Company: CIF
Filing Date: 2025-08-22
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001741773-25-002969
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Company: MFS INTERMEDIATE HIGH INCOME FUND
Filing Date: 2025-08-22
Form: DEF 14A
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 Financials Coverage in the Financial Institutions Banking Group at Morgan Stanley &
Co. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Mr. Kilman was Managing Director in the Advisory Group within the
Fixed Income Division’s Mortgage Department at Goldman Sachs & Co. Mr. Kilman also held managerial
and investment positions with ABN AMRO Inc. and PaineWebber Inc.

#### Clarence Otis, Jr.
Mr. Otis has substantial executive, financial, and board experience at publicly-traded
and privately-held companies. Mr. Otis was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Darden Restaurants,
Inc., the world’s largest full-service restaurant company, and where he previously served in other
senior positions at Darden Restaurants, including Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President.
Mr. Otis is a director of VF Corporation, Verizon Communications, Inc., and The Travelers Companies.
He is a former director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.

#### Maryanne L. Roepke
Ms. Roepke has substantial executive and compliance experience within the investment
management industry. She was a Senior Vice President and the Chief Compliance Officer of American Century
Investments, Inc., where she worked for over 30 years. Ms. Roepke served on the board of the American
Century SICAV, a mutual fund complex. She is a former member of the Investment Company Institute’s
Chief Compliance Officer Committee and Risk Management Advisory Committee.

#### Paula
E. Smith

Ms. Smith has substantial senior executive, operational and auditing and accounting
experience in the financial services industry. Ms. Smith was an auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
(“PwC”) for over 35 years where she was the lead engagement partner for a number of global financial
services firms and served in various asset management industry, operational and human capital related
leadership roles, including serving as UK Asset Management Leader. Prior to joining PwC, Ms. Smith worked
in the mutual fund accounting department at State Street. She is a former board member of Nicsa, an
asset management trade association.

#### Laurie J. Thomsen
Ms. Thomsen
has substantial venture capital financing experience, as well as board experience at publicly-traded
and privately-held companies. Ms. Thomsen was a co-founding General Partner of Prism Venture Partners,
a venture capital firm investing in healthcare and technology companies, and served as an Executive Partner
of New Profit, Inc., a venture philanthropy firm. Prior to that