INVESCO VALUE MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST AMENDMENT NO. 6
TO THE STATEMENT OF PREFERENCES OF
VARIABLE RATE MUNI TERM PREFERRED SHARES (VMTP SHARES), DATED OCTOBER 15, 2012, AS AMENDED
(THE STATEMENT OF PREFERENCES)
WHEREAS, pursuant to authority expressly vested in the Board of Trustees of Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust (the Fund) by Section 2.1 of the Third Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trust of the Fund, the Board of Trustees of the Fund may transact the Funds affairs with respect to the shares of beneficial interest of the Fund;
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees has determined that it is the best interest of the Fund to (1) extend the Term Redemption Date of the Series 2015/6-IIM VMTP Shares to December 1, 2024, (2) revise the definition of the term, Ratings Spread and (3) to provide for a period of eighteen months during which the Series 2015/6-IIM VMTP Shares shall not be redeemed at the option of the Fund pursuant to Section 10(a) of the Statement of Preferences, and has approved each such change;
WHEREAS, the changes to the Term Redemption Date, Ratings Spread, and other changes to the terms of the Series 2015/6-IIM VMTP Shares described below have been consented to in writing by the sole shareholder of the Funds Outstanding Series 2015/6-IIM VMTP Shares; and
NOW THEREFORE, the undersigned officer of the Fund hereby certifies as follows:
1. The Board of Trustees of the Fund has adopted resolutions to extend the Term Redemption Date of the Series 2015/6-IIM VMTP Shares to December 1, 2024 and to approve the other changes to the terms of the Series 2015/6-IIM VMTP Shares as provided herein.
2. The definition of Term Redemption Date in the Statement of Preferences is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
Term Redemption Date means December 1, 2024 or such later date to which the Term Redemption Date may be extended in accordance with Section 10(b)(i)(A) of this Statement of Preferences.
3. Effective as of June 1, 2021, the definition of Ratings Spread in the Statement of Preferences is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
Ratings Spread means, with respect to any Rate Period for any Series of VMTP Shares, the percentage per annum set forth opposite the highest applicable credit rating assigned to such Series, unless the lowest applicable credit rating is at or below A+/A1, in which case it means the percentage per annum set forth opposite the lowest applicable credit rating assigned to such Series, by either Moodys (if
Moodys is then rating the VMTP Shares at the request of the Fund), Fitch (if Fitch is then rating the VMTP Shares at the request of the Fund) or an Other Rating Agency (if an Other Rating Agency is then rating the VMTP Shares at the request of the Fund) in the table below on the Rate Determination Date for such Rate Period:
Fitch* |
Percentage | |||
AAA to AA- |
1.05 | % | ||
A+ to A- |
1.55 | % | ||
BBB+ to BBB- |
2.90 | % | ||
Non-investment grade or NR |
3.95 | % |
* | And/or the equivalent ratings of Moodys and/or an Other Rating Agency then rating the VMTP Shares at the request of the Fund. |
4. Section 10(a)(iv) of the Statement of Preferences is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
(iv) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 10(a), no VMTP Shares Outstanding as of May 28, 2021 shall be subject to redemption at the option of the Fund pursuant to this Section 10(a) for the period beginning on June 1, 2021 and ending on December 1, 2022.
5. In order to conform the terms of the Statement of Preferences to those applicable to other Invesco funds with Preferred Shares beneficially owned by the Purchaser, the following subsection is hereby added to Section 13 of the Statement of Preferences:
(y) Enforcement of VMTP Shares Terms or Statement of Preferences. Notwithstanding Section 2.4(e) and Section 2.5 of the Declaration of Trust, nothing herein shall prevent the Holders of VMTP Shares, acting individually or as a group, from making a direct claim to enforce the terms of the VMTP Shares or this Statement of Preferences.
6. Although no opinion has been provided to or requested by any party, the Fund and each Holder and Beneficial Owner of VMTP Shares shall not treat this Amendment as a realization event for federal income tax purposes.
7. Any capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such capitalized terms in the Statement of Preferences.
8. Except as amended hereby, the Statement of Preferences remains in full force and effect.
9. An original copy of this amendment shall be lodged with the records of the Fund and filed in such places as the Board of Trustees deems appropriate.
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Dated this 28th day of May, 2021
INVESCO VALUE MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST | ||||
By: | /s/ Amanda Roberts
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Name: | Amanda Roberts | |||
Title: | Assistant Secretary |
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust
In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements of Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust (the Trust) as of and for the year ended February 28, 2022, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), we considered the Trusts internal control over financial reporting, including controls over safeguarding securities, as a basis for designing our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the requirements of Form N-CEN, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trusts internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we do not express an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trusts internal control over financial reporting.
The management of the Trust is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of controls. A companys internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A companys internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of a companys assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent or detect misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the companys annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
Our consideration of the Trusts internal control over financial reporting was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all deficiencies in internal control over financial reporting that might be material weaknesses under standards established by the PCAOB. However, we noted no deficiencies in the Trusts internal control over financial reporting and its operation, including controls over safeguarding securities, that we consider to be a material weakness as defined above as of February 28, 2022.
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 1000 Louisiana St., Suite 5800, Houston, TX 77002
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This report is intended solely for the information and use of the Board of Trustees of Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties.
/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
April 28, 2022
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MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
(Advisory Fee Waivers)
This Memorandum of Agreement is entered into as of the effective date on the attached Exhibit A (the Exhibit), between AIM Counselor Series Trust (Invesco Counselor Series Trust), AIM Equity Funds (Invesco Equity Funds), AIM Funds Group (Invesco Funds Group), AIM Growth Series (Invesco Growth Series), AIM International Mutual Funds (Invesco International Mutual Funds), AIM Investment Funds (Invesco Investment Funds), AIM Investment Securities Funds (Invesco Investment Securities Funds), AIM Sector Funds (Invesco Sector Funds), AIM Tax-Exempt Funds (Invesco Tax-Exempt Funds), AIM Treasurers Series Trust (Invesco Treasurers Series Trust), AIM Variable Insurance Funds (Invesco Variable Insurance Funds), Invesco Advantage Municipal Income Trust II, Invesco Bond Fund, Invesco California Value Municipal Income Trust, Invesco Dynamic Credit Opportunity Fund, Invesco Exchange Fund, Invesco High Income 2023 Target Term Fund, Invesco High Income 2024 Target Term Fund, Invesco High Income Trust II, Invesco Management Trust, Invesco Municipal Income Opportunities Trust, Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust, Invesco Municipal Trust, Invesco Pennsylvania Value Municipal Income Trust, Invesco Quality Municipal Income Trust, Invesco Senior Income Trust, Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals, Invesco Trust for Investment Grade New York Municipals and Invesco Value Municipal Income Trust (each a Trust or, collectively, the Trusts), on behalf of the funds listed on the Exhibit to this Memorandum of Agreement (the Funds), and Invesco Advisers, Inc. (Invesco). Invesco shall and hereby agrees to waive fees of the Funds, on behalf of their respective classes as applicable, severally and not jointly, as indicated in the Exhibit.
For and in consideration of the mutual terms and agreements set forth herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Trusts and Invesco agree that until at least the expiration date set forth on Exhibit A (the Expiration Date) and with respect to those Funds listed on the Exhibit, Invesco will waive its advisory fees at the rate set forth on the Exhibit.
Neither a Trust nor Invesco may remove or amend the waivers set forth on Exhibit A to a Funds detriment prior to the Expiration Date without requesting and receiving the approval of the Board of Trustees of the applicable Funds Trust to remove or amend such waiver. Invesco will not have any right to reimbursement of any amount so waived.
Subject to the foregoing paragraphs, Invesco agrees to review the then-current waivers for each class of the Funds listed on the Exhibit on a date prior to the Expiration Date to determine whether such waivers should be amended, continued or terminated. The waivers will expire upon the Expiration Date unless Invesco has agreed to continue them. The Exhibit will be amended to reflect any such agreement.
It is expressly agreed that the obligations of the Trusts hereunder shall not be binding upon any of the Trustees, shareholders, nominees, officers, agents or employees of the Trusts personally, but shall only bind the assets and property of the Funds, as provided in each Trusts Agreement and Declaration of Trust. The execution and delivery of this Memorandum of Agreement have been authorized by the Trustees of each Trust, and this Memorandum of Agreement has been executed and delivered by an authorized officer of each Trust acting as such; neither such authorization by such Trustees nor such execution and delivery by such officer shall be deemed to have been made by any of them individually or to impose any liability on any of them personally, but shall bind only the assets and property of the Funds, as provided in each Trusts Agreement and Declaration of Trust.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Trusts, on behalf of itself and its Funds listed on Exhibit A to this Memorandum of Agreement, and Invesco have entered into this Memorandum of Agreement as of the Effective Date on the attached Exhibit.
AIM COUNSELOR SERIES TRUST (INVESCO COUNSELOR SERIES TRUST) |
AIM EQUITY FUNDS (INVESCO EQUITY FUNDS) |
AIM FUNDS GROUP (INVESCO FUNDS GROUP) |
AIM GROWTH SERIES (INVESCO GROWTH SERIES) |
AIM INTERNATIONAL MUTUAL FUNDS (INVESCO INTERNATIONAL MUTUAL FUNDS) |
AIM INVESTMENT FUNDS (INVESCO INVESTMENT FUNDS) |
AIM INVESTMENT SECURITIES FUNDS (INVESCO INVESTMENT SECURITIES FUNDS) |
AIM SECTOR FUNDS (INVESCO SECTOR FUNDS) |
AIM TAX-EXEMPT FUNDS (INVESCO TAX-EXEMPT FUNDS) |
AIM TREASURERS SERIES TRUST (INVESCO TREASURERS SERIES TRUST) |
AIM VARIABLE INSURANCE FUNDS (INVESCO VARIABLE INSURANCE FUNDS) |
INVESCO ADVANTAGE MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST II |
INVESCO BOND FUND |
INVESCO CALIFORNIA VALUE MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST |
INVESCO DYNAMIC CREDIT OPPORTUNITY FUND |
INVESCO EXCHANGE FUND |
INVESCO HIGH INCOME 2023 TARGET TERM FUND |
INVESCO HIGH INCOME 2024 TARGET TERM FUND |
INVESCO HIGH INCOME TRUST II |
INVESCO MANAGEMENT TRUST |
INVESCO MUNICIPAL INCOME OPPORTUNITIES TRUST |
INVESCO MUNICIPAL OPPORTUNITY TRUST |
INVESCO MUNICIPAL TRUST |
INVESCO PENNSYLVANIA VALUE MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST |
INVESCO QUALITY MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST |
INVESCO SENIOR INCOME TRUST |
INVESCO TRUST FOR INVESTMENT GRADE MUNICIPALS |
INVESCO TRUST FOR INVESTMENT GRADE NEW YORK MUNICIPALS |
INVESCO VALUE MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST |
on behalf of the Funds listed on the Exhibit
to this Memorandum of Agreement
By: | /s/ Jeffrey H. Kupor | |
Title: | Senior Vice President | |
INVESCO ADVISERS, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Jeffrey H. Kupor | |
Title: | Senior Vice President |
Exhibit A to Advisory Fee MOA | ||||||
AIM Treasurers Series Trust (Invesco |
Waiver Description |
Effective Date |
Expiration Date | |||
Invesco Premier Portfolio | Invesco will waive advisory fees in the amount of 0.07% of the Funds average daily net assets | 2/1/2011 | 12/31/2022 | |||
Invesco Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio | Invesco will waive advisory fees in the amount of 0.07% of the Funds average daily net assets | 2/1/2011 | 12/31/2022 | |||
All Trusts |
Waiver Description |
Effective Date |
Expiration Date | |||
Any Fund that charges an advisory fee1 and invests in another Fund (other than Affiliated Money Market Funds) 2 or in an Invesco exchange-traded fund (except Invesco Active Allocation Fund) | Invesco will waive advisory fees in an amount equal to the advisory fees earned on underlying affiliated investments | 6/30/2023 | ||||
Any Fund that charges an advisory fee1 and invests in an Affiliated Money Market Fund | Invesco will waive advisory fees in an amount equal to 100% of the net advisory fee Invesco receives on the Uninvested Cash3 from an Affiliated Money Market Fund in which a Fund invests | 6/30/2023 |
1 | The waiver will not apply to those Funds that do not charge an advisory fee, either due to the terms of their advisory agreement, or as a result of contractual or voluntary fee waivers. |
2 | An Affiliated Money Market Fund is any existing or future investment vehicle advised by Invesco that holds itself out as a money market fund and complies with Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. |
3 | Uninvested Cash is cash available and uninvested by a Fund that may result from a variety of sources, including dividends or interest received on portfolio securities, unsettled securities transactions, strategic reserves, matured investments, proceeds from liquidation of investment securities, dividend payments, or new investor capital. The waiver will not apply to cash collateral for securities lending. The waiver will apply to any wholly-owned subsidiary of a Fund in which the Fund invests. |