-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, P+DHTuakP7TSJ8bGNStl5pov5SWseI0dYuiC2lM/s7AXp8VjynjMdjaywHT0ULxv V+yj3oNhMklFonL+e0ZmXw== 0001193125-05-119253.txt : 20050611 0001193125-05-119253.hdr.sgml : 20050611 20050602163008 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-05-119253 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20050602 ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20050602 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20050602 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MUNICIPAL HIGH INCOME FUND INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000830487 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-05497 FILM NUMBER: 05874448 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: CITIGROUP ASSET MANAGEMENT STREET 2: 125 BROAD STREET, 10TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10004 BUSINESS PHONE: 212-291-2556 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: CITIGROUP ASSET MANAGEMENT STREET 2: 125 BROAD STREET, 10TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10004 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES MUNICIPAL FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19881025 8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 8-K

 


 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) June 2, 2005

 


 

Municipal High Income Fund Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Maryland   811-05497   04-3035821

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

 

  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
300 First Stamford Place, 4th Floor, Stamford, CT       06902
(Address of principal executive offices)       (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (203) 890-7041

 


 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 426 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 



Municipal High Income Fund Inc.

CURRENT REPORT ON FORM 8-K

 

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On June 2, 2005, Municipal High Income Fund Inc. (the “Fund”) issued a press release reporting that on May 31, 2005, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued an order in connection with the settlement of an administrative proceeding against Smith Barney Fund Management LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., each an affiliate of the Fund’s Investment Manager, relating to the appointment of an affiliated transfer agent for the Smith Barney family of mutual funds. The Securities and Exchange Commission’s investigation into this matter was first disclosed in December 2003.

 

Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the press release. The press release is being furnished pursuant to Item 9.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, and the information contained in Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities under Section 18. Furthermore, the information contained in Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the filings of the Fund under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(c) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
Number


   
99.1   Municipal High Income Fund Inc. press release, dated June 2, 2005.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

       Municipal High Income Fund Inc.
       (Registrant)

Date: June 2, 2005

    

/s/ Thomas C. Mandia


       (Signature)
       Name: Thomas C. Mandia
       Title: Assistant Secretary

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number


    
99.1    Press release of the Fund, dated June 2, 2005.

 

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EX-99.1 2 dex991.htm PRESS RELEASE Press Release

Exhibit 99.1

 

Citigroup Closed-End Funds

 

Issue Statement

 

NEW YORK - (Business Wire) –June 2, 2005

 

The following Citigroup closed-end funds - Citigroup Investments Corporate Loan Fund Inc., High Income Opportunity Fund Inc., Intermediate Muni Fund, Inc., Managed High Income Portfolio Inc., Managed Municipals Portfolio Inc., Municipal High Income Fund Inc., Real Estate Income Fund Inc. and Zenix Income Fund Inc., - today issued the following statement:

 

On May 31, 2005, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued an order in connection with the settlement of an administrative proceeding against Smith Barney Fund Management LLC (“SBFM”) and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (“CGMI”) relating to the appointment of an affiliated transfer agent for the Smith Barney family of mutual funds (the “Affected Funds”).

 

The SEC order finds that SBFM and CGMI willfully violated Section 206(1) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (“Advisers Act”). Specifically, the order finds that SBFM and CGMI knowingly or recklessly failed to disclose to the boards of the Affected Funds in 1999 when proposing a new transfer agent arrangement with an affiliated transfer agent that: First Data Investors Services Group (“First Data”), the Affected Funds’ then-existing transfer agent, had offered to continue as transfer agent and do the same work for substantially less money than before; and that Citigroup Asset Management (“CAM”), the Citigroup business unit that includes the Fund’s investment manager and other investment advisory companies, had entered into a side letter with First Data under which CAM agreed to recommend the appointment of First Data as sub-transfer agent to the affiliated transfer agent in exchange, among other things, for a guarantee by First Data of specified amounts of asset management and investment banking fees to CAM and CGMI. The order also finds that SBFM and CGMI willfully violated Section 206(2) of the Advisers Act by virtue of the omissions discussed above and other misrepresentations and omissions in the materials provided to the Affected Funds’ boards, including the failure to make clear that the affiliated transfer agent would earn a high profit for performing limited functions while First Data continued to perform almost all of the transfer agent functions, and the suggestion that the proposed arrangement was in the Affected Funds’ best interests and that no viable alternatives existed. SBFM and CGMI do not admit or deny any wrongdoing or liability. The settlement does not establish wrongdoing or liability for purposes of any other proceeding.

 

The SEC censured SBFM and CGMI and ordered them to cease and desist from violations of Sections 206(1) and 206(2) of the Advisers Act. The order requires Citigroup to pay $208.1 million, including $109 million in disgorgement of profits, $19.1 million in interest, and a civil money penalty of $80 million. Approximately $24.4 million has already been paid to the Affected Funds, primarily through fee waivers. The remaining $183.7 million, including the penalty, will be paid to the U.S. Treasury and then distributed pursuant to a plan to be prepared


by Citigroup and submitted within 90 days of the entry of the order for approval by the SEC. The order also requires that transfer agency fees received from the Affected Funds since December 1, 2004 less certain expenses be placed in escrow and provides that a portion of such fees may be subsequently distributed in accordance with the terms of the order.

 

The order requires SBFM to recommend a new transfer agent contract to the Affected Fund boards within 180 days of the entry of the order; if a Citigroup affiliate submits a proposal to serve as transfer agent or sub-transfer agent, an independent monitor must be engaged at the expense of SBFM and CGMI to oversee a competitive bidding process. Under the order, Citigroup must comply with an amended version of a vendor policy that Citigroup instituted in August 2004. That policy, as amended, among other things, requires that when requested by a Fund board, CAM will retain at its own expense an independent consulting expert to advise and assist the board on the selection of certain service providers affiliated with Citigroup.

 

At this time, there is no certainty as to how the proceeds of the settlement will be distributed, to whom such distributions will be made, the methodology by which such distribution will be allocated, and when such distribution will be made. Although there can be no assurance, Citigroup does not believe that this matter will have a material adverse effect on the Funds.

 

The Funds did not implement the transfer agent arrangement described above and therefore will not receive any portion of the distributions.

 

Symbols: HIO, MHF, MHY, MMU, RIT, SBI, TLI, ZIF

 

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Contact:

 

Brenda Grandell

Director, Closed-End Funds

Citigroup Asset Management

212-291-3775

 

Media Contact:

 

Edward Giltenan

Head of Public Relations

Citigroup Asset Management

212-559-6746

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