EX-99.1 2 ex991to13da506290044_080516.htm JOINDER AGREEMENT, DATED AUGUST 4, 2016 ex991to13da506290044_080516.htm
Exhibit 99.1
 
JOINDER AGREEMENT
 
This JOINDER AGREEMENT (the “Joinder”) is dated as of August 4, 2016 by and among Western Investment Hedged Partners L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Western Investment Total Return Partners L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Western Investment LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Western Investment”), Arthur D. Lipson, Benchmark Plus Institutional Partners, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, Benchmark Plus Management, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, Robert Ferguson and Matthew Crouse and Neil Chelo (collectively, the “Existing Members”) and Lynn D. Schultz (the “New Member”).
 
WHEREAS, the Existing Members are parties to that certain Joint Filing and Solicitation Agreement dated as of April 18, 2016 (the “Agreement”), pursuant to which the Existing Members formed a “group” (as contemplated by Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) for the purposes of seeking representation on the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of Deutsche Multi-Market Income Trust (the “Fund”) and seeking stockholder approval of certain business proposals at the 2016 annual meeting of stockholders of the Fund (including any other meeting of stockholders held in lieu thereof, and any adjournments, postponements, reschedulings or continuations thereof, the “2016 Annual Meeting”) and for the purpose of taking all other action necessary to achieve the foregoing; and
 
WHEREAS, the New Member desires to join the group formed by the Existing Members.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants and agreements of the parties herein contained, the parties hereby agree as follows:
 
1.         Effective immediately, the New Member is joined as a party to the Agreement.
 
2.         The New Member agrees to be bound by the terms of the Agreement, the terms of which are incorporated herein and made a part hereof.
 
3.         This Joinder may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which, taken together, shall constitute but one and the same instrument, which may be sufficiently evidenced by one counterpart.
 
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WESTERN INVESTMENT LLC
     
 
By:
/s/ Arthur D. Lipson
   
Name:
Arthur D. Lipson
   
Title:
Managing Member
 
 
WESTERN INVESTMENT HEDGED PARTNERS L.P.
     
 
By:
Western Investment LLC
   
General Partner
     
 
By:
/s/ Arthur D. Lipson
   
Name:
Arthur D. Lipson
   
Title:
Managing Member

 
WESTERN INVESTMENT TOTAL RETURN PARTNERS L.P.
     
 
By:
Western Investment LLC
   
General Partner
     
 
By:
/s/ Arthur D. Lipson
   
Name:
Arthur D. Lipson
   
Title:
Managing Member
 
 
/s/ Arthur D. Lipson
 
ARTHUR D. LIPSON, Individually and as attorney-in-fact for Matthew S. Crouse and Lynn D. Schultz
 
 
 
BENCHMARK PLUS INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS, L.L.C.
     
 
By:
Benchmark Plus Management, L.L.C.
   
Managing Member
     
 
By:
/s/ Robert Ferguson
   
Name:
Robert Ferguson
   
Title:
Manager

 
BENCHMARK PLUS MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.
     
 
By:
/s/ Robert Ferguson
   
Name:
Robert Ferguson
   
Title:
Manager
     


 
/s/ Robert Ferguson
 
ROBERT FERGUSON, Individually and as attorney-in-fact for Neil R. Chelo
 

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