Equus Announces Preliminary Voting Results from Annual Shareholder Meeting
May 18 2010 - 4:14PM
Business Wire
Equus Total Return, Inc. (NYSE: EQS) (“Equus” or the “Fund”)
announced that is has received preliminary results from the
independent inspector of elections for the Fund’s Annual Meeting of
Stockholders which took place on Wednesday, May 12, 2010. The
inspector’s preliminary results showed that each of the Fund’s nine
nominees for director (Fraser Atkinson, Alessandro Benedetti,
Richard Bergner, Kenneth Denos, Gregory Flanagan, Henry Hankinson,
John Hardy, Robert Knauss, and Bertrand des Pallieres) were elected
to a one-year term expiring at the next annual shareholder meeting,
and that UHY LLP, the Fund’s independent auditors, had also been
approved for another one-year term. The Fund will promptly announce
the final results of the Annual Meeting of Stockholders after they
are certified by the independent inspector of elections.
“We appreciate the level of participation shown by our
shareholders in becoming informed about the issues at stake in the
Annual Meeting and casting their votes in a timely fashion,” said
Richard Bergner, Chairman of Equus. “We expect to make further
announcements when these results are certified by the independent
inspector of elections.”
About Equus
The Fund is a business development company that trades as a
closed-end fund on the New York Stock Exchange, under the symbol
"EQS." Additional information on the Fund may be obtained from the
Fund’s website at www.equuscap.com.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain certain forward-looking
statements regarding future circumstances. These forward-looking
statements are based upon the Fund’s current expectations and
assumptions and are subject to various risks and uncertainties that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those
contemplated in such forward-looking statements, including, in
particular, the risks and uncertainties described in the Fund’s
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Actual
results, events, and performance may differ. Readers are cautioned
not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements,
which speak only as to the date hereof. The Fund undertakes no
obligation to release publicly any revisions to these
forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect events or
circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of
unanticipated events. The inclusion of any statement in this letter
does not constitute an admission by the Fund or any other person
that the events or circumstances described in such statements are
material.
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