MFS Taxable Closed-End Funds Announce Adjournment of Special Shareholder Meetings

MFS Investment Management (“MFS”) announced today an adjournment of the special meeting of shareholders of MFS Charter Income Trust (NYSE: MCR), MFS Intermediate High Income Fund (NYSE: CIF), MFS Government Markets Income Trust (NYSE: MGF), MFS Intermediate Income Trust (NYSE: MIN) (each a “Target Fund” and collectively, the “Target Funds”), and MFS Multimarket Income Trust (NYSE: MMT) (the “Surviving Fund”) held on March 11, 2026 (each a “Meeting” and collectively, the “Meetings”).

Each Meeting is adjourned to April 2, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time.

The Meetings were adjourned to allow for the solicitation of additional shareholder votes relating to (i) a proposal that each Target Fund’s shareholders approve an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization between each Target Fund and the Surviving Fund (each a “Reorganization” and collectively, the “Reorganizations”) and (ii) a proposal that the Surviving Fund’s shareholders appoint of abrdn, Inc. (“Aberdeen”) as the new investment adviser of the Surviving Fund, elect five new trustees of the Surviving Fund, and approve the issuance of additional common shares of the Surviving Fund in connection with the Reorganizations. Each of these proposals is summarized below.

The Reorganizations

On December 10, 2025, the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of each Target Fund unanimously approved the Reorganizations. Shareholders of each Target Fund as of December 11, 2025, were mailed a prospectus/proxy statement in early February 2026, providing additional information about each Reorganization and the factors considered by each Target Fund’s Board in approving the relevant Target Fund’s Reorganization. Each Target Fund’s Board determined that the Reorganization of that Target Fund into the Surviving Fund is in the best interests of the Target Fund’s shareholders and recommends shareholders vote in favor of their Target Fund’s Reorganization.

Appointment of Aberdeen as Investment Adviser, the Election of Five New Trustees, and Issuance of Additional Common Shares of the Surviving Fund

On December 10, 2025, the Board of the Surviving Fund unanimously approved (i) a new investment management agreement with Aberdeen, the US Subsidiary of Aberdeen Investments, to serve as the investment adviser to the Surviving Fund following the consummation of the Reorganizations, (ii) the nomination of five new trustees to serve as the Surviving Fund’s board of trustees following the consummation of the Reorganizations, and (iii) the issuance of additional common shares of the Surviving Fund to accommodate the Reorganizations. Shareholders of the Surviving Fund as of December 11, 2025, were mailed a proxy statement in early February 2026, providing additional information and soliciting a vote in favor of each proposal, all of which are recommended by the Surviving Fund’s Board.