MFS Investment Management® (MFS®) released today the
distribution income sources for six of its closed-end funds for
February 2020: MFS® Charter Income Trust (NYSE: MCR), MFS®
Government Markets Income Trust (NYSE: MGF), MFS® Intermediate High
Income Fund (NYSE: CIF), MFS® Intermediate Income Trust (NYSE:
MIN), MFS® Multimarket Income Trust (NYSE: MMT) and MFS® Special
Value Trust (NYSE: MFV). This information also can be obtained by
visiting MFS.com by clicking on Products & Strategies >
Closed End Funds > Dividend Source Information.
MFS Charter Income Trust
Distribution period: February 2020 Distribution amount per share: $
0.05997
The following table sets forth the estimated amounts of the
current distribution and the cumulative distributions paid this
fiscal year to date from the following sources: net investment
income, net realized short-term capital gains, net realized
long-term capital gains and return of capital or other capital
source. The fund’s fiscal year begins each December 1st. All
amounts are expressed per common share.
Current distribution
% Breakdown of current
distribution
Total cumulative distributions
for the fiscal year to date
% Breakdown of the total
cumulative distributions for the fiscal year to date
Net Investment Income
$ 0.03095
52%
$ 0.09114
51%
Net Realized ST Cap Gains
0.00000
0%
0.00000
0%
Net Realized LT Cap Gains
0.00000
0%
0.00000
0%
Return of Capital or Other Capital
Source
0.02902
48%
0.08824
49%
Total (per common share)
$ 0.05997
100%
$ 0.17938
100%
Average annual total return (in relation
to NAV) for the five years ended 1-31-2020
6.96%
Annualized current distribution rate
expressed as a percentage of month end NAV as of 1-31-2020
7.99%
Cumulative total return (in relation to
NAV) for the fiscal year through 1-31-2020
2.21%
Cumulative fiscal year distributions as a
percentage of NAV as of 1-31-2020
1.99%
MFS Government Markets Income
Trust Distribution period: February 2020 Distribution
amount per share: $ 0.02856
The following table sets forth the estimated amounts of the
current distribution and the cumulative distributions paid this
fiscal year to date from the following sources: net investment
income, net realized short-term capital gains, net realized
long-term capital gains and return of capital or other capital
source. The fund’s fiscal year begins each December 1st. All
amounts are expressed per common share.
Current distribution
% Breakdown of current
distribution
Total cumulative distributions
for the fiscal year to date
% Breakdown of the total
cumulative distributions for the fiscal year to date
Net Investment Income
$ 0.01018
36%
$ 0.02908
34%
Net Realized ST Cap Gains
0.00000
0%
0.00000
0%
Net Realized LT Cap Gains
0.00000
0%
0.00000
0%
Return of Capital or Other Capital
Source
0.01838
64%
0.05672
66%
Total (per common share)
$ 0.02856
100%
$ 0.08580
100%
Average annual total return (in relation
to NAV) for the five years ended 1-31-2020
2.77%
Annualized current distribution rate
expressed as a percentage of month end NAV as of 1-31-2020
7.18%
Cumulative total return (in relation to
NAV) for the fiscal year through 1-31-2020
1.67%
Cumulative fiscal year distributions as a
percentage of NAV as of 1-31-2020
1.80%
MFS Intermediate High Income
Fund Distribution period: February 2020 Distribution
amount per share: $ 0.02049
The following table sets forth the estimated amounts of the
current distribution and the cumulative distributions paid this
fiscal year to date from the following sources: net investment
income, net realized short-term capital gains, net realized
long-term capital gains and return of capital or other capital
source. The fund’s fiscal year begins each December 1st. All
amounts are expressed per common share.
Current distribution
% Breakdown of current
distribution
Total cumulative distributions
for the fiscal year to date
% Breakdown of the total
cumulative distributions for the fiscal year to date
Net Investment Income
$ 0.01143
56%
$ 0.03550
58%
Net Realized ST Cap Gains
0.00000
0%
0.00000
0%
Net Realized LT Cap Gains
0.00000
0%
0.00000
0%
Return of Capital or Other Capital
Source
0.00906
44%
0.02571
42%
Total (per common share)
$ 0.02049
100%
$ 0.06121
100%
Average annual total return (in relation
to NAV) for the five years ended 1-31-2020
6.81%
Annualized current distribution rate
expressed as a percentage of month end NAV as of 1-31-2020
9.60%
Cumulative total return (in relation to
NAV) for the fiscal year through 1-31-2020
1.51%
Cumulative fiscal year distributions as a
percentage of NAV as of 1-31-2020
2.39%
MFS Intermediate Income
Trust Distribution period: February 2020 Distribution
amount per share: $ 0.02825
The following table sets forth the estimated amounts of the
current distribution and the cumulative distributions paid this
fiscal year to date from the following sources: net investment
income, net realized short-term capital gains, net realized
long-term capital gains and return of capital or other capital
source. The fund’s fiscal year begins each November 1st. All
amounts are expressed per common share.
Current distribution
% Breakdown of current
distribution
Total cumulative distributions
for the fiscal year to date
% Breakdown of the total
cumulative distributions for the fiscal year to date
Net Investment Income
$ 0.00796
28%
$ 0.03200
28%
Net Realized ST Cap Gains
0.00000
0%
0.00000
0%
Net Realized LT Cap Gains
0.00000
0%
0.00000
0%
Return of Capital or Other Capital
Source
0.02029
72%
0.08158
72%
Total (per common share)
$ 0.02825
100%
$ 0.11358
100%
Average annual total return (in relation
to NAV) for the five years ended 1-31-2020
3.30%
Annualized current distribution rate
expressed as a percentage of month end NAV as of 1-31-2020
8.45%
Cumulative total return (in relation to
NAV) for the fiscal year through 1-31-2020
1.50%
Cumulative fiscal year distributions as a
percentage of NAV as of 1-31-2020
2.83%
MFS Multimarket Income Trust
Distribution period: February 2020 Distribution amount per share: $
0.04277
The following table sets forth the estimated amounts of the
current distribution and the cumulative distributions paid this
fiscal year to date from the following sources: net investment
income, net realized short-term capital gains, net realized
long-term capital gains and return of capital or other capital
source. The fund’s fiscal year begins each November 1st. All
amounts are expressed per common share.
Current distribution
% Breakdown of current
distribution
Total cumulative distributions
for the fiscal year to date
% Breakdown of the total
cumulative distributions for the fiscal year to date
Net Investment Income
$ 0.02373
55%
$ 0.09365
55%
Net Realized ST Cap Gains
0.00000
0%
0.00000
0%
Net Realized LT Cap Gains
0.00000
0%
0.00000
0%
Return of Capital or Other Capital
Source
0.01904
45%
0.07644
45%
Total (per common share)
$ 0.04277
100%
$ 0.17009
100%
Average annual total return (in relation
to NAV) for the five years ended 1-31-2020
6.67%
Annualized current distribution rate
expressed as a percentage of month end NAV as of 1-31-2020
8.01%
Cumulative total return (in relation to
NAV) for the fiscal year through 1-31-2020
2.56%
Cumulative fiscal year distributions as a
percentage of NAV as of 1-31-2020
2.65%
MFS Special Value Trust
Distribution period: February 2020 Distribution amount per share: $
0.04767
The following table sets forth the estimated amounts of the
current distribution and the cumulative distributions paid this
fiscal year to date from the following sources: net investment
income, net realized short-term capital gains, net realized
long-term capital gains and return of capital or other capital
source. The fund’s fiscal year begins each November 1st. All
amounts are expressed per common share.
Current distribution
% Breakdown of current
distribution
Total cumulative distributions
for the fiscal year to date
% Breakdown of the total
cumulative distributions for the fiscal year to date
Net Investment Income
$ 0.01183
25%
$ 0.04941
26%
Net Realized ST Cap Gains
0.00813
17%
0.01768
9%
Net Realized LT Cap Gains
0.02771
58%
0.12115
65%
Return of Capital or Other Capital
Source
0.00000
0%
0.00000
0%
Total (per common share)
$ 0.04767
100%
$ 0.18824
100%
Average annual total return (in relation
to NAV) for the five years ended 1-31-2020
7.60%
Annualized current distribution rate
expressed as a percentage of month end NAV as 1-31-2020
10.11%
Cumulative total return (in relation to
NAV) for the fiscal year through 1-31-2020
3.36%
Cumulative fiscal year distributions as a
percentage of NAV as of 1-31-2020
3.33%
The above funds have adopted a managed distribution plan. Under
a managed distribution plan, to the extent that sufficient
investment income is not available on a monthly basis, the fund
will distribute long-term capital gains and/or return of capital in
order to maintain its managed distribution level. Investors should
not draw any conclusions about the fund’s investment performance
from the amount of the fund’s distributions or from the terms of
the fund’s managed distribution plan.
The Board of the fund may amend the terms of the plan or
terminate the plan at any time without prior notice to the fund's
shareholders. The amendment or termination of a plan could have an
adverse effect on the market price of the fund’s common shares. The
plan will be subject to periodic review by the Board. With each
distribution that does not consist solely of net investment income,
the fund will issue a notice to shareholders and an accompanying
press release which will provide detailed information regarding the
amount and estimated composition of the distribution and other
related information.
The amounts and sources of distributions reported above are only
estimates and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes.
The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for tax reporting
purposes will depend upon the fund’s investment experience during
its full fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax
regulations. The fund will send shareholders a Form 1099-DIV for
the calendar year that will tell them how to report these
distributions for federal income tax purposes. The fund may at
times distribute more than its net investment income and net
realized capital gains; therefore, a portion of the distribution
may result in a return of capital. A return of capital may occur,
for example, when some or all of the money that shareholders
invested in the fund is paid back to them. A return of capital does
not necessarily reflect a fund’s investment performance and should
not be confused with ‘yield’ or ‘income’. Any such returns of
capital will decrease the fund's total assets and, therefore, could
have the effect of increasing the fund's expense ratio. In
addition, in order to make the level of distributions called for
under its plan, the fund may have to sell portfolio securities at a
less than opportune time.
About MFS Investment
Management In 1924, MFS launched the first US open-end
mutual fund, opening the door to the markets for millions of
everyday investors. Today, as a full-service global investment
manager serving financial advisors, intermediaries and
institutional clients, MFS still serves a single purpose: to create
long-term value for clients by allocating capital responsibly. That
takes our powerful investment approach combining collective
expertise, thoughtful risk management and long-term discipline.
Supported by our culture of shared values and collaboration, our
teams of diverse thinkers actively debate ideas and assess material
risks to uncover what we believe are the best investment
opportunities in the market. As of January 31, 2020, MFS manages
US$528.4 billion in assets on behalf of individual and
institutional investors worldwide. Please visit mfs.com for
more information.
The Funds are closed-end Funds. Common shares of the Funds
are only available for purchase/sale on the NYSE at the current
market price (NYSE American for MFS California Municipal Fund).
Shares may trade at a discount to NAV.
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