
the Declaration of Trust and the Beneficial Owner of such Shares
shall not otherwise have voting rights with respect to such
Shares with respect to any matter pursuant to these Bylaws or the
Declaration of Trust, and (b) such Shares shall not be considered
entitled to vote for purposes of determining quorum pursuant to
Article V, Section 3 of the Declaration of Trust and shall not be
considered present and entitled to vote with respect to any
adjournment within the meaning of Article 10, Section 10.2 of
these Bylaws. Such Shares shall have power to vote (including
the voting power prescribed in the Declaration of Trust), be
entitled to vote and be present and entitled to vote upon
transfer of Beneficial Ownership of such Shares to another Person
unless such transfer constitutes a Control Share Acquisition by
the acquirer, in which event the ability of the acquirer to vote
such Shares shall be subject to the provisions of this Article
16.
16.5 Persons Required to Provide Information;
Interpretation. (a) Each Person who owns Shares either
beneficially or of record shall provide to the Trust such
information as the Trust may request as is necessary for the
Trust to apply the provisions in this Article 16.
(b) Upon approval by a majority of the Board of Trustees,
the Board of Trustees may adopt policies, procedures or
resolutions to supply any omission, cure any ambiguity or correct
or supplement any defective or inconsistent provisions contained
in this Article 16. Any interpretation of any term or provision
contained in this Article 16 made by the Trustees in good faith
shall be conclusive and binding upon all Shareholders of the
Trust.
*Of the amendments below, only the amendments to Article 12
remain current. Apart from the amendments to Article 12, all
other amendments have been superseded by the Amended and Restated
Bylaws of Xxxxxx Managed Municipal Income Trust dated as of
September 18, 2020.
XXXXXX MANAGED MUNICIPAL TRUST
Amendment No. 2 to Bylaws
WHEREAS, Article 13, Section 13.1 and Article 12, Section
12.1, Part I, paragraph 6(c) of the Bylaws (the Bylaws) of Xxxxxx
Managed Municipal Trust (the Trust) permit the Trustees of the
Trust (the Trustees) to amend, alter or repeal the definitions of
certain listed terms contained in the Bylaws, subject to written
confirmation from Moodys Investors Service, Inc. (Moodys) and
Standard & Poors (S&P) that such amendment, alteration or repeal
will not affect the ratings then assigned to the Trusts
outstanding Remarketed Preferred Shares (Preferred Shares), and to
amend, alter or repeal any other provision of the Bylaws provided
that such amendment, alteration or repeal does not materially and
adversely affect any preference, right or power of the Preferred
Shares or any holder thereof;
WHEREAS, the Trustees desire to amend the Bylaws so as to
eliminate the liquidity test contained in Article 12, Section
12.1, Part I, paragraph 9 of the Bylaws;
WHEREAS, Moodys and S&P have confirmed to the Trust that the
deletion of the definitions of the terms Dividend Coverage Amount,
Dividend Coverage Assets and Minimum. Liquidity Level will not
impair their ratings of outstanding Preferred Shares; and
WHEREAS, the Trustees have determined that, in the event that
the definitions of the terms Dividend Coverage Amount, Dividend
Coverage Assets and Minimum Liquidity Level are deleted, the
deletion of Article 12, Section 12.1, Part I, paragraphs
8(f)(ii)(b) and 9 of the Bylaws would not materially and adversely
affect any preference, right or power of the Preferred Shares or
any holder thereof;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Bylaws are hereby amended as follows:
1. Article 12, Section 12.1, Part I, paragraph 1 of the Bylaws
is hereby amended by deleting the definitions of the terms
Dividend Coverage Amount, Dividend Coverage Assets and Minimum
Liquidity Level set forth therein;
2. Article 12, Section 12.1, Part I, paragraph 8(f)(ii)(b) is
hereby deleted and Article 12, Section 12.1, Part I,
paragraph 8(f)(ii)(c) is hereby redesignated Article 12,
Section 12.1, Part I, paragraph 8(f)(ii)(b); and
3. The text of Article 12, Section 12.1, Part I, paragraph 9 of
the Bylaws is hereby deleted and the word Reserved is hereby
substituted in its place.
This Amendment is effective as of January 5, 1996.
XXXXXX MANAGED MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST
AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
WHEREAS, Article 14, Section 14.1, of the Amended and
Restated Bylaws as last amended by an Amendment effective as of
March 9, 2001 (the Bylaws) of Xxxxxx Managed Municipal Income
Trust (the Trust) permits the Trustees of the Trust (the
Trustees) to amend or repeal the Bylaws;
WHEREAS, the Trustees desire to amend the Bylaws to remove
the requirement that each purchaser of preferred shares of the
Trust sign and deliver a Master Purchasers Letter (as currently
defined in the Bylaws);
NOW, THEREFORE, the Bylaws are hereby amended as follows:
Article 12, Section 12.1, Part I, paragraph 1 and Article
12, Section 12.2, Part I, paragraph 1 are hereby amended by
deleting the definition of Master Purchasers Letter.
Exhibit A to Section 12.1 of Article 12 is hereby deleted.
Article 12, Section 12.1, Part II, paragraph 8 and Article
12, Section 12.2, Part II, paragraph 8 are hereby amended, with
each such provision to read in its entirety as follows:
Unless the Trust has elected, during a
NonPayment Period, to waive this
requirement, ownership of shares of RP will
be maintained in book entry form by the
Securities Depository, for the account of a
designated Agent Member which, in turn,
shall maintain records of such purchasers
beneficial ownership.
This Amendment is effective as of February 10, 2006.
XXXXXX MANAGED MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST
Amendment to Amended and Restated Bylaws
WHEREAS, Section 12.1, Part I, paragraph 6(c) and Section
12.2, Part I, paragraph 6(c) of the Bylaws (the Bylaws) of
Xxxxxx Managed Municipal Income Trust (the Trust) permits the
Trustees of the Trust (the Trustees) to amend, alter or repeal
certain provisions of the Bylaws, subject to written
confirmation from Standard & Poors Rating Services (S&P) and
Moodys Investor Services, Inc. (Moodys) that such amendment,
alteration or repeal will not affect the ratings then assigned
to the Trusts outstanding Remarketed Preferred Shares (RP; terms
used without definition in this amendment have the respective
meanings ascribed to them in the Bylaws);
WHEREAS, the Trustees desire to amend the definitions of
Moodys Discount Factor, Moodys Eligible Assets, S&P Discount
Factor and S&P Eligible Asset in Section 12.1, Part I, paragraph
1 and Section 12.2, Part I, paragraph 1 of the Bylaws;
WHEREAS, Moodys and S&P have confirmed to the Trust that
such amendment will not impair its ratings of outstanding RP;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Bylaws are hereby amended as follows:
1. The definition of Moodys Discount Factor in Section 12.1,
Part I, paragraph 1 and Section 12.2, Part I, paragraph 1 of the
Bylaws is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the
following:
Moodys Discount Factor means for purposes of determining
the Discounted Value of any Municipal Bond which constitutes a
Moodys Eligible Assets, the percentage determined by reference
to the rating on such Municipal Bond, in accordance with the
tables (for the applicable Moodys Exposure Period) set forth
below:
Moodys
Exposure
Period
Aaa*
Aa*
A*
Baa*
Other**
(V)
MIG1/P1***
(V)
MIG1/P1****
7 Weeks
33.8%
37.1%
39.8%
42.2%
55.6%
26.5%
0%
8 Weeks
or less
but
greater
than 7
weeks
35.1%
37.9%
40.5%
43.2%
56.7%
27.0%
0%
9 Weeks
or less
but
greater
than 8
weeks
35.9%
38.7%
41.2%
43.5%
58.3%
27.5%
0%
* Moodys rating.
** Municipal Bonds rated Ba1 to B3 by Moodys or, if not rated
by Moodys, rated BB+ to B by S&P or Fitch. In addition,
Municipal Bonds not explicitly rated by Moodys, S&P or Fitch, but
rated at least the equivalent of B3 internally by the Adviser,
provided that Moodys reviews and achieves sufficient comfort with
the Advisers internal credit rating processes.
*** Moodys rated Municipal Bonds that have a maturity greater
than the Moodys Exposure Period and Municipal Bonds not rated by
Moodys but rated equivalently by S&P or Fitch that have a
maturity greater than the Moodys Exposure Period.
**** Moodys rated Municipal Bonds that have a maturity less
than or equal to the Moodys Exposure Period and Municipal Bonds
not rated by Moodys but rated equivalently by S&P or Fitch that
have a maturity less than or equal to the Moodys Exposure Period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) no Moodys Discount Factor
will be applied to cash or to Receivables for Municipal Bonds
Sold that are due within five business days of the Trusts
Valuation Date; (b) the Moodys Discount Factor for Receivables
for Municipal Bonds Sold that are due within six and 30 business
days of the Trusts Valuation Date will be the Moodys Discount
Factor applicable to the Municipal Bonds sold determined by the
reference to the bonds rating in the above table; (c) the Moodys
Discount Factor for inverse floaters is determined by multiplying
the Moodys Discount Factor determined by reference to the rating
on the underlying Municipal Bond(s) in the table above by 1.25;
(d) the Moodys Discount Factor for Rule 2a7 money market funds
shall be 0%; and (e) the Moodys Discount Factor for Aaa Municipal
Bonds will be used to discount prerefunded bonds even if the
prerefunded bonds are subsequently not rerated.
Receivables for Municipal Bonds Sold for purposes of
calculating Moodys Eligible Assets as of any Valuation Date,
means the aggregate of the book value of receivables if such
receivables are due within 30 business days of such Valuation
Date.
Ratings assigned by S&P or Fitch are generally accepted by
Moodys at face value. However, adjustments to face value may be
made to particular categories of credits for which the S&P and/or
Fitch rating does not seem to approximate a Moodys rating
equivalent. Split rated securities assigned by S&P and Fitch will
be accepted at the lower of the two ratings.
2. The definition of Moodys Eligible Asset in Section 12.1,
Part I, paragraph 1 and Section 12.2, Part I, paragraph 1 of the
Bylaws is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the
following:
Moodys Eligible Asset means (a) cash; (b) Receivables for
Municipal Bonds Sold; (c) a shortterm Municipal Bond rated
VMIG1, MIG1 or P1 by Moodys or SP1+ or A1+ by S&P; (d) a
zerocoupon bond; (e) a Municipal Bonds that (i) pays interest in
cash; (ii) does not have its Moodys rating suspended by Moodys;
and (iii) is part of an issue of Municipal Bonds of at least
$10,000,000 (unless the Municipal Bond is rated Aaa by Moodys);
and (f) swaps, including total return swaps, interest rate
swaps, currency swaps and credit default swaps.
Municipal Bonds in the Trusts portfolio will be included as
Moodys Eligible Assets only to the extent they meet the
following diversification requirements:
Rating
Minimum Issue
Size
($ Millions)
Maximum
Underlying
Obligor (%) (1)
Maximum
State Allowed (%)
(1)(3)
Aaa
*
100
100
Aa
10
20
60
A
10
10
40
Baa
10
6
20
Ba
10
4
12
B
10
3
12
Other (2)
10
2
12
* Not applicable.
(1) The referenced percentages represent maximum cumulative
totals for the related rating category and each lower rating
category.
(2) Municipal Bonds and Municipal Bonds not rated by Moodys, S&P
or Fitch, but rated at least the equivalent of B3 internally by
the Adviser.
(3) Territorial bonds (other than those issued by Puerto Rico and
counted collectively) are each limited to 10% of Moodys Eligible
Assets. For diversification purposes, Puerto Rico will be treated
as a state.
For purposes of the maximum underlying obligor requirement
described above, any state Municipal Bond or Municipal Bond
backed by the guaranty, letter of credit or insurance issued by
a thirdparty will be deemed to be issued by such third party if
the issuance of such third party credit is the sole determinant
of the rating on such bond.
When the Trust sells a Municipal Bond and agrees to
repurchase it at a future date, such Municipal Bond will
constitute a Moodys Eligible Asset and the amount the Trust is
required to pay upon repurchase of such Municipal Bond will
count as a liability for purposes of calculating the RP Basic
Maintenance Amount. When the Trust purchases a Municipal Bond
and agrees to sell it at a future date to another party, cash
receivable by the Trust in connection therewith will constitute
a Moodys Eligible Asset if the longterm debt of such other party
is rated at least A2 by Moodys and such agreement has a term of
30 days or less; otherwise such Municipal Bond will constitute a
Moodys Eligible Asset.
In addition, with respect to total return swaps, only the
cumulative unsettled profit and loss from a total return swap
transaction will be calculated when determining the RP Basic
Maintenance Amount. For purposes of calculating the RP Basic
Maintenance Amount, any outstanding gain from a total return
swap transaction or interest rate swap transaction on a
Valuation Date will be included as a Moodys Eligible Asset
subject to the Moodys Discount Factor on the counterparty to
such swap transaction, and any outstanding liability from a swap
transaction on a Valuation Date will be subtracted from Moodys
Eligible Assets.
For swaps (other than total return swaps and interest rate
swaps), the Market Value of the position (positive or negative)
will be included as a Moodys Eligible Asset. The aggregate
notional value of all swaps will not exceed the Liquidation
Preference of the Outstanding RP. In addition, the Trust will
only enter into swap transactions where the counterparty has at
least a S&P rating of A, Fitch rating of A or Moodys longterm
rating of A3 at the time the time a swap is executed.
With respect to credit default swaps, each underlying
security subject to such swap sold by the Trust will be subject
to the applicable Moodys Discount Factor. If the Trust
purchases a credit default swap and holds the underlying
security, the Market Value of the credit default swap and the
underlying security will be included as a Moodys Eligible Asset
subject to the Moodys Discount Factor assessed based on the
counterparty risk and the duration of the swap agreement. In
addition, the Trust will not include a credit default swap as a
Moodys Eligible Asset purchased by the Trust unless the Trust
holds the underlying security or, if the Trust purchases a
credit default swap for a basket of securities, unless the Trust
holds all the securities in the basket.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, an asset will not be
considered a Moodys Eligible Asset if it is (i) held in a margin
account, (ii) subject to any material lien, mortgage, pledge,
security interest or security agreement of any kind, (iii) held
for the purchase of a security pursuant to a Forward Commitment
or (iv) irrevocably deposited by the Trust for the payment of
dividends or redemption.
3. The definition of S&P Discount Factor in Section 12.1, Part
I, paragraph 1 and Section 12.2, Part I, paragraph 1 of the
Bylaws is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the
following:
S&P Discount Factor shall mean either:
(i) if the average S&P Discount Factor (as set forth in
(ii) below) of the Funds S&P Eligible Assets is less than 200%,
for purposed of determining the Discounted Value of S&P Eligible
Assets, the S&P Discount Factor shall be 200% for all S&P
Eligible Assets; or
(ii) if the average S&P Discount Factor (as set forth in
this section) of the Funds S&P Eligible Assets is 200% or
greater, for purposes of determining the Discounted Value of any
S&P Eligible Asset, the percentage determined by reference to
the rating on such asset and the shortest Exposure Period set
forth opposite such rating that is the same length as or is
longer than the S&P Exposure Period, in accordance with the
table set forth below:
Rating Category*
Exposure
period (days)
AAA
AA
A
BBB
BB
B
CCC
High
Yield/
NR
20*
1.427
1.457
1.487
1.517
175%
195%
215%
220%
*S&P rating
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) the S&P Discount Factor
for shares of Money Market Funds rated AAAm by S&P with an
effective next day maturity shall be 100%, unrated 2a7 money
market funds shall be discounted at 110%, and the S&P Discount
Factor for shortterm Municipal Bonds shall be 115% so long as
such Municipal Bonds are rated A1+ or SP1+ by S&P and mature or
have a demand feature exercisable within 30 days or less, or
123% so long as such Municipal Bonds are rated A1 or SP1 by S&P
and mature or have a demand feature exercisable in 30 days or
less, or 125% if such Municipal Bonds are not rated by S&P but
are rated equivalent to A1+ or SP1+ by another nationally
recognized statistical rating organization, on a case by case
basis; provided, however, that any such nonS&P rated shortterm
Municipal Bonds which have demand features exercisable within 30
days or less must be backed by a letter of credit, liquidity
facility or guarantee from a bank or other financial institution
with a shortterm rating of at least A1+ from S&P; and further
provided that such nonS&P rated shortterm Municipal Bonds may
comprise no more than 50% of shortterm Municipal Bonds that
qualify as S&P Eligible Assets; provided, however, that
Municipal Bonds not rated by S&P but rated equivalent to BBB or
lower by another nationally recognized statistical rating
organization, rated BB+ or lower by S&P or nonrated (such
Municipal Bonds are hereinafter referred to as High Yield
Securities) may comprise no more than 20% of the shortterm
Municipal Bonds that qualify as S&P Eligible Assets; (B) the S&P
Discount Factor for Receivables for Municipal Bonds Sold that
are due in more than five Business Days from such Valuation Date
will be the S&P Discount Factor applicable to the Municipal
Bonds sold; (C) no S&P Discount Factor will be applied to cash
or Money Market Funds rated AAAm by S&P with effective next day
maturities or to Receivables for Municipal Bonds Sold if such
receivables are due within five Business Days of such Valuation
Date; (D) except as set forth in clause (A) above, in the case
of any Municipal Bond that is not rated by S&P but qualifies as
an S&P Eligible Asset pursuant to clause (2) of that definition,
such Municipal Bond will be deemed to have an S&P rating one
full rating category lower than the S&P rating category that is
the equivalent of the rating category in which such Municipal
Bond is placed by a nationally recognized statistical rating
organization. Receivables for Municipal Bonds Sold, for purposes
of calculating S&P Eligible Assets as of any Valuation Date,
means the book value of receivables for Municipal Bonds sold as
of or prior to such Valuation Date. For purposes of the
foregoing, Anticipation Notes rated SP1+ or, if not rated by
S&P, equivalent to A1+ or SP1+ by another nationally recognized
statistical rating organization, on a case by case basis, which
do not mature or have a demand feature at par exercisable in 30
days and which do not have a longterm rating, shall be
considered to be shortterm Municipal Bonds and (E) the S&P
Discount Factor for AAA Municipal Bonds will be used to discount
prerefunded bonds even if the prerefunded bonds are subsequently
not rerated.
For purposes of determining whether the Fund has S&P Eligible
Assets with a Discounted Value that equals or exceeds the RP
Basic Maintenance Amount, the Discounted Value of cash or
securities held for the payment of Initial Margin or Variation
Margin of S&P Hedging Transactions shall be zero and the
aggregate Discounted Value of S&P Eligible Assets shall be
reduced by an amount equal to (i) 30% of the aggregate
settlement value, as marked to market, of any outstanding
futures contracts based on the Municipal Index which are owned
by the Fund plus (ii) 25% of the aggregate settlement value, as
marked to market, of any outstanding futures contracts based on
Treasury Bonds which contracts are owned by the Fund.
4. The definition of S&P Eligible Asset in Section 12.1, Part
I, paragraph 1 and Section 12.2, Part I, paragraph 1 of the
Bylaws is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the
following:
S&P Eligible Asset shall mean either:
(i) if the average S&P Discount Factor of the Funds S&P
Eligible Assets (as set forth in (ii) below) is less than 200%,
all assets of the Fund shall be considered S&P Eligible Assets;
or
(ii) if the average S&P Discount Factor of the Funds S&P
Eligible Assets (as set forth in this section) is 200% or
greater, S&P Eligible Assets means: (1) cash (excluding any
cash irrevocably deposited by the Fund for the payment of any
liabilities within the meaning of RP Basic Maintenance Amount),
(2) Receivables for Municipal Bonds Sold, (3) S&P Hedging
Transactions; (4) Municipal Zero Coupon Bonds rated at least BBB
by S&P, (5) swaps, including total return swaps, interest rate
swaps, currency swaps and credit default swaps, and (6)
Municipal Bonds (including Inverse Floater as defined below)
owned by the Fund that (A) is interest bearing and pays interest
at least semiannually; (B) is payable with respect to principal
and interest in U.S. Dollars; (C) is not subject to a covered
call or put option written by the Fund; (D) except for Inverse
Floaters, is not part of a private placement of Municipal Bonds;
and (E) except for Inverse Floaters, is part of an issue of
Municipal Bonds with an original issue size of at least $10
million. Any Municipal Bonds that is a part of an original
issue size of less than $10 million must carry a rating of at
least AA by S&P or AAA by another nationally recognized
statistical rating organization. Notwithstanding the foregoing
limitations
(1) Municipal Bonds (excluding Escrowed Bonds
(as defined below) and High Yield Securities) of any one
issuer or guarantor (excluding bond insurers) shall be
considered S&P Eligible Assets only to the extent the
Market Value of such Municipal Bonds (including shortterm
Municipal Bonds) does not exceed 10% of the aggregate
Market Value of S&P Eligible Assets, provided that 2% is
added to the applicable S&P Discount Factor for every 1% by
which the Market Value of such Municipal Bonds exceeds 5%
of the aggregate Market Value of S&P Eligible Assets or for
any percentage over 5% add 10 percentage points to the S&P
Discount Factor. High Yield Securities of any one issuer
shall be considered S&P Eligible Assets only to the extent
the Market Value of such Municipal Bonds does not exceed 5%
of the aggregate Market Value of S&P Eligible Assets.
Nonrated securities of any issuer shall be considered S&P
Eligible Assets to the extent the Market Value of such
Municipal Bonds does not exceed 5% of the aggregate Market
Value of S&P Eligible Assets. No more than 10% of the
aggregate Market Value of the portfolio may consist of
nonrated securities;
(2) Municipal Bonds not rated by S&P shall be
considered S&P Eligible Assets only to the extent the
Market Value of such Municipal Bonds does not exceed 50% of
the aggregate Market Value of S&P Eligible Assets;
provided, however, that High Yield Securities shall be
considered S&P Eligible Assets only to the extent the
Market Value of such Municipal Bonds does not exceed 20% of
the aggregate Market Value of S&P Eligible Assets;
(3) Municipal Bonds issued by issuers in any one
state or territory will be considered S&P Eligible Assets
only to the extent that the Market Value of such Municipal
Bonds does not exceed 25% of the aggregate Market Value of
S&P Eligible Assets;
(4) Municipal Bonds (excluding Escrowed Bonds)
of any one state or territory shall be considered S&P
Eligible Assets only to the extent the Market Value of such
Municipal Bonds does not exceed 25% of the aggregate Market
Value of S&P Eligible Assets;
(5) For Municipal Zero Coupon Bonds, the S&P
overcollateralization levels based on the desired
transaction rating shall be as follows:
Exposure
Period
AAA
AA
A
BBB
20
3.584
3.153
2.723
2.292
(6) With respect to total return swaps, only the
cumulative unsettled profit and loss from a total return
swap transaction will be calculated when determining the RP
Basic Maintenance Amount. For purposes of calculating the
RP Basic Maintenance Amount, any outstanding gain from a
total return swap transaction or interest rate swap
transaction on a Valuation Date will be included as a S&P
Eligible Asset subject to the S&P Discount Factor on the
counterparty to such swap transaction, and any outstanding
liability from a swap transaction on a Valuation Date will
be subtracted from S&P Eligible Assets;
(7) For swaps (other than total return swaps and
interest rate swaps), the Market Value of the position
(positive or negative) will be included as a S&P Eligible
Asset. The aggregate notional value of all swaps will not
exceed the Liquidation Preference of the Outstanding RP.
In addition, the Trust will only enter into swap
transactions where the counterparty has at least a S&P
rating of A, Fitch rating of A or Moodys longterm rating of
A3 at the time the time a swap is executed; and
(8) With respect to credit default swaps, each
underlying security subject to such swap sold by the Trust
will be subject to the applicable S&P Discount Factor. If
the Trust purchases a credit default swap and holds the
underlying security, the Market Value of the credit default
swap and the underlying security will be included as a S&P
Eligible Asset subject to the S&P Discount Factor assessed
based on the counterparty risk and the duration of the swap
agreement. In addition, the Trust will not include a
credit default swap as a S&P Eligible Asset purchased by
the Trust unless the Trust holds the underlying security
or, if the Trust purchases a credit default swap for a
basket of securities, unless the Trust holds all the
securities in the basket.
Inverse Floater shall mean trust certificates or other
instruments evidencing interests in one or more Municipal Bonds
that qualify as S&P Eligible Assets (such Inverse Floaters will
also be considered Municipal Bonds and are S&P Eligible Assets),
the interest rates on which are adjusted at shortterm intervals
on a basis that is inverse to the simultaneous readjustment of
the interest rates on corresponding floating rate trust
certificates or other instruments issued by the same issuer,
provided that the ratio of the aggregate dollar amount of
floating rate instruments to inverse floating rate instruments
issued by the same issuer does not exceed two to one at their
time of original issuance and at the time of purchase has a
duration that is less than thirteen years.
Escrowed Bonds shall mean Municipal Bonds that
(i) have been determined to be legally defeased in accordance
with S&Ps legal defeasance criteria, (ii) have been determined
to be economically defeased in accordance with S&Ps economic
defeasance criteria and assigned a rating of AAA by S&P,
(iii) are not rated by S&P but have been determined to be
legally defeased by S&P or (iv) have been determined to be
economically defeased by S&P and assigned a rating no lower than
the rating that is S&P equivalent of S&Ps AAA rating. In the
event that a defeased obligation which is an S&P Eligible Asset
does not meet the criteria of an Escrowed Bond, such Municipal
Bond will be deemed to remain in the Issue Type Category into
which it fell prior to such defeasance.
This amendment is effective as of November 2, 2007.
XXXXXX MANAGED MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST
Amendment to Amended and Restated Bylaws
WHEREAS, Article 14 of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of
Xxxxxx Managed Municipal Income Trust (the Trust), as last
amended by an Amendment effective as of November 2, 2007 (the
Bylaws), permits the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the
Trustees) to amend or repeal, in whole or in part, the Bylaws;
WHEREAS, the Trustees desire to amend the Bylaws in
connection with the merger of Xxxxxx High Yield Municipal Trust
with and into the Trust (the Merger) by increasing the issued
amount of Remarketed Preferred Shares and effecting a twoforone
stock split of Remarketed Preferred Shares, Series C;
WHEREAS, Article 12, Section 12.1, Part I, paragraph 6(c)
provides that so long as any Remarketed Preferred Shares of the
Trust are outstanding, the affirmative vote or consent of the
holders of at least a majority of the Remarketed Preferred
Shares outstanding at the time is required to (i) authorize,
create or issue or increase or decrease the authorized or issued
amount of any class or series of stock ranking prior to or on a
parity with the remarketed preferred shares with respect to the
payment of dividends or the distribution of assets on
liquidation or to increase or decrease the authorized amount of
remarketed preferred shares; or (ii) amend, alter or repeal the
provisions of the Bylaws so as to affect materially and
adversely any preference, right or power of such remarketed
preferred shares or the holders thereof;
WHEREAS, the holders of a majority of the outstanding
Remarketed Preferred Shares of the Trust have approved the
issuance of additional Remarketed Preferred Shares in connection
with the Merger and the twoforone stock split of Remarketed
Preferred Shares, Series C;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Bylaws are herby amended as follows:
1. Article 12, Section 12.1, Part I, DESIGNATION SERIES C
is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the
following:
A series of 2,220 shares of preferred shares, without par
value, liquidation preference $50,000 per share plus accumulated
but unpaid dividends, if any thereon (whether or not earned or
declared) plus the premium, if any, resulting from the
designation of a Premium Call Period, is hereby designated
Remarketed Preferred Shares, Series C. Each share of Remarketed
Preferred Shares, Series C shall be issued on a date to be
determined by the Board of Trustees of the Trust or a duly
authorized committee thereof; be redeemed (unless such share
shall have been otherwise redeemed pursuant to paragraph 4 of
Part I of this Section 12.1 or exchanged prior thereto for
Remarketed Preferred Stock, Series I pursuant to paragraph 12 of
Part I of this Section 12.1 by the Trust on a date to be
determined by the Board of Trustees of the Trust or a duly
authorized committee thereof) at a redemption price of $50,000
per share plus accumulated but unpaid dividends to the date
fixed for redemption (whether or not earned or declared) plus
the premium, if any, resulting from the designation of a Premium
Call Period; and have such other preferences, limitations and
relative voting rights, in addition to those required by
applicable law or set forth in the Trusts Declaration of Trust
applicable to preferred shares of the Trust, as are set forth in
Part I and Part II of this Section 12.1. The Remarketed
Preferred Shares, Series C shall constitute a separate series of
preferred shares of the Trust, and each share of Remarketed
Preferred Shares, Series C shall be identical except as provided
in paragraph 4 of this Part I of this Section 12.1.
2. The definition of NonPayment Period in Article 12,
Section 12.1, Part I, paragraph 1 is hereby deleted and replaced
in its entirety with the following:
NonPayment Period means any period commencing on and including
the day on which the Trust shall fail to (i) declare, prior to 12:00
noon, New York City time, on any Dividend Payment Date for shares of
RP, for payment on or (to the extent permitted below) within three
Business Days after such Dividend Payment Date to the Holders of such
shares as of 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Business Day
preceding such Dividend Payment Date, the full amount of any dividend
on such shares payable on such Dividend Payment Date or (ii) deposit,
irrevocably in trust, in sameday funds, with the Paying Agent by
12:00 noon, New York City time, (A) on or (to the extent permitted
below) within three Business Days after any Dividend Payment Date for
any shares of RP the full amount of any dividend on such shares
(whether or not earned or declared) payable on such Dividend Payment
Date or (B) on or (to the extent permitted below) within three
Business Days after any redemption date for any shares of RP called
for redemption, the redemption price of $100,000 per share (in the
case of Series A and Series B shares of RP) or $50,000 per share (in
the case of Series C shares of RP), plus in the case of each series
of RP the full amount of any dividends thereon (whether or not earned
or declared) accumulated but unpaid to such redemption date, plus the
premium, if any, resulting from the designation of a Premium Call
Period and ending on and including the Business Day on which, by
12:00 noon, New York City time, all unpaid dividends and unpaid
redemption prices shall have been so deposited or shall have
otherwise been made available to Holders in sameday funds, provided
that, a NonPayment Period shall not end during the first seven days
thereof unless the Trust shall have given at least three days written
notice to the Paying Agent, the Remarketing Agents and the Securities
Depository and thereafter shall not end unless the Trust shall have
given at least fourteen days written notice to the Paying Agent, the
Remarketing Agents, the Securities Depository and all Beneficial
Owners. Any dividend on shares of RP due on any Dividend Payment
Date for such shares (if, prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time, on
such Dividend Payment Date, the Trust has declared such dividend
payable on or within three Business Days after such Dividend Payment
Date to the Holders who held such shares as of 12:00 noon, New York
City time, on the Business Day preceding such Dividend Payment Date)
or redemption price with respect to such shares not paid to such
Holders when due may (if such nonpayment is not solely due to the
willful failure of the Trust) be paid pro rata to such Holders in the
same form of funds by 12:00 noon, New York City time, on any of the
first three Business Days after such Dividend Payment Date or due
date, as the case may be, provided that, such amount is accompanied
by a late charge calculated for such period of nonpayment as the
NonPayment Period Rate applied to the amount of such nonpayment based
on the actual number of days comprising such period divided by 365.
3. The definition of RP Basic Maintenance Amount in
Article 12, Section 12.1, Part I, paragraph 1 is hereby deleted
and replaced in its entirety with the following:
RP Basic Maintenance Amount, as of any Valuation Date,
means the dollar amount equal to the sum of (i) (A) the product
of the number of Series A and Series B shares of RP and shares
of Other RP outstanding on such date multiplied by $100,000; (B)
the product of the number of Series C shares of RP outstanding
on such date multiplied by $50,000; (C) the aggregate amount of
dividends that will have accumulated (whether or not earned or
declared) for each share of RP and Other RP outstanding in each
case to (but not including) the next Dividend Payment Date that
follows such Valuation Date; (D) the aggregate amount of
dividends that would accumulate at the then current Maximum
Dividend Rate on any shares of RP and Other RP outstanding from
the Business Days following such respective Dividend Reset Dates
through the 63rd day after such Valuation Date, multiplied by
the larger of factors determined from time to time by Moodys and
S&P and designed to take into account potential increases in
dividend rates over such period (except that if such Valuation
Date occurs during a NonPayment Period, the dividend for
purposes of calculation would accumulate at the then current
NonPayment Period Rate); (E) the amount of anticipated expenses
of the Trust for the 90 days subsequent to such Valuation Date;
(F) the premium, if any, resulting from the designation of a
Premium Call Period; and (G) any current liabilities as of such
Valuation Date to the extent not reflected in any of (i)(A)
through (i)(F) (including, without limitation, any current
liabilities relating to futures and options and any Grossup
Dividends which are payable pursuant to paragraph 3(k) of this
Part I with respect to the RP and any analogous provision with
respect to Other RP, and payables for Municipal Securities
purchased as of such Valuation Date) less (ii) the sum of (A)
receivables for Municipal Securities sold as of such Valuation
Date, provided that, for purposes of calculating RP Basic
Maintenance Amount in order to determine whether the Trust has
Moodys Eligible Assets with a Discounted Value that equals the
Moodys Basic Maintenance Amount, the party from which such
receivable is due shall have longterm debt rated at least A2 by
Moodys and such receivable is due in 30 days or less and (B) the
value of any of the Trusts assets irrevocably deposited by the
Trust for the payment of any of (i)(A) through (i)(G).
4. The definition of Specific Redemption Provisions in
Article 12, Section 12.1, Part I, paragraph 1 is hereby deleted
and replaced in its entirety with the following:
Specific Redemption Provisions means, with respect to a
Special Dividend Period of 365 or more days, either, or any
combination of, (i) a period (a NonCall Period) determined by
the Board of Trustees, after consultation with the Remarketing
Agents, during which the shares of RP subject to such Dividend
Period shall not be subject to redemption at the option of the
Trust and (ii) a period (a Premium Call Period), consisting of a
number of whole years and determined by the Board of Trustees,
after consultation with the Remarketing Agents, during each year
of which the shares of RP subject to such Dividend Period shall
be redeemable at the Trusts option at a price per share equal to
$100,000 (in the case of Series A and B shares of RP) or $50,000
(in the case of Series C shares of RP), plus in the case of each
series of RP accumulated but unpaid dividends plus an applicable
premium, as determined by the Board of Trustees after
consultation with the Remarketing Agents.
5. Article 12, Section 12.1, Part I, paragraph 3(f) is
hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following:
The amount of declared dividends for each share of RP
payable on each Dividend Payment Date shall be computed by the
Trust by multiplying the Applicable Dividend Rate in effect with
respect to dividends payable on such share on such Dividend
Payment Date by a fraction the numerator of which shall be the
number of days such share was outstanding from and including its
Date of Original Issue or the preceding Dividend Payment Date,
as the case may be, to and including the last day of such
Dividend Period, and the denominator of which shall be 365, and
then multiplying the percentage so obtained by $100,000 (in the
case of Series A and B shares of RP) or $50,000 (in the case of
Series C shares of RP).
6. Article 12, Section 12.1, Part I, paragraph 3(i) is
hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following:
Except during a NonPayment Period, by 1:00 p.m. on the
Tender Date in the Remarketing at the end of the Initial
Dividend Period applicable to a share of RP, and by 1:00 p.m. on
the Tender Date in the Remarketing at the end of each subsequent
Dividend Period applicable to a share of RP, the Beneficial
Owner of such share of RP may elect to tender such share or hold
such share for the next Dividend Period. If the Beneficial
Owner of such share of RP elects to hold such share, such
Beneficial Owner shall hold such share of RP for a 28day
Dividend Period (in the case of Series A and B shares of RP) or
a 7day Dividend Period (in the case of Series C shares of RP) or
a Special Dividend Period if the succeeding Dividend Period with
respect to such share has been designated by the Board of
Trustees as a Special Dividend Period provided that, if (i)
there are no Remarketing Agents, (ii) the Remarketing Agents are
not required to conduct a Remarketing or (iii) the Remarketing
Agents are unable to remarket in the Remarketing on the Dividend
Reset Date following such Tender Date all shares of RP tendered
(or deemed tendered) to them at a price of $100,000 per share
(in the case of Series A and B shares of RP) or $50,000 per
share (in the case of Series C shares of RP), then the next
Dividend Period for all shares of RP shall be a 28day Dividend
Period (in the case of Series A and B shares RP) or a 7day
Dividend Period (in the case of Series C shares of RP) and the
Applicable Dividend Rate therefor shall be the applicable
Maximum Dividend Rate. If the Beneficial Owner of such share of
RP fails to elect to tender or hold such share by 1:00 p.m. on
such Tender Date, such Beneficial Owner shall continue to hold
such share at the Applicable Dividend Rate determined in such
Remarketing for a Dividend Period of the same type as the
current Dividend Period for such share; provided that, (i) if
there are no Remarketing Agents, the Remarketing Agents are not
required to conduct a Remarketing or the Remarketing Agents are
unable to remarket in the Remarketing on the Dividend Reset Date
following such Tender Date all shares of RP tendered (or deemed
tendered) to them at a price of $100,000 per share (in the case
of Series A and B shares of RP) or $50,000 (in the case of
Series C shares of RP), then the next Dividend Period for all
shares of RP shall be a 28day Dividend Period (in the case of
Series A and B shares of RP) or a 7day Dividend Period (in the
case of Series C shares of RP) and the Applicable Dividend Rate
therefor shall be the Maximum Applicable Rate for a 28day
Dividend Period or a 7day Dividend Period, as the case may be
and (ii) if such current Dividend Period is a Special Dividend
Period or the succeeding Dividend Period has been designated by
the Board of Trustees as a Special Dividend Period, then such
Beneficial Owner is deemed to have elected to tender the shares.
If the Remarketing Agents are unable to remarket in such
Remarketing all shares of RP subject to such Remarketing and
tendered (or deemed tendered) to them at a price of $100,000 per
share (in the case of Series A and B shares of RP) or $50,000
per share (in the case of Series C shares of RP), the Beneficial
Owners thereof shall hold such share at the applicable Maximum
Dividend Rate for a 28day Dividend Period (in the case of Series
A and B shares of RP) or a 7day Dividend Period (in the case of
Series C shares of RP). If a share of RP is tendered (or deemed
tendered) and purchased in a Remarketing, the next Dividend
Period for such share shall be a 28day Dividend Period (in the
case of Series A and B shares of RP) or a 7day Dividend Period
(in the case of Series C shares of RP) or a Special Dividend
Period with respect to such share, as the case may be, at the
Applicable Dividend Rate therefor, except that, if the
Remarketing Agents are unable to remarket in such Remarketing
all shares of RP tendered (or deemed tendered) to them at a
price of $100,000 per share (in the case of Series A and B
shares of RP) or $50,000 per share (in the case of Series C
shares of RP), no purchaser in such Remarketing shall be
permitted to acquire shares having a Special Dividend Period and
the next Dividend Period for such share shall be a 28day
Dividend Period (in the case of Series A and B shares of RP) or
a 7day Dividend Period (in the case of Series C shares of RP)
and the Applicable Dividend Rate therefor shall be the
applicable Maximum Dividend Rate.
7. Article 12, Section 12.1, Part I, paragraph 4(a) is
hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following:
To the extent permitted under the 1940 Act and
Massachusetts law, upon giving a Notice of Redemption, the Trust
at its option may redeem shares of RP, in whole or in part, on
the next succeeding scheduled Dividend Payment Date applicable
to those shares of RP called for redemption, out of funds
legally available therefor, at a redemption price equal to
$100,000 per share (in the case of Series A and B shares of RP)
or $50,000 per share (in the case of Series C shares of RP),
plus in the case of each series of RP an amount equal to
dividends thereon (whether or not earned or declared)
accumulated but unpaid to the date fixed for redemption plus the
premium, if any, resulting from the designation of a Premium
Call Period; provided that, no share of RP shall be subject to
redemption pursuant to this paragraph 4(a) on any Dividend
Payment Date during a NonCall Period to which it is subject.
The Trust may not give a Notice of Redemption relating to an
optional redemption as described in paragraph 4(a) unless, at
the time of giving such Notice of Redemption, the Trust has
available Deposit Securities with maturity or tender dates not
later than the day preceding the applicable redemption date and
having a Discounted Value not less than the amount due to
Beneficial Owners by reason of the redemption of their shares of
RP on such redemption date.
8. Article 12, Section 12.1, Part I, paragraph 4(b) is
hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following:
The Trust shall redeem, out of funds legally available
therefor, at a redemption price of $100,000 per share (in the
case of Series A and B shares of RP) or $50,000 (in the case of
Series C shares of RP), plus in the case of each series of RP
accumulated but unpaid dividends (whether or not earned or
declared) to the date fixed by the Board of Trustees for
redemption plus the premium, if any, resulting from the
designation of a Premium Call Period, certain of the shares of
RP to the extent permitted under the 1940 Act and Massachusetts
law, if the Trust fails to maintain the RP Basic Maintenance
Amount or the 1940 Act Asset Coverage and such failure is not
cured on or before the RP Basic Maintenance Cure Date or the
1940 Act Cure Date (herein referred to respectively as the Cure
Date), as the case may be. The number of shares of RP to be
redeemed shall be equal to the lesser of (i) the minimum number
of shares of RP the redemption of which, if deemed to have
occurred immediately prior to the opening of business on the
Cure Date, together with all other Preferred Shares subject to
redemption or retirement, would result in the satisfaction of
the RP Basic Maintenance Amount or the 1940 Act Asset Coverage,
as the case may be, on such Cure Date (provided that, if there
is no such minimum number of shares of RP and other Preferred
Shares the redemption of which would have such result, all
shares of RP then outstanding shall be redeemed), and (ii) the
maximum number of shares of RP, together with all other
Preferred Shares subject to redemption or retirement that can be
redeemed out of funds expected to be legally available therefor.
In determining the number of shares of RP required to be
redeemed in accordance with the foregoing, the Trust shall
allocate the number required to be redeemed to satisfy the RP
Basic Maintenance Amount or the 1940 Act Asset Coverage, as the
case may be, pro rata among shares of RP, Other RP and other
Preferred Shares subject to redemption provisions similar to
those contained in this paragraph 4(b), except as set forth in
Section 12.2 of these Bylaws. The Trust shall effect such
redemption not later than 45 days after such Cure Date, except
that if the Trust does not have funds legally available for the
redemption of all of the required number of shares of RP and
other Preferred Shares which are subject to mandatory redemption
or the Trust otherwise is unable to effect such redemption on or
prior to 45 days after such Cure Date, the Trust shall redeem
those shares of RP and other Preferred Shares which it was
unable to redeem on the earliest practicable date on which it is
able to effect such redemption. Any share of RP shall be
subject to mandatory redemption regardless of whether such share
is subject to a NonCall Period provided that shares of RP
subject to a NonCall Period will only be subject to redemption
to the extent that the other shares of RP are not available to
satisfy the number of shares required to be redeemed. In such
event, such shares subject to a NonCall Period will be selected
for redemption in an ascending order of outstanding NonCall
Period (with shares with the lowest number of days remaining in
the period to be called first) and by lot in the event of equal
outstanding NonCall Periods.
9. Article 12, Section 12.1, Part I, paragraph 4(g) is
hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following:
On any redemption date, the Trust shall deposit,
irrevocably in trust, in sameday funds, with the Paying Agent,
by 12:00 noon, New York City time, $100,000 per share (in the
case of Series A and B shares of RP) or $50,000 per share (in
the case of Series C shares of RP) for each share of RP called
for redemption, plus in the case of each series of RP an amount
equal to dividends thereon accumulated but unpaid to such
redemption date (whether or not earned or declared) plus the
premium, if any, resulting from the designation of a Premium
Call Period.
10. Article 12, Section 12.1, Part I, paragraph 5(a) is
hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following:
Upon a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
affairs of the Trust, whether voluntary or involuntary, the
Holders shall be entitled, whether from capital or surplus,
before any assets of the Trust shall be distributed among or
paid over to holders of Common Shares or any other class or
series of shares of the Trust ranking junior to the RP as to
liquidation payments, to be paid the amount of $100,000 per
share (in the case of Series A and B shares of RP) or $50,000
per share (in the case of Series C shares of RP), plus in the
case of each series of RP an amount equal to all accumulated but
unpaid dividends thereon (whether or not earned or declared)
plus the premium, if any, resulting from the designation of a
Premium Call Period to but excluding the date of final
distribution in sameday funds. After any such payment, the
Holders and Beneficial Owners shall not be entitled to any
further participation in any distribution of assets of the
Trust.
11. Article 12, Section 12.1, Part I, paragraph 12(a) is
hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following:
Upon the authorization of the Board of Trustees based on
(i) the receipt by the Trust of a ruling from the Service to the
effect that the payment of dividends on the shares of Serial RP
would not jeopardize the Trusts status as a regulated investment
company or (ii) an opinion of legal counsel in form and
substance satisfactory to the Board of Trustees to the effect
that the payment of dividends on the shares of Serial RP would
not jeopardize the Trusts status as a regulated investment
company and the affirmative vote or consent of the Holders of at
least a majority of the shares of each series of RP outstanding
at the time, in person or by proxy, either in writing or at a
meeting (each such series voting separately as a class) (in
either case, an Exchange Event), then, on the first Dividend
Payment Date for the RP which is at least 45 days after the
occurrence of an Exchange Event and as of which the conditions
described below have been satisfied (the Exchange Date), the RP
will be exchanged for Serial RP. Shares of RP will not be
exchanged for shares of Serial RP unless each of Moodys and S&P
shall have provided on the Exchange Date a rating on the Serial
RP equivalent to the thencurrent rating provided by such rating
agency on the RP; provided that, if Moodys or S&P shall not make
such rating available, such exchange will take place if (i) a
Substitute Rating Agency or Agencies shall have provided a
rating equivalent to such thencurrent rating or ratings on the
Exchange Date and (ii) all shares of RP subject to such exchange
that were tendered (or deemed tendered) on the Tender Date
preceding such Exchange Date shall have been remarketed by the
Remarketing Agents on the related Dividend Reset Date at a price
of $100,000 per share (in the case of Series A and B shares of
RP) or $50,000 per share (in the case of Series C shares of RP).
Holders of outstanding shares of RP will receive shares of
Serial RP based on the aggregate liquidation preference of their
existing shares of RP and such Serial RP as of the Exchange
Date.
12. Article 12, Section 12.1, Part I, paragraph 12(b) is
hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following:
The Trust will cause the publication of an exchange notice
in an Authorized Newspaper, and cause the Paying Agent to mail
an exchange notice to each Holder of RP, not less than 10 nor
more than 30 days prior to the Exchange Date therefor. Such
notice will state: (i) the Exchange Date, (ii) that on such
Exchange Date all shares of RP will be exchanged automatically,
and without any action or choice on the part of the Holders
thereof based on the aggregate liquidation preference of their
existing shares of RP and the Serial RP as of the Exchange Date,
(iii) that the Initial Dividend Period for the Serial RP
issuable in exchange for the shares of RP will be a 28day
Dividend Period commencing on such Exchange Date, (iv) that
dividends on shares of RP will cease to accumulate on such
Exchange Date and (v) whether the Serial RP will be rated by
Moodys and S&P or by a Substitute Rating Agency or Substitute
Rating Agencies.
13. Article 12, Section 12.1, Part II, paragraph 2(a) is
hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following:
Each share of RP is subject to Tender and Dividend Reset at
the end of each Dividend Period and may be tendered in the
Remarketing which commences on the Tender Date immediately prior
to the end of the current Dividend Period. By 12:00 noon, New
York City time, on each such Tender Date, the Remarketing Agents
shall, after canvassing the market and considering prevailing market
conditions at the time for shares of RP and similar securities,
provide Beneficial Owners nonbinding indications of the Applicable
Dividend Rate for the next succeeding Dividend Period or, if
applicable, a Special Dividend Period; provided that, if the Board
of Trustees has designated the next Dividend Period as a Special
Dividend Period, the Remarketing Agents will provide to
Beneficial Owners a nonbinding indication only of the Applicable
Dividend Rate for such Special Dividend Period. The actual
Applicable Dividend Rate for such Dividend Period may be greater than
or less than the rate per annum indicated in such nonbinding
indications (but not greater than the applicable Maximum
Dividend Rate). By 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on such
Tender Date, each Beneficial Owner of shares of RP must notify a
Remarketing Agent of its desire, on a sharebyshare basis, either to
tender such share of RP at a price of $100,000 per share (in the
case of Series A and B shares of RP) or $50,000 per share (in
the case of Series C shares of RP) or to continue to hold such
share for the next Dividend Period or, if applicable, to accept a
designated Special Dividend Period. Any notice given to a
Remarketing Agent to tender or hold shares for a particular
Dividend Period shall be irrevocable and shall not be conditioned
upon the level at which the Applicable Dividend Rate is
established. Any such notice may not be waived by the
Remarketing Agents, except that prior to 4:00 p.m., New York City
time, on a Dividend Reset Date, a Remarketing Agent may, in its sole
discretion, (i) at the request of a Beneficial Owner that has
tendered one or more shares to such Remarketing Agent, waive such
Beneficial Owners tender, and thereby enable such Beneficial
Owner to continue to hold the share or shares for the next Dividend
Period or, if applicable, a designated Special Dividend Period,
as agreed to by such Beneficial Owner and such Remarketing Agent
at such time, so long as such tendering Beneficial Owner has
indicated to such Remarketing Agent that it would accept the new
Applicable Dividend Rate for such Dividend Period, such waiver
to be contingent upon the Remarketing Agents ability
to remarket all shares of RP tendered in such Remarketing, and (ii)
at the request of a Beneficial Owner that has elected to hold one or
more of its shares of RP, waive such Beneficial Owners election with
respect thereto.
14. Article 12, Section 12.1, Part II, paragraph 3(a) is
hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following:
Between 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on each Tender Date and
4:00 p.m., New York City time, on the succeeding Dividend Reset Date,
the Remarketing Agents shall determine the Applicable Dividend Rate
to the nearest onethousandth (0.001) of one percent per annum for the
next Dividend Period, or, if designated, Special Dividend Period.
The Applicable Dividend Rate for each such Dividend Period, except as
otherwise required herein, shall be the dividend rate per annum which
the Remarketing Agents determine, in their sole judgment, to be the
lowest rate that will enable them to remarket on behalf of the
Beneficial Owners thereof all shares of RP subject to Tender and
Dividend Reset in such Remarketing and tendered to them on such Tender
Date at a price of $100,000 per share (in the case of Series A
and B shares of RP) or $50,000 per share (in the case of Series C
shares of RP).
15. Article 12, Section 12.1, Part II, paragraph 3(b) is
hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following:
If no Applicable Dividend Rate shall have been established on a
Dividend Reset Date in a Remarketing for the next Dividend Period, or
Special Dividend Period, if any, for any reason (other than because
there are no Remarketing Agents, the Remarketing Agents are not
required to conduct a Remarketing pursuant to the terms of the
Remarketing Agreement or the Remarketing Agents are unable to remarket
on the Dividend Reset Date all shares of RP tendered (or deemed
tendered) to them at a price of $100,000 per share (in the case of
Series A and B shares of RP) or $50,000 per share (in the case of
Series C shares of RP)), then the Remarketing Agents, in their sole
discretion, shall, if necessary and except during a NonPayment
Period, after taking into account market conditions as reflected in
the prevailing yields on fixed and variable rate taxable and taxexempt
debt securities and the prevailing dividend yields of fixed and
variable rate preferred stock, determine the Applicable Dividend Rate
that would be the rate per annum that would be the initial dividend
rate fixed in an offering on such Dividend Reset Date, assuming in
each case a comparable dividend period, issuer and security. If there
is no Remarketing because there are no Remarketing Agents or the
Remarketing Agents are not required to conduct a Remarketing pursuant
to the Remarketing Agreement or if the Remarketing Agents are unable
to remarket on the Dividend Reset Date all shares of RP tendered (or
deemed tendered) to them at a price of $100,000 per share (in the case
of Series A and B shares of RP) or $50,000 per share (in the case of
Series C shares of RP), then, except during a NonPayment Period, the
Applicable Dividend Rate for the subsequent Dividend Period and for
each subsequent Dividend Period for which no Remarketing takes place
because of the foregoing shall be the applicable Maximum Dividend
Rate for a 28day Dividend Period (in the case of Series A and B shares
of RP) or for a 7day Dividend Period (in the case of Series C shares
of RP) and the next succeeding Dividend Period shall be a 28day
Dividend Period (in the case of Series A and B shares of RP) and a
7day Dividend Period (in the case of Series C shares of RP).
16. Article 12, Section 12.1, Part II, paragraph 4(a) is
hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following:
If the Remarketing Agents are unable to remarket by 4:00
p.m., New York City time, on a Dividend Reset Date all shares of
RP tendered to them in the related Remarketing at a price of
$100,000 per share (in the case of Series A and B shares of RP)
or $50,000 per share (in the case of Series C shares of RP), (i)
each Beneficial Owner that tendered or was deemed to have
tendered shares of RP for sale shall sell a number of shares of
RP on a pro rata basis, to the extent practicable, or by lot, as
determined by the Remarketing Agents in their sole discretion,
based on the number of orders to purchase shares of RP in such
Remarketing, and (ii) the Applicable Dividend Rate for the next
Dividend Period, which shall be a 28day Dividend Period (in the
case of Series A and B shares of RP) or a 7day Dividend Period
(in the case of Series C shares of RP), shall be the Maximum
Dividend Rate for such 28day Dividend Period or 7day Dividend Period,
as the case may be.
This Amendment is effective as of February 15, 2008.
XXXXXX MANAGED MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST
Amendment to Bylaws
WHEREAS, ARTICLE 14, Section 14.1 and ARTICLE 12, Section 12.1,
Part I, paragraph 6(c) of the Bylaws (the Bylaws) of Xxxxxx
Managed Municipal Income Trust (the Trust) permit the Board of
Trustees of the Trust (the Trustees) to amend or repeal, in whole
or in part, the Bylaws provided that such amendment or repeal
does not materially and adversely affect any preference, right or
power of the Preferred Shares or any holder therof;
WHEREAS, the Trustees desire to amend the Bylaws to add two new
sections to ARTICLE 11 that enumerate the Chairmans power to
determine the order of business at shareholder meetings, to
prescribe rules and take actions as are appropriate for the
proper conduct of such meetings, and to adjourn shareholder
meetings;
WHEREAS, the Trustees desire to amend the Bylaws to amend and
restate in their entirety Subsections 6(a) and 6(b) of ARTICLE
12, Section 12.2, PART I, concerning the right to nominate
preferred share trustees.
WHEREAS, the Trustees have determined that such amendment does
not materially and adversely affect any preference, right or
power of the Preferred Shares or any holder therof;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Bylaws are hereby amended as follows:
1. The following shall be added as ARTICLE 11, Section
11.4:
11.4 Conduct of Meetings. The person serving as chairman of a
meeting of shareholders in accordance with Article 3, Section 3.5
of these Bylaws shall determine the order of business of the
meeting and may prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures
and take such actions as, in the discretion of such chairman, are
appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. For any
matter to be properly before any meeting of shareholders, the
matter must be a proper matter for shareholder action under the
Declaration of Trust, these Bylaws and applicable law and must be
specifically identified in the notice of meeting or otherwise
brought before the meeting in accordance with these Bylaws or by
or at the direction of the chairman of the meeting, in the
chairmans sole direction.
2. The following shall be added as ARTICLE 11, Section
11.5:
11.5 Adjournment. Any meeting of shareholders may, by action of
the chairman of the meeting, be adjourned without further notice
with respect to one or more matters to be considered at such
meeting to a designated time and place, whether or not a quorum
is present with respect to such matter; upon motion of the
chairman of the meeting, the question of adjournment may be
submitted to a vote of the shareholders, and in that case, any
adjournment with respect to one or more matters must be approved
by the vote of holders of a majority of the shares present and
entitled to vote with respect to the matter or matters adjourned,
and without further notice to the extent permitted by Article V,
Section 2 of the Declaration of Trust. Unless a proxy is
otherwise limited in this regard, any Shares present and entitled
to vote at a meeting that are represented by broker nonvotes,
may, at the discretion of the proxies named therein, be voted in
favor of such an adjournment.
3. ARTICLE 12, Section 12.2, PART I, Subsections 6(a) and
6(b) are deleted in their entirety and replaced with
the following:
(a) General. Except as otherwise provided in the
Declaration of Trust or Bylaws, each Holder of shares of RP and
each record holder of Common Shares shall be entitled to one vote
for each share held on each matter submitted to a vote of
shareholders of the Trust, and the holders of outstanding
Preferred Shares, including RP, and of Common Shares shall vote
together as a single class; provided that, at any meeting of the
shareholders of the Trust held for the election of trustees, the
holders of Preferred Shares, including RP, represented in person
or by proxy at said meeting, shall be entitled, as a class, to
the exclusion of the holders of all other securities and classes
of capital shares of the Trust, to nominate and elect two
trustees of the Trust, each Preferred Share, including RP,
entitling the holder thereof to one vote. Subject to paragraph
6(b) hereof, the holders of outstanding Common Shares and
Preferred Shares, including RP, voting as a single class, shall
elect the balance of the trustees.
(b) Right to Elect Majority of Board of Trustees. During
any period in which any one or more of the conditions described
below shall exist (such period being referred to herein as a
Voting Period), the number of trustees constituting the Board of
Trustees shall be automatically increased by the smallest number
that, when added to the two trustees elected exclusively by the
holders of Preferred Shares, would constitute a majority of the
Board of Trustees as so increased by such smallest number; and
the holders of Preferred Shares shall be entitled, voting as a
class on a onevotepershare basis (to the exclusion of the holders
of all other securities and classes of capital shares of the
Trust), to nominate and elect such smallest number of additional
trustees, together with the two trustees that such holders are in
any event entitled to elect. A Voting Period shall commence:
(i) if at the close of business on any Dividend
Payment Date accumulated dividends (whether or not
earned or declared, and whether or not funds are
then legally available in an amount sufficient
therefor) on the outstanding shares of RP equal to
at least two full years dividends shall be due and
unpaid and sufficient cash or specified securities
shall not have been deposited with the Paying
Agent for the payment of such accumulated
dividends; or
(ii) if at any time holders of any other Preferred
Shares are entitled to elect a majority of the
trustees of the Trust.
Upon the termination of a Voting Period, the voting rights
described in this paragraph 6(b) shall cease, subject always,
however, to the revesting of such voting rights in the Holders
upon the further occurrence of any of the events described in
this paragraph 6(b).
This Amendment is effective as of November 11, 2011.
XXXXXX MANAGED MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST
Amendment to Amended and Restated Bylaws
WHEREAS, ARTICLE 13, Section 13.1, ARTICLE 12, Section 12.1,
Part I, paragraph 6(c) and ARTICLE 12, Section 12.2, Part I,
paragraph 6(c) of the Amended and Restated Bylaws (the Bylaws)
of Xxxxxx Managed Municipal Income Trust (the Trust), as last
amended by an Amendment effective as of November 11, 2011,
permit the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the Trustees) to
amend or repeal, in whole or in part, the Bylaws provided that
such amendment or repeal does not materially and adversely
affect any preference, right or power of the Preferred Shares or
any holder thereof;
WHEREAS, the Trustees desire to amend the Bylaws to amend and
restate the definition of S&P Eligible Asset contained in
ARTICLE 12, Section 12.1, PART I, paragraph 1 and ARTICLE 12,
Section 12.2, PART I, paragraph 1;
WHEREAS, the Trustees have determined that such amendment does
not materially and adversely affect any preference, right or
power of the Preferred Shares or any holder thereof;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Bylaws are hereby amended as follows:
1. The definition of S&P Eligible Asset in ARTICLE 12,
Section 12.1, PART I, paragraph 1 and ARTICLE 12, Section 12.2,
PART I, paragraph 1 of the Bylaws is hereby deleted and replaced
in its entirety with the following:
S&P Eligible Asset shall mean either:
(i) if the average S&P Discount Factor of the Funds S&P
Eligible Assets (as set forth in (ii) below) is less than 200%,
all assets of the Fund shall be considered S&P Eligible Assets;
or
(ii) if the average S&P Discount Factor of the Funds S&P
Eligible Assets (as set forth in this section) is 200% or
greater, S&P Eligible Assets means: (1) cash (excluding any
cash irrevocably deposited by the Fund for the payment of any
liabilities within the meaning of RP Basic Maintenance Amount),
(2) Receivables for Municipal Bonds Sold, (3) S&P Hedging
Transactions; (4) Municipal Zero Coupon Bonds rated at least BBB
by S&P, (5) swaps, including total return swaps, interest rate
swaps, currency swaps and credit default swaps, and (6)
Municipal Bonds (including Inverse Floater as defined below)
owned by the Fund that (A) is interest bearing and pays interest
at least semiannually; (B) is payable with respect to principal
and interest in U.S. Dollars; (C) is not subject to a covered
call or put option written by the Fund; (D) except for Inverse
Floaters, is not part of a private placement of Municipal Bonds;
and (E) except for Inverse Floaters, is part of an issue of
Municipal Bonds with an original issue size of at least $10
million. Any Municipal Bonds that is a part of an original
issue size of less than $10 million must carry a rating of at
least AA by S&P or AAA by another nationally recognized
statistical rating organization. Notwithstanding the foregoing
limitations
(1) Municipal Bonds (excluding Escrowed Bonds
(as defined below) and High Yield Securities) of any one
issuer or guarantor (excluding bond insurers) shall be
considered S&P Eligible Assets only to the extent the
Market Value of such Municipal Bonds (including shortterm
Municipal Bonds) does not exceed 10% of the aggregate
Market Value of S&P Eligible Assets, provided that 2% is
added to the applicable S&P Discount Factor for every 1% by
which the Market Value of such Municipal Bonds exceeds 5%
of the aggregate Market Value of S&P Eligible Assets or for
any percentage over 5% add 10 percentage points to the S&P
Discount Factor. High Yield Securities of any one issuer
shall be considered S&P Eligible Assets only to the extent
the Market Value of such Municipal Bonds does not exceed 5%
of the aggregate Market Value of S&P Eligible Assets.
Nonrated securities of any issuer shall be considered S&P
Eligible Assets to the extent the Market Value of such
Municipal Bonds does not exceed 5% of the aggregate Market
Value of S&P Eligible Assets. No more than 10% of the
aggregate Market Value of the portfolio may consist of
nonrated securities;
(2) Municipal Bonds not rated by S&P shall be
considered S&P Eligible Assets only to the extent the
Market Value of such Municipal Bonds does not exceed 50% of
the aggregate Market Value of S&P Eligible Assets;
provided, however, that High Yield Securities shall be
considered S&P Eligible Assets only to the extent the
Market Value of such Municipal Bonds does not exceed 20% of
the aggregate Market Value of S&P Eligible Assets;
(3) Municipal Bonds issued by issuers in any one
state or territory will be considered S&P Eligible Assets
only to the extent that the Market Value of such Municipal
Bonds does not exceed 25% of the aggregate Market Value of
S&P Eligible Assets;
(4) Municipal Bonds (excluding Escrowed Bonds)
of any one state or territory shall be considered S&P
Eligible Assets only to the extent the Market Value of such
Municipal Bonds does not exceed 25% of the aggregate Market
Value of S&P Eligible Assets;
(5) For Municipal Zero Coupon Bonds, the S&P
overcollateralization levels based on the desired
transaction rating shall be as follows:
Exposure
Period
AAA
AA
A
BBB
20
3.584
3.153
2.723
2.292
(6) With respect to total return swaps, only the
cumulative unsettled profit and loss from a total return
swap transaction will be calculated when determining the RP
Basic Maintenance Amount. For purposes of calculating the
RP Basic Maintenance Amount, any outstanding gain from a
total return swap transaction or interest rate swap
transaction on a Valuation Date will be included as a S&P
Eligible Asset subject to the S&P Discount Factor on the
counterparty to such swap transaction, and any outstanding
liability from a swap transaction on a Valuation Date will
be subtracted from S&P Eligible Assets;
(7) For swaps (other than total return swaps and
interest rate swaps), the Market Value of the position
(positive or negative) will be included as a S&P Eligible
Asset. The aggregate notional value of all swaps will not
exceed the Liquidation Preference of the Outstanding RP.
In addition, the Trust will only enter into swap
transactions where the counterparty has at least a S&P
rating of A, Fitch rating of A or Moodys longterm rating of
A3 at the time the time a swap is executed; and
(8) With respect to credit default swaps, each
underlying security subject to such swap sold by the Trust
will be subject to the applicable S&P Discount Factor. If
the Trust purchases a credit default swap and holds the
underlying security, the Market Value of the credit default
swap and the underlying security will be included as a S&P
Eligible Asset subject to the S&P Discount Factor assessed
based on the counterparty risk and the duration of the swap
agreement. In addition, the Trust will not include a
credit default swap as a S&P Eligible Asset purchased by
the Trust unless the Trust holds the underlying security
or, if the Trust purchases a credit default swap for a
basket of securities, unless the Trust holds all the
securities in the basket.
Inverse Floater shall mean trust certificates or other
instruments evidencing interests in one or more Municipal Bonds
that qualify as S&P Eligible Assets (such Inverse Floaters will
also be considered Municipal Bonds and are S&P Eligible Assets),
the interest rates on which are adjusted at shortterm intervals
on a basis that is inverse to the simultaneous readjustment of
the interest rates on corresponding floating rate trust
certificates or other instruments issued by the same issuer,
provided that the ratio of the aggregate dollar amount of
floating rate instruments to inverse floating rate instruments
issued by the same issuer does not exceed two to one at their
time of original issuance and at the time of purchase has a
duration that is less than thirteen years.
Escrowed Bonds shall mean Municipal Bonds that (i) have been
determined to be legally defeased in accordance with S&Ps legal
defeasance criteria, (ii) have been determined to be economically
defeased in accordance with S&Ps economic defeasance criteria and
assigned a rating of AAA by S&P, (iii) are not rated by S&P but
have been determined to be legally defeased by S&P or (iv) have
been determined to be economically defeased by S&P and assigned a
rating no lower than the rating that is S&P equivalent of S&Ps
AAA rating. In the event that a defeased obligation which is an
S&P Eligible Asset does not meet the criteria of an Escrowed
Bond, such Municipal Bond will be deemed to remain in the Issue
Type Category into which it fell prior to such defeasance.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, all aforementioned
definitions and limitations are further subject to the
requirements and limitations as set forth in Methodology And
Assumptions For Market Value Securities published by Standard &
Poors Ratings Services on September 17, 2013.
This Amendment is effective as of March 21, 2014.
XXXXXX MANAGED MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST
Amendment to Amended and Restated Bylaws
WHEREAS, Article 14, Section 14.1 of the Amended and Restated
Bylaws (the Bylaws) of Xxxxxx Managed Municipal Income Trust
(the Trust) permits the Trustees to amend or to repeal the
Bylaws except as otherwise expressly stated in the Bylaws.
WHEREAS, Article 12, Section 12.1, Part I, paragraph 6(c) and
Article 12, Section 12.2, Part I, paragraph 6(c) provide that so
long as any shares of RP are outstanding, the Trust will not,
without the affirmative vote or consent of the Holders of at
least a majority of the shares of RP outstanding at the time,
amend, alter or repeal provisions of the Bylaws so as to affect
materially and adversely any preference, right or power of
shares of RP or the Holders thereof (terms used without
definition in this amendment have the respective meanings
ascribed to them in the Bylaws);
WHEREAS, the Trustees desire to amend certain provisions of
Article 12, Section 12.1 and Article 12, Section 12.2 of the
Bylaws relating to (1) the delivery of the RP Basic Maintenance
Report to the Remarketing Agents and the Paying Agent and (2) the
delivery of the Accountants Confirmation;
WHEREAS, the Trustees have determined that this amendment would
not affect materially and adversely any preference, right or
power of shares of RP or the Holders thereof;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Bylaws are amended as follows:
1. Each of Article 12, Section 12.1, Part I, paragraph 1
and Article 12, Section 12.2, Part I, paragraph 1 is amended by
deleting the term Accountants Confirmation and its definition.
2. Each of Article 12, Section 12.1, Part I, paragraph
8(e) and Article 12, Section 12.1, Part I, paragraph 8(e) is
amended by deleting references to the Accountants Confirmation.
3. Each of Article 12, Section 12.1, Part I, paragraph
8(b), (c), (d) and (e) and Article 12, Section 12.2, Part I,
paragraphs 8(b), (c), (d) and (e) is amended by deleting
references to the Remarketing Agents and the Paying Agent.
4. The text of each of Article 12, Section 12.1, Part I,
paragraph 8(f), (g), (h) and (i) of the Bylaws is deleted and, in
each case, the word Reserved is substituted in its place.
5. The text of each of Article 12, Section 12.2, Part I,
paragraph 8(f), (g), (h) and (i) of the Bylaws is deleted and, in
each case, the word Reserved is substituted in its place.
6. The second sentence of Article 12, Section 12.1, Part
I, paragraph 8(j) of the Bylaws is deleted.
This Amendment is effective as of June 24, 2016.
* Articles 1 11 and 13 16 of the Bylaws are amended and
restated as of February 23, 2023. Article 12 of the
Bylaws is amended through June 24, 2016.
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