| FORM 4 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 | | OMB APPROVAL | | OMB Number: | 3235-0287 | | Expires: | February 28, 2011 | | Estimated average burden | | hours per response | 0.5 |
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| Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue.
See Instruction 1(b). |
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
| MFS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, 500 BOYLSTON STREET | |
(Street)
| 2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
MFS MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST
[MFM] | 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)| X | Director | | 10% Owner | | Officer (give title below) | | Other (specify below) | |
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3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
09/29/2008 |
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
| 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)| X | Form filed by One Reporting Person | | Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned |
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3) | 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5) | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4) | 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4) | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) |
| Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price |
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MFS Municipal Income Trust, Preferred Shares Series T
| 09/29/2008 | | S | |
4
| D | $
25,000
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$
400,000
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D
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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) |
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3) | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) | 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5) | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year) | 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4) | 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5) | 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4) | 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4) | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4) |
| Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares |
| Explanation of Responses: |
| Susan S. Newton, By Power of Attorney | 10/09/2008 |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. |
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v). |
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations
See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
The undersigned on his or her own behalf and on behalf of his or her estate,
heirs and assigns hereby constitutes and appoints Susan S. Newton, Christopher
R. Bohane, Timothy M. Fagan, Susan A. Pereira and Brian E. Langenfeld and each
of them singly as true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of
them, to execute, on behalf of the undersigned, in the capacity listed below,
any and all statements or reports under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, with respect to the beneficial ownership of reportable
securities issued by MFS Charter Income Trust, MFS Government Markets Income
Trust, MFS Intermediate Income Trust, MFS Multimarket Income Trust, MFS
Municipal Income Trust and MFS Special Value Trust including, without
limitation, all initial statements of beneficial ownership on Form 3, all
statements of changes of beneficial ownership on Form 4 and all annual
statements of beneficial ownership on Form 5, and any and all other documents
that may be required, from time to time, to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, to execute any and all amendments or supplements to any
such statements or forms, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting to said attorney, full power and authority to do so and
perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and
about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned (or
his or her estate, heirs and assigns) might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys or any of them may lawfully do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set his or her hand on this
25th day of April, 2007.
MICHAEL HEGARTY
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Michael Hegarty