Methods of Voting by Proxy
After reading this Proxy Statement and the enclosed proxy card, you may vote by:
Internet: Going to the website specified on your proxy card and following the instructions on the website.
Phone: Calling the number specified on your proxy card and following the instructions.
Mail: Completing, signing, dating and returning the enclosed proxy card as soon as possible in the enclosed postage-paid envelope.
Shareholders can call 1-888-444-0589 with any questions about this proxy statement or how to vote their shares.
Internet and telephone voting facilities will close at 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on October 14, 2020, for the voting of Shares held by Shareholders of record as of the Record Date. Proxy cards with respect to Shares held of record must be received no later than October 14, 2020.
Changing Your Vote or Revoking Your Proxy
Whether you have voted by internet, telephone or mail, you may change your vote and revoke your proxy by:
∎ | | Sending a written statement to that effect to the Secretary of the applicable Fund, provided such statement is received no later than October 14, 2020; |
∎ | | Voting by internet or telephone at a later time than your previous vote and before the closing of those voting facilities at 11:59 p.m., Eastern time, on October 14, 2020 ; |
∎ | | Submitting a properly signed proxy card, which has a later date than your previous vote, and that is received no later than October 14, 2020; or |
∎ | | Attending and voting at the Meeting. |
Information on the Voting Results
Each Fund intends to announce its final results by press release or in a Current Report on a Form 8-K filed with the SEC within four business days after the date of the Meeting.
Other Matters to Come Before the Meeting
The Board does not intend to present any other business at the Meeting, nor are the Trustees aware that any Shareholder intends to do so. If, however, any other matters, including adjournments, are properly brought before the Meeting, the persons named in the accompanying form of proxy will vote thereon in accordance with their judgment.
Shareholder Communications with Board of Trustees
Shareholders may mail written communications to a Fund’s full Board of Trustees, to committees of the Board or to specified individual Trustees in care of the Secretary of a Fund, 345 Park Avenue, 42nd Floor, New York, New York 10154. All Shareholder communications received by the Secretary will be forwarded promptly to the applicable Board of Trustees, the applicable Board of Trustees committee or the specified individual Trustees, as applicable, except that the Secretary may, in good faith, determine that a Shareholder communication should not be so forwarded if it does not reasonably relate to the applicable Fund or its operations, management, activities, policies, service providers, Board of Trustees, officers, Shareholders or other matters relating to an investment in such Fund or is purely ministerial in nature.
No Dissenters’ Rights
Shareholders do not have appraisal or similar rights of dissenters with respect to the Proposals.