Insider filing report for Changes in Beneficial Ownership
- Schedule 13G & 13D forms are used to report a party's ownership of stock which exceeds 5% of a company's total stock issue.
- Schedule 13G is a shorter version of Schedule 13D with fewer reporting requirements.
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 SCHEDULE 13G/A Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust (Name of Issuer) Common Stock (Title of Class of Securities) 23342Q101 (CUSIP Number) 8/31/24 (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement) Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed: _X_ Rule 13d-1(b) __ Rule 13d-1(c) __ Rule 13d-1(d) CUSIP No.: 23342Q101 1. Names of Reporting Persons. I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only). Bulldog Investors, LLP 2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions) (a) (b) 3. SEC Use Only 4. Citizenship or Place of Organization Delaware Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each reporting Person With: 5. Sole Voting Power 0 6. Shared Voting Power 474,507 7. Sole Dispositive Power 0 8. Shared Dispositive Power 474,507 9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person 474,507 (footnote 1) 10. Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row ( 9 ) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions) N/A 11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row ( 9 ) 4.30% 12. Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions) IA 1. Names of Reporting Persons. I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only). Phillip Goldstein 2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions) (a) (b) 3. SEC Use Only 4. Citizenship or Place of Organization USA Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each reporting Person With: 5. Sole Voting Power 0 6. Shared Voting Power 790,524 7. Sole Dispositive Power 0 8. Shared Dispositive Power 790,524 9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person 790,524 (footnote 1) 10. Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row ( 9 ) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions) N/A 11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row ( 9 ) 7.16% 12. Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions) IN 1. Names of Reporting Persons. I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only). Andrew Dakos 2. Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions) (a) (b) 3. SEC Use Only 4. Citizenship or Place of Organization USA Number of Shares Beneficially Owned by Each reporting Person With: 5. Sole Voting Power 0 6. Shared Voting Power 790,524 7. Sole Dispositive Power 0 8. Shared Dispositive Power 790,524 9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person 790,524 (footnote 1) 10. Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row ( 9 ) Excludes Certain Shares (See Instructions) N/A 11. Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row ( 9 ) 7.16% 12. Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions) IN Item 1. (a) The Name of the Issuer is: DWS Strategic Municipal Income Trust (b) The Address of the Issuer's Principal Executive Office is: 875 Third Ave. New York, NY 10022-6225 Item 2. (a) The names of the Persons Filing are: Bulldog Investors LLP, Phillip Goldstein and Andrew Dakos (b) The address of principal place of business and principal office is: 250 Pehle Ave. Suite 708 Saddle Brook, NJ 07663 (c) Citizenship or Place of Organization: Delaware (d) Title of Class of Securities: Common Stock (e) CUSIP Number: 23342Q101 Item 3. This amendment is filed pursuant to 240.13d-2(b). The person filing is: (e) An investment adviser in accordance with 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E). Item 4. (a) Amount beneficially owned: 474,507 (b) Percent of class: 4.30% (c) Number of shares as to which the person has: (i) Sole power to vote or to direct the vote:0 (ii) Shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 474,507 (iii) Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 0 (iv) Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 474,507 Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class. If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following: ___. Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person. Clients of Bulldog Investors, LLP, and other accounts for which Messrs. Dakos and Goldstein are deemed to be the beneficial owners, are entitled to receive dividends and sales proceeds. Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company. Not applicable. Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group. N/A Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group. Not applicable. Item 10. Certification. By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under 240.14a-11. SIGNATURE After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete, and correct. By: /s/ Phillip Goldstein Name: Phillip Goldstein Date: October 15 2024 By: /s/ Andrew Dakos Name: Andrew Dakos Date: October 15 2024 Bulldog Investors, LLP By: /s/ Andrew Dakos Andrew Dakos, Partner Date: October 15 2024