RMPL- RiverNorth Capital and Income Fund Trading

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The proposal relates to the election of certain of the Directors of each Fund, as shown in the table below.

The Board has, by resolution adopted on October 2, 2020 and October 16, 2020, reclassified from unissued Common Shares and authorized the issuance of Preferred Shares. Stockholders of outstanding Preferred Shares are entitled to vote as a separate class on a one-vote-per-share basis to elect two Directors of OPP at all times. Stockholders of outstanding shares of Common Shares and Preferred Shares, voting together as a single class, shall elect the balance of OPP’s Directors. Under the organizational documents of OPP, its Board is divided into three classes of directors serving staggered three-year terms. The initial terms of the first, second and third classes of Directors will expire at the first, second and third annual meetings of stockholders, respectively, and, in each case, until their successors are duly elected and qualify, or until a Director sooner dies, retires, resigns or is removed as provided in the governing documents of the Fund. Upon expiration of their initial terms, Directors of each class will be elected to serve for three-year terms and until their successors are duly elected and qualify, and at each annual meeting, one class of Directors will be elected by the stockholders.

For OPP, at the Annual Meeting, Class I Director, John K. Carter, is to be elected by holders of Common Shares and Preferred Shares, voting together as a single class, and Class I Director, John S. Oakes, is to be elected by holders of Preferred Shares only, voting as a single class. Class I Directors John K. Carter and John S. Oakes have been designated as nominees for election as Class I Directors for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2024 or until their successors have been duly elected and qualify. Class III Directors Patrick W. Galley and Jerry R. Raio are current and continuing Class III Directors that are each elected by holders of Common Shares and Preferred Shares, voting together as a single class. J. Wayne Hutchens is the current and continuing Class II Director that is elected by holders of Common Shares and Preferred Shares, voting together as a single class. David M. Swanson is the current and continuing Class II Director that is elected by holders of Preferred Shares only.

On August 20, 2019, the RSF Board amended (the “Amendment”) the organizational documents of RSF to divide its Board into three classes of Directors serving staggered three year terms. The initial terms of the first, second and third classes of Directors will expire at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2021, 2022 and 2020, respectively, and, in each case until their successors are duly elected and qualify, or until a Director sooner dies, retires, resigns or is removed as provided in the governing documents of the Fund. Upon expiration of their initial terms, Directors of each class will be elected to serve for three-year terms and until their successors are duly elected and qualify, and at each annual meeting, one class of Directors will be elected by the stockholders. Prior to the Amendment, each Director served an annual term and at each annual meeting, Directors were elected to serve until the next annual meeting or until their successors were duly elected and qualified.

For RSF, at the Annual Meeting, Class I Director, John K. Carter, is to be elected by holders of Common Shares and Preferred Shares, voting together as a single class, and Class I Director, John S. Oakes, is to be elected by holders of Preferred Shares only, voting as a single class. Class I Directors John K. Carter and John S. Oakes have been designated as nominees for election as Class I Directors for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2024 or until their successors have been duly elected and qualify. Class III Directors Patrick W. Galley and Jerry R. Raio are current and continuing Class III Directors that are each elected by holders of Common Shares and Preferred Shares, voting together as a single class. J. Wayne Hutchens is the current and continuing Class II Director that is elected by holders of Common Shares and Preferred Shares, voting together as a single class. David M. Swanson is the current and continuing Class II Director that is elected by holders of Preferred Shares only.

(c) RMI

Under the organizational documents of RMI, its Board is divided into three classes of directors serving staggered three-year terms. The initial terms of the first, second and third classes of Directors will expire at the third, first and second annual meetings of stockholders, respectively, and, in each case, until their successors are duly elected and qualify, or until a Director sooner dies, retires, resigns or is removed as provided in the governing documents of the Fund. Upon expiration of their initial terms, Directors of each class will be elected to serve for three-year terms and until their successors are duly elected and qualify, and at each annual meeting, one class of Directors will be elected by the stockholders.

For RMI, at the Annual Meeting, two Class I Directors are to be elected by all stockholders. Class I Directors John K. Carter and John S. Oakes have been designated as nominees for election as Class I Directors for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2024 or until their successors have been duly elected and qualify. Directors J. Wayne Hutchens and David M. Swanson (the Class II Directors) and Patrick W. Galley and Jerry R. Raio (the Class III Directors) are current and continuing Directors.

(d) RMM

Under the organizational documents of RMM, its Board is divided into three classes of directors serving staggered three-year terms. The initial terms of the first, second and third classes of Directors will expire at the second, third and first annual meetings of stockholders, respectively, and, in each case, until their successors are duly elected and qualify, or until a Director sooner dies, retires, resigns or is removed as provided in the governing documents of the Fund. Upon expiration of their initial terms, Directors of each class will be elected to serve for three-year terms and until their successors are duly elected and qualify, and at each annual meeting, one class of Directors will be elected by the stockholders.

For RMM, at the Annual Meeting, two Class I Directors are to be elected by all stockholders. Class I Directors John K. Carter and John S. Oakes have been designated as nominees for election as Class I Directors for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2024 or until their successors have been duly elected and qualify. Directors J. Wayne Hutchens and David M. Swanson (the Class II Directors) and Patrick W. Galley and Jerry R. Raio (the Class III Directors) are current and continuing Directors.

(e) RFM

Under the organizational documents of RFM, its Board is divided into three classes of directors serving staggered three-year terms. The initial terms of the first, second and third classes of Directors will expire at the second, third and first annual meetings of stockholders, respectively, and, in each case, until their successors are duly elected and qualify, or until a Director sooner dies, retires, resigns or is removed as provided in the governing documents of the Fund. Upon expiration of their initial terms, Directors of each class will be elected to serve for three-year terms and until their successors are duly elected and qualify, and at each annual meeting, one class of Directors will be elected by the stockholders.

For RFM, at the Annual Meeting, two Class I Directors are to be elected by all stockholders. Class I Directors John K. Carter and John S. Oakes have been designated as nominees for election as Class I Directors for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders in 2024 or until their successors have been duly elected and qualify. Directors J. Wayne Hutchens and David M. Swanson (the Class II Directors) and Patrick W. Galley and Jerry R. Raio (the Class III Directors) are current and continuing Directors.

MANAGEMENT

Management of the Funds

The management of each Fund, including general supervision of the duties performed for each Fund under the investment management agreement between each Fund and the Adviser, is the responsibility of its Boards. There are six Directors of each Fund, two of whom are “interested persons” (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) of each Fund (such Directors, the “Interested Directors”) and four of whom are not “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of each Fund (such Directors, the “Independent Directors”). The Directors of a Fund set broad policies for that Fund, choose the Fund’s officers and hire the Fund’s investment adviser and sub-adviser (if applicable). The officers of a Fund manage the day-to-day operations and are responsible to each Fund’s Board.

The following is a list of Directors and officers of each Fund and a statement of their present positions, principal occupations during the past five years, the number of portfolios each Director oversees and the other directorships held by the Directors during the past five years, if applicable. There are no familial relationships among the officers and Directors. Except as otherwise noted, the address for all Directors and officers is 325 North LaSalle Street, Suite 645, Chicago, Illinois 60654.

Board Leadership Structure.   The Board of Directors, which has overall responsibility for the oversight of each Fund’s investment programs and business affairs, believes that it has structured itself in a manner that allows it to effectively perform its oversight obligations. Mr. Patrick W. Galley, the Chairman of the Board (“Chairman”), is not an Independent Director.

The Board believes that the use of an interested director as Chairman is the appropriate leadership structure for each Fund given (i) Mr. Patrick Galley’s role in the day to day operations of the Adviser, (ii) the extent to which the work of the Board of Directors is conducted through the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Audit Committee”) and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee”), each of whose meetings is chaired by an Independent Director, (iii) the frequency that Independent Directors meet with their independent legal counsel and auditors in the absence of members of the Board of Directors who are interested directors of each Fund and management, and (iv) the overall sophistication of the Independent Directors, both individually and collectively. The members of the Board of Directors also complete an annual self-assessment during which the directors review their overall structure and consider where and how their structure remains appropriate in light of each Fund’s current circumstances. The Chairman’s role is to preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors and in between meetings of the Board of Directors to generally act as the liaison between the Board of Directors and each Fund’s officers, attorneys and various other service providers, including but not limited to the Adviser and other such third parties servicing each Fund. The Board of Directors believes that having an interested person serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors enables Mr. Galley to more effectively carry out these liaison activities. The Board of Directors also believes that it benefits during its meetings from having a person intimately familiar with the operation of each Fund to set the agenda for meetings of the Board of Directors to ensure that important matters are brought to the attention of and considered by the Board of Directors.

Each Fund has two standing committees, each of which enhances the leadership structure of the Board of Directors: the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The Audit Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee are each chaired by, and composed of, members who are Independent Directors.

For each Fund, the Audit Committee is comprised of Messrs. Carter, Oakes, Swanson and Hutchens, all of whom are “independent” as defined in the listing standard of the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Hutchens is the Chair of the Audit Committee and has been determined to qualify as an “audit committee financial expert” as such term is defined in Form N-CSR. The role of the Audit Committee is to assist the Board of Directors in its oversight of (i) the quality and integrity of each Fund’s financial statements, reporting process and the independent registered public accounting firm (the “independent accountants”) and reviews thereof, (ii) each Fund’s accounting and financial reporting policies and practices, its internal controls and, as appropriate, the internal controls of certain service providers, (iii) each Fund’s compliance with certain legal and regulatory requirements, and (iv) the independent accountants’ qualifications, independence and performance. The Audit Committee is also required to prepare an audit committee report pursuant to the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for inclusion in each Fund’s annual proxy statement. The Audit Committee operates pursuant to the Audit Committee Charter that is reviewed and approved annually. As set forth in the Audit Committee Charter, management is responsible for maintaining appropriate systems for accounting and internal controls, and each Fund’s independent accountants are responsible for planning and carrying out proper audits and reviews. The independent accountants are ultimately accountable to the Board of Directors and to the Audit Committee, as representatives of the stockholders. The independent accountants for each Fund reports directly to the Audit Committee. For RSF, OPP, RMI, RMM and RFM, the Audit Committee met [three] times during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021.

For each Fund, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is comprised of Messrs. Carter, Hutchens, and Oakes. Mr. Carter is the Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is responsible for identifying and recommending to the Board of Directors individuals believed to be qualified to become members of the Board of Directors in the event that a position is vacated or created. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will consider director candidates recommended by stockholders. In considering candidates submitted by stockholders, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will take into consideration the needs of the Board of Directors, the qualifications of the candidate and the interests of stockholders. Stockholders wishing to recommend candidates to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee should submit such recommendations to the Secretary of each Fund, who will forward the recommendations to the committee for consideration. The submission must include: (i) whether the shareholder proposing such nominee believes the proposed nominee is, or is not, an “interested person”, (ii) the name and address, as they appear on the Fund’s books, of the shareholder proposing such business or nomination, (iii) a representation that the shareholder is a holder of record of Shares entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to present such nomination; (iv) whether the shareholder plans to deliver or solicit proxies from other stockholders; (v) the class and number of Shares of the capital stock of the Fund, which are beneficially owned by the shareholder and the proposed nominee to the Board; (vi) any material interest of the shareholder or nominee in such business; (vii) the extent to which such shareholder (including such shareholder’s principals) or the proposed nominee to the Board has entered into any hedging transaction or other arrangement with the effect or intent of mitigating or otherwise managing profit, loss or risk of changes in the value of the Shares or the daily quoted market price of the Fund held by such shareholder (including the shareholder’s principals) or the proposed nominee, including independently verifiable information in support of the foregoing; (viii) any substantial interest, direct or indirect, of such shareholder or the proposed nominee in the Fund other than interest arising from ownership of Common Shares; (ix) to the extent known by such shareholder, the name and address of any other shareholder supporting the proposed nominee; (x) the nominee holder for, and number of, Common Shares owned beneficially but not of record by such shareholder; (xi) the investment strategy or objective, if any, of such shareholder who is not an individual and a copy of the prospectus, offering memorandum, or similar document, if any; and (xii) such other information regarding such nominee proposed by such shareholder as would be required to be included in a proxy statement filed pursuant to Regulation 14A under the 1934 Act. Each eligible shareholder or shareholder group may submit no more than one Independent Director nominee each calendar year. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee has not determined any minimum qualifications necessary to serve as a director of each Fund. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee operates pursuant to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Charter that is reviewed and approved annually. For RSF, OPP, RMI, RMM and RFM, the Nominating and Governance Committee met [one] time during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021.

During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, the Board of RSF, RMI, RMM and RFM met [four] times, while the Board of OPP met [six] times. Each Director then serving in such capacity attended at least 75% of the meetings of Directors and of any Committee of which he is a member.

The Funds do not require the Directors to attend annual meetings of stockholders.

Director Qualifications.

Interested Directors

Mr. Patrick Galley is the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer for each Fund’s investment adviser. He is also the President and a portfolio manager of each Fund. His knowledge regarding the investment strategy of each Fund, more specifically the closed-end mutual fund industry, makes him uniquely qualified to serve as each Fund’s President.

Mr. Raio has many years of experience in the securities industry, including management roles in the banking and investment management industries. He has more than 15 years of experience in equity capital markets, having worked on the retail syndicate desks at both Citigroup and Morgan Stanley. Since 2018, he has served as President and CEO of Arbor Lane Advisors, Inc. He served as the Managing Director and Head of Retail Origination for Wells Fargo Securities, LLC from 2005 to 2018. Prior to working at Wells Fargo, he served as Director and Head of Closed-End Funds for Citigroup Asset Management. He also serves on the Board of each of FLX Distribution; Qudos Technologies; and Quantify Crypto. He was selected to serve as a Director of the Fund based on his business, financial services and investment management experience.

Independent Directors

Mr. John K. Carter possesses extensive mutual fund industry experience. Mr. Carter served as a Business Unit Head at Transamerica Asset Management, a subsidiary of Aegon, N.V. Mr. Carter oversaw the mutual fund servicing, operations and advisory services for Transamerica’s approximately 120 mutual funds. He also served as a compliance officer. Mr. Carter brings experience managing a large mutual fund complex, including experience overseeing multiple sub-advisers. Mr. Carter is currently an attorney in private practice and was previously an investment management attorney with experience as in-house counsel, serving with the SEC and in private practice with a large law firm. The Board feels Mr. Carter’s industry-specific experience, including as a chairman of another fund complex, as a compliance officer and as an experienced investment management attorney will be valuable to the Board, particularly when dealing with legally complex issues.

Mr. John S. Oakes has many years of experience in the securities industry. His background includes extensive management and leadership roles in both the brokerage and banking businesses. Additionally, he had served on the Board of Directors of another registered investment company, including serving as its Chairman. The Board feels Mr. Oakes’ industry and board experience adds an operational perspective to the Board and his experience in marketing can assist the Fund in its efforts to expand into different distribution channels.

Mr. Hutchens was President and CEO of the University of Colorado (CU) Foundation from April 2006 to December 2012 and Executive Director for the CU Real Estate Foundation from April 2009 to December 2012. Prior to these positions, Mr. Hutchens spent over 30 years in the banking industry, retiring as Chairman of Chase Bank Colorado. Mr. Hutchens is a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder’s School of Business and has done graduate study at Syracuse University and the University of Colorado. He was selected to serve as a Director of the Fund based on his business and financial services experience.

Mr. Swanson founded SwanDog Marketing, a marketing consulting firm to asset managers, in 2006. He currently serves as SwanDog’s Managing Partner. He has over 30 years of senior management and marketing experience, with approximately 20 years in financial services. Before joining SwanDog, Mr. Swanson most recently served as Executive Vice President and Head of Distribution for Calamos Investments, an investment management firm. He previously held positions as Chief Operating Officer of Van Kampen Investments, President of CEO of Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Canada, Ltd. And Managing Director and Head of Global Investment Products at Morgan Stanley. Mr. Swanson holds a Master of Management from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and a Bachelors in Journalism from Southern Illinois University. He was selected to serve as a Director of the Fund based on his business, financial services and investment management experience.

Risk Oversight.   Each Fund is confronted with a multitude of risks, such as investment risk, counterparty risk, valuation risk, political risk, risk of operational failures, business continuity risk, regulatory risk, legal risk and other risks not listed here. The Board of Directors recognizes that not all risks that may affect each Fund can be known, eliminated or even mitigated. In addition, there are some risks that may not be cost effective or an efficient use of each Fund’s limited resources to moderate. As a result of these realities, the Board of Directors, through its oversight and leadership, has and will continue to deem it necessary for stockholders to bear certain and undeniable risks, such as investment risk, in order for each Fund to operate in accordance with each Fund’s applicable Prospectus, Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) and other related documents.

However, the Board of Directors has adopted on each Fund’s behalf a vigorous risk program that mandates each Fund’s various service providers, including the Adviser and Sub-adviser, to adopt a variety of processes, procedures and controls to identify various risks, mitigate the likelihood of adverse events from occurring and/or attempt to limit the effects of such adverse events on each Fund. The Board of Directors fulfills its leadership role by receiving a variety of quarterly written reports prepared by each Fund’s Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) that (i) evaluate the operation, policies and procedures of each Fund’s service providers, (ii) make known any material changes to the policies and procedures adopted by each Fund or its service providers since the CCO’s last report, and (iii) disclose any material compliance matters that occurred since the date of the last CCO report. In addition, the Independent Directors meet quarterly in executive sessions without the presence of any interested directors, the Adviser or Sub-adviser, or any of their affiliates. This configuration permits the Independent Directors to effectively receive the information and have private discussions necessary to perform their risk oversight role, exercise independent judgment and allocate areas of responsibility between the full Board of Directors, its committees and certain officers of each Fund. Furthermore, the Independent Directors have engaged independent legal counsel and auditors to assist the Independent Directors in performing their oversight responsibilities. As discussed above and in consideration of other factors not referenced herein, the Board of Directors has determined its leadership role concerning risk management as one of oversight and not active management of each Fund’s day-to-day risk management operations.

Compensation.   The Funds pay no salaries or compensation to their officers or to any interested Director affiliated with the Adviser, and each Fund has no employees. In addition, with respect to RMM and RFM only, the Adviser (not the Fund) is responsible for paying the Director compensation out of its unified management fee. For their services, the Directors of each Fund who are not affiliated with the Adviser receive an annual retainer in the amount of $16,500, and an additional $1,500 for attending each quarterly meeting of the Board. In addition, the lead Independent Director receives $250 annually, the Chair of the Audit Committee receives $500 annually and the Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee receives $250 annually. The Directors not affiliated with the Adviser are also reimbursed for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses relating to attendance at meetings of the Board. The following tables show compensation with respect to the Funds and the Fund Complex for the fiscal year ended [June 30, 2021]. Patrick W. Galley is an interested person of the Funds and employed by the Adviser and does not receive any compensation from the Funds.

Director Ownership in the Funds

The following table shows the dollar range of equity securities beneficially owned by each Director in each Fund and Family of Investment Companies as of December 31, 2020.

As of June [30], 2021, the Independent Directors of each Fund and immediate family members do not own beneficially or of record any class of securities of the investment adviser or principal underwriter of each Fund or any person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with an investment adviser or principal underwriter of each Fund.