Item 4. Terms of the Transaction.
(a)The Fund’s Board of Directors has determined to commence an offer to purchase up to 5%, or 306,683 Shares of the Fund’s issued and outstanding Common Stock. The offer is for cash at a price equal to 97.5% of the Fund’s net asset value per share (“NAV”) as of the close of ordinary trading on the NASDAQ Capital Market on March 4, 2021, or the day which the offer is extended, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the enclosed Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal (which together constitute the “Offer”).
A copy of the Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal is attached hereto as Exhibit (a)(1)(i) and Exhibit (a)(1)(ii), respectively, each of which is incorporated herein by reference. For more information on the type and amount of consideration offered to shareholders, the scheduled termination date, extending the Offer and the Fund’s intentions in the event of oversubscription, see Section 1, “Price; Number of Shares” and Section 15, “Extension of Tender Period; Termination; Amendments” of the Offer to Purchase. For information on the dates relating to the withdrawal of tendered Shares, the procedures for tendering Shares and withdrawing Shares tendered, and the manner in which Shares will be accepted for payment, see Section 2, “Procedures for Tendering Shares,” Section 3, “Withdrawal Rights,” and Section 4, “Payment for Shares” in the Offer to Purchase. For information on the federal income tax consequences of the Offer, see Section 2, “Procedures for Tendering Shares,” Section 10, “Certain Effects of the Offer,” and Section 14, “Certain Federal Income Tax Consequences,” in the Offer to Purchase.
(b)Directors and officers of the Fund may tender Shares pursuant to the Offer to Purchase on the same terms and conditions as all other Shareholders. For more information, see Section 9, “Interest of Directors and Executive Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning the Shares” of the Offer to Purchase.
Item 5. Past Contacts, Transactions, Negotiations and Agreements.
(e)Reference is hereby made to Section 7, “Plans or Proposals of the Fund,” Section 9, “Interest of Directors and Executive Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning the Shares,” and Section 16, “Fees and Expenses” of the Offer to Purchase, which is incorporated herein by reference. Except as set forth therein, the Fund does not know of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, whether or not legally enforceable, between the Fund (including any of the Fund’s executive officers or Directors, any person controlling the Fund or any officer or director of any corporation or other person ultimately in control of the Fund) and any other person with respect to any securities of the Fund. The foregoing includes, but is not limited to: the transfer or the voting of securities, joint ventures, loan or option arrangements, puts or calls, guarantees of loans, guarantees against loss, or the giving or withholding of proxies, consents or authorizations.
Item 6. Purposes of the Transaction and Plans or Proposals.
(a)-(c) Reference is hereby made to Section 6, “Purpose of the Offer,” Section 7, “Plans or Proposals of the Fund,” Section 10, “Certain Effects of the Offer,” and Section 11, “Source and Amount of Funds” of the Offer to Purchase, which is incorporated herein by reference. Except as noted herein and therein, the events listed in Item 1006(c) of Regulation M-A are not applicable to the Fund (including any of the Fund’s executive officers or Directors, any person controlling the Fund or any officer or director of any corporation or other person ultimately in control of the Fund).
Item 7. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.
(a)Reference is hereby made to Section 11, “Source and Amount of Funds” of the Offer to Purchase, which is incorporated herein by reference.
(b)-(d) Not applicable.
The information requested by Item 1007(a), (b) and (d) of Regulation M-A is not applicable to the Fund’s executive officers and Directors, any person controlling the Fund or any executive officer or director of a corporation or other person ultimately in control of the Fund.
Item 8. Interest in Securities of the Subject Company.
(a)-(b) Reference is hereby made to Section 9, “Interest of Directors and Executive Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning the Shares” of the Offer to Purchase, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9. Persons/Assets Retained, Employed, Compensated or Used.
(a)No persons have been employed, retained or are to be compensated by or on behalf of the Fund to make solicitations or recommendations in connection with the Offer.