Company: SWZ
Filing Date: 2025-01-10
Form Type: PRE 14A
Source: 0000894189-25-000129
Chunk: 35

Company: Total Return Securities Fund
Filing Date: 2025-01-10
Form: PRE 14A
Chunk 35
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 will vote thereon according to their best judgment in the interest of the Fund. Stockholders who wish to communicate with the Directors should send communications to The Swiss Helvetia Fund, Inc., 615 East Michigan Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202, to the attention of the Secretary. The Secretary is responsible for determining, in consultation with other officers of the Fund and Fund counsel, which stockholder communications will be directed to the Director or Directors indicated in the communication. STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS In accordance with the Fund’s By-laws, no matters other than such matters as shall have been brought pursuant to the Fund’s Notice of Special Meeting may be properly brought before a Special Meeting of Stockholders. For additional requirements, stockholders may refer to the By-Laws, a current copy of which may be obtained without charge upon request from the Fund’s Secretary. EXPENSES OF PROXY SOLICITATION The Fund will bear the cost of soliciting Proxies on behalf of the Board. The Fund has engaged [●] to serve as Proxy solicitor at an anticipated cost of approximately $[●], plus disbursements. In addition to the use of mails, Proxy solicitations may be made by telephone, fax and personal interview by [●], the Fund’s Directors and officers and officers of the Fund without additional compensation. Brokerage houses, banks and other fiduciaries may be requested to forward Proxy solicitation material to their customers to obtain authorization for the execution of Proxies, and they will be reimbursed by the Fund for out-of-pocket expenses incurred in this connection. Bulldog has agreed, at the request of the Non-Bulldog Directors, that in the event that all of Proposals 1, 2 and 3.a are not approved by our stockholders, it will reimburse the Fund for any and all expenses incurred by the Fund in connection with the preparing, printing and mailing of the Proxy Statement, accompanying Notice of Special Meeting and the accompanying Proxy card as well as the solicitation of votes in connection with the Special Meeting. If you have any questions concerning this Proxy solicitation, please contact [●], Telephone Number: [●]. Authorizations to execute Proxies may be obtained by telephonic transmitted instructions in accordance with procedures designed to authenticate the stockholder’s identity. In all cases where a telephonic Proxy is solicited, the stockholder will be asked to provide his or her address, social security number (in the case of an individual) or taxpayer identification number (in the case of a