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Voya Prime Rate Trust

7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite 100

Scottsdale, AZ 85258-2034
1-800-992-0180

[Date]

April 21, 2021

Dear Shareholder:

On behalf of the Board of Trustees, we

You are pleased to invite you to the annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Voya Prime Rate Trust (the “Fund”). The Annual Meeting is scheduled for [ ], local time, on [ ], at [ ].

At the Annual Meeting, shareholders of the Fund will be asked to elect eight nominees to the Board, each of whom is a current Trustee of the Fund (the “Board's Nominees”). If properly presented at the Annual Meeting, shareholders will also be asked to vote on a proposal submitted by a fund managed by Saba Capital Management, L.P., a New York-based activist adviser (the “Saba Hedge Fund”). The Saba Hedge Fund’s proposal requests that the Board consider authorizing a self-tender offer for 40% of the outstanding shares of the Fund at or close to net asset value (the “Saba Hedge Fund Proposal”).
Formal notice of the Annual Meeting appears [on the next page], followed by the proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”). The proposals are discussed in detail in the enclosed Proxy Statement, which you should read carefully.
After careful consideration, the Board recommends you vote “FOR” the Board’s Nominees and “AGAINST” the Saba Hedge Fund Proposal by voting the enclosed WHITE Proxy Ballot and returning it to us or by using the other voting options discussed in the Proxy Statement.
THIS MEETING IS IMPORTANT. THE SABA HEDGE FUND HAS NOTIFIED THE FUND OF ITS INTENTION TO NOMINATE INDIVIDUALS FOR ELECTION AS TRUSTEES AT THE ANNUAL MEETING (THE “SABA HEDGE FUND NOMINEES”). IF ELECTED, THOSE INDIVIDUALS WOULD REPLACE THE ENTIRE EXISTING BOARD. THE BOARD DOES NOT ENDORSE THE SABA HEDGE FUND NOMINEES.
You may receive solicitation materials from the Saba Hedge Fund, including proxy statements and proxy ballots. We are not responsible for the accuracy of any information provided by or relating to the Saba Hedge Fund or its nominees contained in solicitation materials filed or disseminated by or on behalf of the Saba Hedge Fund or any other statements the Saba Hedge Fund or its representatives may make. The Board unanimously recommends that you vote “AGAINST” the Saba Hedge Fund Nominees by voting “FOR” the election of each of the Board’s Nominees using the enclosed WHITE Proxy Ballot or by following the instructions to submit a proxy ballot for your shares over the internet or by telephone or by voting at the Annual Meeting.

Please do not send back any Proxy Ballot of a color other than white, even to withhold votes on the Saba Hedge Fund Nominees. Voting to “withhold” with respect to a Saba Hedge Fund Nominee on Saba Hedge Fund’s Proxy Ballot is not the same as voting “FOR” the Board’s Nominees and doing so may cancel your prior vote for the Board’s Nominees. If you have already returned the Saba Hedge Fund’s Proxy Ballot (which will be of a color other than white), you can still support your Board and the Fund by using the enclosed WHITE Proxy Ballot. Only your latest dated Proxy Ballot will count.
Having your shares represented and voted at the Annual Meeting is extremely important. Whether or not you plancordially invited to attend the Annual Meeting, and in order to facilitate timely receipt of your vote given the potential impact of COVID-19, please vote as soon as possible. You are urged to date, sign and return the WHITE Proxy Ballot in the envelope provided to you, or to vote by internet or by telephone as described in this Proxy Statement, even if you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, so that your shares can be voted regardless of whether you attend the Annual Meeting. Voting now will not limit your right to change your vote or to attend the Annual Meeting; if you should be present at the Annual Meeting and desire to vote, you may withdraw your proxy at such time. Only the latest validly executed Proxy Ballot that you timely submit will be counted. If your shares are held in the name of a broker, bank or other holder of record, follow the voting instructions you received from the holder of record in order to vote your shares.
We appreciate your participation and prompt response in this matter and thank you for your continued support.
If you have any questions or need assistance voting your shares, please contact Georgeson LLC, the Fund’s proxy solicitor at 1-877-278-4775.
Sincerely,
Dina Santoro
President

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Notice of AnnualSpecial Meeting of Shareholders
of
Voya Prime Rate Trust
7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite 100
Scottsdale, AZ 85258-2034
1-800-992-0180
Scheduled for [ ]
To the Shareholders:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual“Special Meeting”) of Voya Prime Rate Trust (the “Fund”) is scheduled for [ ], local timeto be held on [ ]May 21, 2021 at [ ].
3:00 p.m, Eastern Time. You will be able to participate in the Special Meeting, vote and submit your questions via live webcast by visiting https://www.viewproxy.com/voya/broadridgevsm/.

At the AnnualSpecial Meeting, shareholders of the Fund (“Shareholders”) will vote on a proposal to approve a new investment management agreement between the Fund and Saba Capital Management, L.P. (“Saba”) (the “New Management Agreement”). The Fund’s current investment adviser, Voya Investments, LLC (“VIL”), and the Fund’s current sub-adviser, Voya Investment Management Co. LLC (“Voya IM”), have submitted their respective resignations, effective as of June 22, 2021 and such resignation was accepted by the Board. The VIL and Voya IM resignations followed a request for proposal process undertaken by a strategic committee established by the Board of Trustees. At this juncture, VIL and Voya IM determined to submit their resignations as adviser and sub-adviser to the Fund, respectively, as they concluded that engaging a new investment manager to be appropriate in light of the Board’s direction for the Fund.

At meetings of the Board of Trustees of the Fund (the “Board”) held on March 22, 2021 and April 1, 2021, respectively, the independent members of the Board, after careful consideration, determined to select Saba to serve as investment manager of the Fund and to assume responsibility for providing the investment management services that are now provided to the Fund by VIL and Voya IM (the “Adviser Transition”), and to approve the New Management Agreement in connection with such Adviser Transition. The New Management Agreement must also be approved by Shareholders to become effective.

As described in the accompanying Proxy Statement, the terms of the New Management Agreement differ from the terms of the current investment management agreement between the Fund and VIL in view of revisions necessary to bring the New Management Agreement in line with recent market precedent in the registered closed-end fund space, and to reflect the fact that the Fund expects to retain a third-party administrator to provide administrative services to the Fund as part of the Adviser Transition. Effective upon the Adviser Transition date, all investment management and administrative services will no longer be provided by VIL and Voya IM. There will be asked:

1.To elect eight nominees, each of which is a current Trustee of the Fund (the “Board’s Nominees”)no change in fees payable by the Fund under the New Management Agreement, nor is it expected that the Fund will bear any increase in the aggregate amount of other fees or expenses as a result of the Adviser Transition. In addition, Saba expects to enter into an expense limitation agreement with the Fund, to be effective upon consummation of the Adviser Transition, on substantially the same terms as the current expense limitation agreement.The expense cap in the Saba expense limitation agreement mirrors that of the Fund’s current expense limitation agreement and therefore the total fees and expenses borne by the Fund are expected to remain the same. The aggregate fees and expenses would, however, increase in the absence of a new expense limitation agreement.

The Board, including a majority of non-interested trustees, has approved the New Management Agreement and believes it to be in the best interests of the Fund and itsShareholders. Subject to obtaining approval by Shareholders of the New Management Agreement, and to the satisfaction of various other conditions that are described in the enclosed Proxy Statement, it is expected that the Adviser Transition will be effected on or about the date of the Special Meeting, May 21, 2021, but in no event later than June 22, 2021. This proposal is explained more fully in the accompanying Proxy Statement. Shareholders are also being asked to approve changes to certain fundamental policies of the Fund, in order to provide the Fund with greater investment flexibility subsequent to the Adviser Transition. In addition, Shareholders are being asked to approve a change of the Fund’s investment objective.

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In connection with the Adviser Transition, the Board requested that the Fund begin to liquidate a portion of its portfolio to provide additional liquidity and investment flexibility subsequent to completion of the Adviser Transition. Accordingly, as of March 31, 2021, approximately $76.3 Million, representing approximately 12.7% of the Fund’s investment portfolio, was held in cash or cash equivalents, and up to 30% of the Fund’s portfolio may ultimately consist of cash and cash equivalents immediately prior to completion of the Adviser Transition. As a result, the Fund’s expected average yield on its investments and corresponding net investment income available for distribution to shareholders will likely be reduced on a temporary basis.

Following the completion of the Adviser Transition, the Fund’s name will change to the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of the Fund; and

Proposal submitted by Saba Capital CEFIncome & Opportunities 1, Ltd. (the “Saba Hedge Fund”)
2.If properly presented at the Annual Meeting, to vote on the Saba Hedge Fund’s precatory proposal relating to a tender offer.
Please readFund. The common shares of the Fund will continue to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange, although the ticker symbol will change upon the change in the name of the Fund to BRW. Further details regarding the business to be conducted at the Special Meeting are more fully described in the accompanying Notice of Special Meeting and Proxy Statement.

It is important that your shares be represented at the Special Meeting. If you are unable to attend the Special Meeting virtually, I urge you to complete, date and sign the enclosed proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”) carefullycard and promptly return it in the envelope provided, vote your shares by telephone, or vote via the Internet. Your vote is important.

Sincerely yours,

Andrew Kellerman

Chairperson of the Board and Trustee

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for information concerning the proposalsSpecial Meeting of

Shareholders to be placed before the Annual Meeting. Be Held on May 21, 2021.

This Proxy Statement and formNotice of Proxy Ballot were first sent or giventhe Special Meeting of Shareholders are

available at: www.proxyvote.com.

The following information applicable to shareholdersthe Special Meeting may be found in the proxy statement and accompanying proxy card:

The date, time and location of the meeting;

A list of the matters intended to be acted on or about [ ], 2020.and our recommendations regarding those matters;

After careful consideration, the Board recommends

Any control/identification numbers that you need to access your proxy card; and

Information about attending the meeting and voting.

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Voya Prime Rate Trust

7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite 100

Scottsdale, AZ 85258-2034

April 21, 2021

NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

TO BE HELD ON MAY 21, 2021

To the Shareholders of Voya Prime Rate Trust:

The Special Meeting of Shareholders (the “Special Meeting”) of Voya Prime Rate Trust (the “Fund”) will be held on May 21, 2021 at 3:00 p.m., Eastern Time for the following purposes:

1.

To approve the New Investment Management Agreement between the Fund and Saba Capital Management, L.P.;

2.

To remove the Fund’s fundamental investment restriction relating to investing in warrants;

3.

To remove the Fund’s fundamental investment restriction relating to purchasing or selling equity securities, engaging in short-selling and the use of certain option arrangements;

4.

To remove the Fund’s fundamental investment restriction relating to investing in other investment companies;

5.

To approve changing the Fund’s sub-classification under the Investment Company Act of 1940 from “diversified” to “non-diversified”;

6.

To approve a change of the Fund’s investment objective and to make the investment objective non-fundamental;

7.

To approve the adjournment of the Special Meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies; and

8.

To transact such other business as may properly come before the Special Meeting, or any postponement or adjournment thereof.

You will be able to participate in the Special Meeting, vote “FOR”and submit your questions via live webcast by visiting https://www.viewproxy.com/voya/broadridgevsm/. Prior to the election of the Board’s Nominees and “AGAINST” the Saba Hedge Fund Proposal.

THIS MEETING IS IMPORTANT. THE SABA HEDGE FUND HAS NOTIFIED THE FUND OF ITS INTENTION TO NOMINATE INDIVIDUALS FOR ELECTION AS TRUSTEES AT THE ANNUAL MEETING (THE “SABA HEDGE FUND NOMINEES”). IF ELECTED, THOSE INDIVIDUALS WOULD REPLACE THE ENTIRE EXISTING BOARD. Special Meeting you will be able to vote electronically at www.proxyvote.com.

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THE BOARD DOES NOT ENDORSEOF TRUSTEES, INCLUDING THE SABA HEDGE FUND NOMINEES.NON-INTERESTED

Please do not send back any Proxy Ballot of a color other than white, even to withhold votes on the Saba Hedge Fund Nominees. Voting to “withhold” with respect to a Saba Hedge Fund Nominee on Saba Hedge Fund’s Proxy Ballot TRUSTEES,

UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “FOR” EACH OF THE PROPOSALS.

Each proposal is not the same as voting “FOR” the Board’s Nominees and doing so may cancel your prior vote for the Board’s Nominees. If you have already returned the Saba Hedge Fund’s Proxy Ballot (which will be of a color other than white), you can still support your Board and the Fund by usingdiscussed in greater detail in the enclosed WHITEProxy Ballot. Only your latest dated Proxy Ballot will count.


Shareholders of record as ofStatement. You have the close of business on [ ], are entitledright to receive notice of and to vote at the AnnualSpecial Meeting if you were a shareholder of record at the close of business on March 8, 2021. Whether or not you expect to attend the meeting virtually, please sign the enclosed proxy and return it promptly in the self-addressed envelope provided, or submit your vote by calling toll free at the telephone number indicated on the enclosed proxy card, or submit your vote through the Internet website as indicated on the proxy card. Instructions are alsoshown on the proxy card. In the event there are not sufficient votes for a quorum or to approve any of the foregoing proposals at the time of the Special Meeting, the Special Meeting may be adjourned in order to permit further solicitation of proxies by the Fund.

By Order of the Board of Trustees,

Andrew Kellerman

Chairperson of the Board and Trustee

New York, New York

April 21, 2021

This is an important meeting. To ensure proper representation at the meeting, please complete, sign, date and return the proxy card in the enclosed, self-addressed envelope, vote your shares by telephone, or vote via the Internet. Even if you vote your shares prior to the Special Meeting, you still may attend the meeting virtually and vote your shares.

If you have any questions about the special meeting or any of the proposals after reading the accompanying proxy statement, please contact our proxy solicitor, Innisfree M&A Incorporated:

Innisfree M&A Incorporated

501 Madison Avenue, 20th floor

New York, New York 10022

Shareholders may call toll free: (877) 825-8964

Banks and Brokers may call collect: (212) 750-5833

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GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE SPECIAL MEETING AND VOTING

Q1: Why did you send me this proxy statement?

A:

The Fund sent you this proxy statement and the enclosed proxy card because the Board is soliciting your proxy to vote at the Special Meeting. The Special Meeting will be held on May 21, 2021 at 3:00 p.m., Eastern Time. You will be able to participate in the Special Meeting, vote and submit your questions via live webcast by visiting https://www.viewproxy.com/voya/broadridgevsm/.

This proxy statement summarizes the information regarding the matters to be voted upon at the Special Meeting. However, you do not need to attend the Special Meeting to vote your shares. You may simply complete, sign, and return the enclosed proxy card, or submit your vote by calling toll free at the telephone number indicated on the enclosed proxy card, or vote your shares through the Internet, as indicated on the proxy card.

As of March 8, 2021, the date for determining shareholders of the Fund (“Shareholders”) entitled to vote at the Special Meeting (the “Record Date”), there were 121,775,465.7790 of the Fund’s common shares of beneficial interest. If you owned shares on the Record Date, you are entitled to one vote for each whole share you owned as of that date and any adjournmentsfractional share shall be entitled to a proportionate fractional vote. The Fund began mailing this proxy statement on or postponements thereof. Your attentionabout April 21, 2021 to all Shareholders entitled to vote their shares at the Special Meeting.

Q2: What am I being asked to vote on?

A:

At the Special Meeting, Shareholders are being asked to vote for the following proposals:

1.

To approve the New Investment Management Agreement between the Fund and Saba Capital Management, L.P.;

2.

To remove the Fund’s fundamental investment restriction relating to investing in warrants;

3.

To remove the Fund’s fundamental investment restriction relating to purchasing or selling equity securities, engaging in short-selling and the use of certain option arrangements;

4.

To remove the Fund’s fundamental investment restriction relating to investing in other investment companies;

5.

To approve changing the Fund’s sub-classification under the Investment Company Act of 1940 from “diversified” to “non-diversified”;

6.

To approve a change of the Fund’s investment objective and to make the investment objective non-fundamental;

7.

To approve the adjournment of the Special Meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies; and

8.

To transact such other business as may properly come before the Special Meeting, or any postponement or adjournment thereof.

Q3: What is calledthe quorum requirement for the Special Meeting?

A:

A quorum of Shareholders must be present at the Special Meeting for any business to be conducted. The presence at the Special Meeting, virtually or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of the shares outstanding on the Record Date will constitute a quorum. Abstentions will be treated as shares present for quorum purposes. However, abstentions will be disregarded in determining the “votes cast” on a proposal and will not affect the outcome.

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If a quorum is not present at the Special Meeting, the Shareholders who are represented may adjourn the Special Meeting until a quorum is present. The persons named as proxies will vote those proxies for such adjournment, unless marked to be voted against any proposal for which an adjournment is sought, to permit the further solicitation of proxies. On the Record Date, there were 121,775,465.7790 of the Fund’s shares outstanding and entitled to vote. Thus, 60,887,733.8895 shares must be represented by Shareholders present at the Special Meeting or by proxy to have a quorum.

Q4: What is the Adviser Transition

A:

As discussed in more detail in the enclosed Proxy Statement, the Fund’s current investment adviser, Voya Investments, LLC (“VIL”), and the Fund’s current sub-adviser, Voya Investment Management Co. LLC (“Voya IM”), have submitted their respective resignations, effective as of June 22, 2021 and such resignation was accepted by the Board. The VIL and Voya IM resignations followed a request for proposal process undertaken by a strategic committee established by the Board of Trustees. At this juncture, VIL and Voya IM determined to submit their resignations as adviser and sub-adviser to the Fund, respectively, as they concluded that engaging a new investment manager to be appropriate in light of the Board’s direction for the Fund.

Thus, at meetings of the Board held on March 22, 2021 and April 1, 2021, respectively, the independent members of the Board, after careful consideration, determined to select Saba to serve as investment adviser of the Fund and to assume responsibility for providing investment management services that are now provided to the accompanying Proxy Statement.Fund by VIL and Voya IM (the “Adviser Transition”), and approve a new investment management agreement (the “New Management Agreement”) in connection with such Adviser Transition. The New Management Agreement must be approved by Shareholders to become effective.

The terms of the New Management Agreement differ from the terms of the current investment management agreement between the Fund and VIL in view of revisions necessary to bring the New Management Agreement in line with recent market precedent in the registered closed-end fund space, and to reflect the fact that the Fund expects to retain a third-party administrator to provide administrative services to the Fund as part of the Adviser Transition. Effective upon the Adviser Transition date, all investment management and administrative services will no longer be provided by VIL and Voya IM.

Q5: Why am I being asked to vote on the New Management Agreement?

A:

The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) requires that a new investment management agreement be approved by both a majority of an investment company’s “non-interested” trustees and “a majority of the outstanding voting securities,” as such terms are defined under the 1940 Act. Therefore, Shareholders are being asked to approve the New Management Agreement with Saba. The Board of Trustees believes that approval of the New Management Agreement will provide the benefits to the Fund discussed below. The Board of Trustees, including a majority of Non-interested Trustees (as defined in the enclosed Proxy Statement), has approved the New Management Agreement and believes it to be in the best interests of the Fund and its Shareholders.

Q6: What are the benefits of the Adviser Transition to the Fund and its Shareholders?

A:

In evaluating the New Management Agreement, the Board of Trustees considered materials detailing Saba’s background and investment experience as a firm generally, as well as the experience of its senior management team.

Saba is a registered investment adviser founded in 2009. Saba is a spin-out of a proprietary investing group founded by Boaz Weinstein at Deutsche Bank in 1998. Saba manages $3.2 billion across four core strategies: Credit Relative Value, Tail Hedge, SPACs and Closed-End Funds. Saba’s investors are predominantly institutions and include public and corporate pension plans, endowments and foundations, family offices, banks and insurers, bank private wealth platforms, fund of funds and certain high net worth individuals.

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Upon consummation of the Adviser Transition, the Fund will be led by the senior management team of Saba, including Boaz Weinstein, Pierre Weinstein, Andrew Kellerman, Michael D’Angelo, Xavier Riera and Nitin Sapru. Boaz Weinstein will replace Dina Santoro as President of the Fund and Pierre Weinstein will replace Michael Bell as Chief Executive Officer. Boaz Weinstein, Pierre Weinstein (no relation to Boaz) and Paul Kazarian will serve as portfolio managers of the Fund.

The Board of Trustees discussed Saba’s qualifications and considered its philosophy of management, historical performance, and methods of operations, and considered the following potential benefits to the Fund and its Shareholders:

The Fund may benefit from Saba’s extensive expertise in the credit space generally.

Having

The Fund may also benefit from Saba’s sophisticated investment advisory platform and resources, including its experience analyzing alternative opportunistic investments that may provide attractive risk-adjusted returns in addition to the Fund’s core credit focus.

Saba is well capitalized and is able to attract and retain personnel necessary to provide quality investment advisory services to the Fund.

Q7: What are the conditions of the Adviser Transition?

A:

The consummation of the Adviser Transition is subject to approval of the New Management Agreement by the Fund’s Shareholders. It is expected the Adviser Transition will be effected on or about the date of the Special Meeting, May, 21, 2021, but in no event later than June 22, 2021. Between the Adviser Transition and June 22, 2021, all investment management activity will be provided by Saba pursuant to the New Management Agreement and all administrative services are expected to be provided by a third-party administrator. Effective upon the Adviser Transition date, all investment management and administrative services will no longer be provided by VIL and Voya IM. VIL will continue to be paid under its investment management agreement through June 22, 2021, however such payment will not be borne by shareholders during the period between the Adviser Transition and June 22, 2021, because of the New Expense Limitation Agreement.

Q8: How will the Adviser Transition affect the Fund’s investment objective and strategy?

A:

In connection with the Adviser Transition, and as described in the enclosed Proxy Statement, Shareholders are being asked to approve the removal of certain fundamental policies of the Fund, in order to provide the Fund with greater investment flexibility. In addition, Shareholders are being asked to approve a change to the investment objective of the Fund and to make the investment objective non-fundamental. If approved by Shareholders, subsequent to the Adviser Transition, the Fund’s investment objective will be to seek to provide investors with a high level of current income, with a secondary goal of capital appreciation. Saba has indicated that it intends to seek to achieve the Fund’s investment objective by investing in credit investments similar to those presently held by the Fund, while also opportunistically targeting certain debt investments and equity investments in market sectors, such as in the registered closed-end fund and special purpose acquisition company, or “SPAC”, spaces, where it believes it can achieve attractive risk-adjusted returns that augment the Fund’s primary credit focus.

Q9: Will the Fund continue to be publicly traded after the Adviser Transition?

A:

Yes. The shares of the Fund will continue to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the new ticker symbol BRW.

Q10: Will the Fund’s name change?

A:

The Board has approved the change in the Fund’s name to “Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund,” subject to and effective upon the completion of the Adviser Transition.

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Q11: Will the management fees payable to Saba under the New Management Agreement increase as a result of the Adviser Transition?

A:

No. The management fee payable under the New Management Agreement will remain at an annual rate of 1.05% of the Fund’s average daily gross asset value, minus the sum of the Fund’s accrued and unpaid dividends on any outstanding preferred shares and accrued liabilities (other than liabilities for the principal amount of any borrowings incurred, commercial paper or notes issued by the Fund and the liquidation preference of any outstanding preferred shares).

Q12: How does the Board of Trustees recommend that I vote with respect to the proposal to approve the New Management Agreement?

A:

In evaluating the New Management Agreement, the Board of Trustees reviewed certain materials furnished by Saba. The Board of Trustees discussed the philosophy of management, historical performance, and methods of operations, and believes that the New Management Agreement is in the best interests of the Fund and its Shareholders. Accordingly, after careful consideration, the Board of Trustees unanimously recommends that you vote “FOR” the proposal to approve the New Management Agreement.

Q13: Do any of the Fund’s trustees or officers have an interest in the approval of the New Management Agreement that is different from that of the Fund’s Shareholders generally?

A:

As described in this proxy statement under “Conflicts of Interests of Our Trustees in the Adviser Transition” beginning on page 27, two of the members of the Board of Trustees are employed by Saba, and accordingly these Trustees have conflicts of interests in connection with the vote on the New Management Agreement. As a result of such conflicts, a special committee consisting solely of Trustees who have no affiliation with Saba initially reviewed Saba’s proposal to become investment adviser to the Fund, and recommended Saba’s appointment to the full Board.

Q14: Will the Fund bear the costs associated with the Adviser Transition and the Special Meeting?

A:

No. Saba will bear the costs associated with the board and shareholder approval process, including the costs and expenses incurred in connection with preparing and mailing the Proxy Statement and soliciting the Shareholder votes in connection with the Special Meeting.

Q15: How do I vote by proxy and how many votes do I have?

A:

If you properly sign and date the accompanying proxy card, and the Fund receives it in time for the Special Meeting, the persons named as proxies on the proxy card will vote the shares in the manner that you specified. If you sign the proxy card, but do not make specific choices, the shares represented by such proxy will be voted as recommended by the Board of Trustees. You may also vote your shares by calling toll free or through the Internet by following the instructions set forth on the enclosed proxy card.

If your shares are registered in the name of a bank or brokerage firm, you will receive a copy of the Proxy Statement, either by paper or electronically, and you may be eligible to vote your shares electronically via the Internet or by telephone by following the instructions set forth on your voting instruction form.

If you require assistance with voting proxy or have any questions about the special meeting, please contact our proxy solicitor, Innisfree M&A Incorporated, toll-free at (877) 825-8964.

If any other matter is presented, the shares represented andby such proxy will be voted in accordance with the best judgment of the person or persons exercising authority conferred by the proxy at the AnnualSpecial Meeting. You have one vote for each share that you own on the Record Date. The proxy card indicates the number of shares that you owned on the Record Date.

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Q16: What does it mean if I receive more than one proxy card?

A:

If you receive more than one proxy card, your shares are registered in more than one name or are registered in different accounts. Please complete, sign and return each proxy card to ensure that all of your shares are voted.

Q17: May I revoke my proxy?

A:

Yes. You may change your mind after you send in your proxy card or authorize your shares by telephone, through the Internet or at the Special Meeting by following these procedures. To revoke your proxy:

deliver a written revocation notice prior to 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on May 20, 2021 to our proxy tabulator, Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.; indicate your revocation prior to 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on May 20, 2021 by calling toll free at 800-690-6903 or through the Internet website www.proxyvote.com; deliver a later-dated proxy by following the instructions on your proxy card; or

vote virtually at the Special Meeting is extremely important. Whetheron May 21, 2021. If you hold common shares through a broker, bank or notother nominee, you plan to attendmust follow the Annual Meeting, andinstructions you receive from your broker, bank or other nominee in order to facilitate timely receiptrevoke your voting instructions.

Q18: What is the difference between holding shares as a shareholder of your vote given the potential impact of COVID-19, please voterecord and as soon as possible.a beneficial owner?

A:

Shareholders of Record. You are a shareholder of record if at the close of business on the Record Date your shares were registered directly in your name with our transfer agent, BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

Beneficial Owner. You are urged to date, sign and returna beneficial owner if at the WHITE Proxy Ballot inclose of business on the envelope provided to you, or to vote by internet or by telephone as described in this Proxy Statement, even if you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, so thatRecord Date your shares can be voted regardless of whether you attend the Annual Meeting. Voting now willwere held by a bank, brokerage firm or other nominee and not limitin your right to change your vote or to attend the Annual Meeting; if you should be present at the Annual Meeting and desire to vote, you may withdraw your proxy at such time. Only the latest validly executed Proxy Ballotname. Being a beneficial owner means that you timely submit will be counted. If your shares are held in “street name.” As the name of a broker,beneficial owner, you have the right to direct your bank, brokerage firm or other holder of record, follownominee how to vote your shares by following the voting instructions your bank, brokerage firm or other nominee provides. If you received from the holder of record in orderdo not provide your bank, brokerage firm or other nominee with instructions on how to vote your shares.

shares, your bank, brokerage firm or other nominee will not be able to vote your shares with respect to any of the proposals. Please see “What if I do not specify how my shares are to be voted?” for additional information.

Q19: What will happen if I do not vote my shares?

A:

Shareholders of Record. If you are the shareholder of record of your shares and you do not vote by proxy card, via telephone or the Internet or virtually at the Special Meeting, your shares will not be voted at the Special Meeting.

Beneficial OwnersIf you are the beneficial owner of your shares, your broker or nominee may vote your shares only on those proposals on which it has discretion to vote. “Broker non-votes” represent votes that could have been cast on a particular matter by a brokerage firm, as a shareholder of record, but that were not cast because the brokerage firm lacked discretionary voting authority on the matter and did not receive voting instructions from the beneficial owner of the shares. Under the rules of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), your brokerage firm or other nominee does not have discretion to vote your shares on non-routine matters such as Proposals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7. Accordingly, there will be no broker non-votes with respect to Proposals 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7.

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Q20: What is the vote required for each proposal?

Proposal

Vote Required

Broker

Discretionary

Voting

Allowed?

Effect of

Abstentions

Proposal 1 — To approve the New Investment Management Agreement between the Fund and Saba Capital Management, L.P.;

Affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding common shares entitled to vote at the Special Meeting.*

No

Abstentions will have the effect of a vote against this proposal.

Proposal 2 — To remove the Fund’s fundamental investment restriction relating to investing in warrants;

Affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding common shares entitled to vote at the Special Meeting.

No

Abstentions will have the effect of a vote against this proposal.

Proposal 3 — To remove the Fund’s fundamental investment restriction relating to purchasing or selling equity securities, engaging in short-selling and the use of certain option arrangements;

Affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding common shares entitled to vote at the Special Meeting.

No

Abstentions will have the effect of a vote against this proposal.

Proposal 4 — To remove the Fund’s fundamental investment restriction relating to investing in other investment companies;

Affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding common shares entitled to vote at the Special Meeting.

No

Abstentions will have the effect of a vote against this proposal.

Proposal 5 — To approve changing the Fund’s sub-classification under the Investment Company Act of 1940 from “diversified” to “non-diversified”;

Affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding common shares entitled to vote at the Special Meeting.

No

Abstentions will have the effect of a vote against this proposal.

Proposal 6 — To approve a change of the investment objective and to make the investment objective non-fundamental;

Affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding common shares entitled to vote at the Special Meeting.

No

Abstentions will have the effect of a vote against this proposal.

Proposal 7 — To approve the adjournment of the Special Meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies.

Affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the votes cast at the Special Meeting.

No

Abstentions will have the effect of a vote against this proposal.

*

For purposes of this proposal, consistent with the 1940 Act, “a majority of the outstanding common shares is the lesser of: (i) 67% or more of our common shares present at the Special Meeting if the holders of more than 50% of our outstanding common shares are present or represented by proxy, or (ii) more than 50% of our outstanding common shares.

Since banks, brokerage firms or other nominees do not have discretion to vote on Proposals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6, if you do not provide voting instructions to your bank, brokerage firm or other nominee, your shares will not be voted at the Special Meeting and will not be counted as present for purposes of meeting the quorum requirement.

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Q21: What if I do not specify how my shares are to be voted?

A:

Shareholders of Record. If you are a shareholder of record and you submit a proxy, but you do not provide voting instructions, your shares will be voted as follows:

Proposal 1 — FOR the approval of the New Investment Management Agreement between the Fund and Saba Capital Management, LP;

Proposal 2 — FOR the removal of the Fund’s fundamental investment restriction relating to investing in warrants;

Proposal 3 — FOR the removal of the Fund’s fundamental investment restriction relating to purchasing or selling equity securities, engaging in short-selling and the use of certain option arrangements;

Proposal 4 — FOR the removal of the Fund’s fundamental investment restriction relating to investing in other investment companies;

Proposal 5 — FOR the approval of changing the investment objective and making the investment objective non-fundamental;

Proposal 6 — FOR the adjournment of the Special Meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies; and

In the discretion of the named proxies regarding any other matters properly presented for a vote at the Special Meeting.

Beneficial Owners. If you are a beneficial owner and you do not provide the bank, brokerage firm or other nominee that holds your shares with voting instructions, the bank, brokerage firm or other nominee will determine if it has the discretionary authority to vote on the particular matter. Under the NYSE’s rules, banks, brokerage firms and other nominees do not have discretion to vote on non-routine matters such as Proposals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7. Accordingly, if you do not provide voting instructions to your bank, brokerage firm or other nominee, your bank, brokerage firm or other nominee will not vote your shares on Proposals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 and your shares will not be counted as present for purposes of meeting the quorum requirement.

Q22: What are abstentions and broker non-votes?

A:

An abstention represents action by a shareholder to refrain from voting “for” or “against” a proposal. “Broker non-votes” represent votes that could have been cast on a particular matter by a brokerage firm, as a shareholder of record, but that were not cast because the brokerage firm (i) lacked discretionary voting authority on the matter and did not receive voting instructions from the beneficial owner of the shares, or (ii) had discretionary voting authority but nevertheless refrained from voting on the matter. Since brokerage firms do not have discretion to vote on non-routine matters such as Proposals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 (and consequently there will be no broker non-votes with respect to Proposals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6), if you do not provide voting instructions to your brokerage firm, your shares will not be voted at the Special Meeting and will not be counted as present for purposes of meeting the quorum requirement.

Q23: What will happen if Proposal 1 is not approved

A:

If the New Management Agreement is not approved by Shareholders, the Board will consider such other actions, including the approval of an investment management agreement with a firm other than Saba, as it determines to be in the best interests of the Fund and Shareholders. The Board may also determine to approve an interim investment management agreement to enable Saba to serve as investment adviser of the Fund following the resignation of VIL. However, an interim agreement may remain in effect for a period of not more than 150 days, and a new investment management agreement must be approved by the Board and by Shareholders for Saba to continue to serve as adviser to the Fund after expiration of the term of the interim agreement.

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Q24: What will happen if Proposals 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 are not approved?

A:

If Proposals 2, 3, or 4 are not approved, the relevant investment restriction will remain unchanged. If Proposal 5 is not approved, the Fund’s sub-classification will remain diversified. If Proposal 6 is not approved, the investment objective will remain unchanged and will remain fundamental.

Q25: How do I find out the results of the voting at the Special Meeting?

A:

Preliminary voting results will be announced at the Special Meeting. Final voting results will be included in the semi-annual report of the Fund for the period ended August 31, 2021, which will be sent to Shareholders on or before October 30, 2021.

Q26: Who should I call if I have any questions or need assistance voting your shares, please contact Georgeson LLC, the Fund’s proxy solicitor, at 1-877-278-4775.

By Order of the Board of Trustees
Huey P. Falgout, Jr.
questions?

A:

If you have any questions about the Special Meeting, voting or your ownership of the Fund’s common shares, please contact Innisfree M&A Incorporated:

Innisfree M&A Incorporated

501 Madison Avenue, 20th floor

New York, New York 10022

Shareholders may call toll free: (877) Secretary825-8964

[Date]
*****
When you sign the WHITE Proxy Ballot, please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) on the WHITE Proxy Ballot,

Banks and date the WHITE Proxy Ballot. When shares are held jointly, each shareholder should sign. When signing as attorney, executor, guardian, administrator, trustee, officer of a corporation or other entity or in another representative capacity, please give your full title under your signature.

*****
NOTICE REGARDING POTENTIAL IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON ANNUAL MEETING
As part of our effort to maintain a safe and heathy environment at the Annual Meeting, Voya Prime Rate Trust and the Board of Trustees are actively monitoring the health, transportation and other logistical issues raised by the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (“COVID-19”) and its potential impact on our Annual Meeting. IN LIGHT OF THE POTENTIAL DISRUPTIONS, YOU ARE URGED TO DATE, SIGN AND RETURN THE WHITE PROXY BALLOT IN THE ENVELOPE PROVIDED TO YOU, OR TO VOTE BY INTERNET OR TELEPHONE AS DESCRIBED IN THIS PROXY

Brokers may call collect: (212) 750-5833

 

STATEMENT, EVEN IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING IN PERSON, SO THAT YOUR SHARES CAN BE VOTED REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT YOU ATTEND THE MEETING IN PERSON.
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, governmental restrictions may limit our ability, or we may determine it is imprudent, to permit shareholders to attend our meeting in person.

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PROXY STATEMENT  
[Date]  
Voya Prime Rate Trust  
7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite 100

Scottsdale, AZ 85258-2034
1-800-992-0180


Annual

April 21, 2021

PROXY STATEMENT

Special Meeting of Shareholders
Scheduled for [ ]


Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials
for the Shareholder Meeting to be Held on [ ]

This Proxy Statement and Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders are
available at: www.proxy-direct.com/voy-31357


Table of Contents
Introduction1
Why did you send me this booklet?1
What proposals will be considered at the Annual Meeting?1
Who is eligible to vote?1
How do I vote?1
When and where will the Annual Meeting be held?2
How can I obtain more information about the Fund?3
Who are the service providers to the Fund?3
Proposal One – Election of the Board’s Nominees5
What is Proposal One?5
Who are the Board’s Nominees and what are their qualifications?5
How long will the Trustees serve on the Board?9
What is the required vote to elect the Trustees?9
What is the Board’s recommendation?10
Proposal Two – The Saba Hedge Fund Proposal11
What is the Saba Hedge Fund Proposal?11
Does the Board have a recommendation regarding the Saba Hedge Fund Proposal?12
What is the required vote to approve the Saba Hedge Fund Proposal?17
Further Information about the Trustees and Officers18
General Information about the Proxy Statement26
Who is asking for my vote?26
How is my proxy being solicited?26
What happens to my WHITE Proxy Ballot once I submit it?26
Can I revoke my proxy after I submit it?26
How will my shares be voted?27
How will the meeting be conducted?27
How many shares are outstanding?27
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance28
Shareholder Communications with the Board28
What is the deadline to submit a proposal for the 2021 Annual Meeting?28
Who are the Fund’s independent public accountants?29
Why did my household only receive one copy of this Proxy Statement?31
Who pays for this proxy solicitation?31
Appendix A: Board’s Nominees32
Appendix B: Trustee Compensation Table36
Appendix C: Shares Owned by Trustees38
Appendix D: Officers39
Appendix E: Shares Outstanding45
Appendix F: 5 Percent Beneficial Ownership46
Appendix G: Fees Paid to the Independent Registered Public Accountants47
Appendix H: Supplemental Information Regarding Participants49
Appendix I: Charter of the Voya Funds Audit Committee51
Appendix J: Charter of the Voya Funds Nominating and Governance Committee64

Introduction
Why did you send me this booklet?
This booklet includes a proxy statement (“Proxy Statement”) and a WHITE Proxy Ballot (the “WHITE Proxy Ballot”) for the Fund. This booklet is furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of the Fund of proxies to be votedVoya Prime Rate Trust. (the “Fund,” “we,” “us” or “our”) for use at the AnnualFund’s Special Meeting of Shareholders (the “Special Meeting”) of the FundVoya Prime Rate Trust (the “Fund”) to be held on May 21, 2021 at [ ],3:00 p.m., Eastern Time. You will be able to participate in the Special Meeting, vote and submit your questions via live webcast by visiting https://www.viewproxy.com/voya/broadridgevsm/. This Proxy Statement and the accompanying proxy card are first being sent to Shareholders on [ ]or about April 21, 2021. This Proxy Statement is also available on the proxy tabulator’s website at [ ], local time,www.proxyvote.com.

We encourage you to vote your shares, either by voting virtually at the Special Meeting or by granting a proxy (i.e., authorizing someone to vote your shares). If you properly sign and at any adjournmentsdate the accompanying proxy card, or postponements thereof, and it provides you with information you should review before providingotherwise provide voting instructions, either via the Internet or by telephone, and the Fund receives it in time for the Special Meeting, the persons named as proxies will vote the shares registered directly in your name in the manner that you specified. If you give no instructions on the proxy card, the shares covered by the proxy card will be voted FOR the matters listed in the accompanying Notice of AnnualSpecial Meeting of Shareholders. The words “you” and “shareholder”Shareholders.

If your shares are usedregistered in thisthe name of a bank or brokerage firm, you will receive a copy of the Proxy Statement, either by paper or electronically, and you may be eligible to refer tovote your shares electronically via the personInternet or entity that hasby telephone by following the instructions set forth on your voting rights or is beinginstruction form.

Purpose of Meeting

At the Special Meeting, you will be asked to provide voting instructions in connection withvote on the shares.

What proposals will be consideredfollowing proposals:

1.

To approve the New Investment Management Agreement between the Fund and Saba Capital Management, L.P. (Proposal 1);

2.

To remove the Fund’s fundamental investment restriction relating to investing in warrants (Proposal 2);

3.

To remove the Fund’s fundamental investment restriction relating to purchasing or selling equity securities, engaging in short-selling and the use of certain option arrangements (Proposal 3);

4.

To remove the Fund’s fundamental investment restriction relating to investing in other investment companies (Proposal 4);

5.

To approve changing the Fund’s sub-classification under the Investment Company Act of 1940 from “diversified” to “non-diversified (Proposal 5);

6.

To approve a change of the investment objective and to make the investment objective non-fundamental (Proposal 6);

7.

To approve the adjournment of the Special Meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies (Proposal 7); and

8.

To transact such other business as may properly come before the Special Meeting, or any postponement or adjournment thereof.

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Record Date and Voting Securities

You may vote your shares, virtually or by proxy, at the Annual Meeting?

At the annual meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”), shareholders of the Fund are being asked to consider and vote upon the following matters:
1.To elect eight individuals, Colleen D. Baldwin, John V. Boyer, Patricia W. Chadwick, Martin J. Gavin, Joseph E. Obermeyer, Sheryl K. Pressler, Dina Santoro, and Christopher P. Sullivan, as Trustees of the Fund, each to serve until his or her death, resignation or removal or until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified; and
Proposal submitted by Saba Capital CEF Opportunities 1, Ltd. (the “Saba Hedge Fund”)
2.If properly presented at the Annual Meeting, to vote on the Saba Hedge Fund’s precatory proposal relating to a tender offer.
The Saba Hedge Fund and multiple other funds and/or accounts managed by Saba Capital Management, L.P.,Special Meeting only if you were a New York-based activist adviser (collectively, “Saba”) are shareholders of the Fund and are reported to beneficially own approximately [ ]% of the Fund’s shares as of [ ].
Who is eligible to vote?
ShareholdersShareholder of record holding an investment in shares of the Fund as ofat the close of business on [ ]March 8, 2021 (the “Record Date”) are eligible. On the Record Date, there were 121,775,465.7790 of the Fund’s common shares of beneficial interest. Each share is entitled to one vote.

Quorum Required

A quorum must be present at the Special Meeting for any business to be conducted. The presence at the Special Meeting, virtually or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of the shares outstanding on the Record Date will constitute a quorum. Abstentions will be treated as shares present for quorum purposes. Since banks, brokerage firms or other nominees do not have discretion to vote at the Annual Meetingon non-routine matters such as Proposals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or any adjournments7, if you do not provide voting instructions to your bank, brokerage firm or postponements thereof.

How do I vote?
You may vote in one of four ways:
By Internet. The web address and instructions for voting can be found on the enclosed WHITE Proxy Ballot. Youother nominee, your shares will be required to provide your control number located on the WHITE Proxy Ballot.
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By Telephone. The toll-free number for telephone voting can be found on the enclosed WHITE Proxy Ballot. You will be required to provide your control number located on the WHITE Proxy Ballot.
By Mail. Mark the enclosed WHITE Proxy Ballot, sign and date it, and return it in the postage-paid envelope we provided. Joint owners must each sign the WHITE Proxy Ballot.
At the Annual Meeting. You can vote your shares at the Annual Meeting. If you expect to attend the Annual Meeting, please call Shareholder Services toll-free at 1-800-992-0180.
To be certain your vote will be counted, a properly executed WHITE Proxy Ballot must be received no later than 5:00 p.m., local time, on [ ].
Shares represented by properly executed WHITE Proxy Ballots received by the Fund and not revoked will be voted at the AnnualSpecial Meeting in accordance withand will not be counted as present for purposes of meeting the instructions contained therein. quorum requirement. As of the Record Date, there were 121,775,465.7790 shares of the Fund’s shares outstanding and entitled to vote thereon. Thus, 60,887,733.8895 shares must be represented by Shareholders present at the Special Meeting or by proxy to have quorum.

If instructionsa quorum is not present at the Special Meeting, the Shareholders who are not given inrepresented at the WHITE Proxy Ballot, properly executed WHITE Proxy BallotsSpecial Meeting may adjourn the Special Meeting until a quorum is present. The persons named as proxies will vote those proxies for such adjournment, unless marked to be voted “FOR” against any proposal for which an adjournment is sought, to permit the electionfurther solicitation of the Board's Nomineesproxies.

Submitting Voting Instructions for Trustee, and “AGAINST” the Saba Hedge Fund Proposal.

Shares Held Through a Bank, Brokerage Firm or Other Nominee

If you hold your shares through a bank, brokerage firm or other nominee, you must follow the voting instructions you receive from your bank, brokerage firm or other nominee. If you hold shares through a bank, brokerage firm or other nominee and you want to vote virtually at the Special Meeting, you must obtain a legal proxy from the record holder of your shares and present it at the Special Meeting. If you do not vote virtually at the Special Meeting or submit voting instructions to your bank, brokerage firm or other nominee, your shares will not be voted at the Special Meeting and will not be counted as present for purposes of meeting the quorum requirement.

If your shares are registered in streetthe name of a bank or brokerage firm, you will receive a copy of the Proxy Statement, either by paper or electronically, and you may be eligible to vote your shares electronically via the Internet or by telephone by following the instructions set forth on your voting instruction form.

Authorizing a Proxy for Shares Held in Your Name

If you are a record holder of common shares you may authorize a proxy to vote on your behalf, as described on the enclosed proxy card. Authorizing your proxy will not limit your right to vote virtually at the Special Meeting. A properly completed and submitted proxy will be voted in accordance with your instructions, unless you subsequently revoke your instructions. If you authorize a proxy without indicating your voting instructions, the proxy holder will vote your shares according to the Board of Trustees’ recommendations. You may return the enclosed proxy card by mail in the enclosed, self-addressed envelope, or you may vote your shares by calling toll free or voting through the Internet by following the instructions set forth on the enclosed proxy card.

Revoking Your Proxy

If you are a Shareholder of record, you can revoke your proxy at any time before it is exercised by:

deliver a written revocation notice prior to 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on May 20, 2021 to our proxy tabulator, Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.;

indicate your revocation prior to 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on May 20, 2021 by calling toll free at 800-690-6903 or through the Internet website at www.proxyvote.com;

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deliver a later-dated proxy by following the instructions set forth on the enclosed proxy card;

vote virtually at the Special Meeting on May 21, 2021.

If you require assistance with voting your proxy or have any questions about the special meeting, please contact our proxy solicitor, Innisfree M&A Incorporated toll-free at (877) 825-8964.

If you hold common shares through a broker, bank or other nominee, you must follow the instructions you receive from your broker, bank or other holder of record that you must follownominee in order to revoke your voting instructions. Attending the Special Meeting does not revoke your proxy unless you also vote virtually at the Special Meeting.

Vote Required

Approval of the New Management Agreement. Approval of the New Management Agreement requires the affirmative vote of “a majority of outstanding voting securities” entitled to vote at the Special Meeting, as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). Since the Fund’s only voting securities are common shares, consistent with the 1940 Act, the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding common shares entitled to vote at the Special Meeting is required to approve the New Management Agreement. For purposes of approval of the New Management Agreement, “a majority of outstanding common shares” is the lesser of: (i) 67% or more of the common shares present at the Special Meeting if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding common shares are present or represented by proxy; or (ii) more than 50% of the Fund’s outstanding common shares as of the Record Date. Abstentions will have the effect of a vote against the New Management Agreement. Since banks, brokerage firms or other nominees do not have discretion to vote on non-routine matters such as the approval of the New Management Agreement, if you do not provide voting instructions to your bank, brokerage firm or other nominee, your shares voted. To vote pursuant to the recommendation of the Board, you must follow the instructions on your WHITE voting instruction form sent to you by your broker, bank or other holder of record.

Having your shares represented andwill not be voted at the Annual Meeting is extremely important. Whether or not you plan to attend the AnnualSpecial Meeting and in orderwill not be counted as present for purposes of meeting the quorum requirement.

Approval of Changes to facilitate timely receiptFundamental Investment Restrictions. The approval of youreach change requires the affirmative vote givenof a majority of the potential impact of COVID-19, please voteFund’s outstanding voting securities as soon as possible. You are urged to date, sign and return the WHITE Proxy Ballotdefined in the envelope provided1940 Act. Such a majority means the affirmative vote of the holders of (a) 67% or more of the shares of the Fund present, virtually or represented by proxy, at the Meeting, if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Fund are so present, or (b) more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Fund, whichever is less. Abstentions will have the effect of a vote against the changes.

Approval of Change to you,Investment Objective. The approval of the change requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the Fund’s outstanding voting securities as defined in the 1940 Act. Such a majority means the affirmative vote of the holders of (a) 67% or more of the shares of the Fund present, virtually or represented by proxy, at the Meeting, if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Fund are so present, or (b) more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Fund, whichever is less. Abstentions will have the effect of a vote against the change.

Adjournment of Special Meeting. Approval of the adjournment of the Special Meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to solicit additional proxies, requires the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the votes cast at the Special Meeting. Abstentions will have the effect of a vote against this proposal.

Additional Solicitation. If there are not enough votes to approve the New Management Agreement or to approve Proposals 2, 3, 4 or 5, a majority of the shareholders who are represented may adjourn the Special Meeting to permit the further solicitation of proxies. The persons named as proxies will vote those proxies for such adjournment, unless marked to be voted against the proposal for which an adjournment is sought, to permit the further solicitation of proxies.

Also, a shareholder vote may be taken to approve the New Management Agreement prior to any such adjournment if there are sufficient votes for approval of the New Management Agreement.

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Information Regarding This Solicitation

Saba will bear the costs associated with the board and shareholder approval process, including the costs and expenses incurred in connection with preparing and mailing the Proxy Statement and soliciting the shareholder votes in connection with the Special Meeting.

In addition to the solicitation of proxies by internet the use of the mail, proxies may be solicited in person and/or by telephone as describedor facsimile transmission by trustees, officers or employees of the Fund and/or officers or employees of Saba. Saba is located at 405 Lexington Ave., 58th Floor, New York, NY 10174. No additional compensation will be paid to trustees, officers or regular employees of the Fund or Saba for such services. Saba has also retained Innisfree M&A Incorporated to assist in the solicitation of proxies for a fee of approximately $20,000 plus reimbursement of certain out of pocket expenses.

Any proxy given pursuant to this Proxy Statement, even if you plan to attendsolicitation may be revoked by notice from the Annual Meeting, so that your shares can be voted regardlessperson giving the proxy at any time before it is exercised. Any such notice of whether you attend the Annual Meeting. Voting now will not limit your right to change your vote or to attend the Annual Meeting; if yourevocation should be present atprovided in writing and signed by the Annual Meeting and desire to vote, you may withdraw your proxy at such time. Only the latest validly executed Proxy Ballot that you timely submit will be counted. If your shares are heldshareholder in the name of a broker, banksame manner as the proxy being revoked and delivered to the Fund’s proxy tabulator Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time, on May 20, 2021, or other holder of record, follow the voting instructions you received from the holder of record in order to vote your shares.

When and where will the Annual Meeting be held?
The Annual Meeting is scheduled to be held at [ ], on [ ], at [ ], local time, and, if the Annual Meeting is adjourned or postponed, any adjournments or postponements of the Annual Meeting will be held at a location determinedsubmitted by the chairperson presiding over the Annual Meeting. If you expect to attend the Annual Meeting, please call Shareholder Services toll-free at 1-800-992-0180.
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How can I obtain more information about the Fund?
Should you have any questions about the Fund, please do not hesitate to contact Shareholder Servicescalling toll free at 1-800-992-0180. A copy800-690-6903 or through the Internet website as indicated on the proxy card, prior to 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on May 20, 2021.

Preliminary voting results will be announced at the Special Meeting. Final voting results will be included in the semi-annual report of the Fund for the period ended August 31, 2021, which will be sent to Shareholders on or before October 30, 2021.

Appraisal Rights

Shareholders do not have any appraisal rights in connection with the Proposals.

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

The following table sets forth, as of the Record Date, the beneficial ownership of each current annual reporttrustee, the Fund’s executive officers, each person known to us to beneficially own 5% or more of the outstanding shares, and most recent semi-annual reportthe executive officers and trustees as a group.

Beneficial ownership is available, without charge, ondetermined in accordance with the Internet at www.individuals.voya.com/literaturerules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and includes voting or investment power with respect to the securities. Ownership information for those persons who beneficially own 5% or more of our common shares is based upon Schedule 13G filings by contactingsuch persons with the SEC and other information obtained from such persons, if available.

Unless otherwise indicated, the Fund at:

Voya Investment Management
believes that each beneficial owner set forth in the table has sole voting and investment power and has the same address as the Fund. The Fund’s current address is 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite 100,
Scottsdale, AZ 85258-2034
1-800-992-0180
Who are85258.

Name and Address of Beneficial Owner

Number of
Shares Owned
Beneficially(1)
Percentage of
Class(2)
Independent Trustees

Aditya Bindal

*

Karen Caldwell

*

Charles Clarvit

*

Ketu Desai

*

Kieran Goodwin

*

Andrew Kellerman

*

Neal Neilinger

*

Thomas R. Bumbolow

*

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Name and Address of Beneficial Owner

  Number of
Shares Owned
Beneficially(1)
    Percentage of
Class(2)
 

Current Executive Officers

      

Michael Bell

       * 

Dina Santoro

       * 

Jonathan Nash

       * 

James M. Fink

       * 

Kevin M. Gleason

       * 

Todd Modic

       * 

Incoming Executive Officers

      

Boaz Weinstein (3)

  27,457,299     22.5

Pierre Weinstein

       * 

Michael D’Angelo

       * 

Treasurer- Foreside Fund Officer Services, LLC

       * 

Chief Compliance Officer- Foreside Fund Officer Services, LLC

       * 

Current Executive officers and trustees as a group

       * 

Five Percent Owner

      

Saba Capital Management, L.P.

  27,457,299     22.5

* Represents less than one percent.

(1)

Beneficial ownership has been determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Assumes no other purchases or sales of our common stock since the information most recently available to us. This assumption has been made under the rules and regulations of the SEC and does not reflect any knowledge that we have with regard to the present intent of the beneficial owners of our common stock listed in this table.

(2)

Based on a total of 121,775,465.7790 shares of the Fund’s common stock issued and outstanding on the Record Date.

(3)

Mr. Weinstein may be deemed to beneficially own the shares of the Fund held by certain investment funds and accounts managed by Saba by virtue of his management and control of Saba.

Set forth below is the service providers todollar range of equity securities beneficially owned by each of our Trustees as of the Fund?

Record Date.

Name of Trustees                                                                                          

Dollar Range of
Equity Securities
Beneficially Owned(1)(2)
Independent Trustees

Aditya Bindal

None

Karen Caldwell

None

Charles Clarvit

None

Ketu Desai

None

Kieran Goodwin

None

Andrew Kellerman

None

Neal Neilinger

None

Thomas R. Bumbolow

None

(1)

The dollar ranges are: None, $1 – $10,000, $10,001 – $50,000, $50,001 – $100,000, or Over $100,000

(2)

The dollar range of equity securities beneficially owned in us is based on the closing price for our common shares of $4.6500 on the Record Date on the New York Stock Exchange. Beneficial ownership has been determined in accordance with Rule 16a-1(a)(2) of the Exchange Act

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Information about the Fund’s Existing Service Providers

Voya Investments, LLC (“Voya Investments” or “Adviser”) serves as the Fund’s investment adviser to the Fund. Voya Investment Management Co. LLC (“Voya IM”) serves as the sub-adviser to the Fund. Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (the “Distributor”) serves as the distributor for the Fund.

Additional information about these service providers may be found below.
Voya Investments, LLC
Voya Investments, an Arizona limited liability company, has overall responsibility for the management of the Fund. Voya Investments oversees all investment advisory and portfolio management services and assists in managing and supervising all aspects of the general day-to-day business activities and operations of the Fund, including custodial, transfer agency, dividend disbursing, accounting, auditing, compliance and related services. Voya Investments is registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) as an investment adviser.
The Adviser is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Voya Financial, Inc., whose principal office is located at 230 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10169. Voya Financial, Inc. is a U.S.-based financial institution whose subsidiaries operate in the retirement, investment, and insurance industries. Voya Investments' principal office is located at 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite 100, Scottsdale, Arizona 85258. As of December 31, 2019, Voya Investments managed approximately $90.1 billion in assets.
Voya Investment Management Co. LLC
Voya IM, a Delaware limited liability company, was founded in 1972 serves as the Fund’s sub-investment adviser and is registered with the SEC as an investment adviser. Voya IM is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Voya Financial, Inc. and is an affiliate of the Adviser. Voya IM provides the day-to-day management of the Fund. Voya IM has acted as adviser or sub-adviser to mutual funds since 1994 and has managed institutional accounts since 1972. Voya IM's principal office is located at 230 Park Avenue, New York, New York, 10169. As of December 31, 2019, Voya IM managed approximately $120.5 billion in assets.
Voya Investments Distributor, LLC
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The Distributor is a Delaware limited liability company with its principal offices at 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite 100, Scottsdale, Arizona 85258. TheVoya Investments Distributor, is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Voya Financial, Inc.LLC serves as the Fund’s distributor and is an affiliate of the Adviser.
The Distributor is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”). To obtain information about FINRA member firms and their associated persons, you may contact FINRA at www.finra.org or the Public Disclosure Hotline at 1-800-289-9999.
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Proposal One – Election of the Board’s Nominees
What is Proposal One?
The Board of Trustees for the Fund has nominated eight individuals, each of whom is a current Trustee of the Fund, for election as Trustees of the Fund. Shareholders are being asked to elect each nominee as a Trustee, each to serve until his or her death, resignation, or removal or until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified.
The Board’s Nominees are Colleen D. Baldwin, John V. Boyer, Patricia W. Chadwick, Martin J. Gavin, Joseph E. Obermeyer, Sheryl K. Pressler, Dina Santoro, and Christopher P. Sullivan. Each nominee, with the exception of Ms. Santoro, is not an “interested person” of the Fund, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). Such persons are commonly referred to as “Independent Trustees.” Ms. Santoro is considered an interested person of the Fund, as defined in the 1940 Act. Each nominee is currently a Trustee of the Fund and has consented to serve as a Trustee and to being named in this Proxy Statement.
Please read the section entitled “Further Information about the Trustees and Officers” before voting.
Who are the Board’s Nominees and what are their qualifications?
The Board’s Nominees are the current Trustees of the Fund. As part of the selection process, the Board considered that each nominee also serves on the Boards of Directors/Trustees for seven other closed-end funds and a family of open-end funds, all part of the Voya family of funds complex, and has substantial experience protecting fund shareholders’ interests. As part of their service on the closed-end funds’ boards, the nominees regularly evaluate issues unique to closed-end funds, including the discount at which closed-end funds’ shares may trade relative to their net asset value per share. The nominees have taken various actions designed to enhance shareholder value and/or increase the funds’ competitiveness in the secondary market, which may narrow the discount between a fund’s market price and its net asset value per share.
The Board believes that the nominees are collectively well suited for service on the Board due to, among other things, their (1) significant familiarity and knowledge regarding the Fund and its portfolio managers, investment strategies, leverage arrangements, and key affiliated and unaffiliated service providers, thereby supporting the continuity and stability of the Fund’s operations and its ability to meet its investment objective through investments in senior loans; (2) well-established processes and working relationships as a group of Trustees and with the Fund’s service providers as described in the “Further Information about the Trustees and Officers” section herein; and (3) continued synergies and cost efficiencies that exist from overseeing the entire Voya family of funds complex. The Board further believes that the election of the nominees will promote the continuity of the Fund’s oversight and governance structure, which they
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deem especially important during the current volatile and uncertain markets. In addition, the Board believes the nominees are further qualified for service on the Board due to their extensive knowledge of the financial services sector, their collective skill sets which include areas of specific expertise relevant to the Fund, and, their substantial experience in serving as directors or trustees, officers, or advisers of public companies and business organizations, including, for many of the nominees, other registered investment companies.
The Board believes the nominees have the skills, qualifications, requisite expertise and diversity of background necessary to oversee investment companies and act in the best interests of ALL shareholders. Set forth below is pertinent information about each nominee.
Independent Trustees
Colleen D. Baldwin has been a Trustee of the Fund and a board member of other investment companies in the Voya family of funds since 2007. She also has served as the Chairperson of the Fund’s Board of Trustees since January 1, 2020 and, prior to that, as the Chairperson of one of the Board’s investment review committees from 2014 through 2019. Prior to that, she served as the Chairperson of the Fund’s Nominating and Governance Committee from 2009 through 2013. Ms. Baldwin is currently an Independent Board Director of Dentaquest and is currently the Chairperson of its Audit Committee and a member of its Mergers & Acquisitions and Finance/Investment Review Committees. Ms. Baldwin is also an Advisory Board member of RSR Partners, Inc. since 2016 and President of Glantuam Partners, LLC, a business consulting firm, since 2009. Prior to that, she served in senior positions at the following financial services firms: Chief Operating Officer for Ivy Asset Management, Inc. (2002-2004), a hedge fund manager; Chief Operating Officer and Head of Global Business and Product Development for AIG Global Investment Group (1995-2002), a global investment management firm; Senior Vice President at Bankers Trust Company (1994-1995); and Senior Managing Director at J.P. Morgan & Company (1987-1994). Ms. Baldwin began her career in 1981 at AT&T/Bell Labs as a systems analyst. Ms. Baldwin holds a B.S. from Fordham University and an M.B.A. from Pace University.
John V. Boyer has been a Trustee of the Fund and a board member of other investment companies in the Voya family of funds since 1997. He also has served as the Chairperson of the Fund’s Compliance Committee since January 1, 2020 and, prior to that, as the Chairperson of the Fund’s Board of Trustees from 2014 through 2019. Prior to that, he served as the Chairperson of one of the Board’s investment review committees from 2006 through 2014. Mr. Boyer was the President and CEO of the Bechtler Arts Foundation from 2008 until 2019 for which, among his other duties, Mr. Boyer oversaw all fiduciary aspects of the Foundation and assisted in the oversight of the Foundation’s endowment fund. Previously, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute (2006-2007) and as Executive
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Director of The Mark Twain House & Museum (1989-2006) where he was responsible for overseeing business operations, including endowment funds. He also served as a board member of certain predecessor mutual funds of the Voya family of funds (1997-2005). Mr. Boyer holds a B.A. from the University of California, Santa Barbara and an M.F.A. from Princeton University.
Patricia W. Chadwick has been a Trustee of the Fund and a board member of other investment companies in the Voya family of funds since 2006. She also has served as the Chairperson of the Fund’s Investment Review Committee E since January 1, 2020 and, prior to that, as the Chairperson of the Fund’s Joint IRC from 2018 through 2019. Prior to that, she served as the Chairperson of the Fund’s Investment Review Committee F from 2014 through 2018. Since 2000, Ms. Chadwick has been the Founder and President of Ravengate Partners LLC, a consulting firm that provides advice regarding financial markets and the global economy. She also is a director of The Royce Funds (since 2009), Wisconsin Energy Corp. (since 2006), and AMICA Mutual Insurance Company (since 1992). Previously, she served in senior roles at several major financial services firms where her duties included the management of corporate pension funds, endowments, and foundations, as well as management responsibilities for an asset management business. Ms. Chadwick holds a B.A. from Boston University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
Martin J. Gavin has been a Trustee of the Fund since August 1, 2015. He also has served as the Chairperson of the Fund’s Audit Committee since January 1, 2018. Mr. Gavin previously served as a Trustee of the Fund from May 21, 2013 until September 12, 2013, and as a board member of other investment companies in the Voya family of funds from 2009 until 2010 and from 2011 until September 12, 2013. Mr. Gavin was the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center from 2006 to 2015. Prior to his position at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, Mr. Gavin worked in the insurance and investment industries for more than 27 years. Mr. Gavin served in several senior executive positions with The Phoenix Companies during a 16 year period, including as President of Phoenix Trust Operations, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Phoenix Duff & Phelps, a publicly-traded investment management company, and Senior Vice President of Investment Operations at Phoenix Home Life. Mr. Gavin holds a B.A. from the University of Connecticut.
Joseph E. Obermeyer has been a Trustee of the Fund since May 21, 2013, and a board member of other investment companies in the Voya family of funds since 2003. He also has served as the Chairperson of the Fund’s Nominating and Governance Committee since January 1, 2018 and, prior to that, as the Chairperson of one of the Board’s investment review committees from 2014 through 2017. Mr. Obermeyer is the founder and President of Obermeyer & Associates, Inc., a provider of financial and economic consulting services since 1999. Prior to founding Obermeyer & Associates, Mr. Obermeyer had more than 15 years of experience in accounting, including serving as a Senior Manager
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at Arthur Andersen LLP from 1995 until 1999. Previously, Mr. Obermeyer served as a Senior Manager at Coopers & Lybrand LLP from 1993 until 1995, as a Manager at Price Waterhouse from 1988 until 1993, Second Vice President from 1985 until 1988 at Smith Barney, and as a consultant with Arthur Andersen & Co. from 1984 until 1985. Mr. Obermeyer holds a B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Cincinnati, an M.B.A. from Indiana University, and post graduate certificates from the University of Tilburg and INSEAD.
Sheryl K. Pressler has been a Trustee of the Fund and a board member of other investment companies in the Voya family of funds since 2006. She also has served as the Chairperson of the Fund’s Contracts Committee since 2007. Ms. Pressler has served as a consultant on financial matters since 2001. Previously, she held various senior positions involving financial services, including as Chief Executive Officer (2000-2001) of Lend Lease Real Estate Investments, Inc. (real estate investment management and mortgage servicing firm), Chief Investment Officer (1994-2000) of California Public Employees’ Retirement System (state pension fund), Director of Stillwater Mining Company (May 2002 – May 2013), and Director of Retirement Funds Management (1981-1994) of McDonnell Douglas Corporation (aircraft manufacturer). Ms. Pressler holds a B.A. from Webster University and an M.B.A. from Washington University.
Christopher P. Sullivan has been a Trustee of the Fund since October 1, 2015. He also has served as the Chairperson of one of the Board’s investment review committees since January 1, 2018. He retired from Fidelity Management & Research in October 2012, following three years as first the President of the Bond Group and then the Head of Institutional Fixed Income. Previously, Mr. Sullivan served as Managing Director and Co-Head of U.S. Fixed Income at Goldman Sachs Asset Management (2001-2009) and, prior to that, as Senior Vice President at PIMCO (1997-2001). He currently serves as a Director of Rimrock Funds (since 2013), a fixed income hedge fund. He is also a Senior Advisor to Asset Grade (since 2013), a private wealth management firm, and serves as a Trustee of the Overlook Foundation, a foundation that supports Overlook Hospital in Summit, New Jersey. In addition to his undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago, Mr. Sullivan holds an M.A. degree from the University of California at Los Angeles and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
Interested Trustee
Dina Santoro has been a Trustee of the Fund and a board member of other investment companies in the Voya family of funds since 2018. She also is President and Director of Voya Investments, LLC, Voya Capital, LLC, and Voya Funds Services, LLC (2018 to Present) and Senior Managing Director, Head of Product and Marketing Strategy for Voya Investment Management (2017 – Present). Ms. Santoro previously served as Managing Director and Global Head of Product Strategy and Distribution for Quantitative Management Associates, LLC (2004-2017) and several other
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senior management positions in various aspects of the financial services business. These positions and experiences have provided Ms. Santoro with extensive investment management, distribution and oversight experience.
For additional information on the Board’s Nominees, please see Appendix A.
None of the Board’s Nominees are a party adverse to the Fund or any of its affiliates in any material pending legal proceeding, nor do any of the Board’s Nominees have an interest materially adverse to the Fund.
If any or all of the Board’s Nominees become unavailable to serve as Trustee due to events not now known or anticipated, the persons named as proxies will vote for such other nominee or nominees as the current Trustees may recommend or the Board may reduce the number of Trustees as provided for in the Fund’s charter documents.
How long will the Trustees serve on the Board?
If elected, each nominee would serve as a Trustee until the next meeting of shareholders called for the purpose of electing Trustees and until a successor is duly elected and qualified, or if sooner, until their death, resignation, or removal. The tenure of each Independent Trustee is subject to the Board’s retirement policy, which states that each duly elected or appointed Independent Trustee shall retire from and cease to be a member of the Board of Trustees at the close of business on December 31 of the calendar year in which the Independent Trustee attains the age of 75. A majority vote of the Board’s other Independent Trustees may extend the retirement date of an Independent Trustee if the retirement would trigger a requirement to hold a meeting of shareholders of the Fund under applicable law, whether for the purposes of appointing a successor to the retiring Independent Trustee or otherwise complying with applicable law, in which case the extension would apply until such time as the shareholder meeting can be held or is no longer required (as determined by a vote of a majority of the other Independent Trustees).
What is the required vote to elect the Trustees?
Shareholders of the Fund will vote collectively as a single class on the election of each nominee. There is no cumulative voting for the election of Trustees. The election of each nominee must be approved by 60% of the outstanding shares entitled to vote. Shareholders who vote for the Board’s Nominees on the WHITE Proxy Ballot will vote for each nominee. Those shareholders who wish to withhold their vote on any specific nominees may do so on the WHITE Proxy Ballot. Shareholders do not have appraisal rights in connection with the election of nominees.
The Saba Hedge Fund has notified the Fund of its intention to nominate individuals for election as Trustees at the Annual Meeting in opposition to the Board’s Nominees. The Board unanimously recommends that you vote “FOR” the election
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of each of the Board’s Nominees using the enclosed WHITE Proxy Ballot or by following the instructions to submit a Proxy Ballot for your shares over the Internet or by telephone or by voting at the Annual Meeting.
Please do not send back any Proxy Ballot of a color other than white, even to withhold votes on the Saba Hedge Fund Nominees. Voting to “withhold” with respect to a Saba Hedge Fund Nominee on Saba Hedge Fund’s Proxy Ballot is not the same as voting “FOR” the Board’s Nominees and doing so may cancel your prior vote for the Board’s Nominees. If you have already returned the Saba Hedge Fund’s Proxy Ballot (which will be of a color other than white), you can still support your Board and the Fund by using the enclosed WHITE Proxy Ballot. Only your latest dated Proxy Ballot will count.
Appendix H sets forth information relating to the Trustees, each of whom is a nominee for Trustee at the Annual Meeting, and certain other individuals who, under SEC rules, are considered “participants” in the solicitation of proxies from the Fund’s shareholders.
What is the Board’s recommendation?
The Board has unanimously approved the nomination of each of the Nominees, and is recommending that the shareholders of the Fund vote “FOR” each of the Nominees using the WHITE Proxy Ballot.
The persons named as proxies intend to vote the proxies “FOR” the election of each of the Board’s nominees unless you indicate on the WHITE Proxy Ballot a vote to “withhold” your vote with respect to any of the Nominees.
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Proposal Two – The Saba Hedge Fund Proposal
What is the Saba Hedge Fund Proposal?
The Saba Hedge Fund has advised the Fund that it intends to present the Saba Hedge Fund Proposal at the Annual Meeting. As described more fully below, the Board is recommending that you vote “AGAINST” the Saba Hedge Fund Proposal.
None of the Fund, its Board, its investment adviser or its sub-adviser is responsible for the content of the Saba Hedge Fund Proposal or the supporting statement. The Fund will provide (to the Fund’s knowledge) the name and address of, and the number of shares of the Fund held by, the proponent of the Saba Hedge Fund Proposal upon written request sent to the Fundlocated at 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite 100, Scottsdale, Arizona 85258-2034, or by calling85258.

The Fund’s existing service providers will be replaced effective upon completion of the Adviser Transition.

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PROPOSAL I

TO APPROVE THE NEW INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE

FUND AND SABA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P.

Background

Voya Investments, LLC (“VIL”) currently provides investment advisory services to the Fund pursuant to the current investment management agreement, dated November 18, 2014, as amended and restated on May 1, 2015, between the Fund and VIL (the “Existing Management Agreement”). The Existing Management Agreement was last approved by the Board of Trustees, including a majority of trustees who are not “interested persons,” as such term is defined under the 1940 Act (the “Non-interested Trustees”), on November 20, 2020 and was last approved by a vote of the Shareholders on May 6, 2013.

VIL and the Fund’s current sub-adviser, Voya Investment Management Co. LLC (“Voya IM”), have submitted their respective resignations, effective as of June 22, 2021. The VIL and Voya IM resignations followed a request for proposal process undertaken by a strategic committee established by the Board of Trustees. At this juncture, VIL and Voya IM determined to submit their resignations as adviser and sub-adviser to the Fund, respectively, as they concluded that engaging a new investment manager to be appropriate in light of the Board’s direction for the Fund.

Thus, at 1-800-992-0180.

Themeetings of the Board of Trustees of the Fund (the “Board”) held on March 22, 2021 and April 1, 2021, the independent members of the Board, after careful consideration, determined to select Saba Hedgeto serve as investment manager of the Fund Proposal and its supporting statement, as submittedto assume responsibility for providing the investment management services that are now provided to the Fund by the Saba Hedge Fund, are as follows:
The Saba Hedge Fund’s Proposal
“BE IT RESOLVED, that the shareholders ofVIL and Voya Prime Rate TrustIM (the “Fund”), requests that the Board of Directors (the “Board”“Adviser Transition”) consider authorizingand to approve a self-tender offer for 40% of the outstanding shares ofNew Management Agreement between the Fund at or closeand Saba (the “New Management Agreement”) in connection with such Adviser Transition. The New Management Agreement must also be approved by Shareholders to net asset value (“NAV”).”
The Saba Hedge Fund’s Supporting Statement
According to the Fund’s Annual Report, filed on May 8, 2019, when compared to the other funds in its Morningstar category, the Fund ranked in the fifth (lowest) quintile of its benchmark for the one-year, three-year and five-year periods; the Fund ranked in the fourth (second to lowest) quintile of its benchmark for the 10-year period.
When funds underperform, investors require: (1) a thoughtful and thorough explanation of management’s recent decisions, and (2) the board’s plan going forward. We believe that the Fund’s excessive discount level indicates that the market has lost faith in the Fund’s adviser’s ability to significantly add to shareholder value. We also believe the Board has done little to address the Fund's poor performance and that shareholders should have the opportunity to realize a price for their shares of common stock close to NAV. Toward that end, Saba believes the Board should consider authorizing a self-tender offer for 40% of the shares outstanding at or close to NAV.
The Fund and Board are likely to come up with a litany of arguments against this proposal but the simple fact of the matter is that the Board has not been able to effectively manage the Fund’s discount. For these reasons, we recommend voting “FOR” this proposal.
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become effective.

Does the Board have a recommendation regarding the Saba Hedge Fund Proposal?
The Board, including a majority of non-interested trustees, has reviewedapproved the New Management Agreement and considered carefully the likely impact of the Saba Hedge Fund Proposal if implemented. After thoughtful consideration, the Board has unanimously determined that the tender offer described in the Saba Hedge Fund Proposal would notbelieves it to be in the best interests of the Fund and its Shareholders. Shareholders are being asked to approve the New Management Agreement between the Fund and Saba. The terms and conditions of the New Management Agreement will be substantially similar to all material terms and conditions of the Existing Management Agreement except for revisions necessary to bring the New Management Agreement in line with recent market precedent in the registered closed-end fund space, and to reflect the fact that the Fund expects to retain a third-party administrator to provide administrative services to the Fund going forward. The differences between the terms of the New Management Agreement and the Existing Management Agreement are discussed in more detail below.

In connection with the Adviser Transition, and as described in Proposals 2, 3, 4 5, 6 and 7, Shareholders are also being asked to approve the removal of certain fundamental policies of the Fund, in order to provide the Fund with greater investment flexibility, and to approve a change to the investment objective of the Fund and to make the investment objective non-fundamental and to allow the Fund to operate as a non-diversified fund subsequent to the Adviser Transition.

Following the Adviser Transition, the Fund’s name will change to Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund. However, you will still own the same amount and type of shares in the same Fund. The shares of the Fund will continue to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange, although the ticker symbol will change upon the change in the name of the Fund to BRW.

VIL is contractually obligated to limit expenses of the Fund at a rate of 1.05% of the Fund’s average daily gross asset value, minus the sum of the Fund’s accrued and unpaid dividends on any outstanding preferred shares and accrued liabilities (other than liabilities for the principal amount of any borrowings incurred, commercial paper or notes issued by the Fund and the liquidation preference of any outstanding preferred shares), plus 0.15% of average daily net assets through July 1, 2021. The limitation does not extend to interest, taxes, investment-related costs, leverage expenses, extraordinary expenses, and Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses. The limitation is subject to possible recoupment by VIL within 36 months of the waiver or reimbursement and the amount of the recoupment is limited to the lesser of the amounts

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that would be recoupable under: (i) the expense cap in effect at the time of the waiver or reimbursement; or (ii) the expense cap in effect at the time of recoupment. It is expected that Saba will enter into a substantially similar expense limitation agreement with the Fund, to be effective upon consummation of the Adviser Transition. The expense cap in the Saba expense limitation agreement mirrors that of the Fund’s current expense limitation agreement and therefore the total fees and expenses borne by the Fund are expected to remain the same. The aggregate fees and expenses would, however, increase in the absence of a new expense limitation agreement.

Saba will bear the costs associated with the board and Shareholder approval process, including the costs and expenses incurred in connection with preparing and mailing the Proxy Statement and soliciting the Shareholder votes in connection with the Special Meeting.

There will be no changes to the Fund’s distribution policy in connection with the Adviser Transition. To the extent that the Fund has income available, it intends to continue to distribute monthly dividends to its Shareholders. The amount of the Fund’s distributions, if any, will be determined by its Board. Any distributions to the Fund’s Shareholders will be declared out of assets legally available for distribution.

To the extent Proposal 6 – Adjournment of the Special Meeting is approved by the Fund’s Shareholders, the Fund may adjourn the Special Meeting and seek additional proxies to vote on Proposal 1, as necessary. If Proposal 1 is not approved by the Fund’s Shareholders, the Board will consider such other actions, including the approval of an investment management agreement with a firm other than Saba, as it determines to be in the best interests of the Fund and Shareholders. The Board may determine to approve an interim investment management agreement to enable Saba to serve as investment adviser of the Fund following the resignation of VIL. However, an interim agreement may remain in effect for a period of not more than 150 days, and a new investment management agreement must be approved by the Board and by Shareholders for Saba to continue to serve as adviser to the Fund after expiration of the term of the interim agreement

Benefits of the Adviser Transition

In evaluating the New Management Agreement, the Board of Trustees, the Board of Trustees considered materials detailing Saba’s background and investment experience as a firm generally, as well as the experience of its senior management team.

Saba is a registered investment adviser founded in 2009. Saba is a spin-out of a proprietary investing group founded by Boaz Weinstein at Deutsche Bank in 1998. Saba manages $3.2 billion across four core strategies: Credit Relative Value, Tail Hedge, SPACs and Closed-End Funds. Saba’s investors are predominantly institutions and include public and corporate pension plans, endowments and foundations, family offices, banks and insurers, bank private wealth platforms, fund of funds and certain high net worth individuals.

Upon consummation of the Adviser Transition, the Fund will be led by the senior management team of Saba, including Boaz Weinstein, Pierre Weinstein, Andrew Kellerman, Michael D’Angelo, Xavier Riera and Nitin Sapru. Boaz Weinstein will replace Dina Santoro as President of the Fund and Pierre Weinstein will replace Michael Bell as Chief Executive Officer. Boaz Weinstein, Pierre Weinstein (no relation to Boaz) and Paul Kazarian will serve as portfolio managers of the Fund.

The Board of Trustees discussed Saba’s qualifications and considered its philosophy of management, historical performance, and methods of operations, and considered the following potential benefits to the Fund and its Shareholders:

The Fund may benefit from Saba’s extensive expertise in the credit space generally.

The Fund may also benefit from Saba’s sophisticated investment advisory platform and resources, including its experience analyzing alternative opportunistic investments that may provide attractive risk-adjusted returns in addition to the Fund’s core credit focus.

Saba is well capitalized and is able to attract and retain personnel necessary to provide quality management services to the Fund.

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Summary of the Terms of the Existing Management Agreement and New Management Agreement

A copy of the New Management Agreement is attached to this Proxy Statement as Appendix A. The following description of the terms of the New Management Agreement is only a summary of its material terms and explicitly highlights all material differences between the New Management Agreement and the Existing Management Agreement. You should refer to Appendix A for the New Management Agreement.

Following approval by the Shareholders in the manner required by the 1940 Act, the New Management Agreement will be entered into on the date of the Special Meeting, May 21, 2021, but in no event later than June 22, 2021, concurrent with completion of the Adviser Transition. The New Management Agreement will remain in effect for a period of two (2) years from the date it is signed, unless sooner terminated. After the initial two-year period, continuation of the New Management Agreement from year-to-year is subject to annual approval by the Board of Trustees, including at least a majority of the Non-interested Trustees.

Advisory and Other Services. Under the terms of the Existing Management Agreement, subject to the supervision of the Board of Trustees, VIL manages the Fund’s day-to-day operations of, and provides investment advisory services to the Fund, in each case in accordance with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions. Pursuant to the Existing Management Agreement, VIL: (i) furnishes the Fund with advice and recommendations with respect to the investment of the Fund’s assets and the purchase and sale of its portfolio securities, including the taking of such other steps as may be necessary to implement such advice and recommendations, (ii) furnishes the Fund with reports, statements and other data on securities, economic conditions and other pertinent subjects which the Board of Trustees may request, (iii) permits its officers and employees to serve without compensation as Trustees of the Fund if elected to such positions and (iv) in general superintends and manages the investment of the Fund, subject to the ultimate supervision and direction to the Board of Trustees. Subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees of the Trust, VIL is authorized to enter into sub-advisory agreements with other registered investment advisers to serve as investment sub-advisers, whether or not affiliated with VIL (each, a “Sub-Adviser”). VIL has responsibility for all services furnished pursuant to any sub-advisory agreement and, among other things: (i) continually evaluates the performance of any Sub-Adviser to the Fund; and (ii) periodically makes recommendations to the Board of Trustees regarding the results of its evaluation and monitoring functions. Saba will continue to provide these services under the New Management Agreement.

The Existing Management Agreement also provides for VIL to provide certain administrative services to the Fund, or at the expense of VIL, to retain the services of a third party as its delegate to provide such administrative services. Pursuant to the New Management Agreement, Saba will provide, or arrange for the provision by a third party services provider of, such administrative services. Saba has indicated that it intends to arrange for the Fund to retain a third-party administrator and certain other third-party service providers to furnish the administrative services referenced in the New Management Agreement.

Management Fees. In consideration of the services provided by VIL to the Fund, under the Existing Management Agreement, the Fund pays VIL a management fee computed at the annual rate of 1.05% of the Fund’s average daily gross asset value, minus the sum of the Fund’s accrued and unpaid dividends on any outstanding preferred shares and accrued liabilities (other than liabilities for the principal amount of any borrowings incurred, commercial paper or notes issued by the Fund and the liquidation preference of any outstanding preferred shares) (“Managed Assets”). The management fees is accrued daily by the Fund and paid to the investment adviser at the end of each calendar month. The same fee will be payable by the Fund to Saba under the New Management Agreement. During the fiscal year ended February 28, 2021, the Fund paid to VIL approximately $9,291,687 in management fees.

VIL is contractually obligated to limit expenses of the Fund at a rate of 1.05% of the Fund’s average daily Managed Assets, plus 0.15% of average daily net assets through July 1, 2021. The limitation does not extend to interest, taxes, investment-related costs, leverage expenses, extraordinary expenses, and Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses. The limitation is subject to possible recoupment by VIL within 36 months of the waiver or reimbursement and the amount of the recoupment is limited to the lesser of the amounts that would be recoupable under: (i) the expense cap in effect at the time of the waiver or reimbursement; or (ii) the expense cap in effect at the time of recoupment. It is expected that Saba will enter into a substantially similar expense limitation agreement with the Fund, to be effective upon the Adviser

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Transition, a form of which is attached as Appendix B to this Proxy Statement (the “New Expense Limitation Agreement”). The expense cap in the Saba expense limitation agreement mirrors that of the Fund’s current expense limitation agreement and therefore the total fees and expenses borne by the Fund are expected to remain the same. The aggregate fees and expenses would, however, increase in the absence of a new expense limitation agreement.

Expenses. Under the Existing Management Agreement, VIL pays all of its expenses arising from the performance of its obligations under the Existing Management Agreement, including executive salaries and expenses of the Trustees and officers of the Fund who are employees of VIL or its shareholders. Accordingly,affiliates, except the Fund’s Chief Compliance Officer. VIL pays the fees of Voya IM. The Fund pays expenses, such as legal, audit, transfer agency and custodian out-of-pocket fees, proxy solicitation costs, and the compensation of Trustees who are not affiliated with VIL. Pursuant to the New Management Agreement, Saba will pay the following expenses: (i) the compensation of any sub-adviser retained pursuant to New Management Agreement, and (ii) the compensation of any investment advisory personnel that provide services to the Fund on behalf of Saba pursuant to the Agreement, along with the allocable portion of the following “overhead expenses” (office space, rent and utilities, furniture and fixtures, computer equipment, stationery, secretarial/managerial services, salaries, entertainment expenses, employee insurance and payroll taxes) attributable to such investment advisory personnel. Subject to application of the New Expense Limitation Agreement, the Fund will be responsible for all other costs and expenses of its operations and transactions, including:

The Fund’s investment-related expenses whether relating to investments that are consummated or unconsummated (e.g., brokerage commissions, due diligence costs, expenses relating to short sales, investment banking fees, sourcing or finder’s fees (which may include a base fee component and/or a performance compensation component), borrowing charges on securities sold short, custodial fees and expenses and nominee fees);

Bank service fees, clearing and settlement charges and interest expense; Management Fees; fees and expenses incidental to the purchase and sale of interests in, and the fees and expenses of, portfolio companies in which the Trust invests;

Interest payable on debt, if any, to finance the Fund’s investments;

Expenses relating to software tools, programs or other technology utilized in managing the Fund (including, without limitation, third-party software licensing, implementation, data management and recovery services and custom development costs);

Exchange listing fees, expenses relating to proxy contests, voting, tender offers and solicitation fees and expenses;

Trading platform and seat fees; research-related expenses, including, without limitation, news and quotation equipment and services;

Fees and expenses associated with independent audits and outside legal costs;

Fees for data and software providers; other expenses related to the purchase, sale or transmittal of investments; website creation and maintenance, fees for risk management systems and service providers; legal expenses;

Other professional fees (including, without limitation, expenses of consultants and experts);

Transfer agent and custodial fees;

The costs of organizing and maintaining any subsidiaries;

Fees and expenses associated with marketing and investor relations efforts including proxy solicitations and shareholder meetings;

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Costs relating to swaps (and similar agreements); tax preparation expenses; accounting expenses;

Costs of printing and mailing proxies, reports and/or notices; market data costs; administration expenses (including fees for the provision of middle-office and back-office services);

Directors’ and officers’ fees;

Fund-related insurance expenses (including, without limitation, premium payments for fidelity bonds and Directors’ and Officers’ and Errors and Omissions insurance);

Compensation and expenses of the independent members of the Board unanimouslyof Trustees of the Fund;

Organizational and offering-related expenses, including the preparation and filing of related registration statements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended;

Filing and registration fees; corporate licensing fees, federal, state and local taxes and other governmental fees and expenses;

All regulatory expenses (including, without limitation, fees and expenses incurred in connection with ongoing compliance obligations and the preparation and filing of regulatory filings, including those required under the 1940 Act and applicable federal and state securities laws); litigation-related and indemnification expenses; withholding and transfer fees;

Trademarks;

Other expenses related to the purchase, monitoring, sale, allocation, settlement, custody, valuation, appraisal or transmittal of assets;

Extraordinary expenses, including the costs of any third party pricing or valuation services;

The allocable portion of the compensation and related overhead expenses attributable to any director, officer, partner or employee of the Manager or any affiliate thereof when and to the extent providing administrative services to the Fund; and

Other similar expenses and all other costs and expenses incurred in connection with the engagement of any third party service providers to provide administrative services to the Fund.

Term, Continuance and Termination. The continuance and termination provisions under the New Management Agreement are substantially the same as the continuance and termination provisions under the Existing Management Agreement. Consistent with the Existing Management Agreement, unless terminated as provided therein, the New Management Agreement shall continue from year to year so long as such continuation is approved at least annually by (i) the Trustees of the Fund or by the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund, and (ii) the vote of a majority of the Trustees of the Fund who are not parties to this Agreement or interested persons thereof, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval. The New Management Agreement may also be terminated at any time, without the payment of any penalty, by the action of the Board of Trustees or by a vote of a majority of the Fund’s outstanding voting securities, on 60 days’ written notice to Saba, or by Saba at any time, without the payment of any penalty, on 60 days’ written notice to the Fund. As with the Existing Management Agreement, the New Management Agreement shall terminate automatically in the event of any transfer or assignment thereof, as defined in the 1940 Act, as amended.

Indemnification. The Existing Management Agreement provides that, in the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of obligations or duties hereunder on the part of VIL, VIL shall not be subject to liability to the Fund, or to any Shareholder of the Fund, for any act or omission in the course of, or connected with, rendering advisory services under the agreement or for any losses that may be sustained in the purchase, holding or

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sale of any security by the Fund. The New Management Agreement provides that, in the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of obligations or duties hereunder on the part of Saba, Saba (and its officers, managers, agents, employees, partners, controlling persons, members, and any other person or entity affiliated with the Saba) shall not be subject to liability to the Fund, the members of the Board of Trustees or to any shareholder of the Fund, for any act or omission in the course of, or connected with, rendering advisory services and any other services provided from time to time by Saba or for any losses that may be sustained in the purchase, holding or sale of any security by the Fund.

The Existing Management Agreement contains the following provision, which is not contained in the New Management Agreement: VIL agrees to reimburse the Fund for any and all costs, expenses, and counsel and Trustees’ fees reasonably incurred by the Fund in the preparation, printing and distribution of proxy statements, amendments to its Registration Statement, the holding of meetings of its Shareholders or Trustees, the conduct of factual investigations, any legal or administrative proceedings (including any applications for exemptions or determinations by the Securities and Exchange Commission) which the Fund incurs as a result of action or inaction of the investment adviser or any of its Shareholders where the action or inaction necessitating such expenditures: (1) is directly or indirectly related to any transactions or proposed transaction in the shares or control of the investment adviser or its affiliates (or litigation related to any pending or proposed future transaction in such shares or control) which shall have been undertaken without the prior, express approval of the Fund’s Trustees, or (2) is within the sole control of the investment adviser or any of its affiliates or any of their officers, trustees, employees or shareholders. The investment adviser shall not be obligated to reimburse the Fund for any expenditures related to the institution of an administrative proceeding or civil litigation by the Fund or by a Fund Shareholder seeking to recover all or a portion of the proceeds derived by any shareholder of the investment adviser or any of its affiliates from the sale of his shares of the investment adviser, or similar matters. So long as this Agreement is in effect, the investment adviser shall pay to the Fund the amount due for expenses within thirty (30) days after a bill or statement has been received by the Fund therefor. This provision shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any claim the Fund may have or may assert against the investment adviser or others or costs, expenses, or damages heretofore incurred by the Fund for costs, expenses, or damages the Fund may hereafter incur which are not reimbursable to it hereunder.

The New Management Agreement also provides that the Fund shall indemnify Saba (and its officers, managers, agents, employees, partners, controlling persons, members, and any other person or entity affiliated with Saba) (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) and hold them harmless from and against all damages, liabilities, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and amounts reasonably paid in settlement) incurred by the Indemnified Parties in or by reason of any pending, threatened or completed action, suit, investigation or other proceeding (including an action or suit by or in the right of the Fund or its security holders) arising out of or otherwise based upon the performance of any of Saba’s duties or obligations under the agreement or otherwise as an investment adviser of the Fund. Nothing contained in this indemnification provision shall protect or be deemed to protect the Indemnified Parties against or entitle or be deemed to entitle the Indemnified Parties to indemnification in respect of, any liability to the Fund or its security holders to which the Indemnified Parties would otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of the Manager’s duties or by reason of the reckless disregard of Saba’s duties and obligations under the New Management Agreement.

Board Consideration of the Approval of the New Management Agreement

At an executive session held on November 20, 2020 and subsequent to a meeting of the Board held on November 20, 2020, the Board formed a Special Planning Committee (the “SPC”) to, among other things, review and make recommendations regarding the Fund including, conducting a search for a new investment manager to replace the then current manager and its affiliated sub-adviser. After an extensive process, the SPC recommended to the Board, including all of the Non-interested Trustees, that they consider approving the New Management Agreement. At a special meeting of the Board held on March 22, 2021, the Board, including all of the Non-interested Trustees, determined to select Saba as the new investment adviser to the Fund, and at a subsequent special meeting of the Board held on April 1, 2021, considered and approved the New Management Agreement in the form attached hereto as Appendix A. In determining to approve the New Management Agreement, the Board discussed and considered materials which had been

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distributed to them in advance of the meeting and prepared by Saba, including responses to a questionnaire provided by the Fund’s independent counsel with respect to certain matters that counsel believed relevant to the approval of the New Management Agreement under Section 15 of the 1940 Act. In addition, the Board met with representatives from Saba and had the opportunity to ask them questions.

Matters considered by the Board in connection with its approval of the New Management Agreement included, among others, the following:

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services. The Board considered the nature, extent and quality of services proposed to be provided to the Fund under the New Management Agreement. The Board discussed the prior experience of Saba with respect to managing certain private investment funds and separately managed accounts and, with respect to an ETF, serving as the sub-adviser, each such investment product with investment strategies similar to the strategy proposed by Saba for the Fund. The Board discussed the written information provided by Saba and the information presented orally at the Meeting by Saba, including information with respect to its anticipated profitability, compliance program, insurance arrangements, personnel and portfolio management, risk management policies, brokerage allocation and soft dollar practices. The Board concluded that, overall, they were satisfied with the nature, extent and quality of services expected to be provided to the Fund by Saba under the proposed New Management Agreement.

Performance. In considering whether to approve the New Management Agreement, the Board reviewed the investment performance over the past year, three-year, five-year and since-inception periods of two of Saba’s accounts having a similar investment strategy as the strategy proposed for the Fund, and an example provided by Saba using a combination of the two portfolios, which Saba believed more accurately reflects the proposed investment strategy for the Fund. The Board expressed their belief that given Saba’s historical reported returns for other investment products that they advise and, based on the estimated higher Sharpe ratio for the combined portfolio, they anticipated that Saba should be able to provide the Fund and its shareholders with superior risk-adjusted returns. The Sharpe ratio represents the additional amount of return that an investor receives per unit of increase in risk (defined as the difference between the return of the portfolio and the risk-free rate of return, divided by the standard deviation of the portfolio). The Board also noted the experience of the principals of Saba in managing securities portfolios, as well as their longstanding experience in seeking out opportunities in the market that have attractive risk reward characteristics.

Fees and Expenses. In reviewing the anticipated fees and expenses for the Fund, the Board noted that the proposed management fee would remain the same as the current management fee payable under the Fund’s investment management agreement with the current manager which included fees paid to the manager’s affiliated sub-adviser for day to day management of the Fund’s portfolio. The Board also noted that Saba proposed entering into an expense limitation agreement with the Fund such that the expense limitation currently in place would remain unchanged. The Board considered that the proposed management fee was comparable to fees paid by other funds in the Fund’s Peer Group, a group consisting of the Fund and ten other bank loan funds, as identified by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., an independent third party data provider that provided the Board in November, 2020 with such comparative data, and that it would be among the lowest total fees that Saba receives across its platform for providing similar investment management services. The Board separately determined that the proposed management fee payable to Saba was not unreasonable in light of the nature, extent and quality of the services that Saba is expected to provide. Based on the factors above, the Board concluded that the management fee was not unreasonable.

Profitability. Saba provided the Board with a summary and analysis of the Saba’s anticipated costs and pre-tax profitability with respect to the management of the Fund for the first twelve month and first twenty-four month periods. The Board was satisfied with Saba’s estimates regarding the level of profitability that it was seeking from managing the Fund and that the projections were sufficient and appropriate to provide the necessary advisory and management services to the Fund. The Board concluded that the Saba’s projected profitability from its relationship with the Fund, after taking into account a reasonable allocation of costs, was not excessive.

Economies of Scale. The Board considered whether Saba would realize economies of scale with respect to the management services provided to the Fund. The Board noted that the Fund, as a closed-end fund, generally does not issue new shares and is less likely to realize economies of scale from additional share purchases. The Board considered that

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Saba believed that there could be economies of scale realized if the Fund did grow in size and there was an opportunity for Saba to push certain third-party service provider fees down and negotiate for certain lower fees in the service contracts with these third parties. The Board also considered the extent to which economies of scale realized by Saba could be shared with the Fund through fee waivers and expense reimbursements.

Other Benefits. The Board considered the character and amount of other direct and incidental benefits to be received by Saba and its affiliates from their association with the Fund. The Board considered that Saba anticipated no other sources of income or benefit in connection with managing the Fund and did not expect to market the Fund to its existing private clients or use soft dollars to any notable extent.

Conclusion. The Board, having requested and received such information from Saba as it believed reasonably necessary to evaluate the terms of the New Management Agreement, and having been advised by its Independent Counsel that the Board had appropriately considered and weighed all relevant factors, determined that approval of the New Management Agreement was in the best interests of the Fund and its shareholders. In considering the approval of the New Management Agreement, the Board considered a variety of factors, including those discussed above, and also considered other factors (including conditions and trends prevailing generally in the economy, the securities markets, and the closed-end fund industry). None of the factors weighed against the approval of the New Management Agreement. The Board did not identify any one factor as determinative, and different Board members may have given different weight to different individual factors and related conclusions.

After these deliberations on April 1, 2021, the Board, including a majority of the Non-interested Trustees, approved the New Management Agreement between Saba and the Fund as in the best interests of the Fund and its Shareholders. The Board of Trustees then directed that the New Management Agreement be submitted to the Fund’s Shareholders for approval with the Board of Trustees’ recommendation that Shareholders vote to approve the New Management Agreement.

Information Regarding Saba

Saba is a registered investment adviser founded in 2009. Saba is a spin-out of a proprietary investing group founded by Boaz Weinstein at Deutsche Bank in 1998. Saba manages $3.2 billion across four core strategies: Credit Relative Value, Tail Hedge, SPACs and Closed-End Funds. Saba’s investors are predominantly institutions and include public and corporate pension plans, endowments and foundations, family offices, banks and insurers, bank private wealth platforms, fund of funds and certain high net worth individuals. Additional information about Saba is set forth in Saba’s Form ADV.

The following chart sets forth the name, address and principal occupation of the senior professionals of Saba:

Name* Principal Occupation

Boaz Weinstein

Founder and Chief Investment Officer

Pierre Weinstein (no relation to Boaz)

Partner and Portfolio Manager

Xavier Riera

Partner and Portfolio Manager

Michael D’Angelo

Partner, General Counsel and Chief Operating Officer

Andrew Kellerman

Partner, President and Head of BD and IR

Nitin Sapru

Partner and Chief Financial Officer

Paul Kazarian

Managing Director and Portfolio Manager

*The address of each individual listed is 405 Lexington Ave., 58th Floor, New York, NY 10174.

Following the Adviser Transition, Boaz Weinstein, Pierre Weinstein (no relation to Boaz) and Paul Kazarian will serve as the Fund’s portfolio managers and will have sole investment and dispositive control over all of portfolio Fund investments held by the Fund as of the Adviser Transition and over all other new investments.

Boaz Weinstein is the founder and Chief Investment Officer of Saba. Mr. Weinstein founded Saba in 2009 as a lift-out of Saba Principal Strategies. At Saba, Mr. Weinstein leads a team of 30 professionals, with the senior investment

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team having worked together for fifteen years. Prior to founding Saba, Mr. Weinstein was Co-Head of Global Credit Trading at Deutsche Bank. In that role he was responsible for co-managing a group of approximately 650 professionals and was a member of the Global Markets Executive Committee. Throughout his career at Deutsche Bank, Mr. Weinstein had dual responsibility for proprietary trading and market making. In proprietary trading, he founded Saba Principal Strategies to specialize in credit and capital structure investing. As a market-maker, he focused on credit default swaps, investment grade bonds, and high yield bonds. Mr. Weinstein worked at Deutsche Bank for eleven years, the last eight as Managing Director, a title he received at age 27. Mr. Weinstein graduated from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, with a BA in Philosophy.

Pierre Weinstein joined Saba at launch in April 2009. Prior to Saba, Mr. Weinstein was a Portfolio Manager at Saba Principal Strategies, the proprietary credit trading group at Deutsche Bank since January 2005, where he managed the equity derivatives, international convertible bond and SPAC arbitrage strategies. Mr. Weinstein started his investment career at Société Générale in Paris in 1998 as an equity derivatives market maker and had various roles until 2004 including a position as a convertible bond proprietary trader in New York. Mr. Weinstein holds a Ms in Engineering from École Centrale Lyon and a Ms in Finance from École HEC in Paris.

Paul Kazarian joined Saba in March 2013 and is responsible for Exchange Traded products, including ETF arb and Closed-End Funds. Prior to Saba, Mr. Kazarian was a Director at RBC Capital Markets in the Global Arbitrage and Trading Group from 2007-2013. While there, Mr. Kazarian was responsible for the development and management of the Fixed Income ETF Group and also responsible for overseeing other ETF and index strategies. Prior to RBC, Mr. Kazarian worked as a technology analyst at Merrill Lynch from 2006-2007. Mr. Kazarian holds a BA in Political Science from Bates College.

Principal Executive Offices

The principal executive office of Saba is 405 Lexington Ave, Suite 58, New York, NY 10174. Upon the consummation of the Adviser Transition, the principal executive office of each of the Fund and Saba will also be 405 Lexington Ave, Suite 58, New York, NY 10174.

Required Vote

Approval of this proposal requires the affirmative vote of “a majority of outstanding voting securities” entitled to vote at the Special Meeting, as defined under the 1940 Act. Since the Fund’s only voting securities are common shares, consistent with the 1940 Act, the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding common shares entitled to vote at the Special Meeting is required to approve the New Management Agreement. For purposes of approval of the New Management Agreement, “a majority of outstanding common shares” is the lesser of: (i) 67% or more of the common shares present at the Special Meeting if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding common shares are present or represented by proxy; or (ii) more than 50% of the Fund’s outstanding common shares as of the Record Date. Abstentions will have the effect of a vote against this proposal. Since banks, brokerage firms or other nominees do not have discretion to vote on this proposal, if you do not provide voting instructions to your bank, brokerage firm or other nominee, your shares will not be voted at the Special Meeting and will not be counted as present for purposes of meeting the quorum requirement.

Conflicts of Interests of Our Trustees and Officers in the Adviser Transition

Two members of the Board of Trustees, Andrew Kellerman and Aditya Bindal, are employed by Saba and have conflicts of interests in connection with the vote on the New Management Agreement. As a result of such conflicts, a special committee consisting solely of Trustees who have no affiliation with Saba initially reviewed Saba’s proposal to become investment adviser to the Fund, and recommended Saba’s appointment to the full Board. There are no other conflicts of interest.

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “FOR

THE NEW MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE FUND AND SABA

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PROPOSAL II

TO REMOVE THE FUND’S FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENT RESTRICTION RELATING TO

INVESTING IN WARRANTS

The Fund has adopted the following investment restriction as a fundamental policy, which can only be changed by a vote of the Fund’s shareholders:

The Fund will not invest in marketable warrants other than those acquired in conjunction with Senior Loans and such warrants will not constitute more than 5% of assets.

Although the Fund does not currently have any current intention to purchase warrants in excess of 5% of its net assets, the Board recommends that you returnFund shareholders approve removing the above investment related restriction to provide the Fund with maximum flexibility in the event of future changes to its investment strategy. In addition, there is no federal requirement that the Fund have a fundamental investment restriction regarding warrants.

Current Fundamental Investment Restriction Relating
to Investing in Warrants

Proposed Fundamental Investment Restriction
Relating to Investing in Warrants

As a matter of fundamental policy, the Fund will not invest in marketable warrants other than those acquired in conjunction with Senior Loans and such warrants will not constitute more than 5% of assets.

Deleted.

By unanimous written consent, dated April 19, 2021, the Board of Trustees (including a majority of the WHITENon-interested proxy cardTrustees) voted to recommend that the fundamental investment restriction regarding warrants be removed.

Required Vote

Approval of this proposal requires the affirmative vote of “a majority of outstanding voting securities” entitled to vote at the Special Meeting, as defined under the 1940 Act. Since the Fund’s only voting securities are common shares, consistent with the 1940 Act, the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding common shares entitled to vote at the Special Meeting is required to approve this proposal. For purposes of approval, “a majority of outstanding common shares” is the lesser of: (i) 67% or more of the common shares present at the Special Meeting if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding common shares are present or represented by proxy; or (ii) more than 50% of the Fund’s outstanding common shares as of the Record Date. Abstentions will have the effect of a vote against this proposal. Since banks, brokerage firms or other nominees do not have discretion to vote on this proposal, if you do not provide voting instructions to your bank, brokerage firm or other nominee, your shares will not be voted at the Special Meeting and will not be counted as present for purposes of meeting the quorum requirement.

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “FOR

REMOVING A FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENT RESTRICTION REGARDING

WARRANTS

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PROPOSAL III

TO REMOVE THE FUND’S FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENT RESTRICTION RELATING TO PURCHASING OR SELLING EQUITY SECURITIES, ENGAGING IN SHORT-SELLING AND

THE USE OF CERTAIN OPTION ARRANGEMENTS

The Fund has adopted the following investment restriction as a fundamental policy, which can only be changed by a vote AGAINST” Proposal Two.

of the Fund’s shareholders:

The Board’s Statement in OppositionFund will not purchase or sell equity securities (except that the Fund may, incidental to the Saba Hedgepurchase or ownership of an interest in a Senior Loan, or as part of a borrower reorganization, acquire, sell and exercise warrants and/or acquire or sell other equity securities), real estate, real estate mortgage loans, commodities, commodity futures contracts, or oil or gas exploration or development programs; or sell short, purchase or sell straddles, spreads, or combinations thereof, or write put or call options.

The Board recommends that Fund Proposal

shareholders approve removing the restriction relating to the purchase and sale of equity securities by the Fund, engaging in short-selling and the use of certain option arrangements included in the foregoing, in order to maximize the Fund’s investment flexibility. There is no federal requirement that the Fund have a fundamental investment restriction regarding equity securities, engaging in short-selling or the use of option arrangements. The Board’s recommendationinvestment restriction, as proposed to be revised, is based on a number of important considerations, including those summarizedset forth below:

The Fund will not purchase or sell real estate, real estate mortgage loans, commodities, commodity futures contracts, or oil or gas exploration or development programs.

Current Fundamental Investment Restriction Relating
to Purchasing or Selling Equity Securities, Engaging
in Short-Selling, and the use of Certain Option
Arrangements

Proposed Fundamental Investment Restriction
Relating to Purchasing or Selling Equity Securities,
Engaging in Short-Selling, and the use of Certain
Option Arrangements

As a matter of fundamental policy, the Fund will not purchase or sell equity securities (except that the Fund may, incidental to the purchase or ownership of an interest in a Senior Loan, or as part of a borrower reorganization, acquire, sell and exercise warrants and/or acquire or sell other equity securities), real estate, real estate mortgage loans, commodities, commodity futures contracts, or oil or gas exploration or development programs; or sell short, purchase or sell straddles, spreads, or combinations thereof, or write put or call options.

The Fund continues will not purchase or sell real estate, real estate mortgage loans, commodities, commodity futures contracts, or oil or gas exploration or development programs.

By unanimous written consent, dated April 19, 2021, the Board of Trustees (including a majority of the Non-interested Trustees) voted to recommend that the fundamental investment restriction regarding the purchase and sale of equity securities, engaging in short-selling and the use of certain option arrangements be removed.

Required Vote

Approval of this proposal requires the affirmative vote of “a majority of outstanding voting securities” entitled to vote at the Special Meeting, as defined under the 1940 Act. Since the Fund’s only voting securities are common shares, consistent with the 1940 Act, the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding common shares entitled to vote at the Special Meeting is required to approve this proposal. For purposes of approval, “a majority of outstanding common

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shares” is the lesser of: (i) 67% or more of the common shares present at the Special Meeting if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding common shares are present or represented by proxy; or (ii) more than 50% of the Fund’s outstanding common shares as of the Record Date. Abstentions will have the effect of a vote against this proposal. Since banks, brokerage firms or other nominees do not have discretion to vote on this proposal, if you do not provide voting instructions to your bank, brokerage firm or other nominee, your shares will not be voted at the Special Meeting and will not be counted as present for purposes of meeting the quorum requirement.

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “FOR

REMOVING A FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENT RESTRICTION REGARDING PURCHASING

OR SELLING EQUITY SECURITIES, ENGAGING IN SHORT-SELLING AND THE USE OF CERTAIN OPTION ARRANGEMENTS.

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PROPOSAL IV

TO REMOVE THE FUND’S FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENT RESTRICTION RELATING TO INVESTING IN OTHER INVESTMENT COMPANIES

The Fund has adopted the following investment restriction as a fundamental policy, which can only be changed by a vote of the Fund’s shareholders:

The Fund will not purchase shares of other investment companies, except in connection with a merger, consolidation, acquisition or reorganization.

In view of Saba’s intent to seek to have the Fund invest at least a portion of its portfolio in registered closed-end investment companies, the Board recommends that Fund shareholders approve removing the above investment related restriction to provide the Fund with the flexibility to fully implement Saba’s proposed investment objective and strategies subsequent to the Adviser Transition. In addition, there is no federal requirement that the Fund have a fundamental investment restriction regarding investments in other investment companies.

Notably, in the event the foregoing investment restriction is removed, the Fund will remain subject to limitations imposed under the 1940 Act with respect to its ownership of other investment companies. In particular, pursuant to Section 12(d)(1) under the 1940 Act, at the time the Fund acquires a share of any other registered investment company, the Fund may not hold more than 3% of the outstanding voting equity of that registered investment company, the Fund’s investments in that registered investment company may not exceed 5% of its total assets, and its aggregate investments in other registered investment companies may not exceed 10% of its total assets.

Current Fundamental Investment Restriction Relating
to meet its goalInvesting in Other Investment Companies

Proposed Fundamental Investment Restriction
Relating to Investing in Other Investment Companies

As a matter of providingfundamental policy, the Fund will not purchase shares of other investment companies, except in connection with a merger, consolidation, acquisition or reorganization.

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By unanimous written consent, dated April 19, 2021, the Board of Trustees (including a majority of the Non-interested Trustees) voted to recommend that the fundamental investment restriction regarding investments in other investment companies be removed.

Required Vote

Approval of this proposal requires the affirmative vote of “a majority of outstanding voting securities” entitled to vote at the Special Meeting, as defined under the 1940 Act. Since the Fund’s only voting securities are common shares, consistent with the 1940 Act, the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding common shares entitled to vote at the Special Meeting is required to approve this proposal. For purposes of approval, “a majority of outstanding common shares” is the lesser of: (i) 67% or more of the common shares present at the Special Meeting if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding common shares are present or represented by proxy; or (ii) more than 50% of the Fund’s outstanding common shares as of the Record Date. Abstentions will have the effect of a vote against this proposal. Since banks, brokerage firms or other nominees do not have discretion to vote on this proposal, if you do not provide voting instructions to your bank, brokerage firm or other nominee, your shares will not be voted at the Special Meeting and will not be counted as present for purposes of meeting the quorum requirement.

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “FOR

REMOVING A FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENT RESTRICTION REGARDING

INVESTMENTS IN OTHER INVESTMENT COMPANIES

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PROPOSAL V

TO APPROVE CHANGING THE FUND’S SUB-CLASSIFICATION UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 FROM “DIVERSIFIED” TO “NON-DIVERSIFIED;

Background

The Fund is currently classified as a “diversified” fund under the 1940 Act. As a diversified fund, the Fund is generally limited as to the size of its investment in any single issuer. The 1940 Act sets forth the requirements that must be met for an investment company to be diversified. The 1940 Act requires that to qualify as a “diversified” fund, a fund may not, with respect to at least 75% of the value of its total assets, invest in securities of any issuer if, immediately after the investment, more than 5% of the total assets of the fund (taken at current value) would be invested in the securities of that issuer or the fund would hold more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of the issuer. (Under the 1940 Act, these percentage limitations do not apply to cash or cash items (including receivables), securities issued by investment companies, or any “Government security.” A Government security is any security issued or guaranteed as to principal or interest by the United States, or by a person controlled or supervised by and acting as an instrumentality of the government of the United Sates pursuant to authority granted by the Congress of the United Sates, or any certificate of deposit for any of the forgoing.) The remaining 25% of the fund’s total assets is not subject to this restriction. This means that, with respect to the remaining 25% of the fund’s total assets, a diversified fund may invest more than 5% of its total assets in the securities of one issuer and may hold more than 10% of an issuer’s outstanding voting securities. These 1940 Act requirements do not apply to an investment company that is non-diversified. As a result, compared with a non-diversified fund, a diversified fund would be generally expected to have lesser exposures to individual portfolio securities.

The Board recommends that Shareholders of the Fund approve a change in the Fund’s sub-classification under the 1940 Act from “diversified” to “non-diversified.” As a non-diversified fund, the Fund would have greater flexibility to invest more of its assets in the securities of fewer issuers than it currently does as a diversified fund. However, as a non-diversified fund, the Fund would be exposed to non-diversification risk, as its ability to invest more of its assets in the securities of fewer issuers would increase its vulnerability to factors affecting a single investment. If Shareholders approve this change, the Fund’s fundamental investment policy regarding diversification of investments will be changed to reflect that the fund is non-diversified.

The Trustees, subject to Shareholder approval, have approved the proposed change to the Fund’s sub-classification from a diversified fund to a non-diversified fund. In recommending that Shareholders approve this change, the Trustees considered Saba’s representation that this change would allow Saba to more effectively manage the fund in the best interests of the Fund’s shareholders following the Adviser Transition (assuming that Proposal 1 is approved by Shareholders), including because it would allow the Fund to invest more of its assets in the securities of fewer issuers. The Trustees observed Saba’s view that the proposed change is more consistent with Saba’s overall emphasis on active management and stock selection for the Fund and is also better aligned with anticipated demand from current and prospective Shareholders.

Under the 1940 Act, shareholder approval is required to permit the fund to change its sub-classification from diversified to non-diversified. Assuming shareholder approval, the proposed change in the Fund’s sub-classification will take effect upon the Adviser Transition.

By unanimous written consent, dated April 20, 2021, the Board of Trustees (including a majority of the Non-interested Trustees) voted to recommend that that the Fund change sub-classification under the Investment Company Act of 1940 from “diversified” to “non-diversified.”

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Required Vote

Approval of this proposal requires the affirmative vote of “a majority of outstanding voting securities” entitled to vote at the Special Meeting, as defined under the 1940 Act. Since the Fund’s only voting securities are common shares, consistent with the 1940 Act, the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding common shares entitled to vote at the Special Meeting is required to approve this proposal. For purposes of approval, “a majority of outstanding common shares” is the lesser of: (i) 67% or more of the common shares present at the Special Meeting if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding common shares are present or represented by proxy; or (ii) more than 50% of the Fund’s outstanding common shares as of the Record Date. Abstentions will have the effect of a vote against this proposal. Since banks, brokerage firms or other nominees do not have discretion to vote on this proposal, if you do not provide voting instructions to your bank, brokerage firm or other nominee, your shares will not be voted at the Special Meeting and will not be counted as present for purposes of meeting the quorum requirement.

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “FOR” CHANGING THE FUND’S SUB-CLASSIFICATION FROM “DIVERSIFIED” TO “NON-DIVERSIFIED.”

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PROPOSAL VI

TO APPROVE A CHANGE TO THE INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE AND TO MAKE THE

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE NON-FUNDAMENTAL

The current investment objective of the Fund is that it seeks to provide investors with as high a level of current income as is consistent with the preservation of capital. The investment objective is fundamental and may not be changed without a majority vote of the shareholders of the Fund.

The Fund (after feedback from the proposed investment adviser (Saba)) is proposing that the Fund’s investment objective be amended from the objective as stated above to indicate that the Fund “seeks to provide investors with a high level of current income, with a secondary goal of capital appreciation” and to change its investment objective to a non-fundamental policy that may be changed by the Board without shareholder approval upon 60 days’ prior written notice to shareholders.

Current Fundamental Investment Objective

Proposed Non-Fundamental Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to provide investors with as high a level of current income as is consistent with the preservation of capital while investing in a portfolio of senior loans. capital.

The Fund has paidseeks to provide investors with a dividend every month since its inception in May 1988, and, for the last decade, over 99%high level of the Fund’s distributions have been paid from a combination of income and capital gains earned by the Fund.

The Fund is designed for long-term shareholders seeking current income, from senior loans, not for hedge funds seeking short-term profits by influencing the pricewith a secondary goal of the Fund’s shares. The Fund’s shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange and shareholders like the Saba Hedge Fund that do not desire to invest in the Fund for its intended purpose are able to sell their shares freely without the necessity of a tender offer.
The Fund is managed to outperform in periods of increased risk. For example, in the last three major market drawdowns (Q4 2018, Energy Crisis 2016, Financial Crisis 2008), the Fund’s performance has ranked in the top third of its Morningstar category peers.
Tender offers have not historically resulted in long-term reductions in market-price discounts and can result in lasting loss of value for long-term shareholders. In fact, notably absent from the Saba Hedge Fund’s statement is any data or rationale demonstrating how a large tender offer at or near net asset value would improve the Fund’s long-term investment performance or reduce the discount between the market price of the Fund’s shares and the shares’ net asset value over the long term.
The tender offer would benefit the Saba Hedge Fund, the other accounts managed by Saba and other tendering shareholders at the risk of harming remaining shareholders, including the Fund’s long-term shareholders. The Saba Hedge Fund’s proposal does not discuss or acknowledge any of the direct or indirect negative consequences of its tender offer proposal on non-tendering shareholders or on the Fund’s continuing operations.
It is critical that the Board and the Adviser retain the flexibility to design a strategy or combination of strategies to improve shareholder value, in the best interests of the Fund and all shareholders, not just a subset of the Fund’s shareholders.capital appreciation.

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SevenProposal 5 also constitutes a vote in favor of making the Fund’s investment objective a non-fundamental policy of the eight members of the Board are “independent” Trustees, meaning among other things that they have no financial interest in the Adviser or its affiliates. The Saba Hedge Fund has notified the Fund that it also intends to nominateFund. As a slate of individuals for election as trusteesnon-fundamental policy of the Fund, any future changes to the investment objective may be made by the Board without shareholder approval upon prior notice to shareholders. The Fund’s current investment objective is a fundamental policy of the Fund, which means that any changes to the Fund’s current investment objective are subject to shareholder approval. Changing the Fund’s investment objective to a non-fundamental policy of the Fund would give the Board more flexibility to make appropriate changes to the Fund’s investment objective in a timely manner without having to incur the cost of soliciting and obtaining shareholder approval.

The Board noted that the proposed new investment objective is, as indicted by Saba, is more consistent with the investment strategies that have been approved by the Board, which are described more fully after this section.

By unanimous written consent, dated April 19, 2021, the Board of Trustees (including a majority of the Non-interested Trustees) voted to recommend that that the Fund change its investment objective and to make the investment objective non-fundamental.

Required Vote

Approval of this proposal requires the affirmative vote of “a majority of outstanding voting securities” entitled to vote at the annual meeting. If elected, those individuals would replaceSpecial Meeting, as defined under the entire existing Board. The entire slate proposed by the Saba Hedge Fund would be made up of nominees chosen by Saba who might be subject to its influence.

The Board continues to consider a range of options to enhance value for shareholders, including potentially to reduce the discount from net asset value at which1940 Act. Since the Fund’s only voting securities are common shares, may trade. It is important that any action taken be intended to benefit all shareholders underconsistent with the 1940 Act, the affirmative vote of a variety of market conditions and to minimize any disruptive effect on the Fund and its operations. These goals are especially important in lightmajority of the current market turmoil, which has affected greatlyoutstanding common shares entitled to vote at the prices and liquiditySpecial Meeting is required to approve this proposal. For purposes of senior loans, includingapproval, “a majority of outstanding common shares” is the typeslesser of: (i) 67% or more of loans in which the Fund invests.
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The Board andcommon shares present at the Adviser believe that conducting a self-tender offer for 40%Special Meeting if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding common shares are present or represented by proxy; or (ii) more than 50% of the Fund’s outstanding common shares as of the Record Date. Abstentions will have the effect of a vote against this proposal. Since banks, brokerage firms or other nominees do not have discretion to vote on this proposal, if you do not provide voting instructions to your bank, brokerage firm or other nominee, your shares will not be voted at the Special Meeting and will not be counted as present for purposes of meeting the quorum requirement.

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “FOR

CHANGING THE INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE AND MAKING THE INVESTMENT

OBJECTIVE NON-FUNDAMENTAL

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PROPOSAL VII

ADJOURNMENT OF THE SPECIAL MEETING

Shareholders may be asked to consider and act upon one or closemore adjournments of the Special Meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to net asset value, particularlysolicit additional proxies in favor of any or all of the current market,other proposals set forth in this proxy statement.

If a quorum is not present at the Special Meeting, the Shareholders may be asked to vote on the proposal to adjourn the Special Meeting to solicit additional proxies. If a quorum is present at the Special Meeting, but there are not sufficient votes at the time of the Special Meeting to approve the proposals, the Shareholders may also be asked to vote on the proposal to approve the adjournment of the Special Meeting to permit further solicitation of proxies in favor of the best interestsother proposals.

If the adjournment proposal is submitted for a vote at the Special Meeting, and if the Shareholders vote to approve the adjournment proposal, the meeting will be adjourned to enable the Board of shareholders, including forTrustees to solicit additional proxies in favor of the reasons described below:

A tender offer would resultproposals. If the adjournment proposal is approved, and the Special Meeting is adjourned, the Board of Trustees will use the additional time to solicit additional proxies in unequal treatment among the Fund’s shareholders that is exacerbated during periodsfavor of market turmoil. The Saba Hedge Fund’s proposal does not discuss or acknowledge any of the direct or indirect risksproposals to be presented at the Special Meeting, including the solicitation of conducting a large tender offer at or near net asset value,proxies from Shareholders that have previously voted against the relevant proposal.

The Board of which there are many. Any undertaking to conduct a large tender offer at or close to net asset value could benefitTrustees believes that, if the Saba Hedge Fund and other tendering shareholders, but would pose an unacceptable risk to shareholders who desire to remain in the Fund. For example, in order to raise the cash to pay tendering shareholders, the Fund would have to sell portfolio investments. Consistent with its stated investment objective and strategies, the Fund is leveraged, and the reduction in the Fund’s size due to the tender offer would similarly result in a reduction in the amountnumber of the Fund’s leverage. Thus, the Fund would have to sell not only enough investments to pay tendering shareholders, but also investments previously acquired with the amountcommon shares voting in favor of leverage the Fund would need to pay back due to its smaller size. The Fund invests almost exclusively in senior loans traded in private markets. A forced sale of that number of loans could very well result in the Fund selling its loans in a “fire sale” scenario that would drive down the value it is able to realize in such sales. In turn, this would likely drive down the Fund’s net asset value during the course of, and in the period immediately after, the tender offer to the detriment of all shareholders. This risk would be particularly acute in lightany of the fact thatproposals presented at the market would be aware that the Fund must sell those investments to meet its obligations in the

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tender offer. And, if the proceeds from the sale of the Fund’s assets wereSpecial Meeting is insufficient to pay tendering shareholders, the shortfall would be borne by remaining shareholders. A large tender offer would pose these risks to the Fund and its shareholders even in times of typical levels of market volatility. During the highly volatile markets of the COVID-19 pandemic period, including the likely volatility through the balance of 2020, the Fund is subject to even higher levels of tender offer-related risks.
Based on its research, the Adviser believes that, upon the announcement of the proposed large tender offer, the Saba Hedge Fund would attempt to exit the Fund as soon as it could, both by strategically trading its shares in the market after the announcement of any tender offer and during the course of the tender offer, and by then tendering its entire remaining position in the tender offer. Shareholders who might not have the expertise to trade their shares strategically or who might choose to maintain their investments in the Fund would bear the brunt of the adverse effects arising from the reduction in the Fund’s size – including the decline in net asset value described above, loss of economies of scale, and potentially reduced liquidity in the trading market for the Fund’s shares.
It is critical that the Board and the Adviser maintain flexibility in deciding on actions to enhance shareholder value. Undertaking to conductapprove a large self-tender offer at this time would impair this flexibility and the Fund’s ability to explore other options more favorable to the Fund and shareholders. The Board and the Adviser believe thatproposal, it is in the best interests of the Fund and shareholdersShareholders to preserve maximum flexibilityenable the Board of Trustees, for a limited period of time, to designcontinue to seek to obtain a strategy or combinationsufficient number of strategies to improve shareholder value, including potentially reducing the discountadditional votes in favor of the Fund’s market price to net asset value over time. For example, the Board in November 2019, before it hadproposal. Any signed proxies received the Saba Hedge Fund’s tender offer proposal, authorizedby the Fund to purchase, over a one-year period beginning January 1, 2020, up to 10%in which no voting instructions are provided on such matter will be voted in favor of its sharesan adjournment in open-market transactions, subject to a determination by the Adviser to do so under certain conditions. A share repurchase program seeks to enhance shareholder value by allowing the Fund to purchase its own shares in the market when they are trading at a discount to net asset value, potentially leading to an increase in the Fund’s net asset value per sharethese circumstances. The time and accreting value to shares that remain outstanding. When the Fund repurchases its shares at a discount, it unlocks the difference in value between the Fund’s market price and its net asset value for the benefit of all shareholders.
The Board is also considering a distribution program designed to return capital to all shareholders through regular distributions. Such a program would allow the Fund’s management team to manage the sale of senior loans in advance of those distributions in a manner intended to minimize the adverse effect on the Fund’s net asset value and it would spread the saleplace of the loans out over time, thereby avoiding the risk of a “fire sale” of
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the Fund’s assets at one time to meet the demands of a single large tender offer, such as proposed by the Saba Hedge Fund. Most importantly, the benefit of this approach wouldadjourned meeting will be shared equally by all shareholders and not just by a few. The Board is also considering conducting a number of smaller tender offers over a period of time.
These are only examples of the options the Board is considering. There may well be different or additional approaches the Board might consider in the interests of the Fund and all of its shareholders. The key point is that the Board must have the flexibility to decide the best approaches under the circumstances prevailingannounced at the time in order to ensure that the course chosen benefits the Fund and all of its shareholders.
The Fund’s performance has enabled it to meet its investment objective throughout its 30+ years of operation. The Fund has successfully achieved its investment objective since its inception. The Fundadjournment is designed as a long-term investment providing shareholders with a high level of current income from a pure-play senior loan investment strategy. The Fund’s long-term shareholders have enjoyed the benefits of that consistent investment program. Every month since the Fund’s inception in May 1988 – 383 months in total – the Fund has paid a dividend. For the last decade, more than 99%taken. Any adjournment of the Fund’s distributions have been paid through a combination of income and capital gains earned by the Fund.
The Fund’s objective and strategy have been, and are, clearly disclosed to all potential investors, including the Saba Hedge Fund when it first made a decision to invest in the Fund. Shareholders investing in the Fund in order to benefit from the Fund’s intended purpose – as high a level of income as is consistent with preservation of capital from a portfolio of senior loans – are less likely than the Saba Hedge Fund to consider the Fund’s discount to net asset value as a priority, since they are not seeking to exit the Fund or trade in and out of the Fund’s shares in an effort to turn a quick profit. Opportunistic short-term traders often portray discounts as evidence of poor performance in order to pressure a fund to take actions that produce a short-term gain for such short-term traders at the expense of long-term investors. In fact, these opportunistic short-term traders have often hedged their exposure to the fund, so that they are indifferent to or minimally affected by the performance of the fund’s investment strategy. Shareholders like the Saba Hedge Fund that do not wish to invest in the Fund for its intended purpose can sell their shares on the New York Stock Exchange. They do not need a tender offer, which will hurt the Fund and its remaining shareholders, in order to exit their position in the Fund.
Discounts to net asset value are common among closed-end funds – including funds investing in senior loans – and are the result of a number of economic and market factors. The Saba Hedge Fund would have shareholders believe
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that the Fund’s discount to net asset value reflects a view of “the market” regarding the Adviser’s management of the Fund. Focus on the Fund’s discount in this way distracts from how successful the Fund has actually been in achieving its long-term goal of providing high current income from a senior loan strategy. In fact, the Saba Hedge Fund’s focus on the Fund’s discount to net asset value is reflective of the Saba Hedge Fund’s short-term investment intent without regard to the Fund’s long-term income-based strategy. The Saba Hedge Fund is now trying to get the Fund to act in a way that benefits the Saba Hedge Fund and other accounts managed by Saba and their short-term goals at the expense of the Fund’s long-term investment strategy and its long-term shareholders solely by a focus on the Fund’s discount to net asset value.
The Board, by contrast, evaluates the Fund’s performance on the basis of a number of considerations. During the Board’s most recent review of the Fund’s investment management agreements with the Adviser and Fund’s sub-adviser, the Board took into account the Adviser’s view that the Fund is unique in its Morningstar (bank loan funds) category because it invests substantially all, and not just a portion, of its assets in the senior loan asset class and is one of the only funds where investors can access a pure-play, dedicated bank loan strategy. Currently, the Fund invests only in senior loans. Other funds in the Fund’s Morningstar category utilize flexibility in their principal investment strategies and investment guidelines and often invest materially in additional types of securities, such as high yield bonds and structured credit products. At December 31, 2019, the 30 other exchange-traded closed-end funds in the Fund’s Morningstar category had on average 22% of their assets in non-bank loan allocations, with at least two funds in the category with 100% of their portfolios invested in asset classes other than bank loans, as defined by Morningstar. The Fund had the highest allocation to bank loans in the Morningstar category. The Adviser is unaware of another closed-end fund offering investors comparable exposure to bank loans.
The Board also considered that the Fund is more conservatively positioned vis-à-vis the funds in its Morningstar category, including its strategy generally to employ less leverage than funds in its Morningstar category and to seek to underweight credit rated CCC and below. Because the funds included within the Morningstar category follow a wide range of investment strategies with different risk profiles, direct performance comparisons, such as those the Saba Hedge Fund tries to make, are challenging and less informative than would be the case if all of the funds in the category followed substantially similar strategies. In fact, the Fund’s approach, which prioritizes risk management, has historically resulted in the Fund having lower risk than its peers in the Morningstar category, holding loans with lower default rates than the Fund’s performance benchmark index, and achieving competitive peer return rankings, particularly in negative return environments. The Fund
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is designed to seek to do better in periods of increased risk relative to more aggressively positioned peers, which enables it to maintain its steady dividends even in down markets. For example, in the last three major market drawdowns (Q4 2018, Energy Crisis 2016, Financial Crisis 2008), the Fund’s performance has ranked in the top third of its Morningstar category peers.
Benefits to a fund’s share price from a tender offer are short-lived; disadvantages to the Fund and its remaining shareholder survive for the long term. Any reduction in market-price discount following a tender offer dissipates over a relatively short period of time after the completion of the tender offer. For example, of 13 closed-end fund tender offers in 2018 and 2019 surveyed by the Adviser, all but two of the affected closed-end funds experienced increased discounts over the three weeks following the completion of the tender offers. By contrast, the trading losses and losses of efficiency described above are long-lasting, persisting long after short-term investors have sold their shares or have successfully tendered their shares in the Fund. The Saba Hedge Fund’s proposal does not provide any data or rationale demonstrating how a large tender offer at or near net asset value would reduce the discount between the market value of the Fund’s shares and the shares’ net asset value over the long term.
FOR THE REASONS STATED ABOVE, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT SHAREHOLDERS VOTE “AGAINST” PROPOSAL TWO USING THE WHITE PROXY CARD. PLEASE DO NOT RETURN OR VOTE ANY OTHER COLOR PROXY CARD YOU MAY RECEIVE.
What is the required vote to approve the Saba Hedge Fund Proposal?
Shareholders of the Fund will vote collectively as a single class on the Saba Hedge Fund Proposal. The Saba Hedge Fund Proposal must be approved by a majority of shares voted at the AnnualSpecial Meeting provided that a quorum is present. Shareholders do not have appraisal rights in connection with the Saba Hedge Fund Proposal.
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Further Information about the Trustees and Officers
The Board of Trustees
The Fund is governed by the Board, which oversees the Fund’s business and affairs. The Board delegates the day-to-day management of the Fund to the Fund’s Officers and to various service providers that have been contractually retained to provide such day-to-day services. The Voya entities that render services to the Fund do so pursuant to contracts that have been approved by the Board. The Trustees are experienced executives who, among other duties, oversee the Fund’s activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the Fund, and review the Fund’s investment performance.
The Board Leadership Structure and Related Matters
The Board is comprised of eight (8) members, seven (7) of whom are Independent Trustees.
The Fund is one of 23 registered investment companies (with a total of approximately 140 separate series) in the Voya family of funds and all of the Trustees serve as members of each investment company’s Board of Directors or Board of Trustees, as applicable. The Board employs substantially the same leadership structure with respect to each of these investment companies.
One of the Independent Trustees, currently Colleen D. Baldwin, serves as the Chairperson of the Board of the Fund. The responsibilities of the Chairperson of the Board include: coordinating with management in the preparation of agendas for Board meetings; presiding at Board meetings; between Board meetings, serving as a primary liaison with other Trustees, officers of the Fund, management personnel, and legal counsel to the Independent Trustees; and such other duties as the Board periodically may determine. The designation of an individual as the Chairperson does not impose on such Independent Trustee any duties, obligations or liabilities greater than the duties, obligations or liabilities imposed on such person as a member of the Board, generally.
The Board performs many of its oversight and other activities through the committee structure described below in the “Board Committees” section. Each Committee operates pursuant to a written Charter approved by the Board. The Board currently conducts regular meetings eight (8) times a year. Six (6) of these regular meetings consist of sessions held over a two- or three-day period, and two (2) of these meetings consist of a one-day session. In addition, during the course of a year, the Board and many of its Committees typically hold special meetings by telephone or in person to discuss specific matters that require action prior to the next regular meeting. The Independent Trustees have engaged independent legal counsel to assist them in performing their oversight responsibilities.
The Board believes that its committee structure is an effective means of empowering the Trustees to perform their fiduciary and other duties. For example, the Board’s committee structure facilitates, as appropriate, the ability of individual Board members to receive detailed presentations on topics under their review and
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to develop increased familiarity with respect to such topics and with key personnel at relevant service providers. At least annually, with guidance from its Nominating and Governance Committee, the Board analyzes whether there are potential means to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the Board’s operations.
For the fiscal year ended February 29, 2020, no Trustee attended fewer than 75% of the aggregate of: (1) the total number of meetings held by the Board and (2) the total number of meetings held by all Committees of which he or she is a member. The Fund does not have a formal policy regarding attendance by Trustees at annual meetings of shareholders.
Board Committees
Audit Committee. The Board has established an Audit Committee whose functions include, among other things: (i) meeting with the independent registered public accounting firm of the Fund to review the scope of the Fund’s audit, the Fund’s financial statements and accounting controls; (ii) meeting with management concerning these matters, internal audit activities, reports under the Fund’s whistleblower procedures, the services rendered by various service providers, and other matters; and (iii) overseeing the implementation of the Voya funds’ valuation procedures and the fair value determinations made with respect to securities held by the Voya funds for which market value quotations are not readily available. The Audit Committee currently consists of three (3) Independent Trustees. The following Trustees currently serve as members of the Audit Committee: Ms. Baldwin and Messrs. Gavin and Obermeyer. Mr. Gavin currently serves as the Chairperson of the Audit Committee. All Committee members have been designated as Audit Committee Financial Experts under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. The Audit Committee typically meets five (5) times per year, and may hold special meetings by telephone or in person to discuss specific matters that may require action prior to the next regular meeting. The charter for the Audit Committee is attached hereto as Appendix I. The Audit Committee held [ ] ( ) meetings during the fiscal year ended February 29, 2020.
Compliance Committee. The Board has established a Compliance Committee for the purpose of amongsoliciting additional proxies will allow the Shareholders who have already sent in their proxies to revoke them at any time prior to their use at the Special Meeting as adjourned or postponed.

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “FOR” THIS PROPOSAL.

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OTHER BUSINESS

The Board of Trustees knows of no other things: (i) providing oversight with respect to compliance by the funds in the Voya family of funds and their service providers with applicable laws, regulations, and internal policies and procedures affecting the operations of the funds; (ii) receiving reports of evidence of possible material violations of applicable U.S. federal or state securities laws and breaches of fiduciary duty arising under U.S. federal or state laws; (iii) coordinating activities between the Board and the Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) of the funds; (iv) facilitating information flow among Board members and the CCO between Board meetings; (v) working with the CCO and management to identify the types of reportsbusiness to be submitted by the CCO to the Compliance Committee and the Board; (vi) making recommendations regarding the role, performance, compensation, and oversight of the CCO; (vii) overseeing the cybersecurity practices of the funds and their key service providers; (viii) overseeing management’s administration

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of proxy voting; (ix) overseeing the effectiveness of brokerage usage by the Fund’s advisers or sub-advisers, as applicable, and compliance with regulations regarding the allocation of brokeragepresented for services; and (x) overseeing the implementation of the funds’ liquidity risk management program.
The Compliance Committee currently consists of four (4) Independent Trustees: Mses. Chadwick and Pressler and Messrs. Boyer and Sullivan. Mr. Boyer currently serves as the Chairperson of the Compliance Committee. The Compliance Committee typically meets four (4) times per year, and may hold special meetings by telephone or in person to discuss specific matters that may require action prior to the next regular meeting. The Compliance Committee held [ ] ( ) meetings during the fiscal year ended February 29, 2020.
Contracts Committee. The Board has established a Contracts Committee for the purpose of overseeing the annual renewal process relating to investment advisory and sub-advisory agreements, distribution agreements, and Rule 12b-1 Plans and, at the discretion ofSpecial Meeting. If any matters do come before the Board, other service agreements or plans involving the Voya funds (including the Fund). The responsibilities of the Contracts Committee include, among other things: (i) identifying the scope and format of information to be provided by service providers in connection with applicable contract approvals or renewals; (ii) providing guidance to independent legal counsel regarding specific information requests to be made by such counselSpecial Meeting on behalf of the Trustees; (iii) evaluating regulatory and other developments that might have an impact on applicable approval and renewal processes; (iv) reporting to the Trustees its recommendations and decisions regarding the foregoing matters; (v) assisting in the preparation of a written record of the factors considered by Trustees relating to the approval and renewal of advisory and sub-advisory agreements; (vi) recommending to the Board specific steps towhich action can properly be taken, by it regarding the contracts approval and renewal process, including, for example, proposed schedules of certain actions to be taken; and (vii) otherwise providing assistance in connection with Board decisions to renew, reject, or modify agreements or plans.
The Contracts Committee currently consists of all seven (7) of the Independent Trustees of the Board. Ms. Pressler currently serves as the Chairperson of the Contracts Committee. The Contracts Committee typically meets five (5) times per year and may hold special meetings by telephone or in person to discuss specific matters that may require action prior to the next regular meeting. The Contracts Committee held [ ] ( ) meetings during the fiscal year ended February 29, 2020.
For the fiscal year ended February 29, 2020, one (1) special joint meeting was held of the Boards of Directors/Trustees of the Voya funds, the Contracts Committee, and the Investment Review Committee E.
Investment Review Committees. The Board has established, for all of the funds under its direction, the following two Investment Review Committees (each an “IRC” and together the “IRCs”): (i) the Investment Review Committee E (“IRC
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E”) and (ii) the Investment Review Committee F (“IRC F”). The funds are allocated among IRCs periodically by the Board as the Board deems appropriate to balance the workloads of the IRCs and to have similar types of funds or funds with the same investment sub-adviser or the same portfolio management team assigned to the same IRC. Each IRC performs the following functions, among other things: (i) monitoring the investment performance of the funds in the Voya family of funds that are assigned to that Committee; (ii) making recommendations to the Board with respect to investment management activities performed by the advisers and/or sub-advisers on behalf of such Voya funds, and reviewing and making recommendations regarding proposals by management to retain new or additional sub-advisers for these Voya funds; and (iii) making recommendations to the Board regarding the role, performance, compensation, and oversight of the Chief Investment Risk Officer. The Fund is monitored by the IRC F. Each committee is described below.
The IRC E currently consists of three (3) Independent Trustees. The following Trustees serve as members of the IRC E: Ms. Chadwick and Messrs. Boyer and Obermeyer. Ms. Chadwick currently serves as the Chairperson of the IRC E. The IRC E typically meets five (5) times per year and on an as-needed basis. The IRC E held [ ] ( ) meetings during the fiscal year ended February 29, 2020.
For the fiscal year ended February 29, 2020, one (1) special joint meeting was held of the Boards of Directors/Trustees of the Voya funds, the Contracts Committee, and the Investment Review Committee E.
The IRC F currently consists of four (4) Independent Trustees. The following Trustees serve as members of the IRC F: Mses. Baldwin and Pressler and Messrs. Gavin and Sullivan. Mr. Sullivan currently serves as the Chairperson of the IRC F. The IRC F typically meets five (5) times per year and on an as-needed basis. The IRC F held [ ] ( ) meetings during the fiscal year ended February 29, 2020.
Nominating and Governance Committee. The Board has established a Nominating and Governance Committee for the purpose of, among other things: (i) identifying and recommending to the Board candidates it proposes for nomination to fill Independent Trustee vacancies on the Board; (ii) reviewing workload and capabilities of Independent Trustees and recommending changes to the size or composition of the Board, as necessary; (iii) monitoring regulatory developments and recommending modifications to the Committee’s responsibilities; (iv) considering and, if appropriate, recommending the creation of additional committees or changes to Trustee policies and procedures based on rule changes and “best practices” in corporate governance; (v) conducting an annual review of the membership and chairpersons of all Board committees and of practices relating to such membership and chairpersons; (vi) undertaking a periodic study of compensation paid to independent board members of investment companies and making recommendations for any compensation changes for the Independent Trustees; (vii) overseeing the Board’s annual self-evaluation process; (viii) developing (with assistance from management) an annual meeting calendar for the Board
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and its committees; (ix) overseeing actions to facilitate attendance by Independent Trustees at relevant educational seminars and similar programs; and (x) overseeing insurance arrangements for the funds.
In evaluating potential candidates to fill Independent Trustee vacancies on the Board, the Nominating and Governance Committee will consider a variety of factors. Specific qualifications of candidates for Board membership will be based on the needs of the Board at the time of nomination. The Committee shall, among other things, consider the extent to which potential candidates possess sufficiently diverse skill sets and diversity characteristics that would contribute to the Board’s overall effectiveness. The Nominating and Governance Committee will consider nominations received from shareholders and shall assess shareholder nominees in the same manner as it reviews nominees that it identifies as potential candidates. A shareholder nominee for Trustee should be submitted in writing to the attention of the chairperson of the Fund’s Nominating and Governance Committee at [ ]. Any such shareholder nomination should include the biographical information specified in the charter of the Nominating and Governance Committee and such additional information as the Board may reasonably deem necessary to satisfy its oversight and due diligence duties. The charter for the Nominating and Governance Committee is attached hereto as Appendix J.
The Nominating and Governance Committee currently consists of all seven (7) of the Independent Trustees of the Board. Mr. Obermeyer currently serves as the Chairperson of the Nominating and Governance Committee. The Nominating and Governance Committee typically meets four (4) times per year and on an as-needed basis. The Nominating and Governance Committee held [ ] ( ) meetings during the fiscal year ended February 29, 2020.
The Board’s Risk Oversight Role
The day-to-day management of various risks relating to the administration and operation of the Fund is the responsibility of management and other service providers retained by the Board or by management, most of whom employ professional personnel who have risk management responsibilities. The Board oversees this risk management function consistent with and as part of its oversight duties. The Board performs this risk management oversight function directly and, with respect to various matters, through its committees. The following description provides an overview of many, but not all, aspects of the Board’s oversight of risk management for the Fund. In this connection, the Board has been advised that it is not practicable to identify all ofintended that the risks that may impact the Fund or to develop procedures or controls that are designed to eliminate all such risk exposures, and that applicable securities law regulations do not contemplate that all such risks be identified and addressed.
The Board, working with management personnel and other service providers, has endeavored to identify the primary risks that confront the Fund. In general, these risks include, among others: (i) investment risks; (ii) credit risks; (iii) liquidity risks; (iv) valuation risks; (v) operational risks; (vi) reputational risks; (vii) regulatory
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risks; (viii) risks related to potential legislative changes; (ix) the risk of conflicts of interest affecting Voya affiliates in managing the Fund; and (x) cybersecurity risks. The Board has adopted and periodically reviews various policies and procedures that are designed to address these and other risks confronting the Fund. In addition, many service providers to the Fund have adopted their own policies, procedures, and controls designed to address particular risks to the Fund. The Board and persons retained to render advice and service to the Board periodically review and/or monitor changes to, and developments relating to, the effectiveness of these policies and procedures.
The Board oversees risk management activities in part through receipt and review by the Board or its committees of regular and special reports, presentations and other information from Officers of the Fund, including the CCOs for the Fund and the Adviser and the Fund’s Chief Investment Risk Officer (“CIRO”), and from other service providers. For example, management personnel and the other persons make regular reports and presentations to: (i) the Compliance Committee regarding compliance with regulatory requirements and oversight of cybersecurity practices by the Fund and key service providers; (ii) the IRCs regarding investment activities and strategies that may pose particular risks; (iii) the Audit Committee with respect to financial reporting controls and internal audit activities; (iv) the Nominating and Governance Committee regarding corporate governance and best practice developments; and (v) the Contracts Committee regarding regulatory and related developments that might impact the retention of service providers to the Fund. The CIRO oversees an Investment Risk Department (“IRD”) that provides an additional source of analysis and research for Board members in connection with their oversight of the investment process and performance of portfolio managers. Among its other duties, the IRD seeks to identify and, where practicable, measure the investment risks being taken by the Fund’s portfolio managers. Although the IRD works closely with management of the Fund in performing its duties, the CIRO is directly accountable to, and maintains an ongoing dialogue with, the Independent Trustees.
Trustee Compensation
Each Trustee is reimbursed for reasonable expenses incurred in connection with each meeting of the Board or any of its Committee meetings attended. Each Independent Trustee is compensated for his or her services, on a quarterly basis, according to a fee schedule adopted by the Board. The Board may from time to time designate other meetings as subject to compensation.
For serving on the Board of the Fund, each Trustee was paid between $2,695 and $3,513 for the fiscal year ended February 29, 2020. Appendix B details the compensation paid to the Trustees by the Fund and the aggregate amount paid by all the Voya funds in the family of funds.
Trustee Ownership of Securities
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In order to further align the interests of the Independent Trustees with shareholders, it is the policy of the Board for Independent Trustees to own, beneficially, shares of one or more funds in the Voya family of funds at all times (“Ownership Policy”). For this purpose, beneficial ownership of shares of a Voya fund includes, in addition to direct ownership of Voya fund shares, ownership of a variable contract whose proceeds are invested in a Voya fund within the Voya family of funds, as well as deferred compensation payments under the Board’s deferred compensation arrangements pursuant to which the future value of such payments is based on the notional value of designated funds within the Voya family of funds.
The Ownership Policy requires the initial value of investments in the Voya family of funds that are directly or indirectly owned by the Trustees to equal or exceed the annual retainer fee for Board services (excluding any annual retainers for service as chairpersons of the Board or its committees or as members of committees), as such retainerproxies shall be adjusted from time to time.
The Ownership Policy provides that existing Trustees shall have a reasonable amount of time from the date of any recent or future increase in the minimum ownership requirements in order to satisfy the minimum share ownership requirements. In addition, the Ownership Policy provides that a new Trustee shall satisfy the minimum share ownership requirements within a reasonable amount of time of becoming a Trustee. For purposes of the Ownership Policy, a reasonable period of time will be deemed to be, as applicable, no more than three years after a Trustee has assumed that position with the Voya family of funds or no more than one year after an increase in the minimum share ownership requirement due to changes in annual Board retainer fees. A decline in value of any fund investments will not cause a Trustee to have to make any additional investments under this Policy.
Investment in mutual funds of the Voya family of funds by the Trustees pursuant to this Ownership Policy is subject to: (i) policies, applied by the mutual funds of the Voya family of funds to other similar investors, that are designed to prevent inappropriate market timing trading practices; and (ii) any provisions of the Code of Ethics for the Voya family of funds that otherwise apply to the Trustees.
Appendix C provides the dollar value of all of the shares of the Fund and all of the funds in the Voya family of funds held directly or indirectly by each Trustee as of a recent date.
Officers of the Fund
The Fund’s officers are elected by the Board and hold office until their successors are chosen and qualified, or until they sooner resign, are removed, or are otherwise disqualified to serve. The officers of the Fund, together with each person’s position with the Fund and principal occupation for the last five years, are listed in Appendix D.
Officer Compensation
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The officers, who are also officers or employees of Voya Investments, LLC or its affiliates, are compensated by Voya Investments, LLC or its affiliates. The officers are not paid by the Fund.
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General Information about the Proxy Statement
Who is asking for my vote?
The Board is soliciting your vote for the Annual Meeting of shareholders.
How is my proxy being solicited?
Solicitation of proxies is being made primarily by the mailing of the Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders, the Proxy Statement, and the WHITE Proxy Ballot on or about [Date]. In addition to the solicitation of proxies by mail, employees of the investment adviser, and its affiliates, without additional compensation, may solicit proxies in person or by telephone, telegraph, facsimile, or oral communications. The Fund also has engaged Georgeson, LLC (“Georgeson”) to solicit proxies from shareholders in connection with the Annual Meeting. Georgeson expects that approximately [ ] of its employees will assist in the solicitation of proxies.
If a shareholder wishes to participate in the Annual Meeting, the shareholder may mail the WHITE Proxy Ballot originally sent with the Proxy Statement, attend the Annual Meeting, vote telephonically, or vote online by logging on to www.proxy-direct.com/voy-31357 and following the online directions. Should shareholders require additional information regarding the proxy or require replacement of the WHITE Proxy Ballot, they may contact Shareholder Services toll-free at 1-800-992-0180.
What happens to my WHITE Proxy Ballot once I submit it?
The Board has named Huey P. Falgout, Jr., Secretary, Theresa K. Kelety, Assistant Secretary, and Todd Modic, Senior Vice President, or one or more substitutes designated by them, as proxies who are authorized to vote Fund shares as directed by shareholders.
Can I revoke my proxy after I submit it?
Yes, only the latest validly executed Proxy Ballot that you timely submit will be counted. Accordingly, if you wish to vote pursuant to the recommendation of the Board, you should disregard and not return any Proxy Ballot that you may receive from the Saba Hedge Fund. If you have previously submitted a Proxy Ballot sent to you by the Saba Hedge Fund, you can revoke that Proxy Ballot and vote for the Board’s Nominees and on the other matters to be voted on at the Annual Meeting. Submitting a Proxy Ballot sent to you by the Saba Hedge Fund—even if you “withhold” your vote on a Saba Hedge Fund Nominee—will revoke votes you have previously made by the Fund’s WHITE Proxy Ballot. In addition, if you attend the Annual Meeting, you may vote by ballot at the Annual Meeting, thereby cancelling any Proxy Ballot previously given.
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How will my shares be voted?
If you follow the voting instructions, your proxies will vote your shares as you have directed. If you submit your WHITE Proxy Ballot but do not vote on the proposals, your proxies will vote on the proposals as recommended by the Board. If any other matter is properly presented, your proxies will vote in their discretion in accordance with their best judgment. At the time this Proxy Statement was printed,judgment of the Board knew of no matter that may be properly presentedperson or persons exercising the authority conferred by the proxy at the Annual Meeting other than the proposals discussed in this Proxy Statement.
How will the meeting be conducted?
Quorum and Tabulation
Each shareholder of the Fund is entitled to one vote for each share held as to any matter on which such shareholder is entitled to vote and for each fractional share that is owned, the shareholder shall be entitled to a proportionate fractional vote. A majority of shares entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum, except when a larger quorum is required by applicable law or the Fund’s declaration of trust or bylaws.
Adjournments
If a quorum is not present at the Annual Meeting or for any other reason deemed appropriate by the chairperson of the shareholder meeting, the chairperson may adjourn the Annual Meeting to permit additional time for the solicitation of proxies. Solicitation of votes may continue to be made without any obligation to provide any additional notice of the adjournment.
Broker Non-Votes and Abstentions
If a shareholder abstains from voting as to any matter, or if a broker returns a “non-vote” proxy, indicating a lack of authority to vote on a matter, then the shares represented by such abstention or non-vote will be treated as shares that are present at the Annual Meeting for purposes of determining the existence of a quorum. However, abstentions and broker non-votes will be disregarded in determining the “votes cast” on a proposal. Abstentions and broker non-votes will not affect the outcome of the Saba Hedge Fund Proposal. However, with respect to the election of Trustees, abstentions and broker non-votes will have the effect of a vote against the election of Trustees.
How many shares are outstanding?
Appendix E sets forth the number of shares of the Fund issued and outstanding as of the Record Date. Shares have no preemptive or subscription rights.
Appendix F lists the persons that, as of [ ], owned beneficially or of record 5% or more of the outstanding shares of the Fund. To the best of the Fund’s knowledge, as of [ ], no Trustee or officers owned 1% or more of the outstanding shares of the Fund. As of [ ], none of the Independent Trustees nor their immediate
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family members owned any shares of the Adviser or principal underwriter or of any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Adviser or principal underwriter (not including registered investment companies).
Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 30(h) of the 1940 Act, as applied to the Fund, require the Fund’s officers, Trustees, investment adviser, affiliates of the investment adviser, and persons who beneficially own more than 10% of a registered class of the Fund’s outstanding securities (“Reporting Persons”), to file reports of ownership of the Fund’s securities and changes in such ownership with the SEC and the New York Stock Exchange. Such persons are required by the SEC regulations to furnish the Fund with copies of all such filings.
Based solely on its review of the copies of such forms received by it and written representations from certain Reporting Persons, the Fund believes that during the fiscal year ended February 29, 2020, its Reporting Persons complied with all applicable filing requirements.
Shareholder Communications with the Board
Shareholders may send communications to the Board, a Committee thereof, or an individual Trustee. Such communications should be sent to the Fund’s Secretary at the address on the front of this Proxy Statement.
What is the deadline to submit a proposal for the 2021 Annual Meeting?
Any proposals of shareholders that are intended to be presented at the next annual meeting must be in writing and received at the Fund’s principal executive offices no later than [ ], in order for the proposal to be considered for inclusion in the proxy statement for that meeting.Special Meeting. The submission of a proposal does not guarantee its inclusion in the Fund’s proxy statement or presentation at the meeting.
Special Meeting unless certain securities law requirements are met.

AVAILABLE INFORMATION

THE FUND WILL FURNISH, WITHOUT CHARGE, A COPY OF ITS MOST RECENT ANNUAL REPORT AND THE MOST RECENT QUARTERLY REPORT SUCCEEDING THE ANNUAL REPORT, IF ANY, TO ANY SHAREHOLDER UPON REQUEST. REQUESTS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO:

Innisfree M&A Incorporated

501 Madison Avenue, 20th floor

New York, New York 10022

Shareholders may call toll free: (877) 825-8964

Banks and Brokers may call collect: (212) 750-5833

We are required to file with or submit to the SEC annual, quarterly and current periodic reports, proxy statements and other information meeting the informational requirements of the Exchange Act. The SEC maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information filed electronically by us with the SEC which are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of these reports, proxy and information statements and other information may be obtained, after paying a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the following e-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov, or by writing to the SEC’s Public Reference Section, Washington, D.C. 20549. This information will also be available free of charge by contacting us at 7337 E. Doubletree Ranch Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85258 or by telephone at 1 (800) 992-0180 or on our website at https://individuals.voya.com/product/closed-end-fund/profile/voya-prime-rate-trust.

SUBMISSION OF SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS

The Fund expects that the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held in July, 2021, but the exact date, time, and location of such meeting have yet to be determined. A shareholder who wishintended to makepresent a proposal at the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, and for that would notproposal to be included in the Fund’s proxy materials orfor that meeting, must have submitted a proposal in writing to nominate a person or persons as a Trusteethe Fund at the 2021 annual meeting ofits business address, and the Fund must ensure thathave received the proposal or nomination is delivered to the Fund’s principal executive offices no earlier than [ ], 2021 and no later than [ ], 2021 and includes the information specified in the Fund’s declaration of trust and bylaws.January 11, 2021. However, if the annual meeting is not scheduled to be held within 30 days before or after the first anniversary date of the 2020 annual meeting forof shareholders of the preceding yearFund (such annual meeting date outside such period, an “Other Annual Meeting Date”), notice by shareholders, to be timely, must be delivered in writing to the business address for the Fund within a reasonable time before the Fund begins to print and send its proxy materials to shareholders. The submission of a proposal does not guarantee its inclusion in the Fund’s proxy statement or presentation at the meeting.

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For any proposal that is not submitted for inclusion in the Fund’s proxy statement for the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (as described in the preceding paragraph) must have delivered notice of the proposal or nomination to the Fund’s principal executive offices no earlier than January 11, 2021 and no later than February 10, 2021 and included the information specified in the Fund’s declaration of trust and bylaws. However, if the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders is scheduled to be held on an Other Annual Meeting Date, notice by shareholders, to be timely, must be delivered to the Fund’s principal executive offices by the later of (i) the date 90 days prior to the Other Annual Meeting Date or (ii) the 10th day following the date that the Other Annual Meeting Date is first publicly announced or disclosed

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and must include the information specified in the Fund’s declaration of trust and bylaws.

The chairpersonFund reserves the right to reject, rule out of order, or take other appropriate action with respect to any proposal that does not comply with these and other applicable requirements.

You are cordially invited to participate in the Special Meeting. Whether or not you plan to attend the Special Meeting virtually, you are requested to vote in accordance with the voting instructions in the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, or by requesting hard copy proxy materials from us and returning a proxy card.

By: Order of the Board of Trustees

Andrew Kellerman

Chairperson of the Board and Trustee

New York, New York

April 21, 2021

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PRIVACY NOTICE

The Fund has adopted a policy concerning investor privacy. To review the privacy policy, contact a Shareholder Services Representative at 1-800-336-3436, obtain a policy over the Internet at www.voyainvestments.com, or see the privacy promise that accompanies any Prospectus obtained by mail.

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APPENDIX A

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

SABA CAPITAL INCOME & OPPORTUNITIES FUND

AGREEMENT dated May [ ], 2021, between Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund (the “Trust”), a Massachusetts business trust and Saba Capital Management, L.P. (the “Manager”), a limited partnership formed and existing under the laws of the Annual MeetingState of Delaware (the “Agreement”).

WHEREAS, the Trust is a closed-end management investment company, registered as such under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”); and

WHEREAS, the Manager is registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, and is engaged in the business of supplying investment advice and investment management and certain other services, as an independent contractor; and

WHEREAS, the Trust desires to retain the Manager to render advice and services pursuant to the terms and provisions of this Agreement, and the Manager is willing to furnish said advice and services.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and the mutual promises hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, mutually agree as follows:

1.    Employment of Manager.

The Trust hereby employs the Manager and the Manager hereby accepts such employment, to render investment advice and investment management services with respect to the assets of the Trust (“Advisory Services”), and to provide or arrange for the provision of administrative services as the Manager may disregarddeem reasonably necessary from time to time for the ordinary operation of the Trust (“Administrative Services”), subject to the supervision and direction of the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Trustees”).

The Manager shall, as part of its duties hereunder (i) furnish the Trust with advice and recommendations with respect to the investment of the Trust’s assets and the purchase and sale of its portfolio securities, including the taking of such other steps as may be necessary to implement such advice and recommendations, (ii) furnish the Trust with reports, statements and other data on securities, economic conditions and other pertinent subjects which the Board of Trustees may reasonably request, (iii) permit, with its written consent, its officers and employees to serve without compensation as Trustees of the Trust if elected to such positions and (iv) in general superintend and manage the investment of the Trust, subject to the ultimate supervision and direction to the Board of Trustees.

Subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees, the Manager is authorized to enter into sub-advisory agreements with other registered investment advisers to serve as investment sub-advisers, whether or not affiliated with the Manager (each, a “Sub-Adviser”). The Manager will continue to have responsibility for all services furnished pursuant to any nominationsub-advisory agreement. The Trust and the Manager understand and agree that the Manager may manage the Trust with one or more Sub-Advisers, which contemplates that the Manager will, among other things: (i) continually evaluate the performance of any Sub-Adviser to the Trust; and (ii) periodically make recommendations to the Board of Trustees regarding the results of its evaluation and monitoring functions. The Trust recognizes that, subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees, a Sub-Adviser’s services may be terminated or modified and that the Manager may appoint a new Sub-Adviser for the Trust.

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2.    Reasonable Best Judgment. The Manager shall use its reasonable best judgment and efforts in rendering the Advisory Services as contemplated by this Agreement.

3.    Exclusivity. The Manager shall, for all purposes herein, be deemed to be an independent contractor, and shall, unless otherwise expressly provided and authorized, have no authority to act for or represent the Trust in any way, or in any way be deemed an agent for the Trust. It is expressly understood and agreed that the Advisory Services to be rendered by the Manager to the Trust under the provisions of this Agreement are not to be deemed exclusive, and the Manager shall be free to render similar or different services to others so long as its ability to render the services provided for in this Agreement shall not be materially impaired thereby.

4.    Reasonable Best Efforts. The Manager agrees to use its reasonable best efforts in the furnishing of such advice and recommendations to the Trust, in the preparation of reports and information, in the management of the Trust’s assets, and in the provision of Advisory Services, all pursuant to this Agreement, and for this purpose the Manager shall, at its own expense, maintain such staff and employ or retain such personnel and consult with such other persons as it shall from time to time determine to be necessary to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the staff and personnel of the Manager shall be deemed to include persons employed or retained by the Manager to furnish statistical, research, and other factual information, advice regarding economic factors and trends, information with respect to technical and scientific developments, and such other information, advice and assistance as the Manager may desire and request.

5.    Statements and Reports. The Trust will from time to time furnish to the Manager detailed statements of the investments and assets of the Trust and information as to its investment objectives and needs, and will make available to the Manager such financial reports, proxy statements, legal and other information relating to its investments as may be in the possession of the Trust or available to it and such other information as the Manager may reasonably request.

6.    Expenses.

(a) In consideration for the Management Fee, the Manager will provide the Trust with certain operational and managerial services. The Manager shall be responsible for (i) the compensation of any Sub-Adviser retained pursuant to this Agreement, and (ii) the compensation of any investment advisory personnel that provide services to the Trust on behalf of the Manager pursuant to this Agreement, along with the allocable portion of the following “overhead expenses” (office space, rent and utilities, furniture and fixtures, computer equipment, stationery, secretarial/managerial services, salaries, entertainment expenses, employee insurance and payroll taxes) attributable to such investment advisory personnel.

(b) Other than the expenses expressly borne by the Manager pursuant to Section 6(a) above, the Trust shall be responsible for all of the expenses of its operations, including, without limitation, the Trust’s investment-related expenses whether relating to investments that are consummated or unconsummated (e.g., brokerage commissions, due diligence costs, expenses relating to short sales, investment banking fees, sourcing or finder’s fees (which may include a base fee component and/or a performance compensation component), borrowing charges on securities sold short, custodial fees and expenses and nominee fees); bank service fees, clearing and settlement charges and interest expense; Management Fees; fees and expenses incidental to the purchase and sale of interests in, and the fees and expenses of, portfolio companies in which the Trust invests; interest payable on debt, if any, to finance the Trust’s investments; expenses relating to software tools, programs or other proposal by atechnology utilized in managing the Trust (including, without limitation, third-party software licensing, implementation, data management and recovery services and custom development costs); exchange listing fees, expenses relating to proxy contests, voting, tender offers and solicitation fees and expenses; trading platform and seat fees; research-related expenses, including, without limitation, news and quotation equipment and services; fees and expenses associated with independent audits and outside legal costs; fees for data and software providers; other expenses related to the purchase, sale or transmittal of investments; website creation and maintenance, fees for risk management systems and service

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providers; legal expenses; other professional fees (including, without limitation, expenses of consultants and experts); transfer agent and custodial fees; the costs of organizing and maintaining any subsidiaries; costs relating to swaps (and similar agreements); tax preparation expenses; accounting expenses; fees and expenses associated with marketing and investor relations efforts including proxy solicitations and shareholder that is not made inmeetings; costs of printing and mailing proxies, reports and/or notices; market data costs; administration expenses (including fees for the manner described above.

Who are the Fund’s independent public accountants?
On September 12, 2019, KPMG LLP (“KPMG”) was dismissed asprovision of middle-office and back-office services); directors’ and officers’ fees); Trust-related insurance expenses (including, without limitation, premium payments for fidelity bonds and Directors’ and Officers’ and Errors and Omissions insurance); compensation and expenses of the independent registered public accounting firm to the Fund. The decision to change independent registered public accounting firms was recommended by the Audit Committee and was approved by the Board.
KPMG's reports on the Fund financial statements for the fiscal years ended February 28, 2019 and February 28, 2018 contained no adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion nor were they qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principle.
During the fiscal years ended February 28, 2019 and February 28, 2018 and during the subsequent interim period through September 12, 2019: (i) there were no disagreements with KPMG on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of KPMG, would have caused KPMG to make reference to the subject mattermembers of the disagreementsBoard of Trustees of the Trust; organizational and offering-related expenses, including the preparation and filing of related registration statements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; filing and registration fees; corporate licensing fees, federal, state and local taxes and other governmental fees and expenses; all regulatory expenses (including, without limitation, fees and expenses incurred in connection with its reports onongoing compliance obligations and the Fund’s financial statements for such periods;preparation and (ii) there were no “reportable events”filing of regulatory filings, including those required under the 1940 Act and applicable federal and state securities laws); litigation-related and indemnification expenses; withholding and transfer fees; trademarks; other expenses related to the purchase, monitoring, sale, allocation, settlement, custody, valuation, appraisal or transmittal of assets; extraordinary expenses, including the costs of any third party pricing or valuation services; the allocable portion of the kind described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
On September 12, 2019compensation and March 18, 2020, the Audit Committee and the Board approved the selection of Ernst & Young LLP (“E&Y”) as the Trust's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal years ending February 29, 2020 and February 28, 2021, respectively. During the Fund’s fiscal years ended February 28, 2019 and February 28, 2018, and the subsequent interim period through September 12, 2019, neither the Fund, nor anyone on its behalf, consulted with E&Y on items which: (i) concerned the application of accounting principlesrelated overhead expenses attributable to a specified transaction, either completedany director, officer, partner or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Fund’s financial statements; or (ii) concerned the subject of a disagreement (as defined in paragraph (a)(1)(iv) of Item 304 of Regulation S-K) or reportable events (as described in paragraph (a)(1)(v) of said Item 304).
Reportemployee of the Audit Committee
As part of its oversight of the Fund’s financial statements, in April 2020, the Audit Committee held a telephonic meeting to review and discuss with the Adviser and E&Y the Fund’s audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended February 29, 2020. The Audit Committee discussed with E&Y the matters required to be discussed by Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”) Auditing
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Standard 1301, Communications with Audit Committees. The Audit Committee has also received and reviewed the written disclosures and the letter from E&Y pursuant to PCAOB Rule 3526 and discussed E&Y’s independence with E&Y.
Based on the reviews and discussion referred to above, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board that the audited financial statements be included in the Fund’s Annual Report to shareholders.
Submitted by the Audit Committee of the Board
Colleen D. Baldwin
Martin J. Gavin (Chairperson)
Joseph E. Obermeyer
The fees paid to KPMG and E& Y, respectively, for professional audit services during the Fund’s fiscal years ended February 28, 2019 and February 29, 2020, amounts billed for other services rendered by KPMG and E&Y, respectively, to the Fund, and the aggregate non-audit fees billed by KPMG and E&Y, respectively, for services rendered to the Fund, the Adviser, and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Adviser that provides ongoing services to the Fund for the fiscal years ended February 28, 2019 and February 29, 2020 are described in Appendix G.
All of the services provided by the independent public accountants were approved by the Audit Committee pursuant to pre-approval policies and procedures adopted by the Audit Committee. Pursuant to such policies and procedures, the Audit Committee approves: (i) all audit and non-audit services to be rendered to the Fund by E&Y; and (ii) all non-audit services impacting the operations and financial reporting of the Fund provided by E&Y to the AdviserManager or any affiliate thereof that provides ongoingwhen and to the extent providing administrative services to the Fund (collectively, “Covered Services”). The Audit Committee has adopted pre- approval procedures authorizing one or more members of the Audit Committee to approve from time to time, on behalf of the Audit Committee, all Covered Services to be provided by E&Y which are not otherwise approved at a meeting of the Audit Committee, provided that such delegate reports to the full Audit Committee at its next regularly scheduled meeting. The pre-approval procedures do not include delegation of the Audit Committee’s responsibilities to management. Pre-approval has not been waived with respect to any of the services described above since the date on which the Audit Committee adopted its current pre-approval procedures.
The Audit Committee of the Board has consideredTrust; and will periodically consider whether E&Y’s provision of non-audit services to the Adviserother similar expenses and all entities controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Adviser that provide ongoing services to the Fund that were not required to be pre- approved is compatible with maintaining the independence of E&Y.
Representatives of E&Y are not expected to be at the Annual Meeting or available to answer questions but have been given the opportunity to make a statement if they wish.
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Why did my household only receive one copy of this Proxy Statement?
Only one copy of this Proxy Statement may be mailed to each household, even if more than one person in the household is a Fund shareholder of record, unless your Fund has received contrary instructions from one or more of the household’s shareholders. If a shareholder needs an additional copy of this Proxy Statement, please contact Shareholder Services at 1-800-992-0180. If in the future, any shareholder does not wish to combine or wishes to recombine the mailing of a proxy statement with household members, please inform your Fund in writing at [ ] or via telephone at 1-800-992-0180.
Who pays for this proxy solicitation?
The Fund will pay theother costs and expenses incurred in connection with the Noticeengagement of Annual Meetingany third party service providers to provide administrative services to the Trust.

(c) To the extent the Manager incurs or bears any costs or expenses expressly borne by the Trust pursuant to Section 6(b) above, the Trust shall promptly reimburse the Manager for such costs and expenses on no less frequently than a quarterly basis.

7.    Delegation.

(a) The Manager may delegate the performance of Shareholders, Proxy Statement, solicitationcertain Advisory Services to a Sub-Adviser.

(b) Certain Administrative Services may be furnished by the directors, officers, partner or employees of proxies on behalfthe Manager or of affiliates of the Manager, or by any third-party service provider retained by the Trust to provide such Administrative Services in lieu of the Manager; provided, that any agreement pertaining to the provision of Administrative Services shall be subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees.

(c) The Manager shall not be liable to the Trust for any service delegated to a third party service provider.

8.    Oversight of Sub-Advisers. In the event that the Manager wishes to select others to render Advisory Services, the Manager shall analyze, select and recommend for consideration and approval by the Board of Trustees investment advisory firms (however organized) to provide investment advice to the Trust, and, at the expense of the Manager, engage (which engagement may also be by the Trust) any such investment advisory firm to render investment advice and manage the investments of the Trust and the Annual Meeting,composition the Trust’s portfolio of securities and investments, including printing, mailing, vote tabulation, legal,cash, and out-of-pocket expenses.

the purchase, retention and disposition thereof, or any offering thereof, in accordance with the Trust’s investment objective or objectives and policies as stated in the Trust’s registration statement, as may be supplemented or amended from time to time (the “Registration Statement”). The Fund willManager shall take the following actions in respect of the performance by the Sub-Adviser of its obligations in respect of the Trust:

(a) Periodically monitor and evaluate the performance of the Sub-Advisers with respect to the investment objectives and policies of the Trust, including without limitation, perform periodic detailed analysis and review of the Sub-Adviser’s investment performance in respect of the Trust and in respect of other accounts managed by the Sub-Adviser with similar investment strategies;

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(b) Prepare and present periodic reports to the Board of Trustees regarding the investment performance of the Sub-Adviser and other information regarding the Sub-Adviser, at such times and in such forms as the Board of Trustees may reasonably request;

(c) Review and consider any changes in the personnel of the Sub-Adviser responsible for performing the Sub-Adviser’s obligations and make appropriate reports to the Board of Trustees;

(d) Review and consider any changes in the ownership or senior management of the Sub-Adviser and make appropriate reports to the Board of Trustees;

(e) Perform periodic in-person or telephonic diligence meetings with representatives of the Sub-Adviser;

(f) Supervise Sub-Advisers with respect to the services that such Sub-Advisers provide under each Sub-Adviser’s Sub-Advisory Agreement;

(g) Assist the Board of Trustees and management of the Trust in developing and reviewing information with respect to the initial approval of the Sub-Adviser Agreement with the Sub-Adviser and annual consideration of the agreement thereafter;

(h) Monitor the Sub-Advisers for compliance with the investment objective or objectives, policies and restrictions of the Trust, the 1940 Act, Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, and if applicable, regulations under such provisions, and other applicable law;

(i) If appropriate, analyze and recommend for consideration by the Board of Trustees termination of a contract with a Sub-Adviser under which the Sub-Adviser provides investment advisory services to the Trust;

(j) Identify potential successors to or replacements of the Sub-Adviser or potential additional Sub-Advisers, perform appropriate due diligence, and develop and present to the Board of Trustees a recommendation as to any such successor, replacement, or additional Sub-Adviser;

(k) Designate and compensate from its own resources such personnel as the Manager may consider necessary or appropriate to the performance of its services hereunder; and

(l) Perform such other review and reporting functions as the Board of Trustees shall reasonably request consistent with this Agreement and applicable law.

9.    Compensation.

(a) The Trust agrees to pay Georgesonto the Manager, and the Manager agrees to accept, as full compensation for all Advisory Services furnished or provided to the Trust and as full reimbursement for all expenses assumed by the Manager, a management fee estimatedequal to the amount specified for the Trust on Schedule A.

(b) The management fees shall be $[ ] plusaccrued daily by the Trust and paid to the Manager at the end of each calendar month.

10.    Prohibition on Short Positions. The Manager agrees that neither it nor any of its officers or employees shall take any short position in the capital stock of the Trust. This prohibition shall not prevent the purchase of such shares by any of the officers and directors or bona fide employees of the Manager or any trust, pension, profit-sharing or other benefit plan for such persons or affiliates thereof, at a price not less than the net asset value thereof at the time of purchase, as allowed pursuant to rules promulgated under the 1940 Act.

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11.    Actions in Contravention of Organizational Documents. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to require the Trust to take any action contrary to the Declaration of Trust or By-Laws of the Trust, or any applicable statute or regulation, or to relieve or deprive the Trustees of the Trust of its responsibility for and control of the conduct of the affairs of the Trust.

12.    Limitation of Liability of the Manager; Indemnification.

(a) In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence, or reckless disregard of obligations or duties hereunder on the part of the Manager, the Manager (and its officers, managers, agents, employees, partners, controlling persons, members, agents and any other person or entity affiliated with the Manage) shall not be subject to liability to the Trust, the members of the Board of Trustees or to any shareholder of the Trust, for any act or omission in the course of, or connected with, rendering Advisory Services and any other services provided from time to time by the Manager or for any losses that may be sustained in the purchase, holding or sale of any security by the Trust.

(b) No provision of this Agreement shall be construed to protect any director or officer of the Trust, or of the Manager, from liability in violation of Section 17(i) of the 1940 Act.

(c) The Trust shall indemnify the Manager (and its officers, managers, agents, employees, partners, controlling persons, members, agents and any other person or entity affiliated with the Manager) (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) and hold them harmless from and against all damages, liabilities, costs and expenses. In addition, Georgesonexpenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and certain related persons will be indemnified against certain liabilitiesamounts reasonably paid in settlement) incurred by the Indemnified Parties in or by reason of any pending, threatened or completed action, suit, investigation or other proceeding (including an action or suit by or in the right of the Trust or its security holders) arising out of or in connection withotherwise based upon the engagement.

The Fund estimates that its additional out-of-pocket expenses beyond those normally associated with soliciting proxies for the Annual Meeting as a resultperformance of the potential proxy contest will be $[ ] in the aggregate, of which approximately $[ ] has been spent to date. Such additional solicitation costs are expected to include the fees incurred to retain Georgeson as the Fund’s proxy solicitor, as discussed above, fees of outside counsel, and fees of any public relation advisors to advise the Fund in connection with a possible contested solicitation of proxies, increased mailing costs, such as the costs of additional mailings of solicitation materials to shareholders, including printing costs, mailing costs and the reimbursement of reasonable expenses of banks, brokerage houses and other agents incurred in forwarding solicitation materials to beneficial owners, as described above, and the costs of retaining an independent inspector of elections.
In order that the presence of a quorum at the Annual Meeting may be assured, prompt execution and return of the enclosed WHITE Proxy Ballot is requested. A self-addressed postage paid envelope is enclosed for your convenience. You also may vote via telephone or via the Internet. Please follow the voting instructions as outlined on your WHITE Proxy Ballot.
[Date]
7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite 100
Scottsdale, AZ 85258-2034
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Appendix A: Board’s Nominees
The following table sets forth information concerning the Board’s Nominees of the Fund. The mailing address for each Nominee is [ ].
Name, Address
and Age
Position(s)
Held with
the Fund
Term of Office and
Length of Time Served1
Principal Occupation(s)
During the Past 5 Years
Number of Funds in
the Fund Complex
Overseen by Trustees2
Other Board Positions
Held by Trustees
Independent Nominees
Colleen D. Baldwin
Age: 59
Chairperson TrusteeJanuary 2020-Present
October 2007 – Present
President, Glantuam Partners, LLC, a business consulting firm (January 2009 – Present).140Dentaquest, (February 2014 – Present); RSR Partners, Inc., (2016 – Present).
John V. Boyer
Age: 66
TrusteeJanuary 2005 – PresentRetired. Formerly, President and Chief Executive Officer, Bechtler Arts Foundation, an arts and education foundation (January 2008 – December 2019).140None.
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Name, Address
and Age
Position(s)
Held with
the Fund
Term of Office and
Length of Time Served1
Principal Occupation(s)
During the Past 5 Years
Number of Funds in
the Fund Complex
Overseen by Trustees2
Other Board Positions
Held by Trustees
Patricia W. Chadwick
Age: 71
TrusteeJanuary 2006 – PresentConsultant and President, Ravengate Partners LLC, a consulting firm that provides advice regarding financial markets and the global economy (January 2000 – Present).140Wisconsin Energy Corporation (June 2006 – Present); The Royce Funds (22 funds) (December 2009 – Present); and AMICA Mutual Insurance Company (1992 – Present).
Martin J. Gavin
Age: 70
TrusteeAugust 2015 – PresentRetired. Formerly, President and Chief Executive Officer, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center (May 2006 – November 2015).140None.
Joseph E. Obermeyer
Age: 62
TrusteeMay 2013 – PresentPresident, Obermeyer & Associates, Inc., a provider of financial and economic consulting services (November 1999 – Present).140None.
Sheryl K. Pressler
Age: 69
TrusteeJanuary 2006 – PresentConsultant (May 2001 – Present).140None.
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Name, Address
and Age
Position(s)
Held with
the Fund
Term of Office and
Length of Time Served1
Principal Occupation(s)
During the Past 5 Years
Number of Funds in
the Fund Complex
Overseen by Trustees2
Other Board Positions
Held by Trustees
Christopher P. Sullivan
Age: 66
TrusteeOctober 2015 – PresentRetired.140None.
Nominee who is an “Interested Person”
Dina Santoro3
Age: 47
TrusteeJuly 2018 - PresentPresident, Voya Investments, LLC and Voya Capital, LLC (March 2018 –Present); Senior Vice President, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (April 2018 – Present); Senior Managing Director, Head of Product and Marketing Strategy, Voya Investment Management (September 2017 – Present). Formerly, Managing Director, Quantitative Management Associates, LLC (January 2004 – August 2017).140Voya Investments, LLC, Voya Capital, LLC, and Voya Funds Services, LLC (March 2018 – Present); Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (April 2018 – Present).
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1.Trustees serve until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The tenure of each Trustee who is not an “interested person” as defined in the 1940 Act, of the Fund (as defined below, “Independent Trustee”) is subject to the Board’s retirement policy, which states that each duly elected or appointed Independent Trustee shall retire from and cease to be a member of the Board of Trustees at the close of business on December 31 of the calendar year in which the Independent Trustee attains the age of 75. A majority vote of the Board’s other Independent Trustees may extend the retirement date of an Independent Trustee if the retirement would trigger a requirement to hold a meeting of shareholders of the Fund under applicable law, whether for the purposes of appointing a successor to the Independent Trustee or otherwise complying under applicable law, in which case the extension would apply until such time as the shareholder meeting can be held or is no longer required (as determined by a vote of a majority of the other Independent Trustees).
2.For the purposes of this table, “Fund Complex” means the Voya family of funds, including the following investment companies: Voya Asia Pacific High Dividend Equity Income Fund; Voya Balanced Portfolio, Inc.; Voya Emerging Markets High Dividend Equity Fund; Voya Equity Trust; Voya Funds Trust; Voya Global Advantage and Premium Opportunity Fund; Voya Global Equity Dividend and Premium Opportunity Fund; Voya Government Money Market Portfolio; Voya Infrastructure, Industrials and Materials Fund; Voya Intermediate Bond Portfolio; Voya International High Dividend Equity Income Fund; Voya Investors Trust; Voya Mutual Funds; Voya Natural Resources Equity Income Fund; Voya Partners, Inc.; Voya Prime Rate Trust; Voya Senior Income Fund; Voya Separate Portfolios Trust; Voya Strategic Allocation Portfolios, Inc.; Voya Variable Funds; Voya Variable Insurance Trust; Voya Variable Portfolios, Inc.; and Voya Variable Products Trust. The number of funds in the Fund Complex is as of February 29, 2020.
3.Ms. Santoro is deemed to be an Interested Trustee because of her current affiliation with the Voya funds, Voya Financial, Inc., and Voya Financial, Inc.’s affiliates.
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Appendix B: Trustee Compensation Table
The following tables have been provided to the Fund by the Adviser and its affiliates and sets forth information regarding the compensation paid to the Independent Trustees for the fiscal year ended February 29, 2020 for service on the Board.
  Aggregate Compensation from the Fund
(fiscal year ended February 29, 2020)
Total Compensation
from the Fund and
Complex Paid to
Trustees1
Name of Trustee   
Colleen D. Baldwin$2,940.73$360,000.00
John V. Boyer2$3,513.12$430,000.00
Patricia W. Chadwick3$2,940.73$360,000.00
Martin J. Gavin$2,940.73$360,000.00
Russell H. Jones4$2,940.73$360,000.00
Joseph E. Obermeyer$2,940.73$360,000.00
Sheryl K. Pressler5$3,226.93$395,000.00
Christopher P. Sullivan$2,940.73$360,000.00
Roger B. Vincent4,6$2,695.41$330,000.00
1.During the fiscal year ended February 29, 2020, Ms. Pressler and Messrs. Boyer, Gavin, and Obermeyer deferred $120,000, $20,000, $119,880, and $160,000, respectively, of their compensation from the Voya family of funds.
2.Mr. Boyer may elect to receive a future compensation payment of $400,000 upon retirement in a lump sum or in three substantially equal payments. This $400,000 is the total payment allocated pro rata to all Voya funds and is accrued in the same year that the Trustee retires.
3.Ms. Chadwick may elect to receive a future compensation payment of $133,333 upon retirement in a lump sum or in three substantially equal payments. This $133,333 is the total payment allocated pro rata to all Voya funds and is accrued in the same year that the Trustee retires.
4.Mr. Jones and Mr. Vincent retired from the Fund’s Board effective December 31, 2019.
5.Ms. Pressler may elect to receive a future compensation payment of $133,333 upon retirement in a lump sum or in three substantially equal payments. This $133,333 is the total payment allocated pro rata to all Voya funds and is accrued in the same year that the Trustee retires.
6.Mr. Vincent had $400,000 in future compensation payment accrued as a fund expense pro rata to all Funds in 2019, the year he retired.
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The Fund pays each Trustee who is not an interested person of the Fund his or her pro rata share, as described below, of: (i) an annual retainer of $250,000; (ii) Ms. Baldwin, as the Chairperson of the Board, receives an additional annual retainer of $100,000; (iii) Mses. Chadwick and Pressler and Messrs. Boyer, Gavin, Obermeyer, and Sullivan, as the Chairpersons of Committees of the Board, each receives an additional annual retainer of $30,000, $65,000, $30,000, $30,000, $30,000 and $30,000, respectively; (iv) $10,000 per attendance at any of the regularly scheduled meetings (four (4) quarterly meetings, two (2) auxiliary meetings,Manager’s duties or obligations under this Agreement or otherwise as an investment adviser of the Trust. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence of this Paragraph 12 to the contrary, nothing contained herein shall protect or be deemed to protect the Indemnified Parties against or entitle or be deemed to entitle the Indemnified Parties to indemnification in respect of, any liability to the Trust or its security holders to which the Indemnified Parties would otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance of the Manager’s duties or by reason of the reckless disregard of the Manager’s duties and two (2) annual contract review meetings);obligations under this Agreement.

13.    Term and (v) out-of-pocket expenses. The Board at its discretion may from time to time designate other special meetings asContinuation. This Agreement shall become effective on the date first written above (the “Effective Date”), subject to an attendance fee in the amountcondition that the Board of $5,000 for in-person meetingsTrustees, including a majority of those Trustees who are not parties to this Agreement or interested persons (as defined under the 1940 Act) of either the Trust or the Manager, and $2,500 for special telephonic meetings.

The pro rata share paid by the Fund is based on the Fund’s average net assets as a percentagemajority of the average net assets of all the funds managed by the Adviser for which the Trustees serve in common as Trustees.
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Appendix C: Shares Owned by Trustees
The following table sets forth information regarding the dollar range of equityoutstanding voting securities of the FundTrust, shall have approved this Agreement. Unless terminated as provided herein, the Agreement shall continue in full force and other funds ineffect for two years following the Voya familyEffective Date, and shall continue from year to year thereafter so long as such continuation is approved at least annually by either (i) the Board of funds beneficially owned by each Trustee asTrustees, including a majority of February 29, 2020.
Name of TrusteePPRAggregate Dollar Range of Equity Securities in all Registered
Investment Companies Overseen by Trustee in Family of
Investment Companies
Independent Trustees
Colleen D. BaldwinNoneOver $100,0001
John V. BoyerNoneOver $100,000
Over $100,0001
Patricia W. ChadwickNoneOver $100,000
Martin J. GavinNoneOver $100,0001
Joseph E. ObermeyerNoneOver $100,0001
Sheryl K. PresslerNoneOver $100,0001
Christopher P. SullivanNoneOver $100,000
Trustee who is an “Interested Person”
Dina SantoroNoneOver $100,0001
1.Includes the value of shares in which a Trustee has an indirect interest through a deferred compensation plan and/or a 401(k) Plan.
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Appendix D: Officers
Information for each Officereither the Trust or the Manager, or (ii) the affirmative vote of a majority of the Fund is set forth in the table below. The mailing address for each officer is [ ], except as noted below.
Name, Address and AgePosition(s) Held with
the Fund
Term of Office and Length of Time Served1Principal Occupation(s) During the Past 5 Years
Michael Bell
One Orange Way
Windsor, Connecticut 06095
Age: 51
Chief Executive OfficerMarch 2018 - PresentChief Executive Officer and Director, Voya Investments, LLC, Voya Capital, LLC, and Voya Funds Services, LLC (March 2018 – Present); Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (September 2019 – Present); Chief Financial Officer, Voya Investment Management (September 2014 – Present). Formerly, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, Voya Investments, LLC (November 2015 – March 2018).
Dina Santoro
230 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10169
Age: 47
PresidentMarch 2018 - PresentPresident and Director, Voya Investments, LLC and Voya Capital, LLC (March 2018 – Present); Director, Voya Funds Services, LLC (March 2018 – Present); Director and Senior Vice President, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (April 2018 – Present); Senior Managing Director, Head of Product and Marketing Strategy, Voya Investment Management (September 2017 – Present). Formerly, Managing Director, Quantitative Management Associates, LLC (January 2004 – August 2017).
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Name, Address and AgePosition(s) Held with
the Fund
Term of Office and Length of Time Served1Principal Occupation(s) During the Past 5 Years
Jonathan Nash
230 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10169
Age: 52
Executive Vice President

Chief Investment Risk Officer
March 2020 - PresentSenior Vice President, Investment Risk Management, Voya Investment Management (March 2017 – Present). Formerly, Consultant, DA Capital LLC (January 2016 – March 2017); Managing Director, Enterprise Risk, AIG (September 2014 – March 2015).
James M. Fink
5780 Powers Ferry Road NW
Atlanta, Georgia 30327
Age: 62
Executive Vice PresidentMarch 2018 - PresentManaging Director, Voya Investments, LLC, Voya Capital, LLC, and Voya Funds Services, LLC (March 2018 – Present); Senior Vice President, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (April 2018 – Present); Chief Administrative Officer, Voya Investment Management (September 2017 – Present). Formerly, Managing Director, Operations, Voya Investment Management (March 1999 – September 2017).
Kevin M. Gleason
Age: 53
Chief Compliance OfficerFebruary 2012 - PresentSenior Vice President Voya Investment Management, LLC and Chief Compliance Officer, Voya Family of Funds (February 2012 – Present).
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Name, Address and AgePosition(s) Held with
the Fund
Term of Office and Length of Time Served1Principal Occupation(s) During the Past 5 Years
Todd Modic
Age: 52
Senior Vice President, Chief/Principal Financial Officer and Assistant SecretaryMarch 2005 - PresentPresident, Voya Funds Services, LLC (March 2018 – Present) and Senior Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC (April 2005 – Present).
Daniel A. Norman
Age: 62
Senior Vice President and
Treasurer
April 1995 - PresentSenior Managing Director and Group Head, Voya Investment Management Co. LLC (March 2019 – Present). Formerly, Managing Director and Group Head, Voya Investment Management Co. LLC (January 2012 – February 2019).
Kimberly A. Anderson
Age: 55
Senior Vice PresidentNovember 2003 - PresentSenior Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC (September 2003 – Present).
Jeffrey A. Bakalar
Age: 60
Senior Vice PresidentNovember 1999 - PresentSenior Managing Director and Group Head, Voya Investment Management Co. LLC (March 2019 – Present). Formerly, Managing Director and Group Head, Voya Investment Management Co. LLC (January 2012 – February 2019).
Elliot A. Rosen
Age: 67
Senior Vice PresidentMay 2002 - PresentSenior Vice President, Voya Investment Management Co. LLC (February 1999 – Present)
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Name, Address and AgePosition(s) Held with
the Fund
Term of Office and Length of Time Served1Principal Occupation(s) During the Past 5 Years
Robert Terris
5780 Powers Ferry Road NW, Atlanta, GA 30327
Age: 49
Senior Vice PresidentMay 2006 - PresentSenior Vice President, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (April 2018 – Present); Senior Vice President, Head of Division Operations, Voya Investments, LLC (October 2015 – Present) and Voya Funds Services, LLC (March 2006 – Present).
Fred Bedoya
Age: 47
Vice PresidentSeptember 2012 - PresentVice President, Voya Investments, LLC (October 2015 – Present) and Voya Funds Services, LLC (July 2012 – Present).
Maria M. Anderson
Age: 62
Vice PresidentSeptember 2004 - PresentVice President, Voya Investments, LLC (October 2015 – Present) and Voya Funds Services, LLC (September 2004 – Present).
Sara M. Donaldson
Age: 60
Vice PresidentSeptember 2014 - PresentVice President, Voya Investments, LLC (October 2015 – Present). Formerly, Vice President, Voya Funds Services, LLC (April 2014 – October 2015).
Micheline S. Faver
Age: 42
Vice PresidentSeptember 2016 - PresentSenior Vice President, Head of Fund Compliance, Chief Compliance Officer for Voya Investments, LLC (March 2020 – Present). Formerly, Vice President, Head of Fund Compliance, Chief Compliance Officer for Voya Investments, LLC (June 2016 – March 2020); and Vice President, Mutual Fund Compliance (March 2014 – June 2016).
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Name, Address and AgePosition(s) Held with
the Fund
Term of Office and Length of Time Served1Principal Occupation(s) During the Past 5 Years
Robyn L. Ichilov
Age: 52
Vice PresidentNovember 1997 - PresentVice President, Voya Funds Services, LLC (November 1995 – Present) and Voya Investments, LLC (August 1997 – Present).
Jason Kadavy
Age: 44
Vice PresidentSeptember 2012 - PresentVice President, Voya Investments, LLC (October 2015 – Present) and Voya Funds Services, LLC (July 2007 – Present).
Andrew K. Schlueter
Age: 44
Vice PresidentMarch 2018 - PresentVice President, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC (April 2018 – Present); Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC and Voya Funds Services, LLC (March 2018 – Present); Vice President, Head of Mutual Fund Operations, Voya Investment Management (February 2018 – Present). Formerly, Vice President, Voya Investment Management (March 2014 – February 2018).
Craig Wheeler
Age: 51
Vice PresidentMay 2013 - PresentVice President – Director of Tax, Voya Investments, LLC (October 2015 – Present). Formerly, Vice President – Director of Tax, Voya Funds Services, LLC (March 2013 – October 2015).
Freddee McGough
Age: 54
Assistant Vice PresidentNovember 2019 - PresentAssistant Vice President, Voya Investments, LLC (September 2001 – Present).
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Name, Address and AgePosition(s) Held with
the Fund
Term of Office and Length of Time Served1Principal Occupation(s) During the Past 5 Years
Monia Piacenti
One Orange Way
Windsor, Connecticut 06095
Age: 43
Anti-Money Laundering OfficerJune 2018 - PresentAnti-Money Laundering Officer, Voya Investments Distributor, LLC, Voya Investment Management, and Voya Investment Management Trust Co. (June 2018 – Present); Compliance Consultant, Voya Financial, Inc. (January 2019 – Present). Formerly, Senior Compliance Officer, Voya Investment Management (December 2009 – December 2018).
Huey P. Falgout, Jr.
Age: 56
SecretaryAugust 2003 - PresentSenior Vice President and Secretary of Voya Investments, LLC (December 2018 – Present) and Voya Funds Services, LLC (March 2010 – Present); Managing Director and Head of Voya Investment Management – Mutual Fund Legal Department (October 2019 – Present). Formerly, Senior Vice President and Chief Counsel, Voya Investment Management – Mutual Fund Legal Department (March 2010 – February 2019).
Paul A. Caldarelli
Age: 68
Assistant SecretaryJune 2010 - PresentVice President and Senior Counsel, Voya Investment Management – Mutual Fund Legal Department (March 2010 – Present).
Theresa K. Kelety
Age: 57
Assistant SecretaryAugust 2003 - PresentVice President and Senior Counsel, Voya Investment Management – Mutual Fund Legal Department (March 2010 – Present).
Joanne F. Osberg
Age: 38
Assistant SecretaryJanuary 2020 - PresentVice President and Counsel, Voya Investment Management – Mutual Fund Legal Department (January 2013 – Present).
1.The officers hold office until their successors are chosen and qualified, or until they sooner resign, are removed, or are otherwise disqualified to serve.
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Appendix E: Shares Outstanding
The following table sets forth the Shares outstanding for the Fund as of the Record Date.
FundNumber of Shares Outstanding
Voya Prime Rate Trust (“PPR”)[ ]
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Appendix F: 5 Percent Beneficial Ownership
Name and Address
of Shareholder
Number of Shares OwnedPercentage Owned
Saba Capital Management, L.P.
Mr. Boaz R. Weinstein
405 Lexington Avenue. 58th Floor
New York, NY 10174
36,006,381124.4%2
1.Based on a Form 4 filed by Saba Capital Management, L.P. and Mr. Boaz R. Weinstein on April 13, 2020.
2.Based on 147,787,691 shares outstanding, as set forth in the Fund’s Form N-30B-2 filed on February 7, 2020.
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Appendix G: Fees Paid to the Independent Registered Public Accountants
The following table shows fees paid to E&Y and KPMG for professional audit services during the Fund’s most recent fiscal years ended February 29, 2020 and February 28, 2019, respectively, as well as fees billed for other services rendered by E&Y and KPMG to the Fund.
FundAudit Fees1Audit-Related Fees2Tax Fees3All Other Fees4
 2020520196202052019620205201962020520196
PPR$62,300$73,000$0$8,100$0$8,665$0$0
1.Audit fees consist of fees billed for professional services rendered for the audit of the year-end financial statements and services that are normally provided by E&Y or KPMG in connection with statutory and regulatory filings.
2.Audit-related fees consist principally of fees billed for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the Fund’s consolidated financial statements and are not reported under “Audit Fees.” These services include attestation services that are not required by statute or regulations and consultations concerning financial accounting and reporting standards.
3.Tax fees consist of fees billed for professional services for tax compliance. These services include assistance regarding federal, state, and local tax compliance.
4.All other fees would include fees for products and services other than the services reported above.
5.Fees paid for the fiscal year ended February 29, 2020 were paid to E&Y. Total fees paid to KPMG for the Fund listed in the table for the fiscal year ended February 29, 2020 are $2,532, $0, $8,125 and $291 for Audit Fees, Audit-Related Fees, Tax Fees and All Other Fees, respectively.
6.Fees paid for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2019, were paid to KPMG.
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The following tables presents: (i) the aggregate non-audit fees (i.e., fees for audit-related, tax, and other services) billed to the Fund by KPMG for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2019 and to E&Y for the fiscal year ended February 29, 2020 and; and (ii) the aggregate non-audit fees billed to the investment adviser, or any of its affiliates, by each independent registered public accounting firm for the same time periods.
Aggregate Non-Audit Fees
Registrant/Investment Adviser2020120192
Voya Prime Rate Trust$0$16,765
Voya Investments, LLC3$10,639,517$82,050
1.Fees paid for the fiscal year ended February 29, 2020 were paid to E&Y. Total fees paid to KPMG for the Fund listed in the table for the fiscal year ended February 29, 2020 is $8,416 for Aggregate Non-Audit Fees.
2.Fees paid for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2019, were paid to KPMG.
3.Includes fees paid by the Adviser and any affiliates of the Adviser that are subsidiaries of Voya Financial, Inc.
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Appendix H: Supplemental Information Regarding Participants
The following tables set forth the name and business address of the Trustees, each of whom is a nominee, and the name, present principal occupation and business address of certain individuals who, under SEC rules, are considered to be “participants” in the solicitation of proxies from the Fund’s shareholders in connection with the Annual Meeting.
Trustees
The names and principal occupations of the Trustees are set forth in Appendix A of the Proxy Statement. The business address of each Trustee is: Voya Investment Management, 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite 100, Scottsdale, Arizona 85258.
Other Participants
The names and principal occupations of the other individuals who are considered “participants” in the solicitation of proxies for the Annual Meeting are set forth below. The business address for each such person is: Voya Investment Management, 7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road, Suite 100, Scottsdale, Arizona 85258.
NamePrincipal Occupation
Huey Falgout, Jr.*
Kimberly A. Anderson*
Jeffrey A. Bakalar*
Bill GoldenManaging Director, Head of Product Management & Development, Product Development, Voya Investment Management
Daniel A. Norman*
Charles LeMieuxSenior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager, Voya Investment Management
Meg SullivanVice President, Equity Product Manager, Investment Solutions, Voya Investment Management
* Principal occupation is set forth in Appendix D.
Information Regarding Ownership of Shares of the Fund by Participants
As of [ ], 2020, no Trustee owned any shares of the Fund.
The number of shares of the Fund beneficially owned by the other individuals who are considered “participants” in the solicitation of proxies by the Fund is set forth below:
Name of Beneficial OwnerNumber
Huey Falgout, Jr.None
Kimberly A. Anderson800
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Jeffrey A. Bakalar8,565
Daniel A. Norman105,144
Charles LeMieux55,865
Shares Purchased or Sold
The following table sets forth information regarding purchases and sales of the Fund's shares by each Participant during the past two years. No part of the purchase price or market value of these shares is represented by funds borrowed or otherwise obtained for the purpose of acquiring or holding such shares.
NameTransaction Date# of SharesDescriptionSecurity
Anderson, Kimberly A09/12/2019400AcquisitionShares
LeMieux, Charles12/24/20181,100AcquisitionShares
Miscellaneous Information Concerning Participants
Other than as set forth in this Appendix H or the Proxy Statement, none of the participants or their associates (i) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, any shares or othervoting securities of the FundTrust.

14.    Termination.

(a) This Agreement may be terminated at any time, without payment of any penalty, by the Board of Trustees of the Trust or (ii) has any substantial interest, direct or indirect, by security holdings or otherwise, in any matter to be actedthe affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Trust, upon at the Annual Meeting other than, with respect to each nominee, such nominee’s interest in electionsixty (60) days written notice to the Fund’s Board. In addition, neitherManager, and by the Fund norManager upon sixty (60) days written notice to the Trust.

(b) This Agreement shall terminate automatically in the event of any transfer or assignment thereof, as defined in the 1940 Act.

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15.     Use of Name. It is understood that the name “Saba Capital Management, L.P.” or any trademark, trade name, service mark, or logo, or any variation of such trademark, service mark, or logo of the participants listed above has been within the past year a party to any contract, arrangementManager or understanding with any person with respect to any of the Fund’s securities,its affiliates, including but not limited to joint ventures, loanthe mark “Saba®” (collectively, the “Saba Marks”) is the valuable property of the Manager and its affiliates, and that the Trust has the right to use such Saba Marks only so long as this Agreement or option arrangements, putsany subsequent agreement with the Manager in replacement of this Agreement shall continue with respect to such Trust. Upon termination of this Agreement without its replacement by a subsequent agreement, the Trust shall, as soon as is reasonably possible, discontinue all use of the Saba Marks and shall promptly amend its Declaration of Trust to change its name (if such Saba Marks are included therein).

18.     Applicable Law.

(a) If any provision of this Agreement shall be held or calls, guarantees against lossmade invalid by a court decision, statute, rule, or guaranteesotherwise, the remainder of profit, divisionthis Agreement shall not be affected thereby.

(b) The term “majority of losses or profits or the giving or withholdingoutstanding voting securities” of proxies.

Other thanthe Trust shall have the meaning as set forth in this Appendix H or the Proxy Statement, neither1940 Act.

(c) This Agreement shall be governed by the Fund nor anylaws of the participants listed aboveState of New York applicable to contracts formed and to be performed entirely within the State of New York, without regard to the conflicts of law principles thereof, to the extent such principles would require or permit the application of the laws of another jurisdiction; provided, that nothing herein shall be construed in a manner inconsistent with the 1940 Act, the Investment Advisors Act of 1940, as amended, or any rules or orders of their associatesthe SEC thereunder.

19.     Limitation of Liability for Claims. The Manager is hereby expressly put on notice of the limitation of liability as set forth in the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and agrees that the obligations assumed by the Trust pursuant to this Agreement shall be limited in all cases to the Trust and its assets, and the Manager shall not seek satisfaction of any such obligation from the shareholders of the Trust or from any trustee, officer, employee or agent of the Trust.

20.     Excess Brokerage Commissions. The Manager is hereby authorized, to the fullest extent now or hereafter permitted by law, to cause the Trust to pay a member of a national securities exchange, broker or dealer an amount of commission for effecting a securities transaction in excess of the amount of commission another member of such exchange, broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction, if the Manager determines in good faith, taking into account such factors as price (including the applicable brokerage commission or will have (i) any arrangements dealer spread), size of order, difficulty of execution, and operational facilities of the firm and the firm’s risk and skill in positioning blocks of securities, that such amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and/or understandings with any personresearch services provided by such member, broker or dealer, viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or its overall responsibilities with respect to the Trust’s portfolio, and constitutes the best net results for the Trust.

21.     Responsibility of Dual Directors, Officers and/or Employees. If any future employment byperson who is a manager, partner, officer or employee of the FundManager or its affiliates is or becomes a director, officer, partner and/or employee of the Trust and acts as such in any business of the Trust, then such manager, partner, officer and/or employee of the Manager or its affiliates shall be deemed to be acting in such capacity solely for the Trust, and not as a manager, partner, officer or employee of the Manager or its affiliates or with respect to any future transactions to whichunder the Fundcontrol or anydirection of its affiliates willthe Manager, even if paid by the Manager or an affiliate thereof.

22.    Amendment of Agreement. This Agreement may be a party or (ii) a direct or indirect material interest in any transaction or series of similar transactions since the beginningamended only by written agreement of the Fund’s last fiscal year or any currently proposed transactions, or series of similar transactions, to whichManager and the Fund was or is to be a partyTrust and only in whichaccordance with the amount involved exceeds $120,000.

Noneprovisions of the participants listed has been convicted1940 Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

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23.    Proxy Voting. The Manager shall be responsible for voting any proxies solicited by an issuer of securities held by the Trust in a criminal proceeding within the past ten (10) years.

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Appendix I: Charterbest interest of the Voya Funds Audit Committee
Effective Date: May 29, 2003
Last Approved: May [ ], 2020
Addendum Last Approved: May [ ], 2020
Exhibits Last Amended: May [ ], 2020
A. Establishment ofTrust and in accordance with the Committee
The Audit Committees (collectively, the “Committee”) of each of the Boards of Directors/Trustees1 (collectively, the “Board”) of the Voya funds (each a “Fund,” collectively, the “Funds”2) set out on Exhibit A hereto,Manager’s proxy voting policies and procedures, as any such exhibitproxy voting policies and procedures may be amended from time to time, shalltime. The Manager’s proxy voting policies and procedures, and any amendment thereto will be governed in accordancesubject to Board of Trustee’s approval. The Trust has been provided with this Voya funds Audit Committee Charter (this “Charter”).
B. Purpose
The purposea copy of the Committee isManager’s proxy voting policies and procedures and has been informed as to (1) oversee each Fund’s accounting and financial reporting processes and its internal controls; (2) overseehow it can obtain further information from the quality and objectivity of the Fund’s financial statements and the independent audit of those financial statements; (3) oversee the implementation of each Fund’s valuation procedures (the “Valuation Procedures”) and to make fair value determinationsManager regarding proxy voting activities undertaken on behalf of the BoardTrust. In accordance with its provisions of managerial services to the Trust hereunder, the Manager shall be responsible for reporting the Trust’s proxy voting activities, as specified inrequired, through periodic filings on Form N-PX or any successor form thereto.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Valuation Procedures; and (4) actparties hereto have caused this instrument to be executed by their officers designated below as a liaison between the Fund’s independent auditors and the full Board.

The function of the Committee is oversight. Management of the Funds is responsible for the preparation, presentationday and integrity of the Funds’ financial statements. Management also is responsible for maintaining appropriate accounting and financial reporting principles and policies and internal controls and procedures designed to assure compliance with accounting standards and applicable laws and regulations. The independent auditors are responsible for planning and carrying out proper audits and reviews of the Funds’ financial statements.
In fulfilling their responsibilities under this Charter, it is recognized that members of the Committee are not employees of the Funds and, though one or more members of the Committee may be designated by the Committee as Audit Committee Financial Experts under the criteria detailed in Section D.2, they are not necessarily, and do not represent themselves to be, accountants or auditors by profession or experts in the fields of accounting or auditing, including in respect of auditor independence. As such, it is not the duty or responsibility of the Committee or its members to conduct “field work” or other types of auditing
year first written above.

1These include the Boards of Directors or Trustees of each of the Funds listed under Paragraph I on Exhibit A.

SABA CAPITAL INCOME &

OPPORTUNITIES FUND

By:

Name:
Title:

SABA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P.

By:

Name:
Title:

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SCHEDULE A

with respect to the

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

between

SABA CAPITAL INCOME & OPPORTUNITIES FUND

and

SABA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P.

2Reference in this Charter to one or more Funds shall,

Series

Annual Management Fee

(as applicable, mean those Funds that are under the jurisdictiona percentage of the particular Committee at issue. No provision in this Charter is intended to impose any duty upon a particular Fund’s Committee with respect to any other Funds.Managed Assets*)

Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund

1.05%
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or accounting reviews or procedures or to set auditor independence standards, and the Committee and its members are not providing any expert or special assurance as to the Funds’ financial statements or any professional certification as to the independent auditors’ work. Absent actual knowledge to the contrary, each member of the Committee will be entitled to rely upon (1) the integrity of those persons and organizations within and outside the Funds from whom the Committee receives information; (2) the accuracy of the financial and other information provided to the Committee by such persons or organizations; and (3) representations made by management as to any information technology, internal audit and other non-audit services provided by the auditors to the Funds.
The Committee will have access, as deemed necessary or appropriate by the Committee, to the applicable Funds’ trustees or directors, their independent auditors and Fund counsel and the executive and financial management of the Funds. The Committee may also seek to meet with internal audit staff of the Funds’ investment adviser, administrator or accounting agent. The Committee may meet with any such persons without the participation of any other representatives of Fund management.
C. Meetings
The Committee will meet, in person or by telephone, at least twice each fiscal year of a Fund, and the chair of the Committee or a majority of the members may call telephonic or in-person special meetings of the Committee as circumstances require.3 In order to foster open communication, the Committee may meet privately in separate executive sessions with management and the independent auditors and as a committee to discuss any matters that the Committee, management or the independent auditors believe should be discussed separately.
A majority of the Committee’s members will constitute a quorum. At any meeting of the Committee, the decision of a majority of the members present and voting will determine any matter submitted to a vote. The Committee will keep minutes of its meetings, which will be available to the Board for its review.
D. Committee Members; Audit Committee Financial Expert
1.Members. The members of the Committee are identified on Exhibit B to this Charter, as such Exhibit may be amended from time to time to reflect changes in Committee membership. At least annually, those Board members of the Funds who are not “interested persons” of the Funds (the “Non-Interested Directors/Trustees”), as that term is defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), shall
3In determining agendas for in-person versus telephonic meetings, the Committee may consider any factors it deems appropriate, which shall normally include (1) whether there is a legal requirement for approval at an in-person meeting, such as approval of auditors, (2) whether the subject matter involves a report by outside presenters that would be more effective if considered in person, (3) the need or desire for the Committee to approve a matter or take action within a certain time, and (4) whether it would be beneficial to consider a subject at a meeting that is the earliest to occur to allow the Committee an opportunity to request additional information at the following meeting.
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 designate, by majority vote, three or more Board members to serve as members*

“Managed Assets” shall mean the Trust’s average daily gross asset value, minus the sum of the Committee,Trust’s accrued and shall designate one memberunpaid dividends on any outstanding preferred shares and accrued liabilities (other than liabilities for the principal amount of the Committee to serve as Chairperson of the Committee. No “interested person” of the Funds as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act, may be a member of the Committee.

2.Audit Committee Financial Expert. Unless the Board determines that no member of the Committee qualifies as an audit committee financial expert, the Board will identify one (or in the Board’s discretion, more than one) member of the Committee as an audit committee financial expert in accordance with the criteria set out below. The Committee is not required to have an audit committee financial expert.
To be identified as an audit committee financial expert, the Committee member must have the following attributes: (a) an understanding of generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and financial statements; (b) the ability to assess the general application of GAAP in connection with the accounting for estimates, accruals and reserves; (c) experience preparing, auditing, analyzingany borrowings incurred, commercial paper or evaluating financial statements that present a breadth and level of complexity of accounting issues that are generally comparable to the breadth and complexity of issues that can reasonably be expected to be raisednotes issued by the Funds’ financial statements, or experience actively supervising one or more persons engaged in such activities; (d) an understanding of internal controlsTrust and procedures for financial reporting; and (e) an understanding of audit committee functions.
A Committee member may acquire the attributes required of an audit committee financial expert through any combination of the following: (a) education and experience as a public accountant or auditor, or a principal financial officer, controller, principal accounting officer of a company, or experience in one or more positions that involve the performance of similar functions; (b) experience actively supervising a principal financial officer, principal accounting officer, controller, public accountant, auditor or person performing similar functions, (c) experience overseeing or assessing the performance of companies or public accountants in the preparation, audit or evaluation of financial statements; or (d) other experience determined by the Board as relevant to the inquiry of whether the Committee member qualifies as an audit committee financial expert.
The attributes and experience required for identification as an audit committee financial expert under this Charter will be identical to, and are qualified in their entirety by, those set out in the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in Form N-CSR. The identification of a Committee member as an audit committee financial expert does not impose on the member any duties, obligations, or liability that are greater than the duties, obligations, and liability imposed on Committee members in general.
E. Pre-Approval of Services
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1.Pre-Approval of Audit Services. The Committee must approve prior to retention all audit, review or attest engagements required under the securities laws that are provided to a Fund by its independent auditors. The Committee will not grant such approval to any auditors that are proposed to perform an audit for a Fund if a chief executive officer, controller, chief financial officer, chief accounting officer or any person serving in an equivalent position for the Fund or any other entity within the Voya investment company complex that is responsible for the financial reporting or operations of the Fund was employed by those auditors and participated in any capacity in an audit of the Fund during the 1-year period (or such other period acceptable under the SEC rules) preceding the date of initiation of such audit.
2.Pre-Approval of Non-Audit Services. The Committee must pre-approve any non-audit services to be provided to a Fund by its independent auditors (except those within applicable de minimis statutory or regulatory exceptions4) provided that a Fund’s auditors will not provide the following non-audit services to a Fund: (a) bookkeeping or other services related to the accounting records or financial statements of the Fund; (b) financial information systems design and implementation; (c) appraisal or valuation services, fairness opinions, or contribution-in-kind reports; (d) actuarial services; (e) internal audit outsourcing services; (f) management functions or human resources; (g) broker-dealer, investment adviser, or investment banking services; (h) legal services; (i) expert services unrelated to the audit; and (j) any other service that the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board determines, by regulation, is impermissible.5
3.Pre-approval with respect to Non-Fund Entities. The Committee must pre-approve any non-audit services that relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of a Fund (except those within applicable de minimis statutory or regulatory exceptions6) to be provided by the Fund’s auditors to (a) the Fund’s
4No pre-approval is required as to non-audit services provided to a Fund if: (a) the aggregate amount of all non-audit services provided to the Fund constitute not more than 5% of the total amount of revenues paid by the Fund to the independent auditors during the fiscal year in which the services are provided; (b) these services were not recognized by the Fund at the time of the engagement to be non-audit services; and (c) the services are promptly brought to the attention of the Committee and approved by the Committee prior to the completion of the audit.
5With respect to the prohibitions on (a) bookkeeping; (b) financial information systems design and implementation; (c) appraisal, valuation, fairness opinions, or contribution-in-kind reports; (d) actuarial; and (e) internal audit outsourcing, such services are permitted to be provided if it is reasonable to conclude that the results of these services will not be subject to audit procedures during an audit of the audit client’s financial statements.
4No pre-approval is required as to non-audit services provided to a Fund if: (a) the aggregate amount of all non-audit services provided to the Fund constitute not more than 5% of the total amount of revenues paid by the Fund to the independent auditors during the fiscal year in which the services are provided; (b) these services were not recognized by the Fund at the time of the engagement to be non-audit services; and (c) the services are promptly brought to the attention of the Committee and approved by the Committee prior to the completion of the audit.
6For non-audit services provided to the adviser and entities in a control relationship with the adviser, no pre-approval is required if: (a) the aggregate amount of all non-audit services provided constitute not more than 5% of the total amount of revenues paid to the independent auditors during the fiscal year in which the services are provided to the Fund, the Fund’s investment adviser, and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser if that entity provides ongoing services to a Fund; (b) these services were not recognized by the Fund at the time of the engagement to be non-audit services; and (c) the services are promptly brought to the attention of the Committee and approved by the Committee prior to the completion of the audit.
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investment adviser; and (b) any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser if that entity provides ongoing services to a Fund.7 The Committee may approve audit and non-audit services on a case-by-case basis or adopt pre-approval policies and procedures that are detailed as to a particular service, provided that the Committee is informed promptly of each service, or use a combination of these approaches.
4.Delegation. The Committee may delegate pre-approval authority to one or more of the Committee’s members. Any member or members to whom such pre-approval authority is delegated must report any pre-approval decisions to the Committee at its next scheduled meeting.
F. Relationship with Auditors and Management
1.Auditor Qualifications. The Committee will, at least annually, review the qualifications of the Funds’ independent auditors.
The Committee will inquire as to whether the auditors are independent. This inquiry will take into consideration whether the auditors provide any consulting or other non-audit services to the Fund, its adviser and other entities in the Voya investment company complex and their potential effect on the issue of independence. The Committee will secure from Fund auditors an annual representation of the auditors’ independence under applicable standards of independence established from time to time by the SEC and other regulatory and professional authorities.
The Committee will review the fees charged by the auditors for audit and non-audit services and may make recommendations to the Board or the independent members of the Board with respect to the approval of audit and non-audit service fee estimates. As part of its review, the Committee will annually obtain from the independent auditors a summaryliquidation preference of any non-audit services provided to the Fund and the Voya investment company complex and the fees billed for non-audit services to the Fund and other entities in the Voya investment company complex.outstanding preferred shares).

2.Rotation of Audit Partners. The Committee will seek assurances that any of the auditors’ personnel who serve as lead and concurring audit partners8 to a Fund are rotated every five years, followed by a five-year “time out” period, and that those who serve as audit partners (other than lead
7No pre-approval is required by the Committee as to non-audit services provided to: (a) the Fund’s sub-adviser that primarily provides portfolio management services and is under the direction of another investment adviser and is not affiliated with the Fund’s primary investment adviser; (b) another Fund in the Voya investment company complex (unless otherwise required to pre-approve services to such other Fund in accordance with this Charter), or (c) other entities within the Voya investment company complex that do not provide services to that Fund.
8“Audit Partner” means a member of a Fund’s audit engagement team who has decision-making responsibility for significant auditing, accounting and reporting matters that affect the Fund’s financial statements or who maintains regular contact with the Fund’s management and the Committee. The term includes lead and concurring partners and partners who provide more than 10 hours of audit, review or attest services in connection with the Fund’s financial statements.
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or concurring audit partners) are subject to a seven-year rotation period, with a two-year “time out” period. Audit partners may not serve other Funds in the Voya investment company complex during their “time out” periods.
3.Meetings with Auditors. The Committee will meet with the Funds’ independent auditors for the purposes set out below. The Committee may determine to conduct these meetings outside the presence of Fund management.
Prior to an audit, the Committee will review with auditors the arrangements for and scope of the annual audit and any special audits
At the conclusion of each audit, the Committee will review the audit with the independent auditors, including the auditors’ comments or recommendations and the form of opinion the auditors propose to render or have rendered to the Board and Fund shareholders. The Committee also will discuss with the auditors any matters of concern relating to the Funds’ financial statements, including adjustments to such statements recommended by the auditors or other results of the audit.
The Committee will receive from the auditors, at least annually and prior to filing each Fund’s annual report, the auditors’ report as to: (a) all critical accounting policies and practices to be used in preparing the annual report; (b) all alternative treatments within GAAP for policies and practices that have been discussed with Fund management, including ramifications of the use of such alternative disclosures and treatments and the treatments preferred by the independent auditors; (c) written communications between the auditors and Fund management that are material to the financial statements, such as any management letter or schedule of unadjusted differences; (d) a description of all non-audit services provided, including fees associated with the services, to the Voya investment company complex since the last annual report or update that were not subject to the pre-approval requirements as discussed above; and (e) any other matters of concern relating to a Fund’s financial statements, including any uncorrected misstatements (or audit differences) whose effects management believes are immaterial, both individually and in aggregate, to the financial statements taken as a whole. If these communications are not made within 90 days prior to the Funds’ annual filing, the Committee will receive from the independent auditors any reported updates to the information within 90 days prior to the Funds’ annual filing. The Committee may discuss these matters with management.
The Committee from time to time will discuss with auditors the adequacy and effectiveness of internal controls and procedures for each Fund and the quality of staff implementing those controls and procedures. The Committee will consider the auditors’ comments with respect to the Funds’ financial policies, procedures and internal accounting controls and management’s compliance with these policies and controls and will make recommendations to the Board with respect to any further actions necessary or desirable in response to such auditor comments.
The Committee will meet with Fund auditors for such other purposes as the Committee may deem necessary or appropriate.
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4.Discussions with Management. The Committee may, as deemed necessary or appropriate by the Committee, discuss with management the following: (1) unusual accounting issues; (2) the nature of any unusual or significant commitments or contingent liabilities; (3) any significant difference in format or disclosure from that adopted by other investment companies; (4) the procedures and controls of management, including the adequacy and effectiveness of internal controls and procedures and the quality of staff implementing those controls and procedures; (5) if the Fund’s investment adviser has internal audit staff, the staff’s objectives and resources; and (6) such other matters as the Committee deems appropriate.
5.Changes in Accounting Principles or Practices. The Committee will consider the effect upon the Funds of any changes in accounting principles or practices proposed by management or the independent auditors. The Committee may consider whether proposed changes will have a significant effect on the amounts reported for a current year or may have an effect in the future, management’s and the independent auditors’ concurrence with the change and management’s or the auditors’ underlying rationale for the change. The Committee will discuss with management and the independent auditors the significance and potential effect of any changes in accounting policies proposed by the independent auditors or by management.
6.Illegal Acts and Other Matters. As necessary the Committee will review with the independent auditors and management any “illegal act,” as defined in Section 10A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and required by that statute to be reported to the Committee and any other significant issues reported to the Committee that could have a material effect on a Fund’s financial statements. The Committee will seek assurances from management that appropriate remedial actions are taken with respect to any such illegal act identified by the independent auditors. The Committee also may review with management and the independent auditors any compliance matter and any comments or criticisms that the staff of the SEC brought to the attention of the Committee or management, and may develop a recommendation to management.9 The Committee will report all such matters to the full Board no later than the next regular meeting of the Board. The Committee shall have the authority to retain special counsel and other experts or consultants at the expense of the appropriate Funds.
7.Receive Certifying Officers’ Reports. The Committee will receive, in accordance with regulations adopted by the SEC, reports from each Fund’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, based on their periodic evaluations, regarding: (a) significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls that could adversely affect the Fund’s ability to record,
9The Committee may make recommendations to management with respect to any illegal act, significant matter or compliance matter, and its recommendations are not limited to matters related only to accounting and financial reporting.
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process, summarize, and report financial data; (b) material weaknesses in internal controls; and (c) fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Fund’s internal controls.
G. Valuation Procedures
1.Review Pricing Committee Actions. The Committee will review actions taken by the Pricing Committee of the Funds in accordance with the Valuation Procedures.
2.Review Primary Methodologies. The Committee will review periodically the primary methodologies used to value the Funds’ portfolio securities and the quality of prices obtained through those procedures and, as appropriate, recommend any adjustments to such methods.
H. Other
1.Review Charter. The Committee will review this Charter (including any addendum to the Charter, if applicable) at least annually and will make recommendations with respect to any amendment or supplement to the Charter it determines to be necessary or desirable.
2.Periodic Review. The Committee will receive and review periodic reports under the Funds’ whistleblower procedures and regarding the services provided by any custodian, transfer agent, securities lending agent, and pricing vendor.
3.Oversee Certain Service Provide Agreements. The Committee will perform oversight functions pertaining to new agreements, and modifications to existing agreements for securities lending, transfer agency, sub-accounting, and custodian services.
4.Counsel Reports. If the Board has not established a qualified legal compliance committee, the Committee will receive and investigate reports of counsel required to be submitted to it by the rules of the SEC that establish standards of professional conduct for attorneys practicing before the SEC.
5.Amendments. If the Audit Committee is composed of all of the members of the Board who are not “interested persons” of the Funds as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act, the Committee may amend this Charter by vote of a majority of Committee members. If the Audit Committee is composed of fewer than all of the members of the Board who are not “interested persons,” the Committee will recommend any amendment to the full Board, and the Board may amend this Charter by a vote of a majority of its members who are not “interested persons.”
6.Board Communications. At least annually, the Committee will report to the Board a summary of its activities, conclusions and recommendations, unless the Committee is comprised of all of the Non-Interested Directors/Trustees.
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SABA CAPITAL INCOME & OPPORTUNITIES FUND

7.Records. A copy of this Charter will be maintained by the Funds in an easily accessible place.
ADDENDUM
to the
AUDIT COMMITTEE CHARTER
with respect to
CLOSED-END FUNDS
As an issuer listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”

This EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), the Closed-End Funds (each, aeffective [], 2021, by and between Saba Capital Management, L.P. (the “Investment Manager”) and Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund (the “Fund”) must comply with the rules and regulations of the NYSE, which include, among other things, standards for audit committees of listed issuers. Therefore, the Board of Trustees of each Fund (each, a “Board”) has adopted this Addendum (“Addendum”) to the Voya funds Audit Committee Charter (the “Charter”). This Addendum sets forth additional requirements for the Audit Committee (the “Committee”) of each Fund. The other terms and provisions of the Charter remain applicable to each Fund, as modified or supplemented by this Addendum.

A. Purpose of the Committee
In addition to the purpose of the Committee set out in paragraph B of the Charter, the Committee will serve the following purposes: (1) to assist Board oversight of (a) the integrity of the Fund’s financial statements; (b) the Fund’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements; (c) the independent auditors’ qualifications and independence; and (d) the performance of (i) the internal audit staff that services Voya Investments, LLC (the investment adviser to each Fund) and its relevant related affiliated entities and (ii) the independent auditors; and (2) to prepare the report that SEC rules require be included in the Fund’s annual proxy statement.
The Committee will have the authority to engage, on the Fund’s behalf, outside independent counsel and other advisers as it deems necessary to carry out its duties. The Committee will determine the appropriate levels of funding for payment of (a) compensation of the independent auditors; (b) compensation of any advisors employed by the Committee under the Charter; and (c) ordinary administrative expenses of the Committee necessary or appropriate in carrying out its duties under the Charter.
B. Qualifications of Committee Members
1.Independence. The Committee will have at least three members. Each such member shall not be an “interested person” of the Fund as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) and shall satisfy applicable independence standards established by the NYSE, except
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for any such independence standards which the NYSE has indicated need not apply with respect to closed-end investment companies that are registered under the 1940 Act.
2.Compensation. The only compensation a Committee member may receive from the Fund is directors’ or trustees’ fees, provided that a Committee member who is a former employee of the Fund or its investment adviser may receive deferred compensation if the deferred compensation is not contingent on continued service.
3.Financial Literacy. Each Committee member will be financially literate, as such qualification is determined by the Board in its business judgment (or shall become financially literate within a reasonable period of time after his or her appointment to the Committee). At least one Committee member shall have accounting or related financial management expertise, as such qualification is determined by the Board in its business judgment.
C. Relationship with Independent Auditors
1.Selection and Termination of Independent Auditors. The Committee will be responsible for the oversight of the work of the independent auditors (including resolution of disagreements between management and the auditors regarding financial reporting) for the purpose of preparing or issuing an audit report or related work, and each independent auditor will report directly to the Committee. The Committee has the ultimate authority and responsibility to appoint and, when appropriate, replace the independent auditors, and, if applicable, to nominate the independent auditors to be proposed for shareholder ratification in any proxy statement. The Committee will set clear hiring policies for employees or former employees of the independent auditors. The Committee will also be responsible for determining auditor compensation. The Committee will recommend the selection of the independent auditors for ratification by the vote of a majority of all of the Fund’s independent trustees in accordance with Section 32(a) of the 1940 Act.
2.Significant Non-Audit Relationships. The Committee will have sole authority to approve any significant non-audit relationships with the Fund’s independent auditors.
3.Rotation of Auditors. In addition to assuring that the lead, concurring and other audit partners are rotated in accordance with paragraph F(2) of the Charter and as required by law, the Committee will consider whether there should be a regular rotation of the Fund’s independent auditing firm.
4.Annual Auditors’ Report. At least annually, the Committee will obtain and review a report by the independent auditors describing: (a) the auditors’ internal quality-control procedures; (b) any material issues raised by the most recent internal quality-control review, or peer review, of the auditors, or by any inquiry or investigation by governmental or professional authorities, within the preceding five years, with respect to one or more independent
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audits of any issuer carried out by the auditors, and any steps taken to deal with any such issues; and (c) all relationships between the independent auditors and the Funds, for purposes of assessing the auditors’ independence. The Committee also will consider any reports or communications (and management’s responses to such reports or communications) submitted by the independent auditors required by or referred to in PCAOB Auditing Standard No. 16 as may be modified or supplemented.
D. Discussions with Auditors and Management
1.Financial Statements. The Committee will discuss the annual audited financial statements with management and the independent auditors, including the Funds’ disclosures under “Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance.” The Committee will discuss the semiannual unaudited financial statements with management, including, if applicable, disclosures under “Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance” in such semiannual reports.
2.Press Releases and Other Information. The Committee will discuss with management earnings press releases, as well as financial information and earnings guidance provided to analysts and rating agencies.
3.Risk Management. The Committee will discuss with management and the independent auditors’ policies with respect to risk assessment and risk management. The Committee will report any material risks of a type not previously reviewed by the Board identified during such discussions to the Board.
4.Ongoing Dialogue. The Committee periodically will meet with management, with any internal audit staff of the Fund and with the independent auditors. The Committee will review with the independent auditor any audit problems or difficulties and management’s response.
E. Other
1.Establishment of Procedures. The Committee will establish procedures for: (a) the receipt, retention, and treatment of complaints received by the Fund regarding accounting, internal accounting controls, or auditing matters; and (b) the confidential, anonymous submission by employees of the Funds’ adviser and its affiliated entities that provide services to the Funds of concerns regarding questionable accounting, internal control or auditing matters that relate to the Funds.
2.Self-Evaluation. The Committee, on an annual basis, must evaluate its performance with respect to its duties and responsibilities.
3.Written Affirmation. The Board shall establish procedures for each Fund providing a “Written Affirmation” to the NYSE at the time of any changes in the composition of the Committee and any other changes for which NYSE rules require an Interim Written Affirmation, and on an annual basis within one month of the Fund’s annual shareholder meeting regarding any matters
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required by NYSE rules, including: (a) any determination that the Board has made regarding the independence of directors/trustees; (b) the financial literacy of Committee members; (c) the determination that at least one Committee member has accounting or related financial management expertise; and (d) the adequacy of the Charter and this Addendum.
4.Reporting. The Committee will approve the content of any report the substance of which is required by the rules of the SEC to be included in the proxy statement for the Fund.
5.Board Communications. The Committee will periodically report to the Board.
Exhibit A
Funds Under the Direction of the Voya Funds Board
VOYA ASIA PACIFIC HIGH DIVIDEND EQUITY INCOME FUND
VOYA BALANCED PORTFOLIO, INC.
VOYA EMERGING MARKETS HIGH DIVIDEND EQUITY FUND
VOYA EQUITY TRUST
VOYA FUNDS TRUST
VOYA GLOBAL ADVANTAGE AND PREMIUM OPPORTUNITY FUND
VOYA GLOBAL EQUITY DIVIDEND AND PREMIUM OPPORTUNITY FUND
VOYA GOVERNMENT MONEY MARKET PORTFOLIO
VOYA INFRASTRUCTURE, INDUSTRIALS AND MATERIALS FUND
VOYA INTERMEDIATE BOND PORTFOLIO
VOYA INTERNATIONAL HIGH DIVIDEND EQUITY INCOME FUND
VOYA INVESTORS TRUST
VOYA MUTUAL FUNDS
VOYA NATURAL RESOURCES EQUITY INCOME FUND
VOYA PARTNERS, INC.
VOYA PRIME RATE TRUST
VOYA SENIOR INCOME FUND
VOYA SEPARATE PORTFOLIOS TRUST
VOYA STRATEGIC ALLOCATION PORTFOLIOS, INC.
VOYA VARIABLE FUNDS
VOYA VARIABLE INSURANCE TRUST
VOYA VARIABLE PORTFOLIOS, INC.
VOYA VARIABLE PRODUCTS TRUST
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Exhibit B
List of Audit Committee Members
Colleen D. Baldwin
Non-Interested Director/Trustee
Martin J. Gavin
Non-Interested Director/Trustee and Chairperson
Joseph E. Obermeyer
Non-Interested Director/Trustee
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Appendix J: Charter of the Voya Funds Nominating and Governance Committee
I. Adoption and Amendment of Charter. The Boards of Directors and Trustees (the “Board” or “Directors”) of the Voya funds (the “Funds”) hereby adopt this amended and restated Nominating and Governance Committee Charter for the Nominating and Governance Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board. This Charter sets forth the Committee’s purposes, duties and certain procedures regarding its operations. Nothing herein is intended to increase the duties of the Committee members with respect to such matters beyond the duties established by applicable laws and under each Fund’s charter documents. This charter may be amended by a majority vote of the Board.
II. Membership. At least annually, those Board members of the Funds who are not “interested persons” ofWHEREAS, the Fund (the “Independent Board Members”), as that term is defined inregistered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), shall designate, byas a majority vote, four or more Directors to serveclosed-end management investment company; and

WHEREAS, the Fund and the Investment Manager desire that the provisions of this Agreement do not adversely affect the Fund’s status as Committee members and shall designate one such member as Chairpersona “regulated investment company” under Subchapter M of the Committee. There shall be no limit onInternal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), do not interfere with the number of annual terms that a Board member can serve as a Committee member or as ChairpersonFund’s ability to compute its taxable income under Code Section 852, do not adversely affect the status of the Committee.distributions the Fund makes as deductible dividends under Code Section 562, and do comply with the requirements of Revenue Procedure 99-40

III. Purposes. The primary purposes (or any successor pronouncement of the Committee shallInternal Revenue Service); and

WHEREAS, the Fund and the Investment Manager have entered into an investment management agreement (the “Management Agreement”), pursuant to which the Investment Manager provides investment advisory services to the Fund; and

WHEREAS, the Fund and the Investment Manager have determined that it is appropriate and in the best interests of the Funds and their shareholders to maintain the expenses of the Fund at a level below the level to which each such Fund might otherwise be subject.

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:

(1)

1.             Expense Limitation.

1.1             Applicable Expense Limit. To the extent that the ordinary operating expenses, including but not limited to identifyinvestment advisory fees payable to the Investment Manager, but excluding interest, taxes, investor relations services, other investment-related costs, leverage expenses (as defined below), extraordinary expenses such as litigation, other expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of such Fund’s business, and recommend for nomination candidates to serve as Board membersexpenses of any counsel or other persons or services retained by such Fund’s Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Funds, as defined by the 1940 Act, and, with assistance from legal counsel or others, take reasonable steps to ascertain that such candidates are not subject to any material conflicts of interest;

(2) to evaluate and make recommendations to the Board regarding potential Board candidates who are “interested persons” of the Funds (“Interested Persons”)persons,” as that term is defined in the 1940 Act, of the Investment Manager (the “Fund Operating Expenses”), incurred by the 1940 Act;
(3) to review annuallyFund listed on Schedule A during any term of this Agreement (the “Term”) exceed the collective workload and capabilities of Independent Board Members and,Operating Expense Limit, as defined in Section 1.2 below, for such Fund for such Term, such excess amount (the “Excess Amount”) shall be the Committee deems appropriate, to make annual recommendations to the Board regarding the size, membership and chairpersons of such committees;
(4) to monitor regulatory and other developments to determine whether to recommend modifications to the duties assigned to various committees, the creation of additional committees or changes to other Director policies and procedures in light of rule changes and reports concerning “best practices” in corporate governance;
(5) to administer a periodic study of compensation for Independent Board Members in concert with such third-party assistance as the Committee deems appropriate, to review at least annually the compensationliability of the Independent Board MembersInvestment Manager. As such, the Investment Manager may waive all or a portion of certain fees and/or reimburse expenses in amounts necessary so that after such waivers and/or reimbursements, the maximum total operating expense of the Fund shall be as listed on Schedule A. For the purposes of this Agreement, leverage expenses shall mean fees, costs and to report its annual review findings to the Board, including any recommended changes regarding such compensation for the considerationexpenses incurred by the Board;
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(6) to overseeleverage (including, without limitation, expenses incurred by the Board’s annual self-evaluation processFund in creating, establishing and maintaining leverage through borrowings or the issuance of preferred shares).

1.2             Operating Expense Limit. The Operating Expense Limit in this connection, to oversee and administer an annual discussion by Independent Board Members that evaluates the Board’s performance during the prior year and develops best practices and goals for the coming yearany Term with respect to the Board’s operations;

(7)Fund shall be the amount specified in Schedule A.

1.3             Daily Computation. The Investment Manager shall determine on each business day whether the aggregate Term to facilitate periodic reviewsdate Fund Operating Expenses for any Fund exceed the Operating Expense Limit, as such Operating

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Expense Limit has been pro-rated to the date of such determination (the “Pro-Rated Expense Cap”). If, on any business day, the aggregate Term to date Fund Operating Expenses for any Fund do not equal the Pro-Rated Expense Cap for that Fund, the amount of such difference shall be netted against the previous day’s accrued amount for Excess Amounts or Recoupment Amounts (as defined below), and the difference shall be accrued for that day as an Excess Amount or Recoupment Amount as applicable.

1.4             Payment. At the end of each month, the accruals made pursuant to Section 1.3 above shall be netted, and the result shall be remitted by the Investment Manager to the Fund (pursuant to Section 1.1 above) if such netting results in an Excess Amount, and it shall be remitted to the Investment Manager if such netting results in a Recoupment Amount and the Investment Manager is entitled to a Recoupment Amount pursuant to Section 2 below. Any such amounts remitted to the Fund, or repaid by the Fund, shall be allocated to the Fund in accordance with the terms of the 1940 Act. Any payments made pursuant to Section 1.1 and this Section 1.4 may include waivers of all or a portion of certain fees and/or reimbursements of expenses in amounts necessary so that after such waivers and/or reimbursements, the maximum total operating expense of the Fund shall be as listed on Schedule A. The Fund may offset amounts owed to the Fund pursuant to this Agreement against the Fund’s advisory fee payable to the Investment Manager.

2.             Right to Recoupment.             If the Investment Manager has made any payments pursuant to Section 1.4 above, including waivers and/or reimbursements of certain fees and/or expenses, relating to any of the 36 months immediately preceding any month end calculation pursuant to Section 1.4 above, the Investment Manager shall be entitled to recoup from the Fund any such investment advisory fees waived or reduced and any such payments made (collectively, a “Recoupment Amount”), if (i) on the date of any calculation under Section 1.3, the aggregate Term to date Fund Operating Expenses for any Fund are less than that day’s Pro-Rated Expense Cap for that Fund, and (ii) such Recoupment Amounts have not already been recouped. Any amounts recouped from the Fund shall be recouped in accordance with the 1940 Act. Amounts recouped shall be allocated to the oldest Recoupment Amounts during such 36-month period until fully recouped, and thereafter to the next oldest Recoupment Amounts, and so forth.

3.             Term and Termination. This Agreement shall have an initial term with respect to the Fund ending on the date indicated on Schedule A, as such schedule may be amended from time to time. Thereafter, this Agreement shall automatically renew for one-year terms with respect to the Fund unless the Investment Manager provides written notice of the termination of this Agreement to a lead Independent Trustee of the Fund within 90 days of the end of the then current term for that Fund and such termination is approved by the Board of Trustees of the Fund. In addition, this Agreement shall terminate with respect to the Fund upon termination of the Management Agreement with respect to such Fund, or it may be terminated by the Fund, without payment of any penalty, upon written notice to the Investment Manager at its principal place of business within 90 days of the end of the then current term for the purposeFund.

4.             Miscellaneous.

4.1             Captions. The captions in this Agreement are included for convenience of confirming that Independent Board Members are not Interested Personsreference only and in no other way define or delineate any of the Funds as defined byprovisions hereof or otherwise affect their construction or effect.

4.2             Interpretation. Nothing herein shall be deemed to require the Fund to take any action contrary to the Fund’s articles of incorporation, declaration of trust, or similar governing document, an applicable prospectus or statement of additional information, or any applicable statutory or regulatory requirement, or to relieve or deprive the Fund’s Board of Trustees of its responsibility for and control of the conduct of the affairs of the Fund.

4.3             Definitions. Any question of interpretation of any term or provision of this Agreement, including but not limited to the investment management fee, the computations of net asset values, and the allocation of expenses, having a counterpart in or otherwise derived from the terms and provisions of the Management Agreement or the 1940 Act, shall have the same meaning as and be resolved by reference to facilitate initial training of new Directors and ongoing training of existing Directors regarding relevant independence guidelinessuch Management Agreement or the 1940 Act.

4.4             Amendments. This Agreement, including the applicable to Independent Board Members;

(8) to develop annually (with assistance from management) a meeting calendarexpense limits for the BoardFund as set forth on Schedule A, may be amended only by a written agreement signed by each of the parties hereto and its committees;
(9) to (a) administer the periodic dissemination of information to Independent Board Members regarding opportunities for attendance at relevant training sessions and seminars (collectively, “conferences”) for investment company independent board members, (b) maintain a list of conferences attended by Independent Board Members, and (c) coordinate the distribution of useful conference materials or summaries to all Independent Board Members by attendees at such sessions;
(10) to receive reports at least annually and make recommendations to the Board regarding insurance and fidelity bond coverage relating to the Funds and their Directors and officers; and
(11) to perform such other duties as may from time to time be assigned to the Committeeamendment is approved by the Board of Trustees of the Fund.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be signed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the day and year first above written.

SABA CAPITAL INCOME & OPPORTUNITIES FUND

SABA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P.

By:

By:

Name:Name:
Title:Title:

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SCHEDULE A

to the

EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT

SABA CAPITAL INCOME & OPPORTUNITIES FUND

OPERATING EXPENSE LIMITS

Name of Fund*

Maximum Operating Expense Limit
(as a percentage of average daily
Managed Assets(1)  and average daily net assets)

Saba Capital Income & Opportunities Fund
Initial Term Expires July 1, 2022
1.05% of
average daily
Managed Assets(1)
plus
0.15% of
average
daily net assets

Effective Date: [], 2021

*                

This Agreement shall automatically renew for one-year terms with respect to the Fund unless otherwise terminated in accordance with the Agreement.

(1)

Managed Assets are defined as the Fund’s average daily gross asset value, minus the sum of the Fund’s accrued and unpaid dividends on any outstanding preferred shares and accrued liabilities (other than liabilities for the principal amount of any borrowings incurred, commercial paper or notes issued by the Fund and the liquidation preference of any outstanding preferred shares).

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AsInternet, you do not need to return your Proxy Ballot. PROXY FOR A SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON May 21, 2021. D52577-S20204 THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES RECOMMENDS A VOTE FOR PROPOSALS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 AND 7. For Abstain Against For Against Abstain 1. To approve the New Investment Management Agreement between the Fund and Saba Capital Management, L.P. in connection with the Adviser Transition as defined in the Proxy Statement 4. To remove the Fund’s fundamental investment restriction relating to investing in other investment companies. 5. To approve changing the Fund’s sub-classification under the Investment Company Act of 1940 from “diversified” to “non-diversified.” 2. To remove the Fund’s fundamental investment restriction relating to investing in warrants. 3. To remove the Fund’s fundamental investment restriction relating to purchasing or selling equity securities, engaging in short-selling and the use of certain option arrangements. 6. To approve a change of the investment objective and to make the investment objective non-fundamental. 7. To approve the adjournment of the Special Meeting, if necessary or appropriate, to carry out its duties pursuantsolicit additional proxies. To avoid the additional expense of further solicitation, we strongly urge you to Section III.(1) above, the Committee shall recommend to the Board one or more candidates for Board membership, based on its researchreview, complete and return your Proxy Ballot as soon as possible. Your vote is important regardless of the people suggested to it or identified by it as potential candidates. Potential candidate names may be accepted from Board members, Fund shareholders, legal counsel to the Independent Board Members or such other sources as the Committee deems appropriate. If the Committee becomes aware of more than one potential candidate, it shall attempt to rank such candidates in terms of overall suitability for Board membership.
As necessary or appropriate to carry out its duties pursuant to Section III.(2) above, the Committee shall evaluate those Interested Persons who are proposed by management of the Funds to serve as Board members and make recommendations to the Board regarding such proposed nominees. The Committee shall review such information as it deems appropriate in order to make this evaluation. At its option, the Committee also can seek to interview any such potential nominee.
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will investigate the proposal and determine whether to recommend to the Board that any of such fund group’s board members be added to the Board. The Committee shall review the backgrounds of such fund group’s board members and evaluate them in terms of suitability and compatibility for the Board’s consideration.
As necessary or appropriate to carry out its duties pursuant to Sections III.(1) and III.(2) above, the Committee will recommend Board nominees in connection with annual or special shareholder meetings of the Funds at which persons are to be proposed for election to the Board. Other than actions described above with regard to a fund acquisition, such recommendations are expected to take place primarily in the context of any Fund that, due to its listing on a national exchange, is required to have annual shareholders meetings at which Board members are elected. Absent circumstances warranting different action, the Board expects that such nominations shall be made in a manner designed to maintain common Board membership with the other Funds.
As necessary or appropriate to carry out its duties pursuant to Sections III.(3) and III.(4) above, the Committee has the primary responsibility for recommending action to the Board if it identifies concerns that relate to the Board’s size, composition, committee structure or governance processes, or the number of Funds undershares owned. If you vote via phone or the Board’s jurisdiction. Such concerns could arise from annual or other reviewsInternet, you do not need to return your Proxy Ballot. Please vote, date and evaluations by the Independent Board Members of the Board’s performance, efficiency and effectiveness. Action by the Committee insign this context normally will be commenced with the concurrence of, and shall be reported to, the other Independent Board Members, if any, who are not members of the Committee.
Prior to conveying any recommendations contemplated by this Charter to the Board, the Committee shall consult with the other Independent Board Members, if any, who are not members of the Committee, regarding such recommendations and articulate the basis for its proposed recommendations.
V. Criteria for Selecting Nominees.
In connection with its duties pursuant to Section III.(1) above, the Committee shall nominate candidates for new or vacant Board positions based on its evaluation of which applicants or potential candidates are most qualified to serve and protect the interests of each Fund’s shareholders and to promote the effective operations of the Board. In order for the Committee to consider an applicant or potential candidate, the Committee initially must receive at least the following information regarding such person: (1) name; (2) date of birth; (3) education; (4) prior and current business, professional or other relevant experience and areas of expertise; (5) current business and home addresses and contact information; (6) other board positions or prior experience; and (7) any knowledge and experience relating to investment companies and investment company governance (collectively, “Preliminary Information”).
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A successful candidate must qualify as an Independent Board Member under the 1940 Act and should have certain uniform characteristics, such as a very high level of integrity, appropriate experience, and a commitment to fulfill the fiduciary duties inherent in Board membership. The Committee also shall consider the extent to which potential candidates possess sufficiently diverse skill sets and diversity characteristics that would contribute to the Board’s overall effectiveness. Thus, depending on the Committee’s perception of Board needs at any given time, the Committee can rate certain qualities higher than others when considering potential candidates for a particular Board vacancy or new position. For example, the Committee might determine to assign special weight to the presence of particular skills, such as financial, accounting, investment management or legal experience, or to particular characteristics necessary to maintain an appropriately diverse Board membership.
VI. Submissions by Shareholders of Potential Nominees.
The Committee shall consider potential candidates for nomination identified by one or more shareholders of a Fund. Shareholders can submit recommendations in writing to the attention of the Chairperson of the Committee at an address to be maintained by Fund management for this purpose. In order to be considered by the Committee, any shareholder recommendation must include the Preliminary Information set forth in Section V above.
Following an initial evaluation by the Committee based on the Preliminary Information, a successful candidate proposed by a shareholder must:
(1) demonstrate the integrity, experience, sound business judgment, talents and commitment necessary to fulfill the fiduciary duties inherent in Board membership and to add value to the Board’s performance of its duties;
(2) be prepared to submit written answers to a questionnaire seeking professional and personal information that will assist the Committee to evaluate the candidate and to determine, among other matters, whether the candidate would be an Independent Board Member under the 1940 Act or otherwise have material relationships with key service providers to the Funds;
(3) submit character references and agree to appropriate background checks;
(4) demonstrate the disposition to act independently from management, but effectively within a Board composed of numerous members;
(5) be willing to meet with one or more members of the Committee at a time and location convenient to those Committee members in order to discuss the candidate’s qualifications; and
(6) if nominated and elected, be able to prepare for and attend in person at least ten full days of Board and committee meetings annually at various locations in the United States.
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VII. Meetings. The Committee shall meet periodically during the year and on an as-needed basis. Upon prior written or electronic notice, meetings may be called by the Chairperson of the Committee or by a majority of Committee members Meetings may be held in person or via teleconference or similar electronic means. A majority of Committee members shall constitute a quorum. The Committee shall maintain minutes of its meetings.
VIII. Duties of the Committee Chairperson. The Committee chairperson shall: (1) schedule meetings to take place at such times and frequency as he or she deems appropriate; (2) establish the agenda for each such meeting, with such input and assistance from management and other Committee members as the Chairperson deems appropriate; (3) serve as chairperson of such meetings; and (4) perform such other duties as the Board or Committee deem appropriate. The Chairperson can delegate to one or more other Committee members one or more of such duties as he or she deems appropriate.
IX. Access to Legal Counsel, Experts and Consultants. The Committee is authorized to retain the services of outside service providers (such as executive search firms, consultants or legal counsel) to assist it in performing the foregoing duties, and the reasonable costs of such service providers shall be borne by the Funds.
Dated: Adopted initially on February 2005, as last amended on May 23, 2019.
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ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON [•], 2020

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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Special Meeting to Be Held on May 21, 2021: The Proxy Statement for the Special Meeting and the Notice of the Meeting are availablea t WWW.PROXYVOTE.COM/VOYA. D52578-S20204 VOYA PRIME RATE TRUST THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES The undersigned hereby appoints [•], [•],Andrew Kellerman and Aditya Bindal, or [•], in any capacity,one or all of them, proxies, with full power of substitution, as proxy or proxies of the undersigned, to vote all shares of the Voya Prime Rate Trust, (the "Fund") which the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Fund to be held [•], 2020 at [•] (local time), at [•], and any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof. The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the Notice of the Annual Meeting and the accompanying Proxy Statement, the terms of each of which are incorporated by reference, and revokes any Proxy Ballot heretofore given with respect to such Annual Meeting.

THIS PROXY BALLOT, IF PROPERLY EXECUTED, WILL BE VOTED IN THE MANNER DIRECTED HEREIN BY THE UNDERSIGNED SHAREHOLDER. IF THIS PROXY BALLOT IS EXECUTED BUT NO INSTRUCTION IS GIVEN WITH RESPECT TO THE PROPOSALS, THIS PROXY BALLOT WILL BE VOTED "FOR" THE ELECTION OF EACH OF THE BOARD'S NOMINEES AND "AGAINST" PROPOSAL 2, IF PROPERLY PRESENTED AT THE MEETING.

IN THEIR DISCRETION, THE PROXIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO VOTE UPON SUCH OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY PROPERLY BE PRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OR ANY ADJOURNMENTS, POSTPONEMENTS OR DELAYS THEREOF.

VOTE VIA THE INTERNET: www.proxy-direct.com

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EVERY SHAREHOLDER'S VOTE IS IMPORTANT!

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the

AnnualSpecial Meeting of Shareholders to be Heldheld virtually on [•], 2020.

TheMay 21, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. MDT, and at any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof, with all of the powers the undersigned would possess if then and there personally present and especially (but without limiting the general authorization and power hereby given) to vote as indicated on the proposals, as more fully described in the Proxy Statement for this meetingthe Special Meeting. To register to attend the Virtual Shareholder Meeting visit the website: https://www.viewproxy.com/voya/broadridgevsm/. This proxy will be voted as instructed. If no specification is available at: https://www.proxy-direct.com/voy-31357

NOTICE REGARDING POTENTIAL IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON ANNUAL MEETING: As part of our effort to maintain a safe and heathy environment atmade, the Annual Meeting, Voya Prime Rate Trust andproxy will be voted “FOR” the Board of Trustees are actively monitoring the health, transportation and other logistical issues raised by the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 ("COVID-19") and its potential impact on our Annual Meeting. IN LIGHT OF THE POTENTIAL DISRUPTIONS, YOU ARE URGED TO DATE,proposals. PLEASE SIGN AND RETURNDATE ON THE WHITE PROXY BALLOT IN THE ENVELOPE PROVIDED TO YOU, OR TO VOTE BY INTERNET OR TELEPHONE AS DESCRIBED ON THIS PROXY BALLOT, EVEN IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETING IN PERSON, SO THAT YOUR SHARES CAN BE VOTED REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT YOU ATTEND THE MEETING IN PERSON. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, governmental restrictions may limit our ability, or we may determine it is imprudent, to permit shareholders to attend our meeting in person.

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TO VOTE, MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS SHOWN IN THIS EXAMPLE: XREVERSE SIDE.

AProposals THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES RECOMMENDS VOTING "FOR" EACH OF THE BOARD'S NOMINEES:

1.To elect eight nominees, each of whom is a current Trustee of the Fund, to the Board of Trustees (the "Board") of the Fund:

01.

Colleen D. Baldwin

02.

John V. Boyer

03.

Patricia W. Chadwick

04.

Martin J. Gavin

05.

Joseph E. Obermeyer

06.

Sheryl K. Pressler

07.

Dina Santoro

08.

Christopher P. Sullivan

INSTRUCTIONS: To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s), mark the box "FOR ALL EXCEPT" and write the nominee's number on the line provided below.

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES RECOMMENDS A VOTE "AGAINST" PROPOSAL 2:

2.If properly presented at the Annual Meeting, to vote on a shareholder's precatory proposal relating to a tender offer.

FOR

WITHHOLD

FOR ALL

ALL

ALL

EXCEPT

FOR AGAINST ABSTAIN

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BAuthorized Signatures ─ This section must be completed for your vote to be counted. ─ Sign and Date Below

Note: Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) on this White Proxy Ballot, and date it. When shares are held jointly, each shareholder should sign. When signing as attorney, executor, guardian, administrator, trustee, officer of a corporation or other entity or in another representative capacity, please give your full title under your signature.

Date (mm/dd/yyyy) ─ Please print date below

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