AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATIONAgreement and Plan of Reorganization • July 26th, 2024 • Abrdn Income Credit Strategies Fund • Delaware
THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION (the “Agreement”) is made as of July 19, 2024, by and between abrdn Income Credit Strategies Fund, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Acquiring Fund”), and First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund, a Massachusetts business trust (the “Acquired Fund” and, together with the Acquiring Fund, the “Funds”). First Trust Advisors L.P., an Illinois limited partnership and the investment adviser to the Acquired Fund (the “Seller”), joins this Agreement solely for purposes of paragraphs 8.2, 11.1, 11.2 and 11.3, and abrdn Inc., a Delaware corporation registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the “Purchaser”), joins this Agreement solely for purposes of paragraphs 5.12, 5.13, 8.2, 11.1, 11.2 and 11.3.
