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BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals, Inc.

Reporting person: BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals, Inc. (Board of Directors)(group)

Saba Capital challenges BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals board seat

Contested meetinghigh confidence

Contest Strategydissident slate, solicitors, demands
Contested annual

What's being contested

Board seats
IssuerBNY Mellon Strategic Municipals, Inc.
Issuer solicitor
Reporting personBNY Mellon Strategic Municipals, Inc. (Board of Directors) (group)
Dissident solicitor
Stake
Dissident counsel
Cost basis
Meeting date
Record date

Primary demands

  • reject activist hedge fund director nominee
  • maintain current board composition

Advisors

No advisor data on record for this deal.


Sources

BNY Mellon Strategic Municipals, Inc. is holding an annual meeting of shareholders where an activist hedge fund managed by Saba Capital Master Fund, Ltd. has nominated an individual for election to the board. The Fund's board is unanimously opposed to this nomination and is soliciting shareholder votes against it. This is a contested proxy solicitation where shareholders must choose between the management slate and the activist nominee.

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