Every material Form 8-K FRANKLIN MASTER INTERMEDIATE INCOME TRUST has filed with the SEC since May 31, 2023, read and summarized by AI: what happened, the key figures, whether it reads positive or negative for shareholders, and how big a deal it is (impact 1-5). Newest first; each brief links to its own page and to the filing on SEC.gov.
On November 17, 2023, the Fund's Board of Trustees amended and restated its bylaws, effective the same day, to rescind Article 15 and its control share acquisition provisions. Under those provisions, shares acquired in a control share acquisition could carry voting rights only if other non-interested shareholders authorized them. The Board also adopted an investment policy requiring, under normal circumstances, an average portfolio rating of investment grade.
Amended and Restated Bylaws effective November 17, 2023 rescind Article 15 and the control share acquisition (CSA) provisions
Rescinded CSA provisions applied to acquisitions entitling a holder to vote within four specified ranges of voting power, beginning at 10%
On February 23, 2023, the Board had exempted from the CSA provisions all prior purchases and, until further notice, new purchases
On November 17, 2023, the Board adopted an investment policy requiring an average portfolio rating of investment grade, tested at the time of each investment
On May 31, 2023, Franklin Resources and Great-West Lifeco agreed that a Franklin Resources subsidiary will acquire Putnam U.S. Holdings I, LLC, the parent of Putnam Investment Management, LLC, the investment manager of the Putnam funds, including this trust. Closing is expected in the fourth quarter of 2023, subject to regulatory approvals, and would end the current investment management contract, so the trust's board would need to approve a new one, which would then go to shareholders.
Agreement announced May 31, 2023: a Franklin Resources subsidiary to acquire Putnam U.S. Holdings I, LLC in a stock and cash transaction
Transaction currently expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2023, subject to regulatory approvals and other customary conditions
Closing would automatically terminate the current investment management contract between the trust and Putnam Investment Management, LLC
Trustees must approve a new management contract, which would then be presented to shareholders for approval
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