Form DEFA14A - Additional definitive proxy soliciting materials and Rule 14(a)(12) material
22 Octubre 2024 - 4:19PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 14A
INFORMATION
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PIONEER MUNICIPAL HIGH INCOME OPPORTUNITIES FUND, INC. (MIO)
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October 22, 2024
Pioneer Municipal High Income Opportunities Fund, Inc.
Supplement to Proxy Statement dated August 22, 2024
Additional Information
The following provides
supplemental information in relation to the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Pioneer Municipal High Income Opportunities Fund, Inc. (MIO or the Fund) held in September 2023 (the meeting), and the response of the
Funds Board of Directors and management.
The meeting entailed an uncontested election for three Director nominees. Two of the nominees were elected
at the meeting by the vote of a majority of stockholders. A third nominee did not attain the required majority for election at the meeting to the Board of the Fund, based on an unusually large number of against votes, but attained the
required majority for the other five Pioneer funds holding elections that day. Of 18 Director elections held that day for Pioneer closed-end funds, including the Fund, 17 were successful in terms of the
nominees being elected by attaining the majority required.
The Board and management closely followed the meeting solicitation process and results, and
took the large votes against the nominee seriously, including the basis for the votes. The Board and management sought additional information about the voting results from the proxy solicitor and other sources. The solicitor confirmed that the
discretionary vote of a single broker-dealer, with a large position in the Fund on behalf of its clients, was the cause for the heavy against vote.
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Board and management have been informed that the broker-dealer votes in accordance with recommendation of its proxy adviser across a substantial client segment, which votes are reflected when the broker-dealer votes its entire position. (By
contrast, the voting instructions provided by individual clients of the broker-dealer were highly favorable as to the nominees election.) The Funds Board and management, with the assistance of the proxy solicitor, again reviewed the
proxy advisers policy in this area, which pertains to any nominee who is a governance and/or nominating committee member, where a closed-end fund has opted in to the Maryland control share statute (as is
the case with the Fund since its inception in 2021), and generally results in an against or withhold recommendation for a single election (i.e., without the application of such an adverse recommendation over multiple years).
In this case, the proxy adviser had issued an against vote for the single nominee as to the Fund, but had issued a for recommendation as to the same nominee for the other Pioneer closed-end funds
holding elections.
At the request of the Funds Board and management, the proxy solicitor reviewed the meeting solicitation process and results to
identify any other negative voting patterns or evidence of stockholder dissatisfaction, apart from the large vote by the broker-dealer based on its proxy advisers recommendation. The solicitor confirmed that the broker-dealers vote was
determinative due to the sheer size of the broker-dealers position. Other than the against vote of an institutional stockholder, no other patterns of negative voting or dissatisfaction were identified, whether in regard to the nominee or the
Fund in general. In this regard, management also considered its interactions as to the Fund with stockholders and financial intermediaries.
The Board and
management would be pleased to further engage with stockholders on these or other matters. For additional information, the Funds status with respect to the Maryland control share statute, and the basis therefor, have been described in the
Funds initial prospectus, dated August, 2021, and the Funds annual and semi-annual reports provided to stockholders.
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