---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000928816-23-000264"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PMM"
cik: "0000844790"
company_name: "PUTNAM MANAGED MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST"
filed_at: "2023-02-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T23:02:23.227600+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Putnam Managed Municipal Income Trust amends bylaws, exempts control share acquisitions

## Summary
- Bylaws amended to add Vice Chair of Trustees references, clarify record dates for shareholder meetings, and address proxy validity at postponed/adjourned meetings.
- Trustees voted to exempt all prior and future purchases that might be deemed Control Share Acquisitions under Article 16 of the bylaws.
- Changes effective February 23, 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000928816-23-000264
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PMM
- cik: 0000844790
- company_name: PUTNAM MANAGED MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST
- filed_at: 2023-02-28T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/844790/000092881623000264/0000928816-23-000264-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/844790/000092881623000264/a_mmit8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  PUTNAM MANAGED MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST: Amended Article 10.4 to clarify that Trustees may fix a new record date for a shareholder meeting, including any postponed or adjourned session (effective 2023-02-23).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-02-23
  source text: Fixing a New Record Date : Article 10.4 of the Fund’s Bylaws, which deals with record dates for shareholder meetings, was amended to clarify that the Trustees may, but, unless otherwise required by law, are not required to, fix a new record date for a shareholder meeting, including any postponed or adjourned session of the meeting.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/844790/000092881623000264/0000928816-23-000264-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  PUTNAM MANAGED MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST: Amended Article 10.6 to clarify validity of proxies at postponed or adjourned meetings and continued validity if new record date is fixed (effective 2023-02-23).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-02-23
  source text: Validity of Proxies at Postponed or Adjourned Meeting : Article 10.6 of the Fund’s Bylaws, which deals with shareholder proxies, was amended to make clear that, unless otherwise specifically limited by its terms, a proxy shall entitle a shareholder to vote at any postponed or adjourned session of a shareholder meeting and, unless revoked, any proxy given in connection with a postponed or adjourned meeting for which a new record date is fixed shall continue to be valid so long as the shareholder giving the proxy is a shareholder of record on the new record date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/844790/000092881623000264/0000928816-23-000264-index.htm
- Governance Changes
  PUTNAM MANAGED MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST: Added references explicitly permitting, but not requiring, a Vice Chair of the Trustees in Article 3 of the Bylaws (effective 2023-02-23).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-02-23
  source text: Addition of “Vice Chair” References : Article 3 of the Fund’s Bylaws deals with matters related to Fund and Trustee officers and was amended to add references throughout explicitly permitting, but not requiring, a Vice Chair of the Trustees.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/844790/000092881623000264/0000928816-23-000264-index.htm

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