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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM N-CEN ANNUAL REPORT FOR REGISTERED INVESTMENT COMPANIES | OMB APPROVAL |
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a. Report for period ending: | 2023-02-28 |
b. Does this report cover a period of less than 12 months? | ☐ Yes ☒ No |
a. Full name of Registrant | Invesco Senior Income Trust |
b. Investment Company Act file number ( e.g., 811-) | 811-08743 |
c. CIK | 0001059386 |
d. LEI | 549300C38VE5Y5R75E56 |
a. Street 1 | 1331 Spring Street NW |
Street 2 | Suite 2500 |
b. City | Atlanta |
c. State, if applicable |
GEORGIA
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d. Foreign country, if applicable |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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e. Zip code and zip code extension, or foreign postal code | 30309 |
f. Telephone number (including country code if foreign) | 14048920896 |
g. Public Website, if any | www.invesco.com |
Instruction. Provide the requested information for each person maintaining physical possession of each account, book, or other document required to be maintained by section 31(a) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 80a-30(a)) and the rules under that section. |
Location books Record |
Name of person (e.g., a custodian of records) | Telephone | Address | Briefly describe books and records kept at this location |
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#1 | Invesco Advisers, Inc. | 14048920896 | 1331 Spring Street NW Suite 2500 Atlanta, GEORGIA 30309 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | CERTAIN FINANCIAL, PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT AND CLIENT-RELATED RECORDS. |
Instruction. Respond "yes" to Item B.4.b only if the Registrant has filed an application to deregister or will file an application to deregister before its next required filing on this form. |
a. Is this the first filing on this form by the Registrant? | ☐ Yes ☒ No |
b. Is this the last filing on this form by the Registrant? | ☐ Yes ☒ No |
Instruction. "Family of investment companies" means, except for insurance company separate accounts, any two or more registered investment companies that (i) share the same investment adviser or principal underwriter; and (ii) hold themselves out to investors as related companies for purposes of investment and investor services. In responding to this item, all Registrants in the family of investment companies should report the name of the family of investment companies identically. |
Insurance company separate accounts that may not hold themselves out to investors as related companies (products) for purposes of investment and investor services should consider themselves part of the same family if the operational or accounting or control systems under which these entities function are substantially similar. |
a. Is the Registrant part of a family of investment companies? | ☒ Yes ☐ No |
i. Full name of family of investment companies | INVESCOFDS |
Instruction. For Item B.6.a.i., the Registrant should include all Series that have been established by the Registrant and have shares outstanding (other than shares issued in connection with an initial investment to satisfy section 14(a) of the Act). |
a. Indicate the classification of the Registrant by checking the applicable item | ☐
a. Open-end management investment company registered under the Act on Form N-1A
☒ b. Closed-end management investment company registered under the Act on Form N-2 ☐ c. Separate account offering variable annuity contracts which is registered under the Act as a management investment company on Form N-3 ☐ d. Separate account offering variable annuity contracts which is registered under the Act as a unit investment trust on Form N-4 ☐ e. Small business investment company registered under the Act on Form N-5 ☐ f. Separate account offering variable insurance contracts which is registered under the Act as a unit investment trust on Form N-6 ☐ g. Unit investment trust registered under the Act on Form N-8B-2 |
a. Is the Registrant the issuer of a class of securities registered under the Securities Act of 1933 ("Securities Act")? | ☒ Yes ☐ No |
a. Provide the information requested below about each person serving as director of the Registrant (management investment companies only): |
Director Record | Full Name | CRD number, if any | Is the person an "interested person" of the Registrant as that term is defined in section 2(a)(19) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 80a-2(a)(19))? | Investment Company Act file number of any other registered investment company for which the person also serves as a director (e.g., 811-): |
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#1 | Daniel S. Vandivort | N/A | No | N/A |
#2 | Joel W. Motley | N/A | No | N/A |
#3 | Robert C. Troccoli | N/A | No | N/A |
#4 | Anthony J. LaCava, Jr. | N/A | No | N/A |
#5 | Beth Ann Brown | N/A | No | N/A |
#6 | Teresa M. Ressel | N/A | No | N/A |
#7 | Eli Jones | N/A | No | N/A |
#8 | Cynthia Hostetler | N/A | No | N/A |
#9 | Prema Mathai-Davis | N/A | No | N/A |
#10 | Martin L. Flanagan | N/A | Yes | N/A |
#11 | Elizabeth Krentzman | N/A | No | N/A |
a. Provide the information requested below about each person serving as chief compliance officer (CCO) of the Registrant for purposes of rule 38a-1 (17 CFR 270.38a- 1): |
Chief compliance officer Record | Full Name | CRD Number, if any | Telephone | Address | Has the CCO changed since the last filing? | If the chief compliance officer is compensated or employed by any person other than the Registrant, or an affiliated person of the Registrant, for providing chief compliance officer services, provide: |
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#1 | Todd F. Kuehl | 003028989 | XXXXXX | 1331 Spring Street NW Suite 2500 Atlanta, GEORGIA 30309 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | No |
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Instruction. Registrants registered on Forms N-3, N-4 or N-6, should respond "yes" to this Item only if security holder votes were solicited on contract-level matters. |
a. Were any matters submitted by the Registrant for its security holders' vote during the reporting period? | ☒ Yes ☐ No |
i. If yes, and to the extent the response relates only to certain series of the Registrant, indicate the series involved: |
Security Matter Series info Record | Series name | Series identification number |
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#1 | Invesco Senior Income Trust | N/A |
Instruction. For purposes of this Item, the following proceedings should be described: (1) any bankruptcy, receivership or similar proceeding with respect to the Registrant or any of its significant subsidiaries; (2) any proceeding to which any director, officer or other affiliated person of the Registrant is a party adverse to the Registrant or any of its subsidiaries; and (3) any proceeding involving the revocation or suspension of the right of the Registrant to sell securities. |
a. Have there been any material legal proceedings, other than routine litigation incidental to the business, to which the Registrant or any of its subsidiaries was a party or of which any of their property was the subject during the reporting period? | ☐ Yes ☒ No |
b. Has any proceeding previously reported been terminated? | ☐ Yes ☒ No |
a. Were any claims with respect to the Registrant filed under a fidelity bond (including, but not limited to, the fidelity insuring agreement of the bond) during the reporting period? | ☐ Yes ☒ No |
a. Are the Registrant's officers or directors covered in their capacities as officers or directors under any directors and officers/errors and omissions insurance policy owned by the Registrant or anyone else? | ☒ Yes ☐ No |
i. If yes, were any claims filed under the policy during the reporting period with respect to the Registrant? | ☐ Yes ☒ No |
Instruction. For purposes of this Item, a provision of financial support includes any (1) capital contribution, (2) purchase of a security from a Money Market Fund in reliance on rule 17a-9 under the Act (17 CFR 270.17a-9), (3) purchase of any defaulted or devalued security at fair value reasonably intended to increase or stabilize the value or liquidity of the Registrant's portfolio, (4) execution of letter of credit or letter of indemnity, (5) capital support agreement (whether or not the Registrant ultimately received support), (6) performance guarantee, or (7) other similar action reasonably intended to increase or stabilize the value or liquidity of the Registrant's portfolio. Provision of financial support does not include any (1) routine waiver of fees or reimbursement of Registrant's expenses, (2) routine inter-fund lending, (3) routine inter-fund purchases of Registrant's shares, or (4) action that would qualify as financial support as defined above, that the board of directors has otherwise determined not to be reasonably intended to increase or stabilize the value or liquidity of the Registrant's portfolio. |
a. Did an affiliated person, promoter, or principal underwriter of the Registrant, or an affiliated person of such a person, provide any form of financial support to the Registrant during the reporting period? | ☐ Yes ☒ No |
a. During the reporting period, did the Registrant rely on any orders from the Commission granting an exemption from one or more provisions of the Act, Securities Act or Exchange Act? | ☒ Yes ☐ No |
i. If yes, provide the release number for each order: |
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a. Provide the information requested below about each principal underwriter: |
Principal underwriter Record | Full Name | SEC file number (e.g., 8-) | CRD number | LEI, if any | State, if applicable | Foreign country, if applicable | Is the principal underwriter an affiliated person of the Registrant, or its investment adviser(s) or depositor? |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
b. Have any principal underwriters been hired or terminated during the reporting period? | ☐ Yes ☒ No |
a. Provide the following information about each independent public accountant: |
Public accountant Record | Full Name | PCAOB Number | LEI, if any | State, if applicable | Foreign country, if applicable |
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#1 | PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP | 238 | 5493002GVO7EO8RNNS37 | TEXAS | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
b. Has the independent public accountant changed since the last filing? | ☐ Yes ☒ No |
Instruction. Small business investment companies are not required to respond to this item. |
a. For the reporting period, did an independent public accountant's report on internal control note any material weaknesses? | ☐ Yes ☒ No |
a. For the reporting period, did an independent public accountant issue an opinion other than an unqualified opinion with respect to its audit of the Registrant's financial statements? | ☐ Yes ☒ No |
Instruction. Responses to this item need not include changes to valuation techniques used for individual securities (e.g., changing from market approach to income approach for a private equity security). In responding to Item B.20.c., provide the applicable "asset type" category specified in Item C.4.a. of Form N-PORT. In responding to Item B.20.d., provide a brief description of the type of investments involved. If the change in valuation methods applies only to certain sub-asset types included in the response to Item B.20.c., please provide the sub-asset types in the response to Item B.20.d. The responses to Item B.20.c. and Item B.20.d. should be identical only if the change in valuation methods applies to all assets within that category. |
a. Have there been material changes in the method of valuation (e.g., change from use of bid price to mid price for fixed income securities or change in trigger threshold for use of fair value factors on international equity securities) of the Registrant's assets during the reporting period? | ☐ Yes ☒ No |
a. Have there been any changes in accounting principles or practices, or any change in the method of applying any such accounting principles or practices, which will materially affect the financial statements filed or to be filed for the current year with the Commission and which has not been previously reported? | ☐ Yes ☒ No |
a. During the reporting period, did the Registrant pay any dividend or make any distribution in the nature of a dividend payment, required to be accompanied by a written statement pursuant to section 19(a) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 80a-19(a)) and rule 19a-1 thereunder (17 CFR 270.19a-1)? | ☒ Yes ☐ No |
i. If yes, and to the extent the response relates only to certain series of the Registrant, indicate the series involved: |
Payment dividend series info Record | Series name | Series identification number |
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#1 | Invesco Senior Income Trust | N/A |
Management investment companies that offer multiple series must complete Part C as to each series separately, even if some information is the same for two or more series. To begin this section or add an additional series(s), click on the bar labeled "Add a New Series" below. |
Management Investment Record: 1 |
a. Full Name of the Fund | Invesco Senior Income Trust |
b. Series identication number, if any | |
c. LEI | 549300C38VE5Y5R75E56 |
d. Is this the first filing on this form by the Fund? | ☐ Yes ☒ No |
a. How many Classes of shares of the Fund (if any) are authorized? | |
b. How many new Classes of shares of the Fund were added during the reporting period? | |
c. How many Classes of shares of the Fund were terminated during the reporting period? | |
d. For each Class with shares outstanding, provide the information requested below: |
Shares Outstanding Record | Full name of Class | Class identification number, if any | Ticker symbol, if any | — | — | — | — |
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Instructions: 1. "Fund of Funds" means a fund that acquires securities issued by any other investment company in excess of the amounts permitted under paragraph (A) of section 12(d)(1) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 80a-12(d)(1)(A)), but, for purposes of this Item, does not include a fund that acquires securities issued by another company solely in reliance on rule 12d1-1 under the Act (CFR 270.12d1-1). 2. "Index" means an investment company, including an Exchange-Traded Fund, that seeks to track the performance of a specified index. 3. "Interval Fund" means a closed-end management investment company that makes periodic repurchases of its shares pursuant to rule 23c-3 under the Act (17 CFR 270.23c-3). 4. "Master-Feeder Fund" means a two-tiered arrangement in which one or more funds (each a feeder fund) holds shares of a single Fund (the master fund) in with section 12(d)(1)(E) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 80a-12(d)(1)(E)) or pursuant to exemptive relief granted by the Commission. 5. "Target Date Fund" means an investment company that has an investment objective or strategy of providing varying degrees of long-term appreciation and capital preservation through a mix of equity and fixed income exposures that changes over time based on an investor's age, target retirement date, or life expectancy. |
a. Indicate if the Fund is any one of the types listed. Check all that apply. |
a. Exchange-Traded Fund or Exchange-Traded Managed Fund or
offers a Class that itself is an Exchange-Traded Fund or
Exchange-Traded Managed Fund
☐ i. Exchange-Traded Fund ☐ ii. Exchange-Traded Managed Fund ☐ b. Index Fund ☐ c. Seeks to achieve performance results that are a multiple of a benchmark, the inverse of a benchmark, or a multiple of the inverse of a benchmark ☐ d. Interval Fund ☐ e. Fund of Funds ☐ f. Master-Feeder Fund ☐ g. Money Market Fund ☐ h. Target Date Fund ☐ i. Underlying fund to a variable annuity or variable life insurance contract ☒ N/A |
a. Does the Fund seek to operate as a “non-diversified company” as such term is defined in section 5(b)(2) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 80a- 5(b) (2))? | ☐ Yes ☒ No |
Instruction. "Controlled foreign corporation" has the meaning provided in section 957 of the Internal Revenue Code [26 U.S.C. 957]. |
a. Does the fund invest in a controlled foreign corporation for the purpose of investing in certain types of instruments such as, but not limited to, commodities? | ☐ Yes ☒ No |
Instruction. For purposes of this Item, other adverse impacts would include, for example, (1) a loss to the Fund if collateral and indemnification were not sufficient to replace the loaned securities or their value, (2) the Fund's ineligibility to vote shares in a proxy, or (3) the Fund's ineligibility to receive a direct distribution from the issuer. |
a. Is the Fund authorized to engage in securities lending transactions? | ☐ Yes ☒ No |
b. Did the Fund lend any of its securities during the reporting period? | ☐ Yes ☒ No |
c. Provide the information requested below about each securities lending agent, if any, retained by the Fund: |
Securities Lending Record | Full name of securities lending agent | LEI, if any | Is the securities lending agent an affiliated person, or an affiliated person of an affiliated person, of the Fund? | Does the securities lending agent or any other entity indemnify the fund against borrower default on loans administered by this agent? | — | — | — | — | — |
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d. If a person providing cash collateral management services to the Fund in connection with the Fund's securities lending activities does not also serve as securities lending agent, provide the following information about each cash collateral manager: |
Collateral Managers Record | Full name of cash collateral manager | LEI, if any | Is the cash collateral manager an affiliated person, or an affiliated person of an affiliated person, of a securities lending agent retained by the Fund? | Is the cash collateral manager an affiliated person, or an affiliated person of an affiliated person, of the Fund? | — | — | — | — | — |
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e. Types of payments made to one or more securities lending agents and cash collateral managers (check all that apply): | ☐
i. Revenue sharing split
☐ ii. Non-revenue sharing split (other than administrative fee) ☐ iii. Administrative fee ☐ iv. Cash collateral reinvestment fee ☐ v. Indemnification fee ☐ vi. Other ☒ N/A |
f. Provide the monthly average of the value of portfolio securities on loan during the reporting period | N/A |
g. Provide the net income from securities lending activities | N/A |
a. Did the Fund rely on the following statutory exemption or any of the rules under the Act during the reporting period? (check all that apply) | ☐
a. Rule 10f-3 (17 CFR 270.10f-3)
☒ b. Rule 12d1-1 (17 CFR 270.12d1-1) ☐ c. Rule 15a-4 (17 CFR 270.15a-4) ☐ d. Rule 17a-6 (17 CFR 270.17a-6) ☐ e. Rule 17a-7 (17 CFR 270.17a-7) ☐ f. Rule 17a-8 (17 CFR 270.17a-8) ☐ g. Rule 17e-1 (17 CFR 270.17e-1) ☐ h. Rule 22d-1 (17 CFR 270.22d-1) ☐ i. Rule 23c-1 (17 CFR 270.23c-1) ☒ j. Rule 32a-4 (17 CFR 270.32a-4) ☐ k. Rule 6c-11 (17 CFR 270.6c-11) ☐ l. Rule 12d1-4 (17 CFR 270.12d1-4) ☐ m. Section 12(d)(1)(G) of the Act (15 USC 80a-12(d)(1)(G)) ☒ n. Rule 18f-4 (17 CFR 270.18f-4) ☒
i. Is the Fund excepted from the rule 18f-4 (17 CFR 270.18f-4)
program requirement and limit on fund leverage risk under
rule 18f-4(c)(4) (17CFR 270.18f-4(c)(4))?
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N/A
☐ ii. Is the Fund a leveraged/inverse fund that, under rule 18f-4(c)(5) (17 CFR 270.18f-4(c)(5)), is excepted from the requirement to comply with the limit on fund leverage risk described in rule 18f-4(c)(2) (17 CFR 270.18f-4(c)(2))? ☐ iii. Did the Fund enter into any reverse repurchase agreements or similar financing transactions under rule 18f-4(d)(i) (17 CFR 270.18f-4(d)(i))? ☐ iv. Did the Fund enter into any reverse repurchase agreements or similar financing transactions under rule 18f-4(d)(ii) (17 CFR 270.18f-4(d)(ii))? ☒ v. Did the Fund enter into any unfunded commitment agreements under rule 18f-4(e) (17 CFR 270.18f-4(e))? ☒ vi. Did the Fund invest in a security on a when-issued or forward-settling basis, or with a non-standard settlement cycle, in reliance on rule 18f-4(f) (17 CFR 270.18f-4(f))? |
Instruction. Provide information concerning any direct or indirect limitations, waivers or reductions, on the level of expenses incurred by the fund during the reporting period. A limitation, for example, may be applied indirectly (such as when an adviser agrees to accept a reduced fee pursuant to a voluntary fee waiver) or it may apply only for a temporary period such as for a new fund in its start-up phase. |
a. Did the Fund have an expense limitation arrangement in place during the reporting period? | ☒ Yes ☐ No |
b. Were any expenses of the Fund reduced or waived pursuant to an expense limitation arrangement during the reporting period? | ☒ Yes ☐ No |
c. Are the fees waived subject to recoupment? | ☐ Yes ☒ No |
d. Were any expenses previously waived recouped during the period? | ☐ Yes ☒ No |
a. Provide the following information about each investment adviser (other than a sub-adviser) of the Fund: |
Full name |
SEC file number ( e.g., 801- ) | CRD number | LEI, if any | State, if applicable | Foreign country, if applicable | Was the investment adviser hired during the reporting period? |
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Investment Advisers Record: 1 | ||||||
Invesco Advisers, Inc. | 801-33949 | 000105360 | O37NHJVF7S22I1ONOU83 | GEORGIA | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | No |
b. If an investment adviser (other than a sub- adviser) to the Fund was terminated during the reporting period, provide the following with respect to each investment adviser: |
Full name |
SEC file number ( e.g., 801- ) | CRD number | LEI, if any | State, if applicable | Foreign country, if applicable | Termination date | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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c. For each sub-adviser to the Fund, provide the information requested: |
Full name |
SEC file number ( e.g., 801- ) | CRD number | LEI, if any | State, if applicable | Foreign country, if applicable | Is the sub-adviser an affiliated person of the Fund's investment adviser(s)? | Was the sub-adviser hired during the reporting period? |
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Sub-Advisors Record: 1 | |||||||
Invesco Hong Kong Ltd. | 801-47856 | 000109923 | 5493001YEU7254KG2F83 | HONG KONG | Yes | No | |
Sub-Advisors Record: 2 | |||||||
Invesco Senior Secured Management, Inc. | 801-38119 | 000107590 | 3FYT3RWGZKJBHC3GB850 | NEW YORK | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | Yes | No |
Sub-Advisors Record: 3 | |||||||
Invesco Canada Ltd. | 801-62166 | 000126572 | 9F443AVI6KXI3MYCLS29 | CANADA (FEDERAL LEVEL) | Yes | No | |
Sub-Advisors Record: 4 | |||||||
Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Ltd. | 801-52601 | 000107155 | 549300W1HDJZN5BPMH02 | JAPAN | Yes | No | |
Sub-Advisors Record: 5 | |||||||
Invesco Asset Management Deutschland GmbH | 801-67712 | 000143238 | 3KKEJBV1JS71T2N3LP71 | GERMANY | Yes | No | |
Sub-Advisors Record: 6 | |||||||
Invesco Asset Management Ltd. | 801-50197 | 000109985 | X87LBO0OFEU7S3WI0T57 | UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND | Yes | No |
d. If a sub-adviser was terminated during the reporting period, provide the following with respect to such sub-adviser: |
Full name |
SEC file number ( e.g., 801- ) | CRD number | LEI, if any | State, if applicable | Foreign country, if applicable | Termination date | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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a. Provide the following information about each person providing transfer agency services to the Fund: |
Full name |
SEC file number ( e.g., 801- ) | LEI, if any | State, if applicable | Foreign country, if applicable | Is the transfer agent an affiliated person of the Fund or its investment adviser(s)? | Is the transfer agent a sub-transfer agent? |
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Transfer Agents Record: 1 | ||||||
Computershare Trust Company, N.A. | 085-11340 | 2549001YYB62BVMSAO13 | MASSACHUSETTS | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | No | No |
b. Has a transfer agent been hired or terminated during the reporting period? | ☐ Yes ☒ No |
a. Provide the following information about each person that provided pricing services to the Fund during the reporting period: |
Pricing Services Record | Full name | LEI, if any, or provide and describe other identifying number | State, if applicable | Foreign country, if applicable | Is the pricing service an affiliated person of the Fund or its investment adviser(s)? |
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#1 | Lincoln Partners LLC | 20-2700147 Description: Federal Tax Identification Number | ILLINOIS | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | No |
#2 | Refinitiv | 20-4530702 Description: Federal Tax Identification Number | DELAWARE | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | No |
#3 | Virtu Financial, Inc. | 5493001OPW2K42CH3884 | NEW YORK | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | No |
#4 | Markit North America, Inc | 549300HLPTRASHS0E726 | NEW YORK | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | No |
#5 | ICE Data Services, Inc. | 13-3668779 Description: Federal Tax Identification Number | DELAWARE | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | No |
#6 | Milliman, Inc. | E26C2WHERBI2OAGBGT21 | WASHINGTON | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | No |
#7 | Pricing Direct, Inc. | 549300WIC0TOJ7N7GD54 | DELAWARE | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | No |
b. Was a pricing service hired or terminated during the reporting period? | ☐ Yes ☒ No |
a. Provide the following information about each person that provided custodial services to the Fund during the reporting period: |
Custodians Record | Full name | LEI, if any | State, if applicable | Foreign country, if applicable | Is the custodian an affiliated person of the Fund or its investment adviser(s)? | Is the custodian a sub-custodian? |
Type of custody (describe if "Other") |
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#1 | HSBC Bank Middle East Limited | 549300F99IL9YJDWH369 | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#2 | State Street Bank and Trust Company (Edinburgh) | N/A | UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#3 | HSBC BANK (CHINA) CO., LTD. | 2CZOJRADNJXBLT55G526 | CHINA | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#4 | UBS Switzerland AG | 549300WOIFUSNYH0FL22 | SWITZERLAND | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#5 | Standard Chartered Bank Cote d'Ivoire SA | 54930016MQBB2NO5NB47 | COTE D'IVOIRE | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#6 | Privredna Banka Zagreb d.d. | 549300ZHFZ4CSK7VS460 | CROATIA | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#7 | UniCredit Banka Slovenija d.d. | 549300O2UN9JLME31F08 | SLOVENIA | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#8 | Standard Chartered Bank Kenya Limited | 549300RBHWW5EJIRG629 | KENYA | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#9 | UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia, a.s. | KR6LSKV3BTSJRD41IF75 | CZECHIA | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#10 | Banco Itau Uruguay S.A. | 549300HU8OQS1VTVXN55 | URUGUAY | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#11 | State Street Bank and Trust Co. | 571474TGEMMWANRLN572 | MASSACHUSETTS | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | No | No | Bank - section 17(f)(1) (15 U.S.C. 80a-17(f)(1)) |
#12 | HSBC BANK OMAN SAOG | 213800YRPSOSH9OA2V29 | OMAN | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#13 | Standard Chartered Bank Zambia PLC | 549300247QDZHDI30A83 | ZAMBIA | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#14 | CITIBANK N A | 579100KKDGKCFFKKF005 | ARGENTINA | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#15 | Banco Nacional de Mexico S.A. | 213800V7KA7C1X52FI40 | MEXICO | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#16 | Union Internationale de Banques | 549300WKCW12LEPUMV07 | TUNISIA | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#17 | Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB | F3JS33DEI6XQ4ZBPTN86 | SWEDEN | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#18 | Landsbankinn hf. | 549300TLZPT6JELDWM92 | ICELAND | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#19 | HSBC BANK BERMUDA LIMITED | 0W1U67PTV5WY3WYWKD79 | BERMUDA | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#20 | Deutsche Bank A.S. | 789000N5SE3LWDK7OI11 | TURKEY | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#21 | RAIFFEISEN BANK SH.A | 529900XTU9H3KES1B287 | ALBANIA | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#22 | State Street Bank International GmbH | ZMHGNT7ZPKZ3UFZ8EO46 | GERMANY | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#23 | Standard Chartered Bank, Johannesburg branch | RILFO74KP1CM8P6PCT96 | SOUTH AFRICA | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#24 | Mizuho Bank, Ltd. | RB0PEZSDGCO3JS6CEU02 | JAPAN | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#25 | First Abu Dhabi Bank P.J.S.C. | 2138002Y3WMK6RZS8H90 | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#26 | Standard Chartered Bank Jordan | N/A | JORDAN | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#27 | Standard Bank Eswatini Limited | 2549000IV408A4RRND84 | SWAZILAND | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#28 | Ceskoslovenska obchodni banka a.s. | Q5BP2UEQ48R75BOTCB92 | CZECHIA | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#29 | AS SEB Pank | 549300ND1MQ8SNNYMJ22 | ESTONIA | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#30 | HSBC Bank (Vietnam) Limited | 213800H95OG9OHRT4Y78 | VIET NAM | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#31 | Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe Limited | 2549005HENFMYGRM9S10 | ZIMBABWE | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#32 | FirstRand Bank | ZAYQDKTCATIXF9OQY690 | SOUTH AFRICA | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#33 | Citibank, N.A. | E57ODZWZ7FF32TWEFA76 | INDIA | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#34 | Deutsche Bank AG, Manila | N/A | PHILIPPINES | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#35 | Standard Chartered Bank Botswana Limited | 5493007VY27WWF8FF542 | BOTSWANA | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#36 | AO Citibank, Moscow | CHSQDSVI1UI96Y2SW097 | RUSSIAN FEDERATION | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#37 | Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited | X5AV1MBDXGRPX5UGMX13 | HONG KONG | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#38 | Citibank del Peru S.A. | MYTK5NHHP1G8TVFGT193 | PERU | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#39 | Citibank-Maghreb S.A. | 5493003FVWLMBFTISI11 | MOROCCO | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#40 | Standard Chartered Bangladesh | N/A | BANGLADESH | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#41 | Saudi British Bank | 558600TQS0WENZUC5190 | SAUDI ARABIA | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#42 | CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC | 1V8Y6QCX6YMJ2OELII46 | DELAWARE | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | No | No | Futures commission merchants and commodity clearing organizations - rule 17f-6 (17 CFR 270.17f-6) |
#43 | AB SEB bankas | 549300SBPFE9JX7N8J82 | LITHUANIA | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#44 | Banco de Chile | 8B4EZFY8IHJC44TT2K84 | CHILE | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#45 | STATE STREET TRUST COMPANY CANADA | 549300L71XG2CTQ2V827 | CANADA (FEDERAL LEVEL) | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#46 | STANDARD CHARTERED BANK (THAI) PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED | 549300O1LQYCQ7G1IM57 | THAILAND | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#47 | UniCredit Bulbank AD | 549300Z7V2WOFIMUEK50 | BULGARIA | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#48 | Bank of America Merrill Lynch International Limited | EYKN6V0ZCB8VD9IULB80 | UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND | No | No | Futures commission merchants and commodity clearing organizations - rule 17f-6 (17 CFR 270.17f-6) | |
#49 | Citibank Anonim Sirketi | CWZ8NZDH5SKY12Q4US31 | TURKEY | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#50 | JSC Citibank | 549300E0ROTI7ACBZH02 | UKRAINE | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#51 | UniCredit Bank Serbia JSC | 52990001O0THU00TYK59 | SERBIA | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#52 | Joint Stock Company Bank of Georgia | 549300RPLD8RXL49Z691 | GEORGIA | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#53 | The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) | 2HI3YI5320L3RW6NJ957 | KOREA (THE REPUBLIC OF) | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#54 | Zagrebacka Banka d.d. | PRNXTNXHBI0TSY1V8P17 | CROATIA | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#55 | China Construction Bank Corporation | 5493001KQW6DM7KEDR62 | CHINA | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#56 | Goldman Sachs & Co. | FOR8UP27PHTHYVLBNG30 | NEW YORK | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | No | No | Futures commission merchants and commodity clearing organizations - rule 17f-6 (17 CFR 270.17f-6) |
#57 | Bank Hapoalim B.M. | B6ARUI4946ST4S7WOU88 | ISRAEL | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#58 | Banco Citibank (Panama) S.A. | N/A | PANAMA | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#59 | Standard Chartered Bank (Taiwan) Limited | 549300QJEO1B92LSHZ06 | TAIWAN | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#60 | HSBC SAUDI ARABIA LIMITED | 2138009S6SHV5GLS7987 | SAUDI ARABIA | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#61 | Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC | 4PQUHN3JPFGFNF3BB653 | UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND | No | No | Futures commission merchants and commodity clearing organizations - rule 17f-6 (17 CFR 270.17f-6) | |
#62 | Standard Bank Namibia Limited | 254900K6TJFDYKSQWV49 | NAMIBIA | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#63 | UniCredit Bank Austria AG | D1HEB8VEU6D9M8ZUXG17 | AUSTRIA | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#64 | BNP Paribas SA. | R0MUWSFPU8MPRO8K5P83 | FRANCE | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#65 | Cititrust Colombia S.A. Sociedad Fiduciaria | 549300242J3IJCOSGI49 | COLOMBIA | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#66 | Standard Chartered Bank Ghana Plc | 549300WFGKTC3MGDCX95 | GHANA | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#67 | Credit Suisse (Switzerland) Ltd. | 549300CWR0W0BCS9Q144 | SWITZERLAND | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#68 | Citibank Kazakhstan JSC | 95XXGORQK31JZP82OG22 | KAZAKHSTAN | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#69 | Citibank (China) Co., Ltd. | IMRQEARW2X0ZMJAJ5J58 | CHINA | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#70 | Citibank Europe Public Limited Company | N1FBEDJ5J41VKZLO2475 | IRELAND | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#71 | UniCredit Bank d.d. | 549300RGT0JMDJZKVG34 | BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#72 | Bank Handlowy w Warszawie S.A. | XLEZHWWOI4HFQDGL4793 | POLAND | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#73 | Standard Bank Plc | 254900QSNQ05XHAZ7R36 | MALAWI | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#74 | DEUTSCHE BANK AG | 7LTWFZYICNSX8D621K86 | ITALY | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#75 | Standard Chartered Bank Tanzania Limited | 549300RLNUU3GJS6MK84 | TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#76 | DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank, Frankfurt am Main | 529900HNOAA1KXQJUQ27 | GERMANY | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#77 | Citibank Singapore Limited | VGB4JDQHF6JTNV02DJ20 | SINGAPORE | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#78 | Standard Chartered Bank | RILFO74KP1CM8P6PCT96 | INDONESIA | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#79 | Standard Chartered Bank Malaysia Berhad | 549300JTJBG2QBI8KD48 | MALAYSIA | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#80 | UniCredit Bank Hungary Zrt. | Y28RT6GGYJ696PMW8T44 | HUNGARY | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#81 | Banco BCT S.A. | 25490061PVFNGN0YMO97 | COSTA RICA | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#82 | AS SEB banka | 549300YW95G1VBBGGV07 | LATVIA | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#83 | BANCO CITIBANK S A | 1P0UUG7LC1S92QTNHG39 | BRAZIL | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#84 | Standard Chartered Bank Uganda Limited | 549300W7CNYGJ68XGD27 | UGANDA | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#85 | UBS Securities LLC | T6FIZBDPKLYJKFCRVK44 | DELAWARE | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | No | No | Futures commission merchants and commodity clearing organizations - rule 17f-6 (17 CFR 270.17f-6) |
#86 | THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION LIMITED | 2HI3YI5320L3RW6NJ957 | HONG KONG | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) | |
#87 | STANBIC IBTC BANK PLC | 029200098C3K8BI2D551 | NIGERIA | No | Yes | Foreign custodian - rule 17f-5 (17 CFR 270.17f-5) |
b. Has a custodian been hired or terminated during the reporting period?* | ☒ Yes ☐ No |
a. Provide the following information about each shareholder servicing agent of the Fund: |
Shareholder Servicing Agents Record | Full name | LEI, if any, or provide and describe other identifying number | State, if applicable | Foreign country, if applicable | Is the shareholder servicing agent an affiliated person of the Fund or its investment adviser(s)? | Is the shareholder servicing agent a sub-shareholder servicing agent? | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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b. Has a shareholder servicing agent been hired or terminated during the reporting period? | ☐ Yes ☒ No |
a. Provide the following information about each administrator of the Fund: |
Administrators Record | Full name | LEI, if any, or provide and describe other identifying number | State, if applicable | Foreign country, if applicable | Is the administrator an affiliated person of the Fund or its investment adviser(s)? | Is the administrator a sub-administrator? |
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#1 | State Street Bank and Trust Co. | 571474TGEMMWANRLN572 | MASSACHUSETTS | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | No | Yes |
b. Has a third-party administrator been hired or terminated during the reporting period? | ☐ Yes ☒ No |
a. Provide the following information about each affiliated broker-dealer: |
Broker Dealers Record | Full name | SEC file number | CRD number | LEI, if any | State, if applicable | Foreign country, if applicable | Total commissions paid to the affiliated broker-dealer for the reporting period | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Instructions to Item C.16 and Item C.17. To help Registrants distinguish between agency and principal transactions, and to promote consistent reporting of the information required by these items, the following criteria should be used: 1. If a security is purchased or sold in a transaction for which the confirmation specifies the amount of the commission to be paid by the Registrant, the transaction should be considered an agency transaction and included in determining the answers to Item C.16. 2. If a security is purchased or sold in a transaction for which the confirmation specifies only the net amount to be paid or received by the Registrant and such net amount is equal to the market value of the security at the time of the transaction, the transaction should be considered a principal transaction and included in determining the amounts in Item C.17. 3. If a security is purchased by the Registrant in an underwritten offering, the acquisition should be considered a principal transaction and included in answering Item C.17 even though the Registrant has knowledge of the amount the underwriters are receiving from the issuer. 4. If a security is sold by the Registrant in a tender offer, the sale should be considered a principal transaction and included in answering Item C.17 even though the Registrant has knowledge of the amount the offeror is paying to soliciting brokers or dealers. 5. If a security is purchased directly from the issuer (such as a bank CD), the purchase should be considered a principal transaction and included in answering Item C.17. 6. The value of called or maturing securities should not be counted in either agency or principal transactions and should not be included in determining the amounts shown in Item C.16 and Item C.17. This means that the acquisition of a security may be included, but it is possible that its disposition may not be included. Disposition of a repurchase agreement at its expiration date should not be included. 7. The purchase or sales of securities in transactions not described in paragraphs (1) through (6) above should be evaluated by the Fund based upon the guidelines established in those paragraphs and classified accordingly. The agents considered in Item C.16 may be persons or companies not registered under the Exchange Act as securities brokers. The persons or companies from whom the investment company purchased or to whom it sold portfolio instruments on a principal basis may be persons or entities not registered under the Exchange Act as securities dealers. |
a. For each of the ten brokers that received the largest dollar amount of brokerage commissions (excluding dealer concessions in underwritings) by virtue of direct or indirect participation in the Fund’s portfolio transactions, provide the information below: |
Brokers Record | Full name | SEC file number | CRD number | LEI, if any | State, if applicable | Foreign country, if applicable | Gross commissions paid by the Fund for the reporting period | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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b. Aggregate brokerage commissions paid by Fund during the reporting period: | 0 |
a. For each of the ten entities acting as principals with which the Fund did the largest dollar amount of principal transactions (include all short-term obligations, and U.S. government and tax-free securities) in both the secondary market and in underwritten offerings, provide the information below: |
Principal Transactions Record | Full name | SEC file number | CRD number | LEI, if any | State, if applicable | Foreign country, if applicable | Total value of purchases and sales (excluding maturing securities) with Fund |
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#1 | BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC. | 8-41342 | 000019714 | AC28XWWI3WIBK2824319 | NEW YORK | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | 115,357,429.18000000 |
#2 | CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC | 8-422 | 000000816 | 1V8Y6QCX6YMJ2OELII46 | NEW YORK | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | 49,431,173.49000000 |
#3 | MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INC. | 8-7221 | 000007691 | 8NAV47T0Y26Q87Y0QP81 | NEW YORK | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | 92,227,422.96000000 |
#4 | RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC | 8-45411 | 000031194 | 549300LCO2FLSSVFFR64 | NEW YORK | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | 30,273,091.42000000 |
#5 | J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC | 8-35008 | 000000079 | ZBUT11V806EZRVTWT807 | NEW YORK | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | 106,679,409.49000000 |
#6 | CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. | 8-8177 | 000007059 | MBNUM2BPBDO7JBLYG310 | NEW YORK | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | 84,105,473.93000000 |
#7 | GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO. | 8-129 | 000000361 | FOR8UP27PHTHYVLBNG30 | NEW YORK | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | 81,568,764.90000000 |
#8 | JEFFERIES LLC | 8-15074 | 000002347 | 58PU97L1C0WSRCWADL48 | NEW YORK | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | 56,151,118.40000000 |
#9 | MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC | 8-15869 | 000008209 | 9R7GPTSO7KV3UQJZQ078 | NEW YORK | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | 77,472,441.14000000 |
#10 | DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC. | 8-17822 | 000002525 | 9J6MBOOO7BECTDTUZW19 | NEW YORK | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | 25,542,802.84000000 |
b. Aggregate value of principal purchase/sale transactions of Fund during the reporting period: | 850,271,981.80000000 |
a. During the reporting period, did the Fund pay commissions to broker-dealers for "brokerage and research services" within the meaning of section 28(e) of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 78bb)? | ☐ Yes ☒ No |
a. Provide the Fund's (other than a money market fund's) monthly average net assets during the reporting period | 751,031,596.51333300 |
b. Provide the money market fund's daily average net assets during the reporting period |
For open-end management investment companies, respond to the following: |
a. Did the Fund (if not a Money Market Fund, Exchange-Traded Fund, or Exchange-Traded Managed Fund) engage in swing pricing? | ☐ Yes ☐ No |
Instruction. For any security issued by the Fund that is not listed on a securities exchange but that has a ticker symbol, provide that ticker symbol.
Indicate by checking below which of the following securities have been issued by the Registrant. Indicate all that apply. |
Security Issued by Registrants Record | Type of security (describe if "Other") | Title of class | |
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#1 | Common stock | Invesco Senior Income Trust | |
Common Record | Exchange where listed | Ticker symbol | |
#1 | NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, INC. | VVR | |
#2 | Preferred stock | Invesco Senior Income Trust - Series W-7 | |
Common Record | Exchange where listed | Ticker symbol | |
#1 | N/A | N/A | |
Instruction. For Item D.2.c, the "percentage of participation in primary rights offering" is calculated as the percentage of subscriptions exercised during the primary rights offering relative to the amount of securities available for primary subscription. |
a. Did the Fund make a rights offering with respect to any type of security during the reporting period? | ☐ Yes ☒ No |
a. Did the Fund make a secondary offering during the reporting period? | ☐ Yes ☒ No |
a. Did the Fund repurchase any outstanding securities issued by the Fund during the reporting period? | ☐ Yes ☒ No |
Instruction. The term "long-term debt" means debt with a period of time from date of initial issuance to maturity of one year or greater. |
a. Were any issues of the Fund's long-term debt in default at the close of the reporting period with respect to the payment of principal, interest, or amortization? | ☐ Yes ☒ No |
Instruction. The term "dividends in arrears" means dividends that have not been declared by the board of directors or other governing body of the Fund at the end of each relevant dividend period set forth in the constituent instruments establishing the rights of the stockholders. |
a. Were any accumulated dividends in arrears on securities issued by the Fund at the close of the reporting period? | ☐ Yes ☒ No |
a. Have the terms of any constituent instruments defining the rights of the holders of any class of the Registrant's securities been materially modified? | ☒ Yes ☐ No |
If yes, provide the attachment required by Item G.1.b.ii. |
Instruction. Base the percentage on amounts incurred during the reporting period |
a. Provide the Fund's advisory fee as of the end of the reporting period as percentage of net assets: | 1.30079000 |
a. Provide the Fund's net annual operating expenses as of the end of the reporting period (net of any waivers or reimbursements) as a percentage of net assets: | 3.70950000 |
Instruction. Respond to this item with respect to common stock issued by the Registrant only. |
a. Market price per share at end of reporting period: | 3.95000000 |
Instruction. Respond to this item with respect to common stock issued by the Registrant only. |
a. Net asset value per share at end of reporting period: | 4.12 |
a. Attachments applicable to all Registrants. All Registrants shall file the following attachments, as applicable, with the current report. Indicate the attachments filed with the current report by checking the applicable items below: | ☐
i. Legal proceedings
☐ ii. Provision of financial support ☒ iii. Independent public accountant's report on internal control (management investment companies other than small business investment companies only) ☐ iv. Change in accounting principles and practices ☐ v. Information required to be filed pursuant to exemptive orders ☐ vi. Other information required to be included as an attachment pursuant to Commission rules and regulations |
a. Attachments to be filed by closed-end management investment companies and small business investment companies. Registrants shall file the following attachments, as applicable, with the current report. Indicate the attachments filed with the current report by checking the applicable items below: | ☒
i. Material amendments to organizational documents
☒ ii. Instruments defining the rights of the holders of any new or amended class of securities ☐ iii. New or amended investment advisory contracts ☒ iv. Information called for by Item 405 of Regulation S-K ☐ v. Code of ethics (small business investment companies only) |
Instructions. 1. Item G.1.a.i. Legal proceedings. (a) If the Registrant responded "YES" to Item B.11.a., provide a brief description of the proceedings. As part of the description, provide the case or docket number (if any), and the full names of the principal parties to the proceeding. (b) If the Registrant responded "YES" to Item B.11.b., identify the proceeding and give its date of termination. 2. Item G.1.a.ii. Provision of financial support. If the Registrant responded "YES" to Item B.14., provide the following information (unless the Registrant is a Money Market Fund): (a) Description of nature of support. (b) Person providing support. (c) Brief description of relationship between the person providing support and the Registrant. (d) Date support provided. (e) Amount of support. (f) Security supported (if applicable). Disclose the full name of the issuer, the title of the issue (including coupon or yield, if applicable) and at least two identifiers, if available (e.g., CIK, CUSIP, ISIN, LEI). (g) Value of security supported on date support was initiated (if applicable). (h) Brief description of reason for support. (i) Term of support. (j) Brief description of any contractual restrictions relating to support. 3. Item G.1.a.iii. Independent public accountant's report on internal control (management investment companies other than small business investment companies only). Each management investment company shall furnish a report of its independent public accountant on the company's system of internal accounting controls. The accountant's report shall be based on the review, study and evaluation of the accounting system, internal accounting controls, and procedures for safeguarding securities made during the audit of the financial statements for the reporting period. The report should disclose any material weaknesses in: (a) the accounting system; (b) system of internal accounting control; or (c) procedures for safeguarding securities which exist as of the end of the Registrant's fiscal year. The accountant's report shall be furnished as an exhibit to the form and shall: (1) be addressed to the Registrant's shareholders and board of directors; (2) be dated; (3) be signed manually; and (4) indicate the city and state where issued. Attachments that include a report that discloses a material weakness should include an indication by the Registrant of any corrective action taken or proposed. The fact that an accountant's report is attached to this form shall not be regarded as acknowledging any review of this form by the independent public accountant. 4. Item G.1.a.iv. Change in accounting principles and practices. If the Registrant responded "YES" to Item B.21, provide an attachment that describes the change in accounting principles or practices, or the change in the method of applying any such accounting principles or practices. State the date of the change and the reasons therefor. A letter from the Registrant's independent accountants, approving or otherwise commenting on the change, shall accompany the description. 5. Item G.1.a.v. Information required to be filed pursuant to exemptive orders. File as an attachment any information required to be reported on Form N-CEN or any predecessor form to Form N-CEN (e.g., Form N-SAR) pursuant to exemptive orders issued by the Commission and relied on by the Registrant. 6. Item G.1.a.vi. Other information required to be included as an attachment pursuant to Commission rules and regulations. File as an attachment any other information required to be included as an attachment pursuant to Commission rules and regulations. |
Instructions. 7. Item G.1.b.i. Material amendments to organizational documents. Provide copies of all material amendments to the Registrant's charters, by-laws, or other similar organizational documents that occurred during the reporting period. 8. Item G.1.b.ii. Instruments defining the rights of the holders of any new or amended class of securities. Provide copies of all constituent instruments defining the rights of the holders of any new or amended class of securities for the current reporting period. If the Registrant has issued a new class of securities other than short-term paper, furnish a description of the class called for by the applicable item of Form N-2. If the constituent instruments defining the rights of the holders of any class of the Registrant's securities have been materially modified during the reporting period, give the title of the class involved and state briefly the general effect of the modification upon the rights of the holders of such securities. 9. Item G.1.b.iii. New or amended investment advisory contracts. Provide copies of any new or amended investment advisory contracts that became effective during the reporting period. 10. Item G.1.b.iv. Information called for by Item 405 of Regulation S-K. Provide the information called for by Item 405 of Regulation S-K concerning failure of certain closed-end management investment company and small business investment company shareholders to file certain ownership reports. 11. Item G.1.b.v. Code of ethics (small business investment companies only). (a) (1) Disclose whether, as of the end of the period covered by the report, the Registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the Registrant's principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions, regardless of whether these individuals are employed by the Registrant or a third party. If the Registrant has not adopted such a code of ethics, explain why it has not done so. (2) For purposes of this instruction, the term "code of ethics" means written standards that are reasonably designed to deter wrongdoing and to promote: (i) honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships; (ii) full, fair, accurate, timely, and understandable disclosure in reports and documents that a Registrant files with, or submits to, the Commission and in other public communications made by the Registrant; (iii) compliance with applicable governmental laws, rules, and regulations; (iv) the prompt internal reporting of violations of the code to an appropriate person or persons identified in the code; and (v) accountability for adherence to the code. (3) The Registrant must briefly describe the nature of any amendment, during the period covered by the report, to a provision of its code of ethics that applies to the Registrant's principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions, regardless of whether these individuals are employed by the Registrant or a third party, and that relates to any element of the code of ethics definition enumerated in paragraph (a)(2) of this instruction. The Registrant must file a copy of any such amendment as an exhibit to this report on Form N-CEN, unless the Registrant has elected to satisfy paragraph (a)(6) of this instruction by posting its code of ethics on its website pursuant to paragraph (a)(6)(ii) of this Instruction, or by undertaking to provide its code of ethics to any person without charge, upon request, pursuant to paragraph (a)(6)(iii) of this instruction. (4) If the Registrant has, during the period covered by the report, granted a waiver, including an implicit waiver, from a provision of the code of ethics to the Registrant's principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions, regardless of whether these individuals are employed by the Registrant or a third party, that relates to one or more of the items set forth in paragraph (a)(2) of this instruction, the Registrant must briefly describe the nature of the waiver, the name of the person to whom the waiver was granted, and the date of the waiver. (5) If the Registrant intends to satisfy the disclosure requirement under paragraph (a)(3) or (4) of this instruction regarding an amendment to, or a waiver from, a provision of its code of ethics that applies to the Registrant's principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions and that relates to any element of the code of ethics definition enumerated in paragraph (a)(2) of this instruction by posting such information on its Internet website, disclose the Registrant's Internet address and such intention. (6) The Registrant must: (i) file with the Commission a copy of its code of ethics that applies to the Registrant's principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions, as an exhibit to its report on this Form N-CEN; (ii) post the text of such code of ethics on its Internet website and disclose, in its most recent report on this Form N-CEN, its Internet address and the fact that it has posted such code of ethics on its Internet website; or (iii) undertake in its most recent report on this Form N-CEN to provide to any person without charge, upon request, a copy of such code of ethics and explain the manner in which such request may be made. (7) A Registrant may have separate codes of ethics for different types of officers. Furthermore, a "code of ethics" within the meaning of paragraph (a)(2) of this instruction may be a portion of a broader document that addresses additional topics or that applies to more persons than those specified in paragraph (a)(1) of this instruction. In satisfying the requirements of paragraph (a)(6) of this instruction, a Registrant need only file, post, or provide the portions of a broader document that constitutes a "code of ethics" as defined in paragraph (a)(2) of this instruction and that apply to the persons specified in paragraph (a)(1) of this instruction. (8) If a Registrant elects to satisfy paragraph (a)(6) of this instruction by posting its code of ethics on its Internet website pursuant to paragraph (a)(6)(ii), the code of ethics must remain accessible on its website for as long as the Registrant remains subject to the requirements of this instruction and chooses to comply with this instruction by posting its code on its Internet website pursuant to paragraph (a)(6)(ii). (9) The Registrant does not need to provide any information pursuant to paragraphs (a)(3) and (4) of this instruction if it discloses the required information on its Internet website within five business days following the date of the amendment or waiver and the Registrant has disclosed in its most recently filed report on this Form N-CEN its Internet website address and intention to provide disclosure in this manner. If the amendment or waiver occurs on a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday on which the Commission is not open for business, then the five business day period shall begin to run on and include the first business day thereafter. If the Registrant elects to disclose this information through its website, such information must remain available on the website for at least a 12-month period. The Registrant must retain the information for a period of not less than six years following the end of the fiscal year in which the amendment or waiver occurred. Upon request, the Registrant must furnish to the Commission or its staff a copy of any or all information retained pursuant to this requirement. (10) The Registrant does not need to disclose technical, administrative, or other non-substantive amendments to its code of ethics. (11) For purposes of this instruction: (i) the term "waiver" means the approval by the Registrant of a material departure from a provision of the code of ethics; and (ii) the term "implicit waiver" means the Registrant's failure to take action within a reasonable period of time regarding a material departure from a provision of the code of ethics that has been made known to an executive officer, as defined in rule 3b-7 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.3b-7), of the Registrant. (b) (1) Disclose that the Registrant's board of directors has determined that the Registrant either: (i) has at least one audit committee financial expert serving on its audit committee; or (ii) does not have an audit committee financial expert serving on its audit committee. (2) If the Registrant provides the disclosure required by paragraph (b)(1)(i) of this instruction, it must disclose the name of the audit committee financial expert and whether that person is "independent." In order to be considered "independent" for purposes of this instruction, a member of an audit committee may not, other than in his or her capacity as a member of the audit committee, the board of directors, or any other board committee: (i) accept directly or indirectly any consulting, advisory, or other compensatory fee from the issuer; or (ii) be an "interested person" of the investment company as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 80a-2(a)(19)). (3) If the Registrant provides the disclosure required by paragraph (b)(1)(ii) of this instruction, it must explain why it does not have an audit committee financial expert. (4) If the Registrant's board of directors has determined that the Registrant has more than one audit committee financial expert serving on its audit committee, the Registrant may, but is not required to, disclose the names of those additional persons. A Registrant choosing to identify such persons must indicate whether they are independent pursuant to paragraph (b)(2) of this instruction. (5) For purposes of this instruction, an "audit committee financial expert" means a person who has the following attributes: (i) an understanding of generally accepted accounting principles and financial statements; (ii) the ability to assess the general application of such principles in connection with the accounting for estimates, accruals, and reserves; (iii) experience preparing, auditing, analyzing, or evaluating financial statements that present a breadth and level of complexity of accounting issues that are generally comparable to the breadth and complexity of issues that can reasonably be expected to be raised by the Registrant's financial statements, or experience actively supervising one or more persons engaged in such activities; (iv) an understanding of internal controls and procedures for financial reporting; and (v) an understanding of audit committee functions. (6) A person shall have acquired such attributes through: (i) education and experience as a principal financial officer, principal accounting officer, controller, public accountant, or auditor or experience in one or more positions that involve the performance of similar functions; (ii) experience actively supervising a principal financial officer, principal accounting officer, controller, public accountant, auditor, or person performing similar functions; (iii) experience overseeing or assessing the performance of companies or public accountants with respect to the preparation, auditing, or evaluation of financial statements; or (iv) other relevant experience. (7) (i) A person who is determined to be an audit committee financial expert will not be deemed an "expert" for any purpose, including without limitation for purposes of Section 11 of the Securities Act (15 U.S.C. 77k), as a result of being designated or identified as an audit committee financial expert pursuant to this instruction; (ii) the designation or identification of a person as an audit committee financial expert pursuant to this instruction does not impose on such person any duties, obligations, or liability that are greater than the duties, obligations, and liability imposed on such person as a member of the audit committee and board of directors in the absence of such designation or identification; (iii) the designation or identification of a person as an audit committee financial expert pursuant to this instruction does not affect the duties, obligations, or liability of any other member of the audit committee or board of directors. (8) If a person qualifies as an audit committee financial expert by means of having held a position described in paragraph (b)(6)(iv) of this Instruction, the Registrant shall provide a brief listing of that person's relevant experience. |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. |
Registrant | Invesco Senior Income Trust |
Date | 2023-09-20 |
Signature | Sheri Morris |
Title | President |
Invesco Senior Income Trust
Based upon its review of the copies of all such filings received by it, Invesco Senior Income Trust believes that, during the fiscal year ended February 28, 2023, all filing requirements applicable to its Reporting Persons were met except that a Form 3 report covering initial statement of beneficial ownership of the Funds Shares by Benjamin Gruder was not filed in a timely manner.
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of Invesco Senior Income Trust
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of Invesco Senior Income Trust (the Trust) as of and for the year ended February 28, 2023, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), we considered the Trusts internal control over financial reporting, including controls over safeguarding securities, as a basis for designing our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the requirements of Form N-CEN, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trusts internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trusts internal control over financial reporting.
The management of the Trust is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of controls. A companys internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A companys internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of a companys assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent or detect misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the companys annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
Our consideration of the Trusts internal control over financial reporting was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all deficiencies in internal control over financial reporting that might be material weaknesses under standards established by the PCAOB. However, we noted no deficiencies in the Trusts internal control over financial reporting and its operation, including controls over safeguarding securities, that we consider to be a material weakness as defined above as of February 28, 2023.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 1000 Louisiana St., Suite 5800, Houston, TX 77002
T: (713) 356 4000, www.pwc.com/us
This report is intended solely for the information and use of the Board of Trustees of Invesco Senior Income Trust and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties.
April 26, 2023
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INVESCO SENIOR INCOME TRUST
BYLAWS
A Delaware Statutory Trust
Adopted effective September 20, 2022
Capitalized terms not specifically defined herein
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Trusts
Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust (the Agreement).
Table of Contents
ARTICLE I OFFICES |
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Section 1. |
Registered Office | 4 | ||||
Section 2. |
Other Offices | 4 | ||||
ARTICLE II TRUSTEES |
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Section 1. |
Meetings of the Trustees | 4 | ||||
Section 2. |
Regular Meetings | 4 | ||||
Section 3. |
Notice of Meetings | 4 | ||||
Section 4. |
Quorum | 4 | ||||
Section 5. |
Designation, Powers, and Names of Committees; Sub-Committees; Committee Charters | 5 | ||||
Section 6. |
Chair; Vice Chair | 5 | ||||
ARTICLE III OFFICERS |
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Section 1. |
Executive Officers | 6 | ||||
Section 2. |
Term of Office | 6 | ||||
Section 3. |
Principal Executive Officer | 6 | ||||
Section 4. |
President; Vice Presidents | 6 | ||||
Section 5. |
Principal Financial Officer | 6 | ||||
Section 6. |
Chief Legal Officer | 7 | ||||
Section 7. |
Chief Compliance Officer | 7 | ||||
Section 8. |
Senior Officer | 7 | ||||
Section 9. |
Treasurer | 7 | ||||
Section 10. |
Secretary | 7 | ||||
Section 11. |
Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer | 7 | ||||
Section 12. |
Assistant Officers | 7 | ||||
Section 13. |
Surety Bond | 7 | ||||
Section 14. |
Authorized Signatories | 8 | ||||
ARTICLE IV MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS |
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Section 1. |
Purpose | 8 | ||||
Section 2. |
Election of Trustees | 8 | ||||
Section 3. |
Notice of Meetings | 8 | ||||
Section 4. |
Special Meetings | 9 | ||||
Section 5. |
Conduct of Meeting | 9 | ||||
Section 6. |
Quorum | 9 | ||||
Section 7. |
Organization of Meetings | 9 | ||||
Section 8. |
Voting Standard | 10 | ||||
Section 9. |
Voting Procedure | 10 | ||||
Section 10. |
Action Without Meeting | 10 | ||||
Section 11. |
Broker Non-Votes | 10 | ||||
Section 12. |
Abstentions | 10 | ||||
Section 13. |
Record Date for Shareholder Meetings and Consents | 10 | ||||
Section 14. |
Adjournments | 11 | ||||
Section 15. |
Voting Proxies | 11 | ||||
Section 16. |
Concerning Validity of Proxies, Ballots, Etc. | 12 | ||||
ARTICLE V NOTICES |
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Section 1. |
Advance Notice of Shareholder Nominees for Trustee and Other | 13 |
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Section 2. |
Methods of Giving Notice | 20 | ||||
Section 3. |
Written Waiver | 20 | ||||
ARTICLE VI UNCERTIFICATED SHARES AND SHARE OWNERSHIP |
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Section 1. |
Uncertificated Shares | 20 | ||||
Section 2. |
Transfer of Shares | 20 | ||||
Section 3. |
Record Owner Book | 20 | ||||
Section 4. |
Registered Shareholders | 20 | ||||
Section 5. |
Record Date for Receiving Dividends and Other Actions | 21 | ||||
ARTICLE VII GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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Section 1. |
Seal | 21 | ||||
Section 2. |
Severability | 21 | ||||
Section 3. |
Headings | 21 | ||||
ARTICLE VIII INDEMNIFICATION |
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Section 1. |
Indemnification | 21 | ||||
Section 2. |
Advance Payment of Indemnification Expenses | 22 | ||||
Section 3. |
Determination of Entitlement to Indemnification | 23 | ||||
Section 4. |
Contract Rights | 23 | ||||
Section 5. |
Claims | 23 | ||||
Section 6. |
Definitions | 24 | ||||
ARTICLE IX EXECUTION OF INSTRUMENTS, VOTING OF SECURITIES |
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Section 1. |
Checks, Notes, Drafts, Etc. | 24 | ||||
Section 2. |
Voting of Securities | 24 | ||||
ARTICLE X AMENDMENTS |
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Section 1. |
Amendments by Trustees | 24 |
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ARTICLE I
OFFICES
Section 1. Registered Office. The registered office of Invesco Senior Income Trust (the Trust) shall be as set forth in the Certificate of Trust.
Section 2. Other Offices. The Trust may also have offices at such other places (including a principal office) both within and without the State of Delaware as the Trustees may from time to time determine or the business of the Trust may require.
ARTICLE II
TRUSTEES
Section 1. Meetings of the Trustees. The Trustees of the Trust may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware. Subject to any applicable requirements of the 1940 Act, (i) any meeting, regular or special, of the Board of Trustees (or any committee or sub-committee thereof) may be held by conference telephone or similar 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 and (ii) at all meetings of the Trustees, every Trustee shall be entitled to vote by proxy, provided that such proxy shall, before or after such meeting, be delivered to the Secretary or other person responsible for recording the proceedings of such meeting. To the extent permitted by the 1940 Act, a Trustee may provide any proxy through written, electronic, telephonic, computerized, facsimile, telecommunications, telex or by any other form of communication.
Section 2. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board of Trustees shall be held each year, at such time and place as the Board of Trustees may determine.
Section 3. Notice of Meetings. Notice of the time, date, and place of all meetings of the Board of Trustees and any committee or sub-committee thereof shall be given to each Trustee, committee member or sub-committee member, as applicable, (i) by telephone, telex, telegram, facsimile, electronic-mail, or other electronic mechanism to his or her home or business at least twenty-four hours in advance of the meeting; (ii) in person at another meeting of the Board of Trustees or such committee or sub-committee, as applicable; or (iii) by written notice mailed or sent via overnight courier to his or her home or business address at least seventy-two hours in advance of the meeting. Notice need not be given to any Trustee, committee member or sub-committee member who attends a meeting of the Board of Trustees or any committee or sub-committee thereof without objecting to the lack of notice or who signs a waiver of notice either before or after such meeting.
Section 4. Quorum. At all meetings of the Board of Trustees, one-half (50%) of the Trustees then in office, including one-half (50%) of the Continuing Trustees (but in no event fewer than two Trustees), shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. At all meetings of any committee or sub-committee, one-half (50%) of the committee members or sub-committee members, including one-half (50%) of the committee members or sub-committee members who are Continuing Trustees (but in no event fewer than two Trustees), shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Trustees or any committee or sub-committee thereof, the Trustees, committee members or sub-committee members, as applicable, present thereat may adjourn
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such meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.
Section 5. Designation, Powers, and Names of Committees; Sub-Committees; Committee Charters.
(a) The Board of Trustees shall have at a minimum the following five committees: (1) an Audit Committee; (2) a Governance Committee; (3) an Investments Committee; (4) a Valuation, Distribution and Proxy Oversight Committee; and (5) a Compliance Committee. Each such Committee shall have a written Charter governing its membership, duties and operations, and the Board shall designate the powers of each such Committee in its Charter. The Board of Trustees may terminate any such Committee by an amendment to these Bylaws. The Board of Trustees may, by resolution passed by a Majority Trustee Vote, establish one or more sub- committees of each such Committee, and the membership, duties and operations of each such sub-committee shall be set forth in the written Charter of the applicable Committee.
(b) The Board of Trustees may, by resolution passed by a Majority Trustee Vote, designate one or more additional committees, including ad hoc committees to address specified issues, each of which may, if deemed advisable by the Board of Trustees, have a written Charter. The Board may designate one or more Trustees as alternate members of any such additional committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of such committee. Each such additional committee, to the extent provided in the resolution and/or in such committees Charter, if applicable, shall have and may exercise the powers of the Board of Trustees in the management of the business and affairs of the Trust; provided, however, that in the absence or disqualification of any member of such committee or committees, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Trustees to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Such additional committee or committees shall have such name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board of Trustees and/or as set forth in the written Charter of such committee or committees, if applicable.
Section 6. Chair; Vice Chair. The Board of Trustees shall have a Chair, who shall be a Trustee who is not an Interested Person. The Chair shall be elected by a majority of the Trustees, including a majority of the Trustees who are not Interested Persons. The Board of Trustees may also have a Vice Chair, who shall be a Trustee. The Vice Chair shall be elected by a majority of the Trustees, including a majority of the Trustees who are not Interested Persons. The Chair shall preside at all meetings of the Shareholders and the Board of Trustees, if the Chair is present, and shall approve the agendas of all meetings of the Shareholders and the Board of Trustees. The Chair shall have such other powers and duties as shall be determined by the Board of Trustees, and shall undertake such other assignments as may be requested by the Board of Trustees. If the Chair shall not be present, the Vice Chair, if any, shall preside at all meetings of the Shareholders and the Board of Trustees, if the Vice Chair is present. The Vice Chair shall have such other powers and duties as shall be determined by the Chair or the Board of Trustees, and shall undertake such other assignments as may be requested by the Chair or the Board of Trustees.
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ARTICLE III
OFFICERS
Section 1. Executive Officers. The executive officers shall include a Principal Executive Officer, a President, one or more Vice Presidents, which may include one or more Executive Vice Presidents and/or Senior Vice Presidents (the number thereof to be determined by the Board of Trustees), a Principal Financial Officer, a Chief Legal Officer, a Chief Compliance Officer, a Senior Officer, a Treasurer, a Secretary and an Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer. The Board of Trustees may also in its discretion appoint Assistant Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries, Assistant Treasurers, and other officers, agents and employees, who shall have such authority and perform such duties as the Board may determine. The Board of Trustees may fill any vacancy that may occur in any office. Any two offices, except for those of President and Vice President, may be held by the same person, but no officer shall execute, acknowledge or verify any instrument on behalf of the Trust in more than one capacity, if such instrument is required by law or by these Bylaws to be executed, acknowledged or verified by two or more officers.
Section 2. Term of Office. Unless otherwise specifically determined by the Board of Trustees, the officers shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Trustees. If the Board of Trustees in its judgment finds that the best interests of the Trust will be served, the Board of Trustees may remove any officer of the Trust at any time with or without cause. The Trustees may delegate this power to the President (without supervision by the Trustees) with respect to any other officer, except the Senior Officer. Such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed. Any officer may resign from office at any time by delivering a written resignation to the Trustees or the President. Unless otherwise specified therein, such resignation shall take effect upon delivery.
Section 3. Principal Executive Officer. The Principal Executive Officer shall be the chief executive officer of the Trust and shall generally manage the business and affairs of the Trust. The Principal Executive Officer shall be responsible for making the certifications required of the Trusts principal executive officer by Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission).
Section 4. President; Vice Presidents. The President and one or more Vice Presidents, which may include one or more Executive Vice Presidents and/or Senior Vice Presidents, shall have and exercise such powers and duties of the Principal Executive Officer in the absence or inability to act of the Principal Executive Officer, as may be assigned to them, respectively, by the Board of Trustees or, to the extent not so assigned, by the Principal Executive Officer. In the absence or inability to act of the Principal Executive Officer, the powers and duties of the Principal Executive Officer not otherwise assigned by the Board of Trustees or the Principal Executive Officer shall devolve first upon the President, then upon the Executive Vice Presidents, then upon the Senior Vice Presidents, and finally upon the Vice Presidents, all in the order of their election. If both the Chair and the Vice Chair are absent, or if the Chair is absent and there is no Vice Chair, the President shall, if present (or if the President is absent, an officer of the Trust may), preside at all meetings of the Shareholders and the Board of Trustees.
Section 5. Principal Financial Officer. The Principal Financial Officer, who shall also have a title of at least Vice President, shall be the chief financial officer of the Trust and shall generally manage the financial affairs of the Trust. The Principal Financial Officer shall be
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responsible for making the certifications required of the Trusts principal financial officer by Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules promulgated thereunder.
Section 6. Chief Legal Officer. The Chief Legal Officer, who shall also have a title of at least Senior Vice President, shall generally manage the legal affairs of the Trust. The Chief Legal Officer shall be responsible for receiving up-the-ladder reports within the Trust of any evidence of material violations of securities laws or breaches of fiduciary duty or similar violations by the Trust, as required by Section 307 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules promulgated thereunder.
Section 7. Chief Compliance Officer. The Chief Compliance Officer, who shall also have a title of at least Senior Vice President, shall be responsible for administering the Trusts policies and procedures adopted pursuant to Rule 38a-1(a)(1) under the 1940 Act.
Section 8. Senior Officer. The Senior Officer, who shall also have a title of at least Senior Vice President, shall be employed by or on behalf of the Trust and shall have such powers and duties as are set forth in such Senior Officers Executive Employment Agreement.
Section 9. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have the care and custody of the funds and securities of the Trust and shall deposit the same in the name of the Trust in such bank or banks or other depositories, subject to withdrawal in such manner as these Bylaws or the Board of Trustees may determine. The Treasurer shall, if required by the Board of Trustees, give such bond for the faithful discharge of duties in such form as the Board of Trustees may require.
Section 10. Secretary. The Secretary shall (a) have custody of the seal of the Trust, if any; (b) if requested, attend meetings of the Shareholders, the Board of Trustees, and any committees or sub-committees of Trustees; (c) keep or cause to be kept the minutes of all meetings of Shareholders, the Board of Trustees and any committees or sub-committees thereof, and any written consents of the foregoing; and (d) issue all notices of the Trust. The Secretary shall have charge of the Shareholder records and such other books and papers as the Board may direct, and shall perform such other duties as may be incidental to the office or which are assigned by the Board of Trustees.
Section 11. Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer. The Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer shall have such powers and duties as are set forth in the Anti-Money Laundering Program adopted by the Trust pursuant to the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, the rules promulgated thereunder, and related statutes and regulations, as such Program may be amended from time to time.
Section 12. Assistant Officers. Assistant officers, which may include one or more Assistant Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers, shall perform such functions and have such responsibilities as the Board of Trustees may assign to them or, to the extent not so assigned, by the President, Vice President(s), Secretary or Treasurer, as applicable.
Section 13. Surety Bond. The Trustees may require any officer or agent of the Trust to execute a bond (including, without limitation, any bond required by the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission) to the Trust in such sum and with such surety or sureties as the Trustees may determine, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his or her duties to the Trust, including responsibility for negligence and for the accounting of any of the Trusts property, funds, or securities that may come into his or her hands.
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Section 14. Authorized Signatories. Unless a specific officer is otherwise designated in these Bylaws or in a resolution adopted by the Board of Trustees, the proper officers of the Trust for executing agreements, documents and instruments other than Internal Revenue Service forms shall be the Principal Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Principal Financial Officer, the Chief Legal Officer, the Chief Compliance Officer, the Senior Officer, the Treasurer, the Secretary, the Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer, any Assistant Vice President, any Assistant Treasurer or any Assistant Secretary. Unless a specific officer is otherwise designated in these Bylaws or in a resolution adopted by the Board of Trustees, the proper officers of the Trust for executing any and all Internal Revenue Service forms shall be the Principal Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Principal Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Secretary, any Assistant Treasurer or any Assistant Secretary.
ARTICLE IV
MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS
Section 1. Purpose. All meetings of the Shareholders may be held for any purpose determined by the Trustees and shall be held at such time and place (which shall include a meeting held solely by means of remote communications) as may be fixed from time to time by the Trustees, or at such other place (which shall include a meeting held solely by means of remote communications) either within or without the State of Delaware as shall be designated from time to time by the Trustees and stated in the notice indicating that a meeting has been called for such purpose. Subject to any applicable requirements or interpretations of the 1940 Act, any meeting, regular or special, may be held by conference telephone or similar communication equipment, so long as all persons participating in the meeting can hear one another, and all such persons shall be deemed to be present in person at such meeting for purposes of the Delaware Act and, to the extent permitted, the 1940 Act. Meetings of Shareholders may be held for any purpose determined by the Trustees and may be held at such time and place (which shall include a meeting held solely by means of remote communications), within or without the State of Delaware as shall be stated in the notice of the meeting or in a duly executed waiver of notice thereof. At all meetings of the Shareholders, every Record Owner entitled to vote on a matter to be voted on by such Shares shall be entitled to vote on such matter at such meeting either in person or by written proxy signed by the Record Owner or by his duly authorized attorney in fact. A Record Owner may duly authorize such attorney in fact through written, electronic, telephonic, computerized, facsimile, telecommunication, telex or oral communication or by any other form of communication.
Section 2. Election of Trustees. Annual meetings, defined as the Shareholder meetings at which Trustees are annually elected, shall be held on such date and at such time as shall be designated from time to time by the Trustees and stated in the notice of the meeting, at which the Shareholders shall elect the number of Trustees as provided in the Agreement and as the notice for such meeting shall state are to be elected, and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting in accordance with Section 1 of this Article IV and Article V.
Section 3. Notice of Meetings. Written notice of any meeting stating the place (which shall include a meeting held solely by means of remote communications), date, and hour of the meeting and the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be given not less than ten days before the date of the meeting, to each Shareholder entitled to vote at such meeting in accordance with Article V hereof. No notice of any meeting need be given to any Shareholder who attends such meeting in person or to any Shareholder who waives notice of
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such meeting (which waiver shall be filed with the records of such meeting), whether before or after the time of the meeting. In the absence of fraud, any irregularities in the notice of any meeting or the nonreceipt of any such notice by any of the Shareholders shall not invalidate any action otherwise properly taken at any such meeting.
Section 4. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Shareholders, for any purpose or purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by applicable law or by the Agreement, may be called by the Chair or by a majority of the Trustees. For the avoidance of doubt, Shareholders shall have no power to call special meetings of Shareholders.
Section 5. Conduct of Meeting. Business transacted at any meeting of Shareholders shall be limited to (a) the purpose stated in the notice, (b) the adjournment of such meeting in accordance with Section 14 of this Article IV, and (c) solely with respect to annual meetings, such other matters as are permitted to be presented at the meeting in accordance with Section 1 of Article V.
Section 6. Quorum. A majority of the outstanding Shares entitled to vote at a Shareholders meeting, which are present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at the Shareholders meeting, except when a larger quorum is required by applicable law or the requirements of any securities exchange on which Shares are listed for trading, in which case such quorum shall comply with such requirements. Quorum shall be determined with respect to the meeting as a whole regardless of whether particular matters have achieved the requisite vote for approval, but the presence or absence of a quorum shall not prevent any adjournment at the meeting pursuant to Section 14 of this Article IV.
Section 7. Organization of Meetings.
(a) The meetings of the Shareholders shall be presided over by the Chair, or if the Chair shall not be present, by the Vice Chair, if any, or if the Vice Chair shall not be present or if there is no Vice Chair, by the President, or if the President shall not be present, by a Vice President or Assistant Vice President, or if no Vice President or Assistant Vice President is present, by a chair appointed for such purpose by the Board of Trustees or, if not so appointed, by a chair appointed for such purpose by the officers and Trustees present at the meeting. The Secretary of the Trust, if present, shall act as secretary of such meetings, or if the Secretary is not present, an Assistant Secretary of the Trust shall so act, unless no Assistant Secretary is present, in which case a person designated by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Trust shall so act.
(b) The Board of Trustees of the Trust shall be entitled to make such rules and regulations for the conduct of meetings of Shareholders as it shall deem necessary, appropriate or convenient. Subject to such rules and regulations of the Board of Trustees, if any, 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; 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; and regulation of the opening and closing of the polls for balloting on matters which are to be voted on by ballot. Unless and to the extent otherwise determined by the Board of
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Trustees or the chair of the meeting, meetings of Shareholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.
Section 8. Voting Standard. When a quorum is present at any meeting, the vote of the Shares as set forth in the Agreement shall decide any question brought before such meeting, unless a different vote is required by the express provision of applicable law, the Governing Instrument or applicable contract, in which case such express provision shall govern and control the decision of such question. Where a separate vote by classes is required, the preceding sentence shall apply to such separate votes by classes.
Section 9. Voting Procedure. Each Record Owner as of the record date established pursuant to Section 13 of this Article IV shall be entitled to one vote for each whole Share and a proportionate fractional vote for each fractional Share owned of record on the record date by such Record Owner.
Section 10. Action Without Meeting. Unless otherwise provided in the Agreement or applicable law, any action required to be taken at any meeting of the Shareholders, or any action which may be taken at any meeting of the Shareholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding Shares of the Trust (or a class of Shares in the case of a class vote) having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all Shares of the Trust (or such class) entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Prompt notice of the taking of any such action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those Shareholders of the Trust (or such class, as applicable) who have not consented in writing.
Section 11. Broker Non-Votes. At any meeting of Shareholders, the Trust will consider broker non-votes, if any, as entitled to vote, and therefore present for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present at the meeting and the percentage of outstanding Shares present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote at the meeting.
Section 12. Abstentions. At any meeting of Shareholders, the Trust will consider abstentions, if any, as entitled to vote, and therefore present for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present at the meeting and the percentage of outstanding Shares present in person or by proxy and entitled to vote at the meeting.
Section 13. Record Date for Shareholder Meetings and Consents. In order that the Trustees may determine the Record Owners entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of Shareholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to action in writing without a meeting, the Board of Trustees may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Trustees, and which record date shall not be more than ninety nor less than ten days before the original date upon which the meeting of Shareholders is scheduled. A determination of Record Owners entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of Shareholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Trustees may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting so long as notice of the adjournment and the new record and meeting dates are given to the Shareholders.
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Section 14. Adjournments.
(a) Prior to the date upon which any meeting of Shareholders is to be held, the Board of Trustees may postpone such meeting one or more times for any reason by giving notice to each Shareholder entitled to vote at the meeting so postponed of the place (which shall include a meeting held solely by means of remote communications), date and hour at which such meeting will be held. Such notice shall be given not fewer than two (2) days before the date of such meeting and otherwise in accordance with Article V. A meeting of the Shareholders convened on the date for which it was called may be adjourned from time to time without further notice to the Shareholders to a date not more than 120 days after the original meeting date. A meeting of the Shareholders may not be adjourned for more than 120 days after the original meeting date for such meeting without giving the Shareholders notice of the adjournment and the new meeting date. Notwithstanding Article IV, Section 8 hereof, and whether or not a quorum is present, the vote of the holders of one-third (1/3) of the Shares cast, or the chair of the meeting in his or her discretion, shall have the power to adjourn a meeting of the Shareholders with regard to a particular proposal scheduled to be voted on at such meeting or to adjourn such meeting entirely.
(b) In voting for adjournment, the persons named as proxies may vote their proxies (including those marked withhold, against or abstain) in favor of one or more adjournments of the meeting, or the chair of the meeting may call an adjournment, provided such Persons determine that such adjournment is reasonable and in the best interests of Shareholders and the Trust, based on a consideration of such factors as they may deem relevant.
Section 15. Voting Proxies. At all meetings of the Shareholders, every Shareholder of record entitled to vote thereat shall be entitled to vote either in person or by proxy, which term shall include proxies provided by such Shareholder, or his duly authorized attorney, through written, electronic, telephonic, computerized, facsimile, telecommunications, telex or oral communication or by any other form of communication, each pursuant to such voting procedures and through such systems as are authorized by the Board of Trustees or any officer of the Trust. Proxies may be solicited in the name of one or more Trustees or one or more officers of the Trust.
Unless the proxy provides otherwise, it shall not be valid for more than eleven (11) months before the date of the meeting. All proxies shall be delivered to the secretary of the meeting or other person responsible for recording the proceedings before being voted. A valid proxy which does not state that it is irrevocable shall continue in full force and effect unless (i) revoked by the person executing it before the vote pursuant to that proxy is taken (a) by a writing delivered to the Trust stating that the proxy is revoked, (b) by a subsequent proxy executed by such person, (c) attendance at the meeting and voting in person by the person executing that proxy, or (d) revocation by such person using any electronic, telephonic, computerized or other alternative means authorized by the Trustees for authorizing the proxy to act; or (ii) written notice of the death or incapacity of the maker of that proxy is received by the Trust before the vote pursuant to that proxy is counted. 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 such record date.
A proxy with respect to Shares held in the name of two or more persons shall be valid if executed by one of them unless at or prior to exercise of such proxy the Trust receives a
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specific written notice to the contrary from any one of them in which case such proxy shall not be valid and no vote shall be received in respect of such Shares unless all persons holding such Shares shall agree on their manner of voting. Unless otherwise specifically limited by their terms, proxies shall entitle the Shareholder to vote at any adjournment of a Shareholders meeting.
Section 16. Concerning Validity of Proxies, Ballots, Etc. At every meeting of the Shareholders, all proxies shall be received and taken in charge of and all ballots shall be received and canvassed by the secretary of the meeting, who shall decide all questions touching the qualification of voters, the validity of proxies, and the acceptance or rejection of votes, unless inspectors of election shall have been appointed as provided below in this section, in which event such inspectors of election shall decide all such questions.
A proxy purporting to be executed by or on behalf of a Record Owner shall be deemed valid unless challenged at or prior to its exercise, and the burden of proving invalidity shall rest on the challenger. Subject to the provisions of the Delaware Act, the Agreement, or these By- laws, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware relating to proxies, and judicial interpretations thereunder, shall govern all matters concerning the giving, voting or validity of proxies, as if the Trust were a Delaware corporation and the Shareholders were stockholders of a Delaware corporation.
At any election of Trustees, the Board of Trustees prior thereto may, or, if they have not so acted, the chairman of the meeting may, appoint one or more inspectors of election who shall first subscribe an oath or affirmation to execute faithfully the duties of inspector at such election with strict impartiality and according to the best of their ability, and shall after the election make a certificate of the result of the vote taken. No candidate for the office of Trustee shall be appointed as an inspector.
The chairman of the meeting may cause a vote by ballot to be taken upon any election or matter.
Section 17. Meetings by Remote Communications. The Trustees may, in their sole discretion, determine that a meeting of Shareholders may be held partly or solely by means of remote communications. If authorized by the Trustees, in their sole discretion, and subject to such guidelines and procedures as the Trustees may adopt, Shareholders and proxyholders not physically present at a meeting of Shareholders may, by means of remote communications: (a) participate in a meeting of Shareholders; and (b) be deemed present in person and vote at a meeting of Shareholders whether such meeting is to be held at a designated place or solely by means of remote communications, provided that: (i) the Trust shall implement such measures as the Trustees deem to be reasonable (A) to verify that each person deemed present and permitted to vote at the meeting by means of remote communications is a Shareholder or proxyholder; and (B) to provide such Shareholders and proxyholders a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and to vote on matters submitted to the Shareholders; and (ii) if any Shareholder or proxyholder votes or takes other action at the meeting by means of remote communications, a record of such vote or other action shall be maintained by the Trust. The Trustees may, in their sole discretion, notify Shareholders of any postponement, adjournment or a change of the place of a meeting of Shareholders (including a change to hold the meeting solely by means of remote communications) by a document publicly filed by the Trust with the Commission without the requirement of any further notice hereunder.
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ARTICLE V
NOTICES
Section 1. Advance Notice of Shareholder Nominees for Trustee and Other Shareholder Proposals.
(a) The matters to be considered and brought before any annual meeting of Shareholders of the Trust 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 and requirements set forth in this Section.
(b) For any matter to be properly brought before any annual meeting of Shareholders, the matter must be:
(1) Specified in the notice of annual meeting given by or at the direction of the Board of Trustees;
(2) Otherwise brought before the annual meeting by or at the direction of the Board of Trustees; or
(3) Brought before the annual meeting in the manner specified in this Section by a Record Owner at the time of the giving of notice provided for in this Section, on the record date for such meeting and at the time of the meeting, or a Shareholder (a Nominee Holder) that holds voting securities entitled to vote at meetings of Shareholders through a nominee or street name holder of record and can demonstrate to the Trust such indirect ownership and such Nominee Holders entitlement to vote such securities, and is a Nominee Holder at the time of the giving of notice provided for in this Section, on the record date for such meeting and at the time of the meeting, with proof of such ownership or holding reasonably satisfactory to the Trust to be provided by such Record Owner or Nominee Holder at each such aforementioned time.
(c) In addition to any other requirements under applicable law and the Governing Instrument of the Trust, persons nominated by Shareholders for election as Trustees of the Trust and any other proposals by Shareholders shall be properly brought before the meeting only if notice of any such matter to be presented by a Shareholder at such meeting of Shareholders (the Shareholder Notice) shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Trust at the principal executive office of the Trust not less than ninety (90) nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the first anniversary date of the annual meeting for the preceding year. A person may be nominated by a Shareholder for election as a Trustee of the Trust only by a holder of a class of Shares entitled to vote on the election of such nominee.
(d) If and only if the annual meeting is not scheduled to be held within a period that commences thirty (30) days before such anniversary date and ends thirty (30) days after such anniversary date (an annual meeting date outside such period being referred to herein as an Other Annual Meeting Date), such Shareholder Notice shall be given in the manner provided herein by the later of the close of business on (i) the date ninety (90) days prior to such Other Annual Meeting Date or (ii) the tenth (10th) day following the date such Other Annual Meeting Date is first publicly announced or disclosed; provided, however, that if the Other Annual Meeting Date was disclosed in the proxy statement for the prior years annual meeting, than the dates for receipt of the Shareholder Notice shall be calculated in accordance with
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Section 1(c) of this Article V based on such Other Annual Meeting Date and disclosed in the proxy statement for the prior years annual meeting.
(e) Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, in the event that the number of Trustees to be elected to the Board of Trustees of the Trust is increased and either all of the nominees for Trustee or the size of the increased Board of Trustees are not publicly announced or disclosed by the Trust at least seventy (70) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting, a Shareholder Notice shall also be considered timely hereunder, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Trust at the principal executive office of the Trust not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the first date all of such nominees or the size of the increased Board of Trustees shall have been publicly announced or disclosed.
(f) 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 deliver, as part of such Shareholder Notice:
(1) A statement in writing with respect to the person or persons to be nominated, together with any persons to be designated as a proposed substitute nominee in the event that a proposed nominee is unwilling or unable to serve, including by reason of any disqualification (a Proposed Nominee) and any Proposed Nominee Associated Person setting forth:
(A) The name, age, business address, residence address and principal occupation or employment of the Proposed Nominee and of any Proposed Nominee Associated Person;
(B) The number and class of all Shares of the Trust owned of record and beneficially by each such Proposed Nominee and any Proposed Nominee Associated Person and the date(s) of acquisition of such Shares, together with records evidencing such holdings;
(C) The name of each nominee holder of Shares owned beneficially but not of record by such Proposed Nominee and any Proposed Nominee Associated Person, the number and class of such Shares held by each such nominee holder and the date(s) of acquisition of such Shares, together with records evidencing such holdings;
(D) The number and class of all Shares (i) which the Proposed Nominee and any Proposed Nominee Associated Person has the right to acquire pursuant to any agreement or upon exercise of conversion rights or warrants, or otherwise or (ii) which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly (including Shares deemed owned through application of clause (i) above), by any other Person or group with which the Proposed Nominee or any Proposed Nominee Associated Person or its affiliate or associate, as those terms are defined in Rule 12b-2, or any successor rule, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), has any agreement, arrangement, or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting, or disposing of Shares, or which is its affiliate or associate as so defined;
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(E) The information regarding each such Proposed Nominee required by paragraph (b) of Item 22 of Rule 14a-101 under the Exchange Act, adopted by the Commission (or the corresponding provisions of any regulation or rule subsequently adopted by the Commission applicable to the Trust);
(F) Whether such Shareholder believes any Proposed Nominee will be an interested person of the Trust (as defined in the 1940 Act), and, if not an interested person, information regarding each Proposed Nominee that will be sufficient for the Trust to make such determination; and
(G) A description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, whether written or oral (including any derivative or short positions, profit interests, options or similar rights and borrowed or loaned shares) that has been entered into as of the date of the Shareholder Notice by, or on behalf of, such Proposed Nominee or any Proposed Nominee Associated Person (i) the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, manage risk or benefit of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of or pecuniary or economic interest of such Proposed Nominee or any Proposed Nominee Associated Person; or (ii) related to such nomination;
(H) Each such Proposed Nominees signed consent to serve as a Trustee of the Trust if elected;
(I) Each Proposed Nominees written representation that he or she: (i) is not ineligible under Section 9(a) of the 1940 Act; (ii) is not covered by, or subject to a proceeding regarding Section 9(b) of the 1940 Act; (iii) agrees to complete, execute, and return to the Trust within 5 business days of receipt the Trusts form of trustee questionnaire; and (iv) agrees to complete, execute, and return to the Trust within 5 business days of receipt any supplemental information reasonably requested by the Trust.;
(J) Information to establish to the satisfaction of the Board of Trustees that the Proposed Nominee satisfies the trustee qualifications as set out in the Declaration of Trust;
(K) Any other information relating to such Proposed Nominee or Proposed Nominee Associated Person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of trustees in an election contest pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act (even if an election contest is not involved); and
(L) Written and signed certification of each Proposed Nominee that (i) all information regarding such Proposed Nominee included in and/or accompanying the shareholder notice is true, complete and accurate, (ii) such Proposed Nominee is not, and will not become a party to, any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether written or oral) with any person other than the Trust in connection with service or action as a Trustee of the Trust that has not been disclosed to the Trust, (iii) the Proposed Nominee satisfies the qualifications of persons nominated or seated as trustees as set forth in the Declaration of Trust at the time of their nomination, and (iv) such Proposed Nominee will continue to satisfy the qualifications of persons nominated or
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seated as trustees as set forth in the Declaration of Trust at the time of their election, if elected.
(2) Such other information as is required by Section 1(h) of this Article V.
(g) Any Shareholder who gives a Shareholder Notice of any matter proposed to be brought before the meeting shall deliver, as part of such Shareholder Notice:
(1) The text of the proposal to be presented;
(2) A brief written statement of the reasons why such Shareholder favors the proposal; and
(3) Any material interest of such Shareholder in the matter proposed (other than as a Shareholder).
(h) Any Shareholder who gives a Shareholder Notice of any matter proposed to be brought before the meeting or to elect Proposed Nominees shall deliver, as part of such Shareholder Notice:
(1) In the case of a Nominee Holder, evidence establishing such Nominee Holders indirect ownership of, and entitlement to vote, securities at the meeting of Shareholders;
(2) A representation whether the Shareholder or the beneficial owner, if any, intends or is part of a group which intends to solicit proxies from Shareholders in support of such proposal or nomination;
(3) Any other information relating to such Shareholder, such beneficial owner, or any Shareholder Associated Person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with the solicitation of proxies by such Person with respect to the proposed business to be brought by such Person before the annual meeting pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, whether or not such Person intends to deliver a proxy statement or solicit proxies; and
(4) A statement in writing with respect to the Shareholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is being made setting forth:
(A) The name and address of such Shareholder, as they appear on the Trusts books, and of such beneficial owner and of any Shareholder Associated Person;
(B) The number and class of Shares which are owned beneficially and of record by such Shareholder, such beneficial owner, and any Shareholder Associated Person, and the date(s) of acquisition of such shares, together with records evidencing such holdings;
(C) The name of each nominee holder of Shares owned beneficially but not of record by such Shareholder, beneficial owner, or any Shareholder Associated Person, and the number and class of such Shares held by each such
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nominee holder, and the date(s) of acquisition of such shares, together with records evidencing such holdings;
(D) The number and class of all Shares (i) which the Shareholder has the right to acquire pursuant to any agreement or upon exercise of conversion rights or warrants, or otherwise (including any derivative or short positions, profit interests, options or similar rights, and borrowed or loaned shares) or (ii) which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly (including Shares deemed owned through application of clause (i) above), by any other Person or group with which the nominating Shareholder or its affiliate or associate, as those terms are defined in Rule 12b-2, or any successor rule, under the Exchange Act, has any agreement, arrangement, or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting, or disposing of Shares, or which is its affiliate or associate as so defined;
(E) A description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, whether written or oral (including any derivative or short positions, profit interests, options or similar rights and borrowed or loaned shares) that has been entered into as of the date of the Shareholder Notice by, or on behalf of, such Shareholder, such beneficial owners, or any Shareholder Associated Person (i) the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, manage risk or benefit of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power or pecuniary or economic interest of such Shareholder, such beneficial owner, or any Shareholder Associated Person; or (ii) related to such proposal; and
(F) A description of all agreements, arrangements, or understandings (whether written or oral) between or among such Shareholder, such beneficial owners, or any Shareholder Associated Person, and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business and any material interest of such person or any Shareholder Associated Person, in such business, including any anticipated benefit therefrom to such person, or any Shareholder Associated Person.
(5) An agreement to return to the Trust within 5 business days of receipt such other information as the Board may reasonably request.
(i) A Shareholder providing notice of any nomination or other business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting of Shareholders shall further update and supplement such notice, if necessary, so that (1) the information provided or required to be provided in the notice of the annual meeting delivered pursuant to Section 3 of Article IV shall be true and correct as of the record date for determining the Record Owners entitled to receive notice of the annual meeting of Shareholders and such update and supplement shall be received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Trust not later than five (5) business days before the record date for determining the Shareholders entitled to receive notice of the annual meeting of Record Owners and (2) with respect to nominations of persons for election as a Trustee, any additional information reasonably requested by the Board of Trustees to determine that each person whom the Shareholder proposes to nominate for election as a Trustee is qualified to act as a Trustee, including information reasonably requested by the Board of Trustees to determine that such proposed candidate has met the trustee qualifications as set out in the Declaration of Trust, is provided, and such update and supplement shall be received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Trust not later than five (5) business
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days after the request by the Board of Trustees for additional information regarding trustee qualifications has been delivered to, or mailed and received by, such Shareholder providing notice of any nomination.
(j) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article and without limiting the generality of any other requirements herein, unless otherwise required by law, (1) if the Shareholder (or a qualified representative of the Shareholder) does not appear at the annual meeting of Shareholders of the Trust to present a nomination or proposed business, such nomination shall be disregarded and such proposed business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Trust and (1) a Shareholder shall be disqualified from bringing any business proposed to be brought before a meeting if any of the information in such Shareholders notice, or provided in connection therewith, is not correct and complete or if such Shareholder does not comply fully with the representations in such notice. For purposes of this Article, to be considered a qualified representative of the Shareholder, a Person must be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such Shareholder, as evidenced by an incumbency certificate executed by the corporate secretary (or other duly authorized officer) of the Shareholder, or must be authorized by a writing executed by such Shareholder delivered by such Shareholder to act for such Shareholder as proxy at the meeting of Shareholders, and such Person must deliver a copy of such incumbency certificate or writing to the secretary of the meeting.
(k) As used in these Governing Instruments, shares beneficially owned shall mean all Shares that such person is deemed to beneficially own pursuant to Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act and may take into account Shares borrowed and loaned in securities lending transactions.
(l) Only such matters shall be conducted at a special meeting of Shareholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Trusts notice of meeting. Nominations of individuals for election to the Board of Trustees may be made at a special meeting of Shareholders at which Trustees are to be elected:
(1) Pursuant to the Trusts notice of meeting;
(2) By or at the direction of the Board of Trustees; or
(3) Provided that the Board of Trustees has determined that Trustees shall be elected at such special meeting, and such special meeting shall meet all of the requirements with respect to annual meetings as if such special meeting were an annual meeting, by:
(A) Any Shareholder of the Trust who is a Record Owner at the time of giving of notice provided for in this Section, at the record date for such meeting and at the time of the special meeting, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complied with the notice procedures set forth in this Section; or
(B) A Nominee Holder that holds voting securities entitled to vote at meetings of Shareholders through a nominee or street name holder of record and can demonstrate to the Trust such indirect ownership and such Nominee Holders entitlement to vote such securities, and is a Nominee Holder at the time of giving of notice provided for in this Section, at the record date for such meeting
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and at the time of the special meeting, and who is entitled to vote at the meeting and has complied with the notice procedures set forth in this Section.
(m) In the event the Trust calls a special meeting of Shareholders for the purpose of electing one or more Trustees to the Board of Trustees, any Record Owner or Nominee Holder, may nominate a person or persons (as the case may be), for election to such position(s) as specified in the Trusts notice of meeting, if the appropriate Shareholder Notice shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Trust at the principal executive office of the Trust not later than the close of business on the tenth (10th) day following the day on which the date of the special meeting is publicly announced or disclosed.
(n) For purposes of this Section, 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 Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Trust with the Commission.
(o) In no event shall the adjournment of an annual or special meeting, or any announcement thereof, commence a new period for the giving of notice as provided in this Section.
(p) This Section shall not apply to Shareholder proposals made pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act. Notwithstanding the forgoing, no Shareholder proposal may be brought before an annual meeting, whether submitted pursuant to this Article V or Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act, unless Shareholders have power to vote on the Shareholder proposal, or the subject matter of the Shareholder proposal, pursuant to Section 6.1 of the Agreement, irrespective of whether such Shareholder proposal is submitted as a precatory recommendation to the Board.
(q) The chair of 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 determine whether notice of nominees and other matters proposed to be brought before a meeting has been duly given in the manner provided in this Section and, if not so given, shall direct and declare at the meeting that such nominees and other matters are out of order and/or shall not be considered.
(r) No person shall be eligible for election as a Trustee of the Trust unless nominated in accordance with the procedures and requirements set forth in this Section 1 of this Article V.
For the purposes of the foregoing, a Proposed Nominee Associated Person of any Proposed Nominee shall mean (A) any person acting in concert with such Proposed Nominee, (B) any direct or indirect beneficial owner of Shares owned of record or beneficially by such Proposed Nominee or person acting in concert with the Proposed Nominee and (C) any person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Proposed Nominee or a Proposed Nominee Associated Person.
For the purposes of the foregoing, a Shareholder Associated Person of any beneficial or record shareholder shall mean (A) any person acting in concert with such shareholder, (B) any direct or indirect beneficial owner of Shares owned of record or beneficially by such shareholder or any person acting in concert with such shareholder, (C) any person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such shareholder or a Shareholder
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Associated Person and (D) any member of the immediate family of such shareholder or Shareholder Associated Person.
Section 2. Methods of Giving Notice. Whenever, under the provisions of applicable law or of the Governing Instrument, notice is required to be given to any Trustee or Shareholder, it shall not, unless otherwise provided herein, be construed to mean personal notice, but such notice may be given orally in person, or by telephone (promptly confirmed in writing) or in writing, by mail addressed to such Trustee at his or her last given address or to such Shareholder at his address as it appears on the records of the Trust, with postage thereon prepaid, and such notice shall be deemed to be given at the time when the same shall be deposited in the United States mail, or given as otherwise provided herein, and notice by a document publicly filed by with the Securities and Exchange Commission shall be deemed given at the time the Trust files such document. Notice to Trustees or members of a committee or sub-committee may also be given by telex, telegram, facsimile, electronic-mail or via overnight courier. If sent by telex or facsimile, notice to a Trustee or member of a committee or sub-committee shall be deemed to be given upon transmittal; if sent by telegram, notice to a Trustee or member of a committee or sub-committee shall be deemed to be given when the telegram, so addressed, is delivered to the telegraph company; if sent by electronic-mail, notice to a Trustee or member of a committee or sub-committee shall be deemed to be given and shall be presumed valid when the Trusts electronic-mail server reflects the electronic-mail message as having been sent; and if sent via overnight courier, notice to a Trustee or member of a committee or sub-committee shall be deemed to be given when delivered against a receipt therefor.
Section 3. Written Waiver. Whenever any notice is required to be given under the provisions of applicable law, or of the Governing Instrument, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent thereto.
ARTICLE VI
UNCERTIFICATED SHARES AND SHARE OWNERSHIP
Section 1. Uncertificated Shares. Except as otherwise required by applicable law, the rules of any exchange on which the Trust is listed or the Governing Instrument, the Trust shall not issue share certificates and no Shareholder shall have the right to demand or require that a certificate be issued to him, her or it.
Section 2. Transfer of Shares. Shares shall be transferable through the sale and purchase on the exchange which the Trust is listed. The sale and purchase of Shares shall be subject to the rules and requirements of any such exchange on which the Trust lists Shares. The Trust will not individually redeem Shares directly from Shareholders.
Section 3. Record Owner Book. The Trust shall keep or cause to be kept a Shareholder book, which may be maintained by means of computer systems, containing the names, alphabetically arranged, of all persons who are Record Owners, showing their places of residence, the number and class of any Shares held by them, respectively, and the dates when they became the Record Owner thereof.
Section 4. Registered Shareholders. The ownership of Shares shall be recorded on the books of the Trust or a transfer or similar agent for the Trust, which books shall contain the names and addresses of the Shareholders and the Shares held by each Shareholder. The
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record books of the Trust as kept by the Trust or any transfer or similar agent, as the case may be, shall be conclusive as to the identity of the Shareholders and as to the number of Shares of the Trust held from time to time by each Shareholder. The Trust shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of Shares to receive dividends, and to vote as such owner, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim of interest in such Share or Shares on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice hereof. No Shareholder shall be entitled to receive payment of any distribution or to have notice given to such Shareholder of any meeting or other action in respect of the Trust until such Shareholder has given its address and such other information as shall be required to such officer or agent of the Trust as shall keep the record books of the Trust for entry thereof.
Section 5. Record Date for Receiving Dividends and Other Actions. In order that the Trustees may determine the Record Owners entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution of allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of Shares or for the purpose of any other lawful action (other than the record date for meetings of shareholders as set forth in Section 13 of Article IV), the Board of Trustees may fix a record date, which record date (i) shall be set forth in the resolution or resolutions authorizing the payment of such dividend or other lawful action and (ii) shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Trustees.
ARTICLE VII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 1. Seal. The Trust is not required to have any seal, and the adoption or use of a seal shall be purely ornamental and be of no legal effect. The seal, if any, of the Trust may be affixed to any instrument, and the seal and its attestation may be lithographed, engraved or otherwise printed on any document with the same force and effect as if it had been imprinted and affixed manually in the same manner and with the same force and effect as if done by a Delaware business corporation. The presence or absences of a seal shall have no effect on the validity, enforceability or binding nature of any document or instrument that is otherwise duly authorized, executed and delivered.
Section 2. Severability. The provisions of these Bylaws are severable. If any provision hereof shall be held invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability shall attach only to such provision only in such jurisdiction and shall not affect any other provision of these Bylaws.
Section 3. Headings. Headings are placed in these Bylaws for convenience of reference only and in case of any conflict, the text of these Bylaws rather than the headings shall control.
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 1. Indemnification.
(a) To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Trust shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to, or is involved as a witness in, any proceeding (other than a proceeding by or in the right of the Trust) by reason of the fact
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that such person is or was a Covered Person, against expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such proceeding.
(b) To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Trust shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to, or is involved as a witness in, any proceeding by or in the right of the Trust to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person is or was a Covered Person, against expenses actually and reasonably incurred by that person in connection with the investigation, defense or settlement of such proceeding.
(c) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained herein, no Covered Person shall be indemnified for any expenses, judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement, or other liability or loss arising by reason of disabling conduct or for any proceedings by such Covered Person against the Trust. The termination of any proceeding by conviction, or a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, or an entry of an order of probation prior to judgment, creates a rebuttable presumption that the person engaged in disabling conduct.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any action, suit or other proceeding voluntarily prosecuted by any indemnitee as plaintiff, indemnification shall be mandatory only if the prosecution of such action, suit or other proceeding by such indemnitee (1) was authorized by a majority of the Trustees or (2) was instituted by the indemnitee to enforce his or her rights to indemnification hereunder in a case in which the indemnitee is found to be entitled to such indemnification. The rights to indemnification set forth in these Bylaws shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a Trustee or officer of the Trust and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and personal and legal representatives. No amendment or restatement of these Bylaws or repeal of any of its provisions shall limit or eliminate any of the benefits provided to any person who at any time is or was a trustee or officer of the Trust or otherwise entitled to indemnification hereunder in respect of any act or omission that occurred prior to such amendment, restatement or repeal.
Section 2. Advance Payment of Indemnification Expenses. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Trust shall advance to any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to, or is involved as a witness in, any proceeding by reason of the fact that such person is or was a Trustee or officer of the Trust the expenses actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense of such proceeding in advance of its final disposition. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Trust may advance to any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any proceeding by reason of the fact that such person is or was a Covered Person (other than a Trustee or officer of the Trust) the expenses actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense of such proceeding in advance of its final disposition. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained herein, the Trust shall not advance expenses to any Covered Person (including a Trustee or officer of the Trust) unless:
(a) the Trust has received an undertaking by or on behalf of such Covered Person that the amount of all expenses so advanced will be paid over by such person to the Trust unless it is ultimately determined that such person is entitled to indemnification for such expenses; and
(b) (i) such Covered Person shall have provided appropriate security for such undertaking; (ii) the Trust shall be insured against losses by reason of any lawful advance
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payments; or (iii) either (1) the Trustees, by the vote of a majority of a quorum of qualifying Trustees (as defined in Section 6 below), or (2) independent legal counsel in a written opinion, shall have determined, based upon a review of readily available facts (as opposed to a full trial- type inquiry), that there is reason to believe that such Covered Person ultimately will be found entitled to indemnification.
Section 3. Determination of Entitlement to Indemnification. Any indemnification required or permitted under this Article VIII (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the Trust only as authorized in the specific case upon a reasonable determination, based upon a review of the facts, that the Covered Person is entitled to indemnification because (i) he or she is not liable by reason of disabling conduct, or (ii) in cases where there is no liability, he or she has not engaged in disabling conduct. Such determination shall be made by (i) the vote of a majority of a quorum of qualifying Trustees; or (ii) if there are no such Trustees, or if such Trustees so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 2 of this Article VIII, if a determination that a Covered Person engaged in disabling conduct is made in accordance with this Section 3, no further advances of expenses shall be made, and all prior advances, and insurance premiums paid for by the Trust, if applicable, must be repaid.
Section 4. Contract Rights. With respect to any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to, or is involved as a witness in, any proceeding by reason of the fact that such person is or was a Covered Person, the rights to indemnification conferred in Section 1 of this Article VIII, and with respect to any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to, or is involved as a witness in, any proceeding by reason of the fact that such person is or was a Trustee or officer of the Trust, the advancement of expenses conferred in Section 2 of this Article VIII shall be contract rights. Any amendment, repeal, or modification of, or adoption of any provision inconsistent with, this Article VIII (or any provision hereof) shall not adversely affect any right to indemnification or advancement of expenses granted to any such person pursuant hereto with respect to any act or omission of such person occurring prior to the time of such amendment, repeal, modification, or adoption (regardless of whether the proceeding relating to such acts or omissions is commenced before or after the time of such amendment, repeal, modification, or adoption). Any amendment or modification of, or adoption of any provision inconsistent with, this Article VIII (or any provision hereof), that has the effect of positively affecting any right to indemnification or advancement of expenses granted to any such person pursuant hereto, shall not apply retroactively to any person who was not serving as a Trustee, officer, employee or agent of the Trust at the time of such amendment, modification or adoption.
Section 5. Claims.
(a) If (X) a claim under Section 1 of this Article VIII with respect to any right to indemnification is not paid in full by the Trust within sixty days after a written demand has been received by the Trust or (Y) a claim under Section 2 of this Article VIII with respect to any right to the advancement of expenses is not paid in full by the Trust within thirty days after a written demand has been received by the Trust, then the Covered Person seeking to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses, as the case may be, may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Trust to recover the unpaid amount of the claim.
(b) If successful in whole or in part in any suit brought pursuant to Section 5(a) of this Article VIII, or in a suit brought by the Trust to recover an advancement of expenses (whether pursuant to the terms of an undertaking or otherwise), the Covered Person seeking to
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enforce a right to indemnification or an advancement of expenses hereunder or the Covered Person from whom the Trust sought to recover an advancement of expenses, as the case may be, shall be entitled to be paid by the Trust the reasonable expenses (including attorneys fees) of prosecuting or defending such suit.
Section 6. Definitions. For purposes of this Article VIII: (a) references to Trust include any domestic or foreign predecessor entity of this Trust in a merger, consolidation, or other transaction in which the predecessors existence ceased upon consummation of the transaction; (b) the term disabling conduct means willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or the reckless disregard of the duties involved in the conduct of the Covered Persons office with the Trust; (c) the term expenses includes, without limitations, attorneys fees; (d) the term proceeding means any threatened, pending, or completed action, suit, or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative; and (e) the term qualifying Trustee means any Trustee who is not an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Trust and is not a party to the proceeding.
ARTICLE IX
EXECUTION OF INSTRUMENTS, VOTING OF SECURITIES
Section 1. Checks, Notes, Drafts, Etc. So long as the Trust shall employ a custodian to keep custody of the cash and securities of the Trust, all checks and drafts for the payment of money by the Trust may be signed in the name of the Trust by the custodian. Except as otherwise authorized by the Board of Trustees, all requisitions or orders for the assignment of securities standing in the name of the custodian or its nominee, or for the execution of powers to transfer the same, shall be signed in the name of the Trust by the Principal Executive Officer, the President or a Vice President and by the Principal Financial Officer or the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer. Promissory notes, checks or drafts payable to the Trust may be endorsed only to the order of the custodian or its nominee and only by the Principal Executive Officer, the President, a Vice President, the Principal Financial Officer or the Treasurer or by such other person or persons as shall be authorized by the Board of Trustees.
Section 2. Voting of Securities. Unless otherwise ordered by the Board of Trustees, the Principal Executive Officer, the President or any Vice President shall have full power and authority on behalf of the Trust to attend and to act and to vote, or in the name of the Trust to execute proxies to vote, at any meeting of shareholders of any company in which the Trust may hold stock. At any such meeting such officer shall possess and may exercise (in person or by proxy) any and all rights, powers and privileges incident to the ownership of such stock. The Board of Trustees may by resolution from time to time confer like powers upon any other person or persons.
ARTICLE X AMENDMENTS
Section 1. Amendments by Trustees. These Bylaws may be altered or repealed solely by the Trustees, without the vote or approval of the Shareholders. Shareholders shall have no right to amend these Bylaws.
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Request for Extension of Scheduled Termination Date
and Agreement to Extend, dated as of October 24, 2022
1. In accordance with Section 2.02 of the Variable Rate Demand Preferred Shares (VRDP) Fee Agreement, dated as of June 14, 2018 (the VRDP Fee Agreement), between Invesco Senior Income Trust, as issuer (the Fund), and Barclays Bank PLC, as Liquidity Provider (the Liquidity Provider) and Section 2.03 of the VRDP Shares Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 14, 2018 (the VRDP Purchase Agreement), between Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Tender and Paying Agent, and Barclays Bank PLC, as Liquidity Provider, with respect to the 1,250 Series W-7 Variable Rate Demand Preferred Shares (W-7 VRDP Shares) of the Fund, the Fund hereby requests an extension of the Scheduled Termination Date of the VRDP Fee Agreement and the VRDP Purchase Agreement to November 30, 2023, effective upon, and subject to acceptance of this request by the Liquidity Provider, as evidenced by (i) the Fund delivering to the Liquidity Provider a copy hereof signed by the Fund and (ii) the Liquidity Provider signing and returning to the Fund a copy hereof, whereupon this request for extension and agreement to extend (this Agreement) shall be a binding agreement of the parties hereto, and the extension of both the VRDP Fee Agreement and the VRDP Purchase Agreement shall become effective without further action by any party.
2. Upon effectiveness of the extension of the Scheduled Termination Date of the VRDP Fee Agreement to November 30, 2023, the Scheduled Termination Date of the VRDP Purchase Agreement shall automatically be extended to November 30, 2023. The Fund will send a copy of the fully executed Agreement to the Tender and Paying Agent for its acknowledgement, with instructions to send a notice of the extension to the Holders of the W-7 VRDP Shares (with a copy to Beneficial Owners to the extent provided in the Tender and Paying Agent Agreement).
3. Capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to them in the VRDP Fee Agreement.
4. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflict of laws principles that would require the application of the laws of another jurisdiction.
5. A copy of the Certificate of Trust is on file with the Secretary of the State of Delaware. This Agreement has been executed on behalf of the Fund by an officer of the Fund in such capacity and not individually and the obligations of the Fund under this Agreement and the VRDP Fee Agreement are not binding upon such officer, any of the trustees or the shareholders individually but are binding only upon the assets and property of the Fund.
6. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be regarded as an original and all of which shall constitute one and the same document.
[Signature Page Follows]
INVESCO SENIOR INCOME TRUST, as issuer | ||
By: | /s/ Amanda M. Roberts | |
Name: Amanda M. Roberts | ||
Title: Assistant Secretary | ||
BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as Liquidity Provider | ||
By: | /s/ Dupe Adeyemo | |
Name: Dupe Adeyemo | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
(the foregoing signature evidencing binding acceptance of the extension request set forth above) |
Acknowledged by: | ||
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, | ||
as Tender and Paying Agent | ||
By: | /s/ Luke Russell | |
Name: Luke Russell | ||
Title: Vice President |
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