Exhibit 99.3
Execution Version
VOTING TRUST AGREEMENT
THIS VOTING TRUST AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into effective for all purposes and in all respects as of September 18, 2018 by and among:
Lord Securities Corporation, as trustee (the “Trustee” or any successor thereto),
WFC Holdings, LLC, organized and existing under the laws of the Delaware, including its successors and assigns by operation of law (“WFC Holdings”),
Wells Fargo Municipal Capital Strategies, LLC, organized and existing under the laws of the Delaware, including its successors and assigns by operation of law (“WFMCS”),
EVEREN Capital Corporation, organized and existing under the laws of the Delaware, including its successors and assigns by operation of law (“EVEREN”, and together with WFC Holdings and WFMCS, the “Purchasers” and each, a “Purchaser”), and
Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (the “Voting Consultant” or any successor thereto).
WHEREAS, the Purchasers are the legal and Beneficial Owners of Variable Rate MuniFund Term Preferred Shares, Series 2022 (“VMTP Shares”) of PIMCO Municipal Income Fund (the “Fund”) pursuant to the terms of the VMTP purchase agreement, dated as of September 18, 2018, between the Purchasers and the Fund (the “Purchase Agreement”);
WHEREAS, the Purchasers desire to transfer and assign irrevocably to the Trustee, and the Trustee desires to accept such transfer and assignment of, the right to vote and consent for each Purchaser in connection with all of its voting and consent rights and responsibilities, as set forth in Section 1 below, as a Beneficial Owner of (i) VMTP Shares acquired by such Purchaser pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (such VMTP Shares, when owned by any of the Purchasers, the “Subject Shares”) and (ii) any additional shares of VMTP Shares or preferred shares of any class or series of the Fund having voting powers of which an Affiliate of WFC Holdings, WFMCS, or EVEREN is the Beneficial Owner or that any Purchaser becomes the Beneficial Owner of during the term of this Agreement (any such additional preferred shares of the Fund having voting powers being “Additional Shares” and when so acquired will become a part of the “Subject Shares” covered by this Agreement);
WHEREAS, the Voting Consultant shall analyze any matters requiring the owner of Subject Shares, to vote or consent in its capacity as an equity holder (whether at a meeting or via a consent solicitation), and shall provide a recommendation to the Trustee of how to vote or consent with respect to such voting or consent matters;
WHEREAS, the Voting Consultant and the Trustee are Independent of the Purchasers; and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to set forth in writing their understandings and agreements.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, of the mutual promises hereinafter set forth and of other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties, intending legally and equitably to be bound, hereby agree as follows:
Each Purchaser hereby irrevocably transfers and assigns to the Trustee, and the Trustee hereby accepts the transfer and assignment of, the right to vote and consent for each Purchaser in connection with all of such Purchaser’s voting and consent rights and responsibilities as a Beneficial Owner of the Subject Shares with respect to the following matters (collectively, the “Voting Matters”):