Fort Dearborn Income Securities, Inc. Announces Shareholder Approval of Reorganization into UBS Total Return Bond Fund
April 19 2016 - 5:05PM
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Fort Dearborn Income Securities, Inc. (NYSE:FDI) held a special
meeting of shareholders on April 18, 2016 at which the shareholders
approved the Fund's reorganization into the class P shares of a
newly created open-end mutual fund, UBS Total Return Bond Fund
(ticker symbol: UTBPX). The reorganization, approved at the Fund's
special meeting of shareholders, is currently scheduled for Friday,
May 20, subject to satisfaction of certain closing conditions, and
will result in FDI shareholders becoming shareholders of UTBPX.
To facilitate the transition from a closed-end fund to an
open-end fund, FDI will close its transfer books on Tuesday, May 17
and FDI shares will cease trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
After that time, holders of FDI shares will not be able to sell
their shares on the stock exchange and their investment will be
temporarily illiquid. However, assuming the reorganization takes
place on May 20, effective Monday, May 23, the first business day
following the reorganization, UTBPX shareholders may redeem their
shares at net asset value, subject to a temporary 2% redemption
fee. The temporary redemption fee will remain in effect for 90 days
following the date of the reorganization (or until August 22,
2016).
The new fund, UBS Total Return Bond Fund, invests at least 80%
of its net assets in bonds and/or instruments that provide exposure
to bond markets. The Fund's investments in bonds include a variety
of fixed income securities, which may include, but are not limited
to, securities of the US government, its agencies and
government-sponsored enterprises, securities guaranteed by the US
government, corporate debt securities of US and non-US issuers,
including convertible securities, obligations of non-US governments
or their subdivisions, agencies and government-sponsored
enterprises, obligations of international agencies or supranational
entities, mortgage-backed (including commercial and residential
mortgage-backed securities) and asset-backed securities, and other
securitized and structured securities.
The foregoing does not constitute an offering of any securities
for sale. The combined prospectus/proxy statement relating to the
reorganization contains important information about the
reorganization and free copies may be obtained by calling the fund
at 888-793 8637 or at the SEC's website www.sec.gov. A registration
statement relating to the UBS Total Return Bond Fund has been filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, but UBS Total Return
Bond Fund has not yet commenced a continuous offering of its
shares. Following the closing of the reorganization, UBS Total
Return Bond Fund intends to commence a continuous offering of its
shares. Other than in the reorganization, shares of UBS Total
Return Bond Fund may not be sold nor may offers to purchase shares
be accepted prior to that time.
After the reorganization, if your shares of FDI were represented
by one or more share certificates, you must submit your
certificates to BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc., UBS
Total Return Bond Fund's transfer agent, in order to make any
transactions in your new UBS Total Return Bond Fund account. UBS
Total Return Bond Fund will not issue share certificates in the
reorganization. Instead, all shares of UBS Total Return Bond Fund,
including UTBPX, will be held in book entry form either directly
with the Fund's transfer agent or through a financial
intermediary.
Investing in the Fund entails specific risks, such as
interest rate, credit and US government securities risks as well as
derivatives investment risk. Until the reorganization, further
information regarding the Fund may be found at
http://www.ubs.com/closedendfundsinfo.
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