Saba has a track record of creating value for investors and improving governance through CEF activism.
Saba is the world’s largest single investor in CEFs, managing a $5.8 billion portfolio that is invested across more than 200 CEFs.
No firm has ever won an award like this for CEF activism.
Saba’s CEF investment strategy is anchored in protecting shareholder rights:
Pursuing changes that will return discounted CEFs to their full NAV, and
Creating long-term value for shareholders through lower fees and better management.
Saba’s own funds serve as examples of best-in-class corporate governance in the CEF industry.
Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund (NYSE: BRW)
Non-staggered board, plurality vote standard, equal voting rights.
Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund II (NYSE: SABA)
Approved share repurchase program and 1-for-2 reverse stock split, and intends to de-stagger board, subject to shareholder approval. Link.
Plurality vote standard and equal voting rights.
Eaton Vance Senior Floating-Rate Trust (NYSE: EFR)
Eaton Vance Floating-Rate Income Trust (NYSE: EFT)
Eaton Vance Senior Income Trust (NYSE: EVF)
Saba entered standstill upon implementation of a long-term discount management plan. Link.
Improved average trading discount to NAV from -12% when Saba filed its 13D in 2020 to +1.43% premium today.1
Salient Midstream & MLP Fund (NYSE: SMM)
Reached an agreement to support the fund’s reorganization into a lower fee open-end mutual fund.
Secured distribution paid to all shareholders based on a $300,000 payment by the fund’s investment advisor. Link.
Eaton Vance & Salient: for illustrative purposes only.
1 Bloomberg. Data as of 05/10/2024 close.