Pioneer Floating Rate Trust Announces Plan for Tender Offer

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Sep 01, 2020
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Pioneer Floating Rate Trust (NYSE: PHD) announced today that the Fund’s Board of Trustees has authorized (subject to certain conditions) a cash tender offer for up to 50% of the Fund’s outstanding shares of common stock (the “Shares”) at a price per Share equal to 98.5% of the Fund’s net asset value per Share as of the business day immediately following the expiration date of the tender offer. The commencement of the tender offer will be announced at a later date. The tender offer will not expire prior to December 20, 2020. The Fund will pay for any Common Shares tendered in the Tender Offer prior to December 31, 2020. The Fund will repurchase Shares tendered and accepted in the tender offer in exchange for cash. In the event the tender offer is oversubscribed, Shares will be repurchased on a pro rata basis. Amundi Pioneer Asset Management, Inc., the Fund’s investment adviser, has agreed with the Board of the Fund to limit ordinary operating expenses of the Fund for the benefit of the Fund’s remaining shareholders.